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Printing an Excel 2007 Chart
10 of 10 in Series: The Essentials of Working with Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts in Excel 2007
Printing a chart in Excel 2007 is a breeze, but the method you choose for printing the chart depends on whether you want to print an embedded chart (with or without the surrounding worksheet data) or a separate chart sheet:
To print an embedded chart as part of the data on the worksheet, you simply print the worksheet (from the Print dialog box; press Ctrl+P).
Before you print an embedded chart along with worksheet data, view the chart in the Page Layout or Page Break Preview view. You may need to move or resize the chart so that it fits nicely on the page.
To print an embedded chart by itself without the supporting worksheet data, click the chart to select it before you press Ctrl+P to open the Print dialog box, where the Selected Chart option button will automatically be selected in the Print What section.
To print a chart that's on a separate chart sheet, activate the chart sheet by clicking its sheet tab and then press Ctrl+P to open the Print dialog box, where the Active Sheet(s) option button is automatically selected in the Print What section.
When you want to print an embedded chart alone (without its supporting data) or in its own chart sheet, you may want to select the Printing Quality options on the Chart tab of the Page Setup dialog box before sending the chart to the printer. Select the chart and click the Page Setup dialog box launcher on the Page Layout tab of the Ribbon to open the Page Setup dialog box with the Chart tab available. The Print Quality options on the Chart tab include the following:
Draft Quality: Select this check box to print the chart using your printer's draft-quality setting.
Print in Black and White: Select this check box to have your color printer print the chart in black and white.Enable faster chart printing with the Printing quality settings in the Page Setup dialog box.


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I have just lost 5 buyins against a very lucky aggro monkey (87/65/33). 3 All-In's starting very much a favourite and lost, and a plethora of coolers left me completely tilted. I don't want this to happen again, so my question is, when I'm faced with this kind of player, what is the best strategy?
I think this is the wrong way to think about what happened:
The situation you were in was a dream; a player willing to get it in while you held the better hand? Again and again for lots of money? I want that to happen as often as possible! The fact that you can lose (and lose a lot) in these situations is something you need to accept as a poker player. If you make the decision to tighten up and worry about the risk of losing, it makes you less money in the long run.
The best strategy may be to continue doing what you were doing; getting it all in the middle with the better hand.
Haha... I know the type. You're ahead but he sucks out on the turn or river and stacks you. It's allright... we all have been here.
A basic poker sentence says that you make money by playing the opposite of what the other players are playing. So, if he's a loose aggro monkey, be a tight human. Flop a pair (TP is the nuts here) and go to showdown hell and high water. That's what happened to me last night agains a 95/35 who had position on me. Hand #1: I had JJ and ran into his AA, Hand #2: had a set on the turn but he made a straight on the river, Hand #3: I flopped a full house and tripled up. He won from me 1.4 buy-ins, but I got 2 buy-ins from him :)
I think you should continue accepting his all-ins if you are really very much over his push range. You will make him a bankrupt at the distance :)
I would play super tight and wait for very strong starting hand (AA, AK, KK, QQ, etc.) and then push all-in. If he is really a manic player as you suggest there's a good chance he'll call and the odds will be in your favour.
Update: I'd probably only raise all-in on a small table (< 4 players), otherwise I'd do a standard raise. Best time for this strategy would be heads-up.

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I wanted to park my domain with SedoParking. It says to change it to ns1.sedoparking.com. I did change the start and www to that. But the A (Address) has to be an IP. So How do I change that?
When someone types in www.yourdomain.com, the browser finds out what nameserver your domain points to and then goes to this nameserver to get the dns for www.
To change your nameserver to sedo, you need to contact your domain registrar - it's a different function to your dns, which will then be provided by sedo.
Change NSes in your registrar data only. Zones definitions will appear automagically at sedoparking servers


