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5 Reasons Parenting Is One Place We Shouldn't Imitate China
#2. ... and An Outdated Model
What about the crazy obsession with school? We Americans live in a country where people start multimillion dollar businesses in their garages, and others make a comfortable living drawing cartoons. Where does a crazy person get the idea that a failing grade on one lousy sixth grade test should be treated like it's life and death?
The thing is, once upon a time in China (starting about 500-600 AD), one failed test could ruin your life. Your whole life -- your career, your status, your marriage prospects, the way people looked at you -- it all depended completely on certain written examinations. All civil service positions were determined by these tests, and anybody who was anybody was in civil service.
And who wouldn't want to be, with those awesome hats.
This was actually quite a bit of progress at the time, since the previous system, like most medieval systems, was set up so you got a government job based on who your uncle knew. Becoming a government official based on how good you were at something (even if that something was often poetry) was actually fairly revolutionary at the time.
So while my mom was growing up in Taiwan, the system had evolved, of course, but the idea was still that a series of tests would determine your destiny. Taking tests to get into junior high, high school, and university were like three rounds of a single-elimination tournament. Lose the first round with a bad junior high test score and you were permanently out of the top university sweepstakes.
That's cool, kid, it means you have more time to prepare for your fast food career.
Test scores even figured into what your major would be. My mom was stuck with diplomacy, which she didn't even want, while some other kid who actually wanted to study diplomacy didn't have the test scores to get it.
Anyway, that's not true in the U.S., obviously. Students change majors and transfer schools left and right. High school entrance examinations are rare and only for schools where kids learn to wear cardigans tied over their shoulders. Surely anyone who's spent 10 years in this country would grasp that, right?
Well, China has been doing this "tests are everything" thing hardcore since at least 581 AD. You can't stop whistling a stupid credit report commercial jingle after listening to it for two days, so imagine how hard it is for a whole society of people to stop doing things they've been doing for 1500 years.
The amazing thing, though, is that they are.
#1. "Tiger Mothers" Are So Yesterday
In China, the bestselling parenting books in the past have been what you would expect, with titles like Harvard Girl Liu Yiting, From Andover to Harvard and Yale Girl, all obviously about how to raise your child so that it gets into Harvard or Yale, which I guess is part of the invasion plan. (Spoiler: it's by making your small child hold an ice cube as long as they can to build stamina.)
"Harvard Girl Liu Yiting" - multidisciplinary genius, perhaps, graphic designer, no.
That's why it was such a surprise to see Yin Jianli's A Good Mom Is Better Than a Good Teacher take China's bestseller list by storm, where it's been hanging out at the top since 2009.
Okay, I guess the entire Chinese publishing industry needs to look into this graphic design thing.
Yin offers revolutionary and controversial new advice, like listening to your children, or not yelling at toddlers for painting rivers pink. Something is definitely changing in the culture when someone can say something as nutty as "Kids shouldn't be slaves of homework," and not get thrown in an asylum.
Yin isn't the only person saying it, either. One mom in China wrote an editorial saying that the abusive, one-dimensional "Chinese way" Chua described was so out of date that it was like Chinese parenting's version of parachute pants.
Or shoulder pads, if you like.
I'm not saying all Chinese parents have stopped telling kids that they bring shame to their family or making them hold ice cubes or whatever, but it's certainly not the Unquestioned Way To Raise Kids anymore.
Part of it is just people adapting and improving like people do, and part of it is big societal changes like the one-child policy, where the pressure of having four grandparents and two parents with a laser-beam focus on one child is causing some kids to snap, making parents rethink whether what they've been doing for thousands of years is still the right way to do things.
It often isn't.
Remember the scare stories I mentioned earlier, parents telling urban legends about the kid who got complimented so much he had to drop out of school? Well my mom told me a couple of "true" stories about Chinese-American kids, ones who were pushed hard to succeed by their immigrant parents, and were driven, yelled at, and denied affection until they "succeeded" by graduating from med school, which is of course the best thing a Chinese child can do. In the first story, the son accepted his diploma on graduation day and then handed it over to his mom and told her, "There. That's what you've wanted. I'm done." He found another career and never wanted anything to do with medicine, or his mom, again.
In the second story, shortly after graduating from med school, the son had a nervous breakdown and had to be committed.
I'm sure there's a version where the son found a hook hanging from the diploma too.
She swears these totally happened to a friend of a friend, and maybe they did, whatever. The point is that old Chinese moms are telling these stories to each other. Urban legends get retold because they play on our subconscious fears, and moms talking about horror stories that result from traditional Chinese parenting are moms that are afraid the old ways might be wrong.
The Chinese kids we should be afraid of are the ones whose parents are reading Yin Jianli's book. Seriously, kids with the balls-to-the-wall work ethic of Chinese tradition plus the confidence and security of being raised by parents who encourage them to paint rivers pink and be who they are? Now that's unstoppable.
Our future masters?
But I don't know, if China does manage to turn out a highly-educated generation of confident individuals who think for themselves, maybe it's not America that needs to be scared.
Just sayin'.
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i can get on their website, but i cant get to the page that was directly linked from woot
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Just happened, per KFFL.
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Just happened, per KFFL.
Guess there'll be no Mike Wallace training camp loafing, workout skipping summer plan for him...
****...does this rule out Ahmad Bradshaw?
damn it...
Redman's tender # was already included in most salary cap figures I believe. So were the original amounts for Sanders and McClendon, one which went up and one which may have gone down. I don't think RFA's signing tenders or extensions will affect anything else they may have been doing, Sanders is the one that hurts because it raised his number for this year.
I think Troy and Ike are about the only contracts of any significance left that they could restructure to clear some more space. They may not want to do either because it would push dead money past when they believe they would likely be playing which IMO is no more than two more years
people worry about a guy that will likely have about 300 yards next season in Bradshaw/
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for an embedded device I need to sign a 14-byte string and want to verify that string on the device.
Since there is already an AES-Library on the device, I thought about using the following scheme:
Use AES with a fixed IV and a fixed secret key to encrypt the following string:
"2byte Random Padding | 14byte data"
And send the 14byte data followed by the 16byte result of the encryption.
Is this scheme totally dumb?
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Spartanburg woman charged with criminal domestic violence
Published: Monday, July 29, 2013 at 10:03 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, July 29, 2013 at 10:03 p.m.
A woman hit her boyfriend after he called her a name, which caused him to lose control of the truck he was driving in front of a deputy Sunday.
Moneka Chavela Robinson, 38, of 408 Abner Road, Apt. B-43, was charged with criminal domestic violence, according to online jail records.
A Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office incident report states that a deputy was parked just off West Main Street when he heard a car screeching toward a stop sign at Briarcliff Road and West Main. The deputy saw the driver with his arm up, and the truck slide through the intersection and toward the deputy, who was in a parking lot, the report states.
