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TORONTO -Pupils and students at Toronto High School have been helping those affected by Hurricane Sandy by collecting canned goods and school supplies to eventually be donated to the storm's victims.
The school's National Honor Society is spearheading the drive to provide some relief for the victims of the storm that decimated parts of New Jersey and New York in later October, according to Maureen Taggart, school principal and district communications coordinator.
"Our students (and pupils) were hearing about some of the people affected by the hurricane," said Taggart. "I think they were really affected by the children dislocated from school due to the damage done.
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HELPING OTHERS — Toronto High School students are helping to make Christmas brighter for the victims of Hurricane Sandy through collection of canned goods and school supplies. Those involved in the project include, from left, Brad Melville, Angelo DeCesare, Megan Payton, Jory Clapham and John Rodesh.
"That generated a lot of discussion - what if that happened here, or what if you went home, and everything was gone?" Taggart continued.
Seventh-grader Joey Clapham asked school officials if canned goods could be collected for the victims of the hurricane, said Taggart. The week before Thanksgiving pupils in grades sixth through eighth held a competition among classes to determine which could collect the most canned goods, she added.
"In three days we had more than 600 items brought in," Taggart said. "Our sixth-grade class brought in the most canned goods. They were rewarded with an extra gym class."
Taggart said the upper grades at the high school were inspired to begin collecting school supplies to be sent to victims, said Taggart.
"They began a campaign to collect school supplies," Taggart said. "They began after Thanksgiving and will continue through Christmas break. We're working with the Jefferson County Chapter of the American Red Cross to get the supplies and canned goods to those affected. I think some people don't understand there are still people recovering from this. It's moved off the media spotlight."
Taggart said the disaster affected pupils and students because disasters can happen anywhere - even in Jefferson County.
"My personal opinion is that getting the school back to normal will help students, pupils and their families return to some sense of normalcy," she said. "I'm also impressed with the compassion and empathy our students and pupils have shown. They always are motivated to help."
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For some reason(Happened before I started working on this project)- my client's website has 2 duplicates of every single file. Effectively tripling the size of the site.
The files look much like this:
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The hosting that the website is on has no access to bash or SSH.
In your opinion, what would be the easiest way to delete these duplicate files that would take the least time?

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From the point of view of a graphical designer, which are the differences in developing for iPhone, Android and Blackberry. Is it possible to design for one platform and to use that work on the others? What are the constraints when implementing the same graphical interface to all of the above mentioned platforms?
This answer only deals with iOS and Android, Blackberry exceeds my knowledge
In iOS you have three screen resolutions to consider
In Android there are 4 resolutions, to cover at least:
In iOS there are some standerd UI-elements to work with like the tab bar, pickers, status bar etc. See this psd for more Detail.
And you can find even more detailed information in the iOS human interface guidelines
In Android there are less UI standards but since Android 4 it has some usable design guidelines
Android has its "hardware buttons". Menus and navigation are often at top of the screen. Buttons orientate on the default android buttons and UI. The bottom is often filled with the actual content and overlaid with the hardware menu.
iOS splits the menus and navigation in two parts. At top is the Navigation like back button, title, ok and cancel. At bottom there is navigation like the tab bar to switch between views.
Blackberry has its own design guidelines but there ends my knowledge. Here is a good collection of UI guidelines for further reading ;)
We need more information to fully understand what you are designing, but if I were to assume you are designing web sites, then yes, you can design for any device.
That's pretty much my day job...design and develop a mobile web application that supports iOS, Android, BlackBerry and (groan) Symbian.
In terms of visual design, each OS has it's own native UI, but as a web app, you'd be designing a UI just for the web app. This is the standard approach for a lot of the UI libraries out there such as jQuery UI and Sencha Touch.
In terms of hardware, iOS is touch-only. Android is mostly touch. BlackBerry is mostly keyboard.
In terms of software, iOS, Android, and BlackBerry OS 6+ are all running a Webkit browser. Which is nice. Alas, Android and BlackBerry's browsers have plenty of bugs.
Avoid styling native form elements if you can...each OS likes to do things differently with default sizing of those.
I should also note that one area where you may NOT want to use a universal UI is the split between keyboard and touch devices. This is tricky, as some operating systems have both devices available (such as blackberry) and even more tricky, some devices are both touch screen AND keyboard enabled.
The problem is that they are really two different ways to interact with a screen. Touch is happy to be scrolling with big icons and swipes. Keyboards need a very compact screen and probably prefers pagination over scrolling.
The challenge is that it's really hard to design for both equally. Right now, we mainly target touch, and one can still use the site with a keyboard, but we're not optimizing for keyboard.
In hindsight, it would have been great for mobile browsers to some how detect when a page is being interacted via touch vs. keyboard.


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When constructing proofs using natural deduction what does it mean to say that an assumption or premise is discharged? In what circumstances would I want to, or need to, use such a mechanism?
The reason I'm asking this question is that many texts on logic use this term as understood by the reader and don't take the time to adequately explain the technical sense in which they are using it.


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How can I change the Maximum upload file size? I would like to be able to upload 10Mb at a time.
This is due to the PHP limitations on file size uploads. If you have access to your php.ini file, you can modify the following lines:
If you don't have access to the php.ini file (such as a hosting situation), you may need to contact your webhost and see if they will increase it for you. I have also seen users create a php.ini file with just these values and place it in the file where WordPress is installed. If your PHP instance allows for "inherited configurations" it will allow these local settings to override the global.
The other solution would be to add the code dynamically into WordPress to make this change for you. This article has a nice way of doing it through a "plugin". I've seen dubious results from this approach (some report success, some report no success) so I can't say for sure if it will work for you.
Somehow I had to create a php.ini file which I uploaded to the wp-admin directory but I also had to add the memory_limit = 32M line. Without that line, the limit is not increased in in Wordpress 3.3.1
I had the issue where I couldn't update/add to the php.ini file. I ended up adding the following lines to my .htaccess file to change the upload size:
That changes the upload limit to 5, and allows extends the timeout time while uploading larger files.
This worked for me. I just went into cpanel /file manager and created a new php.ini file. Then i entered the text below: upload_max_filesize = 10M post_max_size = 10M max_execution_time = 300
Works 100%
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Watching Pitch Perfect again, and through the riff-off, and it seems like the Trebles broke the rule of "stealing the song by picking off a word that they are singing and making it your first word." In the "Songs about Sex" section, the Bella's are singing "Cause I may be bad, but I'm perfectly good at it", to which a Treble broke in with "Sex, baby. Let's talk about you and me." Is it Treble favoritism, or am I missing something?
The lyrics for song being sung by the Bellas:
... and by the Trebles:
So it looks kosher to me as the guy riffed off the next word, sex, which was just about to be sung.
After listening to the soundtrack for this movie, I firmly believe now that this may have been a directorial mistake. In the soundtrack, the Treble's steal the song at the appropriate time. However, as stated, in the movie, it's about 4 or 5 words too late.


