Train Picture (sorta)

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Leanne Cole, (over at https://leannecole.com.au/photo-challenge-4-trains/), asked for Train photos so this is mine.

A bit of nostalgia for all of you.

November 14, 2016 benramz 1 Comment

This upcoming Friday, the 18th of November, marks the 31st anniversary of the debut of the famed Calvin and Hobbes Comic Strip.

One of my and my sibling’s favorite things to do on weekends was read through Calvin and Hobbes collections. Books like “The Days Are Just Packed” and “There’s Treasure Everywhere” topped the list as our top 2 favorite books out of the collection of a dozen or so that we had lining our bookshelves.

Since we would never stop reading through them over and over, our parents limited us to only reading them on Saturday mornings. So it was always a treat to sit down with a comic book and laugh at all the silly adventures the two rambunctious youths participated in.

As we got older we started to understand more of the obscure adult and political jokes….. reading through a book we had read through a hundred times started to yield fresh humor.

It wasn’t till many years later that I started to understand one particular comic.

“It’s A Magical World” Collection is the eleventh and last printed collection, released in October 1996 and contained comics dating from March 20, 1995 to December 31, 1995, including the comic in question; the “It’s a magical world” comic. (from It’s a Magical World Wikia)

This comic is widely accepted at the last comic ever written by Comic Strip Artist and Author of Calvin and Hobbes, Bill Watterson.

It provides a fitting end to all of Calvin’s shenanigans in the best way possible…. with the knowledge that he will always be out there exploring…..

But I recently found a story that might provide a more fitting end for all of you who felt there should be more to the story…..

(The original post can be found at (http://www.tickld.com/x/af/this-guy-just-changed-the-way-we-see-calvin-and-hobbes) all credit goes to the original author.)

In The Final Minutes Of His Life, Calvin Has One Last Talk With Hobbes.

“Calvin? Calvin, sweetheart?”

In the darkness Calvin heard the sound of Susie, his wife of fifty-three years. Calvin struggled to open his eyes. God, he was so tired and it took so much strength. Slowly, light replaced the darkness, and soon vision followed. At the foot of his bed stood his wife.

Calvin wet his dry lips and spoke hoarsely, “Did… did you…. find him?”

“Yes dear,” Susie said smiling sadly, “He was in the attic.”

Susie reached into her big purse and brought out a soft, old, orange tiger doll. Calvin could not help but laugh. It had been so long. Too long.

“I washed him for you,” Susie said, her voice cracking a little as she laid the stuffed tiger next to her husband.

“Thank you, Susie.” Calvin said.

A few moments passed as Calvin just laid on his hospital bed, his head turned to the side, staring at the old toy with nostalgia.

“Dear,” Calvin said finally. “Would you mind leaving me alone with Hobbes for a while? I would like to catch up with him.”

“All right,” Susie said. “I’ll get something to eat in the cafeteria. I’ll be back soon.”

Susie kissed her husband on the forehead and turned to leave. With sudden but gentle strength Calvin stopped her. Lovingly he pulled his wife in and gave her a passionate kiss on the lips.

“I love you,” he said.

“And I love you,” said Susie. Susie turned and left.

Calvin saw tears streaming from her face as she went out the door. Calvin then turned to face his oldest and dearest friend.

“Hello Hobbes. It’s been a long time hasn’t it old pal?”

Hobbes was no longer a stuffed doll but the big furry old tiger Calvin had always remembered.

“It sure has, Calvin.” said Hobbes.

“You… haven’t changed a bit.” Calvin smiled.

“You’ve changed a lot.” Hobbes said sadly.

Calvin laughed, “Really? I haven’t noticed at all.”

There was a long pause.

The sound of a clock ticking away the seconds rang throughout the sterile hospital room.

“So… you married Susie Derkins.” Hobbes said, finally smiling. “I knew you always like her.”

“Shut up!” Calvin said, his smile bigger than ever.

“Tell me everything I missed. I’d love to hear what you’ve been up to!” Hobbes said, excited. And so Calvin told him everything.

He told him about how he and Susie fell in love in high school and had married after graduating from college, about his three kids and four grandkids, how he turned Spaceman Spiff into one of the most popular sci-fi novels of the decade, and so on.

After he told Hobbes all this there was another pregnant pause.

“You know… I visited you in the attic a bunch of times.” Calvin said.

“I know.”

“But I couldn’t see you. All I saw was a stuffed animal.” Calvin voice was breaking and tears of regret started welling up in his eyes.

