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Newbie looking for programming/injury prevention help - repost
Hi everyone,
I am reposting this from Andrew Wilson's @fit thread. Hopefully it is the right place for it.
Hopefully one of the experts here will have the patience to read through everything and be kind enough to offer me some feedback. Bottom line up front: I have been doing @fit for about 3 months, have seen some great progress, but have also started to feel a tweak in my right shoulder. Ive read enough injury threads to feel like I know where this is going, but I really dont want to lose my momentum. I would like to try and get smarter about my training so I can avoid the injuries that seem to come with some of the @fit programming.
Some background: I am 36 years old, 6'0" 210lbs and work in finance (at a desk all day). I spent four years in the Marine Corps (got out in late '01), and before that high school football and college kegstands were really my only athletic endeavors (played center, arguably the least athletic position on the field). I have always been somewhat chubby and feel like I have the metabolism of a hibernating bear. I managed to get myself in good shape for OCS and became fairly obsessed with physical fitness from then on. I was able to max out the PFT for the last two years of my time in, did some reasonably heavy lifting (bench, pull-ups, but no squats or lower body) and got into triathlon. I like to work hard, but have not always worked smart.
After the military came business school, then a couple of 80-100 hour a week jobs. During that time period the only thing I really did fitness wise was train for and run the Marine Corps marathon (in '08). I'm pretty sure Oprah ran it faster than me. My weight got up to about 230 and my max pull ups got down to 5 or so from the 25 I had in the military (pull ups have always been my favorite exercise). I changed jobs and moved home in early '09, and started working with a boxing/S&C trainer to get myself back into shape. I had boxed for a couple years getting ready for and during the military and loved it. The trainer had me doing squats and deadlifts for the first time in my life, as well as some plyo stuff in addition to the boxing.
Six months in I ended up herniating a disc doing deadlifts. Tried to power through it for a few months, but ended up with pretty bad sciatica in both legs. I had managed to drop 25 pounds and got my deadlift up to 265 when I finally gave in to the pain (I could barely walk until about 1pm everyday). After 2 steroid injections, six months off, and 3 months of just pilates, I started hitting it again. I did three months of just boxing and plyo before switching to @fit in September of this year. BTW, I was also diagnosed with an arthritic A/C joint in my left shoulder and have had a couple of injections there as well. Tissue checked out fine in a contrast MRI.
I've been doing @fit for about 3 months now and am starting to feel pretty good. I'm back up above 10 pull ups and even managed to pull 305 a few weeks ago, which was a huge moment for me. My lower back feels strong and the "shocks" down my leg are pretty much gone. Left shoulder has its moments, but seems fine with strict pull ups and everything else.
I am obviously sensitive to injury, and have been approaching it the following way. I go 2 on/1 off during the week and both weekend days off. I roll out for at least 10 minutes before every workout and spend about 15 minutes stretching afterward. Days off include stretching/mobility work. I do not suffer from the same hubris that so many others in the @fit community seem to suffer from, so am not afraid to scale the crap out of the workouts. I try to scale reps and time more than weight, as I am really trying to get stronger (and am limited to the 4 @fit workouts I do a week, with maybe an occasional lifting day on Saturday). I refuse to compromise form, and will make whatever sacrifices necessary to maintain proper form on every exercise. I am at about 175lbs. on front squats, 95lbs on snatch, 145lbs shoulder press and as I mentioned 305lbs on deadlift. Not sure about the others.
I find that I am having to mostly police myself during workouts because it is difficult for the coaches to keep up with a class of 15 people, at least 13-14 of which have very poor form. The coaches are very good people who seem genuinely interested in becoming better trainers and helping people. The problem during crowded workouts is there are so many people with horrendous form that I worry about being overlooked, especially when fatigue sets in and maintaining form becomes difficult. That is one of the many business issues I am starting to have with @fit, but I wont get into that discussion here.
As I mentioned, I worry about losing the momentum I have with my progress, as I am now committed more than ever to getting myself into great shape. The one unexpected benefit of having started @fit is that it is making me more a student of fitness than I have been historically. That is what landed me here, but I'm not naive enough to think I have the background to program myself effectively quite yet. This is not my chosen field, but I am willing to put in the time to study and learn what I need to. I know that I want to get stronger using the oly lifts, which I really enjoy, but I also know I need a strong dose of well-designed metcon work to continue getting lean.
My fitness goals are:
1) To be as strong and fit as I can in everyday life. I want to be a super dad to my kids, and that means being able to keep up and be strong enough to pick them up and play with them. I guess this would qualify as GPP. I also play tennis and would like to improve my fitness for that.
2) Body composition. I would like to be lean for once in my life (or as lean as possible). Even at my peak in the military, I was not as lean as I could have been because my training was poorly planned and I had no clue when it came to nutrition (I realize that is extremely important for this goal). Seeing all of my abs has always been a secret goal of mine.
My questions are:
1) Can you all think of other ways I can prevent my shoulder from getting worse/holding me back? I would ideally program my own workouts and do them at home or another gym, but right now I don't have the equipment. I have a great pull up bar and a jump rope, and am more than willing to buy whatever else I would need, understanding that I dont have room for much. I also really want to develop the oly lifts, which I wont be able to do at home.
2) How should I think about which WODs will be good/bad for my shoulder? Sometimes the shoulder crushing impact of a WOD is not apparent to me until Im done and my body lets me know. Just knowing what to look out for will help me know when to skip and/or scale heavily. I know kipping is bad, and Im working on strengthening my deadhangs so I can protect myself there.
3) Any other pointers/programming tips you all would be willing to share with me? I have looked hard in my city for a real trainer, and so far @fit is the closest Ive come. I cant pay $60+/hour, but I will definitely pay for good programming. There is an oly lifting gym (gayle hatch affiliate) about 30 minutes away that I am going to try and get to twice a week or so for the lifting, so I guess that leaves metcons. These are really important to me, but I have no clue how to program them. I love the difficulty and intensity of the @fit metcons and couldnt see myself going back to the long runs for cardio.
Sorry for the long post. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I just skimmed your post, so forgive me if I missed a lot. But it sounds to me like the solution is very simple: stop doing crossfit.
You're at a point where you're having to change the workouts so much that it's going to be more work than just creating your own program.
I would suggest working with one of those good personal trainers for a few sessions to get a solid eval period, and then pay them to write you a program, and go back and check in with them once a month or so to reassess and update programming.
Definitely take advantage of a Hatch affiliate.
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Just posted on another thread ...
Try Coach Rut's WODs. Simple, reasonable progression and very sustainable, with the right dose of intensity to (as he says) "stimulate, not annihilate."
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Thank you all so much for the suggestions. I will definitely follow up and use them to figure out the best way forward....hopefully it won't include a SLAP journey.
