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I'll be at Intervention7 this September!
We STILL seem to have a RANDOM ARCHIVE GLITCH where clicking on the next comic will take you to the next comic page, but oddly display a comic from a totally different date. Hitting Refresh sometimes helps.
Comic for Monday 02/14/11
Comic for Tuesday 02/15/11
Recommended Reading (in case you haven't or need a catch up. Heck, it's a good read!)
-4U City Gray (Aka "758449", yeah i'm thinking of changing the title!)
-A 4U City Christmas (Nothing actually pertinent here, but to be inclusive...)
-4U City Green
-4U City Blue
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Political Gaffes
- I Meant What I Said, and I Said What I Meant
- Over There
- Flip-Flop Sweat
- The Man With the Golden Mouth
- A Crying Shame
- Google Me
- Show Them the Money
- Gutter Ball
- You Spell Potatoe ...
- Could I Trouble You for a Dollop of Mint Jelly, My Good Man?
- I Have a Scream
- With Friends Like These
- This Isn't How They Do It at Baden-Baden
- And Then There Was Jefferson's Moon Landing
- Erasable You
- Oh Won't You Be ... My Neighbor
- Who-Knows-Istan
- Don't Worry, Be Happy
- The Red-Meat Gaffe
- The Banana-Peel Presidency
- Tanks for the Memories
- Paper? Plastic?
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[Washington, DC] -- Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz announced yesterday that since the May 12 Riyadh bombings, Saudi Arabia has arrested 124 individuals, both Saudi and non-Saudi, with suspected ties to terrorism, including 5 women.
Prince Nayef also said that in confronting terrorism the Kingdom must address the root causes that have motivated some Saudis to become part of terror cults. According to Prince Nayef: "We have witnessed the criminal acts of some of our youth, who are citizens of this country. They have killed people, and have destroyed property, and have terrified families. If a person does something wrong and is convinced that it is right, then we have to look at the root causes. We need to ask: Did the source of this ideology come from this land or was it imported from outside? Was it the result of fanatical ideas from people who have been brainwashed? Or is it a combination of factors, internal and external?"
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Sneak Peek into Data Integration Sessions at Oracle OpenWorld 2013
By Irem Radzik-Oracle on Sep 06, 2013
As we are getting ready for another great OpenWorld I'd like to give you sneak peek into what we have planned for data integration topics this year. As in the last few years, the Data Integration
track is again full with great customer speakers, product updates, and hands-on-labs. While I am not able to share everything we will cover in these
sessions I can say that you will get to hear about new solutions and new features for both Oracle Data Integrator and Oracle GoldenGate.
On Monday at 10:45am our VP of Development Brad Adelberg will open the data integration track by presenting the direction of Oracle Data Integrator and Oracle GoldenGate in the Accelerating Your Business with Oracle Data Integration Solutions (Moscone West 2024) session. Brad will explain how Oracle's data integration products enable organizations to get the most value out of big data, their investments into Oracle Applications, and cloud deployments. The session will cover the key themes of the upcoming releases of our products.
Following Brad's great overview into overall Oracle Data Integration, GoldenGate product management will
present Oracle
GoldenGate New Features and Product Strategy at 12:15pm in the same
location. You will hear about new features of the product. Following GoldenGate PM, Oracle Data Integrator product management will present Oracle Data Integrator's product vision and new features in the session:
Oracle Data Integrator Product Update and Future Strategy at 1:45pm in the same room: Moscone West 2024.
On Tuesday data quality product strategy
sessions will kick off the day for our track with Oracle
Enterprise Data Quality: Product Overview and Roadmap at 10:30am (Moscone
West 2024) . Right after this session you will have a chance
to hear from GoldenGate customers in the A
Panel of Masterminds: Perspectives from Oracle GoldenGate Customers session
at 3:30pm in the same room. This panel brings us presenters from Smuckers, Land o Lakes and
OTV France. I will discuss this session in more detail next
week. For now I will mention that customers will discuss how they achieved zero downtime upgrades and migrations and improved performance using GoldenGate with their Oracle Applications.
At the end of Tuesday you can attend another informative Oracle Data Integrator session about Extracting Strategic Insights from Business Data with Oracle Data Integrator (5:30pm, Moscone West 2012)
Wednesday starts with a great customer panel, Real-World Data Quality: Customers Using Oracle Enterprise Data Quality, at 10:15am in Moscone 2024. The must-attend session of Wednesday is Customer Perspectives: Oracle Data Integrator. Paychex, Infiniti Insurance are among the customers presenting in this session and will be discussing best practices in implementing Oracle Data Integrator. Don't miss this session at 1:15pm in Moscone 2012. I also recommend checking out at 3:30pm Making the Move to Oracle Data Integrator. ODI PM will be joined by Oracle partners Rittman Mead and sumIT AG. Together they will share great tips for a phased migration path from Oracle Warehouse Builder to Oracle Data Integrator.
Thursday is packed with many in-depth technical product deep dive sessions from experts. The two that I want to highlight here are: Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence Applications on Oracle Data Integrator: A Deep Dive, which will explain best practices for configuring and tuning Oracle Business Intelligence Applications' latest release which embeds Oracle Data Integrator. This one is at 12:30pm at Moscone South 303. The second session I recommend, Deploying Oracle GoldenGate with Multitenant Container Databases, will share details on how to set up GoldenGate in the context of container databases (CDBs). You can attend it at 2pm at Moscone South 200.
Even though I listed 12 session in this blog post for you to review, there are many more, very informative sessions available this year at OpenWorld. Please make sure to review the Focus On Data Integration to discover other sessions that may interest you.
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Peritoneal fluid analysis is a lab test to look at fluid that has built up in the space in the abdomen around the internal organs. This area is called the peritoneal space.
The sample of fluid is removed from the peritoneal space using a needle and syringe.
Your health care provider will clean and numb a small area of your belly area (abdomen). A needle is inserted through the skin of your abdomen into the peritoneal space, and a fluid sample is pulled out. The fluid is collected into a tube (syringe) attached to the end of the needle.
The fluid is sent to a lab where it is examined. Tests will be done on the fluid to measure:
Tests will also check for bacteria and other types of infection.
The following tests may also be done:
Let your health care provider know if you:
You may feel a stinging sensation from the numbing medicine, or pressure as the needle is put in..
If a large amount of fluid is taken out, you may feel dizzy or light-headed. Tell the health care provider if you feel dizzy.
The test is done to:
Other abnormal test results may be due to a problem in the intestines or organs of the abdomen. Large differences between the amount of albumin in the peritoneal fluid and in your blood may point to heart, liver, or kidney failure. Small differences may be a sign of cancer or infection.
Garcia-Tsao G. Cirrhosis and its sequelae. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 156.
Runyon BA. Ascites and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2010:chap 91.
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I am in no way experienced in the Physics field so this question may seem a bit silly but i'd appreciate an answer :)
Why doesn't air freeze?
I am in no way experienced in the Physics field so this question may seem a bit silly but i'd appreciate an answer :)
Why doesn't air freeze?
Air is composed of several different gases, but the most important ones are nitrogen and oxygen. Since these components have very low melting points, you won't see air freeze any time soon on Earth, but on the other hand, liquid nitrogen is produced routinely for all kinds of purposes (like for physics students to toy with during boring lab work).
The question is now reduced to why nitrogen and oxygen are present in gaseous forms at temperatures we are accustomed to and why they have such low melting points.
To answer the first question, temperature on Earth is what it is thanks to the Sun's light that warms us, the Earth's own geothermal heat, but also because of the greenhouse properties of a lot of gases in our air. (So air has a "hand" in warming itself if you want. :p)
For the second, the metling points of nitrogen and oxygen are so low because the molecules that make up these gases are so tiny and loosely bound. It takes little energy to excite them, therefore at "room temperatures" they are extremely mobile and are basically moving around in straight lines until they bump on each other or on anything else. The characteristic behaviour of molecules in liquids and solids is much less mobile.
At the normal pressure, 99.9% of air (nitrogen, oxygen and argon) will solidify in 55K (where the oxygen does). Below about 15K also hydrogen (0.000524% of normalized air) solidifies leaving only helium which will be a liquid up to 0K (yet will change into a superfluid about 2.17K).
Air does freeze just at temperatures and pressures we don't often experience.
There is an entire industry around producing and distilling liquid air. You take air and compress it. As a result the air increases in temperature; the air is allowed to cool. Then the air is expanded by venting it into a new chamber. The result is a much colder gas.
Through cycles of compression, cooling and venting we can get air to condense into a liquid.
If liquid nitrogen is then placed in a vacuum chamber, it will freeze.
There's a tiny trace of helium in air, about 5 parts in a million. The pressure isn't high enough for it to freeze no matter how cold it gets
Air is not a pure substance. Only two gases at one atmosphere can freeze out in extreme cold conditions. The gases are water vapor (rain, snow, and sleet) and Carbon Dioxide. I have not heard of CO2 sublimation ~ -79C. Temperatures have been cold enough (~ -90C) but the altitude is higher than sea level, so I am not sure that this had ever happened in recorded history. The other gases freeze out or rain out at much lower temperatures. These gases include the elements Oxygen, Nitrogen, Argon, Xenon, Hydrogen, Helium, and Neon.


