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I had been puzzling over Christmas gifts for several on my list.
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The product headline says "Full Body 3D Camo Suits – Choose Ghillie or Leafy for $39.49 + free shipping". But if you choose a Ghillie suit, it adds $9.99 to the price. I'd call that false advertising. :(
When I click on the link, all I get is a blank page. Using windows 7 pro, I.E. 9. All the flash is up to date. What gives?
@honeymoose: It does indeed, however the fault is with the wording of the deal post, not false advertising on the part of the retailer.
Either way - the former IHTHT deals site is a scummy retailer, and i won't touch any of their items with a 10ft pole, but that's a different story.
@goatcrapp: makes sense...
yeah there's a reason they need to keep changing their name.
ehh vote me down all you want. read the reviews online. probably shills voting me down anyways
@honeymoose: I'm sorry for any confusion. This happens a lot when posting deals (larger sizes cost more, as well, as is common with t-shirts), but there is no clear way to post this within the limitations of DW. You will notice that Woot does this, too, when there is more than one option for an item. Case in point, VIZIO LED Smart TV of Your Choice!
@luke975, @honeymoose, @goatcrapp: Not sure why you would think badly of this site. I've never had a bad experience with them. In fact, they are the only DOD site whose customer service folks have answered the phones and helped me immediately when I've had a problem with an order. As I always ask when someone posts a negative about a site, if you have a specific problem with this company, I would appreciate it if you would explain that so that the rest of us will know what to look for.
@qiset: Try again. It's working fine for me.
@belyndag: you're right it's not fair to slam a site or product without an explanation. here's some reviews, and I've seen alot more from various other sites in the same family as this site.
and besides the fact that me and a few others have been voted down by several umm im sure trusted sources I voted your deal up.
@belyndag: I've told my story many times here on deals, back when they were IHTHT. I don't care to rehash every little detail, but will provide some back story... again. Please note - this isn't a knee jerk reaction (nor, if you see my posting history am i prone to such snap judgements)
They failed me on 3 separate occasions, specifically from a CS point of view. Twice were broken items, which they lied about sending me a replacement, and then after a month of back and forth - simply stopped answering my emails. In both cases, about 3 months apart, when i escalated the issue after they stopped responding to emails through their ticketing system - the ticket number suddenly wouldn't exist.
The last straw was that ridiculous zombie survival kit they sold on here back when also. A novelty item to be sure, but even at that, the quality was terrible, and grossly misrepresented. The bag was flat out different from the one pictured... different material, size, everything. So i gave up.
And much like now - the shills and fanboys of ihtht voted me down... lol.
Oh crap! I have one of these in my back yard. I need to go jam a stick in it and see who has been watching me.
I've ordered from this site several times and the service has always been great! Much faster shipping than some other deal sites.
@luke975: Thanks for the link. I forget about that site. While I was there I checked out Woot's rating, as well. Almost the same, LOL! I guess I need to go over there and start posting some ratings, too. I recently ordered something from another site that took over three months to even ship! And yet another site took over two months, then sent me a notice that the item was sold out.
I think that the takeaway from this is that I should probably curtail my online shopping habit!
@belyndag: welcome. my woot purchases fell of a cliff. Partly because of the shipping policy. Partly because of the lack of really good deals. A couple dollar discount on something thats not a requirement for me isn't very appealing. Nobody comes to woot for things they HAVE to have. usually they do give my ideas of things to buy on amazon though. money goes to the same place I guess.
Make your own. Cheap and easy and most likely must better quality.


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29 Jan 2012 10:25 PM #1
Empty Time Line after saving to Network Folder
Seems whenever I save sencha animator files to a network drive and reopen it the timeline is empty (I have full network access), I can add shapes and modify them (change colour/opacity etc) but I'm unable to see any existing images or add new ones, they appear as empty boxes. The project will still preview and re-export fine, but it's pretty much unusable.
Is this a bug or something I'm doing wrong? Tried on 2 different machines, both with windows 7 and Sencha Animator 1.1 Build 86.
Any help will be much appreciated.
30 Jan 2012 2:56 PM #2
Just tried again this morning, it's not just network shared projects, projects saved locally are doing the same thing.
Any ideas?
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Can somebody explain me in what use-cases I should consider using AMQP like e.g. RabbitMQ? What are the pros and cons?
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Imagine that you have a web service that can accept many requests per second. You also have a accounting system that does a lot of things, one of which is processing the requests coming from the web service.
If you put a queue between the web service and the accounting system, you will be able to:
Of course, you could have more complex situations where the number of your applications is much bigger than two and you need to manage the communication between them.
In addition to providing a buffer between a web service and another backend service, message queues can be used for more advanced scenarios. Rabbit MQ (and other mature Message Queue products also referred to as MOM -- Message Oriented Middleware) can be configured to route and distribute messages according to different rules.
For example the Pub-Sub routing technique allows a single source to send a message and have many listeners receive it. This is commonly used by stock trading software to keep the users on the floor updated.
Also because of the fact that most MOMs have sdks for multiple languages and platforms, they can be used to integrate applications that are written on different platforms.
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It doesn't mention this anywhere, but creationg a new SimpleXMLElement object from a non-valid string throws an exception. It looks ugly in the php log as it dumps the stack in multiple lines.
The correct way to create a new SimpleXMLElement object is like so:
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This image provided by China's State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense shows a floating object seen at sea next to the descriptor which was added by the source. The image was captured around noon, on March 18, 2014 (Tuesday) by a Chinese satellite in S44�57 E90�13 in south Indian Ocean. It shows what is suspected to be a floating object 22 meters long and 13 meters wide. It is about 120 km south (slightly to the west) of the suspected objects released by Australia. (AP Photo/ China State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense)
BELBEK AIR BASE, Crimea (AP) -- Pro-Russian forces are now in control of a Ukrainian air force base in Crimea.
