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WINTERSVILLE - The annual affiliate appreciation and awards luncheon for the Steubenville Area Board of Realtors was held Tuesday at St. Florian Hall.
Local Realtors were honored for accomplishments during the past year. Board affiliates took part in a trade show prior to the luncheon meeting and were on hand as invited guests of the Steubenville area board.
Brad Cain of Cain Realty was honored as local Realtor of the year and was presented with a plaque by his father and broker at Cain Realty, Gary W. Cain.
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OFFICERS — The Steubenville Area Board of Realtors unveiled its officers for 2013 Tuesday during the group's annual banquet held at St. Florian Hall in Wintersville. Chosen were, from left, Joyce Collins, president; Rick Deluca, director; Cindy Alloggia, director; Louise Davis, president-elect; Ambyre Collins, director; Taylor Cain, director; Brad Cain, director; and Debbie Rodriquez, secretary.
REALTOR OF THE YEAR -- Gary Cain, left, presented the Steubenville Area Board of Realtor's Realtor of the Year Award to his son, Brad, Tuesday during the group's annual awards banquet at St. Florian Hall.
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AREA REALTORS — Attending the Ohio Association of Realtors Convention held in Columbus recently were Rick Deluca of Deluca Realty; Ambyre Collins, Jo Albaugh, Cindy Alloggia and Joyce Collins, all of J.C. Collins Realty; Taylor Cain, Gary Cain and Brad Cain of Cain Realty; and Carolyn Turnbull of J.C. Collins Realty.
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HONORED -- Feted for achieving $2.5 million in sales were Steubenville Area Board of Realtors members Janice Adrian and Brad Cain of Cain Realty.
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HONOREES — Steubenville Area Board of Realtors 2012 Presidents Sales Club honorees are, from left, Gary Cain, Cain Realty; Rick Sponhaltz, Cain Realty; Louise Davis, Century 21 Teramana-Westling; Noreen Peterson, Cain Realty; and Emal Westling, Century 21 Teramana-Westling.
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Rick DeLuca, broker/owner of DeLuca Realty, was presented with the Ohio Association of Realtors' 2012 Excellence in Community Service Award by Brad Cain.
Local Realtors also were honored as OAR President Sales Club award winners given annually by the state association for achieving high levels in sales during a 12-month period.
In addition, the OAR Convention held at the Easton Hilton in Columbus recently was well-attended by Realtors from the local board. Those attending were Joyce Collins, Ambyre Collins, Cindy Alloggia, Carolyn Turnbull and Jo Ann Albaugh, all of J. C. Collins Realty; Gary, Brad and Taylor Cain, all of Cain Realty and Rick DeLuca from DeLuca Realty. All were active at the three-day event taking part in key meetings throughout the session that dealt with various topics in the real estate market.
Guest speaker at the local event was State Sen. Lou Gentile, D-Steubenville, who spoke about the improving economy and real estate and housing issues.


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The Master of Arts in Christian Ministries (M.A.C.M.) equips persons for leadership and service in various areas related to the Christian community's public life and practice. It is designed for those preparing for the work of Deacon in The United Methodist Church; those who are seeking ordination in a denomination that requires a 45-semester hour seminary degree; those seeking to supplement existing professional specialties with theological studies; and laypersons who seek to serve the church with specific competencies.
The M.A.C.M is designed to develop the personal spiritual characteristics necessary for Christian ministries, provide a solid background in the theories undergirding Christian ministries, and to help students utilize them for the practice of ministries.
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Let $\mathrm{Hol}^d(\Sigma, \mathbb{C} \mathbb{P}^n)$ denote the space of holomorphic maps of degree $d$ from a Riemann surface $\Sigma$ to complex projective space of dimension $n$. Let $\mathrm{HolEmb}^d(\Sigma, \mathbb{C} \mathbb{P}^n)$ denote the subspace of those holomorphic maps which are also embeddings, so there is an inclusion $$i : \mathrm{HolEmb}^d(\Sigma, \mathbb{C} \mathbb{P}^n) \longrightarrow \mathrm{Hol}^d(\Sigma, \mathbb{C} \mathbb{P}^n).$$
If we were discussing smooth maps, instead of holomorphic, Whitney's embedding theorem would say that this map is approximately $(\frac{n}{2}-2)$-connected. Is there a connectivity range for this map of spaces of holomorphic maps?


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Based on that answer I'd say it is unnecessary for your own content. As for the user submitted content it gets sticky. What if someone has posted copyrighted content of their own or from another source? You cannot claim copyright on it yourself as it has already been copyrighted by someone else. If you want to copyright the original content of user submitted content you will need to make sure your terms of service state that any original content posted by your users is copyright by you and make sure they have to agree to those terms before submitting content so they cannot claim ignorance if you do use their content for your own purposes.


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When one adds the text with this symbol, only the rectangle is shown without the 'pointer'. How can I edit this pointer? I didn't find any information about it. Maybe I'm simply missing the right name or search phrase for it.


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- How many bouncers are allowed to be bowled in a single over?
- Can bowlers bowl another bouncer, if another batsman is facing in the same over?
- What is the limited height for bouncing the ball (neck or shoulder of batsman)?
- Are there any differences in laws on bouncers between different forms of cricket?
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As of 1st October 2012, the number of allowed bouncers per over is 2 for Test Matches, 2 for ODIs (changed from 1), and 1 for Twenty20 Internationals. Each of these is above shoulder height. In addition, any ball above head height is wide. If you bowl too many bouncers in an over (no matter to which batsman), you get warned twice and taken off at the third time.
Note that these are ICC playing conditions. The Laws of Cricket use a slightly different distinction. There, any ball above head height is a no ball (Law 42.6(ii)). The Laws also give the umpire more flexibility (or less guidance, if you will), about calling wides and intervening for dangerous bowling. So if you are playing in a league match or a friendly, check your local playing conditions or clarify the interpretation of the laws.
(There is a subtle difference between these two sets of rules, because you can get stumped off a wide but not off a no ball.)
As per the new rule number of bouncers allowed for an over is 2,and any bowler who bowls more than these he wont be allowed to bowl for the current(ongoing) entire match,the other bowler will replace him and try to complete the over.
Above the shoulder is termed as bouncer,however umpire also decide whether to declare the bouncer as wide or not depending upon the height of the ball,the umpire call the bouncer as wide if it is above the height of head
the no of bouncers allowed in different formats


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Conduct intensive field experiments collecting evapotranspiration (ET), root zone soil moisture and biophysical data in concert with high resolution aircraft remote sensing imagery provided by Utah State University (Cooperator). The remote sensing imagery from aircraft and satellite sensors will be used to evaluate and refine remote-sensing-based ET models for quantifying vineyard water use and vine stress/condition at different vine physiological stages. The high resolution aircraft imagery will be used to distinguish vine and cover crop contributions to total water use and root zone water availability as well as the capability of using coarser resolution satellite data with thermal sharpening techniques to provide separate vine and cover crop contributions to total ET.


