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The Saudi Public Assistance for Pakistan Earthquake Victims (SPAPEV) has distributed 7,600 food baskets in Kashmir and Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province. The baskets included milk, margarine, rice, flour, dates, lentils and sugar.
In October 2005, a deadly earthquake devastated much of the region, and reconstruction efforts remain underway.
Since SPAPEV began its operations in Pakistan, the organization has constructed 4,000 prefabricated houses for displaced families and announced plans to build 3,000 prefabricated houses and 20 schools in Kashmir. It has also provided relief aid including 230,000 blankets, 150,000 quilts, 12,500 winterized tents, 100,000 food packets, medicine, stoves, sugar, cooking oil, rice, flour bags, and thousands of polypropylene sheets.
SPAPEV is supervised by Minister of Interior Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz. It operates under the directives of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz.
After the deadly 2005 earthquake devastated regions of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia was the single largest donor to relief efforts with aid in excess of $573 million.
This past week, Saudi Arabia also donated 250 tons of dates to the impoverished in Pakistan and Kashmir.


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The Old Globe Presents 'Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas!'
- When Multiple dates from Nov 19 - Dec 31, 2011 [days & times]
- Where Old Globe Theatre, 1363 Old Globe Way, San Diego Map | Website
- Age limit All ages
- Categories Family, Theater
- Cost $24 - $112
Above: Steve Blanchard stars as The Grinch in the 2011 production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at The Old Globe. The annual holiday musical runs Nov. 19 - Dec. 31, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.
"Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"
November 19 - December 31, 2011
Book and Lyrics by Timothy Mason
Music by Mel Marvin
Originally conceived and directed by Jack O'Brien
"Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" is a wonderful, whimsical musical based upon the classic Dr. Seuss book. Back for its 14th incredible year, the family favorite features the songs "This Time of Year," "Santa for a Day" and "Fah Who Doraze," the delightful carol from the popular animated version of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" Celebrate the holidays as the Old Globe Theatre is once again transformed into the snow-covered Whoville, right down to the last can of Who-hash.
Showtimes vary throughout the run of the production. Please visit The Old globe website for a complete list of performance times: www.TheOldGlobe.org.
The Old Globe: 1363 Old Globe Way, San Diego, CA 92101. Google Map

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In 1996, a federal safety policy was established to prevent safety hazards for fishermen below dams.
Nearly twenty years later, the Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District, is proposing to follow through with the policy, adding barrier walls below ten dams in Kentucky and Tennessee.
Wolf Creek Dam on the Cumberland River is one of the dams that could be affected.
"This dam has been built since 1953, and people have been fishing below the dam since that time. There have been a few but very few drownings," says Russell County Judge Exec. Gary Robertson.
Legislators say there's been 14 deaths because of the tailwaters since 1970 collectively on all ten rivers.
The project will cost them $2.6 million dollars, blocking boat access to the tailwaters.
"The Corps is pretty much overriding everyone's argument that we ought to be given some type of public hearing process because they do operate on tax dollars," Robertson says.
Robertson wrote a letter to several lawmakers saying the public needed to be heard.
Congressman Ed Whitfield, Senators Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell, and Tennessee's Lamar Alexander responded with the Freedom to Fish Act opposing the Corps' plan.
The bill must be passed before June when the construction is expected to start.
Local fisherman say the tailwaters of the Cumberland River provides some of the best fishing in the state of Kentucky, which has Russell County officials worried about the future of tourism.
"I'm afraid it's going to affect it greatly here in Russell County because the lake and all the river fishing it's very popular," Robertson says, "We have fishermen come from Central Kentucky every weekend we have people come in from Louisville and Lexington, and other counties north of here to come and fish below the dam and they have proposed to put this barrier wall up."
Robertson says the Cumberland River's tailwaters are stocked with nearly 27 hundred fish per acre compared to Lake Cumberland's nine fish per acre.
On April 13, Congressman Whitfield and Senators Paul, McConnell, and Alexander will hold a news conference at Wolf Creek Dam at 11 am on the campground.
The public is welcome to attend.


