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Do you judge people according to their children's names?
Don't get me wrong, I don't make a habit of judging people in general and I do my best not to stereotype anybody, but I saw this come across the news today: "A new list compiled by Nameberry has revealed the weirdest baby names included names like Tequila, Cougar, and Moo."
Now, with those and Blanket and a few others that I've heard, I now realize, that yes, I personally do tend to think a bit differently about people who name their children after inanimate objects, colors, slogans, sandwiches, alcoholic beverages, etc.
Are you in the same boat, and is it justified?
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Yes. Those kids will have to live with that name till they are old enough to go to court to change them.
It's a cruel joke to name a kid something stupid - like Moo.
I know I do it, and to some extent I actually think it is fair.
We are constantly forming opinions of people and things. To form those opinions we use whatever information we have available to us. There's no reason why someone's choice in child names should be off limits. Naming a child is a very personal thing, and I think it can say a lot about someone.
If a parent thinks it is a good idea to burden their child with a name like Tequila, then I'm going to use that bit of information to form an opinion of that parent.
Apart from outright goofy names, the ones that get me are the parents who apparently just pick whatever is the current most popular baby name. This year my kid had 28 kids in her class and they were evenly split between boys and girls. There were 3 girls named Madison. 3 out of 14! Come on people, lets try and put a little thought into it.
Since I work as a school counselor, I see how oddball names can have an adverse affect on young people. So yes, I often find myself contemplating "What were they thinking" when I read the names of incoming students. It is my belief that many of the parents that do this to their children are self centered and are more concerned about being original or different and do not think about what the child will have to endure because of the name.
Just as a side note, my granddaughter was named after graffiti her parents saw painted on a train. People constantly misspell it, pronounce it wrong, etc. It was named one of the worst new baby names of 2009 on a website that centers around baby names. Groan...
Sometimes I cannot help but to form an opinion about a parent whenever I hear they named their child something weird.
Although I do agree with @rustybender how it can be confusing when there are 3 or 4 children with the same name, I don't think naming your kid Moo or Tequila should be a solution to that problem
We gave my son an unusual name. Out of respect, I gave him an initial as his middle name so he could choose a name when he was older, if he wished. Flash forward to adulthood - he loves his name (it has become common), and has had lots of fun with the initial J. He has been Jason, Jedi, Jackalope, Jalapeno, and Jet.
There's a difference between unusual and burdensome names, and children's names do reflect on the parents.
I try not to, but sometimes...
I have friends who named their son Hezekiah Stephen. They call him Stephen but a lot of people call him Hezzie (he calls himself Hezzie most of the time). It took them a while to be okay with him being called Hezzie, but the little guy makes it work.
Growing up I had a friend named Mark Elsenheimer. His parents said that with a last name like that they were going to stick with simple, common first and middle names, so as not to unduly burden their kids, particularly the boys. That seemed like an excellent thought to me.
My parents named me Ruth and then realized that "Ruth" was too grown up a name for this little kids they had. So I've always been "Ruth Ann" (first and middle name). Growing up in the north, people who went by "two first names" were rare, so it tended to confuse people. It's been a bit easier since I moved to the south for college and then Texas afterwards, but some people find it confusing.
I once met a woman, caucasian, with a "normal" surname, but with the first name of "Twilindr". She went by "Linda". Her parents were hippies.
Yes. Yes I do. I considered that when choosing our daughter's name, too, since I work as a teacher and I know it happens. I wanted to (hopefully) prevent a class full of duplicate names, mispronunciations misspellings, and horrible nicknames!
@rustybender: Yeah, it'll be fun in 60 or 70 years when today's common names like "Madison" and "Britney" and "Caitlyn" all become "old lady names" while all the hot young girls are named "Ethel" and "Myrtle" and "Henrietta."
I wouldn't say that I judge parents for what they name their kids, but I might question their judgment if they give their kids weird names. Also consider the following article from 2010: http://www.livescience.com/6569-good-bad-baby-names-long-lasting-effects.html
I know a man named Mike Hunt. I swear it is not a joke, if you do not get why that is bad, say it out loud (but not around people). When I worked nights the supervisor would page 'Mike Hunt, have you seen Mike Hunt?' as a joke as Mike did not work that shift. She thought it was funny.
Freakonomics says names are important growing up.
I think they are important to a point. I gave my children names that they could pick the shorter version if they would like.
not only do I judge them, I tell them that their kid has a f'd-up name.
They deserve our scorn and any shame that can be piled upon them.
We're about to have a child in October and we revisited this discussion. Some parents are so self centered in naming their child and it frustrates me. We were careful with our son not to choose a name that was too common, to avoid the problem I have where 3 people in my 15 person department have the same name. We also made sure not to choose ambiguous girl/boy names where our son could be made fun of. We also didn't do any off the wall spellings because it sucks to have to correct the spelling on your name every single time.
Yep. If you name your child something along the lines of "Cosmic Blossom" prepare to be judged. You've saddled your child with a name that will make certain life situations needlessly difficult for them, and potentially negatively impact how they're seen as adults. As a mom (soon to be x2), it seems incredibly selfish to do that just so you can feel special and unique about your name choice.
When making our short list of baby names we used the Doctor, Honorable, Esq, President test. If they passed, we were good to keep them on the list. I might think twice about being cared for by Doctor Cosmic Blossom, even if I'd only heard good things from other patients.
My parents were hippies, so I was named after a tree. My name is uncommon, but not weird and I frequently get compliments on it.
My top two name pet peeves are:
1. Names that sound like the parents we going for something expensive or classy, but when applied to a person sounds more like a stripper name. Examples: Chardonnay, Lexus, Diamond, etc. The exception for me is Mercedes - maybe because I heard it a lot before these other names started popping up out of the woodwork.
2. Names where the parents change the spelling in an effort to be "creative". It is just burdening the kid with having to spell their name on a daily basis. It would not be uncommon in my area for a class to have three Madisons, but they would be spelled Madison, Madyson, and Maddisen. I once saw a local birth announcement in which the parents had chosen a "regular" name, but then spelled it with twice as many letters as necessary! It was something like Arrihyahnna. Why!?
follow up question, if your mom is a Scientologist, does that automatically make you a Scientologist?
@wootfast: As in you're the child of Mr. and Mrs. Scientologist? Usually, yep you would also be a member of the Scientologist clan. Perhaps per @alpayton you could be Acura Scientologist? If you're talking about the (is it still considered a) religion, then iono.
I think that if you want a unique name, the best thing to do is just pick an actual name from another language. My daughter's name means "eternal blossoming" in Swahili. She really liked it when I told her that her name meant something pretty. At the time of my picking her name, it wasn't very common, but I later found out that it must have been pretty popular that year. In sixth grade she was one of four girls in her class with some variation of her name. Whoops?
I came really close to naming her Monet, after the painter. Sure, it's a surname, but I've seen it used a few times as a girl's first name. I think that it's a pretty nice balance of "different" without crossing the line into "crazy."
@wootfast ,while admittedly not knowing specific the ins&outs of scientology, to the best of my knowledge, Judiasim is the only religion that is passed down via the mother ...
(that is to say, regardless your father's religion, or your own beliefs for that matter, if your Mother is a Jew, so are you.)
I much less of a problem with names that seem to have come from nature (Rose, Dawn, Amber, etc).
My biggest pet peeve with names are the ones that look like scrabble tiles were thrown in a bag and pulled out at random.
My bro-in-law's sister just had a daughter... they changed the middle name once they realized her initials would be COC.
Only if it's some made up name that reflects the parents imagination.......like Trayvon!! me bad!!
Judge NOT lest thee be judged! - FYI I'm a not christian nor religious by any means but this idiom/truism says it all!
Even worse than a made up name is a bastardized name. I can't believe how many different spellings there are for some of the more common names. (Jordan, Jordyn, Jordinn, Jorqdin (silent q), etc) McKenzie and Caitlin are even worse.
