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MADISON, Wisconsin (CNN) -- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker will successfully overcome a recall vote that would have stripped him of his job, CNN projects Tuesday night, based on exit polling data and partial vote results.
Walker, a Republican hero for pushing austerity measures that stripped collective bargaining rights from most public unions, was leading Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett by a 59-41 margin with 31% of the vote in.
Public opinion polls leading up to the vote had shown Walker holding a narrowing lead and early exit polls suggested the race would be tight, with 35% of those responding identifying themselves as Democrats, 33% saying they're Republicans and 32% saying they're independents.
Both Walker and Barrett cast their ballots Tuesday morning in an election that was expected to hinge on which side did a better job of motivating its supporters to vote.
Exit polls indicated that both sides had succeeded in those efforts, with two key groups voting above 2010 levels -- 23% of those voting said they were 65 or older, voters who tend to be more Republican, and 32% said either they or someone in their household is a union member, who are usually more Democrat.
A state official said on condition of not being identified that turnout appeared to be strong, with reports of some polling places running out of forms for same-day voter registration. The vitriolic campaign included tens of millions of dollars in funding from outside the state, mostly for the Republican governor.
"We can't spike the ball on the 10-yard line," Walker said Monday night in a Green Bay restaurant, within walking distance of the Packers' famed Lambeau Field. "We've got to take it all the way into the end zone."
The race is a rematch of the 2010 governor's contest, won by Scott Walker with more than 52% of the vote.
Recalling a governor is rare -- trying to, not so much. But this time, the stakes were higher. The first-term governor's win could give Republicans a major boost in efforts to make Wisconsin a battleground state in the November presidential election.
President Barack Obama easily won the state in 2008, but Walker's unyielding commitment to fiscal austerity in the face of chaotic protests last year made him the poster child for tea party conservatism. Walker would have been only the third governor in U.S. history ousted by a recall election.
Along with the gubernatorial recall, voters were deciding whether Walker's lieutenant governor and four Republican state senators keep their jobs. Just one GOP loss among the four state senators facing recall races would flip control of the chamber back to Democrats, at least until the next election in November.
CNN projected Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch would keep her job. The other races were still too early to call.
A former Republican state senator ousted in a Wisconsin recall vote last year said Tuesday that the political wound he suffered was worth it because of the fiscal austerity achieved.
"I lost my job standing for something, and I was standing for the people, fiscal responsibility and the future of this country and the state and its residents," Dan Kapanke said, adding that "the times dictate tough decisions, and we want our elected officials to do the right thing and worry about the future and not just about the next election."
Walker complains that repeated recall efforts over past years are stalling progress and costing the state needed money. On Tuesday, Barrett said he agrees that voters are tired of recall politics, but he blamed Walker for creating a divisive political environment that inspired the effort to oust him.
"What Gov. Walker doesn't say is he was the one who, these are his words, dropped the bomb and attempted to divide and conquer. So he set out on a strategy to divide this state. He succeeded in dividing the state," Barrett said, adding that the proper course now is to "get rid of the instigator rather than to allow him to continue because I think this state will remain this bitterly divided if he continues in office."
About $64 million has been spent on the race since November, an analysis from the Center for Public Integrity found. That's a state record, shattering the record of $37.4 million spent during the 2010 governor's race.
Walker outraised his opponent by an almost 8-1 ratio, collecting $30.5 million to Barrett's $4 million. Roughly two-thirds of Walker's contributions came from out of state, the Center for Public Integrity reported, while only a quarter of Barrett's funds originated from outside Wisconsin.
Barrett said Tuesday that such outside influence is a change for Wisconsin.
"What's happened is, Scott Walker has become the rock star of the far right and has been able to raise literally millions of dollars from out-of-state contributors," Barrett said.
The recall effort was spurred by a Walker-backed law, signed in March 2011, to limit the collective bargaining rights of state worker unions.
During a bitter fight over the law last year, Democratic legislators left the capital to prevent a quorum, and tens of thousands of protesters converged on the State Capitol building in what became an occupation.
After the law was signed, Democrats immediately began a recall effort that led to Tuesday's vote.
Walker has defended his budget actions as necessary for the fiscal health of his state and described his campaign as one of a strong leader who is making the necessary "tough decisions."
The campaign has been fierce, with campaigners complaining of keyed cars, verbal harassment and a general lack of tolerance for differing opinions.
"We have an example of Hatfields and McCoys going on in this state like we have never seen," said Brian Nemoir, a Milwaukee-based Republican strategist. "People are hyper-engaged, as much in support for their own candidate as in disgust for the opponent."
Handmade signs were nearly as prevalent as official ones. Some locals say they have resorted to lowering their voices in public when discussing the recall to avoid setting off arguments with strangers.
The Justice Department on Monday dispatched federal observers to monitor Milwaukee polling places Tuesday to ensure that no voter discrimination takes place.
A litany of Republican stars have campaigned for Walker, including fellow governors Chris Christie of New Jersey, Nikki Haley of South Carolina, Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and Bob McDonnell of Virginia, as well as U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio from Florida.


