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I wonder how to identify in my win32 application, in which control the copying occurs. For example in EditBox, in RichEdit and etc.
In order to figure out whether the copying took place in my app or outside it, I used the following method:
//global variables
HWND hWnd;
DWORD ProcId;
HWND nextHandle;
DWORD currentID;
//then I call two functions on form create
nextHandle = SetClipboardViewer(Handle);
//then on WM_DRAWCLIPBOARD message I call
hWnd = GetClipboardOwner();
// functions and checking by IDs whether
// the copying took place in or outside my application
if(lpdwProcessId==currentID) {...}
It works fine, but this is not a solution how to detect in whitch control (in my app) the copying occurs.


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1 Dec 2008 5:00 AM #21
where i need add this code? i'm using ext-2.2!
Ext.form.DateField.prototype.menuListeners.select = function(m, d) { this.setValue(d); this.fireEvent('dateselect'); } Date.prototype.clearTime = function(clone){ if(clone){ return this.clone().clearTime(); } if(this.getHours() == 23){ this.setTime(this.getTime()+(3600000)); }else{ this.setHours(0); } this.setMinutes(0); this.setSeconds(0); this.setMilliseconds(0); return this; };
1 Dec 2008 6:00 AM #22
This is an override to Ext's functions, so you should add this code to your project's javascript files, after the Ext library has been loaded. There's no need to modify the Ext library.
12 Mar 2009 6:25 PM #23
[ follow-up ]
here's a list of changes i'm proposing for Ext 2.2.1's DatePicker / Date which should do the trick for 1.x too as the DatePicker / Date codes haven't changed much since 1.x:
turns out it required a combination of both UTC format hour / minutes / seconds / milliseconds, a tiny change to clearTime()'s internals, and an additional check for DST to resolve the matter (see link for more details).
the reason why most of us in non-DST / english locales can't reproduce the problem on WinXP is that the DST timezones aren't automatically updated (requires a registry patch from m$).
20 Sep 2011 10:42 AM #24
I had the same problem. It turns out that if the date value in an Ext.data.Model is timezone unaware, then Firefox 6.0.2 converts the time to the client's timezone when loading data. I am in CST and therefore some dates appear to be the day before.
Picking and submitting dates worked fine. However, when the data is reloaded from the database the value is timezone unaware (e.g. '1972-10-29'). Instead of assuming UTC, in Firefox 6.0.2, the date is parsed and converted to the client timezone.
I was able to fix the problem by changing my Ext.data.Model configuration
FROM: {name: 'dob', type: 'date'},TO: {name: 'dob'},


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Let V be a representation of a finite group G, and $v\in V$ - a nonzero vector. Put $$u = \sum_{g\in G} gv.$$ Then for any $g\in G$ we have $gu = u$ and therefore $<u>$ is a subrepresentation of V.
I know there is an error here since there are irreducible representations of finite groups which are not one dimensional, but I can't see it. Could someone point it out?
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15 Nov 2012 10:37 AM #11
I'll try to address your various parts of your message individually. Hopefully we can get it all figured out in the end!
You're right, I misspoke. I didn't have the model "require"d in the app.js. I had it as:
models: [ 'Animals']
require: ['Blue.model.Animals']
In your next statement, I have the Animals.js store also as a config object in the app.js as:
stores: ['Animals']
In your example of creating the list, it doesn't seem to be able to find that store when doing what you coded. I continually get the error of:
[WARN][Ext.dataview.List#applyStore] The specified Store cannot be found
I have it set up now that the store requires the model, but the model is not requiring the store.
I'll try to debug some more via the console in Chrome, and see if that gets me any farther. Hopefully this information can give you a better idea of what the issue is as well.
Thanks for your help!
16 Nov 2012 2:05 AM #12
Hi slmckenzie,
hmm, this is strange.
I quickly created an app-structure, which implements things roughly as you need them. Maybe you can look at this again and compare it to your implementation. Also take care of foldernames etc. (plural s or no plural s).
This version does work :
File: app.js
Ext.application({ name: 'App', views: ['Menu'], stores: ['Animals'], launch: function() { Ext.Viewport.add(Ext.create('App.view.Menu')); } });
Ext.define('App.view.Menu', { extend: 'Ext.Container', config: { layout: 'fit', items: [ { xtype: 'list', store: 'Animals', itemTpl: '<b>{id}</b> {name}' } ] } });
Ext.define('App.model.Animal', { extend: 'Ext.data.Model', config: { fields: [ { name: 'id', type: 'int' }, { name: 'name', type: 'string' } ] } });
Ext.define('App.store.Animals', { extend: 'Ext.data.Store', requires: ['App.model.Animal'], config: { model: 'App.model.Animal', autoLoad: true, proxy: { type: 'ajax', url: 'animals.php', reader: { type: 'json' } } } });
<?php echo json_encode( array( array( 'id' => 1, 'name' => 'Dog' ), array( 'id' => 2, 'name' => 'Cat' ), array( 'id' => 3, 'name' => 'Cow' ) ) ); ?>
16 Nov 2012 7:23 AM #13
So, I eventually gave up and started completely over from scratch again. I followed the "Getting Started" app, and built it up from there (previously I had included the entire SDK package, vs. generating an app instead).
After doing so, I realized that I think I had "require", instead of "requires" as a configuration setting in the various . JS files! That was probably my demise when trying to get everything working. So, a combination of verifying that was correct, plus starting over, plus generating the app shell using the command line tools, seemed to take care of the problem for me!
All is well, I'm a few thousand lines of code in, multiple view / stores later, and everything is working like a champ. Thanks all for your help!
16 Nov 2012 7:52 AM #14
Mmmh, that damned "s"
But nice to hear that it works now.
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19 Feb 2012 4:39 PM #1
Must Change afterRender to beforeRender
In the sticky notes, you've asked us to identify code changes required to get layouts to work in 4.1.
I've got an issue with migrating from 4.0.7 to 4.1b2. The "afterRender" event does not seem to work the same. It severely ruins the layout.
Here is what 4.0.7 looks like :
Here is the exact same code with 4.1b2.
Changing any "afterRender" references to "beforeRender" SORT of fixes the problem. The screen now lays out properly. However, my main toolbar looses all background coloring. See this image:
You can find a complete working sample of this code on Github @ https://github.com/calendee/Ext-JS-4.X-CRUD-Demo . NOTE : This code will no longer work with 4.0.7 because of changing "afterRender" to "beforeRender".
Also note that this layout problem will exist even if you put no supplemental code in the "afterRendor". Simply referencing afterRender causes the layout to fail.
FYI : Here is the exact file that had to be changed to support 4.1b2 : https://github.com/calendee/Ext-JS-4...mentToolbar.js
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You aren't using callParent in your beforeRender/afterRender. I suspect that what's happened is that the overridden method was empty in 4.0.7 so you could get away with a missing callParent but in 4.1 it does some important layout steps so it's causing havoc.ConsultJS: http://consultjs.com/
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20 Feb 2012 8:23 AM #3
You're a genius! Thank you. That did solve the problem.
New code :
afterRender : function() { custPanel = Ext.ComponentQuery.query('CustomerManagement'); custLayout = custPanel[0].getLayout(); this.callParent(arguments); }


