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Exciting work guys. Been using Firefox and Chrome lately for developments and had to say IE team have steep curve to claim. What makes the Chrome great is its UI responsiveness, its snappy start-up time, able to rearrange tabs, fast page-loading. It seems IE9 show great promise in rendering aspect of it and wants to see developers choose IE9 in the future as there default testing browser. Don't want to see old style thousands of tool-bar being able to installed and screw IE's performance, that's so 90. Please eliminate the nightmare of tool bar in IE.
in a fritz of irony, the download page on the iepreview site seems to be broken.. when you go there in ie8, it warns you about a downloading file, but if you click to actually download the file, nothing happens.. reloading the page just bring the warning back, and then nothing..
beta1 of ie9 cant come soon enough
odd.. now it works maybe it was a server issue
Its good. I always fought with my friends that IE is always better. But when they show me the performance of Chrome and Firefox, I was little worried. Now again, IE is going to prove I am the best...
I have written my own article "Will Chrome and Safari Beat IE9?" recently.
Waiting for IE9 beta.
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Game Informer Unlimited: Andrew Reiner Replies!
Here is the list of questions from users and answers provided by Andrew Reiner of Game Informer based on what he witnessed in the exclusive GTA IV demo Rockstar provided.
Reiner: This is incorrect. There are no airplanes in the game, but flying is still there. One means of this is the helicopter. As Dan pointed out, this is just one city and a plane really doesnt fit into that very well for gameplay. Flying is still very much a large part of the game.
2. GTAplanet.cz Asks: Good evening, We are very pleased that we can ask you a few questions about new GTA IV. Our editions GTAplanet.cz, GTASA.cz and gtaIV.cz, the best known fan sites about GTA in Czech Republic, prepared this list in cooperation with our fans and visitors. We will be very pleased if you answer our questions
Did you see any female pedestrians? Are there any good looking chicks? =)
Reiner: Sigh.... Truth be told, Im curious why anyone would want to know this. Is this really one of the top questions? If my memory serves me correctly, I dont recall myself thinking man, that chick is banging or I find myself strangely attracted to this game, but I can confirm that there are female pedestrians in the game. Theres a ton of em, too. They shop. They talk. They even wear clothing.
3. Did you see some indication of seasons (winter, summer, spring...)?
Reiner: Sadly, the demo that Rockstar presented was only about 15 minutes in length. Time of day definitely progresses, but whether it progresses throughout an entire calendar year remains to be seen.
4. How is the AI? Are the enemies smarter? Can they find cover?
Reiner: This is another area that Rockstar is keeping under wraps at the moment. I can, however, tell you that I saw a truck driver swerve onto the sidewalk right in front of where we were walking. This strange little incident also took the Rockstar representatives by surprise. It almost looked like the driver was drunk, but then again, he could have just been in a hurry too.
5. Is it possible to climb on a ladder?
Reiner: I didnt see Niko climb a ladder, per se, but I did see him ascend a telephone pole to get a birds eye view of Liberty City. He didnt climb up it like a gorilla, however. He simply pulled himself up on the series of rungs on the pole. This feat was actually quite impressive. You could clearly see his weight transfer from side to side as he moved up the pole.
6. Can you speak with other pedestrians on the street?
Reiner: Niko seemed to have other things on his mind than talk with pedestrians. The people we passed, however, were very vocal.
7. Chester Asks: Hello, I am the best fan of GTA, so I want to ask you something. What was the first mission in the game, and what was you first word when you saw this new game? pleas answer to me. I realy need it.
Reiner: I didnt get to see the first mission in the game, but if I had to guess, I would imagine it would have something to do with the taxi stand that Nikos cousin runs. As for my first word I cant print it here, but I did follow it up with Oh my God!
8. Matt Asks: My question about GTA IV is: Did it seem to you like Liberty City was an authentically sized city? A problem that I had with San Andreas was that you could drive to a coast in two minutes. Do you think it will be different this time?
Reiner: Great question. In terms of scale, it definitely feels more like a realistic city. It feels you are traversing New York City. As youve seen in the trailer, there are a number of ways to traverse this massive area.
9. GTA-Action Asks: Hey Reiner, we from www.gta-action.com have collected in our Community the most important questions which interest the user mostly.
We didn't see any boats in the trailer, what can you tell us about them?
Reiner: Dan wouldnt go into specifics on this one, but the only type of vehicle he said that wouldnt be in the game was the airplane. So this should point to boats still being a part of the GTA experience.
10. What can you say about the graphics quality? Can you compare the trailer to the game, is the trailers quality better or worse?
Reiner: Rockstar is still putting polish on the graphics. The demo I saw was definitely a step up from the trailer which is kind of ridiculous given how great it looked already.
11. Can you buy properties like you could in Vice City?
Reiner: Again, no specifics were given, but Dan did say that this isnt a game of real estate, or from rags to riches. I wouldnt be surprised if you eventually do find new places to call home, but it sounds to me like properties might be handled in a different way perhaps tied to moments in the story.
12. Will there be girlfriends like in San Andreas? If yes, can you marry them?
Reiner: What is with you people and your woman-related questions. Yes, there are girlfriends. I forgot to ask if you could marry them.
13. Zhooles Asks: I had heard you're receiving questions about future GTA4. As a GTA series fan, I would ask: Unusual vehicles. Will be there any and if will, name them please.
Reiner: Rockstar wouldnt reveal anything in the demo, but strange vehicles are very much a part of the GTA experience. Dan said that much of the game revolves around Niko. I have a feeling that the choice of the vehicles does as well.
14. Aaron Hall Asks: Rockstar have said that the cars in GTA IV will have all new physics to them and the camera will be closer to allow a better driving perspective of cruising Liberty city and seeing more detail on the cars.Could you please elaborate on the experience of driving best as possible and whats new to the experience? Thanks.
Reiner: From what I was shown, the only new element was breaking the window of the car to get in. The animation for this was awesome, and something I wish I had seen more than once. The car I saw was newer in make which was evidenced in both the beautiful crimson sheen and suspension that handled pot holes and variances in the road with ease. Now, I only saw one car, but it really did have that new car look to it. Itll be interesting to see how Rockstar handles the shocks and struts for other vehicles in the game.
If I had to give a comparison, I would say that the new camera angle positioning is more like Midnight Club now. Its closer, allowing the player to see more of the minute detailing on the car, and also lower, allowing you to see more of the horizon and verticality of the city.
15. Alex Sheridan Asks: Hi there, Reiner. As far as the surrounding area of Liberty City goes, what can we expect to see in things such as countryside relative to San Andreas?
Reiner: From what I am told, you will not see countryside like you did in San Andreas. I wouldnt be surprised, however, if the expanded content that Rockstar is planning through Xbox Live will offer new areas to explore. I can definitely see them adding a fifth borough to Liberty City, but outside of this, anything is possible.
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16. Maxim Raykhrud Asks: Good evening, Mr. Reiner! As I understood, you are the only journalist who had seen Grand Theft Auto IV, so I'd like to ask you some questions about it.
