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What does n mean in this formula: n = pow(2, zoom)? I using this when I calculate tiles. Thank you
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'n' is almost always used to denote the number of items in a dataset (ie the number of people who participated in a survey or the number of animals counted). I would venture to guess that in this case it represents the number of tiles present at a given zoom level.
However, without more information about precisely what you are trying to accomplish it is difficult to be more specific or accurate.
In php and many other languages the pow(a,b) or power(a,b) function raises a to the b power, or multiples a by itself b times. pow(2,3) equals 8.
In your case the higher the zoom level the larger N is.
I think it's the number of tiles. its value is calculated by powers of two. For example, when zoom level is 0, n = 1, when zoom level is 1, n = 2, when zoom level is 2, you get 4 titles, and so on. That means when map is zoomed in larger, map is divided by more tiles.
As already said in other answers, it seems that the equation gives an estimation of the number of tiles for each zoom level. But there is, in my opinion, an important issue.
The equation is valid in scenarios where the set of map resolutions match the sequence R, R/2, R/4, R/8..., where R is the map resolution corresponding to the zoom level 0. While this scenario is the most common, it is not the only possible. A sequence of map resolutions like R, R/3, R/9, R/27... would be possible, or even any set of numbers sorted in descending order.
In any of these two scenarios the mentioned equation is not valid.
n shows, how many tiles are in one edge of tileset for given zoom level. Tiles can be addressed by x/y/z "coordinates". n-1 is maximum value of x and y in that zoomlevel.
Probably it's simpler to explain by example:
Total count of tiles in given zoom level is pow(2, zoom*2)
In zoom level 0, there are 1*1 tiles (n=1)
In zoom level 1, there are 2*2 tiles (n=2)
In zoom level 2, there are 4*4 tiles (n=4)


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lost in form validation
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Why am I asking? For the email validator it's not a problem. But I'm creating my own validators, with ajax request to the server (e.g. to validate double-entries), it just keeps firing those ajax request that make a lot of trafic offcourse.
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Ext.form.VTypes = function () {
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name: 'email',
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fieldLabel: 'email',
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By setting monitorValid to true the form is constantly checking all the fields for valid status so that the red squiggly line and warning icon appear/dissappear. So if you have a complicated vtype with an ajax request it is going to slow things down and hit the server a lot. If you listen for the clientvalidation event you will see how often it fires.
You could set monitorValid to false and set up your own period validation checks or wait until a button is pressed before you do the isValid check.
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Organic Japanese, is across the street on Mission street. Vegan friendly.
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In my dressing I use fresh pressed garlic cloves, apple cider vinegar, extra virgin olive oil , salt & pepper in a quart jar. How long can I store this safely in the fridge? There is absolutely no mayonnaise.
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I'm both a programmer and a UX/UI designer. When I design things, I generally make static images of what the interface will look like. The problem is, most UI's aren't static; they change and resize from user input. Of course, I know exactly how the interface should respond to such input, but for large projects the client and other programmers have to be able to take my mockups and understand the interactions. So how do you show in a mockup how your design interacts and responds to the user?
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Above: an example of a pointing number.
If you don't have the option of something like Axure (or another interactive prototyping tool or even HTML or Flash), I think your best bet is to wireframe the "standard" or "default" view, and then show in additional wires the alternate states of particular modules.
In my experience relying on text-based annotations to convey the changes is usually insufficient -- I've done too many projects where perfectly annotated wireframes were misunderstood or built incorrectly because clients/developers/etc. missed important textual details that would've been better captured visually.
I know this one is half a year old, but since nobody has mentioned it yet, I will:
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Classic Carrot Cake
Categories: Cakes/pies, Kwanzaa
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This is the carrot cake recipe that you remember from your childhood, only healthier.
Serves: 18 servings
- 2 cups unbleached flour
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon fat-free egg substitute
- 1/2 cup orange or apple juice
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups (not packed) grated carrots (about 6 medium)
- 1/2 cup golden or dark raisins
- 1/2 cup chopped toasted pecans or walnuts
- 1 1/2 blocks (8 ounces each) nonfat or reduced-fat cream cheese, softened to room temperature
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons instant vanilla pudding mix*
- 1 1/2 cups nonfat or light whipped topping
- * Omit the pudding mix if you are using reduced-fat cream cheese rather than a nonfat brand.
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- Place the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl, and stir to mix well. Stir in the egg substitute, fruit juice, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract. Fold in the carrots, raisins, and, if desired, the nuts.
- Coat a 9-x-13-inch pan with nonstick cooking spray, and spread the mixture evenly in the pan. Bake at 300°F for about 40 minutes, or just until the top springs back when lightly touched and a wooden toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool to room temperature.
- To make the frosting, place the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla extract in a medium-sized bowl, and beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Add the pudding mix, and beat until smooth. (If you are using reduced-fat cream cheese rather than a nonfat brand, omit the pudding mix, and, if needed, beat in a teaspoon or 2 of milk to soften the mixture.) Gently fold in the whipped topping.
- Immediately spread the frosting over the cooled cake, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before cutting into squares and serving.
- Variation To make Pineapple Carrot Cake, drain and discard 2 tablespoons of juice from an 8-ounce can of crushed pineapple. Substitute the remaining juice and the pineapple for the orange or apple juice in the batter.
