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David Pollak's blog... and such.Lots of DPP's thoughts here...
A couple of weeks with Window 10
April 30, 2016
It's 2016, WiFi should work
Microsoft announced Bash on Windows. Basically, it's user-space Ubuntu that proxies kernel-space syscalls through a proxy... what it means is you get something that executes Linux binaries on Windows with little or no performance penalty. Cool.
Given that I'm a sucker for new toys and new stuff, I went out and bought a Yoga 900 to try Windows 10, Bash, etc.
The Hardware
The Yoga 900 is quite a nice piece of hardware. Compared to my 13" MacBook Pro, the Yoga is competitive. It's similar in size, weight, and feel (solid). Is the Yoga as good as the MacBook Pro? No. Is it in the same league, yes.
Windows 10
Windows 10 sucks far less than Windows 8.
I'm Joining Kiva.org
December 18, 2015
I have been doing technology for a very long time... professionally since 1978.
I have seen technology grow and evolve... software is eating the world... developers are the new king-makers...
And we as humans have a choice of how we use technology.
We can use it for marginal personal gain where we offer something that make's someone else's life much better but take a substantial portion of the betterment for ourselves. For example, taking a 30% cut for brokering between a driver and a passenger may be a passable transaction, but is also a radical wealth transfer to the broker.
Twitter Revenue by Solving the Lunch Problem
September 3, 2015
My Opinion
Like many other humans, I have an opinion about how Twitter could significantly increase its revenue. We can start down the discussion with lunch...
The Lunch Problem
It's coming up on noon... where do I go for lunch?
This is a non-trivial problem. It's a choice problem. It's a social problem. It's a commerce opportunity.
Any time there's a choice problem that has social components and commerce, it's an opportunity for Twitter to make money. But I'm getting ahead of myself...
The Choice Problem
There are 25+ lunch spots in walking distance of my office. I've fallen into a rut. I'm at Cassava where I've ordered the curry meatballs. Like I do at least once a week. Why?
Apple Watch Thoughts
August 3, 2015
I spent a week with the Apple Watch. It's in the drawer with my Android watch and my Pebble.
The hardware
The Apple Watch is one of the nicest pieces of physical hardware I've ever put on my wrist. I've got a Rolex and a Tudor... a bunch of Seiko watches, and others. My favorite watch is a Traser... but that's mostly because it's very practical.
I got the 38mm, Black Sport Watch. The physical feel of the Apple Watch is superb. The materials are amazing. The silicon band is the first silicon band I felt comfortable wearing for 12+ hours.
I would gladly pay $500+ for a watch built like the Apple Watch with a quartz movement and tritium hands.
Python: Yuck
July 23, 2015
I really dislike Python
A short blog post about my experience with Python. I've been doing Python/Flask work for about a month. It's long enough to get some sense of the language. It's not long enough to feel "comfortable" in the language. Please read these comments as such.
My experience includes decades with C, C++, Objective-C, and Java. Years of Ruby. Nearly a decade of Scala. A year with Haskell. A couple of years with Clojure (my fist Lisp). I've also done JavaScript and Pascal and some other languages that I don't remember... oh and 6502 assembler and 68000 assembler and BASIC.
My net is the Python is a bunch of hacks on hacks that created a mis-shapen beast.
Firefox is very disappointing
July 15, 2015
And I'm pro-Mozilla
I've been a Netscape and Firefox fan since the browser wars began in 1996. There's been a special place in my heart for this lineage of browser.
Every quarter or so, I try to use Firefox over Chrome. Every quarter, I switch back after a week. I switch back because Firefox is unusable.
My hardware
My desktop machine is a 6 core i7-4930K CPU @ 3.40GHz with 64GB of RAM and the fastest SSD SATA drives around.
My laptops are 2014-era MacBook Pros (13" and 15") each with 16GB of RAM and SSD drives.
My hardware is pretty much top of the line. Nothing should run slowly on this hardware.
But Firefox does.
Firefox hangs
Some Process Thoughts
July 7, 2015
In an Era of Distributed Teams
Over the last bunch of years, I've worked with a fair number of distributed teams, both doing open source and contracting. Over this time, I haven't ever been in the same room as half the people I've worked with. I've used a ton of tools from AIM to Slack.
Here are a bunch of thoughts on process.
Almost Always in the Light of Day
You're Stealing from Yourself
July 6, 2015
And from Me
I read Jessie Frazelle's blog post that outlines some of the horrid things that have happened to her solely because she's a woman contributing to the tech industry.
If you're engaging in acts of aggression against Jessie or any other woman or person of color, you are stealing from yourself.
Jessie is making a measurable contribution to the tech community. How do I know? Well, because I've heard of her. Because she wrote a very fine post on isolating desktop apps using Docker and done conference presentations as well.
Filling the Pipeline
June 28, 2015
With qualified People of Color
What a joke: Behind Silicon Valley's Self-Critical Tone on Diversity, a Lack of Progress http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/28/new-diversity-reports-show-the-same-old-results/ cc/ @cbracy
And he's right!
There are no excuses for failure to improve the diversity in high tech companies. None!
The platitudes of "we're trying" and "the pipeline sucks, so we're victims" is bullshit. These are companies that "disrupt" and use "social networking" to get the job (and the revenues) done. They should use the same tools to recruit a diverse workforce that they use to generate revenue: data mining and social networking.
A plan for Detroit
Thoughts from Munich
June 20, 2015
Random Stuff
I'm spending the weekend in Munich on my way to Devoxx in Krakow.
I've done a ton of travel this year: London, Tokyo, Atlanta, Beijing, and now Munich.
I'm drafting this post from the San Francisco Coffee Company. So, yeah, I flew 11 hours and 1/3 of the way around the world from San Francisco to sit in a coffee shop named after my town, hacking on my MacBook, and feeling meta-mocking about the whole thing.
But the differences between cities around the world seems to be less and less. I'm really conflicted about this.
What's good
CSS Selector Transforms in ClojureScript
June 9, 2015
Coming full circle
Lift's CSS Selector Transforms are the best thing in web development, ever.
Granted, Lift's CSS Selector Transforms are built off concepts in Enlive, Lift treats the transforms as composable components... and that means more concise, reusable code.
If you're doing client-side work, there's Enfocus and kioo, but they are very brittle and don't play well with Reagent.
So, I decided to write a bunch of web utilities for ClojureScript, single page apps.
The code is stand-alone and outputs Hiccup format HTML or it can return a DocumentFragment that can be used any old way.
The code is the first part of Dragonmark Web.
So what, and why?
We Live in an Amazing World
May 23, 2015
We Really Do
I hung out with a couple of friends last night and we spent a fair amount of time finding interesting and obscure music tracks and videos and playing them for each other. We carry the collective musical creation of all of humankind in our pocket and any of it can be recalled and performed at any time.
This week, I started work on a new project.
I was able to access all the tools and documentation that I needed to learn a new computer language. I was able to become proficient with the new computer language and publish code for part of my new project for the world to see and use.
My Thoughts on Go
May 21, 2015
I have been working on a project that needs to run as small-footprint native code. I've been doing C since 1980 and have written a fair number of commercial packages in C, C++, Objective-C and blends among them.
But after a couple of decades doing Java and other managed languages, I no longer want to have to think about memory management.
Plus, the project is Docker related and most of the Docker ecosystem is on Go. So, I decided to do the project in Go.
Here are my "about a week in" thoughts.
The Comfortable
I Love my MacBook Retina
May 20, 2015
It's an Amazing Machine
On more or less of a lark, I ordered a MacBook Retina. I'm very glad I did.
First, the lark... I have 4 running MacBook Pro/Airs and a couple of other running Macs floating around. The physical size difference between my 11" MacBook Air and the new MacBook is trivial. But... I like toys.
The MacBook Retina is a particularly awesome device and it's become my "traveling around town" machine.
The Keyboard
The keyboard is, I suspect, love it or hate it kinda thing.
For me, it's not quite love, but I really like the keyboard. I've been using computer keyboards since my Apple // and have seen keyboards lose travel.
Scala Versioning Fragility Rant
May 8, 2015
Yes, a Rant
I've been doing Scala before it was a thing. I founded Lift and wrote the 2nd Scala book (Beginning Scala).
And this morning, I'm ranting.
Recently, I've discovered the joys of dual-language (Scala and Clojure) projects... I even did a presentation on it at QCon.
Yesterday, I was playing around with putting a Reagent front end on a Lift app that talks to Apache Flink. Why? Because Reagent can support multi-hundred-thousand row scrolling grids seamlessly, even on my iPad, Lift is the best web framework I've ever used (yeah, I'm biased), and Flink seems to be well considered.
But the problem was Scala's version fragility...
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Your 35th Week
Try to stay active, even though you may be waddling by now.
Getting exercise is probably the last thing you want to do, but it's worth the effort. The more you move, the more energy you will gain. Gentle exercise will also help relieve some of the aches and twinges of late pregnancy. The baby's movements may change as he has less room to move around. Instead of kicks, he may be shuffling around. He's busy, though, practicing for the outside world, teaching himself to suckle and focus his vision.