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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – In this time of tight budgets, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in Linn County is offering educational discounts to nonprofit professionals and organizations. The remaining 2013 Nonprofit Management Academy workshops will be offered at a reduced rate — three workshops for the price of two.
"We know budgets and pocket books are tight, but nonprofit professionals and organizations value quality professional development opportunities," said Linda Fischer, ISU Extension and Outreach regional director. "Linn County Extension is providing a great resource to the nonprofit community with this offer."
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Individuals may attend three workshops for the price of two; organizations may register three participants for the price of two people. The offer includes all seven workshops remaining in the 2013 academy.
Developing into a Dynamic Leader is the May 23 workshop. It will cover how to lead effective meetings, become better at dealing with controversy and manage change. Features of the program also include the importance of networking and keeping a connection to local issues and opportunities, and a strong emphasis on personal skills development. It will be held at Greater Cedar Rapids Foundation, 324 Third St. SE in Cedar Rapids from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Other workshops in the Linn County 2013 Nonprofit Management Academy series include:
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The cost for each workshop is $70. Registration is required. For complete descriptions of workshops or to access print and online registration go to bit.ly/NPM2013. Attendees have the option to take the courses for continuing education units (CEUs) towards an ISU Certificate in Nonprofit Management. CEUs are available for each of the workshops for an additional $25 fee.
The Nonprofit Management Academy is presented by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, the Nonprofit Network, United Way of East Central Iowa and the Larned A. Waterman Iowa Nonprofit Resource Center.
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I know that if I am going to be traveling during Chol Ha'Moed, I know that I can not halachically take down my Sukkah or the Schach early. Does the same prohibition apply to the decorations?
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I don't have time to consult the sources right now, but if memory serves correctly, there is no problem disassembling a sukkah during Chol HaMoed. (There are actually portable sukkahs on the market, which are designed to be taken apart and reassembled during the holiday.) You would only run into problems if you wanted to use the materials for some other purpose; they are considered "set aside" for use of the mitzvah until the end of Yom Tov.
Edit: I now see that there is a disagreement about this issue. Some maintain that the very act of disassembling the sukkah is tantamount to removing the materials from the use for which they were designated. Furthermore, even those who are lenient admit that it is a disgrace for the mitzvah to take apart the sukkah, unless it is going to be reassembled somewhere else. (It's not clear to me whether this second reason would apply to decorations. The first reason would definitely seem applicable.)
That being said, a sukkah which was initially built during Chol HaMoed (e.g., a portable sukkah) is certainly allowed to be taken apart if there is a festival-related need to do so. [Source: Piskei Teshuvos 638:3.]
Having just asked the question to my LOR (a Young Israel Shul) the answer is not only does the decorations need to stay up the whole Chag, but the walls and Schach must also stay up till after the end of the Chag.


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I have been reading a bit about astrophotography and the term
infinity focus keeps coming up. What is infinity focus and how do you set the camera to infinity focus?
I have been reading a bit about astrophotography and the term
There are two ways "infinity focus" could be taken — "an infinite amount of focus, so everything possible is in focus", or "focused on something infinitely far away". In photography, it is specifically the second of these — infinity focus means your lens is focused so an infinitely-distant object would be sharp.
When an object is infinitely far away, the rays of light coming from it are, in theory, parallel. A lens set at infinity focus is set so that theoretical object would be in focus.
In practice, all stars are close enough to infinitely far away to count, and in fact for most purposes for photography, everything beyond a hundred feet or so (depending on focal length) is as well.
Note that almost all modern autofocus lenses can focus past infinity. This allows for much wider tolerance in manufacturing, and makes it possible to allow for changes due to temperature. Older manual-focus lenses usually are made so turning the focus ring all the way puts it at infinity.
Some macro lenses (or macro configurations) do not allow infinity focus, and this is also the case with some situations where you're adapting one lens type to another mount.
For earth-bound photography, if you wanted that first thing — an infinite amount of focus — the hyperfocal distance is often more useful than infinity focus, as this maximizes practical depth of field. If you're looking for infinite depth of field, unfortunately, you can't really have it (not with traditional optics), but this and a small aperture will do in many cases.
Imagine light rays spreading out from a point and hitting the top and bottom of a lens, forming a triangle. Now the further away the point the longer the triangle.
When a lens is set to focus at a certain distance it bends light rays at a certain angle into a point. Infinity focus means the lens brings parallel rays into focus. Now going back to the triangle example if your point is far enough away the sides of the triangle are effectively parallel so infinity focus will bring them into focus.
The actual setting which gives infinity focus changes with temperature, the precise distance from the lens to the sensor etc. so most lenses are designed to go a little way past infinity (i.e. they would bring converging rays into focus). For this reason you can't simply turn the focus ring as far as it will go, to achieve infinity focus you need to either use live view or focus bracket your shots.
My question was asked because it dealt with astrophotography. After asking the question I came across a site the was mentioned by @JohnCavan in another question called Catching the Light that has a wealth of information. One of those pages deals with focusing. @Smigol mentioned a few of them and here is the link for 17 other methods of focusing that may be useful to others who come across this question.
Infinity focus is when the camera is set to focus on things at an infinite distance from the sensor plane.
This is a property of the lens rather then the camera. If you have a DSLR or SLD then most - but not all - lenses can focus at infinity. If you lens has a focus distance scale, then the infinity will either be at the focus limit at the wide-end or close to it. In the latter case, be careful as you can focus beyond infinity on some lenses to accommodate for dilatation of the lens and possibly other phenomena such as to focus infrared light.
If you have a fixed lens camera with manual focus, then simply increase the focus distance until you cannot anymore. Some cameras have an aptly named mode called infinity focus which does this for you automatically. Otherwise, you simply have to focus on the furthest object possible, probably one that is very very far such as a star or planet.
In astrophotography, the process of getting proper infinity focus can be done via a few methods:
Note that the above methods can all work for dedicated digital imaging devices and DSLRs in an astrophoto setup.
Comments as noted above regarding temperature sensitivity depend on the materials in the optical train. The contraction rate of metals vary and can be adjusted. Even the glass in the device can change with temperature. Some astrophotographers map the temperature characteristics of their equipment and can predict focus position offsets.


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The Fort Lewis College men�s golf team�s welcome to the spring was a good one despite lousy weather conditions.
The Skyhawks sit in second place after Monday�s Day 1 of the 15-team Crawford-Wade invitational at Tanglewood Resort and Conference Center in Pottsboro, Texas.
The tournament was shortened to just 36 total holes � 18 each day � because of rainy, windy and cold conditions.
FLC fired a team total of 297, putting them nine shots in back of St. Mary�s (Texas), which shot a 288 to take the team lead into the final day today. Arksansas-Fort Smith is in third with 298, while Texas A&M-Commerce is in fourth after carding a 300.
Senior Charlie Laudermilk ended the day in fourth place individually after shooting a 70, putting him two shots off the lead of St. Mary�s golfer Matt Van Winkle. Sophomore Zach Bryant is tied for 12th place after carding a 74.
�The boys worked hard all winter long to kind of prepare, and the weather seems to be right up our alley. ... This is (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) weather,� FLC assistant coach Guy Begay said.
Bryan Schlichter shot a 76, while Lucas Laudick fired a 77 for the Skyhawks. Durango High School alumnus and FLC freshman Morgan Miller shot an 83.