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The 6 Most WTF Special Edition Comics Ever Released
Looking at the baffling products that are spawned from successful franchises it's not surprising that people will also dish out good money for any comic book-like product that features their favorite characters, and we mean absolutely any comic book. It doesn't matter if it's missing insignificant things like a plot, logic or even any entertainment value whatsoever, someone will obviously buy that shit, because the comic book industry just keeps on making them. Stuff like ...
#6. The Marvel Swimsuit Edition
"Fury and Stark are modelling adorable modest low rise bikini briefs and the means to your childhood's destruction."
For the hoards of people who have been disappointed to find that the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition was filled with pictures of real life beautiful women instead of animated superheroes, Marvel created the Marvel Swimsuit Special, an annual comic book that provided pictures of superheroes wearing as little clothing as humanly possible and that's about it.
Artistic integri-what now?
For example, we have this cover that shows Rogue too busy looking hot to care that all that exposed skin is legitimately endangering the life of every person and thing she comes across. Sure, she can't even kiss her boyfriend without putting him in a coma for life, but that's no reason not to strut around half naked with Gambit. What's the worst thing that could happen? She drains all of his power? In the bottom of the sea? And kills him?
Above: Anterotic.
Instead of wearing a bathing suit, the Fantastic Four's Invisible Woman has chosen to just make parts of her body invisible using her powers. Which is fine, except for the fact that Sue's powers are routed in concentration, which means as soon as she turns around and sees a giant monster behind her, she'll forget to keep making her privates invisible and basically be standing on the beach naked. Also there's a monster.
For a battered 'Nam vet, he has a remarkable absence of scars.
We can't choose the most disturbing thing about this image that has unwillingly been burned into the darkest recesses of our mind. Bad enough seeing the Punisher clad in only a skull-mankini with not only no women in sight he might be trying to impress, but there are also no other human beings anywhere nearby. Instead Frank Castle, one of the angriest, deadliest men in the Marvel universe seems to be trying to get a volleyball game started at a tiny monster orgy. Monsters, we must point out, who are fighting over buying toothbrushes when the only teeth in sight are hanging from the Punisher's crotch. And just like that we are thankful this comic book has no real storyline.
"Wolverine, Thing, Beast, our favorite hulks, mug for the camera in their fabulously flamboyant surfer-inspired baggies."
"And then I want you to draw The Thing looking like he crapped his suit, but also got an erection from it. Can you do that?"
"Could the Sub-Mariner's ferocity reflect some humiliation of having to don such a skimpy little number?"
The Fantastic Four villain, Namor the Sub-Mariner, is one of those fish guys who basically wears a bathing suit for a costume anyway but this is the Swimsuit Special, so Namor pulled out all the stops: He whipped out his formal, gold crotch-necklace, got his hair styled and practiced his best Did-Someone-Order-a-Rape-Party facial expression in front of the mirror all day. You're welcome ladies.
Probably the only thing crazier than the fact that this comic book got released for five straight years, are the fans who wrote in to the editors, in what was basically the comments section of the 90's. We love the bait-and-switch that Letra Bledsoe pulls off, convincing the editors up front that she's writing about their progressive attitude before getting into why she really reached out.
Now why would such a well-balanced woman want her address withheld?
Nothing says "I sincerely applaud your refreshingly equal treatment of men and women" quite like "Can you send me a picture of Thor's butthole?"
#5. Knight Gallery
Batman: Knight Gallery is actually kind of a cool idea.
It's not as exciting as a straight-up comic book, but it's neat as far as world-building goes. The reader gets to imagine Bruce Wayne is a real guy who stayed up late designing his costume and all of his sweet toys. Handled correctly, a journal of rejected Batman ideas could be a really awesome extended universe artifact.
Too bad they included all of Wayne's commentary, and too bad he's kind of an idiot.
"Maybe make a costume that doesn't look like a costume. Maybe wear cords with a fez."
It turns out that all of the strong and silent mystique that makes Batman so cool and interesting gets thrown out the window when you have to read about him openly wondering if his pointy bat suit might make him look "too fancy." This isn't Bruce Wayne's rejected journal; it's a fashion show. It's Project: Batcave.
"I don't want violent criminals to have any trouble shooting me at night."
That's what you think bats look like? Jesus, no wonder you're so afraid of them.
... less flamboyant Satan, but keep the heels.
What's truly baffling about these designs, apart from the fact that bats aren't red either, are Bruce's comments to himself on each picture. Notes like "drop the shoulder hooks" and "cape impractical" read as though he was seeing the completed drawings for the first time and hadn't just spent hours meticulously sketching, shading and coloring each one. It's little things like this that make you realize Batman truly is just a crazy, rich guy who has some legitimate mental health problems and too much time on his hands.
"Idiot as moron."
Perhaps even crazier than Batman commenting on his own costumes is the way Batman goes about redesigning the Robin costume for his third sidekick, Tim Drake. As it goes along we actually see Batman finally realize after all these years just how impractical and inappropriate Robin's costume really is and it only took one sidekick quitting and another one getting violently murdered to realize it.
A skirt would only look ridiculous in this scenario.
"Should also maybe think about not using Tim Drake's real name over and over again, in case any villains find this. I'll tell Alfred to warn Tim Drake's father, Jack Drake. I'm Bruce Wayne."
"I am going to burn the shit out of this kid!"
Far be it for us to criticize, because Batman surely knows more about Batmanning than we do, but "exposed legs=bad" and "crimefighter should have weapons" feel like realizations that absolutely should not be happening late in the game.
What about this costume, does work, Batman?
Really, it's just the wings that don't work Bats? How about the bright green codpiece? You have no problem with that? Then again, as we see below, Batman's got a weird thing about crotches. As in, he kind of really likes to emphasize and point at them.
"Note to self: Make sure all of the criminals know where the party is."
#4. Marvel's Strength and Fitness Guide (Will Not Get You In Shape)
Medusa, that's really not appropriate.
This is another book that seems like a great idea, because every kid wants to be a superhero. (If you're kid doesn't, you've done a bad job raising it, and we're really sorry you had to find out this way.) This book should theoretically act like a guide for becoming as close to a superhero as possible.
OR, it could just be this totally different thing that's much much worse.
Lifting weights is not bad for you in general, however, what the Marvel Strength and Fitness Guide neglects to tell kids as they lift a deadly metal barbell above their face is how many times they should repeat this exhausting exercise and that they should most definitely, always do this with a spotter so they don't, you know, crush themselves when their arms get tired. We can't help but picture some poor kid in the 70's working out alone in his basement with a goal of being a crimefighter, only to have his trusty barbell fall on his face and disfigure him in such a way he has no choice but to become a supervillain.
Is anyone else suddenly nauseous?
Next, Marvel gets to the basic fundamentals of a good workout, which is of course, keep going until you get sick. Forget working out at a steady pace, kids are busy and need to get in shape right now and there's no better way to do that then working out until you puke, hell, they'll lose twice the weight, twice as fast.
It's fun to watch Marvel's gradual transition into Fucking With Us happen in real time.
This is either an exercise or the worst guide to cunnilingus ever.
Yeah, just stick out your tongue, bulge out your eyes and yell shit, that's an exercise now. Be sure to give it a try next time you're at the gym, but make sure you bring the book with you and show it to people so they know you're not an asshole, you're just a lunatic.