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Margit Cohn, senior lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem under a joint appointment of the Faculty of Law and the Federman School of Public Policy, will discuss the outcomes of three recent applications to the Supreme Court of Israel that concerned ethnic discrimination in a semi-private utlra-orthodox girls school, gender segregation in public transportation that serves communities with large ultra-orthodox population, and gender separation of public streets during a Jewish holiday. Three different Supreme Court resolutions and their post-decision dynamics serve as a basis for an analysis of the role of the judiciary in this highly sensitive social and political issue, in Israel and beyond. Box lunches will be served. Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
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GENESEO, N.Y. - The Geneseo Symphony Orchestra opens its fall season Oct. 14 with an eclectic program, including a solo piano performance by Jonathan Gonder, chair of the college's Department of Music. The program begins at 3 p.m. in Wadsworth Auditorium and is free and open to the public.
James Walker, SUNY distinguished service professor of music, begins his 42nd year as conductor of the orchestra. Also conducting during the program will be senior music major Louis Lohraseb.
The program will feature the overture to "The Italian Woman in Algiers" by Rossini, and the "Intermezzo" from the "Symphonie Espagnol" by Lalo for violin and orchestra, performed by senior music major Hannah Garfield.
Pianist Gonder will make his fifth appearance as soloist with the orchestra when he performs Grieg's famous "Peer Gynt" and the Prokofiev "Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat Major."
The Geneseo Symphony Orchestra is a collaboration among the best wind, percussion and string players in the student body at SUNY Geneseo and members of the music faculty, who coach, teach and perform in the ensemble. The result is an ensemble able to perform some of the finest literature written for a large orchestra.
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Humanities students will inevitably study Parenting & Families, and in doing so need to obtain Parenting & Families textbooks. But students of Parenting & Families often spend far too much money every semester purchasing Parenting & Families textbooks. Parenting & Families books can be very expensive when you buy new textbooks, while a rented textbook can be half the price or less. For example, a rental copy of either Gentle First Year: The Essential Guide to Mother and Baby Wellbeing in the First Twelve Months, Sociology of the Family: Investigating Family Issues, or Today's Teen can be 75% less than what you might pay in a college bookstore.
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City officials in Williamsburg are considering a ban on indoor smoking.
The Times-Tribune reports the City Council heard a first reading of the proposed ordinance on Monday night, but did not take a vote. A second reading will be heard next month.
Mayor Roddy Harrison said he understands both sides of the issue, but the job of city officials is "to protect everybody."
The ordinance lists few exceptions to a ban that would prohibit smokers from lighting up in all enclosed buildings that are open to the public or facilities that are places of employment.


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I see that CM10 nightlies for galaxysmtd have not been built for a while. Is the status of the latest builds available anywhere, so that I can see why they haven't been built?
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Rule of CM - never ask for ETA's, changelogs!
Only recourse is to look up the review site instead and filter it out for the appropriate device instead to see what code changes were checked in/rejected, in this case, use this as a search query on the top right hand corner of the page.
Then can drill down the review, depending on what type of CyanogenMod ROM, be it GB, ICS or JB.
Usually, there is a reason as to why there's no build, check with their forum or IRC channel. :)


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One of the loading screen tips says:
The Pope can grant powerful boons to good Catholics.
What exactly does that mean? What can the Pope do to help me, if I'm a good Catholic?
One of the loading screen tips says:
What exactly does that mean? What can the Pope do to help me, if I'm a good Catholic?
The pope can let you:
The first boon is neat if you hate your wife (Didn't notice her inheritable hunchback, harelip, and stutter before you married her? She's trying to kill you?), but don't have sufficient intrigue, gold, and/or stomach for a risky venture.
Excommunicating your enemies is fun, because it allows you to do three things: kill them without repercussions if they're your prisoner, arrest them without being accused of tyranny, and it's an automatic Casus Belli - a legal excuse to start a war and take their stuff. Other Christians generally don't mind what happens to an excommunicated Christian.
Invading a (larger!) country lets you take its top-level title: Duke, King, Emperor, etc. So rather than nickel-and-dimeing a country, repeatedly forging claims and going to war to snip off a county here and a duchy there, you can simply invade that country and take the crown. The main trouble is that the country must be larger than yours; you may request an invasion of the Holy Roman Empire, but don't expect to win. Try to find someone that's just a little larger than your size. One of the game's traditional starts, taking on the persona of the Duke of Normandy, is exactly this: the Pope already gave you permission to invade England.


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Hukot HaGoyim in this case is something done specifically by gentiles and therefore it would be prohibited (see S"A Yoreh Deah 178). So my question is, would jeans fall under this category?
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So long as it isn't indecent, Rabbi Moshe Feinstein (Igros Moshe Y.D. 1:81) writes that it's not a problem. I've written it up here.
And for those who don't believe me, here's what it looks like in the original responsum:
Link to the pdf: page 1, page 2.
Specifically regarding jeans it's even easier as we know where jeans come from -- gold prospectors who needed rugged clothing. If the origins of a practice are pagan, prurient, or make such zero sense that you'd obviously only be doing it to emulate the non-Jews, then it's a problem. None of that is the case here.
Rav Musafi says that in a place where people that dress modestly don't wear jeans, one shouldn't wear them. Therefor I would assume there is no issue of Hukot HaGoyim. http://www.doresh-tzion.co.il/QAShowAnswer.aspx?qaid=65856


