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The Freudenthal suspension theorem states in particular that the map $$ \pi_{n+k}(S^n)\to\pi_{n+k+1}(S^{n+1}) $$ is an isomorphism for $n\geq k+2$.
My questions is: What is the intuition behind the proof of the Freudenthal suspension theorem?
The Freudenthal suspension theorem states in particular that the map $$ \pi_{n+k}(S^n)\to\pi_{n+k+1}(S^{n+1}) $$ is an isomorphism for $n\geq k+2$.
My questions is: What is the intuition behind the proof of the Freudenthal suspension theorem?
There are two proofs I particularly like:
Maybe this differential topologic way of thinking the Freudenthal suspension is much more intuitive. By Pontrjagin's contruction you can identify $\pi_{n+k}(S^n)$ with equivalence classes of framed submanifolds $(N,\nu)$ of $S^{n+k}$. The image of this class under the Freudenthal suspension homomorphism is just the framed submanifold $(N,\tilde{\nu})$, where we identify $S^{n+k}$ with the equator of $S^{n+k+1}$ and the frame $\tilde{\nu}$ is obtained by $\nu$ just "adding" to $\nu$ the canonical normal frame of $S^{n+k}$ inside $S^{n+k+1}$. The fact that the map is an isomorphism for $n>k+1$ can now be achieved by general position arguments.
The Freudenthal theorem is really a special case of the phenomenon called "homotopy excision" aka the Blakers-Massey triad theorem. The idea is that one has an inclusion $$ (C_-X,X) \to (\Sigma X,C_+X) $$ given by gluing in $C_+X$, where $C_\pm X$ are copies of the cone on $X$. The Blakers-Massey theorem tells us that this map is $(2r+1)$-connected, where $r$ is the connectivity of $X$. Furthermore, the inclusion induces the suspension homomorphism on homotopy groups.
There are a variety of proofs of the homotopy excision theorem. In the case at hand, possibly the easiest proof is given in the paper cited by Jeff Strom in answering my question: http://mathoverflow.net/questions/54169.
By the way, in the dual case one has the map $\Sigma \Omega X \to X$. It is somewhat easier to check that the latter is $(2r+1)$-connected. Its homotopy fiber can be identified with $\Sigma (\Omega X) \wedge (\Omega X)$ which is $(2r)$-connected. So the map $\Sigma \Omega X \to X$ is $(2r+1)$-connected.
The suspension map $\Sigma: [A, X] \to [\Sigma A, \Sigma X]$ (of which yours is a special case) is adjoint to a map $[A, X] \to [A, \Omega\Sigma X]$ which is induced by the map $\sigma: X\to \Omega\Sigma X$ (adjoint to $\mathrm{id}_{\Sigma X}$). Thus determining the behavior of the suspension operation is reduced to the study of the map $\sigma$.
It can be proved that if $X$ is $(n-1)$-connected, then the map $\sigma$ is a $(2n-1)$-equivalence, and it follows that $\Sigma: [A, X] \to [\Sigma A, \Sigma X]$ is a bijection for all CW complexes $A$ with $\dim(A)< 2n-1$.
How is it proved? One method is to look at the James construction; another is to examine the comparison map $\xi: A\to F$ that arises when a cofiber sequence $A\to B\to C$ has been converted to a fibration sequence $F\to B\to C$.
Edit October 2013: I have given more information on the Blakers-Massey triad theorem on the ncatlab here, referring specifically to the algebraic determination of the critical, i.e. first non vanishing, group. This is described as a tensor product of relative homotopy groups, and of course a tensor product is trivial if one of the factors is trivial. So we get an intuitive view of the connectivity result and so for the Freudenthal Suspension Theorem. Indeed, they are both seen as a consequence of a higher order homotopy Seifert-van Kampen Theorem.
Original answer: John Klein's answer refers to the Blakers-Massey triad theorem; this was generalised to an $n$-ad connectivity theorem by Barratt and Whitehead, and of which Goodwillie has given a geometric proof, using general position arguments.
In these results there is interest in describing the critical group, an $n$-ad homotopy group, which may be nonabelian in general. Some abelian cases have been described by Barratt and Whitehead, following Blakers-Massey, with simple connectivity assumptions.
This problem was solved in Theorem 3.7 of
Ellis, G.J. and Steiner, R. "Higher-dimensional crossed modules and the homotopy groups of $(n+1)$-ads." J. Pure Appl. Algebra 46 (2-3) (1987) 117--136.
which uses crucially the van Kampen Theorem for $n$-cubes of spaces in
Brown, R. and Loday, J.-L. "Van Kampen theorems for diagrams of spaces", Topology 26~(3) (1987) 311--335. With an appendix by M. Zisman.
Of course connectivity results follow from the algebraic results, but the proof in this last paper is by induction with connectivity in one dimension implying surjectivity in the next.
One intuitive point is that the description of the critical group of an $n$-ad will involve generalised Whitehead products coming from sub $r$- and $s$-ads of the given $n$-ad, and an elaborate algebra (crossed $n$-cubes of groups, as defined by Ellis-Steiner) is needed to handle all this. The proofs do not involve general position at all.
For a fairly recent application of these ideas, see
Ellis, G.~J. and Mikhailov, R. "A colimit of classifying spaces". Advances in Math. (2010) arXiv: [math.GR] 0804.3581v1.


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For the past week or so, the standard "Shut down" dialog appears at random, with no apparent cause.
I upgraded from 12.04 to 12.10 and it still continues. It's unbelievably irritating.
It can appear when I'm just typing into a text document, hours after the computer booted, or it can happen three seconds after I log in and haven't had a chance to interact with the desktop.
If I press "Cancel" the dialog may reappear within a few seconds, or a few hours. Sometimes the laptop just powers off instantly a few seconds after pressing "Cancel".
When this dialog appears, I don't see anything weird in
/var/log/*log and I don't see any suspicious processes running.
I have managed to capture this by monitoring the dbus session bus, when the dialog appears:
method call sender=:1.6 -> dest=org.gnome.SessionManager serial=285 path=/org/gnome/SessionManager; interface=org.gnome.SessionManager; member=Shutdown
method return sender=:1.0 -> dest=:1.6 reply_serial=285
But that gives me no clue as to who is requesting a shut down.
The physical power button (on this Thinkpad T420s) is not mapped to the shutdown prompt, and pressing it does nothing.
I've also seen this random shutdown behaviour if I boot the laptop, then kill
lightdm so that no X server is running. At some point, the computer may sporadically say it's going down for shutdown. Then it does.
Any ideas what this could be, or how I can debug further?
This also happens with a Ubuntu 10.04 live CD and a 12.04 live USB drive.
However, I swapped out my SSD and put in the original HDD and I was able to install and run Windows 7 for a while without problems.
So, since this problem appeared recently and occurs on multiple OS versions, I'd guess it's potentially a hardware problem. But given that I can't see what (haven't seen any phantom key presses in
showkey) is wrong, and because Windows works, I don't really have a good case for calling in my Thinkpad warranty...

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Train was 5 hours late this morning so didn't get out except for riding a slightly better shifting Schwinn against the wind home this morning. Slept the whole rest of the day.
Wife doesn't have to report for Jury duty tomorrow but has to call in again tomorrow night so I think I will ride down to 89th on the Landon tomorrow and see if the higher temps will do some trail drying this week.
It seems like I get sick after getting the flu shot every year, but not as bad as the flu. The grand kids bring every germ known to man over here from school/pre-school so we keep up on the shots.
Enjoy the 50's this week!
Perry next Monday (I hope, I hope)
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Woman dies in Pick's fire
AN EARLY morning fire at a Belmont County establishment turned fatal today.
Pick's Place, located on U.S. 40 east of Morristown, was a total loss after a blaze started around 6 a.m. The fire was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived on the scene.
An elderly woman, reportedly Pick's owner, died in the blaze. She lived in an apartment in the back of the business.
Firefighters from Morristown, Bethesda, Cumberland Trail, Lafferty and Belmont responded. The blaze is believed to have started in the kitchen of either Pick's or the apartment.
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Ridge Hoppers
The Ridge Hoppers 4-H Club met at a shelter house at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds and gathered around a campfire in a pit.
Krystal Fiala presided. Tammy Fiala provided pumpkins for members to carve.
The county Rake-a-thon will be held until Nov. 16. Members planned to participate in Trick or Treat for UNICEF and go to the Groucher Haunted Mansion in Toronto.
A thank-you gift was sent to Stella Puskarich.
The next meeting will be held at the Eastern Gateway Community College at 6 p.m. on Nov. 19.
Johnathan Vance provided horseshoes for recreation, and the group played ball.


