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On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed one of the most remarkable emergency landings in aviation history when Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger skillfully glided US Airways Flight 1549 onto the surface of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. His cool actions not only averted tragedy but made him a hero and an inspiration worldwide. To Sullenberger, a calm, steady pilot with forty years of flying experience who is also a safety consulting expert, the landing was not a miracle but rather the result of years of practice and training-wisdom he gained in the cockpit of U.S. Air Force jets and in his Texas boyhood.
Born to a World War II veteran and dentist father and an elementary school teacher mother, Sully fell in love with planes early. He learned to fly as an eager 16-year-old from a crop duster, an older neighbor in north Texas, who took off and landed his fragile plane on the grass field behind his house. While Sully′s father encouraged his interest in flying, he also imparted stern advice he′d learned from his Navy service during World War II: a commander is responsible for everyone in his care-and those words have shaped Sully′s life and work and continue to guide him today.
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A few weeks after the crash, Sully discovered that he′d lost a library book about professional ethics, Just Culture: Balancing Safety and Accountability, in the downed plane′s cargo hold. When he called the library to notify them, they waived the usual fees. Mayor Michael Bloomberg replaced the book when he gave Sully the Key to the City in a New York ceremony.
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Captain Chesley B. Sullenberger III is a retired airline pilot, speaker, and consultant who has become a source of inspiration for many after his successful emergency water landing of a disabled airliner on the Hudson River. He graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy and holds two master's degrees and an honorary doctorate of letters from Purdue University. He has testified before Congress about aviation safety and the state of the airline piloting profession. He serves as the CBS News aviation and safety expert, is the founder of Safety Reliability Methods, Inc., a management, safety, and performance consulting company, and was named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People. He lives with his family in Danville, California.
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Searches have come up with when and which one, but no why. Why is it recommended or common to feed infants rice cereal as their first food? Why would we feed our daughter a processed food over a natural alternative?
There is no "rule" that the first solid food has to be rice cereal. However, it is frequently recommended as a first solid. There are likely several reasons for this recommendation.
In short, the reason rice cereal is usually recommended is because it is relatively safe, makes a good transitional solid food, and is readily available.
Rice may be less likely to cause an allergic reaction. However, this appears to vary by geographic region. It seems rice allergies are more frequent in regions where rice is more of a staple, such as East Asia, but in other regions it seems more likely to be an issue for adults than children:
That's not to say that allergies to rice are unheard of, as that same document cites "severe shock" during double-blind challenges involving rice and flour in at least 3 infants.
However, the incidence of wheat-based reactions seems higher in young children, as wheat allergies seem to be the most common childhood food allergy. In addition to common wheat allergies, celiac disease is another concern.
Texture is another reason to recommend rice cereal, although there are other foods with similar texture that are perfectly adequate alternatives. You can control the texture of the cereal by controlling how much moisture is added to the dry mix, resulting in a range of textures from thin, watery cereal that is not too dissimilar from breast-formula, to relatively thick and chunky cereal. This facilitates a gradual transition to more challenging solids.
Rice cereal, as well as other infant cereal mixes, can be mixed using formula or breast milk instead of plain water. This adds additional nutrients, and further aids a gradual transition by virtue of incorporating familiar tastes for the infant.
One final point in favor of rice cereal is its widespread commercial availability. In my area, at least, every major supermarket carries infant rice cereal (and several other varieties of infant cereal).
There is a growing school of thought that such transitional solids are not necessary, and that it is perfectly acceptable to start introducing infants to the same foods (with a few exceptions, due to allergen risks) as adults. This is known as baby led weaning, and is something that I was very interested in exploring with our son. The basic concept is that children can learn to enjoy solid foods by simply eating what everyone else is eating. This makes eating fun for the child, while allowing them to feel more "involved" in the family eating ceremonies (family dinner, etc.). It can be extremely messy! However, many parents who use this method rave about the results. One of the primary ideas is that "food is for fun; breast milk/formula is for nutrition", and this seems to hold true for infants regardless of whether you start with cereals or jump right in with pork chops (and yes, some parents give their 6 month olds pork chops - see the caption on the picture on the front page!). Breastmilk or formula remains the primary source of nutrition to 12 months.
The big drawback for baby led weaning may simply be getting support from your pediatrician. It seems that not all pediatricians may be familiar with this idea, and some may advocate against it. I have not found any particular causes for concern voiced by pediatricians (aside from food allergies, and ensuring that any choking hazards are properly accounted for), but that does not mean there aren't legitimate concerns. I strongly advise you to check with your pediatrician if you are interested in pursuing something like baby led weaning.
Rice is a very simple food. It has a bland taste. The texture is not too new. The viscosity can be altered. There's very little chance of allergic reactions. It's easy to digest. It can be mixed with other things - fruit puree, vegetable puree, etc to vary the taste and to help introduce other foods.
As a first 'solid' food it's an excellent choice.
And, really, the stage of using rice only lasts a few weeks.
Iron fortified rice cereal is important not just for the rice bit (well discussed on the other answers) but also for the iron bit. Babies are born with enough iron reserves to last them about six months, after that they need a top up. This six month age is when solids are recommended, so it makes sense to start them with an iron fortified food.
If you are going your own route with the first food thing, I'd suggest you do some serious research first (ie: not SO). Your baby's stomach has never processed any thing other than milk before so feeding it a Egg McMuffin could be problematic.
The typical choice of a baby's first food(s) is a cultural artifact related to the baby's needs, parent's needs, available foods, beliefs about food, and marketing. (And many other things likely.) In the U.S. rice cereal performs high on all of these criteria.
If you do not want to use rice cereal, any steamed and pureed vegetable that is not an allergy risk will be nutritious. Maybe start with the orange/yellow colored veggies like bananas, squash or carrots. Also consider avocados. Keep it to one ingredient at a time so that you can figure out what is working and what is not.
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I have tried many different ginseng supplements for increased energy and focus and the main problem with all of them was side effects related with going to the bathroom (I will spare details here). Could you recommend some ginseng supplement with which you had in general good experiences for increased energy and focus?
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My Grand Father is right in the middle of the middle line Richard Snelgrove 2133350 89 RE. I say 89 or 90 as he was posted to 90 RE July 1945 from 89 so this could be of either or both as the photo is dated July 45.
Long shot but if you are related and have any names then let me know. Otherwise posting for general interest.