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Hi we animated a simple plane with deform modifier to give a folding cloth like effect. How do we export it from maya so that we are able to import into our game engine.
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Arrested: Jeff Bucey, 33, 142 N. Sixth St., Steubenville, two bench warrants, possession of drugs, possession of drug abuse instruments and possession of hypodermic needle, Monday.
Theft: A resident of Beverly Street, Weirton, told police Monday someone used his debit card at Wal-Mart in Steubenville to make purchases of $88.30 and $139.43, and to purchase fuel at Kroger in Wintersville. The individual said he'd lost his wallet in Weirton, and police there had instructed him to file a report in Steubenville due to the unauthorized activity on his account.
Theft: A Rosswell Avenue resident reported the theft of a computer and flat screen monitor from residence, Monday.
Theft: An individual housesitting for a Euclid Avenue resident reported the theft of a laptop, Monday. Police later were called to the residence a second time when the individual heard an intruder in the basement of the residence.
Theft: A Colonial Drive resident reported a suspect known to him used his debit card without authorization, overdrawing the account after transactions at a cafe/diner in Weirton and a casino in Chester.
Cited: Billie Louise Hutson, 323 Lee Road, Follansbee, speeding; Alexander J. Rossi, 322 Woodlawn Road, Steubenville, speeding; and Shawn M. Summers, West Union, W.Va., driving under suspension.
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Arrested: Larry Hanlin, 25, 985 Potter, Steubenville, parole violation, Monday.
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Delayed cokers at the Cadereyta and Madero refineries will be revamped during scheduled turnarounds in 2015
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Engineers and designers are highly skilled individuals. Forcing them to enter design changes using tables, forms and spreadsheets is unproductive and uneconomical, and it increases the likelihood of human error—this is the way that most instrumentation software systems currently work. For too long, software vendors have denied engineers and designers the simple practicality of a graphical visual engineering interface with "drag and drop" capability and inbuilt intelligence, ensuring changes are automatically replicated into all the associated data and databases.
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This wonderful coffee hails from the southern part of Tanzania--the areas of Mbeya and Ruvuma. Most of our purchases from Tanzania come from the south due to the high elevation and prime growing conditions.
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I had this coffee for the first time at my local Clover store. I absolutely fell in love with the berry and citrus notes that were present in the coffee. This is the coffee that I am choosing for my Coffee Master certification next week!
I use a coffee maker that grinds the coffee just before it brews the pot. I then immediately refrigerate the pot. This method preserves the flavor. I usually drink my coffee ice cold after it has been in the freezer for about 30 minutes.
This coffee is very smooth and has notes of chocolate and citrus. I highly recommend this coffee. (My favorite Starbucks coffees are Verona, Komodo, and Sumatra--in that order.)
This coffee is so, so great iced, if you can get one on a Clover, do it over ice, the blackberry notes (which I find the best part of this cup) are there with vigor. It has great, snappy acidity that merges well with the blackberry undertones which come at the end of the palette for a refreshing finish. I have tried it hot as well and it was meh. It had a good mouthfeel overall and the depth was nice but this coffee is hands down better iced as there is a solidity in how the flavors compliment each other. This wasn't as prevalent to me when it was served hot.
I tried some Tanzanian coffee from Starbucks a few years ago and loved it, so I thought I would give this one a try.
It's not as good as the aforementioned coffee — which was among the best coffee I've ever tasted — but it's good. However, I wouldn't say it's better than Starbucks House blend, which is my standby.
One of the best tasting coffees I've had in a long time.
Tanzania is one of those coffees that is like a good idea made even better; the taste of this coffee reminds me a lot of the bright, citrusy notes of Kenya - which I love - but is paired with a slightly darker fruity note of blackberry which really takes this coffee to the next level. You can literally smell the fruitiness and citrusy notes while brewing. And while it is delicious hot, Tanzania makes an even better iced coffee; the complexity of this cup is especially refreshing when brewed over ice, and is flavorful enough to not need any cream or sugar. Definitely a must-try, especially if you need a refreshing iced coffee for the summer.
I have tried 4 of the reserve coffees at the Starbucks in Whitefish Bay, WI and have found this to hit my taste buds in the right way! I even enjoyed one today and got one for a co-worker to try too.


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Looking for an old movie about pilots. Maybe black and white. Can only remember that one pilot ends up in bed with the other pilot's wife while he is in the other room. One of them gets killed in a crash.
Not a lot of details but I'll take a shot. Is it Always. The film starred Richard Dreyfuss a s a pilot who gets killed and comes back as a ghost to watch over his girlfriend and guide another pilot (who eventually falls in love with his girlfriend). Not black and white but I seem to recall a scene where the two are together with Pete (Richard Dreyfuss) in another room (even though he's a ghost). Not exactly as you describe but...
Updated: This film was a remake of A Guy Named Joe which was more about the pilots (based in WWII instead of fire fighting) and was in Black and White (according to IMDB) so I would agree with the comment that the film in question might be the original version rather than the remake.


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Oxford has this neat "Very Short Introduction" series. When I plateaued, I picked up the "Very Short Introduction to Logic" and found it a bit useful - picked up around 2 points. I generally agree that the Bibles work well enough for 'most everyone, but if somewhere down the road you hit a roadblock, this would be the book I recommend.


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Cliche used in various forms of fiction (usually of the science fiction genre) where a mad scientist type character is trying to force humanity to evolve through unethical means, or into some kind of posthuman monster race.
Doctor Mercer trying to help propagate the Necromorphs was part of the evilution cliche in Dead Space.
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A gradual process in which the nature of an organism is altered to attain a state of "evil"
A gradual process in which the nature of an organism is altered to attain a state of "evil"
Recent rise of unethical behaviour can be accredited to the inevitability of human evilution.
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A corruption of the word evolution primarily used online by creationist theists who are ignorant of what evolution actually is. Evilution is most often used in an attempt to portray evolution as negative and anti-religion and can generally be considered a sign that the person using it wouldn't know the difference between a genome and a g-spot.
Creationist: "Evilution has never been proved, it's all a secular lie invented by Darwin to avoid God! You'll burn in Hell for believing in evilution LOLZ!"
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I know a certain range of IP addresses are causing problem with my server,
172.64.*.* what is the best way to block access to my Amazon EC2 instance? Is there a way to do this using security groups or is it better to do it with the firewall on the server itself?
I know a certain range of IP addresses are causing problem with my server,
Both if possible, just in case.
Security groups are good because they are external to your host so the data never reach's you. They are not quite as configurable as most server based firewalls though.
Unfortunately, EC2 security groups can only "allow" services through a default deny policy. So if you are trying to block access to a publicly "allowed" service for a small IP range, building the allow rule for "the rest of the internet" is a bit more complex than just blocking an IP range. As you have specified a nice big chunk, the list of network ranges not including 184.108.40.206/16 is not too long:
This list would need to be added for your port(s). Then you can delete your 'allow all' rule for that port. If you have multiple ports you want to do this for that aren't contiguous, they list will need to go in multiple times. If you have multiple security groups this can quickly grow to be unmanageable.
Locally firewalling will also work.
After adding your rules you'll need to save them, and ensure the
The config file to save to may vary with distributions.
Using a VPC
If you use a VPC for your instances you can specify "Network ACLS" that work on your subnet. Network ACLs do allow you to write both allow and deny rules so I'd recommend doing it this way.
The simplest way of stopping the traffic is (assuming VPC is being used) by adding it to the VPC Network ACL of that instance and denying all traffic from that IP Address.
One thing to remember is the deny rule number should be less than the first rule number.
I have run into an issue twice and realized my EC2 situation is a little different:
If you have your ELB configured in a more modern configuration, see this SO answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20123308/how-to-configure-aws-elb-to-block-certain-ip-addresses-known-spammers
In our case, we didn't have things set up well, so I had to use Apache, which can look for the
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Sturgis city commissioners will review an ordinance amendment aimed at cleaning up methamphetamine-contaminated properties in the city limits.
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City officials have expressed concern regarding meth-contaminated properties that do not get cleaned in a timely manner.
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Developing a Training Plan Part III: Consistency - Page 2
Fitness gains are made through the process of adaptation. The more you repeat a specific movement or type of activity the more conditioned your body becomes to that particular effort. In other words, the more often you run a certain workout, your body learns to recognize the particular demands associated with it, and then expects and welcomes them the next time you perform that workout. In addition to repetition (running regularly), gradually increasing duration (time spent running) also yields fitness gains because it enables your body to efficiently utilize energy stores while improving your running economy.
For example, when we first started working together, my client Rachel was running five miles four days a week. Rachel wanted to train for a half marathon with the goal of besting her current time of 1:57. She expressed discouragement in her inability to run the second half at a pace that would put this time goal within reach. Clearly, Rachel was in great five-mile race shape, however, her longest run was five miles, making the additional eight miles of a half-marathon a real struggle.
Her body was not used to running that far and was not responding positively to the additional demands. Once she started varying her mileage and incorporating weekly long runs of 10 to 15 miles over a period of eight weeks, her body learned to recognize that the long run was now a staple in her training and she was gradually able to complete the long runs feeling as good as she did during her five milers. After eight weeks of training this way, Rachel entered a half-marathon and dropped her personal record to 1:46.
While her mileage was consistent from the beginning, it was consistent only for a limited distance and any attempted runs beyond that recognizable length felt challenging as her body had not yet been exposed to the additional stimulus (mileage increase). Once she applied a consistent dose of longer runs to her daily training routine, her body was able to efficiently respond to the increase in race distance.
When I speak of intensity and how it relates to consistency, I'm referring to 1) the frequency at which varying-pace workouts are performed, and 2) keeping your pace as consistent as possible within the parameters of those specific workouts. For example, if you are training to race a 10K, it's important to not only frequently run 6 x one-mile repeats, but to also run them at (or just below) your ideal (and realistic) goal 10K race pace.
Just as you would not expect to have perfectly sculpted biceps if you only did a handful of bicep curls once every two months, so should you not expect to get faster if you do not perform regular speed work.
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Your body must recover between hard workouts. One surefire way to minimize unnecessary rest is to run every workout at the proper pace. If your pace is inconsistent, you risk running too fast and needing more time to recover, or running too slow and not stressing your body enough to reap the physiological benefits to make you faster.


