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HD, Hosted Payload Deals, Political Upheaval, Ka-Band: The Changing Middle East Satellite Market
The Middle East is a vibrant region for satellite communications. With HD on the cusp of major growth and operators like Yahsat and Arabsat delivering a stock of new capacity to the region, is a new era for satellite communications emerging there?
In 2011, the Yahsat 1A satellite, one of the highest capacity satellites ever to enter the Middle East communications market, was launched. It heralded the official entrance of a new satellite player with the ability to completely change the dynamics of the market.
With so much new capacity coming online from both regional players and larger operators such as Intelsat, SES and Eutelsat, one of the key questions is whether there will be enough demand for the available supply. Patrick French, a senior analyst at NSR, says there is more than enough capacity being launch in the Middle East to meet the foreseeable demand.
"We are seeing a shifting demand. Some governments are going from Ku- to Ka-band in some cases," says French. "We think there is plenty of capacity coming into the market. We don't see any severe supply constraints, except for specific exceptions. If someone needs capacity on a very specific local slot with a specific beam, there is no guarantee that capacity will be available. But, in general, there is a good bit of new capacity coming into the market."
Optimism Grows
Yahsat will launch its 1B satellite this year, and thus have two of the most powerful satellites in the region. Tareq Al Hosani, Yahsat's CEO, believes there is "an insatiable desire for instant broadband connectivity" in the region. Yahsat believes its new YahClick service will be the catalyst for a raft of consumers and businesses moving to broadband services via satellite. According to Al Hosani, there are many reasons for optimism. He says, "One of the key definers that we will be able to offer through YahClick's Ka-band technology is that it enables subscribers to access our high-speed broadband service through a small receiver dish — similar to the DTH TV antennas. This will significantly cut costs and will mean that customers will have a reliable Internet service that they can access directly from the satellite, avoiding the last mile connectivity issue which is often the major cause of service disruption."
Attacking a number of different market segments will be key to the potential success of Yahsat going forward, according to Al Hosani. "YahClick's proposition also means that it supports a wide-range of market segments other than the consumer market," he says. "For example, we will be able to offer broadband solutions to government agencies for school networks and various other e-government solutions. YahClick will also offer both primary and back-up connectivity to business users. We are also working on new applications including transportable solutions for satellite news gathering and disaster recovery."
If successful, Yahsat could make a significant impact on the market, though a lot will depend on how the company performs in the broadcast arena. A recent deal involving Middle East broadcaster MBC Group could be a sign of things to come. French says, "Yahsat would have to prove that they can create a new TV hotspot. I don't think we can say today they have succeeded in doing that. It will take time. To say they have shaken up the Middle East market, they will have to become successful in TV/broadcasting. The UAE government deal they got was not open to competition. YahClick is very interesting and has a lot of potential. It needs time to really show that it will generate a lot of interest. I think Yahsat is on the cusp, and has a lot of potential, but they have not succeeded yet."
While Yahsat has gained a lot of headlines in recent years, it is not the only Ka-band story in the region. Arabsat has also invested in new satellites and has just completed investment in its fifth-generation satellite program. Khalid Balkheyour, CEO, Arabsat, says the company will take a "calculated and targeted approach" towards Ka-band.
"We have already put a Ka-band payload on our just-launched satellite 5C. Our strategic partner, Riyadh-based King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), has leased the full Ka-band payload to support telecommunication, broadband and military applications in Saudi Arabia," says Balkheyour. "So, 2011 was somehow already been the year of Ka-Band for us, but we do not intend to stop there. We are carefully reviewing the opportunities, be it through direct partnership with major players or service providers, customers, broad market research and competitive offerings. But, all of our next-generation satellites will definitely host Ka-band payloads."
Although the enthusiasm for Ka-band is spreading, not everyone is rushing headfirst into the new bandwidth. Salah Hamza, CTO, Nilesat, says, "I think there is good opportunity for Ka-band broadband provided that regulators in different countries will authorize it. On the other side, we don't have plans during 2012 to commission Ka-band satellites."
The other major driver for satellite capacity in the region is likely to be broadcast, and in particular HD services, as the number of channels begin to increase. However, as a region, there are challenges for widespread HD adoption. French says, "The big question is, can you launch HD into the more generalized FTA market in the Middle East? That gets more challenging. If you are a national broadcaster, you don't have to look at the business model. You have money already there. What is challenging is commercial HD channels. So, how do you make a commercial model for HD channels given the business model in the Middle East is generally FTA? That is very challenging, but be do think HD in the Middle East will come on."
Balkheyour says the number of HD channels is on the increase. "The latest figures we have indicate 18 percent growth for the number of HD channels in the MENA region. We lead the way in FTA HD transmission in the region, and we have 90 percent market share of FTA HD transmission. All in all, we now have more than 30 HD channels including premium content such as Abu Dhabi sport channels, Al-Jazeera channels and the newly launched Saudi sport channels as well as other 15 FTA channels," he says.
Nilesat also expects to see more activity, according to Hamza. "The real growth in HD started in 2011," he says. "You have pay-TV operations, and on the other side MBC started the first FTA HD channel. Some governments and private TV channels have started also, so the total number of HDTV channels is around 36 and it is expected to increase to more than 55 this year."
Jawad Abbassi, CEO of research organization Arab Advisors, says the company is seeing "good growth" for HD in the Middle East. "By January 2011, the region already had 24 pay-TV HD channels and 10 FTA HD channels. Arabsat has 22 HD channels and Nilesat had 18 HD channels by the end of 2011. We expect we will see more HD channels coming into the market. Consumer electronics are changing the landscape and many people have HD sets in their homes now. I expect to see double-digit growth in the number of HD channels in 2012."
One of the companies at the sharp-end of the HD revolution in the Middle East is OSN, one of the main pay-TV operators in the region. The company now offers 19 HD channels, and according to Emad Morcos, vice president of business development and strategy at OSN, the operator will continue with its aggressive expansion plans for HD channels. The operator will need ever-increasing satellite capacity, as not only is it increasing its HD offering, but has also started to offer 3-D TV services in the region.
Bringing more local content will be center to its strategy going forward, says Morcos. "As we have consolidated the best in Western programming, we are now increasing our investment in Arabic content. We are also in discussion with other partners that want to enter into the pay-TV environment, we hope to make a number of announcements in 2012 with regards to our strategy."
Morcos expects the Middle East broadcast market to follow global trends in terms of content preferences and technology adoption. "The MENA Region media consumption is following global trends both in terms of content and channel/platform preferences and in terms of technology adoption, therefore we expect increasing non-linear consumption as well as triple/quadruple play adoption," he says, adding that the company also believes HD and mobility will drive pay-TV adoption. "MENA customers are more and more sophisticated and strive for content and service quality, hence OSN is investing in quality content, new technology as well as in strategic partnerships that enhance the TV experience while maximizing financial returns."
A Warning
The Middle East broadcast and broadband landscape may offer many causes for optimism for all players across the value chain, like in many regions, but satellite could face increased competition in some markets. One service provider operating in the region is Don Telecom, which provides telecoms services via satellite.
Don Telecom's general manager, Zakie Karam, says that because of the competition in the data market, the company will have to go more into Africa rather than rely on the Middle East data market in order to grow revenues. "What has occurred in somewhere like the Middle East is that you will need much less satellite. There will still be requirements for satellite, but it will be much less. The market for satellite is shrinking in the Middle East," she says. "Governments in the region are becoming more knowledgeable when it comes to providing fiber. More networks are now being built out in the Middle East, which as I said, is eroding the market for satellite," she says.
The focus on Africa has happened in a very quick, dramatic fashion. Karam adds, "In the coming months, our revenue split will be 70 percent Africa and 30 percent Middle East. This has been a big change. In the Middle East, we had fairly strong access to customers so the revenue split not that long ago was in favor of the Middle East, but the business is now moving to Africa. It is now an Africa focused business. The Middle East data market via satellite will probably be 20 percent of what it was six months ago, compared to what we have seen recently. The data communications market via satellite is dying in the region, but it is good news for the customer. It is a sign of progress. It will impact the company, but it is good for the countries to have a reduced price to fiber like connectivity."
Hosted Payloads
An important topic of discussion for the satellite industry in 2012 will undoubtedly be hosted payloads. The Middle East already has some hosted payload-type deals taking place, one involving ictQatar, a government organization out of Qatar, which has teamed up with both SES and Eutelsat to bring dedicated satellite capacity to businesses and the people in Qatar.
However, other deals are also in the pipeline. Arabsat is set to announce a hosted payload deal this year. "We are currently in an advanced negotiations stage where we have already completed all the preliminary leg work allowing us to start negotiating the commercial terms of this partnership that we expect to become effective in early 2012," says Balkheyour.
Cusp of Change
One of the interesting aspects about the Middle East communications market was the role satellite played as significant political events unfolded last year. The demand for media and the need to be connected was brought into sharp focus in 2011, as political and civil unrest caused some of the world's most powerful news stories. Satellite players had to adapt quickly. Looking back on this, Balkheyour says, "Enormous capacities on our fleet were dedicated to securing the delivery of the news and live events from the many theaters to the viewers. This was also the opportunity for us to prove our commitment to the highest level of broadcast quality we seek to have all across our fleet. We were able, through extensive technical assessment, to pinpoint details of sources of jamming that were targeting a number of news channels widely watched in the region. We also support our customers by providing back-up capacity and other technical solutions to minimize intentional jamming in the future."
Nilesat, which is based in Egypt where a change in government was brought about, also saw activity here. Hamza says, "Nilesat is a regional satellite operator and a private investment company, so the political problems in Egypt did not affect its activity. During the Arab revolution we suffered from intentional interference on our satellites; for instance, interference was coming from the former regimes against certain news channels and from opposing parties to the regime."
The region is on the cusp of change, which in some ways could mirror what is going on politically. Operators with deep pockets are launching satellites, but with the HD market still in its infancy, and a market yet to be established for broadband via satellite, there are as many questions as answers. "It is implementation that is going to be a big thing. So, one of the questions will be, will someone be able to establish a new FTA video slot? Will someone be able to establish pay-TV services beyond OSN? Will HD services really see strong take-up? Will Ka-band be warmly received and see high-demand in the region. I don't necessarily see new trends, but more implementation of the trends that have developed in the last year or two," says French.
Balkheyour expects new business models could emerge in the region. He adds, "Definitely the introduction of new technologies including Ka-band and HD could enable new business models and fundamentally change the relation among satellite operators, broadcasters and telecom services providers. However, the satellite industry has proven over the years to be of the most resilience and adaption, and it will continue to serve the needs of many segments for many years to come."
The Multimedia Exchange Network Over Satellite (MENOS) was initiated by Arabsat and Newtec to aid certain broadcasters, such as news broadcasters, to effectively transmit and exchange multimedia content. MENOS was officially launched in 2009. Simon Pryor, Newtec's product marketing director, outlined which direction the MENOS project will take as it enters its third year. "One of our focus areas is newsgathering. We now have a product range to allow newsgatherers to support both live- and file-based news workflow up to 1 Mbps at a low usage cost. They can send their stories back to newsrooms. The deployment of the fast newsgathering service is one of the major challenges for us in 2012," he says.
Other developments include helping broadcasters with workflow management. Pryor adds, "Another big focus this year is the expansion of file-based workflow support. MENOS has always had IP file-based capability, but will now support integrated managed file-based workflows, and all the associate metadata. It is something that the broadcast industry is struggling to manage as they introduce these file-based workflows into their contribution networks. Our goal is to provide this capability in a way that suits the market needs being easy to use and cost-effective to deploy."
Pryor believes the MENOS project has struck a chord with broadcasters. "The new Arabsat satellite (5C) has given the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) extra capacity allowing them to deploy HD services in addition to SD," he says. "The extra bandwidth supports more concurrent users, demonstrated by the traction with broadcasters like Al Jazeera. Iraq now has a virtual network on the MENOS platform to be able to improve their national contribution and exchange of content. The extra capacity allows the ASBU to support such a growing network."