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Children of all ages get curious. Make sure your child understands boundaries:
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Dates: May 13, 2011, 8am - 3pm
Location: Hilton Hotel, 4200 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
Sponsoring Group: Abramson Cancer Center
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Topics Covered: HOLD THE DATE The 8th Annual Focus on Melanoma Conference is a full day symposium designed to address the personal and medical issues facing those at risk for melanoma, survivors of melanoma, their loved ones, and caregivers. This year's program will include a general session addressing those who are: at risk, newly diagnosed, in treatment, and long term survivors. With an emphasis on promising clinical trials, information on the latest clinical advancements and research findings will be presented for melanoma genetics, proton therapy and its application to melanoma and personalized medicine approaches to treating melanoma.
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I've always found even the lightest acoustic (bronze) guitar strings to be a bit too heavy to play comfortably. Electric (nickel) guitar strings tend to be lighter. But nobody uses electric strings on their acoustic guitar - why not?
The answer is that electric strings are generally too light a gauge to properly "drive" the guitar. You need a heavy gauge string to provide the force needed from the vibrations to get the proper action out of the top to produce good volume and resonance.
Unlike an electric, where the vibration is picked up directly from the string passing over a magnet, an acoustic relies on the vibration of the string causing rapid changes in the tension placed on the bridge by the strings. This pulls on and then relaxes the top of the guitar, moving the top up and down to amplify the string's vibration, and then those vibrations are transferred to the air in the resonating chamber, which "fine-tunes" the waveforms to produce the final sound at full volume. In this regard, you can think of an acoustic guitar top as a speaker cone, only powered by a string instead of a magnetic transducer.
Given the above, the guitar will get its best resonance and dynamic range using a set of strings that are balanced in tension with the tension inherent in the structure of the top. This allows the instrument at rest to be in a balanced state of tension between the strings and suspension. That allows the top its full range of motion, and additionally a string that can balance the top will also be thick enough to have a very high range of force that the changing tension of the string's vibration will place on the top. Think of the string as a spring, just not coiled; the thicker the metal, the greater the force needed to stretch it from its resting state. Using the proper gauge of string will provide the large changes in the force of the vibrating string needed to move the top of the guitar and produce its full sound. Using a string that is too thin will provide insufficient force from the vibration to properly "drive" the top of the guitar, and the sound of the guitar will suffer.
This is why "light" acoustic strings are roughly equal in gauge to "medium" or even "medium-heavy" electric strings. The electric strings, because they're used in a design where the primary sound is produced by directly detecting the string's vibration electrically, don't have to be as thick. So, they aren't, allowing rock gods to shred with greater speed because they don't need to press as hard.
I have played for many, many years. I have never been comfortable with heavy gauge strings and, a couple decades ago, put some light electrics on an old acoustic I had. Was there a noticeable difference? Only to my ear because I was familiar with the guitar. The volume lessened a little and tone was more trebly. That's it. The guitar was more playable and the tone was more my OWN tone. Is it better? Is it worse? In all honesty, it's all in the ears. I have gone on to use electric strings exclusively on my acoustics and electric/acoustics and have had experienced players compliment the excellent tone I get. Believe me, it's not my playing they are talking about. I think we tend to get too snobbish or try too hard to sound like somebody else instead of going someplace that is our own comfort and style level. Look, if it makes you play more, why not? And, if you play more, you get better. If you get better, you compensate for any lack of effect the "normal" strings would give. Most importantly, if you get better, you tend to develop your own style with your own subtleties and nuances in tone and playing. Do what is right for you, enjoy making music, and forget about most of what you will read or hear from "experts" who invest thousands in funny little pedals and stompboxes and guitars with people's names on them instead of just playing what is in their heart and soul. Gimme a so-so player who puts emotion into it any day over a shredder who can fly up and down the neck, but projects little or no soul. Give EC or EVH or Carlos a student guitar and 10-watt practice amp and they will outplay 99.9 percent of the guys with $10,000 rigs, guaranteed.
In my experience there is no rule that says you "shouldn't" put electric guitar strings on an acoustic guitar.
I mainly perform with an acoustic guitar and there have been plenty of times when I've put D, G, B, E strings from an Ernie Ball Slinky set onto my Tanglewood acoustic.
The discussion about tension is absolutely spot on - the electric guitar's strings tend to be lighter in gauge than an acoustic. If anything, the resulting sound may be weaker or tinnier acoustically. But overall, that doesn't affect the guitar sound too much as I am able to equalise it via the mixer.
The one factor it does affect is playability. Electrics are easier to bend and stretch and therefore will go out of tune alot faster... and it takes a longer time for it to get used to a particular tuning.
I only put electrics when I've run out of acoustic strings and I'm left with orphan electric strings. Sometimes this can lead to wild experiments and caution being thrown to the wind - for example, I've used a D electric as an acoustic G string. I've used a B electric as an E acoustic. It can lead to wild nuances of string behaviour and feel - but it makes performing fun!
Another difference between electric and acoustic guitar strings is the 3rd - G - on electrics it's plain, but most acoustics have wound. I've used electric strings on acoustic guitars for 40+ years - as above the sound is a little thinner, obviously, but generally the guitar is easier to play,using 10s instead of the 11s or 12s that are on a new acoustic.Most of my pupils find it's far better to learn on a guitar thus strung as well. So, in answer, go for it - purists are just that ! If it feels good to you , and encourages you to play more, go for it , change to electric strings, BUT don't go more than about 15% lighter in guage.
I looked this up to get some back up to my idea because I want to play more difficult and complicated songs, but honestly if you've played long enough and know enough about your instrument and your personal preference and are willing to sacrifice some volume and natural drive for finger ease then by all means there is nothing wrong with it.
