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JSbuilder2 error
I'm running JSBuilder2 command line on Windows Vista and Getting the following error..
It actually builds the '-debug.js' version of the file and then fails to create the minified version. Any ideas?
Loading the 'Test Project' Project Loaded 1 Packages Building the 'motoui - all' package as 'compiled/test.all-debug.js' - There are 12 file include(s). - - ../app/overrides/overrides-bugfixes.js - - ../app/overrides/overrides-enhancements.js - - ../app/overrides/vtypes.js - - ../app/forms/config.forms.js - - ../app/forms/config.forms.Test.js - - ../app/forms/config.forms.Import.js - - ../app/layout/config.print.js - - ../app/layout/config.NavPanel.js - - ../app/layout/config.TaskUIPanel.js - - ../app/layout/config.AppHeaderPanel.js - - ../app/layout/KRI.languages.English.js - - ../app/layout/applayout.js Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException at com.extjs.FileHelper.listFiles(FileHelper.java:103) at com.extjs.JSBuilder2.writeHeadersToTargets(JSBuilder2.java:276) at com.extjs.JSBuilder2.main(JSBuilder2.java:44)
25 Sep 2009 5:38 AM #2
Here is the jsb2 file as well incase i'm doing something wrong there.
All the files included get put in a SRC directory but that is it.. no build directory and no minification. Hoping someone can see my folly. Thanks!
{ projectName: 'Test Project', deployDir: '', licenseText : '', pkgs: [{ name: 'test - all', file: 'compiled/test.all.js', fileIncludes: [ {text:'overrides-bugfixes.js', path:'../app/overrides/'}, {text:'overrides-enhancements.js', path:'../app/overrides/'}, {text:'vtypes.js', path:'../app/overrides/'}, {text:'config.forms.js', path:'../app/forms/'}, {text:'config.forms.Product.js', path:'../app/forms/'}, {text:'config.forms.Import.js', path:'../app/forms/'}, {text:'config.print.js', path:'../app/layout/'}, {text:'config.NavPanel.js', path:'../app/layout/'}, {text:'config.TaskUIPanel.js', path:'../app/layout/'}, {text:'config.AppHeaderPanel.js', path:'../app/layout/'}, {text:'KRI.languages.English.js', path:'../app/layout/'}, {text:'applayout.js', path:'../app/layout/'} ] }], resources: [{ src: '../app/', dest: '/src/', filters: ".*\\.js" }] }
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test.all.js is an unusual name. What happens if you change it to test-all.js?
26 Sep 2009 8:34 AM #4
OK I tried that condor but i get the same exact error.. it creates the debug file and then stops.
26 Sep 2009 8:50 AM #5
I also tried removing all the included files that had dots in their name with the same result. I also reduced it to just one JS file (tried a few) with the same results..
3 Oct 2009 12:23 PM #6
Is anyone using JSBuilder2 successfully? can anyone post a small example file of a working export?
25 Oct 2009 10:17 AM #7
Loading the 'My project' Project Loaded 12 Packages Building the 'Admin package' package as '/scripts/pkgs/pkg-admin-debug.js' <-- first package The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect Failed to create targets with fileIncludes. Building the 'Website All' package as '/scripts/website-compiled-debug.js' <-- resulting package This package is built by included dependencies. java.io.IOException: The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is inc orrect at java.io.WinNTFileSystem.canonicalize0(Native Method) at java.io.Win32FileSystem.canonicalize(Unknown Source) at java.io.File.getCanonicalPath(Unknown Source) at com.extjs.JSBuilder2.createTargetsWithDeps(JSBuilder2.java:237) at com.extjs.JSBuilder2.main(JSBuilder2.java:42) Failed to create target with package dependencies. Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException at com.extjs.FileHelper.listFiles(FileHelper.java:103) at com.extjs.JSBuilder2.writeHeadersToTargets(JSBuilder2.java:276) at com.extjs.JSBuilder2.main(JSBuilder2.java:44)
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I am looking for notions of general position that are stronger than linear general position.
To illustrate, 3 points in linear general position don't lie on a line. I want a notion that would claim that 6 points in general position don't lie on a quadric.
To be more specific: Assume I have an ideal $I$ in $\mathbb{C}[x_1,\dots,x_n]$ with a set of generators $p_1,\dots,p_k$. Assume the degrees of the generators are $d_1,\dots,d_k$ respectively, I would like to claim that no $f(n,d_1,\dots,d_k)$ points in general position are the common roots of $I$.
Restrictions $I$ can be made (for example it comes for a parametrized family etc.).
Is anyone familiar with a "general position" notion that captures this intuition? Can anyone refer me to a discussion on notions of "general position" that are close or related to such a notion?

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I have a couple of scripts in PHP that run MySQL queries. On occasion they cause the server to seize up or become clogged with MySQL processes that take a while, for example badly formed
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A report released Monday by the children's advocacy group the Annie E. Casey Foundation blames the problem on several factors, including increasing competition from older workers due to the recession and not graduating high school ready for college.
In Kentucky alone, between 2000 and 2011, the number of young adults ages 20 to 24 who are not in school and not working grew by 88 percent. For 16- to 19-year-olds, the number rose 3 percent.
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New Term, New Challenges for the President
Obama Faces a Host of Thorny Issues at Home and Abroad, From a Bid to Overhaul the Tax Code to Dealing With Tehran
A look at some of the issues that will be prominent in President Barack Obama's second term:
Tax Reform
House and Senate committee leaders say they will try to pass far-reaching legislation to overhaul the tax code this year, but prospects appear to be dimming amid continuing partisan budget battles and limited attention from the Obama administration so far.
Inauguration 2013
Comparing 2009 and 2013
The president being sworn in Monday at the Capitol was the same man as in 2009, but not everything else was the same. Take a look at what's changed.
In Their Words
Compare how often presidents used selected words in their inaugural addresses.
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A snapshot of our population, attitudes and society at the beginning of President Barack Obama's second term.
Members of the GOP-run House Ways and Means Committee and the Democratic-controlled Senate Finance Committee are aiming to produce bills that revamp the tax system, lower rates for businesses and individuals, and narrow tax breaks. Both also say the goal is to increase economic efficiency and make U.S. businesses more competitive globally.
But the overarching disagreements between the two parties—particularly over whether and how much to raise new tax revenues in the process—could derail the effort.
Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R., Mich.) said the end-of-year budget deal that raised tax rates for high-income households has complicated the task, because it raises future revenue targets. He had hoped to lower the top individual income-tax rate to 25%, but that would require finding additional tax breaks to be reduced or eliminated to generate the revenue increases needed to offset the lower rates.
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The next six months could make or break the Obama administration's campaign to deny Tehran a nuclear-weapons capability, according to U.S. and European officials, underscoring how Iran is expected to dominate Mr. Obama's second-term foreign-policy agenda.
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The negotiating track has been stalled since last June, but American and European diplomats are voicing cautious optimism that Tehran will agree within the month to resume international talks, now that Iranian officials have publicly acknowledged that oil exports have fallen as much as one million barrels a day due to U.S. and EU sanctions. Iran had been selling about 2.4 million barrels a day before the sanctions took full effect. Iran's currency has lost about 80% of its value against the dollar over the past year.
Still, a June vote to replace President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad could stir nationalist sentiment inside Iran that might limit the government's ability to make concessions, U.S. officials said. And Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Tehran's ultimate arbiter, has offered no signs that he is preparing to shift his hard-line position on advancing Iran's nuclear program.
If the diplomatic track stalls, it could rekindle Israeli calls for a military strike on Iran's nuclear program. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said such action may be needed by this summer, when he says Tehran likely will have acquired enough fissile material to quickly develop a nuclear weapons capability.
—Jay Solomon
Four years ago, advocates thought they were on the brink of passing legislation overhauling the nation's immigration system. They wound up disappointed.
Now, political forces in both parties appear to be aligning. Mr. Obama, who didn't make an immigration-law overhaul a priority in his first term, has put it high on his agenda. And the November election, in which Mr. Obama overwhelmingly won the Hispanic vote, prompted many in the GOP to conclude they must change their rhetoric and policies.
In the Democratic-controlled Senate, a bipartisan group of eight hopes to produce the outline of a bill this month, legislation by the end of March and Senate passage by the August break. There is considerable GOP opposition in the Republican-controlled House—particularly in the Judiciary Committee, which has jurisdiction over the issue—but House Speaker John Boehner has said he would like to bring the matter up for a vote.
Elements of a comprehensive bill likely would include enhanced border security; better employer verification systems to be sure workers are in the country legally; a guest-worker program for seasonal employees; more visas for high-tech workers; and—most controversially—legal status for some 11 million people now in the country illegally. Advocates, and the White House, say these people should have a path to citizenship after gaining legal status, something some Republicans will resist.
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Gun Violence
In the wake of the school massacre in Newtown, Conn., Mr. Obama is pushing for the biggest changes to gun laws since the early 1990s. He unilaterally launched an effort to update records in the system used to screen gun-buyers and restarted federal research into gun violence. But he's acknowledged that his most consequential proposals require congressional approval—extending background checks to all gun buyers, banning high-capacity magazines and banning some semiautomatic rifles that are often called assault weapons.
Legislation is expected to originate in the Democratic-controlled Senate, but it is unclear whether Democratic senators who represent states with a strong gun-rights tradition, such as Arkansas, Montana and Alaska, will support the measures. House Republicans have been cool to Mr. Obama's recommendations. Of his legislative proposals, expanded background checks is the most likely to gain traction.
Mr. Obama has urged the American people to lobby their lawmakers to counteract expected opposition to the president's efforts from the National Rifle Association, the country's most powerful gun lobby. He and Vice President Joe Biden plan to travel to build support for their plan, and they are activating their campaign network in an effort to build public support for gun control.


