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5 Weird Inventions Science Is Creating Just to Gross Us Out
The "uncanny valley" is the point at which human-like robots or animations are just unrealistic enough to elicit a fear response in ordinary people. Most engineers would like to take us past this valley and make us empathize with our inevitable robot overlords. Others see us peering into that terrible valley, teetering unsteadily on the edge, as they wind up for a flying dive tackle.
#5. The Vomiting Robot
The U.K.-based Health and Safety Laboratory's "Vomiting Larry" (yes, they really call it that) is a disembodied head whose sole purpose is to projectile vomit like it's possessed by devils.
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Which it signals by saying, "No bro, I'm good."
The unholy purpose of this pukebot is to help fight norovirus, a virus that causes extreme stomach upset and is currently rampaging through Britain, turning the entire country into a Monty Python sketch.
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Though it is decidedly light on menstrual jokes.
Since norovirus is spread primarily through the air, the research team needed a way to track spew particles to get a better understanding of how the virus travels. Though there may have been better methods -- such as literally any other possible method you can think of. Seriously, just off the top of your head right now. Researchers decided to set up a mannequin head with a pump that ejects fluid on command. Then they shined an ultraviolet light into the room to see where all the little droplets went.
Surprise: The researchers discovered little bits of sick all over the place even after a thorough cleanup, which answers the question of how norovirus spreads so effectively. But it does not answer all of the many, many terrible questions we have about life, now that we know about vomiting robots.
So thanks for that philosophy prompt, Larry.
#4. The Pooping Robot
Bristol Robotics Laboratory Next Nature
Creating new sources of power and autonomous robots are two of the biggest ideas in science at the moment. So when a researcher tells you that he invented a robot that can use biofuel to create electricity, it sounds impressive. That guy should get some sort of prize -- if not a Nobel one, then at least, like ... a fairly honorable one. We mean: A robot that can take organic matter and use it for fuel? Awesome!
Now let's phrase that another way: A robot that poops?
Bristol Robotics Laboratory MSN Canada
There are no exceptions to Gomi's Law.
That's the EcoBot III, designed by the Bristol Robotics Laboratory in the U.K., and it's made to run on biofuels -- that there's fancy-boy college-talk for "food." After imbibing a liquid that consists of yeast, salt, and minerals, the EcoBot III can function for 24 hours, powering itself without any other energy sources. But as with everything else that eats to survive, what goes in must come out the other side, so once a day its handlers have to slide it over to its litter box and watch it take a shit. Which sounds terrible, but remember: We're dealing with robots here. And what are robots?
Bristol Robotics Laboratory MSN Canada
In desperate need of fiber?
Due to its liquid diet, one researcher fittingly refers to the EcoBot III as the "diarrhea bot." Because what comes out of its putrid robo-butthole more closely resembles the aftermath of chasing a case of Miller Lite with Fourth Meal than any sort of human bowel movement.
Basically, the EcoBot III is like your deadbeat roommate: It's not really all about "usefulness" or "productivity" or that "doing things" stuff -- it just wants you to leave it alone so it can eat and shit in peace.
#3. The Swine Flu Simulator
Reuters via Huffington Post
Japan has created a swine flu robot that mimics the symptoms of the disease. Which makes a lot of sense, in theory. What better way to practice diagnosing and treating a dangerous, somewhat rare disease, than by using automatons? That's in theory. Here it is in practice:
Reuters via Huffington Post
It also doubles as a dummy for skin reduction surgery.
The robot acts like a patient who has the flu and must be treated correctly. So far, so good. However, since it was created to help doctors administer the correct treatment for the disease, and to do that it needs to be as realistic as possible, what we ended up with was a robot that sweats, moans, cries, and then eventually dies, right there on the table. A whole team of engineers got together and pretty much made a torture-bot whose only reason for existence is suffering.
Just look at it: It's not a very convincing human, but it is a very convincing avatar of sadness.
Ebru News
His name is Marvin.
This same effect could have been managed -- probably much better and certainly much cheaper -- with a computer program, but instead they built the robot that will probably kick off the machine uprising the second the other bots find out about its horrible existence.
Reuters via Huffington Post
Particularly when they find out the programmers removed the letters "D," "N," and "R" from its memory.


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My UTM shapefile lines up with Google layers if the project CRS is set to WGS84 mercator projection (including default 3857 and Google). But if I set the project CRS to UTM Zone11, they are slightly shifted. I've tried loading them and setting the project CRS in various orders - nothing worked.
You have to set your project CRS to EPSG:3857, if you want to use Google layers in the QGIS Openlayers plugin. Everything else does not make sense, because reprojection of 256x256 tiles does look ugly (unless you stitch them together and reproject the hole picture, but openlayers does not do that).
I digitise from the Google background whilst the the CRS is in the Google Mercator projection 900...
Openlayers is a plugin to QGIS, so not directly supported by the dev team. There have been less problems in the map canvas and more reports of issues in the print composer. You may find the next version of QGIS deals with the apparent problem.
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Reviewed By: Alex Richman on 12/25/06
The Ortlieb Backroller Classics are probably the most common pannier I see in Portland and for good reason. The Ortlieb's have a durable, smart design. The dismount system is top-notch, they really take no extra time to take off or put on your bicycle. These panniers are also 100% waterproof, which is very important for the Pacific NW. I love that there is no rain cover, the material that the bag is made from is water proof. The Backroller Classics sport a roll-down top which I like. On the plus side you can leave them open when it's not raining and you can really pack a lot in there - perfect for grocery runs. Because of the roll-down top, you also have more flexibility packing smaller loads down securely. On the downside it does take longer to pack your load in, and it does take a little time to get a feel for how to pack it. I think there are two major design flaws that keep the panniers from being perfect. The lack of an outside pocket is an annoyance in the rain if you need to lock your bicycle up. I commute to school and having a wet lock in the same compartment as books and papers is just a bad idea. I have to bungie my U-lock to my rack or bring a little cloth to wipe it down which is a bit annoying. My other complaint is that the shoulder strap that comes with this is just a joke. During the winter it's not so bad because I have a jacket to provide cushioning, but in the summer wearing a t-shirt, the strap really hurt my shoulder. Ortlieb should really spend the extra $1 it would take to manufacture a more comfortable shoulder strap. However since they choose not to that means I have to buy 2 new straps for this summer. Kind of a bummer. Overall, these bags are incredibly solid despite their minor flaws. For the price I'm not sure they can be beat.


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To the editor: The Ohio School Boards Association strongly encourages Buckeye Local School District residents to vote "yes" on issue 6 on May 7. The five-year, 2....
Why dont you ask for donations? Unemployment in Jefferson county is still very high. Now is a bad time to want to raise taxes.
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Maybe people don't approve levies because they see things like I witnessed a few days ago. A bus from this particular school district. Bus number 9 to be exact was in the parking lot of the JC Penny store at the Highlands at 1130 am. Did my tax dollars pay for someone to go shopping? WHy would this bus be so far out of the district? Was there a special function for the children somewhere up there? No other buses in the area. So how can I be expected to believe that the money they are begging for would actually go to what they claim? I DO NOT believe them. Exactly how much money will this levy bring in? Will the property owners have any input into WHO will get the contracts for the security equipment, the installation contractors and who the resource officers will be? Will they be off duty deputies or will they people hired EXCLUSIVELY to protect the children?
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Mercy Health Infectious Disease(Formerly known as the McAuley Health Center)
310 Lafayette SE, Suite 410Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Map & DirectionsPhone: 616-685-8200 or toll free: 888-800-7010
Office Hours: Monday–Thursday, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. (phone hours end at 4:30 p.m.)Friday, 8:30 a.m.–Noon (there is a phone nurse available on a private line until 4 p.m. on Fridays for emergencies)
Our CommitmentAt Mercy Health Infectious Disease, we provide responsive, respectful, compassionate care for people who are infected and affected by HIV. We collaborate with clients, empowering them to achieve their highest level of health and personal well-being.
