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Cited: Crystal L. Walenciej, 32, 1329 Oak Grove Ave., no operator's license.
Arrested: Floyd O'Neill, 28, no address, criminal mischief, Tuesday.
Breaking and entering: A downtown business in the 200 block of Fifth Street was broken into early Monday. Three television sets and a Sony Play Station were taken.
Jefferson County
Arrested: Robin Thomas, 52, 369 township Road 227, Richmond, failure to appear, Monday.
Theft: A 2009 Polaris was stolen from the former FirstEnergy power plant in Toronto during the past several days.
Breaking and entering: A Bergholz woman reported someone entered her unlocked car and stole $90 from her purse Monday.
Vandalism: A Mingo Junction man reported someone damaged all of his vehicle tires Monday while it was parked in his mother's driveway.
Stolen: A Salineville man reported six transmissions were stolen from his property during the past two weeks.
Brooke County sheriff
Arrested: Michael A. Colley, 28, 27 Stillson Lane, Colliers, domestic assault, Sunday.
Arrested: Michael M. Lazabeck, 28, Apartment 3, 215 Commerce St., Wellsburg, petit larceny, Wednesday.
Arrested: Jerry L. McClelland Jr., 45, RD 1, Colliers, warrant for failure to pay child support, Wednesday.
Burglary: A home on Second Street in Beech Bottom was broken into and a jewelry box was taken. The crime was reported Tuesday.
Burglary: A trailer on McColl Road in Colliers was vandalized and the water was left running, Tuesday. Entry was gained through a rear window.
West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
Cited: Benjamin C. Acors, 27, 3340 Overbrook Drive, Weirton, no hunter education card; Darrell F. Burford Jr., 30, Charleston, hunting without a license and without permission; and Shane K. Cook, 36, Charleston, illegal possession of wildlife.


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I mean not performance wise, or hardware wise. Any good config PC will run them on VMs.
I mean functionality wise n experience wise.
Is one able to install and run Ubuntu linux applications just like normally in VMs as they would work in a separate boot installed ubuntu?
And how can one install and run linux apps in ubuntu on VMs ?
I mean like Compiz, Emerald, (linux versions of) - Utorrent, VLC, etc..etc.. on VM based Ubuntu.

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27 Dec 2012 1:32 AM #1
Browser Could not connect to local host
I just started learning how to work on sencha architect, and I'm following this tutorial http://docs.sencha.com/architect/2/#...st_desktop_app. It all seems easy, but I faced a problem. When I want to preview my project on the browser, the browsers give me a message that it could not connect to localhost, I tried other ports, 8080,9090.. nothing worked. What's the problem? Should I change the port being used from a certain location?
27 Dec 2012 9:33 AM #2
How to setup your local environments web server is outside the scope of architect but if you provide a little more information like OS and the steps you performed to setup that web server.... someone might chime in.
15 Apr 2014 9:06 AM #3
Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to localhost
I just downloaded Sencha Architect Version 3 onto Windows 8 and built a very simple application.
I then tried to run/preview it and got this error:
Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to localhost
Quite frankly, I expected it to at least run!
If I did the same with other vendors' products, they install a supporting tool such as WebMatrix and automatically configure the project to load and start.
Is this something you have considered?
Without being able to actually run the project, I am very, very unlikely to persevere with the trial.


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Yoshi's New Island release confirmed for March in EuropeWritten by: / / No Comments
North American 3DS owners will already know that Yoshi's New Island, the follow-up to the excellent SNES game, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, will be available and in stores on March 14th, but when can European fans get their hands on the charming platformer?
On the exact same day, as it turns out – Yoshi's New Island has today received a March 14th release date for Europe, the UK and South Africa, which means there's not long to go before we're once again tasked with saving Baby Luigi who has been "whisked away," giving the Yoshi clan and Baby Mario a new excuse to embark on grand adventures.
We've also been told that if you pre-order Yoshi's New Island at selected retailers, you'll get a Yoshi Egg Game Case which Nintendo says can store "copies of your favourite Nintendo 3DS games or another cherished small item."
Follow El33tonline's previous coverage of Yoshi's New Island and head on over here to see the latest trailers for the game.
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- Prostate Cancer Slideshow Pictures
- Medical Illustrations of the Prostate Image Collection
- Essential Screening Tests Every Man Needs Slideshow
- Patient Comments: Prostate Cancer - Symptoms
- Patient Comments: Prostate Cancer - Treatment
- Patient Comments: Prostate Cancer - Evaluation and Diagnosis
- Find a local Oncologist in your town
- Prostate cancer facts*
- What is prostate cancer?
- What are the risk factors for prostate cancer?
- How is prostate cancer diagnosed?
- Prostate cancer biopsy results
- The accuracy of the PSA test
- What are the symptoms of prostate cancer?
- What are the stages of prostate cancer?
- What is the prognosis for prostate cancer?
- What are the treatment options for prostate cancer?
- Watchful waiting
- Surgery
- Radiation therapy
- Cryotherapy
- Hormonal therapy
- Chemotherapy
- Immunotherapy
- Targeted therapy
- Bisphosphonates
- Monoclonal antibody therapy
- Radiopharmaceuticals
- Research techniques
- Complementary and alternative care approaches
- Prostate cancer prevention
Quick GuideProstate Cancer Symptoms, Treatment, and Survival Rates
Radiation therapy
Radiation therapy involves potentially curative treatment using machines that generate and administer controlled, invisible beams of energy known as radiation. This is called external beam radiation therapy (EBRT). It also can be done using radioactive sources, or seeds, implanted permanently, or higher energy sources placed temporarily into the body. This technique is called brachytherapy.
An X-ray machine uses a low energy radiation beam to take a picture of a portion of the body. Radiation therapy machines put out high energy beams that can be focused very precisely to deliver treatment to a site. The radiation does not "burn out" the cancer, but damages the cells' DNA, which causes the cancer cells to die. This process can take some time to occur after the radiation treatments have been given.
The radiation passes directly through the tissues in EBRT. Radiation treatment used today delivers very little energy to normal tissues. It just passes through. Most of the energy is able to be focused and delivered directly to the area of the prostate gland containing cancer. This process minimizes damage to healthy tissue.
EBRT can be administered in a variety of different ways including 3-D CRT, IMRT, and others. EBRT is classically administered in brief daily treatments, 5 days a week over several weeks. While the radiation does not remain in the body with this approach, the effect of the daily fractions is cumulative. Newer forms of EBRT using machines called CyberKnife may be completed in shorter periods of time.
Radiation therapy to the prostate gland by external beam technique may cause fatigue and bladder and/or rectal irritation. These effects are usually temporary but may recur or persist long after treatments are finished. Radiation damage to adjacent tissues can cause skin irritation, and local hair loss. Delayed onset of impotence can occur after radiation therapy due to its effect on normal tissues including nerves adjacent to the prostate. Radiation therapy may be given alone or in combination with hormonal therapy which can also shrink up the prostate gland thereby reducing the size of the radiation area or field that needs to be treated.
A recently popular technique of EBRT is called proton beam radiation, which can theoretically more closely focus on the area being treated. Proton beam radiation therapy is more expensive. Its side effects presently appear similar to those discussed for standard radiation therapy. Studies comparing the effectiveness and overall results of conventional radiation therapy versus proton beam therapy have not been completed yet.
EBRT is appropriate for men who are candidates for radical prostatectomy but do not wish to undergo the surgery. It is also used to shrink tumors and reduce pain in areas where metastatic prostate cancer is damaging bone, or is pressing on important structures including the spinal cord.
Brachytherapy refers to the use of radiation sources -- sometimes referred to as seeds -- placed into the prostate gland. Brachytherapy may be done with what is called low-dose rate (LDR) or hight dose rated (HDR) technique. In LDR brachytherapy types of radioactive seeds, which only briefly put out a form of radiation which does not travel very far through tissues, are permanently implanted in the prostate gland. High-dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy involves the temporary placement of different types of seeds or sources which give off higher amounts of more penetrating radiation. These seeds administer higher doses of radiation for longer periods of time and cannot be left in the body. Such sources are placed in the prostate gland through surgically implanted tubes. These HDR sources are removed along with the tubes in a couple of days. In LDR brachytherapy, the seeds are placed in the operating room using image guidance to ensure the seeds go into the right places; 40 to 100 seeds may be placed. With LDR, you can go home shortly after you wake up after the procedure. In HDR, you must stay at the hospital for a few days. If the prostate gland is large, hormonal treatment may be used to shrink the gland before the brachytherapy is done. Brachytherapy may also be combined with external beam radiation therapy to further increase the dose of radiation therapy given to the prostate gland.
Brachytherapy can cause some blood in the urine or semen. It can cause a feeling similar to constipation due to the swelling of the prostate gland. It can also make you feel that you want to move your bowels more often. There may be some long-term problems with irritation of the rectum, difficulty urinating due to scar tissue formation, and even delayed-onset impotence.
Brachytherapy is appropriate for men with tumors staged T1 to T3 with PSA less than 20. It is not appropriate if you have had a prior procedure -- transurethral prostatectomy (TURP) -- which removes part of the prostate in cases of benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH).
Note: Radiation therapy can be performed after radical prostatectomy if prostate cancer recurs in the region where the prostate was, and can potentially cure a locally recurrent prostate cancer if it has not spread beyond the area after radiation therapy has been given.
If radiation fails to control the cancer, surgery is difficult -- if not impossible -- to perform due to scar tissue which develops in the area.


