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I wonder what the difference between the and that in this context is:
A: Hey, I've heard we have a new printer.
B: Really? Let's print the documents on the/that new printer then.
I wonder what the difference between the and that in this context is:
I think the two real choices are:
Both the above seem pretty much identical in meaning to me. The second can only be used following a mention of a specific printer, or accompanied by physically indicating a printer. The first can be used in those contexts but doesn't require any context of that sort.
Only if there were several new printers and someone had previously referred specifically to one of them (e.g. "One of the new printers is fast!") would I write or say:
Short Version: Articles (the) help specify certain characteristics of nouns (definiteness, number) Whereas demonstratives are mainly reserved for selection (that one) and spatial deixis:
In this particular case, the meaning of the sentence changes very little. However, in English, there are subtleties in the function of seemingly interchangeable words.
The is a definite article. It functions only as an adjective and has no tense. In this case, it's used to identify a primary printer. Most people hear the and tend to lean towards "singular, the main one" even if the following noun is plural. In this example, the is used to round multiple nouns into a single unit:
The performs a function that can only be accomplished by an alternative demonstrative:
Demonstratives such as this, that, those, and these COULD perform the same job as an article, but due to all the variations, they are more flexible than simple articles:
In that sentence, those performs the same job that the might do. but if you take out the word sandwiches, it becomes a pronoun with sandwiches as its antecedent.
These various words all seem more or less interchangeable, but one of the most important functions of demonstratives is something called spatial deixis, where the message can change based on the speaker/reader's physical surroundings. Similar to words like there and here, they are a little more descriptive (therefore more effective) than articles. This difference is practically negligible until multiples are involved and such details are needed to preserve the clarity of the sentence:
In these examples, if we had used definite articles, they would have looked like this:
The sentences are now unclear because we lack certain details that definite articles can't deliver. Keep that in mind when choosing a word.
Sorry for the lengthy response. Demonstratives are really tricky since they often have little effect on the meaning of the sentence. The only thing changing is specificity and details.


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The late 1930s was a dark period in Europe. It became clear that a new major war was getting closer and closer. Under threat from the growing German forces, most countries started to increase their defence capability to protect themselves against a possible invasion.
Supporting the Swedish defence
The management of Volvo, being in the lead of an international company, naturally saw the signs in the sky and started to consider the design and production of military cross-country vehicles intended for the defence of Sweden in the event of a war.
In 1937, a very skilled designer was employed by Volvo to design a heavy-duty high-mobility vehicle.The design of the new vehicle was completed in two years, in spite of the fact that the new off-road truck was radically different from any previous Volvo truck.
Six wheels - for off-road towing
When the 'TVA' was presented to potential customers in various parts of Europe, it proved to be a very rugged 6x4 truck intended mainly for the towing of artillery and anti-aircraft guns. In addition to six 'normal' wheels it also featured two (smaller) wheels between the first and second axle, which lowered the pressure on the ground in circumstances where the vehicle would tend to dig itself down into the soft ground.
Mechanically, the new TVA vehicle was very powerful. It featured for the first time a two-axle drive, together with extremely strong tyres of thick rubber and an off-road tread. It was powered by an extremely powerful and large petrol-engine, similar to the one used in the LV29 'Longnose' trucks but with a sump adapted to improve lubrication even when this terrain vehicle was climbing at great angles.
A unique adhesion to the ground
The most radical departure from traditional practice, however, was the use of a central frame formed by a tube, to which independent axles were attached. This design gave the vehicle a unique adhesion to the ground. Despite the front axle being non-driven, the TVA had extremely good cross-country mobility. This was, perhaps, due to the fact that a relatively limited part of the vehicle weight rested on the front axle.
Since most countries in Europe had their own national truck production, no TVA trucks were ever sold outside Sweden. A slightly improved version, the TVB, was however chosen by the Swedish Army for production in 1940, and served well in the Swedish armed forces for about two decades. Some of these TVA vehicles are still in service today as basis for cranes, operated by civilian companies who have bought these off-road trucks as surplus material from the Swedish Army.

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I recently upgraded to 10.04. Before the upgrade, I was using multiple windows, and I was able to drag applications across the windows. But, now the windows are locked. Further, the icon of the maximized window is not showing. Just a generic window icon.
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You need to be running compiz to drag windows across your virtual desktops.
Metacity doesn't have this behaviour (by default anyway), although you can change what workspace a window is on by right clicking the title bar.
To enable compiz:
If you meant monitors.
System > Preferences > Monitors
Make sure they are on and same Image on monitors is checked off.
If you meant workspace you can move any application by right clicking on the task bar and assigning it to the desired workspace.
Hope it works :)
Sounds like you window manager has died. This happend on a few machines for me when upgrading from 9.10 to 10.04. You can fix this by opening a terminal (application-accessories-terminal) and typing:
or if your graphic card supports 3D acceleration then tyrp:
then close all open windows and go to system-settings-start up programs-settings and press the button labled "Remember currently running programs".
I understand it like if you are using multiple workspaces
Drag windows over workspaces:
Note: In order to drag windows across workspaces you do not need 3d enabled.
Resetting the desktop switcher in the panel:
If your having multiple issues after upgrade to 10.04 i recommend doing a backup and reinstalling a fresh version of it. If it's only this you should be fine.


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Fans posted photos of the arena from TNA Lockdown in Maiami on Twitter. According to fans, there were less than 1,500 fans in attendance at the event. Apparently the "hard camera" side of the arena was half filled while the other side (photos below) only had people in the first several rows:


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I'm running a Changeling: The Lost game and one of the players is new to role-playing games. Her introduction to role-playing hasn't been helped by the fact that CtL has a very unusual setting. She feels like she can't think of what her character would do, and instead does really strange random things that don't make much sense. I spoke with her and we got her motivation down; I figured that would solve the problem. But it didn't really help. What should I do?
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I've done a fair bit of stage acting, improv, and roleplaying. I don't know where I learned this along the way, but certainly someone else deserves credit (blame?) for it.
In order to CONVINCINGLY act/react as some OTHER person in an IMAGINARY situation, one must first be able to:
My advice for coaching your struggling player, is to determine where on the above scale her ability falls, then adjust her character so it is less of a stretch for her. Most importantly, keep the focus on how she can have more fun and be more fun for everyone else in the story, rather than whatever her perceived mistakes/failures are.
These are some ideas and techniques I've used for handling new roleplayers, or even that I use myself when I just want some "casual" RP fun.
First time roleplayers are almost always better off playing a character similar to themselves. Some might do well to imagine themselves in the story or even play themselves in the game. This is what we do in Cops and Robbers as kids. (Do kids still play like that? I hope so.) It's what the classic Dungeons & Dragons cartoon from the 80's did. Basing a PC off of a favorite character from books, TV, or movies is another way we learn to roleplay as kids.
Especially in complicated settings, playing someone with amnesia or a "normal" allows the player to remain in character and focus on the story while learning the setting and history along the way. For some people, being in character, focusing on the scene unfolding, and understanding events in the bigger context of setting and alternate history, all while "having fun" may be asking too much. Being or becoming "normal" in fantastical settings is a classic storytelling mechanism. (There ought to be a better trope for the normal protagonist experiencing the crazy "hidden" world for the first time, but I couldn't find it.) Amnesia allows for fast 'n' loose character motivations that can be fleshed out along the way.
Playing a character from a far-off land is a similar technique to amnesia. This allows for a fully-developed character who has an in-game, in-character reason for not knowing everything.
Playing a follower of another (willing) PC is another option. Incidentally, playing a follower of an unwilling PC is a great technique for "advanced" groups (for some definitions of "advanced.")
