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You can start Dragonborn immediately after leaving Helgen... though the story won't actually progress until after you start Horn of Jurgen Windcaller... I personally don't reccommend doing Dragonborn until after the main quest line,
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but I just like Miraak's dialogue if you have killed Alduin. xP Makes him sound like an arrogant prick (which he is).
Although, I must admit, I do enjoy several aspects of the game, but on the whole, I was simply disatisfied with Dragonborn. They made the Boss battle way too simple. I think I one shot him with a Daedric Bow... ._. Then also there's the whole "Dragon Rider" concept, which is totally misleading. I assumed we'd be able to control the Dragon, but noooo... it flies in circles above where you "tame" it... you can fast travel a lot faster on Dragons, but other than that it's pretty much pointless to actually ride a dragon, other than to say "OOOOOH LOOK AT ME!!!
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Finished Dragonborn.
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The first and the last dragonborn tag-teaming in the war against dragons?
Looks like I assumed wrong. But at least by destroying his ass I proved myself to be the Mary Sue-est of them all.
A closer look at the dragon cult??
There was some of that.
I wonder if they'll explain why so many of the Nord dead are coming alive in their tombs..
Also, I thought St. Alessia was the first dragonborn?
Nothing on that, either, though I did find
this bit of info on UESP regarding the matter
Originally Posted by
The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages
In response to confusion in the Bethesda Softworks Forums about the announcement of the first Dragonborn in the Dragonborn official plug-in who wasn't St. Alessia, Michael Kirkbride said: "Alessia didn't have the power to absorb dragon souls. Hers was a much more nuanced power: to dream of liberty and give it a name and on her deathbed make Covenant with the Aka-Tusk."
So presumably, there are two kinds of Dragonborn-ness (dragonbirth?): One is being a kind of a ceremonial symbol of the pact between god(s) and men, and the other is being the widely familiar "I (literally) eat dragons for breakfast" walking apocalypse.
The DLC: On the whole, I'd say I quite liked it. The new worldspace brought back that sense of wonder and exploration that's present when you play the game for the first time and in my opinion, the various locations in the DLC seemed a lot more unique and less rehashed as the many locations in the main game (likely due to the greater focus granted by the smaller developmental scale). I really liked the new music - it quite made the new area(s) feel related, but different to Skyrim (which reflects the lore rather well, imo, with Solstheim being once a part of Skyrim, and now a part of Morrowind).
Another thing I liked were the added dragon shouts. Dragon Aspect is probably the most visually impressive shout of all of them so far. I thought the 'summon ancient dragonborn' part of the shout's effects is a bit strange and out of place though, not to mention how it makes Call of Valor redundant.
One thing I especially loved about the DLC was Neloth. He's hilarious ("Malacath's toenails! Where did that come from?!"). It seems that, as with the locations, a smaller-scaled development allows the developers to actually add some characterization to their characters (Serana; Neloth).
I also really liked some of the new armors, specifically the Nordic Carved and the Stalhrim sets. I liked the Skaal outfits too - they seem so appropriately cosy for the climate (I incidentally had installed some warm-looking clothing mods for roleplaying purposes when first starting the DLC; I didn't end up using them because of the Skaal set).
Speaking of the Skaal, I liked them too. They seem like such lovely Nordic hippies - I wouldn't mind staying with them for a while. Enjoyed becoming a 'Skaal-friend'.
Frea seemed like an all too generic "my people" type, though.
What I didn't like was, as with Dawnguard and the main game, the almost complete lack of permutaional complexity in the storyline or dialogue. Your previous actions have almost no effect on your current endeavours. Only barely are there even dialogue lines acknowledging any such things. Example: Being the leader of the Companions of Whiterun has absolutely no reference in the quest with the members of the Thirsk Mead Hall, an almost identical organization. Being Archmage of the College of Winterhold grants you one dialogue option with Neloth, and completing the main game's questline yields you one pithy line from Miraak.
Another complaint is a gripe against the general game: There are no dialogue 'options' (or at least, a very little amount of 'options') - only dialogue, with the only difference being the order of which you say them. There are basically no characterization options for the player character in general.
I found the final boss battle to be rather anticlimatic. The style and the execution was acually quite enjoyable, but it was far too short for me.
(I suspect that some mod-acquired active effects may have made me too invulnerable, because Miraak barely made a dent. That said, I've faced dragon priests with the same set-up that have given me more of a challenge, and that Karstaag fellow damn near beat me to a pulp).
I should also say: I played the final battle with the
program and shout-timers off, but I really don't believe that made me OP. All it did was make the battle feel *ridiculously* awesome (the 2 minutes of it, anyway). I absolutely recommend it to everyone. It's fun using it when fighting dragons, but it reaches a whole new level when you're fighting another Dragonborn, and you're "Fus Ro Dah" and "Fo Krah Diin"-ing them right back!
I encountered one game-breaking bug in the DLC. I fully recommend anyone who's playing the DLC on PC to get the
Unofficial Dragonborn Patch
before playing, or at least before doing the final main quest.
I can't get a handle on how much playtime the expansion gives, because i went about doing the quests in a very time-inefficient way, with a lot of waffling about in between. Thus, I got a decent amount of play-time out of it.
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The Dragonborn DLC came out on the PS3 at last this week for 9.99....I bought it and don't even own Skyrim yet.
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Bethesda ceasing content development for Skyrim; moving on to next project
A bit sad to hear. Was hoping for at least one more DLC, such as that Redguard rumor that was floating around (despite it having a rather flimsy basis).
Still, it was inevitable, and any appetite for extra content can be absolutely satiated by the veritable
of fan-made mods that exist out there.
Bugfixes/patches will continue be put out for at least the foreseeable future, it seems.
Can't wait for the next Elder Scrolls game that's not Elder Scrolls Online.
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Still, it was inevitable, and any appetite for extra content can be absolutely satiated by the veritable
of fan-made mods that exist out there.
Yeah, I'm working on the next release of my mod as we speak!
Warped Productions - All sorts of game mods
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I'm not sure if anyone still plays it, but I just bought Skyrim (Legendary Edition) last night while it was on sale on Steam after not having played it for 1 and a half year now. I have a question. Since being out of the loop in the Skyrim modding community for a long time now, I wanted to know what mods you guys would recommend to improve the game-play and enhance the graphics, and overall the whole experience. If any of you could help me out with this, that would be great.
Thanks again guys.
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Skyrim never grabbed my attention, so I'll not be on any help.
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I'm still huge into Skyrim, and have been floating around the Nexus and its accompanying modding forums for over a year now. I'm pretty passionate about Skyrim as a whole, so this is going to be one hell of a post - I may not even finish it tonight, I just want to get it started or I'll never bother. I apologise in advance. But not really.
You'll want to lay the groundwork first. Download and install the Nexus Mod Manager if you haven't already. Though any mod manager will work, I find NMM far better than the likes of Mod Organizer. You'll also need
. There's also LOOT, which is still very much an in-testing program and not recommended for active load orders. Then you'll want
for a wider script framework that a lot of the best mods out there depend on. There are two versions: the stable 1.6.16, and the 1.7.0 alpha build. The former is more stable, obviously, while the alpha version has a few new features, not the least of which the incorporation of the
Skyrim Startup Memory Editor
. I personally recommend you go with v1.6.16 for now, and install SSME separately. It's dead easy, and far more stable than SKSE 1.7.0 in my experience. Also be sure to grab
Wrye Bash
for creating a bashed patch once you've got all your mods installed.
Now. You definitely want the
Unofficial Skyrim Patch
. It's an invaluable mod that repairs literally HUNDREDS of issues with the vanilla game. You'll also want the unofficial patch for
, and the
High Resolution Pack
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Better Dialogue Controls
Better MessageBox Controls
- though if you play with a controller then those two are unnecessary. Those are all absolute musts for any PC playthrough, objectively speaking. No one should be without them. Unless you enjoy a fundamentally broken gameplay experience, of course.
