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Weekend Confidential: Jack Ma of Alibaba
How Is an IPO Like a Marriage? The Billionaire Founder of China's Alibaba Goes Public.
A week before he was set to step down as chief executive of Alibaba, one of the world's largest e-commerce companies, Jack Ma was enjoying breakfast on an outdoor patio in Santa Monica, Calif. Worth an estimated $4.2 billion, the Chinese entrepreneur may grow even richer if the company he founded 14 years ago goes public. Philanthropy has brought him to California on this trip, but he has no intention of joining the famous billionaires' pledge and donating at least half his money to charity. "This idea of giving your money out was not created by Gates and Buffett. It was created by the Communist Party in the 1950s!" he says with a laugh.
That wasn't the only thing that had Mr. Ma, 48, chuckling. Since he announced his transition to executive chairman in January—he handed over the reins Friday—he has stoked speculation about a potential Alibaba IPO. With an estimated value of about $60 billion, the company could be one of the year's hottest tech offerings if it makes the move.
Mr. Ma has been on this road before. One of the group's 25 business units, Alibaba.com, an e-commerce platform for small businesses, went public on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2007, before Mr. Ma took it private again last year. (The rest of the group's units, including Taobao, Tmall and Alipay, have never gone public.) The financial crisis hurt Alibaba.com, he says, and it needed major changes. Taking it private again laid the groundwork to take the whole group public one day.
Between bites of scrambled eggs and potatoes, Mr. Ma compared the possible IPO to a wedding. "We are a company who has married and divorced, and we know what marriage means," he says. "We do not want a wedding reception—we want a happy marriage." And the timing? "I think we are ready," he says.
At the end of April, Alibaba bought an 18% stake in Weibo, China's answer to Twitter, for $586 million—another move seen as wedding preparation.
Mr. Ma's successor, Jonathan Lu, moved up from his role as chief data officer after Mr. Ma put him through a series of positions—and what sounds like a corporate version of hazing. Mr. Ma says with a smirk, "I pushed him in the fridge" (that is, he gave Mr. Lu a hard time). "I realized early this year he was ready."
Mr. Ma is a big believer in perseverance. Born in Hangzhou, China, he perfected his English skills by talking up tourists at a local hotel. He failed his college entrance exam twice before enrolling in a local teachers college. After trying with no success to land a number of jobs, including one as a secretary to the manager of a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet, he borrowed $2,000 to start a website called China Pages and then ran an information technology company for a department of China's Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation. In 1999, he raised $60,000 from 18 friends and, from his own apartment, started what is now Alibaba.
Today, Mr. Ma's speeches draw large crowds at the company's annual gathering for customers and media (celebrity speakers have included Bill Clinton and Kobe Bryant). He is married, with two children, including a son who attends college in the U.S.
Mr. Ma also has experience with less successful unions. Last fall, Alibaba bought back half of the 40% stake that Yahoo had owned in the company. When asked why, Mr. Ma responds, "They [Yahoo] changed the CEO how many times?" He leans forward and sways his head from left to right, as if to watch a rapid succession of CEOs. "It's like a Hollywood movie!" he says. "It's like a teen series!"
Mr. Ma admires the work ethic of Yahoo's latest CEO, Marissa Mayer, but the one he holds in highest esteem is its founder Jerry Yang, who first invested $1 billion in Alibaba in 2005. "I almost walked away from the deal, but he convinced me in a small Japanese restaurant in San Francisco with a glass of sake," he says.
On his trip to California last week, Mr. Ma traveled to Stanford University in search of talent. Speaking in Mandarin at an Alibaba recruiting event, he asked a few hundred handpicked engineers, "Why don't you take a risk? Why don't you think about going to China?" Judging by the overflowing room, some already are.
Though Mr. Ma has high hopes for China, he sees Silicon Valley as the center of global innovation. He will soon launch a U.S.-based fund to invest in Silicon Valley startups.
Mr. Ma says his first order of post-CEO business will be "to sleep for three months." He may not have that much time. He will still direct strategic and leadership development of the company, which includes helping U.S. businesses use Alibaba's platforms to sell to customers in China and abroad. On the side, he plans to open a tai chi club with the actor Jet Li, build an entrepreneurship university in Hangzhou and continue to work on several social and environmental initiatives, including one with the Nature Conservancy.
Still, Mr. Ma says, he hopes to escape the public eye. "I want to get back to normal," he insists. "I think if you asked Bill Gates, he wants to be back to himself." But, he adds, laughing, it may not be easy: "I have a unique and ugly face so people always recognize me."
He chose May 10 as his last day as CEO for a reason. It was AliDay, a company holiday during which Alibaba opens its doors for public tours and employees who can't afford their own weddings (or just want to have a second ceremony) get married en masse by Mr. Ma. For this AliDay, he blessed more than 750 of his employees' weddings. "I'm like a bride on her wedding day," he said in his closing speech. "All she knows how to do is grin."


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Skinny Strawberries Romanoff
A simple yet elegant dessert. The combination of sour cream with the sweetness of the brown sugar is absolutely addicting! My mother learned how to make this recipe in a culinary class she took when I was younger and it became a childhood favorite of mine. I just called it strawberry dip not knowing it actually had a name. Other variations include adding a tiny bit of orange zest or the juice of an orange, or a splash of Grand Marnier. I think it's perfect without. Serve this in a champagne or martini glass with a mint leaf for an elegant presentation.
Skinny Strawberries Romanoff
Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes
Servings: 5 • S Size: about 5 strawberries + 2 tbsp cream • Points +: 2 pts • Smart Points: 2
Calories: 77.2 • Fat: 2.4g • Protein: 2.1 g • Carb: 12.8 g • Fiber: 2.1 g
- 16 oz strawberries, washed and cut
- 4 oz low fat sour cream
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
Combine sour cream and brown sugar. Place about five strawberries in each glass and drizzle each with 2 tablespoons of cream sauce.

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- Updated: 8/11/01 11:28:30 AM
- BSO Case Number: DR01-08-1992
- PIO Number: 01-8-14
- Date: August 10, 2001
- Time: 2352
- Place of Occurrence: 4802 NE 2nd Avenue, Deerfield Beach
- John Fabela, 29, 3/1/72, male, 4802 NE 2nd Avenue, Deerfield Beach (DECEASED)
- John Arana, 22, 3/14/79, male, 4802 NE 2nd Avenue, Deerfield Beach
- Unknown
Description of Incident:
One man is dead, another critically injured after both were shot inside a Deerfield Beach mobile home shortly before midnight Friday.
BSO Homicide detectives say Fabela's mother, Patricia Christie, called 911 to report shots fired inside her home. She was in the bedroom at the time the shooting occurred. Both victims were immediately transported to North Broward Medical Center. Fabela died of his injuries at 4:50 AM. Arana is in critical but stable condition.
Fabela and Arana are self-employed carpet layers and are related. Arana had been staying at the home in the Highland Village Retirement Community for the past week.
Detectives don't yet know the motive for the shooting, and think there could be two suspects. The suspects are described as black males in their late 20s. One is approximately 5'8", and the other is approximately 6' tall. One of the suspects may have been badly injured during the shooting, and may be seeking medical attention at an area hospital or doctor's office.
Anyone with information about the injured suspect, or the shooting, is urged to call the Broward Sheriff's Office at (954) 765-4321 or Broward County Crime Stoppers anonymously at (954) 493-TIPS.
- INVESTIGATORS: Sgt. R. O'Neil, Det. F. Ilarraza, Homicide. Media Relations: Cheryl Stopnick
Posted At: 08/11/2001 12:00 AM
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Let $f(x)$ be a continuous real function s.t $f(x_0) > 0$
Prove: There is some interval of the form $(x_0 -\delta, x_0 + \delta)$ where $f$ is positive.
Since $f$ is continuous: $\forall \,{\epsilon > 0}\,\, \exists \,{\delta>0}$ s.t. $|x- x_0|<\delta \implies |f(x) - f(x_0)| < \epsilon$
By contradiction suppose there is no interval $(x_0 - \delta, x_0 + \delta)$ where $f(x)$ is positive. This means that $f(x_0) - \epsilon < f(x) < f(x_0) + \epsilon < 0$. Hence we have a contradiction since $\epsilon$ and $f(x_0)$ are both greater than zero.
- Is this correct?
- Could someone provide a non-contradiction proof?