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How to explain/motivate the method of separation of variables for PDEs to undergraduates? What's the real math behind it? It's not just because the guy who fancied it is very smart, right? (Although I feel like it does give students this impression...)
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What I want is to configure a computer in home with Windows and use it as a TCP proxy for connect and route packets from the 80 to port 23 in another server in the Internet
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rinetd should do the job, and a Windows binary for it can be had from http://www.boutell.com/rinetd/ (for anyone looking for the same thing under Linux, rinetd is in the standard repositories of just about every distro so can be installed with "apt-get install rinetd" or "yum install rinetd" or similar)
You can use the built-in
You'll need Administrator privileges.
You are required to install IPv6 on your operating system before using this feature. On Vista and later this is a non-issue as IPv6 comes installed by default, but on XP/2003 you have to open up your network interface property panel, and add the Microsoft TCP/IP version 6 protocol first.
You're looking for a TCP proxy. There are a variety of free TCP proxies for Windows. I'm not going to recommend one because I don't have any good experience with any of them. Google for "Windows TCP proxy" and you'll come up with a boatload.
This one is cute and source is available, but I don't know how reliable: http://dposey.no-ip.com/Proxy/
It's a fairly trivial piece of code, though one could put some pretty neat features into a high-end TCP proxy (load balancing, logging of traffic, etc).
Assuming it's http packets you could use one of the many windows proxies out there Like Squid NT or something similar.
But if you just wanna port forward any packets, SSH tunneling is the way to go. Check out sshwindows for the server piece and http://oldsite.precedence.co.uk/nc/putty.html for a quick howto on how to set up port forwarding in PuTTY.
There might be an easier way using Some built in Microsoft tool, but this is what came to the top of my head first.
3proxy is a small and flexible cross-platform multipurpose proxy which can act as a TCP proxy too.


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Would a recruiter prefer a B.A in Comp Science from a more prestigious university or a B.S in Inf Tech from just an average university? Would it matter for someone already established in the field with plenty of experience?
The only difference in the B.A and B.S is essentially the mathematics. The B.S is geared for those going on to master's programs, although one isn't excluded from going on to a masters program with a BA, many do require more mathematics.
Just for those curious, the information tech degree is typically geared more to real-world problems then the computer science and the quality of it will vary widely. Some inf tech programs are as in-depth as an ABET C.S degree, the information tech from Drexel looks extremely strong. The Management Information Systems is generally provided via the business school and is more of a traditional business degree.
I'm not sure really how well versed the recruiters/g.p are in the actual differences in all of these programs. Some non ABET BS Comp Science may only require 1 or 2 Calculus versus the ABET certified programs.