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What's wrong with my garage door opener?
I have an older Stanley garage door opener and remote. Whenever I would press the remote, the garage door would only open probably less than half the time. The light on the remote would always light up but the garage door wouldn't always go up. I decided to spend the extra money and buy a new garage door opener. I programmed it this morning and same problem. It doesn't go up every time I press the button. What's the problem and how can I fix it?
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Lots of things could be wrong. What exactly did you replace?
Does the door have a "hard wired" switch/button inside the garage? If so, does this button have the same problem? It could be the tracks are misaligned or the little sensor that's at the bottom of the door tracks (if you have those) are misaligned or faulty. Have you recently cleaned/greased the tracks?
When you have the problems with the remote, are there certain places where the remote works better than others? It could be signal interference. Have you tried it inside the garage? Inside the house? From the driveway? From the street?
Have you replaced the battery in the remote? Have you tried different remotes if you have multiple/buttons in your vehicle? Could be a problem with the remote not sending the signal.
Is the problem dependent upon the weather? Time of day?
I'm not an expert, but I've had some experience with garage door openers.
This probably isn't the case since it is happening with the new opener too, but it's something to consider. Garage door openers aren't really meant to be used in quick succession. If you're opening and closing a bunch of times in a short time frame, the motor could be overheating and temporarily shutting down. It may not let you open it again until it cools down. If the button inside the garage works, then this probably isn't the case.
It might not be the door opener, but the door itself. Pull the disconnect, and lift the door up manually. If it's hard to lift up, STOP. The problem is the door.
If it's a one-piece door, check that the springs are intact and it's not binding. If it's a sectional, check that the cables are intact and the torsion spring at the top isn't broken.
I suggest hiring a professional unless you know what you're doing, especially when it comes to torsion springs.
@gt0163c: The button on the garage door works all the time, it's only the remote that doesn't work all the time. Weather and where doesn't affect it.
EDIT: There are no sensors on the bottom of this garage door either.
Get some canned air, and clean out the sensors at the sides of the garage door, and the insides of the mechanisms for the door. You don't say there's any problem with putting it down, only raising it, which rules out the remote.
Often dirt will be covering some important element that is tied into safety mechanisms. Spiders can also be "helpful." Stand inside the garage and watch what's going on. I'd also check the manual to see if there's anything going on that you can debug.
Can you clarify, did you replace the entire opener, or just the remote? If you replaced the entire system and you're having problems w/ the remote, and If the hard-wired switch works 100% of the time then I'd say you have some signal interference. Do you live next to an airport? Do you live next to radio antennas? Those might be the problem, you might want to try an opener that operates on a different radio band.
If you just replaced only the remote, check to make sure the antenna (little black wire) running out of the actual opener is stretched out as far as it can go, and that it is headed towards the front of the garage, or that it is even attached.
That is all I have, but if your hard-wired button works fine, and your remote is having issues even when you replaced the entire system, you probably have some interference.
When you say the door doesn't go up, do you mean it does go up just not fully or do you mean it does not react to the remote at all? How long do you press the button? Try holding the button for one second when using the remote. I agree with narfcake, Don't mess with the torsion spring unless you have too many fingers or enough experience with garage doors.
I agree with @eraten. Based on all the information given, I'm thinking the interference with the remote is probably the case.
Replacing the battery in the remote might help. Elevating the remote when you press it might help too.
If you press the button on the remote and the door doesn't open, how long do you have to wait for it to work? Have you tried waiting a few seconds? A minute? A few minutes? It does sound like intermittent interference. If you can figure out what's causing the interference (airplanes? military installation nearby? radio station? power lines possibly...although that's probably a long shot) you might be able to figure out a work around or at least know what to look for in a new system that works in a different frequency band.
@narfcake: I had a similar problem to what you just describe, and it was a broken spring. As usually only one spring breaks, which doesn't always prevent the door from opening under all conditions, it can seem like the opener when the springs are at fault.
Did you change the batteries in the remote? They may have enough juice to light up a little light, but not enough to send the signal properly.
I heard about this just last week:
It sounds like it's pretty obviously the remote. You may just need to refresh your "syncing". Different brands will probably vary, so consult the owner's manual. There is a button on the back of some operators(not remotes) that you can press to "learn" a code. In the learning mode, press the remote button. There is usually some indicator light that will let you know if it was successful. Good luck!
@jsimsace: If the actual opener unit itself doesn't have the obstruction sensors, it's old, and I highly doubt its security is of the learning variety. Dip switch or jumper settings is what I'm thinking.
it's a trap!!!
Change the battery in the clicker. They don't last forever...
If the problem is only on the open check your rails , rollers and hings , then look to see if your spring(s) are not damaged . then disconnect your operator from the door and see if it will operate without the door . If operator works without the door check your open/close force , if that is set to low you can have problems .


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When I allow an application to access my data, what information can it actually access?
It used to be that applications had full access to all your data, but now it's more restricted:
So the application should ask you for permission and tell you which categories of data it wants access to. So if you're not happy about letting an application having access to your photos for example you should be able to tell and not install it.
The new permissions model is now live, giving you, the use, more detail into what exactly is made available to the application.


