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Housing Benefit
This page tells you:
- Who can get housing benefit
- How it is paid
- What affects the amount you can get
- When it will be paid
- How to appeal against a decision
You can make a new claim for Housing Benefit or report a change in circumstances online.
Can you get Housing Benefit?
To qualify, you must:
- live in Birmingham
- be liable for rent (including if you are a lodger in occupation), when making a claim, select 'Yes' when asked if you are a tenant, and then write on the form that you are a lodger in occupation.
- be actually residing in the property
- rent your home from a Private Landlord, Local Authority or Registered Social Landlord
- not have savings of more than £16,000, unless you have reached the qualifying age for state pension credit
You may also qualify if:
- you live in a mobile home or houseboat
- you are renting under a shared ownership scheme
- you are a boarder whose rent includes meals
If you have recently arrived in or returned to the UK, you will need to go to your nearest Customer Service Centre to see an advisor. Specialist advice is also available from the Home Office and the Refugee Council.
How is Housing Benefit paid?
If you are a local authority tenant:
- we will pay your Housing Benefit directly into your rent account
If you are a tenant of a Registered Social Landlord:
- Your housing benefit can be paid into your Bank, Building Society or Credit Union account, OR
- Directly to your landlord
If you are a private tenant:
- Your housing benefit can be paid into your Bank, Building Society or Credit Union account
If you don't already have one of these accounts, you will need to open one. You can open a basic bank account with any bank – please see the attached leaflet for more advice. Basic Bank Accounts
We MUST pay housing benefit directly to your landlord if:
- you are in rent arrears of eight full weeks or more, or
- Deductions for rent arrears are being made from your Income Support, income-based Job Seeker's Allowance, or income-related Employment and Support Allowance.
How much benefit will I receive?
Housing benefit is means tested and the amount you receive will depend on your personal circumstances.
What can affect Housing Benefit?
The amount of housing benefit you will receive depends on who lives with you, your total income and any savings you may have, or the total amount your family receives in benefits. The amount can also be affected by the amount of bedrooms your family needs.
People who live with you
Adults who live with you, other than your partner, are called non dependents. The Government expects that a non-dependant will make a contribution to your rent and deducts this amount from any housing benefit you may receive, whether or not they actually do.
The amount of the deduction is based on the weekly gross income of the non-dependant and for 2016/17 are as follows:
Non - Dependant Deductions 2016
Deduction in Housing Benefit
Age 18 or over
Not in remunerative work
In remunerative work and in receipt of gross income, per week, of
· Less than £133.00
· £133.00 - £194.99
· £195.00 – £252.99
· £253.00 – £337.99
· £338.00 - £419.99
· £420.00 and over
Over 18 but under 25
In receipt of Income Support or JSA (IB)
In receipt of ESA (IR) which does not include an amount for the support component or work related activity component
Age 25 or over
On IS/JSA (IB)
In receipt of main phase ESA (IR)
In receipt of Pension Credit (either or both elements)
How many bedrooms does your family need?
In 2013, the Government introduced new rules that set out the number of bedrooms housing benefit will pay for if you rent your home. This is called "removal of the spare room subsidy", but it is commonly known as "bedroom tax".
The rules allow one bedroom for the following:
- every adult couple (married or unmarried)
- any other adult aged 16 or over
- any two children of the same sex aged under 16
- any two children aged under 10
- any other child
- a carer (or team of carers) who do not live with you but provide you or your partner with overnight care
- one additional room for any foster children residing with an approved foster carer (please note this is ONE room only, not one room per foster child)
- one bedroom for a child who is away at university, provided they return home during holidays AND intend to return home to live at the end of their university course.
If you have an adult child who is a member of the armed forces and who normally lives with you but are away on operations, they will be counted as part of your household and a bedroom will be allowed for them.
How will this affect me?
It is possible that the amount of Housing Benefit you get to pay your rent could go down. If you are assessed under these rules as having more bedrooms than is necessary for your household you will be considered to be under-occupying that property. If you are under-occupying there will be a reduction in your Housing Benefit of:
- 14% of the total eligible rent for under-occupancy by one bedroom
- 25% of the total eligible rent for under-occupancy by two bedrooms or more
If you are thinking of moving you need to consider these changes before you renew or make a new tenancy agreement.
Total amount of benefit received by your family
In 2013, the Government introduced a "cap" on the total amount of benefits that working age people can receive if they are not working.
The "cap" is:
- £500 per week for couples (with or without children)
- £500 for single parents whose children live with them
- £350 a week for single adults who don't have children, or whose children don't live with them
Only some people will be affected. For more information, please see our dedicated benefit cap page.
When will my benefit start?
Benefit will usually start the Monday after we receive your application. If you think it should start earlier than this, you should either:
- Complete the backdating section on the application, or
- Contact us if you have already made your application and did not ask for your benefit to be backdated.
Please see our dedicated
Does it matter whether me or my partner make the claim for housing benefit?
It can. In some circumstances will affect the amount you get; we will write to you if this is the case. Also, if any of the following apply to you and your partner, then the person specified should make the claim:
- Your partner is a student, you are not – you should make the claim
- Your partner comes from an EU state, you are a UK citizen – you should make the claim
- Your partner does not have recourse to public funds – you should make the claim, but you should consult an immigration adviser before doing so, as this may affect your partner's immigration status
What if I don't agree with your decision - making an appeal
If you do not agree with our decision on how much housing benefit we will pay you, or you want to dispute any overpayments we made, you can
- Ask us for a more detailed explanation
- As us to look at our decision again
- Appeal against our decision
If you're not sure, please ask us to look at the decision again – you can still appeal at a later date if you still do not agree with us.
If you have appealed and we stand by our original decision, we will send your appeal to the Tribunal Service. The appeal will then be heard by an independent person who will consider our reasons and why you think they are wrong. You have the right to attend the hearing and take a representative with you if you want to – this could be someone from the CAB, and advice agency or a solicitor (remember, a solicitor may charge you depending on your financial circumstances).


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Home-Based Business For Dummies, 3rd Edition
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Table of Contents
Author Information
Part I: Beginning at the Beginning.
Chapter 1: What You Need to Know about Home-Based Businesses.
Chapter 2: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, What's the Best Business of All?
Chapter 3: The ABCs of Starting Your Own Business.
Chapter 4: Marketing 101: Attracting Customers.
Chapter 5: Creating a Sustainable Income in Challenging Times.
Part II: Managing Your Money.
Chapter 6: Keeping Track of Your Money.
Chapter 7: The Price Is Right: Deciding How Much to Charge.
Chapter 8: Getting Health Insurance and Planning for Your Retirement.
Chapter 9: Getting a Grip on Taxes and Deductions.
Part III: Avoiding Problems.
Chapter 10: Knowing Your Legal Do's and Don'ts.
Chapter 11: Using Outside Resources and Experts.
Chapter 12: Eluding Scams, Rip-Offs, and Other Headaches.
