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El33t's Pre-W33kend Post: Karting the night awayWritten by: / / 9 Comments
Today's the day many a Wii U owner and long-time Nintendo fan have been waiting for: Mario Kart 8 is finally out and about in the world!
Of course, Mario Kart isn't the only new game in town this week with Watch Dogs due to siphon many hours from many a player this weekend, while last week's Wolfenstein: The New Order is still on the playlist.
What gaming plans do you have lined up for the weekend? Have you saved up some time to get stuck into a new title or do work and worry await you over the next two days?
While you give that a think, let's find out what members of El33tonline will be keeping busy with this weekend, a little ways below…
"It's Mario Kart 8 launch day and I'm looking forward to unleashing some havoc on the track later when I pick up my copy of the game. My switch from PC to console gaming started with Mario Kart Double Dash on the GameCube, so the series holds a special place in my heart.
When I'm not dropping bananas, sending off blue shells, and powering up on mushrooms, I'll be continuing the story in Wolfenstein, which continues to surprise me as the story unfolds. Have a good weekend p33ps, see you on the flip side!"
"It's been a busy week so I'm looking forward to getting some R&R this weekend while watching the Sharks play tomorrow and then taking a short walk to see how the Comrades Marathon runners are doing coming down Cowies Hill on Sunday.
I'm busy playing Soul Sacrifice Delta and Watch Dogs at the moment so I'll definitely dip into them some more over the break. I'm looking forward to checking out the online features of Watch Dogs properly sometime soon so hopefully I get a chance to do just that over the weekend.
Have a good one p33ps!"
"This weekend is going to be an interesting one. I have a sick kid which means long nights and days of movies and some gaming. Nice and relaxed although this is the first full weekend I am having the boys (the ex and I are trying the 1 weekend on, 1 weekend off thing) so things should be interesting. I might have to undertake some physical activity…
As for gaming, I have Bound By Flame a nice looking demonic RPG but the kids might hog the Xbox this weekend. They have finished Skylanders SwapForce and Lego Movie Videogame so I think they'll complete Brave and then I might have to go online and purchase something for them.
Other than that – my first Bobble Head has just arrived… Boba Fett so he is menacingly watching me work at the moment. I really can't afford another addiction though.
Have a good one everyone, live, play and game hard."
"I have a Lemmings game to review on PS Vita, rugby watching from the KZN Referee's suite on Saturday, and Comrades to watch on Sunday, and off to the hospital now to get my knee checked out (old rugby injury which has already led to three surgeries). Really not excited about the knee surgery (if it has to happen again) but on the bright side it will mean more time for gaming."
"Es ist Wochenende immer wieder und das wird ein episches Wochenende. (Translation: It is weekend time again and this is going to be one epic weekend.)
I am so looking forward to this w33kend. Tonight I think I need to get back into Battlefield 4 and then maybe afterwards I will play some more Wolfenstein: The New Order. I will mostly be playing Wolfenstein this weekend as I just can't get enough of the game. It is pure awesomeness. Will see if I can fit in Godzilla this w33kend at Imax and then play some more games.
Have an awesome weekend everyone and stay safe. See you all online."
"I'll be heading down the coast for a minute to meet a new addition to the family, but before then I'm going to be diving headlong into Watch Dogs after taking a few curious peeks over the last few days.
Hope you all have a fantastic weekend!"
What are your gaming plans this weekend, p33ps?
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A few weeks back the office phone rang and Mark Story, the talented columnist for the Lexington Herald-Leader, was on the other end of the line. He wanted to talk about horses and horse people.
That's always a good thing.
This particular call from Mark is an annual visit, as he works to make sure his team looks at all possible equine and human candidates before sending out a list of candidates for consideration to the Herald-Leader's annual "Kentucky Sportsman of the Year."
Despite a very strong year in racing, the sport has virtually no chance to be represented at the top of that poll in a year during which John Calipari's Kentucky Wildcats, led by the phenomenal Anthony Davis, won an NCAA championship in a Final Four that included a head-to-head matchup with a Louisville team coached by Rick Pitino.
Many racing heroes of 2012 that deserve consideration in that group, as a look at the Kentucky-heavy roster of finalists for the Eclipse Awards that honor the top equine and human stars would imply. Despite Kentucky's struggling racing economics and growing competitive pressure from gambling and racing competition in states that benefit from revenues produced by other forms of gaming, 2012 was an impressive and, perhaps, a vintage year racing participants based in the Commonwealth.
Louisville-born Dale Romans, favored to earn his first Eclipse Award as racing's top trainer, looms large – although, after a weight-loss regimen that has seen him drop more than 50 pounds, he does not loom as large as he once did. Romans enjoyed what was easily the greatest season in his 27-year training career as he won Grade I races with Shackleford, Little Mike, Dullahan and Tapitsfly and his stable earned nearly $12 million.
Australian-born and Churchill Downs-based Ian Wilkes earned the biggest victory of his career when Fort Larned notched a front-running upset in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita.
Lexington-based trainer Charles Lopresti and his biggest star, the likely "Horse of the Year" Wise Dan, enjoyed stellar seasons and each deserved consideration in the annual poll. Lopresti has gotten more out of a stable that usually consists of only 16 to 20 horses in recent years than anyone in memory. His work with Wise Dan, winner of the Breeders' Cup Mile and the likely winner of the gold Eclipse Award presented to the American "Horse of the Year," must be considered the highlight, to this point, of his soaring career. Wise Dan dominated the division of grass milers – a group that has never produced the top horse in the U.S. That fact is a testament to his excellence and talent in a year in which he won all but one of his races.
Jockeys Brian Hernandez Jr., a young Louisiana-born veteran who was aboard Fort Larned in the Breeders' Cup, and Rosie Napravnik, who made history on the first Friday in May at Churchill Downs when her victory aboard Believe You Can made her the first woman to ride a winner of the Kentucky Oaks, also enjoyed signature seasons.
Other Kentuckians who had very good years in 2012 included members the Starlight Racing partnership that raced unbeaten Shanghai Bobby, the presumptive 2-year-old champion and early favorite for Kentucky Derby 139. They include Louisville-born managing partner Jack Wolf and the Louisville father-son team of Ed and Clinton Glasscock. Former Gov. Brereton Jones, the owner-breeder of Believe You Can, was the owner and breeder of the Kentucky Oaks winner for a second time.
While the Herald-Leader's annual "Sportsman" voting does not allow for team recogniation, this would have been a good year to launch that precedent as the story the looms as Kentucky's best racing saga of 2012 was a vintage "it takes a village" saga.
It is the story of the family racing/breeding operation behind Groupie Doll, winner of the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare sprint and a presumptive winner of the Eclipse Award that will be presented this weekend to America's top female sprinter. It would fit nicely under any description of Kentucky's "Sportsman" or sports story of the year.
While the marvelous 4-year-old filly was at the center of a spotlight did its heavy-lifting on the track, the father-and-son duo of Fred and trainer Buff Bradley, who bred and raced Groupie Doll on the Bradley family farm in Frankfort, is its heart and soul of the operation.
It seemed a few years back that Team Bradley's "horse of a lifetime" would certainly be Brass Hat, a homebred gelding who became a Grade I stakes winner and an international competitor who ran second in the rich Dubai World Cup. When Brass Hat returned to the farm after retiring from racing with a bankroll that exceeded $2 million, his career seemed the ultimate reward for the family's long devotion to racing and breeding.
But shortly after Brass Hat settled in his home paddock, another homebred – Groupie Doll – was on the track and displaying considerable promise.
Under Buff's guidance, Groupie Doll has, in two years of competition, emerged as one of America's top racing stars. She has a record of 9-4-2 from 17 races with earnings of $1,657,850. The younger Bradley outfitted his promising filly with blinkers last spring and the equipment change sharpened her focus and propelled her to a new level of success. She reeled off five consecutive stakes victories, capped by her thoroughly dominant triumph in the Breeders' Cup. She ended the year with a head-bob loss to Stay Thirsty in her first run against males in the Grade I Cigar Mile at Aqueduct. She led in that race one jump before the finish line and the one that followed.
Now Groupie Doll is odds-on to add an Eclipse Award to her trophy collection in Saturday night's awards ceremonies in Miami. Brass Hat, good as he was, never came close to that type of honor.
