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First, a motivating example. Suppose $f(x)$ is convex, differentiable, with a single minimum $x^*$.
Then the differential equation $$\dot{x}(t) = -\nabla f(x(t))$$ drives $x(t)$ to $x^*$.
Now my question is about a generalization of this. Let $f(x), g(x)$ be two smooth convex functions and let ${\cal G}$ be the set of minima of $g(x)$, which we assume to be nonempty. Consider the differential equation $$ \dot{x}(t) = - \frac{1}{t} \nabla f(x(t)) - \nabla g(x(t))$$ Is it true that this equation drives $x(t)$ to the minimum of $f(x)$ on ${\cal G}$? If not, would it be true if we replaced $1/t$ by a different function, say one which perhaps decays slower? Or perhaps by adding some additional conditions on $f$, e.g., strong convexity?
This statement seems to be true in a few simple examples I tried. For example, taking $g(x)=(x_1+x_2-2)^2$ and $f(x)=x_1^2+x_2^2$ and solving the resulting equation numerically, I get that solutions seem to approach $(1,1)$.
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Iliana Wildwood would do anything to escape the depraved attentions of the unscrupulous baron who covets her lands . . . including marrying a barbarian. Fleeing to the Scottish Highlands, she weds Duncan, laird to Dunbar Castle. Certainly, there is something about the virile warrior that makes her weak in the knees, but she refuses to allow him into her bed until he agrees to become more civilized.
And Iliana has the perfect device to help her resist the temptations of her powerful, handsome husband: a belt of chastity. With it firmly in place, she can successfully thwart his determined advances. Still, Duncan is not one to easily accept defeat and, with a brilliant change in tactics, he launches a bold assault on her virtue designed to make her willingly, breathlessly, give up . . . The Key.
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In the days of King Richard the Lionheart, a young forester named Robin set out one morning for the Nottingham Fair. But he never arrived. By the end of the day a man lay dead in the King's Forest, and Robin was an outlaw with a price on his head.
There have been many tales and ballards about the man we know as Robin Hood, and the lady Marian, Little John, Will Scarlet and the rest. But Newbery medalist Robin McKinley brings her unique gifts of storytelling to the familiar legends, and creates an original and compelling novel.
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Robin McKinley's other books include the Newbery Award-winning The Hero and the Crown; Newbery Honor Book The Blue Sword; Sunshine; Spindle's End; Rose Daughter; Deerskin; The Outlaws of Sherwood; and the short story collections The Door in the Hedge; A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories; and, with her husband, the author Peter Dickinson, Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits. She lives in England with her husband, three whippets, and over five hundred rosebushes.


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29 Oct 2013 5:03 AM #11
I have that in my app.js
launch: function() { // Destroy the #appLoadingIndicator element Ext.fly('appLoadingIndicator').destroy(); // Initialize the main view Ext.Viewport.add(Ext.create('MyApp.view.Main')); },
29 Oct 2013 5:08 AM #12
I'm sorry, I can't help you out any further.
I'm using the same versions as you are, Sencha Touch 2.3.0 and Sencha Cmd 18.104.22.168.
PS: make sure to use the correct.apk file.
If your packager.json points to "outputPath":"../build/" make sure you take the right build directory (since the sencha app package build packager.json command creates a different build directory).
29 Oct 2013 6:32 AM #13
Thanks for the help... what version of Android are you deploying to... may be the newer version is not comparable with sencha cmd.
29 Oct 2013 6:35 AM #14Code:
Another thing... Your account's join date is Sep 2008 and you're only developing in Sencha since 2013?
29 Oct 2013 7:17 AM #15
thanks... I was using extjs for web development.. this is my first shot at mobile apps.. thanks for the help.. I will try those setting. Will update the thread if it works
29 Oct 2013 8:15 PM #16
found the solution... the default app generated sample app has a bug in the app.js file.... make sure you add the line
requires: ['MyApp.view.Main'],
Ext.application({ name: 'Sencha', requires: ['MyApp.view.Main'], launch: function() { Ext.fly('appLoadingIndicator').destroy(); Ext.Viewport.add(Ext.create('MyApp.view.Main')); } });
30 Oct 2013 8:56 AM #17
Thanks for the update. Ext.application should have Main listed in its view config by default. Do you have 2 main views? Possibly the default MyApp.view.Main and the MyCPA.view.Main? Did you edit the existing Main.js?Get more personalized support via a support subscription.
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31 Oct 2013 6:04 AM #18
sorry copy and paste error.. both view should be 'MyApp.view.Main', just corrected it


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In order to change a symbolic link, one can use the -fs option to eliminate the need to unlink or delete the old link first. However, trying to do so on directories does not seem to work:
$ mkdir dir1
$ mkdir dir2
$ ln -s dir1 lnk
$ ln -sf dir2 lnk
$ ll
......... lnk -> dir1
Why so? Is there another option to do this with directories the same as with files?


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The Black Diamond Rocklock Carabiner is their largest belay and rappel locker and features a keylock nose and is Munter Hitch compatible. It can also be opened with just one hand.
- Square hinge end holds belay loop securely in place
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I own the website http://ecservice.ro. I have added keyword description and everything any tutorial said but it looks like google is refusing to index any of my pages.
site:ecservice.ro works but keyword searches no result.. I went to all the pages.. and didn't find any result..
If anyone can help me I will really appreciate it..
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I can definitely hear a distinct difference but I am not sure if it is from the long vowel or from the "r".
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There is a definite difference in the /r/; see this on rhotic and non-rhotic accents where rhotic accents are typical in most of America but not in England outside the south-west. So for girl (/ɡɝl/ and /ɡɜːl/) and world (/wɝld/ and /wɜː(ɹ)ld/) the /r/ is almost not pronounced in non-rhotic accents, though the vowels are similar in both accents.


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WINTERSVILLE - A familiar face will be missing from behind the deli and bakery cases at the Kroger Food and Pharmacy in Wintersville as of March 1. That smiling face belongs to Linda Chivers, head deli and bakery supervisor, who started her journey through the Kroger stores in 1969.
She began her Kroger career at the old Hollywood Boulevard store in Steubenville, working in the meat department. She then went to the Wellsburg Kroger, where she moved about from the meat department to the delicatessen, slicing up ham, bologna and salami and all types of cheeses. The Weirton Kroger was another of her stops along the way during her years with the Kroger family.
Chivers has remained at the Main Street store in Wintersville for 22 years and knows many of the customers by name, including what their choices are in lunch meats, cheeses and bakery products.
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HER SPECIALTY — Decorating cakes is a specialty of Linda Chivers, head deli and bakery supervisor at the Wintersville Kroger, where she has worked for 22 years. She started at the old Hollywood Boulevard Kroger Store in 1969 and worked in the Weirton and Wellsburg stores as well. She will be leaving March 1, retiring to fulfill a longtime bucket list, but she says she will miss her customers greatly. - Esther McCoy
"I will miss my customers," she said. She regards them all as friends.
Her favorite place in the Kroger Food and Pharmacy is in the deli and bakery, where artfully decorated baked goods are displayed to entice those with a sweet tooth.
Regarding the decorating of cakes, cupcakes and cookies, she tells that her skills were learned on the job.
"Years ago at the Weirton store we did tier wedding cakes and I had to learn to master that. It took practice," she recalled. "I gave cake and decorating classes at the Weirton Community Center while I was at the Weirton store," Chivers remembers.
A decorating program that children look forward to each year is her Kroger Cookie Decorating class held during the Jefferson County Fair.
"This started about 14 years ago with the help of Betty Hasley, and we did decorating for children from 3 years through teens. I would even coax some adults to try to decorate two sugar cookies as I had instructed the children. The young ones were always proud of their work, but not always proud enough to resist eating the cookies before they left the decorating area. Sometimes you had to watch that the little ones did not lick the icing spreading paddle when the frosting was passed to them. But we all had loads of fun. This gave the children something to do during their stay at the fair, too," Chivers said.
The head bakery supervisor, with 20 employees in the department, served as a judge for the Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times' Holiday Cookbook for six years and always has stepped in to do more than is asked of her. She judged the cakes and pies category in November, when an Italian Cream Cake baked by Cyndy Fisher of Weirton was the first runner-up.
Chivers started with judging the cookies and candies categories and has done the appetizers and breads as well.
Look for her to do it expertly - she even brings in throw-away aprons for the judges and wears latex gloves when handling the food.
"I'm going to really miss my customers when I leave. I know many by name and know what they will be buying," she said, almost getting misty-eyed.
Chivers does have a bucket list of projects and places she plans to go when she will not be waking up early each morning and heading for work.
"I want to go skiing again. Sometime ago in Colorado, I broke my ankle going like a hot-dogger. Then in Pennsylvania I broke my wrist. I plan on going to Seven Springs to celebrate in March and hopefully won't have any accidents," she said.
"Piano lessons are another of my bucket list plans. I have a beautiful organ at my home in East Springfield and never had enough time to take lessons before. And I want to learn to speak Spanish."
Chivers has six sisters, located all over the United States, and her first visit will be to see a sister in California.
She also wants to get involved with the Jefferson County Farm Bureau promotion and education committee's annual Cupcake Wars contest at the Jefferson County Fair. She was a judge last year and would like to keep up the tradition.
She also wants to give cake decorating classes to young people.
When she is not scooting off to visit her sisters, going skiing or spending time practicing her piano lessons, she will be involved in bakery projects as much as possible. And she is always welcome to be a celebrity judge with the Holiday Cookbook Contest.
Also keeping her busy will be using her work as a Miche purse consultant and an Avon lady.
She doesn't plan to be idle - there is much to do, see and experience yet.


