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15 Dec 2008 10:29 AM #1
Tip: ExtJS, Adobe AIR and SQLite
I had a hard finding a simple code sample demonstrating ExtJS binding to an AIR SQLite database. I'm posting here for anyone looking for a few lines of code to get them started.
With some help from the sample app, here's the shortest code snippet I could cook up:
myConn = Ext.sql.Connection.getInstance(); myConn.open('clippy2.db.sqlite'); ClipStore = Ext.extend(Ext.data.Store, { clipsRecord: Ext.data.Record.create([ {name: 'id', type:'string'}, // this is your db schema {name: 'title', type:'string'}, {name: 'clip', type:'string'} ]), constructor: function(){ ClipStore.superclass.constructor.call(this, { sortInfo:{field: 'title', direction: "ASC"}, reader: new Ext.data.JsonReader({ id: 'id', fields: this.clipsRecord }) }); this.conn = myConn; this.proxy = new Ext.sql.Proxy(myConn, 'clips', 'id', this); } }); mx = new ClipStore; mx.load(); air.Introspector.Console.log(ClipStore); // evidence the store has your data!
17 Dec 2008 7:43 AM #2
Take a look at the latest release of Ext.air.
This will be included in the Ext 2.2.1 and Ext 3.x versions but can be downloaded now via the blog.
One new convenience class that was added was the Ext.sql.SQLiteStore which assists in setting up a store quickly and easily.
var mx = new Ext.sql.SQLiteStore({ dbFile: 'clippy2.db.sqlite', key: 'id', fields: [ {name: 'id', type:'string'}, // this is your db schema {name: 'title', type:'string'}, {name: 'clip', type:'string'} ] });Aaron Conran
17 Dec 2008 11:06 AM #3
Aaron -- well that's just damn lovely! Thanks for the tip. I'll migrate my code over to using that.
Another quick tip for everyone binding SQLite to ExtJS: once you have the database bound to the store, everything else works like it normally would. You can bind it to a grid, add/edit/destroy records, etc. It is automatically talking to the database behind the scenes. You can go into a SQLite editor (like Firefox's SQLite manager) and see the changes. It's really slick not to have to deal with any SQL for very simple operations.
Even though there is a bit of a curve involved in learning ExtJS (which I'm still doing), I've been very, very impressed by the framework. Well thought out, kudos!
18 Feb 2009 3:22 AM #4Code:
var mx = new Ext.sql.SQLiteStore({ dbFile: 'clippy2.db.sqlite', key: 'id', tableName : 'toto', fields: [ {name: 'id', type:'string'}, // this is your db schema {name: 'title', type:'string'}, {name: 'clip', type:'string'} ] });
Don't forget the config option "tableName" else it will not work.
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27 Feb 2009 9:23 AM #7
How do I go about joining two or more tables together or any custom query using Ext.sql.SQLiteStore?
20 Dec 2009 12:25 PM #8
is it possible to use an absolute path for the dbfile? So instead of
dbFile: 'clippy2.db.sqlite',
dbFile: 'c:/clippy2.db.sqlite',
dbFile: 'file:///c:/clippy2.db.sqlite',
I am using Adobe Air and my database is not saved in the prog-path but in the AppData folder of windows.
22 Dec 2009 2:31 PM #9
Works now... My solution for Adobe Air:
dbFile: air.File.applicationStorageDirectory.resolvePath("clippy2.db").url.replace('\\','\/'),
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One question... will this work for Sencha Touch too ??


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I'm having a problem: I can not find proper settings for my D90 and NodalNinja 3, I guess I have the first version of NN.
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The oud is the most beautiful and important musical instrument in the middle east. It is the most beloved and shared instrument for Arabs and Jews. With the oud, as in the desert, time resonates in its own unique, boundless form, a type of Taqsim. Peace, too, takes its time".
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"....Music strengthens the beauty that exist in human soul "
"I was on my own early on Friday night, so I went along to see the Kronos quartet on stage one , but after they had played the Star Spangled Banner and Purple Haze opener the fire seemed to go out of their bellies, so I wandered over to see the most excellent Yair Dalal on stage three, which snuggles down in a dell to the right of stage one .
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I'm interested in finding out:
- what the process of choosing the books of the New Testament was,
- when did it occur,
- who did the choosing, and
- what are the supporting evidences
I'm interested in finding out:
The canon developed gradually over the course of more than 300 years. In many cases, when decisions were made, they were simply to acknowledge what was already being read in the churches.
The process started early. Already in 2 Peter 3:16, there is a reference to the letters of Paul:
So at least some of the churches were already circulating Paul's letters and reading them as scripture.
The Gospels were written after Paul's letters, and the Apostolic Fathers quoted most often from Matthew, but also sometimes from Mark and Luke, and eventually from John.
By the late 2nd century, Irenaeus (Against Heresies 3.11.8) was claiming that the canon must contain exactly four gospels:
This was to counter fringe groups that were producing their own gospels, as well as Marcion, who argued for just one gospel (Luke).
We don't know who compiled the list known as the Muratorian Fragment, but it also dates from the second century and contains this canon:
Hebrews, James, 2 Peter, and 3 John were not yet accepted.
The fragment also recommends the Shepherd of Hermas as being worth reading but not qualifying for the canon because it was written "quite lately in our time".
By the early fourth century, the church historian Eusebius (Church History 3.25) sorts the known early writings into cateogories.
The first category is:
Next in importance are:
These are the writings that are universally accepted by the church. Eusebius adds that some believe Revelation should be included in this set.
The next category includes books that are disputed by some:
These would all eventually be added to the canon.
The next category includes books that rejected from the canon but worth reading:
He mentions that some would place Revelation in this group, and others would include the Gospel of the Hebrews.
And finally, Eusebius mentions other writings that are considered heretical, which he says should be "cast aside as absurd and impious." These include the gospels of Peter and Thomas, among others.
The first known list of canon that matches today's New Testament is found in the Easter Letter of Athanasius for the year 367:
Athanasius then adds that other books—the Wisdom of Solomon, the Shepherd, the Teaching of the Apostles, et al.—should be read by new converts. So even as the canon was being defined, there was recognition that among the excluded books were some that were part of the church teaching, and some that were not.
Let me give you the original document of Council Of Carthage AD 419
Here, the council take a decision to send the list to BONIFACE bishop of Rome, again in the council of Hippo, it was mentioned that "send the list to Rome and ratify it" It was the Roman Church who decided the canon, based on apostolic tradition..
This is hard to reference because it's a fairly organic process, but the works translated by St. Jerome into Latin to make up the Vulgate (People's) Bible are the ones that were read during early liturgies.
From a doctrinal stand point, this is the other answer:
When the Canon of the Scripture was closed, it already contained a list of books that were widely accepted as authoritative in the Christian communities spread all over the known world.
What we know today as deuterocanonical (or apocryphal) books of the New Testament were considered heretic very early in the history of the Christian communities. So there was never really a given time when people gathered and examined books to decide which ones would be included and which ones wouldn't.
Wikipedia has some interesting information about the Christian Canon.


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I have yet to complete an infographic on the new prices, but the new way I'll be doing things is as follows. All the prices below are for a single character with a simple background. Anything more complicated than that I'm completely happy to do, but we'll need to negotiate a slightly bigger price over notes.
