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Aerie Art Garden
Major Works in a desert botanical garden setting. Adjacent gallery. By appointment only. September through May. 71-255 Aerie Drive, Palm Desert. 760-568-6366.
Cabot's Old Indian Pueblo Museum
Rustic Hopi-style structure, single-handedly constructed by Cabot Yerxa over a 20-year period. Trading post, museum, rock shop, art gallery. Open Wednesday-Sunday, 10AM to 4PM. Admission: $2.50 adults, $2 seniors, $1 16 and under. 67-616 East Desert View Ave., Desert Hot Springs. 760-329-7610.
Indian Canyons
Majestic vistas, towering cliffs and the serene beauty of Andreas, Murray and Palm canyons. Trading post, picnic grounds, hiking and horse trails. Spring and Summer schedule 8AM to 6PM. Tours available daily. Fall and Winter 8AM to 5PM. Indian Canyons will close from July 15 through August 31. 760-325-3400. S. Palm Canyon Drive, five miles from the center of Palm Springs.
Casino Morongo
The casino is operated by the Morongo Band of Mission Indians and is open 24 hours a day. The Casino Morongo is located in Cabazon at 49750 Seminole Dr, 19.5 miles northwest of our Palm Springs property.
A mountain community nestled in the forest wilderness with art galleries, hiking trails, restaurants, and shops. The Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts (ISOMATA) offers classes, theater, music and art events. Conference Center. Elderhostel. 909-659-2171. Take I-10 to Banning, south on Hwy. 243 to Idyllwild (about 90 minutes) or the scenic Palms-to-Pines Hwy.
Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert
The museum provides children with a fun and safe experience. It is located in Rancho Mirage at 71-701 Gerald Ford Dr, 11.4 miles east of our Palm Springs property.
Palm Springs Desert Museum
The museum features sculpture gardens, permanent and changing collections, along with concerts and classes. It is located at 101 Museum Dr, 1.8 miles north of our Palm Springs property.
Coachella Valley Museum and Cultural Center
Work of local artists, permanent collection of historical artifacts in 1926 adobe home. 10AM-4PM Wednesdays through Saturdays, 1-4PM Sundays, September through June. Docent program, classes, gift shop. $1. Seniors and children, 50cents. 82-616 Miles Avenue, Indio. 760-342-6651.
Palm Springs Air Museum
Featuring propeller-driven World War II aircraft in flying condition showcased in two air-conditioned 20,000-sq-ft. center, photographs, memorabilia. Plus meeting space, educational and entertainment events. Open year-round. 760-778-6262. 745 N. Gene Autry Trail.
McCallum Adobe
Built in 1885 from native soil, this was the home of the John Guthrie McCallum family. Contains the collection of the Palm Springs Historical Society, including personal memorabilia of Pear McCallum McManus. 760-323-8297.
Miss Cornelia White's House
Built in 1894 from railroad ties. Displays include Miss Cornelia's Bibles, paintings by Carl Eytel, the first telephone in Palm Springs. 760-323-8297
Ruddy's General Store Museum
Step into the past as you enter this recreation of a general store of the thirties and forties with authentic showcases, signs, packages and products. 760-327-2156.
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum
Cahuilla Indian historical/cultural artifacts, photographs, diorama, botanic garden, Native American jewelry, music, gifts. 760-323-0151.
Agua Caliente Indian Reservation
Indian Canyons includes Andreas, Murray and Palm canyons. There is horseback riding, picnicking, and hiking available. The canyons are located at 500 W. Mesquite, 0.8 miles north of our Palm Springs property.
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
At 600,000 acres, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is the largest park in the United States. Wildlife and scenery can be seen by foot, vehicle or bicycle. Guided Jeep tours are also available. The park is located in Borrego Springs, 87.2 miles south of our Palm Springs property.
Camelot Park Family Entertainment Center
The park features miniature golf, bumper cars, and video games. It is located in Cathedral City at 67-700 E. Palm Canyon Dr, 4.4 miles southeast of our Palm Springs property.
Joshua Tree National Park
Joshua Tree National Park features granite formations, striking mountain ranges, and a variety of desert plants. The park is located north of Interstate 10 and east of Desert Hot Springs.
The Living Desert Wildlife & Botanical Park
The Living Desert features rare plants and animal life from deserts throughout the world. It is located in Palm Desert at 47-900 Portola Ave, 13.3 miles southeast of our Palm Springs property.
Oasis Waterpark
The Oasis Waterpark features a wave pool, waterslides, a river, and a spa. It is located at 1500 Gene Autry Trail, 5.7 miles northeast of our Palm Springs property.
Palm Springs Aerial Tramway
The tram takes passengers to Mountain Station, 8,516 feet above sea level. Beautiful views of the San Jacinto Mountains can be seen. Picnicking, horseback riding, and hiking are available at the top. The tramway is located at 1 Tramway Rd, 8.2 miles northeast of our Palm Springs property.
Castle City Family Fun Center
An air-conditioned indoor entertainment center with bumper cars, 160-seat animated theatre, kiddie land, redemption and video games. Hwy. 111 at Arbia, Indio. 760-775-6600.
Uprising Rock Climbing Center
Anyone can do it! Specializing i beginner lessons for those 6 years and older. Open-aired, micro-cooled and open year-round. 760-320-6630.
Desert Hills Premium Outlets
The Desert Hills Premium Outlets are California's premier collection of designer and name-brand outlet stores. The outlets are located in Cabazon at 48400 Seminole Dr, 21.1 miles northwest of our Palm Springs property.
Desert Crossing Shopping Center
Desert Crossing is the desert's premier shopping experience with unique restaurants and national retailers. The shopping center is located in Palm Desert at 72-355 Hwy, 10.4 miles southeast of our Palm Springs property.
The Gardens on El Paseo
The Gardens on El Paseo is an open-air shopping and dining complex that has incredible views of the desert area. It is located in Palm Desert at El Paseo at Larkspur, 12 miles southeast of our Palm Desert property. Stores include: Tiffany & Co, Louis Vuitton, Saks Fifth Avenue, Pottery Barn, J. Crew and more!
Palm Springs Mall
The Palm Springs Mall features a department store, supermarket, as well as a fast-food restaurant. It is located at 2365 Tahquitz Canyon Way, 2.9 miles northeast of our Palm Springs property.
Westfield Shopping Town
The Westfield Shopping Town features department stores, 120 specialty stores, and an ice skating rink. The mall is located in Palm Desert at 72-840 Hwy. 111, 11.2 miles southeast of our Palm Springs property.
Cabazon Outlets
Cabazon Outlets is located between Los Angeles and Palm Springs, just 20 minutes west of Palm Springs on I-10. Exit Cabazon/Apache Trail Road. You'll find remarkable deals at Adidas, Couture New York, Crate and Barrel Outlet Store, Reebok, Greg Norman, Puma, Le Creuset, Oakley, and many more. 909-922-3000.
McCallum Theatre for the Performing Arts
Located at the Bob Hope Cultural Center, this state-of-the-art facility is a premier showcase for the lively arts, seating 1,125. Sept. through July. Free docent-led tours Mon-Fri 9:45-10AM. Private group tours Oct-Jun. 73-000 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert. 760-346-6505.
Palm Springs Follies
The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies (128 S. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs. 760-327-0225.) A razzle-dazzle song and dance extravaganza featuring their Signature Line of Long-Legged Lovelies, vaudeville acts and an internationally famous guest star.
Tahquitz Canyon
Located at 500 Mesquite Ave., just west of Palm Canyon Dr. in downtown Palm Springs. Hours are 7:30AM to 5PM daily and features a two (2) hour walking tour departing from the Visitor Center hourly. Admission $10 adults, $5 children 12 and under. Reservations suggested. 760-416-7044.
Bicycling / Jogging Trails
Bicycling and jogging trails are available throughout the desert area.
Nearby casino: The Spa Casino, Palm Springs: 5 minute drive
Fitness Centers / Gyms
Nearby fitness centers: Gold's Gym: 3.6 miles; 24 Hour Fitness: 7.1 miles
Nearby golf courses: Canyon South Golf Course: 2.1 miles; Mesquite Country Club: 2.2 miles; Tahquitz Creek Golf Resort: 4.5 miles; Palm Springs Country Club: 5.7 miles
Hiking trails are available throughout the desert area.
Ice Skating
Nearby ice skating rink: Center Ice: 11.2 miles
Nature Preserves / Trails
Nature preserves and trails are available at The Living Desert: 12.3 miles
Nearby tennis courts: Plaza Racquet Club: 2 miles; Riviera Resort & Racquet Club: 3.1 miles; Racquet Club Of Palm Springs: 3.7 miles
Horseback Riding
Smoke Tree Stables 2500 S Toledo Ave. 2.08 miles 760-327-1372
Smoke Tree stables 2.08 miles; Aerial Tamway 8 miles
Aerial Tamway 8 miles
Viceroy Palm Springs Full service spa 1.28 miles 760-320-4117 or wwww.viceroypalmsprings.com
Ron Splude Yoga at Urban Yoga 2.34 miles. Monday, Wednesday, and Firday at 10am, Sundays at 8am.
Wine Tasting
Wild for the Vine. 390 N Palm Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA. 2.25 miles 888-291-9643
Hummer Tours
Adventure Hummer - Desert Tours 877-934-8663
Palm Spring Swim Center; Soak City Water Park 3.89 miles


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Every Tuesday you can listen in on the BBQ Central Radio show part of the BCRN (BBQ Central Radio Network) . This weeks episode is a round table discussion with three of the top Chicken Cooks on the KCBS circuit:
Kelly Wertz – 4 Legs Up BBQ, previous winner of the Jack Daniels Invitational and in 2009 ranked #4 overall in Chicken and #6 Overall on the KCBS TOY Listings.
