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To reduce the number of comments and follow up questions that get posted as answers, I suggest a "question detection" feature be added to the answer box. This would be somewhat similar to the subjective question detection. It could look for the following words (give or take):
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It would simply display a warning saying "If you want to post a followup questions, please use the Add Comment button and post a comment instead." Perhaps this would only apply to users with < 200 or so rep.
Yes, this is imperfect. With any luck, though, it would reduce the number of non-answers posted by newer users.
I agree with the posters who have noted how annoying this would be. It might be less annoying if it applies only to low rep users. Or perhaps there's a better solution flat out. The real core problem is that new users are being downvoted and scolded when they post followups as answers (SO is not a forum, but it sure does look like one!). If we can't have a way to prevent this behavior, maybe we just need to be a little more gentle.


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The number of languages seems pretty limited?
Has anyone used the Pimsler method that can comment? I'm curious if it's a well organized system or not.
@doomtothee: I've used Rosetta Stone which is pretty good and I found it cheaper than this.
I'm currently using German Level 1 with Pimsleur. It's not this Unlimited edition though. I can say Pimsleur works really well! Easy to learn while driving (I have a 40-60 min drive commute to and from work). The first half basically takes reading out of the equation so a lot of that stress is taken out!
I tried Rosetta Stone but it gets pretty boring because their pronounciations are hard to hear and you learn things that are really irrelevant (a boy under a table, really?) to everyday life.
I actually got introduced to it by trying to learn Mandarin and I liked their system so much I got German too. I've been learning both back and forth but I'm learning more towards German at the moment (pronounciations are harder than Mandarin so its more fun)
Btw, you can listen to the first demo per language on their website.
If you do buy these, I'd recommend getting them on Amazon, they are cheaper.
-Each lesson is 30 minutes long, so if there is an area you're having a hard time learning (and if you're listening to these in your car) its annoying having to wait through the material before the time mark of that difficult part. BUT it is a good review or if you use an MP3 player via AUX in your car, you can easily just skip to the part with a touch of course
I recommend not getting the Korean language for Pimsleur. I listened to the first lesson and the guy says things way to fast for anyone to really even have time to repeat or learn.
I have no opinion of Pimsleur. I have never signed up for their service, yet I get constantly spammed by them. Does anyone else? I would never do business with a complany that sends out random spam as a marketing tool.
The new Unlimited software (which contains our proven audio-only course along with many interactive tools) is available in our four top languages: Spanish, French, Italian, and German.
Our standard audio courses are available in 50 languages (more than any other competitor). All standard audio courses are currently on sale on the site with code HOLIDAY12. But the 20% off Woot deal is more advantageous for the new Unlimited format and is the biggest discount we've ever offered on this product!
We offer our standard audio courses in two formats: CD or digital download (MP3). The CD format is on sale for 30% (including already discounted multi-level courses) and the MP3 format is on sale for 10% (including already discounted multi-level courses). Use code HOLIDAY12 for those formats.
My advice is to try a free audio lesson at http://www.pimsleur.com/List-of-Languages (you can also see all available prodicts by clicking on the name of the language on that same page). I think you'll be surprise at what 30-minutes with Pimsleur can do! As we say "30-minute a Day is all it Takes!"
There's a reason we'll be celebrating our 50th anniversary next year!
Also, this article by Ellen Jovin, a hardcore language learner, is a great read: http://ellenjovin.com/index.php/blog/entry/rosetta_stone_skepticism/
Your comments are concerning. We usually send one monthly email (during the holidays or Black Friday you might get one or two more). It sounds like you might be receiving emails from an independent retailer that carries Pimsleur products. If you would, please contact email@example.com so we can investigate this issue.
You can also check to see if your email is on our mailing list at http://www.simonandschuster.com/preference-center/existing_subscriber
@pimsleur: I checked, and I am not on your mailing list. You may be correct about the notion that I am being spammed by a retailer of your product. I've been deleting them, but if I still have one somewhere in my inbox, I will forward it to your contact address. thanks
So what is the price tag for this? I see 20% off of some items, 10% off others. What is the total price for "Unlimited"? Also, does unlimited mean you have unlimited access to the four main languages or just one?
@pimsleur: I have discovered and forwarded one of the soam messages to you at the contact address you provided. Hope this helps. And I hope you can take them down, since that would benefit your firm and spam victims like myself. Good luck!
That picture of the computer running the software is a Photoshop Disaster. The computer has been flipped horizontally, the optical drive on that macbook pro should be on the right not the left, and the T arrow keys are easily seen on the LEFT side of the keyboard. Meaning the software shot was planted on the screen during post. Maybe not too important, but cooked ads always raise my suspicion level.
Pimsleur Unlimited comes as a complete series or you can purchase Level 1 as an introductory course.
Unlimited Level 1: $150 on sale (today only!) for $120 with free shipping. That is 30-lessons in whichever language you choose. You can then upgrade and buy subsequent levels directly within the app.
Complete Unlimited Series: Spanish contains 4 levels for $450, on sale for $360 (so essentially $90 per level). French, German, and Italian contain 3 levels for $350 and are on sale today only for $280 with free shipping! That's basically $93 for each level. Cheaper than Rosetta.
Please note that with this software version, you can easily export the core 30-minute lessons to you smartphone, MP3 player, or even burn them to CD. Pimsleur remains as portable as ever.
And, best of all, after 3 levels with Pimsleur (45 hours of learning), you'll be at an ACTFL Intermediate High level. No other competitor will get you to that level in such a small amount of time.
As to your second question, all CD format courses are on sale for 30% off and all digital download (MP3) format courses are on sale for 10% as part of our Holiday sale (the Unlimited format is on sale for 10% as part of that sale - Woot 20% obviously more interesting!).
Keep in mind that if you are interested in Spanish, French, German, or Italian, the Woot deal is by far the most interesting and valuable proposition! You are getting the same lessons, for a MUCH cheaper price and you get additional interactive tools (not found in the standard CD or MP3 formats) to further enhance your learning.
You are very observant! I'll certainly pass this on to our designer. I'm not sure if this is a problem with the laptop image we purchased to create this ad or if it was introduced during the creative process by accident. Either way, I can assure you that what you see on the screen is what you'll get in the box. If interested, you can see a video of the app and its various screens at: http://pages.pimsleur.com/woot/
Pimsleur is a conversational method. You will learn to manipulate the language so that you can quickly put sentences together naturally. And we'll train your ears to understand native speakers at normal conversational speeds. This is something that few methods even attempt. As a result, you land in a foreign country and your brain is unable to understand the rhythm and nuances of the language. It sounds like everyone is speaking a mile a minute. Pimsleur is not about matching words with images on a screen. It's about giving you the foundation of the language. It's about conversing, which you will start doing in your very first lesson. You can try a free 30-minute lesson at Pimsleur.com. It's worked for millions for 50 years! It can work for you too.
And, with the 20% discount offered today on all Unlimited courses, it's also cheaper than Rosetta Stone.
I've taught private language lessons & learned on my own,as well.Aside from watching Internet teaching videos,I've used Rosetta Stone software and Pimsleur CD courses--but not the Pimsleur software(yet).They were all useful,but different.
My personal favorite(other than going to live in the target country) is the Michel Thomas Method on CD to pick up basic language structure & usage.(However, only a few languages are available.) No, I'm not affiliated w/them.
I then use any & all other methods to expand vocabulary & pick up other language structures. I don't believe any 1 method will be the "right" one for everybody: people have different learning styles & preferences.Sorry that it costs $,but if you can try out different methods, you'll see what I mean. Enrolling in a language course (you could audit one) taught by real person has good points,too, not the least of which is that the school language lab may have already bought software you can then try out as a student. Just IMO.
I've used Pimsleur Italian CD course, level 1 and level 2. I'm not a very disciplined person when it comes to learning something that has no consequence if I fail. This is true of learning a language. I have no real motivation other than I thought it would be cool to learn. That being said, in my lazy approach to learning, I did pick up enough to make small talk with my girlfriend's mom who is Italian. I don't know if Pimsleur is the best way to learn, but I can say their approach is effective if you have the desire.
It's true that motivation is often key to one's success. While we can't help you directly on that end, we can make it more convenient for you to learn, which often helps people not fall off the wagon. We hear over and over again from prospective learners: "I don't have the time to study a new language. My schedule is too hectic. I'll never manage to find the time."
Pimsleur comes in easily digestible 30-minute daily lessons (the length recommended by teaching specialists for a concentrated learning tasks) and they are portable! They fit into your schedule, not the other way around! You can study while commuting, while jogging, or doing household chores. Turn downtime into learning time.
30-minutes a Day is all it Takes!
I have used Pimsleur in both Russian and Spanish, and I am absolutely enamored. Rosetta Stone just didn't swing it for me... Seriously, like was previously said... A boy under a table? I have probably never said that phrase in English...
The audio works better for me though, as yet another commuter. I'd recommend Pimsleur's audio to anyone. My next language will be Arabic, and I'll get it for that as well.
@pimsleur: I am going to keep complaining about Plimsleur spam. I did go through the trouble of forwarding a spam message to you at the email adresses you provided - and go no reply at all, which disappoints me. And just now, I see yet another spam in another one of my email adresses! Simon and Schuster, your brand is being hurt by these spammers!! You need to figure out WHO is doing this, and stop them! Is there some other place I should send these spam messages to?
@fearlessraccoon: Um...it's only been one day since you complained...
I've checked with our customer service group and they indicated that somehow the message you sent yesterday never reached us. However, they received a message from you at 6:07PM today and responded at 6:11PM. Did you receive their reply?
If there's anything I can do to help on my end, please let me know.
@pimsleur: I can confirm that I did get a reply right away after I sent my 2nd email (with spam sent to a 2nd edress of mine). The spam sent to this edress was from yet another spammer. I don't know how Simon and Schuster would know they have some retailers who are spamming, unless the victims tell them. So I'm glad I was being a squeaky wheel here. But now that S&S says "they're on it," I don't feel the need to take this thread OT any longer.


