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I particularly like the following strategy to prove that the number of some combinatorial objects is even: to construct a graph, in which they correspond to vertices of odd degree (=valency).
Let me mention three results of such nature:
If the graph $G$ has even number of vertices and all of them have even degree, then it has even number of spanning trees. It may be proved by using the matrix-tree theorem, though not immediately, I mean the following elementary argument: consider the new graph, in which spanning trees of $G$ serve as vertices, and two trees $T$, $T'$ are joined iff they differ by one edge (i.e. all edges of $T$ except one edge are also edges of $T'$). Then all degrees in new graph are odd and we are done.
(This argument is due to Andrew Thomason). Given vertices $x$, $y$ in a finite graph $G$, in which all vertices except $x$, $y$ have odd degree ($x$ and $y$ may have both even degree or moth odd, it does not matter), then the number of Hamiltonian paths from $x$ to $y$ is even. For proving this, consider all Hamiltonian paths starting in $y$ in the graph $G-x$. Join two such paths if they differ by one edge (i.e. all edges of the first path except one are also edges of the second). Then the degree of a path $yz\dots v$ in new graph is one less then degree of $v$ in $G-x$. So, it is odd iff $v$ is joined to $x$, and odd vertices of our new graph correspond to Hamiltonian paths from $x$ to $y$ in $G$.
(This is due to László Lovász). Let $G=(V,E)$ be a finite graph. Call a subset $A\subset V$ dominating if any vertex $v\in V\subset A$ has at least one neighbor in $A$. Then any non-empty graph has odd number of dominating sets. We prove that the number of non-dominating non-empty subsets of $V$ is even. They are vertices of a new graph, and two of them $B_1,B_2$ are joined iff there are no edges between $B_1$ and $B_2$ in $G$. All degrees are odd (degree of $B$ equals $2^k-1$, where $k$ is the number of vertices in $V\subset B$ not joined with $B$), and we are done again.
I have general question: what are other examples of such flavor? Of course, proving of parity by partitioning onto pairs formally is particular case (corresponding to the graph with degrees 1), and by partitioning onto even subsets too, but I rather ask about more involved graphs used in the proof:)
And one specific question: may Redei's result that any tournament have odd number of Hamiltonian paths be proved by such techniques?


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Do Supersets make it any easier for you to go through with your workout ?
And since you train different body parts when doing a superset is the intermediate rest period accounted for at least partially?
Do Supersets make it any easier for you to go through with your workout ?
And since you train different body parts when doing a superset is the intermediate rest period accounted for at least partially?
As with all training options, there are tradeoffs depending on your goals.
That's not really the best way to think about it. Will the time go quicker? Yes. Will it be easier? Definitely not.
A key aspect to supersets is dealing with fatigue. Because fatigue is now part of the training, you have to mentally push yourself harder. Accumulating fatigue can be an effective way of intensifying the training stimulus, as it never really lets you come to a full rest.
There is no rest between one exercise and the next when you superset. You only rest when the superset is fully complete. The length of time that you rest between one superset and the next depends on your training goals.
Why Superset?
Why Not Superset?
How to Decide
Programming is the discipline of looking at your goals and developing a plan to meet them. There is as much art as there is science when making these choices. The best bet is to make a plan, test it out for a month or so, and make adjustments as you learn how your body responds to that type of training. It's also important to realize what works today may need adjustments later on due to your body's adaptation to the training.
While there are several program templates out there to help meet your goals, you still need to understand the pros and cons to decide if that is what you want to do. The choice to superset, or when to superset is entirely up to you. It's important to keep in mind that you don't have to always do one method or another.
You may favor supersetting when doing bodybuilding style workouts because you are pushing your muscles to failure much more quickly. While this has a profound affect on releasing Testosterone and building muscle size, it takes a long time to fully recover. You will also be using sub-maximal weights.
You may favor all traditional exercise by exercise when doing powerlifting style workouts to cause your body to adapt to higher maximum weights. Even this requires varying the intensity and volume to continue getting the results you want.
I favor the traditional approach for main strength training days, but barbell complexes work wonders for a high intensity metabolic conditioning session. So I will mix them together.
Supersets are an advanced strength training technique that allow you to increase the intensity of your workout while decreasing the time spent working out. Incorporating supersets will make your workout more difficult, but also more efficient.
Supersetting, at its most basic, is a training method where you do two exercises with no rest in between. Training different body parts with each exercise is only one of several types of supersetting you can do. My favorite type of supersetting is pre-exhaustion where you do an isolation exercise followed by a compound exercise. This is great because in the compound exercise, there is usually one muscle working much harder than the rest, but if you warm up one of the supporting muscles in the isolation, now you have two muscles working to failure in your compound exercise.
Here is a good list on the types of supersets you can do.
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Louisville's top bowling teams are set to tangle with the best from across the Commonwealth at the second annual KHSAA-sanctioned state tournament this Thursday and Friday at Executive Strike and Spare.
The top two teams and top four individuals from eight regional tournaments advanced to the event.
In Region Four qualifying last month, Manual's Raylin Benningfield downed Male's Marissa Thomas 203-191 to win the girls' individual crown. Also advancing were Manual's Amber Kleitz and Seneca's Amber Wright.
Male bested Sacred Heart three games to one to take the team title.
Trinity's Conor Minogue knocked off Manual's Kiefer Hillerich 224-214 to take the boys' individual crown. Minogue and Hillerich both advanced, along with Manual's Kyle Abell and Male's Michael McCubbins.
Manual whipped Trinity 3-1 for the boys' team championship.
PRP's Keelyn Cox nipped Mercy's Megan Minch 196-194 to earn top individual honors among Region Three girls. PRP's Shelby Bigos and North Bullitt's Courtney Donaldson also punched their ticket.
PRP topped North Bullitt for the girls' team title.
Jared Armstrong of Fern Creek delivered a perfect 300 game in the boys' final to take down PRP's Anthony Alvey. Bullitt Central's Jareth Howerton and Fairdale's Jerry Whobrey also advanced.
PRP held off Bullitt Central for the boys' team win.
Boys' and girls' singles tournaments will take place simultaneously beginning at 10 a.m. on Thursday.
The team tournament will be held Friday. The girls' competition begins at 7:30 a.m. and the boys' tournament is scheduled to start at approximately 1:15 p.m.
The Scott County boys and PRP girls are defending state champs.
Admission is $10 or $15 for a two-day pass.
Two teams entered this week with flawless records and a chance at regular season perfection.
On the girls' side, Marion County, No. 1 in the Lexington Herald-Leader's Cantrall Ratings, has rolled to a 27-0 record, defeating opponents by an average margin of 34.6 points.
Standing between the Knights and a blemish-free regular season are No. 15 North Hardin (Feb. 8), No. 3 Henderson County (Feb. 9) and No. 6 Mercy (Feb. 12).
The state runner up in 2012, Marion County is led by 5-foot-10 senior guard Makayla Epps (21.6 ppg., 4.1 rpg.), who recently surpassed 3,000 career points, and 6-foot-1 forward Kyvin Goodin-Rogers (12.3 ppg. 7.5 rpg). Epps is the daughter of former UK player Anthony Epps, while Goodin-Rogers is the daughter of former Louisville player Tick Rogers. Both have signed to play at UK.