Joe Amore – Smokey Mountain Smokers, ranked #5 overall in Chicken and # 19 overall in the KCBS TOY listings. They also manufacture one of my favorite products disposable cutting boards.
Troy Black – Learn2Q.com, ranked #7 overall in Chicken and #15 overall in the KCBS TOY Listings. He also has a brand new DVD out Real BBQ Know How
Also tonight on the BBQ Central Show Mike Lake President of KCBS will be on at approx 10:05pm EST on the after dark segment of the show
It should be a great show! Make sure you tune in tonight at 9pm EST.

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WACO (December 12, 2012)—More than 6,000 meals will be served to the community for the 23rd annual Waco Feast of Sharing dinner.
Thursday's event is open to all community members to enjoy arts and crafts, live entertainment and a free meal of glazed ham, mashed potatoes, vegetables, dinner rolls and apple pie.
The fun lasts from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the center, located on Bosque Boulevard.


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All Hallows Eve, so named because it was once thought to be a time of the wandering dead, is fast approaching. It's now known as Halloween on Oct. 31, or any date that a village or city has elected to hold Trick or Treat night.
All Hallows Eve dates back almost 2,000 years and was known by the Celts as Samhain. History shows that it was a celebration of the end of summer and the coming of autumn.
Once it was ghosts, witches, pirates or hoboes who knocked on the door at Halloween but now you can expect anything from the Green Hornet or Derek Jeter to Madonna on the doorstep begging for treats.
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A?QUICKLY?VANISHING?TREAT — Mike McElwain, on line editor with the Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times, brought a container of caramel corn to the newsroom, and it vanished like ice cubes in July. I managed to sneak some home to take a picture.
-- Esther McCoy
The most fun is coming back home or to the home with a party going on to count the loot and enjoy a few treats.
Here are a few Halloween treats that would be quite tasty.
The newsroom had a chance to sample the caramel corn made by Mike McElwain from this recipe of a popular Halloween treat.
Mike's Caramel Corn
Cooking spray
4 cups popped popcorn
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup Karo light or dark corn syrup
1/2 cup butter or margarine, 1 stick
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
Spray a large shallow roasting pan with cooking spray. Add popcorn that has been popped and place in a preheated 250 degree oven while preparing caramel topping. Mix brown sugar, corn syrup, butter and salt in a heavy 2-quart saucepan. Stir constantly and bring to a boil over medium heat. Boil 5 minutes without stirring the mixture; remove from heat. While hot, stir in both baking soda and vanilla. Pour caramel mixture over warm popcorn. Stir to coat well. Bake for 45 minutes in 250 degree oven, stirring every 15 minutes to coat popcorn as much as possible. Remove from oven and spread on foil that has been sprayed with cooking spray. Let mixture cool and break apart into smaller pieces. Store in a well-sealed container.
Rice Krispie treats have been popular for years, but now they have a Halloween flavor and color.
Candy Corn-
Marshmallow Crispy Treats
1/4 cup butter
6 cups miniature marshmallows
12 drops yellow food coloring
4 drops red food coloring
6 cups crisp rice cereal
1 1/2 cups candy corn
1 1/2 cups roasted peanuts
Microwave butter in a large microwaveable bowl on high for 45 seconds or until melted. Add marshmallows and toss to coat. Microwave 1 1/2 minutes or until marshmallows are completely melted and mixture is well blended, stirring in food colorings after 45 seconds to make an orange color. Add cereal, candy corn and peanuts. Mix well and with greased hands, press onto the bottom of a 13-by-9-inch pan sprayed with cooking spray. Cool completely before cutting into bars. Cut each bar diagonally in half. Makes 24 servings for hungry goblins or ghosts.
These are great "dipper" appetizers, and if you have any zucchini still lingering around in the refrigerator, they can be used up this way. And if you prefer not to use beer, substitute club soda for the batter. It makes for a crisp coating for the zucchini. But squash, egg plant or green tomatoes can be used instead. A bowl of marinara sauce would be great for dipping the veggies, too.
Beer Battered
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
7-ounce bottle of beer
1 egg
Two 12-ounce zucchini
2 teaspoons Old Bay seasoning
1 teaspoon cumin
Oil for frying
1/2 cup ranch or honey mustard salad dressing
Chopped fresh parsley and lemon wedges, optional
Combine flour, baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon salt together. Whisk in beer and egg until smooth. Let batter stand 15 minutes. Meanwhile, quarter zucchini lengthwise, cutting into 4-inch long pieces. Toss with Old Bay and cumin. In large skillet, heat 1 inch of oil over medium-high heat to 350 degrees by a frying thermometer. Add zucchini to batter; toss to coat.
Remove, letting excess batter drip off. Fry in batches, turning once, until golden brown, about 2 minutes on each side. Drain on paper towels. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt. If desired, sprinkle with parsley and serve with ranch or honey-mustard salad dressing and a sprinkle of lemon.
This recipe is from the Idaho Potato Commission. Its goal is to bring spooks and spuds together, and it isn't always about the candy.
Yummy Mummy Heads
4 medium Russet or Idaho Yukon gold potatoes, scrubbed, about 2 pounds total
2 tablespoons extra virgin oil
2 teaspoons dried oregano leaves
Salt and pepper to taste
3/4 cup pizza sauce
16 turkey pepperoni slices, coarsely chopped
32 pitted, ripe olives
8 mozzarella string cheese, unwrapped, room temperature
16 capers
1/4 of a red bell pepper, cut into 1/4-inch cubes
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Slightly trim opposite sides of potatoes and cut each potato lengthwise into fourths, creating four, flat ovals or planks. Place on a large foil-lined baking sheet. Brush both sides of the potatoes with the oil, sprinkle evenly with the oregano, salt and black pepper. Bake 8 minutes, turn and bake 7 minutes on the other side or until tender when pierced with a fork. Remove from oven and turn potatoes again. Spoon equal amounts of the pizza sauce over each, about 2 teaspoons per slice. Sprinkle evenly with the pepperoni. Place an olive near the center of each potato slice to form a nose. Pull off thin strips of cheese and lay across the potato to form mummy bandages. The cheese can hang over the edges of the potato slightly. They will form to the shape of the potato when melted. Cut the remaining olives in half lengthwise and place two halves above the nose to form the eye sockets. Place capers and bell pepper cubes in the center of each olive half to form the eyeballs. Bake 3 to 4 minutes or until cheese has melted slightly. Remove with a flat spatula and place on a large serving platter. Serve hot or at room temperature.
This is an excellent hot drink to serve after chaperoning the kids around on a cold Trick or Treat night. It can be made in a crockpot or on the stove and ladled out into mugs. The recipe will likely have to be doubled if there are more than six people in attendance.
Cinnamon Spice Cider
2 quarts apple cider
1 1/2 quarts cranberry juice
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup orange juice
5 cinnamon sticks
Teaball full of whole cloves
Combine all ingredients in a large stockpot. Simmer on low for 15 minutes. It can be served with an extra stick of cinnamon to use as a stirrer.
These apple fritters have been popular at many festivals featuring apples, and they are good extended over to the Halloween season. Make sure they are served warm. If you don't want to be frying them when company is around, make ahead and warm them in a 250 oven for 10 minutes. Make sure the fritters are dusted with confectioners' sugar or cinnamon and granulated sugar before serving. This recipe is from the Family Favorites Cookbook.
Apple Fritters
1/2 cup sugar
3 eggs
Dash of salt and cinnamon
1 cup flour
3 or 4 apples, cored, quartered and thinly sliced
Combine sugar, eggs, salt, cinnamon and flour. Add milk until mixture is the consistency of pancake batter. Add apples to batter and stir by hand. Lightly oil a frying pan or griddle. Spoon mixture onto surface to desired size. Fry until golden brown on each side. Sprinkle with cinnamon and granulated sugar or confectioners' sugar. Serve warm.
Here is a sweet bread that is a combination of canned pumpkin, spices, chocolate chips and walnuts. It is from Family Favorites Cookbook. It is good served warm or cold and spread with cream cheese.
Autumn Spice Bread
3 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
2 cups canned pumpkin
4 eggs, lightly whipped
1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups walnuts, chopped
Grease two loaf pans; set aside. Combine flour, soda and spices. Cream butter with sugar and pumpkin. Blend in eggs. At low speed, add dry ingredients to egg mixture. Mix in chocolate chips and one cup walnuts. Stir to blend. Pour into loaf pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Top with spice glaze that follows. Makes two loaves.
Spice Glaze
1 cup powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
2 to 3 teaspoons cream or milk
1/2 cup remaining nuts left from bread recipe, toasted
Combine dry ingredients, blending cream or milk until mixture becomes the consistency of a glaze. Drizzle or spread on loaves when removed from the oven and still warm. Sprinkle with toasted walnuts. Slice and enjoy.
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Is there a way to retrieve your work after a crash, if you haven't saved for a while?
I found this pretty useful technique using the "actions" panel to autosave. http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/scripting/autosave-in-adobe-illustrator-using-the-actions-palette/
In case that link ever goes down, the basic idea is to create an action set 'Autosave' containing two actions, which each trigger each other, creating an infinite loop.
Then, in one action, add a 'Save as' saving to a file you can use as a recovery file, placed somewhere logical, as well as a pause in each one for half the amount of time you want to leave between saves.
If you want a longer pause than the maximum 100 seconds, put a pause in both actions, saving every 200 seconds - just over 3 minutes. If you want longer (e.g. every 5 minutes), add an extra action to the loop with another pause.
As of CS6, no there is not an auto save feature in Adobe Illustrator.
If you're on mac, you can make an applescript that does this but it's kind of a pain in the butt. Here's a link to a similar one written for photoshop. You can probably tinker with it a bit if your up to the challenge to save yourself some headaches.