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This Week's Liturgy
"Gather the fragments"
July 26th, 2015 (see other dates)
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Discussion Questions for Reading 1What experiences have you had of sharing food in situations where it seemed there might not be enough for everyone? How might such situations be opportunities to practice trust? Look back at the reading. What one statement might help you to be a more trusting person?
How do you think this reading calls us to be grateful for our daily food, including those often unwelcome leftovers? What might this reading encourage you to do for those who have less food than you have?
Reading 1 2 Kings 4:42-44
Reading 1 ReflectionWhen unexpected guests appear at dinner time, your parents may worry about whether there will be enough food for everyone. The servant of the prophet Elisha had that same worry. How was he to feed a hundred people with food enough for half that many? But Elisha simply said, "Give it to the people to eat."
Like Jesus with the hungry crowd, Elisha trusted that God would provide. The people ate their fill and there were leftovers for another day.
Discussion Questions for Reading 2We know that there are four marks of the Church. Which of the four is Paul emphasizing in this letter? Look back at the reading to find four virtues we can practice to preserve the unity of peace. In what ways have you seen these virtues in action in your family? your school? your parish?
Why do you think it is important for the Church to reflect its unity or oneness to the world? Read aloud today's opening faith statement. How might these words inspire you to contribute to greater unity in the Church?
Reading 2 Ephesians 4:1-6
Reading 2 ReflectionThe daily news is often filled with signs of disunity and discord. On the other hand, today's letter from Paul emphasizes that all who follow Jesus share an unshakable source of unity. His words have echoed through the centuries like an anthem for the Church: "There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all."
When we live in a way that preserves this unity, we can contribute to peace and harmony in the world around us.
Discussion Questions for GospelImagine that you, your family, and friends were part of the crowd that followed Jesus up on the mountain. You are surrounded by thousands of people in an area away from the city. What expectations might you have? What concerns? How might you respond when you heard that Jesus was attempting to feed everyone on one boy's picnic lunch? What might you do when you realized what Jesus had done? How would you feel about his retreat from the crowd's acclaim?
Look back at the story. How does it encourage you to act when you feel that you have little to offer to those in need?
Gospel John 6:1-15
Gospel ReflectionWhen large crowds gather, exciting and unexpected things can happen. That's the way it was when Jesus went up on a mountain shortly before the Passover feast. He had no idea that a crowd of five thousand would soon gather around him. They were determined to hear him speak and to see what great signs he might work. Unlike his disciples, Jesus was not concerned about how this huge crowd was to be fed on a few loaves and fishes.
In familiar actions we recognize, Jesus took the bread, broke it, blessed it and gave it to his guests. When the crowd realized that everyone had been fed and there were still leftovers, they were astounded. They wanted to carry Jesus off on their shoulders and make him their king.
Proclaiming Faith Activities for Primary Grades
Living God's CallIn the second reading, Paul encourages the Ephesians to live as God calls them to live. We too are called to be humble, gentle, patient, treat others with love, and live in peace and unity.
Have the children make a collage. Provide various magazines and scissors. Have the children cut out pictures of people showing the traits listed above. Glue these onto a large poster and place this on the prayer table.
God ProvidesIn the first reading and in the gospel, God provides food for his people to eat. God provides food for us as well.
Gather the children in a circle. Sing the following song to the tune of Frere Jacques. Each time you sing the song, go around the circle letting each child name his favorite food to eat in the last line of the song.
God will always
God will always
Care for us
Care for us
He gives us plenty of food
For each of us to eat
My favorite treat
Is _________.
Proclaiming Faith Activities
Sharing LeftoversToday's first reading and the gospel story describe how God feeds the hungry crowds--and still has leftovers to spare.
With your group, do some Internet or other research to find out what happens to leftovers in local restaurants and school cafeterias. If leftovers are being distributed to soup kitchens or food cupboards for the poor, write letters of appreciation to all organizations involved. If leftovers are not being distributed, find out how your parish can participate.
Discuss with your family any imaginative ideas you may have about showing gratitude for God's gifts by sharing different kinds of leftovers (food, money, clothing, time, other resources). List three ideas below.
Bearing with OthersOur unity in the Church is practiced, as Paul says, "by bearing with one another through love." Using imagination and humor, role play what bearing with one another might require in each of the following situations:
1) A classmate runs into you in the hallway, knocks you down, and then refuses to apologize because he or she "didn't mean to do it."
2) Some members of the parish are angry because the pastor has changed the Sunday Mass time from nine to eight o'clock. They want your family to sign a petition to complain to the bishop.
3) At a weekend retreat, a few young people are caught sneaking out of the building at night. The youth minister is so upset that he or she wants to end the retreat early and send everyone home.
Decide how you will practice bearing with one another through love in your school and parish.
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Tommy Case plans to keep the Country Kitchen open in downtown Wellington. There was some question after the restaurant was broken into over the Labor Day weekend.
Nearly $1,000 was taken from a safe and a cash register. A lot of that was sales tax money, he said.
Friday Case was thinking about some restructuring, and may make some changes to how the establishment will operate, though the changes are not related to the break in.
He is thinking about opening later and staying open later.
He said often people don't come in early when he is open for breakfast, but there seems to be more interest in later hours.
"If we don't open until 11, I will still serve breakfast," he said.
He plans to have the establishment open Monday, though the hours are not set yet.
According to police reports someone entered the restaurant over the Labor Day weekend through a window. The safe and register were opened and the cash was taken out, Police Chief Tracy Heath said.
It is similar to other recent burglaries, at the Recreation Center and at the Assembly of God Church on Botkin St.
Heath said while they are similar crimes, police have no concrete reason to believe they are related. There was one weekend where the church and recreation center were broken into the same day, and those may be related, he said.
Heath said they have no firm suspects, but they are following up on leads and tips.
Usually burglaries of this nature involve just one person. Heath is hopeful that someone knows something and that they will report what they know.
Heath said he advises businesses to not leave cash overnight in the building. He said police are willing to escort business owners to the bank if they want to take a large amount to a bank safely.
"We used to do that a lot, but in recent years we haven't. That is a service we would offer," Heath said.
The local Crimestoppers group has also gotten involved.
Owners of the Gold Corner have put up a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in the break in at the Kountry Café.
That reward will be administered by the local Crimestoppers organization.
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- A driver learns from the past to lead the future
- A driver builds up his own trucking business
- Father and son share a love of life on the road, even if it makes visits rare
- This driver always makes time to mentor the next generation — whether at home or on the road
- This driver helps rookie truckers learn the ropes
- Home-schooling in a truck means the country is a classroom
- This driver sees the world through Google Glass
- A career trucker brings his tales of the road to people in hospice
- How driver Paul Sedlak finds motivation to reach his fitness goals
- I Love Trucking: More than a job, driving is a way of life
Grunt Work
The way Mike Johnston figures it, you can wander into to any public gym and watch guys (yawn) lift weights.
But where can you see someone hoist a car or bench-press a refrigerator? Or toss a 400-pound rock? Or tug a truck? Or jog with a log?
Where indeed?
Johnston's American Strongman Competition, that's where. Founded in 2004, the ASC emulates an English Strongman version that began in 1977. The oddball events were carried on the BBC and eventually picked up by U.S. television.
"In the mid-1990s, ESPN ran a lot of the old Strongman footage, and it took off from there," says Johnston, vice president of marketing and athletic development for the St. Louis-based organization. Dione Wessels, who has been promoting Strongman events for more than six years, serves as president.
"We are very emphatic that this is a sport, featuring legitimate athletes," Johnston says, "but obviously there's also an element of showmanship.We aren't interested in another routine strength competition."
"The first time I saw Strongman on TV, some guy was running down the street with a refrigerator on his back, and I thought, 'These guys are freakin' crazy' — and now I'm one of them," says Nick Brugal, a 23-year-old policeman in Bartlett, Tenn. Brugal competes in five to six Strongman events a year — some as far away as the Ukraine — and says he thrives on the challenge.
"I was a wrestler in college and a former bodybuilder," he says. "But who wants to be a bodybuilder and stand up there on the stage in your underwear? This is a lot more fun."
The Strongman disciplines range from lifting refrigerators to pulling heavy trucks from a standing start. There's also the popular automobile lift and a log run, which involves running with a 420-pound log on the shoulder.
Don't forget the Atlas Stone, a giant chunk weighing as much as 450 pounds, which the competitor lifts and throws.
"One of the popular events is Conan's Wheel," Johnston says. "You remember the movie Conan the Barbarian? That's where the name comes from." The competitor trudges around and around a sundial-shaped wheel carrying an object — say, a motorcycle — over his head.
There's also the Giant Chain Drag, Steel Beam Run and the Timber Carry. "I like the log press," says Brugal, "but I hate the anvil carry; I can never seem to get a good grip."
Such feats of brute strength date back centuries. Early European Strongmen used to meet on the moor to lift giant logs and hurl huge stones. They didn't have barbells in those days and had to make do with whatever was handy. From that evolved lifting refrigerators and pulling trucks.
Johnston says that every year hundreds of aspiring Strongmen (and Strongwomen) turn out in local and regional meets around the country, hoping to advance to the nationals. Why? For gold and glory, naturally.
"The champion receives cash prizes and a chance for endorsements," Johnston explains. "Last year's winner got a lucrative car commercial out of it."
Contestants range in age from 20 to 40 — there's no limit — and come from all walks of life.
"We've had roofers, truckers, steel workers, gym owners, lawyers, chemists, engineers and cops," Johnston says. "Just about every profession has been represented."
Phil Pfister, 2006 World's Strongest Man champion, got involved through weight-lifting.
"I've always been interested in strength competition," says Pfister, a 6-6, 370-pound energy company spokesman from West Virginia. "I'd seen the Strongman events on television and decided to give it a try to see how I could do."
Pfister says, "All the events are hard, but the toughest for me is the truck pull." The boulder lift isn't a piece of cake either, he adds.
The 2006 title was the crowning achievement for Pfister after eight years of competition. During that decade, in addition to finishing first, Pfister also posted several 3rd and 4th-places.
At 37, he plans to try again.
"I stay in shape," he says. "I can still compete."
Pfister says TV coverage has raised awareness of the Strongman competitions. "We get a lot more recognition than we used to," he says. "But I won't say that we're 'celebrities' — I don't get stopped on the street or anything like that."
Still, Pfister says winning the title changed his life because it led to his introduction to some people. "Those introductions led to my present job. So from that standpoint you could say that yes, in my case it was a big deal. But in general it doesn't lead to a whole lot of attention.
"If you're not happy before you win the Strongman title, you probably won't be happy after you win it. It's just something that's fun and challenging and not a lot of people can say they've done it. That's good enough for me."
Who's That Hercules?
Keeping your Strongmen straight is not easy.
The American Strongman Corporation (ASC) is the governing body for the sport in America and works with a number of international organizations.
North American Strongman Inc. (NAS) is the amateur division and the governing body for the sport of amateur strongman in America.
World's Strongest Man (WSM) is a TV contest that airs in December on ESPN, but is not affiliated with any strongman organization.
Where do the profits come from?
"Sponsorships," says Mike Johnston, VP/American Strongman. "We work to leverage our product/fan base to provide an interactive forum for companies. Our entry fees are limited, and generally at events we do not get a share of the gate. However, we are often able to retain a talent fee."
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The Kentucky Fire Commission works to strengthen, upgrade and improve fire rescue services for individuals and industries throughout the Commonwealth. By providing standardized education and training programs, and distributing funds that equip and strengthen Kentucky's fire departments, the Kentucky Fire Commission is creating a safer and more effective fire service for Kentucky.
The 16 KCTCS colleges offer an Associate in Applied Science (AAS) Degree in Fire/Rescue Science Technology with a curriculum based on federal and international standards and regulations.
The Kentucky Fire Commission offers incentive pay to full-time firefighters who complete specialized training each year, while also providing a number of grants to improve volunteer fire departments and regional training centers.
Interested in learning more about what the Kentucky Fire Commission is doing for the state of Kentucky? Start here, or feel free to contact us with any questions that you might have!


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I was hit by a car and now the steerer of my Reynolds 753 aero fork is bent.
Is it possible to bend them back? Would that be safe?
I can't afford a new pair!
If by "steerer" you mean the top tube that turns in the bearings, it would be very bad for that to be bent, since it would seriously muck up the bearings, and ever getting it straight enough to NOT muck up the bearings would be unlikely.
Apart from the bearings, with something like a conventional steel fork the twin concerns are fractures in the steel and fractures in the welds and/or castings that hold everything together. Generally if the bend is ONLY in the length of the metal tubing of one or both fork tines, the likelihood of a fracture is pretty small. But it's so hard to be sure that there are no beginning stress cracks in a weld or casting that using the fork (with or without straightening) is risky.
If an attempt is made to straighten the fork, it's important that it be done carefully, in a way that will not put further stress on welds and castings.
I will tell you how I have 'fixed' bikes with crash-damaged forks in the past:
turn the bars round 180 degrees and swing the bike square on into a concrete wall.
Incredibly this 'technique' works remarkably well, and is quite fun to do with someone else's 'pride and joy', but, as of yet I don't think I have had the pleasure of using this 'technique' on anything above a Reynolds 501 fork. It works very well on 'hi-ten' but I have no idea about 753. But it is all steel, right?
Anyway, I share with you this 'technique' because, if you are going to try and 'bend it' then it works out a lot better than more 'scientific' approaches involving vices, scaffolding poles and such. The problem with is the tubes deform too easily so you cannot clamp them.
The only slight problem with the 'concrete wall' approach is that you can lack the will power to do it and any feeble-minded effort will result in pancaking the wheel. If splitting logs with an axe is one of your preoccupations then go for it. What have you to lose? (Well, the frame, the front wheel and your wrists...) But, as for the steel, it will bend back without too much fatigue damage, the hard part is actually doing it accurately. Hence the 'concrete wall' approach - tried and tested.
If you are a wimp when it comes to the 'concrete wall' challenge, also consider looking into getting a horrid cheap fork in chrome steel of some vague ch-mo flavour. You can get them for £25 or less and, if you were to ride your bike blind-folded you would be none the wiser that you had swapped out the front fork. Cutting down a fork to fit and getting the lower bearing race on is again not for the faint-hearted, unless you have the proper tools that is. I would recommend phoning round your local bike shops and seeing what they can do for you.
With an affordable fork in place you can look into getting some carbon fibre or 753 effort that will better compliment your bike.
Hope that helps and hope you are okay after you crash!