The pro-Russian forces fired shots and smashed through the front gate and concrete walls of the Belbek base near the port city of Sevastopol with armored personnel carriers on Saturday.
Ukraine's Defense Ministry says one reporter and a Ukrainian soldier were injured in the raid.
It's the last major Ukrainian military facility in Crimea to fall into the hands of pro-Russian forces.
After the takeover, the base commander called together his men, who sang the Ukrainian national anthem and then stood at ease. He then told his men to put their weapons in the base's armory.
Russian forces have been seizing Ukrainian military facilities for several days in the Black Sea peninsula, which voted a week ago to secede and join Russia.
Elsewhere, more than 5,000 pro-Russia residents of Donetsk in Ukraine's east have been demonstrating in favor of holding a referendum on whether to split off and join Russia.
Russia has moved large military contingents to areas near the Ukrainian border, though Moscow has said it has no intention of moving into eastern Ukraine.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Search planes are again in the skies over the southern Indian Ocean trying to locate Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that vanished with 239 people aboard more than two weeks ago.
On Saturday, China released a satellite image showing a large object floating in the search zone.
The object, which appeared to be 72 feet by 43 feet, was captured by satellite on Tuesday in a location that falls within the search zone that planes and ships from a number of nations have been crisscrossing since similar images from another satellite emerged earlier in the week. But officials have found no trace of it.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea says North Korea has fired more short-range rockets into its eastern waters for a second straight day. That's apparently a continuation of protests of ongoing U.S.-South Korean military drills.
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Washington Ballet recently posted the 09-10 season on their website. The season starts with Don Quixote at the Kennedy Center. Other highlights include a new Great Gatsby and Genius3. Sounds like an exciting season!
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Walton County, FL - The Walton County Health Department conducts regularly scheduled saltwater beach water quality monitoring at seven sites through the Healthy Beaches Monitoring Program. The water samples are being analyzed for enteric bacteria (enterococci) that normally inhabit the intestinal tract of humans and animals, which may cause human disease, infections, or rashes. The presence of enteric bacteria is an indication of fecal pollution, which may come from stormwater runoff, pets and wildlife, and human sewage. The purpose of the Healthy Beaches Monitoring Program is to determine whether Florida has significant coastal beach water quality problems and whether future beach monitoring efforts are necessary.
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SP-3 Dune Allen Beach 176 Poor
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Water quality classifications are based upon United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) recommended criteria and Florida Healthy Beaches Program Categories:
Good = 0 - 35 Enterococci per 100 ml of marine
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Health Advisories are still in effect for Dune Allen Beach Access, Blue Mountain Beach Access and the Holley Street Beach Access based on the enterococci standard recommended by the EPA. This should be considered a potential health risk to the bathing public.
The Health Advisory for Miramar Beach Access has been lifted.
If you should have any questions, please contact the Walton County Health Department of (850) 892-8021, or visit the Department of Health's internet Beach Water Quality website (www.doh.state.fl.us, click on "Floridians and Visitors" – under "Food, Water, Air, Land," choose "Beach Water Quality."


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Begin with a tour of an old graveyard, with the annual Washington Green Cemetery Tour, set for 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday.
Costumed guides will lead groups of visitors every 10 minutes from the Gunn Museum, 5 Wykeham Road, to the Washington Green Cemetery where the town's departed citizens — actually reenactors — will be stationed at their gravestones to tell their tales of tragedy and triumph.
Tour groups will follow a path of 1,000 luminaries spanning a quarter of a mile through the shadowy cemetery and will hear the dramatic experiences of past students and faculty from the Gunnery.
Features of this theatrical evening will include tales of murder, town controversies, the Titanic disaster, Civil War soldiers, abolitionists and more.
Tours last about 45 minutes; bring a flashlight. Complimentary refreshments will be served in the Gunn Library.
While this event is free, donations are appreciated. The rain date will be Sunday.
Details: 860-868-7756, gunnlibrary. org.
Do the time warp at "The Rocky Horror Show" on the stage at Torrington's Warner Theatre at 9 and 11:59 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the venue's Nancy Marine Studio Theatre.
The rock musical will be directed by Dan Checovetes, with a cast featuring Brian D. Fortin as Frank-n-Furter, Frank Beaudry as Brad Majors, Katie Brunetto as Janet Weiss, Keith Leonhardt as Riff-Raff, Stephanie J. Varanelli-Miles as Magenta/Usherette, Jamie Weisberg as Columbia/Usherette, Alec Varcas as Rocky, Christopher Kulmann as Eddie/Dr. Scott and Mario Barboza as The Narrator.
Tickets: $26. Details: 860-489-7180, warnertheatre.org
Have a mystical time on Friday and Saturday at "Sights & Frights" at Mystic Seaport. The family-friendly production will offer haunted Halloween fun for all ages from 6 to 9:30 p.m. both days.
Visitors can walk the decorated grounds of the museum's 19th-century village to encounter spooky locations and activities. Storytellers will tell tales of maritime misfortune, the schooner L.A. Dunton will be converted into a haunted ship, roving characters will entertain or frighten, and tradespeople in the shops will be manufacturing items of a creepy nature.
Family activities include mask making, face painting, temporary tattoos, free horse-and-carriage rides and live music of a slightly sinister nature from the museum's chantey staff. Children are encouraged to dress in costume and are invited to participate in a nightly parade at 7:30 p.m.
New this year is a pumpkin patch filled with elaborately carved jack-o-lanterns and a free planetarium show, "Whoo's Up in the Night Sky?"
The experience is self-guided and all "scary" activities are located inside, permitting families with young children to avoid them.
