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For the first time since 2005, when George W. Bush was in the Oval Office, the public's opinion of the former president is "more positive than negative," the pollsters at Gallup say.
Gallup says its latest polling shows:
— 49 percent of those surveyed have a favorable opinion of the former president.
— 46 percent have an unfavorable opinion of Bush.
The June 1-4 survey of 1,529 adults has a margin of error on each result of +/- 3 percentage points.
Gallup hadn't asked that question about Bush since November 2010. At the time, 53 of those surveyed said they had an unfavorable opinion of him, versus 44 percent who had a favorable opinion.
According to Gallup, "the recovery in Bush's image is not unexpected, given that Americans generally view former presidents positively. Gallup's favorable ratings for Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton all exceeded 60% when last measured."
The polling firm adds that:
"It would not be out of the question for Bush's image to continue to improve in future years. But Bush's image improved more from 2009 to 2010 than it has in the past three years, even with a recent round of positive publicity from the opening of his presidential library, so that is not a guarantee he will see the 60%+ favorable ratings enjoyed by other former presidents anytime soon."
The current president's current rating is also just into positive territory. According to Gallup's daily tracking poll, 47 percent of those surveyed approve of the job President Obama is doing — versus 44 percent who disapprove. Those results also have margins of error of +/- 3 percentage points.
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Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia and Chairman of the Senior Ulema [Religious Scholars] Shaikh Abdulaziz Al-Ashaikh issued a statement today condemning the terrorist acts that have taken place in the United States, saying categorically: "Such acts run counter to the teachings of Islam.'' He went on to state: "God Almighty has decreed that people adhere to the principle of justice because heaven and earth are based on justice, and He sent his messengers to advocate for justice, and the Holy Qur'an underscores the importance of following the path of justice in this world. And it is clear that to hold someone responsible for a crime committed by another, is not just." He added: "Enmity and hatred do not justify aggression or injustice."
Shaikh Al-Ashaikh listed four facts that every person, every country and every nation must be made aware of, whether Muslim or non-Muslim:
"Firstly: the recent developments in the United States including hijacking planes, terrorizing innocent people and shedding blood, constitute a form of injustice that cannot be tolerated by Islam, which views them as gross crimes and sinful acts.
"Secondly: any Muslim who is aware of the teachings of his religion and who adheres to the directives of the Holy Qur'an and the sunnah (the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad) will never involve himself in such acts, because they will invoke the anger of God Almighty and lead to harm and corruption on earth.
"Thirdly: it is the duty of the Muslim ulema (religious scholars) to make facts clear in this respect, and to clarify that Islam never accepts such acts.
"Fourthly: the media which try to defame Islam and Muslims in order to rally against them the feelings of various nations, should immediately stop this unacceptable and unjustifiable practice, since all reasonable and just people know that such biased accusations have nothing to do with Islam."

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Enviropreneur Danielle Nicholas (Alumni 2013) is the owner and founder of Crazy Mountain Grass Fed Beef, LLC in Bozeman, Montana. She came to PERC with the aim to market grass fed beef as the sum of all its parts with the concept: "terroir of beef." In this video she introduces herself and her...
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President Obama recently proposed a federal strategy to promote honey bee health. But an economic perspective may provide some lessons for the government task force.
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i am working ECC-224 bit. can any one tell me, how to calculate y value from ((y*y) mod prime) efficiently for large bit numbers.
square roots in prime order groups are simple to calculate, if you know the group order $p$ and are able to factorize $p-1$ (usually this is 2 times another prime):
Calculate the inverse of 2 mod $p-1$ (with the extended euclidean algorithm): $$a = 2^{-1} \text{ mod }(p-1)$$ $$\Rightarrow y = (y^2)^{a} \text{ mod } p$$
Implementation in any language supporting big integers and modular exponentiation should be easy.
edit: ouch, poncho's comment is true, obviously. With $p-1$ being even, 2 has no inverse. But in case $p=2q+1$ with $q$ prime, this can be easily fixed: $$ a= 2^{-1} \text{ mod } q\\ \Rightarrow y = \pm (y^2)^{a} $$
This is actually the same as the other suggested algorithm. However, if the totient of the prime is something more complex than $2q$ or a higher root is required, it helps to know the basic principle behind the modular square root algorithm.
By "ECC-224", I suppose that you mean "NIST curve P-224". This actually matters.
To compute the square root of $z$ modulo a prime $p$, there are several methods which depend on $p$. If $p = 3 \pmod 4$ then it suffices to compute:
$$ y = z^{(p+1)/4} \pmod p$$
If $z$ is indeed a square, this will yield a value $y$, and the other square root will be $-y$ (to check whether $z$ is really a square, just compute $y^2 \pmod p$ and see if it yields back your value $z$ or not).
Now, in NIST curve P-224, computations are done modulo a prime $p$ which is such that $p = 1 \pmod 4$, and the method above does not work. You have to use Tonelli-Shanks algorithm which is slightly more complex, and, in the general case, requires knowledge of a value modulo $p$ which is not a square (half o values modulo $p$ are not squares, so finding one is not hard, but this is enough to make the algorithm, in all generality, probabilistic).


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Of course you play your main…
Stupid question #327 from Gnomeaggedon.
OK, let me rephrase that question…
Do you play your original main?
I don't.
My original main was a Tauren Hunter on a server far, far away.
However two of my mates do play their original mains.
Mr. Z! And Mr. H! Are still playing their skanky female human rogue and paladins that they rolled back on day one of Vanilla WoW.
For a while there they were forced to play Horde "alts" to max level when we rolled on Horde factions.
However when we journeyed to Aman'Thul and rerolled Alliance just before TBC, they transferred their original mains with them.
Did you marry your first love?
Through rez sickness and nerfs
To raid and to grind
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It just made me wonder in these days of server transfers and soon to come faction changes, how many of us have stayed loyal to our first love.