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quote: Okay, so what's your point? That the price differential is delayed by six months?
quote: Umm...almost everyone pays taxes before they even see their paycheck. Very few professions require you to pay taxes after you receive your paycheck.
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GENESEO, N.Y. – The State University of New York at Geneseo Classes of 1999 and 2004 will receive special recognition during the college's Homecoming festivities Sept. 25-26 on campus.
"We have wonderful Homecoming activities planned for all alumni but are reaching out to those celebrating their five- and ten-year reunions with a special celebration Saturday evening," said Rose Anderson, assistant vice president for alumni relations at Geneseo. "Returning to your alma mater always has special meaning and allows alumni to rekindle friendships and make new connections. We're looking forward to a great weekend."
Friday highlights of this year's Homecoming include the 3rd Annual Friday Knight 5K Race/Walk at 5:30 p.m. sponsored by Geneseo's cross country and track and field teams; an alumni/student talent show from 6 - 8 p.m. in the Village Park; and a performance by comedian Eliot Chang in Wadsworth Auditorium at 9 p.m.
Saturday events include the Alzheimers Foundation Memory Walk at 9 a.m. in the Village Park; a Career Connections Brunch in the College Union Ballroom from 10 – 11:30 a.m.; the 2nd annual Block Party from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Village Park; and the Sports Hall of Fame reception and dinner in the College Union Ballroom. Numerous athletic contests are scheduled throughout the weekend including rugby, men's soccer and women's field hockey.
More information about Homecoming 2009, including registration information and lodging options, is available at go.geneseo.edu/homecoming, or by calling (585) 245-5506.
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Cherry - Merlot Cranberry Sauce
Recipe Serves 6 portions, total time:
- 12 oz bag cranberries, fresh
- 1 cup cherry juice
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1 cup Twomey Merlot
- ¼ teaspoon cloves, ground
- 1 teaspoon juniper berry
- 1 cup sugar
- 8 oz frozen Bing cherries
- Lemon juice (optional)
- Place the cherry juice, orange juice, Merlot, cloves, juniper berry, and sugar in a sauce pot and boil until half the liquid has evaporated.
- Strain the liquid into another sauce pot and add the cherries and cranberries. Bring back to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes. Taste and balance the sweetness and acidity of the cranberry sauce. Add sugar or lemon juice if needed.
- Refrigerate for at least 4 hours before serving.
Pair with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot or Pinot Noir


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12:00 AM - 4:00 PM on Friday, November 8, 2013
Location: Lavery 320
This group meets to discuss papers from leading computer vision and machine learning conferences.
For every meeting, one person will be in charge of selecting the paper(s), thoroughly understanding the work, and leading the discussion (either informally or via a presentation). The rest of the members will read over the paper(s) beforehand to gain a basic idea of the work. Then, on the day of the meeting, we will discuss the strengths, weaknesses, and techniques of the paper(s).
For more information, visit: http://filebox.ece.vt.edu/~cvmlreadinggroup/index.html
Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com


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There are two basic methods for sending an email with Python.
- If a mail server is running on the machine where Python is installed, simply open a pipe to the mail server and write the email as a file to that pipe. This is usually done on *nix type systems such as Linux.
- Use SMTP protocol to send the email. This can easily be done on either *nix or Windows type machines, providing you have access to a SMTP server. Almost anyone with Internet access has access to some SMTP server.
If you are planning on writing a script that can send email, for use on a computer that is accessible via Internet or other network connections, please be sure to read the cautions at the end of this article regarding security issues and spam exploits.
For both types of examples, we will use the following email message saved in a text file:
To: firstname.lastname@example.com From: email@example.com Subject: Sending Email With Python Here is the message body. This concludes our test. Deepz. - sig
Writing to a Pipe
Many *nix systems offer sendmail as an MTA (Mail Transfer Agent). Even systems that do not have sendmail installed, often have sendmail as an alias to the actual MTA, such as qmail or other. This is because sendmail is so ubiquitous, that even systems that do not actually have sendmail installed will set it up as an alias so that users can easily install common scripts that make the assumption that sendmail is available.
The path to sendmail is typically something like:
/usr/bin/sendmail or /usr/sbin/sendmail
$ locate sendmail
$ which sendmail
Code: Python
import os
MAIL = "/usr/bin/sendmail"
# get the email message from a file
f = open('mssg.txt', 'r')
mssg = f.read()
# open a pipe to the mail program and
# write the data to the pipe
p = os.popen("%s -t" % MAIL, 'w')
exitcode = p.close()
if exitcode:
print "Exit code: %s" % exitcode
Sending via SMTP
If you have access to a SMTP server, you can send email using the smtplib module of Python. This will work on any platform, *nix or Windows.
For the SMTP server, you should use the server provide for you by your web host or ISP. If a SMTP server is running on the same machine where you are executing this script, you can simply use 'localhost'.
Note that the SMTP AUTH options first became available in Python 2.2. If you are using a version older than Python 2.2, you will not be able to use this feature of the script.
Note that when using the smtplib module to send email, you must specify the RECIPIENTS and the SENDER separately from the text of the email message. RECIPIENTS must be a Python list. SENDER is a string.
Code: Python
import smtplib
smtpserver = 'mail.g4e.com'
AUTHREQUIRED = 0 # if you need to use SMTP AUTH set to 1
smtpuser = '' # for SMTP AUTH, set SMTP username here
smtppass = '' # for SMTP AUTH, set SMTP password here
RECIPIENTS = ['email@example.com']
SENDER = 'firstname.lastname@example.com'
mssg = open('mssg.txt', 'r').read()
session = smtplib.SMTP(smtpserver)
if AUTHREQUIRED:
session.login(smtpuser, smtppass)
smtpresult = session.sendmail(SENDER, RECIPIENTS, mssg)
if smtpresult:
errstr = ""
for recip in smtpresult.keys():
errstr = """Could not delivery mail to: %s
Server said: %s
%s""" % (recip, smtpresult[recip][0], smtpresult[recip][1], errstr)
raise smtplib.SMTPException, errstr
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RECIPIENTS = ['firstname.lastname@example.com', 'email@example.com', 'firstname.lastname@example.com']


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An easy question that I have never been able to answer. Suppose we have the CA on $\{ 0,1,2 \}^{\mathbb{N}}$ with local rule given by $f(x,y)=A_{x,y}$ and $A$ the $3\times 3$ matrix $A=(0,1,2,0,1,2,1,2,0).$ For example $(0,1,2,0,0,0,1,2,0,\ldots)\mapsto (1,2,1,0,0,1,2,1,\ldots),$ It is like a shift if the coordinate before is $0$ or $1$ and $x+1$ mod 3 if not. My question is, are there any invariant probability measures full supported other that the Haar measure? I have never seen an idea to solve this problem, so any reference is welcome.
This problem is easy, but there is a related problem that is not, this is to find a fully supported invariant measure for our CA that is at the same time invariant for the action of the shift different from the Haar measure. Is this possible?
To solve the problem here we can do the following. Call our CA by $F.$ $F$ is clearly surjective, then by a result by Hedlund every cylinder set has 3 preimages.
We will find an invariant measure for $F$ by defining recursively in $k$ the measure on the cylinder sets with coordinates fixed $0,1,\ldots,k,$ then we will extend the measure using Komogorov as usual. Define for $i\in \{0,1,2\}$ define $[i]_0=\{ i\}\times \{0,1,2\}^{\mathbb{N}}.$
For $k=1,2,\ldots$ suppose $F^{-k}[i]_0=\{a_i^{1}(k),a_i^{2}(k),\ldots,a_i^{3^{k}}(k)\},$ for example ordered by the lexicographic order. We will define inductively in $k$ the values $\mu(a_i^{j}(k))\doteq p_{i}^{j}(k)\in (0,1).$
Choose $p_0^{1}(0),p_1^{1}(0),p_2^{1}(0)>0$ such that $p_0^{1}(0)+p_1^{1}(0)+p_2^{1}(0)=1.$ Define $\mu([i]_0)=p_i^{1}(0).$
Suppose we have defined $\mu$ in $F^{-k}[i]_0.$ Given $j=1,2,\ldots,3^{k}$ we find $j_1,j_2,j_3$ such that $F(a_i^{j_1}(k+1))=F(a_i^{j_2}(k+1))=F(a_i^{j_3}(k+1))=a_i^{j}(k)$ (the evaluation of $F$ on cylinder sets has the obvious meaning) choose $p_i^{j_1}(k+1),p_i^{j_2}(k+1),p_i^{j_3}(k+1)>0$ such that $p_i^{j_1}(k+1)+p_i^{j_2}(k+1)+p_i^{j_3}(k+1)=p_i^{j}(k).$
Clearly we have defined in such a way an $F$-invariant probability measure, however not necessarily shift invariant.