- Sketches remain $5
- Lineart with flat colour will be $20
- Full paintings will be $50
As for content, I'm happy to draw pretty much anything in the case of original characters. However, I do get commissioned for fanart too and in those cases I'm slightly more strict on what I will and will not draw (mainly that I'm not big on drawing Rule 34 stuff in these cases).
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Following our two-week expedition on Denali, Sarah and I spent just over a week exploring the area around Anchorage. We started with a scenic drive through the Chugach to the town of Seward.
We first headed south, driving the Seward Highway along the coast of the Turnagain Arm.
endless views along the highway
scenic trestle in the Chugach
Seward is a small fishing town on Resurrection Bay off the Gulf of Alaska
downtown Seward
snow-capped peaks guarding all sides of Resurrection Bay
We spent the rest of the afternoon at the Alaska SeaLife Center.
puffin in the bird sanctuary at the museum
sunset in Seward
Dinner time! When in Alaska, there are some things that one simply must do.
The following morning, Aaron, Jason, and Josh joined us for an all-day boat tour of Kenai Fjords National Park. Our destination was the Northwestern Glacier and included lots of stops along the way for wildlife sightings.
glaciated peaks of Kenai Fjords National Park
playful porpoise riding the boat's wake
the rapidly receding Bear Glacier
Tree line is quite low around here.
pair of humpback whales
namesake of the humpback whale
bumpy tail of a humpback whale
two orcas (killer whales)
Male orcas have much taller dorsal fins than female orcas.
surfacing juvenile orca
pod of orcas, including a juvenile
angry sea lions
These guys were incredibly loud.
reflections in the still waters of Harris Bay as we headed inland toward the Northwester Glacier
first glimpse of the Northwestern Glacier
steep waterfall plunging into the icy waters of Harris Bay
terminus of the Northwestern Glacier
chunk of ice calving from the glacier
the ice chunks were littered with harbor seals
harbor seal mother and pup
These rocks and cliffs were extremely popular with the sea gulls.
The sea gulls were extremely popular with the bald eagles.
On our return to Resurrection Bay, we caught a quick glimpse of a fin whale, the second largest whale species (second to the blue whale).
After another night in Seward, we drove back to Anchorage. Along the way, we stopped for a hike to Gull Point. From the trail, we could see the Seward Highway on the other side of the Turnagain Arm.
Just three days after getting the nail removed, Sarah's big toe was feeling much better. It had healed so quickly, in fact, that we ditched our pack, SLR, and wallets behind a log. We then jogged to Gull Point and back, which was almost ten miles round trip.
Alaska's epic winter snowfall and recent heavy rains resulted in some serious mud along the trail.
Sarah putting her nail-less toe to the test
Gull Point offered great views of Turnagain Arm and the surrounding peaks.
Sarah crossing through a rare clearing in the dense forest on our way back to the car
After our run, we finished the drive back to Anchorage.
looking across Turnagain Arm from the Seward Highway at the Gull Point trail (just above the water on the distant beach)
After a night in Anchorage, we headed back to Denali National Park. This time, we intended to do some camping and sightseeing in the park. We were hoping to have better luck with the weather this time.
portrait of Sarah along the Parks Highway
a moose crossing a stream along the Parks Highway
mosquito free!
rapidly growing clouds closing in on the park entrance
We camped at a walk-in site at the Riley Creek Campground within the park.
The campground host warned us about recent grizzly bear activity not far from our site. The grizzly had killed two moose calves the previous day. Just a few hundred feet from our tent, we saw evidence of an enormous struggle.
grizzly's front paw print
We made sure to keep a clean camp site and utilize the park's luxurious bear boxes.
Much to our dismay, the weather was just as bad now as when we left the mountain a week earlier. We decided to start with a hike of the Triple Lakes Trail.
tracks of the famous Alaska Railroad
The soggy tundra required some creative trail making techniques.
At least the wildflowers were enjoying the wet weather.
first of the three lakes
second and third lake
Within a mile of Riley Creek (and the site of the grizzly attack), we saw fresh grizzly scat which was loaded with moose hair.
impressive suspension bridge spanning Riley Creek
train trestle spanning high above Riley Creek
After a second night of camping in the rain, we took a bus tour of the park. Beyond the Visitor Center area, access to the park is restricted to park operated buses. We were disappointed that the weather had not improved, but we tried to make the most of the tour.
Denali National Park was originally founded in an effort to protect the large population of dall sheep. Here, a ram is seen grazing high on a rocky slope.
Grizzly bear mother with two cubs
mother leading the two cubs across the rugged land
Though our luck with the weather wasn't so good, we were super fortunate to get a close-up encounter with one of the parks elusive wolves.
Even the wolf was fed up with all this rain.
The dark, overcast skies made it difficult to capture a decent photo. This is the sharpest image I managed to capture. The look in its eyes was incredible.
Kathrin Gruber, who was on the tour bus with us, graciously shared this image with me. (© Kathrin Gruber)
Our stop at the Eielson Visitor Center was prolonged by a visit from one of the park residents. Apparently the view of Denali from this visitor center is stunning. Unfortunately, the majority of park visitors never get to see a clear view of the peak. We were definitely part of this majority.
After an 85-mile ride over dirt roads in a tour bus, we finally arrived at Wonder Lake.
a gyrfalcon, the largest of the falcon species, perched on a rock high above the road
On this particular day, the park received a record amount of rainfall. The Toklat River was raging. A section of the park road was washed away by a landslide, and we had to wait for construction crews to repair the road.
moose crossing a stream in the haze
wet moose
Before leaving the following morning, we stopped by the dog kennels to see a short demonstration of the sled dogs. During the winter, the dogs are used to carry supplies within the park and to patrol for poachers.
tired mom with a litter of puppies
mom and two of the puppies
sea gull staring me down from the roof of our car
On our way back to Anchorage, we stopped along the Parks Highway to enjoy a brief break in the clouds.
making the most of a rare glimpse of the blue sky
On our final full day in Alaska, we decided to hike Bird Ridge. Aaron, Jason, and Josh had done this hike earlier in the week and recommended it. Sarah and I weren't able to join them at the time because Sarah's toe was still healing.
The trail climbs steeply up the hillside above the Seward Highway and the Turnagain Arm.
brilliant wildflowers
looking out the Turnagain Arm as the tide comes in
The steady breeze above tree line kept the temps pretty cool.
Huge cornices guarded the summit of Bird Ridge.
Soon, we had several bald eagles soaring overhead. The name Bird Ridge made immediate sense.
After several hours of watching the eagles, we realized that they were starting all the way down by the beach and riding the thermals which lifted them rapidly up the ridge.
an eagle starting its climb by circling down by the beach
Within seconds, it had climbed over a thousand feet and was at our eye level.
Then it quickly passed overhead and continued high into the sky.
another one following the same trajectory
This was a great spot to watch them. We spent several hours here observing them.
This fella had a fish in his talons!
soaking in the views of our last day in Alaska
The juvenile bald eagles lack the white head and tail and have mottled wings.
For our last night of the trip, we treated ourselves to one last salmon dinner. We then walked the streets of Anchorage well into the night. For the first time, we were treated to clear skies, and we caught this amazing glimpse of the mountains in the distance.
Mt. Foraker, Mt. Hunter, and Denali (L to R), as seen from 130-miles away in Anchorage
I was surprised to spy an Audi R8 parked on the street in downtown Anchorage. I was even more surprised to see that it had Washington plates. The body showed signs of abuse from the ALCAN highway. Impressive.
downtown Anchorage under late night sun
We decided to catch the sunset from the top of this public parking structure. The views of the city were quite nice.
