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Dorothy Bryant
Computer Information Systems Degree
Crisp County Center
"As a successful graduate with an Associate Degree in Computer Information Systems from South Georgia Technical College, I now have a great career. I am able to use the skills I learned at SGTC to provide technology support for my entire office.
After returning to college from the workforce, I was able to advance in my career and show everyone that it can be done. Now that I have my degree, I am able to set a good example for my two children. SGTC has taught me the skills and techniques to use not only in my job, but also to be an example for others who want to continue their education.
Anyone who wants to further their education, whether you are fresh out of high school or have been out for 20 years or more, SGTC is here for you."
Dorothy Bryant
Administrative Operations Coordinator
Georgia Department of Community Health
Office of Rural Health Services
Cordele, GA
Denise Collins
Business Office Technology
Americus Campus
"After receiving my GED from South Georgia Technical College, I was able to continue my education and enroll in the Business Office Technology program. The courses I took prepared me for the workforce and gave me the confidence and understanding of today's latest office technology that I need to succeed.
The instructors at SGTC provided me with individual attention to be certain that I mastered the skills necessary to compete in today's job market.
Anyone can take steps to insure a more successful future by enrolling in one of SGTC's diploma or degree programs. SGTC staff and faculty are here for anyone needing direction in their career and to help students choose a program and get started."
Denise Collins
Adult Literacy Department
South Georgia Technical College
Nick & Melissa Mantooth
Welding & Joining Technology
Americus Campus
"South Georgia Technical College is the reason we have a career! The hands-on skills we are gaining are opening up job opportunities we never dreamed were possible. By obtaining knowledge in pipe welding, we will be able to seek employment opportunities all over the world. Thanks to SGTC, we have a secure career we love that allows us to work together and travel oversees to pursue career opportunities."
Nick and Melissa Mantooth
Plains, Georgia
Nick and Melissa are married and pursuing a career in Welding and Joining Technology. They are both employed with Fru-Con, a subcontractor serving Weyerhaeuser in Macon County.
Kedra Glover
Computer Information Systems
Microcomputer Specialist Degree
Crisp County Center
"South Georgia Technical College is convenient for everyone. The College has given me an opportunity that I may not otherwise have. As a mother of two, working full-time, SGTC offered me the opportunity to further my education. Also, the skills I learned will give me an edge as I pursue a career in the Computer Information Systems field."
Kedra Glover
Byromville, Georgia
Walter G. Carter, Jr.
Computer Information Systems
Microcomputer Specialist and Networking Specialist Diploma
"South Georgia Tech is a phenomenal place to learn techniques and skills that you can use on the job. Since working with my current employer for three years, I have received four promotions. Not only has SGTC helped me advance in my career, but the instructors and staff provide a family-type relationship with students that has helped me better myself as a person."
Walter G. Carter, Jr.
Vienna, Georgia
Adam Saunders
Aviation and Avionics Maintenance
Americus Campus
"I began working at Robins Air Force Base in July of 1999 through the co-op program with South Georgia Technical College. I rotated working and attending college for six months at the time, until I finished the Aviation and Avionics Maintenance Technology programs. SGTC has meant everything in helping me to get my career started. If it were not for the contacts SGTC has with the Base, I would not be working here now. The instructors opened my eyes to the opportunities available in my career field, such as with major airlines and the military. This field is a great career choice because it offers job security and stability. SGTC is a great college with great programs that many other schools may not offer. Also, the instructors also go the extra mile to help their students. I know I made the right choice!"
Adam Saunders
Electronics Technician
Robins Air Force Base
Gordon Sumner
Environmental Horticulture
Americus Campus
"The Environmental Horticulture program at South Georgia Technical College really gave me the edge I needed in my career field. The courses I took prepared me for the licensure exams that I need to advance in my career. With my job I am able to utilize the skills I learned at SGTC through hands-on training such as installing irrigation, propagating plants in the greenhouse, and much more. Now that I have completed my course work at SGTC, I am attending Georgia Southwestern to earn a degree in Business. Since earning my diploma, I have also been afforded more responsibility in my job. I am confident in my career field and feel it is a good choice. Jobs in this field are available most everywhere and I know that the person with good technical skills will be the one hired first. That is why I got my education at SGTC."
Gordon Sumner
Markette Nursery
Americus, Georgia
Kimberly Wilson
Marketing Management and Practical Nursing
Crisp County Center
"South Georgia Technical College helped me realize my goals. Although I have worked in a doctor's office for nearly ten years, it was only recently that I decided to pursue an education in nursing. I first decided to further my education by taking the Marketing Management program at SGTC. I earned my diploma in 2002 and from there entered the Practical Nursing Program. I graduated from this program in 2003 and passed the state exams. By completing this program, I was able to further my current career choices by advancing my education. SGTC gave me the flexibility I needed to continue working and attend classes at the same time. I realize that you are never too old to pursue your career goals. South Georgia Tech helped me to make the most of my career choice and they can help you too!"
Kimberly Wilson
Licensed Practical Nurse
Dr. Wiley Wilson's Office
Cordele, Georgia
Steven Ray
Welding & Joining Technology
Americus Campus & Crisp County Center
"South Georgia Technical College helped me to get started in my career. The Career Services Department and my instructors at SGTC helped me to find out about the job I have now as a welder at Old Biscayne Designs in Americus. My two years at South Georgia Tech gave me the foundation I needed to succeed. I was able to take day and night classes at both the Crisp County Center and the Americus Campus. This flexible scheduling was a factor in my decision to further my education. College was a great experience for me. South Georgia Tech made it easy for me and they can for you too!
Steven Ray
Welder, Old Biscayne Designs
Americus, Georgia
Amanda Marshall
Practical Nursing
Americus Campus
"Attending South Georgia Technical College has been a wonderful experience. I feel I am prepared for my career path as a licensed practical nurse and am looking forward to starting my career. I will never forget the amazing friends I have made and the instructors who got me through. South Georgia Tech gave me the beginning I needed."
Amanda Marshall
Americus, Georgia
• GOAL Nominee
• Student of the Month
• National VICA Competition Medallist
• SGTC Foundation Scholar
Norwin McDonnough
Electronics Technology
Crisp County Center
"Entering the electronics program at South Georgia Technical College has opened a new door in my life that will guarantee financial prosperity. As a co-op participant at Robins Air Force Base, I am one of the lucky few that can honestly say 'I truly enjoy my job.' South Georgia Tech has sparked a new interest that has helped me keep up to date with the fast paced technology of our time. This College has given me an advantage both personally and professionally. I now have the beginning I need to be successful!"
Norwin McDonnough
Cordele, Georgia
• RAFB Co-op Participant
Megina McCann
Drafting & Advanced Drafting
Americus Campus
"Applying to South Georgia Technical College was easy. The staff was friendly and helpful in assisting me with getting things in order. When I took the placement test, I found it that it was pretty easy. It's nothing to be afraid of. All it is for is to evaluate your current skill level and to find out what classes you are ready for. I took advantage of the joint enrollment opportunity while at Sumter County High School and received credit for classes taken at SGTC. Upon graduation, I was well on my way to getting a Drafting diploma from SGTC. I plan on continuing my education to get an Associate Degree. Applying is easy but don't wait. I applied early and the process went smoothly. If you are looking for on-the-job training for a successful career, SGTC is the place to be."
Megina McCann
Drafting Student
Americus, Georgia
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One of the hardest duties of a civil servant or elected official is to tell citizens what they don't want to hear, even if its for the health of the municipality.
Just like households, however, civil servants wouldn't be doing their constituents any good in running away from a situation that would be better addressed sooner. Such is the situation in Toronto, where City Council just voted to raise water and sewage rates for city residents and businesses.
The rate for the first 3,000 gallons of water has increased from $20 to $24 per month per customer, with $6 charged for each additional 1,000 gallons after that. Also, the sewage rates also have increased to $18 for the first 3,000 gallons per month, with an additional $6 charged for each additional 1,000 gallons.
Ohio law requires sewage and water municipal accounts to stand alone and be self-funded. In other words, they can't run a deficit.
For years Toronto has enjoyed very low rates for water and sewage due to good management and the city having its own water treatment plant. However, city Auditor Bob Owen has advised city rates be increased to keep pace with rising costs for chemicals used to treat water, energy and repairs.
Additionally, the city's water distribution infrastructure requires updates as mandated by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The alarming number of water line breaks in the past five years also is a sign the city's aging distribution system needs overhauled. Updates at the city's sewage treatment plant also are needed.
Mayor John Geddis also is thinking ahead in that to be eligible for grant funds and low-interest loans needed for the updates the increases were necessary. No one would be willing to give grants or loans for an overhaul if a municipality couldn't prove it could pay it back or its enterprise fund was in the red.