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Yes, it's time for another recipe to help you still enjoy what's coming out of the garden. The zippy flavor of the new Feta cheese crumbles in the stores is a real treat. Here we use it to add to the zucchini that is still growing in this Texas heat. GO GARDENS!!
Zippy Zucchini
Serving Size : 8
1 pound zucchini -- grated
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs -- lightly beaten
1/3 cup red onion -- diced fine
1/4 cup flour
2 Tablespoons cornmeal
1/4 cup pine nuts
2 cloves garlic -- minced
1 Tablespoon rosemary -- fresh
1 teaspoon dill weed -- dried
1 teaspoon pepper
3/4 cup feta cheese -- crumbled
1. If making the casserole, preheat the oven to 375F, and lightly oil the dish. If preparing the patties, use spray-release on the griddle.
2. Grate the zucchini and place in a medium bowl. Add salt and toss to combine.
3. In a small bowl, beat the eggs and set aside. In a large bowl, combine the onion, flour, cornmeal, garlic, rosemary, dill weed, and pepper.
Toss with a spatula until well mixed. Add zucchini and eggs to the flour mixture and blend well.
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If Jews claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, why do we look before we cross the road? I'm a Jewish man myself and personally never look before crossing and have yet to be hit. It's not like we are going to die before our time.
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Although you are correct in stating that everything is predestined and that looking both ways before crossing the street really does not protect one from death, one must nonetheless adopt the practice as a chesed (kindness) to those who are fated to die as they cross the road. Although it is a fiction, we should pretend that looking both ways does protect one from death. When someone looks both ways, even if he knows on an intellectual level that it is of no consequence, he does get the illusion of protection, which is comforting.
First, G-d's omnipotence does not preclude free will, as the statement you bring clearly states. Omniscience does not mean that everything is decided already, only that G-d knows what you will choose to do, even if you don't know yet.
But it's true that certain things are decided in advance , so the question still stands, albeit on slightly altered legs.
But the statement that "we can do nothing to change it" is categorically untrue. Judaism believes in the efficacy of prayer, and that G-d empowers us to change even that which has been decreed above through prayer, repentance, and good deeds. Some of the most important prayers we say on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur spell this out quite clearly.
Your more direct question is "if the method and time of a person's death is already decreed, why not do dangerous things?" Well, the Talmud tells us that "HaSatan mekatreig b'shaas sakana". ("The Adversary prosecutes in a time of danger.")
That means, when a person is in a dangerous situation, the accusing angel (or 'the Satan') goes before G-d and basically says, "Look this guy deserves to die for his sins, and now is the perfect opportunity for me to do it. May I?)
Therefore, we avoid dangerous situations to avoid giving the Accuser an extra opportunity to prosecute us.
In Jewish thought it is by no means agreed upon that "everything is predestined." That everything is foreseen, perhaps, and that does create a certain paradox (see the Rambam in Hilchos Teshuva 5:5); but that everything is predestined, certainly not.
According to Maimonides, man has complete freewill when it comes to the realm of action. In other words, according to him, you have freewill over any choice you make. Maimonides is clear about this in Chapter 8 of his שמנה פרקים, his introduction to Pirkei Avos.
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The 6 Most Aggressively Badass Things Done by Pacifists
#3. John Weir Foote: Action Chaplain!
In 1941, the Canadian army took part in the Dieppe Raid, the first major attempt to take troops across the English Channel. Cracked has covered how well the whole event went in general here, but let's focus more on the involvement of one individual, John Weir Foote, a Canadian chaplain who was badass before the shooting had even started.
Some people just can't turn it off.
Foote was not intended to take part in the raid, and when his commanding officer told him that he was going to sit this one out, Foote said that he'd have to be arrested to keep him away from the action, which means a bit more when you're speaking to someone with the power to arrest you. So he was assigned as a stretcher bearer.
During the Dieppe Raid, Foote pulled a Doss and helped carry 30 wounded soldiers to safety under fire, and provided them with morphine. During the retreat, Foote got a ride off the beach, which meant that he was being rescued from the Nazis, who weren't known for their powers of human empathy. But looking back at the surrendering soldiers, Doss changed his mind and disembarked, giving himself up.
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"Can you take me to this Hitler fella? Maybe I can talk some sense into him."
He decided that the soldiers being taken to a Third Reich POW camp needed religious guidance more than a bunch of soldiers returning to base. Bear in mind, in August 1941, it was largely Great Britain against the Axis nations, and none of the great defeats that would eventually take the bad guys down had happened yet. So Foote was volunteering for an imprisonment that, as far he knew, could have been a life sentence. He did it anyway, because he thought that's where he was needed.
After three years' imprisonment with one serious escape attempt, Foote was released. He was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest honor Her Majesty's Armies awarded. It was still way less than the honor he'd already provided them by joining.
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Being a gay black Quaker in 1950s America is kind of like rolling a natural 1 through every step of your character creation process. Pretty much every interaction you have with mainstream culture is going to involve people passive-aggressively trying to murder you, as well as just straight-up aggressively trying to murder you.
"I also don't mind pressing '1' for English."
Rustin became a prominent member of the American civil rights movement. His most far-reaching impact was probably that time he convinced Martin Luther King Jr. (who at that point was using guns to defend his home and family) to try out this whole "nonviolence" thing, which you may remember as the defining attribute of King's movement. From the Montgomery bus boycott to the 1963 march on Washington (the huge attendance of which is credited to Rustin's organization), nonviolence was arguably the key to the movement's eventual success.
But this article isn't about ideological influence, it's about badassness, and Rustin's most incredible moment was a lot more personal. During a Korean War protest, Rustin found himself being savagely beaten by a stranger with a stick. Rustin's response was to grab another stick and offer it to his attacker, asking him if he wanted to beat him with that one, too.
Chicago Tonight
"Some people turn the other other cheek. I slap it."
Although this is oddly similar to the end of Casino Royale, when Bond mocks Le Chiffre by telling him that he's about to "die scratching my balls," Rustin's version is objectively more badass just because it freaking worked: Right after this, his attacker threw both sticks down and walked away.
If you're wondering why you've never heard of this guy ... well, frankly, so were we, although some people suggested that it's because he was openly gay, being described as having "never heard there was a closet." In 1963.
When you kick this much ass, you don't need to hear anything.
#1. Aki Ra Saves Countless Lives the Hard Way
Aki Ra was kidnapped from his family at the age of 5 (roughly -- Ra is unsure of his precise age) by the Khmer Rouge, a genocidal paramilitary group in Cambodia. He was given mine-planting duty, because a child's small hands are more suited to the delicate work of planting murder-bombs, and we really hope that's the most depressing sentence we have to write this week. What sounds like objectively the worst childhood in history continued until 1983, when Ra was captured by the Vietnamese Army, who quickly ... made him do exactly the same thing, but for them. Just file that away in your head to be remembered the next time you feel disappointed by literally anything.
It wasn't until 1992, when the U.N. came to Cambodia, that Ra saw a chance to undo the damage he'd been forced to do as a kid. Working with the U.N. bomb defusers, Ra began digging up the old mines that he had planted -- and continued doing so after the U.N. left two years later, declaring a job well done. This will become hilarious in a second.
Richard Fitoussi
The places you can find these mines include villages and farmland that the owners are eager to reclaim and start growing food on but can't because mines play hell on the soil aeration and also blow you the fuck up. Deminers like Aki Ra play an important role because they make land habitable again, but it's tough work: There's an estimated 4 to 6 million unexploded mines in Cambodia. And "shifting" mines is a tough, multi-person job: The most successful deminers employ 1,000 people and can still only remove about 3,000 landmines per month.
Unless, of course, you know them intimately, like Aki Ra, who has removed over 50,000 mines all by himself and without the approved U.N. equipment. He was digging up mines with a knife and his bare hands, and it wasn't until 2005 that Ra went to Britain to actually get trained to do the thing he'd been doing since he was a little kid. Basically, he got around to fulfilling safety regulations when there was a lull in his daily life-saving.
A Perfect Soldier
Between saving lives by being in constant mortal peril and the ensuing sexual exhaustion, who has the time?
Now, not only does he continue to clear mines as his full-time job, but he runs a museum that educates people about the still existing mines while housing homeless children, many of whom have been injured by the same mines that Ra is working every day to remove. So, yeah, thanks for making us feel shitty about our own accomplishments there, Ra.
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JaNell Spaulding
JaNell Andrea Spaulding, 72 of Kettle Falls, passed away peacefully on July 9, 2011. She was born June 8, 1939 in Seattle to James and Reba Stansbury. She had a passion for animals and adopted many abused dogs from different rescue organizations. JaNell was of the Lutheran faith, taught Sunday School, loved God, and was a loving wife, mother, sister, grandma, and a great-grandma. She also loved her pets, flowers and sitting on her front porch visiting with her many friends and neighbors. She was an avid garage sale shopper and enjoyed fishing on the local lakes and rivers. JaNell is survived by her husband of 32 years, Wayne; one brother, Bill Stansbury and wife Mary Ann, Olympia; five children, Ken Ingalls and wife Gail, West Fork, AR; Darla Ingalls, Hope, Idaho; JaNet Peterson and husband Jeff, Montgomery, AL; Lynda Hall and husband Rob, Evans; Kevin Ingalls, Burien; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and by one brother, Jerry Stansbury. A private family service has taken place at the lakes, and a memorial will be held at a later date. Any donations on JaNell's behalf can be sent to PAWS of Colville.