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Basically I have two xibs, the first one is the main
xib that contains a button that triggers an
IBAction that calls:
UIViewController *overlaywindow = [[UIViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"NewInvenView" bundle:nil];
overlaywindow.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationFormSheet;
overlaywindow.modalTransitionStyle = UIModalTransitionStyleFlipHorizontal;
[self presentViewController:overlaywindow animated:YES completion:nil];
This produces the result I want.
However, in
NewInvenView.xib I'm trying to create a button that will dismiss itself (and close the PresentingView). I link the button with the NewInvenViewController.h and implements the method in NewInvenViewController.m. But when I run it, it doesn't work.
Whenever the button is triggered, the function is called but I get an error:
2012-12-24 20:33:50.984 Dokodemo[1467:907] * Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[UIViewController filterstock:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x21033990'...
I think it's also important to note that, I get an error regardless of what is inside the function implementation. Even when the function does nothing
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In Munchkin, Can a Wizard use his charm ability when he has no cards to discard in the hand?
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No he can't, although official evidence is a little circumstantial. This question is in an old version of the Munchkin FAQ (but not the current one):
This is corroborated on the Munchkin wiki:
As was already stated in the other answers, discarding an empty hand is not possible.
This clarification is missing in the new Munchkin FAQ, because the wizard cards' text changed in the newer editions. The changelog summarizes:
This means with the old rules you need at least one card, with the new rules at least three cards for the Charm spell.


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How do I get motivated to finish a book I've been writing for a long time now? I read this article and liked #1 and 2 but I have no idea how to make it fun or how to enjoy it. I can find the good reasons but do you have any ideas as to how I could make it fun?
The key to solving problems like this is often being specific. What exactly is the problem with finishing the book: Do you have no idea what to write? Or you do have an idea, but now it sounds wrong? Or you do have an idea, and it looks OK, but you feel too tired to continue writing for yet another month? Different answers will lead to different strategies.
For example if you know what to write, but you just don't enjoy writing anymore, try this: Give yourself a time limit of 20 minutes where you will write as fast as you can, without any editing, and after the 20 minutes stop writing, give yourself 10 minutes to edit what you wrote, measure the number of words written, write it down, and do the same thing next day. Try to beat your previous record. And always remind yourself that it's only 20 minutes. (I don't know how much text you need to write; maybe 50 minutes is more appropriate for given situation than 20. Find what works for you.)
This technique focuses your attention on speed on writing, as opposed to content; so it will be a change from what you did before, and new things are usually more interesting. Also it uses "reverse psychology": instead of pushing yourself to write more, you prevent yourself from writing after the deadline, which can make some bad feelings of pressure disappear.
On the other hand, if the problem is that you wrote a lot of text and now you don't know how to finish it... then do something else. Stop writing for two weeks, and promise yourself that during those two weeks you will not read or write the text. Just relax and sometimes think about it. During those two weeks you should get some ideas, but you are not allowed to work on them yet ("reverse psychology" again). Later you can decided on proper ending, and write it.
Try envisioning the end result. Not only do I mean the finished book but everything around. The excitement of the first sale, the first dollar bills in your hand, the good reviews. Go as far as you like, feel it and love it.
Now don't you want to finish the book and reach that success, whether it is fun or not?
This is something I usually do when a task is bothering me.
The article also claims in #2 that not everything can be fun, but I'm sure that there are ways: read the text aloud with a goofy accent, get a really cool pen for your edits, etc.
But to the other side, envision the finished book. Jack LaLanne once said that he hated exercise, but he did it because he loved the results.
well i read or heard somewhere at TED conference maybe, a writer having a cancer (God Forbid that) wrote 7 books in a year because he wants to leave his wife to get the royalties when he is dead. i really want to emphasize here on very strong feeling which enable him to complete his books. so you have to find that
maybe you can link your feeling to give happiness to some one you really love. you can envision there happiness in your mind 2 times a day to insert it in your subconscious and that may be become your turning point.
If you are finding it difficult to find a method that you think should or even might work, I'd advise looking at the methods that you know about for a maximum total time of say an hour, and then pick the one that sounds best. Or even choose one randomly if you don't feel that one really stands out.
Then use the method you've chosen and find out where it gets you.
By that I don't mean consider its relative merits, or possible relative merits; look at the work you produce using it. If it's good, tweaks may suggest themselves. The idea is choose it and then get yourself out of 'consideration of methods' mode. It's avoidy to wonder about methods too much. You're a good writer, right? So ... nose to the grindstone!
And before and after a stint, envision the end result, as @Kenneth says.
Think back to why you wanted to write the book in the first place. If you cant find a reason, it's probably not worth finishing.


