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Fantasy Art Woman | Beginning
24 x 48 oil on canvas
"I search for Klimt!" the artist in me spoke spoke boldly .
"Ahhh, then we must start at the Beginning!" said the Wind.
Pulling out oils, my canvas, poems and stories from an old wooden case, turquoise, silver leaf and jewels thrust past the lid and met the open sky.
And so I did.
Beginning is the first oil painting I did in my quest for the passions of Gustav Klimt. I wanted my fantasy art of exotic women to be full of energy and determination. Searching out the exotic meant that I would be on my way to distant foreign lands. I would see birds not normally encountered, and perhaps I would come across a magic swan or two! To search for Klimt meant that I must know emotion well and not to be afraid of what those emotions might tell me, secrets thus far unknown to science.
I start my fantasy art woman paintings with music, usually Enigma, Dead Can Dance or something from Loreena McKennitt. Music fills the air and helps me to open my heart. Music lifts into space and forms tiny beads of light and energy that feels just like a rainbow. The fantasy inside of me begins. It feels like a daydream, a magical adventure that I must pursue to discover it's intentions. It is a dance and I become covered with all the colors seen in my oil paintings and on my palette. My imagining becomes so real that sometimes I can hear the angels breathing and feel a light breeze from the fluttering of their wings.
It isn't the realism of the brushstroke on watercolor paper or canvas that I capture in this series that makes it come alive to me, it is something less tangible than a rendering. It is that warm glow of peace you feel when smelling the air after a rain. It is the tenderness of seeing a mother with a new born infant and the wonderment of the life ahead of its fresh beginning. It is seeing the vastness of a mountain range and the curiosity that builds as you wonder what lies within its boundaries. It is every magical thing you dream of and hope to know intimately. Have you ever met an accomplishment you thought you couldn't, then stood back and wondered where the energy came from? Like lace and whispers I say, "Did I do that, did this come from me alone?" Sometimes feeling startled by the women and their presence, something is imported from another time in space and captures me. I pause from the dance, the fantasy art woman inside of me stands still to focus my eyes and I see life. I breathe in the art of the exotic women I paint. My journey begins. Beautiful women goddess art is a wonderful dance waiting to surface anytime I decide to call its name.
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This air plane just caught my eye. Two contrails apparently are flowing backward, slightly off-centered and then ultimately converge, giving the overall shape of a very narrow rhomboid parallelogram, with one diagonal being on the order of about four plane-width's.
Please explain what I am seeing here as detailed as possible.
Some of you may even know what class of plane this may be and thus infer the scales involved, to give some hints of the scale of the contrail under investigation?
I looked up other pictures, and if I am not mistaken, most contrails are slightly angled outward. Is this by design or due to expansion and convection of the gases involved? Can someone confirm this?
I did observe the described contrail-shape, with quite some consistency, over varying angles of ascension and declination.
I have never heard of conspiracies regarding contrails (e.g. chemtrails) until after writing this post. It shows that good, hard explanations for atmospheric contrail phenomena are in demand.
Given the right circumstances (large distances) some apparent contrail convergence can be attributed to perspective alone.
Contrail Science (impressive resource, which I just peeked at so far)
Contrails - clouds (ppt)
- http://www.epa.gov/oms/aviation.htm
- http://www-pm.larc.nasa.gov/newcontrail.html
- http://www.epa.gov/oar/oap.html
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The Me Too Cloud-- by Ayalla Goldschmidt, Senior Director, Product Marketing, Fusion Middleware
By R A Sanyal on May 21, 2013
Why does everybody and their brother think they can get so easily into the Cloud business? "Build it and they will come" seems to be the prevailing mentality. That was the only possible conclusion from the couple of hours I spent at CloudConnect last month. I did my usual solution center tour. (As a marketing leader, I love checking out the competition and new cool ideas for marketing). But what captured my attention the most at this show, is that I really hadn't heard about many of the vendors out there. And I was betting myself that most customers at the show had the same reaction.
At a time where Cloud Computing has almost become synonymous with IT, I think it's a great opportunity to remind everyone that the fundamentals of IT haven't changed with Cloud Computing, they only become more significant. If you're looking to deliver applications that can withstand the pace of change, endure the demands of mobile access and meet the scale of Cloud, well, the list of vendors who live up to that PaaS challenge becomes strikingly short.
But don't just take it from me. Gartner analysts Massimo Pezzini and Andy Butler shared their perspective on what a Cloud Enabled Application Platform requires.
Source: Oracle 2012 Webcast, "The Road to a Cloud-Enabled, Infinitely Elastic Application Infrastructure" featuring Gartner Analysts Massimo Pezzini and Andy Butler.