Most of all, keep the focus on how she can have more fun and be more fun for everyone else in the story, rather than whatever her perceived mistakes/failures are. Yep, that's so important, I said it twice.
Run a number of solo sessions with her focusing on her character's pre-CtL life - a kind of extended prelude that slowly, step-by-step introduces her to both roleplaying and to the CtL setting.
If she's doing random things, she's probably attracting attention from other Changelings — either PCs or NPCs — who would take an interest in what she's doing, or at least why she's doing them. Have people go up and ask her what she's up to. Perhaps explaining it to another character will help her establish a rationale and firm up those character goals.


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Anyone have any experience training a dog?
I recently adopted a Black Lab from the Humane Society. He is 4 years old.
The history, and physical abuse, of our new family member indicated that he was tied up in a yard using a metal chain that eventually caused an open wound and infection in his neck. For this reason we use a harness and not a collar when we walk him.
We are very careful on how we treat the dog. We only use positive reinforcement, and he is now doing much better. We love our dog, and consider him a member of the family.
The only problem we are having is when we walk him, about five times a day. He fears strangers, which can be expected, but also "pulls" when my wife walks him.
My wife is small (5ft) and she finds it difficult to walk the dog when it is pulling forward. We use an extendable leash, but we live on a city street so it is safer if the dog stays close.
Sorry for the long story, but any advice would be appreciated.
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try a shorter leash and have her carry a couple treats with her (in a pocket) when walking so he stays nearby smelling her. also the idea of a "reward" when staying with anyone when walking or a stern "no" when pulling by whoever is walking should help.
I do, but I'm not good enough at explaining it to tell you what to do. I did find, however a few websites you can go to in order to learn what to do.
Does "bad" fit in the any experience category?
When he pulls and you continue to walk he is learning that it is okay to pull. What you have to do is "stop & go". When he pulls you stop and wait for him to stop pulling, then you can go. You will have to be consistent and very patient but eventually he will figure out that pulling is not a good idea.
Also, use a short lease that is no more that 4 feet long to give you better control.
@jsimsace: No, or should say not to my knowledge. We are trying to be positive because the dog was previously abused. He has been awesome. He is great in the house and has made no "mistakes". We are still crate training overnight, and there have been no "issues".
I don't want to make the dog fearful by chastising him.
That was just my poor late-night attempt at humor. I had a bad(non-productive) experience once trying to train a basta-...oops, I meant basset hound. We currently have a yellow lab that is 8 years old and has been raised by us since he was 6 weeks old.
Along with the short leash, get rid of the extending leash for now. Use a wide 6' leash and hold him at heel so he's walking beside you.
Also, use the word HEEL when he starts pulling, not 'no'. They hear 'no' for everything and it really has no meaning. Use the proper terms for what you want him to do: HEEL, SIT, STAY, etc.
I was taught to say the dog's name and then the command:
FRED. Heel.
FRED. Sit.
Name gets their attention. Command tells them what to do.
When he sees a stranger, maybe try putting him in sit and pet/talk to him until they pass and then give him a small treat.
You might also ask some friends to help you work with him on the stranger fear by staging some walk-bys where they can come slowly up to him and love on him. You should probably have him in the sit and be soothing him during this. Then give him a treat. He'll slowly learn that if you're ok with it, he should be too.
@jsimsace: Not bad humor, just the truth. We thought about that a lot. We are trying very hard, but maybe the dog needs a different type of owner.
The only reason I am asking this question is because the dog seems happy, and we are happy having the dog.
these types of harnesses are supposed to cut down on pulling: http://www.amazon.com/SENSE-ation-No-Pull-Dog-Harness-Large/dp/B0013JYDEG/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1333945409&sr=8-3 although I have not personally tried this
I recommend this book: Feisty Fido: Help for the Leash-Reactive Dog Patricia B. McConnell Ph.D. (Author) more here, reviews helpful: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1891767070/ref=wms_ohs_product
and google the author's name to search for her videos. she is a dog expert, and she communicates in both writing and video in a way that is very easy to understand.
good luck!
every dog trainer I've talked to has told us to never us an extendable leash. just too many things that can go wrong. we got a 6ft leash. enough to give him some play in the leash, but not enough to let him get into trouble. we also did the stop and go thing someone else mentioned. the walks did take quite a bit longer but our dog eventually got it. keep trying! especially since you guys seem to like the dog. also, taking some formal Training classes can help strengthen the bond
@jsimsace: I've raised 3 bassets & a Jack Russell rescue. I feel your pain.
@thunderthighs: did you happen to take some classes at Ahimsa?
@carl669: No. Took a class with Fred & Ethel in the DFW area probably 20 years ago? In a woman's front yard. She was really good though.
We didn't train our dog very much, but we watch a little Dog Whisperer and we also have a rescue.
It is definitely important to be patient and caring, but you still want him to know what you want from him. If you don't let him know he is doing something wrong, you will both be unhappy. Don't be afraid to use a stern word or a poke every now and then. You will all be happier if he knows what you want.
As far as walks, that can be tricky because it is simply a matter of physics in some respects, he is simply a big dog. However, look for some videos of dog walking technique's, there is a proper way to walk a dog when you are training them.
Lastly, be patient! We have had our rescue for 3 years and she is still getting better every day. It really just takes love and time.
@atd15: lol.. took me a sec too. When @jsimsace said "bad" it was a response to the question title.
Title: "Do you have any experience with dogs?"
Him: "...does bad fit in to the 'any' experience category?"
Yea, that was probably a little over-explained :)
I've had to deal with dogs that had bad previous owners too and the positive reinforcement way is definitely the way to go. (had to get a little negative with the indoor-pooping though heh)
"the dog seems happy, and we are happy having the dog" You are clearly off to a great start already!
I'll echo the recommendations to ditch the extendable leash in favor of a six-footer and to put in time training him in loose leash walking. To minimize distractions, I'd suggest practicing indoors if possible (hallway, basement, lobby) or in a small outdoor space (yard, alley). Check the DIY links above, but do also consider a beginner "good manners" class. (Your shelter might offer or recommend one.) It would definitely cover leash training, and the socialization with other dogs and people would help your dog with his fear and confidence issues. You would also boost your own training skills.
Finally, I have seen many labs and other high-energy dogs wearing this harness; the owners say it slows the dog down just enough to be more manageable, so everybody's happy. http://www.amazon.com/Premier-Harness-Large-Black-Silver/dp/B0009ZBKG4/ref=pd_sim_petsupplies_1
A friend who used to be a professional dog trainer (before she became disabled) still keeps a really good website up: www.shirleychong.com
Lots of useful information, especially on clicker training.
Without a collar it'll be a bit more difficult, but it's fairly simple. Use a relatively short and strong leash, randomly change direction and hold securely to the leash and say 'heel'. Normally this jerks the dog's neck pretty good, it'll jerk your arm too, so be prepared, but doesn't do the dog any real harm. This teaches the dog to actually look at you to figure out where the two of you are going. Start each walk this way, praise the dog when he walks with you, instead of walking you. Reinforce the 'heel' command when he begins to pull on the leash. Shorten the leash when he disobeys. A pat on the head and "good dog" when he obeys works wonders. A retractable leash can then be used to allow a little more freedom, shorten the leash each time 'heel' doesn't get obeyed. They get the picture very quickly. Worked with every dog I've owned or even watched for someone. Usually by the third day, you'll actually see the dog checking 'your' progress over their shoulder.
I have a lab/wolfhound mix who was virtually impossible to walk until I got her one of the collars that @ginawoot posted. It really did make the difference between a comfortable, fun walk, and a dislocated shoulder.
I also keep treats in my pocket when I walk her, so if we come across another dog I can keep her calm and contained.
You could also try using a gentle leader. I have a 2-yr old lab/german shepherd mix. It sounds like I'm about the size of your wife, and it keeps him from walking me.