Part IV: Making It Work: Moving Ahead.
Chapter 13: Making the Web Work for You.
Chapter 14: Balancing Your Business and Your Life.
Chapter 15: Growing Your Business in Good Times and Bad.
Part V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 16: Ten Tips for How to Succeed in Your Home-Based Business.
Chapter 17: Ten Enduring Home Business Opportunities.
Chapter 18: Ten Things to Do When Times Are Tough.

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I was disappointed to find out that Unrelenting Force doesn't do any direct damage. Also, I can't seem to find any information on how much damage shouts do.
Nothing beats Unrelenting Force level 3 if you can push the NPC down a cliff/stairs etc... Instant kill ftw
Appart from that, I guess Call Storm is the most damaging shout you can get, all other options are kinda lacking. It's hard to evaluate the effect of summon shouts though.
Storm Call has the highest damage value over its duration, that or Call Odhaving . The base damage for Unrelenting Force is actually something like 10 points, although it does non-listed damage based upon physics. Odhaving could theaoreticly match it by doing the "lift and drop" attack to also inflict physics damage. Note that Storm Call has no IFF and cannot work indoors, greatly limiting its use.
Marked for Death does 3/sec for 60 seconds and -75 Armor as far as I know. Fire Breath does 90 Damage, the Ice thing does 2/sec so 120 in 60 Seconds FREEZE, meaning if you only autohit that target while frozen this should be the most damaging. The other ice spell does 90 dot damage, and slows wich can be really nice for multible targets...
Soul tear does 300 damage with all three words. This shout was added in the Dawnguard expansion.
unrelenting force can disintegrate weaker enemies if you have beat the dragonborn expansion
favorite freakin shout lol i was waiting for someone to say soul tear. also cyclone does just about as much as fire breath and it has a couple of physics bonuses as it lifts and throws enemies. Cyclone with all three words is like storm call (but weaker) and unrelenting force (but stronger) combined.


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Apr 01, 1995
Dave Hickey will lecture on Andy Warhol, as part of the Robert
Lehman Lectures on Contemporary Art at Dia Center for the Arts,
548 West 22nd Street, New York City on Thursday, April 27, 1995.
The lecture will begin at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $5.00.
This lecture is organized in conjunction with "Andy Warhol: The Last Supper Paintings," an exhibition at Dia's main exhibition facility, 548 West 22nd Street, on view through June 25,1995. The exhibition includes five monumental paintings, each up to forty feet in length, based on Leonardo da Vinci's 15th century masterpiece of Christ and his Apostles at the Last Supper.
Dave Hickey is Associate Professor of Art Criticism and Theory at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has served as Executive Editor for Art in America magazine in New York, and as Staff Songwriter for Glaser Publications in Nashville, and has written for most major American cultural publications. In 1989, SMU Press published Prior Convictions, a volume of his short fiction. His most recent book, The Invisible Dragon: Four Essays on Beauty was published by Art Issues Press in 1993. He received the prestigious College Art Association's Frank Jewett Mather Award in 1994.
Funding for the lecture series has been provided by a generous grant from the Robert Lehman Foundation, Inc. Funding for "Andy Warhol: The Last Supper Paintings," has been provided by the Dia Art Council, the major annual support group of Dia Center for the Arts, and the Dia Art Circle.
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MIDDLEBORO – The walls were lined with superhero costumes, flowers were arranged as Batman symbols, and Jesse Heikkila's favorite toys were heaped on a table.The 7-year-old boy lay in his casket, surround by the things he loved best at the Prophet-Chapman Cole & Gleason Funeral Home on Tuesday.Jesse was an ordinary boy who inspired extraordinary love. He was a boy who wanted to be a superhero, or a police officer, or maybe even an Olympic swimmer. But instead brain cancer ended his promising life on Jan. 30.On Tuesday, family rallied around Jeffrey and Suzanne Heikkila as they sorrowfully watched a video tribute to their son. The pictures and home movies told a loving story, often evoking laughter as the young rascal hammed it up for the camera. In one shot, Jesse twirled around the room trying to untangle himself from a T-shirt that was wrapped around his head. Through it all two shadows were cast on the screen, the silhouettes of his brokenhearted parents.A wave of blue swept the funeral room as law enforcement officers in full dress uniforms from all branches and departments marched in to pay tribute to Jesse and his family.Officers from Middleboro, Bridgewater, Bridgewater State University, East Bridgewater, Plymouth County Sheriff's Department and Suffolk County Sheriff's Department joined troopers from the Middleboro, Norwell and Bourne barracks to bid a final farewell.As officers gathered in front of the funeral home, Jesse's younger brother, Colton, sprang to the window to see the blue lights and then ventured outside to see the police cars.Because young Jesse had dreams of fighting the bad guys, Bridgewater Police Chief Christopher D. Delmonte made him an honorary officer of his force and presented the grieving mother with a citation. Suzanne Heikkila seemed to gather strength from the officers who saluted her son and stopped to embrace her.Bridgewater officer Dawn Savery followed Jesse's courageous struggle on Facebook."When I saw he wanted to be a police officer I made it my own personal goal to make sure he was that officer," Savery said.She sent a call out, and within days police from across the country sent in cloth police patches representing their departments. They came in from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York City and as far away as Hawaii, sent by officers who joined together to honor the boy who fought so hard."This is the story of little Jesse winning over the hearts of the town of Middleboro and everybody else," Savery said, holding back tears.She said Jesse was also made an honorary officer at Bridgewater State University."We grieve for the loss of this child," said the Rev. Carlos Suarez in a brief service before visiting hours.Page 2 of 2 - He warned the family that the days ahead will be dark and terrible. Many are asking how could a loving God allow this, he said. "God did not cause this. He gave Jesse as a gift ... Jesus is weeping with you today."Suarez said Jesse faced great suffering with great strength, but through it all Jesse did not want anyone else to suffer from his pain."This life takes everything from us except love. Jesse was the fruit of Jeff and Suzanne's love," Suarez said. "Jesse is gone in this life, but he is still with us. Don't be surprised if you feel him, he is with us."Suarez will officiate at today's funeral Mass at St. Edith Stein Church in Brockton.Savery said a state police motorcade will bring Jesse home after the Mass. She said the motorcade will wind through Middleboro to his final resting place at the Cemetery on the Green in Middleboro, just 2 miles from his boyhood home.The Heikkilas have made it their mission to continue the fight in their son's memory and ask that in lieu of flowers contributions may be made in Jesse's name to the Neuroblastoma and Medulloblastoma Translational Research Consortium to help develop novel therapies for high-risk neuroblastoma at www.nmtrc.org/donate.
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I am trying to install a chemical/molecular biology modeling program called Molsoft ICM-Pro. Initially after downloading the program and trying to open, it gave me error messages that I was missing shared libraries, and after talking with my network administrator he recommended I install the ia32 shared libraries using
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
Which gives
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done ia32-libs is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
so I am assuming the libraries installed correctly, but now when I try to run the program I get this error:
ubuntu:/home/reilly/icmd> icm icm: error while loading shared libraries: libjpeg.so.62: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
So my question is, where can I get the library containing libjpeg.so.62?