Robinson told the deputy that they had been arguing over the movement of furniture at their apartment. The driver said Robinson hit him after he called her a name, and he had his arm up trying to protect himself, causing him to lose control of the truck, according to the report.
Robinson was released from the Spartanburg County Detention Facility on a $2,000 bond.
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When I uploaded a lot of attachments through Gmail, my account got suspended for a day. So, to avoid that issue in advance, how can I know how many MB of data can I send (or save in draft) in Gmail per day?
Never heard of this either but I tried to find out what these limits are. Per their help:
I couldn't find any specific reference to a daily upload limit but did run across this Lifehacker post about a Firefox addon called Gspace that takes advantage of the amount of storage provided by Gmail. In their FAQ they mention that you can have your account suspended for 24 hours if you pass some upload threshold. However, no specific numbers were listed.
Via Gspace's FAQ
Perhaps someone with better googling skills can track down the exact limit.
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How do these two differ, for example:
寂しそう vs 寂しげ
楽しそう vs 楽しげ
言いたそう vs 言いたげ
大人げ vs 大人っぽい(...? Not sure if this one works.)
They are the same ("seems like") but 〜げ has more of a connotation of 「それらしい」 or 「っぽい」with the げ coming from the character 気 as in 気分. I remember it as "that sort of feeling".
Arguably this makes 〜げ more subjective whereas 〜そう is more objective but only so far as the observation is shared with others in the same/similar view point as the speaker.
A word about usage:- You commonly use 〜げ when expressing your feelings. It comes from the kanji 気, so this serves as a reminder. It matters "what" you are talking about, not just that an adjective comes before it.
Examples revised:-
So observing the rule about expressing your feelings.
Alternatively these can be followed by に, as in 言いたげに見ている (looking with an expression of wanting to say something).
Origins:- Apparently this word has been around for sometime in certain parts of Japan (Ref: http://otasuke.goo-net.com/qa5447963.html?order=DESC&by=datetime > Answer 2), but some consider it to be 若者言葉 that is making the transition to accepted vocabulary (Ref: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8B%A5%E8%80%85%E8%A8%80%E8%91%890 + own experience)
Well, basically ADJ-I's radical + げ means some sort of "with adj-as-a-noun"; it turns your adjective into a noun, expresses appearance. To make myself clear, let's see a few examples taken from the net:
Even though I've never encountered it, I infer that "言いたげ" means "with the apparent wish to say" (since the base was "言いたい", "I want to say"). In both cases, this is clearly something that you are observing. I think that you will mostly encounter げ+に or げ+な.
そう, on the other hand, is trickier. It's either your impression, or something you've heard.
For the last one, I'd say it doesn't work, since you're working with a noun. And appearance or hearsays with nouns is another topic…


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I can't shut down nor reboot without console
When I click shutdown or restart from login-screen, nothing happens.
When I click shutdown or restart from login-screen, nothing happens.
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There is an issue for some users in 12.04 and 12.10 where shutdown/restart only logs them out of their user session and does not shut down the machine, and using shutdown/restart from the login screen does nothing. It is apparently just a bug. You can try some of the solutions you may be able to find in Google but nothing has worked reliably for me.
You can still shutdown your computer by opening a tty terminal (CTRL-ALT-F2 through F6), logging in as root, and entering
which will shutdown the system or
which will reboot it.


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Democrats Need To Pass A Comprehensive Health Care Bill
In the Battle of Waterloo, Democrats are prepared to surrender. After Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) issued his battle cry to the Democrats in August, President Obama aptly responded by noting "this isn't about me," but rather, it's about "a health care system that is breaking America's families." "We can't afford the politics of delay and defeat when it comes to health care — not this time, not now," Obama added. But today, Democrats — just inches from the goal-line — are prepared to take a knee, run out the clock, and renege on their promise of seeing health care reform through completion.
Learning the wrong lessons from a Massachusetts election, Democrats are finding difficulty motivating their solid majorities in the House and Senate to finish what they started. The outcome in Massachusetts didn't change the basic fundamental questions: Can we afford the status quo, and is the current reform bill better than doing nothing at all?
Last year, Senate and House Democrats pledged to fix the broken health care system and put the nation on a sustainable economic path by repeatedly voting for change. If they're still committed to that goal, then passing the Senate health care bill alongside a reconciliation package to improve the underlining legislation and address popular concerns is the only way to achieve the change voters demanded in 2008.
Trying to pass a scaled-back version of reform would drag out the process, fail to substantially lower costs or improve access, and do so without any assurance that it will be any more popular in Congress. Democrats therefore have two choices: pass an improved version of the Senate health care bill or abandon the effort altogether. If Democrats chose the latter, millions more Americans would go without health care and health care costs would continue to skyrocket. Politically, the Democratic Party will be ridiculed for talking a big game but delivering no results. They will lose their progressive base and outsource their agenda to the Republican minority — all simply because their supermajority of 60 shrank to 59.
Democrats are hesitant to vote again for an unpopular health care bill. They fear that the Massachusetts elections are a bellwether of the upcoming midterms. Change of the magnitude envisioned by health care reformers certainly does not come easily. As Obama said in March, "To kick these problems down the road for another four years or another eight years would be to continue the same irresponsibility that led us to this point. That's not why I ran for this office. I didn't come here to pass on our problems to the next President or the next generation — I came here to solve them."
The Democrats have an opportunity to improve health care for millions of Americans. They will regret squandering this moment if they cannot regroup now.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. - The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Boston Red Sox, 5-3, Saturday.
The Pirates scored four times in the eighth. Pedro Alvarez hit a tiebreaking two-run shot off Anthony Carter for his first homer of the spring.
Garrett Jones hit his first spring homer leading off the second for Pittsburgh's only run against Boston starter Clay Buchholz, who went 11-8 in 29 starts last year.
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Left-hander Jeff Locke, vying for a spot in the Pirates' rotation, went four innings. He allowed two earned on seven hits and a walk.
"Early on, the first inning and a half, my fastball on both sides of the plate was missing big," Locke said. "It didn't really miss middle of the plate. If I threw in, it was in-in. If I threw off, it was way off. It wasn't as spotty today as I'd like to be. But, aside from any other outing, I feel that I mixed my pitches well and really threw all my stuff."
Locke faced a Red Sox lineup that was very close to what it will be on opening day.
"It can't hurt you to face that lineup," he said. "It's pretty close to what they're going to put out there every night. They have a lot of good bats, and it's a great challenge."
In the Boston second, Jarrod Saltalamacchia led off with a double and scored on David Ross' single. Jose Iglesias later had an RBI single.
With one out in the third, Will Middlebrooks tripled and Saltalamacchia singled.
