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Terra cognita! Answers to 10 questions
The BBC has compiled answers to 10 of the top questions about the resignation of "His Holiness, Benedict XVI, Pope Emeritus."Shorter version:His Holiness will be Fisherman's Ring-less and red shoe-less, but will continue to wear papal white (in simpler styles). He will have no official duties. He will move into the convent after about 3 months, where he will spend retirement reading, writing, playing piano, eating locally-sourced organic marmalade, and playing with Contessina (a cat). He will bring along excellent medical care and Archbishop Georg Ganswein, but he will leave behind his Twitter handle (@Pontifex) and his infallibility (@assumption1950?).Longer version is here.
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Michael Peppard is associate professor of theology at Fordham University, author of The World's Oldest Church and The Son of God in the Roman World, and on Twitter @MichaelPeppard.
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So AB Ganswein "will be the servant of two masters."Such would seem problematic to me.
The Vatican has let it be known that he will be referred to as Pope Emeritus. I know the odds are very slim, but should I be elected the next pope, I am considering the name Pope Emeritus II.
Wasn't one of those fellows who resigned back in the middle ages a bit of a hermit in his spirituality? Would he have been Eremitus Emeritus?
The ring ... OK. But the Red Shoes .... that's CRUEL!
Jimmy, even Dorothy couldn't stay in Oz forever...
The papal gold ring, known as the fisherman's ring, will be smashed with a specially designed silver hammer when the Pope leaves office. No change here from normal practice. "Objects strictly tied to the ministry of St Peter must be destroyed," the Vatican says.Did St. Peter wear a fisherman's ring in his ministry? How was it destroyed? Shouldn't living popes be allowed to keep theirs? Super Bowl and World Series rings have supported profligate athletes in their old age. Who knows what will happen to the Pope Emeritus's pension if the Vatican banks are ever fully investigated by the sharks circling them now?
How about an answer to number 11. Is the convent now disbanded? I understand the sisters would rotate there, but will there no longer be contemplative nuns there?I like the red shoes, too. But tangerine and turquoise are pretty hot now, maybe he could get some shoes in those colors.
Jim P:I think it would be eremita emeritus.
He should NOT stay in Rome. This is vanity and hubris. His pontificate and his entire Vatican career have been a bane for Catholicism and his idea that a continuation of that baneful influence would be good for his successor is typical of his vanity and control freakery.
Imagine this scene:Pope Dolan:
Pope Dolan: "Well, Fellow Holiness, I've called you here today on a delicate matter. I am asking you to withdraw from Rome, to a life of prayer in your beloved Bavaria."Pope Ratzinger: "But I created you. How can you do this to me? Do you not benefit from my counsel and my gracious aura?"Pope Dolan: "By all means keep in touch by Twitter, but I would remind you that I am now your supreme superior. I do not want the shadow of the past to hang over the new regime I am inaugurating."Pope Ratzinger: "But you need the European polish that my presence provides. The Church is not ready for an undiluted American pontificate;"Pope Dolan: "Listen up, buddy. I am telling you to go; So go!"
Of course the nuns will still be there - he'll need someone to do the scut work.
But, did Pope Dolan invite the Pope Emeritus in for brats and beer when this conversation was held?If The Tim gets elected (humor me) the Johnsonville Bratwurst factory will have to go into overtime to keep up with the shipments to 1 Papal Place c/o the Vatican kitchens.Those Swiss Guards had better stay away from brats, though, or they will never fit into those Michaelangelo-designed pantaloons.
Crystal: I thought that is why he will have his very own captive Archbishop in residence ... you know: lite housekeeping, sandwich lunches, washing out of smallclothes, etc.
Geez, I thought it was mostly Protestants who revel in Weird Popish Rumor and Lore. If Benedict XVI has decided to live a life of silence a prayer out of the public eye, who's gonna know what color his shoes are? Who's gonna care? I'm glad he'll have a kitty cat. I'm glad there'll be kindly women to take care of him. The man has wielded big power and influence in his lifetime. And has probably fallen into some pretty big sins along the way. May he have time to contemplate his failings and repent. May God offer him the same mercies we all hope to receive.
Ratzinger/Benedict is nothing if not principled. I can't imagine his not using his great powers of articulation to influence his successor mightily given the chance, and living in his successor's back yard is a big, big chance. Bad, bad move. He should play dead. Or at least stay in Castel Gandolfo for three years.Bp. Ganswein's keeping both positions is, I think, a strong indication that both Benedict and some of the cardinals *want* him to maintain his influence. Or maybe just Gorgeous George himself manipulated the whole link? He's definitely one to keep our eyes on in the future, aside from the fact he's so beautiful:-)
"Ratzinger/Benedict is nothing if not principled." Neat irony here -- principled in the deadly sense of Bush and Blair, whose anniversaries occur.His running of the CDF infringed principles of justice and decency.His ideological investments often make him slanted and unscholarly in his writing.He has very narrow principles of piety and orthodoxy that make him see heresy everywhere except in his beloved rightwing groupuscules, the world David Berger exposed and of which il bel Giorgio is a perfect produce. There is a lack of soundness here that is the result of unprincipled choice.
Will old and new popes share Castel Gandolfo during the summer months? Separate dining rooms? And what if the new pope is allergic to cats?
I don't think soon-to-be Pope Timothy is allergic to cats. He seemed to enjoy the homeless animals he blessed on St. Francis's day.http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/cardinal-dolan-blesses-animals-st-pa... I don't think he will ask his guests at Castel Gandolfo to eat in a different room. That would be weird.
We should not ignore the symbolism of this whole transition. Supreme Pontiff with all his trappings now goes temporarily to lavish vacation home of popes. Then he will return to specifically built quarters just for him with lavish care and attendants. The head of the church, Jesus, was shamefully crucified before two thieves. He never had all these attendants and always served rather than served. The trappings of the papacy remains a prodigious scandal to the Crucified Jesus who insisted that the leaders should serve and that the last should be first. To boot. All these compromised Cardinals going to Rome which now becomes a conclave of shame. This is not a good time for the RCC.
"All these compromised Cardinals going to Rome" is a good segue to this:http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/27/world/europe/now-gathering-in-rome-a-c...
Jean, amen indeed. *Castel Gandalfo sounds like a temporary expedient. (Benedict may never go back, for all we know.)*Benedict will be living in a renovated convent; that convent, from its founding, was a place for rotating groups of nuns from different places and orders to spend a few years at a time. There is no permanent community there, never has been.*it sounds as if Benedict's household will be primarily the same Italian consecrated women (Memores Domini, part of the Communion and Liberation movement) who have been working for him. No German nuns ...*I suspect the set up of having Abp Ganswein doing double duty may also be temporary. If Benedict had died, the prefect of the papal household would be expected to help the new pope get his household in place, and his schedule organized. Ganswein can do that, help create a smooth transition, save him all kinds of wasted time and energy. And if the new pope then chooses to replace him, that's his prerogative. The new pope will be setting precedent in how he treats his retired predecessor (and that predecessor's closest aides). That could affect how real an option retirement will seem to popes in the future.Somehow I can't envision Jesus minding if we are kind to elders who have given much, over many years. If tradition is right, he didn't have the chance to worry about it, with his own foster-father Joseph. But he ensured that his mother would be cared for.http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/27/is-the-pope-frail/I find myself hoping that the new pope has had some experience dealing with the care of aged parents or grandparents, a beloved mentor, or elders in a religious community.
I'm not against being kind but I can't help thinking of the people that were hurt on B16's watch. Fr. Roy Bourgeois, for instance, is elderly too and after 40 years of being an award winning priest, he has no nice monastery to retire to.
Crystal, what a great idea! Put Fr Roy Bourgeois and Pope Benedict together in the same living quarters, and see how they show us charity and unity by their example!
