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Paul states:
1 Cor: 27 Are you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are you free from such a commitment? Do not look for a wife.
Yet, if we look at the great Protestant theologians: Charles Spurgeon, John Owens, John Calvin, Martin Luther; as well as modern days: John Piper, John MacArthur, Timothy Keller, Paul Washer -- they're all married.
Why is there this disparity between Paul's advice and the great thinkers in reformed theology?


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Having some difficulties finding the entrance pupil point for this camera and lens combination.
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Camera: Nikon D40
Lens: Tamron SP AF10-24mm F/3.5-4.5 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) NEW
I found out that by pointing my lens down towards the center of the nodal ninja 3 and finding the lower rail settings, i will get a lower rail settings of 52mm which is 2mm away from recommended 50mm,
I am still unable to find my upper rail settings, i think it might not even be in the upper rail setting range which max go to 107mm with the Camera plate attached.
Does anyone know the settings for this lens?
For this lens, i have to take 2 rows of 8 (+/- 30) one zenith and a nadir to have a 360 x 180( Still having parallax error with my (LowerR:50mm UpperR: 107mm) settings
Is there a better way to go about doing it? Don't really mind resolution but work flow must be faster in shooting and post processing.
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The board welcomed two new faculty members during an executive session at Tuesday's night's meeting. Ellen Haley will teach high school Spanish. Haley comes to Chillicothe from the Stanberry R-2 School District. Denise Toole will teach middle school math. Toole comes to Chillicothe after six years at Bishop Hogan Memorial School.
The board also accepted two resignations Tuesday evening. Lacey Carpenter, a fourth grade teacher at Central School, and Penny Denton, middle school and high school vocal music instructor, will both leave the district after the 2012-2013 school year.
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I knew little about Bubba Watson before he won the Masters Golf Tournament.
From the name, I expected a beer drinking, John Daly wanna be.
I was dead wrong.
I found he was a southern gentleman who teared up when he talked about his wife and daughter.
Like me, Bubba is a left-handed golfer. Five of the last ten Master champions have been left-handed, but before Mike Weir did it in 2003, no one had.
Bob Charles was the first and only lefty to win a major until Weir and Phil Mickelson broke the carrier.
More importantly, Bubba just adopted a daughter.
I adopted both of my daughters, and that was the best thing I have done in my life.
I suspect that if you were to ask Bubba what was more important, the Masters or the adoption, he is going to correctly answer the adoption.
I know it's at the top of my highlight reel.
It seems like parents who adopt their children have a special connection.
Many years ago, I was on the board of the National Structured Settlement Trade Association.
Our industry needed a piece of legislation to pass a committee in Congress and the swing vote was Republican Congressman Ron Lewis of Kentucky.
There was absolutely no reason for Ron Lewis and I to connect.
At that point in my life, I was an extremely active Democrat who had supported two of his opponents, Joe Prather and Dave Atkinson. I had also supported Bill Clinton, whom the Congressman did not favor.
My ten-minute meeting was set up by my college intern who had a vague connection through College Republicans.
I could see it wasn't going well and Lewis was ready to ship me off when he mentioned his adopted daughters.
I told him that I had adopted daughters, and we wound up talking for 30 minutes about our children.
At the end, he finally got back to the legislation. He asked me how Jim Bunning, who had just moved from Congress to the Senate, had voted.
I told him Bunning favored our bill.
Lewis said, "… if it is good enough for Jim Bunning, it is good enough for me."
Ron Lewis never got a serious opponent after that but if he had, I would have supported him despite huge differences in political philosophy. He was in my unique fraternity of adoptive dads.
Just like Bubba Watson.
In a society where many biological dads aren't stepping up to the plate like they should be, we need to honor adoptive dads like Bubba.
My grandmother, mother and sister were all single mothers at some point in their lives.
My father was the only one who remained in their family's lives. The rest split town.
Dad saw us every week, never missed a child support payment, called us every day and was an integral part of our lives.
He was a great stepfather for my stepsister. It wasn't something he bragged about, it was just something he was supposed to do.
Being an adoptive child can be a stigma for some.
I don't think it was for my children as I had been their stepfather first and adopted them when they were older.
We work together in the businesses I founded and I think I am a good role model. I had my dad to teach me.
I'm getting married in a couple of months and will have three more stepchildren.
It can be frightening, complicated, expensive and a little bit scary but I know the advantages of helping young adults become responsible adults.
Bubba's wife and daughter couldn't make the Masters ceremony.
Earning a green jacket is one of the highest achievements a golfer can earn.
It would have been nice if Bubba's wife and daughter could have been there first hand.
Instead they get the rest of their lives to have Bubba in his role as an adoptive dad.
It's not as exclusive as being a Master's winner, but in making any impact on the world, it more important.
As a fellow Southerner, I'm proud of you Bubba.
As a fellow left handed golfer, I'm proud of you Bubba.
But as a man who stepped up and decided to adopt a child, I am really proud of you Bubba.
That green jacket looks pretty good on you.
Don McNay, who lives in Richmond, Ky., is an award-winning financial columnist for Huffington Post Contributor. You can learn more about him at www.donmcnay.com.


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I am looking to get a new roof for my house. I have taken quotes from about 4 contractors and 3 of them are suggesting I should use GAF shingles. 1 suggests that Owens Corning is a better shingle and I should use that. I am really new in this field and not sure which material to go for? Does it matter which material I choose or are these both good shingles and which one I use does not matter?
More important question: Which contractor did you feel the most comfortable with and which has the best work history in your area -- have you checked BBB and something like Angies List? Who has the best relationship with their wholesaler/supplier and can get you support if you need it in case of roof damage?
Owens Corning and GAF make comparable products; the Owens Corning warranty is longer, but neither warranty is good unless the installer installs it properly with the proper number of nails at the proper spacing. Specifically, the two products that you're looking at are almost identical. One difference besides the warranty is that Owens Corning has a constant bead of sealant on the backside of the shingles to seal them to the shingles underneath; if you're in an area that gets significant amounts of wind-driven rain (such as a coastal area) to the point that you will be testing the wind resistance of the shignle, you will PROBABLY want to choose the GAF shingle because the Owens Corning shingles sometimes have problems draining after water has blown up underneath them.
Remember that it isn't the shingle that matters; the shingle really just protects your roof. Your roof is actually the tar paper and other membrane (such as Grace Ice & Water Shield) that goes on under the shingles. Those products should be of the highest quality and have perfect installations. Getting good shingles is essential, but it's almost secondary if you cheap out on the underlayments or your roofer installs it incorrectly.
One note that I'm suggesting all homeowners explore: If your attic is hot during the summer, look into the 'Cool Roof' shingles that both OC and GAF produce. They have a reflective substance in with the stone and will help reflect solar energy back out before it has a chance to enter your roof structure.