I strongly endorse the
Static Mesh Improvement Mod
. It replaces many meshes from the vanilla game - too many to list, frankly - with higher poly versions that look far more natural and realistic. Install it first, and let other mods listed below overwrite it - most of them use SMIM meshes anyway. In the same vein, I'd point you towards
Gemling Queen Jewelry
, which combines with SMIM to vastly improve Skyrim's default jewelry. Fantastic pair of mods. I also strongly recommend
The Choice is Yours
, which prevents quests from being added to your journal until you specifically agree to them - no more "join the Stormcloaks" kicking around in your journal for the entire playthrough; and the
Enchantment Reload Fix
, which addresses an obnoxious bug that the Unofficial Patch doesn't cover due to the fact that it requires SKSE and is thus beyond the scope of their work.
The next thing you'll likely want to tackle is the lighting and weather systems. There are four "popular" lighting/weather mods on the Nexus, all of which have their strong points and their weaknesses. The one most would recommend, I think, is
Climates of Tamriel
. It's quite extensive, and overhauls not just the weather systems but also night brightness, indoor lighting tones, and the audioscape. I personally find the way it approaches darker nights to be rather lackluster in comparison with the rest of the project, almost like the player is just wearing sunglasses - everything is made that much less vibrant at night, including light sources. The second one I'll mention is my personal choice,
Realistic Lighting Overhaul
. It makes the game much more atmospheric by eliminating generic unsourced/ambient light and making existing light sources much more noticeable and appreciable. Its weathers module is a little basic, and is more focused on making the lighting from vanilla weathers more appropriate than adjusting the weathers themselves. Nights are much more realistically darkened, with light sources maintaining their worth while areas without a light source are much harder to see in. This one can actually be used in tandem with Climates of Tamriel if you want, so long as you forgo its weathers module(s) in favour of CoT's - which many people do in fact choose to do. The third mod is similar to RLO in many ways, but takes a slightly different artistic approach -
Enhanced Light and FX
, or ELFX. It adds a number of effects beyond simple lighting that RLO doesn't have, like candle smoke. ELFX can also be combined with CoT for some rather incredible visuals. The fourth mod is also the most recent, and that's
Pure Weather
. I have little experience with this one personally, as it doesn't currently cover DLC locations. But the screenshots look pretty damned great and it's become quite popular rather quickly regardless.
Once you have a weather/lighting setup you like you need to tackle water. Because water in vanilla Skyrim looks really bad - Gopher once likened it to saliva in a rather vivid but not inaccurate overview of several water mods in his Mod Sanctuary series. Again there are several popular choices. The first and oldest is
. It replaces the water meshes and textures for every type of water with its own unique style, as well as those for wet rocks. And it adds several peripherals as well, such as new water plants in and along lakes and rivers, a new alchemy ingredient (frog spawn), and a few other optional tweaks to water behaviour as well. The second is sort of a spiritual successor to the first, and that's
Realistic Water Two
. RW2 not only adds adjustments and variation to water meshes and textures, but also makes changes to the sound of water as well. Lakes have a soft and serene wave effect added at the shores, the ocean roars along the northern coast, and waterfalls can be heard from the opposite end of a cell. RW2 is my personal favourite for the sound edits. The third is
Pure Waters
, from the same author as Pure Weather mentioned above. It's a little less extensive than the other two, but what it does it does beautifully. Waters are clear and pristine, like water in the north should be. Regardless of which of the three you choose, you should use SkyFalls along with it to animate waterfalls at a distance instead of the default solid whitish blue blocks.
Now for the game interface and HUD. One of the most common and beloved of such mods is
, which overhauls the inventory, magic, barter, and map screens to be much more keyboard+mouse friendly.
Immersive HUD
lets you hide the HUD at the press of a hotkey, as well as adjust their transparency for when they are displayed. Then there's
, which adds several new HUD elements that contain a whole wealth of information you'd normally have to open the inventory menu for. But you can also hide moreHUD's elements with iHUD if you want. Then there's
A Quality World Map
, which despite being a very old and no longer updated mod lets you remove cloud cover from the map and add roads to it, which makes navigating Skyrim so much simpler and more immersive. Best of all it works just fine with the search function that SkyUI adds to the map, which makes finding discovered locations a snap.
There are so many more I'd like to cover, but it's horrifyingly late and I need to be up in a few hours. I'll likely post again tomorrow evening with the rest of my recommendations, but those are the fundamentals for enhancing the
of the game IMO. The rest will focus on the environment and how it sounds and behaves, how NPCs behave, and lore friendly extensions to the rather limited equipment available in the vanilla game. Also skill and gameplay overhauls, combat enhancements, city and location improvements/additions, playerhomes, followers/companions (there are really only two actually good ones, IMO), faction improvements, new quests... There's just so much to cover. XD Tomorrow!
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Thanks for the detailed and informative post. I'll definitely look into those mods you listed. I just got to white-run right now so I'm gonna need to install all of these mods right now to get the best gaming experience possible with Skyrim, as early as possible.
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So! I'm back, with a buttload of other recommendations from my own mod setup for my current playthrough. Once again, this is gonna be one hell of a post.
The first thing I'll point you towards is
Audio Overhaul for Skyrim 2
. This mod is easily one of my favourites, because it addresses an issue you don't really notice in vanilla Skyrim until it's been fixed. Sound doesn't really behave properly. Sound doesn't really behave in any way, really, good or bad. It's just sort of... there. But with AOS2, sound effects actually reverberate, echo, change in pitch and volume depending on distance, etc. Even the videos available don't do this one justice. Definitely a must-have, IMO. Then there's the sound effects themselves. The vanilla ones are fine, sure, but that's all they are. Enter the
Immersive Sounds
suite. It changes the actual sound effects themselves, all of which are still subject to the changes made by AOS2 (provided you install the AOS2 patch included in the Immersive Sounds automated installer). These two mods combined completely change the soundscape of Skyrim, and make it a much more diverse and immersive environment. Two of my favourites.
Now, another thing that never bothered me before I found a mod to fix it was the smaller towns and villages. Places like Rorikstead, Ivarstead, Dark Water Crossing, etc. I always knew where they were and what was there, but never really found anything interesting or notable about them. Then I found
Expanded Towns and Cities
. It makes both aesthetic and functional additions to several of the smaller settlements across Skyrim, including merchants and other assorted NPCs. The major walled cities of Skyrim are kind of barren as well. There are literally dozens of mods that enhance each of them, especially Whiterun. I myself use
Atmospheric Whiterun
Dawn of Riften
Dawn of Windhelm
, and
Towns and Villages Enhanced - Solitude.
I've listed them in order of performance hit, from smallest to greatest. There are plenty of others, though, if these aren't to your taste.
Inconsequential NPCs
adds several random NPCs mostly to the major cities, all of whom are - as the title suggests - inconsequential. They serve absolutely no purpose beyond filling the vast stretches of empty space across Skyrim. Add to that
Immersive Patrols
to add faction aware NPCs wandering the roads of Skyrim. So you'll run into patrol groups for the Imperials, Stormcloaks, Dawnguard, and several others. These three combined make Skyrim feel much less empty.
All these new NPCs are pretty stupid, though. In fact, most of the NPCs in Skyrim are pretty stupid, bordering on brain damaged. The lead on the Unofficial Patches team created
When Vampires Attack
Run For Your Lives
- NPCs will now run to safety when vampires or dragons attack, instead of barreling forward unarmored and wielding an iron dagger. Town guards, mercenaries, and other warrior type characters will still stand and fight, but shopkeepers, nobles, etc. will run to their homes or the nearest public indoor space to escape the fight. A great immersive touch that also makes the field of battle a lot less crowded. So you're less likely to have the town turn on you because you accidentally shanked Nazeem while fighting a Master Vampire. Not that everyone in Whiterun hasn't thought of shanking Nazeem at least once.
The vanilla game's equipment is cool, but after so many playthroughs it can get a little lackluster. The same ten sets of armour, the same dozen or so swords... it gets a little dull. I use
Immersive Armors
, which has a nice little configuration menu (assuming you're using SkyUI). With it you can set individually whether a specific set is available for crafting, in leveled lists, both, or neither. Combined with
Immersive Weapons
from the same author, and you've got dozens of new weapons, including several whole new
of weapon, to choose from. Add to that the
Jaysus Swords
plugin from that set there, which updates and fixes the now outdated original mod. Then there's
Winter is Coming
. which adds gorgeous bear- and wolf-skin cloaks, along with accompanying light, heavy, and cloth helmets. Then there's
Functional Bags
, that adds a set of portable storage units that reduce the weight of items places inside them and can be worn to reduce weight further. It relies on the mesh and texture files from
Bandolier - Bags and Pouches
, which needs to be installed but not activated. I'd suggest doing just that, as Bandoliers tends to clutter the crafting menu. Functional Bags feels more immersive anyway, IMO.