"Somehow I cant envision Jesus minding if we are kind to elders who have given much, over many years. If tradition is right, he didnt have the chance to worry about it, with his own foster-father Joseph. But he ensured that his mother would be cared for."What about the deprived in India and Africa which we further deprive by paying for their priests to go Italy, here and other rich countries?
Claire,Hee :) the possibilities abound.


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Oh Snap Cheese Cutter for $15
While I certainly can't speak for Snapster's cheese-cutting abilities, this one certainly seems to do well enough based on reviews.
Plus this one is the lowest price on Amazon and is prime-eligible!
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Really cute. Wish the reviews didn't mention the wire falling apart so easily. :(
Now I want some cheese...

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I want to know the length of the curve described by
$$f(x) = 1 - \sqrt{x},\quad x \in [0,1].$$
When I build the derivative and plug it in the length formula:
$$\int_0^1 \sqrt{1 +\frac{1}{4x}} dx = x+\frac{\log(1)}{4} - x+\frac{\log(0)}{4}$$
I get a problem because of $\log(0)$. I have no idea what to do now. Thanks for your help in advance!
Edit: In the original formulation of the question the square root in the integral was missing.


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Ooc: Thanks to Sarah_K_O_M, I'm now obsessed with vampires. And stuff. And Las Vegas, Nevada. XD Oh well...
A typical vampire rpg with some twist and turns based on how well the story turns out. Remember no one is truly "immortal" even vampires have their time in the sun (if you get the idea). These vampires are based on Anne Rice type vampires or the romantic type vampires. If you are not into Anne Rice or romantic vampires I suggest creating your own rpg.
Know to the story and concept of the rpg. It is set the 1980s were goth rock and hair metal are prim examples of the underground and mainstream seen. You are a vampire enjoying the LA seen and digging the blood **** of your life. You eventually get a call from one of your vampire buddies indicating a meeting of the elders. You go to the secret hideway of the vampire elite to find out that the goverment of the United States had discovered the existence of vampires. You learn that an agency known as "Destory" is going to track down and kill all known vampires. Your job as a vampire is to fight the agency and to survive as best as you can....
You are an agent of the agency. You found out only a few moments ago that your own world is inhabbitat by blood sucking vampires. Your first reaction is that these vampires are monsters and offspring of the devil. You and your fellow agency quikly learn about the so called vampire lore and arm up to destory the vampires you consider evil.
You can be an agent or a vampire it is your choice. Remember when you are an agent you are purely ignorant to the understandings of vampire insept what is written in books. As a vampire you are more kind hearted and less "evil" then what the goverment claims you to be. You learn that these agents learned false hoods about destorying your species which gives you an advantage but you still can easily be wounded or even killed by the guns and other weapons used in the fight. As an agent you are aware of your mortality but you have armed yourself with defence. Remember this is set in the 1980s and there is a lot of diffrent scenes and images of the 80s. Your characters must be unique and well thought out before playing. Character guides will be placed after you read this. Please highlight and copy the quide and paste it in a reply. You most fill it out and once we gain 5 new members then we will begin the RPG. No chit chat while waiting. Thank you.
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Race: (Vampire or Human)
Ability: (As a vampire you can have super natural abilities. One can be stronger then the others. No more then two super natural abilities. As a mortal human you can hold some knowledge in magic and spells but you are limited. What you are strong at can be fighting ability and some strength please have only three abilities that you are strongest as when you are human)
Appearance: (Pictures are welcome with a link)
Biography: (Talk about your characters history and who they are.)
I stare at the girl in the mirror: T-shirt, torn up jeans, no beauty queen.
But the way that you see me, you get underneath me, and all my defenses just fall away, fall away.
I am beautiful with you, even in the darkest part of me. I am beautiful with you;
Make it feel the way it's supposed to be!
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Microsoft Windows 7 Professional OEM Branded for $79.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (Dell or HP Stamped). This software will allow you to install a clean install of Windows 7 Pro on ANY computer or you can upgrade a Dell.
You can use this product two different ways. First, you can use this as an upgrade for Vista Business to Windows 7 Professional saving all the settings you have.
The second option is you can use it on any PC (not just Dell) to do a clean install for Windows 7 Professional.
Includes upgrade disc, clean install disc, and COA sticker with key to attach to computer case.
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Great Deal, this has the xp compatibility on it
@snaggstuff: This sounds too good to be true, not trying to imply anything but I bet you'd sell more if we had an idea of where these came from, thanks :-)
I'm with @snaggstuff on this one. Legality check?
I'd venture to guess that they are from Dell. (slightly sarcastic) But seriously, they are probably left-over from all of the missed "free" upgrade opportunities that were offered. I know the one which was available for my girlfriends PC is still on Dell's shelf.
@okcengineer: Indeed sir. These are likely from DELL, or someone that bought them out from DELL (or handed to whomever for the upgrades) and now being sold. If they come with the product key to allow you to perform a clean install on any brand computer than this is definitely a good deal. $80 for 32-bit OR 64-bit Win7 Pro.
Paypal doesn't work. Says they can't pay this vendor. Likely a spoof?
twitter account says they are in the process of reactivating the paypal process. I'm annoyed as well but I'm thinking of giving it a try....
For that price at least.....
Great price, but I also wasn't able to use PayPal. Until they've got their act squared away, I don't think I'll trust them with my CC - feels too fly-by-night.
PayPal is still down. I would definitely NOT buy this from them until they get PayPal back up and running; something's fishy here...
PayPal indicates this merchant is unable to receive payments. No explanation as to why. I found a comment in SnaggStuff's "community" from Thursday that they can now again recieve PayPal funds but obviously that isn't really happening. I too am hesitant to offer my credit card to buy what is otherwise a great deal. Also, the SnaggStuff site says they change their deal every morning, but it didn't switch this morning - maybe because it's Saturday? Or maybe their PayPal problems are causing them to linger on this deal?
Worse comes to worse there's always credit card protection.
Just tried PayPal and it is still not up and running.
Guess next week or just let the deal go by. They will probably put the deal up again once they have PayPal working.
I'd wait until they take paypal before sending them any money. (Even if I'm not paying with paypal.)
From what I understand, when paypal thinks someone is selling counterfeit goods, they will block the account's ability to accept payments until the person can prove where the items are coming from.
So paypal is probably asking the same questions you all were: Is this legit?
I just checked on them again and they have removed the option to pay with PayPal so something is up with them.
Better to give a wide birth then take the chance of getting burned.
P.S. I just have a bad feeling on this one.
Says it is now currently sold out.
They took it off, its a dead link now :-(
I bought it; I got it; It's all they advertised! And I'm a happy camper :)


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I have Win7 and ubuntu partition in my laptotp. I downloaded Steam .deb package. I tried to install it by doubleclicking it, but it said: Internal Error The file "/home/djokosihono/Desktop/steam_latest.deb" could not be opened. And when I try to install it using Terminal, it said: dpkg: error processing steam_latest.deb (--install): package architecture (i386) does not match system (amd64) Errors were encountered while processing: steam_latest.deb
It also happened when I try to install Google Chrome.
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After a fresh installm of ubuntu 12.10 (complete erase) after logging in it appears i have no taskbar or much of anything, although i can still execute my terminal with CTRL+ALT+T. i looked around a little, seems i'm not the only person who has had this problem. I found here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=12303179#post12303179 From there, i found myself here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates/+bug/1068341
I followed precisely the instructions provided which were:
this problem is solved this way
Switch to a terminal (Ctrl-Alt-F1).
Login as your username.
Install linux source (sudo apt-get install linux-source) and headers (sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.5.0-17-generic).
Uninstall nvidia driver - this depends on which version you installed (sudo apt-get remove nvidia-current or sudo apt-get remove nvidia-current-updates or sudo apt-get remove nvidia-experimental-304).
Reinstall nvidia driver (sudo apt-get install nvidia-current-updates).