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Lewis Hamilton will bid farewell to McLaren from the front of the Brazilian GP grid having edged Jenson Button at Interlagos
The McLaren driver, who is off to Mercedes next season, had dominated Friday's running before losing out to Button in final practice
Mark Webber was third quickest, 0.123s off the pace, while Sebastian Vettel could only manage fourth. The German, though, won't be too upset as his title rival, Fernando Alonso, is down in eighth place.
Qualifying ReportIt had rained half an hour before the start of qualifying, reducing track temperature from the 50C it had been yesterday to 25C today with an ambient temperature of 23C.
So it was a drying track with wet and dry patches around the circuit as the pitlane exit light turned green. Marussia, HRT and Caterham jostled for position at the end of the pitlane and the Saubers also came out to join in the opening foray of multiple laps on a drying track.
There was actually overtaking in the first few minutes as Timo Glock overtook the Caterham of Heikko Kovalainen into Juncao, both of them on timed laps. The new teams were hoping that it would suddenly start raining but the track radar predicted no more rain for 40 minutes. In the end there was none.
Kamui Kobayashi beat Timo Glock's opening 1:30 by six seconds with a 1:24.957 and then reduced that down to 1:22.415. The Toro Rossos had come out and Jean-Eric Vergne edged P1 with a 1:22.355. This started a ping-pong match of P1 times with the Japanese driver. Kobayashi took it back with a 1:20.607, Vergne grabbed it off him with a 1:20.567, Kobayashi nicked it back with a 1:20.494, Vergne retrieved it with a 1:18.986.
Pastor Maldonado had two laps on top with a 1:18.709 and then a 1:17.894. Then it was team-mate Bruno Senna's turn with a 1:17.803. At one stage during the Q3 session Maldonado found himself behind an HRT going into the long pit straight and put a wheel onto the grasscrete at the end of the circuit in a passing move - brave stuff. Earlier, Nico Hulkenberg tried a set of Intermediate tyres to see what they could do but he was markedly slower and came back in to change them.
The top teams left it late before coming out and started making serious inroads into the P1 time on what was now a rapidly drying track. Lewis Hamilton took P1 with a 1:17.772, followed by Alonso with a 1:17.385 and then Hamilton again with a 1:17.346.
Sergio Perez had been loitering down in P20 and while the likes of Red Bull and McLaren were running the hard tyre, equipped with the medium he made it up to P1 with a 1:16.941. DiResta improved it to 1:16.621, Alonso reduced it to 1:16.585 and then Lewis Hamilton banged in a 1:16.147.
Sebastian Vettel looked tentative throughout the session and it was only after Bruno Senna took over at the top with a 1:15.955 that he slotted into P2. At this stage of the session there was debris on the circuit and replays showed that Romain Grosjean had tried to jam his Lotus up the inside of Pedro de la Rosa's HRT on the pitstraight, braking hard at the last minute as his wing struck the barrier, also puncturing the HRT' left-rear and braking its DRS
Grosjean lost parts of his front wing and shed it entirely on the following lap as it got jammed back under his car before sliding out and off the circuit at Juncao. He headed back to the pits for a hasty change, plus an investigation from the stewards after the qualifying hour.
Going into the last two minutes of the session, the danger positions were: 16.Raikkonen, 17.Grosjean, 18.Kovalainen, 19.Maldonado, 20.Petrov, 21.Glock, 22.Karthikeyan, 23.Pic, 24.de la Rosa.
At the front Lewis Hamilton was setting about P1 with a vengeance reducing the fastest time to 1:15.551 and then 1:15.075 just for the hell of it.
At the back, Maldonado escaped into P11 and Romain Grosjean looked like he'd pulled clear when he managed a last minute jump to P17, only to find Daniel Ricciardo take P16 as virtually the last car across the line, thus demoting the Lotus driver. So out went: 18.Grosjean, 19.Petrov, 20.Kovalainen, 21.Glock, 22.Pic, 23.Karthikeyan, 24.de la Rosa.
Qualifying 2
The difference in track temperature between Q1 and Q2 was 5C, starting out at 29C as the sun attempted to break through. Jean-Eric Vergne set a benchmark at 1:16.348 which was reduced to 1:14.810 by Nico Hulkenberg. Fernando Alonso was out early and put in a 1:14.631 and then went better with a 1:14.288 - Felipe Massa slotted into P2.
Both Mclaren and Red Bull left it very late in the session. Lewis Hamilton duly took P1 with a 1:13.398, Webber slotted into P2, and then Sebastian Vettel got a great tow off the Ferrari of Felipe Massa on the pit straight to claim P1 with a 1:13.209.
Times were improving throughout the session as the track warmed up and the tyres gripped. Running into the last two minutes the danger positions were: 8.Alonso, 9.Hulkenberg, 10.DiResta, 11.Senna, 12.Massa, 13.Schumacher, 14.Perez, 15.Ricciardo, 16.Vergne, 17.Kobayashi.
Former Brazilian polesitter Nico Hulkenberg jumped ahead of Alonso to take P7, Felipe Massa squeezed into the top ten in P10 but Michael Schumacher could not improve on P14. Paul DiResta had hoped to improve but came across Kamui Kobayashi rejoining the track at Turn 3 and had to abort the lap that might have got him into Q3
As the chequered flag came out the two Ferrari drivers had hung in there in P9 and P10, but out went: 11.DiResta, 12.Senna, 13.Perez, 14.Schumacher, 15.Kobayashi, 16.Ricciardo, 17.Vergne.
Nico Rosberg had ended up tying Michael Schumacher in qualifying performances 10-10, there was disappointment for the retiring Mercedes driver along with DiResta who was convinced he should have been in Q3.
Qualifying 3
By now the track temperature was up to 34C and Pastor Maldonado had missed a weight check at the end of Q2. Lewis Hamilton was out very early in Q3 and only Nico Rosberg had been out for a warm-up 1:22s lap when Hamilton slammed in a 1:12.850.
Fernando Alonso went P2, Felipe Massa took P2, Mark Webber then took P2, before Jenson Button took P2 with a 1;12.980.
Last out of the front-runners Sebastian Vettel made a rare mistake running wide at Turn 4 (Lake Descent) and losing half a second in the middle sector to end up P6.
So after the fist runs it was 1.Hamilton, 2.Button, 3.Webber, 4.Massa, 5.Alonso, 6.Vettel, 7.Rosberg.
Maldonado, Raikkonen and Hulkenberg would opt for just one run.
Hulkenberg came out for his solo shot and put the Force India into an impressive P4. Raikkonen could only manage P6 but all were in front of Vettel. Mark Webber then grabbed provisional pole with a 1:12.581, Alonso moved up to P5 on his last run, Maldonado got past both Hulkenberg and Alonso for P4, Massa then took P4 pushing Alonso down into P7 (Vettel was P9 but on a lap.)
Lewis Hamilton came across the line and took pole off Webber, Vettel improved but could only go P3 behind Webber but in front of Button who was behind him on track. Jenson came across the line for an impressive P2, just half a tenth down on Hamilton. It was an all-McLaren front row.
It had been an epic qualifying session with overtakes, accidents and both World Championship contenders qualifying behind their team-mates. It will take a very brave Ferrari team to demote Massa five places on the grid with a gearbox change at his home race as they did in the USA. In the wet there would be no point, but should the race look like starting in the dry, there certainly would be a temptation.
Some have contended that Ferrari have set Alonso's car up for a wet race, but if so, he wasn't spectacularly quicker than Hamilton and the rest in Q1 when the track was damp - although the teams were all running slicks at the time. Whatever the case, Hamilton, Button, Webber and Vettel are all good drivers in the wet. There is a lot of racing still to be done.
01 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:12.458
02 Jenson Button McLaren 1:12.513 0.055
03 Mark Webber Red Bull 1:12.581 0.123
04 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:12.760 0.302
05 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:12.987 0.529
06 Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:13.174 0.716
07 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 1:13.206 0.748
08 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:13.253 0.795
09 Kimi Raikkonen Lotus 1:13.298 0.840
10 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:13.489 1.031
11 Paul di Resta Force India 1:14.121
12 Bruno Senna Williams 1:14.219
13 Sergio Perez Sauber 1:14.234
14 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:14.334
15 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 1:14.380
16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:14.574
17 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:14.619
18 Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:16.967
19 Vitaly Petrov Caterham 1:17.073
20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham 1:17.086
21 Timo Glock Marussia 1:17.508
22 Charles Pic Marussia 1:18.104
23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT 1:19.576
24 Pedro de la Rosa HRT 1:19.699


