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Barcelona's Javier Mascherano took a step closer to a return to full fitness on Thursday after making his comeback in a practice match.
The Argentina international has been sidelined since suffering a hamstring injury against Real Sociedad on September 24th, but made a welcome return to action with an appearance in a behind-closed-doors clash against third-tier outfit Sant Andreu.
Mascherano was part of a young side featuring several Barca B players, with the midfielder completing a 45-minute run out as he stepped up his recovery.
The Catalan giants went on to win the game 4-1 courtesy of goals from Pol Calvet, Munir El Haddadi Mohamed, Denis Suarez and Carles Planas.
However, there was no place in the side for Jordi Alba, Isaac Cuenca or Lionel Messi - as the trio continued to be absent from first-team duties due to their own injury problems.
Messi was withdrawn from the Argentina squad earlier this week and is expected to be sidelined for another fortnight with a hamstring injury.
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|Klopp: No more unwanted players at Liverpool
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|Leicester can replace Kante - Ranieri
|Lazio complete Wallace signing
|Gueye set to join Everton, confirms Di Matteo
|Tuchel: Transfer market has gone cash crazy
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I don't know how to draw this by LaTeX.
Just for fun with PSTricks.
The first diagram:
The construction steps are summarized as follows,
The second diagram:
The construction steps are summarized as follows,
The last diagram:
It will benefit you more if you read the
I assume that you have some knowledge of LaTeX. If you don't, then, on this site, you may start with What is the best book to start learning LaTeX?.
Let's start with some
We will use your first figure in this demonstration. We can assign coordinates by using the
Notice that if you try to compile your document, no figure will appear. Don't worry, you have just assigned the coordinates but you have not done anything to tell
You can now draw a segment connecting
or alternatively, you can write
and you get the following figure.
To draw the labels, you have to use the
which gives you
Here is the polygon with labels.
We can determine the intersection with
To add the shading we write
Putting it all together we have:
We can shorten the code by using
For this type of diagram you really need to consider what the goal is. How much flexibility do you want to have:
Questions like this will have an effect on the final solution. But before you can even begin to think about adding flexibility you need to be able to draw one of them. Here I have used fixed points so that this is easier to follow, but once you understand how this works, you can come up with an algorithm to automate this further perhaps generating the locations of the points.
Use any of these two examples as a basis, provided by TeXample:
http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/polygon-division/ (Eric Détrez)
http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/cn4-points-of-intersection/ (Hugues Vermeiren)

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I need to edit a HD video file. I will need to zoom, pan and insert text. Also, I will need to insert small video clips into the main file (eg. zoom to a black TV screen and insert video to that TV screen).
The software can not be complex/difficult to learn (eg. After Effects/Premiere/Vegas) as I do not have much time to complete the project. However, it should be capable, unlike Movie Maker, and run on Windows 7.
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I recently added an older blog to my Google Reader (it doesn't have any posts within the last year). Because of this all posts show as "read". So, if I browse by viewing "all items", all the posts show. But because they are all "read", I can't hide posts from the view by marking them as "read".
Ideally I would like to be able to mark these old items as "unread" and have a shortcut to mark all of the items in this old feed as "unread".
I see that I can tag individual posts in the feed as "unread". And then I can browse the "unread" tag, and remove individual posts from the tag as I like. The big flaw with this, is that I have to manually mark each post as "unread".
How can I hide posts when everything in a feed is marked as "read"?


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February, 2013
The February issue of Health Care News reports the Department of Health and Human Services won't cut the states any slack when it comes to expanding enrollment in their Medicaid programs: Either they expand the way Obamacare wants them to--to reach everyone up to 133 percent of the Federal Poverty Level--or they don't expand at all.
Also in this issue:
- A for-profit publishing firm has won an injunction against the Obama administration's implementation of the contraception mandate, making it likely the matter will come before the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Oklahoma, the most recent state to reject implementation of President Barack Obama's health care provisions on both Medicaid and the insurance exchange, is a hot spot for challenges to the law's future.
- Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is forced to choose a different path after his legislature rebuffed attempts to implement a state exchange.
- With Gov. John Kasich opting against a state exchange, Ohio small businesses may sue the federal government over the employer mandate.
- While Gov. Brian Sandoval proceeds with plans for a state exchange, restaurant owners in Nevada say they can't afford to keep the doors open.
- Gov. Jay Nixon and Sen. Claire McCaskill want to expand Missouri's Medicaid program, but the state legislature may not cooperate.
- The vaguely defined regulatory basis for Obamacare's medical device tax could also raise the cost of veterinary services.