If it successfully installs, restart the computer (sudo shutdown -r now).
Source Desktop does not show when I installed nvidia drivers!
I have rebooted, and i am still having the exact same problem. so i back at square one. can someone help me please? this is my room mates computer and i told him i was "fixing" it and now i feel like i've ruined it. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.


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Now that the RNC convention, or as I refer to it "lie fest 2012" is over, let's take a quick look at the strategy of the Republicans. They answer the charges of more lies than ever with "We won't let fact-checkers run our campaign." Translation, we want nothing to do with the truth. We can't win it that way.
Clint Eastwood's conversation with furniture illustrates their strategy - it's all good when we can make up both sides of a conversation. It doesn't work so well when there is someone occupying the furniture. Dirty Harry, Tricky Dick, what's the difference?
Paul Ryans' budget and tax plan is a sham that makes snake oil sound relatively reasonable. He would like Romney's tax to be 82-one-hundreth of a percent and your's to be much higher. We do have to pay for tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 percent of us somehow.
As far as Medicare goes, an extra $6,500 out of pocket for all of us and a voucher doesn't begin to cover the cost of health care. He should be arrested for the attempted murder of Medicare.
Aside from a "not so Supreme Court" ruling that Republican appointees supported, corporations are not people, and the wealthiest 2 percent among us should not be able to purchase the government that suits their greedy special interests. The remaining 98 percent of us should be represented as well as the 2 percent. It's not class warfare until we fight back.
Their whole theme hinges on President Barack Obama's "You didn't build that" comment. It is clear that they understand perfectly well that he was referring to infrastructure - streets, roads, bridges, water - things that we built collectively that make businesses able to succeed. They didn't build the Hoover Dam collectively, but the power it produces serves the public and private business as well. It serves the 2 percent as well as the 98 percent.
Lies about Medicare, welfare, national security don't serve the public interest. Unfortunately, I have a word limit to adhere to or I could go on debunking.
Now to the focus of which every American citizen should be aware of. On the evening of Jan. 19, 2009. as our newly inaugurated president was still dancing with his smiling wife, Republican leadership was meeting less than two miles away - Newt Gingrich, Mitch McConnell, Ryan and John Boehner.
Was the purpose of the meeting to find common ground with the president, to decide where they could compromise to provide possible solutions that he may not have been aware of? Sadly, no. The purpose was, in fact, to plot against the success of the new president, and attempt to obstruct his progress and simply make him look bad.
To plot against the success of an American president is to plot against the success of America. This was not leadership, this was, at its best, subversion, and at its worst, treason. No one can deny that it was treacherous.
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I noticed that when I close to lid of my MacBookPro 2008 edition. My computer does not go to sleep. I also observed that this occurs when the Mac is plugged in. When I unplug, everything seems to be working fine. Does it have something to do with Lion? I already tried changing the energy settings in System Preferences.
Oddly Resetting my Sharing preferences did solve my problem. All I did is go into the System Preferences Settings. 1. Chose Sharing. 2. Uncheck everything that is checked. 3. Close System Preferences. 4. Open Systems preferences back up. 5. Go back into Sharing 6. Check everything you want checked 7. PROBLEM SOLVED !!! (For me at least) I have a 2008 MacbookPro running Max OS X 10.7.2
The culprit is the internet sharing checkbox. If you had it enabled, the computer will stay on when the lid is closed, but turn the display off. This is so that the bridge stays up. Uncheck Internet Sharing and your sleep mode should functions properly.
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Sometimes I read that a nonce has to be a random number but I disagree. A nonce just can't repeat itself. You could increase in by 1 every time if you are sure it would never repeat.
Yes, a nonce is a number not used more than once. In its purest sense there should be no other requirements than this, i.e. randomness or unpredictability should not be necessary.
However, in certain settings stronger requirements are put on the nonces; like for instance in the CBC-mode of operation for block ciphers the IV (nonce) needs to be unpredictable (a requirement, when not followed, actually have led to real-life problems in the SSL/TLS-protocol: Why is CBC with predictable IV considered insecure against CPA).
See also: What's is the main difference between a key, an IV and a nonce? for a more comprehensive discussion of the properties of nonces and IV's.
Definition 10.9 in Chapter 10 of Handbook of Applied Cryptography.
Continuing on, there is some additional info that you might find interesting.
There may be some particular scenarios where an unpredictable nonce is better than just a unique nonce.
For example suppose you have access to an oracle that can generate the correct response to an authentication request that involves a nonce, but you don't have real time access; in particular by the time you get the response from the oracle, the challenge will have expired.
If you can predict what the nonce is going to be (e.g. prev nonce + 1), then you can use the oracle to establish the correct response in advance, then run the protocol against the victim and have the response ready.
An example where this could be realistic is if your challenge-response protocol is cryptographically weak and can be brute-forced, but it takes a long time (e.g. days with the attacker's resources) to do the brute-forcing. An unpredictable nonce would have prevented the vulnerability from being exploitable.
If you have many clients accessing a server then the clients can't really just increment by one because they wouldn't know which numbers have been sent. You could attempt to coordinate and enforce that their numbers don't intersect, but this is additional work.
In this case, I think a long, random nonce is very beneficial. Clients can just generate nonces without any worry about overlapping. The server only has to record and ensure the same nonce doesn't appear twice.
GUID's or UUID's work well for these scenarios because the statistical probability of collisions is so low. In addition some implementations of a GUID will be based off the MAC address, time, and some random bits. This ensures that
They are also easy to generate as most languages will already have an implementation you can use.
So I agree with your argument that nonces don't need to RANDOM, but they do need to be UNIQUE. And while auto incrementing may be just fine if there is a single client talking to a single server there are many scenarios where this is not practical.


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Pontianak, Indonesia's City on the Equator lies on the banks of the Kapuas, the country's longest and largest river, and one of the longest rivers in the world. The Kapuas River has its source at Gunung Lawit, deep in the Mueller mountain range in Central Borneo where it rushes down, meandering 1,143 kilometers west, passing 9 of West Kalimantan's 14 districts, until it finally reaches the South China Sea, forming a wide delta upon which Pontianak is built.
It is no wonder, therefore, that the Kapuas River serves as the livelihood of the region, a major waterway to reach interior towns and its major water supply. Boats with a 3 meter draft can navigate upriver to the town of Sintang, some 465 km. inland from the mouth Kapuas. This is the gateway to the interior, home of the Dayaks. While boats with 2 meter draft can reach Putussibau, 902 km from Pontianak.
Long known as a busy trading port facing the South China Sea, Pontianak is a cosmopolitan city where various races and ethnic groups live peacefully side by side. Malays and Dayaks are the major ethnic groups here with Bugis, Bataks, Minangkabaus, Javanese, Chinese and Arabs making up the city's population. Until today, Bugis Phinisi schooners can be seen tied at Pontianak's docks, their crew busy loading and unloading goods.
In the mid 1700's a gold rush attracted Chinese miners, who came and settled around the gold fields of Mandor, Montrado, and Singkawang, north of Pontianak. At the time, the West Borneo (now Kalimantan) gold fields were rich, producing 18 to 21 carat gold. Soon, however, yields diminished. Nonetheless, until today, gold panning is still rampant, covering an area of more than 6,600 hectares. As in those early days the Chinese Emperor forbade women from leaving the country, the Chinese men in West Borneo married the local Dayak girls, thus creating inter-marriages between the two groups.
The town of Pontianak was built by Syarif Abdurrahkan Alkadrie in 1771 who established the Pontianak Sultanate here. Today Pontianak is the seat of the provincial government of West Kalimantan.
A monument marking the exact location of the Equator was built here by a Dutch geographer and explorer, while upriver along the Kapuas, Dayak tribes live in harmony with migrants, staging wonderful events each year, including the sun's culmination celebrations during the spring and autumnal equinox. Here, in Pontianak, you can find yourself standing on your own shadow, twice a year.