Tickets:$13, ages 3 and younger free. Advance tickets are recommended. Details: 860-572-5322 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, www.mysticseaport.org/ sightsandfrights.
"Halloween on the Green" is expected to attract 600 children from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday on the Danbury Green. Four winners will be chosen in a costume contest, crowning winners in four categories: most original, scariest, cutest and funniest.
The event features goodie bags for children, live music spun by a disc jockey, face painting, arts and crafts and more.
Details: citycenterdanbury.com.
Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport has two events to celebrate the October holiday. "Howl-O-Ween" will be from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The frightful evening features an Urban Legends hayride, a haunted farmyard, Gruesome Greenhouse and a magic show by Jim Sisti. Free face painting will be available, as well as candy.
Tickets: $8 in advance, $10 at the gate; recommended for ages 6 to 12, although some scary portions are better suited for 8 years and older.
"Boo at the Zoo" will take over the park on Sunday from noon to 3 p.m. The event features harvest hayrides and other seasonal enjoyments, and the winners of a special scarecrow competition will be announced.
Children under age 12 in costume are free when accompanied by a paying adult.
Details: www.beardsleyzoo.org.
The Nathan Hale Homestead in Coventry will present "Things That Go Bump in the Night" Friday and Saturday.
The evening features a special candlelight tour, room-by-room, all the way up to the dark and dreary attic. Hear the traditional, long standing Homestead ghost stories as well as stories from the staff of things that have happened to them.
Refreshments include beer, wine, cider and doughnuts made on the hearth. Two tours will be offered each evening, the first beginning at 6 p.m. and the second at 8 p.m.
The Nathan Hale Homestead is located at 2299 South St. in Coventry.
Tickets: $25, $20 for CTL members.
"Witches Ghosts and Gravestones" will take over the Old State House in Hartford from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday. The event features stories of Connecticut's witch trials, a ghost investigation, a tour of the grounds as well as a tour of the Ancient Burying Ground.
Throughout the night, take part in the Old State House Haunted Treasure Hunt, a cryptic twist on the popular Mortensen Gallery Scavenger Hunt.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be available.
Tickets: $10. Details: 860-522-6766 ext. 18, tinyurl.com/OSHHalloween.
Meet a TV vampire at 9 p.m. Saturday when Rutina Wesley of HBO's "True Blood" will sign autographs in The Shops at Mohegan Sun. Due the popularity of the event, the signing will be bracelet-only. Bracelets will be distributed starting at 8 p.m. Saturday on a first-come, first-served basis at the signing stage in The Shops concourse.
Mohegan Sun has several Halloween-themed events. A costume contest for ages 21 and older will be on the Tuscany Patio at 10 p.m. Saturday night. The Vista Lounge at Wombi Rock will host a Moonlight Masquerade Party at 9 p.m. Saturday; masks will be distributed at the door on a first-come, first-served basis.
A screening of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" will be in the Cabaret Theatre on Friday, with doors opening at 10:45 for the midnight showing. Admission is free and guests must be age 21 or older.
Details: mohegansun.com/entertainment/halloween.html.
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I want to do full-screen anti-aliasing in OpenGL, and dont want to use the anti-aliasing that is provided by OpenGL itself, since I am building a game and want good effects in it.
How should I proceed?
I want to do full-screen anti-aliasing in OpenGL, and dont want to use the anti-aliasing that is provided by OpenGL itself, since I am building a game and want good effects in it.
How should I proceed?
There are several alternatives to native MSAA in OpenGL. With post-processing effects, the best thing about them is that you can usually just throw in the shader to the final, unprocessed image and it does the rest. Here are three methods worth taking a look:
These techniques don't super-sample or multi-sample, so lines that appear less than 1 pixel in thickness will appear with gaps and not be anti-aliased correctly. This is the downside to using a non-MSAA approach. Since you're only working with a raster image at full resolution, you can't create additional information from these empty gaps.
Take notice that all of these techniques are dependent on sampling adjacent luma (brightness) or chroma (color) values. Calculating luma and optional gamma correction requires additional instructions on the AA shader, though it's pretty straightforward. You can offload this by calculating the luma in the previous shader that provides the un-retouched image, storing the luma in the alpha channel. Then in the AA shader, you will simply sample the alpha.
There's lots of ways to do antialiasing. One is to use multisample antialiasing (MSAA), where your back buffer actually stores multiple sub-pixel samples, and when you render triangles, lines, etc. the system automatically fills in the correct set of samples in each pixel. Then at the end of rendering the image is "resolved" by averaging over all the sub-pixel samples to get one sample per pixel.
Another way is to use post-processing antialiasing, where you render the scene as normal and then do some targeted blurring on the end result to hide aliased edges. There are a variety of techniques for this, but one of the best / most popular at the moment is called FXAA (Fast approXimate Anti-Aliasing).
MSAA will generally give better-looking results than post-processing AA, but can be slower because it requires approximately double the memory bandwidth for every rendering operation. MSAA can also require more video memory than post-processing AA, depending on the details of the setup.
You can find specific info about implementing either MSAA or FXAA on the Web - just google either one of those terms.
Are you willing to code your own GLSL shader? If so, check this tutorial.


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Naked or not?Nudity in ballet and other dance forms
Posted 19 August 2009 - 05:51 PM
Impelled to try an epigram,
I never try to take the credit.
We all assume that Oscar said it.
- Dorothy Parker.
I met both Sir Robert Helpmann and Sir Anton Dolin, and found that they were both entirely capable of taking the credit for almost anything said by anyone else, ever. Avoided the esprit d'escalier, I suppose.
Posted 16 August 2012 - 10:56 AM
The original question posed was:
What do you think? Is nudity always acceptable? Never? Occasionally? Have we seen any and how did we react?
