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Is requiring liability insurance on guns a good idea?
No it is not. Requiring liability insurance is tantamount to imposing a tax. I believe it is unconstitutional to impose a tax on something that is guaranteed to us in the constitution.Next they will tax us for each word we speak! Insurance on cars is required because car ownership is not guaranteed in the constitution, it is a privilege that can be revoked. Healthcare is not a guaranteed right in the constitution, that is why the Supreme's consider it a tax. A gun tax is ludicrous.
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Well said, Spanky. The federal government would tax all of us - and our constitutional rights - out of existence.
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Like the question mentioned "liability" INSURANCE. Just like there should be one for all vicious animals (which should be enforced). Its for the protection of non owners and makes owner for responsible and accountable. The 2nd Amendment should be updated to reflect TODAY and not 200 plus years ago. If you own an assault rifle the liability should be higher. If person wants one, join the military and go on the front line and hear a bullet wiz back at them. They will truly understand what that weapon is for.
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"echobravo" You are correct, as the question asks, "liability". I really need you to open your eyes here and see what is typed. Liability means the person would be required to pay for any damages through INSURANCE to whatever or whomever gets hurt by the specific "gun" . To start, 99% of the shootings are by stolen guns, making the insurance a moot point. Secondly, in the idea of liability insurance, if your car is stolen and wrecks into someone, YOU end up paying for someone else's crime. Third, criminals (as far as I know) don't follow the rules to begin with, so again you are "TAXING" the wrong people. Next you will be saying an OBESITY tax should be implemented. or Liability insurance for fat people because they put more burden on the healthcare system which is UNFAIR.. Taxing things is NOT the answer, Holding those responsible for their crimes IS the answer. Make the punishment fit the crime. shoot someone and your found guilty in a court o
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OK, 1000 character limit, sorry, To finish my statement, If you shoot someone and you are found guilty in a court of law, you should be SHOT. Stop the pandering to criminals. You become hard on crime, less crime is committed. Stop the crap about criminals rights, They TOOK away someone else's rights with their crime. Shooting? you get shot dead. Rapists? Tied down and raped by your "buddies" or if that is too harsh, make them UNICH's . Burglary/robbery? cut off a finger, do it again you cut off a HAND. Make the*****punishments fit the crimes and you remove 80% of crime. Criminals are NOT stupid (contrary to some peoples opinions) if they see the possibility of being caught and this type of punishment coming, they STOP doing the crimes. continue in the same bleeding heart liberalism we follow now as a justice system, and you empower criminals because they KNOW you can't hurt them, take their things or "violate their rights".
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First and foremost I am for the DEATH penalty and not by lethal injection. Killing someone is not humane and why should someone be put to death humanely. Whether the guns are stolen or not, they are still liabilities. Have guns made with micro-chips to locate stolen guns, but then government is being too intrusive. Assault weapons should not be sold period. Want a rush join the military. Bring back hanging, firing squad, and ole smokey (fry them) for murder and especially killing a child. NO PLEA BARGAINS.
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We agree on something in this then. I also agree that gun crime in America needs curtailed. I do not believe that insurance for weapons would work due to the reasons I stated. There is a difference in opinion about the second amendment. It is NOT about hunting or anything related to that. It is about protection from an oppressive govt. I AM NOT SAYING we are there. but that is the reason behind it.
Just for argument sake, haha, how does insurance help auto deaths? or Healthcare deaths? Sure people get paid for it, but that doesn't help those killed in any way.
I can agree with the limitations on clips to something such as 10-15 rounds. I can agree with stricter background checks. I can also agree with a mental health check as part of the background. This would not cut it all, but it would be a good start.
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KILLEEN (November 6, 2012)--Soldiers and their spouses from the 81st Civil Affairs Battalion who recently had a baby or are expecting a child are invited to attend Operation Shower Thursday at the Killeen Convention Center.
Around 40 mothers are expected to be in attendance and will receive a meal and a "baby shower in a box."
The Operation Shower Corporation along with Babies "R" Us are sponsoring Operation Baby Shower because the battalion is preparing to deploy to Afghanistan in December.
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A frigid brine, isolated from the outside world for about three millennia underneath a thick layer of ice in an Antarctic lake, harbors life, according to a research team that includes scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder.
The finding, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, offers a hint to how life might be able to thrive in extreme, icy conditions elsewhere in our solar system, such as those found on Saturn's moon Enceladus, Jupiter's moon Europa or on Mars.
The science team, led by Peter Doran at the University of Illinois at Chicago and funded by the National Science Foundation, drilled into Lake Vida's 60-foot-thick cap of ice during expeditions to East Antarctica in 2005 and 2010. Scientists at CU-Boulder's Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research were tapped to measure the amount of organic matter — a byproduct of life — dissolved in the salty solution that seeped into the drilled bore holes. INSTAAR researchers have honed their expertise in measuring dissolved organic matter in lakes and streams by working for decades at long-term ecological research sites in the alpine regions above Boulder and in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica.
The new study provides a window into one of the most unusual ecosystems on Earth, said Alison Murray, lead author of the study and a scientist at Nevada's Desert Research Institute. "Our knowledge of geochemical and microbial processes in lightless icy environments, especially at subzero temperatures, has been very limited up until now. This work expands our understanding of the types of life that can survive in these isolated, cryo-ecosystems and how different strategies may be used to exist in such challenging environments."
INSTAAR fellow Diane McKnight and Kaelin Cawley, a doctoral student at CU-Boulder during the study, found that the concentration of dissolved organic matter in the brine, which has an average temperature of just 8 degrees Fahrenheit, was orders of magnitude greater than the concentration typically found in surface waters open to the environment. Carbon dating of the dissolved material also revealed that much of it is younger than the cap of ice covering the lake, eliminating the possibility that the material entered the water solely from the outside and, instead, suggesting that it was created by the bacteria living in the sunless and oxygen-free depths of the lake.
"The largest fraction of that dissolved organic material has chemical characteristics consistent with it having been produced in the system after it was ice-sealed," said McKnight, who is also a professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering. "I look at these as products of potential microbial material; it's hard to explain it any other way."
Because sunlight does not reach to the bottom of Lake Vida, another energy source is needed to establish an environment where the bacteria can flourish. The researchers believe that the alternative energy source may be the product of abiotic chemical reactions: When the salty water reacts with the lake's iron-rich sediments, the result is energy-rich hydrogen as well as nitrous oxides.
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WEIRTON - Madonna rode a 21-point second quarter to capture a 49-6 homecoming victory last night over Fort Frye at the new Jimmy Carey Stadium.
Juniors Will Bowser with three interceptions and a touchdown as a receiver and Ross Comis, who rushed for 128 yards and three touchdowns and passed for another 166 yards led the Blue Dons. Another junior, Elliott Nero gained 69 yards on the ground and had two touchdowns.
On top of that, the Blue Don defense stymied the Cadets allowing just 87 total yards on the ground and 67 through the air and another junior, Travis Brown intercepted a Cadet pass.
"It was an overall team effort tonight," said Madonna head coach, Doug Taylor, whose team was winning its second game in three starts. "We've been playing well defensively all year. We work hard to take the run game away. The old saying is we want to stop the run and tackle the pass and that's what we did tonight."
The Blue Dons didn't show any rust from having a week off as they took the opening kickoff in play at its own 30 and marched down the field in three plays for a touchdown. Comis kept the ball for 20 yards on the first play of the game then Nero got three yards and broke free for 38 more to the Fort Frye nine. On the next play, Comis slid down the line to his right and picked a hole outside of his right tackle and plowed into the end zone taking a couple of Cadet defenders with him.
It took the Dons just two minutes and four seconds to score as sophomore kicker split the uprights giving Madonna the early lead. Green was a perfect seven for seven in extra point kicks.
Madonna scored again early in the second period when Nero sliced between his right guard and tackle into the end zone from four yards out.