First: Have you seen members of any mobs in the game? If yes, which?
17. Second: Is new Liberty City a detailed copy of NY, or just is looking like it?
18. Third: Are there houses enterable without loading?
Reiner: I didnt see any mob members, but that doesnt mean they arent there. Rockstar didnt reveal everything to me. Theres still a lot of the game that remains blanketed in mystery. It is GTA, however, so I would be shocked if a mob or two or three werent involved. As for your second question, Liberty City is modeled after New York City, but it isnt a copy, per se. As Dan pointed out in the magazine, the real world isnt fun. You cant just throw in the city and expect gameplay to emerge from that. There are certainly recognizable parts to it, but the gameplay comes first.
19. Sacha Asks: Will characters from earlier GTAs appear in the game?
Reiner: Rockstar wouldnt say outright, but from the smile that Dan Houser gave me, I would say theres a good possibility of crossover.
20. Bobby Swansom Asks: Will the player have to go to the gym and eat right as in GTA:SA?
Reiner: It doesnt sound like Niko is the sort of person who does a lot of working out to staying in shape. From this, dont expect him to have to work out to stay slim. As for eating, I doubt well see him doing that, either. The one thing I am not sure of is whether or not he can get haircuts or buy clothing.
21. J Asks: Is it true that there's no load time?
Reiner: I didnt see one load in the entire demo, and this included visiting two interiors at different points on the map.
22. Marcus Asks: What was the phone like?
Reiner: The graphic for the phone wasnt finished just yet, so I wont go into the detail on that, but it seemed that the interface was very simple in design and easy to use. Truth be told, it looked like a real cell phone. We just have to see if it drops as many calls as a real phone.
23. Brenny Asks: Is it still the same three cars over and over again like previous games we've seen?
Reiner: Im not sure which GTA youve played, but I have always had more than three cars to choose from. Theres a good chance youll see more taxi cabs than usual, but if anything, there should be plenty of rides to choose from.
24. Gary S Writes: Hey Andrew, I just have two questions. How are the graphics and how far is the draw distance in the game ?
Reiner: The visuals are tremendous and easily some of the best I have seen. Whats scary about this statement is that Rockstar North is still improving upon the visuals. Theres little question that it will be one of the best looking games come this holiday. As for the draw distance, I didnt see one building, car, streetlamp, or pedestrian pop up. The framerate was also incredibly smooth and the lighting really couldnt have been much better.
25. Isaac "Sculay" Hussain Asks: Will there be a Xbox 360 Demo ?
Reiner: Rockstar hasnt announced anything yet, but I have a feeling most people will pick this game up whether they play it in advance or not.
26. A Canadian Asks: Hi! I just wanted to know when GTA IV for Xbox 360 will be in stores in Quebec, Canada... Thanks in advance...
Reiner: Nope. Rockstar specifically told me that Quebec is the one location on earth that wont be getting GTA IV. Actually, I have no idea. Call your store to find out.
27. Matthew James Asks: Compared to previous GTA titles, how big is GTA IV?
Reiner: I already talked a lot about the city, so I will answer this question like it is being asked about the length of the game itself. I asked Dan this, and he said it should be comparable to all the other GTA games, but they dont know exactly how long it is since the game is still in development. In other words, youll still be able to vest hundreds of hours. The multiplayer component, which is still a mystery, could greatly expand the time you spend with it too.
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That all sounds great, EXCEPT for one small annoying thing, WHY Rockstar have you put Girlfriends back in the game? WHY? That is one of the most hated things in San Andreas! On the plus side, Helicopters are definetly in.
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Well it hasn't been confirmed that girlfriends will be more of a priority rather an option. In San Andreas you would end up getting stuck with them through the storyline. Hopefully though in IV, it will be optional.
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Very nice, thanks slim
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@slimer, thank's man. I'm relieved that Helo's are in. GF's as an option; I can live with
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damn if anything i thought they would of included a Q&A about the HUD i mean we do spend a hell of alot of time looking at it
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Yeah, there seemed to be a lot of great questions left unanswered, which were submitted. Instead they seemed to leave a lot of the stupid ones in =/
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yea i agree there was a lot of pointless n00by questions answerd insted of things good fans acculty want to know, ow well at least theres heli's and the more and more i find out the more im getting into it, sounds good, i dunno but that climbing of the telegraph pole sounds good, something i never thought of
allready R* have surprised me
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Thanks Slim. I'm interested in this climbing thing.
Hopefully the girlfriends will be tied in with the in-game phone so you can arrange your dates instead of them calling you when you don't expect it. But it's a feature I'd rather have out.
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ohhh..you may note he said " helocopter's is one way of airtravel " another way may be the jetpack,that would be cool; if that returned to explorer the city
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oh man im interested to see the physics when u bump the blades of the helicopter into a building, thatl be interesting, ay?
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Well realistically, they would sort of shatter and break off
Hmm, I wonder what it would look like when you fly low and hit pedestrians with the propellers..
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lol itl look like a jam sandwitch in a blender i suppose
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Keri took great pride in her community and was a constant presence at fire company functions including parades, the carnival and railroad days. The time she spent with her fire company family also included volleyball picnics, yearly vacations and holiday parties. She loved playing second base for the Captain Crew softball team and cherished the time she spent with her friends.
Her loving family includes her parents, two sisters and their spouses, Shannon and David Mlodzinski of Wethersfield, and Marci and Derek Saunders of Warren. She is also survived by her great aunt, Shirley of Sheffield, her aunt, Anna Fallon and her husband, Jerry, and uncle Frank Perotti and his wife, Jean, all of Canaan; her aunt, Ida Leonard and her husband, Ronald, of Hartsville, Mass.; and aunt Judith Corbett of Great Barrington, Mass.; as well as several cousins. She also leaves behind many close friends and teammates.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Thursday, Oct. 18, at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph's Church, 4 Main St., Canaan. Burial will follow in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Calling hours will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 17, from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Newkirk Palmer Funeral Home, 118 Main St., Canaan.
In addition to flowers, donations can be made in Keri's name to the North Canaan Fire Company, or North Canaan Volunteer Ambulance Corp.
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Lovell Orthodontics wrote on Oct 16, 2012 8:19 AM:
" All of us at Lovell Orthdontics will miss Keri's sweet smile. We are so sorry for your loss and our thoughts and prayers go to you and your family.
Dr. Lovell, Susan, Tuddie and Nikki "
Dr. Lovell, Susan, Tuddie and Nikki "
Thomas Burgess wrote on Oct 16, 2012 9:04 AM:
" To the Perottis, you have my deepest empathy and sympathy over the loss of your precious daughters life. Though I never met her personally her dad spoke very highly of her, and I know she will be deeply missed. Tom "
Christine wrote on Oct 16, 2012 12:22 PM:
" To the Perotti family: Thank you for the gift of Keri in my life. We met through our mutual love of the Jonas Brothers and became instant friends. I really can't imagine life without Keri's infectious smile and laughter and all of the great times we shared together. I am so blessed to have been friends with Keri these last few years. She will be missed SO much by not only myself and our group of friends, but by so many. It is evident that Keri touched so many lives. My prayers are with your family through this time of difficulty.