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MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) -- Jurors recommended Thursday that convicted killer Luis Aguirre serve a life sentence, in what officials say is the first capital murder trial in Riley County in decades.
On June 22, 2012, Aguirre, 24, was found guilty of capital murder in connection with the 2009 deaths of his ex-girlfriend, 18-year-old Tanya Maldonado, and the couple's 13-month-old son Juan.
The verdict came after a week of testimony. On Monday, July 9, 2012, the second part of the trial got underway at the Riley County Courthouse in downtown Manhattan. Judge Meryl Wilson is presiding over the trial.
The state, represented by Riley County Attorney Barry Wilkerson and Assistant Riley County Attorney Barry Disney, encouraged members of the jury to look at all of the evidence that was presented to them during the first phase of the trial when they found Aguirre guilty of both murders.
Jeffrey Wicks, a member of Aguirre's defense team, detailed Aguirre's background and upbringing in Chicago, telling members of the jury that his mother had drug and alcohol problems when she was pregnant with him and that he was placed in foster care growing up, passing from home to home. When his mother eventually regained custody of her children, she did not have a home and Aguirre lived in a homeless shelter. He did not know his father and had a rough life growing up in a tough neighborhood, Wicks said.
Wicks said that the defense is not trying to excuse Aguirre's actions but they are trying to show how he got to this point in his life so that jurors might choose life in prison over the death penalty.
The defense called a GIS analyst to the stand who outlined the demographics and statistics of the community where Aguirre grew up in Chicago, telling jurors that it is a poor neighborhood where a significant portion of the Hispanic population does not have an education beyond the ninth grade. She says she linked her findings to a youth violence risk factors study done by the Department of Justice which found that youths living in poverty with no role models and a poor education are at a higher risk to commit violence.
Members of Aguirre's family also took the stand Monday during the second phase of his trial. WIBW could not capture their testimony as they requested not to be on camera. Jurors heard testimony from Aguirre's older sister, mother and foster mother who said that his execution would devastate their family.
On Tuesday, Aguirre's younger sister took the stand and said that he is a great brother and is very protective of her. She says that both of them were abused as children. Aguirre cried at one point during her testimony. She told jurors that she wants to see him live because her brother is the only person in her life who has not hurt her.
A recorded deposition was also played for the jury Tuesday from Aguirre's ex-girlfriend Nicole who is the mother of two of his children. Several of her family members also made statements in the recording. They said that Aguirre is a supportive father who has always been there for his children. If he receives a life sentence and is incarcerated, they said they will still be able to have him in their lives.
On Wednesday, one of the last witnesses for the defense in part two of the trial was called to the stand- Dr. George Athey from the Heritage Mental Health Clinic in Topeka. Athey is a clinical psychologist who evaluated Aguirre in the Fall of 2011. He testified that Aguirre does not show psychopathic tendencies and if he received a life sentence, he would not perpetuate violence in prison. He said Aguirre showed extreme sadness and loss when talking about the deaths of Tanya and Juan, shedding light on his remorse. Athey told the jury that because of Aguirre's abuse by his mother when he was growing up, the prior trauma has left him with a limited range of trust and attachment and he remains a stranger in relationships, pushing aside any emotional situations.
Riley County Attorney Barry Wilkerson questioned Aguirre's sincerity during the evaluation, suggesting that he was putting his best foot forward because he knew it would be used in his trial. He referenced emails that were presented in the first phase of the trial where Aguirre told Tanya he wanted to settle down when he was really building a life with another woman. Wilkerson said there were even emails Aguirre sent to Tanya after she was already dead where he was trying to come across as genuinely caring and concerned.
In his closing argument Thursday, Wicks asked jurors to show mercy to Aguirre and his family members who love him. Throughout the second part of the trial, he stressed Aguirre's traumatic upbringing. Assistant Riley County Attorney Barry Disney said there is no one to blame for what happened but Aguirre and that it's one thing to have abusive mother but 13-month-old Juan had a father who killed him.
Jurors deliberated for several hours Thursday. They could not come to a unanimous decision on the death penalty so they recommended Aguirre be sentenced to life in prison without parole.
"We are perfectly satisfied with the jury's verdict in this case. Mr. Aguirre will be sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. He is not a threat to public safety. He's not going to be released from prison. And it's difficult to ask 12 people plus an alternate to sit in here and listen to the evidence that they heard and make a decision as to whether or not someone lives or dies," said Riley County Attorney Barry Wilkerson coming out of court. He said the trial has taken an emotional toll on everyone involved.
The trial attracted the attention of the Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty whose members are working to abolish capital punishment in the Sunflower State. It was re-established in 1994.
"We feel that it's adequate punishment. We feel that it also protects the public and gives the defendant a chance to make something positive out of his confinement. This is life in prison. This isn't 20 years to be collapsed to 15. This is life and life means life in Kansas at this time," said Don Anderson, trial monitor for the coalition.
"We are actively working. We have been since 1994 and we will keep it up until we abolish the death penalty, no question," he added.
Members of Aguirre's defense team declined to comment on the trial.
A formal sentencing will be held for Aguirre on August 7, 2012 in Riley County District Court.
The bodies of Tanya and Juan were discovered in late October 2009 in a shallow grave east of Ogden.
Roughly a month earlier, Aguirre brought Tanya and Juan to Ogden to the apartment where he was living with his new girlfriend, Dulce Mendez. Mendez was stationed at Fort Riley and was deployed to Iraq when the killings took place. Tanya and Juan had been living in Chicago in a homeless shelter and were desperate for support, prosecutors said. Aguirre was also originally from Chicago and was in the National Guard. During training in Alabama, he met Mendez and moved to Ogden to live with her and her 18-month-old son. Prosecutors allege that Aguirre planned the murders and killed Tanya and Juan so he could move on with Dulce Mendez. But the defense says he was trying to help his ex and son get back on their feet and that he never intended for them to die.
Aguirre said on the weekend of September 19 and 20, 2009, he had drill for the National Guard in Chicago and ended up meeting up with Tanya near the mission where she was staying with their son. Aguirre says he wanted to see how she was doing because he knew she was having trouble. He was just going to give her a ride to a friend's house or relative's house but she told him she wanted to go with him back to Kansas. He says Tanya wanted to start fresh and find a job and get away from her family and maybe meet a nice guy in the military. Aguirre told her about his current girlfriend, who was deployed. He was going to let Tanya and Juan stay with him for a few days until they found another place to stay.
Aguirre told the investigators that in the midst of an argument and struggle in the kitchen, he covered Tanya's mouth for five minutes to stop her from yelling and he didn't realize that he was also covering her nose. After she stopped kicking and moving, Aguirre says he thought she had calmed down and let her go. She started spitting up blood and he tried to revive her with chest compressions but she died.
When he went to check on his son so he wouldn't wander into the kitchen and see what had happened with his mother, Aguirre says he found toddler asleep, somewhat hanging off the baby bed. Aguirre says he tucked Juan in tightly and later found him face down on a pillow with a pacifier in his mouth and he could not be revived.
Aguirre told the detectives that his anxiety and fear kicked in and his first reaction was to try to hide what had happened so he drove around for a while not knowing what to do and ended up burying Tanya and Juan. He said the whole situation was an accident and he knew he should have called 911. He insisted that no one helped him and that he didn't tell anyone else about what happened. He was also adamant that he did not plan the killings and did not know about the spot where he buried the victims ahead of time.
During the first phase of the trial, jurors heard testimony from Dr. Spencer Tomb, a longtime Kansas State University professor and botanist. Tomb was asked by authorities to examine the shallow grave outside of Ogden where the victims were found on, examining the plant matter found directly under their remains and around the grave site. Tanya and Juan Maldonado were killed on September 21, 2009 and buried in the early morning hours of September 22, 2009. A hunter discovered the grave roughly a month later on October 25, 2009. Tomb told the jury during his testimony that based on the build up of leaflets at the bottom of the grave, he believes it was dug several days before the victims were buried, remaining open for a "significant" period of time before their bodies were placed inside. The testimony supported the state's stance that the murders were premeditated.