In boys' play, No. 13 Holmes had a 24-0 record before taking on Boone County earlier this week. The Bulldogs face No. 10 Newport Central Catholic on Feb. 8, Conner on Feb. 12 and George Rogers Clark on Feb. 14.
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Here are this weekend's top matchups on the hardwood (Ratings from the Lexington Herald-Leader's Cantrall Ratings):
Friday, Feb. 8
No. 24 Eastern at No. T9 Ballard, 6 p.m.
Central at No. 4 Manual, 6 p.m.
No. 6 Mercy at Fern Creek, 6 p.m.
No. T9 Assumption at Male, 6 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 10
No. 6 Mercy at No. T20 Sacred Heart, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 8
Eastern at No. 2 Ballard, 7:30 p.m.
No. 1 Trinity at No. T19 Lafayette, 8 p.m.
No. 3 Bullitt East at North Bullitt, 6 p.m.
No. T7 PRP at No. T10 Fairdale, 7:30 p.m.
Christian Academy at No. T10 Male, 7:30 p.m.
No. 23 St. Xavier at Fern Creek, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 9
No. 1 Trinity at No. 22 Central, 7:30 p.m.
No. T10 Fairdale at Doss, 7:30 p.m.
No. T10 Male at No. 23 St. Xavier, 7 p.m.
• Boo Crabtree, a three-sport standout at Fairdale, has signed to play football at Lindsey Wilson. The 6-foot-5, 205 pound senior was a four-year starter at quarterback for the Bulldogs, finishing with 5,866 yards passing, 428 yards on the ground and 70 touchdowns.
A shortstop and pitcher on the baseball diamond, Crabtree maintained a .901 fielding percentage and is also averaging 12.6 points and 5.7 rebounds per game for the No. 10 Fairdale basketball team, which entered this week with a 14-6 record.
After two years covering prep sports for The Voice-Tribune, this will be my final installment of the High School Sports Report. It has been an absolute thrill contributing each week and I am grateful for the tutelage of Sports Editor Earl Cox and the support of the kind and talented staff at The Voice.
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Can one get a head start on Shnayim Mikra? Would it count if someone either started early (perhaps during the weeks with no Sedra in Tishrei), or just had some spare time and went on to the next week's (and then the next and the next) Parashah?
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Mishneh Torah, in Hilkhot Tefilah u-Bhirkat Kohanim 13:25, says:
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Shulchan Arukh, in Orach Chayim 285:1, says the same, and adds, in 285:3, that from Sunday onwards is considered "with the congregation"( "עם הצבור" in Berakhot 8a; in English see here).
In short, the answer is: No, one can't fulfill the obligation of Shenayim Miqra ve-Echad Targum for that week when starting before the end of the previous week's public Torah reading.
According to Rabbi Israel Joseph haCohen Rappaport, the earliest time that you can start saying Shnayim Mikra B'Dieved is from Shabbos Mincha for the next week and L'Chatchila from Sunday.
I don't think it would work. The Gemara (TB Berakhoth 8a) says to finish it with the tzibur, not ahead of the tzibur.
Yes! There is a statement on this webpage that seems to imply that certain poskim consider Shnayim Mikra to be an annual obligation, not a weekly one. Consequently, a person would be permitted to "get a head start on" upcoming Torah portions as long as he doesn't start before Simchat Torah.


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Libyan Fund Helping SEC in Goldman Probe
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS -1.07 % 's headache in Libya didn't go to the grave with Col. Moammar Gadhafi.
Libya's sovereign-wealth fund said it is cooperating with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in its continuing investigation into Goldman Sachs over the securities firm's dealings with the fund when Col. Gadhafi was in power.
The Libyan Investment Authority said in a statement that it also hired a law firm to discuss possible actions to recover losses it suffered from investments made in structured-finance products.
Before the financial crisis, Goldman and other financial firms sold complex investments to Libya as officials there looked for ways to put some of the fund's $60 billion in assets to work. Many of the investments plunged in value during the crisis.
An SEC spokesman declined to comment. The identity of the London-based law firm couldn't be determined. Goldman declined to comment.
The Wall Street Journal reported in May 2011 that the Libyan Investment Authority had lost 98% of a $1.3 billion bet on currency movements and other complex trades done with Goldman in 2008. The losses were devastating to the Libyan sovereign-wealth fund, and some of its executives demanded that Goldman find a way to recoup the fund's losses.
Goldman and Libyan fund officials went back and forth for months over several plans to make Libya whole on its investment, the Journal has reported. Many of the ideas Goldman presented involved structured-finance instruments or investment funds that would have required the Libyan fund to invest even more money through Goldman Sachs.
The discussions at Goldman about repairing its relationship with Libya escalated to include Chairman and Chief Executive Lloyd C. Blankfein, Goldman's then-Chief Financial Officer David Viniar and Michael Sherwood, the securities firm's top executive in Europe.
One of Goldman's proposals included a $50 million fee that the firm initially agreed to pay the Libyan fund, the Journal reported. The Libyan fund then planned to transfer that fee to an outside investment adviser called Palladyne International Asset Management BV, which was run at the time by the son-in-law of the head of Libya's state-owned oil company. The Libyan fund never reached any agreement with Goldman, and fighting broke out in Libya, leaving the problem unresolved.
The exposure of Libya's dealings with Goldman led the SEC to home in on the activities of the securities firm. The regulator was particularly interested in the $50 million fee.
The SEC's scrutiny of Goldman's dealings with Libya's sovereign-wealth fund centers on possible violations of U.S. anticorruption laws, the Journal reported. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act bans U.S. companies from offering or paying bribes to foreign government officials or employees of state-owned companies.
The Libyan fund's estimated $60 billion in assets was frozen under international sanctions after rebels began to fight to topple Col. Gadhafi's regime. Many Libyan Investment Authority executives abandoned Tripoli, but new managers nominated immediately after Col. Gadhafi's fall made the fund's first-ever audit and reported fresh financial statements detailing the fund's first public record of its holdings, the Journal reported.
Like the leadership of the nation, the leadership of the Libyan Investment Authority has been in flux since Col. Gadhafi's death in October 2011. Libya has been struggling to rebuild after the bloody revolution that ended four decades of dictatorial rule.
The board of directors resigned in September 2012, citing what it said was incompetence of the fund's current management. That has meant that the Libyan Investment Authority hasn't been legally able to execute substantial trades or sell any holdings. The Libyan Investment Authority's current management has lost support of the government. Last month, the Libyan prime minister dismissed the chairman, but his refusal to step down has sparked a political crisis in Tripoli. Current management has said the dismissal is politically motivated and is illegal.
Even with a different form of turmoil, Libyan officials haven't let go of their desire to recoup losses they suffered on investments made by Col. Gadhafi's stewards of Libya's sovereign-wealth fund before the financial crisis.
People close to the Libyan investment fund said officials have authorized some former fund executives to give testimony to the SEC. The officials also agreed to provide documents and other data to U.S. regulators about the fund's ties to Goldman, these people said.
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5:30PM - First Salzburg Class of 1964-65 Reception
This is the class that started it all! In 1964, this lucky group of intrepid travelers headed the call to become the first class of "Salzburgers." Enjoy hors d'oeuvres, share pictures, laughs, and memories. Begins at 5:30PM in Buckley Center room 163. Free. Please RSVP.