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Pathological blue coloration of the skin is known as cyanosis:
A particularly notorious manifestation of this symptom occurred during the pan-global influenza epidemic of 1918-1919, and was termed heliotrope cyanosis because of the resemblance to the colour of the heliotrope flower, particularly in the faces of sufferers from the disease (a result of the deterioration of their lungs).
Livid or lividity is the correct term.
I can assure you that the recently dead are indeed blue. Rather, it depends upon the position, in situ at time of death and in the hours shortly after. Blood pools when there is no heartbeat. Where it pools, there is dark blue discoloration, visible very clearly.
See "postmortem lividity" or "cadaveric lividity" [1]
Also, see "lividity" [2]
It is different than the color of bruising. When there is bruising, the discoloration is mottled. It may be more deeply discolored, almost black-purple, but it isn't as sad or disturbing, as it indicates that there is still a heartbeat, and life.
Pallor may suggest the idea:
Source:Collins English Dictionary
Source: http://en.m.wikipedia.org
The other answers are good, but I think you have a better likelihood of being understood if you use the word ashen instead:
Example sentences: The ashen body laid lifeless on the floor. Or His face turned ashen as his vitality waned. Or The Borg appear ashen and even deathly.1
In my experience, dead bodies do not typically look bluish, but that is more a matter of opinion than fact. Certainly, suffocated persons look bluish, but otherwise, I find they do not. They look pale or grayish even.
I would readily describe the look of a very ill person as ashen, and that same look carries into death as well.
Livid was once the common adjective (Google or Google-book livid corpse), and lividity the noun. My impression is that livid is now used colloquially only in the recent transferred sense of angry (from livid with rage), but it should be acceptable in a formal register.
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Know who to contact. Your most valuable assets in foreclosure are people who can assist you, so draw up a list of people you can lean on, including friends and relatives, a bank representative, and a foreclosure attorney.
Gather important documents. The most important foreclosure-related legal documents are
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Do strings wear because of the pressure applied to them or any other factor, or do they stay in quite the same shape as long as you don't use them?
It depends on how you keep the guitar; the higher the humidity the more likely the strings are get get rusty and tarnish; in fact the whole guitar needs extra care in those conditions; good rule of thumb is if the guitar is not to be used keep it in a dry place at room temperature in a case if possible.
If you keep the guitar in good conditions the strings will take years to wear out if not played.
If you get sweaty hands when you play the sweat will remain on the strings and cause them to corrode. Give your strings a wipe with a cloth after you play and this should help to mitigate the problem. You can also get string cleaning products but I don't think much of them.
How do you know if you need new guitar strings?
For Acoustic and Electric guitars Couple of questions to answer:
1) Have you had the same strings on for over 2 months? 2) Are your strings rusty? 3) Are your strings rough? 4) Do your strings sound dull? 5) Had a string break recently?
If you answered yes to any of the above, its probably time to replace your strings.
Because of moisture on your fingers and in the atmosphere, strings corrode and rust over time and their ablility to vibrate diminishes. This not only causes the sound to dull but even worse, the feel of the strings becomes rough and will hurt or even damage your fingers.
Strings can also become brittle from too much vibration, just think of how a paper clip snaps if you twist it too much, the same happens to strings - especially if you use a lot of different tunings.
If you play a lot, say for 2 hours a day every day, then you should look at changing your guitar strings every month. If you play less, but still strum most days, the max you should leave them on the guitar would be 2 months.
Strings are quite cheap, about £5 for a set of 6.
There is an alternative to changing your strings this often. You can buy coated strings. These last longer due to a coating on the strings that prevent dirt build up and corrosion. Coated guitar strings tend to last 3 to 5 times longer than normal strings, so you can leave them on for longer. These still need to be changed though. At least every 6 months these should be changed as they are also prone to breaking because of the vibrations of the string as explained earlier using the paper clip analogy. Coated strings do cost more, about £12 for a set of 6, but last longer, so can work out more cost effective.
Ernie Ball Coated Strings have titanium reinforcement to make them stronger and less prone to break.
For Bass Guitars, the strings are much more substantial and tend to last longer and hold their tone. Change bass strings at least once a year.
For Classical Guitars with nylon based strings, again because of the way they are made, they don't rust, so last longer. They do age though, so do need replacing. When they age they tend to stretch and become hard to keep in tune. If you don't want to wait till this starts happening, you should look at changing them every 3 to 4 months.
So to summarise: Change your Electric / Acoustic uncoated strings at least every 2 months. Change your coated Electric / Acoustic strings at least every 6 months. Change your Bass guitar strings at least once a year. Change your Classical guitar strings at least every 4 months.
In my experience, old strings start to weaken at the nut or on the bridge, basically where they are stressed by pressing against the hard surface. They develop a kink at that point. This means that when you try to fine tune the string, it "jumps" suddenly to a wrong note just either side of the exact right note, and it's a killer trying to get them in tune.
And I think this happens regardless of whether you're playing it often.
This sadly happens to me quite a lot. I have hyperhydrosis so my hands sweat quite a lot and I find if I play for a bit then put my guitar away and come back to it in a couple of days it shows signs of rusting. While not everyone suffers from the same problem as me, I'm sure even a small amount of sweat from the string friction would be enough even if you don't notice.
Strings can last a long time but lose their quality long before they break -- playing a guitar 7 days a week can wear strings down and cause them to lose the "brightness of tone" within a week. Wiping down with a special cloth after use can keep rust and wear away but it's an uphill battle.
It a literal sense, yes they do.
The second law of thermodynamics states that all things, left to themselves, move from a state of order to disorder.
In the case of unused guitar strings, the atomic structure of the string will interact with its environment. Particulate matter in the air will come to rest on them. The energy from the local environment will cause subtle, and not so subtle, changes in the atomic structure of the string. For example, sunlight can cause random ionisation to occur.
Of course, this sort of wear will not be noticed over short periods of time, but left long enough you will certainly notice a difference.
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Food Stamps and Fox News' Cultural Project
I've been thinking for a while now of the moral function of Fox News. Its critics are right when they observe that it does something other than journalism. In reality it serves as the cultural organ of a much larger project, namely the transformation of society along neoliberal lines. The way that power operates in that kind of society is through discipline. We learn from Fox how to impose that discipline on ourselves, that is, how to become self-disciplined.
In a simple and straightforward way, this is why we have "investigative reports" like this one.
It's too simple to look at Jason Greenslate as a mere free-rider. He is a symbol of something more spiritually insidious, namely what we might call "moral enabling." That is, he provides a visual focus for decline that allegedly happens when social programs are established. He symbolizes the encouragement over time to grow accustomed to comfort, to a life of leisure. He calls into question the virtues and cultural values that are supposed to underpin capitalism.
This leads to the second function of the story: if freeloaders like Jason Greenslate are to be the embodiment of cultural decline at the hands of what our friends at the Acton Institute call "microsocialism," there has to be a prior discrimination, a social function that mobilizes the guilt response. His negative example not only has to stiffen our own resolve to be more virtuous, it has to do so by breaking the link of social solidarity. He has to be seen as other, as someone who takes part in what Fox here calls the "Great Food Stamp Binge." This is strong language indeed. The implication is that those who are being actively "subsidized" by the rest of us have an even more powerful imperative to lead especially ascetic lives. In a weird inversion, they even have to be better than us; they have to deserve our assistance as exemplary moral agents. Thus we are left with a paradox: as the world of capital becomes even more brutally amoral, we are forced to become paragons of self-discipline.
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Whether you're deserving or undeserving poor, you simply can't live large on $200 a month in foodstamps. I don't think articles like this can have any kind of transformative effect on anybody when they're so obviously plain old bullshit lies. At best, these kind of articles just sing to the choir.
Out of a RECORD NUMBER of food stamp recipients, Fox (carefully discarding cases that would tug a viewer's heartstrings) found an equivalent of Reagan's Welfare Queen. What journalism! Or whatever Irene Baldwin called it.
Robert, capitalism imposes only a higher morality on us than it does on itself if we buy into the story that kind of reporting (or whatever Irene said) tells.
Roughly a hundred years ago, today's mores of capitalism were blamed on "middle class morality" by someone who could poke a hole in the pomposity better than I: "I don't need less than a deserving man: I need more. I don't eat less hearty than him; and I drink a lot more." -- Alfred P. Doolittle
If people run out of stuff to talk about at coffee break, there's always the "What I saw people with a SNAP EBT card buy in the checkout line at the supermarket" meme. When asked how they even know it's a SNAP card, they say, "Oh you can tell. They're green". Well, so is my bank's debit card. But that doesn't sway them. The bottom line is that if the person they saw bought anything less basic than dry beans or a sack of raw potatoes, it becomes an occasion to judge their purchases; "Where do they get off buying shrimp (or t.v.dinners, or fresh pineapples) on the tax payer's dime? Come to think of it, even if they bought the dry beans, and have kids with them, it's like "Don't they know what causes that yet?" Personally, if stuck in a long checkout line I find it much more entertaining to check out the tabloid headlines, "Government cover-up of alien remains found at crash site", etc.
My family had food stamps for a while when I was a teen. I can remember people giving dirty looks at the grocery store for buying cookies. One of the hard things about food stamps (or it was back then) was the stuff you *couldn't* buy woth stamps, like pet food or toilet paper or soap or garbage bags.
Politics is always local. Is that true of religion also? We are on to various issues like this one (local) but are oblivious of the 51 million refugees this year who are in dire straits because of the many civil wars throughout the world. Are they not the Body of Christ also. So your concern is legitimate Robert. But is it only because it is local?
If Fox News and its followers were capable of shame, this might actually have an effect on them.
The difference between food stamp abusers and corporate tax avoidance abusers is that the latter are very capable of buying the government and tax laws that they like.
I am shocked that this blog is posted and Commonwealth cares what Fox says. Why not a story about kids who are hungry now that school breakfasts and lunches aren't available?
When ever it is my turn to preach on service to the poor, the one thing I always emphasize is to treat the mom in line with her kids at the register with sympathy and kindness. Especially true if she is using WIC coupons which make it obvious that she is poor and delays the check-out process significantly as she must sign each coupon. That is why so many women shop after dark or only at higher priced convenience stores with their WIC coupons and Food Stamp EBT cards so they can avoid being stared at, ridiculed and snubbed. Even worse, they fear the criticizing lecture from some older woman (or man) in line about the contents of her shopping cart. Until you walk for a month in their shoes and try to survive on the measly apportionment of food stamps, please do not complain.
I've asked this question before: is it necessary to watch Fox News at all? Would we miss any cultural developments, would some necessary part of the public square's conversation be absent from our awareness, if we simply don't turn it on? Does Fox News move any needle, anywhere? I believe the answer is no to all these questions. Ignore it and enjoy life the more, would be my advice.