There are a number of gameplay overhauls out there that make sweeping changes to how the game functions. Skyrim Redone, SPERG, and *gag*Requiem are the three most common. The reason I'm not linking to them, however, is because I personally don't care for any of them in their entirety - they all have a few things I like (with the exception of Requiem), and a few I don't (is the entirety of Requiem). Instead, I prefer to use a number of smaller mods to overhaul specific aspects of the game, and as a whole create the kind of experience I want. This part is probably the most subjective. You may not like the setup I use. I strive to make my Skyrim more immersive, but not necessarily realistic - I like mods that make combat harder and skill more important, but don't care for mods that add raw "survival" elements like cold weather or eating and drinking requirements.
The bare bones of my setup is
The ThirdRace Skill Overhaul
, which overhauls and rebalances the skill trees while maintaining the tone and idea of the vanilla game. But it's entirely modular, so you can pick and choose which trees to use. Pick them all except Smithing, Sneak, Lockpicking, Pickpocketing, and Enchanting. Next combine
Complete Crafting Overhaul Remade
Weapons and Armor Fixes Remade
Smithing Perks Overhaul
(I use the Improved Vanilla Perk Tree), and
Clothing and Clutter Fixes
. Then, from the same author,
Stealth Skills Rebalanced (Complete Full)
. Last install
Enchanting Awakened
, which overhauls not only the enchanting skill tree but the nature of the skill itself, offering three classes of specialisation each with its own strengths and new abilities. There's far more to it than I can describe here, so head over and check out the description for more detailed info on what it does.
I've been using the
Community Uncapper
in every playthrough for I don't know how long now. The configuration file gives you control over pretty much any aspect of leveling up you could imagine, not the least of which the ability to level skills beyond 100. I've got it set up in a very specific manner that to explain properly would make this post twice as long as it already is. If you're interested I can help you through the rather intimidating and convoluted .ini file.
Then there's
Deadly Combat
, which completely changes the way you look at combat and battle. It makes every fight more dynamic and interesting by increasing the importance of armour, blocking and stamina - even the lowliest of bandits can take down a level 40 player if you're not careful.
There are several mods that add new creature and enemy encounters. The one I have the most experience with is
Skyrim Immersive Creatures
. It takes some rather significant creative liberties as far as "lore friendliness" is concerned, but that's easily forgiven because of the MCM menu that lets you pick and choose which of the new creature variants you can encounter. If some of them don't appeal to you for whatever reason, you can simply turn them off. Another similar mod is
Monster Mod
, which also adds new creature variants and encounter points but with different creative choices, as well as equipping several of them with new weapons. I have little experience with it myself, something I intend to change in the near future. Then there's
, which alters the behaviours and spawn points of the vanilla game's creatures entirely without scripts, so its performance impact is practically non-existent. It tends to be somewhat sensitive in larger load orders and behaves better when installed manually, but if you're a massive immersion junky while also being a stickler for lore friendliness then it's the one you'll want to go with. There are lots of other mods that add new creatures and spawnpoints to the game, but those are the three that come first to mind for me personally.
Dragons, man. Dragons in Skyrim were a huge disappointment. There are two mods that combine to resolve this.
Dragon Combat Overhaul
alters the way dragons behave in combat - their movement and flight patterns are less predictable, they gain new abilities to escape defeat, and they're generally smarter. Especially in groups - which can actually happen now, btw, when you also use
Deadly Dragons
. DD also adds new abilities, as well as allowing you customise dragons' attributes and make them able to both take and dish out more damage.
Followers in Skyrim are really dull. Literally all of them. Even the vast majority of modded followers are really just new faces on the same boring old followers. There are a few exceptions. Vilja is a very popular one, but not one I'm fond of myself. Her voice work is mostly ported over from the Oblivion version of the mod, and is thus extremely dated. And it sounds it. My personal favourite is
. She's easily the best follower for Skyrim there is. She's fully voiced by a fantastic voice actress with studio level equipment; she's got a unique equipment management system that prevents her from using one item when you want her to use another; and a unique "regard" system that functions similarly to the influence system in TSL. She reacts well to certain things you do, and poorly to others; and when her opinion of you rises she's more willing to help you carry items, talk about her past, etc. And if her opinion of you lowers she's less willing to help you out and may even up and leave you. She's also quest and location aware, and has dialogue specific to certain areas and specific points in the main quest. Arissa transcends the follower system, in my mind, and is a true companion character rather than just a pack mule. Can't express enough how much I appreciate this mod.
The last thing I feel the need to cover are story and quest mods. Much like followers, there aren't a whole lot of truly stand out quest and story mods. And that's mostly because creating quest and story mods is
time consuming and requires a great deal of understanding of pretty much every aspect of the Creation Kit. There are a few, though, that really stand out as fantastic mods. The one I personally like the most is
the Civil War Overhaul
. CWO expands the civil war into an actual dynamic story with multiple courses and potential endings - and the best bit is that it does the majority of it by restoring original vanilla content that was abandoned part way through development, presumably due to time constraints.
The other quest mod I'll mention is
Helgen Reborn
. It adds a new anti-Thalmor faction to the game that weaves a decent story into their attempt to rebuild the village of Helgen following the dragon attack. Some of the voice acting is kind of "meh" - one minor character has a really fuzzy voice, and another is voiced in a rather comical Arnold type voice. But I'm probably the most anal person on the Nexus when it comes to voice acting in mods, and I was able to play through it just fine. The rest of the mod is well worth the effort.
that's about it. XD I suggest taking a look at the Nexus'
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list and see if anything else jumps out at you too. I have a whole host of other mods installed if you want any other more random suggestions. Let me know and I [i]can[/i keep going. Probably forever, to be honest. But that's all for tonight.
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Can someone point me to a blog or recommend a book with an introduction (or refresher course) to Windows security.
I am not a newbie programmer, actually have more than 10 years of experience, with a roughly half of that time been spent doing server side development for Windows. But security is still a "gray area" to me, so almost every time when I need to configure a service or a web site etc - I would have to go to MSDN or Wikipedia or, have to admit that, just resort to "trial-and-error change the settings and check if it works now" approach.
Can you recommend a book or a place on the web where all Windows related security infrastructure (transport layer security, user security, etc) explained and various available technologies/security options compared.
I am not after a very detailed "security internals" type of thing, because at my line of work I don't need to configure a production code, god forbid, just some basics so I would not need to go to Wikipedia when I see a "digest" to find out "what is this digest for? (message, usertoken, etc), what (certificate, certficate hash, etc) has been used to create the digest, etc" and feel less ignorant.
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ANDRE TORRES, Durfee: A senior a team leader, Torres has been a heavyweight mainstay for the Hilltoppers for two years. This season, he took third place in Division 3 South and won twice at the Division 1 states before being eliminated. He is a Big 3 Conference all star and boasted s 35-8 record.
NATE PACHECO, Somerset Berkley: Only a sophomore, Pacheco, a 126-pounder, was one of the few area wrestlers to qualify for All State, doing so with a fifth place at the Division 3 state meet after taking first place in Division 3 South. For the year, he was 29-5 and named team MVP.
SEAN BOTELHO, Somerset Berkley: A junior and 113-pounder, the Atlantic Coast league all star finished third in Division 3 South and eighth and the state Division 3 championships. For the season he posted a record of 25-13. Botelho was first at the Canton tourney and fourth at the Taunton tourney.
BLACKER ROMERO, Durfee: Just a sophomore, Romero exploded to prominence this season in earning a berth at the All State Tournament in Lowell. Romero won the 132-pound championship in Division 1 South and then posted a very impressive second place at the Division 1 state meet. His record was 35-8.
AUSTIN JONES, Durfee: One of the leaders of a young Durfee squad, Jones excelled in the strong 126-pound division. He took second place at the Division 1 South Sectional championships to land a spot at the Division 1 state competition. A Big 3 Conference all star, Jones compiled a record of 33-6.