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Friday, September 14, 2012
PFLAG National Mourns Death of Former President Elinor Lewallen
3 comments:
- Unknown said...
Rest in peace, Elinor.
Thank you for your helping hand & compassion when so many others turned away.
Condolences to her family,
Tracy in Australia
- September 17, 2012 at 10:45 AM
- Kathleen said...
I was fortunate to get to know Elinor when I lived in CO 1996-2000, and I was even more fortunate that my parents got to meet her when they visited from Australia. That one dinner together had a profound influence on us as a family. Elinor didn't just talk the talk - she walked the walk. Through her actions, she demonstrated to parents how to accept and support their queer children. It was a turning point in my life, for which I will be eternally grateful,
- September 26, 2012 at 6:29 AM
Godspeed Elinor. All I can hope for now is that you left something like a philippine prudential plan to help others continue the good fight.
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As capital city of Indonesia, Jakarta boasts some amazing golf courses. Easy access in and around the city with high speed toll roads can definitely take passionate golfers into some of the most fascinating golf courses the city can offer.
Not surprisingly, a number of golf courses were designed by top notch golfers, such as Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Greg Norman, Graham Marsh, Thomson, Wolveridge and others. The courses represent some of the most beautiful, challenging and exciting layouts of any course to be found in Asia, and to top that, superb hospitality, services and facilities will make your round of golf highly enjoyable and all at a reasonable price.
Here are some of the Golf Courses, one can enjoy in and around Jakarta:
1. Jakarta Golf Club, East Jakarta
The course demands thoughtful, accurate and patient approaches to shot making. Located in Rawamangun, East Jakarta, just thirty-minute drive from downtown Jakarta, the course was first established in 1872 and called Batavia Golf Club before its name was changed to Jakarta Golf Club.
Official Website: www.jakartagolfclub.org
2. Padang Golf Halim I & II, East Jakarta
Padang Golf Halim or Halim Golf Course started as the Air Force's first golf course. It is now most popular for its challenging course and low fees. Lakes used as part of the irrigation system, large, mature trees, bunkers and tricky greens are all part of the enjoyment.
Official Website: www.golfhalim.tripod.com
3. Riverside Golf Club, Cibubur, East Jakarta
Ninety hectares of stunning countryside was specifically selected to fuse the pleasure of golfing with the enjoyment of nature's beauty. Designed by Greg Norman, one of the best professional golfers in the world, the 18 Hole Championship course integrates seamlessly with the dramatic topography and ambiance of the natural setting.
Official Website: riverside-golf.com
4. Royale Jakarta Golf Club, Halim, East Jakarta
Introduced as one of five great new golf courses in Asia, the Royale Jakarta Golf Club is designed by Bob Moore Jr. & JMP Group. With its green paradise concept of expansive meadows decorated with Sea isle Supreme Paspalum in every area of its 27 holes, combined with beautiful purple carpets of exotic plants and the calming beauty of the lake waters that will fulfill both the challenging golf and visual serenity, all result in a new and exclusive golfing experience.
Official Website: www.royalejakarta.com
5. Pantai Indah Kapuk Course, Damai Indah Golf, North Jakarta
As one of the world -class golf course of Damai Indah Golf, Pantai Indah Kapuk Course is designed by one of the best golf course designer, Robet Trent Jones Jr. The 72-par, 6,048-meter golf course is designed by skillfully integrating the natural beauty of the coastal wetlands to create playable golf rich with strategic variety.
Official Website: www.damaiindahgolf.com
6. Senayan Golf Klub, South Jakarta
Senayan Golf Club (Klub Golf Senayan), formerly known as Kebayoran Golf Course, is situated on the edge of Jakarta's business district and over a period of thirty five years has been established as not only a part of Indonesia's golfing tradition, but also a significant part of Jakarta's sport and business culture. The course layout is challenging and renowned for its "tight", tree lined fairways. It's a true test for golfers of all levels.
More Information at our destination: Senayan Golf Club
7. Pondok Indah Golf & Country Club, South Jakarta
Pondok Indah Golf Course offers golfers a location where the architect has seemingly done little to disturb the natural harmony - where the golf course blends into its environment as though it had always been there. Such a paradise is rare. It is even rarer to find one located conveniently in the heart of a major city.
Official Website: www.golfpondokindah.com
8. Matoa Nasional Golf, South Jakarta
Located in the quiet and secluded area of Ciganjur, South Jakarta will give you the fresh natural air, without the long drive. The course also equipped with other features such as driving range, luxurious restaurant, conference room, swimming pool, and locker room with sauna.
More Information at our destination: Matoa national Golf
Official Website: www.matoanasional.net
9. Padang Golf Kemayoran, Central Jakarta
The great thing about Padang Golf Kemayoran is that it only takes five minutes to reach from Ancol Kemayoran toll road by car. The clubhouse provides golf carts, club rental, pro shop, driving range, putting and chipping green, restaurant and VIP rooms. The 18-hole course has a par 72 ranking for a total playing distance of 6,494 meters.
More Information at: http://www.golfnesia.com/golf-kemayoran
10. Padang Golf Pangkalan Jati, South Jakarta
Carrying the motto "Challenges among natural atmosphere" Padang Golf Pangkalan Jati or Pangkalan Jati Golf Course is pleasantly situated between Depok and Jakarta. Encompassing a total area of 40 hectares with an actual natural river running through, the course is designed by Indonesia's own designer in 1976 and started operations in 1979.
Official Website: http://www.golfpangkalanjati.com/
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Brad Stone
'Becoming Steve Jobs,' by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli
A portrait of a volatile boy wonder and his path to technological vanguard.
April 5, 2015, Sunday
'How Google Works,' by Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg
Two technology executives explain the business methods behind Google's groundbreaking success.
November 9, 2014, Sunday
Power Outage
A journalist looks at the challenges facing Apple in the years since Steve Jobs's death.
May 4, 2014, Sunday
Policing the Web's Lurid Precincts
Internet companies must screen content submitted by users, and the firms that sell the screening services are weighing the emotional toll on their workers.
July 19, 2010, Monday
Even Without iPhone, Verizon Is Gaining on AT&T
Thanks to a collaboration with Google, Verizon may decide it does not need Apple's iPhone on its network.
July 15, 2010, Thursday
YouTube to Back Video Creators
YouTube, a division of Google, is exploring a new way to get more high-quality clips on its site: financing amateur video creators. On Friday morning at Vidcon, an inaugural gathering of the online video community, YouTube is announcing that it...
July 12, 2010, Monday
Regulators to Parse Google-ITA Deal
Last week, Google announced a deal to acquire ITA, a Boston-area company that makes flight information software. The move will give Google a large foothold in the online travel search market, and control over a critical data source used by many of...
July 12, 2010, Monday
YouTube Will Back Its Most Promising Video Creators
YouTube will invest $5 million in video makers whose work appeals to large audiences and mainstream advertisers.
July 9, 2010, Friday
Regulators Prepare to Dig Into Google-ITA Deal
Antitrust regulators will most likely take a hard look at Google's acquisition of the travel software company ITA, and then approve it, with conditions.
July 6, 2010, Tuesday
Now Parents Can Hire a Hall Monitor for the Web
Services like SafetyWeb and SocialShield offer to monitor social networks and alert parents to problems like cyberbullying.
July 4, 2010, Sunday
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Improve English punctuation using this dynamic online language game.
This App teaches British English punctuation. It tests knowledge and provides feedback not just the correct answer, but guidance and help on common errors. It raises standards whilst learners are having fun trying to win the game. The user chooses questions at three levels and tries to get from the left to the right of the screen. A correct answer scores points and turns the hexagonal block green. An incorrect answer turns the block red. A fun assessment tool and a great teaching and learning tool.
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- Used by thousands of learners worldwide
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After many years of research I believe I have a nice gtd system for my needs. But even If tasks progress, I feel overwhelmed with stress and anxiety. I am in the point of realising that the list won't shrink but will remain the same, even enlarge through time, because of new ones that are added. What do you do to cope with stress when you have 10 active projects, a personal life and another 10 ones waiting ?
How do you manage stress and anxiety when you have dozens of things to do, even If they are organised in detail?
I deal with the same anxiety, there's just too much I want/need to do, and not enough time to do it. Though I'm far from good at doing this, these are things that may help.
This is where GTD falls short and why I find 7 Habits of Highly Effective People work best for me.
GTD helps you be as productive as possible but you tend to lose track of what tasks really matter to your goals.
The 7 habits make you think about tasks in terms of urgency and importance. You should aim to reduce urgency and focus on what is important.
So to answer your question, try to trim your list down back to the essential.
For each task, ask yourself: what would happen if you did this task? what would happen if I didn't do this task?
I might help you filter out unimportant tasks.
Are you doing reviews at the GTD 20,000 foot (20kft) level and higher? Working at these levels helps you focus on what is important, and can help you remove things from your action lists that are no longer appropriate.
See http://www.gtdtimes.com/2011/01/26/the-6-horizons-of-focus/ for a more complete discussion.
I know this is going to sound a little hokey - but I was finally talked into doing something every day that helps more with my stress level than anything else. Setting time aside to breathe.
