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What are the units of the Shape_Area field in a wgs84 feature class? Is it decimal degree squared? I would like to convert that to something more meaningful like square miles without reprojecting the feature class... Is there a formula for it out there? I am looking to recalc the field programmatically. Thanks for your help!
Here is the really easy way. Add a field to your existing feature class. Right click on the field title and choose "Calculate Geometry". You'll then have the option to pick your desired coordinate system and units of measure. One note: This calculation is static, so you will need to recalculate anytime you make changes.
You can temporally re-project the data on the fly in arcmap and use
CTRL+SHIFT+G to open the Calculate Geometry dialog box
and calculate the area with the current projection (meter/feet)
after the field is populated you can go back to WGS84 but the area will remain (unless you recalculate the area again)
Not a popular suggestion, but I would recommend that you keep unprojected data and projected data as separate files. Area and other planar measures only make sense in a projection and there are differences in the values obtained within each. Project your data to what you want, maintain documentation and use accordingly. Having an "Area" field in a file is going to do you no good unless you know what the projection was.
You can use ArcPy to do this. Create a new field and then calculate area (my example is in kilometers).
BEWARE: coordinate reference systems. I don't know your CRS but I'll use the area I work in as an example. We use the European Datum and often work in Square Kilometeres. To calculate area in kilometers I use the UTM Zones shapefile and I do this whole process in Python - as a guide here are the steps:
This way each polygon is calculated in the right UTM zone so has the correct area based on it's location. The UTM shapefile contains paths to the projection files.
BEWARE BEWARE: Don't forget transformations if you change datums on the coordiantes systems!!!


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Admittedly, this isn't something that is happening to me but I'm curious: I've heard that in some houses, flushing toilets or running a clothes washer sometimes changes the water temperature for people taking showers at the same time in the same house. Why is this?
This happens because water is diverted away from the shower to the toilet or washing machine.
What happens next will depend on the type of shower and it's age. Older, non thermostatic showers will be affected to a greater extent.
For an electric shower the flow of water through the shower will be reduced which will have the effect of heating it up further - though the thermostat should keep the effect to a minimum.
For a mixer shower it will depend on whether the cold water is reduced - in which case it will get hotter, or the hot water via the heater is reduced - in which case it will get colder. Again a thermostatic mixer should keep the effect to a minimum.
In any case you'll get a much reduced flow through the shower.
Power (pumped) showers shouldn't be so affected as the pump in the shower is controlling the flow rate.

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I have several old receptacles that are 2-prong. There is armored cable running from the breaker panel to each receptacle. What do I need to do in order to install and properly ground new 3-prong receptacles?
The correct answer is that you cannot install a 3 prong grounded outlet without using a 2 conductor with a separate ground conductor, that's three conductors. I know people cheat and put a wire from the ground screw of the outlet to the metal box and hope that the armor case is firmly connected to the box and grounded at the panel. This is not a good alternative to 14 or 12/2WG and can be potentially very dangerous. Example, if you were to have an open neutral, the ground can potentially take over, now you have current on the armor shield, not good. Btw, there is no good way to remove paint from an outlet. Just replace it. In your case, you should be looking at some new wiring.
The only way you can do it is if what you are calling armored cable has enough room in it to fish a ground wire through. If the armored cable is around 3/8 round then the answer is probably no. If the armored cable is 7/8 (the OD for 1/2 aluminum and steel flex) then there will be room.
Fish tapes come in many different lengths and types and if you can use it some places even rent them. What ever you do, get the flattest tape they have.
When ever you use a fish tape make sure you know where you puling to and from. Never pull in a conduit that has live wire and if you pull into a panel that panel will have to be de-energized.
If you can get a fish tape through then you can either attach the wire or pull a string through that you can attach the wire to it.
Remember when you are using a fish tape it means you are holding a ground wire so don't work it around live circuits.
If you don't have a enough room for a ground wire, then a fish tape might be helpful to get new wire through the wall to your box. Check with somebody that knows local code on what kind of wire you can use, whether armored cable, romex or???
Good luck.


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Hidden Wall Outlet Safe for $4.99
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Features include:it looks like an electrical outlet but it is a great place to hide your valuables
High impact plastic and metal; once installed it pivots out to reveal the secret hiding place
Comes with cutout saw and template for easy installation in just minutes
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I love how in the picture, the money that is 'stashed away' is a $1 bill...
@theselected: Well, these days you can't be too careful.
And what do they mean by "Hide everything....yes even that."? Hmm...
Why are the outlets upside down?
Meh, I don't really see how this would be that useful. Most of the things that I would want to put in a "safe" (birth certificates, hard drive, etc) wouldn't come close to fitting...
@fraserd: At the hospital where my son was born, I noticed all the outlets were that way. The maternity ward had just been built and seemed very nice and expensive. I assume these were installed that way on purpose. It got me thinking whether there is a "right" way to install an outlet.
@benyust2: Doesn't whether they're upside-down, sideways, or whatever.
@fraserd: People have started putting them that way so the ground pin is on top for safety. If something falls on the plug it wouldn't have the chance of shorting the hot and neutral.
@macoland: That's the problem I see. Definitely looks bigger than I thought, but really only seems useful for minor or small valuables
@benyust2: The IEEE standard 602-1996, section 4.2.2 advises that hospital-grade outlets be used and that they should be mounted with the ground pin or neutral blade up to assure that any metal that may drop between the plug and the wall will most likely contact an unenergized blade.
@curtisl42: I'm pretty sure the target demographic is people with a very small drug stash. The outlets are probably upside down so even a stoner can remember where they hid their stuff. @theslected: if it's for a heavy meth user they probably only have a couple bucks and plastic pearls to their name.
Not to bash recreational drug users, if you're responsible about it, don't let it overtake you then that's your deal more power to you. Personally I can't stand meth heroin or acid because city next to me is a big meth producer so we got a lot of users the other two are just because of elliott smith, brian wilson.
Well, I know where to check from now on.
Haven't these been advertised enough that thieves will be LOOKING for stashes in outlets that look empty?
But does the outlet still function?
They're saving that for a rainy day.
You can tell the police you didn't know why the wall outlet didn't work. Wow was that in there all these years?
@benyust2: My dad is a maintenance manager, and he installs them that way! I asked him why a few weeks ago... All he said was, "it doesn't matter". Well if it doesn't matter put them the right way! lmao. I think some people just want to do things differently.
@toge: I would tend to agree with you, however most thieves would not want to take the time to go throughout your house pulling out electrical outlets. Unless they know you are out of town, they do not want to spend a lot of time in your house.
@toge: Who the hell is going to check every damn outlet in a house to make sure it is fake or not? Are you thinking of putting it 4 feet of the ground and on that open wall where nothing else is located?
Sweet! Only $10 with shipping for a safe that hides my $1 bill and some plastic pearls that cost a quarter in a gumball machine! What a deal!
Seriously, you can buy an entire wall outlet kit at Lowes or HomeDepot for < $1 that will work just as well and look much better than this garbage.
The outlets are that way so that if you drop something on a plug that is not completely plugged in then it will not complete the circuit... It is new code and it is for safety reasons.
Price is down to $4.49 now.
More likely to be used to hide drugs from the parents/roommates/cops etc than storing money or jewelry.
Let's cut a hole in our wall to hide this dollar bill.
Retail price $29.99? Really?
Funny, my carpenter hubby put some of the outlets in "upside down" when we moved into our house 15 years ago. I yelled at him countless times to fix them. Drove me NUTS.
When I was in college... ummm... a house dreamed that I knew got hit by DEA.
One of the first things they did was check the outlets, & light sockets, & of course air vents/registers.
The cops found nothing (majorly) incriminating, at least not what they were looking for. They still took all of the computers, vcrs, digital cams, coin & stamp collections.. rent money in the houses piggy bank, in the exact amount of the rent, and it was 4 days before rent was due.
Only thing w...they got back were the computers, which had tried to be tampered with by rudimentary means.
Anyway, burglars might not check an electrical outlet. The Law will.
(not that I advocate breaking the law, nor have ever broken the law myself).
Cautionary tale.
@dcpotts: I hate cops...
I'm thinking there would be more space behind your phone jack than this safe would provide. The picture looks like the $1 bill barely fits.
The phone jack wouldn't require a key to open it, but it wouldn't stand out under close examination and would still function. you could get an automotive or socket head hex bolt to discourage tampering, but draw attention at the same time.
To the people complaining about them being upside down. That looks like the new way of doing it stated above. You will have to get your Pareiolia fix somewhere else.
@fraserd: Typically in a home, the outlets are installed upside-down to indicate that it is a switched outlet. This means that the light switch controls this outlet as well.
The only real concern I have with the look of authenticity is that the plate comes molded into the unit. For many of us why have a different color plate, glossy, matte, ivory, bright white, this cannot be changed or switched out to match the rest of the room.
@fraserd: the standard for comercial outlet instillation is to have the ground wire up. Residential installation is to have the ground wire down. Check it out next time you are in a business.
@fraserd It's not upside down. Putting the "ground" prong on top is the new "code" for all public and business buildings - for safety.
It's looks weird, but the idea is that something falling on the plug can't short the circuit by crossing the poles.
I think this is geared to people who want to hide their stash while at the hospital.
$10?! But if I spend that, I won't have any more $1 bills left to put in it :(
This looked like a great idea... until I realized it's a different color than all the other wall outlets in my house.
It doesn't even look like a real one dollar bill.


