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The June signing of Maine's new universal health care plan--Dirigo Health--was met with criticism across the country and tops page 1 of the August issue of Health Care News. Experts interviewed for HCN, including Greg Scandlen of the Galen Institute, called it a "huge billboard for adverse selection" ... and worse.
Also on page 1:
- asbestos litigation reform--the Senate Judiciary Committee has reached agreement on language describing the medical criteria that would be used to evaluate asbestos injury claims submitted to a proposed national compensation fund.
- disease management--Florida officials have renewed an innovative disease management experiment offered through the state's Medicaid program by four of the country's leading pharmaceutical manufacturers. The four companies have guaranteed a combined total savings to Florida of $64.7 million over the two years ... or they'll pay the difference
- drug benefits in Medicare--A Zogby International opinion poll, released by the Galen Institute, found overwhelming public support for private-sector options in Medicare ... as well as fear the complex drug benefit crafted by the Senate could be worse than the coverage many seniors now have.
This issue also offers an analysis of this year's Medicare reform effort, through the lens of 1988's disastrous Catastrophic Health Care Act; a special report on kids, obesity, and the government; Senator Rick Santorum's speech before the Senate on a proposal to allow Canadian government officials to set drug prices in the U.S.; plus Greg Scandlen's "Consumer Choice Matters," The Galen Report, and Managing Editor Conrad F. Meier's "MyTurn" column--an apology to his grandkids for the sins of "my entire generation."
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Water is the best thing to drink during pregnancy, so you should have at least six glasses a day. But a glass of orange juice with breakfast or a snack provides folic acid, potassium, vitamin C, and other vitamins. Because of juice's high sugar content, don't make it your all-day drink of choice.
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A panel discussion titled "Crafting Climate Consensus: Issues and Problems in Negotiating Global Climate Policy" will be presented from 12:35 – 3 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 by the Rutgers School of Law–Newark Environmental Law Society, International Law Society, and Rutgers Conflict Resolution Law Journal. The event will take place in the Baker Trial Courtroom. Lunch will be served.
Moderated by Professor Howard Latin, author of the 2012 book Climate Change Policy Failures: Why Conventional Mitigation Procedures Cannot Succeed, the panel will feature:
Panelists will be asked to address the following questions:
In view of the fact that climate negotiations have continually broken down or been restrained by tensions between developed and developing countries, where do we go from here? Is it even possible to create a meaningfully and binding global climate treaty in the public realm, or should policymakers look to regional treaties or the private realm? How can at-risk populations (e.g., the people of the Maldives) be protected from disproportionately bearing the impact of climate change?| Read Story