Support for Hybrid Cloud - having the flexibility to share data across Private and Public Clouds in a Hybrid Cloud model allows you to enjoy the best of both worlds. It allows you to set your desired design points around security, quality of service, IT skills and cost model (CAPEX/OPEX)
Mission Critical Support - There is a critical need for reliability, availability, performance and scalability in these platforms, because they need to support hundreds of thousands or even millions of users and in some cases with fluctuating demand.
Unified Management & Monitoring - are critical for simplifying IT. A Cloud Platform should provide a single pane of glass to view your entire Cloud infrastructure.
Out of the box Integration- Your platform should be factory-integrated
and factory-tested, it should be able to get you up and running very quickly.
To learn more about Cloud Enabled Application Platforms, listen to this Gartner Webcast
Oracle Cloud Application Foundation is a platform designed to meet these very needs. With this platform our customers are now ready to make the move to Cloud:
- It offers choice to develop applications on Oracle Cloud, our Public Cloud offering or on premise in a Private Cloud, and because both are based on our industry leading application server, WebLogic Server, you can create your desired Hybrid model.
- Products like WebLogic Server, Tuxedo and Coherence have been proven through thousands of customer implementations around the world. They set the benchmark of High Availability, density and performance.
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The backstory is that the normal Intel GPU drivers don't do the various OpenGL extensions that my hobby coding and some games want. So I have to install xorg-edgers and then its happy. However, last Wednesday or so there was an update to xorg-edgers - lots of packages - and it broke badly; the drivers lock up and take the whole computer with them; hard reset required.
So how can you downgrade - select package versions in a PPA that represent a point in the past, ignoring versions newer than that?


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All desktop or laptop owners have been there.
The nice, new, peppy computer that once whizzed through programs at ease begins to chug. And chug and chug and chug to a painstakingly slow crawl.
Before you direct obscenities just at your computer, be sure to thank spyware, viruses and Internet scams as well, as they are the likely culprits that turned your beautiful machine into an expensive paperweight.
Spyware creeps onto your system and collects private information and alters the way some of your programs function. Some popular tactics of spyware are to monitor Internet surfing habits, redirect browser pages and install additional software, usually without the consent of the user. These tricky lines of code get executed when a user installs a legit program and the spyware is piggybacked and also installed in the background. Another way to receive spyware is to click on deceitful pop-up advertisements or fake alert messages or download an Internet browser add-on.
Fact Box
There's one Web site out there every computer owner should know:
It's the home of US-CERT.
According to information from the organization, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) is a partnership between the Department of Homeland Security and the public and private sectors.
Established in 2003 to protect the nation's Internet infrastructure, US-CERT coordinates defense against and responses to cyber attacks across the nation.
The Web site is a treasure trove of information for the technical and non-technical computer user interested in safe computing.
Recent vulnerabilities in software are listed, so swift action can be taken. Announcements and technical papers are released nearly every day. Current news on software upgrades and patches are discussed in detail.
For the non-techie, downloadable publication titles range from "Home Network Security" and "Protect Your Workplace" all the way to "Virus Basics."
For those more in the geek set, topics include titles like, "Intercepting proxy servers may incorrectly rely on HTTP headers to make connections" and "Rockwell Automation ControlLogix 1756-ENBT/A EtherNet/IP Bridge cross-site scripting vulnerability."
While the technical jargon can be overwhelming, it's good to know folks are running radar on the information superhighway.
US-CERT, located near Washington DC, is the operational arm of the National Cyber Security Division at the Department of Homeland Security. It is a public-private partnership.
A virus works in similar fashion as a piggybacked spyware piece of code. Commonly, a virus can be opened by an infected e-mail attachment that poses as a Trojan horse. It pretends to be one type of file when, really, it is not. So, that great picture of Anna Kournikova in your e-mail attachment might turn out to be a virus in disguise. The viruses can be attached and hidden in many different styles of files. Once installed, the virus can replicate itself and spread through e-mail contacts or other means to infect other people's computers.
Defeating Spyware and Viruses
Luckily, there's a way to combat these types of privacy-invasion programs. Popular commercial programs in Norton Anti-virus from Symantec and McAfee VirusScan Plus are available online and at most computer retailers. Both software packages include various protection methods against spyware and viruses and cost about $40 at the brick-and-mortar stores.
Another helpful alternative is AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition. The company has been in the computer protection business since 1991. The free version of its product offers many helpful features, like its paid counterparts. Although not as inclusive as the paid versions, it does offer a solid foundation against the threats of spyware and viruses at a price that can't be beat.
Microsoft Security Essentials is also a free product and highly recommended. It offers protection and monitors your system for threats. Search Microsoft's site for more details.
But a great idea is to download a trio of programs that can work together in protecting your computer or clearing out any problems already there. Along with the AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition, a computer owner can download Ad-Aware Free by Lavasoft. As its name implies, Ad-Aware is a free spyware protection program. The free version can protect, detect and remove most malicious programs from your computer. Along with the two freebies, Spybot - Search & Destroy offers another powerful defender against spyware. Working in conjunction with the other free programs, a computer user should have a great line of defense against spyware and viruses.
