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I always get tons of questions about Disney's dining plan. Here are my thoughts and experiences:
The dining plan (whether free or not) isn't as much of a bargain as it used to be. You currently have to pay for a 2-day park ticket now (and it has to include either Park Hopper or the Water Park Fun & More option, or both) in addition to paying for our group tickets, and you have to stay at a Disney deluxe or moderate to get the regular dining plan (paying full price for your rooms - we wouldn't be able to get lower rates even for our group rooms). You can stay at a value resort and get the quick service plan (paying full price for the rooms) and upgrade to the regular dining plan for an extra fee per person, per day, but that just increases the cost of the "free" dining.
Also keep in mind that the dining plan (whether free or not) doesn't include gratuity. Meals at Disney restaurants are very expensive, so their gratuity is also very expensive. (In some cases, the gratuity we paid for a Disney "free" meal was the same or more than what we paid for a meal for our family of 5 off-property.)
We did the math and found that we could get our discounted tickets, pay out of pocket for our dining, and come out with a better deal. We've done this for the past 4 years (after doing the free dining for 4 or 5 years prior to that), and found that we actually ate better, and enjoyed our meals more. Why? Because we could park in the off-property restaurant's parking lot and walk right in, with no reservations, and were seated immediately. The atmosphere was always better - quieter, less hectic, and more leisurely paced. And the food was better than comparable Disney restaurants (the quality and portion sizes at Disney have decreased over the years at Disney's restaurants due to the free dining).
Every family is different, though, so I encourage you to check out your options and do the math. The dining plan has changed so much now that it may not be the best deal for your family, either.


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4 Jun 2008 6:24 AM #1
[FIXED] setSelectOnFocus for TypedComboBox
am I the only one for whom setting setSelectOnFocus(true) on a TypedComboBox has no effect?
What I am experiencing (GXT beta 4 / GWT 1.5 / FireFox 2.0) is that when moving through a panel's element with the Tab key, the combobox does not select when it's its turn in the tab order. However, regardless of what I set in setSelectOnFocus, the combobox will get the tab focus again after all other elements and that time select its value.
Small glitch, just wanted to report it though.
Congratulations to the great work otherwise,
4 Jun 2008 11:43 AM #2
Fix is in SVN.
17 Jun 2008 2:09 AM #3
In FF2 you should not use setSelectOnFocus(true) for a ComboBox. This leads to a rather nasty TypeError due to the method setSelectionRange.
IMHO, the selectOnFocus doesn't make much sense at all in a ComboBox, where the user cannot enter values. Thus, I'd recommend to remove this method from the ComboBox.

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Downsizing Blog
Mississippi Copies Misguided Energy Subsidies
The federal government has a long history of "green energy" failures. Many states have also foolishly subsidized green energy, including Mississippi.
Reviving Federalism Is a Winning Issue
In his new book, Saving Congress from Itself, James Buckley argues that Congress should abolish the entire federal aid-to-state system to save money and improve American governance. A recent Cato study shows that there is substantial public support for reforms in that direction.
Who Will Watch the Watchdogs?
Inspectors General (IGs) serve an important purpose within the federal bureaucracy. They are supposed to be independent, internal watchdogs that guard against fraud, corruption, waste, and other failures. But based on the recent actions of some Inspectors General, their independence is being questioned.
Improve Government: Repeal Aid to States
James L. Buckley's new book, Saving Congress from Itself, examines federal aid-to-state programs. The federal government spends more than $600 billion a year on 1,100 such programs for education, welfare, and many other state and local activities.
Fraud in the Defense Department
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan cost more than $1 trillion with billions going to Department of Defense (DoD) contractors. All of that spending has led to a large uptick in waste and fraud. As much as $60 billion has been wasted on U.S. operations in those two countries, according to analysis from the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Justice Department has brought more than 235 criminal cases since 2005.
Drugs for the Deceased
Medicare fraud is rampant. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimates fraud compromises 8 percent of total expenditures, or $44 billion annually. Outside estimates are as high as $120 billion. A recent report from the Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General highlights just one of the many examples of waste, fraud, and abuse within the system: Medicare paying for drug coverage of deceased beneficiaries.
Ivanpah: Time to End the Subsidies
Ivanpah in California is the world's largest solar project. The project is owned by Google and NRG Energy, and is heavily subsidized by taxpayers. Ivanpah originally received a $1.6 billion loan from the Department of Energy (DOE) in 2011. Now the company is asking for another government subsidy to pay off its original loan.
Highway Bill: The Unmentionable Option
In an article about federal highway legislation yesterday, the Washington Post illustrated the art of advocacy journalism cloaked as news reporting. The article explored different options for raising federal taxes $100 billion to fund state highways. It quotes three transportation lobbyists and included scare lines about the supposed consequences of not raising taxes ("… hundreds of thousands of construction jobs put at risk…").
SHOP Exchange Glitches
Open enrollment for Obamacare's second year begins next week. In the chaotic launch of HealthCare.gov, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) delayed the launch of the sister portal for small businesses. Now, the health insurance exchange for small businesses is expected to open, but it is still plagued with problems.
Make America Safer: Shut Down the Department of Homeland Security
Congress created the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in 2002 by combining 22 agencies that are responsible for a vast array of activities. President George W. Bush promised that the new department would "improve efficiency without growing government" and would cut out "duplicative and redundant activities that drain critical homeland security resources."