There seems to be a wide range of very interesting comments here but to me they digress into addressing two related but separate questions – Under what conditions, if ever, is nudity acceptable in performance art? And/or: Under what conditions, if ever, is nudity acceptable in classical ballet?
As many others here (but clearly not all), I feel there are certainly conditions under which nudity is acceptable in performance art, perhaps even essential in certain cases. Art is generally supposed to be subversive and provoke thought and reactions. As we see in the comments here, nudity can certainly achieve this. Having said that, I believe nudity can't make bad art good but it can make good art bad.
I'm less certain, for some of the reasons already stated, about the acceptability of nudity in classical ballet, not because of the potential of offending any prudish sensibilities but rather conflicting with the goals and aesthetics of the art form itself.
As to whether I've seen any performances with nudity lately, a couple of years ago I attended a performance of Bocca Tango Maipo with Julio Bocca. The choreography was a fusion of ballet and tango with modern elements by Argentinean Ana María Stekelman who, perhaps not surprisingly, had studied at the Martha Graham School. One of the duets was performed with Cecilia Figaredo, both wearing only black thongs, with the stage lights dimmed. More sensual than erotic, I felt it was very effective in capturing the intensity, mystery, romance, and passion of tango. Advance notice had been given in advertising.
As far as exposing children, I was always far more comfortable explaining nudity and even sexual themes in a tasteful, artistic context than trying to explain the degree of violence they were often unavoidably exposed to from so many other directions.
The latest report from the front, or rather the back, as it were, by Alastair Macaulay in The New York Times.
Even for those of us who have now seen a great many naked bodies onstage, the bent-over rear view of Mr. Weinert in "Gobbledygook" was something new. It was not, however, a problem. Though I didn't much admire the work as a whole, that use of nakedness made Mr. Weinert memorably vulnerable.
No doubt.
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Depending on where you're sitting, you may notice that the action makes the crack between his buttocks widen and narrow rhythmically).
Good point.....
Posted 19 August 2012 - 04:12 AM
[When tights are removed from ballet, the art itself is changed. Ballet, the genre that once recaptured the ideal quality of nudity, becomes instead, in these modern examples, the art of nakedness. This could prove a valuable new departure, but its worth considering its implications. The look of the bare leg drastically changes the entire aesthetics of the form. Muscular details of thigh, knee, calf become suddenly distracting. The leg becomes real, the arabesque not.
Perhaps I was exposed to too much well-intentioned, but clumsily executed, naked dance -- and, frankly, too many less-than-beautiful bodies -- in the downtown NYC dance scene of the 60s and 70s Naked bodies definitely have their place on stage. But for me, nakedness when put in a spotlight is inevitably about literalism. It expresses a value system of "warts and all."
Ballet, on the other hand, is most effective when it idealizes the body and the body's ability to express feeling and music through movement. For me, this is what is most characteristic of classical ballet, and of classical dancing of all kinds. I don't just mean "looking pretty." Classical ballet is an art that focuses our eye on physical essentials while avoiding the distractions of too many competing details.
In this sense, if one exposes all the body parts and surface markings, it is just as bad as loading the dancers with costumes with far too many decorations.
Posted 19 August 2012 - 07:13 PM
Posted 20 August 2012 - 09:18 PM
A few paragraphs ago, I was talking about dancers showing us the cracks between their buttocks or deconstructing anal sex. So isn't it trivial to talk of a ballerina merely baring her thighs and calves? Well, no.
Well, yes. I do have some trouble equating a dry hump onstage with barelegged ladies. Danseurs have occasionally gone without tights, as Macaulay notes, without posing a threat to the essence of the art form. I don't much care for the pointes-without-tights look, but it could be because I just don't see it that frequently (not that I'm complaining). As I remember Croce's original the-arabeseque-is-real quote in context, she was not talking so much about the idealization of the ballerina's body but her body presented as an abstraction, which isn't the same thing. What's so horrid about being reminded from time to time of the fleshly humanity of a female dancer by the removal of tights?
Posted 21 August 2012 - 03:48 AM
An interesting point, if I understand it correctly. It's funny how conversations like this often hinge on what we mean by our key vocabulary. Croce was fond of making sweeping pronouncements that sometimes depended, when you thought about, on highly personal, and ofdten unexplained, definitions.
... [Croce] was not talking so much about the idealization of the ballerina's body but her body presented as an abstraction, which isn't the same thing.
"Abstraction" seems pretty clear, though I'm having trouble imagining what Croce could have meant in this context. A stripping away of non-essentials?
As for "idealization," too often it is used to suggest de-sexualization or prettiness -- the opposite of "real." I prefer to think of it as a kind of meta-realism. A way of experiencing physical reality in terms of larger (possibly "higher") meanings and values. Beauty and even sexuality can and do transcend the physical surfaces of the human body.
Posted 21 August 2012 - 06:01 AM
What's so horrid about being reminded from time to time of the fleshly humanity of a female dancer by the removal of tights?
Nothing, in my opinion, but physical attractiveness can momentarily distract me from the actual choreography.
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As for "idealization," too often it is used to suggest de-sexualization or prettiness -- the opposite of "real." I prefer to think of it as a kind of meta-realism. A way of experiencing physical reality in terms of larger (possibly "higher") meanings and values. Beauty and even sexuality can and do transcend the physical surfaces of the human body.
Very nicely put, as usual. "A way of experiencing physical reality in terms of larger (possibly "higher") meanings and values" is not a bad way of defining a lot of ballet in general, although the experience isn't always conscious.
This NYCB Moves clip features bits of Symphony in 3 Movements and Duo Concertant danced barelegged, beginning at the 48 second mark.
Posted 21 August 2012 - 07:06 AM
I like that look on Fairchild and on the female corps. The subtle movement of muscles and tendons, along with the shifts in light and shadow, fit the music and the choreography quite well. on the other hand , the distraction of the busy white-on-black NYC Ballet tee shirts on the men confirm my feeling that "too much is too much." But the women's naked legs -- wonderful.