Literally, one minute when I'm feeling stressed - usually that means like 6-7 big breaths in and out. That's it. For years I sort of mocked this sort of thing. I'm pretty organized, always getting things done - but also feeling a lot of stress. I probably do this 6-7 times per day when I find I'm not enjoying things due to being stressed. Amazing what a difference it makes!


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Snapshot of Sunday's Schemes
NEW ORLEANS—So you've committed the Harbaugh family tree to memory, you learned what deer antler spray is and you know that 49ers starting quarterback Colin Kaepernick used to be 49ers backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
These are nice things to talk to your friends about over a bowl of spinach dip. However, Sunday's Super Bowl—at least the actual football game part of it—will come down to a very specific set of schemes that each team employs to perfection. By looking at six specific plays from the season, here's a guide to the on-field strategies that got both Baltimore and San Francisco to New Orleans, and will make one team a winner.
The "zone read" isn't a specific play, but really a family of plays, all of which take advantage of Kaepernick's uncanny ability to quickly decipher the defense's intentions. While his offensive line blocks in one direction, Kaepernick tracks the defensive end on the opposite side. If the end follows the running back, Kaepernick runs with it himself; if he stays put, he gives the ball to Frank Gore.
But the 49ers have added some muscle to their zone-read scheme by using fullback Bruce Miller as a lead blocker. Miller also reads the defense before deciding whether to seal off the defensive end, creating a cutback lane for Gore, or whether to create a running lane for Kaepernick by seeking out the nearest linebacker and knocking him into the next electoral district. "The things they do with the fullback coming out as a lead blocker, I'd never seen that before," said Ross Tucker, a former NFL offensive lineman.
It's no secret that outside linebacker Aldon Smith has terrorized defenses this year with his speed, strength and insatiable appetite for opposing quarterbacks. He finished the regular season with 19.5 sacks, third-highest in the league.
But his numbers aren't all about his athleticism. In fact, they are mostly the result of a crafty defensive maneuver known as the "E.T." stunt. On the play, Justin Smith lines up as a defensive tackle, or "T," across from the guard and offensive tackle and occupies both by launching himself at the guard and dragging him into the tackle. Meanwhile, Aldon Smith, who aligns at defensive end, or "E," loops behind his teammate and bursts through the gap vacated by the guard to obliterate the quarterback.
"The key is they get so much penetration, they put the tackle and guard on different levels," said Ravens center Matt Birk.
One of San Francisco's most effective plays is also one of the most aptly named: the "wham." The name refers to the bone-rattling block delivered at the end of the play, but its success derives from how it initially leaves one defender unblocked.
When the ball is snapped, the 49ers allow a defensive lineman to burst through the line, eager to stop the offense for a loss. But as he swarms into the backfield, the defender is blissfully unaware that the 49ers have a blocker positioned on his blind side—usually tight end Delanie Walker—ready to clobber him as soon as he crosses the line of scrimmage.
San Francisco guard Alex Boone says the wham is especially effective against inside penetrators, like Detroit's Ndamukong Suh. "He was looking right at me and I swear he wanted to kill me," Boone said. "So I let him fly past and he got crushed. Good times."
Despite their reputation as a ferocious blitzing team, the Ravens actually have pretty boring blitzes, after the snap at least. The team likes to have its defensive linemen chase the quarterback along with its pass-rush specialist linebackers, including the elite blitzer Terrell Suggs.
But to deter teams from just loading up on players to block Suggs and Paul Kruger, the Ravens must do some tricks before the play. They are known to cram their players at the line—sometimes all seven non-defensive backs bunched up to disguise who is blitzing before they break out into their real defensive coverage.
Once in a while, they'll add a wrinkle, like blitzing safety Bernard Pollard or cornerback Corey Graham, but mostly it's a confidence game. Above, they are all standing up as Tom Brady makes his calls in the AFC championship game so he can't determine which players will have their hand on the dirt, making it impossible to divvy up blocking assignments to Patriot players.
Like most NFL plays, Baltimore's "dagger" is a cool name for a pretty straightforward concept: a pass pattern designed to clear out the middle of the field for a wide receiver cutting inside.
What makes it such a potent weapon is how it attacks the ubiquitous "Cover-2" defense, in which two deep safeties each patrol one half of the field while the remaining defenders play man-to-man coverage.
With two receivers aligned on one side of the field, the dagger calls for the inside receiver to run a deep vertical route, forcing the middle linebacker to drop back in coverage, while the outside receiver cuts into the space he vacated.
Jim Miller, the former Chicago Bears quarterback, says the dagger is one of Baltimore's go-to plays in third-and-long situations. "If the protection holds up, it's an easy throw for [Joe] Flacco in the middle of the field," he said.
The most famous play of the Ravens' playoff run was quarterback Joe Flacco's 70-yard touchdown pass to Jacoby Jones in the final moments of regulation in their divisional game against Denver.
To execute this play precisely, the Ravens employed a hopelessly complicated mixture of technical routes and—whoops, never mind, they just had everyone run straight as fast as they could and passed it to the open guy. In this case, it was Jones—who sneaked behind Broncos defensive back Rahim Moore to score.
The Ravens routinely use "four verts" as their route combination of choice in an effort to take advantage of their speedy wide receivers, Torrey Smith and Jones, as well as the sure-handed Anquan Boldin, who can pop open on the straight routes. No player had more passes travel over 20 yards than Flacco during the season and their goal is simple: Run fast and someone gets open.
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I'm trying to query a custom array of posts for the homepage, trying to maintain the order given in the array. To a certain degree this works fine, WordPress finds the posts, but in the Loop the order is all mixed up again.
First of all, I'm using the
pre_get_posts hook to change the main query on the homepage, which looks something like this:
if ( is_home() && $query->is_main_query() ) {
$query->set( 'post_type', array( 'post', 'page', 'product' ) );
$query->set( 'post__in', array( 103, 14, 127, 115 ) );
$query->set( 'orderby', 'post__in' );
The order on the homepage is all mixed up! It's neither following the specified array, nor the publish dates (which is the default). Instead, it's 127, 103, 14, 115.
I var_dumped the
global $wp_query on the homepage, just to check what happened, and the SQL it queried was indeed
SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS wp_posts.ID
FROM wp_posts
1=1 AND wp_posts.ID IN (103,14,127,115)
AND wp_posts.post_type IN ('post', 'page', 'product')
AND (wp_posts.post_status = 'publish' OR wp_posts.post_author = 1 AND wp_posts.post_status = 'private')
ORDER BY FIELD( wp_posts.ID, 103,14,127,115 )
So no problem there! That's exactly what should happen. The array of posts in
$wp_query->posts however, has the wrong order.
You might notice that there's a custom post type
'product' included in the query. Is that the culprit? Any idea where to look?


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Psoriasis research, treatment is life's work
|Dr. Alan Menter, a world-renowned expert on psoriasis, examines Mary Lou Jeffs in his Dallas, Texas, office on November 1, 2012. "From a personal standpoint, this is more satisfying than anything else. I love what I do. I adore what I do," Menter said. (David Woo/Dallas Morning News/MCT)
Psoriasis affects what may sound like a small segment of the population - 2 percent. That's close to 6.5 million people in the United States alone. Talk to Menter, and you get the feeling that even if the number were a fraction of that, he'd still be traveling around the globe to help make the lives of sufferers easier.
"I could spend 20 or 30 minutes talking to a psoriasis patient," Menter says between seeing patients on an early November morning.
Days earlier, he had returned home from conferences in San Francisco and South Africa; in a few hours, he'll leave for another in San Antonio, Texas.
"Then I could go into another room, remove a skin cancer from a patient, and double my income," says Menter, chief of the dermatology division at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas. "From a personal standpoint, this is more satisfying than anything else. I love what I do. I adore what I do."
Dr. Mike Ramsay, president of the Baylor Research Institute, through which Menter's research is conducted, calls Menter a luminary.
"In '94, he was the first person to identify the gene associated with psoriasis," Ramsay says. The men have known each other since Menter came to Baylor in 1975.
"Alan's had a passion for it since he got into dermatology," Ramsay says. "You come to Alan, you get all the latest therapies because all the companies come to him to do Phase One trials. He knows the disease backwards. He knows what is likely to work, what won't, the side effects."
It's a passion, Ramsay says, that Menter, 71, has transferred from the rugby playing fields of South Africa to the lab in Dallas. "He was an internationally known sports figure. It shows he has passion, passion for what he does. In sports, he was a leader. Now he turns his passion to psoriasis."
Psoriasis is a disease that presents in patches on the skin, but its ramifications run much deeper. People with psoriasis have a stronger incidence than the general population of high cholesterol, obesity, diabetes and heart disease. They're likely to develop arthritis and joint problems, and to be depressed. The disease can be treated, but not cured.
Menter remembers, years ago, getting a phone call from a psychiatrist, asking whether he could do anything for a 13-year-old who had dropped out of school after being continually teased by classmates.
He certainly could, and he did. The teenager is now a young adult who went on to play soccer in college and is working on a doctorate in psychology. Menter calls the transformation "a personal satisfaction."
