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STEUBENVILLE - The way Tony Corella sees it, to be the best you have to be willing to buy the best.
So Corella, owner of Two Brothers Dry Cleaning at 606 N. Fourth St., recently plunked down a hefty chunk of money on a new shirt unit, the Unipress, because it's made in America.
The fact that it was judged best of show at the Clean 2011 trade show was just icing on the cake.
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BIG INVESTMENT — Two Brothers owner Tony Corella says his new shirt unit, the Unipress, was "a big investment for a small business," but one he said has allowed them to process far more shirts while at the same time giving their customers a better, smoother press. - Linda Harris
"Since we bought the bigger unit, we're able to do far more shirts," he said. "We can do almost double what we did before, and the quality is way superior to what we were getting off the old one."
Corella's company motto is "A Strong American Company," and he tries as much as possible to make sure he buys American from the soaps he uses to launder clothing to the machinery that allows them to work in bulk.
"So much of the stuff here is made in America," Corella said as he weaved his way through the racks of freshly cleaned suits, shirts and jackets waiting to be claimed by their owners. "I try to get as much of it as I can, even the soaps we use for laundry and the dry cleaning (agents). Anything we can get that's made in America, we do."
Since the Unipress was installed at the beginning of October, he figures they've done about 7,000 shirts. Though not the numbers shops post in bigger cities - Corella said one of his friends does "500 or 600 a day" - that's still a pretty significant number. Best of all, he said, is that his numbers are growing. "We're doing more and more, our volume's up."
And in an industry that's been shrinking, that's good news.
"We're one of the few (shops) that actually does shirts in-house," he said. "We do most of our dry cleaning in house."
Corella also has a seamstress working on the premises, "which is something nobody else has."
"That's something we're trying to do, offer the services people need in a comfortable location," he said, adding customer service remains a high priority.
He said they also test their cleaning processes monthly to gauge how well it's all working.
"We believe in high maintenance, we want to keep clothes looking great," he said.
Corella bought the business in 1984 with his father's help. A fire in 2005 destroyed the original shop, which is when they acquired the 4,000-plus-square-foot building on Historic North Fourth Street.
"It took us about a year to reopen, but business has been increasing" since the move, he said.
A Steubenville native, Corella is active in the Grand Theater Restoration, Steubenville Revitalization Board and the advisory board at his alma mater, Franciscan University of Steubenville.
"I truly believe in my hometown," he said.
"This was a big investment - a big investment for a small business, but I thought it was worth it over the life of the business. I want to see this business carry on, even after I'm gone."
Two Brothers is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays and closed on Sundays.


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3 New Oracle Solaris 11 Technology Spotlights
By Glynn Foster-Oracle on Apr 11, 2013
We've been trying to flesh out our technology pages for Oracle Solaris 11 over on the Oracle Technology Network. Recently we've added 3 new technology spotlights:
- Best Platform for Database
- Oracle Database on Oracle Solaris helps customers lower IT costs and delivers a high quality of service by enabling consolidation onto database clouds and engineered systems.
- Optimized for SPARC
- Oracle Solaris 11 and the new T5 and M5 SPARC family combine to deliver the world's fastest servers. Use these SPARC Solaris systems to get the best performance and scalability for your most demanding enterprise environments including Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware and business applications such as Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, along with hundreds of business applications from partners such as SAP, SAS and Temenos.
- DTrace Dynamic Tracing
- Oracle Solaris DTrace is a comprehensive, advanced tracing tool for troubleshooting systematic problems in real time. Administrators, integrators and developers can use DTrace to dynamically and safely observe live production systems for performance issues, including both applications and the operating system itself.
I've personally worked on the DTrace spotlight, as a place to aggregate some great content that's already out there, including a new simple DTrace Cheatsheet. We'll be adding more to the page over time - enjoy!

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The character Kennen really agreed with me in League of Legends. Now that I'm starting to play DOTA2, are there any equivalents?
I play him usually as AP but very aggressively (harassing)...
The character Kennen really agreed with me in League of Legends. Now that I'm starting to play DOTA2, are there any equivalents?
Well lets define Kennen:
I don't think there is a equivalent hero in DotA 2 but I would recommend the following:
There are many more that have the features that I defined for Kennen but they have a totally different feeling/playstyle (Zeus can spam spells like Kennen and nukes hard but cannot carry in late game and has no escape mechanism on his own).
PS: Kennen is an hero that can harass easily. You will not find many chars in DotA or DotA 2 in particular that can spam spells like many heroes in LoL can. That's why you should drop the wish to play a harass-heavy char that has an AOE nuke + escape + carry potential.
I don't play League, so I may not get his playstyle right, but I'm generally pretty good at getting an accurate grasp on how characters play just from a textual description.
Kennen looks like a cross between Weaver and Razor. As you should know by now, the concept of an "AP carry" doesn't really exist in Dota2, so already it's going to be hard to match. Also, ranged carries in Dota2 very rarely have strong disables, usually either having slows or difficult skillshots.
Other heroes you might want to look into: Windrunner, Viper, and Morphling. If you're fine with not being much of a carry, consider Shadow Demon and Batrider who both deal with the "charges" aspect of Kennen to deal damage.


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ABT in West Palm Beach, March 2013
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On the ABT Facebook page, ABT says (in answer to a question) that the 2013 Met season will be announced in mid-October. The 2012 Met season was announced (including principal casting!) on October 13, 2011.
I thought it was interesting that the Nutcracker BAM casting was announced last week, before tickets go on sale August 20. But we're still waiting for the casting for the City Center season, even though tickets for that have been for sale since July 23. I wonder if BAM and/or CC had anything to do with that.
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Thanks, California, for the link. Yes, they've always had fundraisers in Palm Beach, but minus the appearance, so glad to see they will be performing. The Kravis is one of my favorite venues for dance or anything else. Beautiful theater - no bad seats - even on the sides of the nosebleed section. ( Please don't let them do The Leaves are Fading or Rodeo .....)
I love the Kravis lay out, but I hate the color scheme. I wish they had picked a different color scheme. I think the colors make it look a bit kitschy, but I guess I will live! LOL The lobby with grand staircase and big windows and the horseshoe shape of the inside is absolutely wonderful. My parents live in Jupiter (20 minutes north), so I have always made sure my visits coincided with opera (in the past) and now ballet.
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I understand why you don't like the Arsht, but did you ever see the Dade County Auditorium which was where Florida Grand Opera performed? I think it was the main performing arts center for a long time. Oh, my God! It was like a high school auditorium. Truly a provincial center. Miami was in DESPERATE need of a new performing arts center. The Arsht is not ideal, but the Dade County Auditorium was a total joke when Miami suddenly took off in the late 80s. All the performing arts organizations were very embarrassed. I think everyone was so embarrassed by it.
The Arsht has a different set of problems but I don't think it is embarrassing. The lobby is too narrow, and it does have a coldness about it, but you don't go, "I feel like I am in a third world country!" like you did when you walked into the Dade County Auditorium!
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Arsht actually reminds me of a cruise ship. I always thought that was the theme...Carnival Cruise Lines, to be exact. :-)
Yes, I think Carnival was the biggest donor until Arsht gave even more and the Center gave Carnival its donation back, I believe. I think it was designed to evoke a cruise ship. That is what I thought too, and it made sense when it was the Carnival Center. Thanks for reminding me of that!
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I'm wondering why we refer to providing legal or medical services as a practice of law or medicine, respectively. For example, we say that a lawyer practices law or a doctor practices medicine. This makes these fields sound like they're some special art, but what is the historical origin of the usage of the word practice in this context?
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The word's earliest meaning was, in the OED's definition, 'to pursue or be engaged in (a particular occupation, profession, skill, or art)'. It is first recorded as such in 1421 and that is the meaning it continues to have when we speak of practising (BrEng spelling) law or medicine. At around the same time, it seems to have been used to mean 'to exercise oneself in a skill or art in order to acquire or maintain proficiency, especially in music', but it is not until 1542 that it is recorded as meaning 'to perform (an activity) or exercise (a skill) repeatedly or regularly in order to acquire, improve or maintain proficiency'. That is the meaning it most commonly has today.
One of the principle meanings of practice is
This derives no doubt from earlier meanings of systematic performance of a skill or action.
The term is not limited to law and medicine. Consultancies, engineering firms, architects, and many other kinds of professionals also refer to their firms, specialties or lines of business as practices.
I believe that it is called practicing because the laws are constantly changing, technology is changing, and new medicines are being introduced. Thus, lawyers and doctors are always practicing.