"He's more confident and more poised on the mound now," Pirates pitching coach Ray Searage. "He's got a better idea of what he wants to do."
Pirates reliever Vin Mazzaro worked perfect two innings, striking out five. He fanned Iglesias, Jacoby Ellsbury, Dustin Pedroia, Mike Napoli and Middlebrooks.
NOTES: The Pirates granted RF-1B Brad Hawpe his unconditional release. ... Pirates CF Andrew McCutchen was scratched with a stomach virus. ... Pittsburgh LHP Francis Liriano is scheduled for a bullpen session on Sunday. There is still no timetable for him to come off the disabled list with the broken right arm he sustained in December. ... Pirates RHP Jeff Karstens will make his first Grapefruit League start on Sunday after being sidelined with biceps tendinitis. ... RHP Graham Godfrey will start for the Red Sox on Monday against the Orioles in Sarasota, his first appearance this spring. ... Boston OF Mitch Maier will have his sprained left wrist reexamined Sunday. ... Red Sox SS Stephen Drew, sidelined with concussion symptoms since being hit by a pitch in the helmet on March 7, is progressing. He was able to go through a full workout for the first time on Saturday, taking batting practice and groundballs on the field. ... Red Sox INF Pedro Ciriaco has been sidelined since March 14 with back spasms. He will get three or four at-bats in a minor league game Sunday. ... Red Sox RHP Daniel Bard had been scheduled to appear in Saturday's game, making his first back-to-back outings since the last two games of the 2011 season. But after throwing 27 pitches on Friday, the Red Sox opted to hold him on Saturday and have him pitch Sunday instead.


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One of Blackberry's strongest assets is the "network" that it uses. Can someone explain, or link to technical information that covers what this secure network is, and what it does better than the rest?
How dare you! How dare you question the most secure mobile platform available to mankind! My attempt at humor there.. now to a serious answer before the mods attack. Blackberry has some whitepapers regarding security here: http://us.blackberry.com/ataglance/security/
I would argue the network is not RIM's strongest asset. Corporate and government adoption of the product due to the level of control they have over the devices is RIM's strongest asset. MDM is a hot topic now, but people seem forget that RIM has been doing it for 14 years.
Unfortunately for RIM the pendelum has swung away from corporate control towards the "bring your own device" philosophy, and with good reason. Android and IOS offers a better user experience.
Obscurity. No seriously though. Thanks to Blackberry enterprise server (which has been out for years), corporate mobile phones were able to be managed and controlled through a policy set or a group of "rules".. Not altogether unlike your windows user account at work on your company domain controlled by Active Directory GPO. I think this was initially what brought blackberry proliferation to the insane levels it reached in the early 2000's in the corporate world.
Blackberry Architecture is designed in such a way that the entire communication (data and not voice channel) is managed by the blackberry servers ecosystem in highly secured manner. The telco data channel acts as a carrier and transport medium of data packets to and fro between the mobile device and the blackberry servers like BIS and BES.
For establishing the ecosystem the telco is needed to host blackberry servers and applications in its network infrastructure. Hence to use the blackberry service it is important that the telco have the blackberry infrastructure setup.
In my knowledge there are 2 unique things about blackberry compared to other devices in a telco network ecosystem:
Now the security; as discussed in one of the post many documents are public. AFAIK the session key which is derived in between blackberry servers and mobiles is generated in such way that key is not recoverable even on the server. For this reason, blackberry has been pushed by many nations to host some servers and do some modifications so that the intelligence agencies can trace data transmitted and received by the devices.
Blackberry devices from long have the processing capability of performing crypto operations like AES, RSA, ECC and many more. It supports full fledged PKI operations like signing and validations. In-fact BB was one of the first to have ECC support and own the Certicom Infra.


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This is more of a philosophy/foundation question.
I usually come across things like "the set of all men", or for example sets of symbols, i.e. sets of non-mathematical objects.
This confuses me, because as I understand it, the only kind of objects that exists in set theory are sets. It doesn't make sense to speak of other objects unless we have formalized them in terms of sets. So what to do with something like the set of all men? Are we working with a different set theory, a naive one? Or is it that we are omitting the formalization, because it is straightforward (e.g. assign a number to every man)?


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It seems that the nodal point is "off" the rail---in other words the camera would have to sit back further than the length of the rail allows it to.
Also, when trying to find a nodal point (due to the "distortion" in the lens in VERTICAL position) it skews the picture anyway.
I am extremely frustrated and am about to just quit. I am wondering if I should be testing for the NP with the camera in a horizontal position but that doesn't seem possible iwth the NN 5 with the R16.
I hope someone has some suggestions because I have put in 2 solid days trying to find the nodal point with this lens.
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I'm looking at EVE Online: Incarna at Steam right now. It says I get 30 days free (well, included in the game's price, really) and then I'll have to pay. It also says, that the product key won't work with existing accounts. I'd like to first get the trial (either the 14 days one from the official site or the 21 days one (I think it is based on an invite) that I saw mentioned at some forums) and decide if I like the game. Then I'd like to buy it on Steam. Do I get 44/51 days of play? Or does it mean that if I use the trial I am no longer entitled to the 30 days extra from the Steam title?
The game itself does not cost any money, you can download the client from the Eve Online homepage freely.
The price in Steam is exactly the same as the price you pay for the initial account setup and the first month of play when ordering directly from CCP (at least in my location). You don't get any benefit when buying from Steam.
A trial account is an existing account, and usually only one type of starting bonus can be attached to same account. Though I don't know it for sure, but I would not risk it and just get someone to send me an invite to get the 21 free days and then buy a subscription directly from CCP.
Yes they add up, I just tried.
I had the 21 day invitation trial, bought the game on Steam, added the key to the account, and got 30 more days.


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Police in St. Matthews say a gang of women stole wallets from hospitals and doctors' offices and went on a spending spree.
Detective Tony Ford told WAVE-TV in Louisville the thieves are coming out of stores with shopping carts full of merchandise, including electronics.
Police said the group has been traveling in a Ford Windstar van with a missing hubcap. They have been seen on surveillance video from stores, but have not been apprehended.
The thieves walk into nurses' stations at hospitals and into doctors' offices, looking for purses.
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Hooverson Heights church offering 3D
HOOVERSON HEIGHTS - The Hooverson Heights Church of Christ, 102 Church St., will have a 3D service at 10:45 a.m. Sunday.
Everyone will receive a pair of 3D glasses to watch 3D video clips setting up the message "3D Living."
Road work
The West Virginia Division of Highways has announced minor road work to be performed this week, pending suitable weather.
In Hancock County, crews will be patching state Route 2 and U.S. Route 30 and ditching along Cowl Farm, Nessly and Dry Run roads.
