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13 Mar 2012 4:37 AM #1
How to override 'extend' property or suggestions on different approach
In my app I have extended the Ext.grid.Panel (e.g MyApp.ux.grid.Panel) and added a fair amount of customization that I use/want to use across the majority of the grid panels in my application (currently 30+ grid views).
The problems are as follows:
1. In a major portion of my app I want to extend/override the Ext.grid.Panel and use my enhancements.
-- Not using designer, I would directly extend from my new component (MyApp.ux.grid.Panel) and continue from there.
-- Using designer I cannot do this and I overriding the 'extend' property in the override class does not work.
2. Alternatively, creating an overarching override for the Ext.grid.Panel could work but unfortunately I do not want the enhancements in every single grid panel.
-- So how do I instantiate the original Ext.grid.Panel without the enhancements.
This is just one example, but we are heading to the point that we are adding customizations to a number of the base classes (e.g. Store, Model) and the above problems will apply in all these cases.
I am open to suggestions on alternative best-practice patterns to use...
13 Mar 2012 10:51 AM #2
Looking forward, this will be solved by the ability to integrate 3rd party components, such as MyApp.ux.grid.Panel.
Once your custom grid panel is in the toolbox, then dragging it out you will create subclasses of it.Aaron Conran
14 Mar 2012 2:16 AM #3
When will this functionality be added?
In the mean time how do I go about sub-classing Ext.grid.Panel (for example), for use via the designer.
Or alternatively Overriding Ext.grid.Panel, but being able to use the un-overridden class when needed?
14 Mar 2012 8:09 AM #4
This is essentially the same question as your other thread...
http://www.sencha.com/forum/showthre...gner-overridesAaron Conran


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By ASHLEY ANDERSON
Staff Writer
The Voice-Tribune
No game of Hot Wheels is complete without a snowstorm made of sugar – at least that's what Brian Goode thought when he and his brother were "building a city" with the toy vehicles as children.
"I spread (sugar) through the whole city and the cars wouldn't go, and it was just chaos. I got yelled at later for all that," Goode laughed. "But, the fun part about it is that's when I think that moment hit me: … There's that point where everybody has control of everything they're doing in life, but the weather is the one element that affects how your day will go or your plans."
From then on, weather became a passion for Goode, who studied up on meteorology as a teenager, while he coped with an ailment that kept him inside much of the time. "I had a disease called Angioedema, which is severe hives, allergies, and the version that I had I actually was allergic to everything, including the outside air," Goode explained. "Even during fire drills, I wasn't even allowed to go outside. So, I did nothing but study. I would do research on books, and then I had my little Jambox radio, and I would actually record the news opens off TV at WAVE 3, and then I'd get my friends over and we would do our own newscasts."
Making the best of his tough situation paid off for Goode, who at the age of 13 became known as the Fern Creek Kroger Weatherman, breaking in over the grocery store's intercom to announce the day's weather. Running with his early experience in the trade, Goode next excelled at Western Kentucky University, where in 1998 he and his best friend created the WKU Storm Team, a student-run television meteorology club still in existence today at the school.
"The plan was to be able to create a team, do a broadcast in a closed-circuit television station within the campus," Goode said. "Anytime there was severe weather, we'd break in live and cover it."
Goode's club not only became a prime source of weather news across WKU's campus, but it also managed to merge the broadcasting and meteorology students, who historically had a divisive relationship, "because broadcast students weren't really interested in dealing with the science nerdy type, and then the nerdy types thought that there was too much ego in broadcasting."
But Goode's club changed much of that. Proving successful at the college level, Goode eventually landed his first job in Bowling Green, followed by a position in Charleston, S.C. and later The Weather Channel in Atlanta.
Now a meteorologist at WAVE 3, airing at 7 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and serving as the Weekend Sunrise Storm Center Meteorologist, Goode is happy to be home, reunited with his family. "The ultimate goal was to be here at WAVE just because that's what I grew up watching," said Goode, whose idol and mentor was WAVE 3's John Belski.
In fact, it was Belski who helped Goode throughout much of his career, even showing him around the WAVE 3 station when Goode was just 12 years old. "Belski was always my idol as a kid in weather, period," Goode said. "He was on WLKY at the time doing the weather. And really my main fascination with him became when he would always show Santa on the radar on Christmas Eve, and I really thought Santa was on the radar. His style was always the style I kind of related to, he was real fun."
As a teenager, Goode would call Belski to talk about the weather and seek advice. But it was a phone conversation with the veteran weatherman in 2010 that made the most difference in Goode's career. "It was July of 2010 that Belski called me at The Weather Channel, it was like 10 o'clock at night and … he just wanted me to know that he was going to retire in September. No one knew yet. And he wanted me to throw my name in the hat."
Goode did just that, landing a job at WAVE 3 alongside former fellow intern at WLKY and diehard Belski fan, Kevin Harned.
The move back to Louisville has been one of excitement and enjoyment for Goode – and his Bishon Frise, Nemo – as he's become reacquainted with the wacky weather of the city. From pouring sugar "snow" to starting his own station in college and reporting throughout the East and the South, Goode's finally made his way back to the one place he dreamed of working as a child. "I've done a lot," Goode reflected on his career. "I can check off the idea of working for NBC at a network level. Wasn't me. … That's not why I'm in the business. I'm in it because I love the community aspect, I love severe weather, live coverage … and I love snow. … Louisville's very unique geographically for having that. So being in this market where I am, I like."
Getting To Know Goode
I enjoy my job most because it allows the other side of me to come out: the creative side, the fun side, the side that allows me to be more outgoing, because I'm not like that naturally.
I would describe Louisville's weather as "truly unexpected." It's a challenging city for weather. I love that we have the seasons that may not fall on the right times … We do have the extremes that happen in Louisville's climate. … We have some weird, weird stuff that happens here.
Favorite spot on a sunny day in Louisville is Cherokee Park.
Favorite thing to do on a rainy day in Louisville is go see a movie. I'm a movie nut.
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Samsung 24" Ultra Slim LED Monitor for $139 + free shipping
Seller refurbished
Package Includes
(1) Samsung 24" Ultra Slim LED Monitor VGA HDMI 1920x1080 Fast Response S24B300EL
(1) Detachable Stand
(1) Power Plug
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I bought a Samsung SyncMaster (23") monitor about a year ago because it was a great price. Well, it just crapped out on me and I am told that it would cost ~$150 to fix it. Maybe I just had a lemon, but I found two other people on Amazon who had the same problem. Never again will I buy a Samsung monitor... I am hoping that my new Asus lasts much longer.
If it was a year ago, you should have registerred it when you bought it and returned it for the two year warranty repair coverage. Don't fault Samsung for your failure to follow instructions.
This is a good deal on a good monitor.
If your monitor was a refurbished product and not elegible for the warranty, there's a reason that refurbs are well... cheaper.
Wait, so it is my fault that the Samsung crapped out after a year? I didn't say "Samsung customer service sucks" I said that the monitor didn't last more than a year, which is THE TRUTH and is not my fault- it is Samsung's fault. I posted my comment to warn Wooters about my experience with the product which is MUCH more helpful than someone like you who lashes out with a "You should have..." comment. Also, this monitor is refurbished... so you pretty much proved my point.
If you make a comment about the cost to fix it? When it would otherwise be FREE through the manufacturer?
The only thing that bothers me is that this is a seller refurb not factory. Doesn't seem worth it for the risk alone. But to each his/her own.
no DP or DVI...
The price here is nice, but how about sumsung TV?
@jay81: @jay81: The seller has 177k ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY SEVENTY THOUSAND feedbacks, lol. I think it's incredibly safe to trust him.
I have nearly the same monitor. Got it at Black Friday.
Returned the first one due to 2 blue/stuck pixels in the center of the screen. Luckily, the salesman checked the next one for me, more stuck pixels, he then gave me their last monitor that, luckily, was error-free.
It's got great colors, low-little backlight bleed, and it came at a good price. If it lasts like my old Acer monitor has thus far, it'll be a great deal. Time will tell.
@paintballove: Yikes, I'll take terrible picture quality over stuck pixels any day. I don't know what it is but I just can not look at anything except the broke pixels.
I have two of these monitors and both are working great with about a year on each. I got them at the same time to add to my higher-quality Asus. They're good, though the colors are a little washed out and no matter what I do, one of them always looks more green and the other one always looks more blue. (I have tried several color adjustments and configurations but it's unavoidable.) That said, they look good when playing video and are extremely lightweight and flat, which made it easy to mount them on my wall (I used a set of $15 wall mounts that swivel and they did not put any strain on the mounts and move quite easily.) Please be warned the power button on these monitors have an LED that is very bright and since it's a clear piece of plastic sticking out, there's no good way to cover it up. Because of how thin they are, they warm up slightly during use but stay quite cool when in open air.
Seller seems to have a lot of problems with people receiving items. Also he does not require signature for delivery, which is a simple thing to do and pass on to the customer. The fact he has 15 in the last 30 days means one every other day is unsatisfied.
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Your baby today
This close-up of the fingertips shows that the nail beds have formed and the nails are starting to grow. The nails have not yet hardened: this prevents your baby from scratching himself accidentally while he has no control over hand movements.
Twin babies have been sharing a home in the uterus for a while now, but how are they relating to each other?
At 21 weeks, a baby's eyes are still closed, but he'll still be aware of light and dark. Because of this, twins can probably make out their sibling changing position and they're increasingly becoming aware of each other. It's thought that because memory starts developing around now, twin babies may begin to bond at this stage.
As ultrasound scanning has proven, there's plenty of contact between twin babies in the uterus, especially as the amount of space decreases. They have been seen to touch often, kick, and try to grab. Each twin reacts to the other's movements.
They may not act in the same way, with one twin favoring different movements than the other one. For instance, one baby may prefer sucking his thumb, while the other likes clutching his cord. Nor do they necessarily have the same body clock, so they may be active at different times. This proves that, even in the uterus, twin babies are already individuals.
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He may be aware of some movements when you have sex and of a change in your heart rate, but he won't be harmed by either. You may find that your baby responds to these sensations by moving a lot while you're having sex, or just afterward. Some women find this inhibiting, but remember that it doesn't mean the baby is uncomfortable and, of course, he doesn't understand what you're doing! If you have an orgasm, your uterus will feel tight and you may have Braxton-Hicks contractions but, again, this is not harmful to your baby.
Be reassured that your baby is well protected by the pool of amniotic fluid. Also, the cervix is closed by a plug of mucus during pregnancy so no semen can enter the uterus; this helps to guard against infection.
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Stumptown Coffee is based in Portland, Oregon, but operates a small roastery in Brooklyn. We source our beans from their Brooklyn facility and get small deliveries of fresh beans every other week.
Since their start in 1999, Stumptown has been at the forefront of the artisan coffee movement in this country. They source beans from all over the world and, in their own words,
...each sample gets sniffed, slurped up and vetted through silver spoons hundreds of times a day in our cupping laboratory. The delicate hand-picked seeds containing sugars and natural perfumes are roasted in our old-school, cast-iron German Probat machines. The green beans go through a metamorphosis in the hands of our roasters who guide them through a constant evaluation of colors, aromas, sounds, and shapes while tumbling through our vintage double-walled steel drum roasters. Finally, the beans are released out into the world when sweetness and nuance meet up in our cooling trays. The coffee literally sings.
We couldn't agree more!
Also hailing from Brooklyn, Mast Brothers, Michael and Rick, make chocolate from bean to bar with incredible results. They regularly open their workshop for tours and we think you would be as impressed as we were when we visited. They place a strong emphasis on curiosity - as Michael has said, "we don't take anything for granted, we question everything we do." This extends from the beans they source, to the texture of the paper they use to hand-wrap each bar. Rick has stated, "we're looking for an inconsistent product so your tastebuds are not only enjoying the sensuality of it but they're also learning - your brain is learning something while you eat it."
In this bundle, we combine a 12-ounce bag of Stumptown Coffee beans with a 2.5-ounce bar of Mast Brothers chocolate. A bang-up pairing if we do say so, ourselves!
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The Walking Dead Video Game for $12.49
All five episode of the Telltale Games video game for Mac or PC. Plus a $5 credit good towards any of the "Editor's Choice" game downloads in the month of January 2013.
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Ahhh you beat me to adding this by about 30 seconds. Oh well. Good game, good deal. Well worth the purchase. Not an action game, so don't go in expecting that.... entirely story driven.
Available on Steam for the same price for the next 2 days (http://store.steampowered.com/app/207610/), but this is better since it can be enabled on Steam anyway and comes with the coupon.
I was soooo Excited until I saw this pricing was for the PC version only. Still buying it through Amazon for the $5.00 coupon almost makes it feel like $7.50
Why is cool stuff like this never available for the Wii? Come on! ....you don't need to answer this question.
I f*ing love The Walking Dead and have heard this game is super awesome. Therefore, I bought it and it has a mouse lag that makes it unplayable on my computer. I contacted TellTale customer service and they said it was because it wasn't designed for computers with dedicated video cards (like mine) and I'm therefore SOL. Just a heads up to check your PC specs with their requirements.
jumped on this. fingers crossed that I don't have the same issue as @mooseburger - thanks for the info so at least I know it's a possibility.
Hands down GOTY!!
Forget Halo, forget Call of Duty, forget Assassin's Creed, this is the best game released this year.
Such an amazing game. One of the best stories I have ever played. Your choices in this game matter and change things later.
Can't wait to finish this or for season 2 to come out.
Now you can play ALL Five Episodes!
The final episode was released today, and I just completed it...and no, I won't add any spoilers...but it was a good game, and I recommend it.
I just bought this on Steam. I checked other sites to see if any had matching or better deals, but I didn't even think to check Amazon. Oh well, there's a good chance that it won't matter, I'll either not want any of the games from their "editor's choice," or I'll already own any games I'd want that they pick.
Coming up $24.99 for me now.
@sstaylor: It's still $12.49 on Steam for the next 33 hours.