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I'm not particularly well read on the Lebesgue integral, but I have heard that it permits a much wider class of functions, and in particular we can interchange integrals and limits more easily. However, I was wondering, are there any similar benefits with the Lebesgue integral when it comes to sums and integrals. For example, does it make it "easier" to interchange an infinite sum and integral sign?
Yes, it does.
Case 1: If $\{f_n\}$ are nonnegative measurable functions, then: $$ \int_X \sum_{n=1}^\infty f_n \, d\mu = \sum_{n=1}^\infty \int_X f_n \, d\mu $$
In other words, you can always interchange an infinite sum and the integral sign when dealing with nonnegative functions. This is an immediate result of the monotone convergence theorem.
Case 2: If $\{f_n\}$ are complex measurable functions and: $$ \sum_{n=1}^\infty \int |f_n| \, d\mu < \infty $$
Then the series $\sum_{n=1}^\infty f_n(x)$ converges for almost all $x$, and we have: $$ \int_X \sum_{n=1}^\infty f_n \, d\mu = \sum_{n=1}^\infty \int_X f_n \, d\mu $$
This is a result of the dominated convergence theorem.
Yes. For example, if you have a sequence of nonnegative measurable functions $f_1, f_2, \ldots$, then it is always true that $$\sum_{j=1}^\infty \int_{\Omega} f_j\, d\mu=\int_{\Omega} \sum_{j=1}^\infty f_j\, d\mu.$$ This is one of the consequences of the monotone convergence theorem and it is easy to prove: the sequence of the partial sums $\sum_1^n f_j(x)$ is monotone with respect to $n$ at almost all $x\in \Omega$.
You do not have an analogous result in Riemann theory.
EDIT As anonymous points out in comments, you do have an analogous result for the Riemann integral, that is
If a sequence $f_1, f_2 \ldots$ of nonnegative Riemann integrable functions is such that the series
The main problem with this theorem is the assumption marked with (!): in general, that series (even if convergent) needs not be Riemann integrable.
This kind of phenomenon can be compared with the non-completeness of the rational system. Namely, a series of nonnegative rational numbers needs not converge in $\mathbb{Q}\cup\{+\infty\}$: take for example $\sum n^{-2}$.


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Like many of us, I'm very productive at night. Often I'm reading or working when I should be sleeping, and as a consequence I wake up later in the morning next day. This is a real problem when you must go to work early in the morning or when you have an appointment before 10AM.
Is there a method or something like that to avoid being so active after 11PM for example?


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We are the Doom Bunnies of Doomy Doom!
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Today, I went to the Apple store to try and figure out what's going on with my iPhone. After an hour of speaking to three different geniuses and waiting around, their solution was to "Google it." FML
by Jo / 11/21/2012 at 12:42am / United States (California) / Geek
Today, it was my birthday. I finally got the PS3 I've been asking for, for a long time. When I opened the box, I didn't find a PS3, but a bunch of clothes that my mom put in my brother's PS3 box. FML
by Shauna / 11/10/2012 at 4:02am / United States (Florida) / Miscellaneous
Today, my step-mom restarted the computer because she thought she'd downloaded a virus that stopped her from being able to click on anything, erasing my 7-page paper in the process. It turns out it was just the batteries dying in our wireless mouse. FML
by Anonymous / 11/27/2012 at 12:06am / United States (Wisconsin) / Miscellaneous
Today, I woke up after a night of drinking to find that while I was passed out someone stole my prosthetic leg. FML
by poserpilot / 11/12/2012 at 10:10am / United States (California) / Health
Today, a homeless man asked me for some money to eat. He ate the five dollars I gave him. FML
by Anonymous / 11/13/2012 at 6:34am / United States (Pennsylvania) / Money
Today, I went down on my girlfriend for the first time. I thought it was all going really well, until I looked up a minute or two in, only to be greeted by a stone-cold death glare and the words, "You really are an idiot, aren't you?" FML
by Anonymous / 11/02/2012 at 3:46pm / Netherlands (Zuid-Holland) / Intimacy
Today, I had the best sex of our relationship with my boyfriend. Afterwards, he took off his condom, looked me sweetly in the eyes for a few moments, then decided to slap me in the face with it. FML
by besviken / 11/18/2012 at 5:53pm / Sweden (Uppsala Lan) / Intimacy
Today, Muse cancelled their upcoming show in Oslo. I bought my sold-out tickets on the black market for double the retail price, and have no way of getting my money back. FML
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Today, I went to a restaurant with my boyfriend. After dessert, he went to the bathroom so I quickly called the waiter over and paid the bill, thinking it was a nice gesture. When he returned, he broke up with me for "emasculating" him. FML
by Clementine / 11/27/2012 at 6:36am / Australia (Victoria) / Love
Today, I spotted a girl I have a crush on while grocery shopping. Before I could go over and say hi, I noticed her walk over and stroke a few kitchen knives through plastic wrapping. Then I spotted her in the dog food section sniffing rawhide bones with her eyes closed, looking very happy. FML
by grocerystalker / 11/16/2012 at 12:58am / Australia (New South Wales) / Miscellaneous
Today, my boyfriend dumped me by throwing my stuff out of his place, and accusing me of cheating while yelling, "Cheater, cheater! Pumpkin eater!" When I tried explaining that I have no clue what he's talking about, he started exclaiming, "Liar, liar! Pants on fire!" FML
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Today, I tried to motivate my 9-year-old sister to clean her room. She said she'd only agree if she could kill me. Thinking she was just kidding around, and not a total psychopath, I said sure. She ran to her room shouting, "Yes! I'm gonna use the big knife!" She's still cleaning now. FML
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Today, after I spent two hours trying to teach my girlfriend to play sudoku, she broke up with me, tearfully claiming that I'd made up a fake, imaginary game to make her feel stupid. FML
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Note: The University has recently announced it will be phasing out the graduate computer science/software engineering (CSSE) master's and master's plus programs and will be working to assist its currently enrolled CSSE students to complete their programs within the next three academic years.
Tuition for the 2014-2015 academic year is $850 per credit, or $2,550 per course.
The Graduate Programs in Computer Science and Software Engineering can be financed in various ways.
Many students receive full or partial reimbursement from their employers. See your employer's Human Resources representative for details.
Loyola offers a Graduate Payment Plan that allows you to make payments in installments over the semester. In the past, students have often waited until receiving employer reimbursement before registering for the subsequent semester. Now you can register earlier, which we encourage, making a smaller initial payment.
Loyola offers a limited number of graduate assistantships within the Computer Science Department and a greater number in other departments.
The Federal Government and other sources offer Loan Programs at low or no interest.
Other graduate financial aid options are discussed at Loyola's Graduate Financial Aid Pages.
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WHEELING -Brooke has had a flare for the dramatic during this season's OVAC Cup Tournament, but Coach Lee Weppler and the Bruins will take it any way they can get it.
Brooke is returning to the OVAC Cup final for the fourth time in five seasons after a 5-2 victory against St. Clairsville in the semifinals Saturday at Wheeling Island Stadium.
Brooke led 2-0 heading into halftime after goals from Dynah Sayre and Michaela Hinerman. But despite the two-goal lead, the Bruins couldn't put the Red Devils away.
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Brooke's Michaela Hinerman battles with St. Clairsville's Tyler Jordan for the ball during the OVAC?Cup semifinals Saturday at Wheeling Island Stadium. The Bruins earned a 5-2 victory and will face Morgantown at 7:30 p.m. on the same turf for the championship.
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GETTING HER KICKS — Brooke goalkeeper Marena Cline boots the ball during Saturday's 5-2 win over St. Clairsville.
St. Clairsville's Eberle Ferrell put St. Clairsville on the board with a goal off a direct kick in the 44th minute and Taryn Barr's turnaround shot knotted the score in the 64th.
For the second straight game, it was the play of a freshman that might have saved the day for the Bruins.
Cheyenne Hudson's corner kick in the 69th minute found the head of Hinerman, as the junior buried the ball past St. Clairsville goalie Brianna Sowers to regain a lead at 3-2.
"Another great ball by Cheyenne," Weppler said. "You know where she is going to place them and she is consistent. It's just a matter of the girls getting to where they need to be.
"That was a credit to Michaela for being where she needed to be and a credit to Cheyenne for putting it where it needed to be."