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Both Pandora and Muxtape were shut down in Aug. '08 by the government. A sad casualty of Web 2.5.
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"All About Gas Wells" was a subject members of the GFWC/OFWC Wintersville Woman's Club got some insight on at their March 21 meeting when two Ohio State University Extension agents were the program presenters.
Introduced by Marjean Sizemore, first vice president, were Steven Schumacher, OSU Extension educator, Belmont County, and Sarah Cross, OSU Extension educator for Jefferson and Harrison counties.
The local extension office is on Bantam Ridge Road, Wintersville, in a former school building.
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Extension agent presenters Steve Schumacher, left, and Sarah Cross, right, with Marjean
Sizemore, first vice president of the Wintersville Woman's Club.
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Cross, a West Virginia native, is new to the area and began by telling club members about some of the programs that Extension offers, including a 50-hour master gardeners class with two objectives: to teach people about horticulture but also to recruit Extension volunteers. Club member Jeannie Barker is one 19 trainees in this round of the master gardener program.
Extension also has a "Farm to School" program in place at Stanton Elementary School where pupils are growing lettuce in an existing greenhouse with the lettuce served in the cafeteria. "They love the hands-on science," Cross said of the program that brought an overwhelming positive response from the children.
Other program areas for Extension include 4-H, family nutrition, a beef cattle school and responding to all sorts of inquiries from all sorts of people on anything related to agricultural or natural resources.
And then there's the oil and gas education side of Extension these days.
Cross said the oil and gas industry is "really booming" in Harrison County, while Jefferson County has one producing well.
The Extension agents are involved in oil and gas workshops that cover a variety of topics, including leasing land, taxes, environmental issues such as water quality and quantity and community challenges from environmental concerns to social implications.
An Extension agent for 29 years, Schumacher said he has been working a lot with shale energy development in the past two years.
"I tell people in my 29 years, I have never seen anything like this," he said. "It's really big, it's coming, big oil companies are investing billions of dollars into this part of the state and whether we like it or not, it's coming," Schumacher said.
Extension's role in all this, he explained, is education, not promotion, "We take a nonbiased educational approach. We look at the pros and the cons and try to get people to talk about this and get educated," he said.
"I have worked with farmers for 29 years. I know the farmers and their families and how hard they work, and I realize now they are making decisions about their farm that involves a lot of money and involves future generations, so they need to make good, educated decisions, and that's why Extension has gotten involved."
Half his time has been working with a state Extension team facilitating informational meetings with 145 of them so far reaching an estimated 14,000 people, including local farmers and landowners.
Schumacher said his take on shale gas development hasn't changed. "If this is coming, and there is every indication that it is, let's all work together to try to do things right."
With the development comes concerns, he said, a main one being water quality and water needed for the fracking process - about 5 million gallons per well per day.
Fracking is not a process new to Ohio, however, as it's been done with oil and gas wells for 60 years. The fracking process takes about seven days, he said.
People don't have to have a lot of land for shale gas development to have an impact with pipeline development. Companies have to pay landowners to go through their lands with pipelines, he said, and it can involve negotiations. "We tell people that right away don't just accept the first offer," he said.
Schumacher said when officials met with Green County, Pa., representatives for their experiences with shale gas development so far, the "take-home message we brought back to Ohio is they felt very unprepared when this all came to their community, and it was all new."
Some people think the presence of this is maybe five years, but Schumacher said that's just how long it's taking to get things started. About 250 wells in Ohio have been drilled, numbers he predicted will climb.
While many people have received money for leasing land, the real money is in royalties which has yet to be realized, he said.
Cross, whose background includes being a field geologist who did water sample testing, and Schumacher said Extension advises landowners to have water sampling done before drilling occurs and afterwards for comparison purposes and to even negotiate that as part of the leasing agreement.
Extension also advises landowners to get a third-party water sampling test conducted.
Cross said there definitely have been some economic benefits already from development with stores leasing and selling supplies and equipment and increased demand for housing. It also, however, brings increased truck traffic.
A good resource for information, they said, is available through the Extension website Shalegas.osu.edu.


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Beautiful gift shop with fresh and silk flowers, gifts and accessories.
Hall's Jewelry & Gifts
An elegant shop filled with jewelry and gifts for you or that special someone.
Cathrine's Custom Framing Gallery & Gifts
One of a kind and handmade items fill the gallery. Find yourself strolling among pottery, jewelry and beautiful photography. You can find your favorite goodies with a selection of chocolates, jellies and butters and more. 85% of items sold are from artisans in the county.
Country Attic Homespun Memories
A gift and collectible shop, specialize in Boyds, Mary Englebreit, Yankee Candles, Anheuser Busch steins, Bennington pottery and classic "Pooh". A collector club headquarters.
Thrifty Boutique
Shopping on a budget isn't a problem in this small town store. Low-priced donated items including clothing, toys and home decor.
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Offers furniture for everybody's home. Couches, recliners, tables & chairs and more. They deliver and can order furniture for you.
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Offers a variety of antiques, crafts, apparel and a lot more.
5 West Coffee & Wine Lounge
Take a break and enjoy a full-service espresso bar, premium wines, and craft beers. Treat yourself to a selection of pastries and appetizers after a busy day shopping in Amish Country.
Rustic Barn
Consignment and antique store with new items arriving daily. Sullivan is located in beautiful Amish Country.
DJ's Custom Framing
Custom framing and matting services. Can also help to restore old photographs.
Karla's Kollectibles and Antique Mall
Largest antique mall in Christian County -- Next door to the Dutch Mill Flea Market.
Draves Archery
Offers a wide variety of inventory, including hunting apparel, targets, scents, lures and much more. They also have a repair shop in the store.
Whalen's West Side Floral
Unique and one-of-a-kind floral designs and home decor. Small, cozy shop that will delight and inspire.
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Full-service florist with unique gift items.
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The Bike and Hike staff is crazy about their bikes! They know plenty about what bike is right for you and with a wide variety of bikes in stock. The staff speaks several different cycling languages; mountain biking, road cycling, BMX and commuting.