One small tweak to the Actions method - instead of Save As use Save a Copy - that way you are creating a backup copy in a location specific for backup copies and you can still save your original in the place you want it.
Of note. AstuteGraphics.com has released the AutoSavior plug-in which is designed to auto save at user-specifed increments for Illustrator CS5+. It is a free plug in.
If you're on a Mac then you can also use the app "Ai Auto Save", available on the Mac App Store here:
...for the sake of transparency, I'm the developer! I made the app after experiencing the frustrations discussed above. Hope you find it useful.
There's an app for that. Works brilliantly http://www.tool-forcesw.com/foreversave/
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What is the best way to update Twitter with my Facebook status?
I've tried using the Facebook status RSS feed with Twitterfeed, but Facebook doesn't seem to have RSS feeds for your own status updates anymore. Is there any other way?
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What about: http://apps.facebook.com/twitter/
It looks like ping.fm is the best bet or some 3rd party app. Otherwise you are basically SOL.
You can do this using Seesmic Desktop 2
You add your Twitter & Facebook accounts and then when posting you make sure that both are selected (the green circle)
After a bit more digging - I think you should be able to use http://SocialToo.com You need to register with them and then install the Facebook Application.
Then when posting a Facebook status you use the drop down and select SocialToo Status - this will post then your status update to your Twitter feed as well.
I'm doing the exact opposite but I found this... http://www.facebook.com/twitter/
It will probably do the job..
Officially Facebook does not provide RSS feeds for you your status updates anymore. However, there is a way:
Be warned, however, that such a solution might be temporary - Facebook may, for example, decide to change the link. Thus, if you want a robust solution, you might need to move to one of the 3rd party apps or play around with Facebook API yourself.
It seems that either general FB privacy, or your own settings are too high, too private, for an unregistered user to access as anything, such as a feed. You'd have to build your own and hardcode in your password to log in for you. I doubt a facebook app could do this, I'm not entirely sure how offline access works.
Personally I use Composer.io to send out status updates to Facebook, Twitter and couple of other services such as Plurk, Tumblr and WordPress websites.
Composer.io was started as a Ping.fm alternative after that was closed down.


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What is the difference between 东西 and 用品? They both seem to have the meaning "stuff" in certain circumstances, but then 用品 is used in more formal situations, such as 医药用品 which I am assuming is not in the same register as if I were to say "Pharmaceutical Stuff"! I lean towards translating 医药用品 as "Pharmaceutical Products", but I am not convinced that 用品 is really the same as English "product".
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用品 is used for articles that can be used, articles for use (Definitions is 2 dictionaries: 应用的物品 / 供使用的物品).
Some examples:
东西 is just a thing.
You should contrast 用品 with 产品. 产品 is something that is produced/manufactured, hence a product (Definitions in 2 dictionaries: 生产出来的物品 / 劳动所创造的物质资料,包括生产资料和消费资料). The last dictionary says it's also used for consumer goods.
So for 用品 the emphasis is more on the usage, and for 产品 it is more on the production.
用品 refers to articles of utility.用 = use, 品= articles. That is things that are used in well defined contexts, per BertR's answer.
东西literally means "east-west." Figuratively, it refers to "random" items.
用品 is much more formal than 东西. I use phrases like 工作用的东西,开车用的东西,学习用的东西,etc., quite often in when speaking, but almost never when writing Chinese.
First ,you might know the origin meanings of '东西'. The Chinese word '东西' origins from '东市' (East Market) and '西市' (West Market) in Tang Dynasty. At that time, people bought stuff in the East Market or West market (人们去东市或西市买用品). After years, people simplified the usage and used the word '东西' as '用品'. For example, '人们去买东西'.
Nowadays,东西 is used often in talking with people. '用品' is used in writing articles. But you should not add a 'noun' modifier before '东西'. For example, '办公东西' is not used in China.


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I want to install my own Net-SNMP because the preinstalled Net-SNMP is too old. But when I install a newer Net-SNMP via Homebrew, my path doesn't use the latest Net-SNMP.
I would think the best option is to just remove the preinstalled Net-SNMP. How do i uninstall the preinstalled Net-SNMP?


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Tensions were running high between Dog 1 and Dog 2 as they argued intensely over (we can only assume) butts and treats, but luckily Dog 3 was around to step in before things got serious.
Dog 1 and Dog 2 have yet to release a statement about the argument.
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5 Terrifying Bastardizations of the Wikipedia Model
The fact that Wikipedia lets anybody edit just isn't enough for some people. Some demand their own Wiki, damn it!
What kind of people feel the need to set up an entirely separate reference? Why, that would be the ones who live on the fringes of society, who need a place where their people can go to be shielded from the whole "outside world" thing.
Reading these inbred cousins of Wikipedia is like stepping into a terrifying parallel universe.
#5. Conservapedia
Even if you're the most conservative damned person you know, I'm betting you'll still be plenty creeped out by Conservapedia, which bills itself as a "much-needed alternative to Wikipedia, which is increasingly anti-Christian and anti-American."
It's tough to argue against that last part, as there are rumors that some of the authors at Wikipedia are not very good Christians, and that others are not even from America at all. It's no wonder Wikipedia's entry for "United States" is nothing but a Photoshopped image of a cow shitting America.
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Luckily, Conservapedia blows the lid off its rival, in its entry on ...
"Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia founded by entrepreneur and atheist Jimmy Wales and philosophy professor Larry Sanger...Despite its official "neutrality policy", Wikipedia has a strong liberal bias. In his article entitled 'Wikipedia lies, slander continue' journalist Joseph Farah stated Wikipedia 'is not only a provider of inaccuracy and bias. It is wholesale purveyor of lies and slander unlike any other the world has ever known.'[1]"
Yes, not even Hitler's own propaganda machine can stand against the pure torrent of evil lies that ushers forth from Wikipedia. Fortunately, these guys are here to restore some balance to this thing. Let's check out Conservapedia's even-handed treatment of, say, liberals:Liberal:
"A liberal is someone who rejects logical and biblical standards, often for self-centered reasons. There are no coherent liberal standards; often a liberal is merely someone who craves attention, and who uses many words to say nothing."
Everything you need to understand about life inside the hardcore conservative bubble is right there in that paragraph. "People with other points of view aren't actually disagreeing with conservatives. They're just pretending to, probably because they're gay little babies!"
Actually, "bubble" probably isn't the right word. The folks at Conservapedia are trying to build something more like a bunker, surrounded by six feet of concrete that no opposing ideas can pierce. If you're wondering how the conservative movement got to DEFCON crazy, I've prepared a helpful timeline:
If it sounds like I'm being critical, some of the entries make valid points. For instance, I defy you to construct an argument against this:
"Vic Eliason of Crosstalk America rightly points out that if all Americans turned homosexual it would only take a few generations for the United States to lose most of the population of the country through lack of procreation. This would make the US more vulnerable to attack by our enemies."
That is in fact what would happen to an entirely gay country. Checkmate, Harvey Milk. Let's look up Hitler:
"...consciously sought to make the practices of Germany conform to the theory of evolution.[14]"
At this point you may be calling bullshit, figuring it's some snarky Stephen Colbert-esque mockery of the right. Not so. Conservapedia is the work of Andrew Schlafly, a lawyer and school teacher (let that second one sink in for a moment) and son of famous conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly (these days you can find her complaining about how George Bush wasn't conservative enough).
Where it Really Gets Weird...
The Conservapedia Bible Translation Project:
Upset that the Bible doesn't warn us about the dangers of Socialism, welfare and Hollywood? Rewrite that shit!
For further research, see...
Liberapedia, the grossly sarcastic liberal answer to Conservapedia. Their most-visited entry? Conservapedia.
#4. Wikifur
To prove we're impartial here, we swing to the other side of the political spectrum, which is where you'll find the animal/human sex fetishists (source: Conservapedia).
So let's pull up the furry Wiki at Wikifur. We saw the "Hitler believed in evolution" entry at Conservapedia, so let's see what these guys have to say. Searching for Hitler on Wikifur lead me to...
"Nazi Furs is a furry community who harbor an interest in WWII era Germany for historical, militaristic, strategic, living history, reenactment, or fetish reasons."
Below, according to that page, is an example of a Nazi furry, and the Nazi Fur flag:
Yeah, so that's probably the end of civilization right there.
After taking a break for a couple of days, I worked up the courage to search for "sex." Hmmm... it seems to redirect us to "Yiff." The first thing I see at the top of the page is this warning:
OK, somebody has written something on the subject of furry sex that doesn't conform to furry standards. I have to say that scrolling further down that page took more bravery on my part than all of history's war heroes combined.
"Various sources mention it could be named after the noise foxes make while mating. ('It's the sound you get when you rub two foxes together.')[citation needed]".
No, Wikifur, keep that goddamned citation to yourself. Let's go the other direction and search for the least sexy word we can ...
Their entry for "Denmark" is a link to the "Furry Map of Denmark".
Now members of the Denmark furry community can find each other and do furry... Civil War reenactments or whatever they do. But it seems like they should have avoided using a style that's surely going to remind people of those sites that map out the sex offenders in your neighborhood.
Where it Really Gets Weird...
"Animal symbolism is common throughout the religion itself, Jesus himself being compared in the Bible to both a lion and a lamb. Christian furry artists, such as XianJaguar and Holly Ann, depict images of Jesus as an anthropomorphic lion. Some Christian furs even refer to this lion form of Jesus as Aslan."
When I finally build my time machine, I'm going to go back and find a pre-Chronicles of Narnia CS Lewis and show him this, and see if he doesn't abandon animal imagery, writing and Christianity in one fell swoop.
For further research, see...