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Welcome to my first ever non-league effort!
After years of playing in leagues no lower than league 1, I've started to feel my games were lacking something...reading threads from the likes of Crouchaldinho has made me want to give it a go myself..so here goes, hopefully at least one person will bother to read it...
This save is with the patch version 11.3, with the latest database. The only league added is the EPL, all the way down. its also off of the large database with all UK and Irish and all Scottish players added. I've chosen to make it a little club to big club save, the only club I will leave Woking for would be Liverpool. But I have to win the Champions cup first of course...
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Nation: England
Year Founded: 1889
Status: Semi-Professional
Reputation: Local
Chairman Status: Loves the club
Legends: None
Icons: Geoff Chapple, Colin Lippiatt, Neil Smith
Favoured Personnel: Chris Sharpling, Shwan Jalal, Tom Hutchinson, Clive Walker, Vince Matassa, Jon Boardman
Fierce Rivals: Aldershot
Other Rivals: Stevenage, Crawley, Farnborough
Finances: Okay
Average Ticket Price: £12.00
Average Season Ticket Price: £190
Season ticket holders: 475
Estimated Value: £475 (loan debt: £40K)
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Media Prediction: 2nd
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FILE - This July 11, 2012 file photo shows dairy cows on Steve Niedbalski's farm in Nashville, Ill. A patchwork extension of federal farm programs passed as part of a larger "fiscal cliff" bill keeps the price of milk from rising but doesn't include many of the goodies that farm-state lawmakers are used to getting for their rural districts. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
Tourism season may be a little slow during the winter season, but Chaney's Dairy Barn has something to celebrate.
The Southeast Tourism Society has selected "Ice Cream and a Moovie" as one of its top 20 events for July 2013.
Between June and September Chaney's airs family friendly movies on the side of their barn.
More than 4,000 attended the event during the Summer of 2012.
The Chaney's say the idea started 8 years ago with the help from some fellow farmers.
"Before we ever opened the dairy barn we actually said oh, oh we have this great idea. We can show this movie on the side of the barn like these other people are doing it, but they are doing it in town and we can call it ice cream and a moooooovie," says Carl Chaney.
Chaney says the event continues to grow every summer.


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I am writing and testing code on XPsp3 w/ python 2.7. I am running the code on 2003 server w/ python 2.7. My dir structure will look something like this
Inside each directory there is one or more files that will have "IWPCPatch" as part of the filename.
Inside one of these files (one in each dir), there will be the line 'IWPCPatchFinal_a.wsf'
What I do is
1) os.walk across all dirs under d:\ssptemp
2) find all files with 'IWPCPatch' in the filename
3) check the contents of the file for 'IWPCPatchFinal_a.wsf'
4) If contents is true I add the path of that file to a list.
My problem is that on my XP machine it works fine. If I print out the results of the list I get several items in the order I listed above.
When I move it to the server 2003 machine I get the same contents in a different order. It comes ssp10-X, then ssp9-X. And this is causing me issues with a different area in the program.
I can see from my output that it begins the os.walk in the wrong order, but I don't know why that is occuring.
import os
import fileinput
print "--createChain--"
listOfFiles = []
for path, dirs, files in os.walk('d:\ssptemp'):
print "parsing dir(s)"
for file in files:
newFile = os.path.join(path,file)
if newFile.find('IWPCPatch') >= 0:
for line in fileinput.FileInput(newFile):
if "IWPCPatchFinal_a.wsf" in line:
print "Added", newFile
for item in listOfFiles:
print "list item", item