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No. 21 Softball Travels to Lander on ThursdayFebruary 19, 2014
ANDERSON, S.C. – After capping a seven-day layoff with a sweep past NCAA Division I opponent South Carolina State two days ago, the 21st-ranked Anderson softball team gets back in action on Thursday by traveling to Peach Belt Conference-foe Lander for a twinbill starting at 5 p.m.
Anderson will be looking to snap a four-game skid at the hands of the Bearcats, while Lander is hoping to get back on track after dropping a pair of one-run decisions to Lincoln Memorial last Sunday. Thursday's opener will mark the Bearcats' ninth consecutive home contest.
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Anderson has opened the season with eight consecutive wins, marking the Trojans' best start in school history after eclipsing the 2010 squad's 7-0 start.
Senior Abby Child ranks fourth in the SAC and has paced the Trojans' offense through the early season, batting .542 and has three doubles and a pair of home runs among her 13 hits. The shortstop also has 13 RBI and leads the league by crossing the plate 11 times so far, while also drawing five walks. The LaGrange, Ga. native has a .917 slugging percentage. Fellow senior Danielle Swygert is batting .520 and has an on-base percentage of .556, while notching eight RBI and two doubles.
After a stellar performance at S.C. State, freshman Courtney Czentnar is third on the team with a .438 batting average and has driven in eight runs. Second baseman Jessica Neidigh boasts a .351 batting average and is fourth on the team with a .406 on-base percentage. The left-handed leadoff hitter had her season-opening seven-game hitting streak snapped in Monday's nightcap, but is tied for the team lead with three doubles. She is also a perfect 5-for-5 in stolen bases on the season.
Senior outfielder Charlotte Sieber is also among eight Trojans batting above .300, as she is 6-for-17 (.353) on the season with three doubles and seven RBI. Center fielder Molly Child has nine hits in 27 at-bats, including two home runs and a pair of doubles, and has walked four times. The sophomore is tied with Abby Child for the team lead in runs scored (11). Catcher Laura Jansky is hitting .333 through the eight games and has driven in nine runs, while newcomer Augie Pena is 3-for-5 at the plate on the season.
In the circle, freshman hurler Lauren Rudesheim (4-0) is tied for second in the conference with her four victories and is tied for fourth in ERA (0.74), while holding opponents to a .123 batting average. Pena and junior Katelynn Howser are both 2-0 on the season and the trio of hurlers are tied for the league lead with 46 strikeouts in 47 innings of work.
The Bearcats
Lander was picked to finish eighth in the 2014 Peach Belt Conference preseason poll, according to a vote of the league's coaches. The Bearcats were predicted to finish ahead of Georgia Southwestern, GRU Augusta, Young Harris and UNC Pembroke after posting an 18-31 mark a year ago, including a 6-16 mark and a 12th-place finish in the PBC. The Bearcats suffered six one-run losses in conference action a year ago.
Second-year Head Coach Tina Plew-Whitlock returned seven seniors and 12 new players on this year's roster and the Bearcats are 2-8 on the young season, including a pair of losses to South Atlantic Conference members Catawba and Lincoln Memorial, while sweeping a double from Coker. LU is coming off losses to the Lady Railsplitters, as LMU claimed a pair of one-run victories, 4-3 and 3-2, over the Bearcats last Sunday in Greenwood.
Senior first baseman Taylor Donson and junior Aubrey Lamar lead the Bearcats at the plate, batting .290 and .286, respectively and rank 41st and 42nd in the PBC. In the circle, freshman Taylor Crawford is 1-3 on the season, but boasts a sparkling 1.84 ERA and is averaging more than six strikeouts per contest.
The Series vs. Lander
The Trojans and Bearcats have met 29 times, with Lander holding a decisive 22-7 advantage in the overall series. The Bearcats have swept both doubleheaders over the past two seasons, including three one-run decisions. The two teams split the 2010 meetings in Greenwood, with Anderson sweeping the 2011 twinbill at Smethers Field. LU claimed the first 10 meetings between the two programs, including five straight during the 1998 campaign.
Last year's twinbill saw Lander escape with a pair of one-run victories, including an extra-inning affair in the opener. The Bearcats capitalized on six Trojan miscues in the two games, posting five unearned runs. Swygert, Jansky and Neidigh combined for 12 hits on the day.
Swygert was 4-for-6 on the afternoon, including a double and added two walks. Neidigh finished with five hits, including a triple in game one and drew a walk. Jansky added three singles and drove in two runs


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The .co landgrab could be one of the last before ICANN overhauls the way net addresses are assigned.
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The game between Venezuela and Russia mattered little in the final standings of Group C of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Ravenna/Italy 2011. However, the Russians, who had already assured their place in the knockout rounds as first-place finishers in the section, played with resolute spirit against the already eliminated South Americans and won out thanks to a fine performance from Dmitry Shishin in a 7-3 romp.
The Russians started slowly in the game and found themselves a goal down for their efforts at the end of the first period. Venezuela's Marcos Monsalve opened the scoring after ten minutes when he nodded home expertly after a long throw up the sand from his goalkeeper.
Russia managed to find their way in the second period, though, and three goals from Shishin and another added by Anton Shkarin saw the scoreline swell to 4-2 in their favour when the whistle went.
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LOMETA (January 11, 2013)--A former Lometa bank employee was set to plead guilty Tuesday in federal court in Austin to stealing money from the bank where she worked.
Janet Watson, who worked at First State Bank Central Texas' Lometa branch, was listed on Federal Magistrate Judge Andrew W. Austin's docket for formal arraignment and a guilty plea.
U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman Daryl Fields said Watson was named on Sept. 17, 2012 in an information, which is a formal charge document, that alleged that between August 2009 and December 2011 the former bank employee stole more than $34,400 from the branch bank.
Federal prosecutors filed the information rather than take the case to federal grand jury for indictment.
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Federal sentencing guidelines prescribe a sentence of up to 10 years in prison and a fine not to exceed $250,000 if Watson is convicted.


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Zombie Block Party for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store for $0 + free shipping
A fun GPS based multiplayer game, in which players in the same area fight for control of real-world addresses.
Free on the App Store, for the time being.
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I am loving this game! It's so much fun, especially when you have others around you to play with. The more the merrier, so download this bad-boy today!
Somehow, as a brand new player, I took over my location in one move from a guy with an army of 75 zombies. Kind of scratching my head on this one. Not sure it's worth taking up space on my already loaded iPod.
@tcanning: I think that's the point of the zombie's horde skill though right? If a player is foolish enough to leave a pack of 75 zombies unprotected they deserve to be taken.
I downloaded it, and left a scared hunter at a burger king, and a hoarde of zombies at my buddy's game store. Not 100% sure what to do now, but I think i'll figure it out.
This seems like a good idea, but there's so much activity in my small subdivision, and everywhere else I go, that I have to assume they are auto-generating characters. It would be fun to play against others, but playing against computer-generated opponents makes it less fun for me.