Newspaper Articles in this Issue
Missouri Battlelines Drawn Over Medicaid Expansion– January 16, 2013
Analysis: Prominent Democrats Call for Medical Device Tax Repeal– January 15, 2013
Seven Reasons States Shouldn't Expand Medicaid– January 11, 2013
Without State Exchange, Ohio Small Businesses Have Standing to Sue IRS– January 10, 2013
Hobby Lobby Case Could Redefine Religious Liberty– January 8, 2013
Colorado Medicaid Expansion May Prove Costlier Than Expected– January 4, 2013
Michigan Legislature Decides Against State Obamacare Exchange– January 3, 2013
Oklahoma Refuses to Implement Obamacare Exchange, Delays Medicaid Decision– January 2, 2013
Dental Service Organizations: A Private-Sector Solution to a Public Health Problem– December 31, 2012
States Lack Power to Limit Abortion via Insurance Exchanges– December 28, 2012
Oklahoma Surgery Center Resists Third Party Payer Model– December 27, 2012
Nevada Restaurant Owners on Obamacare: 'We Can't Pay For This'– December 26, 2012
As States Consider Medicaid Expansion, Obama Administration Limits Options– December 24, 2012
Beware 'Grand Bargain' that Promises to Cut Spending in Return for Higher Taxes– December 21, 2012
Obamacare Device Tax Could Hit Pet Owners– December 20, 2012
Publisher Wins Injunction Against Obamacare as Religious Liberty Battle Escalates– December 19, 2012
Newly Elected Gov. Pence Unlikely to Implement Obamacare Exchange– December 18, 2012


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UMX zoning allows a mix of uses (residential, retail, commercial, etc…) and encourages development that is compatible with the unique, urban context of the area. Compared to traditional zoning districts, which focus on the permitted uses of a property, UMX places more emphasis on how the building looks and how the design fits in with the neighborhood. It encourages the revitalization of viable historic buildings when possible (redevelopment) and new buildings that fit the historic character of these neighborhoods (infill development). UMX characteristics include locating buildings close to the sidewalk, encouraging pedestrian activity with the use of street-level facades, and promoting density by encouraging multiple story buildings and eliminating the requirement for off-street parking spaces. Some high profile parcels that have been rezoned are prime for redevelopment. These include the former Coca‐Cola bottling facility at 10th and Princess streets, the former Rippy automotive repair center at Market and 10th streets, the parcels that serve as the gateways into the city, such as the auto sales lot on S. 3rd Street near the Memorial Bridge, and many others.
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The 12 Most Ridiculous Celebrity Self-Portraits
Because human beings like nothing more than their own stupid faces, self-portraiture has been an enduring form of artistic expression since basically the beginning of time (the Biblical Adam could, in fact, be considered the first self-portrait).
Popularized by the Renaissance masters, the art of rendering one's own image on canvas is still going strong -- even in this era of the much more elegant iPhone mirror pic. As with everything else, celebrities do self-portraits better than us laypeople. Or at least they do them much, much weirder.
#12. Pierce Brosnan
Something between Bruce Willis in Die Hard 3 and McBain from The Simpsons is what Pierce Brosnan sees whenever he looks in the mirror.
I bet you looked at this portrait of Pierce and immediately picked out its best part. And I bet you think it's the blue car in the background exploding into a Michael Bay of flames (that's the collective noun for that, FYI). Or maybe you're partial to that sad-face-emoticon mustache, or those badass shades that came free with the family-sized bag of sunflower seeds at 7-Eleven. Perhaps your favorite part is even Mr. Brosnan's magenta pixie cut -- "Hairline be damned," says Pierce. "I will let my inner Kelly Osbourne run free!"
But you're wrong. The best part of this painting is its intricately rendered chest hair, a detail that lets us know that although Pierce took liberties with skin color, hair color and realism in general, he isn't cutting any corners where his masculinity is concerned. No sir: Those loopy black hairs promise us that had Pierce decided on a full-body portrait, he would have made his penis a python.
#11. Marilyn Manson
Well, now we know what Marilyn Manson looks like in his birthday suit. Before the lipstick comes out and the monster-eye contacts go in and the bucket of baby powder gets dumped from the ceiling, Carrie-style, Marilyn Manson is nothing but a skinny, almost innocent-looking homunculus.
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#10. David Bowie
In addition to showcasing impressive technical skill, this painting also proves that David Bowie has a pretty decent sense of humor. No ordinary idealized self-portrait, the image above is a reference to an incident that occurred at a Norwegian concert in 2004, when someone in the crowd threw a lollipop at the singer. The sucker hit Bowie smack-dab in the eye, lodging itself in between his eyeball and his socket.
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Criminal Minds actor Matthew Gray Gubler is exceedingly handsome.
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I have to wonder if Rosie O'Donnell is using papier-mache as a metaphor here. Something about the many masks an American celebrity must wear just to get through the day unscathed. Which layer of Rosie is the real layer of Rosie?
Anyway, shut up, Rosie O'Donnell.
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Inside Ronnie Wood is a smaller Ronnie Wood, and inside that Ronnie Wood is an even smaller Ronnie Wood. The smallest Ronnie Wood has a tattoo of the first Ronnie Wood, and all the Ronnies live in an airbrushed Astro van that plays the obscene version of "Start Me Up" on a loop.
The Rolling Stones' guitar player is responsible for a ton of portraits of famous rock 'n' rollers (Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix), but none are quite as poetic as this one he painted of himself. When he set brush to canvas on his self-portrait, it's like he was begging to one day see this design on an overpriced T-shirt you can buy on a boardwalk somewhere. (It's a very special kind of immortality.)


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Get set up for mason bees or other solitary bees now.
This is the season to get all straightened out for the spring season. If you have to pull tubes or straws now is a good time to do it. If you need to order reeds or starter kits there is no time to waste as the season will be here before you know it. This is also a great time to replace the tubes in your nest blocks.
If this is your first season then you should read this section to get ready. We have a complete line of books available on the solitary bees and other native pollinators.
If you have ever considered hosting Mason Bees, Hornfaced Bees, Alfalfa Leafcutter Bees, or any other Solitary Bees then check out our page on mason bees.
