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I responded to an email from a hacker posing as a friend in distress. I have a really long secure password ... caps/special figures/numbers/over 14 characters long. My account name is my first, middle initial, and last name. I just changed my security question to something I believe is not guessable. I have other accounts associated with my account that are not as secure (password not as long/no special figures or caps) and am going about changing their security questions and passwords. Anything else I should do? Do you think I'll be ok?
Based upon the information you have provided -- I would not bother doing anything.
This is most likely a social engineering attack, where they're going to try to persuade you to wire money via Western Union to some location where they (or a confederate) is ready to pick up the money. It sounds like you did not provide them with any useful information. Your email address and name is already information they could easily obtain, and isn't likely to be very helpful in attacking you via any method I can imagine.
You mentioned you already have chosen a long and strong password for your email account. That's good, and the main thing. I don't think you really need to do anything else at this stage.
If you have other accounts that you care about with a poor password, it wouldn't be a bad idea to change those passwords to something stronger -- not so much because of this incident, but rather because this is as good a time as any to do some basic security hygiene. Also, if you don't already use your browser's password manager, I encourage you to start using it. Password managers make it easier to use long and strong passwords, and reduce the temptation to pick something guessable.
Probably - phishing is a volume business so any added level of difficulty is reason to move on to an easier target - your plan seems reasonably sound - keep an eye on things, make sure all the passwords are different, and closely watch anything that has anything to do with money :-)
This sounds more like a social attack. Having your email address and name doesn't get somebody much other than launching a targeted attack against your password. I would expect they were just looking for someone to wire money with no verification. There really isn't any increased risk to you at this point.


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I like task management tool GQueues (http://www.gqueues.com/). But the pro version is as costly as $25/mo which is too expensive for me as a student. What's a good replacement to it? I mainly would like its Google calendar integration and reminder via txt messages/emails.
First thing, you got the pricing wrong. GQueues Pro is available for $25 / year. So I think you can afford it easily.
I have tried GQueues and apart from its Google calendar integration I found it lacking in quite some aspects. If you are seriously considering other options, then Toodledo is one of the best task management websites present out there. Their UI is a bit quirky, but once you get the hang of it it's really useful. If you are following GTD by any chance then Toodledo will be perfect.
And Toodledo is also priced a bit lower than GQueues, with a Pro version for $14.95 and a Pro Plus versions for $29.95.
I think I have done enough advertisement for Toodledo. The rest is for you to decide. :)

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The Torah spells out (Lev. 23:32) that Yom Kippur begins בתשעה לחדש בערב, in the evening of 9 Tishrei, and that it runs מערב עד ערב, from evening to evening.
As explained by the Gemara, Rosh Hashanah 9a, the words בתשעה לחדש בערב teach us that מוסיפין מחול על הקדש - we have to start Yom Kippur a little earlier than sunset and end it a little after nightfall. The final words of the verse, תשבתו שבתכם, tell us that the same applies to Shabbos and all of the other Yamim Tovim (all of which are collectively called Shabbos, as in ממחרת השבת in connection with Sefiras Haomer). So we see that all of them begin and end at the same time.


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The headlines surrounding the Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance often revolve around egregious instances of waste and fraud. Although abuse of the social safety net is a problem that DTA has taken significant steps to address recently, it's important to remember that the DTA is intended to give people and families in crisis a hand-up instead of a handout.
On Wednesday, the human faces and success stories of meaningful DTA assistance programs were on full display. The Department of Transitional Assistance recognized 11 of its clients at an event it organized at the Taunton Public Library. The 11 women, mostly young mothers, were among 64 clients honored for taking steps to escape poverty while receiving assistance.
One out of eight people in Massachusetts receives help from the agency — a decrease from last year when one out of six people were receiving such assistance.
Lovette Bailey, of Taunton, said that she was homeless with her young daughter for nine months before she was able to get help from DTA. Now she's on the path to college.
Jazlyn Villanueva shared her story, being a single mother and a full-time student with three jobs. She now hopes to move on to be an advocate for children.
Stories like these show how the Department of Transitional Assistance is intended to operate — giving those in vulnerable situations the temporary resources and tools they need to get on the path to a better life. It's great to see when these programs work as they are intended.
State Rep. Shaunna O'Connell, R-Taunton — who has been at the forefront of pushing for reform of the welfare system and is now calling for a complete DTA audit — attended the DTA celebration and celebrated the success of these women. O'Connell said she is familiar with their situations, having earned her GED and going onto college, after growing up in a family that needed public assistance for a time.
By taking steps to eliminate the fraud and abuse that has plagued the welfare system and offering clients a clear path to educational opportunities and work, DTA is helping to ensure the social safety net is sustainable and will be available for those who need it. It's good to see these instances where our taxpayer dollars dedicated to human services are being spent as intended — offering recipients a path out of poverty.
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I need to separate the antigens from several vaccines in order to use them for coating microplates to run an indirect ELISA. I at least need to remove the adjuvant from the vaccines. Is this possible to do and if yes, how do I go about it?
The major component of a vaccine is the adjuvant, and according to Wikipedia the most commonly used adjuvants in human vaccines are aluminium salts.
Here for example is the composition of Recombivax HB, a hepatitis B vaccine produced by Merck Frosst and used in Canada (source of information is a Canadian website)
As explained in Exley, C. et al. (2010) The immunobiology of aluminium adjuvants: how do they really work? Trends in Immunology, 31:103-109:
What this means is that the protein antigen is not soluble in the vaccine, but rather is adsorbed and/or entrapped in the inorganic particulate material. The antigen itself has of course already been extensively purified before being incorporated into the vaccine, so the task of purifying the antigen from the Recombivax vaccine is one of releasing it from the inorganic adjuvant. The obvious thing to try first would be to isolate the particulate material by centrifugation, and then attempt to release the antigen from this in a soluble form: things to try would be extremes of pH, high salt concentrations, and detergents. SDS-PAGE would be used to monitor how much was released by these treatments.
Now the example that I gave above (Recombivax HB) is fairly straightforward because it contains a single protein antigen. Compare this to Pentacel, given as first vaccination to babies in Canada (same source as before).
This vaccine is clearly much more complex, so in this case, once the desired antigen(s) were freed from the adjuvant there would be a need to use standard protein purification techniques to separate the various contaminants.
Finally it's worth pointing out that unless you have access to large amounts of vaccine, you are going to be starting with quite small amounts of antigen (see above) so it will probably be quite a challenging purification.


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I want to upload .jpg images to my Linux server so that clients can re-download the files when they want. Supposing unknowingly there is a trojan, worm or malware in my computer, will these be uploaded and infect the client's computer ? how can this be prevented. where in the server should i check for any malicious programs.
But you can't, unfortunately, be 100% sure.
Another option is that, before uploading your jpeg, you upload it to virustotal and see what that gives. If it says one of your files is infected please jump to step 1.
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If you can, code a virus check into the file-upload handler. As in, when your HTTP posted file is received, scan it with an AV before making it available to your end users. If it fails the AV check, bin it off.
ClamAV's tool,
You should regularly update the AVDB and periodically schedule re-checking of these files, just in case there is a new trojan that wasn't in the signatures when it was first uploaded.
Of course, if you are really worried, you could pipe the file through
If performance is a factor, you might prefer to stream the file to a staging/ directory and end the HTTP request with an
As an aside, I would use a separate domain name to host user-uploaded data (and configure it so that the site should not be scanned by bots with
It is possible that an advanced piece of malware on your desktop machine could detect the presence of an open SSH session, and use it to infect the server.
From there the malware could insert browser exploits into your web documents on the server and in turn, infect other clients that visit your web pages.
So yes, your scenario is possible, but we are talking about a fairly advanced and aggressive malware here, but it could happen.
The other answers have covered steps that you can follow, I would just add that you should avoid logging into your server as root. However any user that has write access to the web root could potentially be used to subvert the webserver and infect client browsers.
Best way to secure your uploaded files is to keep them out of the home directory of website. If you can't keep them out of home dir of website .Try to make the folder where images are stored as secured either via password, or giving the permissions as no-one , so that the folder cant be accessed via http.
if you think there is virus in there, it cant infect unless its executed or if its backdoor.You can install kaspersky antivirus on linux server as thats the best i can suggest it really scans all the files and folders.
What i suggest is if you want to keep your website from being hacked. use .htaccess in folder where you have kept the files and this works if you have apache and running php.
What you do is , to stop php engine in the directory of uploads so that php shell cant be executed no matter what happens. Or through .htaccess file you can create 500 internal server error in uploaded files directory. so no matter what is in the folder it doesn't effect. And still your files can be read through php and this way, everything works , fine.
There are many vulnerability scanner , that can be used to check if your server is infected, and through ssh you can ensure that all the processes running are genuine, but hey you need to ensure security aspect before running that type of website


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quote: You can't make a pickup truck that gets 25 mpg in the city and 35 mpg on the highway. At least if you want it to be able to do any work.
quote: The point FIT was making is that nobody that pushes their trucks to the extreme will want any change in design if it means the extremes they can push them to will suffer as a result. For people that actually need a truck, such a redesign would be seen as a step backward, not forward.