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How much are you worth to woot?
I thought this would be fun to do. Add up all the money you have spent on woot. Then divide that number by how many days it has been from now to your start date. What did you come up with?
This is just for fun and in now way can woot actually put an amount of your worth to them. I don't work for woot but I am sure to them you are priceless ;)
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That wouldn't be an accurate dollar amount. If Woot sells you something for $100, that doesn't mean you're worth $100 to Woot. Remember, they have to buy the merchandise at wholesale and then sell it to you at retail.
You are worth:
1. The difference between Retail and Wholesale.
2. Less the fixed costs like the price of the warehouse.
3. Plus or Minus the difference in shipping
4. Less the variable costs like packaging and employees to pull the merchandise
5. Less the costs to run the website including the moderators for deals.woot.
6. Less the salary of the CEO, Executives, and all the other support staff.
At the end of the day, we probably all owe Woot a lot of money so I don't want to admit how much that could be as it's probably more than I can afford right now :)
I would like to think I am worth more then what I spent.
add content
add deals
upvote deals
downvote deals
tattle expired deals
Click on advertisement
word of mouth referral (advertisement)
Apparently, I'm not even worth a $5 coupon to Woot.
I have not seen a BOC in almost 2 years, so I guess not that much
7. Plus the value from any referrals they get from you buying deals on deals.woot
8. Plus the intrinsic value to Amazon of a large user base that they can occasionally reroute to their main page
$517.23 and a haypenny.
Roughly 2897 days. Don't know how much money but it probably doesn't come out to 50 cents a day. No wonder I've never got a bag of crap.
About 3 fiddy.
Just using the OP's formula I am worth $1.72 per day since March 27th 2008.
@gideonfrost: is that '3 fiddy' or 'tree fiddy'?
I am worth one black triangle and one green square.
Is there a page that has the purchases already totaled up or do I have to do all 24 pages myself?
You're all priceless to me. :D
@cengland0: You're focusing on calculating the profit for the company, but it is a very common and accepted practice, especially among internet and telco companies that charge for services or subscriptions, to calculate revenue and/or margin per user as a way to determine the value of the user base. The entire value of the user base is then used as an input to the valuation of the company (at which point all the costs that you named become more relevant).
Not a darn thing if you listen to my boss. =P @gatzby
I've SEEN a couple BOC but never fast enough to get one. :( Been trying for almost 4 years. booooo ;)
Since August 12th 2009, I've spent an average of $1.547/day on Woot sites.
It doesn't sound so bad when you say it that way!
@gideonfrost: Dammit monster, I ain't giving you no treefiddy!
Im worth about .08 cents a day been here since march of 2006 since ive been a college student most of that time makes sense ive only bought about 200 worth of stuff but i do agree that wooters have way more to offer than just dollars and cents woot is a community first and foremost.
Alas, there is a price on the customers ... and the bean counters do take that into consideration when choices and changes are made. For example, take the (new) shirts. They very well knew that by switching over, they'd royally piss off many loyal customers ... but to their own bottom line, it was great because with the price increase and the cheaper blanks (both in quality and price), they're still making more despite selling less. Meanwhile, the artists who suffer because there are much fewer sales.
And following up on @thunderthighs' comment about @gatzby, it's us, the customers, who in turn lets you afford more tattoos. I take it you have the shirt too?
@thunderthighs: That's not true. You're worth AT LEAST three headaches a week!
@gatzby: Hmmm. I must be slipping.
$27,656.04 this week.
But probably not really.
@gatzby: @thunderthighs makes me smile or laugh at least five times per week; is that written up as demerits and put in her permanent file?
@thunderthighs: :-D Pondering whether that statement only about you? Or did it extend to what he thinks all members are worth? (@gatzby: That's a rhetorical question - the ironical truth is in there somewhere.)
@neuropsychosocial: Nah, that translates into lashes. We're a paperless office.
@thunderthighs: I think @gatzby has us on a rotating schedule of headache causing. However I don't know what it is, so I just presume I have a certain quota per week.
As always, and with many things, I am sure I fail entirely half the time at this.
...must try harder...
Technically, Woot is a non-profit entity that only exists to oversee the production and distribution of BOCs. At least that's what the flying monkey overlord told me, so it must be true.
@gmwhit: We're taking away your The Cure records and getting you some sunshine. The world isn't so dark and we love you!
@gatzby: Why thank you, gatzby! My world is already filled w/sunshine. No darkness around me...except at night, of course. Do appreciate your generosity, though. And I...errmmm....like you all, too. ;-)
I went ahead and totaled it up.
In the 179 days I've been a member, I've spent $1063.48. That's works out to $5.94 a day.
And that doesn't count what I've spent on community-sourced deals.
Sheesh. I may be more addicted than I thought.
they don't even know who i am!
Counting from my join date I've spent a measly $0.27/day but if I count from when my first purchase was made it takes a huge jump to $0.28/day. Just under $100/year is going to woot.Take out the one $200 purchase (next closest is $50) and it falls by 10 cents a day.
Despite a recent (compared to the average) purchase spree it's hard to overcome 2132 days.
@mrgrogg: But just think of how much you've /saved/!
You want me to do math? Well, the 24th of this month will be my 4 yr anniversary and I'm 5 woots away from 100. That's the most math I'm doing today.
Woot pays me to be here, so I must be worth something.
My first purchase was my join date and I've averaged about $5.37 per day for that time period. This wooting is expensive.
Wow. Wish I hadn't looked.
Total woots - 94
Total cost - $1905.00
Days as a wooter - 700 (woot #1 was my join date)
Daily average since joining - $2.72/day
Annual breakdown -
2010 - $262.93 - $3.50/day (only 75 days)
2011 - $678.98 - $1.86/day
2012 - $963.09 - $3.70/day
@Gatzby - may I have a job so I can support my woot-habit?
Sorry, but I don't have the time or energy to add up 7+ years and 100+ woots. Then there is that dividing thingy thrown in too.
@jsimsace: Agree. Plus, there's the stark reality of how much you've spent. :-| Rather not face that reality. Am currently working on solving that problem. Meaning, I think a long time before I purchase anything. Research for cheaper prices, and make NO impulse buys. Not real difficult lately...not many bargains.
5.45 per day if you count my join date, $5.81 if you start from the date of my first purchase. And, I'm at 91 woots right now! Seriously, maybe I better stop spending so much here, that's just crazy!
@gmwhit: I understand completely. My $ purchases since 1/1/12 are >< 535, with 300+ being on one mattress purchase. I ♥ DW more. :)


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If eating milk and chicken is only a rabbinical prohibition, why don't we find that we are more lenient with regards to it. For example, why don't we wait less time between eating chicken and milk?
[the ice cream in my freezer looks good right now]
If eating milk and chicken is only a rabbinical prohibition, why don't we find that we are more lenient with regards to it. For example, why don't we wait less time between eating chicken and milk?
[the ice cream in my freezer looks good right now]
The reason why we see leniencies by rabbinic laws is because of the rule that we don't make decrees perchance that someone will come to transgress a rabbinic violation. (gezaira l'gezeira). But that is only when the 2nd decree is not related to the 1st decree. Sometimes when the rabbinic law parallels the Torah law, the chachamim will extend the decree to the rabbinic law simultaneously. This is what is referred to as "chada gezeirah hee".
An example of this can be found in Taz Y.D. 98:5. The Taz holds that if kosher and not kosher meat soups get mixed up, but then spilled and you don't know whether there was 60X kosher, but you know there was at least a majority of kosher, it is permissible because there is no case of min b'mino with a majority of kosher that is Biblically not kosher. So forbidding the safek would be a decree on a rabbinic prohibition.
However, kosher chicken soup and milk that got mixed and spilled and you don't know if there's 60X has a parallel case of meat and milk which is biblically forbidden under 60X. So the chachamim included this case when they forbade chicken as a gezeira, even though the worst case of this scenario is rabbinic.
By the way, we are lenient in some areas: you can cook chicken with milk and have benefit from it. Also, you don't have to wash between chicken and dairy.
Shulhan Arukh Y"D 87:3
אינו נוהג אלא (ה) בבשר בהמה טהורה בחלב בהמה טהורה, ג אבל בשר טהורה בחלב טמאה, או בשר (ו טמאה בחלב טהורה, <ב> מותרים בבישול ובהנאה. ד (ז) ה] ובשר חיה ועוף, אפילו בחלב טהורה, (ח) ו] מותר בבישול, ובהנאה; ואף באכילה אינו אסור, אלא ז] מדרבנן. ה <ג> אבל דגים וחגבים, אין בהם (ט) איסור, אפילו מדרבנן. הגה: ו ח] ונהגו לעשות (י) חלב משקדים ומניחים בה בשר עוף, הואיל ואינו רק מדרבנן). אבל בשר בהמה, יש להניח אצל החלב שקדים, משום מראית העין, <ד> כמו שנתבאר לעיל סימן ס"ו לענין דם.
The answer is that we are more lenient in some respects. The primary prohibition is on account of Marit Ayin. The other meforshim on the daf explain that the situation has to be two steps removed from the Biblical prohibition(such as the Rama says of chicken with almond milk) before we can drop all pretenses of the issur. So as regard to time waiting and such as that, when dealing with chicken and actual milk, we are still under the Rabbinic enactment to treat the eating of chicken with milk such as meat and milk in every respect.
We are more Machmir on D'Rabanan in order not to be Mzalzel
Ashkenazim consider the waiting to be a minhag, not a takana d'rabanan. It happened to be that the minhag developed to include both meat and chicken. According to the Rambam, its an actual takana, so one should check if he holds one has to also wait after eating chicken.


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BBQ'ed or grilled meat on sticks makes people happy. I am sure there is a study out there somewhere. Have you ever been to a dinner party and a tray of skewered meats goes by??? People lose their minds. Anything you grill on a stick makes people happy. I think its a caveman thing. Truly. It doesn't really matter what sticks you use. It could be traditional wooden or metal skewers or maybe something a little more exotic like lemongrass or branches of rosemary.
This weekend my kids were involved with these. They were a huge hands on help forming the meat around the skewers. We love Chevaps. We buy them regularly from DS Meats in Ajax Ontario. This is our homemade version.
We used a combination of ground beef and pork. Plus assorted herbs and seasonings. There is no recipe.
Its all up to your own personal tastes. I walked to the herb garden and grabbed chives and thyme which seem to be thriving in our garden this year. A couple of minced jalapenos and garlic were added as well. Pulsed everything in a food processor with kosher salt and black pepper and added to the meat mixture. Then I took about 2 handfuls of the meat mixture and pulsed it in the mini chopper. Its a nice way to get a different texture from the meat. Its also holds the meat together well acting as a binder.
We also added Vegeta. Vegeta is a staple spice in our household pantry. Using an ice cram scoop ensures that each portion of meat will cook in approximately the same time.
I used metal skewers with the intention of putting them on the Big Green Egg. One problem I had no charcoal left. Ugh. Are you kidding me?? I was shocked but sadly it was true no charcoal – must pick up more Basques this week!!
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About halfway done…
Slathered with Joey Mac's Amberque. love this stuff. Great on well… everything.


