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Extra points if you fess up that you bought it. I've been thinking about the Eggies item, but a friend bought it so I am waiting for her verdict. I did buy the Buxton purse which proved to not hold as much as it said.
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My favorite one is probably the Slap Chop. It's almost criminal! No, didn't buy it.
We have bought the Ped Egg (works, but the blades wear out way too fast), the plastic adjustable tv/computer tray (kids broke it in a week). My wife wants the brownie pan that cuts up the brownies for you too.
Most favorite is the Alden proGrabit. I'm always skeptical about As Seen on TV products but this one REALLY WORKS!! Saved me a lot of times too. Love it. But didn't buy it on TV, bought it off Amazon. Least favorite is the Slap Chop, that thing is a nightmare.
The swivel sweeper is really awesome. It is the only "as seen on TV" item I have purchased, and I got it in Walgreens! Of course I did not get the TV deal of two for one, but of course no shipping & handling.
@kamnet: If you're wearing out the blades on teh ped-egg, I'd recommend an industrial grinder instead
@kamikazeken: Nah I just grabbed the metal file out of my toolkit. My easier ;-)
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Let $X$ be a smooth curve over a field. Let $Y$ be the triple product $X \times X \times X$. Let $\gamma$ be a homologically trivial codimension $2$ cycle.
In the text [Zhang, p. 76] that I am currently reading it is concluded that $\pi_{i,*}(\gamma)$ is trivial (rationally). I do not see why this is true, and could not find a proof elsewhere.
In [Zhang] there is more context, but I think that I stated the relevant input for the claim.
[Zhang] Shou-Wu Zhang. "Gross–Schoen Cycles and Dualising Sheaves". arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/0812.0371 .
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First, a question and a comment. I don't use SUSE, so take this with a pinch of salt. Are the packages that install in /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages official packages? If so, SUSE is broken, so that is not likely. If they are not official packages, you could either ask the packagers to use the standard paths, or, alternatively, you could submit a wishlist bug to SUSE asking them to support this additional path. This will save you and other people additional headaches.
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I am thinking about buying Pogoplug (50 $) which is in fact a NAS server similar to the famous
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nslu2, this device can be hacked to have a full fresh Linux server running. There are lots of tutorials on how to install Linux and
LAMP to turn it into a web server. Check here
My question is if Pogoplug is able to run Linux, is it then possible to install Puppy Linux (or with live USB) with the graphical user interface?
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Q: I caught my 13-year-old son smoking about three months ago. I had a long talk with him and he promised that he wouldn't smoke anymore. I just found out that he's smoking again. I'm not sure how to discipline him. Should I keep him away from his friends?
A: The earlier that kids begin smoking, the more likely they will become addicted. Don't punish your 13-year-old or keep him away from his friends. These wouldn't be effective or appropriate responses. He needs your help and your understanding as he tries to overcome the temptations to smoke. There are many reasons why kids begin to smoke. Some are related to the physical pleasures involved in smoking, but my bet is that your son smokes because he thinks it's cool that he has friends who think the same way.
Telling him that he's going to die from lung cancer or trying to scare him out of smoking with the "black lung" routine probably won't affect the decisions he makes because he's young and thinks he's indestructible. Discussing how smoking can impair his athletic performance, his appeal to others (yellow teeth, bad breath, smelling like an ashtray), and his allowance (you can't continue to give him an allowance if the money could possibly be used for cigarettes) would appeal to him "where he lives."
Tell him that you'll research smoking-cessation programs for teens to get him some help. Start your search with the American Lung Association and your local Department of Public Health. It's also worth trying to appeal to his sense of being played for a sucker by tobacco companies, who attempt to lure young kids into becoming lifelong smokers. Try this mixture of empathy, support, and practical help. Remember, he's not trying to defy you by smoking; it's not easy to stop. Hang in there with him.
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Personally, I have not encountered cockroaches, but I wish to know how to deal them if I do. Are there any health concerns related to them? Are they in the habit of sneaking into your bed or luggage? Is shaking your boots in the morning the only thing you have to do about them?
There are health concerns, mostly related to the fact that they can carry infection on their feet and mouth parts as they will walk through all sorts of substances you would not want in your mouth, so cleaning food preparation or serving surfaces is recommended.
They like dark crevices - especially in kitchens, where food could fall in cracks or under cupboards - and where there is ample food they will multiply incredibly fast. Turning on lights causes them to scatter for shelter.
If your luggage is closed they aren't likely to actively try to get into it, and while it is always a good idea to shake out boots in hotter climates, they aren't like scorpions or other active predators.
They are endemic in many parts of the world, but for most people the worst that happens is that you step on one in the morning, which does leave a very nasty mess on your bare feet, a bad smell, and an urge to wash :-)
tl;dr - use a disinfectant for surfaces, turn on lights a few seconds before getting out of bed or going into a room to give them a chance to run back under appliances, and generally learn to ignore them. (I find them disgusting, and am glad they don't really exist in Scotland - they make my skin crawl)
Rory already gave a very good answer, but here are some more points to consider:
They are not as dangerous as you (probably) think they are. Sure, people do get diseases from them from time to time but nothing drastic like mosquitoes and other more potent disease carriers.
I'm from a country where an encounter with a cockroach is unavoidable even in pretty upscale places. The other answers are correct, they are very hard to eradicate. Short of carpet bombing your home with chemical weapons, the best you can do is keep everything clean and don't leave any food uncovered. That said, some things do help to keep them away: insect sprays (usually applied under the sink and other nooks and crannies. Moth balls/camphor balls also seem to work.
Also to avoid carrying them back home, make sure to also watch out for their eggs. They look like coffee beans that aren't ground yet. These also have a tell tale (albeit subtle) smell.