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Ann Gowen-Castner of Richardsville Elementary received the Financial Literacy Teacher of the Year Award from Kentucky JumpStart Friday morning.
Gowen-Castner was one of three teachers chosen for the honor in Kentucky.
She says it's important for young children to understand finances, since they, today, tend to be more frivolous with their money.
"It's a good way to teach the value of what to spend it on. How to save, and just bring in that real-world experience for them," Gowen-Castner says.
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I was reading a text. It said,
"Information presentation must be compatible with the response time needs of
systems. The response time should be short enough that the information does not
lose its freshness and value but it should be long enough to reduce volume (and
costs) and reveal important trends that signal the need for action"
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I want to create a C program that accepts input from a joypad (
/dev/input/js0), processes it, and then sends it to a fake device file (character or block) labeled as a keyboard (oh, and what is the device file for a keyboard?. I would like to know if it is possible to do this, and if so, how.
I want to create a C program that accepts input from a joypad (
Look closely at an excerpt from an
The two numbers after the group ID but before the date are the device file's major and minor numbers. This is basically the "kind" of device it is. 8 in this case is a SCSI (or emulated SCSI) disk drive.
http://lxr.linux.no/linux/Documentation/devices.txt is a somewhat not-so-recent list of all the major and minor numbers. Not sure of the official location of the latest version of the list.
So anyway, these files are created with the
If you just want a fake device file and don't care what happens to the data you send to it, there's always


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(CNN) -- Mitt Romney on Wednesday reiterated his position that new gun laws are unnecessary in the wake of the Colorado movie theater massacre that left 12 dead and dozens wounded last week.
"Well this person shouldn't have had any kind of weapons and bombs and other devices and it was illegal for him to have many of those things already," Romney said in an interview with NBC. "But he had them. And so we can sometimes hope that just changing the law will make all bad things go away. It won't."
Romney argued the more "essential" task at hand involves tackling individual mindsets, rather than gun legislation.
"Changing the heart of the American people may well be what's essential, to improve the lots of the American people," he said.
His comments came in an NBC News interview in London, where he starts an overseas trip that takes him to the Olympic Games opening ceremony on Friday, then to Israel and Poland.
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee first articulated his position on gun control on Monday, telling CNBC that the challenge is not the laws, but "the people."
"I still believe that the Second Amendment is the right course to preserve and defend and don't believe that new laws are going to make a difference in this type of tragedy," he said Monday.
As governor of Massachusetts, Romney signed a 2004 extension of a ban on assault weapons, at the time saying "These guns are not made for recreation or self-defense. They are instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people."
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In 2006, ahead of his bid for the 2008 Republican nomination, he became a lifelong member of the NRA.
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I am having trouble understanding when a function might have a removable singularity over a pole.
For example: $$f(z)=\frac{\sin^2 z}{z}$$
I believe the pole is at $z=0$. However, if we take the taylor expansion of $f(z)$ apparently the pole vanishes. I do not understand how and where does the pole vanish that it becomes a removable singularity.


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Social media marketing,viral marketing,classified marketing are the parts of search engine marketing.It will help to get thousands of customers for business.Now corporates are emphasizing for making their websites Search engine friendly.In India webmasters are focusing on organic SEO instead of PPC and other methods.
SEO is a part of online marketing.The latest statistics reveal that 400 million people access internet regularly in India and that is jump of 700% in last six years. And, here comes the best part; the internet users as of now comprise of only 3.6% of the population. Now you can imagine the scope of internet marketing in India!


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I come from a journalism background and am very interested in the dying style of narrative journalism, or creative non-fiction. I was discussing a project with a potential editor and said I didn't want to do any composite characters because, while I get that narrative techniques (scenes, dialogue, plot) are the crux of this type of writing -- it's still non-fiction. She seemed to think that composite characters are the norm and expected which just makes me shudder a bit. What do you think? Are composite characters in a non-fiction piece ethical?
I would encourage you not to do something you find unethical. The writing will suffer, and it probably won't be worth the rewards to put out a product you regret.
I think this article on the subject of creative non-fiction is a good one. The "cornerstone principles" it describes are:
Going by these rules, I would say that if the work purports to be nonfiction, any fictional elements within should be declared as such. This might be as simple as a little blurb at the start or end of the book. The amount of detail in such a disclosure would largely depend on what satisfies your own ethical sense of being honest to the reader.
Ask yourself this: "If someone were to write a detailed analysis of how my account differs from actual events, would any of it make me ashamed or embarrassed?" If so, you need to remedy that by adjustments to the text, through disclosure of these differences to the reader, or maybe even by giving up the project.
If you start making things up, then it's a bit disingenuous to try and call it non-fiction, right?
I can see where your potential editor is coming from - a few years ago there were a slew of stories about supposed memoirs being half fictional and half true. It certainly makes an interesting piece when authors do that, and it can be done quite well.
The catch is, that's not non-fiction. It's something halfway between fiction and non-fiction. For writing like that we ought to revive another old genre - the tall tale.


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This morning I could not find my training shoes. So, I used my sandals. I found that the sandals not only kept my feet cool but there was no pedal slippage as I had expected. The more I think about it, having no laces is probably another advantage. So, which footwear is best for summer cycling?
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When summer comes around, I love riding around in my Chaco sandals. When using any non-cycling shoe on a bike, you'll want to have proper pedals with a good grippy platform, I particularly like the MKS Grip King. The biggest danger is probably getting the tops of your feet sunburned.
I wouldn't recommend flip-flops or non-sport sandals, but sport sandals are perfectly fine on a bike. If you want to get seriously dorky, you can even get SPD-cleat ready sandals from Shimano or Keen.
I commute by bicycle in the summer in Sacramento, CA... there are days when it is so hot in the afternoon that I avoid brushing against the steel frame of my bike because it burns the skin to touch!
I agree that open-toed sandals are not such a great idea for cycling--even when overheating is an issue--but I also believe that heat stress is a real problem that must be dealt with. Cooling my feet off isn't my highest priority, but it is certainly in the mix.
The solution that I have found are close-toed sandals. In fact, I have found a pair of closed-toed sandals that accept cleats for clipless pedals. I roll with SPD's in my sandals in the summer. I'm riding in Keen Commuter sandals in the summer: http://bit.ly/hyo1M5
My one issue with them is that I need to cinch them very tight in order to not feel them moving on my foot when I'm lifting up on the pedal. Otherwise, no complaints!
Sandals are fine for casual pedaling, but are unsafe and innapropriate for more energetic efforts. Good rule of thumb? If you're going for coffee, and not on a hard core road bike (or in a group of friends that make everything a race) then sandals are probably ok. Less than 5 miles an hour, probably ok.
Road bike? Racer buddies? Off road, even a little bit? Wear the trainers. And BTW good, ventilated, light weight trainers are just as comfy as sandals, but are a lot safer. Sandals at low speed may have good traction on a pedal, but sandals at higher speeds are unlikely to maintain good traction between both the pedals and the sandals, and between the sandals and your feet.
Even better, consider a pair of cycling shoes, with pedals made to fit. They'll have the best traction, and really high quality shoes are very comfortable and well ventilated.
Generally sandals aren't good riding shoes.
There are Shimano SD65 sandals with the SPD cleat, cleats being a safety feature IMHO as they keep your feet on the pedals even if you are not fully clipped in, with less scope for your feet to slip off the front of the pedals. Couple these with Time rather than SPD cleats and you get ankle movement and do not have to constantly reposition your feet as happens with platform pedals.
As mentioned already in this thread, flip-flops are a bad idea. In fact they are a spectacularly bad idea and I only found this out after meeting someone that broke their ankle from riding a bike with flip-flops. What happened was that the flip-flop bent round the pedal to be close to the ground, this hit some scenery and the hospital ward followed thereafter.
I happen to think sandals are a bad idea. They provide next to no toe protection.
I know people who have ridden in the winter with sandals and love them. (Goretex socks as outers for water protection and whatever you need inside for the temperature).
But the problem is there is so much crap on the road, you never know when something will pop up hit your feet.
This was funny as after reading about the guy with the Goretex socks, I tried my ride to work in sandals, and actually hit a bit of wrapping (The stuff the tie up stacks of wood or things on pallets with) that was on the ground, and whacked my toes pretty badly.
The more I looked around as I rode on the street I realized there is way too much crap on the road for sandals to be a good idea.
As zenbike said, to hop out for coffee, sure. But if you are going to do any road riding, it seems ill advised to me.


