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Sideroblastic anemia
* Not a rare disease
Other Names for this Disease
- Anemia sideroblastic
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[1] Sideroblastic anemias are classified as hereditary, acquired, and reversible.[2][3]Sideroblastic anemia is a heterogeneous group of blood disorders characterized by an impaired ability of the bone marrow to produce normal red blood cells. The iron inside red blood cells is inadequately used to make hemoglobin, despite adequate or increased amounts of iron. Abnormal red blood cells called sideroblasts are found in the blood of people with these anemias.
Last updated: 12/9/2009
- Escott-Stump S. Nutrition and Diagnosis-Related Care. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2007;
- Ferri F. Anemia, Sideroblastic. Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2010, 1st ed. . Elsevier; 2009;
- Anemias, Sideroblastic. National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD). 2007; http://www.rarediseases.org/search/rdbdetail_abstract.html?disname=Anemias%2C%20Sideroblastic. Accessed 12/9/2009.
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- The Information Center for Sickle Cell and Thalassemic Disorders, a service of Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Massachusetts General Hospital, provides information about sideroblastic anemia. Click on the above link to access this information.
- The Merck Manuals Online Medical Library provides information on this condition for patients and caregivers.
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- Anemia sideroblastic
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I had a wooden back door removed and replaced with a metal door following burglary twice. The workmen have left an inch gap between the wall and the door frame both internally and externally. What is the best material that can be used to fill this gap all around the frame? Can someone help please?
If it's a hollow metal doorframe, it's generally intended to be filled with a cement mortar mixture, and I'm surprised if the job was considered complete without doing that. I've lived in a cheap apartment where they didn't bother to do that, and was burgled since the unfilled doorframe easily flexed far enough away from the door to clear the lock bolts when the thieves pried it.
I suppose it's also possible that it's simply the wrong size door/frame, in which case filling in with material similar to the wall (right - the title says bricks, so split bricks and mortar) might be appropriate - or getting the right sized door, but that's a step backwards.
That building was so poorly constructed that a few years after I moved out, the roof tore off in a thunderstorm (it was not a tornado.)
A 1 1/2" gap is pretty big and its possible that it was poorly fitted or poorly installed. I would have expected the workers to filled this and installed trim to finish the installation.
Generally speaking, you would fill this gap with an expanding foam meant for windows and doors (Great Stuff is a well known product for this).
But back to the large gap, the first thing I'd look at is if it's uniform around the door. Having a 3/4" gap on both sides wouldn't be as much of a problem, but if you have a large gap on one side with no gap on the other, my suggestion would be to move the door so that you have an even gap, and then proceed to fill the gap with expanding foam. You will want to add trim around the door after to finish it off, and then caulk the gaps where the trim meets the house and the door.

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I came to believe that in order to get points for "marksman headshot", all you had to do is a headshot at a distance of over 100 meters (or yards?). But I have an impression, that I'm not getting these points while not using a sniper rifle (eg. for longshot with LMG).
So what are exactly all the requirements?


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On our laptop (running Windows 7) the Wi-Fi connection drops intermittently.
Connectivity is suddenly lost, and the "signal strenght" indicator in the tray shows zero strength and a yellow "star" symbol.
What happens then:
- The problem does not resolve itself by just waiting.
- If I click on the tray icon, the "Windows network diagnostics" wizard pops up and tells me that there is a networking problem (duh).
- If I click on the "repair" button (not sure about the wording), the wizard works for a while, then reports that it has reset the network adapter. Then Wi-Fi works again.
While the above procedure has worked every time so far, it is very annoying. It takes 10-20s to repair the connection, and in the meantime downloads, video streams etc. may have been aborted.
Some more details:
- The problem occurs without any apparent regularity, but usually a few minutes after powerup (though not every time). It happens frequently enough to be annoying.
- It is unlikely to be a router problem - another laptop running at the same time usually has no Wi-Fi problems.
I am at a loss about what to try to troubleshoot this. Any ideas?
Computer: Acer Aspire 7739Z. Wi-Fi card: Atheros AR5B125
Some more details. The network is a simple home network:
- Internet via ADSL from Deutsche Telekom (I'm in Germany)
- ADSL modem/router/WiFi AP combo from Deutsche Telekom (Speedport W723V), using WPA2.
- Only two computers connected, both laptops over WiFi. One shows the problems described, the other (an old Thinkpad running Linux) works fine, even while the other computer is having connection problems.


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Is it possible to change password database file(
/etc/passwd) to some other file. How does this authentication mechanism work internally ?
Does it depend on pam ?
Is it possible to change password database file(
You're right:
And you really don't want to.
Update: If you're trying to hide the
Update: a possible solution
If you have some custom software you need to access a different set of user/group databases, you could make a copy of the relevant PAM and NSS modules and patch them to use your custom databases. The original unix databases stay where they are so software isn't confused, but you can set PAM and NSS to use your custom modules wherever you need to and using whatever policy makes sense to you.
Keep the unix databases essentially pristine and you have what you asked for. This is pretty much what the
Going one step further: you can go back to PAM and NSS and disable the unix database lookups altogether. Leave the files there for old software (naturally, their views of the user/group databases will be inaccurate, but at least they won't break).