With love,
Christine "
With love,
Christine "
Marcia Wanser wrote on Oct 16, 2012 7:34 PM:
" To the Perotti family: I can not imagine the grief that you must be feeling at this time of your great loss, and I wish to extend my deepest sympathy and prayers to Keri's family and friends. RIP Keri "
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(Baylor press release)
WACO, Texas (Feb. 8, 2013) – At its February meeting, the Baylor University Board of Regents approved public fundraising for a new 275,000-square-foot business school building that will expand the school's size and reach by nearly 40 percent.
The architectural design for the new Baylor business school building features a highly corporate and sustainable business environment, including a centerpiece atrium that will showcase some of the school's signature classrooms, such as the Southwest Securities Financial Markets Center. The design also includes a large 350-seat auditorium to accommodate guest lectures and special events, and a variety of classroom spaces that will fully incorporate the latest classroom technology for collaborative learning, innovation and problem solving. Regents heard a report on plans related to the building and viewed the architectural renderings of the potential new facility before approving fundraising. The project cost is estimated at $100 million.
"This has been a truly historic year for Baylor," said Richard Willis, BBA '81, MBA '82, chair of the Baylor Board of Regents. "At levels we have never approached before, we are witnessing record numbers of donors coming forward to provide gifts both large and small to advance some of the most important and exciting projects in University history. In light of the tremendously active role alumni have taken supporting financially the President's Scholarship Initiative and Baylor Stadium, we believe that Baylor Nation, which includes thousands of successful business school graduates, now stands ready to get behind our outstanding school of business to support construction of the building that will propel that program to new heights."
"We are delighted that Baylor Regents have authorized fundraising for this exciting new project," said Terry Maness, DBA, dean of the Hankamer School of Business. "We have so many extraordinarily successful and generous business school alumni with whom we have spoken over the years about a new building for our expanding assortment of top quality and innovative business programs. We are eager to share this good news and to work with them, and with all those who support our distinct mission, to help bring this dream to reality."
In addition to fundraising for a new business school building, Regents approved two projects: a $12 million refurbishment of South Russell Hall beginning this summer – the first of several major renovations of Baylor residence halls – and a $1.75 million build-out at the Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative (BRIC).
The refurbishment of South Russell will include updating rooms with new furniture and fixtures, creating new study, social and spiritual spaces, adding a living-learning component to the complex with a faculty-in-residence apartment and utilizing the lower level for a classroom, fitness area, game room and lounge. The project will begin this summer and is expected to be completed by fall 2014.
The BRIC build-out will create more than 7,500 square feet of symposium and training space.
Baylor Regents also welcomed to their first regents meeting two new members of the board, Dan Hord III, BBA '89, partner in HEDLOC Investment Co. LLC and Western Property Group of Midland, and Dr. Christopher B. Howard, president of Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia. The new board members spent Wednesday at orientation sessions with Executive Council members before Regents met for their regular two-day business session Thursday and Friday.
On Thursday night, Regents held a special reception to honor Baylor faculty. More than 300 faculty members attended the event in the Barfield Drawing Room of the Bill Daniel Student Center, which provided faculty an opportunity to meet new board members and share ideas and suggestions with Baylor Regents.


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Can we find all positive integers $a,b$ such that $a^{n}+b^{n}$ is an $(n+1)^{th}$ power? I think this question equivalent to solving the statement $$a^{n} + b^{n} = c^{n+1}$$ for $a,b,c \in \mathbb{N}$. But i don't know as to how i can solve this.
I attempted by subsituting $n$ as $n+1$ so that we get $$a^{n+1} + b^{n+1} = c^{n+2} = c \times c^{n+1}=(a^{n}+b^{n}) \cdot c$$
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I plan to develop a data model for a SharePoint application that we would like to bid out for development. Is there a data modelling tool that is preferred to be used with SharePoint, like it can help importing data definitions and database creation in SharePoint? Is there a Microsoft tool that is recommended?
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Simple Definition of obligate
: to make (a person or organization) do something because the law requires it or because it is the right thing to do
Full Definition of obligate
transitive verb
1 : to bind legally or morally : constrain
2 : to commit (as funds) to meet an obligation
Examples of obligate in a sentence
The contract obligates the firm to complete the work in six weeks.
<the problem is of your own making, so don't think that you can obligate me to help>
Origin and Etymology of obligate
Latin obligatus, past participle of obligare
First Known Use: 1533
Rhymes with obligate
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Definition of obligate
1 : restricted to one particularly characteristic mode of life <an obligate parasite>
2 : biologically essential for survival <obligate mutualism>
First Known Use of obligate
Other Biology Terms
OBLIGATE Defined for Kids
Definition of obligate for Students
: to make (someone) do something by law or because it is right <The contract obligates you to pay monthly.>
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Medical Definition of obligate
1: restricted to one particularly characteristic mode of life or way of functioning <the infant is an obligate nose breather—Journal of the American Medical Association> <an obligate parasite>
2: biologically essential for survival <obligate parasitism>
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A pair of double-light sconces of cast brass, in a finish of oxidized nickel. Having a baluster-form backplate & s-curving arms in a foliate design.
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The Piano as Paintbrush: The Wondrous Colors of Debussy
During this 150th anniversary year of the composer's birth—or any year, for that matter—there are plenty of performances of Claude Debussy's music. Certainly, someone at this moment is attempting to play the celebrated Clair de Lune. And although Debussy (1862-1918) lived less than two decades into the 20th century, his influence has been paramount to the musical art of that century—more so, even, than that of Igor Stravinsky or Arnold Schoenberg. In 1971 Stravinsky, just months before his own death, stated that "Debussy is in all senses the century's first musician." Virgil Thomson, critic and composer, wrote, "Internationally viewed, he is to the musicians of our century everywhere what Beethoven was to the nineteenth, our blinding light, our sun, our central luminary."
Even by age 20, in Wagner-mad Paris, Debussy knew that the thick-textured German Romanticism of Anton Bruckner, Hugo Wolf and Richard Wagner was a dead end. The composer Erik Satie told Debussy "that we had better create a French music and without sauerkraut."
Debussy demanded new forms that reflected the revolutionary poetry and painting of the new century. His mature music showed almost no resemblance to the past; balance and regularity no longer mattered. The diversity, irregularity and discontinuity of his forms were entirely different in each work. For his new soundscape he made chords into building blocks, shifting and juxtaposing them for contrast rather than resolution. Harmonic progression was no longer a necessity, as it had been since J.S. Bach. With Debussy, the chord itself became freed of its necessity to move. A single chord could become a sensuous experience in itself.
