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When to plant your bulbs?
Usually I wait until early December to buy and plant bulbs. Well, in the interest of honesty, I should admit that I don't actually wait. Usually it's December before I get around to buying and putting in bulbs.
I plant tulips. I think they're beautiful, and I think they're well suited to me in part because I really dislike looking at the dying foliage after the bloom fades. Since I don't try to make tulips go more than one year, I'm free to take them out when I start hating the way they look.
This year, I bought bulbs early which meant, among other things, that I paid full price. But I brushed the idea of the extra money aside as I savored a full measure of smug satisfaction that I was ahead of the game.
I've been duly punished.
Chipmunks or squirrels or whatever have been digging up my bulbs every day for the last three weeks. I planted 90 bulbs and, so far, I've counted more than twenty empty holes in my tulip bed. Plus, to add insult to injury, frequently my uninvited guests eat only about half the bulb and throw the rest on the ground for me to find. I think if I want any tulips next spring, I'm going to have to buy and plant some more.
Isn't it enough that they're also eating all my birdseed?
It is in times like these that I either call someone at the Extension office or go online and see if Virginia Cooperative Extension has a publication that will help me.
Since I finally decided to face this issue on a weekend when, understandably, the office was closed, I went online and found "Flowering Bulbs: Culture and Maintenance" at http://www.ext.vt.edu.
"One of the most popular spring bulbs is the tulip," says the publication. "Tulips come in all colors except blue."
My bulbs are pink, white, and pink-and-white, purchased in three different bags. They represent something of a splurge since I normally get the 60-mixed-colors bag that's left on the markdown counter.
"Selecting quality spring bulbs is very important." Okay, did that this year. "Size is important: look for plump, firm bulbs." Check.
"Hardy, spring-flowering bulbs are planted in fall." Yes. "As a general rule of thumb, bulbs should be planted 2.5 to 3 times the diameter of the bulb in depth." Yes, I did that.
"If voles are a problem, the bulbs can be planted in baskets made of wire screen to prevent the animals from reaching and destroying them."
Voles? I have voles. They're tunneling all over my garden, but do they toss half the bulb up on the surface of the ground?
Have I been falsely accusing my chipmunks?
And, where can I get baskets made of wire screen? Really, if I tell the truth, I don't think I'm up for wire screen baskets.
I think I'm going to wait until the bulbs go on sale in early December. Then I'll buy and plant some more. Maybe some bad habits are not that bad after all.
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Soybean/maize Germplasm, Pathology, and Genetics Research
1a.Objectives (from AD-416)
Soybean yields are affected quantitatively and qualitatively by fungi, insects, nematodes, and viruses. The ability of pathogens and pests to colonize and/or infect soybean plants is the result of interactions of pathogen and host genes that allow pathogenic organisms to reproduce and cause disease. The objective of this cooperative research project is to identify and characterize the expression of soybean and pathogen genes involved in the establishment and/or maintenance of disease-causing interactions.
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Candidate soybean genes that support/permit pathogen accumulation or that are involved in pathogenesis will be identified through the genetic analysis of soybean lines differing in their susceptibility to pathogens and pests. In addition, genes expressed at the host-pathogen interface will be identified and characterized using genetic and expression profiling techniques. The involvement of the genes in disease will be confirmed by gene-specific complementation and/or gene silencing. Pathogen genes will be identified by similar genetic and expression profiling techniques. Host and pathogen proteins that physically interact in diseased cells will be identified through in vivo interaction studies and in vitro protein binding and affinity chromatography analyses.
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I thought this question might get a better response in AskUbuntu, as it seems to have more to do with Ubuntu than Windows at a glance.
Let's say I have a foo.mkv file. Thumbnail previews work in both Windows 7 and Ubuntu.
When I change the filename to anything random like foo.bar or when I remove the extension itself (making it just foo), Nautilus shows thumbnails normally like if it can recognize what type of files they are - without looking at file extension.
This however, doesn't happen in Windows 7. Windows starts asking me things like which application I want to use to open that file as soon as I remove file extension (forget thumbnails...) etc.
So, How does this thumbnail preview work in Windows 7 and Ubuntu? What makes Ubuntu recognize files "out of the box" unlike Windows 7?


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All of the Tokyo Milk Dark fragances are really stand out. I would consider Crushed a "savory gourmand" (did I just make that up?) It reminds me of fresh herbs and spices. If you like girly florals and sweet fragrances this is probably not for you. It could even be a unisex scent I think. I picture hippies that have been in the hot sun all day when I smell this. Definitely not a fresh out of the shower scent. I think it's one of those love it or hate it fragrances. You really have to be into spicy herbal scents to enjoy it. However if you get the chance to smell any Tokyo Milk fragrances in the store (not easy to find) it's totally worth trying each and every one of them out. They are overwhelming for a couple of minutes but they fade pretty quickly so it's not a disaster if you don't like how it smells.
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I'm a software developer and I've started my first blog on Information Technology. Since I'm using wordpress (hosted free plan) as blogging platform, I'm wondering if there's a fast and useful way for styling code snippet in my posts.
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Wrap the code in the <code> or <pre> tags, depending on whether it's an inline snippet or a block of code.
Also, search the web for "wordpress syntax highlighter," which will tell you about several wordpress plugins that can color and style code elements for various programming languages.
Finally, the Wordpress StackExchange site will probably have some great answers for you: http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/
I prefer WP-Syntax plugin for styling code snippets it also supports many programming languages such as PHP, Bash scripting, etc. There are also many other WP-Syntax Plugins to help with styling, visiaul editor support, etc.
WP-Syntax (Basic Plugin) WP-Syntax Colorizer (Styling Plugin)
I use Wordpress, and I use SyntaxHighlighter Evolved for formatting code on my blog. It's very simple to use, and has support for a wide variety of styling languages. It also has support for different colour schemes I believe (although I have not used it myself).
If you use free wordpress without ability to install plugin, you can use online free service to convert your code into styled HTML called Quick Highlighter


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I have a personal project that doesn't have robust testing. I had a bit of TDD going on at the beginning, but it quickly became counterproductive as the project details changed dramatically over time. So a lot of previously written tests have become useless.
Now that the project solidified a bit, I dont' think big changes are likely. Should I go back and rewrite those tests for old functionalities or just start fresh and write tests for new functionalities only?


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Got a new idea regarding the unification of light wave and sound wave into a single entity , may be probably a wave. Is it possible to proceed in that manner,and has it been done previously,like i have an idea of projecting.The light wave and sound wave and synchronizing their speeds,and let them meet at a point,forming interference, or merging at a point will it create a new wave. If it have been implemented in past can I know the way of unification of sound and light and its applications?
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Sound and light are inherently different.
Sound is produced in a form similar to that of a 1 dimensional wave: air is compressed and then stretched.
Light is of an inherently different nature: electricity and magnetism interact in a fashion that propagates their energy through space in the the form of light.
Light and sound do not interfere with one another. Why? A molecule of gas (that is an element of a sound wave) may absorb photons of certain wavelengths. The atom has certain electromagnetic properties that allow it to interact with and absorb light. Sound (the mere changes in air density) lacks the ability to interact with the electromagnetic essence of light waves. Apples and Oranges.