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Recapture the spirit of the late-night college days as we invite alumni to play, sing, or entertain, in their own unique fashion, in our Euro Gasthaus pub and Discotheque beginning at 8:30 p.m. Interested performers should contact the Alumni Office by June 17 to get on the play list, and sample tracks are required. Free, performers required to RSVP.
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The Bluff will be alive with "The Sound of Music"! From "Do-Re-Mi" to "Sixteen Going on Seventeen", join in as we sing along with the most beloved musical of all time. We'll provide snacks and beverages, you just need to bring your voice! Buckley Center Auditorium. Free. No RSVP required.
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Enjoy a special pre-BBQ reception for Salzburg classes from across the decades. Meet up with classmates and their families at this exclusive gathering before the Welcome Home BBQ begins at 4:30. Complimentary with BBQ admission, Salzburgers who RSVP in advance will receive two free drink tickets.
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Another way to mesh bodies.
Meshing bodies for Dummies
by VarsityPuppet
I don't claim to be any sort of advanced modeler, half the time I don't know what I'm doing myself. I'm just a lazy guy who figures out other ways to do stuff without even learning the basics.
I also would like to apologize in advance for the very little effort I put into making this. There's a reason I don't write tutorials, and that is because I hate formatting forum text to make it look presentable.
Tools you'll need
mdlops (5 or later.. I just use 6)
A word of caution -
I am not here to teach you how to model from scratch. If you want a good tutorial, search this section for what you want.
I did however, find this tutorial helpful in actually trying to combine meshes.
Now, A bit of Reading
Before I explain how to do this, I should probably explain how I perceive that these models seem to work.
Most models consist of a bunch of meshes, or 3D objects, that contain some information or another on making the model work.
I won't go into detail, but basically they can be divided into 3 categories: helpers, bones and skins.
Helpers just help indicate where stuff goes. When you equip a lightsaber for instance, a helper shows where to put that saber on the model (in this case, your right or left hand)
Bones, are in essence, just that: bones. They are magically connected to a seperate mdl file which contains all of the animations. Don't worry about it... that's just how it is. You don't see them in-game, but they are there :)
Skins on the other hand, are quite visible and such is the point. Skins are connected to the bones by weighting their vertices to various bones. When the arm bone moves in a punching motion, the skin will deform as necessary to follow the bones accurately. This is how most animations are displayed the way they are.
For the lazy readers:
As bones move, the skin moves with the bones so long as it is connected.
Next point: some models have more bones than others. Take for instance the Jedi robe model: it has that flowing cape section as opposed to say... the Heavy armor... which has all the same bones minus the cape part of course.
For the lazy readers:
Models with more bones is better.
Choosing your models:
First and foremost, choose which models you want to combine.
For the sake of example, we'll be combining some armor model and the padawan robe model. For the male of course because I'm sexist :P (jk)
- Extract your resources
So go to K2 - bif - models
extract PMBIM.mdl, PMBIM.mdx, PMBGM.mdl AND PMBGM.mdx (These are the padawan robes and the Heavy armor models, respectively)
then go to k2 - erfs - TexturePacks - swpc_tex_tpa
Extract PMBI01 and PMBG01 (these are the textures that are displayed on these models.
When you extract these files by the way, you'll want to put them all in the same folder, whatever you decide to name it.
If you are using another set of models, I trust that you know in advance which models they are and what textures they use.
Open up whatever version of mdlops you have and decompile both of the models you have in your folder.
- Open Gmax
Open the file in gmax with the nwnmax loader.
Import PMBGM first. This one has some of the skins we need, but not all of the bones we need. We just need to see which skins we want, and how it is divided.
From the looks of things, it seems this model has 3 seperate skins: 2 arms and then the rest of the body. You're going to need to apply some critical thinking here. Which skins are you going to need?
Well, I want the armor torso and legs to show up, so that's a must, but also I'm going to need the arms as they also contain the hands I need.
minimize gmax for now.
Go to your folder and open up the pmbgm-ascii.mdl and pmbim-ascii.mdl.
In pmbgm-ascii, hit Ctrl+F to bring up the find dialog box. Type in "skin". Hit enter.
This should, ideally bring you to the first skin mesh in the model. Torso? That looks promising.
In the line just below it, it says "Parent PMBGM". Change PMBGM to PMBIM. We'll be copying it over into the other notepad file.
You'll want to add it to the end of the file. Just refer to the picture.
Now, do this as many times as necessary to import all of the skins that you need. Don't forget to change the "Parent xxxxx" to the correct model, otherwise, when you import it into gmax, it won't be linked and you'll probably get errors.
Also, make sure you replace the headhook dummy in PMBIM with the PMBGM mesh. We're going to be using the torso for the Heavy armor, so we want the head to show up in the right place... and that might not be the case if we use the headhook for the jedi model.
Occasionally, you'll get an error when you import the model and it is crucial that you fix this. This is usually caused by a missing bone.
If you want to find out which bone is missing, you'll have the check the text you copied over. Under each section, there is a subsection called "weights" If you scroll down from there, it will start listing the vertex weights and which bones they are attached to. The importer will crash if there is a bone missing, so you just have to find the first instance of a missing bone, and add it in... even if you don't need it later.
The bones stopped importing at the lfootT_g trimesh, so just look for the first trimesh that isn't there after that in the ascii file.
Hmmm, looks like we forgot to import neck_g
After you copy over neck_g into the ascii, it's time to try again.
Before you do that, check to see what it's parent is. If it doesn't exist in the PMBIM-ascii file, you'll need to copy that over.
Reload Gmax and try to import the mdl again.
Fortunately it worked this time, so we are in business.
First and foremost, let's get rid of these bones. Select all of the skinned object (use Ctrl + left-click to add to your selection). When you are satisfied with your collection, right click and select "Hide unselected".
It looks a little messy as is, but our job is to fix that.
By the way, I messed up on my own tutorial, which would explain why those partially seen red gloves are there now.
First: delete the skins you don't want. Be careful about doing this: some skins can expand quite a large area, so be ready to Edit -> Undo a lot of your actions.
To make this easy, I'll just show what needs to be deleted.
If you look close, you'll notice the black gloves and the apron thingy are gone. We have no use for those at this point.
All of the meshes that are left, we're going to need some part of those later.
Pull Torso_Geo aside using the moving gizmo. Take note of exactly where it was, so you can move it back when you're done. You'll see that it is quite a large mesh. While that is selected, click Editable Mesh, and select vertices. It's time to delete some verts, but I should mention, that UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ARE YOU TO MOVE ANY VERTICES AT THIS POINT.
Once you've deleted all of the verts that you want, move it back to its original position, after unclicking the Editable Mesh modifier.
Ah, it's starting to take form.
Next, you'll have to trim away at the arms. In this scenario, I want to keep those red gloves, but not the rest of the arm. The solution, is of course to DELETE VERTS!
Hide the robe arms and delete away the verts on the arms you don't want. Make sure you leave enough intact so that the gloves don't show any holes in them when combined with the robe arm mesh.
Unhide the arm meshes, and it's looking pretty good, no? If we were to import this into the game at this point, it would look pretty decent, but there are some things that might clip through the upper section of the robe.
To be on the safe side, you could delete some verts on the armor skin mesh. I usually delete the whole back, because it's easier that way and you won't see it anyways.
Make sure you didn't inadvertently delete any vertices and export the model. You'll want to change the UV map of course, otherwise, the robe will not show up nearly as clean in-game. Unfortunately, the UV mapping is for another time.