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King Abdullah chairs Cabinet session
March 21, 2011
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz chaired the Cabinet session held at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh today. At the outset, the King expressed his appreciation for the outpouring of support shown by the Saudi people following his address to the nation and the issuance of a number of royal orders last Friday. He noted that the edicts aim to improve the welfare of the Kingdom's citizens and to support the state's civil and military institutions. The concerned officials must implement the royal orders immediately, he added.
Then, King Abdullah briefed the Cabinet on his most recent foreign contacts, including telephone calls he received from U.S. President Barack Obama; British Prime Minister David Cameron; and Spanish King Juan Carlos, in addition to messages he sent to Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir; Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad; and Chinese President Hu Jintao.
The Cabinet listened to a number of reports on the latest developments in the regional and international arenas, following with particular concern events that have affected the Arab world. While reiterating the Kingdom's positions towards these developments, the Cabinet emphasized the importance of maintaining the safety and security of citizens when dealing with particular events in a way that assures the security, stability and territorial integrity of neighboring countries.
Regarding domestic affairs, the Cabinet welcomed the holding of several scientific, cultural and economic forums in the Kingdom last week, including the 6th Prince Sultan International Award for Memorization of the Holy Quran for Military Men; the 11th Jeddah Economic Forum, held under the theme "21st Century Transformation"; and the International Exhibition and Forum for Public Education.
Turning to its weekly agenda, the Cabinet approved a memorandum of understanding on bilateral political consultations between the Saudi Foreign Ministry and the Danish Foreign Ministry; approved the Kingdom's accession to the Convention on Temporary Admission (Istanbul Convention); approved the final accounts of the General Organization for Railways for fiscal year 1430/1431 H.; and approved a number of amendments to the Employee Discipline Law, issued by Royal Decree No. (M/7), dated 01/02/1391 H.
The Cabinet approved the appointments of Abdulrahman Al-Salem as Director General of Water in Makkah Province at the Ministry of Water and Electricity (15th rank); Abdullah Al-Issa as Minister Plenipotentiary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ghannam Al-Ghannam as Director General of Batha Customs at the Customs Authority (14th rank); and Omar Al-Omar as Administrative Consultant at the Supreme Council of the Magistracy (14th rank).


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BELL COUNTY (September 19, 2012)—Four members of a family were taken to Scott & White Hospital in Temple Wednesday evening after a three-vehicle chain reaction accident on U.S. Highway 190 between Nolanville and Belton.
The crash, which occurred as traffic backed up because of a bale of hay that was in the middle of the highway,involved a compact sedan, a Honda CRV and a Honda Civic.
The four people who were injured were in the CRV, which was in the middle of the three-vehicle collision.
The highway was reopened to traffic at around 6:35 p.m. Wednesday.


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Simpson County Schools Superintendent, Jim Flynn, says: "It's meant to be a special, special trip."
But the recent Franklin Simpson High School Choral trip to New York City was more like a nightmare for some parents.
Brandy Stovall, is one of the upset parents. She says: "I take my child to Franklin Simpson High School for a lock-in Thursday night at 8:30."
The choral teacher, Danielle Brown, was the only supervisor at the lock-in. Parents say they later learned Brown had given their children alcohol.
Stovall says: "You don't give a 14 year-old child or a 16 year-old child some liquor and tell them it's okay to drink it."
Flynn says: "As soon as we learned some of the issues related to supervision and possible policy and law violations we sent the principal to New York City."
Brown resigned from her teaching position on Monday-the day the students were supposed to return. But then another turn for the worse happened.
Stovall says: "My daughter, Kendra, got off the plane with the other students. But my son and another child were left behind in New York with Mrs. Brown."
It turns out the airline had overbooked and one of the students was going to have to stay behind, but Brown offered to stay instead.
Flynn says: "One student kind of got upset that the teacher was being left behind and left the gate. Another student went to assist that student and the flight had to leave. Consequently those students missed the flight."
The next day they missed another flight home and parents became worried so the superintendent asked police in New York to escort the students and Brown to the airport. It's an ordeal both Flynn and Stovall say they'd never want to go through again.
Flynn says: "It's certainly been a real terrible experience for our school system and certainly some of the kids involved."
Stovall says: "I would never dream when they told me this happened... this is something I never in my life thought would happen. When you take your kids to a lock-in and leave you think they're going to be supervised and watched. Apparently they weren't watched too good or the mess that went on would have never went on."
Superintendent Flynn says he has turned over the investigation to the county attorney and the Franklin Police Department is looking into any laws that were broken. He says the school board is investigating which students were drinking and determining what will happen to them.
Brandy Stovall is also upset that her son was not given his medication on the trip. She tells us that he doesn't want to return to Franklin Simpson in the fall. And she says they are seeking legal representation on the matter.


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I have a dropdownlist which has several options for generating reports. Based on the type of account the user has certain options which should be visible but not selectable (as an incentive for them to upgrade).
I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to accomplish this.
The permissions are already in place i just need assistance with making certain items unselectable.
any help would be much appreciated.