I own a roofing company and have used both products. Our go to shingle is the GAF timberline, but from time to time we will upgrade someone to the OC duration. One of the benefits we found with the OC is the nylon nailing strip. We don't have any nails blowing through and if we need to rip on up, most times the nails come with it. So as far as what the shingle is made of, I do not feel there is any benefit, but I do like that nailing strip, it makes for a better installation. GAF has a very small nailing strip making it harder for my guys to hit the line every time. So, I feel that the duration would stand up better to higher winds, because of that reason. Other than that I find no difference.
Any roofer worth his salt will never say the other guy's shingles are better. As to the two manufacturers making most all of the shingles (of any brand), GAF and OC are on par as to "pros and cons." ...because, just like any other manufactured item, being noticeably different invariably assures a smaller market.
So concentrate on the types of shingles, not the brand. Shingle manufacturers will carve the customer up long before the customer has the slightest hope of carving them up...that's a fact.
OC currently has huge problems with granule lose and sealing problems distributors are fire saling them at low prices
I have been researching these two shingles for a few days and the picture is ugly. Here is just the tip of what I have found on the GAF but there is a load more:
I was limited in posting only two links because I am new but these will get you going.
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'Duck Dynasty,' Meet Pope Francis
If any given religion and its holy writings can be used to support diametrically opposed conclusions about how to live life and how to approach politics, why should religious faith be taken seriously?
Please forgive such a stark question on Christmas week, a time when we tend to file away hard issues in the name of joy, warmth, family and, yes, commerce. And let's stipulate that this is a healthy impulse in light of the meanness that characterizes so many of our debates.
But the defrocking of a Methodist minister for performing a gay wedding service and the "Duck Dynasty" controversy remind us that the appearance of a Savior whose ministry led to the creation of one of the world's most durable religions did not end our battles with each other over what God demands.
Last week, the Rev. Frank Schaefer lost his status as a United Methodist clergyman because he officiated at his gay son's wedding. Both Schafer and the church officials who disciplined him argued, passionately, that they were upholding Christian principles. Schaefer saw himself acting under the obligation of universal love that was at the heart of Jesus' teaching. His opponents cited Methodist doctrine that the practice of homosexuality is "incompatible with Christian teaching."
My own sympathies are with Schaefer, since I see our attitudes toward gays and lesbians as being shaped by culture, which is a human product, not by divine command. Jesus, most orthodox believers would agree, set aside the law when he saw it as violating our primary duty to love God and neighbor. Pope Francis did not change the Catholic position on gay marriage, yet he has won accolades from the gay community for his simple (and very Christian) declaration, "Who am I to judge them if they're seeking the Lord in good faith?"
Still, the social conservatives have a point when they say that those of us with more liberal views on homosexuality are, in fact, asking the Christian tradition to break with its own past. That would certainly be Phil Robertson's view. He was suspended from A&E's hit show "Duck Dynasty" for telling GQ that "homosexual behavior" could "just morph out" into "bestiality."
"We're Bible-thumpers who just happened to end up on television," he explained. "You put in your article that the Robertson family really believes strongly that if the human race loved each other and they loved God, we would just be better off."
The odd thing is that many who have condemned Robertson would share his take on loving each other, and they'd cite it as a reason for condemning personal hostility based on someone's sexual preference. Thus did Wilson Cruz, a spokesman for the gay rights group GLAAD, declare that "Phil's lies about an entire community fly in the face of what true Christians believe."
Yet when even the pope wonders aloud as to whether it's appropriate for him to judge, you begin to see the difficulty of deciding what "true Christians" ought to believe. This raises the question of whether the religiously based principles are merely cultural artifacts that we bend to our own immediate purposes.
The answer lies in embracing a humility about how imperfectly human beings understand the divine, which is quite different from rejecting God or faith. This humility defines the chasm between a living religious tradition and a dead traditionalism. We need to admit how tempted we are to deify whatever commitments we have at a given moment. And those of us who are Christian need to acknowledge that over the history of the faith, there have been occasions when "a supposedly changeless truth has changed," as the great church historian and theologian Jaroslav Pelikan put it.
What distinguishes this view from pure relativism is the insistence that truth itself exists. The Christian's obligation is to engage in an ongoing quest for a clearer understanding of what it is. Robertson would disagree with me, but I'd say that we are going through precisely such an effort when it comes to how we think about homosexuality, much as Christians have done before on such matters as slavery, the role of women, and the Earth's place in the universe.
Pope Francis, for one, has warned against the pursuit of "an exaggerated doctrinal 'security,'" and criticized "those who stubbornly try to recover a past that no longer exists."
"I have a dogmatic certainty," he said. "God is in every person's life." That's one dogma worthy of Christmas, and it might offer Phil Robertson and Frank Schaefer the foundation for a fruitful conversation.
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EJ Dionne answers his question on how to avoid or overcome the "Battles Over What God Demands"
as follows:
"The answer lies in embracing a humility about how imperfectly human beings understand the divine, which is quite different from rejecting God or faith. This humility defines the chasm between a living religious tradition and a dead traditionalism. We need to admit how tempted we are to deify whatever commitments we have at a given moment. And those of us who are Christian need to acknowledge that over the history of the faith, there have been occasions when "a supposedly changeless truth has changed," as the great church historian and theologian Jaroslav Pelikan put it."
I cannot agree more with the call for humility expressed in the first line. The rest, I find problematic. What "dead religious traditionalism" is being referred to in the second line? Catholic tradition? Of course, we have to "admit how tempted we are to deify whatever commitments we have at a given moment." These are un-Dionne-like weasel words with little or no real meaning or force. Or does Dionne mean a Catholic's commitment to follow the teachings of the Church are to be viewed as "a commitment we have at a given moment?" As for those "'supposedly changless truths [that] have changed," what were they? I am not aware of any, at least not in the Catholic faith tradition. Perhaps, with humility, I will turn to the writings of Pelikan to find out.
The Methodist ministers have a right to discipline their clergy as they see fit. I'm not sure as Catholics we should be questioning the propriety of their actions. It certainly doesn't seem like a very "humble" response.
I find myself usually in agreement with EJ's opinion pieces and analysis. Here, however, I am puzzled as to what he is really trying to say and why he is saying it.
Mr. Sheridan --
The official Roman Catholic Church has changed its teachings about the supposed guilt of all Jews for the death of Christ, the impossibility of a non-Catholic to go to Heaven, the permissibility of charging interest.
Ann O.
can I add that slavery was OK, and Jews should not be prosetylized.. 'left alone to follow their covenant'
non violence of early Christians was abandoned to allow fighting against pagans and then extended to allow fighting with Christians too? and BC is now being put on the table of change?
the Methodist minister/father's bigger 'sin' would be to refuse to preside at a civil wedding that his state gives him the power to do. Some would post that it would be a 'sin' to even attend.the ceremony.
The oath... 'your dead to me' has not yet been abandoned by some. . .