Looks like a few of them have just come down the chimney! Joking a side is that tan purely from the Sun or caused from working in other conditions. Which might help to show the photo is of a couple units that have been brought together? A question I am asked when people see it.
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We all focused on our moon, to find water or life, or any thing related to life. But my question is, is there any chance for life in moons of other planets in our solar system, others have too many moons....
If you check 2001 A Space Odyssey saga, Europa is actually a satellite with Life.
Coming back to real space, the "comfort zone" for life is approximately from Venus' orbit to Mars' orbit. There, only Moon, Phobos and Deimos are satellites, and all of them are too dry to have any kind of life.
Beyond the comfort zone you need some other way for water not to frozen (a commonly referred prerequisite of Life), so you'll need a volcanic or tidal-heatened satellite. There are a few of these. Europa and Io come to my mind just now. Life there could be possible.


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For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. (Rom. 8:29-30)


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6 Terrifying Predators Routinely Owned by Adorable Prey
#3. Scorpions and Tarantulas vs. the Bullfrog
Both scorpions and tarantulas are arachnids, which means that they share a common ancestor: The first sin man committed against God, which congealed into the most fearful shape in mankind's thoughts, and then scuttled away into the rocks to haunt his children for the rest of eternity.
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When most people think of a frog, they probably visualize a tubby, smiley little dude hopping across lily-pads on a warm summer's eve. They probably don't think of a blend between alligators, ninja and a black hole. But that is the most accurate way to describe the American bullfrog. It has no claws or teeth to speak of, but when you combine its disturbing appetite, natural stealthiness and go get 'em attitude, you get something that eats terror for breakfast.
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The bullfrog is a master of the ambush, in a manner quite similar to the alligator or crocodile. It mostly hunts from the water, using its natural camouflage and minimal profile to its advantage. Only the eyes are visible above the water line, and its impossibly slow, deliberate movements make it look more like a branch or other inanimate object than a living thing. When it eventually does get within striking distance of its prey (in this case, the tarantula) there's just a frantic blur of scrabbling mucus and flapping jaws, until only the frog remains -- with a couple twitching legs poking out from between its lips. It will then retreat back into the water to drown the tarantula before eating it.
The scorpion, especially the giant hairy one shown above, poses more of a problem. The scorpion is bigger and more oddly shaped than the tarantula, and so doesn't fit comfortably into the frog's mouth. If prey is too large to be pulled into a frog's mouth using the tongue, as the scorpion is, the bullfrog is more than happy to make house calls. It uses its tongue like a zip line, tagging the prey and then pulling/leaping forward toward it. The combined momentum helps the frog shove the scorpion into its mouth, while it uses both hands to fold the arachnid like a creepy, multi-legged shirt. Finally, here it is eating a bird.
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#2. The Black Mamba vs. the Secretarybird
Black mambas are highly venomous, fast moving snakes native to Africa. The combination of nervousness and high aggression makes it the most deadly snake in Africa, and possibly even the world. Even mongooses, which kill cobras for fun, rarely attack an adult black mamba because it is so difficult to kill.
Above: Not the snake to fuck with.
Enter: The secretarybird! This goofy looking bastard is about one-meter high (a good portion is legs) and weighs about eight pounds. Although it can fly, it hunts exclusively while walking on the ground. Also, it looks like it's wearing bicycle shorts, and we are completely in love with that fact.
It's like the bird version of your office's nerdy IT guy.
A typical encounter between a secretarybird and a black mamba goes like this: The bird spots the serpent in the grass, recognizes it as a threat and takes appropriate action. By which we mean it casually strolls towards the snake, spreads its wings for balance and kicks it square in the face.
Because the black mamba always raises its head above the ground when preparing to strike, it is placed at a perfect snap-kick height for the secretarybird. If the snake's head is ever raised higher than the bird can comfortably kick, well that's no problem -- the secretarybird is one of the few animals on Earth to master the flying kick. If the damn thing doesn't have the decency to die from such an awesome and dramatic move, the bird will drop all pretense and just curb-stomp the snake to death.
Just to reiterate one more time: There is a bird in Africa that regularly and routinely jump-kicks poisonous snakes in the face.
"Eh. It's a hobby."
#1. Dingoes vs. Kangaroos
Dingoes are the apex predator of Australia, a place where basically everything is actively trying to kill everything else. A dingo's diet consists of whatever it can catch, ranging from insects to large mammals, and as such the species has been blamed for the extinction of several other animal species, such as the Tasmanian tiger, or even the disappearance of the Tasmanian devil from mainland Australia. Unlike dogs, the dingo can rotate their heads 180 degrees in each direction, and can turn their wrist in such a fashion as to work knobs and open your goddamned doors. In summary: AHHHHHHH!
Addendum: AIIIIEEEE!!!
Kangaroos, on the other hand, are ridiculous looking marsupials that sometimes star in whacky caper movies with the fat kid from Stand By Me.
Screenshot from the movie Kangaroo Jack not included. Because we love you.
If chased by a pack of dingoes, the kangaroo has an odd defense: It will flee into at least chest-deep water and wait. If a dingo should follow the kangaroo into the water, the kangaroo will grab the dog's head with its arms and plunge it under the water, hit-man style, until it drowns.
But what if there's no water nearby? The kangaroo can't coolly and dispassionately execute all comers like Jean Reno, then, right?
Dead wrong.
On land, kangaroos again clutch the dingo about the head with their adorable little half-arms, but this time they just kick the animal in the stomach repeatedly until they're disemboweled.
But it doesn't stop at dingoes: To a kangaroo, a dog is a dog is a dead fucking dog. They'll go straight gangland on any domesticated dogs they perceive as threats as well. In 2009, an Australian man was out taking his blue heelers for a walk, when one slipped loose and chased a large gray kangaroo into a shallow creek. The kangaroo did how kangaroos do: He put that bitch in the water. When the man waded out to save his pet, the kangaroo kindly obliged him and released the canine. But life must always be paid for with life: The kangaroo slashed the man's face repeatedly, and attempted to drown him instead.
"Beware: Kangaroos will cut your goddamn face."
Eventually the kangaroo realized that the water was too shallow to drown a full-grown man, so it started disemboweling him instead. Luckily, the report says the man "escaped unharmed" ... or wait -- no, sorry. This says, "extremely harmed." Extremely harmed. There's a bunch of underlines here, too: He came away with an eight-inch cut across his abdomen, serious wounds to his head, back and chest, and a newfound respect for kangaroos.