Additionally, I was told I would need libXmu.so.6 and libtiff.so.3 . Is there a shared library that could be missing that would contain these files? I am an ubuntu noob, so sorry if the information I provided was unclear.
Any help would be immensely appreciated!
btw I am using ubuntu 12.04 dual boot with windows on an HP pavilion dv6


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In checkers, what is supposed to happen when a piece gets to the other side of the board and becomes a king? Does the move end? Can the piece continue to skip in the same turn it becomes a king? Can it choose not to be kinged and skip again? I've looked up a couple of different rules and I can't really find any sort of set rules for this. What is the actual rule?
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From the Wikipedia article on checkers:
There are many variants of checkers/draughts, and for most of them (including the Checkers variant played predominantly in the English-speaking world), promotion is both mandatory and ending the move. Quote from the American Checkers Federation's official rulebook:
However, for the variant for Russian checkers, promotion during a capture sequence happens en-passant (i.e. in passing) and the crowned man has to continue jumping as a king.
When a checker reaches the furthest row on the opposite side of the board, its turn ends, because it can make no further FORWARD move. It cannot "skip" or make any other move.
Beginning with the NEXT move, it can move backward. In order to do so, it must be "kinged," which it cannot refuse such, at the end of the preceding turn.


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I've heard that iodine water treatment tablets can have negative side effects.
Is this true?
If so, what are some healthier alternatives?
I've heard that iodine water treatment tablets can have negative side effects.
Is this true?
If so, what are some healthier alternatives?
Via WebMD
However I seriously question that 1100 mcg number because people in Northern Japan have been found to consume over 80,000 mcg per day due to a diet high in sealife (mainly seaweed) and they appear to be living just fine.
It's clearly an issue if you are allergic to iodine.
If you already have a thyroid condition, too much iodine can complicate treatment.
Okay, so here goes:
Purification guidelines are 0.5 mg/L. Let's assume you need four liters per day (someone can comment a better guideline for water quantity, but I normally drink about four per day when hiking)
2 milligrams = 2000 micrograms. So yeah, that would exceed the 1100 UL dosage limit. However if you consider the people of northern Japan to be evidence that the real limit is much higher, then you are in no danger from this dosage.
A note on all of this: Everything I can find (CDC, webmd, etc) falls along the lines of "It's probably safe, but we're not sure and it may cause these issues".
You're extremely unlikely to manage to poison yourself unless you just nom the tablets (a couple thousand of them). Poisoning occurs in grams, several orders of magnitude more than what is used to purify water. To poison yourself, you'd need to consume ~2000L of iodine purified water in a short period, at which point iodine is no longer your primary concern.
Well it's been banned for sale in Europe for use in purifying water. (http://www.grough.co.uk/magazine/2009/08/13/eu-ban-will-end-walkers-use-of-iodine) As that webpage mentions Chlorine is an alternative, but leaves a nasty taste (although I believe you can add another chemical to neutralise the taste)
Alternatives are a water filter, or UV light serialisation.
Pretty much all water tablets I've seen have been chlorine based here in the UK - I've used them on a number of occasions. In normal doses they don't affect the taste that much, and they have the advantage for people who don't know what they're doing that if they really overdose on the tablets the water will taste too foul to drink anyway!
If you don't want to use tablets or affect the taste at all, then hold the water at a rolling boil, and if necessary use a ceramic filter to remove any nasty metals that may be present. It's more hassle than just using tablets but the way to go if you don't have them or don't want to use them!
I think a good attitude towards these tablets is "emergency use" (which is labeled on the side of the bottle, not visible in the Amazon image). No good backpacker doesn't have these, but I suggest a water pump as the planned primary method. Note: there are also iodine "neutralizer" tablets that are supposed to remove the bad taste (you drop them in after the 30 minutes is up and wait another 30 minutes). In my opinion they barely change the taste and are not worth it. Anyways, you can take a tour to water purification large scale.... .............


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I know that there is an editor built into MS-DOS, so you can create batch (.bat) files. But is there something like that for Linux Mint 12 terminal?
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For editing/creating files from shell:
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Another alternative would be
For a '.bat' equivalent for sequencing commands:
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Voting Act Under Scrutiny
Justices Weigh Challenge to Federal Oversight of Some States' Electoral Practices
WASHINGTON—Majority conservatives on the Supreme Court criticized one of the pillars of 1960s civil-rights legislation, suggesting the Voting Rights Act had outlived its relevance and was imposing undue burdens on states whose practices are subject to extra federal supervision.
The 1965 Voting Rights Act targets states that historically discriminated against minorities, and Section 5 requires some localities, particularly in the South, to get approval in advance from Washington for changes to their voting laws.
At the high court, Chief Justice John Roberts reeled off statistics showing that African-American turnout is now high in Mississippi and relatively low in Massachusetts, suggesting that the South has no monopoly on voting discrimination. Are "citizens in the South more racist than citizens in the North?" he asked the government's lawyer, Solicitor General Donald Verrilli.
"I do not know the answer to that," Mr. Verrilli replied. But, he said, the court shouldn't second-guess Congress's determination that certain areas require special oversight to prevent violations of the 15th Amendment's guarantee of voting rights.
Justice Anthony Kennedy suggested covered states were demeaned by the Voting Rights Act's requirement for preclearance of voting changes. The requirement effectively put some states under the "trusteeship of the United States government."
"What do you think the Civil War was about?" said Justice Stephen Breyer. "Of course, it was aimed at treating some states differently than others."
Varying Views
Along with the 13th and 14th Amendments, the 15th Amendment was ratified following the Confederacy's defeat to cement the Union's war aims into the Constitution.
While justices' questions often indicate how they plan to vote, they don't necessarily foretell the final decision. A ruling in the present case is expected by late June.
Under Chief Justice Roberts, the Supreme Court has given a critical eye to measures intended to help minorities, with conservatives outvoting liberals to hold that such goals are outweighed by other constitutional considerations. In 2007, the court barred school districts from adopting policies that consider race in order to promote classroom diversity, finding that the practice violated white students' rights to equal protection of the laws.
In the current term, the court is deciding a case involving an affirmative-action policy at the University of Texas, and the court may reverse at least part of a 2003 ruling that allowed some consideration of race in university admissions.
Many consider the Voting Rights Act the most effective legislation of the civil-rights era, and even conservative justices acknowledged its historic role.
"There is no question that the Voting Rights Act has done enormous good. It's one of the most successful statutes that Congress passed in the twentieth century," said Justice Samuel Alito. But, he said, Congress may have failed to demonstrate that preclearance remains justifiable today—or that only some states should be selected for special scrutiny.
Mr. Verrilli argued that the act is designed to reflect changing times, allowing covered jurisdictions with clean records of at least 10 years to "bail out" of preclearance.