Bowser set up the scoring drive returning a Justin Massey punt from his 27 to the 42. The drive was a quickie again taking just six plays. Two Comis passes highlighted the drive. He found junior Nate Guio for 24 yards and senior Garrett Hypes for 13.
The Cadets put a damper on Madonna's touchdown parade for awhile driving on its next possession for 67 yards and a touchdown. The score came on a six-yard pass from Chandler Lang to Terren Huck. Lang's extra point kick missed leaving the Blue Dons with a 14-6 lead midway through the second period.
"They scared us a little there because we knew this team could score points in bunches with their speed," Taylor said. "We had our moments there in the second quarter where our offense kind of sputter a bit. It think that was because we had the layover where we didn't play last week.
"I knew the kids would pull together and they did with a couple of touchdowns before the half. Then we got into the locker room at halftime and made some adjustments. I thought we played a lot better in the second half."
Bowser's first interception set up the next Madonna score. He picked off a Chandler Lang pass at the Madonna 46 and returned it back to the Fort Frye 43.
On the first play from scrimmage, Comis broke through the line on a keeper and scampered to pay dirt relieving the pressure a little with a 21-6 score.
The Cadets got caught deep in their own territory on their next possession and Massey was forced to punt from his own 12-yard line. The ball rolled dead at the Fort Frye 39 and four plays later, Nero blasted up the middle from four yards out for his second touchdown that gave the Blue Dons a commanding 28-6 halftime lead.
Early in the third period, Comis got loose for what appeared to be a 70-yard touchdown run, but it was called back by a holding penalty at the line of scrimmage.
An outstanding catch of a Comis pass by Marcello Biondillo for a 30-yard gain set up the score.
After the halftime homecoming festivities during which Taylor Pavan was crowned homecoming queen, Brown's interception set up a touchdown. He picked off the pass at the Madonna 44 and returned it all the way to the Fort Frye 23.
Madonna stayed on the ground with this drive except for a Comis to Bowser 80-yard pass and scored when Comis kept the ball on third down at the Cadet 1 and plowed in for the score. That made it 35-6.
Once again, the Cadets were forced to punt from deep in their own territory after the drive on their next possession sputtered.
The Blue Dons set up shop at their own 48. Comis hit Bowser for a nine-yard gain and Bowser made an outstanding catch by leaping over a defender at the Fort Frye 20 yard. He was able to gather in the football, keep his balance and dash to the end zone.
"Will is an outstanding athlete and tonight he got to showcase his talent," said Taylor.
Bowser wasn't done, though as he snagged his third interception of the game off of a tipped ball from a Cadet receiver to set up Madonna's final score.
Junior Gabe Hypes was inserted at quarterback and he led 11-play scoring drive taking it in himself on a one-yard keeper.
"Our kids played hard and to the best of their ability, but sometimes you run into a team that has size and ability," said Fort Frye coach, Eric Huck, whose team record dropped to 2-2. "Madonna played well and executed tonight. We haven't had a problem with tipping the ball all season. We'll have to clean that up and just make better throws and better catches."
Madonna 49, Fort Frye 6
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Madonna 7 21 7 14 - 49
M: Comis 9 run (Green kick)
M: Nero 4 run (Green kick)
FF: C. J. Huck 6 pass from C. Lang (kick failed)
M: Comis 43 run (Green kick)
M: Nero 4 run (Green kick)
M: Comis 1 run (Green kick)
M: Bowser 43 pass from Comis (Green kick)
M: Gabe Hypes 1 run (Green kick)
RUSHING: Fort Frye: 31-87 (S. Lang 12-39, Shilling 7-13, Massey 2-7, Yates 1-3, C. Lang 9-25). Madonna: 51-240 (Gabe Hypes 7-34-1TD, Nero 11-69-2TD, Biondillo 1-2, Maus 2-7, Comis 13-128-3TD)
PASSING: Fort Frye: 8-20-67-1TD-4INT (all by C. Lang); Madonna: 11-18-170-1TD (Comis 10-16-166-1TD, Gabe Hypes 1-2-4)
RECEIVING: Fort Frye: Huck 3-18-1TD, S. Lang 3-30, Shuster 1-9, Massey 1-11; Madonna: Guio 1-24, Garrett Hypes 1-13, Nero 1-9, Ewusiak 1-5, Biondillo 2-46, Bowser 4-69-1TD.
FIRST DOWNS: Fort Frye 9, Madonna 13.
FUMBLES: Fort Frye 1-0; Madonna 2-1
PENALTIES: Fort Frye 2-10, Madonna 4-35


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Minister of Interior Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received yesterday at his office in Makkah Iranian Vice President Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie. During the meeting, Prince Nayef welcomed Vice President Mashaie and his delegation and congratulated them on performing the Hajj.
The two discussed aspects of closer cooperation to serve the interests of the region at various levels based on the strategic importance enjoyed by Saudi Arabia and Iran. Prince Nayef and Vice President Mashaie reiterated their desire to build strong relations with sisterly and friendly countries and affirmed their desire to bring about global security and peace.
The Iranian vice president expressed thanks and appreciation to Saudi Arabia for the services provided for pilgrims and visitors of the holy places.
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Tune in tonight, Thursday, April 29 to the Late Show with David Letterman to catch the cast of Broadway's American Idiot along with Gwyneth Paltrow airing at 11:35 pm EDT/PDT!
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Green Day is the last of four artists set to appear next month on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" as part of a week of performances dedicated to the reissue of the Rolling Stones' "Exile on Main Street," according to a Twitter post from Questlove of "Fallon" house band the Roots.
Green Day will kick off the special week on May 10. Previously announced participating artists include Keith Urban (May 11), Sheryl Crow (May 12) and Phish (May 13). On May 14, the show will premiere a new documentary about the making of "Exile on Main Street" titled "Stones in Exile."
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Create a high availability 12C weblogic clustering environment with Traffic Director 11gR1 by Eugene Simos
By Axel Timo Purr-Oracle on May 07, 2013
Traffic director is one of the latest load balancer software, released by
In fact its a fast, reliable, scalable and very easy manageable solution, for HTTP, HTTPS, TCP traffic for backend application and HTTP servers.
I have used the latest version of both traffic director, and weblogic 12c, to setup a simple clustering replication session scenario, on my Linux 64bits VBox sandbox.
For this scenario, the Traffic Director, is configured as a front end to a backend weblogic 12C cluster.
A specific feature "dynamic discovery", will let Traffic Director, discover on "the fly" new clustered Weblogic Nodes, associated with its initial configuration, and I will be able to "join" to my initial " 3 nodes wls cluster an another wls instance (doted line), with full HTTP replication capabilities.
In order to test the session replication I used one sample application, delivered as such, with the wls 12 installation (I will detail the utilization of this application in a later post :) ), which I called Session, and I will test the failover features of wls 12, with the Traffic Director, with this Session application deployed on my cluster!
The binary distribution, of the Traffic Director can be download from here:
Once that the distribution is download to my linux box, i started the normal FMW installation workflow:
Passing the normal test on the Linux system components, and choose an empty Oracle Traffic director Home for the software installation :
I saved the response file (I might use next time the silent installer !)
Then after saving the installation
details, I start to configure my Traffic Director instances as following :
1) Create one admin instance (I used just the default settings) and an "default user" admin/welcome1
2) Start the instance from the installation directory:
3 ) I used the Traffic Director admin interface : https://localhost:8989, and with my credentials ( from section 1 admin/welcome1) I got the first admin panel
Once that I m logged into the Traffic Director, I m getting a initial "welcome" screen, and I have to create my own configurations according to my wls 12 cluster:
My Weblogic 12c cluster, was configured initially with 3 nodes, and i will add later one more managed instance. I have to create a specific Traffic Director configuration to route the traffic to my backend servers.
Through the Traffic Director configuration wizard, i will create a node on
my local linux ( port 8080) , which will push the HTTP requests to my wls 12c
clustred servers.