I've used Ernie Ball Slinkys on an acoustic several times over the years. I had an ovation celeb a few years back and I wanted to see if using them would make it more comfortable on my fingers. I put a set on it and let her rip. It played great, it sounded good amplified. It did change the sound a bit. Playing unplugged there was not much volume. If you're new to the guitar world and want to ease the pain a little until you get your fingers toughened up go for it!
But this doesn't really say much, does it. The point is the gauge, not what it's tuned to. So "D electric" vs. "G electric" or "G acoustic" isn't saying much without an indication of what the gauges in the in the rest of the set are.
Is it not the case that for un-wound (high) stings that acoustic and electric stings of the same gauge are actually the same. It's just that when you get into the wound strings that there's a difference? E.g., D'Addario electrics and acoustics have the same cores. It's the windings that make the difference.
Bending properties are not going to be affected as much on wound stings by the winding as by the core are they? The windings basically just "ride" on the core?
Get out the chart that D'Addario makes that shows the tension for different frequencies tuned on strings vs. the gauge and the scale-length. Can't I pull together whatever combination I want as long as I keep a pretty balanced tension? That is, given that there will be some differences in timbre of different windings.
Also, there may be changes you can make in timbre on low stings by different winding metals but there's not really a lot that can be done about such on high stings.
(The low string timbre affected by such due to over-tones, but once we get up to the high strings, the over-tones are more out of the spectrum of hearing and we're mainly just dealing with the fundamental and first couple over-tones.)
How much of this makes sense and how much is just "crazy talk"?
Also, a lot of the timbre comes from pick/finger on string effects, which is affected by the winding -- round, flat, semi-round, etc.
Solid info on this would allow for some "educated guesses" as opposed to SWAGs (Stupid Wild Assed Guesses...) when experimenting with stings. :)
I'm keeping it to the arena of acoustic guitars since we don't want to get into Magnetic Effects on PUPs on Electrics.
My original issue that brought me here was the difference of different sting gauge and winding on the sound of various Acoustic designs -- Jumbo vs. Dreadnought vs. OO, etc.
If you want a great acoustic tone from an acoustic guitar you're just not gonna get it with electric strings, particularly light-gauge electrics. The overall sound is more tinny, the G string has a particularly tinnier quality due to being plain rather than wound, and the bass response of the entire instrument goes way down due to the significantly thinner bass strings. If you want the punch that your guitar was designed to deliver, use the strings it was designed for.
Because of the nature of the sound production in acoustic guitar. Of course you can put any string on acoustic guitar and still a sound would be produced. But to hear the original, natural timbre of the guitar, you have to use the original, natural strings.
What I like about electric strings on acoustic guitar is that I can bend strings like playing on an electric guitar, you can't really do that with acoustic strings (or get the same effect, anyway).
I don't know how but I must have got mixed up at some point and I've been using 11 _ 47 nickel wounds on my acoustics for some time. I only found out when I reordered. They sound good on a solid tonewood guitar but might be a bit trebbly on a laminate. I'm sticking with them.
It is sacrilege to put electric strings on an acoustic. You don't get the same sound at all. You lose the unmistakable acoustic guitar sound. You lose the bassyness, warmth and texture of the acoustic guitar and get a tinny empty hollow sound in its place. My advice... strengthen up your hand and then you'll be able to hold acoustic strings down. 11-52's are dead light anyway.
I have just recently thrown a set of electric strings on an acoustic. I have noticed all the above differences as been told by others. I have had issues mainly only in bending, whilst its much easier I have found my typical bend style does not work the Key gets lost a bit. It is an adjustment that I as a player need to master. Personally I was happier with my sound and playability before the change over but I enjoy playing it alot more now. I suppose only time will tell if they will stay or go
Considering that back in the day old blues players would throw on a length of chicken wire to replace a string and would play it until it busted, I say put those electrics on your acoustic.
Just keep playing and have fun, if you don't like it try a different type of string, round wound, flat, coating. It's fun to try new things.
Alternative string choices for Acoustic Guitars… Hmmm…
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I am developing a software system (Patient Administration System) and I have noticed it already had 451 lines of code(in one namespace).
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Windows Server 2008 apparently allows an application to somehow configure the folder so that any changes made within the folder require administrator level access. I login with an account that has administrator privileges, but is not the local administrator account. When I do so I find that I can't save changes to files opened within this folder. I know I can open the application as administrator or move the file out of the folder, make the change, then move it back in, but I'm hoping there is a better way short of disabling the protection entirely. Is there a way perhaps to remove it for the files I frequently edit?
Like Zoredache mentioned, this the same UAC feature in Vista. Your account that is in the Administrators group doesn't actually have elevated permissions until you ask for it on a per-application basis. When you open Explorer, it's just as if you're Administrators membership was gone. Subsequently, when you double click a file from that un-elevated Explorer window, the app that runs (like Notepad) is also un-elevated. Your options are basically the following:
There may actually be easier ways to do this with the help of 3rd party tools or shell extensions, but this is the only way I know how to get an elevated Explorer instance out of the box.
I believe this behavior is a feature of UAC. When UAC is enabled basically windows doesn't allow your Administrator privileges to actually be used without a prompt. In some cases related to accessing shares or the filesystem it doesn't to display the prompt when it seems like it should with an application that can elevate privileges. Unfortunately I haven't found a way to get around the issue, and had to diable the UAC.
Anyway, I suggest you try disabling UAC. If it fixes your issue, you can decide if you want to leave it disabled or futz with the settings to see if you can actually get it to work right.