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ANYTHING VISIBLE, and anything that can be grasped by thought, is bounded. Anything bounded is finite. Anything finite is undifferentiated. Conversely, the boundless is called Ein Sof, Infinite. Since it is boundless, there is nothing outside of it. Since it transcends and conceals itself, it is the essence of everything hidden and revealed. Since it is concealed, it is the root of faith and the root of rebellion. As it is written, "One who is righteous lives by his faith." The philosophers acknowledge that we comprehend it only by way of no.Emanating from Ein Sof are the ten sefirot. They constitute the process by which all things come into being and pass away. They energize every existent thing that can be quantified. Since all things come into being by means of the sefirot, they differ from one another, yet they all derive from one root. Everything is from Ein Sof, there is nothing outside of it.One should avoid fashioning metaphors regarding Ein Sof, but in order to help you understand, you can compare Ein Sof to a candle from which hundreds of millions of other candles are kindled. Though some shine brighter than others, compared to the first light they are all the same, all deriving from that one source. The first light and all the others are, in effect, incomparable. Nor can their priority compare with its, for it surpasses them; their energy emanates from it. No change takes place in it - the energy of emanation simply manifests through differentiation. Ein Sof cannot be conceived, certainly not expressed, though it is intimated in every thing, for there is nothing outside of it. No letter, no name, no writing, no thing can confine it. The witness testifying in writing that there is nothing outside of it is "I am that I am." Ein Sof has no will, no intention, no desire, no thought, no speech, no action – yet there is nothing outside of it.
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Sleeping Beauty in DC, June 22-25reviews & comments
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Posted 28 June 2006 - 05:33 AM
My favorite Bluebird is (was?) Jean Babilee, an enigmatic dancer of short stature--resembled a young Brando.
I concur with you on Babilee's Bluebird.
But I also liked (in that period) Brian Shaw (England) and Serge Golovine (France).
Posted 28 June 2006 - 08:18 AM
Perhaps Cojocaru impresses those least familiar with her dancing; I've been watching her as Aurora for some time now and although she makes a pretty little princess, I've yet to see any real development in the role.
OK. I thought I was weird, but Cojocaru also leaves me a bit cold --- her Aurora is rather flat in her development, and I don't think she ever completely overcomes her small physical stature in her dancing. She doesn't dance small, but you never forget that she's small either. But she does know how to use her back so beautifully. I was surprised at how weak her turns were on Sunday.
I thought Lamb was magnificently elegant: she is like classicism brought to life. The purity of her line no matter what she's doing is pretty breathtaking. I wish I had seen her Florine.
Nunez for me was probably my overall favorite Aurora. She has technical brilliance combined with her bright, sunny disposition, as well as the best command of the English style I've seen --- the way her upper body bends combined with the use of her head and shoulders. I loved her renverses that just lingered, and she had a triple in her act 1 solo that just lingered on improbably. I also thought she and Soares had the best chemistry of the 3 weekend shows I saw: act 2 was hot!
I liked that the 3 men I saw all had their own conception of the prince. Samodurov was dark and brooding, obviously unhappy, and while Soares was similar, he was also the most ardent in his pursuit of Aurora. Kobborg however tried to put everyone at ease and hide his underlying unhappiness with a smiling facade. I thought all 3 men were very fine technically. In the grand pas, Kobborg and Cojocaru looked very comfortable with each other, like they'd done this hundreds of times before, and they were really going for it all on Sunday, much to the audience's delight.
Speaking of style, I thought Ansanelli stuck out like a sore thumb because of her NYCBisms. To be fair, she's only been there for a few months, so hopefully in a couple of years, she'll be really great. She also looked very uncomfortable with her Lilac Fairy.
I also wish I had seen Nunez's Lilac Fairy, but I thought, except for Ansanelli, they were all very good, and of a consistently high level. I found Cuthbertson to be the most musical, as she played with the music and tempi, making full use of all the music, in her solo. In general, I liked all of the fairies, too --- the Royal Ballet has a very deep lineup of women soloists that are very good.
I found the Bluebird men a mix: there were great moments from each, but not one pulled it all together in one performance. Brian Maloney's beautiful arch in his pas de poisson for his solo was nice. Kenta Kura had by far the cleanest brise voles at the beginning of the coda. Yohei Sasaki was probably overall the cleanest, and had nice ballon and turns.
Florines, like the fairies, were very good. Yuhui Choe had an especially bright Florine.
The low points for me were the corps and ensemble work. The worst were probably the Lilac Fairy's attendents, but the fairies' cavaliers were pretty bad too. Moves were not synchronized, lines were crooked, arms and legs didn't match, etc. I was frankly very surprised to see such bad corps work.
BTW, did anyone else notice that Kobborg kind of stared at the Batmobile in wonder as it moved off-stage by itself? Even today, a remote-controlled car would be really cool!
As for the production itself, I found myself preferring the Sergeyev Kirov one more, surprisingly. I think I preferred its slightly more abstract nature which allowed the symbolism of the story to come through more clearly. The final struggle between the Lilac Fairy and Carabosse also seemed more important and consequential because of it. The Royal Ballet tells a great story, and the mime was wonderful --- the style and effectiveness of it is something no American company can come close to --- but it didn't have the epic feeling of the Kirov's that I saw last fall.
Posted 28 June 2006 - 08:38 AM
They sure did. And earlier, I'm pretty sure that he woke her up with a real kiss too. (Of course they're a real life couple). How sweet.
In the grand pas, Kobborg and Cojocaru looked very comfortable with each other, like they'd done this hundreds of times before,
Posted 28 June 2006 - 08:55 AM
Posted 28 June 2006 - 10:54 AM
And earlier, I'm pretty sure that he woke her up with a real kiss too. (Of course they're a real life couple). How sweet.
Nunez and Soares kissed each other during one of their curtain calls, which was really sweet, too.
Posted 13 July 2006 - 04:53 PM
Yes -- the electronic thunder was a bit jarring. On first night it startled my wife, who gave an involuntary yelp, which embarrassed/amused my children no end.
Mel's post on another thread reminded me of the evening's biggest cringe : the addition of electronic thunder (over Tchaikovsky's very clear musical thunder) at Carabosse's entrance. Yikes! Whose tacky idea was that? :bash:
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Is it advisable to use AES CTR mode with the counter initialized to 0? How good is it in security terms?
As long as you never re-use a specific counter value with the same key, counter mode protects the privacy of the message.
All counter values are equally secure. You just have to be sure never to re-use any counter value in two different messages. Zero is no different to any other counter value in this respect.
However, if you ever re-use any counter values then the secrecy of both messages is completely lost.
If you plan to encrypt many messages under the same key, then it would be wise to choose a different counter strategy to avoid the possibility of re-using counter values.
One such strategy is to allocate the first 64-bits of the block to the milliseconds since 1970. This is safe if the key is only used in a single thread and you don't encrypt more than one message per millisecond. This won't take the full 64-bits, so you can just fill the remaining bits at random. You then reserve the remaining 64-bits for the counter. This will make it difficult for two messages to use the same counter values.


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Ephraim and Menashe were supposed to make great nations of themselves, as it is written. But since the first diaspora, their existence is either unknown or they have all died out. What can we say about this? What can we expect to see in the world to come?
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To the best of my knowledge, the promise that Ephraim and Menashe would become great is the following verse (Bereishis 48:19 from Chabad.org):
Rashi there explains:
The end of that Midrash Tanchuma says:
As such, it seems to me that according to Midrash Tanchuma, that particular blessing has already been fulfilled.


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I'm having a hard time getting my head around the maths to locate a target in 3D given a number of known points (4 or more) and a value that indicates the signal strength (range 0–100).
I've looked at the simpler answer in the 2D case but I'm unsure how to generalise the idea of normalising the signal strengths for the 3D case. It might even be that this answer is too simple for my requirements. I know that in my case the signal strength is proportional to distance-2 but do not know the propagation constant.
I've also seen this question, but it's not quite what I'm after as I want to use the signal strengths from a larger number of nodes to improve the estimate.