The Traffic Director node will use the specific feature of dynamic discovery in order to be able to push the HTTP request to other wls 12c clustered instances that will join the cluster later:
Then I started my 3 wls 12c clustered instances, on which I deployed my test Session replication application, and i started to test the Session replication scenario thought the Traffic Director node:
As you can see, my session
has been created to the M1 node of my cluster.
I have created some data with this session, then I stopped the M1 node ( node failure simulation) and re submitted the request to the wls 12 cluster.
As you can see the session failover feature of the wls 12c worked perfectly, and now my session is on the M2 wls clustered node with the same date as on the previous failed M1 node !
For the dynamic discovery,
I created one more managed server in the cluster (M4), then stopped the M2
server, and retried the Session application URL through the Traffic director
As you can see the Traffic Director routed the request to the new clustered server, with all the session replication data.
In a next post , we will deploy the Session application in a weblogic cluster, and we will use it as a test application, for the session replication features of weblogic.
About the Author:
Eugene Simos is based in France and joined Oracle through the BEA-Weblogic Acquisition, where he worked for the Professional Service, Support, end Education for major accounts across the EMEA Region. He worked in the banking sector, ATT, Telco companies giving him extensive experience on production environments. Eugene currently specializes in Oracle Fusion Middleware teaching an array of courses on Weblogic/Webcenter, Content,BPM /SOA/Identity-Security/GoldenGate/Virtualisation/Unified Comm Suite) throughout the EMEA region.


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Wednesday evening, people in an upstairs apartment in north Leavenworth heard a loud pop but didn't know what had made the noise. The next day, it was discovered a bullet had been fired into the apartment, a police spokesman said.
The incident was reported to police at 2:38 p.m. Thursday at an apartment building in the 300 block of Osage Street, but it happened around 7 p.m. the day before. No injuries were reported.
Leavenworth Deputy Police Chief Dan Nicodemus said two people were in the apartment when the shot apparently was fired. They reportedly heard a single "pop" noise and weren't sure where it come from.
The next day, a woman at the apartment discovered a hole in drywall as well as damage to a table, punch bowl and humidifier. She realized a bullet had been fired into her apartment from an apartment below.
Nicodemus said police spoke with a resident from the apartment that is downstairs from the victim's apartment.
"We're still trying to determine exactly who fired the shot," he said.
He said police did not recover the bullet.
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During FWT 2012, music faculty member Kitty Brazelton invited professional singers and music students to her home to workshop students' compositions, explore the composing process, and eat homemade apple pie. At Bennington, students work in close collaboration with faculty members who themselves are actively practicing in their fields. This teacher-practitioner model helps students discover their distinctive intellectual passions and drives their work in the most compelling directions.
Whether it's being made in the Jennings Music Building or Visual and Performing Arts Center (VAPA), or played in a performance space or in one of the student houses, music permeates every corner of the Bennington campus. It's no wonder that Late Show with David Letterman, Rolling Stone magazine, NPR, Pitchfork, and Spinner.com are just a few of the news and entertainment outlets that have featured music by Bennington students or alumni in recent years. These are the spaces where some of them got their start.
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5 Things That Are Apparently OK To Do in the Name of Sports
#2. Poor Social Skills
I'm an introvert, which doesn't necessarily mean I hate people (well, I do but for completely different reasons). What it does mean is that it takes energy to make small talk and get to know people, so I'm not very bubbly and chatty. This is usually a weakness at parties and workplaces and dinners and, well, everywhere. Someone usually makes a big fuss about how I'm clearly cold-shouldering them, when I'm not.
"I'm totally listening to you, there's just a very interesting article in the Sun."
But in a big athletic event? Talking to nobody is not only an advantage, it's practically required. In a big bike ride, there are a lot of small but important things people miss when they're chatting, like stoplights. Last week we were just out of the gate (and therefore in a large clump) when we came upon a stoplight, and, naturally, stopped. Two ladies behind me had been chatting the whole way until that point when suddenly one of them cursed and there was a crash. Apparently she had been so interested in the conversation she did not notice the 50 bikes slowing down in front of her. See? That is what happens when you try to make friends, lady.
Such is the price of socializing.
Yes, this is one setting where it's the outgoing social types who stand out as the target of anger and ridicule. It's the opposite of high school.
For instance, on last weekend's ride, there were groups of three people just riding side by side, a good five feet apart from each other (just enough so you can't slip between safely), chatting away about office politics or their kids or something. Calling, "On your left," (the standard signal that you are passing) had no effect on them, so I ended up having to ride into the oncoming lane of traffic just to get around them. I swear the only reason they are still alive is because I'm too clumsy to take my hands off the handlebars long enough to deliver a chop to the neck as I passed.
"You know what my favorite part about cycling is? Everything but the riding."
#1. Lack of Respect For Authority
If you watch professional sports, or are aware that they exist, you know people can get away with pretty much anything if they are good at sports.
And some athletes can get away with a lot, even if they're not very good at sports.
What you may not know is that lots of sports let you break society's rules and get away with it. Recreational bicyclists aren't on the level of pro athletes -- I have to serve my time for domestic violence just like everyone else -- but I did find that even bike rides are still pretty much at the point now where breaking the law is almost required.
Now personally, I hate breaking the law because I was raised to do whatever the Man says (though, pirating software is OK for some reason), and you don't drop that easily. For that reason, and also because I don't want to get run over by a car, I like to stop at stop signs. Apparently I am a rarity. Cyclists have lots of arguments explaining why it's a big ordeal for them to stop at stop signs and I don't want to get into that here and ignite a car vs. bike fight, but the point is they really don't like to. Hell, lots of people don't like to -- drivers or bikers.
"Yeah? Well why don't you stop, sign."
And if you're riding in a crowded event and you try to stop, like I did a couple of times, it's a topsy-turvy world where you're the crazy dangerous one that almost causes a pileup behind you.
Occasionally the cops will pull over a whole pack of cyclists when a neighborhood gets fed up with this kind of behavior (or when the city needs funds), but they can't pull over all 2,500 people in a ride event.
So if you've ever dreamed of sticking it the man, here you go. In a large enough group participating in some kind of race, you are above the law.
"Oink oink, officer penishead!"
The reason I'm attempting this crazy journey from couch potato to bike rider is because I'm trying to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society through a big old 100 mile bike ride in June that will probably kill me. Find out more about it here.
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12 Mar 2012 9:08 AM #1
Unanswered: An equivalent to getModelData() for setting field values?
I love that I can override getModelData() in my custom field and provide multiple values to be set in my record when the form is submitted, but I can't seem to figure out how to read multiple values from my record when Basic.loadRecord() is called. Where is my setModelData()??
Surely a complimentary function should exist, but I can't seem to find it. What's the point of setting multiple record values from a custom form element if, to set all the field values from a record, you have to put special code in your form?
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No, not at all. I want a Ext.form.Basic.setValues() to call a function on each of its fields that looks, by default in Ext.form.field.Field, like this:
setModelData: function(obj) { this.setValue(obj[this.name]); }
setModelData: function(obj) { this.callParent(arguments); this.otherValueICareAbout1 = obj['otherValueICareAbout1']; this.otherValueICareAbout2 = obj['otherValueICareAbout2']; }
getModelData: function() { var obj = this.callParent(arguments); obj['otherValueICareAbout1'] = this.otherValueICareAbout1; obj['otherValueICareAbout2'] = this.otherValueICareAbout2; return obj; }
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I just found getModelData(), very useful at first.
But since there is no "setModelData", it is useless. Or I missed something.Christophe Badoit
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22 Jan 2013 6:40 AM #5
My Plugin
Ok, here is a plugin to easily add a setModelSupport().
Since I don't want to mess too much with the loadRecord() method, it actually call all setModelData() methods after the original method.