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I have an environment variable that I've set in
~/.profile with the following line:
export APPDIR=/path/to/dir
When I log in and load up a terminal, I can verify that the variable is set:
$ printenv APPDIR
I'm trying to access this variable from within a Qt application:
QString appdir = getenv("APPDIR");
QTWARNING("dir: |" + appdir + "|");
The warning window that pops up shows me:
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What is going on here? Am I misunderstanding about how environment variables work in Ubuntu?
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I have published an Infopath form that creates a custom content type for a site. Using SharePoint Designer, I have created a workflow for the list that the content type is associated to. So why can I not access the fields of the Content type from the workflow?
InfoPath promoted columns are not treated like normal columns in SharePoint. They don't show up in Workflows, they don't show up for calculated columns, you can't use them for lookup columns, and they can't be edited in the SharePoint list forms, etc. In 2007 there was a special checkbox to promote the columns as read/write that could make them full columns, but I think they removed this in 2010.
I will check this tomorrow to see if there are any publishing options in 2010 to promote full columns.
Chris is correct, you cannot write to these columns as the form moves through your workflow as these columns are simply displaying the data from within the XML file. In order to work with the data and manipulate it, you would have to add custom extensions to write to nodes within the XML schema itself. However, you can use the data within workflows in ways like waiting for the field to change or as conditions to move through the process.


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The Rural Law enforcement Technology Institute will be held April 28 to May 2, 2013, in Annapolis, Maryland. The institute provides an opportunity for rural law enforcement officers to learn about and discuss technology initiatives and issues affecting the rural law enforcement community. Applications must be received by March 13, 2013.
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[2] http://www.nsvrc.org/states-territories/maryland
[3] http://www.nsvrc.org/event-type/trainings


