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5 Mind-Blowing Ways People Mastered Famous Video Games
Video games are one of the most enduring wastes of time out there, but what happens when you master a game so thoroughly that it no longer poses a challenge? There's no DLC coming, you've gotten every achievement, and hardcore mode insults you with its pedestrian concepts of difficulty. Well, most people find a new game or maybe go outside, but a few hardcore gamers said: "Screw this; I'll just make it so insanely hard on myself that the basic structure of the game no longer applies and we stumble screaming into the realm of madness." And lo, they did ...
#5. Invisible Tetris
Tetris Holding
Everyone knows Tetris. You stack falling blocks into vanishing rows until they either reach the top or you get bored and make a wang. There is no end.
But there is a tip.
However, in the confusingly named Tetris The Grand Master 3: Terror-Instinct (we're pretty sure they got the title from a Steven Seagal movie), there's a mode that has an actual, definitive endpoint ... assuming you're good enough to reach it, which, unless your name is Jin8, you probably aren't.
It starts off like any game of Tetris, except the blocks fall much quicker. We count about two blocks per second, and Jin8 is handling it like a champ. He's sticking those suckers together like a blue methed-up mason.
"I am the one who blocks!"
Then at the three-minute mark the game decides that two blocks per second is for babies and men who see the world as anything but an intricate series of right angles. The fall animation disappears completely and the blocks come down instantaneously, giving Jin8 less than a quarter of a second to place a block before the next one's up. Somehow he keeps this up for two minutes, and then it happens: Invisible. Fucking. Tetris.
If this doesn't bump him up to Jin9, nothing will.
That animation doesn't do Jin8 justice. Nothing short of watching the entire video set to a Viking rock opera written to commemorate his deeds does it justice. He's stacking invisible, instantly falling blocks while the credits scroll by at a snail's pace to distract him -- because it wasn't hard enough before.
There's also a guy off screen doing that annoying "I'm not touching you!" thing right next to his face.
If you watch the video, you'll notice that he clears several sets of lines, meaning he has the placement of his unseeable insta-blocks memorized. When it finally ends, he's rewarded with a lame fireworks animation and the most underwhelming message since the days when putting "CONGRATURATION!!!" on the screen was considered closure.
#4. Falling Off of Games to Win Them
F-Zero X is a racing game where futuristic cars blast through sharp turns, pipes, jumps, and loops at ridiculous speeds. Obviously, there's a constant risk of plummeting to your fiery death, because (even in the idyllic world of the future) people only watch racing for the crashes. Of course, with three-dimensional tracks come three-dimensional shortcuts. BZ4Eoo7 (that's somebody's gamertag, not the result of a cat having a seizure on our keyboard) makes like every other unskilled newbie in a high-stakes racing game -- he flies straight into corners at full speed, like he's still pumped from watching 2 Fast 2 Furious. But whereas your buddy just plows into a wall and explodes in a ball of idiot shrapnel, BZ4Eoo7 maneuvers so precisely that he leaps out of a half-pipe and lands, unscathed, two miles away. Presumably now wearing a pair of sunglasses that materialized from nowhere.
Meanwhile, you still can't parallel park.
Then came F-Zero GX, a sequel with more complex tracks and more elaborate shortcuts. Desperate for the fastest time, CrazyGameNerd (finally, an honest pseudonym on the Internet) came up with the novel solution of driving his car to its literal breaking point, then purposely smashing into the wall to send his smoldering wreck flying ...
"Oooo, I didn't know Dale Earnhardt was a secret character in this."
... allowing him to skip a large chunk of the track. Hey, dead or alive, first place is first place.
But nothing beats Marco A.G.J., who exploits so many tricks that he barely touches the track. He starts the race by instantly falling off the course, and he never returns. What follows is two straight minutes of precision aerial maneuvers and pseudo-teleportation. Remember, this started off as a car racing game:
Marco A.G.J.
"Where I'm going, I don't need roads."
We guess at some point Marco decided that he was done with F-Zero and would rather play a glitchy psychedelic rail shooter, then turned out his pockets and discovered he didn't have the money to buy one.
#3. Halo 3 Parkour
Halo 3's multiplayer has been the cause of more deaths than most actual wars. Millions of players have spent hundreds of millions of hours shooting each other in the face. So long, in fact, that some eventually began to question how worthwhile that pursuit was: Surely there's more to life than hovering pretend armored balls over a defeated opponent's corpse? Disillusioned with the casual slaughter, they decided they'd rather turn Halo's sprawling multiplayer maps into the sort of playgrounds they could only dream of when they were children.
The Xbox Live multiplayer judges give him a 9.5, a 10, and a "HaX, [Racial Slur Deleted]!!1."
That bit of gravity-defying acrobatics is known as trick jumping. By finding the itsy-bitsy invisible walls and corners that hold the game world together, exploiting cracks in the physics system, and practicing for hundreds of hours that could have been spent learning another language, players are able to sprint up sheer walls like the sky owes them money. And that's just scratching the surface. You think pulling off a headshot in Halo is hard? Try jumping off of a piece of debris in midair:
Or launching a traffic cone up into the sky with you and jumping off it, then forcing it to follow you with a carefully timed grenade explosion and jumping off it again:
Grenade parkour is a niche, and largely legless, sport.
Or jumping backward off a ledge, shooting an icicle off the bottom of said ledge, jumping off of that icicle, shooting down another while in midair, and then leaping off of that to reach a platform that's normally totally inaccessible. Jesus, we're not even making sentences anymore.
Man verb ice, *fooosh*!
Turns out the final boss in Halo 3 was the English language, and it was defeated by trying to describe what this player just pulled off.


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Chances are, Allison Samuels is your favorite Black celebrity's favorite journalist. The award-winning writer for Newsweek and The Daily Beast has interviewed many top sports and entertainment figures throughout her 16-year-career. But a series of interviews with one of the most celebrated First Ladies in history inspired her latest book, the empowering guide for young women, "What Would Michelle Obama Do?"
Drawing from her conversations with the First Lady of the United States and in-depth research into all things Michelle, Ms. Samuels not only gives readers the inside scoop on Michelle's beauty and fashion secrets, readers are also treated to a step-by-step guide to living a fabulous and purposeful life – just like Michelle.
In an interview with EBONY.com, Ms. Samuels dished on her best and worst celebrity interviews and why she believes it's time for all of the Housewives of Basketball to have a seat and let Michelle Obama be the role model for today's young women.
EBONY: Your book is so much more than a biography of Michelle Obama's life. You have her tips for friendship and romance in there and you explain how to network in business and social settings like Michelle and you even provide advice on how to deal with struggles like absentee fathers and racism. Why did you decide to structure this book as a guide as opposed to an insider look at the First Lady's life?
ALLISON SAMUELS: Well, I can't take total credit for the idea. It grew from books on other classic and celebrated women, like "What would Jackie [Kennedy Onassis] Do?" And "What would Audrey [Hepburn] Do?" [Jackie and Audrey] were White and they thrived in a different time, but Michelle is a modern day woman living this amazing life and so this book is for everyone who wants to know how she did it and what she's done to get to where she is now.
I started interviewing her [years ago] and I saw this inspiring, savvy, smart woman who is iconic like Jackie and Audrey, and definitely deserving of this kind of book. We have so many young girls today who look up to these women on so-called reality shows who are living in a fantasy world, when we have this real-life Black woman living in the White House living a real fairy tale with a great husband and father and beautiful kids. It's like, why aren't more people looking to her as their example?
Michelle is a modern day woman living this amazing life and so this book is for everyone who wants to know how she did it and what she's done to get to where she is now.
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EBONY: What do you think is the answer to that question? Why do you think so many young women look up to reality stars and consider those women's lives to be more attainable than a life like the First Lady's?
AS: I think, unfortunately, the dysfunction they see on reality shows mirrors the dysfunction they see in real life. I work at The Boys and Girls Club in South Central and that's the only way I know what's going on with these reality show women. The girls there don't see happiness [in those shows], they don't see that these women aren't even with these basketball players anymore, they just see the money. They just want to be on T.V., too.
EBONY: So, when you're working with these young girls in South Central, how do you respond to them when they're telling you about reality stars and all the money and fame they have?
AS: I say, that Michelle has it all – and it's not because she always had it all or got it from a man or saw images of other people doing things she wanted to do growing up. Michelle came from very humble beginnings and though she had a very strong family life and a devoted father, she started imagining greater things for herself than what her current circumstances provided for her. Other young girls can take that same mentality Michelle had and see something beyond what they've experienced. That's why I wanted to write this book as a guide.
[In the book] I talk about getting beyond what you have and what you see. You have to read, do research, and find out, what creates a healthy relationship? What does that even look like? When Barack and Michelle were dating, they were always in church and hanging around older couples in the church who mentored them as their relationship grew. That's important.
And it's also important to know what does a "good man" even look like? When Michelle met Barack, she talks about the raggedy car he had. Would you look at that guy and think, "He's corny, he's broke," or would you be like Michelle and look beyond that? He's smart. He's intelligent. He has a good character and the drive to actually bring his goals to reality. You have to look at those things and as women we have to start judging men by their characters. You have