This is Anchorage at 11:30 P.M.
setting sun and Denali (far right) just before midnight
The sun finally disappeared at 11:48 P.M.
midnight light with Denali on the horizon (far right)
parting shot of Sarah in front of the midnight sun and the silhouette of Denali
Leaving was super difficult. This was such an amazing trip, and we didn't want it to end. We were super grateful to finally be treated to this beautiful view of Denali.
The next morning, we entertained ourselves with getting all of our gear back into duffel bags, ready for the plane. We had to dispose of the remaining fuel from our camping stoves.
Back home after our redeye flight, we had quite the gear explosion on the living room floor.
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In Washington this afternoon, Senator Dianne Feinstein proposed a plan that would ban the sale, transfer, and manufacturing of 158 semi-automatic weapons with at least one military feature. While today, in Metcalfe county, State Representative Bart Rowland joined a town hall meeting to hear the concerns of those who disapprove of plans like these.
"Our founding fathers felt that this was such an important issue, they made it the second amendment to our U.S. Constitution, and we need to do what we can to help protect that," said State Rep. Bart Rowland.
And his constituents at today's meeting felt firing back with state legislation could send that message back to Washington.
"They can nullify bad federal law that is against the Constitution, and I think the state not only has the right, but the duty and responsibility to do that," said citizen lobbyist Richard Treitz.
Treitz says the ninth and tenth amendments should give the state the ability to do that, guarding rights not specifically protected by the constitution, or given to the federal government.
While many cannot agree on this issue, some say they do agree with the limitations on who can legally purchase firearms.
"I do believe there should be some type of background checks done, because anyone who has felonies should have no weapons," said Neal Poindexter, concerned citizen
Others fear these proposals will lead to even more violence.
"People are not going to give up that right. They're not going to give up those guns, and now where does it end? Taxes? Where people will say, I'm already a criminal now I'll do whatever I want," said concerned citizen Roger Cory.
Rowland says other members of the house have talked about proposing a bill that would address these issues, and says he'd be on board.
Rowland says the bill has a long way to go. He hopes it will be ready by Feb. 5, and says it must pass the house before it can reach a vote in the state senate, and then be approved by the governor.


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Given $$\sum_{i=1}^n x_i = 1,$$ what values of $x_i$ minimize the sum $$\sum_{i=1}^{n}x_i^2\ ?$$
You can use the method of Lagrange multipliers; but the problem is much more simple here.
You have an equation that defines a plane, and you want the vector on the plane that is closest to $\mathbf{0}$. The normal vector to the plane is $(1,1,\ldots,1)$, so you want to find the vector $(x_1,\ldots,x_n)$ in the plane such that $(x_1,\ldots,x_n)+t(1,1,\ldots,1) = (0,0,\ldots,0)$ for some $t$.
Hence we must have $x_1=\cdots=x_n$, and to lie on the plane you must have $nx_1=1$, so the answer is the vector $(\frac{1}{n},\frac{1}{n},\ldots,\frac{1}{n})$.
(This can also be seen by symmetry, since whatever the answer is, it should be invariant under swapping variables, since they all play symmetric roles).
One way is to apply the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality to two $n$-dimensional vectors $\mathit{\boldsymbol a}=(x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_n)$ and $\mathit{\boldsymbol b}=(1,1,\ldots,1)$.
From $|\mathit{\boldsymbol a}\cdot\mathit{\boldsymbol b}|\le |\mathit{\boldsymbol a}||\mathit{\boldsymbol b}|$ it follows that $$|x_1+x_2+\cdots+x_n|\le \sqrt{x_1^2+x_2^2+\cdots+x_n^2}\sqrt{1+1+\cdots+1}.$$
Since the left hand side equals $|1|=1$, $$\frac{1}{n}\le x_1^2+x_2^2+\cdots+x_n^2.$$
The two sides are equal if and only if $\mathit{\boldsymbol a}$ and $\mathit{\boldsymbol b}$ are parallel, that is, $x_1=x_2=\cdots=x_n(=1/n)$.
Let $S=\sum\limits_i x_i^2$. Define $z_i=x_i-h$ for $h=1/n$. One looks for the vector $(z_i)$ such that $\sum\limits_i z_i=0$ which minimizes $$ S=\sum_i(z_i+h)^2=\sum_iz_i^2+2h\sum_iz_i+h^2\sum_i1=\sum_iz_i^2+2h\cdot0+h^2\cdot n=\sum_iz_i^2+h. $$ Since $z_i^2\ge0$ for every $i$, the last expression of $S$ shows simultaneously that $S\ge h$ for every $(x_i)$ and that $S$ is minimal when $z_i=0$ for every $i$, that is, when $x_i=1/n$ for every $i$.


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Top Kid-Friendly Spring Break Vacations
Looking for a great travel destination this spring break? Check out these hot spots. Your whole family will love them and, best of all, they won't break the bank!
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Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC
When the Japanese sent a gift of 3,000 cherry trees from Tokoyo to Washington DC in 1912, they created a new tradition: gathering in our nation's capital to celebrate the annual bloom of cherry blossoms. Get your kids into the spirit of spring with this flowery festival. View exhibits, listen to music, or participate in a bike tour with your children -- and enjoy the seasonal sunshine!
For more information, visit: www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org
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|Douglas J. and Deborah (Hartley) Forchelli, 1962
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ELC Support for New Instructors
Advice for Instructors New to NAU or New to Teaching Online
Have you ever noticed that when you've been working for a while, there are bunch of things you wish someone had told you when you were just getting started? That's what this document is supposed to do for instructors new to NAU and instructors new to teaching online.
Your Identity: Once the new hire paperwork is complete, every NAU employee is assigned a unique NAU ID, which is usually your initials followed by a number. For example, John Q. Public's ID might be jqp19 if he was the 19th person hired at NAU with those initials. You get to set your own password, and will be required to change it frequently. Nobody who works for NAU should ask you for your password. You will use this username and password to log into almost all NAU systems. Faculty and staff e-mail addresses will usually be firstname.lastname@example.com, unless that's already taken. Student email addresses are in the form "firstname.lastname@example.com"
Human Resources: Our HR office is the place to contact or visit for all questions about your contract, medical benefits, retirement, etc. For "security sensitive" positions (almost anyone who deals with private data) you will need to be fingerprinted shortly after being hired. You'll probably want to schedule a new hire orientation.
Required Training: You will need to complete the mandatory Preventing Workplace Harrassment training online. If you are an instructor or if you deal with student records, you will also need to familiarize yourself with FERPA guidelines and complete the FERPA training. Employees are required to disclose any potential conflicts of interest in the annual CERT survey. If you want to drive a university vehicle or even use your own vehicle for university business, you must complete the defensive driving training.
Campus Security and Safety: We use the NAU Alert system to send SMS text messages to all subscribers in the case of a campus emergency. Participation is voluntary. Campus Police are located in building 98A and can be reached by dialing 911 or 523-3000 in case of emergency. For non-emergencies, call 523-3611.