Semi-final gmax product
Recompile it with mdlops and throw it in your override folder.
That's more or less how it goes. Mine will look different than yours for now, because I had to fix the UVMap, which honestly is a lot of work in itself. (Reforming the entire texture).
After you've exported your model and saved the ascii somewhere safe, you can move around some vertices so you can run it through Taina's replacer. Just make sure that you do NOT DELETE ANY VERTICES OR MESHES. Check for a tutorial on how to run through that effectively. Basically, it will involve you needing two different ascii models, but that is for another time.
I'm sure I'll have to update this tutorial as I really did give it only like 13% effort, but my main goal was to get this down at least.
Enjoy. If any have anything to add, feel free.
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Upgrading The Daughter's Airgun
Posted 27 July 2012 - 10:19 AM
Anyway, to keep the story rolling, I was looking through the classifieds of a forum I visit and noticed that someone was selling a used Marauder Pistol. It came with the pistol and 1 magazine, no skeleton stock. They guy wanted $300. I couldn't justify spending that right now, but I did make him an offer of $250. He came back with $265 shipped and so I purchased it for her.
Here a picture from the posting:
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Once it arrives I'll go through it to make sure everything is working properly, it's holding air as it should and so forth. I'll also put her modified skeleton stock on it and a 3-9x40AO CenterPoint scope on it that I have so that she'll be able to see her target better. She'll be so excited when I present it to her. She'll probably be the only 7 year old with her own PCP airgun in our area. I did make sure to tell her, while she was shooting her 1322 carbine, that I won't take her rabbit hunting until she shows me that she can be responsible while holding, operating and shooting the airgun and she must be able to hit the bullseye from 20 to 25 yards pretty consistantly. Once she can do that, I'll take her cottontail hunting on our relatives property.
Once I get it and set it all up, I'll take some photos of the completed gun and post some information on the FPS, FPE and accuracy of the gun. I can't wait to see the smile on her face!
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And not trying to turn on the rain clouds during the parade, but you do know that even at 7, on private property, and with an air gun, she still needs a license right? Would hate to see her first experience be a horrible one. Lots of guys mistakingly think that hunting licenses are like fishing licenses and not needed for kids until 16. It is an easy mistake to make, espescially when we get so excited about taking them out with us.
Posted 29 July 2012 - 05:24 PM
Neat. Is it .177? How fast does it shoot?
The Marauder Pistol is a .22 caliber air pistol that can be converted into a carbine using the Crosman skeleton stock (#1399). I have my own P-Rod already and it shoots 14.66 grain H&N Pellets at a low of 618FPS at the start and peaks at 642FPS around the 14th shot and then by the 24th shot it is back down to 613FPS. It is a pretty accurate little airgun too and will easily take down a rabbit out to 35 to 40 yards with a head shot. I've even bagged a cottontail with mine at 49 yards with a head shot and it went right down.
It can be tuned to shoot faster and I have read of P-Rod owners tuning them to shoot around 750FPS, but your shot count will suffer significantly. I think it cuts it from being a 24 shot count to around 13 to 16 shots per fill. That isn't bad, but if I want more power I'll use one of my more powerful airguns.
Posted 30 July 2012 - 07:44 AM
That is great and I am sure she will have the time of her life out there with dad
And not trying to turn on the rain clouds during the parade, but you do know that even at 7, on private property, and with an air gun, she still needs a license right? Would hate to see her first experience be a horrible one. Lots of guys mistakingly think that hunting licenses are like fishing licenses and not needed for kids until 16. It is an easy mistake to make, espescially when we get so excited about taking them out with us.
Aww Man! My parade float was just washed away straight down Main Street by a flash flood and swept down the local river.
Well, I guess it will just have to be teaching skills, common sense and rules, as well as shooting targets for now until I can get her certified and licensed. She's not going to like hearing that at all.
Posted 30 July 2012 - 11:42 AM
Wow! You are a good dad! I take back everything thing I said about you Ray.
In all honesty do try to be a good, if not "great" dad, bit I'll admit that I dont' always succeed and I'm sure I fall short of that constantly. I do really try hard though.
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Sorry partner, didn't mean to bring the rain clouds, just didn't want to see you fork out a several hundred dollars either. I only know because I went through it with the first nephew and going through it now with the second one. The youngest one (7) bugs his parents every day to "teach him to read read so he can take the course and get his hunting license".
It's not all bad. Maybe if I tell my daughter that she has to be able to read well in order to take the course to get her license, maybe she'll start learning faster so that she can go hunting. I'll try that and see if it works. Maybe it will and maybe it won't. I know she really wants to go hunting so it might work.
Posted 03 August 2012 - 11:50 AM
I cleaned it up real good and filled the reservior with air to see if it had any major leaks. It seemed to be holding air good so installed the shorted carbine stock from my daughter's previous airgun and a Leapers 4-16x40AO MD IR scope I had and I showed it to my daughter. She was jumping up and down and clapping her hands, giddy with delight (she stayed home from summer camp today). She said "Wow! That is just like your's right?". I said "It sure is. Do you like it?" and she replied "It's awesome!" I'm glad she is so happy about it. I love it when she's that happy.
I'm going to be watching the relatives house again this weekend, but the family won't be going with me because the daughter has other parties to go to this weekend so I'm going to zero her new carbine in using H&N FTT 14.66 grain, 5.53 diamter pellets and see how it does accuracy wise. I did shoot it over the chronograph to find the sweet spot and to get it's velocities for zeroing at optimal yardages. With a starting fill of 2400PSI it starts at 622FPS for the first shot and peaks around the 17th shot at 651FPS and by the 24th shot it is back to 622FPS with an ending fill pressure of 1600PSI. It uses 800 PSI for 24 shots just like my P-Rod does, but it also shoots faster. That is a good thing since it will be used for ground squirrels and rabbits in the future.
I also ordered two extra magazines/clips for it and a soft case so that we'll have a shorter soft case for taking it places and I can use the case for my P-Rod when my daughter isn't taking her P-Rod cabine with us. I'll take some photos of the completed carbine and maybe some target groups after this weekend. I'm really hoping it is a consistant and accurate shooter.
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After getting the new scope sighted in, I practiced with it a little. Then I set up a table and got the P-Rod as steady as I could and took eight shots at 30 yards to see what kind of group I could get. You'll see in the photos below that the group wasn't too bad. One shot went low because of my error (let loose of the grip when I pulled the trigger) but all of the others hit for a decent group at 30 yards with a P-Rod. I think it was right around 3/4" center to center for seven of the eight shots. This was using the H&N FTT 14.66 grain, 5.53 diameter pellets.
Photo of target:
Close up:
I think it is going to be a great airgun for her once she gets to practice with it and understands the mildot system. Here are some photos of the completed P-Rod.
Next time we head out to the relatives house I'm going to start her on PCP airgun training and hopefully she'll get the hang of it.
Posted 06 August 2012 - 03:41 PM
That is a nice looking & shooting Marauder Pistol for your daughter.
Good for you and have a great time with her.
All of the boys are going to want to shoot her gun because it is not your standard little BB gun..