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Irene Sergant Weat Fork, Ark. November 22, 1963
Reel 433, Item 8
In scarlet twon where I was born There was a fair maid dwelling And every youth cried well away Her name was Barbara Allen.
It was in the merry month of May The green buds they were swelling Sweet William came from western state And courted Barbara Allen.
It was in the merry month of June When all things they were blooming Sweet William on his death bed lay For the love of Barbara Allan.
He sent his servant to the town Where Barbara was a dwelling Saying master is sick and sent for you If your name be Barbara Allen.
Slowly, slowly she got up and slowly she came nigh him And first she said whan she got there Young man I think you're dying.
Ah yes I'm sick and vary sick And death is nigh me dwelling No better, no better I ever will be If I can't have Barbara Allen.
Barbara Allen Reel 433, Item 8 Continued
Ah don't you remember in yonder town When we were at the tavern You drank a health to the ladys all around And slighted Barbara Allen.
Oh yes I remember in yonder town When we were at the tavern I gave a health to the ladys all around Gave my heart to Barbara Allen.
If you do on your death bed lay What need the tale you're telling I can not keep you from your death Adieu said Barbara Allen.
As she was on the highway home The birds they kept a singing With every song they seemed to say Hard-hearted Barbara Allen.
As she was walking over the fields She heard the death bells knelling With every stroke they seemed to say Hard-hearted Barbara Allen.
She looked to the east, she looked to the west She saw the corpse a coming Lay down, lay down that corpse she said That I may look upon him.
The more she looked the more she mourned She fell to the ground a crying Saying pick me up and take me home For I am now a dying.
Barbara Allen Reel 433, Item 8 Continued
Mother, oh Mother go make my bed Go make it long and narrow Sweet William died of pure, pure love And I will die of sorrow.
Father, oh Father go dig my grave Go dig it long and narrow Sweet William died for me today I'll die for him tomorrow.
They buried him in the old church yard. She was buried nigh him
From William's grave grew a red, red rose From Barbara's grew a brier.
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With the Blues' second FA Cup Final in three seasons fast approaching, we are looking to recruit a special group of fans from around the world to share their day on Twitter.
As we all know, on Twitter you have just 140 characters to tell the world what you are thinking, so we thought it would be a great idea to gather 140 City fans from all corners of the globe to join in with another memorable day in the club's history in a unique way.
With over 800,000 Twitter followers, enough to fill Wembley Stadium eight times over, unfortunately we can't involve you all therefore in order to be considered to be one of our 140 characters on cup final day, we want you to tweet why you think you should be involved using the hashtag #City140.
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If I have a counterspell in my hand, and my opponent chooses to cast an instant or sorcery, can I wait to see what his spell 'targets' before I choose to counter it or not?
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Yes, you will know all targets of a spell as soon as it is cast.
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Note that depending on the card-specific wording, there are some spells and abilities that have choices that are made when they resolve, not when they are cast. Once a spell or ability starts resolving, there is no way of countering it, so in those rare cases, you have no way of knowing for sure what it will do.
For example, Hex Parasite's ability lets you choose the number and kind of counters to remove when it resolves, which matters when the target has more than 1 kind of counter on it.
Another side effect of this rule is that there is usually no way of preventing abilities that trigger on its permanent being targeted from triggering, aside from hexproof or shroud. Once you target such a permanent (usually a creature), the ability will trigger, even if you counter the spell that triggered the ability.
Yes, you may wait to see what the spell targets.
Instants and Sorceries targets are declared when the spell is cast, and are checked again when the spell resolves to ensure they are still legal targets.
A card that doesn't use the word target in its rules text, or in its keyword ability (Aura, Equip, etc.) does not target. With a card like Kindle the Carnage/Living Wish, the amount of damage it deals (or the card it puts into hand) is decided during the resolution of the spell, so you could not wait to see how much damage the spell would deal (or which card is chosen) before deciding to counter it.
Similarly, with a permanent card like Oblivion Ring/Clone, that has a triggered ability or choice that is made when the object enters the battlefield, you cannot wait until the choices or triggers of those cards occur. If you do, that would mean that the spell had finished resolving and those spells are now objects on the battlefield.


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Are there any cases in which the splicing machinery constructs an mRNA in which the exons are not in the 5' -> 3' genomic order? I'm interested any such cases, whether they involve constitutive or alternative splicing.
I don't have any literature to back this up but I doubt that it occurs (at least frequently).
For example, imagine a simple three exon gene. Upon splicing
After performing a quick literature search, I am, as with GWW, unable to provide any literature against this occurring, although this paper by Black (2005) states that exons in multi-exon pre-mRNAs are always maintained in order.
Black DL. 2005. A simple answer for a splicing conundrum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102: 4927–8..
Separate components of the spliceosome recognise sequences at the the start and end of each intron, along with a branch point adenine and some other conserved (highly in the case of yeast) regions upstream of the 3' end. The components seem to assemble in a particular order, which is 5' to 3' directional.
The general consensus seems to be that the spliceosome moves along the pre-mRNA from 5' to 3' removing the introns and splicing the exons together to form the mature transcript, ready for translation. The introns are subsequently degraded. In the case of eukaryotes some processing is required to transport the mRNA out of the nucleus to the ribosomes in the cytoplasm.
The mRNA would have a start codon near the 5' terminus and stop codon near the 3' end, at the boundaries of the CDS, and it isn't clear to me how this structure could be maintained if exon order didn't follow the 5' to 3' assemblage. I should imagine that the protein could be affected in much a similar way to exon skipping, possibly resulting in a truncated, inactive or ineffective protein. As protein folding is determined by the interactions between the amino acids, any change in exon order (secondary structure) is likely to result in a different tertiary structure.
There are references in the literature to the phenomenon of "exon scrambling" which seems to be what you are asking about, but the prevailing view is that the evidence for this process, which comes from comparing EST sequences with genome sequences, can be explained by cloning artefacts occurring during EST characterisation. Certainly I agree that there is no evidence for a gene in which the rearrangement of exons is part of the normal pathway for mRNA generation.
There is also more recent evidence from deep sequencing for rearrangement of exon order via circular RNAs:
Incidentally it is perhaps worth mentioning that in the case of the lectin concanavalin A the equivalent effect is produced post-translationally when the protein rearranges.


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Nautilus shows a drive twice under "devices" when logged in the main account. Only one of these actually works.
When I launch Nautilus as root the drive is shown only once. How do I reset nautilus to the default settings?
I found a solution to this problem from another thread. The problem lies with the fstab entry of the drive.
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Can any one explain about the agile methodology in simple sentences?
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Agile is a lot of things and practices, but I think the core of it is just iterative development.
Iterative: Think a bunch of very small waterfalls. That is, the waterfall method (requirements->spec->code->test), but instead of doing it over the course of a year or so, you do it over the course of a few weeks for a manageable chunk of the overall project. At the end of 'iteration/sprint/increment', you have a small but complete and tested set of additional functionality.
This allows you to rapidly change the course of the project if it turns out that what you're doing isn't what the customer wants, or the business needs change, or whatever. Hence the term "agile."
I think nothing puts it better than the Agile Manifesto itself:
We are uncovering better ways of developing
Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
That is, while there is value in the items on
To me the most important idea is this:
Requirements changes are going to happen because we are forced to design software at the nadir of knowledge about what is needed (the start of the project) and requirements will only become clearer over the course of the project.
Traditional (Waterfall) approaches try to mitigate this change by locking everyone into a contract at the start of the project by having them sign off on comprehensive specs. This may work as a CYA, but it doesn't make anyone happy to deliver something that doesn't meet the needs of the users especially if their objections are met with "Well you signed off on it!"
Agile Methods are designed to embrace the inevitable changes instead of shielding the development team from them. It does this in a number of ways, chief among them are iterative development and continual involvement by stakeholders in the process. In my experience it leaves everyone involved happier in the end, although it can be more uncomfortable for some management types who are hardcore planners.
In one sentence this looks like this:
This is coming from the wikipedia definition, and I like it very much. I highlighted core principles.
Andy has already linked to the Agile Manifesto, which I think just about covers it.
I think it's useful to look at where the Agile Manifesto came from as well. There were a number of methodologies out there which had some common elements and a lot of similar motivations: Extreme Programming (XP), Scrum, DSDM, Adaptive Software Development, Crystal, Feature-Driven Development, Pragmatic Programming (list from Alistair Cockburn). The people proposing those methodologies decided to come up with a marketing term to cover the things which they had in common so that the force of what they were saying would be enhanced.
Interestingly (according to what someone told me) there were a number of names on the shortlist which could have been picked instead of "Agile" - one of which was "Adaptive". I personally think that as a single word that sums up better what agile is really about better than "agile"!
Employing an agile methodology comes down to emphasizing the delivery of quality products over other aspects of product development and realizing that feedback from the user community is a vital part of creating quality products.
Contrast that with a traditional/waterfall development approach that emphasizes up-front design, documentation, and interface definition while de-emphasizing implementation and transitioning the product from development to release.
In my opinion there is intrinsic quality that a team can build into a product, I see this taking the form of verifying that a product functions as the development team intended and can reasonably accommodate foreseeable enhancements. There are also quality factors based entirely on perception that measure how well a product meets the needs of its users.
Agile approaches tend to deliver products iteratively, incorporating user feedback and developer feedback into each iteration, and promotes delivering each increment of functionality when it achieves minimum viability as a forcing function to elicit frequent user feedback and counteract the tendency of development activities to go on for extended periods of time without feedback from its users. To my mind, other aspects of an agile approaches tend to support these key tenets.
I would like to just also add what Agile is NOT. There are a lot of shops out there who claim to be Agile but in a way that just means they aren't interested in planning their projects and expect things done in an unreasonably short period of time.
Agile!=no project plan. It's tough to handle people who implicitly think that statement is false because they tend to be management types and not always easy to contradict.