Brooke put the nail in the coffin in the 75th minute. Hinerman's blast from outside the box was pushed aside by a diving Sowers, but Sayre was there to clean up the rebound and put the Bruins in front 4-2.
Less than a minute later, Sayre beat Sowers to the pass on a through ball, dribbled around the goalie and scored into an empty net to complete a hat trick.
Sowers, who plays up far away from her net, was beaten twice in similar fashion in the first half, having to backtrack to get back in position.
"We have played St. Clairsville and we know their system," Weppler said. "They play a flat-back four and they trap to try and force the offsides. We worked hard really hard in practice to get the balls to the outside to get them off track and to commit by coming off their line. They did a great job of executing the game plan."
"Brooke is a tough team and you'll have that," St. Clairsville coach Scott Dutton said. "Things happen. The goals gave us a lot of momentum. It's hard to come back from a 2-0 deficit but we just couldn't keep the momentum going. Brooke did a nice job."
Brooke advances to face Morgantown at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Wheeling Island Stadium. The Mohigans won their previous match, 4-0.
"We have played them and they are the big dogs in the state," Weppler said. "We are going to come out and be ready to give them a game on Monday."


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Local signs and graphics provider FASTSIGNS of Waltham was named one of the top centers out of more than 500 locations at the 2014 FASTSIGNS Convention, which was recently held in Anaheim, Calif.
The locally owned and operated business received the Pinnacle Club Award, which is given to the centers ranked 26 to 125 in the U.S. and Canada for sales volume from the previous year.
"My team and I are so proud to be recognized for our outstanding sales performance with the Pinnacle Club Award this year," said Shishir Mehta, owner of FASTSIGNS of Waltham. "This award commends all of the hard work, excellent customer service and innovative thinking that our entire team provides every day."
Located at 922 Main St., the center provides a wide range of comprehensive visual communications solutions, including wall, window and floor graphics, architectural signs, tradeshow displays, wayfinding solutions, vehicle wraps, digital signs and more, according to the business. Mehta says he will continue to grow his business by providing clients with the most cutting-edge products and services to reach their goals and stand out in their competitive markets.
FASTSIGNS of Waltham has been doing business in the area for 11 years.
"The continued support of our customers is one of the biggest reasons we received this award," Mehta said. "We look forward to continue serving local businesses and making 2014 another great year."
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I have a problem with working off my todo list (which is a canonical GTD next-action list in digital form.)
The problem is that I never remember to look at the list for determining what to do next. I just pick anything that I recall I have to do, and do it, or stoop into procrastination. Small, 'miscellaneous' items get forgotten and not done.
It still helps to have a next action list as I will look at it during my review, but I know that I get tremendous amounts of work done when tightly focused on the next action list, and want to spend more time in that mode.
So what scaffolding can you put in place to build the habit of looking at your todo list when you decide what to do next? (and maybe actually noticing that you do need to decide that, rather than going with the flow of the urgent and the mundane?)


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In the most general context, the Picard-Lindelöf theorem (aka Cauchy-Lipschitz in French) asserts the existence of a maximal solution for $\dot{x}(t) = f(t,x(t))$, i.e. of a solution $x(t)$ defined on a interval $I$ such that there exist no other solution whose restriction to $I$ coincide with $x$. The usual proofs of this (when $f$ is such that there is no local unicity) use Zorn's lemma, or some other weaker form of choice. But is this result actually not provable in ZF?
At least for scalar equations $\dot x(t)=f(t,x(t))$, that is with a nonlinearity $f\in C^0(\Omega,\mathbb{R})$, defined on an open set $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^2$, the Zorn's lemma is not necessary: the order structure of $\mathbb{R}$ allows to select a preferred solution (actually, two)
Any IVP admits an upper and a lower solution, whose domains are maximal intervals. For $(t_0,x_0)\in\Omega$, define, for $t\in\mathbb{R}$ $$x ^ * (t):=\sup\big\{x(t)\, : x\in C^1(\mathrm{co}(t_0,t),\, \mathbb{R}),\, \mathrm{graph}(x)\subset\Omega, x(t_0)=x_0, \dot x(s)=f(s,x(s)) \big\}\, ,$$ (where of course $\sup\emptyset=-\infty$). Define $\mathrm{dom}(x ^ *)$ to be the connected component of $t_0$ in the set $\{ t: x ^ *(t) \in\mathbb{R} \}$. Then, $x ^ *$ is a solution of the ODE with IVC $x(t_0)=x_0$, maximally defined on the interval $\mathrm{dom}(x ^ *)$.


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I know SCAMPER & Ideo cards, but I'm curious if there are any other important techniques/methodologies one must not miss. I'm particularly interested in those that you would resort to use for a client's project.
well you can also try applying AGILE coding principles too. it has worked great for us.
Whether you are creating pixels or coding.. its basically the same thing. Up until the last few years..the software industry has for many years been building things in a linear fashion, ie generate a HUGE spec ( usually based on a lot of assumptions ) and then build that HUGE project in a linear fashion. This process no longer works because it is $$ + doesn't allow for agile changes to external market forces.
Enter AGILE. Dont build the full house from the bottom up. Build a room first. invite people to test it..then take notes, then add another room.. or not cause u may find out you need to build a loft. Stay light and flexible so that you can easily make modular changes to what you are building. This allows for random inspirational ideas to take fruition and keeps your client happy. *This methodology only works using Time&Materials. So your challenge here is to convince your client that this will SAVE them $ in the long run, and produce a higher quality product.
We always use this technique when we are building a brand or animation for a client. It allows the client to have an early stake in the discovery/creative process and throughout the lifecycle of the project.


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For instance, I'm talking about helpful little tips like buying a solar filter which also then serves as a cheap lens protector. Anyone have any such useful tips?
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Practice is free, and is the best way to improve your photography, along with:
This depends on what you are photographing, the first most cheap thing I'd recommend is a book on the subject of your photographing interest (landscape, portraiture, post processing ...).
In most beginners books the accessories, that are recommended for the subject, are listed as-well. You could pick up from there the route to go.
However, if reading is not your thing, I'd say a polarizing filter (travel, landscape ...) or a flash (portraits, events ...).
My best investment is a reflector that I bought. It is a round model that is easy to fold down to a little disc. It is white on one side and silver on the other side.
You use it to lighten up shadows in the face when shooting outside.
There are many good tutorials on how to use a reflector, including this one.
If you do macro a remote release is always useful. As said before reflectors are a great help aswell.
If you are taking lots of portrait photographs, that tiny little flash at the top of your SLR is the WORST thing to use to illuminate your subject.
A cheap bounce flash or even wireless / remote flash or two will make a significant difference in photo quality. Just bounce it off of a light colored surface (ceiling, nearby wall, etc). This has the effect of increasing the size of your light source, which essentially makes your light source look more natural.
So, if this rule applies, then the bigger the light source, the better the photograph (MASSIVE GENERALIZATION!), then that tiny little pop up flash is about as small as you can get.
a GREAT place to start learning about this stuff is at strobist.com. Check out the "Lighting 101" area. This site has a LOT of options for people trying to put together DIY lighting kids and has lots of resources for finding off-brand strobes (flashes) effectively with your camera.
I would highly recommend a fast prime lens (fixed focal length). If you use Nikon, you can get cheap 50mm F1.8 Nikkor, or if you have an APS-C sensor (which all cheaper DSLR models do) then I would recommend the 35mm F1.8G Nikkor lens - this will give you a rough equivalent of the 'neutral' 50mm on a full frame sensor. Both of these lens are comparatively cheap.
There are several reasons I would recommend this.
1 - The shallow depth of field possible at F1.8 can make for some great photography and teach you about effective use of DoF 2 - The fixed focal length forces you to 'zoom' with your feet. :) It's a good way to force yourself to start moving around to look for the right photo. 3 - The medium focal length forces you to get up close and personal with your subjects, and not stand miles away with your 18-200 zoom. 4 - It's cheap and light, and you can always carry it in your photo bag. I carry both the 35mm and 50mm with me ALWAYS! That's how much I love them.
The other suggestion would be a proper Flash. IMHO, this has the single most significant effect on photo quality. Saying that, a TTL enabled flash ain't cheap. I would personally recommend the Nikon SB600 (if you're a Nikon user - can't comment for the other systems). The SB600 is the cheapest of the full featured flashes from Nikon, and it supports CLS (remote triggering). I will also recommend that you have a look at strobist.com and their Lighting 101 tutorials. You can also check out Joe McNally's photography and blog for a bit of inspiration - he's got some great books such as Hot Shoe Diaries that talk about the subject.