Memory Alpha, the world as seen through the eyes of another deep corner of Internet fandom. Specifically, Trekkies. Look up Hitler and find how how he won World War II in an alternate time line where Dr. McCoy inadvertently intervened on his behalf.
#3. Encyclopedia Dramatica
So a bunch of 4chan guys got together and wrote a Wikipedia clone. Most of you know it exists already and, yeah, it chronicles all of the Anonymous memes and raids and so on. So you look up a popular meme like "Scientology" and you get:
"Appropriately, [L Ron Hubbard] finally bit the big green burrito of death from gobbling down too much Vistaril. This was confirmed when Scientologist fagslaves tried to take his corpse to burn it, but were pwned by the Coroner, who got there first."
It's about what you'd expect. You'll see lots of "epic" and "lulz." But try something for me. Go to Google. Type "encyclopedia" into the box and let it suggest a search for you.
That's right. Dramatica is at the top of the list. Above Britannica, Americana; even fucking Encyclopedia Brown.
Now go to their list of articles. There are fucking tens of thousands.
Yeah, this is pretty much a fully functional Wiki through the warped lens of 4chan. And, according to Google, it's the most popular encyclopedia on the Web. Pick a subject. Any subject.
"In the beginning, America was butthurt by three things that the British trolls were doing: restricting American citizens from buying queer shit from France, Shanghai-ing of U.S. citizens into the British Navy, and giving Native Americans firewater and guns."The Roman Empire:
"Over 9000 years ago, there was a land that every /b/tard would have been proud to call home. It was a realm made up of awesomeness and win. It was a place full of loli slaves, orgies, neurotic dictators, Jew killing, and shameless wars against the lesser races. This place was called the Roman Empire."
From the original page
"Despite the misleading name, Pol Pot is not Polish pot; rather, it is the monicker of a committed environmentalist, hippie and highly successful comedian, Pol Pot did everything for the lulz."
"The original mad scientist. Nik is best known for being an attention whore, an uber-1337 h4x0r...Nik went on to build his own laboratory atop a volcano, before starring in 'The Prestige' as David Bowie."
"If you do encounter someone who actually does have agoraphobia try the following fun things to do with him/her/it:
Drop them off in the middle of the woods.
Burn down their house.
Kick them in the face until they die."
And of course...
"He was a vegetarian. Not out of principles but because he had horrible IBS and gastritis and his stomach couldn't handle meat (though his colon and lower intestine seemed to handle it just fine)."
And on and on. There are entries on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Aaron Burr and The American Psychiatric Association.
Somewhere, right now, there's a high school kid writing a term paper using Encyclopedia Dramatica as his source.
Where it Really Gets Weird...
To get an idea of the deranged efficiency with which Encyclopedia Dramatica functions, they had an entry on the Swine Flu outbreak up only about 48 hours after Wikipedia. If you're curious:Swine Flu:
Swine flu (a.k.a. pig AIDS, burrito blight, or enchiladapocalypse) is permabanning everyone from IRL, just like bird flu was doing from 2004 to 2008, SARS did in 2003, and swine flu 1.0 did in the 1970s. Many current media reports are saying that the US Government did it for the lulz.
For further research, see...
The much less coherent Wooo!pedia, whose Hitler entry is only 18 words long.


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What do you and what do you not have to check for Shatnez?
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http://shatnez.n3.net/ Here are a few:
Carpets/Rugs: May require testing. Wool carpets (wall-to-wall) and area rugs may be backed or reinforced with linen. Non-woolen rugs and carpets are not a problem. Services are available at most shatnez laboratories for those who wish to have their carpets tested.
Linen and Linen-look fabrics: Require testing.
Pajamas: Do not require testing.
Suits and Sport jackets, (Men's/Boy's): Require testing even 100% polyester and 100% silk suits.
Suits/Jackets (Women's): Only fully constructed suits require testing. "Linen-look" fabrics or those labeled as containing "other fibers" should be tested.
Ties: Linen and polyester ties with a textured surface ties need testing. Silk ties are generally free of shatnez, except for those from Spain (even 100% silk).
Trousers/Slacks/Pants: Those made in the USA have not been found to contain shatnez. All imported trousers should be tested. Any trousers which have a linen-look fabric should be checked, even if American made.
For more info- this site has an entire list with almost every item.
If anyone is looking for Hilchot Shatnez (in Hebrew) Yalkut.info-hilchot shatnez has the entire Yalkut Yosef Halachot. Also, it gives pretty much the same list as ST of America.
"Don't listen to the rumors. There is no need to check for Shaatnez on any article of clothing unless you're sure there's shaatnez in there. For all those who need to know.... Shaatnez according to some Rishonim requires "Shua, Tavi, and Nuz all together." We don't have that today. So according to those Rishonim, today's Shaatnez is only derabanan. When you bring a suit home, you only have a Safek Derabanan that is not "efsher levrury bekal." Or you can see it as a Sefek sefeka on a de'oraita. Same difference. The current so-called Shaatnez awareness was not initiated by Talmidei Chachamim. May sound radical. Probably because it is. "
Also, the Mishneh Halachos (7:198) writes similarly that without any indication on the label that there is shatnez, there is no need to be machmir and check for shatnez.
I think generally speaking, if you'd reasonably believe it could contain wool or linen.
I heard something about baseball mitts being a problem? Anyone hear of this?
From what I've heard, a garment that's entirely cotton and/or synthetic is incredibly unlikely to contain both wool and linen (but men's suits could still have lining or padding or the like ...?). Usually what people have checked (again, if I understand correctly) is clothing claiming a certain percentage to be either "wool", "linen", or "other" (which could be anything).
I think the accepted opinion holds that by an issur one should be choshesh for a "miut ha'motzoi", which I think R.H. Schachter defines as around 10%. So if you think the suit has a greater than 10% chance of being shatnez, you should get it checked. If so, I think only certain higher-end wool suits would be an issue. Some might hold one should check it even if its not a "miut hamotzoi" if its something that's very easy to do. Either way, once one suit from a line was checked, I don't see why there's any reason to check other ones. Its extremely unlikely that the manufacturer made a sudden change in the production of the same suit. So if there was a list of kosher suits, one could just check that.
There exist various guides online which answer the question. This guide, from the Hakhel website, seems to be the most complete English-language guide online. It includes a detailed chart plus four pages of color photos. It's definitely more complete than the guide which Hacham Gabriel linked to in his answer above.
When in doubt, CYLOR. The shatnez tester in my city once told me that, in cases of doubt, it's best for each person to ask his own decisor. If the decisor is unsure, he will refer the querent to the local shatnez tester.
Regarding sefek sefeka of d'Oraissa, not every machlokes haposkim will create a valid sofek. Furthermore, the actual presence of detectable issur may not be a classical sofek at all. This is not like taref ingredients which are mixed in and undetectable except to a sophisticated palate.
Mi'ut ha'matzui is appropriate here, according to many poskim. Treifos, and insect infestation, are similar cases.
How is a few dollars added to the cost of a $200+ garment not 'efshar l'vrurei b'kal?
Iirc, suits from the same line, bought off the same rack, have been found to have different threads, or collar stiffeners, etc. The factories are not particular about these things, they use whatever is available, and can 'mix and match'.
See link below http://matzav.com/why-relying-on-sample-testing-for-shatnez-is-no-good


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I have been trying to get images of smoke against a black background. Does anyone have any advice on the best way to do this and a good lens choice and lighting set up for the job?
Taking the pictures
Post Processing
Links that i found useful:
P.S. I'm no expert, but the above seems to get decent pics:
Like in many other technical situation, the key is the right lighting setup (the lens has a very small importance). You should flash the smoke from the side, making sure you don't illuminate the black background.
YouTube has many video tutorials on that (search "smoke photography"). Here's a random one.
It depends how serious you want to get with it, but if you just want to try it, I recommend using an incense stick for the smoke source as it gives a constant stream, and shine a torch through the smoke at an angle.


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The Church Lady would not approve.
$6.66 ?? It's the cereal of the beast!!
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@bootleg89: I literally laughed out loud at this one. I normally hate internet nerds attempts at humor but this was actually very funny.
I got this deal last time it was here, also 3 pack of Raisin Bran, also for 6.66, it kept me fed for a good chunk o' time, would do again.
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|Joseph and Barbara (Loeffler) Brady, 1942
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brady of Chester, Vt., formerly of Waterbury, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary with a party given by their children at Capellaro's Grove in Bethel. Mr. and Mrs. Brady were married July 26, 1942 at St. Joseph's Church in Lincoln Park, N.J. They have three children; Richard Brady of Waterbury; Kathleen Brady of Norfolk, Mass. and Clare Brady of New Milford; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
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The first weekend in May will transform the city of Louisville into a fashion mecca. Once again, all eyes will be on us. The stars – and during Derby, we're all stars, aren't we? – will align to model a plethora of seersuckers, linen, fascinators and other toppers, making for a glamorous Churchill Downs and stunning chic at the various galas.
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8 Dec 2011 9:24 PM #1
Howto setup title of fieldset from record
I have a Ext.form.Panel with 'fieldset' item inside. I need setup 'title' of this 'fieldset' from panel data record.
Fields inside 'fieldset' setted automaticaly (by name template), but I dont know how to setup 'title' in same way.
9 Dec 2011 6:04 AM #2
Hi kostysh.
Unfortunately there is no way to set a fieldset title in the same wy of loading the form fields by the "setRecord" function.
However, you can achieve that as follow:
Suppose you have a "title" field in your record which should be set as the Title of your fieldset.
At this point you should only get your field set component inside your form and set its title using the "title" record value.
myForm.getComponent('myFieldset').setTitle(record.get('title'));Sencha Inc
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Thanks, it works!