Voicemail: You can check your office voicemail from anywhere by dialing (928) 523-6225. You can also check your Communité voicemail online. You will need to enter your 5 digit telephone extention (3-XXXX) and voicemail password for access. You even have the option to give up your phone entirely and use the university's Enterprise Voice system for calls, conferencing, and more. This Unified Messaging system uses Microsoft Lync, is available for both Windows and Macintosh users, and may require the additional purchase of a headset mic and webcam depending on your intended use.
Academic Integrity: You will find NAU's policies on Student Academic Integrity, including standard disciplinary procedures, in the Student Handbook. You might be interested in a module on Academic Integrity created by the e-Learning Center. If you use Blackboard and assign written work, you should consider taking training from ELC on the Safe Assign tool.
LOUIE: The Lumberjacks Online University Information Environment (LOUIE for short) is the place where you can find paycheck information, track how much sick leave and vacation time you have accumulated, etc. LOUIE runs on a software product called PeopleSoft, and you may sometimes hear it referred to in that way. LOUIE is the also system where students enroll in their classes, and where instructors post their official grades.
Tech Support : ITS is NAU's central IT division. There are also local tech support staff who report to the College or Department. Typically, ITS handles things that are done campus wide, like e-mail, while the local IT person will be the one who knows the systems in your building, like your work computer. ITS has two tech support help desks: the Solution Center for faculty and the Student Technology Center for students, and a Software Downloads page where you can obtain NAU site-licensed software.
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Extended Campuses: If you're working someplace other than on NAU's Flagstaff Mountain Campus, you're probably in touch with our Extended Campuses office, which is also commonly known as Distance Learning. NAU has 36 campuses distributed around the state of Arizona.
e-Learning: The e-Learning Center provides support for faculty in the effective use of many technology tools for teaching and learning, including Blackboard Learn, NAU's online Learning Management System. We can assist whether you will teach in-person or online, and whether you are located on the NAU mountain campus or one of our statewide sites. ELC offers faculty support through our help desk, a large collection of online tutorials and answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs), both online and in-person training, and one-on-one consultation with technical and instructional specialists. At a minimum, you should take the Essential Computer Skills and Intro to Bb Learn training (either in person or online, as available) before you begin to teach online for the first time. If possible, you should also negotiate that, the first time you teach online, you do so with pre-built course content. If you can do both of those things, you'll likely want to continue to work for NAU after your first semester. When you are building your first online course from scratch, there are lots of technical and pedagogical things to think about. Contact ELC if you need help.
Cline Library: In addition to having the biggest computer labs on campus, Cline Library has a great staff who offer a range of services for faculty including e-reserves, media services, and course support.
Disability Resources: DR promotes the full inclusion of persons with disabilities in the Northern Arizona University community. DR can give you good advice and assistance in making your online course more accessible. If a student in your class discloses to you that they have a disability and are requesting an accomodation, contact DR immediately for guidance.
Faculty Development: The Faculty Development Program offers opportunities for professional development in teaching to enrich success in student learning, plays a key role in strengthening a learning-centered campus culture leading to student success, advances new teaching and learning initiatives that impact student success, fosters collegial dialogue within and among faculty and campus partners about effective teaching, and serves as a convenor to showcase faculty expertise in teaching.


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These notes introduce the fragrance and can last up to 15 minutes.
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The "master password" that Firefox allows you to set, when remembering passwords for sites, is also used to protect the private keys for personal certificates (that is, they are encrypted with a key derived from that master password). Firefox may fail to suggest setting such a password when generating a new key if you instructed it not to use one.
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The 1912 is a critical one in retrospect for the appreciator of Scientific Romances, with 2012 a consequent year of significant centennials. For events notable and ignoble, 1912 shines as some of the genre's greatest achievements and some of the world's most harrowing disasters.
Edgar Rice Burroughs burst onto the literary scene in 1912 with two pulpy novels introducing readers to two of fiction's most enduring characters. One was A Princess of Mars, the first story for John Carter. Spawning a lengthy series and finally reaching the silver screen this year courtesy of Disney, A Princess of Mars begat the most well known saga of Planetary Romances.
As if to outdo himself, Burroughs also published the first adventure of Tarzan this same year. Like John Carter, Tarzan of the Apes would also father a commercially successful series of novels. Unlike Carter, Tarzan truly hit pop-culture with a fury. The first film version of his exploits flickered across the screen in 1918 and has rarely been absent from it. Johnny Weissmuller's portrayal in the 1930's, complete with his Tarzan yell, is one of Hollywood's most iconic characters. What Carter was to Planetary Romances, Tarzan was to Imperialist Romances.
However, even Burroughs was to be outdone in that genre by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Having reluctantly brought his famed detective back to life in 1901's The Hound of the Baskervilles, Conan Doyle was still looking for ways to shake off this albatross of his own invention. By 1912 he invented Professor George Edward Challenger, the great, controversial and irascible scientist who discovered a hidden plateau in South America where dinosaurs still reigned supreme. The Lost World, though never as popular as the Holmes novels, is perhaps his second best known work, arguably the first full dinosaur novel and true "Lost World"-type story.
Hugo Gernsback, whose Amazing Stories defined Science Fiction (or as he preferred to call it, "Scientifiction") during the Interwar years, completed the serializing of his first story Ralph 124C 41+: A Romance of the Year 2660. Begun in 1911 in his own magazine Modern Electrics, this ofttimes "tawdry" tale outlines the futurist vision that would later adorn the covers of Amazing Stories. Ralph 124C 41+ is a liminal tale on the cusp between Victorian-Edwardian Scientific Romance and modern Science Fiction.
There were other notable publications in 1912, including several Tom Swift novels, Garrett P. Serviss' The Second Deluge and William Hope Hodgson's The Night Land. Serviss described the end of life as we know it on Earth and Hodgson wrote of its aftermath, in a story that H.P. Lovecraft himself described as "one of the most potent pieces of macabre imagination ever written." Their shared dread was not unfounded. 1912 was the beginning of the First Balkan War in which Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro won independence from Turkey. Ending in 1913, it was a direct prelude to World War I.
It was still a notable year for exploration and scientific expansion. Wegner first proposed the theory of Continental Drift in 1912 and the Piltdown Man surfaced. Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated expedition did successfully reach the South Pole, though they did not successfully return. Roald Amundsen announced his previous victory at the same endeavour. Perhaps inspired by the journey, Georges Méliès released one of his last films: The Conquest of the Pole.
With the poles conquered in fact and film, the air became the next proving ground. The Wright Brothers were the first to fly in 1909, but the first to cross from Paris to London was Henri Seimet in 1912. That same year, Harriet Quimby was the first woman to follow across the Channel. Italy was the first to use airplanes for military purposes, as reconnaissance vessels, and England established the Royal Flying Corps, realizing what H.G. Wells predicted in his 1908 novel The War in the Air (in 1912, he was writing Marriage and The Great State).
Airplanes were first used for bombing during the Balkan War and the American military invaded both Nicaragua and Cuba. These cast a pall over technology and politics, but nothing impacted the public so gravely as the sinking of the RMS Titanic in April. As the largest and most advanced steamship ever built, the Titanic was considered the apogee, if not the apotheosis, of industry. Exquisite in every detail, from luxury to service to safety, the ship's owners felt secure enough to undersupply lifeboats and overtax speed in the iceberg-laden North Atlantic waters. The inevitable result was a collision that cost the lives of over 1500 people and shook the West's faith in technological progress.
