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Windows 7 has a new shiny Ribbon platform developers can leverage to create new user experience for their applications. Using the Windows 7 Ribbon, developers can eliminate much of the drudgery of Win32 UI development and deliver a rich, graphical, animated, and highly familiar user interface by using markup based UI and a small, high-performance, native code runtime.
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Who said that the Office RIBBON was a good thing in the first place ???
It's damn hard to get used to .. I prefer the good old menu system ...
Even if the ribbon is there , there should be an option for the user to choose a classical menu interface ...
Clasical menues have : have predefined keyboard shorcuts, and they are faster to use without having to move the mouse and no need to even look at the keyboard ...
But when it comes to this silly RIBBON interface one tends to waste the time wondering where a command is located ….. which reminds us of the old Start Menu .. where you'd spend an average of 1/2 an hour a day searching for program shortcuts ..
Now VISTA offers quick search in the start menu .. but Office 2007 would reclaim that wasted 1/2 an hour in searching and locating the UI commands ...
Please let the RIBBONS in Windows 7 an option .. and make sure that good old menus are available for users who want things done and not waste their time in figuring out where a command is ...
80% of the usability testers like the ribbon. were they all kindergartners or were some first graders, too? because the ribbon in office, especially in excel, is a nightmare for developers.
Be careful what you ask for as far as productivity or you'll lose your QWERTY keyboard next.
For those can't, or don't want to, think for themselves but would rather have the new iteration of MS Bob hold their hands while doing basic "baby" tasks while keeping true functionality hidden, consider this, its at your level.
Monitors are virtually all wide screen with significantly less vertical viewing space. Good for movies, useless for much else. (Another statement on the sophistication of the audience that manufacturers and MS are marketing to) With less vertical viewing space, MS is their great wisdom decides to eat up even more of it with a ribbon.
If "pretty" and "toys" are your criteria for evaluating OS usability you might want to go back to crayons.
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Think Twice About Toy Guns (and Real Guns)
The AAP advises parents to think twice before allowing their child to play with toy guns. Toy guns that fire projectiles can injure kids, typically in the face or eyes, and can pique kids' curiosity about real guns and make them seem harmless to kids. There are tons of fun non-violent toys and active play games to choose from for boys and girls.
The AAP also encourages parents to keep real firearms out of the home or safely locked away, out of sight from kids. Homicide is the second-leading cause of death among people ages 15 through 24 in the U.S. "The absence of guns from children's homes and communities is the most reliable and effective measure to prevent firearm-related injuries in children and adolescents," according to an AAP policy statement. "Safe gun storage (guns unloaded and locked, ammunition locked separately) reduces children's risk of injury." The AAP also notes that teen suicide risk is strongly associated with the availability of a firearm. If your child has shown signs of depression or violent behavior, it is especially important to prevent access to firearms.
The AAP supports the ASK (Asking Save Kids) Campaign, which urges parents to ask "Is there a gun where my child plays?" About 40 percent of U.S. homes with children have guns, many left unlocked or loaded — and several hundred children are killed or seriously injured each year as a result.

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Praying for all those affected & mourning the loss of loved ones.
I'm having an issue with my husband that I don't know how to resolve. My husband has discovered that he has ADD, which has actually really helped our marriage since now both he and I are better at communicating (since I know now that he's not being rude, etc. when he's just unfocused). Regardless, we still have constant arguments about the location of his things. He never organizes or even puts things away, leaving his tools, paintbrushes, money, phone, etc. lying wherever he puts them down (counters, etc.). I try to keep the house clean, but all of his areas (outside the main house) are a disaster. He even had mold growing in a pile of detritus in his truck. I know he can't organize, he doesn't even know where to begin. Anyway, the cause of our disagreement is that I move the things he puts down (in the main house) and try to put them up out of reach of our kids or put them in one of his areas. And then they get lost, or I forget where I put them. Sometimes he moves them himself and blames me. Either way, whenever he can't find something (which is all the time!), he gets angry at me because he "knows" that I moved it (and often I did!). But I try to pick up after him and our three little kids (4 and under) all day long. I pick up literally hundreds of things every day, I can't keep track of everything. I'm not all that organized myself but I can't just let everything degenerate into chaos. I've tried making a basket to put all of his unidentified things in but he forgets about the basket and thinks it's ridiculous that I move his things at all. I know I should just let them alone, but he leaves them lying sometimes for months! Yesterday he was looking for a valve that he left on the kitchen counter months ago. When he said I moved it and asked me to look I didn't even know where to begin. He found it in the basket I made to keep his things in, but we had a terrible fight. I don't even know what to do, he doesn't understand why I should move his things, and I keep telling him to please find a place for them and put them away so these things don't happen! We can't even talk about it, because he gets angry, talks over me, and tries to make the conversation about all of my personal failings that he can think of! I'm already overwhelmed because the house is in chaos from the kids. I don't even have the emotional energy to devote to this, so I need some unbiased advice! Thanks to all, and sorry this is so long!
