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I've got a 2-person party and i'm having some difficulty with balancing encounters for them. It seems that what i'm making is either way too easy, or harder than i really want it to be (ie, they're either not using much of their stress tracks or they're taking higher consequences). I didn't see it in the books, but maybe i missed it. Is there any formulaic way of creating encounters for players (specifically 2 players)?
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Yes, this is in the Your Story book. I'll get page references for you ASAP, but there's a whole section on building opposition based on the total refresh of the party and whether they're mundane or supernatural.
I just wrapped up a 3-novel series that started with a pair of wizards and I discovered early on that the key was to get the to the point where they had used enough mental stress that they were forced to make hard choices. Choices like "Do I cast a shield big enough for everyone and force myself to take a mental Consequence? Or do I just protect myself and avoid it?" When the wizards were joined by a Knight of the Cross, I had some physical badassery to contend with, too.
Here are some tips for running DFRPG combats:
Minions are awesome. They're a very flexible way to tune the difficulty of an encounter on the fly, seamlessly within the fiction, without seeming to fudge or cheat at all. Example time!
The PCs are finally bringing the fight to the vampire lord who's been striking at them from the shadows for the whole game. But the vampire lord isn't the whole fight, he's got minions!
Need to burn some mental stress for your wizards? Most Rotes aren't area-effect or multiple-target spells, they're 1-stress attacks and defenses. So a handful of minions can force a wizard to burn their higher stress slots either in a series of Rotes or by forcing them to dig deeper to hit more than one minion at a time.
At the same time, you can be flexible in your use of minions to tune the difficulty. Is the party sufficiently burnt so that the vampire lord will be a challenge? Then don't make them all fight to the death! Let some flee after taking damage - or seeing their compatriots harmed!
The Environment
Don't forget that fights all take place somewhere. And in any fight, enough energy (mundane or arcane) is being flung around to cause problems in that environment, whether on purpose or by accident. Environmental aspects afford you the opportunity to make your PCs burn stress and the flexibility to aid your bad guys in attack, defense, or escape.
The Opposition
I want to refer you to some concepts I presented in another answer about how the opposition thinks. The main point though, is to remember that the bad guy is fighting for his life and / or freedom against the PCs. He (or she) will use everything at his (or her) disposal to defeat them. There is no such thing as "too devious" in a situation like this. They'll cheat. They'll trick. They'll leverage PCs loved ones to give themselves the upper hand. If the bad guy is bad enough that it takes a wizard or a bunch of werewolves or whatever to handle him (or her...you get it, right?), then he's not going to leave any avenue unexplored, any asset unexploited.
Play the opposition like it's life and death. Fight hard. Fight dirty. Fight tooth and effing nail.
It Seems Harsh, But...
Your players will thank you for it. My players will take an easy win, sure. But the games they talk about, the sessions that add entries to our private lexica, are the ones where they won hard. The ones where they bled. The ones where they ended up with physical and mental consequences - mementos of their struggle. The ones where it looked like it could go against them right up until the very end.
They'll hate you while it's happening. And they'll love you when it's over.
Don't be afraid of easy. Don't be afraid of hard. They will enjoy the gimmes and learn to run from or be creative with the hard ones. Unlike That Other Game, the point isn't to fight everything, so balance is beside the point.
Make it interesting, make "defeating" the encounter not assumed by the plot, and play to see what happens.
The players will enjoy being able to decide what to do instead of having the "right" outcome pre-determined, and you'll have the opportunity to be as surprised as the players are by where the story goes.

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He's best known as the life of the party, but his friends just call him "Stymie."
Tim Snyder earned his one-word moniker when he "stymied" the competition in a beer chugging contest on college spring break. Yet, he may be most infamous for the year he won the title of Chief Party Officer of Derby 134. (No, seriously, that's a real title and he actually won it.)
As CPO, Stymie became a popular character with the local and national media as he hosted an exclusive boardroom in Churchill Downs' infield and attended the hottest parties around town.
Originally from Detroit, Stymie is now a long-time resident of Louisville and advocate of the most exciting two minutes in sports. The Voice-Tribune caught up with Stymie to see if he still considers himself CPO of the Kentucky Derby.
When you first decided to enter the CPO contest in 2008, you chose not to read the rules. Why was that?
You know that's difficult for someone like a CPO. I thought (my idea would) be cool – "Stymie's Rookie's Guide to the Derby." I was making the video (guide) and had all these little vignettes planned and waited to submit it (until the last day) because I thought someone was going to try to copy it and someone said, "Did you bother reading the rules?" (The clip could only be 90 seconds in length; the video was way over.) … So, I said (to my videographer), "Meet me at Gate 1 in 20 minutes. … I'm going to make something up." Just then, a guy with neon boots and a funny-looking hat walked up. … I walked over and asked the guy what he's doing and he said, "I'm one of the buglers at Churchill Downs and there's a party." I said, "If you play the 'Call to the Post' I'll give you 20 bucks." … When we got done (with the video) it was, as is, one take and it was right about 90 seconds.
What did you win as CPO?
One of the first perks was a limousine all the way through Sunday (of Derby week) 24 hours a day. (Churchill Downs) wanted people everywhere to know this is the CPO of the event and sent me to all these events.
What are some tips you give people for Derby?
If you're staying downtown, taking the TARC bus is a great way to get there. Go into Gate 3 right on Fourth and Central. Wagners, obviously that's a great place to go, and one of my favorite things (to tell people are) "Stymie's Infield Smuggler Stories."
Do you have a favorite 'Stymie Story?'
This is my 20th Derby, so I've seen a lot in terms of the tongue-and-cheek nature of people trying to smuggle stuff in. The best I ever saw was a wedding party. … They were just about to get waved through and one of the security guards poked a pencil through (a cake they brought) and they heard "clank." And, they pulled a piece of cake away and saw they had built this cake around the keg.
Do you have any betting tips?
I tell people when they come in (to the track) they've got to pick for Derby and bet it right away. My very first Derby … I came up with the idea we should throw in 20 or 30 bucks and just pick the long shot.
Everyone collected all the money and I had like 400 dollars and … we get to the track around 10 (a.m.). There was a huge line so I remember saying, 'Let's go get a drink first and try the Mint Julep.'… Later at night we were walking around and (asking) who won and … (someone) said Sea Hero (the long shot) won. Everybody looked over at me and I reached my hand in my pocket and pulled out my 400 dollars. I forgot to bet. We would have won thousands of dollars. All these guys would have won a considerable amount of money, but we all had so much fun at Derby we didn't even care about it.
Are you the only CPO Churchill Downs has named in their history?
They had a CPO the second year (in 2009) and a big debate if they wanted to keep me. (The contest) really didn't get promoted like it should have the second year. So, I just take it as my mission to kind of carry that torch and let people know how great the Derby is.
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In the first game, Lang's outing included two home runs and a game-high four RBIs but it wouldn't be enough as Charlotte fell 6-5 to Campbell off a walk off homer.