Our approach is to treat the whole person through a team of professionals who work together in a variety of disciplines. We strive to address the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual needs of our clients.
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Our Special Immunology and Infectious Disease Care Physicians
We Provide:
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Emergency Financial AssistanceBased on available funds, assistance for uninsured and underinsured clients is evaluated to help offset the cost of prescriptions, lab fees, hospital and health center bills. Medical case managers assist with applications for these funds.
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Can the court in anyway have access to a deactivated Facebook account? And if so, can they recover the permanently deleted account?
@dnbrv said it right that a court can subpoena the data that Facebook would have about the account. Especially the part about knowingly deleting the information if the subject knows he/she is under investigation.
But beyond that, you are asking specifically about a deactivated Facebook account. For those account types the information isn't ever deleted. It's just not displayed on the site anymore (although links to images are likely to still be in existence just not displayed in albums).
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In some of my other questions, I have read that in Christianity, State and churches are kept separate. I am curious to know, is there any concept of Christian state where biblical laws and doctrines are enforced or facilitated? Or Simply Christian are never suppose to strive for a Christian state?
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Christianity does not hold a "church and state must be separate" view at all; that might be part of the US constitution, but : not universal - and to all intents and purposes it is not even correct in the US, since it is quietly acknowledged that you don't stand much chance of election if you are openly non-Christian (regardless of your actual views). Indeed, there are still several US states that have, as part of their state constitution, that you can't hold office unless you believe in God (to all intents and purposes, the Christian God). OK, that sounds like a technicality, until people actually try to enforce it.
Now, let's step away from the US, and look at Europe; there are plenty of places in Europe that have an established church. Which is to say: the church that is officially recognised and has power. In England, the Church of England held massive power, and it is only recently waning - but even so, the C of E has unelected bishops that have an automatic place in the highest assembly in the land. That does not sound like separation. This is mirrored in a number of other countries, where the church holds not just social influence, but genuine political power. Historically, this power was put to direct use, often to suppress and enforce the religious statutes of the time. Heresy and blasphemy have been beaten down with sticks and pyres.
My point: the premise of the question is incorrect. Whether Christianity "demands" a separation between church and state seems largely a point of interpretation; for many, the "render unto Caesar" view (i.e. separation) is adopted, but conversely Christians of various ilks have worked hard to try to bring about such a state.
When Pilate asked Jesus about the accusations made against him, that he was calling himself the King of the Jews (and thus implicitly threatening Roman rule), Jesus told him that "My kingdom is not of this world." (John 18:36)
Also, consider one of the rhetorical traps the Pharisees laid for him:
Here again, he draws a clear separation between worldly government and God's spiritual authority.
We are told that after the Second Coming, Christ will reign personally upon the earth, but it seems that until that time, we are not to be blessed with a true "Christian State" as such.
There are in fact different concepts that emerged in christianity during the ages.
All in all - christians always believed that a christian should have some responsibilities when ruling others. The models of this participations reflect the shape of countries they lived in.
The separation of church and state is a "Baptist Distinctive" but is not commonly held across the remainder of the Christian spectrum. To wit:
In short, it is not at all a "Christian" tradition by any means to separate the government from the church.
The idea that the Catholic Church should be separate from the state was condemned by Pope Pius IX


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Book your room at Iberostar Grand Hotel Paraiso All Inclusive
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Perfect Location
The hotel is located on Playa Paraiso (Quintana Roo) in the heart of the Riviera Maya and a few miles from Cancun, Playa del Carmen, Tulum and the island of Cozumel.
Personalized Butler
You'll have a personal butler and concierge, check-in in the room with champagne, packing and unpacking service, overnight ironing service, breakfast in bed and personalized check-out.
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Iberostar Grand Hotel Paraiso All InclusiveCtra. Chetumal - Puerto Juárez, Km. 309 Lote 5, Playa Paraiso Playa del Carmen QROO 77710
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All-Inclusive Details
This resort is all-inclusive. Onsite food and beverages are included in the room price (some restrictions may apply).
Gratuities and taxes
Gratuities and taxes are included.
Food and beverages
- Meals, snacks, and beverages included
Activities and facilities/equipment
Land activities
- Fitness facilities
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- Aerobics
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Hotel Amenities
Hotel of hotels, the award winning Grand Hotel Paraíso, part of the 'Grand Collection' set of Iberostar, is the most select of the Riviera Maya (Mexico), a majestic enclave in the midst of the most beautiful nature, to enjoy not only a dream vacation but also business combined with a variety of sports, relaxation, beach, parties, exquisite service and great restaurants.
The Grand Hotel Paraíso, included in the highest category of 5 star hotels, synonymous with luxury and style, is a spectacular 'resort', designed for guests 18 years and older only, where no detail is overlooked in our commitment to excellence in quality. This spa hotel, built on the beach, on the Caribbean Sea coast, provides for elite tourism in an 'all-inclusive' regimen, offering personalized service, fully equipped honeymoon or individual suites, select cuisine, golf, water sports and entertainment.
Vacations, weddings, honeymoon, conventions ... comfort and privacy in a new dimension of the terms 'splendor' and 'comfort'.
Elegant "adult only" vacation complex located in Playa de Paraíso on the Mexican Riviera
There are numerous tourist activities available in and around the hotel. After a relaxing day on the beach practicing your favorite water sport, take a walk along Fifth Avenue with its lively shops, bars restaurants and discotheques.
Luxury, exquisite taste and comfort come together in this 5-star all-inclusive hotel to offer clients an exclusive experience.
The hotel has a saltwater swimming pool with swim up bar, a heated indoor swimming pool with sliding roof and a still pool. Enjoy a relaxing swim and the services of a concierge on the beach and at the pool. The freshwater pool has 2 Jacuzzis and the saltwater pool has 4.
Choose from a wide variety of dining options at the hotel ranging from an assortment of international dishes at our main buffet restaurant and beachfront restaurant to the exquisite cuisine served at our 4 à la carte restaurants specializing in Italian, gourmet, oriental and surf & turf.
There are numerous sporting activities from which to choose during the day plus live shows at night and a discotheque right on the premises.
The hotel offers a variety of water sports such as snorkeling, catamaran rentals, sailing, kayaking, windsurfing and introduction to diving (in a pool). You can also work out at the gym, do aerobics, play tennis, volleyball, basketball and archery. The hotel also has a fitness room and bike rentals.
But your vacation is also for relaxing and a great place to do that is at our exclusive spa.
Meticulously designed by decorator and artisan hands from around the world, shaping the hotel's interior was the work of specialists that lasted more than five years. A mixture of different architectural styles, the corridors and rooms combine classic American with the European, medieval or modern, all surrounded by interior gardens of immense botanical wealth.
- Beach bar
- Beach sun loungers
- Beach towels
- Beach umbrellas
- Pool umbrellas
- Business center
- Conference center
- Free self parking
- Free valet parking
- Free WiFi
- Full-service spa
- Garden
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Golf course on site
- Health club
- Indoor pool
- Meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Nightclub
- Number of floors - 3
- Number of restaurants - 5
- On private beach
- One meeting room
- Outdoor pool
- Poolside bar
- Porter/bellhop
- Sauna
- Shopping on site
- Spa services on site
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Steam room
- Tennis on site
- Total number of rooms - 310
- Turkish bath/Hammam
- Wedding services
Family Friendly Amenities
- DVD player
- Free Wi-Fi
- Indoor pool
- On private beach
- Outdoor pool
- Refrigerator
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, Free valet parking
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Balcony
- Bathrobes
- Ceiling fan
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- Desk
- DVD player
- Free WiFi
- Hair dryer
- In-room safe
- iPod docking station
- Iron/ironing board
- Jetted bathtub
- Minibar (stocked, free items)
- Pay movies
- Phone
- Pillow menu
- Private bathroom
- Refrigerator
- Room service (24 hours)
- Satellite TV service
- Slippers
- Yard
Where to Eat
No tourist, leisure or business trip can do without an excellent, varied, elaborate and quality kitchen, hence, the Grand Hotel Paraiso has four restaurants, a five star buffet, snack/bar/grill on the beach and at the pool, six bars as well as 24 hour room service.