Homosexuality in the ancient world was condemned because the norm of human nature at that time was thought to be heterosexual. Any homosexual acts were committed by deviate heterosexuals, and many times this was forced upon young boys by dominant adult men. It was also thought that homosexual acts were freely and voluntarily chosen by heterosexual men and were consider unnatural and immoral sexual behavior. There was no understanding of human sexual orientation that people are born with. Nor was there any thought that homosexual acts could be morally acceptable between people with a same-sex attraction in a committed, faithful, loving, long term relationship.
The ancient culture influenced beliefs and norms and behavior that were thought to be unchanging and universal. Thanks to our progress in the sciences, what is meant to be human, the interpretation of Scripture, and our knowledge of theology, philosophy, anthropology, et al, our understanding of truth is more enlightened but still limited.
"Homosexuality in the ancient world was condemned because the norm of human nature at that time was thought to be heterosexual."
Writing in Salon Magazine in 2001, Camille Paglia, a gay woman, stated that "heterosexuality is nature's norm".
I don't believe any of those were official Catholic teaching.
In all do respect, Jaraslov Pelikan was not even a Catholic historian. He was also very prolific. I would welcome the opportunity to find in his large volume of work where the claim that official Catholic teaching on major moral issues changed. Could anyone point to one or two of his works which I may consult?
I apologize if my remarks were not completely clear.
In ancient times all humans were thought to be heterosexual. Everyone believed that homosexuality was not a sexual orientation, but rather it was a deviant choosen act by heterosexuals. In truth, for homosexuals, homosexual acts are natural, reasonable and in accordance with their human nature and what facilitates human flourishing, and heterosexual acts are not. For heterosexuals, homosexual acts are not natural or reasonable and not in accordance with their human nature and what facilitates human flourishing, and heterosexual acts are not.
I'm not quite sure how Jaroslav Pelikan got into this, and I certainly can't quote any of his books that claim changes in the "major moral teachings" of the Catholic Church. But others have certainly done so. John Noonan's A Church That Can Change and Cannot Change is one of them, in which you can find pretty full discussions of changes in, for instance, a) the moral licitness of charging interest; and b) slavery. And it doesn't take long to think up others yourself (the proper way to treat heretics, for example).
Television shows are commercial products. If a performer in one offends too many viewers, the commercial value of the product plummets. So long as the performer doesn't have tenure, he can expect to go to the end of the unemployment line.
Methodist ministers are bound, so far as I know, by similar restraints. The minister presumably knew he was sacrificing himself.
All's well, I'd think. The television personality got a much wider audience for his ideas than he'd likely have had had he not become a television personality. He made money, he used his fame to make a principled but unpopular statement, he bowed off the stage. The minister probably earned little money, but he did get a big audience for his principled statement.
Two protestors. Two martyrs. Martyrdom is good for the soul and, sometimes, good for the soul of others.
The only problem in these cases is that they violate modern Westerners' sense that they have a God-given right to have their cake and eat it, too.
Michael Barbieri, in his clarification above, has given the best and most concise reasoning I have seen for the "naturalness" of homosexual activity. In a sense he turns the natural law objection to homosexuality to a support for it, as being acutally natural. I'm not sure I agree with it, but it is worth pondering carefully. If there was a change in the Church's moral stance on homosexuality, this reasoning could possibly be key to understanding that change. However, this reasoning, even if sound, is not a basis for declaring that gay unions are the same as marriage, or that either secular or Church law need to affirm that they are.
Nicholas Clifford, Pelikan was cited by Dionne in the article. Thank you for your other reading suggestions.
Wayne Sheridan....thanks for your comments. This blog is not a good medium for a heavy discussion about homosexuality. My remarks are not my own but of two promenient theologians that are doing ground-breaking scholarship (see Salzman and Lawler, Sexual Ethics: A Theological Tradition). Permit me some latitude here and some additional comments. The Church condmens homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered based on 3 primary arguments:
1. They are contrary to the natural law, the prinicples of which are reflected in human nature itself.
2. They close the sexual act to the procreation of life, and
3. They don't proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity.
The issue of nature and natural law is not to argue that homosexual activity is moral because it is natural for those with a homosexual orientation, for that would be to treat natural facts as moral justification. To be moral, any sexual act, whether homosexual or heterosexual, must be not only natural but also just, loving and in accord with holitistic complemenatarity of which sexual orientation is included.
Consider the second point, that the sexual act must be open to procreation. Clearly, infertile married couples and their sexual acts are not open to procreation. Infertile married couples adopt children often as do some homosexual couples. As to the claim that same-sex marriages destroy the very fabric of heterosexual marriages and the well being and upbringing of children, recent research disagrees. There is no significant difference in the emotional, cognitive, social and sexual functioning of children whose parents are hetereosexual or homosexual (American Pychological Association, 2004).
As to the third point about sexual complementarity, the Church does not believe that sexual orientation should not be a factor when considering sexual complementarity.
While the Church may not changes its teaching on homosexuality, I hope their pastoral theology and practices do change. I continue to believe that imposing a life time of sexual abstinence on people with a same-sex attraction is not only cruel and unreasonable, but the gift of celibacy (or sexual abstinence) is a gift from God given to the very few. It must be voluntarily chosen, and not forced or imposed on them who want to enter into a life-long, loving, faithful and committed relationship under the same obligations and responsibiities of heterosexual married couples. I believe the Church should be open to a re-thinking on this issue.
Thank you, Michael Barberi, for stating so simply and succinctly what real life is for those of us who are gay.
It may take a century or more, but some day the Church WILL change its teaching about sexual orientation and its expression in a loving relationship.
Then we'll get one of those well-worded apologies the Vatican is so good at.
infertile married couples and their sexual acts are not open to procreation
This statement is only partially true. The controllable act (intercourse) of the couple is open to procreation, the uncontrollable after effects is where the problem lies. In the case of same-sex coupling, even the controllable act is closed. A same-sex coupling is better described as mutual masterbation.
Mr. Sheridan,
The Roman Catholic Church changed its teaching on whether it is permissible to own human beings as slaves, or at least, one may hope it did.
Mary O'Grady...where and when in Church teaching was human slavery explicitly condoned?
Michael Barberi...there are other studies in the US and Europe that are not as sanguine about the effects on children who are raised by same sex couples. I would, for the sake of children, urge caution here. The phenomena of same sex couples raising children is so new that a definitive study may be years away.
The point made by Robert Mooneyhan that the Church may change its teaching about homosexuality over a long period of time is probably true, and rightly so. Much is at stake and the Church must take into account the teachings gleaned from the Bible and tradition, the wisdom of our ancestors, as well as more modern discoveries on the nature of homosexuality.
Would that the secular government were as wise! We are heading pell mell to" the establishment of gay marriage as equal to and the same as traditional marriage" by judicial fiat. This is unwise, illogical and unnecessary; because, gay rights, including the rights of gay couples, can be secured without changing the definition of marriage, private contracts or the establishment of government recognized gay unions, similar to, but quite distinct from marriage.
Thanks, Bruce, for calling sex with the love of my life "mutual masterbation" (sic).