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Catchings leads Fever past Sun, 78-66
Posted at: 07/11/2013 11:35 AM
By CLIFF BRUNT
(AP) INDIANAPOLIS - Tamika Catchings had 22 points and six steals to help the Indiana Fever beat the Connecticut Sun 78-66 on Saturday night.
Briann January had 14 points and seven rebounds, and Shavonte Zellous also scored 14 points for the injury-plagued Fever. The defending WNBA champions won their third straight game after dropping seven of eight to start the season.
The Fever took advantage after Connecticut's star player, reigning league MVP Tina Charles, was ejected early in the fourth quarter. The center picked up two technical fouls after she disagreed with a call and was sent to the locker room.
Charles finished with 14 points. She scored a season-high 30 points the previous time the teams met, a 73-61 win for the Sun on June 12.
Kelsey Griffin and Allison Hightower both scored 17 points for the Sun.
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Welcome to the Fine Arts at Mount Marty
You will find the variety of fine arts opportunities available at Mount Marty College! We keep a busy schedule of events throughout the year, complementing our excellent fine arts curriculum and programs in the areas of visual arts, creative writing, graphic design and media arts, music and theatre!
Talent Scholarships are also available in the areas of Art, Band, Choir, Creative Writing, Theatre (Performance and Technical Theatre). Students interested in participating, minoring or majoring in any of these areas are encouraged to apply for a Fine Arts Scholarship.
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Samuel S. Butcher Associate Professor in the Natural Sciences
Druckenmiller Hall - 230C
Current teaching schedule available on the public course finder.
My lab studies how chromosomes are organized within the three-dimensional space of the nucleus, and, in particular, how physical interactions between chromosomes can influence gene expression. We focus on Drosophila melanogaster in part because of the amazing genetic tools available, and in part because there is extensive pairing between homologous chromosomes in this system, providing us with a simple model to study interchromosomal interactions. Some of our projects branch out into the development of new genetic technologies and resources for the Drosophila research community, and we have recently become interested in functions of non-coding DNA (in collaboration with the Palopoli lab).
Bateman, J.R., Johnson, J.E., Locke, M.N.*. 2012. Comparing enhancer action in cis and in trans. Genetics 191: 1143-1155.
Bateman, J.R.,1 Larschan, E.,1 D'Souza, R., Marshall, L.S.*, Dempsey, K.E.*, Johnson, J.E., Mellone, B.G., and Kuroda, M.I. 2012. A genome-wide screen identifies genes that affect somatic homolog pairing in Drosophila. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 2: 731-740. (1equal contribution)
Sun, F.F.*, Johnson, J.E., Zeidler, M.P., and Bateman, J.R. 2012. Simplified insertion of transgenes onto balancer chromosomes via recombinase-mediated cassette exhange. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 2: 551-553.
Griffin, R., Sustar, A., Bonvin, M., Binari, R., del Valle Rodriguez, A., Hohl, A.M., Bateman, J.R., Villalta, C., Heffern, E., Grunwald, D., Bakal, C., Desplan, C., Schubiger, G., Wu, C.T., Perrimon, N. 2009. The twin spot generator for differential Drosophila lineage analysis. Nature Methods 6: 600-602.
Bateman, J.R., and Wu, C.-t. 2008. A genomewide survey argues that every zygotic gene product is dispensable for the initiation of somatic homolog pairing in Drosophila. Genetics 180: 1329-1342. (Featured in Issue Highlights).
Bateman, J.R., and Wu. C.-t. 2008. A simple polymerase chain reaction-based method for the construction of RMCE donor vectors. Genetics 180: 1763-1766.


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I would like a text editor that works like the Google Docs app, where you start out viewing a file and if you want to edit it you specifically have to click an "Edit" button. The reason this would be useful is that the keyboard pops up automatically if you are editing text. 90% of the time, I simply want to view the text file and not make changes. Or maybe I want to view the file and decide if I want to make changes after I see it. Dismissing the keyboard or being prompted to save the file every time is annoying when I only wanted to view it.
You can install Google docs in your Android device. Also you can use an editor called INKPAD, that works your way, the keyboard only is showed if you want to edit the note.
MiniNoteViewer (https://market.android.com/details?id=jp.gr.java_conf.hatalab.mnv&hl=en) basically works the way I want. There's no explicit switch between "Edit" and "View" modes, but it doesn't pop up the keyboard until you tell it to. Good enough.
Also Jota View (https://market.android.com/details?id=jp.sblo.pandora.jota) can be set to not pop up the keyboard when you are viewing a note (Preferences->Input->Viewer), though the app is overcomplicated IMO.


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I'm trying to pull a custom post type name/title out for use in the breadcrumb of a single-[cpt].php template file.
In the archive-[cpt].php I can use post_type_archive_title() and it echo the name. How would I get this same title in a single view?
I've trawled though the codex and haven't seen a function, but might have missed it!


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Top 10 Spring Cleaning Projects
When it's time for the proverbial spring cleaning, try these ten projects. Tackling them will leave your home extra clean, organized, and clutter-free! This printable spring cleaning checklist is also handy.
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Dusting is part of everyone's usual cleaning routine, but spring cleaning calls for extreme dusting. A long-handled duster and a couple of microfiber cloths are perfect for this chore.
Starting at the top in every room, dust down the ceiling, light fixtures, ceiling fans, and walls. Ceiling fans may require a gentle cleaning solution on the blades to remove greasy dirt. Pay attention to air vents, switch plates, window sills, and doors, as well as anything hung on the walls. If you have open shelves, remove everything and dust them thoroughly. Dust the objects or books with a dry microfiber cloth before replacing them on the shelves.
Once you've finished dusting down the walls, do a pass on the baseboards. The dust is now on the floor, where you can vacuum it up!


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HoMedics Tony Little HealthStation Plus Body Composition Scale & Scanner for $29.99 + $5.00 shipping
Get a more complete picture of your fitness level and gauge your progress with the Tony Little Body Express Body Fat Scale with Voice Assist by HoMedics.
This scale displays more than just your weight
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Records data for up to 6 individual users, making it a great fitness tool for the entire family
Daily Calorie Predictor Function - estimates the number of calories needed based on your body composition and personal data; may be used as a guide when setting daily calorie goals during weight loss and exercise programs
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Interesting. Very interesting. :-/
The "Warning" is, too. "Warning: Do not use this product if you have a pacemaker or other internal medical device. This product is not intended for use by children under 10 years of age or pregnant women. Always consult your physician to determine what is most ideal for you."
Think I'll pass on this one. Even though I don't have a pacemaker, other internal medical device, am not under 10, nor pregnant. Or over 85 <---what's up w/that?
Might be a great buy for others, though. Would love to hear from someone who owns this.
@gmwhit: I got this scale a while back from Woot, and I'm pleased with it. I can't say how accurate the body fat% is, but that goes for all scales that measure body fat% this way (sends a short electric pulse through your legs which is why you'll be in trouble if you use this scale and you have a pace maker). The scale itself seems accurate weight wise- the doctor's scale said the exact same weight, so I'd say that's a good enough comparison. I like it because I can just jump on it real fast to get a weight reading or I can press the start button and go through the whole weight, body fat %, muscle %, calories needed, etc. and when you do it that way it actually shows you the statistics from your last weigh in, so that's kinda nifty. Tony Little will also talk to you if you press the start button and weigh yourself that way, but that is easily remedied by just switching the voice to "off" on the underside of the scale. You can also switch it to Spanish if you prefer things that way.
@kd1357: Ah! Thanks so much. Appreciate all the info. The accuracy is important. As is the ability to turn off Tony Little. ;-)
the accuracy of the one I got is a little... inconsistent. sometimes it'll say the same weight two times in a row, sometimes varying by as much as 8 lbs.
Good for a rough idea of weight, maybe.
putting a scale on sale on Thanksgiving? #@&!*^
what kind of medics?
I won't buy ANYTHING anymore from Homedics. Everything I have ever purchased from them turned out to be crap. They make great looking products at excellent prices, but the quality is awful. You really do get what you pay for with Homedics.