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Pregnancy: When to Go to the Hospital
In This Article:
Fetal kicks; hospital questions
Fetal Kick Count
Important, important, important this can't be stressed enough! Always be aware of that baby inside of you and its movements. One way to keep track of the baby is through the fetal kick count. The fetal kick count is determined by counting how many times the baby kicks in two hours out of the whole day. Here's how it works. Pick a one-hour window, preferably when the baby is active and count how often the baby moves. Once you count 10 fetal kicks, look at your watch, and if it's been less than an hour, you're done for the day.
If you don't get 10 kicks in one hour, you can extend the time period to two hours. If you still don't get 10 kicks, it's probably a good idea to go into your doctor for an evaluation. The fetal kick count is simply a way for you to do a daily check of your baby's well-being in between doctor's visits. Studies have shown that when mothers don't get their kick counts tallied, it could make a difference in the outcome of the baby's welfare. As you get farther into the third trimester, you may feel as if the baby is taking longer to get its kick counts, but you should still be able to get them. At this point, the baby is moving and active, but not as much.
From the Doctor's Perspective...
Having said this, I always advise my patients that even if they get their kick counts, but perceive that something is wrong, they should come see me. I trust my patients' instincts and will have them come in for an evaluation anyway. Hey, it may look as if everything is going well with the pregnancy on paper, but if the mother feels something is wrong, it's worth respecting. A mother's intuition is usually right.
Get Thee to a Hospital
At any time close to your delivery date, if you think you're in labor, call your doctor or midwife. They will give you explicit instructions on what to do. If they tell you to go to the hospital, here is what will happen.
The hospital will be expecting you because the doctor will call ahead to alert them that you are en route. Go straight to the OB/GYN labor and delivery area where you will be evaluated. A labor and delivery nurse will check you first. She'll (or in some cases he'll) check your vital signs (blood pressure, temperature, pulse, and respiratory rate), and she will put external monitors on your abdomen. The monitors consist of a fetal heart monitor (a Doppler monitor), which measures the baby's heart rate, and a uterine contraction monitor (tocometer), which measures the duration and frequency of your contractions.
After about 15-20 minutes, the medical staff will be able to interpret the tracings from the monitor to determine if you are having real contractions, how many, and how closely spaced apart they are. If you're watching the monitor, you can see the needle trace your contraction pattern.
With the record that the fetal heart monitor provides, the caregivers can determine what the baby's condition is and his or her well-being. For example, if they see the baby's heart rate going down, they will want to figure out the cause immediately. All eyes are constantly watching that fetal monitor for signs of stress. If the baby is in distress, it may necessitate an immediate delivery or C-section.
Questions You'll Be Asked
At this point in your labor, the doctor will take over from the nurse and evaluate your condition. You'll be asked a number of questions, including the following: (I've included my thoughts on these questions in parentheses sometimes, you just want to kill the hospital staff when you're in labor.)
- What is your chief complaint, or what brought you in today? (Like, duh! Resist the urge to tell the doctor or nurse to go jump. She truly needs to know if you're in pain and how much.)
- How many contractions are you having in an hour? (I told you they'd ask this question.)
- How long are they lasting? (Told ya this as well, so you might as well be prepared and pull out your handy-dandy sheet, thereby blowing them away with your preparation.
- Are you leaking any fluid? Did your bag of water break? (If the answer is "My God, I hope not," it didn't. You'll know if it breaks the big gush of water similar to Niagara Falls is a telltale sign.)
- Are you bleeding? (Can't you tell? Look and see. Oh, you mean when I was at home...)
- Did you lose your mucous plug? (What is a mucous plug anyway? Oh, you mean that gross thing?)
- Are you feeling the baby move around all right? (I can't bloody well feel anything but baby at this point.)
- Are you feeling all right otherwise? Do you have any fever or other illnesses? (Who are they kidding with this question? At this point, you feel nothing but sick. In fact, you've never felt worse.)
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Reproduced from Absolute Beginner's Guide to Pregnancy, by John Adams and Marta Justak, by permission of Pearson Education. Copyright © 2005 by Que Publishing. Please visit Amazon to order your own copy.


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Pain Tolerance Higher in Athletes, May Help Unlock Clues to Fighting Pain
May 18, 2012 -- Sprains, strains, and worse injuries are unavoidable in sports, and playing through the pain comes with the territory for most athletes.
So how do they continue to excel with pain that would leave others sidelined?
New research confirms that athletes have a higher tolerance for pain than couch potatoes or even weekend warriors, and the finding could help investigators discover better ways to manage pain.
No Pain, No Gain?
Researchers in Germany reviewed findings from 15 studies comparing pain threshold and pain tolerance among athletes and non-athletes.
"Pain threshold" refers to the point at which pain begins to be felt in response to stimulation (heat, pressure, etc.), while "pain tolerance" is the maximum amount of pain a person can stand.
Athletes and non-athletes in the studies had similar pain threshold levels, but athletes consistently reported higher pain tolerance than normally active adults.
And the amount of pain athletes were able to tolerate varied by their sport, with those involved in game sports like football or soccer generally more tolerant of pain than those who participated in endurance sports.
But this was not always the case. One study found that cross-country skiers were among the most pain tolerant, along with football players.
Endorphins May Blunt Pain
The findings, which appear in the June issue of the journal Pain, strongly suggest that athletes have a higher tolerance for pain than others, but the studies did not explore the reasons for this.
Researcher Jonas Tesarz, MD, of the University of Heidelberg, tells WebMD that more research is needed to determine if increased physical activity helps control pain.
If the association is confirmed, the finding could have major implications for pain management.
Physical activity boosts levels of chemicals that mimic the effects of "feel good" and pain-relieving opioids, known as endorphins.
In runners, this chemical rush is known as a "runner's high."
Pain researcher Allan Basbaum, PhD, of the University of California, San Francisco, says he was highly skeptical of the theory that endorphins blunt pain until about four years ago.
That is when a group of German researchers proved that running and other strenuous exercise really does increase endorphin levels in the brain as well as the blood.
Basbaum chairs the anatomy department at UCSF and is the editor-in-chief of the journal Pain.
"Previous studies had looked at endorphins in the blood, but blood levels are irrelevant to what is going on in the brain," Basbaum says.


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Since September 11, 2001, Saudi Arabia has questioned more than 1,500 individuals, arrested hundreds of suspects, and succeeded in extraditing Al-Qaeda members from other countries to face justice. The Kingdom has audited its charities and enacted strict financial control measures to ensure that evildoers cannot take advantage of the generosity of our citizens. Bank accounts of suspected individuals have been frozen and some of the most stringent banking regulations implemented. Saudi Arabia today has some of the toughest counter-terrorism laws and regulations in the world.


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It is common to hear of massive IT failures; projects that are over budget, late, poorly aligned to business needs, or all of the above. Often, the resulting losses are in the hundreds of millions of dollars. The cause is almost always the same: uncontrolled complexity. The solution to complexity is simple — or more specifically, simplicity.
This talk is about the mathematical models of complexity and the methodologies needed to control it. Complexity is the most insidious problem facing IT architects. Control it, or it will bury you! David Solivan interviews Roger Sessions about his book 'Simple Architectures for Complex Enterprises'.
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OK, here are two questions out of Nathanon's Additive Number Theory from the section on fractional parts ($\S$4.4).
I think I'm missing something. I don't understand what there is to prove? Let $x\in \mathbb{R}$ and let
$$||x||:= \min(|n-x|:n \in \mathbb{Z}) $$
So, its just the distance from $x$ to the nearest integer. Questions 1 and 2 of $\S4.4$ are to show:
$$||\alpha +\beta|| \le ||\alpha||+||\beta||$$ and this little thing: $$||x|| = ||-x|| = ||x+n||, \forall n \in \mathbb{Z}$$ I've seen similar questions before on a course in ele number theory, and didn't do so well on them. As stated above, I don't know what there is to prove, or how I would do it. Do I actually need to go back to the definition of $||x||$? Thanks for any help on this..


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Updated: 05/30/2016 - DENISON,TX -- Grayson College students learned what careers and classes are available to them after their service.
Updated: 05/30/2016 - DENISON,TX---Students ended Black History Month with a celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.
Updated: 05/30/2016 - DENISON,TX---Graduation is set to take place at the new Munson Stadium in June as construction is nearing its end.
Updated: 05/30/2016 - DURANT, OK---The Superintendent of Durant ISD has announced his resignation after six years of service.
Updated: 05/30/2016 - DURANT,OK---Students at Durant High School came together Thursday to raise awareness on abusive relationships.
Updated: 05/30/2016 - DENISON,TX---A Sherman girl will compete in the regional spelling bee in Dallas in March after placing first today at Grayson College.
Updated: 05/30/2016 - SHERMAN,TX---Students at Austin College are taking courses designed to teach them to be more aware.
Updated: 05/30/2016 - DENISON,TX---The city's school district is asking for supplies for students in the upcoming school year.
Posted: 12/12/2013 - DENISON, TX---College students across Texoma are in the midst of taking finals, but because of the winter weather, some testing has been delayed.
Updated: 10/24/2013 - SHERMAN,TX---Schools around the country are making bus safety a priority.
Posted: 10/03/2013 - A new program taking affect next fall could pay for lunch for many students across the area.
Updated: 08/09/2013 - ATOKA, OK-It's a dream come true for Atoka Public Schools as they laid the last brick for the new Atoka Elementary School a few weeks ago. Thursday, the community got their first glimpse of the new facility.
Posted: 09/04/2012 - TEXOMA -- The steady rise of college textbook prices is a concern for many Texoma students starting college this week. This Mom's Everyday Money segment, focuses on ways your college student can work around these increased costs.
Posted: 08/30/2012 - SHERMAN, TX -- A local college is being recognized for it's capacity to change lives. Austin College is included in the updated edition of an influential book released Tuesday.
Updated: 08/29/2012 - SHERMAN, TX -- Whether you've been bullied or regretful for being a bully in the past, the subject has become a hot topic in recent years. For this Mom's Everyday Money segment, we look at how bullying can not only affect us emotionally, but economically as well.
Updated: 08/28/2012 - GRAYSON COUNTY, TX -- Sherman and Denison students joined others heading back to class Monday but it's not too late to work on ways to make your child's first day a little easier.
Posted: 07/25/2012 - Fish Camp, the annual orientation for all incoming Denison High School freshmen, is set for Friday, July 27th from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the DHS Commons. Members of the Class of 2016 will have their student ID photos made and receive important information as well as free t-shirts at the event.
Updated: 06/28/2012 - City of Gainesville is spraying for mosquitoes.
Posted: 06/27/2012 - SHERMAN, TX-- For over a decade, Beth Weeks, the Sherman ISD Campus Technology Specialist has been incorporating education with technology.
Updated: 06/06/2012 - School is out in Van Alstyne, but some teachers were back in the classroom today to learn about their new educational tools.
Posted: 02/02/2012 - ARDMORE, OK - Ardmore Young Professionals and The Ardmoreite would like to invite you to attend their Meet the Candidate Forum on Tuesday, February 7th at 6:00 pm at the Ardmore Public Library.
Posted: 01/27/2012 - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - State Board of Education members have pressed the Texas education commissioner about whether high-stakes standardized testing is warping classroom teaching to ensure students spend more time preparing for the exams then actual learning.
Updated: 12/09/2011 - ARDMORE, OK--Folks in Ardmore served up a huge Christmas feast Thursday evening all for free.It was the 7th Annual Ardmore Christmas feast and the event was open to the public.