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what are some good microphone setups for recording a single singer/guitar player with two microphones? Position, types, levels, etc. Thanks!
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I remember watching a Dave Weiner Riff of the week about recording acoustic guitar:
He goes through mic choice and placement for different sounds.
Placing the mic near the sound hole gives thick sound with lots of mids and lows, whereas a placement near the middle of the neck gives all highs.
Ideally you would use a mic at each position and then mix the output, giving a good harmonic range.
Your big problem is that the guitar is going to be all up in your vocal mic and vice versa. To minimize this:
OR, quit fighting to separate your sources, you will just be frustrated anyway. Record with an MS stereo setup, carefully positioned to balance guitar and vocal the way you want it. Get a good-sounding room, take your time setting up, and hit record. Done and done.
I like recording the guitar by capturing the input from a mic like an SM-57 at the soundhole as well as the pickup, if the guitar has a good pickup. That gives you a better spectrum of sounds to choose from later when mixing. Experiment with angles until you get a balanced sound, but you'll need to position the mic so the talent doesn't brush the mic when picking and strumming. For vocals, whatever mic the singer prefers close to their mouth will be fine, hopefully one that's fairly directional.
You don't say if this is live or in the studio, but it shouldn't matter that much when recording vocals and guitar together. If this is a live-in-the-studio situation, try using a condenser mic to capture room sounds in addition to the above. (In a performance situation, a condenser mic would be overkill to capture crowd noise.)
A couple more possibilities...
You can make use of a microphone's polar pattern here. Of course they all have their dead spots, and depending on what's comfortable, you could probably use a few different ones to accomplish your goal. Cardioid and Figure 8 come to mind.
Imagine using two mics, both with a figure 8 polar pattern. If you oriented the vocal mic such that the guitar was at 90 or 270, you would get quite a bit of isolation. Likewise with the guitar mic.
Yet another possibility is to put a baffle of some kind between the vocal mic and the guitar mic.


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24 May 2011 8:30 AM #1
How to set ui for scroller?
In our app there are several rather long lists that require vertical scrolling, which is no problem with the default behaviour of an Ext.List component. But since the design the app has a black background the visibility of the default scroller isn't that great.
When inspecting the scroller I saw a class of .x-scrollbar-dark applied to it. Since there is already a class .x-scrollbar-light in the standard sencha css file, one would assume that it should be possible to set something likeCode:
ui: 'light'
The API reference doesn't mention the ui property for Ext.util.Scroller. And even if it did: how can you apply it in a list context? The reference for the scroll property of Ext.List says that it accepts a scroller configuration. So I tried something like
scroll: { direction: 'vertical', momentum: false }
Any help greatly appreciated!
25 May 2011 3:20 AM #2
as long as there is no other way to set a custom cls for scroll indicators you can achieve the same result programmatically.
var scroll = Ext.DomQuery.select(".yourClass .x-scrollbar");
Ext.fly(scroll[0]).setStyle("background-color", "rgba(240, 240, 240, 0.7)");
or shorter:
Ext.select(".yourClass .x-scrollbar").setStyle("background-color", "rgba(240, 240, 240, 0.45)");
"yourClass" is a custom CSS class of your panel which is wrapping up the scroller (could also be an id).
Works fine for me.
13 Jul 2011 10:08 AM #3
You could override the css
we just added the following to our custom css file
.x-scrollbar-dark {
background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6);
border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
this makes the dark scroll bar appear as a light one.


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Pine grosbeak a fine find
|A pine grosbeak. Credit: Mark Szantyr
Holding down the second spot in recent years has been the pine grosbeak. Both of these birds are showing up in Connecticut right now, mainly in the state's northern tier.
Hoary redpolls have been seen at feeders amid the large flocks of common redpolls that are now widely scattered.
Pine grosbeaks aren't quite that cooperative. These large finches seldom visit feeders. They prefer fruit, which while steering them away from people's yards often brings them to very public places.
They're as happy with domestic as wild fruit, so they sometimes visit planted stands of crab apples and other ornamentals in city parks, school campuses, office landscaping and even shopping plazas.
Like many birds of the far north, which have little or no contact with humans, they're often quite tame when wandering south into more populated areas. That's why they're able to partake of food in fairly busy areas.
When I started birding, pine grosbeaks reached our latitude more regulalry. I remember seeing my first ones as a young teenager on a New Jersey watershed property where my friends and I had set up a daredevil sledding run on old woods roads. I vividly remember marveling at a flock that paid no attention to us while my friends paid no attention to them.
Since I've been in Connecticut, the few scatrtered appearances have been limited to the Northwest Corner, but this winter some pine grosbeaks have been seen in more central areas such as Farmington, Manchester and Glastonbury. It will be interesting to see how widely they disperse before winter's end.
So far the birds seen in Connecticut have all been females or immatures. Adult males are usually pretty hard to come by, but so far this year they seem absent. Why? I have no idea.
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August 24, 2010
New York University Professor Kenneth Carr has received a $100,000 grant from NARSAD, a charity which supports mental health research, to conduct research on brain circuitry related to addiction.
Carr, an associate professor of psychiatry and pharmacology at NYU School of Medicine who also holds an appointment in NYU's Department of Psychology, is one of 42 innovative researchers awarded a NARSAD 2010 Independent Investigator grant for research in this area.
In his research project, Carr seeks to gain better understanding of the brain circuitry involved in the addictive process and its associative disorders.
NARSAD Independent Investigators seek to produce experimental results that will put them in a position to initiate major research programs and request major governmental grants. Receiving up to $100,000 over two years, they lead research programs of clinical and basic science investigations into the causes, mechanisms, and treatments for serious psychiatric disorders.
This year's Independent Investigators come from 10 leading institutions in nine countries around the world, including Canada, Brazil, Israel, and Spain, and 21 leading institutions in the United States. Their research topics include schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, such as OCD and PTSD, and childhood disorders, such as autism and ADHD.
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FOLLANSBEE - From home-crafted, seasonal knick-knacks to food galore, everyone attending the Christmas in the Park festival at Follansbee City Park Saturday seemed to be having a good time despite the occasional rain shower.
The park was packed with hundreds of festival-goers, admiring and buying everything from homemade fudge to hand-crafted gun stocks from the 106 vendors at the event, which continues today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Despite the occasional shower, trees in the park made for a natural umbrella, and the weather didn't seem to deter the crowds at all, according to Betty Ann Shaffer of Follansbee, who hosted a booth selling seasonal items.
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Presley Streblo of Toronto shows off one of her family's handmade, rustic crafts Saturday during the Christmas in the Park festival at Follansbee City Park. The vendor was one of 106 selling items relating to the holiday season, and the festival continues 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today. -- Mark J. Miller
"This is a nice event," she said. "We have around 106 vendors this year. All the proceeds raised go toward charity."
Shaffer said the festival has grown greatly the past few years, as people are attracted to the park grounds and variety of items for sale.
"I've been here for the past seven years," said Shaffer, adding the festival was advertised on local billboards. "I (create) gifts to go, wreaths and arrangements. Business has been good. I do quite a few craft shows, but this is the best one."
Vendor Debbie Vukelic said she was having a good time selling items for the Hooverson Heights Church of Christ.
"We have peanut brittle, handmade scarves, Christmas candles, popcorn balls and homemade ornaments," she said, adding she and Virginia Harlan were selling the items for the church's womens' ministry group.
"This is a fundraiser for a missionary trip to Honduras," said Vukelic. "(Business) has been pretty good so far. I was surprised how many people are here, considering the weather."
Candy Cooper, another vendor selling homemade, flavored fudge, said she often hears about how her first name is ironic considering the unusual goodies she creates.
"A lot of these are made from my own recipes," she said, adding some of the flavors included pumpkin, pecan pie, chocolate turtle, orange cranberry, German fudge and butter pecan. "I've been doing this festival for years. I go all over Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. This is my favorite (festival)."
Cooper said the park having paved pathways and a relatively flat landscape was an advantage, making it easier for those with disabilities to get around.
Phil and Traci Bridenbaugh hosted a booth selling handmade, rustic furniture and crafts. Both said the creations for sale were a family affair.
"Myself and my son-in-law, Joe Fernandez, do the bigger (pieces), while my wife and daughter, Ashley Streblo, do the smaller crafts and all the decorating," said Phil. "Despite the weather, it's been a pretty good day. It's a nice, comfortable atmosphere."
"The guys do all the building, and we do all the finishing," said Traci.
There also was plenty to eat for those enjoying the event, including vendors selling hoagies, Italian sausage, hot dogs, hamburgers and beverages. William Isaac of Steubenville said he was impressed with the atmosphere and dedication of those organizing the two-day event.
"My first impression is I'm really impressed with the participation of the vendors getting involved in the community," said Isaac, adding the park was an ideal place for the event. "The layout here is so spacious, and you can really move around. Follansbee always seems to do a really great job with festivals in this park. People are talking and mingling. It's a good atmosphere to be in."
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SUV crashes into side of Hendersonville home
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An SUV crashed into the side of an abandoned Hendersonville home in the early hours of Friday morning, police said, and they are trying to reach the vehicle's owner.
At about 7:30 a.m., a passerby noticed the Ford Explorer had hit the structure at 424 Armstrong Ave. and called police, said Officer Cory Payne with the Hendersonville Police Department. There was no one occupying the vehicle when emergency crews arrived, and no one was in the home.
Neighbors said they heard a loud bang between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. Police are investigating the incident and are attempting to reach the owner of the SUV, which is registered to Darlene Logan of Hendersonville.
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Under a Vampire Moon (Mass Market Paperbound)
When Vampires Go On Vacation . . .
Escaping a horrible marriage, Carolyn Connor has no desire to think about men—a vow she's determined to keep while on vacation in St. Lucia. She'll take the Caribbean sun and sea and plenty of tropical drinks with those cute umbrellas poolside, thank you. She absolutely does not need male company, no matter how tan and rock-hard his body may be.
Easy enough, but then Carolyn meets the charming Marguerite Argeneau, who is infamous among her family for her matchmaking prowess . . .
Christian Notte has well known the power of finding a life mate. He's seen enough of his Argeneau relatives taken down for the count, but he never imagined he'd let himself fall in love—until he meets the enthralling, charmingly skittish, and oh-so-mortal Carolyn. But how will he reveal what he is and still convince this once-bitten mortal to trust him with her heart . . . and her forever?
About the Author
Lynsay Sands is the nationally bestselling author of the Argeneau/Rogue Hunter vampire series, as well as numerous historicals and anthologies. She s been writing since grade school and considers herself incredibly lucky to be able to make a career out of it. Her hope is that readers can get away from their everyday stress through her stories, and if there are occasional uncontrollable fits of laughter, that s just a big bonus. Please visit her on the web at lynsaysands.net.