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Where can I learn about the voice procedures, military jargons, submarine communications and politics involved in navy?
There are several specific texts that could help you out. First is the 'Blue Jackets Manual'. This the text issued to Seamen during Basic, and covers pretty much everything you could ever want to know about functioning in the Navy (Think 'Boy Scout Handbook' for sailors). Secondly, there is a smaller text issued to officers called 'Reefpoints' that is issued to Midshipmen at the Naval Academy.
As for politics, I can't recommend 'The Caine Mutiny' highly enough (the book, not the movie). Speaking as a salvage ship veteran, that book could have been written by any of the junior officers onboard, despite being set in WWII.
The best place I can suggest to turn to with this kind of open questions - on military and weapons - is 4chan/k/. It's an imageboard gathering fans of all things connected with weapons of all kinds, and military is a significant portion of their interests.
I'm not sure if they will know much detail about submarine communications and politics in the navy, but if anyone knows where to find that stuff, it will be them.
Be warned, 4chan is a specific subculture, many of its boards are NSFW and while /k/ isn't one of these, the contents of others sometimes spill over into SFW boards and you may encounter NSFW content before moderators catch it. Also, its specific culture is connected with particular jargon, ways of communication, and "traditions" - I suggest you spend some time "lurking" (just browsing the board and learning local customs) before you start asking your questions. The time spent will be useful - if your writing involves weapons, military, survival and such topics, you'll be returning to /k/ for advice.
I would advise you to get hold of a number of non-fiction naval books and start reading! Ideally look for biographic works, rather than factual books, as these will contain more insights into jargon, etc.
Do NOT use the internet as your primary source of information, as inaccuracies can slip into stuff like wikipedia and 4chan very easily.
If possible see if you can find a veteran's forum and ask questions there, from my experience ex-forces personnel are usually quite happy to answer questions.


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DICE continues its Battlefield 4 title update tear with the roll-out of a brand new patch, this time for the Xbox One version of the game following on from fixes for PC, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3.
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Has anybody else used WhisperSync for Voice?
A few weeks ago Amazon introduced WhisperSync for Voice. You could always sync your Kindle reading across all of your Kindle devices (including Kindle for iWhatever, Android, BB, etc). Since Amazon owns Audible, they decided to syngerize this relationship on the Kindle. If you buy a select Kindle you get a discount on the Audible version (or vice versa). If you are listening on the iPhone or iPod touch app, Audible for Android or Kindle Fire the book will pick up where you were reading. When you stop listening and sync your reader you will pick up reading where you were.
I just started playing around with it: I didn't know that you can't use your iTunes library: it won't work like that. You have to download through the app and listen through the app as well. I'm doing this with one of the Kindle Daily Deals from this week, Six Days of War (about the Arab-Israeli war of 1967). It seems to work pretty well.
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As a means of getting you to try it out, they are offering the Audible version of A Tale of Two Cities as a freebie after you get the free Kindle version. Pretty good deal.
It makes sense that you have to listen through the Kindle reader instead of iTunes because it keeps track of where you were. I don't see any way for it to recognize the position of your listening of an MP3, for example, so you can continue reading where you left off when using another device.
Thanks for posting this info. I had always thought the Kindle was able to narrate any book but now I understand that it can only do that to specific books that have been spoken by a professional. Hopefully, one day, the text to speech technology will be so good that it will be able to speak them on the fly and still sound professional instead of voice synthesized.
@cengland0: The Kindle can "narrate" any book or document unless the publisher has refused rights to allow it. That is just plain text to speech that has been around for years.
WhisperSync for voice specifically applies to two products that were completely separate: the Audible narrated version of the book and the Kindle eBook. I've been pretty impressed that Amazon can rather accurately match up specific spots in the Kindle eBook and the Audible Audio book.


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One more thing, when I alt-tab out and then back in the frame rate goes up to 25-30 and then starts to fall back to crap. This is driving me MAD! Can anyone please help me?
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The client then got a request from another company about the software. The client passed on the request but said since they owned the code they would need to recieve money for it.
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We've actually re-built the software, made it much better and use it for other projects. Am i in my rights to sell that direct to the company that enquired about it instead of going through the client?
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Elsewhere someone stated that he couldn't publish his crypto software on the Internet, because US Export Regulations require approval, if the key size is greater than 56 bits. I know that several decades ago there were such extremely rigorous restrictions. Could anyone kindly check whether that indeed remains so even today?
First of all, this is not legal advice. However, I've been in the unfortunate position where I've had to deal with this legal nightmare. The new agreement which regulates export of cryptography internationally is called the Wassenaar Arrangement. If your product is what is called a mass market product, i.e available for purchase to the general public without restriction, you can ignore any export restrictions. You can also skip this if your software is open source and available for free for everyone. There's more exclusions such as if your only use is in DRM , if the input to the cryptographic algorithms can no be changed.
If you restrict your sales to a select subset of customers or if your product is exclusionary in some attribute, e.g price is too high to be considered mass market, you need to contact your local government body responsible for Wassenaar compliance.
The section you would be interested in is DUAL-USE LIST - CATEGORY 5 – PART 2 – "INFORMATION SECURITY".
If you feel you might fall under this arrangement it's best to follow the following rules:
If you do not follow these rules you will come under control of the government body responsible for Wassenaar compliance. Which is extremely likely to become a huge bureaucratic burden on your organization as export controls are extremely poorly set up to deal with things like software where you may have many thousands of customers. It is best to avoid it unless cryptography is an integral part of your product. Most companies and individuals are unaffected by the arrangement as it tries to be narrow enough to only capture the companies which trade with foreign governments.
If your system does any sort of cryptoanalytic work it's generally considered even more sensitive and your odds of being in export controlled territory increases.
The Wikipedia section referenced by @Thomas says:
Furthermore the commerce control list published by BIS states the following (p. 1):
so the answer to your question is no. Still programmers and researchers publish papers and code online all the time without BIS permission.
Taking the advice of @rath, I asked EFF with the question formulated in my comment to his post with the addition whether the US scientists doing online crypto publications could, at time points arbitrarily chosen by the authority, be accused of violation of the Export Regulations, or if it is juridically fully ensured that this could never happen. I have just obtained form EFF's Legal Intake Coordinator the following rather disappointing (though in some sense also rather interesting) answer:


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My apologies if this has been addressed. I've looked at a few threads in my searches, and things might have changed, so...