After a rocky start by the Niners (11-9) in which they allowed four runs in the first inning, they immediately answered the challenge put up by the Camels (14-8) in the second inning. With two outs, Chelsea Stamey recorded Charlotte's first hit with a double to left center. Lang cut Campbell's lead to 4-2 after crushing a two-run homer over the right centerfield fence.
Both teams went scoreless in the third but Campbell would feel Lang's wrath in the fourth inning. With one out, freshman Jessica Plemmons doubled to right field to set up Lang for an encore performance. Lang relentlessly crushed another homer, sending it over the left field wall to tie the game 4-4.
Following a few quiet innings for the Campbell offense, they regained the lead after Courtney Klingler hit a solo home run, giving the Camels the 5-4 edge.
The 49ers put up a solid fight in the seventh inning after Alex Rogers led off the inning with a walk. Samantha Slade advanced Rogers to second with a sacrifice bunt but the Camels would record the second out the next play. Chelsea Ingersoll reached on an error by the shortstop, allowing Rogers to score and tie the game 6-6.
However Olivia Scarborough's solo walk off homer in the bottom on the seventh was all Campbell needed to secure the win.
Katie Watkins (6-7) finished with three strikeouts, allowed eight hits and six earned runs.
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This is tremendous information! Keeping nail polish in the fridge also helps it apply more easily.
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This is really nice, very helpful, I googled similar information not too long ago, but right now I have all the answers I need right in front of me in the same place. Thank you, very helpful, time to dispose of some things =)
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I like these tips! They're a nice, general guide as to what to toss when, however I am a little baffled that TB wouldn't include tips on how long to keep products that aren't opened- such as, if I never open a single eye shadow how long can I hold onto it before it will lose it's life? Same with lipstick, body lotion, perfume, etc...bearing in mind the products are stored properly to ensure the longest possible product life, how long can you keep unopened/unexposed products? :) Other than that, I like this guide!
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I knew about and utilize a lot of these tips but I had no idea nail polish should be thrown out so soon!
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I heard that there is a way to cook a whole fish in a dishwasher - any techniques, tips??
Cooking in a dishwasher is related to some other non-orthodox places to cook, like on the manifold of a car on a road trip.
Basically, you're aiming to put food in an environment that's somewhere between 160F (71C) and 300F (150C) already, for non-cooking reasons. That's strange, but not entirely nuts.
The dishwasher is going to stay south of 212F (100C), but, a decent dishwasher doesn't stay very far below that threshold.
It's going to go through several variations of how that heat's applied, from the actual washing cycle to the drying cycle.
And, if you run a regular cycle of dishes, there's going to be a bunch of foreign substances (soap, food bits from the dishes (and in the car manifold situation, things like oil)) all around it.
So, your goal is to wrap the food in something that can both handle the heat and seal out the foreign stuff. To me, the most obvious solution to this is the vacuum sealed pouches used for sous vide.
You're not going to get anything remotely close to the consistent temps for sous vide, but for the dishwasher, you're still talking about mostly cooking in "hot water" and hot, moist air, so that's close enough to give a shot.
So, I'd fill the pouch with seasonings/marinades and let it ride and see what comes out.
I wouldn't expect it to be great, but it might be worth a shot for the shock value alone.
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Here's the tricky bit. I read up on sous-vide before trying, noting fish (particularly salmon) would need around 50° Celsius at a constant temperature. However, my main concern was that the temperature would not be constant enough to cook the fish: I was more afraid of under cooking than of overcooking. So I decided to run my experiment at this program:
With the dishwasher empty, the first bit of the program made an awful lot of noise, with cold water hitting the inside of the empty dishwasher. After that it kind-of returned to normal.
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After 136 minutes I was standing in front of the dishwasher eager like a little kid waiting to open his Christmas presents. The dishwasher felt really warm, even on the outside. When I opened the dishwasher I saw one of the bottom salmon bags had fallen to the bottom. This is what the bags looked like when I got 'em out:
Then, with hands shaking, I opened the bags. This is the result:
Victory! upon closer inspection it turned out the fish were all perfectly cooked! We put some extra salt on and enjoyed them very much.
The answer is then a wholehearted "Yes: this is possible!". Try this at home!
I would wrap it up in tinfoil with some herbs and spices and maybe some lemon and set it to the pots and pan setting and let it run. I would make sure to temp it before you eat it and make sure that it is fully cooked. Also, you might want to lay it on the top so the steam and water cook it rather than the heating element at the bottom. I would also suggest that you leave the soap out. Let us know how it worked out.
P.S. This seems like a very inefficient way to accomplish the goal of cooking a fish.
This is essentially a Sous Vide hack (like the beer cooler, which is only slightly less weird). This would probably work best with a newer dish washer that can use cooler wash cycles. A quick google shows some wash cycles down in the 125F to 135F range, which is a common temperature to sous vide salmon. I personally don't like salmon at this temperature and prefer it cooked at either a much higher temperature with conventional methods or sous vide at 113F. If you try this, I would recommend using a dish washer that runs at a cooler temperature. It's also a good idea when cooking fish at low temperatures to buy sushi grade fish and avoid serving to anyone who is immune compromised (kids, elderly, pregnant, etc.). As chris has tested, some dishwashers apparently will hit 45c / 113f.
And for everyone that thinks fish in a dishwasher is weird, Heston Blumenthal cooks whole pigs in the hot tub. Now that's weird. In fact, for Salmon, a hot tub may be closer to the ideal temperature for sous vide. However, I do not suggest it (even google doesn't find anyone trying it, and I'd hate to be the one responsible for starting it). I don't think a hot tub would meet cleanliness standards for cooking.
I strongly recommend Douglas Baldwin's excellent Sous Vide primer if you want to try this method. He talks in detail about cooking times, effect the size of the fish has on cooking, pasteurization tables, and safety concerns. For this "dish" you want the Salmon Mi-Cuit recipe.
In Heston Blumenthal's "Family Food" he says that they cook fish in a 45C stirred water bath at his restaurant. There is another recipe of his where he poaches pears in a dishwasher using sealed and vacuumed "Food Saver" bags.
If you have a dishwasher with a 45C setting you could combine the two ideas. He says that the cooking time for a 250g skinless salmon fillet using the water bath method is half an hour. When the fish has been cooked correctly it will "still look undercooked but will flake beautifully".
If you are going to try this I would recommend waiting until the dishwasher is well into its cycle before chucking the fish in so that the temperature is up to 45C.
At a restaurant I used to work at we used a dishwasher for our whole steamed Red Snapper that was on the catering menu.
For catering it's great because you can fit 2 rows of 4 on a rack and do them all at one time.
The wash cycle was completely skipped and the fish was steamed using the heated dry cycle.
The Red Snapper was first scaled. Tail and head left for presentation and we would stand them up in the swimming position by putting a ball of foil under the belly.
Season well with kosher salt and fresh herbs then use a traditional court bouillon and pour fill the bottom of the dishwasher up by about 2 inches. The water input hose was removed and the dishwasher was manually drained with a drain plug after use. They came out perfect every time and could even hold for a few hours before service if we left the door closed after the cycle finished.