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I have a need to make a somewhat custom change request system (very high auditing requirements).
Instead of completely reinventing the wheel I was wondering if there's an open-source change request system, considered decent that I could write a custom module for?
I've done some searching but the ones I have found don't seem to encapsulate what a change request system should be (no way of recording test plans or work streams).
In my experience a change request system has (does) store test plans / technical specs and a log of work.


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There seems to be a knee-jerk reaction to "easy" questions that involves quickly answering by copying/pasting an embarrassing link to
lmgtfy.com (or similar responses in comments, which aren't downvotable) in an attempt to belittle the questions' authors. I think this comes from engagement in forums, where people would ask simple questions like "What is a variable?"
I would argue that we should NOT do this. As Stack Overflow grows, it is quickly becoming THE source of Google's suggestions. For instance, yesterday I did a quick search on Google for a particular framework, and Stack Overflow came up in the top three results.
Joel expressed a desire in recent podcasts to see Stack Overflow as the ultimate source for all programming-related questions. I am sympathetic of this view, as I would like to see all questions (including "What is a variable?") welcomed on Stack Overflow, because it is the best place for those questions to be asked.
Answers are voted upon, which is something that doesn't take place in most other locations. Answers are clarified by the community, something else that isn't happening elsewhere. Questions can be revised by just about anybody. And revision history is there for all to see.
So perhaps in the future, the next time somebody asks how many variables can be put on a page, we should kindly embrace them, and not send them on to Google. Stack Overflow is the ultimate destination — not Google. Sorry, Larry and Sergey.
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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas will begin preparation for the 2014 season when preseason practices begin Monday afternoon.
But Arkansas coach Bret Bielema officially welcomed a highly rated member of the 2015 recruiting class to the Razorbacks on Saturday night.
Charleston quarterback Ty Storey signed a financial aid agreement with Arkansas on Saturday evening and will enroll in January. The 6-foot-3, 215-pound Storey took advantage of an NCAA rule that permits players on track to graduate high school early to sign a financial aid agreement with a university as early as Aug. 1.
"I am pleased to announce that Ty will be joining the Razorbacks after he finishes his prolific high school career," Bielema said in a news release. "As one of the best quarterbacks in the nation, he starts our signing class in a strong way and he realizes the significance of student-athletes from our state playing for Arkansas.
"Ty is a blue-collar player who grew up with a strong work ethic instilled in him by his family. His attitude and approach to the game fit perfectly with the philosophies we operate with as a program."
Storey was named Arkansas' Gatorade Player of the Year after throwing for 4,241 yards with 52 touchdowns last season. He led Charleston to the 3A state championship and has thrown for 8,701 yards and 101 touchdowns in his career.
Rivals.com and Scout.com rate Storey as a four-star prospect on a five-star scale. He also is rated as the fifth-best pro-style quarterback in the 2015 class by Rivals.com and seventh by 247Sports.com.
Storey chose Arkansas over Alabama, Auburn and other scholarship offers, according to a news release. He made a verbal commitment last summer.
A financial aid agreement binds a school to a prospect. But it does not bind a prospect to the school. The agreement will allow Storey to have more contact with Arkansas' coaches before he reports to campus in January.
"It just feels good to go ahead and put the ink to the paper," Storey told Hawgs Illustrated on Saturday. "I've been committed forever it seems like and finally get to kind of make this official and it feels really good."