I don't know if Snowdabow will ever regain his talents. I don't know if I will ever transfer or faction change him. He is gathering virtual dust on Dalaran and will probably stay there.
Gnomeaggedon is my main now, but I still think fondly of Snow and his scruffy yet loyal mates Atlas.
I wonder whether the time will come where Gnomeaggedon ports for the last time. Where Squidly is the character always highlighted on the character selection screen when I log in.
Will I be consumed by the Worgen, traded for a Goblin?
Gnomer and Out!
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|Boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into strips, seasoned and dusted with flour, dipped into beaten egg, and rolled into well crushed saltine crackers - a southern favorite!
Crunchy Saltine Chicken TendersI guess we all have a go-to chicken strip recipe since you can really stretch out a chicken breast by cutting it into strips. Two or three large chicken breasts literally will make a huge platter of strips. When made at home with whole chicken breasts purchased on sale, they are economical and a super thumbs up kid favorite (even for us big kids)!
Crunchy chicken tenders can be done in a number of ways - coated with plain self rising flour, or dusted and then rolled in panko bread crumbs, cornflake cereal, and even potato chips - but I think my most favorite way to cook them is this one. Boneless, skinless chicken breasts, sliced into tenders and seasoned, lightly dusted in flour and then dipped in beaten egg and rolled in crushed up saltine crackers. My mama used to love to use finely crushed crackers and cracker meal, so it's old school I guess, but then so am I!
You can also still use the cracker coating but change this up a bit by flattening the breast for a chicken fried chicken, or by cutting them into larger tenders or planks. Add variety by using your favorite seasonings or adding different herbs to the flour.
Most people seem to pan fry strips, but next to a full out deep fry, I love first cooking them in the oven, followed by a flash fry in my deep fryer, just to add the color. This method ensures the tenders are cooked through and I feel like I'm reducing the fat, yet still getting that wonderful fried chicken flavor and crunch we all love so much... but with a little less guilt. I've also included some alternative suggestions for cooking them at the bottom of the recipe. If you do choose the oven route, you'll definitely want to do a quick flash fry either at the beginning or end, just to give them that added flavor and golden color pictured above.
Serve these tenders with a glass of iced tea, a nice mixed garden salad, and the always fabulous Mississippi Comeback Sauce, the lovely spicy honey mustard dipping sauce I just featured, or a dressed up store-bought barbecue sauce, or homemade marinara dipping sauce.
Recipe: Crunchy Saltine Chicken Tenders©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 10 min |Cook time: 35 min | Yield: About 4 to 6 servings
- 1-1/2 pounds of boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, or to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper, or to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder, or to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon Cajun seasoning (like Slap Ya Mama) , or to taste
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 cup of self rising flour
- 1 sleeve of saltine crackers, crushed (Nabisco Original recommended)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place an oven safe rack on top of a rimmed baking sheet and spray rack with non-stick spray; set aside. Cut the chicken breasts into strips and season both sides lightly with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and Cajun seasoning. Dredge into the flour to coat lightly. Dip each strip into the egg, then roll in the crushed saltines. Set on the prepared rack. Transfer to oven and bake at 350 degrees F for about 30 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. Meanwhile preheat deep fryer to 375 degrees and drop the tenders in batches into the fryer, only long enough to brown, about 30 seconds. May also pan fry start to finish; see notes below for other cooking methods.
Serve with Mississippi Comeback Sauce, barbecue sauce, spicy honey mustard, homemade marinara, jalapeno dipping sauce, or your favorite dipping sauce, a nice side salad, and a glass of southern iced tea.
Cook's Notes: I prefer to flash fry these, using the oven to bake them first and then finishing them in the deep fryer, just to add color. It only takes seconds to brown them and the deep fryer reduces the absorption of oil, yet tastes like you fried them start to finish. If you don't have a deep fryer, heat about 1-inch of canola or vegetable oil over medium to medium-high heat in a deep sided skillet or a Dutch oven. Carefully slide the tenders in the oil, frying until browned, about 3 minutes per side, then transfer to the wire rack for baking. Place into the oven and bake at 350 degrees for about 15 to 20 minutes or until cooked through. You can also completely pan fry. I find them more greasy and the cracker coating tends to over-brown to my liking with pan frying.
Variations: Also works well with pork chops and a firm white fish - catfish, grouper, haddock, cod, halibut and swordfish are good options. May also substitute panko bread crumbs, crushed corn flake cereal, pretzels or potato chips for the saltines. Flash frying for color for potato chip crusted tenders is optional as they tend to color fairly well in the oven. A couple of suggestions from our Facebook readers - try cheesy crackers like Hot and Spicy Cheez-its or Goldfish crackers, coat them with crushed French fried onions (like French's), or try a combination of saltines, goldfish cracker, and a little Parmesan cheese for a change! For a change, can also cut the tenders into nuggets.
Tailgate Tip: Cut chicken into thin strips and fry as above. Thread chicken on wooden skewers for an easy handle. Serve cold, or toss on grill over indirect heat, just to warm through if desired. Serve with one of the above dipping sauces.
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Clockwork & Cogs {a Steampunk RP}
oo1. No power playing (ie. controlling other characters) and god modeling (moving through events quickly so other characters aren't able to contribute.)
oo2. I request that have have at least some roleplay experience before joining.
oo3. You're welcome to multiple characters, just don't neglect them.
oo4. There will more-than-likely be some form of violence in here.
oo5. Please also introduce your character in paragraph form instead of just the template.
oo6. Feel free to make up names for cities and such. After all, this isn't based on anything.
