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Debian and Ubuntu have very good texlive packaging. But I'd like to use
tlmgr to have a more fine-grained control about upgrades and which packages I want to be installed. So how do I install "vanilla" TeXLive on Debian/Ubuntu? Also how do I make
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I didn't find any iPad app that's supporting samba.
What is the best way to access Windows shares from an iPad?
I didn't find any iPad app that's supporting samba.
What is the best way to access Windows shares from an iPad?
Because there is no normally-accessible local filesystem on an iOS device, an app that "supports SMB" doesn't tell us enough. Because you can't simply copy files from a SMB share onto the iOS device.
There are plenty of apps that support SMB shares, three I can think of off the top of my head (at least as far as I recall) are: Goodreader, OPlayer, and Air Sharing.
Air Sharing is probably the most compatible for whatever you want to do, as it opens almost anything. Goodreader is primarily a document reader (txt, pdf, etc.), and OPlayer is a multi-format video player. It plays almost anything, MPEGs, AVIs, MKVs, etc.
What you want to accomplish beyond merely 'connecting to a SMB Share' will dictate the app you'll be able to use.
Additionally to the OPlayer app suggested by @Jason Salaz I've found several other apps that can connect to Windows smb shares:
Unfortunately I couldn't find any free apps.
It's easy to hook up dropbox--not quite the same as you are asking but supported on pc/mac/iphone/ipad/android/linux/... and really does a great job of syncing your files together.
I haven't seen any other apps that would allow you to accomplish the goal you are after, but you will find some that will let you stream media from a certain type of media share--but that's not what you asked.


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Subject: Re: [OMPI users] null characters in output
From: Ralph H Castain (rhc_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-06-19 10:24:16
No, I haven't seen that - if you can provide an example, we can take a look
at it.
On 6/19/08 8:15 AM, "Sacerdoti, Federico"
<Federico.Sacerdoti_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Ralph, another issue perhaps you can shed some light on.
> When launching with orterun, we sometimes see null characters in the
> stdout output. These do not show up on a terminal, but when piped to a
> file they are visible in an editor. They also can show up in the middle
> of a line, and so can interfere with greps on the output, etc.
> Have you seen this before? I am working on a simple test case, but
> unfortunately have not found one that is deterministic so far.
> Thanks,
> Federico
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ralph H Castain [mailto:rhc_at_[hidden]]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 1:09 PM
> To: Sacerdoti, Federico; Open MPI Users <users_at_[hidden]>
> Subject: Re: [OMPI users] SLURM and OpenMPI
> I can believe 1.2.x has problems in that regard. Some of that has
> nothing to
> do with slurm and reflects internal issues with 1.2.
> We have made it much more resistant to those problems in the upcoming
> 1.3
> release, but there is no plan to retrofit those changes to 1.2. Part of
> the
> problem was that we weren't using the --kill-on-bad-exit flag when we
> called
> srun internally, which has been fixed for 1.3.
> BTW: we actually do use srun to launch the daemons - we just call it
> internally from inside orterun. The only real difference is that we use
> orterun to setup the cmd line and then tell the daemons what they need
> to
> do. The issues you are seeing relate to our ability to detect that srun
> has
> failed, and/or that one or more daemons have failed to launch or do
> something they were supposed to do. The 1.2 system has problems in that
> regard, which was one motivation for the 1.3 overhaul.
> I would argue that slurm allowing us to attempt to launch on a
> no-longer-valid allocation is a slurm issue, not OMPI's. As I said, we
> use
> srun to launch the daemons - the only reason we hang is that srun is not
> returning with an error. I've seen this on other systems as well, but
> have
> no real answer - if slurm doesn't indicate an error has occurred, I'm
> not
> sure what I can do about it.
> We are unlikely to use srun to directly launch jobs (i.e., to have slurm
> directly launch the job from an srun cmd line without mpirun) anytime
> soon.
> It isn't clear there is enough benefit to justify the rather large
> effort,
> especially considering what would be required to maintain scalability.
> Decisions on all that are still pending, though, which means any
> significant
> change in that regard wouldn't be released until sometime next year.
> Ralph
> On 6/17/08 10:39 AM, "Sacerdoti, Federico"
> <Federico.Sacerdoti_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> Ralph,
>> I was wondering what the status of this feature was (using srun to
>> launch orted daemons)? I have two new bug reports to add from our
>> experience using orterun from 1.2.6 on our 4000 CPU infiniband
> cluster.
>> 1. Orterun will happily hang if it is asked to run on an invalid slurm
>> job, e.g. if the job has exceeded its timelimit. This would be
> trivially
>> fixed if you used srun to launch, as they would fail with non-zero
> exit
>> codes.
>> 2. A very simple orterun invocation hangs instead of exiting with an
>> error. In this case the executable does not exist, and we would expect
>> orterun to exit non-zero. This has caused
>> headaches with some workflow management script that automatically
> start
>> jobs.
>> salloc -N2 -p swdev orterun dummy-binary-I-dont-exist
>> [hang]
>> orterun dummy-binary-I-dont-exist
>> [hang]
>> Thanks,
>> Federico
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Sacerdoti, Federico
>> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 5:41 PM
>> To: 'Open MPI Users'
>> Subject: RE: [OMPI users] SLURM and OpenMPI
>> Ralph wrote:
>> "I don't know if I would say we "interfere" with SLURM - I would say
>> that we
>> are only lightly integrated with SLURM at this time. We use SLURM as a
>> resource manager to assign nodes, and then map processes onto those
>> nodes
>> according to the user's wishes. We chose to do this because srun
> applies
>> its
>> own load balancing algorithms if you launch processes directly with
> it,
>> which leaves the user with little flexibility to specify their desired
>> rank/slot mapping. We chose to support the greater flexibility."
>> Ralph, we wrote a launcher for mvapich that uses srun to launch but
>> keeps tight control of where processes are started. The way we did it
>> was to force srun to launch a single process on a particular node.
>> The launcher calls many of these:
>> srun --jobid $JOBID -N 1 -n 1 -w host005 CMD ARGS
>> Hope this helps (and we are looking forward to a tighter orterun/slurm
>> integration as you know).
>> Regards,
>> Federico
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: users-bounces_at_[hidden] [mailto:users-bounces_at_[hidden]]
> On
>> Behalf Of Ralph Castain
>> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 6:41 PM
>> To: Open MPI Users <users_at_[hidden]>
>> Cc: Ralph Castain
>> Subject: Re: [OMPI users] SLURM and OpenMPI
>> Hi there
>> I am no slurm expert. However, it is our understanding that
>> SLURM_TASKS_PER_NODE means the number of slots allocated to the job,
> not
>> the
>> number of tasks to be executed on each node. So the 4(x2) tells us
> that
>> we
>> have 4 slots on each of two nodes to work with. You got 4 slots on
> each
>> node
>> because you used the -N option, which told slurm to assign all slots
> on
>> that
>> node to this job - I assume you have 4 processors on your nodes.
> OpenMPI
>> parses that string to get the allocation, then maps the number of
>> specified
>> processes against it.
>> It is possible that the interpretation of SLURM_TASKS_PER_NODE is
>> different
>> when used to allocate as opposed to directly launch processes. Our
>> typical
>> usage is for someone to do:
>> srun -N 2 -A
>> mpirun -np 2 helloworld
>> In other words, we use srun to create an allocation, and then run
> mpirun
>> separately within it.
>> I am therefore unsure what the "-n 2" will do here. If I believe the
>> documentation, it would seem to imply that srun will attempt to launch
>> two
>> copies of "mpirun -np 2 helloworld", yet your output doesn't seem to
>> support
>> that interpretation. It would appear that the "-n 2" is being ignored
>> and
>> only one copy of mpirun is being launched. I'm no slurm expert, so
>> perhaps
>> that interpretation is incorrect.