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WHEELING - Bids are being sought to make facade repairs at the Capitol Theatre, while work is under way on a nearly $50,000 project to repair 46 windows at the Wheeling Artisan Center.
The Wheeling National Heritage Area Corp. is seeking bids for a project to repair the masonry and terra cotta exterior of the Capitol Theatre in the downtown. Jeremy Morris, WNHAC executive director, said he did know how much the work will cost, but noted bids are accepted until July 12. He anticipates the project will begin sometime in August.
"Terra cotta is more than just planters. It comes in all different colors and glazes," Morris said, adding terra cotta was a common building material used when the Capitol was built 80 years ago.
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As part of a nearly $50,000 window repair project, Jeff Stanton with Waller Corp. of Washington, Pa., paints the exterior of wood windows at the Artisan Center. -- Shelley Hanson
In addition to the terra cotta and masonry repointing work, the building's rubber roof also needs repaired.
Bekah Karelis, WNHAC historian, said work on the windows of the Artisan Center - located at the corner of Main and 14th streets - began about a month ago, but workers are just now starting to do exterior painting work using a lift to reach the second and third floors. Work on the inside involved removing the most damaged windows to allow them to be repaired and reglazed. Karelis expects the job to continue for another month.
"Now the work is a little more visible," she added.
Waller Corp. of Washington, Pa., was the low bidder for the window project at $49,700. Building preservation students with Belmont College recently finished a project to restore three original wood windows in the Capitol's ballroom.


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October 06, 2011
Coldplay Concert Live in Cape Town – Photos
They came, they sang, they rocked!! British rock group Coldplay had the Mother City in musical uproar as they performed at their Cape Town Stadium concert on Wednesday 5 October 2011.
While opening act The Parlotones got the audience warmed up with their fantastic set, it was the main act that had their passionate fans screaming and dancing with "Yellow" pleasure.
As can be seen from the great images below, it was a performance to remember:
Fans arrived early in anticipation of an unforgettable night.
South African band The Parlotones had the honour of kicking off the concert.
Lead singer Kahn Morbee of The Parlotones.
British alternative rock band Coldplay played to thousands of screaming fans at the Cape Town Stadium last night.
Fans sang along to hits such as Viva la Vida, Yellow and Don't panic.
Viva la Vida became the band's first number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and their first UK number one.


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Phil Mickelson Wins the British Open
GULLANE, Scotland—Phil Mickelson, who began play Sunday five shots behind third-round leader Lee Westwood, sneaked up on the field at Muirfield and finished with a rush—four birdies in his last six holes—to run away with his first British Open title.
With a final-round 66, he finished at 3 under par, the only player in the field to break par. Second-place Henrik Stenson of Sweden finished at even.
"It was the round of my life," Mickelson said. "It is a day I will remember all my life."
As Mickelson and his longtime caddy, Jim "Bones" Mackay, walked off the 18th green, there were tears in both men's eyes.
"If you work for a guy for 21 years, it's pretty cool when you see him play the best round of golf he's ever played in the last round at the British Open," Mackay said.
Mickelson now joins an elite roster of greats, including Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, Byron Nelson and Sam Snead, to have won three of golf's four major championships in their careers. Only five players have won all four: Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Ben Hogan, Gary Player and Gene Sarazen.
Mickelson also won the Masters in 2004, 2006 and 2010 and the 2005 PGA Championship. At the U.S. Open, his missing major, he has finished second six times, most recently in June at Merion.
Westwood, meanwhile, maintains his undesirable title as the best active player never to win a major.
He began Sunday's play at 3 under par, two strokes ahead of Woods and Hunter Mahan, and stayed at that mark through six holes while most of his competitors faded away. But on the par-3 seventh, he left a difficult bunker shot in the sand, leading to a bogey, and followed that with a bogey on the eighth.
He dropped two more strokes on the back nine and finished with a 4-over-par 75, four behind Mickelson in a third-place tie with Adam Scott and Ian Poulter.
"I didn't play badly, but I didn't play great. It's a tough golf course, and you've got to have your 'A' game," Westwood said. He had the fervent support of the British Open crowds here, but lost his momentum with the poor tee shot at No. 7—he said he chose the wrong club, in retrospect—and a failed gamble on his approach shot at No. 8.
Midway through afternoon play, it looked as if Poulter might be the tournament's Cinderella story. Starting eight strokes behind Westwood, he eagled the ninth and birdied 10, 11 and 12, to move to even par—at the time, just two off the lead.
But he missed a 10-foot birdie putt at the 13th and couldn't finish the deal. Still, he shot 67—the round of the day until Mickelson's 66. (Jason Dufner, well out of contention, also had a 67.)
Scott, too, made a move. He birdied No. 7, holed a bomb for birdie at No. 8, birdied the par-five ninth and took the lead by himself, at 2 under par, on the 11th hole with another birdie, from four feet.
But Scott, the reigning Masters champion, bogeyed four holes in a row starting at the 13th to take himself out of contention. "At that point, after that one, it was deflation, really, because I could see the scoreboard and your chances are dashed," he said.
Woods, who was the betting favorite to win when play began, seemed flat from the start and never mounted a charge. He bogeyed three of his first six holes and finished with a 74, 2 over for the championship and tied for sixth.
"I had a hard time adjusting to the greens," Woods said. "It was frustrating. I played well. I could just never get the speed right today." He left many of his longer approach putts short and missed several par-saving putts of the type—from five to 10 feet—that he used to specialize in.
Mickelson said he putted as well this week as he ever has, but also credited his victory here to his tuneup last week at the Scottish Open at Castle Stuart, which he also won.
"It gave me some great links golf experience," he said. "I got to hit all the shots that we were playing today. Castle Stuart was very firm and fast, just like it was here at Muirfield."
Beginning the round as far back as he did, Mickelson said his initial goal was to make the turn at even par for the tournament, which he did on the button with a birdie at No. 9.
"Now it's a nine-hole competition and I'm right in the thick of it," Mickelson said. "I thought right around even, maybe 1-under would be enough to win the championship. And I felt I was playing well enough to shoot that on the back nine."
He did, with a couple of extra birdies thrown in for good margin.