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I really enjoyed reading your post about you. It was a bit winded at times but you did a great job of sharing and I feel that I learned a lot about your situation. In fact, I think that I may have run across you before on one of the other online forums.
Im very familiar with the oly gym you referenced (FF in Harahan) but you may want to consider an alternative: the Bears Place gym down on St. Ann St in NOLA. Some of the workouts may seem a bit unusual at first but once you get the hang of it I think you find them superior to the WODs youre used to doing. Most of the staff there are VERY hardcore about form and body positions. In fact, most intro sessions focus on finding a position that feels good to you without getting into anything too strenuous. Once youre okay with that youll find the pressure increases steadily. As long as youre open to learning something new and maybe departing a little from what youve been doing in @fit. Plus, they have a lot of equipment that isnt found in other gyms much anymore.
As far as your injuries go Im not a fan of kipping either. The metcons at @fit were my only release for a long time until I got programmed at the Hatch affiliate. I now incorporate a lot of yoga, too, into my GPP.
Keep us posted how your journey progresses.
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+1 on the recommendation to follow Coach Rut's programming, that's what I do.
I understand your goal is GPP -- if kipping feels funny on your shoulders (or any other movement feels funny), don't do it until you learn to do it correctly. For instance, if the WOD calls for kipping pull-ups I would do ring rows instead.
It seems to me you would be better off getting some equipment and saving the affiliate fees for 1-1 coaching for the things that really need coaching, like Oly lifts.
If you do not have room at home for a bar, rack and plates, get dumbbells and a pair of rings, you can do a lot with just that (+jump rope and pull-up bar you mentioned).
Since you consider yourself a beginner (I am also a beginner) I suggest buying starting strength (the book and the dvd). You can learn the proper technique for the slow lifts from there on your own.
Hope this helps.
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Unanswered: Getting inifinity bar height/width in vertical/horizontal bar chart
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I stumpled over an error which I cannot debug, because it's only a 'warning'. So I hope someone could help me.
I created a chart with bar series and added a store to it, all rendered fine. The only mistake that my bar series have, is that the x value of the bar series is 'infinity' (in vertical label orientation). This results in drawed chart with all the bars along the y axis.
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! Unexpected value Infinity parsing the attribute width.
return Function.prototype....ctor.apply(Function.prototype, args); ext-all-debug.js (Line 400)
! Unexpected value Infinity parsing the attribute width.
! Unexpected value Infinity parsing the attribute x.
The warnings in Firebug are translated by me, so it can differ to the original english translation of firebug.
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Ext.create('Ext.chart.Chart', { width: 1050, height: 370, animate: true, theme: 'Red', store: Ext.getStore('myStore'), axes: [{ type: 'Category', position: 'bottom', fields: ['day'], title: 'Last 10 days' }, { type: 'Numeric', position: 'left', fields: ['count'], title: 'Login Count', grid: true }], //Add Bar series. series: [{ type: 'bar', axis: 'bottom', xField: 'day', yField: 'count', highlight: true, label: { display: 'insideEnd', field: 'count', orientation: 'vertical', color: '#333', 'text-anchor': 'middle' } }] });
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have the same issue, did you get it working?
29 Feb 2012 11:41 PM #3
Ok, figuered out what was not working:
I use YAML CSS framework. In file base.css (YAML core file) there is a declaration
/* (en) HTML5 - add missing styling in IE & old FF for hidden attribute */ /* (de) HTML5 - Eigenschaften für das hidden-Attribut in älteren IEs und FF nachrüsten */ [hidden] { display: none; }


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By KAYLA?VAN?DYNE Times Leader Staff Writer ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The St. Clairsville Police Department is seeking donations to have its K-9 unit retained....
St C is 2.5 square miles, what would they be searching for or tracking? The population density is 200 people per square mile. The 5K people could all hold hands and walk across town to find lost kids.
All the little police departments could share a few county dogs or sign memorandums of agreement with other small towns to use their to use their search dogs for wandering elderly or wayward children.
Or they could raise the city income tax and drive people out of the city limits so they would not need a dog at all?
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After the sophomore tandem of Tomas Passalacqua and Inaki Iriberry captured an 8-2 win at No. 3 doubles, the freshmen team of Juan Carracedo and Mateo Rivas gave AU a 2-1 advantage heading into the singles round with a 9-8 (7-5) victory at the No. 1 position.
The Black and Gold continued their winning trend in singles, as five Trojans won in straight sets. Passalacqua snapped a three-match losing skid and knocked off MHU's Joel Sturgis 6-0, 6-3 at No. 2 singles, while Rivas defeated Alberto Ortiz, 6-3, 6-4 at the No. 3 position for his first collegiate singles win.
Sophomore Paul Michael Calhoun added his third straight win with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Sam Lee at No. 4, while Iriberry tallied a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Blake Covington at the No. 5 spot, improving to 4-3 for the year.
At No. 6, senior Danilo Faria defeated Marcus Gattner 6-3, 6-0 for his third straight win, while Carracedo earned Anderson's only three-set win on the afternoon, defeating Euquerio Guerrero 3-6, 6-3, 10-8 at the No. 1 position. For Carracedo, the win was his first for his collegiate career.
Anderson returns to action on Tuesday when it welcomes Lincoln Memorial to the Upstate. First serve from Max Grubbs Memorial Courts is slated for 2 p.m.


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CORYELL COUNTY (January 6, 2013)--Residents of Coryell County killed 886 feral hogs, and 633 people watched an educational video on feral hogs from October 1 to December 31, 2012.
According to the Texas Department of Agriculture, the state has the largest feral hog population in the United States, nearly 2.6 million feral hogs.
Feral hogs wreak havoc on property crops and even livestock.
These feral hogs continue to increase in numbers, destroying crops and even property, costing Texas farmers about $500M a year.
Don Jones, a Coryell County commissioner and farmer, said that's why the county has been working extra hard to decrease the feral hog population.
"They'll destroy a third of the crop overnight if you get enough hogs in there," said Jones.
Plus, one hog can have 12 to 20 more hogs a year.
Coryell County has also taken advantage of the Texas Department of Agriculture's "Hog Out County Grant Program," a competition between Texas counties.
"We've got to start somewhere the eradication of these hogs through the county or city or government," Jones said.
Through the program, counties give their residents incentives on hunting hogs and help cut down on the problem.
Jones said Coryelll County succeeded beyond expectations, which he credits to the county's bounty program, paying $10 for each hog killed.
"The bounty we put on the tails went back into the county because the owners are coming together, and the money is going back into the county instead of the company we hired last year," Jones said.
In 2011, Coryell County hired a helicopter company to kill the feral hogs.