The best way to prevent any spyware or viruses from infecting your computer is to install these programs - paid or free - on your system as soon as possible. Just after you first set up your desktop or laptop and before you connect to the Internet, install an anti-virus/spyware program. Once you're connected to the InterWebs, update your virus scanner or adware scanner. That way, you'll be protected against the latest types of malware.
There's one thing that is better than any paid or free anti-virus or spyware program on the market. The best line of defense against any malicious codes, viruses, spyware, worms or Trojan horses begins with you - the computer user - being a savvy Internet surfer.
Avoid going to non-commercial sites or web pages that you do not know much about. In the same line, staying clear of sites with questionable content would very greatly help your chances of keeping a clean computer. Peer-to-peer file sharing and explicit content web pages are more likely to contain a malicious code that can harm your computer.
Another helpful tip would be to not click disguised pop-up ads. Just because what appears to be a window pops-up on your screen, it doesn't automatically justify a click. Be familiar with what your anti-virus programs look like and know when they are running. Some sites like to fool a computer user with masked virus protection alerts. Don't fall for the trick.
Most e-mail programs like Outlook and online web mail sites already offer a built-in protection scheme to help combat against bad file attachments. At the same time, you are likely not the lucky recipient of a $1 million inheritance from a Nigerian prince. If you get a non-expectant e-mail from your "bank" it's better to pick up a phone and call in and inquire about the message. A handy bookmark to visit at least weekly is the FBI Cyber Investigations page.
The last savvy step would be to update. Update Windows, update Mac OSX, update your virus scanner, update your spyware program and update your Internet browser. The way viruses and other malicious content take advantage of your system is finding holes or security breaches. If you have the most up-to-date software package, it makes it a lot harder to infect a computer. Designate an "update day" and even if you have programs on auto-update, at least manually check their progress weekly.
It's a great feeling to first open up a new computer and have it run smoothly. So try to keep that feeling and keep that computer status. Being a smart Internet user and protecting yourself with helpful programs can help keep that computer running as nicely as the first day you bought it.
(Michael D. McElwain is a technology writer and can be reached on Twitter via @mdmcelwain or at his firstname.lastname@example.com e-mail address.)


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I have imported a VM into an ESXi server using the VMware "Converter stand alone utility". However, this process is a little tedious. Since I eventually want several copies of this VM (or, to be more accurate, several more-or-less identical instances of this VM) to be running at the same time, is there a way to clone the already imported VM? Or do I have to re-import for each instance I want?
No need to use the converter to clone a VM.
Simply browse to the datastore:
Actually it's easier to just goto the host machine in VIC under summary tab and browse the datastore. Then create a folder for the new vm, copy the vmdk file from your source vm by copy and paste within the datastore browser and then create a custom VM for the new vmdk file. Make sure your VM and folder names match and it takes 1/10th of the time to do.
Example for me was:
7gig VM:
I made copies of 17 VM's in Under 20 mins which saved a ton of time from converter.
You need console (or SSH) access to the ESXi server, and then you can copy your VMs around using standard UNIX commands (cp).
To get console access:
Now you are at the server's command prompt; if you want to enable SSH access, edit /etc/inetd.conf and remove che comment symbol ("#") from the SSH line.
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My conclusion: just use the Converter repeatedly.
Thanks all for the ideas.
(Update, much later: here are the details for how to create a copy of a VM without running the converter repeatedly.)
There is a "ghetto-esx-linked-clones" script that will make Linked Clones rather than full clones. Linked clones are great for VMs that you intend to use for short-term testing, since the clones only store differences relative to the original VM. Running this script requires enabling SSH access to the ESXi host.
Leon Roy's advice worked for me. But I think there is something to consider: vmdk-files stored directly in the directory of the vm are linked with a relative path to the vmx-file whereas vmdks that are stored outside this directory are linked with an absolute path. So if one of the vmdks used by the VM is not situated in the same directory as the VM itself, you have to change the fileName value for that file in the vmx-file before re-adding it to the inventory. Otherwise, if you add the copied VM, it would use the original not the copy of the vmdk.
Using the converter was the most consistent approach to this solution. Manually copying files in ESX-i was easy, but takes the same amount of time as using the converter, and does not always let you add the .vmx file to the inventory (it can be grayed out). Keep this information list up; it's old, but it helped me :-)
Unless I'm sorely mistaken, you should be able to run the Virtual Infrastructure Client, connect to your ESXi server, right click on any stopped virtual machine and choose "Clone" which will duplicate the existing VM into another VM.
From memory the vCentre Server ( vmware.com/products/vi/vc/features.html ) will let you convert a machine into a template and then deploy multiple copies of that template into virtual machines. I believe there is a 60 day trial available ( vmware.com/tryvmware/index.php?p=vsphere&lp=1 ).