But Debussy was not formless. In fact, he is one of the supreme formal designers in music history. Perfection was his goal and, as the pianist Marguerite Long wrote, "he worked at his craft like a refined lover." Unpredictability and logic combine as in no other composer.
His originality emerged at about age 30 with his orchestral tone poem "Prelude to an Afternoon of a Faun," inspired by Stéphane Mallarmé's poem. The work ushered in a new era in musical expression. The composer Pierre Boulez said, "The art of music began to beat with a new pulse." With its exotic scales, "Faun" inhabited a trancelike state of quivering sensations. At the time, Debussy wrote that "music is not something that can flow inside a rigorous form. It consists of colors and of rhythmicized time."
Even before "Faun," Debussy had become entranced with Maurice Maeterlinck's play "Pelléas et Mélisande." Although the 1890s saw him compose his single string quartet and the evocative three Nocturnes for orchestra, he was obsessed with his opera based on the Maeterlinck work, which he worked on from 1892 until its 1902 premiere. When completed, it was the most radical opera since Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde." "Pelléas" is the last word in musical refinement, and those attuned to it are always shaken by its unearthly beauty. Marcel Proust could not hear it enough. The poet Adrienne Monnier and her sister saw it at every chance. "From the first notes, we would begin to shed tears, and to sniff and sob."
Debussy once said that if he had not been a musician he would have been a painter. His favorite painter was not an Impressionist, a term he abhorred, but J.M.W. Turner, whom he thought the greatest of all colorists. And it is as a colorist that Debussy is the most wondrous tone-painter of music, exploring unknown regions of sonority and timbres. In 1905 he completed "La Mer," one of the miracles of orchestral music. To perform it well, the composition needs musicians who are painters. "There should be only sirens in the sea," Debussy said.
The piano was his most important paintbrush, always close at hand. His body of piano music is the most original since Franz Liszt's. His biographer Edward Lockspeiser wrote of "Debussy's mysterious conception of tactile properties." He was a man of the widest culture. But above all he was a nature worshipper, and nearly half of his art was inspired by the natural world, which he best reflected in his piano music. A pupil, the pianist E. Robert Schmitz, speaks of "Clouds, moonlight, passing breezes—sunken churches, the wind at sea or in the plains, sunrise on a golden roof, shimmering gold fish inspired by a Japanese lacquer," and so much else.
Within his own music, Debussy was an incomparable pianist. The composer Alfredo Casella said that he "used the pedals as nobody else ever did." Debussy wanted the impossible—a piano without hammers. Many pianists came to him hoping to divine his rarefied music, and he gave his time freely. But he was seldom happy, telling the composer Edgard Varèse: "I assure you one cannot imagine how my music is disfigured; often I can scarcely recognize it. . . . Pianists dissect my music into bits and pieces, like a roast chicken."
Debussy was a man of many parts, some of them not pleasant—especially in his treatment of women, two of whom attempted suicide over him. He was self-centered, secretive and sarcastic, with a slightly cruel streak lurking; he loved only his charming young daughter Chou-Chou, for whom he wrote the enchanting "Children's Corner Suite."
When in need of money he wrote some witty, perceptive and often caustic music criticism, gathered together in a volume titled "Monsieur Croche—the Dilettante Hater." Edvard Grieg's music was "bonbons wrapped in snow." César Franck was "a modulating machine." Debussy wrote, "I heartily detest the piano concertos of Mozart but less than those of Beethoven." Frédéric Chopin was his first love and remained so. "My soul is as romantic as a Chopin Ballade," he told a friend. In 1916 he dedicated to Chopin's memory his astonishing Twelve Etudes, among the most admired 20th-century scores. There are extraordinary recordings of these works by Mitsuko Uchida and Maurizio Pollini.
Wasting away from cancer, his last years were punishing. The war further debilitated him; he was depressed that he could play no part in it. To his publisher Jacques Durand he wrote, "Truly my life is too hard, and furthermore, as Claude Debussy is no longer making music, he no longer has any reason to exist." Taking to bed late in 1917, he lingered on until March 25, 1918. Hardly anybody noticed that one of the greatest of all artists was gone. The obituaries were scant, and Paris was starving. But today his music sounds as new and mysterious as ever.
Mr. Dubal, a professor at the Juilliard School, is the author of "The Art of the Piano." His radio program, "The Piano Matters," can be heard on WWFM, The Classical Network.


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28 Apr 2008 5:56 AM #1
Store ignoring proxy and reader
I was trying to get a combobox to run using a store with data proxy and reader. When checking the code for Store it appears to me, as if the current version completely ignores both proxy and reader and requires to load data upfront.
Is there a plan when this will be added?
Or will it be implemented employing the ContentProvider principle? Which would be much nicer, IMHO.
28 Apr 2008 6:41 AM #2
The data loading code in store is not currently implemented. This will be included in 1.0. I plan to add the ability to use the viewer framework any place a store is required. There will be some sort of StoreViewer that wraps a store instance.


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I'm making a website similar to Facebook - with things such as Notifications which make it similar. I don't really see how I can get notifications working. Well, I figured out how I could get them from the database, with a query.
The structure I think the site will follow would be multiple tables for different applications - ie: Photos would add in an ID for the picture, a filename, and a few user IDs if 'tagged' or something, and how to send that information to the user in real time.. is beyond me.
So I would have to run several queries every few seconds scanning the database tables for the $_SESSION['id'] of the user being found in all the applications tables with a status of unread?
Another possibility is that every user has their own table? That's .. a lot. lol.
Or just a notifications table with the most recent notification being pushed to the table with a unique id and a user id?
I really can't wrap my head around this, lol.
Also, displaying notifications in real time? I understand Facebook uses long-polling and gets the notifications in real time, but I don't think I could leave about 5-10 queries (for each app) running on a long poll for multiple clients, or that'd completely crash my server, right?
Any advice/code on how I could try and make a notification system for a social networking-ish site? If not, I think i'll go with static notifications rather than any sort of realtime.
Then again, that'd be too much load querying the server every few seconds for a new notification on every page load? Using ajax would mean long polling, so it's a lose-lose.


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The blastocyst is firmly embedded in the lining of the uterus. Once this has happened, the placenta (the temporary organ that supplies the growing embryo with oxygen and nutrients) will begin to develop.
Around seven days after fertilization, the blastocyst implants in the lining of the uterus. The outer cell layer, no longer protected, is able to attach to the lining of the uterus. The lining is now more receptive and has undergone changes that make it more "sticky" to aid attachment. The blastocyst erodes cells to sink beneath the surface.
What was originally a single outer layer of cells now transforms into two layers. The outermost layer of cells creates space by eroding the lining, and it secretes hormones. These hormones inform your body that you're pregnant and stimulate the uterus to support the pregnancy rather than shed its lining in what would normally be your period. The innermost cell layer will become the placenta and the amniotic sac that encloses the embryo. Within the blastocyst there is an inner cell mass that will form the embryo.