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Cited: Peggy Sue Miller, 48, Wellsburg, following too closely.
Arrested: Edward Burch II, 20, 1538 Oregon Ave., criminal trespassing, Monday.
Arrested: Gerald E. Brown, 31, 3061 Glendwell Road, violating protection order, Monday.
Arrested: Donald E. Keeton, 36, Apartment 3, 220 S. Fourth St., criminal mischief and petit theft, Monday.
Arrested: Nick Mavormatis, bench warrant and petit theft, no age or address available, Monday.
Arrested: Thomas McAllister, 38, no address available, breaking and entering, Monday.
Jefferson County
Cited: Jessica Cronin, 33, 122 Stewart St., Empire, left of center,
Harrison County
Arrested: Samuel Weiss, 29, 88370 Mud Run Road, Urichsville, theft and illegal manufacturing of drugs, Monday.
Arrested: Kristin Kirk, 33, Park Hill, Okla., breaking and entering and theft, Monday.
Cross Creek Township
Cited: David Charles Moore, 33, 1415 Wellesley Ave., Steubenville, headlight violation, expired registration.
Brooke County sheriff
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Arrested: Kenneth L. McGowan, 20, 964 Clifton St., Follansbee, driving under the influence, Friday.
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Cited: Tyler N. Brown, 23, 149 Genteel Ridge, Wellsburg, driving in a field; and Robert S. Hughes, 51, 615 North 12th St., Weirton, failure to tag deer.


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Why can't vampires see themselves in the mirror?
Some people came up with some ideas but I don't believe any of them are accurate.
Answer: Vampires don't have souls, so they can't see their reflection
My response: Dogs don't have souls either but they can see their reflection. Also, I can see my dining room table in the mirror and it doesn't have a soul either.
Answer: Vampires don't reflect light, thus its aversion of it and danger to it. Thus not being able to reflect light and as such when you look at him through a reflected image in a mirror, the image isn't there.
My Response: Our vision is based on reflected light. If the Vampire doesn't reflect any light, we couldn't see them with our eyes regardless if a mirror was involved or not.
Also, can you see their clothes in the mirror?
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Who says dogs don't have souls?
In the old days, mirrors were made by affixing a glass sheet to a silver backing. Silver is thought to be a pure metal and is the bane of many supernatural creatures. Vampires couldn't be seen in mirrors because they silver would not reflect them. Vampires ought to be visible in modern mirrors. The clothes thing is a good logical question, but nitpicking at superstition is a pointless endeavor. And if any creature has a soul, dogs most certainly do.
@thumperchick: Okay, even if dogs had souls, I mentioned that I can also see my dining room table in the mirror (I knew someone would bring up this point so I had to add that to my question).
On the subject of the canine soul, here's a hilarious oldie goldie. It wasn't a real sign war, but it's still pretty danged funny.
@moondrake: Wow, thanks for sharing that link. I didn't realize the "Dog has Souls" was so controversial.
For the same reason that they can't enter without an invitation - because it's required by the plot.
@moondrake: Thank you! For both answers. Your vamp/mirror theory is a good one, and that link made me chuckle.
Because vampires don't exist.
Vampires also cannot cross running water as they are unclean, and they are fearful of red roses. This is due to an old belief that all roses were originally white, and they were stained with Christ's blood making them red. Here's another odd bit of vampire lore: In some vampire myths, it is thought that if you throw a handful of seeds in a vampire's path he must stop to collect and count them. What's up with that?
@inkycatz: LOL You get my vote for BEST ANSWER!
I think they have it wrong. Every vampire I have ever known could see him/herself in a mirror.
@moondrake: Oddly enough, they are supposed to have to untie every knot they come across as well...
@politicsisevil: So, vampires all have OCD. Who knew? And no treatment, because clinics are only open in the daytime.
Vampires must have souls, or the Ghost Rider Penance Stare wouldn't work on them. DUH!
Also, what about Morbius, the Living Vampire?
Because they're blind.
No, wait, I'm thinking of umpires...
I always took it as a way of helping them hunt. If you can't be seen in a mirror, then the only way to be seen is to actually be faced by your potential prey.
@moondrake: I've also seen the part about counting things. Have you read The Journal of Professor Abraham Van Helsing by any chance? That's where I saw it. It does make you wonder about The Count on Sesame Street. Maybe he's evil!!!
@captainsuperdawg: I haven't read that one but I have read lots of vampire stuff. I liked vampires before vampires were cool. Long before Anne Rice started writing about them, back when Hammer films were the definitive genre material. I do like the modern sexy vampires (Damon Salvatore, Eric Northman) but the old fashioned ones are cool, too. Have you seen Shadow of the Vampire? It's a great tongue in cheek sendup about the filming of the 1922 German classic Nosferatu--wherein actor Max Schreck (Willem Dafoe) is a real vampire and director Friedrich Murnao (John Malkovitch) is placating the old monster by feeding him actors after their scenes are done.
@moondrake: I've always liked the supernatural/horror stuff for a while as well. I haven't seen Shadow of the Vampire but I'll have to see if I can find it anywhere, as Netflix won't stream it :-(
@moondrake: what's up with that? MOM SAYS I'M A GOOD DRIVER