We always use this time in mid winter to swap out the tubes full of cocoons with fresh parchment paper and store the bees in a box that will be used in the spring as a release box. View care instructions here. Lots of folks like to open the tubes, then inspect, and clean the cocoons. I do not do that; I like to leave them undisturbed in the parchment paper tubes until they emerge. If you are inspecting and cleaning then that should be done in late summer or early fall.
We have really enjoyed keeping the mason bees; they are so easy. I can't think of a better project to do with your children (or children with your parents) than raising solitary bees. One becomes so much more connected with the earth when one follows the actions of the bee. You quickly learn to recognize the bees out and about. You can watch what direction they go. You can see the pollen under their belly. And unlike honeybees you can observe the mating. You get to watch predatory wasps agitating your bees or in time you will be able to differentiate between the mason and the cuckoo bee that is trying to lay eggs in the mason bee nest. I can't imagine that when the fascination of what they are doing sets in, that one would not develop a better understanding of the beauty of nature.
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I have installed an 8GB SD memory card in my Sony Xperia Tipo, but the memory card is not being recognized. Has anyone else had this problem with the Sony Xperia Tipo? If so, how did you solve it?
sony unfortunately divided the phone into two drives BEFORE the microsd slot. So the internal drive and the sd drive are already assigned. the external card then formats itself as "ext_card" on the root folder.
i managed to redirect some folders from the internal to the external card via the program "directory bind" (search for it on google, it is not available on the play store). for this to work you need a ROOTED phone. the phone is fairly easy to root via a script (windows). you need to install adb drivers first (if you install sony compagnion, this will install the adb drivers and you have to enable usb debug mode on your tipo before you run the script to root your tipo).
overall this is a little complicated, so i advise you to be an expert user to try this, especially the configuration of "directory bind" is tricky. it would be best if sony "bundled both cards that are installed on the device internally to be just one and then the microsdcard slot would work as desired and could be used to install programs and other stuff much easier.
links: directory bind: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262 root tool for tipo: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460
I have the same phone, I didn't have any problems.
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I can't seem to find exactly what I'm looking for. We're trying to build an app to run solely on a Facebook Page. We want to show a landing page if they don't Like the page, and the contest entry form if they do. This functionality works.
Before showing the contest entry form, we'd like to authenticate the user viewing the app so that they can just hit "Enter the contest!" and we can automatically pull a name/email address.
Any of the methods of authentication I've seen described, including through the Facebook Developer docs, don't work at all.
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Hello, welcome. You may remember me from such careers as....oh what? It appears last year's career has been purged. Taken against it's will (allegedly). Anyway, I once had a good career that I documented here okay?
Where to begin...I've spent most of FM12 seeing to the big European nation small club to big club challenge. If you're at all interested in my Novese file (which went on to Champions League victory no less) you can find it here.
Now, onto more pressing matters. This is a career I hoped to get underway last year but never got round to. It had endured countless discussions with Crouchaldinho but sadly never came to fruition because of various commitments.
This time however, I'm taking the plunge!
The plan?
Based on Jonathan Wilson's book Behind the Curtain I will embark on an escapade around the Eastern European nations. Therefore I have loaded the following leagues:
Belarus | Bulgaria | Croatia | Czech Rep. | Hungary | Poland | Romania | Russia | Serbia | Slovakia | Slovenia | Ukraine |
To provide a source of crap south American's to the database I've also added:
Brazil | Argentina | Mexico
I may add some more leagues as I progress but the plan is to remain in eastern Europe. Hopefully I'll be able to create one of the great dynasties, much like Valeriy Lobanovsky's Dynamo Kiev. Because that's the beauty of eastern European football. As fractious as the nationhood is, there has always been enduring tales from truly unlikely places.
I hope to create the next in the list.
My setup:
Start Date: June 2011
Manager Name: Alexander Romantsev
Manager Nationality: Lithuanian
Manager Reputation: Sunday League footballer
Attribute masking is on
Starting unemployed
My rules
As ever, I will play this game as realistically as possible. So if a genuinely fantastic managerial offer comes in, I'll take it. I won't deliberately plunge my team into hideous debt just for the sake of signing the 'next whoever'. I will attempt to manage in all 12 nations along the way but will begin with the lowest reputation possible.
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How a noise complaint shut down Ventura's long-awaited summer concert series
By Shane Cohn 06/27/2013
Bring lawyers, guns and money.
Bring mama a new pair of shoes.
It still won't be enough to bring an ocean-view, outdoor summer concert series to Downtown Ventura in 2013.
Maybe next year.
Maybe never.
For the second year in a row, a 12-show, three-month summer concert series in the vacant parking lot above Ventura City Hall has been postponed.
Last year, the series — expected to generate an estimated $1.5 million for the local economy — was postponed because the city and live entertainment producer Nederlander Concerts, in partnership with Ventura business owner and music manager Mark Hartley, couldn't reach an agreement about parking and other environmental and safety issues in time to adequately promote the series. The series, the promoters said, would bring national acts akin to the artists booked by Nederlander at the Santa Barbara Bowl.
With Council approval and the details finally ironed out a year later, a lawsuit filed this month by the Bella Maggiore Inn — a downtown bed and breakfast — against both the city and Cafe Fiore — a downtown bar and restaurant across the street from the Inn — on the grounds of excessive noise causing economic harm and disturbance to guests has caused the city and the promoter to pull the plug on the concert series.