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In Skyrim I've finished the main quest but I still have the Elder Scroll. There's a funky visual effect when I try to read it but it doesn't seem to do anything. Is there any point hanging on to it now (maybe there's another special location where something happens if you read it there?) or should I just store it or sell it?
You can donate it to the Orc Librarian in the College Of Winterhold, for about 2000 gold and his eternal gratitude.
The elder scroll you gain from the main quest is now used in the Dawnguard DLC as well. If you sold it to the orc you'll have to buy it back from him for 4000 gold. You also gain two more elder scrolls. The new two can be sold to the Moth Priest for 6000 gold in the Dawnguard DLC if you sided with the Dawnguard. Alternatively you can just give him the scrolls for free (much to his astonishment).
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Many, many thanks to so many of you – I appreciate your prayers, your notes of concern, and your comments to me in person. My cancer is I believe, much better. I'll know more in December.
On another note: Leavenworth lost a really nice person when Darlene Kenny died. She was a "live wire" and so energetic!
My thoughts go out to her family. If only the good die young, it explains that I will probably live forever. Please keep those people in your prayers that you care for. Life can be so short, and for Darlene, especially, we lost the founder and mentor of the Saint Patrick's parade. Hope those who are in charge will make her the honorary parade marshal, next March 17.
Annie Johnston is a Leavenworth resident and wife of the late J.H. Johnston III, former Times publisher.
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Thursday, June 21, 2007
Three Life and Trading Lessons From a Personal Crisis
I didn't know it at the time, but I was 48 hours away from a medical emergency that could have been fatal.
The trip home from the reunion was not pleasant. It started with a small stomach ache in the morning and then became a fever and then developed into nausea. I was sick through much of both legs of the trip. By the time I returned to my Naperville home, however, the fever had subsided and my nausea was gone. All that was left was some stomach cramps. It was food poisoning, I reasoned, and the egg salad was the likely culprit.
Monday morning, and I'm scheduled for a flight to NY to meet with hedge fund traders. Still some cramps, but no fever, no nausea. I debate whether to call off the trip, but decide I'd rather not alter my plans. It was a fateful decision that would land me in a hospital.
The Monday meetings went well, and I took a car from the trading firm to my airport hotel. By this time the stomach pain had moved to a more specific area: the lower right side of my abdomen. I was increasingly concerned that this was appendicitis, not food poisoning. I checked into the hotel, took a look around my room, and turned right around with my bags. I asked the hotel clerk for the nearest, good hospital. She called a cab for me and away I went.
I've never seen neighborhoods like the ones the cab went through. Most of the signs on the stores were in languages other than English. I truly felt as though I was in another country. One sign alerted me to my location: Jackson Heights, Queens. Shortly after, the car dropped me off at the emergency room. There were few places to sit in the triage area; people with everything from primary care problems to broken bones to heart ailments to gunshot wounds came through here. I was the only Caucasian American in sight.
The pain grew over the next hour of waiting, and I alerted the triage nurse. She became interested in me when I told her I taught at a medical school and worked with ER staff. She moved me to the head of the queue, and I was wheeled into a holding area. A medical resident asked me questions, and now I felt on familiar turf. I explained my own medical background and why I thought the symptoms might be appendicitis.
Two hours later, I was interviewed by the full medical team, and two hours after that I received a CT scan. A friendly surgical resident with great bedside manner delivered the news: acute appendicitis. I would not be making my flight home. An hour later, I was in surgery.
It turned out, the surgeons told me, that the appendix was not merely infected, but actually gangrenous. Two-thirds of the tissue was already dead. The organ was "tissue thin" when they operated, a situation that could have spread bacteria throughout my body cavities and led to peritonitis.
Recovery was slow. Once again, I found myself the only native English speaker on the floor. The staff didn't ask what insurance I had; they asked if I had insurance. Police guards were placed throughout the hallways; many patients were loud and disruptive. Just about every bed was filled; my room was one of the few with vacancies. The nursing staff was continually on the go; it was clear that, in this community hospital committed to serving everyone, there just weren't enough hands to go around.
Still, the staff was extremely supportive. There were a number of mistakes in the system: I was brought meals that weren't appropriate for post-surgery, and I was not given the IV antibiotic the surgeon had recommended. When I called these items to the staff's attention, they eventually were remedied. When my roommate arrived--an engaging man who described himself as having major psychiatric problems--similar oversights led him to become extremely agitated. I told the nurses that I was a psychologist, and I explained how they could calm the situation. They did so, and I wound up with an excellent and appreciative roommate.
As I got on my feet, I wandered the floors and met many patients and staff: a kind man from Colombia who also had his appendix removed; an Irish security guard who told me of his own recent hospitalization and confided his frustration with the overwhelmed health care system; a third year medical student who went out of her way to find out how I was doing; a graveyard shift nurse from Poland who found a friendly way to wake up patients in the middle of the night for their care; a clearly burned out nurse from India who withheld simple comforts from a disruptive patient. After a while, I stopped noticing people's nationalities. We were all in this together.
By Wednesday I was ready to leave, and I flew home on Thursday. The outpouring of support from blog readers, friends, and family members was incredible. Several times I found myself on the verge of tears. I hadn't really eaten much in several days, and I hadn't stepped outside from Monday evening through Wednesday afternoon. Food tasted unusually good; the sky seemed especially blue. I was grateful to be alive and to enjoy these simple pleasures.
Perhaps the strangest experience of all, however, followed my release from the hospital. I needed to get a prescription filled, and the local pharmacy wouldn't take my insurance. The nearest Walgreen's pharmacy was 14 blocks away. Without hesitation, I shuffle-walked the 14 blocks through a neighborhood that only days before would have struck me as incredibly menacing. Again, I was the only Caucasian within view. But I had no problem with the walk or communicating with the helpful Asian clerk who worked everything out for me so that I could have my pills. By this time, I was part of the neighborhood.
So what are the life (and trading) lessons to be taken from all this? A few stand out for me:
1) A Little Knowledge Can Be Dangerous - I minimized my problems initially, sure that I had food poisoning. Only when I revised my view could I get the help I needed. If you're losing money in the markets, maybe it's a chance unlucky streak and a temporary phenomenon. But if it continues, make sure you consider alternative explanations--including the possibility that your trading ideas or methods are fatally flawed. Above all, be open to signs you're in trouble. I walked away from my hotel room when it was clear my pain was localized. When losses exceed normal drawdowns, go into defensive mode. It's the low-odds/high-risk events--those fat tails of risk--that can get you when your reasoning is following a normal distribution curve.
2) Advocate For Yourself - I'm sure some people at the hospital received excellent health care; I'm sure others did not. In a situation in which limited resources had to be devoted to the most pressing problems, many routine--but important--issues were sidetracked. The patients who received the best care were also the best self advocates. If you're an investor or trader, never assume that others will provide you with the tools and techniques you need for success. You'll only get out of forums, blogs, coaches, and seminars what you actively pursue and seek.
3) Networking Is Your Best Survival Tool - In a world of limited information and resources, you're best off networking with everyone who you can help and who can help you. I continually saw patients and staff help each other: it was in everyone's interest to share information and help each other out. Once I got that, the differences of culture and socio-economic class faded into the background. For traders, it means that knowledge is a social process; expertise is distributed. I "give away" information through my blog, but receive far more from like-minded readers.
I was in a multibillion dollar hedge fund working with traders; hours later I was in the holding area of a community hospital ER. Instead of walking Greenwich Ave., I hiked 14 blocks on Roosevelt Ave. Life is fragile; there are many twists and turns, and sometimes those offer life's best lessons. If you find yourself in an uncomfortable life situation, consider the possibility that you're meant to be there; that you can only expand yourself when you travel outside your comfort zone.
