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I have a number of loose neck joints on my minifigures. How can I repair them? Any suggestions?
In the old days, minifigs had a dab of paint on the neck. I dont know if it was for this purpose but it would wear off over time. You can paint some nail polish or acrylic on the neck to strengthen that connection. Thin acrylic (get water based) before applying.
Don't tell anyone, but I've used brushable superglue to put a thin layer on the back of the neck. Then I let it fully dry, and it grips the head fine. Eventually it will wear off. It's cheaper than nail polish and very hard to see.

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I am creating a wordpress site which will have different sections , which will essentially be pages which can be accessed through a top level menu. Now when I make a post, I dont necessarily want all the posts to appear on the front page but instead while making the post want to choose which page it should be shown in. I cannot find a way to do this in wordpress 3.x. Any help is greatly appreciated.
I would solve this using the plugin Advanced Custom Fields.
1) create an ACF item with the following config view larger
2) it will show a metabox when editing a Post, where you can select which Page the post should appear
3) in your page template, adapt this code to your needs
How many of those pages you have? There are lots of way you can do this.
If you are familiar with Wordpress code, then you can assign a category or tag to that post then use custom queries on the pages you want to show or hide the tag in and put something like
You may want to read this in wordpress codex.
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I'm looking into getting a used Sekonic light meter, my question is what are the advantages of getting 'CINE' version light meters Sekonic makes versus the regular versions. I'm going to be primarily working with video, but some still work to, and a lot of just testing to understand light.
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If you're working with video, the cine model is the one you want. It lets you meter for motion, not just ISO, f stops, and shutter speeds. I've had the 758 for years... great meter.
Functionally, they're the same, but the Cine version allows you to select shutter speeds associated with motion picture frame rates - 24fps= 1/48th of a second, etc. I have the 708; I'm not sure if later models included provisions to adjust for various shutter angles...but the 708 does not. Or at least I've not found the feature.


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My iPod touch 3rd-gen won't play videos in Safari. It shows a play button with a line crossing it.
It used to play but now there's this problem.
What can I do?
THat circle with a line cross through it means that the format is not supported on the iPod Touch, or any other iOS device.
It is usually related to flash video's. If you are looking at a youtube video go check out m.youtube.com. It should load most videos to play just fine.
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To end a proof, I often write "as was to be shown" or "q.e.d". Both of these terms make sense to me as a reader. On the other hand, I feel a little strange to put down $\square$ although I saw it many times here and there. In fact, I learned $\square$ notation here. I wonder if anyone could give me a brief explanation of $\square$ notation in mathematics. Where does it come from? More importantly, how does it logically mean "end" of a proof? Thank you.
It just means the same thing as q.e.d. Its introduction is usually attributed to Paul Halmos:
(This is quoted in Wikipedia)
I have been told that it had a practical application. When a referee has read through the proof and checked its accuracy they could check the box.
Perhaps it comes as a stretch, but consider the natural deduction proofs of Jaskowski. You find a sequence of statements within boxes with the last statement outside of any of the boxes... see here. So, you could interpret the box symbol as indicating the last statement as falling outside of the proof boxes, were the proof to get written in that style. Or in other words, it indicates the last statement as a theorem. This isn't to say that's a historically correct interpretation of this symbol though.


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Lonely Boys - The Black Keys - http://www.amazon.com/Lonely-Boy/dp/B005ZWA05S/ref=sr_shvl_album_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1360675462&sr=301-2
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Thanks! Was just considering buying Thrift Shop last night from iTunes, but laziness got the best of me (I'll have to download this on my PC, then copy it to my Android phone..).
Amazon MP3 store to the rescue! Plus, saved $0.69!
A quick google of any of these song titles with .mp3 and you can download them for free. Why pay for them?
@me4tj: Because stealing is bad?
@me4tj: moreso because at 50 cents per song, why wouldn't you want to give back to those that created it.
Instead of buying these, I'll just turn on the radio where they're repeating ad infinitum.
lol i literally bought this song when i got off of work yesterday. oh well hahaha.
@me4tj: A quick trip to Best Buy with a diversion and an empty backpack will get you almost anything on here for free. You think that's okay too?
@me4tj: Because when a business makes it easy to take my money, not piss me off (or actually provides value), and let me do things the proper way, I'll do it. Examples: Amazon MP3 store & Steam.