This is the recipe some friends of mine used. It worked out wonderfully and was certainly the topic of the party. They found the recipe here:
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Place the fish on two large sheets of aluminum foil. Squeeze on some lemon juice and place the pats of butter on the salmon fillets. Seal the fillets well in the foil, and place the foil packet in the top wire basket of your electric dishwasher. DO NOT ADD SOAP OR DETERGENT and NO RINSE AID. Close the dishwasher door, set the dishwasher on the hottest wash cycle, complete with drying cycle, and let it run through a full cycle. When the cycle is complete the fish will be cooked just right.
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Chickadee find turns out to be dee-lightful
|Black-capped Chickadee. Credit: Mark Szantyr
A walk in the woods suggested otherwise. I encountered few of the birds I'd hope to find, just a few red-eyed vireos and a rose-breasted grosbeak joining more expected resident species at Sperry Pond in Middlebury. The situation was similar at a couple of other nearby places.
I did run across several red-breasted nuthatches. These acrobatic little birds of northerly distribution have been on the move into our latitude and beyond since mid- to late July. I've been hearing their tinny, tooting calls on almost a daily basis for several weeks.
What I wasn't expecting were the chickadees. Actually, I see or hear chickadees on just about every walk I take. They're a common breeding bird throughout our area.
But I wasn't expecting the numbers I found at Sperry and other places Wednesday morning. As I walked along the edge of the pond I was surrounded by noisy, active chickadees. As I walked along the paths, it was obvious that these were flocks on the move.
One group of 15 to 20 made a circuit around the south end of the pond and then disappeared into a stand of large white pines.
I could hear them getting farther and farther away.
Based on what I saw that morning, it seemed that black-capped chickadees were on the move. Because they both nest and winter locally, we don't tend to think of them as migrants, but they stage periodic eruptions into our region in fall and winter when the proper combination of scarce food supplies in the north and successful breeding seasons provide an impetus.
I've seen chickadees pouring through Lighthouse Point in New Haven during big eruption years, and the Christmas Bird Counts detect the elevated numbers in a flight year. Otherwise it isn't always obvious when one of these movements is under way. Our heavily wooded landscape can mask the presence of elevated chickadee numbers for anyone making casual forays into the forest.
I noticed something different Wednesday because I visit Sperry Pond at least a couple of times week. It will be interesting to see if a real chickdee invasion accompanies the red-breasted nuthatches.
These will both take a back seat if the smattering of red crossbills that have been seen in the past week prove to be the vanguard of a big "winter finch" season.
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Marilyn Bulli earned D.M.A. and M.M. degrees in vocal performance from Indiana University and a B.A. in music education from St. Olaf College. She has studied voice with Sharon Daniels, Phyllis Curtin, Martha Lipton, Reri Grist, Virginia Zeani and Lucille Evans, and voice pedagogy with Richard Miller. She has worked with opera coaches Joan Dornemann, Stephen Steiner, Will Graham and Susan Ormont and Freeing the Natural Voice author Kristin Linklater. Bulli's additional studies include the Opera Program with the American Institute of Music Studies in Graz, Austria and the Wesley Balk New Music Theater Ensemble Institute.
Bulli has been a soloist with the Boston Lyric Opera (BLO), where she is also a core ensemble member, Emmanuel Music, Handel & Haydn Society, Boston Baroque and other Boston-area performance organizations. She has performed with conductors Seiji Ozawa, John Harbison, Craig Smith, Stephen Lord, Christopher Hogwood, Grant Llewellyn, William Christie and Harry Christophers, and directors Nicholas Muni, Christopher Alden, Leon Major, Colin Graham and Mary Zimmerman. Bulli has filled numerous opera roles and given many solo oratorio and recital performances. Her honors and awards include first place at the Metropolitan Opera District Auditions, first place at the Bel Canto Regional Artist Competition (Milwaukee, WI), finalist in the New York Oratorio Society Competition (Carnegie Hall, NY), a fellowship with the Bach Aria Festival and Institute (Stony Brook, NY), a scholarship fellowship with the Amherst Early Music Festival (Amherst, MA) and a performance grant from the St. Botolph Foundation (Boston, MA).
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by Melissa Brunner
While it seemed the rest of the world shut its doors in anticipation of a major winter storm, Washburn University stood its snow-covered ground and went about business as usual for a good part of Tuesday. Finally, just after 1 pm, the school announced that it would shutter the campus at 2:15 pm.
I heard a lot on Twitter from students asking why on earth school's leaders turned a cold shoulder in following the lead of seemingly every other major institution in the area. After all, KU and K-State both closed, as did state and city offices in the Capital City. Tuesday afternoon, Washburn University's President, Dr. Jerry Farley himself, gave me a call to explain the decision-making process. I wanted to share that conversation with you.
Dr. Farley says administrators elected early on to wait until Tuesday morning before making the call either way. Around 5 am Tuesday, he says university officials met and reviewed the current conditions and the projected forecast. He says they determined that there was no significant accumulation at that time and would not be overwhelming until at least noon or later. Therefore, he says, they decided to proceed with morning sessions.
I asked Dr. Farley how they could make that decision when the Governor was telling people to stay home and the City of Topeka was telling people to stay home. It would have been easy to close early on, Farley answered, but they want to make every effort to keep the doors open for students and, based on the information at hand Tuesday morning, they felt they were safely able to do that. As he was talking to me, he said he was looking out his office window at traffic on SW 17th Street and felt confident in standing by his decision.
How many students did it put on the streets? Farley says about 10 to 12 percent of Washburn's students live directly on campus and another 35 to 40 percent live within a few blocks of campus. I asked him whether staff members who didn't feel safe driving to work today would need to use vacation or personal time and he said, typically, if an employee felt it was a safety issue, they would try to work that out. Anecdotally, I had a few students tell me they received emails from their instructors that it would not count against them if they missed class Tuesday.
To be fair, Washburn was not entirely alone in its decision. Emporia State University also opened Tuesday morning, closing campus at 12:30 pm. Fort Hays State also started the day.
As for Wednesday, Dr. Farley says students shouldn't expect an answer Tuesday night. He says staff will assess and make a decision before 6 am Wednesday on how the campus will proceed. He told me the decision will largely depend on whether university staff can clear parking lots and sidewalks and how city of Topeka crews do in clearing the streets.
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$\displaystyle \int\nolimits_0^8 \sqrt{x^4+4x^2}\,dx$.
Alright, so I thought I had this figured out. Here's what I did:
- I factor out an $x^2$ to get $\sqrt{x^2(x^2+4)}$.
- I let $x = 2\tan(\theta)$, therefore the integrand is $\sqrt{4\tan^2(\theta) (4\tan^2(\theta) + 4)}$.
- Factor out a 4 and it becomes $\sqrt{(16\tan^2(\theta) (\tan^2(\theta) + 1))}$
- Which equals $\sqrt{16\tan^2(\theta) \sec^2(\theta)}$
- This is easy to take the sqrt of. The integrand becomes $4\tan(\theta)\sec(\theta)$.
- Now, the integral of this is $4\sec(\theta)$
- And it's evaluated from $0$ to $\arctan(4)$ right? Because as $x$ goes to $0$, so does $\theta$, and as $x$ goes to $8$, $\theta$ goes to $\arctan(4)$...