>> Assuming that the -n 2 is ignored in this situation, your command
> line:
>>> srun -N 2 -n 2 -b mpirun -np 2 helloworld
>> will cause mpirun to launch two processes, mapped byslot against the
>> slurm
>> allocation of two nodes, each having 4 slots. Thus, both processes
> will
>> be
>> launched on the first node, which is what you observed.
>> Similarly, the command line
>>> srun -N 2 -n 2 -b mpirun helloworld
>> doesn't specify the #procs to mpirun. In that case, mpirun will launch
> a
>> process on every available slot in the allocation. Given this command,
>> that
>> means 4 procs will be launched on each of the 2 nodes, for a total of
> 8
>> procs. Ranks 0-3 will be placed on the first node, ranks 4-7 on the
>> second.
>> Again, this is what you observed.
>> I don't know if I would say we "interfere" with SLURM - I would say
> that
>> we
>> are only lightly integrated with SLURM at this time. We use SLURM as a
>> resource manager to assign nodes, and then map processes onto those
>> nodes
>> according to the user's wishes. We chose to do this because srun
> applies
>> its
>> own load balancing algorithms if you launch processes directly with
> it,
>> which leaves the user with little flexibility to specify their desired
>> rank/slot mapping. We chose to support the greater flexibility.
>> Using the SLURM-defined mapping will require launching without our
>> mpirun.
>> This capability is still under development, and there are issues with
>> doing
>> that in slurm environments which need to be addressed. It is at a
> lower
>> priority than providing such support for TM right now, so I wouldn't
>> expect
>> it to become available for several months at least.
>> Alternatively, it may be possible for mpirun to get the SLURM-defined
>> mapping and use it to launch the processes. If we can get it somehow,
>> there
>> is no problem launching it as specified - the problem is how to get
> the
>> map!
>> Unfortunately, slurm's licensing prevents us from using its internal
>> APIs,
>> so obtaining the map is not an easy thing to do.
>> Anyone who wants to help accelerate that timetable is welcome to
> contact
>> me.
>> We know the technical issues - this is mostly a problem of (a)
>> priorities
>> versus my available time, and (b) similar considerations on the part
> of
>> the
>> slurm folks to do the work themselves.
>> Ralph
>> On 3/20/08 3:48 PM, "Tim Prins" <tprins_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>> Hi Werner,
>>> Open MPI does things a little bit differently than other MPIs when it
>>> comes to supporting SLURM. See
>>> http://www.open-mpi.org/faq/?category=slurm
>>> for general information about running with Open MPI on SLURM.
>>> After trying the commands you sent, I am actually a bit surprised by
>> the
>>> results. I would have expected this mode of operation to work. But
>>> looking at the environment variables that SLURM is setting for us, I
>> can
>>> see why it doesn't.
>>> On a cluster with 4 cores/node, I ran:
>>> [tprins_at_odin ~]$ cat mprun.sh
>>> #!/bin/sh
>>> printenv
>>> [tprins_at_odin ~]$ srun -N 2 -n 2 -b mprun.sh
>>> srun: jobid 55641 submitted
>>> [tprins_at_odin ~]$ cat slurm-55641.out |grep SLURM_TASKS_PER_NODE
>>> SLURM_TASKS_PER_NODE=4(x2)
>>> [tprins_at_odin ~]$
>>> Which seems to be wrong, since the srun man page says that
>>> SLURM_TASKS_PER_NODE is the "Number of tasks to be initiated on each
>>> node". This seems to imply that the value should be "1(x2)". So maybe
>>> this is a SLURM problem? If this value were correctly reported, Open
>>> should work fine for what you wanted to do.
>>> Two other things:
>>> 1. You should probably use the command line option '--npernode' for
>>> mpirun instead of setting the rmaps_base_n_pernode directly.
>>> 2. In regards to your second example below, Open MPI by default maps
>> 'by
>>> slot'. That is, it will fill all available slots on the first node
>>> before moving to the second. You can change this, see:
>>> http://www.open-mpi.org/faq/?category=running#mpirun-scheduling
>>> I have copied Ralph on this mail to see if he has a better response.
>>> Tim
>>> Werner Augustin wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> At our site here at the University of Karlsruhe we are running two
>>>> large clusters with SLURM and HP-MPI. For our new cluster we want to
>>>> keep SLURM and switch to OpenMPI. While testing I got the following
>>>> problem:
>>>> with HP-MPI I do something like
>>>> srun -N 2 -n 2 -b mpirun -srun helloworld
>>>> and get
>>>> Hi, here is process 0 of 2, running MPI version 2.0 on xc3n13.
>>>> Hi, here is process 1 of 2, running MPI version 2.0 on xc3n14.
>>>> when I try the same with OpenMPI (version 1.2.4)
>>>> srun -N 2 -n 2 -b mpirun helloworld
>>>> I get
>>>> Hi, here is process 1 of 8, running MPI version 2.0 on xc3n13.
>>>> Hi, here is process 0 of 8, running MPI version 2.0 on xc3n13.
>>>> Hi, here is process 5 of 8, running MPI version 2.0 on xc3n14.
>>>> Hi, here is process 2 of 8, running MPI version 2.0 on xc3n13.
>>>> Hi, here is process 4 of 8, running MPI version 2.0 on xc3n14.
>>>> Hi, here is process 3 of 8, running MPI version 2.0 on xc3n13.
>>>> Hi, here is process 6 of 8, running MPI version 2.0 on xc3n14.
>>>> Hi, here is process 7 of 8, running MPI version 2.0 on xc3n14.
>>>> and with
>>>> srun -N 2 -n 2 -b mpirun -np 2 helloworld
>>>> Hi, here is process 0 of 2, running MPI version 2.0 on xc3n13.
>>>> Hi, here is process 1 of 2, running MPI version 2.0 on xc3n13.
>>>> which is still wrong, because it uses only one of the two allocated
>>>> nodes.
>>>> OpenMPI uses the SLURM_NODELIST and SLURM_TASKS_PER_NODE environment
>>>> variables, starts with slurm one orted per node and tasks upto the
>>>> maximum number of slots on every node. So basically it also does
>>>> some 'resource management' and interferes with slurm. OK, I can fix
>> that
>>>> with a mpirun wrapper script which calls mpirun with the right -np
>> and
>>>> the right rmaps_base_n_pernode setting, but it gets worse. We want
> to
>>>> allocate computing power on a per cpu base instead of per node, i.e.
>>>> different user might share a node. In addition slurm allows to
>> schedule
>>>> according to memory usage. Therefore it is important that on every
>> node
>>>> there is exactly the number of tasks running that slurm wants. The
>> only
>>>> solution I came up with is to generate for every job a detailed
>>>> hostfile and call mpirun --hostfile. Any suggestions for
> improvement?
>>>> I've found a discussion thread "slurm and all-srun orterun" in the
>>>> mailinglist archive concerning the same problem, where Ralph Castain
>>>> announced that he is working on two new launch methods which would
>> fix
>>>> my problems. Unfortunately his email address is deleted from the
>>>> archive, so it would be really nice if the friendly elf mentioned
>> there
>>>> is still around and could forward my mail to him.
>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>> Werner Augustin
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WACO (January 30, 2013)--Credit card pass through fees may be illegal in Texas when it comes to merchants, but the government can charge customers to use their cards to pay fees or fines.
On Sunday credit card vendors announced as a result of a court action that businesses could now pass through a percentage of each transaction to credit card holders to cover the cost of using their cards, but Texas is one of 10 states nationwide that prohibits the pass through of swipe fees for business.
There's an exception, however.
Since 1987 the Texas Legislature has provided a rule that allows government entities to pass along credit card user fees to the credit card holder.
McLennan County District Clerk Karen Matkin said any county government office that accepts money for fines or fees is allowed to assess the credit card holder both a use fee of $2 and a fee that amounts to a percentage of the fee being paid that covers the credit card company charge.
"The Legislature decided it was a convenience fee that people who use credit cards should pay so those charges weren't the responsibility of the county," Matkin said.
"At first when we started charging the fees a lot of people got mad about it, but using a credit card to pay fees or fines is a convenience to the payer and not to the county," she said.