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I�m not going to reveal any of The Conjuring�s plot here andthough I�m including the trailer I encourage you not to watch it. If you likebeing scared in a movie and have been waiting a long time for that experienceagain; I recommend avoiding all spoilers (if possible) and going into this filmraw. It is a great time and has more goosebump moments than any horror film I�vebeen to in the last ten years. <>>
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It may have a new location this year, but the Follansbee Community Days promises to have the same flavor that has drawn area residents for years.
Community Days has long been one of the major events of our area, bringing together residents and former residents for multiple days of food, fun and entertainment. This year, at the request of residents, the festivities have been moved to the parking area near Follansbee Park. It is hoped this area will provide an opportunity for even more enjoyment as there will be additional room for food and craft vendors and other activities.
We agree, and we hope to see our area continue to show its support for this wonderful event.
The move will provide easier access to the site, and closer parking for visitors. In addition, its proximity to Follansbee Park will provide an opportunity for festival-goers to use some of the park's amenities while there.
Some new events also have been in the works, taking place prior to Community Days itself, including the soap-box-derby style race which took place along Mark Avenue on Sunday. It's an event we hope will be a big draw for years to come.
Wednesday's Community Days Dinner will feature guest speaker Oliver Luck, the athletic director at West Virginia University, and will take place at the St. Francis Center.
Don't forget the Mayor's 5K race and the fireworks display during the weekend.
Music also is a big part of Follansbee Community Days, with a variety of musical acts slated to perform, including Phil Dirt and the Dozers, the Driftin' Hoopie Experience, the Original Fantasys and the Four Townsmen.
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Actors Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart are performing "Waiting for Godot" and "No Man's Land" in repertory on Broadway, and they stopped by the WSJ yesterday for a video interview about the shows, their coming superhero film "X-Men: Days of Future Past," and McKellen's Gandalf character in "The Hobbit."
In this video clip, the actors and longtime friends discussed how their understanding of Samuel Beckett has deepened, why their performances as Didi and Gogo in "Godot" are different, and bringing humor with their costume's bowler hats.
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| Stephany Romanow, Hydrocarbon Processing,
A growing US shortage of skilled labor will only get worse when new shale-enabled projects try to move forward, according to the president of ExxonMobil Chemical.
By STEPHANY ROMANOW
HOUSTON -- A growing US shortage of skilled labor
will only get worse when new shale-enabled projects try to move forward.
That is the view of Stephen D. Pryor, president of ExxonMobil
Chemical. Pryor offered his longer-term views on the global petrochemical industry in a keynote
address at IHS Chemicals 29th World Petrochemical Conference.
This shortage of skilled labor is not limited to energy and
chemicals. The National Association of Manufacturers reports
that two-thirds of all US manufacturers are experiencing
moderate to severe worker shortages, with up to 600,000 jobs
going unfilled.
How is this possible? US students continue to show declining
interest and proficiency in science, technology, engineering, and math
(STEM). In 2008, only 4% of US bachelor's degrees were in
engineering; in China, it was 31%.
The STEM disciplines are the foundation for innovation and
economic competitiveness. And increasingly, good manufacturing
jobs require proficiency in one or more of the STEM fields,
especially in high-value-added industries like energy and
Building a workforce
The energy and chemical industries are built on math
and science. Strengthening STEM education and expanding the
pool of skilled labor is needed. Pryor affirmed that the energy
industry must take steps to partner with educators and focusing
on quantifiable results.
ExxonMobil helped launch the National Math and Science
Initiative back in 2007. This initiative takes innovative,
proven programs and scales them up to a national level.
One of the key goals is to increase the number of highly
qualified US math and science teachers at the high school
level. So far, more than 60,000 existing teachers have
completed training, and by 2020, nearly 10,000 new math and
science teachers will be certified.
The other skilled labor group
Skilled jobs like instrument technicians and
machinists do not require a four-year degree in most cases, but
they do require math and science skills. ExxonMobil recently
partnered with nine Houston-area community colleges in a new
program to expand vocational training in a program is labeled,
"Houston + Natural Gas = Jobs."
The goal is to prepare thousands of high school graduates and
returning military veterans for skilled jobs in the Texas
chemical industry. This Houston training initiative has
received both state and national recognition.
ExxonMobil was named Employer of the Year by the Texas
Workforce Commission and will receive a leadership award from
the National Association of Workforce Boards.
In closing, Pryor affirmed that the petrochemical industry has
tremendous opportunities. With shale oil and gas developments,
the US can take a leading role and support the growth of a new
generation of high-paying, middle-class jobs.
But strengthening the US math and science education and
expanding the skilled workforce is the longer-term challenge.
By embracing shale energy, the US can meet the needs of a
growing middle class overseas and revitalize the domestic
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Frank Parth
As Ed Merrow points out in his book "Industrial Megaprojects" these same students saw ExxonMobile, Shell, Chevron, and the other majors hire their parents for a specific job, and then lay them off when the job was done. The industry has created its own long-term problems with short-term cost cutting decisions.
Study the situation and the way you court a good evaluation includes them in the formation of the technological machine operating station and means of prevention and nappy on the quality of production and profitable thanks
Paul Hodder
I totally agree with the Exxon view. I train personnel to become Analyzer Technicians. My clients (Mostly Oil Refiners) tell me as the use of Process Analyzers grow, suitable applicants are increasingly difficult to find. Many resort to training their existing Instrument Technicians as these craftsmen are easier to replace. I also see trainees that cannot solve relatively simple math problems and their problem solving is not up to current requirements. I personally do not yet see an end to this. Secondly, most refineries had their own in-house training centers, however these have mostly disappeared due to cut backs in the past. If this system could re-constituted it could solve many of the supply of skilled personnel problems.
Bob D
We've been hearing this Kennard in cycles for at least the last 40 years during the booms. Of course this is not a problem Exxon faces as an engineering student must be super-dean's list just to get an interview. For the design company job-shop type of jobs, they will just have to compete with each other by raising salaries and lowering their standards, giving tasks that don't really need a degree to applicants that don't have a degree as Mr. Pryor claims to be doing at least in some isolated instance. It is more their practice to seek getting engineers who are overqualified.Does Stephen Pryor not live in the real world? If not, I can show him many qualified engineers graduating colleges other than MIT or Duke who have a GPA a little under a B average who cannot get an interview with EXXON.
Giridhar Natarajan
Unless the pay scales and perks are increased for STEM based jobs, we cannot attract the talent. why would somebody break their head and get less paid, that's the logic.
KMA Consultants, Inc.
The reason we are where we are is because of actions that have taken place over the years. Coporations say they value employees with technical skills and pay them well, but because they do so, there is an environment created that does not provide the respct and status that the engineering profession once had. Upcomming engineers and students see this and are tuned way form entering the profession especially since it does take a lot of hard work.
Brian Davis
I'll second Bill's comment. Also, have your HR department stop using computers to filter out resumes from otherwise qualified applicants becuase they didn't use the correct buzz words and writing position descriptions for "purple squirrles" (like asking for 5-10 years experience with technology that has only been around for 2-3 years)!
Bill Jenko
Mr. Pryor -Need more graduates with strong STEM training? Show them the money!
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I have 2 50 gal barrels with lids hooked together about 4" from the top with 3/4" PVC. After one fills it fills the other. Hooked up to a down spout. With faucets for draining on the bottom / sideFirst, I can't put them in any shelter. And they are not close to any elect outlet. I have the lids onNow, problem. Both barrels froze solid.
Based on my neighbor who had some collection barrels here in Portland, you are only one or two orders of magnitude shy of a useful roof drainage storage solution. You need thousands of gallons to water a significant garden or go off the grid. Hundreds aren't going to do the job.
First a disclaimer: I know water is heavy, but really have no idea how much 50 gallons weighs.
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I want to rip some tv series. dvd::rip doesnt allow me to transcode all the titles with one click, which means doing the same process many times (20~ eps x many seasons= many videos).
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I would like to define a new keyboard layout for KDE 4. In particular I would like to take the standard British layout and add Polish characters for the combinations Alt-Gr + letter. How can I do it?
KDE simply uses the X server's keyboard mapping facility (XKB). This is more complex than it looks, and definitely more complex than it should be. Sigh.
The quick and dirty answer would be to combine the files in
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Clearly Very important results in Math require the Axiom of choice, for example "any vector space has a base". But in the absence of AC (i.e., only in ZF) it is possible that a vector space has no basis.
In another direction append the negation of AC to ZF. What happens to algebra or analysis now ? If you know any Theorem in this new system (other than those that can be drived in ZF alone) please let me know. A fine reference would also be helpful.