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The only place with a reference to this class is in exception handling code of getTokenList(Segment text, int initialTokenType, int startOffset). I did not write this flex file, but it's obviously tailored towards RSytaxTextArea, perhaps even based on some template.
What happened to the mentioned class? I assume it has been deprecated in favor of something else?
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return new DefaultToken();
While writing this, I browsed some source code and found out that org.fife.ui.rsyntaxtextarea.TokenImpl is what I'm looking for. Still posting for future reference. BTW, should I keep my eyes peeled for anything similar?
Yeah. That didn't work... TokenImpl is only present in svn repo, not within distro jars.
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RSTA: Tokens no longer render themselves; painting is now handled by TokenPainter implementations. Thus our silly "DefaultToken" and "VisibleWhitespaceToken" classes are replaced by just a "Token" class, and we have a "DefaultTokenPainter" and "VisibleWhitespaceTokenPainter" class instead. This does mean that any user-created TokenMakers (e.g. by TMM or by hand) will not work without replacing references to "DefaultToken" with "Token".


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Baucus Worries About Obamacare Becoming a "Huge Train Wreck"
Senator Max Baucus was the primary author and framer of President Obama's health care law on the Senate side, shaping much of what became the final structure of PPACA. But now he's becoming one of the most open critics of the implementation of the law, frustrated with the bureaucratic delays which have become a constant drumbeat in the past three years.
Today The Hill reports Baucus let his frustration slip into the open, voicing his serious concerns to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius:
"I just see a huge train wreck coming down," Baucus said to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. "You and I have discussed this many times, and I don't see any results yet."
Baucus pressed Sebelius for details about how HHS will explain the law and raise awareness of its key provisions, which are supposed to take effect in just a matter of months.
"I'm very concerned that not enough is being done so far - very concerned," Baucus said.
He pressed Sebelius to explain how her department will overcome entrenched misunderstandings about what the healthcare law does.
"Small businesses have no idea what to do, what to expect," Baucus said.
Citing anecdotal evidence from small businesses in his home state, Baucus asked Sebelius for specifics about how it is measuring public understanding of the law.
"You need data. Do you have any data? You've never given me data. You only give me concepts, frankly," Baucus told Sebelius.
Baucus is facing a competitive reelection fight next year, and Republicans are sure to attack him over his role as the primary author of the healthcare law.
A messy rollout of the law's major provisions, just months before Baucus faces voters, could feed into the GOP's criticism.
Wednesday's hearing wasn't the first time Democrats — including Baucus — have raised concerns about the implementation effort. But while other lawmakers have toned down their public comments as they've gotten answers from Sebelius, Baucus said Sebelius has not addressed his fears.
"I'm going to keep on this until I feel a lot better about it," Baucus told Sebelius.
This may only be the beginning of Baucus's concerns. Video of the remarks are here.


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This Conference is for anyone interested in learning more and participating in a dialogue about mental health and substance abuse prevention, treatment and recovery for women and girls. This conference will focus on current policy and evidence-based strategies, as well as leadership, collaboration, and planning for women and girls' health, empowerment, resilience, and recovery. Program directors, clinicians, administrators, researchers, policy-makers, individuals in recovery, students and other stakeholders serving women and girls will find attendance at this conference to be relevant and worthwhile. The intent of the co-sponsors is to create a conference filled with informed dialogue and stimulating resources that inform, inspire and encourage the best possible prevention, mental health and addictions services for women and girls.As suggested by the conference theme, "It's All About HERR - Health, Empowerment, Resilience and Recovery" the 2012 conference will be:-Implementation Focused: Effective practices and policies to improve outcomes for women and girls and the capacity to use them.-Building Alignment and Unity: Creating a better shared understanding across prevention, mental health and addictions treatment and recovery fields.-Creating a Learning Community Focused on Women and Girls: Exchanging research and practice on what works. The conference embodies gender-responsive, recovery-oriented, culturally-competent, trauma-informed principles and practices and celebrates diversity.


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I have just downloaded TeXmaker ("a free, modern and cross-platform LaTeX editor for linux, macosx and windows systems that integrates many tools needed to develop documents with LaTeX, in just one application") and it has a built-in PDF-viewer which doesn't seem to work. When I make a document, save it, then press watch PDF, it says that the document can't be found. Does anyone know what the problem is and how to fix it?
In TeXmaker you can use the QuickStart menu item to easily create a new document with basic code in place (
Then you have to save the document, because it's quite hard to compile a file that hasn't got a filename.
Then you compile the file (use option PDFLaTeX) Then you click on 'View PDF'
Should work...
Afterward you could change the behaviour of Quick Compile to run PDFLaTeX and show the resulting PDF automaticaly.