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Wireless adapter options for HTPC
I just bought an older computer to use as an HTPC, but overlooked the fact that WLAN has not always been standard. So I'm going to have to add it myself. I was planning to get a USB adapter, but I don't necessarily want to sacrifice performance for mobility or ease of installation. It seems like the USB adapaters are generally less expensive than the PCI adapters, too. What should I go with?
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Buy from Newegg.com, they're within a few dollars of each other. I've never used a USB adapter, though, always PCI. But I also haven't seen anything which suggests using one or the other causes a significant drain in performance.
Also, USB adapters typically don't work with Netstumbler.
@rlapid2112: Depends on the adapter. I used to have ones that were nice, with killer antennas, and used Netstumbler (and other tools) with that laptop. They were Netgear devices, and were not small. The cable was long enough that you could set the device up on a ledge, while working on the laptop, to get better signal.
Gosh, I haven't missed working in ages, and I actually just had a pang of nostalgia for the bad old days. Interesting.
I used to disable the builtin wireless in the laptop and use the USB one by preference. Wonder if they still make those?
@shrdlu: I actually have 2 Aironet 802.11b PCMCIA cards; these cards were pre-Cisco. Only 11mb/s, but excellent signal-to-noise & reception capabilities.
@rlapid2112: This item is what I had:
Note that I do NOT recommend this currently. It is woefully out of date. Still, I loved that antenna. First available on Amazon in 2003 (which is forever, in the networking world).
@shrdlu: But, it is still for sale!
Here is the card I was speaking of (pictured in a PCI card mount):
and here is the AP I used (I got them in a pre-sales kit in 1999):


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Denote $F_2$ the free non-abelian group on two letters $a, b$.
Note that any element in $F_2$ is just a word formed by letters from the set $\{a,b,a^{-1},b^{-1}\}$, and the group structure is given by word concatenation, i.e., $(aba^{-1})(a^2b)=abab$.
I want to prove that:
For any $\{x_g\}_{g\in F_2}\in \mathbb{C}$ with $\sum_{g\in F_2}|x_g|^2=1$, we have $|\sum_{g\in F_2}x_g\overline{x_{ag}}|^2$ or $|\sum_{g\in F_2}x_g\overline{x_{bg}}|^2\leq \frac{1}{2}$.
Here, $ag$ ( or $bg$ ) denote the concatenation of $a, g$ ( or $b, g$ )in $F_2$, and $\overline{x_g}$ is the usual conjugation of complex numbers.
Could anyone help prove this or give a counterexample?
Here are some simple observations:
Denote $S=support(x)=\{g\in F_2|x_g\neq 0\}$, and note that we have a disjoint union (or partition) $$F_2=\{e\}\cup S_a\cup S_{a^{-1}}\cup S_b\cup S_{b^{-1}}$$
where $e$ denotes the empty word in $F_2$, $S_a$ denotes the subset of all words (in reduced form) in $F_2$ that start with letter $a$, $S_{a^{-1}}, S_b, S_{b^{-1}}$ are defined similarly.
Then, suppose $aS\cap bS=\emptyset$, then it is clear
$$|\sum_{g\in F_2}x_g\overline{x_{ag}}|^2\leq (\sum_{g\in F_2}|x_g|^2)(\sum_{g\in F_2}|x_{ag}|^2)\leq \sum_{g\in F_2}|x_{ag}|^2= \sum_{g\in aS}|x_g|^2 $$
$$|\sum_{g\in F_2}x_g\overline{x_{bg}}|^2\leq (\sum_{g\in F_2}|x_g|^2)(\sum_{g\in F_2}|x_{bg}|^2)\leq \sum_{g\in F_2}|x_{bg}|^2= \sum_{g\in bS}|x_g|^2 $$
since $aS\cap bS=\emptyset$, $\sum_{g\in aS}|x_g|^2 +\sum_{g\in bS}|x_g|^2\leq \sum_{g\in F_2}|x_g|^2=1$, so the claim holds.
Note that if $S\subset S_a\cup S_b\cup\{e\}$, then $aS\cap bS=\emptyset$ holds by considering the first letter is a word; but in general, $aS\cup bS\neq \emptyset$ can happen, for example, if $S\subset S_{a^{-1}}$, then $aS\cup bS\neq \emptyset$ iff $S$ contains some reduced words of the form $a^{-1}ba^{-1}t, a^{-1}t$. (Using the fact $a(a^{-1}ba^{-1}t)=b(a^{-1}t)$). Similarly, you can find a result when $S\subset S_{b^{-1}}$.