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Unanswered: home page is automatically scrolling down
Since we are using 2.2.4 Gxt version to developing web application.
User Login into the application when the browser is in resize (Restore down) mode, After loading all the content of home page The page is automatically scrolling down. the same issue with all type of browsers. Could you please suggest the solution?
For your reference please find the attached Screen shot doc.
Since problem in production could you please consider as a high priority issue. Thanks in Advance.
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Is it possible that some widget receives focus? Browser normall always scroll the focussed widget into view.
Is it possible that you set focus to something in your code?
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Yes. I try to focus on other widget still no use.
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WACO (October 25, 2012)--The Salvation Army of McLennan County is hosting their Toys for Tots Kickoff at Indian Springs Park.
Applications for the program will be accepted beginning Monday.
On Sunday, live music, games and food will kick off the program that helps underprivileged families who may not otherwise be able to provide Christmas gifts for their children.
The Salvation Army partners with the Marine Corps to collect childrens' toys for all ages.
Anyone wishing to register will have an opportunity to do so on Monday or Tuesday from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. at 1225 S. Jack Kultgen Expressway.
A photo ID, proof of income and expenses for the last 30 days, documentation for all individuals residing in the household and proof of age for children ages 13 and under are needed.
Children receiving toys must live in McLennan County and must reside in the same house as the parent requesting the assistance.
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WHEELING - GreenHunter Water officials hoped to have their natural gas frack water recycling plant in Warwood operating by fall, but they will have to wait until at least August to even begin construction.
Wheeling Planning Commissioners Barry Crow, James Mauck, John Clarke, Thomas McCulloch, Don Atkinson and Russell Jebbia voted 6-0 Monday to again table GreenHunter's site plan, saying the company had not provided adequate information. Commission Chairman Howard Monroe did not vote, as he normally only votes to break a tie, while Commissioner Michael Leo recused himself from voting, citing a conflict of interest that could arise if he does future work for the company.
The matter is expected to be reviewed again at the 5 p.m. Aug. 12 commission meeting in City Council Chambers.
During the June meeting, commissioners tabled the matter and asked GreenHunter officials to provide the following information before they would consider allowing the company to build at the former Seidler's Oil Service site on North 28th Street:
Documentation from the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and the West Virginia Department of Transportation showing that GreenHunter's project meets their guidelines;
Documentation from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and/or the Nuclear Regulatory Commission showing that GreenHunter's project will not emit excessive amounts of radiation;
A site plan without the labels "Phase 2" or "barging" because GreenHunter still does not have permission from the U.S. Coast Guard to barge frack waste; and
A detailed lighting plan.
Tom Connelly, assistant director of the city's Economic and Community Development Department, said Monday that GreenHunter had submitted only the lighting plan.
However, John Jack, vice president of Business Development for GreenHunter, seems puzzled at these requirements, asking commissioners, "Is this something normal for you to require? I have contacted the agencies. They say, 'Why do you want a letter from us when you are not governed by us?'"
"We don't want a permit. We want something that says you don't need a permit," Atkinson told Jack.
Noting he has received "dozens of emails regarding this," Monroe said he wants proper documentation.
"When we approve your site plan, the city's agencies will check to make sure you are complying with the plan we approve," Mauck told Jack.
As the somewhat testy exchange continued, Jack said, "West Virginia DEP has oversight over our operations."
He said DEP will do a "walk-through" inspection once the plant is completed.
Jack also said that Phase 2 is "not up for discussion," emphasizing that he has to wait for federal permission to barge frack waste along the Ohio River. However, commissioners then wondered why he had not removed references to Phase 2 from the site plans.
Clarke said the discussion should end because GreenHunter had not met the commission's requirements. Commissioners then voted 6-0 to again table the measure.
Jack has said the Wheeling facility will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, though he said "90 percent to 95 percent" of the trucks that come through each day will do so during daytime hours.
Jack said the number of trucks entering and exiting the facility each day could vary widely, but added a "good daily estimate" would be 30.
Jack said there will be 19 storage tanks at the North 28th Street site, but he emphasized the old rusty tanks left over from Seidler's will be dismantled and removed.


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Similar to my question about easily spotted warning signs in code I think sometimes comments programmers make can tell you quite a lot (of not good things) about them in a short period of time. The scariest I've heard recently (from a senior) is:
I could use source control, but it'd slow me down
Also, although not in the same category when I see something listed at the top of someone's CV and I ask them about it:
Oh, I didn't really use that but I was just in the same room as people using it.
Duh! Then why is it featured prominently on your CV???
Finally I quite often interview people with what looks like an excellent set of skills on paper. Sometimes these are excellent developers, but some of them when asked about a topic will rattle through a dictionary definition like a machine gun (and probably a better definition than I would be able to say if put on the spot like that). Then when asked to explain even really, really simple things to do with that topic are totally unable to (usually coming up with something totally wrong, followed by a repeat of the dictionary definition). I suspect that these are developers who have been in teams where they're not treated well and so have had no opportunity to act independently - which results in their learning being very superficial.
What other things have you heard that tell you that a programmer is, er, let's try and think of a nice way of saying this...still taking the first steps towards being great?