“You grew up old buddy.” said Hobbes.

Calvin broke down and sobbed, hugging his best friend. “I’m so sorry! I’m so sorry I broke my promise! I promised I wouldn’t grow up and that we’d be together forever!!”

Hobbes stroke the Calvin’s hair, or what little was left of it.

“But you didn’t.”

“What do you mean?”

“We were always together… in our dreams.”

“We were?”

“We were.”

“Hobbes?”

“Yeah, old buddy?”

“I’m so glad I got to see you like this… one last time…”

“Me too, Calvin. Me too.”

“Sweetheart?” Susie voice came from outside the door.

“Yes dear?” Calvin replied.

“Can I come in?” Susie asked.

“Just a minute.” Calvin turned to face Hobbes one last time. “Goodbye Hobbes. Thanks… for everything…”

“No, thank you Calvin.” Hobbes said.

Calvin turned back to the door and said, “You can come in now.”

Susie came in and said, “Look who’s come to visit you.” Calvin’s children and grandchildren followed Susie into Calvin’s room.

The youngest grandchild ran past the rest of them and hugged Calvin in a hard, excited hug. “Grandpa!!” screamed the child in delight.

“Francis!” cried Calvin’s daughter, “Be gentle with your grandfather.”

Calvin’s daughter turned to her dad. “I’m sorry, Daddy. Francis never seems to behave these days. He just runs around making a mess and coming up with strange stories.”

Calvin laughed and said, “Well now! That sound just like me when I was his age.”

Calvin and his family chatted some more until a nurse said, “Sorry, but visiting hours are almost up.”

Calvin’s beloved family said good bye and promised to visit tomorrow.

As they turned to leave Calvin said, “Francis. Come here for a second.”

Francis came over to his grandfather’s side, “What is it Gramps?”

Calvin reached over to the stuffed tiger on his bedside and held him out shakily to his grandson, who looked exactly as he did so many years ago.

“This is Hobbes. He was my best friend when I was your age. I want you to have him.”

“He’s just a stuffed tiger.” Francis said, eyebrows raised.

Calvin laughed, “Well, let me tell you a secret.”

Francis leaned closer to Calvin.

Calvin whispered, “If you catch him in a tiger trap using a tuna sandwich as bait he will turn into a real tiger.”

Francis gasped in delighted awe.

Calvin continued, “Not only that he will be your best friend forever.”

“Wow! Thanks grandpa!” Francis said, hugging his grandpa tightly again.

“Francis! We need to go now!” Calvin’s daughter called.

“Okay!” Francis shouted back.

“Take good care of him.” Calvin said.

“I will.” Francis said before running off after the rest of the family.

Calvin laid on his back and stared at the ceiling. The time to go was close. He could feel it in his soul.

Calvin tried to remember a quote he read in a book once. It said something about death being the next great adventure or something like that. His eyelids grew heavy and his breathing slowed. As he went deeper into his final sleep he heard Hobbes, as if he was right next to him at his bedside.

“I’ll take care of him, Calvin…” Calvin took his first step toward one more adventure and breathed his last with a grin on his face.

The End

And there you have it…..

Hope that made you all smile as we start a new week and prepare for the stresses and headaches this holiday season will no doubt bring.

May God bless you all and have a wonderful day.

Benramz

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My first Speed Art video

November 19, 2014 benramz Leave a comment

My first Photoshop Speed art video has been uploaded to YouTube.

It can be seen here: Grand Canyon Composite Speed art #Photoshop

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The things that come to those who wait may very well be the things left behind by those who got there first.

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The Number Zero

November 10, 2014 benramz Leave a comment

The number Zero isn’t really a number, it’s a placeholder. Without Zero, 1205 would look like 125.

Zero

The idea of nothingness and emptiness has inspired and puzzled mathematicians, physicists, and even philosophers. What does empty space mean? If the space is empty, does it have any physical meaning or purpose?

From the mathematical point of view, the concept of zero has eluded humans for a very long time. In his book, The Nothing That Is, author Robert Kaplan writes, “Zero’s path through time and thought has been as full of intrigue, disguise and mistaken identity as were the careers of the travellers who first brought it to the West.” But our own familiarity with zero makes it difficult to imagine a time when the concept of zero did not exist. When the last pancake is devoured and the plate is empty, there are zero pancakes left. This simple example illustrates the connection between counting and zero.