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Across the country women are being murdered by a killer who leaves no evidence, no fatal wounds, no signs of struggle, and no clues to a motive. They are, truly, perfect crimes. In fact, the only thing that links the victims is the man they all knew: Jack Reacher.
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"Not My Favorite Reacher..."
It seems like the story was weak and fluffed up . The plot wasn't that great and the punchline was weaker. Seems to be something that was written without much thought. Dissappointed....hope the next is better.
Only if you are die hard to read the series then you need to read all.
The story line was good but falls completely apart a the end.
I feel like this book had a good story line and some surprises that I didn't see coming. I was very disappointed by the ending. I don't know who this Reacher guy is at the end of the book. For a tough know it all he just rolls over.
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Good listen, like the series, like this book. Sorry to see that it probably isn't going to work out with Jack and his girl, but waiting for the next book or two to see what happens. I just heard about this author and the series this year because of the movie. Glad to find it, recomend it for those of you who want action, but don't necessarily need it to be in the form of a terrorist. Good twisted detective series.
"Buy the other version"
The reader for this book is just awful, but Audible also has this book with Dick Hill reading. I only made it about 30 minutes, but realized that I had heard it already (the other version).
"narrative distracting"
good,smart, story
When they discovered what the appliance boxes actually contained.
Jack Reacher races to save the painted ladies...
I love Jack Reacher books, and this one delivers.
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"Could have been much better"
Not as enjoyable as the other Jack Reacher Series books that I've heard. Main story idea was fine. The FBI characters were written and portraied as obnoxious and stupid. That, and the overall narration, were strong distraction as I lisened.
I'll probably continue with the Jack Reacher Series until I tire.
This is a McClain narration. I did not care for his performance.
Make the law enforcement characters seem more professional.
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"Good Story But Surprise Narrator"
The narrator, to be fair, did a good job. To me, however, Jack Reacher IS narrator Dick Hill. Therefore I was a little disappointed. It is an exciting story and I recommend it.
"Not Lee Child's best"
Take out the annoying nasal narration for some of the characters.
No. I think just a one off for Child. Maybe he had a balloon mortgage payment coming up and dashed this one out.
Reacher - but he was overly sarcastic at times.
**SPOILER ALERT!!!** **SPOILER ALERT!!!****SPOILER ALERT!!!** Too easy to solve. Got it in the first 3rd. I think I may have liked better if I had read it instead of listening. The narrator's soft voice and genderless personal pronouns gave away that the killer was a woman. The robotic responses of the victims responses indicated that they were hypnotized.
"Jonathan McClain-the Perfect voice of Jack Reacher"
Listening to Jonathan McClain narrate the story.
The narrator made the story come alive.
Hearing Jonathan McClain as Jack Reacher was the first time I'd heard him. He is the perfect Jack Reacher.
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Maybe. You have to listen closely because his books tend to go from one story to another without pause.
This is a good story, with a good surprise at the end. Never saw that coming. I do agree with a previous review where the FBI characters were made to look dumb. Not realistic, other than that, I really enpyed this book.
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Where can I find information about tipping etiquette in different countries? I'm hoping for a comprehensive database so I don't have to ask about the countries one by one here.
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Here's a pretty good compile list of different countries. It obviously doesn't have every country but it should get you started...
For anyone coming from a country where tipping isn't a big thing, I'd suggest this humorous article from a BBC correspondent for an explanation of why it's important in the states, and how it changes things.
Personally, I either check a guide book on the country I'm going to (they usually give some helpful advice in the general section), or failing that just ask. I've generally found staff to be very helpful when it comes to explaining the tipping norms to tourists! Even better is to ask a friend in the country, or maybe just the local sat next to you on the bus/plane/train.
Daily Infographic has created a visual guide to tipping customs around the world. Doesn't cover every country in the world, but from what I see the countries that I have visited it seems about right. The infographic also mentions tipping customs outside the food & beverage industry, that can be useful to avoid faux pas.