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What is World of Warcraft? World of Warcraft is an online game where players from around the world assume the roles of heroic fantasy characters and explore a virtual world full of mystery, magic, and endless adventure. So much for the short answer! If you're still looking for a better understanding of what World of Warcraft is, this page and the Beginner's Guide are the right place to start.
So, what is this game? Among other things,
World of Warcraft is…
Games in the same genre as World of Warcraft are commonly referred to as MMORPGs, which stands for "Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game."
Most multiplayer games can accommodate anywhere from two up to several dozen simultaneous players in a game. Massively multiplayer games, however, can have thousands of players in the same game world at the same time, interacting with each other. They are, as the name suggests, massive.
Unlike most games, MMORPGs do not have an offline mode; you need to be connected to the Internet while you play. This doesn't mean that you can't enjoy these games alone; World of Warcraft offers plenty of content to players who want to go it solo. But since you share a virtual world with other players, you need to be connected to the Internet to join in the fun. Much of the game's advanced content is geared towards groups of players working together to explore dangerous dungeons and defeat powerful monsters.
To summarize: In an MMORPG, you play the role of a unique character in a persistent online world shared by thousands of other players.
Before World of Warcraft, there was the Warcraft series of strategy games. World of Warcraft is set in the same high-fantasy universe as the previous Warcraft games, and it builds on and expands a legacy of more than fifteen years of epic storytelling.
Azeroth is a world of swords and sorcery. Its lands are home to a vast number of races and cultures, led by kings, chieftains, lords, ladies, archdruids, and everything in between. Some of Azeroth's people share bonds of friendship reaching back thousands of years; others are sworn enemies with long histories of bitter hatred. Among all these different kingdoms, cultures, tribes, and territories, two major power blocs are locked in a struggle for dominance.
In Warcraft, there are two large, opposing factions. On one side is the noble Alliance, which comprises the valiant humans, the stalwart dwarves, the ingenious gnomes, the spiritual night elves, the mystical draenei, and the bestial worgen;
on the other side is the mighty Horde, made up of the battle-hardened orcs, the cunning trolls, the hulking tauren, the cursed Forsaken, the extravagant blood elves, and the devious goblins.
The harmonious Pandaren stand between these opposed races — in the name of balance or personal philosophy, they may join either faction. Choose your allegiance carefully.
Epic as they may be, these wars between the mortal races pale in comparison to the malevolent forces threatening Azeroth from within and without. Deep beneath the surface of Azeroth, the terrible Old Gods mastermind the release of untold horrors upon the world; in the frozen wastes of the northern continent, a being of pure evil commands a vast army of undeath, ready to snuff out all life; and far across the stars, deep within the warped realm of the Twisting Nether, an unstoppable force of chaos and destruction thirsts to lead its demonic legion to Azeroth and to put the world to the flame.
World of Warcraft thrusts you into a central role of an ever-changing story. You and your friends will be active participants in events that are steeped in the rich lore of this fantasy universe. Fight for either the Alliance or the Horde, and experience a fully-realized fantasy world.
In World of Warcraft, you play the role of a fantasy hero. Over the course of his or her life, your character will brave thousands of quests, learn new and powerful abilities, amass (and likely spend) vast fortunes of gold, and find hundreds of powerful weapons, enchanted rings, artifacts, suits of armor, and more.
In other words, your character progresses and gets stronger as you gain experience, new skills, and more powerful items and equipment. Your character's progress is automatically stored online, which means that you always pick up right where you left off when you start the game again. In fact, your character's data can be stored for as long as you want, so you can progress at whatever pace you feel most comfortable with. Some players blaze through the game's content at record speed to reach the endgame as quickly as possible, while others prefer to take the time to stop and smell the roses. The choice is entirely up to you.
But what's more, you are not limited to just one character. You can keep a roster of several different characters (up to 11 per realm), and each character will present you with an entirely different game experience depending on what race and class you choose for them.
When you create your character, you must make two decisions that profoundly affect how you will play World of Warcraft. One of these is your race, the other is your class.
A character's race determines his overall look and also his faction (Alliance or Horde). Faction is important because only characters of the same faction can talk and cooperate with each other; you will not be able to communicate or band together with members of the opposite faction. Race is mostly a social choice.
Your class, on the other hand, determines what your character can and can't do. Each class offers a vastly different gameplay experience, so the best way to find out which class is right for you is by creating a few different characters to get a glimpse of what each class feels like. And of course, there's also the class guide on this website. Class is mostly a gameplay choice.
Being a hero sounds great in theory, what with all the glory, fame, fortune, friendly faces in every town, and songs of your epic exploits around every campfire, but what do heroes actually do?
Essentially, the core gameplay of World of Warcraft revolves around fighting monsters and completing quests. You will encounter thousands of non-player characters (NPCs), computer-controlled characters who may need your help with tasks ranging from the mundane (such as delivering a letter) to the truly heroic (rescuing a dwarven princess from the evil Dark Iron Clan, for example). More often than not, these quests will put you right in harm's way, and you'll find yourself squaring off against deadly monsters. You will be able to deal with most monsters you encounter by yourself, but the true challenges and the big payoffs await in the world's many dungeons and raids, which can only be conquered by groups of heroes working together as a team.
Another aspect of the life of a hero is the constant struggle between the Alliance and the Horde. Even though there are currently no all-out wars, tensions are high, and small skirmishes regularly take place all over Azeroth where players from both sides fight each other. This is called player-versus-player combat (PvP).
Dungeons are dangerous places where the monsters are much stronger and much smarter, making them difficult to kill. Dungeons are geared towards small groups of no more than 5 players and on average take about half an hour to fully explore. The loot found in dungeons is of higher quality than what you'd find out in the wild, but it is usually not as valuable or powerful as the loot that can be acquired in raids.
Raids are similar to dungeons, but they pose an even bigger challenge. Monsters are even tougher, the area to explore is usually much larger, and they require bigger groups of players to complete, usually 10 or 25. Due to the higher level of difficulty, raids may take longer to finish than dungeons, but the rewards are well worth the effort. The game's most powerful items and artifacts can be found in raids.
Open-world PvP can happen anywhere in the world where players of opposing factions meet. These fights usually start as small one-on-one confrontations, but sometimes this type of PvP escalates to massive proportions, especially if an organized group of players decides to jump into the fray.
Battlegrounds are PvP battlefields where the two factions are engaged in constant battle over specific strategic targets. Two teams are pitted against each other and must achieve a set of objectives in order to win. These objectives can be simple (such as capturing the enemy flag) or complex (breaching an enemy stronghold and assassinating its commander, for example). You can earn powerful weapons and armor by participating in these battles.
The Arena offers a slightly different PvP experience. In this more formal setting, teams of 2, 3, or 5 players square off in a bloody competition for fame and glory. There is only one objective – defeat every last member of the opposing team. Arena participants are ranked on a competitive ladder and can gain unique equipment that offers benefits optimized towards PvP gameplay.
World of Warcraft is a truly massive game. Between the original game, regular patches that add new content, and four full-fledged expansions – The Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King, Cataclysm, and Mists of Pandaria – hundreds of hours of gameplay content await you. We've outlined the basics, but only scratched the surface of all that World of Warcraft has to offer.


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Since Selenium has problem accessing a standalone window, I have to use RFT just to handle this window. I made a jar file from the RFT script and added it to Selenium library. But it seems Selenium doesn't recognize the class in the jar file added. I don't know if I've done anything wrong or it is just a problem of running RFT in Selenium.
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It's been years since I've had any contact with RFT, but I seem to remember it being possible. Here's what I found online (all links at the end).
The SQABlogs site has some example code that claims to be able to do this, but it's from back in 2008, which would have been RFT v8.0 or earlier. In v184.108.40.206, RFT changed their project layout such that RFT had to be installed on the machine for projects to run. This change may prevent the code given from working on more recent version.
An automation guy named Devraj claims to have it working from Ant. This seems to be a similar solution to the one described in a moderately horrible IBM TechNote.
There seem to be a few others around the web who've also tried. Here's the references, in descending order of likely usefulness:
Hope that helps!
AFAIK it won't be possible to call RFT from Selenium as you won't have access to the RFT objects outside RFT.
It is hard for me to believe that Selenium is unable to access a browser window. If that is true, it would be nice if you could clarify the "how" that can be. Keep in mind that on hard to handle windows you also could use Sikuli to use screenshot matching to control mouse clicks rather than use RFT. Also, if your project is configured using Maven , I see no reason why you cannot download just about any library you want into your project, giving your code access to much more than just Selenium.
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How do you store, maintain, search and index documents, manuals and personal notes?
I, as a programmer regular collect api documentation, manuals, articles, code snippets and programming related documents (pdf, doc, ....). How to other programmers handle this situation?
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From what I know the sun (or any other star) nuclear fission keeps it from collapsing under its own gravity until the fuel runs out, if that's so why doesn't the earth surface like the tectonic plates collapse to the earth's core? is it because of similar processes that happen in the earth's outer core (nuclear fission)? and if so what would happen if they would once stop?
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For the same (an more prosaic) reason milk skin floats over boiling milk - because it is lighter than the layer below. During the formation of the planet it went through a process called Iron Catastrophe, were a large parcel of the denser materials like iron and nickel sunk to the core, leaving the lighter materials close to the surface.
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Fission contributes to keep our internal engine super-hot and well-oiled, allowing for our metallic core to spin and generate our magnetosphere. Eventually we'll run out of heat, the outer core will solidify and stop spinning.