In Brooke County, crews will be patching Windy Hill and Apple Pie Ridge roads and ditching along Windy Hill Road.
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Matcha Cookie HouseOur Matcha Cookie House was made with inspiration taken from Hansel and Gretel. Tap into your inner child when designing this free form house. After getting your basic shape, you can use the left over dough to make d
Cooking Grade Matcha........... 1 tbsp
Flour (Cake or All Purpose)..... 2 cups
Baking Powder....................... 1 tsp
Egg......................................... 1 egg
Sugar...................................... 2/3 cup
Unsalted Butter........................ 4½ tbsp
Vanilla Extract......................... 1 tsp
Powdered Sugar....................... ¼ cup
Egg Whites.............................. 2 tsp
Sponge Cake........................... as needed
Chocolate Decorating Pen........ 1 pen
Gummy Fruit Candies.............. as needed
Tip: The most important part of this recipe is making something fun. Don't get too wraped up in making it "perfect"!
- Sift the Matcha, flour, and baking powder together and set aside.
- Allow the butter to come to room temperature in a bowl and mix it until it is smooth. Cream it together with the sugar (adding 1/3 to 1/2 of the sugar at a time) until it turns white.
- Beat the egg and mix it into the butter and sugar little by little then add in the vanilla extract and mix well.
- Fold 1/3 to 1/2 of the sifted dry ingredients into the eggs, butter, and sugar with a plastic spatula. Repeat until all the dry ingredients are fully incorporated.
- Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for approximately 30 minutes to rest.
- Flour a work surface and roll out the rested cookie dough until it is about 1/8" thick.
- Using cookie cutters (you can also use a stencil or do it freehand), cut the pieces of the house out of the rolled dough.
- Heat your oven to 350 degrees and bake for approximately 10 minutes.
- Mix the egg white and powdered sugar together to make the icing.
- Cut the sponge cake to the size of the house.
- Allow the cookie house pieces to completely cool and then, using the sponge cake as the foundation, glue the pieces of the house together with the icing.
- Decorate with the chocolate pen and gummy fruit candies as you see fit.
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|Wedding anniversary, Ernst and Dianne (Dichele) Stanco Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Stanco Jr. of Southington recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a party given at Testa's Banquet Room in Southington after they renewed their vows at St. Aloysius Church in Southington. Mr. and Mrs. Stanco were married April 6, 1953, at St. Lucy Church in Waterbury. They have four children, Michael Stanco of Waterbury; Karen Nappi of Southington; Ernest A. Stanco III of Winter Springs, Fla. and DeeDee Hill of Bethlehem; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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25 Aug 2012 3:02 AM #101
Fixed 2 bugs
- Using the buffered list in a nestedlist now correctly passes the itemtap events.
- base DataView now uses the viewItemArray instead of own item selector.
25 Aug 2012 3:05 AM #102
Move to Sencha Touch 2.x: Examples and Showcases ?
I think it would be best if we move the discussion of the buffered list to the Sencha Touch 2.x: Examples and Showcases forum.
28 Aug 2012 8:44 AM #103
I think before really fixing anything you should move to the newest ST. If you make your fixes against the beta, they're very likely to come "unfixed" when used against the final release.
Nevermind. I misread your "2.1.0-beta2" as "2.0.1-beta2". (I've also been away from ST for a bit so I wasn't up on the 2.1 beta.) You're still probably going to be fixing stuff that'll come unfixed, but there's not much else you can do about it if you want to try to get a jump on 2.1.
28 Aug 2012 11:54 PM #104
I'm still not sure if the fixes I made are the best or if they are simply workarounds.
I need to test it more, but right now it seems to work for me.
I still get some strange repaint issue sometimes when I change the store instance of a buffered list with setStore(), so I'll look into that.
12 Sep 2012 1:16 PM #105
For all following this thread in hopes of a 2.x port of BufferedList, please note that the latest release of 2.1 Beta (Beta 3) includes Sencha's own implementation of this concept, which should be both more functional and better supported
Thanks to all who contributed to this original version.
12 Sep 2012 1:36 PM #106
That's nice to know. Might have to hold out on releasing my project until 2.1 gets its GPL release.
Have you played around with it much? Can you comment on how good it is compared to yours and some of the other ports?
12 Sep 2012 11:08 PM #107
i'll try it out this weekend
I hope it also supports DataView so I can create custom list components.
14 Sep 2012 12:10 AM #108
I am working on a commercial project which ABSOLUTELY hinges on infinite scrolling. I've tried implementing robertklep's buffered scrolling, but while it does display the list, the scrolling essentially doesn't work... at all. I'm about to try jeroenwalter's fork and see if I get lucky with that one... That being said, how safe is it to port the project to whatever the current release version of 2.1 is? Is there any ETA on a stable release of 2.1? Thanks in advance.
14 Sep 2012 1:20 AM #109
If scrolling still doesn't work with my fork, then I think you may have some other issues.
Maybe you've disabled scrolling for the list container or something like that.
Try the normal Ext.List first, if that doesn't scroll as well, the fault must be in your code.
If not, then something may be wrong in the buffered list.
I'm using the buffered list in a project where I'm currently displaying about 11000 items and it works as expected.
I'm using ST 2.1.0 beta 2 for this, I haven't tested it with beta 3 yet, so maybe that will break it.
14 Sep 2012 1:38 AM #110
I am going to test it within the next hour, but the scrolling does work for me with a normal list. However, I believe the reason why this might pose an issue is the fact that my "list" is actually a grid, or to be more specific, an image gallery. So there are 3-4 inline items depending on the screen resolution. Could this have a bearing?
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Treatment of Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome
If you have mild to moderate withdrawal symptoms, your doctor may prefer to treat you in an outpatient setting, especially if you have supportive family and friends. Outpatient detoxification is safe, effective, and less costly than inpatient detoxification at a hospital or other facility.
However, you may require inpatient treatment if you don't have a reliable social network, are pregnant, or have a history of any of the following:
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The goals of treatment are threefold: reducing immediate withdrawal symptoms, preventing complications, and beginning long-term therapy to promote alcohol abstinence.
Prescription drugs of choice include benzodiazepines, such as diazepam (Valium), chlordiazepoxide (Librium), lorazepam (Ativan), and oxazepam (Serax). Such medications can help control the shakiness, anxiety, and confusion associated with alcohol withdrawal and reduce the risk of withdrawal seizures and DTs. In patients with mild to moderate symptoms, the anticonvulsant drug carbamazepine (Tegretol) may be an effective alternative to benzodiazepines, because it is not sedating and has low potential for abuse.
To help manage withdrawal complications, your doctor may consider adding other drugs to a benzodiazepine regimen. These may include:
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A joint venture with JGC and Fluor will build the ethane cracker in Baytown, while a partnership of Technip and Zachry Industrial will work to develop the new polyethylene units in Old Ocean.