Counting is a universal human activity. Many ancient cultures, such as the Sumerians, Indians, Chinese, Egyptians, Romans, and Greeks, developed different symbols and rules for counting. But the concept of zero did not appear in number systems for a long time; and even then, the Roman number system had no symbol for zero. Sometime between the sixth and third centuries b.c.e., zero made its appearance in the Sumerian number system as a slanted double wedge.

To appreciate the significance of zero in counting, compare the decimal and Roman number system. In the decimal system, all numbers are composed of ten digits: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. After counting to nine, the digits are repeated in different sequences so that any number can be written with just ten digits. Also, the position of the number indicates the value of the number. For example, in 407, 4 stands for four hundreds, 0 stands for no tens, and 7 stands for seven.

The Roman number system consists of the following few basic symbols: I for 1, V for 5, and X for 10. Here are some examples of numbers written with Roman numerals.

IV = 4 XV = 15

VIII = 8 XX = 20

XIII = 13 XXX = 30

Without a symbol for zero, it becomes very awkward to write large numbers. For 50, instead of writing five Xs, the Roman system has a new symbol, L.

Performing a simple addition, such as 33 + 22, in both number systems further shows the efficiency of the decimal system. In the decimal number system, the two numbers are aligned right on top of each other and the corresponding digits are added.

In the Roman number system, the same problem is expressed as XXXIII + XXII, and the answer is expressed as LV. Placing the two Roman numbers on top of each other does not give the digits LV, and therefore when adding, it is easier to find the sum with the decimal system.

Properties of Zero

All real numbers, except 0, are either positive (x > 0) or negative (x < 0). But 0 is neither positive nor negative. Zero has many unique and curious properties, listed below.

Additive Identity: Adding 0 to any number x equals x. That is, x + 0 = x. Zero is called the additive identity.

Multiplication property: Multiplying any number b by 0 gives 0. That is, b × 0 = 0. Therefore, the square of 0 is equal to zero (0² = 0).

Exponent property: Any number other than zero raised to the power 0 equals 1. That is, b ⁰ = 1.

Division property: A number cannot be divided by 0. Consider the problem 12/0 = x. This means that 0 × x must be equal to 12. No value of x will make 0 × x = 12. Therefore, division by 0 is undefined.

Undefined Division

Because division by 0 is undefined, many functions in which the denominator becomes 0 are not defined at certain points in their domain sets. For instance, is not defined at x = 0; is not defined at x = 1; is not defined at either x = 1 or x = −1.

Even though the function is not defined at 0, it is possible to see the behavior of the function around 0. Points can be chosen close to 0; for instance, x equal to 0.001, 0.0001, and 0.00001. The function values at these points are f (0.001) 1/0.001 1,000; f (0.0001) = 10,000; and f (0.00001) = 100,000.

As x becomes smaller and approaches 0, the function values become larger. In fact, the function grows without bound; that is, the function values has no upper ceiling, or limit, at x = 0. In mathematics, this behavior is described by saying that as x approaches 0, the function approaches infinity.

Approaching Zero

Consider a sequence of numbers which in decimal notation is expressed as 1, 0.5, 0.33, 0.25, 0.2, 0.16, 0.14, and so on. Each number in the sequence is called a term. As n becomes larger, becomes increasingly smaller. When n = 10,000 is 0.0001.

The sequence approaches 0, but its terms never equals 0. However, the terms of the sequence can be as close to 0 as wanted. For instance, it is possible for the terms of the sequence to get close enough to 0 so that the difference between the two is less than a billionth, or 10⁻⁶. If one takes , then the sequence terms will be smaller than 10⁻⁶. (Encyclopedia.com)

The Number 9

November 5, 2014 benramz Leave a comment

The last number is Nine.