President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act in August 1965, five months after Bloody Sunday, when state and local police in Selma, Ala., attacked voting-rights marchers.
Congress repeatedly has reauthorized the act, most recently in 2006, when President George W. Bush signed bipartisan legislation extending it 25 years.
But while past high-court rulings rejected challenges to the preclearance requirement, in a 2009 decision the justices signaled that the formula for selecting jurisdictions covered by Section 5, last updated with the 1972 election results, may not reflect progress in race relations.
Although the 2009 preclearance decision was adopted 8-1, it was widely seen as a temporary compromise between the court's conservative and liberal wings, allowing Congress breathing room to amend the act. Congress took no action, and on Wednesday the façade of agreement in 2009 fell away to reveal sharp divisions between conservative and liberal justices.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor of the liberal wing pressed the lawyer challenging Section 5, Bert Rein, representing Shelby County, Ala. Perhaps "some portions of the South have changed," said Justice Sotomayor, but "your county pretty much hasn't." Thanks to Section 5, the Justice Department was able to block 240 discriminatory voting laws there, she said.
Justice Elena Kagan agreed, saying that while covered jurisdictions hold less than 25% of the U.S. population, they account for 56% of successful voting-rights lawsuits.
Mr. Rein said the Alabama Legislature has a proportionate number of black members, and black voter registration today is far higher than half a century ago. Forcing states to comply with Section 5 now because of a formula using 1972 data demeans their right to "equal dignity" with states whose election laws are presumptively valid, he said.
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1. Toolkit Community Project Budgets
The community projects carried out as part of the Chicago Community Climate Action Toolkit—in Forest Glen, South Chicago, Pilsen, and Bronzeville—were funded and supported through a variety of sources. Project budgets ranged from $8,000 to $17,000. The vast majority of the funds were provided through a grant from Boeing to The Field Museum, which included budget lines for community project stipends.
Field Museum staff and community partners also secured additional funds and assistance through a variety of creative ways, such as:
Enlisting volunteers:
- Pilsen partners enlisted significant help in the garden from seasoned gardeners who live in the neighborhood. They also recruited a lot of local volunteers to help clean up the vacant lot and then plant the garden—including residents who live close to the garden.
- Forest Glen partners had a strong volunteer base of parents and friends of the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, who helped plant the two gardens and install the bat boxes and rain barrels.
Fundraising locally:
- Pilsen partners collaborated with Simone's, a local bar, to hold a fundraiser. Simone's donated 40% of the proceeds from one night to the garden.
Leveraging other grants and connections:
- Bronzeville partners used funds from another grant to construct a mosaic art piece in the community garden.
- Forest Glen partners leveraged community connections to receive discounts on materials, including plants and rain barrels.
- For the South Chicago project, we combined Field Museum funds with funds from the South Chicago Retrofit Project, a City-funded initiative being run by Claretian Associates that included a budget line for seed grants to support community participation.
Seeking technical assistance:
- For the Pilsen vacant lot garden project, we consulted with well-known environmental partners such as the Chicago Conservation Corps, Delta Institute, and NeighborSpace to figure out how to best deal with contaminated soil. We also worked with a few private firms that provided consulting services on contaminated soil and garden design, at a very reasonable cost.
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Below is a list of funding sources for local climate action, sustainability, or environmental projects. Browse through some of these websites to see if these sources might be a good fit for your work. Remember to think creatively when it comes to funding and other resources: because climate action projects can serve so many purposes at once, you may find a grant in a non-environmental category (such as community or economic development) that could fund your project.
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The Student Ambassadors Internship Program, a collaboration between the US-China Institute at the University of Southern California and the USA Pavilion, recruits students to serve as national representatives at the World Expo in Shanghai, China. Only 160 student ambassadors were chosen from across the country to represent the United States by providing narratives or answering questions about the exhibits while primarily speaking Mandarin. Chao will be working with 79 other student ambassadors and the full-time staff of the USA Pavilion.
Chao says she hopes networking within the program will help her eventually find a job in international affairs.
While the job comes with tremendous prestige, it also has its perks. "Just like the Olympics have 'Olympic Village,' the Expo has its own living quarters," says Chao, reporting that student ambassadors will be living in brand new two- or three- bedroom apartments in what is known as the "Expo Village." The apartments are fully furnished with washing machines, appliances, flat-screen TVs, and microwaves, which are, according to Chao, not typical in China.
Chao, who visited China in 2004 and 2006, and lived in Beijing and Shanghai as part of her junior year abroad, says she developed most of her language skills while in China, though her family is from Taiwan. She hopes the program will help strengthen her Mandarin speaking abilities. "I had been dying to go back, and I feel so grateful that I have this opportunity," she said.
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I only shoot in RAW, but for a normal travel trip I don't want to keep all photos in RAW because they occupy a lot of storage space. Is there a plugin in Lightroom to click a photo and convert the RAW format into JPEG format without reimporting into the catalog?
You likely know the advantages of shooting raw (since you usually do it), and especially on trips with their one-time photo opportunities I would always want to keep raw files. Disk space is your limiting factor, maybe because of just having an ultra book with a small SSD disk available.
My suggestion would be to shoot raw+jpg on trips, keep the raw images on your camera's card, and import only the jpgs while on the road. Back home you can import the raw duplicates onto the (presumably) large disk of your desktop computer, sync the develop and metadata settings from the jpegs and finally throw the jpegs away if you don't want to keep them.
Some large memory cards to keep the raw files are usually cheaper than upgrading an SSD disk in a laptop.
There would be no advantage to shooting RAW and automatically converting them to JPEG, it would defeat the purpose of shooting in RAW. Instead either shoot in JPEG with the camera or convert to DNG.
Here is a video on the DNG format from Adobe.
My other recommendation is to get an external hard drive, or 2, and copy all of your images there. This would give you plenty of space to keep your RAW files if you wanted, but even if you choose to shoot JPEG, I still recommend using external drives for backup.
If an image does not exist in 2 places it does not exist!
I can understand why he would need an option to convert to jpg/tiff etc. and delete the RAW.
I always keep the original files for commercial assignments. But for weekends, trips and other snaphots, I only need the RAWs to get the best version of the image. Once they are developed and brought to their best, I only need the final JPGs. After developing I see no reason to go back for further editing that would require the RAW anytime in the near or distant future.
I don't think deleting the raw is like throwing away the film, like some say, because you can still make copies and prints from the JPG.
A plugin or a native option from Lightroom to delete the original files after conversion would be very useful especially for someone with 50k+ photos/year like myself.


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14 Dec 2011 2:45 PM #11
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THanks much for the project file and sample.
Can you please repost the json file in plain text format? It's currently whatever your browser interpreted.Aaron Conran
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oops, attached here is the JSON in the raw...
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I'd also like to emphatically state that I didn't create that solution and I'm not responsible for any best practice violations that might be found therein...
