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I'd personally prefer just football, for the selfish reason that I don't give much of a toss about other sports really!
I'd personally prefer just football, for the selfish reason that I don't give much of a toss about other sports really!
It's up for a vote, my vote is for General Sport so it's tied 1-1 at the moment!
5 football questions or 5 general sport questions?
With 5 general knowledge questions of course.
General Sport, I know (slightly) more about it and more question can be found
Great idea I'd say five football questions, simply as this is a football forum
Football, as F1's the only other thing I'll ever know anything about (and even then only to a point) so I'd struggle with general.
I also vote for 5 football questions
4-2 to the football questions at the moment, I should start writing the thread around 9pm, just having a little game on Fifa!
5 question on F1 please
Thanks a lot for all your input!
The thread is now up and running, please leave a comment if you wish to join, enjoy!
Link to the thread.
I want 5 questions on ice-hockey!
Ice-Hockey is boring in my opinion. I watched the Steelers when they won the league (well the season after, lost all 3 games I went to and my cousins banned me ) I've tried watching it on Sky since, I just don't enjoy it. Give me Darts, Boxing, Snooker, Tennis, Football any day!
Rugby. Done.
Let me just find a video I've seen before...
Just football gets my vote too. I don't follow any other sports that closely apart from aussie rules and don't imagine many questions coming up on that.
Is anyone else on tenderhooks for a new Crouchy thread?
Age of Empires 3 complete for £14.99 on steam is that worth it? The other game I like the look of is the X games but I don't know which one is the best to buy. One last question, how can steam have games on there that are unavailable surely if they are unavailable what is the point in having them on there?
Actually that's not he last question what are Garry's mod and Demigod games like any idea?
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Check Amazon, AoE3 and AoE3:WC are the best 2 (IMHO)
Garry Mod is ok for mindless violence, nothing else.
Hi everyone, I'm new to this thread after just recently getting FM12. Hopefully this is the right place to post this.
I am interested in setting up a journeyman save as well as posting about it in here. My plan is to start in either England, Italy or Spain where I will hopefully rise up the leagues making a reputation for myself and then moving abroad to other continents before returning to the 'elite' European leagues after experiencing the different footballing cultures around the world. So, I would like some advice on the potential setup of the game, I know the new 'Add/Remove leagues' feature makes this easier but I would like some opinions on how well that works. I think I will have the 'elite' European always playable as well as maybe Brazil and Argentina, even if its just for regens alone. After that, I'm open to suggestions.
I have took a look at a few Careers on here, namely SnakeXe and Crouchaldinho but if anyone has any advice on update styles, etc it would be greatly appreciated.
First off, good luck! Secondly, go with your idea, just don't make it so you get bored early on! There's a lot of good threads to look at for ideas, you can always ask in their threads for their ways and methods. For example, I started at the bottom of the Italian league and worked my way up.
As Deisler said, good luck! On the layout etc just find something that interests you and that keeps you into the game. For example one or two of us have set ourselves goals to achieve in the save to keep us going, gives us something to work on rather than mindless playing. But the most important thing is to just enjoy the save and keep updating!
I think it's good to keep a "core" set of leagues always loaded, then add/remove others around them depending on what sort of level and location you're at. For example, you might have a core of Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, USA. Whilst you're building yourself up in Europe you could include the Scandinavian countries and maybe a couple in Eastern Europe, then as your rep rises swap those out for Portugal, Turkey and Holland. Then if you moved to South America, take out the extra European ones and add Chile, Uruguay and Peru.
As for layouts, you're welcome to copy mine if you want to. I think SRL88 took mine as a base and then changed it where he wanted to do something different. I myself started by aping dafuge's layout!
Has the newest Anno game ever been on sale? looks like my sort of game.
I have loads of extra league for my FM game thanks to Unknown Hacker creating loads but does anyone know a decent one that adds the lower Brazilian leagues on?
On the subject of layouts it's a personal choice, but in my opinion I find it hard to read text that is entirely centrally aligned (ie like this post is!). That, and poor grammar and spelling are my pet hates and can put me off threads completely!
When I've made a decision about that as well as thought of a thread title, I'll have it up and running. Thanks again
I didn't see Anno in the Steam sale.
I really want it but it's too expensive. The other Anno games are listed as not available, pretty pointless having them on there if you cannot download them.
Coruchy it was and TB (TotalBuscuit) mentioned it in a Salebox.
AB it means the Steam API are in it but they might not be able to sell it here because of licensing.
Seems to be a few older games I want that are unavailable, typical lol.
Great news, I have to play video games for my college course
Well, that's only because I don't own a game that actually has a 'story line' to it and I have to learn one, so I was looking on amazon at cheap games that I've heard of and that supposedly have a good story line but was wondering if any of you lot know a game that has a good story line and is well known? For the Xbox 360.
I'd like to say Baldur's Gate again because the storyline is unique and very different from any other such games. But that's hardly available for Xbox
Not sure if Mafia is either or if it was PC only, but it has a great story so look up that one.
Bioshock should certainly be available on Xbox. It has a great story with plenty of candy on the side too. Great game really.
I have players World of Warcraft for five years and Football Manager (and its alter ego's) for eighteen years. Hardly played anything else for long.
Edit - Apart from the Civilization series. Played II and V to death!
You played V? Without wanting to put a bullet through your ears? Well done, son!
I'm not much of a gamer outside of FM either, but have gone through a fair few games up through the years. Nothing comes close to the time I've put into CM and FM though.
I'm a semi-gamer. The Arkham Series, Fable, Assassins Creed, Left 4 Dead, NHL, Elder Scrolls. I religiously buy these series and FM
I am a proper gamer, 107 games on Steam and over 3000 hours in total
Just played Arkham City for the first time earlier today not played Asylum. What a beautiful looking game captures the atmosphere of Batman perfectly.
I'm almost an ex gamer. I used to be well into console gaming as a kid (Sega MS, MD, PS1&2) but recently I've pretty much only played FM.
In terms of PC gaming, FM is the only game I would consider playing on my laptop. I'd prefer console gaming (I have a PS3) but I prefer to spend the limited time I have playing FM so I rarely buy any PS3 games. If someone gave me something like Skyrim now it would probably sit on a shelf without ever getting played.
Then that someone might give Skyrim to me.
And a PC to play it on
I was hooked on games the first time I saw my cousin's SNES with Super Mario World when I was maybe 6 years old. I didn't get my own platform for games until my Dad brought home an Apple Mac Performa when I was about 10. Basically it had a PC 486 motherboard as well as the Apple architecture. I remember spending hours trying to get Worms 2 to work on it.