My question has to do with the Arca style QR system. The first thing I'm hearing is that the standard QR clamp (QRC-2) is generally not compatible with most Arca compatible plates and L brackets. I have a Really Right Stuff L bracket for my Pentax K-5 camera that I keep mounted most of the time, and it's generally compatible with Arca clamps. I'm thinking I would therefore need the NN Arca system to use my RRS L-bracket.
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- Can I presume the NN Arca style clamp is compatible with my RRS L-bracket for my Pentax K-5?
- If so, I would obviously only need the Arca clamp, and not the plate. In the store currently, I only see the Arca being sold as a system with clamp and plate (the non-Arca system seems to be sold in a system and as separate components, though). Is the Arca clamp sold separately without the plate, or only together? It might have been sold separately before, but those links in other forum posts seem to go to dead pages.
I'd be using this with a NN4 setup.
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For example on one machine the ports have the empty side on the left and on another it's on the right. Why don't manufacturers make this consistent?
There are two simple reasons. First, there is no defined community standard. Each manufacturer makes their devices however they see fit. So, ports are put wherever they desire.
The second reason is because designers of devices, especially small ones, must first lay out their circuit boards and other internal components so that they can squeeze as much hardware into the smallest amount of space. Ports are a major part of that process, but there is also a bit of aesthetic trad-off when it comes to laying out all the hardware in the smallest footprint possible while also remaining functional.
Most USB receptacles are mounted to a circuit board, and in general, the "empty" space in the connector is on the side towards the board. This seems to be the de-facto standard construction (if not an actual standard) of PC-board-mount USB connectors, just like D-SUB connectors always have the narrow edge toward the board, and dual PS2 connectors always have the keyboard connector towards the board. (Hint: this is useful to know when blindly connecting cords behind a desk.)
When a USB cord is plugged in, the USB icon will be "on top" of the connector, if the board is toward the bottom. Likewise, the indicator LED on a USB thumb drive will be "on top."
The difficulty is that some manufacturers (*AHEM*Dell*AHEM*) seem to always orient the assembly so the circuit board is above the connector when the PC is in normal orientation. This means that the device plugged into the USB connector will be upside down, so you cannot view the indicator LED.
What I find even more irritating is that USB connectors are allow a limited amount of space for the plug; most thumb drives and many cables are unnecessarily fat so plugging them in blocks other, adjacent USB ports.
Because there is no need for that... It doesn't matter I guess, since I can't think of a device that may have a problem if attached in either sides. So why would they (manufacturers) do that??
I bet they would all agree that there should always be one side that is empty. They just wouldn't agree which side that would be.
Setting conventions in a large market full of established players is hard. Perhaps a job for ISO or IEEE.
I believe the USB symbol on the plug and next to the receptacle are intended to indicate which way the plug has to face to be inserted into the receptacle.
A USB spec says
However I couldn't find anything about receptacle orientation and, in practice, not all receptacles are marked with the symbol.
Perhaps you would like a flipper plug
While there are not standards (as others have said) and there are certainly exceptions to what I shall now claim:
I've found most systems have their USB ports oriented such that when the computer is oriented correctly either upright or horizontally (indicated by the rubber feet usually found on two sides of the computer) and the USB ports are horizontal, the side of the USB device (not the plug in the computer) without the seam (the "empty" side of the device connector) faces up. This would mean the "empty" side of the USB connector inside the computer is normally on the bottom.
Add-in cards may not abide by this, and Apple USB connectors seem to have the connector seams on the opposite side from normal, but for the most part, my observation is that 90% or more of USB devices I've worked with have been oriented this way.


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What are the legal issues when submitting work to publishers? is there a risk of having my work stolen?
How can you protect yourself from this?
Is there an international "law" for this or is it country-specific?
What are the legal issues when submitting work to publishers? is there a risk of having my work stolen?
How can you protect yourself from this?
I am not a lawyer. The observations below apply in the US, I don't know much about international copyright law outside the specific area of software copyrights.
Here in the US, if you wrote something, you own the copyright on it, period. All you need in order to assert that copyright is proof that you wrote something, and when. There are many ways to do this. I tend toward digital signatures but that's the geek in me. Some people mail themselves a copy of their manuscript in a tamper-evident envelope so that they have the dated postmark on it and can prove it existed on the day it was mailed (note: keep it unopened until you get to court, so the judge sees you open it). Some people give a copy to their lawyer to hold. Some people simply share the work with enough friends/family that they figure enough witnesses will crop up if someone claims to have created the work.
If you aren't already familiar with cryptographic signatures, and a group of people or trusted neutral party who will sign your manuscript, the tamper-proof envelope is probably your most reliable, cheapest bet.
That said...
If you live outside the US, US copyright law will work differently for you, depending on what treaties we have with your country.
If you don't trust a publisher not to steal your work, why do you trust them enough to do business with them in the first place?
Your work must be your work. Don't submit anything that someone else has written, not even if you just copied a few sentences. Even if you changed them. There are companies out there that can run automated checks on your work to see if they can find something in it that even remotely looks like someone else wrote it. If that happens, your reputation can be ruined before it even started.
Not really. Think about it from the thieves point of view. If you work is bad, it won't sell so it doesn't make sense to steal it. If it's good, and they make a fortune, you will surely sue to get your money. Chances are that you will make it in court.
Either way, if your work is incredibly good or bad, there is only a small chance that someone will steal it. Stop worrying, put your energy into making your work better.
If someone really sets his/her mind to ripping you off, then there is little you can do. The point is not to be paranoid. What are the realistic chances that someone will steal your work?
There is also another side of the coin: If a publisher is accused to steal, that is very bad for their reputation as well.
There is no International law and you should be happy about that. Copyright is a tool to make publishers rich, not you.
In 1800 in Germany, there was no copyright. England, OTOH, had a very strict copyright. The net effect: Ten times more books were published in Germany, they were cheap and many authors could live from their work (high demand for books -> better bargaining power for authors).
In England, only a few authors could live from their work, books were very expensive (one quarter of your monthly income for a single book). Publishers set the prices, there were many authors but only a few books got ever published because they sold so bad because they were so expensive, etc.
Source: Wem nutzt das Urheberrecht?
[EDIT] If you need a cheap and reliable way to prove that something is your work, here is an idea: When you mail the work to someone, mail a registered copy to yourself. Do not open the envelope, don't tamper with it in any way.
If you need to go to court, you can present the letter there and have the court open it to prove that the work is yours.