- But the end result $(4 (\sec(\arctan(4)) - 1) )$ isn't the correct answer
I put it into WolframAlpha and I get $(8/3) (17\sqrt{17} - 1)$, which is the right answer. How did they get that? (there's no "show steps" option)
Any help is greatly appreciated!
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Future Weather is seriously good drama about a thirteen-year-oldgirl who is abandoned by her mother and is taken in by her grandmother,disrupting both their lives.
The opening scene showsTanya (Marin Ireland) fooling around with her boyfriend in a car. When she getshome (with the boyfriend), she goes into her daughter�s room to check on her.Her daughter, Lauduree (Perla Haney-Jardine), is already in bed, though stillawake. These two seemingly simple scenes are excellent in setting up thesecharacters and giving us an idea of the relationship without any obviousexposition. I love that Tanya is introduced as a carefree girlfriend beforebeing shown as a mom, because of course that is the order she thinks ofherself. Her priorities are clear right from the beginning.
Though it still comes asa shock when Lauduree gets home from school to find that her mother has movedout and gone to California (taking most everything with her, and leavingLauduree fifty dollars �for food andother things�). A note tells Lauduree that her mom is following her �dream of becoming a makeup artist for thestars.� You get the sense Lauduree has been taking care of herself quite abit already anyway, but even so, this is huge punch to take.
The note instructs Lauduree to call her grandmother, butLauduree at first tells no one what has happened. Though after a while, Greta(Amy Madigan), arrives to check on her daughter and granddaughter, and Laudureeis forced to tell her the truth. Gretatells her she can�t live alone, that she has to come stay with her. And thatwon�t be the only change in the teenager�s life, for Greta is moving to Floridato live with her longtime boyfriend Ed (William Sadler) as soon as her houseis sold.
The other adult inLauduree�s life is Ms. Markovi (Lili Taylor), her science teacher.Environmental issues are important to Lauduree and she turns in a paper saying,�solutions for global warming must beresearched now - we�re at the tipping point.� She�s concerned with thepreservation of the world, while her immediate personal world is clearly introuble.
Lauduree�s only friend isNeel (Anubhav Jain), a somewhat awkward boy who has just moved to town and is the only otherstudent in Ms. Markovi�s science club. Thescience club stuff isn�t quite as compelling as Lauduree�s home situation. Thekids and Ms. Markovi interview random people about local animals. And the peoplesay how they haven�t seen certain animals in a long time, obviously anenvironmental message about how species are disappearing. The message is animportant one, but it feels a bit forced. Likewise, the scene where Laudureelectures neighbors about the environment doesn�t quite work. But those scenesare the exceptions. The movie over all is really good, with well-developedcharacters.
This film boasts excellent (and sometimes stunninglygood) performances all round. Perla Haney-Jardine gives a remarkableperformance as Lauduree. The film reallydepends on her character being believable, and we are with her every step ofthe way. Amy Madigan is phenomenal as Greta. She is definitely not the typicalsweet grandmother character that one might imagine being portrayed. In fact,when she first shows up at Lauduree�s house, she�s kind of frightening. Thiswoman is damaged herself, and you really wonder if she�ll be able to take careof Lauduree any better than Tanya did.
And though she�s only in a few scenes, Marin Irelandreally turns in a good performance as Tanya. Because of her performance, eventhough she abandoned her daughter, you can�t help but feel some sympathy forTanya. You want her to get it together, for her own sake as well as for thesake of her child. And William Sadler, an actor I always enjoy seeing, does agreat job as Ed, a man who truly loves Greta and because of her, does his best toconnect with Lauduree.
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This DVD also includesthe short film Save The Future, whichwas written and directed by Jenny Deller. It stars Perla Haney-Jardine asLaduree (yes, a different spelling of the character�s name). This three-minutefilm really focuses on the environmental message, and is narrated by Laduree.She surveys random people, asking �Whatdoes the future mean to you?� She then turns to the camera and says thiswas a public service announcement �fromyour daughter.� As you might guess, this is handled in a much moreheavy-handed manner than the feature was.
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6 Famous Firsts You Learned in History Class (Are Total BS)
Your whole life you've been taught the importance of coming in first. Whether you're the first to make a great discovery, the first to hit the finish line or the first to produce vegetable-based pornography, it's all a big deal. After all, how would you like it if Rumpshaka43 got the credit for commenting on this article first, when it was really Lord_Dildonator all along? Exactly.
So let's take a moment to point out that ...
#6. Lindbergh Didn't Make the First Transatlantic Flight
Very few individual achievements have been as celebrated as Charles Lindbergh's crossing the Atlantic Ocean in 1927. In fact, when he landed in Paris, the French went le apeshit. Lindbergh couldn't even get out of the cockpit before an estimated crowd of over 100,000 Frenchmen stormed his landing site, grabbed him and carried him above their heads like a human umbrella ... for half a goddamn hour.
"The first 10 minutes were celebration. The last 20 were molestation."
It's easy now to forget how exciting the accomplishment really was. Maybe if we could all take a cross-Atlantic trip in the steamy pits of an overcrowded, rat and TB-infested ship, we'd get a better understanding of Lindy fever.
Except That ...
Two British pilots had already crossed the Atlantic. And they did it eight years earlier.
Sometimes upside down!
In 1919, British aviators John Alcock and Arthur Brown laughed in the face of gravity by flying from Newfoundland to Ireland in an exhausting 16 hours. When they got back to their native England, they were given the royal treatment -- literally. King George V knighted the two men, and they were awarded a nice cash prize by none other than Winston Churchill. Hey, it's no half hour of crowd surfing, but we can't all land in France.
Some of us apparently can't even land in Ireland.
So why do we not know about either of these guys? Well, Alcock and Brown were HUGE celebrities ... in Britain. But in America, they contracted what has later become known as "soccer syndrome," meaning the United States just didn't give a shit. It wasn't until American Charles Lindbergh made the New York to Paris flight (in order to win 25,000 clams) that anyone on this side of the pond cared. And it didn't hurt that Lucky Lindy looked like he was dripping with Handsome Sauce:
This is why Americans are action heroes and British men are disfigured villains.
Just a photo op with Lindy sent the press into orgasmic ecstasy. In fact, when Lindbergh was awarded the Medal of Honor in the U.S., the inscription read that he "demonstrated that travel across the ocean by aircraft was possible," completely ignoring the achievements of those before him. The other guys? Mostly forgotten now, even in Europe.
Even after being encased in cement to be admired by future generations.
#5. Jackie Robinson Wasn't the First Black Professional Baseball Player
When you think of civil rights pioneers, a lot of people come to mind. Most of us immediately think of Martin Luther King Jr. Perhaps you hate mass transit and everything it stands for, so Rosa Parks is your hero. If your thing is people coming to accept each other by swinging bats at baseballs, then Jackie Robinson is your man.
He's sliding to score a run, but also for freedom.
As the first African-American to play professional baseball, Jackie Robinson took a lot of racist shit. But that's what breaking barriers is all about, right?