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A lot of people around me in my office listen to music or podcasts on their headphones.
I am not particularly a fan of just listening to music all day, however, I can see the benefit of podcasts. However, when I tried this with Spanish podcasts a while back, I found it nearly impossible to listen and work at the same time.
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I ask this question with some trepidation, because it may be trivial and/or of entirely recreational interest.
Erika Pannwitz proved in 1933 that every non-trivial knot contains a quadrisecant (four points which lie along a common line). Generically, a knot has finitely many quadrisecants. But what is so special about the condition of collinearity? In a dream I had a few nights ago (I apologise that this question arose in such a context), somebody asked me whether every knot contains all four vertices of an isosceles trapezoid (not in those words). I could answer the question neither in my sleep nor after I woke up. The claim sounded plausible to me (the codimension seems about right), and if it's true, then one might dream that a signed count of such trapezoids might give rise to a knot invariant along the lines of Budney-Conant-Scannell-Sinha.
Does every knot contain all four vertices of an isosceles trapezoid? More generally, is there a nice description of the subclass $\mathcal{C}$ of quadrilaterals such that every knot contains all four vertices of at least one, and generically finitely many, quadrilaterals in $\mathcal{C}$?
EDIT: Does every knot contain all four vertices of a rectangle?
I have thought about this problem a bit (trying to put it in the framework people use for dealing with colinearity problems), and it feels like it should be easy (and well-known to experts), but I'm a bit stuck.