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I brewed a mead with OG ~1.12 and it stopped bubbling at an FG ~1.05. It is undrinkably sweet. I used champagne yeast, and was expecting a much lower FG. Should I re-inoculate the batch? Alternatively, what does overly sweet mead mix well with?
I've had stuck meads before. Sometimes they can be tricky.. here's a couple tips
Lastly, here's a link on mead made complicated about stuck fermentation. There is lots of good information on on gotmead.com about stuck fermentations too (including a few of my own posts)
Usually the antidote to a stalled fermentation is to re-pitch yeast. If you're using dry yeast, make sure to re-hydrate the yeast properly. (Sugar is usually not necessary for reconstituting dry yeast, but the temperature of the water is very important.)
Also, how long was it stuck at 1.050? Is it possible that the yeast is still working on it, albeit slowly?
I've had sweet mead mixed with raspberry or chocolate before that was pretty tasty in both cases. This was done by adding the unsweetened raspberries or bitter chocolate to take the edge off the sweetness in the original mead. I could imagine tart cherries working as well. Oregon Fruit is a good source for both unsweetened fruits in cans and is found in many grocery stores and wine brewing supply shops. Trader Joe's has the best prices for bittersweet/high % cacao bars that have low or no preservatives.


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Dr. Chris Hoadley is a program officer in the Directorate of Computer and Information Science and Engineering and the Directorate of Education and Human Resources Division of Research on Learning on loan from New York University, where he is associate professor in the Educational Communication and Technology Program, the Program in Digital Media Design for Learning, and the Program on Games for Learning. He has over 35 years experience designing and building educational technology, and has researched connections between technology, learning, and collaboration for 25 years. His research focuses on collaborative technologies, computer support for cooperative learning (CSCL), and design-based research methods, a term he coined in the late 1990s. He was an affiliate scholar for the National Academy of Engineering's Center for the Advancement of Scholarship in Engineering Education (CASEE) and was awarded a Fulbright for 2008-2009 in the South Asia Regional program to study educational technologies for sustainability and empowerment in rural Himalayan villages. From 2011-2013, he was program director of the Educational Technology programs and founding program director of the world's first Games for Learning degree program. Hoadley previously chaired the American Educational Research Association's Special Interest Group for Education in Science and Technology (now SIG: Learning Sciences), and served as the first president of the International Society for the Learning Sciences. Hoadley earned his baccalaureate in cognitive science from MIT, and a masters in computer science and doctorate in education from UC Berkeley. He previously taught at Stanford University, Mills College, and Penn State University in education, computer science, and information sciences, and has authored or co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications and presentations.