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Disable "Admin Approval Mode" in UAC for the administrators group. For the Built-in Administrator account it is disabled by default, but enabled for the administrators group.
You can see it disabled for the Built-in Admin account a few above (10 from bottom).
There is something not clear for me. If the account has administrative privileges (part of the administrators group), there should be nothing stopping you. Can you elaborate more on the application you refer to (name, use, etc)?
Would setting explicit permissions to such directory fix the problem? Add yourself with the appropriate access to that directory ACL, that should work.


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How to Avoid Car Craziness: 4 Tips for Fight-Free Travel with Kids
From the day you bring your baby home from the hospital, strapped carefully into his new infant car seat, little lamby blanket tucked gently around him, cars have been part of his existence. Some kids love car rides, some don't. Get some quick tips to prepare for the smoothest possible road trip with kids.
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When you're tearing your hair out about car rides, remember that:
- Kids need to move their bodies; it's not optional, it's a biological need. Between car seats for little ones and seat belts for bigger ones, car trips can be a challenge.
- Car rides can be boring. Making it worse is the fact that many kids, maybe most, can't read or focus on something small like a drawing without getting carsick. That leaves talking, word games, singing, and socking your sister. (You can see how this would be a problem.)
- For brothers and sisters with tensions between them (and that's kind of a redundant statement, isn't it?), sitting right next to each other, confined, can feel almost unbearable. That's why car fights between screaming, pinching siblings are so common.
So, are there solutions to these problems? No solutions per se, but there are ways to reduce car troubles. Read on to learn more.
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As an intro, I know how the numbers are represented, how to do it if I can calculate powers of the base, and then move between base $m$ to base $10$ to base $n$. I feel that this is overly "clunky" though, and would like to do it in such a way that the following conditions are met:
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ASHEVILLE, NC-- Scott Christian Hoffmann of Asheville, NC, passed away Wednesday morning, June 12, 2013, born June 17, 1956, is survived by parents, Richard C. and Dorothy W. Hoffmann; former wife, Martha K. Hoffmann; children, James C. Hoffmann and Nicholas S. Hoffmann; brothers, Stephen W. Hoffmann and wife, Sherry of Spartanburg, Bruce A. Hoffmann and wife Linda of Rome, GA, and Bryan R. Hoffmann of Spartanburg.
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Definition of steady in English:
adjective (steadier, steadiest)
1Firmly fixed, supported, or balanced; not shaking or moving: the lighter the camera, the harder it is to hold steady he refilled her glass with a steady hand
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- His hand, usually steady, is shaking; he must not let his agitation show.
- There is an uneasy sensation akin to loss of control, a whirlwind that trips my balance, sweeps me off my steady feet and into a foggy daze at odd times of the day.
- He was able to grab hold of a ledge and when he got a steady footing of his balance he turned to his right to find the drop ship making a slow bank and heading back the path they came.
stable, firm, fixed, secure, fast, safe, immovable, unshakable, dependable;
anchored, moored, jammed, rooted, braced
motionless, still, unshaking, static, stationary, unmoving
1.1Not faltering or wavering; controlled: a steady gaze she tried to keep her voice steady
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- Darre turned his cool green eyes on Carl, who faltered under his steady gaze.
- John's gaze was steady and unblinking as he stared into his daughter's blazing eyes.
- Who could have known that such this young boy possessed such extraordinary fighting skills, much more have it under steady control?
fixed, intent, unwavering, unfaltering
1.2(Of a person) sensible, reliable, and self-restrained: a solid, steady young man
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- That would allow Isaac Smith to remain in the No.3 role, where he's steady and reliable.
- Poets are the most down-to-earth, loyal, steady people that have ever been.
sensible, levelheaded, rational, settled, mature, down-to-earth, full of common sense, reliable, dependable, sound, sober, serious-minded, responsible, serious
2Regular, even, and continuous in development, frequency, or intensity: a steady decline in the national birth rate sales remain steady
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- The steady decline and deterioration continued at an accelerated pace.
- During the seventeenth century Ireland, continuing its steady decline, came increasingly under England's rule.
- Most visitors came to inspect the institution in the first three years of its existence, but a steady stream continued to come in the years following.
constant, unchanging, regular, consistent, invariable;
continuous, continual, unceasing, ceaseless, perpetual, unremitting, unwavering, unfaltering, unending, endless, around-the-clock, round-the-clock, all-year-round
2.1Not changing; regular and established: I thought I'd better get a steady job a steady boyfriend
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regular, usual, established, settled, firm, devoted, faithful
2.2(Of a ship) moving without deviation from its course.
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- Most of the passengers spent the time on the deck, as the ship was very steady despite the storm threat.
- You also know to hang on until the boat is steady again.
- As she was going to insert some cream on the laser burn, the ship jolted and the lights flickered and the ship was steady again.
verb (steadies, steadying, steadied)
Make or become steady: [with object]: I took a deep breath to steady my nerves (as adjective steadying) she's the one steadying influence in his life [no object]: by the beginning of May prices had steadied
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- I buried my head in my hands and tried to take a few steadying deep breaths to calm my nerves.
- He took a deep breath, steadying his voice as it rose slowly in hysteria.
- She interrupted, taking a deep breath and steadying her legs underneath her.
stabilize, hold steady;
brace, support;
balance, poise;
secure, fix, make fast
calm, soothe, quiet, compose, settle;
subdue, quell, control, get a grip on
noun (plural steadies)informal
A person's regular boyfriend or girlfriend: his steady chucked him two weeks ago
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- Could it be really possible that they haven't considered all the merits of having a steady (not necessarily permanent) boyfriend.