"We're going to take a fresh look at the noise standard and make another go of it in 2014," said Community Development Director Jeff Lambert. He said there haven't been any changes to municipal code in regards to the noise ordinance, but the pending Bella Maggiore lawsuit was enough to give the promoters cold feet about going forward with the concerts.
Securing major artists for a venue of this caliber, Lambert said, requires the promoters to pay hefty booking fees months in advance. "If there is a complaint that turns into a lawsuit or a court order to stop the process, all that money is at risk," said Lambert.
Hartley couldn't be reached to comment before deadline.
The Bella Maggiore is seeking $52,522 for loss of past earnings, and additional daily damages until the nuisance is abated in the amount of $52.35. The suit claims Cafe Fiore has been playing music past 10 p.m. that exceeds permitted noise levels, and the cafe is violating its dance and entertainment permit because music and noise "shall not interfere with the persons dwelling or conducting business in the vicinity of the permitted premises so as to deprive them of reasonable enjoyment of their property."
"We are in the process of preparing an application for a temporary restraining order and a request for a preliminary injunction processed against Cafe Fiore, not allowing them to play music past 10 p.m.," said James Devine, the attorney representing Bella Maggiore.
The city is lumped into the lawsuit because it owns the Cafe Fiore outdoor patio, which is leased by the restaurant. The city, the lawsuit alleges, has done nothing to abate the nuisance, though there have been numerous complaints made to the Ventura Police Department by the Bella Maggiore.
Per its agreement with the city, the shows for the concert series would end by 10 p.m. and be in full compliance with the city's noise ordinance. Noise, the city has learned, is not a black and white issue.
But there is plenty of static.
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I can't believe they are blaming their lack of business on noise & night life. Maybe if they invested in a website and had an online presence that allowed potential guests to see room rates & availability they wouldn't be having "economic harm". Time to move their marketing efforts into the 21st century.
So a B&B used the City's own noise ordnance against them. BWAHAHAH!!! How's it feel Ventura?
Ventura already has several places for concerts. We decided to live near downtown and we already accept the fact that we often have to hear sh*tty bar bands and race cars late into the evening. However, the promotors of this idea are talking about putting on a concert (with acts like they have in Santa Barbara?) in a parking lot directly against the last downtown wild hillside where people with young children are living. The Botanic Garden hiking trail has already caused an increase in traffic and a litter while reducing wildlife (trust me, less deer, bobcat and fox since the trail opened). Plus, you're talking about a huge increase in traffic/parking/drinking/etc. in a place that was not designed for it. It's a terrible idea to have a concert here and I hate to be the old party popper (I'm not that old and I love live music), but we will definitely file complaints about noise as we do not want a concert in our backyard. Sorry. Go to the fairgrounds, the Majestic, etc. there are already places to play if a good promotor brings in the right acts.
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We've just bought a whopping great log burner, and so our thoughts have turned to keeping it fed over the winter. I've plenty of ash trees, some beech, and an old sycamore that over the last couple of years have provided logs, but they're scattered around the garden slowly rotting.
Before they become completely unusable I'd like to dry them (and the good logs) out under cover. I've space down at the bottom of our property that's sheltered under trees so I'm going to build a wood store there and over-winter logs for next autumn.
I don't want to make a drama of this and make something elegant and beautiful, not least as the space I've in mind is tucked away in a copse and therefore invisible! So I was just going to get some treated 3x3 fence posts, some pre-built fence panels, and roof over with ply and roofing felt. I'll most likely create a raised "floor" of longish bits of old timber propped up on old bricks. The front will be left open and I'll most likely leave the rear apex of the roof open too so everything can breathe but is dry.
Would this work? Any suggestions, in particular for making sure the edifice is properly fixed to the ground?


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The department has an excellent set of facilities for introductory courses, intermediate courses, and student research. The department strives for an environment that fosters a community of students and faculty working together.
Computer Classrooms
The department maintains two high-tech Windows classrooms with computers for each student, and an audio-visual system that allows the instructor to project each student's display for the entire class. This supports collaborative learning and discussion. One classroom is configured for closed labs where two students work together on a problem set, and the instructor assists with problems. Both classrooms support active learning with the student engaged in doing, not merely listening.
24/7 Computer Labs
First-year students have 24 hour access to the Windows lab described above. Upperclass students have access to that lab and a Linux lab with powerful workstations and dual 24-inch monitors. Both labs have a discussion area with a large wall monitor so students can collaborate on group projects. The labs provide a good social setting for students so they know where to find classmates as they work on class projects.
The upperclass lab is based on Ubuntu Linux because it is a powerful programming development environment, and prepares students for graduate and professional work. The Linux lab is supported by substantial file, web, and compute servers that supply additional resources and power.
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5 Popular Forms of Charity (That Aren't Helping)
#2. Earmarking Your Donations
What You Think You Do
Similar to choosing charities with low overheads, earmarking your donation ensures that your money goes to something important, as it specifies that it has to be spent on a particular project.
Why You Shouldn't Do It
Charity funding tends to be a lot like high school -- the cool kids get all the attention, while the nerdy ones are left to their own devices.
"Displaced Tornado Victims? Oh, he's over there, but trust us, you don't want to talk to him."