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November 14, 2011
Hitting the Ground Running
Eric Schmidt, Civil Engineering Technology (BCET) '12
Co-op employer: Pratt & Whitney
Co-op position: Facilities and Services Engineer
Hometown: Durham, Conn.
Second time around
Last spring, Eric Schmidt, BCET '12, split his time between an airplane engine manufacturing company called Pratt & Whitney and a different job at a smaller surveying company. He learned a lot the first time around at Pratt & Whitney and was hungry for more, so when it came time to choose a co-op for the fall the choice to return was an easy one.
Learning across the board
Most of Schmidt's work at Pratt & Whitney has consisted of parking lot redesign while the company's campus is under construction. He determined the amount of parking spaces that would be affected by the construction and found areas for employees to park during that period. "I have been on the jobsite almost every day since construction began and, along with another co-worker and a contracted survey team, [I have provided] maps and information to help the contracted construction team."
Safety first
His work with parking lots ties into his other main on-the-job responsibility—safety. Schmidt serves on the pedestrian safety committee, which examines accidents and recurring problems around campus and comes up with solutions for them. "I also surveyed every parking lot on campus to determine which areas are in need of restriping or new signage and to make sure handicap spaces, curbs, and building entrances are compliant with the American with Disabilities Act."
Aspiration confirmations
"It is great to see many subjects I have learned at Wentworth being relevant in my daily work," he said. "I hope to continue to learn things in my last two semesters that will be valuable to this current career path." It's a path he hopes will end where it began—working at Pratt & Whitney.
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How can I start/stop the iptables service on Ubuntu?
I have tried
service iptables stop
but it is giving "unrecognized service".
Why is it doing so? Is there any other method?
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I don't know about "Ubuntu", but in Linux generally, "iptables" isn't a service - it's a command to manipulate the netfilter kernel firewall. You can "disable" (or stop) the firewall by setting the default policies on all standard chains to "ACCEPT", and flushing the rules.
(You may need to flush other tables, too, such as "nat", if you've used them)
The following article on the Ubuntu website describes setting up iptables for use with NetworkManager: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IptablesHowTo
You are all wrong :-)
The command you are looking for is:
I would first check if it is installed with (it probably is):
On Ubuntu, iptables is not a service.
In order to stop it, you have to do the following :
In order to restore your previous rules :
This was taken from http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/turn-on-turn-off-firewall-in-linux/ and was tested on many Ubuntu 8.X & 9.10 installations.
Iptables is a command it's not a service, so generally it's not possible to use commands like
in order to start and stop the firewall, but some distros like centos have installed a service called iptables to start and stop the firewall and a configuration file to configure it. Anyway it's possible to make a service to manage ipotables editing or installing a script for this scope. All services in linux, ubuntu is not an exception, are executable scripts inside /etc/init.d folder, that implements a standard interface (start,stop,restart) A possible script looks like this:
This script is part of this tutorial, all the commands to configure the firewall must be inserted, according to the script above, into /etc/iptables.conf file. This script must be inserted into a file called iptables in /etc/init.d and make it executable using
and add the service to runlevels using
You can add new rules from shell, these rules will be immediatly active and will be added to /etc/iptables.conf when service stops(it means them will be saved for sure when system shutdown).
I hope this will be helpful to everyone.
Because both iptables and ufw are ways to manage the netfilter firewall in Linux, and because both are available by default in Ubuntu, you can use either to start and stop (and manage) firewall rules.
iptables is more flexible, but because ufw provides a very simple interface language for simple and typical function you can use:
To see current firewall settings use
The Ubuntu Community docs pages on iptables and UFW have a great deal more info.
If I recall correctly the suggested way to set up iptables in the ubuntu guides is to set it up as part of the networking scripts. which means there is no /etc/init.d/iptables script like there is in BSD style OS's.
Looks like there several ways to manage firewall in Ubuntu, so you may be interested in reading this: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IptablesHowTo#Configuration%20on%20startup
To drop all current rules you can use these commands (put them in some script):
In usual case, your default firewall rules saved in some file (for example, /etc/iptables.rules). While booting system command
Create a file on /etc/init.d/
Make the file executable chmod +x
Make a symlink to that file on /etc/rc2.d/
Edit S80firewall and add the following
You can add all your custom iptables rules on this file
Now you can restart firewall (iptables) by running /etc/rc2.d/S80firewall (must be root)
I had the same issue.
In fact, there was no iptables-persistent in
So, I created the iptables-persistent file in
and wrote the following inside:
and then gave chmod 755 permission.
Now it works perfectly! Hope it can help someone.
If you're running Ubuntu server as a VM guest (e.g. in VirtualBox) then libvirt may be enabled. If so libvirt contains some in-built network filters which utilise iptables. These filters may be configured as described in the firewall section on nwfilters.
To disable the iptables rules you'll either need to remove all offending rules from libvirt, or you can just disable libvirt if you're not using it - e.g. install a manual override config (then reboot):
You're using the command that's appropriate for RedHat and CentOS, not Ubuntu or Debian.
I had an issue that involved only needing to restart the service, this did the trick:


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Can I use an old smartphone as a Wi-Fi only tablet and MP3 player?
Looking for a cheap MP3 player for my grandson. If I buy an old smart phone on eBay, can it be used without any contract as a wifi tablet and MP3 player? Thanks.
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I use an old iPhone 4 for that exact purpose and it works great. I do not have a sim card installed and WiFi works okay.
Did the same with an Android HTC Sensation too.
Unless you have some weird locked phone that will not working unless you subscribe to a wireless service, I don't see any reason it wouldn't work on your local wifi network.
I have an old android phone that I use for this purpose. Just be sure to erase any user information, and detach it from your accounts. I forgot to do this, and my kids purchased a couple of apps before I realized what happened.
You could do the same thing with an old-gen iPod Touch - or even an original iPad. You might find a good deal on a used one of those as well. $100 or less?
We leave a 2nd gen Touch that won't run the latest apps due to its old operating system version in a speaker dock. Still runs streaming Pandora great. And it plays the MP3s stored on it fine as well. Sometimes we leave it in the car, hooked to the car stereo as well. (No streaming in that case due to needing wifi.)
we have 2 old android phones we stream with- one Droid Incredible, one Galaxy S3 and both stream from all the services and music apps. A cheap Bluetooth receiver'll cost you $15 and you can play thru your stereo aux input with the RCA connectors- it works great!
My old Android phones:
- HTC Eris: In the car as MP3 player & backup phone in case the Samsung dies.
- Motorola Droid: VLC/PC remote control for HT PC. And backup in case the Samsung goes swimming.
- HTC Incredible II: Netflix 'Cast controller. And backup in case the Samsung ends up in someone else's pocket.
SO, to answer your question, it is a definite maybe...
Older devices still have great function to them. I use an older Android phone by TV to look up films and shows. Check the Web for extra news and stories. You tube videos and even an alarm clock at times. You can find great deals on older phones that still do everything you'll most likely need it for.
My son put his Galaxy note through the wash. Everything still worked except the phone function. Removed sim card, and now my 8 yr old uses it for games, videos, etc.
Yes, without a SIM care smart is just a smaller tablet.