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What's Our Favorite Deadly Sin?
I was awash in food at a wedding reception this weekend and it reminded me of an endless dinner I experienced in Munich once (in the Englisher Garten) of large whole chickens, mountains of sausages, and yard long steins of beer. I came away from that experience convinced that if Germany has a favorite national deadly sin, it is probably Gluttony. I used to think that the French's sin should be Lust until I visited England often enough to see that France pales in that area these days. So France gets Pride in my book.But what about the US? Can it be anything other than Greed? In Matthew Boudway's thread below, judging from the comments, it would almost seem that we have enshrined greed as a virtue to the extent that some people almost claim that to suggest that the rich are greedy is to show that onemust begreedy oneself (not that there is anything wrong with that).So. Do countries (or civilizations) tend to promote one deadly sin or others in its character? If so, should the US be the Land of the Greedy? If not, how do we define and distinguish greed in a greedy land like the United States?
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Avarice, a word that's generally used in capital sin talk is truly a problem here.A great priest I knew said the pronlem was people could never answer the question,"How much is enough?"Instead, many were like seals at the aquarium - throw them a fish and, slurp, they just want more.The outcome in his colorful phrase was inevitably "selfish fuckery,"
Judging by our educational performance, perhaps it should be Ignorance :-(
I'd think France's is Envy, btw
Sloth.It accounts for the decline of our education system. Easier to denounce learning than to achieve it. Politicians can deny evolution and get away with it, revise history and get away with it, etc., etc. People on t.v. are too lazy to do the homework required to conduct an interview, so they don't challenge the lies told by lying liars. In the Catholic Church, it accounts for the decline of preaching, good music, etc., etc.
BTW, what's the capital sin for the Vatican?
Vatican: Pride, the deadliest of all.
Seeing as how the USA can find its human roots in all corners of the globe, I think we can lay claim to being the one country that prefers ALL the deadly sins --- perhaps to a degree that no other country would even want to come close!We're the greatest!!!(btw, Jeanne, i think you are "right on target")
"In Matthew Boudways thread below,"Where below?I do not see anything which meets this description.In the USA, most seem to have elevated capitalism from a mere description of an economic mode to an ideology which they believe is necessary for democracy. Capitalism as an ideology goes beyond identifying greed as an economic motive to instead praise it as the power behind all economic progress. This mis-identification of conditions with ideals makes greed into a virtue for Aynn Rand and similarly inhumane individualists. All sense of community is lost. All sense of government as useful for doing things that are difficult for individuals and subsidiary organizations is denied. It is a profoundly un-Christian approach to society, denying all social responsibilities and repercussions. By raising greed and ruthlessness to the status of virtue, the charitable, meek, and just are condemned as weak instead of admired as virtuous. So, I agree that the defining American vice is greed, rationalized by ideological capitalism, although JJ has a point in saying that our national need to be number one defines the USA, even when it costs us international prestige and multi-millions of dollars and tens of thousands of combat casualties.
Not listed as one of the seven deadlies, but our national sin is Selfishness.
Ignorance isn't a sin. Thank God for that, or we'd all be Hell bound.
OK, what is Commonweal's characteristic sin?
I'd go with Pride, for the US, beating out Avarice by a narrow margin, and as Jeanne Follman points out, pride lies behind all other sins. American exceptionalism (at least as many seem to interpret that term) stems from pride (the City on a Hill, etc.), and we still seem to enjoy telling lesser breeds without the law how to order their affairs in order to Be More Like US.
"Ignorance isnt a sin."What?! Wasn't that Mrs. Howell? Or was that Gilligan?
I think wrath is the neglected sin. Maybe if it were called "anger" it would get the attention it should.True, not all anger is bad (think righteous anger), but a lot is. I think snarkiness is a variety, and it has become habitual in this country. We're the worse for it.
Dick Chaney said it well when he pushed and got the tax cut for the one percent: "We deserve it." That from a guy who grew up not so well off. It is our fault because we respect money more than anything and talk more to people who have money than those who do not. Greed is number one without a doubt. The words of the pope and many Christians are similar to Benedict addressing the coming World Youth Day: Entrust yourselves to prayer, in order to obtain the abundance of a fruitful Christian life. Those are the words but the deeds by the Vatican with its massive wealth and Christians who regard wealth as God's blessing is that the fruitful life is in material things which the poor and the middle class are to lazy to get.
Religiosity and Churchianity. (Yes, I know - that's 2 and they aren't in the usual list)
Ah, yes. The massive wealth of the Vatican -- whose annual budget is about $400 million dollars, which is 1/9000 or 0.01 percent of the $3.6 trillion budget of the United States federal government, which wins the GREED award hands down.Yes, greed is one of the favorites.
Bender, you have no idea. Let's just leave it at that.
Ann,You are quite right about anger. Jesus compared it to murder. It is the most approved of Christian actions. The Crusades are the prime example of that. Death of the other rather than death for the other as Jesus showed.
I loved Lovey and Thurston Howell. Jim Bacus was one of the funniest guys ever, even on one of the stupidest TV shows ever. Remember that time he was running for president of Gilligan's Island and Mrs. Howell decided to vote for the Skipper. "But Lovey!" Thurston remonstrated. "We've always been RePUBlicans!"
Today, the deadly sin of the t is indeed pride, the opposite of humility, as evidenced by the clergy sex abuse scandal has been handled.Not so many centuries ago (15th, 16th centuries) Lust would have to be the number #1 cardinal sin.
Revision:Today, the deadly sin of the the Vatican is indeed Pride, the opposite of humility, as evidenced by the way that the clergy sex abuse scandal has been handled.Not so many centuries ago (15th, 16th centuries) Lust would have to be the number #1 cardinal sin.
I agree with Ann. The early desert solitaries numbered anger as one of the worst sins because it smouldered in the soul blinding motives for all other activities. Given the parlous state of politics today and the anger found so common among the chattering class on these websites I think wrath(ira) tops my list.
I still have to go with avarice for the United States. Everything here is commoditized and almost all human decisions are cast as "investments" requiring a quantitative return. We don't buy houses, cars, or get educations; we invest in all these things. Poor people are people who have made poor investment decisions and therefore deserve to be punished. Rich people are people who have made good investment decisions and therefore deserve to be rewarded. Even religion tends to be viewed as a tangible investment in the after life.
Maybe it's time for the Church to dump the seven deadly sins. Has anyone ever gone to confession for having committed avarice or acedia? Ever hear a sermon on gluttony? On wine-bibbing?Anger has survival value. Saying fight-or-flight responses are sinful is like saying blue eyes or homosexuality are instrinsically disordered. Jesus was accused of being a wine-bibber and a glutton. As our knowledge of evolution evolves, so should our definitions of sin. Is smoking a sin? Pope Pius X was a smoker. John Paul II was not. Does Benedict XVI smoke?
The old song truly says there's a thin kine between love and hate.When love is betrayed, anger(even smoldering) can set in, but blaming the angry one and not the betrayer misses the dynamic of what happened.
Speaking of poor people and decision making, here's a fascinating article in the NYT about decision making -- and temptation. It seems making decisions for 3-4 hours a day (as we seem to do) can wear us out psycholocally without our even being aware of it. The poor, having fewer options, have to work harder at making good decisions, which, apparently can wear them out faster. Weariness from making decisionscan lead them -- and us -- into temptation. The article is accessible at:http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/magazine/do-you-suffer-from-decision-f...
"Ever hear a sermon on gluttony?"Yes. It was very good. It was about how we sometimes overfeed our bodies and starve our spirits.
We're eager to attribute badness to people and organizations we dislike. How about turning that around on ourselves? Goose and gander. Humility?
AS to the uS, I think the consensus is gred -except for those who are greedy.
Let me put in a good word for greed --Many, many people work hard so they can afford "the finer things of life" and those "woosh moments" we talked about a while back. They're seeking beauty, even when they think that the transcendent Beauty they long for does not exit. In effect are trying to buy a God. They are not resigned to the fact that, as the poet Wallace Stevens puts it, "The imperfect is our paradise". I wouldn't call such people any greedier than us believers.
Within the traditional catalogue of sins, no doubt "greed" is the dominant trait of our culture here in the U.S. - Yet the much greater problem seems to be that our society -- being built around the principle of self-interest, primitive accumulation, and possessive individualism -- no longer has a conception of sin at all. Extending and radicalizing the tenets of Classical Liberalism preached by the Scottish Enlightenment (or, more crudely, by Defoe, Mandeville, and Paine), contemporary U.S. culture interprets avarice not as sin but as an inalienable "right," to be claimed and exercised at will and without any corresponding obligation. Isn't that the essence of sin -- to perpetrate an action willfully, yet without ensuring that our practices serve a meaningful and sustainable end? Hence I see a deep connection between avarice and (willful) ignorance.
Yes. It was very good. It was about how we sometimes overfeed our bodies and starve our spirits.---------Hi, Jean:Front-page article in the NYT today about how the Baptists are preaching about good nutrition.http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/22/us/22delta.html?_r=1&hp
Thomas P. --About our having no sense of sin at all -- good point, sadly. It irritates the life out of me when someone calls an egregious sin or moral failure "a mistake". Oh, we might think we need forgiveness for our "mistakes", but we're quite prepared to give it to ourselves. Sheesh.
I don't think Americans are any more greedy than the rest of the world; we're just more effective at realizing our desires.
"I dont think Americans are any more greedy than the rest of the world; were just more effective at realizing our desires."But at other people's expense. That's what makes us special.
U, this is a capitalist society. Life here is not a zero-sum game. If I acquire a television set, that doesn't mean someone else has to go without one.
"Life here is not a zero-sum game."David--I agree with you, but I think this is a fundamental view of life, not just the American economy. There are people who fundamentally, even violently, disagree with us, and sometimes I think this difference in outlook is the root of all our differences.For my money, if America has a deadly sin, it's impatience.
Nobody has mentioned envy. I think there's a lot of that in the U.S., partly because so many of us have so much, and we can't help want all the good we possibly. can. But envy is something more than just wanting the good things our neighbor has. There's a certain meanness about envy -- a sort of "If I can't have what you have, then I'll see to it when I can that you won't either". It's a particularly nasty sin, and it can lead to some nasty politics.
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We were just clearing out our kitchen and stared at this brand new, unused pressure cooker we got for our wedding over 10 years ago! We've never felt the need to use it before. I know it's supposed to be able to cook things really fast, but is this really an essential appliance? We're debating if we should give it to someone else. Before I do that though, I think I want to try it a few times. What kinds of things would best demonstrate its usefulness?
For me, the best use is making beans. I find that home cooked beans have a much better taste and texture than from cans. The pressure cooker can make them in just about an hour from the moment you pour them in the pot to perfectly tender, and no presoaking is required, so I don't have to plan a day in advance.
It's a convenience and a time saver. The high pressure simply raises the boiling point of water which raises the cooking temperature. Anything you need to boil (but not evaporate) for a long time will go much faster using it. Of course without the lid it is also a nice heavy pot.
Canning requires the higher temperature to kill botulism spores but most recipes that call for a pressure cooker will simply take longer.
If you haven't used it in 10 years you are probably fine getting rid of it. You could send it to me for example. :)
a) Send it to me :)
b) Pressure cookers are good for cooking something like lamb shanks (or other tough meats), which would normally take several hours of braising before becoming tender. In a pressure cooker, you could probably do it in less than an hour.
I like to use mine as a high pressure steamer. Pour a 1cm layer of water into the pressure cooker, put a small rack in (came with my pressure cooker) and heat the cooker until the water boils, put your veggies on the rack, close the cooker and cook for two minutes or so on the highest pressure. Never tasted broccoli that was so fresh.
You could use a steam oven to get the same mode of preparation with more convenience, but it's very pricey.
Pressure cookers use higher pressure to raise the boiling point of water, which means that you can cook at a higher temperature. That leads to shorter cooking times. It is especially useful for making braises, stews and stocks.
My personal favorite recipe to make in a pressure cooker is Alton Brown's Pressure Cooker Chili. I've made the recipe without a pressure cooker and it takes 3-4 for the meat to become nice and tender while the pressure cooker can do it in 25 minutes.
You can use it to make a version of risotto that doesn't take any stirring.
You can make vegetables soup in minutes. Steel cut oatmeal, very fast too.
Basically anything that would stovetop cook for hours can be done in 20-35minutes mostly. We did oxtail soup for dinner just last night in an hour, start to eating.
And vegetables can be steamed to perfection in just a few minutes, with some danger of overcooking.
pressure cooker is one of my MUST HAVE in my kitchen because aside from saving me a lot of time tendering my meat but it also save your electric bill for electric stove.
You can use it to boil eggs, cook beans, rice and polenta. It's great to cook potatos to make mashed potatos or potato salad.
Laura at plawingwithfireandwater.com uses her pressure cooker to make a cream croquant. Pour 35% cream in your cooker to 1/2 an inch, cook for ten minutes at full pressure. You will get a crunchy caramelized bit of gorgeousness made solely with cream.
Pressure cookers generally are ideal for food items that require moist cooking methods that take a long time. Generally, the can be employed in lieu of:
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By RickRamsey-Oracle on Nov 15, 2012
Fair is fair. Our last post featured a conversation with the beautiful and talented Eva Mendez, so today we're featuring something for those of you who prefer the other gender of our fair species.
This dude has quite the hardware challenge ahead of him. He hasn't begun to find out what's really under that hood. Life is much easier for you and me, thanks to Greg King and Suzanne Zorn. They wrote a wicked cool article about Oracle VM Server for x86. Here's a little bit about it...
Looking Under the Hood of Networking in Oracle VM Server for x86
Oracle VM Server for x86 lets you create logical networks out of physical Ethernet ports, bonded ports, VLAN segments, virtual MAC addresses (VNICs), and network channels. You can then assign channels (or "roles") to each logical network so that it handles the type of traffic you want it to.
Greg King explains how you go about doing this, and how Oracle VM Server for x86 implements the network infrastructure you configured. He also describes how the VM interacts with paravirtualized guest operating systems, hardware virtualized operating systems, and VLANs.
Finally, he provides an example that shows you how it all looks from the VM Manager view, the logical view, and the command line view of Oracle VM Server for x86.
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Now, if we could just come up with a name for this awesome product that doesn't feel like I'm talking with a mouthful of marbles ... :-)
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"Drilling"…..(with respect to Business Intelligence applications and Information Technology). Where did that word come from? What does it mean? What can it mean? I am sure you have heard the phrase "Drill down to detail" before, but you may have also heard "Drill Up", "Drill Out", "Drill Across", "Drill In" and "Drill Through" and don't forget "Drill Anywhere".
In general, it means to simply move from summary level information to underlying detail data, either within its current data set or even outside to another data set. Its main purpose is to allow one to easily view summarized information in the form of a chart, table or some graphical visualization with the added ability to "click" on a value, series or region and "drill in" to the next level of detail or out to some other dimension. "Drilling" allows business users to make informed decisions quickly without having to page through sheets of raw data.
For example, summarized sales revenue for the year 2010 is $200K, but upon drilling down we see that $175K was brought in by 3 out of 4 regions, leaving 1 region with very low numbers. This now exposes a single region as being an outlier or a entity that needs focused attention. The power of Business Intelligence applications at work, turning raw data into actionable information.
The Pentaho BI Suite can provide "Drilling" in a number of ways depending on which module you deploy. We will explore each of these in this article……….read more about it here at the Pentaho Evaluation Sandbox.
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We have unit and integrations tests in our project and want to work test driven. One questions that raise up is this: When a ticket is created because somebody found a bug, should we create a small test case just for that bug, or should we include this case in the general tests?
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Welcome to SQA, Tim.
I do not create a new test case for every bug. I believe testing is about managing risk. If I believe the risk of a a bug reappearing is low, I will test the bug when the developer says it is fixed, but I will not re-test it for every subsequent release. Judging risk is subjective, and sometimes my judgement is wrong, but I think this way of testing is a better use of resources than testing for every bug that has ever appeared.
Other organizations may manage risk differently because of the nature of their business, their regulatory environment, or the culture of the company.
Creating a test based on a bug is a good way to drive the development and provide an acceptable pass condition for the fix.
While i agree that smaller bugs that are hard to re-create probably aren't worth building a test around, there may be some merit in seeing how often it does actually pop up and the test does fail.
I believe the answer is "it depends". If you're talking about a unit test, why not? These should be the bulk of your tests anyway, and usually run very fast. But it may not be worth the time or money.
If you're talking about functional tests, probably not. But again, it depends. Was the bug a cross-browser or OS issue? Was it a logical bug or typo? Will the test give you a satisfactory level of confidence that it wouldn't happen again? What is the business impact if the bug happens again? How much does it cost the company to have you write a test for a particular bug? Is there sufficient ROI or risk mitigation to make it worthwhile?
These are the types of questions that you need to prioritize before you can really determine if a particular bug should have a corresponding test, and the business needs usually take precedence over all else.
I'm not sure what the difference is between a "small test" and "general tests". Anyway, we add tests based on bugs to our main test suite, with some exceptions. One of the exceptions is the test not being a "small test", some bugs are difficult and time consuming to replicate or verify. Another exception is "not our bug", meaning a bug in an adjusting module that we are not responsible for (unless it's really trivial to be tested).