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Tattoos and Consequences
I tried very hard to go on vacation over the holidays. Like, a true vacation. In the past couple of years, I have become an expert at the non-vacationing vacation—the kind of semi-enforced break where you are not at your job, but you are not really at rest, either, and you maybe spend 11 minutes reading that book you're pretending to read, and then the phone comes out, and then the email, and the Internet, and ESPN.com, and then the whole body-at-rest idea becomes a disaster, because your brain starts buzzing in that unmistakable, information-caffeinated way, and you are suddenly anxious and twitchy and exactly not a person who is on vacation. I did this a lot and I hated myself for doing it. I was pretty sure that this was not just short-term but also long-term bad for me, that I would look back, years from now, and discover that turning my body off every now and again was a cosmically good and healthy thing to do because when you get right down to it, I didn't need to know the score of the Kansas City Chiefs game. Ever.
This time I did a decent job. I didn't really follow sports. I didn't watch any bad bowl games or read much of the sports section. I seldom glanced at the phone, and I actually left it at home for long stretches (this was hard at first—I almost wanted to hire a phonesitter and leave a dish of milk). Days went by. A week. A milestone occurred just before the new year, when my wife and I were visiting friends, and the last regular-season weekend of the NFL was on a nearby TV, and somebody asked me what the playoff implications were if so-and-so team won. I didn't know. And I pretty much always know. My friends looked at me with embarrassment, but truthfully I was thrilled. I was at peace. Ignorance had met bliss. (Besides, I knew the Giants, despite routing Philly, were probably toast.)
But in this digital age, information seeps in. It just does, no matter how hard you try. People learn weird newsy things on their phones and if you are around people, they say these weird newsy things out loud. You walk past TVs in public places, you turn on the radio in the car, and even if you don't buy the newspaper, it's hard not to catch the headlines. So I heard pretty quick that Avery Johnson got fired as the coach of the Nets. I knew that the Jets had sacked Mike Tannenbaum. I knew Tim Tebow was agitating to get out of New York. I knew the Knicks kept playing pretty well. I knew there was still no NHL hockey. But I could have guessed there'd be no NHL hockey. Until, suddenly, there was NHL hockey.
It was toward the end of the break that I learned about the tattoo. By then we were back in New York, and it was windy and cold, which just shocks you a little closer to the cultural slipstream, even if you're technically still trying to be on vacation. Besides, not hearing about Rex Ryan's arm tattoo was pretty hard. By now you have seen it, almost surely—a photograph in the Daily News, of the New York Jets coach's arm, and a cutesy tattoo of what appears to be his wife wearing a Mark Sanchez jersey.
Now I don't know about you, but I believe it is an unwise idea to make too much fun of people's tattoos of their spouses, lovers or children. It's an easy way to end up punched in the eye, or tossed off the back of a Harley-Davidson. HOG 0.68 % But Ryan was marinating in the Bahamas, and the gloves came off immediately—another Rex bashfest, goosed by a new Jets meltdown. What was Rex thinking? Is that really a Sanchez jersey? Reports came back that Ryan had owned the tattoo for a while. Never mind that half of the planet these days possesses a regrettable tattoo. It steamrolled into something overstated and comical, like it always does with the Jets.
Before the holidays, there had been an ESPN mea culpa-ish in which the company president said that the network probably should have toned it down on meaningless nonsense like the Tebow watch, and these comments were interpreted as a kind of urgent call for sports sanity. But here it was, the early creep of 2013, and the planet now discussing an old tattoo of a football coach whose team wasn't in the playoffs. And this felt like information that could be avoided. And yet it wasn't avoidable. The best part was that Rex Ryan was on a beach, doing exactly what I had been trying to do. He was trying to get away. I doubt he actually did. Vacation has become hard work.
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Here is the essence of a problem I have run in to: I have a finite poset D with a terminal object. If I formally invert all of the morphisms, and add these into my diagram, does the new diagram D' still commute?
I think that the resulting diagram will still commute basically because I have done a lot of examples. Working out a few examples you can see that it basically follows by doing it for the "commutative triangle", and applying this finitely many times. It feels like I should be able to do some kind of messy induction, but I do not really want such a proof cluttering up my work.
Is there a reference I could quote for a result like this? It seems like if it is true it should be a "folk lemma".
Of course, if you have more relaxed criteria for when the result will hold, that would be helpful too.
Also if you know of a conceptual proof which does not fall back on some messy induction, that would be wonderful!
EDIT: An example might help to clarify my question. (How do you draw diagrams on MO?)
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is my poset. b is the terminal object. Now say someone told you that this was actually a subcategory of a larger category, and in that larger category all of the arrows were invertible. Now consider the larger diagram consisting of the 4 original arrows and their inverses. Is this diagram also commutative? Yes! It is just one or two lines of formal manipulation.


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King Abdullah chairs Cabinet session (5/21/12)
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The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz began the Cabinet meeting at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah today by expressing thanks to the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states who took part in the 14th Annual GCC Summit held on May 14 in Riyadh. He thanked God Almighty for the security, stability and prosperity enjoyed by the GCC states and hoped for steady progress and cooperation.
Then, King Abdullah briefed the Cabinet on his latest talks with foreign officials, including messages he received from Spanish King Juan Carlos, Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani and Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi; a telephone call he received from Jordan's King Abdullah II; and the audiences he held for President Yusufu Mamadou of Niger and Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh.
The Cabinet congratulated King Abdullah on the 7th anniversary of his ascension to the throne. In response, the King advised all people to thank God Almighty for the blessings bestowed upon the Saudi state and to work towards future progress.
Turning to regional developments, the Cabinet lauded the constitutional amendments recently issued by the King of Bahrain and supported by the country's two legislative chambers, a step that will enhance the parliamentary and political life of the people of Bahrain.
On the domestic front, the Cabinet reviewed the early preparations already underway for this year's Hajj season. King Abdullah praised the efforts exerted by the Hajj Higher Committee, led by Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz, and urged a doubling of efforts to serve the pilgrims.
Addressing its remaining agenda items, the Cabinet authorized the Crown Prince to sign a draft security cooperation arrangement with Comoros and a draft agreement with South Africa regarding the exchange of legal assistance in criminal issues; approved a number of measures to develop a comprehensive database on home ownership in the Kingdom; approved a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in health fields between the Saudi Ministry of Health and the Swedish Ministry of Health and Social Affairs; and issued a set of instructions aimed at improving media coverage of government bodies.
The Cabinet approved the appointments of Saleh Al-Mahanna as Financial Advisor at the Ministry of Finance (15th rank); Abdulrahman Al-Dawood as Administrative Advisor at the Supreme Council of the Judiciary (15th rank); Mohammed Al-Hijri as Assistant Undersecretary at the Baha Governorate (14th rank); Saud Al-Obaisi as Mayor of Northern Borders at the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs (14th rank); Saleh Jeblawi as Director General of Water in Madinah Province at the Ministry of Water and Electricity (14th rank); Saad Al-Qethami as Director of General Administration for Auditing Companies and Institutions' Accounts at the General Auditing Bureau (14th rank); and Abdullah Al-Saif as Director General of Administrative and Financial Affairs at the Ministry of Civil Service (14th rank).


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I am a bit confused, during my first quest I am looting many items, but I didn't find a way to know at which price an item can be sold later. Is this a design decision or am I missing some info somewhere?
There is no way to view how much gold and item is worth outside of a shop, as far as I have seen.
This is probably because the gold value of an item doesn't matter in Torchlight 2: if you can't find a use for an item then give it to your pet and send it off for sale. This means you should be picking everything up, and using only the best of items for yourself while selling off others.
However, reward items from quests do display their gold value before you choose one, so if you plan on using none of them you can pick the highest gold value item.