This NYCB Moves clip features bits of Symphony in 3 Movements and Duo Concertant danced barelegged, beginning at the 48 second mark.
Somehow, I found myself thinking of several beautifully drawn charts of muscle groups on a male torso, displayed on the walls of my gym.
The SVConcerto clip with Hyltin and Fairchild has the feel of a performance that might have been given when Balanchine was around. This demonstrates to me that, tights or no tights, it's what you do with the body that counts most.
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Words which are derived from Sanskrit (which is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism) Or Hindi into English.
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Words can be borrowed from any language, such as Sanskrit or Hindi, but the term is not specific to them. Other borrowed words in English from Sanskrit can be found here. Also, if you are interested in the process of how loan words are incorporated into another language, there is a good summary here.
From Sanskrit we have karma (deed, work). The word Sanskrit comes from the same Indo-European root.
are the meanings of karma.
Read more. It is originally used. Nothing is derived. What is the question you wanted to ask?
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In traditional electrical terms, it is always better to oversize the wattage of a power supply to at least 125 percent. So, if a smart phone uses 700 mA, then a 700 mA charger is at the tippy top of its capacity and could possibly fail. 1 A (a.k.a. 1000 mA) is safer. The phone will only draw what it needs.
Droids? as in Motorola Droid phones or Android phones?
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Skiing is notorious for knee injuries. ACL injuries occur more frequently in women. Meniscus and collateral ligament sprains and tears can also occur, along with patellar dislocations. Falls and caught poles can cause skier's thumb (a ligament tear) and shoulder injuries. Traumatic injuries include fractures of the arm, shoulder dislocations and separations, and thigh, pelvic, thumb, and wrist fractures. Collisions with other skiers, objects, and ski and lift equipment raises the risk of traumatic injuries. Environmental hazards include terrain, trees, tree wells, and ice; deep, heavy snow can increase knee injury risks also. Head injuries can be deadly. Traumatic injury risks decrease with Nordic and cross-country skiing.
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INJURY PREVENTION: Listen to your body and rest when you are tiredskiing injuries occur more often at the end of the day when you are tired.
Because of the daring nature of flips, jumps, and obstacle riding, traumatic injuries occur most in freestyle snowboarding. Common injuries are to the wrist and forearms including sprains, tendon tears, and fractures. Shoulder dislocations, chest injuries, rib fractures, and head injuries can also occur. Snowboarder's ankle is a fracture of the top of the ankle, most often caused by a fall.
To prevent snowboarding injuries: Knowing your terrain and riding within your limits is most important to prevent serious injuries. Abdominal and core strengthening can prevent falls. Educated falling with arms in, not outstretched, will prevent shoulder separations and dislocations, along with wrist and arm fractures. Helmets should be encouraged to prevent head injuries, due to the likelihood of backward falls. Tree wells must be avoided.
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The focus of a visual identity at any campus is usually its logo, but the following pages reflect a comprehensive identity system — including logo and word mark, typefaces, color palettes and design templates — for presenting information logically and consistently. These standards have the endorsement of the President and the Executive Vice President and will enable The Master's College to achieve clarity, accuracy and efficiency in all print and electronic communications. Implementation of these standards will develop greater awareness of the College as a whole while enabling units, departments and programs to communicate effectively as distinct entities.
The primary graphic identity for the campus focuses around our logo and campus motto. The logo and its attendant motto are central to how we represent our campus. The Master's College is committed to Christ and Scripture. This commitment is expressed in every endeavor as we seek to educate our students. Now, we can clearly and consistently articulate this commitment to our constituents through our graphic identity.
Perhaps the most powerful, tangible evidence of an organization's promise is its visual identity. This guide was developed to ensure that who we are and how we are perceived are one and the same. By using this guide, you will not only help solidify our identity but also help us realize our ideals.
This comprehensive graphic system outlined in this manual is a structure for communicating and presenting information about The Master's College accurately, logically, clearly and with distinction.
In order to create and build the brand for The Master's College, the standards and guidelines presented in this manual are important and expected to be followed by every campus unit and department. Embracing and following these standards will be advantageous to the entire campus community, allowing us to achieve clarity and effectiveness in all print and electronic communications.
It is impossible to cover all potential uses and applications of the new identity; therefore, this manual is intended to be an introduction and a guide to basic components of the identity system. The manual will be updated consistently to reflect changes in technology and campus operation. Overall, the manual will be reviewed by the members of the college's Integrated Marketing Team on an ongoing basis to reflect changes in college programs, new technology and new academic and outreach efforts.
Our commitment to establishing a successful graphic identity will be demonstrated in the brand identity we produce. When the graphic system is fully implemented, the identity will consistently distinguish all college publications and advertising, all print, electronic and audio-visual materials. This graphic system will thus provide visual unity to our expansive and diverse campus and bring clarity to the public about our purpose and mission as a leading international Christian liberal arts college.
The Master's College logo, motto, word mark, and official athletic symbols are the only graphics approved to represent the college.
Departments are not permitted to develop their own logos. The design or use of any other logo representing the college or its departments is PROHIBITED. Departments can use an identifier under the campus word mark as outlined in Section II ("Variations") of this graphic standard.
If you would like the Marketing Department to create an approved logo for your department, please email email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com.
The logo and word mark may be used individually or combined in the manner shown in this guide. No other combinations are permitted.
The Master's College Marketing Department reserves the right to change, adjust or make exceptions to these graphic standards as the need arises. Please contact the Marketing Department if you have questions or would like to submit for approval an image/logo that is not defined in the graphic standard or does not meet the basic graphic standard requirements.