DREW GAGNON, Somerset Berkley: A junior, Gagnon rose to the occasion at the Division 3 South Sectional tournament where he took first place at 220 pounds. The Atlantic Coast League all star took second place at the Canton tournament en route to a record of 25-13.
MITCH RAPOSO, Durfee: A freshman. Raposo certainly made a name for himself this year at 106 pounds. He posted a record of 28-12 and took second place at the Division 1 South Sectional Tournament to earn a spot at the Division 1 state championships. Raposo is a Big 3 Conference all star.
Honorable mention: Durfee, Brian DeMello; Somerset Berkley, Quinn Fallon, Chandler Furtado.
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Ashley Vaughn enters her first season as the cross country and distance coach for the Charlotte 49ers cross country and distance programs. Prior to coming to Charlotte, Vaughn assisted the head coach at the University of South Carolina, where she obtained her master's degree in Sport and Entertainment Management. During her two year tenure at the University of South Carolina, the program produced numerous NCAA qualifiers and NCAA scorers.
The Monroe, N.C. native is a 2010 graduate of Clemson University, where she obtained her Bachelors of Science in Health Science. Vaughn ran cross country, indoor and outdoor track all four years while at Clemson. She was a four-time member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll and a member of the 2010 Women's Outdoor Track & Field ACC championship team.


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26 Aug 2012 1:00 AM #1
It renders one page at once because of rendering speed. The page scale can be changed by using multitouch gestures like the Zoom-Gesture or Pinch-To-Zoom.
PDF Rendering is done using the great Mozilla PDF.js Library (https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js).
By now the rendering speed isn´t very good. Take care by changing the maxPageScale config! I hope this is getting better with future development of mozilla´s PDF.JS.
The rendered page looks a bit blurry. This can be fixed by applying a sharpening filter on the rendered canvas. But this will cost some more cpu time, because we cant use WebGL by now.
Github Project
Ext.application({ views : [ 'Ext.ux.panel.PDF' ], launch: function() { Ext.Viewport.add({ xtype : 'pdfpanel', fullscreen: true, layout : 'fit', src : 'http://cdn.mozilla.net/pdfjs/tracemonkey.pdf', // URL to the PDF - Same Domain or Server with CORS Support }); } });
For an demo, please visit http://SunboX.github.com/st2_pdf_pan.../SimpleViewer/
Single page demo: http://SunboX.github.com/st2_pdf_panel/demo/NoToolbar/Water is coffee with javascript turned off.
30 Aug 2012 3:29 AM #2
Great stuff!
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31 Aug 2012 4:19 AM #3
Hi there,
First of all thanks for this great work. It is an awesome feature and important extensions. Unfortunately I have a problem using this in production build. It works perfectly in a testing build and in the development environment. Unfortunately I need the offline feature so production mode is a must have.
Here is the code that I use in a carousel:
{ xtype : 'pdfpanel', fullscreen: false, layout : 'fit', src : 'resources/media/Checkliste.pdf', // URL to the PDF - Same Domain or Server with CORS Support style : { backgroundColor: '#333' }, hidePagingtoolbar: false, pagingtoolbarDock: 'top' }
Error: stream must have data pdf.js:1
at dg (http://wk10/pbvproof/build/production/resources/lib/pdf.js/pdf.js:1:8072) at cw (http://wk10/pbvproof/build/production/resources/lib/pdf.js/pdf.js:1:8653) at Object.dW (http://wk10/pbvproof/build/production/resources/lib/pdf.js/pdf.js:1:5243) at Object.dU (http://wk10/pbvproof/build/production/resources/lib/pdf.js/pdf.js:1:5115) at dY (http://wk10/pbvproof/build/production/resources/lib/pdf.js/pdf.js:1:775669) at d0 (http://wk10/pbvproof/build/production/resources/lib/pdf.js/pdf.js:1:776579) at <error: Error: INVALID_STATE_ERR: DOM Exception 11> pdf.js:1
- [COLOR=red !important]Uncaught Error: stream must have data pdf.js:1[/COLOR]
Unfortunately the iPad doesn't output errors but is not working on it as well. Again in a testing build everything works fine in Chrome and on the iPad.
The pdf file is also defined in app.json's cache section withCode:
Best regards
31 Aug 2012 5:09 PM #4
Hi, sry I didn´t have tested that. Seems like chrome can´t load the file from local file system. Maybe it´s a permission problem. Don´t know it. I havn´t time to look at this now. Maybe next week.
What´s the difference between testing and production build?
The file loading is done by https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js
Maybe we have to rewrite it using the local FileSystem object provided by JavaScript (or PhoneGap).
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1 Sep 2012 1:57 AM #5
Ok, I think you could use the FileReader API:
and "readAsDataURL". Than you have to convert the base64 string into an byte array:
Like This:
Ext.application({ name : 'No-Toolbar Demo', views : [ 'Ext.ux.panel.PDF' ], launch: function() { var file = 'resources/media/Checkliste.pdf'; var viewer = Ext.crete('Ext.ux.panel.PDF', { fullscreen: true, layout : 'fit' }); Ext.Viewport.add(viewer); // Read the local file into a Uint8Array. var fileReader = new FileReader(); fileReader.onload = function(evt) { var base64String = evt.target.result; var byteArray = Base64Binary.decodeArrayBuffer(base64String); viewer.setData(byteArray); }; fileReader.readAsDataURL(file); } });
Will tell you, if I get it working.Water is coffee with javascript turned off.
3 Sep 2012 2:25 AM #6
plugin doesn't seem to working on mobile device
plugin doesn't seem to working on mobile device, can you please look into this
3 Sep 2012 4:12 AM #7
Which device? Browser based App or hybrid/native? If hybrid, build with PhoneGap/Cordova or with Sencha Touch Packager?
greetings SunnyWater is coffee with javascript turned off.
3 Sep 2012 4:23 AM #8
hybrid, build with PhoneGap/Cordova
hybrid, build with PhoneGap/Cordova on galaxy S
3 Sep 2012 4:27 AM #9
Are you loading the PDF from local file system (packed together with the App). If so, I´m working on this. The PDF Viewer Panel can only load PDF files from a Web-Server by now. Loading from local filesystem isn´t possible. I hope I can get his fixed soon.
greetings SunnyWater is coffee with javascript turned off.
3 Sep 2012 4:36 AM #10
tried it both ways
I have tried it both ways nothing works and if you open the example in mobile browser the pdf doesn't load, it displays loader endlessly.
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Recall: Sage Creek Organics Children's Sleepwear, Pajamas
On 2011-06-30, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published a recall regarding Sage Creek Organics Children's Sleepwear, Pajamas due to a potential fire-related burn hazard. This product sold new beginning in August 2010 for about $35.
About 600 units are involved in this Sage Creek Organics sleepwear recall. Learn more and find out what to do if you own this product below.
This was the 3rd recall of products in the Sleepwear & Loungewear category in 2011.
Since 2005, there have been approximately 50 similar recalls,
involving about 2 million product units.
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The garments fail to meet the federal flammability standards for children's sleepwear posing a risk of burn injury to children. The garments are being recalled because they do not meet the tight-fitting sizing requirements.
How can I tell if I own this product?
This recall involves long sleeve boys' and girls' pajama sets that were part of the Enchanted Forest Collection, Forest Friends Collection or Golden Dragonfly Collection. The sets were sold in sizes 6 months to 4T in the following colors: cream and green; dark blue and light blue; and, pink and lilac.
These items were sold new+ at Small boutiques nationwide and online at the company's website www.sagecreekorganics.com from August 2010 to February 2011 for approximately $35.
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Consumers should immediately return the garments to either the place of purchase or to Sage Creek Organics for a full refund.
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Holden Commodore SV6 wagon. Had these tires on from brand new. I did not encounter snow so can not rate but they are not designed for that!
My partner is a confident drive no problem in pushing the throttle and she drives the car 70% of the time.
I am an aggressive driver, I have had no problems with these tires, grip all the time except for now when the thread is getting low, she spins the back wheels a little when taking off from the lights with apx 50% throttle. Would love to get them again but no longer available.