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When Hashem went around offering the Torah to the other nations each asked what is written therein to each nation He told them of the commandment representing their weak point or vice, hence they rejected it. The question remains if you look at the things Hashem brought up they are all included in the Seven Commandments which Non Jews are responsible to keep even without the Torah. The question is why did Hashem choose to pick something they were already commanded in and why if they were commanded in these things anyway did they not accept?
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The sefer Dor Revi'i answers that unscrupulous scholars are able to twist the Torah in any direction they choose, using the Torah against itself. Such as the Jewish king Menashe who was able to purify the Sheretz with 150 reasons. This was the reason the nations rejected it. They claimed that once the Torah was in their hands, they would find ample room to be lenient in prohibitions that they were especially susceptible to.
Perhaps the Medrash is just indicating the particular issue the group of people would be challenged by. It is demonstrating the types of things that prevent people from adopting the Torah. Highlighting it, if you will.
The gemara answers your question on Avodah Zara 2b. The reasons have to do with G-d's judgement at the end of days. If the nations defend themselves by saying to G-d 'If you had offered us the Torah as you offered it to Am Yisroel...' then that can be answered by saying that it was offered. If they defend themselves by saying to G-d 'If you had compelled us to accept the Torah as you compelled Am Yisroel...' then that can be answered by saying just as you didn't keep the Sheva Mitzvos B'nei Noach you wouldn't have kept the Torah either. As Yishayahu said (43:9) "and the first ones will inform us" (while talking about G-d's judgement of the world at the end of days). That is why mitzvos from the 7 Noachide laws are used here. The gemara explains all this in detail and I recommend you learn it inside.


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There are some message structs. Each one can be serialized to a string and de-serialized from a string. For the serialization part, I use the overload operator <<. But for the de-serialization part, I cannot think of a proper way to do so. So I use a class to parse the string. Recently, I came across boost serialization. I don't know if it can serve this purpose or there is any better idea.
struct S
int32_t type;
double a;
int32_t b;
bool c;
std::string d;
friend std::ostream& operator<< (std::ostream& os, const S& s)
os << "{field1" << "=" << s.a << "|";
os << "field2" << "=" << s.b << "|";
os << "field3" << "=" << s.c << "|";
os << "field4" << "=" << s.d << "}";
return os;
EDIT: So, I choose to use xml archive. However, I have a another issue. Since there are several type of message which is classified by the field msgtype. When deserialization, How to specify which object is going to deserialize to? Do I need to manually search msgtype field?
template <typename Archive>
void serialize(Archive &ar, const unsigned int version)
using boost::serialization::make_nvp;
ar & make_nvp("msgtype", type);
ar & make_nvp("field1", a);
ar & make_nvp("field2", b);
ar & make_nvp("field3", c);
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Who's On First?
Spring cleaning
By Chris Jay 04/17/2014
Kid's MLB contest comes to Ventura
Spring means one thing in the sports world — baseball! The major league season has started and Ventura County's closest big league team, the Dodgers, is in first place while Little League fields across the county are alive again on evenings and weekends. With that said, there's an interesting event taking place in Ventura later this month that combines both Little League and major league baseball. The Ventura YMCA's Healthy Kids Day will be an official site for MLB's Pitch, Hit and Run competition where local kids record their scores in three categories: pitching accuracy, hitting distance and running speed. The overall winner in each age category will move onto the next level with the winners of that region, getting a chance to compete at Dodger Stadium. Those winners will attend and compete at The 2014 All Star Game in Minneapolis as well as shag fly balls at the All Star Game's popular homerun derby contest. Pitch, Hit and Run is free and open to boys and girls aged 7 to 14, but advance registration is required. Visit www.ciymca.org/ventura for all the details. Healthy Kids Day takes place on Saturday, April 26, at the Ventura Family YMCA from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. In addition to the MLB contest, multiple former and current NFL players who grew up in Ventura County will be returning for a free kids clinic and autograph session that will include Super Bowl ring owner Freddy Keiaho, who broke numerous records at Buena High before playing for the Indianapolis Colts. Also at the event will be the debut of the Fusion Fox, the VC Fusion's first-ever mascot. Speaking of the Fusion …
Fusion time
The county's only professional sports team, the Ventura County Fusion, is back. The soccer team has announced its schedule for the 2014 season, and home games will take place at Ventura College with the opener set for Friday, May 9. Also be on the lookout for the random and simply mind-blowing exhibition games Fusion plays against some of the best teams in the world, who often visit the county for off-season summer training. If you've never attended a regular Fusion home game, soccer fan or not, you'll be impressed with the professionalism and big-game feel.
Great to be Garcia
After last month's successful Ice vs. Fire boxing event in Oxnard, not one but two more pro boxing events are still to come in Oxnard before this month is over: "Danger Zone" at El Rodeo this Saturday, April 19, and another, "Boxing at the Beach" at the Port Hueneme Pavilion on Saturday, April 26. It's a good time to be a fight fan in the 805. It's also a good time to be Robert Garcia. The famed boxing trainer, himself a former world champion, the first-ever from Oxnard to be exact, has won the trainer sweepstakes as his fighter, the hard hitting Argentine Marcos Maidana will be facing the sport's pound-for-pound king, Floyd Mayweather, on Saturday, May 3, in Las Vegas on pay-per-view. It's essentially the Super Bowl of the sport whenever Mayweather fights, and Maidana is currently training away in Oxnard, and the city will be featured yet again on HBO's popular series, 24/7. While Maidana is a huge underdog, no matter the outcome, Garcia stands to net another massive payday and he has a chance to do what no other trainer has done before, devise a plan to hand the 45-0 Mayweather his first-ever loss. If he does, he'll be in the history books. Oddly enough, it's not the first Garcia to get the chance to do so as Robert's older brother, Danny, trained Victor Ortiz in his controversial loss to Mayweather in 2011.
Octagon debut for Beal
Congratulations to mixed martial artist, Chris Beal, who will be making his UFC debut on Saturday, April 26, at UFC 172 in Baltimore, Md. The former Ventura High wrestling standout and cancer survivor, who was featured last year on the popular TV show The Ultimate Fighter, is undefeated in eight professional contests. When asked about the coveted contract with the UFC, the soft-spoken striker summed up the opportunity simply enough, saying, "It's a dream come true. I'm ready." Go get 'em, Chris!
Pro Wrestling is really big!
(In best Hulk Hogan voice:) Let me tell you, brother, who doesn't love professional wrestling? Don't answer that, but on the heels of an excellent Wrestlemania this month, minus the fact that 2014 Hall of Fame inductee Ultimate Warrior died 48 hours after the event, professional wrestling fever has gripped Ventura County. There are now, unbelievably, two separate monthly events taking place in the 805, including an indie promotion that does TV tapings in Port Hueneme at the Oceanview Pavilion and a Lucha Libre promotion that holds events behind Sam's Club in Oxnard. Doesn't get much cooler than that but if you want more details … much like a Monday Night RAW cliff hanger … you'll have to wait till next month for another camel clutch-inducing, leg-dropping, frog-splashing edition of Who's On First?!
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HARKER HEIGHTS (September 27, 2012)--The DAV's Cantina Restaurant will present Fire Chief Jack Coller with much needed funds Friday for the Harker Heights Thanksgiving Baskets and Santa Pal programs.
The Harker Heights Fire Department and Harker Heights Lions Club work in collaboration to put together food baskets for members of the community who are not able to afford a Thanksgiving dinner.
The Santa Pal program works much the same way to offer children Christmas gifts that they may not have received otherwise.
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At what ABRSM grade would it be sensible to attempt the piano component of this sublime piece of music?
Well, it's always sensible to attempt a piano piece. It's not like attempting to skydive without sufficient training to make it successfully to the ground, after all.
That said, after looking at the repertoire requirements for the top ABRSM grade, grade 8, you would have to be well beyond this stuff to be able to play the Emperor with any degree of success. For example, you should be able to pretty much sight-read most Chopin waltzes, and work up Beethoven Op. 10 1 or 2 in a week without much difficulty, say a week of practice.
If you have a copy of all the Beethoven Sonatas already, have a look at Op. 81a, the "Les Adieux" sonata. It has similar technical challenges to the Emperor although it is much shorter. (It so happens it's one of his greatest sonatas as well.) If you can play that in a manner that you find satisfactory, you are probably ready to tackle the Emperor.
The score for Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 at PianoStreet.com indicates that the level is "8+"
It seems reasonable to assume that their "levels" correspond to the major music examination bodies' "grades".
It is inadvisable to lump together pieces of music with other pieces merely because they are on an exam syllabus together. Music isn't grades. Some music is used to test one's progress in learning fingerings in small exams called grades. The piano solo part to Beethoven's piano concerto no 5 is not defined by its grade standard and cannot be played by someone who has only passed grade 8, and hasn't got any further in their learning.
What they might be able to do is to have a go at playing the notes for the piano concerto. If this is the case then the grade 8 connection doesn't make any difference to whether they can do that or not. If anyone wants to have a go at playing anything, the answer is to try it and see how they get on.
To play Beethoven's piano concerto no 5 so that the interpretation is as near as possible to what Beethoven intended needs a highly skilled professional pianist.
There appears to be a lack of education in the UK about the limitations of grade exams. For this I blame instrumental teachers in not making clear to their pupils what these exams test and also what standard they are in relation to general music playing.
I am sure that if the person who asked this question had had this information properly explained by their teacher so that they understood that grade 8 is an elementary exam and is part of learning the basics of playing the piano they would have realised that the best that they can do with the piano concerto is to have a go at the notes. If this is the case there are lots of pieces that people can play the notes in without needing to worry about whether they need to have passed a certain grade exam first.
If you like the piece and want to play it, then do it!
What is this grade nonsense anyway, but somebody's (maybe many people's) opinion that this is "harder" than that.
You can make rational judgments like that for yourself. If you find the piece is "too hard", you may at least gain insight into what kinds of techniques you need to work-up to get there. This may guide your practice toward the goal faster than waiting until you're ready.
There are many issues with the above post. While I stand by the content of what I wrote (as far as it went), the tone was unnecessarily aggressive. And it's oversimplified; it should have lots of caveats and appologies.
So instead of all that, I'll just try again.
Grading systems wouldn't exist if they weren't found to be useful by many people. But there's an exception to evey rule, and it might as well be you (assuming you wish to be "exceptional").
There is value in challenging oneself. And desire is a very potent energy source that can be used to feed the necessary practice.
But this piece may indeed be too much for your current skill set, and "pushing it too hard" runs the risk of things like uncontrolled muscle tension, which can lead to pain and physical damage. But awareness of this danger should be sufficient to mitigate it. If something "feels wrong" when you play, it probably is.
Even so, if you really like the piece, then go ahead and "attempt" it. You may be able to execute the simpler passages well enough to get enjoyment from it. And difficult parts can be taken at a very slow tempo (where you can concentrate on making smooth motions), or you can simplify them to facilitate playing longer passages. Knowing more about the piece and what techniques you will need can give you a head start on the right exercises and intermediate pieces to bridge the gap.