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Green Elephant
The Green Elephant - friendly and experienced in travel - is in the lively student area of Obs. We have a small place where all guests become friends.
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hostel Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Reception
- 24 Hour Security
- Airport Transfers
- Bar
- Bicycle parking
- Breakfast Not Included
- Cable TV
- Common Room
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Free Internet Access
- Free Parking
- Free WiFi
- Internet Access
- Self-Catering Facilities
- Linen Included
- Security Lockers
- Luggage Storage
- No Curfew
- Outdoor Terrace
- Parking
- Reading Light
- Swimming Pool
- Taxes included
- Tea & Coffee Making Facilities
- Tours/Travel Desk
- Vending Machines
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Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
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Directions from Cape Town International Airport : N2, take Exit 7, Main Rd. Turn right to Observatory, drive through 3 sets of traffic lights ( after 1 km ) turn right at Chippies TakeAway into Milton Road to number 57.
Directions from N1 : Take Muizenberg turnoff towards N2. Go along Black River Parkway until you reach N2, Cape Town turnoff. Then on N2 towards town take Exit 7, Main Rd. Turn right to Observatory, drive through 3 sets of traffic lights ( after 1 km ) turn right at Chippies TakeAway into Milton Road to number 57.
Or take Woodstock turnoff from N1. Turn left into Lower Main Rd. At Salt River circle, take exit at 2 o'clock up Durham Avenue. Turn left into Main Rd (Victoria Rd), then left at Chippies.
Airport Shuttle: We offer airport shuttles at a special rate of R160 per 1, 2 or 3 guests.
Located Near
University of Cape Town(3 km) , Legendary Student part of Cape Town; all forms of public transport; close to the airport (15 minutes drive); Groote Schuur Hospital ( where many of our student guests do electives); Red Cross Children's Hospital (where many of our student guests do electives); the Observatory ( open to visitors); supermarkets; nightlife; sports fields
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Mr. Clark was assigned to the 362nd Fighter Group, 378th squadron, 9th Air Force, as a Fighter Pilot. On July, 23 1944, he was shot down by flak and became a prisoner of war. Mr. Clark was liberated April 29, 1945.
Just prior to his overseas service, Mr. Clark married Lessie Geraldine "Jerry" Jarvis of St. Petersburg, Florida. At the time of his death, they had been married for 69 years.
Mr. Clark moved his family to Bastrop, Louisiana in 1961. He established a successful business, Clark's Home Furnishing Center, and remained an active member of the business community until his retirement 32 years later. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Bastrop.
Jim Clark spent his retirement years actively serving veterans and held numerous offices in American EX-POW Prisoners of War organizations. In 2009, he became the National Commander of EX-POW's. Mr. Clark is survived by his wife, Jerry Clark, and three children, Carole Ann Roberdeau and husband Danny of Milwaukee, WI; Jerry Lee Clark of Alamogordo, NM; James "Jim" Austin Clark III and wife Shirley of Maurice, LA; He has eight grandchildren, Chris Roberdeau and wife Shelby of Seattle, WA; Jen Roberdeau and husband Ken Schelper of LaCrosse, WI; Ashley Almond, Debbie Hernandez and husband Leo all of Alamogordo, NM; Mark Almond and wife Penny of Captain, NM; Dawn Cuellar and husband Tim of Fort Smith, AR; James "Chip" Austin Clark IV and wife Kaysha, Dr. Jacob Scott Clark and wife Roxanne all of Lafayette, LA. He has 13 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will begin at 12 Noon, Friday, February 1, 2013, at Golden Funeral Home in Bastrop, LA; followed by the funeral at 2 PM. Burial will be with full military honors in Memorial Park Cemetery, Bastrop, LA.
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One last chance...
for Max, Fang, and Dylan...
before it all ends.
Are you ready for the final chapter? Are you ready for the ultimate flight? Because THIS IS IT. One last incredible, explosive adventure with an astonishing ending that no one could have seen coming.
PROLOGUE | After
IT WAS NIGHT, and Angel was perched on the hot surface of the scorched rock cliff. Her wings were spread out behind her, her ravaged legs swinging into nothingness, her ears straining in the strange new silence.
It seemed wrong, this silence. Shouldn't there be the din of destruction thundering around her? The crash of buildings sinking into rubble? Inconsolable wails mourning all that was lost? That the world as they'd known it had gone so quietly, slipping into the ether like an old, beaten dog, was disconcerting, to say the least. Wasn't noise what the apocalypse was supposed to be about?
Where was the chaos?
But there had been chaos, Angel reminded herself. Before. There had been plenty of screaming, fire and brimstone, and panic. She had endured enough panic to last her a lifetime.
Angel hugged her knees to her chest and folded her dingy white wings around herself, cocoon-like. She traced her fingers along her scars and fought back the memories.
Despite the warnings from nature—the earthquakes, the floods—despite all the efforts of science—Angel winced, remembering the scalpels and fluorescent lightbulbs and blindingly white sheets—despite everything, in the end, the earth had been savagely claimed back for nature.
And despite Max's missions and the flock's preparations over the years, they still hadn't been ready.
But then, who could ever really be ready for the end of the world?
You, Angel whispered to herself. You were ready.
Angel squinted into the darkness. She couldn't see anything from her night perch on the cliff, but even in the light of day, the horizon didn't look like anything familiar or natural. You didn't see what was there—you saw the spaces between.
Watching Max fall had felt like that. Angel had imagined her grief as a blackness stretching out before her, the crushing weight of Max's death a night without stars, without hope, without end. It had terrified her so much more than the idea of Armageddon.
The power inside her was the only thing that scared Angel now. That she had seen how it would happen. That she had known. That she hadn't told anyone.
Angel tilted her head back to feel the chill of wind rustling her blond curls, now stringy and dirty. She listened in the silence. No whitecoats probing her, taunting her. No voices at all.
It almost felt like she was completely and totally alone. Almost.
Angel thought of the flock. Flying, diving together in one strong V, with Max at its center. She thought of Max holding her hand, calling Angel her baby. She wasn't a baby anymore.
How many seven-year-olds had seen the world go up in flames?
Angel shut her eyes tight. She waited for the visions she had fought for so many years before coming to accept and even depend on them. But no future appeared before her.
For the first time in her young life, Angel had no idea what would happen next.
Copyright © 2012 by James Patterson
Rebecca Soler is a New York-based actress who voices numerous principal characters for the CW's Saturday morning cartoon lineup including: Viva Piñata, Huntik, The Winx Club, and Chaotic. Other audiobooks include Lock & Key by Sarah Dessen, After by Amy Efaw, for which she was awarded a 2009 AudioFile Earphones Award, and Monster High by Lisi Harrison.


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USC QB situation murky due to Shaw's illness
Published: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 12:46 a.m.
COLUMBIA — South Carolina's quarterback situation may not be settled just yet.
Mississippi State (4-3, 1-2 SEC) at No. 14 USC (6-2, 4-2)
12:20 p.m., Ch. 7, 97.1 FM, 104.3 FM, 1400 AM
Starter Connor Shaw, who rallied the Gamecocks to a 27-24 double-overtime win at then No. 5 Missouri last week, sat out practice Monday night and was expected to miss Tuesday as well as he deals with a stomach virus.
Shaw missed 2½ quarters of the win over the Tigers before entering midway through the third quarter with Carolina trailing 17-0. He went 20-for-29 for 201 yards and three touchdowns the rest of the way as the Gamecocks pulled off the improbable victory.
Shaw, who was also battling a knee sprain, missed team activities Friday night and Saturday morning before the Missouri game while dealing with a stomach virus.
Carolina coach Steve Spurrier said during his press conference Tuesday afternoon that Shaw is still sick.
"Connor Shaw still has a virus. I don't know what exactly our trainer's calling it, but he's sick," Spurrier said. "He's not going to practice today. He did not practice last night."
If Shaw is unable to start, the Gamecocks will turn to Boiling Springs product Dylan Thompson.
The redshirt junior started last week's game at Missouri and completed 15 of 27 passes for 222 yards and an interception.
Thompson did not lead USC to a scoring drive, but did have Carolina in position to score a couple of times. Running back Mike Davis fumbled twice, once from the 2-yard line, as the Gamecocks were shut out before Shaw entered the game.
Still, Spurrier said if Thompson starts, he has confidence he will get the job done.
"If (Shaw's) unable to go Dylan will be ready. Dylan did not play all that poorly last week. He threw some good ones. He had a few sail on him, but overall he played pretty well," Spurrier said.
"Obviously we had that fumble on first down at the 2-yard line that prevented us from scoring. But Dylan played pretty well last week all things considered. If Connor can't make it Dylan had a good practice last night. He should be ready to go."
Other than Shaw, the Gamecocks are fairly healthy. Davis, tight end Busta Anderson, defensive lineman Gerald Dixon and offensive lineman Ronald Patrick suffered minor injuries against Missouri but Spurrier said they should be fine for the Mississippi State game.
"We've got a bunch of other guys banged up a little bit, but our trainer says just about all of them should be ready by Saturday," Spurrier said.
Carolina also could get back backup running back Brandon Wilds. The sophomore suffered an elbow injury Sept. 28 against UCF and has not played since.
Despite missing 4½ games, Wilds is still the second-leading rusher on the team with 140 yards, averaging 4.7 per carry.
"Brandon did practice last night. He was running around, and I believe he's scheduled to suit up and be ready to play this week," Spurrier said. "There's a chance he could be out there running."
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We've all seen questions where what's being asked is totally ambiguous, typically structured such as:
Help plox I has t3h codes but like it doesn't work. Here it is.
Bong+ bang=naptime;
duck.push(cheese+dooperdooles++); a1= {nerpdedtyderpderp}
duck.push(cheese+dooperdooles++); a2= {nerpdedtyderpderp + 5}
duck.push(cheese+dooperdooles++); a3= {nerpdedtyderpderp}
duck.push(cheese+dooperdooles++); a4= {nerpdedtyderpderp}
duck.push(cheese+dooperdooles++); a5= {nerpdedtyderpderp + 90}
Has lik 159 errors omg help plox need the codes ASAP. Here's teh link: t.co/asdf!@#$-9
So what I propose is, before they can submit questions like this that get closed in a hail-storm of wtfs, we run some checks over it and see if it looks like the question was actually detailed.
Similar in concept to how email clients check for "see attached" when sending an email without attachments to warn you you're about to make an arse of yourself.
Lets devise a method to check for "There's an error" without being specific, and alert them to "Hrmm, are you SURE you were clear about WHAT the error actually was? Does your question look like a pile of garbage too? Is your mother real proud of what you're doing here to these people?"
These questions get closed anyway, but lets beat them to to the chase and fight the problem at the point-of-entry, rather than deal with it later when it's already on the boards.