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Russell G. "Toby" D'Oench III '92 was a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and a co-founder of the North Star Fund, a Manhattan-based charity organization that raises money for grassroots community outreach groups. He passed away on January 23, 2012, at the age of 58.
Raised in Middletown, Conn., D'Oench was the great-great-grandson of shipping and chemicals magnate William Russell Grace, New York City's first Roman Catholic mayor. Grace gained wide renown for his philanthropy—a tradition that D'Oench continued.
After graduating from Wesleyan University in 1977, D'Oench lived in a black township in apartheid-era South Africa and raised money there for a school and library. After returning to the United States, he and a group of co-founders launched the North Star Fund, which since its inception has distributed $35 million to nearly 1,700 groups promoting equality and economic justice in New York City. D'Oench remained at the fund for seven years before leaving to pursue a career in the law.
After graduating from Columbia Law School, D'Oench clerked for Judge Eugene Nickerson '43 at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. In 2000, he joined the New York City office of Skadden, where he was a partner and a member of the firm's financial institutions group.
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The Beltway's Most Exclusive End-of-Year List
When a select group of Washington, D.C., power brokers wants to identify the best books, films and albums of the year, they don't look to national newspapers, magazines or other bibles of the cultural cognoscenti.
They pore—and sweat—over a painstakingly drawn-up list that is crafted annually since 1999 by Drew Littman, a 51-year-old technology-industry lobbyist from Rockville, Md. About 80 people are selected by Mr. Littman to receive and respond via email to his compilation, known to many around the nation's capital simply as "The List."
Among the lucky (mostly Democratic) few: Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz; Tamera Luzzatto, managing director of government relations for the Pew Charitable Trusts; Gwen Mellor, the managing principal at lobbying firm Podesta Group; and Jeff Berman, the general manager of digital media for the National Football League.
"An introduction to Drew and access to Drew's list might be the best thing my wife brought to our marriage," says Jeff Nussbaum, 37 years old, a partner at West Wing Writers who led the speechwriting department at this year's Democratic National Convention. His wife, Deborah, is a lobbyist.
The Best of 2012
Mr. Littman says he read roughly 125 books this year and made 51 trips to the cinema. Here are a some of his picks.
'Stag's Leap' by Sharon Olds 'Yes, it's poetry, but bear with me: nothing I read this year transfixed me like "Stag's Leap." '
'Love Bomb' by Lisa Zeidner 'Hottest opening of the year: "The bride did not wear white. But the terrorist did.
'The Raid: Redemption' 'The director solves one of the most basic problems of the action movie genre, which is the unvarying and totally unrealistic habit of gangs that encircle the hero but, instead of swarming him, fight him one on one.'
'Skyfall' 'I saw this movie three times in eight days, and I could see it in the theater once a week indefinitely.'
Mr. Nussbaum says he frets over his contribution to the list more than most speeches he writes. Last year, he wrote three drafts of his list response before chickening out altogether. He intends to weigh in this year, recommending "The Orphan Master's Son," a novel by Adam Johnson.
"Emailing this group can be intimidating," says the FTC's Mr. Leibowitz.
He says last year's list from Mr. Littman inspired him to read "The Art of Fielding," by Chad Harbach. "Absolutely terrific," he says.
To stay on the list, recipients are expected to hit "reply to all" to share their opinions of Mr. Littman's selections and add picks of their own. Failure to join the conversation for too many years results in banishment. "I don't have much mercy for people who don't contribute," Mr. Littman says.
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Howard Wolfson, New York City's deputy mayor for government affairs and communications, will be dropped for his chronic failure to respond, Mr. Littman says. When asked to comment, Mr. Wolfson responded in an email: "I didn't realize I had been dropped! That makes me sad!"
Mr. Littman sent out this year's email last weekend. In it, Mr. Littman recommended books such as "Telegraph Avenue," by Michael Chabon ("Ornery, resourceful men as partners and competitors in marginal occupations: this is Chabon's bread and butter.") and "The Casual Vacancy," by J.K. Rowling ("would have elicited raves if it had been published under a pseudonym.") Films including "Silver Linings Playbook" and "End of Watch" got raves. For his music category, Mr. Littman creates a playlist that lasts 80 minutes. This year, songs such as "Charmer," by Aimee Mann and "Hold On," by Alabama Shakes made the cut.
Mr. Littman has served as a policy adviser to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D., Calif.) and as chief of staff for Sen. Al Franken (D., Minn.). A high-profile job is no guarantee of an invitation: It takes a particular mix of cultural sophistication, luck and a connection to Mr. Littman. One recent addition to the group was a student Mr. Littman met when teaching a class at American University. "She knows more about classical music than anyone I know," he says.
Mr. Littman, who lobbies for San Francisco biotech firm Solazyme Inc., insists that logging the many hours to read, view, listen and compile the list has nothing to with career advancement. (His film-student son, Sam, however, did score a summer internship in Hollywood. His film recommendations were passed along to movie-producer Andy Spaulding by his sister, who was in the group.)
Instead, participants say the list allows the group to exercise its intellectual and cultural muscles in an intimate venue—free of politics.
"In Washington, it's sort of all about who you know, but Drew's list is different; it's about making genuine connections over the prose and film and music that move you," says Podesta Group's Ms. Mellor, who was tapped for the list in 2007 and is studying for an executive M.B.A. This year she will recommend books "The Adult Years: Mastering the Art of Self-Renewal," by Frederic M. Hudson, and "Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard," by Chip Heath and Dan Heath.
Mr. Littman says keeping the list exclusive "complicates my relationships" professionally. This year he has dropped 20 people from his list's distribution, including Marne Levine, vice president of global public policy for Facebook Inc. FB -0.85 % Mr. Littman calls Ms. Levine "a powerhouse" but says he axed her because "she wanted to opt in without committing to reply," he says. Ms. Levine couldn't be reached for comment.
Mr. Littman says he takes about 20 hours to write his best-of list over a single weekend. He culls his favorites from a notebook kept throughout the year cataloging the 100 or so books he has read, the 50ish films he has watched. He also buys 50-plus albums a year on iTunes.
Even though he has three young children, the NFL's Mr. Berman, 41, says being on the list forces him to find time to read, and read critically. "Halfway through a book I'm considering whether it might be list-worthy," he says. This year, he says he is excited to recommend "Wool Omnibus Edition," by Hugh Howey, and "What Dies in Summer," by Tom Wright.
The list also provides a way for friends and peers to learn more about each other. "It's not just a list of the best movies, you get a flavor of these people's lives,' says John Gomperts, the chief executive of America's Promise Alliance, a youth-focused nonprofit.
The discussion may turn into debate, but the back-and-forth never gets too nasty, participants say. This year, Ricki Seidman, a Democratic strategist who once served as Vice President Joe Biden's communications director, loved "Gone Girl," a novel by Gillian Flynn, and says she will likely recommend it. Ms. Mellor plans to pan it. Mr. Berman will give it the thumbs-up but says he is "predicting this will be most controversial this year."
The list grew out of weekly lunch meetings among Mr. Littman, Ms. Luzzatto, Mr. Gomperts and Trudy Vincent—all legislative directors for Democratic senators in the late 1990s. Frustrated that most D.C. cultural conversations revolved around political biography and policy books, Mr. Littman and his lunch mates decided to memorialize and share favorites. "I wanted to proselytize about books, but I wanted recommendations too," Mr. Littman says.
Mr. Littman took on stewardship of the list. Over the years, he has added many participants, and has dropped a few too. The 80 or so people he sends it to now results in 30 to 40 robust responses.
For some, the group has gotten too big. "It has turned into a tsunami of the best," says Ms. Luzzatto, who served as the chief of staff to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton when Mrs. Clinton served in the Senate. Ms. Luzzatto shares her favorite books but otherwise mostly skims. "The group has gotten bigger, the lists have got longer, the scope has expanded and somewhere along the way, it's become a social medium unto itself," she says.
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If I am using some proxy service, proxy service provider can know my passwords to my online accounts. In which case my ISP can filter my requests and get my passwords to my online accounts? And how can I secure myself?
Your ISP can know your password any time it's sent unencrypted over your internet connection. If you don't want them to know your password, don't send it unencrypted over the internet:
Also follow general security guidelines for passwords, such as never reusing the same password.
Additionally, if you are worried that your ISP (or anybody else in between you and the remote server you're communicating with) is watching you, then you also need to take additional steps, such as:
If you are only worried about your ISP (or your government), you can improve your position significantly by using an offshore VPN so that all of your traffic is routed through a server outside of their reach. Your data will still be sent unencrypted over the internet, but will be encrypted between the VPN and you, which is enough to prevent your ISP from reading it.
If you are not using HTTPS, then your passwords are at risk of interception. Using a VPN or an encrypted proxy means trusting the VPN and proxy provider. Only HTTPS can provide (as far as we know) reliable security without trusting anyone external. But attacks that weaken the SSL/TLS protocol exist, such as BEAST, CRIME and TIME.
You have to make sure your are using HTTPS on websites that have your sensitive data. Banks and Google will use HTTPS but for others, you have to configure them to use HTTPS. Facebook is a website that doesn't yet have HTTPS for everyone by default but you can turn it on using a few clicks.
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How can I send a HTML message from Gmail?