On a bit of a tangent, nowadays most professional photography that we see is always post processed for best effect. This is to such a degree that very rarely can you get a photo straight from your camera that has that same quality and feel. I suggest getting a copy of Lightroom and/or Photoshop and learning to use it. There are some great tutorials on Lynda.com for this. (Oh, and for crying out loud, SHOOT RAW! :P)
Hope this helps.
Swiss Army knife. Fastens screws, uncorks wine, trims nails, and cuts duct tape.
I think cheap is subjective but as far as I'm concerned a sturdy tripod and a flash have to be two of the most important accessories for a photographer to own after the camera and lens.
Next you you can think about things like a remote release (these can be picked up cheap on eBay), light reflectors, grey cards etc.
None of these are essential but they can all help to improve your shots.


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Safety at Amusement and Theme Parks
Safety Savvy
Some families bring their own baby-sitter on vacation. A teenager your kids already know might be happy to have a week at the beach, for example, in exchange for watching your kids for a few hours each afternoon or evening.
With all the noise, people, and excitement, it's easy for families to become separated at amusement parks. Lost children are commonplace at these attractions, so good parks have well-trained staff to handle young wanderers. Tell your children that, if they become separated from you, they should go to the nearest park staff member (wearing a uniform and name tag) and ask for help.
If you lose sight of your child, tell a staff person and request that security officers be notified immediately.
One way to make it easier to keep track of your kids is to dress them in matching shirts and hats in an unusual color or distinctive design.
It's also a good idea to attach a covered luggage tag to your child's clothing or place it in a pocket. (The cover prevents a stranger from seeing your child's name.) Include your name as well as your child's and the name and number of your hotel. Some parks issue special tags for young children; ask about this when you enter the park.
Safe Riding
Don't assume that amusement rides are safe, especially in traveling carnivals where the rides must be taken down and put up at each stop. Look for an inspection notice at the entrance to the ride. If a ride looks poorly maintained, skip it. Also avoid rides that have only one operator. There should be two—one to operate the equipment and one to make sure kids are securely fastened in.
Remind your kids that they must meet the height and weight requirements of a ride and must follow all rules—keeping their hands inside the cars, for example.
Medical Care at the Amusement Park
If you need medical assistance, most large facilities have walk-in clinics or first-aid stations. Check the map so you'll know where to go if you need help.
It's smart to carry a few first-aid supplies with you, such as adhesive bandages and antibiotic cream to treat minor cuts and scrapes. Also, if it's summer, use plenty of sunscreen, take breaks, and make sure your kids get enough liquids so they won't be overcome with the heat.
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We Tried It: A Teen Pimple Treatment on Adult Acne
Can a budget-friendly blemish treatment beat out spendy acne creams geared for "grownups"?
I'm embarrassed to admit the lengths I've gone to for clear skin. I spent countless dollars as a teen trying to get rid of the unsightly bumps and eventually ended up on Accutane, despite the scary list of potential side effects (it's been linked to chronic diseases like inflammatory bowel disease and osteoporosis). Fortunately, I never experienced those side effects and my skin did clear up, but just a few years later, the pimples came back.
What's worse: finding a good treatment for my new, grownup pimples has not been easy. Most products either don't work or they dry out my skin so much, it makes the acne seem okay by comparison. I've tried Retina-A, DDF's Benzoyl Peroxide Gel, $36, Cetaphil cleanser, and tested various brands of glycolic peels, but none have given me the results I want. Retin-A got rid of blemishes quickly, but it also made my skin peel; same story with glycolics. Cetaphil didn't irritate my skin, bit it didn't help my skin, either.
Then, it hit me. If my skin was acting like a 15-year-old's skin, why not treat it like a 15-year-old? Dermalogica's Clear Start Breakout Clearing Daytime Treatment, $24, is part of an acne-clearing regimen designed for teens and young adults. And here's what I figured out: Dermalogica markets the treatment to teens because they tend to have oiler skin than adults, but anyone with oily or combination skin can use the products in the Clear Start line.
The serum is a daytime moisturizer and acne treatment in one, which removed one step in my morning skin regimen (bonus!). The main ingredients, benzoyl peroxide and niacinamide, help clear pores and kill bacteria. Rosemary, sunflower, and cucumber extract in the formula keep the skin from getting irritated or peeling.
The treatment is meant to prevent breakouts, but it also did a great job of diminishing the pimples I already had. When I first grabbed it, I thought it was a spot treatment and tested it on my trouble spots. To my surprise, most blemishes were gone by the next day. When I realized it's designed as a breakout preventive serum for all over my face, I used it and noticed the swelling I sometimes have in the a.m. was reduced, as well. (This isn't a claim Dermalogica makes, but my unscientific guess is that the cucumber extract has something to do with it.) The serum also absorbs quickly -- rather than waiting for products to dry before moving to the next layer, I was done with my makeup in less than three minutes.
The bad news? The treatment claims to purify pores, but that's one effect I haven't experienced in the four weeks I've been using it.
Overall, I'm a fan. This teen treatment worked on my grownup acne and had a few unexpected benefits that make this one of the best, budget-friendly skin serums I've found lately.
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Unparalleled video editing power
Hundreds of thoughtful, innovative features make Vegas Pro one of the most fluid and intuitive editing platforms on the market. When you move events on the timeline, visual alignment confirmation and user-definable snapping tools ensure that your media lands exactly where you need it with frame accuracy, and even sub-frame accuracy for audio. Automatically move or slip audio or video inside an event to synchronize media quickly and accurately. Insert audio or video envelopes to interactively control stereo or surround-sound panning and volume, video event velocity, and video track opacity. And that's just the beginning of what you can do.
Expanded edit mode
Double-click at the edit point to see the timeline in a detailed A-B Roll view. The adjacent frames of the events at the edit point appear clearly above the tracks for reference, and unused media in the events appears in the timeline. With the edit point/event edge highlighted in red, you can trim it with the mouse or numeric keypad. Set a Loop Region around the edit point to dynamically add or remove frames from either side of the edit point while the media plays to create a highly precise, interactive editing experience.
Project interchange
Import and export a wide range of project files to and from Vegas Pro. Convert between the native .veg file and AAF for Avid® ProTools® 10, XML for Apple® Final Cut Pro® 7, Final Cut Pro X, DaVinci Resolve 10, and .prproj for Adobe® Premiere® Pro CC and After Effects® CC.
4K support
Vegas Pro natively supports frame sizes up to 4096 x 4096. The 4K image standard for digital cinema projection is 4096 x 2160 pixels. This level of resolution provides more detail and flexibility to pan and crop when delivering in HD. It's ideal for compositing and video effects work as it provides a
GPU acceleration
Better playback, faster renders. Take advantage of the power of the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) found in many of today's most popular video display cards for smoother video playback and faster rendering. Vegas Pro 13 leverages the GPU for video effects, transitions, compositing, pan/crop, track motion, and encoding. An optimized hardware configuration that uses an appropriate GPU device dramatically improves timeline performance. Enjoy higher resolution previews with multiple effects in Vegas Pro 13, and crank encoding speeds up by as much as six times over previous versions to popular formats like AVC. Vegas Pro 13 uses OpenCL™-supported devices from AMD, NVIDIA, and Intel to unleash your creative vision.
Multi-format native editing
Vegas Pro takes a no transcode, no rewrap approach with Panasonic P2 AVC-Intra and DVCPRO source material. Vegas Pro eliminates the transcode and rewrap process that other applications require, so editors can save valuable production time, minimize storage requirements, and preserve the pristine quality of the original source material. Other natively supported codecs and formats include XAVC, XAVC S, XDCAM™, XDCAM EX, NXCAM, HDCAM-SR™, AVCCAM, RED® R3D, AVCHD, and AVC-based MOV files from popular DSLR cameras. For 3D content creation, Vegas Pro also supports stereoscopic 3D MVC and MPO files from Sony camcorders.
Sync Link
Establish a hierarchal relationship between timeline events during editing. Move Child events independently of their Parent event, or move the Parent event and move all of its Child events simultaneously to keep the family in perfect synchronization.