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From what I know ending verb in え makes it sound rough and very casual. I checked in tangorin.com online dictionary - it's said there it is actually a noun. To me, though, it looks like a rough intransitive version of 止まる. Why 止まれ?
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止まれ is the imperative form, so it's basically equivalent to "Stop!".
I'm not sure where you get "rough intransitive" from. 止まる is intransitive already and 止める transitive.
Although the imperative is usually considered too blunt for speech, the 止まれ road sign is usually the best example for a standard use of the imperative.
The imperative for 五段 verbs (e.g. 行く, 待つ, etc.) is formed by sending the final kana to the え-row (e.g. 行け, 待て, etc.)
The imperative for 一段 verbs (e.g. 食べる, 見る, etc.) is formed by appending ろ to the "ます-stem" (e.g. 食べろ, 見ろ, etc.).
As Earthling says 止まれ is the imperative form, so it's basically equivalent to "Stop!" In this context the imperative is not "rude", it is quite simply an order.
This also explains why the て-form is not required.
止める is transitive. You would use it to say stop the car, but as in English, it is normal to refer to the person, just as you might say to a taxi driver in either language, "Turn left here and then stop on the right hand side "/「ここで左へ曲がって右側に止まります」.
(Note: To be precise, the English verb for stop can be either transitive or intransitive but it is important to grasp that, for whatever reason, intransitive is the norm in Japanese and even in English speaking countries when you see signs on the motorway such as "Please drive on the left" or "Please drive slowly" (etc), I take them to be intransitive because it more pressing.)


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Battlefield 4's third downloadable expansion pack, Naval Strike, has been fully detailed following news that the game's second pack, Second Assault, will be available next week for Battlefield 4 Premium members – this time, it's all about non-stop warfare on the high seas!
Battlefield 4: Naval Strike will include four new maps, all set out in the South China Sea and making use of the game's impressive dynamic water-based battles with skirmishes taking place in and around crashed passenger planes, fishing villages and at least one tropical island, plus more:
"Drop a submarine on your foes as you infiltrate a naval base or rush between shipping docks and rocky islands on the massive Wave Breaker map," writes EA. "Wage war across stormy seas in the largest ocean stretch in a Battlefield map yet with Nansha Strike. Storm an abandoned cliff-side resort, or get lost in the breathtaking vistas in Operation Mortar."
Here's what else you can expect from the Naval Strike DLC in March:
- 4 all-new multiplayer maps set in the South China Sea: Lost Islands, Nansha Strike, Wave Breaker & Operation Mortar
- 5 weapons all-new to Battlefield 4
- Introducing the amphibious hovercraft vehicle
- 2 additional gadgets: 3GL (3 grenade launcher) attachment for the Assault class Anti-Heli Mine; an aircraft disabling projectile for the Engineer class
- Carrier Assault game mode which is a re-imagining of the classic Battlefield 2142 Titan Mode
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That re-imagining of the 'Titan Mode' from Battlefield 2142 sounds intriguing – how do you think this will play out in Battlefield 4?
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How should a geometer think about quotienting out by a Fermionic symmetry? Is this a formal concept? A strictly linear concept? A sheaf theoretic concept?
How does symplectic reduction work with odd symmetries within geometric quantization? Are there moduli or instanton-like deformation complexes where the space of symmetries acting on the space of fields includes both even and odd symmetries?
For example, can the familiar instanton moduli problem whose deformations are governed by the linearized complex: $$\Omega^0(Ad_0) \stackrel{d_A}\longrightarrow \Omega^1(Ad_0 ) \stackrel{\Pi \circ d_A} \longrightarrow \bar\Omega^2(Ad_0 )$$ be enhanced by fermionic symmetries to some structure whose linearized deformation complex looks like: $$\Omega^0(Ad_0 \oplus Ad_1) \stackrel{d_A}\longrightarrow \Omega^1(Ad_0 \oplus Ad_1) \stackrel{\Pi \circ d_A} \longrightarrow \bar\Omega^2(Ad_0 \oplus Ad_1)$$ in a geometrically meaningful way?
In some sense the question is trying to understand how 'odd symmetries' or Fermionic coordinates can be meaningfully carried through a familiar non-linear problem in geometry which makes use of a non-linear group action. Are these odd symmetries true geometric symmetries to be exponentiated in some way, or are they more properly formal symmetry-like operators analogous to true symmetries? Thanks in advance.