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"Multidisciplinary Teams are a great option here in Kentucky."
When a child cries out, a group of detectives, advocates, police, attorneys and physicians move into action to help build a case.
Detective John W. Clark with Kentucky State Police is one of them.
"It's an opportunity for us to lay our case out there and get guidance from prosecutors on what they need to prosecute offenders. It also gives us a chance to serve victims better."
While it takes several professionals to help abused children, victims are taken to one central location for treatment.
The Barren RIver Area Child Advocacy Center is a safe and friendly environment where members of the Multidisciplinary Team can work together to advocate the rights of a child.
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Each individual also works to serve a different need for the victim.
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Toronto to hold basketball camp
TORONTO - The Toronto Youth Basketball Camp will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday through Saturday for students entering grades 1-6.
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Tennis clinic to be held
NEW CUMBERLAND - The Tri-State Tennis Association is offering a free beginner's tennis clinic from 9 a.m. to noon for those ages 9-14 at New Cumberland City Park on July 27. The clinic will include basic instruction of stroke techniques as well as footwork drills and games. Rackets will be provided if a child does not have one.
Water will be provided as well but you may also want to bring your own drink. Instruction will be taught by Tammi Brown and a group of volunteers from Tri-State Tennis Association. Brown is a USPTA certified teaching professional with 20 years experience.
The goal of this clinic is to promote tennis in the Tri-State area. For information, call (304) 224-8298.
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STEUBENVILLE?- Girls interested in playing volleyball at Catholic Central, there will be a meeting at 10 a.m. Monday in the gym. Be prepared to condition after the meeting.
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STEUBENVILLE?- Catholic Central varsty softball coach Jim DiCarlo will hold a free softball clinic Tuesday though Thursday for girls going into grades 4-6 at Bishop Mussio Elementary.
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Is SCADA one of the RTOS out there (it's used for real-time control and data acquisition)?
SCADA describes "Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition" systems - it often is Real Time, but doesn't have to be. There is usually a component that is real time (eg for logging, or managine pressures etc in machinery - ie essential heartbeat stuff) but this isn't absolutely necessary.
Many are still legacy code with a TCP/IP front end tacked on, and for some of these the front end is a very basic web server.
From an offtopic security perspective, there is a large scale problem with connecting legacy SCADA apps to the Internet without hardening them appropriately - as this leads to logical attacks on real world systems (such as oil pipelines, power stations etc
According to the Wikipedia article, SCADA is a description of a type of system (specifically industrial control systems), not any one particular thing.
SCADA isn't an operating system, it's basically an application that runs on top of an existing operating (The HOST OS). Depending on what the requirements of the SCADA application are, the HOST OS can be a Real Time Operating system, or just a plain vanilla Windows/Linux OS.
For example, the systems that do condition monitoring, state estimation, and fault detection&response for wide areas of the electric power grid typically run most SCADA applications on a RTOS. It was a failure of the 'Real-Time' portion that contributed to the August 2003 Blackout (https://reports.energy.gov/).
But, for a small town's electric distribution network, the fine control and timing requirements don't exist, so they will easily run their application on a stock Windows Server platform.
Common RTOS in SCADA applications are CentOS, RTLinux (there are a few flavors out there), VXWorks (for SCADA devices), QNX (very popular), and PikeOS (used in things like nuke safety stuff).
SCADA is synonymous with HMI in some industries, and the HMIs I have come across usually run on windows machines. The real time programming part of the plant is usually on the PLCs, and the HMI part doesn't need to pay as much attention to timing, just logging data and operator input.
For example if you press 2 buttons on a screen (the SCADA) one 5 seconds after the other, the PLC might see both of those button signals at the same time (on the same scan).


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Do not over-tag your event with tags that aren't relevant. Most importantly, do NOT use irrelevant tags.
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Tags are metadata that helps other people find your content using search engines. We follow the latest web standards, which means we use lower case tags consistently whenever tagging content.
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300 Balloons Carry Messages to Deceased Loved Ones
More than 300 balloons filled the afternoon sky recently carrying messages to deceased loved ones, as part of a memorial service held at Christ United Methodist Church in Wheeling.
Families who lost loved ones during the past year, from Sept. 1, 2011, through Aug. 31, 2012, were invited by Kepner Funeral Homes to reflect, remember and honor their loved ones during the 15th annual memorial service.
"This memorial service is our way of letting our families know that their loved one is not forgotten," said Jim Kepner, president of Kepner Funeral Homes. "It's an important part of the healing process to have opportunities to join as a community and remember those who have died."
This year's service offered something new – a simultaneous launch of 300 balloons in which families scripted a personal message to their deceased relative.
"Smiles quickly dried teary eyes as families watched their balloon ascend to the heavens," noted Alex Kepner, manager of Kepner Funeral Homes.
During the service, Carole Tarr, bereavement coordinator at Valley Hospice, spoke to attendees about the healing process, and John W. Kepner, past president of Kepner Funeral Homes, read a poem that comforted his wife and himself when their daughter Julie passed away 22 years ago. The poem was also imprinted on a small trivet that was presented to the families in attendance as a memorial gift. The memorial service concluded with a slide show scrolling the names of the deceased, set to inspirational music.


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How do I get the lockbox in this location? This is in Aberdeen - Southeast of Chiang Mai Sewer Interchange, at the West side of the docks. I tried different points of approach, but am unable to get to its location (it's at a roof, I believe).
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It is located at the roof of the structure in front of the player character here. I can't get a screenshot with the lockbox in view, but it is shown in the minimap in this screenshot.


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Sandy and 'consensus'
To hear environmentalists tell it, Hurricane Sandy was global warming incarnate. "Would this kind of storm happen without climate change? Yes. ... Is (it) stronger because of climate change? Yes," tweeted Jonathan Foley, head of the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota. James Hansen, director of NASA's Goddard Institute, said the burning of fossil fuels is making extreme weather events more frequent, hurricanes more powerful and the hurricane season longer.
Not so fast, say William Gray and Philip Klotzbah of Colorado State University's Department of Atmospheric Sciences. As reported by accuweather.com, they write in their annual summary of Atlantic basin hurricane activity that "this type of cyclone was well within natural variability and should not be attributed to increases in human-induced greenhouse gases." For that matter, in the last decade, any "impacts of climate change on hurricanes are believed to be quite small" and within the rage of natural norms.
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The 5 Most Epic Backfires in the History of Bad Jokes
#2. Writer Creates Fake L.L. Bean Catalog, Hundreds Try Ordering His Made-Up Crap
In 1982, Avon Books published a spoof L.L. Bean catalog created by humor writer Alfred Gingold entitled "Items from Our Catalog." It was filled with ridiculous items for "sale," such as edible moccasins and nose warmers. Granted, half of that stuff probably was actually for sale via SkyMall, but clearly the whole thing was intended to be a joke.
We'd like to draw your attention to the dog bra.
One Small Problem
Even though most people caught on that it was a joke, neither Gingold nor any of the folks at Avon thought to clarify that none of the items featured in the catalog even existed, let alone were actually for sale, nor did they think to include a small disclaimer anywhere in the thing saying something to the effect of "Please don't mail us a check or call the phone number on the back of this catalog and try to order any of this shit."
The Aftermath
First of all, keep in mind that a shitload of people bought this fake catalog. It sold over 8 million copies at $4.95 each and even spawned a sequel the following year.
Don't even pretend you wouldn't buy that mouse-sized shoeboat.
And yes, Avon was slammed with "several hundred" calls from people trying to order their ridiculous contraptions; so many, in fact, that until the madness died down, they had to bring on additional staff to answer the phones and crush the dreams of some "very upset" potential customers. Others took a more direct approach by mailing checks straight to the office with attachments indicating how many of each item they wanted, in what color, and in what size.
Even stranger is the fact that Avon didn't even include their real phone number in the catalog, meaning that those several hundred calls were generated by people who looked up the number, no easy feat by 1982 standards. People were that desperate to give Avon their money in exchange for this fictional bullshit. The reception was so great at one point that Avon even considered actually producing the items, but chose not to because they didn't think they could keep up with the demand. The demand, that is, for products like battery-operated eyeglass wipers. And now you know how Hammacher Schlemmer can continue to exist.
#1. Johnny Carson Jokes About a Toilet Paper Shortage, Inadvertently Causes One
In December 1973, Wisconsin Congressman Harold Froehlich made headlines by publicly complaining that the United States was falling behind on bids to supply toilet paper. OK, so it wasn't exactly Watergate, but it was a relevant national issue nevertheless. Newsworthy or not, however, the nation's most beloved television personality saw in the story an opportunity to steal a laugh, so Johnny Carson used it, sarcastically, in the following setup for what would normally be just a routine Tonight Show joke:
"You know what's disappearing from the supermarket shelves? Toilet paper. There's an acute shortage of toilet paper in the United States."
Now, this is a great example of how bullshit spreads. A politician exaggerates a problem for political purposes. A comedian exaggerates the claim even further for comedy purposes. And then people accept it as absolute fact.
"Over 14 billion people were killed by rabid marmots last year, and Republicans are doing nothing!"
One Small Problem
To be fair, even though it should go without saying that a talk show probably isn't the most reliable source to get your breaking news, this was 1973. If a man on television told you that stores were running out of toilet paper in 1973, you listened, just like you listened when they told you that the historic oil crisis that struck only months before this broadcast was so substantial that the government might have to start rationing the shit out, which they indeed ended up doing the very next year. These were lean times, and considering all of the other shit that went on in the 1970s, a shit paper shortage was by no means out of the question.
The Aftermath
And this is toilet paper we're talking about here, a necessity so vital that even suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay are allotted 15 sheets per day. How do you think people reacted?
"This isn't Angel Soft -- it's Charmin cut with paper towels! You tryin' to fuck me, man?!"
Many stores were sold out of every crap napkin in stock by noon the next day, as people were buying, according to some reports, "as many rolls as they could carry," and even though Scott Paper issued statements reassuring everyone that this was all just one big misunderstanding and let the media film their factories in full production just to make certain this was clear, it still took three full weeks before shelves were properly restocked.
Carson apologized for the mix-up on air a few nights later, and America never got worked up into a panic over a bullshit rumor ever again.
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To the Editor,
I am Mike Allman's ex-wife, and I have not written a letter to the editor for a long time.
The citizens of Brooke County do truly have a chance to make history by electing Mike Allman sheriff as a write-in candidate, but more important for those who decided not to or were unable to vote in the primary election is they now have a second chance for their voices to be heard and to elect Mike for sheriff.
Everyone should take a moment and remember all that he has done for our county in his two terms as sheriff and as a magistrate. If they don't know him, they should take a moment to call him and talk to him. Not often do you find a candidate's ex-wife, her current husband and her family supporting her ex-husband for an elected office. We support him and will vote for him because we know he is the right person. He is committed, caring and kind. He is honest, fair and exhibits integrity.
In any election before voting in an incumbent or a member of that incumbent's team one should ask, "What has the current group done during their term(s) that has impacted me or my community?" If the answer isn't there, then ask yourself what Mike did for the county while he was in office. He supported DARE, the phone system that checks on the elderly or homebound, established a drug task force, solved crimes, delivered medications during snowstorms - the list is endless. If he could not do it personally, he found a way to make it happen.
Do we in Brooke County want someone who will be at work every day and be available 24/7? Do we want a sheriff with the experience who has worked for the citizens before, and know where they are coming from and what they expect or do we want someone else that may or may not be sensitive to our needs and expectations? We need to give this election serious consideration and even if it is a rainy day find a way to make it to the polls and vote for Mike Allman as a write-in candidate.
If we are going to show that we are in control of our county, that we will not be intimidated, and will settle for nothing but quality and integrity, then we should show our strength and get out there and write in Mike Allman for sheriff on Election Day.
Diana Allman Pehanich


