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I'm pretty comfortable with the backend side of web development (say, using java spring mvc, or grails), but I really don't know where to start when it comes to client side UI (as in designing pages that look good). OK, I know that there's CSS and I can do just about anything with it, and I know about CSS frameworks like Blueprint.
But how do front end designers actually design pages? Do they use a WYSIWYG editor of some sort? Do they code the whole thing in vim and rely on their magical CSS skills? Do they use something like Photoshop to visualize the page and then translate that to html+css?
I'm hoping for some insight into the way professional developers actually do it, vs. "Go find a site you like, click view source, copy the things you like, repeat"; or "Go to www.freecsstemplates.com and download a template, copy into css directory". Unless that IS the way professional developers design pages, which would be sad.
Hopefully this doesn't get closed. What I'm asking is: Is it normal for people to simply code in notepad or vim or whatever, and just apply css knowledge. Is that the way frontend designers typically work, in industry. Its the way I imagine approaching it. Or do they do something else? I'd like to get better at it but I'd like to know vaguely the right approach.


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An exhibition of new work by Lawrence Weiner will open at Dia Center for the Arts,
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are Thursday through Sunday, 12 noon to 6 pm. The exhibition will be on view through June 21,
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Weiner is known for his use of language as the raw material for his art. Since 1968, he has used the following declaration of intent: With relation to the various manners of use:
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The decision as to condition rests with the receiver upon the occasion of receivership. Using the space as an integral component of the work, Weiner will use walls, doors, the floor, and columns of the third floor of 548 West 22nd Street for this exhibition.
The work will also be presented in a book designed by the artist charting the conception of the work through to its realization. A poster designed by Weiner will also be available. Weiner was born in New York City in 1942 and lives and works in New York City and Amsterdam, Holland. His work has been exhibited widely, especially in Europe, with a retrospective organized in 1988 at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. He has made numerous artists' books, and a retrospective of the books organized in 1989 by Portikus in Frankfurt will be on view at the Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels opening June 6, 1991.
A catalogue raisonné of his films and tapes entitled "Show and Tell" is forthcoming in October from Imschoot Uitgevers, Ghent, Belgium.
The Printed Matter Bookstore at Dia at 77 Wooster Street will present a survey of Weiner's posters, 1965-present. The posters will be shown, April 2-27, courtesy of Art Metropole, Toronto.
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I have a website for which we are trying to be discreet about the fact that we are using WordPress. What steps can we take to make it less obvious?
The biggest WordPress giveaways are between the
Example WordPress head content output by The Twentyten Theme and how to remove:
Remove directly from header.php
Hide WordPress by calling your stylesheet from another location and change the wp-content directory. WordPress requires your theme to include some basic information at the top of style.css (style.css must be in the themes root directory). You will need to create an alternate CSS and call it from your head. WordPress does not require you to use the themes style.css it only requires it to be in the themes directory.
Remove directly from header.php
To remove these extra links you can add a filter to functions.php
You can change your plugin directory and your wp-content directory in your wp-config.php file but you could have some problems if your theme or any plugins do not use the proper method to call files.
Set WP_CONTENT_URL to the full URI of this directory (no trailing slash), e.g.
Optional Set WP_PLUGIN_DIR to the full local path of this directory (no trailing slash), e.g.
Set WP_PLUGIN_URL to the full URI of this directory (no trailing slash), e.g.
Be aware that some plugins like Akismat, All in One SEO, W3-Total-Cache, Super Cache, and many others add comments to the HTML output. Most are easy to modify to remove the comments but your changes will be overwritten anytime the plugins get updated.
The wp-includes directory holds jquery and various other js files that themes or plugins will call using wp_enqueue_script(). To change this you will need to deregister the default WordPress scripts and register the new location. Add to functions.php:
This will need to be done with each script used by your theme or plugins.
One bit that is often missed - delete
Related Question: Prevent access or auto-delete readme.html, license.txt, wp-config-sample.php
I've always used the Roots Theme method.
So, started to play with the
Sorry, ThemeForest, seems like you've been taken steps to tackle this matter. And with some nice helping hands! – brasofilo Oct 8 '12 at 13:22
You can have WordPress on one server and scrape your content from another only including the content you need.
If you need RSS your would have to do the same with that.
Effectively it would be like serving static pages from a proxy or CDN, but only the bits you want to serve. You could then also just use a javascript based comment system such as Disqus.
Really low resource use, becaue here are no databases on the server serving the content.
You can create your custom address to login to your blog. By not using the classic "myblog.com/wp-admin" path to get to your dashboard This page will help you with creating stealth logins, this is also good for security measures.
So the ppl who append wp-admin to your blog, won't be able to guess :)
In addition to the above, you need to lock down access to the various
I'm not an apache expert so I asked this question over on serverfault.
I looked for a solution too, but it's too complex. I purchased a plugin: Swift Security.
I hope it helped.
So many high voted answers.... time to set the record straight, it is virtually impossible and even if it is,life is probably too short to put an effort into it.
The problem is not the obvious wp-* urls, the generator meta etc. The hard problems are with patterns that are associated with wordpress that an home grown system will not bother to implement like author pages, year,month,day apges, use p=nnn as a valid parameter, have comment form with the wordpress comment class, structure and link names, and then there is the self promotion of the caching plugins and yoast SEO and probably many other plugins that you see only when you inspect the HTML itself.
And even if you put the effort into cleaning up everything indicating that this is a wordpress, you might need to redo or at least recheck after every plugin or core upgrade. Life is just too short for that.
Just because some white hat tools do not detect your site a s wordpress do not mean that black hat do not do a better detection job. If this is done as a security measure then it is security by obscurity which is always wrong, and if you are just ashamed of using wordpress, then let me tell you something - no one cares, and even the very few that do probably will not know how to figure it out by themself.
You can customize a theme to exclude all the WordPress information. Also remove meta widget and any widget that would output information about the platform.
Personally, I prefer to show my gratitude by displaying that I am using WordPress.
Don't forget that a lot of the http header information that is sent along with your request can identify your site as running on WordPress. For example, if you check the headers on the following sites, it's obvious:
Some of those are set by the server, some are set by plugins, so there's no one way for me to say how to remove 100% of them, but if you're using PHP 5.3 you can use
to remove a known PHP header before your content is being shoved out. I can't say for a certainty where to place this (maybe someone else can pitch in with that info), but it's probably safe to put it at the very top of your index.php BEFORE any content that is sent to the browser.
I don't want to repeat the coding options since they have been exhaustively covered, the other option I know that works is using a plugin that hides wp. I have used this plugin before to satisfactory standards. Its called hide my WordPress.
This can be hard to achieve if you are new to php and mod_rewrite. I suggest so you check with the section of my response. Or try it yourself, you can use something like this to hide the wp-content/plugins path structure:
This will change the path to /modules . Use something similar for other structure, you may need some advanced rewrites, see http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html for additional mod_rewrite information's.
If prefer something out of the box, there are few nice plugins, some commercial, also free at WordPress repository, i suggest to try WP Hide & Security Enhancer. This include lot's of things and help to change pretty much everything to make your WordPress unrecognizable. Here are some features of the code:
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I was curious if anyone knew of a recommendation from a reputable source for the max number of lines of code for a given file. For example, Google's Closure Linter recommends that each line should not exceed 80 characters.
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A file should be short enough that you can find any function or method without scrolling back and forth multiple times hunting for it, or having to remember a search string. The metric I use is the amount of time I spend looking for code within a file versus reading it. If that becomes noticeable, it's time to repartition the file or class.
A good size for a basic code block is short enough, both in width and height, that you can project the guts of it during a group code review, and have it all fit without the font being so small that the guy in the back of the conference room can't read it. This size also helps if you are ever called to explain some code when all you have with you is a mobile device or tablet.
There is no such thing, and if there was, it would be highly dependent on what language you were using (doing the same thing in assembler versus C# or Java for instance).
For the higher level languages, you can see this SO discussion. For Java/C#, 10-20 lines per method is what Bob Martin recommends as a maximum. There is no discussion regarding files, as it is not relevant and depends on what the class is supposed to do.
In regards to the 80 characters per line limit - this is a throwback to the days of punch cards. Having said that, when lines grow too long, readability suffers.
Line length should be such that you do not have to scroll screen to see whole line. That depends on monitor size and resolution.
Methods and functions are best if can fit one screen.
Files shouldn't be too long. The best are short files, where it is easy to understand the class, and the implementation.
80 characters!
I remember that I used to see source code files for billing programs about 80 pages and more when I did COBOL. Of course, I can't see that this is near common practice but 80 chars is equally ridiculous.
From a class size view, if you try to apply this suggestion on a typical Customer class that has about 80 properties and 20 methods or so, you will have to break the class into several other ones and make the code very messy indeed.
I try to keep classes and methods short, but don't worry so much about line length. In these days of wide screens and long identifiers, I think eighty characters is far too few. It takes some work to break statements so they are easily read, and with an eighty character limit, it happens quite frequently. I think about 120 or 130 columns per line is more reasonable.
File and line lengths are measurements of secondary effects of complexity and as such are highly variable. What you should aim for is code without unnecessary complexity, not a certain maximum line count.
Long files tend to indicate that methods, subroutines or classes are overly complex (doing too many things, not sufficiently factored, etc)
Long lines tend to indicate that expressions are overly complex.
They are smells that indicate a potential code issue, not well defined target metrics.


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The cost to use an Elder Sign to seal a gate is 1 Sanity and 1 Stamina. If you are at 1 on either one of these (or both), can you essentially sacrifice yourself in order to use it? Will the sealing occur before you become insane/wounded/devoured?
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This is explicitly allowed in the rule book, p18
Pat has come up with an authoritative answer, but even if the rulebook had left things ambiguous, that scenario sounds so atmospheric that, if it were my house and it came up, I would definitely want to allow it.
Arkham Horror is a game that thrives on its atmosphere: if something so cinematic was disallowed by the rules, I'd feel a bit cheated by them!


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It is conjectured that SHA-1 has been broken from the "research" perspective but no in real world. That is that there is an algebraic attack that explores weaknesses on its algebraic construction. The same happens for MD5 but MD5 has been practically broken by finding collisions in real world. Can we still use HMAC with SHA-1 and be secure against preimage, second preimage and collisions?
I would recommend phasing out SHA-1 in any scenario where collision-resistance of a hash is required, for there is a wide consensus that an attack with $2^{69}$ complexity would work, it would already be feasible by a resourceful entity, and attacks only get better.
I'm still confident that SHA-1 is preimage and second-preimage resistant for all practical purposes in the foreseeable future, when its full output is used. Nevertheless, I would prefer SHA-256 or RIPEMD-160 when they are possible options.
I'm still confident that HMAC with SHA-1 is secure in any scenario where HMAC's key is assumed secret, for all practical purposes in the foreseeable future; this is because an improved security argument for HMAC remains valid with weak assumptions on the underlying (round function of the) hash. I could recommend it in a MAC application where using a tarnished name is not an issue, and speed matters.
SHA-1 is only academically broken. So, it is still secure for all uses. The problem is, attacks only get better. So, migrating to SHA-2 (or at least planning for a SHA-2 migration) would be a good move.
That said, of interesting note is that even if SHA-1 were practically broken it might still be okay for use in HMAC.


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We are all told at school water vapour and carbon dioxide are the top two greenhouse gases, and that they absorb thermal infra red radiation, trap heat and warm up the Earth. My question is how do they do that? Why can't Oxygen or Nitrogen or any other gas not absorb infra red radiation as well as water vapour or CO2?
As you can see on these absorption spectra for $\textrm{H}_2\textrm{O}$ and $\textrm{C}\textrm{O}_2$, both molecules have moderate to strong absorbtion in the mid-IR wavelengths, with the absorption of $\textrm{C}\textrm{O}_2$ extending out into the longer wavelengths.
Other molecules common in the atmosphere don't have such strong absorption at the wavelengths given off by thermal radiation. If you are asking why that is, I'm afraid I can't give you a very detailed answer, except to say that the absorption spectra of molecules (and atoms) is governed by quantum mechanics. Maybe somebody else can explain how they would be calculated from principles, but that is beyond my education.
The absorption of IR radiation is due to vibrations of molecules. When a vibration causes change in charge distribution (or dipole moment to be more specific) the IR radiation is absorbed.
Generally, hetero-polar molecules, like $H_2O \; and \; CO_2$, have permanent dipole moment. The external oscillating electric field in this case perturbs the Hamiltonian and causes IR absorption. Hence, they contribute to "Green House effect" by absorbtion of heat.
$H_2O$, which is non-linear molecule, has three fundamental modes of vibrations. Symmetrical Stretching, asymmetrical Stretching and scissoring (bending). $CO_2$, which is linear molecule, has four fundamental modes of vibrations. Symmetrical stretching, asymmetrical stretching and two degenerate scissoring modes, in planes perpendicular. The symmetric stretching mode in $CO_2$ does not produce or absorb any IR, as it does not cause change in dipole moment, but other modes do change charge distribution causing absorption of IR.
Well, the homo-polar molecules, like $N_2 \; and \; O_2$, does not have any permanent dipole moment. The external oscillating electric field does not perturb the Hamiltonian for nuclear motion, and does not absorb IR, though it perturbs Hamiltonian for electronic motion. Hence, do not contribute for "Green House effect".
Since CO2 re-radiates IR energy, it can't be said that it "absorbs" the energy. It just converts it to another frequency in the electromagnetic spectrum. The end result is transparency.
In some quantity, everything in the air including nitrogen and oxygen absorbs and emits black body radiation at frequencies which overlap the frequencies absorbed by CO2. In fact, the only reason why there is IR in the air is because the surface of the earth emits black body radiation in proportion to its temperature. The air then does the same thing at some level. The question then is, in what quantity is the atmosphere absorbing and emitting black body radiation. The emissivity of nitrogen and oxygen gasses should be closed to 100%, since they do not reflect IR significantly. But the larger question is how does the quantity of black body absorption compare to the fingerprint absorption of CO2. Actual measurements and numbers do not seem to exist. So promoters use computer models to divide up the heat of the atmosphere between pollutants such as CO2 and everything else. They then pull such numbers out of the hat which say increases in CO2 levels will create a global temperature increase of about 6 deg. This is about 20% of the 33 deg. which the atmosphere is said to contribute to the temperature of the globe.There are about 30 times as many water vapor molecules in the air as CO2 molecules, and water vapor has a more effective fingerprint spectrum. It is also much more variable. This means water vapor will swamp whatever CO2 does. It is obviously not being honest to say CO2 does twenty percent of the heating, when there is a hundred times as much water vapor doing the same thing.
The real fact is that all of the atmosphere is principally heated by thermal conduction and convection - heating the atmosphere by absorbing infrared radiation is negligible.
Water vapour is accepted to be about 1% of a normal atmosphere. At the Earth's surface the mass of a cubic metre of air is about 1.205 kg. As we go up in the atmosphere pressure decreases and thus so does the mass of air per cubic metre.
At 1% water vapour concentration by volume or about 1.5% by weight there are about 19 grams per cubic metre at sea level - significantly less at higher altitudes. Kiehl & Trenberth claim greenhouse gases produce "backradiation" of 324 Watts / square metre.
A watt is equivalent to a Newton metre per second. A newton is a mass of 1 kilogram accelerated by gravity - 9.8 metres per second.
Hence 324 Watts per square metre is equivalent to 324 Newton metres per second.
324 Newtons is 33 kg subjected to gravity's acceleration.
If anyone can explain to me how a mere 12 grams of water vapour in every cubic metre of normal air at sea level can produce that sort of energy I would feel much enlightened - I simply say it is impossible without furnace like temperatures.
As for Carbon Dioxide at 0.04% by volume which is 0.06% by weight it constitutes approximately 0.732 grams per cubic metre - again significantly less at high altitudes as it is heavier than air.
By similar logic if any one can explain how such an insignificant mass of Carbon Dioxide can produce any detectable quantity of radiation I would feel much enlightened !!
As data from the Moon orbiting satellites a heated surface radiating to space cools at a very slow rate.
True the Moon can become very cold on the night side but that lunar night lasts 354 Earth hours and the surface cools about 290 degrees during that 354 hours - less than a degree per hour.
At that rate the dark side of the Earth would "cool" less than 12 degrees before the Sun rose again.
It is the period of rotation of the Earth that is significant into determining how much the Earth cools.
It is the power of the Solar radiation that determines the maximum daytime temperature.
The atmosphere and oceans reduce the temperature the Solar radiation is capable of causing and there is simple proof in that the Moon's surfaces are heated to over the boiling point of water whilst the Earth never approaches those extremes except when conduction/convection is suppressed or prevented entirely.
Finally do you really believe that although Nitrogen and Oxygen do not significantly absorb Infrared radiation they do not radiate Infrared radiation ?
A well known fact of physics is that everything that has a temperature above absolute zero radiates electromagnetic radiation !
At ambient air temperatures well established physics, Wien's law, predicts that the intensity of the emitted electromagnetic radiation is at a peak well within the Infrared radiation wavelength band.
Almost all of the electromagnetic radiation in the atmosphere is coming from Nitrogen and Oxygen which constitute about 99% of the atmosphere.
The only way Nitrogen and Oxygen would not constitute the vast bulk of this atmospheric radiation is if they were at absolute zero and all the warmth you feel came from 19 grams per cubic metre water vapour and 0.732 grams per cubic metre CO2.
I think that proposition is absurd !


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So, I'm triyng a long game in King of Dragon Pass, PC version. My problem is this: how by Elmal's balls and Orlanth's fart can keep my tribe-mates happy?
I am really confused as to what influences tribe-mood. My clan is prosperous, I almost have more cows than people (seriously, I have like 1000 people and at the moment, around 1900+ cows), I usually make massive damages on any fool attempting to raid my tula, I have enough treasures to start a museum. To boot, my clan's mood is pretty damn happy, if not downright jubilant. I always keep the tribal judge in "by the strenght of the case" (or whatever it is that says that the king judges the case by legal merit rather than who is most generous or how they are disposed towards me).
But how can I fulfill my destiny if my tribe-mates constantly want to depose our king? They say something vague about "dishonored our ancestry" or whatever. The manual is unhelpful. The only way I know to increase tribe mood is by doing a heroquest.
One of my advisors say something about "sending emmiseries" to tribe-mates, but most of these clans are happy with me. Even if that is so, I am confused as to what I should do. Sending gifts to them occasionally seems pointless.
I am sincerly at loss as to what to do.


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Laurent Hilaire appointed ballet master
Posted 25 February 2005 - 09:10 AM
The POB principal Laurent Hilaire, ages 42, has been appointed Ballet Master.
He will join a team which already included the Ballet master in chief
("maître de ballet associé à la Maison de la Danse") Patrice Bart,
another ballet master Clotilde Vayer (former première danseuse),
and four assistant ballet masters (former sujets Fabrice Bourgeois
and Viviane Descoutures, former premier dancer Lionel Delanoë, and
Malin Thoors).
The article also says that he will not be an étoile any longer, but that he will continue
performing as an "étoile invitée" (he will dance the role of Tybalt in Nureyev's
"Romeo and Juliet" next June).
So there are now 7 male étoiles (J.G. Bart, Belarbi, Ganio, Legris, Le Riche, Martinez, Romoli) and 6 female étoiles (Dupont, Gillot, Letestu, Maurin, Osta, Pujol). But Belarbi and Romoli, who are from the same generation as Hilaire, will retire within two or three years at most, and Legris a bit later. Also Elisabeth Maurin will retire in June, after a last performance in "Romeo and Juliet", and the première danseuse Karin Averty will retire then too, also after dancing Juliet. So soon there won't be any dancer left from the étoiles of the Nureyev generation...
Laurent Hilaire already didn't dance very often in the last few seasons, and was more and more involved in coaching, so that change isn't very surprising. I hope that he will still have a farewell performance when he turns 45, as such performances generally are very moving, and he has a lot of fans...
I wonder if there will be some other promotions soon (especially as Gérard Mortier's policy seems quite different from his predecessors')...
Posted 25 February 2005 - 09:23 AM
Posted 25 February 2005 - 10:56 AM
By the way, in which roles did you see Hilaire and Averty ?
Posted 25 February 2005 - 04:30 PM
It hasn't come as a big surprise, actually .... over the last few years in a number of interviews he constantly made it very clear that the time was right for him to shift his energies and time more to coaching younger generations; it appeared he found it truly appealing and worthwhile job, coaching. His determinations to convey the spirit of Nureyev seemed rock-solid, and often it was very moving to hear someone who benefitted from a great encounter with a ballet giant of the last century genuinely wished to pass onto the future generations what he had gained through precious experiences. (But then it's not only Hilaire - "Nureyev's Children", the group of exceptionally gifted dancers including Jude, Loudieres, Platel and Hilaire himself, seem to share the strong views or beliefs; they are destined to advocate what Nureyev had taught them - it's their missions!)
Having said that it would be a great loss not only for POB but for the ballet world if this decision would further reduce his appearances as a perfomer. Inevitable, perhaps, but I do believe he still has strong will and passions to dance - the evidence of which I witnessed not so long ago, in last summer - and continue coming back on stage if the repertoire was right. AND we certainly shouldn't let him go without allowing us to bid proper farewell!
Posted 25 February 2005 - 11:24 PM
I saw Hilaire in Swan Lake, Washington Square, and the First Movement of Palais de Cristal, the Bizet with Karin Averty. I loved them in it. I also saw Averty in Fourth Movement of PdC.
By the way, in which roles did you see Hilaire and Averty ?
Posted 26 February 2005 - 02:42 AM
Having said that it would be a great loss not only for POB but for the ballet world if this decision would further reduce his appearances as a perfomer. Inevitable, perhaps, but I do believe he still has strong will and passions to dance - the evidence of which I witnessed not so long ago, in last summer - and continue coming back on stage if the repertoire was right. AND we certainly shouldn't let him go without allowing us to bid proper farewell!
I agree with you ! Well, the small article did mention he'd continue performing as an "étoile invitée", so there still is some hope to see him on stage. However, he already performed less and less, and not so often in classical roles... And I wonder if he'll dance something else than Romeo and Juliet this season.
But for example, if "Liebeslieder Walzer" will be danced again (I hope so, as it has been danced only one season so far, and it was in an ill-conceived program in my opinion, with three modern works), I do hope that he'll dance it again.
hockeyfan, thanks for your answer. I guess that Karin Averty was not far from becoming a principal then, but she was in a generation with many extremely talented dancers, and never got promoted, even though she was given quite a lot of principal roles. (Also, in more recent years, she was absent for more than one season because of an injury). I saw her last season in the Choleric movement of "The Four Temperaments" too, and liked her in that role.
Actually, it will be her first Juliet... She might be a bit old for that, at 42, but that's a nice gift from the direction to end her POB career !
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A Lufkin, Texas, jury convicted Vanessa Clark, a 33-year-old mother, of felony child endangerment after Tristan, her 2-month-old son, died while sleeping in bed with Clark and her husband. Another son, Christian, died under the same circumstances in 2009.
�It may not be illegal to sleep with your child,� said prosecutor Dale Summa, but it is illegal to put your child in imminent danger.
After losing one child, prosecutors said, Clark should have known better. It was negligent � criminal, in fact � for Tristan�s parents to sleep with him. The jury agreed.
A colleague of mine found the verdict pathetic.
�Pretty soon,� he said, �the only way to raise a child without going to jail will be to turn the kid over to the state to be raised in a cr�che.�
This case raises some disturbing issues, particularly because the pathologist who autopsied Tristan � Dallas Chief Medical Examiner Jody Barnard � could not state a cause of death.
Dr. Barnard is a highly competent pathologist whom I know well and once worked with. He told the court just what I would have said: He could rule out death from most diseases or from injury, but couldn�t eliminate some possibilities such as certain heart-rhythm abnormalities, smothering and external compression.
Barnard said, rightly, that it�s possible for an adult sleeping with a small child to inadvertently cover the baby�s face or roll on it, causing fatal smothering or compression. It�s also possible Tristan was murdered � intentionally suffocated. There�s no way to tell.
A lot of forensic pathologists and other professionals have become convinced that just about all babies found dead in bed with their parents were rolled on and suffocated. I�m glad Dr. Barnard was more conservative in his opinion because I�m not sure that�s why these babies die.
I personally don�t believe sober people roll on and suffocate their babies. People who are drunk or under the influence? Maybe so. But I�d only certify co-sleeping as a cause of death if a child were found dead underneath some part of the body of a bed-sharing adult.
A 2009 article reporting on the dangers of co-sleeping and other risk factors published in the British Medical Journal states: �The proportion of (sudden infant death syndrome) infants found co-sleeping in a bed with parents who had drunk two units or less of alcohol and taken no drugs was no different from that of the random control infants.�
The authors concluded: �In the absence of any evidence that the parent had laid on the infant, from investigation of the scene and circumstances or from postmortem examination, it is a simplistic and unjustified assumption that all unexpected deaths in potentially risky co-sleeping environments are caused by overlaying or entrapment.�
Of course, there�s another ringer in the Clark case: Vanessa Clark had elevated levels of hydrocodone and Xanax in her body when Tristan died.
Does that make her guilty?
I�m glad I�m just a forensic pathologist. I�d hate to be one of the jurors who had to make that decision.
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I have Ilford HP5 Plus 400, I believe this is one of the standard B&W films. I've developed this myself, but I'm not sure what to look for or ask a lab tech to make sure that they develop this properly. C-41 is the standard color equivalent to what B&W process?
Most labs I've seen that do black and white processing call it generally D-76 processing, but they could use any number of other chemicals. HP5 is about a standard a b&w film as you'll find, so if the lab claims they do black and white processing, they'll be able to do HP5.
Ilford's site has a PDF for all the development solutions and times that they recommend if you need something specific to ask about.
If you want to shoot black and white film but can only find places that do color processing (for example, most drug store labs only do color film now), you might want to look into chromogenic films like Ilford XP2 or Kodak T400CN. Those are b&w films but they're designed to be developed with the chemicals for color film.
If you are using Ilford film, like HP5, it's better use Ilford developer like Ilfosol or Id11. I recommend ID11: it results in fine grain and better contrast, and if you are doing color, use Ilford XP2


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It's been more than four years in the making but now a dream becomes reality for many in Simpson County.
The county received a federal grant worth almost a half million dollars to help build a Boys and Girls Club in Franklin.
"We are now on our way."
Board President Jay Atkerson says the county received a $425,000 Community Development Block Grant to help build the $1.6 million facility.
The Boys and Girls Club is a program for kids ranging from six years old to 17. The club provides a place were kids can come and learn and offers a number of programs that promote leadership. Currently, there are 13 Boys and Girls Club in Kentucky.
If you would like to donate money to the Boys and Girls Club there will be a fundraiser called Kids Festival on Saturday May 28 at the strip mall by Wal-Mart.
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Have you seen the Official PemberDucky Woot Cake Taste Testing!
try to say that 3x fast~!
Mind you my camera skills/adobe premiere skills are very... non-existent!!! But the cake was delicious @PemberDucky !!! TY!
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I'll say it again.....Seattle's not that far away. :)
Cake in a jar? Very clever & inventive, @pemberducky! + 1 for a staff member that does a beautiful follow-through!
Errrmmm, what 'flavor' of cake was it? Looked like confetti. Hope it didn't taste like paper. ;-)
you didn't show multicolored vomit, so i assume you are all still alive.
Hahaha! Awesome! :)
You are a very brave person.
Haha, I'm not confident in my own bravery if I saw something quite like that...
I'm lying. I'd scarf it down in 10 minutes.
P.S. what did the note say? Was it a luuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrve note?
This is one for the Woot history books, that's for sure. Well done Pemberducky, this is simply awesome.
Three words: singles.woot.com. :p
Good job on the video, probably much better than what I could have done :)
What did the cake taste like?
Fun. And as mentioned, brave. With the sound muted, the scene with the box, the knife + the monkeys registered nicely ominous. Cake In A Jar...haunting your table this Halloween.
Jumbowoot will need to step up his game if he wants to compete with cake.
Weird Al was a nice touch!
As @figgers3036 asked, we want to know what the note said!!
@belyndag: Nope, I don't want to know what the note said. I blush too easily.
@figgers3036: In the other thread @devexityspace said "So I did receive the cake! and it was tasty! (Yes actually ate it despite Managements warning on the note!).. I will be posting video this weekend =/". Not sure what else it said but at the least it was a warning not to eat the cake....which he didn't listen to, lol.
@gmwhit yes it was confetti ! and it was very good! (Not dry even) @hackman2007
@moosezilla no vomit here! Didn't even feel woozey!
@figgers3036 @belyndag @barnabee @raider9924
Here is a portion of the note! more to be revealed later (bhwahahahaha)
@devexityspace: It's like Alice in Wonderland. Are you now 10 feet tall?
I saw the "Making of" the cake. You are a brave person for tasting it. ;)
Really? Not even ONE "Ladyfingers" joke yet? I feel let down.
Cake - Going the Distance, clever.
@devexityspace: LOL! So management considers that a disclaimer? Wouldn't hold up in court, my friend!
@belyndag: I was thinking the same thing.
@devexityspace: You're braver than I am. I don't like cake that much!
@capguncowboy: I love cake! Besides, how bad could it be? :::remembering the "making of the cake" visuals::: Okay, so it could have been pretty bad, but one taste of even something awful is survivable, and that creation deserved at least a taste.
read somewhere that 2-day-shipped-Funfetti-cake-in-a-jar is like...the Fugu of confections. you have an intrepid household, @devexityspace.
oh, and Cake for cake? perfect.
thanks for taking the time to share. :D
oh! props, btw, to @lavikinga, who knows my tricks too darn well.
@pemberducky: Can't take any credit here. Sometimes my brain goes a little MacGyver on me. I've always been able to figure out a work around. Plus, being married to a military man made me learn how to pack all sorts of things to survive a carrier landing.
That was well done. I especially liked the audience of monkeys -- the one sitting on the jar to read the note was too cute.
@belyndag: Respect mah authoritah!
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6 Things You Won't Believe Can Brainwash You On Election Day
When a politician tells us that he'll stick to his beliefs when in office, we usually murmur something about corporate interests and "the fat cats in City Hall." Well, it turns out that politicians are the ones who should be cynical about us. Science is finding that some pretty weird stuff can make us forget what we stand for on Election Day. At least the politicians are being swayed by briefcases full of cash. With us, it can be things as simple as ...
#6. Who Weighs More
Ever since JFK out-sexied Nixon during the first-ever televised presidential debates, looks have mattered in politics. Studies have shown that more attractive politicians get greater press coverage and more air time and of course, the best thing you can do if you are a lady politician is hit the gym. But looks also matter in ways you might not expect when it comes to which politicians people vote for, and being the most attractive isn't always the most important thing.
Unless you're a woman. We really can't emphasis that enough.
When it comes to men, being fit and attractive is helpful but nothing compared with being overweight. Apparently, voters see more rotund male candidates as more trustworthy and even more inspiring than their thinner competition. Other very detailed studies have shown that we tend to favor men with specific facial characteristics, which basically boils down to voting for more distinguished-looking gentlemen as opposed to "baby-faced" candidates.
With the obvious exception of Senator Giggles here.
It doesn't even matter what the candidates' policies are. Studies show that when people are presented with pictures of politicians for even a second and know absolutely nothing about the politicians' beliefs or what party they are in, certain candidates will always come out on top. And since that's the first thing you find out about a candidate, some guys are coming from behind to begin with.
According to a study at MIT this phenomenon isn't limited by where you vote. People in different countries continually find certain candidates more trustworthy and electable based on their looks, no matter how different their cultures. And as long as those politicians are guys, it is the chubby yet distinguished-looking ones every time.
Taft couldn't lose.
#5. Where You Vote
Anyone who has voted knows that the government isn't picky about what constitutes a "public polling place." The motto seems to be: If it would be considered slightly below average for a weekly bingo game, it's good enough for the linchpin of democracy. On Election Day, you might find yourself voting anywhere from a supermarket parking lot to some dude's garage -- as long as it can fit some curtained cubicles and a couple of old ladies making sure you don't cheat off your neighbor.
Look! Democracy!
In addition to making you feel worse about America, the location where you cast your ballot might actually be brainwashing you with subtle environmental factors you don't even notice. For instance, studies have shown that if your local polling place is a school, you will vote yes for more school initiatives on the ballot, especially if there are teachers or students nearby. Using exit polling data, the studies found that this was the case even if the measures were not something the voters would typically support.
If they allowed crowded airplanes to act as polling places, everyone would be pro-choice.
It's difficult to get too outraged at those fat cat public school students who tricked you into paying for new text books. But a more recent study found that churches -- which are the most common polling locations in America -- can make you turn in a ballot that is more conservative than your actual beliefs. The study found that people casting their ballots in churches were more likely to vote against propositions supporting gay marriage and abortion rights, even if those votes conflicted with their beliefs.
Note to marijuana enthusiasts: As much as the voters enjoy your Peter Tosh cover band's "Legalize It" charity concert and space-cookie bake sale, if you really want to make a difference, you should lobby to move the voting booths out back behind the school and church dumpster. That should jog a few memories in the right direction.
School and church dumpsters: Covering up the smell since 1963.
#4. Sports Results
Not only do Americans pay more attention to BCS polls than the ones pertaining to the electoral process, the outcome of college football games can determine how we vote in the elections that actually matter. Even if you're not that into football, if you live in a town that identifies itself with a particular team, scientists say that whether that team wins or loses can swing the vote by up to 5 percent. According to one study, this phenomenon significantly improved President Obama's approval rating during the 2009 NCAA Basketball Tournament.
On the other hand, the fact that he thinks football is played like a trumpet doesn't help.
To get an idea of how this works, let's look at the state of Nebraska. On Saturday, Oct. 30, three days before the 2010 elections, 81,067 Nebraskans traveled to Lincoln to watch their team take on sixth ranked Missouri. To put that in perspective, if the Cornhuskers' Memorial Stadium was a city, for a few hours on game day it would be the third-largest in the entire state.
Pictured: Basically everyone in Nebraska.
When the guys in red pulled off an upset, a healthy dose of dopamine started rocketing around the brains of a sizable portion of the state's population. Scientists have found that the dopamine delivered by a win can last days, and it's not difficult to imagine how it can be contagious. The boss might be the only person in the office who's into football, but his good mood on Monday puts everyone else in a good mood. The entire office goes home and puts the rest of their families in a good mood. Pretty soon, the entire state of Nebraska is walking into the voting booth with their heads in a giant golden cloud of dopamine.
So this is fine, but secretly dosing voters with MDMA is somehow "wrong"?
And this is where one guy gets to surf into office on the back of a bunch of athletes he's never met. While a statewide high doesn't favor Democrats or Republicans, it does make the people of that state less likely to fire someone, or in electoral politics, to vote against an incumbent running for re-election. Dopamine also makes us more likely to feel good about the state of the world. In a variety of studies, scientists found in such situations people were up to 5 percent more likely to vote for incumbent candidates, with the variation depending not on how good a job the incumbent did, but on how big an upset the game was.


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I have two NTFS partitions, and I don't want to mount them everytime I start Ubuntu.
- How can I do this?
- Is there a tool or a code to use?
- If so, is it safe to automount? specially when they are being used by another OS?
The most straight forward way that will work on most Linux systems is to add them to your fstab. But there are others. Each has there own headline in this answer.
If you get an error massage saying something about "root" or "permissions" it is because for most mounting options you will need root privileges. In unity you can achieve that by prepending
Gigolo is self-explanatory. It works hand in hand with nautilus' remote file system and mounting capabilities. You need to add the partitions to your nautilus bookmarks (nautilus is ubuntu's default file manager). After that you will find them in Gigolo. The rest is said another post of mine.
Edit: Since guessing from your comments you are not that acquainted with linux I will explain the procedure in more detail:
The fstab-method is cleaner and more basic than gui-tools or gigolo. It will also work on other systems even those that are text-mode only. In principle you don't need to install anything. For each ntfs-partition you will have to add one line to the file called
The part that says
Note that if this line is at the very end of your file there should be a newline after it. Mount will complain if you don't have it.
finding the uuid:
Open Disk Utility and identify the proper partitions by their size (e.g. 120 GB), file system (e.g. ntfs) and name. Note their "Device:" file (e.g.
You can find out the uuid of your partitions by running
The correct UUID will have the proper device file in front of it and
setting the mount point
Now the mount-point. For each partition this will be different. I chooose
the other parameters in my line
When you added the lines and did all of the stuff I described, save the file and run
finding your user and group id
You can find out your user and group id with the
A graphical tool ntfs-config is also available but not necessary (and obviously it's current version doesn't work in natty - suppose that will be fixed soon). Besides you might loose old settings in your fstab with this tool (e.g. mounting the cache in the memory), because it overwrites the /etc/fstab file instead of appending things.
This program allow you to easily configure all of your NTFS devices to allow write support via a friendly gui. For that use, it will configure them to use the open source ntfs-3g driver. You'll also be able to easily disable this feature.
Project Home page :- http://flomertens.free.fr/ntfs-config/
This will install all the required packages for ntfs-config including ntfs-3g
Using Ntfs-Config
If you want to open this application try to find --> NTFS Configuration Tool
Now it will prompt for root password enter root password and click ok
It will show the available NTFS partition.
You need to select the partitions you want to configure,add the name of the mount point and click on apply.
Select the NTFS Write support which is suitable for you i.e internal or external
if you want to unmount you should be root to unmount and then right click on mount point select Unmount Volume
As you can see, mounting NTFS partitions in Linux can be a breeze. If you don't like or fear the command line, you can achieve a lot with just a few mouse clicks. Truth to be told, this is much simpler than mounting strange, new, unknown partitions in Windows.
Well, that's it. Happy Linuxing!
P.D : Update for Natty user
If you upgraded to Ubuntu Natty you will notice that NTFS configuration tool is not working even though it prompts you for root privileges.
The problem is that when you open the tool nothing happens. Well it's due to a missing folder and in order to fix this you should enter the following command:
Now you have the tool working just select the partitions you want to automatically mount on boot and if you want WRITE access just TICK the corresponding check boxes.
Easy enough :P
You might use this simple and small software:
This tiny software will mount all your
Hope this will help.
Look at the community documentation on fstab. Also try searching for NTFS Configuration Tool in the Ubuntu Software Center
You may try to solve this problem by mounting the HD at boot time and probably one of the easiest way to do it is by using pysdm.
Once installed you can follow the steps included in this post
This is a solution I originally posted for crunchbang. It seems to work for ubuntu and mint as well. You can add a startup entry with the following command:
Where in this case, /dev/sda3 is Windows' C drive.
This is a safe way of going about things. I don't think it's particular risky having a purely data Windows partition auto-mounting at boot. But I would leave the partition the OS is installed on in a
You'll need the
First find the UUIDs of the partitions in question by doing in a terminal:
Now you need to edit your /etc/fstab to configure whether these two partitions will auto-mount or not. In a terminal do:
You may already have a couple of lines for the NTFS partitions. If not you'll need to make some. They'll look something like this (depending on mount points and UUIDs):
Note the
To enable or disable automount open a terminal and type dconf-editor followed by the [Enter] key.
Browse to
The automount key controls whether to automatically mount media. If set to true, then Nautilus will automatically mount media such as user-visible hard disks and removable media on start-up and media insertion.
There is another key
This controls whether to automatically open a folder for automounted media.
If set to true, then Nautilus will automatically open a folder when media is automounted. This only applies to media where no known x-content/* type was detected; for media where a known x-content type is detected, the user configurable action will be taken instead.
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CNN cited the American Immigration Council's recent report ...
Mexican Immigrants Await Reforms: Negotiating an Enduring Framework for Immigrants
Notre Dame professor Jorge Bustamante concludes that both the U.S. and Mexican economies benefit by "regularizing" undocumented immigrants. Current immigration restrictions disrupt labor flows and lives along U.S.-Mexican border.
A Unified Recovery
"Geopolitics between Mexico and the United States has never been so overlapping as it is today1," writes Notre Dame professor Jorge Bustamante in his recent report on relations between the U.S. and Mexico after September 11. In his paper, Dr. Bustamante explains how both countries' economies have been enormously affected by the terrorist attacks, and how each will continue to suffer until a comprehensive immigration plan is solidified.
In Bustamante's analysis, the recent reduction of immigration to the U.S. means many service, manufacturing and agricultural industries will continue to suffer from labor shortages. At the same time, Mexico's economic recession worsens due to the lack of nearly 7 billion "migra" dollars normally remitted to Mexico by immigrants working in the U.S. Only exports of Mexican oil, industrial manufactures, and tourism, have produced more U.S. dollars per year than the remittances of the Mexican migrant workers.
Bustamante believes restricting immigration among such close neighbors is not a solution that will help both countries recover from such devastating incidents as the attacks of September 11.
The Crystal Border
From his previous exposure to life in a border town, Bustamante notes that for the 12 million people that daily interacted on both sides of the border, the recent immigration restrictions have disrupted more than the flow of work; they have altered people's lives.
Before September 11, the border between the U.S. and Mexico seemed more virtual than real. Now, with the notable increase in security along the borders, many immigrants are once again reminded of the differences that separate the two cultures. Despite the progress shared by both countries, many immigrants find their aspirations for a better life altered at the border.
A Sad Pattern
Bustamante argues that until a bilateral agreement between Mexico and the U.S. can be reached, the realities of the immigration phenomena among politicians and the general public will remain contradictory.
While many restrictionist organizations have used the events of September 11 to generate public opposition to any "regularization" program with Mexico, policymakers and economic experts warn that restricting immigration flows into the U.S. could have far worse economic repercussions than those felt by terrorism.
From the first U.S. economic recession of the 20th Century in 1907, to all subsequent periods, Bustamante points to a pattern that repeatedly appears:
- The rise of unemployment rates and other signs of recession catch the public's attention.
- Politicians make an association between the rise of unemployment and the presence of immigrant workers.
- There is a social construction of immigrant workers as "scapegoats" of the recession.
- Politicians then propose anti-immigration measures as a solution to the economic crisis.
- The vulnerability of immigrants as subjects of human rights violations increases together with the impunity of abusers.
- The economic recession subsides.
- Recovery from the crisis brings an end to anti-immigrant furor.
Bustamante refers to the words of a 1994 U.S. Department of Labor report to justify the important presence of immigrant labor within the U.S. "In effect, migrant workers, so necessary for the success of the labor-intensive U.S. agricultural system, subsidize that very system with their own families' indigence." To refer to migrant workers as a "subsidy" illustrates the positive impact immigrants have on the U.S. economy, according to Bustamante.
The Past Struggles
For nearly a century now, U.S. and Mexican leaders have attempted to establish immigration policies that benefit both countries. The opportunity to create such equitable legislation is a daunting task. Within the framework of any enduring policy there are conditions that must be met – the protection of human rights, equal wages and access to government programs, to name a few
Past legislation, such as the Wagner Labor Act of 1935 and later the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 established the legal parameters within which labor relations were to be conducted. These laws were welcomed by the industrial workers but excluded the farm workers from equal labor rights. Because farm workers were not defined as "employees" in the Landrum-Griffin Act of 1959 they were unable to organize and bargain collectively.
Perhaps the most well-known U.S.-Mexico labor agreement was the Bracero Program. Initiated in 1942, "Braceros" became a valuable source of labor for the U.S. and contributed to a quick recovery from WWII.
For nearly a century, Bustamante concludes, government officials have ignored the value of essential workers. However, today Mexican immigrants are optimistic Presidents Bush and Fox will be able to create a new bi-lateral immigration policy that protects against, among other things, human rights violations and wage exploitation. Designated "heroes" by President Fox, migrant laborers are once again being recognized for their contributions both domestically and abroad.
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House GOP Ties Government Funding to Health Law
Boehner, Republican Leaders Press Plans to Tie Priorities With Derailing Obamacare
House Republicans said Wednesday that stripping funding from the health-care law championed by President Barack Obama would be their price for keeping federal agencies open after the end of this month, a move that sharply increases the risk of a partial government shutdown in two weeks.
GOP leaders said the House would vote Friday on a bill to fund federal agencies for the first 2 1/2 months of the fiscal year, which starts Oct. 1, but strip all health-law funding.
House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) had been trying to avoid such a tight link between the issues out of fear that it would lead to a stalemate and trigger a shutdown, but he reversed course under pressure from conservatives working to make "defunding" the health law a litmus test in this budget fight.
The measure would then go to the Democrat-controlled Senate, which is likely to remove the health-law provisions and send a simple government-funding measure back to the House. Conservatives there would then face the question of whether to pass the bill and keep the government open, or go through another round of legislative battle.
The budget debate is playing out in tandem with a fight between the parties over terms for raising the nation's debt ceiling, which the Treasury says must be done by mid-October so that the government can continue paying its bills.
Republican leaders said the House, as early as next week, would vote on a bill to extend government borrowing authority for one year. It also would delay implementation of the health-care law for the same amount of time, include measures to expedite construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, create instructions for overhauling the tax system and make other changes to government spending programs for which Republicans have previously pushed, aides said.
Mr. Boehner told House Republicans in a closed-door meeting that his new approach would put the onus for carrying the health-care fight on the Senate—including on tea party-aligned lawmakers such as Sens. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) and Mike Lee (R., Utah). The senators had criticized Mr. Boehner's earlier plan to pass a government funding bill without firm guarantees that the bill would include provisions to hamper the health law.
"We're going to put Obamacare defunding directly into the [government funding bill]," Mr. Boehner said. "And then we're going to send it over to the Senate, so our conservative allies over there can continue the fight. That's where the fight is."
Messrs. Lee and Cruz issued a statement welcoming the Boehner move, but they predicted the Senate would strip out the language cutting health-care funds. To the annoyance of House Republicans, the senators put the onus back on the House. Mr. Cruz urged House Republicans to "stand firm, hold their ground."
Rep. Sean Duffy (R., Wis.) said in a Twitter posting that Messrs. Cruz and Lee "refuse to fight. Wave white flag." Rep. Tim Griffin (R., Ark.) aired a common House GOP complaint about Senate Republicans in the health-law fight in another tweet: "So far Sen Rs are good at getting Facebook likes, and townhalls, not much else. Do something.''
The prospect of impasses over next year's budget and the debt ceiling are fueling anxiety in government and among business leaders. The White House has begun notifying federal agencies to prepare for a government shutdown on Oct. 1, two weeks away, an event that could lead to the furlough of hundreds of thousands of federal employees.
Mr. Obama reiterated his demand that Congress pass a debt increase without conditions. "You have never seen in the history of the United States the debt ceiling or the threat of not raising the debt ceiling being used to extort a president," Mr. Obama told the Business Roundtable on Wednesday. "It's irresponsible."
Some Republicans emerged from a Senate Finance Committee meeting Wednesday with Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew expressing fresh frustration that the administration refuses to negotiate on the debt ceiling. "Right now, I don't see a path," said Sen. Orrin Hatch (R., Utah). "The secretary did not have any real suggestions other than this is a matter of grave concern."
The uncertainty is starting to worry business executives who have watched several years of Washington budget squabbling create uncertainty for the economic outlook. Business leaders are troubled by the inability to enact policies that promote growth, said Business Roundtable president John Engler.
Senate Democrats said they wouldn't pass any measure that strips health-law funding. "We are not going to blink," said Sen. Charles Schumer (D., N.Y.).
Because of potential delaying tactics, it could take a week or more for Senate Democrats to pass a bill, and they would need 60 votes at several junctures. If senators move to whittle the bill into a simple short-term funding extension, they would need six Republicans to vote with the 54 Democrats and allied senators.
The House's short-term spending bill is expected to extend government funding at the current spending level, an annual rate of around $986 billion, until Dec. 15.
Rep. Trent Franks (R., Ariz.) said he was "very open" to the new spending plan, but acknowledged that dealing with the measure when it comes back from the Senate would be tricky. "The Senate will do everything they can to demagogue it, and they're in a position to do that," he said. "So it will be a challenge."
—Damian Paletta and Patrick O'Connor contributed to this article.
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Is there a way to increase the amount of items that I can carry with me in Diablo 3, much like you could purchase more/bigger bags in WoW?
No, like its predecessors you can not increase your carrying capacity. However items take significantly less space in Diablo 3 over Diablo 2 (however more space than WoW), allowing you to carry a surprisingly large amount of items.
You can store items in your Stash however, which can be upgraded in size.
You can teleport back to town at almost any time you want, and unlimited times. So if your bags ever fill up just go back to town, empty them, and then jump back in right where you left off. Full bags should never be a problem.
While it's not possible to increase your pack size, all items take up space. Even those in their dedicated storage containers. I.e - Blacksmithing materials. Try storing this stuff in your stash until you need to use it.
No you can't
There is no way you can increase your inventory size in Diablo 3 (But you can buy extra space for your stash). In Diablo 2 you could use some tricks and Wow you could buy larger bags.
All item take far less space in your inventory in comparison with Diablo2. Now your items take 1-2 spaces.
Independent if it's a dagger or a flamberge will take only 2 spaces. While Belts and potions will take 1 space.
It is not possible to increase the amount of space you have in the inventory of your character.
In town there is additional space for storage in a stash, and as of patch 2.1, there are now a maximum of 5 stash tabs.
If your stash is full, you can always create a level 1 character, have it run to the stash, and pull as much from the stash as possible into inventory as storage.
While this may encourage "hoarding" it is useful if you need more space in your stash and it has spilled over onto your main character's inventory.
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A faulty pop machine compressor set of alarms at Alco forcing the evacuation of the building Wednesday afternoon.
It took firefighters about a half an hour to track down the source of the smell. The pop machine was located on the top floor in a stock storage area next to a break room, said Pratt Fire Chief David Kramer.
The compressor put off a strong odor but produced no smoke in the building.
"There was no haze but there was definitely an odor," Kramer said.
The only damage was to the compressor. The store reopened about 5:30 p.m.
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Yesterday I tried making French fries, but they were not crispy.
I heard that if I use 2 spoonfuls of Mobil oil with soybean oil, the fries will be much crispier.
Is that true?
Or is there any way to make them crispy?
Yesterday I tried making French fries, but they were not crispy.
I heard that if I use 2 spoonfuls of Mobil oil with soybean oil, the fries will be much crispier.
Is that true?
Or is there any way to make them crispy?
I don't know how exactly you fried them, but normally, the second time you deep-fry them is to get them crisp. Make sure you deep-fry them at a hot temperature (180-190°C or 355-375°F). If they aren't crisp enough for you after two minutes, leave them in for another minute and check again.
Another thing I've heard a lot (but without actual proof) is that you best not rinse the potatoes after you've cut them. You'd rinse all the starch off and it would be the starch that gives you a nice crust.
Not to take anything away from the answers already existing for this question, but I want to add one more reference: Kenji Alt's in depth opus on creating the McDonald's style fry at home.
In summary, his method is to:
You will note this is a variant on the traditional double-fry method outlined in Kevin Dickerson's answer.
See the linked article for all of the science, the details, and a linked recipe.
If you want to make fries the way your favorite restaurant does, you need only a few things.
Stuff you need
Cooking instructions
The two time fry method is the one we use here in Belgium too. (Never seen it fry more than once by design). The temperature is very important. We usually use a sunflower based oil but traditionally (but unfortunately unhealthily) we use ox fat. (At least I think it is called that in English). Basically it is a fat from cows. At room temperature it is a solid (you can buy it in bricks). It is white hence the name literally translated is "oxen white". I do find fries fried in ox fat tasting better than in any kind of vegetable oil.
The other day I made a very crispy and healthy french fry without frying; we couldn't find the candy thermometer.
This recipe is the one I use for home made chips, measurements taken in Celsius like the rest of the civilized world but it's on the money. Just use a potato most like the "Maris Piper" variety you can get locally wherever you live, i.e. in Australia we use Sebago (I think that's them!) and follow this recipe, key is to dry them out in the freezer after 1st and 2nd cooking stages. Boiling them to the point of starting to flake on the edges and almost mashable makes them super crispy after 1st fry, 2nd fry makes them amazing! I use a temperature controlled deep fryer to do them in a mix of olive and sesame oil at 130 for first cook (celsius!) and 180-190 for second. 190 does them a bit crispier and slightly more cooked.
I have heard from Belgians that in Belgium it is considered absolutely essential to fry three times, to get the crispest exterior. I guess they soak up a lot of oil, though.
Cut the potataos into slices season it with whatever you want then fry them.10-15 Minutes later flip them and do so 2 more times.Take out and put in paper towl and let cool down


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What's the best way to draw UML class diagrams in LaTeX?
For UML class diagrams I'd recommend
(Lifted from Dima's answer to my question on flowcharts.) You can also use the Dot language and GraphViz. With UMLGraph you can generate GraphViz specs, and use dot2tex or Mark Aufflick's graphviz.sty to embed the graphs into LaTeX.
A nice package I found a while ago is this: TikZ-UML.
It provides:
It works pretty well, at least with the sequence diagrams I used.
While I guess there are nicer ways to do it, I recently came across this example on texample.net on one way to produce UML diagrams with TikZ.
Tangentially related to Willie's answer, if you think you might use graphviz to generate the diagrams, you might consider doxygen.
This approach would be especially handy if you have more documentation than just the diagrams to create. Doxygen is intended to document software projects. If you have a set of classes in C++ or java, then you can use doxygen to generate latex from the source code. It can automatically generate several types of diagrams from the source, including UML class diagrams all hyperlinked and integrated with the rest of the documentation and its source code.
For what it's worth, yet another option is PlantUML.
PlantUML takes pseudo-code-y plain-text class descriptors and generates UML diagrams (as PNG, SVG or EPS, possibly others). It's a Java-based program that used Graphviz on the back-end to determine layouts.
In addition to class/object diagrams, PlantUML can also generate other UML diagrams like sequence, activity, state, use case diagrams.
There's nothing particularly LaTeX-specific about it, and you'll probably need or want to store the class descriptors in an independent file but I've often used PlantUML (or for that matter, ditaa) as part of a LaTeX publishing workflow.


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Let $G$ be your favorite complex semi-simple algebraic group, and let $B\supset T$ be your favorite Borus. For any $w\in W$, we have the Bruhat cell $BwB$, and its closure $\overline{BwB}$.
Now, it's very easy to write down some functions that cut out this variety. Let $V$ be any finite-dimensional representation of highest weight $\lambda$, and let $v$ be highest weight vector, and $\delta$ a non-zero functional killing all but the highest weight space. Then the generalized minors
$\omega_{w'\delta,v}(g)=w'\delta(gv)$ $\Delta_{w'\delta,v}(g)=w'\delta(gv)$ for all $w'$ with $w'\lambda > w\lambda$ all vanish on $BwB$ (since $BwBv$ in contained in the sum of weight spaces $\leq w\lambda$), and on no Bruhat cells $Bw'B$ with $w'>w$.
That is, the radical of the ideal generated by these functions is all functions vanishing on $\overline{BwB}$. In fact, it's enough to just consider $\lambda$ fundamental to get an ideal with the correct radical. So, my question is:
Is the ideal generated by these generalized minors already radical?


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The NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee has suspended five members of the Western Kentucky University football team and eight members of the Western Illinois University football team for their participation in an altercation that occurred after the conclusion of the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA quarterfinal game in Macomb, Illinois.
In addition, seven student-athletes from Western Kentucky and six from Western Illinois received public reprimands. Also, one student-athlete was banished from further participation in any future NCAA Division I-AA championships.
Specifically, the incident began during a post-game celebration that occurred after Western Kentucky defeated Western Illinois, 31-28.
Antonio Thomas and Shawn McCrimmon of Western Kentucky and Jason McWilliams, Chris McNutt, Mike Tetzel, James Rennick, Jason Baksas and Chad Daun of Western Illinois each received a one-game suspension for striking or punching other individuals.
The suspension will prohibit the players from participating in the next championship game they would be eligible to participate in this year or in future years.
Alex Dukes, Darius McCrimmon and Montaze Trumbo of Western Kentucky and Ryle Irish and Doran Yilla of Western Illinois each received a two-game suspension for kicking a defenseless individual or striking an individual with their helmets.
The suspension will prohibit the players from participating in the next two championship games they would be eligible to participate in this year or in future years.
Cris Riviere of Western Kentucky has been banished from participation in any future NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship due to his blatant unsportsmanlike conduct.
The committee also issued a public reprimand to the following players due to the fact that their conduct, although not blatantly unsportsmanlike, contributed to the severity of the situation:
Western Kentucky
Jerome Reaves
Trent Willis
Brian Lowder
Anthony Bates
Bryan Adams
Jon Drummond
Tyrone Mareko
Western Illinois
Stacy Coleman
Quinlan Porter
Ray Dukes
Terrence Hall
Travis Glasford
Johnny Lormile
"The incident that occurred last Saturday brought disgrace to the Division I-AA Football Championship and the sport of college football," said Joe Sterrett, chair of the committee and athletics director at Lehigh University. "We felt compelled to take strong action in what we believe would be in the best interest of the championship and the sport."
The committee also reviewed the institutional responsibility that exists with the conduct of any athletic contest and particularly NCAA championship competition.
The committee was concerned that due to the number of individuals involved and the severity of the observed behaviors that there was a sufficient lack of institutional control. The committee will continue its review of this issue and reserves the authority to impose institutional sanctions at a later date.
Members of the NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee include: E.W. Dennison, Murray State University; Wayne Hogan, University of Montana; Jim Miller, University of Richmond; Gregory Burke, Northwestern State University; Joseph Sterrett, chair, Lehigh University; Roachel Laney, Appalachian State University; and Perk Weisenburger, Illinois State University.
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NCAA Football Code of Ethics
Football is an aggressive, rugged contact sport. Only the highest standards of sportsmanship and conduct are expected of players, coaches and others associated with the game. There is no place for unfair tactics, unsportsmanlike conduct or maneuvers deliberately designed to inflict injury. The American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Code of Ethics states:
Through the years, the rules committee has endeavored by rule and appropriate penalty to prohibit all forms of unnecessary roughness, unfair tactics and unsportsmanlike conduct. But rules alone cannot accomplish this end. Only the continued best efforts of coaches, players, officials and all friends of the game can preserve the high ethical standards that the public has a right to expect in America's foremost collegiate sport. Therefore, as a guide to players, coaches, officials and others responsible for the welfare of the game, the committee publishes the following code:
Talking to an Opponent
Talking to an opponent in any manner that is demeaning, vulgar, abusive or "trashy'' or intended to incite a physical response or verbally put an opponent down is illegal. Coaches are urged to discuss this conduct frequently and support all officials' actions to control it.
Talking to Officials
When an official imposes a penalty or makes a decision, he simply is doing his duty as he sees it. He is on the field to uphold the integrity of the game of football, and his decisions are final and conclusive and should be accepted by players and coaches. The AFCA Code of Ethics states:
Illegal use of the hand or arm is unfair play, eliminates skill and does not belong in the game. The object of the game is to advance the ball by strategy, skill and speed without illegally holding your opponent. All coaches and players should thoroughly understand the rules for proper offensive and defensive use of the hands. Holding is a frequently called penalty; it is important to emphasize the severity of the penalty.
The football player who intentionally violates a rule is guilty of unfair play and unsportsmanlike conduct; and whether or not he escapes being penalized, he brings discredit to the good name of the game, which it is his duty as a player to uphold.
Source: www.ncaa.org (The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Web site) contributed to this report.


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Euclidean geometry is a special case of the theory of Hilbert spaces; but in order to convince small children of basic facts, e.g. that the line segments from each of the vertices of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side are concurrent, I've found I need to resort to synthetic arguments.
Do you know of a comprehensive reference for synthetic euclidean geometry?


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Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire is drawing the line on wine.
Gregoire said no other state can compete with Washington's quality. She recalled a trade mission to Europe in which someone asked her about California wine. Her response was: "They make jug wine. We make fine wine."
KSBW reporter Jacqueline Mazur swirled a few wine glasses at Carmel Valley vineyards Tuesday to get local wine growers' reactions to the governor.
"Between Napa, Sonoma, and Monterey County, California produces the best wine around," Matthew Shea of Holman Ranch winery said.
Shea said the governor's comments were just sour grapes.
"When the quality of their wines and her diplomacy skills match their ambition, then maybe they will be more than just a distraction," Shea said.
California's micro climates contribute to the wide variety of wine that is grown throughout the state.
California also has by far the most wineries in the United States, with Washington ranking No. 2 in that category.
Gregoire's remarks came as she signed a new capital construction budget that includes $5 million toward a Wine Science Center facility in Richland, Wash.
Washington's wine industry has been a bright spot in an otherwise sour economy.
A new study released Tuesday shows just how bright. Washington wine contributes $8.6 billion annually to the state economy and nearly 30,000 jobs, the study found.
That's nearly three times the $3 billion concluded by a similar study in 2007.
Steve Warner, the commission's executive director, said the results show that Washington state wine is a vibrant and thriving contributor to the regional and national economies.
The industry's annual contribution to the national economy is $14.9 billion, according to the study.
"This report shows that the future is indeed very bright for Washington State as one of the marquee premium wine growing regions of the world," said Ted Baseler, president and chief executive officer of Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, the largest producer in the state.
"Everything we do in Washington is about producing the highest quality wines," he said.
Washington is the No.2 producer of premium wine behind California, with 739 licensed wineries and 350 vineyards. The number of acres planted in wine grapes has grown to nearly 44,000.
Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire noted the industry's success Monday while signing a bill that included $5 million toward a Wine Science Center in Richland.
She recalled a trade mission to Europe in which someone asked her about California wine. Her response: "They make jug wine. We make fine wine."
The Washington wine industry produced 11.2 million cases of wine in 2010 and generates more than $237 million in annual tax revenues in Washington, according to the study.
The study also showed that direct winery revenue topped $1 billion in 2010 and that the industry generated wages of nearly $1.2 billion within the state.
"We've all worked so hard to get our industry to the point where it is today, and it's so gratifying to see the tangible results of all that hard work," Lynne Chamberlain, chairwoman of the Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers, said.
For the first time, the study also provided a snapshot of the industry's economic impact at the county level: $3 billion in King County, which is home to the winery-driven community of Woodinville, $927 million in Benton County, $527 million in Yakima County, $502 million in Walla Walla County, $227 million in Grant County and $221 million in Chelan County.


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Welcome to the Computer Lab! We are located on the 2nd floor of the Main library in the Adult department. We have 12 computers with internet access, Microsoft Office, front USB ports for flash drive access, and lab staff that are always on hand to assist with your computer questions. Computer time can be reserved up to a day in advance, from inside our lab or over the phone, using your library card and PIN number. Printing on our black & white laser printer is available at a cost of 10 cents per page.
Reach the Computer Lab at 419-521-3146.
If you're a beginner, take advantage of our free computer classes. We offer the following 2-hour introductory courses year round:
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Book Review: Character Development in Blender 2.5 by Jonathan Williamson
Jonathan Williamson is established in the Blender community as an instructor for the Blender Cookie tutorial website. So it probably comes as no surprise that he should write an instructional book on using Blender. This one is an impressive work, and despite a relatively high price, may be worth your time if you want a thorough introduction to designing and modeling characters in Blender.