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Valero Energy will soon have all 10 of its ethanol plants in the US online and operating at or near capacity, after it idled three of them last year due to low or negative margins.
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CHICAGO -- Valero Energy soon will have all 10 of its ethanol plants online and operating
"at or close to capacity," after it idled three of them last
year due to low or negative margins, company spokesman Bill Day
said Tuesday.
Valero restarted its plant in Albion, Nebraska around the
start of the year. Its Bloomingburg, Ohio plant restarted at
the beginning of March, and the company expects to restart its
Linden, Indiana plant in the next week or
so, Mr. Day said.
"Corn prices have moderated somewhat, and ethanol prices have kept pace,"
improving margins at the plants, he said.
Local corn shortages have challenged various ethanol producers since a severe
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24 Jan 2013 7:00 AM #1
EXT 4.1.3: error when removing nodes from tree
I try to remove a node from a tree
node = tree.getRootNode().findChild("id", "myId", true);
This produces an error in Ext.data.Model (the red line)
The error occurs because store is of type TreeStore, and TreeStore does not have a remove function. It inherits from AbstractStore and the remove function is added in Store.When I remove the boolean (node.remove(false)) then there's no error, but the node is kept in the store...
This error did not occur in Ext 4.1.1
callback = function(operation)
args = [me, operation];
if (operation.wasSuccessful()) {
for(storeCount = stores.length; i < storeCount; i++)
{ store = stores[i];
store.remove(me, true);
if (isNotPhantom) {
store.fireEvent('write', store, operation);
Ext.callback(options.success, scope, args);
} else
Ext.callback(options.failure, scope, args);
Ext.callback(options.callback, scope, args);
Any help would be appreciatedCaius Caesar
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24 Jan 2013 7:47 AM #3
No, didn't realize it was out there. It's still in Beta, isn't it?
We have a big app in the making and experience some issues with every Ext upgrade. We moved just yesterday from 4.1.1 to to 4.1.3. and we can't afford to upgrade the minute there's a new version out.
Having said that, we do make an effort not to stay behind too far, so when 4.2 is released, we will try it and upgrade quickly, if there are no issues.
In the meantime...
What about the bug. It looks like an outright omission to me. Will there be some sort of patch?
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I never wanted to write this column. I was always too afraid to let the public know of my weakness. But now I'm prepared to be strong.
Everything changed for me last Wednesday. Junior Seau - one of my all-time favorite football players -took his life. I waited to write this column hoping we'd hear some sort of confirmation of what happened. Why it happened.
Seau's death is very personal to me. I never had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Seau, but he did have an effect on my life.
Like Seau, I wore No. 55 in my playing career. I'll never forget as a sophomore as a brand new member of the varsity football team, I chose the number over 57 at the time. I can still envision standing over the stack of jerseys yet to be chosen and making that choice in my mind's eye. Then I vividly remember an older teammate shouting, "Hey, look, it's Junior Sobo" as I trotted out for the team picture. You see - Sobo has always been my nickname. It was a witty play on words at the time, but my teammate made the same correlation I did that day. I loved watching Seau play, and I hoped I could play with just a fraction of what he did while on the gridiron.
The other similarity I apparently shared with Seau is that I suffered from depression. While it hasn't been confirmed Seau did, the signs are certainly present.
The illness literally took years of my life. There is a period in time where I accomplished as little as a human possibly could. I joke to this day about how I should have been a doctor, because I spent so many years in college. But the real reason was a result of this debilitating disease.
The fact I suffered from this illness - and yes, it is an illness - made me feel weak. No one was harder on themselves than I. And it all contributed to my problems. As a former athlete who only played for a short period within the grand scheme of my lifetime, it's hard to imagine what former professionals endure after the glory of battle fades.
These problems continue to pop up with numerous current or former pro athletes as well, and it should not be ignored. Former NFL players Dave Duerson and Ray Easterling each committed suicide within the past year. Duerson shot himself in the chest, much like Seau, because he wanted his brain studied for the effects of chronic traumatic encephalopathy. I can't even start to explain the medical intricacies of what that entails, but - in short - its damage the brain sustains from multiple concussions. Symptoms of CTE include dementia, memory loss, aggression, and, yes, depression.
Seau's family has agreed to have Junior's brain tested by Boston University where groundbreaking research is being done on this malady.
NBA great Jerry West may not have gone to the extreme of these aforementioned cases, but the "Logo" discussed how he would mentally "check out" due to depression while acting as the general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers. West discussed how he wouldn't even watch games at times. Instead, he would go see a movie.
Oscar de la Hoya, boxing's "Golden Boy", admitted in September he had fallen into a cycle of alcohol and drug usage. He even contemplated suicide.
Kenny McKinley is a name even rabid sports fans may not remember. He's a name I can't forget. McKinley was South Carolina's all-time leading receiver when he left Columbia. After his first season with the Denver Broncos, McKinley shot himself. Why this death sticks out is the same reason many of these depression related deaths do. After McKinley's death his teammate's said, "But, he was always so happy."
That's why depression is a vicious bitch. It's usually the life of the party who is the one suffering from it. It's the one who craves attention who can't stand the site of hisself or herself. They'll drink the most. They make everyone laugh. But, they're dying inside.
"Junior was outspoken, jovial and such a happy person," former San Francisco 49er George Visger told the San Jose Mercury News. "But he played 20 years at middle linebacker, bumping heads every single day. And for him to go over the edge like this, it's obvious football is part of this."
Those who suffer from depression don't tell you how a random song makes them weep when they're driving a car. They don't say how they pop pills like they're using a Pez dispenser. They don't tell you when it's a cry for help. It has to be recognized. And sometimes it's too late.
All of these men are victims. They're victims of their own hormonal imbalances. They're trapped in their minds. And it's nearly impossible for each of them to pull themselves out of the blackness they envision when they look at themselves in a mirror.
I empathize with all of these men. They're pain may not be tangible, but it's certainly real.
My ego used to get the best of me. I had ambition. I believed I was destined for great things. Depression laughed at that notion. But as de la Hoya pointed out, maybe I did do something special getting past my downfalls.
"This is the biggest fight of my life," de la Hoya told Univision in his revealing interview. "I could put all my opponents in one ring and battle all of them, but this monster is going to be the toughest fight of my life."
Finally, suicide is often described as a selfish act. But, we can't stand in the place of those who make that choice, particularly if they're suffering from maladies which have gone undiagnosed or untreated for far too long.
The first step is realizing there is a problem. The next is getting help.
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But doing that you break out in tears
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On other occasions those same questions are shot down because they are non constructive.
Programming often is not an exact science. There are multiple solutions for a problem and often those solutions all have their pro's and con's.
I do understand why those type of questions can run against some opposition, they do tend to end up in a meta-discussion, actually exactly why meta.stackoverflow.com exists.
My question however is: How would one ask a question of which the answer is highly debatable, even though the opinions of people is actually the answer you are looking for.
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PHOENIX - A group supporting metropolitan Phoenix's sheriff has filed a lawsuit aimed at halting an effort to prompt a recall election against the lawman.
Citizens To Protect Fair Election Results alleges in its lawsuit Thursday that recall organizers have violated the rights of voters who re-elected Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio last year.
The pro-Arpaio group say the sheriff won re-election fair and square and the recall effort is intended to harass the sheriff.
Recall organizers say Arpaio should be recalled, in part, because his office had failed to adequately investigate more than 400 sex-crimes cases.
Recall organizers say they've gathered nearly 150,000 of the more than 335,000 valid petition signatures required by May 30 to prompt a recall election.