Ah, the sweet savor of denigration of people unlike ourselves, right?
Ah, but, Mr. Sheridan, as an eighth-generation South Carolinian, I would like to point out that separate is never really equal.
Robert Mooneyhan...one can have civil rights for traditional marriage and gay unions without having to assert the absurdity that they are the same institution or reality. The pigment of ones skin is not a basis for separation; the profoud differences between gay unions and marriage are.
We now have marital advice from Dr. Phil: marry 'em when they're 15 or 16, and they can help you "pick your ducks." "Now that's a woman," Dr. Phil opines:
Can't wait to hear what he thinks about stoning gays and unruly children. It's right there in the Good Book.
Wayne Sheridan...They're definitely similar enough to go under the same name.
And I've had extensive, intimate observation of both.
I seriously doubt that you have had a same-sex life partner.
Robert -- it is more than just a name, it is the foundation of any civil society. I am glad you are blessed with a life long partner same sex partner as you seem to indicate. But the differences with marriage are obvious and profound, which certainly your "intimate observation of both" must have revealed.
Is there a limited number of marriages available?
Will there be less heterosexual marriages when gay men and lesbians can marry?
Will marriage not be MORE of a "foundation of any civil society" when more people can be married?
What I've seen more and more, especially where I live in the Bible Belt, is people who seem to think that if you make gay people's lives as difficult as possible, we will somehow disappear.
Robert, that attitude towards gays is reprehensible. Connection is tenuous; I will try to address your questions later.
Robert, your first question is absurd and meaningless, as you surely should recognize.
Unfortunately, marriage has been on a decline for some time; uncertain of the future, or any effect "gay marriage" will have on traditional marriage numbers.
Traditional marriage, that is one man and one woman and their children, has been the foundation of society for millenia atttested to by nature, God and the wisdom of our forebearers. Trying to redefine marriage can only do harm. We do not support traditional marriage and the families they produce enough already.
Most troubling to me is that the State has already decided it has the power to redefine who is human, excluding the conceived yet unborn as not human already, and now the same State is trying to redefine marriage. This is giving power to the State that it should not have. It approaches the tyrannical.
That didn't answer my questions at all.
Your basic answer is fear of what might happen, with no evidence to back up your position.
There are quite a few countries that are ahead of us on this issue, and, of course, there has been NO deleterious effect on heterosexual marriage in those countries. How could there be? We are talking about two different groups of people altogether.
I have YET to see ANY logical argument from your side against same-sex marriage. It always seems to boil down to fear of people unlike yourselves, and some vague fear for the future of heterosexual partnering. You'll have to work on the latter amongst yourselves.
But it's like talking to a brick wall, so, as far as I'm concerned, our conversation is at an end.
As one brick wall to another, it is probably right to stop here. You obviously do not understand my arguments, and perhaps I do not your's.
Robert, by the way I have no fear of "people unlike myself.' I have many gay friends and gay couple friends. My arguments are not anti-gay in anyway. I am for gay rights and would support gay unions. I speak from a civil point of view, not religious. The Church will probably reexamine its position of gay sex and, like Pope Francis, as a "loyal son of the Church," I will accept the Church's teaching, revised or not.
The following article may be helpful to those who are trying to discern any change in the Church's position:
God is in every person's life. We just have to discover him. Be it matrimony or any other event in life, ask God for his opinion and he will answer you.


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I'm a student and hoping to be an entrepreneur. Besides study I spend most of my time working on software development and recently thinking of organizing a team to work on the field of software and embedded system. I've experimented with single and multitasking with my work. Here are some issues I got from my experiment.
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Can anyone suggest how I can make PPS pick these values up please?
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I have a problem with not being able to move from idea to execution. By idea, I mean a detailed, specific plan on what to do and how to do it. I make lots of plans, but rarely follow through with them, often times not even starting. I just feel unable to start working.
For example, take college exams. In college, specially during the end, I would read the question paper, and start thinking about how I'd answer each question, and which questions would I pick if there were a choice, and so on. This is normal for a lot of people, but with me, I'd spend upto a third of the allotted time in this. And then when I'd finally start answering, I'd do the same to each question. Often times I'd have the perfect(or a really good) answer in my head, but when I'd start writing it down, I'd forget the good bits, and this would lead to sub standard answers.
I do the same to my personal projects, and to other things like say, writing a blog post, or even writing this question. I obsess over details, and things that are many steps ahead of where I need to be to start working. I'd go online and research about how to solve problems that I haven't even run into yet. But after all that is done, I still can't get myself upto starting work. It feels tiring to start executing my plans, as if it were a big mental effort to plan everything and now I need a break.
It doesn't help that I have multiple ideas, and that my mind is racing off in many different directions at the same time, jumping from thought to thought, when I try and sit down to work.
Are there any good techniques that I could apply and improve my productivity?


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Public Policy and Trust - How Safe is Your Data?
By marianne on May 19, 2009
The hordes of content we consume and transmit electronically every day is a testament to our faith in the security and privacy of certain information. When submitting a search on Google or making a bank transaction, many do so assuming that personal information is protected and safe from being shared with other entities. But is this really the case? Just how protected are we from invasion into our personal data and how can we be more aware of violations of our privacy?
Susan Landau, Distinguished Engineer at Sun, recipient of the 2008 Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award, co-author of Privacy on the Line: the Politics of Wiretapping and Encryption, and recently named one of Fast Company's Top 5 Influential Women in Technology (in the Braniac category, no less) joins SVP Global Systems Engineering and host Hal Stern to discuss the issues of privacy, trust, and security in technology and the implications that current trends have at the business, personal, and political levels.Read More]


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The amount of amniotic fluid within the uterus is at its maximum over the next two weeks but will subsequently start to reduce gradually. Measurements of the four deepest pockets of amniotic fluid can add up to 6-8 in, allowing space for your baby to move.
You might have noticed that your baby becomes more active when you're listening to music. It's been noted that unborn babies move and even breathe in time to music, and there have been claims that by exposing your baby to certain types of music, you can enhance her brain development.
One study, relating to a "Baby Mozart" brain-enhancing product, claimed that the structure of, say, a particular Mozart arrangement, stimulated brain development to a greater extent than other genres, and even other classical composers. This theory has, however, been debunked. Some research found that college-aged students who listened to classical music showed a brief and temporary improvement in spatial intelligence. However, the same research was not tested in children or babies.
The research has not been repeated and the results are open to several different interpretations.
Whether or not it enhances your baby's intelligence, listening to classical music can relax you, which is always a good thing during pregnancy. And if you gently sway to the music, your baby may enjoy being "rocked" to sleep.
You may be surprised to find that by now your perfectly formed navel is protruding. This protrusion is caused by the pressure of your rapidly expanding uterus, which presses against your abdomen and literally pops your belly button out.
Some women find their protruding navel unsightly, and choose to wear skirts or pants with a high waistband to cover it; you can also cover your protruding belly button with a Band-Aid.