There are limitless sensational sceneries along the precious Kapuas River as you sit at the bow of the roaring speedboat. Floating empty canoes, stilt houses along the riversides, bathing mothers and their kids, hardworking fishermen, and colorful floating markets with old women sitting at the stern of noisy dinghies, are some of the picture-perfect visuals found along the bronzed-color water.
Chinese and Arabs are two of the migrant groups who developed this region. Shop houses are silent proof that Chinese traders have been there since centuries. The town of Singkawang, a city two-hours drive away from Pontianak, still has a large Chinese population. Singkawang is known for its excellent Chinese ceramics, which until today still produces "antique" style ceramics. Singkawang is also famous for its annual Cap Goh Meh celebrations, drawing descendents from around Indonesia.
Back in the city's vicinity, at the edge of Kapuas River lies the Kadariah Sultanate with adjacent Masjid Jamie, the mosque that radiates the Islamic way of life. The magnificent history of the sultanate is an open book to welcome any traveler wishing to find out the stories of the city.
Here are several hotels where you can stay during your travel to Pontianak.
Hotels with website are lister under: Find a Hotel on the right
1.Hotel Merpati Jl. Imam Bonjol No.111 Phone: +62 561 745481, 7665882.Hotel Kartika Jl. Rahadi Osman Phone: +62 561 7344013.Hotel 2000 Jl.Gajah Mada Phone: +62 561 7350624.Hotel Surya Jl. Pahlawan Phone: +62 561 734337, 7615245.Hotel Sentral Jl.HOS Tjokroaminoto Phone: +62 561 7374446.Hotel Wijaya Kusuma Jl. Kapten Marsan Phone: (0651) 732547, 7327697.Hotel Orient Jl. Tanjung Pura Phone: +62 561 731535, 732650, 7361628.Hotel Berlian Jl.Tanjung Pura Phone: (0651) 7320929.Hotel Muslim Jl. Tanjung Pura Phone: +62 561 73346110.Hotel Flamboyan Jl. Tanjung Pura / Gg.Hidayah Phone: +62 561 73494511.Hotel Pondok Jaya Jl. 28 Oktober Phone: +62 561 88423412.Hotel Benua Mas Jl. 28 Oktober Phone: +62 561 88321013.Hotel Mini Jl. KH Wahid Hasyim Phone: +62 561 73052014.Mahkota Hotel Jl. P. Diponegoro 1 , Singkawang 79123 Tel.: +62562 31322, 31491
Guesthouses are:
1.Wisma Nusantara Jl. WR Soeprapt Phone: +62 561 766188, 7361812.Wisma Kartika Puri Jl. A Yani Phone: +62 561 734703.Wisma Patria Jl. HOS Tjokroaminoto Phone: +62 561 7360634.Wisma Korpri Jl. Veteran Phone: +62 561 765677, 765678
1. Hotel Merpati
Jl. Imam Bonjol No.111
Phone: +62 561 745481, 766588
2. Hotel Kartika
Jl. Rahadi Osman
Phone: +62 561 734401
3. Hotel 2000
Jl.Gajah Mada
Phone: +62 561 735062
4. Hotel Surya
Jl. Pahlawan
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If I leave my mash tun unattended for a few days after brewing it smells like a dead animal covered in vomit. What is the name of the bacteria/fungus/other that excretes this smell?
The answer is: Every bacteria that exists in your local area. Lacto, brett, wild yeast, and less pleasant wee beasties. Its unlikely that any bacteria on your grain survived the mashing process. Not impossible, but unlikely.
I have no doubt that its a combination of all of those factors.
My advice would be to never let anything sit around dirty. Clean equipment is happy equipment.
That smell is mostly form pedicoccus. Its a bacteria that work aerobically and it has a vomit like smell. Lacto is anaerobic and has a fairly clean aroma.
When doing sourmashes (leaving the mash for a few days at ~110-120F) there will often be a layer of nasty smelling malt on the top that can be scooped out. The mash underneath is soured and very "clean" tasting aside from the sour lactic acid taste.
Just a guess, but maybe lactobacillus bacteria? Read somewhere that it can be introduced from the husks of barley...
I always thought vomit smells in brewing come from butyric acid and butanoate, produced by Clostridium species. Wikipedia agrees: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butyric_acid
Butyric acid boils at 164 C, so boiling your wort won't get rid of it, but it's worth a shot. I know Papazian and Brew Your Own recommend one long sour mash at 110F, but why aren't we making our sour mashes like sourdough bakers make starters? Here's what I do to get a clean lactic sourness:
Combine ~100 mL of boiled wort with a handful of pilsner malt straight out of the bag. Give it a good shake to provide oxygen for yeast growth. After 12 hours, dilute 1:2 into more boiled wort, add half a handful of malt, and shake. Repeat until you see bubbles, then repeat a few more times. Voila, you've got an alcoholic and sour culture. The lactic acid bacteria/yeast symbiosis has grown much faster than any clostridium, enteric bacteria, or molds, and has come to dominate, even preventing clostridium growth -- but only because of the frequent dilution with fresh wort.
Lactobacillus is a facultative anaerobe, which means it can tolerate oxygen, but the yeast depends on oxygen for growth, so don't forget to shake (remember sourdough is not anaerobic).


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Subject: [OMPI users] Visual debugging on the cluster
From: devendra rai (rai.devendra_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-10-24 15:49:40
Hello Community,
I have been struggling with visual debugging on cluster machines. So far, I tried to work around the problem, or total avoid it, but no more.
I have three machines on the cluster: a.s1.s2, b.s1.s2 and c.s1.s2. I do not have admin privileges on any of these machines.
Now, I want to run a visual debugger on all of these machines, and have the windows come up.
So for from: (http://www.open-mpi.org/faq/? category=running)
13. Can I run GUI applications with Open MPI?
Yes, but it will depend on your local setup and may require
additional setup.
In short: you will need to have X forwarding enabled from the remote
processes to the display where you want output to appear. In a secure
environment, you can simply allow all X requests to be shown on the
target display and set the DISPLAY environment variable in all MPI
process' environments to the target display, perhaps something like
shell$ hostname my_desktop.secure-cluster. example.com shell$ xhost +
shell$ mpirun -np 4 -x DISPLAY=my_desktop.secure- cluster.example.com a.out
However, this technique is not generally suitable for unsecure
environments (because it allows anyone to read and write to your
display). A slightly more secure way is to only allow X connections
from the nodes where your application will be running:
shell$ hostname my_desktop.secure-cluster. example.com shell$ xhost +compute1 +compute2 +compute3 +compute4
compute1 being added to access control list
compute2 being added to access control list
compute3 being added to access control list
compute4 being added to access control list
shell$ mpirun -np 4 -x DISPLAY=my_desktop.secure- cluster.example.com a.out
(assuming that the four nodes you are running on are compute1 through compute4).
Other methods are available, but they involve sophisticated X
forwarding through mpirun and are generally more complicated than
This still gives me "Error: Can't open display:" problem.
My mpirun shell script contains:
mpirun-1.4.3 -hostfile hostfile -np 3 -v -nooversubscribe --rankfile rankfile.txt --report-bindings -timestamp-output ./testdisplay-window.sh
where rankfile and hostfile contain a.s1.s2, b.s1.s2 and c.s1.s2, and are proper.
The file ./testdisplay-window.sh:
echo "Running xeyes on `hostname`"
exit 0
I see that my xauth list output already contains entries like:
a.s1.s2/unix:12 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 aa16a9573f42224d760c7bb618b48a6f
a.s1.s2/unix:10 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 0fb6fe3c2e35676136c8642412fb5809
a.s1.s2/unix:11 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 a3a65970b5f545bc750e3520a4e3b872
I seem to have run out of ideas now.