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1955 Chevrolet Truck - Powerful StatementWritten by Gerry Burger on February 27, 2012 Long before the current LS motors there was the 454 LS6
There is something about a black hot rod truck that stops us every time. Artists love to argue that black is not a color, rather it is either (according to the argument used) the presence of all colors or a complete absence of color. We're not here to argue but when you paint something black it takes on a special personality and anyone who has ever done bodywork knows the extra challenges of painting a truck black. And so it was no surprise when we stopped for a closer look at Tim Savage's '55 Chevrolet Stepside.
Upon closer examination it had everything we like in a black truck, laser straight panels, a great hot rod rake, and enough chrome plating and polished aluminum to make the black even darker. But it is what lies underhood that really sold us on this package, because if you have a truck with an attitude, nothing backs it up quite like 454 ci of big-block Chevy power.
When Tim Savage isn't working at his electronic security job, you can probably find him in the garage or behind the wheel of his '55. The approach to the truck was basic: rely on the inherent good looks of the Chevy, change virtually nothing externally, and put plenty of performance under the truck.
To that end, a TCI chassis supports the flawless sheetmetal. This gives the truck independent front suspension with a 9-inch Ford out back. All four corners are adjustable thanks to Ride Tech air suspension. Buying the TCI frame proved to save a lot of time and effort, since even the big-block Chevrolet motor mounts were located on the new chassis. While the ride height is fully adjustable, the addition of a traditional "rubber rake" comes in the form of Billet Specialties Legacy wheels that measure 15x6 and 15x10, front and rear respectively. Big Hoosier Radials harness the big-block power (31 x12.5-15) while up front Michelin 205/65-15 provide direction.
With the rolling chassis complete it was time to install the big LS motor, and no, we're not talking about the latest small-block from Chevrolet. No, this is the big LS motor from the muscle car wars of the '70s and the 454ci, 450hp big-block was originally delivered under the hood of a Chevelle. Internally the motor remains at original LS6 specs, because, frankly, it is a package that needs no improvement. A Performance Rod & Custom aluminum radiator cools the big-block and Hedman headers exit the spent gases through a set of Flowmaster 3-inch mufflers. Externally the LS6 has a more contemporary look with cast Chevrolet valve covers in black and a fully polished Edelbrock intake that blends with the polished aluminum serpentine belt system. A 3000 stall converter and Turbo-400 transmission pass the power back to the 9-inch Ford rear.
The body on the Savage truck appears to be stock, maybe it is the basic black paint and the use of an original chrome grille and bumpers, but one major body mod that most people miss is the subtle 1½-inch wedge cut out of the hood. It is just enough to streamline the hood and visually add a rake to the body without appearing to be modified. Other than the shaved gas filler, smoothed bedrails and the mini-tubs for those big rear tires, the body remains stock. Wayne Raleigh handled both bodywork and the spraying of the Matrix Black paint.
Much like the rest of the truck, the interior is clean and functional. C&C Custom seats are covered in a light gray Ultra Leather while Vintage Air maintains the cabin temperature. The dashboard has been smoothed and the glove box door was filled. A Flaming River steering column and wheel includes a column shifter while a custom console includes cup holders and the Jensen stereo.
Tim Savage has a truck that combines the best from several hot rod eras. There is no doubt that 1955 was a banner year for Chevrolet and the LS6 motor was a high point in big-block performance, and it is all wrapped up in a timeless package that will forever be in style. CCT
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It would take a real '55 Chevy expert to notice the 1 1/2-inch wedge cut in the hood, but the subtle modification is just enough to give this truck a unique profile.Gray Ultra-leather over C&C Custom seats provide comfort and style. Flaming River column and wheel blend perfectly with the interior.Don't let the contemporary Chevrolet valve covers and serpentine belt system fool you; this is pure vintage big-block power in the form of an LS6 454 producing 450 hp. An Edelbrock intake and carb combined with Hedman headers for improved breathing.Lowering a truck often requires a raised bed floor, we like this approach. Rather than raise the entire floor the bed floor was Z-d to match the chassis.


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Police in suburban Kansas City say two people have been found dead in an apparent murder-suicide.
The Kansas City Star reports (http://bit.ly/1d3nScJ ) police called to the home in Shawnee on Sunday night found the two bodies inside the house. Police said both people had been shot and that one person's wounds appeared to be self-inflicted.
Both people lived at the residence. Their names were being withheld until family could be notified.
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By Ann Hornaday
Friday, July 6, 2012
"Beasts of the Southern Wild," the feature debut of director Benh Zeitlin, was the darling of this year's Sundance Film Festival, has already landed on several critics' best-of-the-year lists and seems well on its way to being the Cinderella of next year's Oscar ball.
And why not? This alternately scrappy and uplifting story of a young Louisiana girl on a fearless journey to save herself and preserve her fragile bayou community possesses all the hallmarks of an art film that also happens to be a rousing crowd-pleaser: Lush, imaginative visuals, a fable-like story reminiscent of great literature and one of the most memorable protagonists -- and debut performances -- to grace the big screen in a long time.
Indeed, as the invincible, pint-size heroine named Hushpuppy, newcomer Quvenzhane Wallis just may be the best reason to see "Beasts of the Southern Wild." As the feral wild child at the story's center, the 8-year-old actress delivers a watchful but ferociously brave performance, channeling a child's apocalyptic sense of anxiety to become a determined force of resilience and communal consciousness. Her screen presence -- so charismatic, so uncommonly assured -- comes close to transcending a movie that, despite being steeped in good intentions and earnest aspirations, often winds up treating her like one of the untamed creatures of its title.
As "Beasts of the Southern Wild" opens, Hushpuppy is living with her unstable, loomingly powerful father, Wink (Dwight Henry), in The Bathtub, a water-logged community of misfits, drunks and swamp-dwellers who live on the outskirts of New Orleans -- and modernity in general.
When a Katrina-like storm approaches, Wink suffers a debilitating breakdown, forcing Hushpuppy to take matters into her own hands, floating up from the flood to save the wreckage of her once-vital community.
Interwoven with magic-realist millennialism, lyrical flashbacks and shots of crumbling ice caps, Hushpuppy's psychic journey to keep her insecure family together becomes of a piece with a greater global and universal crackup. Stampeding through her imagination -- and the film itself -- are a herd of enormous boar-like creatures that snort and stamp their way to the edge of Hushpuppy's interior and material world, itself a hive of animist enchantment.
With its intimations of Mark Twain, Maurice Sendak and Terrence Malick, "Beasts of the Southern Wild" wears its antecedents proudly, if self-consciously. Zeitlin and co-writer Lucy Alibar have strived to create a new visual language and storytelling style, one that rests somewhere between realism and mytho-poetics. As ambitious as that enterprise is, though, it results in a film that plays less like a grounded, human-scaled story than a dilettantish piece of cultural tourism.
With its mannered verbal rhetoric and production design of studied eccentricity, "Beasts of the Southern Wild" plays into the cult of authenticity that plagues so many admiring but patronizing portraits of rural America. As an example of aestheticized poverty and marginal characters destined to be described as "colorful," it's more in love with its own idealized imagery and hazy mysticism than probing the more gnarly political and social realities that lie beneath.
Maybe the best way to describe "Beasts of the Southern Wild" is faux-k art.
Even Hushpuppy's name suggests an author more interested in the folk- and foodways of a culture-with-a-capital-C than the people who comprise it.
Too often, she and her peers are presented as curios to be exhibited rather than as fully realized -- if resolutely un-mythic -- human beings.
At one point, Wink orders Hushpuppy to "share with the dogs" when she eats; later, she concocts a hearty stew of cat food and condensed milk. When she devours a crab as her fellow Bathtub dwellers chant "Beast it!" the tableau comes uncomfortably close to a noble savage stereotype that's as hackneyed as it is offensive.
That Wallis comes through such a troublesome framework not just unscathed but radiantly triumphant is a tribute to a gift that demands nothing less than unconditional respect, even awe.
It's impossible not to be moved by the final scenes in "Beasts of the Southern Wild," even while harboring profound misgivings about the embedded assumptions that have preceded them. Thanks to Wallis, "Beasts of the Southern Wild" can be appreciated as a soaring hymn to spiritual attunement, courage and fortitude -- even if it's set to the tune of yet one more condescending song of the South.
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Ho to debug a native app on iphone?
I have built my native app using command line. The mobile web version loads up in mobile safari and chrome with out issue. However when I package the app and load it on the iphone and android I just get a blank screen. I know the issue is probably something incorrectly coded, however how do I track this down. I want to tackle the iphone first.
I have xcode installed and can view the console for the phone but not seeing anything useful.only seeing <Warning>: 0.000000
any suggestions on programs and steps to tackle this?
20 Nov 2012 9:28 AM #2
iweb inspector?
Have you tried iWebinspector?
Or have you tried reading this blog post?
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Thanks for your response. This is a native app not a web app. I already have xcode but it only shows the device console which does not show any js errors only what the OS is seeing.
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Oh I was under the impression that it could:
The tool simply attaches the Web Inspector to any tab opened in Safari for iOS, to a chrome-less web app (full screen) or to a PhoneGap application.
Requirements: Mac OS 10.6+, Xcode 4.2 with iOS 5 SDK
Could you not attach it to the iOS simulator and run it through that?