/** * Plugin (ptype = 'formsetmodeldata') that calls the "setModelData" * for Fields which have this method defined, when "loadRecord" is set. */ Ext.define('Ext.ux.plugin.form.SetModelData', { extend: 'Ext.AbstractPlugin', alias: 'plugin.formsetmodeldata', constructor: function() { this.callParent(arguments); }, init: function(formPanel) { basicForm = formPanel.getForm(); Ext.override(basicForm, { loadRecord : function (record) { this.callParent(arguments); fields = formPanel.query('[setModelData]'); Ext.each(fields, function(field) { if (Ext.isFunction(field.setModelData)) field.setModelData(record.data); }); } } ); } });
PS: Ext.ComponentQuery is awesome.Christophe Badoit
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IF any single company excites the sneers of the anti-capitalists it is McDonalds. Even the term McJob has entered the language from Douglas Couplands novel Generation X a low-pay, low-prestige, low-dignity, low benefit, no-future job in the service sector. Frequently considered a satisfying career choice by people who have never held one.
It does not have the wit of Samuel Johnson but it captures the haughtiness of all those who denigrate McDonalds, the fast food chain. Theres just one problem it is an entirely false characterisation.
McJobs should be praised. They represent significant life opportunities for McDonalds staff or, as the company calls them, its crew. To work in one of the outlets of these hugely successful franchises is for many people not a career. It offers the opportunity to learn virtues that make all its workers better employees. A McJob is mostly a transient one for the young who are usually from middle class or rich families and are doing it to earn pocket money. It is not a job to be compared with a role in the professions. Serving, cooking or cleaning in a fast food restaurant is not to be compared to a long and structured life as a doctor, accountant or lawyer.
We should not mock McJobs, but regard them as a period of work experience for mostly young people either students or the unskilled. McJobs, or so it seems to me, offer an employment deal that is popular. One that also offers a high degree of flexibility in hours. The company applies itself to teach the repertoire of all the tricks in a business that we might call hospitality.
May I offer a more accurate definition than Couplands? It comes from a franchise in Los Angeles that is equipped for disabled staff and was the first place ever to coin the word McJob: A job specially created by the worlds most admired food service company at great cost to give disabled people opportunities not normally available to them. It is worth registering this as the essence of the ethos and modus operandi of McDonalds. You can only get a McFranchise if you are a locally engaged and resident individual. It does not allow partnerships or absentee owners. Ninety percent of McDonalds staff are part-timers. The superior mind might reprimand the company for this, but it only reflects what McDonalds has observed and confirmed in the marketplace that many students and housewives want to supplement their incomes and not work full time. The frozen job markets of the European Union need more McDonalds-style employers. McJobs are a beacon of opportunity.
Many references to McJobs express horror at the noise and bustle in a restaurant especially at moments of customer surges. To some this is an outrage to delicate socialist sensibilities who seem to invest moral superiority in muesli or organic salads in secluded spots. They prefer the municipal or Soviet model of the staff canteens that close for lunch. After all, if they did not close for lunch, when could the staff eat?
McDonalds fascinates me in describing what it looks for in its crews. It does not seek dexterity in chip frying or floor sweeping. It values most that elusive but crucial quality The Right Attitude. This is a mixture of honesty, a tidy appearance, enthusiasm, a co-operative manner, reliability and motivation. This seems to me to be what every employer seeks. Yet look at the opportunities McDonalds opens to people beyond the students who are en route to more conventional careers. McDonalds is an open door to those who would be otherwise marginalised. It offers a rung on the ladder of life where they are equipped for wider working choices. A McJob is a genuine apprenticeship in work. All McDonalds managers completing the Advanced Operations Course work toward the Diploma in Restaurant Management awarded by Nottingham Trent University? They are doing work of degree-level status. McDonalds runs six management training centres in Britain which 10,000 people attend every year. This is matched across Europe indeed on all five continents.
McDonalds invests heavily in training and education. This translates not only into specific skills but also into that more intangible quality we might call self-respect or morale. McDonalds enjoys a high esprit de corps. All McDonalds crew members train for the Basic Certificate in Food Hygiene, validated by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health. Full timers take four months - part timers eight months to get this affirmation of competence and knowledge.
Of course most McJobbers do not seek a lifetime working in restaurants. They enjoy the singular flexibility of the role not just flexible hours but flexible locations. If you have trained in a McDonalds in Manchester you can easily work again in Portsmouth or in Sydney or Chicago. However it is open to people to advance. Some 30% of all managers started as crew, as did 10% of all franchise holders. Many sneer at the uniformity of the McDonalds offer but this is precisely what they have found people want. This is not lack of imagination. It is a deliberate strategy and part of the companys ability to offer diverse foods at modest prices. McDonalds is not the kind of bureaucratised personnel operation we see in public sector agencies or local authority empires? Let me not over-romanticise this. Much of the work is routine or banal, but how could it not be? However I have mostly found staff which are jolly and it is clear that a great team spirit pervades.
David Fairhurst, McDonalds vice president of people, a nice title, explains: We are not a career destination for everybody and we dont pretend we are our staff can name their hours and that is what they want. We have no problems of absenteeism or of high turnover. That is the test. Judge us on that. No absenteeism and low turnover they must be doing something right.
It is perplexing why McDonalds attracts such sustained adverse criticism yet it may be precisely its virtues that totally irritate and provoke people to criticise it. I am not concerned to praise their burgers though I admit to temptation each time I pass one of its restaurants. What interests me is why a formula that is undeniably popular serves as a magnet for hatred by those of the Left including arson attacks in France.
The model that seems to appeal to such critics is rigid employment codes nine to five, set holidays and pensions. Yes, that it is an option, but it is not the only one. For the young and mobile, and for students trying to pay off their debts, the relatively unskilled McJobs are a benevolent opportunity and demonstrably popular with customers. Is this the key to their high scores on the hatred indices?
McDonalds is entirely a voluntary phenomenon. Nobody is coerced or compelled to work for it or eat the burgers. How I would love to see sleepy public agencies emulate McDonalds many admirable qualities.
John Blundell [2] is director general of the Institute of Economic Affairs and owns no shares in McDonalds.
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Thanks a lot for your approach... But if you see the program more deeply, you can see that the program can perform all the operations on a binary search tree except the SEARCHING an element opreation ( and thats exactly what i want ).....
There is a function in that code to print the elements in order. You can adapt that function so that instead of printing the element it compares it with what you're looking for. This should be quite simple to do.


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5 Cryptic Movie Tattoos (They Didn't Think We'd Translate)
We know as well as anyone that tattoos are an instant shortcut to becoming cool, but it's really embarrassing when someone points out that the Chinese character on your shoulder that you were told said "honor" actually says "herpes." Well, it turns out that the makeup people on movie sets make mistakes like this all the time, such as ...
#5. The Tattoos in The Mummy Give Away Plot Points the Wearers Don't Know About
The events of The Mummy are set in motion when the High Priest Imhotep bangs the pharaoh's mistress and murders the pharaoh. The pharaoh's male stripper bodyguards, the Medjai, covered in a lot of douchebaggy facial tattoos, catch Imhotep and punish him by mummifying him alive.
They then make their jobs unreasonably difficult for themselves by granting Imhotep the power to come back to life and then guarding his corpse for 3,000 years to ensure he never does so.
"It's called job security."
What the Tattoos Really Say:
With a movie like The Mummy, you might assume that the tattoos are random markings the costume or makeup people applied to look cool. But as you're about to find out in this article, there is almost always a real attempt to make foreign-language tattoos say something meaningful. It's just almost never correct.
So when translated, the meaning of the Medjai's tattoos initially seems reasonable -- they have references to Imhotep's name and some kind of secret city in the desert.
Made all the more secret by having it tattooed on his face, of course.
Specifically, the approximate English sounds for these five characters are I, M, H, T and P -- Imhotep.
And as for their rippling pecs:
... they add a reference to needing to silence something hidden in the desert. It actually makes perfect sense for a secret society whose job is to keep the secret of an evil, hidden mummy destined to rise again.