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I was updating the firmware on kies for my galaxy s and it got half way through and then said error and is no frozen on the downloading 'do not turn off' screen, I have taken out the battery and put it back in, and tried the hard reset, which leads me to a phone symbol, a computer symbol and an error symbol in the middle, help plzzzzzz
I had the same problem (except I didn't use Kies, I had the problem after the first OTA Update)
Here are the steps I did to get my device back in a usable state:
Keep in mind, this will revert your phone to a rather old (android 2.1) version of TouchWiz. You may want to see if there are newer ODIN files available.
You will probably need different files anyhow, as the ones I have below are for the Galaxy S Vibrant.
Also, I take no responsibility if this does not work for you, or your phone explodes in the process. These are the steps I took, and they worked for me. Good Luck.
Don't give up if this doesn't work. If you get the device to boot, even if it is to the "Error Screen", there is a possibility of recovering.
You should experiment with rebooting via the various key combinations / battery pulls / USB plugged-in-ness below first. Sometimes the phone can be jolted out of the bad mode it's in by doing that. If the firmware was partially written though, you'll have to do Odin as Ryan suggests.
I basically agree with Ryan's answer, but I'd use at least Odin 1.5. Here's Odin 1.7, it includes the 512 PIT file.
For the GT-i9000 (international Galaxy S), get firmware from this XDA thread. You probably want the newest for your region (excluding Gingerbread, since it hasn't been officially released).
I also recommend checking re-partition in Odin. This will wipe 100% of your data, however.
I think the easiest way to get into Download Mode is through key combinations. For the i9000, just hold Power + VolDown + Home until the phone reboots, then let go of Power only; after a second you'll get to a yellow triangle with an Android in it. For the Vibrant, remove the battery, plug into USB, hold VolDown + VolUp, and insert the battery.