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I just lost 430 rep. from 6777 earlier today to 6347.
This seems to be localized to my account only.
This means the vote anomaly detector saw a statistical anomaly in votes cast to your account (up or down) and invalidated them.
This is weird indeed:
I still wouldn't be too surprised to find some other earlier votes of mine reverted, as I've been tracking your activities pretty closely and, given your impressive pace, may have exhibited 'suspicious' voting patterns, for example by voting too fast on several posts (I regularly trigger the posting captcha and other UI throttles ;)
So this might only be resolvable by moderator analysis, though Diagos answer again seems to indicate that this might not even be (easily) possible; at least I've seen such analysis before, maybe there are some inside paths available to someone in charge still.
Looks like one should regularly persist the reputation audit at least to allow for diffing and eventually encircling such cases later on ;)
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Nothing is more basic to human well-being than having enough nutritious food to eat. Yet one in every eight people in the world — 842 million — are trapped in a cycle of hunger and poverty.
The reality is that most of the world doesn't have the benefit of picking up food from the corner store — they grow it themselves. Hunger is a crisis when disaster ruins the harvest. It is a cycle when families cannot grow or buy enough to lead healthy, productive lives, and when the effects of malnutrition are passed on to the next generation.
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Mercy Corps helps farmers manage their land, increase their harvests and diversify crops to produce a larger, more nutritious, and stable food supply. By teaching nutrition and hygiene, we ensure families can utilize their resources to boost their health. And we connect farmers with new markets and introduce more efficient methods of tending productive livestock and processing and storing crops to increase incomes for years to come.
All stories about Agriculture & Food
Uganda: Small farm, nutritious food, healthy pregnancy
The Dwog-Paco women's group is located 44 kilometers from Kitgum, one of northern Uganda's largest towns, along a muddy terrain road deep inside the Acholi ethnic group's homeland.
Zimbabwe: Beauty Jokonya with crop
Beauty Jokonya, a local farmer in Zimbabwe's Murehwa district, with bounty from her crop field — which, with help from Mercy Corps, she and her husband irrigate with a treadle pump.
Zimbabwe: Better living through treadle pumps
One of the greatest challenges that smallholder farmers face in Zimbabwe is how to irrigate bigger plots and get higher returns from their pieces of land.
Uganda: 'Staying lonely is not easy'
In a place for the displaced, two women share a common bond; one wisened and weathered, the other young, ambitious and full of ideas.
Afghanistan: Searching for the next Frank Perdue
Tajikistan: Turning water into cash
"For the last three years, my yields have been 30 percent of what they were before," says Sabur Kumischev, as he makes a sweeping motion with his hand indicating the land where his crops are grown. "All I could grow was corn. The other farmers could only grow corn.
Zimbabwe: VIDEO: Basic technology boosts incomes in Zimbabwe
On my first day in Zimbabwe, I went to visit some farm families in the town of Murejwa. People are poor there, and Mercy Corps is working with them to find ways to boost their incomes.
Afghanistan: Better than meeting Springsteen
Some people are thrilled to meet rock stars or celebrities. I, on the other hand, get really excited about meeting grape growers.
Pakistan: Nothing more precious than a buffalo
Small farmers all over Sindh province were hit hard by this past summer's catastrophic flooding. Most of these farmers are very poor, living on less than $2 a day.
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What responsibilities do I have if I have a fast growing hedge?
Who should I go to if my neighbour has a hedge that is obscuring my view or light to my property?.
You should initially approach your neighbour with your concerns regarding the loss of light or view. You may also like to consider contacting a mediation service to try to resolve the matter between yourselves.
What responsibilities does my Council have regarding high hedges?.
The Council can only investigate a complaint if every reasonable effort has been made by the complainant to resolve the matter directly (either verbally or in writing) with the hedge owner, or through mediation.
What do I do if am unable to contact the owner or occupier responsible for the hedge?
You will need to demonstrate that you have made every effort to contact those responsible for the hedge. This could be the landowner or an existing tenant.
What should I do if my efforts to resolve the matter have been continuing for some time?
The Council will expect evidence that you have recently made efforts to resolve the dispute. We advise that you keep a record of all correspondence. The latest approach should have been made within the last 4 months. If it has not you may be asked to approach your neighbour again.
Can the Council act as mediator in the dispute between my neighbour and myself?.
No. The Council must act as an independent and impartial third party and therefore cannot act as mediator.
Do I have to pay a fee? And what is it?
Yes. A fee of £350 is required when you submit your complaint.
Why do I have to pay a fee when I already pay Council tax?.
Council Tax is a charge for general service provision across the city and helps meet the cost of essential services. The costs of individual complaints cannot be funded via the Council Tax.
At present there is no set time in which the Council is required to decide on a complaint. It may take some time for the Council to receive a statement from your neighbour and to visit the site. As a general guide, you should not expect to get a decision for at least 12 weeks. However, if some time has passed and you have not heard from us, you should Contact Planning Direct to check progress.
Both my neighbour and myself are concerned about the same hedge. Could we put forward a joint complaint?.
No. Each complainant must submit their own complaint with their own evidence. This is because the effects on you both may be different even though it the same hedge. In these circumstances separate Remedial Notices may be required for the same hedge..
Can I appeal against a decision if I am not happy with it?
Yes. Both the complainant and the hedge owner can appeal against decisions taken by the Council on the hedge. All appeals are made to the Planning Inspectorate, an organisation independent of the Council, who will look at the case again and make a decision.
If a Remedial Notice is served and fully complied with, what happens in years to come when it re-grows or someone else moves in next door?
Most Remedial Notices will include a section in them that requires the hedge to be maintained between two heights. If the problem reoccurs the Remedial Notice will still be in force and may require the continued maintenance and trimming of the hedge.
What if the Remedial Notice is ignored? Can I trim it myself?
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Bishop announces cathedral renovation
June 22, 2013
STEUBENVILLE — Bishop Jeffrey M. Monforton said Friday night he plans to renovate and maintain the Holy Name Cathedral as the spiritual center of the Catholic Diocese of Steubenville....
With all due respect, those millions of dollars should be used to compensate victims of child abuse by local parish priests during the 60's, 70's and 80's. The abuse took place at churches and at CCHS. Spending money on the cathedral is nice but it would provide healing to the many vicitms of abuse in Steuvenville.
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Again I say; make St. Marys in Marietta the Cathedral. Its going to be a Basilica; its centrally located; the good people of Marietta already spent BIG bucks to renovate it; why keep dumping money into a community that is circling the drain.
Come on Bishop; smart move dropping the new place; but why send good oney after bad in Southside of Steubenville. Makes no dollars or sense.......LOL
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Another thing is; the Priest at St. Marys in Marietta is probably the top Priest in the Diocese when it comes to getting it done.
Great track record. How can you pass this by? My Prayer is that this Bishop wise up and reconsider Marietta. Take the heat off of Steubenville.
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This is a wonderful plan! All Catholics and all the residents of our area should get fully behind this. A renovated Cathedral would be an expression of our faith in God and in our hope for the area. Let us not roll over and play dead but move ahead by working together and putting our trust in God!
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(note wiki contains some useful clues re previous neuro research at Noisebridge ... For example, the Analog_EEG_Amp page describes some project ideas and work done by others here in 2012)
Current Discussion
(21 August 2013) - readings relating statistical (etc math / signal processing / pattern recognition / machine learning) methods for EEG data interpretation. A lot of stuff, a bit of nonsense ... and ... statistics!
Would be good to identify any papers suitable for more in-depth study. Currently have a wide field to graze for selections:
http://neuro.hut.fi/~pavan/home/Hyvarinen2010_FourierICA_Neuroimage.pdf - "Independent component analysis of short-time Fourier transforms for spontaneous EEG/MEG analysis" -- Aapo Hyvarinen, Pavan Ramkumar, Lauri Parkkonen, Riitta Hari - paper published in Neuroimage vol 49 (2010)
File:Schak99InstantaneousCoherenceStroopTask.pdf -- "Instantaneous EEG Coherence Analysis During the Stroop Task" -- Schack et al 1999
File:KulaichevCoherence.pdf -- "The Informativeness of Coherence Analysis in EEG Studies" -- A. P. Kulaichev 2009 note: interesting critical perspective re limitations, discussion of alternative analytics
File:ContinuousAndDiscreteWaveletTransforms.pdf -- review of (pre-1990) wavelet literature -- Christopher Heil and David Walnut, 1989
OpenSource Machine Learning Algs from NG @MIT
Consumer grade EEG used to see "P300" reponse and for thoes with a short attention span tldr
(discussed at meetup Wednesday 31 July 2013)
"Coherent EEG Indicators of Cognitive Binding During Ambiguous Figure Tasks" Klemm, Li, and Hernandez 2000
"We tested the hypothesis that perception of an alternative image in ambiguous figures would be manifest as high-frequency (gamma) components that become synchronized over multiple scalp sites as a "cognitive binding" process occurs."
mind v brain, hobson v solms
"Hobson and McCarley originally proposed in the 1970s that the differences in the waking-NREM-REM sleep cycle was the result of interactions between aminergic REM-off cells and cholinergic REM-on cells.[4] This was perceived as the activation-synthesis model, stating that brain activation during REM sleep results in synthesis of dream creation.[1][1] Hobson's five cardinal characteristics include: intense emotions, illogical content, apparent sensory impressions, uncritical acceptance of dream events, and difficulty in being remembered."
Berkeley Labs
Gallant Group
Walker Group
Palmer Group
Sleep Research
Comment on the AASM Manual for the Scoring of Sleep and Associated Events
random tangents
(following previous discussion) - we might select a few to study in more depth (... or not! Plenty more to explore - suggestions (random or otherwise) are welcome.
stereoscopic perception:
some (maybe) interesting background on Information Theory (cool title...)
Claude Shannon: "Communication in the Presence of Noise" File:Shannon noise.pdf "We will call a system that transmits without errors at the rate C an ideal system. Such a system cannot be achieved with any finite encoding process but can be approximated as closely as desired."
wikipedia etc quick reads:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eeg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_synchronization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event-related_potentials http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Spike-and-wave_oscillations http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Thalamocortical_oscillations
Masahiro's EEG Device/IBVA Software
and ... open source hardware design and kits on instructables.com
Puzzlebox - Opensource BCI Developers
Morgan from GazzLab @ MissionBay/UCSF
Let's ease into a lightweight "journal club" discussion with this technical report from NeuroSky.
Name: A user-friendly SSVEP-based brain-computer interface using a time-domain classifier, Luo A and Sullivan TJ 2010
URL: File:NeuroSkyVEP.pdf
Please add your comments & questions here.
Background Reading
http://nanosouffle.net/ (view into Arxiv.org)
Name: Hunting for Meaning after Midnight, Miller 2007
URL: <http://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/neuro/attachments/20130501/4b992eb6/attachment-0002.pdf>
Name: Broken mirrors, Ram, VS, & Oberman, LM, 2006, Nov
URL: <http://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/neuro/attachments/20130501/4b992eb6/attachment-0003.pdf>
Ramachandran Critique
Sleep/Dream Studies
NeuroSky Docs