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You may have heard that Morgan Spurlock did an episode on his FX series 30 Days where a North Carolina deer hunter spent a month with a vegan family involved in the animal rights movement. The episode is poignant and sensitive and well worth a viewing for vegans and non-vegans alike. You can stream the episode here.
Friday, June 20, 2008
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- josh said...
i'm glad i managed to keep myself in one spot for so long and finish watching that show. it reminds me of http://vanillagarlic.blogspot.com/2008/02/beef-fairy.html
my dad is really similar to this guy, only a bit more fanatical about the hunting and how animals are ours to do with as we please. i would love to see him in that 30-day experience.
- June 20, 2008 at 1:54 PM
- Eesh said...
Oh so good that you posted this! I really wanted to see this show but especially that episode. Gonna go watch now!
- June 20, 2008 at 2:01 PM
- Cyn said...
I just watched that last night! It was so pleasant to see how pro-animal rights the show was, and also surprising to see how non-crazy PETA came across as.
- June 20, 2008 at 4:17 PM
- Cravin' Veggies said...
I also posted about this a few days ago. I'm glad you were able to see the episode, and totally agree with cyn's comment above. I DVRed it and watched it again with my husband yesterday.
- June 20, 2008 at 7:24 PM
- madcapcupcake said...
Thanks for posting about this - this is definitely something I'd like to see.
- June 20, 2008 at 9:29 PM
- SaraMonster said...
Thank you for the link, I wasn't able to watch the original airing. Though I'm not a huge fan of many of Peta's methods, this was a great episode and I think it will be very eye opening for some people.
- June 20, 2008 at 10:14 PM
- Happy Herbivore! said...
I was so bummed I missed that episode! thanks for the link!!
- June 21, 2008 at 10:49 AM
- veg.in.the.fog said...
It is a great show! I wish all the hunters here could have the same experience!
To disagree with Cyn, I think the melodramatic, violent side of PETA was played up in this episode. The butchering of Colonel Sanders? Not loved so much by the defensive omnivores I watched it with. The ironic part of the omnivores' position in my family is their evasion of PETA's films. They all say they "Can't handle it." So if you don't want to face the raw truths behind the meat industry, how can you support it? Anyone?
- June 21, 2008 at 6:53 PM
- btm said...
Thanks for tracking this down. My roommate shared this post on Google Reader and I've passed it along as well.
I usually find 30 days too dramatic for me, but I definitely enjoyed the way the episode turned out and how reasonable everyone seemed.
- June 22, 2008 at 3:22 PM
- Lily Girl said...
Thanks for posting the link, I've been wanting to watch this.
- June 22, 2008 at 6:54 PM
- Veggie said...
Thanks so much for this link, I'm going to check it out right away.
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ANDERSON, S.C. – The game notes for the Anderson University women's basketball team's road contest with South Atlantic Conference opponent Queens have been released.
After clinching a spot into next week's Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Tournament with its 80-57 victory over Tusculum on Wednesday evening, Anderson looks to move up in the final SAC standings for a higher seed in the annual postseason tournament. Unable to earn a home game, the Trojans could finish as high as fifth and as low as eighth in the tournament bracket, which will be announced at the conclusion of Saturday's game.
Anderson closes its 2013-14 regular season schedule tonight against SAC newcomer Queens at the newly built Curry Arena-Levine Center. The Trojans will look for a season sweep of the Royals after a 74-61 victory at the Abney Athletic Center on Jan. 25. Since the win over Queens, AU is 5-4 as it enters the weekend with a 15-12 overall record and an 11-10 mark in SAC play. Two other conference teams hold an identical 11-10 league record, as Anderson is in a three-way tie for fifth-place joining Newberry and Carson-Newman.
Since their setback in Anderson, the Royals are just 1-8, including a six-game losing streak. Queens broke its losing skid with a 69-64 win over Carson-Newman on Feb. 22 in Jefferson City. Most recently, the Royals are coming off a 56-46 setback against Catawba on Wednesday evening in Charlotte. Overall, Queens is 6-19 for the season, while holding a 5-16 conference mark, making tonight's matchup the final game for the Royals for the 2013-14 campaign.
The game will be broadcast on FOX SPORTS Radio 1280 AM, WANS and will also be available on the internet at www.wrixfm.com and the Anderson web site at www.autrojans.com, along with video and live stats. Tip-off is set for 6 p.m.
Game 1&2: Nov. 8 USC Aiken & Nov. 9 Lander
Game 3&4: Nov. 12 Erskine & Nov. 14 Winston-Salem State
Game 5&6: Nov. 18 USC Aiken & Nov. 20 Brevard
Game 7: Nov. 23 Lenoir-Rhyne
Game 8: Nov. 25 Lincoln Memorial
Game 9: Nov. 30 Furman
Game 10: Dec. 4 Wingate
Game 11: Dec. 7 Newberry
Game 12: Dec. 12 Liberty
Game 13: Dec. 16 Georgia College
Game 14: Jan. 4 Catawba
Game 15: Jan. 8 Lincoln Memorial
Game 16: Jan. 11 Coker
Game 17: Jan. 14 Mars Hill
Game 18: Jan. 18 Lenoir-Rhyne
Game 19: Jan. 22 Brevard
Game 20: Jan. 25 Queens
Game 21: Jan. 29 Carson-Newman
Game 22: Feb. 1 Newberry
Game 23: Feb. 5 Tusculum
Game 24: Feb. 8 Wingate
Game 25: Feb. 15 Catawba
Game 26: Feb. 17 Mars Hill
Game 27: Feb. 19 Carson-Newman
Game 28: Feb. 22 Coker
Game 29: Feb. 26 Tusculum
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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas offensive coordinator Jim Chaney didn't notice his two massive guards during the 45-33 loss to Texas A&M last Saturday.
Normally, losing sight of 6-foot-10, 317-pound Dan Skipper and 6-foot-5, 345-pound Denver Kirkland would be a big problem. Not along the offensive front, though, where going unnoticed in the trenches means no egregious errors.
"I thought those kids stepped in there and did a really, really good job," Chaney said.
Arkansas rolled the dice in its Southeastern Conference opener last week, removing veterans Brey Cook and Mitch Smothers from the starting lineup and replacing them with the towering newcomers. Skipper and Kirkland held up well, considering they'd never played guard. Both are in line for their second straight starts when the Razorbacks (3-2, 0-2 in SEC) play at 18th-ranked Florida (3-1, 2-0) on Saturday.
It doesn't mean their first experience was mistake-free. Chaney said they made errors, but they were expected. The bigger key: They showed plenty of promise for an offensive front that needed a spark after the Rutgers loss.
"I think they acted like they belonged, which is a good thing," Chaney said. "They're large bodies and we're continuing to try to increase our stature in our offense. They did that and they did a nice job."
Arkansas has been high on the freshmen since signing day, when the Razorbacks were confident they had two bookend tackles for the future.
Both gained some experience in reserve roles through four games, although Kirkland was pressed into more extensive action when right tackle Grady Ollison left the Southern Miss game with an injury in the first half.
But neither freshman got any work at guard in preseason camp, making last week's move a surprise. Arkansas coach Bret Bielema, offensive line coach Sam Pittman said the staff agreed the line needed a shakeup. So they made the switch.
"They like to play the game," Pittman said. "They play hard. And they're big. … We just needed some guys to go in there and play hard."
Arkansas' coaching staff sat the freshmen down when the week began and told them of the change. Kirkland said he played guard for one quarter last season, but only because an ankle injury limited his mobility. The position was foreign to Skipper.
Of course, neither had a problem moving into the starting lineup.
"I'd never played guard until (last) Tuesday," Skipper said. "So I played guard a week. I guess that's just college football. Where they tell you to go, you go and say OK and do it to the best of your ability."
Kirkland said playing inside wasn't an overwhelming change.
"Offensive linemen are going to make contact every play, so it's really not that different," Kirkland said.
Kirkland graded out at 72 percent last Saturday, while Skipper earned an 80. Pittman wasn't as concerned about the first-start grades, though, saying it was "amazing" to see the newcomers take care of their responsibilities like veterans.
Arkansas enjoyed its best offensive performance since the opener, topping the 200-yard mark in both rushing (201) and passing (282). The offensive line didn't allow a sack, protecting Brandon Allen in his first game back from a shoulder injury.
Bielema was glad to see both guards play a big part in the success.
"Obviously we limited what they had to do and they're both extremely large," Bielema said. "They're physical. They're athletic and played with a lot of energy, which was half the battle."
But Arkansas knows the next test will be much more challenging for the freshmen.
The Razorbacks will face a Florida defense on top of the Southeastern Conference in every major statistical category after the first month of the season. The Gators have limited opponents to 12.8 points a game, 202.5 total yards and 53.5 rushing yards.
So Pittman said his goal is to fill his guards with "a ton of confidence" this week.
"Obviously, if they go in there afraid at Florida they're not going to play very well," Pittman said. " So you have to get them ready, show them how they can win some reps, show them how they can pass protect some guys. Much of this game is about believing. By the time they get there they'll believe they can be successful."
Skipper and Kirkland aren't concerned. They admitted to some first-start jitters last week, but said it won't be a problem as they settle into their new positions.
"We'll play even better than we did last week," Kirkland predicted.