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I happened to know some system admin and according to him, testing guys are not given preferences in an organization in comparison to developers. No doubt software releases are not possible without testers but I've never laid my hands on testing so not much aware of it. No offense intended.
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In my experience, unfortunately, they are often treated like second class employees and even worse a frivolous perk for programmers.
It stems from a number of things:
It depends on the company, but usually. They're often seen as second class citizens, and in many companies, testing is seen as an entry-level position from which you would then move on to becoming a real developer.
This is, of course, crap. Having worked with some good testers, I can say that they are both valuable and hard to come by. Someone with a mind that is creative enough to find non-obvious bugs and methodical enough to do a thorough job.
One exception, though: I've known a few Microsoft test guys, and I hear that testers there are first-class citizens.
I've worked as a functional tester for a year on a fairly large project. Each team of about 10 members had 2-3 were testers. I must say that we were treated as equally important to the project as the developers.
Finding bugs is not easy. First, the testers have to understand what the code is suppose to do. That means reading and understanding the requirements. Key here is understanding the requirements - if the testers can't understand the requirements well enough to know how to to write positive test cases, you should be worried. This means that the developers have written some code that does what they've assumed it to do. Is this assumption the right one? You don't know until you've sorted out the requirements, and you can thank your testers for finding that flaw.
Second, the testers have to write false test cases, which ensures that the code does not what it's not supposed to do. A reasonable rule of thumb is that you write 5-10 false test cases for every positive test case. This means understanding the requirements even further, and often this information is, or was at least in our project, confusing and ambiguous. (And it wasn't because of low effort on gathering requirements - we had something like 13,000 in our team alone.) Again, the developers will have written their code using their assumptions, or even worse, not even considered this at all. So what does the code do under these conditions which are not normal? You don't know until you've tested it. Maybe the program doesn't respond; maybe it just crashes; maybe it destroys data; maybe it allows the user to run commands as root user. Whatever it does, you want to know. Otherwise you may find yourself reading the following headline in the newspaper one day - BUG IN [YOUR COMPANY NAME]'S FLAGSHIP PROGRAM LEAKS CLIENTS' CREDIT CARD NUMBERS. You can thank your testers if this doesn't happen.
So treat your testers good. Treat them well. After all, they are the ones who root out the bugs in your software and make your, and our, life easier.
Good testers who can analyse problems efficiently and can do decent test automation are worth their weight in gold as there are so many cowboy testers out there (when interviewing one "tester" once he actually burst out laughing as he realised that we knew he was making stuff up on the spot whilst being quizzed on his CV).
In my team the tester is treated as an equal - which includes responsibility and salary. If you want a tester that clicks next all day - outsource them to somewhere cheap (we also do that).
Update after reading other answers: There are a lot of QA professionals who love the job they do. Just to give another perspective if you haven't come across any respected QA positions, one example here: Embedded apps/ mobile apps testing for leading automakers. They make sure the business requirements are completely met before a vehicle is released to the market and no user experience a slow or unresponsive car dashboard. They work closely with managers and higher level management, and also the developers starting from planning the QA process to live hands-on testing on simulators in the design facility. I can't think of them being low profile, they handle huge responsibilities and ownership and they are among the best engineers.
now my earlier answer, the flip side:
I have observed that engineering graduates hate getting allocated to testing units (context:India, large software services firms where everything is driven by 'business requirements') , since they consider it a a non-technical work environment. They are given excel sheets with instructions like 'click all the links in the webpage and verify', are forced to work with graduates from non-technical streams(science, arts) which they consider as a humiliation and feels like their tech skills are not utilized. These allocations are purely based on organization's requirements, and a fresher, most of the time, does not have the power to negotiate his career path. So if you are a job seeker aiming at such a big IT company, you have been warned. You cannot do much, practically, except getting out of the company at the right time.
Unless there are opportunities to learn automated testing , load/performance testing etc, the career is stagnant to an extent.Personally I know the opportunities for onsite assignments (=loads of money from an offshore programmer point of view) are more for testing unit in my organization than any other unit. They work with all industry verticals as a filler or glue, as testing is inevitable in projects in all domains.
If you are confident you can drive your career the way you want, testing is nothing low-profile. With 4-5 years of experience and a bit of luck you can get a very good exposure, sometimes interacting with the top-level business users. You also can have a good grasp of the industry/domain you are working in (compared to a developer who would mostly focus on some piece of the system). At this point one can choose to switch to a business analyst kindof role too.
I know companies where the QA team is responsible for releases. This means that they have the power to block a release due to lack of quality. If an issue is reported in the field, they are the first in the line of fire (well right after the field engineer).
Typically they have higher domain knowledge. They tend to know the overall functionality of the product better while developers concentrate on their module/features.
Also I know of QA orgs where they have to write their own test tools. Not to mention automating the whole stuff. I am a developer, and have always valued QA guys who test my features.
At least in my organization, QA are treated equally with developers. I think it is because of the domain (telecom) where protocol and network architecture knowledge is equally valued with programming skills.
Yes. Like it or leave it they are equally important but are always less preferred. May be because they are easy to replace.


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This isn't for a class, I was just wondering if I would be able to work out a proof for something like this myself for fun, and wanted to verify that my methods are correct. Basically, what I'm trying to prove, in terms of music theory is: Prove that it is impossible to stack a number of pure 5ths in just intonation, and to end up with a perfectly tuned octave, or multiple of octaves. Or more formally...
Let $ (\frac{3}{2})^m = (\frac{1}{2})^n $, where n and m are positive integers. Show that there exists no positive integers m and n such that the equation is true.
Assume the equation is true:
$ (\frac{3}{2})^m = (\frac{1}{2})^n $
$ (\frac{3}{2})^m = \frac{1}{2^n} $
$ (\frac{3}{2})^m = 2^{-n} $
$ \log{_2}[(\frac{3}{2})^m] = -n $
$ n = -\log{_2}[(\frac{3}{2})^m] $
$ n = -m\log{_2}[\frac{3}{2}] $
$ n \not\in Z^{+} $
$ \therefore $ by contradiction, there exists no n, m $\in Z^{+}$ such that $ (\frac{3}{2})^m = (\frac{1}{2})^n $.
Just for reference, showing a more elegant proof of the same thing would also be appreciated (maybe from using other proven theorems in mathematics).