Posted 09 August 2012 - 02:41 PM
Daddy's little girl sounds like a very lucky young lady to not only have that gun, but the great dad that goes along with it
Thanks Bisley. I think she is going to have allot of fun shooting this one compared to the one I built her. This P-Rod is easier to cock and even though it is a little heavier with the scope, she'll be using shooting sticks that I made for her and she'll be able to steady her shots. The trigger is also lighter, which can be a good and bad thing. I can adjust it to have a heavier trigger pull if I find that she is prematurely firing a shot. She does know to keep her finger off the trigger until she is ready to fire, but even I forget how light the P-Rod triggers are compared to my M-Rod triggers.
That is a nice looking & shooting Marauder Pistol for your daughter.
Good for you and have a great time with her.
All of the boys are going to want to shoot her gun because it is not your standard little BB gun..
Yeah, I'm sure all the boys will ask where she got it and want to shoot it. It will be funny to see how she is at sharing it when that time comes.
Posted 13 August 2012 - 11:55 PM
It might be just the thing as my kids get bigger
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Pasta with No-cook Tomato Sauce
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This pasta dish is loaded with yummy vegetables and seasonings.
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Cooking Time: 10M
Serves: Serves 4
- 6 ripe tomatoes, cored and coarsely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- handful of fresh basil leaves, torn
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 12oz (350g) dried farfalle
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
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5 Celebrities You Didn't Know Ass-Kicked Their Way to Fame
The next time you see a celebrity walking down the red carpet surrounded by scary-looking guys in black suits, pay attention to those muscleheads: One of them could become a bigger star than the jackass he or she is protecting. After all, it's happened before with former badass bodyguards-turned-beloved actors. For instance ...
#5. Michael Clarke Duncan Was Biggie Smalls' Original Bodyguard the Night He Died
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Michael Clarke Duncan is best known for playing the frankly adorable death row inmate in The Green Mile, and for uttering the immortal words "Don't you put that evil on me, Ricky Bobby" in Talladega Nights. He was a gift to the world of cinema, but before that, he was a gift to the world of bodyguarding. In fact, Duncan was so good at being a bodyguard that if he hadn't switched assignments one fateful night, his client Notorious B.I.G. might still be alive.
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The shooter probably would have just kept driving if he saw those guns.
Duncan started out digging ditches in Chicago, where he was known as "Hollywood Mike" -- surprisingly, not because of a side job as a male stripper, but because he dreamed of being a famous actor. After participating in Disco Demolition Night at the former White Sox stadium in 1979, Duncan must have realized he had a natural talent for beating up drunk sports fans, because at some point he also started working as a bouncer. Duncan later moved to Los Angeles to try to break into movies, but found that people were much more willing to give him money for standing between them and bullets, so he worked as a bodyguard for people like Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, and Martin Lawrence. Meanwhile, he picked up acting tips from those guys.
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Thankfully he ignored the female fat suit suggestion.
One night, Duncan was supposed to guard rapper Biggie Smalls at a party but ended up trading him for R&B singer "Babyface" Edmonds with a co-worker. Duncan later said that if he had been with Biggie, he would have made sure not to seat him in the front of the car or near any windows -- the other bodyguard wasn't so particular, so Biggie sat in the front and was gunned down. After that, Duncan had two realizations: The first one was "I could have saved that man," and the second was "Fuck this job, let someone else get shot for rich people." So he immediately quit bodyguarding and started getting some acting gigs ... doing the same things he'd been doing before, only in front of a camera. He played nameless bodyguards and bouncers in movies like Bulworth and Night at the Roxbury.
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He saved money as a starving actor by wearing the same shirt for two years.
However, while Duncan and his leopard thong were playing the big scary-but-sensitive black man in Michael Bay's Armageddon, he became pals with Bruce Willis, who showed him the script for The Green Mile and recommended him for the part of the big scary-but-sensitive black man in that movie. And that's when, at age 42 and after being a ditch digger, a drunk puncher, and a bullet taker, Hollywood Mike finally became a star. Sadly, he passed away last year, but not before getting to grab Tom Hanks' junk and punch Ben Affleck. He lived the dream.
#4. Mr. T Was Muhammad Ali's Bodyguard
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In the '80s, Mr. T was inescapable: He was on our TVs, our movies, our cereal boxes, and our PEZ dispensers. He was the envy of every celebrity. Just a few years before that, however, he was working for those same celebrities as the baddest bodyguard in the business. Anyone who wanted to get near the hottest figures of the era first had to go through this:
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"Pity" is too soft a word.
Born Laurence Tureaud, the future Mr. T had a brief stint as a military policeman before deciding that wasn't dangerous enough and becoming a bouncer in Chicago. His job description included keeping drug dealers out of the clubs, breaking up fights, and starting new ones (he got in over 200 fights in this period). At this point he began collecting jewelry from misbehaving customers and sporting them over his body, until he ended up looking like that guy from The A-Te ... wait, never mind.
Tired of going to court to defend his actions of tossing drunks out of the club, T next went into bodyguarding. He started out protecting prostitutes and schoolteachers, but by the 1980s had worked his way up to the likes of Michael Jackson and Steve McQueen. See if you can spot the mohawk:
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"Give me a sec. I dropped two tons of jewelry."
Was Mr. T guarding Muhammad Ali or Leon Spinks here? We actually don't know, because he worked for both of them at different times -- two of the toughest men on the planet, and they both needed T to protect them. He had pretty much already created the entire persona that made him famous by now: The "mohawk" was actually an African tribal cut, the gold chains represented his slave ancestors, and the "Mr. T" name was to force people to start calling him "Mister."
Now the bodyguard with the highest profile in the business, Mr. T also started entering competitions, including one for "The World's Strongest Bouncer." Part of the competition was boxing, and in all his bouts he would knock out all contenders within seconds. Interviewed by Bryant Gumbel before one of the fights, all T could say was "I just feel sorry for the guy who I have to box," spawning a catchphrase that would follow him around for the rest of his life. If that wasn't enough, Sylvester Stallone's casting director was watching the fight, and after seeing the gold-chained badass beat up a tougher guy than he was, Sly immediately called and asked him to play the villain in Rocky III.
"I'm gonna lay you flatter than your acting, sucka."
A year after Rocky III came out, T had his own show and his own cartoon, and he became one of the most iconic actors of the decade. He even went into "professional wrestling" for a little bit just for the hell of it, because he's goddamn Mr. T and he can do whatever he wants.
#3. Terry Crews: From Expendable to The Expendables
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Terry Crews played the muscular dude who shoots big firearms in The Expendables (you know the one), but he's also been the future president of the U.S. in Idiocracy, Chris Rock's sitcom dad in Everybody Hates Chris, and a bodyguard full of wisdom in HBO's The Newsroom. Also, in real life. In a little over 10 years, this guy went from scaring people for Ice Cube to playing Ice Cube's affable character on TV.
Crews grew up on the tough streets of Flint, Michigan, but found a way out thanks to his ability to constantly get tackled by other people and not die. He earned a football scholarship and played as a linebacker for the NFL for seven years, until work dried up. That's when he decided to move to Los Angeles to follow his dream of working in movies ... as a special effects artist. Besides playing football, his other hobby was drawing sci-fi landscapes and superheroes. That never happened, and with nothing else to do, Crews decided to become a human shield.
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He played for the Chargers, so he was used to playing second banana to more popular Californians.
