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What are your thoughts on Windows 8?
I got a laptop with Windows 8 on Thanksgiving. It's completely different OS than 7. The best thing I can say is that it boots incredibly fast. But I've been calling it Windows Oubliette due to the numerous exitless dead-ends built in. Right away it boots to a lovely photo on an otherwise blank screen. No clues about what to do from there. After some frustrated banging on the keyboard I discovered that hitting the mouse or space bar takes you to the log-in screen. Getting to the Start screen is easy once you find the hidden "Charms" bar, but the only way I have found to leave the Start screen is by deploying an application (programs are apparently now called applications). You seemingly can't just close the Start screen and go back to what you were doing. The first time I used it, every lateral motion on the mouse opened the PC Settings screen, from which there is no exit save cont-alt-delete to Task Manager. There's no off, you have to go thru Settings to Power to shut down.
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Not a big fan of it, but I have a few thoughts to add.
They designed it for a touch screen. To the point that it's hard to find out how it works if you don't have a touch screen.
If you end up on the start screen, press the windows logo key to go back to where you were. When at the start screen, you can just start typing the name of a program and it goes into a search. If you want to run Notepad, just start typing "Note" and hit enter when it appears.
To turn the computer off, you can also go to the start screen, click on your name, and choose log off, where you get the option to power down I believe.
@omnichad: Yes, basically there are several paths to shut down but they are all a three or four step operation. One of the things I like about Win7 is the one-step shut down. I haven't ever used the windows logo button or alt-F4, but from what I am reading about Win8 these are going to be important. A second thing I do like about Win8 is that they brought back Move To and Copy To, something I have really missed in Win7. I was just readnig an article about escaping screens and it said to drag the mouse from the top of the screen to the bottom, which is going to be a pain with a laptop mouse. I'll eventually get used to it, but it's going to be a big learning curve for people used to the old Windows.
I upgraded to Windows 8 from XP when I finally replaced my dog of a laptop (some folks here might be happy to hear that I will stop complaining about it finally) and am stuggling with liking the new operating system. I agree with @omnichad in that it was designed for a touchscreen but was preloaded onto my new non touchscreen laptop. Hoping that as I get more time to learn it I will be less frustrated with it and actually learn to like it
@moondrake: I love the new file copy progress bar.
With shutting down, I think they're trying to tell you not to shut down. Just let your computer go into sleep or hybrid sleep. Why do you want to shut it down?
1. It is over 100 degrees for months in the summer, and my bedroom where this computer stays is usually hotter than the ambient outdoor temperature when I am not home and running the AC. Even now as November is waning into December, it is in the mid-70s here and my bedroom is running about 80 in the afternoons.
2. A laptop that is turned off and unplugged uses no electricity and is not vulnerable to power surges or incursions.
3. Computers that never shut down get neurotic. I rarely turn off my tablet and it starts getting dodgy on me if I don't power it down at least once a week.
4. Machines have only so many hours of functional life. Starting and stopping machines is somewhat taxing on them, but if you are not going to be using them for a long period there is a net savings in wear and tear if you shut them down.
This computer is only in active use for about 4 hours a day during the week, so running it for the other 20 hours just doesn't make good fiscal sense to me.
Haven't used it, but I heard you can use ESC to exit the Start Screen and return to where you were.
Also, if you have a physical power button on the computer, that might work for powering off, I think I read something about that too.
@moondrake: I guess you're not familiar with how little power is drawn with the new sleep modes.
1. When a computer goes into sleep mode in Windows 8, the computer goes completely silent. Everything but the RAM powers off - no heat generated, no fans running, just a blinky light to tell you it's not fully off. You can adjust the power settings so it goes to sleep even sooner. Closing the lid probably accomplishes the same.
2. True. But you have to make sure that the AC adapter is completely removed from the wall, too. That's the part most likely to be damaged in a power surge.
3. This is less true with anything after XP. I go at least a month without rebooting with no issues. Having more than 4GB of RAM helps a lot with this. Just letting it reboot for Windows Updates seems to be enough for me.
4. Putting to sleep stops wear and tear on almost every component too - equal to a shutdown.
The cost of sleep is near zero. And it's faster than waiting on startup every day.
@omnichad: Since this is a Microsoft product we are talking about here, there are many reasons you would want to shut down. Many Linux and Unix systems are able to stay on for several years without crashing but that just doesn't seem to be the case for any Microsoft operating system including their top end server software.
Haven't had much experience with Windows 8 yet but if past operating systems are any indication of how Windows 8 will work, you'll want to shut down periodically to release memory leaks and locked files and other issues that are known to haunt the system. Can't tell you how many times I try to delete a file only for it to tell me that it's being used by some application and that application was closed hours ago. Sure I could probably run some command line utility to find and kill the process but it's just as easy to reboot and or shutdown.
@cengland0: So a process not closing completely is somehow Microsoft's fault? I could find you just as many apps on Linux that would do the same.
I can say from actual experience at least with Windows 7 (that's been out long enough to say this) that you will have minimal slowdowns after a month without rebooting.
@cengland0: My win 7 desktop and laptops are rebooted once every couple of months, when necessary to install a critical security patch.
If you need to reboot more often than that your applications are at fault.
I run more Windows machines then I run Mac's or Linux. I never have to shut down my Mac or Linux machines REGARDLESS of what software is on them. It's a lot easier for Microsoft to point the finger then to fix the issue.
As @cengland0 mentioned, how many times do you have to reboot the system after a new program is installed. Or to release something that should not be hung up on an application. How many times have you gone into the Task Manager to kill a process because Windows is handling it horribly?
Those issues have always been issues in the past and will be in Windows 8. Since we all know those issues will still be around why the heck maybe it complicated to reboot or shut down? Regardless if you have to reboot your PC every night or once a month to "fix" something you have to shut it down. Why make it any more difficult then your previous systems?
If you really are that hung up on a start button and an easy way to shut down check out the link below from Google. Its a program called Power 8 that will add a start button to Windows 8 for you. Essentially it links shortcuts to all the commands and apps that you would need in the start menu.
And yes, it was designed around touchscreens so when you have those slick "metro" screens that take up the entire window and they don't have an X in the corner to shut the window you will have to click the window and drag it off the screen. BRILLIANT!!!!!
Touchscreens aren't affordable enough to be the standard in a business or home so why build an entire OS around a tablet? It would be like trying to run Mountain Lion on the iPad and iPhone. It would be a nightmare!
@coondogg97: Not really, when I clicked on snipping tool (a part of windows now) from the metro mode it launches the windows 7 desk top mode. If it was truly designed to be touch it should just stay in touch mode. Why would I want to snip something I am not looking at? I use snipping tool a lot (pic is worth 1000 words).
Win8 is not as bad as WinMe. I would say it is even with Vista (it has some annoyances but is moving to something better). Some will like it some will not.
It is no XP or Win7. When I tried them I knew it was worth the upgrade.
'windows 8 is faster' (are you sure your comparing it on the same hardware that is running Windows 7)
I think it feels slower (my comparisons are an old laptop that was running XP that I loaded 8 on) the apps take forever to load.
Perhaps shutdowns are only for patch Tuesday? (kidding shutting down is not intuitive but someone will make an 'app for that' (not kidding))
@caffeine_dude: Win8 is not as bad as WinMe. I would say it is even with Vista (it has some annoyances but is moving to something better). Some will like it some will not.