The hotel offers a variety which includes all types of meals and drinks in any of the venues served by skilled chefs and bartenders: international cuisine with a large variety of fresh fruits and vegetables, succulent main dishes as well as delicious desserts; a la carte Americans steaks grilled, broiled or barbecued; Italian, Japanese and Mexican cuisine among others.
Venezia Italian Restaurant
Haiku Japanese Restaurant
Latelier Gourmet Restaurant
Bella Vista Buffet Restaurant
Nearby Things to Do
If the Grand Paraiso Iberostar Grand Collection deserves the sobriquet 'Hotel of hotels' it's for having thought, from its conception, how best to offer its guests a superb selection for comfort and service, but also the time to relax, have fun and get fit.
Therefore, there are facilities to practice various sports: fitness center with machines; aerobic, gymnastics, dance, yoga, tai chi or spinning rooms; outdoor shooting facilities, archery, tennis, basketball, volleyball, beach volleyball, table tennis, darts and billiards. As for water sports: catamaran, kayak, introduction to diving in the pool, snorkeling and water polo.
On the other hand, water sports and activities such as the banana boat, boat trips, PADI diving school, jet-skiing, parasailing, sailing lessons, water skiing and windsurfing can be arranged at special prices.
The best golf of the Grand Paraíso
The Mayan ruins that surround the course inspired the designer PB Dye, who designed, between hills and grounds of varying difficulty, a golf course of exceptional dimensions (par 97).
The Iberostar Playa Paraíso Golf Club welcomes seasoned golfers and neophytes. Therefore, residents of the hotel can go out and play, hit balls on the practice field or spend time on the putting green to improve their strokes (18 holes free per person for stays of 3 and 4 nights, and two courses for stays 5 days or more, with food and beverage service included during the game; equipment separate).
Souvenirs, fashion, media or staples are easy to find in stores that the hotel offers its guests. A small, select commercial area where you can browse, sample and purchase Mexican products as well as products from the best international companies.
The perfect place to celebrate weddings (only one per day), anniversaries, honeymoons or special banquets, Iberostar offers its guests a coordinator who will handle reservations and attend to all the details. The participants only have to concentrate on enjoying themselves.
Meeting and Conventions
The Grand Hotel Paraíso has a convention center of 4826 sq. ft., seven halls and the capacity to accommodate up to 1,200 guests, served by a team of specialists with extensive experience in organizing events. Private rooms, public address systems, screens, connections, catering, desk, we only need a list of what you need.
- Water skiing nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Fitness classes on site
- Basketball on site
- Scuba diving on site
- Snorkeling on site
- Volleyball on site
- Segway rental/tour on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Tennis lessons on site
- Golf driving range on site
- Golf lessons on site
- Golfing on site
- Kayaking on site
- Parasailing on site
- Pilates classes on site
- Boat tours on site
Spa Services
Paradise Beach Resort Spa is a complex of 9.843 sq. ft., where you can enjoy various treatments and massages, Jacuzzis, solarium, sauna, Turkish and Roman baths, thalassic therapy pools and the extraordinary Temazcal of Mayan origin.
Also available to hotel guests are treatments for couples and massages by the sea. Specialized personnel, attentive service, locker rooms and personal hygiene areas, with all the necessary details, make up one of the best existing offers of relaxation in this corner of Mexico.
- Hot stone massage
- Deep tissue massage
- Sauna in spa
- Spa tub in spa
- Massages
- Couples treatment rooms
- Massages on beach
- Manicures and pedicures
- Thalassotherapy treatments
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No rollaway/extra beds available
No cribs (infant beds) available
Hotel Name
- Iberostar Grand Hotel Paraiso All Inclusive Playa del Carmen
- Iberostar Grand Paraiso Playa del Carmen
We should mention
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the resort prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Children 18 years old and younger are not permitted at this property. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.


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Scenario: I am generating pdf using FPDI from php , where I use a template pdf to fill the form (its static not Fillable) ,I place text in required positions to give the feeling of its filled by user. which is working great except size it little extra than expected and pdf are viewable without any error or issues
New Requirement: Now I need to
- merge these files into single file
- create a bookmark to each report generated in first step (create TOC)
- possibility reset the page numbers
Obviously I need an open source tool , I don't find any opensource lib/tool( php /java/commandline ), so I installed MacTex package for pdflatex and realted tool
Whenever I include the pdf generated from php I get the errors below . My question to this great community is how I can fix this issue and what are the chances of merging the pdf files generated from php and add TOC
I have borrowed the tex file from SE by @captaincomic
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6 Jun 2011 8:36 AM #1
PartKeepr: Open Source Electronic Component Inventory Software based on ExtJS 4
EDIT: We renamed the software from PartDB2 to PartKeepr.
our local hackerspace is currently working on an electronic component inventory software based on ExtJS4. The project is open source, feel free to participate.
"PartKeepr is an electronic part inventory management software. It helps you to keep track of your available parts and assist you with re-ordering parts. PartKeepr is designed for hackerspaces with multiple users, but you can also use it to manage your personal electronic part inventory."
Status: Alpa
Download: http://www.partkeepr.org/download
Source: https://github.com/partkeepr/PartKeepr
Demo Site: http://demo.partkeepr.org
Homepage: http://www.partkeepr.org
Note that the demo site is updated once an hour, so your session will vanish at :00 each hour. You can play around as much as you like, you can't break things. Please note that the demo data is held in german.
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12 Jul 2011 1:19 AM #3
We added quite some new things over the last month. Noteworthy:
* Ability to directly capture images from an attached webcam
* RSS feed of newly added parts
* Many small improvements
Unfortunately, we are still hit by the ExtJS scrollbar bugs. How to reproduce: Pick any category with a part count less than the screen can handle (so that the scrollbar disappears), then pick any category with a high part count (so that the scrollbar appears). From that point on, the scrollbar becomes unresponsive. I have no idea how to fix that, I already tried to call invalidateScroller() as well as hide/show scrollbars, but no effect.
EDIT: I just realized that the scrollbar bug is by no means easily reproducable
13 Jul 2011 6:30 AM #4
Wow you have been busy I like your application a lot, very tidy and easy to use. Did you have use the MVC architecture in the project with extjs 4? I'm going to download your source and have a look when I get time, seems like the kind of app which inexperienced users like me can get some real benefit from. Well done mate, solid effort all round.
20 Jul 2011 3:46 PM #5
Awesome stuff, congratulations on such a fast build
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1 Aug 2011 7:51 AM #6
Hmm.. I'm experiencing apparently the same scrollbar problem. Only in my app it's much harder to reproduce, but the general steps seem similar - going from a page without scrollbar to a page with scrollbar...
Ed, when's 4.1 expected?
Thanks and best regards,
P.S. Yeah - the app looks really tidy
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HURRICANE SANDY AND THE MARATHONPosted in Crisis Communication Failures, Crisis Management Strategy, Crisis Management Success Stories, dealing with a natural disaster, DECISIONS IN A VACUUM, Doing the right thing, Hurricane Sandy, negative publicity, New York City Marathon, Poor crisis management on November 12th, 2012 by mnayor
One of the most evident communications failures in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy involved the ING New York City Marathon. Unquestionably the success of the Marathon paled in comparison to the misery heaped on New York (and New Jersey and Connecticut) residents who should of course have received and should continue to receive immediate and effective relief.
However, I cannot understand why the Marathon could not have been transformed into a major vehicle for focusing attention on and creating relief efforts for the residents of Staten Island, and The Rockaways, the areas ofNew Yorkthe most severely damaged. I believe that the event could have been salvaged and made into something extraordinarily constructive instead of seemingly distractive and frivolous.