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Hummer returned to the 49ers in the fall of 2007, after a previous six-year stint with Charlotte 49ers Athletics. She currently works with the Softball,. volleyball and women's soccer programs, assisting with the strength and conditioning of the student-athletes of those teams.
She was a four-year letterwinner for the Charlotte 49ers women's soccer program (95-98). The former Stacy Weaver was a two-time team captain and earned All-Conference USA honors twice. She was a major part of two Conference USA Tournament championships. As a senior, she helped lead Charlotte to their first ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 1998. She also spent seven years in the W-League where she won a national championship with the Charlotte Eagles.
She is CSCS certified by the NSCA, NASM-PES and is USAW certified, and graduated from Charlotte in 1999 with a degree in Health Fitness and Kinesiology. In 2001, she received a Master's Degree in Health Promotion and Exercise Physiology from Charlotte.
She is married to Mike Hummer, Director of the 49ers Athletic Foundation. They have two children, son Braden (7) and daughter Brylie (3), and the family lives in Harrisburg.
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There are several accommodation options at or very close to the Hamburg Airport terminals. The Airport Office (tel: (040) 50750) can arrange hotel bookings.
Courtyard Hamburg Airport is located 600 metres (0.4 miles) from Hamburg Airport and offers a shuttle service to/from the terminals. The hotel has an on-site restaurant, fitness centre, meeting/event space and free high-speed Internet. 47 Flughafenstrasse Hamburg 22415 Germany Tel: (040) 531 020. Web: www.marriott.com
The 4-star Mercure Hamburg Airport is located 2km (1.2 miles) from the airport and is linked via a free shuttle bus service. Hotel facilities include on-site parking, a fitness centre and a restaurant. 183 Langenhorner Chaussee Hamburg 22415 Germany Tel: (040) 532 090. Web: www.accorhotels.com
Best Western Premier Alsterkrug Hotel is located 2.5km (1.5 miles) from Hamburg Airport and provides a shuttle bus service to/from the terminals (at a fee). The hotel has a range of dining options, business services and recreational facilities. Free parking is available. 277 Alsterkrugchaussee Hamburg 22297 Germany Tel: (040) 513 030. Web: http://book.bestwestern.com
Radisson Blu Hamburg Airport is directly linked to the airport terminals providing access to its range of services. The hotel has a range of on-site facilities, including a restaurant and fitness centre. 1-3 Flughafenstrasse Hamburg Airport 22335 Hamburg 22335 Germany Tel: (040) 300 3000. Web: www.radissonblu.com


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Major Bank CEO Slams Wall Street For Paying Big Bonuses And Fighting New Regulations
For instance, JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, who runs the biggest bank in the U.S., has taken issue with the rule (while admitting he hasn't read it all). But not all big banks are opposed to the regulation. Business Insider's Joe Weisenthal flagged a missive from M&T Bank CEO Robert Wilmers, in which he criticized big banks for "a pattern of investing in areas where they possessed little knowledge." He went on to criticize large bank bonuses and to chastise Wall Street for lobbying against the Volcker rule:
Public cynicism about the major banks has been further reinforced by the salaries of their top executives, in large part fueled not by lending but by trading. At a time when the American economy is stuck in the doldrums and so many are unemployed or under-employed, the average compensation for the chief executives of four of the six largest banks in 2010 was $17.3 million – more than 262 times that of the average American worker. One bank with 33,000 employees earned a 3.7% return on common equity in 2011, yet its employees received an average compensation of $367,000 – more than five times that of the average U.S. worker. Thus, it is hardly surprising that the public would judge the banking industry harshly – and view Wall Street's executives and their intentions with skepticism.
Nor can one say with any confidence that we have seen a fundamental change in the big bank business approach which helped lead us into crisis and scandal. The Wall Street banks continue to fight against regulation that would limit their capacity to trade for their own accounts – while enjoying the backing of deposit insurance – and thus seek to keep in place a system which puts taxpayers at high risk. In 2011, the six largest banks spent $31.5 million on lobbying activities. All told, the six firms employed 234 registered lobbyists.
Willmers, who oversees the 29th largest bank in the U.S. with $77 billion in assets, is surely no huge fan of Dodd-Frank, and he heaps disproportionate blame for the financial crisis onto government backed mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. But his critique of Wall Street banks is spot-on, as is his assessment of the financial industry's tarnished image. According to a Stanford University study, the number of Americans with hardly any confidence in the banking sector is at an all-time high.


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Killer of Fashion-Designer Girlfriend Is Sentenced
Nicholas Brooks Gets 25 Years to Life for Sylvie Cachay's Death
The son of an Oscar-winning composer told a Manhattan courtroom Monday that he loved and missed the woman he was convicted of murdering, but his declaration failed to sway the judge, who sentenced him to the maximum 25 years to life.
Nicholas Brooks, 27 years old, said that the "loss" of his fashion-designer girlfriend, Sylvie Cachay, "is the most devastating thing that has ever occurred in my life."
"I think about her every day and it breaks my heart," he said. "I loved her very much and not a moment goes by where I don't miss her. My thoughts and prayers are with the Cachay family."
Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Bonnie Wittner said she was "puzzled" by Mr. Brooks's words, adding that she had yet to hear him express remorse or take responsibility for the 2010 killing. She had the discretion to sentence him to 15 years to life, but opted for the maximum.
"No sentence I can do can bring Sylvie Cachay back. It can't make her friends and family whole again…However, I hope this sentence can provide some solace so that this family can try to move on with their lives," the judge said.
Ms. Cachay's parents and brother held hands and quietly celebrated the judge's sentence.
Mr. Brooks, who appeared to be crying at times during the hearing, showed no emotion when sentence was pronounced.
Mr. Brooks was convicted in July following a five-week trial during which prosecutors argued that on the morning of Dec. 9, 2010 he strangled and drowned Ms. Cachay in a bathtub at the exclusive Soho House in Manhattan's Meatpacking District.
At about 2:10 a.m., a guest staying in the room below theirs called Soho House staff to complain about water leaking through his ceiling. Five minutes after that call, surveillance cameras recorded Mr. Brooks leaving the room, according to testimony. A short time later, an employee checking on the leak discovered Ms. Cachay's body in the tub. She was dressed in a turtleneck sweater, underwear and still wore her Rolex wristwatch—a cherished gift from her parents for her 25th birthday—according to testimony.
During the trial, prosecutors presented witnesses' testimony and a letter written by the 33-year-old Ms. Cachay, the daughter of a doctor, to argue that a possible motive was that she planned to break up with Mr. Brooks. He was a college dropout nine years her junior. "Get a job," was one demand Ms. Cachay included in a four-page letter to Mr. Brooks written shortly before her death. She also asked him to cut down on his drinking, stop smoking marijuana, clean up after himself and treat her better.
On Monday, Mr. Brooks's attorney, Jeffrey Hoffman, said that the couple had a tempestuous, "incredibly intense" relationship but they really loved each other. He told the judge that an expected appeal limited what he could say but added, "whatever happened in that hotel wasn't something that had been planned, it wasn't something that had been fore thought. It was obviously something of the moment."
Before the judge made her decision, Ms. Cachay's father, mother and brother made statements that were at turns sentimental, mournful and full of rage. Each asked that Mr. Brooks receive the maximum. "Mr. Brooks's actions were those of a cowardly liar, a parasite of our society, an abuser of women," said her brother, Patrick Orlando Cachay.
Sylvia Cachay, mother of the murdered woman and a native of Peru, said she was speaking with a "raw heart full of pain."
"From the moment my husband told me Sylvie is dead, Sylvie esta muerta, my life changed forever," she said.
Mr. Brooks's father, Joseph Brooks, wrote and directed the 1977 movie "You Light Up My Life." He won an Academy Award for composing the film's title song. In 2011, the father committed suicide in his Upper East Side apartment while awaiting trial on rape charges.
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I'm trying to draw an arrow with a bigger head than normal. Is it possible without changing the style of the line itself?
Update 2013-02-27
This code is now superseded by the new
See an example of use in Ignasi's answer below.
Update 2013-01-23
The development version of the complete code is now available on sourceforge. The old
Update 2012-11-13
I edited all the predefined arrow tips and those in the arrows library, except for the "almost 0d" ones (
For "almost 1d" arrow tips (hooks like, and bracket like), the arrowhead value sets the height of the tip, instead of its length (for left and right variants, the height of the whole hook).
The code of the
Of course, you can use the new arrows as markings too.
I can't upload the new code because it exceeds the size limit for the answers, but I'm posting a picture of the result of the new test file. I sent an email to Till Tantau asking to turn the code in a new
I'm not a
The result of the new code 2012-11-13
The old test code
The result
The old arrowsnew code (superseded)
Here is a sample of the outward-pointing triangular tips in PGF/TikZ 2.10 (see Section 23 of the 2.10 manual):
If you want something more customized or more specific, read Section 74 of the 2.10 manual of pgf. How much bigger and in what direction are you looking for?
Arrow sizes change with the line width. For example for
If you do not want to have the whole line thicker, you can use the decoration library to add an enlarged arrow to your path. Here are two possibilities:
Decorations are explained in chapter 30 of the TikZ 2.10 manual. The
i just stumbled on the same problem, but those solutions didn't fit my need. but i remembered postactions, so i came up with this:
The idea is to choose a line width which yields the right arrow head, and then draw the line again with a fatter line.
Of course it only works when you need the line to be fatter than the head.
Here's an alternative approach that replaces the arrow-rendering code with a customised version which allows for an extra scale factor to be applied (with only a little more work it would be possible to make it so that you could specify some formula to apply rather than just a linear scale factor and also provide different adjustments for the start and end). It does this by changing the line width just before the arrow is drawn and then restoring it afterwards. (It was derived from some code I had whose aim was to draw an arrow on a
This has the obvious advantage of not needing to modify every single arrow definition!
There are two macros to modify: the one that draws the arrows and the one that shortens the line.
The first column has the scalable arrows. The second shows what they would look like with no scaling, the third shows what they would look like with the line width to get that size arrow naturally. The green line is to show that the shortening is correctly applied.
With this new library, it's very easy to define arrowhead parameters like length or width depending or not from line width.
will draw an arrow with a
It's worth to read section "16 Arrows" in pgfmanual.
Some little examples:
More examples about using
I feel your pain there. The regular arrow head is almost invisible.
You can declare your own arrow head using
To use your arrow afterwards, say something like
Here is a simple example of how to change all arrow heads in a document. On modern tikz versions, the
You just need to add the marked two lines to your TeX file to get larger arrow heads. The size is controlled by the two parameters
There is a variety of arrow styles to choose from; the style used in the example is called