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I have a Java applet that I need to paste lots of text into. However, the paste options doesn't work (neither keyboard shortcut, nor right-button menu).
I'm looking for a way to emulate a keyboard and write automatically all the text I'd like to paste into the textbox in the applet.


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Summer BBQ Picnic Foods Made Healthier (Slide 1)
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AdWords is Google's flagship advertising product. AdWords offers pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, and site-targeted advertising for both text and banner ads.
The Google AdWords API lets developers build applications that interact directly with the AdWords platform. With these applications, advertisers and third parties can more efficiently and creatively manage their large or complex AdWords accounts and campaigns.
The key object in AdWords system is Keyword – word that triggers an Ad. Ads and Keywords are grouped underneath parent object – AdGroup. Each keyword in some AdGroup can trigger any of the Ads in that AdGroup.
Example: Let's say that in AdGroup A are keyword X and Ad Y. When some user enters into Google's search engine word X, AdWords system will show Ad Y.
This article will explain how to programmatically add Keywords under some AdGroup. Presented is an application that adds all combinations of certain set of keywords under specified AdGroup. For that purpose application can use one of the following libraries:
- Google api-adwords-dotnet
- 3rd party AdWords API for .NET (GemBox.Ppc)
Keyword is an object that specifies on which searches would be some Ad shown. Keyword is composed of two properties: Text and MatchType.
MatchType closely define some Keyword. MatchType can have on of the following values:
- Exact
- Phrase
- Broad
AdWordsKeywordGenerator app shows one approach that combines Match types that are provided by the AdWords platform.
AdWordsKeywordGenerator takes set of words and makes all combination with those words. After that it uploads them to the AdWords system.
For example, if user specifies words "summer" and "hot", AdWordsKeywordGenerator will upload keywords:
- Summer (Exact match)
- Hot (Exact match)
- Summer hot (Exact match)
- Hot summer (Exact match)
To use application follow these steps:
- Specify Account Information – information that is needed for logging. Help on this is here .
- Specify API library that you want to use.
- Specify AdGroup in which you want to add new keywords.
- Add Source Words – words that you want to combine.
- Generate Keywords – this will combine Source words.
- Upload New Keywords.
AdWordsKeywordGenerator is WPF application written in C# using Visual Studio 2008.
Typical application workflow is:
- Generating combinations of words
- Logging to AdWords platform
- Getting AdGroup
- Adding new Keywords to AdGroup
- Uploading changes to AdWords platform
For Generating combination of words we use class KeywordGenerator. It has method GenerateCombinations that accepts list of source words, makes combinations and returns them in a new list.
Uploading combinations
For uploading combinations we can use two different libraries: google-api-adwords-dotnet (GoogleLibraryUploader class) and 3rd party AdWords .NET API (GemBoxPpcUploader class).
Uploading new keywords using google-api-adwords-dotnet is made of the following steps:
- Logging to AdWords platform
- Downloading all AdGroups
- Selecting specified AdGroup
- Creating new Keywords
- Uploading new keywords
internal class GoogleLibraryUploader : IUploader { // User. private AdWordsUser user; // Login. public void Login(string email, string password, string developerToken, string applicationToken, string userAgent, bool useSandbox, string clientCustomerIdOrClientEmail) { // This can be set in config file. ApplicationConfiguration.email = email; ApplicationConfiguration.password = password; ApplicationConfiguration.developerToken = developerToken; ApplicationConfiguration.applicationToken = applicationToken; if (clientCustomerIdOrClientEmail.Contains('@')) ApplicationConfiguration.clientEmail = clientCustomerIdOrClientEmail; else ApplicationConfiguration.clientCustomerId = clientCustomerIdOrClientEmail; ApplicationConfiguration.adWordsApiUrl = useSandbox ? "adwords-sandbox.google.com" : "adwords.google.com"; this.user = new AdWordsUser(); } // Upload keywords to AdGroup. public void UploadKeywordsToAdGroup(string campaignName, string adGroupName, IList<string> keywords) { // Get AdGroupService. AdGroupService adGroupService = (AdGroupService)this.user.GetService(AdWordsService.v200909.AdGroupService); // Get All AdGroups AdGroupPage page = adGroupService.get(new AdGroupSelector()); // Select specified AdGroup. AdGroup adGroup = page == null || page.entries == null ? null : page.entries.FirstOrDefault(x => x.campaignName == campaignName && x.name == adGroupName); if (adGroup == null) throw new System.ApplicationException("AdGroup with name " + adGroupName + " doesn't exists!"); // Create AdGroupCriterionOperations with new keywords. List<AdGroupCriterionOperation> operations = new List<AdGroupCriterionOperation>(); foreach (string keyword in keywords) { // Create AdGroupCriterion AdGroupCriterion criterion = new BiddableAdGroupCriterion() { adGroupId = adGroup.id, adGroupIdSpecified = true, criterion = new Keyword() { text = keyword, matchType = KeywordMatchType.EXACT, matchTypeSpecified = true } }; // Create AdGroupCriterionOperation AdGroupCriterionOperation keywordOperation = new AdGroupCriterionOperation() { @operator = Operator.ADD, operatorSpecified = true, operand = criterion }; // Ad operation to the list. operations.Add(keywordOperation); } // Get AdGroupCriterionService AdGroupCriterionService adGroupCriterionService = (AdGroupCriterionService)this.user.GetService(AdWordsService.v200909.AdGroupCriterionService); // Upload new keywords. adGroupCriterionService.mutate(operations.ToArray()); } }
Uploading new keywords using GemBox.Ppc AdWords API is made of the following steps:
- Logging to AdWords platform
- Specifying that component download data on demand
- Selecting specified AdGroup
- Creating new Keywords
- Uploading new keywords
internal class GemBoxPpcUploader : IUploader { // Account (contains user) private AwAccount account; static GemBoxPpcUploader() { // Set license. We use free version of GemBox.Ppc. PpcInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY"); } // Login. public void Login(string email, string password, string developerToken, string applicationToken, string userAgent, bool useSandbox, string clientCustomerIdOrClientEmail) { // Create Account. this.account = new AwAccount(new AwUser(email, password, developerToken, applicationToken, userAgent, useSandbox, clientCustomerIdOrClientEmail)) { // This enables automatic downloading so we don't need to call Download() method. DownloadLazy = true }; } // Upload keywords to AdGroup. public void UploadKeywordsToAdGroup(string campaignName, string adGroupName, IList<string> keywords) { if (this.account == null) throw new ApplicationException("You haven't login to account!"); // Get Campaing. Campaign camp = this.account.Campaigns.SingleOrDefault(x => x.Name == campaignName); if (camp == null) throw new ApplicationException("Campaign with name " + campaignName + " doesn't exists!"); // Get AdGroup. AdGroup adGroup = camp.AdGroups.SingleOrDefault(y => y.Name == adGroupName); if (adGroup == null) throw new ApplicationException("AdGroup with name " + adGroupName + " doesn't exists!"); // Add new Keywords. foreach (string keyword in keywords) adGroup.Criterions.Add(new BiddableAdGroupCriterion() { Criterion = new Keyword() { Text = keyword, MatchType = KeywordMatchType.EXACT } }); // Upload changes. this.account.UploadChanges(); } }
As always in programming, there is more than one method to achieve the same thing.
Google api-adwords-dotnet is a set of proxy classes built from WSDLs plus some extra classes that enables logging to AdWords platform. It is completely free but it is not completely optimized for .NET platform and requires some manual work (casting, setting xxxSpecified properties, different ids, etc).
On the other hand, GemBox.Ppc is optimized for .NET, encapsulates different AdWords services and provides many utilities out of the box. However, Free version has limitations.
Download links
Download the latest version of the application (together with the C# source code):


