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If chocolate makes you happy, then this dessert will make you very happy indeed. I made this earlier in the week, but I should have made it again today because I was pretty bummed out. Check out this pic of today's weather. Gah! The only thing to say is, "what the deuce?!" Anyway, this is a variation of the lemon pudding cake that relies on chocolate chips to make a smooth and rich pudding that you can spoon over the tender cake.
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Pudding Cake
If chocolate makes you happy, then this dessert will make you very happy indeed. I made this earlier in the week, but I should have made it again today because I was pretty bummed out. Check out this pic of today's weather. Gah! The only thing to say is, "what the deuce?!" Anyway, this is a variation of the lemon pudding cake that relies on chocolate chips to make a smooth and rich pudding that you can spoon over the tender cake.
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- VeggieGirl said...
Yes, unfortunately I'm experiencing the same winter weather conditions as you are :0( But hey, that cake would make ANYONE feel better about the weather, for sure!!! How divine!!
- April 12, 2008 at 11:48 PM
- Alice (in Veganland) said...
Wow, easiest dessert ever. I feel unsure about pouring boiling water over it, but trust you enough to just do it.
- April 13, 2008 at 2:31 AM
- Celine said...
this? belongs in a plate in front of me right now. wow.
- April 13, 2008 at 4:39 AM
- Vegetation said...
Looks delicious! I love chocolate..mmmmmm. And if I looked out my window and saw snow, I'd be ecstatic! (It doesn't snow here :( and I love love love the cold).
- April 13, 2008 at 6:17 AM
- carrie said...
This looks incredible, I have every thing required for making it, and I think I'll give it a go tonight!! It's cold and rainy here today (after over a week of near 80's), and the perfect thing to cheer us all up!!
- April 13, 2008 at 5:45 PM
- Vaala said...
Oooo, I love these kind of desserts. In New Zealand we call them self-saucing puddings. I always seem to be making my chocolate self-saucing pudding lately. It's such delicious comfort food (and my boyfriend is always requesting it).
- April 13, 2008 at 8:05 PM
- veganforone said...
Now this is some uncensored food porn! Yum!
- April 13, 2008 at 10:47 PM
- Janet said...
I am soooo going to make this. Thank you, thank you a million times for the recipe.
ps... Will you be my dad? I want to eat at your house every night!!!
- April 14, 2008 at 12:00 AM
- kitsune-stars said...
Looks delicious! I do a variation of the recipe in the slow cooker; the sauce sinks to the bottom of the cake. And bad news with the weather; it's the opposite in LA -- boiling!
- April 14, 2008 at 2:20 AM
- Jenny said...
Never ever stop posting your food and recipes. Ever! This looks amazing!
- April 14, 2008 at 8:53 PM
- carrie said...
Vegan Dad - I made your cake last night.....it was a hit. It didn't look as nice as your's but, man, was it ever good!!! Thanks from my whole family.
- April 14, 2008 at 9:50 PM
- keeta said...
Oooh, I'm making this this weekend when my husband goes out of town!! My love affair with chocolate continues, unabashed. Actually it's just because my husband is allergic to chocolate. But that doesn't mean I don't whisper sweet nothings to my chocolate.
Thanks for the inspiration!
- April 15, 2008 at 8:21 AM
- Anonymous said...
I made this last night and got raves. I wish that the sugar could be reduced a little though. I'll play with it next time. Thanks for the yummy recipe.
- April 15, 2008 at 10:22 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
I think the sugar could be reduced, for sure. Just remember that the sugar and water make the pudding, so you don't want to reduce it too much. Let me know how it all works out.
- April 16, 2008 at 7:20 AM
- Ricki said...
I used to make a version of this all the time as an undergraduate when I lived alone--it was perfect when I needed a chocolate fix! This one sounds superb. . . must try it again!
- April 17, 2008 at 11:51 PM
- coulditbeseitan said...
Oh WOW! This looks amazing.
- April 23, 2008 at 1:33 AM
- Kathy Mullen said...
Oh my goodness Vegan dad!!! I made this tonight and it is so super yummy!!! It's been a few months since I have had pudding cake and I accidently mixed te sugar meant to sprinkle in with the boiling water. I still just gently poured it over the top. I think it was actually easier than previous ones I have made. The pudding was also much thicker than others, but this may be just a random thing. Anyway I think I will premix the topping stuff from now on. Thanks you are a vegan superhero!!
- November 29, 2008 at 9:28 PM
- veganemporium said...
This cake is AMAZING. Thank you so much for creating this recipe. It was absolutly delicious, and it certainly cheers you up when you're in a funk haha
- November 19, 2009 at 3:17 PM


