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Do I buy a D3X on the basis that I can save money by buying cheap Nikkor lenses which might well be good value but are optically mediocre? I think not.
I think this is one of the few lines that make sense, on this two millions nonsense thread.
I'm testing out a D3x at the moment and one thing it has very much in common with my DSIII's (and I suppose the new 5DII or Sony thing) is that it has no tolerance for an average lens or a sloppy picture - this chip (again, like the others) will test a lens and your photography skills to to their very limits.
Accurate (correct) colour isn't necessarily pleasing colour or natural looking, and correct colour isn't necessarily just a matter of setting the white balance.In addition, different software deals differently with white balance, so the procedures and results may differ.
Hi,Color is perception, not reality. Illumination is continous spectrum (natural or incdescent light). Colors reflected are non continous.Fluorescent illumination is spiky, has large spikes in the spectrum. The eye gets three stimuli dependent on the spectral characteristics of light and object. Brain combines tristimulus signals and interpretes as color. Best regardsErik
What in hell has the chip to do with skill ?
Yes, quite true, but as I said earlier, rather academic. Dare I say that what matters to most people is whether or not the result looks 'right', or 'natural', and for my purposes (nature photography) digital delivers the goods.
In that case, you should consider yourself a very lucky person indeed. I'm not that lucky. All I need to mess it all up is a billiards hall, with the reflected green light from the cloth on a player's face, and there goes the "natural" look down the drain.
I strongly disagree that what I wrote was "academic" in nature. It's elementary digital photography. Erik was going a bit deeper into the reasons for why "correct"/"accurate"/"right" colours are difficult to achieve, but even that can hardly be called "academic".
Perhaps my perspective is different from yours; I have a background from academia, and I think I have a fairly good clue about what that's about.
Lots.At this resolution you can clearly see the difference between sharp and very sharp - the skill is in getting very sharp. I wonder would you notice the difference between the 70mm end of the 24 to 70 2.8 vs. the 70mm end of the 70 - 200 2.8 VR on the old camera..
You do not have to understand the processes of thermonuclear fusion in order to appreciate the warmth of the sun.
Some chips are more "forgiving". But your skill isn´t the factor. You mentioned the new 24-70 which is sharp on my D3x and my D3.And you mentioned the 70-200 which is not sharp wide open (center only) and will never be on any of the FX Nikons. Or do you mean it needs skill to close the aperture 1 more step?
Saying something is 'academic' is an English idiomatic phrase. It means something like 'true, but not of direct relevance'.
Quite why you need to be so condescending is beyond me.
I'm sorry, but the way I read your post, it seemed that you used it with a different meaning than that one.But I'd still disagree.
Quite why you need to feel that someone mentioning their background means that they're condescending is completely beyond me.YMMV, and I'm sorry that I offended your sensibilities.
You didn't. But you seemed to be putting yourself on a pedestal, by suggesting that you were 'learned', and I wasn't.
I'm not that ingrained in academia, I left it eight years ago, and I haven't looked back. I merely implied a different perspective, in a humouristic manner. Well, that was the intention, anyway. I'm not stupid enough to think that an academic background somehow implies that I'm better than other people, but I'm aware that that's how a lot of people see it, hence the joke.But please at least try to not ignore the smileys, or I shall be forced to employ "BEGIN humouristic sentence" and "END humouristic sentence" markers in plaintext.
Bernard, we must be cut from the same cloth, as I'm a tea drinker, and I reference that TED jeans video all of the time to family and friends. Granted, I am a lowly A900 shooter, rather than that sweet D3x
Of course if you or anyone else has 'academic' knowledge about white balance which allows achieving better white balance, then do share. But then it would not be 'academic' knowledge, at least not in the idiomatic sense of the term.
Run a profiler on a Macbeth chart in your lighting and you'll fix the wb issues and the color issues for that series of shots. I think there's a profile tool out there for free from Adobe, works only for PS and LR. Of course, that'll give you accurate color, not pleasing color. You want pleasing color, or access to whatever knowledge I happen to possess feel free to pay me -however, I'm sure Andrew will be delighted to educate you at no cost Edmund


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In Mist of Pandaria the new PvP stat PvP power is being added. This got me wondering
- How does this new stat work?
- Are there changes to other stats like resilience?
- Has old PvP gear been changed?
In Mist of Pandaria the new PvP stat PvP power is being added. This got me wondering
PvP Power is the aggressive form of resilience. It improves the amount you hit for against player opponents, acting as a rolled up AP/spell power stat. One interesting case is healing, where Blizzard was unsure on how to handle differentiating between PvP and PvE. They haven't confirmed what their plan for that was yet. Update: They have now, see edit at bottom.
Resilience works the same way it works now, but may have had its effectiveness tweaked given the addition of the PvP Power stat. They have added a base Resilience as well (see later).
Looking at Wowhead's Mists of Pandaria site, old PvP gear has not been changed.
Most of the information we have on PvP Power and PvP stats in general from from a Dev Watercooler blog post:
Edit: Extra information on using PvP Power for healing:
PvP power is a new statistic that only affects damage done to players. It's basically like an additional attack power against players only. All PvP armor gets PvP power with no item budget cost (so you still get haste/crit/hit on your item as well). At level 86, 100 pvp power will translate into 1% damage increase vs players.
Resilience works almost exactly like it did before, except that players get a built-in 40% resilience just for existing. This number is likely to change as balancing proceeds due to the difficulty of picking a good number up front. There does appear to be a noticeable amount less resilience on gear now (approximately at 60% of Cataclysm levels).
All old (Cataclysm) PvP gear will lose 13 ilvls and its primary stats (int/dex/str) will be adjusted downwards accordingly. As a small measure of compensation the existing resilience will no longer cost item budget and you'll gain a additional secondary stat. Since the ilvl is lower you'll also lose some resilience, but you do gain pvp power.

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Over @ the Daily Maverick, Mandy de Waal has a much discussed piece about South Africa's extremely white advertising industry, and why she thinks it continues as "a colonial enclave where racial polarisation is rife and the best profits are being creamed by a handful of foreign-owned advertising companies." But it is the quote from the Association of Black Communications Practitioners' spokesperson, Taelo Immanuel, that sets up the video clip below:
"There's a white creative director and a black team, and when they try and talk to each other there's that chasm because of their respective upbringing. The references are vastly different. As a result there's a cult of viewing life in an American way through hip hop, movies and music videos," said Immanuel, who maintained that because of this the advertising mirror that reflects black culture back to South Africans is warped. What we're seeing isn't a true reflection of real South African life, but a perversion of its peoples and culture. "In terms of advertising work that speaks to your everyday black South African—say, for instance, my own parents—it is very difficult to find creative work like that. You just don't get work that has real insight into the South African condition. Instead agencies and brands go to film, and there are black people singing and dancing and they slap in whatever product they want to sell," said Immanuel.One of those American references for white South Africans Immanuel was referring to above was the Cosby Show. Watch the first 3 mins of the 2009 interview with South African director Gavin Hood to get an idea of how huge, for white South Africans, the Huxtables were and the gratitude owed to Bill Cosby.


