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Such as "offer" in
我有了CUHK的入学许可 = "I got an offer from CUHK."
还没有一个地方要我 = "I still don't have any offers."
I think there is no such noun in Chinese. Is there?
Such as "offer" in
I think there is no such noun in Chinese. Is there?
I looked for example sentences using "offer" on Tatoeba.org, and most of them use 提议 as Bojin Li mentioned.
However, one did specifically relate to a job offer and used 工作錄取.
Another one used 工作机会, but that seems closer to "job opportunity" than "job offer".
I found 16 total sentences that used "offer" as a noun. They translated it using the following terms:
You can use 录取通知书, but it is pretty formal. Often it is used for an admission notice of a school, but it can also mean job offer. So you can use 工作录取通知书, but it is not that often used.
You can also use 工作邀请. An example: 他只得到了一份工作邀请 means "He has only had one job offer"
On Nciku ( http://www.nciku.com/search/all/%E5%B7%A5%E4%BD%9C%E9%82%80%E8%AF%B7 ) I also found this example:
他顺利通过五场面试,并且每次面试后都收到了一份工作邀请。 He sailed through five interviews and was offered a job after each interview.
As is the way of most languages, the meaning of a term often varies depending on the context. The word offer, when used as a verb, commonly means to provide(提供), furnish/offer(供奉), or propose(提议). However in the context of your example,
When in translation English to Chinese. We tend to use more verb than noun.
If you have to find the relative noun try 入取通知书 in acceptance from study and 工作邀请函 in acceptance from work.
You are right that there is no Chinese words for offer, mainly because if the people can accept Western systems, they would just quote the english word, e.g. in HK. If they are reluctant to accept the Western system, they just don't have a concept of "offer", hence not a word for it.

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The witching hour's almost here—get your favorite costume ready for trick-or-treats and more at this Halloween-themed special event!
Sing along to wicked remixes of Disney Villain theme songs as fright-night fireworks light up the sky!
Enjoy a premium experience with a reserved viewing location for Mickey's "Boo-To-You" Halloween Parade, a decadently delicious dessert party and dazzling, to-die-for views of the Happy HalloWishes fireworks bursting above Cinderella Castle.
Cheer for fiendishly fun floats and Disney Characters decked out for Halloween at this creepy parade!
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Are you the best of the best in Wilmington? Find out by playing in Wilmington's Adult City Tennis Championships. The competition will take place Aug. 9th - 11th at the Althea Gibson Tennis Complex at Empie Park.
The southbound lane of Water St will be closed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.. during the week of July 29 and part of the week of August 5 for exploratory work on the bulkhead in front of the Federal Building near the USCG Diligence.
Crews are completing drainage improvements and have begun installing sidewalk along Greenville Loop Road between Greenville Village and Bradley Creek Elementary. Traffic delays can be expected as the work continues.
The NCDOT will hold a public information meeting on Thursday, July 25 from 5-7 pm concerning replacement of the N. 3rd Street bridge. The meeting will take place in City Council Chambers at City Hall.
Wilmington's #1 tourist attraction - the Riverwalk - is receiving a facelift. The city is working to maintain existing sections, improve adjacent areas such as Riverfront Park and continue extending the Riverwalk to the north.


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The Outlaw Viking (Mass Market Paperbound)
As tall and striking as the Valkyries of legend, Dr. Rain Jordan is proud of her Norse ancestors despite their warlike ways. But she can't believe her eyes when a blow to her head transports her to a nightmarish battlefield of yore--and there standing before her is the barbarian of her dreams.
A wild-eyed berserker, Selik can slay a dozen Saxons with a single swing of his deadly sword--yet he can't control a saucy wench from the future. In his eyes, Rain is a prisoner and he'd dearly love to avail himself of her medical skills--not to mention her considerable knowledge of the male anatomy. But the infuriating woman has ideas of her own. If Selik isn't careful, the stunning siren might very well capture his savage heart and make a warrior of love out of . . . The Outlaw Viking.
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Long awaited FIFA 14 patch finally arrives on Xbox One – what does it fix?Written by: / / 2 Comments
Following the release of the same patch on PlayStation 4 last year, EA and EA Sports have just today sent out the latest title update for the Xbox One version of FIFA 14, which addresses the following issues:
– Some stability issues when entering Online matches.
– Some cases where users with large friends lists can't access certain Online features.
– Allows the Goalkeeper in Clubs mode to change camera angles.
– Modifications to a couple of camera angles in specific stadiums to improve playability.
– Ensures the Brazuca match ball appears properly in FUT once redeemed in the EAS FC Catalogue.
– Resolves some Online issues regarding match invites.
– Improvements to some Kinect Global Speech Commands.
– Occurrences of mismatched roster names in Seasons matches.
– Virtual Pro Ball Skills varying from match to match.
– Random list appearing instead of Friends Clubs list in Pro Clubs.
"Our commitment to improve the FIFA 14 is ongoing,"writes EA, "and regular feedback from our fans helps us prioritize and identify future improvements."
Does this latest patch fix any issues you've been seeing? What are the main problems you've experienced with FIFA 14 since launch?
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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - kansas officials are ready to sell the state's aviation industry oversees.
Gov. Sam Brownback and Commerce Secretary Pat George will lead a delegation to the Farnborough International Airshow July 9th to 15th in England. Representatives of the Greater Wichita Economic Development Coalition and several Kansas-based aviation businesses also will attend.
Browback says the goal is to help Kansas companies increase their exposure to international markets.
"Our top priority is to promote the state's improved business climate to companies looking to relocate or expand operations," Brownback said. "With our strong economic development tools, highly skilled workforce and revamped tax code, we can provide the right environment for companies to expand in Kansas."
Aircraft manufacturing makes up more than 18 percent of the state's exports, worth $2.12 billion.
More than 40 percent of the world's general aviation production occurs in Kansas. More than 30,000 workers are employed in aviation manufacturing in Kansas, and the state is home to more than 200 suppliers to the industry.