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How do you defend the integrity of your work while maintaining a cooperative and friendly rapport? Specifically, how can one work with an editor who is perhaps a bit overzealous?
While it's difficult to say without seeing the writing in question (and the editor's comments), I've tried to answer this in a general sense, assuming the editor in question is reasonable and can be approached. If you're faced with, say, a proofreader who's doing rogue line editing, you have a major disconnect and this needs to be corrected.
I would suggest communicating with an overzealous editor early and often. Make it clear that you understand what an editor can provide (if you do), and ask for clarification on what the this editor considers to be within their scope; ask why they're making changes, so you'll understand for next time. (I assume there may be a next time.) Keep in mind that they're trying to make your writing better, and you may need to spend some time understanding what "better" means to them.
From your comment on relentlessly rewriting passive voice, I'm guessing you may have a newbie editor on your hands. Passive voice is sometimes the simplest way to communicate something, and suffering through a few rounds explaining that may, in the end, end up making a better editor out of this person. (I learned that lesson at the beginning of my short freelance career. I butchered a few chapters and then had to redo my work, hat in hand.)
Have you considered the possibility that this editor is at least partially correct? Maybe they're following an internal style guide that you don't know about? Perhaps they've been told they're doctoring the book?
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Apple Tart (Allergy-Free)
Type: Desserts and Baked Goods
This delicious classic and versatile Normandy tarte aux pommes works equally well as an elegant dessert or as a stylish snack-time treat. With egg-, nut-, dairy-, and gluten-free variations.
Prep Time: 50M, plus chilling and cooling time
Cooking Time: 1H5M
Serves: serves 6-8
Egg & nut free
- 1 quantity egg and nut-free sweet Piecrust, chilled for 30 minutes
- 1 1/2 lb dessert or tart apples, peeled, quartered, cored and chopped
- 1 scant cup vanilla sugar
- 1 vanilla pod, split lengthwise
- 1 lb tart apples peeled, quartered, cored, and thinly sliced-about 1/8 in thick-or rosy dessert apples, thinly sliced with the skin left on
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- Preheat the oven to 400° F.
- Roll out the piecrust pastry and line a 10-inch loose-bottomed tart pan. Place the chopped apples and 1/4 cup of the vanilla sugar in a heavy-bottomed saucepan. Scrape the seeds out of the vanilla pod and add both the pod and the seeds to the apple and sugar mixture. Cook gently, stirring occasionally, until the apples are soft and can be pulped when pressed with a wooden spoon, about 15 minutes. If using dessert apples, add 1-2 tablespoons of water to ensure the apples break down easily. Remove the vanilla pod.
- Beat the cooked apple well with a wooden spoon, adding another 1/4 cup of the sugar. Let cool. Once cool, transfer to the piecrust.
- Arrange the apple slices in circles overlapping each other on top of the apple sauce, starting from the outside in.
- Bake in the center of the oven for 15 minutes. Remove the tart from the oven and sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 cup of vanilla sugar. Return to a high shelf in the oven and bake until lightly browned and the sliced apples are tender, about 50 minutes.
- You can make the piecrust and freeze it in its tart pan.
- Serve hot, warm, or cold, either on its own or with cream, crème fraîche, or vanilla ice cream (or a dairy-free alternative).
Dairy free also egg free: Follow the recipe for Egg & nut free, but use the dairy-free sweet Piecrust recipe and serve with soy cream alternative or dairy-free ice cream.
Gluten free also egg & nut free: Follow the recipe for Egg & nut free, but use gluten-free sweet Piecrust.
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25 Apr 2012 11:58 AM #1
Dynamic items (masks) in Views
I got a problem and needed hours but I could crawl in your code and find what was on - it might be a low-priority bug for you though.
The problem roughly comes from the fact that the AbstractView component, when populated the first time, stores the number of items in the View once for all and, after, uses that number when it clears to "remove all the items but the X first ones)
If the added items change (I got this through masking/unmasking), it doesn't remove some generated items and problems begin.
Here is a test-case (the setTimeout looks a bit worked out but simulate a remote-store loading)
Ext.define('Company', { extend: 'Ext.data.Model', fields: [ {name: 'company'} ], idProperty: 'company' }); Ext.onReady(function(){ var store = Ext.create('Ext.data.ArrayStore', { model: 'Company', data: [] }); var main = Ext.create('Ext.view.View', { renderTo: document.body, width: 750, height: 400, border: false, store: store, itemSelector: "div.thumb-wrap", tpl: '<tpl for=".">'+ '
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'+ '</tpl>' }); main.el.mask('yooplaboom'); setTimeout(function() { main.el.unmask(); store.removeAll(); store.add({company: 'American International Group, Inc.'}); }, 200); });
if (me.refreshCounter) { me.clearViewEl(); } else { me.fixedNodes = targetEl.dom.childNodes.length; me.refreshCounter = 1; }
A solution would be to wrap the viewed records in a DIV and just wipe it clean when needed while letting other parts adding and removing items before or after.
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Do level 8 players still gain AP? The way I understand it, level 8 is the highest level, so once you're there it seems like you gaining AP it doesn't do any good, and is really taking potential AP away from your local team mates.
Gaining AP doesn't benefit someone who is already L8, but they do continue to gain AP - although it won't be reflected in the octagonal progress bar, since there is no progress towards L9.
I have heard of L8 players who had enough AP (2.4mil+) to become L9 if that existed :)
The factor of taking potential AP away from team mates is definitely a valid concern though, as an L8 its better to just help in bombing runs and let lower levels finish off portals & fields for AP whenever possible.
Yes, you still gain AP when you reach level 8.
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California School of Forensic Studies
Forensic Psychology
Fresno Campus
Adjunct Faculty
Alliant International University Fresno
5130 E. Clinton Way
Fresno CA 93727
Courses, Research Interests, Publications
Juvenile Delinquency
Institutional Corrections
Criminal Personalities
Criminological Theory
Patterns in Homicide
Serial & Mass Murder
Research Methods
Sex Crimes & Paraphilia
Criminal Psychology
Profiling Sexual Predators
Serial killers, sexual paraphilias, criminology, forensic psychology
"Serial Murder," The Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention, Sage Publishers: Thousand Oaks, Spring, 2010.
Sex Crimes and Paraphilia. Editor, Prentice-Hall Publisher, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. (2006). 550 pgs.
Serial Murderers and Their Victims, 5th Edition, Thomson/Wadsworth Publishing Company (ITP), Belmont, California. (2006). 424 pgs.
The Myth of A Psychiatric Crime Wave: Public Perception, Juror Research and Mental Illness. Corey Vitello, co-author. Carolina Academic Press, Durham, North Carolina, (2006). 250 pgs.
Personality Characteristics and Behavior of Violent Criminals. A manual developed for California P.O.S.T. Homicide Investigation courses. Sacramento, CA January, 2005. Co-author: Gary Lowe, LCSW.
Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime. Editor, Sage Publishers, Thousand Oaks, CA. (2003) 550 pgs.
"Cultural Development of Monsters, Demons, and Evil" in Violence and Society: A reader, edited by Matthew Silberman, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall Publishers, 2003.
"An Interview With A Serial Murderer" in In Their Own Words: Criminals On Crime, edited by Paul Cromwell, Los Angeles, CA: Roxbury Publishers, 2002.
Controversial Issues in Criminology, Allyn and Bacon Publishers, Boston, MA, Co-editor: Dr. John Fuller. (1999). 256 pgs.
Books and Book Chapters
"Female Serial Murderesses: Constructing Differentiating Typologies," in Elliot Leyton's (ed.) Serial Murder. Ashgate Publishing. Co-authored with Ronald M. Holmes and Stephen Holmes. 1999.
"The Role of Psychology in Juvenile Fire-setting," Bay Area Adjuster's Almanac, Fall 1997.
"Dealing With Juvenile Delinquency: The Re-education of the Delinquent in the People's Republic of China," Co-authors, John D. Hewitt and Robert M. Regoli, pp. 67-81, in Official Responses to Problem Juveniles: Some International Reflections, edited by Jim Hackler, published by the Onati International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Spain, 1991.
"Female Serial Murderesses: Constructing Differentiating Typologies," Contemporary Journal of Criminal Justice, vol.7, No.4, December, 1991. PP. 245-256. Co-authored with Ronald M. Holmes.
"The Etiology of Victimization in Serial Murder: an Historical and Demographic Analysis," in Serial Murder: An Elusive Phenomenon, Steven Egger, New York: Praeger Publishers, 1990.
"Trauma-Control Model in Serial Murder" in Criminology in the 1990s, edited by Conklin, John, New York: Allyn & Bacon Publishers, 1996.
Instructors Manual and Test Bank (345 pg.) for Senna and Siegel's Introduction to Criminal Justice, 5th edition, West Publishing Company, Jan.1990.
"Victimization Prevention: A Review of Missing and Murdered Children" in Helping Crime Victims: A National Survey, Albert R. Roberts editor, Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publishers, 1990.
"The Female Serial Murderer, 1800-1986," Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, Vol. 2, No. 2, October, 1986, pp. 72-81.
Works In Progress
The Crib, my first novel.
Other Publications
Peace Officers Standards and Training. "Paraphilia Profiling in Crime Scene Investigations: Signatures, Trophies and Souvenirs". San Francisco, CA. May 22nd-24th, 2007.
Midwestern Regional Network for Intervention With Sex Offenders & The Indiana Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers. "Paraphilia Profiling Among Sexual Predators" Indianapolis, Indiana. May 11th, 2007.
Alliant International University. "Psychological Profiling: A New Investigative Tool?" Alliant International University Continuing Education Program, San Francisco, March 09, 2007. (CEU Certified).
Alliant Center for Forensic Studies. "The Role of Profiling in Cases of Violent Sexual Predators." Alliant International University Annual Forensic Research Conference, Fresno, CA. February 02-03.
Federal Probation and Pretrial Services. "Stalking Techniques in Predatorial Crime", Nashville, TN. April 16th-18th, 2007.
International Association of Mental Health Services. "TBA" Montreal, Canada, June 25th -28th, 2007.
Federal Probation and Pretrial Services. "Understanding Paraphilia in Profiling & Managing Sexual Predators", Nashville, TN. April 16th-18th, 2007.
Bexar County Psychological Association. "Assessment, Intervention and Documentation of Dangerousness in Counseling Forensic Populations", San Antonio, Texas, February 24th, 2006.
Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma. "Human Trafficking: The Minds and Behaviors of Sexual Predators." 11th International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma, San Diego, September 18th, 2006. (CEU Certified).
Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma. Chair: "From Dialogue into Action: Where Do We Go From Here in Human Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children" 11th International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma, San Diego, September 19th, 2006. (CEU Certified).
Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma. "Assessing Dangerousness in Maladaptive Behaviors of At-Risk Youth." Violence in the World of Our Youth, 4th Annual Conference, San Diego, March 20th, 2006. (CEU Certified).
Centre de Recherche en Profilage (CIRPO), (A private organization for criminal and behavioral analysis), Topics: "The Role of Paraphilia in Profiling Sex Crimes" and "Stalking Techniques of Violent Sexual Predators", Paris, France. October 18th-20th, 2006.
Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma. "The Origins of Dangerous Traits in Minors: The MacDonald Triad and Other Conduct Disorders." Violence in the World of Our Youth, 4th Annual Conference, San Diego, March 19th, 2006. (CEU Certified).
Kern County Department of Mental Health. "The Dark Side: the Science of Profiling Criminal Minds and Criminal Behaviors". Bakersfield, CA. March 17th, 2006. (CEU Certified).
United States 9th District Circuit Court Pretrial Services. "Offender Typologies in Cases of Sexual Assault," Hawthorne, CA, August, 2005
Colorado Association of Sex Crimes Investigators. "Psychological Profiling Serial Sexual Predators," Aspen, CO, September 2004.
Federal Bureau of Investigation International Serial Murder Seminar, Topic: "Examining the International Scope of Serial Murder", An International Seminar on Serial Murder, San Antonio, Texas, August-September, 2005.
Tokiwa International Victimology Institute, Topic: Forensic Assessments of Victimization in Cases of Mass and Serial Murder, Tokiwa University, Miwa, Mito-shi, Ibaraki-ken, Japan, December 17th, 2005.
University of Texas at San Antonio. "Profiling and Threat Management of Potentially Dangerous Persons and Situations on Campus", San Antonio, Texas, September, 2005.
Alliant International University. "The Dark Side: the Science of Profiling Criminal Minds and Criminal Behaviors". Fresno, CA. December, 2005; San Luis Obispo, CA, July, 2006. (CEU Certified).
California Law Judges' Institute. "Stalking & Stalkers: Determining Judicial Responses". California Judicial Council. San Diego, CA. August, 2004.
Institut Prive' d'Analyse Criminelle et Comportementale (IPACC), (Private Institute for Criminal and Behavioral Analysis), Topic: "The Role of Paraphilia in Profiling Sex Crimes", Paris, France. June, 2005.
California Juvenile Officers Association. "Profiling Violent Characteristics in Children: Antecedents to Criminal Behavior." Fresno, CA. March, 2004.
California State Crime Lab, Fresno. "Profiling Violent, Paraphilic Predators in Organized & Disorganized Crime Scenes". Fresno, CA. February, 2004.
Institut Prive' d'Analyse Criminelle et Comportementale (IPACC), (Private Institute for Criminal and Behavioral Analysis), Topic: Case Analysis of Violent Sexual Predators, Paris, France. May, 2004.
Wisconsin Association of Homicide Investigators. Topic: "The Role of Paraphilia in Sex Crimes and Crime Scene Investigation", La Cross, WI., April, 2004.
The 16th Annual Texas Crime Victim Clearinghouse Conference. Three seminars: 1. Profiling Violent Criminals; 2. Understanding Sexual Predators and Their Victims; 3. Profiling Stalkers and Their Victims. Austin, Texas. May, 2003.
Pleasant Valley State Prison, Topic: Criminal Manipulation by Prison Inmates: Understanding Sociopaths and Psychopaths, Coalinga, CA, June 27, 2002
Annual Domestic Violence Seminar, Topic: The Psychology of Stalking in Cases of Domestic Violence, Tennessee, March 16, 2001.
Fresno County Probation Dept. Boot Camp, Topic: Profiling Violent Childhood Behaviors, Cruthers, CA, March 22, 2001.
Madera County Victim Services, Topic: Parenting & Discipline, Madera, Jan. 25th, 2001
Computer Crimes Against Children: Predators on the Internet, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, August, 2001.
Louisiana District Attorney's Association. Topic: "Profiling Violent Domestic Crime", Destin, FL, August, 2001
International Profiling Conference: Topic: New Perspectives in Profiling Violent Serial Offenders, sponsored by the Ontario Provincial Police, Toronto, Canada, September, 2001.
Fresno County Child Protective Services, Topic: Domestic Terrorism and Workplace Violence, October 26, 2001.
Madera County Victim Services, Topic: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Madera, CA October 10, 2000
International Security Academy (ISA), Topic: Application of Domestic and Stranger Stalker-Victim Profiles, Tel Aviv, Israel, November 2000.
Solicitor General's Office and the Office of Research, Corrections Canada, Ottawa, Canada. Topic: "Etiology of Homicide" 1989.
National Victim's Academy. Topics: Homicide, and Stalking, California State University, Fresno, CA June, 2000.
S.A.R.T. Training (Sexual Assault Response Team). Sponsored by Family Services of Tulare County, Topic: "The Dynamics of Stalking, Paraphilia and Sexual Assault", Visalia, CA Sept. 2000.
National Victim's Academy. Topics: Homicide, Drunk Driving and Workplace Violence, California State University, Fresno, CA June, 1999.
American Prosecutors Research Institute, (Annual Trainer) Topic: Cyberstalking and Sexual Predators, National Advocacy Center, Columbia, South Carolina, 1999-2002.
Louisiana District Attorney's Association. Topic: "Protecting Yourself From Internet Crime and Cyberstalking" Baton Rouge, LA, April, 1999
Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault Topic: "Cyberstalking: An Emerging Crime", Lafayette, LA, March, 1999.
California Association of Crime Lab Directors. Topic: "The Application of Criminal Psychology in a Forensic Environment", Fresno, CA, Nov. 1999.
California Coalition Against Domestic Abuse. Topic: "Dynamics of Domestic Stalking: Intervention and Prevention Strategies", Sacramento, CA, Sept. 1999.
Yuba City Unified School District. Topic: "Application of Profiles in Identifying and Deterring Potential Violent Offenders in School Settings: Aftermath of Columbine" Yuba City, CA, Aug. 1999.
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Topic: "Profiling Juvenile Fire-setters" Santa Rosa, CA, April 1998.
Louisiana District Attorney's Association, "The Impact of Stalking: Victim/Offender Relationships", Lafayette, LA, 1998
Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault Topic: "Stalking: Expanding Definitions in Intervention Strategies" Lafayette, LA, Feb. 1998.
Internal Revenue Service Western Region Leadership Conference and Training Seminar. Sponsored by the Association for the Improvement of Minorities in the IRS. Topic: "Workplace Violence" Fresno, CA, Jan 1998.
University of California-Davis, Topic: Reducing Violent Crime Through Environmental Design, Davis, Fall 1997.
Fresno Fire Department Facilitator. Juvenile Fire-setting Program. Fall 1997-1999.
Fresno County Sheriff's Homicide Investigation Division, Fresno, CA, Topic: "Criminal Personalities and Homicide", March, 1996 and Sept. 1996.
Police Officer Standards and Training (POST): To develop an elder abuse training video for law enforcement, 1996.
California Association of Arson Investigators, Fresno, CA, Topic: Juvenile Fire Setters & Serial Crime. 1996.
U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern California District and the Federal Victim-Witness Program, Sacramento, Topic: "Victim's Rights and Restorative Justice". 1994
California State Crime Lab, Region 6. "Profiling Serial Rapists", in Visalia, CA, 1992.
Police Officer Special Training, Carrollton, Georgia, Topic: "The Epidemiology and Etiology of the Serial Murder Phenomenon". 1987.
Academic History and Background
B.S. Criminal Justice Administration, Brigham Young University, 1975
M.A., Sociology - Emphasis in Deviance and Corrections, University of Alberta, 1982
Ph.D., Social Psychology: Major Specialty Area, Crime and Deviance; Minor Specialty Area, Medical Sociology, Brigham Young University, 1990
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
American Society of Criminology
Homicide Research Working Group
Societa Sammarinese di Criminologia, Republic of San Marino
Forensic Mental Health Association of California
Italian Investigative Psychology Association
American Psychological Association
Association for Psychological Science
Professional Practice and Community Service
Keynote Speaker at the Center for Forensic Studies Annual Research Conference, February 2-3, 2007. Alliant International University, Fresno campus., 2007
Participant in the Federal Bureau of Investigation Serial Murder Core Work Group, developing a 2006 international seminar on serial murder, Virginia, November, 2005., 2006-2005
Guest Speaker: Wadsworth Publishers Criminal Justice Online Event Series. Topic: Development of Maladaptive Behaviors in Childhood: The Variant Pathways of Serial Killers, February 24, 2005., 2005
Guest Speaker: CSU Fresno's School of Social Science faculty and invited members of the community Topic: Emerging Issues in the Research of Violent Crime, April, 2002, 2002
Guest Speaker: Board of Trustees and Chancellors Office, California State University system, Long Beach, CA, Sept 11, 1996. Topic: "The Application of Criminal Psychology in Our Community: Profiling and Tracking the Unabomber"., 1996
Guest Speaker: Barnes and Noble Bookstores, Fresno and San Francisco, 1996. Topic: "Using Criminal Science in Conducting Serial Murder Research"., 1996
McGraw-Hill Publishers
American Journal of Criminal Justice
Homicide Studies (Sage Press)
University of Chicago Press
Western Criminology Review
Journal of Humanity and Society
American Sociological Review
Wadsworth Publishers
Prentice-Hall Publishers
Palgrave-Macmillan Publishers
Dorsey Press
Random House
Brooks-Cole Publishers
Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology
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He publishes books, articles and lectures extensively on the etiology of violence and serial crime. His book, Serial Murderers and Their Victims, 2010, 5th ed., (Thomson/Wadsworth Publishers), is used as a teaching tool in universities and by law enforcement in studying the nature of violence, criminal personalities and victim-offender relationships. Another of his books, The Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime, (Sage Publishers), explores the phenomenon of murder and violence through the eyes of some of the world's most noted experts. In 2006 he published Sex Crimes and Paraphilia (Prentice-Hall Publishers), a comprehensive examination of sexual perversions, sex offending and sexual predators. His latest coauthored book, The Myth of a Psychiatric Crime Wave, (Carolina Academic Press) examines the misperceptions and reality of the mentally ill and mentally disordered as criminals. His current research focuses upon the development of his theory of relational paraphilic attachment (RPA). He is also writing his first novel, The Crib, a disturbing journey into the minds of psychotics, psychopaths and the criminally insane. His expertise is regularly sought by the media including appearances on CNN, History Channel, NPR, Larry King Live, 20/20, A&E Biography, Good Morning America, CBC, True TV, Discovery and TLC.
He consults with private agencies and testifies as an expert witness in both criminal and civil cases. He is a court qualified expert in paraphilia including pedophilia, child molestation, fetishes; stalking; adult rape and sexual assault; violent criminal behavior including robbery, burglary and homicide (solo and serial).A former consultant to the FBI&aposs UNABOM Task Force, Dr. Hickey currently assists local, state, and federal law enforcement in training and investigations. This includes assisting Peace Officer Service Training (POST) in developing course material and job aids for investigators. He also conducts seminars for agencies involving the profiling and investigating of sex crimes, arson, robbery, homicide, stalking, workplace violence and terrorism as well as workshops for mental health practitioners. Internationally recognized for his research on multiple homicide offenders, Dr. Hickey has conducted seminars in countries throughout Europe, Asia and North America. He has also trained VIP protection specialists in Israel in profiling stalkers. His research involving hundreds of victims of stalking examines the psychology and classification of stalkers, victim-offender relationships, intervention, and threat assessment.