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Are you surprised that demand for Obamacare is high?
@EB President Obama has publicly blamed the shutdown on John Boehner as if he single-handily brought the government to a halt. In my opinion Obama is the president and is ultimately at fault for everything that happens under his presidency. It is the President's job to unite the people which he has failed miserably at. Republicans have tried and tried to responsibly negotiate the obvious pitfalls in the ACA. Obama has publicly said "I will NOT negotiate" yet as of now Mr. Obama has changed his tune and agreed to negotiate with house Republicans. Don't you agree that if Obama had agreed to and actually did responsibly negotiate this in the first place then the shutdown could have been avoided? Politicians being "loyal" to a specific political party is getting out of hand and old. What happened to being loyal to America and Americans? Technically, I'm a Republican but my gosh, I'm about to the point where I think it'd be best to abolish parties altogether.
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I completely agree, this question is highly misleading and is in the usual fashion of the coward media machine. I, myself, went to the webpage but went solely out of curiosity not because I agree or support it as did most others I'm sure. I love how the media doesn't like to touch on the fact that those who did sign up, signed up through a fatally-flawed system and with the wrong pricing. @EB, I have grown to respect your opinion however I don't agree with you here. Our economy nor our healthcare system is a toy to be played with. Our founding fathers ensured there was a system of checks and balances so the American people wouldn't be at the mercy of a tyrannical president. I'm not saying Obama himself if tyrannical although he does often ignore what the people want to pursue his own agenda. We're at war in the middle east, our economy is still horrid, and our healthcare system is outright frightening, we need a president who can unite the American people.
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Most people here are on medicare anyway and they still don't want people insured. My thought is that I would want to see how the system works or fail. Any reasonable person would be that open minded.
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High demand? What? You would have to show me proof that demand for that sham of a program is high. Your question is 100% misleading. Many states have had 0% interest, and most people are sickened by the high cost when they finally get to the purchase page after enrolling. High demand!!! Give me a friggin break!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAAHAHAHAH!!!!!
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I'm contemplating the next restructuring of my medium-size storage. It's currently about 30TB, shared via AoE. My main options are:
- Keep as is. It can still grow for a while.
- Go iSCSI. currently it's a little slower, but there are more options
- Fibre Channel.
- InfiniBand.
Personally, I like the price/performance of InfiniBand host adapters, and most of the offerings at Supermicro (my preferred hardware brand) have IB as an option.
Linux has had IPoIB drivers for a while; but I don't know if there's a well-known usage for storage. Most comments about iSCSI over IB talk about iSER, and how it's not supported by some iSCSI stacks.
So, does anybody have some pointers about how to use IB for shared storage for Linux servers? Is there any initiator/target project out there? Can I simply use iSCSI over IPoIB?


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To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the game's release, Bethesda (which bought iD Software) is hosting a free in-browser version of Wolfenstein 3D. But I'm curious if this version is the exact version that was released in 1992. Are there any major gameplay changes? Are the graphics different? How about easter eggs?
Wolfenstein 3D is now available for free online. But is this version any different than the original?
I passed countless hours on this game 20 year ago and, apart of some change in the READ THIS! section, I did not notice any changes to the gameplay and graphics. I did not remember the music because I did not have a Sound-Blaster card back then. (Hello PC speaker sounds.)
Along with the release of this browser port there is a Wolfenstein 3D Director's Commentary with John Carmack. As specified in the beginning of this video, you can watch John Carmack playing some levels on the original DOS version. A comparison of this video and the game reveals that the browser port seems faithful to the original.
This is almost the exact replica, it was one of the only games I did play, but let me see it seems it lacks the LIM cheat code¹. Thanks to the cheat I did not have to disassemble the code for a God mode.
¹ LIM cheat code - Pressing L, I, and M simultaneously at any time during gameplay wil give you 100% health, 99 ammo, all weapons, and both keys (even if there are no keys in your current level). However, doing this will also reset your score to 0, and you will not be eligible for the high score list.


