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13 Aug 2008 1:12 AM #1
How do I: Property Grid: define custom column names..
I had thought that one could define a custom name for each column in a property grid. Not the name/value.. but in the grid itsself.
select lname, fname, bday from users were ID = 1;
results -> put in store
property grid has headers of Name / Value
but each row is identifed as each column from the store. in this case its lname, fname and bday. i want the lname to be displayed as "Last Name" etc.
In my post: http://extjs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43390 (2nd one)
I posted one of my custom columns as:
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var comboBoxSecCakeField = new Ext.form.ComboBox({
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Thanks for any help
13 Aug 2008 2:07 AM #2
Unfortunately the propertyGrid's column model does not allow for renaming of the columns. See this thread: http://extjs.com/forum/showthread.ph...718#post195718
Another thread on the same nature. Not sure if it bears any fruit : http://extjs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17489
13 Aug 2008 2:43 AM #3
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You can rename the columns of a propertygrid by setting:
Ext.grid.PropertyColumnModel.prototype.nameText = 'Name'; Ext.grid.PropertyColumnModel.prototype.valueText = 'Value';
For that you can use the (undocumented) propertyNames config option, e.g.
var grid = new Ext.grid.PropertyGrid({ ... propertyNames: { 'lname': 'Last Name', 'fname': 'First Name', 'bday': 'Birthday' } });
13 Aug 2008 3:29 AM #4
There is no way to put this in each form element?
IE: new Ext.form.TextField({ allowBlank:false, propertyNames: 'Alternate Field Name' });
yes you are right Condor.. I NEED the value and name to rename as it should be.. but just want a different name displayed.
having lname or fname listed on the property grid is NOT user friendly as Seeing "First name" and "Last Name"!
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The property name/display name mapping (propertyNames) is completely separate from the property name/editor mapping (customEditors).
So you can't specify the display name in the editor, but why would you need to?
13 Aug 2008 3:37 AM #6
Only to keep all the config in one place. I mean the way its setup right now i have an array for the new record, columnmodel, custom editors and now iwll have to have one for the names...
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Maybe it's easier to use an EditorGridPanel instead.
You could fill your records with the property name, the display name, the value and the editor (all nicely together).
And in the columnmodel you could override getCellEditor to return the editor from the record instead of the one from the column model.
You could look at this post for an example (doesn't do exactly what you want, but you could modify it).
13 Aug 2008 4:00 AM #8
Thats a great post and super example.. but sorta seems like a hack to do what a property grid should be able to do effortlessly. I will considering redoing my grid. I only want the displayName and the value shown - a 'valueName' should be the actual db (or store) column name.
The nice thing about what you suggested earlier is that i only have to do it for columns that need a custom name.
Thanks so much for your time and post Condor.
13 Aug 2008 6:47 AM #9
This is one of the issues I tried to address with my improved property grid extension, which may interest you: http://extjs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=41390
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listeners : { beforerender : function() { var cols = this.getView().getHeaderCt().getGridColumns(); cols[0].setText("Property"); } }


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#2. Cryptomnesia
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Among the many things your brain isn't good at is correctly remembering where your ideas come from. Cryptomnesia happens when your brain finds a really good idea, but doesn't bother remembering that, oh, yeah, it's not yours.
Despite what has to be an enormous temptation for people to jump all over that shit and claim it for themselves, Carl Jung discovered it.
Although occurrences are pretty rare, there are still some famous cases: Nietzche accidentally didn't write quite a bit of Thus Spake Zarathustra, George Harrison was forced to shell out almost $600,000 over a song he "borrowed," and an early incident with cryptomnesia permanently ruined the celebrity-author career of Helen Keller, who wrote up a fairy tale that it turned out had been told to her years before--much to her surprise.
Sad, because she never got to write Harry Potter and the Miracle Worker.
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Like so many of the other items on this list, explanations are pretty thin on the ground. Cryptomnesiologists seem to think that, for some reason, your brain retains enough memory of the event to recall the event, but not the origin of the event, leading to the mistaken impression that you're the originator.
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I know it is rather rude to think of it this way and I don't want to offend anyone religiously, but being dead is usually thought of as a very permanent condition in the United States. So why does Spanish use the word 'estar' instead of 'ser' to indicate that condition? Is there some background to this in terms of religion or politeness? If I say 'Mi padre es muerto', would that have a drastically different meaning than if I had used estar, or is the first one just plain incorrect and should never be used at all?
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Although it is true that estar usually indicates a non-permanent, temporary condition whereas ser usually signals a permanent condition, you have to take into account that estar is normally used to express a condition resulting from a transformation, process or actual change, and ser is normally used when referring to an inherent characteristic, with no involvement of process, change or transformation; in other words, ser normally has the purpose of including the subject into a certain class.
This explains why there are some adjectives that express a permanent condition but can only be combined with estar: this is so because they express the result of a change or transformation; muerto is one of those adjectives, and another example is roto: el vaso está roto and not el vaso es roto.
Because estar is used to signify that they weren't always dead--that they were once alive.
Ser is used to indicate a state of being--that they were always that way and always will be.
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While agreeing with Gonzalo Medina's explanation, I would like to add my rule of thumb for this one. "Ser" means that the property does not change for the object, while "Estar" means a transition.
So, "él está muerto" because he was alive before, but "mi camiseta es verde" because it will not change by itself(*1). In the case of "verde", you can also say "la manzana está aún verde", because while the T-shirt does not change by itself, the apple does.
Soy muerto is not incorrect, just not commonly used:
A la fortuna, de Jorge Manrique (a very good poet)
I think the answer is that while ser defines the subject, estar defines its state.
So one defines characteristics, the other one defines conditions. The rule "permanent", "non permanent" is a good rule, but a rule of thumb, so not always true:
See more on this PPT document "Ser and estar" that gives some simple, yet interesting explanations.
usually one use "estar" to describe a non-permanent characteristic or something subject to change its state. "ser" it is used to described something permanent or an inherent characteristic of something. But in this case, "estar muerto" you need to use the verb "estar" because "estar muerto comes from the participle form of the verb "morir = el ha muerto" so almost any adjetive or characteristic that comes from the participle of a Verb use "estar". for instance, A door can be open or close, it is not permanent. but you say "la ventana ESTA abierta, la ventana ESTA cerrada" because "abierta/abierto" is the participle of "abrir" as "cerrada/cerrado" is the participle of "cerrar". if you use the verb "ser" with these participles then you are using the passive voice. so if you say "el esta muerto"= he is dead "es es muerto" it would be something like he is being killed.