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Since the first century AD, the Banda islands have been the sole producers of the fragrant nutmeg and mace for which Chinese, Indian, and Arab ships traveled across the seas. These precious spices could be sold at enormous profit in foreign markets.
The people of Banda thrived on their natural resources, but in later years suffered at the hands of Dutch colonizers who wanted to dominate the world's spice trade.
Despite such a big reputation, the fabled Banda islands are only a tiny cluster of islands, composed of three large islands and seven smaller ones. The islands are perched on the rim of Indonesia's deepest underwater gorge, the Banda Sea, where waters can reach depths of over 6,500 meters.
Two of the biggest islands, Banda Besar and Naira, are covered with nutmeg trees. The third island, Gunung Api or 'peak of fire', is an active volcano that emerges from the deep in a perfect cone, and is entirely rugged and highly volcanic. In the waters surrounding these islands you'll find some of the world's most spectacular marine gardens, with bright corals and colorful fish, bustling through the crystal-clear waters, making it suitable for diving, snorkeling or even simply sightseeing.
Lying about 132 kilometers southeast of Ambon, the islands are a remote and exquisitely beautiful part of Indonesia. With multi-colored reefs, warm seas and exotic marine life, the Banda's are a haven for divers who come from around the world to explore some of the most remote and unspoiled dive sites in the world.
Today, Banda attracts divers, sailors and cruise ships from around the world by its sheer natural beauty, both above as below the sea, which can only be matched by Raja Ampat, Papua; another location for ultimate underwater adventures.
The Banda Islands are one of the Indonesia's most popular destinations for divers. Both experts and beginner divers will enjoy themselves here, as the diving spots vary from the shallow lagoon between Bandaneira and Gunung Api, to the vertical walls of Hatta Island. Wherever you go here, you'll discover stunning tropical scenery, a remarkable history, friendly locals, and some of the globe's most pristine, biologically diverse coral reefs.
Scuba diving is still relatively new here, but pioneering divers didn't have to work hard to find a thrill. The undersea world around Ambon and the nearby island of Saparua have top-rate dive sites. As you explore beneath the surface you'll see everything from sharks, enormous turtles, schools of Napoleon Wrasse, giant groupers, dogtooth tuna, mobula rays, redtooth triggerfish, various species of whales, spinner dolphins, and huge lobsters - neighbors to generous schools of reef fish and endemic Ambon scorpionfish.
Come to Banda islands and visit the best kept secret in Eastern Indonesia. While flights here are not frequent, it's worth the wait. For this ideal tropical paradise won't remain deserted for long.
Staying on a live aboard boat is an ideal way to explore the Banda's. Live aboard cruises last from 7 to 14 days. A live aboard is worth the time and money, especially if you are keen to explore as many dive sites as you can. Check with your travel agent for the best package.
There are not too many hotels around the Banda Islands. The biggest hotels are located right at the lip of white sandy beach. One of the most prominent Chiefs of Banda, Mr. Des Alwi also plans to build one exclusive hotel, with limited number of rooms. Mostly travelers choose to stay in small hotels or guesthouses, as they offer reasonable prices and acceptable service, suggesting a good reason to stay longer.
Hotel Maulana of Bandaneira is the most luxurious hotel in the Bandas. Lady Diana, Mick Jagger, and Jacques Cousteau have all stayed in this 40-room hotel. This impressive luxury hotel facing Gunung Api actually belongs to the King of Banda, Des Alwi. With en-suite bathroom, the rooms are facing pearl factory that belongs to the same owner. Please call +62 910 210 22 or +62 911 210 24.Mutiara Guesthouse has spacious air-conditioned rooms with a courtyard where you can daydream. Prices are from between IDR 70,000 to IDR 125,000 (the rate may change without notice). There is internet available in the lobby, although the speed can be very slow. The owner speaks fluent English, German, and Dutch. Please call Abba on +62 813 303 43377Vita Guesthouse is another place recommended for travelers who enjoy detailed information on their destinations. Alan, the manager of the guesthouse, is very resourceful and able to explain details in English. This guesthouse has a private jetty facing Gunung Api, where you can rent a boat and snorkeling gear. The room rates are very competitive. Please call the staff at mobile phone: +62 819 450 90110.
• Diving is possible all year round, but during the monsoon season (July – September) you may be restricted in your choice of dive sites.
• Further information is available at the official website for Maluku (the Moluccas) regional government - www.malukuprov.go.id and the phone number is +62 911 352 180 or +62 911341 611
• Tourist Information Office
Jl. Raya Pattimura 1, Ambon
Phone +62 911 52471 or +62 911 97126
• There are no ATMs around Banda Islands including in Bandaneira so be prepared with cash prior to visiting the islands. It is highly advised to keep your money in a safe place, especially in and around harbor.
• Telecommunications are limited to Indonesian telecommunication providers Telkomsel and XL. You can top up credit in Bandaneira.
• Beginner divers are recommended to pay strict attention to their safety since the current can be strong in several spots.
• Diving is usually comfortable, with good visibility (15-30 meters) and calm waters, however some dive sites are only suitable for experienced divers so check with your dive master.
• Depths of the diving spots range from 5 meters to over 40 meters, with temperatures from 26 to 29 degree Celcius.
• Try to hire diving and snorkeling equipment from larger firms as these tend to be more reliable, but remember the responsibility of checking the equipment is ultimately yours.
• Bring a bathing suit and extra clothing.
In Bandaneira, most people get around on foot as most tourist essentials are in the town and within walking distance. Alternatively, ojek and becak are available for a longer daytrip.
To get from one island to another you will need to hire a boat. The price may vary depending on the distance but normally ranges from IDR 120,000 to IDR 500,000.
The easiest way to reach the Banda's is to first go to Ambon. Ambon is the capital city of Ambon island, located 132 km north of the Bandas. To get to Ambon you can fly either directly from Denpasar-Bali, or transit in Ujung Pandang. Garuda Indonesia flies from Jakarta (CGK) transiting in Hasanuddin-Makassar airport, or Denpasar- Bali (DPS) transiting in Ujung Pandang (UPG) to Ambon's Pattimura Airport (AMQ). Other flights are from Langur-Central Maluku (LUV), Juanda-Surabaya (SUB), and Jeffman-Sorong, Papua (SOQ).
Lion Air, Batavia Air, and Mandala Airlines serve Ambon-Jakarta, with transit in Makassar or Surabaya.
From Ambon, you can get to the Banda Islands either by a chartered small plane or using Merpati Airlines flying to Bandaneira. There is no round-trip flight available. The returning flight must be reserved in Bandaneira. The flight operates once a week or every two weeks. This limited accessibility means that one you do get there, you won't see many other tourists around. Hence, it is an ideal hideaway.
Alternatively, you can cross the Banda Sea by ferry. Pelni provides a twice weekly ferry by KM Ciremai liner from Ambon to Bandaneira. Make sure you double check the schedule for and unforeseen changes.