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I think I might start a series of card reviews where I will give 1 to 5 points for each card and a little description.
Today we start with a classic card from CORE:
1) Rapid Wolf
Common Creature Card
Unaligned Beast
Mana Cost: 3
Stats: 2 Attack 1 HP
Abilities: Haste
Rapid Wolf is a decent card, easily acquirable even for newbie players. For 3 mana you get a creature that can attack in the same turn it has been summoned. It gives your deck more speed. You can eliminate most basic threats that have 1-2 HP (without armor) before they can attack.
A drawback is that it has only 1 hp.
But with the help of some cards like…
War drums (+1 Attack)
Beast Master : +1health, + can'tbe stolen by Fae's Charm
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Most people prefer Swift Ghoul (Undead Creature) over Rapid Wolf because of the extra 1 hp but same mana cost and abilities.
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I am not asking to prove what is better, and since this is a forum for graphic Designers..i would like to have a list of limits and possibilities. For example, in flash if i wanted to make the whole site have water ripple effect that would go through whole page i could do that, or i could just blow the whole page between transition to next page... You can do that in javascript but you need canvas and that messes up seo.. I am looking for a list of features...such as: bitmap manipulation.
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You can't compare Flash to CSS3. Try comparing it to HTML5 (which works quite well with CSS3).
This said, Flash has one key advantage over what HTML5 does -- Flash locks away its content behind a single file, so it's harder to reverse-engineer than an equivalent HTML5 setup. It also works better with older browsers that aren't able to handle html5.
This said, Flash is increasingly becoming harder and harder to justify in order to make online content mobile-friendly. You may as well make your life easier and switch over to the mobile-friendly chimera of HTML5/CSS3/Javascript.
Flash used to be very justifiable for web content as it was a streamlined means of producing rich graphics and animation. However, there is currently very little that you cannot replicate using a combination of HTML5/CSS/Javascript, and if you use php or a similar language to communicate with a server you can create dynamically generated content much more securely than with flash. Decompiling a flash file is actually pretty easily accomplished, so arguments that state that flash is more secure are not really on point. As of now, I think flash is really only still relevant because so many designers and developers are still familiar with the platform from when it was pretty much the only viable option for rich web media. If you are already familiar with flash, by all means use it where it's appropriate (but also realize it is becoming appropriate for fewer and fewer contexts as time goes on), but if you have to learn some way of delivering rich content from scratch, I really wouldn't bother with it at this point.
Flash lets you create complex animations and interactive interfaces such as games, and it's very powerful for those.
But flash is becoming obsolete for web (among other well known reasons: it takes longer to load, it's inconsistent for mobile and tablet experience, it doesn't index any information), while CSS3 is growing, next to javascript, as the preferred method for web animation.
For desktop, flash will probably work in most computers and browsers. CSS3, on the other hand, is not supported by earlier versions of Internet Explorer.


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Today I asked a question. I received four answers. One of the answers was from UserA (unnamed at this moment). UserA's answer led to 22 different comments in response to that one answer. Amongst those 22 comments, there was some very good information.
Towards the end of the 22, UserA cited some information that was flat-out wrong. I asked him about it (Hey UserA, I think that may be incorrect because of X, Y, and Z). UserA's response was to delete his original answer, which effectively deleted all 22 of the comments (I think it was UserA, who else would be able to delete the answer). There goes all that info.
I didn't down-vote anything, in fact I gave him points on some comments (because I appreciate it when people respond to my questions). But, because I pointed out something that was wrong, it seems that he is trying to remove any traces of that.
Is that something that is acceptable? Shouldn't he have just mea-culpa'd, leaving the 22 comments with info in it in place (On top of that I don't know what happened to the points I gave to other Users that responded within the 22).
Something is sticking in my craw about this. I also wonder if there is a way to get that info back.
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Personally, I'd like this topic to die. But, I'd like to defend one thing:
The repost of comments (and the deletion of the answer), I feel is leading to some confusion.
In that repost of the comments (which I didn't expect), you don't see any User Names. That conversation was mostly between me and another user, not the guy that deleted the answer. So, I absolutely appreciate it (which is why I didn't want to see it deleted).
Toward the end of that unruly comment path, delete guy threw in a snarky "google this. bye" comment. I asked him about it, and answer got deleted.
In fact, I gave a "great comment" to every response, including delete guy's comments (and I upvoted his answer) - so I absolutely appreciate his time, as well. I am not the bad guy here.
(Of note: I assumed (bad on me), that marking a comment a "great comment" would increase reputation points. I know that's not the case now. I want to repeat: While under that assumption, I upvoted delete guy's answer ... and ... gave a great comment to every one of his comments. Again, I appreciate all responses to my questions.)