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October 25, 2013, 05:00 am
By Mario Trujillo
Gansler's mistaken pool party
Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler (D), who is running for governor, conducted a bizarre press conference in which he said he made...
October 25, 2013, 05:00 am
By Mario Trujillo
Gansler's mistaken pool party
Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler (D), who is running for governor, conducted a bizarre press conference in which he said he made...
October 24, 2013, 09:00 am
Newsweek predicted Ted Cruz's rise
In 1999, the Huffington Post reports, the magazine wrote a cover story about young Hispanics changing America. The freshman senator was among those profiled for the story as someone to watch.
@NatSecWonk accused official of Stuxnet leak
The now-fired White House National Security Council staffer Jofi Joseph had accused Deputy National Security Adviser for Communications Ben Rhodes of leaking Stuxnet—classified information about U.S. operations against Iran. The Daily Beast's Josh Rogin reports.
Rogue state: Israel?
Foreign Policy's Uri Sadot writes Israel probably won't ask for the United States' permission to strike Iran if its government decides to do so.
Federal workers may receive backpay Thursday
The Washington Post reports IRS employees and those who work for Customs and Border Protection may receive their pay Thursday, which had been delayed because of the government shutdown.
White House denies Durbin claim
The Hill's Justin Sink reports the White House denies a claim by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) in which he accused an GOP House leader of saying "I cannot even stand to you at you," to President Obama.
Boehner not worried about 2014
The House speaker predicts the GOP is "going to be fine" in next year's midterms elections despite recent polls showing Republicans' low approval ratings. The Hill's Alexandra Jaffe reports.
October 16, 2013, 09:00 am
China rails against U.S.
The New York Times reports China says the answer to a potential government default in the U.S. is creating a "de-Americanized world."
Everyone takes Obama's calls
In a local TV interview Tuesday, Obama said the coolest thing about being president is that everyone takes your calls: scientists, sports figures, writers, etc., Reuters reports.
Investors unsure of default aftermath
Fortune magazine writes investors aren't taking the threat of a default seriously enough. A former aide to former British prime minister said she was unsure how a default would unfold.
No Iran bomb because of this woman
A social worker turned nuclear negotiator, Wendy Sherman, at the State Department is responsible for preventing Iran from getting a nuclear bomb, Foreign Policy reports.
House cancels vote on debt plan
The Hill's Bernie Becker, Peter Schroeder and Russell Berman report House Republicans canceled a scheduled vote Tuesday night on a plan to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling.
Fight over birth control mandate not over
Conservative House lawmakers say they only want to fund the government through mid-December in order to force a fight over the birth control mandate in ObamaCare, The Hill's Elise Viebeck reports.
October 15, 2013, 09:00 am
Public opposes online voting
A poll commissioned by USA Today before the shutdown finds many people support a number of election reforms, but not online voting.
Churchill bust to the Capitol
A bust of Winston Churchill will adorn the Capitol at the request of Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), the Los Angeles Times reports.
Steve King won't forfeit salary
The Huffington Post reports that Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said he does not know if he is getting paid during the government shutdown but is not planning on giving it up.
'Unborn' question makes it on Colorado ballots
Some abortion activists are worried that a ballot measure in 2014 could curb abortion rights if passed, The Associated Press reports.
Senate could miss debt deadline
The Hill's Peter Schroeder outlines the legislative steps necessary to approve a budget deal, which could extend beyond the debt-limit deadline.
Union-opposed tax explained
The Hill's Elise Viebeck outlines the reinsurance tax in ObamaCare that will likely be part of a budget deal.
October 11, 2013, 09:00 am
Silver on the shutdown
Nate Silver offers context and history to the government shutdown and what it means, or doesn't, for the 2014 elections.
Furloughs during the shutdown
The Washington Post charts how the government shutdown has affected different federal departments.
If not Gerrymandering
An op-ed in Bloomberg View argues that gerrymandering of congressional districts did not cause the government shutdown
Cash in Hart
Yahoo News reports on a protest against Monsanto involving bags of cash in the Senate's Hart Office Building
Yoho opposes back pay
Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.), after voting to give back pay to furloughed workers, says he is now against the idea, Mario Trujillo writes for The Hill.
No deal yet
The Hill reports President Obama and congressional leaders have vowed to continue budget discussions.
October 10, 2013, 09:00 am
Admiral fired amid Casino investigation
A top U.S. admiral in charge of nuclear forces was fired Tuesday amid an investigation that he used phony chips at a casino, The Associated Press reports.
Cruz commissioned his own poll
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) unveiled his own polling on the government shutdown during a closed-door meeting with Senate colleagues, the Washington Examiner reports.
Craft brewers hit during shutdown
The Associated Press reports that a government agency that approves new breweries has been closed during the government shutdown.
NJ debate gets personal
NBC details the debate between Cory Booker (D) and Steve Lonegan (R) one week before the Senate election in New Jersey.
Yellen's confirmation
Peter Schroeder of The Hill reports that Janet Yellen's confirmation in the Senate to head the Federal Reserve will be no cakewalk.
The ice breaks in negotiations
The Hill reports that President Obama and congressional Republicans have finally decided to negotiate.
October 08, 2013, 09:00 am
By Jonathan Easley
Shutdown is a democracy, not a mess
Timothy Stanley at CNN argues that the perceived Congressional dysfunction surrounding the shutdown is really just democracy in action.
GOP blackmail threatens U.S. democracy
Michael Cohen at The Guardian says Republicans are threatening U.S. democracy.
Dems have no chance at the House in 2014
Nate Cohn at The New Republic breaks down why the GOP will maintain power in the House.
Republicans will suffer long-term political damage
Albert Hunt at Bloomberg says it may not be immediately evident, but the GOP will pay a price for the shutdown.
GOP disapproval rating hits 70 percent over shutdown
Jonathan Easley at The Hill reports on the GOP's growing image problem.
House GOP to do 'foxhole' strategy check
Molly Hooper at The Hill reports that Republican leadership will hold a meeting to see where it stands within its caucus on the shutdown.
October 04, 2013, 09:00 am
Boehner goes grand
Robert Costa of the National Review reports that Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has floated the idea of wrapping an increase of the debt limit and the funding of the government with a "grand bargain" of fiscal issues.
Members of Anonymous indicted
Thirteen members of the hacking group Anonymous have been indicted for carrying out cyberattacks worldwide, The Associated Press reports.
Capitol car chase route
The Washington Post put together a graphic showing the route of the car chase that ended with a shootout near the Capitol.
Anger directed at Washington
A new poll from CBS finds nine in 10 people are unhappy with Washington, including 43 percent who are angry.
Rep. Holding sleeps
Rep. George Holding (R-N.C.) was caught dozing off during a colleague's floor speech Thursday night, Pete Kasperowitcz with The Hill reports.
Wendy Davis declares
Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis (D), who gained prominence with a 13-hour filibuster, announced her intentions to run for Texas governor Thursday, The Hill's Cameron Joseph reports.
October 02, 2013, 09:09 am
By Jonathan Easley
House GOP is delusional
Dana Milbank at The Washington Post is not a fan of the Republican strategy to defund ObamaCare.
The most underrated Congress of all-time
David Harsanyi at The Federalist argues that Speaker Boehner is an inadvertent hero.
Welcome to the age of unlimited government
Nick Gillespie at The Daily Beast details why he says libertarianism is on the rise.
The Banana Republicans
Joe Nocera at The New York Times says the GOP can't break from its constant brinkmanship.
Obama, Democrats reject Republican piecemeal approach
Bernie Becker and Russell Berman at The Hill report on the Democrats digging in their heels in the shutdown fight.
Obama schedules events to hammer Republicans on shutdown
Amie Parnes and Justin Sink at The Hill report on the president's media blitz.
October 01, 2013, 09:00 am
Clinton hosts McAuliffe
Hillary Clinton hosted a fundraiser Monday night for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe (D), CNN reports.
ObamaCare's inception colors its opposition today
Michael Barone in Real Clear Politics explains that opposition to ObamaCare and the battles it has bred all spawned from the way in which it passed in 2010.
Shutdown vs. debt ceiling
Matthew Yglesias at Slate reminds people that the debt ceiling debate is the real budget battle to fear.
Voter ID challenged in NC
NPR reports that the Justice Department filed a lawsuit Monday challenging North Carolina's voter identification law.
Clinton programming canceled
NBC and CNN on Monday canceled planned productions about Hillary Clinton to the delight of the Republican National Committee, The Hill's Rebecca Shabad reports.
Health exchanges open
The healthcare insurance exchanges mandated by ObamaCare are set to launch Tuesday amid budget battles, Sam Baker of The Hill reports.
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Lincoln Alexander was Canada's first black member of Parliament, elected in 1968. The Ontario Lieutenant-Governor just passed away last week at age 90. Described as a "Living Legend," Alexander, a.k.a. "Linc", served as a wireless operator with the Royal Canadian Air Force during WWII, from 1942 until 1945. Alexander overcame racism and prejudice in Canada during the country's most highly racial eras.
Alexander was born in Toronto in 1922. He is of West Indian ancestry. After obtaining his degree from McMaster University and completing his service in the Air Force, Alexander applied for a sales job with the Stelco steel company. He was given a racial snub, with the excuse that no one would want to buy from a black man.
Driven to law school after coming face-to-face with prejudice, he graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1953. A break came in 1968 when he was elected to Parliament and re-elected in three consecutive elections. Alexander was also Canada's first black cabinet minister when he worked in the House of Commons from 1979-80. During his tenures in office, he received constant threats and racist correspondence, but this did not sway him from doing his job.
"Linc" was known for his fun-loving attitude with children, and might have been the life of the party of the children's area at Toronto's Lieutenant Governor's Games. He was often seen on his motorized scooter.
The Lietuenant Governor worked as chancellor at the University of Guelph for five terms, which made him the longest-serving Chancellor in the school's history.
Alexander will receive a provincial state funeral, which hadn't been done since 1982. He is survived by his wife, Mami Beal, whom he married last year, his son Keith and his two granddaughters.