Geddis has said at previous council meetings he believes the city will be eligible for grant funding to pay for a substantial portion of the water and sewage upgrades. This will save Toronto taxpayers funds in the long run, as any overhaul will be an expensive proposition.
The current administration has done an outstanding job in the past in acquiring grants and low-interest loans for needed city projects. We believe city officials when they state the increases are necessary for the long-term financial health of the city and will save taxpayers funds in the end.
Even with the increases, Geddis had said Toronto water customers will be paying less than customers in other neighboring municipalities, including in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Mingo Junction and Wintersville.
A little pain for city water customers now could result in bigger savings later.

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C++11 Tidbits: access control under SFINAE conditions
By Paolo Carlini on Sep 17, 2012
Lately I have been spending quite some time on the SFINAE ("Substitution failure is not an error") features of C++, fixing and tweaking various bits of the GCC implementation.
An important missing piece was the implementation of the resolution of DR 1170 which, in a nutshell, mandates that access checking is done as part of the substitution process. Consider:
class C { typedef int type; }; template <class T, class = typename T::type> auto f(int) -> char; template <class> auto f(...) -> char (&)[2]; static_assert (sizeof(f<C>(0)) == 2, "Ouch");
According to the resolution, the static_assert should not fire, and the snippet should compile successfully, the reason being that the first f overload must be removed from the candidate set because C::type is private to C. On the other hand, before the resolution of DR 1170, the expected behavior was for the first overload to remain in the candidate set, win over the second one, to eventually lead to an access control error (*).
In GCC mainline (would be 4.8) the DR is finally implemented, thus benefiting the many modern programming techniques exploiting SFINAE, among which certainly the GNU C++ runtime library itself, which relies on it for the internals of <type_traits> and in several other places.
Note that the resolution of the DR is active even in C++98 mode, not just in C++11 mode, because it turned out that the traditional behavior, as implemented in GCC, wasn't fully consistent in all the possible circumstances.
(*) In practice, GCC didn't really implement this, the static_assert triggered instead.


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I am going on road-trip from Baltimore Maryland to Florida what can I on the way near the I-95 that's not too expensive?
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Driving I-95 from Baltimore to Florida is a very long day by itself. If you do it straight, its about 12 hours or so.
I-95 passes through (or around) some major cities:
Note, no disrespect to Fayetteville, but unless you have a burning desire to see Ft. Bragg, it's a miss.
Going through North Carolina and South Carolina, however, the main attraction is impossible to miss. Like Wall Drug in South Dakota, Pedro's South of the Border has hundreds of miles of tacky billboards. It's a dive, but it is I-95's dive. If you have kids, they'll make you stop anyways.


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In Wolf Blitzer's CNN Situation Room today—where things are watched very closely—Jack Cafferty filed a report about Sarah Palin's odd post-Arizona shooting speech. What'd we learn? Cafferty hates Palin—he also thinks her shot at the Presidency is over.
Also Today: Here's Every Breath Sarah Palin Took During Her "Blood Libel" Speech


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Due Process, Co-Produced by the Law School, Wins 22nd Emmy Award
Due Process, the weekly public television series on law and justice produced by Rutgers School of Law–Newark in association with the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and the Division of Continuing Studies, has received its 22nd Emmy Award.
|Due Process's Sandra King at the 2013 Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards ceremony.
During ceremonies in Philadelphia, the 2013 Mid-Atlantic Emmy for Outstanding Interview/Discussion Series was presented to executive producer Sandra King and associate producer Tania Ivanova. The winning entry featured three Due Process episodes, all aired on NJTV. They are:
- "Eyewitnesses" and their fallibility in criminal cases.
- "The Making of Lee Boyd Malvo," on how an abused and abandoned teenager – now serving a life sentence in solitary confinement – became the younger District of Columbia sniper.
- "Slavery and Lincoln," which traced the 16th President's path from racist to Great Emancipator.
Hosted by King and criminal defense and civil rights attorney Raymond Brown, Due Process is recorded on the Rutgers Livingston campus at the iTV Studio. The program can be seen on NJTV Sundays at 9:30 am and 7:00 pm and Tuesdays at 11:30 pm. The winning episodes, and all 18 seasons of Due Process, are available on-demand at www.dueprocesstv.rutgers.edu.
Along with King, co-executive producers for the program are Rutgers Senior Vice President and General Counsel John Farmer, Rutgers–Newark Law School Acting Dean Ronald Chen, and University Professor Raphael Caprio of the Bloustein School.


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In my answer to my earlier question, "Existence of certain identities involving characteristic 2 thetas", I established some curious identities when the thetas have prime "level" congruent to 1 mod 4 or to 3 mod 8. This question concerns the case when the level is 7 mod 8.
I reprise notation from earlier questions. l is an odd prime and [j] is the sum of the x^(n^2), where n runs over the integers congruent to j mod l; we view the "theta series" [j] as elements of Z/2[[x]]. F is the power series x+x^9+x^25+x^49+x^81..., G=F(x^l) and H=G(x^l). My identities involve G,H and the various [j].
There is evidently a unique C in Z/2[[x]], having constant term 0, with C^2+C=G+H. I showed that when l is 1 mod 4 or 3 mod 8 (or when l=7), then C can be written explicitly as a polynomial in the [j]. Here is what the computer suggests when l=7 mod 8 and is < 50. First some notation. If (r,s,t) is a triple of integers, we define C(r,s,t) to be the sum of the power series [rj][sj][tj] where j runs from 1 to (l-1)/2. Define C(r,s,t,u) similarly. (When l is 3 mod 8, I showed that C is C(1,1,t) where t^2 is congruent to -2 mod l).
(1) When l=7, I can show that C=C(1,1,1,2)+C(1,2,3)
(2) When l=23 I think that C=C(3,3,1,2)+C(1,3,6)
(3) When l=31 I think that C=C(3,3,2,3)+C(2,3,7) (In my original post I wrote C(2,5,8), but C(2,3,7)=C(2,5,8))
(4) When l=47 I think that C=C(3,3,2,5)+C(2,3,9)
(Note that the sum of the squares of 3,3,2 and 5 is 47, etc.)
QUESTION 1: Can one establish the truth of (2),(3) and (4)? Kevin Buzzard explained to me that it's enough to show that the power series expansions agree up to a certain exponent, but I'm not sure what that exponent is, and I doubt that I have the computer power.
QUESTION 2: Are there identities like those above for l>50? And if so, what are these identities explicitly?
EDIT: Let V be the space spanned by the C(r1,r2,r3,r4) with r1=r2 and l dividing the sum of the squares of r1,r2,r3 and r4, together with the C(s1,s2,s3) with l dividing the sum of the squares of s1,s2 and s3. When l=7 mod 16 I can use Jacobi's 4-square theorem to show that C is in V. It's then possible to prove identities like those of (2) above by exploiting the geometry of of Spec R where R is the subring of Z/2[[x]] generated by the theta series [j].
-----One can show that an element of V has at most l(l-1)(l+1)/6 poles, counted with multiplicity, on the obvious projective completion of this curve. So if it has a zero of large enough order at the origin, it vanishes. I applied this technique for various l congruent to 7 mod 16; the results boggled my mind. It's only necessary to use 2 terms in the power series expansion of each theta series. When l=23, I got (2) above.
When l=71, I found that C=C(3,3,2,7)+C(5,6,9)
When l=103, I got 5 different expressions for C! Explicitly:
It seems possible to me that in general, for l=7 mod 8, one gets h/4 formulae of this sort where h is the class-number of Q(Root(-2l)). I've discussed the case l=31 in the comment to ARupinski. When l=47, I can show that C(3,3,2,5)+C(2,3,9)=C(1,1,3,6)+C(3,6,7). So if (4) above holds, there's a second formula for C in this case, just as in the case l=31. But I can't prove that C is in V when l=15 mod 16.
UPDATE__ Suppose l is 7 mod 8; consider the vectors W in Z^3 with(W,W)=2l. There is a group of order 48 operating on the set of such W by permutation and sign change of co-ordinates; the group operates without fixed points. So if there are 12h such W there are h/4 orbits under the group action.
----Ira Gessel's calculations, carried out for l<1500, indicate that there is an involution, O-->O' on the set of orbits, which has the following property. Let O be any of the (h/4) orbits and (r1,r2,r3) be a representative of O with r1 even (so that r2 and r3 are odd). Then if (s1,s2,s3) is a representative of O', we have the explicit identity C((r1)/2,(r1)/2,(r2+r3)/2,(r2-r3)/2)+C(s1,s2,s3)=C.