I got my first console for my 12th birthday, a PS1, been playing ever since really. Only just getting back into PC gaming other than FM, as I finally have a computer capable of playing modern titles. My problem is buying games that I want when I see them for a good deal, then never getting round to playing them. I have about 6 Xbox 360 games I've never even taken out of the case, plus a couple of PS3 games, not to mention the absolute ton of Steam games I bought over Xmas.
im hooked on cod at the moment for xbox
Ultimate rage quit
Deep fried Mars bars.
A question for you fine chaps, I've installed FM12 finally, got some logo's, premier kits, but does anyone know of a good mega facepack? only one I've seen is on sortitoutsi and the want you to become a premier member. No way i'm paying for a facepack
You can torrent one of the earlier versions of the sortitoutsi ones without being a premium member.
Follow the guide on here, download version 4.0 rather than the latest one (no torrent for the latest one). You have to register, but no need for premium.
Just checked, you can then download 4.01, 4.02 and 4.03 as update packs which are a single download, so a total of 4 downloads rather than 22.
That's great stuff, thak you: thup:
Scholes is back at United for the season. Perhaps he missed being sent off for mistimed lunges...
That's quite pathetically hilarious.
I bought a game for the missus for Xmas but the disk drive will not read it. I have had a few problems with it recently reading some CD's and not others apart from buying a new DVD drive is there anything I can try to get the games working? I also bought an older game that says it is incompatible with 64-bit systems, is there any software that allows these sort of games to be played?
DVD drives are dirt cheap (unless its for a laptop) and easy to fit
As for 64 bit all 64 systems can run programs in 32 bit (for example most internet browsers are 32 bit unless you go and find the 64 bit one)
Soon as I click to install I get the above message.
Oh wow, 16 bit. That would be why :| What the hell are you installing????
Theme Hospital. The missus is usually playing Fallout 3 or Sims 3, at the moment it is Fallout. She likes a simple retro game to play for an hour here and there and it moves her off the 360 so I can play Arkham Asylum.
The only thing I can suggest is trying to find a 16 bit emulator?
That said, I'm surprised he did that well having not played for over half a year. He must have trained well. Can't imagine he'll play 90m minutes any time soon though. Completed 97% of his passes. Not bad for a pensioner (Even if one of the two missed passes led to a goal).
AB try and move it to C:/HOSP and run it.
Don't think I can it opens up and I click install then accept the terms and conditions once I have done that it gives the message I posted.
I guess you could also try installed the DosBox. Google it.
That helped me to run Sensible soccer.
I have fond memories of DOS games.
Guess the score:
0-2 to the away side
Try again
Daz was closer
It's pathetic of Ferguson to have the team in such a situation where he will allow this guy to come back and probably taint his legacy. Clearly he's been training as a player for some time else he wouldn't have slotted in relatively well (mistake for the goal notwithstanding), so it can't be put down to a snap judgement either.
Let me put it this way, would this happen if United were 5 points clear at the top, still in the Champions League, and playing well? The desperation is tangible. It'd be like Liverpool bringing Fowler back now, and we'd all laugh at them for that - and Robbie's not even retired.
Is this the mini careers update thread still around? I'm curious as I'm a couple of seasons into what could be an interesting one but I haven't saved screenshots etc for me to get a full thread going.
I need to catch up on ALOT of threads.
I know this is a lot to ask of people in the current climate but I would be delighted with anything that you kindly give.
I'm swimming in the Marathon (April 27-29) and will be doing at least 2.5miles in the 3 hour time slot we are given. If any of you could sponsor me I'd be so grateful, it's for a great cause (Marie Curie Cancer Care)
Sponsored you a fiver
Thank you so much SnakeXe, really appreciated.
No worries mate. I've known a few people's lives taken by cancer so good on you for getting out there and raising money to do something about it!
Aaaargh I hate continental semi-finals on FM12. I've lost 4 out of 5 so far, ridiculous. Had a 3-0 lead after 100 minutes of this one as well :facepalm:
The injury situation is clearly getting dire, however, and United have a rough run of games coming up, and Scholes has said he misses the football, so all in all it seems like a fairly good solution, provided the players United need in midfield are not available in the transfer market for less than ~40 million in January. It's a short terms solution, like Henry to Arsenal, and may or may not hurt his legendary status if he plays poorly now, but I can't blame SAF for doing it, and certainly won't call it pathetic, as SAF tends to look further into the future than just a few months. Preferable to bring back an ex-player that knows the system and club inside out than to bring in an un-ideal signing for tons of money that will need time to settle in the club, league and country.
I don't expect him to play 90 minutes anytime soon, he barely could at the end of last season, but he is good enough to do a job, close games out with his excellent passing, and his experience will be great to have with basically only Carrick fit of Man Utd's proper central midfielders (Anderson is back too now though).
Besides, "massive injury crisis"? It's two players. Fletcher and Cleverley. One who they would have been planning for the season without due to his bowel disorder - known about before the end of last season IIRC - and the other who had barely played for the first team before the season's start. It's the equivalent of Newcastle being without Alan Smith and Haris Vuckic.
You're pitching it as a choice between Scholes and spending upwards of £40m on a new player - I don't think that's the comparison that needs doing. Scholes will be almost exclusively coming off the bench due to his inability to complete a 90 minutes even when his conditioning is up to snuff (which it won't be for a few months yet I imagine). That puts him into competition with the young midfielders breaking through from the reserves. What does it say to Paul Pogba and Ravel Morrison when an asthmatic ex-player is ahead of them in the pecking order? SAF can sing their praises all he likes but his actions will speak far louder to them. This almost certainly sees Pogba leaving when his contract expires, and I'm sure Morrison will have second thoughts as well. Sure, they might not amount to anything, but there's another couple of players he's let go recently because he wouldn't give them match time in Giuseppe Rossi and Gerard Pique who are doing okay.
The only other thing I suspect is happening is that Ferguson doesn't have any money to spend so is sending the board a message. If this is true then he's manipulating Scholes and giving a very real possibility of him tarnishing his legacy as by far the greatest English midfielder of his generation for the sake of mind games with his board. If this is true, then it's still pathetic.
No need to throw up strawmen. Scholes retired 6 months ago and has been working out since with the players, and have not had any big injury concerns. Keane and Solskjær retired years ago and had fairly big injuries, particularly Solskjær who retired due to knee problems, and both have been involved in management since.
I don't think anybody are expecting Scholes to be an important player for United now, it's basically a stop-gap solution to help out with the huge amount of injuries that have piled up this season. In addition, he missed playing football at this level so it's not a bad solution while United wait for hopefully sorting out a proper midfield signing in the summer when prices are more reasonable than in January and players and clubs are more willing to move on/sell.
Don't think Scholes cares one iota about his legacy being tarnished or not tbh. He lives for football and his family. Nothing else. Besides, he wouldn't want to do this if he felt he was out of the PL's league. He's been training with United players afterall so will have a fairly decent idea of where he's at.