Based on the above simple observations, clearly, this problem involves very complicated stuff on combinatorics and inequality estimate, I get stuck in proving the general case, i.e., $S=support(x)$ is arbitrary set of $F_2$. So I believe if the claim holds in general, then there should be some advanced theory behind it that I do not know, perhaps group cohomology method etc.
Note also that the claim can be thought as a claim on the upper norm bound gap (since it is clear that both are no bigger than 1 by Cauchy-Schwarz inequality), so maybe some known rigidity result might be helpful to this problem, but still, I have no idea how to proceed the argument.


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I am wondering if the Samaritans observe the Sabbatical year differently than most the "Masoretic" Jews. If so, how?
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I realise that this won't fully answer your question, but until somebody with experience of Samaritans weighs in, I can tell you that both Jews and Samaritans determine the agricultural year from the seventh month and not the first. This means that, unlike various other festivals, Jews and Samaritans "celebrate" the Shemittah year at the same time, and celebrated the Yovel year at the same time too (when this was something that Jews actually celebrated). Unfortunately, I don't have anything to add about the means by which they do this, though it wouldn't be hard to figure out some differences. Many of the laws that pertain to the rabbinic observance of these festivals are marked deviations from the literal interpretation of scripture. They can be found for the most part in Tractate Shevi'it of the Mishna, and range from the rabbinic (interpretation of and) ban against eating that which grows naturally from the ground (ספיח) to Hillel the Elder's prozbul.
The very little that I am able to share about Samaritan practices during this time, I learnt from the following:
On p.74, he produces Samaritan texts from the 16th and 18th centuries to testify to their using the seventh month, like Jews do, instead of the first.


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Inspired by Magenomics, I have been scratching my head for ideas on Mage improvements for WoLK, this is what I came up with.
A New Mage Spell: Stitch in Time.
Inspired by Aeonus from Black Morass
Rank 1
It has 2 ranks, the lower one allows only Mages to move about during the 4 seconds. No casting allowed. Still 4 seconds should be enough to move out of the flame wreath etc…
Nothing is interrupted, spell casts are just caught in time, so if you have 1 second of the 3 second cast left before someone does the time stop, then you still have 1 second left.
Mob/Boss attacks aren't interrupted either, sure they are temporarily stopped, but the big swing is still coming. Of course the Mage may have run out of range by then.
Rank 2
The main difference here is that heals aren't stopped. So if the big cleave/AoE is coming from a boss, never fear, your healers have 4 seconds to bubble the tank (lol) heal the party and run.
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WACO (December 20, 2012)—Samuel Henry, Jr., was named Wednesday in an indictment that charges aggravated assault in connection with an October shooting that left a 7-month-old baby and another man injured.
Henry, 24, was arrested October 17 after a traffic stop for driving with an expired license and possession of crack cocaine and while in the McLennan County Jail was served with additional warrants charging aggravated assault and injury to a child.
Henry remained Thursday in the McLennan County Jail in lieu of bonds totaling $327,500 on multiple charges.
Wednesday's indictment relates to the Oct. 10 shooting that left Dmar E. Caufield on a ventilator and in very critical condition after surgery at McLane Children's Hospital Scott & White in Temple for a gunshot wound to the head and the baby's uncle, Craig Mays, 38, with shrapnel wounds to the arm.
The infant was flown to Scott & White early in the morning on Oct. 10 after he was shot in the head when somebody fired repeatedly at the house in which he was sleeping at 1609 North 18th St. in Waco.
Information about his condition is not being released, but police confirmed that he is still alive.
Officers who responded to the shooting at around 2 a.m. on Oct. 10 found the infant's mother standing in the front yard of the home with the badly injured baby in her arms.
Because of the severity of the infant's gunshot wound, officers immediately loaded mother and child into a patrol car and took them to Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center.
The baby was then flown to Scott & White.
Mays, who was also asleep inside the house at the time of the shooting, was taken by private vehicle to Hillcrest where he was treated and later released.
Six people including Mays, the infant, the infant's mother and father, and two other children ages, 6 and 10, were in the home at the time of the shooting
"Witnesses described being awakened by gunfire into the home and then discovered the baby and Mays had been shot," Swanton said.
"They did not see anyone nor were vehicles observed at the time of the shooting," he said.
Investigators found at least three bullet holes in the house.


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When I got to the end of act 3 in nightmare, I had ~7500 life and ~1100 damage. At this point I started dying constantly, I mean like every yellow or blue monster pull meant at least 5 consecutive deaths. I was wearing the best gear I had found, so I decided to check the auction house for the first time to spend some of this cash I had saved up.
About 35K later I was at ~10,000 life and ~2700 damage. Things got much easier. Now I'm back in the same boat with dying all the time and I was wondering what the par is for each act and difficulty.
I am a 54 monk and I run around with lightning fists as a spirit generator (extra spirit on crit) and tail kick (stun) as the spender. I use the heal spell (extra healing), dodge mantra, auqa companion and aoe aura (extended range). I have 2 one handers and stack only dex and a little vitality in gear so far.