It can help to relax in this interim period, before you do a pregnancy test. Fill some time by getting in shape with these simple stretches. Getting into the habit of doing these exercises now will help your body deal with the increased demands once you know you're pregnant. Stretch before and after exercising to prevent muscle strain.
Excerpted from Pregnancy Day by Day.
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I've heard about ambient occlusion and it looks nice, but what exactly is it?
Ambient occlusion is a method to approximate how bright light should be shining on any specific part of a surface, based on the light and it's environment. This is used to add realism.
Wikipedia has a nice paragraph that explains what is done.
Ambient light is a light type in computer graphics that is used to simulate global illumination. Ambient occlusion is simply a simulation of the shadowing caused by objects blocking the ambient light. Because ambient light is environmental, unlike other types of lighting, ambient occlusion does not depend on light direction. As such, it can be pre-computed for static objects.
Without AO (left) Note that the shadow in the left image is caused by directional light, with AO (right).
In traditional Ray Tracing ambient occlusion is simulated by sampling rays from a certain point, which takes a shape of a hemisphere, and then is checked for intersection with the scene (also called Object Space AO).
Notice how ray samples are used to simulate AO integration.
Notice the aliasing (dots) caused by ambient occlusion under-sampling.
Because the ray tracing sampling technique is too slow to be used in real time computer graphics, other methods emerged that simulate this behavior. One notable approach is called Screen Space Ambient Occlusion (SSAO).
SSAO is a screen-space technique developed by Crytek. The ambient occlusion is computed in a full-screen pass, using the Z-buffer as the only input.
The ambient occlusion factor
The value of
SSAO component of a typical game scene
Ambient occlusion usually means applying data that represents how much ambient light hits a surface. That data is usually a gray scale texture or vertex colors depending on the implementation.
To compute the data the most common way is the render the scene with with a solid white texture and 1 point light multiple times, moving the point light each time to a different location on a sphere or hemisphere. The results of all the renders are averaged and that gives you the data about each particular location in the scene and how much light hits that location.
For example a place in the scene that in always bright no matter where you put the light will be bright where as a place that is dark no matter where you put the light will be dark. The result is that you get something that will put dark shadows in crevices and cracks and soft lighting where objects would generally cast a shadow.
Ambient occlusion is a method to compute lighting on a surface of an object that takes into account light brightness due to occlusion of the surface in relation to light source.
That is, ambient occlusion is a shading method that is global in nature which means light/illumination from each point in a scene can influence other points in a scene. In contrast with local shading methods like Phong/Blinn, this means shading with ambient occlusion adds more realism.
Here is a bit of a simplified explanation. Ambient occlusion is a neat trick way of simulating global lighting which is faster than other methods we have so far. Rays are cast from every direction from a surface point 'up' in relation to the surface. Rays that do not reach any object in its path, that is they reach the background void threshold (the 'sky'), increase the brightness of the surface. Rays which, on the other hand, hit geometry when cast from surface, add no brightness to surface. So surface points which are surrounded by lots of other geometry are kind of in a shade.
SSAO is just one way of doing ambient occlusion.
Ambient Occlusion.. for those who are not really familiar with gaming graphics technology, ambient occlusion adds specific amount of light in every object in the scene. every polygons are rendered in different angle, in that case the amount of light is uneven that makes the game more realistic and appealing to eye


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August 31, 2011
My ankles are worse again – puffy, swollen, painful. They had gotten a lot better recently and now they're back to how they were before. I was so happy because I (wrongly) thought they were going to stay better.
Will my life ever stop being such a roller-coaster?
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August 31, 2011 at 9:46 pm
I'm sorry your ankles are swollen again and hurting..life is a rollercoaster with and without a chronic illness..I. hope that you can look forward to see the rainbows on the horizon after the storm..and, hopefully someday very soon this rollercoaster will be giving you a good ride worthy of putting your arms up and giggling :) Hugs and prayers!
September 1, 2011 at 3:32 am
Wish I could make it all go away for you but alas…I can not. All I can wish is that this flare will pass and quickly for you and of course lots of rainbows and giggles too.


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I am not sure if this is too lame a question.
Can brussels sprouts be eaten raw, or do I need to boil them for 20 minutes or use some other form of cooking?
I am not sure if this is too lame a question.
I think you mean "Can brussels sprouts be eaten raw?" as in without cooking. The short answer is yes, though they will be a lot like little cabbages. You don't need to boil them, either. I like to sauté them in butter in a skillet, then cover them, and let them steam a bit; I serve them with salt and pepper.
Yes, they can be eaten raw, and I do so frequently when they're in season.
I find them much more convenient for sandwich greens and salads when cooking for one than a whole large cabbage; I just chop up what I need (1-2, depending on size), and add 'em to the sandwich, or whatever I might be making.
...and I agree with Jennifer -- don't boil them. (I like quartering them, and saute in bacon fat 'til they've browned, then a heavy dose of salt.)
Yes, you can eat them raw, but the real question is "how do they taste raw?". The answer to that is that, the taste, well, let's just say it's not the best thing I've ever eaten. How I know this: I'm eating raw brussels sprouts right now!
They can be eaten raw, but they are fairly firm so you'll probably want to either thinly slice them or break them down into separate leaves.
A local sandwich shop thinly slices them on a mandoline, lightly dresses them with mustard seeds and vinegar, and puts them on a pulled-pork sandwich. The result has a much finer texture than typical cole slaw.
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a few of us get together to share studying skills for linux system administration. we have an eye on certification and use the LPI book and a book by michael yang on red hat certification. emphasis is on doing first, then learning.
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1980s Custom Dodge Truck - A Pampered WorkhorseWritten by on August 1, 2003 Contributors: Randy Bolig Who Says Two Trucks Are Better Than One?
Marc Burwell's truck, aptly named "Sub Ram" is a concoction of an '81 crew-cab shortbed U.S. Air Force truck and the rear clip from an '83 Ramcharger. Around 1990, Marc and his growing family needed a truck that could haul kids, dune buggies, ATVs, and anything else they could think of. So he got the idea in his head to splice a couple of trucks together. (Some guys get the coolest ideas.)
Marc owned R&R Automotive in Rancho Cucamonga, California, at the time. "I worked for Chrysler in the '70s and '80s, and my shop specialized in Chryslers, so I was familiar with their products," he says. "We found that a Ramcharger would mate up with a crew cab. Their geometry from the midpoint back was about the same." Burwell found both the clip and the truck at Walker's Truck Salvage in Victorville, California, near an Air Force base. In November 1990, he took them to his shop and began the personal challenge of piecing together a one-of-a-kind truck.
How did he do it?
The Ramcharger door-striker jam mated to the rear door of the four-door Dodge truck. While the body was on a cart, the frame of the truck had to be shortened 9 1⁄4 inches for all the body mounts and wheelbase centers to come into alignment. Marc performed the frame modifications himself at R&R Automotive. The wheelbase now sits at 139 1⁄2 inches.