In the charity world, this means that some projects are considered sexier than others. It makes sense, really: Telling people that you funded a hospital makes you look like a better person than saying you contributed to a sewage system for a goat farm.
When you combine this bias with the ability to earmark your donations, what you get is a massive imbalance in funding that leads to some serious bureaucratic absurdities. In the wake of the 2004 tsunami, aid agencies received so many donations earmarked for housing people who'd lost their homes that they ended up building mini-mansions for many of them, just to get rid of all that excess cash they literally couldn't spend on anything else.
"Sorry, we're all out of the money earmarked for food and medical care. Would an extra three bathrooms help?"
Even the most innocent-seeming and vague earmarks -- like saying your money should go to orphanages or tsunami victims -- can cause problems due to their restrictive nature. In Indonesia, charities could only help areas that had literally been hit by the tsunami. People further inland were poorer, and the chaos left them in desperate need of aid, but since they didn't get wet, the charities couldn't do anything for them.
Hell, specifying a country is too much. Take the earthquake that struck Japan in 2011. While it was truly an awful tragedy, Japan is a wealthy country that is extremely well-versed in recovering from whatever geography throws at it. However, due to the dramatic nature of the disaster, the outpouring of aid from around the world was so amazing that Japan got way more than it needed. And thanks to earmarking, instead of using the surplus donations to help other countries in need or prepare for the next disaster, charities were stuck spending it in the Land of the Rising Sun ... despite the fact that Japan stated multiple times that they didn't need or even want our help.
"We really do appreciate the thought. Now, please fuck off."
#1. Volunteering After Disasters
What You Think You Do
Correctly done, donating money after a disaster is a great way to help. But you know what would be even greater? Volunteering your time, that's what! The aftermath of a disaster tends to leave the area in severe need of much heavy lifting -- helping the affected people, rebuilding the destroyed area, that sort of thing. For that, they need fearless manpower. They need you, goddamnit!
So you travel to the affected country and valiantly offer your services, completely disregarding all personal danger and discomfort. What on earth could be a better way to help?
"That homeless lady I saw is going to appreciate this so hard."
Why You Shouldn't Do It
Honestly? Pretty much anything.
Because you suck.
Seriously, you do -- at least when it comes to volunteer work.
"You guys should crash up here, it's way comfier than those huts you used to have."
Most unsolicited volunteers don't have any training, and while good intentions are nice, if you can't tell your ass from a screwdriver, you won't be building hospitals anytime soon.
Even if you somehow know what you're doing, chances are you probably won't speak the language or know the local customs. The first time you ask for directions to the bathroom, you might accidentally insult somebody's ancestors and start a blood feud. That's why even doctors are told not to head overseas except in strictly controlled conditions -- charity workers who are familiar with the area tend to get stuck babysitting them when they should be doing their jobs. If the guys with Ph.D.s are getting in the way, how much use do you think your art history degree will be?
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"Alright, who needs me to sort their Picassos by period?"
We tend to think of disaster victims as huddled masses, waiting for the developed world to swoop in to the rescue like we're the Batman to their Gotham City. Part of it is the media -- as we all know, tragedy makes for better ratings. However, people actually donate more money when victims are portrayed as helpless, so at least that particular cloud has a silver lining.
The real culprit is our illusion of superiority. Be honest, now -- isn't it a little arrogant to assume that people in the developing world are so incompetent that you and your vague memories of high school shop class are going to make a difference in their lives?
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"That's called a 'saw.' We use it to cut wood. Are you with me so far?"
There are going to be plenty of survivors who know how to get shit done, and they're damn well not going to sit on their thumbs while their community suffers. Not only are they more than willing to work, they'll be way more motivated than some guy who popped down for spring break.
The real problem after a disaster is never the shortage of manpower; it's the shortage of resources. Food, water, materials, copies of Diablo III ... these are what a community needs to rebuild, and it's hard to fight that shortage when you have a small army of volunteers consuming what little is available.
"We're here! When do we eat?"
If you volunteer overseas, you might help build a few houses, but you'll also be tearing through a lot of food and water. Food and water, you know, that could have gone to someone who doesn't have the option of staying home and chugging Mountain Dew.
So why not do just that and donate the price of those plane tickets to charity? Literally everyone wins.
You can read more from Mark at Zug and McSweeney's Internet Tendency.
For more ways we're screwing everything up, check out 5 Government Programs That Backfired Horrifically and 5 Government Programs That Backfired Horrifically.
And guess what? We've made donating to charity super easy, also. Just click here, donate and we'll handle the rest.


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Generally digital signature is a public key cryptography concept.But it needs high overhead. So is there any publication or link available where 'digital signature using symmetric key' has been explained? Can one generate an algorithm combining the public key and private key of RSA algorithm to make it a symmetric key?
I have some thoughts about it. If two persons Alice and Bob are sharing secret symmetric key, which known only by them, then if Bob will send to Alice encrypted with key K, message M, it will be enough for proof that M was really created by Bob. Because only Bob knows secret key K, so only he could to encrypt message M with this key. Only one problem for Alice and Bob is how to share key K. So if this problem does not exist, than all public key cryptography would not be needed. But because all conversations between Alice and Bob can be modified by Man in the middle, they have no opportunity to exchange secret key K. And that is why they are using public key cryptography. Bob shared his public key and Alice can use it to proof is received message was created by him.