My husband has a little bit of this problem. He is not organized and so loses stuff. What I did was put a plastic container in crucial spots in the house near where he tends to unload stuff - near the front door, in the bedroom, in the kitchen. etc. If he still leaves stuff lying around I just pop it in one of his containers. Now he is in the habit of going to the buckets to find his stuff. When the containers get full I ask him to spend some time with me going through it and between the two of us, finding the correct permanent places for the stuff (files, trash, coin jar, etc.) This is hard to get him to do and he does it only grudgingly but I tell him if he won't do it with me I will do it myself and will end up tossing out a lot of the stuff which he doesn't want. The main trick is to put his containers in convenient places for him so that it's just as easy to dump his stuff in them than on the counter or something.
Prayers for Boston, As the wife of a marathon runner & one who has friends in Boston, I add my prayers to yours: O Master, Lord our God, in Your wisdom You have created man, and have honored him with Your Divine image, and do place in him the spirit of life, and lead him into this world, bestowing on him the hope of resurrection and life everlasting. After he had violated Your commandments, You, O Gracious lover of mankind, did descend to the earth that You might renew again the creation of Your hands. Therefore we pray You, O All-Holy Master, give rest to the souls of Your departed servants, in a place of light, joy, and peace; a place of repose. We ask forgiveness of their sins in thought, word, or deed. For You are a gracious God and You love mankind and unto You do we give Glory, together with Your eternal Father and Your All-Holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now, and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
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Hi. We just had a miscarriage last Thursday at 20.5 weeks gestation. The baby was a boy. We named him and are going to have a Mass said. We have 3 children, our oldest is 5. I told them their little brother is close to Jesus and they can talk to him and ask him to talk to Jesus for them. I don't know if that is theologically correct. Anyone else who has experienced the same, what did you tell your children?
So sorry about your loss, Lourdes. We've had two miscarriages and it sounds like what you've told your kids is great and right at their level. We add a "[names of babies], pray for us" to our bedtime prayers every day so that those children stay a part of our family in the kids' minds and so they know they do have siblings in heaven to help them out whenever they need it.
Anon, is there any way you and your husband could seek help from a couples counselor? It sounds like you're not only unsure of how to solve the issue of the disorganization, but you're also having trouble communicating about it. If you can't effectively communicate, there's no way for the two of you to work through things. Most family therapists are also trained to help those with ADD and similar medical conditions, so it's likely that in addition to helping the two of you improve communication, a therapist could help your husband come up with some strategies to keep his mind, and your home, organized. Counseling can be quite expensive, but in my experience, it's money well spent! Unknown, this forum is far from being public. Sometimes it's helpful to get opinions, ideas, and experience (and prayers!) of others, especially knowing that many people who post here share ideals and values. I wouldn't consider trying to find a solution to something causing stress in a marriage as "naggy" at all! Lourdes, my prayers are with your family and your beautiful baby boy. I don't have any experience, but I do remember hearing what one of my childhood friend's mothers told her about a miscarriage. My friend knew that her mom had miscarried a baby years prior, and gotten pregnant again shortly after. My friend had asked why she lost the baby, and her mom responded with something like "I don't know, but I trust that God knows what He's doing. I love and miss your brother (the miscarried baby was a boy, too) but I'm so thankful that so-and-so (sibling conceived after miscarriage) is a part of our family." We were 11 or 12 when she said that, but I think the "God's in charge and knows what He's doing" sentiment wouldn't be lost on a 5 year old. Again, my prayers are with you and your family.
We prayed for Boston and all of those involved-it's so mindless to have this kind of destruction, and the loss of life is always a tragedy... I made a "landing strip" with a basket, phone charger and big flat space on top of our piano for my husband to unload his pockets. It doesn't look worthy of "House Beautiful" magazine photos, but has made a world of difference in My Husband's day that he know where his *stuff* is...hope that helps
Patricia, that is a beautiful prayer! Thank you for sharing it with us--This seems small and petty to be asking for prayers and advice in the aftermath of yesterday in Boston, but I have been waiting for an open forum. I homeschool our kids and do a pretty good job--they seem to be thriving, are happy, get along with youth and adults and are helpful at home and at church, as well as helping some elderly neighbors once in a while. I can't seem to shake this feeling that they are "missing out" on all that high school has to offer in the social realm---prom, debate team, dances, pep rally football games etc. I had a wave of sadness wash over me yesterday when I was grabbing some shoes at the Mall-(we go to the mall maybe once a year) because there were so many references to "the big Dance" and I wonder if what I am doing is for the best...It's too late to turn back now, so I wonder if I could beg a bit of understanding and encouragement from you to stay the course? Have any of you schooling children to the later high school time? Beyond? How did they turn out? Thank you
For Anon: I don't have any specific advice for you. All of the things that came to my mind (a basket, time together to put things away) seem to be things you have tried. I just want to encourage you to separate the disorganization from the way your husband treats you and talks to you when he is stressed about losing things. Lots of people are disorganized, but not everyone lashes out or has unreasonable expectations (expecting you to know where you put things away months after the fact). This isn't your fault and there is only so much you can do on your own about the disorganization or the negative response. It isn't unreasonable of you to try to clear your counters and floors and keep things out of your kids' way. If he is open to seeing a counselor, that would be great.