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Big LNG importers like Korea Gas and Japan's Osaka Gas have signed deals with US terminals, diversifying supply sources that had relied on Australia and the Middle East.
By ROSS KELLY
BRISBANE, Australia -- More than $160 billion of bets placed
by international oil companies including Chevron and ExxonMobil
on natural gas in Australia are getting riskier, as the country
becomes the latest major energy producer to grapple with North
America's surging output of shale gas.
Once a global hot spot for energy investment due to its
political stability and large, untapped natural-gas reserves,
Australia's appeal has waned as labor shortages and a high
Australian dollar have trigger cost blowouts at flagship
Although those problems have been around for a while, they are
becoming more worrisome now that gas prices elsewhere have
dropped and buyers have more options for securing energy
"The industry has more than $160 billion of liquefied
natural gas investments currently in flight [being built]. But
upwards of another $100 billion in potential future projects
could be at risk," said Roy Krzywosinski, managing director of
Chevron Australia.
Australia has long harbored ambitions of becoming the major
LNG supply hub for Asia and has over a dozen projects either under construction or on the drawing
board. The seven terminals currently being built should allow
Australia to leapfrog Qatar as the world's biggest LNG exporter
by 2018.
However, further supply
additions may prove harder to achieve. Costs are rising sharply
and first cargoes are being delayed at existing projects,
hurting returns on investment. These problems are making
companies wary of expanding or building new projects in
Chevron and partners Exxon and Shell have delayed work to
expand their $52 billion Gorgon project. Gorgon is Australia's
largest natural-gas resource, containing an estimated 50
trillion cubic feet of natural gas -- enough to meet US demand
for two years. Chevron is the project's operator and largest
A rival nearby project that has yet to get off the ground,
known as Browse, suffered an even bigger setback in April when
operator Woodside Petroleum scrapped plans for an onshore
gas-export plant because of high construction costs. Woodside
is now looking at new floating LNG technology that would process the
gas at sea, and this has delayed the project by at least two
years. Shell is also an investor in Browse.
Project delays carry large risks for companies like Chevron
as future supply from Australia would compete for customers
with US projects offering cheaper gas. LNG in Asia has
traditionally been sold via long-term contracts, with prices
linked to relatively expensive crude oil, whereas export deals
in North America are based on sharply lower domestic gas prices
there. Analysts think Australian gas-export prices may need to
fall by as much as 25% to compete with US gas prices.
Big LNG importers like Korea Gas and Japan's Osaka Gas have
signed long-term agreements with US terminals, diversifying
supply sources that until now relied heavily on Australia and
the Middle East.
"The focus is on the US now. The first [export] projects are under way [in the US],
and we expect more to come through," said Andrew McManus, a
consultant at UK-based Wood Mackenzie, which is forecasting
around 50 million tons of annual LNG exports from the US by
2020. That is equivalent to more than half of Australia's
projected supply of exports in that year.
In May, the US approved
Freeport LNG's $10 billion Quintana LNG-export project in
Texas, the second US development to move forward after Cheniere
Energy's Sabine Pass project in Louisiana. Both involve
converting old LNG import terminals into export facilities, making them cheaper to
build than Australian projects because infrastructure -- such
as pipelines and storage tanks -- is already in place.
To be sure, US gas exports remain a contentious issue in
Washington because of the potential effect on domestic users.
Canadian exports, however, are on the horizon beginning in
2017. Companies with big discoveries off the coast of East
Africa are also looking to start shipping gas by the end of the
Confidence in Australia's LNG industry suffered its heaviest
blow in December, when Chevron said the cost of its Gorgon
venture with Exxon and Shell had ballooned by 40% and that the
first shipments of LNG from Gorgon would occur in 2015, several
months later than planned.
Chevron largely blamed a 20% jump in the Australian dollar's
value since construction began in 2009, which
makes it more expensive to buy equipment locally, and bad
weather. But it also underestimated the wages needed to entice
workers to the plant site at Barrow Island, a nature reserve
off the coast of Western Australia state that is home to rare
turtles and birds. Chevron must compete with other LNG and
mining projects to attract workers to the remote location.
"Everything in Australia's been built. It doesn't look good
for new projects," says Noelle Leonard, a consultant at Facts
Global Energy. "We don't see any developments taking a final
investment decision for at least a year or more. And if they
do, the natural progression will be toward expanding existing
Woodside Petroleum's Browse leads a list of stalled
projects, which includes a joint venture between Shell and
PetroChina called Arrow Energy that aims to convert gas trapped
in coal seams to LNG for export in eastern Australia's
Queensland state.
Rising costs for building LNG projects have become a
significant challenge for companies doing business in
Australia, Peter Voser, Shell's retiring CEO, told industry
leaders in May.
Despite the delays and a $15 billion increase in capital
costs for the Gorgon project -- damping returns and postponing
cash flow -- Chevron says Gorgon will still make money. The project's Asian customers are locked
into contracts typically lasting 20 years, guaranteeing demand
for the gas.
And the contracts are linked to the fluctuating price of oil,
which is up about 50% since construction began in September 2009
-- allowing Chevron and its partners to reap more for the gas
as long as oil prices remain high.
But in a sign the company's appetite for Australian LNG is
waning, Chevron said in December that a decision on whether to
start early design work on expanding Gorgon to include a fourth
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It is a haunch and also guesses checking about natural gas world scopeThis natural gas boom around the world has untracked many projects based in other type of fuel by the lowering natural gas prices in USD/MM BTU until a unsuspicious deepage that it seem without bottom because prices has ben lowered as much as 70´s indeed. therefor it looks liw natural gas world war with Russia, Australia and US likely contennders having world wide space market to wrestle for ...Such natural gas artificially lowered prices by the shale natural gas boom perform like an economical tsunami, therefore many regional markets shall be destroyed by such flooding. And also many projects shall be changed in its content or the taking decision
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One of the things I found out when teaching in Australia was that economic science was completely unable to handle energy issues in the real world. It seems to have gotten worse. The shale boom in the US is actually a shale circus, and the CEO of Exxon has said that not only is fracking not delivering the goods in Europé and Asia, but some bad things are also happening in North America. Ross, let me put it to you the same way that it will appear in my new energy economics textbook: SHALE GAS IS A VALUABLE RESOURCE, BUT NOT NEARLY AS VALUABLE AS CERTAIN PEOPLE CLAIM! Forget the panic. Australia is sitting pretty where energy is concerned.
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I'm hoping that Mr. Kelly means US shale boon threatens Australian gas sector and not the more ominous US shale boom threatens Australian gas sector or was he cracking a joke (pun intended).Regards,Ken
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I want to know what word should I use to describe the taste of water. I always say it tastes nothing to mean that it does not have taste, not sweet, not salty, not spicy, and not sour.
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Water is flavorless.