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5 Awesome Vigilantes Who Solved Crimes Better Than the Cops
When we hear about a nasty crime being committed, the most common reaction is saying, "Oh no, that's terrible!" and then going back to launching birds through the air on our iPhones. But, while most of us think that it's best to leave the crime fighting to those who are actually trained (and paid) for it, sometimes a normal citizen will decide to take the law into his or her own hands ... and end up doing a way better job than the cops.
We're not saying that you should spend your spare time confronting violent criminals -- it ends badly more often than not. We're just saying that it's awesome when it works.
#5. 12-Year-Old Finds and Confronts the Criminal Who Ransacked Her Grandma's Home
In July 2011, two thieves broke into a house in Fitzgerald, Georgia, and stole all the furniture. The homeowner had died a few years earlier and her family only came around once a year, so the thieves could have probably taken the walls and ceiling, too, if they'd found a sack big enough. By the time the neighbors noticed that the door was open and called the cops, the criminals were long gone ... but they weren't counting on being tracked down, confronted and forced to confess their crime by this master detective:
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"And then I kicked him until his head exploded."
That's 12-year-old Jessica Maple, whose late great-grandma owned the newly empty home. Maple asked her mother to take her to the crime scene and found something the authorities had missed: a broken window in the garage and multiple fingerprints. The cops were still trying to process this new information (or pretending to) when Maple managed to locate all the stolen furniture at a nearby pawnshop. At this point, she called the main detective involved in the case and told him, "I did your job again."
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"Now you do my homework and tell me what happened on iCarly."
But that isn't the end of our story: The pawnshop owner, who apparently didn't think it was weird when two jackasses came into his store dragging an entire grandma-style living room, also happened to have the pictures and IDs of the two guys. Rather than giving that info to the inept police department, Maple and the single most permissive mom in history drove down to the address on one of the IDs and confronted the 17-year-old robber in front of his mother.
At first, the guy denied having anything to do with the burglary, but Maple kept questioning him until he finally broke down and confessed to the crime, and possibly 9/11 and the Zodiac killings. Eventually, the police got around to arresting him.
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Jessica Maple receiving the Please Stop It, You're Making Us Look Bad Award.
#4. British Lady Catches Internet Psycho Who Talked People into Killing Themselves
In 2006, Celia Blay, a retired teacher from Berkshire, England, came across an online message board for people who want to kill themselves, which is like the 872,982th most disturbing thing we've ever heard about on the Internet. She said she visited the forum out of curiosity, because she couldn't believe such a thing existed.
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"4chan? Oh, I love Charlie Chan movies! Bookmarked."
One day, Blay received an email from a 17-year-old Guatemalan girl she had befriended on the forum telling her that she had entered a suicide pact with a 20-something Chinese-American nurse called Li Dao. Blay began to investigate this person and quickly found that she had made dozens of suicide pacts on several forums around the Web, on different dates. Unless she was actually a Highlander, "Li Dao" was not only full of shit, but also a dangerous psychopath trying to scam strangers into killing themselves.
At this point Blay formulated a plan: She got another friend, Kat Lowe, to pose as a depressed person on one of those forums, and soon enough she was being sweet-talked by Li Dao, too. With Lowe's help, Blay proved that "Li Dao" was actually a 47-year-old family man from Minnesota named William Melchert-Dinkel, and being a nurse was the only thing he had in common with his made-up Internet persona.
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Lowe and Blay collected all the evidence and testimonies they had of this man convincing vulnerable people to kill themselves online, sometimes even asking them to do it on webcam so he could watch while possibly sporting the world's creepiest boner. By his own admission, Melchert-Dinkel talked at least five people into committing suicide. At first the cops were like "Ew, no" and wanted nothing to do with the case, but after much insistence from Blay, they finally pressed charges against Melchert-Dinkel.
In May 2011, Melchert-Dinkel was convicted of aiding two suicides and sentenced to one year in jail, including spending two days in prison on the anniversary of each victim's death for the next 10 years. Yeah, he got off easy.
#3. Bored Housewife Solves Murder That Baffled Police for Years
Back in 2000, a housewife from Mayfield, Kentucky, named Susan Galbreath learned about the brutal murder of 18-year-old Jessica Currin, mother of a young boy. After watching the local police completely botch the investigation, Galbreath, who never met the victim and had no experience whatsoever catching criminals, decided that she would solve the murder herself.
This was before Netflix or Hulu, so it was faster than ordering all of Murder, She Wrote on DVD.
Literally not knowing where to start, Galbreath began writing to celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and Julia Roberts. The only one who replied was British journalist Tom Mangold, from the BBC show Panorama. Galbreath basically told him, "You think you're hot shit, then come here and help me crack this case." Mangold hopped on a plane to America, and the first thing he did was (seriously) buy two cases of fancy wine to fuel him through the investigation.
Mangold, the manliest of all golds.
Mangold and Galbreath hit the streets and began talking to local drug users, hearing rumors that Currin had been kidnapped by a man named Quincy Cross. Mangold eventually had to go back to England, but kept in contact with Galbreath, who suddenly was being stalked by a certain Quincy Cross. As in, alleged brutal murderer Quincy Cross.
Rather than dropping everything and moving to another state, like most of us would have done, Galbreath actually arranged a meeting at the guy's house, supposedly to help him prove his innocence, and brought a recorder provided by the Kentucky state police. While Galbreath didn't get a confession out of Cross, he did talk about details that had not been revealed to the public about the murder.
That guy's prison has one hell of a barber.
But the authorities still didn't have enough to charge Cross, so for a long time it looked like he would get away with his crime. This changed when Galbreath used Myspace to locate a woman who had been present during Currin's murder and convinced her to confess. With the woman's testimony, five suspects, including Cross, were put behind bars, all because of one housewife, a British TV host and a declining social network.