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Let $f:\mathbb{S}^1 \to \mathbb{S}^1$ be an orientation-preserving homeomorphism. Denote by $H(f)$ the complex harmonic extension/solution in $\mathbb{D}$ to the Dirichlet problem with boundary data $f$, which can also be shown to be a homeomorphism of $\bar{\mathbb{D}}$ [Choquet's theorem].
Now,it follows from a well-known theorem of Kellog-Warschowski that if $f\in C^{k,\alpha}(\mathbb{S^1})$, then $H(f) \in C^{k,\alpha}(\mathbb{D})$.
My question is : assuming $k=1$, what is the limiting matrix of the (total) derivative matrix $DH(f)_p$ as $p\to \zeta \in \mathbb{S^1},p \in \mathbb{D}$ ? From some other kind of extensions I have seen before, I would take a guess that $DH(f)_p \to f'(\zeta).Id$ as $p\to \zeta$, where $Id$ denotes the $2$ by $2$ identity matrix.
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Since it was formed almost 10 years ago, the organization Faith in the Future has had a very simple mission: To pray for the well-being of our community.
Organizers will show they stand behind that simple concept at 7 p.m. Monday when they hold an ecumenical prayer service at St. Peter's Catholic Church on North Fourth Street.
Pastors representing different denominations will be a part of the evening, which Tracy McManamon, chairman of Faith in the Future, has promised will be a time of inspiration and hope.
The service comes just two days before the trial of two Steubenville High School students - Trent Mays of Bloomingdale and Ma'Lik Richmond of Steubenville - who are accused of raping a 16-year-old Weirton girl gets under way before visiting Judge Tom Lipps at the Jefferson County Justice Center.
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They will, in McLoyd's words, seek to accomplish unity through the prayer service, while recognizing, as Monforton said, that "Our community is in need of justice and healing as best as can be determined by our civil means."
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text: Busting Through Your Next Plateau By Jodi Rhodehouse July 01, 2014 It is frustrating when you get on a roll with clean eating and regular exercise and come to a point in which the body resists change. When this happens, it is time to honestly assess your habits and commit to change in your routine. Use the following tips to guide your self-analysis and future actions: Read More


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After upgrading to 10.10 my wireless was gone. The wireless indicator was on but no success at connecting to network.
But after the following changes everything was fine:
Code:sudo rmmod bc44 sudo rmmod bc43 sudo rmmod wl sudo modprobe wl
After upgrading to 10.10 my wireless was gone. The wireless indicator was on but no success at connecting to network.
But after the following changes everything was fine:
Code:sudo rmmod bc44 sudo rmmod bc43 sudo rmmod wl sudo modprobe wl
I just recently installed 10.10 and new to ubuntu.
I have a Dell Inspiron 600m with a broadcom 4306.
I was able to use another guide I found on here to get the wifi card working and it connects to open networks and WEP networks fine but I can't get it to connect to any WPA/WPA2 networks. Does anyone know any fixes for this?
Thanks in advance.
My Broadcom WIFI will not reconnect to a *NEW NETWORK* after returning from Sleep Mode it will only reconnect to the old network. However, if I reboot the computer it will connect.
To reproduce this problem all you have to do is close your laptop lid and then when you open your laptop try to connect to a different network then the one that you first connected to.
I have same problem on my lenovo g550 with Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01). When I first instal 10.10. I couldn't connect, and one night when I turn on my laptop, wireless just get connect (it was few weeks ago). Today I lost connection again.
I red and try everything you said but still without connection. Im on wire now.
I'm going to contact broadcom about this. I noticed that on Broadcom just upgrade an update to their drivers on 10/18/2010.
The drivers that come with Ubuntu 10.10 are BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 01).
From the command line it is possible to reinstall/update the drivers with the following command.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get --reinstall install bcmwl-kernel-source
The version that I see here is 126.96.36.199 and the version that is on their website is 126.96.36.199.
This may mean that we have to download the file from their website rather then doing an apt-get. Has anyone tried the drivers at
How do we update the files on apt-get to reflect the latest broadcom drivers on their website?
Give me a few and I'll build the latest broadcom drivers and let everyone know how that goes.
I rebuilt the broadcom wl.ko module and am using it to do this posting.
If you were already running a previous version of wl, you'll want to provide
a clean transition from the older driver. (The path to previous driver is
usually /lib/modules/<kernel-version>/kernel/net/wireless)
# rmmod wl
# mv <path-to-prev-driver>/wl.ko <path-to-prev-driver>/wl.ko.orig
# cp wl.ko <path-to-prev-driver>/wl.ko
# depmod
# modprobe wl
Works for me... I'll let people know over the next few days it I see some of those same connectivity issues.
Hopefully Ubuntu Update Manager will not overwrite the module?
The packages available with apt-get and Ubuntu are not up-to-date with the release files at Broadcoms website the most recent stable release build is 22.214.171.124 not 220.127.116.11.
I solved my continual Broadcom 43xx card problems by getting an Intel Wireless N card on some web site I found via Google Shopping. Total cost? 15 dollah. All issues gone.
Hi, I'm using a Broadcom 4311 wireless card, but my Ethernet (also Broadcom) ISN'T WORKING.
Therefore I can't do anything update related in Ubuntu 10.10, only try downloading debian packages in Windows and hoping it works.
So far I have dried the fw43cutter thing, ndiswrapper and direct download from Broadcom, and maybe I'm doing them wrong but NOT ONCE have I seen ANY drivers in the "Additional Drivers" box.
A lot of people have fixed this by getting online through ethernet. Is there no way a debian package or something can be put online that will fix the jockey problem?
BTW I am very new to Linux, so please don't just say something like "reinstall xorg.conf and blacklist your w43"....