Except That ...
Moses Fleetwood Walker was an African-American and played major league baseball long before Jackie Robinson. Walker was a catcher for the Toledo Blue Stockings, which was a major league team, and he did it in 1884, over 30 years before Robinson was even born. That's just freaking 19 years after slavery was legal!
We're not certain, but Eddie Murphy may have stolen his mustache.
Walker probably wasn't even the first black guy to appear in a major league game. That distinction goes to William Edward White, a Brown student whose story fans of world play must have loved. But Walker was the first to try and make a career of it, and his story has all the makings of a legend. When Walker first picked up baseball, the sport was so young that mitts hadn't even been invented, and since he was a catcher, he was forced to catch his pitchers' fastballs with his bare hands. This was especially precarious position to be squatting in since Walker had to endure much of the same bullshit that Robinson put up with nearly half a century later, such as racist epithets, letters threatening to lynch him if he played and opposing players refusing to share the field with him because of his skin color.
Like Robinson, some of the dickishness came from Walker's own team. Tony Mullane, one of the star pitchers of the day, told everyone that Walker was the best catcher he'd ever seen, but that whenever he pitched to him, he wouldn't even look at Walker's signals and he'd just throw whatever he damn well pleased. This type of idiocy led to a hell of a lot of balls ending up beyond Walker's reach or smacking into his ribs, since the catcher had no idea where they were going.
Here's Mullane either pitching or falling forward very slowly.
The good news for Walker was that for a brief time in the 1884 season, he was joined by his brother, Welday Walker, as a member of the Blue Stockings. That's right, the same year that saw baseball's first black pro baseball player also saw the second black pro baseball player rise through the ranks.
Wow, this is an awkward photo.
Unfortunately, Moses Walker's professional career was brief. The Blue Stockings folded the year after Walker made his major league debut. At which point the entire world apparently forgot about him.
#4. Gutenberg Didn't Invent the Printing Press
If you don't know the name Johannes Gutenberg, let's put it this way: He's considered by many to be the most influential person of the last thousand years.
It's all because around 1439, Gutenberg whipped up the world's first printing press, putting books into the hands of the common man for the first time ever. That means we all have him to thank for the entire concept of mass distribution of information. So yeah, he's remembered as having utterly changed the world with the invention of a single machine.
Yep, the Gilette Twin-Beard Razor.
Except That ...
Gutenberg wasn't the first guy to do it. Not even a little bit. Movable metal type -- the method his printing press used -- was 200-year-old news by 1439. That's because the Goryeo dynasty of Korea already covered that ground back in the 13th century.
Starcraft manuals, as far as the eye can see.
It was during the 1200s that the Mongols caught world domination fever, and Korea was one of the many nations on their road to recovery. As the Mongols invaded Korea, they destroyed countless religious texts. So the Koreans did what any self-respecting country would do -- they invented a revolutionary way to use metal characters dripping with ink to preserve their sacred heritage as quickly as possible.
And check this out, we've still got one of the books they printed:
We translated the symbol for "First!!!" and didn't read any further.
That bad boy was printed in 1377, over 60 years before Gutenberg got his press up and running. And by the way, Asia had already been printing with wood blocks for hundreds of years by this point, while the West was still hand-writing with quill feathers on pig carcasses. In other words, the transition to metal movable type on paper got a whopping "Meh" from the East and a "HOLY SHIT, IT'S A MIRACLE!" from the West.


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1934 Plymouth Fatman Clip Installation - Fat ReductionWritten by on July 1, 2010 Installing A Fatman Clip On A '34 Plymouth Is Smooth Sailing
Until recent years, the established method to attain independent front suspension was to weld a front clip from another vehicle under your stock chassis, usually a Mustang II crossmember, GM subframe, or similar. However, some cars have chassis that don't allow a simple Mustang II installation, yet are too narrow for a GM subframe. Fatman Fabrications builds clips that allow a 2- to 4-inch drop and include premade mounts for bumpers, sheetmetal, and usually radiator core supports.
As well as common models, Fatman offers these clips for a huge variety of vehicles, including Plymouths, DeSotos, Packards, and Studebakers, and is constantly adding more to the range, so call and check to see whether they offer an off-the-shelf clip for your project. Even if they don't, they can fabricate one from supplied dimensions. (Check out www.fatmanfab.com for more information.) The advantages of installing a Mustang II-based IFS are many, including modern disc brakes, conventional coil or air springs, modern telescopic shock absorbers, a choice of bolt patterns, and rack-and-pinion steering, either manual or power assisted.
While the subject of this article is a '34 Plymouth coupe, the installation technique applies to any similar vehicle, so don't pass this story by just because it features a Plymouth! Likewise, we'll not dwell too long on the actual suspension assembly, as that's pretty straightforward and is comprehensively covered in the instructions supplied, but rather concentrate on the adaptation of the new clip to the Plymouth's framerails.
It's necessary to remove the engine, transmission, and all front sheetmetal from any car receiving a front clip swap, then level the chassis side to side and front to rear. It's also vital to ensure the frame doesn't move throughout the procedure. Fatman's instructions recommend using a plumb bob to drop from the bumper mounts, the center of the kingpins, and the front body mounts to the floor, and mark these positions so they can be referred to later, ensuring the new clip is aligned. However, the Plymouth, and its replacement clip, use substantial radiator core support holes. The guys at Circle City Hot Rods, who installed this clip, elected to fabricate a temporary jig, welded to the chassis behind where it would be cut, to use these holes for alignment.
From there it was simply a matter of following the instructions, with measurements unique to each vehicle, to mark and remove the old clip and install the new. While cutting off the front of a perfectly "good" chassis may fill some with dread, the instructions are clear, the procedure is straightforward, and anyone with competent welding skills should be able to complete the swap in a weekend. Follow along as we show you how the boys at Circle City Hot Rods did it.
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2 The first order of business was to level the chassis side to side and front to rear, with the wheels clear of the floor. CCHR has a chassis table, but since this is the way most readers will perform a clip swap, elected to tackle the job in the same manner. Shims can be added between the chassis and jackstands to ensure it's perfectly level. Of utmost importance is that the frame doesn't move at all throughout the entire procedure.3 While the instructions supplied with the kit explain in great detail how to use plumb bobs from the chassis to the ground to record the positions of the front body mount, axle centerline, height from the floor, and other dimensions, the Plymouth chassis and replacement clip both have substantial radiator core supports. The CCHR team whipped up this temporary locating jog and welded it to the frame behind where it'll be cut.4 With the body raised off the chassis slightly, it was possible to follow the instructions and measure 21 3/8 inches forward from the front cowl bolt hole. This is where the chassis will be cut. Obviously, this measurement is specific to the '34 Plymouth frame.5 Once the old paint was removed in this area and machinist's blue sprayed on the bare steel, Matt Proctor used a set square to scribe vertical lines where the cuts will be made, after scribing across the tops of the framerails.6 With the front of the chassis supported, Proctor began to cut through the chassis 'rails using a thin cut-off wheel. The bolts connecting the temporary jig to the radiator core support holes were removed beforehand, as a precaution against the jig bending downward when the final cuts were made.7 Using a floor jack and a couple of helpers, the stock frontend was lowered to the floor, leaving the jig in place.8 The old and the new, front to front. As well as suspension towers to accept the Mustang II hardware, the new clip includes the radiator core support bracketry and bumper mounts in the front of the 'rails, allowing it to re-mount in the stock location.9 In order to check for fit, the new clip was raised into place on the floor jack and clamped to the old 'rails. The core support jig was also bolted in position.