1912 was a year of transition. Woodrow Wilson won the American presidency for the Democrats against Taft's Republicans and former president and all-round toughguy Teddy Roosevelt's third party Progressives. Emperor Meiji of Japan died with the crown passed to Emperor Taisho, whose ineffective rule led to the rise of conservative militarism. Power was also shifting from the West to the globe: just the year before, Milo Hastings published In the Clutch of the War-God, one of several novels from both the West and East outlining the possibilities of war between America and Japan. The causes of Suffrage and Labour continued apace, including the Bread and Roses Strike, the largest and most successful in American history.
From the sinking of the Titanic to the advent of aerial warfare, from the introduction of Edgar Rice Burroughs to the exit of Georges Méliès, 1912 was one of those critical turning points in history. It was a pivot in Scientific Romances especially.
Thursday, 2 February 2012
1912: Zenith of the Scientific Romances
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I was wondering if anyone else besides me remembered that 2012 was a special centennial year for some literary greats lke Tarzan and John Carter. Thank you!
- 3 February 2012 at 14:42
- Cory Gross said...
Remember? I've shaped this blog's year around it! This month is Tarzan, next month is John Cartner, April is the Titanic, and September is The Lost World. Between those I'm going to have a month devoted to invasion literature, Atomic Age films, and a smackdown between Verne and Wells.
I hope you'll enjoy it!
- 4 February 2012 at 07:33
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Recall that a kernel conditionaly of negative type on a set $X$ is a map $\psi:X\times X\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ with the following properties:
1) $\psi(x,x)=0$
2) $\psi(y,x)=\psi(x,y)$
3) for any elements $x_1,...x_n$ and all real numbers $c_1,...,c_n$, with $c_1+...+c_n=0$, the following inequality holds: $$ \sum_{i=1}^{n}\sum_{j=1}^{n} c_ic_j\psi(x_i,x_j)\leq 0. $$
Let $G$ be a discrete group. Recall that a function $G\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ is conditionally of negative type if the kernel $\psi$, defined by $\psi(g,h)= \psi(h^{−1}g)$ is conditionaly of negative type.
Does there exist class of discrete groups which admit an explicit description of functions which are conditionaly of negative type?


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Is it possible to install Win 7, Ubuntu, Debian as triple boot? If so, which one should I install first after Win 7? Will there be problem with GRUB? and Is it fine to install those two linux in logical/extended partition?
Yes it is definitely possible (I've done it before).
Windows 7 first so it doesn't overwrite GRUB, and then Ubuntu or Debian can be installed in whatever order you please. They will both install their version of GRUB onto your master boot record, but Ubuntu's will likely be a more recent version.
It is fine to use logical partitions, although you might have to chainload GRUB. As long as you aren't making any other partitions, you should be fine to install them all on primary partitions though.
yes it's possible
you should install the windows 7 ,debian and in the last ubuntu . grub2 automatically detect the other os
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This question is prompted by a great talk of Beauville:
The talk is called "Luroth problem". In this talk Beauville considers in particular Fano three-folds and says how one can prove that some of them are not rational.
Still I was not able to figure out the following: is there any example of a rational (smooth of course) complex projective three fold that admits a deformation that is not rational? If yes what is the simplest example?


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Aaaaaaannnd, I'm back! Did I get everything done that I wanted to? Nope. But, I got my major project done so that feels pretty good. In my absence I participated in Vegansaurus' project to veganize the wining recipes from Top Chef Just Desserts (just about the hardest thing I have ever had to do in the kitchen), and just tonight I made the Lemon Pies and Salted Caramel Ice Cream for Vegan Mom's birthday. Delicious!
This is a recipe I have been meaning to share since the summer. It is adapted from Gordon Ramsay's Great Escape, which is both a cookbook and a TV show. You can watch the show here, but I will warn you that he comes off as a culturally insensitive clod, and he whines a lot when he goes to southern India and can't eat any meat. The part in the ashram is just downright embarrassing. I used the BBQ and a clay baker to finish off the dish, but you could also put it in the oven at 450.
- 1 head of cauliflower, cut into florets
- 1 cup soy yogurt
- 1 inch piece of ginger, minced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 tsp tumeric
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1 1/2 tsp garam masala
- 1/2 tsp coriander
- 1 tsp tandoori spice blend
- salt to taste
- 2 tbsp oil
- 2 onions, cut into rings
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 -2 tbsp water
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1/2 tsp tandoori spice blend
1. Bring a large pot of water to the boil, then cook cauliflower florets for 2-3 mins, until just tender. Drain and rinse with ice cold water. Leave to drain.
2. While cauliflower is cooking/draining, whisk spices (including the salt) into the yogurt, then toss with the cauliflower in a bowl. If you have time, let this sit for a few hours in the fridge, covered.
3. Heat the BBQ to about 500 degrees and transfer the cauliflower to a clay baker. Cook, uncovered (but with BBQ lid down), for 15-20 mins, or until the cauliflower is tender.
4. While the cauliflower is baking, heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat and saute onion rings for 10-12 mins, until a golden brown. Add tomato paste and water and cook for a few mins more, then add spices (add a splash more water if need be). Cook for one min, then put on top of the cauliflower. Garnish with cilantro, if desired, and serve.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Tandoori Cauliflower
Aaaaaaannnd, I'm back! Did I get everything done that I wanted to? Nope. But, I got my major project done so that feels pretty good. In my absence I participated in Vegansaurus' project to veganize the wining recipes from Top Chef Just Desserts (just about the hardest thing I have ever had to do in the kitchen), and just tonight I made the Lemon Pies and Salted Caramel Ice Cream for Vegan Mom's birthday. Delicious!
Posted by Vegan Dad at 8:48 PM
Labels: cauliflower, Indian
21 comments:
- Heidi said...
Mmmm, that looks delicious!! I'm just new to your blog as of yesterday, but I'm soooo glad you're back!!!
- November 21, 2010 at 9:34 PM
- foodfeud said...
Welcome back! The onions look amazing.
- November 21, 2010 at 10:26 PM
- Debbie said...
So glad you're back :-)
- November 21, 2010 at 10:36 PM
- The Los Altos Hill Billy said...
Great to have you back! I have a vegetarian daughter and I always look forward to your post to ignite new ideas. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge!
- November 21, 2010 at 11:08 PM
- VeganLinda said...
So glad you are back! Looks great!
- November 22, 2010 at 1:26 AM
- Ali - YumVeggieBurger said...
that looks AMAZING! I am such a sucker for anything with cauliflower in it...
- November 22, 2010 at 1:44 AM
- veganfoody said...
That looks absolutely amazing. I just happen to have a cauliflower sitting in my fridge, wondering what's its purpose in life is. I think I've just found it ;)
Spot on about Gordon Ramsey. Like most chefs on TV he can't think past a chunk of dead animal on a plate. Having to design a dish without it is just too difficult for poor little Gordy.
- November 22, 2010 at 2:40 AM
- Dylan said...
I missed you!
- November 22, 2010 at 6:37 PM
- KamalKitchen said...
nice vegan version..this is quite a popular veg cousin of tandoori chicken..
- November 23, 2010 at 1:34 AM
- jotova said...
Welcome Back and thanks !
- November 23, 2010 at 11:34 AM
- Aoibhe said...
This looks absolutely delish!
- November 24, 2010 at 5:35 AM
- veganspoonful.com said...
That looks mouth-wateringly good! A combination of my favorite vegetable dish - roasted cauliflower - with my favorite ethnic cuisine! I can't wait to try it.