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OncoLink's Senior Editor Julia Draznin-Maltzman, MD interviews Mark Salzer, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Director of the University of Pennsylvania Collaborative on Community Integration to discuss his Internet peer support study for women recently diagnosed with breast cancer.
= Julia Draznin-Maltzman, MD, OncoLink Senior Editor
MS = Mark Salzer, PhD
OncoLink is proud to interview Mark Salzer, PhD. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He also serves as the Director of the University of Pennsylvania Collaborative on Community Integration: The Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) Promoting Community Integration of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities (www.upennrrtc.org). In addition, he is the principal investigator for an Internet peer support study for women recently (within the past year) diagnosed with breast cancer. Dr. Salzer offers OncoLink readers a detailed explanation of the rational for the study, its design, research end points, and ultimate goals.
Thank you for agreeing to participate in this interview. We are very excited about the trial that you are running on our site and wanted to explain it to our readers in greater detail. I am certain that people have seen it but were not quite sure what it is and whether or not they were eligible. Please tell us about your trial: what are you looking for and how are you conducting it?
MS: We are examining and analyzing the peer support offered via the Internet by women who were recently diagnosed with breast cancer to others in the same medical situation without a health professional intermediary. Let me first explain that I have long since held an interest in peer support. I am a licensed psychologist and have had spend much of my research efforts studying peer support groups. There exist a number of studies suggesting that peer support, for breast cancer in particular, may lead to positive outcomes. These data point out that support provides more hope to the individual and a positive outlook. However, most of what we know about peer support comes from studies that analyzed face-to-face interactions. A recently published report noted that about 45% of women are familiar with face-to-face support groups, and only 25% of those actually attend these groups. It is our hypothesis that patients do not attend support sessions due to time constraints, the effort required, and the energy needed to actually get dressed, and go to the peer support group. Women who maybe undergoing chemotherapy treatment for their breast cancer, may not have the energy needed to do even simple things like get dressed and get out of the house. Not to mention the logistical obstacles such as money for transportation, parking, etc. There is also the potential embarrassment that someone may see you attending a support group. There maybe a myriad other personal factors contributing to why a patient may not attend the peer support groups despite their proven benefits.
Today, with the explosion of the Internet, its accessibility and availability, and the ease with which people obtain information, I thought that this might be a perfect solution for the patient who may want to participate in a peer support group but who cannot or does not want to travel. The Internet has filled the gap for women who don't have the energy, time, resources, or personal inclination to travel in order to seek peer support. On a more global scale, the Internet has really provided us with a unique opportunity to address public health needs. With this as the background, we launched a feasibility and a demonstration study to examine the impact of the Internet on peer support. Given my background and expertise in peer support for individuals with mental illness, I was very eager and excited to use the same skills and knowledge and apply it to the breast cancer patient population.
I would like to see if we could use the Internet to recruit and randomize women into participating in a study that would critically analyze issues such as: Did peer support occur? How do participants share information and provide support for one another? How do they validate each other's experiences? Do topics issues such as alternative therapies come up? How are they dealt with? The most fascinating aspect about this from a research perspective is that this interaction is totally unmonitored. A professional health care worker usually moderates face-to-face peer support groups. This individual often steers conversations in certain directions or provide professional advice on various issues that may arise.
The other unique aspect of our trial is that the peer support that goes on in this setting is totally unmonitored by a health care professional. There is no one facilitating discussion or moderating it in any way. There is no one to edit the comments that are made – everyone is free to speak their minds on whatever topic is significant to them. Even when I analyze the data, I look for the how women give and obtain support, not the content of the messages conveyed.
How does the study work technically? Is everyone on line at the same time? Are there regular updates of information distributed to all the members?
MS: Yes, there are a number of ways to do this. You could use the idea of a chat room, where you decide on a particular time and all of the participants log on at a specific time. The other way to do this is using a bulletin board. The option we took is a list serve. I felt that this was the best option to allow for passive participation. If women choose not to "talk" but rather just listen, or in this case, read, what others are saying. In chat rooms and bulletin boards people need to sign in via a password, a list serve just emails participants the comments. Another advantage of a list serve is that it uses email rather than a Web site. Most people are familiar with email – they use it, they are familiar with it and not intimidated by it.
What are the privacy implications? Could anyone just read this?
MS: No. Every woman who participates in this trial gives us her personal email account. The comments are emailed to all trial participants to read at their leisure. So, it is private in the sense that only those who are actively participating in the study are reading this. That being said, this is private only to the extent that your email is private.
How do you sign up participants? Is there informed consent over the Internet?
MS: No, the consent process is done over the telephone. Women sign up on line and provide their email address, telephone numbers, and other minimal demographic data. Then my staff contacts them to make sure that they are indeed eligible and we go over the consent form on the phone and well as the initial interview. The actual support group if you will, the discussions these women have are emailed to all participants.
The idea is, once the initial intake is done and a woman is found to be eligible to participate, she is randomized into a group of women who either participate in the Internet support group or those who do not participate but use the Internet as a resource for education and gathering information. This second group becomes the active control group for this randomized study. All interviews are conducted on the phone but all data to be analyzed is collected from the on-line interactions.
How did you recruit the participants and how many have signed up thus far?
MS: Well, we advertise on OncoLink and we have patient representatives who work with both patients and clinicians (doctors/nurses). They tell newly diagnosed patients about this opportunity. The study has been open from November of 2004 and thus far we have somewhere in the order of 40 women who are actively participating. We hope to get a total of 100 women for our study. Our inclusion criterion allows us to include only those women who were recently diagnosed with breast cancer. That is to say, those diagnosed within the past year. We decided that those who were recently diagnosed have higher distress and anxiety about their disease than those who are survivors and are many years out from their initial surgery and therapy. Also, to keep the analysis a bit cleaner, we allow only those women with early stage disease: stage I and II. The reason for this is that women with more advanced disease may have more complicated emotional issues. They are really dealing with morbidity and mortality issue. These are complicated research issue and would be difficult to analyze in such a model.
OncoLink: I suppose one potential critique of this study may be that it excludes a sizable population of women who may not be able to afford a computer and an Internet connection; or the elderly who are not technologically savvy and certainly those who cannot read.
MS: Yes, that is called the Digital Divide. It is still definitely exists but it is shrinking every day. Some of the more recent data suggest that what we thought were the "last groups" not using the Internet, are in fact, getting on-line. That is the non-white; lower income individuals are also using the Internet more and more. In the next five to ten years, I expect this divide will be virtually nonexistent.
OncoLink: What do you think are the weaknesses with this trial?
MS: Well, we did consider the possibility that some newly diagnosed women may not be ready to discuss their issues with others. Some individuals may need time to process the implication of their diagnosis and to deal with their treatments. The fact that we restrict our participants to be the newly diagnosed women may exclude some key participants. Also, some people may fault the Internet for being too impersonal for such a task (support). You can't see any of the non-verbal communication, for example. Personally, I am not sure this is so. In fact, I would argue that the anonymity that the Internet affords, allows women to be more candid and less inhibited. And, not being able to see one another takes out the physical properties that could potentially interfere with communications. Once all this is removed, participants are free to really open up their thoughts and feelings. In many ways, this potential disadvantage may in fact be a benefit.
What do you consider the trial strengths?
MS: If Internet support is feasible, this opens up enormous possibilities for patients. Internet support groups are very attractive to patients as they could participate on their own time, in their homes, even in their pajamas. There is a tremendous benefit to have this tool that enables people to participate at their won comfort and leisure. Using the Internet will enable sick people and those who cannot travel to obtain the support that they may need. These may be in fact, the individuals who need the support the most. From the more pragmatic side, Internet support groups are cheaper than face-to-face interactions. Clinics, hospitals, and health care facilities do not need to rent space,
What is your vision for the future? How could we use technology and the Internet more?
MS: Technology and the Internet is a great potential toll that opens up resources for people with cancer. It allows individuals to share information, to validate problems, to normalize experiences. All these make us better and more engaged consumers. We become more engaged in our treatment and therapy. The Internet will enable us to ask more questions. Then wonderful thing about the Internet is that it is accessible and available to everyone.
would very much like to take my work in the direction of more mutual aid in cancer rather than support groups. This is more natural and what already occurs.
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1er quatuor, pour deux violons, alto et basse, oeuvre 5
Date: 182u
Creator: Dancla, Charles, 1817-1907.
Description: Musical score containing the four parts of Charles Dancla's first string quartet, op.5 in F minor, written for two violins, with alto and bass.
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7e. quatuor, pour deux violons, alto et violoncelle, oeuv.80
Date: 186u
Creator: Dancla, Charles, 1817-1907.
Description: This is a digital copy of the four parts of Charles Dancla's seventh string quartet, op.80 in D minor. Charles Dancla was the most prominent member of a family of musicians and a virtuoso violinist, composer and teacher. In 1828, he was admitted to the Paris Conservatory of Music, where he won the first prize in 1833. At the Conservatory, he studied violin with Paul Guérin and Pierre Baillot. Dancla played solo violin with the orchestra of the théâtre Royal de l'Opera Comique and with the Société des Concerts. In ca. 1860, he was appointed professor of violin at the Paris Conservatory and retired from that post in 1892. He wrote 14 string quartets intended for professional or amateur players (opp. 5, 7 ,18, 41, 48, 56, 80, 87, 101, 113, 125, 142, 160, and 195a) and three easy string quartets (op. 208).
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Achille et Polixene, tragédie dont le prologue & les quatre derniers actes
Date: 1687
Creator: Collasse, Pascal, 1649-1709; Lully, Jean Baptiste, 1632-1687 & Campistron, Jean Galbert de, 1656-1723
Description: Achille et Polixene, Jean-Baptiste Lully's last opera, premiered on 7 November 1687, eight months after Lully's death on March 22 of that year. Since the composer had only finished the overture and first act, the score was completed by Pascal Colasse, Lully's secretary and student, to a text by Jean Galbert de Campistron based on events in Virgil's Aeneid.
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Achilles. An opera.
Date: 1733
Creator: Gay, John, 1685-1732
Description: John Gay is credited with inventing the ballad opera, a genre that blends spoken plays and previously composed songs to new texts. Although The Beggar's Opera (1728) was his most successful endeavor, he continued to compose English musical dramas. Achilles was finally performed in 1733, one year after Gay died. In this story, Achilles appears as a girl named Pyrrha, unknown to most of the inhabitants of the island of Scyros, in order to circumvent a prediction that he will die in battle. Deidamia (the king's daughter) knows the secret, however, because she is carrying the disguised man's child. After Achilles's identity is revealed, he and Deidamia are able to wed. Then, in a fateful twist of irony, Achilles plans to join the Greeks in the Trojan War.
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Acis and Galatea
Date: 1743
Creator: Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Description: This is a ca. 1743 score of Acis and Galatea, a musical masque (also considered an English pastoral opera) by Handel to a libretto by John Gay. The performance forces include: oboes (2), flauto [recorder], violins, basso continuo, and chorus of mixed voices (mostly soprano, three tenors and bass) and vocal soloists. On the front cover the name Morgan appears imprinted on a red stamp with golden ornaments and letters. The names Anna Maria [Lawes] and Mary Anne Morgan were written at the top of the title page and the inscription, "the gift [of] her uncle T. Morgan, 1808." Underneath the dedication: WH London, 1890.
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Airs russes: fantaisie for the piano forte, op.43
Date: 184u
Creator: Meyer, Leopold von, 1816-1883
Description: Music score for Airs russes: fantaisie, written for the piano forte, part of opus 43 by Leopold von Meyer.
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Airs russes, [op.20]
Date: 184u
Creator: Meyer, Leopold von, 1816-1883
Description: Musical score for "Airs russes" written for piano by Leopold von Meyer, as part of opus 20. This piece was issued as the second of four pieces published under the title "Repertoire de Léopold de Meyer."
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Date: 1774
Creator: Schweitzer, Anton, 1735-1787.
Description: This is a ca. 1774 score of the opera "Alceste" by Anton Schweitzer based on a libretto by Christoph Wieland. The work premiered in Weimar in 1773. The plot was based on the Greek legend of Alcestis, on the subject of female virtue and conjugal love. The library's copy contains an engraved illustration that portrays a domestic scene. The score does not indicate the musical instruments and the music, which is notated in two, three or four staves, contains the German text underlaid with indication of the character who sings.
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Alceste: tragedie opera en trois actes
Date: 1776
Creator: Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787; Calzabigi, Ranieri de, 1714-1795 & Du Roullet, François Louis Gaud Lebland, marquis, 1716-1786
Description: According to Grove Music, "when Admetus, King of Pherae in Thessaly, is ill and about to die an oracle announces that he will be saved if someone else is willing to die in his stead. His wife Alcestis displays her conjugal devotion by offering herself; she dies and Admetus recovers. Under the influence of tragédie lyrique, Calzabigi enriched his libretto with choruses, ballets and opportunities for impressive scenery."
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Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick.
Date: 1743
Creator: Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. & Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
Description: A secular choral work in two parts for four soloists (SSTB) and mixed chorus (SATB) with orchestra acc. (2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, 3 violins, viola, violoncello, and continuo). The names of the vocal soloists (Mr. [John] Beard, Signora [Anna Maria] Strada, Miss. [Cecilia] Young, and Mr. Erard) are printed at the top of their designated songs.
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Internet Explorer 7: The Browser. The Team. The Tour. Part 4
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In this final installment of the IE Team Tour we grab Eric Lawrence, Program Manager and
Katya Sedova, Lead Test Engineer to talk about networking including discussions about the two connection limit, security and IDN. It seems like you always learn something new when you talk to Eric and Katya.
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Rowan wrote:I've seen all the videos related to IE now.
I couldn't sit through that CSS video you linked to because I just don't share the same level of excitement about a box that behaves as you would expect it to in any normal browser.
It wouldn't have hurt to walk into Chris Wilson's office to have a chat about both (X)HTML and CSS improvements, that's the only thing I care about with IE afterall.
These videos were otherwise great though, you managed to cover a huge range of topics and we have a better idea of who's working on IE.
DMassy wrote:that hasn't already been addressed more than a few times on the team blog?
DMassy wrote:The feedback you give us really helps us prioritise the work ahead.
Rowan wrote:Did you know IE doesn't support something as simple as the Q tag?
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Rowan wrote: Did you know IE doesn't support something as simple as the Q tag?
That's very interesting. Such things should have made it into IE7... I'm curious why they didn't.
Helen_Massy wrote:Hi Uncle david very cool site just having a look around saw it in your i.m personal message Thought i would drop by
Love to all
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enjoyed watching these videos on IE team tour videos.. Eric lawrence made a good insightful speech.
anyway I've been using IE7 engine since beta1, only with the Maxthon1&2 www.maxthon.com browser frontend(much better power features, you guys should probably take closer look at what those guys are doing to make browsing a easier/faster experience) anyway there is one tiny thing thats bugged me IE7... the scroll drag icon that appears when you MMB on page, why is that icon so ugly, its like a blockly circle, its not even transparent. I was kinda hoping that it would be the last thing to get polished up before the final release of IE7 just look at it the same icon in firefox.. i mean common guys such a small thing to smarten up.
well I look forward to more IE engine improvements in the hopefully not so distant future
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By Crystal Smith Chris Godsey, author of the article "Men & Body Image," notes that body image is no longer an exclusive female problem. Believing that we can fix body image issues he asks, "Where do we start?" In answer to his question, I say we begin by looking at the toys and media images that surround our young … [Read more...]
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I saw a poster with this text:
So wären es Träume nur gewesen?
The subject seems to be "es", not "Träume". Why is the Konjunktiv plural? I'd write:
So wäre es Träume nur gewesen?
Finally I can answer again:
It is a quotation from Schillers "Don Carlos" in ancient German (follow the link for the passage).
The "Konjunktiv" is nowadays used in indirect speech to disassociate from a message (like the anchorman from the news).
To Topic: You have to know the context -- always in German, the context is important. The passage from Schillers Don Carlos:
Es for Zeiten & former ideals and actions of Carlos.
From Schiller's sämmtliche Werke in Einem Bande, Cotta 1834, p 249. the passage in an ancient font:
The "real" subject in this sentence is "die Träume". The pronoun "es" is just a "dummy" word. It's easier to understand if you simplify the sentence and change the word order:
This structure is called "Prädikatsnominativ", "Gleichsetzungsnominativ" or "Nominativobjekt" in German grammar. You can only use it with following verbs:


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Priti Kumar, PhD
Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases
Research Interests
T-Lymphocytes; RNA Interference; RNA, Small Interfering; Infectious Disease Medicine; Molecular Targeted Therapy
Research Organizations
Internal Medicine: Infectious Diseases
Cancer Center: Virus and Other Infection-associated Cancers
Molecular Virology: Virology laboratories
Research Summary
My laboratory is involved in developing novel RNA interference (RNAi)-based strategies for treating viral infections. RNAi is a gene silencing mechanism in which 19-21 nucleotide double-stranded RNAs called small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) can guide the destruction of complementary cellular mRNAs with a high degree of specificity. A major challenge in using RNAi-based therapies in vivo is the targeted delivery of siRNAs to specific tissues/cells of interest. Targeted delivery would not only improve efficacy but also reduce potential side effects of RNAi therapy.
Towards this goal we have recently developed a novel method for the specific delivery of siRNAs into human T cells and tested in vivo efficacy using "humanized mice": (immunodeficient mice transplanted with human hematopoietic stem cells and consequently a human immune system). Antiviral siRNAs delivered by this approach could control HIV in these mice demonstrating the feasibility of RNAi therapy for HIV infection.
Specialized Terms: RNA interference (RNAi)-based strategies for treating viral infections
Extensive Research Description
The current focus of my lab is to refine the above methods and use them to investigate key aspects of HIV immunopathogenesis and AIDS-associated T cell loss. In addition we have also developed a novel method for the specific delivery of siRNAs into neuronal cells and used this to treat flaviviral encephalitis in mouse models. My lab is presently using this approach to investigate the pathogenesis of flaviviral infections. The long term goals are to translate this research into viable HIV-AIDS and anti-flaviviral therapy.
Selected Publications
- RNAi-mediated CCR5 silencing by LFA-1-targeted nanoparticles prevents HIV infection in BLT mice. Kim SS, Peer D, Kumar P**, Subramanya S, Wu H, Asthana D, Habiro K, Yang YG, Manjunath N, Shimaoka M, Shankar P. Mol Ther. 2010 Feb;18(2):370-6. doi: 10.1038/mt.2009.271. Epub 2009 Dec 8.
- Kumar P, Ban HS, Kim SS, Wu H, Pearson T, Greiner D, Laouar A, Yao J, Haridas V, Habiro K, Yang YG, Jeong JH, Lee KY, Kim YK, Kim SW, Peipp M, Fey GH, Manjunath N, Shultz LN, Lee SK and Shankar P. (2008). T cell-specific siRNA delivery suppresses HIV-1 infection in humanized mice. Cell. 134(4):577-86.
- Effective suppression of HIV-1 by artificial bispecific miRNA targeting conserved sequences with tolerance for wobble base-pairing. Son J, Kim YB, Shankar P, Kumar P* and Lee SK. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2008 Sep 19;374(2):214-8. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.06.125. Epub 2008 Jul 11.
- Kumar P, Wu H, McBride JL, Jung KE, Moon Hee Kim, Davidson BL, Lee SK, Shankar P and Manjunath N. (2007). Transvascular delivery of small interfering RNA to the central nervous system. Nature. 448(7149):39-43.
- Kumar P, Lee SK, Shankar P and Manjunath N. A single siRNA suppresses fatal encephalitis induced by two different flaviviruses. PLOS Medicine 2006 3(4):e96
- Kumar P, Lee SK, Shankar P and Manjunath N. A single siRNA suppresses fatal encephalitis induced by two different flaviviruses. PLOS Medicine 2006 Feb 14;3(4):e96. PMCID: PMC1361782