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Let $Y$ be a connected, nonsingular, positive dimensional subvariety of $\mathbb{P}^n_k$ over an algebraically closed field $k$, and let $\mathcal{I}$ be the ideal sheaf of $Y$.
Why are the followings true?
1) $\Gamma(Y,\mathcal{I}^r/\mathcal{I}^{r+1})=0$ for any $r\ge 1$. 2) $\Gamma(Y,\mathcal{O}_X/\mathcal{I}^r)=k$ for any $r\ge 1$.
Could someone explains this for me, thanks.


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In mathematics we often seek to classify objects up to an equivalence relation, where two objects A and B are said to be equivalent if there exists a map $f:A\rightarrow B$ satisfying certain properties. Examples include trying to classify (some class of) n-manifolds up to homeomorphism, or finite groups up to isomorphism, or (some class of) varieties modulo birational equivalence.
What examples can you give where you can prove equivalence abstractly, but there is no known algorithm to find the map which induces the equivalence?
For example, could you give examples of manifolds you could prove to be homeomorphic (or homotopic, or simple homotopic, or whatever), but where you had no algorithmic way of finding the homeomorphism between them explicitly?
I think such examples are philosophically interesting, because they highlight how much
stronger weaker "proving something" might be than "calculating something", with each answer providing an example.
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what are some of the problems with the user interface of computers in cars(media, maps, vehicle/travel data)? what works in terms of interaction types - manipulating, conversing, instructing , dare i say exploring? how do they stand up to Nielsen's and Norman's heuristics? what doesn't work? what is the way forward?
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Jacob Nielsen offered this analysis of the first version of BMWs 'iDrive' interface:
Here are just few examples of the BMW 745i's clueless interaction design:
The biggest problem with the user interface is the amount of twiddling you have to do. For example, if you want to hear a certain artist's songs from your iPod you have to go through a lot of changes while attempting to keep your eyes on the road.
Voice activated blue tooth for your phone and navigation is helpful, but the radio/CD player/MP3 player is almost never voice activated. This will lead to accidents, but maybe not as many as with texting and driving. If you do that, it's only a matter of time before you get in an accident.
In short, the controls needed to drive a car are simple, well thought out, and can be used without active thought (about the control). These are all very good things. However, the creature features on the console are not nearly as well thought out. They require more steps than you would normally have to do with equivalent products dedicated to the task (such as trip planning, music selection, climate control).
As a counter example of blue tooth voice activation being helpful, consider the process the Nissan Altima forces you through to register your phone.
All of this would be quicker, easier, and less painful if they simply used the media screen to set up the phone call. The problem is that they are different systems. The only interface to your phone is through the voice activated dialog. That also means that if you didn't spring for the full navigation package you can't stream audio using blue tooth.
A car is a system of isolated components that on the whole seem like they are put together. For some systems it is quite useful, and provides redundancy for safety reasons. For the creature features it becomes a great hindrance, and reduces the quality of user interface. I can't answer who it applies to Nielson or Norman's heuristics.
The way forward is to provide more than one interface to the cockpit functions. That means a passenger should be allowed to connect a new phone while the car is in motion. That means really thinking about interacting with the media devices--and tying the systems together. While we are at it, if an iPod can contain a complete character set for Unicode, why can't a car? It's rather silly for a Japanese designed car not to be able to display Japanese characters just because it was manufactured in America. As a result some lesson titles on my iPod show up blank on the console monitor. Voice activation is useful, but simplify the interface and allow the user to interrupt with their voice.
Driver distractions are the leading cause of most vehicle crashes and near-crashes. One of the main causes are related with use of GUI's. Learning: The whatever interface is additional and should work as much intuitive as possible. The lower the extra cognitive effort for using it can be the better and more safer the solution is.
Guided simplicity over rules efficiency, I would say. For instance kinetic list scrolling vs paging. Usually you would browse a list via kinetic scrolling so that it feels smooth when you flick through it. In a car this doesn't work, because you can't watch the list until the scroll slows down. Otherwise you risk an accident. So as a result, you would use scroll buttons (paging) to go through the list. Because it is just simple and easy to use.
There are many more aspects. But I guess it would be too much for this thread here.


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This recipe is true to its name-easy, simple, delicious and healthy! The creamy dill dressing was also a hit with my family. Had to go back and make more. We loved it!
Easy Salmon Cakes
From EatingWell: Winter 2004, EatingWell Serves Two, The Essential EatingWell Cookbook (2004)
If you are trying to boost your intake of omega-3s, try this simple favorite. It is a great way to use convenient canned (or leftover) salmon. The tangy dill sauce provides a tart balance.
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I added a little grated carrots and red pepper. Yummy. My 6 and 4 year old kids loved it too. Also used spelt breadcrumbs but had to add a little regular breadcrumbs to make it stay together better.
I made my own bread crumbs using 3 1/2 slices of whole grain bread, and I didn't have any problems with it being too dry...probably ended up being about 1 1/2 cups of bread crumbs total. I also added some cayenne pepper to zing it up and squeezed some fresh lemon juice on top before serving. Really delicious with the dill sauce (recommend adding more lemon, i.e. juice from 1 whole lemon, and more dill) and on top of mixed baby greens with a few fresh veggies.
I made this tonight with leftover salmon from last night - Awesome! I had a lot of dill spices left on it and added cilantro instead of parsley (as that is what I had in my fridge) and only had 1.5cups of Panko crumbs. Loved it and kids too (the cilantro and dills from the leftovers made the huge punch in flavour)
I must preface this by saying that I'm not a fan of salmon. However, I know this is a good fish with lots of healthy nutrients and this recipe seemed much less awful than the one my mother made. I went into this very hopeful. I made these with white bread crumbs because that's all I had; everything else was followed to the letter. There was very little flavor and what little there was was flat. I am not sure I would make these again. However, if I did I would reduce the amount of bread crumbs, add more seasonings, and 2 eggs..


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To the editor: I have lived and worked most of my life in Steubenville and Jefferson County. I believe in the people who live and work here....
Sheriff Abdalla is a creep who doesn't understand Rape is Rape just like the other leadership of Steubenville. He went after those who wanted to bring justice to Jane Doe instead of the rapists, those who provided the house & alcohol, and those who tried to cover up what happened. If not for AG - Mike DeWine stepping into the mess with both boots, we still would not have justice.
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Mr. Ranallo I agree w most of your post. Steuben Schools lost my support when Reno is on the news one day saying the superintendent wouldn't let some old ball coach make certain decision but then down the road the super and the principal say they left decision up to the coach. To much contradiction going on. Then on 20/20 your head coach is seen on tape saying "just answer the questions they ask and nothing else" in other words dont tell them all you know. So in order to work together everyone needs o be on the same page and be truthful which did not happen in some aspects of this event.
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Tomsays you are a broken record..a bad broken record,oh and an idiot
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If it wasn't for the community, media, and activist groups I don't think these boys would have see a day in court. Sometimes our officals do NOT know what's best or how best to handle a situation. I am not saying the entire city is wrong or every offical is corrupt. But those who didn't take action and should have and those who knew but chose to hide the truth to save the football program (aka the money) should be held accoutnable.
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I have a very basic question on Hilbert manifolds.
Consider the Hilbert space $$ \mathcal{H}:= L^2(S^1) $$ with $S^1$ the unit circle. On $\mathcal{H}$ let us introduce the equivalence relation $$ f\sim g : \Leftrightarrow f(\cdot ) = g(\cdot + \alpha)\quad \mbox{for some }\alpha \in S^1. $$ Now define the factor space $$ \overline{\mathcal{H}}:= \mathcal{H}/\sim. $$ What is the structure of $\overline{\mathcal{H}}$? Is it a Hilbert manifold? If so, how to construct the smooth structure? I am particularly interested in computing a (Riemannian) distance between two elements of $\overline{\mathcal{H}}$.