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5 Unknown Schmucks Who Turned Into Superheroes in the Clutch
Superheroes save the day, rock stars entertain us and soldiers win our wars. We don't get too worked up when the experts come through in the clutch because, well, that's what they're supposed to do. But sometimes the perfect person for the job isn't available, leaving the barrier between the fan and the flying feces totally unguarded. This tends to be bad news for anyone in the room, but occasionally a nobody--an unknown and by all accounts unqualified schmuck--steps in and saves the freaking day anyway.
#5. Felix Vasquez
The "Nobody"
A New York City Housing Authority supervisor. Plays catcher on the company softball team (remember that, there's a quiz later) but as a pencil pushing government employee, it's hard to imagine a man more well protected from heroics in the line of duty.
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While doing some paperwork in his office, Felix received a call that one of the apartment buildings he oversaw was engulfed in flames. Like any reasonable individual, Felix promptly called the fire department and an ambulance. Then, like a rather unreasonable individual, he got up from his desk and bolted off to the scene of the fire, arriving before emergency services got there.
If you've ever been willfully ignored by a DMV clerk, or simply watched Saturday Night Live this weekend, you know that government employees aren't known for their proactive problem solving. Not only did Felix respond to the problem, but he did it faster than 911. Since reports didn't specify whether he drove to the scene or sprinted there leaving little trails of smoke in his wake, we're forced to assume it was the latter, mostly because of what happened next.
A woman on the third floor was waving what looked to Felix like a towel, before he noticed it had limbs and was wailing. Ever calm under pressure, Felix deduced that the woman was waving a baby out the window, and asked her to kindly cut the shit while he and his fellow caretakers prepared a landing. Somewhere between "don't throw" and "your baby," the woman, likely panicking or on fire, threw a wild pitch.
Amidst the hysterical cries of "Catch my baby! Catch my baby!" Felix moved. As the baby hurtled towards the ground, Felix sprinted, paused midway to leap a fence, landed on the other side and caught the child. How fast can you leap a fence? Because it's somewhere in the realm of 20 minutes to never for us (depending on how our asthma is reacting); for Felix, it's equal to or greater than an object achieving terminal velocity as it hurtles to its tragic death.
Upon catching the baby, the woman's panic became a lot more understandable when Felix noticed that the baby wasn't breathing. Deciding he hadn't quite achieved "guy they name comic books after" status, Felix proceeded to perform CPR on the baby until he began breathing again, and the legend of "Vasquez: Supervisor of Caretakers," was born. After being named the baby's godfather, Felix also received New York City's Bronze medallion--the highest award a civilian can get for being a freaking superhero.
#4. Alia Muhammad Baker
The "Nobody"
A 50-year-old librarian in Basra, Iraq. Has a better book collection than you.
The Clutch
When the Iraqi government installed a huge anti-aircraft gun on top of her library in 2003, Alia--sensing that fully armed and operational libraries are not exactly the norm--started to get the feeling that some shit was about to go down. As a child, she had heard the story of the Mongol invasion of Baghdad in the 13th century, where the invaders burned the libraries there, and threw the remaining books into the Tigris until the river ran black with ink.
Like the collection that had been lost in Baghdad, Basra's library contained many unique, rare and old books that could never be replaced. Because of this, Alia had asked the government prior to the gun installation if they wouldn't mind transporting their nation's precious cultural heritage somewhere that wasn't about to be a pile of cinder and ash. That's when they explained the books were the precise reason the library had been incorporated into the war in the first place. Their historic value was a kind of protection; American or British forces would be hesitant to launch rockets at a significant landmark like the library because of the bad press that might follow.
Having learned of America's "booms are awesome and books are for dorks," ethos from the first Iraq war, Alia began secretly stuffing books under her clothes and making numerous and repeated trips to her car. Each day, she carted home another load without any of the armed government official and soldiers noticing.
This was around the time that the British entered Basra on April 6, and everything, including the shit, hit the fan.
Alia called the library that morning only to discover its brave defenders had about as much faith in that whole "nobody-will-blow-up-history" plan as she did: The place had been abandoned. So, with gunfire ripping through the air and bombs detonating all around her, the bastard love child of Master Chief and the LaVar from Reading Rainbow went back to work. Toiling through the night, Alia managed to save around 30,000 books--about 70 percent of the library's total collection--before the library was burned by looters.
The owner of a neighboring restaurant whose help she enlisted recalled her saying, "What could I do? It is the whole history of Basra." While the obvious answer is "Run and hide from the bombs like everyone else," Alia's obsession wasn't totally insane. In addition to being the third largest city in Iraq, Basra is the supposed location of the original Garden of Eden. But above saving what might be some of the most priceless documents in existence, Alia just takes her job really, really seriously, which is both admirable and a little terrifying when you consider what she'd think of all those late fees we owe.
#3. Scot Halpin
The "Nobody"
An ordinary American teenager from Iowa. Bought his ticket to see The Who from a scalper and showed up 13 hours early to get a good seat.
The Clutch
In November of 1973, The Who kicked off their Quadrophenia tour in Daly City. The U.S. tour was supposed to promote their new album, released a month prior. That pretty much went down the shitter before the first haphazard microphone swing.
Keith Moon, the band's drummer--and not too well known for his restraint, sobriety or indeed, sanity--had just accepted huge doses of tranquillizers from a fan, after shouting, "Of course I can take it! I'm Keith Fucking Moon!" because he had absolutely no respect for foreshadowing.
Because, in all fairness, he is Keith Fucking Moon.
Then he imbibed a generous quantity of brandy. Just because.
What Keith may not have known at the time was that the drugs were not the "just chill out and have fun" kind of tranquillizers; they were the "holy shit that lion is charging us, let's put him down" kind of tranquilizers. Impossibly, witnesses say the effects weren't even noticeable until more than an hour into the concert.
After 70 minutes of playing, Keith slumped over his drums. A cold shower and shot of cortisone later, and he was back on stage... where he quickly passed out again. Noticing the conspicuous lack of bitchin' drum solos, Pete Townsend asked if there was anyone in the crowd who could play drums.
Scot Halpin, 19, hadn't played the drums for nearly a year. Nonetheless he bravely stepped up and... stood by while his friend screamed, "He can play!" The concert promoter took notice, and, after a shot of brandy (with a conspicuous lack of tranquillizer chaser) Scot found himself on stage, behind the drums, playing for The Who.
Townsend gave Scot a few instructions, introduced him to the audience, and then jumped right into "Smokestack Lightning." While faltering a little here and there, attendees say Scot kept his calm and played pretty well for the duration of the concert . At the end of the show, he took a bow with the band, was invited backstage, and given a Who jacket.
It was promptly stolen later that night.