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I've read that the DS version of Final Fantasy IV is significantly more difficult than the newer PSP version. Why is this so? (I haven't played either game, and I have no experience with any previous version of this game.)
Final Fantasy 4 on the SNES originally came in two flavors - the one for Japan, and the one for the US. The Japanese version had several things about it that were more difficult, including the fact that you couldn't buy "Ether" potions in shops that could restore your MP. I believe the fights were also quite a bit harder.
The US version (released as Final Fantasy 2 in the US) was made "easier" to appeal to the perceived not-as-hardcore US gamer. They also made a few changes to it, notably removing any references to religion ("Holy" is just called "White") and removing any direct references to death.
Whenever Square Enix ports FF4, it's kind of random which version they opt to port, and they tend to make tweaks and other changes to the game as they go. The DS version is closer to the original Japanese difficulty, while the PSP appears to take a page from the US SNES version.
The DS version was also a complete 3D remake of the game, with all-new 3D models and environments. It was a complete engine overhaul for the DS's limited 3D capabilities. I believe they also changed the script significantly, since the original English SNES version is widely acknowledged as having been very poorly translated.
The PSP version appears to retain the 16-bit visuals of the original game, which probably means it's closer to an emulated version of an updated SNES ROM than the DS version. This would also jive with a previous re-release of FF4, which was part of a compilation with Chrono Trigger called Final Fantasy Chronicles on the original PlayStation.
The PSP version also contains Final Fantasy 4: The After Years which was an episodic "sequel" released on the Wii in the US in 2009.
The history of Final Fantasy 4 and all of its various ports is quite a bit longer, and I've omitted details (such as the Easytype version and the GBA port, etc). If you're interested in reading more about it, I'd suggest the FF4 article on the Final Fantasy Wikia.
Better/higher difficulty (enemies higher stats and last longer than 2 turns, and they also counter a lot), script, balance, 2 bonus bosses, 3D/cinematic presentation.
Party switching, 2 bonus dungeons, 2D/classic presentation. You can basically complete it on auto-battle. The PSP version also includes Interlude (it's short) and The After Years (it's like it's own game), the mobile/WiiWare followup to FF4. It's more or less a port of the GBA version. Pickup the PSP version if you haven't played it.
Based on my own personal experience as I have played all versions including the original Final Fantasy IV on the SNES, the PSP version is much closer to it in terms of difficulty while the DS versions pushes WELL beyond that. Even the mist dragon in the DS version poses quite a challenge while it was still kind of a push-over in the Japanese SNES version.
Another dead giveaway that the PSP version was based off the JP Final Fantasy IV is that you get all the JP exclusive abilities (e.g. Dark Wave), you can't see any of the secret passageways whereas you could in the original SNES North American version (as part of "making things easier"), and Ethers aren't sold in any shops.
So yeah, pick your choice. 3D graphics, actual voice acting, and an incredibly high difficulty on the DS or improved 2D visuals and something that closely resembles the original Final Fantasy IV on the PSP (although like Final Fantasy II PSP port (as in the Japanese FF2 that was originally on the NES), the rate you get ambushed and back attacked is a LOT higher than before and your inventory space is actually VERY limited too). For an easy as pie experience, there's the GBA version which WAS dumbed down like the SNES NA port while maintaining some of the features of the original JP FF4.
I have not really played the DS version, but I have played the iPad version. I think they are almost the same, except the iPad version has better graphics, and no Whyt summon.
The iPad version was harder then the PSP version, especially the fight against Dr. Lugae. I was able to beat it multiple times on PSP, where I was unable to pass this point on the iPad.
I think the PSP version is a lot easier then the DS/iPad version.


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You can do this with a plugin, but WordPress already has settings to allow a static front page to exist for the blog. Go in the WordPress Admin screen and look under Settings>Reading and you'll see that you can set the blog front page to be a single Post/Page that you choose. This will do what you need without making a plugin.
If you're dead set on making a plugin, here is a useful tutorial on doing this in code: http://mindleaks.com/wordpress-adding-teaser-in-static-front-page-of-thesis-theme/
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Is it legal to make an open-source version of a closed-source game (and expansion pack) to distribute to other users? I want to do that for an old game called Age of Empires 2.
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Age of Empires II can usually be run on Ubuntu and other GNU/Linux systems without too many problems, using Wine.
Disclosure: I am not a lawyer.
As for the general question, if your goal is to create free open-source software that facilitates playing a proprietary game, and you have programming skills, typically there is no legal impediment to writing a replacement game engine. (You may potentially fall afoul of software patents, but no more so than in any other major programming project to produce software for performing tasks that existing software already performs.) If you do this, then someone can install your engine, and then, if they have the artistic data (maps, "worlds", sounds, and so forth) from the game, they can play the game.
Developing a game engine for an existing game is a non-trivial task, and usually there will be differences between the way it behaves and the way the original game ran, though they might be slight. But the main thing you should realize is that the game data, representing the "world" of the game, will still be proprietary, and generally unlawful to redistribute. So people will still have to have a copy of the game (or at least certain files from it), to play it using your engine.
One example of a game where this was done is Jazz Jackrabbit, which can be played with the OpenJazz game engine.
Another example (where it was actually the original developer that released the GNU/Linux version of the game engine as free open source software) is DOOM (and since then, most of Id Software's game engines have eventually been released as FOSS, sometimes with slight modifications for patent reasons). There are a number of community projects that have enhanced the original DOOM engine, allowing for more complex maps, enhanced graphics, and a more three-dimensional gameplay experience.
Given the limitations and that writing a game engine from scratch (plus testing it and fixing bugs) is a significant task, you might decide to make your own game instead.
You can't copy it to be open-source. Even if the source were leaked, that is illegal. You can, however, follow in the footsteps of FreeCiv or Doom3. FreeCiv is based on Civilization, and is an open-source version. Doom3 is also open-source but requires the use of official game data for full operation or you must provide your own assets for models. Either way the engine is free, open source, and available to all. FreeCiv includes no game data since both the original and FreeCiv generate maps dynamically. The requirements to release your version are as follows:
Do note that you have to code it, package it, and put it in a PPA or the repositories. This may be very difficult. There is no way to just copy-paste some magic from the old version. Please read the disclaimer below prior to doing anything to make your version, and for more guidance about the actual stages of coding, visit Game Development and Stack Overflow.
Why not just join in with the development team here?
0 A.D is a fantastic AOE2 spin off, and could do with some devs. Also, you save yourself some of the horrors of undertaking such a large project like that yourself.
While the other answers adequately cover copyright and patent considerations, you should also be aware of trademark.
In particular, you asked:
Under trademark law, this depends on what you mean by "version". A trademark grants its owner the exclusive right to use a protected mark (such as "Age of Empires") in commerce. It forbids others from using the mark or a similar brand in a related area of commerce (like Age of Empires brand computers), as well as in unrelated areas in a way that could "dilute" the value of the mark (e.g. Age of Empires brand flush toilets).
So, you should not call your game "Age of Empires" or something similar, and you should make clear that it is a 3rd-party product not made by, endorsed by, or affiliated with the owners of the mark (I think Microsoft). However, it is fine to mention Age of Empires, e.g. to say your game is similar to or inspired by Age of Empires, since that would be a purely factual statement.
(Of course to be sure what you want is legal, consult a lawyer.)