I think it's because you use "ser" + participle when it's passive voice:
And you use "estar" in other cases:
As I side note, we never say "es muerto". It's sounds unidiomatic and I don't even think it would make any sense when writing poetry either.


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Dakota Wesleyan University is teaming up with Weekend Snack Pack Program to help local children in the area.
DWU organizations Universities Fighting World Hunger (UFWH) and Enactus will participate in the Blue & White Days parade at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 28, on Mitchell's Main Street, and are asking parade-goers to bring donations for the Weekend Snack Pack Program.
Students will walk in the parade, pushing grocery carts, and anyone who wishes to donate toward the Snack Pack program can toss their donations into the carts as the students pass.
The Weekend Snack Pack Program was founded and is still run by DWU alumna Cindy Novachich '90. Novachich has been running the program out of her home since 2010 and this summer, DWU's Enactus club worked with Novachich and the university to move the Snack Pack program to campus within Hughes Hall. Enactus is also working with Novachich on a website, marketing and organizing volunteers. The program provides one bag per qualifying child which has easy-to-prepare food for the weekend, such as ravioli or macaroni and cheese, with a snack and either fruit or vegetable.
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Novachich organizes donations and packing for more than 300 students a weekend in the Mitchell elementary schools.
"The Snack Pack program has done such an amazing job providing the children food for the weekend and I am excited that DWU has been called to help it grow," said Breanna Clark, DWU senior and president of UFWH. "We hope that while the Mitchell community is enjoying the parade that they will also be able to contribute to the fight against hunger in the community by placing food in the baskets."
Some of the items used for the Weekend Snack Pack Program include: macaroni and cheese, ravioli, SpaghettiOs, pudding cups, popcorn, fruit cups, apple sauce cups, snack foods, and other items that a child could prepare on his or her own.


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I'm currently doing research on cracking encrypted, compressed files (specifically: uif, zip, 7z, dmg). Looking at all the utilities out there, it seems the time it takes to crack something is greatly reduced when a better idea of password length/character set is known (this is obvious to me from prior experience in brute forcing/dictionary attacks). Is there a way to forensically analyze the encrypted compressed files themselves to get more information on the password, the hash it uses, etc in order to optimize cracking?
Theories I've thought of but need to know feasibility/tools needed: forensic markings in the assembler/binary, figuring out hashing mechanism to allow rainbow tables, etc.


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I was really in the mood for a risotto but didn't have a single grain of arborio rice in the house. I did, however, have a bag of orzo pasta. Since it looks an awful lot like rice, I thought it would make a good substitute.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Orzo Risotto
I was really in the mood for a risotto but didn't have a single grain of arborio rice in the house. I did, however, have a bag of orzo pasta. Since it looks an awful lot like rice, I thought it would make a good substitute.
13 comments:
- michelle said...
I love using orzo in place of arborio! So much quicker and still yummy!
- January 22, 2009 at 9:45 PM
- Joanne said...
I just bought a package of autumn harvest orzo (made from butternut squash and sweet potatoes) and I bet it would be great in something like this, since the flavors of the pasta would really have a chance to shine through!
- January 23, 2009 at 7:31 AM
- Bianca said...
I've never made risotto and I'm not sure why. Using orzo pasta sounds like a great way to get started though.
- January 23, 2009 at 12:37 PM
- DJ Karma (of Vegspinz) said...
That looks simple and good!
- January 23, 2009 at 3:14 PM
- Christina said...
Wow looks good, definitely making this soon! Just wondering why you put nutritional yeast in and if it would still come out okay without it. I'm new to vegetarianism and noticed other recipes with it too.
- January 23, 2009 at 5:06 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
Nutritional yeast adds B vitamins, but also a cheesy taste. I use it in place of parmasean cheese.
- January 24, 2009 at 9:28 AM
- Eating Consciously said...
Gotta love the nutritional yeast! It's pretty much a staple in my household :)
- January 24, 2009 at 11:39 AM
- TW said...
I made a similar dish earlier this month when I wanted risotto but only had orzo on hand--I used organic canned pumpkin, lots of fresh sage, a bit of onion and a couple dashes of hot sauce in mine. Delicious!
- January 24, 2009 at 4:06 PM
- helloveggie.org said...
Look delicious!
- January 24, 2009 at 7:05 PM
- KTBuns said...
Yep. Definitely going to try this. Looks *damn* good!
- January 25, 2009 at 7:27 PM
- pleasurefromthethorns said...
you are an inspiration, sir. i used your orzo recipe as a jumping off point and made one of the best meals we've had here at our humble vegan household....thank you.
here is my creation: http://pleasurefromthethorns.blogspot.com/2009/02/another-vegan-triumph.html
- February 24, 2009 at 12:06 PM
- Rumela said...
I was made this orzo risotto for dinner tonight, and it was delicious! I was a little nervous it wouldn't have enough depth of flavor, but it turned out scrumptious. even my hubby was loved eating this...as long as he can use his fingers. thank you for shearing your post.
- September 10, 2009 at 5:21 PM
- Unknown said...
I tried this last night and it was very good. They've started selling orzo at Trader Joe's now and I've never used it so this was a good intro to how to use it.
- December 11, 2011 at 3:39 PM


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Penn quarterback Billy Ragone, of Cheshire, heads into his senior season as the starter at quarterback for the Quakers.
Ragone, the 2008 Republican-American Red Zone Player of the Year, will report to the Philadelphia campus Monday with the first day of practice slated for Tuesday.
Ragone has started 21 games for the Quakers, including all 10 games in 2011, when he tossed for 1,860 yards and 11 TDs. As a freshman, Ragone started two games before sustaining a season-ending injury.
Also in the Ivy League, wide receiver Sebastian Little of Cheshire begins his freshman year at Yale today when the Bulldogs open practice. Sophomore offensive lineman Ryan Peloquin of Southington, a former St. Paul standout, is at Princetony.
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Jesse Weins, assistant professor of criminal justice and dean of the College of Leadership and Public Service at Dakota Wesleyan University, will publish a book based on his previously published and nationally recognized research on teen sexting. It will be the first book-length secondary resource on this topic in the U.S.
"Sexting and Youth: A Multidisciplinary Examination of Research, Theory, and Law," edited by Todd C. Hiestand and W. Jesse Weins, will be available in print in May from Carolina Academic Press.