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Anita, On the Banks
Emma Grace
Lady Moon So Far Away
J'habite un pays
Candlemaker Row
The Hours
High Twilight is an ambitious work that makes no reservations about diving into big classic themes like love and death, sex and myth. Musically the motifs are each given their own respective treatment, as the record features everything from Americana to French chanson and even a touch of Dixieland. But it's Daniel's voice, both literally and figuratively, that strings the album together and manages to make it somehow sound both contemporary and timeless.
Daniel is joined by a number of notable guests on the record, which was recorded in his native Montreal at The Treatment Room. In addition to his core band the album features Warren Spicer (Plants and Animals), Joe Grass, Mike O'Brien (Katie Moore), award-winning cellist Claude Lamothe, and accompanying vocals by Saskatchewan's Charlotte Loseth (aka Sea Oleena).
A local troubadour, Daniel Isaiah and his band coaxed festival goers into an easy state of mind with his Mark Knopfler-style of soaring and soulful guitar riffs and his Chris Isaak-like voice (complete with pompadour). The female drummer for the band had an amazingly dedicated light touch that helped propel this live show above many of the other folk-oriented acts.
But within 30 seconds of his band coming onstage, I was transfixed. Three people with Daniel and his guitar partner providing a twin reverb-drenched twin hollowbody guitar twang attack. Think Dire Straits meets Chris Isaak with a slight David Lynch twist. Extremely evocative, atmospheric and even slightly ominous. The songs were great.
a beautiful set of heart-plucking songs that would build up into intense, moving climaxes. People underestimate how full a three-piece band can sound. The guitar, bass, and drum combination made for a rich, honey-sweet listening experience, and Daniel's beautifully sad vocals left you mesmerized and floating into space. Come to think of it, it felt like his voice had a bit of a bluesy, Timber Timbre tinge to it in some parts.
High Twilight is a record full of all sorts of twists and turns, keeping delighted listeners well on their toes.
Tantôt sérieux, tantôt tristes et parfois drôles,... ses textes sont solides et bien inspirés ... Ses collaborations sur l'album sont bien choisies et paraissent bien naturelles. Omniprésentes, les guitares sont pures, nettes et riches. On écoute Isaiah pour la première fois et on a l'impression de déjà le connaître un peu. Alors, on s'empresse de l'écouter encore… et encore.
At what point does an artist have so many influences on display that he rises above them to become something completely unique and interesting in his own right? I'm not sure, but I think Montreal's Daniel Isaiah has passed it ... Familiar but never derivative, 'High Twilight' is a low-key coup.
Make room in your iPods for High Twilight, the stunning debut from Canadian singer-songwriter Daniel Isaiah. The Montreal native with the warm, lived-in voice and ability to hop styles like trains has earned comparisons to Bob Dylan, Will Oldham, Bright Eyes, Leonard Cohen and Calexico. We asked the artist and occasional filmmaker about the nuts and bolts of songwriting, and the one song he wishes he'd written....
"Hints of Canadiana, spacey pop, warm organ notes and even Dixieland are introduced with a deft touch, but Isaiah works best when he's delivering Gold-era Ryan Adams nuggets like "High Twilight" and "Anita, On the Banks" ... without question High Twilight is a record with many rewards."
There's a little bit of Leonard Cohen when he sings in French on "J'habite un pays" ... a little latter-day Bob Dylan on "The Hours"; and a whole lot of artists like Calexico, Fleet Foxes and Josh Ritter, who are rooted in folk but adamant about using the full range of instruments and production techniques available.
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Outstanding selection of music this time around, Clark! I didn't realize 1979 was such a good year for scores (though I've always thought Goldsmith deserved the Oscar for Star Trek: The Motion Picture over Delerue's A Little Romance but that's just me...Moonraker is one of my favorite Barry scores from the Bond films. The film is a little meh, and I'm not a huge Hugo Drax fan, though he does have one of my favorite cheesy Bond villain lines in, "Look after Mr. Bond. See that some harm comes to him." Funny how it seems like Barry manages to up his game in a lot of the lesser Bond movies. A View to a Kill is more or less awful, but it's probably one of Barry's best scores (the Snow Job cue in particular).
Thoughts on how the Oscars turned out score-wise? I agree with you in that I thought The Social Network had a really effective score in the film, but it's practically unlistenable on the album. Of the scores nominated, I would have gone with Inception, though I thought that Desplat should have been nominated for The Ghost Writer instead (a criminally underrated movie, IMO). I don't think you can write a better final cue than the one in that film...I almost wish the album had included the sound effects that immediately follow the last note.
Enough blathering...I have to go and figure out a way to get Movin' Right Along out of my head now....damn you, Douglas!


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WHEELING - Bikers from the Sentinels and Warthogs motorcycle clubs and other local residents turned out Monday for the Bikers Want Your Blood drive.
The annual event at WesBanco Arena aims to boost the American Red Cross Greater Alleghenies Blood Services Region's blood stores during a time of year when collections often run low. School is out for the summer and families are traveling and do not attend drives as often. According to the Red Cross, 87.8 percent of all blood donated comes from community drives conducted at churches, schools, businesses, hospitals, fire halls and other locations. And 12.2 percent comes from weekly, monthly or biweekly collection sites located across the region's 100-county service area.
Dick Flanagan, Warthog club member, said the drive was started six years ago by Sentinel member Butch Tanner. Flanagan believes this year's drive got off to a slow start because there was a rush of donors first thing in the morning. Some people got tired of waiting and decided to leave before donating, Tanner noted.
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BIKERS GIVE THEIR BLOOD — Warthog Motorcycle Club member Tom ''Possum'' Beatty escorts Martins Ferry resident C.B. Winzenreid to the food table after her blood donation Monday during the Bikers Want Your Blood drive at WesBanco Arena. - Shelley Hanson
''I've always given blood. It's a good thing to do,'' Tanner said. ''We do it because there are people who need it. I've never needed it myself.''
Debbie Wines of Armstrongs Mills said she gives on a regular basis because her son once needed donated blood as a child.
''My son had open heart surgery as a kid,'' Wines said.
Mary Cunningham of Cameron was looking forward to again increasing her lifetime donation total.
She carries with her a leather key chain with blood drop pins attached to it, each representing a gallon donated.
''I've donated 10 gallons and I'm working on my 11th,'' Cunningham said, noting she began donating at 18 years old. ''It's the only thing I'm good at. I donate for anybody that needs my blood.''
C.B. Winzenreid of Martins Ferry said she likes to donate simply ''to help.''
''I donate as often as I can,'' she said.
Upcoming blood drives include:
St. Clairsville, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Riesbeck's Corporate Office, 48661 National Road.
Wheeling, noon to 6 p.m. July 15, Ohio Valley Medical Center, 2000 Eoff St.
Wintersville, noon to 6 p.m. July 15, American Red Cross Blood Donation Center, 81 Talbott Drive.