The year is 2176 and civilization is far from what it once was. War and natural disasters have torn the world apart and have left something new in the ashes. Africa no longer exists and you'd have to have a death wish to enter South America, the entire continent is a poisons jungle. There are only three countries now: The Republic, which was once North America, The Colonies, once known as Europe and Asia, and The Underground, the remains of Australia. Humanity once nearly ceased to exist but 500 years later and the world has rebuild itself. Culture has seemed to be sent back in time, The Republic and the Colonies are stuck in a Victorian age of lifestyle while The Underground have found themselves in what was once the old west. The strange thing is, technology is far beyond what it used to be. Everything under the sun is now powered by steam and the weaponry used can produce such things as lightning and lasers, but old fashioned revolvers are a favorite amongst civilians.
Politicians are considered high society and royalty in the world now. They're usually refined, and mainly no good, people who have to be born into the occupation. The military is next in line in greatness; the aviators at the top of that. Next come the engineers and mechanics while everyone else is below that. The Republic is famous for their great military and airship armada while The Colonies are renowned for their cunning spies and The Underground for their natural resources. Most jobs have one thing in common: they're rough and dangerous. Unless you're a politician, of course, then you're sitting in your drawing room, drinking tea and laughing at everyone else's problems. The Underground have started sending out several explorers further into the unknown lands around them and are even starting to send them to the ruins of South America in hopes of keeping up with the demand for steam.
For about a decade now a shortage of steam has been coming up and The Colonies and The Republic have been burred deep in a war over who should get control of the Underground and it's resources. The Underground, of course, are not happy about this and are waiting for the right time to fight back. But, things aren't always what they seem. In fact, The Republic has more steam than they say they do while The Colonies have started developing an alternative from using steam to using water to power most of their transportation. Either way, the two will not stop until they have control over The Underground. While the number of politicians in The Republic and The Colonies are all on good terms and usually spend their Sunday evenings together playing croquet, the military forces have both decided on one thing: that the other must be destroyed in order to have control of the Underground. So, while their leaders are off having a good time, civilization is once again trying to end itself. Will a compromise ever be made or will humanity finally stop in it's tracks?
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Name: Angela Smithy
Age: 26
Ethnicity: Republic
Occupation: Captain of the Republic Air Fleet.
Personality: Angela is a patriot to say the least; she loves her job and her country and has spent years climbing the ranks of the air force to get to where she is now. She can also be very hotheaded and doesn't always think before she speaks or care if she offends anyone. Angela's not always the most polite person you'll meet but she is always professional and will prove that point. Angela is quite a family person, she always helped out in the household when she was younger and, like any other woman, she dreams of having a family of her own one day. Angela is a very eager person which can often lead to some carelessness in her actions and her getting wrapped up in some terrible problem. On another note, she doesn't quite take the responsibility she should for said problems. Angela is always rather doubtful of things and people, trust is also something that's not easily maintained with her.
Appearance: Reddish-brown hair and blue eyes. About 5'11" in height. Usually very professional looking.
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Short Bio: Angela was born in a large town named Ash City which was once Chicago a long time ago. She wasn't one of the few who was born into luxury but she did get a better hand of cards than most did. Angela grew up in a nice area, went to a nice school and her family never really had any financial problems. Her father was a train conductor and her mother a seamstress and they all three had a happy life together. Growing up, Angela proved herself to be a rambunctious little girl, getting in trouble for causing the occasion fight in school from time to time, but that was about it. Every day on the way home, she would stop outside the corner store and stare in awe and bewilderment at the military posters on the window that read "The Republic Needs You!" and "Fight for Your Country!" until eventually the owner would have to run her off for detouring customers from his shop. As soon as she was out of school, she enlisted to be in the Republic Air Force and has spent her days there ever since.
With her pale nose high in the air, Angela walked down the streets of Capitol City, her shoes punishing the ground below her with ever precise step. She adjusted her leather gloves a bit and fixed the goggles around her neck, making sure they were secure and status-quo. With a slow exhale, Angela took a left turn and walked into the parlor in front of her. She swiftly took a seat next to a window and waited for someone to take her order. She smiled a bit at the boy who had approached her table. "A cup of coffee and the morning newspaper," she said with a nod as an eyebrow perked slightly with interest at the boy as he turned to leave.
Angela let out a content sigh as she took off her gloves, folded her hands on top of each other and set her chin above them. She turned and looked out the window, glad she had picked this spot to sit, at the rustic city around her. Her mind began to trail off in wonder of what the day had in store; she was pleased that the newspaper arrived at this moment. She nodded once more with an even brighter smile as she thanked the boy and he walked away once more. She pursed her lips in curiosity as she dropped spoonfuls of sugar into her coffee while she lifted the newspaper from its place. Her eyes trailed over the headlines, trying to find something of interest, but the results weren't looking good. With a less content sigh, she held the cup of coffee to her lips and took a grateful gulp, letting the hot liquid burn her throat. Angela didn't care to wipe off the red ring her lipstick had left on the edge of the cup. With a slightly bored expression, she looked back over the newspaper before finally putting it down. "Not much going on, eh?" she asked herself as she took another sip of her coffee and settled in a little bit more into her seat.
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Name:Georgina Vanhausten, but she refers to herself as and prefers to be called George
Ethnicity: Republic
Occupation: None really, but if you want something for official papers theif sums it all up fine.
Personality:Cheerful, amiable most of the time, sly, completely untrustworthy, dishonest and prone to changing moods over the strangest things.
Appearance: Tall and lean, long curly/wavy black hair and goldish eyes. Both her parents are of what people would refer to as coloured appearance, so her skin is darker than most other people's. She has a very expressive face, so if she's happy she'll sport a large grin and if not an axcessive pout. All in all think of a generally happy, sometimes moody, food and money loving, curly haired greyhound.
Short Bio:Both her parents were of the lowest ranks in society, both spoke nearly none of the languages used i nthe republic and migrated from the colonies. Her father was like her a thief and her mother worked as a servant in a politicians household. Both are now dead from various illnesses that the use of steam which caused several of the poorer and more crowded parts of the town to begin to reek and the air to be filled with nasty things. Hence she's grown up on the streets, and don't get me wrong she's no noble sort of self sufficient pirate, she'd swap all of her friends and aqquantices for the life of a politician.