Weins co-edited the project, as well as wrote the opening chapter. He was assisted in research and editing by DWU human services major Darin Bartscher, of Emery, and Sarah Owens, a 2013 graduate with a human services and criminal justice double major.
Weins first co-authored the journal article "Sexting, Statutes, and Saved by the Bell: Introducing a Lesser Juvenile Charge with an 'Aggravating Factors' Framework" in 2009 in the Tennessee Law Review with Hiestand, professor of criminal justice at MidAmerica Nazarene University. At the time, they were among the first in the nation to address the subject of teen sexting laws and legal responses.
"We felt this subject was in need of policy analysis because in the beginning, justice system workers had no guidance whatsoever for how to approach these cases," Weins said.
"Sexting" is the term coined to describe sexualized texting – especially sending sexually explicit photos or videos via cellular phones. Taking such photos of minors is punishable by law, but four years ago states didn't differentiate in their state codes between minors and adults under traditional child pornography laws. Weins and Hiestand made the argument for a lesser juvenile legal response appropriate to the behavior.
Since then, the subject has been up for much debate.
"Positive steps have been made in the last five years towards better responses for teen sexting," Weins said. "But even now there is not uniformity in how to approach the topic, neither in law nor policy. It remains a challenging area, compounded by deeply held views about youth and sex and technology, which prevent agreements from person to person and place to place. Most people see the reason for legal intervention in some of these cases but not others. But they often disagree on what kinds of cases those are, what should be done, and how to approach communicating with youth.
"At least half of the U.S. states have reviewed the question of law and policy, with nearly half the states passing some form of legislation either directly addressing the issue or amending their statutes to accommodate these situations in their present laws."
In other Western nations like Canada and Australia, province by province decisions are being made.
Weins was eager to include students in the research process because he knows that hands-on experience is important in education.
"As a student, it's helpful to see the research and publishing side of academia, since it demystifies the whole process," he said. "Seeing this process and having that experience sheds light on scholastic work and higher education. It's helpful for faculty to include students, especially in topics like this where youth are involved, to get a different perspective, to get their take on it."
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Quoth The Ravens: We're Super Bowl Bound (And More)
FOXBOROUGH, MA—Late Sunday night, the Baltimore Ravens jogged down a tunnel here, hollering about trophies (their own), arrogance (the Patriots'). Players screamed to one another about the Super Bowl, where they were headed, and joked about the Pro Bowl, where Patriots quarterback Tom Brady will spend his time now that he could not get past this swaggering Ravens team. There had been one year of frustration since their loss to the Patriots in last year's AFC championship, so they just kept yelling. They yelled quotes from "Step Brothers" and "The Departed" and they yelled expletives about the Patriots. Mostly they just yelled about anything that came to their mind.
"I got to go see my mom," yelled fullback Vonta Leach, for no apparent reason.
Just think if they actually win the Super Bowl.
The Ravens shut out the Patriots in the second half on the way to a 28-13 win to put them into the Super Bowl and give their coach, John Harbaugh a game against brother Jim, the coach of the San Francisco 49ers who earlier in the day had won the NFC by beating the Atlanta Falcons.
The hype will be suffocating—there is never been anything resembling a brother vs. brother Super Bowl. Their father, Jack Harbaugh, may need to find a bunker to avoid the media for the next two weeks before the big game in New Orleans. But human-interest stories aside, the matchup will likely make for a great Super Bowl. The real debate for the next two weeks will be whether anyone will even score in the Super Bowl two weeks from now—both the Ravens and 49ers' defense didn't allow a point in the second half on Sunday. The Patriots offense accounted for the most first downs in NFL history this year and were generally considered one of the better offenses of all time. That probably explains why Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs was jubilantly screaming "shut out in the second half!" for minutes at a time on Sunday night. Very loudly.
There was little talk of the "Harbaugh Bowl" or anything beyond the pure joy of the win in the Ravens' overflowing locker room, where Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps joined in on the party.
"When was the last time [the Patriots were shutout] at Foxboro? Like, never?" said Ravens center Matt Birk. "It's unbelievable."
The Ravens will have two weeks to plan for the dynamic running of 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and they'll need it. Though Baltimore is considered to have among the best linebacker groups in the league, their defense showed a few holes on Sunday. New England outgained Baltimore in yardage 428-356 and had more first downs. The Ravens were able to ride just a few opportune chances to victory. The most crucial was at the start of the fourth quarter, when Patriots running back Stevan Ridley was hit hard and fumbled—it was picked up by Ravens lineman Arthur Jones. The Ravens promptly scored four plays later on an Anquan Boldin 11-yard touchdown reception which made it 28-13 and put the game away. Brady threw an interception to Cary Williams with 1:06 left in the game.
The win extended the career of Ray Lewis, the Ravens' future Hall-of-Fame linebacker who said he would retire after the season. Lewis's over-the-top emotion was on full blast on Sunday, speaking of the sacrifice everyone on the team made. "and we did it, we did it, we did it," Lewis said. In other legacy news, the tandem of Brady and Patriots coach Bill Belichick took another hit on Sunday. The team lost last year's Super Bowl to the New York Giants and though they've won three Super Bowls together, none of them have happened since the 2004 season. Belichick, in a typical sour mood, declined to be interviewed by CBS in a postgame session but did speak with reporters.
"I think we obviously didn't play very well and if you don't play very well against a good team, it's not even very competitive," Brady said. "It's unfortunate. We just couldn't make any critical plays when we needed to."
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I have a superspace spanned by 4 commuting coordinates + 2 anti-commuting ones $\{x^\mu,\theta^\alpha\}$, I have to do the change of coordinates $dx^\mu\to dy^\mu= dx^\mu+d\theta^\alpha \eta_\alpha^{\;\:\mu}$ where $\eta$ have to be a local function i.e: $\eta\equiv\eta(x)$, and leave the $d\theta$'s unchanged, so how can I translate this change on coordinates themselves? In particular I need to express $\partial_\mu$ in the new coordinate system.
If the $\eta$ fcts where global it would be simply $x^\mu\to y^\mu= x^\mu+\theta^\alpha \eta_\alpha^{\;\:\mu}$, so what if $\eta$'s where not global?


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6 Beloved Characters That Had Undiagnosed Mental Illnesses
It's unlikely that the writers who created these characters consciously decided they would give them an undiagnosed mental disorder as one of their traits. Maybe they were just borrowing behaviors of a "quirky" friend, or maybe the writers suffered from the disorder and wrote the characters to mimic their own life.