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Farhang, a former Iranian ambassador to the UN, joined a roundtable discussion that included Columbia University professor Hamid Dabas, International Crisis Group director Robert Malley, and Flynt Leverett, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
Click here to view.
Other media outlets to quote Farhang in their coverage include The Journal of Turkish Weekly and Trend News.
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March 10, 2009
Company Gardens – Flickr pic of the day
This beautiful picture of the Company Gardens was taken by our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. group member Sebastian de Gange aka kernowseb.
Sebastian says, "I love visiting Cape Town, staying with my friends in Observatory and taking trips out for the day. I also enjoy just relaxing in town, especially in the Company Gardens, which are a peaceful haven away from the hustle and bustle of the city.
"There's nothing better than sitting under the trees in the shade, watching the world go by, listening to the birds singing and people chatting as they walk by. On the day that I took this picture, the table cloth (a local term for clouds over Table Mountain) was coming and going, changing every few minutes – a fascinating feature of a stunning mountain," he continues.
Gardeners and botanists can enjoy leisurely walks along the tree-lined paths while taking in some of the more than 8 000 species of plants contained in the park, before stopping for tea and cake at the tea room.
Do you have images of Cape Town you'd like to share with us? We'd love you to join the Cape Town. Live it. Love it. Flickr group!
Image © Sebastian de Gange aka kernowseb 2009


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Steam Holiday Sale - Day 1
Scribblenauts Unlimited $20.09
Mirror's Edge $4.99
Hitman Franchise 50% - 75% OFF
Wargame: European Escalation $9.99
Prince of Persia Franchise 35% OFF
Borderlands Franchise 50% - 75% OFF
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now as long as i can remember to not buy games that i already own but haven't played yet, i might have some money left over after this week.
@riuele2 ...Yep, I feel your pain!
@riuele2: Steam keeps track of your previous purchases. If you go to the game's page, it will tell you that you already own it. I also purchased a lot of games through humble bundle so it's nice that they provide steam activation keys. This helps me to track my previous purchases.
So are these downloadable games only?
I have 2 computers at home, can i instal it in multiple computers?
Wow, the THQ bundle is a pretty ridiculous amount of gaming for $25/
With steam you install the client and log on to download/access your games. I believe you can only run one copy of the game for one login of the client simultaneously.
Yup, Steam is awesome in a multi-computer household. I play RUSE and TF2 at my work computer over lunch, and then my 5-year-old logs in with my account at home on his box to play Terraria. Then he goes to bed, and I log in on my home box for more fun...
Steam just sends an email activation code when you log in from a computer it hasn't seen before..no problem with having my account on four rigs, as long as only one is logged in at a time.
@henryhargrove: Yeah, that's a majorly awesome deal. I love that steam now lets you "purchase as a gift" and hold it in inventory to give or "open" it yourself later.
I, however don't like their current multiple copies policy, especially on a deal like this where there are a bunch of titles and I already own quite a few of them. I'm gonna have to just give the package away (can't stand the thought of the duplicate copies vanishing into oblivion) to my cousin since I own around 70% of the games in it. I was hoping they'd have each game as a separate item (& was willing to take the $25 risk knowing I could pass it along to a friend) in my inventory so I could activate what I don't own and give the dupes away.
Steam takes more money out of my wallet than my wife does. Still....I love her (and the wife too).
I recently wiped my Vista computer and installed Windows 8. I had no problem installing Steam and all my games again. Well, not all of them yet. Just the ones I've wanted to play.
You can also remove them to free up some space, then download them again later.
Do all the Steam games work on ps3, or only special designated ones?
The ability to hold a gift in reserve is a nice feature, I picked up a spare Borderlands ($4.99) so I can offer it to someone later.
Awesome - purchased! Last year's sale did major damage to the bank account!
Sweet! Just picked up The Hitman Collection!
Just as a random thought: Isn't it an awesome time to be a gamer? Casual gamers, hardcore gamers, any kind really? All these digital deals we get from Amazon, GOG, Steam, GameFly, GreenManGaming, etc.
All these options and deals have drawn me right back into playing on my PC. Loving EVERY second of it!
@pstrnutbag44: It really is incredible. I used to think I was a console gamer, but I'm PC all the way now. We have 5 gaming stations, and I love to be able to send gifts to my kids when a good game's on sale. I don't have to worry about scratched discs or downloading updates myself, Steam takes care of everything. I could not give more love (and money) to Steam. Those Humble Bundles are incredible, too. :)
The only problem is, with all the downloading we do, I tend to go over my 250 GB limit with AT&T DSL, but they only charge me $10 extra...so what the hey!
Oh no, not steam sales. I can see my bank account getting a little lower in funds already.
@durans: You can install Steam (and the games you buy on Steam) on all your computers, but remember, some games save on their servers, others save on the PC you're using. You may or may not have access to all your saved games on all your PC's.
And for those of you running Linux; Valve just opened up the beta test to the public.
Here's a deb file for Ubuntu et. al.
@riuele2: Gah, Same, Same, Same...... It's sooooo hard to say nooooo. (But I just said it.... felt good......) Still, Must... Have.... GAMES.....
Remember the rule for happy Steam Sale purchasing: Only buy games that are on a deal or a flash sale until the last day, that way you won't be going "Doh!" when something you bought is suddenly cheaper. Also check Amazon as they seem to like trying to outdo Steam on their digital download sales nowadays.
Awesome sale, but a bit disappointed the Borderlands sale doesn't include any of the Borderlands 2 DLC.
I think I still have my original Money Island CD/Disks around here somewhere. But for $2.50 I'm in!
@cyberpenguin: Oh good. Thank you for posting this. I have to cross-boot to Windows to play Steam games and it's irritating to say the least. I can't wait to try out the Steam client for Linux. I hope it works on Natty and not just Precise.
EDIT: Nope. Not for 64-bit anyway. "Error: Wrong architecture 'i386'".
Always loved the PoP games. Also purchased Mirror's edge about 2 years back and had a great time playing that one. Great deals.
Ok, Now I'm in for Elder Scrolls 3 and 4 to go with my Skyrim.
They make it MUCH to easy to purchase these games :P
@bennetsen: I don't think there is any game you can buy through the Steam Store computer interface that will give you access to a PS3 copy but if the game is playable on Mac and PC it will say Steam Play symbol and you will be able to install it on both platforms. Similarly I assume you can't buy a Valve game on the PSN or a retail Valve game for PS3 and get access to the PC versions. (Some Linux smexyness too.)
Also not all Steam games work on the PS3.
Also also what everyone says about only buy games that are a daily deal or a flash sale because they maybe further discounted as daily deals on later days or on the last day but it doesn't really matter because Gabe deserves your money more than you do.
@craigthom: Do you mean you haven't installed all of your Steam games on Win 8 but the ones you have installed have worked or that not all the games you have installed on Win 8 have worked but luckily the important ones have?
@grabby: It worked on Precise 64... that's what I'm running. I guess that's why it's still a beta.
@the7654: I mean I haven't installed the ones I haven't wanted to play yet. That I never played much, really. Like that sucky NASA game.
I have installed Portal, Portal 2, Arkham Asylum, and Arkham City, which is pretty much the extent of my gaming. All of them work fine.


