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WATERTOWN -- Well, you're not going to be at your best every night. The Holy Cross and Watertown girls basketball teams played a nothing-to-write-home-about game Friday night, but credit the win to the Crusaders, 36-28, at the Robert B. Cook Gymnasium.
Even Cross coach Frank Lombardo was pleased that his team found a way "to win ugly," because, in a way, all wins are beautiful. Kind of.
It took close to four minutes for either team to score a basket Friday. Watertown scored only three points in the second quarter. Neither team hit double figures for points in a quarter until the fourth, and although the final turnover numbers weren't garish — 19 for Watertown, 18 for Holy Cross — the majority came in a sloppy first half.
But Holy Cross (11-0) wins games like this because few teams play defense like the Crusaders. Cross star Kiera O'Donnell only scored eight, but she was immense in every other phase of the game, with five blocked shots, seven steals, three assists, all of those game-high totals, along with five rebounds.
"It's just defense," O'Donnell said. "A lot of players on this team are not shooting well, myself included, and we found a way. We stopped key shots, we got some rebounds, and I think we stopped them pretty well on the defensive end."
Cross has lived on tough-stuff defense for years, and that is the key to the 11-0 start.
"The coach said it in practice the other day," O'Donnell said. "It is not about individuals. It is about playing as a team, and that is where our defensive intensity comes from."
The key baskets came from sophomore point guard Rashana Siders. She had 10, including five points in a 7-0 second-quarter run and another key 3-pointer in the third.
"We had to work together," Siders said. "We've gotten better over the past few games. We're working together more. We are not being selfish."
Cross held a decisive rebounding edge. Caitlin Cipriano grabbed nine, and Robyn Grimshaw, in her first game back from injury, pulled down seven.
Watertown's only double-figure scorer was Meg Perrin. She had 10 points, but with only two field goals, one a buzzer-beater that ended the game. The Indians (8-3) had problems with Cross' stingy defense.
"Our defense was strong again tonight," said Lombardo. "We forced Watertown into bad situations. It is hard, when you shoot so poorly, to play good defense because there are a lot of long rebounds and fast-break opportunities. But the girls did a great job. They put their heads down and hustled back."
"We had a tough game today," said Watertown's Sara Selimovski (six points, seven rebounds). "We played great defense. Our offense, basically, we set up and the shots wouldn't fall for us."
Watertown also played without two guards, Becca Lopes (injury) and Olivia Gugliotti (illness).
"Their pressure was phenomenal," said coach Ed Lopes. "They're 11-0 right now, the best team in the NVL. We've got to want to reach their level."
At this point, so does every other team in the Naugatuck Valley League.
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Re-enactors at Plimoth Plantation resurrect Plymouth Colony in its infancy
John Bordsen, MCT
PLYMOUTH, Mass. — The man leading the black cow down the dirt lane is a blood relative of Dick Van Dyke, Marilyn Monroe, Orson Welles and two presidents. But ask him about his family, and he will only tell you about his wife of three years, and their three infants.
John Alden — rather, the man portraying him at age 28 at Plimoth Plantation — can also talk at length about taking care of his cow and how he got to Plymouth on the Mayflower in 1620. He can also field questions young visitors are apt to ask, such as "Where's your Pilgrim hat?" or "Where do you go when you need to use a bathroom?"
This being a re-creation of Plymouth Colony in 1627, he would assume a rather perplexed expression. The black felt slouch hat with a red band is the only topper he has, and residents at this English wilderness outpost referred to themselves as "Saints." The word "bathroom" was 150 years in the future; he might say, though, that he bathed in the creek. Infrequently.
Plymouth, where the celebrated Pilgrims landed, is 3 miles north. The seaside town of about 58,000 is on the route from Boston to Cape Cod. It has a well-heeled downtown, flush with boutiques, pizza parlors and Asian restaurants. Beautifully restored Victorian homes line old side streets posed above a harbor filled with leisure craft.
Plimoth Plantation, the half-size re-creation of Plymouth in its infancy, is surrounded by a crude palisade of hacked tree limbs. Buildings within the compound are rough, hand-hewn planking; houses are lined with daub and wattle — a blend of clay, dirt, dung and straw applied to a lattice of sticks. All are topped by thatched roofs, and generally are the size of a small dorm room.
Not far from Alden, Jane Cooke is shooing chickens in the garden behind the glorified hut where her parents, Francis and Hester, live with Jane and perhaps her seven siblings.
"What do you feed them?" a visitor asks. "They feed themselves," Jane replies, gesturing to the brown fowl busily pecking seeds from a knee-high mound in a corner of the yard.
"And what is ...?"
"That's the dunghill," Jane answers with a matter-of-fact smile. Her thoughts are probably elsewhere: She is in her early 20s and soon to marry Experience Mitchell. Their descendants will include presidents George Bush I and II.
You can visit real or re-created historic sites staffed by re-enactors from Jamestown, Va., to Old San Diego.
Plimoth Plantation, however, is historical theater: There are no nameless colonists there. Each cast member in the English village plays a specific, flesh-and-blood person. Moreover, the lives of the settlers you meet — what they did and how they fared at this European outpost — is documented.
This gets to the nature of those who came on the Mayflower and later ships in the colony's early days.
While Jamestown attracted adventurers in 1607, Plymouth was to be the sanctuary of English religious radicals who fled to Holland before hitting the high seas. Its leaders were literate and well connected with like-minded English gentry and with London merchants who bankrolled their voyage.
And they wrote things down: "Of Plimoth Plantation," the first book written in English in North America, was penned by Plymouth's political leader, William Bradford, from his diaries and journals. He also co-wrote "Mourt's Relation," with more info about the settlement, with fellow Pilgrim Edward Winslow.
Though Plymouth was eventually absorbed by the later-founded Massachusetts and became a backwater county seat, it was acknowledged as New England's "mother colony" and its founders had many descendants — Alden himself sired at least 10.
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To promote his upcoming HBO special Oh My God, cult comedian Louis C.K. has released a teaser promo that utilizes a plethora of light bulbs, somber voice-overs, and a solid-gold microphone to appropriately convey the show's colossal importance.
After all, it is the greatest comedy of the generation of blah blah ever to do a thing on a thing. And those don't come around every Saturday.
Except Saturday, April 13th at 10 PM. Which is when this thing will air.
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I recently submitted my iPhone game for review. I also approved the in-app-purchase for my game (and provided the in-app-purchase screenshot). It's a few days later and the app status has been updated from "waiting for review" to "in review"... while the in-app-purchase status is still "waiting for review". Could the app go live in the store before the in-app-purchase? If so what happens when the user tries to make the in-app-purchase? Anything the developer can do to remedy this?
Yes, the app can go live without the in-app purchase being activated. To prevent this, you need to delay your app's release by setting the release date to some future date. Most iPhone devs will delay the release anyway so they can time press coverage, etc better. One bonus: you can give out promo codes to review sites between app approval and the release date.
You can set a specific release date later to ensure that it is not released without the in-app-purchase content.
You have probably noticed by now, but I thought I would add that you can now choose when you submit your app to:
This means you don't have to play guessing games about when your app is going to be approved. Just set the flag and release when you are ready.