Nine in medieval angelology there were traditionally nine orders to the celestial hierarchy; cats proverbially have nine lives; nine days or nights is the period during which a novelty is supposed to attract attention.
Nine Days’ Queen a name for Lady Jane Grey (1537–54), Queen of England for nine days following the death of Edward VI. She was quickly deposed by forces loyal to Edward’s (Catholic) sister Mary, who had popular support, and executed the following year.
nine days’ wonder a person who or thing which is briefly famous.
nine-eleven (written 9/11, in American usage) refers to the terrorist action of 11 September 2001, in which hijacked passenger planes were flown into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and a fourth hijacked plane crashed near Pittsburgh.
nine men’s morris a game, also known as merrill, played on a board between two players, each with an equal number of pebbles, discs of wood or metal, pegs, or pins.
nine tailors make a man proverbial saying, early 17th century; the literal meaning is that a gentleman must select his attire from various sources. It is now also associated with bell-ringing: tailors = tellers = strokes, the number of strokes on the passing bell indicating the sex of the deceased.
nine times out of ten on nearly every occasion.
nine-to-five used in reference to typical office hours, often to express an idea of predictable routine.
Nine Worthies nine famous personages of ancient Jewish and classical and medieval Christian history and legend ( Joshua, David, and Judas Maccabaeus; Hector, Alexander, and Julius Caesar; and King Arthur, Charlemagne, and Godfrey of Bouillon).
to the nines to a great or elaborate extent (now often in dressed up to the nines). The origin is unclear: it could refer to the number just below the highest point in a scale of 1 to 10, or to the nine Muses. It has also been suggested that it could represent a misdivision of an unrecorded medieval phrase ‘to the eyne [eyes]’. The later association with dress may have been influenced by the 19th-century sartorial reputation of the 99th Wiltshire Regiment. A baseball team has nine players. (Encyclopedia.com)

Multiplication	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20		21	22	23	24	25		50	100	1000
$9 \times x$	9	18	27	36	45	54	63	72	81	90		99	108	117	126	135	144	153	162	171	180		189	198	207	216	225		450	900	9000

Division	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		11	12	13	14	15
$9 \div x$	9	4.5	3	2.25	1.8	1.5	1.285714	1.125	1	0.9		0.81	0.75	0.692307	0.6428571	0.6
$x \div 9$	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.8	1	1.1		1.2	1.3	1.4	1.5	1.6

Exponentiation	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		11	12	13
$9 ^ x\,$	9	81	729	6561	59049	531441	4782969	43046721	387420489	3486784401		31381059609	282429536481	2541865828329
$x ^ 9\,$	1	512	19683	262144	1953125	10077696	40353607	134217728	387420489	1000000000		2357947691	5159780352	10604499373

Radix	1	5	10	15	20	25	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100
Radix	110	120	130	140	150	200	250	500	1000	10000	100000	1000000
$x_{9} \$	1	5	11₉	16₉	22₉	27₉	33₉	44₉	55₉	66₉	77₉	88₉	110₉	121₉
$x_{9} \$	132₉	143₉	154₉	165₉	176₉	242₉	307₉	615₉	1331₉	14641₉	162151₉	1783661₉

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nine

9th
(ninth)

3²

Unicode symbol(s)

Ⅸ, ⅸ

1001₂

100₃

21₄

14₅

13₆

11₈

9₁₂

9₁₆

9₂₀

9₃₆

፱

৯

Chinese/Japanese
/Korean numeral

九 (jiu)
玖 (formal writing)

९ (nau)

θ´

ט (Tet)

௯

៩

౯

๙

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The Number 8

November 4, 2014 benramz Leave a comment

The next number is Eight.

Eight the word is recorded from Old English (in form ehta, eahta) and is of Germanic origin; it comes from an Indo-European root shared by Latin octo and Greek oktō.
The Eight is the name given to a group of American realist painters who exhibited together in 1908, united by a concern to involve painting with the realities of contemporary, especially urban, life.
behind the eight ball (chiefly in North American usage) at a disadvantage; in a variety of the game of pool, the black ball is numbered eight.
have one over the eight have one drink too many, probably from the assumption that the average person can drink eight pints of beer without getting drunk. (Encyclopedia.com)

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eight

8th
(eighth)

2³

1, 3, 4, 8

VIII

Roman numeral (unicode)

Ⅷ, ⅷ

1000₂

22₃

20₄

13₅

12₆

10₈

8₁₂

8₁₆

8₂₀

8₃₆

η (or Η)

٨,8

፰

৮

八，捌

८

೮

౮

௮

ח (Het)

שמונה (shmoneh)

៨

팔

๘

I have not seen such an extensive Wikipedia page as the one for this number. Check it out here.

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The Number Seven

November 3, 2014 benramz Leave a comment

The next number is Seven.