A protruding navel is a normal consequence of pregnancy and it will return to normal a few months after the delivery. Although you may find that, like other parts of your body, your navel sags a little more than it used to.
Having an "active birth"-staying mobile during the first stage of labor and remaining upright, squatting, kneeling, or on all-fours during the second stage-can make labor and delivery easier and less painful. Working with gravity helps your pelvis to open and encourages the baby's head to press on your cervix, helping it to dilate. To get active:
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Dumb problem that for some reason is giving me trouble. I have a polygon shapefile that is loaded with old demographic data in its attribute file, I just received the new data today in xls format. What I want to do is just delete the old demo data from the existing shapefile by selecting the fields in the attribute table and right clicking delete. Then I would do a simple join using the ID numbers for each feature to add the new data from the new table then just export it out as a new shapefile. The problem is that for some reason I can not delete entire columns from the attribute table. I ask the people on this forum how would you go about stripping the data from this polygon shapefile? Thank you!
Use ArcToolbox > Data Management Tools > Fields > Delete Field. Choose your shapefile as the Input Table. Use the Select All button, then unselect the field(s) you want to keep. Hit OK.
BTW, ArcGIS 10 running on a 64 bit OS has a bug whereby you cannot delete columns using the right-click > delete field operation. Should be fixed in SP1 (I hope).
Deleting the fields is scary way of going about this. Are you absolutely sure you'll never need them? There are several non-destructive ways to accomplish your goal. One is to:
Only the checked fields will be exported to the new file and the old file will be preserved.
Make sure that you are not editing the shapefile when trying to alter its columns. Also, make sure other applications (like ArcCatalog) are not locking the shapefile.
My method is to make my join. then go to the layer properties and turn off all the fields I don't want. then if I need a subset of selected objects (maybe only the ones that got a join) make that selection. Then use the data export and export to a new shape file. The time involved is a fraction of the time for waiting for each attribute field to delete and update. Another trick to use if you don't go this way is to pause the draw window while deleting fields. this will save a bundle of time also. HTH


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When starting to work with Python and ArcGIS 9.3, I assumed there would be a simple way to get a raster image into a Python array so that I can manipulate it before storing it back as another raster image. However, I can't seem to find out how to do this. Is it possible? If so, how?
I don't think this is possible with ArcGIS <= 9.3.1
I use the open source GDAL API for tasks such as this.
ArcGIS 10 has the ability to write and read numPy arrays.
fmark already answered the question, but here is some example OSGEO Python code that I wrote to read a raster (tif) into a NumPy array, reclass the data and then write it out to a new tif file. You can read and write any gdal supported format.
This thread discusses integration of arcobjects with python.
Perhaps the code in this sample could be adapted so that it could be called from python.
I'm not sure if there's a way to pass an array byref back to python. If there is, then IPixelBlock.PixelDatabyRef would be worth trying.
You can save your raster as an ESRI ascii grid and read/manipulate that file with numpy.
This provides some starting points: http://sites.google.com/site/davidpfinlayson2/esriasciigridformat
But watch out - it seems the ascii grid format doesn't always follow spec, so reading them properly every time can be a challenge.
I'm not sure you can manipulate the raster pixel by pixel, but you can use the geoprocessing objects in conjuntion with python API.
You can use any toolbox for that kind of manipulation. A sample script would be:
Here is a follow up on your question. Still not possible. Not sure on version 10.0.
The easiest way would be to convert the raster to netCDF and then open that and walk through the grid. I did very much the same thing for a project involving turning rasters into feature data based on data assigned to the raster cells. I looked at this for ages, and come to the conclusion walking the grid data would be easier from netCDF.
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What fighting style does the character 'Jason Bourne' played by Matt Damon in the 'Bourne Series' use?
Believe it or not, you're actually seeing Jeet Kune Do (which was adapted to look more visually spectacular). Jeff Imada, who was the chief choreographer for the films studied JKD with no-one other than Brandon Lee. The knife techniques are actually his own. He spent a long time developing techniques with the butterfly knife and even published two books on it.
I should probably clarify: Jeff Imada and Brandon Lee both studied under Dan Inosanto, as opposed to Brandon being Jeff's teacher.
Bourne's techniques come from a mix of Escrima/Kali and JKD, which makes sense, considering the martial arts consultant. It is most assuredly not straight JKD, but Sijo Bruce influenced Guro Dan, and Guro Dan influenced Sijo Bruce.


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I'd like to find a way to write an API that can be accessed from any other programming language via language bindings (or some other framework). Is it possible to do this? If so, which programming language would be the most suitable for writing a "cross-language" API? My goal is to create a single set of functions that I can access from any programming language that I'm working with, so that I won't need to manually re-write the entire API in each language.
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I think C or C++ would be most suitable for your purpose. You can use SWIG (Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator) to generate language bindings from your C or C++ API.
There are pretty much 2 ways:
The work required for this changes depending on the system used, for example, a socket interface will work, but client-side libraries tend to be more low-level compared to http libraries.
You could try finding a networking library that supports all the languages you want to use, and implement the API in terms of that library - eg, using ZeroMQ gives you a lot of flexibility, so you'd write your API using ZeroMQ interfaces, and then any language that wants to call your API must use the ZeroMQ client library to do so. Choose a library that supports a broad range of languages, and allows you to in-process as well as out-of-process communication for best performance.
If performance and call latency is not an issue, consider providing a comprehensive command line interface (probably, using a scripting language on top of it). ImageMagick can be a good example of such an "API". Another good example is Tk toolkit.
By API, what exactly do you mean?
On many platforms you could link to a DLL or similar construction, but would having to be re-compiled for a particular native target (Intel/ARM) or endianness still qualify? A particular binary interface might still have difficulties with certain languages because of datatype issues or constructs (pointers trying to be returned to languages which don't support them well), so you would also have to consider the design of the API itself so as not to exclude some languages or make its use from those languages cumbersome.
Something portable like C and an interface based on binary endpoints in a DLL might be fine and generally callable on most platforms and from most languages, but it might need to be compiled differently and/or offered in different flavors or linked to different static libraries.
It seems to me that the choice of language you write your library or service or whatever is, by definition, not intrinsic to the question until you've given more about the platform/service the API exposes. If you can assume a network stack is available and direct-linked function-call-level performance is not a requirement, the API could easily be HTTP-based with some kind of shim for the client language to make the requests transparent.
I think in general this question is overly broad to be useful in the real world, because you haven't given indication about what kind of API might be suitable given the type of service which is being offered.
To add to above answers that suggest using an RPC mechanism. You could use Apache Thrift.(http://thrift.apache.org/). It is basically a RPC framework.
As per the Thrift wiki:
Have any language write out a text file with function to call with params to pass in. Have your "I get along with anybody" app watching a directory and once it sees a process-call.txt have it go to work. No servers or network protocols; even a non-computer language method can init the functions. Even a person could just create the text file.