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In order to be Omnipotent, or all knowing, as well as Omnipresent and all powerful wouldn't a supreme being have to be so far removed from concepts of "Good" and "Evil"? Those are just terms and ideas that Man created, therefore how can something that is literally the sum total of everything be one or the other?
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Part of the problem (for me, at least) is thinking of good vs. evil as a kind of left-right spectrum. I don't know if that makes sense but it does seem to lead to some common questions like "how could a good God create evil?" Over time my mental model has changed so now I see God more like the center of a circle and all the rest of us are scattered somewhere between that center and the edge. God, the center, is the Way, the Logos, the Natural law, the divine Order. The further away from the center you are, the "less good" you find yourself, or the more disordered or out of harmony with God's will.
Allowing for mixed metaphors, this is similar to how Lao Tsu described the Tao, or how Buddhists might describe Karma. You are either in accord with Tao or you are not. You either have Karma or you don't (the pop notion that there is "good" karma or "bad" karma is incorrect). Conforming yourself to God's will, or discovering the Tao, or ridding yourself of karma... all of these involve ridding yourself of earthly desires and moving towards the center of that circle, God, which is true goodness.
If you're asking for an answer from a Christian perspective, which implies that you will accept, for the purposes of the answer, the presuppositions inherent in a "Christian answer" such as that God is who the Bible claims he is...
You're making a false assumption in the question. Good or evil are not concepts that man made up and applied to God. Good and evil are concepts defined by God, and understood by us, his creation. As the Creator of the universe, it is He who defines what anything is. He created things as he saw fit, and if He says something is this, or something is that, it is so.
We, as His creations merely understand, through the senses and ability to reason that he created in us, or through his revealed word to us.
Therefore God defines what good and evil is. Being God, it makes sense that "Good" is defined as according to His word,in line with His character, and as revealed to us by Him.
It is only from an atheistic mindset that one could claim that "good and evil are traits we made up and applied to God". The ability to say that cannot exist without the presupposition that God is imaginary, and a creation of man. From the Christan perspective, this is exactly the opposite of the truth.
From a Christian perspective, you have the question backwards. You're asking how we can say God is good, but we aren't the originators of that definition. God has defined goodness (and he has defined himself as good) and our definition is only a pathetic approximation of that concept. (This reminds me a bit of when Christ asked, "Why do you call me good when only God is good?")
Now, does God measure up to our petty, and woefully inadequate standards? I would understand if someone were to argue "not really," but the failure is in that we, as sinners, have a corrupt view of "good" (planks in our eyes) which is often deficient and self-contradictory. Should God be required to meet such a standard? Absolutely not.
Based on a comment above, I feel that it is only appropriate to state this:
Arguing that "good" and "evil" are relative, at least to a Christian, is an equivocation. Even if "good" is taken in a philosophical or ethical sense (as opposed to an adjective one might use to refer to one's coffee or "a merchant's goods"), that is not the same understanding of the word that comes from a theological sense. In philosophy, often the highest "good" of man is no more than himself (some might say it is "happiness", others might argue that it is "the betterment of society" however in both cases the end of "good" is man (and whether that is corporate or individual man hardly matters)), but the Christian views the highest good as something wholly external. Ours is an objective good which is good, whether we like it or not, and whether or not it seems like it profits us as individuals or a society.
These two approaches are vastly different and yield strikingly different results. In the ethicist's world men are larger than anything else, but they are only capable of reaching so far. "Though I stand on the shoulders of giants, I still cannot reach the stars." In the Christian world, men are microscopic but they stand on the shoulders of the almighty. "Though I am too small to see through the crowd, I will climb a sycamore and dine this night with God." In the atheist world, the greatest men strive to be übermensch, in the Christian's world we are already the likeness and image of God, and God himself has sacrificed himself for our redemption. We do not strive to be greater than men, we strive to be like God Himself.
Nothing exists that does not follow any rule. Everything that exists follows some rule or the other.
In any set or group. if the members do not follow their rules, they will be dumped, or thrown out of that group and will be considered "evil" by that group. Materials that are not fit to become part of our body are excreted by it, and will be considered "EVIL" or unclean. We will keep a distance or isolate them away from us, or keep it "out of sight".
In Christian belief, out of the set or group of all things created by God, creatures or material that stop following God's laws become unfit to be part of God's Kingdom will be kept out of it. They will eventually be destroyed.
Sometimes evil or dis-order is deliberately kept alive to teach new members. Where they teach to assemble or repair cars, cars are deliberately dis-assembled, and broken or worn out parts are saved (not thrown away) to teach new mechanics how to distinguish unfit parts, and how such parts can prevent the smooth operation of the engine.
If you say that God is "removed from concepts of 'Good" and "Evil'", then you are also saying that God is removed from any concept of a hungry child in pain. Which makes God less, not more. In other words, God IS capable of understanding suffering.
And as soon as we acknowledge that there is indeed suffering in the world, then there also most be evil.
Why - because it puts all of us in a position of either choosing to live in such a way as to increase suffering in the world (evil), OR living in such a way as to reduce it (good).
im proud as a being that you have asked such an obvious yet considered complicated question.
and heres my influence (power), good and evil or the moral perspective, is a human perspective. and not a gods perspective. which humans just tell each other that this is so when there only seeing it from one side of the coin if you like, infact for a god to say otherwise would merely be looking at it from the otherside, but god doesnt say this.. we do. we interpret thus from the live (spelling of evil backwards hmmmm?). god is neither heads nor tails to me.. he is heads, tails, and the coin itself which is both physical and non phsyical which is considered to be singular but when you put it under a microscope has many different parts to it, the alpha and omega, the unmoving, mover.
therefore god is neither good nor evil because hes neither physical or meta physical he is both.
good and evil is just a human perspective on concepts like up and down, left and right, small and big. in order to understand small there must be a big and one must have experienced what big is first before using the reference small. im not calling your answer or even question right, because right gives the prospect that what others are saying is wrong?? it just a case of what you believe serves you.
for me it doesnt work to say that the 'supreme/all' being is a vengeful and jealous being, if our aim through religion is to understand our connection to one another and bring divine joy. its not a case of what we think or believe god to be, its more a case of what we think and believe ourselves to be. thanks for your time :)