Seven the number seven is often used symbolically, denoting completion or perfection, especially in echoes of biblical phraseology.
Seven against Thebes in Greek legend, the name given to the expedition against Thebes led by Polynices, son of Oedipus, against his brother Eteocles. When both young men were killed, their uncle Creon decreed that Polynices was not to be buried because he had attacked his own city; his niece Antigone defied the order.
Seven Churches of Asia the seven churches addressed by John in Revelation, the Churches of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.
seven corporal works of mercy, as enumerated in medieval theology, are taken from Matthew 25:35–37 and Tobit 12:12; they are feeding the hungry, giving the thirsty to drink, sheltering the stranger, clothing the naked, visiting the sick, comforting the prisoner, and (from Tobit) burying the dead.
seven deadly sins in Christian tradition, the sins of pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth. They are listed (with minor variation) by the monk John Cassian (d.435), St Gregory the Great, and St Thomas Aquinas.
Seven Dwarfs in the story of Snow White, the seven dwarfs living in a hut in the forest who shelter the fugitive princess from her stepmother; in the Walt Disney cartoon film (1937), they are named Happy, Sleepy, Doc, Bashful, Sneezy, Grumpy, and Dopey.
seven gifts of the Holy Spirit wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord. The list is taken from Isaiah 11:2; six as in the AV ‘And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord,’ with piety (pietas) added from the Vulgate text.
seven heavens recognized in later Jewish and in Muslim belief; the highest is the abode of God and the most exalted angels. The division may have been of Babylonian origin, and founded on astronomical theories.
Seven Hills of Rome the seven hills on which the ancient city of Rome was built: Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Quirinal, Viminal, and Palatine. Rome is informally known as the City of the Seven Hills.
Seven Joys of Mary special occasions for joy on the part of the Virgin Mary, as traditionally enumerated; the Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity, Epiphany, Finding in the Temple, Resurrection, and Ascension. The medieval church reckoned five (although lists differ); an early 14th century poem gives the Annunciation, Nativity, Epiphany, Resurrection, and the Assumption of the Virgin, with later Roman Catholic writers adding the Visitation and the Finding as the second and fifth respectively, and making the seventh the Ascension.
Seven Last Words the last seven utterances of Christ on the Cross: ‘Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do’ (Luke 23:34); ‘Woman, behold thy son!’ (John 19:26); ‘Behold thy mother!’ (John 19:27); ‘Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? [My God, my God, why has thou forsaken me?]’ (Matthew 27:46); ‘I thirst’ (John 19:28); ‘It is finished’ (John 19:30); ‘Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit’ (Luke 23:46, a quotation from Psalm 31:5). Also known as the Seven Words.
seven-league boots the boots which in the fairy story of Hop o’ my Thumb enabled their wearer to cover seven leagues at each step.
seven liberal arts in the Middle Ages, the quadrivium and the trivium, a course of seven subjects of study introduced in the 6th century and regarded as essential grounding for more advanced studies: they are arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, music, grammar, rhetoric, and logic. Also known as the seven sciences.
seven sacraments the sacraments as enumerated in Christian belief, a list thought to have been formulated first by Peter Lombard in the 12th century: Baptism, Confirmation, the Eucharist, Penance, Extreme Unction, Holy Orders, and Matrimony. Since the Reformation, Protestant usage has generally recognized two sacraments, Baptism and the Eucharist or Lord’s Supper.
Seven Sages seven wise Greeks of the 6th century bc, to each of whom a moral saying is attributed. The seven, named in a traditional list found in Plato, are Bias, Chilon, Cleobulus, Periander, Pittacus, Solon, and Thales.
seven samurai the eponymous heroes of a Japanese film (1954), depicting a group of warriors who come together to protect a village against marauding bandits (it was remade in 1960 as an American film, The Magnificent Seven). In extended usage, the term may be used for a number of individuals who decide to act together when conventional systems, and protection, have failed.
seven seas all the oceans of the world (conventionally listed as the Arctic, Antarctic, North Pacific, South Pacific, North Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Indian Oceans).
Seven Sisters the star cluster of the Pleiades, traditionally believed to represent the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione. In the late 20th century, the seven international oil companies noted for their dominant influence on the production and marketing of petroleum, Exxon, Mobil, Gulf, Standard Oil of California, Texaco, British Petroleum, and Royal Dutch Shell, became known as the Seven Sisters.
Seven Sleepers, in early Christian legend, seven noble Christian youths of Ephesus who fell asleep in a cave while fleeing from the Decian persecution and awoke 187 years later. The legend was translated from the Syriac by Gregory of Tours (6th century) and is mentioned in other sources, including the Koran.
Seven Sorrows of Mary seven particular griefs of the Virgin Mary, as enumerated in medieval theology: the prophecy of Simeon; the flight into Egypt; the three-day loss of the child Jesus in Jerusalem; the meeting with Jesus on the way to Calvary; the Crucifixion; the taking down from the Cross; and the entombment of Jesus. The Servite order, founded in the 13th century, was devoted to meditation on the sorrows of the Virgin, and the enumeration developed from this.
seven spiritual works of mercy as enumerated in Christian belief: conversion of the sinner, instruction of the ignorant, counselling the doubtful, comforting the sorrowful, patient endurance of wrong, forgiveness of injuries, and prayer for the living and the dead.
seven stars a former name for the Pleiades and the Great Bear.
Seven Wonders of the World the seven most spectacular man-made structures of the ancient world. Traditionally they comprise (1) the pyramids of Egypt, especially those at Giza; (2) the Hanging Gardens of Babylon; (3) the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus; (4) the temple of Artemis at Ephesus in Asia Minor, rebuilt in 356 bc; (5) the Colossus of Rhodes; (6) the huge ivory and gold statue of Zeus at Olympia in the Peloponnese, made by Phidias c.430 bc; (7) the Pharos of Alexandria (or in some lists, the walls of Babylon). The earliest extant list of these dates from the 2nd century bc.
seven year itch originally (in literal use, recorded from the late 19th century) a condition lasting for or recurring after seven years; now, a supposed tendency to infidelity after seven years of marriage; in modern usage, the term was reinforced by Billy Wilder’s film The Seven Year Itch (1955), starring Marilyn Monroe.
Seven Years War a war (1756–63) which ranged Britain, Prussia, and Hanover against Austria, France, Russia, Saxony, Sweden, and Spain. Its main issues were the struggle between Britain and France for supremacy overseas, and that between Prussia and Austria for the domination of Germany. The war was ended by the Treaties of Paris and Hubertusburg in 1763, leaving Britain the supreme European naval and colonial power and Prussia in an appreciably stronger position than before in central Europe. (Encyclopedia.com)