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Can you explain the card trick that is explained here?
Edit: Here's a summary of the trick as explained in the video:
Start by asking a spectator to pick any three cards they like out of a standard 52-card deck, without showing them to you, and write them down (to make sure they won't forget them). (Ed. note: You can shuffle the deck if you like, or even let the spectator shuffle it, but you don't have to.)
Divide the remaining cards into four piles, so that first pile will have 10 cards, the second and third piles will have 15 cards each, and fourth pile, set aside, will have the remaining 9 cards.
Now, tell the spectator to put the first card they picked on top of the first pile, then cut the second pile anywhere they want and put the top half on top of the first pile (and the card they picked). Then they should put the second card they picked on top of what remains of the second pile, cut the third pile anywhere they want and put the top half on top of the second pile, and finally put the third card they picked on what remains of the third pile and place the entire fourth pile on top of it. (Ed. note: You could have the spectator cut the fourth pile too, if you wanted; it shouldn't matter as long as all nine cards of it eventually end up on top of the third pile.)
Now collect the three piles of cards together so that pile #3 ends up on top of the deck, pile #2 in between and pile #1 on the bottom. Next, take four cards off the top of the deck and place them on the bottom. Deal the cards from the top of the deck alternatingly into two piles, the first pile face up and the second pile face down. Tell the spectator in advance to say "stop" if they see any of their cards in the face-up pile (which they won't).
Once you've dealt out the entire deck, set the face-up pile aside, pick up the face-down pile and repeat the process, dealing it into two smaller piles, the first pile face up and the other face down. Again, tell the spectator to say "stop" if they see any of their three cards in the face-up pile — they won't. Keep repeating this process until you're down to just three face-down cards. Show those cards to the spectator; they'll be exactly the ones they picked and wrote down.


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ST. CLAIRSVILLE - Jim Tressel will forever be known as a former head football coach at The Ohio State University.
However, Belmont County students and families will get the first-hand chance to learn that there's much more to Tressel than just football.
The Premier Bank & Trust is sponsoring a college readiness event at Ohio University's Eastern Health and Physical Education Center on Friday, May 17 with Tressel, who is now employed as the Vice President of Strategic Engagement at the University of Akron, serving as the keynote speaker.
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The event, which is free of charge, is targeted toward Belmont County students currently in grades 8-10. It will begin at 3:30 p.m. and is expected to last no more than 60 minutes.
"We've been trying to find a good way to get our foot in the door with the area schools," said Premier Bank & Trust Marketing Director Alicia Freeman. "We're trying to tie together financial planning for college and also just ways to be more prepared for that next step in the kids' lives.'
It was decided to focus on the junior high and early high school students because they're probably just now starting to think about colleges and take a closer look at what lies ahead in their futures. The presentation will be beneficial in course selection, preparing for the rigors of college and also to help parents plan for the costs involved.
Along with his coaching career, which ended after the 2010 season, Tressel has authored several books, including "Success is a Journey." The topics of Tressel's books deal center around dealing with adversity and success, attitude and discipline.
Tressel, who led the Buckeyes to the 2002 BCS National Championship, serves on the Premier Bank & Trust Board of Directors. Through his job at Akron, he's been able to get out and speak to students all over the northeast portion of Ohio.
"I've heard Coach Tressel speak and he's really good," Freeman said. "He's been talking to a lot of eighth graders and it's been very successful, so we're hoping to pattern our program after that."
Freeman hopes that Premier Bank & Trust is able to do an event for college planning each spring, but she's not sure of the magnitude.
"We want to help the students get to the next level of education," Freeman said. "We're trying to educate students about finances because the state of Ohio has determined that there's a lack of financial literacy among students. At the same time, we want to make sure we help educate on life in general."
Information has been sent to all eight schools in Belmont County, and according to Freeman, the idea has been well received by school officials and guidance counselors.
"All of the guidance counselors are doing what they can to reach out to the parents and help share this and why it's important and why it would be beneficial," Freeman said.
Those wishing to attend are encouraged to reserve a spot by May 15 by calling 699-4600.
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I am specifically interested in countering 6pool early rush as Protoss but you can include other races too.
What you want to do is something along these lines:
You use your first Gateway and Cybernetics core (or second Gatway, or Pylon) to create a wall with a single hole, and you chronoboost out your first Zealot to hold that hole.
In the case of a 6 Pool you should be able to get that first Zealot out just around the time the first 6 Zerglings arrive. Many times this means you won't have the Zealot in time to stop the Zerglings. I highly recommend using the Zealot to block the hole (still) and using your probes to defending against the Zerglings. You should have sufficient Probes (a dozen or so) to hold off lings, but if you chase the Zerglings with the Zealot, his follow up pushes are going to get into your base.
Usually you will use a second Zealot to chase down any remaining lings who have survived to that point.
Normally I don't recommend using a Pylon as part of your Wall because pylons have low health and are susceptible to Baneling busts or pressure later on; I much perfer the wall-in shown in this picture. However, if you scout 6 pool it may not always be feasible to rely on getting that Cybernetics Core down and you maybe forced to use a Pylon or Second Gateway.
Remember, buildings, while they are being built, still act as a wall.
"but you can include other races too."
Playing as Z, I really love the 11pool18hatch build. Make sure to scout early to see what's coming.
If you see a super early pool, pump some lings to defend and counter attack. You should have plenty of time to build up defenses when scouting a 6pool.
I usually scout with my 9th.
If he goes for stand 13-15 pool, you have your queen earlier and can pump 7 drones with the first inject - should be almost as good as the other eco-openings.
PS: Don't know too much about P tho :D
Supplement to tzenes' answer.
If you scout a 6 pool (you should always scout), prefer to get a 2nd gateway instead of a cyber core. A 2 gate zealot push will easily win the game if the Zerg's 6 pool failed to do any serious damage.
Also, as Protoss, always wall off against Zerg; ideally with a wall similar to the picture tzenes has.
Finally, while a 6 pool can be done effectively on almost any map, it is worth considering that a 6 poll is really only common on the map "Steps of War".


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The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz chaired the Cabinet session at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah today. At the outset he described the talks he held last week with several foreign officials, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Omani Sultan Qaboos bin Said, Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani and U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.
The Cabinet condemned a raid carried out today by Israeli forces against a flotilla carrying aid to the Palestinians, which resulted in several deaths, and called upon the international community to take action against Israel's policy of blockading Gaza.
The Cabinet commended the convening of the Third Global Forum of the Alliance of Civilizations, inaugurated last week in Rio de Janeiro by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva under the theme "Bridging Cultures, Building Peace." It also expressed pride that the Kingdom will become – in July – the first Arab state to assume the Presidency of the Advisory Committee for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). Finally, the Cabinet welcomed the approval by the states participating in the Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to hold an international conference in 2012 with the aim of making the Middle East a nuclear weapons-free zone.
Turning to its agenda items, the Cabinet approved an amendment to an agreement between Saudi Arabia and Libya regulating airline flights between the two countries; approved the replacement of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs by the Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs at the Civil Defense Council; approved a memorandum of understanding in the field of technical and vocational training between the Saudi General Organization for Technical and Vocational Training and New Zealand's International Technical Institutes; approved the Kingdom's accession to the Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return of Objects Launched into Outer Space, the Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space, and the Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies; and approved the structuring of the Saudi Organization for Standardization, Metrology and Quality.
The Cabinet appointed Ali bin Othman Al-Zaid; Mazen Bin Mohammed Batterjee; and Abdullah bin Ali Alsane' to be members of the board of the Saudi Organization for Standardization, Metrology and Quality for a period of three years, effective immediately. It also approved the appointment of Abdullah Al-Hagbani to the position of Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry for Teachers Affairs at the Ministry of Education (14th rank).