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6 Amazingly High-Tech Ancient Weapons
When you picture a war from, say, a thousand years ago, what are the combatants fighting with? Swords, right? Maybe with the odd bow and arrow thrown in?
Well, one thing you should never underestimate is mankind's ability to come up with cool-ass ways to kill each other. Believe it or not, our ancestors were equipped with weaponry as high-tech as...
#6. The Zhuge Nu Semi-Automatic Crossbow
In short, it was a semi-automatic weapon... from 2,400 years ago.
In fourth century B.C., the Chinese developed a new kind of crossbow that revolutionized the way siege warfare was fought:
That's a feeder on top and the lever near the end is the repeating action. The repeating crossbow was the first semi-automatic weapon ever invented. Trained soldiers could let fly 10 bolts in 15 seconds before the magazine needed to be reloaded. Due to the nature of the action, it needed to be shot from the hip in order to fire that quickly. Oh, and the bolts were often dipped in a fast acting poison so that just a scratch could be fatal. Fighting in small teams reduced the risk of friendly fire.
Siege warfare was all the rage when this baby hit the scene. It proved to be an essential defensive weapon as one could keep backing away from the enemy while shooting wildly into the advancing horde.
Seriously, just look at that shit. It was a damned crossbow assault rifle, and it existed so long ago Jesus could have owned one. An old one.
"Jesus Christ! Cover me!"
The repeating crossbow never goes out of style and in fact was still in widespread use during the early part of the 20th century as an anti-burglar weapon. This makes it the longest continuously used mechanical device in the world.
#5. Flamethrowers
When the Byzantine Empire invented Greek fire around 673 A.D.--a terrifying, napalm-like liquid that could keep burning even sitting on water--the only thing they were worried about was finding new and exciting ways to deploy it in battle. When the "light-it-and-run" method just didn't cut it anymore, they were inspired to invent the first hand grenades. But as cool as that probably was, they had another method which they preferred: flamethrowers. Probably because they cut down on the time it took to fry their enemies into charred little pieces.
"You wanted yours well done, right?"
Flamethrowers, which experts say rank on the badass scale somewhere above Monster Trucks and just below playing the solo from "Stairway to Heaven" with your junk, were the most powerful weapon of the Byzantine navy. It allowed them to rule the seas for hundreds of years, and they somehow existed in an age when humans were pretty sure outer space was a blanket of smoke emanating from Bezelda, the She-Dragon.
Even more surprising, the way they were made and operated back then was not that different from their modern counterparts in design. The Byzantine flamethrower used a piston to shoot liquid naphtha through a lit flame.The Chinese improved the Byzantine design by adding double-piston bellows which were able to shoot fire with both the up and the downstroke, creating a steady stream similar to modern flamethrowers.
Above: either a flamethrower schematic or IKEA instructions.
But the device's roots go back even further than that. The basic idea of the flamethrower existed long before the invention of Greek fire, as early as third century B.C. The dream was always there. When mankind discovered the secret to creating fire, the next challenge was figuring out how to hurl it at people we didn't like.
This would be the Chinese model.
#4. Multistage Rocket
By the 14th century A.D., just when all of Europe was enjoying being almost completely wiped out by the Black Plague, the Chinese had mastered the many military implications of gunpowder and had become well versed in the ancient art of "blowing shit up." But trust us, they weren't just using their exploding rockets to celebrate the New Year.
The Chinese had invented goddamn missiles that could fire rockets. These beasts could climb hundreds of feet into the air before descending on their enemy. Then, once the main booster of the missile depletes, the rockets inside are automatically ignited, sending down a flaming hailstorm of pants-shitting terror on the soldiers below.
The first multistage rockets were used by the Chinese navy and were called "huo long chi shui" which translates to "fire-dragon issuing from the water." The multi-stage rockets could launch over walls and fire projectiles that would explode on impact. Packed with 750g of gunpowder and weighing five to 10 kilograms, one of these missiles could cruise up to a mile and a half.
Did we mention they looked like dragons?
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MONTGOMERY – Alabama Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard (R – Auburn) on Thursday announced a joint hearing of the House and Senate Education policy committees has been scheduled that will focus on the topic of "School Security and Student and Teacher Safety. " The hearing comes in the wake of the last week's tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, where 20 elementary school students and seven adults lost their lives.
The January 9th meeting will be open to the public and will feature presentations by State Superintendent Tommy Bice and representatives from the Department of Homeland Security, the Alabama District Attorney's Association, the Alabama Sheriff's Association and other stakeholder groups.
Hubbard said providing reassurance to parents, students, teachers and education support personnel should be a top priority at this time, and he hopes the hearing will help reveal security practices that are working in various systems and can be implemented statewide.
"There is nothing more important than the security of our children and teachers in an environment where they should feel the most safe – our schools," House Speaker Mike Hubbard said. "Our goal is to complete a comprehensive review of the issue and learn what we can do as a legislature to ensure public schools across Alabama are as safe, secure and protected as possible."
"We must do everything in our power to protect our children," Senate Education Committee Chair Dick Brewbaker (R – Montgomery) said. "As someone who has been active in public education policy issues for almost 20 years I look forward to hearing the reports and recommendations from each group and helping to determine the best way forward."
House Education Policy Committee Chair Mary Sue McClurkin (R – Indian Springs), a former schoolteacher who will co-chair the hearing with Brewbaker, highlighted the preventative purpose of the hearing.
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to the parents, students, staff and community of Newtown," McClurkin said. "We will continue to do everything we can to ensure a similar incident doesn't happen here, in Alabama."
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Ooo so do i!
#3007 is such a lucky, GORGEOUS guy. Wow.
^^ The guy in the 2nd picture looks like he's trying to be Alex Shelley.
^^ I see what you mean but I highly doubt Alex Shelley was the first person to wear his hair like that.
hoping there aren't too many repeats in this bunch
this guy has come up with an unique view
May be I should go back to college. Great-looking bunch of guys here!
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Wonkette: Very lucid NH legislator could just tell those blowed-off Boston legs were faked by evil government
There's been a bit of a tin-foil lining to the Boston bombing, in that it has allowed us to really sort out who the most insensitive terrible meatsacks are wandering about in the public sphere.
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We currently have two farms - a SharePoint 2007 one and a SharePoint 2010 one. We have the same groups in both farms and the same userbase.
At the moment when someone joins or leaves the company we're adding/removing them from both sets of role groups. Is there a better way to approach this?