Content could look like:
;) you might wait forever to get an answer though. You just need to push a few bytes to the other process, but I'm sure that's not the whole spec.
OpenGL is a good example of what you describe - it's an API written in C, designed in a way that is easy to write bindings for in other languages
The resulting API isn't necessarily the nicest-to-use C API you could write if targeting only C users. However it means the functions can be almost directly exposed to another language (e.g the PyOpenGL docs list the differences, most of which are pretty minimal)
On top of this verbose API, you can write more "developer friendly" wrappers around this (game frameworks and such)
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Upcoming Battlefield 4 stability update coming soon, future fixes and focus revealedWritten by: / / 9 Comments
For reasons beyond the team's control (and in EA's hands), DICE released Battlefield 4 in a broken, incomplete state. Judging by the waves of negative feedback online and outright vitriol directed at the studio following the game's launch across all platforms last year, it would be difficult to argue against it.
Like the true triple-A developers they are, however, the team rallied together and committed itself to continuing to release numerous patches to right the game's wrongs and as of January 2014, Battlefield 4 has been improved ten times over – in El33tonline' review of the PlayStation 4 version of the game, we found it to be smooth sailing.
There's still more work to be done, though, and DICE is very much aware that its fans and supporters deserve a game that not only matches their expectations, but exceeds them, too. To this end, DICE has outlined the near future for fixes to Battlefield 4 and where the team's focus lies in the coming weeks – from the update:
Upcoming Game Update
"We are aiming to get a new update live for all platforms at the end of January/beginning of February (timing might change.) This update will include a number of stability improvements, tweaks, and fixes. We will get back to you with the change notes as the update goes live."
Upcoming Gameplay Balancing
"We are actively looking for your feedback on a couple of core gameplay balancing items. Head to this Battlefield Blog post [blogs.battlefield.com] to make your voice heard. In the upcoming weeks, we will also share a large number of balancing tweaks that we are making to Battlefield 4 in future updates, including changes to DMR performance, anti-air, and more."
BF4 Multiplayer Experience
"We are looking to improve a number of items to further enhance the overall multiplayer experience. We will share more details on this in February. In the meantime, thanks for your feedback on items that you have helped us identify."
What do you think DICE still has to do in order to fix Battlefield 4 for you?
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MARLIN (December 4, 2012)—Marlin Mayor Elizabeth Nelson has demanded an investigation after dozens of dog carcasses were found illegally dumped on city property.
Residents found the carcasses near City Park and Anderson later inspected the site, which she said is an area used by public works employees to dispose of landscaping debris.
She said she could not provide an accurate count of the carcasses.
She said investigators were looking into allegations that city employees killed the dogs, but said residents may have been illegally dumping the remains of pets.
The remains were in plastic trash bags, but bones were also scattered around the site, suggesting that it had been used as a dumping ground for dead animals for some time.
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* Picture courtesy of Sean Moffat Red Valley BBQ
Team Diva Q- Lexi, Ella, Gabe, Vlado, Danielle Dimovski
So the family all 5 of us packed into the truck and cargo trailer with enough equipment and stuff for 3 competitions and we hit the road to Kansas City Missouri. We had the privilege of competing in both the invitational and the open portions of the contests.
We decided due to our little ones to do a large portion of the first leg of the drive at night. We made incredible time and arrived in Kansas about 6 hours ahead of our schedule….
The trip was really uneventful. We even breezed through customs. a first for us for the entire year. We usually allocate at least an hour or so to get through since we always seem to be getting inspected. We never have anything thats contraband but Homeland Security does their job faithfully. We did however get to have a really good donut on the road from a place called Casey's General Store a chain of convenience stores that carries really darn good donuts. (* I have my BBQ BFF Angie Quaale to thank for my new obsession with donuts she can smell out a good donut from 100 miles away)
We had one issue on the way that caused us considerable pain. Our 6 year old daughter Ella is a Vegetarian with exceptions. Notable she loves bacon and ribs and then all things vegetable. We had picked up a 2 lb bag of green beans.
She decided to eat the entire bag. Lets just say the windows were down for many miles after her indulgence. Ack. Stinky!
One of the best parts of this trip was heading to our good friends Andy and Kim's house from Smoke on Wheels. Our kids like hanging out with their kids and staying at their house was a whole lotta fun. Additionally Neil Big Mista Strawder and Shelly Hunt from Desperados BBQ were also hanging at their house. Just saying but a few adult beverages may have been consumed prior to this video.
Andy knows where to get everything you would ever need in the Kansas City area and arriving ahead of schedule we got to drop the trailer off early on Wednesday. Driving in was a thrill and sheesh is this place ever big. The you tube videos I had seen of it in the past in no way give you the magnitude of the location. It is awe inspiring. My backing up the trailer skills are poor on a good day so I can't imagine having to do it in a field of other trailers already crammed in. Andy ended up backing it in anyways.
I also got a tour around the facility by Andy who has been many times before. Cool to see a lot of the artwork and attractive posters.
Then we were off to a really cool store Ambrosi Brothers Cutlery. I left my knives to be sharpened and picked up another knife, case and covers as well.
We could not be all the way into Kansas and Missouri without stopping at the Kansas City BBQ Store and Eating at Oklahoma Joes. Good places both of them and conveniently for us side by side.
Oklahoma Joes had great food and a sammie called a Z Man Sandwich. Just abut everything was great but we found the pork a bit dry. We were there after the lunch rush though.
On another evening we attended a Pre Royal Party at Knuckleheads. It was once heck of an adventure to get to this place. Its is literally out in the middle of an industrial park directly next to a set of train tracks and one of the best places I have ever been to listen to some awesome music.
The musical guest for the evening was Tab Benoit. He rocked the house and everyone was up dancing carousing and having a great time. Many pops were consumed and we had a blast with many BBQ Brethren, the Smokin Scotsmen' , Shelley Hunt from Desperados, the British BBQ team, Karen Walker, my BBQ BFF Angie & Dennis Quaale, and their fab kids Andrew and Kim and a bunch of other people. Here is a video I took the sound bites royally wish my BB had better video capability.
So much excitement and we had not even begun the competition yet. I loved coming in early!!
After Knuckleheads we headed back to Kim and Andy's house. Andy helped me pick out the ribs from the selection I had that I would use for the next two competitions. I made a decision to use St. Louis spares for both competitions. It had been a while (with the exception of BBQ Pitmasters) since I had used them in competition. Then we all headed to bed and then got up early to head to the site.
Setting up was easy and we had the pleasure to have very nice neighbors on either side of us. #709 three Little Kettles (who provided our kids with an entire play table full of coloring books stickers and more!! they were incredibly kind!) and #705 Pop's Blazin Smokers (they did gator on the Traeger!!)
I got everything prepped for the Invitational and we went and did some visiting. This was the hardest contest I have ever had to concentrate at. There are so many people you would like to get around to see and visit with and its always a race against the clock to get back in time.
One of our neighbors behind us was Mike & Debbie Davis from Lotta Bull. I tried shigging (at least I admit it) from him but he was too far away. Darn.