The problem is that the movie portrays these guys as having the tattoos while Imhotep was alive.
In other words, before the guy was dead, or a mummy, or cursed to return, they were just a bunch of pharaoh's bodyguards, hanging out with Imhotep while bearing written declarations that they were going to eventually have to kill him and guard his cursed corpse for the next 3,000 years. So we wind up with a scene where the bodyguards all blunder into a murder scene, and are shocked by an event their own tattoos had warned them about. Great job, team!
That ancient Egyptian tattoo artist surely had some tough questions to answer.
#4. Justin Timberlake's Gangster Movie Tattoo Says He Loves Ice Skating
Alpha Dog is 2007 movie that made a murderous, badass gangbanger out of a former member of N*Sync. To make this possible, Justin Timberlake was covered in tattoos to distract attention away from his soft, 13-year-old-boyish features. Like any teenager trying to appear hardass with the minimum amount of intellectual effort, Timberlake's character opts for a menagerie of Catholic imagery, graffiti lettering and Chinese tattoos that he hopes nobody can actually read.
"They say 'squiggle, box, exploding star.' That has great meaning for me."
What the Tattoos Really Say:
Justin Timberlake is declaring his love for ice skating, in Chinese.
He actually asked for synchronized swimming.
The fundamental premise of Alpha Dog is that maintaining a gangster image and lifestyle is essential. But Timberlake's research seems only to have extended as far as picking out the characters that look kind of cool. So instead of choosing words like "stab" or "violence," his body is adorned with words like "feng," "tu," "shui" and "huo," the characters for "wind," "earth," "water" and "fire," just one step short of summoning Captain Planet. But, we suppose all of those elements could be used to kill somebody one way or another, so we can let that slide.
But the characters on his bicep spell out "liubing," the Chinese word for "ice skating."
Yes, the one activity it is impossible to look badass doing, unless it's in the context of a hockey game. If you're ever running from a murderous street gang, by far the best way to escape is to strap on some skates and cross a frozen pond; they won't pursue for fear someone is watching them (try it!).
To be fair, he does have a tattoo on his back of "zui," the character for "crime." So that will make you think twice about messing with him if he stops his pirouette long enough for you to read it.
Skating is only dancing on razor blades, after all.
#3. Waterworld's Map Tattoo Is Off by Several Thousand Miles
In Waterworld, Kevin Costner must protect a small girl from fiendish pirates because her back is tattooed with a "map" to Dryland, the supposed last piece of Earth above water. The problem? It's in Chinese. So, after a whole slew of maritime death and destruction, and after blowing a $200 million budget, Costner and company defeat their enemies, decode the map using a copy of China Airlines magazine and head off to Dryland.
Mankind's last hope is a tramp stamp.
What the Tattoo Really Says:
The idea is that the tattoo is coordinates in Chinese for Mount Everest. Well, that's what they're supposed to be. In reality, Costner's band of adventurers should have spent a long time drifting around the world in confusion, because the tattoo gets it wrong by several thousand miles.
"Hey, if you squint hard enough, the plot starts to make sense."
Once again, there was a genuine attempt to do Chinese coordinates. But it looks like Enola's tattoo was written by an intern who dropped out of introductory Chinese in college (it actually uses a Japanese character in one place instead of a Chinese one, because hell, all those languages are kind of the same, aren't they?). You'd think with their gigantic budget they could have paid a guy ...
Anyway, if we clean it up a little, it should look something like this:
On the left, we have "weidu: bashiliu du, wushiliu fen," or "Latitude: 86 degrees, 56 minutes." On the right, we have "jingdu ershiqi du wushijiu fen," or "Longitude: 27 degrees, 59 minutes."
Now, unfortunately, the biggest mistake of the map is that the coordinate's directions aren't given -- there is no north, south, east or west. As a result, there are four possible points on Earth where this could be. And these points are on opposite sides of the Earth from one another.
Of course, they've still got a 25 percent chance of randomly choosing the correct spot, right? Actually, make that zero percent. On top of everything else, they have longitude and latitude mixed up (Mount Everest is actually at longitude 86 degrees, 56 minutes, not latitude, and latitude 27 degrees, 59 minutes, not longitude).
"I know we're lost, gang, but I've got plenty of urine-water to keep us alive!"
Fortunately, this is absolutely the only thing about Waterworld that doesn't make any sense.


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Does anyone know how to prevent locks on car doors from freezing, this is usually only a problem in older cars. I'm not thinking of solutions like WD-40 that really only work for a few days and then are needed again, I would like a more permanent solution if anyone knows of one.
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Unfortunately I think this is simply a consequence of living in colder climates. The only long term solution to this problem would be to somehow seal off the locking cylinder from condensation and the elements, which would be nearly impossible to do if the only method of unlocking the door is by physically inserting and turning a key.
A word of advice for readers: do not use WD-40 in your locks. Over time the residue that dries inside the lock will build up and the locks will get even tighter.
Common solutions for lock de-icing include:
Do not try to pour warm or hot water over the lock -- the water will seep in and just freeze again and you'll just end up making the situation worse.
As preventative maintenance, there are lock lubrication products (e.g. Houdini Lock Lubricant) that can be applied before the cold season starts that may reduce the likelihood of a frozen lock.
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Let $Z$ be a local complete intersection subscheme of dimension $m$ in $\mathbb{P}^{2m+1}$. Let $P$ be the Hilbert polynomial of $Z$. Denote by $Hilb_P$ the Hilbert scheme of local complete intersection subschemes with Hilbert polynomial $P$. Is it true that for a generic subscheme $Z'$ in $Hilb_P$, $I(Z')$ can be generated by polynomials that define smooth hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{P}^{2m+1}$ i.e., does there exists polynomials $P_1, ..., P_n$ such that $I(Z')=(P_1,...,P_n)$ and the zero locus of $P_i$ is smooth for all $i$?
A slightly weaker condition would be to ask if a generic hypersurface in $pr_2 Hilb_{P,Q}$ is smooth where $Hilb_{P,Q}$ is the flag Hilbert scheme of pairs $(Z \subset X)$ where $Z$ is a local complete intersection subscheme of dimension $m$ with Hilbert polynomial $P$ contained is a hypersurface $X$ in $\mathbb{P}^{2m+1}$ with Hilbert polynomial $Q$ and $pr_2$ denotes the natural projection map.


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Wherever Urban Meyer has been in his coaching career, it's always been in his second year at the helm when his teams really take off.
Unexpectedly, for almost everyone, Ohio State expedited up the process and finished a perfect 12-0 in Meyer's first season at the helm of the Buckeyes.
However, Ohio State was left to do nothing but wonder how it might have matched up against either Notre Dame or Alabama because of the NCAA punishment the Buckeyes were dealing with because of the transgressions from the Jim Tressel administration.
The Buckeyes are still on NCAA probation and short a few scholarships, but they're eligible for the postseason, which has caused maybe even a bigger buzz than normally surrounds the Buckeyes in August.
"I think everyone in Columbus and the state of Ohio is anxious to see what the 2013 Buckeyes have in order," Meyer said during Big Ten Media Days last month.
One aspect that Meyer, who is 116-23 in his career, knows he and his staff will have to have in order before Saturday is leadership.
Meyer didn't even hesitate when he spoke of what the biggest key for the Buckeyes' season would be this fall.
"This year's team has high expectations, riding off the coattails of what those kids did last year, and it's very simple that if we get tremendous leadership from our coaching staff, but most importantly, our players, then we'll have a successful season," Meyer said. "I feel strongly about this group having a successful season."
Leadership is the ultimate ingredient because many of last season's top leaders have moved onto the National Football League. The likes of John Simon, Zach Boren, Ettiene Sabino, Garrett Goebel, Jake Stoneburner, Travis Howard and Nathan Williams all provided the foundation that the younger players bought into immediately after Meyer's hiring.