"There's a massive quality-of-life issue," he says. "Young people with psoriasis have the highest incidence of depression of any other disease. Imagine a young female, 22, 23, trying to start dating and she has large patches over her arms and legs. It doesn't make you feel attractive."
People hide their disease. "I have patients where one spouse had it and the other didn't know," Menter says. "They'd never bathe in front of the other, never jump into bed before the lights were out."
Psoriasis has been known about since biblical times, he says. Until the 1800s, it was thought to be leprosy.
"We've always known psoriasis patients had more risks for cardiac disease, especially those with severe psoriasis," Menter says. "It's not just driven by obesity. It's driven by inflammation. It gets into skin and joints."
Creams and lotions can help outbreaks only to a point, he says. Instead, injectable and systemic drugs work better, and work on a variety of health issues. When he tells patients of the "good statistical evidence" that the drugs "won't just improve skin and joints but their cardiovascular system as well," he says, "their eyes are wide open."
Many drugs under development work on the inflammatory side, he says. By reducing inflammatory markers, "they're also playing an integral role in heart disease. That's very, very significant. Five years ago, we had no knowledge about that."
Menter became interested in psoriasis during medical school in England, when he discovered a few patches on himself.
"There are 23 genes for psoriasis," he says. "I have every one known to mankind. I have nieces and nephews with it. One of my brothers has Crohn's and psoriasis. I've seldom had one little patch on my scalp or my body.
"That's the unknown. Why did one of my brothers get Crohn's? What are the trigger factors? Is it dietary? Environmental? Stress?"
The more he has learned, the more psoriasis fascinates him. His accomplishments are world-renowned and include founding the International Psoriasis Council in 2004. In June, he served as president of its World Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Conference, which attracted 300 rheumatologists from 67 countries.
"There was a lot of shared knowledge with rheumatology colleagues, debates about genetics, a lot of basic science," says Menter, whose annual air miles total close to 170,000. "We came away with more understanding of the intricacies of psoriasis."
He speaks with ease and passion about studies, about research, about grants, about treatments. In October 2013, the Menter Psoriasis Gala will be held to honor him and raise money for his research. There's no cure for psoriasis, but he can provide treatments and, above all, hope.
"I tell every one of my patients, 'You don't have to live with your disease,'" says Menter, who praises his staff members for their empathy helping patients through crises. "With the depression rate and suicide rate being so high in young people because of their quality of life, treating them in a way that makes them more comfortable with themselves is very heartwarming, it really is.
"I do get quite a few hugs every day because it's finally cleared."
What Dr. Alan Menter wants you to know about psoriasis:
-It's not contagious.
-It's controllable.
-It's associated with other internal conditions.
-It has three parameters: redness, thickness, scaling. But the way it presents itself, and which parts of the body it affects, vary from person to person.
-The wide variety of medications on the market can clear the majority of patients. "If you stop treatment, in the vast majority, it comes back," he says. "It's like diabetes, like arthritis. You have to maintain treatment."
-Leann Rimes has it, as does Kim Kardashian and Stacy London, star of "What Not to Wear." The late John Updike wrote about his psoriasis in his autobiography, "The Diary of a Leper," which Menter says, "was pretty traumatic. It describes what he went through, how he was ridiculed. It's the best-ever personal story written by a well-known writer."
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If you know the sex, you won't have the same incentive of a surprise at the end of your labor, but you may feel you can bond more closely with your baby during pregnancy and picture what he or she will be like as a newborn.
If you don't know the sex yet, then you will have a well-earned surprise after your hard work in labor. Some women who don't know the sex of their babies say that they have a strong instinct that the baby is a particular sex, but may be quite surprised when they have a baby of the opposite sex.
Try to keep an open mind and not raise your hopes about having a baby of a certain gender-the odds are slightly in favor of you having a boy.
In the posterior position the baby faces your belly instead of your spine (see Lie and presentation). This position may prolong your labor, which can be tiring, and cause more of a backache. If this is the case, you can try the same methods as for turning a breech baby (see Repositioning your baby) to encourage your baby to move into an anterior position.
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What is the maximum party size (if there is one) in Diablo 3?
Additionally, how much of a buff do monsters get when adding party members?
"A new ally has joined, but the minions of Hell grow stronger."
What is the maximum party size (if there is one) in Diablo 3?
Additionally, how much of a buff do monsters get when adding party members?
As of the 1.05 patch on 10/16/2012, monsters gain a 70% HP increase for each additional character. So a 4-person Inferno party would face monsters with 210% more health than a solo character. (Prior to 1.04, the % increase per character was higher on higher difficulty levels).
Patch 1.08 reduces the HP-buff to 50% per player, resulting in a maximum of 150% more health.
This increase is applied AFTER any increase for monster power level. So at Inferno MP1 with one player, monsters have 150% hit points. With four players at MP1, they would have (150 * 3.1) = 465% hit points.
Update: There used to be a bonus to damage on higher difficulty levels, but it was removed in a hotfix on June 8, 2012.
The maximum party size is four people.1 2 There is no party experience split.3
For each additional party member, monster health scales: +75% HP in Normal, +85% HP in Nightmare, +95% HP in Hell, +110% HP in Inferno.4 5 (The upcoming 1.0.4 patch changes this. Instead of scaling monster health buffs with difficulty, all difficulties get a flat +75% HP increase per each additional party member.6) There are no other party size buffs.
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Join us on Tuesday, October 9th for our 41st birthday! We're celebrating with $1.99 small The Original sandwiches all day long at participating Schlotzsky's restaurants nationwide. Stop by anytime on October 9 and enjoy our famous sandwich. No coupon required. And don't forget to sign up for our Bun & Fun eClub now or while you're at the restaurant – you'll receive birthday specials and other coupons and discounts as a member.
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Both our Schlotzky's closed in Reno, I miss them so much! Such unique delicious sandwiches....Dang now I'm hungry..
Schlotzsky's was my favorite fast food sandwich for many years. Basic sandwich on dark rye with lots of horseradish sauce. All of ours closed for some years. and about a year ago one opened on the far side of town. I tried it twice and it was definitely not up to the old standards. Another opened a few months ago on the side of town I frequent, but I haven't tried it yet. I have high hopes for it being better, it's in a more upscale part of town and restaurant competition is fierce. I don't know if I am going to be able to make it over there today to try it, though. It's still about a 25m RT.
I never heard of this company...as far as I know they do not have this chain in New York
@embeleko: I think that Schlotzky's basic recipe is rooted in the New Orleans muffuletta.
Schlotzky's original: Lean smoked ham, Genoa and cotto salamis, and melted cheddar, mozzarella, and parmesan cheeses layered with black olives, red onion, lettuce, tomato, mustard and our signature dressing on our toasted Sourdough bun.
Muffuletta: A traditional style muffuletta sandwich consists of a muffuletta loaf split horizontally and covered with layers of marinated olive salad, capicola, mortadella, salami, pepperoni, ham, Swiss cheese and provolone. The sandwich is sometimes heated to soften the provolone. (Wiki)
I haven't been to NY as an adult, but from what I see on TV I suspect it would be difficult for a sandwich chain to compete with NY's famous delis.
Darn. No Schlotzky's around here. :(
Had to have Subway for lunch. Doesn't even come close to being pale by comparison.
It originated in Austin, TX in 1971.
Great find. Thanks!!
Wow, you should've posted this earlier........... A lot earlier. Only a few hours to catch this deal. Oh well. Maybe next year.....
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The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz today ordered the delivery of emergency assistance to refugees in Sri Lanka.
The Ministry of Finance said the first cargo shipment of relief supplies will depart Saudi Arabia on Saudi Arabian Airlines for the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Wednesday and the second on Friday. The ministry said that the aid will be handed over to officials of the Government of Sri Lanka by Saudi Ambassador to Sri Lanka and a delegates from the Ministry of Finance.
The gesture comes within the framework of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to provide humanitarian assistance to the needy, the Ministry of Finance said.


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Recall that a functor $G\colon A\to X$ is called monadic if it has a left adjoint $F$ for which the Eilenberg--Moore comparison functor $K\colon A\to X^{\mathbb{T}}$ is an equivalence of categories, where $\mathbb{T}$ is the monad in $X$ defined by the adjunction $\langle F,G,\ldots\rangle\colon X\rightharpoonup A$, and $X^{\mathbb{T}}$ is the category of $\mathbb{T}$-algebras in $X$.
This means that a monadic functor is the forgetful functor
$G^{\mathbb{T}}\colon X^{\mathbb{T}}\to X$ up to composition with an
equivalence of categories (the comparison functor $K$). Now, it can be
verified that $G^{\mathbb{T}}$ creates
limits (Ex. 6.2.2 of Mac Lane). If the comparison functor is an isomorphism, then it is straightforward to verify that $G$ creates limits. In fact, I think that even if it is only assumed that $K$ is an equivalence for which the object function is surjective, then $G$ creates limits.
However, in Proposition 4.4.1 on p. 178 of Mac Lane--Moerdijk, it is stated that any monadic functor creates limits. The proof starts with the following words (with minor omissions):
Let $G$ be monadic. Then by definition, $G$ is the forgetful functor $G^\mathbb{T}$ up to an equivalence of categories. It thus suffices to show that such a forgetful functor $G^\mathbb{T}$ creates limits.