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6 Bizarre Cameos by Infamous Killers (in Kids' Shows)
As a rule, you probably assume that most family-friendly properties are going to be free of difficult things to explain to your kids, like adult innuendo, advanced mathematics, and notorious murderers. You would assume wrong, at least on the last one ...
(Speaking of infamous killers, did you know Hitler liked to prance around in short shorts? Read our De-Textbook for the details.)
#6. Nazi and the Chocolate Factory
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory was full of scenes of questionable content, as any of us who still cry during the ferry tunnel scene can attest. But the most bizarrely dark scene is one you probably never even noticed. It's the part where Charlie, heartbroken, watches a news report about the final Golden Ticket being found in South America. The newscaster holds up a photo of the lucky winner ...
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TV was low-tech. Private inventors were working on improvements.
... who a few astounded history buffs pointed out was real-life war criminal Martin Bormann, Reichsleiter of the Nazi Party and personal secretary to Adolf Hitler.
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And he hadn't taken a new photo since leaving Germany.
What the what? These days, when this kind of thing happens, it can usually be chalked up to a set designer's intern who played it loose with a Google image search, but this was 1971. They had to walk all the way to the ... photo library, we guess? It's safe to assume they knew exactly what they were doing.
According to the film's director, Mel Stuart, the photo was a joke that fell flat, presumably because they (slightly) overestimated the number of children in the audience who possessed an encyclopedic knowledge of obscure World War II villains.
And an encyclopedic knowledge of dick slang ... but that's a whole other story.
Bormann was killed by the Red Army as he tried to flee Berlin, but there was a rumor that he actually escaped and fled to Paraguay, hence the reference about him winning the ticket in South America. Stuart went on to elaborate on the failure of such an obvious knee-slapper: "25 years after World War II, very few people knew or cared who Martin Bormann was, so the scene was never as successful as I had hoped."
Come to think of it, there is something kind of funny about Willy Wonka almost donating his chocolate factory to an aging war criminal.
#5. Animaniacs Once Opened a Show by Killing Saddam Hussein
To say that Animaniacs pushed the envelope for kids' comedy would be an understatement. They were sneaking some seriously adult humor over the heads of their target audience long before DreamWorks hid all those penises in every one of their movies. But the episode "Hot, Bothered, and Bedeviled" took things to a new level. The story details the zany shenanigans that ensue as the Warners terrorize the devil in hell -- which is a bit dark for after school color fodder. But you already know it's going to be a rough ride by the 15-second mark:
It opens with a caricature who is very clearly Saddam Hussein stepping out of a palace to address the people of Iraq. Instantly, a trap door opens under him and he is thrown screaming to his death into a lake of fire surrounded by demons:
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"Regretting installing that trap door in retrospeeeeeeeeeeect!"
Bear in mind that this was produced while Hussein was still alive and the head of a sovereign country. We're not saying they were risking an international incident or anything, but aside from the time Bugs Bunny butchered Ho Chi Minh with a meat saw, we can't think of the last time a children's cartoon straight assassinated a world leader for a giggle.
#4. Stalin's Chilling Musical Number in Histeria!
Histeria! was another show from the folks behind Animaniacs that used music and comedy to educate kids about history. Because history is basically a quilt of assholes, it was unavoidable that the show would have to cover some dark content. Of course, there are "unavoidable touchy subjects," and then there's "let's steer right toward that touchy subject at full speed and see how hard we can ram the bastard." They titled a whole episode "Megalomaniacs" and dedicated it to history's greatest scumbags. Most notable is the song and dance number by Josef Stalin, in which he sings gleefully about government purges, state-sponsored murder, and the building of the Berlin Wall:
Stalin begins by admitting that running the Soviet Union can be a lonely job, but when he's feeling down, he sits back and thinks of all the things that make him happy. Things like running a cult, murdering Trotsky, and purging revolutionaries.
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The victims grin throughout, so you know it's not too serious.
In the bridge, he details how much it made him smile when the Germans marched on Moscow and he watched them all freeze to death. Hey, you know the kids love hypothermia!
Even the guns are freezing to death.
In the end, Stalin is left standing alone in Red Square crooning about how he's killed everyone and now there's nobody left but him. It was nothing if not catchy -- your kids would be humming about genocide all day after watching it.
To be clear, we're not saying it's offensive that a kid's show did this -- they sure didn't give Stalinism a happy spin, and perhaps it is better not to pull any punches when teaching children about the terrors of war. It's just that maybe jaunty jingles aren't the absolute best medium for explaining the downsides of oppressive communism to 10-year-olds.


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I was just wondering if anyone could provide names and a bit of background on the Operating Systems the current day DSLRs (namely, Nikon, Canon) use.
So far what we know based on ML work
DRYOS version 2.3, release #0023
DRYOS version 2.3, release #0039
DRYOS version 2.3, release #0043
DRYOS version 2.3, release #0044 or #0049
DRYOS version 2.3, release #0047
I'm generalizing but I see in Canon P&S they tend to reuse DIGIC processors so a quick check on a Wiki indicated that DRYOS is used.
It isn't specifically mentioned but ML developers indicate that they think this DRYOS is a derivative of uLTRON. They also did indicate that some concepts in DRYOS could be compared to or understood from VxWorks.
BusyBox 1.4.2 (Linux Kernel)
BusyBox 1.13.4 (Linux Kernel)
In the case of Canon and Nikon the current models are all proprietary.
There are apps for Android devices that allow them to control a Canon camera via a USB cable, but the camera is not running the Android OS.
Of course in certain areas the firmware includes compatibility with accepted standards such as USB, DPOF, EXIF, JPEG, etc.
In the past some of the early Canon DIGIC boards ran Datalite ROM-DOS on an x86 compatable NEC V20 emulator. Beginning with DIGIC II the processor was embedded in proprietary ASICs and ran on the VxWorks OS. This continued with the DIGIC III line of cameras. DIGIC 4 and later cameras have run on Canon's proprietary DRYOS, the kernal of which is built around µlTRON4.0
For further reading about Canon DSLRs look at the Wikipedia entry for DIGIC.
In the case of most recent Canon DSLRs that have video recording capability, a third party firmware add-on named Magic Lantern is available. It does not replace the original firmware but runs within it. There are similar firmware add-ons for some Nikon DSLRs, but none have been developed to the point they are consistently stable as of early 2013.
There are a few cameras runnin Android. The Nikon Coolpix S800c for example. There will probably be more to come. As you guessed, most of the current DSLRs run on proprietary operating systems, although there is the CHDK (Canon Hack Development Kit) and Magic Lantern firmware hacks for Canon, that provide some extra functionality to the OS.
There was also a similar Nikon project, but I don't think it ever got to the stage where it was usable.