----But to know what these conjectured(but true beyond possibility of doubt) equations are for l>1500, we need to describe the involution. Franz Lemmermeyer suggested that the involution comes from an involution on a set of equivalence classes of quadratic forms of discriminant -8l. This is surely the case; I'll explain what the involution on the forms is, and how to transfer it to the orbits.
----Consider positive quadratic forms rx^2+2sxy+ty^2 with s^2-rt=-2l. Gauss showed that these fall in exactly h equivalence classes under the action of SL_2(Z), where 12h is the number of W with (W,W)=2l; we'll be interested in GL_2 equivalence however. Since rt=2l+s^2, we find that mod 16, rt is 2,7,14 or 15. This can be used to show that one of the following possibilities must occur:
a.--- Every non-zero n represented by the form is the product of an integer that is 1 or 7 mod 8 by a power of 2.
b.---Every non-zero n represented by the form is the product of an integer that is 3 or 5 mod 8 by a power of 2.
----In the first case we say that the form is in the principal genus, while in the second that it is in the non-principal genus. There are (h/4) GL_2 classes in the non-principal genus. Furthermore there is an involution on this set of classes taking the class of rx^2+2sxy+2ty^2 to the class of 2rx^2+2sxy+ty^2. I'll call this involution "composition with 2x^2+ly^2".
----I now describe a map from the set of (h/4) orbits to the set of (h/4) classes. The map can be shown to be onto, and so is bijective. When we transfer composition with 2x^2+ly^2 to the set of orbits, we get our desired involution; one which is in complete accord with Gessel's calculations. Suppose (W,W)=2l. Let W# consist of all elements of Z^3 orthogonal to W. We attach to W the class of the form (xU+yV,xU+yV), where U and V are a basis of W#. This class is evidently independent of the choice of basis; one can show that it consists of forms of discriminant -8l and lies in the non-principal genus. This gives the desired map from orbits to classes of forms; as I've indicated it is bijective.
EXAMPLE____Take l=1567, and W=(3,25,50) so that (W,W)=2l. Let O be the orbit of W. I'll calculate O', and write down the conjectured equations coming from O and O'. A basis for W# consists of U=(0,2,-1) and V=(25,1,-2). Then (U,U)=5, (U,V)=4, (V,V)=630, and a form attached to O is 5x^2+8xy+630y^2. Composition with 2x^2+1567y^2 takes this to 10x^2+8xy+315y^2. So we seek U' and V' with (U',U')=10, (U',V')=4, and (V',V')=315. Take U'=(3,1,0). A little experimenting, writing 315 as a sum of 3 squares, shows that we should take V'=(5,-11,13). Then W' which is orthogonal to U' and V' can be taken to be their vector product (13,-39,-38). So O' is the orbit of (13,38,39). And one of our predicted expressions for C is C(25,25,11,14)+C(13,38,39), while another is C(19,19,13,26)+C(3,25,50).


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Chargers bounce back from near-loss to club Crosby
ANSONIA — After a heart-thumping, one-point close call against a pesky Seymour team last week, the unblemished Ansonia High football team responded the only way it knows: domination.
The Chargers used a three-touchdown effort from senior Arkeel Newsome to thrash Crosby, 50-8, on Thursday night at Jarvis Stadium.
Ansonia wasted no time, scoring on the first drive in two plays: a 25-yard run by Newsome followed by a 28-yard TD pass from junior quarterback Jaiquan McKnight to Tyler Bailey.
After a Crosby three-and-out, McKnight tossed a perfect throw to senior tight end Tom Majchrzak for a 37-yard touchdown and a 12-0 lead. McKnight finished 3-of-8 passing for 118 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
Newsome (nine carries, 119 yards) used his video-game quickness and zig-zag moves to tally three touchdowns in a 10-minute span in the second quarter, and senior tailback Jack Williams added one of his two touchdown runs as the Chargers jumped out to a 44-0 lead at the half.
Newsome said coach Tom Brockett stressed how important it was to turn last week's game into a distant memory.
"Everyone still had the game in their heads from last week, and Coach told us most importantly to get that game out of our heads, that it was a new week and to play hard," Newsome said.
On Senior Night, Newsome tipped his hat to his classmates. "I love the senior class. They're great," he said. "Great guys, good football players and they are my friends who I love playing and practicing with."
The Chargers' next game is the Naugatuck Valley League championship, against either Woodland or Holy Cross next week or against Naugatuck on Thanksgiving Day.
"I love big games and that is going to be a big game," Newsome said. "I definitely cannot wait."
Chris Herrera scored Crosby's TD on a 2-yard run.
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This is not a look-alike, but I found this on the net and thought it was funny:
Proof Bill Belichick cheats...
...on his wife.
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The 5 Most Mind-Blowing Predictions Ever Made in Pop Songs
#2. "Video Killed the Radio Star" Predicts the Rise of Music Television
Via Fanart.tv
If you don't know the song "Video Killed the Radio Star," close your browser and go back to planking or Harlem Shaking or whatever it is the youth of this week are supposed to be doing. For the rest of us, let's take some time to remember the Buggles. They recorded the definitive version of "Video Killed the Radio Star" that became the very first music video to air on MTV. And ... they named themselves the Buggles. That about sums it up. Oh, and they were basically describing the next decade or so in music with this one line:
"Put the blame on VTR
Video killed the radio star"
As we mentioned, despite its reflective title, "Video Killed the Radio Star" was around before MTV became a music video juggernaut. The title was more of a warning, letting us all know that they were coming to take over our world, but the person writing it didn't even know who "they" were at the time.
"They," in this instance, were clearly not the Buggles, because unless we're mistaken, the Buggles stopped being a thing almost instantly (like, they finished filming that music video and then they all died or moved to Asia or something). Point being, people were coming to take over the music industry, and those people were Michael Jackson and Madonna and Peter Gabriel and -- yes, we said Peter Gabriel. The point still being, the visual medium in which the music was represented became nearly as important, and then, for a long stretch, much more important than the music itself. (Thanks for that, TRL.)
To understand the boldness of this prediction, though, you need to remember that music videos had been around for more than a decade before the Buggles claimed they were a game changer. They were known as "promotional clips" or "song videos," and the Beatles had them, along with Bob Dylan and Mick Jagger. So to suggest that music videos would overtake the radio -- even though such established musical icons hadn't made that happen -- was a little bit insane. Especially for a band called the Buggles. Come on.
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No, that's not Rivers Cuomo and Dave Mustaine.
But it happened. Suddenly, people weren't waking up early to listen to Sunday morning's American Top 40. They were staying up late to watch Friday Night Video Fights. Rather than taping songs off the radio onto worn-out cassette tapes, kids were taping music videos off the television onto worn-out VHS cassettes. It was ... different, somehow.
The music video's reign today is certainly questionable. They've been mostly phased out of standard programming by reality TV and clip shows, and exist primarily in the form of viral YouTube videos. Fittingly, English sex machine Robbie Williams released an album called Reality Killed the Video Star in 2009. Extra mind-blower: The album was produced by Trevor Horn, founding member of the Buggles.
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Which explains why all of Robbie's sets turned into black-and-white Q*bert boards.
#1. Brazilian Country Music Song Accurately Predicts Which Band Member Will Die in Tragic Nightclub Fire
Via Rachomix.net
We'll admit right now that tragic nightclub fires seem to happen with some frequency. So maybe it shouldn't be too much of a surprise that a recent nightclub fire in Brazil was "predicted" by a Brazilian country band, even if the fact that Brazil has a country band is kind of shocking. But once more, things get weird when you catalog how terrifyingly accurate they were with their prediction.
Because the details Brazilian country band Teodoro E Sampaio get correct about that tragic nightclub fire make Nicki Minaj predicting the month of her cousin's death seem like a bunch of Miss Cleo psychic hotline bullshit. Here are a few lines from the song in question, "Pegou Fogo Na Zona," released in 2009:
"The nightclub caught fire ...
Threw a bomb at 3 in the morning ...
I've never seen so many women lying there on the floor ...
The accordionist died."
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Yeah, you read that right. The accordionist. As in "person who plays the accordion."
The incident that may pop into your mind when you hear "Brazil nightclub fire" happened in January of 2013, more than three years after the lyrics above were penned. It was caused when the lead singer of a Brazilian country band decided that shooting off flares inside an almost sure to be flammable nightclub was a good idea. Unsurprisingly to anyone with a basic knowledge of fire and enclosed spaces, the building was almost immediately set ablaze, trapping and killing hundreds inside.
We know what some of you are thinking, and no, the band that wrote the song was not the same band that set the fire. That would actually make this story a lot less strange and potentially even more criminal. However, the details of the real-life tragedy match up to the song so accurately that we've now double-checked 17 times to make sure the song was actually written before the incident happened. (After an 18th check, we can now assure you it did.) Here are the facts:
Via Mercadolivre.com
1) Yes, that's their real hair.