First, I would like to commend you on the adoption. I have 3 shelter rescue dogs of my own and they were (and still can be at times) difficult to train. I agree with thunderthighs that a retractable leash is not the answer. A 6 foot leash is best but I would also recommend a "Gentle Leader" type of control collar for walking. The collar is not a muzzle and allows the dog to breath, drink, eat, etc. What the collar does do is allow you to correct your dog using minimal strength by redirecting their head to the side instead of pulling straight back. Dogs have their greatest pulling strength through the shoulder/neck area. If you use this collar it takes away that strength. I would also recommend training classes at Petsmart. I trained all my dogs through the advanced courses and my experiences were wonderful (for me as well). And no, I have no affiliation with either the Gentle Leader or Petsmart companies. I just love my dogs.
I work at an animal shelter and in a situation like this we would recommend an Easy Walk Harness and a 6 foot, non-extendable leash. The leash attaches to the Easy Walk harness at the chest so when the dog tries to pull, the placement of the leash causes him to just turn toward whoever is walking him instead of allowing him to lunge forward. Basically it just makes it impossible for him to pull you around.
You can find the harnesses on Amazon.
While people are offering some great advice and collars for your dog, I would really recommend in your situation taking your dog to a leadership/obedience class. I recently (January '12) rescued an adult female GSD. It is nearly impossible to known exactly what type of a life a dog has been through when they're rescued. And from your case it sounds that your dog has lived a terrible life of neglect. So first off I thank you for rescuing your dog.
These classes are offered all over and are usually under $200 for a 8-10 week course meeting 1 hour a week. Most places will give you a great discount for having a rescued dog as well. It will be a great environment for you and your dog to learn in. Just do some research, and try to stay way from the major pet-stores that can have too large classes and too many distractions. It was a great investment for me and my family. Give it a shot, they will give you a set of tools with endless possibilities.
Our dog was also abused in her first home and had fear-based aggression. You're on the right track with using only positive-reinforcement.
We found a GREAT class offered locally called Fearful Fidos.
My first piece of advice: look for a specialized positive-reinforcement class near you.
Fearful Fidos was largely based on the book (almost more like pamphlet at just 30 pages) The Cautious Canine ($7 through Amazon). I'd highly recommend this book. It discusses what's going on in your dog's head and how you can put him/her at ease.
As for collar advice, the Gentle Leader is great. We have a border collie with a really skinny head, so we usually use the Gentle Walk harness instead. It's made by the same company. It doesn't work quite as well as the Gentle Leader, but then again she can't slip out of this.
I would like to thank everyone for there advice, you are all amazing people.
I don't normally recommend them, but with the problem using a conventional collar, you might want to try a halti.
The people I have known who have used them say that they work fantastically for controlling the dog on leash. The dog trainers I know dislike them because they are not a training tool, the dog is not learning proper behavior, the halti just makes them do what you want, using the same principle as a horse halter-- where the nose goes the body follows. He won't be able to pull ahead of your wife, when he gets out in front the halti will turn him back toward her. As others have said, lose the extension lead. They offer little control and lots of risks. Before you press the dog on his fear of people, I'd strongly suggest working with a trainer. Fearfulness can be a complex behavior to overcome and you'd be better off with an experienced adviser.
I was trying to edit my post above but I keep getting a server error. I just wanted to add that my 140lb Great Dane was dumped at Animal Control because of dog aggression problems, and I have been through numerous group and private obedience courses plus done a lot of research and private training as well. There are some highly skilled trainers on my Great Dane yahoo list and we chat a lot about training there.
My 140lb Great Dane came to me with dog aggression problems, so I have done a lot of training. I don't normally recommend them, but with the problem using a conventional collar, you might want to try a halti.
The people I know who use them say that they work great for controlling the dog on leash. Trainers dislike them because they are not a training tool, the dog is not learning proper behavior, the halti just makes them do what you want, using the same principle as a horse halter-- where the nose goes the body follows. He won't be able to pull ahead of your wife, when he gets out in front the halti will turn him back toward her. As others have said, lose the extension lead. They offer little control and lots of risks. Before you press the dog on his fear of people, I'd strongly suggest working with a trainer. Fearfulness can be a complex behavior to overcome and you'd be better off with an experienced adviser.
Sorry about that mess above. I kept getting server errors and I guess it eventually posted all the posts which didn't seem to be getting through.


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Is it possible to downgrade from iTunes 11 to 10.7 using Mountain Lion?
I tried to replace it by simply installing the 10.7, but it says that i can't replace a newer version.
12/8/12: I have updated my How To on my blog with a new method to go from iTunes 11 to 10.7 using Pacifist. It does not require any backup, just a copy of Pacifist, the iTunes 10.7.dmg & a little time. Click on the link below.
I've created a How To on my blog showing how to downgrade from iTunes 11 to iTunes 10.7. It also includes a link to download a copy of iTunes 10.7 if you need it.
I'll post it here too.
1) Open Terminal and run:
This will delete the iTunes 11 application.
2) If your Music Library is in its default place, also in the terminal:
3) Using Time Machine restore the following files:
No need to replace your iTunes Music Folder. You may not need to replace all these files but it can't hurt.
4) Back in the terminal:
Use Time Machine again to restore the following files:
5) Download iTunes 10.7
6) Install iTunes 10.7.
I rebooted for good measure, but it's probably not necessary.
You may be prompted the first time you start up iTunes 10.7 for your password. Enter it. You should now be able to do all the things you need, including syncing your iDevices, without the nasty iTunes -42408 error many people have been getting before this method.
Enjoy iTunes 10.7!
I was able to do it by doing the following:
in the Terminal. If you really want to delete it, run
I don't know if this will make it reappear in the App Store. If so, you'll have to be careful to not reinstall it there.
UPDATE: Apparently you can't disable WiFi Sync except with iTunes. So you'll want to do this in iTunes 11 before you downgrade. There is no (apparent) way to do it on the iPad itself. And you can't do it in iTunes 10 if it thinks your device is broken (unless you restore the device first, which is a bad idea). I guess I should figure out how to make syncing work in iTunes 10, or else I will continue to be blasted with messages that my iPad is broken every ten minutes.
Also, I get some error about the store each time I open iTunes. It's annoying, but I haven't noticed anything that doesn't work. The store seems to work (I didn't try buying anything, but it loads anyway).
And more importantly, playing music works, and it isn't s**t broken like iTunes 11!
"Also, I get some error about the store each time I open iTunes. It's annoying, but I haven't noticed anything that doesn't work. The store seems to work (I didn't try buying anything, but it loads anyway)."
The error you get is -42408. A friend got the same error when I tried to downgrade to 10.7. He did not receive my warning in time, and upgraded. You need to reinstall OS X and reinstall iTunes 10.7. The error you receive is a major problem because you cannot authorize the Mac through iTunes anymore. Try it and you get another error saying it can't be authorized. So iTunes 11 really jacks up the system and going back is impossible without an OS reinstall.
You can see all the components upgraded/replaced by itunes.11 by opening this installer package with Pacifist.
To restore the itunes related components I removed iTunes 11 as root then restored itunes 10.7 by unpacking the included subpackages with replace / overwrite. Apply administrator privileges, you have to confirm each action to be sure. After all restore permissions, reboot, restore your library. If hit with the 42408 bug You should (probably) restore the DVDPlayback.framework too. You may have to delete some caches, preferences related to the iTunes-Store. Resign and assign again.
In general, you should have a backup before installing a new version as well as one immediately after installing the new version so you can simply restore your system from that backup if you find the new application is not to your liking or has bugs or breaks some other piece of software.