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Box Score | Game Notes
SAN ANTONIO (Jan. 7, 2014) – The San Antonio Rampage (13-20-0-3) exploded for five goals tonight in front of a crowd of 3,060 at the AT&T Center, defeating the Abbotsford Heat (23-12-1-1) 5-1. Four of the five Rampage goals came on the power play, which tied a franchise record.
Rampage goals came from John McFarland, Joey Crabb, Bobby Butler, Colby Robak, and Matt Gilroy. The final goal from Gilroy was his second in two games, giving him a three-game point streak (2g-1a). Defensemen Denny Urban and Doug Janik each had two assists on the night, while Robak and Butler both turned in two-point nights with a goal and an assist each. Jacob Markstrom made 27-of-28 saves in the win.
The Rampage went 4-for-6 on the power play, and kept the second-best power play in the league at bay, killing off all five penalties as the Heat went 0-for-5 with the extra man.
The Heat wasted no time in finding their offense, striking just 1:35 into the first period to go up 1-0. Mark Cundari picked up the puck in the high slot, and blasted it home past Markstrom for his third on the seasons. Assists on the goal came from Max Reinhart and Sven Baertschi.
Just past the midpoint of the period, the Rampage settled into their first power play opportunity of the night. With five seconds remaining on the minor penalty to Chris Breen, Doug Janik fired in a long shot from the top of the circle, and while Heat net-minder Joni Ortio stopped the initial tip chance from Jon Matsumoto, it was McFarland who crashed the net and banged it home to tie it up at one.
The equalizer was the winger's second goal of the season.
The Rampage tacked on another power play tally 4:40 into the second. Denny Urban rifled the puck in from the blue line, and it found Crabb's stick, deflecting in past Ortio for the go-ahead goal.
Crabb's fourth of the season gave the Rampage a 2-1 lead that despite two Heat power plays, went untested for the remainder of the second. Colby Robak picked up the secondary assist on the marker.
The Rampage exploded in the third period, starting with a Butler tally at 4:32. The winger forced a turnover in the Abbotsford zone and looped back around, ripping a shot past Ortio to make it 3-1. Just two minutes later, Robak unleashed a bomb of a shot from the blue line to make it 4-1 for the Rampage's third power-play goal of the night.
Gilroy iced the game at 11:54 of the third, picking up a beautiful feed down low from Vincent Trocheck and firing it from the slot for the fourth power-play goal of the night and making it final, 5-1.
Center Jon Matsumoto skated in his 500th professional game.
The Rampage are in action again on Saturday for their second game against the Heat. Puck drop is at 7 p.m. on a Magic 105.4 Dollar Hot Dog Night. Individual and season tickets can be purchased at the AT&T Center Southeast Box Office, by calling a Rampage representative at 210-444-5554, or online at sarampage.com.


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"Refraction," an exhibition of selected works by Gerhard Richter, installed in Project, Jorge Pardo's 2000 renovation of Dia's first floor lobby, exhibition space, and bookshop, will open on September 5 with Dia's 2002-2003 season. A reception for the exhibition will be held Wednesday, September 4, from 6 to 8 pm. "Refraction" runs through June 15, 2003.
For "Refraction," the second exhibition to be installed in Project, a focused selection of works by Gerhard Richter will be inserted into Pardo's vibrant environment. The basis for the exhibition is the artists' shared concern for issues of framing and representation and for the interplay of the work of art with its spatial context. Together, Richter's pieces and Pardo's environment will mutually question and reflect upon each other.
Richter's works include a new glass sculpture, created especially for this exhibition, in which seven parallel panes of glass refract light and the world beyond, offering altered visions of the exhibition space; Spiegel I (Mirror I) and Spiegel II (Mirror II), a two-part mirror piece from 1989 that measures seven feet tall and eighteen feet long, which alters the boundaries of the environment and again changes one's visual experience of the gallery; and Kugel (Sphere), 1992, a stainless steel sphere that acts as a mirror, reflecting the space. Related works in other media, including painting and photography, address conventions of pictorial representation. A vitrine designed by Pardo will house twelve pencil drawings by Richter from 1969, comprising a series of glass "windows" in which he explored the conventional trope of painting as a window onto a world beyond.
For Project, which opened in September 2000, Pardo created a new lobby/ticketing area, bookshop, and exhibition space on Dia's 9000-square-foot first floor, infusing the environment with natural and refracted light by means of a lively palette of ceramic tiles. In 2001-02, a collaborative exhibition between Pardo and Italian artist Gilberto Zorio, titled "Reverb," was exhibited in the space. For "Reverb," Microfoni, a sound work first created by Zorio in 1969, was interwoven into Project and partially enveloped by a monumental curtain designed by Pardo.
Jorge Pardo
Pardo was born in 1963 in Havana, Cuba, and moved to the United States in 1969. He earned his BFA at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, and has exhibited widely since his first solo show in 1988. Throughout his career, Pardo has mixed work devised for traditional museum spaces with artistic pursuits sited in other venues. In 1997, he held a solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. This followed a substantial commission to create a café for the Leipzig Messe, in Germany, in 1996. Pardo's large-scale work ranges from a temporary pier for Sculptur Projekte Münster in 1997, which subsequently became permanent, to a house, 4166 Sea View Lane, which he presented in 1998 in the context of a solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Pardo lives and works in Los Angeles and on Long Island.
Gerhard Richter
Born in Dresden in 1932, Richter studied at the Kunstakademie there between 1951 and 1956 and from 1961 to 1963 at the Düsseldorf Kunstakademie, where he has been a professor since 1971. Since his first solo show at the furniture store Möbelhaus Berges, Düsseldorf, in 1963, Richter has exhibited internationally, including at Documenta 5 (1972), 7 (1982), 8 (1987), 9 (1992), and 10 (1997). In 1998 the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, co-organized Richter's first North American retrospective. In 1995-96, Dia exhibited Atlas, Richter's ongoing, encyclopedic work composed of photographs, reproductions, and illustrations. In early 2002 the Museum of Modern Art in New York presented a major retrospective of Richter's paintings, which is traveling throughout the United States.
Public Programming
Jorge Pardo will lecture on the art of Andy Warhol as part of the Artists on Artists lectures. The lecture will take place at Dia's exhibition facility at 545 West 22nd Street on Thursday, September 5, 2002, at 6:30 pm.
Critic and scholar Benjamin H. D. Buchloh will lecture on Gerhard Richter this fall as part of Dia's Robert Lehman Lectures on Contemporary Art. The lecture will take place at Dia. The date will be announced in mid-September. For more information the public should call Dia at 212 989 5566.
Exhibition Support
This exhibition is sponsored by Bloomberg, an information services, news, and media company.
Dia Art Foundation
Dia Art Foundation-of which Dia Center for the Arts is a part- was founded in 1974. Dia plays a vital role among visual arts institutions nationally and internationally by initiating, supporting, presenting, and preserving art projects, and by serving as a primary locus for interdisciplinary art and criticism. In addition to presenting exhibitions and public programming at Dia Center for the Arts, Dia maintains long-term, site-specific projects in the western United States, in New York City, and on Long Island. In May 2003, Dia will open Dia:Beacon, a new museum in Beacon, New York, to house its renowned collection of American and European art of the 1960s and 1970s.
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For additional information or materials contact:
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Girls roundup: St. Paul edges Holy Cross; Torrington prevails
Mekaela Giantonio scored 15 points, including three fouls shots in the final minute to seal St. Paul's 48-43 win over Holy Cross on Friday in Naugatuck Valley League action in Bristol.
Kelly McMahon scored a game-high 17 points and Theresa Swanke added 12 points and 10 rebounds for St. Paul (8-7), which qualified for the postseason. Briana Sanchez also had 10 rebounds.
Kiera O'Donnell scored 15 points for Holy Cross (10-5) and Amy Stafford added nine.
Torrington 57, Wolcott 17: Megan Calabrese had a game-high 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Raiders in Torrington.
Paige Middleton added 12 points for Torrington (12-4) and Nicole Kozlak had 11.
Madison Hanlon scored seven points for the Eagles (8-7).
Naugatuck 68, Derby 37: Angelina Piccirillo had 23 points and eight rebounds for the host Greyhounds.
Amy Dietz recorded a double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds while Stephanie Lima had with 15 points, seven rebounds, five steals, and four assists for Naugatuck (7-9).
Shelby Mendillo had 15 points while Rebecca Adanti had 10 points for Derby (1-14).
Ansonia 45, Sacred Heart 38: Melissa Tirella had 22 points and three steals for the visiting Chargers in NVL play.
Tierney Lawlor added 11 points and 15 rebounds while Quanisha Finney had six points and 11 rebounds for Ansonia (10-5).
Amber Craig had 15 points and Elena Colaci 11 for Sacred Heart (6-9).
Woodland 37, Wilby 14: Nicole Fowler had 13 points for the visiting Hawks (8-6), who qualified for the state tournament.
Ashley Michie and Andrea Piccolo finished with six points each for Woodland.
Chandrea Griffin also had six points for the Wildcats (1-15).
Terryville 58, Wamogo 32: Julia Pilarski had 19 points and six rebounds for the host Kangaroos in BL action.
Bailey Doran added 18 points, seven rebounds and five assists while Olivia Pilarski had six points, 10 rebounds and six assists for Terryville (8-8).
Jenna Lopardo scored 12 points and Hannah LaBonne seven for Wamogo (5-9).
Thomaston 73, Litchfield 41: Abby Hurlbert scored 22 points for the host Bears in BL play.
Maggie Eberhardt added 14 points for Thomaston (14-1) and Sydney Keith and Bryttnie Thomas each had 12.
Sierra Markelon and Tara Shakley each had 11 points for Litchfield (5-9) and Isabelle Binstadt had 10.
Housatonic 50, Shepaug 23: Heather Kearns had 16 points, 13 rebounds, three assists and three steals for the host Mountaineers.