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Strawberries 'n' Cream
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This mixture of sweet strawberries, gelatin, and whipped topping sure hits the spot!
Serves: 6 servings
- 1 package (10 ounces) frozen (thawed) sweetened sliced strawberries, undrained
- 1/2 cup boiling water
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- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons nonfat or light sour cream
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- Drain the strawberries, reserving the juice. Set both the strawberries and the juice aside.
- Pour the boiling water into a blender, and sprinkle the gelatin over the top. Cover with the lid, and carefully blend at low speed for about 30 seconds, or until the gelatin is completely dissolved. Allow the mixture to sit in the blender for about 20 minutes, or until it reaches room temperature.
- When the gelatin mixture has cooled to room temperature, add the sour cream and the reserved juice from the strawberries, and blend for about 30 seconds, or until well mixed. Pour the mixture into a large bowl, and chill for 15 minutes. Stir the mixture; it should be the consistency of pudding. If it is too thin, return it to the refrigerator for a few minutes.
- When the gelatin mixture has reached the proper consistency, stir it with a wire whisk until smooth. Gently fold in first the strawberries, and then the whipped topping.
- Divide the mixture among six 8-ounce wine glasses, cover, and chill for at least 3 hours, or until set, before serving.
- For variety, substitute raspberry gelatin and frozen raspberries for the strawberry gelatin and frozen strawberries.
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(Grothendieck) topoi are left-exact reflective subcategories of a category of presheaves. An important class of quasi-topoi (see: http://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/quasitopos) arise as the category of concrete sheaves on a concrete site. Concrete sheaves are those sheaves $X$ such that the induced map $Hom(C,X) \to Hom(\underline{C},\underline{X})$ is injective for all objects $C$, where $\underline{C}$ is the underlying set of $C$ and $\underline{X}$ is the value of $X$ on the terminal object. Concrete sheaves are a reflective subcategory of all sheaves. Concrete sheaves are a particularly nice example of a quasi-topos as the resulting quasi-topos is both complete and cocomplete. My question is, is there a way to represent quasi-topoi (or nice ones) as reflective subcategories of a Grothendieck topos (with some condition on the reflector)? (Of course, for this, you'd need the quasi-topos to be complete, since reflective subcategories of complete categories are again complete). More generally, is there some theorem saying that a category is a (possibly non-complete) quasi-topos if and only if it can be embedded into a topos such that the embedding has such-and-such property?
This is only a partial answer, and you may know it already since I mentioned it recently at the nForum, but for completeness, here it is. Theorem C2.2.13 in Sketches of an Elephant shows that the following are equivalent for a category C:
A category of this sort is called a Grothendieck quasitopos. The third characterization seems most similar to what you're looking for. I doubt you can get away without some generating-set condition, since it seems very unlikely that the (complete, cocomplete, locally small) quasitopos of pseudotopological spaces (for example) can be reflectively embedded in a topos.
What I don't know is whether one can put conditions directly on a reflective subcategory of a topos, analogous to left-exactness of the reflector, to guarantee that it is of this form. The reflector for separated objects preserves finite products and monics, but I have no idea whether that would be sufficient as a characterization.
This is really an answer to the question raised in Mike's reformulation of the question, but is too long for a comment and may be of interest.
Richard Garner and I have considered when a reflective subcategory of a presheaf category has the form considered in condition 2 of his answer. It turns out that preservation of finite products and monomorphisms is not enough: to see this, consider the reflection of directed graphs into preorders, which preserves finite products and monomorphisms but is not of this form.
In fact for a full reflective subcategory E of a presheaf category [C^{op},Set], the following conditions are equivalent:
Here the notions of semi-left-exactness and stable units come from
Let R be the reflection and r the unit of the reflection. Semi-left-exactness says that R preserves each pullback of a component rX:X->RX of the unit along a map A->RX with A in the subcategory.
Stable units says the same thing, but without the requirement that A be in the subcategory. This turns out to be equivalent to R preserving all pullbacks over an object of the subcategory.


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What could be the test cases to ensure the test coverage while any proprietary software is being installed using a license key. I wish to avoid (a) re-installation (b) multiple instances of installation - using the same license key.
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What are some good test cases in order to do License Key authentication while software is being installed?
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I am assuming that you want to test the installer code that verifies the license key. To test that there are a few things that would be required.
a) THOROUGH understanding of the validation routines involved.
As these systems are designed to enforce copy protection, they are usually very, very complex and maths heavy. If you want to understand how to test it, you need to understand the implementation.
b) Unit test thoroughly, in isolation.
Take the key verification code, isolate it and using the knowledge from step a), unit test it to death. You would need to use fuzzing attacks as well.
c) Integrate and test the install
Once you are happy with the thoroughness of your unit tests, integrate it and then test a few scenarios. I would create a semi-autmated solution that involves restoring a virtual machine, then trying to install. Then repeat, and use a lot of machines to scale-out your execution.
d) Test negative first, then positive
One way to cheat the number of re-installs would be to test all your negative scenarios first, then test your positive ones, as you, in theory, shouldn't need to re-install as your install would have failed. But personally, I wouldn't do this I would do (c) instead.
These are few test case, that can help you:
Generic Installation Test Cases
I don't know a way to ensure much in the way of test coverage without re-installation. I guess you could install once and pretend that's good enough.
Why do you wish to avoid re-installation and multiple instances?
If it is an internet connected application, having a ssl cert validation and using its private key to be used as a salt for using license key could be a good idea. SSL certs give you a very promising theft-prevention towards license.
Also, using hardware tokens could be a good idea. So, even if you copy the license key to your computer, your hardware key would be really very hard to replicate.
A link worth a read: http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?biz.5.82298.34