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Jerrie Williams is a blogger on the Beauregard Daily News website. The name of her blog is C.O.P.E. Community Organized Parents in Education. This blog is syndicated statewide to all GateHouse websites. She will not only be blogging about local education concerns, but information about resources for parental research on different subjects concerning children and their well being. Jerrie Williams is the mother of three autistic children. Her journey began in 1999, when she discovered that her children were not developing according to the national mind stone charts. This was after they had received immunizations and developed reactions to them. She later learned the immunizations contained an agent that her children were allergic to, which led to their developmental delays. She moved her children to Georgia to be treated by a specialist in autism and brain injury in 2000. Since then she has been searching and discovering several research-based interventions and resources to educate, support and assist in the recovery of autism. She moved to Louisiana in August, 2011, and has been involved in educating the community about autism and the resources available to parents of autistic children as well as adults with autism. She has been instrumental in helping the Beauregard Parish school system to design an individualized curriculum that was suited for the educational needs of her children as well as other special needs children. Her children have since blossomed with this curriculum and continue to thrive. She will continue in her journey as a mother and an advocate for others.
Federal Grants
The Federal government offers multiple grants to improve student achievement.
To improve student achievement in schools with high populations of students in low income families:
Title I School Improvement 1003 (a) Title I School Improvement 1003 (g) Title I A Title I C Migrant Education Program
To improve the quality of teachers and principals in all schools:
Title II A
To improve student achievement through technology:
Title II D
To improve student achievement among students who are learning English as a second language:
Title III
To support learning initiatives in community learning centers:
Title IV B 21st Century Community Learning Centers
To improve student achievement in rural areas:
Title VI B Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP)& Rural Low Income Schools (RLIS)
To improve student achievement among homeless children:
Title X McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program
To improve student achievement among students with disabilities:
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Special Education Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Early Intervening Services
To improve student achievement among students enrolled in career and technical education programs:
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act
To find out about allocations, expenditures and recipients of state and federal grants, visit Grant Award Program.
Taken from; http://www.louisianabelieves.com/funding/grants-management/federal-grants


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Please join us in celebrating Dorris Stapleton Brant's 80th birthday from 2 to 4 p.m. on Jan. 20 at the parlor in the Pratt First United Methodist Church, Pratt.
Please bring well wishes, funny stories or photographs you might like to share.
Your presence is your gift."
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I am still challenged by non leveled panoramas. I levle the NN5L bubble in the center of the small circle, but I still end up with panoramas where the view is at an angle. I purchased a hotshoe bubble and have used it for the zenith and nadir shots. I have an EZ leveler, but I do not use it anymore because it tends to unscrew when I carry the tripod around with the pano head attached when I am taking multiple panoramas.
I have used the leveler in autopano and ptgui, which often helps, but some times, it causes other problems. The list also is from right to left which is the opposite of what I would expect if it was due to flex in the upper arm. Maybe it is my center pole on my manfrotto 3130 tripod?
Is leveling in your stitcher and standard step in your stitching, or is reserved for occasions when this is a problem?
Do you use a hotshoe bubble just for the zenith and nadir shots?
My stitching has become simpler and faster since I found out about the cylinder on the sigma fisheye and I have reduced the number of shots and rows that are required.


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Cheap GPS w/ Bluetooth
most GPS units that have BT it's only for "Hands-free calling", i want the one that does it in another direction, ie sends 'turn-by-turn directions' to BT device, like your car stereo or headset.
looking for something around $100-200. don't need a phone.
i suppose it will be a stretch since chat type questions are pretty popular nowadays.
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I've got a Garmin 645wt currently a little over $100.00 on Amazon... I use the bluetooth for my hands free phone needs...
There is a newer model to replace it... You should be able to find it on ebay new or refurbed... The lowest price I've seen was months ago on Amazon $80.00 new...
@hobbitss: thanks, but i don't need "Hands-free Calls", i want the fair GPS lady to tell me directions in headphones while wearing BT headset. :)
something like this: https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=135&pID=65210
but not for $400. i don't understand why the set for $100 can't have same functionality, all BT hardware is already there.... ugh.
@jamesbottomtooth: Sorry about that... I even got my model number wrong... I own a 265wt... I found a model matrix on an Amazon page that shows some of the newer model have a FM output so you can listen on the radio...
Not sure if that will work for you... Just scroll toward the bottom of the page and you will find it...
@hobbitss: yep. i figured you meant 265. i actually bought 265 a month ago or so but it was defective so i had to send it back. now the price on it jumped like +$30! wtf. in the end i will probably by another one just like it, but it is still not what i was hopping for.


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BUFFALO, N.Y. - Sidney Crosby is so prolific, good things happen even when the Pittsburgh Penguins' star isn't attempting to make a pass.
That was the case in how Crosby helped the Penguins rally to a 4-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday. Crosby finished with a goal and two assists, including setting up defenseman Paul Martin's go-ahead goal with 2:04 remaining.
Accurate as Crosby's pass was in finding an open Martin in the high slot, the Penguins' captain acknowledged he wasn't looking to set up his teammate.
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GOAL — From left, Pittsburgh's Pascal Dupuis, Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby and Matt Niskanen (2) celebrate the tying goal by Dupuis in the third period of Sunday's 4-3 Penguins win in Buffalo, N.Y.
-- Associated Press
"Honestly, the puck was poked off my stick," said Crosby, who had dug the puck out of the corner of the Sabres zone and was attempting to skate into the middle. The Penguins got another break when Martin's shot deflected in off Sabres defenseman Christian Ehrhoff and past goalie Ryan Miller, who was screened.
What's not a fluke is Crosby in the familiar position of being among the NHL points leaders a month into the season.
With 24 points (seven goals and 17 assists), Crosby ranks second following a 10-game surge, in which he has four goals and 14 assists.
"I think the speed of the game and the comfort of timing and all that is starting to feel a little bit better," Crosby said.
After five seasons in Pittsburgh, coach Dan Bylsma still marvels at Crosby's play.
"It's not ordinary," Bylsma said. "You realize you're watching somebody at a different level. So to say you ever take it for granted it's absolutely not at all."
Pascal Dupuis had two goals and an assist for Pittsburgh, which won its third straight and improved to 8-2 in its past 10 to move one point ahead of idle New Jersey atop the Eastern Conference standings.
After building a 2-0 lead before the game was 90 seconds old, the Penguins were forced to rally from a 3-2 deficit.
The Sabres, in comparison, had nothing to show for their comeback after giving up two goals in the final 13 minutes.
Miller was so upset with how the team lost in squandering a third-period lead, he resorted to using several profanites in addressing reporters following the game.
"Either we're not confident enough or experienced enough with a lead in the third period," Miller said. "That burned us. That's not acceptable."
Thomas Vanek had a goal and assist, while Steve Ott and Cody Hodgson also scored for the Sabres. Buffalo failed to build off a 4-2 win over Boston on Friday, and has now gone 4-9-1 in its past 14 games. Buffalo has yet to win two in a row at home, and dropped to 2-9-0 in its past 11 against Pittsburgh.
Turnovers and defensive breakdowns cost the Sabres on Sunday.
Less than 2 minutes after Ott scored to put Buffalo ahead 3-2, the Penguins countered with Kris Letang eluding two Sabres defenders along the left boards and then setting up Dupuis for a one-timer in the right circle.
"Ryan made some big saves to keep us in there," captain Jason Pominville said. "I think it's up to us to be better in our zone."
Miller bounced back after allowing the Penguins to score on their first two shots on goal. He finished with 31 saves, with his best coming with 3:08 left in the third period. That's when Miller got across to his left to snag James Neal's one-timer from the right circle.
Dupuis opened the scoring 35 seconds in by deflecting in Brooks Orpik's point shot. That extended a Penguins streak in which they've now scored the opening goal in all 10 road games this season. Crosby scored 33 seconds later.
Crosby extended his scoring streak against Buffalo to 14 games, a stretch in which he has 23 points (eight goals and 15 assists).
"For whatever reason, I've always been able to put some points up here," Crosby said of his success against Buffalo. "It's great ice here. That's all I can say."
NOTES: Bylsma elected to play 6-foot-4, 215-pound D Robert Bortuzzo to add size to his lineup against the physical Sabres. Replacing D Simon Despres, Bortuzzo played his eighth game of the season after sitting out two. ... Sabres rookie C Mikhail Grigorenko was a healthy scratch for only the second time this season, and second time in four games. The Russian-born player also had family attending the game. ... Sabres coach Lindy Ruff turned 53 on Sunday. At 571-451-162 in 15 seasons in Buffalo, he's the franchise's winningest coach and is the longest tenured with the same team among active NHL coaches.
Penguins 4, Sabres 3
Pittsburgh 2 0 2-4
Buffalo 1 1 1-3
First Period-1, Pittsburgh, Pa.Dupuis 6 (Orpik, Kunitz), :35. 2, Pittsburgh, Crosby 7, 1:27 (pp). 3, Buffalo, Hodgson 7 (Ehrhoff, Vanek), 6:32. Penalties-Myers, Buf (high-sticking), 1:08; Pominville, Buf (tripping), 3:52; Malkin, Pit (slashing), 7:38; Weber, Buf (interference), 7:38; Neal, Pit (interference), 15:47; Regehr, Buf (interference), 20:00.
Second Period-4, Buffalo, Vanek 12 (Ehrhoff, Ennis), 9:16 (pp). Penalties-Crosby, Pit (cross-checking), 7:39; Glass, Pit (face-off violation), 7:39; Pominville, Buf (holding), 11:50.
Third Period-5, Buffalo, Ott 3 (Gerbe, Hecht), 5:17. 6, Pittsburgh, Pa.Dupuis 7 (Letang, Crosby), 7:06. 7, Pittsburgh, Martin 2 (Crosby, Pa.Dupuis), 17:56. Penalties-Glass, Pit, major (fighting), 2:22; McCormick, Buf, major (fighting), 2:22; Kunitz, Pit (slashing), 13:42; Ott, Buf, misconduct, 20:00.
Shots on Goal-Pittsburgh 11-11-13-35. Buffalo 7-9-17-33.
Power-play opportunities-Pittsburgh 1 of 4; Buffalo 1 of 4.
Goalies-Pittsburgh, Fleury 8-3-0 (33 shots-30 saves). Buffalo, Miller 6-7-1 (35-31).
Referees-Dave Jackson, Kevin Pollock. Linesmen-Tim Nowak, Derek Nansen.