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In fact, many attacks that don't pass AC are actually striking a shield/armor, and they won't have a chance to sunder them. It's an abstraction thing.
Now, the answer for "can I do a special attack as a sunder attempt" is more open to debate, and will almost always have to be at the DM's discretion.
As for Mountain Hammer in particular, it says "Target: One creature or unattended object", which would show that they specifically singled out "attended object" of the maneuver scope, so it seems RAI is "No, you cant", but again, DM's call.


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Still some moments look crazy, I started as an unemployed Sunday league Footballer from Andorra with ALL leagues playable, I was offered contracts from a MLS team and Primera Chile team (I am an amateur and these are pro clubs from top leagues)! And all the other clubs were mostly from Norway's third division.
For PC try uninstalling and reinstalling the editor, then delete editor cache as shown here - http://community.sigames.com/showthr...=1#post7218941
Let me know how you get on, thanks.
Please someone!
I didnt play this game frome december because of the moral issue, someone takes it with no problems, but for me it was so unplayable.
So, I wanna know is this thing is settled in new patch?
I'm okay with no changing of ME, this ME is good, great, but I really cant take morale system from 12.1.1., so please if someone may answer me if now things are more similiar to the 11.3. or 12.04.
Thanks in advance.
Anyways on topic - loving the update so far
I got same problem, cant use editor after patch, its just green saying a few errors
I've tried to uninstall, then reinstall via steam, and then i deleted cache folder (win7)
No succes tho
Especially if you're managing a Championship or League One team that gets the victory against someone like Chelsea, but you've pretty much just played their reserve-team.
hey guys,has the ME been fixed?or any changes?I am currently having the season of my life.won all games,just entering February in the game.I would be gutted if I had to work on my tactic again!So the ones who have downloaded and played?Any differences?I'm downloading it atm.
Since patch update, it now complains that my game is not legal and won't start. What the ...?
It was purchased 100% legally, and has worked flawlessly before.
Edit: A full reinstallation seemed to fix it.
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Guys, I appreciate the match engine is being worked on for FM 2013; but at the same time I feel absolutely let down by this for reasons mentioned in post #21, it's just a game breaker for me (and I appreciate I'm in the minority). http://community.sigames.com/showthr...87#post7250887
Surely you would want FM 2012 to be the best possible version that it could be, rather than sacrificing a huge chunk of it for next years version, after all, we have paid full price for this and to me it seems a bit off.
So what I want to know is,
a. Will the issues above be addressed for FM 2013?
b. I have the Steam version of FM 2011. I suspect it's not, but is it possible to revert back to the December patch for it before the above ended up in the game?
This patch is nothing more then transfer update. No changes in ME, no changes in AI squad building strategy, no changes in AI tactics, no changes in AI transfer policy, no changes for issue in the turkish league, and so on. And as I predicted, the new patch have created even more bugs then before – as allways. New bug regarding players in EU, new bug related to the clubs under the administration, and so on. Sometime I ask my self what in the name of god you guys in SI have been doing for the last 3-4 months. I m trough with this game. Good luck to all of you who have time waiting for this game to improve what have been regarded as major issues for the last 4-5 years. I m not waisting more time on this game.
love it...cheers si game seems better already.
is there a list of changes to players somewhere?
For those who werent getting the auto download....i wasn't and i change my options to not auto update. Closed it, then changed back to auto update and it started updating Although it could take a while...
every time i try to started a new game i get a *serious error* crash dumps message. anyone know what to do?
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bog standard 442 bud....it's the way forward.
Hi guys not sure where I should post this but in all my years of playing FM I have never had a single crash dump, until now. I just updated my game and started a new save and had 3 crashes on the bounce. The dump occurs once I mutually terminate my staffs contracts and they except it and then I click on search staff and it crashes.
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Let us know how you get on, thanks.
Oh dear. Just tried to sign a Bulgarian player and a Romanian player for Hearts (SPL), apparently they won't get work permits. Eh?
Let us know, thanks.
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Are the reminders fixed? Can I use them now? I seems that in my old savegame it doesn't work.
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I have just installed the fm 2012 update (7 March 2012). I coach a Greek team and after the installation i have now 15 foreign players! I am in my 4th season and before the update all European players (eg German, Spanish etc) were not labelled as Foreign players at their game player status, while now they are considered as foreigners. Please help.
Is the current day calender bar blank since the new patch an error? Wasn't like this before the patch so must be. This will do my nut in because I rely on the calender bar quite a bit, now I will always have to go onto fixtures.
I have just loaded the new update as has everybody, and you just have not done anything even transfers with Ukraine. Thanks for nothing
My game was 'updating' then it finished so i put steam in offline and did a little dance because it had finished. Then clicked on FM and it said 'Not ready for offline mode' so it puzzled me and i put it in online mode again and it started updating something else
I dislike Steam
Could anyone tell me where to locate the hall_of_fame.dat folder?
Im re-Installing the game now, hopefully it should work
Is the bug with Romanians and Bulgarians appearing for everyone? I'll be holding off starting a new game if this is the case.
See here: http://community.sigames.com/showthr...nk-since-Patch.
Because of the bugs, should we expect another update soon?
steam is too busy. Error (3)
Scout issue with villa....is this fixed?? I am shouting this as have asked twice and no-one from si has been kind enough as to reply
The editor is unreadable because of a green screen. I have Win7 64x.
First game since patch, 3d engine is jumping all over the place and Man Utd put a reserve team against me in the quater final of FA Cup. Superb start!
Delete your cache:
When Rangers signed Dorin Goian last summer they had to apply for a work permit.
I'm playing a network match with my pal and he doesn't have any match controls.
Also, it comes up saying "Team A accepts bids from loads of teams and ME" but really they rejected my bid.
Finally, "Team A offers PLAYER to ME" and I reject and then it comes up in the next news item "Team A reject MY offer for PLAYER". Erm, nope!
e: heavily favoured against a team and prematch I tell them to go out and dominate. It upsets a few people. So I speak to them individually and assertively tell them I have faith in them. It upsets more. At HT I encourage them while winning 1-0 and it upsets some players. Finally at FT and a win I tell them well done... it upsets them more.
Does the patch go through any beta testing as all these things would be spotted in pre season...
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Thanks for the update. Haven't updated it just yet though, just querying though whether a quick fix update will brought out to fix the EU situation as mentioned above..
Though this can be fixed in the editor right?
If the Romanians and Bulgarians are now classed as foreigners to the UK, what nation is now best for getting work permits ?
Match engine wise nothing much has changed, but I assume the changes to confidence have resulted in what seems like (admittedly with nowhere near enough done to be scientific) a fix to the "missing ludicrous amounts of clear cut chances' issue for me. I guess beforehand it must have been flailing wildly from game to game to result in some of the truly horrendous misses, now strikers seem a bit more realistic. Just a casual observation though.
Bulgarian/Romanian issue not a bug, it's how it's supposed to be in-game - http://www.workpermit.com/news/2011-...an-workers.htm
Thanks, Neil. I might get on with playing the game now!
Thanks for the replies.
I also started a quick game in Greece and no problems there. Seems they only have the Turkish League problem now.
Yeah the issue affecting FGN players in Greece ONLY affects games started in 12.1.1 loaded in 12.2.0. Any new save will be fine. We're looking into this issue to see why it's causing issues with old saves. Sorry about that.
Am looking into the Turkey issue now to see what's going on there.
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I have a Giant VT3 with dual suspension and I'm thinking of using it as a winter bike is there any special care I should take before heading out into the cold?
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If you're riding in temperatures that are only a few degrees below zero, I wouldn't worry too much. As suggested elsewhere, make sure you keep a closer eye on maintenance (brushing off snow/ice, lubrication, etc).
The colder it gets though, the greater the risk that drivetrain components will fail is higher, I had a free hub fail that way. I'd say that all your parts will be more brittle in such conditions, so take it easier on your bike than you would normally.
Also, I've heard anecdotally that it's better to store your bike at sub-freezing temperatures if you ride regularly in the cold. The reasoning is that the snow and ice on your bike won't melt and find it's way into moving parts. This will be more important with the pivots on a dual suspension.
If you have air shocks, front or rear, be mindful of temperature impact on pressure. If you store your bike at about +20 C (room temperature) and ride it out into -10 to -20 C (seriously freezing weather), after a moment you will experience about 10% pressure drop in your shocks (and tires, too).
While 10% is not much, it can cause a noticeable change in shock's characteristics i.e. cause it to become softer. Of course, in winter that may not be such a bad thing...
If you're running oil in the forks then you might want to look at switching out for something that's meant for the colder temps but other than that I think it should be fine. The biggest thing I'd worry about is the salt/sand on the bike. Rinse it off after every ride with some water and store it where it can dry.
I used to ride every day straight through winter when I was in college. The problem with suspension bikes is that the suspension freezes up at cold temps. It doesn't even have to get below 0 for this to happen. You need to replace the lube with all synthetic lube if it doesn't have it already.