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Prove that the sequence $ a_n = q^n , q \in \mathbb{R} $ is convergent or divergent .
I need some explanations for some cases:
a)If $q = -1$ (is a divergent sequence).
Suppose $a_n = (-1)^n $ is convergent.
With the Cauchy criterion:
$\forall \epsilon > 0, \exists N \in \mathbb{N},\forall n,m \geq N: $
$|a_n-a_m| < \epsilon $
Then: Choose $\epsilon = 1$ (after the solution =afs)
Now my question is why shall I choose 1 for epsilon?
And if I have choosen 1:
$\forall \epsilon > 0, \exists N \in \mathbb{N},\forall n,m \geq N: $
$|a_n-a_m| < 1 $
Choose m=N+1 then $n,m \geq N$;
So I have: $ |(-1)^n-(-1)^m|=2 $ (ats)
=> Contradiction $2 \geq 1$
Why is m=N+1 choosen? and finally why do I only look at the case: $|(-1)^n-(-1)^m|$ is 2,
shouldn't I also write the case for n,m = even?
Thanks for explanations.
Prove that the sequence $ a_n = q^n , q \in \mathbb{R} $ is convergent or divergent .
The choice $\epsilon=1$ is partly arbitrary: any value satisfying $0<\epsilon\le 2$ will work in this proof. $1$ is a simple, convenient number in that interval.
Similarly, the choice of $m=N+1$ is partly arbitrary: any $m\ge N+1$ will work. However, you've stated this part of the argument incorrectly. After setting $m=N+1$, the argument should continue by observing that $|a_N-a_m|=\left|(-1)^N-(-1)^{N+1}\right|=2\ge 1=\epsilon$. The point is to show that for this particular choice of $\epsilon$, namely, $\epsilon=1$, it is not true that $|a_n-a_m|<\epsilon$ for all $m,n\ge N$; specifically, it's not true for $n=N$ and $m=N+1$. And this is the case no matter how big we make $N$, so this $\epsilon$ doesn't 'work': it doesn't have the property that every positive $\epsilon$ must have in order for the sequence to converge.
We don't look at indices $m,n\ge N$ for which $|a_n-a_m|$ is less than $\epsilon$ because they don't matter: we're trying to show that $\epsilon=1$ is a 'bad' $\epsilon$, meaning that no matter how big we choose $N$, we can find at least one pair of $m,n\ge N$ such that $|a_n-a_m|\ge\epsilon$. And we've done that: $n=N$ and $m=N+1$ do the job. (Note in connection with your first question that they would do the job for any choice of positive $\epsilon\le 2$.)
I'll restate your argument here in the hope of making it clearer.
In the case of the sequence $(-1)^n$, the values bounce between $-1$ and $1$. The Cauchy criterion requires that if you go far enough out, the values all get very close together. Clearly they don't do that, because any two consecutive values are $2$ apart.
To make this argument more rigorous, if the sequence is Cauchy, then choosing $\epsilon = 1$, there must be an $N$ so that all $a_i$ after $N$ are at most $1$ apart. But for any value of $N$, $a_{N+1}$ is $2$ apart from $a_N$. So there is no such $N$, and therefore the sequence is not Cauchy.
So, why do we choose $\epsilon = 1$? Just because it's a number less than $2$ that's easy to work with. We could have chosen $1.9$ or $0.001$ and the argument would work just as well.
Why do we choose $m = N + 1$? Just because it's an example of a value that makes $a_m$ not too close to $a_N$. Other values that would also work are $m = N + 3$ or $m = N + 5$. We just have to find one example that makes the Cauchy criterion fail.


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As in "Hickory Dickory Dock; the Mouse ran up the Clock..." (Perhaps there is a separate term for a real word used nonsensically (Hickory and Dock). Is there a word for this sort of usage?)
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I have a few ideas that I think fit better than neologism:
I think the first two are the closest, and the term nonce word has the advantage of being fairly common in literary and linguistic contexts. Logatome might be a little closer to what you're looking for, although it's not quite as specific as your request, I think.
One option is that dickory is a neologism. The main definition of this is:
Wikipedia adds that a neologism:
From the above "dickory" is a neologism, as it was created to rhyme with "hickory".
Some famous examples of neologisms are from Lewis Carroll, who was apparently known as a neologistic poet. His famous poem Jabberwocky begins with the lines:
The words in bold are neologisms that he created in order to write the poem.
Another option is simply calling dickory a nonsense word:
Related to this is gibberish:
Because "Jabberwocky", Carrol's nonsense poem, is referred to as both neologistic and gibberish, I would think that any of these terms could apply.
The answer my English teacher would have given is that this is a contrivance. That is, it's a word contrived specifically for the purpose of a rhyme or alliteration. This means the poem could risk being criticised as "contrived".
But I feel like this doesn't fully answer your question since the word contrivance can be used for anything that's contrived, not just words.
A term used when the poet uses slightly (or even really) incorrect language just to get a poem to flow (or to make a story more exciting) is poetic license (a kind of artistic license).
I'd also agree with the terms neologism, nonsense and gibberish but neologism can mean a new word for any purpose, nonsense can mean any content that makes no sense, and gibberish tends to refer to spoken word, not written. None of these are specific to poetry or other writing either.
I don't think there is a word that fits exactly, but if I were to coin one it would be a "Seuss-ism". He alone of all the charming abusers of the English language can be remember with sufficient affection to deserve such an eponym.


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thanx for your help
i'm looking for settings for Canon 5D (mk1) // Canon EF 50mm 1.8 mkII on NN3 mkII.
thanx for your help
i'm looking for settings for Canon 5D (mk1) // Canon EF 50mm 1.8 mkII on NN3 mkII.
See http://wiki.panotools.org/Entrance_Pupil_Database and the Camera Settings page in the support section of the Nodal Ninja web site. Use the settings as a starting point and check with these guides:
thanks for that good start !
hope to encounter people with exact settings.
To give you a little help with your starting points have a look to this site:
Check H for your camera body : H=42, add 13mm for offset NN3 vertical rail to reference point : 55 for LRS = Lower Rail Setting.
5D L1 = 37.5, add L2 for your lens. 50mm /f1.4 for example = 17.5. L1 + L2 gives you URS = Upper Rail Setting of 85mm. Test this with John's links.
http://www.frankvanderpol.nl/fov_pan_calc_fr.htm To calculate your shots around.
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Using other people's numbers is a very good place to start. Relying solely on those numbers without learning how to calibrate your rig is like shooting pictures on full auto mode 100% of the time, never learning to adjust your camera.
A pano head is one of the tools we use. You need to learn how to make adjustments in order to get the most out of it.
Once I was on a trip to Yosemite and found I had forgotten to pack the lens I always use. I had a second lens with me that would work, but I had never used it on my pano head before. Since I understood how to adjust my pano head, I was able to go through the calibration exercise and get the panorama. I did not have my laptop with me to do any test stitches. I relied on Live View. The resulting panorama turned out just fine. If I was not able to calibrate my rig "in the field" I would not have been able to take any panoramas from that trip.
Hi Denis,
Thanx for your answer, that's exactly what i was thinkin'.
But having almost accurate starting point is sometime a way not to lose some precious time.
BTW, i know some methodes to calibrate camera/lens with my NN3 mkII but what is the one you're using guys ?
please tell me.
thanks in advance,
The links John has send to you.
Smooth's circle saw method, and John's methods to find upper rail settings.
It was often checked that just focussing down gives different results from Smooth's method. Using smooth's method, you end up with a stitched picture. That means, having stitched the pics PTGui has corrected "misalignements" of lens optics and very small sensor misplacement during production. That's why most of us use this method to find the lower rail setting.
Because I know of differences in camera lens combinations, I also advice newbies to check the own equipment. I also agree, that you have to be able to calibrate on your own.
To avoid frustration doing it completely on your own, I try to help you with starting set ups. I believe this brings you on the road as quick as possible. I know that everybody is willing to go out to shoot than to spend lot of time to calibrate. without succeeding.
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What does the slang moving right along mean?
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It means "enough of that topic, let's go to the next topic since we are under time constraints"...
It also means "making good progress," in reference to a lengthy project, like constructing a building, writing a book, planning a wedding, etc.
If you were to say "moving along" it would mean making progress along some course of action. For example, "My painting is moving along," means that the painting I am working on is getting closer to completion.
If you change that to "moving right along" it means that you are making progress without any setbacks or interruptions. As Geoffrey Pullum describes it, you can use right as an adverb when there is a proper, perfect way to execute a verb. You can move right along, but you can't wander right around.