The fees collected by county offices stay in the county, Matkin said, and are deposited on the county's general fund so when credit card companies bill the county for the service, funds are available to pay the costs.
Fees collected in McLennan County's District Clerk's office amount to a significant amount annually, Matkin said, after she reported the office collected $2,529,275 in fees, charges and fines in 2012.
Of that number she estimated about 2.78 percent, or $70,411.90, was paid by credit card.


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One of Ridley Scott's most exclaimed science fiction movies is Alien. It's also one of the few movies that does not have a city scape. When involved in the re-release in 2003 he started to want to direct another Alien movie. It's states on his wiki though that he wasn't happy with the Director's Cut because he found the original pretty flawless. So why would he make a prequel then?
It's not actually a prequel, but rather is set in the same universe but earlier in the time line. He made the coice to not make a direct prequel to essentially avoid being repetative in the material.
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I found GeoGebra to be a useful tool to help generate code for graphs. I suppose there must be other tools to help draw diagrams such as Sets/Venn Diagrams or Electrical Circuits (Logic Gates). Which ones would you suggest?
I think the best option for diagrams, circuits, etc. is Dia.
Dia is roughly inspired by the commercial Windows program 'Visio,' though more geared towards informal diagrams for casual use. It can be used to draw many different kinds of diagrams. It currently has special objects to help draw entity relationship diagrams, UML diagrams, flowcharts, network diagrams, and many other diagrams. It is also possible to add support for new shapes by writing simple XML files, using a subset of SVG to draw the shape.
It can export diagrams to a number of formats, including EPS, SVG, XFIG, WMF and PNG, as well as LaTeX formats such as PGF, PStricks and Metapost.
The list misses TikzEdt. It provides a GUI and semi automatic drawing tools. For details: TikzEdt web site. Available for linux/windows. Upon right clicking in the figure (on right) window, it offers a number of options to draw using the mouse. After drawing the tikz code will be inserted in the left window automatically. On the left panel, there are some styles/shapes etc from where the corresponding code can be inserted. The figure can be exported to number of formats like pdf, png, jpeg etc. And it is free.
Xfig is another GUI that has very good interaction with LaTeX. It is an X Windows drawing utility that comes with a library for drawing circuit diagrams. It runs on Windows through Cygwin/X.
Here's a screenshot from the homepage showing the interface:
Here is a list of all the available libraries (you would probably be interested in the electrical/logical libraries):
Interaction with LaTeX is done by exporting the canvas:
Another approach is to use Inkscape. If you export to eps or pdf it puts the vector drawing in one file and the text in a tex file, see http://ctan.sqsol.co.uk/info/svg-inkscape/InkscapePDFLaTeX.pdf. The integration is perhaps not as elegant as with software designed as an interface for LaTeX packages but offers the full potential of Inkscape.
LaTeXDraw is a Java-based graphical drawing editor.
The list misses Ipe. From wikipedia link:
Below an example drawing using different fonts.
jpgfdraw is a Java program for creating vector graphics which can be used with LaTeX. You can construct and edit shapes using lines, cubic Bézier segments and text.
A screenshot from the documentation:
You can export the pictures as
You may see also this example on TeX.SX.
There is KtikZ/QtikZ available for linux/windows. This is very useful for writing
Another nice tool is TikZit, but you won't be happy if you don't want to code Tikz/PGF manually. But probably it helps a lot if you don't want to select coordinates manually.
The manual page contains some screenshots.
[edit] a screenshot of tikzit 0.7 on Ubuntu 11.04 Natty:
Another Java program is jPicEdt. It is described as "open source, multi-platform and interactive picture editor for LaTeX and PSTricks".
A screenshot with the according Latex output and the code produced by jPicEdt:
As you can see it supports formulae:
The code it exports:
I didn't see Cirkuit mentioned here already, so here are a few words from the homepage:
... and a screenshot:
mathematical tool GCLC/WinGCLC by Predrag Janicic
What is GCLC? GCLC ((c) Predrag Janicic 1996-2009) (from "Geometry Constructions->LaTeX converter") is a tool for visualizing and teaching geometry, and for producing mathematical illustrations. GCLC provides easy-to-use support for many geometrical constructions, isometric transformations, conics, parametric curves, flow control, automated theorem proving, etc. The basic idea behind GCLC is that constructions are formal procedures, rather than drawings. Thus, in GCLC, producing mathematical illustrations is based on "describing figures" rather than of "drawing figures". Figures can be displayed and exported to LaTeX and other formats. WinGCLC is the Windows version of GCLC and provides a range of additional functionalities.
TpX: TeX drawing tool
TpX is a simple graphical editor for Windows for inclusion graphics into TeX files. It can also be used as a standalone editor for vector graphics.
LatexDraw is very good in generating PStricks Codes. Its very easy to generate these codes automatically by drawing the figures using LatexDraw. You can get this amazing free software at this link: http://latexdraw.sourceforge.net/
We have to draw somewhat like this:
and the PStricks codes are generated side by side !!


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It used to be that a person who committed suicide was buried in a separate part of the cemetery and the relatives did not sit shiva (see Shulchan Aruch YD 345). We no longer do these things and we treat a suicide as a regular death. On what basis is this done?
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First of all, I am not aware of any actual halachic source that states that a suicide is to be buried separately from the main Jewish cemetery. If anyone knows of a source for this, please let me know.
In any event, while many of the halachos of mourning do not apply in the case of suicide (Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah 345), this is only true if the person committed suicide in a psychologically stable state of mind. In the absence of strong evidence to the contrary, the assumption of the poskim is that a suicide was not psychologically stable (see Aruch HaShulchan there).
This might sound as if it was effectively nullifying the law, because of course no one commits suicide when they are in a psychologically stable state of mind. However, while that is basically true of our own society, there have been many societies in the past where suicide was considered an "honorable" act under certain circumstances (e.g. the samurai practice of seppuku). While the assumption that suicide is the result of a state of instability is valid in our culture, it would not necessarily be valid in others.


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Recently I have read a few travel books to get some inspiration for the next long summer journey. I was especially reading Lonely Planet travel guides. I was a little bit surprised that they very often described Afghanistan as a destination. I always thought that there is war. Maybe Lonely Planet isn't as anxious as other travel guides might be, but objectively, what would I have to expect when traveling to Afghanistan? And is it possible at all?
In July I was in Tajikistan, along the Afghanistan border. I met a LOT of travellers going there. Indeed, the Central Asia Lonely Planet (English version) has a picture of a temple from within Afghanistan.
It was sooo tempting.
However, due to a slight medical emergency, I had to backtrack from Khorog along the Afghanistan border again to Dushanbe and leave from there. Otherwise I'd totally have gone across for a few days.
So why are people going? For the Wakhan Corridor - a sliver of land perfect for trekking, and well away from the war-zones. It's considered pretty safe, but again, you'd need to check your insurance as you may not be covered there.
However, anywhere west of Fayzabad and you're starting to get into dangerous territory. Very. One Dutch traveller I met had a police escort at a point and heard explosions. It's still dangerous.
And really, if the Taliban decides to branch out and start kidnapping tourists in the Wakhan Corridor, it may change. It's a very volatile place.
However, if you go to Khorog, there's an Afghanistan embassy on the south side of the river in town, open from 9am. You can get a visa for Afghanistan within 24 hours.
It's important to make sure you have a visa and entry for the Tajikistan side when you return, however, as if you need to get a new visa in Afghanistan, all embassies will be in Kabul. And you don't want to have to travel there if you don't want to.
Of course, it all depends how crazy you are. I also met two Russians who had hitchhiked from Moscow to Tajikstan and were continuing on to Kabul. It's entirely possible, just not guaranteed.
I have a friend who lives in Afghanistan and he swears it's safe, and that there is no Taliban or other psycho group in the very northern parts where he lives. He says they (his community/village/whatever) don't allow that crap. Maybe he's talking it up, but I tend to believe him.