21 Dec 2011 6:15 AM #14
Javascript function calls in template values causing crash
I've found a (the?) source of our Designer "TypeError: 'undefined' is not an object" crashes. We use grid templatecolumns similar to the one below throughout our projects:
tpl: '{SafetyManagerStatusName}'
It seems that Designer is trying to interpret the .toLowerCase() call when the class is rendered in the design view. Since we create and bind our stores in the code behinds (as opposed to stores created in the Designer) the data value would appear to be null at design time, causing the error.
I'd call this a Designer bug, but regardless, is there a better way to handle the template scenario I've given?
FIXED: I came up with a fix for this particular issue. Converting the values.ColumnName value to a string first and then converting toLowerCase results in a text string of "undefined" rather than chucking an undefined reference error. See below:
tpl: '{SafetyManagerStatusName}'
Last edited by deaconb; 21 Dec 2011 at 9:58 AM. Reason: Added fix
22 May 2012 4:25 PM #15
I am able to open your project fine in Ext Designer 1.2.2. Since we are not fixing any issues in 1.1 could you upgrade to 1.2.2.
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7 Jun 2011 4:40 AM #1
HELP !!: Store not loading/parsing data from direct response
I have a model:
PHP Code:
Ext.define('Affiliation.model.FaxNumber', {
extend : 'Ext.data.Model',
idProperty : 'Id',
{name : 'Id', type: 'int'},
{name : 'CountryCode', type : 'string'},
{name : 'AreaCode', type : 'string'},
{name : 'SubscriberNumber', type : 'string'}
proxy:{ type:'direct',
totalProperty : 'total',
successProperty : 'success',
reader : {type : 'json', root : 'data'},
writer : {type : 'json', encode : false},
api : { read:Affiliation_FaxNumber.read,
create: Affiliation_FaxNumber.create,
update: Affiliation_FaxNumber.update,
destroy: Affiliation_FaxNumber.destroy
var FaxNumbers = Ext.create('Ext.data.Store',{model : 'Affiliation.model.FaxNumber',autoLoad : true , filters: [{property : 'AffiliationId', value : 3}]
It sends out :
which is fine
the server returns (Faxnumber changed for this post)
{"tid": 6, "action": "Affiliation_FaxNumber", "type": "rpc", "method": "read", "result": {"total": 1, "data": [{"AreaCode": "(0)223", "SubscriberNumber": "<REMOVED>", "Id": 3, "CountryCode": "+31"}], "success": true}}
then I do a FaxNumer.each(......) which does not do anything, so I typed FaxNumer in the console (Safari) and open up the Object.
Just to see that the Data array contains NO data.
(the data below is from the console so the small Arrows for object expansion are gone)
Note the totalCount : 1 !!
if I do the same but init the sore with autoLoad : false, totalCount is NOT there, but after a FaxNumbers.Load() totalCount gets 1
autoLoad: true
data: Object
allowFunctions: false
events: Object
getKey: function (record) {
items: Array (0)
keys: Array (0)
length: 0
map: Object
sorters: Object
__proto__: Object
events: Object
eventsSuspended: false
filters: Object
groupers: Object
loading: false
model: function () {
modelDefaults: Object
proxy: Object
removed: Array (0)
snapshot: Object
sorters: Object
totalCount: 1
__proto__: Object
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totalProperty and successProperty aren't valid proxy options, they belong on the reader, not that it should be causing any problem.
I'd suggest you look at the example:
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7 Jun 2011 6:28 AM #3
Thanks but not much of a help,
I can still not figure out what type : 'direct' really means. Ext.data.DirectStore seems incapable of full CRUD and keeps moaning about directFN and I need to specify my proxies on the model. (long story, wrong place)
There are no CRUD examples, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again .......
the 4.0 docs on Direct/data/models/stores are confusing or possibly incorrect and FAR from clear.
and models/stores behave really weird when using Direct CRUD.
Everytime I ask a question, you guys respond look at that grid example. which uses DirectFN
Get me a working store/model/direct/CRUD example please, please.
I have allready spent 200 hours of experimenting with properties to get a store working over direct getting all kinds of stupid and weird errors. The Docs are extremely incomplete when it goes about details.
So there is the IdProperty on a Model, I have still not seen anything change to whatever you set it. I thought it was to set which property on the model is the "id" of the record. but if I set it, the whole lot of code which is building the request to the server ends up sending "id" period.
I got the store loading now, but now <modelInstance>.load is undefined again.
Thanks for the effort though
(Is there really nobody capable of helping me with Direct/crud/stores and models ?)
4 Jan 2013 1:30 PM #4
This might or might not help, but here is a working example using a direct proxy, but it uses a sales force database. Notice how at the end you have to provide some proxy extension for Sencha and the server to talk.
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It didn't hurt that the local Waco Chapter for sports officials had a sterling reputation for officiating.
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"The difference in the rules, the speed of the game, and the biggest adjustment for them was knowing what the NFL wants you to call and what they don't want you to call," Weeks said.
It wasn't uncommon to see questionable calls made by officials in the NFL pre-season and early regular season games.
The biggest eye opener of them all, however, had to be the hail mary touchdown call in the final seconds of the Packers and Seahawks game.
"I mean, the NFL did everything they could do to get them ready. It was just a small window of being able to get them there," Weeks said.
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Larry says, in their short stint, "The Central Texas Replacements" never missed a call.
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It seems to me if that were the case that your directory of saved binaries or serialized objects could get massive real quick. Is there some sort of strategy being employed on top of the State pattern that is optimizing each time stamped saved game so that it isn't saving the entire game "context" all the time?
For games that time stamp a saved game (think Half-Life), is the entire game state really being saved every time?
Remember that all you need to save is the dynamic data generated at runtime. For example, if you have a monster about to attack the player, you need to save its position, its monster type, and its aggressive state, but you don't need to save its textures, model, behavioural scripts, and so on, because they are part of the static state that can be inferred from the monster type.
As long as your system keeps a clear distinction between the dynamic properties of the game state and the static properties of the world, there is usually not all that much data to store.
I think you may be over estimating the size of that data and/or underestimating the size of what is saved. Taking a quick look, I see saves in my folder ranging from about 400kb to 3mb, with one outlier of 8.5mb
What can you fit in 400k? Well, to store the position and orientation of an object in 3d space you would probably use 24 bytes (32 bit floating point numbers for x, y, z, yaw, pitch, roll). That fits into 400k over 17,000 times. Obviously there is more to each object than that, but not much. Keep in mind that you are only storing dynamic objects for the level you are currently on, since you never move backwards to revisit old levels. If you think about it, there are probably no more than a couple hundred objects on each level, most of which are very simple, like physics objects or health/ammo pickups, which probably don't need anything more than the previously mentioned position/orientation and their type.
As example that I'm more intimately familiar with, a ~15mb file can hold all the data you need to recreate an hour of game play in Heroes of Newerth. The exact size/time varies depending on the particulars of the match, but what you have there is the initial state of the entire game, plus the changes between each frame and its previous frame. That is a complete game state (minus unchanged data) every 50 milliseconds!