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Larry Wayne Robards was shot and killed after he took and held hostages inside Scott and White's emergency room. (File)
TEMPLE (February 7, 2013)—The Bell County grand jury declined to indict a Temple police officer who last June shot and killed a man during a hostage situation at Scott and White Hospital.
The grand jury on Wednesday found no wrong doing and declined to indict Temple police Cpl. Joseph Robertson, an 11-year veteran of the department, in connection with the shooting death of Larry Wayne Robards on June 18, 2012.
Temple Police Chief Gary Smith issued a statement Thursday afternoon thanking the Texas Rangers and Bell County District Attorney's office investigators for their work in investigating the shooting.
"I am pleased with the Grand Jury's decision and I am confident that it has made a very appropriate decision in this matter," he said.
"I would also like to thank the many citizens who have expressed their thoughts, prayers, and sympathies for all the people involved in this difficult incident," he said.
Robertson never was charged in the shooting but the case was taken to grand jury as a matter of routine, said First Assistant District Attorney Murff Bledsoe.
Robards was shot and killed after he took and held hostages inside Scott and White's emergency room, a police report said.
Robards, 54, of Temple, was a gymnastics coach who suffered intense pain from lupus, his son said at the time of the incident.
Robards lost his leg to the disease 12 years ago and went to the hospital seeking stronger pain medication, his son, Calvin, told KXAN-TV in Austin.
Calvin Robards told the TV station his father knew many of the staff members at Scott & White because his wife Jill once worked there as a nurse.
Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease that can damage any part of the body including skin, joints and internal organs, causing inflammation and pain.
It can range in severity from mild to life threatening, according to the Lupus Foundation of America, which estimates 5 million people worldwide have a form of the disease, which primarily strikes women of childbearing age.
Robards coached tumbling at Gabrielle's Dynamics Plus at 5311 205 Loop in Temple, according to the gym's website.
Temple police say at around 6:45 p.m. on June 18, Robards walked into the emergency room at the South Tower of Scott & White and pulled out a gun.
Robards then took several medical workers and other staff members hostage.
Police located Robards and hostages in a commons area of the emergency room and began to negotiate with the man.
Police then say one of the hostages reached for Robards gun, and tried to wrestle it away from him.
That's when Robertson fired his gun and shot Robards.
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Do all schools of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) come from the same original source? Or did some come down different path ways and hop on to the BJJ marketing wagon?
Genuine Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu all stems from one man: Mitsuyo Maeda of Kodokan Judo. Maeda had numerous students the world over, and upon settling in Brazil, was featured in a circus there, where he was seen by Carlos Gracie, the eldest son of Gastao Gracie, a business partner of the circus there. Carlos was accepted as a student, passed on his training to his brothers, and Gracie Jiu-jitsu was born out of that training, adapted by the more naturally frail Helio Gracie... This is the best known form...
The other significant form is that of Luis França, who was also a student of Maeda's... Personally, I would not recognize the difference, but know the latter is recognizable by its unique forms of foot locks.
There's Morganti Jiu Jitsu that is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu style. It's usually not what is thought of when people say Brazilian Jiu Jitsu though, as Brazilian is a stand in for Gracie because Rorion sued his family members for using the name in the US.


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I need help with this advanced algebra problem.
Let $G$ be a group. We call the set $C(G)= \{a \in G : ab=ba, \forall b \in G\}$ the center of $G$. Prove that:
(a) $C(G)$ is normal subgroup of $G$.
(b) $C(G)=G$ if and only if $G$ is abelian group.
(c) If $a$ is the only element in $G$, then $a\in C(G)$.