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TEAGUE (February 6, 2013)—Middle of the Road Ministry of Fairfield is organizing a dance for Lizzie Grissam, 18, the Teague high school senior who was barred from attending the school's winter formal because the district no longer considers her a student.
The Teague Senior Center is providing its building for the dance on March 16.
Grissam will choose colors, decorations and will be able to invite whomever she wants, organizers said Wednesday.
Grissam has been battling Langerhans cell histiocytosis since she was 10, which left her with diabetes and a laundry list of prescriptions she must take.
Because of the cancer, she's been part of the Teague ISD's homebound education program, which supplies a teacher to students who can't leave their home.
Grissam finished her schooling October, however, and with no more work to do, all that's left is for Grissam is to participate in commencement ceremonies.
She was also eagerly awaiting the high school's Senior Winter Formal, which was held over the weekend, but she was told two days before the dance that she couldn't go because she's technically a former student.
Sharon Whittington, Grissam's mother, was outraged.
"They were like OK you're through with your classes, now go on with your life," Whittington said.
"There are just so many experiences these kids need to go through in high school. This is one of the last few chances she has to see all of her friends," she said.
"Sometimes I just wonder what my life would be like in school if I didn't have cancer," Grissam said.
"There's a lot of stuff that I can't do. I can't be a regular teenager," Grissam said.
Teague School Superintendent Ned Burns said in a statement that the district followed policy in barring Grissam from the dance.
"Only current high school students may attend school sponsored dances. Her request was denied in accordance with the past practice of the school. What we do for one, we do for all in this matter," he said.
The Texas Education Agency says it's up to local districts to determine the status of a student.
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1. Quarterback Update
Arkansas quarterback Brandon Allen took some snaps Tuesday during the Razorbacks' first full practice in preparation for No. 10 Texas A&M.
But the sophomore still hasn't been cleared to throw the football, according to offensive coordinator Jim Chaney.
"He took a few snaps, but just snaps," Chaney said. "That's what he did (Tuesday). That'll be on (trainer) Matt (Summers) to decide when he can do all that stuff."
Allen has been sidelined since suffering an injury to his throwing shoulder during the first quarter of the 24-3 win against Southern Miss on Sept. 14. He missed last Saturday's game at Rutgers and remains questionable for Arkansas' Southeastern Conference opener in Razorback Stadium.
Backup AJ Derby continued to work with Arkansas' offense in preparation for his second straight start. Arkansas quarterbacks are off limits for media interviews once again this week, but Chaney said Derby — who completed 14 of 26 passes for 137 yards and a touchdown at Rutgers — continues to grow in his new role.
"I think he did a real good job (Tuesday) with all the new install," Chaney said. "I think he's improving every time. The quarterback position, you can't manufacture that experience. Every time he's walking into the huddle now a little bit more confident than he did a week ago. So, that's a good thing."
Arkansas coach Bret Bielema said Monday that Allen's availability will continue to be monitored on a daily basis. He said Allen — who has threw for 388 yards with 5 touchdowns and an interception before suffering his shoulder injury — would be back in the huddle as soon as he's given clearance from Arkansas' medical staff.
Derby is scheduled to start if Allen can't play against Texas A&M, while freshman Austin Allen will remain the Razorbacks' No. 2 quarterback.
"I'm proud of Derby," Arkansas guard Brey Cook said. "He's a great quarterback. He's a great athlete. I know that he'll come out this weekend and do well if he plays. If he's the guy, he'll do well. If Brandon is the guy, Brandon will do great as well."
2. Familiar Foe
Two members of Arkansas' offensive staff used to work with Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin at Purdue.
Chaney was Purdue's offensive coordinator under Joe Tiller from 1997-2005 and had Sumlin as his wide receivers coach for three years (1998-2000). Sumlin left after the 2000 season to become the offensive coordinator at Texas A&M.
"I think Kevin Sumlin's one of the best gentlemen in the world," Chaney said. "He's got a wonderful wife, a gorgeous family, a good human being, a good friend. Very bright. Well deserved all the success and good things that come his way."
Arkansas running backs coach Joel Thomas was a graduate assistant at Purdue in 2000-01 and worked with Sumlin for one season.
"I know Kevin very well," Thomas said. "I respect what he's done at Texas A&M and I'm excited for this opportunity for this first time to coach against him."
3. Cowan's Comeback
Receiver D'Arthur Cowan was on the practice field Tuesday, working his way back from the broken foot that sideline him for four games.
"I've just been training hard, going through treatments with Matt Summers," Cowan said. "He said he was going to get me right and get me ready for this comeback. So I'm just taking it day-by-day. It's a process."
Cowan said he's not sure how much he'll be involved Saturday, but hopes to make his season debut against Texas A&M. His return would help a group of receivers led by seniors Javontee Herndon, Keon Hatcher and Julian Horton.
Hatcher returned from a hamstring injury last week to lead the Razorbacks with four catches for 45 yards in the Rutgers loss.
"He was having a heck of a camp and unfortunately had an injury," Arkansas receivers coach Michael Smith said about Cowan. "He's been up to my office just itching to get back. He went through practice (Tuesday) and did some good things. It was good to see him out there in his pads. If he comes back to full strength, he's definitely going to be a help to this football team."
4. Easy Call
Chaney didn't have to think long before electing to call a halfback pass in the third quarter at Rutgers. He said none of Arkansas' coaches did.
"I think that was one of the easiest calls collectively as a staff we've ever had," Chaney said. "I think everybody said it at the same time, 'Let's throw the toss pass.'"
Chaney said the circumstances made it an easy decision. Arkansas was leading 17-7 and had just forced a fumble to take over in Texas A&M territory.
Derby pitched the ball to Williams, who rolled right and threw a touchdown pass to tight end Hunter Henry. It was the first touchdown pass of Williams' career and the first touchdown catch for Henry, giving the Razorbacks a 24-7 lead.
"There's many, many, many more hard calls than that one," Chaney said.
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It's strange that my child often wakes up at night and starts crying uncontrollably and just won't calm down and go to sleep unless I take him in my arms (1.5 years of age).
My second son who is just 3 months old has also started doing this.
I'm a developer and rarely spend time with the children so there is no attachment issue here. What could be the reason for this behavior?