Meyer contends it was that leadership that allowed the Buckeyes to go on the road and win tight games at Michigan State and Wisconsin or pull out the game against Purdue when it appeared the Boilermakers were about to defeat Ohio State for the second straight season.
"(Leadership) is going to be the difference," Meyer said. "The one common theme between the better teams I've been around haven't been because of a style of offense, defense, height, weight, size, how fast someone is or how high they jump. It's the leadership within the program."
During the off-season, Meyer held leadership classes for 19 players and actually had outsiders come in and speak to the group about becoming better leaders.
"We spent a lot of time on it," Meyer said. "It was one of the most profound experiences I've been around as far as teaching these guys a systematic approach to teaching leadership, which we've always tried to teach. But, it's never been this systematic."
Though the Buckeyes had to sit home and watch teams play in post-season games last fall, don't think for a minute that the Buckeyes had nothing to play for.
During his stints at Bowling Green, Utah and Florida as a head coach, Meyer had never been in a situation where his team wasn't eligible for a bowl game.
"I spent all (last) summer worrying about how to approach last season," Meyer said. "If you have a good group of leaders, that never comes up. You're going to try to play the game and try to win every game, so I'm hoping we're taking the same approach."
The Buckeyes were eligible for one championship last season. That being the Leaders Division within the Big Ten. Thanks to the aforementioned victory at Wisconsin, the Buckeyes achieved that, brought home a trophy and eventually got championship rings.
"There's been zero conversation about anything other than competing for a championship in November," Meyer said. "We try to make training camp so focused and really difficult that the focus is on getting to the next day. If you do that, then that's really all you can worry about."
The Buckeyes opened camp on Aug. 4, but prior to that, they'd already dealt with a few distractions.
In a three-day span in late July, four players (Carlos Hyde, Bradley Roby, Marcus Baugh and Tim Gardner) had run-ins with the law. Hyde was a person of interest in an alleged domestic violence case, Roby was arrested during a trip to Bloomington, Ind., Baugh was arrested in Columbus for possession of a fake ID and Gardner was charged with obstruction of official business.
Since then, however, Hyde wasn't charged, but was suspended for the first three games of the season, while Baugh had his summer financial aid stripped and will sit out the opener on Saturday. Roby's discipline hadn't been announced and Gardner was sent home to Indianapolis.
"In the last 12 months, we've had three legal issues and it all happened in three or four days," Meyer said. "It drives you insane that you have to deal with that nonsense. I don't want to disrupt this team and I talked to them all the time about it. We have an incredible amount of resources and time spent educating players, so when something happens, you have to react and get it done."
The Buckeyes received some good news, too, this summer. They're ranked highly in both polls. This will be the final season that the polls are utilized to help crown college football's FBS national champion.
Actually, the positives started in February when Meyer and his staff landed a top five recruiting class for the second straight season.
The USA Today Coaches' Poll has the Buckeyes ranked second behind the defending champion Crimson Tide.
"I'm going to focus on all the positives," Meyer said. "We created a tremendous momentum from last year's team, to an excellent recruiting class, positive spring practice and one of the best academic performances in recent history at Ohio State."
One area that's expected to be a real positive for the Buckeyes this season is on the offensive side of the ball where nine starters technically return, but with Hyde sitting out only eight of those will be available for opening day.
The Buckeyes' offense all starts with junior quarterback Braxton Miller. The Huber Heights Wayne product is listed on nearly every pre-season watch list for offensive players and also one of the favorites for the Heisman Trophy.
Miller blossomed last season as a runner and his passing improved from his freshman season, but still wasn't quite as sharp as Meyer and offensive coordinator Tom Herman would like. Miller accounted for 3,310 yards and 28 touchdowns. He ran for 1,271 yards and threw for 2,039.
"Braxton is one of the best quarterbacks in America," Meyer said. "He has really grown as a quarterback and as a leader. He's a very humble young man that I have a lot of respect for."
Miller's primary backup will be senior Kenny Guiton. He saw limited action last season, but did engineer the game-winning drive against Purdue after Miller left the game injured.
Tailback is a position with depth for the Buckeyes. Hyde was expected to challenge to become the first 1,000-yard back that Meyer's ever coached. However, his suspension could derail those hopes. With Hyde, who ran for 970 yards and 16 touchdowns out, expect junior Rod Smith and sophomore Bri'onte Dunn to vie for the bulk of the carries. Frosh Ezekiel Elliott is a highly regarded prospect who could work his way into the mix.
The return of red-shirt senior Jordan Hall is a big plus for the Buckeyes. He will line up at the H-back and is expected to play the role that Percy Harvin played for Meyer in the Florida offense. He'll be pushed by true freshman speedster Dontre Wilson.
Seniors Corey "Philly" Brown and Devin Smith are back as wide receivers. Brown caught 60 passes and scored five touchdowns last season. Smith scored 10 touchdowns last season.
Junior Evan Spencer, who is the son of St. Clairsville product and former OSU great Tim Spencer, was the fourth receiver with 12 catches for 136 yards. Senior Chris Fields is also seeking more action. He caught the game-winning touchdown against Purdue.
Junior JUCO transfer Corey Smith, Freshmen Jalin Marshall and James Clark could also work their way into the rotation.
"Receiver is the one area we were weakest at last year and I think this year, with the injection of some speed in the recruiting class and development of guys we have, I am really counting on them to become one of the strengths of our offense," Meyer noted.
Tight end is certainly a strength with a pair of veterans returning in sophomore Nick Vannet, who played for John Magistro at Westerville Central, and junior Jeff Heuerman.
"Those two guys really developed throughout last year," Meyer said. "We've not traditionally been known as a two tight end offense, but with these two talented players, you're going to see some."
Maybe the Buckeyes' biggest strength - outside of the quarterback position - is up front where four of the five starters return. Together, the group has 80 combined starts.
"It would be disappointing if our offensive line isn't one of the best in the Big Ten," Meyer said. "I think there are some very good offensive lines in the conference and we should be right near the top with those other great lines."
Four seniors make up the bulk of the line in left tackle Jack Mewhort, left guard Andrew Norwell, center Corey Linsley and right guard Marcus Hall. The battle for the right tackle spot is between sophomore Taylor Decker and Chase Farris.
"I feel very strongly about where we could be offensively," Meyer said.
While the Buckeyes' offense has a chance to be a juggernaut, the defense will have to grow up quickly and possibly on the fly.
The Buckeyes return just four starters on the defensive side of the ball and none of those are along the defensive front.
The defensive unit will be led by a talented and deep secondary. However, Roby's legal issues could still play a factor. Roby was a first-team all-American and flirted with the NFL Draft before opting to return for his red-shirt junior season. He tied a school record with 17 pass defenses and had three touchdowns.
C.J. Barnett returns at a safety spot, along with Christian Bryant who has 24 starts on his resume. He was the team's second-leading tackler with 70 stops.
The other corner is expected to be Doran Grant, who saw a lot of action last season.
Adam Griffin, the son of Archie Griffin, was expected to battle for playing time as well in the secondary, but another shoulder injury has likely ended his career.
Steubenville grad Najee Murray was expected to contend for action in the secondary and help on special teams. However, he was suspended for "training camp issues" according to Meyer. The suspension was originally reported by several media outlets as a dismissal, but during media day earlier this month, Meyer announced it was a suspension, but no timetable for Murray's return was set.
True freshmen Eli Apple, Cam Burrows and Von Bell could also be in the mix. Apple and Burrows took part in spring drills.
The linebacking corps was an area of serious concern last season, which forced Meyer and defensive co-coordinator Luke Fickell to move Boren to the defensive side of the ball.
Ryan Shazier returns at one linebacker spot. He led the Big Ten with 17 tackles for loss and second with 115 total stops en route to first-team all-Big Ten honors.
"Ryan was very average as we started the season," Meyer said. "But, he became one of the best linebackers in the country as the season concluded, so we're very positive about that."