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I often create graphics in OpenOffice.org Draw, containing vector graphics, text labels, with photos occasionally mixed in. OpenOffice.org supplies a variety of export formats. Is there any way to export the graphics from this software to a format that can be placed in a ConTeXt document, such that the text labels are rendered using the font choices and typography of ConTeXt?
Since OO Draw cannot write TikZ code directly, you will need an intermediate format. Basically there are two options, only one of them works.
ODG -> SVG -> Inkscape SVG -> TikZ: inkscape2tikz
Since OpenOffice Draw is capable of producing SVG output, you can open it in Inkscape (version 0.48 or later, any current version should do) and use the PDF+LaTeX export feature as suggested by this answer. The basic idea is that the drawing without text is exported as PDF, and the text portions are exported as TikZ code. This tutorial (also linked from the above answer) shows in detail how to do it. I'm not sure if it's possible to produce ConTeXt, though.
The inkscape2tikz extension doesn't help here. It seems to be unmaintained and produced various issues when I tried it on a small example:
ODG -> EPS -> PGF: eps2pgf
I haven't tried the tool, which is also the subject of one of the replies to PS-or-PDF to tikz converter? . However, this approach (and also ODG -> PDF -> PGF) is bound to fail, since the generated EPS/PDF do not contain the label text as entire string but rather as individual characters.


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Some 2,500 police officers and soldiers are currently providing security at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, the Arab News reported today.
"Security personnel will be increased during the last 10 days of Ramadan when the number of visitors and those coming to perform Umrah increases," said Gen. Yusuf Hussein Matar, commander of the Grand Mosque Security Forces.
"The security plan this year is different from previous years because of the school vacation, which has led to an increase in the number of people inside the Grand Mosque," he said.
The security plan includes ensuring smooth circumambulation around the Holy Ka'abah, entry and exit of people to and from the prayer complex, and clear passageways. It also involves organizing space in the courtyard outside and adopting measures to enable visitors to perform their duties in peace and comfort.
Gen. Matar said that in order to implement the security plan, the Grand Mosque Security Forces are working with other departments including the General Presidency of the Affairs of the Holy Mosque, the General Security, the Special Emergency Power of Makkah and the Haj Security Forces.
A major problem is that children frequently get lost in the mosque, he noted, adding that the authorities make sure the lost children are safe, circulate information about them so that they will be quickly reunited with their families. He encouraged families to equip their children with identifiers such as information bracelets in the event they go astray.
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Let $A$ a matrix $n\times n$.
Define $e^A=\sum ^{\infty}_{n=0} \frac{A^n}{n!}$ (also you can see this question).
If $A$ is a diagonalizable matrix, find $e^A$ in terms of eigenvalues of $A$.
I was trying this:
If $A$ is diagonalizable, exists an inversible matrix $P$ such that: $$D=P^{-1}AP$$ With $D$ a diagonal matrix. Then: $$e^A=\sum ^{\infty}_{n=0} \frac{(PDP^{-1})^n}{n!}$$ $$=P\left(\sum ^{\infty}_{n=0} \frac{D^n}{n!} \right)P^{-1}$$
Because $D$ is diagonal matrix, the eigenvalues of $A$ are the diagonal elements of $D$, but I think that this is not enough.
How can I find $e^A$ in terms of eigenvalues of $A$?
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It's that time of year again: Norlin Library is getting more visitors than usual, and Laughing Goat baristas are filling the bean hoppers twice as fast; finals season is in full effect. Spring semester is wrapping up, and CU-Boulder students are starting to feel anxious as they prepare for a week of stress and exams. To help ease into finals week, fellow Buffs have offered the following tips.
1. Take it one step at a time.
It doesn't make any sense to try to study every subject at once; it's nearly impossible to retain all of the knowledge that way. Instead, study for one class at a time, and in order of your scheduled finals. "I study for one final at a time," said Morgan Aguilar, a sophomore majoring in broadcast news and women's studies. "If I have a psych final on Monday and an anthropology final on Tuesday, I don't start studying for my Anthropology final until I am done and confident with my Psych material."
2. Start early.
Putting off your studying until the very last minute isn't going to get you anywhere. You'll be overwhelmed with all of the subjects if you procrastinate. The semester may be almost over, but that doesn't mean you should start slacking off now. Don't get behind on your reading, especially. Also, take advantage of the resources available to you, such as talking with a professor or a TA. "I like getting a head start on all of my papers and reading," said Andy Bashford, a senior economics major. "I also visit my professors' office hours for extra help."
3. Sleep and get plenty of rest.
Loading up on caffeine and pulling all-nighters isn't the answer to test success. The information will just slip right out of your head the next day as you become more concentrated with your lack of sleep than the material at hand. The caffeine from the pot of coffee you just downed will provide you with a major crash afterwards, and your lack of sleep will just make you sick. Whether your sleep cycle consists of five hours or even eight, make sure you get an adequate amount of sleep before your finals. "I try to stay away from energy drinks during finals season," said sophomore Collin Wooldridge, an integrative physiology major. "I try to get an adequate amount sleep, as well. I do okay on sleep, for the most part."
4. Take breaks.
If you are able to study for a chemistry final for five hours straight, then you have some major willpower. However, taking a break every once in a while is a good idea. When you've been studying flashcards for the polyatomic ions for the last hour and a half and still can't remember the charges, step out for a while. Grab some munchies, walk around, do whatever it is you need to de-stress. "I try to take a lot of breaks when I study," said junior integrative physiology major Miranda Lowe. "I only study for one hour at a time. It's easier to break it down that way."
5. No distractions!
Putting the books down and opening your laptop to Facebook for five minutes may sound like a great idea, but those five minutes will quickly turn into 30 or 40 minutes. Texting and chatting on Facebook will prove to be some of your biggest hurdles to get through when studying for finals. Turn the cell phone off and do anything you can to avoid feeding your Facebook addiction, unless it's part of your planned break time. "My roommate and I usually change each other's Facebook passwords," said Rebecca Naccarato, a sophomore psychology major. "At least that way we both can't get on and we can get our studying done!" Finals week is just that: it's only six days of tests. Right now, the future seems bleak and stressful. With enough hard work, however, finals will be over and you'll officially be one semester closer to graduating and only days away from winter break. –Story Author, Lauren Archuletta, sophomore, News Editorial –Video Production, Amanda Yourick, senior, Broadcast Production –Video Production, Joey Maestas, senior, Broadcast News