Crews became part of Ice Cube's personal security team, and this was back in the '90s, when Cube was still primarily known as a rapper and rappers couldn't drive to the corner without getting shot. On top of that, Crews also started getting security gigs on movie sets, because someone has to keep out all the psychotic fans and Sean Youngs. Since he was pretty much used to making a living beating up people anyway, a friend persuaded him to try out for a blatant American Gladiators ripoff called Battle Dome -- soon, Crews got his first part ever as an outrageous villain called T-Money.
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We swear this was real, and not a fake 30 Rock show.
After that, Crews started getting little tough-guy roles in movies like Training Day (he's an uncredited gang member). However, his old rapper boss was so heartbroken that his favorite bodyguard had left that he apparently started giving him parts just to keep him around -- Crews was cast in Ice Cube's comedy Friday After Next, in which he was finally allowed to prove he could be funny. Since then, he's been in pretty much everything, from Norbit to David Lynch's Inland Empire to Arrested Development. He may still accomplish his dream of being a special effects guy one day. We're pushing for you, Terry.
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Skada is a modular damage meter with various viewing modes. It is inspired mainly by Assessment, but also by Recount.
Skada sports segmented fights and detailed views, while being highly efficient with memory. This is accomplished by aggregating data on fight segments.
Skada is entirely modular. The built-in modes can all be toggled on/off.
- Automatic mode switching when entering combat. For example, you can have Threat mode be shown in combat. Skada can switch back after combat ends.
- Specific fight segments can be kept indefinately.
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- Threat mode can warn on high threat.
- Modes: Damage done, DPS, Threat, Enemy damage done, Enemy damage taken, Healing, Overhealing, Total healing, Absorbs estimated, Damage taken, Dispels, Mana regen, Debuff uptimes, and more.
- Reports can be done everywhere. For example, you can report a certain player's Debuff uptimes.
- Summary information for most modes (DPS, HPS, Fails, etc) in a LDB view/minimap button.
- LDB data feed can show personal/raid DPS or personal threat.
- Support for SharedMedia and Class Colors.
- Class and role icons.
- Stop/Resume fight segments to discount irrelevant data.
Skada is very easy to extend, and there are many "plug-in" addons out there that add functionality, such as:
- Skada Graphs: Adds graph display systems to Skada
- SkadaScroll: Provides additional options for scrolling the bar displays
- Skada Avoidance and Mitigation: Helps tanks benchmark their damage reduction performance via avoidance and mitigation
- Skada for Tanks: Adds information useful for evaluating a tank's performance
- SkadaEnsidiaFails: Display fails based on EnsidiaFails in Skada
- Skada_FriendlyFire: Display friendly fire damage done by players
- Skada Ability Tracker: Display abilities used and cooldown efficiency
There is a page with API information here.
Navigation in Skada is done by "drilling down" to the information you want. You go to a lower level, showing more detailed information, by clicking on it, and you go to a higher level by right-clicking.
The top level is the list of all saved fight segments. The second level is the list of all available data modes, such as Damage Done. The third level is one of these modes. Most modes let you drill down for further details. Some modes have several detailed views. In this case you choose alternate views by holding certain keys pressed while clicking. For example, in Damage mode, you can Shift-click a player to see what enemies the player caused damage to. Tooltips will display how to reach the different views.
You can also use window buttons for selecting fight segment and mode directly.
Scrolling in Skada is done with the mousewheel.
New Skada windows can be created from the configuration screen. Each window can be separately configured. A popular feature is "Mode switching", which lets Skada automatically switch to a specific mode on entering combat.
There is a forum thread for discussion on Skada.
Suggestions and bug reports here. Bug reports in comments will be deleted.
"Skada" is Swedish for "Damage".
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46x Skada-r376\modules\SkadaHealing\Healing.lua:50: attempt to perform arithmetic on field "absorbed" (a nil value) Skada-r376\modules\SkadaHealing\Healing.lua:50: in function <Skada\modules\SkadaHealing\Healing.lua:10> Skada-r376\modules\SkadaHealing\Healing.lua:81: in function "func" Skada\Skada-r376.lua:1402: in function <Skada\Skada.lua:1302> <string>:"safecall Dispatcher[19]":4: in function <string>:"safecall Dispatcher[19]":4 <in C code> <string>:"safecall Dispatcher[19]":13: in function "?" Libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0-6.lua:92: in function "Fire"
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SkadaHealing-r375\Healing.lua:81: in function "func"
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Hi, is it possible, that i can change the option, so that i see in "dps at the moment" to see only the max DPS. That means i can change it so that i see only the highest DPS. My problem is i can't an won't see every timme to skada. Only after the fight i see to skada, but as firemage my dps is falling and get lower and i see no time, whats my highest dps. Ok i can show "dps for all" but thats not what i want. I need to see my highest dps at every fight.
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@ywfn: Go The cause of this error is a change Blizz made to the combat log event params passed for the _MISSED spell suffix. From: missType, amountMissed To: missType, isOffHand, amountMissed
So, no data would get collected for full resists. The one third of expected you're seeing is probably from partial resists. I've opened a ticket, #242 for this issue. Since the repository access type is open I also thought about checking in the fix, but thought that might a bit rude without asking permission first :)
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Absorbs don't seem to be working too well currently in 4.3, with Skada 1.3-8. For a disc priest in our raid, Skada was only recording about 1/3 the raw amount of absorbs as compared to a WoL parse, and there was quite obviously a ton of absorbs missing when just looking at the breakdown by spell/player in Skada...as an example, a tank was shielded many times, but Skada recorded no absorbs at all on him for the disc priest. WoL's parse reflected it correctly, though.
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Afaik, it is its own event. Would it be just as simple as adding something like below to the SpellHeal() CL event (can't really say, I'll give it a try and see what happens ;p)
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I am looking at the RSyntaxTextArea and I am integrating with our product as we need a javascript editor. The editor needs to be able to:
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2) Have the ability of autocomplete support for variables (local to functions and global to document), functions.
3) Add my own functions (Java) as we are using Rhino as the backend.
I have written some of the code to add the functions and parse local/global variables. I now notice you have added the Javascript support into your trunk version of SVN.
I had written an extension to the Java language support to add additional Rhino methods (Java methods) and I will now look to use the new Javascript Language support classes within the project.
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19 Sep 2012 12:46 PM #1
Success with Sencha Architect
After struggling initially to develop my ExtJS 4.1 app using Sencha Architect, I thought I would share my experiences after about 30 days of consistent usage.
First, it took me about two weeks to truly get past the initial learning curve on ExtJS 4 MVC, so I would add that learning both Sencha Architect and MVC at the same time compounds the learning; however, the patient and responsive support I received from the SA architect and forum members during that critical first two weeks enabled me to keep making forward progress, not get discouraged, and finally reach a tipping point of productivity at about the 10 day point. Many thanks to all who assisted me.
Second, I have found that Sencha Architect 2.1 is actually very stable and productive. One of the most important lesson learned for me was understanding how References and ComponentQuery works in 4.1. This really is one of the keys to harnessing the power of SA controllers.
Additionally, I may have taken a slightly different approach to my application architecture than most. Instead of creating one big, monolithic ExtJS application, I chose to break my application into smaller, standalone "applets" (that's what I call them). Each applet is a standalone SA project and distinct ExtJS application. It can run standalone or be integrated into my overall application navigation framework.
I believe that this modular approach is perfect for Sencha Architect, as each application and project is smaller and focused as a result. Admittedly, I'm not thrilled with how I had to integrate the various applets into the application framework (using iframes), but it works and for the most part works extremely well.