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Hi all. Firstly, congrats must go out to the Fanotec team for such a great range of products!
I have done plenty of research on available gear but haven't been able to work it all out, so I'd like to lend your valuable expertise in choosing a tripod, camera plate and particularly the quick release system appropriate for my camera and needs. And they are as follows;
- D90 w/ 10.5mm fisheye
- Must be able to mount and dismount all components quickly, easily and 100% accurately, so quick release plates must be between all components (ie camera, pano head, tripod / tripod head), and camera plate. Will pay for quality couplings, ie all metal no plastic
- Camera must be able to be mounted directly to tripod head via quick release, and tripod head to tripod, for conventional photography (but leaving tripod head off while shooting panos)
- Always shoot full spherical
- Sometimes shoot interiors with tight spaces whereby I point the lens downward 7-10 degrees; tripod upper extremity (no head) and quick release system should not protrude beyond NN rotator
- Always HDR, so all nadir shots must be securely mounted, often preferable to be shot some distance away from normal position to avoid all shadows (currently use a long horizontal rail, camera on one end, counter-weight on the other, allowing nadir to be shot quite a distance up/away if need be)
The U2 camera plate, which is designed for the D90 & similar bodies, looks really good. I notice the dovetailing it has, but what clamps is it supposed to connect to?
The "Quick Release Clamp 55mm for Lower Rotator" looks like it has a round catch in the right position to slot into a hole of the U2 camera plate, but it says it's for the lower rotator.
The clamp that joins the camera to the pano head should preferably mate with the pano head such that it can't twist out of position.
My local (Australian) distributor lists a nodal ninja quick release system and an "Arca Style" one;
Both of these have dovetailing that looks like they might fit the U2 camera plate, but I can't see what holds it centred within the clamp - if anything?
How standard is "arca style"? Which brand tripod heads would this fit? Or must I put the matching "arca style" clamp onto any tripod head I use?
Camera Plate U2 appears to not be on the Australian site.
I haven't purchased a nodal ninja yet but think I will order the NN4 w/ R-D8 next week, unless somebody can advise otherwise. It is my understanding that the NN4 has upper rotator click stops of 5, 7.5 and 10 degrees from horizontal, and the NN3 has no upper rotator click stops, instead you need to visually line up the marked lines in order to set a specific angle - is that correct?
As for the tripod, it's important to me when shooting conventional photography, with a head, and legs at full length standard angle, to suspend the lens at eye level (~170cm). Studyness is critical. The budget is about AU/US $200, up to $250 (no head, can worry about that later).
So far I like the look of the Manfrotto 055XPROB, with horizontally extending centre column and good max height. $AU210 / $US220 to my door.
Any other suggestions?
My apologies for the essay, but there's a lot to work out .. you know how it is. ;)
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Cheddar-Stuffed Potatoes
Categories: Christmas, Low-fat, New Year, St. Patrick's Day, Thanksgiving, Vegetarian
Type: Side Dishes
Type: Side Dishes
If you can find Yukon Gold potatoes, use them in this cheddar-stuffed recipe. They have a natural buttery taste.
Serves: 4 servings
- 4 medium Yukon Gold or russet baking potatoes (about 6 ounces each)
- 1/4 cup skim milk
- 1/4 cup nonfat or light sour cream
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup shredded nonfat or reduced-fat Cheddar cheese
- 3 tablespoons finely chopped onion
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh parsley, chives, or dill
- Nonstick butter-flavored cooking spray
- Ground paprika (garnish)
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- To cook the potatoes in a conventional oven, wrap each potato in aluminum foil, and bake at 400�F for about 40 minutes, or until tender. To cook in a microwave oven, prick each potato in several places with a fork, and microwave on high power for about 12 minutes, or until tender. Allow the potatoes to cool until they can be handled easily.
- Cut a 1/2-inch-deep lengthwise slice from the top of each potato, and carefully scoop out the pulp, leaving a 1/4-inch-thick shell. Place the scooped-out potato flesh and the milk, sour cream, and salt in a medium-sized bowl, and mash with a potato masher. Add the cheese, onion, and parsley, and stir to mix well.
- Spoon the filling back into the potato skins. Arrange the potatoes in an 8-x- 8-inch baking dish, spray the tops lightly with the cooking spray, and sprinkle some paprika over each. Bake at 350�F for 25 to 30 minutes, or until the filling is heated through and the tops are lightly browned. Serve hot.
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As a former track and cross-country runner I was just wondering if I would have joined a cycling team in high school had it been offered (my conclusion was probably not – cycling wasn't even on my radar as a sport). It looks like some of the kids in my neck of the woods our getting some pretty serious exposure to Mountain Bike Racing.
The West's first dedicated USA Cycling mountain bike racing series for school-age kids, the Sierra Nevada High School Racing Series, debuts in just two weeks time at Granite Bay, California. The new series will kick off its first season with an ice-breaker short track cross country race on National Short Track Course in the Granite Bay Recreation Area.


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I just read that new Watir version (3.1.0) has "support for Alert API". What can I actually do with this API?
Is it meant for dealing with javascript popup windows? If so, what command can I use to click "OK" in popup window? Or how can I read title & text of popup window?
I tried "
browser.alert.ok" after updating Watir to 3.1.0 but just got some error message...
(There is not yet any clear documentation about this, and trying to interpret the source code is not my strongest side...)


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You can't extend the CEWP, so your only option is to work out RAD, or develop an alternative your self.
James McCormack had a similar issue (needed to extend CEWP).
He used reflector to dig into the CEWP, and took the relevant code, and implemented it in a visual web part solution. His solution is targeted at 2010, but you could use a similiar approach and leverage Jan Tielens SmartPart ( http://smartpart.codeplex.com/ )
You would need to add the relevant code of course to implement an image manager type solution.
Here is the link for James' post: http://zootfroot.blogspot.com/2010/09/develop-custom-editable-visual-web-part.html
This is code for uploading image from Charles Lee
At this point, you would need to have the full URL path to the image, and inject the tag into your editor.
I've always been fond of RightJS's RTE. I admit, I haven't implemented it for use with images, but there is a post on SPServices forum that discusses how to handle file uploading. You should be able to extend the RTE to grab files from desktops instead of URL's and send them to the appropriate library.


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Why is the erlynmeyer style flask the automatic go to for yeast starters? I know people use other containers besides flasks, and some flasks dont have flat bottoms but is there something special about the shape or angle of the sides? Just thought this was a good question to throw out there and see what comes back!
Speaking from experience as a molecular biologist. Erlynmeyer flasks are nice for a couple of reasons. The main alternative being a standard beaker which is essentially the same size at the top and the bottom. First off the neck size makes it easy to hold in the hand. Second a smaller opening reduces the chance of getting airborne material into the flask. Third try swirling around some liquid in a normal beaker and then an erlynmeyer flask, the narrow neck on the flask keeps the liquid inside the vessel better than a beaker. Fourth, when doing biological cultures you want to keep the media aerated and the wide bottom of the flask allows you to keep a high surface area with which to introduce air. Finally, the narrow neck allows us to use smaller stoppers which reduce the chance of contamination.
Altogether these reasons are why we use erlynmeyer flasks in the lab.
While starters ideally don't make use of an airlock to promote maximum O2 exchange, some people prefer to use an airlock to counter wild yeasts and other contaminants. The narrow neck on the conical flask makes using a stopper and an airlock much more practical.
Alternatives to rubber stoppers are foam stoppers which permit gas exchange. Again, these would be impractical for use in a beaker or other wide-mouthed vessel, but work well in a conical flask.
The main reason that I know of is that Erlynmeyer flasks are normally pyrex, or made from a substance which means you can heat it on the stove so you can reduce the risk of getting unsanitary conditions in your starter.


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Is it prohibited to use knowledge you get from proprietary images or videos? Example: I found a geotagged photo (ponramio) in Google Earth with a well on it. So I know: "Ah, there is a well where I can get water!". Can I use that knowledge to mark that well on my map? ...
I'm no lawyer, but unless your usage of the information falls under fair use (the definition of which varies by country), you need to get permission from the copyright holder. The Panoramio TOS (Terms of Service) redirects to the Google TOS, which state:
Additionally the Panoramio help section on copyright has the following information:


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I want to have a game night where I host a Mario Kart tournament. It can be either round robin or bracketed. The problem is that people are of very different levels so I was trying to think of a way to handicap the tournament to make things fun for all players. But it has to be easy to do and understand. Any ideas?
First of all, keep in mind that Mario Kart already has a bit of built-in handicapping. The worse you are doing in the standings, the higher quality of items the game will give you. Doing well means you will only get weak items, and being in first place also makes you vulnerable to the blue shell.
As for further handicapping, at the end of a race, the only thing that determines how well you did is the amount of time it took you to finish. This means that any sort of reasonable handicapping will involve modifying players' finishing times. Just for the sake of explanation, I'm going to assume that you choose to improve weaker players' times, though adding time onto stronger players would have the same effect.
Now, because tracks are different lengths, you can't give a "flat" handicap in terms of a set number of seconds. A 30-second handicap improvement is much more significant on a course that only takes 5 minutes to finish than it is on one that takes 10 minutes to finish (this is moot if you're planning to have every race on the same course).
Due to that, it's probably better to do something proportional. You could give a percentage improvement, such as taking off 10% of their finishing time. Or perhaps another good alternative would be to allow the weaker players to replace their worst lap time with their best one (this is assuming that Mario Kart Wii shows all lap times).
Now, that being said, I actually suggest not doing handicapping at all. You stated that you'd like to make things "fair", but it's very important to realize that handicaps don't make things fair, they attempt to make things close. The only thing that's ever truly fair in a skill-based competition is that a better player will always beat a weaker player, and handicaps get in the way of that.
Handicaps may seem to make tournaments more enjoyable for weaker players because it gives them a chance, but it comes at the cost of making things less enjoyable for the stronger players. It's very frustrating to lose to someone that is clearly a worse player than you, solely because they have a large enough handicap to overpower the difference in skill.
Related to that is the difficulty in determining how much of a handicap to give each player in the first place. It's very difficult to accurately determine a handicap, and giving players too much or too little compensation can make things even more unfair.
So then how do you make a tournament that everyone can enjoy, even with wildly differing skill levels? Unfortunately, I don't know. You could try doing things like splitting the players into categories based on their skill levels, or just running the tournament in such a way that winning isn't the single most important factor. It's a very difficult problem, but the fact is that the only way something can ever be "fair" is if everyone has to play under the same rules.
A few options that spring to mind:
Another good idea is to turn on the team mode, mixing up better players with newbies. They can then get guidance from the pros as they play.
None of these suggestions are really optimal for a tournament - as Chad mentioned, a tournament is really designed to allow the best player to win. That being said, the following suggestions might help take a little of the focus off coming in 1st place.
will level the playing field real fast.
I think after the suggestions above I have decided to do this:
Have a 2 step tournament:
Step 1: Single Race Pick a board that is short and have everyone run a single time trial. Award a prize to the fastest time.
Step 2: Round Robbin Given the results of the Single Rance create teams of 2 by pairing the fastest racer with the slowest and so on.
Then have each team face another team once. Board chosen randomly. Points awarded for the top three head-to-head places. 1st pace 5 points. Second place 3 points Third place 1 point.
We are of age so drinking will be happening, no need to make it required :) What do you guys think?
Another way you could do this is to not worry about an overall tournament, but to race in groups instead. This works best when less than half the group are experts.
Divide the players into two groups, Hi and Lo. The best players should be in the Hi group and the most inexperienced in Lo; it doesn't have to be exact yet.
Have the Hi group race twice on random tracks, then have the Lo group race twice on random tracks. In each race, first place gets 10 points, second place 6, third place 3, fourth place 1. After both groups have raced twice, the person with the lowest score in the Hi group drops to the Lo group, and the person with the highest score in the Lo group moves up to the Hi group. (Yep, relegation and promotion.) If there is a tie, flip a coin or something.
Now repeat the process (two races for Hi, two races for Lo, relegate and promote). As long as there is a decent balance of skill, several people should end up moving from one group to the other. The experts may win more often than not in the Hi group, but that'll happen with just about any combination ... and if they're all in the Hi group, then other people will be winning the Lo group.
You could do this with more than 8 people, but there might be too much of a break between groups ... with 12-16, you could break them into 4 groups and run races on 2 Wiis at once, with relegation and promotion between Hi, M-Hi, M-Lo, and Lo ... of course you might need someone to keep track of everything!