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6 Jan 2012 3:22 PM #21
Hi Mitchell,
Thanks for your response,
Well, maybe it's just a permissions thing now...
After Ed's post this week, I started monitoring the:
http://svn.sencha.com/svn/sdk/branches/ext-4.0.x/ and
First the ext-4.1.x branch returned 403, then the day after Ed's post, the ext-4.1.x branch returned 200, but was empty.... then the svn rev jumped from ~1400 to 1548, so I thought the mirror script was run, but now the ext-4.1.x branch is returning 403 again.... I've also tried ext-4.1.0, ext-4.1, ext-4.x, etc without luck...
The info in the SVN Access inside Sencha Support, still points to: For Ext4
And https://svn.sencha.com/ still points to the pre-git migration svn...
So, there is no info on where/how to access the 4.1 branch...
Maybe I'm just trying on the wrong url, or maybe when the mirror script where run the permissions where lost... dunno...
Thanks again for all your help on this
11 Jan 2012 10:47 AM #22
Can someone properly set our expectations on this? Reading back through the thread would have us believe that this should have been done weeks ago.
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I am told the correct SVN branch for 4.1.0 beta 1 is:
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11 Jan 2012 12:48 PM #24
Thanks again for the info Mitchell,
Just wondering... by looking at the branch name (that looks more like a tag)....
So, this means that we'll have to get thru all this problem again for beta-2/beta-X, rc-X, and then for each point release ? I thought that this would mean that we would get access to an at least 4.1.x branch... (was hoping for a 4.x so, going thru all this at least wouldn't be so frequent...)
What's on this branch that's not included on the beta-1 zip that was available for download some weeks ago ?
Are the development (and the fixes that have been fixed as reported on these forums after the beta-1 release) for beta-2 or rc-1 or whatever the name of the next 4.1 release would be, done on this ext-4.1-beta1 branch ?
I hope that the impression that I got by that branch name is simply a misunderstanding on my part, because, right now, if I'll have to wait for BETA-2/RC-1, final and so on to get the fixes, and then ask again for access to those branches, well... I really don't understand what value added as a paying support subscriber I'm getting in comparison of the free users... (without entering on the debate that it is a feature that's advertised on your support subscribers benefits)...
With that said... I'm REALLY happy with the beta-1, at least on my app (that was refactored a lot trying to minimize 4.0.x perf problems) feels way way better...
Thanks again
11 Jan 2012 12:56 PM #25
Beta 2
I can confirm that svn access for beta1 is working.
However, I am concerned that I don't see any changes made to the beta1 branch since 1/4/12. What is the tangible value of the advertised "SVN Access" feature? If beta code should not break the API, then why do we not have access to beta 2 already in order to get quick patches, such as this CSS error? Will this same cycle of asking for SVN access have to be repeated for beta 2?
11 Jan 2012 2:22 PM #26
Geesh... I had forgotten how painful it was to use svn. You guys upgrading to git any time soon?
Was trying to dig around for evidence of bugfixes, but the commit log isn't revealing much.
one commit creating the branch on the 4th at 10:21am ( more than a week after the beta1 release? )
and one by "root" with no message 9 minutes later. Thats it.
Suggestions for how to see bugfixes via svn? or does this mean there aren't any yet?
11 Jan 2012 7:01 PM #27
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I feel that support subscription is not worth anymore. I see no difference between premium member vs regular customer except access for premium forum. Sencha, please do something about this.
Things are great before in Ext 3 time where the code is updated daily basis, living in bleeding edge development. We know the risk, don't care about it. I see Ext 4 development is very slow compared to previous release. Support is sucks. Last year, the so called Sencha Renewal Specialist convinced me to renew my subscription in order to get support for Ext 4, but with couple month left for my subscription to expire, I get nothing as a support subscriber.
The worst part is, Sencha new support model requires the support subscription remain continuous, so the date of expiration will be backdated in case of late renewal. WTF. Sencha software is great but I'm kinda disappointed of what Sencha do to us, a paying customer.
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12 Jan 2012 11:22 AM #29
1. As was pointed out earlier, the last activity on the branch was on the 4th. How often should we expect this branch to be updated?
2. The README file says that in order to build from the branch we need a tools directory. That directory does not exist. I tried just running the build command but didn't get very far. How do we build?
3. Are there any up to date release notes, or change log?
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Can somebody from Sencha give an update on this? The 4.1-beta branch has yet to be updated in 3 weeks now, so we are obviously not dealing with the current branch. As somebody asked earlier, what is the point of the support subscription if we do not have the ability to have the latest changes? We paid a lot of money to specifically have that ability.


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This is my first post at here. I have been using Ubuntu for 3-4 years. However, I have been the only Ubuntu users among my physical circles (I get to know a lot of other users online). Recently, I have been able to convert my girlfriend to use Ubuntu as well and she loves it a lot.
I have been thinking of setting up my own small home office. I would have 2 laptops (1 of mine, 1 of my girlfriend's) and a small server (just converted from a desktop). I also have a wireless router modem which will connect with the laptops through wireless and connect with the server through cable. I am thinking on the best solution to solve this setup.
Basically, what I want to achieve would be:
- A network which will allow internal file sharing.
- A server which can be accessed from the Internet (out of my home).
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Malik Petteway finished with a game-high 18 points as the Sacred Heart boys basketball team clipped Naugatuck, 69-50, in an NVL Copper matchup in Naugatuck on Wednesday.
Mustapha Heron scored 14 points for the Hearts (15-2) and Tyran Flowers added 10.
Jason Bradley led the Greyhounds (7-9) with 13 points while C.J. Wall had 12. Ryne Griesenauer also chipped in with 10 points.
Ansonia 48, Wolcott 45: Eugene Culver scored a game-high 18 points for the Chargers in Wolcott.
Tajik Bagley added 11 points for Ansonia (4-13). Michael Druan had a team-high 17 points for the Eagles (6-11) and Shamari Thomas added 10.
Woodland 55, Seymour 30: Austyn Brown led all scorers with 21 points for Woodland as it grabbed the NVL Brass win at Seymour Middle School.
Tanner Kingsley scored 11 points for the Hawks (7-11) while Ken Koch and Taylor Tucciarone added six apiece.
Tushar Spooner had six points for the Wildcats (0-16).
Chase Collegiate 48, Storm King 47: Charles McClain scored 20 points, including the game-winning basket, for Chase Collegiate as it earned the nonconference win in Cornwall on Hudson, N.Y.
Trailing 47-46, McClain grabbed an offensive rebound and dropped in the putback with 20 seconds left in regulation to hand his team the victory.
Shamir Johnson had nine points for the Highlanders (11-7) while Matt McClain and Ethan Vance each added six.
Charles McClain had eight rebounds, while Matt McClain grabbed seven and Johnson five.
Storm King fell to 14-3.
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text: Another easy character that you will all have fun drawing is from Amazing World of Gumball, and she is one heck of a gal. Today I'm going to fill another request by teaching you all "how to draw Carmen", step by step. Just like her image suggests, she is a cactus plant and not only is she lean, green and mean, she is also the authority figure as far as the girls group goes. Like Penny, Carmen is going to be an easy character to draw. She consists of a thick midsection, and two nods that are pointed upward. For those of you that don't know, Carmen and Alan like each other but Carmen doesn't pursue her feelings because she believes that things could never work out between them. FYI, Alan is the blue colored balloon in the series. Anyways, have fun as you tackle the task of drawing Carmen from Amazing World of Gumball. I shall return later with more drawing fun so try and stay tuned in to see what shows up next!