I simply do not understand this statement: In general, the composition of an equivalence and a functor that creates limits need not create limits. For example, the identity $\mathbf{Set}\to\mathbf{Set}$ creates limits, and for any skeleton $X$ of $\mathbf{Set}$ the inclusion $X\subseteq \mathbf{Set}$ is an equivalence. Let $X$ be some skeleton of $\mathbf{Set}$ (for which I am happy to assume any necessary axiom of choice), and take a one-element set $1$ that is not in $X$. Then $1$ is a limit of the functor obtained by composing the unique functor from the empty category to $X$ with $X\subset\mathbf{Set}\stackrel{\operatorname{Id}}{\to}\mathbf{Set}$, but $1$ has no lifting in $X$.
So it seems that there are 4 possibilities:
The above Proposition 4.4.1, as stated, is wrong. There is a counter example where a monadic functor (for which the comparison functor is not an isomorphism) does not create limits.
The proof in ML-M covers just some of the cases, and for the other cases it is not known if the assertion is true (namely, for a monadic functor $G$ for which the comparison functor is not an isomorphism, it is not known whether in general $G$ creates limits).
The proposition is correct because the comparison functor has some additional special property (e.g., its object function must be surjective whenever it is an equivalence).
(Most likely) I am wrong, and the quoted argument from Mac Lane--Moerdijk is correct.
I would like to note that in Theorem 3.4.2 on p. 105 of Barr-Wells, it is only claimed that monadic functors reflect limits.
Which one of the above 4 possibilities is true? In essence, my question is: If $G$ is monadic and the comparison functor is an equivalence that is not an isomorphism, does $G$ create limits?


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The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz received Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at his palace in Jeddah today. During their meeting, the two leaders discussed the Palestinian cause, the sufferings of the Palestinian people due to the Israeli occupation, and the latest developments in the region.
The audience was attended by Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal; Chief of General Intelligence Prince Meqrin bin Abdulaziz; Secretary General of the National Security Council Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz; Commander of the National Guard Prince Meteb bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz; and Advisor to the King Prince Abdulaziz bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz.
On the Palestinian side, the meeting was attended by Member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee Dr. Saeb Erekat; Palestinian Ambassador to the Kingdom Jamal Al-Shobaki; Spokesman of the Palestinian Presidency Nabil Abu Rudeina; and Director of General Intelligence Maj. Gen. Majid Faraj.


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Off-Season Job Hunting
When Neha Gupta prepared to graduate from college last December, she faced a difficult job search since many large companies weren't recruiting for winter openings.
So the 24-year-old, who finished her Master's degree in economics early to save about $20,000, focused on smaller companies that could hire on the spot. A friend introduced her to the founder of e-commerce startup Honest Co., which was launching in late January. She was soon hired to handle account management.
"It was [initially] frustrating because I felt like I had a good background, had good experience but I was out of the cycle," says Ms. Gupta, who also used the University of Southern California's career-services office for job leads and advice.
Ms. Gupta is one of a growing number of students graduating in December—either a semester early or a semester late—due to financial or personal reasons. But jumping into the job market outside of the traditional time poses some obstacles for these college graduates.
For one thing, some companies, including many large financial-services firms, retailers and consultants, recruit at schools in the fall for summer hires. Others set aside entry-level hiring until the spring for a summer or fall start.
But there are some perks to graduating in December. Graduates can get a head start on entry-level hiring at small or midsize companies, since many of those companies' budgets open up for the new year, says Lindsey Pollak, the New York-based author of "Getting from College to Career." And they're more likely to hire on the spot.
To find a job lead, tap family and friends you've connected with over the holidays. And try to expand your network at any New Year's parties you're attending. You also can join alumni groups on LinkedIn or Facebook and connect with fellow alumni, even if you don't know them personally. Explain your recent graduation and interests and how you would like to get some career advice and learn about the person's employer, says Rebecca Sparrow, director of Cornell Career Services at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.
After seeing a job listing online, Lauren Baer reached out to a friend on Facebook who worked for the company hiring. Ms. Baer, who graduated from Syracuse University in December 2010, had transferred from Northeastern University and lost a year's worth of credits. The now 24-year-old had interned for the friend at another company. After some correspondence and interviews, she got the job—as an account associate at a New York public-relations firm—a month later.
Recruiters and potential employers will undoubtedly ask about the timing of your graduation, so you need to cast your reasons—and what you got out of it—in a positive light.
If you've graduated late, be honest about the reasons, says Ms. Sparrow. If you cut down on school hours to get a part-time job for financial reasons, for instance, talk about how that shows you are responsible about finances and already have experience in the workforce.
Michelle Frankel chose to take an extra internship placement in her Masters program on speech-language pathology at Hofstra University. The 24-year-old, who graduated earlier this month, says she plans to emphasize her added experience during job interviews. Ms. Frankel, who lives in Plainview, N.Y., says she is actively searching for a job online and in person, but faces an uphill climb since most companies hire in the summer for a September start.
If you graduated early, point out relevant internships or classes that helped you accelerate, Ms. Pollak says. Also highlight how you successfully managed a heavier course load, which shows how you will be able to handle various tasks at work.
"Don't just ride it out until the spring," she says. "You have an opportunity…to get a head start."
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WACO (November 21, 2012)--A Waco man was arrested Tuesday night following a car chase that ensued after police tried to stop a driver for a traffic violation.
Adrian Casarez, 40, was arrested following the chase.
Waco police Officer Steve Anderson said patrol officers attempted to stop a vehicle Tuesday night at Kennedy and South 12th Streets, but as officers approached the vehicle, the driver drove away.
Officers chased the fleeing vehicle, a 1984 Chevrolet pickup truck, along several city streets in South Waco until police deployed spike strips to try to disable the pick up.
The driver finally stopped in the 1000 block of Brown Street and was arrested.
Anderson said during the chase officers saw the driver throw items from the pick up, which later were recovered.
Casarez was charged with possession of a controlled substance and evading arrest.
His bonds total $35,000.


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CyberSenga: Internet-based HIV Prevention in Uganda
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Behavioral: CybereSenga
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Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Prevention
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|CyberSenga: Harnessing the Power of the Internet to Prevent HIV in Ugandan Youth
- Our main outcome measure is the frequency of unprotected sex [ Time Frame: 6-months post-intervention ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- The secondary outcome will be sexual abstinence [ Time Frame: 6-months post-intervention ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
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|August 2007
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|October 2011
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|October 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: HIV prevention
6-module HIV prevention program tailored for adolescents in Uganda
Behavioral: CybereSenga
Internet-based HIV prevention program
Placebo Comparator: Control
"treatment as usual" - the sexual health education adolescents currently receive in secondary school
Behavioral: CybereSenga
Internet-based HIV prevention program
Detailed Description:
HIV/AIDS is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality in Uganda. Despite aggressive advances in HIV prevention efforts, recent data suggest that HIV prevalence is increasing generally, and HIV knowledge, a direct contributor to behavior, is on the decline among young people specifically as compared to a decade ago.
The Internet is a promising mode of intervention delivery in resource poor-settings because the costs associated with scaling up are minimal; dissemination online is the same if one person or 100,000 people use the program. Just as important, it provides access to important health information in a stigma-free, anonymous atmosphere. Our recent data indicate that 45% of adolescents in Mbarara, Uganda have used the Internet, 78% of whom went online at least once in the previous week. Eighty-one percent of respondents in the same survey indicated they would go to an HIV prevention web site if it existed. Based upon these data, we propose to develop a culturally appropriate, Internet-based HIV prevention program designed specifically for Ugandan adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18 years. Our specific aims are as follows:
Specific Aim 1: Design a 6-hour, Internet-based HIV prevention program for adolescents. Content will be culturally tailored to the HIV preventive information, motivation, and behavioral skills needs of Ugandan adolescents.
Specific Aim 2: Test the intervention in a randomized controlled trial (n=500) among adolescents attending grades Secondary 1-4 (similar to US high school grades 8th - 11th) at day schools in Mbarara.
This project has the potential to develop low-cost and scalable interventions to HIV transmission risk behaviors among adolescents in Uganda.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 18 Years (Child, Adult)
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Attendance at a partner secondary school
- Enrollment in grades Secondary 1 through 4
- Caregiver informed permission and adolescent informed assent
Exclusion Criteria:
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00906178
|Internet Solutions for Kids Uganda, Lmtd
|Mbarara, Uganda
|Principal Investigator:
|Michele Ybarra, MPH PhD
|Internet Solutions for Kids
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|Center for Innovative Public Health Research
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|NCT00906178 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|May 20, 2009
|Last Updated:
|January 18, 2012
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HIV prevention
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Why did the United States drop two nuclear bombs on the Japanese mainland? It appeared that Japan was ready to surrender.
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The official reason was to avoid a long and costly battle attempting to force the Japanese to surrender by invading the mainland. The Japanese were tenacious fighters and their tactics of Kamikaze suicide bombers and their courageous defense of their country in engagements such as the Battle of Okinawa, lend substantial credibility to this claim. Some such as General Eisenhower disagreed to as whether such a maneuver was really necessary.