Regarding your question, you can use symmetric key K for proof that message was created by specific person(for example MAC), but for this you first need to share key. And for this you need to use public key or trusted Key distribution center(which is not as convenience as public key crypto).
You may be interested in reading up on the The TESLA Broadcast Authentication Protocol which uses the one-way key chain concept to achieve authentication.
The basic idea of the key chain is to hash a secret key value repeatedly and use the hashes or "keys" in the reverse order for authentication. A simple example would be for Alice to compute
and send this value securely to the Bob. Next, Alice disclose the value of
Since the hash function, H(.) is assumed to be one-way then any party with knowledge of the pre-image is assumed to be Alice.
The sender uses the most recent value from the one-way chain as a cryptographic key to compute a MAC. Each receiver can verify that the disclosed key is correct (using self-authentication and previously released keys). The authors state that any key of the key chain can serve as a key chain commitment and is similar to a public key of a digital signature


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I'm writing an One-Time Pad encryption program, because I got really interested in the idea of " encryption which has been proven to be impossible to crack if used correctly". I'm writing the program just for fun, as programming and cryptography is my hobby. Therefore, I don't expect the program to be used for highly vulnerable data. I just wonder how secure my program is, and what I can improve (considering that the hacker don't have any access to the key file).
The program starts off by:
- Make a list of 50 numbers from the mouse movement coordinates at the start of the program.
- The number list is then the seed to the ISAAC Random Number Generater (More info here)
- A key file is generated based on the size of the file to be encrypted. The Key file is generated from random numbers from the ISAAC Generator
- The File-To-Be-Encrypted and the generated Key File are XOR'ed and saved to a new file - The cipher file.
- (deciphering) Happens by XOR'ing the Key File and Cipher File, and you get the plain text file.


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6 Terrible Ideas That Science Says Will Save the Planet
Ridiculous times call for ridiculous measures. With catastrophe constantly threatening the planet from countless directions, every option is on the table.
Or is it? Because there are some pretty wacky damned schemes that have been invented by people who are otherwise considered geniuses. We're not qualified to say if these drastic measures would work or not. All we're saying is that if it comes down to any of these, we may already be screwed.
#6. Asteroid Coming? Aim that Bastard at Russia or Venezuela
It's estimated that cosmic boulders over 0.6 mile in diameter regularly hit Earth every 500,000 years or so, utterly obliterating all life around their impact sites and sending ripples of species-killing horror through the ecosystem. Worse, Hollywood's portrayal of just how we would stop one of these monsters seem fairly implausible.
"Now wait a minute," you might be saying ,"what's wrong with sticking a couple of nuclear warheads up the asteroid's ass and calling it a day?"
Aside from the obvious.
Unfortunately, according to the B612 Foundation, an atomic blast could easily fracture the asteroid, resulting in thousands of illegitimate baby asteroids bombarding the planet like global buckshot. Instead, the B612 scientific group--helmed by former astronaut Rusty Schweickart--wants to use some high-level scientific spells to gently bump or tow all dangerous space dirt away from us. The problem is that the aiming process would temporarily point it at places in the so called "risk corridor."
Also known as the "Fuck You Line."
Yes, they've proposed a path that would cause the least amount of damage, which the scientists admit is a real "fuck you" to the many millions of people that the plan requires to sit tight while they pass beneath the sites of a rapidly approaching asteroid. A hit along that Equator of Expendables, which includes Russia and Venezuela, might result in the least amount of damage (chances are you're not getting international approval without a few wars).
Schweickart presented the group's theories at the American Geophysical Union in December 2009, and his proposal will probably soon land in front of some UN delegates. Maybe they'll be able to decide who gets to take one for the team: the vast, empty plains of Siberia or the home-country of Stefania Fernandez.
Russia who now?
#5. Global Warming? Block the Sun!
The 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption in the Philippines was a big one, so big that the sulfur it launched into the stratosphere reflected enough solar radiation to cool the Earth by 0.5 degree Celsius. Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen says, hell, why not just do that and solve this global warming thing? He doesn't mean we should explode a bunch of volcanoes--we can replicate the process by seeding the heavens with sulfate particles and partially blocking out the Sun.
It totally worked in The Matrix!
Crutzen's "Albedo2 Enhancement Method" of bringing us closer to The Matrix's scorched sky scenario would be achieved by high-altitude balloons carrying artillery cannons that would release sulfur charges into the upper layers of the atmosphere.
Though hailed solely as a last resort, Crutzen claims this method could neutralize the effects of Global Warming in just six months and with his 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for studying the ozone layer, the man probably knows what he's talking about when he says Aerial Flatulence Canons are the key to the future of our planet. And we have to admit, it sounds less crazy than the competing proposal...
...to fill the sky with reflective mirrors.
British-born astronomer Roger Angel, in a plan he may possibly have stolen from a cartoon, wants to send an assload of mirrors into space and reflect the Sun's rays, thus cooling the globe.
Just like in Futurama!
For this solar restraining order to work, we would need to put 16 trillion(!) glass discs in orbit around us, covering a reflective area over 60,000 miles wide and blocking about two percent of Earth's sunshine. That's what it would take, according to Angel's calculations, to completely reverse Global Warming.
The biggest concern right now is how to get all these mirrors into space for cheap. He says the answer is as simple as it is fuckin' awesome: a gigantic railgun. There have been talks about building an electromagnetic "slingshot" up in the mountains to fire cargo beyond our atmosphere, and with the amount of stuff needed in orbit for Angel's plan to work, the railgun might turn out be the most cost (and badassness) effective option.