But one way or another, these characters show all the symptoms ...
#6. Sherlock Holmes -- Asperger's Syndrome
It's tough to pin down the exact personality traits of Sherlock Holmes, since his story has been recycled in so many incarnations. He's the most-portrayed fictional character in the world, running the gamut from Basil Rathbone playing a jolly English gentleman who fights Nazis to Robert Downey Jr.'s Victorian Rain Man/MMA fighter. But there are some key characteristics in the original Arthur Conan Doyle version that tend to crop up again and again, and they all indicate a severe case of Asperger's.
"Solving crimes is all well and good, Watson, but I have a Yu-Gi-Oh! forum to moderate!"
The Red Flags
Before you skip down to the comments to submit your passionate defense of Holmes' mental state, we're not the only ones who think he shows up on the autism spectrum. Holmes' hyper-keen observational skills, social mannerisms and overall personality have fueled Asperger's rumors everywhere from Holmes fan forums to Asperger's support forums.
"Holmes, stop looking through my stuff for clues. This is the reason no one else will lodge with you."
The first thing to keep in mind is that the character isn't just portrayed as being really smart -- he is obsessed with certain subjects and totally excludes all others. In one of the Holmes stories, A Study in Scarlet, he doesn't know that the Earth revolves around the sun (because, he says, the information doesn't have any effect on his everyday life). These uneven obsessions with random topics -- in Holmes' case, things like tobacco ashes and regional soil consistency -- are not signs of an enthusiast; they are symptoms of a disorder. Or, as the Yale Child Study Center puts it, Asperger's sufferers show "...a narrow range of capacities for memorizing lists or trivial information, calendar calculation, visual-spatial skills such as drawing, or musical skills involving a perfect pitch or playing a piece of music after hearing it only once."
"Care for a 70th rendition of 'Baa Baa Black Sheep,' my dear Watson?"
And most telling is that Holmes' talents are coupled with an inability to interact socially with anyone but Watson. He embarks on long-winded monologues about very specific topics, oblivious to the listener's lack of interest. If you know someone with Asperger's, you're well familiar with this habit.
It's true that the disorder wouldn't be recognized until 70 years after Doyle invented the character. But obviously the disorder existed long before there was a name for it, and Doyle didn't have to know what the disorder was called in order to have known somebody with those quirks, and written them into his fictional detective. Perhaps 70 years from now, experts will have a name for the ability to slow down time and punch people in slow motion.
#5. Ariel from The Little Mermaid -- Disposophobia (Hoarding)
The Little Mermaid is the heartwarming tale of a mermaid who cuts a deal with a cephalopod witch doctor to transform her into a mute nudist so she can seduce a man from another species. And you know what, we're going to give the main character, Ariel, a pass on all that. She's just a teenager, after all, and her quirky desire to be human drives the entire plot of the movie.
"Well, this is totally better than anorexia!"
But Ariel has another glaring, deep-seated issue that should be addressed. Whether it's because she keeps it so well hidden from the other merpeople or because some problems are just too big for a crab and a fish to tackle, no one in the film ever addresses the fact that Ariel is a pathological hoarder.
The whole situation is pretty forked.
The Red Flags
The opening scene in the film depicts Ariel raiding a sunken boat for useless bullshit. She collects everything she can find, despite having no idea what any of it does.
"I don't know what this is, but my teenage rebellion sense is tingling!"
OK, she's just a kid. Kids obsess over weird things: that's not unusual. So it's not until we see her full empire of secret garbage that we know she has a serious problem. She's clearly not throwing anything away:
This teenager has already collected a landfill worth of human trash in her few short years and socked it all away where no one else can get at it. And what do you know, according to the researchers behind the book Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things, the difference between just collecting and hoarding is that, "When people collect things, they typically want to display them to other people .... Hoarders want to keep things hidden because of the shame they have."
"This box is where I keep my toenail clippings and hairballs."
It's a compulsion. Ariel has 20 corkscrews and she doesn't even know what they do. She creates an emotional attachment to every object she finds, and this is another common problem among hoarders: they find sentimentality in random, worthless items.
"That's the only reason you're not a side dish right now."
And Ariel's compulsion does interfere with her normal life -- she lets down her father by hunting for trash instead of going to a concert she promised to attend. And, sure enough, one of the main side effects of disposophobia is obsessing over the collection at the expense of daily obligations.
Ariel, there is a certain reality show we want to put you in touch with ....
#4. Belle from Beauty and the Beast -- Schizoid Personality Disorder
We're going to avoid the obvious fact that Belle's relationship with the Beast who is imprisoning her shows all the signs of Stockholm syndrome (and in fact we've already detailed that here). We're guessing not even Disney would dispute that one.
"So now that we've established a relationship based on mutual trust, can I go now? No? OK, cool."
But Belle didn't need to be kidnapped to develop a mental disorder; she comes firing out of the gates with one already fully developed: schizoid personality disorder.
The Red Flags
Don't confuse this with schizophrenia -- we're not claiming the talking monster and sentient candlesticks are figments of her imagination. Schizoid personality disorder "... is characterized by a long-standing pattern of detachment from social relationships," and a sufferer "... often has difficulty ... [expressing] emotions and does so typically in very restricted range, especially when communicating with others."
It's hard to be normal when the town constantly follows you down the road, singing.
So, in Disney's reimagining of the fairy tale, Belle is a beautiful, independent and headstrong bookworm who is unfairly ostracized by the other inhabitants of her little French village simply for being "odd." She ends up befriending and falling in love with a beast before she knows he's secretly a human prince under a spell. This is supposed to show that her heart is so pure that she's able to look past appearances and love someone for who he is on the inside. In reality, Belle would have probably preferred he stay a beast and all his servants stay candlesticks and clocks, though she'd never admit it.
Wait, are these thing humans as well? Is she going to eat them?
Schizoid personality disorder's trademark symptom is self-imposed social isolation. Above all, someone suffering from the disorder will avoid human relationships, especially any that might result in sexual encounters. Belle is pursued throughout the film by Gaston, who wants to marry her, and while her staunch refusal to entertain any of his advances only because he is handsome seems admirable, she is more likely exemplifying the quintessential behavior of someone who has no interest in sex at all. In fact, someone with the disorder is more likely to find stronger intimacy with animals than people, so it's little surprise that Belle develops a relationship with a beast instead of a man.