11 ... as well as front to rear, using a digital level on the core support jig. This had previously been leveled when it was installed.12 The stock 'rails were slightly wider than the 4x2-inch box section Fatman Fabrications uses for their clips, so they are supplied with this split, allowing the inside faces of the new and old parts to be aligned. The stock 'rail on this side is slightly twisted, though the other side was perfectly vertical. This was corrected during the installation.13 Satisfied that everything would align as intended, the clip was removed and the ends of the original 'rails dressed to ensure they were perfectly vertical and ready for welding.14 Included in the "kit" are these gusset plates that are welded to the inside of the original 'rails, helping align the new clip, and providing a "backing" for the weld. The instructions call for a 1/4-inch gap between the new and old 'rails to be filled with weld. Obviously, a MIG welder is intended to be used for this, however, CCHR uses TIG welding for all their chassis work, so they made sure the gap was significantly smaller.15 Proctor drilled 1/2-inch holes in the inner and outer faces of the new and old 'rails, and clamped the gusset plates in place before plug welding them to the old 'rails through the holes.16 Confident everything would align, the new clip was installed, and checked again for level. A 1/2x1/2-inch length of box section was temporarily welded across the front of the 'rails and a centerline established, in order for diagonal measurements to be taken to ensure everything was square before final welding commenced.17 Again the frame was checked for level in both directions. It cannot be stressed enough that you can't do this too many times!18 To prevent any movement (and before checking for level once again), two temporary "legs" were welded from the front of the new 'rails to the floor, as well as a diagonal brace from the right front 'rail to the center of the jig.
20 With the welding finally complete-a lengthy process as it involved letting the welds cool before continuing, again to prevent distortion-Proctor dressed the joint using air grinders with discs of varying grades.21 Finally, dressing the area with a DA sander, you'd be hard pressed to know there was even a seam there. These triangular sections are included in the kit to blend the join as the new and old are of differing heights.22 With the triangular section in place and dressed, Proctor fabricated these "fish" plates to bridge the seam, offering extra support, though it should be stressed with good weld penetration and correct installation of the Fatman-supplied gussets, the joint will be strong enough without them. CCHR just likes to fit such plates across any join in a chassis 'rail.23 The final welding to be done was to plug-weld the holes on the inside of the new 'rails above the internal gusset plates. The temporary braces and core support jig were now removed.24 While the major part of the IFS installation is the fitment of the new clip, the complete kit includes everything required to put the Plymouth on its wheels. It includes rotors and calipers, steering rack, wheel bearings, springs, shocks, spindles, tie-rod ends, stainless control arms, and all hardware.25 With a blanket on the ground to protect the stainless components, the parts were laid out and readied for installation.26 We'll not go into detail on the whole IFS installation, as the instructions are very clear and detailed, but we should mention the spring plate bolts to the top of the lower arm, the molded spring seat locating over the inner two mounting bolts, ensuring the free end of the coil is nearest to the lower ball joint. Remember to use antiseize on all stainless hardware, particularly the long main lower control arm bolt.27 The upper A-arms use these uniquely shaped bolts to attach them, allowing the camber to be adjusted by undoing just the locknut.
29 With all components in place and the wheels bolted up, the Plymouth was lowered back onto the ground, the rolling chassis complete. However, without the engine, trans, radiator, fluids, and all the sheetmetal in place, the frontend will sit way too high. The springs may need shortening, or they may not, but it's difficult to tell until all the above are installed.30 In order to set the ride height while installing the engine, trans, and rearend, the springs and shocks were removed and these T-shaped rods installed in their place. The lower shock bolts pass through the top of the inverted T, while the rod is threaded and nuts above and below the top suspension mount allow the ride height to be adjusted.


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Whenever Ubuntu boots up, a dialogue pops up asking me to unlock my default keyring.
Is there some way this can unlock automatically through PAM or some other magical way?
Be warned that this will make your keyring accessible without a password. Period. You don't have to be logged in to view it
With that being said,
I think the simplest way is to set the password for the keyring to an empty password -- you will not be prompted for a password then:
Again, as the message says: This will expose all your passwords (e.g. email passwords) that you chose to save in the default keyring to anyone using your computer or having access to your files and is therefore not recommended.
Addendum for Ubuntu 11.04:
Addendum for Ubuntu 11.10:
For Ubuntu 12.10 and onwards
The interface of the "Password and Keyring" manager changed slightly in 12.10. When you open it, you won't immediately see the "Login" keyring as described in other answers. The interface will look like this:
In order to view the Login keyring, you need to open the
Right-click on the "Login" entry at the top and choose
Leave this blank, choose "Continue", and choose it again to confirm you desire to continue without a password.
For versions up to 12.04: (for 12.10 onwards, see this answer)
The method is similar to previous Ubuntu versions, but I also include a command-live alternative at the end.
1. Using the Gnome Keyring Manager (Seahorse)
2. Disable the login keyring password from the command-line
As an alternative to all the above steps, simply open a terminal, and type/paste the below, changing
python -c "import gnomekeyring;gnomekeyring.change_password_sync('login', 'MYPASSWORD', '');"
Simply delete your default keyring. (Backup the passwords first!) You don't need it. You can keep all your keys in the login keyring.
The login keyring is unlocked when you login. All keys in it will be available, you don't have to enter more passwords again.
If you are using auto-login, then when you want to access something that needs a key from the login keyring you will be prompted for the password, of course, but only once.
(As many answers already pointed out) your keyrings are in System / Preferences / Passwords and Encryption Keys
You need to get the password for your login key ring to be the same as your normal login password.
To do this follow the path:
You will see under the passwords tab a list of keyrings. One should be called
"Passwords: login"
Click on the + and you should see a list of accounts that require passwords such as you Gwibber details, Evolution passwords etc.
This means when you log in all of these accounts will be unlocked by this login keyring.
To get the keyring to unlock when you log into Ubuntu, right click on "Passwords: login" and choose "Change Password"
You will then need to enter your current keyring password and set your new keyring password to be the same as your normal login password.
To test: Log out, log back in and open Evolution to prove that this has worked.
Using Ubuntu 11.10 with Unity:
Hope that works for you
For Ubuntu 13.10:
I have solved this problem through terminal.There is a directory under /usr/lib , called gnome-keyring. Under that directory there are a directory 'devel' and two files gnome-keyring-prompt and gnome-keyring-prompt-3.I don't know much about the directory 'devel'.So I removed only the two files and solved the problem.The corresponding commands are here-
And then reboot your computer to see the effect.
Use this if you have forgotten the old password and is ok to delete items in the old keyring, but want to safeguard new keyring with matching password.