However, this works prefectly on any of the machines a.s1.s2, b.s1.s2or c.s1.s2:
(for example, running from a.s1.s2):
ssh b.s1.s2 xeyes
Can someone help?
Devendra Rai
From: Jeff Squyres <jsquyres_at_[hidden]>
To: devendra rai <rai.devendra_at_[hidden]>; Open MPI Users <users_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Friday, 21 October 2011, 13:14
Subject: Re: [OMPI users] orte_grpcomm_modex failed
This usually means that you have a Open MPI version mismatch between some of your nodes. Meaning: on some nodes, you're finding version X.Y.Z of Open MPI by default, but on other nodes, you're finding version A.B.C.
On Oct 21, 2011, at 7:00 AM, devendra rai wrote:
> Hello Community,
> I have been struggling with this error for quite some time:
> It looks like MPI_INIT failed for some reason; your parallel process is
> likely to abort. There are many reasons that a parallel process can
> fail during MPI_INIT; some of which are due to configuration or environment
> problems. This failure appears to be an internal failure; here's some
> additional information (which may only be relevant to an Open MPI
> developer):
> orte_grpcomm_modex failed
> --> Returned "Data unpack would read
past end of buffer" (-26) instead of "Success" (0)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> mpirun has exited due to process rank 1 with PID 18945 on
> node tik35x.ethz.ch exiting without calling "finalize". This may
> have caused other processes in the application to be
> terminated by signals sent by mpirun (as reported here).
> I am running this on a cluster and this has started happening only after a recent rebuild of openmpi-1.4.3. Interestingly, I have the same version of openmpi on my PC, and the same application works fine.
> I have looked into this error on the web, but there is very little discussion, on the causes, or how to correct it. I asked the admin to attempt a re-install of openmpi, but I am not sure whether this will solve the problem.
> Can
some one please help?
> Thanks a lot.
> Best,
> Devendra Rai
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Is there any research in this area, it seems "Sign in" is more common and hence more recommended.
In "Homepage Usability", Jakob Nielsen (together with Marie Tahir, 2002, p. 53) recommends the use of "sign in" / "sign out" over "log in" / "log out". This is empirically based on a survey of several large-scale websites and thus supports OP's "more common" argument.
Furthermore, I second @Dan Barak in that you should use "Register" or "Join [your-service-here]" as opposed to "sign up" in order to avoid unnecessary confusion. (I cannot recall whether Nielsen and Tahir had any recommendations regarding this issue, though.)
While I don't have a very strong opinion here, I would bear in mind:
Here's a good overview on how a few popular sites are using Sign in, Log in etc. Login/Logout vs Sign In/Sign Out vs Log in/Sign out – A short roundup
Just on a gut feeling - I would rather prefer using "Sign in", "Sign out" and "Register/Join/Create account" variation over "Log in".
Mostly because "Logging" something does not really convey the meaning of "entering" quite the same way as "sign in" does.
I can log any daily event, but that is just a mention of a fact while when I sign in at the door of an office building, I am giving my signature that I have entered the building and when I "sign out", I am also recording the fact that I am leaving the building...
I agree consistency is key.
This means not just consistent within your own site but with the general web (if it's a web based app)
I believe you can't be too far from the 'norm' following the example of google, yahoo, etc.
Google: Sign Out, Sign In, "Create an account"
Yahoo: Sign Out, Sign In, "Sign up for a new account"
I think that this article about the "Sign Up" button is interesting, the author changed the "Sign Up" button to "Try it Free" and clicks increased by 212%.
His thesis is that the standard "Sign Up" buttons don't work because "they ask for blind commitment" and "do not offer any value".
Visitors also "see common elements repeated on many sites" and "they begin unconsciously ignoring those elements (aka "habituation")".
He suggests:
Of course there are many variables to consider (what kind of website is yours? Changing the label of the button increases clicks, but what about new subscriptions? etc.) but it may be worth having a look at it.
As a fairly old Englishman I've grown up understanding that signing up meant you were entering some kind of contract requiring your signature. Often these contracts or agreements had some legal obligations attached so when ever I see "Sign up" it makes me nervous.
On the other hand ,"Sign in", to me means something completely different only used to indicate a visit. No legal or binding connections.
I personally prefer the Log In / Sign Up combination. My justification for this is that the Sign In and Sign Up will confuse people, it becomes harder for them to find what each button means unless they reach the end of the word.
Log In is pretty standard and gets the job done and takea away the confusion as well.
Use Log in to avoid capture slips
I would be very careful with the "common usage" argument. For example: the use of sign up and sign in has a very pleasant symmetry which doubtless appeals to many people. Unfortunately, this symmetry reduces the difference by which the user recognizes the button she needs to just two letters. It's very easy to click sign up when you meant sign in.
Ultimately, the fact that everybody does it, doesn't mean that it's good UX. There's plenty of terrible UX patterns that are conventions. (Confirmation dialogs, anyone?)
For the reasons above, I would not use any option with sign in it: even if you go with "sign up/log in", the fact that it's so close to "sign in" means the user has to pay more attention, even if she makes the right choice in the end.
If you use "register/log in", there is no chance of confusion, and you lighten the cognitive load.
As long as you use "sign in" or "log in" as opposed to "login", I don't think it really matters that much. Users understand both terms equally well from the results I've seen. I've never seen a person confused with where to log in when it says either term.
Definitely be consistent with log in/out or sign in/out either way. I'd also use register instead of sign up unless you have a good reason to use the latter; sign up and sign in are very similar at a glance.
Before anyone says anything about it in comments on this, login (and logon, logoff & logout) is bad because it is an adjective, not a verb. You don't login, you log in on the login page.
Since neither users nor sites really think about the action as signing or logging, "Authenticate" may be a useful alternative.
Its a way of saying mostly. Logs are basically defined as "record of observations" so by logging in it defines to check your credentials from a log. Sign in on the other hand sounds more sophisticated but less trendy.
The choice ultimately is yours ;)
I just had this same dilemma as well. In this instance, we're really isolated ourselves to English.
I ultimately took the shortest route by using Log In for http://simmerwp.com. "Log" is shorter than "sign" so that's what I let my decision ride on ultimately. As you point out, many social networks and other platforms use "Sign," and others use even more (longer) outlandish copy.
I think the placement, and icon selection are almost more important than the text, however. In the instance above you can see we went for a super minimalist design in the main navigation at full responsive width, and down around tablet and mobile widths, we have a single icon to combine these areas.
Cheers, and good luck!
Edit: To be honest, I don't know why we're not using just "Login" vs. "Log In," the former being shorter still. Welcome to any thoughts on that spelling as well.
The term 'log in' is, from what I see, considered somewhat 'antiquated' - When a few people I know hear the phrase log in, they claimed they first thought of the windows 95/98 log in screen.
I believe that it is just a stylistic change of no real importance.
Personally, I prefer 'log in', but then again I also use a beige telephone and an IBM keyboard that predates windows 95/98. So take that with a pinch of salt. I am of the impression that it is now seen as antiquated, in any case.
I think there is no definitive answer on this.
It really depends on your demographic.
If you demographic understands what Sign in is, its ok. However, there is a case in my home country where majority of people don't understand what "Sign in" means. The "Log in" is much better understanded. So when I changed the button to "Log in" and the users of that country specific website started to log in more often.
So the answer is use "Sign in" as a best guess used by Google/Yahoo, but check if you demographic does not confuse it and understands it well.
If the people in your country do not understand it well use "Log in"
In my opinion, We may use "Sign In" when a user "Signed" an agreement while registering to a website while on the "Sign up" Section. This means you hearby sign and enter the system.
Whereas "Login" says Ok create my Log and let me enter into the system.
I havent read any articles on this, this is just a wild guess as the names say it all.