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Brake Caliper Rebuild - Be Kind to Your CalipersWritten by on August 1, 2011 Rebuilding your brake calipers at least once per season will give you better performance and durability
Nothing lasts forever—except for maybe American Idol, which just won't seem to die—and this is especially true in racing. But proper care and feeding of your race car's brakes can help them last longer and perform better. Thus, helping you stretch your racing budget and improve your performance on the racetrack. Most racers regularly work on their braking system, including bleeding and/or flushing the brake fluid, inspecting the rotors for cracks or warping, and deglazing or simply replacing brake pads. But one area that shouldn't be overlooked is the calipers themselves.
Most brake calipers, especially performance-oriented units from reputable manufacturers, are deceptively simple pieces of technology. Essentially, they are a cavity capable of transmitting the pressure of the brake fluid to pistons that squeeze the brake pads against the rotors. And as such, there really isn't a lot that can go wrong with a caliper as long as it's well-built to begin with.
However, rebuilding your calipers before the start of a new racing season is definitely a good idea, especially if you race on dirt. There's a lot of grit, sand, oil dry, and all types of stuff blown around underneath a race car and if it accumulates between the piston and seal it can cause fluid leaks, sticking calipers—which will overheat the brakes and harm acceleration—and premature brake failure.
Rebuilding your calipers is a relatively easy job that can be done by practically anyone with simple handtools. We would recommend having a set of new piston seals on hand but they may not be needed. Following are a few tips for rebuilding your calipers for maximum performance season after season and long brake life. The Dirt Late Model team we worked with uses Wilwood brakes, but the same concepts will work with any brand. You may also notice that the Wilwood Dynalite calipers in the photos are a few seasons old and show signs of use, but simply a testament to the value of using quality products and taking care of them.
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Begin by pulling all four calipers off the car and knocking off any loose dirt or grime. Next, remove any hardware so you can pull the pad out.After getting everything out of the way, you can pull the pads out. If they're jammed in place, that's a sign that you may have more serious problems to look at. These pads have plenty of material left. After scuffing them up a bit to remove any glazing from the last race, they will go right back in.Now begin the tricky process of getting the caliper pistons out of their cylinders. The pistons move in and out to press the pads against the rotor. One way to do it is to use deep-reach Vise-Grips like these to hold the other pistons in position and then place an air chuck against the brake fluid inlet fitting and blowing pressurized air into the caliper. The air pressure should blow the piston out of the bore.With the piston out, you'll have to gently hold it in place so that the caliper will hold air pressure as you blow out the other pistons one at a time. This is easily the most aggravating part of the entire process.After all of the pistons are out of the caliper, gently remove the rubber piston seals which should be inside a ring in the caliper's piston bore. Inspect each rubber-like ring. If it's hard, distorted, torn, or showing other signs of wear, replace it.Most performance brake manufacturers sell a caliper rebuild kit like this one from Wilwood. It cost less than $20, so it was nice to have a few spare O-rings on hand in case we needed to replace one.The pistons are steel and should be reusable unless something really wrong has happened to your calipers. Here, ours are scrubbed with a Scotch Brite pad in the parts washer to remove the wear ring that had developed where the end of the piston was exposed to the elements.On the left is a freshly scrubbed and polished caliper piston. On the right is what it looked like before cleaning. It's important to get the pistons clean so that they will slide inside the seal without sticking. If they don't, the seal can hold the pistons out, which keeps the brake pads from retracting and causes brake drag.These are the backing plates that the edges of the brake pad slide along. They not only allow easy movement of the pads as they're pushed out by the pistons, they also keep the edges of the backing plates from digging into the aluminum caliper. Remove them for cleaning and so that you can inspect the caliper material underneath.
On the bottom is one backing plate just as it came out of the caliper, while the one on the top is what it should look like after it has been cleaned. Again, it's important that these are as clean and as smooth as possible so that the pads will be able to slide out—and back in—without snagging or experiencing drag.Now that the caliper has been completely stripped, wash it down with brake cleaner and hose it with dry, clean air. Make sure that any crossover tubes are clear of debris and you don't leave any cleaning fluids behind inside the caliper that can contaminate the brake fluid when the calipers are reinstalled.Reinstalling the O-rings dry can cause them to rip the first time the brakes are applied. Lubricate them with some fresh brake fluid.Now you can install the O-rings back into their grooves in the piston bores. Be careful to make sure they are fully seated and don't get twisted when reinstalling them.The freshly cleaned pistons will be less likely to get hung on the O-ring (and will be easier to slide in place) if you also lubricate it with fresh brake fluid.The brake bleeders are exposed to the elements and you'll often find that they are clogged with debris. If you can't blow air through them, try reaming out the gunk with a small drill bit.Follow that up with a blast of brake cleaning fluid and then dry shop air to make sure they are completely clean and obstruction free.A bit of Teflon sealer on the fluid inlet fitting will help prevent leaks and help keep it from galling to the caliper so you can get it out again on the next rebuild.