Yes, it is possible to travel to Afghanistan.
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Disc 1
1. Ek Bauchhar Thha Woh - Gulzar Tribute To Jagjit Singh
2. Naqsh Fariyadi Hai - Jagjit Singh
3. Meharbaan Hoke Bulalo Mujhe Chaho Jis Waqt - Gulzar
4. Har Ek Baat Pe Kehte Ho Tum - Jagjit Singh
5. Yeh Sagey Duniya Ke Asad Kehlaata Hai - Gulzar
6. Woh Firaq Aur W...View More
Disc 1
1. Ek Bauchhar Thha Woh - Gulzar Tribute To Jagjit Singh
2. Naqsh Fariyadi Hai - Jagjit Singh
3. Meharbaan Hoke Bulalo Mujhe Chaho Jis Waqt - Gulzar
4. Har Ek Baat Pe Kehte Ho Tum - Jagjit Singh
5. Yeh Sagey Duniya Ke Asad Kehlaata Hai - Gulzar
6. Woh Firaq Aur Woh Visaal Kahan - Jagjit Singh
7. Pandra Baras Ki Umr Se Pachaas Baras Ki Umr Tak - Gulzar
8. Dost Ghamkhwaari Mein Meri - Jagjit Singh
9. Yahaan Baadshaah Ne Qile Mein Mushaayra - Gulzar
10. Dil-E-Naadaan Tujhe Hua Kya Hai - Jagjit Singh, Chitra Singh
11. Nukta-Cheen Hai Ghame Dil Usko Sunaaye Ne Bane - Gulzar
12. Kabse Hoon Kya Bataaoon Jahaane Kharaab Mein - Jagjit Singh
13. Shaam Hui, Chiragh Roshan Hua, Mushi Sayyad Ahmed Hussain Sirhaane Ki Taraf - Gulzar
14. Yeh Masaailey Tassawwuf, Yeh Tera Bayaan Ghalib - Jagjit Singh
15. Subah Ka Waqt Hai - Gulzar
16. Aur Baazaar Se (Unke Dekhe Se Jo Aa Jaati Hai) - Jagjit Singh
17. Mirza Sahib, Humko Yeh Baaein Pasand Nahin - Gulzar
18. Phir Kuchh Is Dil Ko Beqarari Hai - Jagjit Singh
19. Waqayii Miyaan Tuftaa Diwan Ki Naqal Kar Rahe Hain Aur Lahore Bhejenge - Gulzar
20. Baazeecha-E-Atfal Hai - Jagjit Singh
21. Pachaas Baras Ki Baat Hai Ke Ilaahi Baksh Khan Marhoom Ne Ek Zameen Nai Nikaali - Gulzar
22. Aah Ko Chaahiye Ik Umr Asar Hone Tak - Jagjit Singh
Disc 2
1. 11 May Yahaan Fassad Shuru Hua - Gulzar
2. Zulmat Kade Mein Mere - Jagjit Singh
3. Paanch Ishkar Ka Hamle Apidarpe Sheher Pe Hua - Gulzar
4. Dil Hi Toh Hai - Jagjit Singh
5. Barsaat Ka Haal Na Poocho, Khuda Ka Qeher Hai - Gulzar
6. Woh Firaq Aur Woh Visaal Kahan - Jagjit Singh
7. Suna Hoga Tumne Ke Momin Khan Mar Gaye - Gulzar
8. Bas Ke Dushwaar Hai - Jagjit Singh
9. Ghar Hamara Jo Na Tore Bhi Toh - Jagjit Singh
10. Ahsrat-E-Qatra Hai - Jagjit Singh
11. Dard Minnat Kashe Dawaa Na Hua - Jagjit Singh
12. Ibne Mariyam Hua Kare Koi - Jagjit Singh
13. 7 November Saale-Haal, Jumme Ke Din Abu Zafar, Sirajuddin, Bahadur Shah Qaide Firang-O-Qaide Jism Se Rihah Hue - Gulzar
14. Sab Kahan Kuchh Lala-O-Gul Mein - Jagjit Singh
15. Miya Kis Haal Mein O, Kis Khayaal Mein Ho, Hazrate Naseh Gar Aayein - Gulzar
16. Hazaaron Khwaahishein Aisi - Jagjit Singh
17. Mera Haal Sivaay Mere Khuda Aur Khuda Wand Ke Koi Nahin Janta - Gulzar
18. Hue Marke Hum Jo Ruswa - Jagjit Singh
19. Yahaan Khuda Se Bhi Tawwaqo Baaqi Nahi - Gulzar
20. Na Thha Kuchh Toh Khuda Tha - Jagjit Singh
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paramita das gupta
Jan 1, 2014
excellent....but need another of this collection
Mar 22, 2013
Sudeep Dwary
Jun 19, 2012
Ghalib ki zindagi .. kuchh naye pehlu!
O P Sharma
Jun 19, 2012
Tera Bayaan Ghalib music
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Jun 12, 2012
Into Ghalib's Den...
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Nupur Acharya
Feb 27, 2012
A Must-Have for Ghalib, Gulzar and Ghazaljit Singh Lovers!At the outset, Tera Bayaaan Ghalib is really not a mass market product. It is a labour of love - by Gulzar for Ghalib and Jagjit Singh. In the 80s, the two had collaborated with Naseerudin Shah to make an immortal account on the life of the legendary shayar. The album contains his poems and his letters read out in that wonderful baritone voice of Gulzar that makes even a general conversation stand out like music to the ears. Ghalib, which is not your wafa jafa dafa rhyming shayar is a project in itself. You listen to Ghalib, read it and everytime the couplet or the ghazal will open a new door … (Expand)
Soumyadeep Guha
Mar 22, 2012
Reaches the depths of your heartThe sweetest songs are those that tell of the saddest thoughts. The album is a fit tribute to the maestro Jagjit Singh. Shadowed by the loss of the soulful singer with the magic voice, this album bares the soul of a human being called Ghalib. His poignant yet ever lively letters reveal to us a man battling with changing times, pecuniary difficulties, soul-breaking personal losses, adversities, yet coming out triumphant with his love for life, his passion for his medium. Gulzar's rich bass voice enlivens the emotion, the wit and the deep sadness of Ghalib's letters. Interspersed with the silken… (Expand)
Sudeep Dwary
Jun 19, 2012
Ghalib ki zindagi .. kuchh naye pehlu!I am a great fan of all three - Ghalib, Gulzar and Jagjit Singh. And there was no reason why I would not have bouhgt this pack. Well, there is no additional ghazal from what I have already listened to a number of times, so disappointment from that front. But Gulzar's reading of Ghalib's letters is the new icing that provides some insight into Ghalib's life.
Mehboob Chowdhury
Apr 1, 2012
Great audio qualityThis is a beautifully rendered album, with selected quotes from Ghalib. The audio quality is excellent and Gulzar saab's Urdu is faultless.
Neeraj Vashisht
Mar 23, 2012
Memory lanes Through Gulzar, jagjit singh, and Mirza GhalibWhat a trip down the memories of Mirza Ghalib in soulful voice of Jagjit Singh and beautiful narration of Ghalib's letter in Gulzar Saab voice. You literally view the condition of delhi and Ghalib in the Ghalib letters. The style of letters is that you may get amused sometime, laugh sometime, sad sometime or soulful sometime. The urdu may be hard to understand in between, but you can understand the concept.... Must buy.....
Mar 19, 2012
Nostalgic moments!Just received the cds, the packaging is amazing.
Mar 15, 2012
Not for music loversI went for this album in anticipation that it includes unpublished recordings of our beloved Jagjit Singh. But, the unheard numbers are merely one-liners. So, if you have the 'Mirza Ghalib' album, this is simply wastage of money unless you are a big fan of Gulzar Saab. Myself being a music (only) lover, couldn't just withstand the long recitals by Gulzaar Saab. And the worst part is that the whole cd is recorded in a single track and you just can't skip the recitals and move on to the renditions by Jagjit Singh. So, for me this album is not recommended for music (only) lovers of Jagjit Singh.
paramita das gupta
Jan 1, 2014
excellent....but need another of this collectionExcellent...................but need another of this collection. May I order another copy of it for personal use...................