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On the first Monday of October, at 9:00 a.m. in the courtroom of the United States Supreme Court, the court heard arguments in Altria Group v. Good, No. 07-562. The issue in this first case argued in the new term is whether a suit brought by a group of three smokers alleging false advertising claims with respect to "light" cigarettes is preempted by the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1331, et seq. The Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit ruled last summer that the suit was not preempted, Good v. Altria Group, 501 F.3d 29 (1st Cir. 2007). However, a review of the transcript of the arguments indicates to me that the majority of the justices will agree that the plaintiff's claims are preempted by federal law [View Transcript]. If that proves true, the result will be yet another defense victory founded upon the preemption doctrine, a doctrine that defendants have used with great success over the last several years. But is the trend toward preemption about to change, making life a little harder for product liability defense lawyers?
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Ever since Ubuntu 7.04, I've always had the same problem, the bad playback from my good quality videos (HD, blue-ray, and others).
I have used many computers and many different video cards from then but the problems still exist. How can I convince my friends to use this operating system when they need it most for multimedia (as many people today)? In Windows (XP please!) I had much better playback.
I really was waiting a long time for a solution and is the first time I am writing to you, community, but I think that the only solution is Windows 7.
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Sometime I need to run an application from terminal for debugging. If I am sure the bug will occur short after launching the application, I can run this application from the Terminal.
However, bugs occur unexpectedly, and then only I need to monitor the buggy application from the Terminal (to see its output).
Can I then pick up an application from terminal, which was not launched using Terminal? If so how?


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Basic Rules for Financial Freedom: Make Wealth Happen
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You Have to Work Hard to Get Rich Enough Not to Have to Work Hard
I cannot emphasis how strongly I feel about this one. I watch and learn from the seriously wealthy and have reached the conclusion that in nearly every case, they worked like crazy to get where they are. They often started early. They worked late into the night. They sacrificed a lot. They didn't take long lunch breaks. They didn't waste time. They didn't watch television in the evenings. They worked their socks off. They knew money doesn't grow on trees.
Let me make one very important point here. This Rule does NOT mean that if you work hard at anything, you will become wealthy. An office cleaner on minimum wage will not become rich by working all hours as an office cleaner or by cleaning really hard and thoroughly. He might, however, become rich by starting his own cleaning company, working very hard at getting it off the ground and finding new clients, and making sure his staff is great, happy, and motivated.
What I'm saying here is that even if you've got a great business idea or have some money to invest in shares, you will only maximize your return if you work really hard at your idea or invest the money wisely and manage it carefully. You have to put the effort in before you can reap the dividends.
From The Rules of Money Copyright © 2007, FT Press. Used by permission of FT Press, and Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
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I organized a giveaway on my site which required readers to like our fan page, like the post and comment on the post. The giveaway period is over and I am now trying to verify who all of the those participated have actually liked the fan page. And this is where I am facing the problem.
When I go to the fan page admin and click See All likes, it displays a long list but for some reason it does not show all the fans. There are 2025 likes that the fan page has received (i.e 2025 total fans) but it doesn't show all of them. I know that because I can't find certain people in the list which I know for a fact are fans of our page. I can even see on their profile that they like our page. But their name doesn't show up in the list.
I have tried several ways to see a list of fans. I have extracted the page id by going to http://graph.facebook.com/pagename and then used that id here - https://www.facebook.com/browse/page_fans/?page_id=XXXXXXXXX to check if there's a more elaborate list of all the fans. But each time the same list comes up, I keep scrolling down till it ends and then I do cmd+f to find certain names which I know are fans, and they are not there in the list. So basically, the list doesn't consist all the 2025 fans.
So, what I want is a way to get a list of all the 2025 fans of my Facebook page on a single page so that I can accurately verify who all completed the giveaway steps. Any way to do that folks?
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When I take a picture through a window, I often see a reflection on the glass. I have noticed that this occurs mostly when it is dark or overcast outside or it is especially bright on my side of the glass. How can I stop this?
This question has been asked in many guises, ultimately you want to prevent light from inside the room reflecting off the glass and going down the lens.
This can be done by moving the lights, so the direct reflection misses the camera, or more preferably (especially if it's a well lit room and you have light bouncing off everything in many directions) blocking the light.
You can block the light with your body, or get the camera so close to the glass that there is no way for the light to get in.
The easiest way would be to use a polarizer filter, which allows light coming from a single direction but blocks most of the light coming from the other directions.
Depending on your camera model that could be harder to do. Usually bigger cameras have adapters for filters built in the lenses, but some smaller cameras also offer this option, just not all of them.
So you could use to it to capture the light coming from the direction of the scene itself, but block most of the light coming from the others sources behind the glass (the reflections you are seeing).
As Matt Grum noted, if you can remove or block the light from inside you will have a lot less reflections. But even if you don't have lights turned on behind the window, the light that comes from outside may reflect on you and your background and appear on the window (therefore on your shot too).
Again, even if you had no lights behind the glass, the polarizer would allow you to capture mostly only the light coming directly from outside.
There are sort of two answers here.
The first, if you can control the orientation of the lights in relation to you and the glass, you may be able to avoid reflections. To go along with that, you could possibly use a go-between (or gobo), a piece of black paper or cloth that can possibly block the stray light.
Second, you could use a polarizer filter (circular polarizer for a dslr) to filter our the stray reflections. This has the upside of being very portable and puts you in control, it has the downside of loosing a stop or two of light (making for slow shutter speeds), which can be bad for indoor or low-light photography.
Check out the book "The Science of Lighting and Magic" if you really want to get into the details of angles and reflections.
Several good answers have been given, but for the larger issue of understanding light, how it reflects, and how it interacts with photos, I highly recommend the book Light: Science and Magic.


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A tensor rank of tree dimentional matrix $M[i,j,k], i,j,k\in [1,\ldots,n]$ is a minimal number of vectors $x_i,y_i,z_i$, such that $M=\sum_{i=1}^d x_i\otimes y_i\otimes z_i$. From dimension argument it easily follows that there exists a matrix of tensor rank at least $\frac{1}{3}n^2$. One can also easily show that every matrix is of tensor rank at most $n^2$.
So I know that maximal tensor rank is between $\frac{1}{3}n^2$ and $n^2$. Does any one knows what is the maximal tensor rank.
p.s. As far as I understand maximal border rank is $\frac{1}{3}n^2$.


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I am a student. My laptop has both windows7 and ubuntu 12.10. In school, with school wifi, both OS are working well.
But in the hostel, with hostel wifi, Ubuntu only works for about 4 to 5 min and although it appear connected, the webpage does not load. ping google appear 5-digit. I switch to windows and it works.
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Kathy Jalene Redding Hairgrove was born in Bell, Calif., on Jan. 5, 1954, to Inola "Sonny" and Barbara Standard. Kathy moved with her parents to Fort Smith in 1971. She passed away Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. She was 59 years old. She was preceded in death by her parents. Kathy was an inspiration to all who were fortunate enough to have met her. She dedicated her life to the nursing profession. She graduated from Westark Community College of Fort Smith with a baccalaureate degree in nursing. She then worked at many river valley hospitals until returning to college to obtain her master's degree. Kathy graduated with her advanced practice nurse and physicians assistant master's degree from St. Joseph University of Standish, Maine. She then worked extensively with the Indian Nation Healthcare System throughout Oklahoma and South Dakota for many years. Kathy eventually turned her career to the education track. She lent her expertise and vast knowledge to the university licensed practical nursing program at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. After 18 years of sharing her expertise with her "little ducks," as she so often referred to her students, she retired from UAFS with full alumni honors. Kathy loved nursing and the lives of others. She was generous and caring to all. She will be missed by many. In retirement, she found enjoyment in travelling with her husband and family. She loved to crochet and quilt. Many of her works of art don beds nationwide. She was truly a gifted woman.
Kathy is survived by her husband, Monte Hairgrove; sons, Sean Redding of Fort Smith, Carl Hairgrove and wife Bethany of Bartlesville, Okla., and Beau Lewis and Robert Lewis and wife Crystal, all of Pensacola, Fla.; and a daughter, Traysha Hairgrove of Fort Smith.
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FORT HOOD (February 13, 2013)--The Department of Defense plans to reduce its civilian workforce by 30% over the next decade, and Fort Hood's Garrison Command Group is already feeling the effects.
At a town hall meeting Wednesday for the Garrison Command Group, the focus was on how the workforce reduction will affect jobs on post.
Garrison Command jobs fall into two categories, authorized and excessive.
Examples of authorized jobs are firefighters, security guards and air traffic controllers, and they are exempt from cuts for the most part.
The jobs classified as excessive, such as the civilian police officers and human resources positions, are those most likely to be cut.
Deputy Garrison Commander Andy Bird said some of the changes are already apparent, as uniformed soldiers fill positions once occupied by civilians.
The cuts started last October.
Sixty jobs have been shed so far, but Fort Hood still needs to cut another 120 by September.
"I equate it to a restaurant," Bird said.
"When we started, there were four waiters and four tables...now we're about eight tables and about three waiters."
Those whose jobs may be on the line are encouraged to talk to their supervisors, update their resumes and evaluate their skills.
The numbers presented Wednesday could be even worse come March 1 if Congress doesn't pass or extend the federal budget and automatic cuts begin.