Pogba and Morrison will get their chances later. They were junior players last season, first senior year for them this season so it's mostly about learning their trade. I'm sure they'll learn a lot from having a player like Scholes in the first team training properly now. Apparently what he does in training is unreal, ask any current or former United player.
I don't quite understand why you find this so laughable and pathetic tbh. It's not like he'll come in and be expected to set the place on fire, but it's another body to play in midfield, and one that knows the club, league tactics inside out. Of course it would be preferable with a top shelf midfield signing, but when that didn't happen last summer I don't expect anything to happen until the next.
I wanted to lose this game ffs. Too many games coming thick and fast atm and the last thing I need is another round of the FA Cup against Man City.
TBH, who is really interested in Scholes coming out of retirement at Man United anyway? Not me.
I'm more excited by 43-year-old, Paul Furlong, turning out for St. Albans City this season. What a legend!


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The 8 Least-Threatening Comic Book Villains
#4. Man-Bat from Batman
Threat Issues:
Man-Bat is actually another one of Batman's clumsy scientist friends who turned himself into some sort of giant were-bat in an experiment gone horribly wrong (Batman has a smaller stable of clumsy scientist friends than Spider-Man, but every hero needs to have a few on call.). That's a little terrifying. The problem is his name. How many people, not having read this, would know who or what Man-Bat was?
If you look at the pattern of Batman's own name, you might think Man-Bat is a bat who dresses up as a man in order to strike terror into the hearts of criminals.
Or to follow the Spider-Man pattern, he would be a bat who was bitten by a radioactive man, gaining that man's powers. Or like Superman, he could be a bat who exhibits characteristics that could be described as man-like. In any case, his name clearly denotes him to be a bat originally, and the only thing that scares people about bats is getting pooped on or getting diseases.
Also, Man-Bat just sounds stupid.
Ways To Make Him More Threatening:
Obviously he'd be a little scarier if he called himself The Winged Horror or the Nightshrieker or something like that. It could turn out he was a bat bitten by a radioactive man, and you could just show him in silhouette, issuing orders to his henchmen in chilling tones of cold steel. The spell might be broken a little once he flies out the window to go eat insects out of the air, but you don't have to show that very often.
#3. The Prism from Marvel Comics
Threat Issues:
Prism is made of glass. This isn't compensated for by any other power because that is his power.
You got adamantium claws or super-strength? You might as well give up now, because this guy can split a beam of light into the colors of the rainbow. Sure, if you're Cyclops or something and your power is shooting laser beams, maybe this guy can fuck you over, but come on, he's vulnerable to punching. And falling. And bumping into things. And powerful sopranos.
Like many comic characters, Prism has multiple deaths on his record. One involved a losing battle with a wall and the other involved one of his many weaknesses, bullets.
One can only speculate as to the manner of his next death, but the smart money isn't on old age.
How to Make Him More Threatening:
There are many sturdier refractive materials such as Plexiglass or even diamonds. If they can't engineer some kind of scientific accident where he gets reinforced to become one of those, at the very least give him the ability to break off shards of himself and hurl them at people. Maybe nick an artery or something.
#2. The Ten-Eyed Man from Batman
Threat Issues:
While blind in his two regular eyes, Philip Reardon, the Ten-Eyed Man, has eyes in the tips of all his fingers. Here' a tip, comic book writers: Not every tragic deformity is a superpower. Despite his disability, Philip is the kind of guy to make lemons from lemonade--not literally, because that would hurt like hell if you think about it--but figuratively, earnestly trying to parlay his physical defect into a career of supervillainy.
He has some very problematic weaknesses, such as being helpless when tricked into catching or touching something. A smart man in his position would train himself not to react when Batman blurts out, "Heads up!" or "Think quick!" and tosses something in his direction. But, this kind of subterfuge is beyond him.
The writers seem just as stumped as the next person when it comes to reasons why we should be afraid of him, and have unfortunately gone the lazy route of just having other characters hype up his threat. Look, Kyra Sedgwick's character in The Closer doesn't become charmingly quirky just because you have all the other characters say she is. And, Ten-Eyed Man is still not scary even if you have the prison guards lock his hands in a metal box for fear he will use his awesome seeing power to escape.
It's really mind-boggling how anyone could have expected this to be a real, serious supervillain. Everyone who's ever been in any kind of fight, or watched one, or heard of one, knows that you go for the eyes. The whole success of pepper spray is based on this idea. It's inexplicable how some writer's idea of a formidable villain was a guy with the most vulnerable parts of the body multiplied five times. Carry this to its logical conclusion, and you can expect to see Mr. Twenty Testicles in issues next month.
How To Make Him More Threatening:
Here's a list of things he could have on the ends of his fingers that would be more threatening than eyes: steel claws, laser guns, supermagnets, acid-spray nozzles, flame jets, soldering irons, grizzly bears, cigarettes, multicolored ribbons, Lee Press On Nails and Pez dispensers. Seriously, anything that isn't eyes would be an improvement.
#1. The Chameleon from Spider-Man
Threat Issues:
The Chameleon's power is the ability to disguise himself as any person on earth-a power that could be quite impressive if coupled with a mind of average intelligence. Unfortunately as fate would have it, the Chameleon is apprently functionally retarded.
In his first appearance, he attempted to steal a two-part set of missile defense plans. He accomplishes this first part disguised as a scientist who's supposed to be working on the plans-so far, so good. He decides to steal the second set of plans, however, disguised as Spider-Man. That sounds logical until you realize that at that stage of the comics, the public thought Spider-Man was a menace to society (because the newspapers were smearing him, you see).
So the Chameleon, in order to commit a crime, disguised himself as a wanted criminal. Since he's done this with the intention of framing Spider-Man, he's also lured Spider-Man to the scene of the crime. So, he's basically arranged to have the police and an actual superhero on scene while he's committing this crime. Does he get away with it? What do you think?
The Chameleon also has the dubious distinction of having been defeated by both Mary Jane (with a baseball bat) and Peter Parker's elderly Aunt May.
On another side note, either that's a very slow-acting poison, or Aunt May has somehow been given fast-knitting superpowers. Not too farfetched, as Peter has actually given blood to her several times, and the characters have speculated about whether this would give her powers. Either way, someone is getting a really inappropriate baby blanket for Christmas.
How To Make Him More Threatening:
Well, we had some ideas, but honestly we just gave up after we heard about the following storyline. While it is abridged, this is, honest to God, an accurate, contextually correct summary of how the actual story went:
So, apparently it' too late for our advice, because they just had him come out of the closet and commit suicide on the same page.
That probably puts him beyond our help. Sorry we didn't get to you sooner, buddy.