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I know a lot of places use UML and the unified process as their development model... but then there's a lot that don't. Would it be important to have more than a basic and functional understanding of these subjects or would it be better to focus on developing programming skills in other areas (i.e. language development, IDEs, etc)?
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Unless you think watching paint dry while neck-deep in sewage is a jolly good time, ignore the Unified Process. Wait, ignoring it is not enough. Fear it. As far as I know, it's only used these days by enormous places that are beyond all hope of efficiency, quality, or sanity.
UML, on the other hand, can be a handy notation for important programming concepts. Get Martin Fowler's UML Distilled, give it a skim, and practice sketching diagrams while thinking about design. It's a skill I use regularly and I'm glad I have it.
Be aware that people try to over-use UML. Whiteboard UML while discussing things is awesome. An occasional diagram in published documentation can be nice. But the quest to document your entire code base in UML is pointless and wasteful. And the desire to "program in UML" is idiotic. If you come across people like that, flee. But first, brand their foreheads with a sequence diagram, so the rest of us are properly warned.
Don't spend too much time on UML. In my team I am the only one to know really well UML and therefore create use case, component, state, deployment and other diagrams. The other team members are better than me for codding but not as good for the UML diagramming.
The trick we use is to focus on the class diagram at modeling level to define the structure of the application and also let the developper/architect to code as they want. We then merge the model with the new code and update the model at each iteration. Really easy and very efficient. We develop in Java with Omondo EclipseUML.
I would recommend not to use any MDD which is for me a real crap !! Modeler will try to take more power inside development process but this will not create any value if they try to generate all the code from the model. The code belongs to the developer/architect but not to the modeler. UML should only be a view of the project requirements (e.g. usecase, sequence, etc....) the process (e.g. state or activty diagram), deployment (deployment, component diagrams). The class diagram should a view of the code and UML class diagram should only be used as a viewer of the code. Java coding should respect object approach and UML which is also an object language is really helpful to avoid crap and stupid codding.
The most important is the class diagram iterations between model to code and code to model. I don't really mean live synchronization, but to be able to merge code and model at each iteration. I use Omondo EclipseUML and think they are the only one to have merge java, database entities and model IDs. The ID merge is really a powerful concept and is perfect for our agile projects.
My recommendation is not to buy any book. You should have an object approach and use class diagram language to visualize your objects in order to create better architectures. If one of the team member knows UML then use the other diagrams, if not the class diagram would be sufficient.
The Unified Process and UML are a set of structured thinking and communication tools. These tools help in a few ways; both by defining a way of talking about designs, and by helping us work through the details and facets of our designs.
Improving your own thinking is critical for completing the details of a design and for finding your path to a sane and coherent product. Personal disciplines help you focus, keep track of details, think through the edges, and remember what your thinking is months later.
Improving how the design is talked about and improved is critical for getting a group of designers get further, faster. Group disciplines help get more from the group.
But remember tat UML and the Unified Process are only one of many thinking tools. They're reasonable, but they may or may not fit you or your group (which is as important as any other factor).
In my mind there is now way around UML. Get a book and learn it. You need it to :
The unified process I think is a different story, it depends on the employer you are at. I would read a book at least to know what it is and when the time comes that you really need it study it.
Hope this helps.
I don't think that you need an extremely in-depth knowledge of UML but you should definitely be able to look at a diagram and be able to tell what's going on. What you SHOULD try to get an in-depth knowledge is different design patterns (buy a book). When you come up with your own designs, it will help you to know both the design pattern and UML pattern even if you don't actually draw it out. It also helps you in understanding a UML diagram when you see it, because you might understand a little better why the UML looks like that.
You may mention that you could use U.M.L. WITHOUT the Unified Process. I use a lot of U.M.L. at the same time than programming, but, for me is important to be in a practical way, not just use it because "its a shinny new tool".
Class diagrams, use cases and sequential diagrams are my favorite. I don't require use other kinds of diagrams as often, as these ones.
Many companies doesn't use the Unified/Rational Process.
I've been in this biz since 1987 and the only times I've dealt with UML and the Unified Process was a few occasions when some misbegotten consultant got paid some very big bucks to force feed the staff with all the minutiae of these overhyped, overblown, and tendentious methodologies. In the aftermath of every attempt to apply this unadulterated crap we ended up generating enough almost-immediately obsolete documentation to fill the Library of Congress to overflowing and beyond, while simultaneously slowing the design and development of our projects unconscionably.
If your business product is to be measured in pounds of paper and/or the size of the documentation, will never be read more than once (if that many), and will forever afterwards be obsolete, and that will be the basis on which you are paid, then by all means, go whole hog with this crap.
If otherwise, run screaming for the hills upon the first mention of UML and UP. Or better, beat the first person who utters it to a pulp.


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I'm aware that you can't brew a potion from any spell with range:personal, target:you, since it is restricted to:
any 3rd-level or lower spell that you know and that targets one or more creatures
However, staves and wands do not have this restriction.
To activate a wand, a character must hold it in hand (or whatever passes for a hand, for nonhumanoid creatures) and point it in the general direction of the target or area.
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The new rules for the "Gloom" expansion deck "Unhappy homes" states:
"A blue-themed mystery card is the only card that can be placed on a Residence and can be placed on any Residence as either of your two plays"
I tried playing with this expansion deck with two of us last night but this new rule/deck proved problematic.
If we interpret that rule literally we cannot play death cards on a Residence ever and they don't have to be killed to edit the game in the usual way. At first sight this seems to make sense - "killing" a Residence sounds odd and the blue-themed mystery cards have buffs that apply to the whole family, but two things make this seem wrong:
- The reverse of the residence cards have death messages exactly like the rest of the families.
- The blue-themed mystery cards have pathos points which seem pointless if you can't kill the residence because pathos points on living characters count for nothing according to the original rules and there's no exception to this in the expansion deck rules.
In light of this we tried to interpret this rule as permitting death cards also and requiring the death of a residence exactly like any family member, but with two players we twice played a full game where neither player was successfully able to play a blue-themed mystery card, due to the other requirements of these cards, and so were unable to kill the residences because they didn't have negative pathos points.
We gave up trying to kill the residences in the end both times because we each reached a stage where our entire turns consisted of discarding cards to get new ones when we draw back up, which frankly got a bit dull quite quickly.
What's a sensible interpretation of the new rules? What's the purpose of the pathos points on the blue-themed mystery cards if the residences are unkillable?