The word tasteless is fine also, but in some contexts has certain connotations that flavorless does not, for instance tasteless interior decorating or tasteless joke.
Studies reveal that water tastes like water:
Water tastes like whatever minerals or flavorings are dissolved in it. It might taste metallic, or fruity. It might even, metaphorically, taste like a brand new day. When there is salt in it, it triggers those taste buds that respond to salt, and thus it tastes salty. Absent anything else, and simply as a function of the perfect blending of some H and some O, water does not trigger taste buds as far as I know. But I guess one could say it "is refreshing."
There are understood to be five basic taste sensations: sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and umami. Languages differ in whether they have individual words for each of these sensations. The English word savory, for example, could refer to both salty and umami. Many African languages have a word which is usually translated as "sweet", but which can refer to salty, sweet, and umami flavor. One Yoruba proverb, translated as
refers to somebody who is very gifted in persuasion. Languages also differ in the extent to which they have words used for describing food textures.
As for flavors which can't be easily classified as falling into one of the five main categories, there is much more variability in the kinds of words which can be found in a language. Referring to the sensation of drinking water would fall outside of the taste vocabulary. You could use a word like watery to describe the mouthfeel, or cool or refreshing to describe its effect on the body.
Water tastes tasteless. Wet is more of a description that is related to feeling or using the sense of touch or touching. Scientifically, plain water is either of neutral taste or tasteless because it is impossible to burn water and the bitter taste only manifests itself when something is or was burned.
Water surely tastes aquatical, doesn't it?
From a purely linguistic standpoint, surely if salt tastes salty then water tastes watery, right?
A lot of the answers seem to presume that water tastes of nothing, or indeed must taste of nothing. That isn't a linguistic question but a biological one, and its answer isn't quite as straightforward.
All water that you buy or get from a tap contains a cocktail of various minerals which all modify its taste. Most carbonated mineral waters for instance are slightly sour (simply because the chemical which makes it bubbly, carbonic acid, is sour) but also salty, bitter or sweet, depending on which minerals in it dominate.
Almost pure H2O doesn't taste of a lot because neither our taste receptors (on the tongue) nor our smell receptors react strongly with the ions that make up pure water. As a consequence, the taste of pure water might be described as very bland compared to a neutral background – because that neutral background would be the natural taste of our mouth which is dominated by saliva. Saliva itself is water with relatively high concentrations of sodium and potassium ions, which themselves taste salty. We are thus accustomed to a slightly salty taste which we perceive as normal, and by comparison pure H2O tastes less salty, and of nothing else – bland.
Water is the standard against which taste is measured; something has a taste only if it is different from water (which may of course include water with something added). Air is similar with regard to smell. So 'the taste of water' is meaningless.
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I'm just curious at the appearance of 「口」 that makes this word mean "population". Why should it be 「口」 as opposed to any other body part or anything else? Is there a definitive reason or story associated with this word? If 「口」 is used as a counter then why couldn't 「個」 replace it? If I'm not mistaken doesn't 「個」 refer to individuals more so than 「口」?
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In old Chinese--where Japan borrowed the term--口 was a counter for people. More specifically, it referred to the number of people needing food. English has this construction too: the number of "mouths" (=people) to feed.
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With two kinds of posts, I put one red button link under each section, to see all posts by the same author. Each button link should link to the right page: the first button link that should link to a page with the posts belonging to the first section, and the last button link that should link to a another page with the posts belonging to the second section.
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Matcha Ice Cream SandwichMatcha recipes: Matcha Ice Cream Sandwich: Our Matcha Ice Cream Sandwiches begin with a refreshing yogurt base. Mixed with beautiful green Matcha, gentle yellow peaches, and white chocolate, they are a colorful treat for the eyes as well as the stomach!
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Heavy Cream............................... 1 cup
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Peaches (Canned)....................... 3 peaches
White Chocolate............................ 1 oz
Cookies......................................... 20 cookies
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- Place the yogurt in some paper towel over a strainer and allow the moisture to drain out of it. Add the Matcha to the warm water and whisk them together.
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- Beat the heavy cream until it begins to form peaks. Add in the yogurt and Matcha.
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By now, you've probably hit at least one store in search of the perfect gift for someone on your list. Maybe you're even fortunate enough to have knocked out all your shopping before the calendar even turns to December. Congratulations if that's the case!
While you're out and about, I hope you add a few locally-owned stores to your list. I admit, the past few years especially, I've been all about hopping online to order gifts for my neices and nephews in Wisconsin. With free shipping, I can have it send right to their homes, which eliminates trying to pack them into the suitcase or car to transport them ourselves! But a recent eye-opener for me on how important it is to patronize locally-owned businesses came in researching and writing an article for TK Magazine.
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A key point comes from an analysis by the group Civic Economics. It found that for every $100 spent in locally-owned, independent businesses, $68 goes back into the community. The same amount spent at a national chain put $43 back into the community. For online shopping, the amount is $0. The money is returned to the community through things like payroll and taxes. Plus, locally-owned businesses are more likely to use local support services such as accounting, advertising, legal counsel and office suppliers.
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11 Dec 2011 10:39 AM #1
Tab panel and lazy rendering
Is it correct that for a tabpanel in 3.0 all tabs are rendered immediately (also those that are not initially visible) while in 2.x they were rendered (i.e. the gwt Widget.onLoad() is called) in a lazy way ?
I stumbled on that while debugging a sample that I am porting from 2.x to 3.x and setting a breakpoint in the onLoad()
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I'll think this is the way it will work, because that the way GWT behaves.
You can avoid this by using something like mvp4g. This framework supports lazy loading of views. I'll did it with GXT 2.x and try it already with GXT 3.0. Works fine! If you are view implements LazyView, the instance of the view is created immediately and the widget when the view gets visible.
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Call a computable function a total function $\mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$, for which there exists a Turing machine outputting arbitrary close approximation to $f(x)$ given arbitrary close approximation to $x$.
- Obviously not every computable function is differentiable (for example, absolute value). For arbitrary continuous functions, the set of points of differentiability is $\Pi_{3}^0$. Can this be improved for computable functions?
- Suppose $f$ is computable and continously differentiable everywhere. Must $f'$ be computable?