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Joel Reynolds '78
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Growing up in Riverside, Calif., environmental law expert Joel Reynolds '78 remembers spending much of his childhood playing outdoors. He also recalls not being able to take deep breaths outside by late afternoon because of the smog drifting over his community from Los Angeles, about 60 miles to the west.
"I grew up very aware of air pollution," says Reynolds, who was named the western director of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in the autumn of 2012. "It was just part of Riverside in the summer."
Reynolds, who became interested in public policy at a young age, focused on public interest issues while at the Law School. In 1990, he began working as a senior attorney for the NRDC and soon took on a series of cases that involved a relatively new subfield of environmental law: ocean noise pollution. Reynolds successfully challenged the U.S. Navy's use of underwater explosives and high-intensity sonar. "Sound travels five times more efficiently under water," he explains. "The increasing exposure to high-intensity sound threatens entire populations of marine mammals with injury and death."
During the past three decades, Reynolds has litigated cases involving a wide range of pressing environmental matters, including the protection of a birthing lagoon for whales in Mexico's Laguna San Ignacio and cleanup of a toxic waste dump near his hometown. He is currently focused on a campaign to prevent construction of the Pebble Mine in Alaska's Bristol Bay region, a project that he says would poison one of the world's most valuable wild salmon fisheries and the communities that depend on it.
"I tend to work on things that tap into a level of outrage or passion," Reynolds says, adding that he also looks for pressing environmental issues that present an opportunity to spur tangible change. "I'm not interested in bringing cases for public relations purposes. I have to believe in the merits of each case."


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Monoprice External Battery Pack and Charger for Mobile Devices (3000mAh) for $17.16 + shipping
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Keep your iPad®, smartphone, Playstation Vita™, and all your other mobile devices fully charged where ever you go with this External Battery Pack and Charger from Monoprice! This external battery measures 4 5/16" x 2 3/4" x 5/8", allowing it easily fit into a pocket or purse. It carries a maximum charge of 3000mAh, so it can fully recharge the battery of any existing mobile phone or tablet.
The battery pack itself is also charged using a USB power source. Four LEDs on the battery pack display both the existing charge and recharging status.
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To charge your device, simply plug one end of a USB charging cable into the device and the other into one of the two USB ports on this battery pack. One port can provide up to 1 amp of 5 VDC charging power, while the other provides up to 2.1 amps, which is enough to charge the iPad at full speed. Both ports can be used at the same time, but the total power output will be 2.1A, divided between the two ports.
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I have the 5000mah version of this and I really like it. Having it charge off of a usb micro is extremely handy as well because my phone uses the same charger so my home and car chargers work too. Its small enough to carry in a pocket if your phone battery is low and you have to leave home without a charge.
I've ordered from Monoprice many times, and I have never been disappointed in one of their products. Their shipping usually takes 5 business days and as pointed out isn't free, but most of their products are STILL a better deal than you will find anywhere else.
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Charge a battery to charge a battery, irony
I bought one and added a camera strap to hang it under my shirt with the cord supplying power to my battery sucking still photo/HD movie camera, which is worn on a strap outside the shirt. The short connecting cable is barely noticible, does not get in the way.
Now my camera runs all day, at parties or events and when traveling, never slowing down. Plus it still can stand by to power the cell phone and ipad or GPS when used to walk around and relocate the base camp or car when needed. No need to carry spare batteries for each device, and it can recharge from a car's 12v to usb adapter while you are on the road.
Won't charge a Nexus 7.
@jmathews6546: nice! Now that's some ingenuity!
This is actually pretty large for a 3kmah
@hohlraum: You may be the first person I've ever seen use both k & m at the same time...they're completely cancelling terms...
@harpo: I feel so proud. a minus 10.
Will this charge a MacBook Pro? And if it will, approximately how much additional time would I get?
This thing looks huge in the pics. I have a 12000mAh battery pack that i bought thats about this size. But then again i paid twice as much as this still 40 bucks for 4x the power = worth it. Other then size they are pretty much same specs. Battery pack was best accessory i even purchased.
I also have the 5000mah version. I have hooked it up to my Galaxy Tab 7" and it charges that too.


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Hudson's Polewarczyk steals checkered flag at Canaan
CANAAN, N.H. -- Hudson, NH's Joey Polewarczyk, Jr., shocked reigning American Canadian Tour and Canaan Late Model Champion Wayne Helliwell, Jr., in the closing laps of the ACT 150 at Canaan Fair Speedway on Sunday, June 15, picking up his first ACT victory since October of 2011. Turner, ME's Glen Luce completed the all-Ford podium.
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Nike Twill Terrain Men's Pants
The Nike Twill Terrain Men's Pants will have you ready for all types of terrain. Spending time in the great outdoors has never been easier with these comfortable and functional pants. Multiple pockets, including slit pockets at the side and a bonded zip pocket at the left thigh, provide secure storage for all of your gear. A button closure with zip and belt loops allow for an ideal fit, while the 100% cotton twill fabric is soft and cozy to keep you comfortable during all types of outdoor activities.