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Just got bitten by the pano and VR bug. Was able to get a NN3 recently, but when I started reading thru this forum it seems it was a wrong decision. Can you help me out? I have a D70s and a D300 both of which I use. I usually attach either a 10.5 fisheye or 12-24mm lens.
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- 22 Resorts
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- Home to Vail, Beaver Creek, Copper Mountain
Related Regions: Dolomiti Superski, Italy, Trentino, Val di Fiemme, San Martino di Castrozza, Folgaria, Val di Fiemme
Val di Fiemme, the renowned tourist resort at the foot of the Dolomites in Italy, stands out because it offers the double opportunity for practising both alpine and nordic skiing to the highest level. The pistes are skiable from December to April, and although there's been huge snowfall already this winter, that's backed up with artificial snow-making. The area also features a network of fast and up-to-date lifts, showing the most modern dimension of skiing.More


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Domestic child sex trafficking is among the most heinous abuses of children, but because of a lack of awareness and the hidden nature of this vulnerable population, survivors are often criminalized and placed behind bars when they are in fact victims of crime. Please join OJJDP's National Training and Technical Assistance Center, and the National Girls Institute for the Webinar, "Child Trafficking, Girls, and Detention: A Call to Reform," on September 10, 2013, from 2:00–3:30 p.m. ET. Presenters will share information about how in many states, victims of domestic child sex trafficking are being arrested and detained for juvenile prostitution and prostitution-related offenses; the victims' need for trauma-informed, gender specific services instead of being subjected to conditions of confinement that exacerbate their trauma; and the largely hidden nature of this crime, which causes many victims to go unidentified and to fall through cracks in our juvenile justice and child welfare systems. The presenters will also discuss what juvenile justice facility staff can do to identify and assess for commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking within existing caseloads, so they can connect these youth with vital services and interventions.
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I received a request for another long-lost document:
I am wondering if there is any way I might obtain a copy of
The geometry of circles: Voronoi diagrams, Moebius transformations, convex hulls, Fortune's algorithm, the cut locus, and parametrization of shapes W.P. Thurston Technical Report, Princeton University, 1986.
Is there a scanned version somewhere or might some library stock it?
Can anyone help out?
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When and for what health reasons should we break our fasts? (assume the person is not elderly or pregnant.)
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Mishnah Berurah 550:4 says that one who is ill (choleh she'ein bo sakana, meaning that the illness is severe enough to make one bedridden, or it affects one's entire body) is exempt from fasting, and is actually forbidden to fast.
As the other answer mentions, a sick person is not obligated to fast. A regular fast day is a observed as a minhag nowadays, but even on tisha b'av (an actual chiyuv), the basic exemption for sick people still applies. On yom kippur, one may only break the fast if one will be in (life-threatening) danger otherwise. Specific cases should obviously be referred to a rabbi and/or doctor.