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How do soda can tabs help exactly?
In at least the last two places I've worked, there's been a cup or tub in the break room where people drop the tabs off their soda cans "for Ronald McDonald House." I've never quite been clear on how this helps; nobody seems to be taking credit for redeeming the tabs in exchange for donations or anything. It can't be that the Ronald McDonald House is selling the aluminum for profit; that'd have to be about the least efficient fundraising method ever invented. Anyone care to enlighten me?
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i recently had a friend that was staying in the ronald house because of newborn daughter. they actually do collect the tabs. it was explained to me that that is a thicker/slightly higher grade aluminum, and since it isn't painted they get more per pound on it than if they took the entire cans. while he was at the hospital with the girl he would collect whatever tabs he found and because he did they let him/hisgroup stay in a single room at no charge with at least one (usually more) meal a day.
It gives the compulsive busy-body at your office something to do while accomplishing very little.
The thinking is this: The charity in question doesn't want to handle all the cans...they are messy. The cans and tabs are made from the same aluminum (commercially pure 1100), so no premiums for a higher grade. The pull tabs are far cleaner and slightly more dense than the cans they came from (a pound of crushed cans takes up more space than a pound of pull tabs). It takes MANY MANY more cans to collect a pound of tabs, however.
You spend a lot of effort accomplishing little. Perfect for compulsive busy-bodies who want to do good.
EDIT: The charity in question (Ronald McDonald House) does exemplary work. My vitriol is directed at the silly pull-tab campaign, not the charity. I try to support them more directly.
Good question OP, thanks for asking, I always wondered that myself.
@ihatedealswoot - Thanks, your answer makes a lot of sense. I hope everything worked out for your friend and their daughter.
Sanitation Department guy who came to our staff meeting to do a presentation on recycling said that the tabs are a higher grade aluminum. They are. effectively the 'Filet Mignon" of the can, and are worth a good deal more per pound alone that on cans. Whether their value is equal to the efforts made to collect them is another matter. I take the tabs off my cans anyway as I don't like them bumping my upper lip when I drink, so depositing them in a collection jar is really not any extra effort for me.
@lumpthar: Don't know why you got down-voted. Your response was spot-on. Cans are harder to collect as they take up more space and are messy. Tabs get more people involved and aware of the cause because it's easier (funner) to do. The charity would be far better off getting the whole can. If people really wanted to help, they would recycle the whole cans and then send the charity a check.
Edit: Snopes says the tabs having special value is false. http://www.snopes.com/business/redeem/pulltabs.asp
@bsmith1: The office busy-bodies have found me! Hahahaha!
Depending on the state you live in, another reason might be due to bottle and can deposits. In some states (Michigan and California being two I remember, but there are others) when you buy bottled/canned beverages you also pay a deposit, generally $0.05 or $0.10 per bottle or can. When you return the bottle or can you get that money back. I've never known a place to check to see if the tab is still attached to a can so you can donate the tab and still get your deposit back.
@bsmith1: Correct thanks for posting the Snopes thing. If you don't want to read here is the gist of the snopes. A million pull tabs sent to a recyler would net $366. Instead of giving the tab if you gave a penny for every tab they would have $10,000 instead of only $366.
Pull tabs are not worth the effort but that doesn't mean you shouldn't give to charity, it's better than nothing but even if you send them $1 it would be worth 2,700 pull tabs from cans.
I'm pretty surprised at how low the prices for used aluminum are.
Used beverage cans are $0.22-0.55 per pound. And a pound of cans is quite a few.
@wilfbrim: My friend recycles the cans from our gaming group. We go through a couple of 12 packs every week and eh squashes them and takes them home. He doesn't go to the recycle center till his can is full, I think maybe once every three or four months, but he gets enough for them to make it worthwhile to him, about $30 I think.
Thanks for asking this. My grandmother used to always collect huge coffee cans cans of those tabs and I could never figure out why.
@wilfbrim: Common metals really are extremely cheap. Low carbon steel comes out at around a grand per ton of steel, or 50 cents a pound. Considering those who recycle the metal still have to make a profit, 22-55 cents per pound is pretty remarkable.
Sources: Metallurgy student who's visited Steel and Aluminum plants
@ihatedealswoot: I didn't know that.
@zapp brannigan: good point.
Thanks for asking this question. I wasn't aware of the pull tab thing. I save my cans for a neighbor who digs in the trash in my complex for cans. I figure, if I keep my cans out for him, he won't hear them in my trash bags and not dig through my bags in the dumpster. Now I'll pull the tabs off and save them for the local Ronald McDonald House charity. The way I look at it, since I'm going to buy the cans of soda, why not save the cans/tabs for those who want them.
@moondrake: I have a 32 gallon trash can where i put my rinsed/crushed cans. fills up about every 6 months or so, used to give 'em to my great uncle, who had others in the family saving their cans for him to take to the recycle plant for extra cash. he recently passed , so I took my most recent 32 gallon load down there myself, got $6.98 for 16.5lbs of cans. about 42.3 cents/lb
@thiney49: Scrap iron/metal goes for a whopping $0.08 a pound. I've taken a few things and that's all you get. It's almost not worth the gas and time it takes to do it yourself. Like earlyre who saved up cans for 6 months cleaning and crushing to make $7 which probably cost him a gallon of gas to get there and back so he net'd $3.50 for 6 months of work.
I've looking into the scrapping business and if you are not getting copper or circuit boards and wire it is not worth the time and energy. Regular wire is $1 a pound and adds up quickly.


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I'm curious about what happens if an explosive substance detonates in space. On Earth, I guess a good chunk of the energy released is carried away by shock waves in the atmosphere. But in space, the medium that supported the propagation of the shock wave on Earth is much more rarefied, so how does that work?
What is a shock wave ?
It is a form of wave front arising from the scatter of the explosion parts. In the interaction with the medium, the average energy and momentum of the original particles/fragments is diminished transferring them to the wave front.
When there is no medium the particles/fragments/gas following momentum conservation disperse linearly until they meet an obstacle. If they are in a gravitational field they will follow the corresponding paths prescribed by the field instead of linearly, and one would have to solve for those the equations.
Supernovae, discussed in a comment by @JerrySchirmer create their own medium by the enormous amount of matter they have, thus shock waves are generated. That is a different story. If there is no medium there is no shock wave.
I am not a chemist but my understanding of a chemical explosion is that there is a very fast release of energy and PRODUCTS. So I would say that the products are accelerated and expand. Since there is no atmosphere to work against, the dynamics is quite simple. A couple of years ago NASA used an impactor to study a comet. Maybe there is a model of the plume in the published papers.
Some portion of energy is released as radiation, electromagnetic shockwave will travel in space far away.
Electromagnetic waves travel with a speed relative to medium specifications. When medium specifications are not constant over a distance, shockwaves occur.
I was just reading a sample of some random book that I came across ('Great Formulas Explained') and stumbled upon this formula that deals with 'Explosions' : Taylor-Sedov Formula . I then got reminded of this post on 'Stackexchange - Physics' and thought of posting here.
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I have sat for about 8 hours doing trial and error and I have tried all combinations of different prime numbers but I am totally stuck..
I know that prime power decomposition is suppose to be prime number to the power of integers and their product gives you the original number... but I am asked to break this number down into its prime power decomposition.
i have tried trial division which miserably failed after 1000, and now I am trying to divide the number into the largest prime number I can find and take the quotient I get and try to factor that into the largest prime number it can fit and so on until i have it all factored....is this even possible?
There is some browser problem I am having where comment button on stack isnt working.
This is one of the 8 assignment questions I have been assigned. I have finished all others and this I cant do from past 8 hours...
Should I write down all the prime numbers that are smaller than this number /2? and then try to break this up into those?