For the engine, Marc chose a .030-over 360 acquired from a '71 Fury-a detective's car with the police package. It was part of the inventory at Bill & Ed's in Fontana, California. There, Marc had Ed Vickroy port-match and flow the J heads, and then add TRW flat-top pistons, as well as TRW valves. Isky provided the cam and crankshaft. The block was machined by Wilson Bros. in Ontario, California, and when Marc got it back, he did the engine assembly himself. An Edelbrock Performer intake helps provide power to the 9.25:1-compression engine, and dual 21/4 Flowmaster exhaust pipes free the fumes.
Dave's Transmission in Temple City, California, built the 727 transmission, to which Marc added a Trans-Go shift kit. The rearend is a Dana 60 with 4.10 gears.
The interior, which covers GM seats, is a combination of gray tweed, vinyl, and leather custom-made by Denny Nish. Inside, you can also see the custom-made billet brake and accelerator pedals with black carpet underneath.
Never seen a Dodge this color before? That's because it's a combination of Ford Green and GM White. Marc had the exterior done at Color By Woz, Mark Wozniak's shop in Riverside, California. When Woz was finished, he informed Marc that he had some PPG pink left over from another project, and Marc gave the OK to use it for an accent color.
"The green was what Ford was using on its Explorers around 1992," Marc says. "Chrysler just didn't have any colors I liked at the time."
The term "Sub Ram" refers to the truck's parallelism to a Suburban body and some of its GM highlights, such as an overhead console, a third brake light, and GM seats and trim. The Sub Ram also has the dualie wheels in the back, although somewhat to Marc's chagrin. "Back around 1989-'90, that was the big thing in California," he says. "If I had known how much work it was going to be to cut the wheelwells, I wouldn't have done it. It was a nightmare, but that's how it got the flared fenders."
So how did Marc's family workhorse perform once he got it finished? Well, it didn't. After all Marc invested in the truck, he couldn't bear to beat it up.
"I didn't anticipate getting carried away like this," Marc says. "We only used it a couple of times to do [work duty]. Then the interior got elaborate, and we put the sound system in. Now it's a Sunday driver and show truck."
In 1995, Marc sold R&R and moved to Boulder City, Nevada, where he now owns Lakeside Auto Service. But while the Sub Ram was still a West Coaster, Marc had the California Highway Patrol reidentify it as new construction. Now, in the C.H.P. database, the old '81 VIN is identified as a '91 Dodge truck. "I had some friends in the C.H.P., and they suggested I [reidentify it]," Marc says. "I was able to avoid a salvage title that way."
After we photographed the Sub Ram the first time, Marc did even more work to it. He added 273 rockers and dressed up the engine compartment. "When I park it outside the shop, I can pretty much count on a couple people coming in to ask about it," he says. "When I take it to shows, most people just shake their head."
Why did he do it?
"My family was growing and I needed a good tow vehicle," he says. "I have never owned anything but Chrysler products. And, they said it couldn't be done."
The Facts
Body: '91 Dodge truck (sort of).
Engine: 360 from '71 Fury police car.
Trans: 727 three-speed with TransGo shift kit.
Special Features: Third brake light from GM Astro van; custom-built billet overhead console and gas and brake pedals; front and rear A/C; dual rear wheels; custom door panels; Alpine stereo with Boston Acoustics speakers.


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We call Jesus the son of God that became the son of man. And yet, Jesus is God per the doctrine of the trinity. Why don't orthodox Christians address him as God when talking about him and praying? Is there a biblical basis?
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The evolved and gradual revealing of the deity starts out with the concept of 'God' based on original words that imply power. God was a word secular society also used. It seems to mean the divine being, regardless of wether he is the true God or not. The Bible defines this divine being as actually only One, that is in contrast to all the many gods of the pagans. The concept developed at the time of Moses is that this 'God' is Jehovah (or Lord) which means I AM, the One God defined as he who alone is eternally before all things.
As we find the concept of the trinity more fully developed upon the actual appearance of the Son in the flesh, the name Lord is transferred to Christ so that Jesus takes the title Lord, that is the One and only God. Therefore if we pray 'Dear Lord Jesus' we are praying 'dear the one and only God - Jesus.'
However in the clear light of the trinity the word 'God' is generally used to refer to the initial more ancient conception of God as the original powerful one. God is therefore usually pertaining to the Father. The reason why the Father is most often associated with 'God' is because the Father is in a sense the 'originating person' of the eternal trinity, whom the Son proceeds from. The Son is like the word 'proceeding' 'from' the Father.
As our prayers are more frequently made to the Father, we often say 'Dear God' meaning 'Father'. The Father as the originator within the Trinity is the giver of gifts including the Son and the giving of the Spirit, so it is naturally that the normal pattern is to pray to The Father whom we seek help and aid. But although this is the more common pattern the scripture does refer to Jesus as simply 'God' and so we could also pray to the Lord Jesus and say 'God' if we want, it just probably does not happen frequently because when we think of the Son we think of Him as the incarnate God and so we also think of him as a man also.
As the Son is God the scripture sometimes directly uses the term directly to the Son:
In Titus we see the terms used as synonyms. First God as the Father, then God as the Son:
Calling Jesus the "son of God" implies that he is God. This may not be a persuasive argument if it were not for Jesus being the only-begotten son of God. Angels, although sons of God, are not begotten. Christians, although sons of God, are begotten via regeneration, not generation. Only Jesus, the only-begotten son of God, is begotten via generation. He shares the same nature as his Father. His Father is God; therefore, he is God. I am human because my father is human.
Again, Jesus is the "only-begotten son of God." That means that he is the same nature as his father, and his father just so happens to be God Almighty. This means that Jesus is also God Almighty. Hence, in the Athansian Creed, it is written, "Deus est ex substantia Patris ante saecula genitus," that is, "He is God, from the substance of the Father, begotten before the worlds..."
In Oration XXIX, Gregory Nazianzen wrote,
Trinitarian Christians most often refer to Jesus by name or by the title of "The Son of God" to distinguish between the Three Persons of the Godhead. (The title of "The Son of Man" is a specific reference to a prophecy in Ezekiel with which Jesus identifies Himself.)
The Doctrine of the Trinity can be explained as such:
Jesus had a specific role in that He is the One who became a man. Neither the Father nor the Spirit did so. So, we often reference Jesus specifically because of His role in redemption.
However, we may refer to Jesus as God and be correct in doing so. Indeed, we often say the "God became a Man," and we mean by this that The Son of God became a Man--not the entire Trinity.
So, to answer your question, we don't refer to Him as God all the time, because we are identifying and distinguishing Him for His Incarnation, Vicarious Sacrifice, and Resurrection. Yet, we can and do refer to Him as God at times--just not as often as we refer to Him by His Name or His titles.
See this question for more information on the Biblical Basis for the Trinity.
The doctrine of the Trinity states that there is one God, who exists in three persons, God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit.