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official ubuntu 13.04 wallpaper :(
I actually like this wallpaper. It seems that a lot of people don't but as elfy said on IRC yesterday, if you don't like it, you have about 6 months to make a new one.
Its a nice default wallpaper.
You will keep being disappointed if youre expecting it to become green or something
Nice but I think I will stick the 12.04LTS for now...
it's real, i'm going to make a great new wallpaper for ubuntu 13.04
Well people used to complain about the "crap" brown designs of wallpapers in earlier editions of Ubuntu, and now this. =P Can't please everybody it seems! An abstract splash of purple is a welcoming change at least, it goes really well with orange, IMO.
Although I did love Hardy Heron's wallpapers, [linky] so stylistic and rough. ^^
For a default wallpaper it looks alright to me. I like it better than the last one. I much prefer the purple and orange to the brown wallpapers Ubuntu used to have. :)
Great. You are maked orange-purple Sun... It is like a Sun-dark war... That's the Ubuntu style. :)


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In Hilbert's book Geometry and the imagination, he said that
sphere is the only surface which can be generated by rotation in more than one way.
It is quite intuitive, but I can't give a rigorous proof.
How to prove it?
PS: Here rotation means rotating a closed curve with respect to the axis of symmetry of it that is in the same plane.


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How can I install emacs on Xubuntu , the command:
sudo apt-get install emacs
doesn't work
One way to find out is navigate to the following URL in a browser:
try your search there, of course you will need to select the appropriate version your using. This should give you a brief answer if the package is included for your version of ubuntu.
Another easy way is to search on your local system if emacs is available in the PPA
This will search all of the packages in the ppa for the words emacs in the title.
According to my response theres a few packages available.
So essentially you could try to
any of the above packages.
should do the trick.
Xubuntu includes the Synaptic Package Manager by default. Please go to the menu, System, Synaptic Package Manager, and search on EMACS. It will guide you to the correct applications.