Yes, this is time consuming, but many updates also come with helper applications, frameworks so you can't just restore the older version of the program. Also, iTunes literally modifies the library and database and saves the old library in a special folder just in case you need that older file for when you restore the system to where it was before the update.
I'm sure someone will pick apart every file the iTunes installer actually changed and do the technical work to show how you can avoid using your backup, but I haven't done that work yet (or seen someone blog about how to do this). I am sure we'll get an answer here since I know a lot of people that are going to resist (for good reason) the changes to iTunes and choose to not use it temporarily or permanently.
Also - if you have AppleCare - you can just call Apple for help in rolling back this update. A visit to the genius bar is also worth doing if you either don't have a backup or are not comfortable with restoring your whole system.
Probably the easiest way to get iTunes 10.7 back is to remove iTunes from Applications, download the old version, and then restore the library data from an autobackup
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I've recently read that there are quite a few metaphors describing relationships between humans that are taken from the financial sector. However, examples were very scarce.
The best one being "investieren", I have a hard time coming up with other examples. Any suggestions?
P.S. When I read this, it was actually about the English language. I'm trying to find out whether this is the case in German, too.


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I'm trying to compose music with Ableton Live 9 and every tutorial I see uses samples. I don't want to use samples since I would like to create my own sounds. How should I create a kick for example (not a drum kick, more like a hardstyle kick)? I'm totally new to music creation and I don't even know where to start...
It's good to hear that you want to make your own sounds rather than use canned ones.
If you have a mic, try recording things. Experiment with ordinary objects around you: hitting thick books or empty boxes may make good kick drums. Microphone placement will influence the spectral balance a lot. For more bass, put it really close.
Next step, learn sound synthesis the hard way. Pick up Csound, SuperCollider, Pd or other programming environment that allows you to do whatever you want. After spending a few years with that, making and modifying sounds to your desire will be much easier.
If you want to go about this from the perspective of sound synthesis, and you have a synthesizer that allows you to do things with waveforms (like modify resonance, filters), then you might be interested in Fred Welsh's "Synthesizer Cookbook" which has a darn good explanation of how those things work. He shows you how to reverse-engineer sounds and even shows you how he came up with his "Kitchen Kits sample pack" where he reverse-engineered the sounds for a bunch of common kitchen items. http://www.synthesizer-cookbook.com/
I'm happy to hear you want to create your own sounds from scratch.
You're specifically wanting a hardstyle kick but let me explain the basic kick first:
1) Play a low note with a single sine wave oscillator
2) Modulate the pitch with an ADSR envelope.
Those are the necessary steps to turn a wave into a kick. You obviously want to add effects on the resulting sound: ADSR linked to the velocity and filter which would be either low pass or band pass filter. Like any kick, you should equalize and compress this one too.
Going futher into the hardstyle sound will require you a lot of knowledge of the anatomy of the sound. The effective usage of distortion is important. The fullness, warmthness and overall melodic nature of the kick can be achieved by sampling the sound over and over again with stacks of equalizers and distortion. This will require you a lot of different plugins. Usual kick is mainly always in the same pitch - hardstyle kick will sometimes go along with the bassline. The selection of the root note is essential for this reason as the kick must have space to play the chords without being transposed too much high or low.
There's two parts in hardstyle kick: the noisy attack sound and the fat body of the kick. You have to practice a lot in order to make these two from scratch and make them sound as hard as Noisecontrollers would.
Begin by making a fat basic kick. You could go for a 909-ish kick sound and change the tone to your liking. The desired sound will be achieved by using clip distortion. I can't tell you the exact parameters for distortion amount, filters, dry/wet ratio etc, try it on your own first. Professional producers prefer cutting some bass off before adding distortion and boosting the bass afterwards. This prevents the "muddy" sounds you get distorting low frequencies and results in more energetic kick.
After distorting and equalizing multiple times you will have more or less hard sound. There is no shortcut here, you will find yourself making the sound for hours. Since you will have to edit the sound multiple times, each time you will end up with completely different sounds.
Apply ADSR to make the kick short, this will be the attack sound, usually referred as the "tok" sound. Make another kick, it will be the body of the final sound. You don't have to distort it but boost the low frequencies. Layer these two kicks into a single sample. The "high" and "low" kicks make an excellent pair.
Of course you can do every step as you like. Come up with your own personal sounds, select distortion nobody else uses, combine waveforms.
I think this partly depends on whether you want a synthetic sound or an acoustic/real sound.
I'm not qualified yet to talk about a synthetic sound but for a real sound all you need is a microphone and a source of sound. The quality of sample depends on a million things relating to the mic quality, type, the environment you're recording in.
For a great supply of royalty free samples you might want to check out freesound.
You need to start looking into synthesis. Ableton Suite comes with a bunch of instruments that do sound synthesis in a bunch of different ways. Subtractive synthesis through the Analog instrument might be a good place to start.
You can actually do some allright synthesis with a sampler btw. I.e. for a kick drum, you might load up a sawtooth or square wave, add a low pass filter, and a pitch envelope. Who says you have to start with those boring waves? Try some other ones instead! The Sampler instrument is even better.
if you want to programm drum sounds i could recommend you to read an manual from an drum syhtesizer (waldrof rack-attack is not in production anymore)
http://www.waldorf-music.info/de/archiv/rack-attack/downloads/519-documentation.html page 84
Programming Drum Sounds
Roland TR-808 Tr-Roland TR-909 and so on..
it is written so generally that you can use the build in softwaresynthesizer in abelton to create your own drum sounds, well there is also a short intro to Sound Synthesis from page 34 on .... well there are many other sources on the web ...
This video is old but he explains very well the theory of sound synthesis. I think this will be helpful for you to make your own sound:
The SOS magazine has written a series on all things "synthesis" and published it online for free. It touches on both acoustics and electronics.
Bear in mind that if you are working with a computer, eventually, everything is sampled.


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You can convert the DWG files to DXF (which QGIS does support) using the Teigha® File Converter. It's a free (not open source unfortunately) cross-platform application provided by the ODA to end users only for the conversion of .dwg and .dxf files to/from different versions.
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It depends on what you mean wih import. Import data to actually do something with it, or just to have a background layer for viewing. Also consider this: In GIS, basic building blocks are points, lines and polygons (sometimes called basic topological types), and inside CAD, you are working with drawings which can be made of anything, including objects that cant be converted into any of before mentioned types. These would include more 'exotic' types of geometries like curves, solids, etc, also blocks (or block references), external raster references,...
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I often recieve cad files but I don't have AutoCAD, so I break them down with DoubleCAD XT which is a free download. I export each layer or set of data by selecting it then SAVE AS (toggle the selected option) type = DXF-2004-2006. These seem to import fine into QGIS, when you open it up as a vector layer.
FME server might be worth a try as well, http://fmeserver.com/userweb/sharper/Portal/EasyTranslator/index.html
but I find the layer by layer approach with DoubleCAD to be more robust.
To export,
Another export option I have been using is DXF Author
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there is a free online-tool for converting dxf and dwg to shapefile and kml here: http://acadconverter.chrismichaelis.com/v2012/, but I did not tested it in lack of a dwg
DWG is a proprietary, closed format. As many would be able to confirm is one of the less interoperable formats. Long story short: it is not possible to open a DWG file with an Open Source software/library. There are/were attempts to create an OS library to read dwgs but afaik they don not work very well. If there is software other than Autodesk that can open DWGs then it uses a non open source library to do that, for this reason you will not see DWG support in QGIS. As already suggested ask to have the DWGs saved as DXF (that is somehow more interoperable) or as shapfiles (Autocad map can do that).
Open Source gvSIG is said to capable of opening DWGs. From there, it should be possible to export to shapefiles. Not tested here I'm afraid.