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How to breed these types of dragon which have special elements (not fire, earth, plant etc.) on their tag in the game. They just have a sun, a moon or a rainbow. What basic elements should be mixed for each of them? Which kind of (hybrid I suppose) dragons should I mix to obtain those ones?
Rainbow Dragons are randomly bred from any combination that has at least 4 different elements.
Moon/Sun dragons can only be bred with a combo including cold and lightning. Sun dragons are bred between 7am and 7 pm while moon dragons are bred between 7pm and 7am. No, that's not a rumor. Dragons must be at least level 15 or higher or else this will be very difficult.
Scorch/Cold are popular pairings for both sun and moon.
Rainbow Dragons need at least 4 elements while Sun and Moon require Lightning and Cold. Sun Dragons can be bred between 7AM and 7PM on your device clock. Moon Dragons can be bred between 7PM and 7AM on your device clock. There are several possible combinations that can be used as listed on this handy chart.
I got a rainbow by breeding a level 10 blue fire with a level 10 crystal on the first try :)
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WEIRTON - The Madonna High School basketball team and coaches are encouraging their school community and fans to show their support - for the Weirton-based Community Bread Basket - during their city-rivalry game against Weir High School at 6 p.m. Friday in the Weir High gymnasium.
"This is a great opportunity for our Madonna High boys basketball team to contribute to the community," said Head Coach George Vargo, who thought of the friendly extra competition last year. "It gives them a spirit of helping others, and that is an important lesson in life."
Each school's Interact Club is promoting a food collection and fundraiser for the Bread Basket, which provides food assistance and social services to low-income local residents.
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MADONNA — A fundraiser and food collection for the Community Bread Basket will be held at the Friday boys basketball game between Madonna and Weir high schools. Participating in promoting and supporting the event are, from left, Madonna Athletic Director Jon Kendrick, Anthony Antinone, Will Bowser and Assistant Coach Michael Hagg. -- Contributed
"We are asking students and adults attending the game to bring in nonperishable foods to help Community Bread Basket in feeding the hungry of our community," said Jim Pauchnik, Bread Basket publicity chair, who added last year's event was a great help to the organization in feeding those in need in the Weirton area.
In addition to supporting their respective schools, those attending the game also are asked to support the Bread Basket in a friendly competition to see which school community can contribute the most nonperishable food items and monetary donations toward the charity. Anyone attending the game can bring in nonperishable goods and deposit them in the respective containers. There will also be an opportunity to make monetary contributions the night of the game.
"So put (Friday) on your calendar for this special event to help Community Bread Basket and to support our schools," said Pauchnik.
This is the second match between the two teams. Madonna won the first, 55-27, Dec. 28. This will be the last regular season game between Madonna and Weir.