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I will begin my research on AdS/CMT, however I find AdS/CMT is only a phenomelogical method, so I want to know can AdS/CMT give some results the condensed matter physicists can not give, or even predict some unseen exotic matter states?
I've worked some on AdS/CMT so I can discuss a bit some of my motivation.
As Jeff points out, we have now a fundamentally new technique to studying strongly coupled systems, so it makes sense to use it to attack any problem under the sun that needs new tools. At our current level of understanding, as you point out, the best we can hope for is constructing phenomenological models for interesting physical phenomena. Part of the price to pay for holography is that the usual description (say in terms of band electrons interacting in a specific way) gets highly scrambled, as it should for a more physical description of strongly coupled systems. But, it is then hard to identify specific models for specific materials, and one has concentrate on qualitative and semi-quantitative physics. I think this is the nature of the beast and currently there is no way around it.
On the other hand, I think that CMT is particularly well-suited for this approach, precisely because the phenomenological models are normally the best you can hope for in such inherently complicated problem. For example, when people work on the Hubbard model it is because it is expected to capture some of the features important in high Tc superconductivity, not because it is in any way related specifically to any real material. I can certainly see AdS/CMT reaching this level of usefulness.
So, along those lines I'd say the best that has come from AdS/CMT so far is a fairly natural description of superconductivity, a large class of quantum phase transitions, and some work on non-Fermi liquids which seems to be related to strange metal phenomenology (e.g all the marginal Fermi surface phenomenology and some indication of the right scaling of transport properties). Probably better results are yet to come, which is why this is a good subject to be working on.
I'm not an expert on CMT applications of AdS/CFT aka gauge/string duality so you might get a better answer from such an expert. The idea of applying this formalism to condensed matter systems is quite recent and most of the work has been done in the last 1 1/2 years. So far I don't think there are any spectacularly new results of the type you are asking about, but I think many people hope there will be eventually. Certainly this is a new technique for studying strongly coupled condensed matter systems so in principle it may allow you to understand things that other techniques do not and perhaps even predict some exotic state of matter. Presumably one of the reasons you are starting research in this area is to answer such questions. Perhaps you will report back and answer your own question in a few years.