- As usual though, I had to go and ruin it - I found a steady girlfriend.
- He recoiled at the thought of allowing his steady girlfriend, Ms Boyle, from taking up more permanent residence in his home, and they went separate ways earlier this year.
go steady
- informal Have a regular romantic or sexual relationship with a particular person.Example sentences
- Rebellious older daughter Esti is going steady with a soldier, but they're having a hard time finding privacy.
- It's a crush that I'm betting will quickly progress to going steady.
- I was so naive, I thought he was using some cool, mature way to describe going steady or going out.
steadier noun
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- The poverty of the Tipperary team surprised, even considering the greater physical presence of the winners who were far steadier in the tackle.
- Without doubt our defence is a much steadier ship these days.
- Orr was the steadier of the two, going bogey-free, but it was Forsyth who left the course knowing he could and should have scored even better than he did.
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- It was in attack that Waterford lost this game, not for want of effort but for steadiness in finishing.
- We'll be close as we can to the team we play to make sure we retain a steadiness.
- Recently I have begun to wonder if these kinds of tests requiring cleverness instead of steadiness can really contribute to improve their English abilities.
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As your student begins his or her college career you too become important members of our community. You have worked hard and made sacrifices in order to instill in your son or daughter values that you hold dear. During their four years at Mount Marty, they will have many opportunities to incorporate these values in the classroom, campus life, community services, worship and student activities. For all these things to happen we must work together and support each other. We want to do all that we can to assist you with your student's transition through college.
Your student is receiving a high quality education at Mount Marty in an environment that promotes values, principled ethics, leadership and community service. The Benedictine tradition of academic excellence is demonstrated through the career-oriented programs and strong liberal arts foundation at Mount Marty College. Educational essentials for professional success are enhanced by opportunities for personal growth and development through a variety of campus activities, internships and service learning projects available to students. Mount Marty's close-knit community quickly becomes students' home away from home. Their "family" grows to include their RAs, their advisor, people in their classes, and faculty and staff, some of whom will become lifelong mentors and friends.
We welcome you to visit campus, to explore the many ways Mount Marty provides your students with the best possible educational experience. If you do plan on visiting campus, our campus map and Yankton map will help you navigate campus and the city of Yankton. There is also a wealth of lodging accommodations in Yankton for your visit. Yankton is a safe and friendly community with thriving business and activities. The Lewis & Clark Lake and the Missouri River provide many recreational activities. Be sure to learn more about Yankton before you visit campus.
The faculty and staff are here to answer your questions, and to ensure your child has the best learning experience possible. For information regarding academics, student life, athletics or other information, please click on the links to the left. We also developed Frequently Asked Questions just for parents to assist you in finding the information you need. We invite your questions and comments, with the goal of continually improving our shared partnership of educating your student.
The resources listed on the left side can help you learn more about the opportunities available to your MMC student. Please remember, if you have any questions about the Mount Marty experience feel free to email us with a question so we can assist in providing you the correct information or assistance. Thank you for the opportunity to educate your students so they will be true citizens--giving of the heart, mind and spirit to make a better world.


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I have multilanguage website targeting by subdomain:
- http://en.site.com/ - Displays only contents in English
- http://de.site.com/ - Displays only contents in German
- ...
- http://site.com/ - Displays contents in all languages
Title/Description are also translated depending on subdomain. Main domain is in English. I would like to have different Title/Description on main domain http://site.com/ for users from different region:
- http://google.co.uk/ should display Title/Description in English
- http://google.de/ should display Title/Description in German
My question: For main domain http://site.com/ is it possible to return different Title/Description for Google bot from different regions? Or there is only one Google bot and targeting is only completed by search engine, not crawler?
Thank you!


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11 Jun 2011 9:11 AM #1
simpleSelect on xtype:grid with selModel: RowSelectionModel -> Possible?
I have a grid with an implied default selModel of RowSelectionModel, and implied default setting singleSelect = false, causing you to be able to select multiple rows of data.
In a gridView, the same would be done using multiSelect = true, which also gives you the optional feature called simpleSelect = true. This makes it so you aren't required to hold ctrl for a multi-selection.
Is there an easy way to have simpleSelect for a grid with RowSelectionModel? It's not in the documentation, but I was hoping there is a relatively simple trick to enable this. I'd reckon this is a popular feature and I'm probably missing something, but I can't figure it out using google.
12 Jun 2011 2:34 AM #2
I don't know of anything simple but here's something that seems to work:
new Ext.grid.GridPanel({ ... listeners: { rowmousedown: function(grid, rowIndex, ev) { var selModel = grid.getSelectionModel(); if (ev.button !== 0 || selModel.isLocked()){ return; } if (selModel.isSelected(rowIndex)) { selModel.deselectRow(rowIndex); } else { selModel.selectRow(rowIndex, true); } return false; } } });
12 Jun 2011 6:10 AM #3
Thank you good Sir! This does pretty much exactly the trick.
I didn't know rowmousedown was a proper event. I did try to look up all available events; the API documentation is awesome, but I have not yet succeeded in securing a list of available events.
I hope this simple extension will be available in ExtJS 4. Haven't yet migrated to 4 because I figured migrating existing ExtJS 3 code is more work than just keep using 3. For now.
12 Jun 2011 7:12 AM #4
That event is definitely documented:
Scroll right down to the bottom... third row up.