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"Write Your Story a Moment at a Time: A Memoir-Writing Workshop" featuring Library Archives
Location:Beaufort District Collection
Date & Time:Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 2:00pm – 3:30pm
Susan Kammeraad-Campbell, publisher of Joggling Board Press, has heard just about every pitch for a memoir or family history imaginable. She's developed a technique for guiding writers through the process of writing true stories others will actually want to read. It worked for Teresa Bruce, co-presenter and author of "The Other Mother: a Remoir" -- who used the Byrne Miller papers archived in the Beaufort Country Library's Special Collections as both source and inspiration. Free. Anyone over age 12 is welcomed to attend. Details: firstname.lastname@example.com; 255-6468


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Allen eager to see what Heat-Celtics opener brings
MIAMI — There's no shortage of potentially awkward events for Ray Allen to endure Tuesday night. Most of his new Miami Heat teammates will get championship rings; he won't be among them. When the franchise's second title banner gets raised to the rafters, Allen isn't sure how he's supposed to react. And all that hubbub will occur as his past collides with his future — his former team, the Boston Celtics, will be the opponent awaiting the Heat when their pregame tribute to the 2012 NBA title ends.


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Prenatal Abdominal Exercises
Abdominal exercises done while lying on your back aren't recommended after the first trimester. The reason for this is that when you lie on your back, your enlarged uterus presses on one of your major blood vessels, reducing the amount of blood pumped around the body and to the baby. However, you can strengthen abdominal muscles without lying on your back by using gravity and your body to strengthen and tone the torso. In pregnancy, you can tone your abdomen with exercises where you adopt an all-fours position or an upright sitting position. Try to do these exercises around 2-3 times a week.
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The Sling
Get down on all fours with your hands on the floor, feet apart, and arms straight. Keep your back flat in a neutral position, being careful not to arch your back. Imagine your abdominal muscles as a sling holding your baby. Take a deep breath, then slowly pull your abdominal muscles (the sling) in toward your back, pulling the baby closer to you, and gently release, returning to the starting position. Repeat at least 20 times. Remember to breathe properly while doing this exercise, breathing in to start and breathing out as you pull in your belly.
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7 Jan 2013 4:09 PM #1
Optional and mandatory config properties - TypeScript related,
I am in the process of creating a TypeScript type library for Sencha Touch using JDduck json files. My intention is to define one TypeScript config class as a buddy for each main Sencha Touch class also declared in TypeScript.
The problem is that I started this process with an assumption that all properties in my XxxxxConfig class should be optional (TypeScript has a special syntax for optional class fields). However I notice that for a majority of ST classes the constructor method config parameter is mandatory, which implies some config properties must be supplied on class create.
Looking at the JSON attributes for each config property I cannot see an attribute that indicates which config properties must be supplied during class create.
Can anyone explain this ambiguity?
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Since posting my OP I can now see that the high proportion of classes having a non optional config constructor method parameter is because the list of classes includes some common base classes such as Component and Layout.Abstract.
Even so my original confusion remains... is it possible to identify which config properties are mandatory for a class that has a mandatory config constructor parameter?
The basis for my question is the following in the JSDuck generated doc json. See option "optional": false,
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"method": [
"tagname": "method",
"name": "constructor",
"owner": "Ext.data.reader.Reader",
"doc": "\n",
"params": [
"type": "Object",
"name": "config",
"doc": "\n",
"optional": false,
"default": null,
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I'm not saying I have the kind of cash for dropping on my RPG that Dwarven Forge is asking, but I'm wondering if anyone here has actually played a campaign using them, and how many kits you'd need to make a moderately complex dungeon - the stuff I see on their site seems to indicate that you'd probably only get one room or so out of a given kit.
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I love my Dwarven Forge!
That said, you are correct. Buying only one set is basically a tease. You will spend way too much time breaking down each room to build the next one. If you are running D&D 4th, you want big spacious interesting areas to fight in most of the time and one set just won't work very well at all.
I recommend 3 sets to start:
This isn't so much an answer, as I've never even seen Dwarven Forge in person, but as someone else interested in 3d terrain I thought I would pass on this option I've been considering: http://www.castlemolds.com/ You buy the molds and can make the pieces out of plaster of paris or whatever you like. It basically replaces the money cost with a time cost, but it's kind of an appealing option.
Cheap Alternative #2 is to check out the papercraft products over at WorldWorksGames. They had an amazing display at GenCon and buying one simple dungeon set means you can get as much dungeon as you want limited only by paper, printer ink, and assembling time.
They've built up a pretty impressive catalog over the last couple of years, so you can really go crazy with it if the basic dungeon set works for you.
Here is a page I have done that answers your questions It's in french but there are photos to understand.
EDIT: Here is a translated version
Dwarven Forge is pretty pricey & since u mentioned that being a hinderance to you I thought you could use another cheaper alternative.
This company has a kickstarter where you can get in and get a single level dungeon and lots of accessories for the rooms for a fair backing price. Legendary Realms Kickstarter. Shipping included (US) & backers receive it before its available to the public. Not to mention, Im sure the retail price will be more than the kickstart backing pledge!
BTW: I am in no way affiliated with this company nor do I benefit in anyway if anyone backs them...I'm just sharing the knowledge.
Note: Im typing from my phone so if text or link is slightly off please dont downvote, just give me a chance to fix it or feel free to help me out and edit if u can.
A new answer to give you EXACTLY what you want at a Price that is a lot more affordable than before.
Dwarven Forge now has a Kickstarter as well! This is your chance to get some of their products for the cheapest price you'll find!
This new Kickstarter has what they call "Game Tiles". These are modular pieces that are usable over and over again to keep making different rooms!
So, one of your questions was "How many kits would you need?" Well, technically you could make it with just 1 but it would be a LOT of relaying it. But with just 2 "kits" you could probably make due very well, and it's not too expensive for that. PLUS by buying 2 sets you qualify to receive ALL of their "Stretch Goals!" With the stretch goals thrown in there I don't know why anyone who was backing this project would get only 1 kit.
Note: Again, I am in no way affiliated with this company, or Kickstarter, nor do I benefit in anyway if anyone chooses to back them. I'm just sharing the knowledge of this great opportunity to get Dwarven Forge Dungeon Pieces on the cheap.