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I'm a novice to panorama picture shooting. So far I used manual shots and stitched them together. Easy.
Since this picture a lot has changed. I bought a Velbon Sherpa 750R tripod and now my pictures improved... until I discovered that I'd better use a panohead. Searching the web I found the Nodal Ninja's to give the best price-quality relation and I'm thinking of buying an NN. The only thing I ask myself is whether I should buy an NN3 or an NN5. I have the following equipment: Canon 30D, Sigma 10-20mm, Sigma 18-200mm. Can anyone advice me?


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13 Dec 2012 1:12 AM #1
Customize DatePicker
I'm trying to customize the existing datepicker (com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.DatePicker) (GXT3.0.1). Ex: Hiding the today button. I've tried to duplicate the DatePicker class to customize, but it didn't worked out. Please suggest the better approach
13 Dec 2012 6:33 AM #2I've tried to duplicate the DatePicker class to customize, but it didn't worked out.
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I want to hide 'Today' button in DatePicker. For that I've created an object to DatePicker in my class and tried to hide it by using css. But not getting how to hide component inside component (i.e.,today button).
2nd approach: Copied the entire DatePicker code along with all the related API classes to my local and tried to customize it. But it is giving 'Deffered binding exception'. Seems I missed something to inherit.
Could you please suggest me the good approach apart from these.
13 Dec 2012 9:01 AM #4
Subclass it, and set todayBtn.setVisible(false)?
Make a new appearance implementation with a) todayButtonSelector() pointing at an invisible element, and b) the space normally used for that region collapsed?
These are the first two options I thought of - both look reasonable. If you have problems, please actually share the *code* you are writing - I can't tell if your CSS doesn't work because what you wrote doesn't make sense or if there is a problem with changing it with CSS.
14 Dec 2012 12:03 AM #5
Thanks Colin. Now I'm able to hide today button. Could you please let me know how to hide leftmonthSelector as it is not declared in Datepicker class as 'protected TextButton todayBtn; '.
Not getting where it is declared.
14 Dec 2012 8:44 AM #6
You really aren't giving me a lot to go on - the problem changes and gets more complex every post. That's fine if you were actually reading the code that I'm pointing you at, but you seem to just be waiting for me to do it for you.
The second option I gave in the last post is what you want if you are further customizing the datepicker - start with the appearance object, and remove pieces you don't need.


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Prospector is a regional union catalog that includes participating libraries within Colorado and Wyoming. This catalog allows patrons to request items from any participating library and have them sent via courier to their local library for pickup. This service is free for all members of participating Prospector libraries.
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Is there a special way to avoid the layer of ice that forms inside a water bottle during winter activities?
This is what I found from the net:
You may have luck with a thermos flask, or similar insulated flask above a regular water bottle. If you're only going out for a day or so at a time the flask should keep the contents at a stable enough temperature so it doesn't freeze.
For longer trips, you may need a more elaborate system with heating to stop the ice.
You can use a Bottle Parka, which is basically a thin layer of foam that isolates the liquid from the outside temperature. Outdoor Research has a good one (Canadian website).
Also in winter, when I melt snow, I put the water in the bottle when it's hot near boiling, so it stay liquid for more time.
If you're gone a do overnight camping, you can dig a hole in the snow and put the bottle in there, cover with snow (assure you to retrieve it next morning). It's gone slow the process of icing. But next morning, heath this water a bit so it' won't freeze during the day.
I use a "Camelbak Stoaway" bladder - it has a bit of insulation and neoprene on the tube.
I fill it with warm water when possible and keep it next to my back. If not wearing it, I wrap my spare fleece around it on the 3 sides not facing my back.
The only other two things not mentioned here about bladders, I think, are that
My tip is to leave a bit of air in the bottle to make your movements cause the water to splosh. Moving water doesn't freeze as easily. Combine that with the other answer about keeping the bottles uppside down and/or in an insulator and your water should be readily drinkable.
Also: Pouring hot water in your containers might seem to be a good idea. However, some physicists claim that hot water freezes quicker. See Mpemba Effect
During activity, its easy to rely on body heat. Keep the bottle close to your body. You can wear a camelback or bottle holster under a very light jacket. If you have a pack, pack the bottle near the small of your back, since lots of heat collects in the air pocket between your back and the pack.