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History Log:
v0.1 : Wow, began work on my first ever monster guide, added the..
-Half of the bombsite strats.
v0.5 : Added a lot of familiar things, such as
- Finished up on Bombsite
- Nade Spam
v1.1 - Advanced Srats
- Camping
- Awping
- Added 1 more advanced Strategy
- got a lot of people to begin helping me!
- MoTM
- now began working on: css tips and tricks
First of all, a lot of players I have come across, not the Pure Pwnage members, but mostly in pubs and even in some CAL Matches. I'm not putting this thread up to call all of you noobs or such, but to help out the guys who are seeking help, and of course anyone looking to get better. So without further ado, I present you with Joby's 1.6 Help thread!
Please note that this is a work in process, and will be updated as soon as I can. THIS IS NOT A VS. THREAD, THIS THREAD IS AIMED FOR ANYONE WHO IS SEEKING HELP IN 1.6
Want to have your advice on the tutorial?
If you have a piece of advice you'd like to offer, or extend to my guide, please PM me, with your tutorial part. If I feel that its an awesome piece of advice, I'll post it up here!
Q. What are the key differences between Source and 1.6?
A. Source has remarkably better graphics, and runs on the source engine, meaning you can knock over stuff, play around with physics, etc. Source's hitboxes threads are bigger, and recoil is easier to control.
1.6's graphics are laughable, physics don't really apply to this game, the recoil pattern is very different from the Source. However, 1.6, despite being released in 99, is still played today and is used in world reknowned tournaments, such as CPL, WEG, and much more.
Q. What do you recommend me?
A. The answer is really up to you. Source is beginning to grow, a fairly new game, so you can join the Source community to help expand its borders. 1.6 is already been here for a while, but is still played by thousands to this day. The gameplay is arguable, and since this guide is not a vs. thread, we will NOT get into that.
Q. All right, I want to learn more about 1.6, teach me.
A. All right then, lets go.
Table of Contents: (Use CTRL + F to look around faster)
1a. Shooting
2a. Controlling your Recoil
3a. Bombsite
4a. CT Rotations
5a. Camping
6a. Awping
6b. Importance of Awping
7a. Strategies
8a. Advanced Strategies
9a. Inspiration in/out of the game
10a. Economy (With some help with FoP)
11a. Professional Help
1b. Source Basics
2b. Source Tricks
3b. Servers!(written by Twisted Snipers
1a. Shooting.
There are 3 main ways to shoot, as shown above, we have....
Single Shooting, shooting one bullet at a time.
Bursting, Shooting maybe about 2 or 3.
Spraying, letting your whole clip out.
Running and Gunning. Running and letting your whole clip out.
Single shooting is the most accurate of the 3. It allows your one desired bullet to go wherever you want. If you're aim is decent, you can most of the time single shoot a guy in the head fairly quickly. However this is also the best type of way of shooting when you're either shooting an enemy thats far, or just finishing them off from a previous encounter.
Bursting is the 2nd type of shooting. Bursting allows you to shoot 3 or 4 shots into an enemy, without getting your recoil too out of control. Keep in mind however, when bursting keep the crosshair near the upper chest. If your 3-4 shots don't kill the enemy in the chest, the recoil will level your shots up to the head. This is the best type of shooting for beginners.
Spraying, the second most difficult type of shooting, is also the most powerful. The recoil pattern right now is WTF. Be sure to read the recoil patterns later on mentioned in the guide. Spraying is used for numerous reasons.
a. Walling. If you know an enemy is behind a box, usually spraying at the box can kill them.
b. Shooting out multiple enemies. If you're bursting or single shooting, and you're trying to kill 2 or more people, its going to be hard to react as fast as you can when you single shoot or burst and relevel your shot to hit the chest or head.
c. Building up pressure. If you're trying to distract the enemy, spraying can get their attention.
Running and Gunning, the most difficult to master, only a few players can actually do it, (zet, mostly). It can get to you where you want, and you can kill the enemy, so you can for example, kill a camping t while you are runnign towards the bomb. The recoil however is very random and hard to control. I don't recommend this to anyone, unless you're a super pro CPL player.
Be sure to ALWAYS, when not spraying, aim at the head and chest level.
2a. Controlling your recoil.
Unlike Source, the recoil of your gun will skip around to certain places. I'll be covering recoil for the 2 main weapons, the M4 and the AK.
In order to master the recoil of guns, try to first of all memorize the pattern. After you have memorized it, be sure to try and follow the recoil with your mouse, so bring your crosshair down when it begins to shoot up, and so.
3a. The Bombsite.
Ah, the bombsite. The most crucial and sometimes underestimated part of the game. Getting there is no walk through the park. The CT's are merciless, and if you're CT, the T will even TK each other to get into the bombsite. Needless to say, the bombsite is a place where all the action goes down.
Some times on getting there alive, I can offer, are:
- Don't immediatly rush. When you rush, your enemy will surely be camping and awaiting. In order to sucessfully rush, be sure to NADE SPAM
- This actually goes for both, when defusing/planting, be sure to smoke the CRUCIAL parts of the bombsite, doors, tunnels, anywhere an enemy can pop up. It'd reduce the threat of an awp, and it will make your enemy manuever through the smoke, and into your crosshair.
- Don't choose the same camping places over and over. Your enemy will figure out your strategies, and will intercept you in anyway possible.
So what is nadespam? Nade Spam is when you barrage a room or place with grenades. HE for damage, Flashbang for rushing in and killing the blind, and Smoke in order to get to where you want unnoticed. Since your team of 5 should each at least buy 1 type of nade, then nade spam shouldn't be that hard. http://img150.images...ztec0011jo2.jpg
This nade Spam was done by 2 people. 2. Imagine with 5.
In order to get the full effect of a nade spam, your team has to do it at the same time. This is where the timer comes in. CPL teams have set times, for example. "On 00:35, Joby and Boyce smoke double doors, Crispy HE's, Silent_Lamb Flashes, and janey <3333333333." So this also stresses a lt of team practice. You can set up certain time for what to do, when to do, and where to do.
4a. CT Rotations.
CT Rotations are crucial in order to win as CT. What CT Rotations are the team itself spready around the map. Where you spread yourself out too, is up to your team and your skill. You want to place:
*People who can range decent enough, in locations where they can pick off T's that try to plant
*Spraying people who can spray, at the actual bombsite, that way they can stall the T's until the rest of your team arrives.
*Awpers at a position where they can watch both Bombsites.
An example of a CT Rotation for Dust 2:
- If T's go B, the B team can stall, while Long A and Cat CT's can cirlce around into the tunnels and get them from behind.
- If T's go Cat, the cat can try his/her best to stall, while Long A circles back, and B goes back to Cat to intercept them from Cat itself.
- If T's go A, Long A can try their best to stall, B circles through Cat, and Cat guards the Bombsite at a range.
An example of a CT Rotation for Nuke:
- The Spotter, or awper, will guard the outside. If no activity is seen, the T's will probably head down or up.
- The 2 Ups and the 2 Downs have to keep in touch. USE THE VENTS! The vents are the fastest way to head down to either bombsite.
- Red rock is illegal
5a. Camping
Ever wonder why the bombsite is so quite? Chances are your enemy is camping. So what exactly is camping?
Camping, by CS terms, is when a player stays at a certain place for a long periods of time, hoping to take out anyone that is foolish enough to even try to pass them. So Camping sounds like a surefire way to win, I mean, if you're enemy can't see you, you're the one with the advantage right?
Tips for camping are:
- Don't camp the same place twice! If you do, your enemy will already have previous knowledge of your spot, and will take the tactics needed to kill.
- Place campers in their correct order . You don't want an awper in front and a guy who can't shoot for shit at the back.
- Rotate. Rotating with your team will not only allow you to have different views, but will also allow someone else have a try at camping at that spot. Remember 1.6 is a teamsport
And most important, DO NOT GIVE AWAY YOUR POSITION!
Camping requires all your patience and concentration. If you hear the enemy, don't just jump out screaming RAGGLE FRAGGLE and killing them. No, you have to wait until they get into the spot where you can shoot AND not notice your position until they die. Be sure to also not stick out, not only will it kill you, but it'll be embarrasing . In order not too stick out, your crosshair must never be on the enemy. That means, if you can't see them, they can't see you.
And if you stick out, you might be thinking, ah what the hell, I'm sticking out. Whoopee-fucking-doo. When you're sticking out, your practically telling hte other team. LOOK AT ME EVERYBODY.
2 examples of sticking out:
Example 1: Althought a bit hard to see, you can see the camping T's foot. When you shoot them, they tend to panic, and run around aimlessly. Perfect oppurtunity to kill.
Example 2: Now this was just plain pathetic, be sure, when camping htere, to not have doulbe doors in your view
6a. Awping
So, now that you got the basics down, you want to be the one everyone loves to hate, everyone ones want to be, and everyone desperatly needs in the team. Yes, the AWPER.
Now being an awper takes more than just aiming and getting 1 hit kills. No, its more about heading back to strategies. If you don't know who is a perfect canditate for an awper, take these traits in consideration when deciding your roster:
* One who works well with others, an awper needs to protect the team.
* One who knows how to buy wisely, you can have someone that buys flashes and then flashes himself.
* One with good aim. Awping isn't spraying, it takes skill and concentration, it also won't help if you have patience.
* One who know hows to call strategies (Mentioned later)
Awping also allows you to view things from far away, this also helps you call out strats. You, or the awper, must know what to call if you see something with your scope, for example:
- Dust 2 allows you to see where your enemies are coming from, Long A, Cat, Mid, or B. The awper can be stationed near Long A to guard A, or B. Another useful tactic is looking through double doors. If they're heading towards the right, the T are going B, and left means A.
SK|vilden, SK.swe's awper is a perfect example of his awping and leading skills. He is their ingame leader, and with that guidance they have gone to won CPL 05.
b. Awper's Importance.
Even if your CT or T, an awper has important jobs,
Terrorists: The awper has 2 main jobs as T, help their team get to their bombsite by eliminating any camping CT's at the bombsite you guys are heading towards too, and help camp the bomb by picking off any awpers that will try to reach the CT's aide. The awper must be stationed near the rear of the bombsite for camping, if he is the only one, he can then hide, then come out when the CT is trying to defuse.
Counter Terrorists: Your job, plain and simple, is to stop the T's from 1. Reaching the bombsite, and if they do manage to reach it 2. Try to take out the terrorist that are planting bombs or assuming camping positions. Your job is to also guard your teamate(s) when they try to defuse the bomb.
7a. Strategies
So you have all the skills down, the recoil, the camping, the bombsite. Everything. Now what next? teamwork. You can't tell your friends, RUSH A. You'd be like, how? when? where? nade spam? awp? Now you have to come up with strats, come up with spots where your players are most comftorable with. And you also have to put your guys in where they go.
1 phrase you will always find yourself saying.
Push basically keeps the team moving. If they're pinned down, it is up to the push to bring the team up.
Awp is the rear end of the team. He or she is in charge to take down anyone from behind, or clear the way up front.
Camp, when the bomb is planted, its up to these guys to take care of the bomb.
Now by now, most of you guys are saying "Fuck Joby, I want to see how the pro's do it. You're a noob and you deserve to die! btw whats your steam id" Luckily for you, I am sort of kinda maybe friends with pros, now here are some srats from the pros.
An example of an Nuke Strat by coL
Rushing done in a very fashioned way. You can't just run around like an idiot. You have to have timed places and places to intercept the enemy. Be sure to study their positions.
Another example, this time in Inferno. Study the careful positioning of SK and eYe
Keep in mind that these are only Pro srats. Be sure to always come up with more ideas for your team.
8a. Advanced Strategies
No, this is not a conclusion, I have about a million more things I want to put in
Ad. Strategies are what they are. In order to understand them and do them, you have to know how to play well. I'll divide them up, at the time of this post, my birthday 10/05, I only have 2. I am welcome for suggestions, and will be posting up more.
1. wNv Ditch Strat.
A very clever way to guard the bomb. You will need:
- A decent person who can burst well.
- Bomb planted at *See picture*
- Able to get to Bombsite A without much casualties.
When you have reached the bomb, plant the bomb as shown in the pic. Whoever is heading towards the ditch should be a good rangerer. Which means he can pick off people from a great distance. Do not worry if your teamates die, you or the player will be in charge of guarding the bomb. Advantages of this is that the head is nearly invisible at that distance, and if one or more guys try to defuse, they are left defenseless, and you can wall them. Be sure to do this only once in a while, because the CT's might even camp at the ditch!
What is should look like:
2. Ninja Defuse.
Everyone's favorite, not only does it win you the round, it also humiliates the opposing team. You will need:
- Defusal Kit (Can't have you defusing in the middle of a firefight for 10 seconds can we?
- Teamembers to distract the enemy while you sneak in
- (Optional) Flash and/or Smoke Grenades
The bomb has been planted, the bombsite is heavily guarded, your teamates are pinned down, what else do you have to do? Sneak in the bombsite and defuse, of course! Now this isn't an easy task, time is against you, and the T's will stop at nothing to stop you from defusing. So why do you have teamates for? Easily the only thing that is their job, and that is to distract and create a whole lot of noise. The T's will, only if they aren't battle hardened and stand their ground, emerge from their camping spots and begin to inspect whats going on. NOw's your chance! Sneak in through the bombsite, and start defusing. If you played your cards correctly, and if luck is on your side, you will be able to defuse the bomb, and win!
NOTE: DO NOT use the nades if they are already distracted, or left their camping spots, they will hear the nades and come back. the only one that is acceptable is flashing, but only then use it for blinding and rushing in.
Where can you sneak in? My advice, study the maps, and find places where they are sometimes over looked.
9a. Inspiration in/out of the game
Your team just got defeated, lets say 16-3. You are depressed, the whole world has come to an end. How could you let this match slip so easily from your fingers? Or maybe you have an off day, you get all these incredible oppurtunity to take out 4 guys and maybe even knife the last one, but you blow it? This is a problem people from either 1.6 or Source face every day Which is why people have found so many ways to cheer themselves up, or simply get your head back in the game. It isn't tough, but you have to keep motivating yourself to strive and be what you want to be.
So what are some of the ways you can be cheered up? I have constructed a small list of ways to get your head back in the game.
1. Don't be shy to look at your mistakes.
This is why we record demos. You can record a demo at any time, not just during a scrim. This way, you can view what your doing wrong and how you can begin to fix your wrongs. Demos are also a good way to help out your team, you guys can view whether this strategy worked or not, what went wrong, how did you guys die that round, etc. Demos are not only for your amusement, but to help you become a better player. Or maybe you had this awesome match where you were 22-4, and you wanted to see what you did. Demo's are always there to help you out.
2. Look at frag videos/ create frag videos.
Frag videos are important not only just to show you how one guy can take out a whole team with only a glock, but they are there to help motivate you. If you see this frag video of a guy who is able to take out 3 guys with only 2 hp, you might be thinking "Holy crap thats crazy, I wish I can do that" the words "I wish I can do that" will help you to get motivated to begin practicing things that the real pros can do. Not only do you need to watch frag videos, you also need to begin making or creating some with you teams. that way, you can look back on those frag videos on your off days and say to yourself "Wow, I did all that? Is that really me?" frag videos are there for your inspiration, sometimes your shots of yourself will be your biggest motivator.
Shots like these can help you think brightly and it will also remind you that you are capable of pulling off amazing things.
.Play certain types of maps.
Lets say you are able to spray a guy who's in front of you, but when you try to take out a guy from a distance, you are never able to get him. Luckily for us, people have created maps not only for your amusement and waste of time, but to help get better at a certain type of technique. Consider this scenario
Joby is an excellent sprayer at close range, however whenever he tries to pick them off from a distance, he always ends up missing his targets. What map should Joby practice on?
A. aim_ak-colt
B. fy_iceworld2k
C. as_oilrig
D. de_dust2 with Warcraft 3 Mods
If you picked A, you are correct. aim_ak-colt is a perfect map not only to help you practice your long distance shots, but to familiarize your recoil and skill with the colt or the ak.
Boyce is having trouble awping, should he play..
A. de_rats
B. fy_snow
C. awp_map
D. awp_map with warcraft 3 mods.
C is the correct answer, awp map allows you to quickly scout for enemies before you are caught. However, I do warn you that some n00bs will tend to buy an AK or Colt and just rush you. Be careful!
This was recommended by The_MarD, and I find it pretty helpful!
it's in his list of stuff. scroll about half ways down the page.
10a. Economy
Now despite a lot of people thinking the game is about weakening the enemy and killing as much as you can. This is true, but there lies a battle that is not fought with skill, its fought with thought, and mental power. This is the world of economy in CS.
Money is very important, whether your up with 16k or down with 2k, money will always determine your/ your team's moves and how you play the game itself. Now the past few times, I've been using the AK and the M4 a lot, but now I can talk a little more about different types of guns and how they are useful when you are investing on money.
The 1st Round:
The pistol round is one of the most, if not is, the most important round in a scrim or a game. The 1st round should leave you with 800 money to start with. Now most of you might begin to buy ammo, or even a deagle. Not quite, the wisest thing to do is...
CT: Buy a defusal kit, a flash grenade or a smoke grenade, then a HE. Ammo isn't that important, since with the HE you can easily weaken them down and not spend as much ammo on the enemy. Flash places where you might think that the T's are going to rush, or even camp. You can stall them, and since the round is won for you guys if time runs out, its a crucial strategy.
T: Buy either an smoke or flash, and HE. T's don't have to worry about defusal kits, or any other items. Now if you are a more experienced player, you can switch the glock for an USP or another pistol. HOwever I advise that you don't do this, because if you do buy the USP, you sacrafice either ammo for nades, or nades for ammo.
2nd and 3rd round.
Whether you win or lose the next few rounds, your going to have money. Now there are two things you can do with this.
Save, or Semi-Save
Or Buyout.
Saving is when you buy nothing. You go with what you got. This is used only if you are low on money, or if your saving up for a desired weapon you want. Saving usually occurs when a team loses on a Buyout round, or if they lose a few rounds.
Semi-save is when you do buy weapons and ammo, but nothing too costly. A good example of this is the Mp5. Ranging from 2k, you can buy this weapon early in the game, and it can still pack a punch. the mp5 is a popular choice when saving or semi-saving. Semi-Saving also allows grab some more kills than you would with a pistol, achieving more money and frags for the later rounds.
Buyout is when you buy everything you can. Kevlar + Helmet, pistol ammo, rifle ammo, grenades, defusal kit, everything. This type of economy is risky, because if your team loses a buy round, they will have lost all their money + their weapons. Unless they have some left over, the best thing they can do is save. Buyout also happens during the last round, whether the 15th round or the last round for a team.
*Note: If you lose a buyout round, but still have enough for another buyout, DO NOT BUYOUT. You will be hardcore ecoed when your team loses the round. the thing I'd advise you to do is semi-save, or just completely save. Unless you have 16k, DO NOT BUY OUT.
some of the best clans in CS1.6 are SK gaming, Ninja's In Pyajamas,Complexity,
Team 3d,and some more,most of these clans started from stracth,like most ofus
they used to join leagues and scrims alot.learning from them is a good way to
get better at 1.6,you can watch demo's or frags movies , these can be downloaded
from *GoTFrAG* , and some other sites,the thins you need to join a clan and stuff
is really simple , you will need "mirc* , *ventrilo*/*teamspeak* , *xfire* and a
Mic,all of these are very much needed to be a in clan for communication and such.
scrims and pugs and basic team vs. team games,a scrim is a 5v5 , a pug is a 4v4 and lower
Scrimming is basicly to help you improve in cs,and the more clans u the scrim the better you
and your clan gets, u can use mirc to find scrims
for scrimming also your clan might need a server to scrim in,the server should have a thing called ''cal config''
''cal config'' is to have a cal like scrim/match,becasue without it everything would go out of hand
you but servers from *stealthserver'' or others,in scrimming you must also learn certain scrim maps eg.
While scrimming after a few months / years you might want to find a sponser for you to go to
the leagues and everything
after you have scrimmed alot and you and your think that you are very good,you might want to join
a league,examples,TWL,OGL,UGL,CAL,CEVO , those are some of the ametuer leagues,pro leagues are things
like CPL.most of the ametuer leagues have divisions ,eg. cal,here it is in order
CAL oPEN
CAL open is the easiest and invite is the hardst After you have finished the leagues you can join the professional leagues and tournaments like the WCG,WSVG,NGL and few more,when u have won all you would prolly be paid to play cs like the pro clans as i have said at first.
11a. Professional Help
Like every sport, there will always be pros that can always whoop anyones ass, and have fierce and entertaining matches. Some of the best clans out there right now are fnatic, project_kr, SK, 3D, coL, and much more. Luckily, when they're not spanking us noobs, they like to help us.
Heaton, considered one of the best CS players, if not THE best, has the ability to control his spray like no other man/woman. Just how good is he? He can spray at a tiny little speck in the distance, and get 3 headshots. Amazing.
Some of Heaton's guides: How to Spray with a Colt (Unfortunately, there was an AK spray video, but it somehow died..)
Ever get shot from no where and think "where was he?" you might have been walled. Walling is shooting through the walls and hitting/killing your enemy. No, this is not a cheat. Wall hacks allow you to SEE the enemy through the walls. Walling, you can't see them, but you can hear them and predict where they are going to be.
Now, you might be thinking, "aw sweet, I'm going to totally wall people now..!!" hold on there, you have to learn wall spots first. I found some videos on youtube, thanks to SK Insider, you can view them and figure out where to wall and when.
I have: Wallspots on de_nuke and de_inferno
Hopefully these videos can help you become a better player.
1b. Source Basics
For starters... Source has bigger models which means bigger heads. Thats you objective for aiming. Unlike in 1.6 spraying (in general) is rarely used. The only reall times you want to spray are the same in which you pointed out in your tut - the multiple targets. You burst hs them one by one. Another tip is to keep your crosshair level with their head, that way when someone comes around a corner you crosshair is auto on their head. Its hard to get a feel for where their head is naturally so make a mental not of objects that are the same level as their faces. Dont stand still for too long ever! When you come around a corner and there is someone gunning you down, lead them around the corner dont come to them have them come to you. Unlike in 1.6 in most maps you can throw over most any wall. Which means flashes can be more effective.
Flashes: The objective with flashes is to get them to explode infront of them (DUH) and a less noticable area... Above them(still infront tho...). A good player can see a flash nade n 180 to reduce the effect of it. But when it flys out from above them its harder for him to notice it.A FAQ about flashes is "If I dont have the full effect of a flash and can see, should I attack the enemy and take them by suprise? Or run off while I can?" The asnwer is to attack them if you have the apropriate fire power. A smart player can menuever him self while flashed to cover.
Smokes: Smokes are wonderful in this game. With full cover froma distance. They can be used to escape from awpers... Or my favourite... Double smoking a bombsite. You should plant the bomb, then have your team smoke all around the bomb (once they start to assult the bombsite if possible). This makes it much harder for them to find the bomb. If there are 2 smokes thrown in one spot you (and your enemy) cannot see a thing at all while your in it.
HE's: This bitches can be very in effecive because unlike 1.6 they dont do as much damage... Probally because of how much faster they travel and what a misreable spam fest this can be. But the best way it is:
-Scare people off
-Cripple someone(and scaring them)
-Killing a crippled enemy.
The most useful nade strat is to have 2+ people buy nades, rush a choke point and double nade it. This can ace teams, kill 3 people, and will scare the living shit out of everyone rushing.
2b. Source Tricks
Here is a awping smoke trick. Its a easy way to pick short a without getting taken out. All you have to do is throw a smoke double doors, then get up on the higher side of the slope to where you can see above the smoke, and look at short a. Its a little foggy but thats good, as they wont be able to see you there. You can still see people running down short a and pick them off tho.
On dust 2, and other maps... The T's have the advantage in picking mid. So in order to smoke them out with out standing in the line of fire... Just throw a smoke over mid wall right at their spawn.
And the smoke will end up... Right here.( I messed up which reall happen, if you throw it a bit higher it will land higher, on the boxes or right on the t ledge, sound harder then it is!)
They idea of camping is to try and show the least amounf of youself as posible, to where they notice you less. But you still have a decent shot at them. Here is a classic spot for anyone covering long a's double door.(If you look carefuly or realise this, my crosshair is level with their head... All I have to do is click once with more powerdul weapons like the ak or scout.)
Here is another classic example of exploiting the ability to throw flashes over walls. This will flash anyone camping tree, or watching long a from bombsite.
Now before I said you should use obstacles and props to keep a mental note of where the models heads will be, so you can keep your crosshair level with their head... Here is one I use for long a.
topic unpinned due to inactivity.-ThE_MarD
Edited by ThE_MarD, 25 January 2014 - 01:58 PM.