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You can try Sikuli. It is a image recognition tool that you can script it with Python. If the product that you are testing is fairly stable in terms of UI, then it will be a good tool to use.
Windows has the built in Windows Automation API available. Depending on what you want to do, it could get a little hairy using the APIs. The TestAPI project has some nice wrappers around UIAutomation to simplify the model.
I use WinTask. I'm very happy with it. I've used AutoIT in the past, and I know lots of folks who still do.
If you refine your requirements beyond (cheap, Windows GUI), you may get more precise answers.
I use Perl with Win32 Modules to do my System Administration. Also, Perl allows you to run some of the task as services, which is very handy.
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Its unique advantage is that it's very non-technical: Unlike other tools, it doesn't require knowing application-internal ids such as
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I haven't used it myself because I wrote my own UIAutomation library, but White is an open source project from Thoughtworks that should do exactly what you are after they support Win32, WinForms, WPF, Silverlight and SWT (Java) platforms.
For an IDE you can use Visual Studio C# Express, which is free for even commercial use. It lacks unit testing as an integrated feature so you would need to use something like xUnit as a test runner.
I have been using Macro Scheduler for about 9 months and have been able to do everything I have needed to do. (Automated testing of CADCAM software) I had used them previously with a different company and had great results there too.
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Cobra is Free Software to automate any app (which are accessibility enabled) on Windows XP SP3 / Windows 7 / Windows 8. Open sourced by VMware Inc. LDTP is also cross platform GUI automation tool, for more information check http://ldtp.freedesktop.org
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GATESVILLE (November 9, 2012)--A group of students in the Culinary Arts program at Gatesville High School celebrated Veteran's Day early on Friday by preparing a hot breakfast for local veterans and soldiers at North Fort Hood.
Gatesville Independent School District Superintendent Stewart Spear said about 100 veterans and active duty soldiers showed up for a breakfast of biscuits and gravy, and eggs, which was prepared by culinary arts students and funded by the Gatesville chapter of the Exchange Club.
The culinary arts program includes a total of 30 to 40 students, taught by JoAnn Suggs and Jan Wynn.
Members of the Gatesville Hornets football team, which has already earned a designation as district champions and is playing for a perfect 10-0 season Friday night in Liberty Hill, served the breakfast.
It's an annual event that Speer says is growing and has become an important of the school's participation in community events.
Following the breakfast the entire student body, joined by students from the Oglesby Independent School District, assembled at McKamie Stadium to hear both students and veterans speak about the meaning of Veteran's Day and to view a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter and other military static displays.