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I'm a little late to whatever the latest and greatest web trends might be. Heck, I just created an Instagram account today (it's WIBWMelissa, by the way, if you want to follow it!).
While I was feeling adventurous, I decided to play around with something our photographers will be efforting at high schools around the area during this Kansas Prep Zone season. It's Storify and it allows a user to create a story "list" of photos.
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The weather may look warm outside, but don't let the sun deceive you. Old man winter has made his return.
This time of year brings an increase call volume to EMS services and even they are taking precautions to keep warm.
"The crews watch out for each other obviously. If we had an incident where we had to keep people outside for a long time then we would probably rotate crews and have extra people to help out so we could get back into the warm," says Jim Williams, Field Operations Manager for Medical Center EMS.
The number one priority remains on the patient. The colder the weather, the higher chance for hypothermia. Contrary to what many believe, the effects can set in wherever the temperature is below our 98.6 degree body temperature.
"We will see people who have hypothermia maybe even inside their own home if they've got the temperature turned too far down trying to save money and maybe their not very mobile, an elderly person or somebody like that," says Williams.
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6 Ways Companies Are Secretly Screwing Job Applicants
The world's economy never came all the way back from the 2008 crash -- unemployment is still at terrifying levels, and there are a hell of a lot of good people still on the streets. If you have unemployed friends, you've no doubt heard horror stories about what it's like (or if you're unemployed yourself, you have an even better view of the horror): nobody's calling back, even for jobs they're well-qualified for.
So why in the hell is it so hard? Partly because there are a whole lot of invisible barriers standing in your way. For instance ...
#6. One Screwed-Up Interview Can Land You on a Blacklist
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Did you ever really embarrass yourself in a job interview or otherwise make a bad impression on an employer when you were young and stupid? Whether you know it or not, you may very well have wound up on a blacklist for that ... and it might haunt you for years after. And when we say "blacklist," we're talking about an actual list that recruiters and HR staff keep and share with each other that says "Don't bother even interviewing this person." If you're on that blacklist, your chances of being hired are about as likely as finally striking it rich with your Etsy store featuring sculptures made with your own feces.
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Although if you actually have shit sculptures, that will probably get you blacklisted as well.
So what does it take to get blacklisted? Any number of things, some of them as petty as applying for too many jobs or having the gall to ask about salary and benefits. And once you land on one company's list, your bad reputation spreads -- HR professionals love to share their lists. For example, take the completely qualified software developer who landed on two different recruitment companies' blacklists at the same moment because one of the HR reps thought he had bad presentation skills. And once you're on there, you're on there for good: Just ask the programmer who's still labeled as an unsuitable hire by a major defense contractor because when asked if he was willing to submit to a drug test, he responded with "Sure! As long as you give me six days' notice!" A dumb joke, to be sure, but six years later he was still blacklisted for making it.
And hell, these days HR people don't even have to step away from their monitors to build their blacklists, since the Internet has turned absolutely everything into a social network. Thanks to places like HR Blacklist, a company can simply pay a small fee to find out if their candidate has been trashed by anyone, anytime, anywhere. Who does said trashing? Well ... you do, apparently. According to HR Blacklist's website, anyone can become an "HR Agent" and begin blacklisting people within minutes:
"This job is aimed to experienced HR professionals, with thousands of CVs in their personal database, and with considerable experience in evaluating people. Of course, we will not forbid you to create a HR Agent account, even if you are a newcomer in this area."
HR Blacklist
"No, no one would ever abuse this to avenge a petty grudge." -Man steepling his fingers on the homepage
No way that could ever go wrong. But even if you're not on a blacklist, there's a good chance that ...
#5. No Human Will Ever See Your Resume Before It Goes into the Trash
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When the unemployment rate skyrockets, it creates a buyer's market for employers -- whenever they post a new opening, they have scads of people scrambling to fill it. Luckily (for them, not for you), most companies these days use applicant tracking system (ATS) software to help them deal with the influx of applications. What this means for you is that your resume very likely will never land in front of human eyeballs. The robot can send it right to the trash if its software decides you're not up to snuff.
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"We're really looking for someone who's more interested in exterminating all humans."
These applicant tracking systems receive those countless resumes and automatically parse and sort each one, a process that in the past would have taken untold man hours to do. Think of all the time it saves when they can just have the computer scan the applications and send 75 percent of them directly to the digital shredder.
The Web is rife with checklists on how to beat the ATS and get your resume seen -- how and where to use keywords, minimizing graphics, and the exact wording to use for your resume's section headers, to list a few examples. So go ahead and add "SEO Expert" to your work experience, because that's what you'll have to be to have any hope of getting your resume in front of a human.
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"I have no idea. Can't we just let the robots decide this one?"
Just how difficult does this make it for job seekers? Ask Russ Wichelman, an engineer and programmer with 30 years of experience in the field. Because Russ never obtained a college degree, he couldn't populate his resume with that one specific key phrase that the companies he was applying to were looking for, and as a result, Russ basically didn't exist to those companies. Did we mention that he had 30 fucking years of experience?
But at least until the Singularity happens (at which point we'll all be worried less about jobs and more about stocking our personal arsenals), computers simply aren't as capable as humans of inferring your true capabilities based on a couple pages of text. So to sum up, just in case the black shadow of unemployment hasn't made you feel quite shitty enough, technology has gone ahead and reduced your worth to a list of keywords.
#4. A Saint Could Take Your Drug Test and Still Fail
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With the exception of certain high-profile elected officials, most jobs require the worker to avoid tripping balls while on the employer's dime. And you can't really blame them for that -- after all, companies can't have their delivery drivers pursuing rainbow-shitting dragons along crowded sidewalks or their HR staff using confidential records to blackmail their employees for crack money.
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"I'm sorry, your honor, can we get a continuance? I'm blitzed out of my gourd."
That's all completely understandable, but the problem comes from the way in which employers screen out the druggies: the good old-fashioned piss test. Otherwise known as the test that gives false positives "at least 10 percent, and possibly as much as 30 percent, of the time."
That's right, as much as 30 percent of the applicants being screened out as huge Bob Marley fans are the victims of false positives. But even when the results are correct, they're not exactly painting a crystal-clear picture -- the standard piss test can't tell if you indulged once on a special occasion or if you're in the process of trying to achieve immortality by replacing all of your body's hemoglobin with THC.
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"Judging by your levels, either you saw weed on TV once or you're smoking right now."
The variances are in fact so erratic that experts have difficulty even tallying all the ways to fake a negative or trip a false positive. Here's a short list of some of the things that could end up labeling you as a junkie to your potential employer: poppy seeds, Wellbutrin, cold medicine, tricyclic antidepressants, Zoloft, quinolone antibiotics, even some AIDS medications.
But if we look past the nuts-and-bolts stuff, there still must be a positive psychological effect -- you'd think that knowing they could be required to pass drug screenings at any time would have to result in lower drug use among employees. You'd think that, but you'd be wrong: Past studies by the National Science Foundation and the American Management Association have shown that drug testing "has been ineffective in reducing drug use and has no noticeable impact on reducing either absenteeism or productivity."
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Not when there's a steady supply of drug-free dog urine to be had.
So if detection is shaky at best and drug testing doesn't even work as a deterrent, why are companies still doing it? According to the CEO of one Fortune 500 company, "It's there for image." Well, that makes total sense then. We're sure your average unemployed Joe doesn't mind taking one for the team when the end result is making a multimillion dollar company look a bit better to its investors.
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What is the maximal $n$ such that there exist functions $f_1, \dots, f_n:[0,1] \to \mathbb{R}$ that are all bounded, non-decreasing, and mutually orthogonal in $L^2([0,1])$?
The answer is TWO. (The proof below is just an easy adaption of somebody else's answer to a related question, here on MO).
Lemma Let $f^{\star}$ and $g^{\star}$ be two nonzero, nondecreasing functions in $L^1([0,1])$, with $\int_{[0,1]}f^{\star}=\int_{[0,1]}g^{\star}=0$. Then $\int_{[0,1]}f^{\star}g^{\star} \gt 0$.
Proof of lemma There is an $a_1\in [0,1]$ such that $f^{\star}(x)\leq 0$ when $x \lt a_1$ and $f^{\star}(x) \geq 0$ when $x\gt a_1$. Similarly, there is an $a_2\in [0,1]$ such that $g^{\star}(x)\leq 0$ when $x \lt a_2$ and $g^{\star}(x) \geq 0$ when $x\gt a_2$. By symmetry, we may assume $a_1 \leq a_2$.
Then $0=\int_{0}^{a_2}f^{\star}(x)dx+\int_{a_2}^{1}f^{\star}(x)dx$, so $\int_{0}^{a_2}f^{ \star}(x)dx \leq 0$. We deduce
$$ \int_{0}^{a_1} |f^{\star}(x)|dx \geq \int_{a_1}^{a_2} |f^{\star}(x)|dx $$
and hence
$$ \int_{0}^{a_1} f^{\star}(x)g^{\star}(x)dx= \int_{0}^{a_1} |f^{\star}(x)||g^{\star}(x)|dx \geq \int_{0}^{a_1} |f^{\star}(x)||g^{\star}(a_1)|dx \geq \int_{a_1}^{a_2} |f^{\star}(x)||g^{\star}(a_1)|dx =\int_{a_1}^{a_2} |f^{\star}(x)||g^{\star}(x)|dx= -\int_{a_1}^{a_2} f^{\star}(x)g^{\star}(x) dx $$
So the integral $\int_{0}^{a_2} f^{\star}(x)g^{\star}(x)dx$ is nonnegative ; on the other hand, $f^{\star}g^{\star}$ is nonnegative on $[a_2,1]$. So $\int_{[0,1]}f^{\star}g^{\star} \geq 0$, and if this inequality is in fact an equality then $|f^{\star}g^{\star}|$ must be zero a.e. on $[0,1]$. In particular, there is a sequence $(x_n)$ tending to $1$ such that $f^{\star}(x_n)g^{\star}(x_n)=0$ for all $n$. By the pigeon-hole principle, there must be infinitely many $n$ such that $u(x_n)=0$, where $u$ is one of $f^{\star}$ or $g^{\star}$. Then $u \leq 0$, but this contradicts the fact that $u$ is nonzero with integral zero. The lemma is proved.
Corollary : Let $f$ and $g$ be two orthogonal, nonzero, nondecreasing functions in $L^1([0,1])$. Then $0 \gt \int_{[0,1]}f \int_{[0,1]}g$ : the integrals of $f$ and $g$ must have different signs.
Proof of corollary : use the above lemma with
$$ f^{\star}=f-\int_{[0,1]}f, \ g^{\star}=g-\int_{[0,1]}g $$
in strictly increasing case, 2. Take $f,g$ strictly increasing. Suppose $\int f \ge 0, \int g \ge 0$ which can be arranged. Suppose $\int f = 0$, Let $x_0$ be such that $f(x) \le 0, x < x_0, f(x) \ge 0, x > x_0$. Let $c$ be such that $g-c \le 0, x < x_0, g-c \ge 0, x > x_0$. Then $\int fg = \int f(g-c) > 0$ because the integrand is. The same argument shows that $\int fg > \int f\int g$ , a correlation inequality, that dispose of the $\int h \ne 0$ case. I think the non strictly increasing can be done along the same lines, you must have $f(g-c) = 0$, really limiting your choices.


