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ST. CLAIRSVILLE - St. Clairsville doesn't hesitate to talk about its goal.
The Red Devils have visions of playing football in Week 15, which would occur on the last Friday of this month in Canton in the Division IV state championship game.
They've now successfully passed the 11th hurdle along the way after opening the Division IV, Region 15 playoffs in grand fashion, handing eighth-seeded Harrison Central a decisive 41-6 setback at chilly Red Devil Stadium Friday night.
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SIX — Harrison Central's Maurtice Hython scores in traffic Friday at St. Clairsville. The Red Devils won the Division IV, Region 15 playoff game, 41-6.
"I was more nervous about this game than any we've played this season," said Devils head coach Brett McLean. "I have great respect for Harrison Central's team and coaches. To have a great season and draw a conference foe right out of the gate is tough, but our kids handled it well."
The victory sends the Red Devils to next Friday's regional semifinal affair against fifth-seeded Piketon at a site that will be announced Sunday by the Ohio High School Athletic Association.
"I know a little bit about Piketon and have seen what we could find on the Internet and whatnot," McLean said. "I know they spread it out and throw the ball to a degree, so it'll be two similar teams running similar offenses. It should be fun."
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St. Clairsville 41, Harrison Central 6
Harrison Central 6 0 0 0 - 6
St. Clairsville 21 20 0 0 - 41
STC - Ferns 14 pass from Kinnick. (Musilli kick)
HC - Hython 10 run. Kick failed.
STC - Monteroso 50 pass from Kinnick. (Musilli kick)
STC - Brown 66 run. (Musilli kick)
STC - Monteroso 22 pass from Kinnick. (Musilli kick)
STC - Brown 4 run. (Musilli kick)
STC - Ferns 35 pass from Kinnick. Kick failed.
RUSHING: Harrison Central, 35-109-1td (Hython, 22-112-1td; Mitchell, 5-(-9); Maykowski, 2-(-2); Stenson, 4-9; Miser, 2-(-11). St. Clairsville, 35-174-1td (Brown, 9-111-1td; Kinnick, 2-(-8); Ferns, 8-33; Coleman, 2-3; Gummer, 9-34; M. Monteroso, 2-6; Trouten, 2-5.
PASSING: Harrison Central, 7-10-84-0-0 (Mitchell, 6-9-51; Hython, 1-1-33). St. Clairsville, 11-14-291-4td (All by Kinnick).
RECEIVING: Harrison Central, 7-84 (Olmstead, 2-33; Pelegreen, 3-13; Mitchell, 1-33; Rutter, 1-5). St. Clairsville, 11-291-4td (Monteroso, 5-183-2td; Marhefka, 2-38; Ferns, 3-64-2td; Gossett, 1-6).
First Downs: Harrison Central, 9. St. Clairsville, 15.
Penalties: Harrison Central, 4-30. St. Clairsville, 7-65.
Fumbles: Harrison Central, 1-0. St. Clairsville, 3-0.
While the Red Devils are still practicing football, Huskies' head coach Justin Kropka bid his team and highly successful senior class good bye with a strong 7-4 record.
"I've watched these kids grow up" Kropka said of his seniors, who were freshmen the last time the Huskies qualified for the postseason. "These kids have been coming to our little kids camp since they were probably third or fourth grade. Each year you coach, it gets a little tougher because you're that much closer with the kids. It's always heart breaking, but, at the end of the day, they'll be the first class to leave Harrison Central with two playoff appearances to their credit."
Much like it's been the case all season for the Red Devils, they've just had simply too much speed and athleticism for their opposition. Harrison Central got to experience it twice. The Devils routed the Huskies, 42-6 in Week 5.
"I thought our kids were in the right spots, and I thought a couple of times we were covering them about as well as we could cover," Kropka said. "But, they just went up and made plays."
The guy who went up and made the majority of the plays was senior standout Dan Monteroso. The Boston College bound wide receiver hauled in five balls for 183 yards and two touchdowns.
"The game plan every week is to go with whatever is working - whether it's the passing game or Jaylon (Brown) and the running game," Monteroso said. "We spread it out and the thing about our team is that we've got a lot of guys who can make plays at any given time and thats what we did tonight."
Monteroso hit many nails on the head there.
Senior Matt Kinnick was clicking on all cylinders with basically all day to throw the ball thanks to the impressive work provided by the Red Devils' offensive line. Kinnick completed 11-of-14 for 291 yards and four touchdowns.
Junior jet Jaylon Brown got into the act with 9 carries for 111 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
St. Clairsville scored on every possession it had in the first half. It got things going when Kinnick hooked up with junior Michael Ferns for a 14-yard scoring pitch. Junior Zach Musilli was perfect on the first of his five PATs on the night.
"The unselfishness of this team has been one of its best characteristics all season," McLean said. "We try to get the ball around as much as we can, but sometimes we fall on one side of the spectrum moreso. I think everyone got involved tonight, and I am proud of the entire team effort."
Harrison Central, however, stuck with its game plan of trying to control the clock and utilize senior Maurtice Hython on the ground. It paid dividends as Hython, who worked out of the Wildcat much of the first half, got Harrison on the board with a 10-yard burst on the ensuing possession. The PAT was blocked and the momentum had shifted back to the Devils and it never swayed.
"We thought we had the Wildcat package going and we had some success," Kropka said. "We had a lineman go down and it kind of took away that option, which was our gameplan coming in. We wanted to work the clock and try to three-yard them to death, but once we got out of that, when you try to out-speed those guys or get out of your basic stuff, it's tough, because they're too well coached and too talented for that to happen."
The Devils proceeded to score the next 34 before subbing freely in the second half.
Monteroso caught touchdowns of 50 and 22 yards, Brown scored on runs of 66 and 4 yards and the Michigan-bound Ferns hauled in a simple pass in the flat and rumbled 35 yards for the final score of the game.
The high-powered Red Devils out-gained Harrison, 465-193.
The Red Devils' offensive line of Cole Stephen, Corey Ernest, Joel Giffin, Tom Parker and Nick VanVolenburg paved the way for the big night offensively.
The marvelous season and career of Hython came to a close with a 22 carry, 112-yard output. Unfortunately, he left the game with assistance with what appeared to be a serious leg injury.
Kropka didn't want to make any guesses about the severity of the injury.
Talented senior quarterback Rashaen Mitchell was 5-of-9 passing for 51 yards. He made a juggling catch on a pass from Hython for a 33-yard gain. Nate Olmstead caught 2 balls for 33 yards and talented senior Nick Pelegreen caught three passes and was once again outstanding on the defensive side of the ball.


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Research indicates that children and youth are spending an increasing amount of time in front of a television, mobile phone or computer screen, as much as 8 - 10 hours per day. What are the known effects, the myths and the risk factors of such exposure, especially exposure to violence?