What you're looking for is the
I'm not sure if it's possible out of the box, but It's definitely possible with some hacking. In order to do this you'll need to:
Use NIS or LDAP to authenticate your users. Their passwords won't be stored in the /etc/{password/shadow} file(s).


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Free Performances: April 21 at 2:00 and 5:00 p.m.; April 22 at 3:00 p.m.
In honor of William Shakespeare's birthday, Shakespeare in the Square, a student group at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, will perform A Midsummer Night's Dream, rain or shine, in Washington Square Park's Garibaldi Plaza (east of the fountain), Saturday, April 21 at 2:00 and 5:00 p.m. and Sunday, April 22 at 3:00 p.m. Subway: A,B,C,D,E,F,M (W. 4th St.). The performances are free and open to the public. Seating is not provided.
The play begins with domestic strife among the gods and forbidden love among the mortals—but it ends with marriage for everyone. In between, a crew of aspiring thespians attempts to put on a play, despite the fact that their leading man has been transformed into a donkey. A Midsummer Night's Dream is produced and performed entirely by NYU undergraduate students. The production team comprises co-directors Rose Bochner and Noam Tomaschoff, producer and costume designer Dan Hasse, associate producer and properties master Spencer Kennard, stage managers Serena Adlerstein and Ben Hyde, and music directors Chris Dubrow and Sarah Cowell.
Cast members are: Flora Greeson, Jasper Hirose, Chris Kappel, Chris Luggiero, Liz McGlone, Taylor Myers, Shannon Paul, Asa Podolny, Austin Short, Caleb Shomaker, Francesca Smith, James Swanson, and Lelia Symington. Shakespeare in the Square was co-founded in 2010 by Bochner, who is also artistic director, and Hasse, who is the executive director. The two freshmen set out to provide the only opportunity to watch and perform Shakespeare as Shakespeare intended—"under the sun and in front of a loud, standing, possibly distracted audience."
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Here is a scan from an old Soviet textbook for school children:
It shows the table of quarks and antiquarks of different generations, colours, spins. The book also includes similar tables of gluons and their interactions with quarks and between themselves. They all are coded in this fancy cake-shape code.
The standard model table includes Z and W-bosons, gluons as well as graviton and gravitino.
What do you think about such manner of teaching physics and in general, what do you think about appropriateness of teaching Standard Model in junior school?
Some other images from the book (quark-gluon interactions, hadron decay):
Illustration in a chapter about quantum parity:
Tha book has chapters about quantum chromodynamics, spontaneous symmetry breaking, quantum parity and so on.


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I have been waiting to see if Paramount would release the film on its own, and so far, no such luck. I would love to have the original cut, but I am not sure about repurchasing all the other films at the same time.
Anyone out there know?
Steve T Power wrote:It's been said that the Director's Edition 2-disc sets that bowed on DVD would eventually hit Blu-ray. Apparently the new effects shots on TMP in particular had to be reworked first, as they were originally rendered in SD.
Probably get em all in time for Abrams' Star Trek II.
Paramount's release schedule has slowed to a crawl. It might be a while.
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What format of date is appropriate for different contexts (business, personal) in written German, nowadays? Is it the same as in English?
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Valid date and time formats are defined internationally by the International Organisation of Standardization ISO 8601. In Germany the DIN EN 28601 deducted from ISO 8601 is valid:
This is a generally used and valid format for a date. However in Germany this format is used preferably in information technology as there may be confusion from day and month order of older still valid date formats.
To avoid confusion when writing a date it is recommended to use the last of the three mentioned valid formats, i.e. always write out the month in words:
Or, when placed within a sentence in the following format e.g.:
Other formats (see this answer and others) may still be used but they are no longer officially supported and should therefore be avoided.
For German IT folks and mathematicians it is 2011-12-13 (year-month-day).
It is an official German date format, but it is not generally known. The advantage is that you can sort dates alphanumerical.
In Germany, we order it day-month-year, always. And we use a dot as delimiter. If I see a 11/12/13 I would assume it an American or British date, meaning 11. Dez. 2013. Or dashes 04-05-06 := not German.
Very common is the leading 0 in days and months - without good reason. Im not sure, but I would bet that you don't find it in the 60ies. That it appeared with bureaucratic computer systems, which punished the user to fill in a zero, and forms ..____ .
Some people became used to it, and adopted the style, where it wasn't appropriate, but now looked modern, for example in written letters.
Todays formulas and software can often deal with dates like 7.7.2007 (but might have troubles with 7.7.7).
I would expect to see more 03.08.2012 than 3.8.2012 dates in todays common usage, but I personally don't like it.
Before the year 2000, the usage of 2 digits for the year was very common, but if you use 07 for 2007 - why not just 7? So 7.7.7 is a valid and unambiguous date, but it looks uncommon for most people.
I guess from 2032, we will find more dates like 7.7.32 again, but the small numbers of the early years in the century are irritating.
Do you remember the summer of '68? Well, the apostrophe vanished since '99 too, and will maybe become more popular 2032.
are other possible forms. In the text flow of an invitation they will be more popular than in the head of a letter.
In the head of letters I would mainly expect the solutions 1, 3 and 4 - mainly in conservative business. However - who want's to demonstrate a polyglott attitude, an international flair, and creativity, might use 32/01/31 or {04:2]-83}De¢ of course.
There's a nice Wikipedia page describing the various norms.