Abby Wilson added 11 points while Hailey Nelson finished with nine rebounds and five assists for Housatonic (7-7).
Caroline Kelly and Kate DeWitte scored six points apiece for Shepaug (2-12).
Kaynor Tech 54, Goodwin Tech 51: Sydney Craig had 16 points, seven rebounds and six steals for host Kaynor Tech in CSC action.
Craig converted on a layup to put the Panthers up, 52-50, and Kaynor (6-8) sank two more free throws to seal the win.
Daelyn Kale had 13 points, nine rebounds and three steals, and Audra Spellman added 12 points and 13 rebounds.
Jocelyn Burgos led Goodwin (11-4) with 31 points.
Cheshire 54, Shelton 44: Bry McIntosh scored six of her 13 points in succession in the fourth quarter to lead the Rams in Cheshire.
Lauren Como (14 points) converted four free throws and Missy Bailey (18 points) added three foul shots to seal the win for Cheshire (8-7).
Alyssa Eannotti scored 14 points for Shelton (5-9).
Wilcox Tech 40, Wolcott Tech 23: Alexandra Arjona had 15 points for Wilcox Tech in CSC action in Torrington.
Mia Dupuis added nine points for the Indians (5-10).
Jen Hislop led the Wildcats (4-13) with seven points.
Newtown 55, Oxford 36: Cassie Ekstrom had 19 points and Bridget Power added 10 for the visiting Nighthawks (8-7).
Taylor Drayton led the Wolverines (4-11) with 18 points and five rebounds, while Sam Orner had six points, and Keara Main grabbed four rebounds.
Pomperaug 69, Weston 30: Morgan Metcalf had 18 points for host Pomperaug in SWC action.
Gabbie Holness added 17 points, nine rebounds and 11 assists for Pomperaug (15-0).
Hannah Metcalf had eight points and five assists, and Rachel Bonnanzio had 10 points.
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Taft 42, Choate 22: Morgan Manz had 15 points and nine rebounds for visiting Taft.
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Canton 46, Gilbert 9: Amanda Curvino recorded 18 points for visiting Canton (4-9).
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22 Feb 2012 1:12 PM #1
Different languages/Translations
The application I am developing for my work should be in 12 different languages.
So every button, tabbutton..... Has its own "text" depending on the language selected on the first view.
How do I solve this in the designer?
23 Feb 2012 10:31 AM #2
We plan to add multi lang support further in the road map. We don't support it directly as of yetPhil Strong
23 Feb 2012 10:38 AM #3
Any good advise? I did it in ST1 by having a object for every language, like danish.hello world give "hej".
But I don't see how I could set a text property to something else then a String in the Designer?
24 Feb 2012 9:09 AM #4
Would have to be done after the fact outside of designer. You could use Designer to do it in one language and then use favorite text editor and find/replace tactics to replace the strings with objectsPhil Strong
24 Feb 2012 11:04 AM #5
My deadline is soon so I have to figure this out. If no one has any sugestions I might post my solution here. Language selection will be essential for many of our apps.
24 Feb 2012 6:27 PM #6
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I been thinking on such issue and the only solution you have is to write some sort of interceptor on constructor and/or initComponent() which read language resource, traverse the DOM tree and replace properties (label, title, etc.) of already instantiated views.
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28 Feb 2012 9:26 AM #7
We need to be able to offer users customisable literals for everything.
So what we've done so far is to define a function in launch() like window.myapp.t() which takes a string argument and returns the corresponding string from an associative array defined in a localisation js file included earlier. So every time you need a literal (eg a label) you put myapp.t('thisform.thislabel')
I'd be interested to hear better suggestions and look forward to Sencha fully supporting translations.
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28 Feb 2012 7:58 PM #9
No you can't do this in Designer.
you could do something clever like set all the components you need localized to a special cls like localizeMe and a 2nd cls to $localizeIndex.
then you could have a script that traverses the dom on application launch looking for all components that have .localizeMe and you could use the $whatever to lookup the correct text depending on localization. Include a different resource file depending on language.
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Its going great with this feature. I just have one problem, Navigation View Title.
I would like to change the title on the toolbar title. But if i change config.title = foo; It will not be visible.
There is not set and get. What can i do?
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Very new to this, so please excuse any ignorant question! I've created a vb.net app to open a published map in ArcReader. Have a few questions...
First, I started with the query attribute sample to find an address, zoom to the point on the map, and flash. I'd like to have a balloon callout display showing the address on the map as well.
From this site, I tried the following code (below), but trying to use ICallout and IFormattedText Symbol tells me 'ambiguously defined for esri.ArcGIS.Display'.
I'm using ArcReaderControl to build this and then adding on to it. Have I missed something simple?
Thank you very much for any help you have!
Private Sub AddBalloonCallout(ByVal activeView As IActiveView, ByVal text As String, ByVal x As Double, ByVal y As Double)
Dim pTextElement As ITextElement
Dim pElement As IElement
Dim pPoint As IPoint
Dim pCallout As ICallout
Dim pTextSymbol As IFormattedTextSymbol
Dim pGraphicsContainer As IGraphicsContainer
Dim midX As Double, midY As Double
Dim pCallout As ICallout
pTextSymbol = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.TextSymbol
'Dim pTextSymbol As IFormattedTextSymbol
Dim pGraphicsContainer As IGraphicsContainer
Dim midX As Double, midY As Double
'Create a new text element
pTextElement = New TextElement
pElement = CType(pTextElement, IElement) 'QI
pTextElement.Text = "Text callout" & vbCrLf & text
'Position the new element on the active view's center point
midX = (activeView.Extent.XMax + activeView.Extent.XMin) / 2
midY = (activeView.Extent.YMax + activeView.Extent.YMin) / 2
pPoint = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.Point
pPoint.PutCoords(midX, midY)
pElement.Geometry = pPoint
'Set the text element symbology to a default balloon callout
pTextSymbol = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.TextSymbol
pCallout = New BalloonCallout
pTextSymbol.Background = CType(pCallout, ITextBackground)
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You or your gift?
Let no one say, I didnt sin against God; I sinned against a brother, against a man: its a slight sin, or even no sin at all. Perhaps you say its slight because its quickly cured. You sin against a brother; you make up for it, and youre healed. Your fatal deed was quickly done, but youve quickly found a remedy. Which of us, my brothers and sisters, would hope for the Kingdom of God when the Gospel says, Whoever says Fool! to his brother shall be in danger of hell fire. Great terror! But see the remedy stated there: If you offer your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there at the altar. God is not angry because you delay putting your gift there. God seeks you more than your gift. For if you have an evil mind toward your brother when you come with your gift to your God, he will reply: Youve perished, and you bring me something? You offer your gift, and you are not yourself a gift for God. Christ seeks more the one whom he redeemed by his blood than anything you find in your storehouse. Leave your gift there at the altar, and go first and be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift (Mt 5:22-24). See how quickly the one in danger of hell is forgiven. While you were not yet reconciled, you were in danger of hell; reconciled, you can safely offer your gift at the altar. (Augustine, Sermon 82, 5; PL 38, 508)
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Who's forgiveness is most important? God's? The priest's? Or the person(s) who suffered as a result of one's sin? - Larry Weisenthal/Huntington Beach CA
A good question. What's your answer? I think it's pretty clear that Augustine, following Jesus, thinks that it's the other person's forgiveness the most important. By the way, Augustine doesn't mention a priest, does he?
Others know far more than I about such things, but there seems in our culture a general confusion between forgiveness and pardon to say nothing of the relationship of such terms to justice. If I murder Mr. Y., it is possible that Mrs. Y., a person of enormous charity, might forgive me; but only the state can pardon me, so that I don't have to go to prison, into the death cell, etc. Is that right? And the state might well decide that while Mrs. Y., and perhaps a great many other people and even institutions (like the Church) have forgiven me, the cause of justice would not be well served by granting me a pardon. If I were a Holocaust survivor, I might conceivably find it in myself to forgive Adolf Eichmann, but would I be inconsistent if I also rejoiced in seeing him receive his just deserts from an Israeli court?God's action as seen by Augustine seems to me more like forgiveness in this sense, analogous to victims forgiving their victimizers. But perhaps in the case of God (as opposed to the case of humanity) it can also be (will have to be) pardon as well, given sinful humanity.. I never taught Dante, except bits and pieces in the most superficial way as part of a Great Books course. But I was always struck by very human reaction of students in a case like Buonconte da Montefeltro, who delayed his repentance until the very end, only crying "Maria!" as his enemies pursued him to the death after the battle of Campaldino. He makes it into Purgatory among the saved, however long it will take him to climb the mountain. Not fair, say the students -- he should be judged on his whole life, not its last thirty seconds, as indeed should be good people who still manage to slip occasionally. I sense that today there are many people of a secular turn to whom the whole idea of forgiveness (at least Christian forgiveness) is not only strange, but indeed unethical, very much because of this outlook. It's not fair, and hence unjust, and justice trumps mercy (whatever the Bible, Dante, and Shakespeare may say)..
Mentions of Philippe Barbarin elsewhere reminded me of an incident 25 years ago. I was in Israel on a pilgrimage. One morning, while I was in the back kitchen fetching water for the group, my chaplain decided that sticking to the schedule was more important than waiting for the one missing pilgrim, my group left without me, and so I joined Barbarin's group for the day. I have no memories of Barbarin's preaching and teaching, but in the evening, when I rejoined my group of pilgrims, I learned that, during their hike in the desert, they had gotten lost, were consequently delayed by several hours, that at one point one student broke down, sat on a rock and declared she didn't want to go on any more; and that they ran out of water just as their hike was ending. Even now I have a certain satisfaction in the thought that after leaving me behind they got into trouble - after being unwilling to wait for me for 10 minutes, they ended up being several hours late - after not waiting for an extra container of water, they ended up almost running out of water. It's only fair, isn't it? Heavenly justice!