During the week of the storm Mayor Bloomberg kept announcing that theMarathonwould go on. He justified the decision by saying it would be good for New Yorkers. It would bring the City together and lift everyone's spirits. He also stated that no resources would be diverted from the relief effort. This comment, although true, was weak in light of the dozens of generators seen being transported toCentral Park for the traditional pasta dinner, and the numerous port-a-potties being installed near the starting line. Granted these resources were private but it all seemed so selfish. This was crisis management and crisis communication at its worst.
What might have happened if the following had occurred? Mayor Bloomberg and Mary Wittenberg, president and CEO of the New York Road Runners (NYRR) jointly announced that theMarathonwas being renamed the Sandy Relief Marathon. The prize money was being donated immediately to the relief effort. The pasta dinner was cancelled and all generators and other private resources were being transferred to stricken areas. All port-a-potties were available immediately to the public. A telethon was being established for call-in donations during the race. All runners were being encouraged to donate their time in the coming days to support efforts. And so on.
The perception and the reality of theMarathonwould have been transformed into a humanitarian effort. That's the way it should have been, instead of being billed as a cheer-leading, feel-good effort. Good crisis management in the Mayor's Office and the NYRR was lacking. They had the time to make it happen but not the imagination or creativity. The resulting cancellation on the Friday before the event was a fiasco. An embarrassment for both the Mayor and the NYRR. The financial loss to the City is in the untold millions. The damage to the reputation to the event and the Road Runners organization remains to be seen. Certainly the thousands who travelled from abroad to participate now have a bitter taste in their mouths. The most common reaction was – We understand cancelling the event but why wait until Friday. If you had cancelled earlier in the week we could have saved the trip and our airfare.
We can only hope that nothing befalls the tri-state area again likeSandy, but if it does more intelligent and creative minds should grapple with a situation like theMarathonand utilize the notoriety of such an event to good and productive use. Obviously it is easier in hindsight to come up with ideas, but doing what's right, sacrificing certain elements of an event and willingly taking two steps back in order to take one step forward would have burnished the image of the Marathon instead of tarnishing it. Trying to salvage an event in its entirety was and is perceived as putting yourself first. Placing the needs of those devastated bySandyfirst, and sacrificing some of theMarathon's bells and whistles might have just garnered a lot more respect and kept a version of the race intact. Now NYRR has to renegotiate with product sponsors, ESPN and local affiliate WABC, and the participants themselves. It difficult to envision it coming out a true winner.


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Power Shifts to The Players
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A strange thing is happening to the most management-dominated sports league in the U.S. The players are taking over.
It's happening on the field and off, in locker rooms and in grievance hearings, and it undoubtedly happened during the 2011 lockout, when the players stood their ground during a labor standoff that threatened to break the National Football League Players Association. The NFLPA had long been a poor cousin compared with baseball's and basketball's unions.
The turning point was probably in July of that year, when NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith told league officials the players union had a $350 million insurance policy the players would collect if the lockout caused the cancellation of the season. Within weeks, the two sides had a deal and the lockout ended without the loss of any games.
"We've had so many victories," said Domonique Foxworth, president of the NFLPA. "It's created this glut of momentum on our side."
Jeff Pash, the league's executive vice president, said the NFL is determined to create a partnership with the players built on trust and this was not a battle for supremacy.
"The players are our partners," said Pash. "This is not a control issue."
Still, if Roger Goodell had gotten his way the past two years, the NFL would be playing an 18-game season. Players would have taken roughly an 18% pay cut. New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma wouldn't have played a down this season. And the Pro Bowl probably would have played its last game.
Instead, the players have essentially stomped out any possibility of extending the season. Don't measure compensation only by the supposed "salary cap" of $121 million, which is basically an accounting figure for general managers that doesn't accurately reflect actual spending on players. Adding up total cash and benefits, players collected 54% off all league revenues for the 2011 season, according to NFLPA calculations, which league officials couldn't confirm. They will likely collect about the same share this season. On average, teams spent about $160 million in cash and benefits in 2011, up from about $142 million in 2010. And the riches will continue to grow, thanks in large part to $30 billion in new television contracts. The collective bargaining agreement guarantees the players 55% of that money.
Vilma's one-year suspension, because of his alleged role running a system in which the Saints paid bounties for injuring opponents, was nullified after a series of hearings, the final one handled by former Commissioner Paul Tagliabue. Last weekend, after Goodell suggested it might be time to end the Pro Bowl, the players made it clear they have no intention of letting him end their annual sojourn to Hawaii without their blessing.
Players also have remade the practice schedule. No more "voluntary" off-season workouts that aren't actually, or forcing the players into day after day of full-contact practices throughout the season. Also, with players taking more responsibility for their own health, they are far less likely to accept a team doctor's clearance from a concussion without getting a neutral opinion.
The most noticeable result of the triumph of NFL players may be a more wide-open, improvisational game, as they take further responsibility for game management from the coaches, because the role of an NFL player is shifting at the team level, too. That makes sense. In any business, an employee's input in the direction of his company rises along with his salary.
For decades the NFL built its image around Vince Lombardi, the quintessential dictatorial coach. The Super Bowl trophy is named for him. But time and again this week, players have praised the leaders of their respective teams, brothers Jim and John Harbaugh, as "players' coaches." While the Harbaughs, especially Jim, may appear plenty fiery on the sidelines, the players rave about their open-door policies and about the constant give-and-take they have with the players about strategy or any off-the-field issue a player might have. John Harbaugh, who grew up on the sidelines next to his father-coach, allows players to bring kids into the Ravens' practice facility anytime.
"You've got 53 very strong personalities on a football team," said Matt Birk, the Baltimore Ravens veteran center. "I'm not so sure the military drill sergeant approach works anymore."
John Harbaugh doesn't disagree. "I don't know how you can be a coach at any level today if you don't put your players first," he said earlier this week, uttering words that surely never passed through Bill Parcells's lips.
Just as dramatic is the shift on the field of play itself, where some of the youngest players in the league have become the most important. The NFL is shifting from a league where coaches dictate most of the action, to one of constant improvisation, where even rookies, such as Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III, are taking on an unprecedented level of responsibility for managing games.
Keep an eye on second-year pro Colin Kaepernick in the Super Bowl. The San Francisco quarterback took over the team's offense in November. Kaepernick's athletic ability—his legs are as strong as his arm—has allowed the team to use an offense that relies on him to read the defense while the play is in motion, and then decide whether to hand off the ball, run it himself or throw.
"We do give him an awful lot of responsibility," said Geep Chryst, the 49ers quarterbacks coach. Driving that process, Chryst said, is a new generation of athletes with abilities that didn't really exist 30 years ago. "These athletes are so dynamic that being able to collaborate with them becomes so important."
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Jan. 12, 2013.
It's official.
I have awakened to declare this Saturday on the calendar a "Me Day."
Me. Me. Me.
We all need one of those every once in a while, I think you would agree, to recharge our batteries and renew ourselves for whatever comes next.
It would be a day of no rendering onto Casear, even though I would be attending the Steubenville Saddle Club's annual awards banquet that evening to take photos and write a story for the newspaper, but since it involved horses and horse people, that hardly counts as work in my book. I was happy to go.
I got up early on this Saturday to savor the day, since sleeping in would actually make me a little mad at myself.
As much as I like to snooze, I view sleeping in on a Saturday as a day-robber, leaving me with less time to do all that I want to do for me, me, me.
It's a warm winter day.
I don't know what it's like today as you're reading this, but last Saturday was a January gem as the thermometer flirted with 60 before it was all said and done.
I am loving the me time.
I have my morning coffee in the quiet of this new day, three or four cups to properly caffeinate me for the descent to the basement for Joy No. 1.
I will wash the Kiaskimobile.
Certainly everyone's interpretation of having some quality me time doesn't translate into washing a car, but it sure works for me.
I had mentioned to Better Half my intent the night before. He made that "why bother" face. I shushed him.
No matter the forecast, I assured him, I am washing the car, a dirty overcoat on wheels I can no longer bear to don.
Step away from the woman with the hose, bucket and sponge, and no one gets hurt.
I drink in the finished result with delight.
The car clean, a final cup of joe enjoyed, it's time for Joy No. 2.