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I have a client who want's me to use Dreamweaver for a project. I've always used Photoshop and Illustrator for mockups and coded the CSS manually (Actually I use SASS/SCSS). Does using a program like Dreamweaver speed up the process or do I try to convince them that my normal flow works just fine.
Wow thats crazy. First of all, would you go to your doctor and insist on which tools he used to perform your surgery? Or your dentist?
Or would you take your car to your mechanic and tell them which tools he should use to repair your alternator?
Of cours not. And your clients request that you use a particular tool over another to perform your job is just as ridiculous.
What I would suggest is that you dig deeper with the client to find out why they are making said request. Get to their reasoning behind it.
It could be that they have some expectation about the final product which they have the impression only Dreamweaver can produce (such as CMS functionality or maintaining the code themselves) in which case you'll need to educate them and manage their expectations.
As far as DW as a tool versus any other code editor - it's the worst. Don't use it. It's a bloated piece of software and it's auto generated code is very bad for several reasons I won't go into now.
You are much better off writing semantic, meaningful markup by hand.
Good luck.
There are aspects of DW that could be useful for the client. They are CMS-like features that allow you to 'lock' parts of pages so they aren't easily messed with by others so that the client can use DW to make manual updates themselves.
You can also set up sites to use Contribute, which the client may wish to use.
I wouldn't recommend those solution, but they are somewhat valid reasons for a client to request DW-friendly files.
All that said, as stated, DW edits plain text files, so you can certainly use whatever tools you want. If the above reasons are why the client is requesting DW, you can always do that as a last-step.
For the sake of good client relations, you absolutely must find out why they are asking for the site to be built in DW. While jag2007's answer is correct, keep in mind that you will lose more clients, faster, by being arrogant than because of any technical deficiencies.
From the client's perspective, there would be two reasons to ask for something so specific:
In a situation like this, your best bet is probably to smile, nod, and ask who will be using DW to maintain the site. If there is an answer to that question, get this person into the conversation and let them know they'll be able to fully maintain the site with DW. That may be all that's needed, and you can go ahead with your own preferred coding environment.
If they need templates (and they might, because outside of a CMS it's one of the most efficient ways to enable safe global site updates by less-experienced webmasters), you can either code these by hand or just go ahead and use DW. It actually has many efficiencies as a coding environment if you play on its strengths.
If they're clueless, and this all came from the boss's wife's second cousin's whiz-kid teenager, then nod, smile, build the site how you want and tell them they'll be able to work with it in DW without problems (which is true) without saying you're NOT going to build it in DW.
I've been using Dreamweaver for over six years, I finally dumped it two days ago. Every time I fired it up, I felt this sinking feeling in my shoulders. That's how bloated this thing is. If you're on a Mac, try TextMate.
It's exactly what I need, which is a lightweight editor that has the features I need that something like Notepad or Textedit won't provide- namely, color coding of the syntax and a web preview window that auto-refreshes in real time.
The thing I miss here from Dreamweaver is it's built in file manager. Though not the best, it allows me to sync files to the remote server, and even autosync on every save. I believe TextMate has some configurable options to hook it up to Terminal for file management, but I'm not familiar with any Linux commands.


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The pain stopped completely. However, the medicine taken at 1/2 strength still raised my blood pressure and upset my stomach.
I went to the emergency room with " BLEEDING ULCERS " due to 600mg 1 X 3times a day 1/2013! I TELL EVERYONE I KNOW TO STAY AWAY FROM THIS MEDICINE!
I had terrible aches from the flu and I took one pill in the morning and my body didn't hurt the rest of the day! It's great!
WORST EXPERIENCE EVER!!! Took 2 500mg pills(I stand 6'2 225 lbs) & havent slept in a day & a half. Feet are so swollen, i can't put shoes on. Painful to even stand. Haven't taken p00p in 2 days (normally 2X daily). Constant hiccups for hours, & developing a rash on my back. Whatever pain you have, DO NOT USE NAPROXEN, TRY SOMETHING ELSE!!!!
after only 5 days of taking them,for sciatica, my feet and hands swelled up and I had to take off my rings and was unable to wear shoes after stopping them, it took another 3 days for the swelling to go down also I could not concentrate and could not sleep while on them.
Fever, a throat infection needing a dose of antibiotics no appetite for three days, all because I took one table.
Had severe joint pain in both wrist with swelling, pain was so bad I couldn't move my fingers. Within 4 hours after taking Naproxen (500mg) I was able to move my fingers and wrist, after a second dose, about 10 hours later, the pain continued to subside and was felling better in a day.
I never have been so sick in my life after taking one pills. Stomach pains, heart burn, nausea, body aches. I thought I was going to die. Be careful of this drug! Naproxen 500mg tab
I would only recommend this for nerve pain, its useless for period pain and back pain.
My menstrual cramps were always accompanied by severe lower back pain and could be quite debilitating before I discovered Aleve/naproxen; from then on, I've always used naproxen for about one week out of every month. If you follow the dosing instructions, there shouldn't be a problem. It usually says to not exceed 3 tablets in a 24 hour period. That means every 12 hours you alternate between 2 tablets and 1 tablet, or you could take 1 tablet every 8 hours. I usually use the former configuration, and it works way better for me than acetaminophen. I usually buy the largest quantity bottle I can find, and since I only use it 12 weeks out of the year, that averages about $24 a year give or take a few bucks.


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This accreditation outcome represents the highest level of accreditation that can be awarded to an organization, showing it conforms to the standards established by CARF, officials said. An organization receiving a three-year accreditation outcome has put itself through a peer review process and has demonstrated to a team of surveyors during an on-site visit that its programs and services are of the highest quality, measurable and accountable, officials said.
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When fermenting a lager, what temperature should it be held at for best results?
This is what I am doing...
There are many different ideas on which temperatures to use. You could ferement even lower, it will just take longer, warmer and it will be quicker but could produce esters. The diacetyl should be no more than 9 degrees above fermentaion temperature.
Ester production and the need for a diacetyl rest are based on yeast strain. You may not need either.
"Best results" really depend on your taste (or the judge's if you plan on entering competition).
Check with the supplier. WYeast and White Labs list preferred temperature ranges for all their strains. Most lager strains like 50° to 60° F. Many lagers also benefit from a diacetyl rest - raising the temperature to the high 60's F near the end of fermentation.
Like ales, there is much subtlety surrounding lager fermentation. Higher temperatures produce more esters, usually inappropriate in lagers. On the low end of the range the resulting beer is "cleaner".
The January 19, 2006 episode of Basic Brewing radio is all about lagering. Brew Strong did one too. Listen to those podcasts.
I've never tried a lager myself, but most of the people I know that brew lager usually put it in even lower temperature than the one supllier suggest, about 40-45 degrees F. They say that in that way you can achieve better lagering.