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LUMIX DMC-TS5 Wi-Fi Enabled Lifestyle Tough Camera - Silver
Details http://shop.panasonic.com/support-only/DMC-TS5S.html
- Rugged waterproof, dustproof, shock and freeze proof design
- Share with smartphone or tablet via wireless feature
- Make every image more creative with in-camera filter effects
- Tough camera records super-clear stills and HD video in and out of water
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- Version: 1.4
Issues Addressed:
Improvement of GPS LOG acquirement ability and more
Improvement of Connectivity with Mac/PC Improved Automatic Time Adjustment by GPS signal.
Improvement of Functionality of Time Lapse Shot
Connection problem with Apple iOS devices via Wi-Fi is fixed.
- Release Date: 4-14-2014
- Operating Systems: windows/mac
- How to Format SD Card/Internal Memory
- How to Remove/Insert SD Card/Batteries
- How To Send Images stored in the Camera to a Mac.
- How To Upload Pictures to YouTube.
- How to Upload to FaceBook
- How to Send Images Stored in the Camera to an iOS Device.
- How to Transfer Images Using NFC
- How to Transfer Videos to your PC using HD Writer
- How to Transfer Pictures to your PC with PHOTOfunSTUDIO
- How to Shoot Using Aperture Priority
- How to Install Software
- How to Create a Shared Folder on your PC Using PHOTOfunSTUDIO
- How to Connect your Camera to a Wireless Network Using the WPS ( Push Button ) Method.
- How to Take Better Photos
- How to Import pictures using Photo Gallery
- How To Upload to Flickr.
- How To Upload to Picasa.
- How To Upload to Twitter.
- How to Create a LUMIX Club Account.
- How To Transfer Pictures from Your Digital Camera to a Windows Computer
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SpecificationsExpand All
- Dimensions (W x H x D) 109.2 x 67.4 x 28.9 mm / (4.30 x 2.65 x 1.14 inch)
- Weight Approx. 188g without Battery and SD Memory Card (0.41 lb) / Approx. 214g with Battery and SD Memory Card (0.47 lb)
- Camera Effective Pixels 16.1 Megapixels
- Sensor
- Sensor Size / Total Pixels / Filter 1/2.33-inch High Sensitivity MOS Sensor / 17.5 Total Megapixels / Primary Color Filter
- Lens
ApertureF3.3 - 5.9 / 2-step (F3.3 / 10(W), F5.9 / 18(T))
Optical Zoom4.6x
Focal Lengthf=4.9 - 22.8mm (28 - 128mm in 35mm equiv.) / (33-140mm in 35mm equiv. in video recording)
- Extra Optical Zoom (EZ) 5.9x (4:3 / 10M), 8.4x (4:3 / 5M), 10.5x (under 3M)
- Intelligent Zoom 9.3x
- 2- Speed Zoom -
- Optical Image Stabilizer/Five Axis Correction Power O.I.S. (On / Off) / No
Digital ZoomMax. 4x
- Focus
- Focusing Area Normal: Wide 30 cm - infinity / Tele 30 cm - infinity / Macro / Intelligent AUTO/ motion picture: Wide 5 cm - infinity / Tele 30cm - infinity
AF Assist LampYes (On/Off), LED light in motion picture
- AF Metering Face / AF Tracking / 23-Area / 1-Area / Spot
- Shutter Speed approx. 4 - 1/1300 sec / 15sec / 30sec in Sarry Sky mode
- Finder
- File
- File Format Still Image: JPEG(DCF/Exif2.3), DPOF / 3D Image: MPO / Motion picture: AVCHD, MP4
- Recording Modes
- Mode Dial / Mode Button Intelligent Auto, P, M, Creative Control, Sports, Snow, Beach&Snorkeling, Advanced Underwater, Panorama Shot, SCN
- Creative Control mode Expressive, Retro, High Key, Low Key, Sepia, Dynamic Monochrome, Impressive Art, High Dynamic, Cross Process, Toy Effect, Miniature Effect, Soft Focus, Star Filter, One Point Color
- Still Image Scene Mode Portrait, Soft Skin, Scenery, Night Portrait, Night Scenery, Hand Held Night Shot, HDR, Food, Baby1, Baby2, Pet, Sunset, High Sensitivity, Starry Sky, Glass Through, 3D Photo
- Continuous Shooting Mode Full- Resolution Image: 10 frames/sec Max. 7 images with AF Tracking: 5 frames/sec, 2 frames/sec Max.100 images Intelligent Burst Shooting / High- speed Burst: approx. 40 frames/sec (recorded in 5M/3M/0.3M for 4:3, 4.5M/2.5M/0.3M for 3:2, 3.5M/2M/0.2M for 16:9, 3.5M/2.5M/0.2M for 1:1) / approx. 60 frames/sec (recorded in 2.5M/0.3M for 4:3, 3M/0.3M for 3:2, 3.5M/0.2M for 16:9, 2M/0.2M for 1:1) / Flash burst shooting
- Motion Picture Recording (*2)
- HD Video 1920 x 1080 pixels, 60p (FHD: 28Mbps / AVCHD) (Sensor Output is 60fps) / 1920 x 1080 pixels, 60i (FHD: 17Mbps / AVCHD) (Sensor Output is 60fps) / 1280 x 720 pixels, 60p (HD: 17Mbps / AVCHD) (Sensor Output is 60fps) / 1920 x 1080 pixels, 30fps (FHD: 20Mbps / MP4) / 1280 x 720 pixels, 30fps (HD: 10Mbps / MP4)
- STD Video 640 x 480 pixels, 30fps (VGA: 4Mbps / MP4)
- Continuous recordable time (motion pictures)
- AVCHD approx. 80 min (FHD / 60p), 85min (FHD / 60i)
- MP4 approx. 95 min (FHD)
- Actual recordable time (motion pictures)
- AVCHD approx. 35 min (FHD / 60p), 40min (FHD / 60i)
- MP4 approx. 45 min (FHD)
- Exposure Parameters
ExposureProgram AE, Manual
Exposure Compensation1/3 EV step, +/-2 EV
- Auto (AE) Bracketing 1/3 -1EV step, Max +/-1EV, 3 frames
- Light Metering Intelligent Multiple
ISO SensitivityAuto / i.ISO / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 / 3200 / High Sensitivity mode (ISO 1600-6400)
- Picture Quality
- Still Picture Recording [1:1] 3456x3456 (12M) / 2736x2736 (7.5M EZ) / 1920x1920 (3.5M EZ) / 1536x1536 (2.5M EZ) / 480x480 (0.2M EZ) / [4:3] 4608x3456 (16M) / 3648x2736 (10M EZ) / 2560x1920 (5M EZ) / 2048X1536 (3M EZ) / 1280x960 (1M EZ) / 640x480 (0.3M EZ) / [3:2] 4608x3072 (14M) / 3648x2432 (9M EZ) / 2560x1712 (4.5M EZ) / 2048x1360 (2.5M EZ) / 640x424 (0.3M EZ) / [16:9] 4608x2592 (12M) / 3648x2056 (7.5M EZ) / 2560x1440 (3.5M EZ) / 1920x1080 (2M EZ) / 640x360 (0.2M EZ)
- Image Quality Fine / Standard (3D mode: MPO Fine / MPO Standard )
White BalanceAuto / Daylight / Cloudy / Shade / Incandescent / White Set / White Balance Adjustment (Except Auto)
- Photo Style / Film Mode -
- Color Mode / Color Effect / My color Color Mode : Standard, Black&White, Sepia, Vivid (in P, M), Happy (only in iA mode)
- Aspect Bracketing -
- Other
- Digital Red Eye Correction (Red-Eye Removal) Yes
- GPS Yes(GPS / GLONASS) / GPS LOG
- Wi-FI IEEE 802.11b/g/n / 2412MHz - 2462MHz (1-11ch) / WPA / WPA2 / Infurastracture mode / WPS / Wi-Fi Direct / Wi-Fi Button
- NFC Yes
- Zoom in Motion Picture Yes
Self Timer2sec / 10sec
- Display
Playback ModeAll, Slideshow, Filtering Play(Picture Only, Video Only, 3D Play, GPS Area Play, Altimeter Log, Travel, Category Selection, Select Date, Favorites), Calendar
- Thumbnails / Zoomed Playback 12,30-thumbnails / Yes
- Calendar Display / Dual- Image Playback Yes / No
- Set Favorites / Rotate Image Yes / No
- Show Histogram Yes
- Show Highlights -
- DPOF Print Setting / Set Protection Yes / Yes
- Edit
- Retouch Creative Retouch / Auto Retouch / Color Reproduction
- Resize / Cropping / Aspect Conv. / Leveling Yes / Yes / No / No
- Copy / Title Edit / Text Stamp Yes / Yes / Yes
- Cut Animation Yes
- Video Divide Yes
- PictBridge Support Single / Multi / All / Favorites / DPOF
- OSD language English, Spanish
- Monitor
LCD Monitor3.0"(7.5cm) TFT Screen LCD Display (460K dots), AR Coating / Field of View : approx. 100% / AUTO Power Monitor mode, Power Monitor mode
- Flash
- Built- in- Flash Auto, Auto/Red-eye Reduction, Forced On, Slow Sync./Red-eye Reduction, Forced Off, 0.3 - 5.6m (Wide/ISO Auto), 0.3 - 3.1m (Tele/ISO Auto)
- Media
- Recording Media Built-in Memory, SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card
- Built- in- Memory Approx. 10MB
- Audio
- Microphone / Speaker Stereo / Mono
- Battery life (approx.) 370 pictures (CIPA Standard)*1
- Standard Package
- Included Software PHOTOfunSTUDIO 9.1 PE / Adobe Reader
- Standard Accessories Battery Pack, Battery Charger, AC Cable, USB Cable, Hand Strap, CD-ROM
Further Specifications