My application is implemented as a top level framework with a typical east/west border layout, where the east panel contains a tree control (as shown below). The tree control is used to navigate to various functions. When the user clicks on an item in the tree, it opens an "iframe tab" in the west panel, which loads the applet (SA-generated application).
For anyone interested, I started with this iframe application framework, which works like a charm.
I'm sure the iframe/applet architecture isn't for everyone or every situation, but it's worked out great for building a modular, large application using ExtJS and Sencha Architect. In some ways, it's very similar to how the ExtJS Documentation application is structured (using iframes).
In any event, there's a lot to like about Sencha Architect, especially for visually prototyping and designing the UI prior to coding it. Now that I'm over the learning curve, I honestly don't want to develop rich Internet apps any other way.
My productivity continues to increase each week, and the ability to quickly clone an entire app (or applet, in my case) and then visually modify it to create the next applet is a real time saver. And since I don't have a huge, monolithic app to deal with, debugging and development is faster and easier using SA with lots of smaller applets.
Many thanks to the Sencha Architect team for hanging tough through many iterations of this technology, from the early Designer phase and SA 1 to SA 2.1, and for the support here on the Sencha forums.
Sencha Architect 2.1 is a real winner! I'm very glad I made it past the initial learning curve and didn't give up early on. The initial investment of time learning to use SA and MVC effectively was definitely worth it.
19 Sep 2012 1:03 PM #2
Rick -
Thanks for sharing your experience. We have new stuff in the pipeline that will continue to help you.Aaron Conran
19 Sep 2012 1:22 PM #3
Multi project support: yes please!
One of the most important lesson learned for me was understanding how References and ComponentQuery works in 4.1. This really is one of the keys to harnessing the power of SA controllers.Phil Strong
23 Dec 2012 10:29 PM #4
I have try SA for 2 week and it's really hard to learn.
If I buy a SA, is there any step by step tutorial to built an application in the software bundle? Because, I think a complete tutorial is very helping a potential user to buy, especially a video tutorial....
25 Dec 2012 1:38 PM #5Phil Strong
25 Dec 2012 9:53 PM #6
Thank Phil.Strong...
I won't give up. If this make my work easier, I will buy one...
27 Dec 2012 9:36 AM #7
I found this video is very helpful to me. And I suggest other newbie to ExtJS should see this video http://vimeo.com/33311074 to take deep understanding about MVCS.
Hi Phil.Strong, would you please point me to the url (example) how to implement multi level selection using SA or ExtJS?
Just an example of data:
Continent | Country | Province/State America | US | State A America | US | State B America | US | State C America | Mexico | Province A Asia | Japan | Province A Asia | Japan | Province B Asia | Japan | Province C Asia | China | Province A
27 Dec 2012 1:30 PM #8
I whole heartedly agree that SA2 is worth the time spent to learn. I've been developing Flex/AIR apps for 8+ years and MVC is used extensively once you need to build a large application. The biggest hurdle for me to figure out was how ExtJs and Architect glued/wired the views with the controllers; once you find references and the ComponentQuery everything else is cake.
Architect team, definitely nice touch of having getters and setters automatically generated from references along with numerous other niceties.
I second that it would also be nice to have a way to do what the rbraddy did without iFrames. Another great bit would be to have a way to define a project that has only stores and models making it possible to reuse that project across a desktop app and mobile apps. It might be possible to do controllers in the same fashion, but only controllers without direct view linkages.
Everything is nice until you want to style anything past any of the basic themes. Yes I know you can use SASS and Compass and that helps the situation, but true UI design is a visual art. If ExtJs apps are ever to get past the dated Windows XP look, and Neptune isn't much better, then a GOOD VISUAL TOOL for styling the components will have to be available especially if you have designers who have no interest in learning CSS (and who can blame them). I've entertained the thought of creating this app for myself, but haven't found the time, yet. It is best to focus on the guts of the framework first, but to make any UI framework have great adoption, is to have a good if not GREAT styling tool.
Continue the good work!!
27 Dec 2012 2:30 PM #9
I also agree that SA2 is a great tool. I have been using it for a few months now and the more I use it the more it impresses me. I have done years of WinForm development using C# and SA2 is as good as the WinForm designer in Visual Studio 2010. In many ways SA2 is better but there are some features of the VS2010 designer that I wish were in SA2 like snap lines and the ability to select multiple controls at once. I almost always use the Absolute Layout for my views as I create very complex views and want complete control over where each component goes.
I have to admit I have not used any controller references as I have been able to directly connect to components using a Controller Action and a components itemId. However, after reading this post I am wondering if I am doing it right so let me explain how I have been doing it so far.
- Create a new view by adding a Form Panel to the Views in the Project Inspector.
- Select the view (form panel) and set the userAlias config to "mytestform".
- Set the form panels userClassName to "MyTestForm".
- Next, add a Button to the Form Panel.
- Set the buttons itemId (not the Id) in the config to "btnClose". (Text Case matters in all these names)
- Create a new controller and add click the + in the Actions config and select Controller Action.
- Select Ext.button.Button for the target type.
- Select Click for the event name.
- Select the new Controller Action in the Project Inspector. (it will be named click onButtonClick)
- In the controlQuery config type the following exactly. mytestform #btnClose
- Switch to Code view and enter some code like alert("button clicked");
- Save and run the project and that controller will only respond when that specific btnClose button is clicked on the mytestform view.
27 Dec 2012 10:05 PM #10
Actions on buttons is definitely something to do, but controllers can be a lot more than just action holders. In your example lets assume you defined mytestform as the itemId making the selector in your ref #mytestform and the ref form. The actual code looks like
refs: [ { ref: 'form', selector: '#mytestform' } ],
and you have a handle to the form and is an example of the auto created getter/setters for references. This allows you to not have to get the form by other means like
which is parent/child dependent. You have a ref, use it and move on without concern about the DOM hierarchy.
This is a simple example, but it comes down to style and/or convenience.


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For 11.10 and 12.04 the Linux Standard base version is 4.0, as noted on Launchpad. As explained at the Linux Foundation, LSB is
The LSB specification outlines standards for many things such as the filesystem, core libraries and key functions such as
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Theorem Let $K[X_1,\dots, X_n]$ be the polynomial ring over a field $K$. Let $I$ be an ideal of $K[X_1,\dots, X_n]$. There exists a smallest subfield $k$ of $K$ such that $I$ is generated by polynomials in $k[X_1,\dots,X_n]$.


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I was hoping to find the antonym for "faction", i checked http://www.synonyms.net/synonym/faction which provided other related. However, I didn't want to use a word that could be related to 'evil' :)
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Since a faction is a group within a group, the antonym would be the rest of the group.
If the faction is small, the antonym would be "mainstream" or "mainline".
However, if the faction is in the majority, the antonym would be "the minority".
Of course, you have to realize that if the group is split into half, there would simply be one fact and then another faction. Whereas, if the containing group was split into multiples, it would be one faction and then all other factions (thereby going into "mainstream" or "the minority").
With two equal groups, it's two factions. With a bunch of groups, it's the faction and the majority. Alternatively, it would be the faction and the minority.
If you are talking about people who are not in a faction, you could use unaffiliated or simply everyone else.