Ouch. That's like saying Jeffrey Dahmer was more level headed then Charles Manson.
I don't get all the comparisons with vista.
If you currently like windows 7, then you like vista. The biggest problem with vista wasn't the UI, it was the fact that it could cripple even state of the art machines with how bloated and inefficient the code was. While that landed vista in the bin of failure along with several other MS OS's - let's all be clear as to why they failed. windows 7 is mostly vista, in terms of UI, drivers, etc.
Win 8 now... I'm still torn about it. As a desktop environment - it's pretty meh. I dual boot into either 7 or 8, and find myself going back to 7 each and every time. On my wife's new touchscreen ultrabook however... you really see the interface come to life. forget the mouse - a touchscreen is why this OS exists, and where most casual computing will be headed. I'm not even talking about a fully tabletized laptop - a traditional ultrabook with keyboard, but just using the touch interface... In that scenario, i'm a fan of it.
of interesting note, unlike vista... win8 is benchmarking (under otherwise equal equipment) as good or higher than win7, depending on the activity...
I am loving Windows 8, I have installed it on a desktop, and while yes, it is different, and yes, it has a learning curve just like any other OS, I am finding that once you actually learn to use it, it is quick and efficient.
The one thing I did modify is I added custom buttons on the desktop taskbar for "Start", "Shut Off", "Sleep" and "Hibernate". It just takes too many clicks to get to most of these options otherwise and the charms bar is not quite quick enough for me.
So overall I am VERY happy with the OS, I would not go back to 7, and really think all the haters have not really given it a chance or taken the time to learn how to use it.
I just started using Windows 8 after upgrading from Windows XP. The only reason I upgraded is that there is a great upgrade offer right now and XP has one foot in the grave anyway. So far I like the potential, although there is a lot to get used to and figure out. The system seems to run more efficiently than XP so my 3 year old mediocre computer actually seems to run faster than before. The design choices are not very intuitive (especially for a non-touch screen), but I can see where some tweaking and customizing can make it run as close to an XP experience as I was used to and still get some of the benefits of the new features such as the apps. I have not explored the apps as much as I would like, but those definitely seem to have potential.
Also, I really like a lot of the Microsoft Live, Xbox, and other Microsoft service integration. It really makes me more interested in the potential of a Surface tablet or Windows phone (especially since I am not a big Apple fan).
@coondogg97: I calls it like I seez it.
Heck (for a limited time only) the windows 8 launcher looks pretty good on my tablet running android running on the HP Touch Pad and to be fair the tiles are live on the Android. Of course if I was only locked into one launcher I could not use it, but I have my day to day stuff on there. When I get home I use my other launcher.
edit sorry for the double post
@goatcrapp: Sorry but wrong:
Task bar rocks on 7 (worth 7 right there)
VM xp mode is on 7 (and works at work)
7 is more stable.
7 had the UAC fixed (I almost got migraines from the flash flash flash of UAC in vista)
7 does run better.
Start and search, could get you to buried menu options.
Just an FYI:
You only have to click and drag to the bottom if you are closing a program launched from the start menu. Windows 8 still has the same desktop that you are used to in Win 7. If you launch a program from the desktop, you still have the X button to use for closing the program.
@samstag: assuming you are using the PC on a daily basis, and it is not a server, I would not recommend only rebooting every couple months. A reboot will clear the ram, which is critical to program performance, also some applications only take the time to perform administrative tasks during boot. So if you don't reboot for a long time, you might find programs behaving strangely. For example you might have less system restore points created if you reboot less often. Anyway, my main concern would be the ram. With programs running for months on end continuously requesting and then freeing memory, the ram is likely to be more fragmented than a windows 98 hard drive, which is bad for performance.
This has nothing to do with windows 8, but I saw that and had to say something. *retreats back into hole*
I think you misunderstand me - i'm not sticking up for vista.
you do realize all of those same problems were fixed in vista, the minute they hit 7 (and you seem to forget the major UAC headache in 7's initial release, and still existing in win7 home - the home flavor is actually extremely close to vista. from an as-coded standpoint). The taskbar is literally a regedit away in an updated vista machine.
They share the same base code, that's not up for debate. 7 could have just as easily been released as a major service pack, but unfortunately the fixes would be destructive.. no one likes service packs that require migrating settings and data imperfectly (yet they tolerate it very well, when it's a purchased update) Also the stigma of a horrible OS was already there... so like winME - cut the losses and run.
7's stability comes from not maxing resources / releasing memory spaces properly, - this is granted, still a vista issue, and one they won't bother fixing.
@hirshy: It's not the programs that are lacking the X to close. Its the metro(?) pages. The PC Settings page is the worst, I have tried everything I can think of to get rid of it and so far control-alt-delete is the only one that has worked. I'll be trying to drag it off the screen this evening and see if that works. But the built in laptop mouse is not well suited to full screen sweeps.
I got this less than a week ago so I am sure I will eventually learn my way around its idiosyncrasies. But right now they seem more like idiots and crazies. LOL. I have been around a while, started on DOS, and have been through every iteration of Windows except Vista (held onto my XP PCs till that storm passed). This one's taking a major learning curve. A friend called last night when I was arguing with the new computer and I grumped about it. He asked what I was trying to do and I replied I was just trying to use the danged thing, which he laughed at heartily.
Does nobody use the windows key at all? I mean... windows key by itself will bring up the start screen or return you to what you were previously doing, windows+e launched an explorer window, windows+tab brings up a sidebar that lets you right-click and close individual programs or switch to them...
People really need to learn to use that key.
@stryker4526: I honestly didn't even know it had a function. It's been purely decorative for all the years I have been using PCs. Once or twice I pressed it in curiosity, but nothing blew up and no dimensional door opened-- nothing happened in fact. So I decided it must be one of those keys like the tilde that was so rarely used and so specialized in function that I was never going to have to worry about it. Guess Windows 8 is going to make me find it now.
@countdown: I've been going months between reboots for 3+ years. Do you have a source for your information? I'm no OS expert but I've been developing software for 25+ years and haven't seen an OS where memory management was a real issue since the DOS days.
Your warning sounds like something the guys at Best Buy would say.
Did you find an answer? Methinks your question went just a little off-topic. :)
@moondrake: The windows key has ALWAYS at least brought up the start menu when pressed by itself.
Something was wrong with either your keyboard or your OS if pressing it did absolutely nothing.
@moondrake: As stryker4526 noted, the windows key is a crucial component now with Win8, as it lets you go back and forth quickly between the desktop/tiles or whatever screen you were last at. Alt+Tab is also very important to help switch between screens- in the off chance you've never used it before, hold both down and you'll have all the open screens on your computer pop up and then you, while still holding Alt, cycle through the various screens by hitting Tab again. Alt+F4 is also great for closing programs quickly, especially those pesky tiles programs that don't have a close button built in. And even better, on the desktop screen, if you press Alt+F4 you will have a little window pop up that will give you options to log out, lock the computer, put the computer to sleep, shut down the computer, or restart the computer. Overall it seems like the Win8 engineers tried to make a system that is usable sans-mouse. I'm starting to enjoy it. (Definitely better than Vista)
7's stability compared to Vista's had more to do with drivers having most of the bugs worked out. When Vista came out it was using a completely different driver architecture from XP and required that hardware manufacturing develop drivers for this new system. 99% of the crashes I had from Vista were crappy drivers from nvidia and few other companies that were still learning the new system.