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Are there really 36 hidden tzadikim? What level are they on (tana, amora, etc.)?
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The Tanya talks about this concept I do not remember them being ascribed a level. It is more that the world exists on their tzidkus or righteousness, The Source is A Gemara see the Wiki: As a mystical concept, the number 36 is even more intriguing. It is said that at all times there are 36 special people in the world, and that were it not for them, all of them, if even one of them was missing, the world would come to an end. The two Hebrew letters for 36 are the lamed, which is 30, and the vav, which is six. Therefore, these 36 are referred to as the Lamed-Vav Tzadikim. This widely-held belief, this most unusual Jewish concept is based on a Talmudic statement to the effect that in every generation 36 righteous "greet the Shechinah," the Divine Presence (Tractate Sanhedrin 97b; Tractate Sukkah 45b). [1]
As long as you accept the definition of the Lamed Vav Tzadikim, then you "must" believe that there are 36 of them, only if you believe the world still exists. I suppose if you accept the possibility that that the world "does not truly exist" and that its something artificial like as portrayed as in "The Matrix".
So lets pray that these Lamed Vav Tzadikim continue to exist, so that we as well continue to exist.


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What happens when your prediction goes wrong? Last month, Cynthia Withers presented a webinar where she walked the audience through an analysis of the game chart, the team charts, and the charts of the quarterbacks to make a prediction. The general conclusion: Carolina would win.
The final outcome for Super Bowl 50? Carolina - 10 and Denver - 24
Since coming into the study of astrology, I have deeply pondered the mechanism behind its magical and profound workings. Any student of the subject has surely been amazed by its exactitude and precision in the timing of events, bodily illness, and passing moods that sweep through us in any given day. It is the unending and uncanny accuracy of astrology that keeps me motivated to continue my study. I also believe that astrology can be used to aid in healing. For instance, medical astrology can often be as accurate as a laboratory test, yet looking at the astrological chart is completely non-invasive.
Kepler graduate Chris Brennan prepared an overview article that gives a roundup of predictions made by astrologers about the outcome of the 2012 presidential election in the United States. The article doesn't just focus on the predicted outcome, but includes the techniques used. "The purpose of this exercise is so that we can go back after the election and have a discussion within the astrological community about which techniques worked, and which ones didn't." Read the article.
The daily countdown to the Presidential election has started in earnest. It's the season of prediction, so of course astrologers are feeling right at home. Since the Presidential Panel in May at UAC 2012 to the latest commentary in blogs, newsletters and the Huffington post, astrologers have used a wide variety of indicators to determine how the candidates will fare. Below I have highlighted a few of the more interesting columns that present a variety of techniques, from modern to ancient, Western to Vedic. Although most predict President Obama will win, no one thinks it is going to be an easy path.


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Now it's been 3 days I am using Mapinfo and it has Y as latitude and X as longitude. Is that the same case for all mapping software? As for any country their respective value is multiple of 1 or -1. So for Nepal can I say it is on positive side +1 for both latitude and longitude? And for USA to be +1 Y and -1 X.
No, for example when talking to a GeoServer WFS (or any other compliant WFS) the axis order depends on if you ask for version 1.0 or 1.1 of the spec in EPSG:4326.
For ESRI its almost always going to be:
Lat = Y Long = X
It's easy to get backwards. I've been doing this for years but still need to think about it sometimes.
On a standard north facing map, latitude is represented by horizontal lines, which go up and down (North and South) the Y axis. Its easy to think that since they are horizontal lines, they would be on the x axis, but they are not.
So similarly, the X axis is Longitude, as the values shift left to right (East and West) along the X axis. Confusing for the same reason since on a north facing map, these lines are vertical.
I'm mildly dyslexic so I always need to pause and think about it for a brief second when displaying new x/y data. Hope this helps.
X and Y are variables that can change for different purposes. For example: You may want to know the wind-speed, and you could use a sailboat's speed to know how fast is the wind going, so we can say: the sailboat = X and wind = Y. But it could also be that, you don't know how fast is the boat going and you can find its speed by knowing the wind-speed so now wind = X and sailboat = Y. However: The Equator, Prime meridian (at Greenwich), North and South, and Latitude and Longitude don't change. From the Equator to the North pole we measure Latitude 0° to 90° respectively, from the Equator to the South pole we measure 0° to -90° respectively. From the prime meridian at 0° we measure West up to -180° and East up to 180°. Sometimes -+ are replaced with West and East so that: -81° and 81°W mean the same thing. ESRI corporation regularly use X as longitude and Y as latitude.
The reason behind is:
If you place x and y axis on earth, Latitude will cut across y axis and Longitude will cut across x axis. Hence, Latitude is y and Longitude is x.


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Is there any specific word for a person who is always online on the Internet?
I am just curious to know because staying online is like a profession nowadays.
Is there any specific word for a person who is always online on the Internet?
I am just curious to know because staying online is like a profession nowadays.
I'd say the word is nethead - an enthusiastic/obsessive user of the Internet*.
I do recognise the alternative netizen, but for me at least that implies much about a person's attitudes to, and active participation in, the emerging global society embodied in the Internet.
My 84-year-old mother, for example, is online for many hours every day playing "solo" online games. She almost never uses the Net for interactive communication in any form (maybe 3 emails a year), so whilst I would call her a nethead, I would not call her a netizen.
For example Netizen: A user of the Internet, esp. a habitual or avid one. [NOAD]
If you want some slang you can say: Net abuser: A person who is addicted to the internet. They use it every chance they get. The person googles/searches random information. EX: entertainment, world events, medical conditions. The person uses their blackberry/iphone in class to do assignments, play games.
EDIT: I found other slang terms. One is net rat: A net rat is someone who spends all their time on the internet because they have nothing better to do.
And another one is kind of vulgar and it's net fu**er, which means: A person who spends days on the internet at a time. usually late at night or very early in the morning. [These 3 were taken from UrbanDictionary.com]
Another possible term, depending on the connotation you want, could be net junkie: someone who is addicted to using the internet, who cannot stay away from it for extended periods without visible anxiety and frustration, whose every action is centered around it, etc.
If someone spends 8 hours a day on the internet because it's their job to monitor and moderate online forums, for example, they could be a netizen as mentioned by others. If they then go home and spend 8 more hours on the internet because they don't have any non-internet-based hobbies, they are almost certainly a net junkie.
We used to simply say a person was "connected." Also, an entire magazine was designed and published to serve the needs of a particular class of "cybernetic junkie," or "cyberjunkie," who thought of themselves as more-or-less permanently "Wired." Although these terms perhaps originated in the old BBS forum and Usenet days, and may have somewhat preceded the Internet, there was some temporal overlap and they continue to have some usage today.
Most people to whom such terms, and those in the other answers here, are ascribed do not find the terms, themselves offensive but do strenuously object to the usually strongly negative connotations that often accompany their application!
I'd say that the person would be called a "netizen" :
Another term would include a
From Wikipedia describing a Digital Native:
is my favorite word that I have been using all these years.
They call programmers
A no life.
See the urban dictionary.
Back in the mid 90s the term I most encountered was "Spod". For me, it stuck.
I guess I'd call him netconn :D
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Our Day in Gay America, 2011: Staff
6:45AM Westwood, Calif., I got in to the office this morning and opened my browser and there was the Gay Day request. Looked up and here's what I saw. Captured the screen, my reflection, and the view. —Betsy Skidmore
10:45AM Westwood, Calif. Advocate.com Editor Lucas Grindley engages in a brief morning meeting with Associate Editor Michelle Garcia and Senior Editor Neal Broverman
11:11AM Los Angeles, Calif.
1:00PM Hollywood, Calif. Matthew Breen, Advocate editor-in-chief, interviews cover man Adam Lambert at the Conway Recording Studios.
1:28PM Los Angeles This photograph was taken on my day off from my summer internship at The Advocate. I am on the fire escape of my apartment near downtown. I decided to snap a picture here because this is a place where I came to write, think, and relax. — Jeffrey Hartinger
2:30PM Hollywood, Calif. Creative Director Scott McPherson goes over the next shot with musician Adam Lambert, during the cover photo shoot at Conway Recording Studios.
5:32PM New York City Brandon Voss is at the Andy Monument, Rob Pruitt's Andy Warhol tribute, in Union Square. Sight-seeing in my own city.