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Sitting in a cramped seat for hours can cause your ankles and feet to swell. If you're traveling by car, stop every hour to stretch your legs, have a snack, or find a bathroom. On a train or airplane, keep your circulation moving with foot and ankle exercises, and get up regularly to walk down the aisle when it's safe to do so. Stay hydrated by drinking lots of water or juice, even if you do need to empty your bladder frequently. A few comforts, such as a cushion to tuck behind your back or a cooling water spritzer, can make a trip more bearable.
There are some activities to forego in pregnancy, such as water skiing or horse riding, where a fall could harm your baby. Scuba diving is particularly dangerous because of the risk of air bubbles forming in the bloodstream. If you have children, ignore pleas to join them on amusement park rides.
If you're used to exercising, there is no reason not to go swimming or walking, just don't overdo it-hiking up hills under a blazing sun could send your temperature soaring, which is a bad thing in pregnancy. In the first trimester especially, extreme heat can affect fetal development. You might also become dehydrated, which later on can increase the risk of premature labor.
Be cautious also about less energetic activities. Hot tubs and saunas are best avoided since the heat could make you feel faint and may be harmful to your baby. An aromatherapy massage sounds like a treat, but some oils may be toxic to the baby, especially in the early months. If you want pampering, look for spas with treatments for pregnant moms.
In pregnancy, your skin becomes more sensitive to the sun, so whatever you're doing be careful to protect against overexposure to the sun.
You've found your passport and put the tickets in your bag. However, when you're pregnant you may also need to take the following items:
Experts are investigating a link between prolonged exposure to the sun and damage to the fetus. There is a possibility that ultraviolet rays could cause a deficiency of folic acid-a vitamin that helps prevent defects in the baby's nervous system leading to spina bifida. Nothing is yet proven, but it's not worth taking the risk. Enjoy the sun in moderation but don't bake yourself or use tanning beds before you go on vacation.
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT), the formation of a blood clot in a vein (often in a leg), is sometimes caused by long periods of immobility, such as sitting on a plane (see ... Doctor). Although the risk factor may be slightly increased in pregnant women, because their blood tends to clot more easily, the chance of your developing DVT is still very low. To minimize the risk even further, you could purchase some special support socks, which are designed to improve blood flow in the legs.
In the event of an accident, these appliances are far more likely to prevent injury than cause it-never travel without fastening your seatbelt. For comfort, position the straps above and below your belly rather than across it. Being hit by an inflated airbag will not hurt you or the baby, but to lessen the impact you should position your seat as far back as possible.
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A few years ago, I was working in a yarn shop when one of our most frequent customers came in with a pattern question. She was an excellent knitter and had tackled lots of challenging projects, but her question that day was a very simple one.
She pulled out an almost-completed sweater worked from the top-down, along with her knitting pattern. "I'm all ready to start binding off, but I've never encountered this particular phrase before," she said, pointing to the last line. I took a closer look at the pattern and saw the words, "bind off in pattern." Read more


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I'm trying to introduce a friend to Netstorm, but it's a bit difficult to set up a multiplayer game because new players only have access to one or two buildings. We can't set up a fair match without giving him access to the full tech tree.
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As pets, Greyhounds are affectionate, non-aggressive, comfort loving, and mild mannered. They also serve
well as therapy dogs for nursing homes since they are gentle and just the right height for aged hands.
Used for hunting in ancient times, in 11th century England, Greyhounds were exclusively for noblemen. At the
time, the punishment for killing a Greyhound was death. They were introduced to America in the late 1700's and
in the 19th century, were used here for coursing (chasing/racing), which they still do today. The racing life of
a Greyhound is short (around four years), so there is always an abundance that need homes.
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If you're looking for an older dog to adopt, consider a Greyhound. They must have room to run, so a high
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you provide plenty of soft, squeaky toys for them, since a regular tennis ball is difficult for them to hold in
their narrow jaws. The breed tends to have dental problems, so feed a good quality hard kibble and cleanse teeth
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JP's Landing Bar & Grill
We're located right along Rt 84 on the Great River Road and also have outside seating with a great view of the Mississippi River. We cater to boaters, bikers and everyone in between. so visit by car, bike or boat!
Lisa's Place
Down home service features home baked bread and rolls, home cooked soups and entrees. Specials are served daily. "The Nest" is a specialty; ask about it! Breakfast served all day on Saturday.
Creekside Vineyards Wine Terrace & Inn
Enjoy this vineyard and B&B combo located just a few minutes from major attractions in the Quad Cities. Vineyard tours are available by appointment. Lovely Inn located in a beautiful country setting, yet minutes from entertainment, dining and shopping. Wine tastings offered throughout the year. Check website for complete details on wine tastings, special events, and to book a room at the Inn.
CITY:Coal Valley
Lavender Crest Winery
Lavender Crest Winery opened its doors for the first time in November of 2004, introducing customers to an opportunity for a unique way to taste wine that is produced in the Midwest. Lavender Crest Winery features a wine tasting room, gift shop, an espresso bar that serves lunch, entertainment, tours and more.
Fun food, sports, spirits in a casual dining atmosphere. Large beer select, great burgers, sandwiches and appetizers.
CITY:East Moline
State Street Café
Homemade soups, daily specials, and freshly baked goods are just a few of the reasons to give this locally-owned stop a try.
Geneseo Brewing Company
Est. Sep 2014. Offering continually new & unique quality craft beer ~ in a comfortable environment. There's sure to be something for everyone to enjoy!
Lionstone Brewing Company
We are a family owned brewery operating in our hometown of Geneseo, IL. Our brewery is in full operation and our taproom and gastropub is a great place to enjoy unique food and beer combinations.
John Deere Commons at Moline Centre
A tourism destination offering a variety of restaurants, concerts, special events, top name entertainment at "iWireless Center," and live music at the many pubs and bars. Also visit the famous John Deere Pavilion and John Deere Store, Lagomarcino's old fashioned soda and candy shop. Celebration Belle Riverboat and Channel Cat Taxi is nearby so you can explore the mighty Mississippi River. The downtown area also includes gift shops, antique stores, restaurants and hotels!
Happy Joe's Pizza & Ice Cream Parlor - Quad Cities
Original pizza parlor started in the Quad Cities featuring the first Taco Pizza, along with dozens of topping choices that will suit the tastes of all its customers. Also, enjoy the pizza and pasta bars available at select locations. Dine in or have this delicious pizza delivered to your hotel.
Whitey's Ice Cream Stores - Quad Cities
Created in the Quad Cities, outstanding flavors of ice cream, malts, shakes of every kind, banana splits, sundaes. Squeeky clean Ice Cream Shops all done up in White and Red and the ice cream servers are dressed white uniforms with red and white caps.
Bent River Brewing Company
Bent River Breweries in Rock Island serves as the distribution center for Bent River, including a bottling line so the beer can get to the people. This location also includes a tasting room with full bar, an expanded merchandise room, a party room for catered banquets, and great live music.