George grinned confidently as she made her way down the streets of Capitol city, making sure to keep the head of reddish brown curls in view. She'd easilly managed to follow the woman from the darker more shifty streets of town where she lived towards the more upmarket streets, dotted with restaurants and fashionable shops. George was aware that in the smoke filled gutters that she called home no one could see her following them, it was always easy to pull out a dagger and collect her days pay then. However these busier parts of town presented a challenge, something new and something which she found very exciting.
She let her mind wander, while keeping a sharp eye out and remembered the lady she'd conned last week. She'd only had to offer directions, give the lady some useless information and dissapear, with of course the heavy gold watch and jewellry. They'd brought a good price now she remembered.
As the woman entered a fancy looking parlour George's interest returned and she too slipped inside. She winked at the young boy who worked there, she knew him well and in exchange for help she'd often given him a share of the loot before. He nodded and hurried of the serve the girl. George fell back into her own chair, her gaze slid around the room and found its way back to the woman. She was oviously well brought up and George smiled to herself in delight. There was going to be more than just fish for dinner tonight.
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in which it is stated as a "folklore" conjecture that the maximal solvable extension of Q is pseudo algebraically closed (this means, in particular, any geometrically connected variety over Q has a point over a solvable extension).
I am curious what evidence there is to support such a conjecture.
In addition, what can be said for the analogous statement for global function fields?


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Since in the military ranks, lieutenant is lower than a major. Why is it that in the rankings of generals......major general is lower than a lieutenant general?
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The Nebraska City Board of Adjustments voted 5 to 0 to grant a variance to Graham's Salvage.
The Nebraska City Planning Commission requires a fence around the salvage operation as city codes requires it to be screened from adjacent city streets.
The board of adjustments agreed that the Gary Graham does not need to screen the operation from motorists or pedestrians on the 11th Street viaduct, which arches over the property.
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Penny Barton's eighth grade girls volleyball team at Carmi-White County Middle School hosted their final home game of the season Wednesday, March 6, a makeup game with Olney and lost the close decision 25-22, 25-16, 16-14.
The Lady 'Pups came out strong in each of the three games, taking the early advantage. However, Olney would always rally back and tighten the score. In the first game, Morgan Combs made a huge block for the final point of the game that put the Lady 'Pups over the top.
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Members of the eighth grade team include Graci Ackerman, Maggi Ackerman, Gabbie Brown, Abbie Bryant, Morgan Combs, Ashtyn Cowling, Allison Cozart, Karen Kays, Emily Mahon, Rachel Vetter, Madison Wenzel and Lixi Wheeler. All eighth grade players were honored with their parents prior to the game for eighth grade recognition night.
Also prior to the game, Haley Roedder, who serves as one of two eighth grade managers for the team, sang the National Anthem. Roedder was selected as 2012 Junior Miss during the White County Fair last summer.
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Petrobras has enlisted Citigroup to shop its 100,000 bpd Houston-area refinery, sources said, as the Brazilian state-run oil company continues to shed assets to help fund offshore drilling back home. A sale of the 100,000-barrel-a-day refinery will likely result in a loss for the company.
By BEN LEFEBVRE and RYAN DEZEMBER
Petroleo Brasileiro SA, or Petrobras, has enlisted
Citigroup to shop its Houston-area refinery as the Brazilian
state-run oil company continues to shed assets to help fund
offshore drilling back home, according to people with knowledge
of the sale effort.
A sale of the 100,000-bpd refinery will likely result in a
loss for the company, which paid nearly $1.2 billion for the
facility, one of these people said.
Petrobras acquired a 50% stake in the refinery in 2006, paying a
subsidiary of Belgian commodities trader Transcor Astra Group
S.A. about $360 million.
Then, after a lengthy legal battle with its partner, Petrobras
acquired the 50% it didn't already own in July. Petrobras paid
$820.5 million, with $466 million set as the value of the
property and the remainder covering legal fees and interest
The price has prompted Brazilian lawmakers to question the
purchase, according to local media outlets, which last week
reported that the Brazilian Congress would call on a Petrobras
executive to answer questions about the deal.
On Tuesday, a spokeswoman said the company was "unaware of any
request to appear before Brazil's Congress at this time."
Still, the refinery could hold allure to some,
primarily because of its location, said Morningstar analyst
Allen Good.
Located it in Pasadena, Texas, just south of Houston, it is
well positioned to receive the growing crude supplies coming
out of shale formations in south and west Texas, Mr. Good said.
And its location on the Houston Ship Channel connects it to
important export markets, he said.
More than half of the Pasadena refinery's output is
gasoline, a fuel for which demand is rising in Latin American
Petrobras is in the early stages of an effort to divest some
$15 billion of assets before 2017 as it looks to raise money to
fund development of its prolific yet expensive-to-drill fields
deep off Brazil's coast.
Petrobras has said it plans to spend $237 billion developing
those so-called subsalt fields.
Late Monday, Petrobras announced the sale of a 40% stake in
an offshore block in Brazil to oil producer OGX Petroleo e Gas
Participacoes for $270 million. In the US, Petrobras has hired
Morgan Stanley to help it find a buyer for a stake in its Gulf
of Mexico fields, which could bring in up to $4 billion,
The Wall Street Journal earlier reported.
Meanwhile, the mandate to sell the refinery marks another success for
Citigroup's energy bankers, who are having a banner year in
what has been the best year on record for oil-and-gas mergers
and acquisitions by dollar volume.
Citigroup leads other financial institutions, advising on
$101.3 billion worth of announced oil and gas deals this year,
according to data provider Dealogic. In all, there have been
nearly $296 billion worth such deals, excluding spinoffs and
repurchases, meaning Citi has had a hand in roughly 31% of the
year's global oil-and-gas transactions, according to
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Works for me too. Just remember to consider the exclusions before you start filling up your shopping cart. Video games,tablets,learning games like the LeapPads are all excluded.