Running 40 psi in them as running lower caused them to wear on the outside at the beginning. (tire company had that pressure and ensured me it was ok). after upping the psi to 40, I found the tire to wear a lot more evenly.
38000km is a great distance for a performance tire that gets a decent work out.
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After reading comments regarding poor tyre wear with these tyres I'm motivated to post my experience with fk452s. Firstly I have used Falken tyres for the best part of twenty years, enough said I think. Now I drive my 2006 M3 with traction control switched off, it intervenes far too much, and "sport" switched on and whilst we endure 60 mph speed limits where I live, there are plenty of the right roads where I can stretch my cars legs, so to speak. With regards to wear, I've achieved near 36,000 miles on the front tyres and averaging about 18,000 miles on the rears. With my E90 325i sport, the daily hack, I have had similar experience with 453s. Having said that, the brake pads in my E30 M3 lasted me just over 60,000 miles and so that may say something about our driving conditions here in Australia and/or say something about my personal driving style. I would buy them again, just because I know them to be a good reliable tyre.
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Bought these for my 1990 BMW 325i in a staggered setup and they're the best tires I've had, way better than Yokohama S Drives. I can't break these things loose! They grip like nobody's business and hold their own really well in the wet. Now my car has been lowered and it's got fender flares and basically is not a car designed for comfort so I really can't say anything on that subject, however these tires are a bit noisy. Not a humming but a very audible slap at high speeds. Doesn't bug me at all, and the performance and price make these well worth and I'll be buying these tires for quite some time.
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Another milestone in our storied history
Published: Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, February 8, 2013 at 12:38 p.m.
The Times-News has been delivering the news to our readers for 132 years. From our beginnings as a weekly newspaper to our current market-leading print and digital products, we have pursued the same goal — to gather, produce and distribute the vital news and information important to our readers throughout Western North Carolina. No one covers local news, government, education and sports like we do, while continuing to provide state, national and international stories and issues relevant to your lives.
While other news outlets are cutting back on their coverage, we are expanding ours. We launched an entertainment and leisure website, 85-26.com, and just within the past couple of weeks added legacy.com for obits and carolinabrides365.com for celebrations, weddings and engagements.
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Our readers rely on our news reports. And it takes financial resources to maintain a team of professional journalists who can compile those reliable reports. That's why, today, we are announcing another significant milestone in the history and evolution of the Times-News. Effective this week, as we continue to expand our online content, we are launching a new all-access content subscription model that includes digital subscriptions in addition to print.
As subscribers to our newspaper, most of you won't notice any change at all. If you are a current subscriber to the print edition, you will continue to have full access to BlueRidgeNow.com at no additional charge. In addition, you will also enjoy complete access to our mobile platforms and our e-edition, a digital replica of that day's printed edition. As a print subscriber, you simply need to visit BlueRidgeNow.com and register for full access to the site.
If you choose to access our electronic news products using BlueRidgeNow.com, or our mobile app, but do not subscribe to the print edition, you will be asked to buy a digital subscription for only $9.95 per month. With a digital-only subscription, you will receive all the benefits of our digital offerings without subscribing to the printed newspaper.
In either case, whether you subscribe to the printed newspaper or digital only, you will be able to view all of our content on all of your digital devices. So for just 51 cents a day with home delivery of the print edition, or for just 33 cents per day for digital only, you will get full access to all our news, sports and lifestyle content and information served to you across your mobile devices.
This introduction of our digital subscription is an important step forward as we continue our commitment to Western North Carolina and strengthen our ability to create and distribute high-quality news, information and content to our readers and customers.
Whether in print or online, we are committed to providing the products and services that you have come to expect. We promise to deliver your news your way.
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There. I admit it. For years I said I wouldn't buy a house with a pool, because they're too much to maintain and, besides, I have the entire Atlantic Ocean to swim in. But I've changed my mind. It's probably all of the amniotic fluid talking, but I want one. In our backyard.
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p.s.s. These are the rose bushes along the east wall. I'd like them thicker, but I'll settle for not murdering them. Advice?


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A COLERAIN native is moving up the fire department ladder in Columbus.
Steve Saksa, a 1987 St. John Central graduate, has recently been promoted to the rank of lieutenant with the Columbus Fire Department. He has been with the department since 1994.
"I have been fortunate to come across and learn from so many tremendous people," Saksa said. "I have enjoyed every minute of my time with the department.
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"I am proud and honored of being named lieutenant," he continued. "I will do whatever our department needs."
After picking up his diploma at St. John's, where he distinguished himself in football, basketball and track, Saksa headed off to the University of Akron. After one year with the Zips, he opted for a new direction in his life, one which has paid huge and continuing dividends.
Saksa opted to head to Oklahoma State to be part of its fire protection and safety program -- one of the highest regarded in the nation. He earned a four-year degree from the program and experienced some interesting and enlightning internships along the way.
While earning his degree at Oklahoma State, he took part in internships in California, a Department of Energy facility in Cincinnati as well as two summers on the North Slope of Alaska.
After picking up his diploma from the Stillwater-based university, Saksa matriculated back to the Ohio Valley. He worked part-time for some eight months with the Cumberland Trail Fire Department which led to an appointment with the Columbus Fire Department in March of 1994, the same year in which he graduated from the Columbus Fire Academy.
He worked in various sections of the city before he "made the greatest move of my career."
"I decided to transfer to the south end to work for the Parsons and Jenkins Co. I stayed there for 10 years," Saksa said. "It was a neighborhood firehouse with our own crew, officers and chief. It was a single house and we crossed work with EMS.
"It taught me a lot. It was the best of times," he continued. I really miss that place."
He opted to move on in order to gain some ladder company experience. The request to join a ladder company came from another Colerain native, Greg Lash.
"It was special working with another local guy. I couldn't pass on that opportunity," Saksa noted. "We worked together for one year. When Greg retired it resulted in me being promoted."
That promotion became effective this past Easter.
Saksa, 44, is now a roving officer for the department.
He is also an active member of the Columbus Professional Firefighters, IAFF Local 67 as a former Union Steward as well as a long-time member of the department's Health and Safety Committee.
Saksa's firefighting career is steeped in success. He is the recipient of Ohio Fire Service Medal of Valor, the Medal of Merit and a two-time winner of the Battalion Chief Commendation. He is also a State Fire Academy instructor.
In addition to his regular duties, Saksa is also a Technical Search Specialist with FEMA National Urban Search and Rescue, Ohio Task Force One based out of Dayton
"It's been a fun ride," Saksa said. "I have had great role models in my parents and family. I have learned a lot from everyone."
Saksa also prides himself on community involvement. That is reflected by his servings as a Huntington Hills Pool trustee, Pickerington schools PTO volunteer while also donating time with the high school youth group at Epiphany Lutheran Church in Pickerington.
His career and community resume morphs seamlessly in his remaining goals.
"I would like to continue to move up the ranks, but my biggest goals are outside the fire department," Saksa said. "I want to be a great husband and dad. Raising my family is my top priority. I also want to help the PTO and the community pool."
His family consists of wife Lisa, a Grove City native, and three children: Kylee, 15; Sydnee, 13; and Blake, 10. They reside in Pickerington, as does Steve's brother Chris.
Steve is the son of Steve and Marge Saksa of Colerian.
"I guess looking back and looking to the future, I'm so blessed to have been surrounded by tremendous people both in the Ohio Valley and here in Columbus. It reminds me of the fable or saying, "Standing on the shoulders of giants," those giants lifted me up so that I could see further," Saksa said. "I just hope I can do the same, pay it forward, so to speak. People like Jim Delman, Sunset Heights, Zig Tesnairz and Bob Finney from Colerain, Cliff Sligar, Greg Reline and Ken Saffel from Cumberland Trail. Guys like that were instrumental in my career and they did, and continue to do, great work back there in the Valley."
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STEUBENVILLE — One of two Steubenville High School defendants in a rape case pending in Jefferson County Juvenile Court was allowed to travel to California last week, a court official has confirme....
Never should have been allowed to "go on vacation". Smelling a cover-up. Shame on the system for allowing this boy to go in the first place.