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Girls roundup: Woodland knocks off Torrington
Andrea Piccolo rebounded her own shot and scored on the put-back with 4.3 seconds left to give Woodland a 39-37 win over visiting Torrington on Tuesday in NVL action.
Piccolo finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds
Nicole Fowler added 15 points, nine rebounds and two steals, and converted a 3-pointer with under two minutes left to give the Hawks (6-4) a thee-point lead. Ashley Micie came off the bench to grab nine rebounds.
Caroline Teti had a team-high nine points for Torrington (7-3), and Mika Howard added eight.
Holy Cross 57, Wolcott 46: Kiera O'Donnell scored a game-high 18 points for Holy Cross as it defeated Wolcott at home.
Amy Stafford recorded 11 points and eight steals for the Crusaders (7-3), while Melissa Grocki and Casey DiZinno added nine points apiece.
Katie Jacques led the Eagles (6-4) with 12 points.
Watertown 65, Crosby 46: Sara Selimovski recorded a double-double with 19 points and 15 rebounds as the Indians stormed past the Bulldogs at Watertown.
Meg Perrin scored 19 points while Abby Collier finished with 12 points. Jamie Zoldy had 11 points for Watertown (10-0).
Zanayia Love poured in a game-high 27 points while Deborah Vaichus contributed 10 points for Crosby (4-5).
Sacred Heart 50, Derby 39: Elena Colaci scored a game-high 16 points, and Maryn Vaillancourt added 13 points for the Hearts (6-4) in Derby.
Rebeca Adanti scored a team-high 13 points for the Raiders (6-4).
Naugatuck 50, Seymour 37: Emma Colucci tallied nine of her 11 points in the fourth quarter to help the Greyhounds outscore the Wildcats, 25-13, in the final quarter at Naugatuck. Colucci also had four steals.
Amy Dietz recorded a double-double with 18 points and 13 rebounds, while Angelina Piccirillo chipped in with nine points for Naugatuck (4-7).
Cindy Farrell had a game-high 21 points and Angela Tacinelli finished with eight points for Seymour (2-8).
Ansonia 37, Wilby 18: Melissa Tirella netted a game-high 16 points to go along with six rebounds and seven steals for the Chargers in their win at home.
Tierney Lawlor added 14 points and 15 rebounds for Ansonia (7-3), while Quanisha Finney grabbed 12 rebounds and scored five points. Rashida Trawick led Wilby (1-9) with seven points.
Terryville 52, Wamogo 34: Olivia Pilarski scored a game-high 19 points and Julia Pilarski added 16 points for Terryville (5-5) in Litchfield. They hit five 3-pointers between them.
Jessica Binkowski scored 13 points with five rebounds and five assists for Wamogo (4-6). Hannah LaBonne had seven points to go with five rebounds and four steals.
Nonnewaug 58, Gilbert 17: Katie Burke had a game-high 16 points for unbeaten Nonnewaug as it downed Gilbert in Winsted. Courtney Carlson added 12 points for the Chiefs (9-0).
Shelly De La Paz led the Yellowjackets (0-9) with eight points.
Thomaston 56, Housatonic 27: Maggie Eberhardt scored a game-high 21 points as the Golden Bears took down the Mountaineers at Thomaston. Bryttnie Thomas scored 11 points while Abby Hurlbert finished with nine for Thomaston (9-0).
Heather Kearns had 14 points and Lindsay Olownia notched six points for Housatonic (4-5).
Lewis Mills 45, Litchfield 32: Teagan Dunn dropped in a game-high 18 points to lead the Spartans at Litchfield. Natalie Ruel scored 12 points for Lewis Mills (8-1).
Isabelle Binstadt had 12 points while Sierra Markelon finished with seven points for Litchfield (1-8).
Northwestern 42, Shepaug 27: Rasa Hamel scored a game-high 15 points for the Highlanders in Washington, Conn.
Liz Newkirk added 10 points for Northwestern (6-3) and Emma Beltrandi added nine. Bridget McCarthy scored nine for the Spartans (1-8) and Caroline Kelly had eight.
Pomperaug 60, Masuk 38: Gabbie Holness recorded 21 points, 11 rebounds and six assists for the Panthers as they notched an SWC Colonial Division victory over Masuk (3-7) in Southbury.
Morgan Metcalf helped to lead the Panthers (10-0) with 16 points and six assists, while Hannah Metcalf added 14 points and eight steals.
Katelyn Perrotti chipped in with seven points and eight rebounds.
Cheshire 48, Hillhouse 31: Lauren Como scored 12 points to lead Cheshire to victory over Hillhouse (2-6) in an SCC game in New Haven.
Lily Dolyak helped the Rams (6-3) with 11 points, while Missy Bailey chipped in with seven points.
Bristol Eastern 45, Plainville 37: Daijia Brooks scored a team-high 15 points for Bristol Eastern as it defeated Plainville in a CCC showdown.
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I've just noticed the new rep/vote counts look different, and not in a good way (IMO, obviously people will disagree).
What else has been changed, and is it permanent?
I've just noticed the new rep/vote counts look different, and not in a good way (IMO, obviously people will disagree).
What else has been changed, and is it permanent?
Userscript alert!
This script nourishes them numbers back to good health.
I agree. Compare the healthy
to the poor undernourished
I want the old style back.
The old design was nice, but those heavy, bold numbers added unnecessary weight. With over 280,438,789 views a month on Stack Overflow, that weight was no longer acceptable, particularly considering we're still running off of backup hardware in Oregon. Fortunately, our brave designer-in-chief was able to find numerous small ways to slim down the text without sacrificing clarity.
The new font styles trim the fat, allowing emphasis where it's needed without bogging down the pipes pushing all those extra pixels.
Next time you load up Stack Overflow and the page appears in 70ms, be sure to whisper a quick, "thanks, Jin!"
The new style objectively sucks! ☺ I can tell from some of the pixels and from seeing quite a few voting widgets in my time.
The thinner font makes the vote counts look off-center. Example (colored lines added to demonstrate the pixels are off-center):
While the bold style probably wasn't perfectly centered either, this is the first thing I noticed with the new style.
(This is with Firefox 17 on Linux.)
Every time Facebook makes a little change to their page, they have to endure the weight of hundreds of thousands of emails from disgruntled users crashing their servers.
You'd be kerfluffled no matter what the change was. Give it a few days to get accustomed to the new look, and then file a bug report.
Attention bold lovers
It is now clear that Stack Overflow is no longer the place for you. Fear not, Programmers will always welcome your bold awesomeness.
Just no "what language I should learn next" questions, mmmkay?
A few other places that I noticed:
IMO: looks cool, minimalistic, sophisticated. And as Yoda says, deal with it.
Dropping emphasis and styles made the site harder to read. Drawing the eye's attention to the highlighted parts of the page is important. Having to scan longer with the eye makes more strain.
There are millions of users here all who probably get enough eye strain as it is. Why add to it? I will take my load time of 71ms and some nice styles instead of 70ms and eye strain.
If we are sticking with the non-bold counts, can we consider less bold up and down arrows? :-(
Do these new rules need to be
I almost didn't notice the changes in the layout.
I just wondered why so many posts were made community-wiki, until I noticed that I was wrong. If I remember correctly, the old design had some grey boxes surrounding the user info underneath each post, only posts marked as community-wiki had not. The new design omits these boxes, giving the first impression that each answer (questions still have the box) is a community-wiki one. The community-wiki answers had no user image showing, but still this confuses me...
The new font style is fine to me.
However, other things which were previously very well balanced with the old font style are now completely out of balance. On top 1 the vote arrows. They are now clearly disproportional. The fix should be relatively easy: make them smaller and very maybe put a 1x wide bright shadow on it to be in balance with the new font style.
Further it is also distracting that the new font style didn't made it into Top Users list, Answers tab nor Tags tab. It's still the old and fat font style.
While it was extremely annoying at first, now I've gotten really used to it. I think everyone has. In fact, I've gotten so used to it that the styling on StackApps looks fat to me and burns my eyes:
For reference, StackApps and MSO had the same styling before the CSS revamp, and StackApps still has the old CSS.