'Antonym' can go in different directions: the complement of a set, the inverse direction of a relation, absence of a property rather than presence. Since faction is one part of a whole and in distinction to the rest, the most relevant antonym would be functional and so
would be the single 'opposite' to faction.
Consider bloc, with meanings "1. a group of voters or politicians who share common goals" and "2. a group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance: e.g., the eastern bloc, the western bloc, a trading bloc".
Also consider using consensus ("a process of decision-making that seeks widespread agreement among group members") to refer metaphorically to an agglomeration of consenting parties.


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Child parts in ballet
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Balanchine's multi-act ballets invariably give children from the School of American Ballet actual choreography to perform, rather than to just appear in the background: see, in addition to The Nutcracker, Harlequinade, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Coppelia, etc.
Petipa's ballets as they are still given in Russia, The Sleeping Beauty, Le Corsire, and Raymonda, for two include roles for dancing children - tho' the children are not usually brought on tour - this includes both the Bolshoi Ballet and Maryinsky Ballet.
Peter Martins has continued Balanchine's inclusion of dances for children in his Magic Flute, Romeo and Juliet and Swan Lake.
but as said, this is just a random sampling, from the U.S. a complete list on an international scale would be much more lengthy.
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Bournonville choreographed roles for both very young and post-prime dancers in, as I understand it, all of his ballets. Here's Pennsylvania Ballet (plus children) in one of my favorite examples:
Posted 05 April 2011 - 06:43 AM
The Royal Ballet has child (tween or early-teen) swans accompanying Odette's entrance and dancing a bit of the Waltz of the Swans.
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Posted 05 April 2011 - 08:25 AM
On a possibly related note, I was noticing that the male dancers in the beginning of "Sylvia", in the scene in the glade, are so slight (especially when compared to the muscular gods and Aminta who later appear.) I was wondering if the performers in the glades were from a ballet school or if the corps generally contained younger, less developed dancers.
Which leads to other questions regarding behind the scenes issues - how many hairdressers, costumers, dressers, make-up artists, etc. generally work with the dancers? The elaborate hairstyles and pinning of tiaras and hats on each dancer must require tremendous effort.
Posted 05 April 2011 - 08:46 AM
In the case of Bournonville, it seems more based on his peopling his stage with groups that look like actual live groups from the real world. In the fantasy world, apparently there are no juvenile-phase Sylphides.
Well, there are the two little ones who sit at the dead Sylph's head and feet as she's wafted away to heaven - but of course they don't dance.
Posted 05 April 2011 - 09:03 AM
...I was noticing that the male dancers in the beginning of "Sylvia", in the scene in the glade, are so slight (especially when compared to the muscular gods and Aminta who later appear.) I was wondering if the performers in the glades were from a ballet school ....
You're referring to the Ashton, yes? These are all adult dancers. Actually, all of the Sylvias that I've seen seem to use only adults.
Yes, the more elaborately-staged ballets require big resources backstage.
Wigs - A traditional-looking production of Sleeping Beauty can have 8 or more cubicles where dancers and supers take turns having their wigs placed on them. There's usually a separate room for fixing/re-setting wigs in between performances.
Dressing - There are dressers assigned to all categories of performers, e.g., principal men, principal ladies, solo men/ladies, 2-3 dressers for female corps and at least a couple for male corps especially when there's elaborate lacing/hooks. [In Russia, the female dancers are often sewn into their tutus...back of bodice...to give the appearance of a 2nd skin.] Repairs can be made on-site, if needed, but most of the costume prep takes place in the costume shop which can be offsite...not even in the theater.
Make-up - There are make-up artists for the principals and soloists, especially for any out-of-the-ordinary look...but I've seen most corps and even soloists do their own make-up. [I used to work in opera and noticed that only principals got a make-up artist to assist.]
Props are normally given-out backstage, near the wings. 'Prop Man/Prop Person'is a unique union category, by the way. When I worked in opera, some jewelry-like pieces or parasols/fans and such had to come from the prop man, not the dresser.
My experiences are from Kennedy Center, Met and Mariinsky. The Mariinsky seems to have 'more of everyone'! There also seemed to be less angst at the Mariinsky about getting performers out of their costumes by a certain time. Super-duper people at all theaters, though. I have great admiration for all of them.
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He is survived by his two sisters and two brothers, Sister Mary Ellen Murphy, RSM, at the University of St. Joseph in West Hartford, Vincent C. and Nancy Murphy of Sherman, Sheila Rose and Walter Gilbert of North Falmouth, Mass. and Stephen D. and Donna Murphy of West Hartford.
His many nieces and nephews also survive him. He was predeceased by his sister and brother-in-law, Anne Marie and John Melly, formerly of Niantic and Vero Beach, Fla.
Funeral services will begin Sunday, Dec. 22, with calling hours from 1 to 4 p.m. in St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 872 Farmington Ave., West Hartford. His Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday, Dec. 23, at 11 a.m. in St. Thomas the Apostle Church. Archbishop Leonard P. Blair will be the principal celebrant. Burial will be in his family plot at Mount St. Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield.
Donations in his memory may be made to St. Thomas the Apostle School, Father Arthur J. Murphy Scholarship Fund, 25 Dover Road, West Hartford, CT 06119.
Online remembrances may be made at www.molloyfuneralhome.com.
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Ensuring a Future for Homegrown Fish
Watch a video to see our collaborative research with Gulf of Maine fishermen in action.
It seems strange at first: fishermen in favor of a net that catches fewer fish? But more and more, those who make their living from the ocean are looking for new ways to sustain its bounty for the next generation. Now a novel partnership with The Nature Conservancy is helping a group of Maine fishermen do just
"We've been out on the water with fishermen testing different nets," says Geoff Smith, director of the Conservancy's marine program in Maine. "We want to see which nets release more of the smaller, juvenile fish and unintended species safely into the ocean while retaining enough legal-sized fish for fishermen to make a living."
The right net for the right fish
Using a net with larger openings is not an easy sell to many fishermen, says Gary Libby, a Port Clyde fisherman taking part in the research. With each increase in size, fewer fish are caught overall, and some fishermen say they can't afford to go any larger.
But Gary Libby doesn't shy away from a challenge. In fact, he says the surest way to get him to try something is to tell him it can't be done.
"I want a sustainable product—not quantity, but quality," he says. "My hope is that if I bring in better fish, even if there's less of it, I can still make a good return." Initial results of the research suggest that achieving this magic balance might indeed be possible.
"The seven-inch, square-shaped net ended up letting out almost all of the bycatch," Libby says. Impressed with the results, he even started using the net when fishing for grey sole on his own permit. "I'm happy with the results I've been seeing for sole," says Libby. "I lose some legal-sized fish, but it's more efficient. There's less time sorting on deck, and I can get a higher price because the fish aren't damaged."
Ensuring the fish of the future
While there is still much to learn about which nets work best for which species, Libby sees an inherent logic in letting as many juveniles free on the bottom as possible. "Take less, leave more in the ocean," he says. "To me it is obvious that this will ensure more fish to spawn the following year."
But what's most essential, he says, is for fishermen to be able to experiment with these new approaches—an expensive undertaking that this project with the Conservancy is helping make possible.
When you support our work in Maine, you make lasting community partnerships like this one a reality.
"I'd like to see different-sized meshes used for different areas and different species," Libby adds. "The same old methods just aren't working for fish or fishermen. I want to learn what might work better through practice. I believe it is the right thing to do."