An then you have people who want all their children's name to rhyme or be based on some pattern. What ever happened to originality. Some kid will be stuck with a name like Bradison just so it matches his sister Madison.
I think to be fair, children should be able to legally change their parent's names once they put them into a retirement community. Fair play right?
@tellingson: Ooooh, I like that idea! (Probably all the more so because I don't have kids...)
@tellingson: I'm afraid that I have one of those bastardized names. I don't mind it so much, except that even when I send an email that CLEARLY has my name spelled in the signature line, people often "correct" it to the regular spelling when replying.
I named my daughter Emily before it starting topping the list of most popular girls' names. She was named after my husband's maternal grandmother. I had never known an Emily and I thought the name was lovely. Unfortunately, the name hit the charts just a couple of years after she was born and now there seems to be an Emily on every corner.
I have to admit that I do judge people by what they name their children. I am hesitant to admit it, but I do. That applies, not only to the quirky, odd, or invented names, but also to the pompous, pretentious names, as well. I try to draw the line at judging people by what name they were given. Hopefully those of us who received odd or bastardized names become our own people eventually.
Heck yeah. I feel bad for kids that have terribly unimaginative parents and name them something awful like Mohn (they swapped the J for an M) or, at one school, they spelled Jonhathan that way and it is now his name.
Maybe there's always been a tendency to really insane and awful names and I'm just noticing now because I am a parent? Or maybe it's the internet. I don't know but man there are some just facepalm-er names out there!
@belyndag: There are some days I'm not too bright and then there are other days I'm downright stupid. It wasn't until recently that I learned your name is Belynda G. (I saw it at the main Woot! site--BelyndaG) Here, I see your name as belyndag and I was pronouncing it in my mind, as bell-lyn-dag. Maybe a danish name?
Duh, go ahead and laugh.
Anyone who gives his kids names like Dweezil and Moon Unit is ok in my book. I may have a slight bias there though.
Yes, I judge them for their poor judgment. I know of an attorney named Richard Head. When shortened traditionally, that would be......wait a minute, that's appropriate. Bad example.
I try not to, but I do. One family friend has a daughter named Paprika, another family with a Tiger Lilly, and plenty of others.
I chose 3 names that were not common atthe time, but were real names (though one was originally a last name). I even dismissed names for being too popular, and vetoed any in the top 25. Now 2/3 of my kids have names in the top 10. Grrrrr! There are 3 kids in my youngest's grade with her name, out of 4 classes. My middle daughter has been 1 of 2 kids with her name in her class 2 out of the past 3 years.
I chose the most common spelling for each name, but they still have misspelled names all the time. Ditto for my name, though, amd I was one of 4 in my class. That's what I was trying to avoid, and I failed. :(
I try not to judge partly because there were horrible "old lady names" too. My xh's family has some unique ones we didn't use for the kids.
I have a really hard time with parents that name all their kids with the same first initial. Jacob, Jane, Justine, Jill. Too cutesy! I think George Carlin had a bit about that.
I named my son Draco, it is actually not that rare. We liked the way it sounded and suits him very well. I don't mind if you judge me.
@barnabee: Ha! Not to worry. You should see what kind of response I get to my name. "It's Belynda with a 'Y'," I tell people. So they spell it Bylinda. Now THAT is dumb, if you ask me. "Like Linda with a 'Y', but with 'Be' in front of it," I explain. They look at me blankly.
Although Belinda is not a terribly unusual name down here in the deep south, it gave me fits when I lived in the northern states. Lots of giggles from the Yankees. Of course, that was before Belinda Carlisle embarked on a solo career. Quite a few Belindas in France, Australia and New Zealand. Maybe I should just move.
Oh, and I've found a rare few other "Belyndas." We're around, just special.
@belyndag: I find it irritating when someone with an oddly spelled name gets offended when someone else gets the spelling wrong. My sisters name is Linsey... why my mom spelled it that way I do not know, but she understands that most people will default to Lindsay and that's okay.
My daughters name however is Lily... When people ask how it's spelled I say, it's spelled like the flower... the problem is that they still use two l's. I get frustrated only people it's a common spelling though. Had I named her Lilley or Lilee I think I would have to have a little more patience.
My cousin has two boys. Colin and Colton... Yeah Colton is a weird name but whatever, now they just and a girl and the father, who didn't get to name one of the boys after his dad "John" , wanted to put that stamp on a child, girl or not. So yeah, her name is Johnna I feel bad for her every time I hear it. To make things worse her middle name is Carolina, I guess she's kind of stuck.
Moral of the story? If waste your opportunity to name one of your first boys John you should be disallowed from forcing your third to have a terrible name
@jeremytheindian: LOL! Well, I hope I didn't irritate you with my irritation. To be clear, I don't [u]expect[/u] people to know how to spell my name on their own. I [u]know[/u] it's an unusual spelling. What does irritate me is when I send an email or note that clearly has my name spelled in the signature line and the address, and the recipient spells it differently when they respond. I can only assume that the recipient thought that I had mispelled my own name, or that he or she hadn't bothered to read what I sent. (Especially irritating if the person is asking for my help.... which they usually are.)
And please tell your sister, Linsey, that I sympathize. I, too, ignore mispellings of my name unless it is necessary that it be spelled correctly (email sent to belindag will [u]not[/u] be delivered to belyndag). And, as with Linsey, I did not choose this spelling. In fact, my mother didn't, either. It was her sister who worked in the hospital office who wanted to spruce it up a bit.


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Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ an open set and $u:\Omega\to \mathbb{R}$ be a (locally) $L^1$-function. Then it is well known that the Lebesgue differentiation theorem holds: For almost every $x\in \Omega$, $$\frac{1}{|B_r(x)|} \int_{B_r(x)} (u(y) - u(x)) d y \to 0$$ as $r\to 0$. My question is if it is true that $$\frac{1}{|B_r(x)|} \int_{B_r(x)} |u(y) - u(x)| d y \to 0$$ as $r\to 0$ for almost every $x\in \Omega$. I am doubtful about this, but the universal counterexample in measure theory - the (characteristic function of the) fat Cantor set - doesn't work here. If it is actually true, then it could probably further be generalized to $$\frac{1}{|B_r(x)|} \int_{B_r(x)} |u(y) - u(x)|^p d y \to 0$$ if $u\in L^p(\Omega)$ and $p\ge 1$. Actually that is what I'm interested in.
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15 Jan 2013 1:01 AM #1
replace protocol in geoext.form.formpanel
Hi all,
I've been scratching my head over this and I'm wondering if this is possible. I want to replace the protocol of the GeoExt.form.FormPanel in the following way:
1. to render the formpanel, I defined a variable "proto" as null outside the formpanel (var proto = null).
2. then "proto" goes inside the formpanel (protocol: proto).
3. in the handler function of the button a new variable "proto" is defined. I want to replace this new variable inside the formpanel.
Since extjs, geoext, openlayers are javascript libraries, I've tried things such as "eval" to make the variable "proto" inside the handler accessible in the formpanel but no luck so far. Here it is a simplified example to show this:
var proto = null; var formPanel = new GeoExt.form.FormPanel({ protocol: proto, # <--- replace with [1] items: [{ xtype: "combo", id: "idcombo", etc... }, { xtype: "textfield", id: "idtext", etc... }], button:[{ text: "search", handler: function() { formPanel.search(); var combo = Ext.getCmp('idcombo').getValue(); # <--- this works and gets the value chosen in "xtype: combo" var proto: new OpenLayers.Protocol.HTTP({ # <--- [1] (ie. new variable "proto") url: "http://www.pub.pub/" + combo + "/somestuff/", # <--- this works format: etc... }) } }] })
Best regards,
15 Jan 2013 6:58 AM #2
If I'm understanding the problem correctly, surely all you would need to do is:
var p = new OpenLayers.Protocol.HTTP({ //CONFIG HERE}); formPanel.protocol = p;
15 Jan 2013 9:33 AM #3
Thank you willigogs for the idea, I tried it but I'm getting this error:
TypeError: o.protocol is null
I'm sure this is becauseCode:
var proto = null;
15 Jan 2013 9:41 AM #4
I have never used GeoExt, so I'm completely guessing here - but could the fact that you are calling formPanel.search() before populating the protocol be a problem?