At $5,000 for the company fee, it killed about 300 hogs.
In 2012, the county used that same amount of money as a bounty, leading to three times the amount of hogs killed.
The Texas Department of Agriculture will award prizes up to $20,000 to the counties that are most successful in cutting down on the feral hog population, money Jones said he hopes Coryell County will get.


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How can I automatically create and name new sheets in a google spreadsheet from a list of names, such as a student roll sheet? I would like each new sheet to be created when I add corresponding names to a list in a spreadsheet column. The new sheets can be in the same spreadsheet.
The following piece of script will create a menu item in the spreadsheet named Maintenance. There are three menu option present named:
Add Student one by one, Add Student's at once (FIFO), Add Student's at once (LIFO), Delete Sheets
The next piece of code will create a new sheet, only if all information is entered properly. Once the information is entered, select the student that needs to be added and press Add Student:
The third piece of code will create new sheets, based on the sheet names, press Add Student's at once (FIFO):
The fourth piece of code will create new sheets, based on the sheet names, but by itterating backwards, press Add Student's at once (LIFO):
The last script is a bonus to delete all the created sheets, execpt the first sheet, press Delete Sheets:
I've prepared an example file, to see things happening: Add Student to New Sheet.


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I have noticed that many cans of pepsi don't have a hechsher (kosher symbol) on them. Do they need one?
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The Kof-K gives the hechsher on Pepsi. I have spoken to them and they said the following: the syrup used is all under the certification of the Kof-K. Certain bottling plants have a mashgiach on premises and products which come out from that facility have a kosher symbol on them.
Other plants don't have a mashgiach on premises and the products that come from these plants don't have a kosher symbol. These plants still use the same kosher syrup and therefore, many rabbis hold that it is 100% ok to drink those products. This is because the syrup is kosher and the machines only deal with cold products and never hot ones.
Consult your Rabbi about what you should do.
I thought it was Rabbi Zevulun Charlop who gives the certification. Regardless, yes Pepsi is certified, but no the symbol is not on the label.
Most of the major American brands are certified, but often the mark is not on the label. Here's a list, courtesy of kashrut.com and the cRc.
If a soda is totally uncertified, it's generally not recommended. Too many colorings or flavorings that could pose a Halachic problem. (Atlanta's Rabbi Tobias Geffen was famously involved in a reformulation of Coca-Cola to make it kosher, 70+ years ago.)
This answer comes from a Chof-K publication- Halachicly Speaking:
I think The answer is Pretty clear YES
Just as an added point to illustrate the problem in Uman, they used to drink Coca Cola and they find out that they where putting in wine (THATS RIGHT WINE!!!) as The coca cola company adjust the taste to the preference of the country,and Russians like wine so they where drinking Yayin Nessach and such it may be Halachicly not a problem Just Know BUYER BEWARE!!
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In the Library with the Lead Pipe is pleased to welcome another guest
author, Steve McCann! Steve is a Digital Projects Librarian specializing in information architecture, usability studies, and data analysis.
In 2008, when I was visiting Anaheim, CA, for the ALA Annual Conference, I had a rather unpleasant experience renting a car. I had a reservation for the least expensive vehicle available (gas at that time was priced around $4 a gallon), but the salesman was insisting I upgrade to something larger. What sticks out in my memory was the tactic he was using, an influence technique called Social Proof which I had been reading about. His gambit was to point to an SUV on his pictorial list of available cars and emphatically state that "this is what everyone is renting here in Los Angeles." This put me in an awkward position, since the idea that 100% of car rentals in LA were oversized SUVs was something I simply hadn't considered previously. I found myself in a state of insufficient information and was suspicious that he was trying to take advantage of this. In fact, he was claiming authority on the subject of correct LA car rental procedures, and I could either accept his authority or go against "everyone" and rent a subcompact. It was a strange situation for a librarian to find himself, since I am, in general, much more likely to be navigating a state of "information overload." If I had thought of it, I could have consulted my Internet friends via my cell phone and gotten a plethora of advice, but, in the end, I knew the whole idea was silly so I declined. Undeterred, he said his piece again, only this time much more loudly as if I couldn't hear him. After declining a second time, I received a remarkable look of disgust, reminding me strongly of someone biting into a lemon.
I bring up this story because of the visceral power of this type of coercion. For me, it was patently obvious that he could not back up the claims he was making so, in a sense, I had it easy. His assertion lacked credibility at a gut level, and I really didn't need to consult with anyone else. Reflecting on the situation, however, it became apparent that standing at the rental counter surrounded by unfamiliar people and asking for a vehicle was, in a way, analogous to the experience a patron has when visiting a reference desk for the first time. They obviously have an information problem and are looking for an authority of some kind. The main difference is that a reference librarian is trained to help patrons locate credible authorities in spite of a thicket of federated searches, Library of Congress call numbers, subject terms, and the spectrum of "article – journal – database" resources, among countless other difficulties. The librarian is an authority in her own right on the subject of research and generally recognized as such. The question this article seeks to ask is: to what extent can the library website framework, with all of its catalogs, vendors, guides, etc., become recognized as an authority in the subject of research? The assumption I am making is that library websites are not automatically deemed authorities by patrons in the same way that librarians themselves are. First, many of our patrons consult with more recognized authorities in the form of Google services, the home pages of journal titles, or even, maybe especially, other patrons. In this article I propose that what library websites are missing is evidence of "social proof." I will then introduce a commercial service that is taking steps in this direction with regard to weblogs and finally brainstorm the type of changes that would be required to supply this evidence.
How We Recognize Authority
"What we're dealing with now isn't information overload […] it really is a filtering problem rather than an information [problem]." (Shirky, 2008)
"One of the criteria we use to filter information is credibility, or believability." (Wathen, 2002)
Patrick Wilson (1983), in his book Second Hand Knowledge, makes the distinction between two types of authority, administrative and cognitive. The first has power to command, but the second has power to influence one's thoughts. Thinking back on the earlier example of the rental car salesman, the reason I wasn't influenced was because he simply wasn't credible. As it turns out, credibility is a major component of cognitive authority along with trustworthiness, reliability, scholarliness, "officialness," and authoritativeness (Rieh, 2002). If a person, entity, or idea can achieve an impression of quality in any of these six areas, then that entity can act as a cognitive authority. The important point is that credibility and authority are both perceptions: a recognition of a quality which, once made, will allow a person to place her trust in a figure of perceived authority. Once placed, that recognition labels a person or idea as someone who "knows something we do not know" and who "knows what they are talking about" (Wilson, 1983).