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Intimacy After Childbirth
In This Article:
Nuts-and-Bolts Problem Solving
Baby Doctor
If you notice any vaginal spotting, regardless of whether you've resumed making love, report it to your doctor.
Baby Doctor
If necessary, you can always seek counseling. Professional sex therapists and/or marriage counselors can often get to the root of communication problems or sexual relationship difficulties in just a few intense sessions.
Some of the factors inhibiting your sexual relationship-stabilizing hormone levels, the effect of nursing, your body image, and postpartum depression and healing-should improve on their own with the passage of time. When you are both ready, you also can take steps to overcome most of the other obstacles to renewed lovemaking (although exhaustion may be something you'll have to learn to live with). You can get past a lack of natural lubrication, for instance, by using an artificial lubricant until vaginal secretions resume.
If pain is the problem, then try different positions until you find one (or more) that are more comfortable for you. For example, women have more control over the depth of penetration and so feel less pressure on the perineum if they are on top or side to side rather than on the bottom. If you can't find any sexual position that's comfortable, talk to your doctor. A topical estrogen cream (available by prescription only) may alleviate some of your soreness and pain.
If you are finding it difficult to relax enough to make love, try your favorite relaxation techniques before you get into bed:
- Take a warm bath.
- Meditate.
- Try some of the relaxation exercises practiced during pregnancy.
- Share a glass of wine with your partner (although you should avoid overindulging with alcohol).
Try to expand your sexual horizons, too. Just because one or both of you doesn't feel like intercourse, you can still find many other ways to express your love for each other: talking, wining (not too much) and dining, hand-holding, lying in bed together, cuddling, and a wide variety of sexual foreplay.
In the Mood
Baby Doctor
Don't resume having sexual intercourse until your doctor gives you the okay. If you and your partner are feeling romantic before your doctor has said it's okay, find some other way to satisfy each other. Because only intercourse is inadvisable during the first postpartum weeks, the range of possibilities extends all the way from hand-holding to oral sex.
Take your time. Don't force yourself to fake sexual feelings or have sexual intercourse before both of you are ready for it. After all, the normal balance of maternal hormones may not return for months after delivery. What's more, you may do more long-term damage to your sexual relationship by rushing into postpartum sex and having bad sexual experiences than you would by waiting until you both feel good about it. So try not to obsess about sex; give yourself and your partner time.
Whenever you resume your lovemaking, you may need to lower your expectations somewhat. It may be weeks or even months, for example, before you (or your partner) have an orgasm again. In the meantime, both of you need to remain as patient, loving, and understanding as you can. You need time to recapture both the mutual ardor and the gratification that marked your sexual relations before your baby arrived.
Sexual spontaneity does become more difficult once you have a baby, but it's not impossible. If you and your partner find yourselves alone at last, entertain the possibility of mutual seduction. If you're both feeling in the mood, for example, schedule a "date" for baby's next naptime. Or if your baby has a fairly regular nighttime sleep schedule, pencil your partner in for the slot right after bedtime. Whether you drop everything at the spur of the moment or schedule time for each other, try to make the most of your opportunities. They may be short-lived.
Almost every new parent has a story about the baby's bad sense of timing. Your baby may wake up just before you achieve sexual climax. She may pull herself up to standing for the first time while you and your partner are having intercourse. Or she may find some other creative way to interrupt or inhibit the sexual act. Try to hold on to your sense of humor if and when it happens to you.
How important is sex to you? Only you and your partner can answer that. Establish your priorities with your partner and arrange your schedule accordingly. If something else is lower on your list of priorities than making love, then let it go and devote that time to each other. But if something else is higher, by all means do the other thing first.
Most importantly, talk-and listen-to your partner. Talk about your emotions, the new sources of stress in your life, and anything else that might be affecting your sexuality. Work at seeing things from your partner's point of view, too. Do whatever you can to keep your sexual relationship going despite the lack of sexual relations. Until you're both ready to resume sexual intercourse, work on maintaining trust, patience, understanding, open lines of communication, and loving feelings.
Even after you have resumed sexual relations, continue talking honestly to your partner about sex. If you don't feel like making love because you're exhausted (or for any other reason), let your partner know. If sexual intercourse feels uncomfortable or painful, don't just grit your teeth. Let your partner know so that you can both try something different. If something new (or old) feels particularly good, share this information, too. If you let your partner know what feels best to you, then you won't have to wait for another happy accident to feel that good again.
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I use a Macbook. The folders appear to be locked with a lock icon( like Music, Video etc.). The folders like documents seem to be working fine. I can't do anything on my mac as it is not booting but i need to take the data out of it. Can I do it from a Ubuntu Live USB stick?
As Slipstream has answered you can use root privileges to access and copy the contents through terminal. All you have to do is boot from a Ubuntu live USB/CD and use following commands:
Hope it helps.
Ubuntu can access HFS+ which Mac uses. If you run:
(I assume Gnome desktop), then you may get write access to the partition(s) and can then retrieve your data. I suggest you make a copy and put it somewhere safe.
You might not have the right permissions to access them. You can still get at them using sudo though.
So say if you wanted to get into /media/MacOSDrive/Music/ or something then type:
And you should see the folders listed that you can't get into. Try getting into the music directory:
And it will say no in some way, then use sudo,
Then you should be able to get in, use ls to see the files in there.
I believe this thread will solve the problem for you. Just follow the steps listed in comment three. This is the same solution I used when I had this problem on my macbook. It's a more permanent solution then going through the terminal as root all the time.