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I am looking for good graduate linear algebra books that contain practice problems with solutions (which is better) or hints to solve the problems. By the way, two graduate courses I am gonna take are a continuation of the undergrad course I have already taken based on the textbook: "Linear Algebra: A modern Approach" by "D.Poole". I did find some textbooks that cover the material, like: "Linear Algebra done right", "Linear Algebra done wrong", etc and some of these books suggest few problems without given solutions. So, I need books with many solved problems (or hints) that help me to practice what I will learn in the lecture and to ensure I well understand the material. Any suggestion is more than welcome. Thanks
There's a book by Jonathan Golan called The Linear Algebra a Beginning Graduate Student Ought to Know. I would take look at that. It has tons of pretty good problems.
In Berkeley Problems in Mathematics book, there are a lot of problems with solutions of Linear Algebra as well as Analysis and Algebra. The problems are taken from Preliminary Exams of UC Berkeley.
I would like to recommend "Linear algebra: challenging problems for students" by Fuzhen Zhang
In addition to the Halmos book already mentioned, which is indeed excellent, there are several other problem books/solution manuals for theoretical linear algebra:
Also, I would find it somewhat surprising if you couldn't find solutions to many of Axler's problems on-line.
One very good sources of problems/solutions that I neglected to mention is UC Denver's archive of past Applied Linear Algebra qualifying exams (with solutions) found here: Qualifying Exams. Don't be misled by the adjective "applied"; these problems are theoretical in nature and a similar to those found in Axler (though perhaps a little more demanding, but not by much)
the Halmos book and Blythe's book are good reference but it is elementary book in linear algebra.I suggest you Linear Algebra by Stephen H. Friedberg or Problems and Theorems in Linear Algebra by V. V. Prasolov
Linear Algebra Done Right is a key text at Harvard, MIT, and Berkeley. So, despite some attitude issues (starting with the title) it might be worthwhile to give it your fullest consideration.
Here is a link to course materials generously made available at MIT which has all you need, including a set of great lecture beamers.
My favorite linear algebra book is "Linear Algebra" by Hoffman and Kunze. I absolutely love it, and recommend it.


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I'm a fairly new user of Android and i'm annoyed by the fact that almost all apps lack a "close" button.
Is there any reason why developers don't make such an option?
The major mobile touch screen operating systems (iOS, Windows Phone 7, Android) don't trouble the user with "closing" applications in the way that desktop applications do. This simplifies the experience, making applications appear seamlessly built into the operating system.
Typically, applications on these operating systems will "pause" when the user returns to another application or the home screen, using no CPU time but remaining "asleep" in memory. If the current application needs more memory, the operating system closes down the least used application, freeing up memory that can be used by the foreground application.
The answer is: you simply don't need to close applications manually on modern mobile operating systems.
Closing iPhone applications from within the app itself goes against Apple guidelines, so most developers would not take this route for fear of the app being rejected from the App store. Quitting from within the app "looks like a crash to the user." (Apple's words, not mine).
There's a question on StackOverflow about this issue.
Personally, if I were to develop an Android app I wouldn't include a close button either. As others previously mentioned, it's too easy to accidentally hit the close button inadvertently.
What I would do, is include a close/quit command as an option that comes up when the user hits the Menu button. It just feels like it should be a menu option instead of a UI element IMO anyhow.
I think it's important to include a close/quit function in an app to try and save on battery life and increase available memory for other apps that the user is actually using.
Honestly, I don't think the answer to this is UX related. It certainly can't be related to the size of the 'close' button being too small-- tablets are plenty big and don't have close buttons either.
I think the answer is just system resources. Mobile devices are slow, and it's a lot easier to switch between apps if they stay open in memory.
If you're a Mac user, you'll also be disappointed to know that the next Mac OS X (Lion) is reported to have this 'feature' as well-- the OS will determine when and which applications should be closed.
On a personal level, I'm totally with you. Any power user needs to be able to close apps on demand.
With tiny little touchscreens and fingers typically bigger than the touch points and touch points normally too close together for said fingers, it would probably be far too easy to accidentally tap the close button when you intended to do something else.
The only way that would work would be to have enough space around the close button where there isn't any other action that you would try to tap and accidentally hit close. And doing this (again, on small touchscreens) would waste way too much space in the application for a function that is handled natively by the device. This is similar to wasting space on a web application for a "Back" button only much worse because your available space is much smaller.
It's because of the way Android is designed.
The operating system manages the memory in a very different way to the way it's done on a desktop computer. The same goes for CPU.
When you don't have an application on the screen (in the foreground) it no longer takes up any CPU. That is because unlike with desktop applications the OS knows that you can't be using it, so why bother keeping it running.