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Let $\gamma\colon[a,b]\to \mathbb R^3$ be a smooth curve with curvature $< 1$. Consider a tube, formed by one parameter family of unit circles with center at $\gamma(t)$ in the plane orthogonal to $\dot\gamma(t)$.
A light ray which is comming into tube from one end and bouncing with perfect reflection from the interior walls will emerge from the other end with probability 1; see this question. Let us call a tube with this property an optic fiber. (Note that I want an optic fiber to be bidirectional.)
One can construct an optic fiber along the same lines using any simple close smooth plane curve $(x(\theta),y(\theta))$ instead of circle. To do this one has to choose a parallel normal frame $e_1,e_2$ along $\gamma$ (i.e., such that $\dot e_i(t)\parallel\dot\gamma(t)$ for all $t$) and consider the tube $[a,b]\times\mathbb S^1\hookrightarrow\mathbb R^3$ defined as $$(t,\theta)\mapsto \gamma(t)+x(\theta){\cdot}e_1(t)+y(\theta){\cdot}e_2(t)$$ (The condition that the frame is parallel implies that any normal plane to $\gamma$ cuts tube at right angle.) This way we get an optic fiber with congruent ends.
Question 1. Are there any constructions of optic fibers different from the one described above?
In other words, is it always possible so slice an optic fibers by planes which cut the walls at right angle?
In particular,
Question 2. Is there an optic fiber with noncongruent ends?
- I feel that the answer is "NO", but have no idea "WHY".
- From Liouville's theorem, it is clear that the ends must have the same area.
- I realized that if the walls are only piecewise smooth then one can make an optic fiber with a pair of equidecomposable figures at the ends. (The construction is the same, but one splits tube into few on the way and then rearrange them back together.)
- In dimension 2, a line passing through focal points cuts from confocal ellipses an optic fiber. (I learned it from Arseniy Akopyan.) I do not know smooth 3D examples of that type. [One might also impose an additional condition on optic fibers that random ray which starts inside leaves it with probability 1. The described confocal-ellipses-example does not have this property.]
- An extract from the answer of Marcos Cossarini: Note that if one can cut an optic fiber in two pieces in such a way that almost all rays pass the cut at most once then the cut has to be flat and orthogonal to the boundary. After such cut, one gets two optical fibers. Applying a bit of differential geometry the problem can be reformulated in an equivalent way: is it true that any optic fiber admits such a cut.


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The motivation is simple, as it is trivially right when $p=2$. When considering the duality between $L^p$ ($l^p$) and $L^q$ ($l^q$) when $p$ and $q$ are conjugate in the sense that $1/p+1/q=1$, I wonder if $L^p$ and $l^p$ are the same in the sense of isometry. I tried to use the situation when $p=2$, however I find it difficult to give a linear homeomorphism.
Variants of this question show up often enough here on MO and over at math.SE that it seems worthwhile to collect some facts and links. I say isomorphic for linearly homeomorphic and isometric for isometrically isomorphic.
One main upshot is:
Plenty of references can be found in the following threads on MO and math.SE:
Let me finish by recommending the very nice book by Albiac and Kalton, Topics in Banach Space Theory, as an alternative to Lindenstrauss-Tzafriri. It contains a gentle introduction to the above ideas and much more.
Edit: Further links to related topics:
The standard way to do this is to use the fact that infinite dimensional complemented subspaces of $\ell^p$ are isomorphic to the space itself whereas $L^p$ has a complemented subspace which is isomorphic to Hilbert space (essentially the Khintchine inequality). Probably the most accessible reference is the standard monograph of Lindenstrauss and Tzafriri on classical Banach spaces. The $\infty$ case is a bit more subtle.


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Let $k$ be a positive integer. Is it true that any finite group $H$ of cardinal $4k+2$ whose center contains an element $h$ of order $2$ is isomorphic to the direct product $H=(\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z})\times G$, where $G=H/\{1,h\}$?
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Raymond N. Drake, 24, of 5604 Utica Ave., Cleveland, was booked on two counts of trafficking in drugs. No bond was set.
Julie A. Doty, 27, of 68439 Morristown-Flushing Road, Belmont, was booked on charges of trafficking in drugs (heroin), and possession of drug abuse instruments. Her bond was set at $15,750.
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Four pounds of marijuana that was flagged by the Neffs Post Office. A St. Clairsville woman was arrested.
Ferrell A. Brooks, 44, of 2955 East 66th. St., Cleveland, was booked on a charge of trafficking in drugs (heroin). His bond was set at $15,000.
On Wednesday, Brooks and Doty were arrested near the St. Clairsville Burger King in the Ohio Valley Plaza. Brooks and Doty were arrested by the Drug Task Force, St. Clairsville, the Martins Ferry Police Department and the Belmont County Sheriff's Department.
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On Thursday, Lindsay D. Wilhelm, 26, of 123 Orchard Drive, Apt. A,, St. Clairsville, was arrested and booked on a charge of possession of marijuana. Her bond was set at $10,000.
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Black-and-white photograph projections of the real people who made impressions upon Marshall's life, and the slight connotations of changing locale, appear occasionally on the open sections of the back wall of the set as well as in the form of sound effects, enriching the production with a further tangible historical touch and realistic sense. Playwright George Stevens Jr.'s dramatic celebration of an American marvel expresses a bounty of engaging human emotions while imparting impacting historical knowledge, but most attractive is "Thurgood's" ability to arouse inspiration and admiration within the hearts of those who have the opportunity to assemble to hear the words of Thurgood Marshall, who ends his lecture April 7.