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In what other state or town is a rapist allowed to go on vacation. Put him back in jail till these idiots come back.This goes to show every thing being said is true.Nothing will happen to these rapist or any other person involved. Now i believe everything not one thing done about the coach threatening the reporter or his family. Coverup all the way. I gave them the benefit of the doubt but no more And who are these people taking in this kid doesn't say much for them. Just because there son has to go doesn't mean the rapist has to go. Now I see why the kidnapping was droped inside job all the way. I could do a better job investigating this.I hope Carma gets all involved.
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Who is this Judge Lipps ???? You've got to be kidding,, To Cali. W.O.W. !!!!
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The state of what was once MTV.
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Sierra LaMar: Murder victim or missing person?UPDATED 6:37 PM PDT Oct 03, 2013
The 15-year-old girl from Morgan Hill vanished while on her way to school on March 16, 2012. Her accused murderer has still not entered a plea.Video Transcript
MORGAN HILL MAN ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING AND KILLING SIERRA LAMAR MORE THAN A YEAR AGO. AND ONCE AGAIN THE ACCUSED KILLER FAILED TO ENTER A PLEA .. WITH MORE ON TODAY'S COURT HEARING AND THE SEARCH FOR SIERRA WE GO TO ACTION NEWS REPORTER FELIX CORTEZ LIVE IN MORGAN HILL OUTSIDE THE "SIERRA SEARCH CENTER"### TORRES LIKELY NOT TO ENTER A PLEA UNTIL HIS DEFENSE TEAM GETS ALL THE EVIDENCE FROM PROSECUTORS.. AND THEY SAY THEY HAVEN'T.. AND IN COURT TODAY.. THEY SAID SIERRA LAMAR COULD BE A MISSING PERSON.. NOT A MURDER VICTIM.. some legal wrangling thursday.. between the defense and prosecution in the antolin garcia torres murder case gave us some insight into a possible defense.. The accused killer's defense team told a judge they haven't received all the evidence from prosecutors.. And as far as they're concerned this could be a missing person's case.. Not a murder investigation.. 23:57 this was the first time that we've seen the defense come out and start to give us a signal as to where they're going in this case at least priliminarly :04 and until sierra's body's found they're going to pursue this avenue of defense :09 morgan hill teen, sierra lamar disappeared last year on her way to school.. A few months later prosecutors charged torres with her kidnapping and murder .. But despite roughly a dozen court appearances.. Torres has yet to enter a plea.. Finding sierra's body could be key in getting this case on a fast track.. 26:35 the defense is going to say my client wasn't near the body prosecution going to say now we've got the crime scene we can look at are there injuries associated with the body :46 volunteers who continue to search for sierra and show up for her accused killer's court hearings.. Frustrated at the snail's pace of these court proceedings but still hopeful sierra lamar will be found.. Mos1 17:57 just the hope that we find her I have kids of my own and grandkids and if it were any of my kids out there I wouldn't stop until I find them :06 Mos 2 18:47 and we're just all hoping and praying that this comes to an end and sierra comes home soon :53 AND THAT'S WHERE THE "SIERRA SEARCH CENTER" COMES IN.. EVERY SATURDAY ROUGHLY TWO DOZEN VOLUNTEERS FAN OUT TO SEARCH FOR THE YOUNG GIRL.. AND THIS SATURDAY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES WILL BE GIVING A SPECIAL TRAINING SEMINAR ON ADVANCED SEARCH TECHNIQUES BEGINNING AT 8 IN THE MORNINNG.. THE CENTER HAS MOVED FROM BURNETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND IS NOW LOCATED HERE AT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL ON MONTEREY ROAD DAN..## ANTOLIN GARCIA TORRES IS DUE BACK IN COURT NOVEMBER 15th.. THIS COULD BE A CAPITAL PUNISHMENT CASE.. BUT PROSECUTORS SAY NO DECISION HAS BEEN MADE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY'LL PURSUE THE DEATH PENALTY IF TORRES IS CONVICTED###
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If raw eggs are nearing their expiry date, can they be preserved in the freezer? Would there be any issues with them after taking them out of the freezer?
Yes, but not in shell (they explode, often spectacularly).
See http://www.ochef.com/56.htm for some more information. In general, whites are better to freeze, although you can freeze yolks as well.
You have two options for freezing egg whites:
Approximately 2 tablespoons of egg white mixture equals a single egg.
You can freeze egg yolks but you need to add something to the mix, otherwise the yolks become gelatinous and unusable. Typically adding a small amount of salt or sugar to the beaten yolks should prevent this from happening.
If you're going to use the egg yolks without freezing them you'll typically need to use them the same day. I sprinkle a little water over them before covering and putting in the fridge to help keep them from drying on top.
You can freeze them but you'll need to add corn syrup (or make a simple syrup of sugar and water) and stir it into them before freezing. You'll need to use about 1/4 teaspoon per egg yolk.
Egg yolks cannot just be frozen on their own because the water in them freezes and causes the proteins to form tight clumps. The result is that when they are thawed they have firm gelatinous texture. I've tried the salt and sugar recommendations alone and find that they don't work, probably because neither has a chance to really dissolve and act to keep the water and proteins combined.
Using the corn syrup will ensure that it is evenly blended through (provided that you stir it in well). When I make an angel food cake I will do this by adding 2 tablespoons of corn syrup to a cups worth of egg yolks (about 12). Divide it into smaller containers though as you'll just waste it if you freeze it in batches bigger than you're likely to need. 1 tablespoon of the mixture is roughly equivalent to 1 yolk. You'll of course have to use it in recipes that would be sweetened such as custards, ice cream, etc.
Eggs can't read calendars and so the expiration date is only a guide. Properly handled, they will keep just fine for several weeks or longer past their expiration date. Their quality will slowly diminish primarily due to water loss. You can judge the age of an egg by placing it uncooked in a glass of water. The larger the air cell, the more internal water has been lost, and the egg will stand more upright at the bottom of the glass. If the egg is rotten, it may float. Don't leave the egg in the water, of course.
An egg that's been around a little while (it's usually long enough by the time you buy them at the grocery store) will make peeling boiled eggs easier than if you use eggs fresh from the hen.
There may be some recipes that are more sensitive to an egg's age, but I wouldn't use frozen eggs in them anyway.
Milk, on the other hand, is quite adept at calendar reading.
Freezing raw eggs in the shell will cause them to burst the shell though.
Yes, egg whites freeze fine. There's nothing special you need to do - just put them in a freezer bag. Some people freeze them in an ice-cube tray first, for easy measuring later.
I made a perfectly good sabayon (zabaglione) with unbeaten frozen egg yolks that I hadn't mixed anything into - I just put them in a cup and into the freezer. But maybe I got lucky, as I've also read elsewhere that adding sugar or a bit of corn flour (corn starch) helps.
I saw a chef's video podcast thing where he said that egg whites should last in the fridge for many weeks. I haven't tried that myself, though.


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The Pacific-12 Conference reprimanded the officials who worked Wisconsin's game at Arizona State on Saturday, which ended with the Badgers failing to attempt a game-winning field goal because of confusion in the game's final 18 seconds.
With under a minute left, Wisconsin drove 70 yards to set up a first down on ASU's 13-yard line. In what turned out to be the game's final play, Badgers quarterback Joel Stave ran left to try to center the ball for a kick attempt, downing the ball by touching his right knee to the grass. An official whistled the play dead. But an ASU linebacker thought the ball was live and jumped on it. The clock expired during the confusion.
A conference news release Monday said that, "Neither the referee nor anyone on his crew moved with appropriate urgency to clearly communicate that the ball was to be spotted so play could resume promptly."
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The Champions League begins on Tuesday with a familiar look: Defending champion Bayern Munich are the favorites, according to British bookmaker William Hill, with Spanish powers Barcelona and Real Madrid close behind. English sides Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City are considered the chasing pack.
But there are some new faces: 19 of the 32 teams in the field have managers who haven't completed more than a single season with their current clubs.
Pep Guardiola (Bayern Munich), Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid) and Jose Mourinho (Chelsea) are in their first seasons with their current clubs and have six Champions League titles among them. But nine of the 32 managers don't have that kind of Champions League experience. In fact, they are all making their group stage debuts.
Last season also saw nine managers on their first Champions League adventures—mostly with lower-profile clubs—and only two of their teams made it out of the group stage. Neither saw the quarterfinals.