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Walton Fabrication Leaf Spring Installation - Lose the Tube... Gain A 'Tude!Written on May 25, 2006 Converting to Open-Drive with a Walton Fabrication Parallel Leaf Kit
In reality, torque-tube rearends aren't all that bad when you think about it. OK, that may just apply to those who favor completely stock drivetrains in early pickups, but we're not here to discuss the advantages of factory components, as we've yet to find many. No, we're here to discuss the opposite--the advantages of ditching the old stuff in favor of the new, improved, and obviously better stuff out there specifically designed for our applications.
Case in point: Walton Fabrication's new parallel-leaf kit for '47-54 Chevy/GMC 1/2-tons. While these particular trucks came from the factory equipped with similar equipment, as we all know, leaf-over options don't leave you with many, well, options, especially if you're considering a stance adjustment or transmission swap. Albeit already lowered in the rear, this particular setup wasn't done favorably (unless you favor open-ended 5-inch steel tube lowering blocks, leaf-spring pads easily a couple inches below scrub, and some "creative" welding to boot). So, along with the obvious intent of relowering the truck correctly, the other objective was to address the torque tube--or rather, to address the ridding of the torque tube to make room for an open-drive rearend, to be more precise.
With future plans calling for a Tremec TKO five-speed in place of the old granny-geared factory transmission, it was mandatory that not only the rearend be swapped, but that it be swapped for one with a suitable ring-and-pinion ratio. Normally, anyone running a three-speed manual or automatic would most likely opt for something in the low 3s (a 3.00:1 is a pretty good all around gear for a regular cruiser). With an overdrive, you have room to breathe, so anything 3.50 and higher is recommended, especially if you're after some low-end grunt. With that in mind, a Dana 44 with a nice, short gear became available free of charge, and it happened to come out of a '52 Chevy 1/2-ton (so the work of flipping spring perches was already done...or so I figured), so it was the natural choice. Otherwise, options such as a '55-59 Task Force rearend or even a late-model Nissan Pathfinder were the next likely candidates. Also, I learned that a '55-59 1/2-ton third member will drop right in a '47-54 housing using the stock axles. I haven't researched this more in-depth, but someone may want to.
Now, with the issues of the rearend itself handled, it was just a matter of finding a ways to mount the Dana in the '53 chassis. As you've already seen by the title of the story, Walton Fabrication stepped up to the plate to handle that. Using all existing holes in the frame, their bolt-in leaf kit is literally that--bolt-in. With the exception of the spring pads, which need to be welded to the axle housing once positioned, everything from the spring hangers to the shock mounts bolt to the frame using holes previously occupied by factory rivets. Now, I won't lie--the rivets can put up a real fight, but once they're gone, you don't have to worry about them ever again, so a few hours (or more) spent grinding, drilling, and hammering isn't all that bad. As for the spring pads that were supposedly going to work, well, the Walton kit moves the leafs inboard a tad--enough so that only half of each leaf actually rested on the perches--so off they had to come. Initially, the kit was designed for leaf-overs that are still over, not guys who scarfed up a free rearend already modified! Nevertheless, the pads were carefully removed with the aid of a Sawzall and an angle grinder, followed by the placement of and subsequent welding of the new ones provided in the Walton kit (which actually afforded more drop due to their higher profile).
Welding and rearend housing straightening (highly recommended) aside, the remainder of the kit installation is a no-brainer. Tools to have at your disposal: a 1/2-inch electric or a good 1/4-inch pneumatic drill; an angle grinder with sufficient discs for not only grinding, but smoothing, as well; a hammer and punch set; an air ratchet; various handtools; and, of course, a good floor jack with even better jackstands. A full Saturday ought to serve as enough time for the job, especially considering the fact that it's not required to pull the bed off the frame (I did, but that was to allow better photo-taking abilities). The results should be indicated initially by the components of the kit itself: lower-profile/wider-width leaf springs with half the leaf pack versus stock; modern bushings and actual spring shackles; modern gas-charged shocks; and beefy, well-constructed brackets. On top of attaining a substantially better ride, you can expect a substantially lower stance, as well, which will depend on what size lowering blocks you choose, if any are used at all. Follow along and see how this anxious AD loses the tube...and gains a 'tude!
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Whether or not you're losing the tube, if you want to lower your '47-54 Chevy 1/2-ton right, you gotta do it right with a parallel leaf kit from Walton Fabrication. Along with a set of beefy, modern-style springs, you also get U-bolts and five-hole plates, precision hangers and brackets, shocks, shock mounts, and all necessary hardware. Lowering blocks are also available for those wanting more of a drop, like me.When purchased, the truck sat nice and low in the rear. Unfortunately, it didn't ride so nice in the rear.One of the reasons why the ride wasn't so favorable--5-inch blocks fab'd from steel tube. The KYB Gasadjust shocks were installed after acquiring, but actually worsened the ride by stiffening things up.First order of business (after securing the truck on jackstands, of course), was to get rid of the complete rearend, springs and all.Unlike newer spring bushings, the early Chevy springs use threaded ends that you manually lube through zerk fittings. Buzz the bushings out, then, after making sure there's no load on the spring, pry the end out of the hanger.
I've learned to be resourceful when doing jobs by myself. To remove the rearend assembly from beneath the truck without breaking an already broken back, I positioned the torque tube yoke on an old skateboard while walking the axle out with a floor jack.The stock spring packs had roughly 10 leafs (this set had a few pulled in the past); the Walton Fabrication springs are modern-style, featuring only four leafs and a wider width.Waiting in the wings, a recently donated Dana 44, purportedly from a '60s GMC, was ready to take up rear in the '53. Having been pulled from a lowered '52 Chevy 1/2-ton, I thought I would be ahead of the game in regards to spring pad location (not having to weld spring pads), but that would not be the case.Rolled beneath the chassis, the Dana's overall width was right on the money, as expected. Now, it was simply a matter of removing the old suspension brackets and installing the Walton pieces.Walton highly stressed that his kit installs easily without having to remove the bed, and it does. However, since a hydraulic lift wasn't accessible, it was easier to photograph the remainder of the job with it off (it needed to come off for future jobs anyway).If you've never experienced the joy of removing beefy chassis rivets, you don't know what you're missing! The front and rear spring hangers as well as the shock mounts all attach to the frame with double-headed 3/8-inch rivets, each of which usually become very accustomed to being where they're at (in other words, stubborn to come out).I found the easiest way to start coercing the rivets out was to first drill the head, starting with a pilot and ending with a bit size close to that of the rivet's shank.From there, a 4-inch grinder with a mean composite disc was used to rid what remained of the rivet heads. As you can see, there was still plenty of rivet left still to be removed.
There was a great feeling of relief once the first spring hanger and its rivets were taken care of; unfortunately, there were still three more hangers and two shock brackets to remove! Once the last rivet is gotten rid of, run a 25/64 bit through each hole.The Walton bracketry is not only well-engineered, as you will soon see, it bolts to the frame with no modifications or tweaking--and there are no pesky rivets to deal with ever again.The forward spring hangers bolt directly to the existing holes in the frame, and are designed to fit without removal (let alone modification) of the stock E-brake cable brackets.Same for the rear leaf spring brackets--they bolt right to the three vacant holes left from the stock ones.With the front and rear hangers attached with the supplied bolts and Nylocs, the new springs were ready to be installed.Start with the forward ends first (the side with the pre-installed bushing). A punch comes in handy to help guide the bushings into place.With the leaf spring still supported on the jack, the rear bushings can be installed, as shown. Using a bit of lubricated persuasion helps get the bushings in place without too much muscled effort.
Once the leafs were hung, it became apparent that the old spring pads weren't going to fly--the Walton kit moves the springs inward a little over a half inch each side (it's really designed for a "stock" leaf-over setup to begin with). Considering my welding skills (or lack thereof), I made a 911 call to Jobe Jimenez to help with the additional chores. First off, the stock-but-flipped pads were cut off.After careful removal of the old pads, the rearend was recentered between the framerails, then the pinion angle set. Doing that revealed that even if the old pads would have worked, the pinion angle would have been way, way off, so it wasn't such a bad deal.Anytime you weld on a rearend housing, chances of warping are very high, if not guaranteed (so be prepared to have it straightened professionally). With my 110V HTP, Jobe was able to turn the heat way down and still attain good-penetrating welds (in short sequences).The following morning, I repainted the affected areas, then slid my lowering blocks between the springs and the housing. With the compressor ready and willing, I grabbed my 1/2-inch air ratchet and snugged the five-hole plates in place with the lower shock mounts on the outside.The shock studs were then bolted to the plates, followed by the uppers being installed on the framerails.Walton provides reinforcing plates for the uppers, which bolt to the inside of the frame, with the studs on the opposite side, as shown.Save for running new brake lines and having a driveshaft made, the '53 is ready to hit the road, this time with a more satisfactory ride. All things considered, including the spring pad modification, this is easily a one-day deal, especially if you've got a friend to help you out. While I opted to convert to open drive, the kit will just as easily drop your stock torque tube rear, like it was originally designed to.