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I thought it would be a good idea to use a Live CD of Ubuntu to do all my financial transactions online, I figure thats the safest way since any virus/trojan cannot infect the Live CD?
Just one question, how safe is it to use Linux as a whole for this kind of use? (I mean, Linux and all the apps are open source and written by just about anybody, so how can I be sure that even the Ubuntu Live CD doesnt have any sort of keylogger etc installed? After all, with so many lines of code, I'm sure someone could have sneaked in something like that?)
I don't know if I'm being paranoid, but it would help if someone has answers or links talking about this specific aspect? Also, is there a geek-word for such "sneaking in of malicious software" (apart from "trojan" of course :)


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I have a shp file with the latitudes and longitudes for the boundaries for various geographic regions. I'd like to convert the shp file into lists of just latitudes and longitudes for the regions. I'll then use these lists in my program to determine which region a specific point resides in. Is there a quick way to do this conversion or will I have to read up on the APIs? Even converting the shp file into GML would be a help as I could easily access that programmatically.
You can use Python shapefile library pyshp
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I've been thinking more about tagging and the apparent problem so many people on SO seem to have with the concept. The number of times I've had to fix questions tagged
visual and
studio or
sql and
server, often for users with 3000+ reputation, defies reason. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
It occurs to me that a lot of the problem is we've been trained by other sites to treat tags differently. Programmers generally know how to do categorization, but that's just not how they look at the tag metaphor on a web site. Sites like flikr and youtube need to also use tags for search indexing, and so they mix the categorization concept with a description concept, resulting in an impossibly fragmented tag inventory.
The solution here, then, is a simple name change — change the name, change the metaphor. I think more people get that labels (as in gmail) are about categorization, and using the term "label" will help them expect to find existing labels and look for the correct ones rather than type whatever pops into their head, as appears to happen so often right now.
I fully expect this to end up status-declined, as this "simple" cosmetic change touches question urls, and that means mvc routes in code, bookmarks, etc. At very least you'd have to leave the old routes around as duplicates for the bookmarks. But I would like to see if it could build up any support and hear others' thoughts on whether this would help.


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What cheeses me off
There is one thing about patches that really cheeses me off.
- It's not that we get new content buffs or nerfs – that's what the patch is about right?
- It's not that "our" mods are broken, what do you expect when the software that they interact with has been radically changed, and the addon developers are writing their mods in their spare time and releasing them to the public out of the goodness of their hearts.
No the thing that cheeses me off is the "9,990,000" ungrateful players of WoW. The ones that aren't happy that things have changed. This is revealed in a few different forms.
- Bring back classic WoW (soon to be augmented by the bring back TBC whingers.
- The my mod is broken whingers.
- The I want the old mod whingers.
Bring back classic WoW (soon to be augmented by the bring back TBC whingers.
Note, this isn't directed at roleplayers that want to continue in a pristine classic WoW environment.
This is directed at those "who moved my cheese" players, that want WoW to exist as it did at the time of WoW 1.0…. ohhh except without the bugs.
These are the people that want the buffs, but not the nerfs.
These are the people that don't want to change their interface, not even to drag a new spell to their tool bar (you do do that right, you don't cast spells from your spellbook).
To them I say, get over yourself!
Change is good, it adds spice with the new skills. Sure you will have to learn some new tricks, maybe, shock… gasp, do some research into your new gameplay, but in a month you will complain when Blizz nerfs that new feature you hate so much now.
The my mod is broken whingers.
Go write one yourself, make it bigger and better, make it patch proof – then you won't need to expend energy abusing other people that have given up their precious playtime to do something more than selfishly play.
If the mod developer is still active in WoW, and still actively developing their mod, you can be assured that they are trying to figure out how the new patch has affected their mod, how the interaction with the other 50 mods you have installed on your PC (that they may never have heard of) is breaking their mod.
So if you have a issue with the performance of their mod, positively report the symptoms that you are experiencing, then either patiently wait, of better yet, actively participate in testing the mod to help them out.
Don't whinge and bitch about how the mod is stopping you playing the game. If you need the mod that much, then you are playing the mod, not WoW.
The I want the old mod whingers.
I see this a lot on the Auctioneer forums. At this point I should point out that I have no relationship with Auctioneer or the developers other than being a user of Auctioneer. Sure I have reported a few bugs, and suggested some new enhancements in the past, but that's about it.
What I hate more than the "auctioneer is broken fix it noobs", or "auctioneer stole my money" posts are the constant, I want Auctioneer Classic" back posts. Times have changed, AC wasn't meant to work with TBC, but the developers (unfortunately I think) continued to support it, reducing the time they could have spent developing AA.
Yes it's different. Yes it is more complex. Yes it required a learning curve. But hell, it's better.
If you don't like it, don't use it, there are other options out there, and if you don't like them, build your lua skills fast and start writing your own mods.
Just for god's sake, don't slag off the developers!
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I'm maintaining Somebody Else's Code. There's a stored procedure that's run once a day or week (depending on config), that migrates a bunch of records from an active table to an archive. But it's not a true archive, since there are several live processes that include the archive table in SQL queries, which is
properly indexed for the purpose.
Now the history of this story is that the archive table grew and grew, and the archiving SP started taking a very long time. So Somebody decided it would be a good idea at the beginning of the SP to drop all the indexes on the archive table and recreate them at the end. Of course, recreating them also takes eons, but arguably not as long as inserting the new records with the indexes in place.
This situation just screams at me: "THIS IS SINFUL!" It just seems wrong, wrong, wrong to be screwing around with indexes at runtime. I'm sure this is not an uncommon situation, so what is the "correct" way of handling a situation like this?