Mar 22, 2013
TRUELY A TRIBUTE TO JAGJIT SINGHBuy this for Gulzars narration and his fantastic voice quality.Takes you back in time.A true tribute to a maestro by another great legend of Indian music.God bless Jagjit Singh.A true legend in gazhal singing.Hats off to Gulzar Saab
O P Sharma
Jun 19, 2012
Tera Bayaan Ghalib musicI am fan of Jagjit Singh ji. How much I really do not know myself. I am disappointed to have this album and can say not worth buying if one has an old ablum of Mirza Ghalib sung by Jagjit Singh, which is much more attractive than this one. Long describes by Gulzar have not attracted to music lovers like me.


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29 May 2012 4:45 AM #1
(GXT 3.0.0 GA) Vertical Axis Labels Overlaid When Chart First Rendered
Version of Ext GWT
This problem occurs in the recently released GA version of Ext GWT 3.0.0.
Browser versions
Firefox 7
Internet Explorer 8
Operating System
Windows 7 64 bit
Dell Precision M4500
8 CPUs – Intel Core i7
8 GB Memory
Virtual Machine
When a chart is first rendered, the vertical axis labels are overlaid by the chart itself.
The problem goes away when the browser window is resized horizontally.
Run Mode
Occurs in when deployed to Tomcat (web mode), and when running under Eclipse (dev mode).
Steps to Reproduce
The attached file (ColumnChartVerticalAxisLabelIssue.txt) can be used to demonstrate the problem.
After launching the chart, observe that the vertical axis labels are overlaid by the chart itself. The attached screen shot (ColumnChartVerticalAxisLabelIssue.png) shows an example of this problem as well.
Resize the browser window horizontally and the problem goes away.
Please let me know if I am doing anything wrong in the code in the attached file or if there is a work around.
John L
5 Jun 2012 5:12 PM #2
Hey John,
This appears to have been fixed along with the label alignment changes I made in your previous thread:
15 Aug 2012 1:31 PM #3
GXT 3.0.1 has been released and contains this fix.


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I am looking for a tool that might allow my company to test a number of internal/private sites for browser compatability. I am particularly interested in being able to test IE, Firefox, Chrome and Safari. I don't believe that a site like browsershots can help with this.
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Selenium grid can execute multiple tests in parallel on different browsers like chrome, safari, IE, Firefox and opera.
Here is a step-by-step walk-through right from test environment setup to coding using TestNG and Selenium Grid. The sample testng.xml file could be got from:
On a functional basis, something like Selenium or Watir-Webdriver will work to test some of the most popular browsers.
But IMHO the first line of defense is going to be a human, since a majority of the issues I've seen with regard to cross browser support tend to be rendering issues, that are often not easy to automate in a non brittle fashion.
It's stuff that doesn't interfere too much with functionality but makes the site look like hell, or stuff like say 5 buttons overlapped in a single spot, which make the site un-usable by a human, but won't even phase a lot of functional test tools (which because they are acting programmatically at the DOM level have no issue clicking a specific button regardless of where it is on the screen or what's rendered on top of it.
Here is my test rig.
I run a Macbook pro, which allows me to test Safari, Firefox and opera side-by-side.
I then have a number of virtual machines (Mostly XP) that have the different browsers installed on them.
When I want to cheat a bit, I use IETester which allows me to run different browsers in one application. Another option is MultipleIEs which installs side-by-side versions of Internet explorer.
One word of caution, the "hack" solutions are about 98% right and do have a few issues.
I've found Saucelabs.com a big time saver in not having to setup a ton of test client environments. They have free accounts too!
I can only comment on the tool that I know well, that being TestComplete by SmartBear. There are features in that tool that allow you to compare a web page to a stored copy of it, comparing properties to determine if they match. Additionally, it can compare accessibility components of web pages.
The most recent version, released 5/24/2011, includes support for IE 9 and Firefox. Chrome and Safari are not supported yet.
We're currently implementing Fighting Layout Bugs which is a Java based tool for identifying common look n feel issues such as :
We liked the UI of Adobes Browser Lab but like yourself, it wasn't suitable for us as we wanted to test internal sites.
We have also implemented a bitmap comparison tool (again in Java) which uses stored screenshots as oracles & compares new screenshots to the oracles
A handful of Virtual Machines would probably do the trick.
Very late response here, but Telerik's Test Studio supports playing back functional and performance tests for IE, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari.
I completely agree with the earlier comment that cross-browser support, regardless of the tool, should always be done only for functional testing. Trying to validate rendering issues in different browsers is something that should always be done by humans -- those types of tests aren't a good target for automation. They're too difficult to author, and far too expensive to maintain. (I speak from painful experience...)
(Disclosure: I work for Telerik as their Test Studio evangelist)
http://slodive.com/web-development/cross-browser-testing/ take a look at this i mainly use browsershot for css validation. there is another tool though paid. but u can use the trail verssion. its called crossbrowser testing. also its good idea to use selenium grid. because it is not possible to check links and the little bit of functionality using browser shots etc...
I am looking at WatiN for cross browser functional testing and looking at Expession SuperPreview for comparing the layouts between different browsers.
Edit #2: After further requirements gathering for we ended up picking up a licence for Telerik's test studio. One of the key directives that I ended up being given by my management was to find a tool with robust record and playback capability. One nice thing about the tool is that I can inject coded steps to handle more complex situations that the record and playback is not up to. I am still working on seeing how well this will maintain over the long run but I am pretty happy with it so far.


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Given a time series of an area (single band), how you subset them and combine the subsets into a single multiband file (eg. vrt) using gdal or gdals' bindings for python?
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where the my_files contains a list of the files you want to use, in the specific order. Then crop with gdal_translate:
I would use gdal_translate and gdal_merge.py:
Translate the images to crop (subset them) using gdal_translate. You could use a bash script to automate. Something along the lines below.
Use gdal_merge.py to 'stack' the images. Here we are not explicitly controlling stack order. I believe these will stack alphanumerically in ascending order (0-9, then a-z).
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IEDA Board Approves Financial Assistance for Seven Companies
Editor's Note: Casey Everts (Dibzees) is a UI alum who won money and received mentoring through a John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center business plan competition in 2009. Don Schoen (BettrLife) is on the JPEC advisory board.
On Monday, the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) board awarded financial assistance to seven companies for job creation, expansion, and small business development projects. Today's awards will assist in the creation of 120 new jobs and will result in $36.5 million of new capital investment to the state.
The board approved assistance for planned or proposed projects located in Johnston, Diagonal, St. Ansgar, Fairfield, Estherville, Urbandale, and Iowa City.
The companies that were awarded assistance include DuPont Pioneer in Johnston; Excel Engineering in Diagonal; Grain Millers Inc. in St. Ansgar; Solight LLC. in Fairfield; Ecosense Inc. in Estherville; BettrLife Corporation from Urbandale; and Dibzees in Iowa City.
Details on each company are below.
DuPont Pioneer is the world's leading producer and supplier of advanced plant genetics to farmers worldwide. The company was awarded tax benefits by the board for the construction of new office/lab space and greenhouse in Johnston. This $13 million capital investment is expected to create 100 jobs.
Excel Engineering, based in Diagonal, specializes in engine testing and natural gas engine design. The company plans to construct and install a gas pipeline to accommodate future clients' needs in the technical analysis necessary to test natural gas engines for major manufacturers. In addition, the project includes remodeling one of the company's existing buildings and the purchase of state-of-the-art equipment. The board awarded the company tax benefits for this $1.6 million capital investment that is set to create 10 jobs.