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Usually you can write that into an HTML file, render it, and copy the email from the browser into Gmail's compose pane.
Google does not support this feature: (Source)
However, it might be possible with an external 3 party application such as Outlook or ThunderBird.
Outlook 2003 or earlier had option to send HTML via File > Send > Page by Email. However, Microsoft have removed this feature for security reasons in Outlook 2007 and 2010. Here is an article that explains Microsoft's actions. There is a 'grass-roots effort' to get this feature added back Outlook. For more information about his movement visit FixOutlook.org.
I think you should use a client that lets you write HTML email and set it up to use your gmail account. I don't think you can do it from Gmail's web interface.
Sending HTML email with Outlook express and Thunderbird: http://webdesign.about.com/od/intermediatetutorials/a/aa050800b.htm
Not sure how to directly input HTML in an email using outlook.
Body is not an acceptable tag in gmail, and most email clients disregard backgrounds unless they're in divs.
There's a great resource on the subject of what email clients support and don't support called the Email Standards Project.
As for entering html in gmail, you're going to have to do the copy paste thing that digitxp said, but don't include the html, head or body tags, just the content tags.
In gmail web client, the easiest way to click on Rich formatting >> that would open up the formating tools and select whatever formating your want instead of composing it somewhere else and pasting it.
You can use ctrlq.org/html-mail/ to send HTML emails.


text: Here is another character that will be in the new Dreamworks movie 'The Croods'. His name is Guy, and he is not at all related to the Croods. Instead he is what you call a drifter or a nomad with no family. He is going by Ryan Reynolds, and is set to be the love interest for Eep (voiced by Emma Stone). He is out on a mission to prove that he can be as useful as everyone else even if he doesn't have the strength like the others. Instead he will use his head because unlike the others, his intellectual capacity is much greater. Anyways, here is "how to draw Guy", step by step. You may not like the lesson now, but you will in the next year when the movie comes out. Adios people and enjoy!


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Many cancer patients experience some level of distress associated with their diagnosis and treatment. This distress can impact your functioning (physically, emotionally and psychologically). Most cancer patients will experience worry, sadness, anger and hopelessness at various points in their cancer experiences. However, most cancer patients are resilient and possess strategies for managing these feelings, harnessing social support, accessing assistance and processing emotions. Individuals who experience unbearable and/or sustained distress that does not respond to self-care interventions and influences mood should be evaluated for a major depression.
Depression occurs in 10-25% of cancer patients. Cancer patients who are depressed report lower quality of life, difficulties with adherence to treatment plans and increased/longer inpatient hospital stays.
Some symptoms you may experience with depression include:
These symptoms cause distress or impairment in social (relationships), occupational (work) and/or other important areas of functioning and participation/completion of activities of daily living. These symptoms are not due to medical conditions. This can make the diagnosis of depression in cancer patients more difficult, as fatigue, weight and appetite changes and sleep changes can all be related to the actual cancer (and treatment).
Treatment of depression can be via medications, therapy or a combination of these modalities. Medications can be very successful in reducing depressive symptoms, but do take 2-4 weeks to become effective and can have side effects including decreased sex drive, dry mouth, weight gain, nausea and dizziness. A word of caution: St. John's Wort (hypericum perforatum) has been used as an over-the-counter herbal antidepressant, but can interfere with many chemotherapy agents. Be sure to talk with your care team about any medications, including vitamins and herbal therapies.
Your care team can also make referrals and recommendations for therapists (psychologists, counselors, social works and psychiatrists) for "talk therapy." This treatment focuses on counseling, support, life skills teaching, relaxation, education and cognitive/behavioral interventions to increase coping and resilience.
Cancer support groups may also help. Support groups have been shown to improve mood, help develop coping skills and improve quality of life. You can find support groups through local cancer centers, The Cancer Support Community, and the American Cancer Society. Many organizations, such as CancerCare, also offer online support groups.
If you experience symptoms of depression for two weeks or more, contact your care team. If you are uncertain about your mood, emotions or coping, contact your care team to request further assessment.
If you have thoughts of suicide or harming yourself, contact your care team immediately. If you are a family member or support person of an individual who is experiencing thoughts of suicide, contact your care team or call 911.
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We are excited to extend our 1:1 iPad Program to 3rd and 6th grade!
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IPad Plan Goal for 2015-2016
- Parents of 3rd and 6th grade students will be asked to purchase an iPad. If they are unwilling or unable to, a loaner will be provided.
What is BYOD?
- Bring your own device (BYOD) refers to technology models where students bring their own personally owned device to school for the purpose of learning.
Why Apple iPad?
- Accessible
- Extends student's learning
- Universal Tool (Continuity across district, sites and classrooms)
- iPad with 16 GB
- If you have an iPad that updates to iOS 8, students can use that device at school.
- iPads need a lightning connector
- Parents can purchase iPad at any store (not just at APPLE stores)
- Parents can purchase devices from any store (not just Apple)
- Loaners will be on site to ensure that ALL students have access to an iPad
- Loaner devices will stay on the school campus
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Should I install vim or GVim ?
I develop mainly Ruby on Rails (I also use IDE's, but different topic).
Are there any differences or advantage of using Gvim vs vim ?
In gVim you can select the font, vim depends on the font the terminal provides. And it's the same for colour support. Gvim has full support, vim depends on the terminal.
Gvim additionally has menus and a toolbar, which vim lacks.
One big advantage of vim is that, since it's a terminal application, you have a full fledged terminal at your fingertips. gVim has very rudimentary terminal support. This is handy if you run
Install both and try them both, they use the same configuration etc. so there's no risk.
As far as differences are concerned: one is a graphical tool one is a command line tool. So the advantage of vim to gvim is that you can use it easily over an ssh connection. (You can do the same with gvim by tunneling X but that has quite some overhead.
gvim package shall have all vim coming along. Meaning, if you wish to fall back to vanilla vim you can.
Anyway, the biggest difference IMO is that vim depends on the terminal to handle special characters and key-sequences. If you wish to map and exploit things like
Of course gvim has menus, mouse, toolbar, etc. But that's just a small bonus compared to a fully functional keyboard.
They both are the same if you see performance wise but if you want good looks and want to customize the editor so that it does not look boring then you would like to try the enhanced version of vim.