Regardless of whether the Japanese government was seriously considering surrender, the bombing forced the decision and was less costly to the Americans (obviously) than a protracted war. Whether a protracted war would have spared Japanese lives as opposed to several more months of brutal warfare is an open question.
It is my opinion that this motivation was one of several competing reasons as to why the Americans decided to detonate nuclear bombs on Japanese civilian centers. In a large part I feel this was simply the natural evolution of the doctrine of total war applied to aerial bombings of civilian targets, first seen in action during the German bombing of Guernica and continued by the Americans both in the fire bombings of Dresden and Tokyo.
Beyond this there was also the ability to justifiably test an atomic bomb in warfare conditions. American military scientists were very interested in seeing the effects of nuclear weapons in many environments (even detonating them underwater to see what would happen). Obviously the most important environment to test it on would be that of urban or military targets. The prior would be unthinkable, outside of a war anyway.
Also, by deploying the bomb America was able to send a strong message about the balance of power after the war. Given that there is always some degree of uncertainty about political relations and military stability after the war, the bomb was certainly a strong message that Americans were not to be messed with. I don't think any of these motivations were alone sufficient in explaining why the American high command decided to drop the bombs; its far more likely that it was a combination of several of these and possibly additional concerns as well.
The Japanese had 4 terms they were demanding in order to "surrender":
To Westerners, this means that the Japanese would be "returning to barracks" and not surrendering in any way that word was understood to mean. The Allies stated clearly "unconditional surrender"
The Japanese felt that they could disgust and demoralize the Allies with the kamikaze attacks and drive the Allies to the bargaining table.
As for the 2nd atomic bomb, the United States knew what the Japanese were thinking because it was reading their codes. The high command claimed that since it took 4 years for the Allies to make the first atomic bomb, then it would take 4 more years for the second atomic bomb. They knew what an atomic bomb was, and the effects of such weapons, because they had 2 separate atom bomb projects themselves (one in Tokyo using chemical separation of Uranium isotopes, and a diffusion plant in what is now North Korea). Rhodes wrote 2 books (The Making of the Atomic Bomb and Dark Sun) that discussed this along with other national nuclear projects).
A conventional land invasion of the "home islands" of Japan was expected to cost between 500,000 and 1,500,000 Allied troops. Based on how fierce the Okinawa fighting was, and that it took about 25 Japanese casualties to inflict 1 Allied casualty, it would be expected that a conventional land invasion of Kyushu and Honshu would end up having to kill tens of millions of Japanese civilians before they would really surrender.
Cook, in Japan at War, lists the number of soldiers in Japan at the time of surrender ate 4,335,500, with 3,527,000 stationed outside Japan (mostly in China and Korea).
In the end, the allies did not accept any of the conditions, but promised that the status of the emperor would be determined by the Japanese people.
The Soviet point of view was that the US used the bomb to threaten the USSR.
According the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, article "Nuclear weapons" ("Ядерное оружие"):
But my opinion is that the bomb was actually developed against Germany and only the fact that they surrendered so quickly saved them and brought such misfortune to Japan. The US already spent much money on the new weapon and just could not leave it unused.
It was also instrumental to demonstrate technical superiority over enemy (including Germany, which at the time was considered the most technologically advanced nation), so that to break an image of "advanced" and "civilized" Germans defeated by barbaric and underdeveloped inferior nations (the Germans did not consider the Anglo-Saxons sub-human, but still always empathized that the Germans are the most productive and creative). It was known that Germany developed a range of "wonder-weapons" so that their enemies had to get something to counter-balance such image.
There's a lot to explain.
Why was the bomb built?
This is too big to answer here! Read the great book The making of the atomic bomb. I'll quote it to answer the other questions.
Why the Allied policy of unconditional surrender?
When the Allied leaders met in 1943 at the Casablanca conference, the phrase 'unconditional surrender' was deliberately left out of the joint statement. But Roosevelt later used it in a hasty speech. and Churchill went along unquestioningly, rather than show any tension between the Allies.
Why did the Japanese refuse the Allied terms of surrender?
Why not invade Japan?
Why not ask Russia to help invade Japan?
Why drop atom bombs rather than more fire bombs?
Why not warn Japan about the bomb before dropping it?
Why not demonstrate the bomb on an unpopulated area?
Why was the bomb secret?
Why risk a nuclear arms race when the world sees the bomb?
Why not keep the bomb secret from Russia?
Byrnes' most dangerous misunderstanding from Szilard's point of view was his reading of the Soviet Union: >
The bombing of Japan was a warning to the USSR. The allies knew that Japan would surrender at the drop of a hat without a fight as the had actually asked to be allowed to surrender ten times before the first bomb was dropped.
The official reason for denying them a surrender was that they had placed various requirements on the surrender but in actual fact almost all of these demands were actually accepted in the end - the biggest request from the Japanese PoV being, of course, the continuance of the Emperor's position which was granted.
There was never any chance of a fighting invasion of the Japanese mainland, and everyone knew that well in advance. That idea is simply propaganda. The Japanese were beaten and they knew it. If there was the odd general who wanted to fight on the simple fact was that he would have had to do it himself as the army was on the verge of mutiny, as was the remains of the air force. Again, the vision of the unconquerable samurai who would die before surrendering is a comfortable myth bolstered by a handful of freaks like Hiroo Onoda. Such imagery is no more a true picture of the Japanese army than the Alamo is of the US army en mass.
When MacArthur presented Japan's documentation on the subject of being allowed to surrender, Truman reportedly dismissed the idea without even reading the proposal, commenting that MacArthur was a great general but a lousy politician - a strong clue that the bombing was a political event rather than a military one.
The reason for the second bomb has been debated but is likely to be a combination of two main reasons: firstly to test the second device's design which was substantially different from the first; secondly to hint to Stalin that the US had a supply of these things, not just one made through some super-human effort which would be hard to replicate quickly.
It is easy to forget the degree to which the Japanese had been dehumanised in the US. The idea that a bomb design be tested by being dropped on civilians would not have raised anything like enough of a protest in the US if it had been floated beforehand and, indeed, continued to be regarded as completely justified for decades afterwards in general public opinion.
The ultimate roots of the bombing are a fascinating story of the interaction of militarism and religion on both sides, going back to the days (less than a century before) of Admiral Perry's expedition to "open" (ie, threaten to bombard into submission) Japan and the reaction of the Shogunate to that challenge. In light of that, there is a horrible irony in the fact that Nagasaki was bombed (due to weather), as it was one of the first cities opened to the outside world and was opened specifically as an attempt to avoid Japan being attacked and conquered by the US.
The war in Europe had brought the powerful red army, which was mostly responsible for beating Nazis to Berlin in Germany. Us and the soviet Union were having some disagreements on arragements on Europe. Us wanted to let the russians know who is the boss (in the words of Truman) and thus US army roasted nearly half a million Japanese and hurt millions in the coming generations to achieve that. President Truman was instrumental in this by failing to stop the hawks in the army. FDR (Rosevelt would never allow the vision of post war power grab to extend to nuking Japan.) Japanese cities were already incinerated and the most worrisome thing for the Japanese was a Russian Invasion and not the nuclear attack. Also they could not stomach the hanging of their emperor. US delayed assurances to safeguard the emperor until it had exploded the second bomb, on the same day USSR attacked Manchuria, then controled by Japanese forces. Japanese were considered to be sub human at that time and thus the political cost for US politicians was negligable. To understand this well watch Oliver Stone's documentary "Untold history of the USA" episode 2 and 3.
Compare to German, Japan have controlled 1/6 part of world on august 1945.
Japanese are kamikaze.
Hiroshima was a main military port and main headquarters.
Nagasaki was a city-military-factory, Mitsubishi produced motors of aircrafts.
It was like nuking The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin's main factories.


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A bubu is a slang word used in the northeast for the hottest most beautiful women out there. A bubu cheek is the dopest woman out there, she tops em all.
"Damn she's bubu"
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An endearment term to use for your loving, gentle husband that always put you as his top priority; a masculine version of Baby
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Baby, shorty (also Bu). Sometimes used as a synonym to 'small'. Often used as ainterposition when talking to/about females and kids.
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Term used to define your female lover, if you are a female. (in a friend-like way) Term derived from ZeePee, a little known basketball player, when using the term "bu" to a female. He was known for being female-ish, and not spelling words correctly, which is why females use it on other females jokingly. Males using it without the "no-homo" line may seem homo. :)
"Hey bubu, whatcha eatin today in the library?"
"Bubu I missed you!"
"Bubu I missed you!"
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in the Marshall Islands, bubu is grandmother.
Bubu is the new name of mother earth.
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bubu fucking kicks ass!
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A cry baby. Always complains about every thing.
Stop complaining you are such a bubu!
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What is the little metal piece attached to the aperture ring in some Zeiss lenses?
What is its purpose?
It is like a little gun sight.
See for example the Planar T* 1.4 50 where the "gun sight" is below the 5,6 number.
Thank you.