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In quantum computation there are several principal quantum gates that have corresponding matrix representations. One of these is the Z gate, whose matrix is $\left[\begin{smallmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & -1 \end{smallmatrix}\right]$.
... anyway, I've found the eigenvalues (equal to +1, -1) using the characteristic equation, and used them to derive the corresponding eigenvectors, which come together quite nicely in a 2×2 matrix $\left[\begin{smallmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1\end{smallmatrix}\right]$, equal to the identity. So, in diagonalizing this matrix, I find that the diagonal matrix $D$ is the same matrix as the one for gate $Z$.
... the next step and where I'm stuck is to find the corresponding point on the Bloch sphere for this gate. In order to do that, I need to compute how to take the diagonalized matrix call it $D_z$ and derive two things: (a) its diagonal representation $| 0 \rangle \langle 0 | - | 1 \rangle \langle 1 |$, and (b) the normalized eigenvalues $a, b$ for $Z$, where $Z = a|0\rangle + b|1\rangle$ and must be orthonormal i.e. $a^2 + b^2 = 1$. The $a$ and $b$ terms correspond to the probabilities of measuring 0 or 1 for the state, respectively (I think).
After I have the values for $a$ and $b$, I'll be able to locate the gate on the Bloch sphere because the calculation of its coordinates on the sphere is straightforward: $a = \cos(\theta / 2)$, and $b = e^{i\phi}\sin(\theta/2)$.