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Rine's Week 6 NFL Picks
Pittsburgh 37, Tennessee 10
I'm not naive enough to think the Steelers are a great team right now, but they're a heckuva lot closer to being one than the Titans are. Tennessee cannot run the ball and that's probably not a good thing when you have a young quarterback.
Atlanta 36, Oakland 6
Falcons: 'So you're telling me the only thing we have to do to start our season 6-0 is beat the Raiders?' Yep, I'm here to tell you just that. You know who the MVP is right now? It's not Brady or Manning or Rodgers, it's Matty Ice.
Tampa Bay 26, Kansas City 12
It's gotten so bad in Kansas City that the home fans are cheering when their quarterback goes down injured. Are you kidding me? Show a little respect, because the Buccaneers sure won't.
Indianapolis 27, N.Y. Jets 14
Yes, I see you, Andrew Luck. The rookie led a comeback victory against the Packers last week and there's absolutely nothing to keep me from thinking he won't beat Mark Sanchez.
Cincinnati 30, Cleveland 3
The Steelers playing Thursday means one thing: This will be the game shown on our local CBS affiliate. When in doubt, go with the team that has actually won a game this season.
Detroit 32, Philadelphia 28
Hard to say who needs this one more. Even more difficult to figure out who has the fortitude to step up and take this one. On a hunch, I think the Lions and Matt Stafford get back on track.
Miami 17, St Louis 12
A couple of up-and-coming teams to do battle in South Florida. The Dolphins are coming off a surprising victory and will make it two in a row here. Danny Amendola has been the favorite target of Rams QB Sam Bradford, and he won't play.
Baltimore 6, Dallas 3
It's fairly clear that the Ravens aren't world beaters this year, either. That squeak job against the Chiefs is proof enough for me. That being said, I picked 'Bye' over the Cowboys last week and got it correct.
Arizona 38, Buffalo 13
The Cardinals got a nice little wake-up call last week, though it doesn't sound like a repeat is about to happen. The Bills put forth one of the worst performances in recent memory last week.
Seattle 23, New England 20
A lot of good football teams are having to make the trek to Washington this season. Not so coincidentally, all will leave with losses. Just too tough of a venue for teams not accustomed to such.
N.Y. Giants 25, San Francisco 24
Thought we were going to have one of those classic Giants hiccups last week when they fell behind 17-7 to Cleveland. They do that this week and they'll lose by 40.
Minnesota 21, Washington 14
RG3 suffered a "mild" concussion, whatever that means. He says he'll play in this one, but I have my doubts. Christian Ponder finally threw his first interception last week but won't add to it here.
Houston 34, Green Bay 17
This could be a trap game for the Texans. Given the struggles of the Packers, it wouldn't be all that surprising if they were overlooked. I don't think so, but unfortunately this is about the time of season Houston normally loses a key player to injury.
San Diego 26, Denver 13
Ah, you have to love primetime AFC West games. Could anything possibly be more torturing? OK, that Bengals-Browns game up there, but I digress. It's bounce back time for the Chargers.
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I've now got my crew skills and I am crafting items to level it up. Now that I have access to the Galactic Market, would I be better off putting the items on there than selling them to a merchant?
I think that because they are still low level, starter items, there isn't much point.
Has anyone sold much stuff on the Market yet, or is it still too soon?