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A simulation modeling approach for improving oral health outcomes of older adults Michael J. Widener, University at Buffalo
This interdisciplinary research focuses on improving the oral health of older adults as a means of enhancing their overall wellbeing and quality of life. Periodontal disease is a risk factor for other chronic illnesses, notably diabetes and cardiovascular disease. In order to identify policies that improve oral health for older adults, a dynamic modeling approach that considers community and individual level factors is utilized.» Lire plus
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In this paper, we investigate output accuracy for a Discrete Event Simulation (DES) model and Agent Based Simulation (ABS) model. The purpose of this investigation is to find out which of these simulation techniques is the best one for modelling human reactive behaviour in the retail sector. In order to study the output accuracy in both models, we have carried out a validation experiment in which we compared the results from our simulation models to the performance of a real system. Our experiment was carried out using a large UK department store as a case study.» Lire plus
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A novel approach to represent learning in human decision behavior for evacuation scenarios is proposed under the context of an extended Belief-Desire-Intention framework. In particular, we focus on how a human adjusts his perception process (involving a Bayesian belief network) in Belief Module dynamically against his performance in predicting the environment as part of his decision planning function. To this end, a Q-learning algorithm (reinforcement learning algorithm) is employed and further developed.» Lire plus
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STEUBENVILLE - The resignation announcement early today by Pope Benedict XVI, "is breaking new ground for all of us," according to the acting dean of the Franciscan University of Steubenville's theology department.
"I don't think many people expected the announcement. And probably most people were surprised," professor Alan Schreck said this morning.
The pope announced early today he would resign effective Feb. 28, setting the stage for a conclave of the College of Cardinals to meet in order to elect a new pope before the end of March.
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RESIGNING — In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI delivers his message at the end of a meeting of Vatican cardinals at the Vatican Monday. Benedict XVI announced Monday that he would resign Feb. 28 — the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years. - Associated Press
The 85-year-old pope announced his decision in Latin during a meeting of Vatican cardinals this morning.
"Pope Benedict is in weakened health and the burden of his office is trying. And it is not unusual for the Holy Father to consider resigning if he felt he could not carry on," Schreck said.
"I believe Pope Benedict is resigning in good conscience. He is a very conscientious person. He obviously decided he couldn't carry on the demands of the office. I also believe all Catholics will understand his decision," noted Schreck.
"This is all new ground for everyone. There hasn't been a precedent for a papal resignation for more than 600 years. I assume Pope Benedict will go into a retirement setting. And I am pretty sure Pope Benedict will not want to intervene in the process of selecting his successor. I am sure he will not use his influence in any way. He has been called by God to step down and I believe he will lead a quiet and reflective life," said Schreck.
"A role for Pope Benedict will depend on the man who becomes pope. He may seek counsel from Pope Benedict, but that will be up to the new pope. Pope Benedict has made the decision based on his health. I for one feel very grateful for the wisdom he has brought us and for his guidance of the church," observed Schreck.
"We must remember a pope dying in office is a custom, but not a tradition. I believe Pope Benedict's decision to resign has been done for the good of the church. His first priority has always been the good of the church," Schreck said.
The Rev. Terence Henry, president of the university, said this morning he will look back "with gratitude for the eight years Pope Benedict has shepherded the church."
"During his eight years as the Holy Father he has left a real legacy. And I am sure he has made a good decision to resign based on his health," Henry said.
"Our prayers will remain with the universal church as it prepares for the transition to a new pope," stated Henry.
"Pope Benedict will long be remembered for the clarity of his teachings. He made it clear our culture is adrift. And he taught us the only way to get out of that drift is to be faithful to Jesus Christ. The Holy Father also made it clear our human beings and dignity are under attack. He really nailed it on that issue," continued Henry.
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After falling 10-0 to Shawnee Mission South Thursday, the Leavenworth girls' soccer team is still searching for that elusive first win.
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Ginseng is a very popular herb. A common name for ginseng, "man-root," because of its humanoid appearance, implies that it has benefits for the whole body. The medicinal part consists of the dried main and lateral root and root hairs.
Ginseng commonly refers to Panax quinquefolius L. (American ginseng) or Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer (Korean ginseng). Siberian Ginseng is derived from a slightly different family than Panax and is referred to as Eleutherocossus Senticosus Maxim. Both families of ginseng share similar chemical constituents. Panax ginseng contains saponin glycosides that are also known as ginsenosides, whereas Siberian ginseng does not contain ginsenosides but another class of compounds called eleutherosides. In all cases, they are referred to as adaptogens.
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So we have a matrix $A$ size of $M \times N$ with elements $a_{i,j}$. What is a step by step algorithm that returns the Moore-Penrose inverse $A^+$ for a given $A$ (on level of manipulations/operations with $a_{i,j}$ elements, not vectors)?
As far as I know and from what I have read, there is no direct formula (or algorithm) for the (left) psuedo-inverse of $A$, other than the "famous formula" $$(A^\top A)^{-1}A^\top$$ which is computationally expensive. I will describe here an algorithm that does indeed calculate it efficiently. As I said, I believe this may be previously un-published, so cite me appropriately, or if you know of a reference please state it. Here is my algorithm.
Set $B_0 = A$ and for each iteration step, take a column of $B_i$ and orthogonalize against the columns of $A$. Here is the algorithm ($A$ has $n$ independent columns):
1. Initialize $B_0=A$.
Notice that each step does one vector/matrix multiplication and one elementary matrix row operation. This will require much less computation than the direct evaluation of $(A^\top A)^{-1}A^\top$. Notice also that there is a nice opportunity here for parallel computation. (One more thing to notice--this may calculate a regular inverse, starting with $B_0=A$, or with $B_0=I$.)
The step that calculates $R$ may partially be orthogonal rather than elementary (orthonormal/unitary -thus better in the sense of error propagation) if desired, but should not make use of the previously orthonormalized rows of $B$, since they must remain orthogonalized in the process. If this is done, the process becomes a "cousin" to the QR algorithm, whereas before it would be considered a "cousin" to the LU factorization. "Cousin" because the matrix operations of those are self referential, and this algorithm references the matrix $A$. The following is a hopefully enlightening description.
See first edits for a more wordy description. But I think the following is more concise and to the point.
Consider the conformable matrix $B^\top$ such that $B$ has the same dimension as $A$ and \begin{align} B^\top A &= I \tag{1}\\ B &= A B_A \tag{2}\\ \end{align}
Here $B_A$ is arbitrary and exists only to ensure that the matix $B$ shares the same column space as $A$. (1) states that $B^\top$ is a (not necessarily unique) left inverse for $A$. (2) states that $B$ shares the same column space as $A$.
Claim: $B^\top$ is the Moore-Penrose pseudoinverse for $A$.