@iggz: Thanks, now I have a really good reason to update from Windows 7 to Windows 8.
@goatcrapp: What I am looking for is the registration edit that puts Windows 7 task bar on Vista.
I forgot the Window slams (where Windows 7 auto resizes when you run into the side.)
For the OP, and Windows 8 makes me feel like I am testing an alpha release.
@countdown: fragmented RAM? Not an issue.
First - it's extremely cheap to get 8GB or even 16GB of RAM. That alone means much less chance of fragmentation.
Second, fragmentation has almost zero performance impact. There's no hard drive head that has to seek to a position on a platter. Reading the next segment of memory or reading a random position of memory takes the exact same amount of time. So you have a brief instant of overhead when reading the address of the next page of memory. I'm not even sure if you can measure the small impact this might have.
This is a serious comment, not a flame.
I multitask like a mad man on coke. I currently have 4 explores open:
1 notepad,
1 cmd,
4 word documents,
2 spreadsheets,
1 chrome with break time 9 tabs,
1 chrome with 4 work time tabs open,
1 streaming music player
a few industry specific programs running,
gv notifier,
google talk,
My email client,
sticky notes and it is still morning!
And if you tell me to use windows 7 mode, I will ask why not just stick to windows 7. I swear I will!
What people have trouble understanding is that Windows 8 has essentially 2 user interfaces, not one. There is one that runs apps, and another that runs programs.
The one that runs apps, also has links to launch your desktop programs.
Windows 8 actually allows you to multi-task in more dimensions than Windows 7, due to the ability to switch between App and Desktop mode.
Windows 8 is still essentially very much like Windows 7, it's just that now you have the option to work with the OS in a different way. I think it's very innovative, and efficient if you take the time to understand how it was intended to work.
@samstag: you and @omnichad make a good point that fragmentation is not really an issue for RAM, I suppose I did not think hard enough about that one. However what about memory leakage? Not an issue in most modern OOP languages, but in older languages (which I assume you use if youve been writing software for 25+ years) memory leakage can occur and even professional companies will find leaks 5-10 years later (speaking from experience).
I also have yet to hear a counterpoint to what I mentioned above about administrative tasks running.
Ultimately i would still argue it is not responsible nor recommendable to leave your computer running for months on end (unless it is a server). Even if you ignore the 2 points I make above, it is just a massive waste of energy.
@countdown: I'm definitely familiar with memory leaks. Fortunately I've never seen one in Win 7. When I get one it's an application and can be cleared by killing that process.
I'm not sure I get your point about admin tasks. I have scheduled tasks to check windows update and keep my anti-virus up to speed. What do you think I'm missing out on that can only happen during a reboot?
As for leaving it running for months being irresponsible, I think you missed the part where we use sleep mode to save energy when the PC isn't in use. Mine is set to sleep after 15 minutes of inactivity, so it's running quite a bit less than the average user.
@samstag: Fair points; taken. I'm not really trying to argue it's the end of the world (although it is convenient to argue extremes). But I just can't think of a reason that leaving it on would be more ideal over shutting it down. I guess I was hoping to hear that reason, but come to think of it you're not arguing that extremity either. I guess at the end of the day my only point is I would not recommend it, but people are free to, and like you point out it will not kill your machine.
One final PS though. I don't like the solution of killing a leaking process, surely it would be ideal if it exited "gracefully". I guess if it is a big leak then who cares; its a crappy program. But a leak over months was the original scale I was thinking in, which could go unnoticed until someone runs their PC for 3 months ;).
@dmmutti: I am not sure anyone is still paying attention. The 2nd interface seems intent on single a application. I will refer to my snipping tool. The tablet mode will not let me snip a page from it. Even using tune in seemed odd.
@caffeine_dude: I am listening but you are speaking a language I do not understand. :)
No need to try to explain. After reading the information that the device is flipping back and forth between Windows 8 with the frustrating full page Metro stuff, and Windows 7 with the familiar interface, I understand what's happening and I am able to stay in my Windows 7 comfort zone more easily.
Looks like a 7th grader designed it instead of a multi-billion dollar corporation. I mean really. The awful color scheme makes me barf. I don't have a real problem with the UI as I use a touch screen, but the graphic design is not what I would expect from a company with limitless resources.
@erunyon: I agree. The color scheme is very aggressive, which may be trendy but I prefer a more muted workspace. The icons on the Start page are also excessively huge. I generally use folders to endure that any file list will fit on a single screen. I do not like having to scan around on a page larger than my screen, and there's no need for it on the Start page if they'd made the icons smaller than a business card.


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Breast milk is available on demand, wherever you and your baby happen to be. There's no formula to buy, no bottles to wash, and no need to warm milk or prepare anything. All your new child needs is you, the mother. Breast milk is always the right temperature, and it makes nighttime feedings a breeze. Be aware that a nursing mother is basically tied to her child for feedings, unless she decides to pump and store her milk.
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I own a Lenovo EasyPad Z580 running Ubuntu and I'd like to manage more of the power management (battery). I found answers in this question about battery management on Lenovo systems: How can I limit battery charging to 80% capacity?
So, I've installed tp smapi using the following command:
sudo apt-get install tp-smapi-dkms
Aquaherd's answer seems to settle the problem for some users. In the comments however it is clear it throws the following error for other users (me included):
sudo modprobe tp_smapi
FATAL: Error inserting tp_smapi (/lib/modules/3.5.0-17-generic/updates/dkms/tp_smapi.ko):
No such device
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dkms status):
tp-smapi, 0.41, 3.5.0-21-generic, x86_64: installed
I checked the following sources, but they all seem too advanced for me. Is there a way to install tp_smapi without messing too much with kernels and source code etc? If there is not, can someone explain the various steps proposed in some of these howto's
- Cannot set tp_smapi thresholds on a Thinkpad
- http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2007/09/howto-extend-life-of-your-thinkpads.html
- http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1752993
- http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1752993
- http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/11670/how-to-load-tp-smapi-on-thinkpad-x120e


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America's military and veterans: Providing the support they deserve
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Wow. That looks fantastic!
Hi Pep - excellent work - you're off to a good start.
Great photo!!!!
Do you remember what lens, how many pictures, and did you use multiple rows to get this photo?
Can't wait for mine to show up.
Sorry for late answer.
I use my 400D with TAMRON 17-50 f2.8.
I do 2 rows of 10 pictures ... yes it's more high definition picture than pano
Very nice pano. Great job with the lighting and angels as well.
What did you use to stitch that together?!
John in Sunnyvale, CA
NN3, D300, Toys.
beautiful indeed pep, I've shot in church's before and am surprised the ceiling is so bright.
keep up the good work,
beautiful shot
I just received my NN and was wondering if you could help me calculating the nodal point for the tamron 17-50 lens


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This is the blog for Gavin and Carrie Jones and family. We live in Papua New Guinea and are working to support Bible translations in progress around the country and the people of PNG. Gavin is a helicopter pilot. Carrie has her degree in Public Health, but our "public" now consists of our son, Isaac, born in 2004 and our quintuplets, Will, David, Marcie, Seth, and Grace, all born in 2012.