Thanks for all the advice... it's just nice to know that I'm not being too unreasonable. I was thinking about writing him a short and tactful letter to explain how I feel, maybe that would help to keep the conversation from being sidetracked when we talk about it. Any more ideas would be appreciated, too! And Lourdes, I'm so sorry for your loss. I'm also praying for Boston- thanks for the beautiful prayer, Patricia!
Lourdes, I am so very sorry for your loss! I will pray for you & your family. We lost a baby to miscarriage 9 years ago & I still mourn the loss. Having our child buried & having a priest preside over a simple graveside service brought us great comfort. We also named our child, ask them to pray for us, & placed an icon with the child's patron saint in our prayer corner. Despite never knowing our child, we loved them in the womb & they are still a very real part of our family. I think what you shared with your other children is perfectly fine & appropriate. The Church in Her wisdom has not spoken definitively on the state of children who die before birth/baptism...but we trust in the goodness & mercy of God & find peace in knowing that He loves our child even more than us & desires the salvation of all. After our loss, I found that the quote below gave me a measure of comfort -- I hope that it does for you, too: "When God takes someone from us, it is always for a good reason. When the sheep have grazed and thinned the grass in the lower regions, the shepherd will take a little lamb in his arms, carry it up the mountain where the grass is green, lay it down, and soon the other sheep will follow. Every now and then Our Lord takes a lamb from the parched field of a family up to those Heavenly Green Pastures, that the rest of the family may keep their eyes on their true home and follow through." ~ Simple Truths by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen May God bless you & grant you His peace!
Lynnea, No prayer request is too small or petty! :) We also homeschool & our eldest (17) is about to graduate from high school (our other children are 15, 13, 10, 7 & 4). Stay the course..it sounds like you are raising kind, thoughtful & faith-filled children! I had anxieties about homeschooling during high school...more worrying about whether I was up to it versus our children missing out on something (in fact, I am so grateful that they are 'missing out' on some of the things that I was exposed to during high school). If anything, I feel like they have been able to experience more of the 'real world' than I did during my years in public school. Our children are a work in progress (as are we!), but it has been a real blessing & grace to see them develop into young adults without the teen drama, peer pressure, & issues that (sadly) most people see as normal during adolescence. There are a few families in our Catholic homeschool support group whose children are adults now (some in college, some married) & it has been really wonderful to watch them develop into young adults who are a real joy to be around. We all have these "what if..." days...this, too, shall pass. Praying that God graces you with an insight to the fruits of your labor through homeschooling! :) God bless--
Two questions: 1) Anyone ever have what looks like fertile mucus (lubricative and clear) when they were pregnant and if so is this "normal"? 2) What monetary gift, if any, do you give to the priest who baptizes the baby and is it a different amount if it's a deacon who does the baptism? Thanks!
Jenny; yes discharge is typical during pregnancy. Any questions, call you nurse. Yes, we've given a small monetary gift.
Lynnea, Yes, I've home schooled 6 children through high school (just passed my middle number ~ 5 more to go ;)...It is a challenge, each child's needs etc. but I feel very rewarded for all the time and work spent. I am so very proud of my oldest children, their gifts that they are sharing with the Church and the world. Their wonderful example and their love for their younger siblings and my husband and me. Don't fret, continue to do what is best for your family. God bless. Lourdes, I had 2 early miscarriages and also told my children about their siblings 'in heaven'. We celebrate our family members individual Saint's Feastdays, and celebrate each of our babies' feasts too ~ named 'Colette Maria' & 'Clare Grace'., as a way to remember. We also have 2 mini stockings for the Christmas Tree with their names inscribed.
I am just starting a moms group in my parish. We are not sure what we want to do with the group. We have a mix of moms with teens and moms with newborns. Someone gave me the name of a christian based series called moms to moms growing together. It has different chapters about the challenges(and joys) of motherhood. It has chapters about sibling rivalry, discipline etc with a biblical basis. I have not seeen it. Has anyone heard of this series? Does anyone have another series that is similar that they would recommend.
Anon- Even though my husband does not have ADD, I can sympathize a little with you. My husband is cluttered! He leaves stuff everywhere. When my twins were little, I felt like I was constantly nagging him about leaving money EVERYWHERE! I had a heart to heart with him about it. I asked him to tell me where he wanted me to put his things that I found that I considered dangerous to my kids (taking the conversation away from ME and to the protection of our children). I also gave him the power to choose how his stuff is moved. This made the transition a little easier. ( He still always blames me when he can't find something :) ) Also, I really gave up trying to keep a completely neat house. I just leave his little areas really messy unless they are a danger to the kids. Finally, have you checked out add.org. They have a lot of practical advice on managing ADD outside of medicine, on-line forums advice etc. Good luck!