Grain Millers Inc. was awarded tax benefits for a $21.9 million capital investment that involves constructing a four-story facility, improving an existing processing line, adding a packaging line, and purchasing equipment. The St. Ansgar-based company is a privately held industrial and consumer ingredient processing company that sells products to major food companies in North America. The project is expected to create 10 jobs.
The next four companies were awarded assistance through the Demonstration Fund and the Iowa Innovation Acceleration Fund. The former provides financial and technical assistance to encourage high-technology prototype and concept development activities that have a clear potential to lead to commercially viable products or services within a reasonable period of time. The Iowa Innovation Acceleration Fund promotes the formation and growth of businesses that engage in the transfer of technology into competitive, profitable companies that create high paying jobs.
Solight LLC, based in Fairfield, has developed and plans to manufacture and market solar thermal collector systems. The solar collector system technology was developed by Foresight Technology, an Iowa technology company focused on developing innovative products in the area of clean energy and technology. The company was awarded an $85,300 loan from the Iowa Innovation Acceleration Fund and a $14,700 grant through the Demonstration Fund to assist the company in the next stages of development and commercialization of this technology.
Ecosense Inc. was awarded a $150,000 royalty through the Demonstration Fund to provide for scale-up of their product marketing and distribution on a broad national basis in early 2013. The Estherville-based company has designed and developed an alternative reusable produce bag that incorporates several performance features (transparent material, stretch along horizontal plane—not vertically, anti-microbial, machine washable/dryable, retains shape) and utilizes post consumer recycled water bottles.
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Assuming that you are going to start mining from surface to underground, what is the most efficient mining pattern that guarantees the highest probabilities to find mineral? It would be nice to have a pattern that allow also to go back to the surface easily.
Personally i'm using a grid of tunnels. The vertical tunnels are using every 5 block a wooden platform to jump up or down.
the best pattern is running through natural caves, that is until you get stacked.. then you mine your way the the next cave..
Like Joe, I also use the grid of vertical/horizontal tunnels techniques.
Horizontal shafts are 3 blocks tall with periodic dams to minimize flooding if I pop an underground lake. My horizontal shafts are roughly 300 - 400 ft apart (using the depth meter) and line up with where the background textures change (dirt -> rocky dirt -> all rock.)
Vertical shafts are 2 blocks wide with wooden platforms every 6 blocks up to act as a ladder. I space them apart by counting aloud between 10 to 15 seconds while running in the horizontal shafts.
Digging the tunnels takes a long time but it helps if you craft a good pick (demonite or better) and/or get some friends. Be careful about digging though the dungeon (skulls) and flooding your tunnels with the oceans on either edge of the map. The fire imps in the underworld also make tunneling a PITA. I suggest building your bottommost horizontal tunnel right above where they start spawning.
I guess this isn't really the most "efficient" pattern, bit it is thorough. And it's convenient once you have a highway to run from one side of the map to the other. I also have used it to flood hell, which was funny.
Piggybacking on what jaminja said on comment about map viewers, I can state the following:
Eventually, if you dig straight down, you will reach a cavern. And due to the distribution of ores, creating a pattern such as the one showed by Joe can probably not be worthwhile. I say this because I've done something similar, to the whole map (although it was to eventually seal off the hard-mode map).
Making a pattern in the jungle is hard, mostly due to the presence of enemies and because the jungle has already several empty spaces.
The only place where I needed to make a pattern was in the Underworld, as the lava that comes from the Hellstone is cumbersome to deal with, alongside with the Fire Imps.
Taking advantage of the Imp's spawning algorithm, I design my Underworld mine with the following criteria:
Having any sort of wide pattern is prejudicial when hard-mode ores come into play, as the spawning algorithm, instead of spawning a block of ore, replaces several blocks to the corresponding hard-mode ore. Also, since at that time you may have access to the ingredients needed to make Spelunker Potions, having a pattern is only helpful if it helps you reach lower levels.
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What exactly is the difference between the Beta Israel and the Beta Avraham? Are the Beta Avraham halachickly jewish?
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This article gives some information about them: They apparently were forced to convert to Christianity, but kept Judaism secretly. They received less attention than Beta Israel, and haven't left Ethiopia to Israel significantly like they did. They seem to, according to the article, keep many Jewish laws (perhaps all — it wasn't clear from the article). They also do some interesting customs I've never heard of others doing (e.g. smearing lambs' blood on doorposts for Pesach).
As for the question of whether they are Jewish according to halachah, I don't know. The article makes it seem that way, but it also says that they aren't recognized by the rest of the world.


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Here's the story: A young man has stunning blue eyes. On his mother's side are lots of instances of blue eyes, but on his father's side is no history of blue eyes.
When he was born with these bright blue eyes, it was considered a "miracle".
Given the idea that there's no history of blue eyes on his father's side, is it possible that he could be his son AND have blue eyes?
I obviously understand the science behind dominant and recessive genes. If his father was BB, it doesn't seem possible that he could have blue eyes... but I've read more on eye colour recently, and it appears to be a lot more complicated than I initially thought.
For example, this article goes into some detail explaining How Blue Eyed Parents Can Have Brown Eyed Children, but I've not seen anything that talks about it being the other way around: Could a BB parent have a blue eyed child?


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NASA's announcement of the Space Launch System development plan is a bold and welcome development in these troubling times. Even as our economy struggles to recover from recession, the plan is a ray of hope that America's belief in a better future endures and America's continued leadership in space exploration can be preserved.
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I just got a new laptop and put Ubuntu on it as a good way to force myself to learn Linux. This laptop will be going with me to school, work, the local coffee shop, etc. So I wanted a secure way to browse without pesky filters and worrying about the open wifi.
I setup a simple autossh script to run in cron on startup, but I want to route all my traffic, not just web traffic pointed to the local loop back. That way I don't need to worry about my chats etc. I've seen some other posts like this, but they had different requirements to meet, none of which I am limited by; so I'm curious if there is a better option then SSH (which seems to have quiet a bit of overhead).
So the question, what is the best option for tunneling all traffic (securely of course) from an Ubuntu desktop to an Ubuntu server? One preferably with an example ;)


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There are times when you can't use any TCP ports other than 80 (HTTP) or 443 (HTTPS), so you can't use Mail accounts that communicate with iCloud via IMAP/POP3/SMTP. But when you go to iCloud.com, it redirects you to the iPhone applications. Is there some way to access iCloud mail via HTTP(S)?
You can use a 3rd party browser to access icloud.com without being redirected to https://www.icloud.com/iphone_welcome. But beware, as you will see, icloud.com is not designed for a small display size like the iPhone's.
The key to accessing icloud.com is that the web browser doesn't identify itself as Safari Mobile.
Many browsers I tried, including Opera, Mercury and vBrowse, didn't work. I could finally find one which offered exactly this functionality: the full version of Atomic Web (note: I'm not affiliated with Atomic Web in any way) lets you set the browser identity to Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari Desktop.
I chose Firefox 15 and could successfully load icloud.com. However, I soon noticed how uncomfortable it is to browse icloud.com from an iPhone.
To begin with, I couldn't sign in. I pinched and swiped but the display's contents didn't zoom out nor scroll. This is what I saw:
I had to switch to full screen to be able to partially see the Apple ID field:
I tapped on the Apple ID field, the metallic iCloud sign-in window gained focus and could log in.
As I feared, only the left top area of icloud.com's main page was displayed. Luckily, Mail's icon was visible and I could start it:
It was a frustrating experience. I changed orientation several times because, as before, I couldn't reliably scroll. My happiness faded and eventually, tired of trying, I gave up.
I tried Safari Desktop, the WAP browser and IE, but same result (or worse).
So there is a good reason why icloud.com redirects you to use the iPhone apps: icloud.com is not designed to be used with such a small display.
If you really need to have access to iCloud's webmail do yourself a favor and consider getting a tablet. If it's an iPad, install something like Atomic Web. If it isn't, you will be able to access it using the device's default browser.
Just install a browser that support changing the user agent. For the iPad I could recommend Terra. But there should be a lot of alternate browsers for iPhone as well (I think I remember Opera for iPhone).