Steven Kirsh, professor of psychology at SUNY Geneseo, addresses those questions in his recently published book, "Media and Youth: A Developmental Perspective." Kirsh has compiled the most recent scholarly findings on the topic to demonstrate the risks and benefits that different media have on various age groups.
"Media are among the many risk factors children and youth are exposed to that influence their behavior," says Kirsh. "Parenting, peers and biological predispositions have the most impact on behavior, but the general effects of media and the magnitude of those effects will vary with age. Adolescence, for example, is a time of increased vulnerability to media images related to body image, sex and violence because that is the key point of development for determining one's identity and exploring unknown areas. The media can become a super-peer and actually dictate to a greater extent what the effects may be."
Kirsh says it's the balance of risk and protective factors that determines attitudes and behaviors in children and youth. The more risk or fewer protective factors they are exposed to, the greater likelihood of negative influences occurring, such as those they see in media.
"Media will have different influences at different times of development, depending on this balance of risk and protection the child or youth experiences," says Kirsh. "We can't just view all media as good or bad. Media don't reside in a vacuum."
Kids who are violent, sexually obsessed, racist or the like, says Kirsh, tend to seek out media that conform or mimic those notions.
"Media provide a reinforcing factor," he says. "The media may not be creating the prejudice or increased violence or sexual desire, but the media can be a risk factor that leads to the reinforcement of those belief systems."
Researchers are beginning to yield results on the influence of social media on children and youth, and Kirsh says the early belief that preoccupation with social media would suppress social skills and lead to increased loneliness is not borne out in current literature.
"We're finding that kids using social media to chat with friends can be beneficial as long as the feedback is positive," says Kirsh. "If they get negative feedback, then they end up with rejection and loneliness. It's not a matter of if they are using it but how they are using it, and that is the key to the consumption of all media."
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I failed to find a clean answer to this issue. HP Pavilion Dv6, just installed Ubuntu 12.10 after Windows 7 got too annoying. Ubuntu is currently the only OS on the laptop.
I used to only have 12.04 on here, and everything worked fine. Anyways my issue is, Every time i wake the computer from sleep mode, it only shows a black screen but still seems to be working according to the HDD light.
A similar issue occurs EVERY time i try booting the computer; it boots to a purple screen, then turns black. But when i hold the power button and try again, it always boots just fine.


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I hear a lot about PCI quirks when reading about the Linux kernel, but no website explains or defines PCI quirks. What are PCI quirks?
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"Donnie Darko" is an edgy, psychological thriller about a suburban teen coming face-to-face wit his dark destiny. Jake Gyllenhaal leads a star-filled cast (including Drew Barrymore, Noah Wyle, Jena Malone, Patrick Swayze and Mary McDonnell) as a delusional high-school student visited by a demonic rabbit with eerie visions of the past - and deadly predictions for the future. This "excitingly original" (Entertainment Weekly) nail-biter will keep you on the edge of your seat until the mind-bending climax.
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You know, I remember people drawing fan art and stuff of this show, but I have actually never seen it. I had only thought it was a comic, not a movie. Good find, and I have to go to Wally anyways.
Caan't believe that was 10 years ago that was out. i'm getting old
Great movie. The secrets are all in the Roberta Sparrow's book. Wish it existed and I could read it :) The wiki has spoilers.
My favorite movie of all time. You can't go wrong with this one.
FYI, The Original Version is much better than the Director's Cut. Both versions are worth watching, but watch the original first.
awesome movie. for some reason if i watched this movie with a girl i was into, she would end up making out with me. i don't know why this movie, but hey, if it worked for me it might work for you.
@misterchips: I agree but which version does the blu-ray have, or does it have both? Doesn't seem to say anywhere...
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Genuinely funny books for children are few and far between. So when a story like Henry Huggins comes along, it comes to stay. In this irresistible boy's adventures, children everywhere see themselves.
During one unforgettable year that begins when Henry discovers a lost, hungry dog he calls Ribsy, readers will have a grand time. Before the suspenseful conclusion, they'll meet Henry's friends on Klickitat Street--including Beezus and her little sister, Ramona--and enjoy lots of funny happenings. No wonder this continuously engaging and heartwarming book is a classic!
Instead she became a librarian. When a young boy asked her, "Where are the books about kids like us?" she remembered her teacher's encouragement and was inspired to write the books she'd longed to read but couldn't find when she was younger. She based her funny stories on her own neighborhood experiences and the sort of children she knew. And so, the Klickitat Street gang was born!
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The following assertion appears in a paper I am reading, and I can't seem to verify it.
Let $\text{Gr}_{n,m}$ denote the set of pairs $(V,W)$ where $V$ and $W$ are as follows.
- $V$ is an $n$-dimensional subspace of $\mathbb{C}^{\infty}$.
- $W$ is an $m$-dimensional subspace of $\mathbb{C}^{\infty}$.
- $V$ and $W$ are orthogonal.
The space $\text{Gr}_{n,m}$ has an obvious topology. If $\text{Gr}_n$ and $\text{Gr}_m$ are the usual Grassmannians of $n$ and $m$ planes in $\mathbb{C}^{\infty}$, then there is an obvious map $\psi : \text{Gr}_{n,m} \rightarrow \text{Gr}_n \times \text{Gr}_m$.
The map $\psi$ is almost a homeomorphism, but not quite because of condition 3 above. The paper claims that $\psi$ is a homotopy equivalence.
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In "Rings, Modules, and Algebras in Stable Homotopy Theory" Elmendorf, Kriz, Mandell and May introduce a notation of spectra indexed over an universe $\mathcal{U}$ as a collection of pointed topological spaces index by finite subspaces of the universe. Has anyone seen a definition using pointed simplicial sets instead? What would be a simplicial model for the one-point compactification $S^V$ of a real finite dimensional vector space? Just its singular complex?
Yes to both interpretations of your question. It is not clear to me where you want to put pointed simplicial sets.
One interpretation of your question is that you want to replace pointed topological spaces with pointed simplicial giving the notion of a spectrum as a functor from supspaces of U to pointed sSet. This is a very common thing to do, and in some circles in homotopy theory is the standard definition of spectrum. Often "space" is interpreted as meaning simplicial set. This is because of the standard Quillen equivalence between Top and sSet.