15 Jan 2013 10:06 AM #5
yeah in fact that could be the problem, how could I solve that? in the handler putting formPanel.search() after var proto doesn't solve the problem btw
Last edited by Gery; 15 Jan 2013 at 10:09 AM. Reason: http://www.sencha.com/forum/newreply.php?p=929518&noquote=1
16 Jan 2013 2:36 AM #6
I would recommend some basic debugging to see what is / is not getting set.
Something like:
button:[{ text: "search", handler: function() { console.log(formPanel) console.log(formPanel.protocol) var combo = Ext.getCmp('idcombo').getValue(); var proto = new OpenLayers.Protocol.HTTP({ url: "http://www.pub.pub/" + combo + "/somestuff/" }); formPanel.protocol = proto; console.log(formPanel.protocol) formPanel.search(); } }]
The only other option I would investigate before searching for someone with specific GeoExt assistance, would be to see if destroying and re-instantiating the form (with the correct protocol assigned) would be a possibility.
16 Jan 2013 12:39 PM #7
I tested your suggestion and this is the result:
this is formPanel: [object Object] this is 1st formPanel.protocol: null this is 2nd formPanel: [object Object] TypeError: o.protocol is null
Your second option sounds interesting, the thing is if I destroy the form it dissapears after pressing the search button and don't know well how to re-instantiating it . This form is inside an Ext.Window btw. Let me post my code and see how can I do that please:
var proto = null; var formPanel = new GeoExt.form.FormPanel({ protocol: proto, items: [{ xtype: 'combo', id: 'idcombo', store: new Ext.data.SimpleStore({ fields: ['idlayer','layer'], data: [["1","cars"],["2","music"],["3","food"],["4","girls"]] }), displayField: 'layer', valueField: 'idlayer', fieldLabel: 'Layer', emptyText: 'select a layer', submitValue: false, selectOnFocus: true, mode: 'local', typeAhead: true, editable: false, forceSelection: true, triggerAction: 'all' },{ xtype: 'textfield', id: 'idtextfield', fieldLabel: 'Keyword', emptyText: 'enter keyword', name: 'comments__like', allowBlank: false }], listeners: { actioncomplete: function(form, action) {} }, buttons: [{ text: 'search', handler: function(){ console.log('this is formPanel: ' + formPanel); console.log('this is 1st formPanel.protocol: ' + formPanel.protocol); var comboLayer = Ext.getCmp('idcombo').getRawValue(); var keyword = Ext.getCmp('idtextfield').getRawValue(); var proto = new OpenLayers.Protocol.HTTP({ url: 'http://www.pub.pub/' + comboLayer + 'comments__ilike=' + keyword + '&queryable=comments', format: new OpenLayers.Format.GeoJSON() }); formPanel.protocol = proto; console.log('this is 2nd formPanel: ' + formPanel.protocol); formPanel.destroy(); formPanel.search(); } }], keys: [{ key: [ Ext.EventObject.ENTER ], handler: function(){ formPanel.search(); } }] });
18 Jan 2013 2:14 AM #8
On the contrary, the above debugging proves that the protocol IS being set successfully (the 3rd console.log was of the protocol, not the formPanel).
I would recommend you use Firefox, then install Firebug and illuminations. Debugging and only being returned "Object" or "Null" makes things near impossible to debug easily.
These will then allow you to console.log() objects, and then click what is returned to view the object's config and inspect the DOM.
30 Jan 2013 9:48 AM #9
Hi Willigogs
sorry for my late answer to your last message. After checking with illuminations (because firebug is already installed), I noticed that the new searchformPanel.protocol (3rd console.log you refered) works well as you pointed out, but it's not being sent back to the searchformPanel, or at least is not read by it. With illuminations I went to the SearchAction.js (line 122) (the error in firebug) and pointing with the cursor to that line I saw that protocol is still null (o.protocol.read), here I show you the part of the SearchForm.js:
110 /** private: method[run] 111 * Run the action. 112 */ 113 run: function() { 114 var o = this.options; 115 var f = GeoExt.form.toFilter(this.form, o.logicalOp, o.wildcard); 116 if(o.clientValidation === false || this.form.isValid()){ 117 118 if (o.abortPrevious && this.form.prevResponse) { 119 o.protocol.abort(this.form.prevResponse); 120 } 121 122 this.form.prevResponse = o.protocol.read( 123 Ext.applyIf({ 124 filter: f, 125 callback: this.handleResponse, 126 scope: this 127 }, o) 128 ); 129 } else if(o.clientValidation !== false){ 130 // client validation failed 131 this.failureType = Ext.form.Action.CLIENT_INVALID; 132 this.form.afterAction(this, false); 133 } 134 },
I was wondering if the problem is because line 122 is inside a "private" method as appears in line 110, what do you think?
Thank you,
2 Feb 2013 11:11 AM #10
I did a cleaner post about this, please check here: http://www.sencha.com/forum/showthre....HTTP&p=935193


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In Sharepoint 2010 calendars, how can I stop users to create more than one item in the same day and hour? We'd like to prevent meeting time conflicts.
I think you can do this by changing the config of the calendar to a group calendar, but they would have to click the "Check Double Booking" button on the UI...i.e. enabling this feature wouldn't prevent them from saving the event/meeting, it would just warn them that there is a double-booking. Here's a walk-thru on configuring a SharePoint calendar as a group calendar:
I don't think this is a perfect solution, but it is a no-code solution. I'm not sure I would recommend an event receiver because short of throwing an unhandled exception (...ugly) there's not much you can do to provide feedback to the user on what went wrong.
You might want to consider a custom SPField that simply (...and automatically) checks for the existence of a dupe event/meeting during the same time slot in it's validation event and throws an exception if there is a dupe...the exception would surface as an error message in the event item UI, giving them the opportunity to correct it.
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We know it's a hassle to go back to the older Grand Theft Auto games on PC these days with their lack of controller support, on screen prompts, etc, but thankfully, you don't have to worry about that anymore! Here's GInput, a plug-in for Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on PC which gives the games full XInput Controller support, as well as additional support for DualShock 3 and 4 (that's right, even SIXAXIS controls for these titles is an option!). This plug-in is easy to install, basically drag & drop for the III/VC version, and the SA version requires an ASI Loader. After that you have a load of controller options in the INI that you can tweak with to get things just right for you, whether you want the original PS2 style control set up or if you want to try the modern "IV" style controls to get a more fresh up to date experience with these games. You can even choose which button style to display between Xbox and PlayStation! Here's a list of features this modification has and supports:
- Complete XInput support, so pads are mapped to match console versions perfectly (including Start button, which can't be mapped on PC version without this modification).
- Proper vibration support - something that was cut from all PC versions of the game!
- FIVE (TWO in San Andreas) different control mappings - four setups matching PS2 selectable setups and fifth one being a recreation of GTA IV controls!
- Pad buttons in In-Game helps, replacing PC key names (depending on user's choice, either PlayStation or XBOX buttons are shown).
- An INI file with tons of options - including toggleable vibration, selecting controls setup, Invert Look option from console versions, axis inversion options from San Andreas and more!
- Automatic switching between keyboard & mouse and pad controls, basing on last device input.
- Support for Guide/PS button. The button is fully functional and can show your Steam Overlay menu if you launched the game via Steam!
- Cheats input from the pad. Use classic PS2 cheats on PC!