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The newest tenant to the Caveland Mall has people in Hart County talking, but the talk isn't positive. That's because of the product the store will be selling.
William Eric Martin, DC's Video, "A full line of adult products, novelties, we also have theater and peeps, of course. Videos, DVDs, magazines, just about anything."
DC's Video opened just days ago, but it's already gotten the two other tenants of Caveland Mall planning to moving.
Denise Van Dyke, Granny's Quilts, "I don't like the idea, personally, of the business being here. I'm moving but I want to stay local in Horse Cave on this exit. And I can't see where that business will do anybody on this exit any good."
But workers at DC's Video have a different take on the situation.
Martin says, "We're not out to harm the community. We're not out to do anything that's going to bring a bad element to this community."
The tenants at Caveland say they thought a doctor's office was going in, until a male shopper informed them otherwise.
Mildred Edwards, Bon Worth, Manager, "He said, ma'am, it's definitely an adult store. There's movies there, there's magazines there, and there's toys there, and they wasn't kids' toys."
Some people WBKO talked to say they don't have a problem with these types of businesses in a bigger city, but they don't want one in Hart County.
Sandra Folsom, mother, says, "Oh no. I don't like that. I got a 17-year-old daughter. No, I don't like it a bit."
But workers at the store say minors will be strictly prohibited.
"Anyone who walks through the door will be carded. Anyone under the age of 18 will be run off, asked to leave immediately."
Regardless of what the community says, the owners say their business is protected by the Constitution and isn't going anywhere.


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The 5 Most Clearly Cursed Expeditions of All Time
We tend to romanticize the age of exploration, like it was all grand exotic frontiers and tiny people tying sailors down with ropes. What we don't hear about so often is the scurvy and the starvation and the months of endless walking through landscapes full of awfulness. And that's too bad, because it actually makes their stories that much more badass.
#5. The Gulf of Mexico Kills 600 Spaniards
Six hundred men set off on this adventure. Four made it back. Not 400 -- four.
In the early 1500s, the Spanish were nuts about gold in the Americas and were determined to drag as much of it back as their galleons could carry. Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was an explorer with one hell of a sexy name who set out with 600 men to stake a claim in Florida, none of them realizing it would be one of the most ill-fated expeditions in gold-hoarding history.
Via Litchfiledschools.org
If only he'd remembered: God loves the mustache, but abhors the goatee.
Before they reached the Gulf Coast, 100 men had already deserted the expedition during a layover in what is now the Dominican Republic. It turned out those guys had the right idea. Not long after, the expedition was smashed by a hurricane that killed 60 men and a fifth of their horses. Finally, they arrived in Florida, and the easy part was over.
Now short on supplies and starving to death, the Spanish invasion next had to fend off the waves of native attacks. After miserably failing to conquer the Apalachee people (because damn it, they came here to conquer somebody), the 240 or so survivors were reduced to melting down their weaponry and remaining supplies in a desperate attempt to build some boats to escape this nightmare. And they succeeded! Just long enough to get hit by another hurricane!
Or at least something that rocked them like one.
Only 80 of the original 600 were still alive when the storm wrecked their makeshift fleet against the coast of Galveston Island, Texas, which for evident reasons they named the Island of Misfortune. Absolutely stranded, the remaining men lived among the natives, who thankfully decided to enslave them rather than kill them this time.
In the end, only four men survived to trek across Mexico until they made it into Spanish-colonized territory, 10 years later and not a penny richer. But they did have an entire life full of nightmares to look forward to.
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Unfortunately, they never did figure out how to thaw Alvar from the carbonite.
#4. Dr. Livingstone Gets Caught in a Zoo
If you're an old-timey Indiana Jones-style explorer, your number one fear is probably getting captured and slowly eaten by cannibals. Very close behind that would have to be getting captured and made a human exhibit in a zoo. Oh, that happened.
In 1866, the explorer David Livingstone suddenly became really curious about where the Nile River came from ... so curious that he packed his bags and headed out to Africa on foot. With a group of local natives to guide him, it should have been a fairly pleasant walk through the jungle.
Though if he wasn't such an idiot, he could have just Googled it like we did.
Unfortunately for Livingstone, his guides decided one by one that they weren't as curious as he was, and so they abandoned him to his mission whenever they got bored. Some of them even raided his supplies before they left. When the native guides returned to camp and the others asked what had happened to Livingstone, they shrugged and said that he had died.
In the meantime, Livingstone was stumbling through the jungle on his own, mapping out rivers and marshes and fending off every disease the jungle could throw at him. His luck didn't get any better -- in March of 1869, he emerged from the bush to find out that one of his supply caches had been robbed. Alone in the jungle with no supplies, he was forced to rely on passing slave traders to escort him to the village of Bambara. The villagers evidently weren't used to seeing too many white people, because they reacted to his arrival by putting him in a zoo.
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Honestly, the dude's pretty weird looking. We probably would have done the same thing.
We mean that literally -- Livingstone was forced to entertain the villagers from inside a roped-off cage in exchange for food.
In the meantime, everyone in the outside world still believed the explorer was dead, but when rumors surfaced of a white man doing humiliating circus tricks in the African jungle, another explorer, Henry Stanley, went looking for him. When he finally found Livingstone, crippled with dysentery and malaria, he greeted the explorer with the now-famous phrase "Dr Livingstone, I presume?"
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To which Livingstone replied, "FUCK YOU! Here, eat some of this shit!" And then he flung his shit at him.
Most accounts end this story here, but the lesser-known epilogue is that Livingstone suddenly remembered that he still hadn't found out where the Nile came from ... and so he refused the rescue and wandered back into the jungle. Then he died of malaria. That's why they usually leave this part out.
#3. Ferdinand Magellan's Voyage of Horrors
You know what else your history teacher probably left out? That time Ferdinand Magellan had to drink piss to survive.
You probably heard all about Portuguese explorer Admiral Ferdinand Magellan in school and promptly got him mixed up with Marco Polo and forgot why either of them were important. But while you might have pictured Magellan's voyage as a Disney-style high seas adventure, they never told us just what a bleak, scurvy-ridden nightmare it turned out to be.
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Ferdinand would make men practice for the trip by forcing them to eat their own pants.
Magellan's biggest problem, along with the rest of Europe, was not realizing just how freaking huge the Pacific Ocean was, so naturally he brought an utterly insufficient supply of food and water. After several months, supplies began to dwindle and eventually ran out completely, which is a huge problem when you're floating on a hunk of wood in the middle of the Pacific. According to Magellan, after three months without fresh food, the crew had resorted to eating maggot-infested crumbs. After that, they were forced to drink "yellow water" (yes, unfortunately that's what you think it is) and had to tear the leather from the ship to cook it. After that, it was sawdust, and any rats that they weren't too lethargic to catch.
"There's one! Quick, punch it in the face and eat its head off!"
Eventually, they did make landfall on the island of Guam, and there were still some people alive enough to stumble off the ship. It was a short time later, in the Phillipines, when they were (predictably) attacked by natives. The Battle of Mactan wasn't so much a battle as a slaughter, due to the fact there were 1,000 natives versus this small crew of malnourished, probably half-mad Europeans. During the skirmish, Magellan was stabbed in the face with a spear, which by some freak chance proved fatal.
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"Listen! Could we just, like, eat some plants or something before we continue?"
However, the expedition survivors did manage to cram their holds full of spices and begin making their way home. When they finally made it back in 1521, there were only 18 survivors of the original 260. On the plus side, everyone got a much, much bigger cut of the treasure, pretty much all of which must have been spent on 16th century therapy.