"In a few hundred years there's going to be an entire subculture based around this."
In addition, her friendships with anthropomorphized teacups and footstools are stronger than any she's ever had with a human (outside of her father). The seclusion of the castle along with the nonhuman inhabitants and a relationship with a beast who isn't a sexual threat is like a dream for anyone with schizoid personality disorder. So it seems ironic that she was responsible for breaking the spell, turning them all back into humans. It certainly changes the tone of the happy ending.
"I think I'm going to be sick."


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DIRECTIONS From Train Station: If you exit Khar Railway station west the Hotel is in the first building to your right. From the Domestic airport (Santacruz): Take a left turn towards the city after you come out of the Domestic airport onto the highway and take the signs for the city . After 3 kms. don't go over the bridge.Watch out for signs of Kalina/Vakola or Santacruz station, then turn right under the bridge at Vakola-towards Santacruz station , then turn left at third turn at traffic signal towards the khar subway .After crossing under subway take the first left turn , and carry on down the road till you reach the hotel which is before the Khar railway station. From International Airport: Take signs of the city and pass the domestic airport and follow the instructions above from Domestic airport.


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This exhibition features more than 20 sets of large-format images that showcase the wide range of research being conducted at the Museum as well as how various optical tools are used in scientific studies.
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2 Nov 2010 1:23 PM #1
How to get parent/container size?
is it possible to get parent/container size so that children's size can be adjusted accordingly?
2 Nov 2010 2:08 PM #2
You should use the GXT layoutsystem for this. The layoutsystem works from top to bottom and so the parent always sizes the children.
What do you want to do exactly?
2 Nov 2010 2:18 PM #3
I have a viewport and using border layout. In the center panel, I have to show tabs and the some content in each of the tab.
The problem that I am facing is... I want content in each of the tab to occupy all of the space (just like in the case of viewport ) but somehow I am not able to get it working. So I thought if I know the parent's size I will set the sizes accordingly
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So you have a container in the center region and add a TabPanel into this center container? Try to give the container in the center region a fitlayout.
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State wants local nature preserve
A proposal by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources would take over 700 acres of school trust lands near Northport off the books and transfer the acreage to a nature preserve program in order to protect what the department calls "unique features" in the area.The proposed Trombetta Canyon Natural Area Preserve (NAP) would encompass 1,060 acres of timberland just southeast of Northport, of which 760 acres is currently state trust land. Around 300 acres of the proposed area is currently in private ownership. A meeting about the proposed NAP boundary will be held Thursday, Sept.22, 6:30 p.m., at the Northport School lunchroom.The DNR wants to transfer the state trust lands' acreage into the NAP to protect a raised limestone cliff formation within the canyon, as well as some limestone-dependent plant species. DNR Senior Communications Manager Jane Chavey said the department is not currently deriving any money from the land for the state trust, which funds state school construction projects."This particular tract of state trust land has not been harvested for a very long time due to access issues that would make it unfeasible to harvest the timber," said Chavey.In order to transfer the acreage into the Natural Areas Program, the DNR needs approval from the legislature to essentially "buy" the land from the state trust and place it into the NAP program. The tax dollars spent to move the land from a state trust designation to a nature preserve would then go to buy replacement land for the school trust.Nature preserve does not mean public accessHowever, changing the designation to a nature preserve doesn't guarantee the land would be available for public use.Since most of the proposed Trombetta Canyon NAP is only accessible across private land, public access would be unlikely until the private ground within the NAP was acquired by the agency. There is currently around 300 acres of private land within the proposed Trombetta Canyon NAP boundary.A DNR publication on the proposal noted the DNR only buys from "willing sellers at market value.""Privately owned lands within the proposed boundary would be acquired at a later time, typically using state-administered grant funds," the proposal noted on the DNR website www.dnr.wa.gov.Even if the private acreage was acquired, public access may not be part of the plan.Chavey said trails for the public could be developed if it didn't "damage the resources." It is likely access would also require one of the new fee-based and controversial Discover Passes.During the budgetary crunch of last year, legislators decreased funding for state parks, so the DNR, in collaboration with other agencies, chose to pass that loss onto the public by requiring patrons to purchase a $30 annual per-vehicle fee to state parks. The "Discover Pass" is projected to bring $64 to $72 million every year, of which DNR will receive eight percent.If the DNR decides not to proceed with the Trombetta Canyon NAP, the agency could theoretically sell the state trust ground on the open market and use the revenue to buy a piece that is more productive. The DNR currently receives 27 percent of the revenue from state trust lands in exchange for their management.For more information about the Trombetta Canyon Natural Area Preserve, visit www.dnr.wa.gov and search for "natural areas program."


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Jankowy, Dillard Leads Trojans to 75-67 Win over TusculumFebruary 5, 2014
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – The freshmen duo of Heather Jankowy and Alexis Dillard shined as Jankowy posted a career-high 23 points, while Dillard posted her second career double-double to lead Anderson University women's basketball to a 75-67 triumph over Tusculum Wednesday evening at Pioneer Arena.
With the win, the Trojans improve to 12-9 overall and over the .500 mark at 8-7 in South Atlantic Conference play. The Pioneers, who entered the game on a three-game winning streak, falls to 4-15 on the season and 4-11 in the SAC.
Jankowy, who saw a career-high 35 minutes due to teammate Sierra Simpson's foul trouble, made the most of her given opportunity, finishing 8-for-14 from the field including a 3-for-6 night from behind the arc en route to surpassing the 20-point mark for the first time for her career. The freshman also went 4-for-5 from the free throw line, as the Trojans shot 71.9 percent (23-for-32) from the charity stripe on the night.
A big contributor to the percentage was Dillard, who posted a 10-for-12 performance from the line, her highest total of made free throws for a game this season. Her 14 points and 10 rebounds mark her second career double-double and second in her last three games. The Taylors, S.C. native also notched a game-high two blocks for the third time in her last four games with two or more blocks.
"It was great to see two of our freshmen have big games," Anderson head coach Jimmy Garrity said. "This was a great road win for our team against a tough and scrappy Tusculum squad."
Junior Lesley Woods knocked in four 3-pointers on the night, making it the fourth straight game the sharpshooter has made four or more 3-pointers and the fifth straight night she has scored in double figures. The 4-for-7 performance was her highest 3-point percentage for a game since equaling the same tally at Erskine on Nov. 12.