The other possible interpretation of your question is that you are trying to replace vector spaces with simplicial sets. This is also (essentially) something which has been done. It gives a model of spectra known as W-spaces. This is one of the standard diagram category models of spectra. See the following paper for a comparison:
Model categories of diagram spectra, by M. A. Mandell, J. P. May, S. Schwede, and B. Shipley
Chris, that is not actually what we did. Personally, I find indexing simplicial sets by inner product spaces to be unnecessary and unhelpful, and I've not coauthored any paper with such a construction. One can easily compare symmetric spectra in simplicial sets with symmetric spectra in topological spaces, and one can easily compare symmetric spectra in topological spaces with orthogonal spectra. I see no point in a hybrid. As a matter of detail, in defining orthogonal spectra one can perfectly well work with all finite dimensional inner product spaces, without choosing a universe, whereas the universe is needed to define the linear isometries operad used in the EKMM construction. It is nice to keep the S^V as they are: that makes generalization to G-spectra effortless, where G is a compact Lie group, and that works for both orthogonal spectra of spaces and EKMM S-modules.
I prefer eclecticism: the different models have different advantages. Here is an eclectic correct definition: a map of symmetric spectra (of spaces) is a weak equivalence iff its pushforward map of orthogonal spectra induces an isomorphism of homotopy groups. (Proven in the paper MMSS Chris cites.)
ps: I really don't like ``if you really must ...''. There are serious advantages to working in a model category in which every object is fibrant, and, related to that, both for theory and computations it is very helpful to have a clean zeroth space functor from spectra to highly structured spaces.


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Sure to turn heads. Crafted in oxidized gold-tones, this necklace showcases a freeform white calcite with a black, tan and gray matrix. The chain features your choice of turquoise or amethyst nugget beads with the back portion featuring circle links.
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Very promising looking piece o technology
I just have one question to ask. When you said that new features will be gradually unveiled to the user, you meant that in an abstract way that users will learn new features and use them. Or lets say there will be A, B and C feature available to the user. When a user does something with option B, features D and E will become available?
Like the video, but it reallt screams for a screencast showing of the functions and the publishing
EDIT: http://www.microsoft.com/officebusiness/office2010/Default.aspx?vid=Gemini explains it but does not show it
There will be screencasts of Gemini on C9. Remember, it's still in project phase....
Columnar in-memory database storage, wow, that's some serious stuff!
A question though, when a dozen of users load their BI-mini apps onto the server and try to run them all, will there be 10 copies of in-memory database on the server (which might quite easily kill the server on the spot)? Or the server version of columnar database in not in-memory?
That's a great question, sokhaty.
We have done a lot of work on our mid-tier server to handle this scenario. In-memory applications posted to the server are loaded and unloaded as needed to serve the end-users demands. Of course, it is possible that a server could be overloaded - but the server can be scaled out on a sharepoint farm, and we handle load-balancing between servers on the farm.
Do bear in mind that most Gemini apps will not be huge - very few will be running 100s of millions of rows - most will be using 10s or 100s of thousands of rows, and will be using Gemini for its integration, analytic and collaboration smarts.
Great, you have it all covered. I'm sold
Now, this in-memory columnar database, is it going to be shipped along with Gemini only, or it eventually make it into some edition of SQL Server engine?
Sure, database query language doesn't have to be SQL (or arguably even shouldn't be SQL), but querying language aside, such a compelling feature as in-memory columnar storage looks very appealing as a generic service.
Right now I'm very focussed on turning our current dreams into reality, so I don't want to say too much about what happens "eventually."
But of course we are looking at all sort of interesting things we can do with this technology, and the community would be surprised if we were NOT considering some form of integration with the SQL Engine. But it's way too early to step down the path of what that would look like, even it were feasible.
But the future for Gemini and the core technologies is surely something to watch!
I'm interested in learning more about the back-end technology supporting Gemini. When users upload to SharePoint, will it exist as an Analysis Services cube? Will other SSAS client tools be able to access the Gemini workbook, or will that only be exposed through Excel Services?
Great questions, from a fellow constellation!
On the server, Gemini leverages Analysis Services running as a service app in Sharepoint. The Gemini workbooks are stored as workbooks, but as needed the server can upload the embedded Gemini content to the AS server and provide typical services such as refreshing data, or serving result sets to a client app as needed.
So, in a sense, yes the Gemini data is available as an SSAS cube - it's connection string is the URL of the xlsx file - and SSAS clients can query it. We show cool demos of Report Builder doing just that. But any other SSAS client could also do so. However, what they see when they connect is a rather funky "cube." Technically, in this version, it doesn't have many of the regular cube constructs such as hierarchies, and for business scenarios a Gemini workbook will typically only address one business question, or at least a relatively narrow domain of questions, compared to a typically broadly scoped OLAP solution.
However, you have indeed identified an important point. A Gemini workbook is not just a workbook - it is a real BI solution, and benefits from the openness of the MS BI platform. It's a bit like a Sagitttarius, which has the mind and smarts of a human, and the powerful back end of a horse!
I can see how compression on columns of business data can achieved with great effect. Does this mean it will be unsuitable for some kinds of data used in business intelligence for example a large book retailer that uses unique ISBN's and book titles very heavily in it's business intelligence... e.g. show me the top 10 book titles we've sold this year?
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STEUBENVILLE - Big Red shot a blazing 19-of-20 from the foul line Tuesday and came from behind in the fourth quarter to pull out a 66-61 victory over Wheeling Park in the Crimson Center.
The Patriots (4-9) got off to a good start, taking a 16-11 first quarter lead, but coach Mike Haney's Big Red (11-3) ratcheted up the defense and took the ball to the basket offensively in a big 24-point second quarter to take a 35-30 lead to the locker room at the half.
"We were moving slow and balls were on the ground that we should have been getting and they built the lead to 13-2 to start out the game," Haney remarked. "I called time out and subbed everybody and when the starters went back in it seemed like it woke them up a little bit."
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FLOATER — Steubenville's John Linn puts up a floater in the lane during Big Red's 66-61 win over Wheeling Park Tuesday at the Crimson Center.
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It sure did. The Red went on a 9-3 run to end the first quarter and then the 24-point tear in the second.
But the third period went back in favor of the Patriots. They slowed things down, ran their offense and controlled the tempo of the game. The Patriots took the lead back, going ahead 48-47 after three quarters.
"They (Wheeling Park) scored the first seven points of the second half and the game was nip-and-tuck the rest of the way.
"We gave them some easy baskets there in the third," Haney explained. "We didn't make them work for their shots the way we wanted to and then we had some bad turnovers and got away from going to the basket. We had some open shots, but they weren't going in. So we told them to go to the bucket more and it seemed like we did better in the fourth quarter when we did that."
Wheeling Park's Michael Jebbia wasn't pleased with the 15 turnovers his club committed.
"Once we slowed things down a little bit we did better, but sometimes we're our own worst enemy," he said.
"Until we cut down on our turnovers and some quick shots at times we're not going to be able to get over the hump.
"They sped us up there in the second quarter. That's the way they wanted to play. They have a nice ball club.