The Moore-Penrose pseudoinverse for $A$ is $$A^\dagger = \left(A^\top A\right)^{-1}A^\top$$ Given (1) and substituting (2) we have \begin{align} \left(AB_A\right)^\top A &= I \\ B_A^\top A^\top A &= I \\ B_A^\top &= \left( A^\top A\right)^{-1} \\ B_A &= \left( A^\top A\right)^{-1} \\ \end{align} Now solving for $B$ from (2): \begin{align} B &= A\left(B_A\right) \\ B &= A\left( A^\top A\right)^{-1} \\ \Rightarrow B^\top &=\left( A^\top A\right)^{-1}A^\top \\ \end{align}
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According to wikipedia, here are the Cygnus X-1 vital stats:
Mass 14-16[7] M☉
Radius 20–22[8] R☉
A radius of 10 R☉ means a volume of 10^3 = 1000 Sols. Divided by 16 M☉ that means that Cyg X-1 is 60 time less dense than Sol. So how could it be a black hole?


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I assume this is some USA wiring system, am I right?
Knob and tube wiring uses two separate copper conductors, each isolated by cotton cloth or soft rubber. The conductors are strung tightly through the cavities of your walls and floors, and depend on being separated by air in order to avoid overheating. When going through joists, the wires pass through porcelain tubes. In the wall and floor cavities, they are attached intermittently by porcelain knobs.
Knob and tube wiring was commonly used in North America from the 1880s through the 1930s.
Wikipedia has a pretty good explanation with pictures.
Knob and tube was the standard long ago. Now it's considered verboten by many insurance companies and is often replaced when a home comes under contract (either the seller replaces it or drops the house price by a significant amount and the buyer replaces it).


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This is a follow-up to my previous question (Fische springen). Is There Another Way to (Poetically) Say "Sie ist schön?" Does springen mean "spring," "jump," or both? What are some other English equivalents? (In the linked poem, it was used in a context (Fische springen), that I would not have guessed.)
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Springen means to jump, not spring, that would be Frühling or Quelle.
"The fish are jumping" shouldn't be translated with "die Fische springen", it would be "die Fische beißen". But many germans will try to translate it this way, because they don't know the english saying, so they will be thinking of fish literally jumping, like salmon.
With eel you can say "Der Aal läuft gut" meaning the eel bite. All other fishes you just say "die Fische beißen" (not "... beißen gut", if they bite thats already good).
"Springen" means "jump", and the correspondence is very good for lots of idioms.
"Springen" is etymological related to the meanings of the English word "spring", but it does not have the current meanings of the English word.
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Shirley Temple Black, Hollywood's Biggest Little Star, Dies at 85
Mrs. Black, who rose to the height of Hollywood stardom as a precocious little girl in the 1930s, returned to the spotlight in the surprising role of a diplomat in the 1960s.
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The 5 Creepiest Serial Killers (Who Were Animals)
Fatal animal attacks on humans are so rare that it makes a movie like Jaws seem almost criminal. Animals only attack humans if they're threatened, or really hungry, or if the human is poking the animal with a stick. They obviously don't go around seeking out and slaughtering humans just for the murderous thrill of it.
Well... most of them don't. See, the thing is, Jaws was based on a true story. It's one of a few rare, terrifying cases where an animal just methodically went about killing lots and lots of people. Such as...
#5. The Tsavo Man-Eaters
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A 1,000 mile long stretch of track that cut across British East Africa called the Kenya-Uganda Railway. Since the British themselves were far too busy drinking tea and solving mysteries to build a railway, they outsourced to thousands of desperate Sikh laborers, many of whom died building it.
England: Granted, we were always hard on animals, particularly those that lived in tribes.
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The problem with killing a bunch of dead natives other than the obvious permanent scarring on your soul and the potential for getting haunted by the guy from Poltergeist, is the animals. They get used to the daily human flesh buffet, and the mass graves of dead Sikh workers helped a pair of mane-less male lions develop a taste for people.
The future can't come quickly enough.
The Tsavo Man-Eaters terrorized the workers of the Kenya-Uganda railway for nine terrifying months.
How They Killed:
We need to be clear: These bizarrely skin-headed lions weren't protecting themselves, they were actively sneaking into camp at night, climbing into tents and dragging the sleeping workers away to their deaths. Those tents were like pistachio shells to the lions, except the nuts inside kept screaming and had families to support, and oh God that's the saddest thing ever.
Over the long months of the spree, the workers and their British managers tried every conceivable way to stop the lions: they sent out hunting parties (who were evaded or slaughtered); built gigantic fences made of fucking thorns; and set out traps, but none of it worked. The lions were just like, "Oh, thorns, I'm totes out of my element, I've never had to avoid them growing up in the fucking jungle," before murdering more sleeping workers. For months the lions dragged away and ate the railway workers, killing as many as 135 of them.
How They Died:
After many, many months of murdering and skipping through traps and defenses like horrifying cartoon characters, the Man-Eaters of Tsavo were finally brought down. In true movie monster fashion, they didn't die easily.
The man responsible for killing them, John Henry Patterson shot the first lion five times with a .303 caliber rifle over the course of an entire day as the lion continued to stalk him. Then it took eight shots (one directly in the head) to kill the second.
Just to recap, that's 13 bullets to kill the Man-Eaters as they were hunting him. And these were huge, turn of the century, British bullets too. Either Patterson was a terrible shot or the two lions really, really wanted to kill him.
#4. Sankebetsu Brown Bear Incident
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December 9-14, 1915
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Sankebetsu, Japan. And not the Japan you're thinking of, with all its baffling video games and sexual perversions. Back in 1915, the vast majority of Japan was made up of sleepy little farming communities. Think Oklahoma, but less relentlessly awful.
Hardly a meth house in sight!
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Japan has maintained a long standing tradition of getting everything backward, even the Goldilocks story. One morning in November, an 800-pound Ussuri brown bear wandered up to the Ikeda family homestead in the Sino village of Sankebetsu Rokusen-sawa. The bear fled after only a few minutes, but returned several days later to a nearby house and mauled a baby before dragging its babysitter off into the woods to be eaten. Move over, former-saddest-thing-ever, there's a new chief in town.
A hunting party chased down the bear and managed to shoot it once but it escaped. The general consensus among the group was "eh, good enough." They were a bad hunting party.
The next night, the bear made its way to another house and killed three more people. This time, 50 local guardsmen made it to the house in time to fight the bear. If you've ever watched a monster movie, you know how this ended.
The Sankebetsu murder-bear escaped yet again into the night.
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We'll say this for the bear: He didn't like to waste meat. Upon their return to the Ota house, a search party found what was left of one of the victims (a head and some leggy bits) buried in the snow for safe-keeping.
In two days, the bear-tastrophe robbed six people (one of whom was pregnant) of their lives. The local militia were so terrified that they began to flee their posts. Only the men who had survived the recent war with Russia had the balls to stay.
They'd seen far worse.
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The local authorities soon realized they had only one option; call up Yamamoto Heikichi, an expert bear-hunter with a legendary reputation. Unfortunately, Yamamoto had pawned his gun for liquor several days earlier. He refused the request on grounds that he would much rather be drinking.