The question then becomes what factors influence this perception of cognitive authority? In the following list, Wathen and Burkell (2002) summarize the variables related to perception into five factors affecting credibility:
- Source material
- Expertise / Knowledge
- Trustworthiness
- Credentials
- Attractiveness
- Similarity
- Likeability / Goodwill / Dynamism
- Receiver of material
- Relevance
- Motivation
- Prior knowledge
- Involvement
- Values / beliefs / situation
- Stereotypes about source or topic
- "Social location"
- Message
- Topic / content
- Internal validity / consistency
- Plausibility of arguments
- Supported by data or examples
- Framing (loss or gain)
- Repetition / familiarity
- Ordering
- Medium of the material
- Organization
- Usability
- Presentation
- Vividness
- Context of the information
- Distraction / "noise"
- Time since message encountered
- Degree of need
What is striking about this list is that it is an awfully large number of judgments for a student to make. Working on the reference desk, it's not uncommon for a student to say he or she has a paper due that day and needs three authoritative sources. The student in this situation is not going to conduct a systematic search but rather resort to a more primitive form of decision making, Social Proof.
The Power of Social Proof
"The individual can be conceptualized as a social actor, and information-seeking activities take place within a social community whose knowledge, characteristics, expectations, and norms are internalized within the individual. This may be especially relevant for young people, whose information seeking and learning is inherently social given the importance of social ties and networks during adolescence and early adulthood" (Rieh, 2008).
In Cialdini's (1988) Influence: the Psychology of Persuasion, he talks about the enormous power of Social Proof. Here's the cartoon version found on page 120 (it may remind you strongly of how Digg, Delicious, and other social tagging systems work):
According to Cialdini (1988), what's going on in the image above is the "awesome influence of the behavior of similar others." In other words, one important tool we use to decide how to act in a given situation is to look at what other people are doing. It may be that this is an evolutionary byproduct. For example, if someone stands up calmly in a crowded library computer lab and yells "fire!" and then sits down again, the chances are good that you will work your way through a checklist of credibility factors. Is the source credible? Is the information relevant to me? Is the message plausible? Was the presentation convincing? Isn't this just juvenile noise? If the student who yelled goes back to work, then his credibility is suspect and evacuation is unlikely. However, if the two factors of uncertainty and similarity are at play, then credibility is judged very quickly. Uncertainty can be described as the state "when we are unsure of ourselves, when the situation is unclear or ambiguous[.] When uncertainty reigns, we are most likely to look to and accept the actions of others as correct" (Cialdini, 1988). Are people starting to leave the computer lab? If yes, then the perception of credibility just got a big boost. This perception is especially strong if the other people in the lab are viewed as similar to ourselves.
This behavior transfers quite well to the web. For example, in eye-tracking studies of marketing materials it is consistently shown that people look where other people are looking. The following heatmap images from a eye-tracking study shows this quite clearly (Breeze, 2009):
"Here's the same 106 people looking at the second image for the same amount of time […] Notice how many more people are actually reading the text that the baby is looking at in the above image? Not to mention the increased attention on the brand!"
The reason this behavior is significant is because studies have shown people will read, at most, 28% of the words on a web page (Nielsen, 2008). The author of the above eye tracking study is saying that people are actually reading the text, but it's clear that they are not reading the entire text. They are just skimming and keying in on certain keywords such as "chlorine-free" and "clinically." In an eye-tracking heatmap like the one above, the more concentrated the colors over a text, the more time is being spent looking at that area of the screen. In short, marketers are able to manipulate the effects of social proof to force people to stop and read their copy.
But let's return to the subject of library websites. How can we convince users to pay attention to factors of credibility? Library interfaces are largely text based. Take a look at most OPACs, and it's clear that this type of short-circuiting of credibility judgments is not happening. Instead, libraries are relying on the users taking a laborious and systematic approach by judging between multiple credibility factors. In a sense this is wholly correct; librarians are invested in supplying the user with texts that are not only gratifying but also appropriate. Librarians are also invested in teaching the careful evaluation of the credibility factors of those sources. On the other hand, in the image above the marketer asserts the text the baby is looking at is the right text; the brand being presented is the right brand to satisfy the consumer's information need. Librarians would not make such a claim because we recognize more than most the immense number of contextual variables involved. In this way library websites are largely designed around a contradiction: on the one hand we assert that a solution to an information need can be found within our domains; but on the other hand we refuse to make any judgments regarding the credibility of texts for our users. The question then becomes is this attitude a mistake? Is it not possible that some form of visual credibility ranking could be found to bridge this gap?
The PostRank Model
One company is combining the principles of social proof along with a more formalized approach to the ranking of credibility. The way they are doing it is instructive for librarians, even if the amount of data processing involved is daunting. As of this writing they are currently ranking the social proof for nearly 900,000 RSS feeds. The total number of individual weblog postings comes to approximately 1.6 million per day. For each of these feeds, they then track the social performance of each post relative to other posts within the same RSS feed. The social metrics used to calculate this performance they are calling the "Five C's of Engagement:" Creating, Critiquing, Chatting, Collecting, and Clicking. The theory behind this is one of social proof: the more an individual weblog post is interacted with socially, the more attention it probably warrants. Figure 3 is an example of the PostRank score for recent articles published in Smashing Magazine, a usability and design weblog. Notice that low-scoring posts are grayed out, the good-scoring post is light orange (score = 5.6), and the best-scoring post is a dark orange. "Credibility" is immediately recognizable in the second post which scored a 7.3.
When the user hovers over this score they are presented with a visual breakdown of the component factors that go into this credibility ranking (figure 4). Each factor represents a social activity score from PostRank's "5 C's of Engagement."
The implementation of PostRank scores is highly volatile, which has caused some to question its usefulness. For example, after checking the three PostRank scores 24 hours following the image capture of Figures 1 & 2, the scores had already changed. The company uses a moving temporal window in which all posts are calculated one against the other. An example of the effect this causes is if your weblog publishes a single post that is then "slashdotted" (i.e., suddenly wildly popular because of a mention in a high-traffic website) then all other posts in that temporal window will suddenly score extremely low because of the difference in social activity between the postings. This scoring discrepancy will remain until the temporal window passes the high-performing post, or until the low-performing posts themselves are supplanted by a new higher standard of performance. While this may or may not make sense from a business standpoint, from the user's point of view rankings that jump around frequently affects the perceived "trustworthiness" of the ranking system.
Elements of Social Proof for Library Websites
If library websites were able to develop such a tool with which to rank the credibility / cognitive authority of all the intellectual content within their domains, what would it look like? Because of the librarian's calling to provide access to, but not judgment of, the individual texts, it would have to take into account the credibility factors identified above. To work in the highly social environment of the web, the library website would also need to put the power of social proof into play. The website would need to be designed in a way as to allow patrons to quickly and visually identify the attention of "similar others." In other words,the true cognitive authorities within any given subject. To meet these conflicting demands, the tool would need to provide feedback in the two areas where social proof is strongest: Uncertainty and Similarity.