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I bought a recharging battery 9-12V LEGO for the NXT Robot.
LEJOS never indicate (icon battery) that the battery is completely full even after I let recharged the battery all the night...
Is it a bug with LEJOS or my recharging battery have a problem ?
Is there a setting to do in LEJOS (to set 9 or 12V ?! )
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What word can best describe multiple charts put together?
(Graphs, in math context - not projections or business)
What word can best describe multiple charts put together?
(Graphs, in math context - not projections or business)
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This question is too basic; it can be definitively and permanently answered by a single link to a standard internet reference source designed specifically to find that type of information.If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
If by "put together" you mean printed next to each other on a page, "multiplot" is commonly used (at least in gnuplot discussions and documentation). If you mean printed on various pages to make up a concise and definitive reference work, "compendium" would apply.
I assume you are not speaking of an atlas and I note that none of the wiktionary-listed senses of "canon" or "folio" or "compilation" seem appropriate, or I'd have suggested one of those terms.
The previously-suggested "set of charts" and "chart set" phrases seem usable, albeit verbose in that either of "this set of charts" or "this chart set" can be shortened to "these charts" [or "these nomograms" if the charts are in aid of computation].
I do not know of a more specialized word than set, so would call them a set of charts, or a chart set.


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I thought I'd start a thread so we can talk about any issues your having w/ the most recent update build 220+ We're making alot of progress on Designer but with that sometimes comes with some headaches for you lovely early adoptersPhil Strong
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I did a fresh install, seems to be working.
Note that my Controler class was jacked up by this upgrade.
Apologies for this
The models, stores, and views params have changes GREATLY.
You are correct they are now typed and have greatly changed. The best way to fix this is to open each offending class and remove this property and then add them back using the new config editor
I am a little concerned that it seems to be using the ids now instead of the class names?
This should not be the case userClassName is still the identifier used
Also all the controlQuery params are quoted now, where I had quoted them manually before.
In an attempt to do this correctly we've broken your attempt to do it correctly. Please bear with us
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And now we have Plan M, the contingency plan for our contingency plan's contingency plan concerning the high school schedule.
School is still out throughout the state, and games everywhere are being postponed. With conference and league titles up for grabs, athletic directors are doing all that they can to find times to fit in their games.
However, in some cases, there's just nothing that can be done. Several league tournaments have already been cancelled outright, including the BL, SWC, and CCC wrestling tournaments, due to the upcoming state class wrestling championships currently set for Friday and Saturday.
With the BL girls basketball title up for grabs, a date for the Nonnewaug-Thomaston showdown has still to be determined.
The game, once scheduled for Monday, then today, is still in limbo, but one thing is for sure — it won't take place on Wednesday. On Wednesday, Thomaston travels to Housatonic for a 7 p.m. start.
It looks like the NVL will be waiting to name its girls basketball champion, as well.
With four first-round games scheduled at Holy Cross on Saturday, NVL president and Naugatuck athletic director Tom Pompei said no discussions have been held (about pushing the tournament back), but he admitted that there is a real chance the games could be pushed back.
NVL tournament director and Holy Cross athletic director Jerry Ciarleglio said that Monday may be the best option because the league could play a full four games starting at noon on the President's Day holiday, but still did not rule out Sunday.
On the boys side, the Copper division showdown between Crosby and Kennedy, originally scheduled for Monday, has been pushed back until next week. Now, the Bulldogs will travel to the Eagles' Jack Taglia Gymnasium for a 7 p.m. tip on Feb. 18.
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North Carolina State & National Historic Sites
North Carolina has a wealth of historic areas, townships, buildings, battle sites and even a World War II battleship! These sites have been witnesses to the births of future presidents, the assemblies of governing bodies, great advances in science and the arts, and the conflicts of armies. The growth and depth of North Carolina's 400 years of existence and impact on the nation and the world can be traced at these historic locations.
Please choose a link from the list of state and national historic sites below (the link will take you to the historic site's website) to learn more about its history, location, and hours of operation.
For links to more history and heritage sites in North Carolina, go to VisitNC.com and ncculture.com. Additional information is also available online for those sites that are a part of the NC Department of Cultural Resources and its Division of North Carolina Historic Sites.
- Alamance Battleground
- Aycock Birthplace
- Historic Bath
- Bennett Place
- Bentonville Battlefield
- Blue Ridge National Heritage Area
- Brunswick Town/Ft. Anderson
- Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
- Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum
- CSS Neuse / Governor Caswell Memorial
- Duke Homestead
- Ft. Dobbs
- Ft. Fisher
- Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
- Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
- Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor
- Historic Edenton
- Historic Halifax
- Horne Creek Living Historical Farm
- House in the Horseshoe
- Moores Creek National Battlefield
- N.C. Transportation Museum
- Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
- President James K. Polk
- Reed Gold Mine
- Roanoke Island Festival Park
- Somerset Place
- Historic Stagville
- State Capitol
- Town Creek Indian Mound
- Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail
- Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens
- USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial
- Zebulon B. Vance Birthplace
- Thomas Wolfe Memorial
- Wright Brothers National Memorial
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[Start of a glide; Wilbur in motion at left holding one end of glider (rebuilt with single vertical rudder), Orville lying prone in machine, and Dan Tate at right; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina], 1902. Image #LC-DIG-ppprs-00592. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppprs.00592
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grate stuff
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ditto, yasmin
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dis was good information
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your information was wonderful but your sites for information below were pitiful. I didn't get information.
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Thanks for your comment, Yasmin, and for using NCpedia. I'm sorry that you didn't find what you were looking for in the links we provided to the Historic Sites. You could try contacting the individual sites for additional information, or Reference Services at the NC Government & Heritage Library. Their direct email address is email@example.com. Additional contact information may be found for them at http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/reference/reference.html. Thanks for taking time to post your comment in NCpedia.
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Your list is impressive and helpful in that it lists state and national sites but what would really benefit the traveler would be a list that includes local sites as well. Also, an alphabetic list of sites is fairly useless if you're visiting a region of the state. More helpful would be a map with the sites pinpointed and numbered with aN corresponding legend.
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Thanks for your input, Karen. We love getting suggestions on how to improve NCpedia. We will consider alternative ways to present this information. VisitNC.com is another great resource for travellers. If you have any other ideas, please let us know!
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Copyright © 1998, Helene Drobenare, MSW
I decided to write you this letter, because not so long ago when I was in shoes very similar to yours, and a dear friend gave me this advice. At the time, I didn't quite understand it, or maybe I simply wasn't ready to accept it, but he gave it to me never the less.