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Managing Your Maternity Leave
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When the answer is noWhat to Do If Your Employer Does Not Have a Maternity Leave Policy
If your research has uncovered the absence of any maternity leave policy in your company, you may have to argue first for a policy before you consider negotiating for a leave. Begin by checking out what comparable organizations do for their employees so you can assess the likelihood of getting what you want and frame arguments in support of your position.
Next, try to gather support by asking what others think. Try to gauge the level of demand for the policy you have in mind. Approach the right person. Speak with a supervisor .If you're part of a collective bargaining agreement, talk to your union representative.
Don't give up when the answer is no. It may take a long time to plant the seed about a family-friendly policy, but eventually a groundswell of support for the idea will grow, and responsive management may then be more willing to consider your concerns. When arguing your case, the following benefits to the company should be covered:
- MoraleSo many women have flooded into the marketplace (and even more are now attending college) that no firm can expect a women-free work environment now or in the future. When female employees know that a leave policy exists, their morale and productivity is higher.
- RecruitmentA liberal policy would be a strong incentive for any person considering a job in the firm.
- TurnoverNo company can afford a high rate of turnover. The absence of a policy encourages young women to leave.
- CompetitionMany firms have these policies nowadays. If two companies are competing, the one without a policy is in a weakened position.
It takes time to initiate new company policies. You may not sell the idea the first time around, but if your argument is followed by others, in time your employer will have to reconsider. Feel proud of the fact that future working women will benefit from your efforts to make your job a better place to be.
Be aware that if your employer does not treat pregnancy as a disability, its policies probably do not conform to the Pregnancy Discrimination Act and applicable state law. In that case, you should consider contacting the federal Equal Opportunity Commission (or state's equivalent) or an attorney to explain what your rights are.
FYI: Does Maternity Leave Cost More?
A study by the Families and Work Institute, a nonprofit research group, finds that maternity leave costs a company less than it would cost to train a replacement. Other studies have shown that businesses that provide maternity leave profit in other ways: women are more loyal, more productive, miss fewer days at work, and work longer into their pregnancies. They are also more likely to return to the job after childbirth.
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Made hands are very rare in mahjong. Is there a table that lists the possibilities of starting with a complete hand?
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Not sure I know what a 'made hand' is. Are you asking what are the odds of being dealt the Nine Gates? If yes, the odds are about 5000:1 in a 136 tile set. This page has a combinatorial treatment of the 13 orphans vs the Nine Gates.
I wrote a program to simulate mahjong hand dealings. It's not verified yet, but so far, the ratio appears to be around 1 in 100,000 games.
"Made" hands are those that satisfy certain requirements, specifically four "sets" of either triplets or "three in a row," plus a pair. There are also a handful of "special cases" of "made hands" that don't meet these requirements. If, after taking a tile, you don't have a "made hand" (in either regard), you need to discard a tile and try again.
The "special cases" are easily countable. The more common cases can be counted using a branch of math called "combinatorics" (the math of combinations). Increasingly powerful software programs can do this easily.
The older "authorities" probably lacked "combinatoric" capabilities, hence no tables from them. The answer (in the form of a table, or a descriptive function), could now well exist somewhere in the world. That may or may not include the western world, depending on how popular the topic of mahjong is among western problem solvers. But the answer appears attainable, and may soon be, if it hasn't been already.


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I wanted to give you an update as for the 24th Illinois battalion for the 150th Perryville event. The event is Oct 5th-7th, but arrival is Thurs Oct 4th, 7pm. What a great group of c/p/h leaders assembled to put this battalion together and I am honored to be part of it. I know many of you are focused on other 150th events this year, but please do not hesitate to get your men registered as soon as possible for the event.
Website is:
This will include a registration form, uniform guidelines, research, etc. All registrations should be done thur this site and NOT thru the event website. The registration fee is $35 up until Sept 10th, 2012. This will cover event registration, rations and any remaining will go to the 'Friends of Perryville' as a donation. The main event website has already opened registration (yes, it is a bit early). Registrations are already rolling in. Yes, we have a long time to go and No, we did not set the cut-off dates. There is a discussion forum also set up on the AC Forum at www.authentic-campaigner.com
Companies: The Liberty Rifles have also voted to form a company for the event as well. Jeremy Brevard has agreed to take over Mr. Holloways company as well. We have asked each commander to recruit and set up their own companies. We have asked that each company have 25 pre-registered for the event. If not, there may be some consolidation of companies right up to event time. However, we are confident that each of you can get your companies filled up!
Arrival and Preservation March: We ask that everyone be on-site by Oct 4th, Thursday at 7 pm. A basic one day marching ration will be issued and we will march to our friday night camp at 9 pm. Friday morning we will start our preservation march and a rolling tactical. We want to urge everyone to arrive by Thursday night, but if they men can not get there till friday, we will have a static bivouac/camp to meet the battalion on friday. Our commissary and regimental sutler will be set up at this static camp and provide a rally point for any late-comers. But to get the best experience from the event, men should arrive by Thursday night at 7pm. We also ask that no one leave early unless there is a valid emergency.
The static camp for friday and saturday night will have limited tentage. Our commissary, sutler and surgeon will be set up in the statiuc camp the entire event. The men left their tentage behind when they marched on the campaign. We will have a back-up plan in case of inclement weather. We will ask that everyone bring shelter tents/small tent flies, that will only be raised in the case of inclement weather.
Uniform Guidelines: These are posted on the website. Please be sure that these are met.
As Adjutant, Herb Coats will be handling much of the detailed info, rosters and organizational minutia for the battalion up to and during the event. Sean Cooper will be handling registration. Johnny Lloyd will handle all communications to your Orderly Sgts. We need a commissary sgt for the event as well. If you are interested in serving as the Commissary Sgt, please contact me asap. Joe Smotherman will be serving as our Regimental sutler and Thomas Federico is our Regimental Surgeon.
Of course, we have lots of time before this event and more info will be forthcoming. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me or Herb Coats
Staff at Perryville:
Regiment commanded by Sr. Capt. August Mauf (of Co. E) - Jim Butler
Adjutant - 2nd Lt. Julius Pann - Herb Coats
Sgt Major - William Vocke - Johnny Lloyd
QM Sgt - John F. Goss - open
Regimental Surgeon - Thomas Federico
Regimental Sutler - Joe Smotherman
Co. A: Capt. Geo. A. Guenther - SCAR - Sean Cooper
Co. B: 1st Lt. Andrew Jacobi - 48th NY - Joe Blunt
Co. C: 1st Lt. Wm. Blanke - Shingleroof Boys and Armory Guards - Jordan Roberts
Co. D: Capt. Leopold Decker - Trans-Miss - Michael Comer
Co. E: 1st Lt. Arthur Erbe (of Co. H) - Eastern Co. - Pete Berezuk
Co. F: 2nd Lt. Hugo Gerhardt - Jeremy Brevard
Co. G: 1st Lt. Peter Hand - Independent Rifles- Pat Landrum
Co H: Cpt. Frederick Hartman - Liberty Rifles - Paul Boccodoro
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Europe's refining businesses must slim down further and then pump billions of dollars into what remains, according to the head of European refining trade group Europia.
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BRUSSELS -- Europe's oil-refining businesses will have to slim
down further and then pump billions of dollars into what
remains, the head of one of Europe's leading oil trade
associations said Thursday.
Michel Benezit, president of Europia, a trade
association for Europe's refiners, presenting a grim outlook
for refining in the region, said $21 billion will need to be
spent on investment in the continent's refineries and that
retaining sufficient refining capacity was key to Europe's
energy security.
Since 2008, some 15 European refineries have
closed, representing 8% of the continent's capacity. The
industry is hobbled by having too many plants set up to refine
gasoline and not enough to refine diesel, a technical mismatch
with demand that is hard to rectify. Meanwhile, appetite for
refined products overall is waning.
Speaking at the Platts European Refining Markets Conference, a
meeting of Europe's refiners held each year in
Brussels, Mr. Benezit said close attention needs to be paid to
industry dynamics and warned against losing the ability to
refine in Europe.
"We all know that demand for refined products
has declined," he said. Gasoline demand has fallen 17% over the
past five years alone, according to Europia's figures.
How many more closures will be required "is
anybody's guess" but more than 2% of existing capacity would
have to go, Mr. Benezit said.
What remains of the refining sector will need huge
investment to deal with efficiency requirements and concentrate
on valuable products, he said. At least $21 billion will need
to be pumped into the industry by 2020, on top of the nearly
$30 billion that has been spent in the last five years.
These combined amounts represent about $1 of
capital expenditure for every barrel processed, in an environment where the refining
margin -- or profitability -- is typically about $1-$5/bbl.
This week's US oil data from the Energy
Information Administration showed that refineries on the US
Gulf coast are running at near full tilt, suggesting that
refiners there will continue exporting products to Europe. The
US, which used to import much of the gasoline it consumed, is
now meeting many of its domestic needs by refining oil derived
from shale. The US oil boom increases the likelihood of a
sustained period of high product availability that could crush
margins for all refiners in Europe, according to analysts at
JBC Energy.
The development of refining outside Europe in places
like the Middle East and China has also introduced competition.
These "unequal environment policies" have lower environmental requirements to
Europe, Mr. Benezit said Thursday.
Increasing legislation in Europe and the loss of key markets
such as the US are also squeezing the industry, he said, along
with the development of more fuel-efficient cars.
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Do you know the explanation why in modern Kohanim there is a paternal line encompassing about 50% of the Kohanim and then many lines encompassing the other 50% 1. Is it possible for a Kohen to be descended from a non-Kohen father in some cases?
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I suggest you look at the section of that Wikipedia article: Does a CMH prove Cohen ancestry?
It is all about probabilities, where you expect a more likely distribution, not a DNA test like in the movies where you prove an association to like 1 in a Trillion.
In any event, although it is called 'Y chromosomal Aaron' it could very well be some immediate descendant in any event (say Eliezar, his son and successor, or Pinchas his grandson, etc.) leaving a whole linage of Kohanim without the gene.
So although we know that in history there were fake Kohanim (I can't find a good source online for that, but I have definitely heard it in Shiurim), and any Kohain today has a presumption (Chazakah) of his status (also due to issues that could make him a Challal which don't affect the genetics discussion, other than the distribution among non-Kohanim), nevertheless the presence of the gene or lack thereof for a specific person is not conclusive one way or another, it is just a certain amount of evidence.
In some circles there is a story that only the "Rappaport" family has any "chazakah" of actually being Kohanim, and all other Kohanim are safek (in doubt) of actually being a Kohen or not.
As for the gene, it's in great dispute as to it's meaning. Further study needs to be done.