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America's Prophet: Moses and the American Story (Hardcover)
November 2009 Indie Next List
"Do you think you know all about the Pilgrims, the Liberty Bell, the Statue of Liberty, the emancipation of slaves, and Martin Luther King, Jr? Think again. I thought I did until I read this book America's Prophet, a thoroughly enjoyable and accessible treatment of a surprisingly fresh focus on American history."
— Fran Wilson, Colorado State Univ. Bookstore, Fort Collins, CO
The exodus story is America's story. Moses is our real founding father.
The pilgrims quoted his story. Franklin and Jefferson proposed he appear on the U.S. seal. Washington and Lincoln were called his incarnations. The Statue of Liberty and Superman were molded in his image. Martin Luther King, Jr., invoked him the night before he died. Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama cited him as inspiration. For four hundred years, one figure inspired more Americans than any other. His name is Moses.
In this groundbreaking book, New York Times bestselling author Bruce Feiler travels through touchstones in American history and traces the biblical prophet's influence from the Mayflower through today. He visits the island where the pilgrims spent their first Sabbath, climbs the bell tower where the Liberty Bell was inscribed with a quote from Moses, retraces the Underground Railroad where "Go Down, Moses" was the national anthem of slaves, and dons the robe Charlton Heston wore in The Ten Commandments.
"Even a cursory review of American history indicates that Moses has emboldened leaders of all stripes," Feiler writes, "patriot and loyalist, slave and master, Jew and Christian. Could the persistence of his story serve as a reminder of our shared national values? Could he serve as a unifying force in a disunifying time? If Moses could split the Red Sea, could he unsplit America?"
One part adventure story, one part literary detective story, one part exploration of faith in contemporary life, America's Prophet takes readers through the landmarks of America's narrative—from Gettysburg to Selma, the Silver Screen to the Oval Office—to understand how Moses has shaped the nation's character.
Meticulously researched and highly readable, America's Prophet is a thrilling, original work of history that will forever change how we view America, our faith, and our future.
About the Author
Bruce Feiler is the author of six consecutive New York Times bestsellers, including Abraham, Where God Was Born, America's Prophet, The Council of Dads, and The Secrets of Happy Families. He is a columnist for the New York Times, a popular lecturer, and a frequent commentator on radio and television. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and twin daughters.
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"This is one of the most original, intelligent and endlessly fascinating books I have read in years: it should become a set book for anyone wanting to know what truly makes America tick."
-Simon Winchester
"With a journalist eye and an adventurers spirit, Bruce Feiler brings his prodigious gifts of biblical analysis to a reconsideration of Moses as the essential prophet of the American Experience. This is an accessible and engaging book of indispensible insight."
-Tony Horwitz
"What a smart, original, and deeply intriguing reflection on the role Moses played – yes, Moses – in U.S. history. America's Prophet is Bruce Feiler at his innovative best: compelling, sweeping and engaging. Highly recommended!"
-Douglas Brinkley
"Fascinating and thought provoking."
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"Astunning collective portrait of an ingrown community with its own history, hierarchy, and traditions."
-The New Yorker on Under the Big Top
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5 Ways Your Brain Tricks You into Sticking With Bad Habits
#2. Your Brain Uses Progress as an Excuse for Self-Indulgence
In a recent study, scientists gathered a group of successful dieters and started manipulating their self-control. Splitting the volunteers into two groups, they praised the volunteers in the first group for how much progress they had made toward their ideal weight. They made no mention of any kind of progress to the other group, and presumably just stood there scowling.
"It suddenly feels awfully heavy in here, doesn't it?"
Then, they offered all of the volunteers their choice of either an apple or a chocolate bar as a thank-you gift for participating in their study. A whopping 85 percent of those who had been reminded of their success chose the chocolate, as opposed to only 58 percent of the other group. In essence, those who had been praised for their success figured they could reward themselves just this once with some candy, while the others sat eating apples and brooding in the quiet shame of failure.
In other words, simply acknowledging success triggered failure.
Thus vindicating Cracked's management methods.
And that wouldn't be a big deal if all it meant was that the occasional "You look great!" compliment resulted in one celebratory cheeseburger later. But as any recovering addict can tell you, it's never "just one" -- one little slip-up is often enough to trigger a cascade of self-defeat. One psychologist calls it the "what-the-hell" effect, but it's officially called counter-regulatory eating. The basic principle is that if you screw up once, that one misstep causes you to say, "What the hell? I already slipped up. I might as well just keep going now."
So, if you make progress on your diet or your 12-step program, you are very likely to give yourself an excuse to splurge just once. But as soon as you do, it's like opening a floodgate of self-defeating behavior that crochets a net of failure to drag you all the way back to square one.
A square constructed of inadequacies and painted with the love your parents never gave you.
Once more, the brain prefers the previous, easy state of affairs, even if that state involves a series of habits that are on a pace to kill you by age 40. And sometimes ...
#1. You Prefer the Bad Habits to Real Failure
Remember that smartass kid in school who was always screwing up, but played it off as a joke, like he meant to do it? You know, the kid who would fill out his test answer sheet so that the filled-in bubbles were in the shape of a dick? Or have you ever had that screw-up co-worker who kept talking about how absolutely desperate he or she was for the paycheck after months of unemployment, but then just ... stopped showing up?
"Uh, psych! Now please get out of my basket."
You see it in all flavors, but it all comes down to the same thing: This type of person doesn't try to succeed, but fails; they invent ways to fail, seemingly on purpose. This has become the subject of a whole new area of research that they're tentatively calling self-defeating personality disorder. Tell us you don't know at least one person who fits that profile. Or five. Or maybe you've seen one in the mirror.
The theory is that it's all a calculation on the part of your subconscious, a process of accepting one type of failure out of fear of suffering a much greater one, almost like a plea bargain in court.
"Take the excuse of saving gas money during a gouge; save yourself from an embarrassing porn audition."
The kid who turned his test sheet into a dick would rather fail because he's wacky and lovable than try to pass the test and fail because he's not smart enough or wasn't capable of working hard enough to learn the material. The lonely guy would prefer to just never talk to girls because he's "shy," rather than risk talking to a girl and have her reject him for being too nerdy/boring/into anime/etc.
So you can see already how this plays into any attempt to fix a bad habit. Let's say you have trouble keeping jobs because you have a chronic resistance to wearing pants or underwear. You actually have a strong motivation to keep the bad habit, since it's the only thing keeping the world from finding out that you're not competent enough to succeed at work. Yes, you're unemployed, but having the habit to blame lets you cling to the illusion that you'd be a captain of industry if you just didn't have that pants thing. So incredibly, bad habits wind up protecting your self-esteem, specifically because they cause you to fail.
"If he'd just let me wear my Tommy Lee costume, I could have totally lifted that X-wing out of the swamp."
So basically, while your conscious self is busy hating you for not fixing your bad habits, your subconscious self is secretly doing everything it can to sabotage any efforts to correct them, because self-indulgence -- not self-improvement -- is what it actually wants.
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I just learned there are several ways to transfer files between Windows on two computers from here. I was wondering
- what are the possible ways to transfer files between Ubuntus on two computers? And between a Ubuntu 8.10 computer and a Windows-7 computer, or between a Ubuntu 10.10 and a Windows-xp?
- Which way requires minimum extra hardwares and which way can achieve the highest transfer speed?
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Mississippi College began a journey toward becoming a "strengths-based campus" in 2009. Using Gallup's StrengthsQuest assessment tool, we are committed to helping students identify their top five strengths and providing resources for setting goals that put those strengths into meaningful action.
Grounded in positive psychology theory, a strengths approach starts with identifying an individual's positive traits and helps them develop their full potential by using their strengths to make decisions involving academics, careers, leadership and relationships.
MC began piloting the use of StrengthsQuest in 2009 with many of our student leaders. Beginning in the fall of 2012 and going forward, all incoming freshman will take the assessment as part of Blue&Gold 101.
We believe every student at Mississippi College has the potential to do well. We want to help MC students identify their talents, develop those talents into strengths, and direct those strengths toward activities and experiences that will help them succeed.
- You can find more information about StrengthsQuest at www.strengthsquest.com. If you have already taken the assessment you can log back into the StrengthsQuest website to explore your strengths and what they mean. You can also retrieve a forgotten password from this site.
- If you would like to discuss the implications of your top 5 strengths as they relate to majors and careers, please contact the Career Services Office for an appointment at 601.925.3901 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
- If you are interested in taking the StrengthsQuest assessment contact the Student Success Office at 601-925-3976.
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A Sumner County, TN fugitive is back behind bars tonight.
The escaped inmate was arrested last night.
A Hart County Country Hearth Inn employee told police the man was staying in one of the motel rooms.
"When the 5 o'clock news came on, that's when I sat down to the computer and I just happened to walk by and I remembered those tags and for some reason them numbers and letters stuck in my mind and when I sat down and watched the news I saw that's him, that's the truck," says Jeff Carpenter who turned the fugitive in.
When Stevie Robertson, 35, checked-in to the Country Hearth Inn Wednesday Carpenter, who is the Maintenance worker, never thought he was a man on the loose.
Robertson was in a Sumner County jail for exploitation of a minor.
While in Bowling Green for a doctor's appointment, he escaped.
Robertson stole his mother's truck and fled from Warren County.
Carpenter recalls when he realized the fugitive was staying in the motel.
"He's here! He's in room 139. That's the truck they are looking for! I was just ready to call police and get him out of here," he says.
Carpenter says once Stevie Robertson checked into the motel room, it seemed like he didn't want to be found.
"Once he went into the room he didn't come back out until they got him out. He was hiding," Carpenter said.
He says police asked him to help get Robertson out of the room.
"I told him I thought there was a leak upstairs and it might be leaking into his room. And he said, 'Nope, it's not leaking into the room,' and I said, 'Well, you need to come out,' and he said, 'Okay,' but he didn't," Carpenter says.
Police asked Robertson to surrender.
He turned himself in.
Robertson is being held in the Hart County Jail on a $25,000 cash bond.
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ARAF01: Art 6 A (2014-2015)
CURRICULUM PROGRAM: Visual Arts
COURSE TITLE: Art 6 A
COURSE LENGTH: 9 weeks
Major Concepts/Content: This Art 6 A course is designed to develop essential art skills and to expand art experiences. This introduction to the elements and principles of design and art appreciation focuses on a variety of media including painting, drawing, sculpture, and printmaking. Major Instructional Activities: Instructional activities will provide experience with art materials, tools, and equipment commonly used in art education programs, Students will learn to produce works of art in several media, to develop knowledge of art processes and techniques, and to understand the proper care of tools and materials. Visits to art galleries, studios, and museums will be included when feasible.
Major Evaluative Techniques: Students will be required to demonstrate knowledge of the proper care and use of tools, materials, and equipment used in art. Student projects will be evaluated for originality, craftsmanship, effort, time utilization, and quality, taking into consideration individual student's talent, experience, and/or limitations. Both written and oral tests will be used to evaluate knowledge of course content.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the Art 6 A course, students should be able to:
Create Works of Art
- Apply the elements and principles of design to all forms of art production.
- Produce works of art using several styles.
- Produce works of art using several media.
- Utilize a variety of drawing techniques.Demonstrate Aesthetic Perception
- Understand the need for an aesthetic environment.
- Demonstrate knowledge of art processes and techniques,
- Recognize the relationship of art to culture and environment.
- Distinguish between fine arts and crafts.
- Recognize that a work of art may reflect subjective feelings and ideas.
Develop Knowledge of Art Heritage
- Recognize a variety of historical, architectural and sculptural styles.
- Compare and discuss the differences and similarities in architecture and sculpture produced in different cultures.
- Identify works of art by several American artists who are from different ethnic backgrounds.
- Discuss the functions of art museums and galleries.
- Identify and describe art-oriented careers.
- Examine the contributions of artists in the immediate community.
Utilize Critical Judgment of the Visual Arts
- Verbally express opinions, ideas, and feelings about artworks,
- Explain the concept of and participate in classroom critiques.
- Explain artworks using art terminology.
- Defend the preference of one artwork over another