Just hearing that one of our parents has cancer can throw your mind into a sub- real experience. I am not sure I understood what I was feeling when I heard the news. Shock- denial-anger-hope?they were all there. I remember my first reaction. I couldn't get enough information about cancer. I kept looking for the book or article that would give me hope?would tell me?don't worry everything is going to be OK. Something that would tell me I would forever me my fathers little girl, unfortunately I never found that book.
The most important piece of advice I ever received from my friend?was the following. He told me that we were all going to need support. Of course I thought he was talking about my Dad, but he was taking about the entire family. While the cancer might be in your mom?s body you will all feel it. It might not be obvious, but it will take a strong toll on you. You will need a lot of support. It might come in the form of insomnia, or diet, or headaches, or heart-aches but it will be there. What I learned going through the process, was that I could be a much better care giver to my father, I opened myself up and let people help me. I needed to be strong for my father, and being strong isn't so easy. You will need many people at different times. Don't close them out. I'm not someone that easily shares my problems?I learned an important lesson though. The more I let people in the easier it became.
In my friend's case, his mother had breast cancer. She understood her prognosis and spoke about it easily, where as my father did not like to discuss it. Her cancer moved slowly, so she was able to compile a wish list and complete it. My father on the other hand, his cancer moved so quickly that we never got the chance to even make a wish list. And the word cancer was never allowed to be mentioned in my house. Two very different experiences, but yet very similar.
At first I thought it was crucial that my dad get into a support group and discuss "his problem". But for 70 years my father wasn't a communicator, why would he change now. He wouldn't. And I learned that it was my need - not his. And this was an important lesson for a child of a cancer patient. Be sensitive and clear on your needs vs. his needs. It was my need to talk about it- but it was my fathers need not to. He won. I thought it was because he didn't understand or was in denial. But it wasn't the case. He understood. He simply chose to accept it on his terms. If he was going to battle this cancer, live with it and face his inevitable death...then he would set the rules. I came to respect his wish. If he didn't want to talk about it- then that?s OK. It?s his cancer.
Indeed it was his cancer that we were all facing though. So often I wanted to go to a support group or wanted my mother to speak with someone, but we all used the same excuse?we don't have time- we need to be with Dad. It was a mistake. I can't stress to you enough, that we are simply not "super people" and eventually it will catch up to you. I had it maybe easier or different than others. I escaped every few months back to Israel, my home. An escape, might not be the right word. No I was no longer face to face with my father who was steadily deteriorating but instead my emotions and I were suddenly face to face and they were clearly winning this battle. I went through a roller coaster of emotions?from non-stop tears, to sleepless nights, to many many frantic long distance phone calls, to guilt, to anger?it was all there. What I later understood was that I needed to keep living my life. Through living I was able to give so much more to everyone in my family, especially my father. After spending endless hours with him at the hospital and then at home, I simply had nothing left?by giving myself a break whether it be a day or a month I returned in full force?able to relieve my mother and brother.
I learned through this process with so many doctors, nurses, physicians assistants, radiologists etc. to ask the right questions to the right people and not to stop asking until I was satisfied. What do I mean?can't ask if there is a cure unless you are prepared for the answer?can't ask how much time do we have unless you really want to know. The doctors, won't answer any question of this nature unless you ask them. I needed to ask, but it can't easy. When my father first entered the hospital, on his first night, my brother and I decided to ask if he could be cured. Our doctor, who had the sensitivity of a saint, said "No, I cannot give you a miracle cure for bone cancer, but I can promise you that I will make your father as comfortable as possible and extend his time as long as humanly possible". What more could I ask then this. Honesty and gentleness?a real mensch.
From that point on, I logically understood the end?but emotionally it took some time. And I won't lie, I also held on to hope. Hope for a cure, hope my dad would be strong and fight this. Fight this like he fought the monsters that lived under my bed when I was a child. He would protect us, as he had my whole life. This was my hope...and I held it very tightly?it was all I really had then.
Then it all began?Dad was admitted to the hospital for what seemed like an endless time. He needed radiation to his spine, which they said would take away his pain. While my father was being treated at the hospital, waking up every day was still a depressing thing for my father. I tried to get there every day before he woke up so that he first sight would be of me and not some nurse taking his pulse. Then we had a long day ahead of us. I made a routine for us...we ate breakfast in the day room, to have some sort of normalness to our lives. We then relaxed. Having cancer will take away a lot of their energy. It's hard to see and you won't want to?but be sensitive, that they normal ness have the energy of a young person any more. Radiation, while it doesn't hurt does have its side effects. After we relaxed, we watched some TV together and then they would come to take us to radiation. I always went with Dad. I brought with us the financial section of the newspaper and his walkman with his favorite singer playing inside. When we got there and he was waiting, I would read him the paper. Then I would casually shmooze with the other people. It was always good for him to hear other people's stories. As we say in Yiddish "Tzoreis Be?lighten". Then Dad would go in and a few minutes later come out of what I called his personal space ship and we would go up stairs to the tunes of his walkman. By time we got up, Dad needed to rest. And to tell you the truth so did I. We napped until lunch, ate and then listed to the radio.
When someone is going through this, their world seems to stand still, especially because they are in the hospital. Its good to try and keep track of what is going on in the world. By the afternoon, my mother would come, it would change the pace and then we always hoped for guests at night to take his mind off of things, and make the time pass. It might not seem so bad, but try doing this for 3 weeks. That was our first trip to the hospital. It was interesting, there was 2 people my father looked forward to seeing each day: his doctor and the Rabbi.
My Dad?s doctor made all the difference. His sensitivity and patience are what got all of us through it. My father would look forward to his visits, even though he knew there would be no new news or something drastic. His doctor's warmth and compassion are what became part of my father's routine?and mine too.
Dad spent the next 7 months in and out of the hospital. We always looked forward to those moments when the doctor would say he could go home, even though deep down inside, we knew it wouldn't be for so long. But home was my Dad?s heaven and there is where he wanted to be, with his own things and the people that loved him the most.
My Dad died in the hospital. It happened very quickly. He wasn't feeling well as my followed our usual routine and brought him into the emergency ward. Less than 24 hours later, I received the call that it was time to come home. Dad and I had no unfinished business, so I came home quickly?but I wouldn't worry about last words or something of that nature. The first night I got to the hospital Dad was unconscious and I guess while we never said it out loud we knew it was a matter of time. The next day was a bit of a miracle. Dad woke up and we talked, we all had our private moments together. I told my Dad not to worry, we would all be OK?that he had fought long enough and we loved him very much. Dad died in his sleep without any pain that night.
It's been almost 9 months and not a day goes bye that I wouldn't think about him. But the thoughts wouldn't bog down my mind are "what if" and "I could have". Dad got the very best care and was surrounded by love ?and while the cancer might have taken my dad?s body...the cancer can never take the love we all had for each other?and that?s what I hold on to every day.