Eventually, the town managed to convince Yamamoto to come and save their asses. He helped form a squadron of anti-bear snipers. Even with 60 men and a cadre of elite bear-hunters on the trail, it took several days to hunt down and finish the bear off. The autopsy revealed traces of his victims in the 836-pound carcass.
#3. The Rogue Elephant of Aberdare Forest
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Aberdare Forest, British East Africa. Like everywhere else in Africa, Aberdare is just lousy with elephants (we presume, we've never been farther east than the 7-11 by the old middle school). While the circus and Disney tends to portray the elephant as a gentle giant, their behavior can more closely resemble a drugged up, confused teenager.
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A bull African Bush elephant labeled the Rogue Elephant of Aberdare Forest went on a vicious, multi-month rampage across villages and farms in the area. While rogue elephants are far from unique, this one seemed to be just a little bit more of a dick than the rest.
Holy shit that elephant set the jungle on fire, he's got nothing to lose!
The elephant evaded (or killed) several local hunters on multiple occasions, and attacked a number of small villages just for the hell of it. But he never attacked the same village twice so his movements were unpredictable and impossible to follow. Clearly outmatched, the locals knew their only hope lay in calling upon a modern-day Beowulf.
Enter the aptly named J.A. Hunter, a big game hunter and professional badass. Before and after World War II, Hunter traipsed up and down Africa with a large-bore, rifle leading safaris and slaughtering over a thousand rhinos. As a renowned beast killer, Hunter found himself occasionally asked by locals to deal with man-eating monsters. A local village begged Hunter for help tracking and killing the angry elephant and, unable to resist the allure of shooting a giant animal in the head, he consented.
How He Killed:
J.A. Hunter documented his conversations with the natives about the rogue elephant attacks. He wrote, "Two natives were returning to their village one evening when they saw a great black mass standing motionless in the shadows. The men shouted to scare the thing away. At once the mass left the shadows and charged them at fearful speed ... They heard the man's screams as the elephant caught him. The great brute put one foot on his victim, and pulled him to pieces with his trunk. Then he stamped the body into the ground and went away."
The elephant would wait in the shadows for people and then tear them limb from limb like a giant, less subtle version of Batman.
How He Died:
The elephant evaded Hunter for two days and deliberately led the hunting party into treacherous terrain, forcing them to crawl through brambles and nettles and briars.
Eventually, J.A. Hunter proved to be the superior murdering machine. Upon performing the autopsy, he found a bullet buried in the nerve center of the bull's right tusk, which he believed was the explanation for the elephant's violence. Rather than taking the moral of "human intervention in the lives of animals" to heart, Hunter went on to shoot more guns at piles of animals throughout the rest of his career. So we wonder, who was really the bigger dick?


text: I haven't been around yesterday but today I have some fun lessons for you all. To start things off right, here is "how to draw Astoria" from the app game 'Battle Bears'. This spunky tan colored bear is in the special ops. She is a tough cookie that is always thinking ahead of the enemy which makes her pretty advanced. It is said that Astoria is super smart and has it all together. She wants so badly to be part of the gang but since she knows what time it is, everyone is hesitant to having her as a team member. Drawing these Battle Bears was super fun because I love their design style. If you are a fan of this game you will love drawing Astoria. I will be back in a bit so don't go anywhere.


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I'm working on a game which relies on "flinging" an object. That is, click and hold on the object, and then drag and release it, and it continues on the path you were dragging it. Of course, the most well-known example of flinging is with iPhone and Android devices, where you can quickly scroll down a list by quickly swiping your finger upward, giving the illusion of "flinging" the list.
I'm tracking mouse positions (x,y) and timestamps. But I'm drawing a blank as to how I can take a list of positions and times and get out of it a velocity or curve that an object should follow.
What are my options? Right now I am looking only for a straight-line fling action, but if it's easy to implement some sort of curve that better fits the fling, that would be good information that I might be able to integrate into the design of the game.


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Tour de France-US Individual Stage Results
Updated: February 10, 2013, 1:34 AM ETAssociated Press
20th Stage
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11. Tyler Farrar, United States, Garmin -- Sharp, 3 hours, 7 seconds.
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Stock car races, drag races and demolition derbies are regular events at this speedway.
The Belleville campus at SWIC has two gymnasiums: the Varsity and Intramural (IM), which can accommodate up to three basketball or volleyball courts at one time. Outdoors, the property features one baseball and one softball diamond, along with a full-size soccer field.
This sports club offers resistance training, aerobics classes, cycling, tennis courts and aquatics.
Town Hall provides archery supplies and training to athletes.
The Orchards offers an 18-hole golf course.
Designed by golf legends Pete Dye and Bob Goalby, Yorktown offers an 18-hole lit par 3 golf course.
Belle-Clair Fairgrounds & Exposition Center
Home to the annual St. Clair County Fair, several craft shows and monthly flea markets, the complex also includes the Belle-Clair Speedway, with stock car races and demolition derbies.
Family Sportsplex is known throughout Southern Illinois as a great soccer complex, boasting seven outdoor fields that support league games and several club tournaments each year. The facility can be configured to accommodate four basketball/volleyball courts and an indoor soccer field for year round competition.
Citizens Park's 45 acres are home to some of the area's best ball diamonds. Whitey Herzog Field features a lighted baseball complex with batting cages, concessions, and grandstand seating for 300.
The largest laser tag arena in the region also includes mini-golf, a big video arcade with the coolest games on the market, and food at D.S.Vespers Sports Pub and Eatery.
This par 9 course is located in Breese.
This nine-hole golf course was designed by John Kueper.
Governors Run Golf and Country Club
This championship 18-hole course has 13 lakes scattered throughout the par 72 layout. It boasts five sets of tees to accommodate all skill levels on exquisitely manicured greens.
A 5,000 sq. ft. laser tag arena and a 2,500 sq. ft. game arcade is conveniently located by hotels and restaurants off I-64.
This par 72, Goalby-designed golf course has 18 challenging holes.
Grand Marais includes an on-site restaurant and pro shop.
Gateway features mini-golf, go-karts, an arcade, bumper boats, a kiddie track and Rudy's Restaurant.
This complex features 12 ball fields (six are lighted), six soccer fields (one is lighted), one football field and concessions.
Located in Wodland Park, this ball field was named in honor of baseball player Athur Fletcher.
Fairmount Park is home to live thoroughbred horse racing action. From March through September, the horses run on the one-mile oval dirt track Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
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8 Pair Women's Mary Jane Fuzzy Slipper Socks – Non-Slip for $7.99 + free shipping
If you missed them before, they're back again!