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Let there be $n$ points on a unit circle. It is known they come from "normal" distribution around particular unknown direction (i.e. sum of 2 "normal" distributions on circle - one centered at point $p$ and the other at its opposite $-p$). What is the best way to estimate this direction? By best I mean an algorithm that is a. analytical, b. efficient and c. simple.
This seems too simple to be true, but, combining some of the ideas posted earlier, I think you could just interpret the vectors as complex numbers and take the RMS.
Squaring will turn the bimodal distribution into a unimodal one. Then the square roots of the mean should give a good estimate of the modes of the original distribution.
The standard way to solve this is to just consider each of your data points as unit vectors, then take the average of those unit vectors. The direction of this averaged vector is the estimated direction.
There is a large literature on this topic which generally goes by the name of directional statistics. The seminal text on is Mardia and Jupp's book Directional Statistics. This field has a huge number of applications in astronomy, biology, meteorology, engineering etc.
Ok, so now I will describe why Niels's estimator works so well. Take a bimodal and symmetric circular density function $f$ with modes $p$ and $-p$ (we will assume that $p$ is positive) such as the one plotted in my previous answer. Let $\Theta_1, \Theta_2, \dots, \Theta_N$ be $N$ observations drawn from $f$.
Niels's estimator first computes the complex numbers $e^{i 2 \Theta_n}$ and takes their average $$ \bar{C} = \sum_{n=1}^{N} e^{i 2 \Theta_n} .$$ The estimate, denoted $\hat{p}$, is given by taking the complex argument of $\bar{C}$ and dividing by 2, that is $$ \hat{p} = \frac{\angle{\bar{C}}}{2}$$ where $\angle{\bar{C}} \in [0,2\pi)$ denotes the complex argument. The next theorem describes the asymptotic properties of this estimator. I use the notation $\langle x \rangle_{\pi}$ do denote $x$ taken to its representative inside $[-\pi, \pi)$. So, for example, $\langle 2\pi \rangle_{\pi} = 0$ and $\langle \pi + 0.1 \rangle_{\pi} = -\pi + 0.1$.
The definition of the difference $\lambda$ might seem a little strange at first, but it is actually very natural. To see why note that $p$ and the estimate $\hat{p}$ are both in $[0,\pi)$ but, for example, if $p = 0$ and $\hat{p} = \pi - 0.01$ then the difference between these is not $\pi - 0.01$, because the two modes are actually very close to aligned in this case. The correct difference is $\lambda = \tfrac{1}{2}\langle 2(\pi-0.01) - 2 \times 0 \rangle_{\pi} = 0.01$.
The proof of this theorem follows from a very similar argument to Theorem 6.1 (page 87) from my thesis. The original argument is due to Barry Quinn. Rather than restate the proof I'll just give you some convincing numerical evidence.
I've run some simulations for the case when the noise is a sum of two weighted von Mises circular distributions with concentration parameter $\kappa$. So, when $\kappa$ is large the distribution is concetrated and looks something like the picture on the left below ($\kappa = 20$ in this case) and when $\kappa$ is small the distribution is quite spread out and looks something like the picture on the right below ($\kappa = 0.5$). We obviously expect the estimator to perform better when the distribution is quite concentrated ($\kappa$ is large).
Here are the results. The plot below show the simulated variance of $\lambda$ after 5000 trials (the dots) versus the variance predicted in the theorem above for a range of values of $\kappa$ and number of observations $N$. You can see that the theorem does a very good job of accurately predicting the perfomance if $\kappa$ isn't too small.
There is still an open question as to whether this is the best estimator (in the sense of maximally reducing the variance of $\lambda$). It would be possible to derive a Cramer-Rao bound for this estimation problem to give an idea of the best possible performance of an unbiased estimator. I suspect that this estimator performs very near the Cramer-Rao bound. So, in that sense it is close to best possible.
I see now that Andrei would like to know what to do when the distribution has 2 modes and is symmetric about these modes. It seems better to just give a second (more detailed) answer rather than complicate the simple answer I gave above (basically I think the idea in gowers comment above is sound, but it's a bit tricky to actually implement).
So, how do we deal with estimating the 'mean direction' of a distribution that looks something like:
Good questions at this point are ''what is mean direction anyway?'' and specifically for the distribution above ''does a mean direction even exist?''
This has been a question I have been looking at a few months now. I'm wary of blowing my own horn a bit here, but I am going to attach a part of my thesis which I think gives satisfactory answers to these questions (I would love to give you the whole thesis, but it's not quite ready for the public to see). I suggest that there are (atleast) two different, but equally reasonable and intutive definitions of mean direction. I argue that the distribution above has no mean in a rigorously definable sense for both of these definitions.
Given $N$ data points $\Theta_1,\dots, \Theta_N$ on a circle there exist very accurate and efficient O(N)-time algorithms to estimate both of these means if they exist. Neither algorithm will converge if used on circular data drawn from the bimodal distribution above as (according to my definition) the means do not exist.
Still, given $N$ data points $\Theta_1,\dots, \Theta_N$ drawn from the bimodal distribution above, if what you want to do estimate one of the ''modes'' rather than the mean direction, then my gut tells me that there probably are efficient and accurate algorithms to do this, although I don't know if they exist in the literature. You could try Fishers book The Statistical Analysis of Circular Data.