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What is the separates a "friendly match" from any other soccer match?
Usually what is call a friendly match is a game outside a tournament.
Like in many other sports, this kind of game is usually used as a test for both team.
Usually in this kind of game, although all the rule book is used, sometimes there are a relax in some rules, like quantity of substitutes, and many times both team plays in a relaxed way, and the refeere usually don´t show as many yellow and red cards.
Some games, like the ones that are the last one for a player, includes several more relaxed rules, like the player playing for both team, or an unlimited number of replacement players.
The last one are usually not call friendly match, are better know as tribute match.
Friendly international matches in soccer are more than just exhibition warm ups for tournaments. They represent the coach's belief as to who are the best players the country has at the time for the position with the understanding some of the top players may not be there. Some players may not participate depending on many variables such as needing time to recover from an injury or the player's club team has a major league match coming up and they can't risk his/her sustaining an injury or being fatigued. So the motivation is pride in one's country and/or team plus showing that you are player worthy playing at the highest level.
A "friendly" (or exhibition game) is basically the term for all games that are not competitive fixtures.
Friendlies are most common in pre-season, as sort of a training to find "the form" and raise the tempo. Also, they're often used by coaches to experiment with tactics and try out new players.
In some leagues, where there's a mid-season break, friendlies are used by most teams to get in shape for the second half of the season. They may also be played at the end of the season, if a team has a couple of weeks off before a tournament or such.
International friendlies are also played. For national teams, these are perhaps even more important than for the clubs, as they don't play the same number of matches together over the course of a season.
What you're calling regular games are actually tournament or league games. Club soccer teams compete in leagues/tournament (like British Premier League, FA Cup, LaLiga and Champion's League), and national teams compete in tournament such as the world cup, UEFA Euro, or the preliminaries to advance to such competitions.
The games that the teams play to get ready for such games are called friendlies. They are meant to prepare teams for important games described above usually immediately before major competitions.
Otherwise, almost all rules apply to both types of matches. Few differences exist however. In major cups/leagues you're only allowed to have 3 substitutions, but the limit is higher for friendlies (there used to be no limit), and some other differences in regulation when it comes to having advertisement on the jerseys(at least until a couple of years ago).