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Quest for mother-daughter time sparks successful board game
|Wendy Hampton shows off the game she and her daughter, Taylor, invented near her home in Lawrenceville, Georgia, Tuesday August 21, 2012. "Befudiom" has since led to an appearance on the "Everyday Einsteins" reality TV show, and the shelves of Toys R Us. (Phil Skinner/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/MCT)
In an effort to pull herself out of the sludge, she and her mom, Wendy, joined forces in some mother-daughter bonding. This exercise in playtime found the Hamptons huddled together on the floor creating their very own board game.
Moving across the playing field of life 10 years later, that same game, now known as Befudiom, can be found at Toys "R" Us. It centers around idioms, those nonsensical phrases such as "kick the bucket" that bypass literal meaning with a definition all of their own. Teams act out goofy movements, blare clues at the top of their lungs, do their best impromptu artwork and spell out hints to guess specific idioms. In short, the idea is to have a ball.
Yep, that's an idiom, too.
Wendy Hampton's idea has become shrink-wrapped, complete with colorful box art and playing accessories. This means Hampton, a single mom and credit analyst for a commercial refrigeration company in Suwanee, Ga., has yet another line on her résumé. She's an inventor.
Yet, it all happened by chance back in 2002. The young Taylor Hampton was looking for a project she and her mom could dive into together. She saw some instructions online on how to make a board game, and the pair began mulling ideas. They were heading in one direction when Wendy happened to use an idiom in conversation.
"Taylor looked at me and said, 'Mom, what did you say?'" Wendy recalled. "And I thought, 'That's it.'" So Wendy Hampton set out to create an idiom-themed guessing game.
After burning plenty of midnight oil she culled together 3,000 idioms and their respective clues. The Hamptons created game cards, and they shared their project with family and friends.
"We felt like we were really on to something, because everybody was having so much fun when we would get together for family functions and play the game," Wendy said.
While driving to work one day three years later, Wendy heard about an open casting call for season one of "Everyday Edisons." This reality show distributed by American Public Television follows an inventor's specific idea from concept to completion. So the Hamptons rolled the dice, and made their way to the audition.
Taking the shot paid off, and the Hamptons were chosen. According to Louis Foreman, executive producer of "Everyday Edisons," the game's easily understood concept and unique use of idioms made it appealing.
"I think it was a really heartfelt story to begin with," Foreman said. "She wasn't thinking how she could get rich quick. She invented the game so she could spend time with her daughter."
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I have been academic papers about Rijndael, Serpent, and Twofish, and there is this term that is vague to me. I cannot find a tangible definition in google. Can someone briefly define, describe, and/or give examples about security margin and where it is used.
In this context 'security margin' is a measure for how much better we need to get at analyzing a cipher to break it. Such advances in cryptoanalysis require new ideas of how one might attack a cipher. Thus estimating how strong a cipher is, is hard.
Ultimately we can only tell something is broken, after we've broken it.
We typically look at a few properties to estimate the security margin:
So if we put a lot of effort into analyzing some cipher, think we understand it well, and still only broke a few rounds, then we believe the security margin is large.
Resistance to brute-force can be easily quantified, estimating resistance to cryptoanalysis is full of guesswork and pretty subjective. So it's not surprising that you only find pretty vague statements.


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If the pope is infallible, than what significance does beatifying and canonising him have? They did both to John Paul II, but it seems odd that the church wants to make him a saint, unless I am misunderstanding the concept of saints.
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First, Catholic teaching is not that the Pope is infallible in everything he says and does, but rather infallible only when specifically exercising the authority of his office to pronounce doctrine.
Second, a Saint in the sense meant by the Catholic church is one whose life, witness and actions have been examined in depth and at length by church leadership and has been found to be significantly exemplary of the Christian ideal. They are recognized by the Catholic church as examples to emulate, and are made "official", so to speak, so that there is no confusion among believers as to what constitutes a great example.
Also, as Patrick pointed out in the comments, other conditions and prerequisites apply; among them is the requirement that at least two miracles be directly attributable to the individual under consideration.
Therefore, a Pope is not automatically a Saint (with a capital 'S' since all believers are saints in the general sense); in fact, historically, many of them were decidedly unchristian in their actions and some downright wicked. Some very reputable Catholics have said that the preservation of the doctrine of the Catholic church in spite of some of her Popes is remarkable, if not nothing short of miraculous.
The infallibility of the Pope means that it is impossible for him (due to the guidance of the Holy Spirit) to lead the Church into wrong definitive teaching in regards to faith and morals. However, it does not guarantee that the Pope is a morally good person. It is possible for someone to teach the truth, but not live it himself. There are many examples of Popes who were not great examples in their moral lives, but there are no Popes who in their teaching promoted immorality or heresy.
When I say definitive teaching, I mean teaching where the Pope defines a certain teaching as part of the Christian faith to be believed by all Christians. This does not include teaching on certain practices that are deemed prudent for a particular time and place. It also does not mean that every explanation of a Pope is 100% without error.
The Church beatifies and canonizes those Popes who lived extraordinarily exemplary Christian lives, and so far it is less than half of them. (Out of 266 Popes, I count 79 that are Saints.)


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I've just encountered the Wasserstein metric, and it doesn't seem obvious to me why this is in fact a metric on the space of measures of a given metric space $X$. Except for non-negativity and symmetry (which are obvious), I don't know how to proceed.
Do you guys have any advices or links to useful references ?
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Are 低い and 短い interchangable or do they have specific uses?
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低い hikui is "short in height" or "low", 短い mijikai is "short in length".
(Examples from プログレッシブ英和・和英中辞典)
A short piece of string cannot be 低い and calling a low bridge 短い would mean the wrong thing.
I'm putting this as an additional answer because I think it's valid and would have probably remained relatively unseen as a "buried" comment above.
短い means "short in length": length of your hair (髪の毛が短い), time it takes to do something (テストの時間は短かった), or a short distance (スーパーまでの短い距離)
低い means "low". The confusion comes in when it means "short height" (背が低い). However, if you think of being short as having a "low stature (?)" or "(short because your head is) low to the ground", it makes sense.
Also, since you can describe other things besides height with 低い, it's better to remember it as "low": low volume (音量が低い), low temperature (気温が低い), low blood pressure (低い血圧), etc. We can see that when describing these types of things, the definition "short in height" does not make sense.


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particle で versus particle と
For example:
今晩家族でレストランに行きます。(Konban kazoku de resutoran ni ikimasu) Tonight, I will go to the restaurant with my family.
私は来週父と京都に行きます。(Watashi wa raishuu chichi to Kyouto ni ikimasu) I will go to Kyoto with my father next week.
Does it matter which I use? I think と is more common for saying "with someone" right? Just curious, thanks.
Also, is there a different connotation or feeling given if you use one over the other?