At this point the memory it was using will still be allocated to it. However, if the operating system needs more memory for when you open a different application it will archive the memory that the older application used (not exactly, but you get the idea). This then frees up enough memory for other applications to run with no slow down.
If you then relaunch the application which had its memory archived the OS the has the option to unarchive that memory and start the application exactly how the user left it. Again, this isn't 100% accurate but you get the idea.
Essentially if you navigate away from an application it is no longer running. It doesn't use any CPU and the memory it uses will be aggressively cleared whenever the OS needs it. Therefore you will see extremely minimal battery life gain by closing an application.
The exception to this is when applications make use of services. Services are separate from the bit of the application that you see (the UI). The application has the option to keep these running when the foreground application closes. They are designed to be short lived and shouldn't be open for long before they finish themselves.
In the case of services it is possible to gain battery life by closing them, however only very badly designed applications should have services that run with no foreground application and drain the battery life. In this case the answer isn't a close button, it's to design the service better.
You have turn off buttons for certain apps, especially the ones that should run in the background.
The principle of hiding and not shutting down is borrowed from Mac OSX where it helps the loading time. Though the app is not using the processor while hidden, it starts instantly when you open it. I guess that for Android this also helps since the apps you use more often are running already.
Typically, unless the phone has multi-tasking, the app either closes or goes into a sleeping state when you hit the home key. WinPhone7 does this much to my annoyance.
On a Nokia, if you hold down the home button it pops up a list of the open apps and you can then close the ones you don't want to keep open.
On an iPhone (and presumably an iPod) if you double-click the home button it does the same thing.
I haven't tried Android but I'd imagine they have something similar.
The reason why mobile apps don't have a "close" button, is because there is no need for it.
The problem with mobile devices (excluding notebooks/laptops), is that they come with a touchscreen instead of a keyboard or a mouse. Because of that, every interactive element has to be large enough for the user to touch it without accidentally touching something else.
To avoid having apps waste screen real-estate, mobile devices feature a couple of system buttons.
Naturally, this opens the question: Why not make closing an app obvious? Why waste the little memory available on mobile devices?
The truth is: the memory isn't exactly wasted. As long as there is enough memory left, there is no need to free more. As soon as more memory is needed, however, the system will automatically close a suspended app.
1: Officially called "Windows" button.
2: As of Windows Phone 8; according to rumors, Windows Phone 8.1 will change the behavior of the "Back" button to match Android's.
3: As of Windows Phone 8; according to rumors, Windows Phone 8.1 will have a long press action.
So, all answers here are explaining the theory quite nicely, but are overlooking two important things (or one essentially):
Android Ice Cream Sandwich:
Drag 'app' (well technically it's not the app, but lets not get into that) to the right or left to kill. Additionally I believed Samsung provided their own task manager even in older versions of Android.
Apple iOS:
Hit minus sign to kill app.
The point:
On both Android and iOS a mechanism has been build to quit apps. No matter the far greater memory and CPU management background apps do have an effect on your phone/tablet. It's smaller than on desktops and if you're not running any huge apps you won't notice, but my main point is just that it's not as simple and one sided as the other answers spelled out.
Close buttons
Either way, including close buttons inside apps themselves still makes little sense, just like some modern desktop apps rely on the OS to provide to UI to close an app (the window's close button or similar interfaces) removing it from their own menus (mind you, this is a minor trend, not even a major trend). to provide the
Mobile somewhat blurs what it means to "close" an app. Conceptually, apps are never "closed"; they're just "put away". When you exit to the home screen or switch to another app, the previous app is suspended. It might be kept in memory, or its state might be saved to disk and its process terminated. To the user, in theory, there's no difference, because next time you switch back to it, that state is restored and you're back where you left off.
Unfortunately many real world applications aren't well behaved. They don't save their state properly, or they return to their "main" screen when switched to. Also the OSes don't always do a good job of managing memory, hence task killers. (I find that my Android devices lag severely if free RAM drops below 100MB, so I have to manually terminate some apps by swiping on the recent app list.)
On the other hand, there are also background services, which do require explicit start/stop controls. For those, your app should probably provide a way to stop them. If your app isn't using background services, then it should be designed to give a consistent user experience whether it's closed or not.
Unfortunately it's not always clear how an app should respond to various events. e.g. when I switch back to it again, should it return to the screen it was last at, or to its main screen? Should the back button go back to the previous screen or to the previous app? These are the real difficult questions, and the answers depend on the app, and might involve some effort of trying to predict what the user wants. (If I open my GPS app after asking for directions a few minutes ago, I probably want to see them again, but if I asked for them last week, I probably don't care about them anymore.) But anyway that's a bit of an aside; the main point is that you don't really "close" apps, so a close button is unnecessary.
most apps, games and some text editor, really closes themselves whenever i hit the home button, so I cant came back to work with them again. I th a close app option will let the system know if I really want to keep that particular app open in a suspended state, and dont force to use that allocated memory even if I open another app, I'd rather preffer the system ask me for memory so I know if I need to close some other apps or services other than that particular app I was using. For example, jetpack joyride closes if I press home button, even if its paused.