Big Red got the lead for good with 2:48 left in the fourth quarter when Chris Smith nailed a 10-foot jumper in the lane.
The Red increased the lead to 62-56 with 55 seconds left on the clock when Mylik Young made a layup and was fouled. He got a nice pass from Tajvan Lawson after Lawson got the last of his four steals. Young made the freebie, but the Patriots weren't ready to throw in the towel.
First Trenton Smith went to the foul line to make two and then Luke Saseen made the second of two from the line to narrow the Big Red lead down to 62-59 with 27 seconds remaining.
Lawson missed the front end of a one-and-one from the foul line with 20 seconds left, the only missed free throw of the game for Big Red, and that loomed big when Park's Zachary Phillips made a layup off a fast break to slice the Big Red lead to one at 62-61 with 12 ticks on the clock.
Lawson, however, atoned for the miss sinking two from the line to take the heat off a bit with 11.4 seconds left. Lawson finished with a game high 25 points.
Big Red's Mylik Young, who came off the bench to score 16 points and lead the Red with 9 rebounds, canned two free throws with 1.8 left for the final margin.
In addition to Lawson and Young, Periogn West scored 12 points for Big Red.
Saseen led the Patriots with 18 points and Zachery Snedecker followed with 16. Andrew Kowalo led all rebounders in the game with 11.
Big Red travels down river to play at Linsly tonight. Wheeling Park plays next at home against Zanesville on Saturday.
Big Red 66, Wheeling Park 61
Wheeling Park 16 14 18 13 - 61
Big Red 11 24 12 19 - 66
WHEELING PARK: Phillips 1 0-0 2, Saseen 5 8-11 18, Smith 2 3-4 7, Snedecker 6 3-5 16, Thomas 2 4-5 9, Blackson 2 0-0 5, Kowalo 2 0-0 4. Totals: 20 18-25 61. 3-pointers: Snedecker, Thomas, Blackston; Rebounds: 26 (Kowalo, 11); Turnovers: 15.
BIG RED: West 5 0-0 12, Linn 1 0-0 3, Herrins-Hill 0 2-2 2, Lawson 8 7-8 25, Young 4 8-8 16, Sterling 1 2-2 4, Smith 2 0-0 4. Totals: 21 19-20 66. 3-pointers: West (2), Lawson (2), Linn; Rebounds: 22 (Young, 9); Turnovers: 13.


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CAIRO—Violent confrontations between police and protesters in Egypt's capital and other cities continued for an eighth straight day Friday, defying an agreement by some Islamist and secularist political leaders to end an outbreak that has already taken at least 50 lives.
Thousands of demonstrators converged on Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo and on the streets around Egypt's presidential palace to protest against President Mohammed Morsi's efforts to expand his powers.
By nightfall, fierce altercations had broken out in front of Mr. Morsi's palace, where masked demonstrators lobbed Molotov cocktails and firecrackers at police officers and over the high palace walls.
Police responded by firing volleys of tear gas. In one incident broadcast on television, police could be seen beating a protester while stripping him of his clothing. Egypt's presidency said they would begin an investigation into the incident.
Friday's fighting unfolded against a backdrop of back-and-forth recriminations and failed negotiations between secularist and Islamist political forces in Egypt, as well as between protesters and the politicians who claim to represent their demands. The lack of compromise has polarized Egypt and driven its economy to the brink of collapse.
"The narratives that are taking place are so divorced they may as well be different countries," said Hossam Bahgat, the founder and director of the Egyptian Institute for Personal Rights and a prominent liberal activist.
"These kids are not going to go home unless there is the feeling that something has changed," said Mr. Bahgat of the rioters.
Friday's rioting came despite an agreement signed Thursday by prominent members of Egypt's Christian and Muslim religious communities, secular-leaning youth leaders and Islamists allied with Mr. Morsi that committed its signatories to peaceful political expression.
Al Azhar, a thousand-year-old Islamist university that is considered the seat of Sunni Islamic learning, sponsored the 10-point agreement
But the rioters didn't appear to take their cues from any of the signatories, including the National Salvation Front, a coalition of secular politicians who oppose Mr. Morsi and his Islamist backers.
"The Al Azhar document is a big lie and an attempt from the government to quell public opinion without meeting the demands of the people," said Mohammed Suleiman, 38 years old, a demonstrator who was standing a few blocks from the presidential palace on Friday evening after fleeing a growing cloud of tear gas.
Mr. Suleiman and others said their protests were aimed at bringing down Mr. Morsi and his supporters in the Muslim Brotherhood in much the same way Egyptians forced former President Hosni Mubarak to step down two years ago.
But unlike this week's fighting, the 18-day revolt that started in early 2011 was a broad, national movement that remained largely peaceful.
The lack of an explanation for the surge in grass-roots anger has led to a blame game among opposing political factions.
Mohamed ElBaradei, the leader of the NSF and one of the Al Azhar signatories, said Friday that the fighting was the result of Mr. Morsi ignoring the NSF's demands that he devolve power to a pluralistic "salvation government," amend the country's Islamist-friendly constitution, and replace the attorney general he appointed in November.
"Writing on wall: violence & chaos will continue until Morsi & co. listen 2 ppl's demands," Mr. ElBaradei tweeted.
A few hours later, Mr. Morsi's office blamed the violence on "political forces," an apparent reference to the NSF. The office said these forces were inciting attacks on the presidential palace, and called on these forces to condemn the violence, pull back their followers from Mr. Morsi's residence or face a "decisive" response from security forces.
But Islamist and secular political elites appeared ill-equipped to stop the violence, as the clashes appear to be attempts to settle accounts between protesters and the police.
The fighting began last Friday when peaceful protests against Mr. Morsi's rule on the second anniversary of the uprising called by opposition leaders devolved into clashes, particularly in the city of Suez.
The following day, a Cairo court sentenced 21 soccer fans, mostly residents of the coastal city of Port Said, to death for their role in a soccer melee a year ago that killed 74 people.
When Port Said residents tried to attack the prison housing the accused, they set off a week of deadly riots across the country.
"I see what is happening in Egypt as very similar to Tom and Jerry," said Mr. Suleiman, referring to the children's cartoon that depicts a violent and interminable fight between a cat and a mouse. "It is inconsistent, illogical, and everybody is working and implementing whatever they want with one faction dominating to the exclusion of others."
—Muhammad Mansour contributed to this article.
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Is there a difference between the meaning of selfish and self-centered? I have seen some using them identically. If there is a difference who would you like to hang out with: a selfish person or a self-centered person?
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These two words have different meanings, not merely different connotations. Part of the question was about whom it would be preferable to spend time with, a selfish person or a self-centered person?
One could be self-centered yet not morally bereft of compassion and generosity. Similarly, a self-centered person might want to further his or her objectives, whether or not that meant behaving selfishly in any given situation.