Anon ~ I mean what I am about to say in all kindness, and am only trying to be very honest and (hopefully) helpful. But I feel no one else has pointed out that you, too, seem to forget where your husband's things are. I only say this because it may help your husband's feelings if you admit a little personal responsibility for the missing stuff. He is over the top to blame you for everything, but it sounds like *sometimes* you DO forget where you placed his things. So he is not all-wrong for thinking this is a possibility. And I'm sure it is humiliating for him to admit he has ADD - a real "illness" instead of just being a little scatterbrained sometimes like the rest of the world! So it sounds like the *both* of you need to go a little easier on the other one and cut each other some slack. You mentioned the buckets - are you always putting his stuff in there? If you forget sometimes, no reason why he can't. If you always remember, then his stuff should be in there somewhere. To address your feelings of overwhelmed-ness in the cleaning area, I recommend checking out FLYlady online (google the name). She has a program consisting of 15 minutes per day & achieving amazing organization and cleanliness in your house. It has transformed our home! Oh, and one other thing ~ I have heard of women who collect things their husband leaves in "common areas" and at the end of the day they dump it all on his spot on the bed - thereby NOT putting it away for him or getting it "lost" by moving it someplace else... but also not letting it clutter up the family's space. And it still honors the husband by letting him be the one to decide where all the stuff goes. And best of all, since its on the bed, it has to get put away before he can sleep in it!
My dh doesn't have ADD but he does leave things all over. He's a very clean person and hates clutter...but at the same time he likes to be able to find something right where he left it. He would most definitely leave a valve on the kitchen counter to remind himself to use it. I've tried baskets, etc. too. The keyboard I am typing on right now has an old razor laying across the top - he's searching online for parts to fix it -it's been well over a month ;) I will move dangerous things (though thankfully he rarely leaves dangerous items out). One of my kids has recently been bitten by the organization bug. I find little baskets of stuff he cleaned off the island that I had put there for a reason. Now I am finding that I am much better able to understand my dh's frustration. I know I haven't given any advice....just wanted to let you know that it's not all that uncommon and maybe you can find a middle ground....Kitchen counters off limits because of all the cleaning that must be done in there, etc. Ask him if there is some place you could put dangerous items....I would think with the add that it's even harder for him to figure out how to organize. My dh simply gets frustrated because he's at work all day then comes home and can't find his stuff
Lynnea, We've always homeschooled, our 18 yr old is in her first year of college. We have 7 more (15, 13, 11, 9, 7, 5, 1). Our oldest attended some classes at a local community college her senior year and is now at a Catholic University. She really appreciates the grounded faith/education she received. In fact, she has CHOSEN to commute because she enjoys spending time with her family. She and her 15 yr old sister often go out together with friends. She and her 13 yr old sister will go shopping together, etc. She does have friends too! My point here is that they have a relationship with each other that, although can happen in any educational setting, is more likely because they spend so much time together. Depending on where you live...there are homeschool proms, dances, etc. I don't think they are necessary....but I don't think I'd stop my children from attending them either. Those dances and proms are blips in their lives....their relationship with their siblings will last forever and help form their character. As long as it's working well and you are happy with it....stay the course :) what they are gaining far outweighs what they are missing/.
RealMom4Life: Your comment was beautiful & so true: "Those dances and proms are blips in their lives....their relationship with their siblings will last forever and help form their character." Thanks for sharing that! :)
Lynnea, I don't know where you live but in my area you can find most of the big things that high schools offer in a homeschool setting through the various co-ops and support groups.. We have homeschool prom, homeschool commencement, homeschool high school sports, homeschool plays and talent shows, etc. Granted sometimes one has to drive farther to do these things but they are available if you really want them.
Thank you Patricia, Mary L. and RealMom4Life for your kind and thoughtful responses. I feel very blessed that you wrote in with beautiful comments that share your life--I will stay the course and remember what is truly important...not just the blips...thank you again!
Unknown, I think you have some good points. Maybe I'll try Flylady again, I've been meaning to! Jane, I love your story about the razor, and about your kid who's gotten the organization bug! I admit I would be very upset if the shoe was on the other foot! :)
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Hey everyone, I'm a noob. Only in the sense that as far as GTA goes, I have no idea what I'm doing when installing certain mods etc. Have it on PS3, love it, but love the experience offered on PC with mods. So I have EFLC & GTA installed. Version 1.6 and after messing it up, 3 times, I'd like a bit of help in scripts, which ones to use and how to install them. I dont wanna sound the jerk, I know you must get this alot but I've tried myself, following installation instructions and needed scraping off the floor. So, as said there - I need some helpful person to guide someone attempting to enjoy the game to its fullest!
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I'd start with updating your game to 184.108.40.206. after that make sure you have OpenIV or SparkIV (but it's best to have them both).
Those programs are for installing weapons, player items and player models but if you want to install some scripts like you say make sure you have an asiloader and scripthook. There are various asiloaders out there, but to make this as easy as possible just download this (files meant for patch 18.104.22.168. so make sure you got that first):
It's the simple native trainer with all required files (these files are required for any scriptmod, so if you have them you never need to download them again). You can leave out the trainer.ini and trainer.asi files if you don't want simple native trainer but Id recommend installing it because it's very usefull. It's for spawning cars, changing into different player models, changing clothes/weapons etc etc. Very useful and makes the game alot more fun. To launch it simply press F3 ingame (then use numpad to scroll through).