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Warren Hoge
Recent and archived news articles by Warren Hoge of The New York Times.
Charity Finds Child Sexual Abuse by Peacekeepers and Aid Workers
A British charity said it had uncovered evidence of sexual abuse of children by United Nations peacekeepers and by workers from other international aid groups.
May 28, 2008, Wednesday
U.N. Chief Says Myanmar Yields on Aid Workers
The announcement, coming on the eve of a major donor's conference, was met with wariness by relief officials.
May 24, 2008, Saturday
Saudis Give $500 Million for Food
Saudia Arabia gave $500 million to the World Food Program, which Secretary General Ban Ki-moon described as "of unprecedented size and generosity." The United Nations, in announcing the gift, said it would complete the program's emergency...
May 24, 2008, Saturday
Myanmar to Widen Neighbors' Aid Role
Bending to international pressure, Myanmar will let its neighbors in Southeast Asia help coordinate relief.
May 20, 2008, Tuesday
U.S. Frustrated by Myanmar Junta's Aid Limits
The Bush administration's calls for Myanmar to open its borders to international aid have gone unheeded, even as the government of Myanmar almost doubled the death toll from the cyclone to 78,000 on Friday.
May 17, 2008, Saturday
Aid Groups Say Myanmar Food Stolen by Military
Also, forecasters said that there was a possibility that a second significant cyclone could hit the affected region.
May 15, 2008, Thursday
Myanmar Government Still Blocking Relief
Myanmar continued to restrict most large-scale aid deliveries Tuesday, one day after the U.N. secretary general pressed the junta to accept international assistance.
May 14, 2008, Wednesday
U.N. Leader Tells Myanmar to Hurry on Aid
The warning came as authorities raised the death toll to nearly 32,000 and let in the first large-scale aid delivery.
May 13, 2008, Tuesday
Rulers Keep Grip on Aid as Burmese Cast Votes
The military junta continued to restrict aid shipments and proceeded with a referendum intended to cement its power.
May 11, 2008, Sunday
Myanmar Seizes U.N. Food for Cyclone Victims and Blocks Foreign Experts
The refusal to allow doctors and relief experts to enter in large numbers contributed to a concern that starvation and disease could kill as many people as the cyclone.
May 10, 2008, Saturday
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Cottage Grove Speedway Packs A One-Two Punch This Weekend
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of Madman Photography)
Cottage Grove, Oregon- The Cottage Grove Speedway will have a busy Memorial Day weekend this Friday May 24th and Saturday the 25th. Kage Karts will kick everything off Friday while Saturday will be Armed Forces Night and features the Northwest Extreme Sprints, WMRA/USAC Midgets, Hornets, and Dwarf Cars. Any past or present persons that have served this county's military will get half off of their general admission ticket.
"We have an exciting couple of race coming up this weekend," commented Heather Boyce, General Manager of the Cottage Grove Speedway, "Friday our wonderful Kart program will have their second race of the year. General admission is free for that night so come on out. Also on Saturday we want to honor our brave American military members by giving them a 50% discount at the front gate. We really appreciate all they have done for this great country."
The Northwest Extreme Sprints have had just only one race so far this year and Raquel Ivie was the winner in that installment. The Hornets have had a total four main events and Kolby Clay leads the win chart with two triumphs. The two other drivers that have managed victories include Joe Maricle and Jim Simmons who have captured one win each. Both the WMRA/USAC Midgets and Dwarf Cars will be on hand for the first time this year.
In Kage Kart action there has only been one race. Blake Boshart was the winner in Pee Wee action while the 5 Horse Power class saw Tayln Roberts pick up the victory. Kyle Roles earned the win in the first 125cc feature and so did Tyler Thompson in the 250cc division. Winning the first Open Kage main event was Kyle Alberding.
General admission to the Friday Kart event will be FREE of charge. Pit passes are $10.00 and car and driver fees will be $30.00. The pit gates open up around 4:00 PM and racing is scheduled to begin around 6:45.
Tickets for the races on Saturday are $12.00 for Adults, Senior/Military/Junior (13-17) $10.00, Youths (6-12) $5.00, and Children under the age of five are FREE. A Family Pass is offered for $35.00 which includes two Adults and up to four Youths. Pit gates open at 3:00 PM, front gates 4:00, time trials 5:30, and racing stats around 6:45. Remember whether you are a veteran or a current member of the United States military you will receive half off of your ticket purchase.
The Cottage Grove Speedway has hosted fast and exciting action as far back as 1956. Since then the ¼-mile banked oval has been regarded as a place where fast times are set and plenty of side-by-side racing occurs. Regular classes include 360 Sprints, IMCA Modifieds, NW Extreme Winged Sprint Cars, Late Models, Street Stocks, and Hornets from the months of April till September every Saturday night. For more information be sure and visit the venue's homepage www.cottagegrovespeedway.com or call the brand new Northwest Tracks Hotline at (360)-699-RACE.
Additional Information
Track: Cottage Grove Speedway
Date: Friday May 24th, 2013
Pit Gates- 4:00
Pit Meeting- 6:00
Racing- 6:45
General Admission- FREE
Pit Passes- $10.00
Car and Driver Entry- $30.00
Date: Saturday May 25th, 2013
Pit Gates- 2:00
Front Gates- 4:00
Racing- 6:45
Pit Pass- $30.00
Adults- $12.00
Seniors/Military/Juniors (13-17)- $10.00
Youths (6-12)- $5.00
Youths (5 and Under)- FREE
Family Pass-$35.00
Location: 2150 North Douglas Street, Cottage Grove, Oregon, 97424
Track Contact:
Northwest Tracks Hotline- (360)-699-RACE
Heather Boyce (General Manager)- (541)-729-8666
Ben Deatherage (Publicist)- (541)-598-6643
Website: www.cottagegrovespeedway.com
Sponsors: Knecht's Auto Parts, Welt & Welt Inc, Welt Elements, Jazzie's Deli, Bonanza Drive Up, Pink House Restaurant, Giant Burger, Fuel N' Go Station, Columbia Distributing, Coors Racing, Pepsi, Les Schwab Tires, D&D Automotive, Auto Craft Body & Paint, Cottage Grove Area Chamber of Commerce, Brook's Cut Rate Auto Parts, Adamas Reality, Relay For Life, Co-Energy Propane, Aaron's, Oregon West RV, My Boy's Slate Fired Pizza, Cascade Home Center
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The inmates at Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center in The Philippines first captured the internet's imagination a few years back by doing dance routines.
There was Michael Jackson's "Thriller", and the Haruhi dance from the Haruhi Suzumiya anime. This time, they're back, burning up YouTube with their take on "Gangnam Style".
There's been criticism about these dance numbers—namely that they don't rehabilitate the prisoners or that they are a form of abuse. Some prisoners, it seems, disagree.
"Before... we just get our food and go back to our cell, and if we don't have anything to do we just talk," a prisoner told USA Today back in 2007. "But it is different now. Every day we are very busy preparing to dance for our upcoming shows. We are very proud of what we have done."
CPDRC Inmates Gangnam Style (2012) [Ryan Christopher@YouTube via ロケットニュース]