Then again, by his estimates the project would take 30 years and cost $4,000,000,000,000 to complete.
#4. Global Warming is Still Happening? Dump Iron Into the Ocean!
In another attempt at what seems like the reverse psychology of environmental science, oceanographic researchers are trying to combat pollution by "polluting" the oceans with iron, hoping to turn them into ginormous sponges for harmful gases.
Iron, though bountiful on the mainland, is a very rare commodity in the underwater kingdom, where entire gangs of fish probably hold bloody turf-wars to gain control over its supply. What the element actually does is act like some magical mixture of fertilizer, caffeine and comic book radiation, causing a rapid bloom in the ocean's plankton population.
Plankton eat CO2, and in ecosystems where the theory was tested scientists saw a 20 percent drop in CO2 and other gases' levels. So, by our math, on a worldwide scale it could clean up a fifth of our air pollution problem.
Though the long term effects of iron fertilization are not yet known, giant projects like this never, ever have unforeseen consequences. And after all, how hard would it be to just fish out all of those billions of tons of iron if we don't like the results?
"We'll be done by lunchtime, gents!"


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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
A Day at the Beach, Not Quite During Summertime
I'm not sure exactly what year it was, but it had to have been either 2000, 2001, or 2002. For biology class in high school we were going to do a project in pairs, and I was paired up with my friend J. The project had to be something at the beach – you had to have a research question, collect material to answer it at the beach, then analyze it at school. It was wintertime, or early spring, and while the day we were going to the beach was a dry one, it was still very cold and there was quite a bit of wind. And I had suggest looking at microscopic animals living in the sea water. So really, there wasn't anyone to blame for that day besides myself.
The plan was to collect a bucket full of water at different points in the ocean – one where the waves hit the beach, and then 4 more, each one about a meter further out into the ocean. I grew up near the ocean, we went every summer, and I'm a strong swimmer. Also, I love to swim, and didn't think it would be any trouble to gather the samples. In fact, I was looking forward to it. Of course, several people – including my parents, the biology teacher, and my friends – asked me if I was nuts, to go swimming so early in the year. Did I know how cold it was? I, of course, was a teenager and disinclined to listen. Besides, there's a tradition in the Netherlands called 'New Years Swim' where a lot of people take a dive into the ocean on January 1st. So there shouldn't be a problem, right?
On the day itself, I'd changed into my bathing suit at home and pulled on my jeans and a sweater on top of it. We met up at the beach and once again my teacher asked me if I was sure I wanted to do this. My friends had given up on asking by that time – can anyone say 'stubborn'? Anyway, I said I still wanted to do it, and so it was that with bucket in hand I made my way to the ocean in nothing but a bathing suit. Of course, it was a bit chilly with the wind, but hey, no problem! The first and second buckets weren't a big problem. For the first one I was only wet until my ankles, as we gathered a bucket full of water from the waterline, and the second one I got wet until my middle. The water was cold – colder than in the summertime – but actually not as cold as I'd expected. So far, so good.
The last three buckets required me to actually get wet all the way and swim. I don't know if anyone ever tried to swim in the ocean with a bucket filled with water – without getting anymore water in it! – but it's not as easy as it sounds. Still, I managed, and the swimming kept me warm. After that first shock of 'ah, cold', the water temperature didn't even bother me anymore.
That changed as soon as I got out of the water, though. I was wet, the temperature wasn't very high, and the wind made it even colder. Even though my friend J. was waiting with a towel so I could wrap myself up as soon as I'd brought in the last bucket, I was still shivering and very, very cold. While J. made sure the samples I'd taken were transferred and sealed into containers to take back to us, I was drying off and changing into clothes as fast as I could in one of the changing rooms that dotted the beach. But even dry and with clothes on, I was still cold. We went into one of the beachside cafés and I drank two cups of hot tea. It helped, a bit, but I will admit (now, after the fact, not then!) that I didn't get warm again until I got home and took a hot shower.
As for our research – well, it was a typical high school project. Of course we saw some differences in microscopic animals, but that was probably more due to chance than any actual difference. The distance of 5 meters near the shore is just too small to see any noticeable difference in microscopic animals. It was still interesting to see though, there's a lot of life in even a few drops of water. And while I'd seen microscopic fresh water animals through a microscope before, I hadn't ever seen salt water animals of the same scale. So that was fun. I don't remember what grade we got, other than that it was a passing grade.
Looking back, I was a bit crazy and probably courting hypothermia and getting ill (which didn't happen, by the way), but it sure was a lot of fun! Even though I like the beach at summertime more.
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Oh how daring you were, lol! What an adventure you had at the beach. It's a great story, JM, and I'm very glad you shared it with us in the COG.ReplyDelete
(You know what? I've just developed a chill and I've been sweating all day... your words convey the chilling scene too well, lol!)
BRRR, is right. When I was in high school we took a trip over Memorial Day to Lake Superior (our coldest of the great lakes).ReplyDelete
It was warm, we decided to take a few hours to enjoy the beach (which if I remember correctly was more stone and rocks than sand).
And, some of us went swimming.
I got in as far as my ankles!