I scrounge for my jogging clothes, an outfit more functional than fashionable - my faithful tennis shoes, old scruddy black sweatpants with a white paint stain from a past project, Better Half's red U.S. Marine Corps sweatshirt and a red bandanna.
Off on my snow-free route I go, grateful for the friend that jogging has been for me through the years.
I think of songs, say a few prayers, commit the morning's Bible verse to memory or realize at some points with a level of amused surprise that I've actually entertained no thoughts at all.
Back home, I can feel the endorphines kick in and catch a whiff of the wet puppy smell a good workout delivers.
I sit in outdoor weather comfort on the front porch steps with my dog Lucy at my side, contemplating what's next.
And I think I'm ready.
"This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it."
(Kiaski, a resident of Steubenville, is a staff columnist and features writer for the Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times and community editor for the Herald-Star. She can be contacted at email@example.com.)


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6 Smart Movie Characters Who Do Incredibly Dumb Things
Movie characters are smarter than us because they have the important advantage of, you know, not having to exist in a real universe. The writer who comes up with Sherlock's ingenious solution to the mystery also comes up with the mystery -- it's pretty easy to be smart in that context. Yet, as we've pointed out before, sometimes these supposed geniuses make decisions that even a WWE staff writer would find patently ridiculous. For instance ...
#6. Batman Begins -- Batman Risks His Life for No Reason
Warner Bros.
In Batman Begins, Liam Neeson and his ridiculous mustache poison Gotham City's water supply with a drug that makes people go violently crazy. However, the poison only works when it is vaporized, so he steals a giant microwave gun to vaporize the city's entire supply all at once. Luckily, no one in Gotham decided to have a hot shower or boil anything on their stoves in the interim. That really would've tipped his hand.
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"Please, Master Wayne, you were in the suit all night. You smell like rotten onions and hobo taint."
In the film's climax, Neeson hops on a monorail with the microwave cannon and heads toward the city's main water distribution center, which is inexplicably a stop on the monorail's route. Batman intercepts the monorail to exchange punches and one-liners with Liam Neeson, then leaps to safety just as the monorail derails and explodes.
But Wait a Minute ...
There was absolutely no reason for Batman to get on the monorail.
You see, before Batman hops onto the train to beat up his former BFF, he gives the Batmobile to Commissioner Gordon and tells him to blast apart the monorail's tracks, engineering the derailment. So Batman knows the train is going to crash, killing Neeson and destroying the microwave cannon. Why the hell would he then Batman his way up to the speeding monorail car and risk his life in a brief punch-witticism contest? Just for the satisfaction of spin-kicking that goateed face one last time?
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"Seriously, I'm rich; I will buy you a razor company to get rid of that thing."
Come to think of it, why the hell did he put Commissioner Gordon in the Batmobile and task him with making the critical train-destroying shot? Gordon has never even seen that kind of sophisticated technology before, and he even misses his first shot. What if he hadn't managed to blow up the tracks in time? What if he'd pressed the eject button by accident?
Warner Bros.
"I played Space Invaders back in '79. I got this."
Batman should've shot out the tracks himself. Even if by some miracle Liam Neeson managed to stop the speeding train in time, his plan is totally screwed. It's not like he could toss the microwave cannon on his back and run the rest of the way, and if he tried, Batman would already be sitting there with his Batmobile cannon pointing at the train. The "World's Greatest Detective" added two completely unnecessary and needlessly risky steps to his supervillain-thwarting plan.
#5. Man of Steel -- Zod's Prison Sentence Saves His Life and Dooms Everyone Else
Warner Bros.
Man of Steel begins on the doomed planet of Krypton, where General Zod and his renegade followers attempt to overthrow the governing council because they're not content to just sit there twiddling their thumbs while the entire planet explodes. Zod's coup fails, and he and his followers are sentenced to "300 cycles of somatic reconditioning" in the Phantom Zone, which is basically "space jail" with a bunch of extra syllables. They're shipped off right before Krypton blows up, which is really lucky for them, when you think about it.
But Wait a Minute ...
Why doesn't the council imprison Zod on Krypton? Their entire world is hours from destruction, but the council decides to punish Zod by sending him and his crew off planet, effectively saving their lives. We get that there wasn't enough time to evacuate all of Krypton, but why use their transdimensional technology to save a handful of supervillains? Why not send their best scientists and scholars to the Phantom Zone and toss Zod and his cronies into county lockup?
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And why do they send people to prison in space cocks?
It's not like the Phantom Zone is the Kryptonian equivalent of a Turkish prison -- Zod returns in a ship full of advanced technology, including space suits and a clone hatchery, that his jailers put him in.
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"It's not all fun and games. The blow job machines in the suits don't work the balls all that well."
It's not like they didn't know that Zod would continue being evil if given the chance. He spent his last moments on Krypton screaming oaths of vengeance at Superman's mom, and yet not one member of the council paused to ask if maybe they shouldn't lock him in his apartment instead and let the detonating planet take care of him.
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"Krypton, nooooo! They were supposed to install our margarita machine next week!"
#4. World War Z -- The U.N.'s Top Man Doesn't Know How a Stealth Mission Works
Paramount Pictures
In World War Z, U.N. investigator Gerry Lane tracks down the origins of a global zombie epidemic to an army base in South Korea. Gerry and a team of soldiers then try to sneak back to their plane without alerting the zombies, who are attracted to sound.
Everything is going smoothly until Gerry's wife calls him on his cellphone, penetrating the silence with a thunderous eulogy fart of poor timing. The ringing phone draws the attention of the zombies, who proceed to kill everyone escorting Gerry while conveniently sparing his pilot. They may be zombies, but they're not assholes.
Paramount Pictures
"Oh, is that your wife? Tell her to put the kids on and I'll do the whole 'Braiiiiinnss!' act. Kids love that."
But Wait a Minute ...
First of all, even if Gerry was just a regular dude, he should have known better. Sure, he couldn't have known his wife was going to call, but Jesus Christ, you put your phone on silent when you're in a movie theater. You'd think "prowling around behind flesh-eating enemy lines" would command the same level of caution. Getting your skull pried open by an ocean of ghouls ranks a bit higher on the faux pas list than interrupting the Carrie remake. But also, Gerry wasn't just a regular dude.
Gerry was hand-picked for this world-saving mission because he was the best investigator the U.N. could get their hands on -- they rescued him from the zombie chaos specifically so he could do this. He has years of experience running covert ops in war-torn countries and has already seen what the zombies are capable of, and what attracts them. Not doing a cursory check of "Do I have noise-making devices in my pocket?" on the way out the door to a fucking stealth mission to save the human species from annihilation is like the president forgetting to wear pants to the inauguration.
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U.S. Ambassador congratulates Saudi leadership and people on National Day
September 23, 2012
In a press statement released today on behalf of the United States government and people, U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom James B. Smith congratulated Saudi Arabia on its 82nd National Day. He extended warm greetings to the Kingdom's leadership and people and reaffirmed that the U.S. values the Kingdom as a close friend and ally. "Cooperation between the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia spans many decades and many fields, and the United States takes pride in the cooperation between our two countries," he said. "It ranges from trade to education, science, technology, health and humanitarian fields."
Regarding future relations, the Ambassador stated, "We want to put a new emphasis on student exchanges and educational partnerships. I know this is something close to King Abdullah's heart. On this occasion, I salute King Abdullah's initiative to invest in Saudi youth through the King Abdullah Scholarship Program, which has sent more than 100,000 Saudi students to study overseas. We are honored that more than half of those students have chosen to study in the United States."
Ambassador Smith continued, "I also laud the King's leadership on the many initiatives he has taken both on the local and international scenes. His establishment of the King Abdul Aziz Center for National Dialogue has promoted a culture of dialogue, moderation, and tolerance. These positive initiatives have cemented the unity of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and put the country and the region on a path toward a stronger, more prosperous, and more secure future."
The Ambassador concluded, "As we join you in celebrating this special day, we reaffirm the commitment of the United States to broadening and deepening our partnership with Saudi Arabia in the years to come. We wish you a safe and joyous National Day."