Just let me know if you run into any problems and I'll try to help you as best as I can
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Thanks again for your help mate
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Depends on what's the cause, did you install any big mods yet? Did you play the game prior to installing any mods and was it already lagging back then?
Oh and what are your system specs?
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The derivation of the word "Amazon" is "a-mazos", which means "without a breast". Myth has it that Amazons had their right breast cut off or burned off, so they would be able to use a bow and arrow more accurately and throw spears without the physical limitation and obstruction. I stand at 5'9" and I am an Amazon Warrior. I painted this picture with my breast and it is my interpretation of how my breast reacted to the radiation and chemotherapy I received for breast cancer while I was in the fight of my life....the fight for survival. I coped with breast cancer by turning my paintings into postcards with encouraging words which I would mail to women who people would tell me about who were recently diagnosed with cancer. I felt that I had a purpose so I HAD to survive in order to be a brighter beacon to others in the storm. (I made calendars this year with several of my images from my paintings.) Thank you for letting me tell my story.


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I use URLs all the time typing them in with and without "//" after the "http:" but what does the "//" really stand for?
Slashdot had an article about this a couple of days ago. Tim Berners-Lee indicates that there was no particular reason why the two slashes are there (see also http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/the-webs-inventor-regrets-one-small-thing/).
Personally, I like the idea of this style of URL:
There's no explicit "hostname" in such an URL. If your "www.example.com" server farm becomes overburdened with requests to the "/blah1" resource, you just create a "blah1.www.example.com" DNS record and point it to another web server farm that hosts the "/com/example/blah1" resource hierarchy.
No doubt there are DNS implications with such an idea, and it surely won't happen now (any more than suddenly having clocks that run counterclockwise coming into style), but I think it would've worked rather well.
Edit: SRV RR's for web sites would've been really nice, too. Hell-- SRV RR's for anything would be nice.
There is an answer for that in Tim Berners-Lee's FAQ (link found in the slashdot discussion mentioned at @Evan Anderson's answer). Basically, he copied the filename syntax from Apollo Domain, where starting a path with a double slash followed by the name of a computer was used to transparently access files in other computers (a single slash is still the root directory). He simply prepended it with the protocol, in this case
That special case still exists in the Unix standards, where two slashes at the beginning of a file name may be interpreted in an implementation-defined manner (three or more slashes are equivalent to just one). And the same convention is widely used in Windows, only with backslashes instead of forward slashes (it is called a UNC path there).
xx:// is used to specify the protocol used, it's a double / so it can't be confused with just being a subfolder.
Tim Berners-Lee admits that this was intended to separate the protocol for the address, but turned out to be unnecessary.
See RFC 1738, section 3.1:
It think it literally means "Whack! Whack!", from the really early times where actually getting a connection to a site demanded some voodoo and you had to sacrifice (whack) not one, but TWO chickens to please the WorldWideWeamons.. :)
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The first episode ends with him and one of the daughter's dancing the Charleston on an old steam train which the manager likes to drive around on.
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Museum President Linda McNeil greeted those attending Saturday's service, discussing the history of the museum and their hopes for the future. -- Craig Howell
"We're here because 10 years ago, they were here with us," McNeil said.
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The Wells family, which has owned and operated Homer Laughlin China for several generations, has provided much support for the museum over the years, McNeil explained.
Also taking place Saturday was the dedication of a bell in the back yard of the museum. According to Janet Keller, the bell was once used on a tow boat on the Ohio River. It eventually was salvaged by J.B. Porter and used at Globe Brick before finding a home at Union Chapel in the Congo area of Hancock County.
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Does your company pay for your Holiday party?
Or do you have to foot the bill for dinner? My work is paying part of the cost for my meal but not for my spouse. I'm not complaining, just wondering what the "norm" is at everyone else's job. Ours is tonight and I think I'm going to plan on being that "well-hungover guy" at work tomorrow morning.
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I worked for a company for almost 11 years that had a "Christmas" party every year....... but then the "Holidays" ruined it for everyone.
Our work holiday party is at a country club with several other small businesses. We have an hour of apps and free drinks, then a fancy dinner (more drinks), dessert, and dancing. Work covers all of it.
My friend's work does a similar thing (different country club), but they can't invite spouses/partners to theirs.
Our company has a fancy dinner for all of the employees in my location; the company covers all food and drinks for the evening. For the past two years, we've had the events at Ruth's Chris.
I just started working here and was told it wouldn't be "as big as usual" due to budget cuts. I was still amazed at how nice it was. It was at a raquet club with apps, open bar, and served dinner with music and dancing. They paid for eveything for myself and my wife (didn't matter much because my wife still needed a new outfit and shoes...) I work for a large engineering firm just for reference.
We get nothing here. No bonus, no dinner, no party, nothing. Our sister store everyone got a small cash bonus, but we get squat.