To combat a user's "uncertainty" when navigating between multiple source materials, our tool would need to show elements that assist in snap judgments. This would involve data that is superficial to the content of a work, or, according to Tseng & Fogg elements of presumed credibility and surface credibility (Tseng, 1999).
- Uncertainty Data Elements
- Citation counts and/or incoming links to a work
- Number of times a work was checked out or read
- Number of works an author has published in her career
- Number of comments attached to a work
- The attractiveness, likeability, and/or usability of the work's format
To determine "similarity," our tool would need to show elements that assist the user to make a judgment as to the cognitive authority of a work. This would involve source labels such as "PhD," the title of the journal, the name of the publishing company, etc. Other similarity scores might include the experience other scholars had with the work or even personal ratings like what is seen in GoodReads. According to Tseng & Fogg, these elements would be composed of reputed credibility and experienced credibility factors.
- Similarity Data Elements
- Source impact factors of a title or journal
- Source rejection rate of a journal title or publisher
- Whether or not the work is refereed
- The total number of critical reviews
- The calculated quality of works citing the work in question
- The Library of Congress subject terms associated with the work
- Temporal groupings; an example might be a 10 year, 100 year, or adjustable window that affects all element calculations
- Total number of syllabi listings
- Total number of subscribers to a periodical title or holdings calculation for other works
- A user generated "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" ranking
The series of calculations involved for each title in the above factors could then be represented within a library OPAC or a periodicals database in a way similar to that of PostRank's system. If it was built correctly it could be used to quickly and easily "drill down" to relevant cognitive authorities within any given research context. Of course there is a potential downside. The first is the immense amount of data that would have to be managed on an ongoing basis. The second, and perhaps more pressing, would be the problem of unintended consequences. Just because a piece of information is socially dynamic, doesn't mean that it is correct or even helpful. A cautionary tale from the world of finance involves the below chart highlighting the financial bubble which peaked in 2006/2007. In figure 5, the analyst Barry Ritholtz (lower left) recognized early on that the fundamentals of the economy did not support the high valuation of stocks. He was proven correct, but not until the market collapsed in 2008/2009.
This type of herd mentality is a hallmark of social proof. To make matters worse, there is no proof that the elements I've selected above would be the correct ones for the researcher's information needs. It is uncertain whether such a credibility ranking system would lead to more harm than good.
In this article, I've attempted to brainstorm a method for raising the profile of library websites to the level of authority that individual librarians enjoy. To do this, multiple credibility factors will need to be addressed and social proof feedback will need to be implemented in some way. Despite its flaws, the PostRank model may provide guidance on how this could be accomplished. It would be calculation intensive and require iterative research to make sure it was not skewing patron's sense of credibility within subject areas. But regardless of the difficulties, it may be helpful to remember what a statistics professor has said about relying upon models for guidance: all models are wrong, but some models are useful.Thanks to Derik Badman, Jennie Burroughs, Ellie Collier, Donna McCrea, and Sue Samson for their assistance in reviewing and editing this article. Special thanks to Kim Duckett whose feedback on my earlier work on social proof and authority led me to write this article.
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Kudos to the Freetown-Lakeville Regional School Committee, as well as the Middleboro, Berkley, and Bridgewater Raynham school committees, among others, who have taken the bold step to reject the PARCC trial exam for students during this next school year. Why is this important?
In 2010, the U.S. Department of Education awarded $330 million in Race to the Top grants to develop tests aligned with a new national Common Core state standards. Much of this $330 million was donated by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Massachusetts and 20 other states bought in to the standards and the PARCC assessment in exchange for grant money.
During the past four years, the Pioneer Institute as well as other research organizations have found vast and frightening reasons to delay or reject the high stakes test, and the questionable "rigorous" Common Core standards.
As of this summer, 10 of the 21 states have solidly rejected PARCC. States have withdrawn from utilizing PARCC for various reasons, including the unknown cost of implementing the computer generated, data extracting, timed test. Our own state representative, Keiko Orrall, has filed legislation for a cost analysis of this new federal initiative, realizing the burden that this could potentially have to the taxpayer.
Because of the votes of our school committees, our students are included with 66 percent of the Massachusetts communities who have either rejected PARCC or have not yet committed to using PARCC in the upcoming school year.
The Freetown-Lakeville, Berkley, Middleboro and Bridgewater Raynham school committee members have shown a true commitment to students, their families, and their constituents by rejecting the federal unfunded mandate. For once, our communities have had a voice in saying "no" to the deluge of education mandates that come with high costs and no funding.
We should be proud of our school committee members. They did their homework. They paid close attention and did not blindly follow the Department of Education. They have shown that they are mindful of their responsibility to students and at the same time to the taxpayers.
Please thank your school committee member today!
Sherri Barron
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CIM's Vision, Mission, Commitments, and Goals
(From the 2010 strategic plan)
To be the center for the education of the complete musician of the 21st Century
The mission of the Cleveland Institute of Music is to cultivate new generations of young musicians through an immersive and creative educational process, guiding the most musically talented individuals as rapidly as possible towards fulfilling careers that engage diverse and global audiences, stimulating the understanding and love of music throughout the world.
In support of this mission:
- CIM is committed to the education of the complete and vital musician who will participate in the creation and performance of the new repertoire which will build a fresh, new and diverse international audience for classical music. The future of great music lies in the accomplishment of this task, as well as a firm commitment to the mastery and fresh interpretation of the classics.
- CIM is committed to attracting the most musically talented individuals at the youngest possible age, guiding them as rapidly as possible through their transformation from student to master.
- CIM is committed to being a resource for the community, with training for individuals of all ages and abilities.
- CIM is committed to incorporating new technologies to complement and enhance the lives and education of its students, maintaining a consistently global context for their musical awareness and their future life and career choices.
- CIM maintains that critical thinking, reading and persuasive writing will be determinate in the life and career journeys of its students and that a liberal arts education contributes to a broad, humanistic perspective for its students.
- CIM is committed to breaking down the barrier between composition and performance by encouraging students to master both disciplines. Its distinguished faculty aims to develop the full artistic potential of all of its students through performance and teaching.
- Create the environment that grows the complete musician
- Establish a global community and audience for the complete musician through collaboration
- Build a differentiated global CIM brand
- Develop a sustainable infrastructure for CIM
Download the CIM Vision, Mission, and Commitments as a PDF.


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Getting Here
The Central Park Zoo is located near the southeast corner of Central Park, and is easily accessible by mass transit. If you must drive, please consult the list of nearby parking lots below. No parking is available at the zoo itself.