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My ThoughtsLittle boys love any kind of vehicle and for that matter, so do a lot of girls! My five year old daughter is a girly girl but she also loves to play with her brothers toys, especially when it's as cool as BOOM the Brachiosaurus Backhoe from Educational Insights!The AppearanceThis guy is quite impressive looking! He is larger than life and will have your child in awe! I mean a dinosaur that doubles as a backhoe; how cool is that?DurabilityThis guy is great quality and is thick material with durable parts. You can feel the quality as you turn and maneuver him. He rolls easily so little chubby toddler hands will be able to play with him without frustration.The Mom FactorAs a mom I appreciate that this toy has no batteries or electronic powered anything! That means you don't have to pay to replace batteries so your initial purchase is all it will cost you. More importantly, no annoying sounds or lights or things that will break! Most important of all; your child will have to rely on their imagination and creativity to play because it's not going to perform for them!Age RangeThis is rated for ages 3+; probably because of the coordination required to maneuver and push around. I don't see anything dangerous or choking hazards so a younger child could probably play; just wouldn't be able to do everything or get the same educational benefits.Meet Boom Brachiosaurus's FriendsThere are three other dino's in this collection so it would be fun to get them all!VersatilityI like that this can be used indoors or outdoors. We do a lot of desert camping and this will be perfect to plow through the dirt!My ConclusionThe Dino BOOM! Brachiosaurus Backhoe would make the perfect Christmas present for the toddler in your life! It will provide hours of entertainment and their will have to use their little imaginations to play with it!
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This was one of 2 products I was sent to review, and I sure am glad. My 4 year old grandson and I had a great time. He was thrilled when he opened the gift, because he loves dinosaurs and construction vehicles. What a brilliant idea to combine the two.The living room became a prehistoric construction site and we added other trucks and dinosaurs to the scene. The Triceratops bulldozer cleared everything in its path. I know that my grandson will be playing with this sturdy, imaginative and colorful toy for a long time to come.


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Brooklyn Valley VFW Post 7790 would like to thank the Chase Avenue Stop & Shop manager and workers for their courtesy. We especially thank the customers who gave so generously to the Poppy Drive on Veterans Day weekend during hard economic times. It is people like them who make it easier to help our veterans in need.
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PUERTO RICO (CNN) -- Federal and local agents conducted raids early Wednesday to arrest an array of alleged drug traffickers and airline employees who officials say formed a network that smuggled cocaine from Puerto Rico to the continental United States aboard commercial aircraft.
Forty-five people were indicted on May 31st in connection with the smuggling network, according to two federal indictments unsealed Wednesday. One of the networks transported luggage full of cocaine to Miami and Orlando in Florida, and to Newark, New Jersey.
A team of 200 federal agents and Puerto Rican police conducted the raids at the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, just outside of San Juan, and elsewhere.
As of Wednesday afternoon, 36 people had been arrested. As many as 10 were apprehended at the airport, and the rest at their homes. The action was dubbed Operation Open Door. The first indictment charges 25 individuals with 16 counts each of racketeering and drug trafficking, the Justice Department said.
According to authorities, the criminal organization carried kilograms of cocaine in backpacks, on their person or in official work vehicles into the Puerto Rico airport through security. Once inside the airport, they would meet couriers inside a restroom, and the couriers would then transport the drugs to the continental United States.
Because Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States, passengers from there don't have to go through customs upon arriving on the mainland.
The leader of the organization was Maribel Rodriguez Fragoso, alias "La Flaca," the Justice Department said.
Several of those indicted worked for Ground Mobile Dependable, which provides services such as baggage and cargo handling, Drug Enforcement Administration spokeswoman Laila Rico said.
"Americans have a right to expect the highest integrity from those they entrust with their safety, and DEA is committed to protecting that trust," DEA Deputy Administrator Thomas M. Harrigan said in a statement.
"Today's arrests at one of the nation's busiest airports reflect our relentless commitment to working with our partners to aggressively fight drug trafficking, not only at our nation's points of entry, but at source, transit, and arrival zones throughout the world."
The second unsealed indictment charges 20 people for "aiding and abetting each other" to distribute more than 9,000 kilograms of cocaine aboard American Airlines commercial flights, the department said.
In this case, Wilfredo Rodriguez Rosada is accused of recruiting a group of people, including American Airlines employees, who transported and loaded suitcases filled with cocaine to the cargo area and then ensured they reached airports in Miami, Orlando and Newark.
A total of 12 current and former American Airlines employees were indicted in what was known as Operation Heavy Cargo 2, Rico said.
"In cases such as this, American Airlines always assists local, state and federal law enforcement agencies," said Ed Martelle, spokesman for American Airlines. "Our support also extends to helping prosecute the individuals responsible to the fullest extent of the law. We have a zero-tolerance policy for any employee when it comes to this type of activity. The actions of a few employees should not reflect negatively on the tens of thousands of ethical American Airlines employees who work hard to serve our customers each and every day."
Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuno told CNN en Español that not all of the arrests were in Puerto Rico. He said some arrests were being made in the mainland United States.
Two years ago, authorities arrested three former employees of a private baggage handling company who had worked at an airport in Puerto Rico. Those arrests targeted a drug trafficking ring that used major airlines to smuggle cocaine and heroin to the United States.