12 Jun 2011 9:03 AM #5


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I'm creating a bootable usb as a cloned partition and am running into problems copying
/proc to the usb.
I know
/proc contains a lot of virtual files, but I'm not sure how to copy them over. It seems that if I use
cp it doesn't treat them as virtual files. So with large virtual files like
kcore it uses all the usbs disk space right away. However if I try and boot with just the folders created, it fails.
What would be the best way to copy them over and still keep them as virtual files? Or, what are the minimal files I can copy to the usb to allow it to boot?
The distro is fedora 12.
I should mention the process I'm using:
- create partitions on usb to match the installation you want to clone
- copy the files from the installation to the usb partitions
- install bootloader on the boot partition (grub)
Everything has gone fine so far except for copying
/proc. I've done this before and haven't had this problem until now.


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Africa (sub-Saharan)
Africa (sub-Saharan)
Recent Activity
From earthquakes to drought, natural disasters and climate change played a key role in migration flows in 2015. Climate-induced migration surfaced as a concern at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (known as COP21) as international organizations and policymakers have begun to recognize the growing challenges, and potential protection obligations, of such movement.
Systemic corruption has flourished in South Africa's asylum system due to large backlogs and rising demand. Though apartheid's end ushered in a progressive refugee law, inefficiency, administrative justice violations, and corruption have narrowed the humanitarian protection channel. Asylum seekers and refugees often face the stark choice of paying bribes to access services or risking deportation.
The emigration of health-care professionals from Malawi led to drastic labor shortages in the impoverished nation in the early 2000s. To combat this brain drain, the government launched an action plan that has largely stabilized the outflow. However, human resource challenges to Malawi's health-care system remain acute and complex, as discussed in this feature article.
Migration has begun to follow the flow of capital after years of Chinese investment in major infrastructure projects in Zambia. This feature article, based on original research including the coding of 25,000 Zambian entry permits, examines the emerging migration pattern from China to Zambia, as Chinese migration to the country has increased 60 percent since 2009.
Recent Activity
This edited volume develops a pragmatic approach to the engagement of highly skilled members of the diaspora for the benefit of their countries of origin. The book, edited by a World Bank senior economist, is based on empirical work in middle-income and high-income economies.
This interdisciplinary volume examines the health, well-being, school readiness, and academic achievement of children in Black immigrant families (most with parents from Africa and the Caribbean)—a population that has had little academic attention even as it represents an increasing share of the U.S. Black child population.
Using a nationally representative U.S. birth-cohort study, this report examines levels of school readiness among young children by race/ethnicity and nativity. The authors identify the contextual factors — such as family circumstances, parenting practices, and enrollment in center-based child care — that encourage early school success.
This report draws on a six-year longitudinal study of Palm Beach County, FL, examining parenting, child care enrollment, and other factors that encourage early school success. The authors find kindergarten-age children of Black immigrants have significantly higher odds of being ready for school than children of Latina immigrant or Black U.S.-born mothers.
This report focuses on the development of children of Black immigrants in the United States, comparing against the outcomes for their peers in native-born and other immigrant families. It also compares these U.S. children to those in the United Kingdom, where there is a large Black immigrant population but a notably different policy context of reception.


text: Hey guys, Dawn here with another lesson on something cool. I know you'll enjoy this one because it's a pretty cool concept on a creature. I would recommend that you get yourself a pencil or ballpoint pen to make nice sharp and thin lines for some of the details. Afterwards, you can transfer the scanned picture into Photoshop and edit the sharpness to add that extra 'edge'. You don't have to follow this tutorial for verbatim, it's just an inspirational guide that will show you the techniques in drawing the concept of this creature. Anyways, I hope you'll get a kick outta this tut, I had fun creating it. Thanks for viewing and have fun!


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When it comes to taming a child's wild ways, British Super Nanny Jo Frost is considered a godsend to desperate parents in the UK and the US.
After spending 25 years practicing and teaching child psychology, Dr. Bill Pfohl is not surprised by the show's success.
"These are things we've always known and Supernanny seems to be able to do better than anyone else, but we can all do it if we work at it.
Dr. Pfohl says there are more than 400 books out on how to raise kids, and they don't all agree. But he says one thing is certain. Parents should be seeking more knowledge about the most important job they will ever have.
"Parenting really is work. We have to really become concerned with how to be better parents."
Mother of four Robin Shea couldn't agree more.
"There's just no room for laziness in parenting. You have to react and all of the sudden reactions are further and further apart because they are monitoring themselves."
Robin says the routines emphasized on "Supernanny" are what makes the behavior modification so successful.
"The one thing the Supernanny is is consistent. Children are so simple with an ounce of consistency and expectation."
Robin's husband Greg says it works in their home.
"We find that if we continually do the same thing and kids realize mom and dad want you to do things a certain way, and mom and dad aren't going to change. Kids will adapt to mom and dad quickly."
With the added stress on today's families, Dr. Pfohl says it's important for parents not to carry over to the children poor ways to handle it.
"If we blow up and explode all the time, don't understand why kids are. They are watching us."
And when things get out of control, it's the firm and forceful boundaries used on Supernanny that often brings the whole family back in harmony.
Some other nanny notes for getting kids to be on their best behavior:
- Never give into a tantrum. Put the child in a safe space and remove attention.
-Praise in a happy, high-pitched voice, opposite from the voice of authority.
-Establish a daily routine with meal time and bed time as the cornerstones.