- Full co-op support in San Andreas - the game can make full use of two pads or bind the first pad to second player, so co-op can be played even if only one pad is connected
- Increased support for DualShock 3 controllers and SCP Driver Package - including pressure sensitive buttons and SIXAXIS accelerometers
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MARNew Radio Station "The Lab" coming to GTAV PC
Grand Theft Auto V - General News | @ 10:00 AM MDT | By Ash_735
In a surprising turn of events, the Grand Theft Auto V radio dial is getting another update! This time in the form of a completely new Radio Station called "The Lab" which is mixed and hosted by Alchemist & Oh No. So far we only know of a list of artists who will have songs on the station which include Earl Sweatshirt, Little Dragon, Phantogram, Freddie Gibbs, Popcaan, Killer Mike, Tunde Adebimpe and Samuel T. Herring.
A new album will also be released titled The Alchemist and Oh No Present: Welcome to Los Santos, which will be available for download, plus retail CD and Vinyl from April 21st. Rockstar also confirmed that these new tracks will be available in the PC versions Video Editor, making sure the most up to date music will be available for people to use. Below is one of the new songs you will be hearing on the station:
MARNew GTAOnline Heists Teaser
Grand Theft Auto V - General News | @ 10:23 AM MDT | By Ash_735
Here's a quick new teaser for Grand Theft Auto Online's Heists update coming next week:
FEBPolished Grand Theft Auto V PC Screenshots
Grand Theft Auto V - General News | @ 09:45 AM MDT | By Ash_735
Rockstar Games have felt kind enough and remembered that a PC version of Grand Theft Auto V does exist and have just provided us with a batch of new screenshots from the game, naturally these screenshots are in 4k Resolution on the News Wire because we all know how PC gamers love to brag about resolution! Now the modern day PC gamer has screenshots to take to forums and shout about how shitty consoles are whilst not playing the game, lucky you right guys? Here's some of the new screenshots below:
FEBGrand Theft Auto V PC Delayed AGAIN, Heists Coming March 10th
Grand Theft Auto V - General News | @ 09:25 AM MDT | By Ash_735
In what's becoming a running joke amongst the community, Grand Theft Auto V has been delayed yet again on PC, with a new release date now being April 14th (anyone want to take bets when the next delay comes?), as a weak apology to PC gamers Rockstar will be offering anyone who's pre-ordered the game an additional worthless $200,000 in Grand Theft Auto Online.
On the flip side, HEISTS finally have a release date, set as March 10th, hopefully they meet the target on this one as the long awaited other running joke might finally come to an end!
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We recently put together our list of the best Windows apps, but students have different requirements for getting things done. For everyone gearing up for a semester of college, we've put together a list of the best Windows apps for students.
ResophNotes and Evernote
ResophNotes is a fantastic Simplenote client on Windows. Simplenote is a great way to keep all your class notes synchronized and stored in one place so you always have access to them. Evernote is an excellent resource for students to capture everything they have going on in class. If you need a little inspiration for how to use Evernote, Shep McAllister's guest post on the Evernote blog outlines a lot of ways you can use Evernote in school, including taking snapshots of notes, blackboards, organizing research, and more.
What we really like about Wunderlist as a to-do app is that it syncs across multiple devices, and it's incredibly easy to use. If you want to keep it simple, you can, but if you want to create complicated task lists for various classes, you can do that as well. Another handy feature for students is the ability to share your task lists with others. This should help make group projects less of a crapshoot.
Kindle for Windows
Carrying around textbooks is a huge hassle. Instead, provided your books are available digitally, you can just carry around your computer and access them on your PC. The Kindle app is also a great way to highlight, take notes, and share those notes with other classmates.
Google Docs
Not long ago, students were stuck with Microsoft Office for their office suite, but now that Google Docs has offline editing it's a perfect replacement to Office for most students. The best part is the fact that it's free, but it also has pretty much everything you need: spreadsheets, presentations, and a document editor. It also stores you documents in the cloud so you never to worry about the horrible just-lost-my-paper panic.
We mention Dropbox in our annual Lifehacker Packs, but it's worth noting again for students. Not only is Dropbox a handy place to store all your files, it can also be a lifesaver when you realize you forgot to bring in an assignment. Simply pop into Dropbox, and email the link directly to your professor from any computer.
You'll likely have a lot of PDFs to read at school, so you'll need a solid PDF reader. We like SumatraPDF because it's free, simple, and does everything you need it to without being a bulky piece of software.
iStudiez Pro
Keeping track of all your assignments, social activities, and everything else is a job in itself. iStudiez Pro makes a little easier by being both a planner and a to-do list, so you can easily track your assignments and other due dates. Better still, you can also track your GPA from within the app, so you always know where you're at. It's $9.99, which is a bit pricey, but if you're interested in tracking all your stuff, it works well.
Internet and Communication
Chrome's a great choice for students because it syncs all your settings, browser history, and your extensions. This makes it easy to keep your school laptop synced up with your desktop at home and your browser on your smartphone. Power users can get a lot of Chrome, so when you're not busy writing papers, you'll have plenty more to do.
Instead of wasting your money on SMS messages for your phone, an easy way to save a little cash in school is to use an instant messaging client. The bonus is that if you're using it on your computer your professor probably won't even realize you're not paying attention.
Whether you just miss your parents, or you want a cheap and free way to talk to friends at other schools, Skype is one of the easiest video chat clients to use. It's also a way to phone-ify your computer so you don't have to worry about an annoying cell phone bill.
The Extended Pack
You have an abundance of choices for streaming music on your computer, but we're fans of Spotify for its massive collection of songs, and its free radio apps on mobile. Rdio is also worth looking at if Spotify doesn't fit your needs. The point is, with streaming apps you don't have to worry about trying to afford music throughout your college career. Plus, students get a discount on Spotify's premium subscription, so you can stream to all your devices for just $5.
While we generally prefer Google Docs for creating and editing your own documents, that doesn't mean everyone else does. Just to be safe, it's not bad to have an Office suite on your computer, and LibreOffice is nice to have around in case you can't access Google Docs. It's also helpful for when you need advanced formatting options for certain types of assignments. Plus, it does just about everything Microsoft Office does.
Keeping track of research can get really complicated, especially when you're working with a bunch of different documents from your library. Mendeley is an organization tool that helps you keep track of all those PDF files. It also lets you annotate and generates citations on the spot.
Avast! Free Antivirus
When you're a student, you tend to jump around to different networks, loan out your computer for a little while, and otherwise make it a little bit easier for viruses to get into your computer. To prevent that from happening, we like Avast. It's free and does its job. Just make sure you disable its annoying popups.
Working late on an assignment and tired of the brightness of your screen? F.lux changes the color temperature of your monitor based on the time of day. As the sun sets, your screen turns a slightly orange tint. This should help you get a better night of sleep and reduce eyestrain on for those all-nighters.
If you're looking for more great apps for your Windows machine beyond what's in our student pack, head to the Lifehacker Pack for Windows.
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Science For Juggalos
It has come to our attention that the fans of the band "The Insane Clown Posse" (Juggalos) lack basic scientific understanding on subjects like fucking magnetism, light, and nature. Fortunately, several of these Juggalos will be outside the Warfield Theater on June 5th, 2010, and we feel this is the perfect opportunity to resolve their ignorance.
To that end, we will be setting up a Science Fair outside the Warfield between 6pm-8pm to demonstrate several of the scientific principles which seem to cause the Juggalos such confusion.
There are several ways to participate in this event. Just add yourself as a volunteer to any section you'd like. No matter which you choose, please arrive at NoiseBridge at 4pm this Saturday, June 5th. There will be punch and pie.
If you would like to teach science to Juggalos, please prepare a hand-held scientific demonstration based on any of the subjects from the ICP song 'Miracles'. We will be hosting a planning meeting to discuss our science fair projects at 7pm on Wednesday, June 2nd, at Noisebridge. You don't have to come to the planning meeting to participate, just show up on Saturday.
We will be providing the following equipment for scientists:
- Borrowed Lab Coats (for mad science)
- Safety Goggles
- Poster Board + Markers
- Hephaestus
- Bob Dole
- Lamont
- Crutcher
- Dr. Laszlo "McMurder" Fuggnutz
- Reed (doing solar eclipse)
- Parintachin
Lab assistants (i.e. help prep, but not appear as scientist at the event):
- DrSyzygy/Mikael
- Miah
- Doctor Popular
If you don't want to teach, but still want to participate in this event, please bring a camera and help document our endeavor.