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What is the past tense word of the word concept? In MS Outlook, I used this sentence and it's complaining to me.
The peer tool was initially concepted in 2006 for Dr. T.
What is the past tense word of the word concept? In MS Outlook, I used this sentence and it's complaining to me.
The verb form is originally conceive.
The word you want to use is
as in
Conceptualize is often regarded as corporate-speak, so it may or may not be appropriate in all contexts, but it has been around since the late 19th century.
Concept is a noun, not a verb. What you're looking for is conceptualize; and thus:
As the Wiktionary says about conceptualize:
All existing answers seem to restrict themselves to pointing out that concept is a noun, and that the "correct" verb form is to conceive, but clearly OP's usage is an instance of verbification (or verbing) - the creation of a verb from a noun, adjective or other word.
In this specific case, the past tense is concepted, as shown by over 3000 written instances in Google Books. The general rule for almost all verbs created by this process is that they will be regular verbs (they will adopt -s, -ed, -ing to form singular present tense, past tense, and present participle). This is because irregular verbs are on the wane, and new irregular forms appear only infrequently.


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Why the Gell-Mann matrices in the SU(3)-model need to be trace orthogonal?
Let us imagine we are building the Gell-Mann matrices. For us, SU($n$) is the group of $n \times n$ unitary matrices with determinant 1. An element $U$ can be written $U = e^{i \alpha_i T_i}$, where $i = 1,\ldots,n^2-1$ and the $\alpha_i$ are real. The $T_i$ are a basis for the algebra. They must be traceless and hermitian. Consider $\mathrm{tr}\ T_i T_j$. This matrix is real and symmetric. Diagonalize it. Call your new basis $\lambda_i$. Normalize so $\mathrm{tr}\ \lambda_i \lambda_j = 2\delta_{i j}$. From here the Gell-Mann matrices are further specified by the condition that the Pauli matrices sit nicely inside, etc.
Why diagonalize $\mathrm{tr}\ T_i T_j$? Of course, it is because we want a nice orthogonal basis. Would you rather have as a basis for two space {(1,2),(3,4)} or {(1,0),(0,1)}? The orthogonal representation is also simply related to the raising and lowering operators used to build reps and decompose product reps. Notice that we could choose another basis $X_i = M_{i j}\lambda_j$ where $M$ is invertible and real. This does not change the algebra but, for example, the structure constants will be different, the relation of the basis to the raising and lowering operators will be complicated, and the $X_i$ will not be orthogonal in general.


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Which inequalities among individuals are considered unjust? This paper reportsthe results of an experiment designed to study distributive choices dealing with arbitrarily unequal initial endowments. In a three-person distribution problem where subjects either know or do not know their endowments, we find impartial behavior to be a stable pattern. Subjects either compensate for initial inequalities fully or not at all in both conditions, and they do so more often when they do not know their endowment than when they know it. Moreover, the type and the size of the good to be distributed also affect the frequency of impartial behavior.
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I find myself stopped up short in my efforts to create a major...well, not antagonist, but let us call him a very shady ally, for my PCs. The individual in question, Mykael the Grinner, is the master of a tribe of elves that favor incredibly toxic poisons, venoms, and chemical compounds. The trouble is that all the rules I can find for these substances (and spells that mimic them!) in 3.5 is highly underwhelming. Thus, I have two questions: are there any published resources that can help improve his lethal concoctions, and if not/in addition to those, does anyone have homebrew resources that they might suggest for such venoms?
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To add some homebrew poison support, here are a few:
And to toot my own horn: I have performed an overhaul of the 3.5 poison system myself. It's not so much an addition to as it is a replacement of the old mechanics, but it does make them significantly more usable, and less reliant on being expanded in the first place (but I would think that, of course).
The best resource available for 3.5 poisons is the Arsenic and Old Lace handbook.
Anyway, Master of Poisons from Drow of the Underdark is a must. For one feat, get Poison Use and the ability to apply poisons as a Swift Action. Levels in Shaper to manifest psionic minor creation is also a tried-and-true way to get poisons en masse very cheaply. Wild Cohort for a viper of some sort is also good for cheap poisons.
The variant Bard found in Athas.org's Dark Sun has some nifty poison-related features. They're not amazing, though.
Book of Vile Darkness is your best friend here, for it features poisons with really high DC. Unfortunately, the most potent ones are injury poisons.
The only caveat is the cost of the top poisons; it can be circumvented by liberal application of minor creation or by crafting cost mitigation.


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Can anyone tell me where hyperchaotic system is used in real world, its applications? It'd be great if you could provide a literature to back any application as well. Thanks.
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It is well known that if two or more Lyapunov exponents of a dynamical system are positive throughout a range of parameter space, then the resulting attractors are hyperchaotic. The importance of these attractors is that they are less regular and are seemingly "almost full" in space, which explains their importance in fluid mixing [Scheizer & Hasler, 1996, Abel et al., 1997, Ottino,1989; Ottino et al., 1992]. See:
Abel. A, Bauer. A, Kerber. K, Schwarz. W, [1997] " Chaotic codes for CDMA application," Proc. ECCTD '97, 1, 306.
Kapitaniak.T, Chua. L. O, Zhong. Guo-Qun, [1994] " Experimental hyperchaos in coupled Chua's circuits," Circuits,.Syst. I: Fund. Th. Appl. 41 (7), 499 -- 503.
Ottino. J. M, [1989] " The kinematics of mixing: stretching, chaos, and transport," Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Ottino. J. M, Muzzion. F. J, Tjahjadi. M, Franjione.J. G, Jana. S. C, Kusch. H. A, [1992] " Chaos, symmetry, and self-similarity: exploring order and disorder in mixing processes," Science. 257, 754--760.
Scheizer. J, Hasler. M, [1996] " Multiple access communication using chaotic signals," Proc. IEEE ISCAS '96. Atlanta, USA, 3, 108.
Thamilmaran. K, Lakshmanan. M, Venkatesan. A, [2004] " Hyperchaos in a Modified Canonical Chua's Circuit," Int. J. Bifurcation and Chaos. 14 (1),221--244.