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Given an $n$-dimensional polytope $P\subset \mathbb{R}^n$.
For a subset of indices $i_1,\ldots,i_k$ of $\{1,\ldots,n\}$ and reals $a_1,\ldots,a_k$, we denote by $P(x_{i_1}=a_{1},\ldots,x_{i_k}=a_{k})$ the set of point of the polytope $P$ where coordinates $x_{i_j}$ are fixed to some constant $a_j$ (it is the intersection of $P$ with the hyperplanes of equations $x_{i_j}=a_{j}$). Let $f(a_1,\ldots,a_k)$ the $n-k$-volume of $P(x_{i_1}=a_{1},\ldots,x_{i_k}=a_{k})$. I think that this function is piecewise polynomial in the variables $a_j$ and that this function is continuous in its support (i.e. the set where it is not null). These two results seems quite elementary but I didn't find a reference nor a proof.


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Ford Broken Axle - Banjo LessonsWritten by on June 28, 2007 Keepin' Early Ford Rearends From Hitting a Sour Note
Building and driving a traditional hot rod certainly isn't for everybody-after all, there are sacrifices involved. Putting one together takes time, money, and an infinite amount of patience looking for just the right parts. Then once your work of automotive art is on the road, the fact is, most of them have a few idiosyncrasies that have to be tolerated; it may not ride like a new car, there may even be a rattle or two, and if you've gotten home at least once thanks to the judicious use of duct tape or mechanic's wire, that's about par for the course. But for the true believer, the world just looks better from behind the wheel of a real hot rod, the faint odor of a warm Flathead is like perfume, and the sound of an early transmission under a load in Second gear is music to the ears-it's a sensory fest of sorts, a Disneyland ride for hot rodders.
While traditional hot rods certainly have a place in our heart, there's an old saying that goes, "Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it." In hot rod terms, that simply means there's a reason lots of Flatheads and three-speeds were replaced by small-block Chevys and automatics. But today, thanks to top-quality parts and better lubricants, Henry's venerable V-8 can be made better than ever, slipping a contemporary five-speed in place of a fragile top loader is a simple task, and thanks to Ken and Nick Smith of Hot Rod Works, early Ford banjo rearends can be made better than ever.
Like most things Ford did early on, the design of the rear axle was unique. Similar to the way most heavy truck rearends are still built today, the axleshafts did not support the weight of the car; instead, the wheel bearings ride on large journals that were actually part of the axlehousing. Consequently, the housing rather than the axle supported the weight of the car. But while that meant a Ford axle wouldn't usually fail from the pounding it had to endure due to the rough roads of the day, they still broke. The weak point was the tapered and keyed end where the axle attached to the hub, and if the torque of a stock engine could shear keys and twist off axle ends, imagine what a hopped-up Flattie can do.
While in most cases a broken axle isn't the end of the world, again, Ford's unique design comes into play. Early Ford axleshafts have an integral side gear that is part of the differential assembly, and it is that gear that holds the axles in the housing. In other words, if an early Ford axle breaks, there's nothing to keep it, and the wheel attached to it, in place. One of the most sobering experiences you can have is glancing in the outside rearview mirror and seeing a rear tire, and the remains of a broken axle, as they take off on their own.
As broken Ford axles were common, most racing organizations required some sort of retention system to keep the wheel in place if an axle broke. Some were as simple as clips that fit over the lips of the brake drums, then there were more elaborate safety hubs, and eventually late-style slide-in axle conversions were developed. The advantage to using the latter is that the bearing presses on the axle and is held in the housing by a retainer at its outer end. If an axle fails, it will just about always be on the inside of the bearing, so the retainer keeps the broken end, and the wheel, attached to the housing.
While the late-axle conversion is a natural for early Ford rears, the big problem has always been the differential side gears. Since the originals are integral with the axles, substitutes that accept slide-in axles must be a perfect match when other differential gears are necessary.
Over the years, a variety of differential side gears have been used to adapt late axles to early Ford rearends, but none fit perfectly, so some modification to them was always necessary-usually grinding down the outside diameter, hardly a precision operation. But thanks to Hot Rod Works, those days are over. As part of their axle conversion kits, they now offer gears designed specifically for the application. Machined from 8619H bearing-quality bar stock and heat-treated for strength and long life, they are patterned after the original 16-tooth Ford axle and accept 28-spline Ford-style slide-in axles.
The Hot Rod Works axle conversions are available in two forms: one that uses early Ford brakes, and the other uses late-Ford small bearing-style stoppers. In either case, the true weak links in the early Ford rearend are eliminated. It just goes to show you can have the best of both worlds-the strength and safety of contemporary axles with the traditional look of an early Ford rearend with no sacrifice involved.
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While keyways break and axles snap, the twisted key in this early Ford axle is something we've never seen before.Here's what this swap is all about-getting rid of the fragile early Ford axle (bottom) and replacing it with a much stronger slip-in style.The axle gears are at the heart of this conversion. They're integral on the early Ford shaft (top) while the later design is internally splined to accept a slide-in axle.Some machine work is necessary to install the Hot Rod Works axle gears in the differential case. A modified case is on the left, a stock on the right.Shown here is one of a pair of Hot Rod Works splined replacement side gears. They are also held in place when the differential case is assembled, but the axles are retained at the outer ends of housing.Here's a look at the half of the differential case that mounts the ring gear. The pointer shows the area that has been modified to accept the new axle gear.The first step in assembling the modified case is dropping the new axle gear in place (note the splines).
This is a stock Ford axle meshed with the four spider gears in half the differential case. The axle is held in place when the entire case is assembled.The housings are machined to accept grease seals to prevent leaks when late axles/early brakes are used.Although stock Ford brakes can be used, Hot Rod Works also offers reproductions of the highly sought-after self-energizing Lincoln design. Direct replacements for the Ford units, they provide vastly improved stopping power.This adapter is put in place after the backing plate is positioned. It accepts the late-style wheel bearing and the axle retainer bolts to it.