- Everfalling
- DrSyzygy/Mikael
- Ani
Several Juggalos don't want to talk to a scientist. They feel we be lyin, and gettin them pissed. For this reason, we would like a couple of volunteers to act as security for our scientists and documentarians.
- Al Gore
- a big guy
Things that aren't Miracles
- Pyramids
- Niagara Falls
- Oceans
- Stars
- Mountains
- Trees
- Seas
- Lava
- Snow
- Rain
- Fog
- Pets
- Sun
- Moon
- Mars
- Milky Way
- Shooting Stars
- UFOs
- Rivers
- Trees
- Rainbows
- I can take this one. However, it might be better if we had a more focused presentation on magnets, but with some ancillary experts on topics that Juggalos may be interested in. Flipzagging 17:08, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
- This is the one I've sat an thought about presentation ideas for. Really depends on how deep one wants to go - Huygens-Fresnel and wavefronts bending will need to be around if we wanna dig down, but the basic idea I've been thinking about is "Light bends when it slows down. Different materials let light go at different speeds. It all depends on wavelengths, and thus on color. Look here - a prism and a white LED keychain." Michiexile 02:10, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
- Richard Feynmann attempts to answer this question, with difficulty, after explaining that any answer he gives is likely to be unsatisfying. It's hard to discuss the fundamental forces in any terms other than their own. Mandatory listening for whoever's doing the magnets poster. -126.96.36.199 19:05, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
Light never slows down, ever. Different colors refract at different angles because of their energy level. But all colors regardless of wavelength travel at the same speed - the speed of light. quasar
- Michiexile is correct. The velocity of light varies within substances. Snell's Law expresses the index of refraction at the boundary of two substances as the ratio of the the velocities of light within those substances. For example light goes almost half as fast through arsenic trisulfide as it does in air, so arsenic trisulfide has an IOR of 1.9. -Laszlo 18:20, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
Cool, I did not know that. I see what you're saying. The way I'm reading it, it's not the light slowing down so much as light taking a break and spending some time in an electron. quasar
- A first approximation at something that can be said, and quickly, to this subject:
- http://img.skitch.com/20100604-p6kip79xgceh24ane4gqsjrwpy.png
- Michiexile 22:18, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
- How far do you want to go into this? "Why does light bend?" Eventually you will start to overlap with the magnet explanation! :) --Macegr 22:33, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
- It won't take long at all to start overlapping with magnets here. Not all that surprising either! The next step, however, is to talk about Huygens-Fresnel, and viewing each point along the refraction boundary as a wavesource, and then showing how the speed change makes the wavefronts change direction. Going even this deep, however, puts the whole explanation way past the one-sentence explanation, and even way past the 1-minute elevator talk. Michiexile 17:43, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
- Another part that I haven't even started to adress is "Why is the rainbow round?" - which ties in with the rainbow "really" being a circle, and with how we see each colour only through the exact raindrops that are at the right position for the light to bend just right to hit our eye - which happens, for a point-shaped light source (the sun) to be in a circle: the circle of things that are just the right amount of (angular) distance from a straight line, thus giving the circular "rainbow". Final bit of _this_ explanation, then, is the observation that usually, rainbows are visible with the sun in such an angle that the rainbow is partially hidden by the horizon. Michiexile 17:43, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
- I'm bringing a colour printout of the illustration I linked above today. If anybody wants to use it in an explanation of rainbows, that's awesome; otherwise - big deal. I'm a lab assistant, not a scientist (see above), anyway, so I won't do that much explanation tonight.
- How far do you want to go into this? "Why does light bend?" Eventually you will start to overlap with the magnet explanation! :) --Macegr 22:33, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
- Air
- Fire
- Water
- Solar Eclipses (dibs - Reed)
- Weather
- Magnets
- Pelicans
- Giraffes
- Music
- Love
- Dirt
- Metamorphosis
- Genetics
- Crows
- Ghosts
Laszlo would like to present cognitive dissonance theory as an explanation for how misattributed anger toward scientists can lead to their mischaracterization as motherfucking liars.
Things that are Miracles
- That the children of the ICP do indeed look like them Not a miracle for most parents, but exceptional in this particular instance.
Awesome Acoustic Cover
Faygo soda abuse may cause obesity and cause premature death to the otherwise immortal clownz so I'm thinking to do a poster about the health benefits of "less is more" when it comes to Faygo. This is possibly a risky strategy as this pop is their holy sacrament and I'm not suggesting criticizing it, only advocating judicious use of this powerful high-fructose corn syrup-based sacrament.—Parintachin


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The source of Sun's incessant energy is hydrogen; which is continuously converting to helium through nuclear fusion reaction releasing energy. Why does not all hydrogen convert into helium in one big explosion just like a man-made bomb or cracker explodes?
The reaction rate doesn't increase that quickly with temperature, but pressure does. If you perturb a solar model, making a zone near the core marginally hotter, the increased pressure will rapidly (at roughly the soundspeed divided by a characteristic length) cause it to expand. That lowers the pressure and temperature enough to substantially quench the reaction. So for normal stars during the long early phases of their evolution, the stability of thermonuclear burning is actually very high. There are some cases in stellar eveolution where pressure becomes insensitive to temperature, generally when the density is so high that electrons average kinetic energy is (almost) independent of temperature. In which case, fusion reactions can accelerate dramatically, but in most cases once the temperature is high enough to increase the pressure, the affected parts of the star rapidly expand and quench the reaction. When a sunlike star intitiates Helium fusion such a runaway reaction referred to as a Helium flash ocurrs, but it is easily contained. On the other hand, when a white dwarf accumulates a critical mass of material to intiate carbon burning, the reaction isn't contained and the star is destroyed in a class 1-a supernova. As dmkee points out, this differs from the core collapse supernova of massive stars.
A useful thing to remember is the virial theorem. If the star (or a portion of it) expands because of an increase in temperature, then once the system reaches hydrodynamic equilibrium the temperature must decrease, as the virial theorem determines that kinetic energy is proportional to gravitational binding energy. Thus unless the reaction=>heating=>reaction feedback is faster than the time to reach hydrostatic equilibrium, the star should be stable.
The temperature & pressure required to sustain nuclear fusion reaction are very high and is only present at a small diameter sphere (in comparison to sun's diameter) at its core. Due to massive convection currents in and out of this sphere a fair amount of hydrogen keeps coming to this sphere to sustain the nuclear fusion.


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Since he was reported missing Wednesday afternoon, people all over South Central Kentucky have been trying to find 79-year-old Raymond Hunt.
Hunt suffered from Alzheimer's Disease and was last seen driving his truck.
Early Friday afternoon, authorities found Hunt's body and truck, both in the Green River near Morgantown. It appears Hunt drove off an embankment, causing his truck to become partly submerged in the water.
Police say it looks like Hunt survived the impact, and may have tried to back his truck out of the water. Hunt apparently was able to free himself, but was not able to get out of the water. Investigators found Hunt's body nearly 80 feet from his truck.
The body will undergo an autopsy Saturday in Louisville to determine the exact cause of death.


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19 Oct 2011 4:31 AM #1
Reproducable iOS Simulator environment crash (forces restart of OS X)
I've faced a shocking situation some minutes ago and thats reproducable.
If you package an App using "sencha package run *.json" with iPad as Device target
the simulator comes up normally. You can quit the simulator, restart the app - all fine.
But if you choose "Window -> Size -> 100%" and afterwards "Hardware -> Turn right"
the simulator cannot be started again after you quit the current simulator session.
No Simulator session at all can be started again. Whatever App you want to simulate (even non-sencha-touch apps, native apps etc.) It quits directly after startup with a popup dialog where you can switch the SDK, quit or try to restart the simulator.