For Ubuntu 14.04, I used the following.
Remove old keyring:
Restart the system to have the new keyring created:
Verify the new keyring exists:
open passwords and keys then
Then you need to enter your current password (old password). Don't enter any password for your new one, or leave it blank.
You need to confirm that you will store unencrypted password. If you are sure that it is what you want, then just click "Use Unsafe Storage" button.
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From what you describe I would say it is the timer.
... I wanted to check in with you guys before I ran out and spent $80 (non-refundable) on a new timer...MAVT634AWW
I have a copy of the Maytag Atlantis Manual that I will share with you.
Be sure and let us know if the timer actually solves this problem, as I am still convinced of a lid switch issue.
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The Argentina star has reiterated a desire to return to his homeland, claiming he wants the chance to pull on the shirt of the Rosario-based club he left to join the BlaugranaBarcelona forward Lionel Messi has revealed he would relish the chance to play for Argentina outfit Newell's Old Boys at some point during his career.
The 25-year-old left the youth ranks of his home-town club to move to Catalunya back in 2000, and despite his phenomenal success in the Blaugrana jersey, he admits he hopes to be given the chance to represent the Rosario outfit in future.
"I don't know when it will be, but I will go back because it's what I want," he told ESPN.
When asked why he wanted to move back to play for Newell's, Messi admitted: "Because I never did. And I want to play in Argentinian football because of what it means. I really don't know what will happen [in the future]."
Messi signed a new contract with Barcelona last month, keeping him tied down to the club until 2018, by which time he will be 31.
There is some speculation that the attacker may choose to move on from Camp Nou when his current deal with the club runs out.


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I'm looking for high level generalities. For example:
- Software acquisition cost advantage -> Open source
- Maintenance -> ...
- As defined by XYZ -> ...
- As defined by ABC -> ...
Thank you!
I'm looking for high level generalities. For example:
Thank you!
First, you need to know which DBMS features you want and how well the systems do this. For example:
Once you know which of the various proprietary or open source DBMS platforms can support your application and how well they do it you can decide which you want to use.
All of the open-source DBMS platforms have credible support offerings available either through the vendor or third parties. Needless to say these support offerings are commercial so they are not free. If you really do not need vendor support you could view an open-source system as free, but this is going to be an unusual situation. There is one corner case of particular interest, which is discussed below.
Open-source systems also de-couple support from the vendor - credible third-party support offerings are available for most if not all major open-source DBMS products.
Various DBMS platforms allow extensions to be developed - in fact, this technology was first pioneered on Postgres by Stonebreaker et. al. and was the main driver for the development of that system. Different platforms have greater or lesser support for this -
If you have this particular requirement you may find that the open-source systems offer more flexibility. For example, there are several data warehousing products based on modified versions of Postgres.
Thus, open-source vs. proprietary is not a choice between free (as in beer) and paid for, rather is a matter of features, cost, confidence in the support options and control.
Real Costs
Knowledge Costs
Is it supported on your platforms / infrastructure
Speed / Performance / Feature Sets
Availability of Tools (DBA and Dev)
Also, with a commercial version then you can easily say 'XXXX are at fault', but if you use an Open Source version then there is generally no one that you can hold responsible for issues (so the buck stops with you) - If that is a consideration ;-)
Here's the main advantage to open source software, in my mind:
Freedom: Software that comes with its source code and a license permitting you to make modifications for your own use gives you the ability to pay anyone you'd like to "support" that software. There is no "manufacturer" behind the software that can choose to make the version you're using "deprecated" and force you into an "upgrade" or being "unsupported". You may choose to use the software indefinitely.
With "closed source" software, the "manufacturer's" embargo on availability of the source code means that you are not able to choose the party who supports the software based on your own criteria (best price, best skills, etc), but rather you are forced to choose only the "manufacturer", regardless of their commitment to "supporting" your needs with respect to the software.
I think the biggest question you need to ask is "Can I get a support contract?". And yes, there are people who offer support for open source software.
That being said, there's also often bad tech support from commercial vendors compared to the support offered by the open source community.
I think the advantages are based on your staff. If they can support it, and it fits your needs (as mentioned in the first post above), then you should consider it. If you don't have staff, don't use it.
The cost of people, especially if they have to learn the platform or change the code, far outweighs any licensing cost or savings. Go with what you can support/build on.


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We recently embarked on a 12-night cruise (my first) and noticed the exorbitant prices for the shore excursions at every port. My question is - Are these really worthwhile, given that they relieve all the stress of touring a strange land (but that's part of the experience, right?) and are guided? Or is it almost always better to disembark and make your own way?
Excursions booked through the cruise line are often marked up quite a bit due to the fees the tour companies pay to the cruise line.
Your best bet is to research the ports you're sailing in to and find a well-reviewed independent company that offers similar excursions, often for much less money. They often have enough experience with the cruise lines to know exactly how long the excursion can take, and will get you back to the boat on time.
One resource I find very useful for taking cruises are the CruiseCritic message boards. They have a forum for each cruiseline, and for each destination port, where you can often get the answer to any question about any ship or port.
Given that the answer I wrote here actually fits this question better, I might as well post it again
There are generally two reasons to book your trips through the cruise line:
There's one other reason to go with cruise line tours: one of the nicest parts of cruising is the instant community that arises, and it's fun hanging out with some of the same people off the ship, too.
Yeah, the excursions are expensive. But hey, how often do you get a chance to take a helicopter to a glacier and then walk around? I did it on my first trip to Alaska, and while I feel no urge to do it again, it was a great experience and one that I'm happy I did.
When I book tours, I research who the tour is actually with and then go to the company website to check their prices. I have found that when I booked directly with the company that I wanted to do a tour with, they ended up being cheaper than if I went through the cruise line or another tour booking agency. Also, a lot of tours even come with guides so you don't have to worry about navigating through a city all by yourself.
BUT...I have also found that it is quite fun to just go off by yourself and do whatever you want. It all depends on what kind of experience you are looking for. I enjoy both types so maybe you could try a bit of both and see which one you prefer overall.
The first question you need to ask yourself is whether you want to take many shore tours at all.
In connection with a cruise ship, there are three basic types of activities: 1) Shore tours 2) performances (usually musical), plus some shows and talks, which often include slide shows of the land tours and 3) the use of amenities such as the athletic facilities (gym, spa, tennis and handball courts, swimming running track) during the day, and cocktail parties and other social events during the evening (the ship-sponsored events, including alcohol, are free).
Most people can participate in only two out of three sets of events. For many, the cruise is the experience; sailing and sunbathing during the day, socializing at night. They can learn what they want to know about the shore excursions through the previews the days before.
If shore tours are a priority, while shows and socializing are secondary, realize that this is where the cruise makes most of its money. It barely breaks even on board because of all the "free" events. The cruise has the advantage of "buying in bulk" on the more exotic locations and experiences, so keep that in mind. Also, in places such as Russia, you basically can't go ashore independently of the ship (at least not without a lot of red tape).
There are certain "generic" locations where it makes sense to go it alone. Almost any stop within the United States, for example. Or a tour of Rome, where if you miss your ship, the next stop is say, Naples.