Since heat rises, even a comfortably heated home can have chilly floors. No need to crank the heat up to boiling just to keep your feet warm. Instead, warm up the source! The Women's Mary Jane Fuzzy Slipper Socks are cute and cozy all in one! Each pair features an adorable Mary Jane strap that secures with a sweet little button. Plus, the bottoms have non-skid circles so you don't have to worry about slipping on your hard wood steps. You get 4 2-packs, and each 2-pack is tied with a ribbon, perfect for gift-giving! The colors you receive may vary from photo.
Soft, Fuzzy, Warm, Stretchy
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Four 2-Packs Mary Jane Fuzzy Slipper Socks, Each 2-Pack is tied with a ribbon & includes original retail tags
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Looks like this is 4 pair, not 8 pair - you get 4 2-packs (each 2-pack = a pair).
No, I just called their office to clarify. it's 8 pairs but 4 colors since they're grouped together 2 pairs. So 16 socks, 8 pairs, and 4 colors.
Bought these... Wife is always wearing socks around the house and to bed, why not... Throw some in my mom's stocking as well. Good cheap stocking stuffers! < $1/gift.
Internet shopping overload! I ordered these after posting the deal, figuring they would make great Christmas gifts. A few minutes ago I checked the mail and got them in the mail. So fast? Nope, I had ordered them the LAST time they were offered!
I guess I have EXTRA Christmas gifts to give away now. Hmmm. Maybe something to include in the next Wootizen BOC!


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If I end up having 4 or 5 medium sites on one server, I want to be sure that each one that requires memcached has at least an allotted space. Is there a simple way to do this? The only ways that come to mind would be to have separate processes on different ports for each one. Is there an easier/other way? I just don't want one site hogging up all of the ram for memcached.
I have tons of ram, and say I want to give one of my magento sites exactly 512mb for memcached. I also want to give another custom application exactly 512mb for memcached. Ideas?


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Get ready pancake lovers, Dodge City's newest breakfast spot is set to open in just over two weeks. The IHOP was scheduled to open on the first of the year, and while the winter weather may have slowed construction, it didn't hamper the hiring process.
Jamal Kahala, general manager for both the Garden City and Dodge City IHOP locations, said they have hired 180 employees to staff the new restaurant as well as the existing Garden City site. Employee training is set to start Jan. 11, and after a 10-day crash course in all things breakfast, the IHOP, located on the corner of north 14th Ave. and Wyatt Earp Blvd., will open Jan. 22.
"We will be open 24 hours a day from the first day we open," Kahala said.
He said that the exterior construction of the building was slowed by the weather, specifically the roof, but also added that the inside is complete.
And on Feb. 5, just in time to throw New Year's resolutions of dieting out the window, IHOP is
inviting guests to enjoy free pancakes during National Pancake Day, while celebrating Children's Miracle Network Hospitals' 30th Anniversary.
Through this annual tradition, the restaurant chain hopes to raise $3 million as the first national fundraising campaign to kick off the 2013 fundraising year for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, according to a press release from IHOP headquarters.
During National Pancake Day, the company's largest philanthropic event of the year, more than 1,500 IHOP restaurants across the will serve a complimentary stack of buttermilk pancakes from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Guests can to make a voluntary contribution to the local Children's Miracle Network Hospital or other local charities. One hundred percent of the donations will help local charities provide vital equipment, life-saving procedures and critical care for sick and injured children.
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text: Okay, I really don't know why I made this lesson on "how to draw Ylvis", but since a lot of people have been sending me requests for it, I figured I might as well go ahead and submit the tut. For those of you that don't know, Ylvis actually consists of two people or brothers from Bergen, Norway. The brothers are Baard and Vegard Ylvisåker, hence the name 'Yelvis'. They are a comedy duo that dress up in fox clothing and as of right now they have a song called 'The Fox' that went viral on Youtube which now has over forty six million views. Drawing Ylvis will be a challenge for those of you that are brand new to the drawing game, but for those of you that have been drawing for a while, you should flop through this tut with ease. So go ahead and and wait for the last tut I have for you which is based on a Spiderman villain. Peace people.


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Bethany Byers was added to the coaching staff prior to the 2012 season. Byers brings coaching experience at the club and high school levels after a decorated playing career at the NCAA and professional levels.
Byers was last a coach for the Carolina Juniors, assisting with the 17s, including a stint as the interim head coach, winning two of the four tournaments while serving as the interim head coach in the spring. She also has worked with the Front Range Volleyball Club during their summer camp sessions in the 2011 summer.
The former Bethany Johansen was a Big West All-Freshman Team honoree in 2004 at UC Santa Barbara as the Gauchos defeated Alabama A&M in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament at Georgia Tech. She led the Gauchos with a .375 hitting percentage in her sophomore year, with an NCAA Tournament loss to Southern California in the first round.
She then transferred to USC for her final two years of collegiate volleyball, helping the Trojans to reach the Final Four in the 2007 NCAA Tournament in her senior season after a third-round exit in 2006. She led the team with 125 blocks that season and was fifth with 161 kills. She was among the final 30 for the 2007 Lowe's Senior Class Award. She finished her collegiate career with nearly 700 kills and averaging a block per game for her career. Her teams reached the NCAA Tournament in all four playing seasons (7-4 record) and she finished with an astounding .333 attack percentage for her career.
She played overseas after her collegiate career, playing for Bellinzona of the Swiss Professional Volleyball League as the program transitioned from League B to League A.
After her playing career, she worked for both the LA Sparks of the WNBA in marketing and at UC-Berkeley with the Game Day Experience team.
She lives in Charlotte with her husband of two years, Jeff, and their Great Dane, Friday.
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E3 2014: Debut Homefront: The Revolution gameplay footage reveals an oppressive, and impressive, worldWritten by: / / 3 Comments
Crytek is arguably known first and foremost as a technical studio, able to craft jaw-dropping worlds using a combination of programming wizardry and exceptional artistry to deliver some of the best looking games on any platform the teams set their mind on.
Of course Crytek makes games that are fun to play, too, but while watching the debut gameplay footage for Homefront: The Revolution, the studio's fame as a creator of visual tour de force games comes to mind immediately.
Again, that's not to say there aren't some interesting gameplay elements in 2015's Homefront, because over the course of the nine minute demo we get to learn about item crafting, approaching obstacles in clever (and explosive) ways, underlying systems that will strengthen your resistance against the villainous Korean People's Army, and the clever use of mobile phone technology to help you along.
We're sure you'll agree, though, that with Homefront: The Revolution, Crytek will once again stomp its authority as a studio that knows how to make a visually impressive game.
Enjoy the demo below, and get the first details on the game over here with word on four-player co-operative play and more:
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In case of problem I always start with the shots around only....
Heinz, In this case, you appear to have started with only 3 of the 4 shots around, plus the zenith. An oversight, I'm sure.
I'm quite new to all this but am researching this lens. I'm using a Nikon D90, would the settings discussed here be applicable to my cropped camera as well?