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Just received my clamp and check the online manual. According to the picture, the ring fits on top of the switch of the manual automatic zoom. It does not seem right (raised the ring) and I do not want to apply pressure to it, unless you guys I found this is not an issue. Is this the proper set up?
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The Ira M. Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership will work to address practical issues in global finance.
This past summer, Columbia Law School established the Ira M. Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership, providing a new base for research on some of the most pressing issues impacting global financial markets.
The new center is named for Ira M. Millstein '49, who serves as a senior partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges in Manhattan and as a lecturer-in-law at the Law School. Millstein is also director of the Program on Global, Economic and Regulatory Interdependence, which the Law School administers jointly with Columbia Business School.
The center will be co-directed by Jeffrey N. Gordon, who serves as the Law School's Richard Paul Richman Professor of Law, and Professor Robert J.
Jackson Jr.
The newly formed Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership has already begun work on two chief projects. "Interdependence in the Global Economy" is a study focused on promoting progress in both the global economy and society. Meanwhile, "The Project on Investment, Ownership, and Control in the Modern Firm" will focus on new institutions emerging as leaders in the world's changing financial markets. The project will result in the first comprehensive examination of the character, motives, and influence of these institutions. The center will also delve into research on the public's trust in financial markets and focus on relationships between investors and corporations.


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Mindfulness meditation is a technique of focus, calm and insight, in which the resources and wisdom of the body and mind are used to learn how to cope effectively with stress and to be more fully present in each moment of our lives. It is also a skill that can be learned. Polly Wheat, MD (CUMC) and Jane Fried (CUMC) will introduce the seven-week MBSR course. In the course, participants observe how stress unfolds in their lives, their responses to it, and how mindfulness practice ameliorates it. Participants learn and practice a variety of stress reduction techniques, including mindful movement incorporating gentle yoga postures, and will also receive guided meditation CDs. Alongside the meditation practice, the classes incorporate group discussions centering on the experiences working with mindfulness meditation practices. A schedule for the course will be outlined. Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com.
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WACO (January 29, 2013)--The Harlem Globetrotters will be playing at the Ferrell Center Friday as part of their breast cancer awareness tour.
The game will be a little different this year as fans are able to vote online to determine the rules of the basketball game.
Zany rules include two-ball basketball, and double points per basket, among others.
So far, two-ball basketball is in the lead with more than half of the votes.
The game is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and some of the proceeds will go toward breast cancer research.
Tickets are $20 and up and can be purchased on the group's website.


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As your infant grows, the shoes on their feet should provide them with comfort and support as well as a style Mom and Dad have come to love from New Balance. The 574 is a classic, retro-running shoe and comes in an assortment of fresh colors.
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I find the following phrasing in software I receive from German authors. There will often be an installation instruction to place a line into a file in a certain location. For example:
Where there is a list of programs like this:
The instruction is:
"Place MyProgram behind ProgramB"
I find that 'behind' is ambiguous. Should I treat it as "after/below ProgramB" or "before/above ProgramB"?
I have found this phrasing in texts from numerous native-German speakers when they write instructions in their usually perfect English, so I conclude there is some extra meaning in the German words they have in their head when they translate to "behind".
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Thanks for you inputs. I am a native English speaker who has studied some German in the distant past.
Digging into the etymology of 'behind' shows its shared root with 'hinter' through the Old English 'hinder'. This perhaps explains the preference to use it, with the nuances 'hinter' has in German that are uncommon in English.
'Behind' is typical used when the context has meanings of depth, and as such becomes ambiguous when used in a flat list. Checking in Merriam-Webster the preposition usage of "following in order" with the context "marched behind the band" is certainly closest. This does not feel to be the common usage in abstract contexts, but I have not researched this.
In English, if the end result is intended as:
Then the native phrasing would almost certainly be:
"Place MyProgram after ProgramB"
"Place MyProgram before ProgramC"
'After'/'before' contain meanings of ordering which are unambiguous (to my ears, at least).
@Haunt_House's answer shows the ambiguity beautifully - 'behind' could easily mean this if you did not know the context that each program must be on its own line.
@Carsten states the answer clearly that, in translation, 'behind' is sometimes used where 'after' is preferable.
@Takkat - I do not know the original word, as noted this is a common phraseology I find in software written by German authors, which I'm afraid is commonly provided only with English documentation.


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How can I ask my English teacher for the results of an exam?
I came up with the following text, but I am not satisfied with the result. The more polite the better. Are the commas placed correctly? Do you write a dot after the title "Ms"?
Dear Ms XXX,
On 12th January, I wrote the XXX exam. Consequently, I would like to ask you to provide me with my result. Thank you very much for your reply.
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I am running Ubuntu 11.10 32bit Server on a single-board computer. I want the option of using the Ethernet interface (
eth0) as a backend to control the computer if it's connected. I'm also lazy: if the cable is plugged in and I power the computer, I want eth0 up and running; in the event no cable is plugged in to eth0 upon powerup, I would like to be able to significantly reduce time it takes to bring
eth0 `up' during boot.
I had thought that simply changing the DHCP
timeout value to something small would do the job, but even after editing the
/etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf, I still get the same long boot times when the cable is unplugged.
I understand the value of a robust bootup sequence for servers (see top answer for [1]), but I don't understand why changes to
dhclient.conf are ignored during boot. Is there anything else going on under the hood that I'm not aware of? Perhaps I'm approaching the problem the wrong way (in which case I might need to ask a different question!)?
Thanks in advance for any input.
/etc/network/interfaces file contains:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
/etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf file has uncommented and changed the line:
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I make chicken stock fairly regularly. I know it's supposed to look like jello when chilled. My question is: why? Mouthfeel? Body? Why do we want a gelatinous blob of delicious bone juice?
Gelatin is naturally occurring in meat and poultry, it's broken down collagen, which is the material that distributes force throughout the muscle. You couldn't actually get rid of it easily even if you wanted to, so it isn't necessarily that you want it, but that it is there. Reducing the stock until it is gelatinous simply means that you've gotten rid of most of the water, concentrating the stock so it takes less space, which is generally desirable.
Gelatine and other thickeners increase a liquid's viscosity, making it coat things better, which is good for mouth feel. Most of the time that's what you want for a good dish.