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Even nonfat buttermilk adds body to this cornbread recipe.
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- 2 cups finely ground yellow or white cornmeal
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 cups nonfat or low-fat buttermilk
- 3 egg whites, or 2 eggs, lightly beaten
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- Place the cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and baking soda in a medium-sized bowl, and stir to mix well. Add the buttermilk and egg whites or eggs, and stir with a wire whisk to mix well.
- Coat a 10-inch cast iron skillet with nonstick cooking spray, and spread the batter evenly in the pan. Bake at 375°F for 25 to 28 minutes, or just until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean. Be careful not to overbake. Cut into wedges and serve hot, refrigerating any leftovers not eaten within 24 hours.
- Variation For a change of pace, after whisking in the buttermilk and eggs, fold one or more of the following ingredients into the batter: - 3/4 to 1 cup frozen (thawed) whole kernel corn, or 1 can (8 ounces) whole kernel corn, drained. - 3/4 to 1 cup shredded nonfat or reduced-fat Cheddar cheese. - 2 to 4 tablespoons finely chopped pickled jalapeño peppers. - 1 can (4 ounces) chopped green chilies, drained. - 1/4 cup cooked crumbled turkey bacon.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia will target its inmate crowding crisis by expanding supervised release and community-based drug treatment, among other steps, after the Legislature passed another key proposal Saturday from Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's agenda before concluding its 2013 session.
Before the midnight deadline, lawmakers also approved an attempt to improve student performance and attack child poverty with a bill to expand school breakfast and lunch programs to more students. The children of slain troopers would get more help attending college under a successful bill amended so it also offers the scholarship benefit to the families of all law enforcement killed in the line of duty. Other measures approved would extend maternity coverage to the dependent children of insurance policyholders and increase the take-home pay of most circuit judges by reducing their pension contributions.
A special House-Senate committee saved a proposal to extend an experiment that's handed more self-governance to a handful of municipalities. The final bill invites up to 16 more cities and towns to apply for this home rule pilot program. The four cities currently in the program could stay but one, Charleston, could not keep several of its current gun ordinances.
The compromise bill only allows participants to ban firearms from most municipal property except parking garages. Concealed weapon permit holders, meanwhile, could have guns on city-owned property that have no government operations, such as parks or swimming pools. The House had sought that language.
While urging passage, Senate Judiciary Chair Corey Palumbo bemoaned that and several other restrictions placed on what cities and towns could pursue.
"This is, 'We trust you, municipalities, but we don't trust you very much. We don't trust you very much at all,'" said the Kanawha County Democrat, who represents Charleston. "Home rule light is better than no home rule at all, but just barely."
The Senate prevailed in a dispute over Tomblin's effort to require blood tests for drivers suspected of being under the influence of drugs. As passed, that bill would not punish arrested drivers for refusing a blood test, although police will have extra time to seek a warrant for such a test.
Failed bills included dueling House and Senate proposals offering pay raises to county magistrates and top court staffers in four counties. Delegates sought to extend salary hikes well beyond the four counties that saw pay cuts because of declining populations.
Senators reconsidered and passed a bill making it a crime to leak grand jury information, after earlier voting it down. Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum requested that legislation before he was shot dead earlier this month, said Delegate Justin Marcum, a Democrat and assistant prosecutor from that county.
Crum complained that three drug suspects fled the state and a fourth had time to destroy evidence because a grand juror tipped them off, Marcum said Saturday. It was another Mingo County Democrat, Sen. Truman Chafin, who triggered the bill's initial defeat after arguing it was too intrusive.
The student poverty measure, the Feed to Achieve Act, requires all schools to try to maximize school meal participation in order to take greater advantage of federal money for meals. It recommends programs such as "grab and go" breakfasts and eating breakfast in class as ways to increase participation. It mandates that each county set up a fund to solicit private donations to expand and improve their school lunch programs. Senate Majority Leader John Unger, the bill's sponsor, said feeding young children in school is an economic development issue.
"What attracts companies the most? We can give all the tax breaks in the world, we can give them free land," the Berkeley County Democrat said. "But if you don't have a workforce that's not on drugs, that's not on disability, that can't come to a job, companies will not locate here in West Virgina."
The Legislature opted to continue public financing of Supreme Court campaigns following a 2012 pilot program. Concerns about public confidence in the courts prompted the pilot as an alternative to traditional campaign fundraising. The legislation increases available funds to $300,000 for a contested primary and $525,000 for a contested general election campaign.
The state will save $6 million next year as a result of Tomblin's proposal to eliminate state tax credits for alternative fuel vehicles like plug-in and electric cars. More tax dollars will be coming from Tomblin's proposal to collect sales tax from online retailers that have a physical presence in the state. That would apply to Amazon.com, which recently opened a customer service center in Huntington.
The governor had also wanted employers to have more time to pay fired or discharged workers, a concern raised by the state Chamber of Commerce. The Legislature complied, changing the deadline from 72 hours to four business days, or the next scheduled payday, whichever comes first. Other successful agenda items stiffen fines for pipeline safety fines, following a non-fatal fire sparked by a December line rupture, and aim to help the state Medicaid program recover costs. The latter responds to a Supreme Court ruling that greatly limited the program's share of a multimillion medical negligence settlement won on behalf of a Medicaid patient.
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Along with a wide-ranging education measure passed and signed before the final day, the inmate crowding bill was a major proposal of the governor's. It draws from a study of the state's crisis by the Justice Reinvestment Initiative, a project of the Justice Center at the nonpartisan Council of State Governments.
"We have two alternatives: building a new, probably $200 million prison and keep expanding the problem or trying the route we're taking and following the advice of Justice Reinvestment," Tomblin said following the bill's final passage.
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Was there ever a study done on the percentage of Reform Jews who would be considered Jewish according to Halacha?
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No, and it would be nearly impossible to determine. Every modern survey and census of Jews in America has been performed with the widest possible definition of Jew, in order to obtain the fullest and least-controversial numbers. This usually translates to counting someone as a Jew if they identify themselves as Jewish. (Source)
For example, a recent census, the National Jewish Population Survey 2000-01, primarily counted someone as a Reform Jew if they considered themselves to be one. The more stringent definition was simply those who are members or are affiliated with to a Reform synagogue. (Source) Neither definition gets anywhere near "Halakhic."
The most recent census (as of this edit), the Pew Research - Portrait of Jewish Americans, also used self-identification as their primary criteria.
Even if one were to attempt to find out, they'd run into the following problems:
Reform Judaism accepted Patrilineal Descent in 1983. Any survey or census performed since will have been done according to their standards, which means that the latest generations of Reform Jews will only needed to have just one Jewish parent, and the data will not distinguish which parent it is.
In addition,
The most recent study, performed by Pew Research, underscores this issue:
Thus, there are Jews who would be considered Jewish by Halacha, but not by Reform!
In addition, the Pew Survey illustrates yet another issue:
I am far from an expert on this issue, but if I recall correctly, there are many problems with one's halakhic status if one denies God.
Additionally, Judaism counts the children of converts as Jews. However, Reform conversions are not performed to traditional halakhic standards, rending their children non-Jewish according to Halakha.
Finally, even if the mother was halakhically Jewish, there are many problems with potential mamzeirut, as Reform Judaism does not conduct halakhically valid marriages and divorces. While Mamzeirim are Jewish, they are many halakhic issues regarding their integration into the broader Jewish community, and thus any census of "Halakhic Jews" would have to include them as a separate category.
While, no exact number can be known, estimates are possible.
In a survey done with Reconstructionist, Conservative, and Reform rabbis, no Conservative rabbis would perform an intermarriage, 36% of Reform rabbis would, and 62% of Reconstructionist rabbis would.
In a population survey, 33% of American Jewish Families were "interfaith families", while another study says that currently, just over 50% of marriages are "interfaith marriages"
According to this article, It's hard for me to tell if 33% of intermarried Jewish families had a Jewish mother, or if 29% of Jewish woman, and 33% of Jewish men were intermarrying. The quote is..
Based on this information, About 18% of Reform Jews today would not be halachically Jewish. And 33% of Reform children born now, would not be halachically Jewish.
While not specific to Reform Jews, the National Jewish Population Survey from 2000-01 (which was just enough time after Patrilineal Descent for college kids to have been born) the found that only 48% of Jews in college had two Jewish parents. Which would mean that 26% of Jews in college have only a Jewish father, and thus aren't halachically Jewish (and this is even assuming that all self-identified Jewish parents are halachically Jewish). Now if that was the case 13 years ago and intermarriage rates have increased or at least stayed the same, and the problem compounds by being left unchecked, then the current and future generations of Jews are going to have even higher percentages of non-Jews in their midst.