- NOTE *1 / Recording conditions by CIPA standard / - CIPA is an abbreviation of [Camera & Imaging Products Association]. / - Temperature: 23 oC (73.4 oF)/Humidity: 50%RH when LCD monitor is on. / - Using a Panasonic SD Memory Card (32 MB). / - Using the supplied battery. / - Starting recording 30 seconds after the camera is turned on. (When the optical image stabilizer function is set to [ON].) / - Recording once every 30 seconds with full flash every second recording. / - Rotating the zoom lever from Tele to Wide or vice versa in every recording. / - Turning the camera off every 10 recordings and leaving it until the temperature of the battery decreases. / *2 / - These are standard times taken at a temperature of 23 oC (73.4 oF) and a humidity of 50%RH. / - The time available for recording varies depending on the environment, the interval between recordings, and the manner of use. / - Actual recordable time is the time available for recording when repeating actions such as switching the power supply [ON] / [OFF], starting/stopping recording, zoom operation etc. / - Maximum time to record motion pictures continuously with [AVCHD] in [FHD/60p]/[FHD/60i] is 29 minutes 59 seconds. / - Maximum time to record motion pictures continuously with [MP4] is 29 minutes 59 seconds or up to 4 GB.
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The more than 50,000 life coaches in practice worldwide will tell you that money can, in fact, buy happiness — if you're willing to do the work. Critics see them as unqualified, amateur psychotherapists, who might do more harm than good. Although there are training programs for coaches, it is an unregulated industry, and most coaches are not certified. So, can life coaches really deliver what they promise?


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New laws approved by the General Assembly during the 2003 session will go into effect on Tuesday.
According to the Kentucky Constitution, bills that don't contain emergency clauses or state another target date go into effect 90 days after a legislative session ends. The General Assembly wrapped up the 2003 session on March 25.
Starting Tuesday, people convicted of torturing dogs or cats will face stiffer penalties, more farmers markets may start featuring processed foods and public officials may think twice before stealing government funds.
Here's a brief look at a few laws hitting the books:
ANIMAL TORTURE: Penalties will be stiffened for those who intentionally torture cats or dogs. Repeat offenses will now be classified as Class D felonies. (SB 94)
THEFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS: Public officials who steal government funds will also face tougher sentences, up to Class B felonies depending on the amount of money take. (SB 94)
PRESCRIPTIONS: Pharmacists will be able to fill out-of-state prescriptions, provided they are written by a doctor whose license has not been revoked. (HB 459)
MISSING CHILDREN: A new system will be set up to allow police and schools to work more closely together to find missing children. The system will "flag" the school records of missing children so that police can be notified if another school requests the records. (SB 156)
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What are the best practices to create secure passwords? I would like to make them tougher to crack with brute force tools.
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Are there any tools that can generate these passwords so I do not have to think one up myself?
What are the best practices to create secure passwords? I would like to make them tougher to crack with brute force tools.
Part II
Are there any tools that can generate these passwords so I do not have to think one up myself?
On Unix systems PAM, or Pluggable Authentication Module is a nice administrative tool that comes with a crack library that you can test passwords against.
After doing some recent security work, I know that Government standards usually have these guidelines when it comes to a password:
Common sense suggests you shouldn't put the 2 numbers and special characters at the beginning or end, but interspersed. While working on these guidelines it brought up the question whether having such complex passwords was really worth it. With passwords so complex, it seems that they have a higher probability of being stored as plain text somewhere by the user or written down somewhere.
In personal use, I typically go less stringent than those guidelines, but definitely no dictionary words or L33t speak.
Bruce Schneier has a nice article on it, based on what a company has have to be common practice in people choice of passwords.
EDIT: Oh, to generate password. You can use tools such as KeePass or Password Safe to auto generate and store different good password for your logins. See this question for more information.
grc.com has a nice page where you can get strong passwords.
Personally what I try to do for passwords is first think of a relatively long memorable phrase and perform the following transformation on it:
In most cases this results in a pretty secure and unguessable password, which I can easily reconstruct myself based on these rules and remembering the phrase.
For example:
Note that this scheme can be used to create passwords that fit pretty much any rules a company may have regarding minimum length, required included symbols, etc. It also has the added benefit that as long as you pick an encoding scheme that you can apply consistently because it makes sense to you (for capitals, and special characters and digits) then you should not need to write anything down on paper, avoiding the problem where a hacker might be able to find your passwords by just having a look around your workspace.
When security is a major factor, I always include some high ASCII characters.
For example, 154 is Ü. Not only do these characters greatly increase the amount of time required for a brute force attack, but most attacks don't even scan that character range and are sometimes not even capable of it.
Also, the obvious:
The discussion at Diceware is an interesting read.
For creating high value passwords and passphrases, the technique of a dictionary like diceware's and a good randomizer such as a handful of dice is a pretty good choice.
Personally, I use PasswordSafe locked by a strong passphrase generated by the diceware technique. I let PasswordSafe generate every other password I need, and generally have no idea what they might be after a few minutes have passed. I have copies of the safe file on several systems, so I'm not too worried about all the eggs being in one basket. The big advantage is that I never knowingly use the same password for two purposes.
For personal use, I do recommend storing a legible copy of the safe's passphrase in a secure location where it could be found by your heirs...
This site outlines the guidelines well, and will allow you to test it's security. I think coming up with your own will be more memorable then a generated one as well.
The SecurityStats site has a page where you can try your password fu
Good read on the Google Enterprise Blog on password security tracking,
As far as strength against brute force cracking goes, the best thing to do is increase the length and the number of possible combinations increase exponentially (literally). Of course, it's still a good idea to introduce some random characters and symbols to make dictionary attacks more difficult. Or maybe use a couple of words from different languages - bonus points for non-ASCII characters!
A more thorough analysis is available here.
And while we're looking at xkcd password advice, never reuse passwords.