As many have said open source software can not support dwg. Dxf however is supported and autodesk provides a cloud tool that you can use to convert dwg to dxf: autocad 360 (or the previous version autocad ws). The advantage of this tool over many others is that it support all versions of dwg, also the most recent ones.
Add the files and then under download you can download the files as dxf as well.
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Please check the Football_Manager_2009_InstallLog.log located in C:\Program Files\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2009 and report any errors. If you do have errors can you please also report where you purchased the game from."
Thank u marc. Really impressed by u guys.
Can some1 help cus i keep gettin the internet connection problem and I have tried wat you av said in previous post but im not gettin any error once i av put in the link. please sum1 help cus i av bin tryin 4 hours
I am still getting the "Steam server is unavailable" message. I have tried the solution mentioned in this thread but it is still the same.
What should i do?
Nah, graphics system failed. I'm patched, updated drivers, done the SDK and updated directx. All that everyone's suggested, but my PC's over 4 years old so I wasn't really expecting it to work.
I'll probably treat myself to a new machine soon and then enjoy the fruits of your labour. Well done for trying tonight
I've got the patched version (9.1) on my steam downloaded version of FM2009
My computer has high end specs:
4gb ram
4.8ghz processer
Nvdidia Gforce 8600GT video card
The game continually freezes (at least once a week of game time so far) and I have to shut it down using the task manager and try again. Last night the game ran fine for an hour. I tried windowed mode but it's greyed out on the prefernces page. Is there a way to force windowed mode? Also are there any other pointers you could give me to solve this so I can have a go at playing the game (I've been trying for hours today and my misery was compounded by taking a break to see Ipswich play badly at Doncaster and I need to prove I know better than Jim Magilton how to get the team winning!) Thanks in advance for your help!
I am using Vista system. And I just get "football manager 2009 has stopped working" error when I tried to run it.
I think lots of people have the same problem with me.
what's the solution please?
I've started installing the game and it's now 'updating stream platform...' but it's been stuck at 96% for about 30 mins.
Should I wait it out or what?
Marc, can you help me please?
Mark, can you take a look at this issue?
"When I try to start the game, Soft Anchor says my trial period has ended and asks me for key. I put my key in and the activation goes on fine. When I try to start the game I get the same message on and on and on. Seems like the activation process is bugged, because it wants me to activate every time I try to start. Anyone have any advice for this problem?"
Already tried reinstalling the game and deleting certificate files.
I installed through Steam and now I get an annoying block of colour on my screen (bottom right hand corner)
Fix: In steam click the icon "settings", click the tab "in game" and untick the "enable steam community" and voila
Cheers pal all sorted
I get the "unable to connect" message as soon as i enter my code and press next... its getting really annoying now.. but whats more annoying is that your fix doesn't even make sence, for a start points 1-5 don't happen for me as all i get when i go to that adress is a box asking for a password etc
seriously this is well annoying. what made you lot think it was a good idea to put all this encryption rubbish on this game? i really do hope you've saved yourselfs that 20p extra or what ever it is from stopping people having pirate copies... cos come this time next year, you aint gonna be seeing a penny from most of the loyal fans of the game... what a joke.
If you mean 9.1.0 patch, yes I have already installed.
But just got this error window without giving out any causes.
Lots of people are complaining about this problem at technical forum as well.
I have even tried " compatible with windows xp sp2", but don't work too.
any news on the correct address for the anchorsoft authentication problem yet marc?
same problem as comment 35. is the address provided correct?
sorry, Marc wasn't trying to annoy you, just the fustration of the bizzareness of this situation... i mean has there ever been such a big problem with a game before?
Anyone still got the [-703] error? Or anyone who did have it, up and running yet? Should i un-install Steam and do it the UNILOC way?
Ive got the DVD version of the game, when installing it asks me where i want to save to, then comes up with the error message "Insert New Media, Incorrect media volume,
Please insert FM2009 or browse to locate it manually" The DVD is still in the drive and ive tried manually browsing to the cd drive with no success. Dud DVD?
Mine was working and then I saved and come out. Tried to relaunch and got fm.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close.
Decided to remove from steam and install direct onto my pc. Game worked fine, installed patch and now constantly get fm.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close.
I have repaired .net 2 and have the latest Direct X download installed?
Anyone any ideas?
Any fix for the game freezing when you try to view the information screen or go to a match?
Also forgot to add earlier the doppelganger effect - doesn't stop you playing but is very annoying, I'll email you a screen shot so you can see what I mean!
Any fix for my problem?
You receive the 'Error: Application was unable to connect to the internet. Please check your connection.'
1) Open IE and go to: https://fm2009.sa01.softanchorinsight.com
2) Here if you are using IE7 it will prompt you – "There is a problem with this website's security certificate."
3) Next, Click – "Continue to this website (not recommended)". However – this is okay, it is safe.
4) Look up top at your IE address bar – you will see "Certificate Error". Click this box, then click "View Certificates".
5) Press, "Install Certificate…"
6) Select the "Place all certificates in the following store".
7) Press "Browse"
8) Select "Trusted Root Certificate Authorities". Not this will install the Go Daddy (a reputable) certificate into your trusted root certificate authorities if it is not there.
9) Press OK
10) Press Next
11) Press Finish
Close IE, then Reopen it and to go to https://fm2009.sa01.softanchorinsight.com/.
Note: on this visit, you will be allowed without trouble.
From here –
1) Reopen your FM2009 game
2) Enter your key into the Activation Dialog
3) Select the "Online" activation
4) Press Next
You game should activate immediately.
If you are install the certificate incorrectly, the error message will still be visible – for more help on installing correctly, please visit:
http://www.thebitguru.com/articles/13-Importing%2520a%2520Trusted%2520Root%2520Certifica tion%2520Authority%2520in%2520Windows%2520Vista/188-Installing%2520the%2520Certificate
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Hi, Ive installed a boxed version of fm 09 on my vista laptop, it installed fine, but when i try and open editor a message comes up, which is....
c:\users\christopher\appdata\local\microsoft\windo ws\gameexplorer\{BE416EA4-4...\rundataeditor.lnk
The application has failed to start because its side by side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log for more detail.
I then installed the patch and this message still comes up.
As marc has said, as of yet he doesnt have a solution for this problem, is it worth me just uninstalling the game, and then reinstaling?
No Marc, the problem is that I got thegame loaded and thought I was in, but as soon as I tried to load my game, it chucked me out and the CD wont autorun and there is no way of getting to the game to make it run!!!
Guys i've figured out what the problem is when the game keeps coming up....
the game loads perfectly and everything is fine until it comes to my first match, and as soon as i try to make a substitution the game crashes and a message comes up saying that a file has been created in the fm09 folder. this folder is a crash dumps folder and the files that are in there all read "FM 2009 v18.104.22.168064". after that comes up, the game automatically shut it's self down.
I'm willing to bet that everyone that is suffering this problem did exactly what i did and put the "graphics" folder into the C\sports interactive\fm...etc instead of into the my documents sports interactive file like they are supposed to. I was about to uninstall when i noticed this mistake, corrected it and now everything is working perfectly.
Just want to say sorry to the si programmers who i've been harrassing about this. it was my mistake, my fault. great work on a good game guys!!!!!
Hi Marc,
Apologies if this isn't the way to do it (i've set up an account on here just yesterday so havent made any posts yet).