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Looking at the MBtiles spec, the tile_data field of the tiles table is just a blob of a tile image.
With this information, I expected to be able to take a data URI, string it of everything except the base64 encoded string, and decode it for storage in the tile_data field.
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var dataURI = "data:image/jpeg;base64,[some_encoded_data]";
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unencodedBytes = atob(image.split(',')[1]);
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At this point, my unencodedBytes variable should have raw jpeg image data, and as such, I should be able to insert it into a tile_data field, correct? Is there an additional step I need to take? The data looks like belongs there, based off my observations of other valid mbtiles files, however all the mbtiles viewers I try to view this either do not show the data, or say they cannot figure out what type of data it is (jpeg or png).
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Obama Steps Up Effort to Rally Support for Fiscal Plan, Will Meet With CEOs
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama is ramping up the White House's postelection effort to generate public support for his preferred package of tax increases and spending cuts.
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See some scenarios for how different groups of people may be affected by the tax changes that will take place if the fiscal cliff isn't resolved by the Jan. 1., 2013, deadline.
Mr. Obama, while standing firm on his viewpoint during talks with Republicans, called House and Senate leaders over the weekend to prod discussions, invited business leaders to the White House to enlist their support and planned a public event for Wednesday to press his position on taxes.
Like Mr. Obama, top House Republicans are planning to meet Wednesday with business leaders—including Erskine Bowles, co-chairman with former Sen. Alan Simpson, of the president's 2010 deficit-reduction commission.
Mr. Obama will use Wednesday's event, his first in what is expected to be a series in coming weeks, to call on House Republicans to immediately pass an extension of the Bush-era tax cuts for households making less than $250,000 a year. Republicans have opposed such a move, which would increase taxes on upper-income Americans.
All the Bush-era tax cuts expire in January, at the same time that automatic spending cuts go into effect—creating a double-whammy known as the "fiscal cliff." Congressional leaders and the White House are trying to strike a deal to avoid that scenario.
"People in both parties agree we need a 'balanced approach' to deal with our deficit and debt and help our economy create jobs,'' said House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio), whose office has circulated polling data they believe show that more Americans support the GOP approach of raising revenues without increasing tax rates.
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Mr. Obama called Mr. Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) over the weekend to discuss the matter, White House and congressional officials said. The calls suggest high-level lines of communication remain open, even though the leaders aren't expected to meet this week after slim progress was made at staff-level talks last week.
The president will instead continue his own campaign to galvanize public support. On Wednesday he'll hold his second meeting in as many weeks with chief executives, people familiar with the meeting said. The session with CEOs follows his Nov. 14 meeting that included Jeff Immelt, of General Electric Co. GE -0.35 % , and Indra Nooyi, of PepsiCo Inc. PEP 0.73 % The CEO meetings have been arranged in part by White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, people familiar with the planning said.
Republicans expressed frustration with what they see as posturing by the White House. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) criticized the president Wednesday for not offering more specific spending-cut proposals to match what Republicans believe are their concessions on raising taxes.
"It is time for the president to present a plan that rises above these reckless and radical voices on the hard left," Mr. McConnell said. "He's the only one who can lead his party to do something they wouldn't ordinarily do."
White House press secretary Jay Carney said the president is optimistic about the prospects of a bipartisan deal, citing softening in the GOP's resistance to tax increases. He reiterated the notion that Mr. Obama won't sign an extension of the Bush-era tax cuts for the top 2% of income earners.
"The president has proposed closing loopholes and capping deductions, and is obviously interested in looking at other proposals along those lines," Mr. Carney told reporters Monday. "But he has made clear he will not sign an extension of the Bush-era tax cuts for the top 2% because it's bad economic policy."
Mr. Obama's approach is a stark contrast to his negotiating style of 2011's budget talks. During those talks, he met primarily with lawmakers, and at one point peeled off to unilaterally negotiate with Mr. Boehner. The White House felt that process hurt the president politically.
The enlistment of business is also a marked change for the administration. The two have been repeatedly at odds during Mr. Obama's first term.
The president's Wednesday CEO meeting comes the same day a number of other chief executives are traveling to Washington to try to convince lawmakers to reach a deficit-reduction deal. Those CEOs, part of a campaign called "Fix the Debt," have said policy makers should agree to a combination of tax increases and changes to entitlement programs like Medicare. The White House is still finalizing the list of CEOs attending the meeting.
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Personally, it's monthly all the way. I find the seasonal updates incredibly boring and vague, anyone who thinks monthly updates are verging on a story must never have read a story or has the imagination/attention span of a child. That said, I like Terk's update, which is every half season.
PS: I don't agree that you need to type up what you have recently played or else you'll forget. It's very easy to save you game under various titles, every 4 months or so and then look back through matches or save screenshots, the screenies provide more info for fans of the thread and should jog your memory about interesting events that have taken place.