See also Password Maker. This uses information you provide, including a seed, so that you can generate a unique password. Then all you have to do is remember the seed, and figure out the same data values, and Password Maker will generate the same password for you later.
My issues with passwords like that is that they are hard to type and harder to remember. Personally I have a program called gpw which generates passwords from syllable chunks, resulting in a password which is usually "almost" pronounceable. If you l33t-ify it, then add some capitalization and punctiation, you'll end up with something slightly easier to remember than line noise but is reasonably safe from brute-forcers.
So for example I'd do this:
I'd pick one I like, then turn it into something like ?D0ggid00


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Comfortable yet stylish, the Ashika Scooped Ballet is the perfect shoe for nearly any occasion. These leather women's flats can be worn on a casual weekend, or to an important business meeting. WIth Rockport's line of dress casual shoes, we do all that we can to provide versatility within women's footwear. Not only this, but with our ADIPRENE® by adidas technology, we make some of the most comfortable women's shoes available today. The Ashika Scooped Ballet is no exception. Furthermore, with crafted leather uppers, these stylish women's flats can complement everything from your favorite pair of jeans to a work appropriate dress.
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MaleSurvivor Weekend of Recovery
The Weekends of Recovery program is divided into two levels: Level I Weekends are open to all male survivors ages eighteen and older, regardless of where they are in their recovery process. Advanced Weekends are open only to alumni of MaleSurvivor Level I Weekends.
Goals of the Level I Weekend of Recovery
1. To provide an opportunity to experience a safe environment in which participants can discover they are no longer alone in their recovery
2. To provide an opportunity to co-create and experience safety with other survivors as they explore further aspects of their healing journey
3. To provide an opportunity where survivors can share their inner pain, strength and hope with others who have been abused
4. To provide an opportunity for survivors to give a voice to their experiences as a survivor
5. To provide a safe way for participants to share the story of their abuse with others who will understand and offer support
6. To provide a safe place for participants to experiment with letting go, opening up and being vulnerable, and practice asking for the support they need
7. To provide an opportunity for participants to explore safe ways of going beyond their comfort zones, and to find ways to get beyond their blocks to move beyond their abuse to experience a greater sense of freedom in their minds, bodies, and spirits and
8. To provide a safe place where participants can experience a sense of community, brotherhood and joy.
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GENESEO, N.Y. - The State University of New York at Geneseo is among 45 "Best Buy Schools" named in the 2011 edition of "The Fiske Guide to Colleges." Inclusion on the list in the highly respected publication is based on the quality of academic offerings in relation to the cost of attendance. Geneseo has made the list the past several years and is the only SUNY institution in the group this year.
The publication names 45 institutions in the country - 21 public and 24 private - as "Best Buys," deemed inexpensive or moderately priced with a four- or five-star academic rating. The guide is available at bookstores and online.
"Geneseo offers a seriously academic environment at a state-school price," the guide notes. "Responsive, attentive professors help compensate for the long winters and somewhat isolated location. And excellent pre-professional programs in disciplines such as education and business have been making it harder to win admission to this most bucolic campus of the New York State university system."
Authored by former New York Times education editor Edward Fiske, the guide highlights Geneseo as a preferred option for students who want the feel of a private college at a public-university price.
The guide accepts no consulting, advertising or other fees from colleges and has no outside relationship with colleges working on its behalf. The goal of the publication is to help future students select the best colleges to reach their own goals in a price range that is manageable for their personal circumstances.
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How to say "open Pandora's box" in Japanese?
When I asked Jane about her problems, I didn't know I had opened Pandora's box.
What kind of Pandora's box do we open if we decide not arrest people who have committed a crime?
How to say "open Pandora's box" in Japanese?
Sorry if you expected something cooler. You can say this in Japanese and be understood, however the norm might be to phrase it in a more direct way.
If you want a more Japanese equivalent, this entry from the link above has a few alternatives:
It's possible that there are other Japanese idioms that capture this same meaning that I don't know about. You'll also be totally fine avoiding the idiomatic use and just saying it directly (so for example talk about how you made Jane upset or whatever problem happened as a result of asking about her problems).
In case anyone (1 yr later) should reference this, one good idiomatic expression is "yabuhebi", not quite Pandora's box, but a dangerous snake that lies in the grass and should not be stirred up -- because once stirred it will not ignore you. This expression is used very commonly in Japanese, e.g. "それを言い出すのがやぶへびだよ。やめたほうがいい。"


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James L. Johnston, 75, of Portland, passed away on Dec. 11, 2012. He was born on Nov. 3, 1937 in Peck, Mich., to Kenneth and Lola Johnston.
He was preceded in death by his parents, brother Ronald, sister-in-law Doris, brother David, infant daughter Melissa and daughter-in-law Roberta.
He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Peggy Bricker Johnston; brother Richard (Jennie) of Peck; sister-in-law Carol Johnston of Sandusky, Mich.; brother-in-law Havel D. (Betty) Bricker of Pensacola, Fla; children, Lynne (Doug) Berry of Fayetteville, N.C., and Eric (Stacey) Johnston of Portland; grandchildren, Trevor and Austin Berry, Alexis (Michael) Cassady, Jessica, Matthew, and Caroline Johnston and great-grandson, Ty Cassady.
Jim loved his family fiercely, was an avid Tiger baseball fan, and was so proud of the Portland Raider football team's state championship this year. He will be missed tremendously by so many people. Private family services will be held.
Arrangements are with Lehman Funeral Homes, Portland. Online condolences may be made at www.lehmanfuneralhomes.com.
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Let $R$ be a noncommutative ring. The ring $R$ has descending chain condition on two-sided ideals (D.C.C.), if for a chain of two-sided ideals $J_1\supset J_2\supset \cdots$, then there exists an $N\in\mathbb N$ such that $J_n = J_N$ for $n\geq N$.
Is there any example of a ring $R$ with D.C.C. on two-sided ideals but without D.C.C on left ideals and also without D.C.C on right ideals?


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Seven-Layer Dip
Categories: Allergy-Free, Entertaining, New Year's, Party Snacks, Vegetarian
Type: Appetizers and Snacks
Type: Appetizers and Snacks
This is an unabashed and lavish party dip that is a riot of colors and flavors. It looks stunning served in a deep glass dish.
Prep Time: 20M
Serves: serves 16-20
Egg, gluten, & nut free
- 3 avocados
- juice of 1 lime or lemon
- 1 lb canned refried beans
- 2 1/4 cups sour cream
- 1/4 tsp chili powder
- 2 green bell peppers, seeded and finely chopped
- 2 cups drained pitted black olives, halved
- 8 tomatoes, chopped
- 1/2 red onion, chopped
- 6 1/2 cups cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese, coarsely grated
- chopped cilantro and scallions to garnish
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- Peel and mash the avocados with the lime juice, using a fork.
- To assemble, layer the refried beans over the base of a large glass dish. Add the mashed avocados and then the sour cream and sprinkle the chili powder on top.
- For the green pepper layer, sprinkle the chopped pepper around the perimeter of the dish first, to ensure that the layer is visible, and sprinkle the rest evenly over the center. Layer the halved olives carefully on top and spoon over the chopped tomatoes and red onion. Finally, add the cheese and the cilantro and scallion garnish. Chill until ready to serve.
- If you like things spicier, add 3 tablespoons of chopped jalapeño peppers to the green pepper layer and replace the chili powder with 1 oz of taco seasoning.
- Watch out for chili powder, since some people cannot tolerate chili. Substitute with an equal quantity of ground cumin if this is a problem.
Dairy free also egg, gluten & nut free: Follow the recipe for egg, gluten & nut free; Seven-layer dip, but replace the sour cream with the same quantity of dairy-free sour cream or soy yogurt, and the cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese with the same quantity of the nondairy equivalent.
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Excerpted from Allergy-Free Cookbook.
Copyright © 2009 Dorling Kindersley Limited.
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