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A ghost-writer meets a lady in a highway hotel who has a fight with her lover. Later he offers to drop her at home where she introduces this guy as her fiancé. During their journey, the radio talks of a serial killer. After some time a novel is released by a famous lady and during this function the heroine accuses the writer of murdering the guy.
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I'm 3 years into using Ubuntu as my default OS, but I notice that Ubuntu is becoming slower after some weeks of installation. On all the Ubuntu versions I have used including "Ubuntu 10.10, 11.04, 11.10 and 12.04", the boot becomes slower. When I make a fresh install, it boots in just 17 seconds... after 2 mouths, the system takes almost 1 minute to boot (Slower than Win7). I tried to disable all the software that starts with the System, but the problem continues (I had this problem with my older notebook, so it's not hardware related).
Ubuntu's boot looks inconsistent too, because sometimes I see the purple boot screen, sometimes I just can see an underline at the left-top side of screen. So. Why is Ubuntu's boot going slower with time? Can it be fixed?


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I'm looking for an extreme wide-angle/fisheye lens for my canon t2i, but am not sure what to get. I've heard the sigma 8mm is pretty good an obviously the canon 8-15mm f4 L as well, but that over a grand.. Also, i've already got the kit 18-55, 50mm 1.8 and 70-200 f4... so im looking for a lens that can get me that boinkers shot or an all out fisheye circular image... Any suggestions? I'm a litle concerned about the cost as well... Cheers! and thanks for replying! :)
Another good lens is the Rokinon 8mm F3.5 priced at $279 on Amazon and B&H. I saw good reviews about this lens on both sites.
Here is a review of the lens from thephoblographer.com, and some sample photos too, although this review is for the Nikon mount.
The Tokina 10-17mm is one of the best values. It is a rectangular fisheye, so it covers a 180° field-of-view at 10mm. The neet thing is that you can zoom it down a 100° and get more flexibility in zooming. It goes for around $670.
If you are feeling adventurous, you can get a Samyang 8mm F/3.5 rectangular fisheye for around $330. This is a completely manual lens. You have to not only focus manually but also set the aperture manually. It takes practice to use since you will be opening the aperture to focus and frame and stopping it down to meter and shoot. Think manual (M) mode, taken to the extreme.


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I have been wanting to get a bit more organized in the kitchen with my weekly menu planning and receiving a box full of fab tools from EKSuccess helped me get my rear into gear!
Opening each of the EKSuccess Tools decked out in pretty packaging was almost as much fun as playing with them!
I liked how each tool shows completed projects of what it's used for right ON the packaging AND I really, really liked how I could scan the QR code from my smart phone to watch a video with creative uses; this made is super easy for me to become familiar with the tool before using it. Completely brill!
Bonus: These tools can be found at Walmart. Holla! Walmart is my closest "craft store" so I am happy about that ;)
To make your own weekly menu board, I used a canvas, clothespins, scrapbook paper and a handful of the EKSuccess Tools, including the 3×15 Ruler, Retractable Knife, 1″ Circle Punch, Adhesive Dots, Dotto Adhesive Glue, Glitter and Scissors.
I painted the canvas in a flat acrylic paint, so I could use it as a chalkboard if needed, then shaped the rectangle canvas into an oval so it would fit inside my oval frame using the knife & scissors:
From there I covered standard clothespins using the scalpel, ruler & adhesive glue with cute scrapbook paper:
I printed out the days of the week, using the first letter of each day only, punched them out:
I sprinkled glitter on the letters to add a little sparkle and bling! I then added an adhesive dot on the back of each letter and put them on each clothespin:
I printed off my menu items, simple meals my little family eats as I am no chef, and cut them out using the ruler & scissors:
The detailed stuff is now done! I simply strung a piece of bakers twine across the top of the canvas to hang the clothespins from and pinned my menu items from the clothespins:
Viola! I now have a weekly menu board to keep me just a little more organized in the kitchen. Since the canvas is also a chalkboard I can write my grocery items on it, too.
Here's a peek at the simple pocket I created to store the menu items we won't be using this week:
I had such fun using the EKSuccess Tools to create this project. For more project ideas visit the Spotted Canary or stop by the EKSuccess Tools facebook. So how do YOU stay organized with your weekly menus? We would love to know!
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Bed Wetting and Ritalin
Q: My son is almost five and he still wets the bed at night. I have been trying to get him into a pattern of getting up at night and going on his own, but it doesn't always work. When should I think this is too much of a problem?
A: Nighttime bedwetting (nocturnal enuresis) is common among children six and younger, so I would not consider your son's bedwetting "too much of a problem" at his age. Your support and encouragement are important because bedwetting can be frustrating and embarrassing for him. Let your son know that he is not the only child who wets the bed -- many kids do. Reassure him that bedwetting is not his fault. It will stop before too long, but it still may take a while.
Treating nighttime bedwetting needs to be personalized. Unfortunately, we do not fully understand why each child wets his bed. It may be that his bladder is not yet fully developed to hold urine all night or, perhaps he may not always be able to recognize when his bladder is full. Sometimes having your son avoid drinking lots of liquids before bed, particularly those with caffeine, like soda or chocolate milk, can help. Also, be sure he always goes to the bathroom just before he goes to sleep. Waking up your child to urinate before you go to bed may also work, but getting up in the middle of the night is not usually successful, as you have already found out. I would also recommend using a rubber or plastic cover between the sheets and mattress to protect the bed from getting wet. Have your son help with the changing of the wet sheets. Of course, be sure to give him positive reinforcement on those nights when he is dry.
Your son's bedwetting can also be a frustration (and exhausting) for you and the family. The most important thing to realize as a parent is that your son does not have control over this "problem" and probably wants it to stop more than you do. It's not your fault, either; bedwetting generally doesn't have anything to do with how a child is taught to use the toilet.
If your child wets himself during the day, is uncomfortable while urinating, feels a burning sensation, or has cloudy, pink, or foul-smelling urine, speak with his pediatrician to be sure this is not a urine infection.
Hank Bernstein
Children's Hospital
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Henry Bernstein, M.D., is currently the associate chief of the Division of General Pediatrics and director of Primary Care at Children's Hospital, Boston. He also has an academic appointment at Harvard Medical School.