Nicholas ==I've never been able to find a satisfactory definition of forgiveness. Maybe I wasn't looking at the difference between forgiving and pardoning.As I understand it, pardoning is choosing not to require whatever punishment is due. But this isn't the same thing as forgiving. Also, one might pardon a thief to keep him our of a terrible prison but not forgive his having stolen your mother's ring. So what would forgiveness be? Something negative or positive? Canceling a debt that is owed? Wishing an evil-doer well? Acting like the wrong-doing never happened? Forgetting that the wrong-doing was done?Then there's the other problem: should one/can one forgive if the wrong-doer is not repentant?I think that cancelling the bad guy's debt to you, not requiring the punishment due to him, and wishing him well are all different from each other. The last comes closest to forgiveness, I think, but still . . . Somebody else might wish the wrong-doer well without there being any question of forgiveness being involved. Just what is it we do when we forgive someone?
Ann: In a tribute to your insistence on linguistic usage, I checked the OED and found these three descriptions pertinent to your question:
2. To give up, cease to harbour (resentment, wrath). Also, to give up one's resolve (to do something). Obs. 3. To remit (a debt); to give up resentment or claim to requital for, pardon (an offence) 4. To give up resentment against, pardon (an offender).... Also (now rarely) to abandon one's claim against (a debtor).
Then theres the other problem: should one/can one forgive if the wrong-doer is not repentant?That's next week's gospel reading: the adulterous woman. She was forgiven by Jesus even though there is no clear evidence that she was repentant.Even in today's reading, I imagine that the father was anxiously waiting for his younger son and that the son was already forgiven even before he turned back and headed back home. His change of heart enabled him to be with his father again, but the father was ready all along to welcome him back. So that's the model for us when we forgive, I think. It starts making sense if I try to keep in mind that Christ is present in the other person (and therefore they can be loved); it is also helpful to remind myself that we hope to all be together with God one day: that thought gives me real impetus to start working on reconciliation already here during our earthly life (I won't be able to fully be with Christ until after reconciliation with other people, so I'd better get going!). At least, that's my theory. Putting it in practice successfully is another matter!As to punishment, I don't see it as having any value except insofar as it helps progress towards some other goal: protect society or reform the thief or help the victimizer forgive himself, for example.
Whos forgiveness is most important? Gods? The priests? Or the person(s) who suffered as a result of ones sin? This doesn't have to be a hard question. Catholicism clearly gives us the answer. Firstly, the priest IS God, in Persona Christi, God merely "borrowing" the voice and body of the priest. To not believe that is to not believe in the core teachings of Catholicism. As for the one sinned against, the church also clearly teaches of the need of "reparation of sin." Both are important and necessary, but both are different. First the forgivenss must take place in sacarmental confession (necessary for Catholics to have sacramental confession, not personal confession except in rare cases of perfect contritition before death), followed by atonement/expiation. That's why we have among others, The Holy Mass, First Fridays, First Saturdays, Divine Mercy Sunday, and if all else fails, Purgatory.
Patricia: Most definitely, the priest is NOT God. That a priest acts "in persona Christi" means that he plays the role of Christ in the sacrament of reconciliation, and it is Christ, and not the priest, whose forgiveness we seek and may receive. Sins may be forgiven us by other means than through this sacrament, e.g., by sincere repentance and the petition of the Lord's Prayer or the short penitential service at the beginning of Mass. St. Augustine thought that almsgiving was a way of receiving forgiveness. We do not have to deny these other means in order to defend the sacrament of reconciliation.The passage from Augustine above concerned the need for Christians to forgive one another, and even to take the initiative when one is the one sinned against.
Joseph perhaps my wording was poor, but In Persona Christi, and ONLY via a Catholic Priest, does God sacarmentally remove MORTAL sins. You are correct that VENIAL sins can be forgiven from the mass, as well as some other means, but never mortal sins, with the excpetion of a PERFECT act of contrition in danger of death (and good luck to all of us on that one). Of course we are to forgive one another, but only God, via his priests in the sacarment of confession, can forgive mortal sins. I have no idea how it works for non Catholics, but assuming you aren't one, it doesn't really matter. Best to go to the Catechism for the Official Teaching if you are Catholic. It's also important to note that if Catholics receive the Eucharist in mortal sin, without a sacramental confession, the worst sin of all is committed, sacrilege. What Catholic of Faith would ever even want to take that risk, especially living in a culture where much of the 'normal accepted lifestyle' is mortal sin.Here's the an excerpt from the Cathechsim:1456 Confession to a priest is an essential part of the sacrament of Penance: "All mortal sins of which penitents after a diligent self-examination are conscious must be recounted by them in confession.Here's the link for more detail: http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p2s2c2a4.htm
Joseph I just want to be clear, especially after realizing that you are a Catholic Priest (not sure why you would want to be addressed as Father Joseph). Anyway, are you saying that mortal sin can be forgiven in other ways outside of sacramental confession, or where you just referring to venial sin? Thank You.
Patricia: As you've pointed out yourself, it is possible for mortal sins to be forgiven outside of sacramental confession.You wrote: "(not sure why you would want to be addressed as Father Joseph)". Not sure why you make this comment.
Patricia: It is not a perfect act of contrition that is required for the forgiveness of mortal sins outside the sacrament, but an act of perfect contrition. There is a difference between the two. Here is what the old had to say about "perfect contrition without the sacrament":
Regarding that contrition which has for its motive the love of God, the Council of Trent declares: "The Council further teaches that, though contrition may sometimes be made perfect by charity and may reconcile men to God before the actual reception of this sacrament, still the reconciliation is not to be ascribed to the contrition apart from the desire for the sacrament which it includes." The following proposition (no. 32) taken from Baius was condemned by Gregory XIII: "That charity which is the fullness of the law is not always conjoined with forgiveness of sins." Perfect contrition, with the desire of receiving the Sacrament of Penance, restores the sinner to grace at once. This is certainly the teaching of the Scholastic doctors (Peter Lombard in P.L., CXCII, 885; St. Thomas, In Lib. Sent. IV, ibid.; St. Bonaventure, In Lib. Sent. IV, ibid.). This doctrine they derived from Holy Writ. Scripture certainly ascribes to charity and the love of God the power to take away sin: "He that loveth me shall be loved by My Father"; "Many sins are forgiven her because she hath loved much". Since the act of perfect contrition implies necessarily this same love of God, theologians have ascribed to perfect contrition what Scripture teaches belongs to charity. Nor is this strange, for in the Old Covenant there was some way of recovering God's grace once man had sinned. God wills not the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live (Ezekiel 33:11). This total turning to God corresponds to our idea of perfect contrition; and if under the Old Law love sufficed for the pardon of the sinner, surely the coming of Christ and the institution of the Sacrament of Penance cannot be supposed to have increased the difficulty of obtaining forgiveness. That the earlier Fathers taught the efficacy of sorrow for the remission of sins is very clear (Clement in P.G., I, 341 sqq.; and Hermas in P.G., II, 894 sqq.; Chrysostom in P.G., XLIX, 285 sqq.) and this is particularly noticeable in all the commentaries on Luke 7:47. The Venerable Bede writes (P.L., XCII, 425): "What is love but fire; what is sin but rust? Hence it is said, many sins are forgiven her because she hat loved much, as though to say, she hath burned away entirely the rust of sin, because she is inflamed with the fire of love." Theologians have inquired with much learning as to the kind of love that justifies with the Sacrament of Penance. All are agreed that pure, or disinterested, love (amor benevolenti, amor amiciti) suffices; when there is question of interested, or selfish, love (amor concupiscentia) theologians hold that purely selfish love is not sufficient. When one furthermore asks what must be the formal motive in perfect love, there seems to be no real unanimity among the doctors. Some say that where there is perfect love God is loved for His great goodness alone; other, basing their contention on Scripture, think that the love of gratitude (amor gratitudinis) is quite sufficient, because God's benevolence and love towards men are intimately united, nay, inseparable from His Divine perfections (Hurter, Theol. Dog., Thesis ccxlv, Scholion iii, no 3; Schieler-Heuser, op. cit., pp. 77 sq.).
Thank You for your reply Father Joseph (hope you don't mind, but now that I know you are a priest, I have a hard time addressing any priest by his first name). Yes, my apologies, I did mean to write "perfect contrition." I have a very bad habit of typing fast which more often than not is faster than my ability to think clearly. I appreicate your scholarly response, but it still does not answser my question.Are you sayiing that by this "perfect contrition" (in the case of mortal sin), it's sufficient for any Catholic in the pew to subsequently receive the Eucharist? If so, that would be in conflict with both the teaching of the Catholic Church and our obedience to that teaching. I'm no theologian, but my best guess on why the church requires the sacarment of Reconcillation for the forgiveness of mortal sin is on par with any of us, outside of Divine Mercy Sunday, being able to actually receive a full Plenary Indulgance. In our humaness, our attachement to sin is simply too great, outside of profound holiness which probably only a handful of devout souls actually have. Another reason is that it's really not all that likely that one who has the ability to commit mortal sin would also, at least at that stage of their spiritual life, also have the ability to have a totally contrite heart. I know from my own self when I fell into mortal sin easily I was probably more concerned with the fear of hell than I was having greatly offended God, especially in hindsight of my disgusting sinful acts. If I back than had had the ability to love God that intensely, at least intensely enough to be capable of perfect contrition, I doubt I would have been spiritually capable of committing the mortal sin in the first place.And like I said earlier, "even if", why would any Catholic want to take a chance that maybe we did or maybe we didn't recieve the Eucharist in the state of grace/or in mortal sin? As St. Paul cleary teaches, the consequences of receiving the Eucharist in an unworthy state are simply too dire.I was just asking for clarity, as not to cause confusion. This is a very important topic, and one that is not often addressed. So, I apprecate this conversation. Thank You.