My deepest thanks to the fine professionals at Elmhurst Hospital Center. Many, many people in the schools, clinics, airports, and fire/police forces all across this country are quietly giving their best with strained resources. Theirs is a heroic story that deserves to be told.
And thanks again for all the warm support--
27 comments:
- Jack said...
Glad you're better and getting stronger.
Well spoken, makes us all realize just how temporal and fragile life really is and what is really important.
- Jack said...
Dr Brett,
Glad you're recovering nicely and getting stronger.
These things make us re-exam what in our lives are really important and what isn't
- Scott G said...
Peering into your experience of being with the financial world's upper echelon one minute – to fighting for your life in a Queens's community hospital the next – is simply amazing.
The lessons I took away from your story are to always stay humble and to always find the positive aspects of any given situation. You have a remarkable gift of being able to glean positive aspects from situations that I'd personally just have missed and/or simply complained about. Sharing what you do has helped to turn my personal radio dial to new and exciting places.
Glad to have you back Brett.
- pwh said...
Glad to hear that you recovered. This is your best post by far.
- Kevin said...
Hi Brett,
That's some story. I'm a true believer that things happen for a reason and that there is a lesson for us to be learned. I'm sure this experience has changed you and will probably take you down a path you might not have considered
I'm glad you are feeling better and I'm sure as soon as you find the strength, you'll be back analyzing the markets for us.
I was thinking of having an egg salad sandwich for lunch, but on second thought maybe I'll have someting else..:-)
Be Well,
- Simply Options Trader said...
Hi Dr Brett,
This is truly a life changing experience. Your experience here has reminded us not to take simple pleasures in life for granted. Thanks for sharing this personal experience.
I'm glad your survived this ordeal and is feeling better now. Do rest more and please take care.
- Trader Steve said...
Enjoy the rest, market is always there. Hope you'll get well very soon.
- AnaTrader said...
Dear Brett
What goes around comes around and you have a guardian angel who guided you to the nearest hospital.
If an acute appendix burst, you would be infected with peritonitis which is almost fatal, if not arrested in time! Thank heavens, you did what you did and save yourself, at least from peritonitis.
Yes, often it is at moments like this which brings revelations to change our outlook in life 360 degrees, to be completely open.
We all come to this world with nothing and we shall all go with nothing, reduced dust to dust.
So we should all live and let live.
Please take it easy, Brett, and don't over exert yourself so soon, much as we love to have your daily posts.
- Daz said...
Bloody hell, sounds like you had a lucky escape. I live in the UK, my wife is a Physical therapist and her favourite programme is ER (which I sometimes watch). It's sounds as if you could have been in a epsiode of this medical drama.
My non-trading reading tends to be books about War (and prisoner of war stories) as they help to put my life into perspective. No matter how bad a day I've had in the markets, it just does not compare to what soldiers and civilians have experienced during the horror of war.
Wishing you all the best
Get well soon
South Wales. UK
- Serris said...
Wow! What a tale! I knew as soon as I saw that your blog was on hold that something bad had happened. Only a hospital could keep such an incredibly disciplined person like yourself from posting!
It's easy to forget the poverty of some people when we're not exposed to it every day. But I've found that at the core, most of them are people, just like us, that we can talk to (except for the occasional language barrier) and connect with.
From your tale it sounds like you help people everywhere you go. You are truly a blessing to this world, Brett, and we are glad to have you in it.
Anyway, I've enjoyed your recent series about the scientist's mindset. It's seems to be like the "let's see what happens" attitude we feel when we put on a well-reasoned trade and accept the risk.
Looking forward to hearing more on your trader coaching project; I'm particularly interested in that.
I've been thinking of you and will continue to wish you a safe and speedy recovery.
- Mousefinger said...
"If you find yourself in an uncomfortable life situation, consider the possibility that you're meant to be there; that you can only expand yourself when you travel outside your comfort zone."
The artist/singer Björk recently released an album and a line from one of her most recent songs stuck with me:
"A lust for comfort suffocates the soul."
To be sure, you're right about expanding and growing through uncomfortable situations.
Great post and I'm really glad you're okay and back to share the experience.
- StrasserTalk said...
We are so happy to hear of your recovery!
We like your analogy and the correlation to stocks and the market. I have compared our "garden" experiences to stocks...guess there are many comparisons to be made in our lives. :)
Be well!
- parakeeps said...
get well soon, and thank you for taking the time to share the experience with us. you're an amazing person.
- I.L. said...
Thanks for taking the time and energy to share this edifying experience with us.
Hopefully some of us can grow vicariously from it.
- generalenthu said...
Very well put Dr. Brett. Hope you are recovering quickly and getting better.
- Chris Perruna said...
That was a great post with an serious story. I am gald to see you are doing better and halted the situation before it escaladed into something far worse.
- Declan Fallon said...
What a day - almost like "24"! Glad to hear you are on the mend.
But egg salad......it was made to be a story.
Best wishes,
- nicker said...
Wow, you couldn't have invented a better script had you been trying for exciting fiction. What a great post on your insights. Thanks for the great lessons and examples you set.
- enbentro said...
Dr. S,
I'm glad you're on the road to recovery-thanks for sharing your experience. It's amazing how quickly one's circumstances can change. Also, thanks for sharing your research efforts-they provide excellent ideas for further research.
Take care,
- David J. Phillips said...
I am thrilled to hear that the medical team was able to extricate the appendix in time--imagine what might have happened had you not been your own best advocate.
By the way--your adventure: "being the only English-speaking" AMERICAN in the ER is testimony to an unsung problem with this invasion on our sovereign soil: THE MONETARY STRAIN--on an already broken--health-care system.
Sadly, as I recently said on one of my postings:
"Sadly, I believe that historians will be re-writing the last chapter of the Mexican Cession, the historical name of the present day southwestern United States ceded by Mexico in 1848.
What lands Mexico lost in war, they are winning back through their policy of a tacit invasion of the United States. With each passing day—as the number of illegal Mexicans in our country grows (compounded by births on U.S. soil), Mexico takes back a little bit more of their lost land(s) and culture."
Heal quickly!
David J Phillips, Publisher
- Michael said...
I get the impression that you are quite a humble individual, and that perhaps you are not 100% aware of how important your work is to the trading community. I think I speak for all of your readers when I say that we are blessed to have access to your knowledge and intuition, and we are all glad that you are recovering. Thank you for everything that you contribute I hope that I am able return the favor someday.
All the best,
- Krasimir said...
I've just browsed your blog and read your story. I'm glad that everything is OK and you are recovering.
Great lessons in the post!
All the best,
- Pros said...
Glad you're doing better! Posts like these do make me reconsider reprioritizing things in my life.
Thanks for sharing and hopefully you won't have any other incidents like this in the future!
- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. said...
Dear Readers,
I want to thank you for your support and well wishes during this period. It means more to me than you can possibly know.
- Deborah said...
I think you had enough knowledge to have some control over your treatment. Someone with less knowledge might not have known how seriously they needed to advocate for themselves.
I always tell students they should take human biology in high school as it is the only owners' manual course offered for your body.
- D TradeIdeas said...
Yours is a great story and I'm always amazed at your depth of insight you reach in everyday situations.
I'm glad this did not happen to you in Singapore or elsewhere far away.
As someone who cohorts with many doctors (all as good friends), you are perhaps the only case of a doctor being such a good patient. That is rare.
All of us at TI wish you a speedy recovery.
- ChristyH said...
I respect your open-mindedness. I've been in many beautiful places where the people were rude and have been to old places where people very nice and caring. It's not a new thought but it's easy to forget and when it happens, it is very humbling. I am learning so much from your ideas! Thanks for blogging