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According to the answers to this question, the Pearl of Great Price contains a work of antiquity called the Book of Abraham. Where exactly did the Book of Abraham come from and how did it become recognized as Scripture by the LDS Church?
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In the early 19th century, there was a major popular interest in egyptology which led to the raiding of egyption tombs with their contents paraded in exhibitions across Europe and the United States. It was during this time that an aquantaince of Joseph Smith purchased some papyri from such traveling exhibition and presented it to him.
Joseph Smith subsequently claimed that it contained "ancient Records that have fallen into our hands, from the Catecombs [sic] of Egypt, purporting to be the writings of Abraham, while he was in Egypt, called the BOOK OF ABRAHAM, written by his own hand, upon papyrus." He proceeded to produce a translation. The content of the work contains many unique doctrines in the theology of Mormonism, such as God's creation of multiple inhabited worlds beyond Earth, an explicit portrayal of the Creation as not being ex-nihilo, and doctrines on the priesthood and its lineage.
The work was not considered cannon until the late 19th century when the LDS church adopted it officially as part of the Pearl of Great Price through approval of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Prior to that it was merely among the many religious materials Smith produced that were published in periodicals of his day but were never adopted as official canon. The Book of Abraham, along with Smith's translation of the Bible, were never deemed complete by Smith himself; he worked on them periodically until his death.
Modern analysis of fragments of papyri believed to be those which Smith had in possession shows that they portray a standard Egyption burial, as such scholars generally reject Smith's translation. It is also worth noting that many LDS scholars also agree that the papyri do not contain a translation as produced by Smith. They have, however, produced excellent apologist work in defense of the Book of Abraham and have posed multiple theories as to how it could have been produced. One such is the fact that the majority of the papyri were destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire, and therefore it is contended that perhaps the translation is based on papyri which have been lost. Some of the apologetics are based on an analysis of the content of the work and not of its origin. Much of this work can be found at BYU's Maxwell Institute online.
EDIT: I was mistaken on a doctrinal point above, the Book of Abraham does not treat explicitly the concept of multiple inhabited worlds. It does, however, speak of many stars created in the heavens and of Abraham's learning about them. He "saw those things which [God's] hands had made, which were many; and they multiplied before mine eyes, and I could not see the end thereof." A similar vision is encountered in the Book of Moses also in the Pearl of Great Price, and in that account the idea of multiple inhabited worlds is presented.
Sigh... the reference manuals and official sources say it so much better than do I... So here's some quotes and links.
From the Introductory Note of the Pearl of Great Price:
An institute student manual has more to say on the subject:
This article by Dr. Andrew Skinner of Brigham Young University goes into more detail (formatting lost in the copy operation):
I recommend following the cited cross-references (History of the Church, and other linked documents and articles) because the information in them is fascinating history and they go into much more detail.


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While mapping has been extensively covered but always from either the Virtual Tabletop perspective, not the on-the-fly-mapping idea. Basically what software could you use to map a grid-based dungeon in real time? It doesn't have to look pretty, the current tool in use is Excel with square cells & cell boarders. However the 'right tool for the right job' person in me pulls my hair out every time I hear this, so I want something better. It must be at least as fast as excel, support marking of secret & normal doors and such. I plan my dungeons on grid-paper, so rectangle only is fine for now.
This is just for old-school mapping: Not a battle mat, not for online play. Just something that is easier to share then scanning in a sheet of grid paper.
No Mac or iOS solutions. Android, Windows and Linux are what we use More obscure OS programs are also allowed, due to the fact we are huge nerds.


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The reason I am asking is because I know a couple moms who were extremely rude during their labor and deliveries. I am talking throwing things, cussing at their s/o's and nurses, and being increibly vulgar.
I am not so naive to think that I won't swear a bit or that I might not get cranky or snappy since that's my usual reaction to pain. However, I don't want to be verbally abusing my husband and the nurses either- or throwing things at them.
What were your experiences? Would you change if you could?


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STEUBENVILLE - Veteran newsman-turned-gym rat Paul Giannamore figures it's about time he explained to the reading public why he traded his computer keyboard in for a state-of-the-art elliptical machine.
It had less to do with the demands of news writing than the long hours, high stress and sedentary lifestyle that come with it.
"I don't talk about this a lot," he said. "But in the fall of '09 I weighed 310 pounds. I went to a doctor and found out my liver was failing because I had so much fat - I was developing fatty liver disease which, essentially, does the same thing as lifelong alcohol abuse, it starts to harden up and scars. He told me, 'If you want to be here in four years when your son is done with college, you'd better change your ways.' I walked out of the doctor's office. It was kind of weird. I was scheduled to come down here and talk with the owner of Anytime Fitness, Arieh Ordronneau. At the end of the interview, I asked him how much. He told me and I signed up."
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A NEW CAREER — After more than 30 years in the news business, former Business Editor Paul Giannamore has carved out a new life for himself as a "Fitness Rebel." Giannamore, now managing Anytime Fitness in Hollywood Plaza, was one of 25 "rebels" chosen from some 2,000 gyms across the country to help inspire Americans to live a healthier, happier and longer life. - Linda Harris
The rest is, as they say, history. He started working out a few times a week, "spending an hour, hour-and-a-half three or four times a week" in the gym. Before long he was looking and feeling better, and when the opportunity to manage the gym opened up, he was more than ready for the change.
"I was a late middle-aged guy leaving a job he'd had for 30 years to work in a gym because he loved what it's done for him so much," said Giannamore, who joined the Anytime Fitness family on Labor Day 2011.
His story found its way to the ears of the powers-that-be at the company's corporate headquarters in Minnesota, "and I ended up being one of the Fitness Rebels, one of 25 people chosen from 2,000 gyms for the first year of the Fitness Rebellion to try and change the conversation about fitness. For too long, people have had this idea that fitness is for somebody else."
The Fitness Rebellion isn't a competition, he says. It's not about being the workout king (or queen) who spends more time in the gym than the person next to you. Rather, it's a movement, a life-and-death battle against a sedentary lifestyle. And in a country where two out of every three people have a weight issue, it's a rallying cry for a happier, healthier way of life.
It is, Giannamore said, a way of thinking and living that celebrates "the little wins," like being able to walk past the jelly bean jar without grabbing a handful or getting up at 5 a.m. to work out even when you don't feel like it.
"With the Fitness Rebellion we celebrate the little victories - the day you had the head cold and really just wanted to go home and bury your head under a pillow, but instead you came in and worked out for 20 minutes - that's a victory," Giannamore said. "If you come in and manage to survive six minutes your first day on the elliptical, and the next day you do seven - that's a victory. Those are the things it's all about - it's not about losing a dramatic 120 pounds in three months - that's awesome and all that, but the real world for the rest of us is the little victories, little steps at a time."
And though the Fitness Rebellion started with Anytime Fitness, it's not an Anytime Fitness "thing," as he puts it. Anyone can join regardless of whether they belong to a gym - any gym - or not.
"We're trying to get people to realize we can change the world, change the fitness conversation, one person at a time," he said.
He said the 2012 Fitness Rebels are "trying some different things within our gyms to honor the little victories - like when I see a member come in who's obviously having a lousy day, I go out of my way to tell them they're doing good and it will get better, just keep up the good work."
Occasionally, you'll see him sitting at the end of a walking trail passing out coffee as a reward for those who got off the couch that day.
"Sixty percent of the population does not work out, doesn't do anything," he said. "We're after that 60 percent pushing them to just get off the couch and try something."
Giannamore's personal "fitness rebellion" has seen him drop 90 pounds - going from 310 to 220 - over the past three years. "My original goal was 200, and I'm still aiming for it," he adds. "It goes in fits and starts. But now that I'm working here, I have my personal trainer looking over me and pushing me, every three weeks or so he changes it up.
"I never thought my story would be that interesting. ... I'm just an older guy who was sick of being sick and decided to try and take care of himself. I guess that's what we're supposed to be doing."
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I'm currently living in a rather austere part of the world where I have limited access to good computer hardware. I have a private network set up where an old IBM thinkpad laptop (Lubuntu 12.10) sits on my "porch" where it can see a wifi network. It shares its connection through its ethernet port and is connected to a no-name ethernet hub. In my room I use a somewhat more modern HP Elitebook 8440p (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS). The setup is quite satisfactory for web browsing and ssh. However, the ethernet connection is definitely very slow and I don't know why. For instance, ping from one machine to the other gives me times that are > 700 ms and large file scp between machines settles down at ~1.1 MB/s.
I would like to know what is limiting my connection speed, whether it's settings or hardware. However, I have no idea how to go about it.
If it's hardware, my options are limited at the moment, but it would be good to know. OTOH, if I can isolate the problem to the generic hub, I can possibly get my hands on a crossover ethernet cable.