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The Harlem Globetrotters stopped in to Bowling Green Monday night.
Our weekend sports anchor, Andrew Dawson, got in on the action.
While he didn't have the best night on the court, he still scored a few points.
WBKO caught up with him after his performance, and had a little fun with the all-star, who joked back and forth on his basketball prowess.
"I struggled. I struggled. I didn't practice enough. I probably didn't get enough jumpers in, and I'm just going to hit the gym every day for the rest of the year until they come back. You know I felt like I was a little bit better than most of them. I probably should have had some more minutes. We probably would've won had I got to play the whole game. That's fine. I'm not bitter about it," said Dawson.
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I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on the Lenovo S206 of my brother and already spent hours on trying to get the graphic driver to work.
No matter which solution I used, in the end Unity crashes, after the login I can see files on the desktop and also open folders and so on, but there is neither a window manager nor any sign of Unity (no panel on the top, no sidebar).
I used this instruction to install the driver and I also tried generating distribution-specific packages.
My Brother wants to go to France in two days, I hope you can help me out.


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Consuming Hello World pagelet in WebCenter Interaction 10.3.0
By astemkov on Dec 05, 2011
The goal of this exercise is to show how you can insert Hello World pagelet created here to the WebCenter Interaction portal.
You can also refer to this whitepaper for more details.
Let's assume the following:
- Pagelet Producer is running on http://pageletserver.company.com:8889/pagelets/
- WebCenter Interaction is running on http://wci.company.com:8080/
- You created Hello_World pagelet as described here.
Register Pagelet Producer remote server
- login to WCI as administrator
- Click on Administration link at the top of the page. That will take you to Admin Objects Directory
Let's create PageletProducer folder where we are going to keep all Pagelet Producer related objects
- Open Create Object combobox
- Choose Administrative Folder
Type Name = PageletProducer
- Click OK
Click on newly created PageletProducer folder
Now let's register our Pagelet Producer server with WCI
- Open Create Object combobox
- Choose Remote Server
Type Base URL = "http://pageletserver.company.com:8889/pagelets" (which is the address of our Pagelet Producer server)
- Click Finish
- Select "PageletProducer* folder
Type Save As = "Pagelet Producer Remote Server"
- Click Save
We can see that "Pagelet Producer Remote Server" was created in "PageletProducer* folder
Creating Hello World Web Service
- Open Create Object combobox
- Choose Web Service - Remote Portlet
Click "Browse" button and select "Pagelet Producer Remote Server"
- Click OK
In Portlet URL field type "inject/v2/portlet/MyLib/Hello_World?content-type=iframe&csapi=true&ifheight=300px"
- "MyLib" is a library that contains our Hello World pagelet
- "Hello_World" is a name of our Hello World pagelet
- Click Finish
- Select "PageletProducer* folder
Type Save As = "Hello World Web Service"
- Click Save
"Hello World Web Service" is created:
Creating Hello World Portlet
- Open Create Object combobox
- Choose Portlet
From the list of templates or web services select Hello World Web Service
- Click OK
Select the Type/Size you like and click "Finish"
- Select "PageletProducer* folder
Type Save As = "Hello World Portlet"
- Click Save
"Hello World Portlet" is created:
Using Hello World Portlet on the Home Page
Now let's navigate to My Pages -> Home Page
* Click "Edit Page"
* Drill into "PageletProducer" folder
* Click on "Hello World Portlet"
* Click on "Close Editor" button
Here's our "Hello World" pagelet inserted into Home Page in WCI:


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12 Pumpkin Activities and Crafts for Kids
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Growing Pumpkins
Those with a green – or orange – thumb in your family, will love to grow pumpkins. Save the seeds after you carve your pumpkins, clean the pulp off, and lay the seeds out in a single layer to dry out for one month. Then you can either save the seeds in an envelope to plant late next spring or you can plant them indoors and transplant your pumpkin outside when it's warmer again. Pumpkins need at least six hours a day of direct sunlight to grow. Maybe by next fall, you'll have a giant pumpkin!
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NFL unveils new Pro Bowl uniforms NFL unveils new Pro Bowl uniforms Close Tweet0 Share0 Comment0 Share0 Share0 Stumble It0 Print0 More Audibles First Down/Fourth Down: Matt Ryan, Tony Gonzalez finally break through by Chris Burke Add Favorite Favorite Added Twitter Email Posted: Sun Jan. 13, 2013 Matt Ryan had been 0-3 in the playoffs before Sunday's victory. (Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)Atlanta fans did not expect it to be easy, right?Sure, through three quarters, it looked like the Falcons would stroll on in to the NFC title game. But given this team's playoff history (not to mention the repeated resiliency Seattle showed all year), Sunday's game would have felt odd without a little drama.Or, rather, a preposterous amount of drama.The Falcons took a 27-7 edge into the fourth quarter, only to watch Seattle rally with 21 unanswered points. The early chapters of Matt Ryan's legacy hung in the balance -- to erase his and the Falcons' postseason demons, the Atlanta QB needed to take his team from its own 28 into field-goal range over the game's final 25 seconds.He needed all of two passes to get the job done. Ryan connected with Harry Douglas for 22 yards to midfield, then drilled one in to Tony Gonzalez, who was in search of his first playoff win, for 19 more. Matt Bryant's 49-yard field goal and a subsequent failed Seattle Hail Mary cemented a dramatic 30-28 Atlanta victory.Ryan's detractors, no doubt, will point to his fourth quarter prior to that final drive -- a stretch that included a three-and-out, a misfired 3rd-and-8 pass and a ghastly interception.But, with his back to the wall, Ryan delivered when he most needed to Sunday.First Down/Fourth Down takes a look back at some more of the highs and lows from Atlanta's thrilling triumph.First Down: Russell Wilson.Specifically, Russell Wilson in the second half. The last of the rookie starting quarterbacks alive in these playoffs, Wilson orchestrated a mesmerizing road rally that nearly pushed Seattle into the conference championship game.Wilson tossed a pair of touchdown passes and ran for a third in the second half, as Seattle attempted to become the first road team to win a playoff game it trailed by 20 points since the 1957 Lions. His 385 yards through the air made Wilson the first rookie QB to top 300 yards in a playoff game since Sammy Baugh in 1937.The future could not be any brighter for Wilson in Seattle. He proved again, on the national stage, that he is as calm and collected as the league's most veteran quarterbacks.Fourth Down: Icing the kicker.Does this strategy ever work? It certainly did not Sunday, when Seattle's Pete Carroll opted for a timeout just as Atlanta Matt Bryant lined up for his potential game-winning kick.Bryant, of course, pushed his first attempt wide right, only to be granted a reprieve by Carroll's efforts to ice him. Kick two sailed right through the middle of the uprights for the Atlanta victory.First Down: Tony Gonzalez.Gonzalez's career may have ended without Atlanta's late rally -- the future Hall of Fame tight end has said he is "95 percent" sure he'll retire after this season. Instead, he helped prolong the Falcons' year with the clutch catch to set up Bryant's game-winner.All told, Gonzalez hauled in six catches for 51 yards and a touchdown. And in case you were not sure how much a playoff win meant to him, Gonzalez could not hold back tears after Seattle's final Hail Mary attempt failed.Fourth Down: Seattle's inability to get points at the end of the second quarter.The Wilson-led comeback nearly made this moot, but the Seahawks' two-point loss brought their first-half failures back into the limelight again.Seattle had a pair of red-zone trips in the first half and came away with zero points -- Michael Robinson was stuffed on 4th-and-1 from the 11 midway through the second quarter, and Wilson took a sack on third down just prior to halftime that caused time to expire.The Seahawks would have loved a touchdown both times, but a field goal in either circumstance may have made the difference in the game's outcome.The handoff to Robinson, one play after Robert Turbin was stuffed on 3rd-and-1, is particularly hard to justify. Marshawn Lynch, the Seahawks' leading rusher and a physical back in his own right, would have been a better option.First Down: The Richard Sherman-Roddy White matchup.Man, this one was fun. It is easy to understand how Sherman could rub people -- players, coaches and fans -- the wrong way with his constant trash talking. The Seattle cornerback backs it up, though, more often than not.He was on his game early, swatting down several deep balls from Ryan. Sherman made sure he let the Falcons hear about each one, too, making a "You're crazy for throwing at me" gesture repeatedly.White landed a meaningful counter-punch late in the second quarter. He beat Sherman deep down the middle of the field and, with Kam Chancellor late coming to help, hauled in a pass from Ryan for a 47-yard TD. Of course, White celebrated by chirping in Sherman's ear; Sherman responded with a sarcastic golf clap.This was two of the league's best at their respective positions going toe-to-toe, and it was enthralling television.Fourth Down: Atlanta's chances of covering Vernon Davis next week.The Falcons have a week to prepare their defense for Colin Kaepernick's thus-far unstoppable San Francisco attack. They'll first have to figure out some way to limit the damage Davis does.Seattle tight end Zach Miller flew open at will Sunday, en route to 142 yards receiving and a wide-open touchdown. Given the similarities in the Seahawks' and 49ers' offenses, we can expect San Francisco coordinator Greg Roman to try to exploit that Atlanta defensive weakness as well.First Down: Michael Turner and Jacquizz Rodgers.Seattle had the third-best rushing offense in the league during the regular season, but it was Atlanta that carved out consistent yardage on the ground Sunday.The Falcons outrushed the Seahawks, 167-123, with Turner chewing up 98 yards and Rodgers chipping in 64 -- 45 coming on one carry early, in which Rodgers plowed Seattle safety Earl Thomas before breaking loose. Rodgers also delivered a nice kickoff return after Seattle's go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter.Fourth Down: Bruce Irvin.Irvin had a very impressive rookie season for the Seahawks. Sunday seemed to show, however, that he's not quite ready to take over as an every-down player.With Chris Clemons out of Seattle's lineup thanks to the knee injury he suffered on Washington's chewed-up field last week, Irvin inherited a starting defensive end position. He finished with one tackle and no sacks, and on just a couple of plays did he even threaten Ryan. Irvin should only get better as a pass-rushing playmaker, but there clearly was a reason Seattle had been using him in very specific situations prior to Clemons' injury. More Audibles