But in most cases, it's a choice of not going ashore at all, or going with the cruise tours. You might not want to do so every day, and thereby have some days "on," some days "off."
Cruising Excursions motto "prices lower than the cruise lines".
They claim to have over 5000 shore excursions in 100's of ports Worldwide at prices up to 60% lower than the cruise lines.
Might be worth looking into.
You have three choices when your ship comes into port:
I don't really think the fourth possibility, taking an official tour and paying someone for it but not through the ship, is a good idea at all. You probably won't save a significant amount of money and you will probably worry about being late back to the ship. But that doesn't mean that you must pay for a shore excursion. In the vast majority of ports, you can just walk around for 2, 4, or more hours and have a lovely time. It would help if you planned before the cruise left, maybe printed a map.
Look through the shore excursions before the cruise starts; do they offer something you can't otherwise get, or are they just going to put you on a bus to something you can get to on your own steam easily enough? How does the price compare to the admission fee if you were to get yourself to an attraction on your own? Generally, the ships offer a "low price guarantee" but only for the exact same thing - which you probably won't find due to combinations of "but ours includes a van ride from the ship" sort of thing. If you don't think $100 for a one or two hour activity is a good value, then don't go looking to see if someone else will sell it to you for $80 - just skip it and simply explore the port yourself. Some of the best parts of being in strange places are the serendipitous encounters, the attractions that don't have websites or sales reps, and the unexpected delights.


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Hi, it seems that there is no yet available, still I had impression that I saw it somewhere.
Those who take many pole panos, toward journalistic VRs, know that along with the help in keeping the pole leveled it is also the, say , "nose" of the pole (preffer that part), mean shows you where the camera is pointed to, you can use also the lock knob of the RD4, but with the new mini rotators is no such reference, sticking labels aslo helps but again a spirit level helps very much, sometimes at concerts you had no much light down, and you can feel the spirit level, so not need to either look down nor up just look to action, you feel the orientation.
That was kind of "up" for that useful acessory which seems to lack of, for now.


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Topics addressed include, but are not limited to, library site selection; building planning and architecture; library furniture and equipment; interior design; maintenance and security of buildings and property; and disaster recovery.
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Illustrative of the fields of interest are foundation, trust, and endowment development and administration; annual giving and direct-mail fund raising programs; capital campaign planning and implementation, grantsmanship; and other areas of fund raising activity.
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CADIZ - The Harrison County commissioners are considering allowing county Treasurer Vicki Sefsick to use a collection service to collect taxes that have remained unpaid for extended periods of time.
During Wednesday's meeting, the commissioners heard a presentation by Sefsick that said the proposed system would allow the county to use Tax Ease, a property tax lender, to deal with those whose delinquent tax bills are seriously past due. Sefsick clarified that real property taxes would still be handled in her office.
The biggest advantage to using Tax Ease to collect, according to Sefsick, is that the company has offered to pay 100 percent of the past due tax amount owed to the county assuming that liability. The agreement will also include postage and additional costs incurred by the county and will be approved through the county prosecutor before any action is taken.
The treasurer stated that the past due taxes amount to $2.5 million dollars and that the prosecutor's office has not taken action on delinquent accounts. making this a possible solution for the county to collect that debt.
"We realize that some of the larger delinquent accounts, like the Scio Pottery, will not be able to be included," Sefsick said, adding that because of EPA restrictions, the $400,000 in past due taxes on that parcel would be excluded.
The Tax Ease website states that the collections will in turn offer past due accounts commercial or residential property tax loans to pay off all taxes owed on the property along with penalties, interest and court costs.
Joyce Brown of the county's Department of Job and Family Services offered an update on the Jefferson County Community Action Council's (CAC) progress stating that they will soon have crews clearing debris from the June 29 storms. Commissioners passed a service agreement between the county and the Jefferson County CAC as the first step in releasing the first round of funding from the $600,000 in grant money for the project from disaster funding.
These rapid response funds will allow vehicles to be rented for crews, according to Brown.
"The CAC has hired one coordinator and two supervisors, and the first crew has completed their required safety training," Brown said. "They will begin clearing right-of ways and identifying sites very soon."
Brown reminded that eligible workers must have lost their jobs or homes due to the disaster or qualify as veterans, dislocated workers or long-term unemployed. which is defined as being unemployed or underemployed for 15 of the last 26 weeks.
Workers must also pass a drug test and physical before being sent to safety training.
Recorder Tracy Boyer updated the board on the scanning project, "We have all our documents scanned and are waiting for them to be cataloged in a user-friendly version which will be available through our computers."
"Chesapeake has their copy of the scanning," Boyer added. "However it is just a raw copy."
Boyer also asked commissioners to consider additional space for her office.
"We are currently at $800,000 for our office this year to date, and the usual yearly amount is $125,000 per year. We don't know if we will make the million-dollar mark this year," Boyer said. "We do have additional computers coming but have no electrical capabilities in our office to handle any additional computers. This a record-breaking year for our office."
Boyer said that her office had received an additional $200,000 in donations from companies to keep the office open evenings and Saturdays.
In other business, the board approved road use agreements with Cardinal Gas Services for ingress and egress of two well sites.


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text: Here is a very basic lesson on a boat for kids. Drawing a boat can be very difficult, but if you come across the right tutorial you will find it easy to get what you need done. This drawing is going to be as easy as can be and when you are all done you will have a completed picture that can be used in any drawing scenario you like. I personally like the way that this boat turned out because I know that I can draw anything to sit inside of it. All you will be doing is making a bowl shape and then drawing some weaved patterns on the surface for added detail. I didn't want to make anything too big, so the end result is what you see before you here. Well, that's about it, I hope you have fun with this tutorial on drawing a boat for kids. Let me know if it was helpful to any of you, and if you did wind up placing someone you should upload the art even more. Thanks guys and have an awesome drawing day.


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I'm just wanting to make a simple map algebra operation in the osgeo4w shell using gdal_calc but I get wrong results when I divide one raster with the other. When I use the same rasters in QGIS and perform the same map algebra operation with raster calculator, I get no problem.
I think my best guess would be that you should clip one raster using the other, and save the results as a .vrt to save time.
use this vrt in your previous gdal_calc calculation. that should work.
side-note: The answer is actually in the Error message. I dug a bit deeper and looked at the code here ( http://svn.osgeo.org/gdal/trunk/gdal/swig/python/scripts/gdal_calc.py ). A comment at the tops specifies that rasters should be of the same extent.
LATER EDIT: If your problem appears to be that the values are too big for your data type this is because gdalcalc determines the data type based on the input rasters not the appropriate output data size (i believe from the link I provide you can search data type and you'll see the comment).
I am not sure of the options to change data type in the gdalcalc syntax but you could precede your calculation by translating your input raster with gdaltranslate into a larger data type;32bit-float should be fine. saving as a vrt will also save time
link: http://www.gdal.org/gdal_translate.html
Still Later Edit: I actually checked gdal_calc.py on my comp and found it has a
Hope that helps :)