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Does this question belong on Stack Overflow or not?
Why or why not?
Does this question belong on Stack Overflow or not?
Why or why not?
Well, according to the results of this poll, yes, as per the 3rd-highest voted response:
(emphasis added)
I think that for a great many of us, an HTML editor is a tool used in the development process. I think the important distinction here is that he isn't asking for help in installing such a tool (which would be a superuser question), but is asking for advice on selecting a good tool.
Since selection will critically depend on the fact that one is a programmer and not a hobbyist or heavy-hitting UI designer, this is definitely fair game for SO.
This comes down to the old question - is 'pure' HTML design (without automatic markup generation or scripting) programming related, or not?
Since HTML is a markup language, not a programming language, many people feel that designing HTML is not programming, and therefore does not belong on SO.
I disagree with Ólafur's answer. Of course, HTML isn't programming. But it is related (rather closely, in fact). Therefore in reply to his statement: Related related related
Edit In reply to Ólafur's update on his answer:
Now that we have SuperUser up. I would say it belongs there now.
Asking about a program is not programming related. Even if you program with that program.
Asking how do you a certain type of code with a certain type of program. Is programming related.
Program program program.
What I mean is. Questions about using a program are on a gray line. There are questions about using a program that fit perfectly with SO and others that do not.
But questions about where to get, how to install etc are IMO not programming related.
To answer the original question, I think yours is on a gray line but it's worded well so IMO it's fine.
It didn't get closed, so the community apparently thinks it is a valid question.
My take: HTML editors are programming related, so it's a valid question.
OK. Html markup is not strictly a programming language. But if you are creating a web page using html and not a clean GUI web page designer (i.e. MS Word), you are quite advanced, and will probably also spice up the functionality of the page with some additional javascript, which is definitely a programming language.
Also the fact that 7103 posts on SO are marked with the html tag (at the time I post this..) means that html related questions definitely belongs here!


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I have a confusion about probability. I know my reasoning is wrong but I can't figure out why it's wrong. Can someone please clarify.
If I flip a coin once, the probability that it lands heads is $\frac{1}{2}$. If I flip it again, the probability is again $\frac{1}{2}$. These are independent events so I can find out the probability that I either the first one or the second one is heads by adding them up. So, I get $\frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{2} = 1$. (reductio ad absurdum:) This can be extended to three flips where probability becomes $\frac{3}{2}$.
p.s. I know we need to do $\{HH, HT, TH, TT\}$ for correct answer but what's wrong with the reasoning above?


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Source: J Clin Oncol. 2005 Nov 20;23(33):8289-95
Authors: Lanciano R, Calkins A, Bundy BN, Parham G, Lucci JA 3rd, Moore DH, Monk BJ, O'Connor DM.
The authors investigated if PVI FU in combination with radiation therapy could be more efficacious than cisplatin in combination with radiation therapy in the treatment of locally advanced cervical cancer. However, previous studies had already demonstrated essentially equivalent outcomes with cisplatin and radiation versus a combination of cisplatin/FU/hydroxyurea and radiation. In analysis of the data, a one-sided test was used, the authors did not explicitly state why this was chosen. Regardless, within less than three years of its opening, the study was prematurely closed due to the finding of an increased risk of progression in the PVI FU arm. This study provided further evidence that weekly cisplatin concurrent with radiation therapy should continue to be the standard of care for locally advanced cervical cancer.


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Given a matrix $A_{n \times n}$, which has elements $a_{i,j} \sim \mathrm{unif} \left[a,b\right]$, what is the probablity of $\det(A)$ being zero? What if $a_{i,j}$ have any other distribution?
Added: Let's assume an extension of the about problem; What is the probability of, $\mathbb{P}(|\det(A)| < \epsilon ), \; s.t. \; \epsilon \in \mathbb{R} $ ?


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What is the Sensus Plenior view of Scripture?
Without trying to resolve it's ultimate validity or not, what significant implications does the idea hold for Biblical hermeneutics in theory and application?
What is the Sensus Plenior view of Scripture?
Without trying to resolve it's ultimate validity or not, what significant implications does the idea hold for Biblical hermeneutics in theory and application?
No answer would be complete without this quote from Raymond Brown:
The name itself is Latin and translates into English as "a fuller sense of". As a concept, Sensus Plenior is the idea that we can read into the text to get a deeper meaning. It implies that we can gain more for the original text than what the author simply intended. It means that while the author may have intended to convey one topic or idea, we can gain a different idea from that text.
One key concept of Sensus Plenum is that the original meaning is not lost but additional meanings are inferred on top of the original (hence the name Sensus Plenior--"a fuller sense"). Often, adherents claim that there are two separate meanings to text: the intentional (intent of the author) and the sensus plenior (intent of God).
For those who hold to the idea of Sensus Plenior, this has a dramatic impact on hermeneutics. It implies that we can pull a different meaning from the text than was originally intended.
This is often found to be in contrast to grammatical-historical interpretation, where we attempt to understand the original intent based on the times during which they were written. Compared to Sensus Plenior, which attempts to interpret scripture based on our modern understanding of the scripture.
Sensus plenior is used by different people in different ways. The most common meaning used in debates among Catholics and later among Evanglicals is the one offered by Raymond Brown:
The debates were done by men who admittedly did not know how to do sensus plenior. see [1][2][3] If you had debates held on the genre of riddle, by men who had never seen nor solved a riddle, the conclusions would be the same as for sensus plenior.
Sensus plenior is not interpreting scriptures by modern methods. Those who claim to be able to unpack sensus plenior claim that the apostles use the method within the gospels to teach how to do it.
Sensus Plenior, though not a threat to the doctrines of normative protestantism, is a threat to professional practitioners of the same. If sensus plenior exists in the form of a spiritual layer on top of the literal, the the practitioner is only familiar with half of the source material for his profession. If it exists in four layers, where the spiritual layer contains three voices, then the professional is only familiar with 1/4 of the source material for his profession. The field of hermeneutics is largely influenced by the same group of people who are placed most at risk by the introduction of sensus plenior to the discussion.
Though sensus plenior interpretations will appear to be allegory it must be emphasized that a strict set of rules are followed which are so demanding that no human interpreter is permitted to do free-for all allegory. The most important rule which locks sensus plenior to the text is that when a word takes on an allegorical meaning, it must be the same everywhere the word is used. Every donkey is a prophet, every garment is works.
It is self-correcting by such rules. For instance, popular typology defines leaven as sin, yet sin does not fit when we are told that the kingdom of heaven is like leaven. Leaven is better defined as 'teaching' where it can be used everywhere it exists.
The common statement that "doctrine drives exegesis" is a patent admission to the subjective nature of modern exegesis. Sensus plenior eliminates that since it holds the practitioner accountable to formal rules.
Compare this sensus plenior exegesis with that of any commentary on Gen 38. Though no attempt is made here to document all the scriptural evidence for each point, the parallels between the birth of Christ and the Tamar narrative are unmistakable. Each metaphoric meaning is subject to the formal rules.
The sensus plenior always speaks of Christ and is in agreement with the literal meaning of scripture as a whole. As the saying goes, the OT is Christ concealed, the New Christ revealed. Once he has been revealed, we can see him hidden in the Old.
It is pretty difficult to support a claim that God did not intend for us to see Christ in these scriptures. Sensus plenior, as practiced above, gives an added dimension to the knowledge we have in the literal scriptures.
[1]: "It is interesting to note that the proponents of the SPlen tend to confine their discussion of this sense to the theoretical plane, seldom appealing to it in their works of exegesis" (The Jerome Biblical Commentary, 1968, 618).
[2]: "Thus we can summarize that on the question of surplus biblical meaning Raymon Brown [who popularized the term] consistently supported the intention and insight (even as he abandoned the mechanics) of the sensus plenior. (Life in abundance: studies of John's Gospel in tribute to Raymond E. Brown, S.S., John R. Donahue, p213)
[3] "Another way of expressing the differences in qualifications is to point out that NT writers were directly inspired by God. Current interpreters of Scripture are not. That allow ed the NT authors certain prerogatives that readers of Scripture do not presently enjoy. Through direct revelation from God biblical writers could assign applications based on additional meanings assigned to OT passages." (The New Testament Use of the Old Testament, Robert L. Thomas, TMSJ 13/1 (Spring 2002) 79-98, p.18