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This is at the beginning of a new era. Humanity is growing, evolving, changing. No-one knows just how it came to be, but children are being born with a mutated gene that manifests at around age 15. These children have either strange features or powers, or both. Normal humans both hate and fear these strange mutants and shun them from society. In time, there will be a group that is formed to give support to these mutants, a school run by a mutant named Charles Xavier, but all this is yet to be. This time, no-one is supporting these strange humans, most wish only for them to be excised from the human world.
Among the people who wish this are an anti-mutant group known as Humanity Against Freaks, or HAF. They target the mutants and also any place that allows mutants to frequent, such as shops, hotels, cinemas. They are fueled entirely by hatred and altho there is no main leader, they are organised in frightenly efficience. The police are powerless to act; and indeed, some of the higher police officers are members of the organisation.
Fighting on the other side are a small group of mutants known only as the Vigilantes; they use their powers only to protect themselves, but are generally viewed with mistrust by most of the population, some of which hail the HAF as being heroes who only are trying to protect humanity from the mutant menace. The Vigilantes are set upon from all sides, so don't use their real names, only codenames. Seeing them as mutant terrorists, the police are determined to stamp them out.
1. This RP is for experienced RPers ONLY. If I do not consider you experienced, then you can't join. Don't spam the RP begging to join. Any players must also abide by the main forum rules.
2. If you need more information, read this link: X-Men - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia However, understand this; the X-men do NOT EXIST YET. This RP is set in an era back when the X-men were either not born yet, or just toddlers. So don't play one of them please, original characters only.
3. If you're playing a mutant, you only have one power. If a power is already taken, you can not have the same one. I want everyone to have different powers, not say 4 people all playing as pyrokinetics. You can either have a freakish appearence, or be normal. If I think your character is unrealistic, you will be asked to change it; do not have an attitude about this.
4. Humans only; no vampires, fairies, elves or any other race. This RP is only about humans and mutants.
5. If you are unsure about anything in the storyline, PM me; don't spam up the RP asking questions.
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Name: Paul Ashwin
Age: 15
Power: Shapeshifter
Bio: Paul has been at the orphanage his whole life. He doesn't know anything about his parents at all. When he was 12, his mutation manifested and he was then set upon by some of the other kids at the orphanage. He was able however to fight them off by changing his shape; he badly injured them, so now he's generally avoided. Paul has a very hot temper, he can also be stubborn to the point of being extremely irritating to anyone who's dealing with him, and also extremely selfish and only concerned with black and white, missing shades of grey.
Paul sat on a bench alone in the small outdoor area that belonged to the orphanage. Nearby, some of the others who lived in the orphanage either played or sat in various places talking, depending on age. Paul made no attempt to join any of the groups; he'd learned very early on, even before his mutation had manifested, that he wasn't welcome. Paul had just seemed odd in his childhood years and hadn't been popular. When he began puberty however, everything changed as he developed not only as a teenager, but also a mutation in the form of shapeshifting powers.
The powers had come on unannounced; he had suddenly changed shape in the common room and had immediately been set upon. He had changed shape again, taking the shape of a tiger and had fought off his attackers. Since that day, he had become an outcast and was severely left alone. In the orphanage, new cases were often being brought in and Paul often watched them to see if they were like him, but too often he was disappointed. He longed for the day to come when he could leave the place forever.
Name: Aislin (Az-lin) Kam
Age: 15
Power: Illusions. With effort she can make them tangible, but not for long.
Bio: When she was ten years old Aislins parents were killed in a home invasion. Since then she has been in orphanages. She was moved from her old one recently as other children had reported seeing odd images and creatures when she was around and the orphanage decided to make her someone elses problem, the decision helped by her established status as a difficult child, not so much unruly as just plain unemotional and unreactive.
Aislin got out of the car, pulling on her bag over one shoulder and slamming the car door behind her. She surveyed the building in front of her and kicked the dirt, This bites. she muttered.
"Without heroes we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go."
-Bernard Malamud
Paul looked up from his silent contemplation to see the car draw up in front of the orphanage. He saw the girl get out of the car, wondering idly if she'd be yet another human, or maybe even another mutant. Someone who'd be on his side.
A tall girl was chosen to do the honours. She looked as tho she would rather be doing almost anything else as she reluctantly began the tour. "That's the refectory, where everyone has their meals," she said as she showed Aislin a large room inside the orphanages. "Come upstairs; I'll show you where you're going to sleep. Boys and girls here have separate dormies."
The girl showed Aislin Dormitory 6, which would be where she was sleeping. "I'll show you the schoolroom downstairs, then the outside area and that's pretty much all you need to know now. Anything else, you'll be able to find out for yourself. The bathrooms are in that room off the dormies; each dormy has its own bathrooms."
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Oscar Night vs. Sports
I have a friend who's a spectacular movie nut—sees everything; writes witty film reviews; belongs to a cinema society; knows fancy directors—and watches the Academy Awards by herself, alone. This is not a sad-sack/cat hoarder situation—she's the most social person I know.
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She just doesn't want to be messed with on Oscar night. Everybody who knows her knows of this policy; she has sharply maintained an Oscar Night shutdown for many years. Visitors are not allowed. No exceptions. Her lovely husband is permitted to exist, silently—he may hover in the living room but no talking loudly or phone calls or really any kind of disturbance (he may quietly provide food and beverages).
For my friend, the Oscars are sacred, a Super Bowl Sunday, and she wants to hear and linger upon every spoken word, and can't stand the thought of a smart-aleck interrupting the broadcast. About a decade and a half ago, she hosted an Oscar Night Party and there was a cake and guests had an Oscar pool and screamed every time somebody won. My friend hated every second of this party and never did it again. So now it's just her and the TV and her anxiety. If something crazy happens, she might—might—respond to a text message sent during a commercial break. But that's about it, until about midnight.
I don't feel that kind of passion for the Oscars. I mean, I can totally go there on the solitary television viewing experience; I'd rather spend the night in the trunk of an Oldsmobile than watch "Mad Men" with a crowd, and I really don't need accompaniment for World Series Game 7s, Tour de France mountain stages or Wimbledon five-setters.
But Oscar night holds no tension to me. I see, on average, somewhere between zero and two of the Best Picture candidates in any given year, and there are plenty of nominees I am deeply oblivious to (though this Robert De Niro character looks familiar). And yet, I always watch, like tens of millions of others, because, like the Super Bowl, the Oscars are a cultural ritual. You got to do it! But I believe I fall into the sweet spot of viewers who semi-watch with low expectations. Our attention peaks early for the opening monologue, hangs in through those Supporting Actor and Actress presentations, and then drifts in and out of consciousness until the heavy hardware arrives somewhere around the time local TV is supposed to be doing the weather. It takes forever. The Oscars are sort of like the college basketball season. Everyone gets excited at the beginning and the end, but man, that slog in the middle is a chore.
The Oscars have tried a zillion things to enliven the broadcast over the years—well-intentioned hosts arrive and disappear like Oakland Raiders head coaches, the list of televised awards gets snipped; quirky stunts are added to enliven the black tie drudgery. Not long ago the category of Best Picture was expanded to a whopping ten movies (every selected film also qualifies for the NHL playoffs.) There are fashion misfires and tributes to legends and occasionally some emotional payoffs, but the Oscars can't escape feeling predictable and dutiful, especially since a calendar stuffed with awards shows has already established a reliable pattern of winners. There's some suspense, but surprises are few. It's pretty much the same routine, over and over, year after year, with different jokes and haircuts.
Look: It's not as if sports fans are incapable of going crazy for well-produced tedium. This weekend also brings the NFL combine, a spectacle of running and jumping and fitness evaluation that pretty much proves that football fans would watch NFL personnel sit at a table and eat a bowl of peas. It's also true that sports has been trying to cultivate Oscar night glamour of its own—the ESPYs, the sprucing-up of end-of-season awards presentations, etc. But these starry nights are pretty stiff (and the fashion, besides Russell Westbrook, is awkward at best.) That's okay. Sports doesn't need a night of red carpet validation. A ceremony is no match for a game.
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The U.N. World Food Program expressed its gratitude today to the Campaign of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz for the Relief of Palestinian People in Gaza for its generous contribution to Palestinian relief efforts.
A statement released by the agency noted that the total contribution of the Saudi campaign has reached $8 million. It added that the World Food Program intends to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Campaign to implement several projects.
Last year, Saudi Arabia donated more than $500 million to WFP, placing the Kingdom at the forefront of global efforts to address the impact of soaring food prices.