The "bomb" that caused the fire was, obviously, the flare that some dipshit shot off while no doubt sticking his tongue out and throwing up devil horns. He did so about five songs into their set, roughly around 2:45 a.m. (We realize we're being a little lenient with this particular prophecy since the song said 3 a.m. sharp, but we'd appreciate it if you held onto your skepticism for just a moment.)
In the song, set to a jaunty country rhythm, the singer laments how he's "never seen so many women lying there on the floor," because that's as light-hearted as country music gets in Brazil. We won't get into the gruesome details of the aftermath, but it's safe to say that any police officer at the scene would have agreed that the song gets this part right. And the big bonus omen? The fact that the only band member to perish in the fire was Danilo Jacques, the accordionist. Not the drummer, not the lead singer who caused the fire, but the goddamn accordionist. Just like the song says.
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If it was an accordion that shot out flames, that would be another story entirely.
In yet another strange coincidence, the foreboding story in the song is told, as most songs are, from the perspective of the singer. Which makes lyrics like "I was at the police station, explaining what happened" that much freakier when you consider that the singer was the only member of the band playing that night to be arrested in connection with the incident.
OK, just checking one more time, are we sure there's more than one country music band in Brazil?
Jacob yells things about his co-workers at his keyboard until it agrees to put them on his blog. He also tweets. But, ya know, in a funny way.
For more scary foretellings, check out 6 Musicians Who Predicted Their Own Death in Song and 6 Movies That Predicted Disasters With Eerie Accuracy.
If you're pressed for time and just looking for a quick fix, then check out How a Conspiracy to Raise Beer Prices Invented Hipsters.


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Pushrod Length - The Big PushWritten by on August 21, 2006 Best practices for finding proper pushrod length
Somewhere along the line, as stock car racers, we've made a deal with the devil from which there is no turning back. Our lust for ever-increasing power levels is insatiable. To that end, inventive parts manufacturers and engine builders have been successful in squeezing power levels previously thought impossible from a carbureted pushrod V-8 small-block. Amazingly, as power has increased, so has durability.
But the price we have to pay for added power and durability is the need to have every part and piece within the engine meet very exacting tolerances. Too much or too little in either direction will lead to a costly failure. Take, for example, pushrods. In the "good old days," finding the perfect length for an engine wasn't as much a priority as it is now. That's because solid, non-roller rockers have a large flat that makes contact with the valve stem tip. Missing the pushrod length by a little bit wasn't much of a problem, because the flat on the rocker tip covered for the error. But today, almost every race car in every class can run roller-tip rocker arms. With the roller, the contact point between the rocker and the valve stem is very narrow. If you miss the mark, even by a little, you will get accelerated valveguide and valve stem wear. Also, big-lift camshafts and high-ratio rocker arms only exacerbate the problem. The point at which the rocker tip contacts the valve stem is controlled by the pushrod length, so getting that correct in today's racing engines is absolutely critical.
The problem is that when it comes to custom handbuilt engines, it is almost impossible to predict the correct pushrod length before the engine is actually assembled. Factors that can affect pushrod length include, but aren't limited to, the following: block deck height, cylinder head deck height, camshaft base circle, lifter design and height, valve stem length, and even the design of the rocker arms and corresponding mounting systems. Changing any of these variables can require significant length changes, so it is often difficult to predict exactly what you will need ahead of time. Instead, the easiest and most reliable plan is to wait until the engine is assembled to determine how long the pushrods need to be. Then, order the pushrods from your performance parts distributor and have them shipped overnight to your location.
So What? So what if I install the wrong length pushrods, you say? The engine still runs and the power seems to be OK. Yes, it might be in the beginning, but improperly sized pushrods-especially in an engine equipped with roller-tipped rockers-can be disastrous. When the valvetrain geometry is correct, the tip of the rocker makes contact with the top of the valve stem just north (the intake side) of the center of the valve tip, moves across the center of the valve tip at mid-lift and to the exhaust side of the tip at maximum lift, and then returns as the valve closes. The distance the roller tip travels on either side of the center of the top of the valve stem is equal. This maximizes the downward force the rocker places on the valve and minimizes side-loading on the stem.
When the pushrod length is not correct, the rocker arm tip won't be centered over the valve stem. When the camshaft activates the valvetrain, part of the force created by the motion of the rocker arm will push the valve stem laterally as well as vertically. When this happens, the valve stem scrubs against the valveguide in the head, causing excessive wear on both the valve stem and the guide. This wear will open up the valveguides and allow the valve to flop around. If you are lucky, the only problems will be poor valve control (engine power will drop sooner at the higher rpm levels), a loss of compression, and an engine that mysteriously starts burning oil. If it isn't caught, however, it can lead to a broken valve head and a junked engine.
Finding Center There are several ways to find proper pushrod length, but when it comes to stud-mounted rocker systems, the simplest way is to use a Sharpie and a wrench to turn the crankshaft. Even the most sophisticated engine builders use this method. Keith Dorton of Automotive Specialists says it is the most reliable and simplest way to determine correct pushrod length.
Begin by setting up the components for one cylinder. Because he builds hundreds of high-end engines a year in all different racing classes, Dorton keeps pushrods of multiple lengths and thicknesses on hand and simply test fits different ones until he finds exactly what he needs. Most of us, however, don't have that luxury. Instead, you can use an adjustable-length checking pushrod designed especially for this task.
Checking pushrods are sold by different manufacturers, but most operate on the same principle. They are typically two-piece units that are threaded to allow expansion in length. You can adjust the checking pushrod's length until you have what you need, then use that as a guide to order the real set. Some, such as Comp Cams' Hi-Tech checking pushrods, are threaded so that each revolution is equal to 0.050 inch of length. The pushrod's collapsed length is marked, so after you find the correct size, simply count the number of revolutions the pushrod has been expanded and you will know the right size to order the actual pushrods.
Whether you are using a checking pushrod or a standard piece that you think might fit correctly, begin by coloring the valve tip with either a Sharpie or machinist's dye. Then, install the pushrod and rocker arm while the lifter is on the base circle of the cam. If you are using a solid lifter, set the valvetrain to zero lash. If you are running a hydraulic lifter, tighten down the rocker adjuster to your normal preload. Using a wrench on the nose of the crank, turn the motor over several times, then remove the rocker and check the mark left on the valve tip. The roller tip on the rocker should have left a shiny spot where it wore away the ink you placed on the valve tip.
If the pushrod length is correct, this mark should be centered across the top of the valve stem. If it is too high (closer to the lifter valley), try a slightly longer pushrod or lengthen the checker. If it is too low (closer to the exhaust ports), try a slightly shorter pushrod. Now simply repeat the process, adjusting the pushrod length each time, until you have the wear mark centered on the valve tip. Sometimes the low-tech methods really are the best.
If you are using a checking pushrod, you have two options. First, you can count the revolutions the pushrod has been expanded, calculate the extra length, and then add that to the pushrod's base length to find out what length of pushrods you should order. Or, you can simply wrap a piece of tape around the threads so the length won't change, package the checking pushrod, and send it off to your preferred pushrod manufacturer. The manufacturer matches your checker against its stock and ships the correct pushrods (along with your checker) back to you. Attempting to measure the pushrod with a set of calipers is problematic because the oiling holes on either end make it difficult to find the true tip of the pushrod because it has been cut away. Most manufacturers use a custom measurement tool that most of us don't have access to, so it's really better not to even try.
When you receive your new pushrods, it's not a bad idea to repeat the checking process with the new rods. This is the easiest way to ensure a mistake hasn't been made and that you haven't been sent the wrong length of pushrods. It's easy insurance.
What About Shaft-Mounted Systems?
Shaft-mounted rocker arm systems are becoming more common in racing and require a slightly different method for determining correct pushrod length. Instead of determining rocker arm height by sliding it up and down the rocker stud, a shaft-mounted system uses shims between the head and the base of the system. Many manufacturers, such as T&D and Jesel, offer a simple tool or gauge that helps you know when the rocker pivot height is correct. After you do that, you simply use a checking pushrod to determine the distance between the pushrod cup in the rocker to the pushrod seat in the lifter (while the lifter is sitting on the base circle of the cam).
Also, Dorton recommends keeping the adjuster nut in the pushrod side of the rocker screwed in so that most of it is up inside the body of the rocker. This is the strongest position, so when you determine the pushrod length, this is definitely where you want the adjuster.