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When I try to record minecraft, any software I use produces a video file with the game sounds, but not my voice, and with no actual video, just a blank screen. I have tried many different programs, such as Fraps, Camtasia Studio, CamStudio, and a few others I can't remember. Any solution to this problem is appreciated, thanks in advance.
I've used XSplit successfully in the recent past. There were some issues with sound from other things (mumble specifically, I was playing multiplayer), but I believe that was due to my setup (I have speakers and headset with sounds going to each; XSplit doesn't seem to mux audio streams by default at least) rather than something to do with the program itself.
Note: This answer is FRAPS specific.
The lack of video footage sounds like a codec issue. In particular, I've heard of and even experienced conflicts between the official DivX codec and FRAPS. Try updating the official audio codecs from your motherboard manufacturer or try FFDshow
As for the lack of microphone audio in the recording, are you sure you have configured FRAPS to record your mic in addition to the game sounds? If not, you need to enable "record external input" under the sound capture settings. If your mic is properly installed, it should be listed on-screen.


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Is it true that nice design comes with a nice drawing?
Do designers have to know how to draw to be a good designer or not?
Sketching and drawing are often used as the basis to flesh out designs; it's often useful to have some preliminary designs so you know how text will flow, your proportions, etc. That being said, it's by no means necessary to be able to create those beautiful photorealistic drawings that make us all jealous when we see them.
Back in the day, I had to interview graphic artists to work at my agency. I had a lot of "illustrators" come in (i.e., fine arts background) and most of them had portfolios that emphasized illustration. Very few understood what was needed for graphic design. Now that we have computer-based tools, I think the ability to draw is not as important as a good sense of design.
Robin Williams has a book The Non-Designer's Design Book: Design and Typographic Principles for the Visual Novice that highlights the important skills needed (color, balance, contrast, typography, etc.)
You don't need to be a virtuoso with a pencil, especially if you're going into computer graphics. There are maybe a few basic things that you need to be able to do:
1) Draw (sketch) well enough to be able to convey your ideas to someone else, likely your client or boss. I mean, if you really think about it, there are popular cartoons on TV and comics that look like they were drawn by a kid, yet they get the idea across without too much complication.
2) Sketch well enough for you to have a blueprint or storyboard of what your final piece will look like. The more you can plan it and flesh it out before you hit the computer, the better.
3) Draw well enough to be able to take that sketch, scan it in and use it as a guide for design tools like Photoshop.
Being able to draw will always help you visualize what's in your head and make it tangible, even if it doesn't look perfect. Consider what medium you'll be using and focus most of your energies on learning that, but don't ignore your ability to sketch. I think it will always come in handy.
All designers should know how to draw. In fact, I think everyone should know how to draw. It's a good skill to have. It's a extremely useful tool for brainstorming and general idea generation regardless of the line of work one does. Of course, as a graphic designer, where communicating visually is the key component it's especially important.
Graphic designers don't need to be well-versed in fine art. I suppose knowing how to paint could help, especially with understanding of color theory and composition, but plenty of people learn that stuff using Photoshop.
Knowing how to draw is pretty crucial, but it's important to define exactly what you mean by "draw." If you mean a realistic life drawing, then no that isn't important. However every graphic designer needs to be able to draw a clear sketch diagramming their print layout or site design or whatever.
Always required, but not much.
You can be a graphic designer even if you can't draw. But to be a good one you must be able to make sketches and drawings on paper, but not always professionally.
Start over with drawing on paper. Keep working on Designing Softwares, because you can learn to use software. Don't ever get frustrated or get worried if you can't draw properly. use some tutorials on drawing and sketches. when you get a confidence on drawing start over with digital design tutorials. As much practice you do, you will get more grip on the same.
Art is what you put creativity in reality and abstract art is what only artists and confused people can understand as abstract art itself is confused art. And if you can't create perfect illustrations then you are creating a new category of art. there is no rule of art, but creativity must be there.
You don't have to. Not for web design, at least.
I can't draw very well at all, but my designs are fine. I used to draw out a new layout for a site, on physical paper, but I find no more need to. It will definitely help to know how to draw, but there are many brushes you can use for Photoshop that will do a lot of the drawing for you. Look at the very site we're on: not a single graphic here took any special skill with drawing, but the site looks great.
Probably the more artistic your design is, the more it'll require an understanding of how to draw. I wouldn't expect a corporate environment to be too taxing on your ability to draw. Some creativity can come of using "pre-drawn" brushes, too.


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It's the second week of the trial for Barren County Sheriff Chris Eaton and two other law enforcement officers
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Monday morning began with both sides agreeing on a few different issues in the form of a stipulation, including acknowledging there were photographs of the incident deleted.
A former dispatcher who was on duty that day testified. She said there was no entry on her dispatch report about Stinnett having a weapon.
The defense highlighted there are multiple channels and the call about a weapon could have been on a different channel.
Special Agent David McClelland then took the stand. He is an investigator on the case.
The prosecution is highlighting inconsistencies in the three defendants reports about the incident.
When the defense began cross-examination of McClelland, they hammered home the point, none of the FBI interviews with Sheriff Eaton, deputy Aaron Bennett and Barren County drug task force officer Eric Guffey were recorded or taped.
Special Agent Mike Brown from the FBI is the lead investigator on the case. The prosecution used him as well, to show inconsistencies in the three defendant's police reports.
Eaton's attorney Guthrie True really attacked the integrity of the FBI investigation. He mentioned how they originally indicted someone and had to remove him because he wasn't there. Also, how the FBI had a private citizen collecting evidence.
Brown will still be on the stand tomorrow as the defense continues their cross-examination.


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Lizzy Cretella recorded 13 points to lead St. Paul over Ansonia, 50-22, Monday in an NVL Brass action Monday in Bristol.
Kelly McMahon added 12 points for the Falcons (11-1) and Jill Kilmer chipped in with six.
Morgan Westine had a team-high 11 points for the Chargers (0-13) while Quentesa Robinson scored seven.
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Orion Redmond Finds His Way Back To CGS Victory Lane
By Ben Deatherage
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The second night for the Northwest Extreme Sprints would be a good one on Sunday May 25th. Another field of ten cars would assemble at the Cottage Grove Speedway to put on a terrific show on the historic ¼-mile clay oval.
After taking pretty much the entire 2013 and in only his third start Orion Redmond would dominate the main event. The only thing that would slow him down was a lap seventeen caution which would bunch the field up. Redmond, from Roseburg and driving his Redmond Trucking #12 J&J, would lead the entire distance of the twenty-lap race to pick up his first win at CGS since 2012.
Jesse Thistle of Creswell was second in the RCV Custom Coach Service/Cobalt Computer Services/William & Mathis Accounting/All Around Printing #4 XXX while third went to Dave Hibbard in his C&H Motorsports/Tangible Real Estate Investments/Carpet & Vinyl Liquidators #3 Zeitler. The rest of the top five would see Steven Horner of Cottage Grove make his return in quite some time chauffeuring the Horners Inc./BC Motorsports/Steelhouse Metal Roofing Supply #75H Maxim to fourth place finish and Dusty Redmond of Roseburg, and Orion's father, was fifth in the Redmond Trucking/Whit-Log Trailers/Independent Thinning #57 Rocket.
The Cottage Grove Speedway will be back in action on Friday May 30th for the Kage Kart Season Opener and the Saturday the 31st for Aesthetic Surgical Arts Ladies/Marvin Smith Memorial Grove Classic.
General admission to the Kart race on Friday will be FREE of charge. Pit Passes are $10.00 and Car and Driver fees will be $35.00. The Pit Gate will open up around 3:00 PM and the Pit Meeting is at 6:00 PM with Hot Laps and Racing to follow.
Classes in action on Saturday May 31st include the Huddle Automotive Repair 360 Sprints, IMCA Modifieds, Street Stocks, and Hornets. Pit Gates will open at 2:00 PM, Front Gates open at 4:00, and Racing starts at 6:45. Also on Saturday ALL LADIES GET INTO THE RACES FOR FREE Tickets are Adults $12.00, Seniors/Military/Juniors (13-18) $10.00, Youths (Ages 12-6) $5.00, and Children under the age of 5 are FREE. For more information log on to www.cottagegrovespeedway.com.
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Sunday May 25th, 2014
Cottage Grove Speedway
Cottage Grove, Oregon
A Feature: 1. 12-Orion Redmond; 2. 4-Jesse Thistle; 3. 3-David Hibbard; 4. 75H-Steven Horner; 5. 57-Dusty Redmond; 6. 21-Mike Griffith; 7. 5D-Patrick Dills; 8. 10K-Don Waddell; DNS 70-Raquel Ivie; DNS 78-Daniel McGrew
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WINTERSVILLE - A sprinkler system helped extinguish an electrical fire that broke out around 9:40 a.m. Tuesday at the Treasure Island Marketplace on Main Street, according to Wintersville Fire and Rescue.
Chief Robert Herrington said the fire damaged two booths and caused smoke and water damage.
None of the businesses in the upstairs part of the building had to be closed, he said.
Herrington said the cause of the fire appears to be electrical, but he is going to ask for the assistance of the state fire marshal's office in investigating.
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RICHMOND - The Salem Township trustees' monthly meeting has been changed because of a scheduling conflict.
The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Feb. 25 at the township garage located on township Road 216.
The trustees usually meet the third Monday of the month.
Hancock document available for review
NEW CUMBERLAND - The Hancock County Board of Health recently reviewed and approved the environmental fees for permits to be in effect for 2013-14, according to officials.
The fees for permits schedule is available for public review during business hours at the health department, 102 N. Court St., New Cumberland; and at the Mary H. Weir Public Library in Weirton; Swaney Memorial Library in New Cumberland; and Lynn Murray Library in Chester.
A 30-day written comment period begins Feb. 18. Written comments must contain the writer's name, address and telephone number. For information, contact Jackie Huff, administrator, at (304) 564-3343.