@HedgeMage: Some flaws in your argument:
The article linked about gives a lot more reasons why copyright is basically a well sold lie. Yes, it makes a select few very rich (first of all the publishers and then a few best-seller authors) but I'm pretty sure even Mrs. Rowling would agree: It would be better if a million authors more could live from their work rather than she make a few billions more.
One method I heard of to protect yourself is to mail yourself a copy of your work before you submit it. That way you can have a sealed and postmarked copy of your work in case of plagiarism. I am not sure if this also applies to digital media but archiving a copy of any emails sent out containing your work might be a good idea.
In the U.S. and other Berne Convention signatories, you own the copyright in a creative work as soon as it is fixed in a tangible form (e.g., a computer file). You do not need to register to have a valid copyright. However, you do need to register before you can file suit against someone for copyright infringement. You do not need to have registered before the infringement occurred, but if you did not, your claim is limited to your actual damages.
Registration is considered prima facie evidence that you own the copyright, which means that the court will consider you the owner of the work unless compelling evidence to the contrary is offered.
BTW, mailing yourself a copy of your manuscript does not hold up in court because it does not provide evidence of authorship of the work, merely of its existence at a particular time, and not even strong evidence of that (since you can mail unsealed envelopes, steam them open and reseal them, etc.).
While an answer has already been selected, I wanted to add some further points. In the US, you must have registered your copyright to begin an infringement lawsuit. You can register your copyright either before or after the date of infringement. However, registering copyright before an infringement provides for additional benefits not available when filing after the infringement. This affects what must be proved and the amount that can be awarded. For more information, read this Advantages of Copyright Registration article at publaw.
I am not a lawyer, my post comes from my experience working in the publishing world. It's also only what I know of the US copyright laws, not any international ones.
Purchasing a copyright isn't required. You own the copyright to your work, no matter what. The "poor man's copyright" (mailing yourself a seal copy of the manuscript) is no longer a valid way to prove copyright. If the manuscript in question is published, the contract you sign with your publisher is all the proof you need to prove that it's your intellectual property.
If you decide not to register your copyright with the US Copyright Office, you can't recover court costs. You can recover damages for the actual violation, but not any legal fees incurred pursuing the case. (Meaning lawyer fees, general court costs, etc.)
I did a little research on UK copyright, and there is a small amount of information at the UK Intellectual Property Office website.
It recommends sending a copy by post (special delivery) and leaving it unopened to prove the date it was in your possession. Whilst this does not prove you created it, or own it, it does prove that you had the work in your possession at a fixed date and time, which when use in court will help prove your ownership. It also suggests sending it to a solicitor or lawyer or bank, but this will cost money, and does not add any extra evidence (apart from it maybe more securely held, and less likely to be lost!)
I post a copyright notice on things I publish/blog on the Internet. IANAL, but AFAIK, it's copyrighted when you write it and release it.
Proving that is something else. Ultimately it would be a judgment call in court. did you write it first, and can you prove it.
If you are really worried, get a lawyer and use them to hold copies of your work with some type of signature/affadavit on the vessel storing the work, or even use a safe-deposit box and do the same thing, with recorded dates of entry.
Copyright laws tend to be similar everywhere, because most countries adhere to the Berne Convention. Details may vary, and of course enforcement can also between countries.


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I have three of these. I bough one on sale, then next sale I bought two more. they keep going on sale for some reason. Good quality bag, holds a lot, large (plastic) toothed zipper with sturdy end stops on both ends, good carrying handle. Top mouth opens WIDE for large items, it holds a lot more (volume) than you'd think by looking at it. Durable material, holds a lot of weight and doesn't puncture, you can toss a drill in the bag without worrying. The little outside pockets aren't very useful though. Bottom is stiffened to stay flat. It has one loose mesh pocket along one side inside, but it's wide and there's nothing (velcro/snap) to hold it closed so it's not too useful as-is. I added a small s-binier clip to hold it closed. There are decent plastic loops on both ends also, add a cheap carabiniere to them to clip stuff to. It could use better pockets inside. You can set it down on a steep (10/10) roof and it's not likely to slide or roll. Can't beat it for the price.
Bought the same from Sears. Awesome. fits my CDS with room to spare, safe to jostle around in the front seat of the car...lol
Bought these the last time they were featured here - basically, I ended up getting three for the price of one with the free fast shipping offer they had at the time.
Amazingly well constructed little bag and for what it is, it does the job better than any other I have owned. Has held up to a heck of a lot of abuse - great manufacturing on this one.
A heads-up to anyone who plans to buy this: it comes up as $3.49 in the shopping cart. Not a huge difference but also not the advertised price. I asked a chat rep about it and was told it was "due to web error," that the sale price would be honored, and that a report of the issue was sent. It looks like they're in the process of fixing it now.
Good for alternatives to tools also. I use it to carry my ammunition, and have another one to carry craft stuff in (knitting, wood and leatherworking supplies, etc.) Also sturdy enough to be a bug-out bag if you think you'll need one in the next 4 years!
I got a couple of these from Sears and may get a few more. I agree with the positive comments; they're useful for a lot of different things, are a good size and seem to be well-made. My only complaint is that they tend to flop closed to one side rather than staying open. But for the price I can live with that.
just tried to buy, got sold out @ kmart. sears has @4.49 & with free store pick-up is even better deal for me as i won't have to pay for shipping from kmart
Great to keep specific tool sets together. I have my tools for doing electric work in one bag. Basic tools for working on a car in another. Framing walls and hanging (not finishing) drywall in another. Very handy. At this price you can't go wrong for whatever you need it for.
Sears is probably putting them on sale so much because it's good advertisement for Craftsman.


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NERBC 2001 Afterparty and Monster Throwdown PART 2
In PART 1 we saw the beginnings of the GREATEST latte art throwdown ever! You saw it was packed. You saw even Jesus Christ showed up to pour.
One judge noted certain baristi smelled bad. Well, that was a throwdown, not the Miss Universe. Body odors were NOT being evaluated. Let's review the judging criteria:
– Color Contrast (highest degree of crema-foam contrast)
– Symmetry (design evenly weighted down a central axis)
– Use of Cup (design fills the cup and leaves little negative space)
– Overall Impression (complexity of design and overall artistic expression)
And we start PART 2 with judge and celebrity Kelly Choi and our MC Mike D:
Two and a half hours into the throwdown and the place was booming as never before.