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H8-1213c 2TB 10GB 460W PS Desktop (Refurbished) for $639.99 + $5.00 shipping
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Does anyone have any idea how these refurbs are from HP? I need to get my hubby a replacement system and this one looks pretty good. He makes poetry cartoon videos. So I'd say he needs a medium style gaming system. We'd have to beef up the ram, and maybe the video card, but otherwise it looks good.
Any suggestions please?
not much of a deal. 10 bucks more at tigerdirect
Cant find any reviews, but everything looks good except the video card. There sure are a lot of these being refurbished for some reason.
@hellboy999: Probably off-leased systems. Company leases them for a while then returns, and boom. Surplus.
@meow57: The HP factory refurb laptop I got from Woot! looked brand new in original packaging, with the only indication it wasn't new being the "refurbished" sticker on the outside of the box. I haven't purchased a refurb desktop here, but a similar experience seems likely.
A lot of manufacturer refurbs seem to actually be overstock (these have Win 7 on them and Microsoft probably gives PC manufacturers a discount for selling all "new" PCs with Windows 8 these days), but some might be from customers who changed their minds, or don't know how to use a computer, or units that had an actual problem and have been repaired and wiped and repackaged.
Also, for video creation/editing/etc this video card and the 10GB RAM would probably be just fine. You might get slightly better performance with large projects by going to 16GB RAM, but easy to add later if it's a problem. The slowest part is likely the hard drive. Adding an SSD could make it way faster, but large ones are pricey.
Also, with only a 90-day warranty, I'd be sure to run it through its paces and make sure everything is working as expected early on. Or if worried, buy an extended warranty. In my experience, most of the time a system that runs well for a couple months is going to last years if you treat it well, avoid viruses and, blow out the internal fans and heat sinks with a duster can every few months, but there will always be an exception here and there. And of course making regular backups of important files is essential for all computer users. If you always ensure that your files are stored in more than one place at any given time (for example on the PC, and on a USB flash drive, or external hard drive or online backup service, or DVDs) then you'll be much better prepared if a hard drive fails. The drives are made by Seagate or Western Digital, etc, so the PC manufacturer has very little direct control over their reliability).
@kmartind: thanks much!
After taking a good hard look at the guts, I don't see where we'd be able to replace the video card with a beefier one. So, this is a no go for me.
Onward with the search!
@meow57: I don't know what you're talking about when you say you can't upgrade the video card. It should support any PCI Express x16 video card that will physically fit in the case without running into anything and that can be supported by an average-quality 460w power supply. There is a photo of the included GeForce GT 620 on this page under "Video graphics"
Also, unless you are actually using it for real gaming (i.e. to play recent, graphically demanding 3D games on moderate to high settings) you don't even need a better video card.
@kmartind: well, you see he's been use to having a 8800gtx. But that card went belly up so we replaced it with a radeon hd7750. That one doesn't work so well in his 5 year old system. But upon further reflection, I might be able to just swap out the gt620 for the 7750. Looks like it would fit the same. So maybe...now if I can just get him to accept the 'HP'' part ...he doesn't much care for them...
By the way, Tom's Hardware is an awesome site for keeping track of all these silly naming of video cards, among lots of other things!
I actually prefer buying a refurb over a new system. The cost is usually much less, and it has gone through factory checkout at least twice, as a new one only goes through once.
I bought a similar one a couple of months ago. After a windows update, I kept getting a "you might be a victim of software counterfeiting - please register this version of windows7" or something or other. I would go through the steps via the Microsoft website and everything would be good for a couple of days, then it would happen again. I ended up having to reinstall the os (which was no big deal, other than making sure that I had all essential files backed up somewhere else. I ended up installing a second 1.5Tb (that's how bid the original HD was) in the case to be used as the dump for my weekly backups. Since the, they computer has run fine.
Own this exact computer... exact. Replaced the video card, added a second hard drive and a blu-ray burner and have not had to replace the power supply. Runs real good, quick. No complaints.
@meow57: An HD 7750 should be OK with the stock power supply in this model fow power consumption. That's an ~55W card, and it looks like HP allows up to a 7770 (which is more like 80W) on current customized models of the H8 as long as you select the 460W or 600W power supply (but obviously not the 300W). I would definitely not recommend even trying the old 8800 GTX in it with the stock power supply though (even if it weren't fried); that's an older generation and very high power usage (like 180 watts) card but with less than half the performance of the 7750.
This is a pretty good deal for what you get. If I needed a new PC right now, I'd jump on it. It has a very good and fast processor and more memory than you'll probably ever need. The graphics card wouldn't be great for gaming, but it wouldn't be awful either. My last two computers have been HP refurbs bought from Woot and I've had very few issues with them.
Wow, $650 for a PC without a decent video card? I'd NEVER pay that unless you ABSOLUTELY NEEDED a Core i7. Here's what you should do. Buy a much cheaper ($300 or less) PC, add some RAM if needed (you probably don't need more than 4 GB) and buy a high quality SSD. You're system will be a whole lot faster in the end than this thing. Companies like Dell no longer create high quality products and the support is not going to be there.
@kirkhilles: First time I've ever seen the words "DELL" and "HIGH QUALITY" in the same sentence. Thanks for the laugh bro!
FYI, its sold out. Personally, though, I wouldn't buy a modern computer with only a 90 day warranty. Parts aren't made the way they used to. Cheap power supplies and hard drives that often fail within months of purchase.


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This doesn't exactly count as an unpublished forthcoming paper, but the supposed original proof of Fermat's Last Theorem that was "too large to fit in the margin" should probably be mentioned here.
EGA, Chapters 5 through 12
Volumes 4 through 7 of The Art Of Computer Programming.
The comment about stacks in the paper that first used them in an essential way probably belongs in this list:
"Full details on the basic properties and theorems for algebraic stacks will be given elsewhere." (Deligne-Mumford, The irreducibility of the space of curves of given genus, 1969.)
They don't quite say they will give the details in a paper, of course, so maybe it doesn't count.
Steven Krantz tells the following story, Mathematical Apochrypha, page 136:
My Ph.D. thesis was based in part on work of Walter Koppelman of the University of Pennsylvania. My source was a very brief research announcement that Koppelman had published in the Bulletin of the AMS. I could never find the promised subsequent paper that would fill in all the details, and I had to fill them in myself. I eventually went to my thesis advisor and asked him where the missing paper was. He said, "Oh, God. Don't you know?" And then he told me the sad story. There was a very unhappy graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania. He had had bad experiences with several thesis advisors (at least so he thought), the last being Koppelman. One day he went into the colloquium, shot the department chairman, shot Koppelman, and shot himself. Koppelman and the student died.
Gromov's seminal "Pseudo holomorphic curves in symplectic manifolds" (1985) refers 10 or 15 times (for explanations of further applications that he only refers to or sketches briefly and for even "further discussion on $\overline{\partial}_\nu$ for non-regular curves") to his forthcoming "Pseudo holomorphic curves in symplectic manifolds, II", listed as "in press" by Springer.
It never appeared. Gromov wrote a few later papers on symplectic geometry, but never returned to holomorphic curves. The paper is the foundation of modern symplectic topology (Floer homology, quantum cohomology, Gromov-Witten theory, symplectic field theory, etc.)
Dana Scott and Robert Solovay, "Boolean-valued models of set theory"
Nobody can compete with Fermat, but papers confidently labelled with the roman numeral I and never followed by II might fit here. Of these my favorite is one by Tits, Normalisateurs de tores I in J. Algebra 4 (1966).
I'm a fan of Peter May's book The Homotopical Foundation of Algebraic Topology (feel free to correct the title if I've got it wrong). It has been referred to by May in various places, and sounds really interesting! But it has never been written.
The sequel to Kontsevich's "Deformation quantization of Poisson manifolds, I" has never appeared.
How about "The classification of finite quasithin groups" by G. Mason from 1980? The classification of finite simple groups was announced when G. Mason was still working on this important case and he then abandoned the work. This hole in the classification was closed finally in 2004 by M. Aschbacher and S. D. Smith.
Deligne's construction of the Galois representations attached to modular eigenforms (he did give a sketch in a Bourbaki talk though).
The books Classical Banach Spaces III and Classical Banach Spaces IV by Joram Lindenstrauss and Lior Tzafriri never appeared (after having been promised in various places of volumes I and II).
As written by Albrecht Pietsch in his book History of Banach Spaces and Linear Operators, the reason the later volumes never appeared was that "the development was too vigorous. Thus, in order to finish this project, a complete rewriting would have been necessary". Even still, the influence of volumes I and II in Banach space theory has been exceedingly nontrivial; indeed, Pietsch also writes: "The two-volume treatise of Lindenstrauss/Tzafriri on Classical Banach Spaces has become the most important reference of the modern period".
Jeff Smith's book on combinatorial model categories.
Kervaire, Milnor: Groups of homotopy spheres II.
In the introduction to part I, they write:
"More detailed information about these groups will be given in Part II. For example, for $n = 1, 2, 3, \ldots, 18$, it will be shown that the order of the group $\theta_n$ is respectively:" (a table follows). Similar remarks are scattered throughout the text.
The details have been written down by other people and it must be said that part I contains the much more complicated arguments.
This one is famous. It has been at the origin of a huge mathematical activity (conservation laws, homogenization, weak KAM, Hamilton-Jacobi equations, etc ...):
The Igusa-Waldhausen paper (roughly) entitled,
The expansion space model for $Q(X_+)$
which is supposed to give a very different proof of the splitting $A(X) = Q(X_+) \times \text{Wh}^{\text{diff}}(X)$ that is based on a description of $Q(X_+)$ as the moduli space of finite relative cell complexes over $X$.
Here is a gap in a famous series of papers.
G.H. Hardy, and J.E Littlewood Some problems in Partitio Numerorum, VII
Their series of papers "Partitio Numerorum" is quite influential in the development of the Hardy-Littlewood circle method.
Some comments on the missing part are on page 253 in a paper by R.C. Vaughan, Hardy's legacy to number theory, Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society (Series A) (1998), 65: 238-266. Cambridge University Press
B. Farb. Automorphisms of $F_n$ which act trivially on homology.
Grothendieck planned not only later EGAs but also later SGA (e.g. some Berthelot's works in SGA 8). Bourbaki Elements are of course never finished as well (an now are very slow, asymptotically stalling) as the German encyclopedic work by Klein's students at the beginning of the 20th century. M. M. Postnikov wrote two volumes of a course on algebraic topology in Russian about basics of homotopy theory and promised the homology in "next semester" but no books appeared on that.
There is a result by Oesterle, that proves that you can find the first non residue quadratic modulo a prime in no more than $70\log(p)^2$ step assuming the GRH, this result was then improved by Bach who replaced the constant $70$ by $2$. The result of Oesterle was never published and when I asked him why, he told me because the laptop containing the proof was stolen from his car. However I think he exposed his proof to the mathematical community, so it is widely recognized.
A. Bertrand-Mathis, Le $\theta$-shift sans peine
J. Berge. Some knots with surgeries yielding lens spaces.
(c. 1990; cited by 92 on Google Scholar.)
Kurt Gödel referred to part II (Der wahre Grund für die Unvollständigkeit, welche allen formalen Systemen der Mathematik anhaftet, liegt, wie im II. Teil dieser Abhandlung gezeigt werden wird, darin, daß die Bildung immer höherer Typen sich ins Transfinite fortsetzen läßt) in his seminal paper Über formal unentscheidbare Sätze der Principia Mathematica und verwandter Systeme I, Monatshefte für Mathematik und Physik 38 (1931) p. 191. This part never appeared.
W. Crawley-Boevey. The Deligne-Simpson problem.
"The Aarhus integral of rational homology 3-spheres IV," by Bar-Natan, Garoufalidis, Rozansky and D. Thurston, never appeared. I think developments in the field overtook the need for the paper, which was referred to in the first paper in the series. This is a great series of papers by the way. Very clearly written.