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Can I check that online? How much money e.g. Stehen King or some other big name is making a year?
As Blessed Geek pointed out; writers are people, and you can't just go check their wages.
On the other hand; "famous writers" will likely have a net worth that can be found on the internet. For instance; Forbes: Stephen King's net worth (this from a Google search against the term
Keep in mind though that a net worth will include all assets they own, and any net worth they gain from other ventures and even from film rights and merchandise.
Literary authors don't have a regular income. They receive advances and royalties (a percentage of each individual book sale). Therefore, the monthly income varies with the author's productivity, the publisher's advances, and the numbers of readers buying his books.
Advances from indepentent publishers range between $1,000 and $5,000, while major publishers pay from $50,000 to $100,000. Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez received $475,000 for The Dirty Girls Social Club, Jonathan Safran Foer received $500,000 for the hardcover and $925,000 the paperback rights for his first novel, Everything Is Illuminated. (http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/media/features/n_8972/)
I don't know of a page collecting advances, but many of the higher ones have been reported in the news, so you should be able to find many with a Google search. For example Bill Clinton received $15 million and Pope John Paul II $8.5 million (http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2012/10/04/lena-dunham-bill-clinton-keith-richards-more-big-book-deals-photos.html), but these are not authors in the regular sense and cannot be compared to the contracts of professional novel writers.


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5 Ridiculous Assassination Plots That Actually Worked
Before the Internet came along, one of humanity's favorite methods of letting others know we disapproved of them was by assassinating their asses. This, of course, isn't easy when your target is a world leader: The men and women who have changed the course of history through assassination tend to rely on meticulous planning and simple, time-tested methods.
Others, however, kind of just drunkenly bumble into success. These are the men who made history with a combination of merciless brutality and hilarious incompetence.
#5. The Axe-Wielding Assassin in a Bear Costume
Swiss preacher turned political powerhouse Jorg Jenatsch was pretty much the template for the kind of guy who gets assassinated: a ruthless 17th century bigwig who enjoyed fame as a traitor. So when assassins actually came for him, no one was particularly surprised.
Adrian Michael
Yeah, that looks like a guy who could use some assassinationing.
How they came for him, now ... that's entirely another matter.
The Assassination:
They say death has a different face for everyone. For Jorg Jenatsch, it came wearing a bear costume.
It was during a carnival, an epic fest of good old-fashioned revelry and drunkenness. Everyone was wearing masks and acting like complete idiots. In other words, it was the perfect time for a guy like Jorg "the man with all the enemies" Jenatsch to be especially wary of any and everyone he met. But he had temporarily forgotten about his "most hated" status and decided to let his hair down. Jenatsch and his cohorts were celebrating the carnival in a private room at a tavern when a group of strangers approached his party. All of them were masked, save for one man who was decked out in a full bear suit.
"We, uh ... heard there were Jell-O shots."
No reason to regard that as suspicious, really. Well, there was a bulge in the bear costume that looked an awful lot like a concealed pistol. And an additional hint that they might not be coming in peace was the fact that many of the men were carrying weapons. The bear himself was lugging a big ass axe.
The group proceeded to ask if they could join the festivities. Jenatsch looked at the team of masked strangers featuring an axe-carrying bear ... and somehow managed to reach the conclusion that they were cool. So he invited them in.
"You've got blow? Hell yeah we're buying!"
Once they were in the room, the bear saluted Jenatsch and went to shake his hand. The second Jenatsch grabbed his paw, Bear Dude fired his Obvious Hidden Pistol, hitting him in the gut. The masked men unveiled their weapons and charged forward, while the wounded Jenatsch awesomely went into swashbuckling mode, grabbed a giant candlestick and fought back. After a short, no doubt immaculately choreographed fight scene, he became the first and only person in history to meet his end at the hands of an axe-swinging bear.
#4. The Slapstick Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
As one of the main architects of the Holocaust and the kind of guy Hitler admiringly called "the man with the iron heart," Nazi extraordinaire Reinhard Heydrich distinguished himself in a sea of bastards by being the bastardest of them all.
Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1969-054-16 / CC-BY-SA
What a reichtard.
In 1942, British intelligence teamed up with the Czech resistance in order to take Heydrich out of the equation. The task fell upon Jan Kubis and Jozef Gabcik, two brave (if previously rather unremarkable) soldiers. They had just one major flaw: Fate had marked them as a slapstick comedy duo.
Gabcik (left) and Kubis (right), proof that you can be a hero and still cock up 90 percent of the things you try.
The Assassination:
Gabcik and Kubis assembled their Sten machine gun and positioned themselves at a slow turn of a country road that Heydrich regularly took. They laid in wait until Heydrich's car came into view. As it slowed to take the turn, Gabcik took aim and squeezed the trigger.
That was when he realized that his machine gun was actually a tube of caulk.
The gun was completely clogged up with plants that Gabcik had picked up for his pet rabbits on their way there. For some reason he had just stuffed the greens in the same pocket as the disassembled weapon, and completely failed to notice all the bits of greenery when assembling said gun.
So the soldiers were now stuck with a rabbit-food-jammed weapon, and their target, one of the biggest, baddest villains in recorded history, was staring directly at them. This is not an ideal situation for hopeful assassins.
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As a general rule, people on walkin'-around terms with Hitler are best avoided.
Luckily for them, their target loved a good game of idiot ball. Instead of ordering his driver to speed up and send troops to get Gabcik and Kubis, Heydrich gave a stop command. Then, the Nazi commander pulled out his pistol and personally opened fire at his would-be assassins.
Well, tried to. Too bad his gun was empty.
With both Gabcik and Heydrich stuck pointing useless guns and making "pew pew" noises at each other, Kubis seized the moment to lob a bomb at the car. Of course, he mistimed the throw. The explosion failed to finish off Heydrich and his driver, merely injuring them ... and Kubis himself.
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His car spent six weeks in physical therapy.
The badly wounded Heydrich and his driver saw this incompetence and further raised the bets, climbing out of the car and chasing after Kubis while still armed with nothing but that empty handgun. Kubis, in an attempt to make the scene even more absurd, responded by summoning a bicycle and pedaling away, leaving the Nazis behind.
That's when Heydrich finally realized the absurdity of the situation. So he did the sensible thing and ordered his driver to get him the hell out of there.
"I have a puppy-murdering date with Himmler tonight!"
Just kidding! He gave the driver an order to chase Gabcik, who was still battling with his greenery-tainted Sten. The driver complied and went for the man ... which is when Gabcik remembered that he was also, in fact, carrying a pistol. So he shot the driver in the leg with that and promptly fled the scene. We don't know why he didn't finish the helpless Heydrich off. Maybe he really needed to feed his rabbits.
Wait, but didn't we say this assassination was successful? Well, it was, eventually. The wounds Heydrich received in the attack might not have been enough to finish him off ... had he received help in time. However, it turns out that a bloody guy in a high ranking SS officer's uniform isn't the most popular hitchhiker in a country invaded by Nazis. Passing policemen had some serious difficulties in finding a car that was willing to get him to the hospital, where he ultimately perished. Mission accomplished!
#3. The Lincoln Assassination Plan Was an Ode to Stupidity
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John Wilkes Booth, the man who shot Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in 1865, was a Confederate compatriot and, strangely, a famous actor. And while his assassination attempt on Lincoln was (SPOILER) successful, it was also ridiculous, with every step of the plan turning into Mr. Bean-level misadventure.
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Incredibly, that wasn't the mustache of a master assassin.
The Assassination:
First, remember that originally, three men were supposed to die on the night Lincoln was killed. One member of Booth's group was tasked with killing Secretary of State William Seward, but met too much resistance. Yet another conspirator, George Atzerodt, entirely failed to assassinate Vice President Andrew Johnson because he was too busy getting drunk.
Someone should have given this man's bartender a medal.
So it all came down to Booth. His original plan was to kidnap Lincoln and (presumably) tie him on the train tracks while twirling his mustache, Snidely Whiplash style. When this proved inconvenient, Booth turned to assassination, fully intending to get away with the crime after the fact -- he wasn't in it to be a martyr.
The first part of the plan worked, of course -- he successfully walked up to Lincoln and shot him. Immediately afterward, the drawbacks of executing the crime with a crappy one-shot Derringer became apparent to Booth. Now armed with only a knife, he found himself wrestling with the understandably pissed-off Major Rathbone, Lincoln's guest for the evening. Booth managed to overpower Rathbone and looked to escape the scene. Bafflingly, he concluded that his best route was straight down.
So he jumped awkwardly off the balcony, got his spurs caught on the box's bunting, landed flat on his face and broke his leg.
John Wilkes Booth, remembering he can't fly.
Apparently unsatisfied with the fact that only 99.99 percent of the audience were now staring slack-jawedly at the famous actor guy who had just flopped down from the president's box, Booth struck a dramatic pose and gave them a hearty "Sic Semper Tyrannis" before embarrassedly hobbling away.
Aided by sheer luck and a particularly stupid bridge sentry, Booth managed to escape and avoid capture for a full 12 days. He passed the time by doing his level best to defeat himself: On his way across the Potomac River, the assassin and his accomplice managed to get lost and end up on the same side they started from.
Surratt Society
Smartphone navigation apps were much more primitive back then.
This gave Booth's pursuers valuable time to find him and shoot his president-murdering ass.