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Heavily armed men move away from the suspects home at the scene of a Dale County hostage scene in Midland City, Ala. on Wednesday Jan. 30, 2013. Authorities were locked in a standoff Wednesday with a gunman authorities say on Tuesday intercepted a school bus, killed the driver, snatched a 6-year-old boy and retreated into a bunker at his home in Alabama. (AP Photo/Montgomery Advertiser, Mickey Welsh) NO SALES
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) -- Negotiators have been talking through a 4-inch-wide ventilation pipe, to a man holding a 5-year-old boy hostage in an underground shelter in rural Alabama.
The standoff has entered its third day, after authorities said a gunman pulled the boy off a school bus and killed the driver Tuesday.
The police chief of the adjacent town of Pinckard, James Arrington, says the two are in a bunker that's about 4 feet underground and has about 6-by-8 feet of floor space.
He says the man identified by neighbors as Jimmy Lee Dykes has been sleeping some. The chief also says the man holds strong anti-government views, and the FBI has reason to believe the shooting of the driver was a hate crime.


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I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace with Android 2.3.4. The phone came with Samsung App Store not the Google market. I would like to install the Google market or Google Play as there is a better selection of apps. However the play.google.com website has no link to download the store. What can I do?
The update is OTA - so if you are scheduled to receive it for your device (which I believe you should have) - you should go to Settings >> About >> System Updates - and check for an update.
You may need to update your device to 2.3.5 to receive the update.
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Michael Schwalbe, A View to the Making: Portraits of North Carolina Craft Artists at Work, in the Semans Gallery
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It was a stacked regional, the toughest 4A regional in many events. The Pratt High School track and field team found the sledding tough, as no boys qualified for the State track meet—although several did manage to place and score. Several Lady Greenbacks will be moving on to state, including the usual suspects as well as some pleasant surprises.
The girls throwing corps made the most noise for Pratt, with junior Jenson Maydew winning both the shot (41-3) and the discus (111-5). Samaria Kohman also qualified for state, taking 3rd in discus (105-9). Kohman was also 5th in shot put (34-11.) Kayla Baer will be making a trip to state as well, placing 4th in discus (101-1). It is quite a feat for three girls from the same school to qualify in a single event, but that's just what Pratt's girl throwers did, with all three discus twirlers earning a trip to WSU next weekend.
Senior Kaylah Romine returns to state in the 3200m after taking the silver with 12:16. Romine missed qualifying in the 1600m, finishing 6th (5:41). Romine has a 2nd event at state, however, as the girls 4x800 relay qualified, running 10.33 to take 3rd. Adele Loomis, Cassidy Cronister and Nichole Moreland each carried the stick in addition to Romine.
In her 800m, Loomis placed 6th with a 2:29, good enough to place but not qualify.
Pratt's sprinter/jumpers will be represented at WSU as well. Paige Bailey qualified, taking 4th in long jump at 16-6. She placed 6th in the 100m (13.68). Connor Reh took 4th in the 100m (13.12) to earn a state berth. She placed 5th in triple jump, 35-0, missing by 2" of going to state in that event as well. Those two plus Christina Fernandez and Jaci Kolm each took a carry on the qualifying 4x100 relay (3rd 51.55).
Rounding out PHS girls scoring was Chloe Cannata who got 5th in pole vault (9-0).
The boys placed in a few events, but none made it to Wichita. Robby Eggleston took 5th in the 200m (23.68). The 4x100 relay also took 5th with Eggleston, Skylar Dean, Weston Riner and Nick Koler taking the stick. Lastly, the 4x400 relay with Riner, Josh Ash, Devin Roberts and Ryan Landry took 6th (3:33.)
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I was recently given a 'French Rolling Pin' as a gift. To me, it just looks like a fancy dowel-rod. What exactly is it, and what is it useful for?
A French rolling pin is a real thing. It is also a very convenient thing. I find that I have much better control over my rolling using one rather than the foolish little pins with the handles that get filthy and hurt my knuckles.
As for the 'French' part of the name. I don't know, having never lived in France, whether they actually refer to that style of rolling pin as French. However, I find it extremely unlikely. Probably some English speaker coined the phrase to differentiate that style of pin as one commonly used in France. Hopefully there is a French speaker who can provide more insight. (If you didn't insult them with your question.)
The French rolling pin is a useful tool in the kitchen for bakers, especially those who like to concoct pastries, roll out sugar cookies, or make shaped breads and rolls. The standard pin is usually 2 inches (5.08 cm) in circumference, and can come in varying lengths; 18 inches (45.72 cm) tends to be the most popular length. What makes it different from other rolling pins is that it has no handles, and is tapered to a smaller circumference at each end. It's essentially a round, usually wooden, stick of a certain thickness.
From here: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-french-rolling-pin.htm
In professional baking circles, the tapered "French Pin" is best used to roll out pie and tart dough so that the center of the crust is slightly thinner than the outer edges. This way the crust is sure to be evenly baked. As for the French part of it, my French chef friends have never heard of a "French Rolling Pin", nor have they ever heard of a "French Knife", or "French Fries" for that matter. I believe that any culinary item that is slightly more sophisticated it is called "French ...". Probably because the French are reputed to enjoy a higher standard of culinary expertice.