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The House of Wonder says you can spend 2 gold to get either a cleric or a wizard. If I have 4 gold, can I get 2 of those adventurers in one turn?
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No you cannot spend more than 2 Gold, yes you get 2 Adventurers.
The rules (page 5) under Assign Agent require that a building has an unoccupied action space to place your Agent. Immediately below that, the parts of a Basic Building are diagramed, showing what an Action Space looks like. On page 8, the House of Wonder is detailed, showing a single Action Space and the following text:
So, yes you get 2 Adventurers with spending 2 Gold. You cannot get 4 Adventurers, because the Action Space would be occupied by your first agent.


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Do the fusion categories $Rep(S_4)$ and $Rep(A_5)$ admit non-symmetric braidings? All the other rep. cats. of finite subgroups of $SU(2)$ do (in the McKay correspondence). My guess is no.
The answer is no for $Rep(A_5)$ and yes for $Rep(S_4)$, thanks to Victor Ostrik's observation. For a braided category $C$ let $C'$ denote its Mueger center, i.e., the subcategory of objects $Y$ in $C$ such that the square of braiding of $Y$ with any $X$ in $C$ is identity. So $C$ is symmetric if $C=C'$ and $C$ is non-degenerate (or modular) if $C'$ is trivial.
Note that $C:=Rep(A_5)$ is simple, i.e., it has no non-trivial proper fusion subcategories. Now if $C$ has a non-symmetric braiding then $C' \neq C$ is a proper subcategory. So $C'$ is trivial, i.e., $C$ with the above braiding is non-degenerate (modular). This cannot happen (e.g., $C$ has a simple object of dimension 5, but in a modular category the square of dimension of any object divides dimension of the category, thanks to the result of Etingof-Gelaki).
For $D:= Rep(S_4)$ there is a non-symmetric braiding with $D'=Rep(S_3)$, namely the equivariantization of a pointed category $Vec_{Z/2Z\oplus Z/2Z}$ with respect to an action of $S_3$.
You can also answer the question using the classification of R-matrices over group algebras. Indeed, the R-matrices in the Hopf algebra $ kG $, are classified by pairs $ (A, \rho) $ where $ A \subset G $ is an abelian normal subgroup and $ \rho: A \times A \to k^* $ is a bilinear form ad $ G $-invariant. It is easy to see that the associated R-matrix is symmetric if and only if the bilinear form is skew-symmetric.
It is now clear that $ kA_5 $ does not have R-matrices in addition to the trivial. On the other hand, the only normal abelian subgroup of $ S_4 $ is formed by the union of the conjugacy classes of $(12)(34)$ and the identity of $S_4$. This normal subgroup is isomorphic to $C_2 \times C_2 $. As was mentioned by Ostrik, one example could be the next: the quadratic form that takes values -1 on nontrivial elements. That bilinear form satisfies the conditions and defines a non-symmetric R-matrix.


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I'm currently working on a game and using the naive component based architecture thingie (Entities are a bag of components, entity.Update() calls Update on each updateable component), while the addition of new features is really simple, it makes a few things really difficult: a) multithreading / currency b) networking c) unit testing.
Multithreading / Concurrency is difficult because I basically have to do poor mans concurrency (running the entity updates in separate threads while locking only stuff that crashes (like lists) and ignoring the staleness of read state (some states are already updated, others aren't))
Networking: There are no explicit state changes that I could efficiently push over the net.
Unit testing: All updates may or may not conflict, so automated testing is at least awkward.
I was thinking about these issues a bit and would like your input on these changes / idea:
- Switch from the naive cba to a cba with sub systems that work on lists of components
- Make all state changes explicit
- Combine 1 and 2 :p
Example world update:
statePostProcessing.Wait() // ensure that post processing has finished
state = new StateBag()
() => LifeCycleSubSystem.Update(state), // populates the state bag
() => MovementSubSystem.Update(state), // populates the state bag
statePostProcessing = Future(() => PostProcess(state))
// Tick is finished, the post processing happens in the background
So basically the changes are (consistently) based on the data for the last tick; the post processing can a) generate network packages and b) fix conflicts / remove useless changes (example: entity has been destroyed -> ignore movement etc.).
EDIT: To clarify the granularity of the state changes: If I save these post processed state bags and apply them to an empty world, I see exactly what has happened in the game these state bags originated from -> "Free" replay capability.
EDIT2: I guess I should have used the term Event instead of State Change and point out that I kind of want to use the Event Sourcing pattern


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A prisoner languishes in a Phoenix jail cell, accused of brutally slaying his estranged wife. No one believes the man is innocent, except the new female sheriff of Cochise County, in town for a crash course in police training. Joanna Brady is out of her jurisdiction and possibly in over her head. For a human monster is on the prowl, hiding the grisly evidence of his horrific crimes in the vast emptiness of the Arizona desert. And an impromptu investigation, with no official sanction and no back up, is drawing a cold, ingenious serial killer much too close to Brady for comfort and, worse still, closer to her little girl.
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For most employees, total compensation usually far exceeds wage compensation. "For high-wage people . . . this is a good deal because you don't pay taxes on these benefits," says Professor Clifford Thies of Shenandoah University. "But if you're a low-wage worker, this is not such a good deal. You're in a low bracket to begin with, and you may be interested in receiving cash wages rather than benefits, so I have some sympathy to the exasperation on the part of low-income Americans about their paycheck."