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How to Choose and Fit Football Cleats
- Football Home
- How to Choose Football Cleats
- How to Measure Your Feet
- How to Fit Football Cleats
- Types of Cleats by Postion
- Style, Weight and Cleat Types
- Leather or Synthetic
- How to Clean
- Sock Options
- When to Replace
- Shop Football Gear
How to Choose Football Cleats
We»ll say it over and over again when it comes to footwear – make sure your feet are comfortable! That is the most important step to any running, athletic, and sport shoe. But here are a few other tips to help you find the cleat that will be a partner to your play, rather than hold you back.
How to Measure Your Feet
- Put on the game socks first.
- Feet swell during the day, so measure them when they are a larger size, such as in the afternoon or evening.
- Tape a piece of paper on the floor against the base of a wall. Stand on that paper with heel touching the wall.
- Have a helper mark the longest part of your foot at the toes and mark the two points on the widest part of your foot. Repeat for left and right.
- Trace the toes to measure against the cleat and make sure there's a thumb's width room or more room from the edge of the toe.
- Use a ruler to measure the heel to toe length & the width of your foot.
How to Fit Football Cleats:
- Don't plan on "breaking in" an uncomfortable shoe. If it pinches or rubs the wrong way to start, the discomfort won't change after use.
- Don't rely on manufacturer sizing. Many brands have different physical sizes, so make sure to check that the sizing is true, and choose the shoe based on how it fits and feels, not how its size is labeled.
- Ankle and foot injuries are fairly common in sports, and a supportive cleat may help prevent them from occurring. If you have to choose between sizing up and sizing down, size up for the toe space, then tighten the laces around the midfoot for a snug fit.
- It is best to buy and test game socks before fitting for a cleat. The athlete should wear the socks during the fitting.
- The upper should fit snugly against the foot, without room to slip or slide. It shouldn't press on any pressure points or cause chafing or pain.
- There should also be extra room, at least a thumb's width, from the longest toe to prevent injuries such as hammertoe or mashing from quick changes in direction. The cleat should not rub against the foot to cause blisters.
- The athlete should also practice making the motions of running, walking, and quick changes in direction to make sure that the cleat performs the way they want, and feels comfortable on the foot.
Types of Cleat By Position
First, there are two things that every position needs, for different reasons.
- Traction – Football cleats have a stud or spike at the toe of the shoe – to dig into the ground for pushing on the line or taking off quick and changing direction for receivers.
- Protection – Football players are in the middle of nearly two tons of clashing bodies. That means tough outsoles and uppers, or ankle support, or detachable cleats, depending on position.
- Lineman – Pushing back the opposition. Digging in. Breaking through. The battle on the line to defend and attack – every part of the game is won or lost due to your struggle.
- Keywords: High cut, support, traction, stability, protective, digging spikes, detachable studs for customization, 7-10 studs, toe talon, injury recovery
- Versatile Player – You can hold the line. You can run it in. You can pass. You can recover fumbles, blast your way through the defense, and chase down the offense.
- Keywords: Mid cut, lightweight, support, traction, stability, detachable or molded studs, durability, 10-12+ studs
- Skill Player – You're a runner. You zigzag between tackles and dance your way to the end zone. You can catch the ball or the opposing team's RB. Your team looks to you for speed and agility.
- Keywords: Low cut, lightweight, traction, molded spikes, 12+ studs, forefoot overlay, stability, toe or heel talons, durability
- Lineman – Pushing back the opposition. Digging in. Breaking through. The battle on the line to defend and attack – every part of the game is won or lost due to your struggle.
Shoe Styles, Weight, and Cleat Types
- High Cut – also known as high tops, these cleats extend up over the ankle, sometimes as far as mid-calf. These are used for protection against kicks from other cleats, and also as extra support for injury-prone ankles. They don't have the flexibility of mid or low cut cleats, but they're good for players who will put continued forward pressure on their ankles.
- Mid Cut – these cleats offer more support than low cut cleats, without sacrificing as much flexibility as high-cut cleats. These are usually the preferred cleats of versatile and skill players who need a wide range of motion as well as stability.
- Low Cut – often more lightweight than the other cleats, the low ankle allows the greatest range of ankle motion for quick cuts on the field. Useful for players who rely on speed and skill.
- Lightweight – the next greatest thing in cleats. More cleats are being made with lightweight durable upper and sole materials. Lighter cleats mean less fatigue later in the game, giving the athlete more energy to make the final push. It might be good to train in heavier cleats and use lighter cleats in a game situation to help build up both endurance and energy. Just make sure they have the same flexibility and situated spikes.
- Molded Cleats – permanently attached to the outsole, these studs are usually made of rubber and plastic of varying lengths and formations. These are good for players who play on a single type of field. They can be cheaper than detachable cleats, but if a stud breaks, the entire shoe may need replaced.
- Detachable Cleats – rubber and metal studs can be inserted or screwed into the plate of the outsole, which allows the player to adapt their cleats to the field – hard, muddy, grassy, or artificial turf. They also allow easier customization for players searching for the perfect mix of traction and action.
Leather or Synthetic Uppers
Most football uppers are synthetic rather than leather – as the leather may not provide the level of protection that hard synthetic materials do. Leather uppers usually provide the most breathable environment for feet.
On the other hand, the lack of ventilation in synthetic cleats means that they are best used in wet and muddy conditions. Although they can trap moisture inside the cleat, mesh insoles can provide some space for breathability, and many manufacturers like Nike are seeking to create a synthetic material that acts more like leather. Synthetic uppers will stay tight on the foot, and provide more support than leather. They will often be more durable than leather, but may not provide the same comfort.
How to Clean Football Cleats
Let's tackle the outside first. Let's also ignore the pun.
- Using a soft-bristled scrub brush or old, soft toothbrush, scrub the dried mud and dirt from the hard shell of the outsole.
- Using a dry cloth, rub excess dirt off of the upper.
- With a mixture of water and a tiny bit of laundry detergent, clean off the remaining dirt on the upper with a sponge or damp cloth.
- Use a water-only damp cloth to remove any detergent on the shoe.
- Air-dry the cleats. Do NOT put them in the dryer, even for tumble dry.
- Repeat for stubborn stains.
What about the inside of the shoes? They can get pretty rank. Here's three methods to handle that problem.
- Take a clean cloth and dampen it with hydrogen peroxide. Give the inside of the cleat a good wiping to remove bacteria. Air-dry your cleats. One problem with this method is that hydrogen peroxide can have a bleaching effect on certain materials.
- Use a bowling shoe disinfectant and deodorizer to spray the inside of your shoes. Make sure you loosen the laces to get deep into the toe area. Make sure that the spray is EPA approved and safe for your skin.
- Wow. The smells are being really stubborn. So grab a huge zippable plastic bag, put your clean, dry stinky cleats in them, and shove them in the freezer overnight. (Explain to your housemates first so they don't get a surprise when they go for the ice cream.) The cold will kill most of those stubborn bacteria, as they prefer warm, wet environments to grow.
But what if your shoes have insoles? How do you clean those?
- Remove the insoles from your cleats.
- Repeat the process that you did for the cleat uppers – rubbing off dry dirt, applying water and a light amount of detergent until clean, then rinsing with a damp cloth.
- Air-dry before placing any insoles back into their shoes.
- If they smell, give them the same freezer treatment as above.
Football Socks Options
Here are a few features available in football socks that may help your comfort and game play:
- Cushioning and padding for comfort and protection on ankles, toes, heels, and calves.
- Compression and arch support.
- Moisture-wicking materials.
- Vents and openings for breathability.
- Ribbed cuffs for secure placement on the calves.
- Specific tailoring for left and right feet.
- Shaped heels and toes.
- Upper calf or knee-lengths.
Take the time to find the perfect pair of socks. Try them out during practice, and keep with the brand and style that work the best for you. The perfect cleat to sock fit will enhance your comfort in the game.
When to Replace Football Cleats
Replace your cleats every year. Unlike fully functioning shoulder pads and helmets, cleats can't be reconditioned. Break in your new cleats during practice for game time. If you find a good fit in a certain brand and style, continue to purchase new cleats in that brand and style as long as you feel comfortable.
Replace your cleats if the studs and/or the stud fixture is broken. Don't play on cleats with loose or improperly attached studs. Always replace your cleats if they hurt your body – blisters, arch pain, tendonitis, shin splints, leg and back pain.


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I recently heard, 如果你不介意 (literally: "if you do not mind."). Is the literal translation from English also a correct, native one? Or is there a more common way to prefix such a question?
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Only very very polite person would say "如果你不介意 (if you don't mind)", probably this person is very well educated which is rare in China (school/parents simply never teach you this phrase). But interestingly, from my experience I sometimes speak this kind of language to my close friends, to make fun of him/her, in this context, when I say "如果你不介意", what I really mean is that you have to do whatever I am asking for...
I've spent some time in both Taiwan and the Mainland. From my experience, I've heard:
But I've also heard 介意
And if you're looking for that native, colloquial flavor, you can throw in 的话 at the end of 如果, which is just an extension of "if".
And what do you mean by "Is there a more common way to prefix such a question?"?
As far as I know, it's the most common way in the area I'm from. In fact, I've never heard anyone phrase it differently.
如果您能迁就的话... 如果您不嫌弃的话... 您能将就的话...
Usually we don't say '如果' in oral Chinese for this case.
I don't feel it is a native expression in Chinese. It probably is influenced from the western culture. On rare occasions I hear people use it, but it still feels strange as an oral phrase.