Another way to use the native app would be to use any kind of VPN.
As a web developer I understand that there are simply some limitations to websites. It is indeed possible to make, as Apple with iCloud has done, it impossible for users operating certain browsers (user agents, or other means of user-sniffing) to access the site, or a particular page of the site.
As you have seen when you go to www.icloud.com on your "iPhone", it will redirect you to www.icloud.com/iphone-welcome/. They have some pretty specific, and intense (in a way) server redirects that are happening at the server level to send you to a different page, and you will find it impossible (unless they change configuration) to get to the desired, and normal operation of www.iCloud.com. If you open iCloud.com -> Mail you will notice, if you resize your browser horizontally that at a certain point horizontal scroll bars appear. This is obviously undesirable on any device, and they have apparently opted to get around that by simply routing users to the iPhone welcome.
Interesting side note: you can't access www.iCloud.com at all on an Android browser. You get an "Unsupported" error message.
Yeah, I just purchased the full version of Atomic Web, and it bars your from going to the "non-Sign-Up-to-iCloud" page like every other browser. Just wasted my money. You should update your page to reflect this.
I had this issue as well, trying to bring up iCloud notes for a second account on an iPhone.


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"So this building that sold is our fourth building and we were able to sell that in less than a year."
More exciting changes are coming to the Kentucky Transpark. With the announcement last week that Austria based Alpla is opening a manufacturing operation, local leaders say Bowling Green continues to be a destination for expanding businesses.
"Another international company coming to Bowling Green is a great testament to what we do here to attract businesses and jobs. 72 jobs that's wonderful, $22 million that's wonderful," says Bowling Green Mayor Bruce Wilkerson.
Officials say much of that attractiveness comes from the Transpark with 900 acres of land, shovel ready lots and already established structures scattered throughout.
Alpla will be moving its new facility into a freshly built "spec" building.
"At the Transpark we have partnered with the Bowling Green Economic Development Authority, which is a private non-profit, to build speculative buildings. So this building that sold is our fourth building and we were able to sell that in less than a year," says Ron Bunch, President & CEO of the Bowling Green Area Chamber on Commerce.
Bunch says that quick momentum to bring business in may be a sign of more to come.
"Our project inventory, the existing expansions that we are working on with new companies, is picking up so we fully expect to have several more announcements in the next 90 days," says Bunch.
Some additional work still needs to be done on the building but Alpla plans to be moved in sometime this summer.


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It used to be recommended that the Domain servers house no other functionality.
The CEO and outside IT firms keep bringing up that they would like to use these servers for additional functions - like FTP/Mail/etc.
Has security improved to make such a scenario ok? I'm not surprised by the CEO's suggestion, but I'm surprised that external IT firms would suggest such a thing. Am I that behind the times?
Compromise of the Domain servers seems so serious that I keep these machines completely locked down.
It sounds like things haven't changed and nothing should be installed on DCs. I'm really puzzled by the external IT organization suggestions. They were all suggesting that this was ok.


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M12 FUEL Drill/ Driver and Impact Driver
The drill/driver on the left has the old-style fat handle. The FUEL model on the right has the new tapered-style handle, which is much more comfortable to hold.
The drill/driver on the left has the old-style "fat" handle. The FUEL model on the right has the new tapered-style handle, which is much more comfortable to hold.
When sold in kits, FUEL models will come with upgraded 2.0- and 4.0-Ah battery packs. The manufacturer will continue to produce 1.5- and 3.0-Ah packs but will not package them with these tools.
Brushless motors make for better durability and longer runtime and are associated with electronically controlled features like the dual-level speed control on this impact driver.
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During the recent downturn in the economy, I switched from new construction and remodeling to maintenance, repairs, and remodeling. As a result, I began to rely less on full-size (18-volt) tools and more on subcompact (12-volt max) models. When Tools of the Trade asked me to test some of Milwaukee's new brushless M12 tools, I readily agreed.
These tools are labeled M12 FUEL to distinguish them from brushed M12 models. Except for a few small changes, the new and old tools look pretty much alike on the outside. The internal components are different, though, as is the grade of battery supplied in the kits—the previous standard was 1.5 Ah for compact packs and 3.0 Ah for XC packs; now it's 2.0 Ah and 4.0 Ah. So even without the changes to the tools, one would expect better runtime. And of course, brushless motors have better runtime than brushed motors.
The FUEL drill/driver and impact driver arrived in late March and I immediately put them to work. Since then, my crew and I have used them on residential and commercial remodels and for ongoing repairs at medical clinics and hotels. Just before writing this I performed formal runtime and timed speed tests to put numbers to what we sensed about the tools from using them. I own several brushed M12 tools, so I compared the brushless ones with them.
I received a kit version of the drill/driver (2403-22) that included a charger, a case, and two different batteries—one 2.0-Ah compact pack and one 4.0-Ah XC pack.
The first thing I noticed about the tool was that the handle was much more comfortable to grip. The old handle was about the same diameter all the way up and always felt fat, whereas the new handle tapers in above the battery where your thumb wraps. It's an improvement that has been incorporated into all of the M12 FUEL drilling and driving tools.
Another big change is the chuck—the old one was 3/8 inch; the new one is 1/2 inch. You wouldn't think that it would make much of a difference, but it does. Now, when I need to run 1/2-inch shank bits, I can stick with a small, light tool and not have to go to an 18-volt model. Like the chuck on the previous M12 drill, this one ratchets, is all metal, and has a single sleeve.
The addition of a small belt clip to the drill/driver (and other M12 tools) is a welcome improvement. It's good for hanging the tool from a belt or pocket; it was a little tight, but I bent it open and it fit on the pocket of my tool belt. Something that didn't change is the handy battery gauge built into the side of the drill.
We used this tool for a wide variety of drilling and driving tasks: replacing door hardware, driving drywall screws, and making 1-inch and smaller holes. On a recent commercial job, we used it to install hangers for a suspended ceiling. The hangers weren't large—3/16-inch diameter at the lag ends—but there were a lot of them and the FUEL drill/driver drove them (unpiloted) for an entire day on a single 2.0-Ah battery. Being lighter than an 18-volt tool, it was easy to use overhead. The guys on my crew don't look at this drill as a subcompact tool; to them it's just a 1/2-inch cordless drill.
I received a kit version of the impact driver (2453-22), which included a charger, a case, and two 2.0-Ah compact packs.
Improvements over the previous, brushed model include a more comfortable grip (tapered at the top like the drill/driver's), a belt clip, and a higher maximum speed. The previous M12 impact driver topped out at 2,000 rpm; this one tops out at 2,650 rpm. A mode switch allows the operator to reduce maximum speed to 1,200 rpm for greater control during delicate operations. It's akin to changing from high to low on a drill/driver, but instead of relying on gears, it relies on electronic control of the motor.
With no brushes to wear out, brushless models are said to be more durable. And they're more efficient, so they should have more runtime. Our runtime testing (see table, right) bears the second point out. We found some differences in drilling and driving speed, but they can't be attributed entirely to the lack of brushes because gearing and other design features factor in.
Brushes are a means of mechanical control and when you do away with them, they must be replaced with a different form of control, in this case, sophisticated electronics. This adds cost but makes certain things possible that weren't before—for example, the dual speed range on the impact driver. It was clear when I used these tools that the electronics made for more precise speed control. If I squeezed the trigger so the motor spun at a certain speed, varying the load did not cause the speed to increase or decrease, as it would with brushed models.
To determine runtime for the drills, the author counted the number of holes drilled per charge; and for the impact drivers, lags driven per charge. He measured speed by timing how long it took to drill holes and fasteners (10 each tool) and averaging the results.
After my crew used the M12 FUEL drill/driver and impact driver for several months, the consensus was that they'll do 90% of what we need to do with tools of their type. We'll still use 18-volt tools, but not as much as before. If my cordless drill/drivers and impact drivers were stolen today, I'd replace them tomorrow with M12 FUEL models.