Junior Curtis Grant is expected to take on a much bigger role this season. He enjoyed a strong spring and is finally hoping to capitalize on his talents that made him a 5-star recruit coming out of high school.
Two true freshmen could be thrown into the fire. Mike Mitchell and Trey Johnson are both blue-chip high school recruits that Meyer may elect to go with.
Sophomore Camren Williams and Jamal Marcus are also vying for time.
Up front, the Buckeyes will be talented but inexperienced. True sophomores Noah Spence and Adolphus Washington are expected to start at defensive ends. Both saw spot duty a year ago after coming to Ohio State as 5-star recruits.
Michael Bennett and Joel Hale are slotted into the defensive tackle posts. Sophomore Tommy Schutt is another who could crack the rotation. Highly-touted true frosh Joey Bossa also comes to Columbus with a myriad of credentials and talent.
"You need to have a rotation to have a quality defensive line," Meyer said. "We've recruited well for the defensive line and Mike Vrabel (defensive line coach) has done a very good job of developing."
Special teams is an area that Meyer preached about time and time again last season. He has assigned Kerry Coombs as the special teams coordinator.
The Buckeyes' special teams gave up big plays, including having a few punts blocked.
Placekicker Drew Basil returns. He was 8-of-11 last season on field goals.
The punting job, which was a definite concern, has been shored up by frosh Cameron Johnston, who hales from Australia.
This is the second and final year of the Legends and Leaders Divisions in the Big Ten Conference. The league, which will expand to 14 members next season with the addition of Maryland and Rutgers, will go to an East and West format.
Ohio State opens its season Saturday at Ohio Stadium against Buffalo. It'll welcome San Diego State in Week Two. The Aztecs were a late add to the schedule in 2012 after Vanderbilt got out of its contract with the Buckeyes because of SEC expansion.
The Buckeyes' first road trip of the season comes on Sept. 14 when they fly to Berkeley to take on California in a game that kicks off at 7 p.m (EST).
OSU wraps up non-conference play on Sept. 21 against Florida A&M.
The Buckeyes are already scheduled for three prime-time kickoffs in conference play, including home games against Wisconsin (Sept. 28) and Penn State (Oct. 26). They'll also play at night against Northwestern in Evanston.
Ohio State will visit Purdue on Nov. 2.
The Buckeyes will close the regular season once against arch-rival Michigan in Ann Arbor. This is the last time the Buckeyes and Wolverines could possibly meet in consecutive weeks if they're to see one another in the Big Ten title game.
Ohio State was one of just a handful of schools to have no coaching turnover.
Meyer, who likes at least a two-year commitment from his assistants, returned his entire staff from 2012.
Several Buckeye assistants were approached with other opportunities.
Herman is once again the offensive coordinator, while Everett Withers and Luke Fickell are the co-defensive coordinators. Fickell also coaches the linebackers, while Withers works with the safeties.
Also on the defensive side of the ball are Vrabel (defensive line) and Coombs (corners).
Working with Meyer and Herman on the offensive side of the ball are Strasburg native Ed Warriner (line), Tim Hinton (tight ends and fullbacks), Stan Drayton (running backs) and Zach Smith (wide receivers).
Mickey Marotti, who is a graduate of West Liberty State College, is the strength coach.


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Nothing is more basic to human well-being than having enough nutritious food to eat. Yet one in every eight people in the world — 842 million — are trapped in a cycle of hunger and poverty.
The reality is that most of the world doesn't have the benefit of picking up food from the corner store — they grow it themselves. Hunger is a crisis when disaster ruins the harvest. It is a cycle when families cannot grow or buy enough to lead healthy, productive lives, and when the effects of malnutrition are passed on to the next generation.
When food shortages occur due to drought and conflict, Mercy Corps helps prevent hunger and treat malnutrition in the most vulnerable — children, pregnant women, the elderly and the displaced. We distribute vouchers, cash or emergency rations, working with local suppliers to speed delivery, save money and boost local economies.
In addition to emergency responses, we focus on long-term solutions that build future food security.
Mercy Corps helps farmers manage their land, increase their harvests and diversify crops to produce a larger, more nutritious, and stable food supply. By teaching nutrition and hygiene, we ensure families can utilize their resources to boost their health. And we connect farmers with new markets and introduce more efficient methods of tending productive livestock and processing and storing crops to increase incomes for years to come.
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Neutron mass: 1.008664 u
Proton mass: 1.007276 u
Why the discrepancy?
On a related note, how does one go about measuring the mass of a neutron or proton, anyway?
Neutron mass: 1.008664 u
Proton mass: 1.007276 u
Why the discrepancy?
On a related note, how does one go about measuring the mass of a neutron or proton, anyway?
Masses and coupling between quarks are free parameters in the standard model, so there is not real explanation to that fact.
About the measurment: you can have a look at this wikipedia article about Penning traps which are devices used for precision measurements for nucleus. Through the cyclotron frequency (Larmor factor) we can obtain the mass of the particle.
Edit: "A neutron is a proton + an electron" is a common answer to this question, but it is a totally invalid reasoning.
Both protons and neutrons are made of three quarks. The mass of the quarks is not known with enough precision, and even more important (and that's a why for the masses of the quarks), the interaction between them is responsible for the mass value to a much larger extend.
A proton is made of two up quarks and a down quark, whereas a neutron is made of two down quarks and an up quark. The quark masses contribute very little of the actual mass of the proton and neutron, which mostly arises from energy associated with the strong interactions among the quarks. Still, they do contribute a small fraction, and the down quark is slightly heavier than the up quark, which approximately accounts for the difference. (The masses of the up and down quarks, because they're so small, are not extremely well-measured, and detailed calculations of what the proton and neutron masses would be for given quark masses are difficult. So it's hard to be quantitative about the answer in a precise way.)
You can read a bit about the state of the art in calculations of the proton mass here: http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2008/11/21-02.html


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When testing locally, this works fine and everything goes as expected.
When I test on my private server, my public server and even testing an uploaded version to Kongregate, it fails at that point and states that home==null, error 1009. What is going on?
For added confusion, this is the Home class. The Page class is simply a class which extends a Sprite with a custom Event system (Which I have removed and it still doesn't work).
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Gillian Candlestick Lamp Base
- Overview
With the look of a vintage candlestick, our Gillian Lamp Base has classic appeal that works well in any room.
- 5.5" diameter, 27" high
- Crafted of iron; felt protective bottom.
- Pair with our small Natural Fiber Drum Shade (shown) or any of our small Mix & Match® shades (all shades sold separately).
- Hi/lo switch on socket.
- Title 20 compliant lamps will be shipped to CA addresses. Learn more to understand product differences.
- UL-listed.
- Catalog / Internet Only.
- Dimensions & Care
- Crafted of iron.
- Finished base is in Antique Silver and sealed with lacquer for durability.
- Ball finial at top for shade attachment.
- Hi/lo switch on the socket; clear cord on Antique Silver with a polarized plug.
- UL-listed.
- Overall (without shade): 5.5" diameter at base, 27" high
- Cord: 5' long
- Bulb: 75 watts, type A (not included)
- Weight: 3.25 pounds
- Wipe with a soft dry cloth only.
- Avoid the use of harsh chemicals or abrasives.
- Do not exceed specified wattage.
- Shipping & Return Info
This is a general shipping item.
Shipping Information
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At Pottery Barn, we take great pride in the quality and craftsmanship of our products. Attention to design, materials, safety and construction is our priority. We carefully inspect your order prior to shipment. Upon receipt, please inspect your purchase and notify us of any damage; we will arrange for a prompt replacement. If, within 7 days for Quick Ship upholstery and 30 days for all other products, you are dissatisfied for any reason, you may return your purchase for a refund of the merchandise value.
We cannot accept returns on monogrammed, personalized, made to order items, or on items damaged through normal wear and tear. We also cannot accept returns of final-sale items which are identified by a price which ends in .99.