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SUNRISE, Fla. – Florida Panthers Executive VP/General Manager Dale Tallon announced today that the club has recalled C Scott Timmins from the San Antonio Rampage (AHL).
Timmins, 23, has played in 20 National Hockey League games, all with Florida (2010-2013), scoring one goal with 10 PIM. This season, he has played in 60 games with the Rampage recording 22 points (11-11-22) and 56 PIM.
The Hamilton, Ontario native, was drafted by Florida in the sixth round (165th overall) in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.
Florida hosts the Washington Capitals tonight at 7:30 PM and the Ottawa Senators on Sunday at 6 PM. Both games can be seen live on FOX Sports Florida and heard on 560 WQAM.


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Romantic Horse and Carriage Ride through Paris
Out first tour of Paris
Robert F, September 2013
Jen and Rob in beautiful Paris!
Stops for photo opportunities too
Lindsey P, August 2013
Outside the Grand Palais
Horse and Carriage Ride
CANDACE S, September 2010
A must-do!
Paris Carriage and Horse
Christopher D, USA, August 2010
Carriage bench seats were very comfortable and spacious for four persons. Six would have been tight in this particular carriage. (Perhaps they have larger carriages for larger groups.)
So lucky
Ilisa C, United Kingdom, February 2010
He he, l am lucky to have already been proposed to, but for anyone thinking of popping the question what a way to do it! We stop here for some pictures just before going back round to end the tour, he he go for it!
Carriage ride in Paris
Beth S, USA, August 2009
Picture of me and my husband taken by our driver in front of the Petit Palais in Paris.
Full shot of carriage and horse, Pride.
Beth S, USA, August 2009
Husband and I having the most amazing time in Paris!


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- The scientific method is a way to ask and answer scientific questions by making observations and doing experiments.
- The steps of the scientific method are to:
- Ask a Question
- Do Background Research
- Construct a Hypothesis
- Test Your Hypothesis by Doing an Experiment
- Analyze Your Data and Draw a Conclusion
- Communicate Your Results
- It is important for your experiment to be a fair test. A "fair test" occurs when you change only one factor (variable) and keep all other conditions the same.
- While scientists study how nature works, engineers create new things, such as products,
websites, environments, and experiences.
- If your project involves creating or inventing something new, your project might better fit the steps of The Engineering Design Process.
- If you are not sure if your project is a scientific or engineering project, you should read Comparing the Engineering Design Process and the Scientific Method.
Overview of the Scientific Method
The scientific method is a process for experimentation that is used to explore observations and answer questions. Scientists use the scientific method to search for cause and effect relationships in nature. In other words, they design an experiment so that changes to one item cause something else to vary in a predictable way.
Just as it does for a professional scientist, the scientific method will help you to focus your science fair project question, construct a hypothesis, design, execute, and evaluate your experiment.
|Steps of the Scientific Method
|Detailed Help for Each Step
Ask a Question: The scientific method starts when you ask a question about something that you observe: How, What, When, Who, Which, Why, or Where?
And, in order for the scientific method to answer the question it must be about something that you can measure, preferably with a number.
|Your Question
|Do Background Research: Rather than starting from scratch in putting together a plan for answering your question, you want to be a savvy scientist using library and Internet research to help you find the best way to do things and insure that you don't repeat mistakes from the past.
|Construct a Hypothesis: A hypothesis is an educated guess about how things work:
"If _____[I do this] _____, then _____[this]_____ will happen."
You must state your hypothesis in a way that you can easily measure, and of course, your hypothesis should be constructed in a way to help you answer your original question.
|Test Your Hypothesis by Doing an Experiment: Your experiment tests whether your hypothesis is supported or not. It is important for your experiment to be a fair test. You conduct a fair test by making sure that you change only one factor at a time while keeping all other conditions the same.
You should also repeat your experiments several times to make sure that the first results weren't just an accident.
|Analyze Your Data and Draw a Conclusion: Once your experiment is complete, you collect your measurements and analyze them to see if they support your hypothesis or not.
Scientists often find that their hypothesis was not supported, and in such cases they will construct a new hypothesis based on the information they learned during their experiment. This starts the entire process of the scientific method over again. Even if they find that their hypothesis was supported, they may want to test it again in a new way.
|Communicate Your Results: To complete your science fair project you will communicate your results to others in a final report and/or a display board. Professional scientists do almost exactly the same thing by publishing their final report in a scientific journal or by presenting their results on a poster at a scientific meeting. In a science fair, judges are interested in your findings regardless of whether or not they support your original hypothesis.
Even though we show the scientific method as a series of steps, keep in mind that new information or thinking might cause a scientist to back up and repeat steps at any point during the process. A process like the scientific method that involves such backing up and repeating is called an iterative process.
Throughout the process of doing your science fair project, you should keep a journal containing all of your important ideas and information. This journal is called a laboratory notebook. See the Science Buddies resource Science and Engineering Project Laboratory Notebooks for more information.