But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD's love is with those who fear him and his righteousness with their children's children . . . Psalm 103:17
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Carrie's 2 cents
I would add fear as a main motivator for abortion. Gavin says he shouldn't have put "self righteous" in his sentence about abortions being done in the name of convenience [You'll note he's since then removed those words.]. We know there are many women who have found abortion anything but convenient, suffering from agonizing doubt beforehand and trauma and remorse afterward. And while we believe that Scripture teaches us "a person's a person no matter how small" (see Psalm 139), and a woman's rights can never overrule the rights of another life growing inside of her, I would also hasten to reassure anyone who has already aborted/selectively reduced a child that Jesus Christ will never turn away anyone who comes to Him (John 6:37).
John 6:28-29 says the only "good work" necessary and sufficient for our salvation is to believe in the One the Father has sent. Jesus came to take the punishment for ALL of our sins - and that includes gossip, jealousy, pettiness, abortions, murder, anything at all that falls short of God's glory.
It's like trying to leap across the Grand Canyon when it comes to trying to measure up to God's holiness and perfection on our own. The greatest Olympic long-jumper would way out-jump me, but he's still going to fall far short to his death. One person's good works might be much more evident than another's, but the most right acts of any of us are like filthy rags compared to God's righteousness (Isaiah 64:6).
For several years I felt like too much of a let-down in God's eyes to even come to Him, despite having accepted Christ's sacrifice as a four-year-old. I will always remember sitting on a couch in our apartment and working on memorizing these verses from Romans 8 when the truth of them struck me to the heart and caused me to sob with gratitude!:
1So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. 2And because you belong to him, the powera of the life-giving Spirit has freed youbfrom the power of sin that leads to death. 3The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature.c So God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have. And in that body God declared an end to sin's control over us by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins. 4He did this so that the just requirement of the law would be fully satisfied for us, who no longer follow our sinful nature but instead follow the Spirit.
Love and gratitude to you all for caring and sharing in so many, many ways,
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Powerful article. God's grace does, indeed, cover us and our sinful natures. And, as a Christian, I have experienced closeness and separation, but thankfully, He was always there and loved me while I worked out my relationship with Him. It reminds me of the old Marvin Gaye song, "There ain't no mountain high enoughReplyDelete
Ain't no valley low enough;
Ain't no river wide enough;
To keep 'God' from getting to you."
The nuns sang this on the old movie, Sister Act. But it is so true. God comes to us wherever we are .
Bless you, Carrie and Gavin.
My sister, Betty Givem,a missionary, gave birth in Papua New Guinea, in 1965. The baby lived, but she died, as a result of blood loss. They were in a remote area, and the MAF could not get in to help her and get her to a hospital. She is buried in Mt Hagen.ReplyDelete
We cannot always understand the things that take place in our lives, but how we deal with them is always the key. Our reactions show who we are inside. May the Lord continue to give you strenght and grace for the future.
- AnonymousFebruary 6, 2013 at 4:44 PM
The quints look so sweeet in their many outfits. They are so beautiful; each one, what sizes are they in now? It would be fun to know if I saw something special.ReplyDelete
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I was recently contracted to develop a smarty theme for an automated SOHO phone answering service. The team who had built the backend wouldn't allow me access to any of the back end nor tell me anything about it, their smarty set up, smarty plugins, data base interface api, server set-up, nothing. Nor could I have access to the server nor a beta domain, basically zero co-operation.
So I set up a local server with Smarty and built the template based on what I guessed would be their best practice, commented my code like crazy, wrote all the needed javascript, css, and template files. Then I sent them packaged to the backend team and hoped for the best.
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Are the molecular gastronomy additives kosher?
Most gelling agents are derived from flora of some kind - usually plants or algae. Since they aren't derived from any animal, they are kosher and also vegan.
The primary exception is gelatin, which is derived from animal bones. Gelatin is as kosher as the animal it came from and the conditions under which it was prepared; genuine kosher gelatin does exist (usually produced from fish bones) but it is somewhat difficult to find in most areas. If you see it, you'll know, because it will be labeled as kosher. Beware of "KoJel" and other kosher gelatin "substitutes", as they are usually some other additive or combination of additives, such as agar and/or carrageenan.
Here's a quick (incomplete) list of where some of the additives come from:
As you can see, there's nothing in there to make it unkosher.
Of course in practice it depends how strict you are. Some of these things may be prepared in facilities where they may come into contact with unkosher foods - so if you're orthodox, you might have to seek out products that have the K stamp. Good luck finding them.


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If You Want to Beat 'Em, Learn From 'Em First
Your future competitors have a lot to teach you
Starting a business? Take a hard look at the people who are already there.
Researching your rivals is a vital step for entrepreneurs entering a market. Finding out how much revenue they bring in, what they pay their workers and how they deal with their suppliers can show you what you need to do to stay competitive—and what missteps to avoid along the way.
Yet too many small companies don't do that homework. "Entrepreneurs have a tendency toward overconfidence, and can underestimate what they can learn from their future competitors," says Clifford Holekamp, senior lecturer in entrepreneurship at Washington University in St. Louis's Olin Business School. "The competition offers a free glimpse into seeing how different ideas work out in actual practice."
Here's a look at some strategies for finding out what you need to know about rivals.
Ballpark Their Sales
It's important to get an idea of how much money your competitors are bringing in. That not only helps you set expectations for your own business but also lets you recognize "potential opportunities, partners, acquirers and threats," says Jed Carlson, co-founder and president of ReverbNation.com, a marketing and promotion platform for independent bands.
What if those numbers aren't public? Do some triangulating. Get information about the size of your industry from trade groups, analysts and consulting firms, then look for clues that let you size up competitors. For instance, says Mr. Carlson, you might find out from one source that the size of the whole market is $1 billion—and another source might say a certain company has a 20% market share. You could then peg Company X's revenue at $200 million.
The Lowdown on Salaries
Something else you can find online: how rivals pay their employees. "This is huge, because recruitment efforts must be competitive and in line with market rates," says Jared Franklin, president and founder of Chase Technology Consultants, a staffing and recruitment company in Boston. "I wouldn't have a flying chance at recruiting the best staff if I hadn't budgeted and planned for how much those individuals were going to cost my business."
Job sites can be a tremendous source of information, he says: Just plug in a job title in your field and geographic area (such as electrical engineers in Manhattan) and see what the competition is doing.
But it's not just about salaries, Mr. Franklin says. For instance, if a competitor offers benefits such as extended vacation time and he doesn't, he can address that when interviewing candidates and offer alternatives.
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But you can't find out everything on a computer. It's important to talk to people in the know, says Angelo Santinelli, an adjunct lecturer at Babson College. Pump anyone you can for information about your rivals, whether it's customers, suppliers or employees.
"Some people will talk to you because they have a need for recognition and will get on the phone when they shouldn't," Mr. Santinelli says. They might also like to gossip or complain, he says, such as a supplier who doesn't like the way a company is behaving.
But, Mr. Santinelli warns, "Represent yourself honestly. Don't lie."