Phone: 661-362-2826
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Samsung wins a battle in the patent wars against Apple!
An Australian court has ruled against Apple, lifting the temporary sales injunction on Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in the country.
The verdict was delivered by Federal Court Justice Lindsay Foster in Sydney on behalf of a three-judge appeal panel.
The decision is good news for Samsung, who has been working hard to get the ban overturned so it can sell its newest Galaxy tablet during the lucrative Christmas shopping season.
Expressing satisfaction, the company said in a statement, "Samsung Electronics Australia is pleased with today's unanimous decision by the Federal Court to lift the preliminary injunction on sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.
"We believe the ruling clearly affirms that Apple's legal claims lack merit. We will make an announcement regarding the market availability of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia shortly."
Samsung's win means it will be able to resume sales of its high-end tablet computer in Australia as early as Friday, if Apple's appeal is rejected.
Friday deadline to appeal decision
Meanwhile, Apple has until Friday to file an interlocutory application to appeal against the decision.
Apple had secured a temporary sales ban on Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in October, accusing the Korean firm of violating its intellectual patents including swipe and touchscreen innovations, used in iPad 2.
The court's ruling meant that Samsung could not sell, advertise, or even take pre-orders until the court case had been resolved.
However, today's win means it will be able to resume sales of its high-end tablet computer in Australia as early as Friday, if Apple's appeal is rejected.
Apple intends to apply to the High Court in Canberra to have this latest decision overturned and the injunction restored.
Apple-Samsung war
The legal war between Apple and Samsung continues unabated. The two are locked in fierce patent litigation in several countries including the United States, Japan, France and Australia.
It began in April when Apple filed a suit against Samsung in the United States, openly accusing the tech giant of blatantly copying the designs of its iPhone and iPad devices.
Samsung isn't taking it lying down. The electronics company used the redesign strategy for a few smartphone models after sales of the original were blocked due to legal challenges by Apple.
Meanwhile, Samsung has also filed suits against Apple for violating multiple wireless technology patents. It is also trying to get the iPhone 4S banned in four countries including Australia.


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1930 Ford Model A coupe - Low Flyin' AWritten on January 20, 2008 Bare Steel Beauty
Alan Cape is no stranger to hot rods or the automotive trade. An ex-GM dealer, he now owns Flying A Motorsports in Cuba, Missouri, purveyor of race car trailers, and as such has many customers in the high performance and hot rod business. In addition to currently holding the keys to a pair of F-100s, a '56 and '59, he also has a '32 roadster in "a million pieces" at Bobby Alloway's shop, and a '32 Tudor that will be a semi-clone of the Eastwood & Barakat car. Then there's the '39 coupe that someday Dave Lane will build for him. However, by his own admission, "I'm getting to the age where I've got to get 'em done the way I want 'em."
With a company name like Flying A Motorsports, it's almost natural that Alan has a Model A amongst his stable of cars, this one coming about after he spied it on eBay. Eric Peratt, owner of Pinkee's Rod Shop in Windsor, Colorado, had originally started screwing it together as his personal ride, but put it on eBay out of curiosity to see what it might bring. "Eric and I are on the same wavelength," Alan said. "The coupe has 'the look,' and I could tell it was going to be special. It looks channeled but it's not. Eric knows what he's doing."
Eric had been wanting to use Pinkee's new sectioned '32 'rails on a project, so when a local Model A coupe was offered to him, the opportunity was too good to pass up. Once he made the decision to sell the partially completed project, he hoped any prospective buyer might let him finish it to see his vision through. When Alan expressed a desire to have Pinkee's finish the coupe, it worked out well for all concerned. The only major deviation from Eric's original plan was the replacement of the intended Flathead with a small-block, and then only because Alan intended to drive the coupe. A lot. "I've driven enough cars with Flatheads to know I don't want to set out cross-country on my own with one," he said. "I know guys do, but it's not for me." So the ol' sidevalve was ousted in favor of a 327 with Stromberg-style injection, supplied by Alan along with a T5 five-speed tranny.
At the time of purchase, roughly a month before this year's Grand National Roadster Show, the car consisted of little more than a body and chassis, with no detail work completed. "There was plenty of work to do to get it to the show, but it was the perfect place to showcase the new chassis," Eric said. Indeed it was, and the unfinished, bare metal coupe proved a big hit.
So what's so special about the chassis? Starting with a pair of regular '32 'rails, Pinkee's sectioned them, taking their overall height down from 6 inches to 4 1/2. This obviously lowered the car by 1 1/2 inches but also visually slimmed the 'rails, combining the slimmer look of Model A 'rails with the design feature of the '32 swage line and the '32's slight kick-up at the firewall, exaggerated here, again helping to lower the car. The 'rails were shortened in the rear and a Model A crossmember was added in front of the axle, enabling the rearend to sit higher in the car, once again getting the chassis closer to the ground.
The crew at Pinkee's went further still, and lopped off the front frame horns, boxing the 'rails and radiusing the forward ends before adding the front crossmember, now a curved affair that sits under the POSIES transverse spring, the latter clamped to the crossmember by way of a hand-fabbed suicide perch and clamps. That spring mounts to the split wishbones just aft of the dropped I-beam with more one-off perches. The whole setup is so low that the steering tie rod actually passes over the wishbones and chassis rails. All very clean, neat and tidy; the kind of workmanship Pinkee's has become known for. The wheelbase has also been stretched to "where it looked right." "I'd be lying if I said I knew by how much," Eric laughed.