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I remember there was a version of Google or Bing that you could input a search query, hit enter, and get the link for that, and send it to someone, and they could watch the query type itself out and search for the query?
If anyone could remind me what that webapp was, that would be great! Thanks!


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The Dodge City Convention and Visitors Bureau is hosting a presentation on customer service skills at 9:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 19, at the Magouirk Conference Center at 4100 W. Comanche in Dodge City. Titled "Get the Heck into Dodge & Find your Moments of Truth in Customer Service," the presentation will target communication and language barriers, how to interact and sell products, along with how to cope with difficult customers. The event is open to the public and admission is free. According to City Manager Ken Strobel, the event is intended to be of assistance to local businesses, giving them an opportunity to learn new methods of customer service. "We're really trying to become the experts at customer service and hospitality not only to our visitors but to our community," Jan Stevens of the Dodge City Convention and Visitors Bureau said. The presentation is the second in a series that began last year with "Get the Heck into Dodge & keep them coming back for more." This year's speaker will be Ruth St. Pierre, who also attended the event last year. "I think what others will gain is perspective on how the customer experience influences their buying decisions, how it will encourage repeat business, and also to be mindful of the image they're creating of themselves, their company and Dodge City in general," St. Pierre said. She also added, however, that customer service lessons aren't merely confined to the business world. "Customer experience and customer service applies in all areas of our life, and I think this program helps emphasize that," St. Pierre said.
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Author Jared Green polls 80 of the world's preeminent thinkers on ways to build for a sustainable future in a new book from Princeton Architectural Press.04.22.15
Monochromatic Color Palettes Are the Ultimate Modern Design Tool
With stunning photographs by Pia Ullin, Monochrome Home shows how restrained color palettes of inky blues, black, white, and neutrals create a sophisticated, modern interior. Written by Hilary...photos by: Pia Ulin03.30.15
A New Book on the Los Angeles Development of Iconic Modernist Architect A. Quincy Jones
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26 Books You Need to Read if You Love Design
Delving into everything from Alexander Girard to wabi-sabi, we take a look at 26 authoritative works on modern architecture, design, and technology.written by: Dora Vanette12.28.14
These Studios of Scandinavian Designers Are Bursting with Creativity
A book profiling workspaces ends up revealing the personalities of Scandinavian creatives, craftspeople, and makers.11.04.14
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Stunning Modern Cabins and Hideouts in a New Book
There's no denying the appeal of a cozy retreat tucked into the wilderness. Cabins, a new tome from Taschen due out in November, surveys structures spanning a riverfront boathouse to a bungalow in...09.15.14
Beneath the Streets: Photos of New York's Secret Underground
A new book opens the door to a subterranean New York only seen by transit workers and graffiti artist.05.21.14
Judge These Books by Their Covers: Graphic Designer David Pearson
A gallery show spotlights the acclaimed bookwork by British graphic artist David Pearson.04.30.14
Small-Scale Architecture Around the World
Philip Jodidio's new book visits innovative projects across the globe, investigating the ingenuity of small-scale design.written by: Jacqueline Leahy04.25.14
Suburban Sprawl Photographed from Above
Christoph Gielen's aerial photography reveals the patterns created by suburban development.written by: Brian Bruegge04.22.14
The History of the Modern Workspace
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Best Midcentury Homes in America
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Reading List: Demolished Paul Rudolph Homes
Photographer Chris Mottalini pays homage to Paul Rudolph's architectural legacy by documenting his almost-demolished homes—and reminding us what we can't get back.written by: Kelsey Keithphotos by: Chris Mottalini12.11.13
Jose Dávila's Compilation of Architecture That's 'There But Not'
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The Future of Architecture by Pieterjan Grandry
The future of architecture is no new concept for reflection. Frank Lloyd Wright wrote a book about it, published in 1970, and before that Walter Gropius can be heard articulating his theories on...written by: Cortney Cassidy07.25.13
Do It: The Compendium by Hans Ulrich Obrist
With his newest book, internationally renowned curator Hans Ulrich Obrist brings together 20 years of his do it project: an expansive series of artist-produced instructions, able to be replicated...written by: Laura Feinstein06.18.13
9 Amazing Modern Houses by Paul Archer
We're big fans of British architect Paul Archer, so much so that we ran a story on the incredible Green Orchard house he designed for his parents in our June 2013 issue. Naturally we were thrilled...06.14.13
Wood Architecture Now! Volume 2 by Philip Jodidio
Taschen's forthcoming Wood Architecture Now! Volume 2 is a compilation of pioneering works built from man's inaugural construction material. Pushed to the wayside of late for steel, concrete, and...written by: Sara Carpenter06.11.13
Nate Berkus's One Two Punch
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Made in Japan: 100 New Products
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Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec: Works
Design fans, get ready to add a hot new monograph to the bookshelf—Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec: Works by Anniia Koivu is out from Phaidon Press this month. A handsome, large-format tome,...05.10.12
Houses of the Sundown Sea
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Paris Versus New York
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Board Chief: 'We've Waited Long Enough'
Marshall County Board of Education President Roger Lewicki is determined to finally have the new Cameron High/Middle School complex open in time for students to occupy it on Jan. 3.
"We have waited long enough," Lewicki said Monday during a special board meeting.
The $32.5 million structure is more than a year behind schedule. Board members hope to allow workers to move equipment and furniture into the structure as early as next week, though school officials said this will definitely happen by Dec. 18.
"We are where we need to be. We have stayed the course," added Superintendent Fred Renzella.
Board Vice President Lori Kestner said she was impressed with the structure during a recent tour, noting that the cafeteria is "bright and big."
"The building has a very relaxed feeling," she said.
Just three days before the school is scheduled to open on Dec. 18, Marshall County voters are being asked to provide board members more than $82 million over the next five years by approving a renewal operating levy during a Dec. 15 special election. School officials said these funds pay for everything from building renovations and employee benefits to band equipment and 4-H programs. Marshall County voters passed the first operating levy in 1959 – and they have approved every one since.
Assistant Superintendent Wayne Simms previously said it usually costs about $80,000 to hold the special election. He noted, however, that school officials prefer to have the special election so that voters can focus on the matter.
If passed by a simple majority, the Marshall County levy will provide $16.43 million to the school district every year for five years, which will total $82.16 million during the period.
The levy will charge 22.95 cents per $100 of assessed value for Class I properties; 45.9 cents per $100 in value for Class II properties; and 91.8 cents per $100 in value for Class III and IV properties. The largest portion of the levy money would be spent for employee salary supplements and substitute costs, as well as renovations at John Marshall High School.
Monday, board members unanimously approved a proclamation noting that the excess levy will only charge property owners at 98 percent instead of 100 percent. Renzella said this was so that voters can know that the rate of taxation is not rising.
"Every year, our board has voted to lower the rate from 100 percent to 98 percent. This way, voters can be assured this will continue," he said.
The board is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Dec. 11 at Cameron High School in Cameron, though Renzella said Monday he is trying to move this meeting to Dec. 13.