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I would like to convert a Mazda Miata into an electric car, I plan to remove the engine and the gearbox, and have the car be a direct drive. The motor I intend to use has twice the torque of a standard Miata. If I were to use this motor, would the high torque damage the vehicle? Are there other issue I should be aware of, before going through with any conversion? Is there some way to avoid such issues?
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If I were to convert a gas powered automobile to an electric car, would a difference in specs possibly damage the car?
If you were to simply replace the existing petrol engine with an electric motor, then yes, it would ruin the gearbox very quickly, as it won't be able to handle that amount of torque.
However, even if the transmission would cope, that wouldn't be the best way of doing it - an electric motor has a very different torque curve to an internal combustion engine, so you would need to replace the gearbox anyway. The fundamental point of a car gearbox is to convert the very narrow torque curve of an IC engine into something usable over the full range of road speeds. In theory, a suitable electric motor wouldn't need a gearbox at all (those used in trains, for example, generally drive the axles either directly or through a fixed geartrain), as it;'ll have a much wider torque curve.
If I were converting an existing car to electric, I'd remove the existing engine and gearbox and attach a suitable motor to the differential input shaft, keeping the diff for the final stage so that only a single motor would be required, and to avoid adding to the unsprung mass. The motor should fit in the space previously occupied by the 'box, leaving the entire engine bay free for batteries...
I can't see you having many issues with power handling once you have removed the transmission. The driveshaft, diff and axles should be able to handle just about any torque you throw at them unless you start really getting above 400-500 ftlbs or something like that.
I bet the biggest issues you would have with this project would be ECM related and getting the electronics to work without freaking out that there no longer is any oil/trans pressure, temperature, rpm, etc.
Also are you going to convert the vehicle to a mechanical steering rack or somehow run a power steering pump separate? Again same with heating/ac you would lose those or have to replace them with an electric equivalent. Basically anything belt driven has to be removed or replaced.
If the accelerator is cable operated you will have to convert that somehow to an electrical signal to go to your speed controller.
I bet trying to get regenerative braking to work would be very difficult and advanced.
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I have the quadratic integer program over $\mathbb{Z}^n$
$\displaystyle\min_{z \in \mathbb{Z}^n} \Phi (z) = \frac{1}{2} z^T Q z - r^T z + s$
subject to $G z = h$, and $z_i \in \{0,1,2,\dots, b_i\}$ for all $i \in \{1,2,\dots,n\}$, where $Q$ is symmetric positive-definite. Moreover, $G, h$ are integer-valued and, thus, I suppose that $\{z \in \mathbb{Z}^n : G z = h\}$ defines a sublattice of $\mathbb{Z}^n$.
Let us suppose we solve the relaxed quadratic program over $\mathbb{R}^n$
$\displaystyle\min_{x \in \mathbb{R}^n} \Psi (x) = \frac{1}{2} x^T Q x - r^T x + s$
subject to $G x = h$, and $0 \leq x_i \leq b_i$ for all $i \in \{1,2,\dots,n\}$. Let $x_{opt} \in \mathbb{R}^n$ be the minimizer of $\Psi$. We can define an $n$-cube (in $\mathbb{Z}^n$) containing $x_{opt}$ by taking the floor/ceil of each component of $x_{opt}$. We intersect this $n$-cube with the integer sublattice defined by $G z = h$, and evaluate $\Phi$ at all points of this intersection. Let $z^{\ast}$ be the point in such intersection that minimizes $\Phi$. Let $z_{opt}$ be the minimizer of the original quadratic integer program. Can we say that $z_{opt} = z^*$? I know nothing of integer programming, so I preemptively apologize if my question is silly / elementary...
In other words, can one solve a quadratic integer program by solving a relaxed quadratic real program, and then searching in the neighborhood of the real solution? This seems to work for $n = 1$ and $n = 2$... but it also seems too good to be true in general. If in general $z_{opt} \neq z^{\ast}$, can we (at least) quantify how sub-optimal $z^{\ast}$ is?
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The legendary Johnny Maddox is back in town for his regular summer gig at the Diamond Belle Saloon, but time�s running short to catch his act. Maddox announced earlier this year that this summer will be his last performing in Durango. The ragtime pianist, who also claims a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, will play at 5:30 p.m. nightly except Sunday through July 14; also July 30-Aug. 11 and Aug. 27-Sept. 8.
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What is the best Spanish translation of the English idiom,
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What is the best Spanish translation of the English idiom,
Apart from the ones given by user1074377. I'd add these ones:
which means that good actions will lead to good results and bad actios will lead to misfortune, comparing the results with the sowing and the harvest.
which means that bad actions (metaphorically referred as winds) will bring bad results(metaphorically referred as storms).
In Spain "A cada puerco le llega su sábado" is said as
because the day of "San Martín" (November 11th) is a traditional day for the slaughter of that animal. So they compare the day of the slaughter to the day when the person has to pay for his sins.
As suggested by Gonzalo Medina (thanks):
Idioms like this generally don't translate directly to Spanish (or most languages) so there's really not a perfectly equivalent translation.
However, You can take the idea of the proverb and find a proverb that has a similar meaning in Spanish.
Some of my favorites:
You can find heaps of proverbs with same/similar meanings by doing a Google search.