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Does anybody know if there is a GPS signal available on board of a plane with a common and normal GPS receiver?
Unfortunately the plane body does an excellent job of blocking GPS signal. In general if you're in a window seat you will be able to get a signal by holding the GPS near the window (or, for example, on a tray table) - but if you're elsewhere on the plane it's very unlikely you'll get a signal.
The exception to this may be the new Boeing 787, which is made primarily of Carbon-fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP). Not only does CFRP allow for larger windows (which would allow a greater visibility of the sky, and thus more GPS satellites), but it's likely that the GPS signal would pass through the aircraft shell better than on conventional planes.
Keep in mind that not all airlines allow passengers to use GPS receivers in flight (they are technically "radio receivers" which are often not allowed). Be sure to check with the specific airline and/or the flight crew to confirm that you are allowed use one.
Yes, but the signal can be a bit weak. It's best to hold it to the window to get a lock. Depending on the GPS device, some are able to "hold onto the lock" even if they are not facing the window, so you only need to have it by the window for the initial lock. You may or may not be allowed to have it in the GPS.
Here's my GPS while I was travelling near the equator. Look how I'm 4,500 m above sea level and travelling at 600 km/hr.
crimey was that 4 years ago... where does the time go...
I am a (private) pilot, and have used my various GPS enabled devices for years both when I fly myself, as well as on commercial flights. (In the past, when they were not allowed, I applied for and obtained special permission from the airlines I was then flying.)
Depending on the seat location, and position of the GPS satelite constellation, my reception varies from mediocre to excellent. With a newer iPad, possibly containing a better chip or antenna, my capture rate for good position is generally over 90%, with the proviso that a window seat be selected.
Aircraft type seemed unimportant - until my most recent commercial flight. On the outbound leg, over 10 hours on a B777, I enjoyed superb capture and positional accuracy. The return leg was on a B787, and over the more than 10 hours of flight time I received not a single fix, even with the iPad up against the (large) window. Indeed, I wonder if the 787 has some kind of GPS jammer in the cabin, since the GPS signal actually occasionally showed 1 meter accuracy, but without an actual location, and then immediately dropped to "No Fix" - so it seemed that an extraneous signal might have been present.
BTW it is worth noting that a number of highly experienced pilots have recently landed at incorrect airports, with several such events well publicized. An iPad in the cockpit, running one of the readily available aviation programs, would have avoided such embarassing - and potentially dangerous - events.
Yes, I did have GPS reception on my cellphone during a flight. However, it took quite a long time to get the initial coordinates, and I could not get updates on my location very often (the coordinates changed maybe once every 3-5 minutes). So I would say you would have bad reception in the best case.
Maybe dedicated GPS devices would have a better antenna & reception than my $300 phone.
I tested this once on a flight which claimed it was fine, once you'd taken off, and not during landing - to use devices like this.
I have an app on my phone (MyTracks) which is meant to track you when running, for example, but I just turned it on and left the phone running in my pocket. Not ideal for GPS, but I was in a window seat, giving it a slight chance.
Long story short, there were some data points recorded during the flight, and at a range of altitudes. It wasn't a steady connection, but it was certainly received intermittently, until the final 'please turn off all electronic devices' warning came and I had to stop the test.
I have a Garmin Oregon 550 and I can confirm that one can get a decent signal if the reciever is positioned close to a window. Getting the initial fix might take a few minutes, however. For all the flights where I did not have a window seat, I lost the signal sooner or later and never got a fix again.
My experience is, that different airplanes actually do make a difference. I remember having excellent signal in a Boeing 747 Jumbo, while in Airbus A340 the GPS reciever would have to be close to the window all the time to prevent it from loosing the signal. I can also confirm from a recent flight that in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner there is absolutely no signal at all, not even close to the doors or emergency exit. I didn't expect this at all due to the plane being made of carbon fibre which normally transmits the GPS signal. I figure that at least the windows are (electrochromic) smart glass windows and they therfore don't transmit any GPS signal. So holding the GPS device close to the windows doesn't help in a 787.
I have flown (as a pilot as well as a passenger) with a variety of GPS units (hand-held Garmins, iPhones, iPads), in a variety of aircraft, from my own single engine plane up to the largest commercial, with the portable GPS unit providing excellent position, speed and altitude information. Indeed, my iPad correlates superbly with my Garmin GNS 530, and serves as a backup for the (certified) Garmin unit.
Several mis-statements are common:
I just used my Android phone GPS app to clock the plane's touchdown speed yesterday. The plane was an Airbus A320 , I was seated at the window. The plane's touchdown speed was about 250km/h. It was not easy to clock the speed at landing using an android app because the pilot seemed to apply brake at the same moment of touchdown causing a steep velocity change within subsecond interval. The Android app GPS status refreshes only once per second. But, tracking the flight's location was very accurate. I saw the shore line of Detroit dotted with 2-3 nuclear plant cooling towers, and surely enough the Google map pointed my location at the Lake Huron shore.