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Jacques Nasser, BHP Billiton chairman since 2010, says the export of onshore oil and gas, which has surged in recent years as new extraction techniques have been developed, will bring geopolitical benefits around the world and also create a large number of highly skilled jobs.
By ROBB M. STEWART
MELBOURNE -- The chairman of BHP Billiton, which is pumping
billions of dollars into developing shale assets in the US,
says the country should be encouraging oil and natural gas
exports rather than worrying about weaning itself off foreign
"I don't like the phrase energy security and energy
independence. I think that would be really wrong for a country
to go down that path," Jacques Nasser told a business luncheon
in Melbourne Thursday. "The US should not be afraid to import
certain forms of energy, but also should be promoting exports
of certain forms of energy."
Mr. Nasser, BHP's chairman since 2010 and a former president
and chief executive of Ford Motor Co. from 1998 to 2001, said
all forms of energy should be traded globally.
The export of onshore oil and gas, which has surged in recent
years as new extraction techniques have been developed, will
bring geopolitical benefits around the world and also create a
large number of highly skilled jobs, he said.
"As a country I used to be critical of the US because it
never had an energy policy. Then they surprised the heck
out of all of us, because by not having an energy policy they weren't able to regulate
those really smart, innovative entrepreneurs who started the
shale gas and oil revolution," Mr. Nasser said.
The US Energy Information Administration last year estimated
the country's natural gas output will increase to 33.1 trillion
cubic feet in 2040 from 23 trillion cubic feet in 2011, driven
largely by shale production. It expects crude-oil production
will increase to about 7.5 million bpd in 2019 from 5.7
million bpd in 2011.
Cheniere Energy, which is building a liquefied natural gas
(LNG) export terminal in Sabine Pass, La., is the only company
to hold permits to export gas out of the lower US where the
bulk of shale production is taking place. Several other
companies have applied for licenses to export, but are awaiting
regulatory approval.
BHP in 2011 expanded a petroleum portfolio that already
included operations in the US Gulf of Mexico, Australia and
elsewhere by grabbing thousands of acres of shale assets in the
US with the $12.1 billion takeover of Petrohawk Energy and
$4.75 billion purchase of Chesapeake Energy's Fayetteville
The company has said it expects output of 240 million bbl of
oil equivalent in the year through June. The company also
produces energy coal and uranium.
The surge in gas volumes coincided with a jump in shale
developments to hit the price of the fuel and last year
prompted a number of energy companies to write down the value
of assets, although US gas prices have recovered. BHP booked a
$2.8 billion impairment charge against its Fayetteville gas
assets in the last fiscal year.
"We're bullish on energy demand in total," Mr. Nasser said,
adding growth was expected to at least equal gross domestic
product levels.
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Hannah Deegan scored 15 points and the Woodland girls basketball team ended the game on a 16-2 run to claim a 45-34 win over Ansonia on Thursday in the semifinals of the Candy Cane Classic Tournament at Amity.
Andrea Piccolo added 14 points while Nicole Fowler contributed eight for Woodland (3-3).
Melissa Tirella finished with 14 points while Tierney Lawlor recorded a double-double with 10 points, 13 rebounds and three steals, for Ansonia (3-3).
Woodland will play Amity tonight at Amity at 7 for the tournament title. Ansonia will play Oxford at 5.
Kennedy 36, Crosby 31: Shontia Punter recorded a double-double with 14 points and 15 rebounds as the Eagles snuck by the Bulldogs in an NVL game at Kennedy.
Lillian Martinez added eight points while Dominique Moss chipped in with five points and 16 rebounds. D.J. Alberto scored five points and had nine rebounds for Kennedy (6-1).
Zanayia Love had a game-high 17 points while Rashana Siders contributed six points for Crosby (1-3).
St. Paul 40, Seymour 39: Theresa Swanke recorded a double-double with 13 points and 15 rebounds, and also sank the game-winning layup with four seconds remaining as the Falcons downed the Wildcats in Bristol.
Lizzy Ferraro scored eight points for St. Paul (4-3).
Katie Dow netted a game-high 19 points, including four 3-pointers, while Cindy Farrell added nine points and five rebounds for Seymour (2-5). Tierra Harvey had six rebounds and Angela Tacinelli had four assists and two steals.
Pomperaug 62, Sacred Heart Academy 55: Gabbie Holness recorded 25 points, nine rebounds, seven assists and eight steals for Pomperaug as it defeated Sacred Heart Academy (3-3) in the Plainville Holiday Tournament.
Morgan Metcalf added 16 points, six rebounds and five steals for the Panthers (6-0), while Sarah Therault chipped in with 12 points. Katelyn Perrotti had eight rebounds.
Pomperaug will face the winner of Plainville vs. Trinity Catholic tonight at 6:15 p.m. at Plainville.
Naugatuck 62, Wilby 32: Angelina Piccirillo netted a game-high 24 points, had eight steals and grabbed seven rebounds as the Greyhounds outscored the Wildcats 31-12 in the second half en route to the win at Naugatuck.
Amy Dietz recorded a double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds while Rena Ceryak added seven points and Felicia Gullotta chipped in with six points and seven rebounds for Naugatuck (3-5).
Tchaiwanda Chambers scored 10 points while Rashida Trawick and Chandrea Griffin both had six points for Wilby (1-7).
Holy Cross 51, Derby 25: Kiera O'Donnell led all scorers with 12 points as the Crusaders defeated the Red Raiders in Waterbury.
Amy Stafford and Robyn Grimshaw added seven points apiece for Holy Cross (5-2).
Rebecca Adanti led Derby (0-7) with nine points, while Shelby Mendillo chipped in with seven.
Amity 29, Oxford 26: Taylor Drayton scored 14 points, had five rebounds, and two steals but it wasn't enough as Amity topped Oxford in the first round of the Candy Cane Classic at Amity.
Bobbie Stilson scored seven points and had four steals while Melanie Cianciola chipped in with four steals for Oxford (2-2).
Bristol Eastern 50, Hand 42: Karissa Smith poured in 32 points and grabbed 22 rebounds to lead the Lancers to the first-round victory at the Hand Holiday Classic in Madison. Amanda Zdun added 11 for Eastern (4-2).
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Let $M$ and $N$ be two topological manifolds. Denote by $[M,N]^{\text{diff}}$ and $[M,N]^{\text{cont}}$ the set of homotopy classes of differential and continuous maps respectively. Is it true that $[M,N]^{\text{diff}}=[M,N]^{\text{cont}}$ ? Any reference? Thank you.
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Fascinating discussion.
These "immutable views" sound nice, for read-only data at least - and for binary data, where you may want to query at an extremely low-level but not pay for relational representation costs. Also sounds like the M type-system where types can be built from expressions.
A human face on data? Sounds like Quadrant. I wonder if Beckman is really working on the Oslo project.
Democratizing data: Making it easy to program (LINQ) and view (Quadrant) all kinds of data in all kinds of ways?
Democratizing the Web: Making it easy to program (LINQ, Astoria, REST, Volta) the Web?
Democratizing the cloud: Making it easy to program (Dryad, LINQ, DryadLINQ) the cloud?
There's a lot of democr/Mort/atization going on
Looking forward to the PFC panel discussions.
Erik is an excellent interviewer.
Thank you Erik and Charles. Please keep up the great content!
In a database of the future, I'd like to be able to declare my taxonomy, interval (including temporal) properties of objects and their attributes and functions to derive new truths about objects based on the truths obtained so far. Then I might want to specify how much of those computational graphs I want to store precomputed (which would allow me to have OLTP, data warehouses, cubes and whatever funky terms are currently used to descripbe various stages of truth discovery/derivation). Are there any developments in those directions?
(I guess inclusion of MDM services into 2008 R2 may seem to hit that the answer is "soft of").