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President Obama has announced twenty-three executive actions he'll take to reduce gun violence:
1. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal agencies to make relevant data available to the federal background check system.2. Address unnecessary legal barriers, particularly relating to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, that may prevent states from making information available to the background check system.3. Improve incentives for states to share information with the background check system.4. Direct the Attorney General to review categories of individuals prohibited from having a gun to make sure dangerous people are not slipping through the cracks.5. Propose rulemaking to give law enforcement the ability to run a full background check on an individual before returning a seized gun.6. Publish a letter from ATF to federally licensed gun dealers providing guidance on how to run background checks for private sellers.7. Launch a national safe and responsible gun ownership campaign.8. Review safety standards for gun locks and gun safes (Consumer Product Safety Commission).9. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal law enforcement to trace guns recovered in criminal investigations.10. Release a DOJ report analyzing information on lost and stolen guns and make it widely available to law enforcement.11. Nominate an ATF director.12. Provide law enforcement, first responders, and school officials with proper training for active shooter situations.13. Maximize enforcement efforts to prevent gun violence and prosecute gun crime.14. Issue a Presidential Memorandum directing the Centers for Disease Control to research the causes and prevention of gun violence.15. Direct the Attorney General to issue a report on the availability and most effective use of new gun safety technologies and challenge the private sector to develop innovative technologies.16. Clarify that the Affordable Care Act does not prohibit doctors asking their patients about guns in their homes.17. Release a letter to health care providers clarifying that no federal law prohibits them from reporting threats of violence to law enforcement authorities.18. Provide incentives for schools to hire school resource officers.19. Develop model emergency response plans for schools, houses of worship and institutions of higher education.20. Release a letter to state health officials clarifying the scope of mental health services that Medicaid plans must cover.21. Finalize regulations clarifying essential health benefits and parity requirements within ACA exchanges.22. Commit to finalizing mental health parity regulations.23. Launch a national dialogue led by Secretaries Sebelius and Duncan on mental health.
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Are you sure the list is complete? I don't see the part about confiscating all guns from current gun owners.
I imagine that No. 13 could be subject to expansive interpretation by those so inclined.
Grant,Maybe I did not make myself clear. Are there armed guards at the Obama girls' school because they are present there? If Yes, then of course this makes perfect sense. They are the daughters of one of the most important people on earth (and also unfortunately someone who is the object of death threats), so if the guards are there for their protection, then of course this makes sense. My question was whether there were armed guards at their school BEFORE the Obama girls went there. If there were, then I think this is something worth noting. I am asking a serious question here with no edge. AA
1-6: strengthen background checks8-10: keep track of where guns are11 and 13: enforce the existing laws14-15: do some research on the topic12 and 16-19: be more vigilant and better prepared20-23: better mental health servicesNothing about banning any kinds of guns. In fact doesn't point 18 possibly support the idea of armed personnel in schools?
Besides the rather glaring omission identified by unagidon, my quick scan of the list failed to detect the phrases "assault weapon ban", "limit magazine capacity", and "gun show loophole." I assume that it will be left to Congress to (not) pass legislation that addresses these.
I guess that the list of 23 items are mere executive orders, while assault weapon bans etc. will need laws voted by Congress.
Yes, Obama can propose a redo of the previous ban on assault weapons and having smaller magazines, but congress has to actually do it. I guess this is all that can be hoped for when the basic question - should civilians own guns - will not be asked.
I say we need a good tort lawyer to sue the Lanza family and estate for 26 million dollars for allowing a mental disturbed son access to guns.The estate and father most likely have at least half of that sum.
"14. Issue a Presidential Memorandum directing the Centers for Disease Control to research the causes and prevention of gun violence."Can't remember where I read it, but the NRA was the group which pushed a law through Congress which makes research by the DCF illegal. The President's executive order seems to violate that law. Can he do that legally?
Oops -- should be: CDFSorry for all these typos. Oddly, I never seem to see them when I read my posts before sending the off, but I see them immediately when I read what I've just posted. Sigh.
Aw, hell. There I go AGAIN. Should be: CDC.I'll just ignore anything else I've typed wrong.
Ann Olivier,Those darn acronyms! You spelled it out just fine.
How about a national federal search warrant authorizing all state and city government law enforcement agencies to search the homes and automobiles of all documented (how defined to be determined) gang members for any firearms at all. And then a federal law that mandates a sentence of (to be defined) years in a federal penitentiary on anyone found with said firearms? In addition, anyone knowingly furnishing firearms to a mentally disturbed person (to be defined as to severity and how so designated) to be sentenced to ten years as above?
John Prior --Speaking of acronyms, couldn't we have a rule that before an acronym is used the full name of the entity must be spelled out at least once? There are so many acronyms used these days that it's impossible to remember what they all mean, and some of them mean more than one entity. I especially dislike reading a very long post a second time looking for a meaning and then not finding it.
"In addition, anyone knowingly furnishing firearms to a mentally disturbed person (to be defined as to severity and how so designated) to be sentenced to ten years as above? "Bob's comment reminds me - I understand that Governor Cuomo has signed gun control legislation for New York State, and one of the provisions is that people with mental illnesses will not be able to buy guns. (I'm repeating here what I heard on a newscast a couple of days ago). Can anyone describe that provision in more detail? My concern is that mental illness be stigmatized, and in addition I'm not sure how a gun dealer would have the right to access patient health records. How are these addressed by the new legislation?
Here's a great quote about mental illness 7 guns:Taking guns away from single women who live alone and other law-abiding citizens without mental illnesses will do nothing about the [Chos, Loughners, Holmeses or Lanzas]*. Such people have to be separated from civil society, for the public's sake as well as their own. But this is nearly impossible because the ACLU has decided that being psychotic is a civil right. *All known mentally disturbed individuals.
Correction: "...mental illness and guns"
Why do I think '7 guns' is a Freudian slip?
FWIW - here is Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen's perspective (Headline: "The debacle of gun control"):"(W)hat we have is the cratering of liberalism ... The liberal agenda once included confiscating handguns and abolishing the right to own one never mind the right to carry one at all times. In his book Living With Guns, Craig Whitney excavates the fact that in 1969 a presidential commission called for the confiscation of almost all handguns and the prosecution of those who would not comply. The commission was headed by Milton S. Eisenhower, the brother of the former president and no ones idea of a left-wing radical. (He was the former president of Johns Hopkins University.)"http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/richard-cohen-the-debacle-of-gun-... analysis I heard this morning suggested that the very modest proposals coming out of Biden's task force may not even survive the Senate, much less the House, which has a bipartisan majority of members with "A" (i.e. perfect score) rating from the NRA.Why is the President expending so much capital on this issue?
Jim ==Spending so much capital on which issue? The subject of your post is the confiscation of all guns. But Obama isn't spending any capital at all on that. He's spending capital on the regulation of guns.And what does Milton Eisenhower have to do with the cratering of liberalism?
Hi, Ann, the subject of this topic is the President's twenty-three part plan to somehow have an effect on gun sales and usage via executive action. My comment excerpted from, and linked to, a column by Richard Cohen, and old hand who is commenting that what liberals are pursuing now is very weak broth compared to the agenda of a couple of generations ago.
Jim P. ==Yes, views have changed on both sides. Thanks God.


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Get-Member is the king of PowerShell cmdlets.
Get-Member allows you to interactively explore objects' members and types' (with the -static switch) static members.
I like having a script for finding AD users:
I have to go with get-help. This cmdlet is the key to finding the functionality of other cmdlets. A close second would be get-member.
At the moment I'm a big fan of Get-WMIObject.
"Test-Path" finding this useful for checking if data is already there or if a default needs to be added.
For me -WhatIf is the most useful.
CD (Change-Location) - I can basically navigate around registry as if it is a file system. basically you can do so for all powershell providers (returned by Get-PSProviders)
No question about it - Get-Member. I can't imagine any PowerShell session without using it. Discoverability is one of the strongest features of Windows PowerShell.
This is more of a technique than a particular cmdlet or function, but my favorite PS thing is object construction:
gives you
which is handy for turning unstructured data into a set of objects for further processing.
One of my favorites:
The powershell-version of 'tail -f 'logfile'
I see Get-Member listed which I have to agree is the best but a near and equally neccessary second for me is:
The way I more commonly use this is after a pipe to show me all the values of the properties of an object:
GM will tell you what the object is and list out the names and types of its properties but more often than not this does not help you really understand the way those properties are used without looking up the documentation which can be tedious.
I will often find that an object has multiple properties that based on the documentation look like they have the data I want but in reality only one of the properties has data or the data in one of them is not at all what you would expect based on the documentation alone.
I did just a small method that i added to my Profile. See http://blog.keystroke.ch/2007/08/30/diskusage-in-powershell/.
diskusage myserver
is my prefered command.
In addition to Get-Member, I would have to say Add-Member and New-Object which give you the ability to use the Extensible Type System.
Being able to add members to any object at any time allows you to get the exact information you need with the ability to sort it, group it, slice it, dice it, export it, or whatever you want to do with it.


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Sometimes I log out of a web page or app by clicking on a specific "logout" link. Other times I may be in a rush so I just close the browser. Is there a benefit to formally logging out? Is shutting down the browser less secure?
There's too much variation in how web apps implement user authentication to answer this. Some will delete the cookies they've created; some will destroy the "session" variables that are associated with your account and your current browsing...session; others will just redirect you to a login page.
When I build web apps with user authentication, the user is generally associated with a session cookie, i.e., a cookie that isn't written to disk but which goes away when the browser is closed. So, in this case, clicking a "logout" link and closing the browser does essentially the same thing.
That said, it's possible on some web apps that your login is associated with a persistent cookie, or your IP address, or whatever, and just closing the browser won't log you out. In such a case it's conceivable that someone could come along after you, re-open the browser, and be logged in as you.
All that said, I'd say that it's good practice to log out of a web app, but if you forget it's not really a big deal.
Some websites don't log you off unless you click "Log Out". Even if you restart your computer, those sites could keep you logged in (unless the cookies are automatically removed by your web browser); so anyone who opens that site on your computer could be logged in as you. I've experienced this with many websites.
Hence, I recommend you always clicking "Log Out" before you shut down your computer. Another solution is to set your web browser to remove individual cookies on exit.
As an additional observation to the other answers, always use the site's log out function when you are not on your computer. Always!
Mos of websites store cookie at authenticated user's computer. Flash shared object can also be used for this but it is rather an exclusion. Server-side session management can be implemented in addition, but it is still based on saved cookie information.
So you can easily log off from 99.9% of websites by simply erasing their domain cookie, session cookie and path cookies.
If you're using Firefox (or Chrome), you can enable "safe browsing" mode, where your auth info is erased once the browser is closed. This is possible with other browsers as well; just take a look at the browser's preferences. At screenshot you can see FF web developer toolbar extension which lets you easily erase all types of cookies. There are specific simper cookie-related extensions for FF.