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GoogledGnome #18
Say bye-bye to your riding crop in WoLK.
Before you do, take a screen shot to remember it by…
hang on, let me do that for you…
While I am at it, here is one for Carrot on a Stick
Yep, so they are all going, all your speed enhancing trinkets are nothing more than lost bag space (although I guess they will just steal them in the middle of the night).
Actually I mentioned this a while back.. hopefully something will replace it in the future.
Gnomer and Out!
This was another post in the continuing exploration of how people reach Armaggedons Coming via Google. As usual, plese feel free to comment or ignore


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In regex plugin of gedit, I use a regex to match/search and another for substitution. In the matching regex, I only have one group. In the substitution regex, I use \1 to refer to the group, and I also like to add a zero right behind \1, but \10 will change to mean the 10th group in matching regex. So I was wondering how to solve this problem?
For example, in my original text there are cases where
0 is misinput as
o, such as
12o should be
120. My matching regex is
(\d+)o, and my substitution regex is
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BUILD. Make it XAML with Expression Blend – Windows Phone Apps.
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Let's keep it real. While REFINE and DESIGN are stages where most of the experience is defined, it truly is in BUILD that experiences come to life. In this session Corrina will take us into importing assets into Expression Blend, defining layout, text and animation as well as working UI controls, data binding and code.
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6 Movies That Inadvertently Remade Other Movies
Hollywood studios have a tendency to produce suspiciously similar movies, sometimes within the same year. We're pretty sure that for a while there in the early '00s, every movie was The Matrix.
But then there are movies, sometimes decades apart, that seem to have absolutely nothing to do with each other ... and yet, when you look at them carefully, they turn out to be the exact same thing. Movies like ...
#6. Home Alone (1990) is Die Hard (1988)
The Plot:
A resourceful, somewhat badly adjusted guy is left alone on Christmas eve, when a group of otherwise successful career criminals enact an overly elaborate plan for a robbery. The only thing they weren't counting on is this one-man wrecking crew who, almost single-handedly and against all the odds, completely whoops their asses.
Plus: Gluttony as a sign of badassery.
The Films That Share It:
Die Hard and Home Alone. No, seriously. Hear us out. Both films star a completely normal person who, as a result of being distanced from his family, finds himself trapped in a place invaded by criminals, soon realizing that he's the only one who can do anything about it. He's unequipped, outclassed and lacks any resources (also, shoes).
In both movies, the protagonist must use his wits and improvised weaponry to take out the bad guys one at a time, punctuating everything he does with a glib one-liner or weird facial expression.
But the villains in both movies are pretty different, right? You can't compare Hans Gruber and his team of highly trained professionals to a couple of assclowns calling themselves "The Wet Bandits." Unless you consider the fact that, in both movies, the increasingly exasperated leader of the criminals initially attempts to deceive the protagonist by passing himself off as a good guy, but the protagonist is more clever and sees through his bullshit.
Oh, and at one point, both villains suffer a great fall.
Also, only one of them has won an Oscar, but not the one you'd expect.
But as intelligent, resilient and supernaturally lucky as the protagonist is, he doesn't do everything himself: The final blow is delivered not by him, but by another character who was a complete stranger at the beginning and is now an unlikely friend.
Home Alone gains a few points by not having an analogue for the limo driver.
And thus, the protagonist is reunited with his family, safe and happy once more ... until the same thing happens two years later, except on the East Coast. This time, there's more running around outdoors, so at least he gets some fresh air. And then it keeps happening a couple more times until everyone stops caring.
Critics haven't decided which one's worse: Home Alone 2: Home Aloner or Live Free or Home Alone.
The Major Difference:
The age of the protagonist is the most obvious difference, along with the magnitude of the explosions he causes and his general body count (we're not sure, but we think Kevin killed only two or three guys). In fact, we can see Home Alone starting life as a rejected pitch for a Muppet Babies take on the Die Hard franchise, with Macaulay Culkin playing young Johnny McClane, a kid with a tendency to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. If you consider the fact that Kevin likely had to change his name and go into witness protection after pissing off so many criminals, maybe it still works out.
Although if that was the case, you'd think he'd have learned the dangers of going barefoot long ago.
#5. Little Miss Sunshine (2006) is National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
The Plot:
A dysfunctional family that's grown apart reluctantly piles into a car for a troublesome trip across the country to California. Hijinks ensue. Not everyone survives. In the end, the trip fulfills its purpose when unexpected circumstances bring the family together.
The Films That Share It:
Give or take a suicidal gay uncle played by Steve Carrell, National Lampoon's Vacation (the Chevy Chase classic) and Little Miss Sunshine (the acclaimed indie film) tell essentially the same story.
This guy's put on some weight, though.
Both films feature a family that embarks on a poorly researched trip inside an increasingly malfunctioning car that will become a running joke throughout the movie. Both go at the insistence of the head of the family (Chevy Chase in Vacation and Toni Collette in Sunshine), who believes that the best way to improve family relations is by cramming everyone into an enclosed space for several hellish days.
Exactly how many filmmakers have been traumatized by this same situation?
Outrageous things happen, testing the patience of the family members and causing some to completely lose their shit.
And here's where things get strangely specific:
When the elderly relative they brought along for no good reason (the old aunt in Vacation, the drug addict grandpa in Sunshine) suddenly drops dead in the middle of the trip, the family decides that the best way of mourning the deceased is to carry the limp, lifeless body around for a while before leaving it comically unsupervised.
No clear cause of death was given for Aunt Edna, so we're guessing it was a heroin overdose, too.
When they reach their destination, it's nothing like what they imagined -- in Vacation, the amusement park is closed, and in Sunshine, the beauty pageant is creepy and weird. In both cases, the head of the family intervenes in a way that wreaks havoc, to the point that cops become involved and things go downhill from there.
In the end, however, the police release them without charges and they head back home as a loving family (unless there are sequels).
Not pictured: Zombie grandpa.
The Major Difference:
National Lampoon's Vacation is pretty well regarded, but it didn't exactly win an Oscar (nor did anyone expect it to). Little Miss Sunshine won two, plus an Independent Spirit Award. What made the difference? We believe it was mainly the soundtrack. Here's a song from Little Miss Sunshine:
It's all moody and dramatic. It could make anything seem deep, even a static shot of a bunch of people in a car. National Lampoon's Vacation, on the other hand, used '80s pop. We're not saying you can take any '80s comedy, replace the soundtrack, add a minimalist poster and win an Academy Award, but some of them might be worth a shot. Weekend at Bernie's, anyone?
#4. Wall-E (2008) is Idiocracy (2006)
The Plot:
An average worker drone who just wants to quietly do his job gets caught up in an overly complicated government plan that goes on way, way longer than originally intended. Stuff happens, and the drone saves the human race.
The Films That Share It:
Quick, which of these images belongs to Mike Judge's cult sci-fi satire Idiocracy and which one belongs to Pixar's Wall-E?
Which one is present day Detroit?
The answer is we don't even know. That's because both movies take place hundreds of years in the future, at a point when man's neglect has turned the Earth into a big landfill covered by huge mountains of garbage. Also in both movies, a random occurrence interrupts the otherwise uneventful life of the protagonist, which is followed by an enormous avalanche of garbage and the protagonist crashing into an average, random citizen who quickly becomes a main character in the plot.
Eventually the protagonist finds himself transported to an unfamiliar world where he realizes that humanity has evolved into fat, useless morons. All right, so not everyone in Idiocracy is overweight and not everyone in Wall-E is stupid, but they're both making the same point -- both films are warning us about the dangers of complacency.
And being squashed by a giant red butt.
Both futures are shown to be dominated by huge corporations, and one corporation in particular controls the landscape and has taken over parts of the government (Brawndo in Idiocracy and Buy n Large in Wall-E). Said corporation uses a single, constant advertising slogan that is shown everywhere, and even fed to children.
Sometimes literally.
Still not convinced? How about the fact that the second halves of both movies center around the protagonist trying to save the plants of Earth, which, after much chasing and almost being crushed to death by machines, he accomplishes with the help of a recording made by his love interest?
But that happens in all movies.
This is followed by a scene where we think we'll lose the protagonist forever, but then a last minute gesture convinces him to stay with his love interest. Then there's an epilogue montage about how the world will be OK now (even though in both cases it probably won't).
The Major Difference:
Idiocracy grossed almost $500,000 at the box office. Wall-E grossed $500 million worldwide. That's a substantial difference, we think, and we're betting Mike Judge feels the same way.
"No, no. It's great not having a golden yacht filled with panda-fur rugs."
There's also the fact that one of these movies is rated G and the other is rated R: In the latter, the love interest is a prostitute who sleeps with several men through the course of the film, and the machines that try to squash the protagonist near the end are shaped like giant dildos. We'll let you guess which is which.