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On stud-mounted rocker systems, finding correct pushrod length is critical because it determines where the rocker tip contacts the valve stem. In this example, the pushrod is too short, and the roller tip isn't centered over the valve stem.Engine builder Keith Dorton of Automotive Specialists begins the process by covering the valve stem tip with ink from a Sharpie. This will be worn off when the rocker makes contact with it after just a few revolutions of the crank. You can also use machinist's dye.With the lifter on the base circle of the cam, install either a pushrod that you think is the best length or a checking pushrod and the rocker arm, and then zero out the lash (or if you are using a hydraulic lifter, tighten to the recommended preload). Now, turn the motor over a few times by hand.Remove the rocker and check the result. The line where the ink has been worn away shows where the rocker's roller tip has contacted the top of the valve stem. It should be centered, but the line is a little too high here. That means the pushrod is too short.A checking pushrod, such as this one from Comp Cams, is made in two threaded sections that allow it to expand. You can expand or collapse the pushrod until you find the correct length and then use that information to order your real set.A checking pushrod, such as this one from Comp Cams, is made in two threaded sections that allow it to expand. You can expand or collapse the pushrod until you find the correct length and then use that information to order your real set.After another try with a slightly longer pushrod, Dorton has the mark centered over the tip on the valve on the right.From the side, you can see how the rocker is going to contact the valve tip and at least get close before beginning your tests.During this stage, you should also check to make sure your rocker studs are the correct length. When the rocker arm is in the correct location, you should be able to see most of the studs' threads for the adjuster nut. If too many threads are covered by the fulcrum, the lock nuts won't get good purchase on the stud and the system will be weakened.
Shaft-mounted rocker systems use shims to raise or lower the rocker arms in relation to the top of the valves. The bar is part of the checking tool to determine the correct height.T&D includes this gauge and the bar (mounted where the rockers would go) to determine correct height. Add or remove shims until you can place one side of the checking tool on the bar and have the other side sit flush on the valve.


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Short links for February 4th, 2008
Some interesting things I bookmarked on del.icio.us on February 4th, 2008:
- Pocket Electronic – An universal electronics DIY kit to build your own MIDI control box. Up to 16 controlling elements can be connected to PE transmitting 16 different MIDI messages on different (or even the same) MIDI channels.
- Our daily bread – A film about where your food comes from in this age of globalization.
- gaussmarkov: diy fx » Fuzzy Logic – A unique circuit for guitar effects builders. It uses readily available SIP sockets to allow easy transistor swapping.
Fuzzy Logic by Gaussmarkov
- Remove shake and motion blur from photos – Nathan Willis dissected three applications for removing the effects of camera movement from your photos.
- Mythbusters, airplane on a conveyor belt – Kottke's liveblogging account of the Airplane on a conveyor belt myth.
- Red Bull Art Of Can – Red Bull Art of Can is a national juried exhibition featuring artwork in a variety of media that have one thing in common?they are all inspired by Red Bull or crafted from the iconic blue and silver cans.
- Star Wars R2-D2 Peppermill – Not that you've noticed… but all fine restaurants on Tatooine feature R2-D2 pepper grinders. Usually after you order your salad of Dagobah greens a Wookie will come around and offer you some fresh ground pepper from one of these handy droid-based mills.


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So … this all started when a friend, Melanie, was working on her final paper about Light Graffiti and showed me the video below around mid-September.
Light Painting, also known as Light Graffiti or (partially) Lumasol, is so easy with a photo camera. You take a dark room, use a low shutter speed (several seconds), and paint in the air.
But what about video? You cannot decrease the shutter speed to one frame per minute. Therefore it is not possible.
This really made me think a lot. Actually for several weeks.
After a few minutes of research, I found that the effect used to create the video seems to be kept secret. (At least I couldn't find any technical information about it.) After some additional research, I read that they actually did this effect in hardware (i.e. programming some camera chip) — but this was after I'd already written this blog post. (Actually, I'm not sure whether it is truely in hardware; some effects suggest that it was done in post as well, like in the part where you only see the light but not the painter.)
Nevertheless, the idea was fascinating, so I decided to start writing an effect frei0r filter that would do the same. It couldn't be that hard.
That is what I thought at the beginning.
Warning: The first part of this post will only be about the design of this effect. Scroll down if you only want to learn how to use it. If you want to see real-world results first, watch this video done with kdenlive.
For quick navigation …
My first idea was simple. Light sources are generally brighter than the environment, so I could simply remember every pixel which once had its red, green, or blue value on 255 (this is the brightest possible value) in a light mask. The light mask is then drawn over the current frame. Take the next frame, search for all 255 values, add them to the light mask, and paint it over this frame again.
Obviously this did not work. Due to camera noise several pixels just became colored without me even having started painting yet. So why not additionally taking a look at the sum of the color values. If the sum is big enough, then the pixel is really close to white and not just noise.
Much better.
Or not.
I mean, painting with light is cool, but it should not be white only. This is kind of a dilemma now: The green is close to 255, but «close to 255» does not work due to noise. Using bright colors only (i.e. the ones very close to white) does not work either since then the green, or generally colour, is lost. Perhaps taking a look at the saturation can help?
As it seems this is a very bad idea. Huge compression artifacts, no relevant information. (If one cannot even distinguish the light source from the rest by eye, how should the filter do it?) It could not be worse.
Is there still some hope? Certainly yes. There is something we did not make use of yet. The camera needs to stay steady, as you often want to paint around objects to obtain a 3D effect. Like in the introduction video at the beginning. So, why not remember what is background and then assume pixels becoming much brighter than the background to be originated in a light source?
That's it! Except for some minor details like the hand and some other patches being grey (this could easily be fixed, but I prefer fixing details when the important parts are running) this works really well.
What followed now was a long way of tweaking and tuning, adjusting, testing. Repeatedly ;) After several hours I finally got it. I could reliably distinguish between foreground (light) and background. This via a combination of the absolute brightness of the light source and the brightness difference with respect to the background. I could also vary the light's brightness!
At this point in time I started writing this blog entry. And when I reached this point, I was at least as disappointed as you when I compared the two above images. All hours spent on tweaking made detecting the light source reliable, but the light itself looks just wrong. So I put everything away for some days to meditate about the important parameters, and finally, after two additional hours of programming …
There were a couple of points I considered when trying to get good-looking lights. Mainly based upon observations I made with light painting pictures. Which were:
And that was it already — simulating a camera sensor as good as possible.
I hope you are at least as confused as I was (if you read the first part). Therefore a quick overview about how the effect really works now.
First, the video should start with just the background. Without the painter in it, since he could hide brighter spots in the background, which would then (incorrectly) be recognized as light source. This is the background image I will refer to later again. It is remembered by the effect.
The background should not be too bright. The darker it is, the easier it is to detect the light source (which can be anything that is bright) and the better light colours you will get. But too dark is not good either; Painting on black will most of the time look boring.
Now comes the difficult part — at least for the painter. You need to remember the picture you painted in your brain, in order to get good shapes and connected trails. When painting, the picture ''you'' see will always just look like this:
i.e. you can only see where the light source is at this very moment.
One thing to pay attention at is that you don't draw too quickly. When shooting at 25 fps, each frame will ideally fill exactly 1/25 of a second. Unfortunately the camera usually isn't fast enough, so one frame might actually be recorded during only 1/50 part of a second, followed by a gap of another 1/50 of a second, where nothing is recorded. That means that moving a small light source with too high speed will create no straight line but a dashed line in the final video. Just try it out, and you will understand the problem :)
(If you can manually adjust the shutter speed, set it to a value as low as possible.)
After applying the Light Graffiti effect, the video might look like that:
In the background this works by storing a Light Mask which stores every pixel that might be a light source. This light mask is then painted over the video. The principle is somewhat related to an overhead projector: You paint on a transparent layer.
Detecting the light source mainly works via two parameters: The minimum brightness of the light source, and the minimum brightness increase relative to the background. Relative means that if the brightness of a pixel changes to 60 %, then the effect does not recognize it as a light source if the background was at 55 % brightness already, but it does recognize it if the background was at, say, 10 % only. (5 % difference in the first case vs. 50 % difference in the second case.)
An additional alpha map remembers how often a pixel has been visited already, like a counter; Repeatedly painting on the same spot will eventually make the mask white even if you were painting with a red or green light source.
The light mask would look like this for our example:
Now we have three components: The original video, the light mask, and the background image. This opens the door to further possibilities (the Light Graffiti effect can do this as well):
Can you spot these features?
Light Graffiti on Video from Simon Eugster on Vimeo.
First of all some bad news. You most likely cannot use this effect yet. I've added it to the frei0r repository yesterday, so if you are not compiling frei0r and kdenlive yourself, you will have to wait for the next release. (Good news is that this should not take too long anymore.)
This being said, let's visit the effect interface as it looks today, to see how to set the parameters correctly.