Another one of the highlights for me was getting to see my dear friends Roni & Kelly Wertz, Joey McManus, and Chris Jones. We missed Dave Raymond though in our Royal Experience.
So many great people to see……
I took a video walking around a bit.
I even went over to the dark side one night accompanied by a really big strong Texan and a guy from Illinois that can run really fast if needed
Those people on the dark side are certifiably insane. You could not pay me to BBQ on that side. Too many parties people throwing up and a whole lot of debauchery. Not my cup of tea really.
Since we had the kids with us we were really protective of our site space. Noting some previous experiences that friends of mine have also had at the Royal we purchased locks for all of our BBQ's so they and the meats inside didn't walk off. We also blocked off the front of our site and our neighbors put up fences so people would stop walking through our site. Once secured it made the experience a whole lot more pleasant.
I had some awesome visitors to our site Jim "Rhino" Reincke was just one of them. He is sooo funny. I don't think there is enough net space to list just how much I appreciated each of our visitors. They were all terrific to see!!
We headed out to one of the pot lucks we had been invited to. Sadly you just can't get around to everything you get invited to. It was the annual Wertz Royal Prime Rib dinner. It was awesome. We brought a peach cobbler and there was so much food and all of it was delicious.
The day of the Invitational dawned and we received a really nice present a box of donuts from our friends Sean and Adriane Moffat. God Bless them both for their kindness!! Sean also took pictures throughout the weekend. We really appreciate that as well. MMMM Red velvet donuts. Yummy!!
Everything for the invitational ran really smoothly until the rib category. The ribs were soft and mushy and I was ticked to say the least. I had been checking them so often I was shocked to see them go so soft so fast. We turned them in but I knew they would not do well. At least the box looked good. Overall in the other categories of brisket, pork, and chicken I was really happy with what we turned in. The brisket was especially good. We had 3 different briskets and all of them turned out the best we had made for the year.
Doing all of the side dishes wiped me right out. Beans, vegetable, dessert and potatoes. Its a lot of turnins for one cook to handle. We got them in just barely in some cases. Most notable the vegetable category which we had mixed up with the bean turn in time. We ended up grilling a vegetable sidedish and turning it in all within 8 minutes. Holy cow batman that was a close one for sure. Please note in future I will read the rules a little more carefully on turn in times.
Mike Mills stopped by and he hung out in our trailer while I was prepping our dessert, It was great to see him again. Such a legend of BBQ glad to be able to call him and Amy our friends. Didn't even have time to get a picture with him LOL.
Much thanks to Sean Moffat for help with blocking when we were delivering our dessert there were so many people I don't think we could have done it without him!!
Sean got a nice picture with him in front of our sign
We cleaned ourselves up grabbed a cocktail and headed to the awards.
It was a thrill to hear our team name called for a 6th place in brisket. It was AWESOME!!!!
I was so excited I thought I was going to pass out……
At the end of the awards ceremony we were thrilled to see the results of the pork 30th, chicken 26th, and brisket 6th for a 35th place overall.
I was horrified and embarrassed though to see out ribs had come 4th from last 127th UGH. I knew they were overcooked. Damn. That sucked so bad.
Congratulations to Smokers Wild on the GC and Tippy Canoe BBQ Crew for their RGC!!! Also congratulations to Smoky D's BBQ for getting a perfect 180 in their pork.
Also congratulations to Mike & Beth Woziak from Quau who won the Kingsford Cup and a check for $25,000!!
Another cool thing I got to see was my friend Jenny Windsor from Black Cat BBQ getting a 6th in ribs then to see her brand spanking new Sisters In Smoke Tattoo!! That makes three of us that have them now!! To all the other ladies of Q you need to get one as well!!
Then you get to do it all over again. You are tired, the awards ceremony has been the thrill of the day and you need to keep focused and go back to the trailer and complete another competition. Its not easy. I only slept 1.25 hours that night, I was behind in prep, making parsley boxes and taking care of the meats. Anyone who thinks competitive BBQ is not a sport should try to do 2 competitions back to back.
Our kids also enjoyed the fireworks before heading off to bed. Sadly we had broken our tent pole when setting up so we had their bedroom set up in a 10×10 easy up with their inflatable couch and mattress. I think they had probably 10 blankets on top of their sleeping bags. They were sure comfy!
Even though I was behind I went for a little walk to clear my head and visit with a few folks as well. Figured that it would be a good think to relax just a bit before getting serious again.
Dawn came really early and we were all set.
A girl needs a little Canadian Mojo in the AM so crown Royal shots were taken around for anyone who wanted one!
I had to grill some of our Canadian bacon (sweet cured pork loin rolled in cornmeal) we had brought with us to hand out to our friends.
Plus I was in dire need of caffeine so I whipped up a batch of my legendary competition sludge a compilation of 5 shots instant espresso, and super strongly brewed Starbucks coffee with powdered whitener and sugar. It is guaranteed to get your butt in gear.
So much so that when I was walking about Phil from the Brethren made a comment that I could not stay still for a second. It gets you moving for sure….
Brisket was looking great again.
Chicken was looking great! Ribs were good and they had awesome color and texture!
Pork got turned in and we had a whole lot of rejected meat !
Brisket gt turned in and I was really happy with it. Here is the chaos though that was left behind. I had tough time deciding which brisket to turn in.
Sausage came up last and I was sure glad we were done. I can't remember ever entering a sausage category before so I just made a fatty of some sausage I liked to eat and hoped for the best.
Once again it was time for the awards and we were wiped and excited all at the same time. My friends the Belly Brothers furnished me with a new favorite cocktail courtesy of team Jamaica its a combination of Appleton Estates Rum and Coconut water. Yummy stuff.
I loaded up my pockets with my good luck charms, an acorn from my daughter Ella, a poker chip with the Pellet Envy logo on it, a rubber chicken and a pig flash light. I was also wearing a cancer awareness Angel Ribbon Pin from Flower of the Flames on behalf of Karen Putnam.
Photo credit Karen Dove BBQ TV
Then we were all off to the awards again- this time over 500 teams were in attendance (participating teams 490)
*My BBQ BFF Angie Quaale from Completely Q-less at the awards
It was again a thrill to hear our name called this time though it was for a 12th place in ribs. I had tears in my eyes accepting this one. I was standing behind Mike Davis and was joking with him -I really think he thought I was going to pass out as well.
I have to admit a few emails during the night and early morning got my confidence back up about ribs after the demoralizing finish in the Invitational. The person who sent them is a good friend and Ill keep their name to myself but you know who you are. Thanks for the kind words of encouragement it meant a lot to me. I took your advice, I went back to an old recipe I haven't used in 2 years with one minor twist I added a new rub. Here is of the rubs I used..
Usually I would not mention what rub I used but this was really special since it was from a dear friend Chris Jones from Colins Creek Barbecue one of my all time favorite BBQ people on the planet.