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This might not be very difficult, but I think I may have gotten a little confused.
Suppose we are given a matrix A, and would like to find the vector x of modulus 1 which maximises the product xt A x (xtranspose times A times x) Consider the following iteration: We start with some vector y of modulus 1, find the vector z of modulus 1 which maximises zt A y, and then put y=z and continue the iteration.
Question1: Will this work? i.e. Is the fixed point of this procedure merely a local maximiser or global too? And does that depend on any properties of the matrix A?
Question2: Will the goal function zt A y increase in every iteration?


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The Second Incompleteness Theorem says that if $T$ is a consistent (computably) axiomatizable theory which extends IΣ1, then $\mathrm{Con}(T)$ is not provable from $T$. By analogy with computability theory, the stronger theory $T + \mathrm{Con}(T)$ can be thought of as the "jump" of $T$. To abuse this analogy, I will use $T'$ to denote the theory $T + \mathrm{Con}(T)$. I will write $T \leq S$ when $S$ proves every axiom of $T$; I will also write $S \equiv T$ (resp. $T < S$) when $T \leq S$ and $S \leq T$ (resp. $S \nleq T$).
It is well-known that if $T$ is consistent there are plenty of axiomatizable theories $S$ such that $T < S < T'$. In the following questions $H$ will denote an operator (like $\mathrm{Con}$) that uses the computable axiomatization of $T$ to produce a sentence $H(T)$. I will write $T^H$ for the theory $T + H(T)$.
Is there a computable operator $H(T)$ such that $T < T^H < T'$ for every consistent axiomatizable theory $T$ extending IΣ1? Is there such an operator which moreover satisfies that $T \equiv S$ implies $T^H \equiv S^H$?
Is there a computable operator $H(T)$ such that $(T^H)^H \equiv T'$ for every consistent axiomatizable $T$ extending IΣ1? Is there such an operator which moreover satisfies that $T \equiv S$ implies $T^H \equiv S^H$?
Question 1 asks for a uniform solution to the analogue of Post's Problem for axiomatizable theories. Question 2 asks for a uniform "half-jump" operator.


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The Federalist Society invites you to "Rules, Rulemaking, and Lessons of Life: The Story of 'Shall,'" a talk by the Hon. Lee H. Rosenthal, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Since 1938, courts, lawyers, and litigants have struggled over when it is constitutional, fair, and sensible to have a court decide a case and stop it from proceeding to a jury trial. The most recent efforts to clarify the rule resulted in a robust and --- yes --- dramatic debate about the proper roles of a judge and jury and the impact of court rules on different kinds of litigants and claims, such as civil rights cases involving thinly financed plaintiffs.Judge Rosenthal was appointed to the district court in 1992. She has served as the chair of the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and she now chairs the Judicial Conference Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, making her eminently qualified to talk on this topic. Please join us for this lecture in the Second Annual Madison Lecture Series on judicial Engagement. Non-pizza lunch will be served. Contact: Matthew Collins, firstname.lastname@example.com
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Fire units were sent at around 2:15 p.m. Monday to the complex at 313 Sunset Lane, on the city's west side, and the first units reported flames and smoke pouring from the top of the unoccupied two-story brick structure.
The smoke billowing from the building could be seen from miles away.
Within minutes the roof of the building had collapsed and firefighters were in a defensive posture trying to keep the flames from spreading.
A 30-mile-per-hour wind fanned the flames through the broken windows of the building and raised concerns that the flames could spread to other nearby buildings.
Firefighters were using an aerial truck to pour water on the flames from above.
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Throughout my life, I've been close to God sometimes and further away at other times.
This "distance" is present in both my emotions and also in my devotion. I mention both of those because there are times when I feel close to God emotionally, but far from Him in my devotions.
Conversely, there are times when I'm close to Him in devotion, but I don't feel Him present in my life.
So, what can we do to grow closer to God and feel His presence in our life?
Similarly, what can we do to increase our devotion to God and maintain our faithfulness towards studying His word and praying to him even when we don't "feel it"?


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New state laws imposing restrictions on the ability to vote are described by proponents as an effort to curb voter fraud and by their opponents as an unconstitutional challenge to the fundamental right of eligible voters to vote.
On Wednesday, October 3, 2012, five election law experts will participate in a panel titled "Disenfranchise This: The Cost of Voter Suppression" at Rutgers School of Law–Newark. The event represents the law school's annual First Monday participation in Alliance for Justice's Student Action Campaign, programming on social justice topics held around the country each year in conjunction with the opening of the new U.S. Supreme Court term.
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I am having this strange problem. I am using
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Create a new user, -m creates the home directory for the user and -U creates a group by the same name, as that of the user.
useradd -U -m newuser
Then I add the old user to the new user's group as
usermod -a -G newuser olduser
-a appends this group to the already existing groups and
-G is used to give the group name.
Now when I do
groups olduser I get the following out put
olduser newuser, but being the
olduser I am unable to create a any file in the
newuser home directory. I have set the proper directory permissions, the read, write and execute bit is set for group.
However if, instead of using
usermod I manually edit the
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newuser,olduser in front of the newuser group then everything works correctly. Is there a bug in
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That's pretty it, usually you buy a UV filter to protect the lens. My question is do I need the UV filter even if I'm using a lens hood?
The hood protects the lens of physical impact from knock and obstacles. It also reduces flare and keeps image quality to what the lens is capable of.
A UV filter protects against flying dangers such as sand, salt and other elements. While doing so a UV filter is detrimental to image quality as it adds additional reflections from another glass element in the optical path.
Therefore in most cases you should ONLY use the hood. If you are in proximity of sea-water splashing or flying sand, then you should but a UV filter too. Since flare can still be a problem, it is best to do both if you can.
I have had a filter glass very badly smashed while carrying a camera with a filter plus a lens hood on.
The filter was very badly starred - without it the front lens element was almost certain to have been damaged beyond practical use. The filter had been struck so hard that it distorted enough to make removal very difficult. Despite this the lens was undamaged and gave good service subsequently. I was far from home (Qingdao, China) with a minimum of lenses with me and loss of that lens would have put a severe dent in my excessive photo taking tendencies :-).
Conclusion - the hood alone does not offer full mechanical protection.
Effect of UV filters on image quality:
Doing justice to this subject requires flame shields, thick skin and much time. In lieu of these, below are some links to others efforts. Many of these came via the stack exchange thread sited by @mattdm
This extremely interesting and detailed test UV filters test by LensTip.com describes testing of 20 UV filters using a Hitachi U2900 Spectrophotometer. The test runs to 24 internet pages, mainly due to there being one detail-page per filter, but the surprising and useful results are on page 4.
I will not specify brands below. Each filter detail page also has with and without comparison photos showing the image results and comparison of these comparison pairs for various filters is extremely illuminating. To reduce risk of incineration and siege I'll leave it to readers to look at the article for themselves.
As a guide, the blue light used to drive the phosphor in a typical white LED has a wavelength of about 450 nm.
Optical transmission of their worst rated filter:
Optical transmission of their best rated filter
Here is a graphic demonstration
Below is a photo taken with my smashed filter attached. At that stage I was unable to remove it by hand !. Pieces as subsequently removed with due application of ultraviolence shown as inset. Red lines on photos show some of the visible aberrations.
Snapshot, internal flash, self timer, smashed filter, other excuses ... :-).
Here is a very little of the material available on this subject - much is subjective opinion.
Added - new fatality - May 2012:
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I'm not intending to make a habit of this - honest :-).
You can also purchase a NC filter (stands for neutral color) if you don't need UV protection. I have a few of these from nikon. http://www.nikonusa.com/Nikon-Products/Product/Lens-Filters/2479/52mm-Screw-On-NC-Filter.html
As long as it's a multi-coated filter, you shouldn't have to worry about reflections in the optical path.