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Solaris Verified Boot optionally verifies kernel modules against a RSA signature prior to loading and executing. This helps protect against accidental or malicious modification of software. The action taken on failures is either a warning message or failure to load the kernel module.[Read More]


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Say for instance a person who was strong enough to lift double his body weight. If he placed his hands under his bottom and tried to lift$^1$ himself$^2$ off the ground, could he?
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York Castle Museum
Come and see hundreds of years of York's history in one place – from recreated Jacobean dining rooms to infamous Victorian criminals and all the way to the Space Age and the swinging Sixties.
There's something for everyone this year at York Castle Museum. Our interactive galleries hold thousands of historic objects that really bring the past to life, and our new exhibitions for 2014 promise fascinating displays and innovative new ways of learning about York's past.
Don't forget that kids go free with a paying adult – it's the perfect family day out.
Exhibition: When the World Changed Forever. York Castle Museum's stunning new exhibition brings First World War to life like never before, on its hundredth anniversary.
Venue Type:
Museum, Castle or defences, Heritage site
York Castle Museum is open daily from 9.30am until 5pm, except 25 and 26 December and 1 January, and will be closing at 2.30pm on 24 and 31 December.
Adult: £10.00 (25 years + over)
*Access Ticket - £5
**Child (16 and under) - Free (16 and under)
York Card Holders - Free (subject to a valid York Card)
Wheelchair user plus one carer – FREE
Group rates are available for groups of 10+. For further details please contact Group Bookings on 01904 687633.
Come Back For Free:
Tickets purchased before 22.05.15 are valid for 12 months, at no extra charge, so you can come back as many times as you like for a year. Tickets are non-transferable so we need to take your name and address, and you will be asked for ID on your return. If you don't want to give your details, day tickets are available at the same price.
*Access Tickets: Up to 50% discount for visitors aged 17-24 or in receipt of Income-related Employment and Support Allowance, Income-based Jobs Seekers Allowance, Pension Credit or Income Support. Evidence of support may be required.
**Maximum four children per adult, additional children will be charged at £4.50 per child.
The entire collection of York Castle Museum is a Designated Collection of national importance.
It houses some of the country's finest collections of costume, textiles, military and social history. Kirkgate, the famous reconstructed Victorian Street that provides the core of the Castle Museum, is a milestone in the history of museums.
Collection details
Weapons and War, Toys and Hobbies, Social History, Science and Technology, Personalities, Music, Medicine, Land Transport, Decorative and Applied Art, Costume and Textiles, Coins and Medals, Archives, Agriculture
Toy Stories
- 23 February 2013 — 31 December 2016 *on now
Take a trip back to your childhood and rediscover some of your favourite toys in this new exhibition.
Bikes, bath toys, computer games, Lego and beautiful handmade dolls are among the toys on show from the last 150 years so you can pick out your favourites and share stories with family and friends.
Play together in our exciting Castle inspired play area or head off on the teddy bear trail for children around the exhibition.
Suitable for
- Any age
Adult: £8.50
Concession: £7.50
From Cradle to Grave
- 1 August 2013 — 1 August 2016 *on now
This exhibition focuses on the history of three rites of passage - birth, marriage and death.
Visitors can see examples of many of the nursery and childcare items used during the last three hundred years including cradles, christening gifts and some superb christening gowns.
Outfits from our collection of wedding clothes make a centrepiece for our weddings theme, together with wedding gifts, trousseau items, and even a Victorian wedding cake.
An Edwardian hearse forms a dramatic centrepiece to the displays about death. There are mourning clothes and jewellery, a funeral biscuit, and coffin furniture from the 18th and 19th centuries.
£8.50/£7.50 (free for under-16s)
The Sixties
- 1 August 2013 — 1 August 2016 *on now
The Sixties aims to recreate the spirit of this exciting decade which saw momentous change in so many areas of public and private life.
The gallery uses fascinating and iconic objects from the social history, art, fashion, military and astronomy collections to bring back the atmosphere of change which swept over the country during the 1960s. Highlights include a Lambretta scooter, a Dansette record player, Beatles singles and fashion by Mary Quant.
Suitable for
- Any age
£8.50/£7.50 (free for under-16s)
York Castle Prison
- 1 August 2013 — 1 August 2016 *on now
Come and see York Castle Prison's infamous residents and fascinating history brought to life in our special exhibition. Experience a brutal and crooked prison system and meet our most notorious prisoner: the legendary highwayman, Dick Turpin.
Suitable for
- Any age
- Family friendly
£8.50/£7.50 (free for under-16s)
1914: When the World Changed Forever
- 28 June 2014 — 31 December 2018 *on now
The terror of total war and its revolutionary impact on life around the world will be explored in this major new exhibition marking the centenary of the First World War.
From the pre-war golden age of peace and prosperity visitors will be sent to the recruitment office and travel via train to the horrors of the front line - from rats to foot rot, shell shock to gas warfare. Back home, daily life in Britain was changing beyond recognition while around the world millions would die as Europe's empires clashed in the first truly global conflict.
The exhibition opens on June 28th - 100 years to the day that Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, which then sparked a chain of events which led to the outbreak of war.
Suitable for
- Any age
Exhibition included in York Castle Museum admission.
Bitter Sweet History - aspects of the British Slave Trade
Recognising how important the slave trade was to Britain and focussing on goods such as sugar which were related to the movement of slaves and their work on the plantations, also contains resources to support the teaching of the issues around Fair Trade and the many forms of slavery which still exist today.
- This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.
Everyday Life in Victorian York
"It was the best of times. It was the worst of times..."
Pupils experience opposite ends of Victorian society as they take a Grand Tour through the museum. To get an appreciation of the opportunities and limitations of the 19th century class system, all pupils will try their hand at doing the laundry, receive a short, sharp lesson in the Victorian schoolroom, explore the shops, businesses and factories in Kirkgate with a Gentleman guide and help make butter to be taken back to school.
How to obtain
Call 01904 650333 or email firstname.lastname@example.com to book a 2 hour session, available 29 June-3 July 2009. Price £90 per class of 30. Visit www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk/Page/WorkshopProgramme.aspx for more information.
Toys Through Time
A resource about toys past and present focusing on how toys move, and the materials from which they are made. There is a quiz at the end which can be used to reinforce what children have learned.
- This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.
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8 Fun (and Cheap!) Family Fitness Activities
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Your family loves singing along with the radio in the car. Why not dance along to the music when you're at home? Having a family dance party lets parents and kids get silly while also getting some good cardio exercise. Hip hop dancing can burn about 400 calories an hour, so turn up the beats indoors or outside!
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As many of you already know October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. Breast cancer is something that affects the lives of many people in ways that are both measureable and unmeasurable. In recognition of this, Velodyne is running a promotion this month on our pink vPulse in-ear headphones. We are offering 2 pink vPulse for $50 on velodyne.com and 10% of the proceeds will be donated to a breast cancer charity.
Breast cancer affects many people in many different ways. It is true that about 1 in 8 American women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime. It is also true that about 40,000 women will die from breast cancer just this year alone. Breast cancer research is of great importance to those affected, whether, victims, survivors or their families. Funds are required to support scientific research, whether it be to raise awareness about early detection and treatment options, prevention, risk reduction, and research into possible environmental contributors.
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My disk partitions are like this : on /dev/sda
/dev/sda1 ntfs RECOVERY 13.1 GiB /dev/sda2 ntfs WIN8 142 GiB /dev/sda3 ntfs data 143 Gib
The recovery partition is for Vista so I'd like to install ubuntu on that. In simple mode, the installer only offer to use /dev/sda2. In advanced mode, it shows the 3 partitions, is it enough to select sda1 and click 'Install Now' ?