El Mariachi Restaurante
Great home-cooked Mexican Cuisine and family-owned. Open for lunch, dinner and breakfast on Saturdays and Sundays. The restaurant is closed on Mondays.
Exotic Thai Restaurant
Featuring fine dining and fine Thai cuisine in a contemporary atmosphere. Restaurant include a delicious array of dished and a full bar and specialty drinks. Open Monday through Sunday for lunch and dinner. The food is a marriage of centuries old eastern and western influences that are harmoniously combined into something uniquely Thai.
Le Mekong
Featuring Vietnamese Gourmet food during lunch and dinner hours. Set in a more formal dining atmosphere but casual dress is allowed. Full and delicious menu of wonderful appetizers, soups and entrees. Family owned for over 20 years. Restaurant also features a very nice selection of teas and a full bar selection.
La Flama
Family-owned restaurant featuing homemade Mexican cuisine in a festive atmosphere with plenty of seating and parking nearby. A full bar is available at the restaurant and features delicious, traditional drinks.
Maid Rite
Old time diner featuring breakfast, lunch and dinner. Well-know for their famous loose meet sandwiches (Maid Rites). A Quad Cities original. Enjoy malts, fries and so much more at this 50's-style diner. A variety of locations throughout the Quad Cities.
Osaka Japanese Restaurant
Dependable and delicious Japanese cuisine. Sushi and bar area. Located right across from shopping at SouthPark Mall - serving lunch and dinner Monday through Sunday.
Ming Wah
Family-owned restaurant featuring homemade Chinese cuisine with lots of fresh vegetables. Delicious lunch and dinners! Great soups, appetizers and entrees. A local favorite!
Pasteur Restaurant
Fine dining featuring gourmet French Vietnamese cuisine. Family-owned and operated.
Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse
Discover the beautifully restored, historic Vaudeville-Era Dinner Playhouse. Circa '21 services up exciting musical productions with dinner. Even your wait staff are part of the pre-show! Watch your waiter dance, and sing before each show begins. Matinee performances are also available. Check website for current show schedule.
The Bier Stube
German Restaurant with a large German menu and beer selection. Enjoy the outdoor Beer Garden and live music on weekends.
Donnybrook Bakery Cafe
They offer a bakery & café in a beautiful historic building. Check out their specialty ice cream, a coffee & smoothie bar. as well as a retail shop and beer/wine bar.
Creekside Vineyards Winery & Tasting Room
Welcome to the realm of wine, weekend wanderlust, midweek getaways, and what we like to call Wine-derful! Just south of the Quad Cities, wine enthusiasts can discover their own "hidden gem" of a vintage at Creekside Vineyards Winery & Tasting Room. This circa 1938 building, once a family diner & service station, now offers travelers a stopover of good conversation & fantastic artisan wines.
The Original Huckleberry's Great Pizza and Calzones
A fun, casual Italian restaurant featuring good pizza, pasta and calzones in the heart of the District.
CITY:Rock Island
The Speakeasy
Enjoy comedians, big bands, burlesque, drag shows, and more at the Speakeasy. This intimate club offers live performances throughout the year to fit a variety of tastes. The Speakeasy features a bar, simple menu, and performance seating at small and large tables. To see what's coming up next at the Speakeasy visit http://circa21.com/speakeasy.asp
CITY:Rock Island
Arthur's Garden Deli
Fresh deli sandwiches, soups, salads, salad bar, ice cream, yogurt desserts and more in a contemporary and friendly setting. Just walk up to the long counter, grab your tray and start ordering from a variety of menu items prepared right in front of you. Fresh, delicious and healthy choices!
CITY:Rock Island
Dr. Gyros
Typcial Gyro dishes piled high with all the fixin's. Get a basket order or just order a Gyro.
CITY:Rock Island
Harris Pizza
A Quad Cities tradition for the finest pizza around. Voted a Quad Cities favorite, this restaurant has been around for over 30 years.
CITY:Rock Island
Jim's Rib Haven
Family-owned restaurant for over 30 years featuring the best ribs in the Quad Cities. Definitely a favorite among the locals. You can bring your own beer with you to drink at the restaurant. Also features great sides to go with your ribs.
CITY:Rock Island
Theo's Java Club
Coffee house with deli sandwiches, pastries, soups and light fare. Located in the heart of the Downtown Rock Island Arts & Entertainment District.
CITY:Rock Island
La Rancherita
Family-owned Mexican restaurant featuring a fantastic array of homemade recipes.
CITY:Rock Island
O'Melia's Supper Club
Enjoy dining in an old-style Supper Club setting with delicious steaks, seafood, and traditional American cuisine. Family-owned for over 30 years.
CITY:Rock Island
Jumer's Casino & Hotel - Rock Island
Jumer's Casino & Hotel is one of the largest land-based casinos in the state of Illinois. Jumer's is where Art Deco meets 21st Century gaming. The all on one level casino floor features the latest in gaming fun. Over 1,000 slots, 25 table games, and a live Poker Room. In addition, you will enjoy a night club, sports bar, and four distinct restaurants featuring everything from steak and seafood, to outstanding buffets, and deli-style menus. The luxurious hotel offers 205 hotel rooms, an indoor pool, fitness center, and a full-service Spa. We're the perfect place for leisure travel and for meetings, conventions, parties, or banquets. Our luxurious hotel has all the modern amenities guests expect. Oh! What a feeling! You are going to love the new Jumer's Casino & Hotel.
CITY:Rock Island
Downtown Rock Island Arts & Entertainment District
This district is the arts and entertainment destination of the Quad Cities. Located on the Mississippi River, the district ia a revitalized and vibrant area. You'll find art galleries, restaurants, pubs, nightclubs, casino, shops and a hotel.
CITY:Rock Island
Blue Cat Brew Pub
Enjoy this micro brewery and restaurant situated in the downtown Rock Island Arts & Entertainment District. The Blue Cat Brew Pub is a locally owned establishment that creates fine food and handcrafted ales and lagers for first hand sampling. Menu features homemade recipes and specials. A place to meet - friends, family, business partners, and whatever combination there may be. A place where the staff love to meet people and make new friends from around the country. Shoot some pool, throw some darts, or just hang out and relax.
CITY:Rock Island
Boetje's Mustard
Boetje's Mustard is a national-favorite. Beginning in 1889, Fred Boetje began making stoneground Dutch mustard in his garage in Rock Island, Illinois. Using the same recipe today of water, mustard seed, sugar, salt and distilled vinegar, Boetje's tops all mustard sales in the local retail market.
CITY:Rock Island
Frank's Pizzeria
People line up for these delicious pizzas. Bring the whole family and have a seat. Choose from a variety of toppings on delicious handmade pizzas. Open since 1955.