- November 25, 2010 at 2:10 PM
- Tender Branson said...
Great showing. Wonderful looking dish.
- November 25, 2010 at 2:50 PM
- Good-Dees said...
wow...this looks outstanding...and soooo do-able, but I have never used a clay baker on the BBQ...do you soak it as you normally do for oven use?
- November 27, 2010 at 6:35 PM
- Kumudha said...
Wow! great recipe...
Tandoori cauliflower will taste great with Chapathis!
- November 28, 2010 at 4:35 PM
- Matt said...
I used to read your blog quite a while ago and followed it for a long time. I think I must have got Really busy with school and just didn't have time to be near the internet too much, though because I stopped.
While avoiding homework tonight I decided to drop in.
I was wanting to say this previously but for some reason never did. Maybe it's because I'm sure you've heard this too many times, however this may not be something you can hear too many times.
You're an absolute wonder and inspiration. Thank you for maintaining your blog.
- November 28, 2010 at 10:49 PM
- CB said...
Nice recipe!
Ramsay's one redeeming comment from that trip was pretty good:
"I loved it," he says. "I now apologise to all vegetarians for being rude about them. I love them. I loved being on an ashram. I thought I would hate it, but I could've stayed there for a long time."
- November 29, 2010 at 1:57 PM
- vegan, today! said...
It's so wonderful to see you'll be posting again! I'm looking forward to seeing what you'll be making this winter.
- November 29, 2010 at 4:04 PM
- Jessica said...
Welcome back :) This looks delicious!
- November 29, 2010 at 5:35 PM
- SaraJane said...
Welcome back! This looks fantastic. I've been on an Indian kick lately. I'll have to try this.
- November 29, 2010 at 11:16 PM
- tweal said...
Ohhh this sounds good, I will have to try it - thanks for posting the recipe :)
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I read that the Rambam considered a Jew who converts to Islam NOT to be an Apikorus(אפיקורוס)\heretic or an ovdei avodah zarah, as opposed to a convert to Christianity who he considered to be heretic and avodah zarah. Is this true? According to the Rambam and other rabbis, is it permitted for a Jew to convert to Islam?
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In his Igerret Hashmad he teaches that Jews forcibly converted to Islam are not automatically or necessarily heretics. However he also limits this to the case presented to him and says that even in that situation martyrdom or fleeing is an option. http://thejewishchronicles.com/maimonides-iggeret-ha-shemad/ http://www.oxfordchabad.org/templates/blog/post_cdo/AID/708481/PostID/13360
There is a Sefer HaNehHomoh by the RaMbaM's father, Rabbi Maimon HaDayan HaSafardi (http://www.hebrewbooks.org/26889) He writes a whole letter to the jews who were forced to convert to islam in his time period. He quotes and explains posukim in order to calm them down and to tell them that they can still perform misSwoth and are still jews. The community at the time were fluent in arabic and not so educated with regards to judaism or its language, due to persecution and what have you. Therefore Rabbi Maimon translated for them the prayer of havineinu, which is a shortened version of the standard shamonei asrei prayer, into arabic, for the people didn't have time to pray or learn. He also says that there will come a time when the oppressors will stop oppressing us and we can live a normal jewish life. From this we see that it is not ok to convert to islam because if it was ok, jews would have been converting long ago without oppression. Not only that RaMbaM calls muslims apikorsim for saying that the Torah was changed. Your statement above is wrong. The christians are ovdei avodoh zoroh, but not apikorsim, muslims are apikorsim but not ovdei avodoh zoroh.
While you are correct that Islam is not heresy, that alone is not sufficient reason for a Jew to convert.
There are many things which are not accepted by Judaism but are not considered so damaging as to be branded heresy. For example, if I say I believe my rabbi is a prophet - that is a statement Judaism will roundly reject according to the mainstream opinion on what constitutes a prophet. But since there is nothing in the fundamentals of Judaism that says my rabbi is not a prophet, my belief is simply a rejected notion but not heresy. Similarly, if I believe that roses are blue and violets are red, I am not a heretic, but of course I am still mistaken.
The same Maimonides who said in his Iggeres HaShmad that one who converts to Islam is not a heretic, denied, in the same letter, that Muhammad was a prophet. He would also certainly deny, therefore, that the Quran is a revealed text. So while according to mainstream Jewish opinion Islam doesn't violate any of the fundamentals of Judaism which would render it heresy, it is still a mistaken belief system.


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I have a two inch cast iron pipe w/cup coming up from a concrete floor. There used to be a connection at the cup for a sink drain. That piece was broken by my handy man and subsequently removed by me. Now I need to cut off the cup to facilitate repair using ABS part with rubber connections to drain and vent. A chain break does not fit between the pipe and the wall; there is no room for a reciprocating saw; so I am considering a 9" angle grinder operated with the cutting wheel facing up. How do I keep the cup from pinching the cutting wheel or flying out when it is cut through? I don't even like having the wheel facing up, so I might cut lower on the pipe to avoid the cup interfering with the grinder body. Any help will be appreciated.
Remember, cast iron is brittle. A chain-breaker does not actually cut it, it cracks and separates it. You can use the same principle: use the angle grinder make a groove to weaken material around the perimeter of the material right where you want it to break. Then allow the grinding wheel to penetrate all the way through at only a single spot (a 1/4" or so). Then use a regular cold chisel to finish the job: Drive the chisel in at a tangent, following the groove you just cut. The wedge shape of the chisel will lift the cup up and away from the pipe, and like cutting glass, it'll snap right where you weakened it.
I've done it many times, and it only takes a few minutes.
Three small holes in the bell (@120 degrees apart) would let you support the bell end with baling wire or similar to an eyehook above.
I think the best way to do it is using a reciprocating saw (which most folk call "Sawzall") and a diamond blade specially purposed for cast iron. At least that is what I used successfully to cut my cast iron pipe. Chances are low you'll find those blades at a big box store, I got mine at a specialty pluming store.
I would need to see a picture to come up with some specific ideas, but you could try an oscillating tool (I have one and they are great for cutting in tight spaces - even metal), or maybe even some kind of metal cutting wire saw, like this one. You could also try a small hack saw, like this one.


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I'm looking for an easy way to place the user registration form on the front-end of a WordPress site. I've already used wp_login_form() to place the login form on the front end, but now I need to do the same with the signup form.
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I'm looking for an easy way to place the user registration form on the front-end of a WordPress site. I've already used wp_login_form() to place the login form on the front end, but now I need to do the same with the signup form.
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Jeff Starr wrote a great tutorial on front-end registration, login and password recovery
Now you have two examples how to code this yourself and trust me - it's definitely worth doing it this (your own) way. It's not that hard and it gives you freedom, flexibility and reusability that no plugin can offer.
Gravity Forms is the best contact form plugin for WordPress, IMO. There newest version, in beta, has a user registration add-on. I have tried it and it works great. It will cost you though...it is $199 for a developer license.
Pricing page http://www.gravityforms.com/purchase-gravity-forms/
Blog post talking about the user registration add-on http://www.gravityhelp.com/
I highly recommend this plugin to the WordPress community.
Detailed Specifications:
Here are some of the features of the User Registration Add-On:
in case you want to handle this yourself, here's what I use:
the code is almost identical to the one from the user signup page.
then add your form in your template:
you can either create a widget with this, a shortcode or just the usual page template...