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The following real estate transactions were recorded in Jefferson County:
Robert Cattrell (deceased) to Janet Cattrell, Unit 4321, Steeple Chase.
Eldora Simpson (deceased) to Louis Simpson, 0.308 acre, Steubenville Township.
John Cernansky (deceased) to Eileen Cernansky, part lot 13, RB Stewart Heirs Third.
Clara Snyder and Evelyn Bushman to Dorothy Dalton, lots 50-51 and 91, Silver Stream Subdivision.
Mary Canestraro (deceased) to Richard Canestraro, 4.98 acres, Island Creek Township.
Shellie Waggoner to Jeffrey and Alisa Paice, 1 acre, Island Creek Township (survivorship).
Jonathan and Jonanna Mears to Jennifer Jones and Matthew Hughes, 0.7412 acre, Knox Township (survivorship).
Grace Spencer to NLM Inc., lot 50, Swickard's Second.
Housing & Urban Development to Mickey Nest, lots 186-189, Riverview Terrace proposed.
Michael Homol and others to David Haines, lot 21, Parr Second.
Robert Kuhn to Jason and Wendy Gorney, 0.7749 acre, Knox Township.
Bernard and Tami Cashioli to Jefferson Behavioral Health System Inc., lot 2, L&WC Anderson Addition.
Mazzareno Alessi to Mario Alessi and Adam Alessi, lot 52, Buena Vista Heights.
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to Oma and Jeffrey Wszeborowski, lot 56, Ridgeland.
Stacie and Lucas Fabry to Preston and Luann Smith Jr., part lot 9 and lot 10, JP Mills Subdivision (survivorship).
Thomas Hare (deceased) to Michael and Alicia Hernon, 3.667 acres, Cross Creek Township.
Rick Mellott Sr. to Nancy Hickle, lot 46, Edwards proposed.
Preston Smith and others, to Erika Williams and Cory Patton, metes, Mount Pleasant Township (survivorship).
Gregory Andrzejzyk to Joseph and Sadra Homol, 1.424 acres, Smithfield Township (survivorship).
Joseph and Sandra Homol to Gregory Andrzejzyk, lots 1-4, Logan Second; and 0.528 acre, Smithfield Township.
Ohio American Energy Inc. to Ohio Power Co., 49.134 acres, Wells-Warren Township.
Betty Mazur to Matthew and Holly Inman, 28.066 acres, Salem Township (survivorship).
W. David Welsh and Candice Kamody to Timothy and Isabelle Gallione, lot 22, Sunset Hills (survivorship).
Thomas Lachendro and others to Philip Gilfert, metes, Mount Pleasant Township.
Randy Ewing and others to Paul and Carol Gross, lot 11 and part lots 12, 13 and 26, Unionport (survivorship).
Scott and Rebecca Lewis Jr. to Jason and Toni Hendricks, lot 32, Hillcrest (survivorship).
Ruth Gallo to Patricia Vargo and others, metes, Smithfield Township (survivorship).
Neal Kernen to William Monroe, lot 1, McKee proposed.
Annabelle Cochran to Dorothy Dalton, lots 50-51 and 91, Silver Stream Subdivision.
Thomas Thompson (deceased) to Beth Cooper, metes, Island Creek Township.