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The Harry Potter books make up the popular series written by J.K. Rowling. The series spans seven books. The books have been made into movies by Warner Bros. Pictures with the last book split into two films.
The books concern a wizard called Harry Potter and his journey through Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The stories tell of him overcoming dangerous obstacles to defeat the Dark wizard Lord Voldemort who killed his parents when Harry was 15 months old. The first book, Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone, was published in 1997 by Bloomsbury in London. The last book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, sold more than 12 million copies in the U.S.
Beginning on 6 October, 2015, the entire series will be presented in a fully-illustrated format, with over 100 illustrations per title, by Jim Kay.[1]
It is said that J. K. Rowling sent her preliminary copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone to 12 publishers before it was accepted and published by Bloomsbury .
The following is an incomplete list of publishers of the books all over the world.
- The United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand: Bloomsbury.
- The United States: Scholastic. The first novel appeared in these countries as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
- Canada: Raincoast Books (English)
- Brazil: Editora Rocco
- Denmark: Gyldendal
- Belgium (Flanders): Standaard
- France and other French-speaking countries: Gallimard Jeunesse
- Netherlands: De Harmonie
- Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries (in Latin America): Salamandra
- Spain (Catalonia): Empúries
- Portugal: Editorial Presença
- Bloomsbury also published Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in Latin, Welsh, Ancient Greek and Irish.
- India: Manjul Publishing House (Hindi and its dialects)
- Vietnam: Nhà xuất bản Trẻ
- Poland: Media Rodzina
Titles of the series
The author published seven books in the Harry Potter series, as well as numerous complementary books. A sequel to the original series, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, is due to be released July 31st, 2016.
Original series
The following is a list of the seven books in the Harry Potter Series. Each novel corresponds to a year-long period of time, usually in reference to Harry Potter's year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ("Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in the U.S) (UK release: 26/06/97; US release 9/01/98)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (UK release: 2/07/98; US release 6/02/99)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (UK release: 8/07/99; US release 9/08/99)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (UK & US releases: 8/07/00)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (UK & US releases: 21/06/03)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (UK & US releases: 16/07/05)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (UK & US releases: 21/07/07)
This sequel takes place nineteen years after the events of the final book in the original series. It is unknown wheather this will be stand alone or the start of a new series.
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (screenplay) (UK & US releases: 31 July 2016)
Complementary books
The following are complementary books, which correspond to the series:
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- Quidditch Through the Ages
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard
- The Harry Potter Prequel
Audiobook editions
Since the inception of Harry Potter series, the stories have also been released as audiobooks. In the United Kingdom, the audiobooks were narrated by Stephen Fry, with Jim Dale handling the narration for the U.S. editions. The audiobooks were released in both CD and cassette formats, though the cassette editions are no longer in print due to the general lack of demand for titles in this format. For the earlier books in the series, there was generally a delay between the release of the print and audio editions.[2] The later editions generally saw the audio copies being released the same day as the print editions, likely a result of the growing popularity of the series. Most recently the books were made available in the first ever online audio editions through Pottermore via the Pottermore Shop and were also made available to libraries for lending.
An inspiration
The Harry Potter Series inspired many other creations, such as:
- The series inspired an extensive line of LEGO playsets.
- A film empire, created by Warner Brothers:
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ("Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in the U.S)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Video games by Electronic Arts, 8 inspired in the movies, as well as the Quidditch simulator Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup.
- A LEGO Harry Potter video game (years 1-4) developed by TT Games was released in 2010. A sequel, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7, was released the following year.
- The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, a theme park land in Universal Studio's Islands of Adventure, opened in 2010 in America. An additional expansion, Diagon Alley, was opened in 2014.
- Numerous toy and doll sets.
Behind the scenes
- The first and last books of the Harry Potter books of the series came out ten years apart. Coincidentally, the first and last movies of the series also came out ten years apart.
- There is a dinosaur that has been named Dracorex hogwartsia, with Hogwartsia being based on the name of Hogwarts, in honour of the series. The name translates to "Dragon King of Hogwarts."
- With the exception of the first and third books, there is always a chapter with the same name as the book.
- Also, with the exception of the third book, there is always at least one character that dies in the final chapter(s) of the books (although in the second book this is a basilisk, not a human character).
- Additionally, two books have characters named after them. They are:
- In September 2012, J. K. Rowling admitted to having rushed work on some of the Potter novels due to tight deadlines, and floated the possibility of someday releasing "director's cut" editions of the novels.[3]
- Brad Walrod served as the typesetter for the Harry Potter books from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire onwards.
- In total, the Harry Potter series spanned 36 years, beginning in 1981 and ending in 2017.


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It was time. I have almost as many emails asking me when I will offer an advanced ONLINE version of my Making it Pretty Workshop as I have about my Sugar Free Muffins for Babies! The advanced courses have been something I've worked on for over a year, but with two babies and a full time job it has been a pretty slow process as you can imagine. But I'm finally finished the materials and ready to move forward!
In order to really address each topic in greater detail I've split the workshops up into two ONLINE sessions, DSLR Photography on April 11 and iPhone Photography April 25. Please note, these are advanced workshops and are intended for those of you already familiar with functions of your DSLR camera and basic editing tools of your iPhone. If you're interested in my Classic Making it Pretty Workshop which addresses the basics, stay tuned for a new date in May.
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5 Ridiculous Ancient Beliefs That Turned Out to Be True
We've worked pretty hard here at Cracked to establish the fact that people from the past were batshit insane. They believed some of the most ridiculous things imaginable, though you can't blame them considering that instead of scientists, they had crazy people claiming to be oracles.
Yet... some of the outlandish myths wound up suspiciously close to the mark. How? We have no idea.
#5. Noah's Ark
The Myth:
Even if you've never been in the same room as a Bible, we're guessing you know the story of Noah's Ark.
Or have at least seen the ethnic, gay, television drama version of it.
God decides mankind is so utterly corrupt that it's time to hit the reset switch and just flood the planet. Similar stories come up in folklore all over the world, from the ancient Greeks to the Babylonians, always with a huge flood that kills almost everyone, and often with mankind having to recover its population. For instance, in China, it's a goddess named Nuwa who stops the flood and creates humans out of clay.
Some are more clay-like than others.
In the Bible's version, God tells Noah that he is less of a dick than everyone else on Earth, and instructs Noah to build a really big boat. Really, really big. So big that it could hold at least two of every single animal on the entire planet. It rained for 40 days, flooding the world and killing off all life except that which was on Noah's boat. When the flood ended, all of the animals got off the boat and immediately started boning for their lives, because two individuals needed to repopulate their entire species.
The Science:
At some point a duck wandered into the wrong tent and POW: Platypuses.
A worldwide natural disaster that kills everyone but a huddled few, who then have to repopulate the world? It happens all the time. When biologists analyze the past of a species they often run into what they call genetic bottlenecks, indicating evolutionary events where virtually all of a species were killed or otherwise prevented from reproducing.
For instance, cheetahs had one of these not too long ago. You know how if a human gets a skin graft or kidney transplant, we have to find a relative who's a close enough match and take immunosuppressants so our body doesn't reject the donor organ? A cheetah wouldn't have to do any of that. They had such an extreme genetic bottleneck recently (that is, so few remained) that all the Cheetahs we have now are essentially close relatives.
"Cheetahs are the inbred rednecks of the African savannah." - Jack Hanna
And humans? We've previously talked about the Toba Event, some unknown disaster 75,000 years ago that may have reduced the population of humanity to just 5,000 freaking people.
More than were supposedly on Noah's Ark, sure, but few enough you could have fit everyone left on Earth on board the Titanic.
And while we're on the Bible...
#4. The Tower of Babel and the Birth of Languages
The Myth:
So there you are: A descendant of the aforementioned Noah. You think you are so great just because you happen to be a direct descendant of the only righteous man of his time. So, you, along with your brothers and cousins, decide that you will build a huge-ass tower to reach the heavens so that you will be famous and what not. If you know the Old Testament you know that at this point God gets all pissed because... well, we actually don't know. The story doesn't really make it clear. If God just hates huge, pointless engineering projects then you'd think Dubai would have been hit by a meteor by now.
Seriously, that sailboat/hotel/island resort thing is about as retarded as it gets.
Anyway, God decides to punish mankind and derail the project by making all of the people at the construction site spontaneously start speaking in different languages. The confused builders abandoned the tower and went their separate ways. That is the Bible's explanation for why people around the world speak different languages. And to think that was all in nine verses.The Science:
If you're into linguistics or have taken a class on the subject, you will recognize how uncannily similar this is to the Theory of Monogenesis. This is one of the major theories out there about the evolution of languages, and it states that all of the world's languages evolved from one language, in one place, at one time.
The original language? Oddly enough, Pig Latin.
It's a pretty straightforward idea, albeit controversial.
Alfred Trombetti theorized that this single human language came about right around the same time the first humans came about (though it could also be traced back to the aforementioned near-extinction event, where everyone but the speakers of a single language were killed off).
Either way, the theory is that a single human language arose among a single group of humans in a single region, where it then spread it to the rest of the globe.
Then, there's Hollywood's theory that all languages have a British accent.
Then each region and race developed the several thousand languages we have in the world today. Just like in the Tower of Babel story, only without the big-ass tower. It's impossible to know it if it was also due to mankind doing something to piss off God, so we're going to guess "yes."
#3. The Creation of the Universe
The Myth:
The Bible has no monopoly on this one. Every culture has a creation myth, which makes sense because from the beginning of time kids have been asking their parents where the world came from and you have to tell them something.
Eventually, jingling keys doesn't cut it for them.
You can't just sit there like a dumbass, even if you're living in an era when science has given you zero information on the subject. We're humans, we don't just go around admitting we don't know.
So, the ancient Egyptians told their kids, "A lotus flower arose from the sea by way of an explosive interaction as a bud. Then the lotus flower opens and Khepri emerges." (Khepri being a deity who gives birth to creation.) Meanwhile, thousands of miles way, some Chinese parent was telling his kid that, "A cosmic egg appeared in the chaos by way of 18,000 years of the chaos coalescing. Then the cosmic egg cracks and P'an-Ku emerges." Again, P'an-Ku is a being who creates the universe.
Here, the Chinese creation story is recreated by the WWE.
And of course, we have the Genesis account of the universe being formless and empty, then God speaking a word that brings forth light and matter and life.
What's remarkable is how similar these universal creation myths are, be they Chinese, Egyptian, Hindu, Finnish or otherwise. And, whether it is a golden womb, a cosmic egg or a flower blossom, it's all generally the same idea, you just plug in the words:
In the beginning, there was nothing but chaos, often depicted by a vast sea. Then, suddenly, a (noun) (arose from/appeared in) the (sea/chaos/nothingness) by way of (some event or lack thereof). Then the (same noun) (erupts/cracks/opens) and (a deity/creation) emerges.
The Science:
Garnish with warfare and hilarious laws for flavor.
You've already guessed it. As fantastic as the mythical versions are, the mechanics of the modern Big Bang theory are remarkably similar. In the beginning of the universe, there was nothing. Not even empty space - merely nothing.
Then, suddenly, a primeval atom forms and explodes, creating the universe.
You can fit it exactly into the framework proposed above: In the beginning, there was nothing. Then, suddenly, an atom appeared in the nothingness. Then the primeval atom erupts and the universe emerges.
Whether or not you practice any of the aforementioned religions, you've got to admit that's an impressive guess for people who would have burned you as a witch if you'd shown them a telescope.