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Suppose a square matrix $A$ such that $A^2+cA+cI=0$ for all $c \in \mathbb{Z}$. How can I show that $A+(c-1)I$ is invertible and find its inverse?
I started off this way: $A+(c-1)I = A+cI-I$
Then $(A+cI-I)(d_1A+d_2I)=I$, where $d_1, d_2 \in \mathbb{Z}$.
Expand it and it becomes: $d_1A^2+d_1cA-d_1A+d_2A+(c-1)d_2I=I$
$\Rightarrow (c-1)d_2=1 \;\; and \; \; d_1A^2+d_1cA-d_1A+d_2A=0$
$\Rightarrow d_2=\frac{1}{(c-1)}$
Continue from $d_1A^2+d_1cA-d_1A+d_2A=0$, after some manipulation, I got $d_1(A^2+cA+cI)-d_1cI-d_1A+d_2A=0$.
Since given that $A^2+cA+cI=0$,
$\Rightarrow -d_1cI-d_1A+d_2A=0$
$\Rightarrow -d_1cI-d_1A+\frac{1}{c-1}A=0$
$\Rightarrow -d_1cI-d_1A=-\frac{1}{c-1}A$
$\Rightarrow d_1(cI+A)=\frac{1}{c-1}A$
At this point, since I don't know if $A$ is invertible yet, I cannot do it as $d_1=\frac{1}{c-1}\frac{A}{(cI+A)}$.
Even if I did this, I still cannot find a value for $d_1$ and $d_2$ to find the inverse of $A+(c-1)I$. How should I continue from here?


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Office Locale: Stern Hall 216
Office Telephone: 504-816-4489
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Courses Taught: (all CHE xxx unless otherwise noted)
Organic Chemistry Lecture and Lab (211,212)
Chemistry Seminar (410,411)
Chemistry Research (405)
Advanced Organic Chemistry (425)
Research Interest:
Insitu field and laboratory Phytoremediation of organic and inorganic pollutants in water and soil; Uptake, transport, sequestration, and transformation of pollutants in plants; Bio-availability of these pollutants in soil matrix.
Computational Quantum mechanics studies of silicon directed reactions with respect to epoxide ring openings, nucleophilic substitution reactions, and Peterson olefination reactions
Antioxidant ability of edible plants
Teaching Interest:
Advance Organic Chemistry: Structure-reactivity, synthesis &, reaction mechanisms of functional group transformations, stereochemistry, structural elucidation of organic unknowns using Spectroscopic techniques and functional group classification tests.
University Services:
Department Chairman (2005 - Present)
Tenure and Promotion Committee member
Graduate and Professional School Committee member
HBCUUP Internal Advisory Committee; Dillard University, 2005-Present
HBCUUP Research Task Force; Dillard University, 2004-Present
Professional Affiliations:
American Chemical Society (ACS) & Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE)
Selected Presentations:
Lovell Agwaramgbo*, D. Wilson, J. Hamilton, J. Hopkins, A. Hawkins, and B. White; Lead Mobility and Bioavailability in Three Louisiana Soils: Implications on its Bio-accumulation in Edible Plants & Health Risks; Race, Place, & The Environment, Deep South Center for Environmental Justice Conference, New Orleans, May 2008
Lovell Agwaramgbo*, Jerrard Smith-Hopkins, Adriana Hawkins, and Deneyelle Wilson; Re-examination of Lead and Arsenic Contamination in New Orleans Parish School Soils; American Chemical Society, Conference, New Orleans, Chemical and Engineering News, American Chemical Society, CHED-TECH 33; March 17, 2008
Selected Awards:
Extra Mile Award
Selected Publications:
R. Guy Riefler, Victor F. Medina, Steve L. Larson, and Lovell Agwaramgbo; Fate of RDX & TNT in Decaying Plant; J. Environmental Science, Submitted 2008
Medina, V.F., S.L. Larson, L. Agwaramgbo, and W Perez, and Lynn Escalon; Treatment of Trinitrotoluene by Crude Plant extracts; Chemosphere, 55(5):725-732, 2004.
Lovell Agwaramgbo, etal; Those Edible, Edible oils, More Fries Please, Ions in the Delta, Lights Out, and Freezing Point Depression; MainSTey Activity Workbook,: A Calculator Based Approach to Discovery Learning; LAMP, Baton Rouge, LA ISBN No. 0-9704609-1-0, 2003
Lovell Agwaramgbo; Evaluation of the Fate of RDX in soils and plants: Uptake, transport, accumulation, degradation, and release by plants and Fate of RDX in decaying RDX Contaminated plants; US Army Research Office, Contract # DAAD19-02-D-0001 and Battelle Scientific Services TCN 03-123
Selected Grants:
Louisiana Board of Reagents Grant: Integrating Environmental Chemistry into Chemistry Curriculum, Phase II, 2007-2009; $59,890
P.I. Dillard University, Louisiana Board of Reagents Grant: Integrating Environmental Chemistry into Chemistry Curriculum, Phase I, 2004-2005; $25,000
P.I. Dillard University Title III project "Strengthening the Foundation of Success in MCAT/PCAT/DAT Exams, 2008-2009; $54,800
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I'm planning to repaint a closet door to match a newly painted room. Would it be better to use spray paint or just use a brush and the same paint I'm using on the walls?
Neither! Your door should be painted the same color as the trim, which is usually in a glossier finish than the walls. Semi gloss or gloss is typical for trim and doors.
The best finish is achieved when you remove the door, lay it flat and paint it with a good soft bristle brush. If it is a raised panel style door, start by painting the inner most details first, inner stiles second and finish with the outer stiles. Finish with long strokes going in the same direction as the grain. Painting the door while laying flat will help eleminate runs and sags in detail corners. Good Luck.


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Reebok Crossfit Graduated Compression Socks
Lightweight Microfiber Nylon blended with Sorbtek moisture management yarn wicks moisture away from the skin to keep you dry. Yarns are treated with Ultra Fresh anti-microbial treatment to help eliminate odour causing bacteria. The over the calf leg length is constructed to provide graduated compression elasticity which is tighter at the ankle and the lower leg and reduces steadily toward the cuff below the calf. This feature enhances circulation during activity and helps to promote shorter recovery time. Targeted cushioned zones in the sole provide added comfort only where it is needed. Elasticized knit areas around the arch of the foot improve the fit and eliminate sliding inside the shoe. Hand-linked toe-seams provide the smoothest possible feel and the best protection against blistering. Each pair of socks is ergonomically engineered so that the toes are individually shaped to fit the left foot and the right foot for optimal fit and comfort.