I'm having numerous problems. if i install 'offline', i get fm.exe has encountered problems, and if i install through steam and then the update gets to 100% then i press 'play game', absolutely nothing happens.
to solve the first problem, i've tried to download the windows 2.0 framework or whatever thing which hasnt worked, and i have no idea how to olve the issue via steam.
literally nothing happens (yet curiously, my mate is also on steam, and it says 'liam is now playing football manager 2009' on his computer when clearly im not.
by the way, a lot of people on here seem to be being unreasonable, i think its commendable you are trying to help everyone.
hey im still getting the 'cannot connect' problem. ive dun it all thru steam. http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php?t=62568 the solutions suggested here dont hrlp because i clicked on the link and on the soft anchor website it asked for a username and password ? Do you have an idea or a solution so that i can play? lol, kind reagrds.
i'm clutching at straws here but any idea on what i do next?
hey all, stressed to the max here!! have been trying to install this damn game all day!
getting the Error: [-821] message but can't find any certificates in the places mentioned. Installed copy through Steam and running on Vista.
also tried closing the applications on task manager and have totally reinstalled whole thing several times but don't seem to be getting anywhere.
bought my copy in glasgow this morning... please help
marc, any word on the new address yet for authenication problems yet?
I've installed FM2009 on to my laptop and when I go to launch it I get the following message :
fm.exe - unable to locate component
this application has failed to start because d3dx9_37.dll was not found. re-installing the application may fix this problem.
I've re-installed it several times but it still doesn't work. I've downloaded the patch but that doesn't help either.
I've loaded it on to my old base unit pc and it works ok, so any ideas why it won't work on my more up to date laptop ?
Hey guys
I've got onto the game, and it looks really good. I'm just having a few problems. Well one main one really.
For no apparent reason, while playing, at random intervals, the game decides to minimise itself, and my laptop goes into 'hibernation' mode.
My spec is above the required needed, and it doesn't happen at any other time, only when playing the game. It is also quite random. However, when it does happen, and I try to make my laptop return to the normal state to return to the game, it gets back to the main screen, and then returns straight to the 'hibernation' mode. Again, its never happened before, and it only happens while I'm on the game. Its very frustrating and I don't know if there actually is anyway to fix it?!
Also, I bought the game physically, not downloading it. But I don't have to have the CD in the drive to play the game... is this normal?
Any help would be most appreciated. I'm not very good with computers, all I know is that it must be something to do with the game, because as I said, its only occured since I started playing the game. And only occurs when I'm on it.
Thanks a lot, I hope you can help!
No Marc, the problem is that I got thegame loaded and thought I was in, but as soon as I tried to load my game, it chucked me out and the CD wont autorun and there is no way of getting to the game to make it run!!!
Hi Marc, I have had the same problem as a few others, I installed the DVD and registered via uniloc. However when I try to run it I get a "fm.exe has encountered a problem and has to close " message.
I re-installed the .Net framework thing like you mentioned elsewhere. I have updated the DXSDK thing. I have downloaded the patch, but my computer says it doesn't know what programme to use to open the patch. I thought it should talk me through how to install it?
You seem to be doing a grand job, keep it up.
no i dont get any certificate errors on the page, just a screen asking for a username and password. it still wont let me activate through the softanchor activation screen on the game launch screen??? HELP
Marc, it still says unable to connect to internet. What do i do? i just want to play the game
marc i am afraid that fix still does not work for internet connection :s
Same as Jaygo and villalad i miss FM
I know, still working on it!
Firstly, thank you for replying, im genuinely impressed (altho i;d rather my game was working! haha).
I have tried not going the steam route but as i probably poorly explained before, when i go to launch it (at this point everything seems fine), it comes up with an error message that 'fm.exe has encoutered a problem and must close' (im paraphrasing to be fair). i read the suggested FIX on here earlier but when i go to download the thing from the microsoft link you have posted before, it won't let me install it on my machine.
i am surprised that no one yet has said that nothing happens upon launch in steam tho.
'Fix: This can be resolved by updating the Microsoft Dot.Net framework, please visit the following URL to download:
that is the thing i tried but have failed to get working.
any other suggestions?
do you think its likely that the game will be re-released with all the info just packed onto a cd/dvd as in previous times?
Thanks again
I'm offline now guys. Miles and Neil should be able to look after you for the rest of the evening. Mails are flying around concerning the issues you are facing and we hope to have good news soon
HELLO still waiting for help the game still keeps freezing followed the advice no joy. Does anyone have an answer? Yes or No.
Earlier on I posted a similar issue - I've got it running in windowed mode and okay for two weeks game time no freezes - to get windowed mode
1 - right click FM2009 exe start up icon and then properties
2 - in the target field add a space and "-windowed -small_screen"
3 - click apply/ok
thanks to the guy on the PC/Mac discussion section who posted this
thanks for trying to help marc, much appreciated.


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I want to put up a door in a spare room that is already 82" in height. If I want to put the door to one side of the wall are studs necessary on that side of the wall or can I nail the prehung door right to the wall? Or am I better off centering the door and install studs on both sides?
A prehung door is usually hung centered in a wall. The molding that forms the sides of the prehung door, called jambs, are generally 4 1/2 inches wide, the thickness of a 2x4 (actually about 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches) stud plus 2 sheets of 1/2 inch drywall.
The door does swing to one side, and you can turn it either way. You need to decide which room you want the door to open into and which side you want the hinges on in that room. Prehung doors come in left hinged and right hinged versions.
If you are cutting a hole in the wall for the door (as opposed to putting it in an existing opening), you need to frame out the opening
The prehung door then fits within this frame. All illustrated boards are 2x4 studs except the header which is usually either 2x4 or 2x6 depending on the width of the door.
You can't nail the door right to the wall. There wouldn't be room to open the door even 90 degrees because the doorknow would hit. Also, you couldn't trim around it and it would look bad. The door needs to be at least far enough away from the wall that a piece of trim can go from the wall to the edge of the door casing. You might as well go a little more and give it some "breathing room". I would recommend putting a new stud in around 3 inches form the wall, so here's what you can do: Attach 2 2x4s to the wall, one after the other. That will space the door out 3 inches. Then cover the 2x4s with drywall or somethign to match the other wall. Then put the door in. Also, you will want the hinges of the prehung door on the same side of the close wall, so the door opens against the wall. If you had to open the door away from the wall to go in or out, that would be awkward.


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How you do deal with keeping Kosher while working at a secular company? It's easy enough to bring my own lunch everyday; what I'm not sure how to handle are events like company lunches and other social activities. Bonding with co-workers over food is a common practice. I don't want to be rude or lose those opportunities.
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Having worked at a large University, and a consulting firm, I have yet to have any real issues. If you ask in advance, it is usually possible to get kosher food.
It feels a bit odd, since it comes wrapped and looks different, but it is not that bad really.
I have yet to find an instance where people give me a hard time about it. I am also big, bright, and stick out with a big kippah.
If they won't provide, I bring my own. Restaraunts, if you have enough people won't care if you bring in food. If you are with a party of 3 and try to bring your own food they may complain.
I have been to dozens (if not a hundred, I lost track) of such events with no issues.
It depends on what degree you keep Kosher.
I, for one, will not eat meat outside the house but am fine with salads and fish, etc. If that's the case, just eat something light and enjoy your time with people, eat later.
If you keep completely Kosher, perhaps you could suggest a Kosher restaurant to meet at. At that point, if they refuse to make do, it's them being rude, not you.
Company lunches seem difficult. I would eat at home first and just drink soda or something there. If anyone asks why you aren't eating, just say you already ate.
I may not be the best source because I don't work in an office, but good luck!


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Time is still handled as days, hours and minutes. Past that things get a bit more cloudy with dates tending to be down to the campaign setting being used,
e.g. Eberron has 12 months, starting with Zarantyr, whereas Forgotten Realms has 12 months, starting with Hammer
The "default" setting of 4e is an amalgam of many things with no precisely given names or constraints for things like names of days/months or how long any of these things truly are. You should look to a specific setting released for 4e for its own individual answers, but the 'base' or 'default' of 4e is for you to basically make up whatever you like, or pull in this information from back catalog materials.