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Hey guys, this thread is for anyone to share XBL gamertags, Wii Friend codes and any other similar codes. Currently we have a couple of scattered threads, but I'm making this new one in order to save sticky space.
To post them, just copy the below text, paste it and add your code.
*Wii Friend Code:* *XBL Gamertag:* *PS3 Username:* *Steam ID:*
It will come out like this:
Wii: Friend Code: 0000 1111 2222 3333
XBL Gamertag: xxSomeNooBxx
PS3 Username: ArcaneHasNoPS3
Steam ID: ArcaneIsAwesome
(Not my real tags)
If you have any other gaming tags that you would like to share, add them as well.
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The is a certain way of talking where you can end just about anything you say in わけ.
What is the sentence structure for this way of talking?
The is a certain way of talking where you can end just about anything you say in わけ.
What is the sentence structure for this way of talking?
While sawa's answer does cover the basic construction rules, it's definitely worth it to go over the different use cases of わけ. Grab a comfy chair and your favorite beverage, because this is a long one.
The best and most complete analysis I've found of this use of わけ is in this 2001 paper by Atsuko Yokota:
文末【ぶんまつ】表現【ひょうげん】「わけだ」の用法【ようほう】 : 「はずだ」「ことになる」との比較【ひかく】
It's freely available as a PDF (yay!) but it's entirely in Japanese (hrm), so the best I can give you here is a summary of the five (yes, five) distinct uses of わけだ which Yokota lists.
Yokota's Differentiation of わけだ
Diagrammatically, Yokota charts out the first four uses of わけだ in her paper. Here is a clarified and prettified version:
1. Marks a logical conclusion or result based on some known fact
The common thread in this type of sentence is that a known fact Y is used as the logical basis for a conclusion Z:
2. Marks a reason or cause for some matter
This is like the first use, only in the opposite direction. We take some known fact Y, and use わけ to mark X, the reason for or cause of Y:
3. Marks the speaker's acceptance/acknowledgement of some truth
This is a little more complicated than the first two uses. Essentially, we again start with some known fact Y (which may be unspoken). An answer for why Y is true is presented as X, and this leads to the conclusion that X naturally yields Y:
4. Marks a restatement of some fact
This is one of the simplest uses of わけ. Here, a known fact Y is restated or presented from a different angle as Yʹ. Often you'll find this use of わけ paired with つまり:
5. Does something entirely untranslatable
Unfortunately, there has to be a catch-all category, since わけ gets used kind of like a sentence-final particle without any significant effect on the meaning of the sentence. Even Yokota admits that "speakers often use [わけ in this way] unconsciously."
This わけ doesn't fit nicely into any of the four preceding categories. You might think it falls under #1 (a conclusion based on some known fact), but this sentence isn't a conclusion of anything; it's merely a statement of some known fact, without any connection. We could, in fact, remove わけ entirely, without affecting the meaning, by replacing 暮【く】らしたわけです with 暮【く】らしました.
Inside this category is the use of わけ to set up a context or prologue for a succeeding statement. We find ~のだ being used in a similar way:
Here, わけ marks a prologue ("I specialize in history") and provides the foundation for the following statement: it informs the listener of how qualified the speaker is to make such a statement. わけ could be replaced by の (ん) in this example.
Forming Sentences with わけだ
The rules for わけ follow the normal rules for forming a subordinate clause before a noun: the clause must end in a plain form, with the exception that (plain present) な-adjectives connect to わけ with な, and (plain present) nouns can connect with either な or (less commonly) の:
Often the speaker will use という to "wrap up" the preceding clause (or sentences) and use it to modify わけ (というわけだ). This doesn't change the usage, and the rules for using という are the same as those for the use of と to mark a quote or thought. This use of という is often used at the beginning of a sentence as a transition:
This is especially common in TV or radio shows when the host needs to press the show forward or move on to the next topic. The という wraps up the preceding statements into わけ and essentially means, "Now that all this has been said, let's move on." というわけで has the following colloquial forms:
ということで is also used as a transition with a meaning similar to というわけで.
Negative Forms of わけ
There are at least four negative forms of わけ, each with slightly different meanings. One is using わけだ after a negative clause, which shows up in the examples here. This answer is getting too long to cover these, so I will simply list the other three here and wait for those interested in more complete explanations to ask a question:
In actual usage, it does not mean much, but is used when you want to establish intermediate steps for explaining something.


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Parent-teacher conferences present an excellent opportunity to find out how your child is adjusting to the new school year and to get to know her teachers.
Here are some general hints on how to have a successful conference.
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Talk to Your Child
Ask your child if there is anything that he would like you to discuss with the teacher.
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I downloaded some 3D games, unzipped them and got .jar files. How can I use these in Android? I have a Galaxy S running 2.1.
Although Android uses java, it doesn't support normal JAR files. Instead it uses an Android specific format called APK. The main difference is that Android does not use the normal Java Virtual Machine, but contains it's own Dalvik Virtual Machine that's optimized for Android.
I'd like to partially disagree with Ryan Conrad & Onik.
I have a Samsung Spica and it came pre-loaded with an app while it was running v1.6 and now running 2.1 (both official Samsung India versions) - called Java ME Apps.
I am running multiple Java apps (meant for non-Android phones) through it.
Both are JAR files and once run via the Java ME app, both run as expected.
So to sum up, there is a way to run JAR apps on Android. I do however, agree with everything else mentioned WRT APKs and Dalvik.
Android doesn't actually even "use" java. The language that the code is written in is Java, but the android SDK takes the compiled bytecode and converts it in to the Dalvik bytecode.
So it is really a misconception that Android runs java. Android runs Dalvik, which the core libraries are based on the Java framework, but the end resulting binary files are not the same, and the virtual machines are also completely different.
Just like the Dalvik VM will not run Java bytecode, the Java VM will not run Dalvik bytecode.
Converting libraries to Dalvik is probably possible, if all the features are available in Android (or additional libraries), but anything that has a Java UI, will not work.
If the jar file is for JavaME
There is MicroEmulator which emulates JavaME with help from JavaSE. This makes it possible to convert these jar files to an apk and install it on your device. The process is described here.
NetRunner provides a similar functionality.
No, you cannot install jar files in android, to install applications from jar we need J2ME support which is not in android phones.
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I'm very new to Illustrator. Having used Photoshop all my life, vector art is something very new to me. I have this company logo in EPS format. I want to use AI to resize the image to a certain pixel size in order to fit properly on a website. I've only drawn some trees and landscape using AI, doing this has me totally lost. Any help would be appreciated.
I think the best solution in this case would be to use Illustrator's "View->Pixel Preview" mode if applicable (I don't know which version you've got there). This way you'll have much greater control over final results, than by any form of automatic rasterization (e.g. "Save for Web"). Think of it as of manual "pixel perfext hinting".
Also using "pixels" as "document units", as Mark Edwards suggested, would be a good thing. It will make it possible to set artboard to exact needed size in pixels.
Of course "Save for Web" still would be useful, with its possibility to provide quick preview and optimization of resultant file.
TIP (mentioned in some comment here): you can scale objects proportionally by entering in info or transform panel their new width/height and confirming your value with "Ctrl/Command+Enter" combo.
As for the whole subject you can take a look at http://medialoot.com/blog/3-valuable-pixel-perfect-illustrator-techniques/ for more complete explanation with graphic examples.
You can also adjust the individual image by using the Transform properties (Window-> Transform) or on the top toolbar. You can then copy-paste to Photoshop at the exact size you need.
There's a few ways to do it, but I think this might be the easiest:
If your logo is currently 500px wide and you want it to be 100px wide, then that's 100/500 = 0.2. "0.2" is 20%.
This is far more accurate than scaling by eye. When you're done, you may want to turn on pixel snapping and ensure things are nicely lined up.