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Every day the impact of bullying is felt in classrooms across the nation. It negatively affects the lives the bullier, the target and the witness. Bullying and its prevention has become a critical issue for schools, communities, and parents alike. It's no longer about "kids being kids".
Kansas Children's Service League (KCSL) views bullying as a form of child abuse – peer to peer. Because of this, KCSL is taking an active role to provide resources to teens, parents, teachers and communities to help prevent bullying in Kansas high schools.
The Kansas Department of Education (KSDE) along with the Kansas Children's Service League (KCSL) has recognized a need to develop a resource helpline for parents and youth directly dealing with the serious issue of bullying. If you have questions about a bullying situation please call our 24 Hour Parent & Youth Resource Hotline at 1-800-CHILDREN (1-800-244-5373). The Resource Line can also be contacted via text or email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
This anonymous helpline is staffed by trained professionals and volunteers who listen to each caller's concerns and seek to provide the caller with resources that can assist them. We strive to provide connections, empower people and transform our culture to one of kindness. The Parent & Youth Resource Hotline has the capabilities to communicate with all non-English speaking callers.
In addition, KCSL provides an array of online learning opportunities for teachers on bullying issues. The best way to make a difference is by educating those involved and providing resources on how to handle bullying situations.


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Five Molecules to Know and LoveWritten by Elana Scherr on October 15, 2012
Boy, do we miss the days of high C8H18 levels. Sure, we can make up for it performance-wise with copious amounts of N2O and CH3NO2, but it could result in an explosion, making us grateful for our C14H10N2O2 underpants. What, been a while since your last chemistry class? Well, we're here to help by breaking things down--all the way down--to the molecular level, the smallest unit of any chemical compound. Since it's also been a while since our last chemistry class, we decided to concentrate on just a few important chemicals in the life of a gearhead. Grab your carbon and oxygen atoms, and let's mix up some good stuf:
C8H18, Octane: We couldn't give you the molecular formula for gasoline, since what we pump in the tank is actually a mixture of various cleaners, lubricants, and hydrocarbons--plus each mixture is proprietary to the particular oil company. We think of octane as being a performance enhancer, which might lead some to believe it is an explosive substance, but octane is actually important because it is so stable when compressed. Octane levels in gasoline allow engines to run high compression without igniting the fuel before the spark (which drivers experience as "knock"). Octane is mixed with the much more volatile heptane (C7H16), and the result is fuel that won't knock the pistons loose in your 13.0:1race engine.
N2O, Nitrous Oxide: It'll make you laugh in the dentist's ofce and even more when a 500-shot rockets your mom's sedan past your buddy's race car. Nitrous is not a fuel, it's an oxidizer; you can't run an engine on nitrous alone. You know you make more power when you burn more fuel, but you can't burn more fuel without more oxygen. Adding more air (through a supercharger or scoop or high-revving internals) adds horsepower, but nitrous is even more straightforward--it just adds oxygen. Normal air contains about 20 percent oxygen. Nitrous oxide contains about 36 percent oxygen. Run that through the engine and laugh all the way to the winner's circle.
CH3NO2, Nitromethane: Unlike nitrous, nitromethane is a fuel (see those carbon and hydrogen atoms like in octane?) but it's also its own oxidizer (NO2 at the end). Because it carries its own oxygen along for the ride, nitro can be run in a much higher fuel-to-air ratio than gasoline, meaning you can burn more fuel and make more power. Nitro is an acid, and if you've ever stood behind a top fuel dragster in the pits, it won't surprise you to know that one of the derivative chemicals made from nitromethane is chloropicrin (Cl3CNO2 ), used as a pesticide and tear gas.
C14H10N2O2, Kevlar: After all that discussion of explosive fuel, isn't it reassuring to know that chemistry can protect us as well as blow us sky-high? Kevlar is a registered DuPont brand name for a synthetic fiber related to but much, much cooler than Nylon. Kevlar and its sister fiber, Nomex, were developed in the late '60s in the hopes of designing a new tire material. They are part of a family of chemicals known as aramids, which are notable for their high strength and heat and chemical resistance. This makes for excellent abrasion and fireproof protective clothing. Safety first!
C2H6O2, Ethylene Glycol: In the warm, sunny ofces outside the HOT ROD headquarters, it's easy to forget that the primary purpose of ethylene glycol is to keep things from freezing, not to keep them cool. As a "coolant," ethylene glycol is less efective than plain water, as it raises the boiling point of liquid and afects the heat transfer properties. It's worth running it though, as it ofers anti-corrosion properties, and of course, if you live somewhere other than Southern California, you might actually need cold-weather protection. As an "antifreeze," ethylene glycol works by disrupting the bonds between hydrogen atoms in water molecules, thus preventing the formation of ice crystals. Almost any molecule dissolved in water will lower its freezing point, as anyone who has tried to make a salty margarita popsicle will know, but you don't really want to fill your radiator with salt and tequila. We've all heard the warnings regarding ethylene glycol and pets that can be tempted into drinking the poison by the chemical's sweet taste. There's a reason for the flavor--ethylene glycol is very similar to another sweet molecule, C6H12O6, or glucose sugar. Speaking of delicious molecules, here's a good one: C21H30O5. That's the hoppy flavor we know and love in a beer. Have one--after all this science learning, you've earned it!