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If I doubted on the authenticity of a "message", must I automatically associate it with the enemy's attacks?
Message here refers to any information that might be related to God's Will in our lives.
If I doubted on the authenticity of a "message", must I automatically associate it with the enemy's attacks?
Message here refers to any information that might be related to God's Will in our lives.
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It is good to remember that God is consistent. He does not change. This works out to our benefit. For example:1
One of the ways in which this is good for us is that we are not trying to hit a moving target when it comes to understanding His will. His character, what pleases Him, what He expects from men, and other like topics are fixed, not variable truths.
This knowledge about God also allows us to say that He will not contradict Himself. If He has a message for you, you can easily check whether it's possibly true by checking it against a known corpus of teaching, His Word. He will never tell you anything inconsistent with the teachings he gave us in the Scriptures. This is why it is important to study and know them well so that as we are bombarded with messages from this world we will be able to discern which messages are an echo of His voice and which are crafts of the deceiver.
Most of the book of Jude tucked away at the end of the NT is a scathing warning against false teachers defined as any person or teaching that espoused any idea other than the Gospel as outlined by Christ and the early Apostles. It talks about people who see visions and follow them, reject the authority of the church, and fall into all manner of wrong roads. It ends with this call:
There are numerous other NT references to the importance of sticking to the early teachings, many of them clearer than this passage. The long an the short of it is that we are to discern whether any message is from God by comparing it against the rest of the Word.
1 Note that this example is in a different context of God keeping his covenants even when men are faithless, but the principle of God not changing is also found many other places in Scripture so I think it's a valid proof here.
One of my favorite quotes in The Lord of the Rings echos the idea of right and wrong and the basis for the decisions we have to make in our lives not being variable.2 Faramir asks:
2 This is not a source text!
The best Biblical advice on the matter comes from James 1: 5-6. If God has a message that He wants you to hear and act on, He will be willing to verify the truth of it to you if you pray about it with faith and sincerity. And likewise, if the message is false, He will manifest that to you as well, to keep you from being led astray.
No you don't have to presume automatically that is of the Enemy. Because, obviously, if you did so, said Enemy would use it. "Oh, I can't counter the message directly, but I know how I can make Rek doubt... Muahahahaha!"
As for the rest, I refer you to Mason's answer... oh, and God may confirm his message even of his own will, even w/o you ask him to. Remember, he is God, he is sovereign in all he does.


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Equal simple field extensions?
Let $\alpha$ be algebraic over the field $F$ and let the minimal polynomial of $\alpha$, denoted by $m_{\alpha}(x)$, have odd order. Then i need to show that $F(\alpha^2)=F(\alpha)$.
Here is my line of thought: We have the extension of fields $F \subset F(\alpha^2) \subset F(\alpha)$. The first observation is that $m_{\alpha}(x)$ divides $m_{\alpha^2}(x^2)$. The second observation is that, if $deg(m_{\alpha})=n_1$ and $deg(m_{\alpha^2})=n_2$, then $n_2 \le n_1 < 2n_2$. The third observation is that $m_{\alpha^2}(x^2)$ contains only monomials of even orders. My idea is to to assume that $d>n$ and arrive at a contradiction (since if $d=n$, then we are done). I am missing though the link between all these above observations and what this contradiction should be. I have been trying to manipulate the division equation $m_{\alpha^2}(x^2)=m_{\alpha}(x)q(x)$ for some quotient $q(x)$ but it feels messy. Any hints?


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19 Sep 2012 9:37 PM #11
Ext.define('MyApp.model.MyModel', { extend: 'Ext.data.Model', fields: [{ name: 'id', type: 'int' }, { name: 'name', type: 'string' }, { name: 'ratio', type: 'float' }] });-->
20 Sep 2012 12:20 AM #12
I'm trying to integrate the properties required by Sencha Cmd into my existing ExtJS project. So I have created an empty project using sencha generate app command, and investigated the autocreated cmd-related files.
So far everything looks normal and easy, but a line in the file app.json struck me as odd:
/** * Build options */ "buildOptions": { "product": "touch", "minVersion": 3, "debug": false, "logger": "no" }-->
20 Sep 2012 2:51 AM #13
ExtJS SDK is located in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\extjs so I've created a batch file (sencha-cmd-build.bat) that contains the following line:
sencha -s "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\extjs" compile -classpath=app/app.js,app,extjs/src page -yui -in default.aspx -out build/default.aspx
- It is so much faster than SDK Tools 2.0.0 beta3. It even makes you think something is wrong
- While using SDK Tools, I used to exclude ext.js from my compressed and obfuscated app-all.js (don't know why) Sencha Cmd injects ext.js into the output file (all-classes.js) That made me think Sencha Cmd makes unnecessary source files get included in the compressed output file, but it's not. The difference appears to be just the ext.js file.
- I have never used the sass stuff, so for now I just removed the @import directives from app.scss
I'm giving up for now.-->
20 Sep 2012 4:55 AM #14
I tried
sencha compile -classpath=ext/src \ exclude -namespace Ext.chart and \ concat -out ext-all-no-charts-dev.js and \ -option debug:false \ concat -out ext-all-no-charts-debug.js and \ -yui \ concat -out ext-all-no-charts.js
Input Error: There is no script engine for file extension. "Js".-->
20 Sep 2012 5:24 AM #15
Where is 4.1.2a?
In support portal I have link to sencha complete download that has extjs-4.1.2-commercial from the 11th of Sep 2012 and nightly builds.-->
20 Sep 2012 7:37 AM #16
According to http://docs.sencha.com/ext-js/4-1/#!.../command_theme I need to run "sencha theme build default" to generate slice images. (Or presumably "sencha theme build mytheme" if I am customizing.)
This returns:Sencha Cmd v184.108.40.206[ERROR] Expected 0 parametersWhich seems a little strange because if I remove a param and run "sencha theme build" by itself I get:
Sencha Cmd v126.96.36.199
[ERROR] the page property is required.
20 Sep 2012 7:43 AM #17
Also adding the following to your scss:
@include background-image(image-url('test.gif'));
Causes the build to fail.
The compiler is looking for test.gif in resources/sass/theme/../images, which would resolve to resources/sass/images. This makes no sense as it would prevent theme specific images. To follow the directory structure you are using this should look for the image in:
20 Sep 2012 7:53 AM #18
Install challenges
I just followed the requirements here: http://docs.sencha.com/ext-js/4-1/#!/guide/command
and when I cd to the 4.1.1a SDK directory and try to run $ sencha, I get 'v2' not 'v3'
I assume that is because I had previously installed SenchaSDKTools-2.0.0-beta3-osx.
So, I uninstalled SenchaSDKTools-2.0.0-beta3-osx, re-installed Cmd (hoping it adds itself to my path like v2 did). The Cmd installer prompts me to install in /User/cfarrell/bin, which seems a little odd, but, I went with it.
Now, when I go to the 4.1.1a directory and try to run $ sencha, I get command not found.
Should I manually add ~/bin/Sencha/Cmd/18.104.22.168 to my PATH manually?-->
20 Sep 2012 8:28 AM #19
I found the Troubleshooting section of the Cmd Guide helpful. It confirmed that v3 is installed in the correct location and that I needed to manually set my PATH as well as an environment variable.
Two thoughts:
Is uninstallation of v2 a pre-requisite for installing v3?
Should build 141 have set the PATH and ENV var for me, or is manual config expected?-->
20 Sep 2012 9:02 AM #20
How do you get Ext.direct to work with sencha cmd compile?
The line Ext.direct.Manager.addProvider(Ext.php) - I'm not sure how to get it before the store/model/api definitions..-->