Joe Giacalone, owner of Arch Painting Inc., often uses conferences and trade shows to speak to suppliers.
"If I know how much of a certain product my competitors are buying, I can gauge their sales volume or what they specialize in," he says. "I can ask about their reputation from the supplier's standpoint."
Likewise, he says, "if I win or lose a project, I ask why they made their decision. What did we do better, or what did my competitor do."
Some entrepreneurs also say that you can learn a lot when interviewing job seekers who used to work for the competition. Don't make phony offers just to glean information, they warn, but take advantage of opportunities when they arise, learning all you can about a rival's quotas, sales and revenue.
"A lot of gold comes out of those conversations," says R.J. Lewis, founder of eHealthcare Solutions LLC, which sells ads for health websites, and co-founder of Ad-Juster Inc., an ad-operations software business.
Go Straight to the Source
You can also learn a lot by talking to rivals themselves. For instance, when he founded a chain of podiatric medical centers, Mr. Holekamp of Olin Business School personally visited the competition to see what choices they made and how they operated.
Sometimes he went in anonymously, and other times he introduced himself as someone prospectively joining their industry. More often than not, he was surprised by how helpful and forthcoming they were.
Once again, though, tell the truth. "The ethical line is crossed when you misrepresent yourself in order to seek access to information not readily available to the general public," Mr. Holekamp says.
And, of course, be personable. "If you take a friendly approach, most competitors will be happy to share experiences and tips," says Mr. Giacalone. If all goes well, you might even "trade leads that better suit each other's companies."
Don't Lose Your Focus
As you do your research, though, keep some perspective. A rival's suppliers and former employees may have an ax to grind. Information you get from trade associations and job listings may be outdated.
Above all, don't forget that the most important issue you face is whether customers will or won't buy your product, not what your competition is doing, says Steven Gold, senior partner for entrepreneurship at Babson College.
Dustin Wells, chief executive officer and founder of custom software company Headspring LP, learned that the hard way. In 1999, he formed a startup that let parents monitor their children at child-care centers using feeds from on-site cameras. His plan was based on very little research—he visited one or two websites with similar business models. He didn't talk to potential customers until after investing in equipment.
"We trusted the perceived success of our competitors," Mr. Wells says. "Our competitors failed, and so did we, because parents and child-care centers simply don't have the money or enough incentive to pay for these services."
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Five Things to Watch on Election Night
The presidential campaign has wrapped up pretty much the way smart folks in both parties expected all along: It's close, with the outcome dependent more on whose partisans are loyal on Election Day than on how many voters changed their minds along the way.
In fact, with partisans on both sides so dug in, never have so many billions of dollars been spent to move so few votes. So which factors determine who wins in such a race?
Here are five things to watch as Election Day and Election Night unfold:
How big is the turnout?
As a general proposition, if turnout is higher, that is probably good news for President Barack Obama. If it is lower, that is probably good news for Republican Mitt Romney.
Here's why. Throughout this year, Republicans have had the advantage in enthusiasm and intensity. Meanwhile, Democratic enthusiasm has been lower than when Mr. Obama won in 2008.
That means Mr. Romney's supporters—including groups such as evangelicals, who could be a potent factor in spots—seem likely to show up in force. The question is whether the president's will as well, despite not being as pumped up as in 2008.
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That year, just more than 131 million Americans voted. That number is likely to be higher this year, simply because the voting-age population has grown. The key is percentage of turnout. Four years ago, 62.9% of eligible voters cast ballots. Watch whether the number of votes and the share of the electorate seem to be going up or down. If they are drifting down, that will be a sign the Obama turnout machine didn't work as well as Democrats hope.
What share of the electorate is made up of white voters?
Watch the exit polls for this number. In all pre-election polling, Mr. Romney is winning the white vote comfortably, while Mr. Obama wins the nonwhite vote by wide margins. So a key to figuring out the full equation is what proportion of the electorate is composed of white voters.
Exit polls in 2008 indicated that 74% of those who cast ballots were white. If the white share of the electorate drops, say to 72%, it seems pretty clear Mr. Obama will win. If it rises, to say 76%, that means Mr. Romney likely is going to win. If the level stays constant, it could be a long night.
Parallel question: Can Mr. Obama win 40% or more of the white vote? If he does, he'll be in good shape.
What's happening in college towns?
The performance of young adults is either Mr. Obama's secret weapon or his Achilles' heel. In pre-election polling, two findings stand out: Mr. Obama still is favored by a wide margin among voters aged 18 to 29, but the interest they express in this election is below that of four years ago.
So, the question is whether they come out to vote even if they aren't as enthused as before. Republicans think there is no way the Obama team can produce the same kind of turnout, or sustain the same level of support, among a group suffering high economic anxiety. Obama partisans say pre-election polling consistently underestimates the resilience of its young vote.
What's happening in Virginia?
Tons of ink have been spilled and thousands of minutes of television airtime have been consumed talking about the importance of Ohio and its 18 electoral votes. And indeed, Ohio is pivotal.
Less discussed is the importance of Virginia to Mr. Romney's electoral-college math. Put simply, Mr. Romney may well need to win Virginia's 13 votes first for Ohio to matter later. Let's assume, for example, that Mr. Romney wins North Carolina, Florida and Ohio as well as the swing states of New Hampshire and Colorado. He would still come up four electoral-college votes short of the 270 needed to win without Virginia.
He then would need a win among some states that don't look quite as friendly to him, such as Iowa, Wisconsin or, in a real long shot, Pennsylvania. The Romney path to victory really is Virginia first, then Ohio. Virginia's polls close early, at 7 p.m. Eastern time, so it is a good early test.
What's happening in the key counties of Ohio?
To get a better sense of what's happening in Ohio, don't just watch the state vote totals. Watch a few key counties.
Wall Street Journal counties expert Dante Chinni points to three. One is Hamilton, the home of Cincinnati and a county the Journal has been watching all year. Mr. Obama captured it in 2008, the first time a Democrat had done so since 1964. He doesn't have to win it this time, but he has to make it close.
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I am sure this is a simple question, but the answers I have received from people are never simple. I am trying to apply an answer to this question for scaling images for the iOS Retina display.
ppi = pixels per inch = typically used as a measurement for screens (the iPhone 4 has twice the ppi as the iphone 3)
dpi = dots per inch = typically used as a print measurement and refers to the number of pixels in the image that will be used to render 1" on paper
scaling = this is a loaded term and why the answer isn't simple. For raster images, you can scale an image a number of ways in Photoshop. Some of these ways may change the ppi settings. Some of these may change the actual number of pixels.
All that said, for working with screen graphics, discard the whole concept of ppi and dpi for your own images. All that matters are your image's pixel dimensions.
If you have an icon that is 100px x 100px and want to make a crisper, retina display version, then that version of the image would need to be 200px x 200px.
So, technically, an image that will be displayed at the same physical size on an iPhone 4 as the iPhone 3 version appears would have to have 4 times the number of pixels, as each axis of the image now is twice the pixel dimensions.


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The Tribal Hidage set out the number of households living in different kingdoms and sub-kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England. Has any work been done to map this data, in particular comparing it to the detailed records of the Domesday Book or other detailed censuses closer to the time? In particular I'm interested in the smaller "Middle Angle" tribes mentioned such as the Gifle, Hicca and Willa.
