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5 Classic Games You Didn't Know Had WTF Backstories
A lot of classic arcade games have straight-forward, logical plots that drive them: Turtle dragon stole your woman, stomp mushrooms until he gives her back. That's cool; we're on board with that. But some of these other classic, seemingly self-evident games actually hid madness and dementia behind their fun, childish veneers.
#5. Donkey Kong
What we thought was going on:
We all know the story of Donkey Kong, right? It's just the plot of King Kong, Japanified: Giant ape escapes, kidnaps a woman, runs to the top of someplace high, is put in its ape-place by a plumber who isn't entirely clear on his job description.
"Well, there's your problem."
The WTF Backstory:
Except that Mario is the villain in Donkey Kong.
According to the game's manual, Donkey Kong was actually Mario's pet ape. Without even venturing into the shaky moral and legal issues of primate ownership, it gets way worse from there: The reason Donkey Kong escaped in the first place was only because Mario was abusing him. That's not our accusation; the manual spells that out, plain as day: "[Donkey Kong] is actually [Mario's] pet who was mistreated." The manual doesn't get really specific as to exactly how DK was being abused -- presumably because even jaded 1980s game designers figured that was some heavy shit to lay on a kid -- but it's not hard to fill in the blanks: Here's a screengrab of Mario sticking Donkey Kong in a cage, chaining him up, and what's that in his hand? A whip?
Isn't this basically how the Planet of the Apes got started?
The poor beast suffered years of physical abuse and neglect, can you blame him for reacting poorly when he finally got his shot at freedom? We don't blame the abused dog if it bites the mailman, can we blame DK for grabbing Mario's girlfriend, Pauline (safe to assume also an animal abuser, if only by proxy) and simply running away? He didn't even hurt anybody, he just ran. And we all know what happens next: Mario, possessed by the invincibility of rage, hurdles every obstacle in the pursuit of his frightened pet -- barrels will not stop him, fireballs will not stop him, ramshackle construction sites will not stop him, nothing will stop him, not even death (he's got extra lives) -- until he slowly but surely chases down the cornered, abused, terrified monkey, and drops him from the top of a skyscraper.
Teaching children around the world a valuable lesson about pet care.
We should probably tell you that the Donkey Kong of today -- the one seen happy and healthy in all the current Nintendo games? Rare made a very specific point of mentioning that he's not the original DK; that's his son. Now, they're not outright saying what happened to the original Donkey Kong, but it's best not to look too closely between the lines.
Because you'll probably find Mario there, covered in ape-blood, screaming in unearthly fury.
"When they talk to you, you just fell down the stairs, right?"
#4. Super Street Fighter II
What we thought was going on:
A bunch of characters fighting one another in a martial arts tournament. That's a wholly encapsulated backstory right there: Here are some dudes (and dudettes). They are in a tournament. They would like to win said tournament, and plan on doing so via the liberal application of punching. It's like Bloodsport, but with fireballs. We're done here, right?
Although we wouldn't mind learning the backstory behind that one-piece.
The WTF Backstory:
You get hints of crazy throughout the game (especially if you were the kind of lonely child who played fighting games single player and actually saw the endings) but the depth and complexity of Street Fighter's completely needless backstory still might surprise you. To find it, you need to grab the character bios from the obscure Street Fighter role playing game. Here's a glance to give you a hint of the scope of M. Bison's backstory, for example:
We always assumed his backstory began and ended with "steroids".
M.Bison, the man holding the tournament, who you thought was just kind of a dickhead -- maybe a dickhead with some kind of military background -- actually has a larger agenda: He's only hosting the matches in the first place so he can corrupt the street fighters with his psychic abilities.
All that crazy shit he can do in the game, like flying horizontally, bursting into flame, or wearing absurd power-lesbian shoulderpads? It's all the result of psychic abilities that he's developed ever since he found a meteor in a cave and started sleeping above it.
Step 1: Sleep on a rock. Step 2: Burn half-naked women with your thoughts.
Bison also heads an evil organization known as Shadoloo, which he took over with the help of his power-meteor, and the whole point of his plan to psychically corrupt martial artists is to eventually recruit them into said organization. How does this weirdness affect the actual gameplay? Well, let's look at Cammy:
Ok, that's long enough -- she's a cartoon, you sick freak.
If you're the kind of person who worries about spoilers for a twenty year old fighting game, you should probably click away now (we suggest visiting whatswrongwithmypriorities.com).
If you beat the game with Cammy, she's revealed to be a double-double agent -- that is to say, she thought she was working for the British Special Forces as an undercover agent in the competition, but that's only because she has amnesia. In reality, before she lost her memory, she actually was a member of Shadaloo, as well as M. Bison's brainwashed lover.
Above: The least appropriate use of a cheering crowd in video game history.
When Street Fighter takes place, Cammy is 19. According to her backstory up there, she suffered her bout of amnesia -- the one that made her forget her torrid love affair with Bison -- starting at age 18. Which means that fun little fighting game round you just played? Where you thought the story was "beat that guy because you're supposed to beat that guy"? Yeah, that was actually the brutal revenge of a psychologically traumatized amnesiac with sexual identity issues (punching dudes while wearing a thong falls a little outside of even Great Britain's freaky sexual norms) against the psychic pedophile that hypnotized and molested her as a child.
Wasn't that fun? Put another quarter in, kids!
#3. Centipede
What we thought was going on:
Centipede was a typical 1980s top-down shooter -- kind of a Space Invaders variant. The player controls a small ship at the bottom of the screen, and the goal is to shoot a giant centipede that descends toward you from the top of the screen. In the player's way are a bunch of mushrooms that can be blown up to clear space to hit the thing, and some other bugs like spiders, scorpions, and fleas.
And of course, everything was colored LSD-neon.
The WTF Backstory:
The arcade game itself offers no story, and why would it need to? You're a spaceship fighting freaky alien bugs. Nuff said. But then the console version came out, and it included an official comic book that explained the plot in surprising depth.
See, in reality, your "ship" is actually an elf with a magic wand.
According to Atari, the elf -- your ship -- is named Oliver, and he lives in a magical forest with his pals the centipede, the spider, the flea, and the scorpion.
Oh, no. What?
This is a game about murdering your friends?
All of your bug-pals turn evil when a wizard decides he wants your wand, and hypnotizes the creatures of the forest into attacking you and stealing it for him. Now, you're not a monster -- these are your friends here, after all -- so your magic wand doesn't outright kill them; it only transforms them into toadstools. You know, toadstools, like the ones you have to shoot through and... explode... to hit the centipede... before it reaches... you...
Just shoot the colored dots, asshole.
So all that fun you were having just now, blasting away, nimbly dodging bullets and raining hellfire into your enemies? Well the only reason there weren't tears streaming out of that tiny elf-ship the whole time is because there wasn't enough memory to render them back then.
Oh, and the wizard that causes all of this? Nowhere to be found in the game. Even though the comic gets a happy ending, at no point does that happen in the actual gameplay. There is no final boss scenario here -- no ultimate showdown with the guy who ruined your life -- there's just an endless cycle of death and tragedy as you mow down wave after wave of the things that used to be your friends.
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text: Since I have been getting more and more requests for some of the characters from the 'Sly Cooper' series, I figured making another tutorial would be liked and enjoyed. Here is "how to draw Carmelita Fox", step by step. Her professional name is 'Inspector Carmelita Montoya Fox'. Not only is Carmelita Sly's love interest, she also used to be employed by Interpol. Before she joined Cooper Gang, she was a very strict law official that believed anyone who is breaking, or broke the law should be brought to justice no matter how severe the charge or crime. Anyways, since I want all fans of the game to tackle this tutorial on drawing Carmelita, I just made a tutorial on her face and shoulders. This way you can draw her face, and when you are ready for a full body lesson, maybe I will make one. For now let's see how it goes. Don't worry about me leaving for tonight, I'm not going anywhere. I still have more lessons to upload. Adios mi amigos!


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I have an iPod Touch 4th generation running on iOS 4. For various reasons, I don't have a copy of all my songs on my computer running Windows 7 with iTunes 11. Is there a way to export my whole library, which contains both songs purchased on iTunes and songs ripped from CDs, to iTunes or elsewhere on my computer?
The only means I have ever found of doing this is third-party software. I have used Senuti for this, and can confirm that it works.
The current version of Senuti: http://www.fadingred.com/senuti/. The free trial version allows you to restore up to 1000 songs. There is also a fully-free version from 2008 [MD5 (Senuti.0.52.dmg) = e84ebf4614ded95c53dc750492297c87] at http://wstein.org/senuti/, but though the source code is available (there and at SourceForge), it has not been maintained, and I have not confirmed that it still works. (You can get an older version from the developer, too.)
There is also TouchCopy: http://www.wideanglesoftware.com/touchcopy. It appears to be very complete but is expensive, and the trial version is more limiting than is that of Senuti.
I have heard very good reviews of iExplorer and it is designed to do exactly what you seek. I use Phoneview to get at things as I don't need the extra functionality of iExplorer and Phoneview was for sale when I was buying a tool for this a few years back.


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'Don't like, wig out'
'Brainsick' - Not thinking rationally
'Get pelvic' - Become sexually intimate
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Alzheimer's Support Group meetings will be held at Carolina House Asheboro the second and fourth Tuesday of each month begining Tuesday, April 23rd. Amy Kennedy Williams, Clare Bridge Program Coordinator will be facilitating. Complimentary admission and light refreshments served. For questions or to RSVP for meetings contact Amy Kennedy or Tressa Hogan at 336-672-6600.
If you're a caregiver for a family of dementia, you're all too familiar with the frustrations and heartache that come from trying to stir the memory of someone you love.
But when it comes to memory disorders, the more you know, the beter you can care and cope. So join Carolina House Asheboro for this important caregivers support group that will help you identify key warning signs and offer strategies to help you cope. Learn tips for family caregivers.


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6 Great Products For Making Your Pet Hate You
When our pets one day inevitably rise up, they'll probably be pretty pissed about the whole neutering thing. And you can bet they'll remember those stupid outfits we made them wear. If that was the worst of it, they'd probably be willing to grant us the quick deaths we'll beg for. Unfortunately, we'll all be dying the slowest most humiliating deaths our pets can come up with, and know the whole time that we had it coming, thanks to stuff like ...
#6. Pet Plastic Surgery
So you underwent plastic surgery and are slowly coming to the realization that it wasn't your slightly longer than average toes that were making you unhappy. You could keep picking at the scab on your soul with even more plastic surgery, or you could realize that nothing you do to the outside of your body will fix what's bothering you ... because the problem is clearly your dog Rex's stupid looking face.
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"Could you make him appear to be in a constant state of surprise?"
Cosmetic surgery for pets is becoming more and more readily available, and people who own dogs and silently weep themselves to sleep at night are jumping at the opportunity. In some cases, the surgery is medically warranted, due to infections in the wrinkles of melty-faced dogs, and breathing problems due to pug noses. Of course, these are often the exact wrinkles and smushy noses that have been artificially bred into the creatures for maximum cuteness. For instance, this sharpe's face looked like rumpled up laundry because humans thought it would be cute, and then those same humans had to operate on his face upon realizing that there's a reason evolution didn't invent Pound Puppies.
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"My world is a sinus infection."
And then there are the times when the breed doesn't live up to the cosmetic features they're bred for, and they need to be fixed up so the neighbors will stop looking down on you. For instance, your Doberman's ears aren't as perky as you'd hoped? That's nothing a head clampin' can't fix:
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"People won't take this hundred pound tooth-monster seriously without straight ears."
And then there are the procedures that are really difficult to justify. Namely, stuff like cosmetic facelifts and nose jobs, testicle implants and freaking Botox and Metacril injections. The origins of the trend can be traced back to the insanely competitive dog show circuit, where rumors of surgical appearance enhancement by certain owners have existed for years.
One puppy was facing the end of his show career due to a drooping ear, which would have been tragic for his creepy owner and absolutely nobody else. And then a vet in Brazil injected its ear with so much wrinkle remover that it stood straight up again. And everyone who wasn't the dog, and didn't have a soul, lived happily ever after.
"That's right, jump for it, you little bitch."
Some veterinarians have started openly advocating and advertising pet plastic surgery as totally safe and worth it, and information has started spreading even outside the usual suspects thanks to media coverage.
And that, dear reader, is how we came to live in a world where tummy tucks for cats are a thing (WARNING: Video offers definitive proof that we live in a horrible world).
#5. Make Up and Spas
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As PETA is fond of reminding us, cosmetics and animals have a rather strained relationship. So it might surprise you to learn that cosmetics for animals are a booming business. Misguided pet owners can find perfectly ordinary pet shampoos, conditioners and other basics of dog grooming.
And then you find the corrector lipstick ...
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... and nose dye ...
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... to give your pets' nose and lips that extra black color that nobody but you will ever notice.
In case you think that webpage has to be a front for some secret animal testing conspiracy, there are plenty of others that offer stuff that's even stupider than that. For instance, Pawlish is a pet nail polish that must have been invented by a taxidermist, since that's the only way you're going to get an animal to sit still while you delicately paint its tender claws.
Unless you're The Beastmaster or a druid.
So now your pet is covered in pink nail polish because she wouldn't sit still while you stuffed cotton balls between her toes, and you're none too eager to clean her up since you've just been mauled by an animal with poisonous wet paint on her nails.
Via Mydogbliss.com
Somebody's getting laid tonight!
Fortunately, there are pet spas that will clean her up for you. Because the only thing your beloved pet likes more than strangers is strangers who try to give them baths. If you really want to show her what happens to bad kitties, there's the Japanese Washmatic-Kan, which is apparently aimed at pet owners who are tired of trying to get their pets to sit still on the roof of the car while sending it through the automated car wash. To get an idea of how pets feel about this innovation, combine your pet's heart stopping fear of vacuum cleaners and being left alone, and multiply it by the sound it makes when you try to give it a bath. Or you can just watch this cat turn into an insane hurricane the second the machine starts.
Good news for justifiably pissed-off cats everywhere: another version of the machine is making rounds in Europe that has a washing/drying program that lasts half an hour.
#4. Fur Dyes
Nothing here is photoshopped. In fact, using fur dyes to transform pets into the stars of rejected Trapper Keepers is apparently huge in China. And while Westerners gawk in horror at Asia's more liberal stance toward eating dogs and cats, it turns out that's just because pets aren't that cute when deep fried. When it comes to potentially adorable pet abuse, it turns out we're much more forgiving, judging from all the different colors of pet fur dye being marketed as a "trendy new way to get your pet noticed."
Via Daily Mail
"Shake! Speak! Pray for death!"
And it is abuse. Pet dyeing is difficult and dangerous as hell. Veterinarians tend to strongly advise against home dyeing, because CTFA approved, completely safe dyes are so rare that they aren't actually available in America. Part of the problem is that it's difficult to get animals not to lick the foreign substance their trusted caregivers just rubbed all over their bodies. And one lick later, well, you'd better have the vet who told you not to do it in the first place on speed dial.
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Even if your pet manages to survive your attempt to turn them "Magic Purple," you might get them jumped at the dog park, since bright colors are essentially nature's prison tattoos. According to animal behavioral expert Clara Guest, it's very possible that vivid, unnatural coloring affects the way other animals react to them. In nature, bright colors and color patterns often naturally evolve to communicate certain messages to other animals. For instance, many poisonous snakes are believed to be brightly colored to warn predators not to fuck with them. While it may make your dog look like a pussy to humans, as far as the other dogs at the dog park are concerned, your dog just rolled into San Quentin with a chest full of white power tats.
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Ecology faculty member Kerry Woods contributed to a study finding that forests with dense canopies create a microclimate that protects a variety of vulnerable plant species from warming air temperatures. The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, was picked up by several media outlets, including BBC News. Read more.


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Clinical Trials Program
The Thurston Arthritis Research Center conducts clinical trials in the areas of Rheumatology and Allergy/Immunology. Our dedicated clinical trials research team is comprised of UNC faculty physicians, specialized registered nurses and research study coordinators. Several of our Rheumatology and Allergy/Immunology faculty serve as principal investigators including Dr. Maya Jerath, Dr. Beth Jonas, Dr. Edwin Kim, Dr. Jennifer Rogers, Dr. Saira Sheikh, and Dr. Teresa Tarrant.
What is a clinical trial?
A clinical study involves research using patient volunteers (also called participants) that is intended to add medical knowledge and expand treatment options for patients. There are two main types of clinical studies: clinical trials and observational studies. The Thurston Arthritis Clinical Trials program is involved in both types of clinical studies.
- All clinical trials follow a study plan, or protocol, that ensures the health and safety of the participants. It explains what the study will do, how it will be carried out, and who may participate. All study protocols are rigorously evaluated by our faculty physicians and the UNC Office of Human Research Ethics.
For more information about clinic trials at Thurston, contact:
For Arthritis, contact Diane Bresch at 919-966-0545 or email: email@example.com
For Lupus, contact Julie Norfleet at 919-843-6619 or email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Before participating in a clinical trial you should ask the following questions:
- Who is doing the study?
- What is the study about?
- Will the study help to understand my condition?
- What do I have to do in the study?
- Are there any side effects to any medications?
- How much of my time is going to be involved?
- How often do I have to go to the clinical trial site?
- How long will each visit be?
Why should you volunteer?
People volunteer to participate in clinical trials for many reasons.
- They wish to benefit others and science research.
- They anticipate a personal benefit, a better treatment or outcome for their condition.
For more information about clinical trials visit www.clinicaltrials.gov.
Myths about Participating in Clinical Trials
A clinical trial can do anything it wants, I am just a guinea pig.
The health of participants is protected through the study protocol. Clinical trials are also approved by an Institutional Review Board (IRB) before enrolling participants in the study. An IRB performs critical oversight functions for research conducted on people to ensure that the trials are safe for the participants and scientifically sound. The IRB Monitors and reviews the study through the entire duration of the study.
Once I start a trial, I can't quit.
Participants can drop out of a clinical trial at any time for any reason. If you do not like the trial, are not feeling well or the trial is not going like you think it should, you have the option to drop out.
The blood samples that are collected during a clinical trial can be used for anything.
Blood samples are usually drawn for laboratory tests to assess the progress of the study. They are not used for any purpose that is not explicitly stated in the study consent forms. Sometimes a patient may be asked to donate additional blood samples to help develop new laboratory tests for diagnosing and treating diseases. These research samples require a separate consent form, and are optional.
If my doctor asks me to participate in a trial, I can't turn it down.
Participating in a clinical trial is on a voluntary basis; your doctor will still be your doctor and treat you regardless of whether you participate of not.
If I participate in a clinical trial, insurance company might deny my coverage.
Your insurance company cannot deny you any coverage if you participate in a clinical trial. Insurance companies are not informed of your participation.


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There was a time when NetBeans 6.9.1 with the Android library used to run my projects in the Android emulator. Now, it will compile my projects, but it never "runs" them - I can't even get it to start the emulator!
Things I have tried:
- Creating a new Android device and forcing NetBeans to use that device
- Restarting NetBeans
- Restarting my PC
- Cleaning before building
- Verbally and physically abusing my desktop
So I guess my questions are:
- Are there other things I can do to get NetBeans to launch my project, and
- If not (1), is there a way I can export the package and launch it from the command line using the tool directly?


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One great problem with fire in the wild is that it may not be completely out. What is the recommended procedure to prevent accidental forest fire?
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Like many questions, this will depend somewhat on your location. For example, some soils will keep coals dry while allowing them enough oxygen to smolder. Some woods produce longer-lasting coals or more insulating ash. Get to know your location. Discuss the question with other fire-makers in your area.
Still, there are probably some general guidelines to follow.
Consider the weather. Rain discourages fires, but certainly doesn't prevent them. Wind makes fires hotter. A long period of dry weather means vegetation and detritus are dryer and more prone to burning.
Prepare the site. Don't make a fire right on a tree root. Roots can smolder underground for a long time. I've been told that there were cases where root systems smoldered for over a mile. Remove forest brush underneath and around the fire site.
Make sure you have a way to put out the fire before you start. Water is the obvious choice. Peeing on fires works, but social protocol and smell may disqualify this approach.
Use small wood. The smaller the sticks, the sooner they'll burn to completion. A smaller, hotter fire with smaller sticks also produces less air pollutants.
Stop adding wood well before you leave camp.
Spread the fuel. A burning stick, isolated, will usually go out, but 2 burning sticks together will usually keep burning. Spread burning sticks and coals and give them time to cool.
Add water. Listen for the tell-tile hissing sound when water hits heat. If I'm using a water bottle with a spout, I can aim a stream well. Stir the water in to the ashes.
Check for heat. Hold your hand close over the ashes & dead coals and feel for heat. If the fire was large, you may need to dig through the ashes to check for buried heat.
About the legal aspect.
It varies wildly depending on where in the world are you and what is the regulation there. There are protected wildlife territories in which a fireplace shouldn't be made.
Then there are aspects like season. It may not be wise to make fire in certain times of the year in certain areas, like in a dry season.
About the putting out. If a water-source is near, it is best to soak the fireplace itself and the ground surrounding it (as berry120 mentioned). It would also be a good idea, if possible, to make a little trench around the fire so that it has less opportunity to spread.
If a water source is not present - try putting large quantities of dirt on top of the fireplace. The waiting a moment for the flames to go out, then separating the fireplace a little, and throwing more dirt on it. If everything is buried, there should be no open flame possible.
The legalities depend on where you are - the only sure fire way to know is to look it up depending on where you're going.
The best method I find is generally in some ways the simplest - soak it and all the surrounding area in plenty of water, then make sure it's sufficiently cool. If possible, start the fire next to a plentiful water source - such as a stream or a lake, which makes things easier in this regard. It also has the added benefit that if the fire does start to spread you can easily get as much water as you need to put it out, and it can only spread away from the water supply.
After you've applied the water, then be sure to hang around for a good while, don't just leave - especially if it's windy (tempting as it might be to get a move on in such conditions it only takes a bit of wind to blow on a tiny ember to restart the fire.)
If such a water source was not available then (emergencies aside) I wouldn't attempt to start a fire at all, things could just go wrong too easily - and far more often than not it isn't a risk worth taking.


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Aren't you impressed Woot listened?!?
Several months ago, myself and several others of you started asking Woot to post the place of manufacture for its products somewhere in the product details. I've noticed since then that several of the Woot sites have begun doing that in many cases. Has anyone else noticed?
With all of the negativity aimed at Woot and their Amazonian overlords these days, I thought it was important to appreciate when they do get it right. A little positive reinforcement is in order.
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The first product I looked at didn't seem to have it listed.
Where do you see the country it was manufactured in?
I haven't seen it on anything either. Where is it usually posted? Do they seem to be doing it no matter where it was made or are they only posting locations that would benefit them (i.e. USA or europe)
They usually say where the wine was made. Does that count?
Seems like a waste of time and effort for the woot staff. I don't think I've ever said, "Wow, what a deal! I'm buying that fo' sure! Oh wait, it's made in [blank]. No deal!" Woot is supposed to be a money-saving deals site. Country of origin isn't really a concern for most deal seekers.
@bsmith1: some people like getting good deals on nice stuff. A while ago I might have agreed with you, but if I am buying a product that is more of an investment, I want to make sure it was reliably built. After a few dud items, I now pay a little more attention (its not a deal breaker for everything, but definitely worth knowing, helps get expectations more in line).
@countdown: Are you trying to say that some countries produce more reliable products than other countries? Are you sure the quality doesn't have more to do with the specifications the owner of the company dictates to the manufacturer? For example, if a US company wants a product made in China, they tell the manufacturer exactly what tolerances are acceptable and the quality of each part they want in it. Then, negotiate on how much per unit they will charge.
I can understand if you want to support the country you live in and buy from them instead of an outsourced country but I wouldn't use quality as the reason to buy from one country versus another.
You may have heard that China produces junk but that's not necessarily true with all products. There are lots of cheap crap you can get from China but there are also some good quality products too. The iphone and ipad are manufactured in Shenzen, China.
@bsmith1: I disagree. Knowing where it's made does factor it, and help you decide whether or not it's a deal, or more Chinese crap.
@cengland0: While your point has merit for a handful of products most things are sent to china to be manufactured cheaper and is indeed of lesser quality. Not all but most. When you send specs for your products half way around the world where someone else to puts them together and ships them back across the world you'll most likely loose a bit of quality in doing so.
Since things are sent overseas to be manufactured cheaper, if a company is looking to cut cost then they probably also reduced standards.So when a company lowers the design standards and actually intends to make a lesser quality product cheaper in a different country the general consumer only knows there was a change in where it was made. Quality and location of manufacture may be not be in direct correlation but don't say they aren't related. @thumperchick 's "Chinese Crap" steriotype has become common place for a reason.
To answer the Op: No, I'm not. I'm not impressed when a company starts to go down hill and then periodically does something a quality company would do. This is not to say that Woot is a terrible company, but my bar for them is set pretty high. This is like when my children ask me if I'm impressed when they clean their rooms. I'm not. I'm pleased, but a clean room should be the norm. It would impress me if they do things around the house (or for their friends/neighbors) for which they are not responsible.
I will be when they switch to better shirt blanks.
Why won't they listen and sell better stuff and less electronics?
@cengland0: I have been finding it on the purchase page under the "Specs" tab, particularly on home woot; I've also seen it in a couple of the other stores, but it is by no means universal.
@nmchapma: Actually, the ones I've seen listed specifically mention Chinese made products; beyond that, I couldn't tell you.
@benyust2: I should hope so, but its your own fault if you buy wine without knowing from whence it comes.
@bsmith1: Besides the woot offs, I'm not sure the extra 12 seconds once a day it takes to put the country of manufacture is too much to ask of a company; and during the woot offs, they've been preparing the items for their them for some time or are recycling previous deals and descriptions. And yes, there are certainly times when I have used that information to make an informed decision on purchasing. Because of cheaper labor, a Chinese (and others) product may not be a deal at all when compared to a comparably priced Western-made product.
@sgtgreeneusmc: 12 seconds once a day? Pfftt... Do you know how many items woot sells every day? It might take 12 seconds PER ITEM to key that info into the product database. What about the time it takes to figure out where the product is made? Not all products put a big sticker on them saying "made in whatevs". Some woot staffer would have to research each and every item to definitively conclude where the item was made, assembled, and packaged. 12 seconds, my foot!
@bsmith1: Well, first, they have suppliers, they don't actually package the stuff themselves; they get a demo item to photograph, etc. They include the question when getting their own product descriptions. As for the items per day, I'm going out on a limb here and saying they offer, give or take, eight separate items a day, excluding woot+ deals (which, like woot offs, must be prepared in advance or are recycled products and descriptions.) Now assuming that the shirt blanks are now always made in Honduras, that leaves us with seven. I'll be generous and round that 12 seconds up to 2 minutes an item (you know, to actually look at it) and round up to the nearest quarter hour-15 minutes. Still don't think that's too much to ask since I can pick up any product in a store and look and see where it is made; I'm quite sure the woot staff is highly trained and capable of doing the same.
Either way, back to the point, we requested it and Woot, in some cases, has begun to deliver.
@thepenrod: I would tend to agree with you. I am, however, glad that they have at least made some effort regarding this particular point.
Apple finally did. Says right on it.
Designed in America, Made in China.
@cengland0: what @nmchapma said. The example I had in my head was speakers. Even more specifically, lets look at Denon. Their top of the line speakers are made in Japan, their "affordable" "entry level" speakers are made in China and are generally considered lower quality. Even though, in theory a Chinese human is as good at assembling speakers as a Japanese human.


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I have a HP compaq 8200 Elite CMT PC with an i7 processor and 16GB of ram. There are two hardisks on the pc one of which is 500GB and the other one is 1TB. I have a licensed copy of windows 32 bit on the 500GB which I cannot touch and I need to install a 64 bit ubuntu on the 1TB partition. The problem is when I install it normally with the grub and the ubuntu in 1TB hdd and I try to boot through it I get a grub error : no such partition. But windows does boot when I change the boot harddisk. I have tried things like boot repair,rescatux, re installing grub etc but none of them helped. I am also thinking there could be some bios issues.
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All those 4 procedures require the sysadmin fixed server role or CONTROL SERVER permission. What are the pros and cons of granting this level of permission to a user that's not a DBA? This is like opening Pandora's box :-).
Instead you should consider using SQLCLR as some of the ones you listed are notorious for memory issues + security issues as well.
Note that you can also shoot yourself in the foot with SQLCLR but I am NOT qualified to speak abt it.


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The Lone Star Dinosaur online experience showcases five new species discovered over the past two decades. Remarkably all of these creatures, including two that have yet to be named, were found within an hour drive of the Museum.
Finding dinosaur remains begins with looking at the right kind and right age rock. For instance, Early Cretaceous marine rock won't have dinosaur bones because dinosaurs were not marine creatures. They were land animals.
So what makes this area such a treasure trove for bones? Texas is one of very few places in the world where the rocks from the Early Cretaceous Period containing dinosaurs are exposed to the surface of the earth. The Lone Star State has wonderful sequences of dinosaur-bearing rocks from that time period, and they are accessible because the stack of layers tilts ever so slightly to the southeast.
The stories behind each of the dinosaur discoveries in this area are as unique as the species themselves. From a seven-year-old on an outing with his dad to a bridge inspector just doing his job, the Museum has captured each event in photos and words so you can be part of the journey of discovery.


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In addition to the Doom room and the Wolfenstein room, I have also heard that there is a secret level as a homage to id Software's game Quake.
Where can I find this level and what do I need to do in order to access it?
To find the Quake level, you will need to search the Wasted Garage for three hidden buttons. It is recommended not to attempt to find these buttons while completing the mission to collect parts for your buggy, due to the number of enemies in the level.
The buttons do not have an on screen prompt, but you will know when they've been activated as they make a Quake-like sound when pressed.
Here is a youtube video detailing where to find these buttons and the entrance to the hidden room:


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During an interview, I was asked whether I knew the difference between C and C++.
I was wondering why such question being asked?
During an interview, I was asked whether I knew the difference between C and C++.
I was wondering why such question being asked?
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If the questions was phrased like "Do you know the difference between C and C++?" and you were allowed to just respond with "Yes" then I could see your confusion, but if they were actually asking "What -are- the differences between C and C++?" and a more open-ended answer was expected, I can see it as a legitimate "avenue of inquiry" as they say.
For example, only having ever coded in C and never in C++, I would barely be able to answer beyond a vague "C++ supports object oriented coding?".
Some people have observed that there's a huge amount of programming job applicants who can't write code at all. So, yes, asking "obvious" questions makes perfect sense.
There's a whole bunch of them. There's an infinity of people who have idiot lecturers who teach C-strings and
Of course, if you're an employer, then saying that they're the same or even similar is a big warning light.
There are also a small percentage of people (such as myself) who learned C++ before they learned C.
I'm sure you know the differences, but if you are a student who has only had a C++ class, and not a C class the parts of C++ that are not C compatible will not be obvious.
Some of the more obvious differences I've learned (not an exhaustive list) () struct data types originally could not contain functions, and can't have private members, meaning it is very difficult to Enforce the validity rules of an abstract data type in C. () classes are not supported in C () passing by reference using the ampersand operator is specific to C++ () C doesn't support streams or templates (*) malloc and free are intended for use only in C and not in C++
Unfortunately, I think it is becoming more and more common.
I think that young programmers freshly out of technical school (or where they learn their skills from) simply do not learn older languages such as C, C++, Lisp, OCaml, etc. They simply come out as "c# programmers" or "java programmers", etc. And when they find a job, they do not challenge themselves with learning other languages.
Of course there are some that do, but from those I have worked with, there is a general tendency for the younger programmers to follow this pattern.
Disclaimer: Since I am talking about education, then there can of course be differences from country to country about what is being emphasized in the education.
Probably not literally, in that they think C++ and C are one and the same, but in terms of truly understanding and being able to use the different features of C++, yes.
The main cause is the binary nature of listing languages / tools on your resume/CV. Essentially, the standard seems to be that if you got "Hello World" to compile and run in a language, than it is OK to list it on your resume/CV.
As it happens, the C version of "Hello, World!" also compiles and runs in C++. So, absent any other information, all that seeing "C++" on a resume tells me is that this person knows enough C to get "Hello, World!" running, and knows that most C programs will compile in C++.
Given that, I'm going to need to probe that a little bit on the interview. I probably wouldn't do so by asking a "Yes/No" "Do you know the difference?" question, in short because it has an obvious "right" answer. I would probably ask the candidate which language she liked better, why, and if there were any advantages to the one she didn't pick.
Yes, its common. I have seen this situation, either myself, coworkers, or third party libraries code.
Myself, for example, sometimes work with other programming languages or programming frameworks, and have to link, or update, to either "pure c" or "c++" libraries.
I just had the problem of modifying some "Pure C" code. And using "new" & "delete" memory allocation functions, that are "c++". The rest of the code was not object oriented
The compiler was C++. Later, I sued another compiler, and discovered the error.
If some one ask, verbally, or in a written test, or web online test:
"Do you know the difference between C or C++"
And you answer "Yes" or "No".
They really mean:
"Do you know the difference between C or C++, if you do please tell me ?"
So, you have to answer:
"Yes. The difference its that C++ its Object Oriented, although, you may use Pure C, inside a C++ program, for backward compatibility."
Sometimes, they will not ask you "if you do please tell me", and they will assume that you don't know. Don't just answer "yes", or "no".
As a foreward, note that this answer is not meant to declare that there are no differences or that I profess to know the differences, or even that I know than "Hello World" in either C or C++. It is an answer to the question by framing the terms of reference, pointing out that plenty of people know the elementary differences (e.g. one has some
It depends what you mean by 'programmer' and what you mean by 'difference'.
I'm a 'programmer' (although I call myself a developer) and I'd struggle to give any real differences between C and C++. If pressed I'd probably say that C++ is a superset of C that has namespaces and inheritence; different ways of dealing with memory. I know enough to patch some bugs or make some changes in your existing program but I can't imagine writing anything more than a simple utility in C or C++. I know enough to get by, but I don't paint myself as "knowing" either of those languages.
I know other 'programmers' (also developers) who wouldn't even tell you the difference between Java and FORTRAN, or Javascript and Pascal. They are good at what they do and they don't do procedural languages.
Then there are millions of mediocre programmers who barely know the single language they work with every day.
The term 'difference' is ambigious. I've pointed out what I see as some differences above, but I know they aren't definitive and complete. Very few people are going to know every difference - a lot more people are going to be able to give some vague answers (as I have) about object orientation.
Twenty years ago? Yes.
Today? Not so much.
The reason for this is because the programming landscape has changed in a big way. Many of today's programs are web-based; even programs written for desktops may be written in a higher-level language than C or C++. As such, unless you're a programmer who writes OS code, you may not know much about either of the two languages.
An interviewer may ask this question in an interview to gauge how much you know about programming fundamentals; if you know the difference between C and C++, then you likely know what object-oriented programming is, you probably understand libraries and compilers, you understand memory functions, references, pointers....many things that have influenced the programming languages of today. I don't use C++ much (and I can't really say that I'm an excellent programmer in any language; wisdom will come with time) but I can say that my experience with C++ has definitely made me a better programmer.


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The spectrum $T(n)$ which is the telescope of a finite spectrum of type n along its self-map, has a unique Bousfield class $\langle T(n)\rangle$ which only depends on $n$. It is also known, from Ravenel's paper "Localization with respect to certain periodic homology theories" that $\langle S\rangle=\langle T(0)\rangle\vee\langle T(1)\rangle\vee\ldots\vee\langle T(n-1)\rangle\vee\langle F(n)\rangle$ where $F(n)$ is a finite spectrum of type n. Is it known whether or not $\langle S\rangle=\bigvee_n\langle T(n)\rangle$?
In the same vein, is it known whether or not $\bigvee_n\langle K(n)\rangle=\langle S\rangle$?


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What's a good way to get rid of "old house smell?"
I just rented a new place, and it's a bit on the antique side of things. It has that musty old house smell to it that many such houses have. I've already done a lot of cleaning, but that's not going to be enough to completely freshen up the air. Has anyone else found a method to completely get rid of the odor?
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The semi-inexpensive way: Walmart has knock-off wax scent diffusers that use a 25w bulb to heat a small bowl/plate that melts scented wax cubes. The diffusers run around $15-$20. The wax cubes are around $2 for a set of six. LOTS of different scents: floral, cookies/baked treats, etc. Think Yankee Candle aromas. Depending on the size of your home, you might need two or three diffusers.
Might want to begin checking for old water leaks and mildew, too.
Chlorine gas.
@cengland0 isn't joking. What you're smelling is most likely mold. Chlorine gas, more exactly chlorine dioxide is what you want to use to get rid of the smell. The mold is likely deep within the wood and plaster/drywall. Go to your local hardware/home improvement store and ask around for a good odor remover with chlorine dioxide and they'll have something for you. You need to kill the source of the odor, not cover it up.
move. Sorry couldn't resist. What they said up there.. ^^^^^
@eraten: Also, when using the gas, make sure you're not at home and that you let the house vent properly before reentry.
I suggest a good carpet steam cleaning, too, if you haven't gone that far yet. We did that with the pretty gross carpet in the place we're moving into, and it seemed to help a lot with "old house" smell.
Have your heating and cooling ducts professionally cleaned. You might have gunk in there as old as the house and every time the heat or AC comes on and blows the stink blows with it.
Wash the walls with a mixture of 1 cup ammonia-1/2 cup vinegar-1/4 cup baking soda-1 gallon water. Make sure you get every bit of the wall and the trim. If there are curtains up, wash them. If you have carpets/rugs down get more baking soda (it's an odor neutralizer) sprinkle the carpets/rugs with it liberally-think snow-let set for a couple of hours and vacuum.
Murphy Oil Soap
I'm loving all these answers. I have a similar problem, except I'm staying in an extended stay hotel while I house hunt. Musty cheap hotel is hard to get out of your clothes, and I'm betting there is mold because I have the same damp must odor in my room.
Lots of bleach. It does the job :)
Rent a bunch of old Allman Brothers and Greatful Dead concert videos, then advertise on craigslist that you're hosting jam-band weekend. And stock up on cheeto's.
Brew some coffee and fry some bacon. It'll be smelling like home in no time.
"Now my house smells like patchouli and oregano"
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2. a match
In case it isn't obvious, if you do the chlorine gas or other major chemical fix, make sure the pets are also out of there. You may want to send the pets to visit a friend for a couple of days as they are going to be more sensitive to chemicals than you are.
Once you get the worst of it out, clean the floors well and then mop in a generous amount of lemon oil. It's what makes Murphy's Oil Soap smell good, but if you use the real thing the shine and the smell last longer. But it does take a day or two to fully sink in. I do lemon oil on my floors a couple of times a year and use Murphy's in the intervening months.
A safety note: My friend who has a nut allergy has been getting rashes on his legs when he pet sits at my house. We suspect it's the Murphy's Oil Soap. If you have a nut allergy, check this out before using.
Try getting a bunch of Renuzits and putting them throughout the house. I mean like three or four per room.
My roommate's room used to smell like dog urine. It was a result of the previous owner, smell had seeped into the insulation and the floor and even replacing both didn't completely get rid of it.
He tried a few Renuzits, took out 80, 90% of the smell in a day. The room still doesn't smell anymore, so those things work. Granted, he had them all fully open and they had lost like 40% of their mass within the first couple days, but they work pretty well.
His room was small though, so it may take more than three or four per room, but I would venture that it would work.
@hessem: I was really confused. You made me think I already responded here until I realized that you're not me. I guess it's better that way since I really don't have anything to contribute that hasn't already been said.
Making ozone is a definitive way to rid places of odors. If the chlorine gas approach is not for you, check out ozone generators. Here's an example: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0012BKBW8/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
A good long-term investment, IMHO. You can use them in cars, in houses, in your garage, anywhere. Just try not to be there when it's running and never run them for too long and use good ventilation! It smells like a fresh thunderstorm has swept through, but can cause headaches if you're breathing that in near the machine operating.
I just purchased one of these things for a little more than $100 and it DEFINITELY works, and I've read that it works wonders for stinky houses (ie, prior residents were smokers, etc).
Nuke it from space.
@dmaz: Actually, if bleach is used to remove mold on wood, it causes the pores of the wood to open up which then leads to an increased mold problem. If you're removing mold, the best solution is soapy water. It is more difficult, but the results last longer. NEVER try to remove mold before soaking it with a solution because it will release spores into the air if it's disturbed while it's still dry.
The best long term solution is to address the issue that's causing the mold to start with. You want to make sure that your crawl space (or basement) is as dry as possible. Rain gutters and porches need to be leading the water as far away from the foundation of the house as possible. Also, aquariums and houseplants can increase the humidity in a home as well, so be sure that if you must have them, to use a dehumidifier to decrease the moisture in the air.
I know it's not your place, but if you contact the land lord about it, they might help you out.
@badbassrandy: I second the motion for Ozone. It can get irritating if you breate lots of it, but NOTHING works as well. It is what the pros's use for this sort of thing and it is, to borrow a phrase, "mostly harmless".
Lots of (atmospheric) Ozone producing items on the market. Just pay attention to the length of thwarrantyty for the O3 producing element - often a bulb like device. OR you could rent an "industrial" unit for a couple of days...
Thanks for the advice guys. :) I'll swing around a few hardware stores over the weekend to see what's available to me locally. I haven't moved in fully yet, so I figure I have plenty of time to let any weird chemical fumes air out before we all take up residence. I did do a good, solid cleaning in several of the rooms yesterday with bleach and regular household cleaner. It helped, but the smell is still there. I'll buy Murphy's Oil and just clean the floors with that regularly, as well as check out these chlorine/ozone bomb things.
Kick him out.
You have 2 options.
1. Burn it down and build a new house.
2. Park a new car inside. The new car smell should leach out into the house.
These are your only 2 options. You must choose one.
Opening the windows and airing it out also help quite a bit.
Considering this is a rental - perhaps you should raise the issue with the landlord? In writing...
@ki4rxm: nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure!
I'm moving into a 60+ yr old house in the spring and it has that old smell. Great suggestion for the chlorine gas thing. There's even old wallpaper on the walls! If it weren't flowery I'd leave it. I hope she lets me change it......
@eraten: I just moved, and the previous tenant had cats and also smoked the; odors were throughout the house. The landlord compensated me for repainting all the interior walls, I added the Air-ReNu paint additive that a friend recommended and thankfully, the house stays smelling clean and fresh. One application works continuously and will last for 10-12 years.


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The EPC contract was awarded to a joint venture made up of Odebrecht (40%), Technip (40%) and ICA Fluor (20%). The new petrochemical complex will include a 1.05 million tpy ethylene cracker and several integrated polyethylene (PE) plants. Ethylene XXI should begin operations in June 2015.
Braskem Idesa awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract on its
Ethylene XXI project to a joint venture company
comprised of Odebrecht (40%), Technip (40%) and ICA Fluor
ICA Fluor is an industrial construction joint venture of its
own, including Fluor and Mexicos Empresas ICA.
Together, the three companies will design and build the new
Etileno XXI petrochemical complex in the Mexican
state of Veracruz. The overall deal value was $2.7 billion.
The new petrochemical complex will include a
1.05 million tpy ethane cracker and integrated polyethylene
(PE) plants.
The cracker will be based on Technip technology, while INEOS is providing
the high-density (HDPE) technology and LyondellBasell the
low-density (LDPE) technology.
The joint venture project team will utilize several
operating centers around the world to execute the
The project, of which Braskem owns a 65%
stake and Idesa the remaining 35%, is expected to start up
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HARKER HEIGHTS (January 2, 2013)--Former mayor and retired Fort Hood commander Maj. Gen. Stewart C. Meyer passed away Monday at Metroplex Hospital.
He was 91 years old.
Meyer was formerly in charge of the Test and Experimental Command at West Fort Hood and served as the Harker Heights' mayor about 4 years beginning in 1993.
Military awards include a Silver Star for gallantry, Purple Heart, 16 air medals and five Bronze Stars.
He was a member of the Rotary Club, Kiwanis Club and St. Christopher's Episcopal Church in Killeen.
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Unanswered: Sencha touch supports soap requests
Hi all,
I browsed thru docs API, I have an doubt whether sencha touch supports SOAP type of web service. when i went thru the docs I could see only proxies for AJAX, JSON.
anyone knows how to access soap requests in ST. OR any plugin available??
Please reply.
In some posts i have seen like ST does not support SOAP.
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As with all aspects of pregnancy, there are many factors of which you need to be aware, especially if this is your first pregnancy. Remember, pregnancy is the beginning of a new stage of your life. You are responsible not just for yourself, but also for a wonderful child. This child's well-being and health depend on you. Using your skills in health management with exercise and fitness will preserve the health of both you and your baby.
Basic Guidelines
Once you suspect or know you are pregnant, you must start to listen to your body signals while exercising. Pay close attention to the four "F" fitness factors: fahrenheit, fluids, food, and fatigue. Ignoring these factors can cause problems with the development of your baby and the health of your pregnancy.
This refers to exercising in extreme temperatures. It is very important that you do not get overheated or feel hot while exercising. Your core body temperature actually rises while you exercise in extreme heat (over 80 degrees Fahrenheit). Problems with the neurological development of your baby can occur when your temperature goes up. For this reason, saunas, hot baths, and Jacuzzis are prohibited during pregnancy. This is particularly important during the first trimester. High temperatures also accelerate dehydration, another health risk during pregnancy.
To avoid dehydration, a cause of early labor, make sure you are drinking plenty of fluidsabout two cups a day more than before. During exercise, always have water or a sports drink available. You should sip at least every 10 minutes, and drink 1 cup for every 20 minutes of exercise. Your blood volume increases significantly with pregnancy and requires more fluids to maintain it.
Because pregnancy is a higher state of metabolism and you burn sugars quicker than normal, you must provide your growing baby and yourself with enough fuel at all times. Before exercising, make sure you have eaten within the past two hours, and have a snack within the half hour after. If you are exercising for longer than one hour, it is recommended that you take a break and have a carbohydrate snack at least every half-hour during activity.
Because your baby's development depends solely on your body, it is much easier to feel fatigued during exercise. Do not push yourself through this. Stop when you feel tired, and especially if you are light-headed or short of breath. You might only be able to do one-third or one-half the exercise you did when you were not pregnant; some days, especially if you are active all day, you might not have energy to exercise at all. Rest if you are tired, and do not push your exercise to extremes. On these days, instead of a hard workout, consider a 20-minute walk, a gentle yoga class, or easy cycling. Sometimes, what you might really need is a nap.
The Four "F" Fitness Factors to Consider While Exercising During Pregnancy
|What to Consider
|Avoid high temperatures.
|You should never exercise or even relax in heat or temperatures above 90 degrees. Saunas, hot baths, and Jacuzzis are prohibited.
|Drink plenty!
|You should never let yourself feel thirsty to prevent dehydration.
|Food is your fuel and is used up more quickly in pregnancy.
|During pregnancy, you use up your body fuel stores faster; a carbohydrate snack should be eaten within a half hour of exercise and during exercise longer than one hour.
|Rest is essential to your developing baby.
|Fatigue is your body telling you that you need rest. Listen to your body and modify (or skip) your workout when you feel you need rest.
It is very important to discuss your athletic and workout activities, as well as your work and home schedule, with your doctor. Unless you have a chronic illness or problems with past pregnancies, you will probably be advised that it is safe to exercise in moderation. When asked for specifics, most physicians follow the very conservative and strict American College of Obstetric and Gynecology Exercise Guidelines.
Standard American College of Obstetric and Gynecology Exercise Guidelines
Still, moderation is an excellent adjective for all things in pregnancy; nothing, especially not exercise, should be done to excess. If you are a high-level athlete or exerciser who routinely does more than one hour a day of exercise, one hour a day should now be your maximum. Remember, even elite professional and competitive athletes can stay well trained with less activity during pregnancy because pregnancy is a constant "training state," stressing the body to physical limits in similar ways that exercise does. If you feel you are someone who is "addicted" to exercise and are not comfortable limiting yourself to one hour a day, you should see a counselor or therapist to determine why. Your mental health is just as important to the baby's health as your physical health is.
Basic Guidelines for Exercise in Pregnancy
Your heart rate increases to handle the larger volume of blood it pushes throughout the body in order to reach the fetus. Heart rate increases as the pregnancy goes on. By the third trimester, your heart rate can actually increase 10 to 15 beats per minute to accommodate the baby. This is demonstrated by an increase in pulse rate both at rest and while exercising.
Your blood increases in many ways: number of cells, volume (overall amount of fluid), and size of vessels. This allows it to more efficiently transport oxygen and nutrients to both mother and baby. Blood can also become slightly thicker, as it is carrying more nutrients and cells. This requires drinking increased amount of fluids to maintain proper blood flow.
Breathing can sometimes seem like work in pregnancy. Your breathing rate increases to supply oxygen to your baby and also to accommodate for your higher metabolism. Your body also becomes more sensitive to levels of humidity or change in air temperature, causing you to "overbreathe," or feel as if you are hyperventilating at times. Adding to your change in breathing is pressure on the breathing muscles (diaphragm and rib muscles) and lung space as your baby grows, making your lungs slightly smaller and less able to fully expand.
Temperature regulation is slightly impaired during pregnancy. Thicker blood and more red blood cells slow your body's natural cooling mechanism. Also, pregnancy hormones interfere with your normal thermostat that controls body temperature. This increase in temperature can be detrimental to a pregnancy, because research has shown that a fetus can develop abnormally if body temperature stays elevated for long. Therefore, you must avoid a rise in body temperature by not exercising in heat, wearing light clothing, and drinking cool fluids during exercise. If you have trouble judging your body temperature, check it with a thermometer while exercising; it should not go over 100 degrees. Exercising in heat also increases your risk of dehydration. Overheating should be avoided at all times, not just while exercising. It is for this reason that saunas, Jacuzzis, and hot tubs are prohibited during pregnancy.
Drinking more fluids is one of the most important changes you need to make to accommodate to pregnancy for many reasons, including preventing constipation, temperature regulation, maintaining increased blood flow, and higher breathing rate. Fluids are lost at increased amounts through digestion, sweat, in urine and stool, and through the lungs. Because your body system requires much more fluid when you are pregnant, it is very important to stay well hydrated.
During pregnancy, your body uses up its supplies of glycogen (stored energy) faster. The hormone changes of pregnancy require that you use carbohydrates as an immediate energy source during exercise, especially when exercise lasts longer than 45 minutes. With regular exercise, you need at least 400 to 500 more calories per day after the first trimester than you were eating before.
Body System Changes During Pregnancy
|Body System
|Increased rate
|Increased breathing rate, decreased lung space
|Increased cells, thickness, volume
|Blood vessels
|Increased size and number
|Body temperature control
|Glucose supplies
|Used more quickly
WARNING Dehydration can cause decreased oxygen and nutrient supply to the baby, overheating, and early labor.
Your growing baby experiences the same responses to exercise you do: heart rate and temperature go up and blood sugar supply goes down. Remember this as you are exercising and considering whether to run that extra mile in the heat (don't!). Also, when you exercise, more of your blood is going to the muscles to allow them to work, taking some away from your baby. Therefore, if you are a competitive or professional athlete who wants to stay as fit as possible, it is recommended to split your workout into two 30- to 45-minute sessions at two different times of the day to decrease an overload of stress on the baby.
Exercise Guidelines During Pregnancy
Contraindications to Exercise
Medical problems that might restrict your exercise in pregnancy include heart or lung problems, infections, anemia, metabolic diseases, high blood pressure, bleeding, and problems with your cervix. If you have an eating disorder or trouble keeping weight on, your exercise should be limited. Problems with prior pregnancies or history of miscarriages might also impose restrictions on workout activity. Also, high levels of physical activity at work or home can limit exercise.
Reasons Not to Work Out in Pregnancy, as Determined by Your Doctor
Warning Signs to Stop Exercising
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Our infrastructure is on AWS. I want to get a daily report on how much spent on the previous day. What is the best way to do it?
AWS has just announced the general availability of the functionality to Monitor Estimated Charges Using Billing Alerts via Amazon CloudWatch (it apparently has been available to AWS premium accounts already since end of 2011, see Daniel Lopez' answer to Is there a way to set Amazon AWS billing limit?):
As outlined in the introductory blog post, You can start by using the billing alerts to let you know when your AWS bill will be higher than expected, see Monitor Your Estimated Charges Using Amazon CloudWatch for more details regarding this functionality.
This is already pretty useful for many basic needs, however, using the CloudWatch APIs to retrieve the stored metrics yourself (see GetMetricStatistics) actually allows you to drive arbitrary workflows and business logic based upon this data, and of course you could generate a daily report on how much spent on the previous day like so as well.
Regarding the latter, the scope of this offering is stressed as well though:
That is, the granularity of the reported metrics has yet to be analyzed (I see data points every 4 to 8 hours, but not necessarily updated values every time, as one would expect actually), so deriving a sufficiently precise daily report might require some statistical post processing.
Initial Answer
Unfortunately this is less straight forward than one would think, especially given that the desired data can be inspected manually via your account. There are two monitoring options one would expect:
Neither AWS nor any other IaaS/PaaS/SaaS vendor I'm aware of does offer API access to their accounting data currently (maybe due to the potential financial/legal implications), making any form of 3rd party integration (which would be easy to do nowadays) cumbersome at best, insofar you need to resort to web scraping to retrieve the data in the first place.
Update 20120427
The former caveat (kept for reference below) of requiring your main AWS credentials doesn't apply anymore - AWS recently introduced New IAM Features: Password Management and Access to Account Activity and Usage Reports Pages:
Cloudability has now integrated this as well, thus you don't need to hand them your main AWS credentials anymore or spent the extra effort to establish Consolidated Billing just to gain insight into your cloud spending, see How to Setup Amazon IAM (Identity Account Management) for details.
Former Caveat
In order to access your data you'll need to hand them your main AWS credentials, because otherwise they can't scrape your account, obviously. For AWS in particular you can still avoid this by facilitating Consolidated Billing, where you consolidate payment for multiple Amazon AWS accounts [...] by designating a single paying account, which in turn has no access to your computing resources and data.
Using awscli tools, you can get your month-to-date total:
Totals from two different days can be subtracted to get the daily delta. Or, an estimate can be obtained in one go by increasing the time window (
Amazon provides your current month-to-date charges here:
Towards the top of the page it indicates how current the data is. I find it tends to lag by a few hours.
This is the most accurate and up-to-date record you can get from Amazon or anybody else at this time.
If you really need a day-to-day cost report, you'll need to use the "Usage Report" tool in your AWS account. You can request a report for each service you use, on whatever time period you want, in granularity from by hour to by month. Then it downloads a CSV.
You'll need to do some post-processing on that CSV (since it's not in cost, but in usage etc), but it will provide you the data you need to have a day-to-day cost.
Maybe this Python module on Github can help you getting started: pyec2costs (for reserved or ondemand instances).
There is fairly new tool open-sourced by Netflix called Ice: https://github.com/Netflix/ice which allows to visualize the billing details as retrieved via the AWS reports generated into your S3 buckets.
Take a look at Xervmon. They provide day to day spend and usage in addition analytics on historical. They are an upcoming service provider with detailed integrations with Amazon AWS planned in next 3 months.
Some screenshots from my current account is as below. http://cloudmaya.net/~develop/demo/Slide1.jpg http://cloudmaya.net/~develop/demo/Slide2.jpg
Bunch of professionals have built and it is quite neat.
Here is a simple script that demonstrate how to parse and analyze your detailed AWS billing CSV file:
Should be easy enough so you can build your own analysis !
I've seen companies build their own in-house tools for this - basically they scrap the AWS billing page and on their own dashboard, display the current cost, and in one example, they divide it by the days in the month that have passed, and multiple that to get the estimated total month cost.
AWS don't offer a billing API yet (I'm sure they will in future), but there are a couple of external services that can help. One is CloudVertical (disclosure: I work here), where you can get your daily, monthly, and hourly cost, broken down by service, and for multiple accounts.
The real holy grail for a service like AWS though is not just to track daily spending, but to show insights on efficiency (cost+usage = efficiency) and also highlight opportunities for savings (ie: times to use reserved or spot instances)
There's is tool to view your AWS Billing Usage where you can slice and dice your usage across different AWS Resource to as low as 30 minutes. I've posted more thorough answer at http://stackoverflow.com/a/37585673/1526342


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Eat the Rainbow for Your Eyesby Bridget Swinney, R.D.
Have you "eaten the rainbow" today? Brightly colored fruits and vegetables offer different nutrients that are good for your overall health, and eating the colors of the rainbow spectrum, especially those with the carotenoid lutein, may also protect your eyes from damaging light and promote good eye health for people of all ages. Read on to see what foods you should be including in your family's diet.
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What is Lutein?
Carotenoids naturally originate from plants, such as fruits and vegetables, and can help protect against cell damage. Lutein is one of only two carotenoids found in the human eye, and it concentrates in the critical point of the retina that receives and absorbs light. It works in two ways; it absorbs potentially damaging light (especially blue light) and protects against oxidative damage. Studies also show that lutein can reduce the risk of age-related macular degeneration and cataracts, two of the leading causes of vision trouble in adults, by 35 percent and 40 percent, respectively.
Boost the use of this important nutrient in your family's diet. Encourage your family to taste a rainbow of fruits and vegetables that are good for their eyes (and if you're pregnant or breastfeeding, remember that baby can only get lutein through your diet). Check out this colorful list of lutein-rich foods.
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New York City weighs allowing many immigrants to vote
NEW YORK - Hundreds of thousands of New York City immigrants could get the right to vote in local elections under a proposal before lawmakers.
City Council members discussed the plan at a hearing Thursday.
It would enfranchise people who are in the country legally, but aren't citizens. Advocates estimate that could be more than 800,000 people.
Many U.S. states once let non-citizens vote, though policies changed by the 1930s. Some Maryland cities now allow it, and the idea has been floated in New York for years.
Supporters say immigrants who pay taxes deserve to decide who spends them. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other opponents say voting should be reserved for citizens.
New York state election law prohibits immigrants from voting. Supporters argue the city can set its own policies for local elections.


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Has the Robinson-Schensted correspondence, as explained by Wikipedia or Richard Stanley, been implemented in any of the standard programming languages. I'm using Python, but I'm open to Java, C++, Mathematica, Matlab. On paper, the bumping is not so bad - I think 1364752 gives you a v-shaped tableau - but coding the algorithm may require linked lists.
The regular representation of a finite group can be decomposed into a direct sum of all the irreducible representations of G. The basis of the right-regular representation is the elements $g \in G$ and the group action is $\rho_g(h) = hg$. Then every irreducible representation appears in the sum with multiplicity equal to its dimension $$ |G| = \sum_{\pi \in \text{Irr(G)}} (\dim \pi )^2$$ When G = S(n), the permutation group on n elements, the irreducible representations are indexed by Young-diagrams with n boxes and |G| = n!
The Robinson-Schensted correspondence takes this literally and bijectively takes in a permutation and spits out two pairs of (standard?) Young tableaux filled with numbers 1 thru n of the same shape.


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