Shivering. It's too bad you couldn't use plastic bags that you can seal instead of buckets! I have never done any winter swimming.ReplyDelete
Okay now I am officially cccccooled off! Carol lake Superior is cold in the summer. I can't imagine winter! J.M. I certainly hope you got an A, what adventure you had! Thank you for sharing !ReplyDelete
Brrr. You were brave! I laughed when you said you were "...a teenager and disinclined to listen." Great observation (and pretty much sums up the teenage years)!ReplyDelete


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No Mary Sues or Gary Stus please! Just follow the general RP rules set out in the forums and things should roll along pretty smoothly.
2. This RP is based on Arthurian legend. It would be great if you could base the majority of you characters on characters that are actually part of the original tales. Of course you can have OC's but the traditional characters are pretty interesting as well, so have a crack at playing a few of them. Oh, and feel free to include a web page or two on any existing characters in your character form.
3. Please don't be rude or offensive, we all have the right to inter prate characters the way we wish to. Abusing other players is not okay. Of we're all polite and friendly things will be much pleasanter as a whole.
4. Don't randomly take over other people's characters. It's not only confusing but a little irritating. If the person gives you permission then by all means go ahead, but make sure you tell everyone else that you have permission.
5. Yes, this RP may include a fair amount of violence and other such themes. Please be warned, it won't be a gore-fest but we'll need to include such themes for the storyline to make sense.
6. Have Fun!
Every legend has a beginning, the building blocks upon which characters grow, upon which good and evil are precariously balanced trying to obtain some form of stability. The first few events that allow us to understand why characters act the way they do, why they perform the deeds they perform, why they choose the path they will eventually follow. However in the midst of battle an bloodshed, triumph and tracery and romance and reconciliation we tend to forget these humble beginnings. However the beginning remains as one of the most important elements in any legend, not matter how mighty. With this in mind I welcome you to Camelot, a land like no other. It may not look the way you expect, but that's because our story is just starting, and no one knows exactly where it will end.
Uther Pendragon has ruled over Camelot for many years. He's a good king, seared and yet admired by his people. The law is enforced with an iron fist, criminals are punished harshly, the consequence for their crime often being death at the hands of one if the royal executioners. No one is exempt from the law, nobles and commoners alike. Although many people are none to fond of Uther no can deny that he is fair, that he is just. It is very rare that the king falters or loses his grim determination, except perhaps after the death of his wife. Even in this darker hour Uther managed to lead his people to victory, finishing a war with a neighboring kingdom that had lasted several years. Despite the ragged look of the town and the shaggy netting if forest that surrounds the city, Camelot's king stands tall, like the castle he directed be built in the center of the town. Thick stone turrets impale the skyline and several flags fly brave,y from flagpoles that extend past the roof. Guards stand watch from what seems like one hundred different positions. Uther's castle is his pride and as he often says as long as it is standing tall, so will his Kingdom.
Meanwhile hidden by the curving staircases and arched windows of this architectural masterpiece a new generation is finding it's footing in the social standings of it's kingdom, and with each other. This is the generation that will grow to become famous for romances, tragedies and betrayals like no other. Noble or peasant, rich or poor, the names of these children will become famous. However for now they remain at the very beginning of their story, alongside their city. The expectations, pressure and decisions that will fall on their shoulders did not just begin with the tales we know and love, even now as teenagers they must deal with death and misfortune. However every legend has it's heroes, just as every legend has it's villains, and these characters begin to emerge from the anonymity of their childhood lives they're pushed into a spotlight that will never fade. Even now evil threatens the kingdom and temptation never dies. It's your decision which side you will take? Will you choose good over evil or vice versa? Will you allow emotions to rule your decisions? Will you live by your heart or you head? Most importantly, are you prepared to fight for what you believe in?
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I need to change several habits but whenever I do something that is new to me, I get a little stressed. I used to have depressions and I know that CBT or cognitive behavioral therapy described in self-help books works for getting over extreme lethargy, but it doesn't seem to help me when the problem isn't really specific, and it also doesn't help within the immediate time frame because it's mostly a journal technique. I mean ultimately CBT will work, but it doesn't seem to work fast enough. Is there anything better?
That happens to everyone, including me. You need to understand one thing -- change is a part of life.
I am no expert either nor have I read any book on this topic however what I learnt from my experience is change should be slow. Any drastic change can cause problems sometimes. I substantiate this statement by giving you the example of an industry practice for adopting changes called
I quote from some website:
Now, time to apply this to your real life, the simple way.
Step 1. Identify what you need to change.
Here is a simple example:
Step 1. Allocate time for yourself to play games. (Say, 2 hours at the start)
I have been using this technique so far and works for me. Your thoughts on my answer are welcome :)
I'm no expert on this but I've been reading the book "Willpower" by Baumeister and Tierney. In this book the writers state that willpower is a limited resource. If you want to do things that rely on willpower, like changing habits, you should change only one thing at a time until it you've changed it into a new and good habit that you like. If you try to change multiple things at once you have a big chance that your willpower gets exhausted and that you'll fail to change any habit.
As for stress-reduction, personally I like to meditate on a daily basis. It helps me but if it will also work for you is an entirely different matter. My suggestion for you would be to try several things and see what works and doesn't work. Some examples of things you can try:
Basically anthing that will take your mind of your stress-inducing problem might do the trick.
Finally, if you are really this displeased with yourself you might want to ask a professional for help and/or tips.