It was a physical coupling for early built-in exposure meters. It hooked into a coupling pin on the camera body to tell the exposure meter what f-number the lens was set at.
It looked something like this:
Nikon F2 Photomic, 1971, from mir.com
Here's the user's guide, look for "Lens Aperture Coupling".
As for why Zeiss still has it on their lenses? I guess they don't want to leave owners of older cameras in the lurch :)


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Stephen is a Lecturer in the School and also a member of the Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods(WISERD) localities team.
Prior to joining WISERD in 2009, he worked as a researcher for the Cardiff Institute of Health, Society and Ethics (CISHE).
His research interests include adolescent smoking and smoking cessation; school smoking policies and the methodological and the ethical considerations of researching in schools. He is also interested in mental health; the roles of culture and tradition in health behaviour and the geographical experience of health.


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TAMPA, Florida (CNN) -- In the biggest speech of his still young political career, GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan will tell the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night that time is running out to solve the nation's fiscal problems, but Mitt Romney and he can do it if elected in November.
"We will not duck the tough issues -- we will lead," Ryan said in his prime-time address. "...The work ahead will be hard. These times demand the best of us -- all of us, but we can do this. Together, we can do this."
Ryan's speech is part of a campaign effort to portray Romney, a multimillionaire businessman and former Massachusetts governor, as a champion of working-class Americans who struggle under the policies of President Barack Obama.
Romney chose Ryan, the conservative House Budget Committee chairman from Wisconsin, as his running mate in hopes that the fiscal expert known for big and hard-line ideas would galvanize support on the political right and appeal to moderates and independents seeking solutions for the nation's chronic deficit and debt problems.
Ryan's speech focused on his personal background, the fiscal problems the nation faces and how he and Romney will tackle them, campaign officials told CNN on the condition of not being identified, adding that the convention theme for the day is "We Can Change It."
"I accept the calling of my generation to give our children the America that was given to us, with opportunity for the young and security for the old -- and I know that we are ready," Ryan told the delegates.
"Our nominee is sure ready. His whole life has prepared him for this moment -- to meet serious challenges in a serious way, without excuses and idle words. After four years of getting the runaround, America needs a turnaround, and the man for the job is Governor Mitt Romney."
A Republican source familiar with Ryan's speech told CNN it will "deconstruct" the Obama agenda, with particular focus on the fiscal issues that are the congressman's strength, such as the national debt, stimulus spending and his proposed Medicare reforms, which have come under attack by Obama and Democrats. According to the source, Ryan wants to be an attack dog in the speech.
Ryan will say that the 2010 health care reform law championed by Obama and passed by Democrats amounts to "more than two thousand pages of rules, mandates, taxes, fees, and fines that have no place in a free country," according to the excerpts.
"The president has declared that the debate over government-controlled health care is over," Ryan will say. "That will come as news to the millions of Americans who will elect Mitt Romney so we can repeal Obamacare."
If elected, he and Romney will confront the tough issues "before the math and the momentum overwhelm us all," Ryan will say. In other speeches Wednesday night, Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and John McCain of Arizona offered biting criticism of Obama's presidency, saying the president was failing to adhere to American values.
Paul took aim at domestic policies that he blamed for the country's debt now equaling its economic production, calling Obama "uniquely unqualified to lead this great nation."
"The republic of Washington and Jefferson is now in danger of becoming the nation of debt and despair," said Paul, the son of vanquished Republican candidate Rep. Ron Paul of Texas.
McCain, the Republican presidential candidate defeated by Obama four years ago, took aim at what he called diminishing American power and influence around the world. He accused Obama of abandoning freedom movements in Iran and Syria by not supporting protesters trying to overthrow oppressive regimes, saying "our president is not being true to our values."
"We can choose to follow a declining path, toward a future that is dimmer and more dangerous than our past, or we can choose to reform our failing government, revitalize our ailing economy, and renew the foundations of our power and leadership in the world," said McCain, a consistent advocate for a stronger military. "That is what's at stake in this election."
Romney and Republicans contend that Obama's policies such as stimulus spending have worsened an already bad economic situation the president inherited from the previous GOP administration. They propose traditional conservative policies to shrink government, cut taxes and drastically reform entitlements, which they way will bring economic growth and job creation.
Obama and Democrats say such prescriptions are failed policies of the past, and call for increased revenue sources such as higher taxes for wealthy Americans to be part of a deficit reduction plan that includes continued with some spending cuts and entitlement reforms.
"On almost every issue he wants to go backwards, sometimes all the way to the last century," Obama said Wednesday at a campaign event in Virginia.
For Ryan, 42, the vice presidential nomination and convention speech mean an elevated national profile after never having a statewide race.
The convention is proceeding as Hurricane Isaac drenches the Gulf Coast after making landfall in Louisiana on Tuesday night, the eve of the seven-year anniversary of devastating Hurricane Katrina. Isaac prompted Republican organizers to postpone the first day of the convention, which is crucial for defining Romney to the American people.
Romney mentioned Isaac at a campaign event on Wednesday in Indiana, joking that he appreciated the chance to be there "on dry land."
"Our thoughts are, of course, with the people of the Gulf Coast states," he said, noting the Katrina anniversary. "We're grateful that it appears that Isaac will spare them from the kind of damage we saw during Katrina, but for many in the Gulf Coast who just finished repairing their homes and getting their lives back to normal, this must be a heavy burden. And so today our thoughts are with them, our prayers go out to them and our country must do all we can to help them recover."
GOP officials pushed ahead with a convention agenda designed to frame the election as a referendum on Obama's presidency while attempting to turn Romney's biggest political vulnerabilities into campaign advantages.
Romney clinched the Republican nomination in the roll call of state delegates Tuesday after a rugged Republican primary campaign that saw momentum swings nearly every week and bitter attacks by GOP colleagues
The 2,200-plus convention delegates also approved a conservative platform that calls for less government, opposes same-sex marriage and endorses a "human life amendment" to ban abortion, with no specific exceptions for cases of rape, incest or when the mother's life is threatened.
Romney and Ryan, who also was endorsed by delegates Tuesday, will be formally nominated on Thursday, and Romney's acceptance speech that night will conclude the convention with the highest-profile political moment in the former Massachusetts governor's career.
The convention seeks to portray Obama as a failed leader whose policies undermine the American dream, directly attacking the president on the issue of equal opportunity that traditionally favors Democrats.
Meanwhile, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida called Wednesday for a more comprehensive and moderate immigration policy by Republicans in order to make inroads with the Latino community.
"The Republican Party has to become the pro-legal immigration party, not simply the anti-illegal immigration party, and that begins by recognizing that a million people a year immigrate to the United States legally, permanently. No other country even comes close," said Rubio, a Hispanic-American conservative who is a rising Republican star.
Noting that millions of illegal immigrants present what he called a humanitarian problem, he added: "We are not going to give amnesty to 12 million people, we are not going to round up and deport 12 million people. Somewhere between those two ideas there is a solution."
The GOP platform contains traditional conservative planks on immigration and other issues, including support for the "human life amendment" with no exceptions to an abortion ban. That runs counter to overall public opinion in America, especially among women.
Obama took aim at conservative GOP social policies Wednesday, saying voters can decide the direction of the country. The Obama campaign also has made an issue of Romney's personal wealth, challenging him to release more than the two years of tax returns he has made public -- as his father did in releasing 12 years of returns when running for president in 1968 -- and questioning whether his career as a venture capitalist benefited workers or prepared him to deal with a sluggish economy.
For Romney, 65, the nomination puts him within one step of the goal he first sought in 2007 by running for president after serving as a Republican governor for four years in traditionally Democratic Massachusetts.
Though rivals challenged his conservative credentials in the 2012 primaries, Romney emerged victorious. But he continues to walk a political tightrope in trying to energize right-wing support while also appealing to moderates and independent voters.
The latest CNN/ ORC International poll indicates a dead heat between Romney and Obama, with new numbers released Sunday showing that 53% of likely voters believe Obama is more in touch with their needs, compared with 39% for Romney.
Obama leads by an equal margin when it comes to being in touch with the middle class, and six in 10 say Obama is in touch with the problems facing women today, with just over three in 10 feeling the same way about Romney.
Romney leads 48% to 44% over Obama on managing the government effectively and has a 6-point advantage on having a clear plan for fixing the nation's problems. Both figures are within the survey's margin of error.


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By MARY BARKER
BURT LAKE – It was packed inside with standing room only in the entryway at the Burt Township hall Thursday evening, where the vast majority of those who spoke were opposed to the township's possible purchase from the Department of Natural Resources, (DNR), of a parcel of lakefront land commonly known as the "Garnecki" property.
Ironically, the property in the center of the debate was the same parcel the Burt Lake Preservation Association and the township spent upward of $90,000 in a legal dispute with the DNR over zoning some 15 years ago. The case went to the State Supreme Court and the township and BLPA prevailed under the premise that it was zoned residential and should be returned to residential use. At the time, the DNR was planning to develop a boat launch at the site that would have required significant dredging.