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I wish to install ubuntu 11.10 on my new laptop but because the system cannot detect the graphic, then the screen are blank. How and what should i do ? I really want to use ubuntu 11.10.
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There is an issue with the Radeon HD 6xxx series.
Take a look at the post and reply here. It might help you get started.
press F6 when grub menu appear. Select nomodeset. Esc.
It will temporarily stop KMS support which try to detect appropriate driver for your graphics card. Now ubuntu will open in VGA mode. To fix the issue permanently : Edit /etc/default/grub
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Watching really bring movies to life. Dispite there being better displays which lets you on the higher end market, these simply make downloading even better.
As technology advances TV shows seem to get better and better especially with more movie websites on the market. This is highly due to the fact that as time progresses more technology becomes available and people can grown their.This is what allows movies and TV studios to save money.
Now more than ever movie producers are directing movies that the people want to see especially with the rise of movie websites which allows you to. If a book or if the event in real life becomes popular enough you can expect to whether released on you to or the big screens.
Social media plays a major role in the success and the people in the entertainment industry. If a social media presence is not big enough this might slow down your progress since everyone loves free movies to watch and would have no problem sharing.
Has Internet really killed television? That is a great question and most people do not know the answer to one hundred percent. If you look around the Internet forums you will notice that there are people who truly believe that the Internet has killed television. I have to agree that the Internet has killed television to an extent and there are various reasons why.
One of the main reasons why I think that the Internet has killed television is due to roofing contractors davenport ia. The fact that a lot of the shows that you watch on television can be accessed online. There are even places where you can watch certain TV shows free, these places are technically illegal but that doesn't stop the masses from gravitating towards it. Even with the legal alternatives like Hulu, there are still some downsides to this and that's a plug-in called, AdBlock. What AdBlock dose is stop ads from showing on whether it's a video or a static HTML and this plug-in will prevent it from being shown. There are over 1 million people who have this plug-in installed in their devices and you can see how this can be troublesome since most places make their revenue through ad services. This also applies to even the best teeth whitening advertising services that advertises the best teeth whitening kit with led light, the outcome is still the same.
Now that's beside the point you can, the point is that if people can whatever they want to watch without having to watch them from doing that? Nothing, with the rise of Apple television and tv links there are apps which allows users to watch illegal video like movies streams through there television without having to pay. Now this device wasn't made for this purpose but as we all know what technology sometimes things serve dual purposes whether we like it or not. You can go around and ask anybody whether they like to see ads and your most likely going to get the answer of no. The only exception to this would be during the Super Bowl when the ads are extra funny or extra enticing but for the norm, watching media with ads is frowned upon by the public like teeth whitening research. This is why some websites utalize ads and prmote things like teeth whitening product companies, they provide some of the best info when it comes to finding the best teeth whitening products as well as other infermation on teeth whitening.
With websites offering new shows as soon as the air with, there's no incentive to actually watch it on TV whether you have a DVR or not. And like I said earlier the ones that are ripped on the Internet tends to have the advertisements removed, hence why people gravitate towards watching videos online as opposed to watch it on other platforms, plus you can download free movies on your PC faster than any other. I know people who personally do this on a day-to-day basis and this just shows you where want to see. Maybe one day television stations will find a business model was doesn't involve inserting advertisements in between segments of the show but as of right now this is the only method which allows the TV networks to profit.
Even though they are trying to incorporate in their shows like the best teeth whitening products online they still air one week late. People are not going to wait one week to watch their shows if they happen to miss it and they're not going to wait for it to re-air. When people want something they get it and the scariest part is they usually don't care how they get it and this is a potential threat. Another aspect that the Internet has television beat by is the fact that you can watch whatever you want whenever you want. This is not completely possible with television yet but it seems to be heading that direction. The downside is there is no telling how long it will take before television catches up.
This same concept applies with movies whether it's playing in theaters or has been released on Blu-ray and DVD. If people can get something for free they are not likely to pay for it unless they support the people that there watching. In other words they can care less about content distributors and more or less about the actors alcohol. There are organizations which are trying to combat laces that are giving access to free media but in my honest opinion is seems like a losing battle. The only way older means will survive existing incorporate and change to adapt to the new were ways.
There's currently no way to predict what the future holds for the Internet and television but it's safe to say that the Internet has television beat by a few miles.
This is a short animation pic I made after I was done wathing the clips
it's about the life of a blob. This is a great short film that shows the life of a blob and what it is to be a blob. This is a great animation for kids since kids generally like cartoon characters like this.
This is great movie which shows the animation of a lamb. This movie is basically a flip book coming to life even though the animation is very simple it's still very entertaining. We have some movies which we will be given to users with our blue print of how we made this movie.Read more >
This short film is very simple and deals with the green pond which in itself is very basic and not much going on. As the film progresses upon bigger as far as that is concerned in the things that emerges from the pond is simply amazing. All in all this is a great short film.Read more >


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I have requested for a French long term student visa from India. It's a national visa and not a Schengen visa. My question is that can we still go to other Schengen countries on this visa? If not then can we get a Schengen visa from the Indian embassy in France?
Firstly, the Indian embassy in France gives out visas to India. Assuming you're on an Indian passport, this is useless to you. You need to go to the embassy/consulate of the country for which you want a visa - eg if you are going to Egypt, you go to the Egyptian embassy in France.
My belief is that your long stay visa (more than three months) falls under the lawful category for "Stays Exceeding three months":
So on that theory, yes, you can enter the other Schengen states, as long as you follow those time-limited terms.


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I am trying to use the WebClient Class inside a Visual Web Part (via a User Control code behind class). When I want to run the web part I always get:
Asynchronous operations are not allowed in this context. Page starting an asynchronous operation has to have the Async attribute set to true and an asynchronous operation can only be started on a page prior to PreRenderComplete event.
How can I avoid this. I know that I can set the async property to true on a normal ASP.NET page. But how can I achieve this inside SharePoint 2010.


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If You Give a Cat a Cupcake
If you give a cat a cupcake, he'll ask for some sprinkles to go with it. When you give him the sprinkles, he might spill some on the floor. Cleaning up will make him hot, so you'll give him a bathing suit . . . and that's just the beginning!
The lovable cat who first appeared in If You Give a Pig a Party now has his very own book! Written in the tradition of the bestselling If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond's newest story will show everyone that Cat is where it's at!
About the Author
Laura Numeroff is the author of many books for young readers in addition to the If You Give . . . series, including The Chicken Sisters and Laura Numeroff's 10-Step Guide To Living With Your Monster. She loves to play tennis and travel and lives in Los Angeles, California. A portion of her royalties will be donated to First Book, a national nonprofit organization that promotes childrens literacy.