Especially in "official" texts (judgements, for example), dates are written using the alphanumerical format (


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Not everyone was out waiting in line to do Black Friday shopping.
The long line at the Bowling Green Best Buy opening had some unique visitors before the midnight opening.
While most were waiting to grab the latest deal some were watching the spectacle at what they call "madness".
"I could understand why people would want the deals but I mean I don't know it sounds really cliché but like people on Twitter have been talking about how we spend one day thanking god for everything we have and then the next day we are punching elbows at older ladies," says Kristen Large
Large and her friend say they will not shop on Black Friday.
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To Buy From the List. In order for your gift item to be bought down from the gift registry, you must buy down from the registrant's list. Simply enter the desired number of items to buy in the "Amount" column and click "Add to cart."
You may of course click on the product to learn more about it, but you must return to the registrant's list and buy from here for the item to show as "Bought" when you complete the checkout process. If you do not buy from this list, the item's "Desired amount" will remain unchanged in the registry.
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In my experience with generating new worlds and finding the stronghold is close, they've almost always been in a swamp biome. Is this intentional, a bug, or just a coincidence?
Well, according to the wiki article, it's totally random:
This wasn't enough to definitively conclude anything, though, so I decided to look into the source code. Here's a snippet:
That code determines the allowed biomes for a stronghold. You'll notice that it includes a great variety of biomes. (This code is from 1.1, so jungle isn't in there, but it probably is in 1.2.3.)
The rest of the code is fairly uneventful, and includes no biasing or weighting to a certain biome. So no, swamps have the same probability as any other biome to generate a stronghold.
Upon experimentation, I have concluded that there is no one biome that spawns strongholds more. I loaded 3 randomly generated maps, which generated strongholds in the Extreme Hills biome, River biome, and Snow biome. The fact that before, I kept finsing them in the swamp was a coincidence.
Also, from the wiki:
Suggesting that because they generate at random, there is no way to predict the biome in which they generate. Essentially, they generate in the same way that villages, dungeons, and abandoned mine shafts generate.


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I'm wondering if Diablo 3 is open to the creation of mods/custom maps?
Not if Blizzard is supporting it, but do the game files have hooks and stuff that a mod could hook on?
No, Blizzard said they have no official support for modifying the game, and doing that yourself is against the Terms of Service and could lead to your account getting removed.
In addition, because of the client-server nature of the game, there is a severe limitation on what one can change anyway.


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The last team to have two top-three picks in the span of three years was the Washington Wizards, who didn't make the playoffs this season after having the top pick in 2010 (John Wall) and the No. 3 pick in 2012 (Bradley Beal). They will pick third again this year.
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I really don't trust Hammond to make the proper pick. That said, last year's draft looks fantastic. For all we know, we'll be at #4 and be discussing a whole different set of prospects because those three will be gone.
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I can't say I disagree with the potential upside of Embiid, but this team definitely needs a wing that can consistently score. Parker looks to be an immediate contributor who has a pretty high ceiling, maybe not as high as Embiid, however. Wiggins has crazy athleticism but isn't even the best freshman on his own team and has really struggled offensively at times. That said, his upside is tremendous, too.
I really don't trust Hammond to make the proper pick. That said, last year's draft looks fantastic. For all we know, we'll be at #4 and be discussing a whole different set of prospects because those three will be gone.Hide replies
McKinney and the scouting guys seem pretty good and right now Embiid is probably the best pick. They're terrible at all facets of the game right now, so they really just need to figure out who the best player is and get them on our side.
I do agree that Embiid is the best player. Very smooth and natural, with good shot blocking instincts. Fine tuning needed. Jabbar might be of some help as and assistant coach.
I personally hope we get to see a lot of Kanas and Duke in the NCAA tournament JUST so we can see these guys play when it's all on the line in March.
You are hot to nigh Eddie...Jabbar would be a stupendous hire and great PR move that if he agreed would be a boon for the Bucks. Why Oscar is no real consultant with the Bucks in some capacity I have no idea either. Who better to give some sage like advice as a Point forward like Giannis? Henson has a hook, Sanders has one and so can Miroslav...go get "The Franchise" (KAJ33) on the phone and the BIG O now...No, I'm serious!
I don't know I kind of see Parker as a Khris Middleton plus, who btw has looked very good when given a chance. I just look at Parker as not enough of an upgrade at the 3 spot to justify a number one pick. Besides I'm not in love with Parker's ceiling, I think he's the "safe pick" of the likely top 3.
Whichever one he chooses, the other two will become the stars. This is the Bucks we're talking about here.Hide replies
drafts have been pretty impressive last few yeara
Well, if he's leaking this information then we can be sure it won't be Embiid.Hide replies
If you've actually got the #1, there isn't too much of a penalty for stating your intentions...
True. But it's an incurable disease with GMs.
Exhibit A--Christ Grant, former GM of the Cleveland Cavaliers and his surprising (and possibly terrible) pick of Anthony Bennett last year.
How's that? NOBODY saw that coming, not even the dude's agent...
I think he's saying that Grant led observers astray by not letting on that he intended to ruin the franchise by drafting Bennett.
Ruin the franchise, ruin his career, pretty much everything. They said nothing about taking him #1 until it pretty much happened.
Ahhh, gotcha. Hard to plant stuff when you make your picks by throwing darts at a board.
The "inside source" is probably Gery Woeful, which means it's a pretty shaky "source" with very little "inside".