Try the simplemodal login plugin. It allows registration and login (You have to enable user registration), and it's got a very nice look to it.
You may use Theme My Login plugin
Here's a nice and easy way I've done this:
Copy the field names and any other stuff from the current Wordpress registration form. Make sure your custom form has the same name fields including hidden ones and then merely point the form action to the proper registration url: http://www.yourblog.com/wp-login.php?action=register - You then might want to change how the form redirects after registration as well if you don't like how it is handled.
There is also this plugin called Insite Login which allows you to drop in the registration form, login form and others into pages on your site: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/insitelogin/
The first solution should do what you want it to do though.
In case you need more fields on your registration form you can use the Profile Builder plugin
It lets you customize your website by adding front-end forms for login, register and edit-profile through the use of shortcodes.
Just to chime in, we use a plugin called ProfilePress (http://wordpress.org/plugins/ppress/) and couldn't be happier with it.
It's actually a shortcode based WordPress form builder for creating custom login, registration and password reset forms at the front-end of your site.


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All I have is a portable recorder and live in a city with just cars going by everywhere and construction going on every now and again, This might be a stupid question but I live in Dubai UAE and I try to take my H4n everywhere I go but I never find anything interesting to record other than just cars, we also have a desert but how do you record sand in interesting ways. I'm new to recording sounds but all I can record for now is stuff I find around at home, what do you guys do or recommend I could do.
I've been to Dubai, so I know what you're talking about. There's plenty of stuff you can record though, especially with something like the H4N...though I know that construction has died down a lot over the last few years.
Obviously, you've got the beaches, you can easily collect wave sounds or just ambient crowd sounds from them.
You can definitely sneak that thing into some of the outdoor bars, and no one will think twice if they even see it. You could visit the horse races and record ambiences there.
There are always a number of events going on in Dubai, of course finding out what they are and where they're taking place can be a bit of a headache.
There's the still very new transit system. I've ridden on that, and you should be able to collect some interesting sounds of the trains themselves. Plus, you can take it out to the Atlantis hotel on the Palm and grab sounds in that area.
There's the massive arcade that Sega opened up in one of the malls there a year or so ago (right by the Burj Khalifa [spelling?]/formerly Burj Dubai). And there's a massive water fountain "show" that happens in that man made lake/canal outside.
Or...If you're willing to shell out the cash. You could take it in to the ski slope in the Mall of the Emirates and strap it to your ski boots. ;)
I suggest you wear ear plugs for 24 hours, and then have a listen to your surroundings.
Sometimes you need to take a step back from your everyday surroundings and find the interesting elements that you have become accustomed to hearing. Consider the following:
Think outside the box - what can I record that doesn't exist anywhere else in the world? What can you record that I cannot record here in the USA?
Jay's and Shaun's suggestions are totally wonderful! Here are a few more ideas...
Hit the streets and share the results!
I was just about to also launch into a long wishlist of potential recording possibilities when I was struck by everyone's (including mine) enthusiasm inspired by such a simple question (no offence). I think we are all perhaps drawn in by the exciting hypothetical idea of a whole new strange town and world of sounds to capture. So with that in mind, what would get you inspired / excited? Where would you like to be in the world and why? This may help you realise what sort of sounds you like recording, eg. Urban? Nature? People? Etc. and then look for the equivalent in your own environment.
A few thoughts to add to hopefully jolt your creativity:
-One last caveat: there's some great suggestions listed in other replies but bear in mind that many of us work in post production sound and can consequently be quite obsessed about 'deconstructing' our environment into specific isolated sounds so that we can control them better in the studio. This may not suit you if you are phonographer rather than a sound editor.
Good luck! I'm sure many of us are now itching to hear what you end up recording!
Young grasshopper, you are not listening close enough!
Try to get into a big empty new building which has no hear or air systems in it yet - must be cool ambiences in there.
Record the traffic through a tube or something interesting like that.
Record an authentic Dubai train station or airport squawk box or PA system - those are always valuable to put the audience immediately into foreign surroundings in a movie.
Forgive me if I sound like a cliche American, but I'm sure Camel vocals would be valuable recorded at 192K for use in monster movies.
Record foreign ambiences that people would pay a pretty penny for over here in the states.
I'm sure you can get close enough to some of the gigantic cranes and things there to get some great servo and mechanical sounds.
The value of desert ambiences and clean desert wind can never be underestimated in anyone's library.
Some of the musical instruments and things there could be awesome. Possibly getting a job recording a local musical group or theater house which puts on concerts?
There is a myriad of ways to put recording to use.
How about doing the skiing thing but do it down a sand dune with the recorder attached to your boots or ski's. Also, deserts have the most amazing wind sounds and coupled with the sand would be quite wonderful. Cannot wait to hear what you have done.
I wish i had me a desert escape.
I'd go out n' shout and record
.. every .. single .. take!
How I'd bark my poor head off,
man, what a bizarre set of sounds I'd make!
Hey, perhaps convince a friend to record as well,
and their friends too!
Say, that'd be swell.
Split them in half
or keep them as one,
Just remember recording is also having fun!
This is not me
I agree with @tim prebble. Wear some earplugs for a bit to "re-sensitize" yourself. In essence what he's actually saying is a bit different though. He's also being a bit of a Jedi speaking in aphoristic tongues at the moment, lol. Which, I really really love actually. What he's really trying to tell you is that the world is full of sound, you only need to pay attention to the details and stop being distracted by the big picture.
To be forward and honest, I don't think I've ever been at a loss for finding sounds to record, regardless of the environment. Sometimes it takes a bunch of bad/useless recordings to figure out where you're going wrong. Either way, just start recording stuff and when your hard drive starts to fill up with crap you'll eventually get it. It takes time to develop and ear for useful field recordings, a solid process for making them and a very in depth understanding of which ones you can make use of based on your familiarity of the tools you've mastered that happen to have at your disposal. ie: EQ, Dynamics, Noise Reduction or whatever makes the recordings useful to you. It could be a pedal board of guitar FX for all anyone knows. Another mans garbage is another mans treasure, no?
It's even crazier in a position like Tim's because he's stuck deeming what might be useful for all people because he actually creates commercial libraries (Yes, listen to that man. He knows what he's talking about).
My best advice besides what I said above is to just pay attention to the little details of the world and use your "cocktail party" skills a little more aggressively. You'll eventually refine your own techniques over time. Never stop asking questions though. Even the Jedi masters are still students and always will be. That's the nature of what we do.
this is a matter of inspiration..
here's a list i couldn't have written two years ago:
traffic all over everything is just one of your challenges.
go for it. http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=dubai&w=all
Keep your ears open for anything out of the ordinary. I just recorded a cool motor sound from a refrigerated truck that was parked up the street, and this morning I noticed the ice cream cooler in the cafeteria at work was broken and making a bizarre noise. Both were cool, unique sounds. You never know what you're gonna find.


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Aluminum is acceptable, just not as good as some other materials. It's relatively cheap, has good conductivity, and doesn't corrode too easily.
Some problems you run into are corrosion when placed near other metals, though that shouldn't be too big a problem in homebrewing. But, let's say you left a copper chiller in it overnight by accident.. could be bad.
Also, you can't use caustic cleaners or bleach. PBW works fine though.
Another pro is that it's light and easy to work with.