One other aspect of game saving is that you really don't need to save anything that hasn't changed. Say you've got a room full of objects if the player enters the room but doesn't manipulate anything you don't need to bother saving the positions of those objects. So you when you're saving the game you could compare the object's default and current attributes and only save the delta. Obviously the comparisons would add complexity and overhead to the process but that's a typical CS trade off, storage or CPU.


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- Vary the size of the bubble to smaller sizes by cutting a circle out of a Styrofoam plate or cup and using it for the bubble tool.
- Take turns dedicating each bubble to someone you love.
- Give each giant bubble a name of its own as soon as it is created.
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We're going to Iceland for the first time in September. Will we be able to get around ok just speaking English, or should we try to learn some rudimentary Icelandic? And is that even what their language is called?
Yes, most Icelandic people speak very good English, you will be fine.
Their language is indeed called Icelandic, and is fascinating in regards to its history. From wikipedia:
With regards to learning a few Icelandic phrases, as with anywhere, people appreciate non-native speakers making the effort. "Takk" for "Thanks" is an easy one for starters. Some of the pronunciation is nigh on impossible for English speakers who haven't been exposed to it before, so don't think you'll attain even a basic grasp without a lot of study!
Their street naming scheme is charming, and you may also be interested in the exonyms and how people derive their surnames. "Z" was removed from the alphabet in 1973.
An Icelander will usually start speaking English with you before you have a chance to open your mouth. This is very disappointing to people like me that go to Iceland to learn the language. Other students I know will resort to wearing a sign around their neck that begs people to stick to Icelandic.
The language name in their own language is Íslenska. So you'd say (or write on a card) Ég tala ekki íslensku. Which will be obvious as soon as you open your mouth :-)
Better than learning phrases--unless you are a foreign language hobbyist, I'd learn other factoids, such as the emergency number is 112.
Enjoy your trip.
I visited Iceland in June 2009 and met very few non-English speakers. Even in some very small villages, we easily ordered meals, hotel rooms, and asked questions of which attractions we should see. Most people were very friendly and eager to chat with us.
Recently, I did a volunteering project in Iceland and enjoyed it thoroughly. Most of the people there do speak English, specially if you are friendly and respect their culture/customs/traditions. Also, I found that most of 'em are friendly and approachable.


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The North Dakota Game and Fish Department's annual spring breeding duck survey conducted in May showed an index of 4.9 million birds, up 23 percent from last year and 110 percent above the long-term average (1948-2013).
The deadline for submitting photos to the North Dakota Game and Fish Department's annual Watchable Wildlife Photo Contest is Sept. 30.
The contest has categories for nongame and game species, as well as plants/insects. An overall winning photograph will be chosen, with the number of place winners in each category determined by the number of qualified entries.
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department reminds outdoor recreationists who celebrate the Fourth of July along any heavily-used recreational area to keep it clean by packing out all trash, including fireworks.
All garbage, including used fireworks, should be placed in the proper trash receptacle. If trash cans aren't available, or are full, take the trash and dispose of it at home.
An annual tradition for many outdoor enthusiasts is to enjoy Fourth of July with family and friends at a favorite area lake. With the popular holiday less than two weeks away, boat owners are reminded that children ages 12-15 who want to operate a boat or personal watercraft must take the state's boating basics course.
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department reminds citizens that possession or use of fireworks on state wildlife management areas is prohibited.
The primary objective of a wildlife management area is to enhance wildlife production, provide hunting and fishing opportunities, and offer other outdoor recreational and educational uses. Only activities that would not disrupt the intentions of how these areas are managed are encouraged, and a fireworks display is not compatible.
An experimental antlerless deer archery season will open this fall on the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation land south of Bismarck.
Interested hunters must apply for an access permit from NDDOCR at www.nd.gov/docr (under the Archery Hunt header) before receiving a license. The deadline for applying is July 1 at 4 p.m. Only 25 access permits will be issued.
North Dakota Game and Fish Department fisheries personnel are gearing up to stock a record number of walleye lakes this year.
Fisheries production and development supervisor Jerry Weigel said 20 years ago approximately 50-70 waters were stocked annually with walleye fingerlings, with the number of waters growing to 100 in the early 2000s. This year, 156 waters are scheduled to receive a share of 9 million fingerlings. "The growth in walleye waters is directly correlated to the number of public fishing waters we manage," Weigel said.
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department's Encouraging Tomorrow's Hunters program is a primary sponsor for a youth and family outdoor learning event in the Bismarck area on Saturday, July 12.
Put on by the Mule Deer Foundation, the MULEY Day Camp runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Moffit Gun Range. It includes rifle and archery target shooting, hunting and safety information and demonstrations.
A snagging season that lasted a few more days than last year led to a slightly higher number of citations during the recent paddlefish snagging season.
From opening day May 1 until the season closed May 22, North Dakota Game and Fish Department game wardens issued a record 190 citations as part of an annual saturation effort in Williams and McKenzie counties, according to enforcement chief Robert Timian. Last year the citation total was 177.
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department recently paid more than $481,000 in taxes to counties in which the department owns or leases land. The 2013 in-lieu-of-tax payments are the same as property taxes paid by private landowners.
The Game and Fish Department manages more than 200,000 acres for wildlife habitat and public hunting in 51 counties. The department does not own or manage any land in Traill or Renville counties.
Following is a list of counties and the tax payments they received.
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has removed the open fire ban on the Oahe Wildlife Management Area effective immediately. However, the area still falls under any burn restrictions implemented by Morton and Burleigh counties.
Open fires, including campfires, were prohibited this spring on Game and Fish managed property south of Bismarck and Mandan along both sides of the Missouri River.
Oahe WMA covers more than 16,000 acres along Lake Oahe south of Bismarck-Mandan, in portions of Burleigh, Emmons and Morton counties.
The single most important reminder the North Dakota Game and Fish Department will issue to recreationists this summer is to be alert and safe near water.
Boat and water safety coordinator Nancy Boldt said safety on the water begins with wearing a personal flotation device.
"Failure to wear a personal floatation device is the main reason people lose their lives in water recreation accidents," Boldt said.


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The airport is wheelchair-accessible and is well-equipped to accommodate disabled passengers. Reserved reduced-rate parking is available in car parks close to the terminals; passengers should contact the car parks operator for further information (tel: (718) 244 4168). Disabled toilets can be found in each terminal and TDD telephones are clearly-signposted throughout the terminals. Hand-operated cars can be hired from Avis.