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Looking at the code of Joomla I see that in the first line of the index, it defines the base path of installation with
Is this a possible risk for the site? If a non controlled error message show the internal path of the Joomla directory, because of, for example a failed include, can it be used to perform some kind of attack to the site? If yes, is it convenient to use this function?


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We've recently been working on a fairly modern web app and are ready to being deploying it for alpha/beta and getting some real-world experience with it.
We have ASP.Net based web services (Web Api) and a JavaScript front-end which is 100% client-side MVC using backbone.
We have purchased our domain name, and for the sake of this question our deployment looks like this:
webservices.mydomain.com (Webservices)
mydomain.com (JavaScript front-end)
On our development PC's we have used an IIS reverse proxy to forward all requests to mydomain.com/webservices to webservices.mydomain.com - Which solves all our problems as the browser thinks everything is on the same domain.
So my question is, in a public deployment, how is this issue most commonly solved? Is a reverse proxy the right way to do it? If so is there any hosted services that offer a reverse proxy for this situation? Are there better ways of deploying this?
I want to use CloudFront CDN as all our servers/services are hosted with Amazon, I'm really struggling to find info on if a CDN can support this type of setup though.


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I have found myself using spot metering on several occasions in order to get the right exposure, such as sunsets and on bright days with a subject in the shade. What other situations are well suited for spot metering instead of the standard matrix mode?
This means you could get a light reading for a very specific area in the frame as opposed to a general measurement for the overall picture. Using this built in meter you can tell specifically how your subject will be exposed with your current camera settings and whether you need to adjust them to get the exposure you're looking for. Using the spot meter, you're telling the meter that the subject you're pointing at is at an 18% gray level in the Zone System. If the subject is indeed in the mid tonal range, you would leave your exposure as is but if it's brighter or darker, you would have to adjust your exposure accordingly. More on 18% gray and the Zone System here.
Situations this is useful for:
How to use Spot Metering
Shooting in P
Using Spot Metering is generally more time consuming and takes a little more practice to use effectively but if you're trying to get a certain look for your photograph it usually yields better results.
See How Spot Metering Affects Your Settings
Shooting the moon is a pretty good time to use it. :-)
Basically anytime the subject you actually want a clear photo of is drastically different in brightness compared to the rest of the scene.
Any time there is something in the frame that you want to be white or black (and where the subject is still, or at least slow) works well. For white, you can spot meter on the white surface and then overexpose the given reading around 1.5 - 2 stops. For black you do the opposite, measure and then underexpose as much (test with your own camera to figure out exactly how much to adjust the exposure). I often find that this works best with the camera in manual mode.
The basic principle of spot metering (when compared to matrix metering) is that it loses the comfort of having camera guess how should different parts of scene contribute towards exposure settings and gives that control to you.
Therefore, situations favoring spot metering are when you want precise control over what part of the scene exposure is measured by. The primary reason why you might want to have such control is that you have a clear vision on how should some part of your scene be exposed (especially when shooting JPEG or film, where your options to tweak exposure afterwards are more limited than with RAW). Usually that "area" would be the subject, but it could also be background, or a key object of your composition.
In other words, spot metering is your best friend when you're trying to use zone system. You aim the metering point at the desired area and use exposure compensation to select whether its brightness on image should be at the neutral 18% grey level (no compensation), darker than that (negative compensation) or lighter than that (positive compensation). Note that unlike focusing, metering does not suffer any error from recomposing afterwards - so you can use spot metering for any part of scene even if it's only available for center point.
Another kind of situation favoring spot metering is when experimenting is not an option and you don't trust the matrix metering - because you're new to the camera, or you haven't figured out how it would perform in a complex lighting situation you're facing.
The important difference is that matrix metering tries to guess how should things look like; you know how they should and spot metering lets you communicate that knowledge to camera, still sparing you from the dirty work (measuring the light).
To summarize the other answers (thus far): the primary reason for spot metering is situations with extreme contrast. The high contrast means that getting a "reasonable" overall exposure isn't likely to give (even close to) the correct exposure for the parts of the picture you really care about. That being the case, you need to meter those specific parts you care about, and expose specifically for them.
I'd disagree with one answer though: a spot meter is rarely useful for the moon. To shoot pictures of the moon, you're generally better off exposing manually. Even a spot meter will usually overexpose the moon quite badly unless you use an extremely long lens. Instead, you usually want to just open up about one stop from a normal daylight exposure (aka the "loony 11 rule").
At a concert spot metering is a good way to go. Metering on the performers face so that the skin is exposed propertly - rather than the stage, clothing, stage lights, etc.
I find it very useful to us spot metering when taking photos of birds.
In a zoo, this might be different, but when you want to capture them in their natural habitat, they often fly quickly and the background and surrounding areas change a lot from dark (such as a branch or tree in the shadow) to bright (such a branch or tree in direct sunlight).
I've used spot metering in situations where there's a high range of light in the frame, and evaluative metering might get confused. I meter off of something either relatively bright (so I don't overblow things too much) or whatever I want to focus on. It might take some trial and error to find the right spot to get the effect you want.
If you're using spot metering and then recomposing the shot, you'll notice that the metering changes as you recompose even if you've got the shutter halfway depressed. To solve this, use the exposure lock button; on my Canon DSLR, it's on the top right of the back of the camera and has a symbol like *. Point where you want, press the shutter halfway down, press the exposure lock button, and it locks the exposure data it currently has, so you can recompose and shoot at will.
I use spot metering frequently for portraits, I measure on the face and then recompose.
I ask myself two simple questions:
If the answer to the second question is "no" and I am outside without external lights, I'll use the spot metering.
Also, for forcing a silhouette, I'll use the AE lock after spot metering on the brightest object. That way I am guaranteed a silhouette.
I will always tend to use spot metering at an Airshow or when shooting birds/wildlife, as usually you will have a bright sky filling 85% of the frame with a dark blob in the middle!!
The same would be true for the opposite - say you were shooting a music gig at night, or indoors. Overall the scene will be very dark, but you need to expose for the face of the lead singer in a spotlight, or something like that...
Just a comment about those who have mentioned using spot metering for birds/wildlife. I do a lot of wildlife photography - primarily birds. Using spot metering for wildlife as some have suggested is far too simple an answer and largely incorrect IMHO. If your bird (or animal) is primarily white or black, and you spot meter on it, the camera will try to make the subject 18% gray. White birds should not be 18% gray. Black birds should not be 18% gray. Wildlife photography requires a bit more finesse/subtlety in choosing your exposure. I'm afraid that I would have to disagree with those who use it for this. While there are potentially some isolated circumstances where you could use spot metering, other techniques for getting your exposure correct for wildlife will be far more useful overall.


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KILLEEN (April 19, 2011)—Central Texas College police responded to a report of a man with a gun on campus Monday but after a search no weapon was found.
A male student called police and reported what he said was a threat made against him by another man who had a gun.
According to the student, the assailant was not a CTC student.
Campus police responded and were able to identify the man whom the victim said made the threat.
After searching the suspect officers did not find a weapon.
Nor were officers able to find anyone who could substantiate the threat made against the student.
The suspect was released.
Officers obtained three witness statements and continued to search for more witnesses.
The suspect was given a trespass warning and told not to return to campus.
CTC police said they would contact the Bell County District Attorney's office to see if additional charges were appropriate.


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NEW DELHI -- The agenda for the 2013 International Refining and Petrochemical Conference began on Tuesday, July 9, and concludes on Thursday, July 11.This year, IRPC features more than 40 presentations with special focus on the latest advances in technology and operations at refineries and petrochemical plants. Around 300 industry professionals are on hand as delegates for the event, which is being held at the famed Taj Palace near downtown New Delhi.Posted below are ongoing Day 2 highlights, including news stories, pictures and videos. For Day 1 highlights, click here. For further event details, visit the IRPC website. NEWS STORIESIRPC 13: Integration is crucial for global firms to compete with future US plants
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Dr. Nair,Thank you very much for your feedback. We definitely realize the importance of sustainability as a trend in the global HPI and plan to talk more about it at IRPC 2014, which will include an emphasis on clean fuels and environmentally-friendly practices.
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Looking through the excerpts of the proceedings of IRPC 2013 I find bulk of the transactions on technology and business often widely discussed and evaluated, Sustainability issues, environment and safety which are of current interest especially at a time the global industry is expanding in the developing countries seems to have been put on the back burner.
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