In fact, the concept of the coupe seems to be to combine traditional elements-bias-plies, dropped I-beam, split wishbones, and early brakes, to name a few-with Pinkee's signature attention to detail and innovative twists on established building techniques. Take the rearend for instance. As with a previous masterpiece to come out of this shop (Royce Glader's roadster pick-up), it uses a Dutchman quick-change and POSIES quarter elliptical springs, but this time instead of using the springs as the lower arms in a four-link arrangement, they are used in conjunction with split wishbones, eliminating the need for top arms. Unlike Royce's car, though, the coupe will feature a full floorpan in the rear, with plenty of rivets and button head bolts, a theme that will also run through the interior, with riveted aircraft seats and aluminum paneling. "It'll be bare bones with weathered brown leather seat cushions, and that's about it," Eric said.
But all that's a ways off right now, as there's still plenty of fabrication to be taken care of before the finished car can debut later this year, not least of which being steering and a pedal assembly. "It'll have scratch-built hanging pedals, most likely using a modern Wilwood master cylinder hidden up under the cowl, with Schroeder-style steering," Eric said. "Except a Schroeder 'box is too fast for the street, so we'll probably use a reversed Vega or F-100 'box, with the Pitman arm coming out through the side of the cowl."
While talking with Eric about the coupe, we had to ask if he regretted selling it. "Oh yes, I seriously regret selling it, but I own a hot rod shop, I've got no time to own a car myself! I would like to stress how grateful I am to Alan for letting us run with it though," he said. Alan knows what he wants and has clear ideas on how a hot rod should look, but still admits, "I'm not talented enough to build 'em myself. I just watch in awe as they do what they do." Sounds like the perfect builder/customer relationship to us.
Rod & Custom Feature Car
Alan Cape
Cuba, Missouri
1930 Model A coupe
This car was built to showcase the new sectioned '32 'rails from Pinkee's Rod Shop, and it does admirably. A dropped Chassis Engineering I-beam is hung suicide-style on split 'bones from a trick arched crossmember, while a Model A rear crossmember ties the main 'rails together in front of the axle. A Dutchman quick-change and early Ford bells are located on split 'bones and adjustable-height quarter elliptical springs.
Alan supplied Pinkee's Rod Shop with a 327 Chevy to replace the Flathead originally slated to go in the coupe. Fuel injection is the induction method of choice, but with the appearance of six Strombergs. The traditional theme continues with a one-off engine mount at the front of the motor, and though there's a stick shift behind the 327, it's a T5 five-speed with an S-10 tailshaft. A Dutchman quick-change brings up the rear, with '40 Ford brakes at each corner.
Wheels & Tires
The coupe currently rolls on 16-inch Ford steelies with Merc 'caps and no trim rings, 4 1/2 inches wide in front with 4.50x16 Firestones, and five inches wide out back with matching 7.50 'Stones. However, whether they'll stay black on the finished car is another matter.
Body & Paint
Obviously there's no paint on the coupe at present, though Alan is leaning heavily toward a factory blue/gray color that he fell in love with on a '54 Effie he just sold. Pinkee's executed the3 1/2-inch top chop and recessed firewall, though the majority of sheetmetal work is under the car in the floorpan, which has been replaced entirely. There has also been some heavy modification to the subrails in the rear. A pinched '32 grille will eventually sit at the sharp end.
Again, there's not much to see at present, though aircraft seats and weathered brown leather cushions form part of the plan, along with riveted aluminum panels. A Bell-style four-spoke 'wheel will connect to a Schroeder-type 'box and Classic Instruments gauges will replace the temporary orange units in there now.


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The office coordinates academic support services, advocates for students with disabilities and promotes student development and self-advocacy while serving as a resource on disability awareness and accommodations.
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Grimm Actress Bree Turner Eats "Protein Infused Bread," Loves La Scala's Chopped Salad
"My friend got me hooked on these raw almonds from Whole Foods...and I basically nosh on them all day."
"My friend got me hooked on these raw almonds from Whole Foods...and I basically nosh on them all day."
"I'm a straight up beaner, man. I like beans in all forms."
"One of the true dirty secrets in this business is that people like me end up eating a lot of bagels in talk show green rooms."
"I try to do no carbs, no dairy, and no sugar...to compete in the music industry with all those nineteen-year-olds."
"90% of my diet probably comes from Trader Joes."
"My diet is still a lot healthier than when I was in school...I'd eat everything I made. I'd also eat what my classmates made."
"We haven't had turkey for many years now, but that's a long story."
"It's a tricky thing, the pre-striptease-show meal."
"I stopped at Chick-fil-A. Yeah, controversial, I know. When I'm traveling, I crave things I don't normally eat."
"I've never really been into salads. I grew up on fast food, but I'm 36 now, and it doesn't make me feel so good anymore."
"You're talking to an ex-meth head, so I need something to really jolt me awake."
"I came home and fell into the deepest, darkest carb hole, slept, and woke up in a pool of drool. I crashed so hard."
"Now that I think about it, I had pies three days this week! I really do have a problem with pie."
"It was a pretty awesome night until my friend's cooler fell on me and I was soaked to the bone...I looked like I needed Depends."
"I thought I'd kill the guys at the studio with my garlic breath!"
"I was attempting a little bit of a detox day, but it wasn't entirely successful. I always wake up with the best intentions."
"We were spoiled for lunch with lobster tail and steak on the grill, avocado salad, and watermelon for dessert."
"I'm not a hater, I eat SPAM."
"Last year, we had dinner around the same time and no one recognized us. This time, at least five different groups walked up to say how much they loved the show."
"I try to eat somewhat healthy during the week, but on the weekends I just eat what I want to eat, all day long."


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In Vitali's Lemma it uses outer measure rather than measure. What are some results that depend on it this theorem applying to sets with only outer measure rather than measurable sets?
Vitali's Lemma: Let $E$ be a set of finite outer measure and $G$ a collection of intervals that cover $E$ in the sense of Vitali. Then given $\varepsilon> 0$ there is a finite disjoint collection of intervals in $G$ such that $m^*(E - \bigcup_{n=1}^N I_n) < \varepsilon$.