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By default when I compose an e-mail in Gmail, the spell checker is active. To disable it, I need to activate context menu (right click) and select "Check Spelling" option to toggle it off. Is there any way to disable it on a permanent basis, so always when a I start composing an e-mail no spell checking is performed?
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As @w3d pointed out, is not an issue with Gmail configuration, but my browser's. I'm using Firefox 14.0.1 and the method to disable the spell checker (in order to avoid spell checking in Gmail composer) is deselecting the option in Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> "Check my spelling as I type".
Note that there is also spell checking in Gmail. Official usage doc is there : https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7987?hl=en
As far as I know, there is no way to disable. However, it is only shown when you explicitly require it so I don't think it can be bothering at any time.


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If Moshe Rabbeinu was taught the entire Torah on Mt. Sinai (Rashi on Vayikra 25:1, Rambam), how do we explain events such as the incident involving the Bnos Tzelafchad (Bamidbar 27:1-11), or the tamei people who wanted to bring the Korban Pesach (Bamidbar 9:1-14), where Moshe evidently did not know the end of the story as recorded in the Torah?
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The gemara in Sanhedrin 8a deals with bnos Tzelophchad. The first opinion holds that Moshe forgot the halacha as a punishment for when he appointed judges and said 'any law too hard for you, bring to me.' as if he were the final word and not Hashem. This is learned from the words Vayakreiv/Vatikr'vun.
The second opinion asks on this: Moshe didn't say (by the judges) I'll teach you, he says I'll listen to it (the difficult case, maybe he won't know it either and have to ask Hashem). This question in itself indicates that, at least according to this opinion, Moshe was not taught every nuance of halacha.
His answer also implies this: Moshe was worthy of writing the parasha (unlike opinion #1), but Bnos Tzelophchad merited to have it written through them (megalg'lin z'chus al y'dei zakay), so vayakrev es mishpatan.
It could be the 1st opinion also holds Moshe wasn't taught every nuance, but he darshans vayakrev/vatikr'vun. (efshar)
Not everyone agrees that Moshe was taught the whole Torah on Mt. Sinai. There is an argument in the Gemara (Chagigah 6A) regarding what Moshe was taught on Mount Sinai (English taken from here):
So according to R. Yishmael, we have an easy answer regarding the people who were impure and wanted to give the Korban Pesach. We can say that Moshe hadn't been taught that aspect of the law yet.
It would be a little more difficult to answer this about the Daughters of Tzelafchad though, since the story happened in the last year of the Jews being in the desert, and it would stand to reason that by then Moshe had been taught the whole Torah.
However, the Gemara (Baba Basra 119B) says that while Moshe had learned the laws, there was an extra aspect which Moshe was unsure of, and that was whether or not the daughters of Tzelafchad should get the extra portion that would have been due their father, since their father was a firstborn. (See here for an in depth explanation of this).
This explanation would seem to indicate that Moshe had not been taught every detail of the law, like R. Yishmael said.
Some other answers for why Moshe had to go to G-d to find out what to do with the daughters of Tzelafchad (This page was a good source):


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ST. CLAIRSVILLE - Most people wouldn't classify a Louisiana-based chemical company spurning Belmont County as a potential site for a new plant as good economic news, but Matt Cybulski didn't have to look far to take a positive from that experience last year.
Just the fact that the company was willing to travel 1,000 miles to look at land in Eastern Ohio, he said, was a sign that good things are on the way for the region as the oil and gas industry continues to grow.
"While we didn't win the project, they told us that two or three years ago they never would have even looked at our region," said Cybulski, project manager for JobsOhio, while speaking during Wednesday's second-annual Ohio Valley Regional Oil and Gas Expo at the James E. Carnes Center in St. Clairsville.
Cybulski said JobsOhio - the nonprofit corporation created from Gov. John Kasich's plan to turn the former state Department of Development into a public-private partnership - works to attract new businesses to the Buckeye State and help existing ones expand in a variety of ways, including assisting them with site selection, making connections with work force and higher education resources and offering a limited amount of tax incentives.
As the Marcellus and Utica shales continue to transform the region, Cybulski said JobsOhio wants to attract stable jobs that pay high wages
"I grew up in Steubenville. I know how hard this area's been hit with job loss over the last 30 years. ... This is a great area with a lot of hard-working people," he said.
The various stages of oil and gas production are grouped into three basic sectors: "Upstream," which includes exploration and production; "midstream," which includes transportation and storage; and "downstream," which encompasses the various industries that make use of oil and gas and their byproducts, including gasoline, lubricants, chemicals, rubber and plastics. With companies such as Chesapeake, MarkWest, Consol, Dominion and Caiman Energy - just to name a few - already investing billions in the upstream and midstream sectors of the industry, JobsOhio is now turning its eyes to the downstream businesses.
"Some of the gas is going to be shipped out of state just because of the demand. ... We don't want to see all this stuff going to the Gulf of Mexico," Cybulski said.
Touching on the tremendous growth of the gas industry in Ohio over the last year, Cybulski said there now have been 596 horizontal well permits issued and 293 wells drilled in a 21-county area of Eastern Ohio - more than 70 percent of those in Jefferson, Harrison, Columbiana and Carroll counties alone. At last count, there were 81 producing wells, he added.
Wednesday's expo saw more than 160 exhibitors on hand, representing construction, vehicle sales, real estate, marketing and web design, communication, financial institutions, cleaning and just about any support service the gas industry requires. Belmont County Port Authority Director Larry Merry estimated more than 2,000 people visited the event throughout the day.
In addition to Cybulski, the program featured seminars from Rice Energy President Toby Rice, who discussed his company's growth in the Ohio Valley; Jerrold Hutton of the Gaseous Fuels/Transportation Partnership on the future of natural gas-fueled vehicles; and Wayne Vanderhoof on safety, training, regulations and drug and alcohol policies.
Although the event is designed as a business-to-business networking opportunity, Merry said it also provides the public a chance to interact with industry people and learn more about what's taking place around them.
"One of the big things I want is for the general public to be comfortable with what is happening," he said of the local drilling activity. "That's what we try to do at these events."
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Most prompted essays for the SAT or an advanced placement writing class can be written using a similar basic structure. An example of an introduction for a persuasive prompted essay might be:
- Introduction
- main idea of question suggests that what question means to you
- In other words rephrase part of the question
- state your opinion from a generalized point of view(without using "I")
- Throughout society and in life, there is evidence to support my viewpoint is pervasive
Assuming these steps are followed properly (with one sentence or so per bullet), would the introduction be well developed? Is there a similar structure for the rest of the essay?
(I got the idea from this site.)


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