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Front-end Web Development
A free, weekly class on HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Learn HTML, CSS and JavaScript - and put them to good use! This class, taught by Jeffrey Carl Faden, is aimed at beginners who are interested in web development, as well as seasoned professionals looking to brush up on the latest and greatest.
Front-end web development is all about making code that runs in the browser (versus code that runs on the server). There isn't a big focus on web design (creating wireframes and mockups), but we do cover best practices for turning these designs into beautiful code.
This class is for everyone! Complete beginners and more experienced developers are welcome at any time. If you're new to the class, consider coming to the lecture at 7:30 (7pm for 2012-01-06) for a recap.
The space and the class are entirely free to attend. You do not have to be a Noisebridge member. Upon arriving at Noisebridge, state that you're here for the class and you'll be allowed in as a guest.
Please bring any kind of laptop.
Lectures start promptly at 8pm on Mondays and go for up to two hours. There is a half-hour recap starting at 7:30pm (7pm for 2012-01-06). Please try to arrive early as physical space is limited.
Labs start at 8pm on Thursdays and end two hours later.
This class runs in a weekly series, and the curriculum takes about 6 months from start to finish. Don't let it discourage you if you're starting from the middle - attend recaps and labs and you should be able to catch up!
Noisebridge, 2169 Mission St., San Francisco, 94114 (at 18th St., near 16th St. BART station). Getting Here
The lecture is held in the Church classroom, which is in the back of the space.
The lab is held in the Turing classroom, the room past the wood shop.
Read up on getting in to the space. Again, you do not need to be a member!
When does the series start over?
This series began recently, so it'll be a while. I don't know if I'm starting over when this series ends, but if I do, it will be in about six months.
Remember that you can start coming to class at any time during the series! You can catch up by watching videos from previous classes, doing assignments, or attending lab.
Keep Informed
Join the WebDev or Noisebridge-announce mailing lists to be notified of upcoming class topics via email.
If you can't make it, subscribe to a mailing list to be notified when you can watch a live stream of the lecture! If you missed it, previous lecture streams are available for viewing on the Previous Classes page!
Weekly classroom-style presentation on HTML/CSS/JS. The lecture starts every Monday at 8pm. We also have a recap starting at 7:30pm (7pm for 2012-01-06), where we'll cover the (very) basics, such as explaining what "front-end" means, discussing tools of the trade, and understanding basic HTML and CSS.
Class for 2014-01-06: Working from professional mockups
We'll take the knowledge we gained from looking at the CSS box model, floats, and positioning, and work off of this mockup and its annotated version to make a site that could pass as a professional design (but don't take my word for it). Image assets can be found here.
Due to the long break between classes, I will hold an extended recap for this class starting at 7pm. If you were planning on arriving at 7:30, I'll try to cover the most recent material in the second half hour.
Join the Google+ Event to be notified of the video livestream (you don't have to be a Google+ member).
Intro presentation
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We also meet for a weekly lab/workshop where we work on an assignment that covers the material learned in the lecture earlier in the week. Those working on their own personal projects are also more than welcome to come and solicit help. Every Thursday at 8pm in the Turing classroom.


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SAN ANTONIO (November 24, 2012) – More than 1,000 bears flew onto the ice when Rampage forward James Wright tallied a goal in the second period during the eighth annual Teddy Bear Toss night, benefiting Toys for Tots and the Children's Hospital of San Antonio. But, in the end, San Antonio (4-9-0-3) fell to Abbotsford, 3-2, after an 11-round shootout on Saturday night at AT&T Center in front of 5,682 fans.
Wright recorded a goal and an assist on the night and Casey Wellman followed suit with a two point effort on a pair of helpers. Rampage netminder Jacob Markstrom made 30 saves in the defeat, including nine saves in the shootout.
Abbotsford (12-2-1-2) struck first at 5:14 of the first period while on the power play. Paul Byron found the puck at the bottom of the right circle after it had pinballed through the slot. Byron corralled the puck and fired a shot past Markstrom before the Rampage netminder could slide to his left.
The Rampage struggled to get going offensively in the opening frame, as they were outshot 9-3. By not allowing a goal in the first period, Abbotsford goaltender Barry Brust broke the AHL all-time shutout streak record, which stood at 249:51 and was set by Johnny Bower during the 1957 season.
Wright ended Brust's shutout streak at 268:17 when he tallied a power-play goal at 16:36 of the second period. Jason DeSantis and Wellman collected assists on the power-play tally. Wright now has two goals in his last three games.
San Antonio claimed the lead just 1:35 later when rookie forward Quinton Howden charged down the left wing and made a nifty move past Brust at 18:11 of the second period. Wright and Wellman collected assists on the go-ahead goal to give the Rampage a 2-1 lead heading into the third period.
The Rampage clung to their one-goal lead for the majority of the final frame, much to the thanks of Markstrom, who came up big down the stretch for San Antonio. However, after Markstrom made a flurry of saves down low, Abbotsford forward Brett Olson tied the game with 14 seconds remaining in regulation.
San Antonio outshot Abbotsford 4-1 in overtime and tilted the ice during the extra session, but was unable to find the game winner.
Jon Rheault and Wright tallied goals for San Antonio during the shootout, but Abbotsford came out victorious in the 11-round shootout duel, 3-2.
On the night, San Antonio went 1-for-3 on the power play, while Abbotsford went 1-for-2 with the man advantage. Abbotsford also had the edge in shots, 33-28. The Rampage are winless in their last seven games (0-5-0-2), with their last four losses coming by one goal.
The Rampage will close out the three-in-three weekend series on Sunday against the Texas Stars at 3:30 p.m. The game will also mark an Express-News Sunday Funday at the AT&T Center. Individual, and season, tickets start at $10 and can be purchased at the AT&T Center Southeast Box Office, by calling a Rampage representative at 210-444-5554 or online at sarampage.com.