After an OS X restart, all is fine again. I'm running OS X Lion, Xcode 4.1, build 4B110; latest native packager (the one from abe, not the release one).
Thanks & regards
20 Oct 2011 1:44 PM #2
This is likely an Xcode bug not a Sencha bug. File it with apple.
20 Oct 2011 2:38 PM #3
I'm not sure. It only appears for App packed with Sencha command and Sencha Touch in it. Maybe it has something to do with the packager API (Native wrapper JS api internally when chaning the orientation).
It never happens when you do that with a native app. Also doesnt happen with any PhoneGap app. When it only happens with Sencha Touch 2.0 / packager apps... it maybe has something to do with the Sencha Touch / packager / native wrapper code. (Maybe apple will say: "It's not reproducable with our native apps. It has something to do with Sencha's native wrapper"
31 Oct 2011 10:37 AM #4
We'll try to reproduce the problem.
26 Mar 2012 4:28 PM #5
This hasn't had any activity in a long time - I don't think this bug still exists (I cannot reproduce it) so I will close for now. We can reopen if it does still happenExt JS Senior Software Architect
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Eating Disorders -
To clarify; any unhealthy relationship with food counts as an eating disorder, not just starving yourself. That's one, but it's not the only one. If you have an eating disorder, tell someone immediately so you get help; if you don't want to admit it, then listen to what ppl are telling you. A lot of the time, having an eating disorder goes hand in hand with self denial. The first step to getting better is to admit you have a problem and tell someone.
Types Of Eating Disorders
Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia is characterized by a significant weight loss resulting from excessive dieting. Most women and an increasing number of men are motivated by the strong desire to be thin and a fear of becoming obese. Anorexics consider themselves to be fat, no matter what their actual weight is. Often anorexics do not recognize they are underweight and may still "feel fat" at 80 lbs.
Anorexics close to death will show you on their bodies where they feel they need to lose weight. In their attempts to become even thinner, the anorexic will avoid food and taking in calories at all costs, which can result in death. An estimated 10 to 20% will eventually die from complications related to it.
Anorexics usually strive for perfection. They set very high standards for themselves and feel they always have to prove their competence. They usually always put the needs of others ahead of their own needs.
A person with anorexia may also feel the only control they have in their lives is in the area of food and weight. If they can't control what is happening around them, they can control their weight. Each morning the number on the scale will determine whether or not they have succeeded or failed in their goal for thinness. They feel powerful and in control when they can make themselves lose weight. Sometimes focusing on calories and losing weight is their way of blocking out feelings and emotions. For them, it's easier to diet then it is to deal with their problems directly.
Anorexics usually have low self-esteem and sometimes feel they don't deserve to eat. The anorexics usually deny that anything is wrong. Hunger is strongly denied. They usually resist any attempts to help them because the idea of therapy is seen only as a way to force them to eat. Once they admit they have a problem and are willing to seek help, they can be treated effectively through a combination of psychological, nutritional and medical care.
Bulimia Nervosa
Bulimia is characterized by a cycle of binge eating followed by purging to try and rid the body of unwanted calories. A binge is different for all individuals. For one person a binge may range from 1000 to 10000 calories, for another, one cookie may be considered a binge. Purging methods usually involve vomiting and laxative abuse. Other forms of purging can involve excessive exercise, fasting, use of diuretics, diet pills and enemas.
Bulimics are usually people that do not feel secure about their own self worth. They usually strive for the approval of others. They tend to do whatever they can to please others, while hiding their own feelings. Food becomes their only source of comfort. Bulimia also serves as a function for blocking or letting out feelings. Unlike anorexics, bulimics do realize they have a problem and are more likely to seek help.
Binge Eating Disorder
Binge eating disorder is characterized by consuming large quantities of food in a very short period of time until the individual is uncomfortably full. Binge eating disorder is much like bulimia except the individuals do not use any form of purging (i.e. vomiting, laxatives, fasting, etc.) following a binge. The food consumed doesn't even have to be anything the sufferer even likes, or even tasty; it just has to be food. Therefore, a sufferer could eat 5 loaves of bread, or even eat large quantities of tomato ketchup or mustard.
Individuals usually feel out of control during a binge episode, followed by feelings of guilt and shame. Many individuals who suffer with binge eating disorder use food as a way to cope with or block out feelings and emotions they do not want to feel. Individuals can also use food as a way to numb themselves, to cope with daily life stressors, to provide comfort to themselves or fill a void they feel within. Like all eating disorders, binge eating is a serious problem but can be overcome through proper treatment.
Compulsive Eating Disorder
Compulsive eating disorder is characterized by uncontrollable eating and consequent weight gain. Compulsive overeaters use food as a way to cope with stress, emotional conflicts and daily problems. The food can block out feelings and emotions. Compulsive overeaters usually feel out of control and are aware their eating patterns are abnormal. Like bulimics, compulsive overeaters do recognize they have a problem.
Most people who become compulsive eaters are people who never learned the proper way to deal with stressful situations and used food instead as a way of coping. Fat can also serve as a protective function for them, especially in people that have been victims of sexual abuse. They sometimes feel that being overweight will keep others at a distance and make them less attractive. Unlike anorexia and bulimia, there is a high proportion of male overeaters.
The more weight that is gained, the harder they try to diet and dieting is usually what leads to the next binge, which can be followed by feelings of powerlessness, guilt, shame and failure. Dieting and bingeing can go on forever if the emotional reasons for the bingeing is not dealt with.
In today's society, compulsive overeating is not yet taken seriously enough. Instead of being treated for the serious problem they have, they are instead directed to diet centers and health spas. Like anorexia and bulimia, compulsive overeating is a serious problem and can result in death. With the proper treatment, which should include therapy, medical and nutritional counseling, it can be overcome.
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To the editor:
I'm a middle-age man in my 60s. I have lived in the Mingo Junction area most of my life, the last 40 years in town. Growing up, I remember how nice the town was. There were stores, an ice cream shop, restaurants, the whole downtown was busy. They even had a movie theater.
They always had events for the kids and the older people. Now I sit back and see what has happened to the village. What was once a beautiful city had become a rundown village.
In 1987, council saw what was going to happen with the mill. Instead of starting to cut back and starting to save, they just went on their way of spending. The built a water plant that was too big because it was built for the mill. Instead of working out a deal with the mill to help pay for it, they just paid for it and let the mill get a favorable water rate.
Now that the mill has shut down they want us to pay for their mistake, a little bit at a time.
Sixty percent of the people living in Mingo Junction are older, and others have lost their jobs. Why not sell it to the county or the state and get it over with? Also, now they want to take the money that was voted on to go toward the community - they want to steal that now.
We have five police cars with one officer out on a shift. Sell two cars. The fire department has extra things. Council should have been looking ahead instead of at the moment.
It was a great city before, with parades and Little League teams with tournaments. Now all we have are four bars and a pizza shop downtown. So turn out the lights, the village would look better in the dark. I wish we had better people on council during the last 30 years, and maybe we would be better off. One thing we have is a $300,000 splash pad to go look at.
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December 07, 2012
Franschhoek vineyards – Flickr pic of the day
This photograph was taken in Franschhoek by our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. Flickr group member Jose Romeu.
"This photo was taken at the Franschhoek MCC (Methode Cap Classique) – Magic of Bubbles Cap Classique & Champange Festival 2012. A great festival to taste local MCC & French champagne," says Jose.
Do you have images of Cape Town you'd like to share with us? We'd love you to join the Cape Town. Live it. Love it. Flickr group!
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I commonly edit .txt files on my PC (Notepad) and my Mac (using TextEdit) and store them in Dropbox. I would like also like to be able to edit these .txt files on my iOS devices. Every app that I've tried breaks the Windows-style line breaks; if I edit a .txt file, all line breaks are lost when I open that file in Notepad.
Is there any iOS app which can edit .txt files and preserve Windows-style line breaks? (Paid is OK, but cheaper is better.) I have tried iA Writer and Write 2.