Scott Dornbusch is a contractor in North Branch, Minn.
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Women's Hoops Game Notes Released for No. 3 Lincoln MemorialMarch 4, 2014
ANDERSON, S.C. – The game notes for the Anderson University women's basketball team's quarterfinal matchup with third-seeded Lincoln Memorial have been released.
After suffering a stunning defeat, 68-57, at the hands of Queens University of Charlotte last Saturday Anderson shifts its focus to the 2014 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Tournament as it earned the No. 6 seed, finishing the regular season with a 15-13 overall record and an even 11-11 mark in SAC play.
The Trojans enter this season's SAC Tournament as the defending champions, stringing together three-straight wins, capped off by a memorable 55-52 win over Tusculum in last year's championship game, earning the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. There, AU was eliminated in the opening round by Pfeiffer, 84-78.
Anderson begins its 2014 tournament campaign with a trip the No. 3 seed Lincoln Memorial, which enters Wednesday with a 16-10 overall record and a 15-7 mark in conference action. The Lady Railsplitters closed the regular season with four-straight victories, including a 59-56 win at regular-season co-champion, Wingate on Feb. 22. LMU went 5-3 for the month of February and closed out the year with a 71-62 win over Catawba on Saturday.
This season, the Lady Railsplitters captured victories in both meetings with Anderson, beginning with a 63-50 win in Harrogate on Nov. 30, followed by a 62-58 triumph at the Abney Athletic Center on Jan. 8. AU looks to avoid the season sweep, after the Trojans took all three meetings between the teams a season ago, including last season's quarterfinal contest.
The game will be broadcast on www.redzonemedia.com and the Anderson web site at www.autrojans.com, along with video and live stats. Tip-off is set for 6 p.m.
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Game 3&4: Nov. 12 Erskine & Nov. 14 Winston-Salem State
Game 5&6: Nov. 18 USC Aiken & Nov. 20 Brevard
Game 7: Nov. 23 Lenoir-Rhyne
Game 8: Nov. 25 Lincoln Memorial
Game 9: Nov. 30 Furman
Game 10: Dec. 4 Wingate
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Game 13: Dec. 16 Georgia College
Game 14: Jan. 4 Catawba
Game 15: Jan. 8 Lincoln Memorial
Game 16: Jan. 11 Coker
Game 17: Jan. 14 Mars Hill
Game 18: Jan. 18 Lenoir-Rhyne
Game 19: Jan. 22 Brevard
Game 20: Jan. 25 Queens
Game 21: Jan. 29 Carson-Newman
Game 22: Feb. 1 Newberry
Game 23: Feb. 5 Tusculum
Game 24: Feb. 8 Wingate
Game 25: Feb. 15 Catawba
Game 26: Feb. 17 Mars Hill
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Game 28: Feb. 22 Coker
Game 29: Feb. 26 Tusculum
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Definition of crimp in English:
verb[with object]
1Compress (something) into small folds or ridges: she crimped the edge of the pie
More example sentences
- The back end is crimped and folded, almost to the point of being concertina-ed.
- Spoon a little of the pumpkin filling onto the centre of each round, fold in half and crimp the edges.
- Place 2tbsp filling on each pastry round, add a pinch of butter, sprinkle with a little flour, lightly brush the edges with beaten egg and bring the edges together at the top or at the side, pinching or crimping them firmly to seal.
1.1Connect (a wire or cable) by squeezing the end or ends: pliers will crimp wires together
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- Next, take the other end of the wire, crimp a connector on it, and attach it to a wiring block a few inches away, as shown in Figure 8-6.
- Now crimp a 1.5-metre length of 275 lb wire to this.
- There are two more molex and two more SATA power connectors you can crimp onto any of the cables.
1.2 (often as adjective crimped) Make waves in (someone's hair) with a hot iron: crimped blonde hair
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- A couple of seats up is Nadine, her long blonde hair crimped and flowing down her back.
- Read the latest hair trends that involve long hair, texture, crimping & waves.
- Their hair was in big waves, crimped and curled after what I imagined was the collective effort of painful rollers, hot irons, and all-night slumber parties.
2North American informal Have a limiting or adverse effect on (something): his zeal about his career can crimp the rest of his life
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- A rash of copycats, who now imitate the same trading tactics, will crimp his profit potential.
- Its sales potential has been crimped by the delays.
- BRITISH AIRWAYS, Europe's biggest airline, will accelerate job reductions and cut flights to trim costs as the war in Iraq crimps demand for air travel.
1A folded or compressed edge.
Example sentences
- Anyway, Hayley has pouffed her hair out into some 'rock star' curls and crimps, and she looks pretty lame.
- The wool fibers have crimps or curls which create pockets and gives the wool a spongy feel and creates insulation for the wearer.
- Wrinkles, crimps, ruffles, fine pleating and quilting are built into otherwise plain fabric structures.
1.1A small connecting piece for crimping wires or lines together.
Example sentences
- Next working from the other end, slide a crimp up the line followed by the hook.
- In Wisconsin some of my muskie fisherman friends use a snap swivel which they attach to the wire with a crimp.
- You'll need a selection of 15 lb, 25 lb, 60 lb and 100 lb wire, plus suitable crimps for the toothy critters.
2North American informal A restriction or limitation: the crimp on take-home pay has been even tighter since taxes were raised
put a crimp in
- North American informal Have an adverse effect on: well, that puts a crimp in my theoryMore example sentences
- While the long days give you plenty of opportunity to roam, high prices can put a crimp in the ol' travel budget.
- Charging for online reading would surely put a crimp in political blogging since so much of what we do feeds off of stories in the press.
- California's energy shortage and the resulting strain on Washington's power supply are putting a crimp in dairy producers' already-small profit margins.
- Example sentences
- Her chin length white blond hair, crimpy as genetics 'blessed' us, was pushed to her shoulders, and she looked exactly like I did at that age.
- His bamboo cane held over his shoulder, made him look extra spiffy, as his hair was finally out of those beaded braids, and hung down crimpy.
- I put my hair up in a sporty, yet spunky and crimpy ponytail.
Old English gecrympan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch krimpen 'shrink, wrinkle'. Of rare occurrence before the 18th century, the word was perhaps reintroduced from Low German or Dutch.
Words that rhyme with crimpblimp, chimp, gimp, imp, limp, pimp, primp, scrimp, shrimp, simp, skimp, wimp
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One Stop Assistant Manager job in Daniels, WV
- Company
- One Stop
- Job Title
- Assistant Manager
- Job Type
- Full-time, Part-time
- Location
- 1932 Ritter Drive
Daniels, WV 25832
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Assistant Manager
The Assistant Store Manager is responsible for assisting the Store Manager in overseeing the daily operation of the store. They are responsible for promoting total customer satisfaction by performing and monitoring specific job functions and duties so that each and every customer receives a great shopping experience.
- Maintain a courteous, friendly attitude
- Stock, re-stock inventory merchandise throughout facility
- Check in vendor deliveries
- Must have minimum of one year retail experience.
- Must have general computer knowledge.
- Complete required paperwork including shift report, gas reconciliation, cigarette counts, etc.
- Enter all paperwork into PDI system timely, accurately and completely
- Make store deposits daily.
- Assist Store Manager as needed.
Additional Info
- Must be able to read, write and operate electronic equipment and sales transactions.
- Must have good communication skills
- Must be able to follow instructions
- Must be able to stand at all times
- Must be able to kneel, lift and bend up to 60 (sixty) pounds.
- Required to work any shift within operational hours of the store and weekends.
Job Benefits
What do you get if you work for One Stop?
These are just a few of the perks you will receive when you work with us…
- Personal days.
- Regular performance reviews and merit increases based on review
- Opportunity for advancement
- 401K and company match
- Company sponsored profit sharing
- Christmas gift certificates
- Uniform Program
- Mini-Med Health plan
- Various incentive programs
- On-going training
- Management team support
- Teamwork and the chance to be on a WINNING TEAM!