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Did anybody see the History channel on April 5? It was about our nation (Crumbling of America.). How is our infrastructure, regarding highway and bridges?
The program showed how the bridges and highways are crumbling. The average lifetime for bridges is 50 years. How about our bridges in and around Brookings? Are they safe'? How about our fire hydrants, are they safe and working? If your house caught on fire, would you like to know that there is water to fight the fire? How about our power grid, are the poles and towers OK or will they fall down due to aging. Is the wiring OK or is it being destroyed also?
How are our dams in Oregon. Are they safe from collapse? Are we protected from a major earthquake? If you are in the port area, would you know where to go to escape a tidal wave? We need to have more signs erected to direct our citizens and visitors.
When the traffic lights are working on the new North Bank Road and the red light is on for northbound traffic will the backup of' traffic and log trucks on the Chetco bridge cause the bridge to collapse due to overloading?
This program sure opened my eyes to our nation crumbling.
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I find it interesting, to say the least, to read of all the issues and activities that our county, our commissioners, department heads, and departments are engaged in to balance the budget. Except, as it would seem, for the sheriff's department. They seem to be doing "business as usual."
As reported in the paper, the sheriff's department presented a budget proposal to the Curry County Budget Committee that did not show a 10 percent cut as requested. Their priorities don't include the animal control. They require the county to spend $25,000 to clear land to "truly see" about building storage sheds. The jail needs eight showers repaired. Deputies need training. But nowhere do there seem to be any budget cuts. Promoting a person to enforcement officer from the 911 staff – was a new person hired to fill that vacancy?
It would seem that the sheriff's department is already spending money from a Law Enforcement Levy that is going to be on a ballot in November. It also seems that whenever questioned on issues that affect the budget, the boogeyman is waved: "The budget situation is not pretty, cost are skyrocketing, increases in training requirements!" We the voters haven't had pay increases. We, too, are subject to cost skyrocketing – groceries, gas, utilities, taxes, rent, and everything else.
What about consolidating police and sheriff? What about inmates clearing the land? What about Tent City Jail? What about solutions to these challenges as compared to more taxes? What about cutting back?
Bruce Warren
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The book explains why the kind of liberalism being practiced by some Americans can only be explained as a mental disorder and has a lot to do with the denial of human nature. I am also reminded of a rare but interesting book about the fall of Cuba to communism called "Dagger in the Heart" and authored by Mario Lazo, an American-born Cuban lawyer who barely escaped being murdered by Castro's psychopathic killer "Che" Guevera.
Mr. Lazo had this to say about liberals. "What motivates them? How do you account for their actions. The liberals of my youth were nationalistic and patriotic. They wanted the United States to win. This no longer holds true. Present day liberals are more internationalist, less patriotic and more inclined to pacifism. Essentially he has renounced patriotism for ideology."
This book was written over 40 years ago and liberals have only gotten worse. They are more than willing to see the destruction of our founding documents, the only thing separating us from complete totalitarian rule. Now, tell me that is not a mental illness!
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I would like to thank all the Elks members and Emblem ladies who helped me with this event and a special thank you to the following merchants for their donations: Fred Meyer One Stop Shopping, Grocery Outlet, Ray's – in Brookings and Smith River, Shop Smart, Azalea Lanes, Spotlight Video, Umpqua Bank and Wild River Pizza.
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Is it a myth that modern whales have been found with hind legs sticking out of their sides and full formed tibias, fibias, and toe bones? I keep finding assertions, but no citations. For example, the wikipedia page has no citation for it.
The link you give doesn't mention limbs sticking out of the body wall, but only vestigial hind limb elements. Many whales do retain pelves and femora, as this page at the Bergen Museum shows. Given the variation in limb development across vertebrates, it would not be surprising to find more distal elements (but I would be very surprised if they extended past the body wall).
Yes there are several published sources (with photos) of whales born with protruding vestigial legs.
Modern Right Whales have rudimentary legs--completely inside their bodies.
"approaching the inquiry with the most skeptical determination, one cannot help being convinced, as the dissection goes on, that these rudiments [in the Right Whale] really are femur and tibia. The synovial capsule representing the knee-joint was too evident to be overlooked. An acetabular cartilage, synovial cavity, and head of femur, together represent the hip-joint. Attached to this femur is an apparatus of constant and strong ligaments, permitting and restraining movements in certain directions; and muscles are present, some passing to the femur from distant parts, some proceeding immediately from the pelvic bone to the femur, by which movements of the thigh-bone are performed; and these ligaments and muscles present abundant instances of exact and interesting adaptation. "


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Dan Stanley's last day on the job was Friday. He says he knew he'd face challenges when he agreed to take the position in the wake of Norton Bonaparte's departure, but he felt a need to address unfinished business after leaving a few months into his first city council term in 2001 for a job at the Pentagon.
Ten and a half months later, he's leaving Topeka again. This time, it's to care for his mother. Stanley says he never feels good about leaving Topeka because he has a personal love for the city, however he says he has "more important things to do right now." His mother recently spent three days in the hospital.
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