One more thing. I understand the "desire for the sacrament" but also understand it as when the sacarment is not available, as in danger of death (like a passenger on plane ready to crash), not a Catholic in the pews on Sunday who was too busy to make it confession. Do we agree on that Father J?
Patricia: This thread was not about the conditions for receiving communion, but about the duty of Christians to initiate reconciliation, even when one is the one offended against. I am aware of and agree with the teachings of the Church about the conditions of lawful reception of holy communion.As for your second post, just above, I don't believe the author of the article I cited would be as restrictive as you suggest. I think his most convincing sentence is this one: " if under the Old Law love sufficed for the pardon of the sinner, surely the coming of Christ and the institution of the Sacrament of Penance cannot be supposed to have increased the difficulty of obtaining forgiveness."
Thanks for your response Father Joesph, also glad to confirm as I hope and suspected that you agree with the teachings of the Church about the lawful reception of holy communion. As for this:if under the Old Law love sufficed for the pardon of the sinner, surely the coming of Christ and the institution of the Sacrament of Penance cannot be supposed to have increased the difficulty of obtaining forgivenessI would passionatly disagree that the "easier" way, hands down, is the sacrament of Confession. Even Peter, the first pope, in this Sunday's Gospel, when asked by Jesus 3 times, "Peter do you love me", even Peter, the fist pope, couldn't say yes to agape love, only the friendship love. And yes, God accepted that, meeting him where he was, just as he does us. My point one again being how hard it is to have "perfect contrition", which in ordinary situations, requires "perfect love." Thank God for the great gift of the sacrament of confession, including the extraordinary grace that also comes to us in addition to our complete forgiveness of sins.


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Chinese Lantern
- Construction paper
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- Glue or stapler
- Fold construction paper in half lengthwise and show your child how to cut from the folded edge to within one and a half inches of the opposite side.
- When cuts have been made along the entire length of the paper, unfold and form into a cylinder by joining together the short uncut ends of the paper.
- Glue or staple another strip of construction paper for a handle.
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Not every real algebraic surface can be endowned a structure of a complex algebraic curve. The only obstruction I know is orientability.
Are there any others?
Not every real algebraic surface can be endowned a structure of a complex algebraic curve. The only obstruction I know is orientability.
Are there any others?
If you're not requiring any compatibility criterion between the real and complex structure, then the only obstruction is in fact orientability. Every smooth projective real algebraic surface is a smooth compact real 2-manifold (without boundary). If it's orientable, it must then be a surface of genus $g$ for some $g$. But every surface of genus $g$ admits a complex structure, and every Riemann surface is algebraic.
I don't study real algebraic geometry much, but I'm not aware of a good compatibility condition to impose on your complex structure. If you've got something in mind, let me know.
As observed in some of the previous comments, every closed (=compact, without boundary) orientable real 2-manifold admits a complex structure. So in the smooth case orientability is essentially the only obstruction.
If one also considers the case of singular real algebraic surfaces, the situation is more involved and I don't know whether satisfactory results are known.
Anyway, one obvious obstruction is the presence of non-isolated singularities, since every complex curve has only a finite number of singular points.
For instance, take $X:=S^1 \times C$, where $C \subset \mathbb{RP}^2$ is the nodal real cubic of equation $y^2z=x^3+x^2z$. The singular locus of $X$ is isomorphic to $S^1$, so $X$ surely cannot be endowed with the structure of a complex algebraic curve.
If it is orientable, you have a complex structure and the field of meromorphic functions.
Putting my ears into the firing line, I suggest that something should go wrong with the transcendence degree of the field of meromorphic functions. If it is 1, you can consider DVR-s that will give you a compact algebraic curve, and I see no reason for the original curve not to be a subset. If it is more than 1 the surface cannot be algebraic...


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What component/UI design would you use for ordering items in a list (a table with move up/down buttons)?
Drag & drop of items is probably the best for most UIs. Unfortunately, it is difficult to make this feature discoverable. A "grabber" area close to each item helps. Visual feedback while dragging as well as automatic scrolling when an item is dragged to an edge are are necessary in a good drag & drop sorting UI.
It is good to provide
Moreover, with drag & drop there are many subtle details which are frustrating to the user if not done correctly (e.g. autoscroll). Buttons are inefficient in frequent use, but obvious, straightforward to use and much easier to code.
Drag and drop can be considered 'direct manipulation', where clicks directly on the list have an effect, vs 'indirect manipulation' where you have a separate button or other action that takes effect on the list.
Depending on what is in your list, both might be appropriate.
Whatever you do, please bear in mind the sage advice of Jakob Nielsen's Top 10 Application Design Mistakes:
So if you provide a direct manipulation ability on a list, provide visual cues such as:
I'd agree that direct manipulation of elements is probably preferred now.
Notwithstanding the accusations that 37 Signals are a bit on the arrogant side, their Basecamp is an eminently usable application. Almost any list within that app allows reordering of elements via drag n' drop.
First, you have to click to go into re-ordering mode, via a text link in the upper corner. Then there's a small image that clearly suggests 'grabbability' which you click and hold and then manipulate to move the item. See attached.
Up/down buttons are OK, but the trend is towards operating on the data directly, i.e. being able to click (or tap) on the item and then move it. A prominent example is the Netflix queue. This can work even when selecting multiple items in the list.
My preference is to use drag and drop with clear drag selectors that show up on mouseover. In our application we use a double up/down arrow that shows up to indicate the item can be reordered.
Simply changing the cursor is good enough for a tech-savvy crowd, but for general purpose apps you want something more obvious.


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What if children ran the world?
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What he said^
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Awe yeah. Gonna grab the longer version too.
i finally listened to the podcast earlier today. i really enjoyed it and of course enjoyed hearing my main man's voice as well
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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to The Low(er) Tier. Today/tonight, we bring you episode 5. In this episode Daniel and Mike rant. Latrell interviews forum celebrity Zombie Platypus and we go longer than we ever have before. This is our first (almost) 2 hr episode. No Contest Time this week (sorry), due to Mike's stupid surgery and new found addiction to painkillers, but winners of last time's have been notified via pm. That's all for episode news, so let's strap in for the ride, but don't tune out! Scroll below the link, to find our newest member!
Here be yer link mateys: Episode 5: A Moment of Silence
I bet scrolling down this far was hard, wasn't it? Now, we do have some very exciting news. A new addition to The Low(er) Tier family! Lola/ThatDocktorGirl, who shall be heading up our new bi-weekly blog series. On the weeks we don't post episodes, you will have awesome articles from her to look forward to and give you a nice break from the assholes you have to listen to on the show. Without further ado, we shall let her introduce herself:
Hiya, Im ThatDocktorGirl and Im the new member of the Low(er) Tier!! Ill be writing articles on stuff You know Basically anything that gets my mind going or something thats got my attention in past 2 weeks or so. Ill be the little cheese that packs a punch in the flavour department, between the 2 slices of toasty hot bread that is the podcast FYI Im totally lame, if you hadnt figured that out already
So Ive been asked to write a little something to introduce myself, to let you get to know me a bit... First of all, feel free to call me Lola; ThatDocktorGirl is just my main identifier. Im 20, from the Isle of Man. I started playing video games at about 6 years old - my first game is still awesome to this day, it was Parrappa the Rapper - and I still know all the words to the first rap!
The kinda games I like are totally varied. If I had to put a genre on it though, itd be action - but I need a story to connect with it, or some kinda hook to just grab me. I cant just play a game for the sake of it, or for whatever social value it has if it doesnt have that special appeal to me.
I cant say for definite my all time top game, but the 3 that stand out for me (and this might tell you about me more than I actually can) are BioShock, Lollipop Chainsaw and Devil May Cry 3. Theyve all got a special place in my heart. I would have included Borderlands 2 in that list, but thats only cuz Handsome Jack is the man of dreams
Ive never come across a game Ive outright hated from the get-go - I rarely dont not-like a game - but there has been one I stopped playing which grabbed me at the start, and then bored me out of my mind before the 3rd level was up. I was more disappointed in it - was so looking forward to it and now I cant play it cuz its not enough for this girl Im talking about Dishonored by the way =)
Outside of games, I love Batman!!! Mainly for the villains mind; if you follow me on Twitter, straight up its obvious I love The Riddler. Hush was the first one I read I was just hooked straight away - I like to think I have quite a respectable collection of Batman graphic novels and comics now. I can even rock a Harley Quinn impression yo!!
I like my anime and manga too - Black Butler, H.O.T.D, Ouran High School Host Club, Chaos Head - my favourite manga however (and Id love to know how many of you know this) is Kitchen Princess - its super cute!! Its a romantic little story about an orphan girl trying to find the love of her life (she has his spoon). Plus it gives you recipes like strawberry shortcake and stuff - its so girly and lovely!!
Away from all of that - which I doubt Im gonna be able to fit into any conversation here - Im a huge follower of fashion. When Im not reading or playing anything, Im looking at fashion blogs on my fave clothing sites, going through the multi-country twitter accounts of my bible aka Vogue. Im a total girly girl when I wanna be.
Well there ya go Im not the best at talking about myself in any way, but get me going about any of the above, its quite hard to stop me from rambling on and on. You will find that out soon, Im positive of that. I am quite approachable - so you can always leave a comment here and Ill get back to you.
Cheers kiddos x
So.... there's like 12 people on the podcast now?
4 buttface and one just writes articles... for now... Maybe she will join in the future. We haven't talked about that, but some female perspective can't hurt. Plus she is a pretty awesome writer.
Just trying to keep count.
They teach maths.