Multicamera editing
Edit multicamera productions intuitively and efficiently. Specify shots as you play back your project. Switch between as many as 32 video sources with a keyboard command or a click of your mouse. Vegas Pro software keeps all unused shots. Easily expand a multicamera track into component events to get a complete picture of your project so you can refine the edits.
Smart Proxy workflow
Create high-performance, edit-friendly Smart Proxy clips in the Project Media window and enjoy faster playback on a wider variety of hardware. Media automatically and dynamically switches from the original to the proxy based on the Preview playback settings. Original media files are always available for the final render. You can also set a preference to automatically create proxy files when you add Ultra HD media to your project.
Comprehensive S-log workflow
S-log technology enables cameras such as the Sony PMW-F3 to capture images with amazing dynamic range and tonal reproduction. Through OpenColorIO technology developed by Sony Pictures Imageworks, Vegas Pro 13 supports S-log via the Academy Color Encoding System (ACES) color space standard. Based on the creative goals and display devices available, Vegas Pro 13 applies the appropriate LUT (Look-up Table) during the editing process. You can then edit the encoded project to a wide range of formats with ACES-defined color space standards as well as other popular non-ACES standards.
Video effects and compositing
Beyond its impressive editing capabilities, Vegas Pro 13 is a full-featured compositing and effects application. Combine up to 32 effects per effects chain and apply them at the event, track, media, and project level. Parent/Child tracks and sophisticated 2D and 3D compositing modes create a flexible compositing environment. Advanced OpenFX plug-in architecture opens the door for hundreds of optional effects from leading visual effects plug-in developers. Import layered Photoshop® files with each layer on its own track to create custom keyframeable motion graphics sequences and overlays. Work in 8-bit mode for speed or 32-bit floating point mode for optimal color processing precision.
Shape masking tools
Use Bézier drawing tools to quickly and easily create rectangular and oval-shaped masks which isolate or mask out portions of your media and create interesting video composites. Or, use powerful mask customization tools to create complex and precise masks of any shape imaginable.
FX masking
Mask an effect rather than the image itself. This is particularly useful for quickly blurring or pixelating an area of a video clip, to hide a logo, license plate, or a person's face.
Color match
Match colors between clips in the highly versatile and powerful L*a*b* color space. Choose a preset from the Preset
OpenFX architecture
Vegas Pro supports powerful OpenFX plug-ins including many from third-party developers so you can access your ever-expanding collection of filters and effects. The extension for GPU rendering with OpenGL® textures allows third-party OpenFX plug-ins that use OpenGL to leverage the power of the GPU more effectively within the Vegas Pro. You can also utilize position controls and effects handles right in the Video Preview window with plug-ins that feature OpenFX on-screen interoperability.
LAB adjust and L*a*b* color space histogram
Manipulate colors in the powerful L*a*b* color space. The LAB Adjust tool uses the same technology as the Color Match plug-in and takes advantage of the perceptually uniform L*a*b* color standard to provide dramatic and precise control over the color characteristics of your content. In addition, the Video Scopes: L*a*b* Histogram view can display the L, a and b channel distributions of the images in the L*a*b* color space – a useful tool that can also be used very effectively with the Color Match plug-in.
Compositing modes
Vegas Pro 13 uses a multi-layer, top-down paradigm for compositing and masking, with the ability to assign tracks as Parent or Child tracks. Apply Compositor Effects including Bump Map, Height Map, and Displacement Map to create stylized lighting and textured looks. Vegas Pro 13 supports an impressive variety of compositing modes including Add, Subtract, Dodge, Burn, Source Alpha, Multiply (Mask), Lighten, Darken, Cut, Screen, Overlay, Hard Light, Difference, and Difference Squared. The 3D Compositing mode enables tracks to be moved and rotated anywhere in 3D space, and the results can be used in a stereoscopic 3D project.
Robust video plug-in architecture
The Video Effects Plug-In SDK, based on the Open Effects Association platform, is a contemporary technology that provides an optimized programming environment for third-party plug-in developers. The resulting steady stream of new and innovative plug-ins gives Vegas Pro editors a wide range of special effects and fresh techniques for creating cutting-edge productions.
Create 3D projects as easily as 2D
Create stereoscopic 3D projects with the same workflow you use for 2D media! Vegas Pro 13 provides the ability to import, adjust, edit, preview, and output stereoscopic 3D media. Deliver to industry-standard professional formats as single or dual files with side-by-side, top/bottom, or line-alternate encoding. You can also monitor and deliver your project in multiple anaglyphic formats.
Powerful monitoring solutions
It's critical to be able to monitor in 3D when applying edits to 3D video. The Video Preview window provides an extensive selection of viewing options including channel specific, top/bottom, side-by-side, a blend of both (useful for some 3D adjustments), or anaglyphic display. Professional editors can use an SDI or HDMI connection with a line-alternate 3D display to deliver a high-end preview experience.
Stereoscopic 3D adjustments
Use the powerful Stereoscopic 3D Adjust filter to correct for camera misalignments and adjust the screen depth of the target object to place it exactly where you want it in the 3D field. Utilize the stereoscopic editing tools to easily correct stereoscopic 3D screen edge violations. You can also shift the horizontal offset in some 2D effects and transitions in order to adjust the perceived depth of the effect.
Auto correct footage
Automatically correct 3D video to ensure proper alignment of footage that would otherwise be ruined by minor camera setup discrepancies.
True stereoscopic 3D camera for 3D track motion compositing
Create 3D motion effects with precise control over Z depth, plane intersection, compositing, and more. The Parent Motion feature allows you to move and rotate multiple tracks in 3D space as a unit. Create 3D motion changes in real time and preview them instantly.
Integrated 3D adjustments
Utilize the integrated tools for basic 3D adjustments to improve your 3D project. Typical corrections include horizontal and vertical offsets, zoom discrepancies, keystone, and rotation. Tools to flip video horizontally and vertically and to automatically crop images help to ensure professional 3D results.
Add depth to 2D elements
Use the traditional Vegas Pro track compositing methods to intermix 2D elements—such as backgrounds, titles, graphical elements, or keyed video—with 3D content using the traditional Vegas Pro track compositing methods. Give these elements depth in the 3D output using the same horizontal offset adjustment tools used for 3D media.
Complete multitrack audio environment
The Vegas Pro 13 collection includes powerful audio recording and editing tools for the most demanding productions. Record audio in a multitrack environment with input buses, professional metering, punch-in recording, unlimited tracks, and more. Enjoy real-time envelope automation recording, join audio with a variety of automatic crossfade types, and create mixes with assignable effects. Mix with external control surfaces, route signals via Master and Aux outputs, and more. No other NLE provides a digital audio workstation feature set that comes close to the tools in Vegas Pro.
Surround sound mixing and encoding
Vegas Pro 13 has extensive 5.1 surround sound mixing tools. Automate the surround panning on tracks and buses to mix the most demanding DVD and Blu-ray Disc soundtracks, all right inside the Vegas Pro environment. Apply 5.1-channel audio effects to the master bus for enhanced control over surround mixes. Export projects as discrete tracks for post-encoding, or encode directly to Dolby Digital® surround with the Sony Creative Software Dolby Digital-certified AC-3 Pro encoder. In addition, the DVD Architect Pro software imports AC-3 files for multichannel 5.1 DVD and Blu-ray Disc creation.
Extensive audio effects
Vegas Pro software supports the popular VST plug-in format. Apply signal and effects processing to individual audio events, all events on a track, and buses. Choose from more than 30 included real-time signal and effects processing tools along with any VST plug-ins on your system. Automate effects with envelope control for each parameter. Vegas Pro software includes essential effects such as Wave Hammer Compression, EQ, and noise gate as well as reverb, chorus, and delay. Surround effects for the master bus include EQ, dither, and Wave Hammer Surround compression tools.
Audio event FX
Vegas Pro allows editors to incorporate audio effects at the event level, track level, bus level, and master output stage, for maximum flexibility when working with multitrack projects.
High-resolution audio support
Vegas Pro 13 software supports high-resolution 24-bit/192 kHz audio files for the ultimate in sonic fidelity. In addition, the ability to edit at the sample level enables you to execute ultra-precise adjustments to the audio between the video frames, to remove random pops and clicks or to re-establish sync.
Broadcast Wave format support
Vegas Pro 13 supports BWF for easy exchange between audio editors and broadcasting platforms.