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May 14, 2012
Video: Cape Town film-maker goes to Hollywood
Leon Jamarie
With a passion for travel, tourism and social media, Cape Town is the quintessential backdrop for Media Developer Leon Jamarie and his cape adventures.
With the City as his canvass Leon paints the town red covering a range of events and activities in the peninsular while staying true to the traditional culture the mother city offers it's children,
Originally from Durban, Leon is still an accidental tourist in the city he now calls home and as such is on the line between resident and local tourist able to provide inside knowledge and flavour to the average mundane travel blog.
He is always on the look out for that hidden gem or typical CT party. If it's fun, relevant, he will cover it.
Twenty-six-year-old Capetonian writer/director Alan Shelley has made his first foray into Hollywood with the launch of his short film, Spirit of a Denture, this past Saturday, May 11, 2012.
The film is the result of Shelley winning the Jameson First Shot competition, an international short-film competition that received entries from South Africa, Russia and the United States. The winner received the opportunity to direct Academy Award recipient Kevin Spacey in a short film.
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ジョウト地方サファリゾーン Jouto-chihou Safari Zone
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The Safari Zone in Johto is a large expanse of land located to north of Cianwood City through Route 48's Cliff Cave. It is owned by Baoba, and is situated after the Safari Zone Gate. This zone cannot be found in Pokémon Gold and Silver or Pokémon Crystal. It is exclusive to its remakes, Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. This Safari Zone presents unique features such as customizing areas and object arrangement, each influencing what type of Pokémon you encounter.
The Johto Safari Zone is comprised of twelve separate areas, all of which can be customised by Baoba's Area Customiser. The areas available are as follows:
- Plains
- Swamp
- Meadow
- Wetland
- Peak
- Forest
- Wasteland
- Savannah
- Mountain
- Marshland
- Desert
- Rocky Beach
The following Pokémon can be found in the Johto Safari Zone:
- Sandshrew(desert)
- Sandslash(desert)
- Hoppip (Meadow)
- Geodude (Peak)
- Graveler (Peak)
- Magnemite (Peak, Mountain, Wasteland)
- Magneton (Peak, Mountain)
- Abra (Plains)
- Larvitar (Mountains)
- Rattata (Plains, Mountain)
- Raticate (Mountain)
- Farfetch'd (Wetlands Day Only)
- Magmar (Peak)
- Sentret (Swamp, Wetlands Day Only)
- Jigglypuff (Meadow,)
- Girafarig (Plains)
- Lickitung (Mountain)
- Tauros (Savannah)
- Rhyhorn (Savannah)
- Spearow (Wetlands Day Only)
- Nidoran Male (Savannah)
- Nidoran Female (Savannah)
- Wooper (Marshland, Wetlands)
- Quagsire (Wetlands Night Only)
- Poliwag (Any Water Except Swamp)
- Volbeat
- Magikarp (Any Water Except Marshland)
- Sunkern (Meadow Day Only)
- Ekans
- Clefariy (Meadows Night Only)
- Marill (Meadows Night Only)
- Haunter (Forest Night Only)
- Gastly (Forest Night Only)
- Mr.Mime (Forest Day Only)
- Kangaskhan (Wasteland Day Only)
- Machop (Wasteland Day Only)
- Machoke (Wasteland Day Only)
- Lapras (Rocky Beach in Water)
- Slowpoke (Rocky Beach)
- Slowbro (Rocky Beach)
- Krabby (Rocky Beach)
- Poliwhirl (Rocky Beach in Water)
- Drowzee (Swamp Night Only)
- Hypno (Swamp Night Only)
- Murkrow (Swamp)
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The Skin Cancer Foundation also recommends looking for products with a combination of avobenzone, ecamsule, oxybenzone, titanium dioxide and zinc oxide. Check out this list of the safest sunscreens for kids.
Zinc Oxide and Titanium Dioxide
Try to avoid using a chemical sunscreen (although the chemicals aren't thought to be dangerous, they can cause irritation or an allergic reaction in some children when absorbed into the skin), and look for one with zinc oxide or titanium dioxide on the label. These ingredients aren't absorbed, and instead sit on top of the skin to create a barrier against the sun's rays.
Products that contain zinc oxide or titanium dioxide protect against both UVA and UVB rays. Additionally, they begin protecting your child right away, while chemical-based sunscreens need to be applied at least 30 minutes prior to sun exposure in order to give the active ingredients time to be absorbed into the skin.
If you don't want to use a zinc oxide or titanium dioxide product on your child's body, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends using them at least on sensitive areas, such as the nose, cheeks, tops of the ears, and shoulders.
PABA-free Products
When choosing a chemical-based product, be sure to use one that is labeled "PABA-free." Once widely used in most sunscreens, PABA has been linked to skin rashes and irritation.
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How do I set the bootloader so that in my dualboot with Windows 7/Ubuntu 11.04, Windows start up as standard instead of Ubuntu?
Customizing the
This incredibly complex, but excellently written answer makes a mockery of your username, sir. Well done! – Scaine Nov 27 '11 at 12:13
Keep it simple is based on the Einstein quote: "Things should be as simple as possible, but not too simple." (The last three words are omitted when some quote this). Thanks for the kudo... – keepitsimpleengineer Nov 28 '11 at 20:24
love it help me a lot , but as i saw , GRUB customizer it much easy :P XD – Rani.Shemer Dec 2 '11 at 20:38
This is an absolutely brilliant answer. Thanks so much for providing all that useful context; it's really, really appreciated. – iono Apr 13 '13 at 9:02
Great answer. Very professional. – emirc Aug 13 '15 at 14:45
With a bit of command line trickery, you can get the default of grub to always be a particular grub entry - for example Windows - no matter when a new kernel is installed.
In a terminal type:
This will display all your grub entries - for example
Highlight the entry you want to default to - for example Windows 7 in the screen-shot. Right click and choose
Change the entry
i.e. paste the entry you want (including the quotes)
Save, then type
You need to edit the
First Step. Determine the Windows OS' position in the grub menu. To do this, open a terminal by pressing
This will list the grub menu entries. I'll use my grub menu as an example:
You will then select the Windows partition, in my case "Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda1)" including the double quotes and copy it.
Second Step. Open the
It will open the /etc/default/grub file with gedit. Look for the
Alternatively, you can use an integer value specifying the index position of the Windows OS, take note that index starts counting at 0, so in my example, the Windows OS value would be 4, therefore you can also set
After which, you need to update grub by typing
You can follow this nitstorm answer here ,
You will have to add Grub-customizer through
Then launch it from dash , application lens.
the above menu will be different to yours, so choose wisely and select the Windows 7 entry and from the top Menu bar , select the ^ arrow to move it upward to have the top position , while booting.
For booting into Windows directly select the
Use startup manager, which you can start from the dash. There you can use the OS to start with in the dropdown menu.
Change the value of
After that, run
It can be done easily with a GUI tool called "Grub Customizer".
What is Grub Customizer?
Grub Customizer is a graphical interface to configure the grub2. The application allows the user to add, remove, freeze, rename and reorder boot menu items
How to install?
Hit Alt+Ctrl+T to open terminal and run following commands one by one:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install grub-customizer
How to use?
Remember that you can't move single entries out of their respective group like Ubuntu can't be moved out of Linux group.
Identify the name of the Windows entry
On the GRUB, there should be an entry like
The output should be something like this:
Look at the line we were talking about! In my machine, it is
Setting the Windows entry as the default
That's easy!
First, open our configuration file with gedit (a text editor) as root, running this command:
Search for this line:
And modify the
Now just save the file, close gedit, and update grub.
Updating GRUB
Just run this command:
Now just restart, and the Windows entry should be highlighted as the default!
Is a very easy to use graphical GRUB2 settings manager. For now, it only allows you to edit the GRUB2 menu entries: reorder, rename or add/remove entries. It will also allow changes to background image and menu timeout. Since these are actually scripts which generate the boot.cfg file, Grub Customizer changes the actual script order and then generates a new boot.cfg so if you then run "sudo update-grub", your customization won't be overwritten.
From my experience, I noticed that it's not so easy to change boot priority for Win7/Ubuntu 11.04. Utility, like Startup Manager seems like isctrying to change the default boot system, yet nothing happens after restart (11.04 continue to boot by default). I such case I suggest Grub Customiser Grub Customised on WebUpd8, which works well with Grub2. I just removed all absolete boot options (there are many), leaving only 11.04 and Win7. And then changed a boot priority. Now, everything works well :)
Good luck.
This is actually quite easy to do. First, you need to find out what Grub names your Windows entry. You can do that by looking in
What that command does is search for
The command will output something like
Now, open
and change:
Lastly, run:
to regenerate the Grub menu. And that's it! Future upgrades won't mess this up. Your Windows menu entry will always be selected by default.
edit the file /etc/grub/default
there you find the entry
when you first start your computer and get the grub menu the first entry in your boot menu is 0 so if the second entry in your boot menu is Windows change this digit to 1
save, quit, run the: update-grub command and reboot to behold your new changes!
You don't need to install the grub-customizer!!!
i do not know what ubuntu you have installed, so I am not sure that your OS is using grub2 or the old grub, but it is more likely that you have grub2.
So, this is what you have to do for grub2:
This command gives you an output saying what startup possibilities / OSes you have.
this is a sample output:
As you may can observe, Windows 7 is on the 5th line of the output.
Next, you open the /etc/default/grub file with your text editor and sudo priviledges and modify the GRUB_DEFAULT value to (the number of the line where you have Windows 7 minus one, because the grub option index starts from 0)
So, if windows 7 is on the 5th line, you need
if windows 7 is on the 7th line, you need
To save the changes, type
Next time you boot your machine, count in shich position Windows 7 is placed in GRUB menu. (remember you have to count from 0 - i.e. if Windows is in the third row, then its position is 2 and so on). Boot into ubuntu, open a terminal and write
then modify the line
where N is the position (starting from 0) of Windows7 entry in grub menu. Tell me if you need more info about this.
I use grub customizer to do that. You can have it automatically boot into a certain OS every time or just boot into whichever OS was booted last. It is easy to install and use.
In ubuntu, open your package manager; under settings you should find "Configure Software Sources." Click on that and enter your password. Now click on the second tab entitled "Other Software" and press the add button toward the bottom. Enter in the PPA for grub customizer :
Click OK and a couple of new lines will show up; close the Software Sources dialog now and push the check for updates button on your package manager if it didn't already start to update the available packages. Type into the search function : "grub-cus" and you will see the grub customizer at the top of the list. Mark it for installation then click apply to start the process. Agree to install any dependencies so they get installed automatically as well.
After installation, you can find grub-customizer by typing "grub" into the search dialog or you can also find it in the menu under Applications>Settings>Grub-Customizer.
Alternately you could just open a terminal and run the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer
You may want to pick out a pretty picture to use as background to your grub boot menu.
Here are some links if you want to learn more before starting:
Launchpad PPA for Grub Customizer
Normally when I have to "mess up" the Grub I use "Grub Customizer", it has a GUI so you can see easily what you are changing. Just type this into the terminal:
Then search in the Dash for grub customizer and change the predefined entry to Windows.
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If you have a series circuit with a battery, one round bulb (with thicker filament), and one long bulb (with thinner filament), the round bulb does not light up and only the long bulb lights up.
Also, I understand that the voltage drop in the long bulb is greater, but I don't get how the charges distribute themselves like that. For example, if the round bulb comes first, how does the charges passing by the long bulb "know" to only give up a little bit of energy to save it up for the long bulb?
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If I see a neighbors inappropriate mail, am I allowed to throw it out?
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I think there are a few different scenarios here:
Mind your own business. Messing with his mailbox is a federal crime. Dina d'malchusa dina.
R' Moshe Feinstein once dealt with a fellow who would seize people's (totally appropriate) stuff and demand they give tzedaka before he'd give it back. The question was whether the guy was sane.
That's a tougher question; are you actively facilitating a sin by now delivering it to Berel? My gut reaction is neither to throw it out, nor to deliver it yourself. Mark it "WRONG ADDRESSEE" and let the post office figure it out.
There may certainly be cases where it's advisable or even required to offer constructive criticism to Berel, but that's a complicated topic, and may depend on how Berel will receive the criticism.
This one has been addressed in the literature. I know Rabbi Frand has a tape on the subject. If you enter the yeshiva on its terms, and the halachic prohibition on reading others' mail (formalized by Rabbeinu Gershom) is intended for the individual's wellbeing, but in this case the yeshiva is certain that he's better off not receiving this mailing, that's a different story.