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After reading in an answer to another question that Japanese adjectives are less inflected than Japanese verbs I'm wondering if there are inflections that can be applied to verbs but not i-adjectives? Or what about the converse?
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Most of the verb endings cannot be applied to adjectives.
There are no modern potential, passive, causative, or imperative suffixes:
Also, politeness of adjectives is encoded by the copula, and not by polite verb endings:
In fact, the only endings that adjectives can really have are tense, negation, and the conditional mood.
I want to add a few extra notes to Amanda's answer:
There are two different vector we should consider when comparing the coverage of i-adjective conjugation to the verb conjugation (which is obviously richer):
The interesting categories that are not expressible by verbs are actually these, as I see it:
I feel that that other answers are tied too much to the traditional analysis of Japanese, which is unsatisfactory from a modern academic point of view.
Contrary to what traditional grammar says, i-adjective does not inflect on its own. All there is is the
The most opaque one is the plain form, the derivation of which is controversial:
Other than this, the form of i-adjectives without
Since all the conjugation of i-adjective is actually due to the help of the verb
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I have recently made a custom template for my Wordpress powered site but when ever I copy a link from one of the post pages onto the Facebook wall it no longer posts the feature image with it. I used to use the Simplo template and it worked fine.
My site is http://brokeandstarving.com - If for example you copy and paste that link into your Facebook status it will find a couple of thumbnails to post with it, however if you post a link to one of the posts it will not find any thumbnails! (eg. http://brokeandstarving.com/480/lemon-honey-chicken/).
On my old Simplo template it used to automatically post the Feature Image with it.
It must have something to do with the way I have structured my layout but I can't figure it out.
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John Catanzaro, a Bothell naturopathic physician whose license was recently suspended by the state, says he has helped — not hurt — many patients with the "cancer vaccine" he created from their tissues and has followed proper procedures, including obtaining informed consent.
In a reply submitted Friday to the Department of Health's Board of Naturopathy, Catanzaro asked for a settlement opportunity and hearing to contest the board's statement of charges against him, issued Jan. 24. The board suspended his license to practice four days later.
The charges allege that Catanzaro, who was medical director of the HWIFC Cancer Research Group, did not obtain proper permits for research on patients, had no independent oversight and did not keep adequate records to determine whether the cancer vaccine was working.
In addition, the state alleged his lab had no certification or quality-control data to show that the vaccines he created for injection into "vulnerable cancer patients" were safe.
In his response, Catanzaro said he was not guilty of any basis for sanction, including unprofessional conduct, dishonesty, misrepresentation or fraud.
"I have not been negligent, incompetent or committed malpractice in the use of the vaccine," he wrote, and had not violated any federal statute or administrative rules regulating his profession or setting patient-care standards.
None of his patients experienced any injury, he said, or was placed at "unreasonable risk of harm," as the state alleges, or even experienced unexpected or troubling adverse events because of the vaccine.
"To the contrary, most of my patients had received a bleak prognosis because of their cancer before they began treatment with me, but have experienced a prolonged life and improved quality of life through the use of the autologous vaccine."
He said only one patient was actually a "research subject," and he obtained the proper permit from the federal government. However, he said the research protocol he submitted to an independent research-review board was originally disapproved. Later, that board told him that using the vaccine on a patient "was not serious non-compliance," he said.
No patient complaints were referenced in the state's investigative file, which was obtained by The Seattle Times through a public-disclosure request.
Leanna Standish, medical director and founder of Bastyr University's Integrated Oncology Research Center, reviewed the case for the state board.
"Dr. Catanzaro is to be commended for his passionate attempt to translate basic cancer immunology into an individualized cancer vaccine for patients with advanced disease," she wrote, and may be viewed as an "advanced integrative oncology provider, even a pioneer."
However, she said, evidence showed that Catanzaro's "disregard for basic quality controls and research protocol creates substantial and imminent risk for patients."
In documents, Standish wrote, "It does not appear that psychologically vulnerable cancer patients are fully informed about the 'research' in which they are asked to participate." Without that, "presentation of the clinical care in the guise of a research study is a ruse."
Use of the terms "study" and "research", she added, "may encourage patients and their family and friends to initiate a time-consuming and expensive treatment that in the end does not extend the length or quality of their lives."
In addition, she said it appeared Catanzaro "has attempted to mislead the Naturopathy Board with inaccurate representations" of his regulatory research approval and oversight.
The original complaint was filed in February 2012 by an oncologist at a large Seattle-based medical center, who said her center recently had seen two breast-cancer patients who were receiving care from Catanzaro.
Catanzaro wanted the medical center to provide patient tissues for the vaccines, she said, but when she asked him for references and data regarding his procedures and outcomes, "he was unable to provide any."
She provided tissue from one patient at the patient's request, said the oncologist, who was not identified because she is a whistle-blower. "Then I looked further into his practice and realized that he appears to be doing research."
Medical-center research and legal personnel advised her against giving him tissue "unless this is sanctioned research," she said, so she told Catanzaro he needed approval from the medical center's research oversight board.
The oncologist said she found it disturbing that Catanzaro appears to be charging patients for an "unproven and unregulated treatment and leading them to believe that it will cure their cancers."
Standish, in her review of evidence for the board, said Catanzaro's administration of the vaccine, while novel and uncommon among naturopathic physicians, is within the scope of naturopathic medical practice. She also commended him for his "clear communication" with two patients' medical oncology team at the medical center.
And although Catanzaro's earlier characterizations that his research was funded by donations "seems disingenuous to me," Standish wrote, the amount he billed patients for the vaccine appeared reasonable.
However, Catanzaro doesn't have much training or experience in clinical trials "and appears naive" about research regulations as well as study design, she said.
"Ultimately, I believe he is well-meaning and has his patients' interest at heart," with treatment based in solid theory, she said, but if his group is serious about research, it should fund audits and patient follow-ups.
"It may actually be an effective and safe treatment but we will never know because of the lack of scientific rigor," she concluded. "From a scientific point of view this is unethical."


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I'm adding a blog to a site. Would it be better for SEO to put it at
blog.example.com or at
www.exampleblog.com? I already own
www.exampleblog.com .
Would combining the words together to
exampleblog have a negative effect?
If your company is called "Liam's Company" and your main website is at "liamscompany.com" then you can put the blog either at "liamscompany.com/blog" or "blog.liamscompany.com".
Personally, I prefer the former, because it tends to have fewer technical issues, but the latter also works (especially now that Google recognises the link between the different subdomains).
The problem with liamscompanyblog.com is that it really makes things confusing for:
It's possible to get round these issues, but why bother spending your time on this when you could be writing great content.
There are only 2 reasons I can think of why you wouldn't do this:
Why would it? Is it spam? Or a manipulation of the search results? No. You just have two keywords in your domain: example and blog. That's all that means.


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