@Adel's comment is similar to my perception. Specifically, that a selfish person has a strong bias toward not giving anything-- time, money, effort, energy, or other support to anyone other than him or herself. And that seems much more unpleasant than the alternative.
A self-centered person would be inclined toward selfish behavior, but not necessarily so. Being self-centered implies finding oneself more fascinating than anything else. But it doesn't necessarily cause such a person to behave in the stingy, venal way associated with selfishness.
Although they appear to be similar in meaning, the differences are subtle.
Selfish (of a person, action, or motive) means lacking consideration for others, and/or is concerned chiefly with one's own personal profit or pleasure.
In contrast, self-centered means being preoccupied with oneself and one's affairs.
Another way of looking at it is as follows: A self-centered person sees only himself as the centre of everything and does not consider what his actions would mean to others. For e.g. blind people are quite independent and do not really want help from others, unless they ask for it. A self-centered person would reach out to a blind person, catch his hand and help him across the road, not really bothering to find out if that person wanted help in the first place. Only his actions count, he wants the world to think the best of him. He is not bothered about the feelings of the blind man.
A selfish person would not bother to help the blind man in the first place. If he must, it is conditional (whether he has time, is not too inconvenienced, etc.).
A selfish person wants to receive more than they give. They will happily give if they think that their return will be larger than their investment.
A self-centered person needs to be the focus of attention. All eyes must be on them no matter what they're doing, selfish or altruistic.
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On Saturday, October 22, and Sunday, October 23, 2011, The Curtis Institute of Music celebrated the launch of the school's 2011-12 Appassionato season and the Curtis Symphony Orchestra's season premiere concert with a gala weekend. Guess enjoyed cocktails at Lefest Hall on the school's campus and also at the Radisson Plaza-Warwick Hotel where a gala dinner was held. On Sunday, October 23, the Curtis Symphony Orchestra and conductor Michael Stern, music director of the Kansas City Symphony, kicked off the orchestras 2011-12 season with a concert of works by Barber, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and the premiere of a new work by Curtis faculty member David Ludwig. All proceeds from the event benefitted the schools Student Assistance Fund, which provides financial support for students' living expenses. Photography by David DeBalko.
On Saturday, October 22, 2011, JDT International hosted a community celebration and fundraiser for Urban Roots at The Flats at Girard Pointe. Guests enjoyed fall festivities and the chance to win exciting raffle prizes, and $1,000 was raised towards future Urban Roots projects. Photography by Kelly White Phillips.
On Saturday, October 22, 2011, local stylists competed in City of Hope and HopeCuts 16th Annual Hair Design Competition. Guests enjoyed colorful, over-the-top costumes and mile-high hair as well as cocktails, music and dancing. All proceeds from the evening benefited City of Hope. Photography by K.S.N. Images, Inc.
On Saturday, October 22, 2011, The Madlyn and Leonard Abramson Center for Jewish Life held its 21st annual Rainbow Ball at the Hyatt Regency Philadelphia at Penns Landing. Evelyn and Ronald Krancer of Villanova received the Family Award, the Abramson Centers highest honor, in recognition of their extraordinary commitment to improving the quality of life of older adults. The Abramson Center for Jewish Life, located in Horsham Township, Montgomery County, Pa., is a nonprofit provider of services to seniors. The event raised over $700,000 to benefit the cause. Photography by Scott Weiner.
On Wednesday, October 19, 2011, The School of Communications and Theater at Temple University Main Campus held the 11th annual Media Awards. The ceremony honored five Temple alumni who have excelled in the fields of communications and theater, and CBS News Sunday Morning anchor Charles Osgood was honored with his year's Excellence in the Media award. In addition to honoring communications and theater professionals, the event raised money for the Lew Klein Alumni in the Media Scholarship. This fund allows students to pursue internships, study abroad or create their own independent projects. Approximately a dozen students benefit from the scholarship each year. This years event raised more than $86,000. Photography by Joseph V. Labolito/Temple University.
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Trainer Buff Bradley had planned for his streaking Breeders' Cup star Groupie Doll to spend the Thanksgiving weekend and a few tranquil weeks on the family farm near Frankfort, Ky. before gearing the current queen of Kentucky racing up for a 2013 racing schedule.
But those plans for a quiet holiday have changed, and in a big way.
Bradley and his father, owner-trainer Fred Bradley, will most likely spend part of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend at New York's Aqueduct.
Groupie Doll, a dominating winner of five straight stakes races against females, will most likely be in the starting gate on Saturday, Nov. 24 for the Grade I Cigar Mile and her first career run against males.
Groupie Doll's year appeared to be over when she easily dismissed nine rivals in her easy 4 ½-length victory in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint on Nov. 3 at Santa Anita. The victory by the homebred daughter of Bowman's Band was one of the most impressive performances of the two-day championship.
The win at seven furlongs improved her career record to 9-3-2 in 16 races with earnings of $1,587,850. She has not lost since the younger Bradley outfitted her with blinkers five starts back and has become a true monster at one-turn distances.
She appears to be at her best at seven furlongs and has won three in a row at that distance, a string capped by her Breeders' Cup triumph. She would appear to be an ideal candidate for a one-turn mile, which is the configuration for the distance at her home track at Churchill Downs and for next week's race at Aqueduct.
The one-turn mile is my favorite distance in American Thoroughbred racing. It is a much different challenge than a mile run around two turns, because the long run down the backstretch – essentially a half-mile run to the turn – accents the need for both speed and stamina in a runner.
Outside post positions, sometimes a huge obstacle at two-turn miles, are of little consequence as horses have a long time to relax and gain position heading into the turn.
To excel at the one-turn mile, a horse must possess a sprinter's sharp mentality and the heart of a stayer. Groupie Doll and her closing kick are well-suited to the distance and the added furlong around one turn should be no problem for her.
In her rare runs around two turns, her signature late rush has been largely absent. But at one turn, the boys in the Big Apple had best look out.
Buff Bradley said the possible New York trip arose simply because Groupie Doll was doing so well following her Breeders' Cup romp at Santa Anita. And he said the celebration of the Kentucky-based heroes of Breeders' Cup 2012 on Sunday, Nov. 11 at Churchill Downs had something to do with it.
"We kept her here an extra week to be part of that," Bradley said. "When we took her over for the parade she was dragging them around."
If Groupie Doll should win the Cigar Mile and do so impressively, it could become a late factor in voting for the Eclipse Award for 2012 Horse of the Year. With his brilliant victory in the Breeders' Cup Mile, that honor has pretty much been ceded to Morton Fink's brilliant gelding Wise Dan. But a sharp triumph by Groupie Doll in a premier Grade I race like the Cigar Mile could turn the heads of voters with more than a month left on the 2012 calendar.