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Dr. Benarous works on probability theory (stochastic analysis, large deviations, random media, and random matrices) and its connections with other domains of mathematics (partial differential equations, dynamical systems), physics (statistical mechanics of disordered media), and industrial applications. He is primarily interested in the time evolution of complex systems, and the universal aspects of their long-time behavior and of their slow relaxation to equilibrium - in particular, how complexity and disorder imply aging. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (August 2011) and an elected member of the International Statistics Institute. Dr. Benarous was a plenary speaker at the European Congress of Mathematics and an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematics; he also received a Senior Lady Davis Fellowship (Israel), the Rollo Davison Prize (Imperial College, London), and the Montyon Prize (French Academy of Sciences).
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Can your kitty recommend some good cat toys?
I know that boxes and bags are endlessly fun. My pal Mowgli loves his Cat Dancer, Da Bird, and Cat Charmer. A few catnip-spiked stuffed toys also get his attention. But we're always on the lookout for something new. And Santakitty Claus is making notes.
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The penutimate cat toy has been, and will be for the rest of eternity, a 5$ keyfob laser pointer. It NEVER gets old.
How about fresh catnip or cat grass? Some kitties just about die. If you're looking for interaction, you can find toys using fresh catnip online. It can be a different response than dried catnip toys.
Seconding the laser pointer.
If your cat likes catnip but you don't like the mess of loose leaves, you could try "Pawbreakers"-- they're solid balls of catnip. They can be rolled and whacked around the floor, but they're still completely edible. http://www.edibleanimaltreats.com/product_p/retail_eats_181130000013.htm
Or if you want to see your cat lose its mind, you could try the 12-pound "Clawbreakers" version that's made for lions, tigers, etc. http://www.edibleanimaltreats.com/product_p/retail_eats_181130000747.htm
I also know a cat that loves the Fling-ama-String (obsessively at times). But I've heard some cats aren't that interested in it, and it's not the cheapest toy. Probably best to consider your cat's personality before trying it. http://moodypet.com/flingamastring.html
You know the toy with a stick and string, that's tied to a ball? My moms cat loves that toy! You bounce the ball just out of his reach, then swing it in circles around his head. He throws a lazy swat, so you start bouncing it (lightly) off his roly-poly tummy. He yowls, then attacks with all the fury of a killer sloth! Yeah, he's just that tough. When he decides he has won the battle, he gives a final hiss and stalks away. He sure does love that toy!
Red Fuzzy Octopus w/Bell
Kitten #1 Loves this toy... He will toss it all around, attempt to eat the fuzzy part, then race around the house with it in his mouth diving at anybody he finds where he promptly sits and hisses if you try to take it.
Cat #1 Loves this toy in a different way... He licks the fuzzy part like its a baby kitten in need of a good cleaning... Then he proceeds to try to rip it apart and eat the insides...
Super Fuzzy Mice
Same reaction as above, I am starting to believe this will be the common reaction to anything overly fuzzy...
Kitten #1 is on an outdoor kick currently, anything from dead straw to catternine tails he loves to play with.
They both play with those round things with the balls that go around a track with a scratch pad in the center.
I asked my cat and she replied: "Meow, meow. Meooow, meowwer, hiss, hiss."
For $5 I will translate it for you.
Anything with catnip :)
Ping-pong balls. Doesn't seem like they'd enjoy this, but it depends on the cat. One of mine was crazy for them. No other toy rolls so well--every time they touch the ball it rolls away. But be sure to put the balls away at night 'cause they make a racket on anything but carpeted floors!
@fraxcat: So if that is the penultimate toy, what is the last one?
As for my cat, it is simple: Piece of string, laser pointer and a dead bug.
Ear plugs. No joke, she freaking goes nuts for the little foam bright orange or purple ear plugs.
@pamfenway: My cat has taught me to fetch his ping pong balls. I'm getting pretty good at it.
@katblue: LOL...good point...especially under the furniture!
Small sisal mice, mylar balls (for the crinkly noise), stuff attached to a wand, light up balls.
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My Daughter Thinks Her Dad and I Should Divorce
Q: Do you think a 12 year old can really see that a divorce would be the best thing? My daughter said out of the clear blue sky "Mom are you and dad getting a divorce? I would not be to hurt because I think you both would be much happier".
Our marriage has been over for a long while...we were only here for her..
A: Kids observe much more than we give them credit for, even when we think we're keeping a lid on our marital problems. A 12 year old can certainly come to the very well thought out conclusion that you, your husband and she would be better off if you got divorced. Her suggesting that you and her dad would be "much happier" if you divorced is her attempt to tell you that she'll be OK if you do divorce and that she doesn't want you to stay together because of her. My guess is that she doesn't want to continue to live with parents who are hopelessly locked in a loveless, damaging marriage.
Please use her comments as an opening to talk to her about her thoughts and feelings regarding her family life. Ask her open-ended questions ("What are you worried about the most when it comes to our family?) and do a lot more listening than talking. She deserves the best chance at a happier home life and so do the both of you. Isn't it time you sought professional therapy to address what's best for all of you? Maybe you needed these brave, thoughtful words of your daughter to do what's been needed for some time.
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Carleton Kendrick has been in private practice as a family therapist and has worked as a consultant for more than 20 years. He has conducted parenting seminars on topics ranging from how to discipline toddlers to how to stay connected with teenagers. Kendrick has appeared as an expert on national broadcast media such as CBS, Fox Television Network, Cable News Network, CNBC, PBS, and National Public Radio. In addition, he's been quoted in the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, USA Today, Reader's Digest, BusinessWeek, Good Housekeeping, Woman's Day, and many other publications.


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We really should be getting used to its absence by now, but confirmation that Team ICO's next big action adventure game, The Last Guardian, won't be making an appearance at next week's Tokyo Game Show is still a giant bird-cat-thing-sized bummer.
Attached to the good news that the ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection would get the classy box art it deserved was a word of warning for those looking forward to more from The Last Guardian soon.
Sony wrote on its official blog that "The Last Guardian is not on the schedule for this year's Tokyo Game Show." Apparently, Team ICO lead "[Fumito] Ueda-san and the rest of the development team are hard at work to bring his lofty vision to life and deliver the very best gaming experience possible," hopefully sometime in 2012. While potentially distressing, we're happy to continue waiting for the follow-up to ICO and Shadow of the Colossus, as long as it means a better game.
The Last Guardian, originally announced at E3 2009, was pushed from holiday 2011 to 2012.
You know what will be at TGS 2011? Kotaku's Brian Ashcraft and Luke Plunkett, covering everything that is not The Last Guardian.