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24 Jan 2013 5:16 PM #1
How to build only application files leaving ext files in ext-all
We have some legacy code which does not follow MVC at all (many classes in the same file, Ext.define, requires not used etc) we need to extend this application and want to use MVC for the new code and gradually refactor legacy code. Thus we need to be able to have a MVC compliant packaging of new code (consolidated file muct include individual classes in correct order) separate from Ext library code separate from legacy code so it can be included in following order
- ext
- legacy
- new MVC compliant code
I am new to cmd and could not figure out how to do it. I was reading compile docs and did not find any way to tell it to only include my application classes into the output file because I intend to use ext-all
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Do you need these in separate concatenated outputs or would it suffice to get them in the right order and still have a single file?
If the latter is workable for you, and if you can use the page compile command, here is a way to do it:
<!-- <x-compile> --> <!-- <x-bootstrap> --> <script src="ext/ext-dev.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <!-- </x-bootstrap> --> <script src="legacy/foo.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="legacy/bar.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="app/app.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <!-- </x-compile> -->
To ensure that the framework comes before the legacy files, you can add something like this to the first one:
//@require Ext.grid.*
If you cannot use the page compile command, it will help to know how you currently handle load order of your legacy files.
The low-level commands to do this kind of thing are discussed in http://docs.sencha.com/ext-js/4-1/#!...mand_app_multi in the "Alternative Strategy - Sharing A Framework Subset" section. If you need to drop the page commands, you can still bring in the JS files by adding the folders to the classpath. That is mostly what the page command does behind the scenes (that and it performs the dependency scan / recursive union on the files directly used by the page but that is also achievable without the page command).Don Griffin
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Fairy tales weren't invented by Disney, you know. A lot of fairy tales have become sanitised over the years, and their original status as nasty stories has been lost to avoid scaring the children. Here are some fairy tales in their original form, rather than the watered down edited versions around today.
10. Little Red Riding Hood.
The version most people are familiar with ends up with the wolf, having devoured both the little girl and her grandmother, gets cut open by the heroic woodcutter, thus saving both victims from death. This is an edit that was tacked on to the story to add a feelgood factor. In the original, the wolf gobbles up Little Red Riding Hood after some back and forth about how big "Grandma"'s eyes and teeth are. The end. She's dead. Sucks to be her.
9. Goldilocks And The Three Bears.
Yeah, we all know this one; a little girl breaks into the house of three bears and proceeds to steal their porridge and fall asleep in baby bear's bed. But that's where the edit comes in; in the sanitised version, Goldilocks escapes. In the real version, Goldilocks isn't a little girl but an adult woman, and the bears tear her apart and eat her when they find her sleeping in the bed.
8. Snow White.
In the original version, the wicked queen is Snow White's mother, not stepmother... and she orders the woodcutter to cut out her daughter's heart and liver, and bring them to her so she can eat them. Snow White is also described as being a child, which makes the prince's motives a little suspect. And finally, at the wedding, Snow White recognises her mother and the wicked queen is forced to dance in a pair of red hot shoes til she falls down dead.
7. Cinderella.
Yes, Cinderella IS helped by birds... but they're not just dressing her or helping her with her stepmother's tasks, oh no. These birds later get revenge for Cinderella after her stepsisters hack off their toes and parts of their feet to try and get them to fit in the glass slipper. The birds notice the blood running out the shoe and inform the prince. Afterwards, they peck out the eyes of the stepmother and stepsisters, leaving them to a life of blindness and poverty.
6. Rumplestiltskin.
Telling lies is a bad idea... especially if your fib is about how your daughter can spin straw into gold. Once the king hears of this, he says that unless the girl can spin a barn full of straw into gold, she will be spitted on a lance and roasted like a pig. Luckily, or so it seems, there is Rumplestiltskin who comes to the rescue in return for the girl's first born son. When she learns his name and cheats him out of his prize, Rumplestiltskin is so angry he stamps the ground, gets his foot stuck and then tears his body in two.
5. The Goosegirl.
Including this cuz altho it hasn't yet been made into a Disney film, the story is just too gory to pass up. First, the princess's mother cuts her finger and gives the blood soaked hanky to her daughter for protection; the princess eventually loses it so her maid forces her to swap places with her. When they arrive at the prince's castle, the princess's talking horse Falada is slaughtered and his head nailed up on an archway. Eventually things go right and the false bride gets tricked into choosing her own execution, which is to be stripped naked and put into a barrel lined with sharp nails. Two white horses are to be harnessed to the barrel and she is to be dragged all over the country til she is dead.
4. Hansel And Gretal.
Yeah, the lost in the forest bit is right, but look at what happens after. No gingerbread house or witch, but a wicked old devil who swoops on the children with the intention of bleeding them out and eating them. The devil puts together a saw'horse to put one of the children on to bleed to death. The children pretend not to know how to get on the saw'horse so the devils wife demonstrates. While she is lying down the kids slash her throat and escape.
3. The Fairies.
Included here for the truly yucky aspect. Two sisters each meet a fairy when sent to fetch water from the well. The good sister is nice to the fairy, who is disguised as an old woman, and in return the fairy gives her the gift of having gold and jewels come from her mouth when she talks. Her sister is rude to the fairy, so gets the curse of having slugs and toads fall from her mouth. The good sister gets kicked out of her home after her mother blames her, and has the luck to meet a prince who knows he's on to a good thing when his bride spits out a couple of diamonds and some gold coins. The bad sister, on the other hand, also gets kicked out; but she ends up dying of starvation in the forest cuz no-one wants to give her a home.
2. Sleeping Beauty.
In the original version, the princess is named Talia and she falls asleep due to idle curiosity; she touches the spindle and a fleck of wood gets lodged under her fingernail. She's put away in a castle and left to it. A noble finds her and fancies her so much that he rapes her. Talia gives birth to twins and good fairies take care of her. She's still asleep, but wakes up when her son sucks her finger and removes the splinter. Now, the noble wants to marry her, but he's already married. His wife is an evil ogress who orders the cook to kill Talia's children and serve them up for dinner. The cook instead hides the children away and gives the ogress two lambs instead. Eventually, the ogress ends up being burned to death after the noble finally catches on that she's evil, and Talia marries her rapist and lives happily ever after.
1. The Little Mermaid.
The sea witch cuts out her tongue, rather than just takes her voice and to walk on her feet is like walking on red hot knives. In the Disney version, the film ends with Ariel the mermaid being changed into a human so she can marry Eric. But, in the very first version by Hans Christian Andersen, the mermaid sees the Prince marry a princess and she despairs. She is offered a knife with which to stab the prince to death, but rather than do that she jumps into the sea and dies by turning to sea foam. Hans Christian Andersen modified the ending slightly, probably to make it sound nicer. The mermaid gets turned into an angel... but she's still flipping well dead.
Shannon Hale wrote an extended version of "The Goose Girl." She came and talked to my class in 6th grade...in 2005...anyway, good book, not watered down. Still gritty. Apparently, in the original version, the princess won't say she's the real princess until the prince or king or whomever tricks her into talking into an iron stove...I remember ms. hale saying that was one of the parts that made little to no sense.
Also, in the version I read of The Little Mermaid, she almost stabs the prince, but can't bring herself to do it and stabs herself instead, then is turned into sea foam. But she's turned into an angel for not committing murder.
You know what's a good version of not watered down fairy-tales? the musical "Into The Woods" by Stephen Sondheim. It includes all the nasty things that happen to Cinderella's step family. I want to say the fairy-tales in it are Cinderella, Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and something about a baker and his wife, to name a few. My mom says she hates it because it's so dark, but I loved it. The music and the story are very captivating.
Another fairy tale with a gruesome ending is The Red Shoes. It's about a girl who doesn't go to church, so she's forced to dance in her red shoes til she's driven to cutting off her feet.
In all of the old fairy tales, the characters shoes would represent aspects of their ******s (e.g. virginity, masterbation, rape or just their ******)
So in red shoes when she was thinking about her shoes in church, she was thinking about sex, and then after she couldn't stop "dancing" in her "shoes".
then when she gets her feet cut off, she is really cutting herself away from that part of her life and becoming a nun. :neutral:
I can't quick remember where I read that, but it was a very interesting book.
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The purpose of this question is to find out whether one can view the Atiyah-Hirzebruch spectral sequence as a particular case of the "composition of derived functors" spectral sequence.
The Leray spectral sequence of a continuous map $f:X\to Y$ of topological spaces can be constructed as follows. Let $a_X:X\to pt$ and $a_Y:Y\to pt$ be the maps from $X$ and $Y$ respectively to the one point space $pt$; we obviously have $a_X=a_Y\circ f$. So for any sheaf $L$ on $X$ we have $(a_X)_\ast L=(a_Y)_*f_\ast L$. But $(a_X)_\ast$ is just the functor of the global sections and so is $(a_Y)_*$. Recall that if $A,B$ and $C$ are abelian categories and $F:A\to B,G:B\to C$ are left exact functors, then (under mild hypotheses) $R_\ast(G\circ F)$ is isomorphic to $R_\ast\circ G_\ast$ and for any object $X$ of $A$ there exists a spectral sequence abutting $R^\ast (G\circ F) X$ with the $E_2$ sheet given by $E_2^{pq}=R^pG(R^q F(X))$. See e.g Gelfand-Manin, Methods of homological algebra, 3.7.
Applying this to the case when $A$, $B$ and $C$ are the categories of sheaves of $X$, $Y$ and the point respectively we get a spectral sequence $(E^{pq}_r,d_d)$ abutting to $H^*(X,F)$ with the $E_2$ term given by $$E_2^{pq}=H^p(Y,R^q f_\ast L).$$
If $X$ and $Y$ are sufficiently nice (say finite CW complexes), $F$ is constant and $f$ is a locally trivial fibration with fiber $F$, then we get (assuming for simplicity that $Y$ is simply-connected) $$E_2^{pq}=H^q(Y,H^q(F)).$$
Now, if we have an extraordinary cohomology theory $h^\ast$, we can construct (under the hypotheses of the previous paragraph) the Atiyah-Hirzebruch spectral sequence: the $E_2$ sheet is given by $$E_2^{pq}=H^q(Y,h^q(F))$$ and the spectral sequence abuts to $h^*(X)$. This looks pretty similar to the Leray spectral sequence, so it seems natural to ask whether it can be obtained in a way similar to the one described above.
Namely, given an extraordinary cohomology theory $h^\ast$ and a continuous map $f:X\to Y$ of topological spaces, is there an "extraordinary direct image" functor $f^{ex}_*$ from sheaves on $X$ to sheaves on $Y$ which would be "functorial in $f$" and which would give $h^{\ast}(X)$ after deriving when $Y$ is a point?
If not, is there still a way to view the Atiyah-Hirzebruch spectral sequence as (a version of) the spectral sequence of the composition of two derived functors? (It may happen that one has to consider something other than the categories of sheaves, but I have no idea what this could be.)