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I would like to know whether it is possible to photograph moon without any flaws with a canon EOS 550d..
Also to get an image of the moon as close as the following image, what kind of equipment(lens,etc) is need to be used with the 550d Body
I would like to know whether it is possible to photograph moon without any flaws with a canon EOS 550d..
Also to get an image of the moon as close as the following image, what kind of equipment(lens,etc) is need to be used with the 550d Body
You can certainly take such an image with a 550D, but to get it that size without cropping will take a lens of about 600mm or so. The moon occupies about one degree of arc, and a 600mm lens on the 550D's sensor will yield a (short-side) field of view of just under one and a half degrees, which is just a little bit tighter than the framing here. A 400mm lens with a 1.4x teleconverter will yield almost exactly the same framing as this picture; a 300mm with a 2x teleconverter will be just a bit tighter.
If the image is for screen display or a small print, don't be afraid to shoot at 300mm and crop; you'll still wind up with an image that's about 1730x2600 pixels, which is bigger than most monitors and will print a reasonable-quality 8x10 or 8x12 (or a superb 6x9).
You found the image at Mansurov's How to Photograph the Moon, so I think that's a good place to look for answers. Since he suggests using a 300mm lens and 1.4x or 2x teleconverter, I would bet those were used. Additionally, he also mentions that regardless of focal length, you are likely going to want to crop to get a tight photo.
See my answer over here... I explain in detail how to get this kind of shot. Basically a good quality long lens (NOT cheap nasty 75-300 type thing), with it in manual focus mode and Manual mode on the camera too.... Read the post for information.
Ideally, if you want to get as close as possible with minimum noise, you should rent out a high-quality 600mm lens like the Canon 600mm f/4L IS, the kind wildlife photographers use (typical 2012 rate: $400 for 5 days). The moon occupies a very small angular range and the less cropping you have to do the better. However if you're willing to raise ISO a little bit you can use a 300mm with a 2x teleconverter, and this is cheaper.
Also remember that there's more to shooting the moon than filling the frame - you have to choose your time carefully to get good shadows, and meter correctly to get good exposure.
A correction: the Moon subtends 0.5 degrees, not "about 1".
I have taken good Moon shots using my Celestron C8 telescope OTA in conjunction with a focal reducer - equivalent to 1000mm / f/6.3 - using my Pentax K100D at prime focus. The image closely fills the 2/3 sensor, maximizing the use of the available pixels. Which is only 6M for the Pentax, but still a pleasing result.
see reduced resolution for web at:
Ask me for the full-resolution (3000x2000 with full EXIF info) version if you want to analyze the original.
Here is an uncropped photo I had taken of the Moon about a year ago.
(Be forgiving of the softness)
As you can see, it fits cozily within the frame.
This was taken using a Canon EOS 600d, which is comparable to the 550d, and using a t-ring setup attached to the Celestron Nexstar 4se, which has a focal distance of 1325mm. I wouldn't want to get much closer than this, as the Moon moves quite quickly at this focal distance - camera shake can be a real problem and the Moon can move completely out of the frame within 10 seconds.
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BRANCAZIO, Joseph, 57, of Steubenville, died Tuesday December 4, 2012, at Trinity West ER.
He was born October 24, 1955, in Steubenville. He is the son of the late Joseph and Janet Yocum Brancazio.
Joe is also preceded in death by a brother, Patrick Brancazio and a sister, Cynthia Brancazio.
Joe was retired from Cardello Electric Supply Co. and served his country in the U.S. Navy.
Surviving are two sons, Josh and Samuel Brancazio both of Steubenville; one daughter, Margaret (Joshua) White of Steubenville; three bothers, Rick (Gayle) and Michael (Carrie) both of Mingo Jct. and Robert (Christine) of Weirton.
Also surviving are his ex -wife Ellen Smogor; and good friends, Joe Bado, Sarah Hudson and Nick Trombetti.
There will be no calling hours.
Donations may be made to the family C/O Mosti Funeral Home, 4435 Sunset Blvd., Steubenville.
Please check website for future services.


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Unity and Unity 2D look very much alike, so how can new users easily find out whether they are running Unity or Unity 2D?
As of Ubuntu 12.10, Unity 2D is no longer developed and all systems use Unity 3D (with LLVMpipe for systems without hardware acceleration).
The easiest way I have found is to look at the launcher:
Subtlety in the design of the of the launcher popups - Unity 3D lives up to its name with a darker shadow "3D" effect whereas Unity 2D is lighter and has a "2D" flat effect.
Unity 3D Unity 2D
If you don't trust your eyes you can rely on the system to tell you, just look at the desktop session variable, open a terminal and type:
If it echoes back
But if you want a bit more details (and that's a big if), here is an extended review:
Unity 3D
Unity 3D has several features that set it apart, that are the result of it's "3D" nature and the capabilities afforded to it that way:
Unity 2D:
There are several differences in Unity 2D from Unity 3D. One of them is that the launcher items do not ever fold.
Notable differences in Unity 2D
Also of note:
Just found out how to tell which session you are using, via command.
Way to know which session is being used (lightdm only, so 11.10 or above):
Hope that helps!
Just look at the desktop session variable:
It is "ubuntu-2d" for Unity 2D and "ubuntu" for Unity.
Subtlety in the design of the of the launcher popups - Unity 3D lives up to its name with a darker shadow "3D" effect whereas Unity 2D is lighter and has a "2D" flat effect.
Unity 3D Unity 2D
Open Terminal and
If you get anything, you are currently using Unity 3D.
(@Robert says to run
In the terminal, type
It will then tell you if you are running Unity 2D or 3D.
Also, by default their panels are very different, they should look like this:
Unity 2D (which has a coloured background)
Unity 3D (which has a transparent background)
In Unity 3d, the dash icon is shaped differently than all of the other items in the launcher. So if the dash icon is the same shape as all of the other launcher icons, you are using Unity 2d. If the dash icon is different than all of of the other launcher icons, you are using Unity 3d.
You can run:
If compiz is not running (nothing output) and you have the unity panels and such, you are using
No idea why people have to make it so complicated. Regular Unity (not 2D) needs compiz running to work, so just look for that....
I think the simplest answer is 'echo $DESKTOP_SESSION'. if it says ubuntu-2d, it's unity 2d, if it says ubuntu, it has unity 3d. And i resulted in finding out i have 3d. When you right click an application on the launcher on the left. it has a blur effect. Sorry but i really can't add an image.
So what is the right thing to do?
1.Use the terminal command