I'm trying to learn this theorem and I keep replacing "outer measure" with "measure" and I want a reason to stop doing that.


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Mailing List
Next Meeting
- Bertsekas and Tsitsiklis Chapter 3 - Continuous Random Variables
- When: Tuesday (12/7) 7:30 to 8:45pm
- Where: Noisebridge (2169 Mission St.) - the computer room (turing classroom)
List of Problems
List of Problems (on Google Docs) - anyone who has this link can edit/add problems.
These are problems that 1 or more people thought were interesting enough to try solving.
Each problem should include:
- the problem (or pointer to the problem)
- names of people who've worked through the problem
- (optional) what concepts are required for the solution (eg. conditional independence, continuous random variables, etc.)
A probability study group was proposed on the noisebridge-discuss list and cc'ed to the Machine Learning mailing list.
The goal is to go through the stuff covered in the 7 chapters of Fundamentals of Applied Probability Theory. We were originally using that book, but decided to switch to the Bertsekas and Tsitsiklis book (see resources) which covers the same topics, and to the problems/solutions posted under MIT OCW Course 6.041.
Approximate meeting format:
- 30-45 min - a volunteer presents the material in the chapter
- 30-45 min - people discuss, solve problems, go over solutions
- Introduction to Probability by Bertsekas and Tsitsiklis - this is the book we are now using (see mailing list for pdf).
- MIT OCW - 6.041 / 6.431 Probabilistic Systems Analysis and Applied Probability - Spring 2006 - has problems, solutions, lecture notes, etc. covering the material in the above book.
- MIT OCW - 6.041 / 6.431 Probabilistic Systems Analysis and Applied Probability - Spring 2005 - this is an older version of the same course. No reason to use this anymore - just here so people know there are 2 versions of this course on OCW.
- Fundamentals of Applied Probability Theory by Al Drake (pdf) - written in 1967 and used for several decades to teach the above course. From the preface: "This is a first textbook in applied probability theory, assuming a background of one year of calculus."
- Fifty Challenging Problems by Frederick Mosteller (~ 15 of the problems are viewable in amazon's preview). Monte-carlo simulations of these: Josh Myer's blog
Past Meetings
- 11/30/2010 - discrete random variables - chapter 2 of Bertsekas & Tsitsiklis (slides).
- 11/23/2010 - did some problems covering chapter 1 (slides)
- 11/16/2010 - chapter 2. Recommended problems 2.04, 2.07, 2.11, 2.17, 2.26, 2.27, 2.28, 2.30 (slides)
- 11/09/2010 - chapter 1. Recommended problems 1.03, 1.08, 1.09, 1.12, 1.13, 1.21, 1.24, 1.30 (slides)
Statistical Computing
Teaching Volunteers
- Kai
- Mike S
- Ben W
- Sara N
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Annexation is the process which legally allows a city or town to expand its boundaries. It may be requested by citizens or initiated by the municipality. North Carolina state law recognizes that city-initiated annexations are necessary for the long-term growth and vitality of cities.
The state has established guidelines that define which areas may be annexed, among other things. To summarize:
According to the North Carolina League of Municipalities, annexation addresses the taxpayer inequity that results from those living just outside the city using city services such as city streets, city parks and public safety, without helping to pay for their upkeep. Annexation helps spread the cost of providing services to those living close to a city to people who benefit from them. Cities provide service and amenities such as transportation, public safety, recreation, economic development, shopping and jobs that benefit not only city taxpayers, but also those living outside the city.
Click here to see if your addresses is included in the Monkey Junction annexation area.
Questions about annexation?
Send an email to email@example.com
Frequently Asked Questions about the Monkey Junction annexation.
View the City's page on Annexation.
View the Monkey Junction Annexation Area Service Plan which details how the city plans to provide and finance services to the annexed area.
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View a map of the current city limits and annexation area.
View a close-up map of the annexation area.
View a map showing a breakdown of how land in the Monkey Junction area is used.
View a presentation on the annexation.
View the Resolution of Intent
View Resolution Attachment A: legal boundary description of annexation area.
View FAQs on annexation from the North Carolina League of Municipalities.
View the North Carolina General Statutes regarding annexation.


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Noise on roof definitely wasn't pigeons
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Faculty, staff, and students are assigned a University ID number and choose a username and password. Limited-access prospective student and guest accounts are also available for eligible University affiliates and campus visitors. MySanDiego accounts provide credentials that allow authorized users to gain access to various computing resources and services - for example, access to the University MySanDiego portal, USD Secure Wi_Fi, Blackboard LMS, etc.
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FNA Biopsy (Fine Needle Aspiration)
Last Modified: January 24, 2012
What is an FNA?
Christine Hill-Kayser, MD, Radiation Oncologist, responds:
This stands for fine needle aspiration. This is a biopsy method during which a large needle is used to withdraw fluid and cells. The cells are then examined under a microscope to assess whether a cancer is present.
This question and answer was part of the OncoLink Brown Bag Chat Series. View the entire Interpreting Test Results transcript.
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Arizona man fatally shoots father, turns gun on himself in apparent murder-suicide
WILLCOX, AZ - Authorities say a man fatally shot his father and then turned the gun on himself in a murder-suicide in southern Arizona.
The Cochise County Sheriff's Office says the 36-year-old man came to his father's home about 15 miles south of Willcox around midday Saturday to pick up belongings and shot his 62-year-old father several times as he sat at a desk.
Sheriff's office spokeswoman Carol Capas says investigators haven't yet established a definitive motive for the shooting.
The 36-year-old man's stepmother fled from the home and called authorities. She wasn't injured in the shooting.
Authorities say the son was later located inside the home with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The names of the men who died haven't yet been released.