To the subject of the code running closer to the data, this was obvious for quite a while now that shipping bits over network to have a copy in application memory and process it using (more often than not) less sophisticated algorithms than those already present at the point of storage doesn't make much sense. Database is a computational engine, so it should have a powerful language to create computational expressions. Unfortunately SQL in general is not quite that, and T-SQL in particular isn't either.
Having F# inside database engine would be nice. Add "pure mode" for querying (which should be side effects free) and use imperative mode to produce side effects (data modifications).
I get a "file corrupt" error when trying to play the Zune version with the Zune software (4.0 64-bit), but it plays OK in VLC Player.
I also cannot play it on my PSP.
I've PSP 3000 with Software version 6.10.
I've downloaded PSP mp4 file, but have "The data type is not supported" error.
The same problem seems to be for all channel 9 videos (another not working example is Lists in F#)
That Dave feller comes across as sort of a jerk. But that's just me.
That couldn't be farther from the truth... Dave is one of the nicest people I've met and he's also one of the smartest. Not sure what makes you think what you think....
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by Melissa Brunner
I enjoy movies, but must admit I'm not a must-see-it-the-moment-it-comes-out kind of fanatic. The Oscar nominees announced today? I haven't seen any of the Best Picture nominees - it usually takes me couple years to catch up! However, I am always interested to hear who wins and what Hollywood thinks is best.
Most casual observers would likely agree that Oscar tends to go for projects that are serious or off-beat. So when I heard Melissa McCarthy earned a Best Supporting Actress nod for her work in the movie "Bridesmaids," I was a bit surprised. Yes, it's among the recent movies I've actually seen - on an airplane, making the guy next to me think I was quite odd laughing out loud at what might best be described as gross-out humor. It's definitely not the sort of thing upon which we're used to seeing high-browed Oscar smile!
If she wins, it would be reminiscent of Marissa Tomei's victory for "My Cousin Vinny." It's still debated whether the win was deserved.
Good comedy is tough. Why shouldn't something that makes us escape into mindless laughter be recognized as much as something that makes us cry tears of sadness or takes us to some epic depiction of historical events?


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When I attempt to upgrade the Update manager shows a warning message stating "Your ubuntu release is no longer supported." Okay... Click "close" it never goes away. Locks-up the update manager and game over.
Next, try to update the software sources but can't do that either since it launches from the System > Administer > Software Sources and guess what? Needs sudo...
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30 Jan 2013 7:52 AM #1
sencha 2.1, cmd and phonegap
I'm getting completely messed up trying to publish a sencha 2.1 app for phonegap.
Sencha 2.0 works fine for me, and it's not the phonegap instance in Xcode. Somehow I guess sencha cmd in 2.1 is doing something that I'm not accounting for. Whilst it looks like all the paths for css and js resources are correct, I get stuck on the three dots and the blue loading screen.
Can anyone explain what I'm missing?
Thanks in advance,
30 Jan 2013 10:28 AM #2
Ah yes this was broken in 2.1.0 and fixed in 2.1.1. If you have a support contract you can download 2.1.1. If not you have a choice. You can either upgrade again to 2.2 Alpha http://www.sencha.com/forum/announcement.php?f=91&a=36
or you can downgrade back to 2.1.0.
There is also a manual fix that involves ripping out all the Ext.device stuff.
http://www.sencha.com/forum/showthre...l=1#post918342Phil Strong
31 Jan 2013 2:07 AM #3
I'm running 2.1.0 Build 678 - so I assume you meant in your note to downgrade to to 2.0, not 2.1.0?
You guys do a tremendous job, and I've said that often. That said, I'm a little surprised by all this. I realise that you will probably say that it's not your concern about how ST integrates with any third party tools, and you do have your own native packaging tool, but many use phone gap because of the variety of excellent plugins - like the childbrowser plugin - that are available. (any chance things like that can integrate directly into ST?)
Rather than ending up using a day trying to get it to work, it would have been a lot easier for me to have read an entry in the known bugs section to indicate there was a significant issue with 2.1.0 building with phonegap. Bugs are fine when we know about them and know you're working on them. But not to be offered the fix without paying extra for it (as I understand your note), is frustrating. 2.2 is there, but is beta only. Maybe it solves the problem, or maybe it creates more…who knows without going down that route - and maybe not being able to get back?
Anyway - with 2.1.0 Build 678, I see that I can start a project in either 2.0 or 2.1. I assume if I start in 2.0, this is sufficient to avoid the phonegap bug? Also, is there a simple way to downgrade an existing project already begun in 2.1.0, or do I have to start over?
Sorry if it's a moan - let me say again, I think you guys are doing amazing stuff!
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Yikes, I meant Touch 2.1.0 not Architect.Phil Strong
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I can't speak for the Touch team about how they do known bugs, but here at Architect we totally agree with you. You should be able to simply change your Library (base path). I would seriously consider the 2.2 Alpha or the comment out trick. If you decide the latter option it's really not that scary as it's a continuous block you can comment out.Phil Strong


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Stuck, help, please, I am really new to this. I opened the 2-norm and multiplied by $n$, then I am thinking to square both sides. The problem is that I do not know how to open $(x_1 + x_2 + ... + x_n)^2$
$\|x\|_1 \leqslant \sqrt n\cdot \|x\|_2$
Stuck, help, please, I am really new to this. I opened the 2-norm and multiplied by $n$, then I am thinking to square both sides. The problem is that I do not know how to open $(x_1 + x_2 + ... + x_n)^2$
$\|x\|_1 \leqslant \sqrt n\cdot \|x\|_2$
Hint: This is Cauchy-Schwarz inequality applied to the vectors $x=(|x_k|)_{1\leqslant k\leqslant n}$ and $y=(y_k)_{1\leqslant k\leqslant n}$ defined by $y_k=1$ for every $k$.
We will expand and then complete squares Square up both sides and expand then you get $$ \sum _{i=1}^{n} \sum _{j=1}^{n} |x_i| |x_j| \leq n\sum _ {i=1}^{n} x_i^2$$
$$\sum _{i=1}^{n} \sum _{j=1}^{n} |x_i| |x_j|= \sum_ {1\leq i<j\leq n}2|x_i||x_j| + \sum_ {i=1}^{n} x_i^2$$
So it suffices to prove $$\sum_ {1\leq i<j\leq n}2|x_i||x_j|\leq (n-1)\sum _ {i=1}^{n} x_i^2$$ But $$\sum_ {1\leq i<j\leq n}(|x_i|-|x_j|)^2 =\sum_ {1\leq i<j\leq n} (x_i^2+x_j^2 -2|x_i||x_j|)=$$ $$\sum_ {1\leq i<j\leq n} (x_i^2+x_j^2)+\sum_ {1\leq i<j\leq n}( -2|x_i||x_j|)\geq 0$$
But $$\sum_ {1\leq i<j\leq n} (x_i^2+x_j^2)=\sum_ {1\leq i<j\leq n}x_i^2+\sum_ {1\leq i<j\leq n}x_j^2=\sum_ {i=1}^{n-1}x_i^2 (n-i)+\sum_ {j=2}^{n} x_j^2(j-1)= \sum_ {i=2}^{n-1}x_i ^2 (n-i)+\sum_ {i=2}^{n-1}x_i^2 (i-1)+(n-1)x_1^2+x_n^2(n-1)=$$ $$=(n-1)\sum_ {i=1}^{n}x_i^2$$ And we are done
Here's a different approach if you don't know Cauchy-Schwarz.
It suffices to show the inequality in the case where all the coordinates are positive since both norms don't change when we swap signs of the coordinates. So consider $D = \{ x = (x_1, \dots, x_n) \, | \, x_i \ge 0 , \| (x_1, \dots, x_n) \|_1 = C \}$ for some $C > 0$ and the function $$ f(x_1, \dots, x_n) = n \sum_{i=1}^n x_i^2 - \left( \sum_{i=1}^n x_i \right) \left( \sum_{j=1}^n x_j \right). $$ The set $D$ is compact, so $f$ attains a minimum over $D$ because $f$ is a polynomial, hence continuous. We will show this minimum is zero.