Son of God is therefore the title for the second person of Trinity. It is a clear identification for the second person of Trinity. When Jesus came into this world, the true nature of One Almighty God was also revealed through His message (NT). God the father was revealed in OT (We though find references to Trinity in OT as well in amorphous manner). Second person was revealed by arrival of Jesus and the third person was revealed after Jesus was glorified. That's how we find most of the references to God the father in OT, God the Son in Gospels and majority of the references in explaining God the Holy Spirit, after Jesus was glorified.
It is not that the term Son of God does not mean that Jesus is God. Just like the term Son of Man means that Jesus is a man, so is the Son of God means Jesus is God. God took a human birth and that's how the title Son came to him though He was Himself is God. God is revealed as human to man.
The Jewish leaders understood exactly what it meant by the phrase "Son of God and precisely this understanding of the phrase led them to ask for Jesus' death sentence.
To be the Son of God is to be of the same nature as God. The Son of God is "of God." The claim to be of the same nature as God—to in fact be God—was blasphemy to the Jewish leaders; therefore, they demanded Jesus' death
Jesus is the image of God to mankind. God - omnipotent, revealed Himself to mankind, in Christ. There are many verses in Bible where we see that in Christ, the invisible God is revealed. Jesus was with the Father before the world began. Christ, as God the Son, is the Creator of all things. God in all His fullness, dwelt in Christ, reconciling the world. We see that Christ, as the Son of God - God's representation, is God manifest and revealed to the world. Angels, prophets, and things can reveal to us something about God. But they could not be said to be Son of God. God alone can reveal God hence Jesus is Son of God, same as God. It takes God to reveal Himself to mankind.
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6 Amazing Performances by Actors Who Weren't Acting (Part 2)
Every once in a while you come across a performance in a movie that leaves you in awe of the star's acting abilities and makes you wonder where they learned to perform like that, or what type of drugs they are on. In some cases, the answer is that they're not really acting at all -- sometimes they're being manipulated by sadistic directors, and sometimes they end up inflicting real damage on themselves to get a little closer to that Oscar. Or death, whichever happens first.
#6. Back to the Future Part III -- Michael J. Fox Was Nearly Hanged for Real
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In the third installment of the Back to the Future trilogy, the Tannen family's genetic predisposition toward assholery is confirmed when Marty McFly travels to the year 1885 and is almost immediately murdered by the notorious outlaw Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen (the great-granddaddy of the McFly family's manservant). In this scene, Marty is dragged behind a horse, then hanged from his neck until Doc Brown heroically saves his life.
Man, Michael J. Fox really pulls off that "I was just nearly hanged" look and voice at the end, doesn't he? Well, this was somewhat aided by the fact that he was seriously nearly hanged while shooting this scene. Most of the "Marty's almost killed" shots in this movie were done with a stuntman, but obviously they needed to show the actor's face at some point or people would ask for their money back, so for this sequence they had Fox stand on top of a box and put a noose around his neck.
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They tried a close-up of his face, but it looked like he was masturbating.
However, director Robert Zemeckis just could not get this to look realistic, so Fox offered to do it without the box, relying entirely on careful hand placement on the noose to keep himself from asphyxiating. This worked for a few takes, but on the third one, Fox missed his hand placement and was really strung up by his neck, like a common pig burglar.
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Fortunately, Zemeckis still had Eric Stoltz on speed dial in case they needed another Marty.
Fox actually passed out and hanged there for a moment until someone noticed that the movie's star was dying in front of everyone and took him down. Here's how Fox himself put it in his autobiography Lucky Man:
This was the shot that they ultimately used, which made for an impressive albeit a little too realistic scene. But hey, it's not like the director intentionally strangled an actor until he lost consciousness. Who would even do that?
#5. Inglourious Basterds -- Quentin Tarantino Strangled an Actress Until She Lost Consciousness
The Weinstein Company
In Inglourious Basterds, the Inglourious Basterds recruit spy/German film star Bridget von Hammersmark, played by Diane Kruger, to infiltrate a movie premiere in an attempt to kill Hitler and other top Nazi officials, and thus give birth to the Tarantino Universe. SS officer Hans Landa discovers her as a spy, lures her into a private room, and chokes her to death.
However, Quentin Tarantino was unimpressed with choking scenes in other movies, in that actors are rarely in any considerable danger while shooting them, and convinced Kruger to be strangled for real in order to get the scene just right. Fearing that actor Christoph Waltz would choke her too much or too little, Tarantino decided to take matters into his own hands. Literally, his own hands.
The Weinstein Company
"Trust me, I've strangled at least 30 hobos. I got this."
In this interview, Tarantino tells us, "What I said to her was, I'm gonna just strangle you, alright? Full on, I'm gonna cut off your air, for just a little bit of time. We're gonna see the reaction in your face and I'm gonna yell cut." Kruger went "Yep, that sounds like a reasonable thing a director would ask of me" and let Tarantino sit on top of her and choke her to the point of unconsciousness.
The Weinstein Company
While wearing a Nazi outfit.
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"Well, I wasn't prepared for this, but ..." (Tarantino tears his suit and this is underneath)
OK, at this point we seriously have to question if Tarantino wrote this entire movie to justify choking a beautiful woman while dressed as a Nazi, because the entire budget was probably still cheaper than hiring one of those high-end Hollywood hookers. Fortunately for Kruger, they got the shot in one take and that's the one that appears in the movie. Tarantino then reportedly gave the crew 15 minutes and had to take a long bathroom break.
#4. Enter the Dragon -- Bruce Lee Actually Power Kicked a Dude
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Everyone knows Bruce Lee was a badass. He was such a badass that, even after he died, he came back from the dead (through the power of bad editing) to kick more ass. This was clearly not a man you would want to piss off ... which is exactly what his co-star Robert Wall seems to have done while shooting Enter the Dragon, and you can see the painful consequences in this scene:
That last part, where Lee's kick propels the other actor like the stream of an anti-riot van, dispersing the crowd behind? That wasn't in the script, unless you count the script Lee apparently had in his mind to get revenge on the dude.
You see, earlier in the fight between Lee and Wall, there was a part where real bottles were used. While filming the scene, Wall smashed two bottles together and slashed at Lee, accidentally cutting his arm.
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A move that failed to impress Mr. Yellow.
After Lee's arm healed and he went back to reshoot the scene, rumors started going around the set that he was planning to kill Wall for real. Clearly, he wasn't; he simply wanted to cripple him. So for the part where he was supposed to take out Wall with a kick, Lee gave it some extra oomph and sent the guy flying into the extras behind -- Wall landed with such strength that when one of the extras tried to catch him, he actually broke his arm.
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If you watch frame by frame, you can see that Wall actually goes around the world and comes back.
That's right: Bruce Lee once kicked that dude so hard, he broke another person's bones. Now, Wall still insists that he and Lee were good friends and that the death plot rumors were started by the director, but that only makes us fear Bruce Lee even more -- this is how he kicks someone he doesn't want dead.