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It's a good way to save when going out and I've seldom had any issues with redeeming them, but I think it's a bit dodgy to refer to them as gift certificates or gift cards; you're required to spend between $35 and $50 to use the $25. Where I come from, a document that gives you a certain amount off when you buy something for a certain larger amount is called a "coupon."
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During my recent visit to Miami, I was commissioned by Real Estate developer David Lombardi, of Lombardi properties to create something for one of his buildings to be part of the historic Wynwood Walls Walk during Art Basel Miami 2012.
To my surprise, much sought after Miami based photographer Liam Crotty asked if he could photograph me. I never expected it would be this amazing photo essay and interview. Thank you so much for sharing your talent with me, and a very special thank you to Myra Wexler, of Musing with Myra fame for once again making this connections possible. (Myra, introduced me and my work to Liam).


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Say I ask subjects what $20 \cdot 20$ is. Is there any way, besides introspection, to evaluate whether subjects recalled the answer or calculated the answer? In general, I would expect that the recalled answer would be presented faster, however some calculations can be done quickly and sometimes it can take a while to recall information.
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A consensus within cognitive psychology is that there really is no such thing as "computation", though that depends how you define it. It seems all arithmetic ( + - * / ) is simply fact retrieval from long-term memory. More complex problems simply rely on the fact that we can break them down into simpler problems. For instance, when you learn to solve 364+192, you're really doing a set of simpler retrieval operations, e.g.:
The only true "computation" aside from fact-retrieval is counting, which we resort to when we don't have a fact required... e.g., If I forget 4x6, then I'll add
There's still the question of whether someone memorizes 20x20=400, or whether they break this down into smaller components (2x2=4, add two 0s). It would be hard to tell what strategy someone is using here, but reaction time may give a clue. Retrieval time is going to be influenced by the number of steps in the problem, and the strength of the memory for each retrieval. John Anderson has used his ACT-R (http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/) model explicitly to model reaction time in arithmetic which can give you quantitative predictions. Still, I think in most cases it will be difficult to distinguish between such a small difference in reaction time.
Re: cognitive arithmetic as mental fact-retrieval, see Ashcraft, 1992. Or, this quote from Ashcraft, 1995:
M.H. Ashcraft (1992). Cognitive arithmetic: A review of data and theory. Cognition, 44, 75-106.
M.H. Ashcraft (1995). cognitive psychology and simple arithmetic: a review of summary and new directions. mathematical cognition.


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I can't really put a proper title on this one, but I seem to be missing one crucial point. Why do roots of a function like $f(x) = ax^2 + bx + c$ provide the solutions when $f(x) = 0$. What does that $ y = 0$ mean for the solutions, the intercept at the $x$ axis? Why aren't the solutions at $f(x) = 403045$ or some other arbitrary $n$?
What makes the x-intercept special?


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I have installed these Webapps in my Ubuntu 12.10: Facebook, GMail, YouTube and they work fine. However while launching the website from the corresponding Webapp, it always opens in a new window of my default browser. Is there any way by which I can make them to open in a new tab instead of a new window?
There is a nice workaround for Firefox. Install the Tab Mix plus add-on and check "Enable Single Window Mode" in its options.
From what I understand opening the Web Apps as new tabs instead of new windows is not currently supported, on the Canonical blog they explained the rationale as;
Of course you can drag the open web app to your browser and there is will sit like any other tab (I have done this while testing with Chromium) but I am not aware of a way to open it with that behaviour by default.
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I have a laptop with a LAMP setup. The HDD is slow, which causes my unit tests to run slowly.
I was wondering whether I could mount the web root the mysql database on some kind of ramdisk.
From what I have read of ramdisks, they are non-persistent.
Is there anyway to create a ramdisk that writes changes to an area of the hdd when shutting down and re-mounts the ramdisk on bootup?