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1974 Pontiac LeMans - Moonshine SpecialWritten by Johnny Hunkins on July 1, 2012 Contributors: Robert McGaffin Think running bootleg whiskey is a thing of the past? Until recently, Tim Smith's '74 LeMans made the midnight run
In case you've been hiding under a rock somewhere, the Discovery Channel's Moonshiners TV show was a runaway smash hit last fall. The reality show is an unvarnished and unapologetic look at the underground business of distilling and delivering illegal moonshine whiskey. The stars of the show are Tim Smith and his trusty sidekick, Steve Tickle. Over the course of six nail-biting, cliff-hanging episodes, Tim and Tickle locate a secret hideaway, erect a clandestine still, brew their whiskey, and deliver it, all while evading Virginia state revenue agents. Love it or hate it, the tradition of making and bootlegging moonshine liquor has been passed on through generations for hundreds of years. It's not fakery for movies; it's a real part of daily life in Appalachia.
Moonshiners was already a breakaway hit when in episode five a rapt audience was introduced to Tim's moonshine-running '74 Pontiac LeMans, launching muscle car Internet forums and Facebook pages into a feeding frenzy that has yet to abate. Suddenly, it seemed like the whole world wanted to know more about the erstwhile bootleg mobile—one of mother GM's 7 million forgotten '73-77 "colonnade" A-body intermediates. As Tim tells it, the film crew, impatient to begin taping more moonshining exploits, found itself cooling its heels one day while Tim put the finishing touches on the LeMans with his son, JT. This hot rodding business was not supposed to be part of the reality show deal—until Tim set them straight.
"We put the engine in it in three hours, but we coulda done it sooner. We're trying to put the engine in, and the crew kept interruptin' me," says Tim in his characteristic Virginia drawl. "They wanted to catch me moonshinin', and I said, 'This is all part of moonshinin'.' They wanted to know if the car was going to run, and I told them if we get the car runnin', we're gonna run moonshine in it. I was tryin' to clean it up, and I was showin' JT how to make it look pretty. They had their doubts if the car was gonna run again. You know, they've never seen an engine taken apart to where you can see into it. The film crew never seen anything like that before."
You might think the oft-quoted connection between fast hot rods and running bootleg whiskey (stock car racing roots, yada, yada…) are the reason for Tim's hot rodded LeMans, but the real explanation is much less dramatic. In 2006, Tim was hauling it to the junkyard for scrap when his then 9-year-old son, JT, laid the guilt trip on him. Tim told us: "I sold a Lincoln to this woman in North Carolina and I delivered the car down there on a rollback. I salvage cars for scrap metal, so I'm always looking for junk cars to scrap out. When I delivered this Lincoln, I saw this old car sitting under a barn with weeds growing around it. I asked if she wanted to get rid of it, and she told me it was her son's car. He had been killed in an accident, and she didn't want to see it no more. I could have the car for free if I would just take it. I get back home with the car and my son started asking me questions about it, like what am I going to do with it? I told him it's a junk car, and I'm going to haul it to the junkyard. He then asked me, 'Why do people throw their cars away, why don't they fix them?' I took it off the hauler, and he started showing interest in it. He was fascinated with it—it's an old car, about 20 years older than him. I told him, you can fix it up if you want to, so we started working on it."
Despite the fame of a top-rated TV show, Tim and family—comprised of wife, Shelby, and son, JT—are of modest means. Tim—a Gulf War army veteran—works several jobs to make ends meet (he's also the chief of his local volunteer fire department and a maintenance mechanic at a mattress factory) and spending big coin on a hot rod project car is out of the question. The '74 LeMans was no exception. In its initial state, the faded burgundy-colored LeMans looked pretty sorry, but looks can be deceiving. After changing the oil, swapping the plugs, replacing the battery, putting in new transmission fluid, and a B&M holeshot converter, the stock two-barrel Pontiac 350 fired right up. "We got a new exhaust system for it, new springs, and shocks. It was sitting way low to the ground in the back—like it had been haulin' a lot of moonshine," Tim says with a chuckle.
As a point of practicality, any sort of "Pro Touring" visual treatment by way of huge wheels and a low stance would be out of the question—flashy rolling stock would be too expensive, it would draw undue attention to the car, it wouldn't be appropriate for dirt and gravel roads encountered during covert activity, and low ground clearance would hinder accessibility to the still site. Says Tim: "I got some heavy-duty station wagon springs to hold it up. I needed more ground clearance, so I took the 14-inch wheels off, and put the 15-inchers on." Tim's choice of budget-minded 15x8 PMD steel rally wheels with bigger Cooper Cobra tires (225/70R15, front; 275/60R15, rear) would give the large coupe ample visual mass while giving it extra ground clearance and sharp looks.
For several years, this is the form Tim ran the LeMans, including for much of its bootlegging duties. The faded burgundy paint, humble two-hole Pontiac 350 mill, and ragtag appearance allowed Tim to blend right into the background when making his illicit whiskey runs. We tried our best to get Tim to embellish his exploits behind the wheel, but he didn't bite; hauling down the highway with contraband like Burt Reynolds or Robert Mitchum is the easy way to the slammer, contends Tim. "The goal is to outsmart the police; you don't want to outrun 'em. You gotta blend in with the traffic flow—that's the best thing. You don't want to be a loaner—you want to have cars in front of you and cars behind you. You don't want to be in the left lane."
The older that Tim's son, JT, got, the more interested he became in the disco-era LeMans. The desire to build it up was shared by both father and son, so in 2011 it was finally time to sharpen up the looks and add some power. Tim and JT got going on the bodywork, stripping off all ornamentation, then smoothing out and filling most of the small dents. "I did as much as I could to save on the paintwork, then I carried it to Maaco, and they shot it for $500," Tim says. The black single-stage urethane finish is by no means car show perfect, but it looks good enough to turn heads while it's rolling down the street.
Underhood resided the original two-barrel Pontiac 350 mill. Considered by snobbier enthusiasts to be the Rodney Dangerfield of Pontiac motors (because they get no respect), Tim and JT saw potential, and decided to do a simple .060-over rebuild using the stock cast crank, stock rods, and new Sealed Power forged pistons and rings. Farming out only the machine work to Taylor's Engines (Providence, North Carolina), Tim and JT assembled the engine in their detached blockhouse garage. The plan was to reuse as many of the factory parts as possible to hold the cost down, and spend money where it would make the most sense. With that in mind, Taylor's Engines ported and polished the stock heads, and cut them for bigger 2.11-/1.66-inch valves. Interesting factoid: Tim says even with the small bore of the Pontiac 350, no notching of the block was required to fit those huge valves.
If you've seen the Moonshiners TV show, you've heard this motor's seductive crackle, and that's due to the snappy COMP Cams Thumpr camshaft. Fresh air flows through a 4-inch Edelbrock air cleaner assembly, into a 650-cfm Thunder Series Edelbrock fuel mixer and Performer dual-plane intake, then gets ignited by a late-model GM HEI ignition, and expelled through 1⅝-inch FlowTech ceramic-coated headers. For the rest of the path, Tim bent his own 2.5-inch dual exhaust and mated it to a pair of Flowsound mufflers and some Trans Am-style turn-down tips. Valvetrain duties are handled by COMP Cams valvesprings, COMP 1.5-ratio roller rockers, and stock-length pushrods. Tim has never dyno'd the engine or run it at the drags, but he figures power output at a conservative 400 hp. On a side note, Tim says final assembly and installation of the engine happened just like we saw it on TV—with about three hours edited out by the Discovery Channel.
As for the interior, Tim's '74 LeMans is a colonnade lover's dream. Other than a rip in the driver-side seat (which was repaired by Waller's Upholstery in Danville, Virginia), the cockpit was mint the day he pulled it out of that North Carolina barn. There were no cracks in the dash, no missing trim, no worn touch points, and a perfect steering wheel with no cracks. Even the carpet was pristine due to some clear plastic covering the entire floorboard. The only upgrades Tim made were a set of Sunpro gauges (water temp, oil pressure, voltage), and a Sunpro tach on the transmission hump.
No doubt you're pondering the fate of Tim and Tickle, and the quirky little '74 LeMans. Will there be a second season? Will the LeMans return to the scene of the crime? We aren't allowed to say just yet, but let's put it this way—in our estimation the Discovery Channel would be out of their minds to walk away from such a wildly popular reality series. To learn more about Tim Smith, the LeMans, the moonshine, and any updates on the return of the show, log on to www.TimSmithMoonshine.com.
Tim Smith On Hillbilly Hot Rodding
Hanging with Tim Smith at the moonshiner's redoubt was undeniably cool. During our two-day photo shoot, we frequently whipped out the smartphone and rolled video. We brought up the subject of Southern-style automotive improvising, and Tim laid it out for us like this: "I got some redneck buddies that's got some hot cars. They got crazy stuff. I mean they throw stuff together. Talking 'bout they put Pontiac motors—I had one guy that's got a '66 Chevrolet truck, and it's got a 455 Pontiac in it. They love them Pontiac motors. If something's running, and it runs good, and you wreck it, you don't want to lose the engine and running gear, so you pull the motor and transmission out and you stick it in whatever else is a good body. It doesn't matter what it is. It could be a Ford, Chevrolet, Dodge, whatever. [Around here] you may raise the hood, you may find anything. It might be from a Cadillac to whatever—in a truck. We'll fabricate a motor mount in a minute. You know, throw a crossmember in, put a transmission mount on it, cut the driveshaft, and hook it together."
By The Numbers
1974 Pontiac LeMans
Tim Smith, 45, Chatham, VA
Type: Pontiac 350
Displacement: 365 ci (.060-over)
Block: factory, 1974 vintage
Bore & stroke: 3.935x3.75 inches
Compression ratio: 10:1
Rotating assembly: OEM cast-iron crank and rods, Sealed Power forged pistons
Cylinder heads: OEM cast iron, ported and polished by Taylor's Engines (Providence, NC)
Camshaft: COMP Cams hydraulic flat-tappet Thumpr; 235/249 degrees at .050, .490/.475-inch lift
Valvetrain: 2.11-/1.66-inch valves, 7⁄16-inch screw-in studs, COMP Cams valvesprings, COMP Cams 1.5 ratio aluminum roller rockers, stock pushrods
Intake manifold: Edelbrock Performer
Carburetor: Edelbrock 650-cfm Thunder Series
Exhaust: FlowTech 1.625-inch primary ceramic-coated long-tube headers, 3-inch collectors, 2.5-inch dual exhaust into Flowsound 2.5-inch mufflers and Trans Am dual tips
Oiling: Melling oil pump
Ignition: GM HEI
Cooling: stock water pump and radiator
Output: approx. 400 hp
Built by: Tim Smith
Transmission: factory Turbo 350 three-speed automatic
Torque converter: B&M Holeshot, 2,500-rpm stall speed
Rearend: factory 8.5-inch Positraction 10-bolt with 3.73 ring-and-pinion
Frame: factory perimeter frame A-body
Front suspension: factory radial-tuned suspension (RTS), double A-arm, new factory coil springs, factory antisway bar
Rear suspension: factory triangulated four-link radial-tuned suspension, new factory heavy-duty station wagon springs for hauling 'shine
Steering: factory recirculating-ball sector-gear steering box
Brakes: factory 11-inch discs and D-52 calipers, front; factory drums, rear
Wheels & Tires
Wheels: steel 15x8 Pontiac Rally wheels
Tires: Cooper Cobra; 225/70R15, front; 275/60R15, rear; 'cause not all roads are paved


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Give a Loosiana boy a reason to don his hip boots and strap on a headlight and you've got a happy camper. I recently got that opportunity through a contract with the Forest Service to do a salamander survey on three streams in the Cheoah District of the Nantahala National Forest. The three small headwater streams were Wolf Laurel, Sand Creek and Whiggs Branch.


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What is the expected length of the longest consecutive subsequence of a random permutation of the integers 1 to N? To be more precise we are looking for the longest string of consecutive integers in the permutation (disregarding where this string occurs). I believe the answer should be ~ c ln(n), but I have been unable to prove this.
Update: We are looking for the longest increasing subsequence. This is to say 9,1,5,2,7,3 has an increasing subsequence 1,2,3.