We joked prior to the awards on how cool it would be if I got a call in ribs. The rub has not been out that long. It really is terrific. You all need to try it.
The awards ceremony was coming to a close and hearing friends names get calls was incredible. We also got a 6th place call in Potatoes. That cracked me right up..I had no idea what to do for the potato category. Our friends Kim and Andy were heading to a difference potluck from the night before and were making their dish Ho De Ho potatoes. Since they were not entering any of the sidedish categories I asked if I could use their recipe. I entered it thinking it was a good dish that everyone like to eat at potlucks. It worked LOL
When it came time for the overall standings I was busy chatting up with our friends. Then the shock of a lifetime came Diva Q came in 10th overall. Oh my flip. I think I blanked out for a minute. What a cool thing to happen.
The awards continued on and 3rd place went to Pelletheads.com
RGC went to Swine Assassins and the GC went to Lotta Bull for the 4th time!!!
I came away from the Royal with absolutely no prize money at all. I have never been happier….. The trip was expensive for us. It was time consuming exhausting it was a lot of planning and juggling of schedules and at times extremely stressful and fun all at the same time. Seeing our friends and BBQ family plus meeting folks I have only dreamed of meeting plus being with our own family was without a doubt one of the highlights of my BBQ career. I can never thank my friends and family enough for their support their love and unending belief in my obsession that is BBQ. I would do it all again in a heartbeat. I can't wait for next year.
More Pictures from the event can be found on our facebook Diva Q American Royal Album !


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This happened a while back, but I thought I would share it anyway. My group of 6 mates plus a few pugs were doing Kara as our usual Friday night entertainment, when we got to the Opera Event.
The perfromance scheduled for the night was Big Bad Wolf… no worries, done it a heap of times before, there are always a few casualties, but the wolf always meets his maker.
Run little Gnome, run…
So it begins, everyone is slicing, dicing and blasting the big furbal with teeth (or is that the furball with big teeth). The fireballs had been brewing in me all night, and I was letting rip when I see flashing on the screen "YOU ARE RED RIDING HOOD" joined by the screams over TS of Run little Gnome, run…
That's one of the reasons I hate this fight, as the token Gnome in our party, i always start running when I hear people yell that… Anyway, there was a good reason for it this time, and I was leading the wolf on a merry chase, but.. unfortunately for me he caught me at the back of the house and I made a small red stain on the stage.
Larger red stains appeared one by one after that
Larger red stains appeared one by one after that, for once it was like there was a competition between my mates as to how fast they could die while wearing the hood.
One by one until all that was left was our bear tank and a pug dps shamen… our tank became LRRH, he ran and ran.. all clear.. just the rwo of them on the Wolf still, and the fur is slowly peeling away.. Vent is vascialating between dead silence and screams…
The Wolf makes the tank LRRH again… TS comes alive… RUN RUN RUN.. but LRRG isn't moving, she is facing off against the Wolf…. RUN RUN RUN screams everyone.. but that little pseudo-gnome just stands there and takes it like a… gnome.
Fanfare… Wolf is down!
What the???? TS is raging again.. No one can believe that Little Red Riding Hood has taken out the Big Bad Wolf.
In hindsight, one should have more faith in Gnomes… even those dressed in red… but ummm… What the?
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Show that $\ln\Big(|\frac{1+x}{1-x}|\Big)=2\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{x^{2n+1}}{2n+1},$ for $|x|<1$. The previous excercise (which was within my limited reach) was to show that $\frac{1}{1-x^2}=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}x^{2n},$ for $|x|<1$. I suspect there is a (not overly subtle) connection here but, needless to say, I can't see it. I don't know why the absolute value signs are included, but it might be because the solution includes integrating some power series. The excercise is contained in a chapter on derivation and integration of (convergent) power series; one is also assumed to be familiar with multiplication of power series.
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I've read in another question that Canonical has already ported Unity to Compiz, and that this new version has much better performance on supported hardware. Since the work is done, is there an expected date for Natty testers to get it?
This is available via the release of Natty Alpha 1.
There is currently a PPA available that was made available for earlier releases of Natty, but this is now no longer necessary; The Unity Installation Guide has intructions on how to install and test this.
Unfortunately due to complications with backporting parts of the GTK3 stack, Compiz, and Unity itself (and not breaking your existing desktop) there will not be a PPA for 10.10 (Maverick). Testing for Unity will have to be done on Natty itself. More information on this development is available on Didier Roche's status report mail to the ubuntu-devel mailing list.
The source code is available here: or with the following command
We don't know for sure yet, but once all the developers are home from UDS (the Ubuntu Developer Summit) I'm sure more information will slowly trickle out.
I'd say it's very much possible we'll have runnable examples within the next few weeks. Having said that Canonical may want to polish things a bit more, so people don't immediately jump to conclusions about an unfinished version of Desktop Unity.
I'd be surprised if we get to Christmas and there's no sign of it though... it's a rather major new thing to be tested!
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3 Sep 2012 9:36 PM #1
onClick tracking event for internal slides?
Hi Guys
I'm trying to integrate an onClick event that fires a tracking code just like a Google event tracker, I want to implement that for the buttons that use the function "Go To Scene" or any other function.
So basically the onClick event format is:
onClick="Snakk.log('Address','Title', 'click');"
I'm pretty sure that I can do that by implementing a custom JS for the button to go to the other scene and then fire off the onClick event. Problem is that I haven't worked with Sencha for a year now and getting rusty with the syntax. Thanks
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Hi there,
With the latest 1.3 release, we also improved the documentation of JS functions that are available when editing custom JS. You can find it here: http://docs.sencha.com/animator/1-3/...de/advanced_js
To achieve what you are trying to do, you indeed need to set the click event to custom JS and then enter following:
//your tracking code Snakk.log('Address','Title','click'); //go to next scene code controller.goToNextScene();
controller.startSceneById(scene_id); //or controller.startSceneByName(scene_name);
Finally, don't forget to include the definition of your tracking code function in the project header.
Hope it helps, and good luck with your project.
4 Sep 2012 3:51 PM #3
Hi miro
Actually that doesn't work, there is no way i can think off that can initiate an onClick event in sencha animate! Arne?
5 Sep 2012 7:44 AM #4
That should work
Basically, you can set the click action in Animator for the object to custom JS and then you can call all the functions you want, like Miro described.
If you are still having issues with it, could you describe what is not working?
5 Sep 2012 2:27 PM #5
Hi Arne
When placing the click action before the controller.goToNextScene...etc the button refuses to execute.
I've tried the following
None of the above works. I've looked at the event tracking documentation for google analytics, the only way I could find was through an onClick function. There is another method that is suitable for Flash ActionScript only!
5 Sep 2012 2:42 PM #6
Sounds like your call to the tracking results in an error, hence the go to next scene is never reached.
From the page you linked, here is an example of how to call google analytics from the code.
_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Videos', 'Play', 'Baby\'s First Birthday']); //and then you could call the controller controller.goToNextScene();


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