I ran a 4e Ravenloft game using 2e materials and ported everything over just fine, stuff like this seems to have little effect on the system itself, all a matter of preference really.


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On the last stop of the 2013 Faces and Places Tour, we didn't have far to travel to go to the Maple Leaf Festival in Baldwin City. The familiar drive was different as it seemed the trees had turned from summer to fall in the blink of an eye. In the small town, maples lined the streets and showed off their new colors as folks bustled all around us. This event is not a new one for me, growing up in Northeastern Kansas I hear word of it year after year and I have been to it at least once before that I can remember. Thinking back to when I went during my grade school years, this festival was much grander and more crowded now than what I remembered. The streets in downtown Baldwin were packed full of festival goers and vendors were busy discussing and selling their products under a bright blue autumn sky. Johnny Cash could be heard over a speaker in the distance.
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"Mobile accessibility" generally refers to making websites and applications more accessible to people with disabilities when they are using mobile phones. WAI's work in this area includes people using a broad range of devices to interact with the web: phones, tablets, TVs, and more.
This page summarizes existing and developing resources related to mobile web accessibility. There are not separate guidelines for mobile accessibility — mobile is covered in existing W3C accessibility guidelines (particularly WCAG and UAAG, which are introduced below). We plan to provide more guidance on applying WCAG and UAAG in the mobile context.
WAI is a community effort and we welcome your participation.
Current Work is listed below.
W3C WAI Addresses Mobile Accessibility
WAI's accessibility guidelines address mobile accessibility:
- WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) covers web pages and web applications, including content used on mobile devices.
To learn how WCAG 2.0 can be applied to mobile web content, mobile web apps, native apps, and hybrid apps using web components inside native apps, see Mobile Accessibility: How WCAG 2.0 and Other W3C/WAI Guidelines Apply to Mobile.
To learn how WCAG addresses similar issues as Mobile Web Best Practices and Mobile Web Application Best Practices, see Shared Web Experiences.
- UAAG (User Agent Accessibility Guidelines) covers web browsers and other 'user agents', including mobile browsers.
For examples of how web browsers that follow UAAG benefit people with disabilities using the Web on mobile devices, see Mobile Accessibility Examples from UAAG.
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WAI is working to enhance technologies for mobile accessibility, including:
- IndieUI (Independent User Interface) is a way for user actions to be communicated to web applications, including mobile applications. This will make it easier for applications to work with a wide range of devices, including assistive technologies.
- WAI-ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) defines a way to make web content more accessible, especially dynamic content and advanced user interface controls. It applies to web applications and to accessing websites with mobile devices.
W3C addresses mobile accessibility. WAI ensures that the core W3C technologies support accessibility, including those that are essential for the mobile web. All W3C work is reviewed for accessibility by WAI's Protocols and Formats Working Group (PFWG). W3C work on mobile includes:
- Mobile Web Application Best Practices, Mobile Web Best Practices, mobileOK Checker
- Standards for Web Applications on Mobile summarizes technologies developed in W3C that increase the capabilities of web applications, and how they apply specifically to the mobile context.
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Most of this page addresses people with disabilities using mobile devices. We also have related resources that address situations such as: a web development project wants to make their websites and web applications work better for all mobile users (including those without disabilities) and also work better for users with disabilities using "traditional" computers.
- Web Content Accessibility and Mobile Web: Making a Web Site Accessible Both for People with Disabilities and for Mobile Devices introduces the significant overlap between making a website accessible for a mobile device and for people with disabilities. Provides a brief overview that is useful for the business case.
- Shared Web Experiences: Barriers Common to Mobile Device Users and People with Disabilities provides examples of barriers that people with disabilities and people using mobile devices experience when interacting with web content. It is organized by the principles perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust, and includes links to the relevant sections of MWBP (Mobile Web Best Practices) and WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines).
- Relationship between Mobile Web Best Practices (MWBP) and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) provides guidance for people who are familiar with MWBP and want to know how it relates to WCAG, or are familiar with WCAG and want to know how it relates to MWBP.
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- IndieUI (Independent User Interface) - See the IndieUI Overview for an introduction and links to the in-progress specification and the Use Cases and Requirements.
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- HTML5 through the HTML Accessibility Task Force.
- A Mobile Accessibility Research Report based on the Mobile Accessibility Symposium in June 2012.
- Accessibility Support Database that will provide information on accessibility support in web technologies, including mobile devices and mobile platforms.
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Wls2Rss: Logs and JMX Alerts from WebLogic 12c (and 11,10) into Feeds
By Nino Guarnacci-Oracle on Jan 09, 2012
Please Post a comment below here to request the war file of Wls2Rss, i'll sent back an mail with attached it as soon as possible.
Wls2Rss is not a new technology for monitoring WebLogic 12, nor wants to replace the monitoring tools already provided by the product, such as:
- The Administration Console
- WebLogic Scripting Tool
- Weblogic Diagnostic Framework
- Enterprise Manager
- JRockit Mission Control
Wls2Rss is a simple application, made on some practical experiences and on a very very simple but extraordinarily effective idea, useful for production and development environment, where the monitoring is done on a multitude of systems and domains, without adequate control, mostly for lack of staff or time.
Warn me whenever there is something that can be considered outside the normal execution of the systems. The way I will be alerted, would be based on a Desktop and/or Mobile standards tools, and no through standard protocols for integration technology, useful in the integration between products, but almost never accessible directly from the control operators.
Allow me to subscribe only the systems to which concerned my attentions, being able to decide the basis and the alert threshold. The whole using the Monitoring WebLogic Technologies provides from the product yet.
Now that we have found a simple and standard way to be updated in real time with new "news", there you can use a huge amount of reading tools, the so-called readers.
Wls2Rss intercept in real-time information coming from Weblogic 12 (11, 10) and makes them available via RSS feeds, so you can subscribe and receive, as well as information on traffic, sports, politics, also information regarding our domains WebLogic 12 (11.10).
Data Feed / RSS (from wikipedia)
"Data feed is a mechanism for users to receive updated data from data sources. It is commonly used by real-time applications in point-to-point settings as well as on the world-wide web. The latter is also called Web feed. News feed is a popular form of Web feed. RSS feed makes dissemination of blogs easy.
RSS feeds benefit publishers by letting them syndicate content automatically. A standardized XML file format allows the information to be published once and viewed by many different programs. They benefit readers who want to subscribe to timely updates from favorite websites or to aggregate feeds from many sites into one place.
RSS feeds can be read using software called an "RSS reader", "feed reader", or "aggregator", which can be web-based, desktop-based, or mobile-device-based. The user subscribes to a feed by entering into the reader the feed's URI or by clicking a feed icon in a web browser that initiates the subscription process. The RSS reader checks the user's subscribed feeds regularly for new work, downloads any updates that it finds, and provides a user interface to monitor and read the feeds. RSS allows users to avoid manually inspecting all of the websites they are interested in, and instead subscribe to websites such that all new content is pushed onto their browsers when it becomes available."
A simple and standard way to be updated in real time with new "news", using a huge amount of reading tools, the so-called readers. Now we need to understand how Wls2Rss can intercept this information and being converted into real-time feeds, so you can subscribe to and receive, as well as traffic information, sports, politics, also information regarding our domains WebLogic 12 (11.10).
Wls2Rss intercept the log informations passing through the various servers log file and the centralized domain log file. In addition Wls2Rss is a native WLDF (WebLogic Diagnostic Framework) JMX notifications subscriber, according to the various "Watch" set.
So for example we may want subscribe the logs of the various domains and their respective servers with different levels of severity, and also all the JMX notifications from WLDF raise specific thresholds or aggregated with respect to the various components of WebLogic 12c: Resources, Connections, Availability.