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Nutty as a Fruitcake (Mass Market Paperbound)
Hillside Manor's neighbors all adored proprietor Judith McMonigle Flynn's festive suggestion to deck the halls and houses in their cul-de-sac with eye-catching Christmas finery -- except Enid Goodrich.The grumpy old humbug refused to cooperate.Then someone cooked her Christmas goose -- silencing Enid's objections with a handy hatchet. Though Judith's already got a lot under her tree -- what with holidy business booming and the anticipated unwanted arrival of hubby Joe's soused ex-spouse -- she's not about to let murder mess up what's left of her seasonal spirit. With the help of irrepressible cousin Renie, Judith's determined to wrap up this case for Christmas -- and expose the Scrooge-slayer who felt strongly that the only Goodrich is a Deadrich.
About the Author
Mary Richardson Daheim is a Seattle native with a communications degree from the University of Washington. Realizing at an early age that getting published in books with real covers might elude her for years, she worked on daily newspapers and in public relations to help avoid her creditors. She lives in her hometown in a century-old house not unlike Hillside Manor, except for the body count. Daheim is also the author of the Alpine mystery series and the mother of three daughters.


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The Dodge City Red Demons and Garden City Buffaloes are teaming together in an effort to claim a national spot sponsored by USA Today/High School Sports website.
The national publication is looking for people to vote on the top high school football rivalry in the country. The website is using Dodge City's players holding the Hatchet as the team of their promotion.
The publication is also looking for state rivalries with Kansas deciding between three: Dodge City vs. Garden City; Topeka Hayden vs. Holton; and Junction City vs. Manhattan. Voting for each of the state's top rivalry goes from Nov. 19 to Dec. 3 at 10 a.m.
The 51 state rivalries (including the District of Columbia) will be divided into four regions with voting taking place from Dec. 5 through Dec. 12 at 10 a.m.
The national competition will take place from Dec. 13 through Dec. 19 at 10 a.m.
The overall national champion rivalry will receive $10,000 to be divided equally between the two schools athletic departments. USA Today will report live on that rivalry game in 2013 and will present the schools with a trophy that will be kept each year by the winning team.
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Your baby todayHere the hands are holding the umbilical cord as it arises from what will become the belly button, or umbilicus. The umbilical coils and its covering of firm, clear jelly protect the cord from kinking and prying fingers.
If you want a home birth atmosphere with additional support, consider having your baby in a birthing center.
Birthing centers give moms-to-be a labor experience different than that of a hospital. The emphasis is on a natural birth. They can be attached to a hospital or on a separate site. Some hospitals have a birthing center facility in the maternity unit. Since the majority of women give birth without needing medical intervention, these centers provide a good alternative to a more medicalized hospital environment. The environment in a birthing center tends to be more relaxed and flexible than a hospital environment. You'll have continuous support from a combination of labor nurses and midwives. Your doctor may also be affiliated with a birthing center. Furthermore, the medical team in these centers is very experienced at handling a birth without medical intervention. All of these factors therefore increase your chances of having a straightforward birth. To be give birth in such a center, you need to have had an uncomplicated pregnancy and be unlikely to require specialized medical care or monitoring in labor and birth. If complications did occur, you would be transferred to the closest hospital, although this is rare.
Home is where the heart is
The prospect of sleeping in your own bed and being taken care of by people who love you are reason enough to opt for a home birth. It's natural to feel less inhibited at home, and you may be more inclined to move around more and for longer, be as vocal as you like, use gravity, and try different birthing positions, all of which can make labor and delivery shorter and easier. Your midwife will explain what's involved, so seek her advice. On the big day be flexible: you may want to head for the hospital.
Ask A... Doctor
There is nothing more wonderful or miraculous than the birth of a baby, and it's natural to want your older children to be present and witness it for themselves. However, do consider this carefully before you give them the go-ahead. For one thing, even the easiest of labors are painful, and young children will be distressed to see mom in pain. What's more, they may be slightly daunted to see their new sibling emerging from your body, probably covered with various substances. Having said that, many kids handle the experience well if they know what to expect, so outline everything, and explain that any cries, shrieks, or swearing on your behalf are necessary to help get the baby out. You could also mention that you may cry or even vomit, just so they are prepared. Let them know to expect some blood, and that baby will be attached to a (rather gruesome!) cord. If they're squeamish, get them to position themselves by your head, or bring them in immediately after.
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Disrupted sleeping can affect our lives in so many different ways. It can cause daytime sleepiness, fatigue or poor concentration and if it is associated with snoring, restlessness, witnessed apnea (cessation of breathing lasting more than 10 seconds), awakening gasping or morning headaches, it may actually be a medical disorder called obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
OSA affects around 20 percent of the general population. It is more prevalent with older age, African Americans, and men. Risk factors associated with OSA include obesity, facial anatomical abnormalities, heredity, smoking, nasal congestion and diabetes.
OSA recently became a priority to medical professionals due to multiple studies showing how dangerous it can be. If you have untreated severe OSA, you have three to six fold increase risk of all-cause mortality. OSA is associated with hypertension, coronary artery disease, stroke, cardiac arrhythmias, and heart failure. Motor vehicle crashes are two to three times more common among patients with OSA, and finally it increases your risk of complications going through any major surgery.
OSA is easily diagnosed with a sleep study. Lots of companies now offer home sleep studies for free that serve as screening methods to see if you are eligible for the official one to be paid by your insurance.
Once you are diagnosed with OSA, you will be advised to lose weight, sleep on your side as opposed to your back, avoid alcohol, and consult your provider to review your medications. If that all fails then a CPAP machine that puts pressure in your face to keep your lungs open can be tried, or some oral appliances that address your facial anatomy. Surgery to the back of your throat could be an option too.
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This question actually has two parts:
Am I correct that the Riemannian connection induces a connection on the k-th exterior power of the cotangent bundle, for any k? What I had in mind was: view the Riemannian connection as a connection on the frame bundle and then think of the k-th exterior power of the cotangent bundle as the associated bundle to the frame bundle under the natural action of GL(n) on the k-th exterior algebra of (R^n)*.
If you view the volume form of an oriented Riemannian manifold as a section of the n-th exterior power of the cotangent bundle, is it always parallel with respect to this connection?


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Perhaps some of you have already observed that Facebook reminds one of friends' birthdays using
[xyz]'s birthday is today.
To my ears,
Today is [xyz]'s birthday
sounds better. I guess both usages are correct. But which one is preferable?
Perhaps some of you have already observed that Facebook reminds one of friends' birthdays using
To my ears,
sounds better. I guess both usages are correct. But which one is preferable?
There is only a very slight difference - so slight that it is almost nonexistent. Today is Joe's birthday puts a subtle emphasis on today, since we began the sentence with today, and so today is the thing we're talking about. However, when you start with Joe's birthday, that becomes the main point of the sentence.
The reason why there is almost no difference is that Today is Joe's birthday automatically draws attention to the birthday part, whether the sentence began with it or not. There are so many todays, but not that many Joe's birthdays, so we instinctively think Joe's birthday is the point of the sentence, not today.
You may be thinking that "is" is denoting a property here, like "Jack is tired". Clearly, in this case, you can't say, "Tired is Jack". (Except perhaps poetically.) "Is" can mean "X has property Y" which is a very different claim from "Y has property X".