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I've not had much opportunity to go hiking for any decent distance recently and I feel the next time I do my body will probably complain a lot. However, I've access to a gym with a lot of equipment so what exercises and equipment should I be using regularly to ensure my first hike back is lacking in pain?
Train by hiking, start small, do it every week.
After my injury, when I could not hike, I started by hiking less than a mile, but I did it every week. Even only once a week, this will help. Pick a trail that's a length just a little hard for you. This is best if you have a nearby park with lots of interlocking trails. Interlocking is good because you can mix and match the path to increase distance.
Increase distance before you increase weight. I would not recommend adding weight until you can hike 5 miles comfortably.
Once you get to 5 miles, start carrying an empty pack. Next add your layer clothes (maybe it's cool enough for a jacket, but not needed when you warm up) Next add just a water bladder for drinking. To the extent that you can, I recommend packing things you will actually hike with. One, the weight is more representative, and two, the weight is going to be dispersed more realistically for actual hiking. If you train with other things in your pack just for weight you are more likely to train for a pack that's off balance.
Buy and learn how to use hiking poles. They really do help, even starting out.
If at all possible, exercise doing something you like, or in a place you like. If training is just misery you go through to learn to hike, you're less likely to train (and hike). Pick the day, time, and place that you are least likely to skip every week. Pick someone to go with you who will encourage you to never miss a hike.
If you seriously overweight, I would suggest first shedding the pounds by taking up swimming. This will greatly reduce the strain on your knees.
There's no better hiking excercise than hiking :) Seriously, if you can walk to work, with your dog, to the shop, do it. Regularly. If you have some time during the weekend, go out for a few kilometers. Running is also fun, and depending on the weather where you live, you could easily run through the whole year.
Running will build up some strength in your feet and prepare your whole body to take the load, especially the heart and the lungs. Swimming works like that, too. I'd certainly take any "natural" activity rather than stay in the gym (but that's just my opinion, of course).
As others have mentioned, the best exercise you can get is simply hiking. To train for weight, it's recommended to fill the backpack with water or sand that can be thrown out at the top to prevent knee injuries.
If you live in the flatlands like I do, there's not much elevation changes. The closest in the gym is to use an incline treadmill or a stepmill. I've even filled up a bag with weights to use on the stepmill.
As for specific weightlifting exercises, hiking requires a lot of lower body strength and endurance. Various squats and deadlifts can help strengthen your quads, hamstrings, glutes, and back.
General cardio (running, biking, or swimming) is always helpful since it'll build endurance, and if you can shave some pounds off your body, that's less weight you have to carry.
Alpine Ascents has a training program to prepare for Denali, which, while a little bit overboard for hiking, still shares the same concepts.
Body Results also has provides some mountaineering training DVDs which also share similar concepts.
Like others have said, the best training to hike is hiking.
If you are concerned about being able to climb large vertical distances (mountains?), try climbing stairs. I don't mean the stair-climber at the gym (although it does help), but put on a pack with weight and find a tall building. Clear this with any security the building may have (or management/owner), and climb the fire stairs for a half hour. Once your body starts to acclimate to the challenge, increase the time that you climb the stairs.
It all depends on how far you want to hike! Its probably good to do stretching before any exercise such as hiking or running! Lunges and squats may also help as well.
Although you may look a bit silly in the gym, you could carry a backpack on a treadmill and use it on an incline to strengthen your legs.
I would also considering doing short burst of jogging as well to get your endurance levels up.


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December 14, 2012
Summer restaurants with a view
Cape Town is without doubt one of the most beautiful cities in the world – and locals and visitors alike are spoilt for choice when it comes to venues with spectacular sea, mountain and city views. Here are some of them ...
City views
The Grand Daddy Hotel's Sky Bar is a long-time favourite for after-work drinks and, interestingly, shares its rooftop space with an airstream trailer park, whose interiors have each been designed by a different artist. Sip cocktails and craft beers, and get stuck into a restaurant menu while overlooking the city's most popular thoroughfare, Long Street.
38 Long Street, City Centre; +27 (0)21 424 7247
The Tjing Tjing Rooftop Bar is a relatively new addition to Cape Town, but one that is easily making a name for itself. With a glass of wine in one hand and a delicious snack or two in the other, spending time on Tjing Tjing's balcony gives you a real feel for Cape Town's City Centre as you surround yourself with some of the Cape's tallest cement structures.
165 Longmarket Street, City Centre; +27 (0)21 422 4920
The Rhodes Memorial Restaurant and Tea Garden is situated in the shadow of the famous Rhodes Memorial, on mountain slopes overlooking the Cape Peninsula all the way to the distant Helderberg mountains. Savour an ostrich bobotie or Cape Malay bredie while trying to spot your favourite Cape Town landmarks.
Rhodes Memorial; +27 (0)21 687 0000
Mountain views
Rumbullion at the Roundhouse Restaurant has a history dating back to the 1700s, and a French heritage that is reflected in its menu selection. The Roundhouse offers captivating views of the Twelve Apostles mountain range, as well as Camps Bay and Clifton. Take a deep breath and enjoy …
Round House Road (off Kloof Road), The Glen, Camps Bay; +27 (0)21 438 4347
moyo Kirstenbosch is one of several of the African-themed restaurant chain's venues, offering a range of artisanal products, African cuisine and charming settings. The chain's latest offering is at a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, offering the most beautiful views of the Cape Floral Kingdom.
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Rhodes Drive, Newlands; +27 (0)21 762 9585
The Café Grill at the Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa is the hotel's casual al fresco venue set amongst indigenous fynbos, with extensive views of the Twelve Apostles mountain range. A California-style menu is on offer 24 hours a day, and in summer you must try their ice-cream and fresh fruit selections – at least once.
The Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa, Victoria Road, Camps Bay; +27 (0)21 437 9000
Ocean views
The Grand Café and Beach offers a romantic private beach setting and, arguably, the best wood-fired pizzas in Town. Sip on a glass of bubbly, wiggle your toes in the white sand, cast an eye out over the little private bay and take your time scrutinising the mouth-watering menu.
Granger Bay Road, Granger Bay; +27 (0)21 425 0551
Boulders Beach Restaurant flanks Boulders Beach Lodge and is right on the water's edge, so that meals eaten on the deck literally overlook the bay used by Cape Town's resident African penguin colony. The menu is easy, the atmosphere relaxed and the sight of those little men in tuxedos "flying" in and out of the bay, hilarious.
4 Boulders Place, Boulders Beach, Simons Town; +27 (0)21 786 1758
The Blue Peter is a must-do along the West Coast! Popular among locals, the more formal Lighthouse Restaurant and casual Lighthouse Bar offer picture-perfect views of Table Mountain and Robben Island, beverages to suit all kinds and lip-smacking seafood and Cape cuisine.
7 Popham Street, Little Bay beach, Blougerstrand; +27 (0)21 554 1956
Enjoy lunch on a New7Wonder of Nature!
The Table Mountain Café offers a different view of Cape Town's most-loved Mountain. Take a cable car up and dine at the top … on curious South African cuisines such as ostrich sausage, fynbos pizza and the mountaineer buffet selection. The venue is halaal, and boasts stunning views of just about the entire Peninsula.
Lower Cable Station, Tafelberg Road, Cape Town; +27 (0)21 424 0015
As you can imagine, these are but a few options. For even more, check out Cape Town's restaurant scene here.


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