According to wikipedia, yes several people have done various mappings against known historical documents, although I can't find anything to the level of detail I'd like.
"Domesday Book and Beyond: Three Essays in the Early History of England" includes a high level comparison of Tribal Hildage, Burghal Hildage, and other documents with the Domesday Book. One of the issues pointed out here is the uncertainty of definition of the 'hide' unit of measurement. Since these were taxation documents it was advantageous for people to misstate things to their advantage, and this can be seen in obvious discrepancies between subsequent documents. Domesday allocates 70,000 hides to the whole of England, whereas in the Tribal Hidage it comes to well over 240,000 hides.
Another reference that sounds interesting (but not available online):
I've managed to find this for a start:
The Gifle (300 hides), located in eastern Bedfordshire (map here on page 10)


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Judge asked to reconsider ruling in Sheriff Joe Arpaio discrimination case
PHOENIX - Maricopa County is asking a judge to reconsider her decision not to dismiss the county from a lawsuit alleging that Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office carried out a pattern of discrimination against Latinos in its immigration patrols.
The sheriff's office was dismissed from the Justice Department's lawsuit, but Arpaio and the county failed in their bid to be dismissed.
The county says the case's judge erred in not addressing its argument that the U.S. Constitution requires dismissal if she can't grant the relief sought by the lawsuit.
Arpaio's office is accused profiling Latinos in its immigration patrols and retaliating against critics.
Arpaio denies the allegations, saying people are stopped if deputies have probable cause to believe they have committed crimes and that deputies later find many of them are illegal immigrants.


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Revit is Autodesk's flagship Building Information Modeling solution. Since the 2013 release it has become a single unified installation giving users access to all the tools for Architecture, Structure and the MEP disciplines.
The AUGI Revit Community is made up members and users with diverse interests, needs and skill-sets. Each one of us has certain expectations and demands, not only from our software solutions, but from a resource like AUGI. Although this Community is titled Revit Architecture it is the intent, for now at least, that all disciplines are supported and welcome to contribute or comment.
By far the most popular and familiar resource to AUGI Revit users is the Revit forums. Whether by helping to moderate and maintain the forums or by sharing their time and knowledge to answer questions and further discussion, AUGI members have helped build an incredibly rich and valuable resource for new and experienced users alike.
As Revit adoption increases globally and the Revit community at large grows and matures so must the AUGI Revit Community. I really don't believe it's possible or practical to attempt to make AUGI your 'one stop' source for Revit information. What I would like to ensure is that AUGI is your 'first stop' source.
The forums are an established and valuable resource open to all but there is so much to know and learn. We would like your Revit Community at AUGI to be more than just a repository for questions and answers. To try and make that happen I'll be looking to you, the users, to help define how AUGI can serve you better.
It starts by giving you a say. Let us know what you want your community to be. Are you looking for a 'market place' to find and share content? Are you interested in web based round table discussions or tutorials? What information or resources do you need access to that might best be served by an AUGI 'Quick Access Toolbar'?
In the coming months I'll be looking for your suggestions and then enlisting some of you to help make the AUGI Revit Community what you want it to be.
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Four wonderful Topeka homeowners have graciously offered their homes for this year's 25th Annual CASA Homes for the Holidays tour. They've each decorated for the holidays, and shared a go-to holiday recipe with 13 News This Morning. Now we're sharing them with you! The first comes from Doug Bowen.
When we arrived to Doug's home, the smell of cranberry chicken filled the air. It was amazing! Combine that with his beautiful collection of winter homes placed above the kitchen cabinets, the stockings over the fireplace, and the nutcrackers standing guard on an alcove separating the kitchen from the living room, and his home in Millers Glenn was truly filled with the holiday spirit.
The tour raises money for CASA of Shawnee County. CASA is Court Appointed Special Advocates for children. The organization's mission is to be the voice for abused and neglected children in the court system, to make sure they don't get lost in the legal and social service system.
You can experience Doug's home, and three amazing others, the weekend before Thanksgiving in Topeka by going on the home tour! I've listed the information for you below, as well as Doug's Cranberry Dijon Chicken recipe. Enjoy and happy holidays!
Saturday, November 17
Sunday, November 18
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
$9 in advance - $10 at the door
(Visit in any order)
8311 SW 33rd (CASA Collective)
4414 SW Clarion Lakes Drive
3616 SW York Way
2233 SW Millers Glenn Drive
1 family pack chicken cuts (can also use leg quarters or boneless, skinless chicken breasts or thighs)
1 14-oz can whole berry cranberry sauce
1 packet Lipton Vegetable soup mix
1 16-oz bottle Catalina or French salad dressing
2 Tbsp Dijon mustard
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix all ingredients except chicken in medium-large glass baking dish. Add chicken and spoon mixture over top of chicken to cover completely.
Bake uncovered 45-60 minutes, depending on choice of chicken cuts. Occasionally baste with mixture.
Chicken is done when liquid runs clear or meat flakes with twist of a fork.
Great served over mashed potatoes with side of green beans.


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Issues with Monoprice.com?
I just found out that some toady was using my credit card number to go buy stuff and the most recent charge on my account (for which I am responsible) is from Monoprice.com. I took advantage of the woot sponsored deal on Saturday. Not that I'm saying it's Monoprice's fault, but in light of this post two years ago, I'm wondering:
Anyone else had any problems after buying something from Monoprice.com recently? I'm just trying to track down when my CC number was taken.
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I haven't used them lately (say, within the last three months), but I have been using them for all my cabling needs over the lasts several years. Never really had a problem. Is it possible there was a weak link elsewhere?
Glad to hear you caught the unauthorized charge. Please let us know how it works out, or if you learn any more. I'll be sure to keep an eye on my next purchase!
I also do not have any issues with Monoprice, but it has been a while within 6 months. I used the 'company card' with no issues.
I've used Monoprice off-and-on over the last 5 years or so.
Recently (in the last couple of months (including the last week or so)) I've ordered everything I've needed to cable my house and rack it and make it all look classy.
I've never had issues with them.
I've ordered from Monoprice at least a half dozen times, most recently about three months ago.
Never had any problems at all.
That was my question, and that problem was transitory. I've used Monoprice for years, and they're completely reputable. Been to the Walmart site lately? There've been some problems reported here from other people who have traced it back there.
The likeliest thing, of course, is that it was someone who had physical possession of your card (restaurants are the most common, since they can disappear with your card while you're waiting to pay, and make a copy, etc etc).
Weird that you should mention this but yes.
1. A new credit card came in the mail with a note saying that the old one has been canceled and to use the new one. The old one was compromised at an undisclosed merchant.
2. It happened again with another credit card but this time I received a phone call first. They read off several charges that came in all at once and I didn't make any of them so they shut down the card and sent me a new one.
In both instances, this did occur after making a purchase at monoprice. That is very circumstantial evidence and cannot pinpoint that they are really the cause of the problem. I suppose both credit card companies are better able to determine the root cause of this issue than I am so I continue to use my new cards as I have in the past. I will still make purchases from monoprice until my credit card company tells me not to. All my purchases from them have arrived in the mail.