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I have forced Spotlight to reindex, but it still doesn't work.
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Paper stock certificates becoming collectors' items
|Dick Brothers shows the paper stock certificates he owns that date back to the 1920s. Most are from old silver and gold mining companies with the stock being purchased by Brothers' grandfather in Alaskan and California mining towns.The paper stock certificate is rapidly becoming a piece of a bygone era. (Manny Crisostomo/Sacramento Bee/MCT)
In their glory days, paper stock certificates were mini artworks, embellished with engraved images of eagles, cherubs, Gold Rush miners and sheaves of wheat. Or even sexy Playboy centerfolds.
Today, they're financial-document dinosaurs, going the paperless way of U.S. savings bonds and Social Security checks. In an era of instant electronic stock trading, getting a paper stock certificate is downright difficult.
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5 Sep 2012 1:49 AM #1
Images not showing for projects saved on network share
Hi there!
I'm quite new on Sencha animator; I'm having a look on it, and while trying to create some animations I've stepped in a quite strange behaviour: as soon as i save the animation, the images are not displayed anymore.
The same happens when i save and close, and then open a project again.
here it is a screenshot:
that's quite annoing.
I'm i doing something wrong?
Thanks in advance,
5 Sep 2012 8:09 AM #2
That sounds very annoying and it shouldn't happen. It looks like you have discovered a potential bug.
A few questions to help us get started
What OS are you running?
Are you saving the projects on the local disk or on a network share etc.?
Have you put any special characters in the path or filename where you are saving?
Does this behavior always happen when a project is saved?
Also, can you try this scenario?
1) Open Animator
2) Save the project
3) Add images
4) Save project (images still there?)
5) Quit Animator
6) Open Animator (images still there?)
5 Sep 2012 8:36 AM #3
Hey arnebech,
thanks for your quick reply, at first glance i think you spotted the problem: I'm on a shared network and I think this is the main problem, I made a a few test and working on a local disk seems to solve the problem.
Do you think you're going to fix this issue?
Thanks for help,
5 Sep 2012 8:41 AM #4
We plan to, if can reproduce the issue.
If you can help us out with some additional information that would help a lot.
2) Type of network share
3) How are you accessing the network share? (Can you give me the path used to get to the share?)
3) Animator Version and Build number (Help -> About on windows)
5 Sep 2012 9:34 AM #5
1) win 7
3) \\HPML110\path\path\path\
4) v1.3 build 117
Hope this will help
5 Sep 2012 9:39 AM #6
Thanks for the info. We'll look more into this.
We do have a newer version of Animator out (1.3 build 177), if you can't auto-update you can download the version from http://sencha.com/animator
5 Sep 2012 11:46 PM #7
Sorry it was a misspell, the current build I'm using it's 177


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There isn't a great amount of literature on this subject it seems. I have an air conditioner, the manual assumes that you have a vertical sliding window, but I have one that slides horizontal, so how do I install the unit?
Most window units are designed for double hung windows. If you want to place it in a casement window (or a sliding window) you really should use a unit designed specifically for that. Here's an example:
However, anything can be hacked. If you build a proper bracket/shelf, and then enclose the top part (plexiglass, for instance) you can probably use what you have (provided it fits, of course).
Most of the ones I've seen are install like this with a timber frame made to sit into the window frame then put the air-conditioner inside of the frame and box it out with plywood, but this looks like a much neater installation where the frame is made from c channel with a perspex panel above the airconditioner.
It would probably depended on how long you intend to have the air-conditioner install in the window, as to which option you would go with.
Rolling portable units solve all such problems, The only thing that needs fit in the window, sash or slider, is the adapter for the flex duct (similar to a dryer duct) that takes the place of the AC's sitting inside the window or wall. Such units also have the advantage of portability: set them up quickly where ever needed or using whichever window is most convenient. As for casements--assuming that were all you had, the non-crank pane would need to be removed and modified to receive the duct adapter. The inside portable units also offer the advantage of easy cleaning and servicing; and an greater efficiency viz-a-viz a window/wall unit exposed to direct sun and hot outdoor temperatures; and cooling capacity which is not governed by window opening size. They are also much easier to find than vertical window units.


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I always try to remember to use "cannot" when applicable as in "I cannot take an umbrella" (because I do not have one).
I also thought that the problem with "I can not take an umbrella" was that it was ambiguous: it could also mean that I could decide not to take an umbrella. Trying to write unambiguously most of the time, I would therefore never use it.
Now I see it claimed that it is in fact not ambiguous, and only carries the second meaning. Usually I would accept such advice at face value and start using "can not" when the second meaning is unambiguously meant, but this comes from a style guide I have other reasons not to respect very much.
Does "can not" have a single unambiguous meaning?
(I have read http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/4510/why-is-cannot-spelled-as-one-word but my question is more about current usage. The length of the answer to that question does confirm my prejudice a bit, though)


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Apart from place names, are there any Native American words used in English?
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Mark Rosenfelder has a list. So too does Wikipedia
Here is a partial selection of those which I might use
Words from Algonquian languages: Caribou Chipmunk Eskimo Hickory Hominy Husky Moccasin Moose Mugwump Muskrat Opossum Papoose Pecan Pemmican Persimmon Powwow Raccoon Skunk Squash Squaw Terrapin Toboggan Tomahawk Totem Wampum Wigwam Woodchuck
Words from Nahuatl: Avocado Cacao/cocoa Chicle Chili Chocolate Coyote Guacamole Mesquite Mezcal Ocelot Peyote Shack Tomato
Words from Quechua: Coca Cocaine Condor Guano Inca Jerky Llama Pampa Puma Quinine Vicuña
Words from Eskimo-Aleut languages: Anorak Igloo Kayak
Words from Arawakan languages: Barbecue Cacique Caiman Canoe Cassava Cay Guava Hammock Hurricane Iguana Maize Mangrove Papaya Potato Savanna Tobacco Yuca
Words from Tupi-Guaraní languages: Cashew Cayenne Cougar Jaguar Maraca Macaw Petunia Piranha Tapioca Tapir Toucan
Words from other indigenous languages of the Americas: Abalone Alpaca Bayou Cannibal Chinook Coypu Manatee Poncho Potlatch Sequoia Sockeye
Everyday English
For Native Americans **everyday life** items
1: All etymologies cited from etymonline.
In addition to the information given above, there is a book-length treatment of this subject in:
Cutler, Charles L. O Brave New Words: Native American loanwords in current English. Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1994. 286 pages.
It's an enjoyable read.
Muckamuck, high muckamuck, or high muckity muck, a not flattering slang term for an important person. It comes from Hiu muckamuck, a Chinook jargon phrase that means "plenty to eat."
Succotash, from Narragansett msíckquatash, literally meaning "boiled corn", now usually a stew or casserole of lima beans, corn, and bell peppers.