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Yes, it's another trivia game. Don't worry, TIoLI is still going on. :P I'm looking for twelve people who will play in 6 randomly selected couples.
A pair of contestants must find the highest sum of money contained in one of 24 numbered envelopes, each containing a randomly assigned sum of money between £100 and £100,000. This is done by correctly answering a series of multiple choice questions.
In the first stage of the game, the contestants select four of the envelopes and these are each assigned to one of the four possible answers. In this stage of the game I will assign the envelope containing the highest sum of money to the correct answer, 2nd highest to 2nd best and so forth. The contestants then eliminate the three answers they believe are wrong. With each elimination, the associated envelope is opened to reveal the sum of money being discarded. The contestant will do this by eliminating two envelopes and then one. The remaining envelope is not opened and will be used in the second stage of the game. This continues over six questions until 18 of the original 24 envelopes have been discarded and the contestants are left with 6.
In the second stage of the game the remaining envelopes are assigned to answers, but now the lowest sum of money is assigned to the correct answer and the contestants must identify and eliminate it. One envelope is discarded with each question until the final question becomes a 50/50 choice between two answers. The contestants win the sum of money inside the envelope they do not eliminate.
So, I think that's everything. Feel free to ask any questions you may have!


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I love going to hotpot at the restaurant.
How can I do it at home? What sort of equipment do I need?
I love going to hotpot at the restaurant.
You will need the following:
Just make the broth. Cook the food you like as you eat. That's it!
There are two options for Chinese hot pot. Either one large pot that everyone dips into or several small pots, one each that you cook your own food in. Both styles are popular in China. It is also common to see the large pot with a divide in the middle allowing one side to have more chilli and spice than the other.
Left: Large pot with divide. Right: Individual pots on burners.
Heat source
Missing from the other answers, you need some way to heat the pot and keep it simmering. In China, people have individual electric hobs with temperature controls specially designed for the job. You can find them online http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/induction-stove.html
For the individual pots, a paraffin wax burner is used blow the pot. Similar to the heater used in a buffet restaurant to keep food warm.
Really any pot and a little gas stove would do just fine:
In pot spices
This can vary considerably depending on what region of China you are in and what you like. You could just use plain water or a light broth of chicken or fish. I've seen some that resemble cream of tomato soup. Commonly you will see wolf berries, chilli, ginger, garlic, black, white and red pepper corns, bay leaves and Chinese dates. You really could use anything you like.
Again this varies. Usually each person has a small bowl into which they mix their own dip. This may contain rice vinegar, soy sauce, peanut or sesame paste, chilli paste in oil, crushed garlic, pickled garlic, picked chilli and some other pastes of things I have yet to identify. You might be able to buy ready mixed spices for dips in you're local Chinese supermarket or online shops.
Food for cooking
Typical food for cooking includes: Thin cut beef or lamb (occasionally pork), fish of any type, shrimp, oysters and such seafood, thin sliced potato or sweet potato (yam), egg noodles, tofu (either fresh or frozen or the skin shredded), and vegetables such as cabbage, bok choy, lettuce, spinach or whatever greens you have to hand.
To add to your options, because part of the fun is the interactive/participation, cook something you like that you may not see on the menu at the sit-in place. Our house likes slices of that pinkish potato taro.


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I tried to rename all file with extension "XLS;1" to "XLS" but it just didn't work.
I tried the following in cygwin in windows xp and they don't work:
mv *.XLS;1 *.XLS
mv *.XLS\;1 *.XLS
mv "*.XLS;1" *.XLS
The problem isn't the semicolon, your second example would take care of that. The problem is that Linux/Unix utilities (and, by extension, Cygwin) don't take that instruction to mean "move all files ending in
An explanation:
This takes all files ending in
N.b. For those using zsh, there is a nice utility called
Depending on your setup you may need to run
You can move by inode.
To find the inode
using the inode you just found
That should work on a unix system. No idea about cygwin.
Cygwin has util-linux package which contains
Or if there are no other semicolons in the file names, this is enough:


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Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God (1st John 5:1)
John seems to be both liberal and absolutistic in his statement here: on one hand, he doesn't add any more prerequisites for a human to be a regenerate (while today's main stream Christianity would most likely add some more like believing that Christ is God, that Christ and God the Father are the same One God, etc.), on the other hand, he says "whosoever", which sounds like he is very explicit about his statement being true for all cases that meet his prerequisite (which is believing that Jesus is Christ).
What are the arguments of those who believe that the prerequisite stated here by John is yet not sufficient for being born of God? I know that many Christians don't consider, for example, Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses to be regenerate (because they don't believe that Jesus is the same God as God the Father). However, both Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses seem to meet this prerequisite stated here by John.


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30 Sep 2012 12:28 PM #1
Sencha Touch 2 in Action status 9/30/12
As you all know, the final chapter (11) is being worked on by me. I'm currently writing about how the application bootstrap cycle works.
I'll keep you guys updated as progress moves forward.
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30 Oct 2012 3:19 AM #2
I am excited about this book. ST2 has been a difficult to grasp for me so I hope this book will simplify things. I think the learning curve of ST2 is way steeper than ST1.
small question. what version will this book cover? it is my understanding that 2.1 brings some major changes over 2.0


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I've recently upgraded my OS to Windows 7, but this new OS wouldn't let me install SQL Server Management Studio. Is there a way to get around it?
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I'm running Windows 7 with SQL Server 2005. You have to install a couple of the SQL Server SP's. You can find some good trouble shooting tips here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955725/EN-US.
You must install it as administrator. It's not enough to be logged in to the administrator account. You must all right-click on the installer file and choose the "Run as Administrator" option.
Just to make sure, verify that this is what you are trying to install:
I am running Windows 7 Ultimate on a virtual machine on my MacBook and have SQL EXPRESS 2008 installed along with SQL Management Studio without any problems. I downloaded SQL Management Studio from the link above.
Note: I also had to install SQL Express 2008 SP1 before installing SQL Management Studio from here:
Hope this helps!
SQL Server 2008 RTM will not install on to Windows 7.
But SQL Server 2008 RTM with slipstreamed SP1 will. So you need to create a slipstreamed install, this is not hard (with a little care and attention). See here, here and here for details (the first is to the official instructions, but I found the latter two links helpful in clarifying things).
You could try installing through the Web Platform Installer. I just used the tool to install SQL 2008 and Management Studio, without any issues.
Check out the word from Microsoft for the proper steps: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vssetup/thread/6a569376-4207-4184-a8a7-73d5168c787e Just follow the directions there and you should have no problem getting it to install.
This is more oriented for VS with SQL, but just replace the related steps with doing the steps within the SQL installer basically.
you just need to use the 32bit version on win7 (It's under options in the first window of the setup of sql server). While the 64bit versions rule checks fail. It works just fine with the 32bit version.
Hope this helps.