Here's an article from BYO on "Mettalurgy for Homebrewers"
I always hear the myth that using aluminum will cause Alzheimers and I'm surprised no one has asked it here. This myth was debunked years ago. See:
The main problem with aluminum pots is that it oxidizes easily, which means that you can't use oxidating cleaners with them and oxidating cleaners are magical.
But will they do all the horrible and nasty things that urban myth says they will do? Not really.
Interesting resrouce: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/wiki/index.php/Is_aluminum_safe_for_brewing%3F


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It seems that sex is always a sin, as evidenced by the fact that Jesus had to be born of a virgin and not by traditional conception in order to be sinless. Is this true?
Any viewpoint is welcome.
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No no, it's not a sin. It could easily become a sin if we pervert that which was intended for good.
I believe that Mary's virgin Birth was a testification to the Truth of Christ. Could you imagine what the Catholic church would have done with the Husband? "Father of God" I'm sure that would have been completely chaotic. Who's really the father of God?
Well, we know through the virgin birth that only God the Father is the Father of Jesus Christ.
The first spoken words of God to humans in the Bible is the command to have sex:
So it cannot possibly be a sin.
(Also, as Nicky Gumbel says on the Alpha course, God is not looking down and thinking, "What ever are they up to?! I didn't intend that at all!")
Mary's virginity at the time of Jesus' birth has nothing to do with whether or not intercourse is sinful or not. It has everything to do with the uniqueness and divinity of Jesus. God incarnate could not be born in a normal way. He was both the Son of God and the Son of Man.
An interesting note is that Jeconiah's line (the last king) was cursed and prohibited from the throne. Joseph's lineage still traces from that line, but Mary's takes a different path around Jeconiah. Through Joseph, Jesus had title, but escaped the curse by not being biologically tied to him.
Joseph married Mary prior to her giving birth, but he had no union with her until Jesus' birth. This is important. Some teach that Joseph never had sexual union with Mary, but this is supported only by certain traditions and not by the Scriptures. The Scriptures do refer to Jesus' brothers and sisters and James and Jude as such by name. So, Joseph and Mary had intercourse just like any other couple would, and they had children by that union as well.
God created sexual union and even commanded it, as noted in Genesis 1:28. God also speaks of children as being a blessing from God.
So, Mary's virginity has to do with the uniqueness and divinity of Jesus--not anything sinful with biblical sexual union.
This address the second part of your question about Jesus being a born of a virgin in-particular.
Because Adam was the first man, and everyone has descended from him, and because he sinned against God, everyone in the world has 'guilt by association' in essence. Please forgive me if this is an over simplification of the doctrine of the original sin.
Mary, being a virgin, excluded Jesus from among the descendants of Adam and therefore not only did he not commit any sin while alive, but does not have Adam's original sin on his head either.
The fact he was born of a virgin is not an necessarily any kind of indication that sex is sinful.
I would argue that your thinking has gone awry because you infer that Jesus being born of a virgin means that sex is somehow sinful and results in sinful offspring. This is a flawed premise.
Romans 5:12 says "Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned". Therefore, it is necessary that Jesus, the second Adam, is not born of the bloodline of the first sinful Adam.
All naturally born men are born into broken relationship with God and as a result of that broken relationship are subject to sin (subject as in a King's subject). As slaves to sin, bound in sin, we can't help but sin - we are inherently sinful. Which is not to say that we have entirely lost the image of God (I don't hold to the idea of total-depravity), but rather that the image has been damaged beyond any human ability to repair.
Jesus, however, was not naturally born, but was conceived of the Holy Spirit, free from a sin-nature, and therefore free to be perfectly obedient to the Father. It was only in that perfect obedience that he was able to pay the price for our sin where we could not.
When sex is expressed entirely free of lust, as a self-giving love for one's spouse, it is not only right and good, it is actually giving glory to God because it is imaging the love of the trinity. Furthermore, it is imaging God's love in it's creative and live-giving power when offspring is produced. Therefore, sexual relations are not in anyway inherently evil, but like anything God created good can be twisted by man's sinful nature to become imperfect (to varying degrees).
(As something of an aside, I have often wondered if sin-nature is passed on from one's father. Such scriptural ideas as "the sins of the father shall be visited upon the 3rd and 4th generation", yet the contrary idea that no man is held accountable for another's sins, make me wonder if the way of the sins being passed on is via sin-nature, with a particular affinity for sins which afflicted your forebears. This, however, seems to be a modern idea, and one which theologians before the 20th century do not raise.)
We can take an idea in Mosaic Law. There we find statutes concerning uncleanness, and not sin, ascribed to seminal emissions, menstruation, and childbirth. (Leviticus 12:1-6; 15:16-24).
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Leviticus 15:16-24 (NIV)
These statuses reminded the Israelites not only of their hereditary sinfulness but also of the need for a ransom sacrifice to cover sins (in general) and restore human perfection. Of course, the animal sacrifices they offered did not accomplish that. (Hebrews 10:3, 4). The only way was Jesus.
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My wife and I are reading Theology of the Body for Beginners by Christopher West and it elaborates on the first part of Genesis in a way we don't quite understand, but I can at least explain it.
Before the fall Adam and Eve loved each other, therefore they probably would have made love (the Bible doesn't say that, but it doesn't say how long they were together in the garden either, it may have been only a few hours!)
The only difference is, them making love would be 100% free from lust because they did not know sin at that point in time. I'm not saying it would be passionless robotic utilitarian love making, but it would be free from 'the passions' which cause us to use each other in a less-than-respectful way. It's something we can't quite get our heads around because original sin muddied the waters.
But, to answer your question directly, no it's not any sort of sin or grave matter to love your spouse in the way God determined you to do so. This doesn't require biblical evidence other than "Male and Female He created them".
However, you said the 'right circumstances' but it's more nuanced than that.
So, the circumstances may be right, but the object and intention may be wrong and those also need to be considered when making any sort of judgement to the gravity of any particular act.
To answer your question no sex is not a sin as long as you follow the laws of God i.e get married first. If you look in the Bible, contrary to popular belief, Christ has brothers and sisters, born of Marry from Joseph - I know crazy right? So obviously she did not stay a virgin for the rest of her life.
Also look at all the times the Lord blesses someone through their seed, Abraham, and Isaac to name a few. Do you really think that the Lord would bless people in this manner if sex inside the bonds of marriage were a bad thing?
As to original sin and whether it's passed from the father or mother - well according to the scriptures while we need Christ to atone for our sins (since we all sin since we live in a fallen state) we are only held responsible for our own sins and not for the sins of our parents going back to Adam.
So we are all responsible for ourselves and what we do, not for what our fathers did or what Adam did (that's why Christ came to earth to free us from our sins because we can sin ever since Adam committed the first sin, removing man from the presence of God).
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- Press the newspaper ball lightly all over the heavy plain paper.
- Use two or three different colors if you like.
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Azusa Pacific was swept by Fresno Pacific in the opening round, and returned the favor with a 5-0 win over Dominican on Friday.
Emily Harris and Danae Ingwaldson lost at No. 1 doubles, 8-2, to Nina Gajdosikova and Daniela Amelunge, while Brejohn McCrary and Kim Koetterheinrich fell 8-6 to Aman Ben El Hadj and Michelle Dandik at No. 2. Jenny Johansson and Lucia Zavarcikova beat Stephanie Quan and Samantha Kaneta 8-3.
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