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In this 2005 Notices article, Jerold Grossman tracks the proportion of papers in Math Reviews with 1, 2, 3, and >3 authors over time. His data set ends in 1999. I seem to recall reading that in 200k, for some value of k, the number of collaborative papers in math exceeded the number of single-authored papers for the first time. But I can't find any record of this. Does anyone know what k is, what a reliable source for this kind of data is, and what the proportion of collaborative papers is now?
According to the article, the original data was provided by the AMS. I don't think that the AMS leaves this sort of data lying around on laptops on trains, so do to it again you'd have to go and ask them. I suspect that, quite reasonably, the AMS likes to know what uses their data is put to.
On the other hand, data can be mined very easily from the arXiv via the API. I don't know if arXiv data would suffice for you. If so, a little scripting showed the following data for the month of October:
The ordering is by number-of-authors. So for math.KT there were 4 papers, of which 3 were single authored and 1 with 2 authors. Missing entries are 0s (so in math.NT there was a 6-author paper but none with 4 or 5). So collaborations outweigh single-author papers by a little bit (technical term).
I found this article from the Information Processing and Management, which may be related:
"Trends in transforming scholarly communication and their implications" (2002)
Unfortunately, I can't access the actual text, and am unwilling to pay for it.
I imagine you'll find more collaborative papers in applied math than in pure math. In fact, I'd speculate that the number of authors increases steadily as you move along the continuum from most pure (e.g. category theory) to most applied (e.g. applied statistics).


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This may just be paranoia but it always seems to me that as I reach new privileges, reputation becomes scarce. It almost makes me suspicious that fellow Stackonians are reserving their up votes for only the most righteous of questions and answers when they recognize how close you are to reaching another privilege. Has anyone else experienced this type of trend?
Now, assuming there is some of this behavior occurring, the other question becomes: Is this true to the spirit of what earning reputation is about?


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The 6 Worst Comic Book Super-Husbands
#3. Hawkeye, AKA Clint Barton
Married To:
Barbara Morse, AKA Mockingbird
Good Qualities:
Hawkeye has the typical cachet of better-than-usual abilities. He's an expert hand-to-hand fighter, accomplished gymnast, all of which we're assuming lets him perform admirably in the bedroom. If a cut-rate Captain America without the jingoistic overtones gets your motor running, look no further than Clint Barton.
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Warning Signs:
As hard as it is to be married to any superhero, it has to be harder to be married to a gimmicky B-lister. You have to imagine that as Mrs. Hawkeye you'd constantly be trying to boost his spirits with such encouragements as:
"I'm sure next time we fight Doctor Doom you'll get to do something before Iron Man carpet-bombs the area."
"You know, you'll be technologically relevant if we get sent back to the 16 century! It could happen!"
You wind up living with a man who has a crippling inferiority complex, often making weak attempts at justifying the whole 'bow and arrow' thing. For instance:
"Are you sure? 'Cause we could just untie--"
The Clincher:
Pop quiz, fellas: Your wife confesses to you that she was raped, and that she allowed the rapist to die after fighting him. Do you:
A) Wholeheartedly support her actions, only regretting that you weren't there to kill the man yourself.
B) Tell her that all that matters is that she's OK now.
C) Freak out, refuse to believe her, and take the side of the rapist.
If you picked an answer other than C, congratulations! You're not Hawkeye.
Yes, all of that happened to Mockingbird (the rapist was Phantom Cowboy, it's a long story). Mockingbird eventually tells Hawkeye of the events, and we are treated to this bewildering exchange:
By the way, as you can guess by the villain's name, he's a phantom. He doesn't actually die, he just inhabits another body, so basically his "death" was a mild inconvenience for him. Yet, Hawkeye takes his side. "Psychotic Phantasmal Bros Before Hos, Am I Right, Fellas!"
#2. Yellowjacket, AKA Goliath, AKA Giant-Man, AKA Ant-Man, AKA Henry "Hank" Pym
Married To:
The Wasp
Good Qualities:
As you can probably tell from the many different names, Henry Pym is constantly finding new ways to make his 'growing and shrinking' superpower seem fresh, displaying a certain creative flair. He's also a whole hell of a lot buffer than you'd expect your typical super-scientist to be.
Warning Signs:
Not to put too fine a point on, but Henry Pym's kind of an asshole, and an incredibly sketchy one at that. If he isn't feeling insecure about his abilities ("I'm just not big enough!"), he's building robots who eventually go insane and murder billions galaxy-wide.
"Stay out of the garage, honey. I'm working on something."
The Clincher:
Oh, yeah. That's Pym giving his wife a good superhero smacking. According to the writers, WHAK is the sound it made.
That happened while Pym was facing an Avengers court martial for being a crazy jackass. This would have effectively branded him a supervillain and given Thor, Iron Man, and Captain America full license to tap dance on his skull. Pym, thinking long and hard, decided that the best way to convince his friends that he wasn't a threat was to ... build a killer robot to attack the court martial hearing. Wait, what?
OK, so his plan was to defeat the robot by himself, thus convincing the assembly that he was still a hero. The Wasp overhears Pym's deranged mutterings and plays Devil's Advocate, suggesting that sending a giant robot to attack your super-friends is, um, kind of insane. Pym refuses to tolerate any backsass to his genius, and fetches her a nasty backhand, knocking her unconscious.
Wow. Do they get worse than that? Cold, distant, and emotionally unavailable? Check. Gradually alienating all mutual friends and coworkers? Check. Verbal and physical abuse? Check. The only reason for him not topping the list being that there's one man who does it all better ...
#1. Mr. Fantastic, AKA Reed Richards
Married To:
Susan Storm, AKA The Invisible Woman
Good Qualities:
A winning smile, a smooth talker, and a penis that can actually stretch a county mile.
Warning Signs:
Let's look at some examples of Mr. Fantastic's philosophies towards marriage:
Mr. Fantastic on Communication:
Mr. Fantastic on Reconciliation:
Mr. Fantastic on Shutting Susan Up:
The Clincher:
Let's be honest: any of the above pictures are enough to condemn Reed Richards as a lousy husband, and a total dick to boot. But we here at Cracked pride ourselves in going that extra mile when denouncing imaginary jerks, so try this gem on for size: Reed Richards shut off his own son's brain.
Young Franklin Richards, budding mutant prodigy and apple of his mother's eye, was an issue of some concern to his father. Franklin apparently had a godlike supply of reality-altering power, which Reed was afraid he might lose control of. His solution is enough to make anyone remotely familiar with an Oedipus complex bite clean through their cigars.
Ladies and gentlemen, The Coma Ray:
Reed "There's No Problem That Rayguns Can't Solve" Richards
Reed may look conflicted in the picture, but you just know that in the back of his mind he's going "Excellent! My calculations regarding the Vegetomatic Tranfusor were spot on! Truly, this a glorious day for science!"
The fact that Reed Richards is both the worst husband on this list while being the only one who's still married is probably a testament to just how good Reed Richards is at spinning his dick moves. Keep in mind, this guy got superpowers in the first place by taking his fiancee and her dopey teenage brother into dangerously radioactive areas of space (on said fiancee's dollar). That he became known as a superhero at all shows he is one smooth motherfucker. Well we're not fooled, Mr. Richards.
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I'm saving a very simple vim macro to a key: qa$pjq and then executing it 40000 times with 40000@a. This is very slow. I must be doing something wrong, because while it does work it takes something like 60-90 seconds. Is this as fast as vim goes? Are there some settings that can accelerate this? Is there a mixture of plugins that make macro execution slow?
I'm using a Mac and using MacVim. It is a plain text file, it really doesn't get any simpler than this.


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My intuition tells me it's a trade off between speed and security, but how did the standardisation process select these three seemingly arbitrary key lengths (namely, AES-128, AES-192, AES-256).
Prompted by Paŭlo's comment, I took a look at the original requirements set out for the AES candidates. A useful page for that turns out to be AES - The Early Years (1997-98) on the NIST web site (and surprisingly hard to find there; the internal links are broken and Google doesn't find it either).