Eddie....exactly! It is someone completely different. The worse teams in both Conferences IS NOT guaranteed the #1 or #2 picks in the draft anyways (which they should be) so this is moot.
Hammond has a history of drafting pretty well, as a whole. We need to give him credit for that. However, I prefer he didn't discuss the draft yet. Saying he likes Embiid could potentially lessen the value of trading Sanders or Henson, if that's something he's considering (maybe a necessity if they in fact were to select Embiid.)Hide replies
SMOKESCREEN....don't believe everything you read.
I would not trust Hammond to pick out a pumpkin.Hide replies
Well he's picked 5 NBA starters in a row from double digits so...
fire,do you ever think before you post?
FireHose is our old friend Boots. Why would he start thinking now?
Not listening to one thing this guy says. He has Smart at like 15. That's a complete joke. No chance Smart leaves the top 10, and probably top 6.
Also, good big men may be a dime a dozen, but they just can't carry a team in today's NBA game (with the exception of Dwight that one time). You already have a wing pegged to be a potent scorer in a few years, why not add another. Can you imagine how terrifying Knight, Wiggins, and Antetokuonmpo will be to opposing defenses in a few years...but MUCH more importantly how unbelievably good our defense would be? For this reason, advantage Wiggins over Parker. Still don't see how anyone passes him up with the #1. Guys with that combination of athleticism, IQ for the game, and potential are so rare.Hide replies
Wiggins is an easy top five pick based on his potential, but there's no way to describe his season thus far other than as a disappointment.
eFG% and defensive rating are two of the best predictive tools for figuring out a player's pro potential and Wiggins is below average on both (48.7%, 102.4). Not below average for a sure fire guy, below average for a starting college basketball player.
There's good stuff in his stat line too and there are reasons to overlook college numbers altogether, but unless he picks it up here, you probably won't see him go #1.
Just for reference (avg is 49.8%, 100.00)
Parker (52.3%, 97.1)
Embiid (61.6%, 90.5)
Smart (46.6%, 89.2)
Gordon (48.8%, 88.2)
McDermott (61.0%, 102.1)
Randle (53.5%, 93.5)
Ennis (47.1%, 96.5)
More than a "potent scorer", I see Future Giannis as a Nic Batum type, do a little of everything.
As do I Krakken... I have said that at Hoopshype and made that comparison to slight chuckles, but that is who I see in Gian is too. A taller Batum. Giannis Knight, and Wiggins, Wolters, Sanders, Middleton and Wiggins would be flat out beastly. Drew had better adapt to being a coach who teaches and let his assistants do their jobs. That is the Suns East
B>F>55...Not to take issue with you sir, but, to merely point out a
'mock draft' of sorts was done with a panel on ESPN a day or so
ago, and indeed, Mr. Smart 'fell' into the mid-teens due in part
to the latest incident.
Additionally, what does it say when your team is not even in the
top 25 relative to your ability to 'be the man'. And, in this draft,
all things considered, the Bucks need exactly that, and oh,
so much more>>>
McClung - not sure how they calculate defensive rating but anything that has Wiggins anything but elite is wrong. Watch him play 5 minutes and you can see how much trouble he creates on the ball. There's a reason he's lauded as such a good defender...also, forget stats in general with him because what creates his value is a very clear understanding of how to play team basketball. LeBron, Paul George, Wade, etc. have proven this trait significantly outweighs the ability to merely score. Parker is dangerously close to being merely a scorer.
kstein - I personally don't think Smart can be the man in the NBA on a good team. More of a complementary, Westbrook type guy at very best. That being said, he's got a much better chance of being that quality B player than say Gary Harris, McDermott, Stauskas, etc...all of whom Goodman has in front of Smart. Honestly think it's all overreaction to "the shove" that'll disappear come draft day. Someone will care less about character issues and take a chance (probably the Kings as usual).
Agree, Brewers.
Wiggins appears to have the capability to be a nuisance on the defensive end of the court from the few games I have watched him play on the wings.
He has the similar body type (minus the few yrs/20 plus pounds) of a Paul George type build.
All of these players are developmental types, so I don't think they can go wrong with Parker, Wiggins, or Exum up near the top.
See here for the calculation info. I've seen Wiggins plenty and I know what you're talking about, what creates the number is a relatively low creation of steals, blocks, and turnovers, as well as the general observation that the guy he's on generally gets his points. Not conclusive, but usually not far off either.
To use a nearby example, Brandon Knight has all the requisite athleticism and his on-ball defense can be very solid. However, later in the shot clock if he finds himself off-ball, he cheats the lanes and gives up a lot of open jumpers, or he'll overcompensate after getting burned, and starts getting gashed to the paint. Basically things will inform this beyond staying in front of a guy.
If we took Wiggins, I'd be completely satisfied. Just some things to keep in mind when separating the best from the bestest.
Fair points, I'll have to watch for that. Regardless, what's very clear to me is Parker isn't going to be half the defender Wiggins is. Honestly, Exum is probably the only other guard/wing at the top who has the athleticism to be on Wiggins level defensively in a few years. And, if you're the Bucks, after watching team after team with only one good defensive player on the roster (Luc), doesn't defense have to be an integral part of how you build? After all, that's how the Pacers/Bulls did it and that should be the gold standard for us. Thus, the idea of either of those two guys on our already lanky and athletic team is fascinating to me.