I work for local government and my employer doesn't even pay for coffee, we have an office pool to buy coffee. When the coffee maker, refrigerator or microwave breaks down we have to take up a collection to get a new one. If we have a party we pay for everything ourselves. Which, as a government employee I feel is how it should be. We usually have a pot luck or visit a family restaurant for holiday parties. But your holiday parties all sound really nice.
the company i've worked at for the last 4 years does have a Christmas party every year and typically pays for everything (except one tough year where we still had a party at the CEO's house, but everyone brought in food).
they also have a tree of gift cards, all worth $25 each. everyone picks out 2. they could be from anywhere, amazon, home depot, target, applebees, gas card, etc. they even buy a gift (usually a book) for the little kids at the party. they even pay to fly in the 3 people that work out of state.
the last 2 years, it's been at a fancy schmancy country club. it's actually pretty generous considering the company has less than 25 people.
We have a Christmas luncheon at my office. The upper management folks supply the meats, while the rest of us brin gin a dish or dessert. We have about 80 people in my office so it tends to be an all-day event.
@moondrake: I worked for state government so I was in the same boat. However, my last agency formed an employee association that did fund raisers all year and used the proceeds to cover most of the costs of any holiday celebrations. Generally the managers were asked to pay for the big tree in the lobby and possibly some of the meats or other big ticket items. We were also expected to serve. Nothing gets me in the Christmas spirit now like wearing a disposable glove and plopping a big handful of salad with Italian dressing down on a styrofoam plate!
BTW, the fund raisers were as much fun and motivational as the parties! The entire process really contributed to improving morale!
Yes. And it is today. (Thanks for the reminder... I'll dress up a wee bit.)
They provide food (buffet style, some can be fairly good), drink (beer, wine, soda, water) and a DJ (bad wedding style) and a bunch of people hang out for a couple of hours, standing around and talking in a darkened ballroom on campus.
It can be fun, but usually is not much more than a chance to get mediocre food and meh beer or worse wine, and maybe see someone else make a fool of themselves. Hopefully, the person you've been dodging for the last three months doesn't catch up with you, but that is part of the game.
Until this year my work paid for all of the holiday party, including for my spouse. This year though they're no longer having holiday parties.
We had our Christmas Party on Saturday, it is mainly for the employees families. We rent out a catering hall and do a brunch. We get a DJ and he plays a bunch of songs and games with the kids. Santa Clause comes in and we give out presents to all of the kids under 18. There is nothing like watching a sea of kids rip open presents from "Santa". Very cool!
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Our Christmas party was paid for by our company. Both you & your guest ( family/friend/significant other ) were covered. They had a fully open bar, DJ and a really nice buffet. They did a few raffles for gift cards ( a fair number for employees and about half as many for guests ). At the end of the night, they also raffled off a new iPad 4.
They also helped us book group space at the nearest decent hotel & they helped get a shuttle to the hotel so you didn't have to drive home after drinking at the open bar.
I work for a non-profit. A generous donor pays for our holiday party. It's not fancy but it's fun. He also buys everyone gift certificates. He is awesome :)
The company I work for throws a party that starts at about 4 in the afternoon and ends early in the evening. It's held in the building and there are a few different areas turned into zones for eating, mingling, etc. There's usually a nice buffet and wine available. No one can bring a guest. I think it's a very nice gesture, and no one has to dress up too fancy or go to another location. No complaints here.
They don't pay for the food or alcohol, but our company is self-insured so they pay for the resulting pregnancy/STI related expenses.
Christmas Luncheon held during the work day
- No free food or drinks
- No spouses
- Small gift exchange (grab bag/white elephant type)
- Generally get the rest of the day off after hanging out there until about 2:30 or so...
Our holiday party pays for you and a guest. From what I understand it's decent food and an open bar (small drinks) but I've been here 2 years and haven't attended yet; a bit too much prom-esque kool aid. Although I regret missing our CEO's speech this year, apparently he had some good dirty Santa jokes.
@meh3884: You should probably go in the future, the bonding/socializing that happens at things like that is important to career development.
We have an all staff party the we are to pay for. Typically the deans we work for pay for it though. They usually have door prizes and a silent auction. Today, since this is the last day for many, we as a department brought in cookies and treats for everyone to snack on.
Just got back and I've got to say, probably the best Xmas party I've been to yet. A bunch of people didn't show up so my wife and my friend's husband didn't have to pay and another guy and I got to have two servings of Argentinean prime rib with all the fixings. The food was also excellent which was a bit of a shocker since these group functions tend to be pretty so-so food-wise. OK, I did have to pay for drinks but they were actually great so no complaints here. Here's wishing all of you at least as good a time as I had tonight.
My employer has a huge to do. It was at a very expensive venue, open bar, and they even paid for hotel rooms. It's great and all, but I do wonder (and maybe I'll ask this as a question):
Which would you rather have:
Big party as above OR
The cash?