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A compelling argument for stronger gun-control laws.
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Hitler did not take away our guns. He ordered Jews to turn in their weapons -- in 1938, more than three years after he took power. That was not the first thing he did, and when he did it, it was Jews only. During the war Wehrmacht soldiers on leave were required to have their weapons with them wherever they went. That may be only a factoid to Alex Jones, but it is one they haven't learned because they always go back to Hitler taking their guns away.
To clarify: Hitler became chancellor in 1933, but he didn't become Fuhrer until 1934. I think it is only fair in timing the "first thing he did," which allegedly was to take away everybody's guns, from the date he had total power.
But when did he start lacing the water supply with serotonin-reuptake inhibitors?
I thought Hitler made everyone get vaccinated. That's how it all starts, you know...
WOW....just WOW.....I am sure there a better people to debate the issue. Just reinforces my decision to fast from network and cable news as another New Years "aspiration"BUT BUT BUTIs it true that all the perpetrators of mass killings were on SSRI's. I am not suggesting that this is a causal factor and I think that access to guns is a major problem. However, analyzing the problem of mass killings requires a dispassionate analysis of all of the relevant variables. And clearly the perpetrators were recognized by somebody (or themselves) as having a serious enought mental health disorder to require a pharmaceutical drug. Does this not perhaps point to better risk managment. Apparently the psychiatrist in the Colarado shooting at the theatre found the risk of the man who shot all the patrons at the theatre high enough so to breech confidentiality and warn the university.Also, is it indeed a fact that violent crime in the US has actually been on the decline in the last 20 years? and is it true that the UK has a higher violen crime rate than the US?
And let's not forget fluoridation. Under the pretense of preventing tooth decay, they are plotting to contaminate our precious bodily fluids.
SSRI's ARE absolutely implicated in mass shootings and suicides. [check out Gary Null on that one too].Access to guns, the use of SSRI's as the preferred treatment in a diagnoses of mental illness are all co- factors.We're giving them to 4 year olds and 8 year olds as childhood itself is becoming pathologized.Children are getting shackled even arrested for typical childhood behavior. Increase in childhood suicides can also be blamed on these drugs.Probably true for many veteran suicides as well.
The most depressing thing about this video is that a major news source seems to think that it's worth broadcasting this supposed "debate" (or "debase"). Perhaps the most interesting part was the claim (or almost claim) that Bush II was complicit in 9/11. If they'd gone on longer, no doubt we would have had proof that FDR provided the Imperial Japanese Navy with navigational aids to find Pearl Harbor, and told them what ships would be there for the sinking.
Yeah, that's nothing. This is what he recorded AFTER the show:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0sE9hAXXB4
Guys --I watched most of that show. The crazy man was given the opportunity to defend his position, and he by his own choice ranted and raved and showed the audience that he is a nutter. I see no reason to fault CNN. Showing what the guy had to say *and* how he said it was much more effective than reporting what he had to say. CNN didn't in any way, shape or form approve of his nonsense.
Boy, I sure am glad Alex Jones has a right to have guns, lots of 'em and all kinds!I watched until he offered to get in a ring with red, white and blue shorts and let Morgan fight in the Jolly Roger, and decided this was not going to further reasoned discourse on gun control, constitutional rights, or any other matter that sane people care about.
Recently I visited a new doctor, who is affiliated with one of the foremost medical schools in the area. While filling out the forms about my medical history and lifestyle (e.g., Do you smoke?) one question intrigued and surprised me: Do you own a gun?
@ Helen: the question shouldn't have surprised you. Many doctors now ask their patients about guns in the house. Their concern is that if the guns are not locked up and stored separately from the ammo, children might get hold of the guns. Also, doctors care if any mentally unstable people in the family, who might kill themselves or others, have access to guns.Of course, to hear the NRA tell it, the doctors' questions are simply the first step on a slippery slope toward a database of gun owners, with the eventual goal of gun confiscation. In 2011 an NRA-backed bill barring doctors from asking patients about guns in the house was passed in Florida by a majority-GOP legislature and signed into law by a GOP governor. Fortunately, as soon as doctors' groups sued to have it overturned as a violation of their free-speech rights, it was overturned.
How many guns did German Jews have anyway: observant Jews don't eat meat unless the animal was killed by a kosher butcher. So hunting has never been a popular sport among Jews.
Angela, it wasn't how many guns the Jews may have had; the law was mostly to let them know they were not members of the Master Race. The fact that it took Hitler so long to get around to disarming them is an indication of how concerned he was about an armed uprising. The members of the Master Race were allowed to keep their guns. Herman Goering had a ton of guns and took visiting important American isolationists boar hunting. He was a morphine addict. He would not have been able to get guns legally in some of our states (not that he would be unable to get them.)
Angela: Almost a year ago I moved from Florida to the Philadelphia area . My surprise has to do with the fact that, as an adult, I was asked the question (to which I responded "No.") My understanding of the Florida issue is that it dealt with pediatricians asking parents the question.I do have strong feelings about gun ownership and found that in Florida it is quite acceptable. In 2008 a high school senior told me he was buying up some more guns because Obama was going to prevent him from doing so. (I assume he was 18.) In addition, a "not too tightly wrapped" (in my opinion) mother of one of my son's friends told me that she carried a gun in her purse for protection!
George D, It is not true that the US violent crime rate has consistently gone down since 1980. By the way, violent crime is not just murder but includes robbery, forcible rape (as opposed to statutory rape), and aggravated assault. The last year that the FBI has released estimated national data on violent crime was 2010. Between 1980 and 2010, there have been periods when violent crime increased and periods when violent crime decreased. If one only looks at murder and nonnegligent manslaughter (i.e., homicides), the number of these deaths peaked in 1993 at 24,526. It dropped to 15,586 in 2000 and then rose to 17,030 in 2006. In 2010, it was 14,748. I don't follow this area closely and so I am not aware of any good explanations for the ebb and flow of violent crimes in general, or homicides in particular, in the United States. In the UK, the number of homicides (murder, manslaughter, infanticide) has dropped from 1,047 in 2002/3 to 551 in 2011/12. To compare with the US stats from 2010, one needs to use the UK stats for 2010/11. During 2010/11, the UK had 638 homicides.Since the US had a population of about 308.7 million in 2010 and the UK had a population of about 62.3 million in 2010, one really needs to take the raw data on total number of homicides and scale it to account for differences in the population. If one does that, then the UK had about 10.2 homicides per 1 million people in its population while the US had 47.7 homicides per 1 million people of its population. In other words, after accounting for the different sizes of the populations in each country, the US had over 4 1/2 times as many homicides as the UK did in 2010.
Thanks for the research Elizabeth.