End Of Females' String?
If Wise Dan wins the solid gold Eclipse, as expected, it would end an unprecedented string of four consecutives female winners of that honor. The streak started with the brilliant Rachel Alexandra in 2009 and she was followed by back-to-back Horse of the Year honoree Zenyatta. Havre de Grace took the honor over a wide open field in 2011.
It's a longshot mission, but not impossible. As dominant as Wise Dan has been in 2012, most of his success came at a mile on grass, which has rarely been a Horse of the Year profile in the U.S.
He's still a clear frontrunner, but if Groupie Doll should add a romp over males – a key component of the campaigns of those four consecutive female champions – she will, at the very least, become a valid part of the discussion.
A Week Left
Just a week remains in the Churchill Downs Fall Meet and the closing week flurry of stakes races holds the potential for fireworks in the meet's biggest events.
The 138th running of the Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare, run on the day after Thanksgiving and won last year by Wise Dan, could be headed by the Dale Romans-trained Shackleford, winner of the 2011 Preakness and 2012 Metropolitan Mile. Other potential stars in the Clark mix are rising 3-year-old star Neck 'n Neck, the stablemate to Breeders' Cup Classic winner Fort Larned who won Churchill Downs' Ack Ack and the Indiana Derby in his last two starts; Pool Play, upset winner of the 2011 Stephen Foster Handicap, Indiana Derby runner-up Bourbon Courage and 2012 Florida Derby winner Take Charge Indy.
The Thanksgiving Day centerpiece will again be the $150,000-added Falls City Handicap for fillies and mares and the star of the day could be Brushed by a Star, winner of the Chilukki earlier in the meet. Her rivals could include Chilukki runner-up Joyful Victory and Afleeting Lady, a Romans-trained half-sister to Shackleford who narrowly missed winning the race a year ago.
Saturday's racing will be the final "Stars of Tomorrow" card devoted exclusively to 2-year-olds. The Kentucky Jockey Club and its counterpart for fillies, the Golden Rod, will match young horses that could return next spring for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands and the Kentucky Oaks.
Hornung's Colt
The top three finishers from the Iroquois on Oct. 28 – Uncaptured, Positively and Overanalyze – are expected for the Golden Rod, along with Louisville-born football legend Paul Hornung's Titletown Five. The latter, a Tiznow colt trained by four-time Kentucky Derby winner D. Wayne Lukas, was an impressive winner in his most recent start.
The meet wraps up with the River City Handicap on grass on Closing Day, Sunday, Nov. 25. Then it will be just over 150 days until Kentucky Derby 139.
Start the countdown, if you haven't already.
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A: The Otis-Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT) is a widely used measure of abstract thinking and reasoning ability appropriate for students between the ages of 5 and 18. The test includes both verbal and nonverbal items. The OLSAT does provide scoring comparisons both by age and grade and it was standardized on a large representative sample of the U.S. school population. It is typically administered in a group setting and may take 60-75 minutes, depending on the grade level of the child. Younger children are sometimes administered the test in two settings.
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I make my living as a one-man "software gun for hire" who works mostly from home, so I'm dying to hear what other people have to say about this.
Here are a few things I've found important:
My other techniques have evolved over the years, and I tweak them depending on the project and the client. People pay me for working code, not fooling around with process, so I try to keep the process lightweight, and out of my clients' faces. But I find some Agile techniques work really well for me:
The other gotcha of working on your own is you don't have anybody to tell you what to do or when, or if you're getting enough done, or when to quit work because you've done enough - so you have to do that for yourself. I personally prefer Scrum because I can keep track of how I'm doing vis-a-vis my sprint goals. For Kanban projects, I can just track how much time I'm putting in, but I don't like that as well as something more goal-based.
Some friends of mine swear by Pomodoro as a way to keep them focused on tasks and track personal efficiency, and I'm thinking of trying it out.
I also have a formal process for releasing code to my clients to make sure what they're getting is "right", but that's probably outside the scope of what you're asking about.
Use SVN above else, version everything. For tracking, notebook will do for simpler projects, if needed you have many free task / bug tracking applications (Redmine is cool). Agile / XP / Continuous Integration / others would be a little overkill in my opinion.
Aside from the Personal Software Process, I haven't found that much about formal process models designed for use by a single developer. The PSP is pretty heavy on documentation and paperwork (in its raw form, anyway), without much to be said for particular techniques on performing work (instead, the PSP focuses on data collection to find areas for improvement), but it is a starting point for developing a personal process that you can use on small-to-medium projects.
I think the best course of action would be to simply follow some appropriately chosen (based on your needs and the project) widely accepted best practices from a number of process models. Take a look at methods for tracking work done/work remaining, managing requirements, version control, testing (particularly unit and acceptance testing), continuous integration, coding standards, You Ain't Gonna Need It, and so on. If you haven't, I suggest reading Code Complete and The Pragmatic Programmer and practicing their tips.
The biggest thing about working individually is that, aside from any restrictions placed on you by outside forces, it's all up to you. You don't need to accommodate anyone else working along side you, so it's easier to pick techniques that enable you to work in the most efficient manner possible. Over the years, you've probably figured out how you work best, so that would be a good starting point. Then apply known "best practices" on top of that to enhance your abilities and techniques.
The guy is asking about specific methodologies and people is answering "use X/Y software". Is NOT a matter of tools, actually there are many methodologies and it seems there is no validation report for them yet: Agile, Iterative, Spiral, Waterfall, XP, V-Model, TDD.


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20 Jun 2012 4:56 AM #1
How to create txt file and also How to write all javascript exceptions to d same file
I want to log/write all javascript errors to one text file when ever an error happens in my JavaScript functions. using try catch block, i am catching exception. i need to log this exception to txt file. how can i achive this one sencha touch2
How can I do that. Please help me.
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You can also use localstorage... However, be aware, that if an iOS device has turned the private browsing on, you will be very likely to get lots of errors, and of course sencha to fail to load.
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When you want to get exceptions I would say that local storage is a really bad way, since you woudn't be able to retrieve those, unless you have the device.
Much rather would I make some kind of remote service to which you can call and store your exceptions. If you are running the code on the same domain as the service you can use an ajax proxy for the purpose. If you have to run cross domain you'd have to do some tricks to make it work (probably making your own proxy).
But basically a remote service that stores them in an database and then combined with some kind of gui to view them would probably be the easiest way.
If you want to combine with the offline scenario you might be able to make a localstorage to cache it and then call the remote service when possible.Developer/Alien Technologies at Mobile Ambitions Aps, Denmark.