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FX Race Report: PKC 2009 Season Opener at CalSpeed
Wiener Goes From Strength to Strength
Steve Wiener (Monster Energy/Makita/Trackmagic) is a consistent presence at many events in the SoCal karting scene. From club events to regional championships, Steve is always there giving his all. Coming off a solid performance at the 2008 SuperNationals, Wiener was ready to charge into 2009 with new Swedetech Leopard power and a goal to move to the front of the pack.
In the extremely competitive TaG Master class, moving up is no easy task. The San Diego, California driver showed he was up to the task though, starting with taking on everything the weather could throw at him in practice on Friday. Steve ventured out on track not only in the tricky changing conditions as it rained off and on, but also in the midst of the heaviest rain, delivering solid times and making steady improvements all day. Doing the homework on Friday put the team and driver in a strong position to be ready for whatever came on race day with two karts on hand – one dialed in for rain and the other for dry.
In qualifying, the weather question hung as heavy in the air as the grey clouds – actually it was the "whether" question, whether or not it was going to pour down buckets any minute. Wiener and the team read the conditions right and grabbed 3rd spot on the grid.
In Heat 1 Wiener leveraged his spot on the second row to get a clean start and stay in touch with the leaders. As the laps ticked off, the top five karts were covered by the proverbial blanket and everyone was looking for any opening to pounce. Patience and consistency paid off as P1 and P2 managed to take themselves out and Wiener was in the prime spot to capitalize, taking the lead and running off into the distance to grab a very well deserved Heat win.
Heat 2 saw Wiener make a clean start from the front with wide-open track ahead. Unfortunately, it was the view from behind that held a surprise. Nudged into a spin while leading, Wiener was collected by another kart. He gathered everything up to rejoin in 5th and focused his frustration into speed, fighting back to take 4th. Not a bad finish, especially considering that the earlier contact had damaged the kart.
In the Main, Wiener lined up 4th on the grid. At the green flag the leader checked out, riding off into the distance only to show up again at post-race tech. Wiener began working over P3, looking for a podium as payback for his hard work all weekend. After a few attempts, the FX Racing driver recollected his focus and put a decisive move on the third place driver to take home P3 – his first ProKart Challenge podium.
Montgomery Back in the Saddle
Roy Montgomery (Monster Energy/Makita/O'Connell Racing) came in to 2009 after a tough outing at the 2008 SuperNats. Big contact with a slower kart in the warm up session for Qualifying at the Vegas event left the new FX Racing driver with a broken shoulder and not much more than his couch to race while recovering. To add a twist to his comeback event, Friday's practice day was Montgomery's first experience driving in the rain. Roy handled it all with skill though and made excellent progress through the tough conditions.
Qualifying in the massive S1/G1 field is no easy feat. The number of top-notch drivers means minute differences in laptime can take you from top of the chart to backmarker very easily. Montgomery showed he was definitely back and ready to go by delivering a strong P6.
Montgomery took off from the grid like a rocket at the start of Heat 1 like everyone else was sleeping, moving from 10th in the combined field to 4th overall in the first couple of corners. The FX Racing driver held his ground to take 3rd in class. Heat 2 saw another stellar start from Montgomery, taking 2nd and not giving it up to bring home another podium.
Montgomery's run of explosive launches hit a snag in the Main, dropping him back to 5th. Not content with that result, the FX Racing driver set his sights on moving up, working his way to 3rd. Holding that position was not as easy though, and after a back and forth battle as the laps dwindled, Montgomery came home in 4th, a solid finish to wrap up his first weekend back in the fray.
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Hi everyone!
If you have a tech support question, please post it on the support boards :)
Not I don't have!
But way the question?
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If you have a tech support question, please post it on the support boards :)
My problem is my computer had to be deleted entirely due to a very bad virus. I had to download my familytree builder again how do I merge myheritage website to the new tree builder. I really dont want two different trees with the same information on my website. I don't want to start over.
Firt of all you should again window install own pc and antiivirus install, my friend suggest mallware is best software of antivirus. You try it.
Hi all,
The Genealogy message boards are meant to be a place where you can consult with other members regarding issues about how to document your family history.
Questions like: How do I notate a source in my tree? Does anyone know a good place to search ancestors of Venezuelan origin? Does anyone have information about John Smith, born in Ireland in 1877? belong on this message board.
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But form a recent located will there were more children mentioned.
John occupation appears to be engineer in Hawkesdale area of Victoria.
Anyone who has a connection to this family would be interested in hearing from.
Did Thomas Walton Burton and his mother Isabelle Walton, who emigrated from England around 1854, come through Ellis Island? (Deb McIff, firstname.lastname@example.com)


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I googled it and give me no result. There is a binary executable of white-box implementation of DES (scroll down), but no source code provided.
The same page also links various papers about white-box cryptography, but these don't contain the implementation.
I want to study such an implementation to learn about the techniques used there.


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I have a SQL database (sdf file)
I would like to create dummy records to fill in the database for a fixed size of say 22 MBytes.
I have a simple insert command:
INSERT INTO Log (Time, Source, MyID, SubID, Description) VALUES ('2009-09-17 01:20:35', '1', '1', '60', 'Test Record')
What I need to do is be able to create a loop which does this insert until the database file reaches a fixed size i.e. 22 Megs.
Please can you help with sample code. I am using server explorer for my database connection. I was unable to install SQL server so cannot use management studio :-(
I need to add in the command in a single query please :-)