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KANSAS (CNN) -- A massive winter storm spanning 20 states could dump as much as a foot and a half of snow in some places Thursday and bring life to a standstill in parts of the central United States.
About 60 million people -- 20% of the U.S. population -- are under winter weather warnings, watches and advisories in the 750,000 square miles affected.
Dodge City, Kansas, "is in the middle of a bull's eye," said CNN meteorologist Chad Myers. The state should see 16 to 18 inches of snow west of Wichita, with the white stuff continuing up into Nebraska.
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency. Snow, sleet and ice could wreak havoc, and parts of the state could see more than 10 inches of snow.
Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Sly James also declared a state of emergency. There were 250 snow plows working to clear roads in the city, but residents were urged to limit travel. Kansas City International Airport shut down due to the weather, according to Joe McBride with the city's aviation department.
The city could have its highest daily snowfall since 1912 on Thursday if the prediction of nearly a foot of snow pans out, CNN meteorologist Brandon Miller said.
CNN iReporter Joseph Kopel posted photos of empty shelves in St. Joseph, Missouri, on Wednesday as people stocked up for the blizzard.
Kansas State University canceled Thursday classes, as have dozens of grade schools in the Plains states.
In Wichita, crews have spread salt and sand across roads since Monday. But no matter how much they used, many roads remained slick. Side streets were worse.
Across Kansas, authorities were calling on people to "just stay home," the station reported.
Wichita set a record for daily snowfall Wednesday, with 6.2 inches.
Across the country, numerous flights were canceled or delayed due to weather. St. Louis, Dallas/Fort Worth, Chicago's O'Hare, and Denver had the most cancellations and delays outside of Kansas City, according to FlightStats, which tracks air travel.
United Airlines announced Thursday that certain affected travelers can change their itineraries without paying fees. There is a silver lining for some areas facing the heavy snowfall. "Big chunks of Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas" are facing exceptional drought, HLN meteorologist Bob Van Dillen said.
"You squeeze out the water from the melting snow, and you're talking 1 to 2 inches of water for those dry regions."
On Wednesday, CNN iReporter Doug Simonton in Tulsa, Oklahoma, posted a photo of a car covered in snow and said numerous traffic accidents had been reported around town.
The storm system is huge and carries with it a warmer, wetter Southern component.
It will eventually stretch from the Dakotas to Houston, Myers said. While it will remain snowy in the north, the system will spawn torrential rains and tornadoes along the Gulf Coast and dump freezing rain over Arkansas and Missouri.
"There's going to be a monster ice storm over Springfield and Branson, Missouri. Think of an inch of ice coating everything," Myers said. "Power lines will be coming down. Trees will be coming down."
In St. Louis, freezing rain is predicted to fall on top of a thin layer of snow, which will have "a significant impact on travel," the National Weather Service warned.
North of where the most snow will fall, Chicago could receive as much as 6 inches, CNN's Sarah Dillingham said. The city is running 15 inches below its average snowfall for the season.


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21 Feb 2013 4:53 AM #1
Answered: NestedList and TreeStore 2mb local file
I am current having a problem with the size of the TreeStore's data.
I am doing an App, that needs to show a tree in a NestedList.
This data needs be show offline, so i built a json file and put it on "resources/data" folder.
However, this has became a 2.5mb file, and the NestedList has became slowly to navigate in it.
I can't think on an other way to do it.
I have already thought in use a List in the place of NestedList, and then create different files to the children, but it seens a big workaround to me.
Any of you could give me an idea?
I'm not sure if NestedList will work; you may need to intervene programmatically a little more with this proxy, creating stores on the go with a remoteFilter set to the relevant parent ID.
I'd start with a simple list example and go from there.
I would populate the websql if it hasn't already been populated at the start of the application, yes.
The main advantage to you is the remoteFilter/sort configs will operate on the database, so javascript won't have to hold the data in memory, and you can bring subsets of the data into javascript memory as you need to display them.
21 Feb 2013 6:06 AM #2
You're going to have issues just on the data being stored in memory alone, nevermind the DOM, IMO.
My workaround is to read the JSON files as raw data myself, take what I want out of the data structure, remove the rest from memory and then work with the subset I want in a sencha touch store. Easier said than done... it requires lots of fiddly code.
21 Feb 2013 6:14 AM #3
21 Feb 2013 6:20 AM #4
I'll be posting some soon when it's cleaned up.
The simple fact of the matter is that you cannot store 2.5mb of data in a sencha touch store without a significant hit to performance on some devices.
I don't like having to do it either - at all - but until there's a better way to store data subsets in sencha touch, that's what has to happen.
Either that, or store the data in a database and query it into stores as necessary using a sqlite proxy.
21 Feb 2013 12:02 PM #5
And I have another problem too.
It is required to filter the NestedList.
But to filter a 2.5mb store is realy slow. =s
21 Feb 2013 1:34 PM #6
websql/sqlite would seem to be a good solution. As you could do your filtering via db queries.
22 Feb 2013 4:23 AM #7
Does it work on iOS and Android?
I have read that the websql works only in the webkit.
I dont know if the default browser of Android is a webkit one (I know that it is not Chrome).
How should I do to use a Webkit? To create the database on the app's initialize? Read the json file and than populate the database?
I didn't know that it is possible to access database files from javascript.
Maybe this webSQL is not a file at all. It use the storage from HTML?
22 Feb 2013 4:35 AM #8
Yes, works fine after a native build. Just be careful about how you create the connection as this can lead to exceptions in the terminal when you build. If you create the connection on your first query, rather than launch, you are fine for sure.
Works fine on iOS and Android. Native browsers for each (including Chrome in newer Android versions) are all webkit based.
WebSql doesn't only work in webkit, it's an HTML5 implementation. I'm not certain how well other browsers support it. But for Android and iOS you're fine.
Take a look at either the sqlite proxy in touch 2.1 on, or my sqlite proxy in the showcases forum. I haven't used sencha's implementation myself, nor mine for nearly a year now, but I know others continue to use it based on the thread! Happy to help there and hopefully others can chime in with some solutions where you need them too. The key is using the remoteFilter and remoteSort configs on your store.
22 Feb 2013 4:51 AM #9
22 Feb 2013 5:29 AM #10
All the sqlite proxies you will see will work just as well in websql as they do sqlite.
websql is part of localstorage, so the 5mb limit applies. You get websql everywhere - webapps as well as native apps.
The only way to get to a sqlite db from Sencha Touch is to package to native and use a phonegap plugin. You only need to do this if you want to use more than 5mb.
Otherwise, just go ahead and use the "sqlite" proxies and know that they will work in websql too.


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Sewing Practice
- Heavy cardboard
- Scissors
- Hole punch
- Shoelace or yarn
- Tape (if using yarn)
- Cut a shape out of heavy cardboard and punch holes around the edges at regular intervals.
- Tie a knot in one end of an old shoelace, or knot one end of a piece of yarn and wrap heavy tape around the other end.
- Let your child sew by weaving the shoelace through the punched holes. This fun activity is great for hand/eye coordination.
Copyright © 1998 by Patricia Kuffner. Excerpted from The Preschooler's Busy Book with permission of its publisher, Meadowbrook Press.
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I think we can all agree on one thing: Life is busy. With that said, who has time to exercise?
I'm not here to scold, because we are all guilty of making excuses as to why we don't have time to exercise. And I'm not saying these excuses aren't often legitimate either — sometimes there really aren't enough hours in the day! What I am here to do is offer easy solutions to a problem that faces us all.