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For some structural study I am looking for cyclodextrin strucutures (in 3D format such as pdb, mol2, etc) complexed with small molecule ligands, such as cholesterol and even smaller. Right now I could only find on the PDB database some proteins complexed with cyclodextrin, but no structure of cyclodextrin with small ligands, could you help me?
I looked for relevant publications at Web of Science using 'structur* AND cyclodextrin' in the Title field. For the period 2011-2012 there were 56 hits including:
I looked at some of the papers but I didn't find any specific case where a structure has been deposited in a database. There were, however, several mentions of the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre as a source of small molecule structures.


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11 Sep 2012 4:23 PM #1
Eclipse plugin issues
Not sure if this is the proper place but didn't see a dedicated forum - please move if required.
I was very excited about the Eclipse plugin announcement today and downloaded my Sencha Complete trial to test it out.
I'm running Eclipse Indigo SR2 32 bit arch on Windows 7 64 bit machine. I got the plugin(s) to install ok following the directions in the download. I created my test project, imported the extra TL project and associated them as per the docs.
I get *some* code completion - problem is that it's not anywhere close to as advertised in the intro video. I pretty much followed what was going on in the video I thought. In an otherwise blank js file I type Ext. and then get code complete options. I select onReady. Trouble is, it's still flagged as a warning that it takes 3 parameters. Ignoring this for the moment, I tried to continue and do Ext.create("Ext.button.Button", {...});
I did not get ANY config completion options for this... it just didn't work.
Am I doing something wrong? Is the plugin that somes in the eval version an old build? I notice in the video they use 4.1.1 but it doesn't look like this type library comes in the download...
Would appreciate any feedback on this, especially before the trial runs out. Might consider purchasing if it worked as advertised, but right now it isn't for me.
11 Sep 2012 8:42 PM #2they use 4.1.1
11 Sep 2012 10:17 PM #3
Seems like this is news to a lot of people - thanks for trying to help with something new
The version mismatch in the Sencha complete trial download is maddening. The actual version of extjs that it comes with is extjs-4.1.2-commercial.zip. For the code completion in Eclipse to work, you're supposed to import an extra project with a bunch of metadata in it. The two in the download were extjs-typelib-4.0.7-gpl.zip and extjs-typelib-4.1.0-gpl.zip. I tried both but with results that were far inferior to the demo video; like I said, no completion for config objects whatsoever. Now, in the video the extra type library project in Eclipse looked like it was 4.1.1. This doesn't match either typelib file in the download... just a theory that the demo was showing a newer version of something than what comes in the trial download?
It might be helpful if someone could export the sample from Eclipse that works and put it somewhere so others could try to download and import into Eclipse to see if it's a problem with the project setup or the plugin itself.
12 Sep 2012 5:19 AM #4
I just downloaded Sencha Complete trial.
Followed every step on the user guide and it is working:
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You can only have ONE ExtJSTL in your workspace. Otherwise it won't work.
Also make sure to create a VJET project and add the ExtJSTL as a dependency on your project. And every time you create new files, create inside the src folder as a VJET javascript file. You also need to have the VJET perspective active.Sencha/Java evangelist
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12 Sep 2012 5:25 AM #5
Now that I read again your comment, the project that you need to import into Eclipse is ExtJSTL-4.0.7.zip or ExtJsTL-4.1.0.zip (only one, not both) that is inside the Sencha_Eclipse_Plugin_Complete_Trial-1.0.0 folder.
Then, when you create the VJET projet, add ExtJSTL-4.0.7 or ExtJsTL-4.1.0 as project dependency.
You do not need to work with extjs-typelib-4.1.0-gpl.zip at all!Sencha/Java evangelist
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12 Sep 2012 6:39 AM #6
DOH! It's strange and unlucky for me that those similarly named files offer partial code completion when imported... wish they were just removed or their purpose was clearly stated as this seems an easy mistake to make.
In any case, it appears to be working as advertised now - thanks for the assistance.
13 Sep 2012 1:05 PM #7
I got same problem, and there is only one ExtJsTL.
Also, there are lots of errors in ExtJsTL (but the guide said we can ignore the errors).plugin_error.JPG
16 Sep 2012 11:38 PM #8
Eclipse plugin issues
Thanks for this great plugin.
I'm running Eclipse Indigo SR2 on both Ubuntu and Windows XP machines.
I got the plugin to install and working fine on Ubuntu, however I am not able to use it on Windows XP Eclipse Indigo SR2 following the same directions.
24 Sep 2012 3:48 AM #9
If anyone is still having issues, please take a look at this screencast. Hope it can help you!
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Why does お[馬鹿]{ばか}さん contain an honorific? If you're basically calling someone silly, why be "polite" about it? Also, what is the difference in meaning between お馬鹿さん and just 馬鹿 (I hear the former much less frequently)?
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お馬鹿さん isn't "idiot"; it is softer, more like "silly". Also note the -san suffix.
If a little boy named Daisuke is looking for his cap, while actually wearing it, you could say, 今日、大ちゃんは ちょっと お馬鹿さんになってきた、ね! 灯台もと暗し
This is soft compared to something abrupt like おまえが馬鹿だよ!
There is a need in language to have a soft way to say "silly".
This is not to say that we can wrap "o- and -san" (or "-sama") around any derogatory word and make it into a nice word. "Obakasan" is a word.
Or ... can we?
Let's consider the word 犯人 (criminal, guilty). Would it ever make sense to have the word ご犯人様 (o-hannin-sama?)?(We use the go- prefix because hannin is a Sino-Japanese compound, and there is no o- exception for it.) You might think not, right? It is terrible to be a criminal.
But, take a look at this page:
This is someone Japanese person's blog with pictures. One pictures shows a damaged wooden floor with scratches.
The following picture is a cute picture of a dog. The caption is ... ご犯人様です
This expresses "this is our little culprit".
The blogger doesn't hate the culprit (quite the opposite), and the "crime" is petty.
Back in the 80's, baka! as an expletive was a vulgar swear word. A Diet member used it on another politico on TV and I still remember the public outrage. Of course, no one said 'it sucks' on American TV either back then. A better definition of baka would be sh*thead not 'fool'. As for the honorific, remember that Omae (you) is both a fighting word level insult and a term of endearment depending on whom you are addressing. I would look at the actual biographies of the sayer and the sayee, and would be very interested to hear how social norms have changed from the boom era when I lived there.