We started with 48 competitors and were now down to two finalists. Danielle Glasky and Jeff Wenzel.
The format for the final was a BEST OF 3. As usual, the WHEEL of DESTINY would choose the types of design for each round. And the winner would get…. a trip to BRAZIL!
Things were even in the first two designs, with one victory for Jeff, one for Danielle. The WHEEL OF DESTINY then chose a… HEART for the last and deciding pour.
How ironic. The fate of the GREATEST latte art throwdown ever would be decided by the heart, the first design a barista learns to pour in latte art. A design considered easy by most baristi. But was it?
And the winner is…
Danielle Glasky from Cafe Grumpy!!!
The winners were as follow:
1st place – Danielle Glasky – Cafe Grumpy – won a trip to Brazil!!! Courtesy of Dallis Bros. Coffee.
2nd place – Jeff Wenzel – Joe The Art of Coffee – won a Rancilio Silvia espresso machine!
3rd place – Farah Khawaja – Joe The Art of Coffee – won a Baratza Virtuoso Preciso grinder!
4th place – Phoebe Aceto – GimmeCoffee! – won single serve goodies, courtesy of Cafe Grumpy!
Congratulations to all!
P.S. 1: Farah picking up her Virtuoso grinder on Sunday after the party:
P.S. 2: A day later Dan Mueller got a chance to interview Danielle Glasky on her way to work:
P.S. 3: Check all the photos of the party at our Flickr album or everyone's uploads.
NERBC 2001 Afterparty and Monster Throwdown PART 1
Last Saturday, April 9th, New York City was home to the greatest latte art challenge of all time!
Hosted by Joe The Art of Coffee, Cafe Grumpy, Dallis Bros. Coffee, GimmeCoffee!, and Third Rail Coffee, the NERBC afterparty throwdown took place at the Highline Loft, 508 West 26th Street, in the heart of NYC.
As soon as NERBC finalists were announced, competitors flew off the NERBC site in the afternoon to help set everything up for the throwdown.
Rules were strict. It was not we who decide the barista's fate, but the sinister WHEEL OF DESTINY!
With each spin, the wheel would decide the type of pour the competitors would have to make.
The judging panel was formed by no one less than Silvia Magalhães, 3-times Brazilian Barista Champion; Kelly Choi, creator and producer of the show Eat Out NY; and Dave Arnold, head of the Culinary Technology department at the French Culinary Institute. And our MC could not be anyone else but Mike D.
Those who poured with patience, precision and polish would advance through the ranks towards their ultimate fate: a glorious adventure to the origins of some of the worlds greatest beans: BRAZIL!!!
Without further delay, the photos.
The event started packed as competitors lined up for a chance to go to Brazil.
Shortly after 8pm, the baristi took their turns to steam milk on the beautiful La Marzocco Strada…
And pour gorgeous designs for the appreciation of the judges.
Those who couldn't cut it walked home in shame.
We got photographic pour that even Jesus Christ attended the throwdown as you can see below.
Sorry Dave, you kicked ass earlier at the Dallis Bros. 5th Bar Cafe, but you can't mess with Jesus – in this case, Jeff Wenzel from Joe The Art of Coffee.
Danielle Glasky from Cafe Grumpy did not have any idea what the night had reserved for her. Dan Griffin wouldn't give it up easy.
And that was a close call, both awesome pours.
Judges were flabbergasted as they had to make a decision and eliminate one more competitor.
Indecision, indecision…
And Farah Khawaja from Joe The Art of Coffee was discretely making her way into the top three.
One more pour for PART 1…
Stay tuned for PART 2… Who won the trip to Brazil??? You'll find out… very soon!!!
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Here at Dallis Bros. Coffee, we like sharing what we do because what we do is a lot of fun. We have fun employees and fun customers, and they happen to do fun things together very often. You can stay in touch with us through our website, this blog/news section, twitter, facebook and our Flickr page. As all our social media initiatives are just getting started (but we've been working on them for almost 2 years now), I wanted to introduce you today to a little piece of it, our Flickr page.
You can see it at http://www.flickr.com/photos/dallisbroscoffee/ or by searching flickr for dallis coffee.
We already have over a thousand pictures and videos of our farm/barista/cafe/restaurant/etc events, our artisanal coffee roastery in Ozone Park, NY, our beautiful coffee farm in Brazil, the farms we source coffee from around the world, detailed pics and video of how coffee is grown and produced, coffee drinks and all sorts of fun coffee stuff. We are a very open company and hope to share our existence and everything that is going on with us with all of you that care for us and that have kept us living well for 97 years. Whether you are a cafe that uses our coffee and wants to get pictures of the farm your coffee is coming from, or an online customer or you are just checking us out, our Flickr page has a lot about us and about coffee.
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I am exporting a QGIS map to an image format. I would like to have control over the output settings of the image (dpi), as currently it is only exporting the images at 96 dpi. Does anyone know if this is possible?
Currently it's not possible to adjust the resolution of an output image using "Save as Image".
To create high-resolution output, you have to use Print Composer.
There is also a way to get a high-resolution image with world file: With QGIS from command line you have the option to create PNGs in any size including world files.
Available options are:
You have to prepare your project first and then create a snapshot.
The command snapshot only works if you use a width/height values that are lower than the screen resolution (display). If not, QGIS adds a blank space to make a higher resolution image. Am I using the command properly? Try to use, for example, --height 4096 --width 4096.
If you are willing to use the print composer in the latest versions of QGIS, it's relatively easy to get a decent map image at the resolution you want.
First, get the map looking more or less how you want in the regular editing window, then click on "New Print Composer" from the Project menu.
Once you've got the print composer open, use the "Add new map" button (1 in the image below), and drag across the page to create a new map (you can also change the canvas size if you need a specific size or aspect ratio). Bear in mind that any white space around the map will be rendered in your image, so you might want to stretch the map to the edge of the canvas, or even slightly over. If the map is not centered correctly, you can move it around using the "Move item content" button (above the "Add new map" button in the image). If you need to zoom in and out, you can set the scale in "Item properties" tab.
Once the map looks right, you can set your desired resolution in the "Composition" tab (2 in the above image). If you are wanting a particular sized output image (say 800x600 pixels), a trick is to set the size of the canvas to a custom value in inches, and then manipulate the resolution to get the correct image size. So to get an 800x600 resolution output image, you would need to set the resolution to 100dpi for an 8x6 inch canvas. To output the image, click on the "Export as image" button (3 above), and save in the desired format.