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Dr. Fred F. Esser, 83, of Springfield, Mo., died Oct. 15, 2012.
Graveside services will be Friday, Oct. 19, in Missouri Veterans Cemetery at 1 p.m. Visitation will be prior to the service from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home.
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Bluepoint Bar & Grill
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Bluepoint Bar & Grill is the kind of go-to restaurant that today's economy demands. A relaxed tavern ambience, a menu of updated comfort classics -- like macaroni and cheese, spaghetti and meatballs, chicken stuffed with goat cheese and spinach, pot roast and risotto -- and decent prices (nothing more than $19) -- what's not to like?Hours:
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Chef Danny Avalos lets you know he cares with a loaf of warm, house-baked bread accompanied by basil-scented hummus. Refills are freely offered; it's hard not to overindulge.
Avalos makes a chicken potpie that's better than most. Instead of the nearly ubiquitous frozen puff pastry topping, a flaky house-made crust crowns a chicken and vegetable filling rife with tender white and dark meat -- a far cry from the bits of poached boneless breast one sees far too much of. Crumb-topped mac and cheese is irresistible, as are plump mirin-Madeira- glazed chicken wings.
A boon here is that pasta dishes come in small and large sizes. Unless you've got a lumberjack appetite, the smaller portion makes for a satisfying meal. Al dente rigatoni Bolognese features a rich veal and pork ragu and edges out a perfectly respectable spaghetti and meatballs.
Love the bacon-wrapped pork tenderloin, moist and smoky, with mashed potatoes and grilled asparagus. Also the fork-tender pot roast with vegetables topped with circles of house-made pasta. Slices of juicy, marinated skirt steak are arranged like petals around mashed potatoes and spinach. Also commendable: pignoli-crusted red snapper fillet served over garlic couscous, topped with fresh pineapple salsa.
Desserts are must-haves, from a martini glass filled with intense chocolate mousse strewn with caramelized nuts to a sumptuous blueberry Napoleon to a simple but ideal cheesecake.
Blackened chicken risotto features pieces of pan-blackened chicken over plain risotto; it's a clunky combination. A special of crab cakes turns up lukewarm. And a meatball-topped flatbread is overcooked to a near cinder.
The restaurant accepts reservations; I'd make it a point to book one.
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Today I was given a vintage 1913 Kodak camera, a Kodak Premoette Junior. What sort of film was it originally designed for and where can I buy it and have it developed?
Can I improvise with some sort of modern medium format film?
Today I was given a vintage 1913 Kodak camera, a Kodak Premoette Junior. What sort of film was it originally designed for and where can I buy it and have it developed?
Can I improvise with some sort of modern medium format film?
The manual (linked from the camerapedia page) says it takes a particular kind of 21/4 x 31/2 pack film, which (like I think you guessed) isn't made anymore.
It's hard to say without being able to look at the camera, but I'd suggest there are two main options:
The first is to use 21/4x31/4 sheet film, which should fit. You'd likely have to rig up some sort of way to keep the film in the right position, but that's usually fairly simple and non-destructive (like a piece of foam, or taping the film to a piece of card, etc). This size isn't particularly common, but is still available (e.g., from Freestyle). This would make it into a simple one-shot camera that you'd have to reload in the dark.
The second option, if you're particularly handy, is to modify the camera. You may not want to do this if the camera is particularly valuable (I don't think it is, but I'm far from an expert on how collectable this type of camera is, so best to find out for yourself). This is all very speculative, you'll have to judge for yourself if any of it feasible, but hopefully it gets you started:
As for development, medium format is by far the simplest: if there's noone locally, there's still lots of send-away options. 2x3 sheet film is trickier; not a lot of places develop sheet film these days, and 2x3 is a "weird" size - 4x5 is far more typical. I'd plan on doing that yourself, especially if you opted for the simple one-shot method. Instant film, obviously, wouldn't be a problem to develop.
Maybe you can spool a 120mm roll in a dark room and advance the film with the camera's controls. the roll can then be developed (120mm is still pretty doable in cheap commercial services).
Also, as nobody mentioned this, but those bellows (the black corrugated thing between the lens and the film) might have holes, which, as you can probably guess, lead to light leaks.
This is not necessarily bad, if you're into that kind of effects, and also can be easily fixed. You peek through the film side, with the lens covered, in a brightly lit area, and spot the holes. Then it's just a matter of covering them with black tape, or some creative alternative.
You are very lucky. My suggestion: Don't even try to use it. it would be better off as a piece of art or on a antique shelf.


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Gospel artist and former Bastrop pastor Joel Hemphill has told countless stories through song writing over more than four decades. In a new book, LaBreeska Hemphill tells the story of her husband's early years growing up in northeast Louisiana, where it all began.
LaBreeska describes her book, "Can Anything Good Out of Bawcomville?" as a humorous and inspirational account of a bygone era. Born in Fresno, Calif. in 1939, Joel moved to Ouachita Parish with his family when his father was called to start a church there. The book shares Joel's childhood memories as well as portraits of the people and communities that provided the foundation for his successful career in ministry.
Before the Hemphills began a musical career that has taken them all over the world, they pastored a church Pentecostal Temple on Collinston Road from 1961-1971. Joel began writing Gospel songs in 1966, leading to a contract with Word Records of Waco, Texas. The couple formed a singing group with their children and began touring soon after.
"We gave up the pastorate of the church in 1971, and in 1972 moved to Nashville to be more centrally located for our travels," said LaBreeska. "God has blessed our family and ministry, and Bastrop and our friends there have always remained very special to us."
Joel has since written over 350 songs such as the popular "He's Still Workin' on Me," "Every Need Supplies" and "Consider the Lilies." They have recorded more than 27 albums, receiving eight Dove Awards and numerous BMI Awards of Excellence. Joel has been inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame and the Southern Songwriters Hall of Fame; the couple were inducted together into Louisiana's Delta Music Hall of Fame last year.
Having written two previous books about her experiences in life and ministry, LaBreeska set out to share her fascination with her husband's early years in Louisiana and asked him to reminisce while she recorded his memories on legal pads.
Published this year by Trumpet Call Books, "Can Anything Good Come Out of Bawcomville?" can be ordered by writing or calling: The Hemphills P.O. Box 656 Joelton, TN 37080 (firstname.lastname@example.com). To learn more visit www.thehemphills.com or www.trumpetcallbooks.com.
Joel and LaBreeska Hemphill will sign and preach at Bonne Idee Assembly of God in Mer Rouge at 10 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 2.
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I couple of years ago I switched from using a normal pedal to using a clipless pedal. It takes a little while to get used to. Now, to be able to use it optimally I need to learn how to pedal in circles instead of in squares, eg applying the same force during the whole rotation "orbit". What do I need to think of to be able to pedal properly?
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Mountain Biking is the best thing. Was just reading a training article by Chris Carmicheal (trained Lance Armstrong) and in studies he did mountain bikers had the best natural spin. They figure it came from climbing on loose dirt while seated to make sure you had good traction.
Another good exercise is to pedal with one foot. I do this once a week at the end of a ride. Only for a block or two but it really emphasizes the lack of pedaling in a circle.
A technique which may help you get a more efficient pedaling stroke is an exercise called isolated leg. With your bicycle on a trainer or on a slight uphill, unclip your left leg and pedal using only your right leg for 30-60 strokes. Then switch and do the same for your other leg. This exercise will give a very natural feel to how your legs should be rotating to achieve an efficient pedaling stroke.
I was told to imagine that you are trying to scrape some mud off your foot. As you pull down from about 1 O'Clock, just as you reach about 5 O'Clock, start to pull your foot back, pointing your toes towards the ground, like trying to scrape some mud off the front of your shoe. I am not too sure where you should stop this pulling, but I would say it is about 8 O'Clock, since by that stage your other foot should be starting to put some pressure on the other crank.
I find that the best time to practice making good circular rotations is when I am completely out of gear (doing 20mph in the granny gear, for example). I ride a single speed, so this is pretty easy for me. Being out of gear allows me to feel how circular my movements really are. If I'm not pulling back at the bottom of my stroke and then up the back side, I feel the bike lurching around under me.