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Which of the following techniques is the best option for dividing an integer by 2 and why?
Technique 1:
x = x >> 1;
Technique 2:
x = x / 2;
x is an integer.
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Which of the following techniques is the best option for dividing an integer by 2 and why?
Technique 1:
Technique 2:
Use the operation that best describes what you are trying to do.
Note that they are not exactly equivalent. They can give different results for negative integers. For example:
Does the first one look like dividing? No. If you want to divide, use
To pile on: there are so many reasons to favor using
In short, you buy nothing by coding a shift when you really mean to multiply or divide, except maybe an increased possibility of introducing a bug. It's been a lifetime since compilers weren't smart enough to optimize this kind of thing to a shift when appropriate.
Depends on what you mean by best.
If you want your colleagues to hate you, or to make your code hard to read, I'd definitely go with the first option.
If you want to divide a number by 2, go with the second one.
The two are not equivalent, they don't behave the same if the number is negative or inside larger expressions - bitshift has lower precedence than
You should write your code to express what its intent is. If performance is your concern, don't worry, the optimizer does a good job at these sort of micro-optimizations.
Just use divide (
I agree with other answers that you should favor
However, another reason for preferring
From section 6.5.7, bullet 5 of the ISO C99 standard:
For Java there is also the unsigned right shift,
Knuth said:
So I suggest to use
This way the code is easy to understand and also I think that the optimization of this operation in that form, don't mean a big difference for the processor.
Just an added note -
x *= 0.5 will often be faster in some VM-based languages -- notably actionscript, as the variable won't have to be checked for divide by 0.
Take a look at the compiler output to help you decide. I ran this test on x86-64 with
Also see compiler outputs online at godbolt.
What you see is the compiler does use a
C code with assembly output:
For divide, your input would be
and this compiles to
similarly for shift
with output:
I am telling for the purpose of programming competitions. Generally they have very large inputs where division by 2 takes place many times and its known that input is positive or negative.
x>>1 will be better than x/2. I checked on ideone.com by running a program where more than 10^10 division by 2 operations took place. x/2 took nearly 5.5s whereas x>>1 took nearly 2.6s for same program.
I would say there are several things to consider.
If you are after pure performance, I would recommend creating some tests that could do the operations millions of times. Sample the execution several times (your sample size) to determine which one is statistically best with your OS/Hardware/Compiler/Code.
As far as the CPU is concerned, bit-shift operations are faster than division operations.
However, the compiler knows this and will optimize appropriately to the extent that it can,
so you can code in the way that makes the most sense and rest easy knowing that your code is
running efficiently. But remember that an
x = x / 2; is the suitable code to use.. but an operation depend on your own program of how the output you wanted to produce.
Make your intentions clearer...for example, if you want to divide, use x / 2, and let the compiler optimize it to shift operator (or anything else).
Today's processors won't let these optimizations have any impact on the performance of your programs.
The answer to this will depend on the environment you're working under.
All these assume unsigned integers. The simple shift is probably not what you want for signed. Also, DanielH brings up a good point about using
mod 2, test for = 1. dunno the syntax in c. but this may be fastest.
generaly the right shift divides :
this is sometimes used to speed up programs at the cost of clarity. I don't think you should do it . The compiler is smart enough to perform the speedup automatically. This means that putting in a shift gains you nothing at the expense of clarity.
Take a look at this page from Practical C++ Programming.
Obviously, if you are writing your code for the next guy who reads it, go for the clarity of "x/2".
However, if speed is your goal, try it both ways and time the results. A few months ago I worked on a bitmap convolution routine which involved stepping through an array of integers and dividing each element by 2. I did all kinds of things to optimize it including the old trick of substituting "x>>1" for "x/2".
When I actually timed both ways I discovered to my surprise that x/2 was faster than x>>1
This was using Microsoft VS2008 C++ with the default optimizations turned on.
In terms of performance. CPU's shift operations are significantly faster than divide op-codes. So dividing by two or multiplying by 2 etc all benefit from shift operations.
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X/Y is a correct one...and " >> " shifting operator..if we want two divide a integer we can use (/) dividend operator. shift operator is used to shift the bits..
x=x/2; x/=2; we can use like this..
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An $n\times n$ matrix is defined to be a "latin square" if each row and column is a permutation of the first $n$ natural numbers. Two squares of same order are orthogonal if the $n^2$ pairs $(x_{ij},y_{ij})$ are "all distinct".
Proof is required that the maximal number of mutually orthogonal pairs of latin squares is $n-1$.
I have put "all distinct" in quotes, because if interpreted one way this would be easier than the book projects it to be (my intuition is usually wrong in these cases) If we fix an element $x_{ij}$ then there are $n-1$ choices for $y_{ij}$ so there can be atmost $n-1$ mutually orthogonal latin squares.
I suspect this is incorrect. If so, any insight would be appreciated. This is incorrect.
For $n=1$ no pairs possible. For $n=2$ the possible latin squares are
$$\begin{pmatrix} 1 & 2\\ 2 & 1 \end{pmatrix}\qquad \mbox{and}\qquad \begin{pmatrix} 2 & 1\\ 1 & 2 \end{pmatrix}$$
By my assumed definition the above squares would be orthogonal but clearly I am asked to look at all $n^2$ pairs so my reasoning is false. There are no mutually orthogonal pairs for $n=2$ either. I would appreciate any help/pointers/hints.


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ACHRI researcher Charlotte Hobbs, MD, PhD, is the principal investigator for the Arkansas Study Center of the National Children's Study. Dr. Hobbs is also the Pamela D. Stephens Professor of Birth Defects Research and section chief of Birth Defects Research and Prevention in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine.
"I am very pleased that Drs. William Hogan and Umit Topaloglu's work has been recognized at a national level within the National Children's Study," Hobbs said. "This contract award is an opportunity to build the capacity of UAMS's information management systems and extend the use of open source information management systems within the National Children's Study."
Under the leadership of Drs. Hogan and Topaloglu, the Arkansas Study Center will serve as the IMS hub using the Comprehensive Research Informatics System (CRIS) both have developed. William Hogan, MD, MS, is an associate professor at UAMS and the inaugural chief of the Division of Biomedical Informatics. Umit Topaloglu, PhD, is an assistant professor of Biomedical Informatics and the Director of Research Systems for the Department of Information Technology at UAMS.
Dr. Hogan was honored for his "Outstanding Contribution to the National Children's Study" during the executive steering committee meeting of the National Children's Study in August 2011 on the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Maryland. Recognized by Steven Hirschfeld, MD, PhD, associate director for Clinical Research, acting director, National Children's Study, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, "Dr. Hogan is a leader in the field of bioinformatics and helped us take our vague understanding of open source informatics systems and begin to operationalize them."
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We are very happy to buy such a delicious coffee from a region that we haven't purchased from in quite a while. The farmers in the Association are participating in a Farm Improvement Program to produce sustainable and higher quality practices. These often come from simple farm changes like putting ceramic tile into the fermentation tank, and pruning the coffee trees to improve yields and decrease certain defects.
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I have created an AppEngine connected Android application, and I'm trying to modify it to be able to store some user data on the server. I do not know what's the easiest way to do so, because I want it to be as simple as possible. I just want to store some basic data for every user. This data is: Name, Email, and some other Strings. I have created a form in the android side which will allow the user to type all the requested data, but I do not know how to send this information to the GAE server and store it in the datastore. I guess I will have to use a Servlet and some kind of RPC service to call the methods. I'm really lost because it is my first time doing this. I'm not experienced neither in android nor in web apps. I hope you can help me.
Well, maybe I did not explain myself well. The system I've been asked to build consists on a web service that store your personal login credentials for most common sites (facebook, gmail, etc). Using a chrome extension, you ask the server for the credentials on the website you are navigating, and then the server asks to your phone for authorization. It will ask (do you give me permission to send your credentials to "some user"), and you have to ansewer yes or no and then the server will act in consequence. The point is that you have to store your credentials in the server in some way, maybe from the android app (which is what I was trying) or from somewhere else. I will also need authentication.
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Is there any way to trigger the behavior that usually occurs when a mouse is hovered over an element (for example, hovering over your username at the top of a Stack Overflow site) using the Chrome Beta browser?
One way to trigger the hover on links is to long-press the link, wait for the menu to appear, and the press the back button to cancel the menu. This also works in some other browsers.
Note that this doesn't work on all links. Just tried on the example you mentioned, doesn't work, probably because there's a slight delay between the onMouseOver event and showing the menu. But on other pages, where it's a simple onMouseOver trigger this method works.
I don't see how the "hover" effect can be practical on any touchscreen device, regardless of OS.
Screens on most current mobile devices (resistive, capacitive) can only register touch events. You would need to modify the OS to treat a single tap as a mouse pointer, and double-tap as a "click". However other gestures like scrolling, pinch-to-zoom, etc. would most likely stop working with such a paradigm.
Also, most mobile versions of sites disable the fancy stuff like hover animations anyways, in order to load faster.
If you're using a device (usually a tablet) with a USB port, you can plug in a mouse.
The mouse cursor will trigger hover events.
You need to add a gesture for this. Wiggle your finger over the button in question and it takes it as mouseover. Not yet implemented afaik.