Finally, if you need the output file to be georeferenced, select the "World file on" checkbox in the "Composition" tab (just under 2 in the image above), and a world file will be saved together with your image.


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The placenta fulfills many essential roles that help sustain your pregnancy and enable your baby to grow and develop.
The placenta transports substances to and from your baby, acting as your baby's lungs, kidneys, and digestive system.
To obtain oxygen, the baby's blood cells grab oxygen molecules from your own hemoglobin (the oxygen-carrying subtance in blood). Fetal hemoglobin has a modified structure that makes it bind readily to oxygen. Your baby requires twice as much oxygen weight for weight as your own needs so the transfer of oxygen needs to be efficient. The placenta's enhanced blood supply, large surface area, and the characteristics of fetal hemoglobin all ensure the efficient transfer of oxygen from mother to baby.
As your hemoglobin gives up oxygen, it accepts carbon dioxide molecules. Your lungs breathe out air rich with the baby's carbon dioxide as well as your own and the cycle begins again.
To grow and develop your baby also needs amino acids, the building blocks for proteins, and minerals like calcium and iron and these all pass from your own circulation via the placenta to the baby.
The placenta protects your baby from infections and harmful substances. Since your baby hasn't encountered any external threats he doesn't yet make protective antibodies known as immunoglobulins that can identify threats, such as viruses or bacteria. Instead he is reliant on the transfer of immunoglobulins from your circulation via the placenta and into his circulation. This means that you are able to protect your baby in the uterus from illnesses such as chickenpox. After your baby is born, the immunoglobulins he acquired from you will eventually be lost, which means that later as a child he becomes susceptible to chickenpox.
The placenta produces hormones, such as estrogen and progesterone, that are vital to your baby's well-being and lead to many of the changes in your body during pregnancy.
A baby's high metabolic rate generates heat. The placenta's big surface area and high blood flow disperses heat, controlling the baby's temperature.
The placenta contains a huge network of tiny projections called chorionic villi that branch out from a thin membrane, the chorion, and contain fetal blood vessels. The chorionic villi are bathed in maternal blood within the intervillous space. Each villus is only one or two cells thick, which allows the transfer of gases and nutrients between the mother and the baby, while ensuring that the two circulations never come into direct contact. Through the process of diffusion, oxygen and nutrients such as glucose, your baby's primary source of energy, from the mother pass into the fetal circulation, and waste products from the baby are picked up and carried away in the mother's bloodstream. The chorionic membrane also acts as a protective barrier, preventing many harmful substances and infections from reaching the baby.
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FORT WORTH (April 10, 2009)—A third death was reported Friday as wildfires continue to rage across the state after a deadly and devastating day Thursday, during which fires scorched 90,000 acres in Central and North Texas.
Montague County Sheriff Paul Cunningham said Friday that a woman died after calling for an ambulance in a fire near Bowie on Thursday, possibly from a heart attack.
A Montague County couple was killed Thursday when fire overtook their rural home about five miles west of Montague.
Former WFAA-TV reporter Matt Quinn and his wife, Cathy died in the fire.
Their son, Chris, was in fair condition Friday with burns at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas.
The National Weather Service said there was a high fire danger in the North Texas area Friday because of dry conditions and winds gusting up to 25 miles per hour, down considerably from the 60-mile per hour gusts that fanned the flames Thursday and created an extreme danger of fire.
Across the parched region Thursday's wind-whipped fires devastated the towns of Sunset and Stoneburg in Montague County.
Several dozen homes were destroyed, with only a heap of debris and ashes remaining.
The wind was so strong in West Texas it knocked over a gasoline pump in Odessa.
Chevron District Supervisor Thomas Quintela said the pump had a built-in automatic shut-off switch.
No injuries were reported.
The National Weather Service says the winds are expected to die down heading into the weekend.
A 250-acre fire in Hamilton County was burning Thursday evening in grass and juniper, the Texas Forest Service said.
It was threatening about 150 homes and the city of Hamilton.
Residents along County Road 2486 were being evacuated.
On Fort Hood, a large fire was burning off East Range Road.
Crews from several Fort Hood-area communities are battling the fire, which was partially contained Friday after charring about 5,000 acres.
The Killeen Fire Department sent two brush trucks to help battle the flames.
A fire department official described the fire as "pretty big," but said no structures are in its path.
The plume of smoke from the fire was visible for miles.
In San Saba County, a fire west of Cherokee had burned about 200 acres Thursday evening and was threatening homes and outbuildings, the Forest Service said.
Meanwhile to the northwest, the wind was fanning the flames of rapidly spreading fires with smoke so intense it showed up on National Weather Service weather radar.
"Fire conditions are extreme making fire fighting very dangerous," the Texas Forest Service said in an early-evening advisory Thursday.
A fire in Parker County, just west of Fort Worth, prompted officials to order residents in four Hudson Oaks subdivisions to leave their homes.
Authorities said one barn and another structure had burned near the 50 homes that were being evacuated.
The fire involved about 100 acres in a heavily wooded area just south of Interstate 20.
Firefighters in Jack County were working to control two wildfires, one near Post Oak and another southeast of Bryson.
Residents near the paths of the two fires were advised to proceed with evacuations.
An 8,000-acre wildfire in Wilbarger County ignited several businesses and forced the evacuation of schools in Montague and Callahan counties.
Several businesses were burning in an area about four miles west of Electra in Wilbarger County.
An elementary school in Bowie was evacuated and there were as many as 10 fires raging throughout the area.
Montague County Judge Ted Winn says winds were blowing as high as 60 mph.
Also in Montague County, evacuations were underway early Thursday evening in the community of Saint Jo, whose residents were being told to head to Muenster.
Another fire west of Montague jumped Highway 81 near Stoneburg and was moving rapidly to the east.
The Texas Forest Service says fires were also burning in parts of Palo Pinto, Hood and Young counties.
In Young County, a large fire was burning east of Graham and spreading rapidly to the east.
Residents along Highway 380 between Springwood Drive and Cement Mountain Road were told to evacuate immediately.


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Gadgets: Roku 3 streaming device is easy to use, reasonably priced
|The GlobaTrac Trakdot luggage tracker keeps track of your luggage's whereabouts. (GlobaTrac/MCT)
I know I'm late on getting to review this device so let's just say it was worth the wait and won't be one of those cumbersome gifts under the tree that frustrates your dad to no end with directions that are impossible to follow, regardless of the language.