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Near the end of the 2007 Alvin and the Chipmunks movie, the Theodore doll speaks Spanish (I think), and I still haven't been able to figure out what he says after watching the movie 30 times. I've worked out that Alvin's doll says "Hello, my name is Alvin, I want a hula-hoop" and Simon's says "My name is Simon". Do any Spanish speaking people know what Theodore says?
Theodore speaks japanese. He should say something like that:
that means "Good evening my name is Theodore". It's not very clear the name, and most subtitles wrote Alvin des, but listening to the voice seems Theodore's. Maybe it's a japanese name translation.
Well, Watashi Wa means "I" in Japanese, Kon means "Good" while the second part would refer to the time of day like good morning, good afternoon, good evening, ext.. As far as des goes it's actually "Desu" and that's how you would end a sentence.
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What is the best solution to organizing and managing your projects, tasks and to-do list as a freelancer? This could include both paid and unpaid services, programs, or other web-based solutions.
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Serious Stuff: Your Bra May Be Killing You
Despite claims to the contrary, no fewer than 5 research studies reveal that wearing a bra may very well cause breast cancer
The problem is that bras -- especially ill-fitting, too tight ones -- limit the flow of lymphatic fluid, preventing toxins from moving about the body and keeping them pent up in the breasts.
These findings aren't new but they've somehow been swept and kept under the rug -- an issue that doesn't sit well with Sydney Ross Singer and Soma Grismaijer, authors of 1995's "Dressed to Kill: The Link Between Breast Cancer and Bras." Their book maintains that wearing a bra for more than 12 hours a day "dramatically increases the risk" of developing the disease. Also, women who wear brassieres all day, every day are 125 times more likely to contract it and if you sleep in one, you have a 75 percent chance of being diagnosed with the oft-deadly cancer.
READ: 5 Reasons You Should Never (Ever) Pull an All-Nighter
A study conducted at Harvard University way back in 1991 echoes the same findings: wearing a bra greatly increases incidences of breast cancer. Period.
The kicker is that for twenty years, both Komen and the ACS have been peppered with these studies and yet refuse to budge from their position that bra wearing is un-related to breast cancer -- despite there being zero reports or analyses that prove otherwise.
All Singer and Grismaijer are looking to accomplish is to have the two organizations -- the go-to resources for breast cancer -- advise women to remove their bras at the end of their day. The authors are asking people to, "boycott these organizations until they stop dismissing the bra-cancer link, and begin educating doctors and women about the cancer hazards of wearing tight bras."
How can you show that you stand behind the research and want it better publicized? Singer and Grismaijer have come up with a creative way. "Whenever the ACS or Komen Foundation ask for a donation, send them your bra, instead! This will give them the message, and help you prevent breast cancer at the same time."
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Skyarrow is good for hatching pokemon so Skyarrow
Skyarrow is good for hatching pokemon so Skyarrow
Like the Skyarrow for music, Village for anything else.
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I like Sky Arrow bridge 'cus its a great place for breeding, as all of you probably know. But when it comes to which looks cooler, I have to say Marvolous Bridge (I have not seen the ghost yet )
Marvelous Bridge because it looks very hi-tech and cool. You can get wings there plus there's also the Magikarp salesman (woohoo, RBY nostaglia) and the first time I used it, I saw that liitle Abra girl ghost - creepy... Least favourite is the Skyarrow Bridge. I like the music and yes it's good for egg hatching, but for me it is too long and boring with not much to do.
In order, it would have to be: Marvelous Bridge, Village Bridge, Tubeline Bridge, Driftveil Drawbridge, Skyarrow Bridge.
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Marvelous Bridge is awesome, especially since there is a ghost there
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Probably Skyarrow I guess. None of the bridges really stood out to me... I hate the "Charizard Bridge" though because of its music...
I don't really like Turbeline/Marvelous. They look too similar if you ask me.
My favourite bridge in Unova is Skyarrow Bridge, it looks awesome and I like how the camera moves and you can see Castelia City. Second I would say Tubeline Bridge because of the biker gang. I have not yet seen Village Bridge or Marvelous Bridge
Marvelous Bridge because of the ghost. It reminds me of my nights in the old chateau.
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Nugget Bridge.
Really. Nugget Bridge is the best, it's unbeatable.
As for Unova Bridges, this is my ranking:
1. Village Bridge
2. Sky Arrow Bridge
3. Tubeline Bridge & Driftveil Drawbridge (a tie)
5. Marvelous Bridge
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Sky arrow bc of the view
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Skyarrow is my favorite bridge. It was the first Bridge and had a really good 3D effect.
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Skyarrow is my favorite.
My favorite is a tie between the Skyarrow Bridge and the Village Bridge.
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I can't decide between Skyarrow Bridge and Village Bridge. Skyarrow is the first one you see, and I was VERY impressed by it, it blew my mind when I first went across it. Village Bridge though, is a mini-town of sorts, and it's a really nice place. It's one of those two, but I can't quite decide.
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Does anyone find that Turbeline and Marvelous look reaaally similar?
Between Skyarrow for egg hatching potential and Village for how soothing the music is
sky arrow is my favorite because its good for masuda method and least would have to be the one connecting nimbasa and driftveil because i always fight like 6 ducklett when i go on the bridge and theres nothing on it
Yeah, Driftveil bridge is really forgettable. But at least it doesn't look exactly like another bridge.
The Village Bridge is my favorite place in Unova, period. I loved the atmosphere of the place. The music was peaceful, and I really enjoyed all of the things that can be added to the backtrack. The vocals were a nice touch, I just wish I understood what was being sung. Also, it's a good place to train. It's where I trained my team after beating the Elite Four and N. The sandwiches mini game was fun too.