(You will notice the new (i) icon which Till added for this release – it will provide you exhaustive explanations of all important parameters.)
The first step is to navigate to the beginning of the clip you applied the Light Graffiti effect on and to activate and again deactivate the «Reset» checkbox. This makes sure that the effect really uses the first frame — or the one you are seeing right now in the render monitor — as background image, and not something between.
Second step: Catch the light source. Usually this is possible with the Brightness Threshold and the Difference Threshold only. To get them right, check the Show brightness statistics box first, and move the timeline cursor until your light source appears in the image. This might look like that:
You will notice that the image is grayscale, except for some parts which are blue. Everything that is not blue will not be recognized as light source. So the Brightness Threshold needs to be adjusted until the whole light source is blue.
Now other parts of the image are blue as well, but that is where the second parameter jumps in. Deactivate the stats checkbox and activate the one for the difference statistics. Now some parts will be green:
Adjust the Difference Threshold until the light source is completely green.
The good thing is that here some other patches are green as well — but they do not overlap with the blue patches from before. And only patches which are both green and blue will be fetched in the light map.
That's already it! You saw the result of this in the above video.
I should tell you now that not all videos are equally suitable for this effect. The darker the environment is, the better — since then the light source itself does not need to be extremely bright (which usually means plain white, which is a little boring. Color makes it look interesting!). But in many cases it works amazingly well.
There is a bunch of other parameters you can adjust:
Usually I try to provide interesting links in my articles. For this Light Graffiti effect this is a little bit difficult — as far as I know there is no other Light Graffiti effect available yet. But the techniques and the light sources used for shooting a Light Graffiti video are the same as for ordinary Light Painting images. And there one can find valuable information on the web.
One of the best collections of light painting articles I've found so far is at DIYPhotography: Light Painting. Fireworks, cold cathodes, LEDs, and so on.
Some other links not mainly related to light sources:
Writing this effect involved hours of testing, adjusting, and thinking. But that is over now. (Mostly — there are always details that can still be improved.) So now it is your turn to make some cool videos! (And share them here :)) Remember, when shooting:
Final remarks — The code is here, and if you now want to compile kdenlive and frei0r yourself, see Installing from source.
That's it for today — thanks for reading!
For questions, your own light graffiti videos, hints on something that is unclear in this article, and so on, please drop a comment.
And to read my other articles (I'm pleased if you do so) click here :)
Simon A. Eugster (Granjow)
Light Painting 2 from Simon A. Eugster on Vimeo.
Tue, 01/11/2011 - 09:58
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man, i've had a boner for this since it was posted.
this is a great and fun feature
thanks for putting in the hours
Tue, 01/11/2011 - 21:50
It's amazing man :)
And this kind effects comes in open source software, that's just impressive :)
keep working!!!
Tue, 01/18/2011 - 00:27
First of all: WOW!
I am definately a complete newbie when it comes down to video editing. As true free-software-lover I had to try kdenlive for my private video editing fun. Looking for updates I came across this read and was amazed by it from the start. Can't wait to to be using this in the 0.7.9 release of kdenlive.
Lights up!
Fri, 02/25/2011 - 14:32
I must thank you for the effect! Granjaw!
you're so amazing, i'm gonna tried this one later!
i actually came across this last year, but give up for the fact that it requires a hardware to achieve it.
you light up my life, man!
Mon, 03/14/2011 - 03:01
Nice :)
Maybe you could benefit from my old python script for Symbian smartphones:
Wed, 06/08/2011 - 16:21
it's very nice effect ! you should download the application for mac mylightpainting.com. it makes mangnifique effect in real time, I wonder if it can not inspire you to your purpose.
Mon, 12/19/2011 - 07:46
THX Granjow!
thank you for your teaching!!!
May i ask you some questions as actually i dont know a lot of things.
1.What camera setting should my camera possesses?
i mean which brand of camera or video or just a hardware that allow to take a 24f/s video?
2.is the kdenlive-0.8.2.1.tar just for Mac or lunix? actually i am not a computer guy and i even dont know wt's lunix...my computer is windows vista, is it possible for me to make the light grafitti? or maybe i could find a mac from my friends.
3.i saw the page,http://www.diyphotography.net/video-light-painting-the-easy-way, the part mentioned in Tools, just (Kdevline, Frei0r and a Light painting plugin) needed?
Mon, 01/23/2012 - 19:09
You are incredible Granjow!!!!
OMG, I so need this The software is EXACTLY what I need.
If you ever make it to San Francisco, I would be thrilled to make a light painting video with you + your software. If I can ever do anything for you, just say so. :-)
Take a peek at some of my light painting portraits to see why I want this so much...
I'm also a geek, so I should hopefully be able to deal with getting the software working...
And this was mostly my friends doing, but here's a video of a book of mine. The point of this, being that I am quite interested in video lately...
If I can get this working, I will make some great videos to show of your incredible software.
This is so exciting. I have been dreaming about this kind of software existing since I started doing light painting in the late 80's.
With endless admiration and appreciation,
Sun, 01/29/2012 - 01:06
Grand Granjow,
I now have the new Kdenlive with Light Graffiti running on an Ubuntu laptop with a webcam. So exciting! Next to do some testing. :-) :-) :-) :-)


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There are so much of them, how can I know what to use for a project?
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Well, there is a comparison of web application frameworks in a Wikipedia page. Also you may find this Stackoverflow post on Grid system comparison useful.
But the question is, does these comparisons make you capable of choosing the right framework? Of course Not!
As Aurelio mentions above, you need to know your goals, the language you're going to use, your constraints and you have to use the experience of an expert to choose the right solution. Things may change by you move forward using an application, you may find out you need something different, flexibility, usability and being user friendly are not included in comparisons, but you can elicit these kind of things from an expert's mind by asking more specific questions and also answering to his questions.


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CNN cited the American Immigration Council's recent report ...
Kentucky: Immigrant Entrepreneurs, Innovation, and Welcoming Initiatives in the Bluegrass State
In Kentucky, there is no doubt that immigrant entrepreneurs and innovators play an important role. Immigrant entrepreneurs bring in additional revenue, create jobs, and contribute significantly to the state's economy. Highly skilled immigrants are vital to the state's innovation industries and to the metropolitan areas within the state, helping to boost local economies. Furthermore, local government, business, and non-profit leaders recognize the importance of immigrants in their communities and support immigration through local "welcoming" and integration initiatives.
Immigrant entrepreneurs contribute significantly to Kentucky's economy.
- From 2006 to 2010, there were 6,143 new immigrant business owners in Kentucky and in 2010, 3.8 percent of all business owners in Kentucky were foreign-born.
- In 2010, new immigrant business owners had a total net business income of $451 million, which is 5.4 percent of all net business income in the state.
- Kentucky is home to many successful companies with at least one founder or co-founder who was an immigrant or child of an immigrant, including General Cable, Lexmark International, and Hillerich and Bradsby, the manufacturer of the "Louisville Slugger" baseball bat. Those three companies together employ over 25,000 people and bring in around $11 billion in revenue each year.
Highly skilled immigrants are vital to Kentucky's innovation industries, which in turn helps lead American innovation and creates jobs.
- Immigrants contribute to Kentucky's economic growth and competitiveness by earning degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields from the state's research universities. In 2009, over 40 percent of STEM graduates earning masters or PhD degrees from these universities were foreign-born, and almost 80 percent of graduates earning PhDs in engineering in Kentucky were not born in the U.S.
- In 2011, the U.S. Department of Labor certified 1,383 H-1B high-skilled visa labor certification applications in Kentucky, with an average annual wage of $67,541, which is higher than Kentucky's median household income of $42,248 or per capita income of $23,033.
- An expansion of the high-skilled visa program would create an estimated 3,300 new jobs in Kentucky by 2020. By 2045, this expansion would add around $1.3 billion to Gross State Product and increase personal income by more than $1.2 billion. The following are examples of metropolitan area demand for high-skilled foreign-born workers.
- The Louisville metropolitan area had 516 H-1B visa requests in 2010-2011, with 69.4 percent of H-1B visa-holders working in STEM occupations. Major employers with a need for H-1B high-skilled workers include the University of Louisville and Humana Inc.
- The Lexington-Fayette metropolitan area had 387 H-1B visa requests in 2010-2011, with 64 percent of visa-holders working in STEM occupations. A major employer includes the University of Kentucky.
While the numbers are compelling, they don't tell the whole story.
- Immigrant entrepreneurs not only contribute to large innovative companies, but also to small businesses in local communities. In cities across Kentucky, immigrant family-owned small businesses contribute to the vitality of their local communities. Although initially aimed at other immigrant customers, many businesses quickly see an expansion of their clientele to include a diverse array of immigrant and native-born customers alike.