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External appearances are deceptive: although your baby seems very well developed, it's still early in the pregnancy-the state of the cervix and progesterone produced by the placenta both play a part in ensuring that labor does not start for some months yet.
Do you feel as though you're a mom yet? Whether or not you're a maternal person, you'll already have started, instinctively, the process of becoming a mother. You may be taking better care of yourself, eating better, and making lifestyle changes, not necessarily to benefit your own health but for your baby. You're likely to find yourself being very protective and nurturing toward your growing belly, wanting the best for your baby, and being worried about anything happening to him. It's nothing to worry about if you don't feel this bond: all women are different and it may not be until you're holding and caring for your baby that you experience strong maternal feelings.
Your partner may not have this strong parental instinct, but the more you involve him in the pregnancy, the greater the chance of him getting close to his unborn child. By reading books or on the internet about how the baby is developing at every stage, and attending some or all of the prenatal appointments with you, he will be able to picture the baby and follow his progress as closely as possible.
No, your baby should be fine but because your immune system is compromised during pregnancy, your symptoms might last longer than usual. Drink plenty of fluid to stay hydrated, and eat several small meals a day to maintain your energy levels. Call your doctor if you don't improve after 24-48 hours, or your temperature exceeds 101°F (38°C).
Very few pregnant women do experience complications, but if you feel very unwell, and, in particular, you experience problems breathing, see your doctor immediately. Ask the pharmacist's advice before taking any over-the-counter medication.
If you have a toddler already, she will undoubtedly be curious about why you have suddenly got so fat! Keep things simple, along the lines of "Mommy is growing you a baby sister or brother, but she/he won't be here just yet." Over the coming weeks, explain in more detail what having a new baby means.
There's no need to tell your toddler how the baby got there, or to keep reminding her about it. Just answer her questions when she asks, without showing too much preoccupation with the matter.
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I am setting up a laptop for a friend with Ubuntu 10.10. I turned on fancy visual effects and the "desktop cube" plugin as well. When I rotate the cube every window and even the wallpaper gets dark and desaturated. I tried looking into other plugins, even turning them off, other Gnome options, and I couldn't figure out why this fading happens. I've set up various computers with Ubuntu before but I have never seen such a problem.
How could I turn the fading off and keep the visual effects?


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The 5 Most Unintentionally Creepy Gifts Given to Presidents
#2. Two Grizzly Bear Cubs
Right after the Louisiana Purchase, Thomas Jefferson began sending expeditions out West in earnest, to explore and bring back samples of that exotic, unknown land. Sure, plenty of explorers brought back boring stuff like maps or plant specimens, but not Captain Zebulon Pike, who decided to pick up two actual grizzly bear cubs.
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Some men bring bottles of wine to a housewarming party; Zebulon brings assorted super-predators.
That's right: His "gift" to the president of the United States was two of the deadliest wild animals on the planet. Jesus, if Kinman's odd, serial-killer-esque arts 'n' crafts warranted a bit of concern, Zebulon's gifts should count as actual war crimes. And it's not like he was unaware of the danger or anything. He knew from the start that these were different from East Coast and European bears: In his letter, he stated that they were "considered by the natives of that country as the most ferocious animals of the continent." Out of sheer politeness, Jefferson kept the bears at the White House for two months while finding them a more permanent home in the Peale Museum. Well, either "politeness" or "fear of displeasing a man with a name as awesome as Captain Zebulon Pike who gives apex predators instead of cheese plates."
"Oh, thanks. Did ... did I do something to piss you off?"
#1. 1,235-Pound Cheese
It was the summer of 1801, and John Leland of Cheshire, Massachusetts, wanted to give his president an appropriate gift of his esteem. So, as anyone in their right mind would obviously do in such a situation, Leland persuaded his entire town to chip in with him and make a 1,235-pound cheese, and then transport it to the White House. That president? Why, Thomas Jefferson, of course.
Man, there's just something about that guy's face that apparently makes you want to give him crazy crap.
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"Think he'd like an overcoat made out of interlocking mummified human hands? Let's get on that!"
All that milk (allegedly from over 900 different cows) was molded in a local cider press to make the final result: a 4-foot, 4 1/2-inch diameter and 15-inch thick cheese wheel fit for a president. There may have been an ulterior motive for the gift, though, seeing as how Leland specified, upon handing it over to the president, that it was made entirely without slave labor. It also bore the somewhat ominous motto "Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God." That, uh ... that seems like an awful lot of effort just to send a passive-aggressive note to a guy, but then, this was before the invention of Post-it notes and Twitter.
Thomas Jefferson, presumably while frantically motioning for somebody -- anybody -- to please come and take the furious cheese-monger activist away from him, cut out a large hunk and handed it to onlookers.
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"Hey, if you have time, could you make us a couple of tons of crackers?"
And, in possibly the greatest instance of "pretending to like a gift" in history, Jefferson kept the cheese at the White House for more than two years. It was even served in a few congressional dinners, up until 1803, when the last of it was eaten with the "mammoth loaf," an equally absurdly large loaf of bread baked for him by the United States Navy. And then, by all accounts, everybody there got hammered on what we are going to assume were comically oversized beers.
Incidentally, the word "bro" was born that night.
Julien Blower also writes for the parody news site The Leaky Wiki.
For more presidential insanity, check out 7 Badass Animals Presidents Have Kept As Pets and 6 Presidential Secrets Your History Teacher Didn't Mention.


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What questions should I typically ask if the topics don't come up? Also, what should I be looking for that might not otherwise be pointed out, or worse things they may hope as a novice parent I won't notice?
You should visit the day care. If you show up unannounced, you can see them 'in action'. Below are some general guidelines and a few references.
In the UK there is a regulatory body called OFSTED that makes random inspections. The reports from those inspections are available to the public. They give a rough guide to how good the facility is, but you have to be aware that they are a snapshot from a single day. If a bad centre is having a good day (or a good centre is having a bad day) the report will be skewed.
We also have tight regulation for day care. Things like staffing ratios and maximum numbers and qualifications and staff vetting are all covered by law. The "style" of the place is also going to be driven by external factors. Most day care places will sign up to EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stages; a national government "statutory framework" for schools and day care.)
Price isn't much help when choosing either; partly because they're all very similar in cost, and partly because the English system has tax credits which can pay a large part of the cost.
In the UK most of them are private businesses. So you're left to have a look around and see which one has best decor, or which staff make a best first impression.
The short version: I would look for
My husband was director of a daycare. In the US, every state has licensing requirements and periodically do onsite inspections at every facility.
You can access the results of these inspections either through the daycare directly or through the licensing board. Information regarding inspection scores along with violations may be very revealing of the quality of the daycare.
Also, in GA and probably other states, the facility must report significant events to the state including injuries on site and the state keeps a record of parental complaints and investigates each one.


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Usually powershell script files end with .ps1, and modules end with .psm1.
Can one have powershell scripts/modules in files with no extension? Just "build" or "start" and so on? Will this cause an issue in any specific environment?
If yes, Can one have powershell scripts/modules in files with other "texty" extensions like .sh, .ps etc?
Is there an easier way to invoke powershell scripts instead of keying in .\script.ps1 arg1, arg2 , for example like : go arg1, arg2?