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Born into a family of privilege, Diana Dalziel Vreeland grew up amid the fashionable of New York's Upper East Side. With a famously alluring mother and a classically beautiful sister, young Diana often felt isolated and unloved. But she was saved from her unhappy childhood by her audacious imagination as well as the grit and determination that would shape her extraordinary life.
Talent-spotted by legendary editor Carmel Snow in 1936, Diana joined Harper's Bazaar as a fashion editor, where her singular point of view and signature style quickly made her a major creative force in American fashion. Under her influence, American designers became chic during World War II, and with her pizzazz she inspired a raft of fashion talent on both sides of the Atlantic.
Passed over as successor to Snow, Diana did the unthinkable and accepted the title of editor-in-chief of Bazaar's archrival, Vogue. In Diana's Vogue, women were not only offered shockingly short skirts and silver hipster pants: even more radically, they were encouraged to embrace the free spirit of the sixties, to resist fashion orders from on high, and to use their own imaginations in re-creating themselves. When Women's Wear Daily asked Diana, "What is the function of a fashion magazine?" she replied, "To instruct when possible, to delight, to give pleasure, to bring to the reader what interests her. Everybody makes an appearance every day."
In 1971 Diana was fired from Vogue. She reluctantly accepted a new position for herself at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as Special Consultant to the Costume Institute, only to reveal a new dimension to her brilliance. Her first show, on the work of designer Cristobal Balenciaga, drew more than 150,000 people to the museum, and the show that followed smashed all the record books. The Metropolitan was stunned, and today's blockbuster exhibition was born.
In this first full-length biography of Diana Vreeland, Amanda Mackenzie Stuart portrays a visionary: a fearless innovator who inspired designers, models, photographers, and artists.
Vreeland reinvented the way we think about style and where we go to find it. As an editor, curator, and wit, Diana Vreeland made a lasting mark and remains an icon for generations of fashion lovers.
"An intelligent account of the life and accomplishments of legendary Vogue editor-in-chief, Diana Vreeland…A richly detailed and well-researched biography of a fashion icon"
-Kirkus Reviews
"A tasty and erudite study of a complicated woman and her turbulent and colorful cultural life and times…Fashion icon Diana Vreeland and her psyche and cultural milieu are superbly deconstructed by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart."
-Publishers Weekly
"A sympathetic biography…a cohesive, well-researched volume…Vreeland is a fascinating figure whose life spanned almost the entire twentieth century, of which the author takes dizzying, delightful advantage."
"A painstakingly researched depiction of the imperious, mesmerizing virtuoso who wandered onto the fashion stage and stole the show...a biography of fabulous fact."
-New York Daily News
"…an insightful new biography…Stuart uses Vreeland's vulnerable roots to create a sympathetic portrait of Diana…Vreeland's life story is oddly inspiring…Why don't you give a copy of EMPRESS OF FASHION to your favorite fashionista this holiday season?"
"This is Diana Vreeland's first full-length biography…A cottage industry has emerged around DV…This perhaps has as much to do with how much more seriously we take fashion nowadays as with how quaintly delicious we now find Vreeland's borderline Dadaist sensibility..."
-Village Voice
"With EMPRESS OF FASHION: A LIFE OF DIANA VREELAND Stuart does more than celebrate and bear witness. She seeks to explain, to parse, and to ultimately decipher the woman behind the strokes of red rouge and dyed-black hair… Stuart paints a nuanced portrait of a strange and tantalizing woman."
-Daily Beast
"The first comprehensive bio of legendary magazine editor Diana Vreeland is a can't-put-down read. Stuart separates facts from "faction" (Vreeland's term for her dramatic exaggerations) and gets to the core of the fashion pioneer."


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I know that there is always a passport check when traveling by air. Is that the same case when traveling by train, bus, and car?
What are the standard border checks when traveling between Warsaw and Berlin by various types of transit
Poland is now in the Schengen border-free zone so there should not be any border check at all.
As noted in the comments, you will still need a valid ID to fly, but that is generally true even on domestic flights in Europe. It is purely for the sake of air security. That said, it is always best to have your passport when flying within Schengen as it is the most reliable form of identification in terms of being accepted as such.
As for travel by train or car, there should be no checkpoint (although some Schengen members have begun reinstating some checkpoints, Denmark for example). I've traveled between Prague and Berlin by train and there was no border check.
I travelled from Berlin to Poland (Krakow) by train. I had to provide ID when purchasing the ticket (it was for a Eurail pass), but nothing after that. At the border station (Szczecin), however, I had to switch trains - and there were a few transport police doing spot checks on people. I don't really know why or what they were looking for, but they stopped the Brazilian girl I was travelling with, and not myself - so it seemed fairly random.
Personally if I'm travelling in a country which isn't my own, I always carry my passport.
You can read my blog post on the journey if you want a bit more detail.
I traveled from Berlin to Warsaw by bus with Ecolines in july 2012.
The bus departures around at 22:00 and it arrives to Warsaw at 6:00 (and it goes on to Lithuania or Kaliningrad).
At around 23:30 we were crossing the German-Polish border. There was nothing. I could see there are still offices or customs point. But no one there.
There's nothing special when crossing border between Poland and Germany. In facts, it may be even hard to notice if you are only a passenger. Nothing special happens on the border.
However, the police controls are intensified near the border. The police can hold you anywhere and control your documents, so you must have your passport (or personal ID, if your'e the EU citizen) with you always when you leave home. But near the border, the controls are more often, and often look like they are made on purpose (the police is expecting someone suspected to travel with given bus - you must give your personal data when buying ticket).
Once I've got 2 police controls for the same bus, middle in the night! All passengers were woken and had to give passports / ID-cards. However, it's hard to give any rule, you can travel 10 times and be never controlled. The bus driver has reacted as if it was nothing special.
Please note, it's not a border control. It's exactly the same as the routine police control when you go to the nearest shop to buy sandwitches.
The police checks have been mentioned. It is also possible that Customs do check, but they are not interested per se in you as a person, but more what goods you bring along. Custom checks are still "legal" and possible within the Schengen area.


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If $y \in Y$ and $g \in Y^X$, we often write $y+g$ as shorthand for the map $x \mapsto y+ g(x)$. Similarly if $f \in Y^X$ then $f+g = x \mapsto f(x)+g(x)$. However this presupposes that we can distinguish between an element of $Y$ and an element of $Y^X$. That is, we require these sets be disjoint. Are they?
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As Joel David Hamkins points out, the assertion is false.
"The fact is that $Y$ may have a function from $X$ to (some other part of) $Y$ as an element. For example, consider $Y=\mathrm{HC}$, the set of all hereditarily countable sets, and let $X=\omega$; observe in this case that $Y^X \subset Y$, since any function from $ω \rightarrow HC$ is itself hereditarily countable. Similar examples abound."