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What should make up a pitch about a new game to a prospective group of players? What does a good RPG pitch entail? What should go into the case for why a game should be played (and why that GM is the right GM to run it)?
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I'll assume you mean a verbal pitch, like you're sitting with your friends at a burger place and want to sell them on your new game idea.
This is sales, right? Not because you want to sell them a bill of goods, but because you have something that you think is valuable and that they will want.
Here's how I pitch my D&D 4E setting, Caldera:
And discussion points:
And so on.
And after discussing it with them--when the discussion is starting to slow down--I close with, "I'm looking for players. Would you be interested in giving it a try?"
The most critical information to interest prospective players in a new game, or new campaign, is less what the rule system is or what the world is like, and more who the players will be—what roles they'll take—and what they'll be striving to do.
Background information that puts those things in perspective is important, but subservient to the answers of how and why a player will be badass when he sits at your gaming table.
For example…
A pitch, like any social presentation, should be short, sweet, concise AND INFORMATIVE. Don't put a word limit like some kind of wanna be elevator pitch or twitter slogan because of that last thing. Don't leave important information out because otherwise you are really doing harm (deceit or the more benign, wishful editing is not a good way to start a group endeavour).
As for if the gm is the right gm for the job or not, I really think the gm is better judge for that than anything. I always really felt the benefit of the pitch is that it rather actively avoided meetings and committees and dockets of activities to determine the proper state of affairs and instead just relied on gumption and person interest to get the job done.
Things I like to put in my Pitch:
Example, here's a pitch I'm thinking about putting on the internets for an internet game:
As always have more information available, some people may like details of what the system is exactly or Whether I mean DC Supes or Marvel Supes or what I mean by community service.
Maybe try to have a nice tagline (is this what it is called?) in the first email or some other kind of message you send them. For example look at Eclipse Phase:
I make a campaign sheet for my players. The idea is described in Listen Up, You Primitive Screwheads!!! for Cyberpunk 2020. I made quite a few for World of Darkness campaigns, and I start each of them with a premise - just like one you can find on the back of book or a movie. This way players quickly get what a game is about and what climate they can expect. I would post one, but all of them are in my native language.
A pitch should not be used to decide whether this is the right game to play or whether this is the right GM to run it. What a pitch should accomplish is to pique the interest of the prospective players—if they're interested in the pitch, then that's the time to look at more detailed questions.
A pitch should be no more than about a few dozen words and three or four sentences at most. It should briefly describe the game's central appeal—the core theme, quest, sandbox setting, or conflict—as well as anything necessary to meaningfully frame that central element. It shouldn't belabour new race or class options unless they're central to the game's core appeal.
Importantly, it should take a few seconds for players to read or under a minute to speak: long enough to paint an evocative image, and short enough to put no demands on the players' patience so they can focus on its coolness (or lack thereof).
If you have already created the game or are using a pre-made module and you have planned who you are going to ask ahead of time, then literature can work really well particularly if you are not good at the sales pitch voice.
This last June I ran an Introduction to Changeling: The Lost and I gave my players this invitation. It was part of an email with the rest of the campaign details if they were interested.
A DND game was this Obsidian Portal page. It was formatted in the ebil of .pub so it was printed as a high gloss booklet with the last page containing building changes and house rules, the vampire game much the same with city statistics, etc.
If not the point is put together a booklet/ pamphlet/ picture of some kind that would would be psyched to get or would intrigue you and then give to your players to ask questions about. It works for me...
The pitch needs to be different if you are presenting to friends, potential players, writers, artists, publishers and bank managers. But the main advice I can give you is be to the point and grab their attention.
The Dresden RPG does not need a snappy pitch. If you're looking at it, chances are you know the books.
Eclipse Phase does need a snappy pitch since few know of it even if they many know what transhumanism is.
"You play as X characters trying to do Y things in a Z world!"
"You play as heroes trying to topple a corrupt empire in an post apocalyptic fantasy world!"
"You play as spies trying to escape Nazi Secret police in WW2"
"You play as anime Ninja Scroll type heroes struggling in a sci-fi warring states Japan."
"In this game you have to X (choices) and get (points/reward) for doing Y"
"In this game you have to constantly bargain with evil and your character gets more powerful when you decisively choose one way or the other."
"In this game you have to use your powers tactically as a team and get more powers when you defeat monsters."
"In this game you tell good stories and get rewarded by the group when your roleplaying is fun and entertaining."
Obviously, you can go into details from there, but these are the two things to cover that sell a game. I usually like to pitch how long of a game I'm expecting as well - "This is going to be probably 3-4 sessions." etc.
With most people I know, there is exactly one thing necessary to do a perfect pitch, and that is saying:
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Since TeX and LaTeX can print out any text, it should be possible to write a self-replicating document, i.e., a document that is typeset as a PDF/DVI of itself. Have you seen something like that?
A long time ago, in a country far far away, under the influence of Hoefstader's Godel, Escher, Bach, I spent a merry few minutes playing with programs that would print out themselves. One goal was to make a minimal such program in a particular language, another was to have a general scheme that could be added to make any program (in that language) do this (in addition to what the program was supposed to do). In pursuit of that latter goal I figured out some general ingredients that could be used to do this. These were:
With these, the scheme is as follows. Create a list containing the code converted into some integer representation of the symbols it contains. Insert into that list a special character (usually
Here's a TeX version of that:
This produces:
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It is due to Péter Szabó and has been published on TUGboat, vol. 29 (2008), p. 207 as part of the TeX Pearls section at EuroBachoTeX 2007.
Here's the output:
Here is a simple example:
The result looks as the original:
But if you want to be able to copy from the PDF, you must use this code:
The result:
If inputting the file itself is allowed, here's a shorter version (Plain TeX):
Alternative version:
Much impressed and motivated by
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TOPEKA – Author Manisha Sinha, professor of Afro-American studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst, will speak at the annual Lincoln Lecture Series with the presentation of "Race and Equality in the Age of Lincoln," at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6 in the Washburn Room, Memorial Union, Washburn University. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Recently, Sinha was a featured commentator on "The Abolitionists" part of the "American Experience" series on PBS. Sinha consulted on the script for the series and is featured prominently on screen discussing the era and her upcoming book on the abolitionists. Sinha is the author of "The Counterrevolution of Slavery: Politics and Ideology in Antebellum South Carolina" (University of North Carolina Press, 2000) and "To Live and Die in the Holy Cause: Abolition and the Origins of America's Interracial Democracy" (Forthcoming, Yale University Press).
She was born in India and received her doctorate from Columbia University where her dissertation was nominated for the Bancroft prize. In 2011, she was awarded the Chancellor's Medal, the highest honor bestowed on faculty at the University of Massachusetts, and delivered the Distinguished Faculty Lecture. In 2006, she was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society and in 2003, she was appointed to the Organization of American Historians' Distinguished Lecture Series.
The Lincoln Lecture Series was instituted in conjunction with a series of events leading up to Washburn University's sesquicentennial celebration in 2015. Washburn was established as Lincoln College by a charter issued by the State of Kansas and the General Association of Congregational Ministers and Churches of Kansas on Feb. 6, 1865.


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Ok, so Black Mesa and Aperture Science were competing to discover and develop portal technology along with getting government funds. This "competition rush" caused the Black Mesa Incident and the Borealis accident. So, my question is: How could Black Mesa and Aperture Science be in this competition if Aperture Science had clearly already invented portal technology? In Portal 2, when you are testing with Cave Johnson, there is a poster on the wall which shows the previous version of the portal gun.
Clearly, Aperture Science had functioning portal technology back in the 60's. Why would Black Mesa still be trying to create portals in the 21st century if the technology had already existed?


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The accessory kit is the perfect upgrade to the Looj 330 Gutter Cleaning Robot. It provides all the additional options available to maximize Looj's cleaning abilities. The kit comes complete with a soft storage case for easy handling of the robot and accessories to and from the job site.
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Case Dimensions When Open: Approx. 20"W x 19"HCase Dimensions When Closed: Approx. 6"L x 6"W X 6"HWhat's In The Box:
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