By Subway
Take the N, R, or Q trains to the Fifth Avenue/59th Street station in Manhattan, and walk north four blocks to 64th Street. Or take the Lexington Avenue #6 train to the 68th Street/Hunter College station, walk west 3 blocks to Fifth Avenue, then take a left and walk four blocks south.
By Bus
The following buses stop on Fifth Avenue, between 59th and 65th Streets: M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M66, Q32.
Car Parking
If you are visiting by car, consider the following garages: Narragansett Garage at 124 E. 63rd Street, Regency Garage Corp. at 245 E. 63rd Street, Renoir Garage at 225 E. 63rd Street, or Distinctive Parking at 35 E. 61st Street.


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What conditions are necessary for human pancreatic lipase to activate? Is there an optimal temperature or pH? How quickly does it take effect?
The protein referred to in the question is encoded by gene PNLIP, pancreatic lipase. From this annotation of the protein, I see that there is a signal peptide from amino acids 1 to 16. Thus, this signal peptide must be cleaved before the protein can be active in its digestion of emulsified triacylglyerides.
A paper describes the structural changes induced in human pancreatic lipase by lowering the pH. The secondary structure of the enzyme is stable within a pH range of 3.0 to 6.5. At this pH, a reversible opening of the lid controlling the access to the active site was observed. So, there is another aspect of activation - pH and the ability to open the enzyme lid so that the fat molecule enters the active site.


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6. Approach of the Photochemical and Chemical Reactivity
Published Online: 21 DEC 2012
DOI: 10.1002/9783527648245.ch6
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Photoinitiators for Polymer Synthesis: Scope, Reactivity and Efficiency
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Holiness by Grace - Bryan Chapell's Holiness by Grace has been marked down to $2.99 in Kindle format. I always have to check Chapell's name to see if it's got a double p or a double l. I always get it wrong, too.
Missing Missing - R.C. Sproul Jr. has a poignant reflection as he remembers his wife. "She doesn't sit beside me when I'm alone in the car anymore. She doesn't look over my shoulder when I am typing and crying alone anymore. Somehow the more time passes, the farther she is gone, not because I am forgetting her, but because I am remembering her. The great heartbreak is that she is now becoming my past, rather than my ever present."
The Internet Is Ruining Your Brain - Here's an infographic that takes a rather cursory look at how and why the Internet is ruining your brain. While "ruining" may be too strong a word, there's no doubt that brains are changing in this new, digital world.
Pixels Are People - And in a world like this one, Nathan Bingham wants to remember that pixels are people. "Pixels are people. The relationships I had via bits and bytes with folks from the US while I lived in Australia were real. Meeting people here in person for the first time wasn't the beginning of a friendship but the continuation of an already existing one."
Ten Boom Museum - The Ten Boom Museum website has a really amazing virtual tour. Be sure to listen to the audio at each of the different locations. (HT)
As God's mercies are new every morning toward his people, so his anger is new every morning against the wicked. —Matthew Henry
Gandhi Doesn't Like Us
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Many know the TV game Countdown, whose French version Des chiffres et des lettres has lasted since 1965.
The rules of the count are as follows: you are given natural integers $n_1,\ldots,n_6$ and a target $N$. You are free to employ the four operations $+,\times,-,\div$. You may employ each $n_j$ at most once. You must end with the result $N$.
For mathematicians, a colleague of mine suggests to modify the rule that way: you are given $k\ge1$. You are free to choose $n_1,\ldots,n_k$. Then you must realize the targets $1,2\ldots,N$. How do you choose $n_1,\ldots,n_k$. What is the largest possible $N_k$ ?
- $k=1$, nothing much interesting, $N_1=1$
- $k=2$, then $(1,3)$ yields $N_2=4$
- $k=3$, then $(2,3,10)$ yields $N_3=17$. Optimal ?
Edit about the rules. Parentheses are allowed (and useful). Division $a/b$ is possible only when $b$ divides $a$ in the usual sense of integers. You may have negative integers, but it does not help.


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Chocolate Steamed Pudding
Categories: Big-Batch Meals, Chocolate, Comfort Foods, Kid-friendly, Quick to fix, Sweet
Type: Desserts and Baked Goods
Type: Desserts and Baked Goods
Your family will love this creamy and delicious chocolate steamed pudding recipe.
Prep Time: 15M
Cooking Time: 6M
Serves: Serves 4
- 8 tbsp (1 stick) butter
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 cup ground almonds
For the chocolate sauce
- 4 tbsp (1/2 stick) butter
- 41/2oz (125g) semisweet chocolate, broken into pieces
- 2-3 tbsp heavy whipping cream
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- Melt the butter in a microwave-safe container or in a saucepan and set aside to cool slightly. Combine the sugar and eggs in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer until pale and creamy. Sift in the flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder, then add the almonds and melted butter. Beat well until light and fluffy.
- Scrape the mixture into a 1 quart (1.2 liter) microwave-safe, freezer-safe pudding basin or bowl. Cover and microwave on High for 5-6 minutes. Leave the pudding to cool, then double-wrap with plastic, and freeze.
- Make the chocolate sauce by melting the butter and chocolate together in a saucepan over low heat. Stir in the cream to thicken. Leave to cool, then transfer to an airtight container, and freeze.
- To serve, defrost the pudding and sauce in the refrigerator overnight. Reheat the pudding in the microwave on High for 5-6 minutes or until piping hot. Reheat the sauce in the microwave, stirring every 30 seconds, until melted and smooth, then pour over the pudding, and serve.
- Cheat...Use a store-bought chocolate sauce, and warm it thoroughly just before serving.
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I have Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS and ran this:
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I'm addicted to VC++ since 2008, and I begin to work for my current company from 2011 when I graduated in Mathematics. Now I still love VC++, it is a wonderful programming language.
I'm a little confused whether it's a good idea to continue with Windows Programming.
I'm in Beijing, China. Of course, I come from China. I want to find a work in Silicon Valley, America in the future.
Can anyone tell me is it possible for me to find a VC++ work in Silicon Valley someday in the future? And what should I do in the recent years?


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Sorry to tempt you with things you can't have, but I made these fat-free corndawgs tonight and just had to share a pic. FAT FREE CORNDAWGS THAT DON'T SUCK! This is another tester recipe for The Happy Herbivore's upcoming cookbook, and that sound you hear is parents celebrating all over the world.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Mini Corndawgs
Posted by Vegan Dad at 7:41 PM
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- Alice (in Veganland) said...
They look incredible. You have the ability to make all your meals gorgeous!
- May 19, 2008 at 3:05 AM
- Erin said...