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I have tried to emulate the set up of an ipad connecting to a ubuntu box hosted by linode. Everything works fine apart from the GNU screen switching with Ctrl+A. As the author explains:
"Ctrl+X is my screen's "hot key"; it defaults to Ctrl+A, but on a wireless keyboard, that leaves Unicode characters in the terminal—I assume this is related to Apple's support for some common Emacs keybindings in iOS. It's strange, but easy enough to work around"
Easy enough, he says, but it has defeated me! I have tried bind, but can't seem to control the Ctrl keys, and am reluctant to use xmodmap as I don't want to use any graphical output. The apple wireless keyboard doesn't seem to allow any system kep map settings either.
Everything else works beautifully, so this seems like such a silly place to get stuck.


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22 Aug 2013 12:23 PM #1
BoxComponent Move or onPosition events during container scroll?
I know about getting scroll event. I am wondering whether you can also get the component Move event due to scrolling? this way you can focus on a particular component and know when it repositioned during scrolling?
26 Aug 2013 3:05 PM #2
The Move event only happens (by default, of course you can fire it elsewhere) when any BoxComponent has setPosition called on it with something other than Style.DEFAULT for both arguments.
You can however listen to the dom event Events.OnScroll to find out when a container has been scrolled, and update position accordingly. Without understanding your full use case it is hard to make suggestions, but it seems likely that you'd add a listener for OnScroll to every parent of the target component that could possibly scroll. Note that you might wish to use Event.Scroll instead if those parents are ScrollContainers or some other subclass of that.


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A quiet weather week looks to be in store with a gradual climb in the temperatures. Temperatures are forecast for the 30s today and tomorrow. Overnight lows tonight will be rather bitter again dipping down to near 11 degrees. Tuesday night lows are forecast at 20 degrees. For the remainder of the week, a sunny, near 50 degree day is expected on Wednesday. A slight cool off in the mid 40s will occur on Thursday before reaching the mid 50s on Friday. Overnight lows will remain in the mid to upper 20s for the next several nights. If you are wondering about the winds, they are going to be rather calm, staying below 10 mph through at least Wednesday.
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I don't know if this is a valid question, but: What kind of window manager do games use which have internal frames (Frames inside frames)? Does this differ between the programming languages (Are e.g. in Java the AWT/Swing libraries used to manage these and other graphical elements, such as buttons,or is this to restrictive (speed, graphical possibilities?))
A special example would be EVE Online, where the client can use the ingame windows like on a normal desktop.


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Compost Moves Up in NYC
Half-eaten salads tossed out by Midtown office workers these days can end up being carted to an upstate compost farm and then returned to Midtown buildings for use as fertilizer on green rooftops.
With more green roofs sprouting up across New York's skyline, the Durst Organization says it will spend between $750,000 and $1 million to install more than an acre of green space atop its Midtown Manhattan buildings.
The real-estate company, whose commercial portfolio includes One Bryant Park, One World Trade Center and Four Times Square, among others, launched its composting program at the beginning of 2012.
Food waste from the pantries and kitchens from the Durst buildings in the city—11 buildings totaling 13 million square feet—is now hauled up to Dutchess County to be turned into compost at the McEnroe Organic Farm in the Harlem Valley.
The compost and soil is then brought back to the city to be used on the company's green roofs in Manhattan.
"I haven't heard of any other real-estate property company recycling their food into compost for a green roof," said Amy Norquist, president and chief executive of Greensulate, a Manhattan-based company that designs, builds and maintains green roofs. "It's forward thinking."
Ms. Norquist, whose company helped the Fashion Institute of Technology install nearly 20,000 square feet of green roof two years ago, said the benefits of such projects include improved air quality, energy efficiency, decreased temperatures, storm-water management, mitigation of climate change and improved productivity.
"For companies, adding green space is a huge thing that provides an…increase in employee productivity," she said. "People like looking out on a green space; it literally makes them happier."
The Durst Organization's green-roof system is able to retain about 55,000 gallons of water that would otherwise wind up in the sewer system. The company's first green roofs, which are covered in a mixture of hardy, low-lying plants that don't require deep soil, were installed last March above the Durst offices at One Bryant Park and at 675 Third Ave.
By spring, the company will have installed green roofs on eight of its buildings, including 205 E. 42nd St., 655 and 733 Third Ave., 1133 and 1155 Sixth Ave. and 114 W. 47th St.
"Green roofs are an increasingly important part of our urban ecosystem," said Helena Durst, the organization's vice president who initiated the program. "Beyond diverting storm water runoff, they provide cooling by absorbing sunlight that would otherwise be converted to heat energy, and they can capture pollutants and filter noxious gases."
The company has enlisted three students from the High School for Environmental Studies in Hell's Kitchen to study the high-rise foliage and determine the benefits of green roofs in settings like Manhattan. Seniors Samuel Fok, 18 years old, Daniela Escobar, 17, and Samantha Hoffman, 17, have spent several hours every two weeks testing samples from the green rooftops.
"We're just trying to identify the plants that we find that are on the roof, and we're trying to see what weeds come up and whether they're invasive or noninvasive species," Ms. Hoffman, who intends to study geology after graduation, said of the project.
Matthew Washington, manager of special projects at Durst Organization, has been working with the students from his alma mater. "The intention is to create a long-term fellowship program with the school so that a new group of students each year can work on the green roofs," said Mr. Washington.
Other property companies are also getting into the green roof trend, encouraged by government incentives.
In recent years, the New York state Assembly introduced a tax abatement of $4.50 a square foot for the installation of green roofs in New York City, and the Department of Environmental Protection introduced funding for green roofs with a focus being storm-water management.
In 2007, Tishman Speyer installed an 18,000-square-foot green roof atop Radio City Music Hall, saving approximately 566,000 gallons of water from the city's storm-water system annually. The Albanese Organization also plans to install a 6,050-square-foot green roof on a commercial building the company will construct at 510 W. 22nd St.
Russell Albanese, the company's chairman, said the current five-story building, which is adjacent to the High Line, will be redeveloped into a 10-story commercial building for restaurant, gallery and office tenants.
"A green roof on a building provides space for people to gather on the roof and be outdoors," said Mr. Albanese. "Tenants want to get away from being locked in a glass tower."


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THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013, Henderson County residents and professionals are invited to attend the first annual CELEBRATION OF COURAGE luncheon where you will be introduced to our featured speaker, Ms. Olga Trujillo, abuse survivor, attorney and author of The Sum of My Parts, copies of which are available at the main library and for sale on Amazon.com. This is the electrifying story of Olga's traumatic childhood of sexual, emotional and physical abuse and the amazing courage it took for her to emerge from that tunnel of terror to become the accomplished and healed individual whose voice, once heard, you will never forget.
Links:[1] http://www.thehealingplace.info/about-us/news/celebration-of-courage-2013-announced/
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[3] http://www.nsvrc.org/event-location/national
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Columbia Law School's Center for Constitutional Governance debuted this past summer under the leadership of Gillian E. Metzger '95 and Trevor W. Morrison '98. The new center will strengthen the Law School's existing presence in the public law community by sponsoring cutting-edge workshops and conferences on constitutional law issues, while also serving as an interactive forum for graduates who have dedicated their careers to public law and government service.
The center will attract constitutional scholars and visiting professors to Columbia Law School, as well as increase the Law School's influence in the fields of comparative public law, public international law, and transnational law.
As co-directors, Metzger, the Stanley H. Fuld Professor of Law, and Morrison, the Liviu Librescu Professor of Law, will focus their energies on issues related to government structure, governmental relationships, federalism, and separation of powers. Both professors are recognized as leading scholars in the field of public law.