Input buses
Record, monitor, and mix audio from external devices via input buses. Use the real-time rendering option to mix audio from external audio devices into your final render.
Multithreaded audio engine
Vegas Pro 13 software takes advantage of multicore and hyper-threading computer systems to maximize available hardware resources. By leveraging the full capabilities of the hardware and reducing direct CPU load, you will notice:
- Greater number of tracks and audio/video effects for real-time preview
- Improved performance at lower latencies
- Faster audio render times
Envelope automation recording
Record track envelope and keyframe parameters in real time with a mouse or external control surface hardware. Choose between touch and latch record modes and utilize automatic post-record keyframe thinning. Automation parameter control is available for both stereo and 5.1 tracks and buses, as well as for video track envelopes.
Import, export, and media management
Vegas Pro 13 contains extensive capture, import, and export support for video and audio devices. The integrated Device Explorer works with a wide range of file-based acquisition formats from Sony and other manufacturers and enables you to quickly browse the files on the camcorder and transfer only those needed for the project. Vegas Pro 13 also supports legacy tape-based formats, with full print-to-tape functionality. For XDCAM Optical customers, the XDCAM Explorer provides a complete and extensive proxy workflow with metadata support. Powerful features in the Vegas Pro Explorer and Project Media windows enable you to sort through your content more intelligently and greatly enhance the editing experience. You can also encode to HDCAM SR™ for extremely high quality mastering and archiving.
Project media tagging
Quickly categorize your media with customizable tags. Apply a Media Tag to the entire clip or to a region of a clip. Vegas Pro automatically organizes each tagged clip into appropriately named Media Bins. Quick Search enables instant filtering of media based on a single text field. The Search Media dialog facilitates more complex searches with multiple conditions, and makes the bins it creates smart. Smart Bins update automatically when you change media tags or add new media that matches the search criteria.
Native XAVC Support
Vegas™ Pro 13 is a native HD, 2K, and 4K XAVC™ editor that features built-in support for XAVC and XAVC S files with the same drag-and-drop, no transcode simplicity that Vegas Pro users have enjoyed with other popular formats—no expensive add-ons or plug-ins needed! For optimal performance with 2K and 4K XAVC or XAVC S content, use the smart proxy HD workflow for full frame rate playback on a wide variety of hardware configurations, from compact laptops to advanced multi-core workstations.
Easy capturing
Use the Device Explorer to capture media from nearly any video or audio device into the Vegas Pro application. To add media to your project, simply drag it from the Device Explorer to the Project Media window, the timeline, or the Trimmer window. The powerful browse operation makes it easy to navigate to media on XAVC, XAVC S, AVCHD, XDCAM EX, NXCAM, RED, and P2 cameras.
Capture to MXF from SD/HD-SDI devices
Capture legacy standard definition formats like Digital Betacam and
Support for RAW photo files
Use RAW photo files in your Vegas Pro projects. Download the Microsoft Camera Codec Pack for Windows 7 and Windows Vista to view and edit RAW photo files from a wide variety 120 DSLR cameras natively on the timeline.
Streaming support for AVC/MP4 encoder
Vegas Pro 13 can now render AVC/MP4 files with streaming support, compatible with most streaming servers.
DVD and Blu-ray Disc authoring
Experience high-quality, professional disc authoring with DVD Architect™ Pro. Its clean, drag-and-drop interface, powerful layout, and incredible authoring tools make it easy to develop dynamic menu-based Blu-ray Disc and DVD projects. Create multi-menu projects with movies, picture slideshows, and music compilations.
Professional DVD layout and design
Author menu-based and single-title DVD and Blu-ray Disc projects with preset backgrounds, motion menus, buttons, and effects. In addition to these presets, you can import your own layered Photoshop® (PSD) files for use as backgrounds, buttons, and graphics. Enable your DVD content to play back in a loop, hold, or time out at the end of a scene.
Easy DVD preview
The Preview window enables you to preview your project on a simulated television screen with a virtual remote control. Use the buttons on the remote control to navigate and play your project.
36 HD menu templates
To start projects quickly, use one of the available high-definition 16x9 menu templates.
Buttons on video
Add a button hotspot over video and control its placement, duration, and link. This creates an interactive experience for end users so they can navigate to alternate media related to a specific scene on your disc.
Extensive video and audio support
DVD Architect Pro software supports today's popular video and audio formats such as AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and AVCHD so you can make a DVD or Blu-ray Disc that will play on almost any DVD/BD player or DVD/BD-capable computer.
DVD scripting
DVD Architect Pro software supports the ability to create and run scripts in final DVD designs. With scripting, you can build robust interactivity into your projects.
Keyframes and transformation
Add keyframes to the DVD Architect Pro timeline to animate objects such as buttons and graphics. You can also use keyframes to control pan/crop attributes over time.
Exports chapter markers and subtitles to DVD Architect Pro software
Import Vegas Pro markers into DVD Architect Pro as chapter points for quick scene creation. Apply a name to each region in your Vegas Pro project, export the names as a text file, and import it into DVD Architect Pro as frame-accurate subtitles.
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Let $K$ be an algebraic closed field and $M_n(K)$ the $K$-algebra of all matrices $n\times n$ over $K$. If $L$ and $M$ are two commutative isomorphic subalgebras of $M_n(K)$ it is true that there exista a regular matrix $S\in M_n(K)$ such that $SLS^{-1}=M$. That is the isomorphism is inner?
Two isomorphic subalgebra of $M_n(K)$ do not need to be conjugated. The following example is taken from Exercise 161 of my web site http://www.umpa.ens-lyon.fr/~serre/DPF/exobis.pdf
Set $n=p+q$ with $q>p>0$. Then define $\mathcal A$ as the subset of $M_n(k)$ made of the matrices with block form $$\left(\begin{array}{cc} 0_p & 0_{p\times q} \\\\ A & 0_q \end{array}\right).$$ Likewise, ${\cal B}$ is made of the matrices $$\left(\begin{array}{cc} 0_q & 0_{q\times p} \\\\ B & 0_p \end{array}\right).$$ Both $\cal A$ and $\cal B$ are subalgebras of $M_n(k)$, with dimension $pq$ and the property that $MN=0_n$ for every two elements (of the same algebra). They are obviously isomorphic, because the algebra structure is trivial. But ${\cal A}$ and $\cal B$ are not conjugated in $M_n(k)$. However $\cal B$ is conjugated to ${\cal A}^T$ in $M_n(k)$.


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Panels are hiding but not reappearing
I have many TabPanels in my application with each displaying a number of Panels. Most of the Panels contain various buttons (created using a custom function) and some have panels themselves (henceforth called sub-panels) containing HTML text displaying some value. On some of these Panels with sub-panels I have a function being called by the OnDraw event that attempts to hide or show the sub-panel based on a value being pulled from the server by a custom function. These sub-panels have an associated button above them on the Panel that toggles the value that their visibility is based on. All these Panels handle their appropriate sub-panels correctly, either hiding or showing them. The funky stuff happens when the sub-panel's associated button is clicked. When the Panel is the first one displayed when opening the TabPanel, clicking the button subsequently hides or shows the associated sub-panel. However, if the Panel is one in the Tab Panel that isn't displayed first, when clicking the button, it only hides or shows the associated sub-panel if the value is true when first viewing the Panel. If the value was false when opening the Panel, toggling the value with the button does nothing to show and then hide again the associated sub-panel. I am very confused with this and I hope my explanation isn't as confusing. Here is some of the code:
DevicePanels.getConveyorConfig = function(deviceName){ return new Ext.Panel({ title: 'Config', layout: { type: 'vbox', pack: 'center', align: 'center' }, scroll: 'vertical', defaults:{ width: HelmWeb.settings.PanelWidth }, items:[ base.view.getHMIToggleButton('btnToleranceWarningEnabled', 'Tolerance Warning Enabled', 'MC2:' + deviceName + '.ToleranceWarningEnabled', 'MC2:' + deviceName + '.ToleranceWarningEnabled', 'green', 'DeviceToleranceEdit'), { xtype: 'panel', id: 'DeviceToleranceWarningAmount', layout: { type: 'vbox' }, defaults:{ width: HelmWeb.settings.PanelWidth }, items: [ { html: "
Tol. Warning Amount:
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My Maverick freezes constantly, no matter what I'm doing. Browsing with chromium or firefox, using cmus to play music, or copying 24 gb files from partition to partition while burning a CD, it will freeze, and only thing I can do is unplug it from the grid, no button will work.