For returns of items purchased from your Pottery Barn registry, we will gladly provide a refund or exchange for the merchandise within 90 days of your event or within 90 days of purchase, whichever date is later.
You may return merchandise through the mail for a refund or replacement. For detailed procedures for returning items through the mail, please contact Customer Service at 1.888.779.5176, 7 days a week, 5:00am - 9:00pm (PT).


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Pokemon Bank is now available in Europe and Australia for freeWritten by: / / 3 Comments
Have you been waiting for the launch of the Pokemon Bank since its original release date of late December? Do you happen to find yourself in a PAL region, including Europe and Australia?
Then you're in luck, because the Pokemon Bank is now available on the eShop in your region!
Better news is that the application is free for users until March 14th with a free 30-day trial, meaning that you can get avoid the planned
monthly annual subscription until then (which would normally run you $4.99 / £4.49 / €4.99 per month year). Hopefully North American Pokemon fans will be able to get their hands on the long-awaited Pokemon Bank soon, too
After successfully launching in Japan and other Asian territories, the most information that Nintendo of America and Europe were able to offer up was that the Pokemon Bank was in testing and that the companies hoped to release the online storage application in more regions soon.
Have you been able to successfully download Pokemon Bank in your region?
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Today in Tweet Beat, Perez Hilton releases a video after deciding that he needs to be nicer (or that he needs some more publicity), Randy Jackson hates Oprah, and Ramona Singer is finally releasing her own brand of Pinot Grigio.
I was 26 when I started blogging. I'm almost 33 now. Time to grow up! http://bit.ly/cGakf9
@MrsKutcher There's too many to tell this to, but I thought I'd start with you. I'm sorry. http://bit.ly/cGakf9
i found out Oprah was at our family home, my stomach ached and it still hasn't gone away
i had no prior knowledge this was going to happen. it was deliberately kept from me because they knew i would have tried to stop it
I know how Oprah feels about my brother and family. i also know that he would not have wanted this.
i can never forget when she had the show on pedophilia during the jury deliberation process in my brother's santa maria case.
You heard it here first...I am launching my very own line of RAMONA Pinot Grigio, more details to follow! http://ow.ly/2SVQV
Life's VERY different since shooting my documentary. Cameras no longer follow me around. Now I know what it feels like to be Sharon Stone.
Ironic that Hitchens had to endure chemo to discover how great he looks with a bald head.
Italy. Hotel in Turin. Watching the Chilean miners being saved and just realized: I've been on this tour longer than they've been trapped...
Wheww Chile we finally got our miners out!! I think this calls for #fistpumps via house music!!


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Charlene Patton joined us on Midday in Kansas Monday with a little holiday treat: Coconut Apricot Bars.
1 cup soy flour blend
½ cup margarine, softened
½ cup oatmeal
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 egg
2 tablespoons soy milk
¾ cup apricot preserves
¼ cup margarine
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup coconut
Combine in mixing bowl soy flour blend, margarine, oatmeal and baking powder. Add one egg and soy milk; mix thoroughly. Press into 8x8-inch greased baking pan. Spread apricot preserves over oatmeal layer. In mixing bowl combine ¼ cup margarine, 1 cup sugar, egg, vanilla and coconut. Spread topping evenly cover apricot preserves. Bake at 350o for 25 to 30 minutes. Insert wooden pick in center to check doneness. Cool; cut into bars. Makes about 2 dozen bars.


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Unfortunate news of a local and fellow rider who sustained major head injuries while riding the Foxy Fall Century in Nortern California over the weekend. A constant reminder to be safe out there.
Robb Deignan passed away on October 15, 2011 in a bicycle accident while riding in the Foxy Fall Century. Robb was a great FATRAC member who led fun rides, and shared his expertise with the media to help the FATRAC board polish its message. We were a better club because of Robb. He will be missed and fondly remembered. Ride on Robb.
– Cathy Haagen-Smit FATRAC member


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Heartless (Paperback)
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Four gorgeous girls are telling very ugly stories.
First Emily, Aria, Hanna, and Spencer claimed they found a dead body in the woods behind Spencer's house, only to have it vanish without a trace. Then, when the same woods went up in flames, they swore they saw someone who's supposed to be dead rise from the ashes. And even after all that, the pretty little liars are still playing with fire. Call me heartless, but it's about time someone shut these liars up for good. After all, nobody likes a girl who cries wolf least of all me. . . .
About the Author
Sara Shepard is the author of two New York Times bestselling series, Pretty Little Liars and The Lying Game, as well as the series The Perfectionists. She graduated from New York University and has an MFA from Brooklyn College.


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Does Soccer Have a Home-Field Advantage?
As he walked toward the locker room last Wednesday, a wry smile broke across Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho's face. Real Madrid had just drawn 1-1 at home with Manchester United in the Champions League's Round of 16—and you wondered if Mourinho knew something the rest of us didn't.
Conventional wisdom would suggest that United now has the upper hand. United plays the two-legged affair's next 90 minutes—and possibly 30 minutes of extra time and penalty kicks—in front of its own fans. And in soccer, as in most team sports, playing at home offers a distinct advantage. Across Europe's top five leagues, the home team tends to win between 45% and 50% of its games, while the visitors only leave with a win about 25% of the time.
The notion that playing the return leg of a Champions League matchup at home offers some kind of an edge has been a long-held truism in soccer. That is why UEFA, the governing body that organizes the Champions League, seeds teams that win their group and gives them the gift of hosting the second leg.
So playing at home is meant to be a perk. But is it?
In the past four seasons, the team playing away first in the Champions League's Round of 16 has advanced 62.5% of the time. That would suggest a sizable edge—except that seeded teams play away first and tend to be better teams than unseeded teams.
What happens from the quarterfinals on, when clubs are no longer seeded, is a different story: 46% of the teams that were on the road first ended up advancing.
Want a larger sample? There is always the Champions League's little sister, the Europa League. In the past four seasons, starting with the first of the Europa League's three unseeded rounds, teams playing away first advanced just 37.5% of the time.
You can see the logic that would lead organizers to believe there is an edge—but the facts pretty clearly suggest otherwise.
It probably has more to do with how teams matchup than anything else. Take the clash between Mourinho's Real Madrid and Manchester United. Madrid is a team that can be devastating on the counterattack. It has uncompromising defenders who pass the ball accurately when they win back possession, midfielders who can find streaking forwards with accuracy and fast, deadeye frontmen like Karim Benzema and, of course, Cristiano Ronaldo.
Manchester United isn't the kind of side that is comfortable simply sitting back and protecting its advantage—even though that would be the best approach in theory. That is because a scoreless draw would see United advance in the Champions League because of soccer's "away-goals" rule: Goals on the road count double when the overall score is tied.
Yet it is highly unlikely United will do that, partly because it has an attacking philosophy, partly because teams playing at home have a natural impetus to go forward, partly because counterattacking and then conceding a goal requires a difficult tactical adjustment.
That is why the 1-1 home draw wasn't a bad result for Mourinho and Real Madrid. A win would have been better. But a defeat would have been infinitely worse. Throw in the fact that United has conceded more than a goal a game this season—unusual for a top team, let alone the runaway leader in the Premier League—and Real Madrid has averaged nearly two goals away from home and you can see how Mourinho isn't exactly despairing at how things have unfolded thus far.
Would things be that much different if United had played the first leg at home? We'll never know. But it seems obvious that what UEFA passes off as a reward for winning a group may not be a benefit at all. Perhaps a better way is to let the seeded team decide where it wants to play first. That would require a whole new set of decision-making skills, based on how well teams think they know themselves and their opponents.
Ultimately, of course, every team still needs to go and play the games themselves. But in a sport in which everyone seeks an edge, what doesn't seem fair is being rewarded by the powers-that-be with an edge that might be more of a millstone.
—Gabriele Marcotti is the world soccer columnist for the Times of London and a regular broadcaster for the BBC.