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Teaching Our Kids
By Rebecca Teti
Fridays: Education
(Join each day's Coffee Talk discussion: Mon: Parenting; Tues: Open Forum; Wed: NFP; Thu: Marriage; Fri: Education; Sat/Sun: Changing Roles)
Whether your children attend school or are homeschooled, this is the spot to ask questions about curricula, religious education, parent-teacher relationships, or academic concerns of any kind.
Please join us!
Should we put our kids back in public school if our Catholic school has become lax on many important teachings especially respect and discipline?
Do you prefer lax Catholic teaching or no Catholic/Christian teaching (its a real question)?
Response to Mom. We have never sent our six kids to Catholic school. We have found the local Catholic school to be not really very Catholic. We know many parents whose children attend the Catholic school. Some are very good friends and true Catholics. Others no more Catholic than others (meaning 1.8 kids and bragging about how they won't be having any more ever). Some have pulled their kids out saying it isn't worth the cost and not much Catholicism is being taught. We find it comes down in many cases to just snobbery, keeping their kids in Catholic school because they don't want their kids associating with "those" kids. "Those" meaning poor or different race. Very sad! Luckily we have a good public school that to some people is still somewhat politically incorrect (as in very conservative sex ed). For example, a nationwide pro-homosexual rights group was pushing a "diversity day" last fall. The only school that celebrated it in the county was the local Catholic elementary school. Teaching a child to be Catholic starts in the home. We'll keep our kids in public school for now, if things change, we'll start home schooling.
Mom, Are you assuming that teaching respect and discipline are taught in the public schools? And by respect, I mean true Christian respect/charity...not so-called "tolerance/diversity"...meaning that everyone has to agree that everything is acceptable and anything else is considered intolerant or discriminatory. Just a thought...
I have a two-week-old daughter, and my husband and I are considering when to get her baptized. We would like my sister to be the godmother, but she doesn't plan to be in the area until August. Do you think it's okay to wait until 5 months, or is it important to do it sooner, even if it means selecting a different godparent?
Catholics are only 3% in our county. My question was more of our Catholic obligation to send our children to Catholic School. We started out in public schools and switched because we felt it was our faith to do so. We are very very involved, well known, and visible in the church and school. Administration has and continues to change. The structure has become lax as well as many things I dot want to waste the readers time getting into. I am just wondering if our disappointment and unsatisfaction with school is a just reason to go back to public school as the cost is a huge sacrifice to our family. Just wanted thoughts on this. Thank you all for your comments.
Mom, I think your dissatisfaction with your school is a legitimate reason to look to other schools. It sounds like one of your reasons for trying the Catholic school was to make a statement that your faith is important to you and to support an institution that you want to see succeed. You can do those things without sending your kids to the Catholic school. Continue to stay involved in your parish and in your parish's religious ed program, but choose the school that's best for your family.
Miranda, I like to get my children baptized right away. It is possible to be a godparent by proxy, so perhaps you could talk to your priest about that if she is truly unable to attend an earlier baptism.
Two responses in one: Miranda, I think waiting until August is probably not a great idea . . . God forbid but bad things do happen in our world. Having said that, as a military family many times our godparents couldn't attend the actual baptism so we had "stand-ins" who answered for them. This has worked out really well for us. Mom: I don't think you have an obligation to send your kids to the local Catholic school if they are not doing a good job. I hate to see our Catholic schools go away but I would rather see kids go to public schools and know that it is the parents responsibility to teach the faith completely then to continue with the (many but not all) schools that are "Catholic in name only."
Mom, I worked for a Catholic school that went from being a warm, loving, faith-nurturing environment to a cold, hostile place with a change of administration. If I had had children in the school, I would have put them in the (very good) public school and plenty of good Catholic parents did when they realized that the administration wasn't going to change. From what I understand, the priest has finally caught on and the administration is changing, but I think it would have been bad for my children's faith had they had to be there through these years. My oldest will start at a different Catholic school this fall and we hope that there are no sudden administrative changes. The local public schools tend to change depending on the administrators as well, but at least in public schools the administrators aren't speaking for the Church.
Mom- I struggle with this too! I have recently been thinking about it this way....What is the purpose of school? Answer: To get an education and get socialization, discipline etc. I think that it is not the responsibility of any school to teach faith. That is our job as parents. I have met many great Catholic parents who have their kids in a variety of schools - Catholic, private, Protestant private, public, homeschooling. What makes their children's faith strong is how strong the family's faith is - not where they go to school. It sure is nice when the kids are learning about their faith at school but I don't necessarily think that just because you go to Catholic school, a child will end up with strong faith. So, if you feel as though your Catholic school is not doing it's jobs as an educator for your children, it's OK to look somewhere else. You know your kids best!
Thanks for all of the input! It is a hard decision and as with everything, we will pray about it.
Miranda, Congratulations on the birth of your precious daughter! What a blessing! I pray that you are adjusting well to life with a newborn! :) Please do not wait to have your child Baptized, it is too important to put off. As others have mentioned, a proxy can stand-in for a godparent who is unable to be present for the Baptism. Her Baptism begins her life of grace, her adoption as a child of God, her welcoming as a member of the Church, the purification of her immortal soul...such an exciting & important event. May God bless you all!
Just my .02, your faith "obligation" begins and ends at your children's salvation. The school can save itself if it chooses to. IMHO, as a mom who has done 1 year of public school, 1 year of Catholic school and MANY years of homeschooling who is now being forced (financially due to a NON-mutual separation) to put her children in public school, a good public school is better than a Catholic school where your children will be taught things contrary to the faith, or worse apathy about faith, with the weight of the Church behind those teachings. It is more horrendous, imo, to have a Catholic teacher teach your daughter that "if the Church had its way women would all be barefoot and pregnant all the time" (yes this happened at my children's former Catholic school) than to have a public school say nothing at all on the issue.
JM, beautifully stated. I know many wonderful children, and even many wonderful priests, who attended public school but truly are products of families who sincerely live their faith. I also know many wonderful children in Catholic school whose parents rarely take them to mass and haven't touched a rosary in years. It is sad that these children won't experience a Catholic childhood half as much as their public school counterparts because their parents rely on the school to "teach them Catholicism". It is the family that is the Domestic Church, not the school. As parents we have a grave duty to educate our children, or engage others in assisting in that education. At no time do we have an obligation to support a school that is teaching with the weight and authority of the Catholic Church if its teachings are in error. That puts our children in immortal danger.