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5 Famous Artists Who Tried to Destroy Their Own Work
For artists, it must be complete agony to see their hard-labored brainchildren banned, censored or outright destroyed -- which makes it all the more baffling when they choose to do it themselves. Yet history is full of famous people who went to extreme lengths to prevent you (yes, you specifically) from experiencing their work. For example ...
#5. Director Tony Kaye Tries to Sabotage His Own Critically Acclaimed Film Using Insanity
Even if you've never seen American History X, you're probably familiar with the scene where Edward Norton's neo-Nazi character makes someone bite down on a curb, then repeatedly stomps the guy's head into it. What you may not have known is that by the release date, director Tony Kaye was wishing that he could do that to Norton and pretty much everyone else involved in the movie's production.
Kaye had a reputation for both arrogance and eccentricity, but studio executives and test audiences were extremely happy with his initial rough cut of X after shooting ended (this is the movie that, after all, would earn Norton a Best Actor nomination at Oscar time).
Those tats are just henna. Way to commit to the role, Norton.
Kaye wasn't happy, however, and he immediately started trimming footage until the film was down to a slim, kid-friendly 87 minutes. New Line Cinema was less than thrilled, and asked Kaye to work with Norton to assemble a version that was, you know, movie length. Kaye agreed, then proceeded to go freaking insane.
First, he apparently was so infuriated by the process that he punched his hand through a wall. Then, he began taking out full-page attack ads in Daily Variety and The Hollywood Reporter (with his own money) with quotes like John Lennon's "I'll scratch your back and you knife mine." Then Kaye brought a priest, a rabbi and a Tibetan monk (no shit) into the studio president's office to ask for an extension to finish his cut of the film, a tactic he later admitted was "insane." The studio flatly refused, telling Kaye that they were releasing the version that he and Norton had worked on together.
"For the last time, the Kenny Rogers bowling dream sequence makes no sense!"
If you assumed that was the end of it, that's because you're probably not insane. Kaye, on the other hand, flew to the Toronto Film Festival to demand that the film not be premiered, bought more attack ads (in all, he spent about $1 million) and threatened to hire protesters to picket theaters where the movie was being shown.
He also asked to have his name taken off the film and replaced by either Alan Smithee or Humpty Dumpty, presumably to highlight his status as an oblivious white guy heading for a fall. However, the Director's Guild only allows this practice if you agree not to badmouth your film in public, and since that ship had not only sailed but plowed into an iceberg and sunk with all hands on deck, Kaye was stuck having his name attached to American History X. You know, the film that was critically acclaimed, earned an Oscar nomination and appears on numerous "Best Movies of All Time" lists.
"I regret it more than my marriage."
Fucking Hollywood, man. Always grinding the little guy down in exchange for a quick buck.
#4. Dick Cheney's Wife Writes an Erotic Lesbian Novel, Tries to Cover It Up
Unless you were literally born within the last four years -- in which case, what are you doing reading Cracked and where the hell are your parents? -- you remember Dick Cheney, former vice president and noted face-shooting enthusiast. You might even know that his wife, Lynne, is the author of more than a dozen books. Many of them are patriotic children's books, aimed at teaching kids about their country and its government. But then there's Sisters, a historical romance set in the Old West. Don't feel bad if you've never heard of it -- it was published in 1981 and had a fairly small print run, so there aren't that many copies floating around.
Ian Fortey owns most of them.
But in 2004, with the presidential election looming, a publisher planned to reissue Sisters. That is, until Cheney's lawyer reached out and convinced them not to, presumably through judicious use of the phrase "tactical air strike." But why? Well, you may recall the Bush/Cheney administration being fairly conservative, a platform founded on old-fashioned values and more, ahem, traditional relationships. They weren't exactly friends of the friends of Dorothy, is what we're saying. Yet Sisters features female characters who ... well, maybe you should just read for yourself:
"Helen, my joy and my beloved [...] Let us go away together, away from the anger and imperatives of men. We shall find ourselves a secluded bower where they dare not venture. There will be only the two of us, and we shall linger through long afternoons of sweet retirement. In the evenings I shall read to you while you work your cross-stitch in the firelight. And then we shall go to bed, our bed, my dearest girl ..."
"And there, betwixt our warm embrace, shall we spoon, with my one arm awkwardly underneath your neck."
Saucy! Of course, the issue has come up in numerous interviews with Lynne Cheney since then. In 2006, she had a slightly heated exchange with Wolf Blitzer, denying that the female characters in Sisters were necessarily lesbians. Possibly she's assuming that the Old West was subject to the same rules as college: As long as you're both drunk and never talk about it again, it doesn't count. But most likely Cheney was being absolutely genuine, and the press was just blowing the whole thing out of proportion like they tend to-
"The women who embraced in the wagon were Adam and Eve on a dark cathedral stage -- no, Eve and Eve, loving one another as they would not be able to once they ate of the fruit and knew themselves as they truly were. She felt curiously moved, curiously envious of them ... she saw that the women in the cart had a passionate, loving intimacy forever closed to her."
Hey, sometimes a fruit is just a cli-dammit.
Yeah, OK, never mind. Totally lesbians.
#3. Harlan Ellison Collects the Ultimate Science Fiction Anthology, Stuffs It in a Drawer
Few living writers are as polarizing as Harlan Ellison, known both for his acclaimed speculative fiction and for being, in his words, "possibly the most contentious person on Earth." Among many other things, Ellison gained fame by compiling and editing two hugely influential sci-fi anthologies, 1967's Dangerous Visions and 1972's Again, Dangerous Visions. Comprised of original stories from science fiction's best and brightest, the two volumes generated numerous awards for the individual authors and for Ellison as editor. So it's not surprising that he'd choose to go back to the well again with a third volume: The Last Dangerous Visions.
Intending to dwarf the previous two volumes, Ellison solicited and received stories from over 100 of science fiction's stalwarts and up-and-comers -- at one point, he boasted that the anthology would be over a million words long. But then the delays began. Originally announced for publication in 1973, by 1976 Ellison was saying in interviews that the book was finally completed: He'd finished and turned in all of the introductions and forewords to the publisher, and it would absolutely be out in the spring of 1977.
Pip R. Lagenta
He's kinda like the Valve of science fiction literature.
It wasn't. Years passed, with sporadic updates from Ellison, each time promising that the book was imminent. Then, at some point, things progressed from "Ellison sure is taking a long time with this" to "You will have this book only when you pry it from Ellison's cold, dead fingers."
In 1993, Ellison threatened to sue when a widow allowed her late husband's TLDV story to be included in a collection of his works. A larger furor arose when another author, who withdrew and sold his story elsewhere, wrote a lengthy essay detailing the whole mess, eventually published as The Book on the Edge of Forever. Obviously he's biased, but it's hard to argue when he writes, "Two decades after I wrote it, 'An Infinite Summer' is still being resold, and brings me a small but regular income. If I had left the story with Mr. Ellison it would today be sitting in a cardboard box somewhere in his house."
Maybe if he'd spent less time on his hair ...
So if Ellison has all the stories (minus those withdrawn by their authors) and, given the mystique surrounding the project, could certainly find someone willing to publish it even without introductions, why is he going to such great lengths not to publish dozens of stories from some of science fiction's greatest authors? No one knows, and Ellison isn't saying. As recently as 2007, he was still talking about wanting to complete the anthology before he dies.
But then again, he also said in 2010 that the instant he goes, his wife has instructions to burn all of the unfinished stories in their house, presumably to keep sci-fi fans from descending like a swarm of nerdy locusts.


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LAMPASAS (February 19, 2013)-No one was injured Tuesday morning when a fire broke out on the roof of Windsor Foods manufacturing plant.
The Lampasas Fire Department responded to the call just after 4 a.m.
The plant on 3rd Street was not damaged except for approximately fifty square feet of the roof which will need replacing, Lampasas Fire Marshal Reece Oestreich said.
Oestreich cited electrical failure as the cause.
The plant was not open Tuesday and employees did not know when it would reopen.