But in this case, "is" is a symmetric, like the equals sign in mathematics. It asserts that the two things it connects are in some way equivalent. This is like the use in "Jack is my brother". There is no change in meaning if the sides are swapped. "Is" can mean "X is the same as Y".
However, even when used as a symmetric, there is still a slight sense of "X has property Y" left. So "Today is Joe's birthday" has a slight "Today has the property of being Joe's birthday" feel. Similarly, "Joe's birthday is Today" has a slight "Joe's birthday has the property of being today" feel. The former seems more logical, and thus more natural.
This is why "Jack is my brother" is more natural than "My brother is Jack". Though it's a symmetric, "Jack has the property of being my brother" is more logical then "My brother has the property of being Jack". So the former feels more natural, though either would be clearly understood.
"Today is X's birthday" (or) It is X's birthday today both should do.
X's b'day is today sounds a little incomplete though.. but colloquially acceptable.


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Halloween game: catch the candy
POSTED: 11:47 AM Sep 21 2011 UPDATED: 4:55 PM May 01 2014
Not quite in the Halloween mood just yet? We know what will get you there. How about a game and a little candy?
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In an industrial area full of strip clubs and bail bondsmen between I-15 and Las Vegas Boulevard lies a pink, blue and yellow building that houses Las Vegas' one and only fully vegan (and partially gluten free) restaurant. Chef Mayra Trabulse's Pura Vida Bakery and Bystro at 1236 Western Ave looks a little out of place in this neighborhood, and she clearly hasn't set up shop where her target demographic is. But that's okay, I suppose, because for now, her target demographic has little choice but to come to her.
If you've been reading my prior posts, like my recent review raving about the Oxtail Soup at Market Street Cafe you know I'm far from being vegetarian, much less vegan. So why would I bother with this cruelty free, animal free save the turkeys restaurant in an industrial wasteland? I had a discount voucher and I came in search of eating adventure. And in that regard, Pura Vida did not disappoint.We arrived mid-afternoon (with a reservation) and were seated immediately at a small, bright blue table just inside the door. The adventure began with the menus. We were given no less than four different menus, along with a detailed explanation of what we could and could not order off each of them. Then, as we were recovering from all that confusion, another menu arrived. It turns out that the first four menus were the "specials" menus. The final menu was the "regular" menu. This one, thankfully, required less explanation. My head was spinning, but I persevered.
I ordered one of their "Agua Frescas", described as flavored water with essential oils. They offer different ones each day and today's contained pomegranate juice and lime essential oil. It was dark purple in color, light in flavor and easy to drink, and tasted delicious. A great summer beverage! Things were looking up.
At the same time as my drink order, we also placed our food orders. I chose the Breakfast Wow! Puff, and my girlfriend chose the McNeil Bagel (I think that's what it was called). My drink came out fairly quickly, but we had a lot of time to take in all the atmosphere as we awaited the arrival of our entrees.
The area around the entrance is a shrine to the restaurant itself. On the wall are numerous hand written love letters to the restaurant and Chef Mayra from her loyal customers. Numerous reviews and awards adorn the walls. The door is covered in stickers from the various websites that Pura Vida has been featured on. The interior of the restaurant is bursting with bright colors. There are flowers everywhere – both in artwork and in pots. There are certificates on the wall for each of the turkeys Pura Vida has saved from the slaughter. Up front is a glass and stainless bakery case full of baked goods for sale.
I took some snapshots, we chatted and I nursed my Agua Fresca. While we were waiting for our food to arrive we watched as a couple of businessmen came in for lunch, then gave up and left. We overheard them negotiating with the waitress, trying to find something that they could order and still have time to enjoy during their forty-five minute lunch break. That wasn't happening. They were advised to call ahead next time.Our food arrived about an hour after we placed our order. It was beautifully presented, it was served hot, and it was full of flavor. Really amazing, delicious, lick your plate clean flavor. So many restaurants do vegetarian/vegan by simply replacing the meat in a standard dish with something else. Not Pura Vida. Chef Mayra is not a chef who caters to vegans, she's a vegan who is also a chef – and it shows. She has designed a menu of great tasting dishes from within her chosen dietary restrictions, much like a talented artist might make a fabulous painting using only a few colors.
The Breakfast Wow Puff is a light and flaky puff pastry, covered with a delicious cheese-like sauce, and filled with tofu, onions, peppers, garlic and other spices. It was served with a small tin of the tastiest fresh-made salsa I have ever had, a fresh cucumber slice and orange slice. I devoured every bite. My girlfriend's bagel sandwich was equally good, featuring an amazing soft chewy bagel with lettuce and tomato, more tofu and cheese-like sauce. The garnishes were similar, but also included a mildly spicy "vegan sausage" that, I must admit, I would choose over the meat-based sausages on offer at most breakfast joints.
Throughout the experience the waitress was extremely friendly and chatty. After our food arrived Chef Mayra emerged from the kitchen to chat as well. We complimented her food and made some small talk. As we talked, it quickly became clear that she doesn't get a lot of omnivores. She assumed that we were vegan simply because we were eating in her restaurant, and I must admit it was a little awkward bursting her bubble. She handled the news well though, and we moved on to other friendly conversation. As we talked we learned that Pura Vida has a constantly evolving menu, depending on what is available locally and in season. This, I'm sure, is one of the reasons her food is so amazing. I just wish it didn't take five menus to explain it.
If you are one of those know your food, vegan, cruelty free, gluten avoiding types, or are forced to dine with someone who is, then overlook the location and the idiosyncrasies and make your way to Pura Vida. I liked this quirky place, and even though I am not at all vegan, I plan to return. But I must offer some advice for those who dine here. Make reservations. Be patient (plan about two hours for a meal here). Try not to get overwhelmed by the menus or discouraged by the wait. Everything here is prepared from fresh ingredients, to order, and it takes time. The chef and the waitstaff are a bit disorganized, but they are very friendly, they mean well, and when your food makes it out of the kitchen it will have been worth the wait.
- Go when you have time to chill out and enjoy the conversations with staff, and your dining companions. It's a nice place to just relax if you're not in any hurry.
- Once you get to know the menu you can call your order in with your reservation, which should result in a quicker meal.
- If you are vegan, this is the restaurant for you. It is the only place in Las Vegas where nothing on the menu is off limits for vegans. And even better, the food is delicious.
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I have tried everything I can think of at this point and I'm at a total loss.
I have a 2TB drive I want to install Windows 7 and 11.10 (both are 64 bit) side by side, but once I install Windows it must need
gpt to work or something because no matter how many times I've removed it, it always returns. If I use
gdisk and set the disk as mbr, Windows won't load.
Now this last time I ran
gdisk and tried to boot into Windows before I installed Ubuntu all the way and ended up at a
grub rescue prompt. Any help please?
Also let me say I have been searching and reading for days and have tried everything I can find to make this work so this isn't a one time event, it's continual.