Wow, Happy Herbivore is definitely going to sell some cookbooks if this is what we have to look forward to. I swear I just smelled a whiff of corndog.
- May 19, 2008 at 3:06 PM
- nat said...
do you know when the book is coming out?!!! i've been looking so hard for a fat free vegan booook
- May 27, 2008 at 4:13 PM
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I don't know. If you go to www.happyherbivore.com, there is a tab with cookbook info. Drop a comment there.
- May 27, 2008 at 5:19 PM
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Policy Mic - Dan Johnson: 3 things the GOP must do to appeal to millennials
The Republican Party, thus far, has been completely oblivious to this "oath" thing. In fact, during Senator Paul's filibuster against assassinations on U.S. soil, 10 prominent Republicans were having dinner on the President's tab and couldn't even be bothered to show up in support.
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Duke Nukem franchise doesn't belong to Gearbox, says creator 3D RealmsWritten by: / /
Despite buying the intellectual property as part of its work on finishing up Duke Nukem Forever, the Duke Nukem franchise doesn't belong to Gearbox Software, says original series creator 3D Realms.
At the beginning of February this year, developer Interceptor Entertainment began teasing an announcement about a new Duke Nukem game in the works, Duke Nukem: Mass Destruction, which would take the form of "a top-down action role-playing game for PC and PlayStation," according to leaked materials.
In response, current Duke Nukem franchise holder Gearbox Software first issued a legal cease and desist letter to both 3D Realms and Interceptor to stop work on what the studio deemed an unlawful use of Gearbox property. The cease and desist was followed up by a full lawsuit seeking damages for trademark infringement, unfair competition, copyright infringement and breach of contract.
In early March, however, it was announced that Interceptor Entertainment co-owner SDN Invest had acquired 3D Realms, adding complexity to the matter of who could use the Duke Nukem name in which circumstances – in the lawsuit brought forward by Gearbox, the studio itself admitted that 3D Realms still held 'certain but limited' rights to Duke Nukem.
If the Duke Nukem Franchise Doesn't Belong to Gearbox, Who Owns It?
More recently still, and in response to the Gearbox lawsuit, both 3D Realms and Interceptor have released statements on the matter making it very clear that the pair are of the opinion that Gearbox holds no rights to the Duke Nukem name.
The statement additionally revealed a game "tentatively titled 'Duke Nukem Survivor' for specific platforms," a game 3D Realms claims was "previously licensed for development to Interceptor Entertainment" while again stating that "the Trademark for 'Duke Nukem' was never assigned to Gearbox, but remains the sole property of 3DR."
A portion of Interceptor's statement reads:
"We were extremely excited for our next reveal, but unfortunately due to the actions of Gearbox Software, Interceptor Entertainment decided to put this reveal on hold in respect of their lawsuit. However, 3D Realms and Interceptor Entertainment were rightfully developing our game and as you can imagine we were quite shocked when the accusations by Gearbox arose, as we have always acted within our legal rights.
"It's unfortunate that Gearbox has shown no intention of finding a peaceful solution with us. We will however continue to work towards a solution."
Who do you believe – Gearbox Software or 3D Realms?
Who is the true owner of the Duke Nukem license and, more importantly, should the world care if a new Duke Nukem game is ever created? These two parties are certainly adamant that the franchise still holds currency.
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My baby girl (1.5 years) had good constant sleep and eat patterns; until she become ill. During illness her sleep/eat patterns changed a lot (and this is normal). But after recovering, she still do the same during-illness patterns.
She wakes many times at night, refuses to eat, wants to be held all the time, ... etc. Just like she turned to 3-month infant.
Should I go through the whole cycle again (train her as if she is younger), or there is some 'magic' switch to return to her normal state?


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What is the difference between the following two sentences?
Each apple is red.
Every apple is red.
What is the difference between the following two sentences?
Strictly speaking, the two sentences mean the same thing. However, the sentence "Each apple is red" is slightly unusual, and the more natural way to express this would be "Every apple is red", or "All apples are red."
The reason is that the word each is generally used in situations where we consider the apples individually or sequentially, whereas every and all are used for generalizations. So we might say:
Here each is appropriate because every apple was painted individually. However, most people wouldn't say the following:
This isn't technically wrong, but it sounds unnatural. Much more usual would be to say one of the following:
Perhaps this question has already been answered, but here's my two cents:
Each is used for the individual person or item, and the focus is on the individual, not the group.
Every is also used for the individual, although the focus is shifted to the group. Consider the following quote from Dictionary.com:
However, a couple of years ago I came across a somewhat novel usage, or perhaps archaic usage, of each: the poetic each. Simply put, this is a full synonym or every, as in the following excerpt:
The sense of each in the quote above is obvious. It does not mean to give the Lord one piece of your heart at a time; it means to surrender your entire heart. Now, technically, this usage is not usually considered; it may even be considered incorrect by textbook English standards. I simply want to point out its existence.
Each is used for single person. Every is used for a group.
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A settlement has been reached in a civil suit Park Construction brought against a Rindge father and son, alleging they benefited from a fraudulent investment scheme that cost the construction firm — owned by the Norby brothers of Rindge — $15 million.
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Craftsman 100-PC Accessory Kit Free store pickup for $12.74
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The Holy Grail among handy guys and gals, this Craftsman 100-PC Accessory Kit has everything you need to get the job done. Rather than build your tool set bit by bit, save time and money with this versatile all-in-one kit. Equipped with all the standard bits utilized in hundreds of household and general purpose projects, this Craftsman kit includes Phillips, flat and Torx driving bits; drilling bits for powering through plastic, wood, metal and masonry; plus power bits and insert bits to help fill all your driving needs. Everything is made from hardened alloy steel, so you can expect this accessory kit to remain your right-hand man for years to come.
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Great deal, in for two...
I've been watching this item since Black Friday and this is the lowest I've seen it. Great gift for Christmas. In for Four! Plus if you get 4 it will total over $50 and you can use the code SEARS2012 for an extra $5.00 off.
@wofiii: and if you use shop discover you can get double miles
FYI - got information from SEARS directly: Made in Hong Kong. At least not china!
@jonesurquell7: Huh? Thats like saying "Its made in New York, at least not USA"
@jonesurquell7: Hate to break it to you, but Hong Kong is a Chinese territory.
Region actually does indicate varied quality in Chinese goods.
Ah Craftsman, going in dutch with Sears to screw over an American inventor
@wofiii: Sounds like a good idea. 1 for me and 3 gifts.
Anyone who simply thinks 'Hong Kong is China' know very little about either, and gloating knowledge of the little tidbit about its reunification only makes one sound foolish. Not only are territories like Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan very different from 'China' politically; but the quality of manufacturing is also varied. It very much does make a difference where certain Chinese goods are made.