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5 Mind-Blowing Things Found Hiding in Our Own Solar System
Our solar system has always been the science-fiction equivalent of Cleveland: a nice place to visit, but not the most exciting setting for an epic drama. However, as we've mentioned before, there's actually more to our sun's 'hood than meets the eye, and if you just give it a chance, it may surprise you ...
#5. Enceladus' Ice Volcanoes
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Saturn's Enceladus may not seem like anything special; just another middle child in a family of 62 natural satellites (funny, Saturn doesn't sound like a Catholic name). But zoom in real close and you'll see that its surface is constantly rocked by massive explosions ... of ice. Yes, Enceladus is home to thousands of what scientists are awesomely calling cryovolcanoes.
NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute via BBC
"Sorry, I had Mexican for lunch."
Due to the proximity and the immense gravitational pull of Enceladus' smothering helicopter parent planet, the moon is constantly being warped and squished, causing its subterranean ice reserves to crack and pulverize into an underground ocean. As forces continue to build up, the subterranean sea, much like a Japanese high school student, eventually succumbs to pressure and erupts. Great plumes of water shoot outward into space, instantly freezing into ice and making an entire moon appear as if it had spontaneously sprouted jet engines.
NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute via Space.com
Is there a more badass way to solve global warming?
Enceladus' cryovolcanoes were discovered quite recently by the Cassini space probe, after it managed to capture actual images of the moon's great flailing ice tantrums. According to scientists, this discovery might also explain what keeps replenishing the debris that makes up Saturn's signature rings. If you're having trouble wrapping your mind around it, imagine Saturn as a great big pimp that beats up on its poor trusting charges until they eventually cough up more ice for the planet's tacky, outrageous bling.
"Now give Daddy Saturn some sugar."
#4. Sundogs and Solar Flares
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Every decade or so, our parent star is host to a series of explosions of superhot ionized gas called plasma, which, due to the sun's powerful magnetic field, then circle its surface in massive, unstable solar loops. Think of it like the sun working a hula hoop of fiery death, if that helps. After a couple of weeks, the death-hoop has built up enough energy and starts to wobble. It falters once, twice, and then falls free of the sun, emitting a burst of electricity, heat, and radiation 10 times the size of Earth. You probably know this phenomenon as a solar flare. You probably thought it was benign. We just figured you might like to stop being secure in that knowledge:
JP Brahic via Space.com
If you're in deep space when it happens, you die, and there's no way to detect it ahead of time.
Occasionally a solar loop will get so big that it results in an X-class solar flare, a huge explosion that appears to rip holes in the sun itself:
We're not trying to jump to conclusions, but that is most definitely Satan in the hole.
Luckily, not every solar phenomenon is fuming out there in the cold void of space, waiting to existentially terrify you into a fear-coma. Sundogs, for example, occur right here on Earth, when light from the sun is refracted by ice crystals in the atmosphere. The only end results are pretty things like solar halos and glowing orbs moving gently across the sky.
Peter Rosén via NASA
Norbert Rosing via National Geographic
Still Satan.
Yea, the sun taketh life away, but she also giveth of it (probably because she thinks it's funny to get your hopes up before she takes it away again).
#3. Loads of Extra Planets (Including a Football-Shaped One)
How many planets are there in the solar system? "Aha!" you yell at your computer, netting some odd stares from your co-workers. "That depends on whether you're counting Pluto, which was demoted to 'dwarf planet' status in 2006!" Hold off on patting yourself on the back there, Tycho. If you said "nine planets, assuming you count Pluto," you're actually off by a factor of 50, or maybe even 1,500. Much like the real Tycho, you are seriously neglecting some dwarfs here.
NASA via Space.com
In all the volumes of Tycho's research, not one mention of Peter Dinklage.
So far, we've officially classified five dwarf planets right here in our solar system (although we've observed many more): Pluto, Eris, Ceres, Makemake, and Haumea. Most of these are out in the solar ghetto, way past Neptune, but Ceres is actually quite close, as it orbits between Mars and Jupiter. But the one of particular note right now is the icy dwarf planet Haumea, discovered in 2004.
Haumea, you're not misshapen, you're just ... unique.
Named after the Hawaiian goddess of childbirth, Haumea is a frozen rock uncannily resembling a football one-tenth the size of Earth. At least that's what complex science calculations tell us about the planet. We haven't yet physically observed Haumea, but we do know some things about it -- like that it exists in a perpetual, hellish cycle of freezing death and rebirth.
SINC/José Antonio Peñas via Wired
Which wouldn't be so bad if they could just get rid of that awful rash.
Analyses have shown that large amounts of radiation on Haumea are causing the ice on its surface to continuously melt and instantly refreeze, probably because the planet is located 4.6 billion miles from the sun (it's pretty much all Snuggie territory as soon as you pass Jupiter). Scientists also hypothesize that there might be organic matter on Haumea because of its dark red spot. No word yet on whether said organic matter has claws and hates humanity with a burning radioactive passion, so we are forced to assume it does.


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The marketing team says I need a landing page. What is that and why should I bother?
Landing pages are highly optimized web pages that produce better results than the average web page.
There are two type of landing pages:
1) Content landing page, optimized to cover a specific question or task with loads of great content. These are made for search engines and users. (Great for indexing and organic search)
2) Task Landing pages, optimized for a very specific task. These pages are tested over time with A/B testing and Heat Mapping (And changed based on test results). Built around users and search.(Normally used with PPC Ads)
As far as marketing goes. The thing to be understand here is that landing pages are built for someone other than you. They are build around what makes action happen. The action they produce is what you are optimizing for.
MOST IMPORTANT: Landing pages have a very focused "call to action". If a Landing page doesn't ask you to do something, read more or contact us for example, it is not a landing page.
A landing page is the page that appears when a user clicks on an ad. It can be a bit more targeted than just your home page.


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The Council of Sections is composed of
38 Sections and
10 Special Interest Groups (SIGs) that represent major disciplines and various areas of interest in dental and allied dental education. The sections and SIGs are designed to allow members with shared interests to come together to develop program content, policy papers in their fields of practice or areas of interest, provide for professional and social networking, career development and mentoring.
The mission of the ADEA Council of Sections (ADEA COS) is to represent the many disciplines, administrative functions, and special interests of dental and allied dental education within ADEA and to provide a venue where all these constituencies come together to address contemporary issues influencing education, research, and the delivery of oral health care for the improvement of the health of the public.
As an individual member of the American Dental Education Association, you can join one or more of the Association's Sections and Special Interest Groups (SIGs). Membership in these groups provides you with in-depth information and the opportunity to network with others who share similar interests.
Within ADEA, sections are represented in the ADEA Council of Sections. Section members have a voice in the governance of the Association through representation in the ADEA House of Delegates, the policymaking body of the Association. The ADEA COS is also represented on the ADEA Board of Directors by the Board Director for Sections.
As a member of an ADEA Section or SIG, you are automatically a member of the ADEA Council of Sections.