I've never had a problem with monoprice. Sorry for your problems. It sounds like shrdlu may have some insight...she's quite an asset here.
I was one of the poor fobs who had their card information stolen from Monoprice a couple years ago.
Someone ended up using my card to buy a television from a Canadian retailer and I was billed for it (on my US Visa) - spent several hours working with my bank to have the charges credited and the currency conversion charges reversed as well.
Monoprice were actually the ones who advised me (along with all their other customers at the time) that my card might have been compromised, though there was little I could do other than wait until something actually happened to prove my number was actually one of the ones stolen.
Long story short, I was out a few hours of time, but not out any money, and I give kudos to Monoprice for being proactive in disclosing their problems to customers. I still shop there from time to time, with no ill effects since that unfortunate incident.
From what I've read, Monoprice appeared to be a victim in the whole fraud issue two years ago. Meaning, it wasn't some shady insider stealing card numbers - just bad security on Monoprice's part. I'm just wondering if it may have happened again. Of course, there are some smaller vendors I recently bought from on Amazon who may be the culprits. When I do take my card out and use it in store, I rarely ever hand it over to someone. It's mostly swipe and pocket it.
It's a mystery. I've had this happen maybe three times so far (well, once, my overzealous fraud department thought that card was stolen and being used to buy gas as someone ran away with it - turns out it was me, on vacation). The two legitimate fraud times, it was shortly after making online purchases that odd charges began to appear.
The only problem other than the ones listed above is that their concrete anchors are of really poor design/quality and should not be used with their otherwise awesome mounts.
Hello everyone,
First off, we would like to apologize to Smasumur for your card being compromised and would also like to let everyone know that we are 100% PCI compliant. We do not store any CC numbers on our servers so the compromise of such information would not be possible on our current system. Hope this helps and thanks!


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I have worked out the full graphs for $1 \leq \text{number of cards} \leq 13$ in the past, and all of them had just one root loop...except for $8$ cards. In that case, there are two root loops, one of which is $(4,2,2) \to (3,3,1,1)$ (which is also the entire subgraph for that loop). So, here we have a loop of size $2$ and a loop of size $4$. Unlike my previous question, I have no good intuition as to why this is the case.
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I have recently retired after being a maths teacher for 35 years. I am interested in finding out what has happened in my subject since I was a student in the early 70's. I am particularly interested in finite algebra and combinatorics. How can I find other people like myself to correspond with and what are good books to start reading?
As far as reading is concerned, there are many areas of combinatorics which either didn't exist in the early 1970s or hardly existed compared to today:
*Additive combinatorics: -Terence Tao, Van Vu. "Additive Combinatorics". Cambridge University Press. revised ed. 2009
*Analytic combinatorics: -Philippe Flajolet, Robert Sedgewick. "Analytic Combinatorics". Cambridge University Press. 2008. Free online edition: http://algo.inria.fr/flajolet/Publications/book.pdf
*Algebraic combinatorics:
*Geometric combinatorics:
*Topological combinatorics: -Jiří Matoušek. "Using the Borsuk-Ulam Theorem". Springer. 2003
*Combinatorics on words: -Jean Berstel, Juhani Karhumäki. "Combinatorics on words - a tutorial". http://www-igm.univ-mlv.fr/~berstel/Articles/2003TutorialCoWdec03.pdf
*Category-theoretic combinatorics: -François Bergeron, Gilbert Labelle, Pierre Leroux. "Combinatorial Species and Tree-like Structures". Cambridge University Press. 1998
*The C-finite Ansatz: -Doron Zeilberger. http://www.math.rutgers.edu/~zeilberg/mamarim/mamarimhtml/cfinite.html
*Model-theoretic combinatorics:
Modern books on more classical areas of combinatorics:
*Enumerative combinatorics: -Richard P. Stanley. "Enumerative Combinatorics", Volumes 1 and 2. Cambridge University Press. 1997, 1999, online draft of 2nd Ed of vol 1 2012
*Probabilistic combinatorics: -Noga Alon, Joel H. Spencer. "The Probabilistic Method" 3rd ed. Wiley. 2008
*Extremal combinatorics:
*Matroids: -Neil White. "Theory of Matroids". Cambridge University Press. 2008
*Designs: -Thomas Beth, Dieter Jungnickel, Hanfried Lenz. "Design theory", Volumes 1 and 2. Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Finite algebra
For finite algebra and combinatorics together: -Warwick De Launey, Diane Flannery. "Algebraic Design Theory". AMS. 2011
Possible project: investigate how finite algebraic structures interact with other finite structures: search for finite geometries, finite metric spaces, finite topological spaces, finite dynamical systems.
*Finite groups:
*Finite fields:
Some simple, humble suggestions to address the part about "how can I find other people like myself..."
Wish you the best.
Gerhard Paseman suggested that I post the comments I made to his post as an answer. I will edit it a bit.)
I suggest that a blog with theme exactly the question of maths in retirement might be quite fun to do. My experience is that some of the web activity which I am involved with is not being done only by full time professional mathematicians. The other contributors have good mathematical credentials and may be retired, out of work(!), or have another job which does not fully fulfill their mathematical interests and they can thus be freer to contribute when the political pressures of having to publish work might otherwise dominate. People who have retired whether from (school) teaching, from lecturing or from industrial mathematics have experience and knowledge that if pooled could be useful for everyone.
As some of you may know, I was `retired' by my university closing the mathematics section in the University of Bangor, but I still do a lot of research and contribute to the n-Lab etc. Retirement does not mean that you stop doing maths if you want to (we all know it is an addiction!) or if your background is in secondary school teaching or in business or industrial mathematics,, that you can not start building up mathematical activity of various sorts. I would not know how to start such a blog, so will not volunteer to do so, but would encourage others to try it out. The exchange of ideas problems etc. could produce some very interesting results.
As I recall, the AMS and/or MAA sometimes have mini-courses at their national meetings intended for mathematicians who want to enter another branch of mathematics as a field of research.
In addition to reading weblogs, as some comments have suggested, you should consider starting your own blog.. If you are discreet about it, you could place the occasional link to your writings in other places. At some point your audience will select your writings and can become the correspondents you desire.
Addition: Tim Porter suggested what I think is an excellent theme for your new blog, 'Mathematics In Retirement'. He didn't tell me where he got the idea though. End Addition.
Gerhard "Ask Me About System Design" Paseman, 2011.08.24
Some more books to read:
*A 2nd edition with a series of appendices outlining recent developments: "General lattice theory", George A. Grätzer, Birkhäuser, 2003
*Kolmogorov Complexity has applications to combinatorics:
-"An introduction to Kolmogorov complexity and its applications", Ming Li, P. M. B. Vitányi, Springer, 2008
*Association schemes have connections to finite groups:
-"Association schemes: designed experiments, algebra, and combinatorics", Rosemary Bailey, Cambridge University Press, 2004
And because there's more to algebra than groups, rings and fields:
-An older book but still: "The Algebraic Theory of Semigroups Vols 1 & 2", A. H. Clifford, G. B. Preston, American Mathematical Soc., 1961
-"An introduction to quasigroups and their representations", Jonathan D. H. Smith, CRC Press, 2007
-"Applications of hyperstructure theory", Authors Piergiulio Corsini, Violeta Leoreanu, Springer, 2003


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Feb. 15, 2011 -- Women who have been diagnosed with preeclampsia, pregnancy-induced hypertension, or diabetes during pregnancy are now considered at risk for heart attack or stroke going forward, according to newly updated guidelines from the American Heart Association (AHA).