I'm going with an NN4 BTW.
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It is beginning to look a lot like…Spring 2013!
After all the feasting on home cooking, ringing in the New Year and cozying up near the fire, we are finally starting to look forward to the spring season — and prepare our list of must haves to get us through the spring and summer weather!
Organized chaos. Setting up a backdrop for the shoot, left; Organizing samples to be shot as looks, right.
Rejuvenated and ready to shed some layers, everyone here at Hart Schaffner Marx got back to work to put together our Spring 2013 photo shoot. Energy was high on set, as everyone was excited to see how the images turned out. The looks we created with our beautiful new merchandise will transport you into our vision for the new season. Click through for more behind-the-scenes shots!
Prepping the shoot is something we call "organized chaos." There is the gathering of the samples, steaming of the clothes, casting of the model, arranging the location (Outdoors or in a studio? Minimal sets or a lot of props?). All of these decisions are key to making the photo shoot a success.
Our stylist has a few tricks up his "sleeve": he tightened the sportcoat with binder clips on the back and even detached the cuffs from the shirt so he could readjust them!
This year we decided to keep the shoot minimal with a beautiful grey background, which will keep the clothes looking fresh and new. This spring we wanted to showcase the mixing elements of tailored clothing and sportswear together and showcase dressing for different occasions, and demonstrating to our customers how you can make many looks by mixing and matching different pieces.
Our model was goofing off a little here, but we liked the energy captured in this picture, left; Our stylist enjoys layering, which is why this outfit was one of his favorites, right.
We wanted to share some behind-the- scenes photos to give you a glimpse into the making of a season campaign, but you'll just have to wait and see the complete Spring 2013 collection!
Our photography assistant gives our photographer feedback while he takes shots, right; "I'll definitely own that shirt," our Senior Marketing Manager said about the plaid shirt we paired with a navy sportcoat and leather watch, right.
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For a while I was thinking that you just need a map to a monoid, and then reduce would do reduction according to monoid's multiplication.
First, this is not exactly how monoids work, and second, this is not exactly how map/reduce works in practice.
Namely, take the ubiquitous "count" example. If there's nothing to count, any map/reduce engine will return an empty dataset, not a neutral element. Bummer.
Besides, in a monoid, an operation is defined for two elements. We can easily extend it to finite sequences, or, due to associativity, to finite ordered sets. But there's no way to extend it to arbitrary "collections" unless we actually have a sigma-algebra.
So, what's the theory? I tried to figure it out, but I could not; and I tried to go google it but found nothing.


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What is another site I can waste a lot of time on besides this one?
Backstory: I have recently been laid up for a little over 4 weeks. I have rewatched the seasons of all of my favorite shows, beat all my video games, and run out of internet sites I can waste tons of time on day after day. I need something to occupy my mind before I go insane.
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sorry, in advance
Failblog.org - funny pics + vids
regretsy.com - oh... youl see
Bluntcard.com - funny postcards
clubbing.com- club BING, yea like microsoft search engine, you can play games, and over time earn enough points for real prizes, its legit , takes a while to build points, but no surveys or "completing offers" or ads or anything, just word games that use the bing search engine.
www.theonion.com - fake humorous news
instructables.com - find some cool DIY projects
Thanks for all the suggestions, I have 3 more weeks.
@shadowblue42: Love me some Failblog.
Buzzfeed.com, Cracked.com, 27bslash6.com, Fark.com, and notalwaysright.com are fun as well.
I love this site! The things they post really are very cool. Once you check out today, you can start going back through the daily archives!
I also really like http://engrish.com/
Not so politically correct, but some of their stuff is hilarious!
http://deals.woot.com/questions/details/839b9a35-47e6-48be-a4fc-c0421c51c5ca/where-should-i-go-for-casual-online-gaming#7 has good ideas if you like games. :)
@inkycatz: as would my original question that your pasted reference duplicated
Look at slickdeals.net. You can spend TONS of time there. Visit all the different forums. If you feel like chatting, go to The Podium. I use the "simple view" on the front page deals. When you click on a deal, click on the comments to open up the thread. I spend way too much time there. BUT I got Microsoft Office 2010 Professional for $9.95 plus tax the other night! Best score of 2012!
also i recently discovered Steampowered.com online gaming. some of the people in the deals.woot chatroom play Team Fortress 2, among others. they're free to play but take a few hours to download
Facebook is pretty much a waste of time.
Thank you all, I assure you facebook has already been exhausted but many of the others are new to me.
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SEM132: Focus Math M -2hr (2012-2013)
CURRICULUM PROGRAM: Special Education
COURSE TITLE: Focus Math M -2hr
COURSE LENGTH: 36 weeks
Major Concepts/Content: The Focus Math course is designed to provide students with the developmentally appropriate math skills necessary to explore and solve problems in everyday life. Students will develop skills in basic math operations common in everyday life, and learn the use of numbers for a variety of scenarios. Students will learn to select and use appropriate strategies (e.g. pencil and paper, calculator, estimation, concrete materials) to solve number problems in real life. Technology is utilized to provide support and build skills.
Major Instructional Activities: Instructional activities include practical application of math skills in natural settings such as school, community, and home. Lessons emphasize hands-on opportunities to practice math skills in community settings with the goal of generalization to real-life situations. Basic math concepts are reinforced to include addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers. Assistive technology is integrated as appropriate. Activities include measurement (i.e., crafts, home improvement, etc.), counting calories, sports, calendar use, telling time, money handling, calculator use, and number recognition. Additional opportunities include activities to practice the necessary math skills for use in everyday life and work settings (i.e., shopping for food, counting objects).
Major Evaluative Techniques: Multiple assessments to include authentic, informal, and formal will be used to measure student growth. Multiple authentic assessments will be used as students perform, produce, and demonstrate skills in the context of real life scenarios (i.e., shopping, banking). The course objectives may not be mastered in one school year and students may earn multiple credits in this course.
Course Objectives: The essential objectives of the Focus Math course are designed to facilitate the learning outcomes appropriate for each student's instructional needs. Instructional activities are based upon real world needs with the goal of increased independence and autonomy in his or her home and community setting.


text: You all seen this dragon drawing as I made a video of me sketching it out and then inking it in using a black Sharpie marker. The reason why I decided to turn this drawing into a tutorial, is because a few people asked me if I could make it into one. So here is how to draw a dragon tribal, or a tribal dragon. The design of the dragon itself is pretty simple. I wanted to keep the tribal pattern as easy as possible because I know there are a lot of people that come to Dragoart that love dragons and all kinds of dragon related stuff. There isn't too many spaces in this tribal design which also makes the tutorial easy to follow, and the dragon simple to replicate. So here it is, a lesson on drawing another tribal dragon. I hope you enjoy this tut, I will return with more fun just for you all. Adios mi amigos, or in English terms, peace out!