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Dirt 2 must have the most startup splash screens I've ever seen in a PC game.
Sometimes I avoid firing it up because of how long it takes to load up. Is there any way to just jump right into the action and avoid all the startup splash and jazz?
For most of the videos, you can just press 'Enter' to skip them. The downside is that you will have to press it several times.
You can also replace some of the videos with blank files. There is some detailed info on this in a post on the Codemasters forum.
To summarize, the video files are located in the
The replaceable files are
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7 Real Insect Superpowers That Put Spidey Sense to Shame
Insects and arachnids, like humans, have their superheroes with incredible powers. The only difference is that their superheroes are real, and consistently more impressive than the human version.
Just consider ...
#7. The Spider With a Web 25 Times Stronger Than Steel
In all likelihood, the first three things you learned from Spider-Man was: spider senses blah blah blah, with great power comes yadda yadda and spider webbing is about five times as strong as high-grade steel, pound for pound. It's also waterproof and completely immune to bacteria and fungus, as if to mock us with the fact that nothing that makes up our bodies or anything associated with our lives is even close to as god-awesome-incredible as what dribbles off the backside of a spider.
Via Nationalgeographic.com
And it does all of that without a cape!
Which brings us to Darwin's bark spider, a native of Madagascar and the granddaddy of all web secretors. It produces the strongest natural substance on the face of the Earth. These eight-legged bug munchers' webbing is 10 times stronger than Kevlar (the shit they make bulletproof vests out of) and a whopping 25 times stronger than steel. Oh, and it also easily beats out titanium, tungsten and pretty much any other metal around.
Via Thenatureanimals.com
This is what our troops should be wearing.
We're sorry to say the reason the bark spider needs its butt-adamantium is the exact one you were secretly afraid of: it makes some of the largest webs on the planet that can reach over 80 feet in length. Bark spiders like to build their lairs above rivers and lakes where they don't have to compete with their lesser brethren.
Via Thenatureanimals.com
We're pretty sure those are eagles.
They totally weave their webs from one bank to the other, too. Scientists are not sure how they manage that. Let's just assume they utilize wind or build a raft of enemy corpses or something. We mean, it's not as if spiders can walk on water or anything ...
#6. The Spider That Walks on Water
... except, of course, this one.
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Which bears a distinct resemblance to Martin Landau.
Spiders are one of the few creatures on Earth capable of turning the majority of people into screaming sacks of meat stewing in their own fear piss. Spiders are terrifying by default and (as we've shown you before) have the potential to be even more terrifying. Luckily though, spiders -- like all good supervillains -- have one major weakness: water, that wonderful substance able to turn them from a terrifying foe into a laughable mass of flailing limbs.
Via Thenatureanimals.com
Got your back, bro!
And then there is the fishing spider. So named because of, no shit, its ability to fish, and by "fish" we mean "plunge its legs beneath the water's surface, grab its prey and tear it off to land." It achieves this by walking on the surface like it ain't no thing.
The fishing spider sneaks up to fish by dancing on the surface tension of water, then attacks them from above like a furry, eight-legged angel of death (the worst kind, as death angels go). More often than not, the end result is this:
Via Wildlife-Pictures-Online.com
If it makes you feel any better, that fish was kind of an asshole.
We never said it was a tiny spider, remember? That was just your wishful thinking.
But so what if it can swim, right? Just throw stones at it or kick it underwater or something. If you sink it, it drowns. Right?
Wrong! By trapping air in its fur, a fishing spider can stay submerged for almost 45 minutes. It is also an excellent swimmer, because fuck you, humanity. Signed, Nature.
Via Emilybloss.com
What the hell, water? You were supposed to have our back.
#5. Tiger Moths Create Sonic Illusions
To understand the superpower of the tiger moth, you have to understand its predator, the bat. Bats, when not striking fear in the hearts of criminals everywhere, are true marvels of nature. First, studies show that bats are actually more efficient and agile fliers than birds.
Bruce Marlin
Aside from actual tigers, what can this guy blend in with?
And bats of course also have one of the most sophisticated sonic detection systems in the animal kingdom, pinpointing bugs in the pitch black of night with ultrasonic waves. It's these astounding abilities that make bats the unstoppable hunters in the night that they doubtlessly are.
Via Brevard.edu
They should make a superhero out of that.
Tiger moths, while potential bat prey, are one of the few creatures that can detect the high-frequency projections of bats, so they know when they're coming. But rather than go running away, they simply jam the signal. Now, if you think they're just screaming really loud so the bat can't hear, that certainly is part of it. But that wouldn't qualify as a superpower.
Via Independent
Though looking like a prostitute's underwear helps its case.
No, what's amazing is the moths will make fake echoes off of nonexistent objects. Basically, they can make bats see things that aren't there with sonic illusions. A bat could be flying around and then all of a sudden: "Holy shit, what is that? Break right! Break right!"
Via Timesunion.com
"Eat tree!"
Scientists, of course, have been eager to study the tiger moth's powers. In one study they -- following the tried and true scientific motivation of "shits and giggles" -- pitted bats against moths in gladiator-style death-games to see just how good the moth really was. The outmatched bug managed to screw up the bats' sonar senses despite being tethered, crippled and pitted against three bats at once.
#4. The Ironclad Beetle Lives Up to Its Name
What is the greatest weakness all insects have in common? They can be crushed. Bug spray might not kill everything. Some pests aren't fooled by the soft glow and relaxing hum of a bug zapper. But at the end of the day, a well-placed boot is logically pretty much the only weapon you'll ever need to defeat a raging insect.
Well, logic, you're in for disappointment when you happen to stomp on the ironclad beetle. It will scoff at your puny efforts.
Via Zin.ru
"Piss off, buddy."
This slow-moving, bird-crap-camouflaged insect has two distinct powers. The first is thanatosis, which sounds like a kick-ass comic book doomsday weapon but is really just a science-y way of saying that they like to play dead. In fact, these beetles play dead so well that jewelers in Mexico decorate and sell them as living bling.
Via Zin.ru
"Aww, a giant insect permanently disfigured by cheap rhinestones and a hot glue gun! He totally gets me!"
Perhaps more importantly, though, the ironclad beetle has what amounts to the hardest exoskeleton of any arthropod in existence. They are, for all intents and purposes, the tanks of the insect world. And yes, you can literally step on one and the damage you do is likely to be precisely jack shit. So it'd be like if a person was strong enough to withstand being stood on by Godzilla.
Wikipedia Commons
It took a whole platoon of U.S. Marines to bring this guy down.
And get this: you know those insect collectors who like to impale things with pins and put them in little display cabinets? Those guys have to use drills on ironclad beetles, because you can't get a pin through them without power tools.
Oh, and they also have grittier cousins called, no kidding, diabolical ironclad beetles, whose appearance is not unlike a demonic murderer's black heart set on six legs.
Via Mashpedia.es
"I am the last thing you see before you die."


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The video was really interesting and fun.
With regards to the new feature that were presented at PDC2008, I was wondering if the new Re-Start Manager feature was working well with documents derived from COleDocument, including:
- A "flat" document having an embedded Excel Workbook being edited when the app was crashing
- A document relying on a Structured Storage files that has some streams pending but not commited yet
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If I have two internal computers connecting to the same external IP address through a NAT router, how is the router able to get the traffic to the correct internal computer? It is my understanding that NAT forwards incoming packets to the computer that recently sent outgoing packets to the [incoming packet's] sender's IP address. Since both computers are sending to the same address, does the router forward the packet to both? If that is the case, is it the responsibility of the client software to determine which packets are relevant?
Is it possible if both computers are attempting to connect to the same port?


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For generations, the Skylanders have used their magical powers and weapons to protect Skylands. But now, an evil tyrant has frozen and banished them to Earth. Only you can put them on the Portal of Power and bring them back to life in their world to save Skylands forever.
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Titanfall live-action trailer proves that life is better with a titanWritten by: / / 13 Comments
How would your life be improved with the addition of a hulking walking tank?
As far as the below-appearing live-action trailer for Titanfall is concerned, things can only get better if you've got a titan in tow as you go about your everyday business, but what happens if you meet someone else with a mech that can be called in from the Earth's atmosphere? What if you had a 'Titan Rival?'
Find out below in the very well done live-action video for EA and Respawn Entertainment's Titanfall:
Titanfall – Life is Better With a Titan
Titanfall is out on Xbox One and PC on March 11th in North America, March 13th in Europe and March 14th in the UK. The Xbox 360 version is out on March 25th in North America, and March 28th in the UK and Europe following a delay.
The previously announced collector's edition recently got a glorious unboxing video to showcase its contents – take a look over here.
Have you waded through El33tonline's already extensive current and continued coverage? You can find even more videos, screenshots and details. Also don't miss El33tonline's hands-on preview of Titanfall, as well as our impressions of the game from E3 2013, and our in-depth interview with producer Drew McCoy.
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