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April 20, 2013
Biggest Baddest Bucket List – Ceara McEvoy puts Cape Town on the map
She jets off to the UK on May 18 to test her skills and creativity to the limit against the other nine finalists, before the winner is announced on May 24. The prize is to travel the world for six months, visiting six continents, as well as US$50 000 at the end of the trip.
"The prize is life-changing, and it would be so amazing if the first-ever Biggest Baddest Bucket winner was from Cape Town," Ceara says.
Her entry was chosen from among 1 250 others, which featured 660 destinations.
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While still a few months away, the annual Forecastle Festival has announced its headlining act, and what an act it is.
This year, to celebrate Forecastle's 10th anniversary, the festival will be headlined by Louisville's own My Morning Jacket.
Billed as one of the "Top 15 festivals in the country" by Outside Magazine, Forecastle has grown from a small gathering of about 200 people in Tyler Park to hosting more than 30,000 people at Louisville's Waterfront Park. This year's event is expected to draw about 40,000 fans over the July 13-15 weekend.
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer led the announcement, saying "It (Forecastle) is a lot more than just putting bands on stages. These are wonderful, good moments for the city."
Unveiled Jan. 24 at a media event in The WFPK studios, J.K. McKnight, festival founder, said Forecastle was inspired by Louisville and Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed the city's park system. "He wanted the parks to showcase music and arts."
MMJ's frontman, Jim James, and drummer Patrick Hallahan were on hand during the announcement saying conversation about MMJ headlining started last fall, and that this was something the band has wanted to do for years.
"Our schedule had been full, but the stars and moon aligned for the 10th anniversary," said James. "This is something we've been trying to do for a long time, but our schedules never lined up and now they did, and we're very excited,"
McKnight said MMJ was important to Forecastle, with its original lineup being local.
"This is something everyone in the city asked me about and wanted to happen for years. This is a band that understands the importance of local music," McKnight said before introducing MMJ's James and Hallahan.
This year's Forecastle will be "collaborative," with MMJ consulting with festival organizers on every aspect of the show from its lights, sounds, audience experience as well as chartable aspects.
With its latest album, "Circutial," MMJ has been featured on The Late Show With David Letterman and Light Night with Jimmy Fallon in addition to playing sold out shows across the country.
The festival's full lineup won't be unveiled for another 4-6 weeks, and a limited number of advance tickets will go on sale Jan. 27 at noon for $100.
Regular tickets and day passes will go on sale at a later date, and will range from $100-$159. This year the festival will offer a special VIP package, which includes a three-day pass, special VIP entrance and viewing area, private bars, bathrooms and food vendors. This package is $350, and all sales are final.
New this year, there will also be separately ticketed late night events on The Belle of Louisville as well as the newly-renovated Ice House. In all, more than 75 acts are expected to perform at this year's event.
Forecastle, which started in 2002, is a three-day festival featuring music, artists and both environmental and outdoor recreational organizations. Last year, Forecastle entered into a partnership with AC Entertainment. The group that promotes and organizes the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, Moogfest and more than 750 concerts and events throughout the country.
Forecastle began as a small venture for local artists to perform at Louisville's Tyler Park and quickly outgrew its digs with attendance more than tripling. After moving to a larger park, Forecastle moved to Louisville's Waterfront Park in 2010.
For more information on Forecastle, and to purchase tickets, visit www.forecastlefest.com.
Contact writer Jim Hines at email@example.com.


text: Here is a fun tribal drawing that I think you guys will really like. I love drawing spiritual things especially different things from the Native American culture. I know I made a few paw tutorials before, but I never did a tribal version. Here is my interpretation on "how to draw a tribal paw", step by step. I absolutely love how this drawing came out because it has that spiritual essence with the design and coloring. I really try to open my mind whenever I draw new tribal art because it is an important form of art that supposed to hold meaning. You can really tell the difference between tribal designs that are thought out, and tribal designs that are just thrown together. In the beginning drawing tribal patterns was confusing and difficult, but now I have the knack for it, and I love it wholeheartedly. I think you will enjoy this tutorial because you can either use it as an artistic peace to alter, or you can just draw your tribal paw to use for you're next inking design. As for me, I will be back with some more fun stuff for you guys to do. Adios mi amigos!


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Linda A. (Bennett) Bolles, 68, of Greenwood, formerly Lincoln, died Nov. 18, 2013 at her home. She was born on April 29, 1945 in Nebraska City to Henry and Anna Sedona (Kleineweber) Bennett. She graduated from Dunbar High School in 1963. She married Darrell Werner Bolles in June of 1963.
She became disabled at the age of 19 as the result of an auto accident. Linda was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
She is survived by daughter Tammy Bolles of Lincoln; grandchildren Austin Bolles and Jamel Bolles; siblings Dennis Bennett and wife Loretta of Catawissa, Mo., Ilene Kier of Greenwood, Johny Bennett and wife Betty of Syracuse, and Gary Bennett and wife June of Nehawka; many nieces and nephews; other family and friends.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 22, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Nebraska City. Burial will follow at Wyuka Cemetery in Nebraska City.
The family will greet friends from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 21, at Gude Mortuary in Nebraska City and from 10-10:45 a.m. on Friday at the church.
Memorials may be given to the family.
Remembrances may be left at www.gudefuneralhomes.com.
Gude Mortuary, Nebraska City, is in charge of arrangements.
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Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 provides users with several new features that improve managing and scheduling jobs on the cluster. The progress of jobs can now be seen easily seen in the Scheduler interface, and tasks can provide custom messages about their progress. The Scheduler also provides detailed troubleshooting information about tasks, allowing admins to quickly see the status of a job and drill down to discover the reasons for any failures. Finally, service balanced scheduling allows HPC Server 2008 to start services as quickly as possible, giving interactive tasks such as SOA jobs fast response time. Watch this video to learn how the new features in the Scheduler make your cluster both more productive and easier to manage.
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SEATTLE — The announcement Monday of an agreement by a Seattle group to purchase the Sacramento Kings made the NBA's return to this city as close as it has been since the Sonics left in 2008.
But while there was a celebratory feel in the statements from those involved in the sale, as well as city and county officials, there was also caution that a few significant hurdles remain.
"It's exciting news for Seattle and for Sonics fans," said Mayor Mike McGinn. "It's a big day. But there is more work to be done."
Specifically, the sale of the team from the Maloof family to the Seattle group led by Chris Hansen and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer still must be approved in April by the NBA Board of Governors , which could also hear a counteroffer from Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson. Johnson is attempting to put an ownership group together to keep the team in Sacramento. To relocate, the team must file notice to do so by March 1. Also, an environmental-impact study on the proposed new arena must be completed, and there are two lawsuits attempting to block the arena.
McGinn, though, sounded confident none of that would get in the way of the eventual return of the NBA, saying, "All major projects go through this, and you deal with the issues as they come up."
And if the final hoops are cleared, the team could begin playing again in Seattle next fall, spending two seasons at KeyArena while a new arena in the Sodo District is built.
Official confirmation of the sale, which had been rumored for almost two weeks, came Monday morning in a series of statements from Hansen, the Maloofs and the NBA. Varying reports stated that Hansen bought a 65 percent share of the team, with the team valued at $525 million. That would put the Hansen group's purchase at roughly $340 million.
"We are happy to announce that we have entered into a binding agreement with the Maloofs to purchase a controlling interest in the Sacramento Kings NBA franchise," read the statement from Hansen. "The sale is obviously subject to approval by the NBA Board of Governors, and we look forward to working with the league in the coming months to consummate the transaction."
The Maloof family has held controlling interest in the team since 1998, and since 2006 has attempted to get a new arena in Sacramento or move the team. But with those efforts stymied, and with the family running into financial issues, it recently decided to sell the team.
"We have always appreciated and treasured our ownership of the Kings and have had a great admiration for the fans and our team members. We would also like to thank Chris Hansen for his professionalism during our negotiation. Chris will be a great steward for the franchise," said Gavin Maloof, Kings co-owner speaking on behalf of the Maloof family, in a statement.
The sale would include a 53 percent share held by the current controlling owners of the Kings, the Maloofs, and 12 percent held by minority owner Bob Hernreich. Hansen's group and the Maloofs have been negotiating for several weeks.
The NBA also released a statement: "The NBA received an executed purchase and sale agreement for the transfer of a controlling interest in the Sacramento Kings from the Maloof family to an investor group led by Christopher Hansen. The proposed transaction is subject to the approval of the NBA Board of Governors and has been referred to the board's committee process for review."
Sacramento Mayor Johnson, meanwhile, said he will continue to fight for the team.
In a statement Sunday night, Johnson said: "When it comes to keeping the team in our community, Sacramento is playing to win. In particular, we have been focused like a laser on identifying an ownership group that will both have the financial resources desired by the NBA and the vision to make the Kings the NBA equivalent of what the Green Bay Packers have been in the NFL."
Johnson is thought likely to unveil details of a new ownership group that could match the Seattle offer and also build an arena in Sacramento that could allow the team to stay where it has played since 1985. Johnson, a three-time NBA all-star, said last week he has received approval from the NBA to present his counteroffer at the Board of Governors meeting, and NBA Commissioner David Stern has confirmed Johnson will get that opportunity. Johnson will be hoping to repeat what he did in 2011, when he was able to help convince the NBA not to let the Maloofs relocate the team to Anaheim, Calif.
Many national NBA analysts, though, portrayed those efforts as a longshot.
"Nothing is done until the vote is done," said Paul Swangard, managing director of the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center at the University of Oregon. "But I think this has been a very good and open process, and I don't think anybody is going to find any huge surprises underneath the hood of the structure of the deal. It looks very much like Seattle is going to get what it wanted when the Sonics left, which is the Sonics coming back."
Yahoo.com also reported that NBA approval would be "a formality" and that the team would play in KeyArena beginning next season.
Hansen said in his statement he couldn't go into much more detail.
"While we are not at liberty to discuss the terms of the transaction or our plans for the franchise given the confidential nature of the agreement and NBA regulations regarding public comments during a pending transaction, we would just like to extend our sincerest compliments and gratitude toward the Maloof family," the statement read. "Our negotiations with the family were handled with the utmost honor and professionalism and we hope to continue their legacy and be great stewards of this NBA franchise in the coming years and decades."
ESPN.com reported that other NBA teams were "formally notified Sunday night of the deal."
ESPN.com also reported that Hansen's group will give the Maloofs a nonrefundable deposit of $30 million by Feb. 1. The remaining 35 percent of the team is owned by minority shareholders. It is not known whether any of those minority shareholders would sell to Hansen's group.
An investment group led by Hansen finalized a deal with Seattle and King County in October to build a $490 million sports and entertainment venue in the Sodo neighborhood with $200 million in public money to be repaid through revenue generated by the facility.
Seattle has been without an NBA team since 2008, when the Sonics were relocated to Oklahoma City by new owner Clay Bennett.
Hansen has spent the past year laying the groundwork for an arena deal and attempting to buy a team to move to Seattle. He has said the team would again be named the SuperSonics.
The Kings are currently 16-26 with a roster that includes two area players — Isaiah Thomas, a former Washington guard and Curtis High School of University Place star, and Aaron Brooks of Franklin High in Seattle.
The Kings have played in Sacramento since moving from Kansas City in 1985. The franchise dates to 1945, having begun play in Rochester, N.Y., and later moving to Cincinnati and then Kansas City, when it also played a few games in Omaha.
Swangard noted that few franchises in the history of North American sports have moved as often.
"You just hope the final chapter is being written," he said. "That it kept moving because it is searching for the right home and Seattle was there at the end of the trail for them."