Multiplication	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	50	100	1000
7 × x	7	14	21	28	35	42	49	56	63	70	77	84	91	98	105	112	119	126	133	140	147	154	161	168	175	350	700	7000

Division	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Division	11	12	13	14	15
7 ÷ x	7	3.5	2.3	1.75	1.4	1.16	1	0.875	0.7	0.7
7 ÷ x	0.63	0.583	0.538461	0.5	0.46
x ÷ 7	0.142857	0.285714	0.428571	0.571428	0.714285	0.857142	1	1.142857	1.285714	1.428571
x ÷ 7	1.571428	1.714285	1.857142	2	2.142857

Exponentiation	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		11	12	13
7^x	7	49	343	2401	16807	117649	823543	5764801	40353607	282475249		1977326743	13841287201	96889010407
x⁷	1	128	2187	16384	78125	279936	823543	2097152	4782969	10000000		19487171	35831808	62748517

Radix	1	5	10	15	20	25	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100
Radix	110	120	130	140	150	200	250	500	1000	10000	100000	1000000
x₇	1	5	13₇	21₇	26₇	34₇	42₇	55₇	101₇	114₇	130₇	143₇	156₇	202₇
x₇	215₇	231₇	244₇	260₇	303₇	404₇	505₇	1313₇	2626₇	41104₇	564355₇	11333311₇

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seven

7th
(seventh)

4th

1, 7

VII

Roman numeral (unicode)

Ⅶ, ⅶ

111₂

21₃

13₄

12₅

11₆

7₈

7₁₂

7₁₆

7₂₀

7₃₆

Z, ζ

፯

٧,7

٧ – هفت

৭

七(qi)

७ (sat)

౭

௭

ז (Zayin)

៧

๗

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The Number Six

November 2, 2014 benramz Leave a comment

The next number is Six.

six Six Counties the counties of Northern Ireland, Antrim, Armagh, Down, Londonderry, Tyrone, and Fermanagh, which by the Treaty of 1920 were constituted as a separate province.
Six Day War a war, 5–10 June 1967, in which Israel occupied Sinai, the Old City of Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights and defeated an Egyptian, Jordanian, and Syrian alliance. Arab name June War.
six hours’ sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool proverbial saying, early 17th century, implying that the more sleep a person needs, the less vigorous and effective they are likely to be. (In the late 20th century, it was widely reported that Margaret Thatcher when British Prime Minister habitually slept for only four hours a night.)
six of one and half a dozen of the other a traditional saying, mid 19th century; meaning that there is little or nothing to choose between two sides. (Encyclopedia.com)

Multiplication	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20		21	22	23	24	25		50	100	1000
$6 \times x$	6	12	18	24	30	36	42	48	54	60		66	72	78	84	90	96	102	108	114	120		126	132	138	144	150		300	600	6000