This helped me, maybe it can help you as well.
I certainly am no expert but some things that helped me
There are a couple tools (both quite expensive though) that can help. It all comes down to muscle memory though, the more you spin the better you get at it.
Computrainer has a spin scan to help identify flat or dead spots in your cadence.
Powercranks force you into leg isolation by disconnecting the cranks from each other.
If you are after smoothness, then pulling up may improve your game. The concept that you need to pull with the upward-bound leg/pedal is a myth that has been perpetrated because it feels good! It may be worth doing, for that reason, alone. ;]
But experts have found that max power is generated when concentrating on the downward leg while completely unweighting the other until it returns to the top of the stroke.
In order to smooth out your stroke, and locate the issues you are dealing with, doing hill repeats alternating one leg or the other will def help you find the weak spots in each leg's pedal stroke.
I got this trick off the Internet about ten years ago. Can't remember where, I'm afraid, or I'd credit the source.
Imagine that your feet are really hands, and that you're not pedalling, but winding yourself along some kind of rack-and-pinion track. Picture it, feel it, and keep that motion in mind as you pedal.
Our hands are much better equipped for the right kind of push-pull motion than our feet, so thinking of winding with your hands primes your motor cortex to keep a consistent amount of force round the whole revolution.
Stay vigilant: if you notice yourself going back to piston-pedalling, just think of hands again, and you'll soon make it a habit.


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Newcastle United will be looking to preserve their strong record against Cardiff City when they travel to Wales on Saturday.
The north-east side head into the clash having won their last six meetings with the Welsh outfit in all competitions.
However, while Newcastle have the better historical record, Alan Pardew's men will be seeking a response after a recent dip in their Premier League form, having suffered back-to-back defeats.
They sit in 16th in the table after successive 3-2 defeats against both Hull City and Everton, with the latter game in particular highlighting their defensive frailties.
Newcastle found themselves three goals down by the break at Goodison Park on Monday and, despite a second-half fightback, they were powerless to prevent their third defeat of the season.
Now Pardew wants his side to repeat their second-half showing over the entirety of the game when they face Malky Mackay's men on Saturday.
"It's about 90 minutes of a consistent performance," he told The Chronicle.
"That's what this team needs to bring to the party. Like we did at Aston Villa and like we did at home to Fulham."
Loic Remy could continue up-front for Pardew after scoring three times in Newcastle's last two Premier League outings, with Papiss Cisse's goal drought now stretching to 12 league matches.
Meanwhile, Jonas Gutierrez may make his return from a hamstring injury while Yohan Cabaye is likely to start in midfield, after an impressive substitute appearance on Monday.
Cardiff picked up their second Premier League victory of the season last time out with a 2-1 win over Fulham, with Jordon Mutch scoring a late winner.
That was Cardiff's first away league victory of the season and Mackay will also be keen for his side to continue their impressive home form.
While they have failed to score in their last two games at the Cardiff City Stadium, last season's Championship winners have lost just three of 26 home games in the league since the start of the 2012-13 campaign.
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|Rakitic´s agent questions Barcelona midfield buys
|Shearer: England players must respect Allardyce or walk
|Raiola: I don´t give a damn if Pogba costs a world-record fee
|Mazinho dreams of Thiago-Rafinha reunion at Barca
|No heart, no gold says ex-Brazil striker Elber
|There is space for Mata at United - Mourinho
|Alonso: Guardiola needs time to improve City
|Argentina approach Bauza to be coach
|Inter still ´under construction´ - Ranocchia
|Mourinho: Rooney will be an important player
|Ganso prepared for the step up to European football
|Dyke: Brexit could help England
|Galatasaray confirm Lucas interest
|Conte targets Champions League with Chelsea
|Swansea style attracted new owners Kaplan and Levien
|Mourinho not concerned if United fail to sign Pogba
|Mourinho teased Ibrahimovic into United move
|Hearts suffer embarrassing Europa League exit to Birkirkara
|Barca agree deal for Valencia midfielder Gomes
|Kerzhakov extends Zenit stay
|Long delight at new Southampton contract
|Batshuayi opens Chelsea account in friendly thrashing
|No revolutions for Portugal - Santos
|Shaw feared career was over after leg break
|Rondon, McManaman see West Brom to Vitesse victory
|International Champions Cup: Guardiola and Mourinho take phony war to China
|Marcelo hopes Ronaldo returns for Super Cup
|Lopetegui pledges to honour Del Bosque legacy
|Del Bosque backs Lopetegui to ´take Spain forward´
|Juve complete €23m Pjaca signing
|Bolt backs Mourinho for United success
|Van Persie sale out of the question, say Fenerbahce
|Watford bring in Dja Djedje from Marseille
|Barcelona confirm Hamburg switch for Halilovic
|Wimmer signs new Tottenham deal
|Walsh leaves Leicester to become Everton director of football
|Gotze has taken the hard path back to Dortmund - Tuchel
|Halilovic completes Hamburg medical
|Phase out Casillas, make Morata the main man and five key issues facing new Spain boss Lopetegui
|Lots to come from Arsenal newcomer Xhaka, says Wenger
|City-United clash threatened by storm
|Lopetegui named new Spain coach
|Pogba agent denies done deal with United
|Song set to join Rubin Kazan
|Real Madrid return ´a dream come true´ for Morata
|Barcelona on the lookout for a striker - Luis Enrique
|Icardi happy at Inter amid Arsenal rumours
|Luis Enrique: I´m not worried about Messi
|Mourinho keen to ´support´ Allardyce as England boss
|Dybala in the dark over ´great friend´ Higuain´s Juventus move
|Mourinho confident United will find right players amid Pogba talk
|Gotze admits Bayern regret upon return to Dortmund
|Suits you sir - Mourinho highlights tailored approach to Ibrahimovic pre-season
|Dyke: FA board will back Allardyce as England boss
|Eriksson: Allardyce will do a good job for England
|Barcelona priced out of Pogba move
|Ba eyes March comeback
|Mourinho has to make United feared again, says Beckham
|Klopp praises goalkeeper George after outfield cameo
|Cicinho reveals manipulating Madrid stars
|Independiente del Valle 1 Atletico Nacional 1: Mina salvages late draw in first leg
|Shaw ready for crucial China tour
|Ibe makes Bournemouth bow in friendly rout
|Tuanzebe thrilled with Mourinho praise
|Udinese snap up De Paul from Valencia
|Conte reveals thinking behind Batshuayi bow
|Angelino hungry for more after impressing
|Petrov offered non-playing role at Villa
|Klopp refuses to discuss Allen exit rumours
|Morgan urges Mahrez to stay with Leicester
|Ancelotti: Allianz bow was like first day at school
|Conte happy for England-bound Allardyce
|City ´don´t have many possibilities´ to get Sane – Guardiola


text: Just thought I'd point out that indie author Michael J Sullivan's books, The Riyria Revelations, will be published by Orbit as a trilogy. No date was given as to the release, and this means that the last book Percepliquis won't be published this spring by Ridan, but this is great news for Michael and his wife, and everyone involved. I've been following the series for a bit now and really enjoyed the story and the characters. I've had some correspondence with Michael and his wife and they are great people to chat with, so this is really cool to see. More info on his blog: http://riyria.blogspot.com/ It will be interesting to see how they work as three books rather than 6. And to see how the re-editing of the book affects the story, if at all. I'll definitely be picking this re-issue up. EDIT: Sorry, a date has been given. They will release the books one per month starting this November.


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If you dig a tunnel through a large asteroid like Ceres along its axis of rotation and jumped in then what would be the first thing to stop you from falling back and forth along the tunnel length ?
Possibilities include:
Dmitry Brant mentions gravitational waves and charged particles. John Rennie mentions drag from impure vacuum.
Perturbations from other planets could shift axis of rotation causing you to hit the side.