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As far as I know "fire and brimstone" is an idiomatic expression of signs of God's wrath in the Hebrew Bible. Is the phrase commonly used by Americans or it is only used in Bible?
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I've seen "fire and brimstone" used to describe a certain style of preaching popular in 19th century America. Modernly, if the usage wasn't specifically historical, I would interpret it negatively – preaching (or more broadly, oration) that is loud and high in predictions of doom and gloom, but low in actual content.
I'd say that it is a fairly common expression. The Corpus of Contemporary American English returns 77 hits from the last 20 years, including uses by ABC's Nightline, CNN, USAToday, NPR, Forbes, and many others.
As Martha says, its original context is primarily religious, but it's often used for any sort of alarmist speechmongering.
This is the passage I think the comment comes from. God sent two angels to check out how wicked the cities where. The citizens of the city tried to gang rape the angels, and it's implied that they attempted this with every traveler who passed through the city. God found this so offensive the only option was to more or less nuke the entire city.
So the idea behind the phrase "fire and brimstone" is that something is so offensive that destroying it is the only alternative.
This phrase also is applied to certain preaching styles that attempt to use God's judgement to scare people into repentance. For a perfect example for a "fire and brimstone" sermon see "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards (AD 1739). It's probably one of the best known sermons of this type.
The style is also known in some parts (northern mid-west of the US is where I've heard it) as "Hell-fire and brimstone"
It is commonly used by Americans. It generally refers to a style of Christianity, whether by general practice or specifically as a style of sermon. It is generally used as a pejorative.
You might hear it like this:


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Windows HPCS 2008R2 Beta1: Monitoring Large Scale Systems
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Oracle Press Release
Oracle Announces Latest Release of Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud
New Configurations Deliver Extreme Performance and Higher Deployment Density for Application Workloads of All Sizes and Complexities
ORACLE OPENWORLD, San Francisco – October 2, 2012
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Oracle today announced Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud X3-2, the second hardware generation of the company's flagship engineered system for running business applications.
Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud is hardware and software engineered together to provide extreme performance, reliability and scalability for Java, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Applications, Re-hosted CICS/IMS TP and other business applications, while delivering lower TCO, reduced risk, higher user productivity and one-stop support.
Incorporating the fastest and most modern CPUs, flash memory and network fabric technologies, the new Oracle Exalogic X3-2 builds on the recent release of Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud Software 2.0 to provide customers with extreme performance for the most highly mission-critical, large scale private cloud deployments at the infrastructure-as-a-service layer.
Oracle Exalogic X3-2 supports up to a 60x increase in application deployment density through the combination of hardware-assisted Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV), server virtualization and increased physical RAM (up from 2.9 TB in the X2-2 to 7.7 TB in the new X3-2 Full Rack configuration)
By fully leveraging the latest Intel® Core™ (Sandy Bridge) Xeon processors, Oracle Exalogic X3-2 delivers 3.5x better application performance than the original Oracle Exalogic X2-2 and incorporates 33 percent more CPU cores per configuration, increasing from 360 to 480 in an Oracle Exalogic Full Rack.
Oracle Exalogic X3-2 supports up to 95% reduction in application deployment time by providing full support for server, network and storage virtualization, along with IaaS management, which allows rapid deployment of applications using ready-to-deploy templates.
Full support for Oracle Exalogic's new Trusted Partitions licensing model allows for flexible licensing of Oracle software. In addition, there is no price increase for Oracle Exalogic X3-2, so customers can get more hardware performance for the same cost.
Oracle Exalogic X3-2 incorporates Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud Software 2.0, and comes with Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c management system right inside the box, for "single pane of glass" management, from application to disk.
The new Oracle Exalogic X3-2 systems are fully compatible with Oracle Exalogic X2-2 systems. Existing Oracle Exalogic X2-2 systems can also be upgraded with Oracle Exalogic X3-2 compute nodes.
Customers in 43 countries across 22 industries have already adopted Oracle Exalogic.
Oracle Exalogic allows customers and partners to reduce cost and complexity, eliminate business risk and protect and maximize return on their existing and future Oracle software investments.
Oracle Exalogic is the logical choice for running Oracle Applications, including Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle's Siebel CRM, Oracle's PeopleSoft, Oracle's JD Edwards, Oracle ATG Web Commerce and Oracle's industry specific business applications. These applications have been optimized, tested, benchmarked and certified on Oracle Exalogic for extreme performance.
Oracle Exalogic accelerates the functionality of the standards-based Oracle Fusion Middleware product portfolio, including the market-leading Oracle WebLogic Server, Oracle Coherence, Oracle SOA Suite and Oracle Tuxedo products.
Over 300 ISVs are certified on Oracle Exalogic through the Oracle Exastack Program, which enables ISVs and other qualifying members of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) to optimize their applications to run even faster and more reliably on Oracle Exadata Database Machine and Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud.
ISVs are seeing dramatic out-of-the-box performance improvement for virtually every standard Oracle Linux or Oracle Solaris application.
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I am trying to find a good book which focuses on the model calibration. I just want to know generally, what are the most common methods of model calibration(such as Black-Scholes Model, Stochastic Volatility Model(Heston), Jump-Diffusion Model, Hull-White Model and so on, all the models which are at a master level of Mathematical finance program)? But it seems all mathematical finance books didn't discuss a lot about the model calibration, is there a good book/paper on model calibration?
Jim Gatherals Book deals with the models you mention and gives an intuitive understanding about calibration and issues that arise. Mostly basic stuff, but very useful if you're just starting out. Also very understandable without an extensive math background.


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1 Feb 2012 4:35 AM #1
Ext JS UI - with a slick design - anyone ?
Hi All,

We have built an Ext JS App with Zend / MySQL as back-end. The application works fine. The UI is Ok (with grey theme).

But, we are looking at making the UI very slick (UIs typically done by web designers). Can you share URL to some really good -looking Ext JS apps, if any !.

Thanks !
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Thanks Mitchell. We did that, but we could only change the color/font/size. Is there any SaSS samples which gives a radically different look & feel !
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Not that I know of...
This is one of the greatest failings of extJS in my opinion, after all these years there is not an easy way to theme it - oh everyone will harp the SASS will look after all your needs, etc, etc... but really it does not, unless you just want to change the color and still have the UI look exactly the same. Maybe I am wrong, maybe you can... so if this is the case, WHERE ARE THE THEMES? There are none, zilch - all I see are some different colors - or some that do have a bit of a different look and feel, but ugly as hell.
I would love to use extJS with my day job, but the bosses just won't allow it - our designers just can't work with it - and yes they did try, we did do an app and did make it look pretty good as well, but then came upgrade and it was found that we would spend less time converting the UI to jQuery than fixing all the problems from upgrading ext.
I know extJS can look nice, look at Sencha Animator - this is created with extJS and the theme looks awesome, why then is it not available... did they have to hack it too much for it to be distributable?
Anyways I will end my rant. I do appreciate the work that has gone into Sencha / extJS - but maybe you guys should hire some UI designers and make it a bit more easy to theme it. I would like to see theme sites popping up everywhere like with Joomla, yes even to pay, cause it is damn well worth it to get a decent theme that doesn't look like it came out of the early Zeros...