Classmate Jasmine Franklin rounded out the double figure scoring with 11 points on 4-for-8 shooting, as the team shot 22-for-55 (40 percent) from the field and 8-for-18 (44.4 percent) from behind the 3-point arc.
"I thought Jasmine provided a great lift off the bench by making plays," Garrity said. "Lesley continues to shoot the ball extremely well and made a big 3-pointer coming out of a timeout when we really needed a basket."
Leading the Pioneers was sophomore forward Kristen McMillion, who came into the game averaging 10.4 rebounds per game. McMillon added the game's second double-double with 19 points and 15 rebounds seeing the floor for the entire game. McMillon was joined by sophomore Shynese Whitener with 19 points and one rebound shy of TC's second double-double of the night.
As 47 fouls were called for the game, the advantage swung in Anderson's favor as the Pioneers sent just seven players on the court, while AU totaled 10 different participants. For the game, Tusculum shot 32.4 percent (22-for-68) from the field and just 2-for-18 (11.1 percent) from 3-point range.
After AU jumped out to an early 5-4 lead to begin the contest, Woods picked up where she left off from the previous game and knocked in back-to-back 3-pointers to go on a 6-0 run by herself, forcing a TC timeout at the 11-4 mark.
With another seven-point advantage with 13 minutes left in the opening period, the Pioneer offense started to attack beginning with Tusculum's Blakely Burleson's lone trey of the contest which stirred a quick 9-0 run in favor of the Pioneers, as they took their first lead of the contest at 15-13.
Anderson evened the score at 18-18 when Dillard made the backend of two free throws. Following Dillard' trip to the line, AU forced a missed jumper on the opposite end that led to Woods' final 3-pointer of the half, pushing out a 21-18 Trojan advantage.
In the final six minutes of the opening half, AU capitalized on its trips to the free throw line, making 8-of-9 free throws, equaling its largest advantage of the opening half, taking a 33-26 score into halftime. Entering the locker room, Dillard led all scorers with 12 points with eight from the free throw line.
Going down five to open the final stanza, Jankowy responded with a deep 3-pointer which began a quick 7-1 run with every point following the Jankowy basket coming from the free throw line. With the spurt, the Trojans earned their largest advantage up to that point of 11 at 42-31.
After Tusculum cut the AU lead to nine at the 13:42 mark, Jankowy buried another trey and the Trojans would maintain the double digit lead over the next ten minutes, eventually capturing a 19-point lead when Jankowy scored four straight points.
With a 65-54 lead with just over three minutes to play, TC began its rally when Nequoiah Anderson and Burleson tallied back-to-back lay-ins to cut the AU lead to 65-58, forcing a Trojan timeout.
Following the quick break, Woods brought the AU lead back to double figures when she knocked in her final 3-pointer of the contest in front of the Anderson bench. After the basket, Tusculum would come as close as six in the final moments, but the Trojans sealed the win going 5-for-6 from the line in the final minute of play.
By scoring 75 points in the win, AU improves to 10-1 on the season when scoring more than 70 points for a game. The win also marks Anderson's fifth straight over Tusculum in the all-time series with TC's last win coming on Jan. 18, 2012. AU has now won three of its last four and five of its last seven games.
On Saturday, the Trojans will complete their three-game road swing with a trip to conference-leading Wingate, as AU looks to avenge an early season home setback. Tip-off from Cuddy Arena is set for 2 p.m.


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SMITH, Thomas R. "Dino," 52, of McMechen, WV, was called home on Monday, March 25, 2013, at Ohio Valley Medical Center, Wheeling, WV.
He was born February 6, 1961, in Wheeling, a son of the late Norman S. Smith Sr. and Patricia Campbell Smith of McMechen.
He was a member of St. John's Catholic Church, Benwood; a member of both the McMechen and Benwood volunteer fire departments; and a member of the Sons of the American Legion, Blake Brothers Post 46, Benwood.
Dino was the manager of sports teams at Bishop Donahue High School for over 30 years.
He was a special friend to all who knew him. He touched many lives and never knew a stranger. He will be greatly missed by his family and many friends.
In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by a brother-in-law, Scott Melko, and a nephew, Owen Smith.
Surviving, in addition to his mother, are three brothers: Norman (Linda) Smith Jr. of Benwood, WV, and Kelly (Mary Beth) Smith and James (Linda) Smith, both of Glen Dale, WV; two sisters, Erin (John) Bonar of McMechen and Monica Melko of Wheeling; and several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
Friends will be received from 5-8 p.m. Saturday and from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Sunday at the Altmeyer Funeral Home, 214 Marshall St., McMechen, where the McMechen and Benwood fire departments will hold a service at 7 p.m. Sunday. A vigil service will follow at 7:30 p.m.
Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Monday, April 1, 2013 at St. John's Catholic Church, Benwood, with the Rev. Dennis Schuelkens as celebrant.
Entombment in Mt. Calvary Mausoleum, Wheeling.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.altmeyer.com.


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This is a little project of mine I'm working on. I'm not releasing the full plot yet, but the first three "books" out of the four "books" in the released novella will be ones that introduce three main characters, and the fourth "book" will be the actual plot. So here is Book 1 introducing Jedi Master Kan Winstari. Please leave feedback.
Chapter One
A young Human Jedi with longish-short, brown hair dressed in beige traditional Jedi robes walked through the dark and polluted streets of Nar Shadaa, his lightsaber clutched neatly to his belt. The street was heavy with people; Rodians, Humans, Twilek and other races alike stood in a rushed line in front of a nightclub, guarded by two fierce Gran bouncers. The Jedi walked past the queue, and a bouncer pushed him back and held a pistol to his heart. The Jedi waved his hand in front of the Grans face.
You will let me in. He said in Galactic Basic. He had a soft, calm voice which could be used to soothe the most disrupted baby.
The bouncer lowered the pistol and stepped aside. The Jedi walked through the door and into a loud nightclub, playing repetitive, electronic music accompanied by laser lights of all colours bouncing around a smoke-clouded crowd of various races dancing with one another . The Jedi looked to the left and approached a bar with a large, pink sign which read Beverages in Huttese.