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26 Jan 2009 4:25 AM #1
ComboBox error icon problem
Could someone find why the error icon was missing in comboBox. The combobox field has setAllowBlank set to false. I put field.addStyleName("x-form-invalid"); and field is red colored after that, but icon is missing. Please see pic attached. How could I put errorIcon manually?
13 May 2009 1:17 AM #2
Check the API docs for your release (http://www.extjs.com/deploy/dev/docs....ComboBox.html) But I think you need to call 'markInvalid(message)' - that'll show the icon.
Hope that helps!
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I have a slightly different problem, which is that we're trying to create our own icon and tooltip, very similar to the 'invalid' one - but I can't work out where to place our new icon in the DOM so it'll lay out consistently for different types of fields (comboboxes, checkboxes etc) - they all seem to use different names for the same parts of the control (x-form-field-wrap / x-form-field-wrap-inner, sometimes no wrapper). could anyone help with suggestions of how to put our own icon on instead of the built in 'invalid' icon?


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TERRYVILLE — Having lost a racehorse game by 20 points to Terryville early in the season, Nonnewaug boys basketball coach Tim Drakeley knew he couldn't afford to play a similar contest Tuesday night.
Instead, Drakeley took a page out of former North Carolina coach Dean Smith's "Four Corners" playbook. The Chiefs slowed the game to a crawl with an offense that held the ball for minutes at a stretch, and the strategy paid off in a 60-51 victory in double-overtime.
"It wasn't pretty to watch," admitted Drakeley, "but you do what you've got to do."
Nonnewaug (8-4) used the same tactic in a 44-41 loss at the buzzer to Northwestern last week. This time, the Chiefs sprung the upset, stopping a five-game win streak by the Kangaroos (10-2).
"We've been working on (the slowdown offense)," said Drakeley. "We have to control tempo to be successful, and we've got to get all five guys to touch the ball. (Terryville) likes to score, but our defense was very good."
Terryville's Tyler Trillo forced overtime at 37-37 by sinking two foul shots with 12.8 seconds left in regulation. Shea Tracy's 3-pointer with just under a minute left tied the score at 43-43 at the end of the first overtime.
But Neil Mendoza drove for the first basket of the second overtime, was fouled for a three-point play and Nonnewaug never trailed again. Nonnewaug made 11 of 15 foul shots in the period, with Dylan Martland sinking seven of 10. For the game, the Chiefs shot 21-of-31 at the line to Terryville's 10-of-14.
"They definitely took the air out of the ball and it played into their hands," said Terryville coach Mark Fowler. "Still, we were in position to win. We were not very patient with our offense, and we could've done better things with the ball."
Trillo had 23 points for the Kangaroos, and Tracy added 15, including four treys. Greg Porcelli led the Chiefs with 18, also hitting four treys, Martland scored 14 and Mendoza 13.
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I've searched for what the title mentions and I've read this and this and a few others that I can't find at the moment. But I've never used any sort of version control before, so I don't really understand a lot of what those threads are saying.
My problem is this - There are two/three of us on a LAN connection developing code, and every week or two we have to go around to figure out who has changed what and then synchronize all the code over the machines. This is clearly ridiculous, so I was wondering if a system like git or cvs (I don't know anything about either) would help.
I don't think using one of the machines as a 'server' is a good idea, because they may not always be switched on.
What would be a good version control system to use? (Preferably without a really steep learning curve, but anything is good.)


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2007: Seven Things We Should Pretend Never Happened
So many memorable things happened in 2007. We'd better start hiding the evidence now.
Seriously, there's a whole lot of shit that went on this year that we'd rather not have to explain to our children and grandchildren. Let's do our best to destroy every record of it. If that fails and if you're, in fact, reading this in the year 2107, we'll do our best to put it into context. But, really, you had to be there.
#7. Huddled Masses Lining Up for Bullshit
The biggest shortage in 2007 was shortages. In this part of the world, there was so much food and clothes and stuff stacked around us that we weren't really short on anything. This was a terrible source of frustration for us, because it turns out shortages are kind of necessary. They gave us a reason to get out of bed in the morning.
The whole phenomenon was made worse by a wave of adults who were raised in the 80's. Movies like The Road Warrior and Terminator had promised us that by the time we grew up, we'd be living in the aftermath of a nuclear apocalypse, tear-assing around a wasteland wearing leather and firing huge guns at each other, while fighting over precious food and gasoline. Shortages, in other words, were going to give us a blank check to act awesome.
None of that happened and, by 2007, shortage shortages were reaching desperate levels.
In June, Apple released a phone that was the same as other phones, except instead of pushing buttons to make it work, you rubbed your finger around the screen. Astonished by this life-changing invention, masses of desperate Americans took to the streets, braving the elements and camping out on sidewalks, clinging to the hope that they may finally escape the tyranny of their cruel, buttoned phones.
These people needed purpose in their lives, and for that one morning, their purpose was to get a fucking iPhone even if it meant sitting on the sidewalk all night in front of the Apple store.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
In July, fans ranging from age 10 to pedophile lined up at bookstores around the world for the midnight release of the seventh and final Harry Potter book. Unlike the iPhone, there were in fact no shortages of the book and everyone involved knew that stacks of them would be available in every single retail outlet and grocery store in the free world the next day, and for the foreseeable future. No, these lines were purely so that the fans could find out Harry's fate that night, rather than getting a good night's sleep and picking it up the next day.
Here was a line, not for the chance to have the desired object, but only to have it a few hours sooner than their friends, so that they would be first to know that (SPOILER) the good guys win and everything turns out OK (END SPOILER).
Nintendo Wii
The object of the frenzy is usually some mildly amusing toy that the manufacturer has failed to make enough of. In 2007, for the second year in a row, this was the Nintendo Wii. The Wii was an innovation over previous game consoles much in the same way the iPhone was an innovation over previous phones. Instead of pushing the buttons on the controller to play the game, the user shook the controller like a maraca.
This innovation set the bullshit-buying public aflame, clawing and scratching each other for a spot in line at their local Best Buy, and paying grossly inflated prices on eBay.
These buyers typically had two or three older game systems sitting unused in the closet, which is where the every single Wii was destined to wind up in just a few years when the cycle would begin again.
Let's just leave this one out of the history books, OK? Along with ...