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2013 – Outdoor: Ran the team's fastest 10000m time (35:54.53) at the Raleigh Relays and finished 17th … Finished 20th in the 10000m (38:42.58) at the Atlantic 10 Championships …Clocked a time of 4:51.40 in the 1500m at the 49er Classic. Indoor: Finished 13th in the 3000m run (10:18.09) at the Atlantic 10 Championships … Ran the team's fastest 5000m time (17:47.84) and finished 20th at the Norte Dame Invitational … Was tenth in the 3000m (10:13.96) at the Hilton Garden Invitational.
2012 – Indoor: Finished sixth in the 3000m (10:00.34) at the Hokie Invitational, that mark ranks seventh all-time on the top ten list … Was 12th in the mile (5:14.79) at the Virginia Tech Invitational. Outdoor: Won the 5000m (18:15.78) at the Charlotte Invitational … Finished 11th at the Atlantic 10 Champtionship in the 10000m (37:12.13). Cross Country: Competed in all seven meets during her senior season ... Was named Atlantic 10 Performer of the Week after winning the 5k race at the Charlotte Duals with a time of 19:10 ... She also led Charlotte at the Chili Pepper Cross Country Festival 6K (22:48.4) ... Finished 43rd at the A-10 Championships with a time of 18:59.3 ... Was 97th at the NCAA Southeast Regional (22:26.67).
2011 - Cross Country: Competed in six meets ... Led the Niners with a fifth place effort at the Elon Invitational (18:19) ... Ran a new personal best at the A10 Championship, earning All-Conference honors with a 14th place finish in 17:55.5 ... Finished 32nd in a time of 21:18.1 in the 6K at the NCAA Southeast Regional ... Outdoor: Second in the 5,000m at the Charlotte Invitational (17:46.27) ... Ran best 5,000m of the season at the Duke Invite with a time of 17:40.67 ... Seventh in the 3000m run (10:54.12) at the 49er Classic ... Season-best time of 37:34.61 in the 10,000m at the A10 Championship ... Indoor: Ran an 18:08.60 in the 5000m at the Penn State Meet ...
2010 - Cross Country: Finished 15th in the USC Upstate Eyeopener with a time of 19:07 ... Finished 28th in the UVA Panorama Farms with a time of 23:13.54 ... Earned 26th place in the A-10 Championship with a season-best time of 18:23 ... Competed in the NCAA Southeast Regional 6K, finishing in a time of 22:15.0 ...
Elgin Community College: Named an NJCAA All-American in 2009.
Personal: Daughter of Ilse and Bruce Sutchar ... Exercise Science major ... Born June 13, 1990.


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FORT HOOD (January 18, 2013)--The First Lady Michelle Obama will address Fort Hood children in a live broadcast Friday.
The broadcast will come during the Kids' Concert for Military Families entitled, "Inaugural: Our Children, Our Future" at 5 p.m.
The concert will be held at the Walter E. Washington Center.
The concert is being hosted by Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden.


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The ideal exercise program combines strength training, aerobic exercise, and stretching (flexibility) exercises. These videos show strength training exercises that are specifically designed to fit into a weight loss plan, along with some tips on how to do each one.
But you don't have to be managing your weight to do these. They're great beginner exercises for anyone to try.
Before you start any kind of exercise program, check with your doctor. It's also good to know these strength training basics:
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I heard about the complaint of the Nexus S' lack of 720p video recording? What does 720p mean? How does it compare to the standard Samsung Galaxy S phones?
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The Samsung Galaxy S is capable of recording 720p video from it's rear-facing camera. The Nexus S is not (max resolution of 720x480).
Its referring to the resolution that the video camera can record video in. 720p (1280×720 ) is a High Definition resolution. Apparently the maximum video resolution of the Nexus S is only 720x480 which is Standard Definition. Many new Android handsets have the ability to record HD video which is why it would be something to complain about with the Nexus S.


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Currently, I'm exercising 3 days a week (every other day), each day doing 2-3 muscle groups. Currently, my goal is to increase muscle mass. My question is, given my exercise goal, is it better to really stress a given muscle group for a single day and then "ignore" it until next week, or to work out all groups each day, but to a lesser extent?
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The answer to your question is yes. Yes, you can do a 2/3/4/5 day split each week. And, yes, you can do a full body workout 2-3 times a week. In fact, I would suggest doing both - just not at the same time.
Most people who go to a gym will do a split routine. Usually a 3 day split involves:
You can also add in core muscles on any or all of those days. Alternately, you can do a full body work out. A workout of this type will involve exercises that engage most of the muscles in your body:
You cannot do both these routines at the same time, it would be way too much. You can alternate them however. Do a 3 days split for a couple months, then switch to a full body routine for a while, then back again. This will challenge your body in different ways and will keep you from getting use to your exercises and plateauing.
Your muscles increase in size during their recovery, not during the exercise itself.
Therefore, you should not be working muscle groups on consecutive days.
I generally find 2-3 times a week is ideal, on non-consecutive days.


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STEUBENVILLE - One-hundred-and-fifty-seven days to go, read the sign posted on the wall Tuesday evening in Lecture Hall 2100 at Eastern Gateway Community College.
That's how many days before the 2013 Steubenville Area Relay for Life, sponsored by the Jefferson County Unit of the American Cancer Society, will get under way June 21 at the Robert Kettlewell Memorial Stadium at Indian Creek High School in Wintersville, beginning at 6 p.m. and continuing until noon on June 22.
Planners and team captains gathered Tuesday to continue laying the foundation for the community event that is five months away and hoping to raise $133,000 for research, education, advocacy and patient services.
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PLANNING TIME — Bethani Barsch, American Cancer Society staff partner, and Kyle Elder, co-chair of the 2013 Steubenville Area Relay for Life sponsored by the ACS, touched base on agenda items prior to Tuesday's planning meeting held at Eastern Gateway Community College.
Teams of family, friends, businesses, churches and organizations are being recruited to come on board and help raise funds for the event co-chaired by Kyle Elder and Jaclyn Walters.
Elder and Bethani Barsch, ACS staff partner, brought newcomers and relay faithful up to speed on the relay, the theme of which will be "Rock Out Cancer."
Team captains on hand Tuesday shared their reasons to relay, noting they participate in honor or in memory of a loved one's battle with cancer. Longtime ACS advocate Barb Wilinski said she and her husband, Rich, former event co-chairs, have lost 20 family members to the disease.
Wilinski encouraged participation in Lobby Day in Columbus on April 11, an opportunity to petition legislators to keep funding cancer programs and research. She also encouraged $10 memberships in ACS Cancer Action Network lobbying presence that fights for funding and expressed her hope that this year's relay will be a "CAN relay." That means there will be at least 10 teams each having 10 participants become ACS-CAN members.
Several fundraisers were announced Tuesday, including:
A pancake breakfast will be held from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Feb. 9 at Applebee's. Tickets are $5 and available at the door. It is sponsored by Team Family Affair.
Steppin' For Sisters co-chair Judy Fellows said there will be a St. Patrick's Day dance from 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on March 16 at the Stratton Municipal Building. Cost is $5 for singles and $10 for couples. There will be free chips, pretzels and beer. The team also will again organize a butterfly release as part of the relay, with butterflies available for ordering for $8 through June 1.
Team Family Jewels is planning a lighted balloon release, which made its debut at the 2012 relay. A balloon is $5.
Team Cooper is planning its Longaberger Bingo for April 5 at the Stratton Municipal Building with doors opening at 5 p.m. for the 6 p.m. fundraiser. Cost is $25 for 20 games of bingo.
Barsch reported on two regional fundraisers for Northeast Ohio, including a drawing June 28 for three Visa gift cards valued at $2,500, $1,500 and $1,000. Tickets are $10 each, and teams selling them get full credit toward their individual goal to raise at least $100. "Brrrr for a Cure" will be held at Lake Milton on Feb. 23, an event where participants jump in the cold lake, with sponsors promising funds as motivation.
Discussion was held on two new elements to the relay. One is for teams to provide survivor goodie bags to cancer survivors visiting their tent sites at the relay. The other is having team tent sites selected prior to the relay so a map of onsite fundraisers can be made available.
The Teen Council's first meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Feb. 4 at First Westminster Presbyterian Church. Teens from area high schools are being recruited to participate.
Anyone interested in organizing a team can contact Elder at firstname.lastname@example.com; Walters at firstname.lastname@example.com; or Barsch at firstname.lastname@example.com or by calling (888) 227-6446, extension 2212.
Information also is available at www.relayforlife.org/Steubenville.
The next team captains' meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Feb. 12 in Lecture Hall 2100 at EGCC.