- In Louisville, several immigrant entrepreneurs are making their mark on Kentucky's largest city, opening restaurants, markets, and other services.
- Vilmar Zenzen, originally from south Brazil, is planning to open a Brazilian steakhouse in the downtown area's Fourth Street Live development. Zenzen already operates Brazeiros Churrascaria in Knoxville, Tennessee, and his Louisville location will be the second venue for his restaurant business.
- Yung Nguyen, who originally came to the U.S. as a refugee from Vietnam, graduated from the University of Louisville's engineering program. Nguyen, along with a colleague, developed and founded Victim Information and Notification Everyday (VINE), a system for notifying crime victims when their perpetrators are released from custody. VINE is used in 48 states and in Canada. Nguyen is now CEO of a new startup, IVS, which is an accessibility system for people with disabilities to vote privately and independently.
- Kadiatu Jalloh, originally from Sierra Leone, moved to Gambia, then New York City, and finally to Louisville in 1998 looking for more opportunities for success. She eventually opened a West African restaurant in Louisville's Buechel neighborhood.
- Papa Gueye, from Senegal, came to Louisville in 1997. After noticing a lack of access to West African food in the area, Gueye opened the African Millennium Market on Bardstown Road in southeast Louisville.
- Cedric Francois, MD/PhD, a medical researcher from Belgium, came to Louisville after hearing that researchers were beginning work on the first hand transplant. He later co-founded two pharmaceutical companies, including Apellis Pharmaceuticals where he is currently president and CEO.
In Kentucky, localities have begun recognizing and supporting immigration through "welcoming" and integration initiatives.
- In Louisville, the Office for Globalization, an affiliate of Welcoming America's Welcoming Cities and Counties initiative, was created by Mayor Greg Fischer to "focus on ways Louisville can compete in a multicultural world and to engage its civic, cultural and professional communities."
- The Office for Globalization's mission is to "assist new Americans in our city to achieve self-sufficiency and success;" "enhance and encourage multi-culturalism in our city;" and "engage in economic development through global economic outreach."
- The formation of International Councils is one strategy the Office is implementing to engage Louisville's growing and diverse immigrant population. The councils represent distinct ethnic communities and provide an opportunity for community members to discuss ideas with the Mayor of Louisville and other city officials. They also engage with intercultural collaboration with other councils, businesses, organizations, and communities.
- Also in Louisville, Refugees and Immigrants Succeeding in Entrepreneurship (RISE) is a collaborative effort among Metro government, nonprofits, and private business partners. RISE seeks to empower the "community's newcomers to engage in successful enterprise development" through outreach, education, finance, and guidance.
- The initiative, which launched in 2013 at Louisville's annual WorldFest event, assists newcomers by "facilitating economic success through business ownership or expansion."
- Suhas Kulkarni, the director of Louisville's Office for Globalization, and an immigrant entrepreneur himself, initiated the concept of RISE. He and others noted that Louisville "has an untapped pool of talent for city-wide economic development in the form of immigrants and refugees…This population has the potential of becoming drivers of economic growth" in Louisville.
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7 Jul 2012 8:42 AM #21
I added this part of code
if (!tinymce.dom.Event.domLoaded) { tinymce.dom.Event.domLoaded = true; }
tiny_mce_src.js, line 40
// TinyMCE .NET webcontrol might be setting the values for TinyMCE if (win.tinyMCEPreInit) { t.suffix = tinyMCEPreInit.suffix; t.baseURL = tinyMCEPreInit.base; t.query = tinyMCEPreInit.query; return; }
7 Jul 2012 9:34 AM #22
Yes, you are rigth. But you have to set config
PHP Code:
window.tinyMCEPreInit = {
suffix : '',
base : '/js/tinymce' // your path to tinyMCE
7 Jul 2012 9:54 AM #23
New version 1.6
- Added support for dynamic loading only if required
- The version of the tinymce is replaced with the newest one 18.104.22.168
11 Jul 2012 11:14 PM #24
Change event
How can I subscribe to the change event?
This doesn't work:me.
mon(me, 'change', function () { alert('change!'); });
I'll keep looking.
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12 Jul 2012 12:53 AM #25
I have checked this issue. The change event works only if the Editor is hidden. If the Editor is active, it does not.
The reason is that the editor is bound directly to the native textarea, not to the TextArea ExtJS object. All changes are saved directly to the textarea.
I will study the case to find out how to bound to the events of the TinyMCE and fire the corresponding ExtJS events.
Now, you can use work around - bind the onchange event directly to the text area.
18 Jul 2012 1:31 AM #26
New version 1.7
- Added onchange event
This function is called once the user "blurs" the area (in the same way a textarea or input field is blurred upon exiting that field) and it will check if a change has occurred. It will also fire when a new undo level is added to the queue. Undo levels are added when the user types text and then moves the cursor, performs an action like pressing the bold button while having text selected, or pressing return. There are many ways undo levels get added to the editor.
It is important to note that the onchange callback will not fire on each keystroke due to performance considerations.
20 Jul 2012 12:52 AM #27
Size issue
The longer i'm using your ux component, the better it gets
When I put the Ext.ux.form.TinyMCETextArea editor in a Window, Panel or Container it's is slightly too high. Any idea why?
20 Jul 2012 2:16 AM #28
theme_advanced_row_height: 27
like mentioned in the documentation fixes it.
20 Jul 2012 5:23 AM #29
Small code errors
In the Ext.ux.form.TinyMCETextArea class there's a line of code that gets screwed up when minified
Look at the second line:
// we pass the height and width explicitly to the editor
me.tinyMCEConfig.width = me.lastWidth + +me.getWidthCorrection();
me.tinyMCEConfig.height = me.lastHeight;
There are 2 + with a space. It get's minified as ++ and that has a whole different meaning.
Can you fix that?
There are also 2 extranous commas at the last '}' of both classes. I think that shouldn't always be a problem.But I think the should be removed.
20 Jul 2012 5:54 AM #30
thank for the feedback I fixed it. But I could find only one extraneous comma. Where is the second? Could you tell me the line number of these commas.
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What is an equivalent of I just crossed the 3K threshold! Any tips for responsibly wielding this power? for Area 51?
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Whenever I close a proposal (particularly duplicates), sometimes I take a wait-and-see approach. There might be a good reason to have a duplicate proposal. Perhaps there is a unique aspect to the proposal that the author wishes to pursue. That doesn't mean I have to agree with him. Those cases are usually decided by the (lack of) support by the community.
Maybe the author is better suited to launching a successful campaign: If the author is some world-class maven in [subject] who wrote a better proposal, asks better questions, rallies more support, blogs about it enthusiastically, and it takes off. Proposals that look the same aren't necessarily equal. So I give it a bit of a chance to see where it goes.
But I stay on top of it and check back often. Sometimes a duplicate proposal was placed inadvertently (the search didn't bring up the duplicate). In those cases, the author is usually more than happy to support the other proposal. If nothing special happens with the proposal I'm watching, there's no use in splitting up the subject, so I close it.
I usually leave a comment indicating that the author may follow up with a reason they placed the apparently-errant proposal.
It should be pretty obvious what kind of proposals need to be closed, like obvious duplicates or completely ridiculous joke proposals. The only grey area here is that what might seem to you like a spurious proposal might not actually be so, so I'd at least leave a comment on what might look like a dubious case to check and make 100% sure before throwing your weight around.
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With few exceptions, the Wildcats have been less than powerful down through the years and have lost more games than they have won. In the SEC the UK record is much worse.
Shortly after World War II, two businessmen in the transport business, one from Louisville and one from Lexington, raised enough money to entice the head coach at the University of Maryland to Lexington.
Yes. Paul Bryant. The Bear himself.
No one in Kentucky had ever seen the likes. Bryant took the Wildcats to Millersburg Military Institute to find out who wanted to play some football. MMI was about 15 miles from Lexington, in Bourbon County.
It was said that the population of Millersburg would go up about 50 in the morning and much less in the afternoon.
The highway was full of discarded players hitching rides back home.
You have heard of one of them, Don Zimmer, who later became a Major League Baseball star and manager. Later on, the Bear took his team to a secluded horse farm where he found out who REALLY wanted to play football. (Much later, Bryant did the same thing that spawned the book, the Junction City Boys. That told the story of Bryant's brutal methods when he started his tenure as coach of Texas A&M.)
Bryant went on to coaching greatness when "Mammy called" him back to Alabama, his alma mater.
UK, meanwhile, has had but a few highlights down through the years under Blanton Collier, Fran Curci and Jerry Claiborne, but nothing that was lasting.
Now another coach has been sacked. The present director of athletics will decide on Joker Phillips' successor.
What needs to be done?
See the third paragraph above.