The 2011 update to the AHA's cardiovascular prevention guidelines for women recategorizes a woman's risk for heart disease. It also serves up some gender-specific prevention advice on diet and daily aspirin therapy in women at high risk of coronary heart disease in order to prevent heart attacks.
The guidelines are being published in the journal Circulation and are based on expert reviews of the medical literature.
Women are now classified in three groups: high risk for heart disease, at risk, or ideal cardiovascular health. The high-risk group changed little from previous years and includes women with established heart disease, chronic kidney disease, or diabetes, among other risk factors.
But "the at-risk group now captures women with pregnancy complications such as preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, or pregnancy-induced hypertension," says guideline chair Lori Mosca, MD, PhD. Mosca is director of preventive cardiology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and a professor of medicine at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City.
"These complications are the equivalent of a failed stress test," she says. Doctors use exercise stress tests to diagnose heart disease.
"If you do develop one of these conditions during pregnancy, it is an unmasking of the risk that tells us your vascular system doesn't function ideally," Mosca says.
"These complications are an opportunity to detect early that there is a problem," she says. You can then follow up with your primary care doctor to evaluate your overall cardiac risk and quickly start appropriate prevention strategies.
"If you developed gestational diabetes, follow up and say, 'What can I do to prevent heart disease and diabetes?'" she says. Your doctor may recommend weight loss, aggressive lifestyle changes, and possibly medication, she says. "We are unmasking a problem early so that we can prevent full-blown cardiovascular disease."
Educating Women About Heart Risk
The new information about pregnancy complications and heart risk is "a big deal," says guideline author Ileana L. Piña, MD, a professor of medicine and epidemiology and biostatistics at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
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22 Feb 2012 1:50 AM #1
Unanswered: List no longer works in Sencha Touch Beta 3 : query or setStore() is broken?
In my Sencha Touch 2 pr3 app, I have the following line of code to display a list in my "myList" list panel.
But, when I migrate to Sencha Touch 2 Beta3, the list doesn't display (just a blank panel area). There are no error messages in the console. Is this a bug in the Beta3 version?
Everything else seem to be working in my app, except for the list.
22 Feb 2012 8:21 AM #2
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What does your list look like?Mitchell Simoens @LikelyMitch
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22 Feb 2012 8:51 AM #3
Me two
My lists are working with json only when using a proxy - even using inline data I cant get a list to work ! so you as well have issues as a couple of us with the beta 3.
Can you try using a json proxy and let me know if that works.
22 Feb 2012 9:28 AM #4
I have an app using B3 that uses setStore on multiple lists and is making use of an ajax json reading proxy, no issues. I also have the PullRefresh and ListPaging plugin attached to those lists, not to mention they're in a navigation view
24 Feb 2012 6:27 AM #5
Things were ok with JSON but not xml as far as my problem went. I'm testing some things with the rc from yesterday. But now Im using dataview and a custom list item. It isnt working it seems just to not display.
25 Feb 2012 4:38 PM #6
Kinda disappointing the Beta3 version broke the app using the PR3 version. But here are my screenshots,
The left screenshot (empty list) is using the Sencha Touch 2 Beta 3. The right screenshot (displayed list) is using the Sencha Touch 2 PR3 version.
I verified the returned json data returned from the webservice is the same for both.
Here's my code that does the store,
*its a basic json call to Yelp API
Ext.define("Business", {
extend: "Ext.data.Model",
fields: [
{name: "id", type: "int"},
{name: "name", type: "string"},
{name: "latitude", type: "string"},
{name: "longitude", type: "string"},
{name: "address1", type: "string"},
{name: "address2", type: "string"},
{name: "address3", type: "string"},
{name: "city", type: "string"},
{name: "phone", type: "string"},
{name: "state_code", type: "string"},
{name: "mobile_url", type: "string"},
{name: "rating_img_url_small", type: "string"},
{name: "distance", type: "string"},
{name: "photo_url", type: "string"},
var urlAPI = '';
urlAPI = 'http://api.yelp.com/business_review_search?ywsid=MYYELPIDHERE&term=Pho&location=REDWOODCITY;
var store = Ext.create('Ext.data.Store', {
model: 'Business',
autoLoad: true,
proxy: {
/// call Yelp to get business data
type: 'scripttag',
url: urlAPI,
reader: {
type: 'json',
root: 'businesses'
listeners: { // when the records load, fire the callback
load: function (store) {
And here's the call that puts the store into the list,
MyApp.cards.query('#myList')[0].setStore(store); // then bind data to list and show it
Is there a workaround for this? or it's better i wait for the next Beta release?
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Not sure if this is the issue, but in the newer release the root property of the store changed. You should be using rootProperty: 'businesses'. You can give it a shot and see if the list displays.
27 Feb 2012 12:37 PM #8
Thanks for giving me hope isiphil, but the root -> rootProperty change didn't make the list appear. and in fact, the single empty image place holder you see in the screenshot completely disappears with the rootProperty change. So now i'm not sure what to do next.
28 Feb 2012 5:28 AM #9
give some height to you list.
I mean height=200 or flex if you use vbox layout as per your requeriment .
28 Feb 2012 1:04 PM #10
The height is not specified, but that isn't the issue with this list not displaying. when looking at the screenshot of the "empty list", Secha Touch Beta 3 is indeed trying to show at least one item in the list, but the items' data is empty. There is a placeholder for the thumbnail image - but no image, there is a comma, but no data.


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Demetruis Glenn and Kenan Adams-Kinard are being tried as adults in the case that has sparked nationwide outrage.
The teens said little during their separate appearances before Spokane County Superior Court Judge James Triplet.
They are accused of beating Delbert "Shorty" Belton to death in his car outside an Eagles Lodge on Aug. 22.
A letter found at the home where Adams-Kinard was arrested said they punched Belton three times before taking his wallet and drugs from his pockets, authorities said.
Belton's body was found wedged between the front bucket seats, with his lower body folded into the back seat. The suspects' fingerprints were found on the doors of the car, court documents state.
The teens were being held on charges of first-degree murder, first-degree robbery and conspiracy to commit first-degree robbery. They could face life in prison if convicted.
The letter indicated Adams-Kinard had called Belton and arranged to buy crack cocaine. However, police have said there was no evidence that Belton was a drug dealer.
"The kid wrote a letter to his mom admitting this crap and now he pleads not guilty," Ted Denison, a close friend of Belton, complained after the court appearance. "That's bull."
Belton was born in Sunnyside and raised in Spokane. He got his nickname as an adult for being just over 5 feet tall.
After the war, he spent 33 years working for Kaiser Aluminum before retiring in 1982. He survived being shot in the leg in the battle for Okinawa.
Glenn, who turned himself in, was being held in lieu of $2 million bail, and his trial was set for Nov. 9. Adams-Kinard, who is suspected of hiding from police after the slaying, is jailed on $3 million bail. His trial is set for Nov. 4.
The Associated Press does not generally identify minors accused of a crime but is naming the teens because of the severity of the charges.