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so i have:
2ghz Celeron (478)
3x 512mb 266mhz RAM
Ati Radeon HD 2400 PRO AGP
i use 11.10 (instalated from windows) but is very slow (i use it for internet, chat, youtube and one online game)
so which version is better for my PC 10.xx or 9.xx
Maybe you'll better install 11.10 Xubuntu. Or Lubuntu. 9.XX is no longer supported, and 10.04 won't run much faster. Xubuntu is pretty fast, but Lubuntu is superspeed ;) Just figure out, test, an choose :)
That computer should be more than powerful enough to run normal Ubuntu. The question is how well supported your VGA is. You may not want to use Compiz as your window manageer. Normal Ubuntu comes with the option to load a 2D desktop, which you can access by clicking on the button next to the password field before you log in. It is called Ubuntu 2D. This uses Metacity instead of Compiz, but will still give you the modern Unity desktop.
Remember that everything is available in Ubuntu. You don't have to use Lubuntu, Xubuntu, etc. For instance, if you want to have the option of switching between Unity, LXDE and Xfce, simply click to install them. You'll then be able to choose at login. LXDE will just be added without any issues. Xfce will have a conflict with the notification system, and will warn you that Ubuntu Desktop will be removed. It's fine. It's only a warning, and only the notification system will be removed. You can just reinstall Ubuntu Desktop to undo. It's only a few KB of download.
In other words; my recommendation is that you give Ubuntu a try, and if necessary, experiment with different desktops. No need to reinstall the entire system for that.


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I've been watching a lot of Hells Kitchen, and one of the signature dishes that Chef Ramsay has the chefs prepare is Risotto. This seems like a simple enough dish but often times the seasoned chefs on the show get it wrong. I'd like to try making this dish at home, so what is the technique I should use to ensure a tasty final result?
One of my favorite recipes is Giada De Laurentis' Wild Mushroom with Peas. It's rather simple, but amazingly delicious.
The most common flubs when making a risotto are overcooking or dumping in all the liquid at once. I always use the wooden spoon test to determine when the risotto is finished.
First, stir often!
Periodically drag your spoon down the center of the pan as to part the risotto. If the path the spoon makes closes quickly then it isn't finished yet. If the part stays open, then you've overcooked it. Ideally it slowly oozes back together.
You're looking for two important things in a perfect risotto:
The typical issue with risotto is that it requires attention -- it's considered a problematic dish because you're supposed to stir it almost constantly. The issue is that you need to get enough starch off the rice to get it to be creamy, so you want to keep only a little bit of liquid in there at any time, so that you can keep the grains rubbing up against each other.
You need to add the liquid a little bit at a time, but you want it already hot, or it'll just take forever. You can use stock, but if you do, go with low sodium or you might end up with too salty of a dish. You can make a pseudo stock quickly by pouring water over dried mushrooms to reconstitute them (but be careful of the grit that'll fall to the bottom), or by quickly boiling some shrimp, then peel the meat for adding later, and leave the heads and shells boiling in the water.
It also doesn't hold well -- you need to eat it soon after it's done, as it'll continue absorbing liquid, and will set up if it's over cooked or cools.
So, the basic steps:
Leftovers are tricky, too ... it can be microwaved if you didn't add too much cheese, but you'll need to add a little extra liquid before microwaving. You can also make balls, coat 'em in tomato sauce and bake.
"Risotto" is a typical Italian rice-based dish, it comes in a number of variations, but the basic technique is common for all the versions:
Start browning some chopped onion with butter or olive oil, then add the rice and roast it a bit. When the rice is roasted add some white wine and let it almost evaporate, then cover the rice with vegetable stock. continuously add stock to cover the rice while it cooks, and stir frequently! The more you stir, the better it cooks! Cook until the rice is soft but beware to not overcook it! You should get the ideal cooking level called "al dente", the best way to get it is to taste frequently (as every rice variety has a different cooking time).
At the end, add butter and grated parmigiano cheese and stir vigorously (this phase is called "mantecatura").
Now, with this basic recipe you can create as many variations as you want. Just add vegetables, or tomato soup, or cheese, or sausage (add the additional ingredients in time to have they well cooked when the rice itself will be cooked).
A common Italian version is called "alla Milanese", you have to add some saffron near the end of the cooking, the rice will have a nice yellow color!
The basic risotto recipe is fairly simple.
1) Buy some risotto rice. I usually get mine from trader joes and it is called Arborio Rice.
2) Make sure you heat the rice along with some olive oil before you start adding the stock. Many recipes will also add wine, onions, or other flavors at this point.
3) Once the rice is translucent (semi opaque), then add your stock.
4) Make sure that you always keep the rice in the stock. If you let any stray rice grains sit on the side above the stock they will be hard.
5) Don't stop cooking and adding stock until the rice is very tender.
Have fun!
Restaurants frequently cheat on risotto by taking it to 80% done, and then chilling. Reheat, final liquid addition, stir to creamy, and you're good. Or pretty good. This can save your butt at a dinner party -- cooking risotto for a large number of people absolutely sucks, for all the reasons mentioned above.
Find a recipe you'd like to try.
The biggest issue with rissotto that I have found is that it doesn't get cooked enough and you end up with raw rice, or you end up with extremely thick rissotto.
A good rule of thumb is to have your stock heated up while you start your rissotto and when you start to ladle in your stock, stir constantly until the stock has been absorbed. This will help lead to a creamy delicious cooked rissotto.
I use a similar approach to what Joe describes in this answer list. I would like to just add a few notes.
First, I like to caramelize an onion in extra virgin olive oil and add some minced garlic as it's finished. Then I begin preparing and cooking the rice the same way Joe describes. The caramelized onion adds a great flavor to the risotto. All of my guests who've tried it loved it.
Also, I don't add any vegetables until I'm on my last addition of stock. Typical vegetables for me are peas, which retain their shape and flavor if not added until late in the game and roasted red pepper, which also retain their shape and flavor for the same reason.
Risotto is one of my favorite dishes and very easy to prepare. Here's how I've been taught to make it:
Also it's always nice to add some extras such as...
Oh, and put some salt and pepper in there too ;)
If you have the money, I recommend investing in a kitchen product called "Thermomix". A lot of restaurants use them to make super easy risottos.
It's not cheap, but it will make an amazing risotto in 20 minutes and you don't have to stir - at all. In fact, you put the ingredients in, turn it on and walk away.
If you don't want to use Dairy, I put a teaspoon of Duck fat in with good Olive oil in to get a nice mouthfeel.
I also cook it in a Tagine (Moroccan pointy top pot) which seems to work quite well, being like an oven, even when used on the stove top. I find I can add all the stock in one go, and stir it a few times still with good results, as the "oven effect" of the tagine bakes it to some degree I expect... it also makes it a one pot dish if you do the stock with cubes, a jug and and boiling the kettle ;-)
My kids love my prawn, spring onion and pea risotto... the mild onion contrasts the creamy and prawn flavours nicely. Warm/cook the prawns with the oil in the first stage to set the flavour, then set them aside till the end, and mix back in at the final stage with the peas and the spring onion, otherwise the prawns will overcook and be tough.
As you can tell, I'm not a traditionalist, but I have eaten Risotto in Northern Italy as well - buon appetito!!
Some more tips here: http://itpleasesus.com/2010/03/14/perfect-risotto/