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A Barber Misses Market's New Buzz
DENNIS, Mass.—As the stock market roared higher in the spring of 2000, Bill's Barber Shop was the place in town for a $10 haircut and a hot stock tip.
More than a decade later, Bill's shop is still standing. But it is $15 for a trim. And stock-market talk now is taboo.
So it was a special exception Tuesday afternoon, when William Flynn turned the TV briefly to the financial news and watched the Dow Jones Industrial Average notch a record closing high. After watching in a stoic silence, he switched the channel back to "Dr. Phil" and swept up hair clippings.
Mr. Flynn has been through two booms and busts in the 13 years since his investing travails were first chronicled in The Wall Street Journal. In those days, Bill's Barber Shop was a hub of stock-market fever. Mr. Flynn, a hefty former high-school hockey star with a handlebar mustache, was hot on technology stocks, with a special passion for data-storage company EMC Corp. EMC -0.21 %
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The Journal has profiled William Flynn thorough the ups and downs of the stock market.
Mr. Flynn would cut hair while he and his regulars—including local Maytag dealer Rick Capobianco; Ron Danforth, owner of a direct-mail business; and gas-station proprietor Rick Smithson—traded news on highflying stocks and mentally tallied their winnings.
The next few years weren't so kind to him and millions of other investors. Most of those stocks plummeted. Some companies filed for bankruptcy protection.
Mr. Flynn's mixed feelings as the Dow broke through its 2007 record this week is reflective of a collective shrug by investors across the country. Despite the market more than doubling off its lows, the rally has yet to kindle the public imagination.
After all, many households have suffered through five years of volatility, only to end up back where they started. Others, like Mr. Flynn, remain so demoralized by the busts of 2000 and 2008 that they have missed the latest boom entirely.
Mr. Flynn and other investors also are skeptical about the stock surge at a time when the economy feels so weak for many individuals. Unemployment remains high and home prices remain far below where they stood just five or six years ago.
Surveys show that many investors haven't come back to stocks, believing the rally can't last. Other say shares have been artificially propped up by the Federal Reserve's extraordinary stimulus measures. And, while the Dow is back to record levels, the Nasdaq Composite, home to many of the technology stocks in Mr. Flynn's portfolio, including EMC, is still 36% shy of its March 10, 2000 peak—an anniversary that comes on Sunday.
Mr. Flynn, 73 years old and a life-long barber, has been clipping hair in his small clapboard barbershop just off Main Street for 15 years and figures he will still be standing at the black swivel chair when the next bust comes. Plans for a retirement in Las Vegas have been put on permanent hold.
On Tuesday afternoon, as the Dow climbed to its record close, a handful of customers came and went. Not one mentioned the stock market. The day's big topics: Plans for the local St. Patrick's Day parade and construction up the road that is holding up traffic.
A computer in the back room, once ablaze with stock charts and tickers, is now used mainly for the occasional game of Solitaire.
His old trading buddies rarely drop by, including Mr. Capobianco, who was once a regular at Bill's, stopping by even if he didn't need a haircut. He was never a convert to the tech mania, he said, though he did buy EMC shares at Mr. Flynn's urging. The 61-year-old moved his appliance store a few miles down the road a little more than a decade ago. He switched barbers, and only sees Mr. Flynn from time to time.
For one thing, Mr. Capobianco has had more luck investing. Mr. Capobianco's skepticism of technology stocks meant he lost only about 12% in the bust. Since then, he has bought such stocks as General Electric Co. GE -0.35 % and Yum Brands Inc. YUM -0.93 % He sold his EMC shares to expanded his Maytag dealership and help pay for his son's college education.
Mr. Capobianco is among a growing pool of investors warming up to stocks again. "What I have, I invest," Mr. Capobianco said. "I'm not going to be buying a villa in France or anything, but I'm doing all right."
Like Mr. Capobianco, Mr. Smithson managed to get out of most of his stocks before the big bust. He used the money to buy a house. He still pops into Bill's Barber Shop for a trim.
"We still talk about stocks now and then, but not like we used to," said Mr. Smithson, who now runs an auto-repair shop. He remains invested in a few tech stocks, like Microsoft Corp. MSFT 0.84 % and Marvell Technology Group Ltd. MRVL -1.18 % , a semiconductor maker.
Mr. Danforth, who ran the direct-mail business on Cape Cod, said he lost money in the downturn. But he sold his franchise for a profit and now is living in an exclusive lakeside community in western Massachusetts, where he retired and took up woodworking.
Mr. Danforth, age 74, said he feels bad Mr. Flynn can't retire, too. "At that age, you shouldn't have to worry about those things," he said.
Mr. Flynn claimed to have put 100 friends into EMC stock in 2000, including Mr. Capobianco. After Mr. Flynn's appearance in the Journal in March 2000, EMC invited the barber to a shareholder's meeting to meet company executives. Mr. Flynn later wore a jacket emblazoned with the EMC logo around town.
The barber held EMC stock to a peak of about $130 a share, only to ride it back down to less than $4. His fortune began with $150,000, swelled to $834,000 in September 2000, and then shrank back to about where it started.
Mr. Flynn said his wife, Jean, panicked. She had always worried about her husband's big stock market bets. Mr. Flynn, meantime, said he grew forlorn.
"My wife and I were really shook up by it," he said. "I was so despondent over it, I just let it go. I thought to myself, 'If it comes back, it does. If it doesn't, then, well….'"
EMC closed Friday at $24.30.
Mr. Flynn took a breather from trading before getting back into the market in 2007. He put some money in Eastman Kodak Co., at the urging of a stock broker. The camera-maker filed for bankruptcy last year, wiping out the barber's $28,000 investment.
A few weeks ago, Mr. Flynn made a decision to sell what was left in his portfolio. "I've been thinking about it a long time, and my wife and I talked about it," Mr. Flynn said. "We came to the conclusion that the stock market is just not for us."
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