Using Lagrange multipliers, one can find where the minimum of $f$ lies at. We compute : $$ \frac{\partial f}{\partial x_k} = 2n x_k - 2 \left( \sum_{i=1}^n x_i \right) $$ hence $$ \nabla f(x_1, \dots, x_n) = 2n(x_1, \dots, x_n) - 2 \left( \sum_{i=1}^n x_i, \sum_{i=1}^n x_i, \dots, \sum_{i=1}^n x_i \right). $$ One can write the constraint as $g(x_1, \dots, x_n) = x_1 + \dots + x_n$, hence using Lagrange multipliers gives us the following constraint on the minimum : there exists $\lambda \in \mathbb R$ such that $$ \lambda (1,\dots,1) = \lambda \nabla g(x_1, \dots, x_n) = \nabla f(x_1, \dots, x_n) = 2n (x_1, \dots, x_n) - \left( \sum_{i=1}^n x_i, \dots, \sum_{i=1}^n x_i \right) $$ This means all coordinates are equal, i.e. $x_1 = \dots = x_n = \frac{\lambda + \sum_{i=1}^n x_i}{2n}$. Plugging this into $f$ gives $f(x_1, \dots, x_1) = 0$. We know that the minimum of $f$ does not lie on the boundary of $D$, because on the boundary of $D$ one of the coordinates of $f$ is zero, thus we can use induction on $n$ (the case $n=1$ is trivial because then $\|x\|_1 = \|x\|_2$ for all $x$). Therefore the minimum of $f$ is zero, hence $f$ is always positive, which gives $$ n \sum_{i=1}^n x_i^2 \ge \left( \sum_{i=1}^n x_i \right) \left( \sum_{j=1}^n x_j \right) \quad \Longrightarrow \quad \sqrt n \| x \|_2 \ge \| x \|_1. $$ Hope that helps!


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Could we please close my thread as I am not going to play it anymore with the impending release of FM10 Demo...
Could we please close my thread as I am not going to play it anymore with the impending release of FM10 Demo...
Could one of the nice mods change the name of my thread 'The King of Norfolk' to 'Just Like Watching Brizzle' please.
Done .
Too quick for me, Purefun
I must be really slow then
Just luck, I'm usually the slowest...
Ta very much.
Phew, when I seen your name I thought you were going to close your thread.
No danger of that at the moment, I'm having far too much fun!
Can I change the name of my thread again please (blame the Bristol Rovers board for sacking me after 6 months). Can I have 'Trouble at 't Mill' please. I'll try and make this one last a bit longer...
(who said I was slow? )
(Although it did take 2 minutes longer than yesterday )
Calling all mods! Calling all mods!
I have played all I am going to play with fm09 for now. Is there any chance one of you helpful folks could close my "Best of British" Thread please.
Thanks in advance.
OOhh one minute. Nice Dafuge.
How long had you been sitting there refreshing and waiting for a post ?
Thanks Dafuge.
Dafuge is now 2 for 2 after that dismal third place in Lollujo's first name change request. KUTGW
Too late Daf, yet again I take the crown.
dafuge had an open goal... and he missed
Another chance for dafuge to be the quickest...My thread, Don't cry for me Argentina has been labelled [FM09] but it's actually FM08 so could a mod please change it to [FM08] please? Thanks.
Damm it.
Gave you at least 6 hrs there as well
Excuse me for sleeping.
Obviously none of you are a patch on dafuge! Do you sleep daf?
He is a machine I tell ya.
I reckon he just sits at his computer with his save game running and the forum page up 24/7! That'll explain why he gets so far into his games and is lightning when it comes to thread closures/name changes!
Haven't you got work to mark?!
One other thing...i've noticed that on all SI forums the info bar at the bottom that tells you who's online in that particular room has gone. Is there any reason it's been disabled?
can you close this thread - http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=159640
I have been relegated and sacked, so I can no longer post about that particular career.
Leave some for me.
Could a mod please add - A Tonbridge Angels Career to the end of my title?
So it's Cardios Angels - A Tonbridge Angels Career
dafuge getting on a roll here
He is a machine. He is a machine. He is a machine.
Could someone close/delete my new career (the England one)
I know it was rather stupid to open it but due to unforeseen events (being involved with OTF FMO) I will not be writing it up. Sorry!
And closed mate, good luck with FMO.
Where's dafuge!?
He is getting older you see.
can you delete my thread just plain sailing please i going to start again but with more leagues loaded as looking to do journeyman career cheers
He is so full of spam. ;p
Could you close this please, I got sacked!
Me too please Dafuge - close this one when you get a chance
And closed.
Could do with my Utd one getting closed but I have to find the link don't I?
EDIT: Here it is: http://www.community.sigames.com/sho...d.php?t=135443
There are some bugs in my career game which I have realized is making it unplayable.
Can someone please close this thread? Thanks.
Already thinking of a new save, but I'll make a new thread once I'm settled in the save.
Afternoon lads. You wouldn't mind doing me a favor, and changing my Knockbreda thread title to "[FM08] Knockbreda F.C - 1 Man. 3,000 Dreams" would ya?
Good luck with the last few goals needed
cheers daf
can you delete my thread: http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=170825
I've closed it Azeryk-
Cheers, now to find someone to remove that stupid dash after my name
Could you close both my threads please? I can't continue with them for now, but who knows what will happen in the future.
much appreciated
Please may you close this thread http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=170191
My save is no longer working
Thanks dafuge
Could we please close thecan on my baked beans thread http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=165184
I'll be giving FM10 another go and continuing my both my save and thread (http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=169711). Could a mod delete posts 20 - 32 please to maintain the cleanliness of my thread?
all done
Hi could a mod please change my threads name from 'Hurst Will Come First' to 'FC Canavese - The New Borns of Italian Football'
A reward will go out to the first to do it
How do I claim my prize?
Could this be closed please?
The save isn't working since I updated to Windows 7 at the weekend It's worth it just to get off Vista though!
I'll get this German save going yet!!!!
Closed it.
Regarding getting your save to work though - have you patched to the latest version before trying to load it?
I think it maybe got corrupted switching between media - I saved a few files to DVD before changing the OS. Then when I put it back in the games folder it wouldn't work. Just a guess, but I think that's what it was.
Ah, hard luck then
I've been looking forward to FM10 so much because I could use the editor to create the German set-up I wanted, and because 09 Germany was bugged to hell.
Now I can't get a save off the ground! LOL
.............goes off to try again.
Can some please close this thread?
Thanks in advance
Sorry to bother you again but could you possibly change this thread name to 'Its all Greek to me'
Thanks In Advance again
Hello. Could my old thread http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=168313 be closed please.
Starting a new save with a better league update.
The [FM10] isn't needed in the title of my thread here - http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=175398
Done iacovone .
Where's daf these days?
EDIT: **** I think he got a boat over to Australia to get that free massage!


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At one time, the Wichita occupied parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. In 1872, they ceded all their land to the United States. Culturally Wichita tribes were similar to the Pawnee, who also lived in the Great Plains. A distinctive structure to the Wichita was their grass houses, built in a cone-shape that resembled a haystack. Also unique to the Wichita people was a dance for agricultural fertility and in the late 19th century they adopted the Ghost Dance.
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If you are thinking of starting toilet training now, take a moment to consider your reasons for this decision.
Do you feel that your child is prepared to start—and succeed at—this challenging process? Has she expressed an interest? Do you need to move her out of diapers soon due to child-care requirements or financial pressure? Or are you simply feeling uneasy because other children her age or younger have already been toilet-trained, because your older child was already trained by this age, or because relatives or friends are beginning to ask you when you're going to start?
These last few motivators can be quite powerful, but they are best ignored. Your child's needs have little to do with those of her peers or siblings. Even twins frequently become ready for toilet training at very different times. Other children's training schedules should therefore not be a consideration, nor should the understandable but counterproductive desire to demonstrate your parenting skills or your child's advanced intelligence.
Rest assured: Many brilliant children, even those with wonderful, loving parents, do not become fully trained until preschool or even later.