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The 6 Most Hilariously Inept Spies of All Time
#3. Robert Hanssen
Robert Hanssen was an FBI agent from the 1970s until his abrupt termination in 2001 (heeeyyy, that's called foreshadowing!). By 1985, Hanssen, under the sexy yet inexplicable latin pseudonym of Ramon Garcia, began to work for the KGB. After a few years of casual treachery, the FBI deduced that a larger-than-normal amount of their agents were dying from a mysterious disease called "execution" and began to suspect they had a mole. A special task force headed by a single agent was assigned to ferret out this mole and uh ... groundhog(?) him with extreme prejudice. This lead agent was talented, this lead agent was driven, this lead agent was ... Robert Hanssen, of course.
Does anyone else hear that toothy "ding" bell sound when you see that picture?
Jesus, that's like bending to pick up a penny just as a wrecking ball flies over your back. That kind of wacky, unbelievable luck doesn't come along twice in a lifetime. But while any sane man would see the divine providence granted him and mend his foolish ways, Hanssen just figured that God was on the side of villainy these days and stepped up his incompetent spying game. He broke into the Russian Embassy, hacked into his fellow agents' computers and repeatedly refused promotions (that's right, he was doing such fine work not catching the spy that he was that the FBI tried to promote him for it) because he didn't want to take a lie detector test. Even his fellow agents tried to report him as a spy, but the FBI just laughed and shook their heads and said, "No no no -- he's the guy who catches spies. Easy mistake to make, Jenkins. Now, back to work you go."
But even the FBI can take a hint when you write it on a sack full of oranges and beat them about the head and shoulders with it, so they finally started investigating Hanssen. They found he had a password-hacking program on his computer, but he explained that he needed it to connect to a color printer. And the FBI believed him. They were all:
"What, that printer on the second floor, by Becky's desk? Haha, yeah, totally. That thing's always on the fritz. And this nuclear reactor? A stapler, you say? Sounds right to me! The 20th century; I tell ya, it's a crazy time. Welp, carry on."
"Printers, eh? They're goddamn ciphers."
But eventually, the FBI did gather enough evidence to arrest him. By stealing his phone. Where he kept his messages to the Russians. On his phone.
Jesus, we don't even feel safe keeping porn on our phones, much less high treason. But then, Hanssen was a different breed of man, whose hubris was only exceeded by his Mr. Bean-esque bumbling. But hey, at least he copped to it: When the FBI finally caught him handing over a garbage bag full of documents to the Russians (no briefcase for this worldly master of espionage), Hanssen simply said, "What took you so long?"
#2. Michael Bettaney
An important part of espionage is going unnoticed. Like the guy wearing a unitard on Casual Friday, the nail that sticks up is only going to be hammered down. After starting work for MI5, a British intelligence branch, in 1974, Michael Bettaney donned that proverbial unitard. And then he started singing old Nazi songs while he worked and loudly proclaimed his affinity for Adolf Hitler. Like many others in this article, Bettaney (who, it should be noted, was only hired in the first place in response to government pressure to hire more "working class" people) also had a drinking problem -- the drink being whiskey and the problem being that he would scream, "You can't arrest me! I'm a spy!" at the cops arresting him. Still, MI5 must have seen some kind of sparkle in Bettaney's glassy, unfocused eyes, because they promoted him up in 1982 to the highly sensitive Soviet desk.
Once there, Bettaney clapped his hands, cracked his back and immediately went to work ... taking pictures of classified documents and bringing them home to later sell to the Russians. MI5 somehow found out and began searching for a turncoat, but glossed right over Bettaney, because what spy in their right mind would be humming merry Nazi working tunes and saying, "Boy, I sure do love me some Hitler" right out in the open like that? By 1984, Bettaney had amassed armloads of documents and called the Soviets, ready to head East and trade the info for cash. He announced a "holiday" to Vienna, and his bosses, happy to be rid of him, granted the time off. But 24 hours before he was to leave London, the KGB themselves alerted MI5 of the spy in their midst. And they did so for the same reason the Brits couldn't believe Bettaney was their mole in the first place: He was just way, way too obvious. The Russians thought he was a piss-poor double agent that MI5 was trying to slip into their organization, and the tip-off was supposed to be their way of saying, "Come on, guys; how stupid do you think we are?"
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"Seriously, you're fucking with us, right? Where's the camera?"
Bettaney then served 14 years of prison for his part, presumably while writing "THESE GUARDS WILL NEVER FIND THE PORN UNDER MY MATTRESS" all across the walls of his cell.
#1. Adolf Tolkachev
In 1976, Adolf Tolkachev, a worker at a radar station production facility in Moscow, was still upset with the communist government over how his wife's family was treated throughout the Stalin era. He decided to start passing information about the systems on to the Americans. So how did he plan to discreetly propose this espionage? Letters in invisible ink? Coded messages? Running after the American Embassy officials' cars, all the while screaming state secrets like a crazy person?
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Huh. It was the last one. Who'd have thought?
Despite the fact that most American Embassy workers were already being tailed by the KGB in case they turned out to be spies, Tolkachev's approach was to sprint after cars with diplomatic plates and leave handwritten notes on the ones in the parking lot, which presumably read, "Do u want 2 spy wit me? Check dis box if 'yes.'" He did this for over a year, once even cornering the area's CIA chief at a gas station and pounding on his window. Much like Bettaney, the CIA thought this was a laughably obvious trap by the KGB. But after a year of chasing cars like a loose dog and leaving notes like a lovesick teenager, they thought they should at least hear the guy out. You know, make him feel like he was doing a good job at this spy thing; you don't want to hurt the little fella's feelings or nothing. But when Adolf started talking, the Americans discovered one of the best sources of information they had ever come across.
Via CIA.gov
Be sure to read that link above to see some familiar names.
Adolf Tolkachev's legacy, before the Soviets finally arrested him in 1985, was to leave behind a huge technical advantage for America, and the disconcerting idea that the hobo banging on your windows at that stoplight just might be in possession of invaluable information.
For more on espionage, check out 5 Spies with Bigger Balls Than James Bond and 6 Real World Spy Gadgets Straight Out of the Movies.


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5 Scientific Reasons You're Better Off Being Unattractive
#2. Women Prefer Wimpy Men (During a Recession, Anyway)
All our life we're taught that women prefer "alpha males," and it's not just pickup artist douchebags telling us that, but also scientists, who have the biggest incentive to tell us that this is a lie. It's something to do with confident, muscular men being better equipped to fight off invading tyrannosauruses, despite the fact that evolution hasn't caught up with the idea that these days security means being able to squeeze another thousand bucks out of your tax return.
The good news is, evidence suggests that this rule goes straight out the window in times of economic recession. Bizarrely, that's when ladies start to appreciate some sickly, shy, pasty action.
"Is the Dow plunging, or are you just happy to see me?"