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A Leavenworth man was taken to the hospital after he apparently was in a vehicle accident Sunday evening near Easton, according to information from the Leavenworth County Sheriff's Office.
The incident was reported at 6:19 p.m. Sunday. It occurred on 231st Street south of Millwood Road. The 36-year-old man was seen sitting by the side of the road. He told a passerby he needed medical attention, according to the Sheriff's Office.
The man appeared to have injuries to his face and possibly a broken right arm.
As the result of a preliminary investigation, authorities believe a 2003 Ford Ranger registered in the man's name overturned while it was traveling south on 231st Street.
The man, who's is believed to have been under the influence of alcohol, told authorities he had not been driving the vehicle. The man provided a description of the driver, a person he'd only recently met. The driver was said to have left with other people who took the truck from the scene, according to the Sheriff's Office.
Authorities were unable to locate the person described as the driver.
A witness reported seeing a third person towing the pickup truck south from where the injured man was found.
The truck was found abandoned and disabled on another street. Open containers of alcohol were found in the vehicle.
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Frances Drew Moody
Taught math, loved outdoor activities, was an accomplished sailor
Frances Drew Moody
Frances and Dwight were parents to nine children, Dwight C. Moody Jr. of Altadena, Calif., Stephen R. Moody of Cheshire, Conn., Caroline M. Mandly of Bolivia, N.C., Elizabeth M. Merz of Litchfield, Conn., Andrew W. Moody of Madison, N.J., Constance M. Knott of Sterling, Va., Christine M. DesRoches (deceased), Peter D. Moody (deceased) and Abigail M. Ashley of Barrington, R.I.
She is survived by her children's spouses, Nenita Moody, Cheryl S. Moody, Geoffrey Mandly, Kenneth W. Merz, Rebecca A. Moody, Kevin J. DesRoches, Kevin D. Knott and Lawrence Ashley, as well as numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She was born in 1922 in Harrisburg, Pa. to Mildred W. and Richard P. Drew; she is survived by her brother Walter W. Drew and was predeceased by a brother Richard P. Drew.
Frances graduated from W.H. Hall High School in West Hartford, Conn., as did many of her children, in 1939, after which she attended the University of Maine, where she met her husband Dwight. She graduated in 1943 with a degree in mathematics.
Later in life she earned a MALS from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn. She taught mathematics at several schools, including Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Conn. and Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, Conn. Her love of mathematics was instilled in several of her children who also took degrees in mathematics.
Frances loved outdoor activities including hiking, camping, skiing and sailing. As a young teenager she and her family set out on an adventurous trip to sail from Maine to Florida in the family boat Fayaway. She became an accomplished sailor.
The trip, however, was cut short off the shore of North Carolina when they were caught in a hurricane that they miraculously sailed through. The Coast Guard rescued them adrift at sea, but were astonished to find them still afloat.
Despite this experience she loved sailing for the remainder of her life. Skiing was her second great physical passion that she enjoyed into her 70s and made opportunities for all of her children to share in this beloved activity.
She loved activities of the mind as well. She enjoyed music, including playing the piano into her 80s. She was a fierce competitor in puzzles and games. Scrabble was a particular favorite, and she rarely lost a game.
Frances combined her love of the outdoors and an interest in developing these interests in young women, including her daughters, by leading Girl Scout troops in West Hartford, Conn. for many years. Summers at the family camp, which she and Dwight built together, in Lincoln, Maine were also an important part of this interest in the outdoors.
Family activities included sailing, swimming, fishing and generally discovering the outdoors. A family rite of passage, which she heartily encouraged, was to set out early in the morning to spend a day in Baxter State Park, where the goal would be to climb Mount Katahdin.
As each of the siblings attained the proper age an excursion would be taken to make the strenuous climb up the mile-high Maine icon.
Frances had a strong interest in the more genteel aspects of life as well; she always kept a copy of Emily Post in her house. She loved to set a formal table, especially at special occasions such as birthdays and holidays.
She also insisted that each of the children take classes in ballroom dancing and deportment. She was proud of her family history, which included sea captains, and she was a member of both the Mayflower Society and the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Frances had a positive influence on many lives and always had a positive word for new acquaintances and old friends alike. She loved to share her beaming smile and will be missed by all who knew her.
The funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 30, 2013, at St. Michael's Episcopal Church, 25 South St., Litchfield. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery, West Hartford. Calling hours will be 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at the Rowe Funeral Home, 283 Torrington Road, Litchfield.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Canton Historical Society, 11 Front St., Collinsville, CT 06019 or to a charity of choice.
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Benjamin Novotny, a lawyer for the family of Geraldine Moran, 62 when she died in March 2005, said the physicians failed to take measures that might have prevented the death.
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