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I was curious if anyone had been to/is going to the Greenville Homeschool Convention?? If you've been before, what do you recommend for newbies?
Greenville Homeschool conference?
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Posted 04 March 2014 - 08:08 PM
I am going! I am a Newbie too This has been our first year homeschooling for 5k and can't wait to look at some curriculum ideas im thinking about for 1st grade. Looking forward to some great speakers and hope to learn a lot so Im excited!
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Posted 05 March 2014 - 12:24 PM
We've attended two years.
Michael Clay Thompson is an EXCELLENT speaker. His vocabulary presentation is really cool.
My son enjoyed Ed Zaccaro's math lectures.
Be sure to save time for the exhibit hall. It'll be CROWDED.
Most vendors have been set up to accept credit cards, so if there are things you want to buy, have a plan of attack and a limit on your spending.
I've also enjoyed hearing Chris Perrin speak (Latin for Children)
Have fun!
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Posted 05 March 2014 - 03:24 PM
I'm going this year. A key would be to go through the list beforehand. It's huge so go through, as some sessions won't be helpful to you and others will. The speakers that I'm most interested in wouldn't meet the needs of someone focusing on a kindy kid for example. So, if you want speaker suggestions, let us know the grades of the children, if you use secular or religious, and if you have a particular homeschool style and maybe people similar to you will have some ideas.
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Posted 17 March 2014 - 10:44 AM
Thanks kohlby! I just started hs after the Christmas Break with my 2nd grader and 4th grader. I also have another whom I haven't decided yet if I'm hs him next year for kindergarten. I use Sonlight right now as it was easy to get something to get me through the rest of the year. So far the kids have enjoyed it. I'm not sure how to go about hs all three though since there will be such an age gap between the older ones and the kindergartner. So far I have to sit with and monitor my kids to get them to finish the work that they do separate such as the math and independent reading. They don't have the focus to keep going on there own;/ So I guess what I'm saying is that I need a lot of help;) lol
Christian is great, but not a requirement per se. Any input would be great!!
BTW, all of my kids so far that I will be hs are boys!! My little girl is only 2 right now!
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Posted 17 March 2014 - 12:01 PM
One thing I always recommend for the vendor hall: Do not buy anything in impulse, no matter how great the sales pitch is!!
I always go in knowing what I am looking for...and the cost if bought online (I'd have it on a spreadsheet printed out...these days I have it on a Note in my iPhone). That way I can get a in-person look at it if it's something I've been eyeing online. And I know if the convention pricing is a deal that I should jump on, or if it's the same price online, so I can wait to buy later.
As far as things that I see that I was not planning on...I never buy the first day. If I see something that looks really appealing, or has a great sales pitch, I go home that night and look up reviews and more info online. If I'm still interested, I'll go back the next day to purchase. I've been to one too many conventions the first few years where I bought something that sounded SOO good, looked SOO good (after all, most of these vendor booths are staffed with sales people , only to realize later that it wasn't going to work for us.
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Posted 17 March 2014 - 09:35 PM
I am so excited there is a Greenville homeschool convention. I currently live in Las Vegas, and will be driving to California to go to the same convention. Really looking forward to not having to travel next year when we finally get to SC.
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Posted 18 March 2014 - 02:28 PM
I thought I had written another reply, but can't find it so I'll see what I can remember! My youngest is kindergarten next year as well, but we unschool then so that makes it easy! My other two are currently legal 2nd and 5th grade age, but they're advanced - especially the eldest. It's really hard to suggest specific curriculums to someone starting out to look into. (Also, I'm a secular homeschooler - but the conference will have far more Christian curriculum resources than secular, so plenty for you to look at). So, instead, my suggestion is to take it all in and bring a notebook with you. Check out sessions about different types of learners and different styles of homeschooling. Walk around the booths, jotting notes as you go but do not buy on the spot. Sometimes, vendors will give you coupon codes for free shipping, so get that if they have it and it's a curriculum you're considering. Use the conference as a research opportunity.
As for teaching multiple ages together with the same resources, it works for some. It does not work for me. My eldest two figure out what they want to learn for science and social studies and then we learn about it. Sounds easy to combine, right? Nope. They never, ever want to learn about the same thing! The eldest was a little behind on fine motor skills so they both got to cursive at the exact same time - and still, they insisted on different workbooks! Even curriculums that I used for the eldest aren't able to be used for the middle child sometimes, due to different learning styles. There have been exceptions, but tailoring it my students means that they need different things a lot of the time.
Perhaps you can get your older child more independent. Since we have to keep a log book anyway, I write down the subjects that I want done each day in each child's book. I fill in any specifics I want done. And leave some blank for the eldest to fill in. Then he checks it off as he goes. If he needs parent help, then I write "with parent" in it if it's not obvious. He's in more control of his learning this way and I get more time to work with my middle child - who wants me by her side every second. Plus, I do need to make sure the third child gets some attention in there too! I have used some carefully placed tv time for the youngest as well to give me a little extra time to work with the others.
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A complex manifold M and an n+1-dimensional vector bundle V on it. V has an underlying real bundle $V_{\mathbb{R}}$ with a flat connection $\nabla$. Also, there is a holomorphic inclusion of a line bundle $L$ in $V$.
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I have learned that any Hidden Markov Model (HMM) can be described as a special case of a Markov Random Field (MRF) model.
However, AFAIK, the dependencies in a HMM are directed, while the dependencies in a MRF are undirected.
So, how can I represent a HMM as an MRF? How can I represent the potential functions of the MRF, as a function of the transition probabilities of the HMM?
Suppose we have an HMM, where $x_t$ are the observations and $z_t$ are the latent states:
$p(x_1,\ldots,x_T,z_1,\ldots,z_T) = p(z_1)\prod_{t=1}^Tp(z_{t+1}|z_t)p(x_t|z_t)$
My conjecture was that the equivalent MRF is a linear graph, with variables $z_1 \ldots z_T$, and the following potential functions:
$\psi_{\{z_t\}} = $
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$\psi_{\{z_t,z_{t+1}\}} = p(z_{t+1} | z_t) $
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