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Looking forward to relaxing on the boat this weekend with that ice chest full of cold beer? Better think again. Georgia Department of Natural Resources Division law enforcement officers, as part of a national coordinated effort of stepped-up enforcement known as Operation Dry Water, will be out in force the weekend of June 25-27 looking for boat operators whose blood alcohol concentration exceeds the state limit of .10%. Operation Dry Water will include concentrated patrols, breathalyzer tests, and checkpoints as well as boater education.
"We want people to be have fun while boating," said Sgt. Mike Burgamy. "But BUI has become the leading contributing factor in fatal recreational boating accidents. We recommend that boaters avoid drinking alcoholic beverages, and we will have zero tolerance for anyone found operating a boat under the influence of alcohol or drugs on our waters."
Alcohol can impair a boater's judgment, balance, vision, and reaction time. It can increase fatigue and susceptibility to the effects of cold-water immersion. Sun, wind, noise, vibration, and motion – "stressors" common to the boating environment – intensify the side effects of alcohol, drugs, and some prescription medications. United States Coast Guard statistics from 2008, the latest available, reveal that 17 percent of all boat accident fatalities were a direct result of alcohol or drug us. Impaired boaters caught this weekend can expect penalties to be severe. In Georgia they include fines, jail and loss of boating privileges.
Operation Dry Water, launched in 2009 by NASBLA in partnership with the United States Coast Guard, has been a highly successful effort to draw public attention to the hazards of BUI. Operation Dry Water is a national weekend of Boating Under the Influence (BUI) detection and enforcement aimed at reducing the number of alcohol and drug-related accidents and fatalities and fostering a stronger and more visible deterrent to alcohol and drug use on the water. It is held during the summer boating season and coordinated by NASBLA, in partnership with the states, the U.S. Coast Guard and other agencies. Curbing the number of alcohol and drug-related accidents and fatalities is key to achieving a safer and more enjoyable environment for recreational boating.
Last summer, agencies and organizations from 46 states and 5 territories participated in the first ever Operation Dry Water weekend. Over that three-day weekend, 2,442 marine law enforcement officers made contact with 17,454 recreational vessels and issued 5,320 boating safety warnings, 283 BUI citations and 1,127 citations for other violations. In Georgia, 177 citations for BUI were issued in 2009. This year, all 56 states, trusts and territories are expected to participate, searching for boat operators whose alcohol or drug impairment makes them a danger to other boaters.
"There will be arrests this weekend, and some boaters will face the consequences of boating under the influence," added Sgt. Burgamy. "But we'd much rather arrest someone than to have to tell their friends and family they're never coming back."
Operation Dry Water is a joint program of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators, and the U.S. Coast Guard. More information is available at www.operationdrywater.org.


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Long-time photographer just getting into pano, with 2 questions:
Id like to share a NN head with a couple of other photographers. They have full size DSLRs and I have a mirrorless, but may upgrade soon. Is there any reason one of the bigger NNs, like the 4 or M series, cant be used with my current camera?
Can I use an Acra Swiss style QR plate on the bottom of the rotator? My tripod has a RRS lever release clamp, and Id like the flexibility of that mounting.


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I am new and I just installed Ubuntu on my desktop. Do I have to install drivers for my modem for it to download fast? Because the download speed I am getting is really slow compared to my mac.
Drivers are the programs to make communication between your System and device. Ubuntu is so powerful that it automatically recognize modems so you don't need to install extra driver for it and main thing is that Your internet connection speed doesn't depends on modem driver.
No. Either Ubuntu has the driver for a piece hardware or it does not. If it works (but slowly) it means the driver is supported. In general, nowadays, no extra installation is required for modems.
In case we are talking about torrents.
Check your router and confirm that you opended the ports required for bittorrent for your machine. If these are not open you will probably get very low to no download speed.
Internet speed depends on RAM(fine if 2 gb) and CPU speed. Also, if u r opening many web pages, or running multiple applications at the same time, it can slow down or hang.


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NEW YORK, March 10, 2006-The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will treat approximately 51,100 trees susceptible to the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) in New York this spring. These treatments are part of the ALB cooperative eradication program's effort to prevent further infestation of this invasive insect pest and reduce beetle populations.
APHIS will treat trees in portions of the 132-square mile quarantine area in New York with the insecticide imidacloprid, which has yielded positive results in past treatments. Program officials will begin the treatment schedule with approximately 11,282 trees in Manhattan starting in mid-March. Treatment to approximately 22,900 trees in Brooklyn will follow starting in early April. By mid-April, the treatment of 17,000 trees in Queens will begin.
Program officials, through the use of certified pesticide applicator contractors, will be primarily treating the soil surrounding trees, where appropriate, or by injecting the insecticide into the trees through a hand-held hydraulic applicator that uses compressed air to inject insecticide into the tree's trunk. Each site will be closely monitored.
Regardless of the treatment form, the imidacloprid is dispersed through the tree's vascular system. This enables the insecticide to reach ALB adults feeding on small twigs and leaves and the larvae feeding beneath the bark of host trees. Imidacloprid is currently used in the lawn care industry to kill lawn grubs and in some domestic pet treatments to kill fleas.
The larvae of the ALB bore into healthy hardwood trees and feed on living tree tissue and heartwood. Later, throughout the summer, adult beetles emerge from exit holes and briefly feed on the leaves and small twigs of host trees. To fight this destructive invader, agriculture officials have removed and destroyed more than 6,000 trees infested with ALB in and around New York City and Long Island since the insect was found in Brooklyn in 1996.
APHIS and its cooperators undertake eradication by imposing quarantines, conducting visual inspections around confirmed sites to determine the scope of infestations, removing infested and high-risk exposed trees and chemically treating host trees as part of an areawide integrated pest eradication strategy. The goal is to eliminate this destructive insect from New York City and Long Island before it can establish itself elsewhere.
The public can assist the eradication effort by allowing project officials access to their property to evaluate susceptible trees for any signs of ALB infestation and/or to treat trees that are susceptible to ALB infestation. For more information on the treatment program, call 1-866-265-0301. The public can help by looking for ALB, which are about 1 to 1.5 inches long, have a shiny jet black body with distinctive white spots and long antennae that are banded in black and white. To report a sighting of this insect, call 1-877-STOP ALB.
APHIS, USDA's Forest Service, USDA's Agricultural Research Service, New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation and the New York Department of Environmental Conservation participate in the ALB cooperative eradication program. For more information visit the APHIS Web site at www.aphis.usda.gov/alb.
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