The Ithorian barman looked up at him and looked alarmed, and dropped the glass he was holding and started running into a door behind him. The Jedi ran forward, leaped over the bars counter, to the shock of the two humans sitting at it, enjoying their drinks. He waved his hand before the door and it opened upwards, revealing the Ithorian holding a long, metal bar. The alien thrust it towards the Jedi, who dropped to his knees and slid under the attack,took out his lightsaber, but before he could eject his blade, the Ithorian had struck again and hit the Jedi in the side, throwing him into some metal boxes in the corner of the small room. The Ithorian dropped the bar and ran out of the staff exit, heading into a dark alleyway. The Jedi pulled himself together, and ran after the Ithorian. Shortly after entering the alleyway, however. He saw three Rodians standing over the Ithorian, who had been shot in the leg, leaving it cowering on the floor. The middle Rodian pulled up a blaster to finish off the defenceless Ithorian, but the Jedi used the Force to pull away the Rodians gun towards him. He caught it, and walked up to face them.
Whats going on? he spoke in Rodese.
The middle Rodian pulled out another blaster from his belt and pointed it at the Jedi, who still had his lightsaber in his right hand.
Weapons down, Human. This isnt your business. it said forcefully.
Unfortunately, my friend, this Ithorian has information crucial to my mission, and I need him alive.
We dont care for Jedi. If you get in the way we will have to kill you too!
You dont want to attack me. the Jedi waved his hand.
Yes I do. the Rodian shot his blaster, followed by his companions. The Jedi reacted quickly, ejecting the lightsabers blue blade, and blocked the shots. He managed to deflect two shots back at the Rodians companions, and pulled the Rodians weapon away again. The Rodian yelled out in fear, and turned, running away from the Jedi. The Jedi ran over to the Ithorian, and his heart sank with sadness and regret. The Ithorian had been hit by a deflected blaster in the head, and had been killed instantly. The Jedi closed the dead Ithorians eyes, and put his lightsaber on his belt to pick the lifeless body up. He carried it through Nar Shadaa back to his yellow speeder, and placed the body delicately in the back. He started up his speeder and set off back to his ship.
A green, female Twilek was meditating cross-legged in her small room inside her starship. She had offered her own personal starship she had inherited from her wealthy parents to aid her and her master in their missions for the Jedi Order. It was sleek, rectangular, and made of Mandalorian iron, with the engines on the back of two rectangular wings. The Twilek opened her eyes, and stood up. She could sense her master returning, and she walked to the ships entrance to greet him. She pressed a green button on the wall, and the light turned red and the bottom of the back of the ship slowly lowered to the ground. Her Jedi Master drove his speeder up the ramp and got out. The Twilek saw the Ithorian corpse in the back of the speeder, and looked back to her master.
Master Winstari. she began.
Its too late, Velara. Hes dead. Winstari said. Would you please deal with him? I need to tell the Jedi Council about my failure.
Its not your fault, Master.
Velara. he looked at her, and she nodded.
Winstari walked through the ship to the cockpit, and sat down. He opened up a communications link with Mace Windu on Coruscant. Windu appeared as a blue hologram in front of him.
I have failed, Master Windu. The contact was killed, we have no more leads.
Hmm.. that is unfortunate. Windu replied. However, we have acquired another lead. You and your Padawan are to go to Mos Eisley on Tatooine. Your contact will be at a cantina. He is a human bounty hunter, so be careful.
Yes, Master.
Velara entered the cockpit and sat down in front of the controls.
Where to, Master?
Mos Eisley, Tatooine. The Ithorian was not our final lead after all. he perked up.
Will we be able to go together this time? she said bluntly, without taking her eyes off of the controls.
Im sorry. I didnt want to endanger you, Nar Shadaa can be very rough.
How am I meant to learn anything from our missions if I dont get to go anywhere? I fear I will never be ready for the Trials.
Patience, Velara. I promise I will not be so protective next time. Your training has been going very well, you can nearly beat me in a duel. He smiled at her.
Pah. Nearly. she started up the engines, and left for Tatooine.
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A Mandalorian walked through Mos Eisley Cantina with a confident walk. He was dressed in metal armour, which was coloured silver, with a white background. His helmet, also coloured the same silver and white, had a black T down the middle, allowing him to see. He carried a smart-looking WESTAR-35 blaster pistol, which had been well looked after. He sat down at a table in a nearby alcove, and signalled to the bartender with a quick wave. Two Rodians approached the Bounty Hunter, and sat down with him. The bartender came over to the table and produced three glasses, and filled them with blue liquid from a jug, and left the jug on the table. The Mandalorian produced 3 coins out of nowhere, held between his fingers. The ugly bartender took them and grunted softly, before returning to the bar to serve his other patrons. The Mandalorian turned to the Rodians, who were dressed in nothing but casual clothing.
"Are you ready?" he said. He had a rough sort of voice. One that could be used to command soldiers without making them think twice of the orders he would give.
They both nodded, and drew out two blaster pistols and pointed them at him. He instantly stood up, and kicked the blaster out of the nearest Rodian's hand, ducked to avoid the other's shot, caught the first blaster pistol and shot them both, dead. He signalled to the bartender again, who in turn signalled two droids, who came over to the table and picked up the bodies and carried them away. Now he had sorted that ugly business out, he needed only to wait for his next target to walk through the door.
Master Kan Winstari and his Twi'lek Padawan Velara docked at Mos Eisley Spaceport. Winstari had been meditating throughout the entire flight, and Velara knew that something had been worrying him since they had arrived in the planet's atmosphere. She could sense his thoughts rushing around in his mind, but even her Master didn't know what he had seen during his meditation. They exited the ship and passed through customs, and entered the section of Mos Eisley that contained the cantina.
"Master, I don't feel too confident on this one. We don't know what to expect, this contact could be dangerous." Velara said to Kan worriedly.
"I know.. I sensed some danger in this mission aswell. Be mindful, and be ready. Remember to focus on your surroundings, but stay alert to what's right ahead of you."
"Yes, Master."
They walked up to the cantina door, and Velara went to open it. But suddenly, Kan shouted out.
"No, wait!" It was too late, Velara had opened the door, and Kan had opened his lightsaber. He leapt in front of his Padawan and deflected the blaster shots that had immediately been fired at her. She realised what was happening and ejected her green lightsaber blade. The patrons in the cantina all rushed to the back, and ran out of the back exit. The Mandalorian had been waiting for them, and had prepared for their arrival since he saw their ship land. It was not hard to spot such a rare type of ship, as most people didn't have enough money to afford one, not even successful bounty hunters such as himself.