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My wife went to a site that tries to load a PDF that crashes Safari for iPad. After trying to load Safari again, it tries to open up all of the tabs again including the one that is crashing Safari. While its loading the tab it locks everything up so I can't switch tabs. How do I break this endless cycle? How can I close this tab or have Safari not try to reopen this tab? Is it possible to do this without losing the history?
This should clear out all open tabs.
I struggled through this last night and stumbled upon a solution. Go to Settings > Safari. Turn on private browsing. It will ask you if you want to close all tabs before turning on private browsing. Touch 'yes'. Next turn private browsing back off. Voila! The browser works again!


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Joseph Siano
Recent and archived news articles by Joseph Siano of The New York Times.
In Print and Bound for the Road
The topics of the seven books reviewed here range widely, so readers may find something of interest, for themselves or as a Father's Day gift.
June 1, 2014, Sunday
A Scaleback in Die-Cast Cars
The Danbury Mint and Franklin Mint have both abandoned the market.
May 18, 2014, Sunday
Reading for Enthusiasts of Every Level
A clever racing history meant for young children and adults; an account of Mustang's first five decades; and a travelogue of a biker's world journey are among six recently published automotive books.
December 8, 2013, Sunday
Adventuring on the Printed Page
Many books, even those about cars, motorcycles and road trips, cover the automotive world. Here are a few titles culled from publishers' recent offerings.
June 2, 2013, Sunday
Franchitti and Castroneves Pause in New York Before Indianapolis 500
The three-time Indy winners stopped in the city to talk about Sunday's race.
May 22, 2013, Wednesday
Ralph Sanchez, 64, Founder of Racetrack
Ralph Sanchez, a Cuban-born businessman who brought auto racing to the streets of Miami in the 1980s and later built a major speedway in a city devastated by Hurricane Andrew, died on Monday at his home in Coral Gables, Fla. He was 64. ...
April 13, 2013, Saturday
Ralph Sanchez, Founder of Major Speedway, Dies at 64
A Cuban-born businessman, Mr. Sanchez built a major automobile racetrack in Homestead, Fla., after the city was ravaged by Hurricane Andrew.
April 6, 2013, Saturday
Alonso Heads to Formula One Finale in Brazil
The Spanish driver trails Sebastian Vettel by 13 points going into the Brazilian Grand Prix.
November 21, 2012, Wednesday
Father's Day Reading: Gentlemen, Start Your Kindles
Some books about cars and motorsports can be very specific and some very broad. Here, in time for Father's Day gift buying, is a selection of five recent titles that encompass just such a range.
June 3, 2012, Sunday
Father's Day Reading: Gentlemen, Start Your Kindles
CARROLL SHELBY The Authorized Biography
June 3, 2012, Sunday
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I need to justify my choice of screen resolution for a website that has to run on old PCs. When did 1024x768 first become popular? Are there stats somewhere about how far back you'd have to go to find a desktop with resolution smaller than 1024x768? Failing that, anyone want to take a guess?
statcounter only goes back to 2009, but their graph shows that as far back as then, it was already the majority:
I am loathe to mention w3schools.com, but they have a good chart showing their own stats, and at the very least, it correlates pretty well to the statcounter data:
I would not use this as a primary source generally, because it's w3schools, but as a reference as to when screen resolutions started changing, it's an okay reference, at least backed up (kind of) by another, more reputable source. It's also the only reference I could find that goes back further than 2009 for screen resolution.
This subject has been a FUD mess for 15 years. Factors that made it complicated:
Its not so simple as 1024x768. Most laptops/desktops have better monitors HOWEVER, when you plugin to a projector, often you are in 800x600 mode and people forget to change it.
You need to look at Google Analytics and see the different environments that are possible. Make 80% of the people thrilled and dont worry about the 20%. You cant please everyone. Thrill some people and your business will be in good shape.
A long, long time ago... :-)
Possibly the late eighties, more like the early nineties. My 286 bought in 1986 (when 286's were still young) had x 640x480. The 386 I bought a couple of years later had 1024x768 monitor. And I wasn't what you would call an "early" adopter.
This is of perennial interest, but is potentially a black-hole, hall of mirrors, [insert favorite cliche here].
With the advent of so many handheld devices, and the Rate of Change in those devices, thinking about the world in fixed viewport sizes becomes increasingly problematic.
Consider looking at the design problem in a way akin to this: How will the design appear at various viewport sizes, and how will it respond to/adapt "on the fly" to changes to the viewport size. (Popular these days as "responsive design".)
And yes, then add a dose of HCI technology (click versus gesture, mouse pointer vs fat-fingers).
Sorry if off topic!


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Dessa Rose (Paperback)
In 1829 in Kentucky, a pregnant black woman helped lead an uprising of a group of slaves headed to the market for sale. She was sentenced to death, but her hanging was delayed until after the birth of her baby. In North Carolina in 1830, a white woman living on an isolated farm was reported to have given sanctuary to runaway slaves. In this classic novel of courage and redemption, acclaimed author Sherley Anne Williams asks the question: "What if these two women had met?"
These two strong women, one black, one white, form a forbidden and ambivalent alliance as a bold scheme is hatched to win freedom. Trust is slowly extended and cautiously accepted as the women unite and discover greater strength together than alone. Bound by fate but divided by prejudice, they explore and defy racial barriers in a moving story of courage, freedom, friendship, and love.
About the Author
Sherley Anne Williams (1944-1999) was a novelist, literary critic, an award-winning poet, and the author of short stories and several works for children. Williams's first collection of poetry, The Peacock Poems, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Her first work for children, Working Cotton, was a Caldecott Honor recipient. Williams was a longtime professor of literature at the University of California, San Diego.