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The North Dakota Game and Fish Department, local wildlife clubs and other sponsors will usher youngsters into fall during the eighth annual Youth Outdoor Festival in Minot.
The event is Thursday, Sept. 4 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the North Dakota State Fairgrounds, Game and Fish Pond area.
The number of anglers buying fishing licenses in North Dakota continues to increase, as 2013-14 is the second consecutive year a new record for license sales has been established.
Statistics compiled by the Game and Fish Department revealed more than 219,000 fishing licenses were sold last year, an increase of 1,000 from 2012-13. A record total of 160,100 resident and 59,300 nonresident fishing licenses were sold last year.
The State Game and Fish Department's Encouraging Tomorrow's Hunters program is a primary sponsor for a youth waterfowl hunting clinic Aug. 15-16 in Bismarck. Ducks Unlimited is hosting the event.
The clinic is for youth ages 16 and under and their parents, and is held at the DU Great Plains Regional Office. Sessions include duck identification, decoy spreads, hunting gear, duck calling and retriever training. The first 20 kids age 9 and older to register can participate in a training event at Capital City Sporting Clays.
Big game hunters are reminded of requirements for transporting deer, elk and moose carcasses and carcass parts into and within North Dakota as a precaution against the possible spread of chronic wasting disease.
North Dakota's deer gun lottery has been held and individual results are available online at the State Game and Fish Department's website, gf.nd.gov.
More than 2,300 antlerless deer gun licenses remain. Only resident applicants who were unsuccessful in the first lottery can apply for remaining licenses.
The first lottery application process – deer gun, muzzleloader, youth and landowner – had more than 94,000 applicants, and 46,000 were unsuccessful.
The online application for North Dakota's 2014 tundra swan license lottery is available on the state Game and Fish Department's website, gf.nd.gov. The deadline for applying is Aug. 13.
Paper applications will be available from Game and Fish offices, county auditors and license vendors. Hunters can also apply by calling 800-406-6409. A service fee is added for license applications made by phone.
North Dakota residents and nonresidents are eligible to apply.
North Dakota's 2014 small game and furbearer regulations are set and most season structures are similar to last year.
One change for this year is that trappers using cable devices (snares) must now register with the State Game and Fish Department prior to trapping (online registration will be available on this website mid-October).
Prairie chicken and sage grouse seasons will remain closed due to low populations.
North Dakota's early Canada goose season is set, and bag limits and licensing requirements are the same as last year.
The season will open Aug. 15 and continue through Sept. 15, except in the Missouri River Zone where the season ends Sept. 7. The early Canada goose season has a limit of 15 daily and 45 in possession.
Limits and shooting hours for the early season are different from the regular season. Shooting hours during the early season are one-half hour before sunrise to sunset daily.
Youth angler Brayden Selzler's catch on July 25 shattered a state record for goldeye that's been in the books for 16 years.
The 9-year-old Velva angler reeled in a 4-pound, 12-ounce goldeye from Lake Audubon.
The previous record of 3 pounds, 13 ounces was established in 1998 by Craig Unser, a Mandan angler who was fishing New John's Lake.
Pronghorn applicants are reminded the deadline for submitting applications for the 2014 hunting season is Aug. 6. Only North Dakota residents are eligible to apply.
Hunters are encouraged to apply online at the State Game and Fish Department website, gf.nd.gov. People who have accumulated preference points and choose not to apply this year will not lose their points.
North Dakota Game and Fish Department fisheries personnel recently wrapped up stocking walleye in a record 133 lakes across the state.
Jerry Weigel, fisheries production and development supervisor, said thanks to the excellent walleye fingerling production from the Garrison Dam and Valley City national fish hatcheries, these waters received nearly 10 million fingerlings.
North Dakota will have a limited pronghorn hunting season this fall for the first time since 2009.
Randy Kreil, wildlife chief for the State Game and Fish Department, said the season is open only in unit 4-A, the far southwestern corner of the state. A total of 250 any-pronghorn licenses are available, and the season is split into an early "bow-only" portion, and a later gun/bow season.
The bow-only portion of the season is from Aug. 29 (noon) – Sept. 28. Anyone who draws a license can hunt pronghorn with a bow, only in Unit 4-A, during this period.