I don't know. In all honesty, I think that the Bucks need to hit it big, but a bust could virtually ensure that the franchise leaves the city. Parker has the lowest bust quotient. Wiggins truly has near LeBron like potential, but has some bust factor. Embiid has lots of bust factor. Great athlete, but limited basketball experience. For a team with a new arena, Embiid might be the guy. For a team that needs to get better to get an arena - I'd like Parker or Wiggins. I just feel like Embiid could be the Bucks version of Michael Olawakandi.Hide replies
I can't trust a player that disappears as much as Wiggins. In your scenario, I think it has to be Parker. And I think he will be very good.
Excellent take Kareem....I like the fool many think I am but could'nt care less about would STILL TAKE Marcus Smart with my heart, Wiggins and Embiid with my head. Parker's religious obligations scare me. Utah should draft him not the Bucks. Wiggins puzzles me.... but so did Gerald Green years ago and now look at him. Caron Butler could really help him if we have sense enough to buyout Delfino and bring Caron back...
I just don't see Embiid being a "closer" for years...it's Parker or Wiggins for me.
I agree with Hung, Wiggins has had ups and downs...but he is the most athletically gifted, and looks like he has that long, lengthy body type that could provide the Scottie Pippen type defense along with the eventual scoring potential.
Parker seems to be the safe pick, if you don't want to mess with the "potential" tags. Drafting Parker would be very exciting, IMO. He looks to have "closer" potential, at a much younger age than the others. Think Big Dog, Grant Hill, or Kidd.
Do the Bucks have time to allow some of these developmental types to mature? Not sure about that...
Parker is my choice.
"Time" might be all we do have. In time, water carved the Grand Canyon, grain of sand by grain of sand, and in "time" every new fresh faced lottery pick will be transformed into the greedy, South beach craving free agent that he was born to be. Time.
IF this is true does that mean Hammond has written Larry Sanders off?Hide replies
I don't think this is true.
Seems like Sanders looked pretty good playing next to Zaza for about five minutes the other day. And this is supposed to be about whether or not, one of these guys is going to be the next Olajuwan, Paul George, or Carmelo. If any of them are, we can't let Sanders, Henson, or even Giannis get in the way of that.
Exactly, Larry looked outstanding playing with a true Center. Larry Sanders doesn't have the bulk to match up at the 5 day in and day out. He's more of a 4 where he can cut attack and use his freakish athleticism more frequently.
If we start Embiid and Sanders, with Henson backing them both up, and Grandpa Zaza resting in his rocker, we'd have the front line sewed up. Just need to find a shooting guard?
We have an SG in Giannis, and Brandon Knight is kind of a hybrid PG SG. I think your starting line of the future is:
PG: Wolters
SG: Giannis
SF: Midleton:
C: Embiid
That's a unit with toughness, smarts and a versatile group of scoring threats. I think Middleton looks very promising as a scoring three, great feet and quickness if not explosive speed. Very good outside shooter and very good at creating space and creating his shots. Embiid projects to be a freak center, we all know what Larray provides and then you have Giannis as your special game plan wrecking point forward. Wolters is your prudent distributor court commander.
No, he mjght have written either Ersan or Henson off. I would actually move them both for more picks and put Sanders at PF next to Embiid and send both of them down to Hakeem in Houston for the summer.
Seems the Greek Freak has been hitting a bit of a rookie wall the past week or two.Hide replies
yes, yes he has......the break should do him good.
He won't have much of a break.... he's in the rookie game.
If it's true he favors Embiid over Jabari Parker that explains why we suck so bad and Hammonds needs to go. He can't judge talent. Parker is going to be a FAR FAR better pro than Embiid.Hide replies
...and Greg Oden was going to be far, far better than whats-his-name.
Only the idiots ever said that.
Time will make idiots out of most of us.
Jabari Parker is the safe pick, and the most likely to be a good player. But in terms of upside and potential Parker looks like he could be a 2-3 time all star Caron Butler type while Embiid looks like he could become a generational talent. I like Embiid more too, you just cannot pass up a big man with that kind of talent.
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I have this and I love it. Always have the right grit on hand, each in a labeled pocket. The price is unbeatable. You would pay more than that for the paper alone. Great gift for anyone who has a work shop too.
Great deal. I can cross this off my honey-do list now (yah, I add the purchase of things required to complete the tasks so that it seems as if I'm actually accomplishing something...)
Awesome deal on a nice product, but man that's a lot of real estate to take up for sand paper.. If you get this I hope your wife left you some room in the closet!
This deal from Sears is really "rubbing" me the wrong way. It could really use some "smoothing over" and "polishing". It's really "grating" my nerves. Things must be "rough" at Sears because they are really "scraping" the bottom of the barrel. It always seems like I have to "scour" their ads to find deals. Sears has always been a pretty "abrasive" company to me. "Eroding" my loyalty with "irregular" prices and "dull" products in some sort of war of "attrition". It's deals like these that really "grind" my gears. Add this deal to the "unrefined" "file".
(No offense meant to the "grate" company of Sears. My "sharp" wit can be a bit "coarse")
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Is there a smooth $4$-manifold homeomorphic but not diffemorphic to $CP^2$? Are there known non-smooth examples homeomorphic $CP^2$?