Praise For…
"Having this treasure of a book available again for new and more readers is not only necessary, it is imperative."
-Toni Morrison
"A deep, rich, compelling work. . . . I am astonished, moved, and delighted with the language, the thought, the obvious collaboration of the ancestors and the love I read on these pages."
-Alice Walker
"A powerful story. . . . Emotionally affecting and totally unforgettable."
-New York Times
"Extraordinary. . . . These two women achieve one of the most intricate and ambivalent relationships in contemporary fiction."
-Los Angeles Times
"Destined to become a modern classic."
-Chicago Tribune
"Absorbing…Deeply true and brilliantly imagined."


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City Blogger: Mike Devlin
- 05 September 2013 15:01
- Posted by @bluewolf1894
Following the recent announcement of the team of eight City Bloggers from around the world who will be writing for us this season, it's time for the next piece courtesy of Mike Devlin - a born and bred Manc now residing in Germany...
Agüero, Negredo, Jovetić, Džeko. If the media are to be believed, right there is £100m of talent. Already, since signing, this quartet have had their hands in a number of goals. "Buying success" is a call we, as City fans, hear too often of late. This accusation has to be put to bed once and for all.
Manchester City have spent big before. Although, sadly, not always for the better.
We can't include the £55,000 spent on Denis Law, not because he was worth it and an excellent footballer, but because within twelve months the club had not only made their money back, but had doubled it, however, we can mention Billy Spurdle.
The country may have been in tatters due to WW2, with rationing still in effect, but that didn't stop the club forking out a staggering £12,000 for the winger in 1949. Unfortunately it didn't prevent City being relegated during his first season.
How about, Harry Taylor? In 1912, City paid Port Vale £300 only one month after they had bought him for just £30; he had never featured once for Vale. Two years later WW1 broke out and he was never seen in a blue shirt again. Also worth noting is that literally weeks before the Great War started, City paid an additional £4,280 on Horace Barnes and Tommy Browell. Great timing.
Going back to WW2 and the Board again not paying attention to what was going on in the World, Albert Emptage, Eric Westwood, Les McDowell, Bert Sproston, Billy Walsh, and George Smith were all brought to the club only for The War To End All Wars being superseded by an even bigger one; at least the £7,000 Les McDowell helped us win the FA Cup later on. Cheers, Les.
Steve Daley – the biggest transfer fee ever paid in the UK, in 1979 – was a disaster so huge he left City to go play football in the USA. This was akin to going to Scotland to play baseball.
There was also Trevor "we really can't afford £1.2m" Francis; he couldn't stop the club falling back into Division Two and then quickly left for Sampdoria for just £700,000 twelve months later. This did not stop many a City fan wanting him back when we had even less money.
Fast forwarding to the 21st century brings us face-to-face with, £1.5m Christian Negouai. Yes, he of 'three years and a mere handful of games' and 'punching the ball into the back of the net' fame.
Even more recently, we had Jô. At a cost of £19m. Divide all the goals he scored by the amount paid, and it comes to precisely £19m per goal. It was an important goal to be fair as beating Portsmouth only 5-0 simply wouldn't have been good enough.
However, what does need to be noted is that Manchester City have completed many fantastic transfers into the club, that were either free or as close to being free that the cost was negligible; Andy Morrison, Ali Benarbia, Max Woosnam, Shaun Goater, Joe Hart, Neil McNab, Billy Meredith, Tommy Johnson, and Bert Trautmann to name just a select few. More recently, whilst £6m cannot be described as "being free", Vincent Kompany, and Pablo Zabaleta can certainly both be described as "absolute bargains".
So the next time you hear the cry of "buying success", you can expertly explain that Manchester City have, on occasion, tried that already, it's just that due to one thing or another they've not been particularly good at it.


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Cleaning and maintenance is a hot topic in this neck o' the woods, but some folks aren't clear on which specific maintenance routines apply to the type of machine they own. This comes up specifically in regard to backflushing — do you or don't you?
You do backflush if you own a machine with a valve system referred to as a three-way solenoid, brew pressure release, three-way valve, solenoid valve or any other combination of these phrases. Not sure if your machine has this? If your machine has an E61 brew group (such as those on Rockets, Quick Mills, Izzos or Grimacs), it has this valve system. Other models that feature this without the E61 are those made by La Spaziale, Pasquini, the Rancilio Silvia and Ascaso's Uno Pro and Duo series. This valve system relieves pressure post-brew, which results in a drier puck, but it sucks a little bit of coffee and water into the system each time which can build up in there and adversely impact the machine's performance. Backflushing forces detergent and water through the valve system, thoroughly cleaning it and maintaining the system. It also has the added benefit of cleaning up behind the brew head's screen without taking it apart.
You don't backflush if your machine doesn't have this system — because you don't have the valves to clean! Some machines that don't need backflushing include the Saeco Aroma, Via Venezia, Sirena, models made by Breville, those from Francis Francis/illy and Delonghi and Capresso semi-automatics. But since you're not forcing detergent through the brew head, you will need to take it apart semi-regularly to clean up behind the brew screen.
The best way to determine if you need to backflush your machine is to read the manufacturer's manual and the machine's technical specifications to see if it has the valve system. If it doesn't, you're good to go; if it does, you should backflush once every 1 – 2 weeks, depending on how often you use the machine.
Not sure how to do it? Watch us backflush the Rocket Giotto E61 or the Rancilio Silvia.