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I can make VLC use hardware decoding with
vlc --ffmpeg-hw video.mkv
Is there an equivalent flag for mplayer?
I can make VLC use hardware decoding with
Is there an equivalent flag for mplayer?
Mind you if you have an nVidia graphics card you should not only specify the -vo device but also give a -vc setting. On my own system I give the following on the commandline:
(replacing 'filename' with the actual name of your file of course) and place the following in ~/.mplayer/config:
but there are several different ways of doing this. This method allows you to use different video out devices with MPlayer but will give proper -vc values when you specify -vo vdpau from the commandline.
Hope this helps :).
The command is
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The finale festival for the 2004 48 Hour Film Project was from March 11th through 13th, 2005, at Cinequest in San Jose, California.
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What: The best 48HFP films from 2004
Where: Cinequest in San Jose, California
When: March 11th through 13th, 2005
Why: Inspiration, education, networking, and fun!
The winner of the 2004 tour was announced on March 12th, 2005. It was "Moved" by Nice Hat Productions, a Sci Fi film from Atlanta. Watch it on 48.tv.
The runner-up was "AndyMan" by Faceworker/Rupert Road, a Superhero film from Sheffield, England.


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I know they changed the way you multiclass to feat-based, but is there any way to start with two classes and level them both at the same time like the gestalt rules for dnd 3.5?
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Besides the feat-based multiclass system, Players Handbook 3 introduced the concept of hybrid characters, where you pick two classes and take features from each (class features, abilities, powers, feats, bonuses to defenses, etc.). However, this is somewhat limited:
Essentially, though, you'll need the PH3 or the Character Builder app to see what you get from each hybrid class you pick, and (as usual) the Character Builder will help a great deal in keeping track of it all. Also, the Hybrid rules section includes the caveat that you may end up with a character that isn't as effective as a single-class character designed to fill one of DnD4e's four roles (defender, controller, etc.), given that you won't start with all the class features that help your character do their "job," so to speak.
That being said, in the game I'm running, I have a player who made a hybrid rogue/warlord, and while he has to sometimes get creative in terms of how he approaches combat, I think he does as well as anyone else.
This blog post helped refresh my memory since I didn't have the PH3 in front of me: http://brokenrpg.com/2010/03/16/dd-4th-ed-hybrid-characters/
Check out the Hybrid rules in the Player's Handbook 3.
You do get both classes leveling at the same time, but each is about half strength as opposed to D&D 3.5's full strength.
Here is a pointer to the Hybrid Cleric for an example, if you have DDI access.
Addressing the question form another angle... no: as far as I know there are no official rule for building a party of gestalt (read: a combination of two classes that is more powerful than standard) characters.
As already and clearly pointed out by @Jason S., hybrid characters are designed to be in line with "standard" ones (and PH3 also states that some combinations could also be underpowered).