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Saturday, October 13, 2007
Using Sector Relationships to Catch Trader Sentiment
When traders and investors are relatively optimistic about economic growth, they will favor Consumer Discretionary stocks (XLY) over Consumer Staples issues (XLP). Similarly, when there are concerns over economic slowdown and recession, fears regarding a pullback in consumer spending lead portfolio managers to seek the safety of staples over discretionaries.
Accordingly, we can view the relative performance of XLY and XLP as a kind of sentiment measure. As you can see in the chart above, drops in this ratio have tended to correspond to buying opportunities for SPY as negative sentiment about the economy is overdone. Similarly, peaks in the ratio of XLY:XLP have corresponded to market peaks in SPY.
Interestingly, we are at relatively modest levels of XLY:XLP despite the recent rise in stocks.
As a specific illustration, going back to April, 2004 (N = 860 trading days), when XLY:XLP has shown a positive change over a five-day period (N = 445), the next five days in SPY have averaged a gain of only .04% (239 up, 206 down). When XLY:XLP has fallen over a five-day period (N = 415), the next five days in SPY have averaged a gain of .33% (255 up, 160 down).
When the ratio of XLY:XLP has been relatively strong (top half of its distribution since April, 2004), the next 20 days in SPY have averaged a gain of .34% (262 up, 168 down). When the ratio of XLY:XLP has been relatively weak (bottom half of its distribution), the next 20 days in SPY have averaged a gain of 1.20% (306 up, 124 down).
When XLY:XLP has been < 1.4 (N = 287), the next 20 days in SPY have averaged a gain of 1.64% (220 up, 67 down).
In short, the XLY:XLP ratio seems to behave like many equity sentiment indicators: as an indication of excess optimism and pessimism that can be viewed in contrary fashion by savvy traders.
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Dr Steenbarger, nice post.
What I find interesting currently is that while consumer discretionary is lagging the staples, the broad market is really zooming ahead. In fact, it would be remarkable if in the setting of a relatively low xly/xlp ratio at this time that the SPY would move really hard higher without a temporary pause.
- Jeff Pietsch CFA, Esq said...
Hi Dr. Brett,
I was considering posting these articles, which reference this body of work, on SeekingAlpha, but want to check with you first to make sure you are OK with this.
Thank you for your good work,
Jeff Pietsch
- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. said...
Hi Jeff,
Yes, thanks; I like what you've posted to SA thus far!


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I am trying to get a simple toolbar to show up in the appmobi XDK, but nothing shows up but a black screen. I cannot figure out what the problem is.
Does anyone have any experience using sencha touch with appmobi? I think the problem has to do with the appmobi libraries and sencha touch libraries not loading at appropriate times. I just need a solution to get something to show up in the XDK. I can adapt it from there so if anyone can give me a simple example of something that will load in the XDK it would be greatly appreciated.
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I'm having the same problem, although I'm trying to get bit more than a toolbar to load. After opening the app using the applab app on my iPhone 3Gs all I get is a black screen.
I then tried changing some settings in my css and entered some HTML inside the <body> tags and these changes are shown but NONE of my Sencha Touch stuff is displayed despite it all working when I view it in appmobi inside Chrome or as a standalone web page.
I found this, but so far it hasn't worked for me...
If you scroll down to the heading "Instantiating the application" it seems to address the possible cause of the problem, but as I said, this so far hasn't worked for me.
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In their new book, The Rise of Transnational Corporations from Emerging Markets: Threat or Opportunity?, Columbia Law School Lecturer-in-Law Karl P. Sauvant and Law School students Kristin Mendoza and Irmak Ince assemble a group of leading academics to examine the growing presence of emerging markets in the global foreign direct investment (FDI) market. Traditionally, Sauvant says, 90 to 95 percent of FDI has come from developed countries. But recent data shows that FDI from emerging markets has grown from negligible amounts in the 1980s to $300 billion now.
The subject of foreign direct investment is particularly timely now, as emerging markets come to the aid of ailing economies worldwide. As developed countries continue to suffer from the global financial crisis, and therefore invest less internationally, the International Monetary Fund expects FDI from emerging markets to grow by 3 percent this year.
Still, the entrance of new players to the field of FDI undoubtedly raises issues related to regulation and increased competition. Those issues prompted Sauvant, the executive director of the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment, to ask himself and readers whether this trend is a threat or an opportunity.
"I think it's overwhelmingly an opportunity," Sauvant says, "an opportunity to integrate emerging markets more in the international economy and give them more of a stake."


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I remember my English teacher saying that there are only two valid ways to make a one-word sentence:
A question:
Why? Where?
A command:
Go! Stop!
Is this correct?
I remember my English teacher saying that there are only two valid ways to make a one-word sentence:
Is this correct?
Interrogatives (who?), imperatives (stop), declaratives (me), locatives (here), and nominatives (Jane) all allow for single-word statements, as do adjectives, adverbs and so on. You'd be hard-pressed to find a category of words that are not amenable to the possibility.
In general, in almost all things pertaining to our language, you will discover that everything your English teacher taught you is wrong. See Theodore Bernstein's Miss Thistlebottom's Hobgoblins for extended commentary on this point.
There are many other ways to make one-word sentences.
And so on.
That's what your teacher said, eh?
Fine. Great. Right. Correct. Granted. Absolutely. Beautiful. Amazing.
Your English teacher is probably correct in the sense that those are the only complete, grammatically-correct sentences that contain only one word. But in common writing we often use one-word statements that are not complete sentences. Like Robusto's example, "Where are you going?" "Home." "Home." is not really a "sentence" as it contains neither a subject nor a verb but just an object. It conveys no clear meaning by itself, but only when heard with the preceding question. But I wouldn't be afraid to use such statements. They're perfectly acceptable to all but the most annoying pedants.
When I was in school, teachers often insisted that on a test, all answers must be complete sentences. So if the question was, say, "What is the capital of France?", a student who wrote "Paris" would be marked wrong. The student was required to write, "The capital of France is Paris." Which always struck me as rather silly: the question is right there, the teacher and I both know what it is, why do I need to repeat it? I recall my chemistry teacher once saying that on his tests it was NOT necessary to do this. That if he asked, "What chemical reaction occurs when you mix NaCl and AgNO3?", you should just write the resultant chemicals, it was not necessary to write, "Yes indeed, a chemical reaction occurs when you mix NaCl and AgNO3. ..."
The single word sentences that reply to a question are not valid sentences in written English. They might be valid in a spoken conversation but in written English (outside of direct speech) they are elliptical. A valid sentence (as opposed to a spoken utterance) requires, at the very least a subject and a verb (e.g. 'Birds fly.'). In the creation of a grammatical correct written sentence, a minimum of two words are necessary.
There is an additional method of formulating a one word sentence.
The use of the "..." eludes, more to come, but is a valid use of a single-word sentence.
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We know in Spring, <bean> has an attribute "primary" to indicate a bean is the first candidate if there are multiple beans are available to be autowired to a property.
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Please advise how can I achieve this, thanks.