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I am into coding software, so my daily schedule consists of lots of small chunks of time(10-15 mins max), usually spent in building code. So I code a little then wait for the code to build. These chunks are too small to be used for anything which requires a flow like blogging etc. Any suggestions to use these small chunks effectively? Thanks.
That would depend on the flexibility you have to do non-work related tasks.
By keeping all your outstanding tasks recorded in an non-intrusive, immediately accessible system, within seconds you can find something to do. Personally I run a GTD style system and tag 'fill-in' type tasks with labels identifying how long they should take, like '0-5 minutes', '5-10', '15-30', 'hours',... so I can immediately call up a list of contenders.
I work at a treadmill desk so even for a compile that takes a minute or two, I'm already in walking mode to easily fetch a drink from the kitchen or put something away. Without doing that I find I just spend all day intensely coding without even blinking and the house suffers.
I use to have some technical book in another window ready to continue reading during compiles, but found the change of focus distracting to my main task. Doing something brain-dead gave the brain a break.
Speed up your build. The context switching overhead will kill your productivity.
Keep two lists next to you (in WordPad or whatever you use). One is a "menu" that you have your favorite sites/projects on, and the other is a to-do list with small tasks you can do. You can further prioritize into high-value/low-value, urgent/important etc.
You could also try and develop your code using unit tests so you don't have to build the whole thing just to see that it doesn't work and go back to square 1. Unit tests can verify that the code works and if all tests pass, you integrate the code and have your 15 minute blogging pause.


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It's probably a well known question, so it is just a reference question. Let $G$ be a finite group and let $C[G]$ be a group algebra. Then we can define a bracket on $C[G]$ by $[f,h]=f*h-h*f$. What does $C[G]$ look like as a Lie algebra? When is it solvable?
Assuming that your ground field $K$ has characteristic prime to the order of $G$. Then the group ring is a seminsimple algebra. Therefore, $C[G]=\bigoplus_{i=1}^{r} Mat_{n_i}(R_i)$ is a direct sum of matrix algebras, where $R_i$ is a finite-dimensional division ring over $K$. All this is very classical and nicely explained in Procesis book on Lie groups.
Thus the Lie algebra is a sum of general linear Lie algebras over division rings. If $K$ is $\mathbb{C}$, then $R_i=\mathbb{C}$. So the Lie algebra is solvable iff all $n_i$ are $1$ (this happens iff $G$ is abelian).
For $\mathbb{R}$, you also get the quaternions. For fields like $\mathbb{Q}$ or finite characteristic dividning the order of $G$, the story is going to be way more complicated and interesting.
Maybe you could look at the following paper:
Ivan Marin, Group algebras of finite groups as Lie algebras
There is an interesting proof by Brauer of the fact that when $G$ is a finite group and $F$ is an algebraically closed field of prime characteristic $p$, then the number of simple $FG$ modules is the number of conjugacy classes of elements of $G$ of order prime to $p.$ This proof has a definite Lie Algebras flavour to it (and can be found in Curtis and Reiner, Representation Theory of Finite Groups and Associative Algebras,Wiley,1962).
In this proof, Brauer sets $A = FG$, and considers the $F$-subspace $K(A)$, which is the $F$-span of $\{ab - ba: a,b \in A \}.$ It is relatively easy to see that the codimension of $K(A)$ is the dimension of $Z(A)$, which is clearly the number of conjugacy classes of $G$. Then he defines $T(A)$ as the set of elements $x \in A : x^{p^{n}} \in K(A)$ for some $n$. It is not immediately obvious that $T(A)$ is a linear subspace, but it is. It is clear then that $T(A)$ contains the Jacobson radical $J(A)$, so it is then reasonably easy to calculate the codimension of $T(A)$ in two ways to get the result: one is by considering $T(A)/J(A)$ inside the semisimple algebra $A/J(A)$, and other is by thinking on terms of group theoretic information. A person who has developed this line of thinking further in recent years is Burkhard K\"ulshammer, who has found invariants by this sort of method which have recently been proved to be useful invariants under derived equivalence.
Concerning the situation in characteristic $p$: when $p$ divides the order of $G$, the case not covered by Maschke's theorem, the group algebra $KG$ is no longer semisimple. There is, however, a whole array of papers, started from J.D. Donald and F.J. Flanigan, A deformation theoretic version of Maschke's theorem for modular group algebras: the commutative case, J. Algebra 29 (1974), 98-102, DOI:10.1016/0021-8693(74)90114-8, aiming to prove a conjecture which can be considered as a modular analog of Maschke's theorem: the group algebra KG is deformed to a semisimple algebra. Most of these papers have a group-theoretic flavor, arguing in terms of blocks and other group-representation-theoretic data. Murray Gerstenhaber and Anthony Giaquinto have claimed in: Compatible deformations, Trends in the Representation Theory of Finite Dimensional Algebras (ed. E.L. Green and B. Huisgen-Zimmerman), Contemp. Math. 229 (1998), 159-168, that there is a counterexample to this conjecture: a 8-element quaternion group over a field of characteristic 2. This was believed to be true for a decade or so, after it has been proved wrong (N. Barnea and Y. Ginosar, A separable deformation of the quaternion group algebra, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 136 (2008), 2675-2681, DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-08-09480-X, arXiv:0704.1556). As far as I know, the Donald-Flanigan conjecture is still open.
A full characterization of group algebras which are solvable or nilpotent as Lie algebras can be found in the paper [I.B.S. Passi - D. Passman - S.K. Sehgal: Lie solvable group rings, Can. J. Math. 25 (1973), 748-757].