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| Mubarak, S., Bharat Pumps and Compressors, Ltd., New Delhi, India
The writer calls on design and process engineers to take extra precautions when selecting and sizing their reciprocating compressors for low-temperature gas service.
[heat transfer]
Liquefied gases are transported by tankers and ships and are
stored in specially designed tanks. However, when the
temperature of liquefied gasesammonia, ethylene,
propylene and liquefied natural gas (LNG), etc.is
considerably low, the vaporization occurs very quickly due to
ambient temperatures. As the liquid vaporizes, the pressure
inside the tank, likewise, increases. The rising pressure must
not exceed the design pressure of the tanker/storage tank. To
control pressure, the re-liquefaction process was adopted, in
which reciprocating compressors are an indispensable part of
the whole system.
When the temperature of the liquid gas and its vapor is
quite low (160°C for LNG and 100°C for
liquefied ethylene and propylene gases), the compressor to
handle low-temperature gas has some special features.
Accordingly, when selecting reciprocating compressors for
low-temperature services, several criteria must be
The size of a compressor depends mainly on two factors:
For a given suction pressure, the suction gas capacity also
depends on the temperature of the gas at the cylinder inlet
manifold. In low-temperature applications, the actual
temperature of the gas entering the cylinder during the suction
stroke is always higher than the gas in the storage tank.
Therefore, while calculating the required compressor BKW (brake
power in kilowatts) and size of the cylinders, determining the
cylinder inlet gas temperature is very important. Cylinder
inlet gas temperature is affected by:
Ulta-low-temperature (ULT) gas systems will experience
greater delta temperature rises. In other words, the
temperature rise will be more in the case of LNG, at
162°C, as compared to the gas service involving
liquefied ethylene at 100°C. In addition, design
engineers should address these system conditions to manage
increases in the suction-gas temperature:
In low-temperature applications, the intercooling of the gas
does not occur. Therefore, the second-stage inlet gas
temperature depends on the first-stage gas discharge
temperature. If the overall compression ratio (CR) of the
compressor is low, then the CR of the first stage will also be
low. Consequently, the discharge gas temperature will be
considerably lower. But, in such a case, the second-stage inlet
gas temperature will be considerably higher than the
first-stage discharge gas temperature.
To understand this processing condition, consider the case
of ethylene boiloff (BO) service, in which the suction pressure
is 1.02 kg/cm2 A and the suction temperature is
102°C. If the discharge pressure of the compressor is
8 kg/cm2 A, then the first-stage CR is around 3, and
the discharge temperature will be approximately 40°C,
which is a considerably low temperature. Therefore, at the
second-stage cylinder, the inlet gas temperature will be
considerably higher than 40°C. However, in case when
the compressor discharge pressure is higher (approaching 20
kg/cm2 A), then the CR for the first stage is also
higher (approximately 5) and the resulting first-stage
discharge temperature is also higher. Result:
The gas heating effect is not as much for the second-stage
inlet gas. Therefore, with high CR conditions, the average
temperature of the gas inside the cylinder will be higher, and
the volumetric efficiency of the cylinder will be lower.
For ULT services, e.g., LNG (160°C), the effect of
frictional heat, developed inside the cylinder, is more
pronounced for the first-stage cylinder, as this cylinder is
cooled by the gas itself. The heating of suction gas is related
to higher operating pressures, where more frictional heat is
At partial loading, the flow of cold gas is reduced while
the frictional heat is almost the same. Therefore, heating of
the gas is greater during partial load operations. Moreover, in
the case of capacity control by suction-valve unloading, the
gas temperature in the suction pulsation dampener increases due
to the pressure drop in the unloaded valves during suction and discharge
strokes. The net result is higher gas-suction temperatures at
the loaded end of the cylinder.
With a higher clearance provided inside the cylinder, more
hot gas will be present inside the cylinder. Again, the gas
temperature will increase further during the suction
With a larger cylinder bore, less heating of the gas will
occur. The capacity of the gas handled by a cylinder increases
as the bore size increases. However, the surface area of the
cylinder exposed to the atmosphere (heat source) does not
increase in the same proportion. For the same reason, if the
bore of the cylinder is smaller, then the temperature of the
gas will increase due to absorption of more heat by a lesser
amount of gas.
When gas piping is designed for two or more compressors
running in parallel, and not all of the compressors are
operating, then the gas temperature at the inlet side will be
higher. Cooling occurs as the gas flows through the piping.
Consequently, heating of the gas is related to ambient
temperatures and the quantity of gas flowing through the
The overall effects from the listed process and equipment
factors are that the gas temperature at the compressor inlet
will increase, and, in turn, gas flow will decrease. Therefore,
unless we know the actual temperature of the gas entering the
cylinder, then sizing the compressor and its driver is very
Considering all of the previously mentioned factors, here
are several key points that are highly suggested to consider
when sizing the compressor cylinders:
The selection of material for various components in contact
with low-temperature gas is done considering the
characteristics of the material at low temperatures and type of
loading of the components. Based on past experience, these
suggestions may be considered:
While designing the cooling system of the cylinder jackets,
ensure that the selected coolant freezing temperature should be
sufficiently lower than the average temperature of the gas
inside the cylinder. The cooling of cylinders when handling
low-temperature gases is done normally by isobutyl alcohol
(freezing temperature 120°C). Likewise, here are
several other considerations for the cylinder cooling
Design and process engineers should take extra precautions
when selecting and sizing reciprocating compressors in
low-temperature gas service. To incorporate all of the required
features within the design of such machines, customers should
also specify all the necessary information and data including
ambient condition, plant layout, type of service (intermittent
or continuous,) capacity control requirements and number of
working compressors. All of this information will impact the
final design and selection of compressor along with auxiliaries
to achieve a long, uninterrupted service.
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Could I use $\mathbf{v} = \mathbf{u} + \mathbf{a}t$ for calculating velocity in these 3 different dimensions? If not, what's the difference between these 3 dimensions? How would you calculate velocity in 3d? One more thing, is $\mathbf{v} = \mathbf{u} + \mathbf{a}t$ for 3d, 2d or both?
The velocity formula $\mathbf{v} = \mathbf{u} + \mathbf{a}t$ for 1D, 2D, 3D . What is the difference?
In terms of velocitiy in classical mechanics the only difference between the dimensions is what kind of objects $v$, $u$ and $a$ are.
While $t$ should always be a real number $v$,$u$ and $a$ should be vectors in $\mathbb{R}^n$ where $n$ represents the dimension you are talking about. If this does not help, please clarify.
Notice that in more than one dimension (two, three, and even higher!) the boldface vector notation $\mathbf x(t)$ is really just shorthand for a tuple of component functions. Explicitly, in dimension $d$, one has \begin{align} \mathbf x(t) = \begin{pmatrix} x^1(t) \\ \vdots \\ x^d(t) \\ \end{pmatrix} \end{align} Now, the velocity vector is defined as the derivative of $\mathbf x$ with respect to time; $\mathbf v(t) = \dot{\mathbf x}(t)$ where the overdot conventionally means a derivative with respect to time. One can show that this implies that the velocity vector can be obtained by simply differentiating the position vector components; \begin{align} \mathbf v(t) = \begin{pmatrix} v^1(t) \\ \vdots \\ v^d(t) \\ \end{pmatrix} = \begin{pmatrix} \dot x^1(t) \\ \vdots \\ \dot x^d(t) \\ \end{pmatrix} \end{align} Similarly, the acceleration is defined as the derivative of the velocity with respect to time, and it's components are simply the first derivatives of the velocity components with respect to time or, equivalently, the second derivatives of the position components with respect to time; \begin{align} \mathbf a(t) = \begin{pmatrix} a^1(t) \\ \vdots \\ a^d(t) \\ \end{pmatrix} = \begin{pmatrix} \dot v^1(t) \\ \vdots \\ \dot v^d(t) \\ \end{pmatrix} = \begin{pmatrix} \ddot x^1(t) \\ \vdots \\ \ddot x^d(t) \\ \end{pmatrix} \end{align} Now, suppose that the acceleration is constant, namely $\mathbf a(t) = \mathbf a_0$ for some constant $\mathbf a_0$. In boldface notation, this could be written in terms of the velocity as $\dot{\mathbf v}(t) = \mathbf a_0$. On the other hand, in component form, it would be written as \begin{align} \begin{pmatrix} \dot v^1(t) \\ \vdots \\ \dot v^d(t) \\ \end{pmatrix} = \begin{pmatrix} (a_0)^1 \\ \vdots \\ (a_0)^d \\ \end{pmatrix} \end{align} but recall that two such $d$-tuples are equal if and only if their components are equal, so this equality of vectors leads to a set of $d$, $1$-dimensional equations, one for each component; \begin{align} \dot v^i(t) = (a_0)^i(t). \end{align} Now each of these is a one-dimensional equation whose solution is $ v^i(t) = v^i(0) + (a_0)^i t$ for each $i=1, \dots d$. But this is equivalent to \begin{align} \begin{pmatrix} v^1(t) \\ \vdots \\ v^d(t) \\ \end{pmatrix} = \begin{pmatrix} v^1(0) + (a_0)^1t \\ \vdots \\ v^d(0) + (a_0)^dt \\ \end{pmatrix} \end{align} which in boldface notation is equivalent to \begin{align} \mathbf v(t) = \mathbf v(0) + \mathbf a_0 t \end{align} as desired.
Note. This works in any dimension $d\geq 1$, so it works in dimensions $2$ and $3$ as special cases.
One dimensional motion
Two dimensional motion
Three dimensional motion
I hope this helped.
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Hello all you happy little Ninja's out there....
This Thread is for those who would like to make comment on the State-Of-The-Art Nodal Ninja 4 Pano Head...
To be honest I am still overwhelmed at being the first person in the whole wide world to receive the all new NN4 with RD16 Rotor. I also have the Arca Style Quick Release System which is really great. Camera On - Camera Off, really quickly...
I am also playing with my Nadir Adapter which is a really nice little attachment, very well made with precise clicks to set to 90 and 180 degrees. I am still working out how to use it but I will get there in the end. I have had lots of hot tips on that so far... To be honest I think that this little tool really sets off the NN4.. It adds so much to its functionality. I would guess that a lot of thought has gone into its design.
I am using the Nikon D90 with 10.5 fisheye lens which are both really nice tools.. I really love my setup but in time i would like to buy a full frame camera, but that will come later. I am very new to the pano world, but I am learning fast. So far I think I have made all the right decision as far as tooling and software goes.
I have been nothing else but very impressed with the new NN4 from the moment I took it out of its carry case, which in itself is a very nice beautifully made case. My husband laughed at seeing my face when I realised it was longer than the NN3 case, as I found out when I tried to load it into my camera bag. Now I need a new bigger bag!
There seems to have been a lot of thought gone into the NN4's design and understanding the needs of pano photographers. I personally love nice engineered things. i have checked out just about every part of this NN4 and cannot find fault in any part of it. The overall finish is really beautiful, with no sharp edges. I do not think its an easy task to design something that is well engineered, practical, highly functional and most importantly, affordable but not cheap looking!
The NN4 with its increment at the rotation points are a really nice feature. Everything seems to move so freely without sticking and clicks precisely into place. Its just a matter of tightening it up after rotating with the large black knob which, like all these large black knobs are really nicely finished off.. Very silky smooth to the touch..
My NN4 sits proudly on top of my RD-16 Rotor. I have used this Rotor before and I have found it to be really easy to use and clicks precisely and easily into its increment setting. This Rotor by itself is a nice piece of engineering.
I have just about set up my Nadir Point which I found to be really easy due to the the NN4's great design features. The metal placement stops are great for maintaining the final settings for all future panos, facilitating a quick setup for each photo session. Now I am ready for the big day tomorrow, where I will be taking my first pano tour of a Model Airplane shop.. Its a freebee so not getting paid for it but I get to put my first pano tour on my web site. It will be the big test for me and my new NN4..
Just one last thing.. Customer support in our book is at the top of our list. The customer support we have received from Bill Bailey and his team has been nothing short of OUTSTANDING!..
Bye for now..


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Audi TT RS 2012
The Audi TT RS 2012 is powered by the 2.5 liter turbocharged five-cylinder TFSI engine that generates 360hp and 343 lb-ft of torque. The Audi TT RS shoots from standstill to 60mph in just 4.1 seconds and has a top speed of 174mph, which makes it the fastest in its class. The price tag for this highly anticipated Audi will be $56,850 which excludes destination charges, taxes, title, options and dealer charges.