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The 5 Most Absurd Video Games Starring Rock Stars
#2. Power Factory featuring C + C Music Factory
If anyone you know through some odd set of circumstances ever finds themselves forever enshrined in the halls of history as a video game character and for some reason tries to lord that fact over you, reply thusly: "Yeah, fucking C + C Music Factory was in a video game too." That should end their gloating right there on the spot.
So we've established that this thing even being allowed to exist is a blight against the achievements of man, but what about the game? Did it at least redeem its questionable right to be by kicking hella ass? Of course not.
Basically, the bottom of the screen ran three video feeds. One of them was an actual C + C Music Factory video. So there's strike one. The other two feeds are of random stock footage that is sent to a master recorder using the A, B or C buttons. So if you hear the word "butter" somewhere in the song and a stick of butter is on the screen at the same time, you press the appropriate button to edit a picture of a stick of butter into the video that you are in charge of editing together.
Shit, did they say "crying baby" or "guy in Navy?" (Source)
And your reward for this epic achievement in the field of hand-eye coordination? You get to watch the video. Or try again if you fucked up. Either way, you're listening to a whole lot of C + C Music Factory, so really, nobody wins.
No one but the devil.
#1. The Thompson Twins Adventure
If you're wondering how or why British one hit wonders The Thompson Twins wound up with their own video game, keep wondering. Some mysteries are just not meant to be solved. But if you're looking at that picture of the Thompson Twins Adventure Game and wondering how in the hell a vinyl LP can be a video game, shockingly, the answer is quite simple. And quite retarded.
Think about it: This must have been one of the first shitty video games ever bought en masse by confused-but-well-meaning aunts.
Apparently, players had to record the vinyl LP onto a cassette tape which, when played on their hilarious 1980s era computers, produced a breathtaking adventure game with thrills and action the likes of which haven't been seen since The Oregon Trail. With the cutting edge graphics to match!
Holy shit, it really is The Thompson Twins!
If that screenshot looks exciting, just wait until you play The Thompson Twins Adventure yourself, which you can totally still do right here. The game is one of those old school text adventures where you just kind of have to know what to type in order to make the game work. I'd love to tell you about all of the different levels and adventures to be found within this white knuckle cliffhanger of a game, but all of the fun I needed was found in the first seconds of playing when I learned you could do this...
Which immediately results in this...
I won!
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2 Feb 2012 10:28 AM #1
Answered: ValueProvider+RequestFactory - how to access properties of nested object?
Hi everybody,
i'm trying to figure out how to display properties from related object in a grid.
Let's say I have entity object called "Song",that is relating to "Genre" object.
Now,what I want to achieve is to display list of "Song" objects on grid,but also include some of the details from related "Genre" object.
From what I read on GXT 3.0, valueProviders should be able to do that, but I haven't found out how to do it.
So far,I have managed to do this without problem:
interface SongProxyProperties extends PropertyAccess<SongProxy> {
ModelKeyProvider<SongProxy> id();
ValueProvider<SongProxy, String> artist();
ValueProvider<GenreProxy, String> genre(); ?????????
Can anyone help me with this?
Never mind, figured it out - have read about GWT Editor framework a bit...
4 Feb 2012 1:31 AM #2
Never mind, figured it out - have read about GWT Editor framework a bit...
Last edited by IgyBoy; 4 Feb 2012 at 5:31 AM. Reason: Figured it out.
22 Feb 2012 4:10 AM #3
How did you do it finally?
Hey Igor,
Could you tell us how you did it? We are also looking for the same thing, but reading GWT Editor docs did not make us any wiser ...
22 Feb 2012 4:48 AM #4
Hi koenjan,
the "@Path" annotation is what you are looking for:
From the GWT docs:
"The @Path annotation may be used on the field or accessor method to specify a dotted property path or to bypass the implicit naming convention. For example:
class PersonEditor implements Editor<Person> {
// Corresponds to person.getManager().getName()
Label managerName;
So, in the example that I had above:
interface SongProxyProperties extends PropertyAccess<SongProxy> {
ModelKeyProvider<SongProxy> id();
ValueProvider<SongProxy, String> artist();
ValueProvider<SongProxy, String> songGenre();
The @Path("genre.genreName") is basically saying: take "genreName" property from related "genre" object, and expose it as "songGenre" in SongProxyProperties interface.
Hope this was helpfull.
22 Feb 2012 6:28 AM #5
Thank you for your response...
In fact, we already tried the @Path annotation, but somehow we got NullPointerExceptions...
after some debugging, we found that to be able to use
@Path("type.name") ValueProvider<DetailProxy, String> typeName;
we had to do
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I am having a very similar issue. I am using RequestFactory with Hibernate to populate a Sencha grid with a paging toolbar. By using the path annotation I was able to successfully populate the grid with data. I then tried to implement the paging toolbar which requires the use of RequestFactoryProxy and am now receiving a NullPointerException for the Columns in the grid that access nested objects. It seems that the use of the with() method within the context of RequestFactoryProxy doesn't work as expected.
4 Dec 2012 9:04 PM #7
How do we prevent from throwing null pointer exception of ValueProvider
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Check out on this thread:
I had the same problem,so it might be helpful to you.
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Let say we have a Person, and Person.getAddress() returns an Address object, and Address.getCity() returns a String city that person lives in. We might use this PropertyAccess:
interface PersonProperties extends PropertyAccess<Person> { @Path("address.city") ValueProvider<Person, String> city(); }
person.getAddress().getCity() person.getAddress().setCity(...)
There is no way for us to create those sub-objects in a consistent way - what if you need a StreetAddress subclass of the abstract Address class? What if Address is a RequestFactory proxy, and thus only an interface? What if you must use a non-default constructor to build Address? Any of these make it hard to generate code that builds your sub-objects for you.
If you want custom behavior in your ValueProvider, built a custom implementation of the interface. PropertyAccess is only for simple generated default behavior.
class PersonWithNullableAddressCityValueProvider implements ValueProvider<Person, String> { public String getValue(Person object) { return object.getAddress() == null ? null : object.getAddress().getCity(); } public void setValue(Person object, String value) { if (person.getAddress() == null) { person.setAddress(new Address()); } person.getAddress().setCity(value); } }
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"Red and white! The red towel is taking over Hot Springs, Arkansas," says Tony Rose of SAM 100.7-FM, and the voice to WKU Basketbal.
As hundreds of Topper fans have made their way South, fans in South Central Kentucky will be glued to their TV's.
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As a WKU alum himself, Coffman plans to cheer on his alma mater alongside his customers.
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The 10 Coolest Foreign Words The English Language Needs
#5. Shlimazl (Yiddish)
Somebody who has nothing but bad luck.
Have you ever found yourself at the end of a sequence of events that started with ordering a Big Mac, and ended with being roughly sodomized on national television? Fortunately most people will not experience this. But then there are those that the Yiddish call shlimazl</>, the chronically unlucky.
And yes, we know that half of you are saying, "Ha, that's ME!" but be honest, all of you know at least one guy you wouldn't trade lives with if you were paid millions of dollars to do it. These are the guys you tell sad/hilarious stories to your other friends about.
You know, the guy who got the girl pregnant the first time he had sex, thanks to getting the rare defective condom. The guy whose blind Internet date turns out to be his mother. The dude who gets elected president despite being a career C-student, and within a few years has the worst terrorist attack and worst hurricane in the country's history.
#4. Tatemae and Honne (Japanese)
What you pretend to believe and what you actually believe, respectively.
A whole lot of the angst in the world is due to the difference between what we actually believe, and what we're allowed to admit we believe. We talk about "political correctness" but it goes beyond that. Even if you consider yourself the most politically incorrect, edgy guy around, when grandma asks if you like the sweater, you'll still say "yes" and ensure you get another one next Christmas. When your aspiring artist friend shows you the horrible picture he's spent a year painting, you'll tell him it's good.
The Japanese have just accepted this huge difference between what we mean and what we say, calling them "honne" and "tatemae." The first is reality as you understand it, the second is reality as filtered through what society expects.
The difference is the Japanese don't seem to regard this as something to get pissed off about (they don't recognize one as being more true or honest than the other, but as simply two sides of reality). They have have figured out that it's just the way the world works. Society is built on lukewarm lies, get over it.
#3. Sgiomlaireachd (Scottish Gaelic)
When people interrupt you at meal time.
Hey, don't you just love it when you've just gotten your tacos arranged neatly in front of you when you get a knock at the door? And it's a couple of Mormons? Or maybe a local politician, or some hippie trying to get you to sign a petition?
Most of us have an almost instinctual hatred of that, maybe because our evolutionary ancestors knew an interruption at meal time meant some other predator was looking to take our freshly-killed gazelle from us. Or maybe it's just because burritos don't taste as good when they're cold.
Either way, Scottish Gaelic has a word for rude mealtime interruptions: sgiomlaireachd. We can't begin to imagine how that's pronounced, but literally translated we believe it means, "A visit with less worth to you than even one cold french fry."
#2. Tingo (Pascuense)
To borrow from a friend until he has nothing left.
You know what sucks? Buying stuff. Especially when your friend already has a load of stuff and a generous disposition. Televisions are expensive, and what with the credit crunch looming large over our heads it makes sense to cut down on spending. So why not just borrow your friend's TV, just for a little while...
A week later they arise from the cold hard floor in their bare bedroom in their empty house. Meanwhile, you're getting out of a four-post bed into a silk bathrobe to prepare for a long hard day hitting the jacuzzi.
The Easter Islanders have the word tingo, which means to borrow items one by one from your friend's house until there is nothing left. It's kind of odd that this happens enough there that they need a special word to describe it. We're picturing a whole island full of people living out the Homer Simpson and Ned Flander's relationship.
#1. Desenrascanco (Portuguese)
To pull a MacGyver.
This is the art of slapping together a solution to a problem at the last minute, with no advanced planning, and no resources. It's the coat hanger you use to fish your car keys out of the toilet, the emergency mustache you hastily construct out of pubic hair.
What's interesting about desenrascano (literally "to disentangle" yourself out of a bad situation), the Portuguese word for these last-minute solutions, is what is says about their culture.
Where most of us were taught the Boy Scout slogan "be prepared," and are constantly hassled if we don't plan every little thing ahead, the Portuguese value just the opposite.
Coming up with frantic, last-minute improvisations that somehow work is considered one of the most valued skills there; they even teach it in universities, and in the armed forces. They believe this ability to slap together haphazard solutions has been key to their survival over the centuries.
Don't laugh. At one time they managed to build an empire stretching from Brazil to the Philippines this way.
To build your vocabulary even further (face it, you need to), check out 8 Racist Words You Use Every Day and 6 Everyday Words With Disturbing Alternate Meanings.
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Penchant is synonymous with words such as "inclination" and "leaning."
Does the sentence below correctly use the word "penchant"?
Joe has a penchant against the UCLA Bruins.
Penchant is synonymous with words such as "inclination" and "leaning."
Does the sentence below correctly use the word "penchant"?
A penchant is a predisposition in favor of, a predilection for something. I found this on the Net, though. I'd say that he's misusing the word and that the writer or speaker should have said "prejudice" or "bias" against the UCLA Bruins.
I recommend looking at Wordnik for questions like this. In addition to providing definitions from more than one dictionary on the left, the Wordnik page shows example usages on the right.
Initially, I didn't like the sentence about Joe and the Bruins. I think of a penchant for doing something being used more like a tendency to do something. So, I'd be more inclined to say:
When I checked the Wordnik page, I noticed that almost all the usages read penchant for, even after I clicked the
Still, 30 or 40 usages on Wordnik hardly constitutes a definitive answer. So, I looked up "has a penchant against" on Google books, I found all of one hit, from a 1930 yearbook:
When I changed the search to "has a penchant for", however, there were 137,000. Interestingly enough, the very first result was from a dictionary of idioms, which says that the idiom "Have a penchant for" means:
I also tried these searches on Google books:
You can say whatever you want to say, and write whatever you'd like to write, but, as for me, I'd have a penchant for avoiding the usage found in your sentence.
penchant has these definitions:
(first thing that pops up in google when 'inclination definition' is all that is typed)
Going by the definitions, and substituting penchant with (an) inclination, I don't believe that penchant is being misused. Does it seem a bit off? Yeah, but that doesn't make it wrong.
Also, if you see the synonyms for
(Regarding my statement about J.R.'s dislike, the sentence could also be worded:
*I linked inclination to help support why I say that penchant is not being misused.)