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This is a notorious open problem. For the moment the simplest compact four-manifold that is announced to admit (infinite number of) exotic smooth structures is $S^2\times S^2$. This result is contained here : http://arxiv.org/abs/1005.3346
I have to say that I am not at all an expert in the area (also it seems that the above paper is not yet published). On the other hand there are several published papers showing that $CP^2\sharp 3\overline{CP^2}$ admit exotic smooth structures.
Also, it might be worth to recall that by a theorem of Yau a complex surface homeomrophic to $CP^2$ always has the standard smooth structure (in other words $CP^2$ admits a unique holomorphic structure up to bi-homolorphism). While for $S^2\times S^2$ this is still unknown (is there a surface of general type homeomorphic to $S^2\times S^2$?)


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I'm going to be doing some drywalling shortly and was wondering what experiences other have had with the self adhesive fiberglass mesh tape.
Is it a good choice or am I going to regret using it?
I'm going to be doing some drywalling shortly and was wondering what experiences other have had with the self adhesive fiberglass mesh tape.
Is it a good choice or am I going to regret using it?
I've found that it works OK, but it's more difficult to get the surface smooth than paper tape -- as the mud dries, it shrinks, so the mesh starts to show through. Obviously this is not a problem if you're going to be doing some heavy texturing afterwards.
I like it since it generally goes on quite a bit faster. The only place I don't like it is for inside corners. It's much easier to get a nice clean corner with paper tape since it has that convenient seam down the middle for folding it.
I was warned by several people to not use fiberglass tape when finishing drywall. The fiberglass mesh tape is more likely to allow cracks to form over time because it is not as strong as paper tape.
I have used it for patching areas, but not for an entire drywall installation. It made patching in a tight space much easier. You just needed several coats of mud on top to compensate for the shrinking.
Fiber glass mesh is designed to be used with fast setting mud. This is dry stuff that is mixed with water and contains plaster of paris. I use it all the time. they have a product at Home Depot that will dry in 5 minutes (usually takes 15). then put another coat on top of that. The final coat should be regualr mud which is a bit easier to sand.
The fiberglass tape is all I use. It doesn't stick very well, though.
The two advantages I know of for fiberglass tape are that it's mold resistant and it won't bubble up like paper can if you do a bad mudding job. But I think others have already pointed out many of the advantages of paper, which is my preference.
I added a new office area to my basement in early 2009. All the walls were installed with new wallboard. I tried using conventional drywall tape but ran into problems with putting it on and getting it to go on the right way. It came loose when sanding and parts of the tape would start to appear after I began to sand---this is because with mud under the tape, the tape is raised higher and is closer to the surface. I switched over to the fiber glass mesh tape and I immediately began to have better results. I mudded over the tape and the tape stayed in place. I used the fiber glass tape for all the seams throughout the entire room and everything worked flawlessly! I can say this with authority because it is now 2013 (4 years later) and there are no imperfections anywhere-none. No cracking, loose mud or whatever. The entire room is in flawless condition except in those areas where the walls have been hit by moving furniture. I used pre-mixed mud out of the bucket but it was stirred first until it was the same consistency throughout. I am not a professional drywall installer but I took the time to be very precise and careful with all the steps of the job and the results continue to show to this day.
I've used it but, given a choice, I'll always opt for paper. I've seen mesh "shift" right where the seam is. It doesn't seem to be as strong as a tape joint when it comes to keeping pieces of sheetrock from shifting.
Either way is good, paper or tape. I finished my basement and garage and have done a lot of drywall in the past. I use paper in the corners mostly for sure, and mesh/fiberglass tape or paper tape over the flat spots and metal corners. I used normal joint mud (All Purpose) with the mesh tape and some joints have cracked, but only a few. Those had to be repaired by cutting out the old tape a little wider to accommodate mud and paper tape to fix the crack. I will start using the fast setting or hot mud that dries quick and prevents that cracking (first coat) than use normal mud to finish. Always make sure your drywall is tight to the structure (screwed in) so there isn't any play or movement. Also on new drywall you may want to put a few squirts of panel adhesive or even construction adhesive on spots close to the seam (where two pieces meet) to keep it from moving.
I've used both with good results but it largely depends on the application. Long straight joints, in the middle where drywall bevel edges meet is fine for mesh because usually more mud applied due to the bevel.
No one in a country with a winter season should use mesh tape EVER! If you are going over steel studded walls you may use a mesh tape for flats and butts only due to the limited movement in the metal but is still not recommended. Paper all the way.
If you insist on using mesh tape, you must use quick set compounds for your first coat. This will give the inferior mesh application a marginal amount of strength.
I agree with the answers that recommend using "quick set" cement on the first coat of mesh tape else the joint will develop hairline crack. I've tried it without the quickset and had nothing but bad luck. Maybe it depends on the climate? I live in Montana where especially it can get cold in basements during the winter.
It can be a pain if you get the cheapest stuff. Those rolls are rolls of remnants & you constantly have to re-find the edge since there will be even just 2' long sections included. I learned my lesson with that stuff the first time.
But yes, it's vastly superior than paper for 1 simple reason. Mesh embeds into the mud, tape just sticks to the mud.
If you've done any demolition for a patch or a whole house you'll find tape peels up & the mud just flakes right off. With Mesh however, you'll find that it's completely filled & often won't peel off & if it does that the mud stays mostly attached it. Mesh can also be put in mud for the full embedding treatment & I haven't found a single failure of a meshed seam I've done yet.