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SAN FRANCISCO -- Roy Halladay's career no longer appears to be in jeopardy. He might even come back and pitch this season. But it won't be anytime soon.
The Philadelphia Phillies ace told news reporters he needs arthroscopic surgery to remove a bone spur and to repair a partially torn rotator cuff and a frayed labrum. He figures to be out at least three months.
Halladay said an exam in Los Angeles by orthopedist Neal ElAttrache revealed a scenario "a lot better than some of the things I anticipated."
"He said they thought they could turn back the clock two or three years for me,'' Halladay said of ElAttrache, who examined him Tuesday. "I thought it was very good news.''
Halladay said he still needs to do some research before undergoing the surgery, which he said will likely take place next week. The time frame for his return is not certain, but Halladay said ElAttrache indicated in previous cases it has taken three months. The full scope of Halladay's recovery won't be known until the surgery occurs.
Halladay, who turns 36 on Tuesday, has won 201 career games but has struggled the past two seasons, especially so this year, posting a 2-4 record with an 8.65 ERA. He gave up 17 runs over six innings in his last two appearances and was placed on the disabled list Monday, then traveled to Los Angeles to be examined by ElAttrache.
"My biggest concern was I couldn't throw the ball where I wanted to throw it,'' Halladay said. "I wasn't concerned about velocity. The pain wasn't overwhelming. I couldn't understand why my location was so poor.''
Halladay found out the bone spur had been rubbing against the rotator cuff, damaging it and likely forcing him to alter his pitching mechanics. He expects the surgery will improve his range of motion and allow him to regain his command.
From 2006 to 2011, the two-time Cy Young Award winner averaged 18 wins and 236 innings, throwing a perfect game in 2010 and a no-hitter in that year's playoffs. In that six-year span, Halladay averaged less than two walks per nine innings every season, usually hovering around the 1.3 mark. This year that figure is at 4.5.
The surgery Halladay faces, which he referred to as "a scope and a cleanup,'' is not regarded as career-threatening.
"They don't need to reattach the rotator cuff, which would require a year and a half and a low chance of pitching again," he said. "To me, the fact that it's an (arthroscopic procedure) is a lot better option, obviously a lot quicker. And at my age, it's the best thing for me."
Halladay is earning $20 million this season, then is eligible for free agency. General manager Ruben Amaro dismissed a question about re-signing Halladay as premature.
"I'm sad that I don't have him available to pitch. I wanted him to pitch. But we can't control that,'' Amaro said. "Of all the scenarios that could have been, I think it's a pretty good one. We still remain optimistic that he can come back and pitch sometime this year. It that's the case, if he can help us, that'd be great.''
Right-hander Tyler Cloyd, who is 1-3 with a 5.40 ERA at Class AAA Lehigh Valley, will be called up to start Friday against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Halliday's place. However, Amaro said the longer-term replacement would be lefty John Lannan, whose recovery from a left-knee injury has been stepped up.
Halladay was relieved and encouraged by the results of his examination, which provided an explanation for his sudden ineffectiveness.
"I don't feel as lost as before. I feel like there's some answers there,'' Halladay said. "I feel like there's some things that we see that can be done. I'm optimistic we'll get it fixed and I'll be able to come back and pitch."


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In playing Team Fortress 2 after the most recent update I've noticed a lot of "Vintage" items. What's different about these items? How can I acquire more?
The main difference between normal and Vintage items is that Vintage items are all the items people obtained before the Mann-conomy update. They can no longer be acquired in any way except trade. This makes them very rare. You can recognise them by their blue name only, since people could also just rename their items Vintage. Also, as pointed out in the comments, the "Vintage Tyrolean" and the "Vintage Merryweather" are renamed to "Vintage Vintage Tyrolean" and "Vintage Vintage Merryweather" respectively.
See the Mann-conomy FAQ:
Basically, Valve decided that making items available for money devalued the items, since it is less impressive to buy an item then it is to craft/find it. Therefore they converted every existing item in people's inventories to Vintage items.
Since you can no longer create them (only the items converted at the update become them) Vintage items are very rare, which gives them a higher value in trade. Otherwise they are identical.
Additionally, a couple items are excluded, such as badges, promotional items (eg. Bill's Hat) and holiday items (eg. Ghastly Gibus).
Funnily enough, the Vintage item's rarity will increase over time, as people use them up in crafting.
See also: The Quality article on the Team Fortress wiki.
Vintage Items are items that existed prior to the Mann-conomy update that happened on 2010 September 30th.
You can recognize a Vintage item both by its name and name color (which is blue).
If you are trading to try and get Vintage items, note that items can now be renamed... check the name color and make sure it really is a Vintage item. Also, renamed items should have the items names in quotation marks... i.e. "Vintage Merryweather" instead of Vintage Merryweather.
There are two items that already had Vintage in their name: Vintage Merryweather and Vintage Tyrolean. These now have Vintage in their names twice for the Vintage versions.
Note: Not all items became Vintage items. Ones that didn't include:
and all the new items added during or after the Mann-conomy update (except Foster's Facade and Stockbroker Scarf, which are Vintage if you owned Killing Floor prior to the KF cross-promotion).
Unusual hats were also added to the game during the Mann-conomy update.
These are hats have particle effects attached to them, such as ghosts or a sunbeam. The names for these items are shown in purple. They are not available through the random drop system, but instead as a rare drop from a Mann Co. Supply Crate, which require you to buy keys from the Mann Co. Store (for $2.49 each) to open.
Of course, like all hats, they can be traded. Expect to trade a lot of hats for one, though, as they are exceedingly rare.
Scammers are on the prowl... if you're trading, always make sure that, while you were putting your items into the trade box, the person on the other end didn't change what items they had in it.
Strange weapons are a new type introduced with the Uber update in 2011. They are the same as Vintage and Unique items, except they also track kill counts. They have an orange name.
Edit: Dumb me, Unusual hats have a purple name, not a green name. Green names are for community and self-made items.
Vintage items are simply items that existed before the big Polycount patch. There is no functional difference between vintage items and non-vintage items. The only way that you can acquire more is to trade them from someone that already has them.
Some of the more recently added weapons post-date the Mann-conomy update but were also converted to vintage after a certain point, e.g. the Crusader's Crossbow. I wouldn't be surprised if a similar conversion was applied at some point for all the items not currently available in Vintage versions.


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