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What are all the gender/racial perks?
Characters (both player and NPC) may have different weights depending on their race and sex. See: http://uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Races
Note that I am not referring to Carry Weight AKA encumbrance.
All races and sexes have 1 weight, except for the male and female Altmer, male Argonian, and male Khajiit which all have 0.5 weight.
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I would like to know if there is an antonym to inauguration? By inauguration I mean "first time use of".
I googled this and thesaurus provided me with "adjournment". Can I use it in the following sense?
Fifteen years ago I was treated to the inaugural dream journey provided by my bed.
Tonight I sleep once again in my bed, it will be its adjournment. (last time used)
If this is correct can I then use "adjournal" as in "the adjournal dream journey"?
There is no more context than this really, I just stumbled upon this line of thought as I am moving abroad soon and it is the adjournment(?) for many of my belongings. So it is simply a question to better my English. :)


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Are all vulnerabilities security related? When people talk about vulnerabilities and security vulnerabilities, are they the same concept? My understanding is that a vulnerability is the a weakness in the system that allow to have potential attack.
This is one of those "it depends" situations. Systems are vulnerable to data loss due to power failure or disk drive failure or fire or water damage, for example, and so those could be considered "vulnerabilities" that are not "security related" because they do not result in unauthorized access to data or services or equipment and are not triggered on purpose by someone seeking to cause a denial of service. Then again, if the equipment in question is, say, operating a nuclear power plant, then equipment failure becomes a security problem of a different sort. So it really depends on what you define as a vulnerability and what you define as security.
I think of security vulnerabilities as things that would allow someone to cause unintended operation of a system (which includes unauthorized access or denial of service). I think of vulnerabilities in general as anything which would interfere with the proper operation of a service. So I would say "no", not all vulnerabilities are security related.
First if we ask what is security and what are we protecting, then we can realize that what vulnerability is. All vulnerabilities are security related, including all technical and non technical aspects.
If something is threatening confidentiality, integrity and availability in any aspect then it will be considered as a vulnerability. A vulnerability cannot exist without the need of securing something.
In simple words a vulnerability is anything that can possibly affect confidentiality, integrity and availability (CIA) by it's possibility of occurrence.
Look at Information Security describing the basic principles. Basic principles - Key concepts The CIA triad (confidentiality, integrity and availability) is one of the core principles of information security.
We are so caught up in the idea "Security" means its has to be some flaw in IT (server, software, network). But at the deeper fundamental level "Security" is protecting information from any possible threat, technical or non technical, irrespective of probability. This leads to RM and BC. Any threat to
I think that a vulnerability
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Are there any programs for Ubuntu 13.04 that allow the user to edit the metadata of FLV videos? I would prefer a graphical user interface. Command-lines are fine if that is all that exists.
flvmeta is a command line tool available for Windows, Mac and Linux that can add metadata (in the form of a string) to flv files
Basic usage:
(replace NAME and VALUE with your values)
You can check whether the metadata has been added by running
Please note that flvmeta 1.1.0 at least is needed for this to work, while the version packaged for Ubuntu 13.04 is an old release, v1.0.11.
PiTiVi - allows users to easily edit audio/video projects based on the GStreamer framework. PiTIVi provides several ways of creating and modifying a timeline. Ranging from a simple synopsis view (a-la iMovie) to the full-blown editing view (aka Complex View) which puts you in complete control of your editing.
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Eric Broug in his book Islamic Geometric Patterns gives straightedge and compass construction of some simpler patterns. It is clear his techniques will provide constructions for many Islamic patterns.
Looking at formal constructibility, the Wikipedia pages gives Gauss' result that 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 18... etc sided polygons are not constructible. Hence the pattern
is not constructible since it contains a regular 9-pointed star polygon.
I have over 800 Islamic patterns on my web site but I use a computer and trigonometry to produce my images. It seems that about 40 Islamic patterns on my site are not constructible.
Given an Islamic pattern that is not excluded from construction by Gauss' result, it is almost certainly constructible if the following is true:
Given two points on the plane, a polygon ($n$ sides) can be constructed with the two points as an edge, provided $n$ is not equal to 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 18... etc.
This result would allow patterns to be built up piece-by-piece.
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You started off with 18 years and counting. How many have you got left? Because when you get to zero, they'll be on their own. That means they'll have to know how to shop, cook, clean, and straighten up (up to a point anyway), do their own washing, pay their bills, stay in the black, and all the rest of it.
I know parents -- and without wanting to be sexist here it's almost always mothers -- who are still looking after their kids when they're 18. And the kids, not being crazy, let them do it. In fact, I have one friend who is 35 and still takes his washing to his mother's. I don't mean he borrows his mother's washing machine, which might be understandable; I mean he hands the washing to his mother and leaves her to get on with it. It takes two to play that game.
You're counting down the last few years now to independence. And if your child hits 18 never having used a washing machine or cooked a decent meal, is that really fair for them? They may not realize what a handicap it will be, but you know perfectly well, as a Rules parent, that pampering a child doesn't prepare them for the real world.
You know your child's strengths and weaknesses as well as anyone. So think through what they still need to learn, and make sure they do. If they're hopeless with money, teach them to budget. Get them to do the family shopping for a week on your usual budget, or get firm about not paying to fill up their car beyond the agreed amount.
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GATESVILLE (January 31, 2013)--A state district judge Thursday set Nov. 18 as the trial date for former Gatesville pastor David Allen, who is charged with capital murder in the fiery death of his wife.
Judge Trent Farrell also set a pretrial hearing on the case for March 22.
Allen, 50, is charged with capital murder in the death of his wife who was killed in a mobile home fire on March 22, 2011.