Division	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		11	12	13	14	15
$6 \div x$	6	3	2	1.5	1.2	1	$0.\overline{85714}\overline{2}$	0.75	$0.\overline{6}$	0.6		$0.\overline{5}\overline{4}$	0.5	$0.\overline{46153}\overline{8}$	$0.\overline{42857}\overline{1}$	0.4
$x \div 6$	$0.1\overline{6}$	$0.\overline{3}$	0.5	$0.\overline{6}$	$0.8\overline{3}$	1	$1.1\overline{6}$	$1.\overline{3}$	1.5	$1.\overline{6}$		$1.8\overline{3}$	2	$2.1\overline{6}$	$2.\overline{3}$	2.5

Exponentiation	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		11	12	13
$6 ^ x\,$	6	36	216	1296	7776	46656	279936	1679616	10077696	60466176		362797056	2176782336	13060694016
$x ^ 6\,$	1	64	729	4096	15625	46656	117649	262144	531441	1000000		1771561	2985984	4826809

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six

6th
(sixth)

2 × 3

1, 2, 3, 6

Roman numeral (unicode)

Ⅵ, ⅵ, ↅ

110₂

20₃

12₄

11₅

10₆

6₈

6₁₂

6₁₆

6₂₀

6₃₆

στ (or ΣΤ or ς)

፮

৬

六，陆

६

ו (Vav)

៦

๖

౬

௬

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The Number Five

November 1, 2014 benramz Leave a comment

The next number is Five.

Five five-and-dime in North America, a shop selling a wide variety of inexpensive household and personal goods (originally, a shop where all the articles were priced at five or ten cents).
five-finger exercise an easy task (literally, an exercise on the piano for all the fingers on both hands).
five Ks in Sikh belief, five signs, kangha (comb), kara (steel bangle), kesh (uncut hair, covered by a turban, and beard), kirpan (short sword) and kuccha (short trousers, originally for riding) which show allegiance to the Khalsa.
Five Members the members of the Long Parliament, Pym, Hampden, Haselrig, Holles, and Strode, whose arrest was unsuccessfully attempted by Charles I on 4 January 1642 in the House of Commons; having been warned in advance, they had escaped. The event contributed materially to the final break between king and Parliament.
five o’clock shadow a dark appearance on a man’s chin and face caused by the slight growth of beard that has occurred since he shaved in the morning.
Five Pillars of Islam the five duties expected of every Muslim—profession of the faith in a prescribed form, observance of ritual prayer, giving alms to the poor, fasting during the month of Ramadan, and performing a pilgrimage to Mecca.
five senses the faculties of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. (Encyclopedia.com)

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five

5th
(fifth)

1, 5

Roman numeral (unicode)

Ⅴ, ⅴ

Greek prefix

penta-/pent-

Latin prefix

quinque-/quinqu-/quint-

101₂

12₃

11₄

10₅

5₆

5₈

5₁₂

5₁₆

5₂₀

5₃₆

ε (or Ε)

٥,5

፭

৫

೫

੫

五，伍

다섯,오

५ (panch)

ה (Hey)

៥

౫

൫

௫

In The Final Minutes Of His Life, Calvin Has One Last Talk With Hobbes.

“Calvin? Calvin, sweetheart?”

In the darkness Calvin heard the sound of Susie, his wife of fifty-three years. Calvin struggled to open his eyes. God, he was so tired and it took so much strength. Slowly, light replaced the darkness, and soon vision followed. At the foot of his bed stood his wife.

Calvin wet his dry lips and spoke hoarsely, “Did… did you…. find him?”

“Yes dear,” Susie said smiling sadly, “He was in the attic.”

Susie reached into her big purse and brought out a soft, old, orange tiger doll. Calvin could not help but laugh. It had been so long. Too long.

“I washed him for you,” Susie said, her voice cracking a little as she laid the stuffed tiger next to her husband.

“Thank you, Susie.” Calvin said.

A few moments passed as Calvin just laid on his hospital bed, his head turned to the side, staring at the old toy with nostalgia.

“Dear,” Calvin said finally. “Would you mind leaving me alone with Hobbes for a while? I would like to catch up with him.”

“All right,” Susie said. “I’ll get something to eat in the cafeteria. I’ll be back soon.”

Susie kissed her husband on the forehead and turned to leave. With sudden but gentle strength Calvin stopped her. Lovingly he pulled his wife in and gave her a passionate kiss on the lips.

“I love you,” he said.

“And I love you,” said Susie. Susie turned and left.