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Only 25% of Children Wear Sunscreen Regularly
Jan. 23, 2012 -- "Slip! Slop! Slap! and Wrap" may be losing its grip.
Despite numerous efforts to encourage people to wear sunscreen, a new study shows only 1 in 4 children regularly uses sunscreen.
Researchers say more than half of the children in the study also reported having a sunburn in the previous summer.
Experts say those results are troubling.
"The problem is if you sunburn in childhood, you raise your risk of developing skin cancer later on," says Sophie J. Balk, MD, a pediatrician at Children's Hospital at Montefiore in New York City.
A recent study showed that children who have a sunburn at an early age are nearly twice as likely to develop melanoma in adulthood. Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer, and is responsible for nearly 9,000 deaths in the U.S. each year.
Exposure to ultraviolet light radiation from the sun or tanning beds is the biggest modifiable risk factor for melanoma.
Sunscreen Use Fading
In the study, researchers surveyed 360 fifth graders about their sunscreen use and sun exposure habits in 2004 at about age 11 and again three years later in 2007.
The results showed that half of the children reported routinely wearing sunscreen in 2004, but only 25% did so in 2007.
In addition, more than half of the children said they had sunburns in both the summer of 2004 and 2007.
Researchers say the results show that the time between ages 11 and 14 is a critical time in developing attitudes about tanning and wearing sunscreen, especially among girls.
For example, girls were more than twice as likely to report liking a tan at age 14 than at age 11. They were also much more likely to say they spent time out in the sun in the previous summer.
By the time boys and girls in the study were 14, they were 60%-70% less likely to say they "often or always" wore sunscreen when at the beach or pool last summer than when they were 11.
"Of most concern, it appears that groups at highest risk of skin cancer, very fair/fair children and those who obtained tans, were more likely to increase their sunburns during this crucial period," researcher Stephen Dusza, MD, of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, and colleagues write in Pediatrics.


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i watched so you don't have to ...
desperate for some hard sci fi, i am marathoning Star Trek:Enterprise
if you remember the DS9 episode Trials and Tribble-ations time travel episode (DS9 spliced with ST:OS Trouble with Tribbles)
Worf is asked about the lack of forhead ridges on the 'old style' klingons?
and his reply is ' we don't like to talk about it"
Mystery solved:
Season 4 Episodes 15 & 16 - the Klingons stole the genetic tech for 'super humans' (Khan) and used it to make their own 'Augmented' Klingons..
but it turned into a virus that a dissolved the brows and then killed the infected. Needless to say the Enterprise Doctor cured them but Millions of Klingons lost their brow ridges and it would be passed on to their heirs. I am assuming plastic surgery would be popular on Klingon Homeworld.
(BTW Dr Flox keeps a tribble...he feeds the resulting tribbles to one of his many pets)
Just learned that figured i'd share..i know you have been waiting for that answer for years..
anyone ever discover something similar?


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The Dollhouse is a very secret, and very illegal, place where wishes come true. Clients with the right connections and enough money can hire "Actives", people who have been programmed to perfectly fulfill the needs, and desires of their clients.
The Actives are people who have chosen, for their own reasons, to surrender their bodies and minds for a five-year stay in the Dollhouse. Now they can be imprinted with any personality, skill, or even muscle memory. They can be the perfect companion, lover, spy, assassin; and when the job is done they forget everything.
But something is wrong with the Active called "Echo". No longer just a blank slate waiting for her next assignment, Echo is remembering flashes of the lives that she has lived and the games she has played, and she is starting to wonder just who she really is...