Farrell said he understood that evidence still being developed plus having a new prosecutor in place would slow down the process, but "this is a little longer than the court anticipated, but it is in the agreement that both parties reached,"
Allen remains in the Coryell County Jail in lieu of $700,000 bond.
He was indicted in February 2012, accused of setting the fire deliberately, using a flammable accelerant.
Paula Allen, 54, was found dead just inside the front door of a mobile home behind the New Life Church of Restoration just east of Gatesville.
On Nov. 28, 2012, former District Attorney David Castillo asked Farrell to set aside a trial date to allow the prosecution to further investigate some cellular telephone records that could shed more light on the case.
Boyd said Thursday the data from the cell phones has not yet been returned to his investigators so it has not been evaluated.
Farrell granted the motion for continuance on the cell phone issue and also because Boyd, who now is charged with prosecuting the case, only came into office on January 1 and needed time to familiarize himself with the issue.
Boyd said Thursday both he and defense attorneys will have an opportunity to discuss with Farrell when they might be ready to proceed to trial on the case, which has been set off twice previously.
Attorneys from the West Texas Regional Public Defenders For Capital Cases, based in Lubbock, are defending Allen.
Prosecutors already have said they will not seek the death penalty.
An initial autopsy report showed Paula Allen died of smoke inhalation and thermal burns.
David Allen was able to escape the flames that morning, but said he was overcome by smoke as he tried to rescue his wife.
He reported he was asleep in the living room and his wife was asleep in a bedroom when the fire broke out just after 1 a.m. on March 22, 2011.
Coryell County Justice of the Peace Coy Latham said earlier Allen reported that he awoke to the flames, jumped out of a living room window and ran around the mobile home to try to save his wife, who he said was in a back bedroom.
Gatesville Fire Chief Billy Vaden said firefighters tried to get into the back of the mobile home to find the woman, but the roof caved in before they could make entry.
David Allen did not require medical attention.


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In Java, ArrayList and HashMap are used as collections. But I couldn't understand in which situations we should use ArrayList and which time to use HashMap. What is the major difference between both of them?
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You are asking specifically about ArrayList and HashMap, but I think to fully understand what is going on you have to understand the Collections framework. So an ArrayList implements the List interface and a HashMap implements the Map interface. So the real question is when do you want to use a List and when do you want to use a Map. This is where the Java API documentation helps a lot.
So as other answers have discussed, the list interface (ArrayList) is an ordered collection of objects that you access using an index, much like an array (well in the case of ArrayList, as the name suggests, it is just an array in the background, but a lot of the details of dealing with the array are handled for you). You would use an ArrayList when you want to keep things in sorted order (the order they are added, or indeed the position within the list that you specify when you add the object).
A Map on the other hand takes one object and uses that as a key (index) to another object (the value). So lets say you have objects which have unique IDs, and you know you are going to want to access these objects by ID at some point, the Map will make this very easy on you (and quicker/more efficient). The HashMap implementation uses the hash value of the key object to locate where it is stored, so there is no guarentee of the order of the values anymore. There are however other classes in the Java API that can provide this, e.g. LinkedHashMap, which as well as using a hash table to store the key/value pairs, also maintains a List (LinkedList) of the keys in the order they were added, so you can always access the items again in the order they were added (if needed).
If you use an ArrayList, you have to access the elements with an index (int type).
This is unpossible (or much more difficult) with an ArrayList.
So, this means you can use every type of key you want (with a HashMap).
Another helpfull example is in a game: You have a set of images, and you want to flip them. So, you write a image-flip method, and then store the flipped results:
You flipped player once, and then store it. You can access a BufferedImage with a BufferedImage as key-type for the HashMap.
Hope this helps.
Not really a Java specific question. It seems you need a "primer" on data structures. Try googling "What data structure should you use"
Try this link http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/14639
From the link :
Following are some tips for matching the most commonly used data structures with particular needs.
A hashtable, or similar data structures, are good candidates if the stored data is to be accessed in the form of key-value pairs. For instance, if you were fetching the name of an employee, the result can be returned in the form of a hashtable as a (name, value) pair. However, if you were to return names of multiple employees, returning a hashtable directly would not be a good idea. Remember that the keys have to be unique or your previous value(s) will get overwritten.
This is a good option when you desire sequential or even random access. Also, if data size is unknown initially, and/or is going to grow dynamically, it would be appropriate to use a List or Vector. For instance, to store the results of a JDBC ResultSet, you can use the java.util.LinkedList. Whereas, if you are looking for a resizable array, use the java.util.ArrayList class.
Never underestimate arrays. Most of the time, when we have to use a list of objects, we tend to think about using vectors or lists. However, if the size of collection is already known and is not going to change, an array can be considered as the potential data structure. It's faster to access elements of an array than a vector or a list. That's obvious, because all you need is an index. There's no overhead of an additional get method call.
Sometimes, it may be best to use a combination of the above approaches. For example, you could use a list of hashtables to suit a particular need.
And from JDK 1.2 onwards, you also have set classes like java.util.TreeSet, which is useful for sorted sets that do not have duplicates. One of the best things about these classes is they all abide by certain interface so that you don't really have to worry about the specifics. For e.g., take a look at the following code.
Use a list for an ordered collection of just values. For example, you might have a list of files to process.
Use a map for a (usually unordered) mapping from key to value. For example, you might have a map from a user ID to the details of that user, so you can efficiently find the details given just the ID. (You could implement the
A Map vs a List.
In a Map, you have key/value pairs. To access a value you need to know the key. There is a relationship that exists between the key and the value that persists and is not arbitrary. They are related somehow. Example: A persons DNA is unique (the key) and a persons name (the value) or a persons SSN (the key) and a persons name (the value) there is a strong relationship.
In a List, all you have are values (a persons name), and to access it you need to know its position in the list (index) to access it. But there is no permanent relationship between the position of the value in the list and its index, it is arbitrary.


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