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What is the best solution for an equation which is overflowing?
I have the structure:
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I want to put it in the line below, shifted almost all the way to the left. One way to do it might be:
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This is probably related to How would I respectfully disagree with a superior? however the context is a tech forum where the thread starter is asking for someone technically advanced to help, and the culture is more concerned about solving problems than politeness. Is a plain ~違います appropriate in this context?
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Someone well-versed in internet Japanese may need to correct me, but...
You can always soften a straight 違います with saying something like
You can also present a fact, which disproves the claim of your technically advanced helper. There may be no need to say explicitly "you were wrong".
This is not only true for Japanese, but trying to confirm the correctness of the claim in some situation that does not apply to you doesn't give the message "you are wrong", which by itself is not very helpful. You could try
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i used this 1 TB external device for long time on windows, and i put a password for my device also, how can i get it to work on Ubuntu?
my device is listed when i type in lsusb
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Little known fact: Mattel's original concept for the Cabbage Patch Kids was "Children of the Corn," but it was thought it wouldn't sell outside of Iowa, and besides, football-shaped heads looked much less phallic. Where were we? Oh, Judge Patrick Naugle reviews this movie based on a Shephen King short story short enough to fit on a cereal box...most likely corn flakes.
Editor's Note
Our reviews of Children Of The Corn (2009) (published October 6th, 2009), Children Of The Corn (Blu-Ray) (published July 10th, 2009), and Children Of The Corn: Divimax Edition (published October 25th, 2004) are also available.
The Charge
An adult nightmare.
Opening Statement
Stephen King has had almost all his books and short stories turned into feature length films. Some have been exceptional (The Shawshank Redemption, Misery, Stand By Me), others are floating near the bottom of the barrel (The Mangler, Lawnmower Man). In 1984 the first of many short stories from his book "Night Shift" was turned into a movie. Children Of The Corn featured a then-unknown Linda Hamilton Terminator 2: Judgment Day) and Peter Horton (Thirtysomething). A modest hit (grossing over $15 million at the box office) and an even bigger hit on home video, Children Of The Corn bafflingly spawned six sequels and made everyone who lived in Iowa and Nebraska nervous. My favorite studio, Anchor Bay, dishes up this 1984 flick on DVD.
Facts of the Case
The town of Gatlin, Nebraska, has seen better days. Three years ago the local children started listening to a demonic power that lives in the cornfields and went forth slaughtering all the adults living in Gatlin. Now the town is deserted and all the children follow Isaac (John Franklin) and his right hand man Malachai (Courtney Gains), doing wacky ritualistic ceremonies such as carving stars in their chests and sacrificing themselves to "he who walks behind the rows." As you can guess, Gatlin is not the tourist attraction it once was.
Driving through Nebraska's lush highways are a doctor, Burt (Horton), and his wife, Vicky (Hamilton), on their way to a new life and a new job. Along the way they hit a frenzied child who runs smack dab into their car's radiator. After some inspection they notice he already had a slit throat before he was hit. Amazingly, Burt deduces that something is amiss in the small town of Gatlin.
They seem to run in circles trying to figure out what's going on, heading from one run down gas station to another until they meet up with Isaac and his band of misfit children. The group is able to kidnap Vicky, tying her up to a cross made of corn stalk. They want Burt as well, for they are about to do a sacrifice to "he who walks behind the rows." Burt, however, has other plans, and they include getting his wife back and the hell out of Gatlin.
Burt's got a good idea…but will the corn devil let them leave? And can you believe I actually used the words "corn devil" in a sentence? [Editor's Note: Yes.]
The Evidence
Children Of The Corn is just barely treading water as a horror film. This is not the most exciting way to spend an hour and a half of your life. The bulk of the film is Burt and Vicky driving around looking for a way out of town, and the rest of the film is of the children looking into the rows of corn listening to Isaac say things like "so take you his life, and spill his blood," and other such pontifications. Sure, there are a few times where someone gets an old sickle to the temple, but otherwise Children Of The Corn is pretty dull. Keep in mind that this was a very short story by King, so when they scripted it for screen they had to beef it up a bit (apparently making sure it was lean beef). I think that, as a rule, if a story is less than 25 pages long, let's not attempt to make it a feature-length film.
Peter Horton and Linda Hamilton work fine as the leads, but there's nothing about their performances that makes you think, "Wow, these are two electric actors giving great performances." In fact, I was hardly able to keep from falling asleep during the middle portion of this film.
The rest of the cast is ho-hum, especially the children. John Franklin (Isaac) sounds like he's reading from cue cards, and the rest of the kids sound like the just learned their lines that morning. Courtney Gains, so funny and creepy in Joe Dante's The 'Burbs, recites his lines with a growl and whine, making his character extremely one-dimensional.
The screenplay is based on Biblical principles (even the names of the children, like Job and Isaac, are obviously taken from scripture), and "he who walks behind the rows" is, I would assume, Satan. Why Satan would be hanging around a cornfield in the middle of Nebraska with nothing better to do is never explained. Apparently spreading a bubonic plague in East Africa seemed like a boring way to spend the month for him.