The AES key lengths were specified in the original Request for Candidate Algorithm Nominations for the AES published in the Federal Register on September 12, 1997, in section 3, Minimum Acceptability Requirements (emphasis original):
So where did those key/block size combinations come from? In the earlier notice Announcing Development of a Federal Information Processing Standard For Advanced Encryption Standard, posted in the Federal Register on January 2, 1997, the "proposed draft minimum acceptability requirements and evaluation criteria" include:
This proposed requirement received many comments, and was discussed in the AES workshop on April 15, 1997. Bruce Schneier, in his notes on the workshop, writes:
Apparently, the three key sizes and one block size specified in the NIST minimum requirements, and later in the AES standard, were selected at least in part based on those discussions.
Ps. I've seen it claimed, e.g. by Thomas Pornin in this answer, that the three key lengths "exist mostly to satisfy some US military regulations which call for the existence of several distinct 'security levels'". The notes and comments cited above strongly suggest to me that this probably wasn't the only reason for the decision to require multiple key lengths, although it could certainly have been one reason. In any case, if anyone can actually point to the specific regulations that require these distinct security levels (assuming they're publicly available), I'd be interested in seeing them.


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Is קֻדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא a translation of הקדוש ברוך הוא? At any rate both expressions are one phrase. Why then in kaddish do we reply with בריך הוא when someone says שְׁמֵהּ דְּקֻדְשָׁא, בְּרִיךְ הוּא or שְׁמֵהּ דְּקֻדְשָׁא. This question is related and Double AA in a comment quotes Taz OC 56 sk 3 who clearly reports בריך הוא as a response.
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The [Magen Avraham] says that the custom is to say brich hu with the Chazan so that he wouldn't stop there (like the Rama requires and unlike the Mechaber who says that one should stop there).
In other words, one is saying (in Aramaic) "...should be praised the name of The Holy One Blessed is He who is above all blessings, praise, etc."
Now, people made a mistake and interupt the Chazan with "Brich hu" which goes against the Rama.


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I love Asian cooking, but my doctor wants me on a low-sodium diet. Unfortunately, even the "lower-sodium" or "reduced sodium" versions of sauces (soy, tamari, etc.) are extremely high in sodium. Is there any alternative that can replicate the flavor of these sauces without the heavy dose of sodium?
Unfortunately the sodium chloride salt is a requirement for the fungus and brewing process which goes into making soy sauce, you are extremely unlikely to find a much lower salt soy sauce, however experiment with vietnamese cuisine which uses more chilli and less soy
if you can tolerate some sodium, this is the lowest sodium soy sauce i can find
kikkoman less salt soy sauce, it has 3.4g sodium per 100ml which gives 170mg per 5ml tsp which is around 6% per tsp or 18% per 15ml Tablespoon (and thats based on the american sodium recommendation of 2400mg per day, wheras the UK recommends upto 6000mg per day so... take it with a pinch of salt so to speak)
I would recommend trying Bragg's Liquid Aminos. The sodium content is 6% daily allowance for a 1/2 tsp amount. It won't work if used measure measure, though, compared with San-J's reduced sodium tamari at 29% for 1 TBS or Kikkoman's Less Sodium Soy Sauce at 24% for 1 TBS. (Bragg's Liquid Aminos would top them at 36%.) If it can be used successfully in smaller increments (a possibility given its concentrated nature), it would be a useful replacement.
I recommend the Bragg's brand because I have used it and find it satisfactory, though for its own merit, not as a soy sauce substitute. I haven't used any other liquid amino acid product to compare it with. It won't give you exactly soy sauce flavor, but it has sufficient body to be a useful substitute particularly in cooking.
Short answer, no. But you can look at other ingredients in a stir-fry and ramp up the flavor there:
for the sour ingredients (vinegar lemon juice) try Shaanxi black vinegar which has a robust dark flavor
Few drops more toasted sesame oil to replace other mild frying oil
broth made with shitake instead of milder chicken/veg stock
dash of aged Shaoxing wine (drinkable rather than cooking variety best) adds a brewed dimension
Just some of the ways to add that savory brown something missing without soy
I buy the lowest sodium content soya sauce I can find. I then mix the sauce 50 50 with distilled water. The distilled water has no flavours to compete with the diluted soya sauce. For fish and oyster sauces I buy the vegetarian types which are lower in sodium. For the fish sauce I dilute it about 25% with distilled water.
"Tangle extract" from kombu (tangle) seaweed, is used in Japanese cuisine to potentiate the effect of monosodium glutamate - that can make a big reduction in the sodium intake. Whatever a recipe calls for in the way of MSG, use a tiny pinch and a good dose of kombu to get the same effect.
More info here.
Yes you can look into using molasses as a substitute combined with rice-wine vinegar, apple cider vinegar and even balsamic vinegar.
"Chinatown" brand dark soy sauce, a product made in Jamaica, has only 145 mg of sodium per 15 mL. So it's lower in sodium than any other soy sauce anyone has mentioned so far.
You can order some from <http://healthyheartmarket.com/chinatownsoysauce.aspx>.
Chowhound poster "bailey2012" likes it.
You can order other reduced-sodium soy sauces from <http://healthyheartmarket.com/lowsodiumsoysauce.aspx>.
I have never tasted any of the products mentioned in this post. If you try one, please click "improve this answer" or "add comment", then add your review.
The "No Salt Lowest Sodium" cookbooks by Donald A. Gazzaniga have some very low sodium Asian sauce alternatives that are worth trying. Amazon.com carries many of the author's books.


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Is there a way to set up key bindings for the
DisplayFormula and
DisplayFormulaNumberedstyles? I am using Mathematica 9 on mac OS X 10.7.5. This would be very useful as it is time consuming having to click through with the mouse each time.
Is there a way to set up key bindings for the
Yes, you can do that. You can for all notebooks using a given style by editing the style notebook for that style or you can do it for just one notebook. In either case you
You can bind the selected style to Cmnd+1 through Cmnd+9 and Cmnd+Shift+2 through Cmnd+Shift+0. To assign a Cmnd+Shift shortcut, enter the appropriate shifted character; e.g., enter "@" into the Options Inspector to get Cmnd+Shift+2. If all the bindings are in use, you will to give up one to make a new binding.
The following image shows how editing cmnd key assignment in a stylesheet notebook looks.
The were mistakes and omissions my answer when fist posted. I hope I have fixed them now.
This already exists in the Articles StyleSheets, both in the JournalArticle and Preprint as well as in the Book StyleSheets both in the TextBook and Monograph. In all these the
DisplayFormula is Alt+5
and the
DisplayFormulaNumbered is Alt+6.
I like these StyleSheets more then the Default one. There is a peculiarity in them, however, which might seem uncomfortable: in all of them the newly-created cell is by default the TextCell, rather than InputCell, which is the case in the Default StyleSheet. This is, however, logic. In everything else these StyleSheets are much richer in features.


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Bring your lunch to the Bluffton Branch Library each Tuesday at Noon and enjoy a newly released film. We'll provide dessert! Full movie listing is available at the Bluffton Branch Library.
Showing : The Odd Life of Timothy Green (PG)


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Heartland Author Series: Richard Trzupek
'Regulators Gone Wild' explains how the EPA is stranglingAmerican industry and the U.S. economy. Join us for lunch and a lecture!
As a respected scientist and consultant, Rich Trzupek has been employed by some of America's largest corporations and by some of its smallest, most innovative entrepreneurs. Those experiences have provided him with a unique perspective. While many of his colleagues in the industrial consulting community consider only the short-term profit opportunities that an overly aggressive EPA provides them, Trzupek takes a longer view. If the EPA continues to hamstring America's ability to create wealth, everyone loses.
Richard Trzupek
Watch Richard's presentation below.


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Moda: Lingerie Trend Report Autumn/Winter 2014
Moda time is one of my favourite times of year. There's nothing I love more than popping around the stalls and seeing what my favourite brands have to offer in the coming seasons – or even better – finding a new favourite brand to drool over! This year was no different, with a fair few 'must haves' from the likes of Gossard, Tutti Rouge, Freya, Panache and more. Warning: this season is not for the shy – I've put together a summary of some of the trends I spotted weaving their way through each of the collections, with neon bright shades, oriental, strong colours and bold florals making a strong statement.