Studies conducted on women attending college at first seemed to confirm what most guys have been led to believe -- women prefer strong guys with a lot of earning potential, even though women in college are working toward their own careers and won't necessarily need the protection. But when the researchers inspired fears of recession and bankruptcy in the women, they found results that completely ignore what evolution has taught us. When they compared the online dating profiles of strong, beautiful men against more normal, wimpy, "follower" men, more women thought that the latter were better to have as husbands.
So why the sudden change of heart? The researchers suggest that women consider "wimpy" men less likely to abandon them. You know, because they're lucky to have a woman in the first place. They may have less money, but they have staying power.
"Whereas my staying power is really more in the form of the herpes that I'll leave you."
The good news for all the beta males reading this is that we're in a recession right now. So go out and spread your wild oats, just as long as you're prepared for heartbreak when the economy recovers. Don't be devastated: Evolution makes women leave you.
Now go out there and crash the economy.
"So, if you look at it a certain way, we were just trying to be good wingmen."
#1. Cheery People Are Destined to Die Sooner
Despite the archetype of the dark, brooding, Johnny Depp-style hero, on average it's still the upbeat, smiling guy or girl with a healthy sense of humor who gets the dates (for you lonely types -- yes, it helps to be approachable). But they also die younger than their scowling peers.
"But if they're dead, how can I rub it in their faces when 'it gets better'?"
In probably one of the biggest studies ever done, researchers followed the lives of kids born in the 1920s until the day they died. Apart from knowing that their whole lives were just a giant experiment, they lived a pretty normal existence, and the participants involved had various personalities and attitudes. Some of them were the happy, cheerful, "cool" kids in school, while others were more reserved, shy and downright boring.
"Enjoy yourselves, sheeple. I shall live forever."
The results were surprising. When they were compiled in 2011, some 90 years after they began gathering data, scientists found that the kids who had been rated "highly cheerful" in school had gone on to die younger than the brooding ones. Why? One reason is because the happy kids wound up making riskier life choices, and you can only take so many risks before one of them puts you in the ground. The less smiley, reserved types were also less likely to make risky decisions.
"Uh, you know what, I'm gonna sit this out ..."
We're not trying to depress you here. All we're saying is that if you want to live a longer life, it helps to be miserable the whole time.
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For more of what science has to say about our looks, check out 6 Ways You Can (Accidentally) Attract the Ladies and 6 Factors That Secretly Influence Who You Have Sex With.
If you're pressed for time and just looking for a quick fix, then check out Why Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez May Be the Same Person.


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My office uses ColdFusion/Access to generate pages. There are thousands of pages, and some tables are in range of 60MB. Now they are planning to add more to it and is MS Access reliable to scale it up or we should move it to other DB system
Is MS Access Scalable?
No. You should avoid MS Access as its mainly for home users and not meant for commercial use anyway and when you have 100s of queries simultaneously it would be a problem. Try MySQL instead


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When I started blogging I searched around for an original name. Not an easy task, blogger rejects any blog name that has already been chosen. I reached deep inside myself and thought about who I truly am, my background, my influences, formative experiences and I came up with the moniker MsMarmitelover.
Update: the main problem was the bitterness of the brewing yeast. The solution is to wash the yeast. You achieve this by putting the top fermentation in a jar full of water. Eventually the yeast will settle on the bottom of the jar. Pour off the water and fill the jar again with fresh water. Do this several times to wash the yeast. Then follow the recipe above.


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How can I make an application automatically start when I have logged in?
14.04 and later
Using Main Menu (alacarte )
Non GUI approach
Advanced users may want to put a .desktop file in
For 11.04 and newer see here: How to start applications at startup automatically in 11.04?
For older versions: If the program you wish to run on startup is in the Applications menu, you can drag-and-drop it into the Startup Applications window to add it to the list.
Launch Startup applications from Dash
Click on Startup Applications
And then click on add
Type the name of the program, browse to the command, and then click add.
Addition: Here is a sample that I use to autostart Guake - the Gnome version of Yakuake:
Put this in the 'command' box.
This starts guake automatically, but waits 2 mins before doing so. You can change the 120 to whatever you wish.
For 14.04:
Type Startup in Dash, and run Startup Application form there
And then just follow the rest of the steps.
(please note that, if you are using ubuntu in another language, "startup" might not find the correct program. Try another search that is in your language)
Both Unity and Xfce4 have GUI programs that allow you to control startup applications.
For Unity:
For Xfce4 Startup tool is available in Settings > Session and Startup
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If the GUI is not what you want, and you want is more advance control, then you can put
Check this question to get more help on creating
Also note if you want a startup application to start only in XFCE, but not in Unity, you have to put the line
You can use GNOME Startup Application.
Click the Add button and then add the full command to open the application you want. If you don't know the path of the command you can do
You can use the feature to "Remember Currently Running Applications" in the "System/Preferences/Startup Applications" preferences window. Which (when enabled) will "remember" all the programs that you are using and will re-open them after a reboot or when starting the system for the first time in a day.
This is great when you don't have enough time to make notes of what were you doing the last time and you wish an application to open if it was running the last time.
If you wish to remove an application from this feature simply close it and go to this function and press the "Remember Currently Running Application" in order to refresh the list of the programs that will be opened the next time.
A screenshot is placed here in order to illustrate.
Also to put a BATCH FILE into start up applications to run after user login.... type at the command line in start up applications in the field Command:
Remember than the file batch permissions to set the flag "Allow executing file as a program" to ON.
Take a loot @ $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/autostart directory like
which says there is 3 directories in this example, take a look @ it and for example, I liked to prune the nautilus entry
otherwise if you can add it, create a Desktop entry file like touch /etc/xdg/autostart/my-shell-autostart.desktop
type as startup applications in your unity dash and it will list you that application and click it to open . after opening that you can add your application there .
Ubuntu 13.10 with UNITY Instructions
To do this with a command that requires
In my case, I wanted to disable the PSMOUSE driver using the command
On my install, the ~/.config folder did not have an autostart sub-folder, so I created one. This enabled my Startup Applications Perferences settings to be saved.
In order to toggle visibility of hidden startup applications, you can use the following commands.
To show them :
To hide them :
Configure your command as per above posts in the Startup Applications Perferences window.
Then you have to edit the /etc/sudoers file using
You must enter this line below the line which starts with %admin. I added my line to the end of the file.
It is IMPORTANT to use
Initially I tried using a bash script to run my the command indirectly, but this didn't work. I had to put
You might want to start it from a CLI via:
(just in case you're not running GNOME ;))
Alt+F2, then
Click Run, wait a sec, and then follow the directions.
For a simple, portable way to do this, you can use Cron. Run
For Ubuntu 12.04,
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