For you horror buffs, there are some nice moments of tension and gore, but it's kept at a minimum. The opening scene with the killing of the adults elicits some chills, and I'm guessing it'll make you think twice about heading into a small town coffee shop alone. The ending, however, leaves much to be desired. Because of budgetary constraints the special effects are very poor, and we never do get to see "he who walks being the rows." Then again, that may not be a bad thing, as in King's original story he is described in only two sentences.
Children Of The Corn is presented in anamorphic 1.66:1 and, for its age and budget, looks good. The image is sometimes soft, and there are many instances of color muting. Grain was also present, though not as bad as some '80s movies on DVD. Blacks were solid though not always, and a bit of edge enhancement was present. Anchor Bay has probably done the best they could, especially considering what the source print probably looked like.
Children Of The Corn features the original soundtrack in Dolby Digital 2.0, as well as a new remix in Dolby Digital 5.1. The remix sounds much better than expected, though rear speakers were not utilized much. Dialogue was clear and music/effects mixed well. The Dolby 2.0 soundtrack is not nearly as effective as the 5.1, but if you're looking to watch the film the same way you originally saw it, 2.0 is the way to go.
Extra features include a theatrical trailer, which makes the film look much more exciting than it really is, as well as a sixteen-page collector's booklet, featuring images from the film, as well as liner notes by Michael Flesher (yeah, I don't know who he is either).
The Rebuttal Witnesses
Well, once again I have let my emotions take over, already giving you the lowdown on the low parts of Children Of The Corn. This just wasn't a very fun movie. There was hardly any humor, the effects were adequate at best, and the performances are weak. I can't believe that this film actually produced five different sequels. I think that, by rule of thumb, avoid any movie with a vegetable in its title (Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is excluded).
Closing Statement
For around $20-25 dollars Children Of The Corn is not worth the purchase price. As a rental it's hard to recommend due to the fact that it's so solemn and boring. I guess if you really want to know the story, go back and read it in King's "Night Shift." Anchor Bay it commended is bringing this title to DVD though.
The Verdict
Guilty of being a schlocky horror film. Anchor Bay is released on good behavior for putting the title out.
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The following problem is given at the level of a senior undergrad analysis course:
We are given a continuous function $g:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$. Assume that $\mathbb{R}$ contains a countably infinite subset $G$ such that:$\int_{a}^{b}g(x)dx=0$ if $a$ and $b$ are not in $G$. Prove that $g$ is the zero function.
My attempt: Without loss of generality, I assume that my function has only one positive part and one negative part over $\mathbb{R}$. I broke my function $g(x)$ into two functions: $g_{+}(x)$ which is equal to $0$ when $g(x)$ is negative and equals $g(x)$ when $g(x)$ is positive. Similarly, I define $g_{-}(x)$ to be zero when $g(x)$ is positive and equals $g(x)$ when $g(x)$ is negative. Now, I call $A_{+}$ the subset of $\mathbb{R}$ where $g(x)$ is positive, and $A_{-}$ the subset of $\mathbb{R}$ where $g(x)$ is negative. Then, I am trying to prove that for any $a< b$ in $A_{+}$: $\int_{a}^{b}g_{+}(x)dx=0$ (This obvious if $a$ and $b$ are not in $G$, but the problem is when one or both of them is/are not in $G$) and since $g_{+}(x)\geq 0$ for any $x\in \left [ a,b \right ]$, then $g_{+}(x)=0 $ for all $x\in \left [ a,b \right ]$. The same thing applies to the negative part. So, I am stuck at this point.
Can anyone tell how to move forward and solve the problem? Also, if anyone has an easier way to solve the problem, please share.


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The following theorem is proved in EGA IV 2.4.6:
Every morphism of schemes, which is flat and locally of finite presentation, is open.
I've already seen some applications of this theorem, so I want to understand the proof. But it is based on the whole theory of (ind)constructible sets, whose development seems to be quite long and (sorry!) uninteresting in EGA.
So I want to know: Is it possible to give a direct proof? We may reduce to the affine case, so perhaps it's an observation from commutative algebra?


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24 May 2013 12:02 PM #1
Scalext: Ext Direct Implementation in Scala
I've started work on a Scala implementation for Ext Direct, so far i got a few examples working in a example project https://github.com/Rovak/ScalextExample. I will be implementing all examples from the documentation, and some extra real-time components using websockets later.
For now it only works with Play Framework 2.1, future versions will be framework independent and will contain unit-tests to ensure stable versions.
I would like to hear from the community which Scala frameworks are popular in combination with Ext JS, and any ideas/suggestions to improve the library.
The project can be found at Github https://github.com/Rovak/Scalext
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Thanks for your willingness to share your successes with others in the community. Hopefully folks will reply back with what they'd like to see.
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Scalext example compilation error - not enough arguments for constructor Remotable
Hi Rovak,
When I download and build the Scalext example, I get the following error -
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I have already install a clean Ubuntu 12.04 in an Acer. After the installation, the wifi was not detected. I have followed several bcm431X tutorials (from this forum), but no-one worked out.
In summary, I have tried installing b43-fwcutter & firmware-b43-installer packages, and also, in first instance, bcmwl-kernel-source.
Here is the lspci output.
05:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)
Subsystem: AMBIT Microsystem Corp. Device 0422
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17
Region 0: Memory at f0400000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel modules: ssb
What can I do to solve the problem?
Thanks in advice.


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