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Barren County is still playing catch-up, after a string of bomb threats were made to three of its schools.
Local law enforcement and school officials talk about the toll a hoax of this magnitude takes on a community.
"It's a crime bottom line. If you talk about bombing a school it's a crime, and a lot of them don't know that,"says Sheriff Mike Houchens, Barren County Sheriff's Office.
What may seem like a harmless prank to get out of class early means time and money lost.
"These volunteer fire departments are operating on a limited budget as is everybody else in the community, as far as first responders go. When we call out the fire department they are using fuel in their fire trucks, their taking their personnel from other full time jobs,"says Houchens.
After first responders and canine units are called in Houchens estimates it could cost several thousand dollars to respond to a bomb threat.
"The cost just keeps going up and going up and going up and we will get to the point where were spending money that we should be spending but that we need to spend to take care of the threat,"says Houchens.
"If we were to calculate that I think it would be very astronomical,"says Mark Wallace, Barren County Schools.
But it's not all about the dollars.
"You've lost hours of instruction with students. Depending on the time of the day students may be engaged in certain activities. It certainly is an inconvenience,"says Wallace.
And just because the threat was fake doesn't mean lives aren't in danger.
"You're putting other people in danger, some first responders may be traveling with their emergency equipment on and putting other drivers on the road in hazardous conditions,"says Houchens
"It's not just a prank and it is a big deal because it is affecting the lives of many people,"says Wallace.
Wallace says attendance decreased after the bomb threats were made.
Five students and one adult have been arrested and charged in connection to the bomb threats.


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I do not know if this has been asked or considered by anyone else, so please forgive me if I'm just being redundant.
I have seen many panoramas which the sun, in a clear blue sky, is photographed directly. A perfect example is the banner photograph above. When shooting analog or film based photography, this is not normally an issue, but I have concerns over letting the sun ever enter the field of view of the imager chip. The impact does vary with the design of the digital camera, i.e. whether it employs a physical shutter or if the lens is always focusing light onto chip. Regardless, just as it is considered dangerous to visually gaze at the sun for risk of retinal damage, I do not want to put my camera at risk of degrading, destroying, or damaging the imager.
In reviewing various camera manufacturers, I have never seen anything in the specifications regarding the absolute and accumulated damage thresholds, nor anything which define a safe exposure limit when the sun is in the field of view.
Has anyone ever considered this issue and I would appreciate advice on properly protecting my camera from sun damage.
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I fear you posted in the wrong forum section (this one is for Ext GWT), which would limit the audience for your question, hence my remark. Hopefully, moderators will move this topic.


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Diana Jean Schemo
Recent and archived news articles by Diana Jean Schemo of The New York Times.
Congratulations! You Are Nominated. It's an Honor. (It's a Sales Pitch.)
Invitations to student leadership conferences fill mailboxes, virtual and real. They flatter. They promise. Do they deliver?
April 19, 2009, Sunday
Diploma Mill Concerns Extend Beyond Fraud
A couple from Colbert, Wash., sold diplomas from more than 120 fictitious universities for a price, according to a federal investigation.
June 29, 2008, Sunday
National Briefing: Education: Looking For Details On College Loans
Pursuing an initial inquiry into abuses in the student-loan industry, the Education Department said it had sent letters to 55 colleges and 23 lenders, asking for details of the colleges' relationships with lenders. The 55 are winnowed down from an...
November 1, 2007, Thursday
Looking for Details on College Loans
Pursuing an initial inquiry into abuses in the student-loan industry, the Education Department said it had sent letters to 55 colleges and 23 lenders, asking for details of the colleges' relationships with lenders.
November 1, 2007, Thursday
Disabilities Fight Grows as Taxes Pay for Tuition
School systems that say they cannot afford to privately educate disabled children are clashing with parents.
October 27, 2007, Saturday
Failing Schools Strain to Meet U.S. Standard
Some states are overwhelmed by the number of schools unable to satisfy the No Child Left Behind law's demands.
October 16, 2007, Tuesday
Report Recounts Horrors of Youth Boot Camps
Reports of abuse of troubled young people in privately run boot camps and other residential treatment centers are widespread, according to a federal report released Wednesday.
October 11, 2007, Thursday
Bush Prodding Congress to Reauthorize His Education Law
President Bush tried Tuesday to prod Congress into reauthorizing his biggest domestic achievement, the 2001 No Child Left Behind education law.
October 10, 2007, Wednesday
New York Schools Win Award for Improvement
New York City's public school system, the largest in the country, has won the Broad Prize, given each year to an urban school district that has made great improvements in student achievement.
September 19, 2007, Wednesday
Teachers and Rights Groups Oppose Education Measure
A draft House bill to renew the federal No Child Left Behind law came under sharp attack from civil rights groups and the nation's largest teacher unions.
September 11, 2007, Tuesday
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Bruce Headlam
Recent and archived news articles by Bruce Headlam of The New York Times.
His Perfect Role: Rocker of a Certain Age
The singer Graham Parker and his old band the Rumour are getting back together for a film, album and tour.
December 2, 2012, Sunday
The Breakfast Meeting: Special Election Hangover Edition
Twitter successfully managed a deluge of traffic, the polls held up, and Karl Rove got some pushback from the hosts on Fox News.
November 7, 2012, Wednesday
Debate Format Comes Under Fire. So Does the Moderator.
Liberal critics attacked Jim Lehrer for not challenging Mitt Romney enough and for allowing the candidates to walk over the format.
October 4, 2012, Thursday
The Breakfast Meeting: A Fall Book Bonanza and the New Cosmo Girl
It's a big fall season for the book industry, and there's a new editor at an iconic brand as Joanna Coles takes over at Cosmopolitan magazine.
September 5, 2012, Wednesday
The Breakfast Meeting: 'Unfit' to Be Tied and Network Television Looks Up
The British parliamentary report surprises Rupert Murdoch and implicates the editor of a rival newspaper.
May 2, 2012, Wednesday
The Breakfast Meeting: Rick Santorum, Journalist; and 'John Carter' Slays Disney Earnings
Also, a "Desperate Housewives" cliffhanger, Oprah Winfrey's network lays off staff and Jeremy Lin stars for Volvo.
March 20, 2012, Tuesday
The Breakfast Meeting: A Hacker Arrest and a 'Terra' Flop
Also, Self magazine channels the Sims and President Obama comments on the Rush Limbaugh controversy.
March 7, 2012, Wednesday
The Breakfast Meeting: Tributes From Both Sides for Andrew Breitbart and Lego Goes Pink
Affection and some criticism after the news of the conservative blogger's death, and Slate announces its own book review.
March 2, 2012, Friday
Applied Neuroscience, the Six-String Method
An academic who had no rhythm spent a sabbatical finding a way to learn to play the guitar.
January 26, 2012, Thursday
TV Picks, Crowd-Sourced
New York Times readers who thought they knew better than the network executives which shows would succeed and which would fail submitted their fantasy lineups and predicted which shows would be cancelled first. And who can argue with them?
November 17, 2011, Thursday
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It's the last week of skiing and riding at Horseshoe Resort. Special lift ticket pricing and lodging deals are available. This weekend marks the return of Snowcross racing.More