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6 Studies That Prove Reality TV Is Causing the Apocalypse
Lots of people joke about reality TV being the end of civilization, and many of them are us, but we weren't really worried. Until we found out what scientists were saying. Hard data and scientific papers spell out exactly how reality television is undoing civilized society, aka "the thing that keeps us from killing and eating each other for fun."
#6. People Watch Reality TV For Horrifying Reasons
"Why People Watch Reality TV"
Professor Steven Reiss, Dr. James Wiltz
Ohio State University
Media Psychology, 6, 363-378 (2004)
For years, scientists have been trying to answer the question, "Why do people watch reality TV?" -- a question that was revised to "WHYYYYY? Oh my God, why are they doing this?" sometime around the premiere ofA Shot at Love With Tila Tequila.
There had better be a damn good reason for this.
The early money in academic circles was on voyeurism. Watching strangers interact with one another on TV seemed to appeal to humanity's inner Peeping Tom. However, voyeurism implies that the people you're watching don't know they're being watched. Reality TV stars were only getting more self-aware, and the ratings were only growing.
Deciding it was time to go back to the drawing board, two idealistic Ohio State researchers decided to compare viewing behaviors and personality profiles using Aristotle's model of the human soul. It was at this point that they discovered, to their horror, that the voyeur theory wasn't too cynical. In fact, when it comes to why we watch reality TV, the theory equating a large swath of humanity with lonely men masturbating in trees wasn't cynical enough.
Way to make humanity look like complete assholes, SCIENCE.
The adult fans of reality TV whose personalities they mapped ended up having pretty much all the worst traits possible. Professor Reiss himself writes that "the people who watched reality television had above-average trait motivation to feel self-important and, to a lesser extent, vindicated, friendly [and] free of morality." If each personality profile was a different Christian Bale character, Patrick Bateman would be the model reality TV viewer.
Their theory was that reality TV was essentially the antidote to self-improvement: Instead of feeling better about yourself by achieving anything, you can just watch the worst possible humans fawn over Flava Flav for half an hour! It's like a Hot Pocket for your self-esteem -- quick, easy and overall bad for you.
In an objective, scientific sense, listening to this man talk erodes your soul.
The study also found that those who watched reality TV were far more concerned with social status and vengeance, and significantly less motivated by idealism, morality or honor. In other words, asking people whether they watch My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance is a great way to discover who'll be wearing the leather after Mad Max happens.
His Reiss Profile "social status" score is Humongous.
#5. It Actively Damages Civilizations
"The reality of reality television: Does reality TV influence local crime rates?"
Professor Lesley Chiou, Professor Mary Lopez
Department of Economics, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Economics Letters 108 (2010), 330-333
The problem with academia is that it tends to lag behind the latest trends by a few years. For instance, we couldn't find any scientists who had undertaken research on Jersey Shore, or at least none who hadn't immediately switched to researching interplanetary travel. The closest we came was an expert on viral weaponry who disappeared while researching Snooki, leaving behind only a voice mail message that said, "Call me when she decides she can sing. I'll be ready."
Her YouTube page may be the most convincing argument against the existence of a loving god.
Unfortunately, that lag might mean it may already be too late. While we're not saying reality TV causes an immediate decay in any societies it directly impacts, that's exactly what two Occidental College professors found last year with their statistical analysis of the reality show Laguna Beach. One part of their analysis compared the titular setting of the reality show with the statistically similar, but relatively untelevised, town of Dana Point.
While Dana Point's crime rate continued to drop along with the rest of America's throughout the 2000s, being the setting of a reality show acted as a spring board for crimes like "burglary, robbery, rape, auto theft, and larceny" in Laguna Beach. One theory is that the region was flooded with people who wanted to either be like the rich idiots on the show or take advantage of them. Another posited that the criminal underground has no respect for life, law or property but has a well-developed sense of justice against that bitch Alex.
Of course, one graph doesn't imply causality. Still, it's worth noting that the professors applied more statistical analysis to Laguna Beach than early scientists did to powered flight. For instance:
The existence of a mathematical equation involving Laguna Beach just lowered IQ.
Not anybody's in particular; the idea of IQ itself was lowered by this equation.
Their conclusion? "We find suggestive evidence that non-residential burglaries, auto thefts, and rapes increased during the period following the show's debut." TV doesn't just appeal to Mad Max types -- it's actually causing them.
A future gated community.
Of course, that's only the specific location where the show was filmed. As long as we're not watching Jersey Shore while sitting on the Jersey Shore, it's safe to sit back and watch it from a distance, right?
#4. Mere Exposure to Reality TV Makes You a Worse Person
"The Influence of Plastic Surgery 'Reality TV' on Cosmetic Surgery Patient Expectations and Decision Making"
Richard J. Crockett, M.D.,Thomas Pruzinsky, Ph.D.,John A. Persing, M.D.
"A correlational and experimental examination of reality television viewing and interest in cosmetic surgery"
Charlotte N. Markey, Patrick M. Markey
People watch these shows and talk about them -- that just means they're both bored and boring, right? Surely they don't take them seriously? On a scale of seriousness, from "1" to "Getting themselves cut open with knives," two studies show that fans of reality TV take what they're watching extremely seriously.
A survey of first-time plastic surgery patients found that 78 percent were influenced by reality television, and 57 percent of all first-time patients were "high-intensity" viewers of cosmetic surgery reality TV.
The fact that that's even a genre will cost us dearly when the transmissions reach more advanced alien species.
The paper discussed "widespread unease" the how many people were getting plastic surgery because of these programs. Worth noting: This paper appeared in a journal by, for and dedicated to people who make their living performing plastic surgery. They routinely patch up victims of motorbike crashes and industrial machinery, and the reason for getting plastic surgery they're most scared of is reality TV. Probably because using artificial means to become more like reality TV contestants is the exact opposite of evolution.
Above: The fittest?
This isn't just normal vanity, or an obvious correlation like how people interested in surgery would watch the shows. Another study, this one involving 189 people, found that those merely "exposed" to Extreme Makeover (note that the scientists referred to the show the same way they'd refer to nuclear waste) were more likely to want surgery. After only 20 minutes, a group watching Extreme Makeover was measurably more interested in surgery compared with a control group watching Sell This House. Unfortunately, no data were collected on the frivolous purchases of unused power tools by the second group.
Terrifyingly, the study showed that the people's self-esteem, gender or happiness with their looks didn't affect how much the show influenced them. The only thing that mattered was whether they'd watched the show.
"Boy, having someone slice off sections of my face sure seems more bearable than watching this show."