You can also enable specific search filters over rows of logs, looking for a particular text. Viewing all in one of the many tools for rss feed reader, such as the Apple Mac's Mail application for real time monitoring of any problems that may occur on different instances of WebLogic 12 domains.
Wls2Rss is a simple web application, released as a standard war. Its installation is very simple, just install (deploy) and activate (target) the application on the server where you want the feeds be produced. Important to remember that if you wish to use the feeds of the domain log, you must install wls2rss also on the Weblogic 12 Administration server.
You can still change some default parameters through the standard application deployment descriptor, the web.xml.
The parameters are:
server_log_enabled : To enable or disable the server log feed (Valid value: true, false. Default value: true)
domain_log_enabled : To enable or disable the domain log feed (Valid value: true, false. Default value: true).
jmx_listener_enabled : To enable or disable the WLDF JMX Subscriber feed (Valid value: true, false. Default value: false)
min_log_level: Minimum entry log severity to be considered from the feed engine (Valid value are: DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR. Default value is WARNING)
max_items_feed : Maximum number of feed entries before rotate as FIFO strategy. (Min value : 1. Max value : 3000. Default value : 50).
feed_charset : To specify a custom Charset on which will be produced the feeds.
Once installed the application, can be called directly via url:
example: http://127.0.0.1:7001/wls2rss
And then access the three feeds. Simple, fast and effective. You can subscribe by phone, web browser, from any feed reader rss / atom.
Here we are...
Ready to just choose and set preferred severity level (WARNING or ERROR) on the "Wls2Rss", and install it on all our WebLogic 12 (11.10) domains, and you'll be notified directly when something is happening!!!
Please Post a comment below here to request the war file of Wls2Rss, i'll sent back an mail with attached it as soon as possible.
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Sorry to ask a (probably) stupid question. I am a hardware designer struggling with provision of safe shutdown power to an embedded system. I am aware the Linux normally makes a heavy use of the filesytem and makes metadata updates whenever a file is read -i.e. there is a consequential write for every file access. I believe it is possible to delay this write. I am wondering what happens if this is an indefinate delay (i.e. it never occurs). Some background:
For operational reasons it is preferable not to use battery backup to provide power during system shutdown- which means I am looking at a 1 to 5 second power down hold-up. This doesn't seem long enough for the O/S to shut down form our S/W engineers' testing. We are all "new" to Linux having been using conventional embedded RTOS up to this point.
We will boot from a FLASH drive and run in RAM in the machine so if we have zero FLASH writes then it wouldn't normally be corrupted on a power fail.
We will store system NV data in FLASH that is controlled by a small micro that guarentees a write success in 10ms so that's fine - however I am struggling to understand what, if anything, Linux has to write back to the drive it booted from - and if we prevent it doing so what consequence would there be?
Unfortunately we're running from a uSDHC card at the moment so I can't simply write protect it in hardware to find out :-(
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The authors have published a single institution study from the University Hospital in Kragujevac, Yugoslavia. Two hundred ten patients with extensive stage small cell lung cancer (SCLCa) were enrolled onto this prospective trial, which was partially randomized. All those enrolled were treated with 3 initial cycles of cisplatin and etoposide (PE) chemotherapy. Those patients who had a complete response (CR) of their distant disease and either a partial response (PR) or CR of their local disease went on to be randomized to:
The median survival of those in arm 1 and 2 above were 17 and 11 months, respectively - a statistically significant difference.
Extensive disease SCLCa continues to represent a challenge to the field of oncology. Most patients with extensive disease respond well to treatment, yet the median survivals remain around 10 - 12 months. The 5 year survival rates are under 5% in most reported series.1,2 The standard of care continues to be chemotherapy with a duration of 4 - 6 cycles.3 The benefits of thoracic radiation therapy (TRT) have been demonstrated in numerous randomized trials for limited stage disease. A large intergroup trial has demonstrated that AHFRT over standard fractionation TRT seems to further benefit patients with limited disease SCLCa.4 Most of the literature to date has not demonstrated an advantage in treating extensive disease with TRT in regards to response or survival.
This article has demonstrated that in selected individuals in whom a CR is obtained at the distant sites of disease, AHFRT to the thorax impacts on survival. The 5-year survival rates of patients in arms 1 and 2 were 9.1% and 3.7%, respectively. Survival for the other patients was 0% by 4 years. A higher CR rate at the thoracic primary was shown favoring arm 1 over arm 2. In terms of toxicity, arm 2 had a much higher rate of severe nausea and vomiting, alopecia and renal damage than arm 1. Arm 1, as expected, had more esophageal irritation.
The results of this trial suggest that a certain subset of extensive stage patients may benefit from TRT in regards to survival, as is the case in limited stage SCLCa. However the TRT regimen given as AHFRT is fairly intensive - twice daily TRT for 18 consecutive days (54 Gy in 1.5 Gy fractions) with concurrent CE. This may not be tolerable for most patients. The future trials may utilize AHFRT for good performance status patients and standardized fractionation for others. A larger scale, multi-institutional confirmatory trial may also be of some benefit.
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In Bioshock after killing Big Daddy I can't find the Little Sister he was protecting. Is it possible she was killed, or one of the NPC got her?
No, but it is possible the Big Daddy wasn't protecting any Little Sister.
Big Daddies roam Rapture and get Little Sisters from the vents, but you can kill them before they are protecting any of them.
If he was protecting one, she should stay near the deceased Big Daddy, they cannot die nor be taken by any other character.
Try following the big daddy around for a bit before attacking him. In the first BioShock, he'll eventually go up to a vent and pound on the wall. If a Little Sister climbs out, you're in luck! If not, then don't bother killing him: Not all Big Daddies escort Little Sisters (These are the ones you should hypnotize to help you!). However, if you kill a Big Daddy before he helps his Little Sister out of the vent, then as far as I can tell, there's no way to get her to come out, save from leaving the area, and returning.
Also, I'm not sure about BioShock 2, but in the first game, if you pause, some icons appear at the bottom of the screen indicating how many total Little Sisters are in that area. They also indicate whether or not they've been rescued/harvested, or are still with a Big Daddy.
In general, Little Sisters cannot be taken by anyone other than you. However, If you do kill a Big Daddy and the Little Sister is nowhere to be seen, chances are good that she was recently helped into a vent by the Big Daddy you just killed. If you wait around for a while, another Big Daddy will come and get her. Big Daddy's will only respawn if you failed to aquire the Little Sister he was partnered with. On a side note, In the part where you're roaming around the Upper Wharf early on after talking to the crazy fisherman guy, all three Big Daddies will show up in the same room if you wait around enough. And, it's near enough to a Vita Chamber that you can keep wearing them down until all three are dead.
Alright, so I'm playing the game literally as I type this, and I know for an absolute fact that there are rogue Big Daddies. I'm watching a fourth Big Daddy walk past the dead body of a fifth and pound on a vent right now after I (saved) all three Little Sisters on the level. He never found a little sister, so I just took control of him and brought him back to the room where the three I had killed previously and saw yet a sixth Big Daddy!
I've chased after Little Sisters after killing their Big Daddy, and watched them climb into one of those holes in the walls. After this happens, you have to leave the area and come back after a new Big Daddy shows up. Kill the new Big Daddy, and nab the Little Sister before she runs away.
@Keaanu is wrong in his answer. In Bioshock 2, if you have a little sister that you have already adopted. You can't harvest/adopt another one.
I accidentally killed a big daddy with a little sister, and I can't pick her up. So, eventually I left to gather enough adam for her.
After that I chased another one to get the last little sister, I saw him banging on the hole. No little sister. :( Then I remembered that I left one of them behind. So, I went back to that area. To hear a little sister crying. And I adopted her.
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