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I like scrambled and fried eggs but the butter or oil probably add unnecessary calories. How can I fry an egg with no butter? I tried in a Teflon pan but it was a mess.
Well, frying means to cook in oil, so technically you can't. Fat also is delicious, so you'll lose something in the process besides just calories.
If you are using teflon, ceramic, or some other non-stick, don't bring the heat up too much. Scrambling your eggs with milk will make them more fluffy, and I bet less likely to stick. Use (sigh) PAM or another aerosolized cooking spray. Or just 'wipe' the pan with an oiled paper towel. It would impart minimal calories.
It's sad, but microwaving eggs will cook them without adding calories (or anything else). You can also make absolutely delicious eggs by soft-boiling them, which adds nothing at all.
My more general advice is to learn to love a little fat and to consume a variety of fresh, unprocessed foods which taste great. It's much healthier in the long run than just cutting away at a number. Better to go for some walks/runs/lifts then sacrifice flavor. And fat leads to fullness, which leads to less wasted calories on junk later in the day.
Poached eggs are a good healthy alternative to a fried egg. In my opinion they are nicer than fried eggs but they must be cooked with fresh eggs.
You can use a non-stick cooking spray like PAM. It's canola oil based, but if used properly in a very brief spray you'll only be adding about 3-5 calories to your egg.
Scrambed eggs can be done in the microwave and they can taste good. The important part below is to cook the eggs in the microwave for a short time, then take them out, stir/mash and put them back in.
It's also important to remove the eggs before they look done. And keep watching them while they microwave! Eggs can overcook so quickly.
Frankly, it's just so much easier to do them in a pan.
You can get round the issue of the oil by just using a small amount of water in the frying pan instead, not so much frying as shallow boiling. You will still end up with the fried egg look but without any of the added calories.
Not that I would recommend this as the oil or butter add to the flavour and look of the fried egg.
Just thought of an idea that might be interesting if you really wanted a scrambled egg, and didn't want to worry about scrambling. What if you "scrambled" the egg, while still inside the shell, would that even work? Well a bit of googling brought me to an instructables page detailing exactly that.
So apparently, you can! Summary:
I don't recommend it, in fact I recommend frying eggs in a little bacon grease, but if you want the eggs with almost no added fats consider getting a microwave egg cooker. For example, this well regarded microwave egg cooker listed on Amazon. It will probably need at least a few drops of oil to release the eggs. (Technically closer to poaching than frying.)
I have a microwave container that closes and makes it very easy to cook eggs with no oil. I got it from walmart(like 3.50) and i use it daily. you can add in tomato lean chopped up bits of turkey(for sandwitches) and onion for an omelet on bread. just add a little whipped salad dressing and presto 8)
I have been cutting down on oil and butter as well, and have discovered a method for making the eggs tasty in the process: Dissolve a bullion cube in the egg and then fry per usual. I found it is best to keep stirring the eggs (I.E. scramble them) and to not preheat the pan.
Use olive-oil spray (or some other PAM imitation) in a non-stick pan. For scambled eggs, stir frequently. For both kinds of eggs, the key is to spray the pan while it's hot and then immediately add your eggs before the spray burns away.
It's not as good as oil, but it will work.
Splurge on a small top-shelf non-stick pan. You can cook eggs with no fat at all, and nothing will stick.
Rex Stout (author of the Nero Wolfe novels) has a scrambled egg recipe with no butter or oil, where six eggs are stirred in a skillet from 20 to 40 minutes.
I've used this recipe a number of times and I can say that it although it took some time to get right, the end results are...almost worth it. The key thing to get right is temperature. On a gas hob, you need the smallest ring on the lowest heat and even then you may need an asbestos pad in-between the flame and the skillet. On an electric hob you mileage will vary; I've had electric hobs where you can turn down the heat so low that you can't even cook an egg and still others where you will once again need an asbestos pad.
The next thing is to stir slowly and often. You will need to sit there for the whole cooking period scraping the bottom of the skillet with a spatula. I recommend using a non-stick skillet and a heat-resistent, silicone rubber spatula. I stir about once every five seconds.
Rex himself says that 20 minute eggs are good enough to eat and 40 minute eggs are close to perfect.
Chef Daniel Patterson uses a poaching technique to make scrambled eggs:
I'd recommend this egg cooker from Lakeland. I've used mine every morning to cook 12 eggs and it saves messing around with pans full of boiling water. It can only do 7 at a time though and it's vicious because of the steam.
Fry the eggs into a very hot dry pan, turn off the heat with the pan still on, cover and wait a while. Then take the cover off and you will be able to pry the somewhat wet, but fried, eggs off using a decent spatula, with little to no egg stuck on the pan.
Here's what I think is happening.
The initial burst of heat provides a sufficiently high temperature to allow browning to occur, which characterises a fried egg and not a boiled or poached one. Later, the lid will trap moisture which will gradually soften the egg that has dried to the pan. As the pan cools, the egg will shrink slightly. At the same time, condensation will accumulate between the egg and the pan, allowing the egg to be pried off more easily, or in some cases slide around completely freely.
I could be wrong on the explanation, but the method works wonders for me.
I "fry" my eggs on a "dry grill" meaning in my ceramic pan with no oils or butter. On low heat and a lid, they come out just as tasty as the regular way.
I actually cook my eggs in a frying pan without any oils or butter at all. I just crack an egg into the frying pan (it has Teflon, but I think it would work in a regular pan too) and turn it on medium-low heat. After a few minutes the egg will start puffing up, and it might "pop" a few bubbles. When one or 2 millimeters of the edge of the egg gets dark brown (the rest will stay white) you take a big shallow spoon or spatula (metal, plastic and silicone all work, metal is best) and lightly go around the edge of the egg to sort of lift it off the pan. Not the whole egg, just a bit of the edge. Go around the whole edge of the egg, then wait a little longer and carefully push your spoon/spatula all the way under the egg and flip it over. If you're using a plastic or silicon spoon/spatula you might need to use two so that you can pick it up without it breaking. If you want the yolk to be fully cooked, at right after you crack the egg you should poke a little hole in the yolk and squish it a bit so that some of the yolk spills out over the white. This is my favourite way of cooking eggs, and you don't get the extra calories from butter or oil. I hope you like it too!
I just fried an egg and used a little spray butter on the pan...it is zero calorie and worked great and tasted good, too.


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