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Where Not to Buy a Dog
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Please don't buy a puppy from a pet store. No responsible breeder ever sells puppies through a pet store. Regardless of what some stores claim, the truth is that pet stores get their merchandise—and that's exactly what puppies are to them—from commercial breeders, brokers, puppy mills, or backyard breeders. Responsible breeders do not think of puppies as merchandise, and they do not entrust the fate of their puppies to strangers. Pet store puppies are usually taken from their mothers and siblings when they're four or five weeks old, which is much too young for proper social development.
Pet stores rely on the cuteness of puppies as a selling point. They also rely on the emotional impulses of the people who walk in, cuddle a puppy, and can't bear to put him back in that cage. So out comes the credit card. Some people do luck out and get a reasonably good pet. But the odds are against it. People who are in the business of producing puppies for pet stores don't generally pay attention to health screening for hereditary disease. They match up sires and dams by availability (or sometimes by accident) rather than by careful selection. They don't bother to handle and socialize the puppies. How can they? There are just too many of them! No, the odds are that your pet store puppy will have health and temperament problems. To add insult to injury, pet store puppy prices often match or exceed the price of a responsibly bred puppy from a breeder. No, pet stores offer no bargains when it comes to puppies.
But don't they have to guarantee the pups they sell? Yes, most states have laws requiring a minimal guarantee or warranty, and most pet stores will take back a puppy within a certain time if certain conditions are met. Responsible breeders, in contrast, will take their puppies back at any time throughout their lives, because the puppy, not the dollar, comes first.
Pet store staff are usually not very well informed about the breeds they sell, but in my experience they rarely say "I don't know." I've had pet store personnel tell me that Labrador Retrievers have no hereditary health problems (they do! they do!) and that Australian Shepherds have personalities like Golden Retrievers (they don't! they don't!). In fact, pet stores offer virtually nothing in the way of support when it comes to training, behavior problems, health issues, or anything else.
All That Glitters Is Not Gold
There's another group of puppy producers you need to beware of as well. Unfortunately, some people who seem to meet the requirements of a responsible breeder at first glance don't stand up to a closer examination. An honest, ethical breeder is your best source for a healthy purebred puppy backed up by knowledgeable breeding. But you need to be cautious. Be cautious, and read Finding a Responsible Breeder about breeders—the good ones! Some of the snazziest websites and magazine ads belong to some of the sleaziest people, so don't be dazzled. Ask lots of questions and check references. There are excellent, honest breeders around, and one of them has the right pup for you. Being informed and patient will help you find her.
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Excerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting and Owning a Dog © 2003 by Sheila Webster Boneham, Ph.D. All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. Used by arrangement with Alpha Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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North Dakota State University
The mission of the English Department at North Dakota State University is to inspire an appreciation for the English language and its literatures, and to cultivate its effective use in creative expression and day-to-day life. We offer three minors, a BA and BS degree in English, a BA and BS in English Education (in cooperation with the School of Education) an MA in English and a Ph.D. in English: Practical Writing. Please explore this web site to get more information about these degrees.
Majors, minors, and students looking for a great General Education or elective course have an opportunities to explore such subjects as British, American, and World literature; rhetoric, composition, literacy acquisition; English Education; professional writing; creative writing; and linguistics.
- Rooted in the liberal arts and humanities, the study of literature fosters creative and critical abilities, promotes multiculturalism and tolerance in a globalized world, and fosters understanding of cultural, historical, ethical, aesthetic, and linguistic forces that shape our lives
- Effective writing makes social and professional engagement possible. The study of rhetoric, composition, literacy, and professional writing enhances facilities in writing, communication, and technology much valued by local communities, industry, and organizations.
- Creative writing merges an interest in literary studies with the art of writing, providing a hands-on experience of literature, encouraging students to create literary texts in a variety of media and genres, and emphasizing the power of the individual to respond to human experience in a changing world.
- The study of linguistics cultivates an appreciation for the English language, its history, conventions, structures, and uses.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Andy Marso's final weeks of college at KU in 2004 were memorable for events he doesn't really remember himself, but that left lasting scars.
"Overnight, I went from totally healthy to almost dead," he said.
Then age 22, the journalism major who now works at the Topeka Capital Journal told a friend he was going to bed early with what he thought was the flu. By morning, he could barely get up and had a strange tingling in his hands and feet, which were covered in a dark, reddish rash. When two other friends came to check on him, they had to carry him down the stairs and put him in a car to take him to the doctor.
A drive to the student health center led to an ambulance ride to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, where a spinal tap diagnosed Marso with a rare form of bacterial meningitis. He was flown to KU Medical Center, where he'd spend the next 119 days.
"Bacteria had gone all throughout my blood stream so it had compromised all my vital organs," Marso said.
Marso spent the first three weeks in a drug-induced coma while doctors plied him with medications to kill the bacteria. But the bacteria wreaking havoc on his body also also affected his blood vessels, cutting off the blood supply to his hands and feet.
"When I woke up, my fingers and toes were pretty much rotting away while still attached to my body," Marso recalls.
Doctors compared it to having third degree burns over 30 percent of his body. He underwent treatments, just like a burn patient would receive, to remove dead tissue and graft new skin. His fingers and toes gradually blackened and couldn't be saved, but doctors did save his arms and legs. Marso underwent a total of 16 surgeries to reshape his hands and feet. His arms now end in with two round nubs instead of hands, which Marso is able to use to grasp and type. He has about half his foot and thinner tissue on his heels, but with special shoes and braces on his lower legs, he walks normally.
One of the friends who saw Marso through the ordeal was Randy Schumacher, who's now a doctor at Topeka's PediatricCare. Seeing firsthand what the disease can do, Schumacher is now a strong advocate with parents and preteens and teens to get the meningitis vaccination.
The CDC recommends the meningitis vaccine for children after age 11, with a booster after age 16, before kids head off to college, where they're more at risk. Since the bacteria spreads through close contact, Dr. Schumacher says, putting a bunch of students together in close quarters when their immune systems are often compromised from lack of sleep can create a "petri dish" for meningitis to become more of a problem.
The meningitis vaccine covers four bacterial strains responsible for 83-percent of the meningitis cases. Most insurance now covers it. After Marso's ordeal, the Board of Regents adopted a requirement for all students living in on-campus housing to get the vaccine.
While it turned out Marso had one of the rarer strains not covered in the vaccine, he still agrees that if more teens and parents were educated, they wouldn't hesitate to get the shot and lower their risk. He admits, before he got sick, he thought of meningitis as just a bad cold. He says he might have known it was contagious, but he didn't know it could be fatal or that it could do what it did to him.
Marso says doctors did a remarkable job saving his arms and legs, though he admits it took him a long time to realize he was fortunate. He says his parents were "awesome," taking leaves from their jobs in Minnesota to move to Lawrence and guide him through a year of recovery.
Marso now works with a national meningitis organization and realizes more than ever how lucky he was. He says he came to realize he had a choice - give up or do the best with what he had left.
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Dear Editor,
In the disgraceful tug-of-war between President Obama and the practically do - nothing Congress over the "fiscal Cliff" mess, nobody got a tax cut.
Both, "the rich" and middle class came up with a whopper of a black-eye - from cliff - related tax increases.
Obama's campaign was class warfare rhetoric about raising taxes.
- but, what's left after the rich pay their "fair share"? a carbon tax?
The bottom line is, President Obama's big-tax victory, on New Year's Day ... will be the end result for him and a lasting calamity for all taxpayers.
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WACO (November 6, 2012)--A City of Waco vehicle was involved in a traffic accident Tuesday morning that sent three people to a local hospital.
The accident happened at around 8:50 a.m. Tuesday at Herring Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard.
Police at the scene said the driver of one of the vehicles failed to yield right of way at the intersection, which resulted in the collision.
The car was eastbound on Herring and the truck was southbound on MLK.
The driver of the car and a passenger and the driver of the City of Waco Solid Waste truck all were taken by ambulance to a local hospital for treatment of what police called minor injuries.
Traffic at the intersection was slowed while it was being diverted around the accident.