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25 Mar 2010 7:00 PM #1
Good book to learn ExtJS for Javascript Programmer?
Hi all,
A lot of books available on amazon - what you can recommend to start with ExtJS?
something for advanced JavaScript developers familiar with jquery - architecture, detailed description, how to use, something serious.
What the best on market?
26 Mar 2010 1:36 AM #2
I think three most famous books on this forum are (order is random)
http://www.extjs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=79850All Best
Željko Mitrović
"Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live." Martin Golding
26 Mar 2010 5:03 AM #3
9 Apr 2010 6:49 PM #4
Thanks for recommendation. I will take ExtJS Cookbook as start.
9 Apr 2010 7:34 PM #5
The books available right now (including early access) tailor to to vastly different learning styles - here are my one-liner summaries...
Learning Ext JS - I want to learn the basic concepts involved in Ext JS that will give me a good base knowledge.
Ext JS in Action - I want to understand the inner workings of Ext JS in great detail.
Ext JS Cookbook - Show me examples and explain them briefly, ill figure out the rest.
Hope that helps.-Shea
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New Sacred Heart coach says he's in it for the long haul
WATERBURY — Sporting a Sacred Heart High visor and a white and maroon T-shirt, former Ansonia running back Cortez Johnson put his old colors aside for his first official day on his new job.
Admitting "I'll always bleed Ansonia blue for life," Johnson is still thrilled to be the Hearts' seventh head football coach since the late Frank Granato retired in 1992 after a 27-year tenure.
It's been a whirlwind summer for Johnson since being appointed only six weeks ago the successor to Chris Ortiz, who resigned in May after two seasons. The Hearts were 4-5 in 2011.
"The kids have been awesome," said Johnson, 32, the running backs coach the past two years. "The seniors have definitely made my life a lot easier. It's a testament to them. They got other kids involved in the summer. Even some freshmen helped to get kids to join the team who were on the fence. Everyone's now on board and ready to work.
"I thought taking the job would be an uphill challenge and it will continue to be throughout the season," added Johnson.
But that doesn't faze him. He wants this job for the long term. He hopes to bring stability to a program that hit a drought before Ortiz's two-year tenure.
Not only did Johnson get the job late, he also had to deal with the rumors of several key players transferring, most notably All-State receiver David Coggins and quarterback Javon Martin.
Neither were at Wednesday's opening day of practice. Both hope to transfer to Naugatuck.
"We are moving forward with the players we have," said Johnson.
Tyler Meehan, Sacred Heart
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team captain and three-year starter, said he realizes it's a difficult situation for Coggins and Martin.
"I understand that things happen," said Meehan. "We're still friends off the field. We're still like brothers. I wish them the best."
Johnson is the third coach in Meehan's four seasons. Peter Ewald resigned after the 2009 season.
"I was a little upset, but when Coach Johnson was hired, I knew it was time to buckle down and get serious about football," said Meehan. "Coach Ewald and Coach Ortiz prepared me well."
As each player arrived at the Municipal Stadium, Meehan greeted each player with a handshake, signifying team unity.
"It's a real good feeling to get started," said senior receiver and defensive back Shyquon Thompson. "We have to move on. It hurt to lose Coach Ortiz, but I'm glad to have Coach Johnson. He's been with the program the past two years and it's good to have a coach we all know. I know he will be there for us."
Johnson is trying to put his stamp on the program early. "I want the team to be disciplined in every way and I want to implement corrective action when a mistake is made," said Johnson.
Assistant coach Leonard Duffus, a 1996 All-Stater at Foran of Milford and a childhood friend of Johnson, said Johnson is a task-oriented coach: "Cortez is very organized and will put his best foot forward."
Just like in high school. At Ansonia, Johnson was a key member of two state title teams and rushed for 4,013 yards from 1994-97, putting him 25th all-time in the state record books.
But Johnson called his past playing days "irrelevant."
"It's not about me," said Johnson. "It's about making the kids better now."
To help him do that, Johnson hired another Ansonia native, Alex Thomas, to join the staff as the running backs coach. Thomas, a recent Yale graduate, is Connecticut's all-time leading high school rusher with 8,279 yards and the touchdown leader with 114.
"I am fresh out of college and have a lot of knowledge to impart," said Thomas. "I feel I will be able to relate well with the kids."
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TheBoss of Waterbury wrote on Aug 16, 2012 10:52 AM:
" I wish Cort well. He was a great player in his AHS days and hopefully he can impart some of that to his new team. That's quite a coaching staff he has assembled. Duffus was originally from Ansonia too before he moved and Alex will be a great role model for the kids. Good luck, coach! "
Champ wrote on Aug 16, 2012 2:02 PM:
" Wish you guy the best of luck! Sacred Heart is in good hands with coach Johnson, Duffus, Thomas "
SBUTLER wrote on Aug 16, 2012 9:27 PM:
" Sacred Heart not only did you hire a great coach. You have a Great Leader!I'm a mother of six boys, and not only is Mr Johnson a relative to my boys, he is also their mentor. He has been there every step of the way for my sons Reginald and Raeshaun Finney from Ansonia. He shows great leadership, He's Excellent role model to all young people.Congrats to Sacred Heart and Best wishes Coach Johnson. "
AboutTime wrote on Aug 29, 2012 11:02 AM:
" Great news for Sacred Heart High School. They have always had great talent with bad coaching staffs. Lets hope they continue with hiring a new baseball coach. "
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crock pot recipes: ranch potatoes
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- CaseyWiegand said...
ohhh em geeee, im making this!!! i have a ranch obsession!
- 5/31/2011
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YES Ranch goes on everything! Totally agree. This look syummy and easy..my kind of dinner ;)
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- 5/31/2011
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Yum! Looks amazing! And I love anything that you let sit in a crockpot for 6 hours - such a great idea!
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- 5/31/2011
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yum! i am so making these :)
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YUM ranch + potatoes. i know i will love it!
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These potatoes look so delicious. What's not to like about this recipe?
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These were soooo good, however I found that when you mix the sour cream with the soup, your presentation is so much better. You dont get the curdled sour cream look.
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Antiques, art and other items owned by the late heiress to the Duke tobacco fortune are going up for sale.
The Herald-Sun of Durham reports the items from the family of Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans will be auctioned on August 25.
Brunk Auctions spokesman Aaron Edwards said the family has kept several sentimental items but would like the remainder to go to what he termed "good homes."
According to Brunk Auctions, items to be auctioned include paintings by artists such as the American painter Thomas Anshutz, 18th and 19th century Chinese porcelains and jades, French antique furnishings and an inlaid art case Steinway grand piano.
Edwards said the company is still researching and cataloging the items, so a pre-auction estimate of their total value is not yet available.
Items of late NC tobacco heiress to be auctioned
Antiques, art and other items owned by the late heiress to the Duke tobacco fortune are going up for sale.
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"Our work has been worth it and that we can celebrate and promote again some of the finest students in the world, who happen to be from Kentucky," Gott says.
For the second year in a row, The Gatton Academy has been named America's Best High School by Newsweek.
And Director Tim Gott says it shows Kentucky's students are the best of the best.
"Our work has been worth it and that we can celebrate and promote again some of the finest students in the world, who happen to be from Kentucky," Gott says.
The Gatton Academy is a magnet school for math and science.
It's one of fifteen schools nationwide of its kind, being a state-funded school where students live and take classes on the WKU campus.
"I think that such a ranking shows that Kentucky students can learn at whatever level they are given the opportunity to," says Gatton Academy Executive Director, Dr. Julia Roberts.
Greenwood High School ranked 1,435th and Bowling Green High School also made the list at 1,675th.
The list named 2,000 schools nationwide.
This is the first national honor for Greenwood.
"Our kids and our teachers, I think, have accepted responsibility for putting in a good faith effort everyday, and helping prepare our kids. And historically, Greenwood has been a fairly strong academic school and I think we just want to continue to build on that," says Greenwood High School Principal Greg Dunn.
2007 was the first time Newsweek recognized Bowling Green High School, and they have been on the list for six of the last seven years.
"From the time our students walk in as freshman until the time they leave, our teachers and our parents, we all have a common goal and our goal is to be as successful as possible in high school, so that when they leave, be it going to a four-year university, a two-year university, the workforce or the military, they are ready to be successful," says Bowling Green High School Principal Gary Fields.
The Gatton Academy recognizes both school's accomplishments.
While Gatton Academy students take college courses, other high schools are doing different things to advance education.
"What they are doing in their schools are amazing, and they have different situations different circumstances, not every school is a magnet school, and yet they are doing amazing things," Gott says.
Each school agrees, Warren County has become a great place for any student to get a good education.


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