@btalarczyk: You must be thinking of Taiwan.
It is not just because something is made in China then you can automatically assume that is low quality crap. It is called you get what you pay for. The rule will never change: The less you pay, the less you get and the more you pay, the more you get. China can produce very high quality stuffs too. I don't hear people griping about the quality of their pricey iphones and ipads when they are showing them off to their friends.
The issue is not where (China or Taiwan) the knock-off off of the bionic wrench is being made. Rather the issue is that Sears has chosen to screw over an American inventor whose product they were selling. Moreover, the net result of Sears decision to produce a knock-off has resulted in the shut-down of the American company that was producing the made-in-USA Bionic wrench, causing 30 people to be laid off. I suggest people educate themselves on the poor corporate policies that Sears is implementing and act accordingly.
I agree with the guy with the iphone comment. If you are carrying an Iphone then you need to STFU! There are a number of quality products coming from that country!!!
I get what I pay for....that's why I shop WOOT!
@wofiii: Man! 4 is a lot; that means I have to give this stuff away... you know I only care about myself right?
@kourdouvelis: And the Iphone isn't one of them. Drop it lately? Drop a droid... which one takes the beating ;)
Just a heads up, but according to comments on the product web page, there are no torx bits.
In for one! I applied my rewards points from Sears Club and dropped my purchase price to $3.75!! WOOT
Trying to buy but it says it cant add it to my cart. LAME.
Item is now unavailable
Item is no longer available.
Tried to buy this on line yesterday, but stock was depleted. I ordered several other items for store pickup. When I went shopping in-store I found this set for sale at the same price. I bought a set and it does have Torq bits. Lots of tools on sale in-store.


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Nectar from the digital gods to more than a few people around here. Details from DVD Times:
Paramount Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of Friday the 13th (Uncut, Deluxe Edition) on 3rd February 2009. Sean S. Cunningham directs this horror classic which is given a new DVD release to coincide with the theatrical release of the remake.
Details are slim on the classification, but the Uncut status is backed up by an Unrated US Rating (instead of the previous editions' R rating). Extras include:
Commentary by director Sean Cunningham (on the WB international version - trying to access*)
Fresh Cuts: New Tales from "Friday the 13th"
Man Behind the Legacy: Sean S. Cunningham
Friday the 13th - Special Reunion
Lost Tales from Camp Blood - Part 1
Theatrical Trailer - Used on 2004 release
*The wording used here would suggest Paramount are trying to gain approval to use the commentary found on the Warner international DVD releases.
Also released are new Deluxe Editions of Friday the 13th Part 2 and Friday the 13th Part 3 3D. Introducing the Jason we all know and love, these discs are R rated and offer the following extras…
Friday the 13th Part 2
Inside Crystal Lake Memories
Horror Convention
Lost Tales from Camp Blood - Part 2
Slasher Films: Going for the Jugular
Jason Trivia Track (text)
Jason Forever - Used on 2004 release/Best Buy bonus disc
Theatrical Trailer - Used on 2004 release
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I'm trying to keep from depending on open source or third party libraries such as Json.NET to parse incoming JSON from an HttpWebResponse. Why? Because the more reliance on open source frameworks to aid in your implementations, the more your app has to rely on those dependencies...I don't like my apps to be depenent on a lot of libraries for many reasons if at all possible. I'm ok with using stuff like Enterprise Library because it's supported by MS but I'm taking more open source libraries.
Anyway, I'm trying to figure out the best way to parse incoming JSON server-side in .NET 3.5.
I know this is going to get a lot of responses and I've even used the .NET 3.5 JavaScriptSerializer to serialize data to JSON but now I'm trying to figure out the best and most simple way to do the reverse without again, having to use a 3rd party / open source framework to aid in this.


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We all know there's a myriad of Instant Messaging (IM) services out there. But, which of these services uses or permits protocols that actually secure your communications? For those that do, what part of the communications is secured?
Hopefully, all services will encrypt the authentication process by default. But are there any that allow for full encryption of the IM sessions as well?


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17 Nov 2011 2:15 PM #1
Dialing a phone number using Sencha 2 & Phonegap on iOS5
I noticed that using document.location='tel:' + phonenumber; isn't working in iOS 5, this sucks because the prefered method is to launch that via a function tied to a button handler. If your using PhoneGap I have created a plugin to help manage this interaction natively.
Check it out here:
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5 Feb 2008 8:20 AM #1
Ext.nd Beta 1
After a lot of hard work, we've finally finished the first beta release of Ext.nd. For more details and download check out the official release thread.
This release marks our move from Alpha to Beta, and also the move from Ext 1.x to Ext 2.0.1.
5 Feb 2008 9:39 AM #2
Nice one. Can't wait to dig in and compare.. I have 3 apps running on Ext 1.x using some Ext.nd code and i am starting one this week on 2.0. This will be very helpful!
Couple Qs?
- Are you guys planning on releasing any Ext.nd categorized view code?
- Any further developments on not Loading EXT and EXT.ND in every iframe?
- Where/What is the view suggest component?
5 Feb 2008 9:46 AM #3
Currently it still loads the framework within the iframes, there's not any easy way around this.
The ViewSuggest component is bundled with extnd-all, there's an example of its implementation in the Demo database. It allows you to get simple type-ahead functionality in a field by passing in a view and a fieldname to pull the information from.
5 Feb 2008 10:27 AM #4
Page can not be found
Once I add the code to the HTML Header of a form, I can't access the page at all. log.nsf says the page can not be found. Any ideas?
Also, the code in the [HTML Head Content] field of the profile documnet is missing some quotes around the line [<link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='" + extUrl + "resources/css/xtheme-gray.css' />]
5 Feb 2008 11:02 AM #5
I just downloaded the b1 release, created a profile doc, created a "main" page in a Notes-only db, pasted in the @dblookup, and I had a web-enabled app in 20 minutes!
Well . . . maybe not production ready, but certainly faster than any other framework.
Great work Rich and crew. Looking forward to future releases.
5 Feb 2008 11:37 AM #6
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<link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='" + extUrl + "resources/css/xtheme-gray.css' />
"<link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='" + extUrl + "resources/css/xtheme-gray.css' />" + @Newline +
5 Feb 2008 1:00 PM #7
Good work!!
Live demo?
Thanks in advance,
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Hey -- looking good. Yeah, those categorized views are a pain in the ass -- I've just stopped using them in my apps.


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I'm trying to read the paper of Jost and Karcher on the existence of harmonic coordinates on a ball whose size only depend on the injectivity radius and a two sided bound on the curvature.
Unfortunately, my german skills are quite low and make the reading really slow. Does there exist another place to find this proof (in English or French) ?