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How is it possible to customize toolbar of finder & add more buttons other than defaults ?
Which kind of buttons are you talking about?
If you want to customize your toolbar by adding or removing existing buttons:
[This also works for most apps, btw.]
If you want to add new buttons that aren't shipped by Apple:
For example, I've used Refresh Finder for years (Macworld review).
In case it wasn't already clear, you can also drag folders or files to the toolbar:
Hmm, can't post image, so you will have to use your imagination :-(
Or wait, nm, they just can't be inline:
[EDIT] okay, now it can be inline
I started using OS X back in 10.1, well before the sidebar came out, so that's the way I used to get around. To add these, drag the item to the toolbar (when you're not running the toolbar customization sheet. Adding a separator bar from the customization sheet will make dragging things to the toolbar easier (aim for the divider, then the Finder will know you want to add the item to the toolbar, rather than, say, copy the item to your Applications folder).
A couple of other tips if you weren't already aware of these. Hold down Command-Option and click on the toggle-toolbar button (the oblong button in the upper right) to immediately invoke the customization sheet.
You can also hold down the Command key to allow manipulation of the toolbar items without having to use the customization sheet. For example, if I no longer want my Apps folder in the toolbar, hold down Command and drag it out of the toolbar and release, and it will poof like when you remove an app from the Dock. Or, you can hold down the Command key and drag the toolbar items to the left or right to rearrange them.
Also, hold down the Command key and press the toggle-toolbar button to cycle through the different toolbar viewing modes (for example, text or icons, and large or small size, etc.).


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Is there a concise way to express "stir crazy" in Mandarin, or is a long explanation needed?
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I don't know about this phrase very much, does it mean "drive somebody crazy"? If so, I think this one is ok:
I assume you are talking about claustrophobia? "幽闭恐惧症" or "闭室恐幽症", but can not think of any slang to describe it? Maybe "恐幽症"?
There is a wikipedia page for it titled "幽闭恐惧症".


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is there any benefit from hit ratio in write
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is there any benefit from hit ratio in write
through cache case?
Originally Posted by xpi0t0sAs I said in my VM post I don't really understand what it is you want to know. Have a look at these two Wikipedia articles:
For general information about caching:
For specific information about CPU caching:
Plus of course you should read articles linked from these pages.
Originally Posted by xpi0t0sA write through procedure basically means that the cache and main memory will be written to - this should be explained in the book. What I don't know is if those operations are parallel or sequential - in other words, does a write take 1000ns or 1100ns. This should also be explained in the book.
So the questions are increasingly complex. The average access time considering read-only cycles - as I said before, I find it easier to use numbers. Let's say there are 100 reads. The hit ratio for read access is 0.9 so 90 reads will be from cache and 10 will be from main memory. The total time for the reads from cache is 90*100ns and the total time for the reads from memory is 10*1000ns. Total is 90*100+10*1000=9000+10000=19000. The average access time is the total access time divided by the number of accesses, which is 19000/100, which is 190ns.
For b we need to add in the write times which you'll need to find out from the book if they are 1000ns or 1100ns. If 1100ns then for 100 accesses, 80% are read, so that's 80 read and 20 write. Of the 80 read the hit ratio is 0.9 so that means there are 72 (90% of 80) cache reads and 8 reads from main memory. So the total is 1100*20 for the writes + 72*100 for the cache reads + 8*1000 for the cache misses = 1100*20+72*100+8*1000 = 22000+7200+8000 = 37200. There were 100 accesses so the average access time is 37200/100=372, or a slightly lower value which you can calculate for yourself if the write time is 1000.
Actually I'm not sure about c. The hit ratio for writes is either zero or 100% depending how you look at it. If a hit simply means the write went to cache regardless of whether or not it went to main memory as well, then the ratio is 100%. But if a hit means we bypassed main memory access altogether then the write hit ratio is zero. This should be clarified in the book.
So for example if the write hit ratio is considered to be zero on the grounds that no write bypasses a main memory access, then for 100 accesses again, 72 will be reads from cache, 8 will be reads from memory and 20 will be writes to memory (and cache). Total cache hits, aka memory misses, is 72 out of 100, which is 72% or a total hit ratio of 0.72.
Or perhaps the writes are sequential instead of parallel. Then the number of writes is effectively doubled, so in 120 accesses there will be 80 reads (72 cache, 8 memory), 20 writes to cache and 20 writes to memory. Total cache hits is 72+20=92, giving a cache hit ratio of 92/120=76.(6)%.
Or maybe this should be 80 reads (72 cache, 8 memory), 10 cache writes, 10 memory writes; cache hits are 72+10=82 for a hit ratio of 82%. I think the answer most likely to be correct is the first, i.e. 0.72, where a single write constitutes a write to cache and a write to main memory.


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WINGATE, N.C. – Behind stellar pitching efforts in the circle and a three-run eighth inning, including Danielle Swygert's go-ahead RBI-single and freshman Courtney Czentnar's eighth home run of the season, Anderson rallied to split a South Atlantic Conference softball doubleheader with league-leading Wingate on Sunday afternoon, dropping the opener, 1-0 and winning the nightcap, 5-2, at the WU Softball Complex.
Anderson (25-9, 5-5 SAC) improved to 12-4 on the road this season with its fourth win in six outings, while handing Wingate (26-12, 8-2 SAC) just its second loss at home and second setback in its last 15 games.
Game #1
Wingate 1, Anderson 0
Junior second baseman Jessica Neidigh notched two of the Trojan's three hits in the opener, as the leadoff hitter recorded a pair of singles and also reached on a throwing error. Senior first baseman Danielle Swygert tallied Anderson's only other hit – a single to lead off the sixth inning.
Junior Katelynn Howser (8-4) absorbed the tough-luck loss after surrendering just one run, while scattering three hits in six full innings of work. The right-hander struck out one and walked one.
Anderson threatened in the top of the first inning, loading the bases on an error and back-to-back walks with no outs, but Wingate hurler Stacey Houser (17-5), who leads the league in wins, retired the next three Trojans batters on strikes to get out of the jam.
The Trojans, who stranded nine runners, threatened again in the second inning with senior Laura Jansky working a leadoff walk and moving to third when Neidigh pulled a single through the right side. But Anderson was unable to capitalize and the two teams combined to garner just two base runners in the third, fourth and fifth innings.
Swygert led off the sixth inning with a single but was erased on a one-out fielder's choice, while junior outfielder Rebecca Martin reached third with two outs on the board. AU was unable to push across a run and sophomore Shannen Adams led of the Wingate sixth inning with a single down the right-field line. She moved into scoring position on a sacrifice bunt from sophomore Mellena Helms and went to third when freshman Olivia Smith bounced out to Neidigh at second. Adams then scored the game's lone run on a wild pitch.
Neidigh reached first on a one-out single up the middle in the top of the seventh frame, but was erased on a fielder's choice and the Trojans were unable to plate the tying run.
Game #2
Anderson 5, Wingate 2 (8 innings)
Swygert was 2-for-3 in the nightcap and extended her hitting streak to six games with an RBI-double in the first inning and what proved to be the game-winning RBI-single in the eighth. Czentnar's eighth home run of the season, a two-run shot with one out, gave the Trojans some breathing room with a pair of insurance runs. Senior catcher Laura Jansky was 2-for-3, with a pair of singles and a walk.
Freshman pitcher Lauren Rudesheim (12-4) earned the victory by scattering seven hits and allowing two runs (one earned) over eight innings of work. She walked four Bulldogs and struck out two.
Anderson jumped out to a quick one-run advantage on Swygert's two-out double, but Wingate answered with a run of its own in the bottom of the frame to even the score.
Wingate captured the lead with a solo run in the bottom of the third frame, with the Trojans leveling the score in the top of the fourth. Rebecca Martin led off the inning with a walk, moved to second on Jansky's opposite-field single to right and went to third on Bri Cason's sacrifice bunt. Martin crossed the plate with the tying run on Charlotte Sieber's sacrifice fly to center field.
Neither team gained the lead until Swygert's one-out single in the eighth inning brought home sophomore Molly Child with the eventual game-winning run. Czentnar followed with her two-run homer, giving AU a 5-2 advantage.
The Bulldogs threatened in their final at-bat, getting the tying run to the plate with one out, but Rudesheim induced a ground ball to Neidigh at second, who turned a game-ending double play.
Anderson will get back on the diamond quickly, as the Trojans play host to Tusculum on Tuesday. First-pitch versus the Pioneers at Smethers Field is set for 2 p.m.


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When we launched the Events Calendar, we added in a lot of images to your events so that they would look complete. However, these images may not have anything to do with your event, and you may wish to change them to other images that are more relevant.
Here's how to change an image already associated with your event: