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Last week I attended the O'Reilly's Strata Conference, in Santa Clara, California where Pentaho was an exhibitor. I gave a 5-minute lightning talk during the preceding Big Data Camp "un-conference" on the topic, The importance of the hybrid data model for Hadoop driven analytics, focusing on the importance of combining big data analytic results with the data elements already in firm's existing systems to give business units the answers to questions that were previously not possible or economic to answer (something that of course Pentaho now makes possible). I also sat down for an interview with Mac Slocum, Online Managing Editor at O'Reilly, you can see the video below where we discuss what kinds of businesses can benefit from big data technologies such as Hadoop, and what is the tipping point for adopting big data technologies.
The high quality of attendees and activity at this sell-out conference I think further confirms that although development work on solutions for big data has been happening for a few years, this area is undergoing a quantum leap in adoption at businesses both large and small. Simply put this technology allows them to glean "information" from the enormous quantities of often unstructured or semi-structured data that in the past was simply not possible, or was eye-wateringly expensive to achieve using conventional relational database technologies.
I found that the level of "Big Data" understanding maturity among attendees was quite varied. Questions spanned the entire spectrum with a few people asking things like "What is Hadoop?" to many along the lines of "Exactly how does Pentaho integrate with Hadoop's Map-Reduce Framework, HDFS, and Hive?" Some attendees were clearly still in the discovery and learning phase, but many were confidently moving forward with the idea of leveraging big data, and were looking for solutions that make it easier to work with big data technologies such as Hadoop to deliver new information and insights to their businesses. In fact, it is clear that the emergence of a new type of database professional: the data scientist is rapidly becoming mainstream. This person combines the skills of software programmer, statistician and storyteller/artist to extract the nuggets of gold hidden under mountains of data.
Ian Fyfe
Chief Technology Evangelist
Pentaho Corporation
Here are some in-action photos of our booth at the Strata Conference


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I have heard several countries expressed in Spanish with a definite article before the country name (e.g. los Estados Unidos, la Argentina, la India). Is there a rule for when this occurs and when it doesn't? Is the definite article optional, or are there certain countries for which it is required? If both forms are used, which is more common?
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I am from Argentina and I never say or hear "el Chile", but "la Argentina" is quite accepted and used. The standard explanation of this apparent anomality is that "Argentina" is originally an adjective, tied to the (often tacit) substantive "República", so that the full expression would be "la República Argentina" (analogously to "los Estados Unidos"). Hence, the right thing is to use the article "la", also when the substantive "república" is omitted. (Reference: elcastellano.org). I must admit that this explanation sounds a little artificial to me.
The names of some places, such as "El Salvador", "El Cairo" or "La Haya" always include the article (just as "The Hague" does in English). For some others you can optionally add the article, the RAE lists several examples in the page about the definite article "el".
In any case, whenever the article is optional the most common form omits it (and in fact most of these examples sound terrible to my ears, even though they are occasionally heard).

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It's June in New York and there's rain spitting down on everyone stuck outside. But I'm inside at Warsaw, the Polish National Home in Brooklyn, one of a crowd of a thousand whose eardrums are being ripped to shreds. The bandleader is standing up on a crowded stage, using the neck of his guitar as a baton, his whole body pivoting between swells of violent noise that feel like blinding light. I have decided to take my earplugs out.
The band onstage is Swans, and I leave that night physically exhausted, as if I'd done something other than stand stock-still for two-plus hours. I have a hard time explaining to everyone just what was so pleasurable about the experience, that this all-rhythm, no-melody approach actually heightened the show's sensory assault, and pushed it into territory generally never trod by touring bands: the transcendent.


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It was a case of missed opportunities for the Pratt Junior Legion baseball team as they dropped a 12-2 run-rule decision to visiting Alva.
Over the previous weekend, the Junior 86ers went 4-0 at Alva to capture 1st place in the Alva Invitational. Things didn't go as well for Pratt Wednesday night at Green Complex, however.
The Alva Renegades plated 6 runs over the first three innings. Pratt scored one in the 3rd when Brandon Kelling drove home Jacob Kurz who had reached on a fielder's choice and advanced on a throwing error.
The Juniors looked poised to put up a crooked number in the inning to get back in the ballgame when Dakota Venard followed Kelling with a walk and Seth Simmons singled to load the bases. But the rally died with the bases loaded on a comebacker to the Alva pitcher.
Pratt let another chance slip away in the 4th when, with the bases loaded on a couple of walks and an infield hit, the next batter fanned and an 86er was picked off base to squash the threat.
The nightcap was not completed at press time.
The Juniors will host Wichita East Saturday with games at 12 and 2.
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Free pattern in action
We decided to take a different tact this week and showed Friday's free pattern (named Ditto) in size large, photographed on our fabulous new size 16 dress form. This, conveniently ;) , happens to be my size. Naturally, it made sense for me to wear this sweater to the trade show. Cirilia gave a link to this video last week, but we thought you'd want to see our free pattern in action, so it was worth a second mention. (For extra clarification – Ditto, the free pattern, is the grey one on the left)
Thanks again to Mary Heather from Ravelry for graciously allowing us use of her video. BTW, Cirilia's yellow cardigan is Potter from Norah gaughan vol5.
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All the cardigans in the video are great! Can't wait to knit up my own Ditto.June 25, 2009
Ah ha! I saw that cardigan on you in the video and thought: WANT! Thank you for reading my mind and responding so quickly.June 25, 2009
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I love the pattern. I am a BBW with no bosoms because of a mastectomy and find most fabrics and knits just droop on my chest, but I have a notion that the 'Ditto' has enough substance to look nice even without anything to support it. I also like the shorter sleeves; easy to wear with anything.June 26, 2009
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Thanks Norah for showing the Ditto sweater on a real person who happens to be my size too.
All the sweaters are great You all look wonderful.
It's nice to see the videos since we can't be at the shows too.June 26, 2009
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A similar sweater was on the cover of a Japanese Sewing/fashion book in the window of the Japanese bookstore, Kinokuniya, in San Francisco's Japantown. Shown worn over a long-sleeved tunic and leggings, is a look I made a mental note to copy. Thank you for the means to do so.June 26, 2009
For Norah, thank you for being your own model. I am sure there are many of us who are your size who need good patterns and styles that look good on 'real people'. I have been frustrated in the past that all your modles are thin. There is probably a great market for styles that flatter the size 16 to 18 figure. I will be eagerly awaiting to see more of your designs on you.June 26, 2009
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Brava! for showing sweaters made in sizes other than size 2.June 26, 2009
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The curmudgeonly English teacher has to say that in the first sentence I believe the word should be "tack" as in a different direction on a sailing boat. Tact is trying to say this in a non-judgemental and affirmative, supportive way.June 26, 2009
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Thanks so much for the larger sizes!!! I'd love to be a size 2, but, alas, I never will be! Ant that's okay if I am able to find quality patterns in large sizes!!! I admit to getting tired of altering all my knitting patterns to fit! Sometimes it is just too difficult…June 27, 2009
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must.make.this.sweater!!!! I love seeing it on a 'real body', not just the size 16 dress form, which is still pretty slim. It's easy to see that this sweater would look just fine on my ample shape.June 28, 2009
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Hi Norah
I really like what I see in your knitting book vol 5 and would like to know where I can get it in Australia.
ThanksJuly 10, 2009
Lovely to see all of you standing and moving in the sweaters. Some sweaters look by design, like they cannot actually be worn on a live person. !July 10, 2009
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Thank you for getting larger maniquins!!! and for showing larger sizes and the styles worn on real people! I cannot say this loudly enough! I have made one sweater too many that looked darling on the model in a teeny size, and disappointing on my size medium short body. Seeing the styles on normal women, who perhaps have born children, or live otherwise normal lives will hopefully help me in future choose styles appropriate to my body type. Although I have attempted to do so, my efforts have so far been disappointing.July 24, 2009
Mary S #
I love the Berroco site and look forward to every Friday when I get the weekly e-mail. I was wondering if you might have a pattern for a knitted padded hanger. I have a sweater that I knitted and it is fairly bulky and really needs to be hung on a padded hanger. I have one such hanger, but can't find a pattern to make one. Any thoughts?July 31, 2009


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I am trying to update the description of a Facebook event using the Facebook C# SDK. I have granted the following permission to my application:
The event I am trying to update is one of my own events, so I believe I should be able to update it.
In the code below "9999" is the event id of the event I created, and the event I am trying to amend:
Authorizer authorizer = new Authorizer();
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COLUMBIA, Mo., Jan. 17, 2013 - Columbia College is proud to announce a major gift of more than $500,000 to the Tradition Meets Tomorrow campaign from M.J. Walther Donnelly '43. Donnelly's gift, which is one of the largest in college history, will endow scholarships in her name, providing additional financial support to English majors, and support the construction of the new science building.
"I am honored to recognize the significant, continued support of M.J. Walther Donnelly," said Dr. Gerald Brouder, Columbia College president. "This gift reflects her passion for education, which will support our core mission of teaching and thus prepare students to have a meaningful impact on their community for decades to come."
To date, The Tradition Meets Tomorrow campaign has raised more than $8 million to support the areas of arts and humanities, business, athletics, adult higher education and science, including the creation of a state-of-the-art science building, which will be dedicated fall 2013.
Originally from Ohio, Donnelly attended Christian College in 1941. During her undergraduate career, Donnelly became somewhat of a fixture on campus, where she excelled in the classroom, led multiple student organizations and served as the yearbook editor.
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Founded in 1851 in Columbia, Mo., Columbia College has been helping students advance their lives through higher education for more than 160 years. As a private, nonprofit, liberal arts and sciences institution, the college takes pride in its small classes, experienced faculty and quality educational programs. Columbia College students have the option to enroll in day, evening or online classes. The college is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Columbia College educates more than 30,000 students each year and has more than 74,000 alumni worldwide. For more information, visit www.ccis.edu


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I am 21 years of age. I have been learning taekwondo for a year. However, I am still unable to achieve a complete split. What are exercises that I can do to increase my flexibility to reach a complete split?
I agree with Robin that squats and deadlifts are important. but i disagree that if you can't squat your own body weight you shouldn't be doing martial arts.
Squats are actually great for improving your hip flexibility, most people think they are only for strengthening, but they definitely improve your hip and ankle flexibility. Just make sure your form is good or you'll do more damage then good!
My favourite way to improve flexibility, which I have talked about in a few questions here, is active stretching, or stretching with a partner also known in more science like terms as isometric stretching. Here's a link to an answer to another questions: Is stretching with a partner beneficial, dangerous, or both?
For doing the splits, I would work on the one standing against the wall primarily. Doing the butterfly stretch won't hurt either.
To do the first one:
Make sure you do both sides b/c the stretch is difference depending which leg is in the air!
Also: Make sure you're very warm before doing any flexibility work. working on flexibility cold is not very helpful, and can be quite harmful.
You increase flexibility by stretching. You prevent injury through strength training. The great danger in splits, especially the middle split you need to work on for sidekicks is that if your cross-ligaments in your knee are week, all the strain will go there and you'll hyper-extend or tear them and have knee problems for the rest of your life. You need to warm up sufficiently before you even THINK of doing stretches to improve your flexibility. You can either achieve this by going for a short run and a couple of light stretches, OR you can cheat like I did and take a nice, long, hot bath (30min +-).
When you're good and ready, get into a middle split. Go as far as you can without pain. No one cares about how much pain you can take. This is about improving flexibility. When you start feeling pain, tense your leg muscles, squeeze for 5 seconds, then release and split a little further. Keep doing this until clenching and releasing doesn't make the pain go away anymore. It's also beneficial to LIGHTLY pound your inner thighs and hamstrings with your fists. I don't know why this works, but it does and there is science behind it which you can read on your own time.
With that out of the way, I want to point out two things:
Deadlifts and squats. Thomas Kurz (who demonstrates some very impressive splits at a moderately old age) says that if you can't deadlift and squat your own bodyweight (minimum), you really shouldn't be training for martial arts or flexibility.
When performing the flexibility exercise you want to be best at (split), keep in mind the following tips.
This is part of a full article I've written that can be found in my website: FLEXIBILITY IMPROVEMENT – KEY PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE (martial arts)
" (...) HEALTH HABITS The following three health habits are truly essential for the development of flexibility: a) Drink plenty of water (2 L per day, for example). b) Don't smoke. c) Don't drink alcohol.
(...) STATIC DRILLS REPETITIONS Major mistake I generally see is repetitions that don't last longer than 10 seconds! You won't get improvements from those exercises in the same way you shouldn't expect cardiovascular improvements from a light 1 minute jog!
Another common mistake is for people to bounce when they're close to stretch limit, in order to surpass their limit with each impulse… This increases the probability of injury significantly and is therefore not recommended! Instead, do a single continuous push until you reach your limit and hold there.
For each type of exercise, just do 2-3 repetitions, each lasting at least 30 seconds, in only one continuous stretch motion that will reach the limits of what you can do. Discomfort is expected, but don't take the exercise to where you feel unbearable pain, as that would lead to almost certain injury! Between each repetition, relax for a few seconds in a comfortable position.
(...) HOW OFTEN ARE FLEXIBILITY DRILLS REQUIRED In martial arts -> Every single training session should have a flexibility drills included. (...) "


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I want to write a cron job for updating user profile data on my website that I pull for users that register via facebook connect on my website.
The objective is to keep their profile data on my website in sync with their profile data on facebook. So if a user updates their profile picture on facebook. I want to update his profile picture on my website as well via a cron job which will run every 24 hours.
I wanted to know if this is possible and secondly if this is in violation of facebook privacy policy.
Based on my research it seems doable but I wanted to know if anyone has already done something like this before. It would really help.


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I want to prove the following:
For any set $X$ there exists a Hausdorff space $Y$ and a family $\{Y_x:x\in{X}\}$ of disjoint subsets of $Y$, each dense in $Y$.
I want to prove this assertion since by proving it, I can use it to prove that any topological space is the open continuous image of a Hausdorff space.
I have proven the assertion, but using mathematical logic; namely, using the compactness theorem and the fact that the assertion is true for finite $X$ in some ordered set, but I don't know how else to prove this without the use of the compactness theorem.
I would thank very much to see a prove of this, without using mathematical logic.


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Message control: out of control
Investigating journalists who expose a secret CIA war; auditing the tax returns of political opponents; retaliating against whistleblowers: It sounds like 1972 all over again, no? Perhaps the constitutional lawyer who is president of the United States can come up with a response to each of these current controversies. Cumulatively, it suggests a frightening instinct at various levels in the federal government to control the message at all cost - and a president who is allowing it to happen.
The latest development is that the Justice Department secretly obtained two months of records for 20 phone accounts belonging to the Associated Press and various of its reporters and editors in three cities. This, in an effort to learn how a story got out about a CIA operation in Yemen. Further details from The AP:
The May 7, 2012, AP story that disclosed details of the CIA operation in Yemen to stop an airliner bomb plot occurred around the one-year anniversary of the May 2, 2011, killing of Osama bin Laden.The plot was significant both because of its seriousness and also because the White House previously had told the public it had "no credible information that terrorist organizations, including al-Qaida, are plotting attacks in the U.S. to coincide with the (May 2) anniversary of bin Laden's death."The AP delayed reporting the story at the request of government officials who said it would jeopardize national security. Once officials said those concerns were allayed, the AP disclosed the plot, though the Obama administration continued to request that the story be held until the administration could make an official announcement.
The message control is out of control.
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Just Google "second term" or "second term curse." it happens too often to be coincidental, and it happens all over the place from familial (hello, Monica Lewinsky) to domestic (how about expanding the Supreme Court into a New Deal majority?) to international (calling Col. North) to near-space (U-2?).The good-for-nothing 22nd Amendment (the Republicans' earlier, posthumous Mitch McConelling of a president) made thing worse. It put a deadline on the president's men and women making friends with the mammon in iniquity. But it already was well established, as Mr. Jefferson's embargo (the O-grab-me Act) and Woodrow Wilson's League of Nations defeat should remind us of that. It isn't kismet; there are constant factors that affect it; but it is too regular to be an accident.The simple, bipartisan solution is, first, to remove the 22nd Amendment which institutionalized the curse of the second term, and then, second, never vote more than once for anybody for president.
If Bloomberg News and NewsCorp operatives can telephone snoop for business advantages, tell me why I should give a hoot about DoJ gathering tel numbers of AP reporters to stop airline bombings by terrorists. My phone and mail was tapped during the El Salvador sanctuary events in the 1980s.. I didn't even sweat, no less complain. . .
There's plenty to question in first terms as well: Truman's use of atomic weapons; Kennedy's Bay of Pigs; Ford's pardon of Nixon; Carter's hostage fiasco; the Beirut barracks bombing under Reagan; Clinton's health care failure; GWB's bamboozling on Iraq. And that's only the ones that come readily to mind just from my lifetime.The obvious solutions: (1) never vote even once for anybody for president, or, (2) design better humans.
O Schadenfreude O Schadenfreude!Thy happiness shines brightly!From base to summit, gay and brightTheres only merriment on the Right!O Schadenfreude O Schadenfreude!Thy happiness shines brightly!Cheers to "The most transparent administration in history"
JP (1:06) you are trying too hard. Second terms are full of unforced errors. The events you refer to almost all at least made sense at the time. If HST hadn't dropped the bomb, the lampposts of this great nation would have swayed under the weight of the hanging politicians who authorized the expense of the Manhattan Project but not the use of its product. The Nixon pardon made sense in terms of moving beyond, rather than prolonging, the nightmare. The health care failure, like W. Bush's drive to privatize social security in his second term, was a political failure but not an idiocy. The Bay of Pigs was recommended by the brightest and best before they even became the best and the brightest.But second terms are characterized by blockhead schemes everyone, including the Great Man's advisers and the brightest and best, can recognize in advance as walking disasters. The only thing you describe that comes close was leaving 240 Marines in Lebanon with no special reason for being there. The rest were arguably good ideas at the time.
" was leaving 240 Marines in Lebanon with no special reason for being there.'and the GOP can't stop plugging on about Benghazi. I say it's 50-50 that it eventually comes out that Ambassador Stevens was CIA. read his resume..
Now don't reporters often secretly obtain, and then print, classified information of the government? And isn't that exactly why the government secretly obtained the information about the reporters, because of media leaks of classified information? I'm not getting why reporters are upset that the government did something to them that they themselves do all of the time.
"JP (1:06) you are trying too hard." TB (2:09)Actually I was trying just about average. I did not say that the first-term actions were idiotic. I said they were questionable. If you think they were all just excellent, fine. But the Nixon pardon, for example, was highly controversial at the time, and as the capstone of the Watergate scandal, a first-term event which requires its own category of folly, it contributed to Ford's defeat in 1976 and to the shame of immunity for high officials which still plagues us. As for any recommendation from "the best and the brightest," surely you jest. And if there is a bigger blockhead scheme than the Iraq War in our recent history, I wish you would tell us what it is.Mistakes are pretty evenly distributed in Presidential history.
David Carr has some typically thoughtful points:"Part of the reason the Obama administration, which promised to be the most transparent in history, has become such a spectral presence is that it is facing cybersecurity threats like none other in history. Journalists, aided by computers, can find and surround any source they like. Leaked information, which used to have to be photocopied or whispered, can be dumped by the terabyte into drop boxes by organizations like WikiLeaks and sent everywhere in an instant."The full piece is here:http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/business/media/the-two-way-street-that...
David Carr's comments are entirely too rational. How in the world will the drama grow if we let adult comments in the room?
John Prior: We dont even have to wait until the second term for this little exercise in Presidential shame: http://www.globalresearch.ca/ronald-reagan-accessory-to-genocide-ex-guat...
Interesting point, Irene. Also, why should the mere phone numbers which reporters call be protected? It's not as if making a call alone reveals who said what in the phone call. Listening in would be another matter. The phone number of itself just reveals a potential source of some indefinite matter.
This is not an issue of message being out of control but the conduct of government officials being out of control. Government has power and it NEEDS to be restrained. This is why we have checks and balances and also why we have a free press.Ultimately the president is responsible for upholding the constitution (he swore to do so). That means both the letter and the spirit.


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Honestly, I think Smith could be pretty good in our offense. Wouldn't be a bad idea.
I am truly laughing my *** off at the spammer's canned response.
"I wanted to type a quick remark in order to thank you for all the fabulous secrets you are writing on this site"...yeah because there is a lot of groundbreaking "secrets" on these boards.
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Honestly, I think Smith could be pretty good in our offense. Wouldn't be a bad idea.
CK is there starter for Sunday if he can produce in 1st team practice reps
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NO Fitz is a better QB than Alex
This is an interesting situation, because Alex Smith is nearly putting up a 3-1 TD:INT ratio, hitting 70% of his passes for 8 yards per attempt, and putting up decent yardage. That is an elite stat line.
Colin got the start because he is a play maker, while Smith is more of a game manager. Smith could be a one coach wonder, or become the next Drew Brees who plays with a gigantic chip on his shoulder for getting screwed in San Fran. He's only 28 years old, I'd expect Nix to look into the situation.
Heck no this would be a lateral move not an improvement.
Better than Fitz by a long shot.


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I would like to learn C++ so I can get a job in the game industry, but there are so many options it a little confusing. I know most of you will say I should read up on C++ before attempting to program it but I learn best by doing things rather then reading. That being said I don't understand some of the thing suggested on other questions, because I've read a few trying to find whats right for me, so putting things in the simplest terms would be helpful. I've been making a couple of games 2d using gamemaker and if theres a C++ equivalent that would be perfect, but if not possible I would like an IDE that allows me to easily continue making 2d games, and is fairly simple to learn. Having a 2d sprite editor would be a nice plus but I can understand if its not every thing I want in one program
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I should suggest Cocos2d-x and Unity for you.
It is based on C++ (as you would like to learn C++). It is simple, easy to learn and has multi-platform support.
Cocos2d-x is a multi-platform 2D game engine in C++, based on cocos2d-iphone and licensed under MIT. Now this engine has been expanded to iOS, Android, Bada, BlackBerry, Marmalade and desktop operating systems like Linux, WindowsXP & Windows7.
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If you want a better IDE and everything in one program, then i should suggest Unity.
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I suggest that you start with Python instead of C++.
If you go the Python route you just start programming - it's a mature language, it's interpreted and widely used in the game industry.
You basically write code and run it. And modify and run it.
With C++, however, you write code, compile, fix errors, link, fix more errors and finally - if you're lucky - you run your program. Really a lot of extra complexity, even for the simplest of programs. You will not only have to fight the language itself, but also spend a lot of time on learning to use the development tools (IDE, etc.)
First you need to learn how to program - and not only that, but also algorithms, good software design, etc.
Python is a more direct and immediate way to program. Definitely more joyful than with C++.
You can learn C++ later, but in the meantime check out:
PyGame or Pyglet for 2D game programming.
And then perhaps Panda3D or PythonOgre for 3D programming.
And, once you got some solid programming skills, you'd be ready to move to C++.
Python or Java is what you learn in introductory computer science classes. Sometimes it's C, but almost never C++. C++ is a powerful tool, I just can't recommend it as your first real programming language.
Python is also extremely well documented - just type help(object) into the Python shell. Another reason to go with Python. It's also the fastest growing language currently. ANd as of October 2012, Python ranks at position 8 in the TIOBE Programming Community Index.


text: Well, sadly the post title says it all- My husband and I bought a house last week, and he tried to take a shower this morning; we must have spent a good 30 minutes trying to get the Delta faucet to switch from the "fill tub" position to the "shower" position- we pushed, pulled, twisted, etc. every part of it without any luck. I can't begin to tell you how silly we felt! He ended up taking a bath for the first time in years! It's a single piece, Delta faucet; the house was built in 1992, so I assume it's from that period. It has a plastic collar lever on the right which controls volume of water, and an inner circle dial which controls temperature. There didn't seem to be any thing with the shower head itself, or the bottom of the drain thing-ie to pull to switch it over- we REALLY would like to take showers instead of baths, so if anyone out there has any suggestions...! Much thanks!


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The 7th Annual Perspectives in Thoracic Cancer
Last Modified: August 11, 2002
Conference Dates: October 4 - 5, 2002
Conference Location: New York, New York, USA
Sponsoring Group: Imedex, Inc.
Conference Web Page URL: www.imedex.com/announcements/uslung02.htm
Topics Covered: Imaging and Surgical Staging in NSCLC, Management of Resectable Disease, Management of Metastatic/Recurrent Disease, Malignant Mesothelioma and Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumors, Esophageal Cancer, Small Cell Lung Cancer
Conference Objectives: After successfully completing this continuing medical education program participants should be able to:
- Discuss the merits of the available methods for staging of non-small cell lung cancer
- Recommend the most appropriate management approaches for resectable, non-resectable and metastatic non-small cell lung cancer
- Recommend the most appropriate management strategy for esophageal cancer
- Recommend appropriate management strategies for mesothelioma and mediastinal germ cell tumors
Who Should Attend: This educational program is intended for oncologists, radiation therapists, thoracic surgeons and other physicians in active clinical practice interested and/or involved in the management of patients with thoracic cancer. No specialized knowledge or skills other than a general familiarity with cancer and its treatment is required for successful participation in this program.
Conference Fees: $225 by August 12; $325 by September 27; $425 after September 27. $99 Nurses, Residents and Fellows
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I'm curious how one could get/make some glue when in the wilderness. How did the Native Americans do it?
A fabulous source for detailed information on north american plants suitable for glue production can be obtained from Native American Ethnobotany by Daniel E. Moerman. Here are quite a few that come to mind:
And there is many more plants for complete list please get Native American Ethnobotany by Daniel E. Moerman. I might have missed some so please get the book!
Conifers are your friend here - they have a sticky sap which can be used as the base ingredient for a natural glue. It hardens relatively quickly on exposure to air and in its solid form is quite easy to store without sticking to everything, so if you have this in mind it's a good idea to collect some as you see it.
When you've got your pitch (the hardened sap from conifers) melt 5 parts of it in a pan to one part charcoal and one part finely crushed plant material. It'll become black, sticky and (as soon as heat is removed) very thick. This is great for storage because you can roll it into a ball as it cools, then heat some up when you intend to use it!
A word of warning - it's highly flammable, so watch out (especially when mixing the initial ingredients together!) Cook on hot charcoal / coals rather than an open flame to mitigate the risk somewhat of it catching fire.


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(CNN) -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi kept the "Hillary Clinton for president in 2016" refrain alive in an interview published Sunday.
"Why wouldn't she run? She's a magnificent secretary of state," Pelosi told the San Francisco Chronicle when asked about Clinton's 2016 ambitions. "She's our shot."
The Democratic congresswoman and former House speaker similarly stoked the flames in April, describing the prospect as "so exciting."
Clinton, the former first lady and New York senator, has consistently shot down speculation of a future political run, saying her current State Department post will be her last in public office. But her insistence has done little to quell the rumors.
Former President Clinton on Thursday left the door ajar to a 2016 run by his daughter, Chelsea, or wife, Hillary, saying, "we will just see."
"Chelsea will be too young, I think, maybe not quite. Hillary says she's going to retire. We will just see. You know, I think she intends to come home and start doing a lot of the charitable work," Clinton said on CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight." "She has worked so hard for 20 years, you know?"
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Yes, that's pretty much sums it all. Because I can. lol.
Remember back in 2007, I had a wonderful photo shoot with Joe Low (aka potatoe). The link back then is here. So then, again, I decided to commisioned Joe again to take pictures for me. Intent: Keepsake Yes, I think everyone should have one of those moments. You know what I mean. LOL.
This time round, the shoot was pretty much different. Studio vs On Location. More variations, and I think I improve and mature too along the way, which is something good. Anyway, I took 3 of the pics to show you guys. Hope you like it.
For boudoir / keepsake / makeover shoot you can email firstname.lastname@example.com or drop by his flickr page at www.flickr.com/potatoe or his Facebook at www.facebook.com/joelowphotos
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11 Oct 2012 10:32 AM #11
How was this issue solved? I'm facing the same problem of needing to scroll a selectfield list. Do you have working code that you can share?
11 Oct 2012 10:15 PM #12
var pageoffset=0; pageoffset=parseInt(80)*parseInt(node.data.index); list.getScrollable().getScroller().scrollTo(0,pageoffset, true); // here 80 is the height of the list item, bcoz I have fixed height list item u can change it to //dynamically
31 Oct 2012 9:52 AM #13
Ext.get(el).dom.offsetTop not returning value ?
I've tried the code above, and for the life of me can't figure out why
var offset = Ext.get(el).dom.offsetTop;
I've attached the output for the following, which, to me, says I have the proper element.
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I managed to get this working by using the Ext.fly and the el that is return is an HTMLElement not and Ext.Element which is what you need to have .dom.offsetTop
var store = list.getStore(), selected = list.getSelection()[0], idx = store.indexOf(selected), els = list.container.getViewItems(), el = Ext.fly(els[idx]), offset = el.dom.offsetTop; list.getScrollable().getScroller().scrollTo(0, offset, true);
31 Dec 2012 2:35 PM #15
Thanks. Where in your code did you apply this approach? In an event handler?
18 Jan 2013 8:07 AM #16
True Solution to problem
Hey guys,
I thought I'd post my solution to this problem. The key for me was to look at how the 'List.js' class handled the scrolling with regard to clicking on an index in the 'index bar.' Here's how I was able to get the scrolling to work.
I have a component that has a list within it... and the outer component is a panel that doesn't always show. So I added this to the config for the outer component:
listeners: { show: function (outerComponent) { var list = outerComponent.down('list'); var task = Ext.create('Ext.util.DelayedTask', function () { var store = list.getStore(); var selected = list.getSelection()[0]; if (selected) { var idx = store.indexOf(selected), scroller = list.getScrollable().getScroller(), containerSize = scroller.getContainerSize().y, size = scroller.getSize().y, maxOffset = size - containerSize, offsetTop = list.getItemMap().map[idx], offset = (offsetTop > maxOffset) ? maxOffset : offsetTop; scroller.stopAnimation(); scroller.scrollTo(0, (offset > 0) ? offset : 0, true); } }); task.delay(200); } }
Btw, the problem with the other solutions (listed in this thread) is that the way the get the offsetTop is wrong in that
Edit: I had to make the timeout greater for my phone.. like 500ms. Still looking for the attribute to test, so I can delay again if I have to..
Last edited by matthewdfleming; 18 Jan 2013 at 10:01 AM. Reason: account for negative offset
23 Jan 2013 8:48 AM #17
I had the same need
I ran into the same need yesterday and after a little digging through the API, I found the function setScrollToTopOnRefresh() on the list. As you noticed, when you call refresh(), the list goes back to the top. So if you call setScrollToTopOnRefresh(false), it will not go to the top after refresh.
2 Apr 2013 2:35 AM #18
el = els[idx]at this point el is coming undefiend
18 Jun 2013 2:26 PM #19
Touch 2.2.0 breaks getItemMap(), so now we can't scroll
We just started using version 2.2.0 and have discovered that our list scrolling workaround no longer works . Now we have no method at all to keep our UI from failing to scroll to the selected item.
We used to use this code on a selectfield's list to find the offset of the item that was programmatically selected:
var map = Mob.ref.RoleList.getItemMap();
var offsetTop = map.map[index];
This works in 2.1.1. Now, with 2.2.0, the item map's map property (map.map) returns an empty array. Anybody know what replaces it, if anything?
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Please can you explain me how your problem is solved (set scoll to selected list item).


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Shrimp, Broccoli, and Leek Stir-fry
Categories: Low-calorie, New Year's, Quick to fix
Type: Main Dishes
Type: Main Dishes
Add Asian flare to this shrimp dish with ginger, soy sauce, and watercress.
Serves: serves 2
- 2 tbsp sunflower oil
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 2 cups broccoli florets
- 1 leek, finely sliced
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 1/4 cup vegetable stock
- 1 tomato, chopped
- 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 4 oz (125 g) cooked shrimp
- 1 carrot, peeled and cut into thin matchsticks
- 1-in (2.5-cm) piece fresh ginger, peeled and cut into thin matchsticks
- 3 oz (90 g) fresh watercress
- Any green vegetable, such as beans or spinach, can be used in this recipe
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- Heat the oil in a large frying pan or wok over medium-high heat and quickly fry, but do not brown, the garlic.
- Add the broccoli, and cook for 2 minutes, then add the leek, and cook for another minute, stirring constantly.
- Stir in the soy sauce, stock, and tomato.
- Mix the flour with 2 tablespoons of water to make a smooth paste, and stir into the sauce. Cook until thickened.
- Add the shrimp, carrot, and ginger, and cook over high heat for 1 minute.
- Stir in the watercress, and serve immediately.
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I have Facebook open in one tab, and I open YouTube in another. YouTube asks me if I want to sign in with my Facebook account. Can YouTube tell if I have Facebook open in a different tab or window?
Yes, it is possible to tell that you are logged in (or at least used the service). In at least two ways:
1) Explicit connection. If YouTube uses the Facebook API to connect and check whether Facebook knows who you are in that session.
2) Using CSS tricks, where a website can check whether you have specific (well-known) images or files in your browser cache. They cannot tell who you are, but they can figure out which services you use.
The second way is how bookmarking services or OpenID providers can show you your top five services out of several hundreds they support.
No, individual tabs and windows have no way of knowing which other tabs / windows are open.
However, I do believe that OpenID and OAuth sites can detect if you are signed in to another OpenID or OAuth provider. This is how they know, and are trying to provide a service letting you know you can use that login on their site.
Another way sites could do this is based on a referrer link, so if you come to YouTube from Facebook, YouTube can detect this.
Yes, it is possible, using an invisible 1x1 GIF web bug to access your Facebook cookies.
This was the source of the infamous Facebook Beacon fiasco. As a result of the ensuing lawsuit, Facebook has ceased to do this, and most likely will not try to again.
It appears that Facebook DOES know you are logged-in on a number of websites - that's probably because you are seeing the new "Like" social widgets ("plugins") that are all over the web.
To the average user, it appears that FB knows you are logged in, because you see which of your friends have "liked" that site or piece of content. However, technically, the FB social plugins are small iframes that are still hosted on facebook.com:


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I've been told what the the name of this movie, many times but for some reason I have a mental blockage in remembering its name.
The movie was very similar concept to Knight Rider, advanced vehicle, except the good guy was riding a motorbike not driving a car. The main character would dress up all in black the bike also was black, and it had gadgetry like the Knight Rider car. The rider had a home base from which he communicated etc with.
That's unfortunately all I remember about it.


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I have installed windows 7. I have lost my all data which were in ubuntu. Now want to get my all previous data. I have installed windows 7 in other partition. Ubuntu partition lost all data if it is possible that I restore Ubuntu please tell me.
If you have installed Windows on another partition (and not formated your Ubuntu partition), you should be able to boot a live-cd and reinstall the boot loader (grub) from there - you can find tutorials for "grub reinstall" online. This looks good, actually: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair


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Audi AG is famous for manufacturing amazing cars that blend power and style in a way that is distinct from all their competitors. The Audi R8 road car was introduced in 2006, carrying on the legacy of the legendary sports car having the same name. The race car version of the R8 designed by Audi is believed to be one of the most successful cars as it won the 24 hour leg of Le Mans race an impressive five times. The car was officially showcased at the Paris Auto Show held on 30 September 2006.


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The Best New Workout DVDs
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This downloadable yoga video is a full 70 minutes -- and it's as close as you can get to taking a real class with PranaVayu developer David Magone without a trip to Boston (where he's based). Unlike traditional Vinyasa yoga, PranaVayu incorporates Buddhist meditation techniques to elevate your practice. But don't worry; it's not hokey, new-agey BS. The instruction is simple, and the music is upbeat enough to keep the flow going. Plus, it also doesn't hurt that Magone is hot.
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LOVE Jillian!
by smiley412 Friday, April 26, 2013 at 07:26AM Report as inappropriate
I need that post pregnancy one ;)
by Monique3 Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 07:54PM Report as inappropriate
Been thinking about starting something.
by Alana_Danes Saturday, March 30, 2013 at 04:13PM Report as inappropriate
I want to try
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i think that for some of the workouts the presence of an instructor is quite necessary - to check posture and alignment, so to avoid injuries and make sure that the workout hits the spot
by AstridB Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 11:40AM Report as inappropriate
I heard the ballet wasn't really worth it (so says Elle magazine).
by Bon_Bon Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 05:05PM Report as inappropriate
Sometimes I just love doing a workout DVD. Especially during the winter if I can't motivate to go to the gym--I can get a good workout without leaving home. Thanks for the suggestions!
by tallredamanda Friday, January 4, 2013 at 07:24PM Report as inappropriate
I love workout DVDs! I'm definitely going to get the Jillian Michael's DVD.
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I'm looking for something that will get my lazy tail off the couch and moving, I need something that starts with low-impact and moves up.
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might have to check out the Jillian Michaels one...
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Year-long retrospective features public performances on
Saturday, October 22, and Sunday, October 23, 2011
Saturday, February 25, and Sunday, February 26, 2012
Sunday, May 13, 2012
New York, NY—Dia Art Foundation is pleased to present dance works by renowned avant-garde choreographer and filmmaker Yvonne Rainer at Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries, in Beacon, New York. Dia's retrospective will celebrate the depth of Rainer's contributions to dance and will feature her earliest works of choreography from the 1960s—including both iconic and lesser-known pieces—and three compositions created within the last twelve years. Three distinct programs will be presented over weekends in October, 2011, and February and May, 2012, and tickets for performances on Saturday, October 22, and Sunday, October 23, 2011, at 1 pm and 3 pm will go on sale August 25 for Dia members and September 10 for the public.
As co-founding member of the Judson Dance Theater group, Yvonne Rainer produced groundbreaking works that echoed ideas of time, space, and seriality that were being explored in the field of visual art at the time. Throughout the 1960s, Rainer and the other Judson choreographers—including Trisha Brown, Lucinda Childs, and Steven Paxton, among others—developed a new vocabulary for dance that built upon nonexpressive techniques and chance procedures, while also incorporating task-oriented movements that brought attention to the physicality of the body.
The Yvonne Rainer retrospective at Dia:Beacon will highlight key works from this period, including the seminal piece, Trio A (1966); her first dance work, Three Satie Spoons (1961); and rarely seen performances such as Three Seascapes (1962), We Shall Run (1963), and Chair/Pillow, an excerpt from Continuous Project—Altered Daily (1969). Each program will also feature a recent composition by Rainer who returned to choreography in 2000 after a nearly 30-year hiatus from dance. Trio A: Pressured with 5 people (forward, retrograde, facing, in the midnight hour) (1999–2011), Spiraling Down (2008), and Assisted Living: Good Sports 2 (2011) will be performed over the course of the year.
Yvonne Rainer demonstrates Dia's ongoing commitment to presenting experimental performance and dance at Dia:Beacon through commissions and retrospectives of historical works. Previous presentations include Robert Whitman's Prune Flat and Light Touch (2003); Joan Jonas's The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things (2005–2006); Merce Cunningham Dance Company Beacon Events (2007–2009); Trisha Brown Dance Company (2009–2010); and most recently Robert Whitman's Passport and MoonRain (both 2011).
Tickets are $35 general, $28 for students and seniors, and $24.50 for Dia members.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
1 pm, 3 pm
Three Seascapes (1962)
Three Satie Spoons (1961)
Trio A: Pressured with 5 people (forward, retrograde, facing, in the midnight hour) (1999–2011)
Chair/Pillow (1969)
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Sunday, February 26, 2012
12 pm, 2 pm
Three Seascapes (1962)
Spiraling Down (2008)
Three Satie Spoons (1961)
Saturday, May 12, 2012
1 pm, 3 pm
We Shall Run (1963)
Trio A (1966)
Assisted Living: Good Sports 2 (2011)
Chair/Pillow (1969)
This program is made possible by Dia's Commissioning Committee: Jill and Peter Kraus, Leslie and Mac McQuown, and Liz Gerring Radke and Kirk August Radke.
Yvonne Rainer was born in San Francisco in 1934. She trained as a dancer in New York at the Martha Graham Dance School and the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and began to choreograph in 1960. She was a founding member of the Judson Dance Theater, a movement that began in 1962 and proved to be a vital force in redefining dance for the following decades. Starting in 1968, Rainer began to integrate short films into her live performances and, by 1975, had made a complete transition to filmmaking. She has since completed seven experimental feature films, and, in 1997, retrospectives of Rainer's films were held at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York City.
In 2000, Rainer returned to dance with a commission by the Baryshnikov Dance Foundation for the White Oak Dance Project titled, After Many a Summer Dies the Swan (2000). Most recently, she choreographed AG Indexical, with a Little Help from H.M. (2006), a reinterpretation of George Balanchine's Agon; RoS Indexical (2007), after Vaslav Nijinsky's Rite of Spring; and Spiraling Down (2008), a meditation on soccer, aging, and war. In 2010, Yvonne Rainer: Dance and Film, the first major European survey of Rainer's work was presented at the Tramway in Glasgow, Scotland. A premiere collection of Yvonne Rainer's poetry, Poems is newly released by Badlands Unlimited (2011).
Rainer is the recipient of numerous awards, including two Guggenheim Fellowships (1969, 1988), three Rockefeller Fellowships (1988, 1990, and 1996), a MacArthur Fellowship (1990–95), and a Wexner Prize (1995). She currently lives and works in California and New York.
A nonprofit institution founded in 1974, Dia Art Foundation is renowned for initiating, supporting, presenting, and preserving art projects. Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries, opened in May 2003 as the home for Dia's distinguished collection of art from the 1960s to the present, and features major installations of works by artists including Joseph Beuys, Louise Bourgeois, John Chamberlain, Walter De Maria, Dan Flavin, Michael Heizer, Donald Judd, On Kawara, Imi Knoebel, Sol LeWitt, Agnes Martin, Bruce Nauman, Gerhard Richter, Robert Ryman, Fred Sandback, Richard Serra, Robert Smithson, and Lawrence Weiner. Alongside the collection, special exhibitions, commissions, and diverse public and education programs take place at Dia:Beacon throughout the year. Dia also maintains long-term, site-specific projects across New York State, in New Mexico, and in Utah, and is developing a new exhibition facility in Manhattan's West Chelsea neighborhood.


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What is the "truss rod" on a guitar? Do truss rods vary for an acoustic, electric, or classical guitar?
A neck is not unlike a bow (like bow-and-arrow). Like a bow-string, guitar strings bend the neck and make it arc. Obviously, you don't want the neck to bend as much as a bow, or else you'd never be able to play it. But you actually want the neck to have a little bend in it, or else the strings will lie flat on the frets and won't be able to vibrate freely. The amount of bend your neck has is called it's relief.
If the strings don't exert too much tension, then they'll only bend the neck a little bit, and everything will be fine. This is the case with classical and nylon-string guitars. But steel strings exert much much more tension than nylon strings, and so they will actually bend the neck considerably—so much so that the guitar would become unplayable. That's there the truss rod comes in. It's a steel rod imbedded inside the neck. It counteracts some of the tension of the strings and keeps the neck from bending too much.
The great thing about most truss rods that the amount of tension they absorb is adjustable, so that you can actually adjust how much relief your neck has by increasing or decreasing the tension on the truss rod. This allows for very precise adjustments to the action of the guitar, making it very easy to play.
A truss rod stabilizes the neck of the guitar. Depending on the type of guitar or banjo, they are made from different materials and are located in different places on the instrument. See here for more info:
To answer the unanswered part of the question, yes, they vary from guitar to guitar. Almost every steel-strung instrument has a truss rod. But some classical guitars, with the lower string tension associated with nylon strings, have no truss rod at all.
In essence the truss rod is a means of applying a force to the instrument's neck to counteract the forces exerted by the tension of tuned strings. Steel strung instruments in particular have very high tension when tuned and can easily distort the neck material if it is not reinforced.


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I used to know more than I do now. Long ago I studied the bit with the electrons floating around. I miss it. I liked signal theory a lot.
I am not so good at the lifting heavy things business.
Here is a picture of me, but I'm told it doesn't look much like me with my hair all up like that.
This one looks more like me. I am the one who's not a robot. Me and robots I help with the robot on the right.
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longobord at gmail is my most direct email.
I'm also found at:
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- christie at flaminglotus,com
- longobord at most of the popular places.
longobord on twitter, gtalk, etc.
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Still getting these sorted for the year. Here are a couple of things that have been rattling around in my head:
- Helping design and build low-cost robots out of (relatively) easily obtainable parts. Haven't named the project yet.
- Probably something with LEDs, including acrylic light pipes. Maybe some cast resin.
- LED fingernails
- LED "beading" on clothing
- LED "light" staff. Completed, but should do an instructable.
- Wearable interfaces
- Learning new things, like German, only that's a pretty old thing really.
I also like to arrange for people to come to the space to talk about cool stuff.


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"The purpose of these commands is to select exercises within a long list stored on an auxiliary file."
But I don't know how to tell the package which is the external file to look in. Can you please post a MWE to see hot to use this feature?


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A nice user suggested good corrective edit to my answer. The edit, though very good and desirable, was rejected. I do not understand the reasons, and I did not find a way to contact those people who rejected it. What can I do to re-approve the edit?
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- Any Stack Exchange user can ask a question
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User suggested great corrective edit to my answer, but the edit was rejected. What can I do to approve it?
Once it's been rejected, you can no longer approve it. If you managed to get in contact with that user, you could have them re-submit the suggestion and approve it yourself. That's unlikely, so if you really feel the edit is helpful, then just apply the edits to your post on your own.
Suggested edits to code usually sit in the queue for a while until someone who actually understands the code can review it. They are often rejected as "incorrect" simply because chances are an edit to the code will be incorrect. Reviewing suggested edits from the queue, you don't have the context of the question with the edit. So if the person reviewing it is unwilling to read through the question and the edit isn't blatantly obvious, they are usually reluctant to approve it.
Both rejectors are not really active in those tags, so I assume they thought the edit changes too much in the post, not knowing if it's even correct or not.
You can contact them by commenting on one their old posts and explain the situation thus preventing them from future mistakes; however, what's done is done and there is no way to approve a rejected suggestion.
If this was a good edit, just edit your post yourself with those changes: you don't need approval to do that. :)
It's reasonable for reviewers who are unsure whether a suggested edit is correct to reject it, and in the case of code edits it's generally best to reject them unless you are very sure they are right.
But having said that, I think that it should always remain possible for the author of the answer to accept a suggested edit, even if the edit has been rejected by other reviewers. It is frustrating when you get a notification, go to the review page, look at the suggested edit, think ah yes, that's quite right, good suggestion, reach for the "Approve" button, only to find that it is not there, and that if you want to apply the suggestion, you have to laboriously copy and paste it, and the suggester gets no credit.


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It was all just a little bit of history repeating as the Sacred Heart Academy golf team placed four players among the top 40 and claimed its second straight state title on Oct. 3 at Bowling Green Country Club.
"It was very exciting," said Valkyries coach Leslie Bender, whose program now owns a state-best seven team titles. "We hoped that what we had was good enough to win and… we were fortunate to play well and come home with the victory."
The defending champions decked the field at the Leachman Buick-GMC-Cadillac/KHSAA State Championship with a two-day score of 320-316 – 636. Runner up Calloway County was 22 shots back at 658 and Henry Clay was third (668).
Calloway County sophomore Anna Hack carded a 2-under par 68-74 – 142 to win individual honors. North Hardin senior Lydia Gumm, who was competing in her 10th consecutive state tournament, took second with a 2-over 146. It was Gumm's fourth career runner-up finish at State.
Mercy senior Chau Tran finished in a tie for 14th at 73-84 – 157.
After the first round, Sacred Heart led Calloway County by eight strokes.
"We just focused on playing our game because we knew that eight strokes wasn't that much of a lead," said sophomore Maddie Rose Hamilton, one of four returnees from last year's team.
Hamilton fired a two-day score of 149 and finished in a tie for third. Following Hamilton for Sacred Heart were senior Katie Page (T14, 157), sophomore Meredith Moir (T28, 163), junior Rachel Gathof (39th, 169) and senior Gabrielle Miller (T44, 172).
"I'm really proud of these girls," said Bender. "It's such a great group and… it's been awesome all year."
The win was even sweeter considering the Valkyries' only loss during the season came to Calloway County at Sacred Heart's Bunny Daugherty Invitational last month.
"It was a huge motivation factor," said Hamilton. "We saw that there was a really good team that could potentially beat us so we had to step up our game.
"When we do that we don't get beat."
Boys' Tournament
The St. Xavier golf team's pursuit of state title No. 19 was derailed on Oct. 6 by a red-hot West Jessamine squad that closed strong and edged the Tigers 593-595 at Bowling Green Country Club.
"We came out a little flat and West Jessamine played a great round," said St. X coach Dan Utley. "They shot even par on the final round of the state tournament and did what they needed to make the comeback."
The Tigers led by 12 strokes after the first day of play and held a two-shot lead going into the final hole, but all four of West Jessamine's scorers birdied, while St. X played the hole at even par. The four-stroke swing gave the school from Nicholasville its first-ever crown.
"We didn't necessarily have our A-game, but we still held the lead going into the last hole," said Utley. "Ultimately it just came down to the final hole."
After finishing second last year, West Jessamine junior Fred Allen Meyer fired a 71-70 – 141 and downed Joey Mayo of St. Mary on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff to win individual honors.
Christian Academy senior Ben Montgomery tied for fifth with a two-day total of 147.
St. X's Stephen Stallings, the 2011 individual champion, led the Tigers and earned a share of third with a 71-74 – 145. Rounding out the scoring for St. X were Mike Sass (7th, 70-78 – 148), Brendon Doyle (T9, 75-76 – 151), Cooper Musselman (T9, 77-74 – 151) and Lucas Jones (T52, 82-81 – 163).
Trinity coach Bob Beatty was recently named head coach of the East squad for the 2013 U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
Slated for Jan. 5 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, the game features 90 of the nation's top high school seniors and will be televised live by NBC.
Beatty, an assistant for the West team last January, has an overall record of 161-21 at Trinity, including nine state titles.
Assumption maintained its No. 1 ranking in the latest Kentucky Volleyball Coaches Association Top-25 poll. The Rockets entered district play this week undefeated against in-state competition with a 33-2 record. Both losses came to Torrey Pines (Calif.), a team ranked No. 1 nationally by PrepVolleyball.com. Assumption is No. 2 nationally.
Other Louisville-area teams in the state poll were No. 3 Sacred Heart, No. 5 Mercy, No. 7 Manual, No. 10 Male, No. 11 Holy Cross, No. 12 Presentation, No. 15 North Oldham, No. 19 South Oldham and No. 24 Eastern.
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TOPEKA LIBRARY -- Think tweeting is just for the birds? If your answer is yes, you may be missing out on a free venue to market yourself or your company.
Twitter – where one can post tweets – will be one of the many social networks and new media outlets discussed at PodCamp Topeka, a free unconference scheduled for Sept. 19 at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library. The event is scheduled from 9am to 3:30pm.
PodCamp Topeka will bring techies and non-techies together to learn about what works and what doesn't when it comes to new media. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Register online at http://www.tscpl.org/podcamp. Free food and a t-shirt will be provided to the first 150 registrants.
International Web 2.0 speaker David Lee King, the library's digital branch manager, will lead a session on connecting to communities through commenting on web pages. Commentors are not just geeks who stay up all night hanging out in front of their computers, and therefore people shouldn't be so quick to dismiss what they say, King said.
"Comments create an open forum and usually interesting insight as to what customers want or think about you. Are you in on the conversation or are you out of the loop? I urge people to open their minds to this forum as a valuable social networking tool," he said. "PodCamp will help you figure out how to use it to your advantage."
Other topics at PodCamp may include RSS feeds, marketing with Facebook and producing a vlog, or video blog. PodCamp's schedule won't be determined until the day of the event – hence the unconference label – so expect some surprises at this casual event.
People interested in leading a session, can add their names to the list at the following site, http://podcamptopeka.pbworks.com.
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Let $k$ be a field (of char. not $2$) and $X_k=\text{Spec} (k[x_1,\cdots,x_n]/(x_1^2+\cdots +x_n^2-1))$. Do we know the Chow groups $A_i (X_k)$? I could not find any references, even for $X_{\mathbb R}$.
What (I think) I know: the K-groups were computed by Swan, so we know the total Chow group up to torsions. In codimension $1$ (i.e., class groups) I am fairly certain the answers are known.


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A gas explosion triggered a large fire Tuesday evening near an upscale shopping-and-entertainment district in Kansas City, Mo., injuring several people, police said.
The fire began around 6 p.m. local time and emergency responders had largely extinguished it within a couple of hours, but the exact extent of the damage and injuries wasn't immediately clear.
Kansas City fire spokesman James Garrett said at least 14 people had sustained injuries, including nine transported to area hospitals. Mr. Garrett told CNN that there were no immediate fatalities, but two victims had life-threatening injuries. He said authorities were investigating reports that some people were unaccounted for.
The University of Kansas Hospital is treating five victims of the explosion, including two in serious condition and one in critical condition, a hospital spokesman said. The two other patients walked into the hospital. The five victims' injuries are related to blunt-force trauma, he said. The hospital is expecting two more victims with serious burn injuries, he said.
Missouri Gas Energy said in a statement that an investigation into the explosion is ongoing but "early indications are that a contractor doing underground work struck a natural gas line." The company said the area has been secured and the flow of gas stopped.
The fire was largely contained around JJ's Restaurant, which sits just west of the Country Club Plaza district.
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LITTLE ROCK, AR. (Dec. 13, 2011) - As Arkansas Children's Hospital (ACH) kicks off its centennial celebration this week, it also highlights the thousands of people who have made care, love and hope an Arkansas tradition. The state's only pediatric medical center is launching a new website and social media effort to share the experiences of lives touched by the hospital through ach100.org
. The website went live this morning.
On ach100.org,
visitors will find a comprehensive history of ACH, leading them from its days as a fledgling orphanage to today's milestones as a comprehensive 316-bed facility with dozens of specialty care clinics. The site provides educational tools that will be helpful to teachers across the state, emphasizing important moments in Arkansas history.
"As we approached our centennial, Arkansas Children's Hospital saw this as the perfect occasion for imparting how its care has changed the history of this state," said ACH Director of Communications Dan McFadden, APR. "In ach100.org, Arkansans will find a time machine that takes them all the way back to 1912 and also pushes us into the next century of care, love and hope."
The site gives families a chance to share their own experiences at Arkansas Children's Hospital. During the fall, ACH invited the community to send in their stories, photos and videos via a form on archildrens.org. Those have been compiled on the
Story Time portion of
ach100.org and will be updated continuously as families pass down their own stories.
A collection of historic photos and documents dating back to 1912 also illustrates the rich history that Arkansas Children's Hospital has in caring for the state's youngest and most critical patients.
Visitors to ach100.org will also find events in communities around the state to help ACH celebrate its 100
th anniversary, from donation drives to Circle of Friends meetings and other festivities. There also will be opportunities to support the hospital on
ach100.org through fundraising, volunteer commitments and donations of items ranging from toys to batteries.
Arkansas Children's Hospital is the only pediatric medical center in Arkansas and one of the largest in the United States serving children. The campus spans 29 city blocks and houses 316 beds, a staff of approximately 500 physicians, 80 residents in pediatrics and pediatric specialties and more than 4,000 employees. The private, nonprofit healthcare facility boasts an internationally renowned reputation for medical breakthroughs and intensive treatments, unique surgical procedures and forward-thinking medical research - all dedicated to fulfilling our mission of enhancing, sustaining and restoring children's health and development. ACH recently ranked No. 75 on FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For®. For more information, visit www.archildrens.org.
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