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Any help appreciated! If it's hardware, so I can know what to do and what to backup :)
Command "sensors" says:
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I am looking something like this on dummy comp, sending email fast without any login. I mean that I do not want to set up any .muttrc or any other settings. I want just a short msg to person A from email@example.com. Is it possible and how?
sendMail -r firstname.lastname@example.com -msg "I am coming, x"
sendmail -r firstname.lastname@example.com -msg "here is the project" -a file.tgz
Is there any easy-to-use -unix-program for this kind of spontaneuous communication (without any extra hassle)?
Suppose that I have only Network connection to the internet, now I want to send a msg fast to my friend to some email XYZ. I can ping it and I can use morse. Can I combine morse/ping to transmit msg to my friend? Or is there some easier way to transmit a msg without hassle to set up all kind of postfix etc? If there was some service that collected all morse-ping msgs and then sent them to emails -- yes then it would be possible, investigating.


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What exactly is a shindig?
I tried to translate it in Google Translate into spanish but it gave me two translations
- Fiesta (party)
- Pelea (fight)
So which one is it?
The context I heard it on was a chapter of The Firm, where a lawyer tells another one she hopes their "little shindig" didn't scare him off, or something like that. She was referring to a little event they held for their clients, where he was introduced to some other lawyers, who weren't particularly friendly with him.


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Federal law says the City of Charlotte must adopt a Post-Construction Stormwater Ordinance (PCO) by June 2009. This is part of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting process required by the Clean Water Act. These requirements apply to urbanizing communities.
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They are known as man's best friend but with Kentucky animal cruelty laws ranked last in the nation, it becomes difficult to protect abused animals.
But some are lobbying toward stricter policies that will keep animals in Kentucky safe.
"Animal issues are people issues,"say Pam Roger, Director of the Kentucky Humane Society.
Due to weak animal cruelty laws Kentucky has been labeled as one of the best places for an animal abuser to live.
"Our animal cruelty laws are very weak. They don't require shelter for a dog for example.We don't require the animal to be forfeited if it's an abused animal and the person is found guilty and that's just ridiculous,"says Rogers.
"You would think if they are convicted of a crime you would think they shouldn't have pets anymore but to know that that's not the case, I just don't understand that,"says Lisa Henderson, Active in Animal Welfare.
Kentucky is the only state that does not consider having fighting dogs a felony.
"Already this 6 month old pit puppy was already being groomed for the fighting pit. They do the starvation, exposure to the elements, and this friend as a result of calling animal control nothing happened
she reached out and me and friend went and rescued this puppy,"says Rick Murphy, who rescues abused animals.
They believe demanding change from government is the next step.
"We as humans have to be that voice for them,"says Henderson.
"I've really just gotten nauseated at the torture and abuse I see, and only through lobbying will it get better,"says Murphy.
Rogers adds if you notice animal abuse report it to your local authorities.
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Given an $\infty$-category $\mathcal{C}$ with whatever descriptors you wish, how do higher internal homs work? Specifically, given two $n$-morphisms, $f$ and $g$, is it possible (I don't see why not a priori) to have the collection of $n+1$-morphisms between $f$ and $g$ itself be an $n$-morphism? Or, is it more sensible to have this collection be an object of the category? Are there any kind of known paradoxes or anything if we allow one or the other? Even more ridiculously, can we allow that collection to be... I don't know, an $m$-morphism for some $m<n$?
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I'm looking for a blog or website that showcases nice UI designs. Specifically, one that has examples of Windows user interfaces. I have a few of these bookmarked (like Beautiful Pixels), but they are very Apple-centric, and I have a need to divine some inspiration for a Windows application.
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This may be rather small in terms of the scope you are looking for, but I check out Little Big Details on a daily basis. The site showcases one great usability element a day.
I don't know if this website is what you're looking for but it might give you some inspiration and examples of different design for a lots of situations. The website is Quince and the address: http://quince.infragistics.com/
One of the longest standing interaction design pattern sites around is a very useful resource. It's not specific to Windows, but has a lot of platform agnostic principles.
I asked something similar a few days ago (for what concerns desktop software).
If you are developing on Windows platform, then you definitely should follow the Windows UX guidelines, which are plenty of visual examples too.


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Brake Upgrade Test And Install - Bigger Is BetterWritten by on October 10, 2011 Contributors: Kevin DiOssi We install and test a late-model brake upgrade from Wilwood
Mopar enthusiasts are fortunate these days to not only have an abundance of parts available to maintain and upgrade their classic cars, but to also have some impressive new iron available directly from Chrysler Corporation dealerships. And while you may have your own opinion as to how late-model Mopars compare to their antique counterparts, the performance of these newer vehicles is difficult to deny. New Mopars like the Charger and Challenger come equipped with an impressive array of performance, safety, and convenience features right from the factory, and though heavier than their elder counterparts, easily outperform muscle cars from the '60s and '70s. And while our '09 Challenger R/T has been a blast to drive even in factory form, we haven't been able to resist the urge to make improvements.
At first, it was difficult to find parts for the new Challenger (and other LX platform cars), but the aftermarket has quickly caught up offering a plethora of performance and appearance upgrades for the new Mopars. And while so far we've concentrated our efforts on making more power with a ProCharger kit, improving shifts with a transmission from Gearstar Performance, and enhancing handling and stance with an Eibach sport suspension kit, we felt it was time to install larger disc brakes from Wilwood Engineering.
Of all the systems found on a high-performance automobile, the brake system is likely the most overlooked. Most car owners simply think that because the brakes don't make the car any faster, they should leave them alone so long as they're working properly. We guess this mentality comes from Mopar's drag racing heritage, as drag cars can benefit from the reduced drag and lighter rotating weight of very light brake components, but for most all-around street or dual-purpose cars, bigger brakes can greatly enhance a car's all-around capabilities, including safety.
Another reason to consider upgrading the brakes of your car is for appearance. Like it or not, many of these newer Mopars will never really see track duty, but serve as weekend cruisers just like older muscle cars did. Not everyone races, especially these days, but most people who are into their cars want them to have the image of high-performance, and with larger diameter, open wheels being popular even from the factory, big brakes is a visible way to show off your car's muscle. And while we love the appearance of the Wilwood cross-drilled and slotted rotors and big, red, six-piston front and four-piston rear calipers, the real reason we're installing them is for the performance.
Better braking capability can greatly enhance a vehicle's performance in both daily driving and during road-course or autocross competition. Being able to brake later, and stop quicker when needed, means that the vehicle can maintain a higher average speed whether around a track or on the way to the parts store. Of course other factors help determine the braking performance of a car, mainly road conditions, suspension limitations, and the grip of the tires. Tires of softer compounds will allow the braking system to work to its potential, allowing the brakes to really work and thereby reducing stopping distances. To the normal driver, this might not make much difference, but if you like to drive aggressively, you'll definitely like better brakes.
Even older Mopar A-Bodies with nine-inch drum brakes would usually stop in decent amount of distance, once, but braking inadequacies aren't revealed until the brakes are used time after time and heat is built up in the components. Once this happens both drum and disc brakes will experience some level of fade, and braking distances will be increased, sometimes dramatically. And though the factory four-wheel disc brakes on the new Challenger are certainly far better than the drum brakes found on earlier Mopars, there is still noticeable fade and increased stopping distance when we repeatedly brake aggressively. Even with stock 20-inch diameter wheels and tires, we felt that our improvements in the acceleration, handling, and top speed of this car necessitated better brakes.
Luckily, Wilwood offers front and rear disc brake kits for the new LX Mopars, and a quick check of their website confirmed that their brakes would fit our '09 Challenger. In fact, we found Wilwood's website easy to navigate, only requiring the make, model, and year of our car to immediately show the options available. Known for their impressive race oriented braking systems, the kits available for the Challenger all offer huge 14.25-inch diameter front and rear rotors, with optional drilled and slotted rotors available. Their part number 140-11764-DR front kit offers six-piston calipers powdercoated in red, and part number 140-11765-DR rear kit includes four-piston calipers also powdercoated in red. Though not inexpensive at $2511.54 for the front kit and $2268.11 for the rear kit (retail at time of print), we've found Wilwood components to be worth the expense in terms of quality and performance. Eager to install and test our new brakes, we took our car and parts to nearby Inline Performance Specialists to perform the work.