It's not as simple as plug-n-play, but after you connect your own HDMI cord to the TV and the hockey-puck-sized Roku 3 (3.5-by-3.5-by-1 inch), the onscreen instructions navigate you through everything in just minutes.
Once connected, the menus are easy to navigate. Many choices are pay sites (Hulu Plus, Netflix, etc.) but offer a free month's service. If you have an existing account, you just have to enter your username and password.
Channel choices are endless and Roku advertises that it has more than 1,000, so there should be something for everyone including HBO GO, Amazon Instant, Pandora music service and the Vudu movie store. In addition to the HDMI connection, the back of the unit has an Ethernet port if you don't want to go with Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n compatible) USB and a microSD memory card slot.
A really cool thing built into the wireless remote is a 3.5mm headphone port. This way when you can connect any headphone to the remote, your TV will be muted and your headphones become wireless.
All the other usual controls are on the remote including back and forward buttons, volume, home button and some gaming controls.
Details: $99.99; www.roku.com
There couldn't be a more timely gadget than the GlobaTrac Trakdot luggage tracker, which tracks your luggage's whereabouts.
Put the small device (3-by-2.25-by-0.5 inches) in your checked luggage and its built-in GSM chip communicates with cellular towers. Once this is set, it sends your phone a message with its location once you are back on the ground.
According to the company's website, "Trakdot employs newly patented micro-electronics and ground-based cellular telephone technologies to track and report its position on the ground even while inside metal containers, such as cars, hardened suitcases, and parked aircraft."
Once the aircraft takes off, technology inside the Trakdot will put it in sleep mode and the same technology will re-awaken it once the plane's wheels hit the ground.
And there is no need to worry if the Trakdot will take up a valuable piece of your 50-pound limit since it weighs less than 2 ounces with the batteries (included).
There's a free Trakdot app available for iOS devices in the Apple App Store and it's also available for select Android OS devices (Galaxy S3, S4, Note 2).
Once you're at the baggage claim area, if you have a Bluetooth enabled device you can locate the bag with the app to find the exact location as long as you're within 160 feet.
Details: The Trakdot itself costs $59.95; a one-time activation fee is $8.99 and the annual service fee is $12.99; www.trakdot.com
How often have you or someone in your family set a camera on a timer and then attempted to get in the photo, with or without success.
Triggertrap's Mobile Dongle kit along with the Triggertrap Mobile smartphone app is the perfect combination to make sure everyone gets in the photo this holiday season.
The hardware is a connection kit for most any DSLR or advanced compact camera that is triggered by the app on your smartphone.
Dongles are available for 17 of the major camera makers on the Triggertrap site. You choose the camera maker and your specific model to ensure that you get the correct connection. Connect the specific connection side of the cable to your camera and the other cable into the other end of the dongle and the 3.5mm headphone port on your smartphone or tablet.
The newly designed Triggertrap Mobile 2.0 app takes over the controls from there. It has 14 advanced remote triggering options in a simple user friendly interface.
Just choose what you want, including instantly firing the camera, long exposure and wireless mode to use Wi-Fi to trigger the camera. The Wi-Fi mode even has the ability to create a network to control more than 100 cameras.
I tried a demo unit for a Canon 1DX and it was basically plug-n-play right out of the box, while using my camera on a tripod for time exposures.
There are way too many features to list but the most important aspect is it works great and doesn't cost a fortune.
Prices vary depending on the model. The Canon 1DX and the Nikon D610 dongle and cable kit sells for $31.92, while an extra cable for each is $10.81.
Details: www.triggertrap.com
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I saw this problem on reddit today and I think that we cursorily covered this in Tanach class. Who was Cain's wife? In בראשית ד' י"ז it says " וַיֵּדַע קַיִן אֶת-אִשְׁתּוֹ" but it never says who she is. Some of the answers I've seen are that she must be his sister, however it does not mention any other children before this. Furthermore, I don't the "Torah doesn't happen chronologically" card can be pulled here because later, in פסוק כ"ה it says "וַיֵּדַע אָדָם עוֹד, אֶת-אִשְׁתּוֹ". The "עוֹד" means that this must have happened after the birth of קין. The explanation I think was given in class was that his wife was חוה. Is this the case?
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The Gemara in Sanhedrin 38b says that Kayin married his twin sister.
The Medrash HaGadol says her name was
(Source: Tamma DeKra from Rav Chaim Kanievski.)
The Ibn Ezra (5:29) writes:
According to the footnotes* on the Ibn Ezra brought in the sefer מחוקקי יהודה here he means that all the early generations had both sons and daughters, and that a person would marry his twin sister or sister.
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Elsewhere, Rabbi Kanievsky offers another name for Cain's wife, הויה in addition to קנונתו as mentioned above. See http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=49913&st=&pgnum=4
Also, in the book of Jubilees Ch. 4 her name is given as Awan.


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It's elegant and historic; legendary and haunted.
Built in the early 1900's, the Rawls hotel in Enterprise was Japheth Rawls blood sweat and tears.
Hard work so his guests could have the perfect stay.
Rawls passed away in 1925.
And it's rumored that ever since, lights out has never been closing time for all his guests.
Some say you can hear it; kids laughing when no one's around.
And you can smell it; cigar smoke when no one's smoking.
Investigator Judi Swan said, "Picked up on a man in one of the rooms that had a heart attack and died in the bed a very angry man."
Judi Swan says she feels spirits and even gets a picture in her mind as she walks into a hotel room like 107.
Swan said, "When I came in, I felt my heart beating really fast. I felt a lot of anxiety, very tense and was having trouble breathing. It almost made me sick and that's when I asked Darrell, did someone have a heart attack in this room?"
But investigators on Darrell's team say they want all the proof they can get.
Wiregrass Ghost Hunters Technical Team
The feeling that there's something there you can't replace that
Jerry Tyms is part of the Wiregrass Ghost Hunters Technical Team. He knows the ins and outs of ghost hunting gadgets.
Tyms said, "One of our main tools we use is a digital recorder to catch EVP's."
EVP's Campbell says he got from room 107 years ago.
Campbell said, "Did an initial investigation here about three or four years ago and in that particular room, there were reports of a man who had passed away from a massive heart attack."
Swan says she felt a woman's presence in the hotel too.
Swan said, "I picked up on a woman on the stairs."
Picking up on guests who make the halls at the hotel, legend.