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Writing is an integral part of the Liberal Studies Program. Every course in the program requires that students write to demonstrate their mastery of material. Writing provides students with an important method for organizing and expressing their thoughts, and it helps students to develop and enhance their critical, analytical, and interpretive skills.
Writing proficiency is required for the NYU bachelor's degree. The writing proficiency requirement is fulfilled by taking the Writing II course and receiving a minimum grade of C. A Writing II grade that is below grade C requires that the student take and pass the Writing Proficiency Examination.
Writing I has two main objectives: first, to develop the students' self-confidence and fluency by engaging them in the use of writing to express, explore, and develop ideas through a variety of forms, including informal writing (free writing, journal writing, etc.); second, to engage them in practicing the same kinds of critical and analytical skills they will use throughout their two years in Liberal Studies's writing intensive program. The class is conducted as a workshop. Students produce a wide range of writing, both in and out of class, which forms the basis for classroom activities. All papers go through multiple drafts, often with input from peers as well as the instructor.
In writing II, students develop their skills in analysis and argumentation, by exploring the ways in which the ideas of others can be incorporated into their own writing. Students read and discuss longer, more challenging texts; in their own writing, students are expected to incorporate a broad range of primary and secondary sources to develop and support their increasingly complex ideas. Students are familiarized with a wide variety of possible resources at the library and should be comfortable with the mechanics and conventions of the academic research essay. The course continues to encourage in-class participation, collaborative learning, and workshop presentations.
The freshman core courses Cultural Foundations I and II and Social Foundations I and II are based on the study of great texts from antiquity to the Enlightenment. In the Cultural Foundations sequence, students study literature, the visual and performing arts, and music. In the Social Foundations sequence, students focus on philosophy, religion, political and social theory, and history. Taken together, the two sequences can be seen as a large-scale cultural history. The sequences also provide an introduction to skills in critical analysis and synthetic thinking that students need for successful study in all academic disciplines. All of the courses return again and again to a limited number of fundamental issues. Students will come to see that these problems are discussed in many kinds of texts and from many different cultural and historical points of view.
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This course focuses on the world's great traditions in philosophy, theology, history, and political science from the most ancient civilizations up to the Middle Ages. It familiarizes students with the earliest foundations of the world's major discourses about the nature of human identity and society through a comparative study of seminal texts. The course includes such works as The Analects, Bhagavad Gita, and the Republic of Plato.
This course focuses on the world's great traditions in literature, music, and the visual and performing arts from the Middle Ages into the Enlightenment. It familiarizes students with the exchanges between the major world cultural traditions of the pre-modern era. The course includes such literary works as Journey to the West, Dante's Commedia, and the poetry of Rumi; in addition it continues the study of original works of art and introduces students to musical masterworks of the era.
This course focuses on the world's great traditions in philosophy, theology, history, and political science from the Middle Ages into the Enlightenment. It familiarizes students with the major world discourses about the nature of human identity and society of the pre-modern era through a comparative study of seminal texts. The course includes such works as The Koran, The Prince, and The Conquest of New Spain.
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Presentation and systematic practice of basic structures and vocabulary of oral French through dialogues, pattern drills, exercises. Correct pronunciation, sound placement, and intonation are stressed. For students with little or no command of French. Completes the equivalent of one year's elementary course. Textbook: Libre Echange. Conducted in French.
Prerequisite: V45.0010 or V45.0001-0002. Open to students who have completed the equivalent of a year's elementary level and to others on assignment by placement test. Completes the equivalent of a year's intermediate level in one semester.
Acquisition and practice of more sophisticated structures of French. Development of fundamental oral and written skills, vocabulary enrichment, conversational ability. Short reading texts; guided compositions. Completes the equivalent of one year's intermediate course. Textbook: Libre Echange. Conducted in French.
Prerequisite: FREN-UA 11-12 or FREN-UA 20. Open to students who have completed the equivalent of a year's intermediate level and to others who have passed the proficiency examination but who wish to review their French in order to take advanced courses in language, literature, and civilization.
Systematizes and reinforces language skills presented in earlier level courses through an intensive review of grammar, written exercises; an introduction to composition, lexical enrichment, and spoken skills. Conducted in French.
Prerequisite: FREN-UA 30, or assignment by placement test, or approval of the director.
Assumes a mastery of the fundamental structures of French. May be taken concurrently with FREN-UA9105. Helps the student to develop vocabulary, to improve pronunciation, and to learn new idiomatic expressions. Introduction to corrective phonetics and emphasis on understanding contemporary French through a study of authentic documents; radio and television interviews, advertisements, spontaneous oral productions, etc. Conducted in French.
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Designed to improve the student's written French and to provide advanced training in French and in comparative grammar. Students are trained to express themselves in a variety of writing situations (diaries, transcriptions, narration, letters, etc.). Focuses on the distinction between spoken and written styles and the problem of contrastive grammar. Emphasis is on accuracy and fluency of usage in the written language. Conducted in French.
Prerequisite: FREN-UA 101, or assignment by placement test.
For students with relative fluency in French who wish to further strengthen their pronunciation and command of spoken French. Develops the skills presented in FREN-UA 9101 through an in-depth study of French phonetics (corrective and theoretical), and analysis of the modes of oral discourse in French. Emphasis is on understanding spoken French (modes of argument, persuasion, emotion, etc.) through analysis of authentic documents and development of student discourse in French. Conducted in French.
Prerequisite: FREN-UA 105 or assignment by placement test.
Aims to refine students' understanding of and ability to manipulate written French. Students practice summarizing and expanding articles from French magazines and papers and learn how to organize reports and reviews in French. Focuses on the distinction between spoken and written styles and the problem of contrastive grammar. Emphasis on accuracy and fluency of usage in the written language. Conducted in French.