On Christmas Eve day we set up a "customer appreciation" spread that doubles as a day-long employee feed. There are only 9 employees so it's casual. However, each employee gets a nice Christmas bonus check. :)
I work for a small company that traditionally takes every employee in town, along with their significant others, out to dinner somewhere pretty fancy. Because we're small, they normally drop between $1500-$3k, depending on where we go and how many people attend.
This year, however, money is very tight for the company, so rather than us see them "wasting" money on a big party, they've done the right thing and we're having a potluck in the evening at our office, all fancied up for the party. While it would be nice to go out, I'm happy to see them saving the money, helping to ensure that payroll will continue to be a thing.
PS Everyone cross your fingers that we don't end up just another small business that doesn't make it!
I'm not working these days, but my husband, who got tired of retirement, is. His current job is working for a military contractor which won this particular contract last October.. Unlike the contractor which they replaced, this one...well, let's just say now I know how they won the contract.
Everything is cut to the bone. No parties, no lunches or dinners, not even a small fund for throwing a Labor Day Picnic.
While we can't afford to have something catered for all the shifts, and I've been mighty low for several weeks, I've been baking my fanny off since 9 AM today to make sure these folks know SOMEONE appreciates their work. Tomorrow will be another round of baking and then the packing up of everything. And in the middle of it all, I have an appointment with an Apple "Genius" because I broke my laptop...and have to sheepishly admit I never got around to setting up any type of backup. Yeah. I'm stupidly that person. That borked person. Humbug.
We haven't scheduled ours yet. It won't be until after the New Year because one of my coworkers is going out of state for Christmas. We typically have our party at 2 in the afternoon (after the lunch rush but before nearly everyone has to leave to pick up kids/grandkids from school) and preferably on a Thursday. We all bring food and have a gift exchange (gifts worth no more than $5-10). If we combine our party with a store meeting, then our fountain drinks are paid for by the company.


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29 Jul 2011 9:38 AM #1
Book and / or Ebook Sencha Touch
Hello Community!
Well I a UI development, so in my job want start a mobile web app development powered by Sencha touch. So i'm looking for a good collection of books to increase the options to learn and support the framework.
I found a good options searching in the forums, and searching in Amazon
But (always have a but) ... we want more options to evaluate the best options and buy it.
Can you help me? Also, The post will help to the new "senchars" to find a big library to learn, improve and explore the framework.
Thank you every one for help me! have a nice develop!
Sencha Touch in Action
Jesús García and Anthony De Moss
MEAP Began: March 2011
Softbound print: Late Fall 2011 | 375 pages
URL: http://www.manning.com/garcia2/
Sencha Touch 1.0 Mobile Javascript Framework
Dr. Narasimha RaoJ
Packt Publishing Limited (August 31, 2011)
300 pages
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29 Jul 2011 2:00 PM #2
Are you asking which book is better? From what I can tell the second one isn't actually available yetExt JS Senior Software Architect
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1 Aug 2011 9:10 AM #3
hi man, asking whats is better and if you have more options, can you bring to me? tnx
1 Aug 2011 11:40 AM #4
The first book isn't finished yet, but you can get the current state as an ebook from the publisher. I have a copy, and at the moment it is very rough and ready, and hasn't been much use to me. It jumps straight in with a complicated example using concepts that haven't yet been explained. However, it is yet to be finished and edited, and the author's book on Ext.JS is much better, so I hope this will eventually be the same standard when it is complete.
27 Oct 2011 9:09 PM #5
I'm sooooooo disappointed in Jesus Garcia and Anthony De Moss.. I bought the ebook in advance like you explained it a few months ago. It was the first time I bought a book that way and was (stupidly) expecting some updates from time to time but just nothing... The only update i saw, is the release date...
I'm really angry.. really..
28 Oct 2011 7:07 AM #6
Yes, I am also really disappointed in the authors and publishers. No more Manning Publications for me.


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21 May 2010 9:17 AM #1
Icon buttons lead to "Save Image"
After trying out the press-and-hold trick with tabs to reorder them, I did the same with the tabs2 example. However, doing that gave me the default web option of saving the image or copying it. I would assume that this default behavior should be turned off. You can see this icons example as well.
21 May 2010 10:38 AM #2
Yes, we noticed that as well — the elements should have -webkit-user-select: none... I'll take a closer look now. Thanks-
21 May 2010 12:49 PM #3
Also, just adding this for everyone's reference: This is disabled with -webkit-touch-callout — not -webkit-user-select.
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I play D&D 3.5. I have a party of 6 players and myself as a DM. In my "career" as a DM, I seem to have no to little difficulty with adding monsters and encounters. But I have never understood how the Encounter Level system works. What encounter level can my party handle, and what makes that level? (How many monsters of what CR?)
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It sounds like you are an experienced DM, who has been successful so far without using the EL/CR rules.
That being the case, I don't think they'll help you.
Monsters' CRs are often terribly inaccurate. Monster Manual II is particularly egregious, such as the CR 9 Adamantine Horror that has at-will Disjunction. Dragons are under-CRed almost by tradition. Numerous monsters are actually pushovers for their CR, particularly monsters whose CR depends primarily on their relative lack of vulnerability.