Calvin saw tears streaming from her face as she went out the door. Calvin then turned to face his oldest and dearest friend.

“Hello Hobbes. It’s been a long time hasn’t it old pal?”

Hobbes was no longer a stuffed doll but the big furry old tiger Calvin had always remembered.

“It sure has, Calvin.” said Hobbes.

“You… haven’t changed a bit.” Calvin smiled.

“You’ve changed a lot.” Hobbes said sadly.

Calvin laughed, “Really? I haven’t noticed at all.”

There was a long pause.

The sound of a clock ticking away the seconds rang throughout the sterile hospital room.

“So… you married Susie Derkins.” Hobbes said, finally smiling. “I knew you always like her.”

“Shut up!” Calvin said, his smile bigger than ever.

“Tell me everything I missed. I’d love to hear what you’ve been up to!” Hobbes said, excited. And so Calvin told him everything.

He told him about how he and Susie fell in love in high school and had married after graduating from college, about his three kids and four grandkids, how he turned Spaceman Spiff into one of the most popular sci-fi novels of the decade, and so on.

After he told Hobbes all this there was another pregnant pause.

“You know… I visited you in the attic a bunch of times.” Calvin said.

“I know.”

“But I couldn’t see you. All I saw was a stuffed animal.” Calvin voice was breaking and tears of regret started welling up in his eyes.

“You grew up old buddy.” said Hobbes.

Calvin broke down and sobbed, hugging his best friend. “I’m so sorry! I’m so sorry I broke my promise! I promised I wouldn’t grow up and that we’d be together forever!!”

Hobbes stroke the Calvin’s hair, or what little was left of it.

“But you didn’t.”

“What do you mean?”

“We were always together… in our dreams.”

“We were?”

“We were.”

“Hobbes?”

“Yeah, old buddy?”

“I’m so glad I got to see you like this… one last time…”

“Me too, Calvin. Me too.”

“Sweetheart?” Susie voice came from outside the door.

“Yes dear?” Calvin replied.

“Can I come in?” Susie asked.

“Just a minute.” Calvin turned to face Hobbes one last time. “Goodbye Hobbes. Thanks… for everything…”

“No, thank you Calvin.” Hobbes said.

Calvin turned back to the door and said, “You can come in now.”

Susie came in and said, “Look who’s come to visit you.” Calvin’s children and grandchildren followed Susie into Calvin’s room.

The youngest grandchild ran past the rest of them and hugged Calvin in a hard, excited hug. “Grandpa!!” screamed the child in delight.

“Francis!” cried Calvin’s daughter, “Be gentle with your grandfather.”

Calvin’s daughter turned to her dad. “I’m sorry, Daddy. Francis never seems to behave these days. He just runs around making a mess and coming up with strange stories.”

Calvin laughed and said, “Well now! That sound just like me when I was his age.”

Calvin and his family chatted some more until a nurse said, “Sorry, but visiting hours are almost up.”

Calvin’s beloved family said good bye and promised to visit tomorrow.

As they turned to leave Calvin said, “Francis. Come here for a second.”

Francis came over to his grandfather’s side, “What is it Gramps?”

Calvin reached over to the stuffed tiger on his bedside and held him out shakily to his grandson, who looked exactly as he did so many years ago.

“This is Hobbes. He was my best friend when I was your age. I want you to have him.”

“He’s just a stuffed tiger.” Francis said, eyebrows raised.

Calvin laughed, “Well, let me tell you a secret.”

Francis leaned closer to Calvin.

Calvin whispered, “If you catch him in a tiger trap using a tuna sandwich as bait he will turn into a real tiger.”

Francis gasped in delighted awe.

Calvin continued, “Not only that he will be your best friend forever.”

“Wow! Thanks grandpa!” Francis said, hugging his grandpa tightly again.

“Francis! We need to go now!” Calvin’s daughter called.

“Okay!” Francis shouted back.

“Take good care of him.” Calvin said.

“I will.” Francis said before running off after the rest of the family.

Calvin laid on his back and stared at the ceiling. The time to go was close. He could feel it in his soul.

Calvin tried to remember a quote he read in a book once. It said something about death being the next great adventure or something like that. His eyelids grew heavy and his breathing slowed. As he went deeper into his final sleep he heard Hobbes, as if he was right next to him at his bedside.

“I’ll take care of him, Calvin…” Calvin took his first step toward one more adventure and breathed his last with a grin on his face.

The End

Zero

Properties of Zero

Undefined Division

Approaching Zero

No idea what I am going to do with this place tbh.