The DNR is divesting of some properties and had approached the township as a governmental unit for a first option on acquisition before putting the property up for sale or at auction for bidding. The township has identified in its 2012 recreational plan a desire to develop a township park and has considered the Garnecki parcel, with about 300-plus feet of Burt Lake frontage on 3.5 acres, as a site for a sandy beach and picnic area possibly with playground equipment.
To the heavy applause of those in the audience, more than a dozen spoke against the measure, echoing similar concerns about the impact such a development would have on residential properties, which surround the wooded site. Concerns included park maintenance, safety and supervision, noise and trash pollution, boat traffic and the lack of any detailed proposal outlining costs, what the park would look like and how it would be funded at the development stage and in the future.
Several voiced disappointment about the idea that the township would consider granting itself a special use permit for the purpose of developing the park despite the language in the zoning ordinance under special uses, which would be in conflict with that specific use. This was especially significant given it was nearly the exact issue that the township fought to prohibit the DNR from all the way to the State Supreme Court in the 1990s. Stuart Cheney, a BLPA member, said he was certain that if the township took steps to change the use permitted or the zoning of the parcel, it would be challenged legally.
Property owner John Beery said his main concerns were the financial condition of the township, the cost of trail maintenance for the new Burt Lake trail and the cost for maintenance of the park, should it be developed. He cited the fact there have been no cost estimates regarding purchase, development or maintenance of the park He said covering the trail costs have already been committed to by the township board prior to knowing what the cost will be in the future as a variety of users impact the trail.
Page 2 of 2 - "This is worse than tax and spend. It's a spend and tax issue," said Beery.
Ann Baughman, a member of the Burt Township Planning Commission, was the sole person to speak in favor of the proposed park. She said families who don't live on the waterfront need a place for day use on the lake, which she said is the fourth largest lake with about 36 miles of shoreline — less than a mile of which is open for public use. She also took issue with the prevalent belief that the park would devalue surrounding residential properties, stating her research indicated that parks add value to nearby properties.
The Garneck parcel in question is less than two miles from the DNR's Maple Bay Campground, which was recently renovated with a new boat launch, parking and bathrooms. BLPA member Chris Kindsvatter said in recent discussions with top-level DNR officials he was told that day use and swimming are allowed at the Maple Bay site by the general public; a statement that many in the audience had been led to believe was not the case.
Also brought before the board by multiple members of the audience was the desire to develop a better communication link between the township board and property owners, many of whom are not year-round residents and can't physically attend meeting. Requests were made to be informed in writing or via e-mail of all upcoming public meetings by the board and planning commission. Discussion was held about setting up a system for conference calls so persons outside of the area could participate on speaker phones.
Township Supervisor Harold Koviak said attendance probably neared 100.
"The meeting was well-attended, everybody spoke and we made our presentation," Koviak said. "We received the comments from the public and will take them under advisement. We will investigate further with the DNR and go from there."
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Waterbury schools should not be named after individuals
Waterbury should consider stopping the practice of naming schools after individuals (Nov. 25 article, "Hispanic name for new city school?"). It is evident over the last year or so that this is pitting individuals and special-interest groups against each another. To me, this is just an attention-grabber for some to stick a feather in their cap. They try to mask it under the guise that it's for the kids. In actuality, the kids are not going to care what the name on the school is, what this person accomplished or even who this person was. Case in point: I attended the original Maloney School and Walsh School. To this day, I have no idea who these schools were named for. It was never brought up by any faculty member that I can remember.


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WHEELING — Those signing natural gas drilling deals with terms such as $4,000 per acre and 18 percent on production royalties have the potential to receive a financial windfall. But property owners need to understand that the federal and state governments will be lining up to get their portion of that funding, local wealth managers and lawyers note. Those gaining money from gas companies will need to pay both federal and state income tax on their payments — and they may suddenly find themselves in a higher tax bracket. "You don't want to spend all of your money on Corvettes, and then have the federal government come to repossess them," said Paul McKay, senior trust officer for WesBanco Inc. "It's fine to buy those types of items, but you need to make sure they fit into your overall investment plan." If you earn about $25,000 per year from your job and get a bonus check for $10,000, this could significantly increase your tax burden in a given year. However, if you earn $100,000 per year and receive a gas check for $250,000, your income taxes for that particular year will increase by an even higher percentage, he said. "There are some people who, essentially, look at this as free money," said McKay. "I generally advise people to set aside about one-third of the money, just to make sure you have enough to cover the taxes." Jeff Yourkovich, owner of accounting firm Yourkovich and Associates in Elm Grove, said the fees paid to a professional tax planner will be far less than the savings one will experience with their tax burden. He also recommends local residents who know they will be receiving a financial windfall to start planning for the money before it actually arrives. "If you know you are going to get a significant amount of money in a month or two, it doesn't hurt to start planning now," he said. "You should see a professional tax planner who can examine your overall tax situation to provide some paths to save money through a retirement plan, deductions you may be eligible for ... it will allow you to get an idea of what it will actually cost in federal, state and even local taxes." Yourkovich also said "when you get a financial windfall, people will want you to spend your money on legal, financial and accounting advice and planning. Make sure those people have the correct qualifications before you agree to work with them." McKay noted the first thing one should do upon receiving a lease check is deposit it. "You need to get that money into a bank account so that it can start to work for you, instead of it just sitting there," he said. "Even if you have different plans later on, you could put the money into a position to let it earn interest for you, as opposed to just allowing it to stagnate." Local lease contracts have reached at least as much as $5,200 per acre, with production royalties of up to 19 percent. McKay said "the royalty is far more valuable" than the lease payment, noting the amount a mineral owner can collect once drilling begins will total more money over time than will the lease payment. "You need to pay estimated taxes quarterly to avoid penalties from the government," said McKay, noting this applies to both the initial lease payment and to the subsequent royalty payments. "Once you start receiving royalties, you should be paying taxes quarterly," he added. Estimated tax forms and instructions are also available from the Internal Revenue Service, the Ohio Department of Taxation and the West Virginia State Tax Department. Although he said it is fine for landowners to have fun with some of the money they receive, McKay said it is also good to set up a trust fund or establish a college fund for your loved ones. Paying off debt is also a good use of the money. "There are times when these issues will cause disputes within families," McKay said of the monetary amounts that can reach into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not millions of dollars. "It really is not something worth tearing up your family over, though."
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As natural gas abstractors search through property records across the Ohio Valley, landowners are looking for ways to retain as much of their lease and royalty money as possible.


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I just switched from Kubuntu 11.10 to 12.04 and noticed that the application launcher is not behaving exactly the same.
In 11.10 I open the launcher with a keybinding, write the first letters of something that I want to run, and then use the arrow keys to choose from the list of applications the system found.
In 12.04 the arrow keys do not seem to work. If I write a few letters so that I get a list of choices pressing the arrow keys does absolutely nothing. I noticed that I can get to the list by pressing
ESC, but this seems pretty unnecessary compared to how it used to work.
Does anyone know how to enable the arrow keys directly in the application launcher?
The specific launcher is the default launcher when installing Kubuntu Desktop 11.10 and 12.04. The name is
Kickoff and it is a plasma launcher.


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Let say I can make the container or a bottle vacuum inside, what will actually inside? If this is not vacuum, we can say that it is fill with air, but if we make it vacuum... Will the bottle or container, reduce their size? Thanks.
In reality the small fraction of the air you hadn't managed to remove.
Ignoring engineering details and with a perfect vacuum there would still be a sea of infrared photons emitted from the walls and of course there is an ever present stream of neutrinos from the sun and space sources which are constantly streaming through everything.
But even if you had a perfect vacuum, at absolute zero, in space, an infinite distance from any stars (!) there would be quantum effects which caused virtual particle pairs to be created out of nothing


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Keeping a Career While Homeschooling
Q: I'm interested in homeschooling my children, but I need to know if it is difficult for parents to keep a career.
A: The answer depends on the ages of the children and your family's teaching style. Younger children require more hands-on supervision and assistance with tasks. A preteen is beginning to become more independent and requires less supervision. A responsible teen can often be given the freedom to pursue studies independently, with only minimal supervision.
Some kids are more mature and able to focus on the task at hand. Others need frequent reminders, and tend to drag their feet when asked to cooperate. As you can see, there are a lot of variables.
It is not unusual for homeschool families to have both parents working. What is unusual, however, is for both parents to work full-time. The families that do have a very strong commitment to homeschooling, and are willing to sacrifice to make homeschooling work for them.
I know of two homeschool parents, both psychologists, who stagger their clients early in the day and later in the evening so one parent is able to focus on the kids. Another father I know operates a mobile "office" from his car and works while his kids attend homeschool activities. And still another, a dancer, schedules her classes and performances around her daughter's homeschool calendar. So it's not impossible to homeschool and work full-time, but it is a challenge.
I've also known several families who took their work experience and training, and channeled it into new careers. A few started home-based businesses, while others provided services to families who learn at home.
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Isabel Shaw is a freelance writer and homeschooling mom of 15 years. She and her husband Ray homeschool their two daughters, Jessica and Amanda. Besides being a contributor to FamilyEducation.com, Shaw has written for Home Education Magazine, The Link, Homeschooling Horizons Magazine, The Homeschool Gazette, and other publications.