Perhaps the best example is the Allip (a 4 HD, CR 3 Undead) and the Tarrasque (a 48 HD, CR 20 Magical Beast). The Allip is incorporeal, and the Tarrasque therefore cannot touch it. Meanwhile, the Allip deals Wisdom drain, which is one of the few things the Tarrasque is not immune to. A fight between an Allip and the Tarrasque ends with the Tarrasque unconscious, every time. (or the Tarrasque running away from the scary ghost, but the description of the Tarrasque suggests that it's literally incapable of considering retreat; being an Int-3-incarnation-of-rage-and-destruction will do that)
The Allip is under-CRed; few 3rd-level parties have a good way to deal with incorporeal enemies, and Wisdom drain is phenomenally dangerous. The Tarrasque, though, is over-CRed – while it's very difficult to hurt, it does have vulnerabilities, and for 20th-level characters, protecting oneself from the Int 3, grounded, and corporeal Tarrasque is not a great challenge.
Actually, since a low-level Cleric can rebuke Allips, and a low-level party can pool their funds for a Candle of Invocation, for a smart/optimized party, the Tarrasque could literally be closer to CR 3 than Allips are...
And then there is the fact that party power varies immensely. A 20th-level Wizard can stop time (time stop), has the most powerful creatures of the multiverse at his beck and call (gate), and can literally create his very own demiplane (genesis). A 20th-level Monk... can use feather fall at-will, but only if he's next to a wall. These are not particularly close.
So CR rules aren't very useful. Monsters have wildly differing power levels, even at the same CR. And parties have wildly different power levels, even at the same EL. Unfortunately, the best a DM can do is simply know his party and know his monsters, and try to find a certain level of compatibility.
General Rule: a party of 4 characters at level X can be expected to win an encounter of level X using a moderate amount of resources. Three or four of those encounters in one day should exhaust the party. One monster at CR X produces an EL (Encounter Level) of X.
Adding a second monster of the same CR usually increases the EL by 2. I usually somewhat fudge the EL's when adding more monsters. For instance, adding a CR 1 monster to a CR 6 monster really doesn't change the EL at all (still stays at 6). Adding seven CR 1 monsters to a CR 6 monster may bump the EL up to 7.
Adjusting from the above is somewhat non-trivial, particularly when changing the number of characters from 4 to something else or having the characters' levels differ by more than 1 or 2 from each other.
Okay, here's my rough rule-of-thumb rules for figuring encounter level "adequateness".
And I have my own rules of thumb for calculating an Encounter Level.
So an Ogre (CR 3) with six Orc minions (6 times 1/2 matches the Ogre's CR) makes for an EL of roughly 4. A party with an adjusted average party level of 4 should make it through okay. A party at 2nd level, however, will find the damage output of that ogre challenging and you're going to risk a party death, even though my formula would indicate it as a "reasonable-but-high" encounter.
I have one additional caveat I'd like to make on my formula: it doesn't scale well for the PCs. We have a big group (our parties are typically 8 characters). The problem with large parties is that scaling encounters gets increasingly difficult with size. At 8 characters, I need to scale my encounters a couple CR to bring on any kind of challenge. Doing so, I have to be hyper vigilant about damage output, because my players are "fragile". This makes sense, if you think about it. I mean, a horde overcomes tough obstacles, but only by sacrificing some members while doing so. Encounters at the average party level are speed bumps. Encounters at the adjusted party level (+2 in this case) have the potential to wipe someone out if damage gets concentrated poorly.
I suggest using an ECL calculator to determine how much your group can handle. Remember this is just a guide and some monster's CRs are not very accurate, and some groups will be more effective than others, thus requiring harder ECLs. D20 ECL Calculator is a good free calculator that even does some additional calculations for you.
Once you know how to calculate the ECL the DMG offers guidance on what to strive for. Again this is generic and may need to be altered if your group is better than avg.
From the DMG, pg 49-50.
10% Easy EL lower than party level


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I am doing some research involving black-scholes model and got stuck with dividend-paying stocks when evaluating options. What is the real-world approach on handling the situations when an underlying pays dividend? Thank you
The simplest common approach is to assume a continuous dividend yield. This is treated mathematically in the same way as foreign interest rates on FX options, and the necessary changes to the formula can be found with a quick web search. If the options are European exercise then you might be perfectly happy with this.
A more robust treatment of dividends involves using dynamic programming (such as trinomial trees) to price the option, where dividends are treated as partly proportional to stock price, and partly fixed according to taste. In this case, the dividend is treated as a boundary condition on your solution grid. It's quite a bit more difficult to get that right. You can see how it works in Hull's book.
Assuming that by "real-world", you mean "with dividends", you can find extensions of the Black-Scholes models which include dividends on this wikipedia page.
As @TheBridge mentioned in his answer, there are several assumptions that are made within the BS framework, so your model can become more complicated depending on the assumptions you make.
Well the real issue (IMO) is not dividend but rather estimating the forward price of the underlying at exercise date (in the BS setting for vanillas which I think is your setting).
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