Velara swung her lightsaber forward at her opponent, who flipped backwards onto his hands, and sprung backwards, kicking the lightsaber out of her hands as he finished his move, landing on his feet again. The hilt was flying through the air, and Velara used the Force to pull it back to her again. She gripped it tightly, ejected it and stood in a defensive stance, the lightsaber just in front of her chest pointing towards the ceiling. Kan Winstari left his signature Ataru stance, and swung at the Mandalorian, who stepped backwards into the bar to dodge it. The Mandalorian was very agile, considering the armour he was wearing. He pulled out his WESTAR-35 blaster and shot rapidly at Kan, who blocked each blast. Realising he had no hope of hitting the Jedi Knight, he quickly holstered the blaster and took out a thermal detonator. He backflipped behind the bar and armed it, holding it up in the air, threatening them. Kan spoke.
"All right, what do you want?"
"Your heads on a spike." The Mandalorian answered. He threw the detonator at the wall behind Kan, and it bounced off and landed by his feet. Kan used the Force to throw the detonator over the back of the cantina, but it exploded a few metres away from the Mandalorian, who toppled over from the force of the blast, landing in the corner of the counter. Velara took advantage of this and jumped over the counter, and swung her lightsaber at his helmet, which split in half, revealing a dirty, angry human head with long, black hair. The Mandalorian punched Velara in the leg, and she cried out in pain. But Kan was already in front of him, and he kicked the bounty hunter in the face, knocking him out cold.
"Are you all right?" Kan said to his Padawan, who was still pressing her hand on her leg.
"I think so." she replied unconfidently.
"Let's get him onto the ship. I'm sure the council would like to question him." he lifted the unconscious bounty hunter's legs, and Velara lifted his back, and they started carrying him out of the cantina back to the ship.
"At least this one isn't a corpse." Velara said jokingly.
"That fight was terrible, Velara." Kan scolded her. "Your saber techniques are fine, but you lack awareness.
"Yes, Master."
"You were lucky I sensed those initial shots, or we wouldn't be having this conversation now."
"All right, I get it!" she said aggressively, upset with Kan and herself.
"I'm sorry."
"It's ok, Master. I know you're only helping me."
"No, that's not what I mean. Well, yes, but another thing too."
"What is it?"
Kan sighed, "I'm going to have to stop training you. I don't think I have it in me. I'm sorry."
"But--" Velara interjected.
"Don't try and make me change my mind."
They had reached Velara's ship, and she dropped the Mandalorian on the ground to open the ramp. Kan hauled him into the cockpit, wanting to keep a close eye on him incase he woke up.
Velara sat down at the controls, and set the auto-pilot to go to Coruscant. She didn't feel like flying, she felt drained from the last battle. Her legs had gone to jelly, almost as if she had been..
"P-poisoned." she whispered, and fell unconscious.
"Velara!" Kan cried out. He checked her for a pulse. He found one, but it was weak. He looked at her leg, where the Mandalorian had punched her. It was bleeding. He turned to the Mandalorian and shook him awake.
"What poison is that!?" he shouted in desperation, spraying saliva over the Mandalorian's face.
The Mandalorian laughed. "I won't tell you, Jedi. She will die." He laughed again.
Kan pushed the Mandalorian back into the wall, and punched him unconscious again. He rushed back to Velara and closed his eyes. Although she was unconscious, she was scared. He comforted her, and used the Force to try to calm her mind. If she was to die, she was not going to die scared and alone. The ship was on it's way to Coruscant, and Kan ordered a medical team to await their arrival, but he feared it was too late for her. He shouldn't have allowed this to happen, he should have been a better teacher to his Padawan. He was distressed, but tried to calm down. It wasn't good for him or Velara. He closed his eyes once more, and laid with her as she slowly died in his arms.
End of Book #1
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He was a tall lanky farmer. He had fifteen children. He was my Grandfather.
A farmer raising fifteen children on land he didn�t own was a formula for poverty, but it was also a formula for lessons.
Let me start by describing the farm operation.
Wheat was his �cash crop� so to speak. But, he couldn�t get by on just raising wheat, especially a farmer with loads of children.
This was back in the good old days when you did it all.
The other parts of the farm operation were primarily focused on feeding all the mouths.
There was a small herd of Holstein cows for milk. Then there was a pig operation for ham and bacon. And a chicken operation that supplied the eggs to go with the bacon. The cows were fifty yards to the west of the home, the chickens twenty yards to the east, and the pigs a bit further away � two hundred yards north.
Equidistant between the house and the pigs was the outhouse.
The shared family car mirrored the compact farm operation � a Honda Rabbit hatchback. On the weekly trip to church, Grandpa would squeeze into the Rabbit with his six foot two inch frame, his knees sandwiched between two sun leathered arms. It was quite a sight.
The family home�s exterior was dull white stucco with bright red trim. Water was accessed by a hand pump out on the back porch. There was one bedroom downstairs for Grandpa and Grandma and two bedrooms upstairs � one for the boys and one for the girls.
Can you see the lessons?
Work ethic was a powerful one. Grandpa didn�t talk all that much. He didn�t have to. He would work sun up to sun down. And, I never once heard him complain about his plight – never.
Put others before yourself. You can�t raise fifteen children on microscopic funds without putting others ahead of yourself.
Frugality is another one. Grandpa and Grandma never had fancy possessions. I doubt there were ever any extra funds. Yet, frugality allowed Grandma to cover their household expenses and still have the dollars to buy a tiny Christmas gift for every single grandchild. And, there were a LOT of grandchildren.
Wealth isn't required. Happiness doesn�t require running water, a flushing toilet, or a fancy car.
He was a special person who gave us a treasure of lessons. And he left us short of his 102nd birthday.


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Battery Charger for iRobot Roomba® Original Series robots.
Battery Charger for Original series Roomba models only. Use with Power Cord Patch for best results.
The iRobot limited warranty shall not apply to failures or problems which are caused by products or equipment not authorized by iRobot Corporation.
Country of Origin:China


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I see plugins where users can override the plugin templates by creating files inside of their own theme folder, how does this work?
Is this a built-in part of wordpress or does it have to be written in?
You have to write it yourself. Check out the way WP e-commerce does it:
First, the function to "register" the theme files.
And then the function to find a theme file:
In an init hook, the plugin registers all the theme files that it needs using wpsc_register_theme_file():
And then when the file is actually needed, they call wpsc_get_template_file_path():
Obviously the code would look different for your plugin, but the principles should be the same.