Performing a four-wheel brake swap shouldn't be considered "easy" work for an amateur mechanic, especially given the obvious safety implications. But while the Wilwood instructions recommended taking the car to a professional shop for the brake work, there was really nothing involved that an average mechanic couldn't accomplish in his or her driveway with some basic hand tools. The rotors did require aviation safety wire be installed, which is somewhat of an art, but with a little practice anyone can learn the skill. Both the front and rear Wilwood kits come with all the brackets and hardware needed to install the brakes, and the instructions are clear and concise.
Using the lift at Inline Performance, technician Scott Pitts quickly had our factory brakes removed, and got busy prepping the new Wilwood rotors by using the provided fasteners to attach them to the hubs, and installing safety wire as an extra precaution to prevent the bolts from backing out. We found the Wilwood kit to be complete and the instructions easy to follow as we replaced our factory brakes with the new components. It always takes a little extra time to take photographs when doing work for a magazine article, but even so Scott easily had all four brakes installed and bled in about eight hours and we were ready for a test drive.
After testing the brakes at slower speeds to ensure everything worked properly, we followed Wilwood's break-in procedure by making several stops from high speed one after another, until brake fade is noticed. This procedure seats the pads, establishes wear patterns, and builds heat to properly "break" in the components (no pun intended) so they are ready to use. With the '09 Dodge Challenger R/T having a claimed factory 60 to zero braking distance of 125 feet, we felt these brakes would certainly perform better than that, provided our factory 20-inch Goodyear Eagle tires would hold at least some of the extra bite. With the help of Associate Editor Kevin Diossi, we loaded up our high-tech radar assisted brake testing equipment and went to the Mopar Muscle proving grounds (a road near our office leading to an abandoned business park).
After a couple of equipment calibration runs, we began our test of the Wilwood four-wheel disc brakes. These brakes are compatible with the factory master cylinder and anti-lock braking system, so once we reached 60 mph on our test course we would aggressively apply the car's brakes until we felt the ABS engage. During our baseline tests of the factory brakes, we'd get about three or four good stops from 60 mph before the brakes would fade and stopping distance would increase to the 135-foot range. With the first test of our big Wilwood brakes, we accomplished a stopping distance of 116 feet, nearly ten feet shorter than the factory brakes. Subsequent tests netted a best distance of 111 feet on our third attempt, and after making six or more tests the brakes faded slightly, but still stopped our Challenger in less than 120 feet.
During our testing it was very apparent that the tires were our limiting factor, and we feel we could have accomplished even shorter braking distances with softer, more aggressive tires and perhaps better road conditions. Even so, the Wilwood brakes definitely outperform the factory brakes, providing shorter, safer, and more consistent stops. In addition to the improved performance, these brakes are one of the most noticed upgrades we've accomplished on our Challenger so far, getting attention on the road and at gas stations behind the car's factory five-spoke 20-inch wheels.
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2 So long as they're working properly, a car's brakes are often not thought about by most owners. By adding aftermarket brakes to our Challenger, we'll improve the all-around performance of our car and improve its looks as well.3a The Wilwood front kit for LX Mopars features big, six-piston calipers available in...3b ...Either red or black powdercoat, hubs, hardware, lines, and massive 14.25-inch drilled and slotted rotors.4a These kits are all-inclusive, with new high-performance brake pads and hardware in separate, clearly marked packaging...5 The Wilwood rear kit offers the same 14.25-inch diameter rotors as the front brakes, but with four-piston calipers. The rear brakes don't require nearly as much force to lock, so less clamping force is needed. Six-piston calipers would be overkill on the rear.6 With the car on the lift at Inline Performance, technician Scott Pitts got busy removing the factory brakes from our '09 Challenger. The brake systems of all LX models, including the Charger, Magnum, and 300, are basically the same.7 The Wilwood rotors are fastened to the hubs using the provided hardware, and tightened to the appropriate torque using a torque wrench. We found the instructions included with this kit to be clear, offering easy guidance to accomplish the installation.8 The only specialty items you'll need for this job is a pair of safety wire pliers and some .032-inch stainless steel aviation safety wire. We had some around, but if you don't most local aircraft maintenance facilities sell it. The special pliers are available from most quality tool manufacturers.
9 This kit requires slight grinding of the lower suspension for rotor clearance, but nothing that jeopardizes safety or rigidity of the structure. With this accomplished, the new rotor and hub assemblies can be slid in place over the wheel studs.10 The Wilwood caliper brackets bolt easily in place using the supplied hardware. All of the parts are powdercoated for a clean, high-quality appearance. We ordered our calipers in optional red so they would stand out even more.11a With the calipers in place, the brake pads can be installed and centered over the rotor...11b ...Shims are used to place the caliper as close to center as possible, ensuring proper pad wear and performance.12 The Wilwood rear brake kit was also easy to install, using the same procedures as the front kit. The rear calipers are four-piston units, and the rotors are the same 14.25-inch diameter as the front.13 Comparatively, the larger 14.25-inch diameter of the Wilwood rotor makes the factory front rotor look even smaller than its 13.5 or so inches, and the 12.6-inch diameter factory rear rotors look even smaller compared to the Wilwood units.14 With the front and rear brake kits installed, we bled the brake system and reinstalled our factory 20-inch wheels and Goodyear Eagle tires. Following Wilwood's procedure, we checked the brakes while driving slowly, and then seated the pads through a series of aggressive stops.15 Using some high-tech magazine test equipment, we established that our Challenger had a stopping distance 127 feet from 60 mph, which is just two feet more than Dodge's claimed 125 feet. After about four repeated stops, the factory brakes began to fade resulting in increased braking distances up to 135 feet as the brakes got really hot.16 Testing our Challenger after installing the big brakes from Wilwood, we were impressed by a first stop from 60 mph of just under 116 feet. Our best stop came in at an impressive 111 feet on the third stop. Averages for our first four stops were just over 112 feet, more than 15 feet better than the stock brakes. After about six aggressive stops, the Wilwood brakes started to show signs of fading, but still netted stopping distances in the 118-foot range. With factory tires, we're impressed to see this type of improvement in braking distance. Once we install stickier tires, we would expect even shorter distances. mm


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Do you know of an app for Windows Mobile 6.5 and Windows Phone 7 that let me use stackoverflow.com and hast most (if not all) features of the site itself. Maybe there is one currently in development? I was hoping for a more streamlined user experience on my current and future smartphone.
Not only does Stacky claim to support Windows Phone 7, it actually does! :) And I am building a WP7 client using it. Here are some early** screen shots:
** Note that this is very early and none of the UI is final.
Meanwhile Luke jumped in regarding his upcoming Windows Phone 7 client, so in addition to the options outlined below you might watch his activities to eventually be amongst the first to try it :)
I'm not aware of an existing one for either platform yet. If nobody jumps in regarding the in development question, you seem to have the following options for the moment:
Good luck!
I'm pretty slow to the battle... but I love just StackOverflow so i'm working on my own quick & dirty client. Just to show my profile details and maybe some of the latest questions... Just for me to read when i'm on the road... I'm no Jon Skeet or anything.
Warning, no design work has been done WHATSOEVER!
I'm hosting the source of my personal TFS instance, but when I get close to release, i'm going to open the source up so someone can learn from my mistakes.
I am using the SOAPI api, and it really allows me to create excellent XAML sample data using Visual Studio and databaind to the results of the queries directly.
Awesome stuff!
UPDATE: App now on Marketplace - see Overflow7 - Stack Exchange sites on Windows Phone 7
Love the look of these apps - Stack Overflow and the Metro UI are a great combination.
Using the excellent Stacky library as a start, here's my latest app - "overflow 7".
There's still more to do - and there always will be - but you can see the app in action at:
I submitted it to the Marketplace late last night - based on Microsoft's current timing and allowing for one resubmission loop, then I expect the app will be available in about a week.
I've run out of free app submissions - so the price will be 0.99. All money received will encourage me to add more features. If 0.99 is too expensive, then there is a free never-ending full-function trial available :)
I want to get this v1 app through the marketplace first, but once it's accepted then I'll open up a new question asking for feedback, suggestions, ideas, contributions...