It takes money, money, money – and lots of it.
The Lexington Herald-Leader recently published a long story on Hazard coal billionaire Joe Craft, who has been extraordinarily kind to UK basketball and football. To rescue football out of its morass, Craft and friends could raise the money for the Wildcats to be competitive in the SEC.
The question is this: Will the tooth doctor who is now UK's president allow the job to be done? I don't have faith in the present director of athletics to hire the man to get the job done.
Some arm-twisting will have to be done.
Cats Could've Been Strong
It would have been oh so simple for Kentucky football to be where Louisville's program is under Charlie Strong – undefeated and ninth in the nation
Seth Hancock, master of the famed Claiborne Farm (which was home of the great Secretariat) bleeds Wildcat blue. He had become a close friend – and booster – of a member of the University of Florida football coaching staff. As a staunch supporter of Wildcat athletics, Seth tried to convince top UK administrators what Strong could do for the Big Blue football program. When Rich Brooks retired, Seth strongly recommended Strong as his replacement.
Now Louisville football is unbeaten and No. 9 in the BCS standings.
Where's Kentucky? Don't ask. Seriously, if you don't know, you don't want to.
There were so few fans in Commonwealth Stadium for the Vanderbilt shellacking that it was embarrassing. And the UK administrator of athletics allowed one of his underlings to outright lie about the attendance.
I can't tell you how many UK fans told me that I was crazy to support Joker Phillips as Brooks' replacement. I did it because he had been a good recruiter, especially in the rich Louisville area, but Strong took command of the UofL program and made sure that the city dried up for recruits except for the Cardinals. Mixed with top Sunshine State recruits, the Cardinals are zooming under the guidance of Strong, his assistants and quarterback Teddy Bridgewater. The latter is so exciting that he may be the crowd favorite of all time. He runs, he throws. He and receiver DeVante Parker, a Ballard product, are the most exciting duo in UofL history. Okay, if not now, they will be.
Meanwhile how low can UK go? They have now lost to Vanderbilt, one of the "academic schools," as UofL basketball guard Milt Wagner once described a Cardinal opponent.
Petrino Could Switch Sides
If the University of Kentucky is serious about its football program ever getting to the place it could surpass the University of Louisville, it will have to swallow its Big Blue pride and hire Bobby Petrino as its head football coach.
I have known very few choir boys in the coaching fraternity. But if UK wants to win, it has no choice except to try to hire Petrino, the married Arkansas coach who had a motorcycle wreck with his girlfriend-secretary on the back of the bike.
UK hired John Calipari, who didn't come with a squeaky-clean reputation from the University of Memphis. Cal has done a pretty good job, wouldn't you say?
UK administrators weren't all in agreement that they should take a chance with Cal, but he has done quite well, wouldn't you agree?
Petrino can coach. He can recruit. He will put fannies in seats. What else is needed?
Okay, he has about as much personality as a rotten cabbage, but he can win. And that's the name of the game, isn't it?
The Best of the Best
The best University of Kentucky president for athletics was Dr. Otis Singletary. He knew the score. No one ever put anything over on him.
Some faculty members thought he was too much of a jock, but that didn't stick because he was national president of Phi Beta Kappa Society, the brainy organization for college administrators.


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NIS America recently unveiled the second English trailer for this quirky and intriguing adventure title featuring over three minutes of in-game footage allowing us to get a feel for its general gameplay as well as for the English voice cast who'll either make or break this localisation. Take a look (and listen) below:
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What is meant by calcifications and dense tissue on a mammogram? Are these normal results? Does it mean I am at risk for getting cancer again?
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Calcifications may be normal, but are sometimes associated with breast cancer. Certain types of calcifications, called microcalcifications, may be more worrisome to your doctor. If your doctor and radiologist are concerned that calcifications on your mammogram may represent cancer, they may recommend more mammograms, an MRI, and/or a breast biopsy. Dense tissue may be found normally, after a biopsy or breast surgery, after breast radiation, or in the setting of breast cancer. Again, if your doctors are worried that dense tissue on your mammogram may be cancer, they will recommend more tests or a biopsy. If you have had breast cancer treatment in the past, keep in mind that your mammograms will probably never be completely "normal." Scarring from surgery and/or radiation will be visible, but usually does not mean that the cancer has returned. Be sure that you discuss your mammogram findings with your healthcare team to be sure that you understand why further tests were, or were not, recommended.
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Which one is correct?
A partir de ahora, voy a hablar en español.
Desde ahora, voy a hablar en español.
In meaning I think both are close to "from." Are there any specific instances where one cannot replace the other.
Which one is correct?
In meaning I think both are close to "from." Are there any specific instances where one cannot replace the other.
A partir de is used when an action is going to take place starting from that point on. You can indicate the end by using hasta.
Desde means the same thing as a partir but the difference is that desde is used for actions that have already taken place and are still valid in the present or a specified point in time (you use hasta to indicate the end).
So which one is correct? It's difficult because of the ahora but for me as a native speaker it sounds more natural "Desde ahora...".
To simplify that.
Desde is more like "since" (in the temporal sense only).
You would not say, for instance:
You would/could say:
Desde works nearly everywhere, but a partir de only really works with sustantives.
"A partir de" is used frequently for resolutions, either personal resolutions like your example or "lawful" stuff ("a partir del lunes, las horas extras estarán prohibidas" [from Monday on, working overtime will be illegal]). It's also more natural if the point of time is just now or in the future, desde seems more natural for the past (i.e. hablo español desde el mes pasado; hablaré español a partir del mes que viene).
Please keep in mind that not every nd word in Spanish has a 'finite' translation form and that it can have different meanings in regards to colloquial differences. In Mex/Spanish, the direct translation of the phrase a partir de = 'apart from' = a partir <----these 2 words together are the equivalent of the single English word 'apart' and are usually used in reference to distinguishing a single characteristic which sets it apart from the rest.
The word de <----means from and in this case, the two words together would mean 'apart from'.
Although the word de usually means 'from', in this case, it can also be used as a point of reference and that can be in the form of juxtaposition as well as Geo-location and in abstract form as opposed as to the finite.
The Mexican word de can mean either from or of, depending on the content or object of the sentence and can be used both in the abstract form as well as the finite.
The direct translation of the Mexican word is both 'of' as well as 'from' and can also vary depending on the content and object of the sentence.


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When a wheel is rolling, not skidding, and its axle moves at velocity $\vec{v}$, then a point on the top of its circumference will move at velocity $2\vec{v}$, shown below.
I really don't understand this. I'm quite familiar with the geometry of a circle, but I don't understand how it's being applied on this case. Also:
- Why doesn't the relation between the velocities depend on the radius of the wheel?
- When is this relation valid? Does it take friction into account or it doesn't matter? If it doesn't matter, why?
- A consequence of all this is that the point in the bottom has no velocity. Why? That makes no sense to me.
This is a very confusing topic to me. Here is a very nice page full of pictures and animations about the physics of a wheel but I still don't get it.


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From February 20th to February 27th Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies and Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask will be discounted on the European eShop. During the sale, the former will cost €17.49/£13.99 (down from €24.99/£19.99) and the latter will sell for €29.99/£27.99 (down from €44.99/£39.99).
It's rare to see games from either of these popular series discounted on the eShop so hopefully we see other mainstream titles come down in price during the coming months.
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Country Candleholders
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If you liked the look of the country candleholders, try making them with a different holiday theme. For example, you could make a summer theme by using ivy or flower stencils, a Christmas theme using red and green colors and snow texture paint, a Hanukkah design using blue and gold colors, or a Kwanzaa motif using red, black, and green colors.
Light up your picnic table with this quaint set of country-style candleholders, decorated with a patriotic theme.
Level: Easy
Time involved: One to two hours
- Newspaper
- Two 3-inch clay flowerpots
- Two 2-inch clay flowerpots
- Two 11/2-inch clay flowerpots
- Red, white, blue, and gold craft paints
- Paintbrushes
- Two wooden candleholders (You can find these packaged in bags in the wood section of craft stores.)
- Glue gun
- Clear acrylic finish spray
- Two red, white, or blue candles
Cover your work area with newspapers. Paint the rims of all of the pots blue. Paint the remainder of each pot white and allow these to dry. (You do not have to paint the inside of these pots.) Paint red stripes vertically on each pot. Paint the wooden candleholders gold and allow to dry.
Using the glue gun, glue the 2-inch pots to the bottom of the 4-inch pots. Then glue the 1 1/2-inch clay pots to the bottom of the 2-inch pots. Glue the wooden candleholder to the bottom of the 1 1/2-inch pot. Spray the candlesticks with clear acrylic finish spray and allow to dry.
Place a red, white, or blue candle in each holder.
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