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WEIRTON - The Business Development Corp. of the Northern Panhandle has put together packages for four properties in Weirton and Beech Bottom, Executive Director Pat Ford confirmed Monday.
Ford said a trucking company, a pipeline company and two others in shale-related manufacturing are reviewing proposed lease agreements for properties in the Three Springs Business Park and the former Wheeling Corrugating property in Beech Bottom "to see if they want to tweak any of the stipulations in the leases," he said.
The company interested in the Weirton location would bring several dozen jobs initially, with the potential to triple that number down the road. He said the Weirton site, located just off U.S. Route 22, is geared to different uses than the Beech Bottom property, which includes roughly 150 flat, developable acres fronting the Ohio River.
But in both cases, he said location is driving interest in the properties.
"They're right between all the hot spots, the hot well sites in Pennsylvania and Ohio, and major transportation corridors can immediately drop you into those sites," he said.
While the Three Springs site is geared more to light manufacturing, assembly, distribution, warehouse and office functions, the Beech Bottom property's previous heavy industrial life lends itself to heavy manufacturing uses, "with larger lay-down areas for storing heavy equipment/pipe, things of that nature. And there's plenty of room for tractor-trailers to get in and out of the site, stage pipe and do work inside building."
In Beech Bottom, Ford said they're working with Hackman Capital, the Los Angeles-based company that partnered with the BDC in acquiring the former steel mill, "to identify what pieces of equipment might be more valuable to stay with the building."
He said there are 5-to30-ton cranes in the plant that prospective tenants might be interested in having, for instance.
Because of potential legacy issues associated with the site, Hackman Capital retained control over the equipment and allowed the BDC to take control of the land. They're working with the BDC now to market the property.
Equipment left on site that's deemed expendable will be sold at auction on March 19.
Ford and Hancock County Commissioner Dan Greathouse, meanwhile, said they've also been approached by companies interested in the old Taylor, Smith & Taylor pottery site in Chester, a nearly 10-acre property fronting the Ohio River, and are preparing to take bids for salvaging stadium properties in Newell and Weirton that the county commission purchased from the board of education.
Greathouse said the stadium properties are being prepared for job-creating activities, not housing.
"Job creation, that's it," he said. "Our hope is to find someone that will come in here and create jobs.
"One of the reasons we stepped up to the plate to buy them was we were worried about (the end uses.) We're not going to sell it or do anything that's not beneficial to the citizens of Hancock County."
While most of the materials at the stadium sites will be sold for salvage, he said the visitors bleachers at the old Weir High stadium will be advertised for bid separately because they can be reused. "We've already had an interested party," he said. "We want to see what they're worth."
Ford said they've already shown both stadium sites to the prospects looking at the Three Springs and Beech Bottom properties, but it was "hard for them to visualize the potential because of the bleachers, the press boxes, lights and concession stands."
"We want to move forward and get the sites cleared so we can advertise them to prospects and get those properties back on the tax rolls as soon as possible," he said.
Ford said they've also completed the marketing strategy for the old Taylor, Smith & Taylor pottery and will begin "aggressively marketing" it in March. Any day now he said an advertising wrap will be going on a silo at the site, "it will be very visible to anyone driving by on U.S. 30," he said.
"It's important to us that we get an employment generator in there. We've actually been talking to a small light manufacturing company and also an oil and gas company that's expressed interest in that property," Ford said, adding the prospects they've been talking to for the Chester site "found us, they came to us."
Greathouse said they've also been getting nibbles for the old Company 3 fire house in Weirton, which the county acquired recently as the result of a court action filed by a city resident who wanted to protect taxpayer interests.
"Some people are interested in leasing it, some in buying it," he said.
"One person called who's interested in doing something there. We turned the information over to the BDC."
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"You gotta love xyz" is an often a sarcastic (and colloquial) way of pointing out a preference/like for something. Is there a more formal way to express similar sarcasm when describing a preference/like?
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Assuming the preference for something is only a feigned preference (which is often an element of irony and sarcasm), I suggest the following:
Or, fleshed out,
May be a better way can be,"You are going to love xyz".
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I have been reading Deligne-Milne's Tannakian Categories and got to the point at the end of part 3 where they discuss what went wrong with Saavedra's definition. Motivated by their counterexample, they ask the following question:
Let $C$ be a $k$-linear rigid abelian tensor category over a field $k$. Let us further assume that $End (\underline{1})=k$ and there exists a fiber functor with values in a field extension $k'\supseteq k$. Does it follow that $C$ is Tannakian?
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17 Nov 2012 12:22 AM #11
I got it working with the following method :
On sencha-touch-all-debug.js, find all object definition of Ext.device.* and remove it from the file.
Load the Ext.device.* separately, using dynamic loading scheme, as normal.
To create sencha-touch-all.js, you'll need to compress the sencha-touch-all-debug.js manually.
It should work without problems.
There are couple other typos in the file, "butons" instead of "buttons" and from placement of "[]" in one of the files. Otherwise, it works as advertised.
- Eric
17 Nov 2012 12:46 PM #12
Wow, so does this mean that ST2.1 fundamentally breaks easy integration with PhoneGap (Build)?
Two questions for you:
- I found the 'butons' typo, but what line exactly are you referring to regarding the '[]' bug?
- Instead of hacking apart the sencha-touch-all.js, wouldn't it be possible to simply wait for 'ondeviceready' in index.html and then include all ST-related .js files afterwards?
17 Nov 2012 1:06 PM #13
One more question..
One more question: for your approach, did you cut and paste all Ext.device.* related code into a separate .js file?
What exactly do you mean by 'dynamic loading scheme'? You added it to 'requires' or something?
I'm still hoping that a solution is possible using the 'ondeviceready' phonegap event to wait and load normal sencha-touch-all.js...
17 Nov 2012 4:24 PM #14
I'll upload a working copy of the sencha-touch-all-debug.js later in the evening.
17 Nov 2012 6:37 PM #15
I have it
I was already able to make a working sencha-touch-all.js, thanks I removed all Ext.device.* references, as well as fixing the 'buttons' typo. Now PhoneGap Build no longer creates a broken app.
ST guys: ST2.1 has a critical incompatibility with normal PhoneGap workflow, it seems. So many people are having the problem.
erchan_2000: please explain what you mean by the '[]' bug you found..
17 Nov 2012 8:29 PM #16
Under Ext.device.notification.PhoneGap
line 13 : The correct syntax is -
config.callback.apply(config.scope, (config.buttons) ? [config.buttons[index - 1].toLowerCase()] : []);
Take are careful inspection of the placement of '[]' around the 'toLowerCase()'.
If you don't fix this problem, you won't be able to properly see any native popups.
- Eric
18 Nov 2012 1:19 PM #17
2.1 really does have some problems..
Is there no way to simply wait for PhoneGap to finish loading until we load the ST/app .js files? That is really the solution I would like to see most...
19 Nov 2012 12:28 AM #18
It seems that Sencha doesn´t run even the most basic tests ST<>PhoneGap before publishing a new release?!
19 Nov 2012 9:36 AM #19
It would appear so. Removing Ext.device.* delarations from sencha-touch-all.js fixed absolutely all problems for me. I urge everyone to try it out, or perhaps for someone to work on a solution that delays loading until 'deviceready' event is detected by PhoneGap..
19 Nov 2012 10:48 AM #20
I asked the author of this post an update to ST 2.1
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I'm trying to think of either a famous cycling town, race or climb that begins with the letter "D" but I'm having problems coming up with any and google isn't much help either.
So I thought I'd open it up to the masses.
EDIT: I'm using the name as a codeword for a project I'm working on, so Dauphine it is. I've already had Alpe d'Huez, Big Bear Lake, Cairn O'Mount so far.


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In this day and age, it's pretty easy to get started making music on the computer if you want to. Only problem is, it looks like you have to pay for good programs, right? WRONG. There are many programs out there to use that are completely free of charge. No torrenting, no illegal downloading, no paying.
NOTE: Most of this pertains to making electronic music, but many of these programs can record live instruments as well. You'll need a mic or recording device though, which cost money.
Alright, here's some of the basic devices you need. All work will have to be done in a DAW, or Digital Audio Workstation. In your DAW, you should be able to manipulate audio or MIDI files to your liking, and in most cases be able to use VSTs (you'll learn about those a little later).
Your choices of free DAWs (you may want to download both, and decide which you like better. Or just keep both.):
Reaper. This is a really nice, free DAW that can basically do anything you want, including support of VSTs and audio recording.*
If you want to pay for your DAW, there are many choices available. Note: this is certainly not a full list, just some of the most popular.
Ableton Live is one of the most popular DAWs among producers and DJs alike. It supports almost every sample pad or keyboard you plug in, VSTs, audio recording, sample libraries, grooves, and more. Most popularly used by deadmau5 and Skrillex. Full demo for 30 days.
Reason is chock full of effects, synths, and samplers. Many producers use this and wire it into Ableton for extra freedom.
Logic is the go-to DAW for those using Macs. Although many DAWs can be used on Macs, Logic is specifically designed for them.
FL Studio is a great DAW for everyone. Although people have dissed it for being a beginner's toy, many popular producers use this today, including Avicii and xKore. Tons of cool stuff here, and a nice free demo to boot.


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Chat Easy Input Tools - Provides keyboard shortcuts for common text formatting commands
Provides keyboard shortcuts for common text formatting commands, reducing the dependency on mouse usage. Current version does not have a configurable set of hotkeys but later versions will. How to…
Burninator toolkit
Please note, the tag burninator script requires 10k rep to use. Sorry, noobs! I pass on to you, dear taxonomist terrorists, the burninator toolkit. This toolkit consists of two user scripts wh…
Copy Question Link Markdown - Making it easier to copy links to questions!
This small UserScript makes it easier to copy the URL of the current question into pre-formatted Markdown. Once installed, it adds a 'copy' link to the question. License MIT License Download ht…
Chat Reply Helper for Stack Exchange sites
Press : to start replying to a previous message. Press ↑ as many times as you need to mark the desired message. What does it do? First of all, the Chat Reply Helper for Stack Exchange sites prov…
Manual Draft Save - Save a draft on demand
This small script adds a save button to the editor bar that allows you to instantly save the contents of the editor as a draft. Although this happens automatically every minute or so, now you can f…
Stack Exchange reputation graph total reputation overlay
Adds a small box to the global reputation graph to indicate the user's total reputation across all sites where the user has at least 200 reputation. Also displays the total "shown" reputation, whic…
undercurrent - a few tweaks to the user interface of Stack Overflow
A Google Chrome extension for disabling some of the less attractive UI features on StackOverflow.
Display absolute timestamps (in local time)
Converts relative timestamps on StackOverflow to absolute, localized timestamps.
Freehand Circles Drawing Tool
A userscript that lets you draw directly onto images on any Stack Exchange site to add freehand drawings :)
ChatterBox - user script that adds inbox integration to Stack Exchange Chat!
ChatterBox adds an "inbox" button to the chat interface.
Unicorn voting animations for everyone! FOREVER! (2014 edition)
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