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I am a developer at Institut Pasteur and I'm working on a plugin for our software Icy: http://icy.bioimageanalysis.org/
I am actually developing a script editor based on your nice libraries autocomplete and rsyntaxtextarea (very good job, they are amazing) with the latest SVN version. However, I found a weird issue : I cannot use the '/' character inside an RTextArea (and by extension, RSyntaxTextArea). I tested with a very simple example, but it does not work either.
I am working on an AZERTY keyboard, I have no idea if that changes anything.
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The Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has completed preparations for tomorrow's start of the 1423 sacrificial meat project. IDB's President Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Ali said today that over 30,000 personnel have been recruited, and that the abattoirs at Mina are ready to receive the sacrifices. Some of the meat will be distributed to those in need in Makkah, and the rest sent to the poor in more than 27 Islamic countries. Since its inception 20 years ago, the project has processed around 8.8 million head of goats, camels and cows.
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When a ger finishes their conversion, must they tovel (immerse in a mikvah) their dishes? Does it matter if they had toveled them previously?
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Shevet HaLevi 6:245:2 rules that he would have to tovel them with a bracha. He doesn't distinguish if they were toveled already beforehand and I fail to see why that would make a difference.
Tzitz Eliezer 22:49 rules that they should be toveled without a bracha, reasoning that perhaps the tevillah of the person works to 'elevate' him along with all his property.
R' Usher Weiss shlita (Minchas Osher) argues that he doesn't have to, based on the Chazon Ish's principle (Shvi'is 7) that if there's a halacha that comes up all the time and is not a fringe case, and nobody (mishna, gemoro, rishonim, poskim) mentions it, that is an indication that there is no such halacha. This is such a case, since it's relevant every time someone converts and nobody in the past has mentioned it until 50 years ago.
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I'm working on a site that gets about 30k visits a day and it makes use of a lot of queries which uses UNION's over about 45 different tables, these tables generally range from about 15k rows to about 500k rows in each table.
We have optimized the query cache as good as possible (to my knowledge from the extensive research I did) but whenever one of the tables is changed and the data in the cache has to be removed the server starts to lock up and the mysql tmp dir fills up and the server load goes sky high and the following has to be done to fix the issue:
- Stop mysql (load goes to normal)
- Repair the database tables
- Clear cache from mysql
- Flush memcache
- Repair database tables again
- Restart mysql
I didn't code the site nor did I design the database schema, but I have noticed in the code that the
SELECT's that make use of the
UNION's all start with a
parentheses and hence shouldn't be cached; though if they aren't cached, then it doesn't explain why the site goes haywire whenever a record is deleted and the cache would be cleared for those tables.
I'm told that MySQL should be able to handle 39k visits/day fine; so I'm wondering if the database design could be improved and if so how?
Obviously putting all the data into one big table is an even worse design than it has now, but I'm unsure what other options there are if it isn't one big table or category based data.
Below is a screenshot of an
EXPLAIN which seems to show that the queries are indexed fine:
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I've searched around the net but couldn't find much of anything that documents other category based data models.


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Police discovered a meth lab in a car during a routine traffic stop in Muhlenberg County.
Police say they pulled over the car of William Mitchell Jr., 37, from Breman for a registration violation last night around eight on Kentucky 1-75 North.
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Residents of Smith River and surrounding areas will soon have to drive to Crescent City or Brookings to buy groceries.
Ray's Food Place will close on Aug. 4 due to rising transportation expenses and competition, company representatives announced Wednesday.
"We would like to thank the Smith River community for its support of our Ray's store over the past 21 years," Greg Sandeno, president and CEO of C&K Market Inc., said in a written statement. "We encourage customers seeking a local choice for groceries in Del Norte County to choose Shop Smart Foods in Crescent City."
C&K also owns the Shop Smart Foods chain.
Customers took the news badly. While for some having to travel to Crescent City or Brookings for groceries is an inconvenience, for others traveling 13 miles south or 12 miles north for groceries will be difficult.
Eustolia Luna and daughter Maria de Lara loaded armfuls of groceries into the back of Sandra Campos' PT Cruiser on Wednesday afternoon. Luna, who doesn't drive and cooks for a family of eight, said her husband works in Crescent City and she walks to Smith River's only supermarket every day.
"If they close, where am I going to shop?" she said in Spanish with Campos translating. "It's necessary. Where am I going to shop to get food to cook for the children?"
Others were also worried about the folks who work at Smith River's lily bulb farms, many of whom rely on Ray's Food Place.
"They all shop at Ray's," said Martha Gonzalez, who visited La Joya Market, a small Hispanic-foods store, with granddaughter Alejandra Ortega on Wednesday. "A lot of kids need milk, tortillas, cheese and bread."
Gonzalez, who lives near Salmon Harbor RV Resort and works in Brookings, said she visits Ray's Food Place because it's near her granddaughter's day care.
"If we need potatoes or we need meat, we go there," she said. "I don't know why they're closing."
David Brambila, who rents bounce houses and owns La Joya Mexican Market and RV Park, estimated that 1,000 Hispanic people help pick the Easter lilies in Smith River. About half live in the community permanently, he said.
Even though the store's closure will be tough on some of his customers, Brambila said he doesn't yet know how his business will be affected by it. In June 2012, when Chetco Federal Credit Union closed its Smith River branch, located inside Ray's, many people came to Brambila to cash their checks. He said he is also opening up a restaurant in about two to three weeks and expected that will generate more business.
As a business owner, Brambila said he understood C&K Market's reason for closing Ray's. Smith River's isolation and distance from cities like Medford and Eureka make it difficult and expensive to bring supplies in, he said. Many truckers simply don't want to drive so far.
"I have the same problem in the wintertime," Brambila said, adding that business drops with the temperatures. "The thing that helps me is I own the RV park and the bounce house. That's what keeps my business (afloat) in the winter."
According to Sandeno, C&K Market plans to transfer Smith River employees to other stores in the area. But for Crescent City resident Crystal Dutton, whose mother Lori has worked at Ray's Food Place for more than 20 years, that may not be enough.
Dutton said her mother may transfer to Brookings, which will make things difficult because her father, who drives the only family car, works in Crescent City. There are also many employees who don't drive, she said. They choose to walk to work.
"My parents shop there every night," Dutton said. "It's where they go for dinner. It's the only grocery store for 13 miles either way."
Charlene Reichlin, whose niece works at the grocery store, worries that Ray's closure will have harsh consequences for Smith River.
"It's going to kill Smith River," she said. "This is the only store we have here. There's nothing out here. I'm sick for the people here."


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Question: Let $k$ be any field, and $f; g \in k[x; y]$ irreducible polynomials, not multiples of one another. Write $K = k(x)$; prove that $f; g$ have no common factors in the PID $K[y]$.
My interpretation: I assume by no common factors, it is meant that $f,g$ are co-prime in $K[y]$ and thus we can find $a,b\in K[y]$ such that $af+bg=1$.
My thoughts: I would try to deduce it from definitions but I'm not sure how to manipulate the information that $f,g$ are irreducible polynomials of two variables because I cannot just say consider some field extension where they both factor linearly.
My only seemingly legitimate attempt would be: Let $h$ be the gcd of $f,g$ in $K[y]$ then there exist $a,b \in K[y]$ such that $af+bg=h$. I'm not sure where to go from here since I am not sure what I know about $f,g$ in $K[y]$. Are they irreducible still, etc...?
Extra Questions: Is $K[y]$ which is $k(x)[y]$ an extension of $k[x,y]$. How should I think about $k(x)[y]?$