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I am thrilled that Stash and Burn chose to interview me for their 50th podcast episode. Jenny and Nicole's relaxed style made me feel right at home. I think I really sound like "me". Check it out.
I like blog posts with pictures, so here's a photo of a tiny bit of my stash. Who knew I was so color co-ordinated? I must be on a kick.
There's Keltic and Memoirs and Ultra Alpaca Light (my current favorite) and Ultra Alpaca. I am very proud of my yard sale, danish modern candle holder. I also love, love, love the cool vase my brother gave me for Christmas, hand made in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
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Pottery excites me almost as much as yarn. So of course I had to search a little – is this the artist? http://www.yellowspringspottery.com/artisans/Teilhet/index.html
Funny how Yellow Springs was the town just written up for their knitted tree cozies. http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080310/NEWS03/760668141March 28, 2008
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I so enjoyed hearing you on Stash and Burn! Thank you for being willing to be interviewed by them. It is interesting to learn more about your work, interest, and knitting in general.March 28, 2008
Lovely photo. I especially love the candleholder. My husband is Danish and we travel there every year or two, and I am quite fond of Danish design. I am pretty sure I have seen that candleholder at Illums Bolighus or one of the other home stores in Denmark. If you got it at a yard sale, I would probably faint at what a bargain you must have gotten. That stuff is not cheap (but will always be beautiful). My mom taught me it's rude to ask what you paid, but I AM curious.
I do love all those colors together. Maybe someday I'll be able to mix and match like that. In the meantime, I'm glad there are people at my LYS that are better at it than I am!
Thanks for sharing such beautiful things.March 31, 2008


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Looking back on the news events of 2009, it's easy to make a wish list for the new year. We wish for:
•No more cases of H1N1 (swine flu).
•An end to local layoffs and furlough days, and a better economy at the local, state and national level.
•Permanent eradication of Sudden Oak Death.
•Additional funding for county government, law enforcement and our public schools.
•Lots of wind for the annual Southern Oregon Kite Festival.
•Larger audiences for local theater, music and art events.
•Continued efforts by the Trash Dogs to keep our wilderness clean. Better yet, no more illegal dumping.
•The successful construction and opening of the new community college campus at Lone Ranch.
•The completion of the new intersection at Constitution Way and Highway 101.
•Liberal regulations for local fishing seasons and the annual Slam'n Salmon Derby.
•The Port of Brookings Harbor to overcome its many challenges and become the successful tourist destination it was meant to be.
•No major earthquakes or tsunamis – or minor ones, either.
•The continued safety of U.S. soldiers serving overseas.
•A U.S. Health Care Reform bill that really helps the majority.
•All dog owners to pick up after their pets.
•Permanent beach access to the north jetty of the Chetco River via Seacliff Terraces.
•No more people stuck on Bear Camp Road east of Agness.
•Another great crab season next winter.
•More positive news to report in the Curry Coastal Pilot.
Happy New Year!


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An endless horizon that stretches to infinity in every direction. Vast grasslands filled with wildflowers of every color. Historic traces of pioneers' quest to tame the prairie. Rugged bluffs and stone outcrops that punctuate a rolling prairie. And a crystal blue sky that covers everything like a canopy.
Wide open spaces
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I am working as a computer programmer in a government firm. My job timing is 07:30am to 02:30pm. I leave for work at 7:00am and come back to home at around 04:00pm. After reaching home, I usually have snacks, nap and just relax. I sometimes go for walking at around 07:00pm. I go to bed at around 11:00pm. I am feeling as if I am not doing any productive things at home. Could anyone help me and let me know the best things to do in home to be more productive in life?
I don't know what is productive means for you. So I want to give you two suggestion-
A few things you could focus on...
I see that you have a lot of time after reaching home: From 4:00 pm to 11:00 pm.
Why don't you prepare a routine for yourself from around 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm where you can do something you like, your hobbies, your interests etc.
Still you will be left with a lot of time to relax.
I've found that doing things to prepare for the next day is super helpful and actually helps me sleep better at night. For me:
My list goes on --- mostly the basics for keeping things moving smoothly and that take up some of my brain cycles....so nice to have them written down and showing up daily. I just check them off each day and my brain is much more open for focusing on other things.
The best way to ensure that you are being productive is to have clear goals. As a programmer, you might want to teach yourself a new language or technique, or you might have a pile of paperwork that needs to be sorted. One goal that I have is keeping my tiny apartment clean and organized.
Once you have a clear goal of something you'd like to accomplish, make time for it. I schedule at least 20 minutes every evening to washing dishes because that's the household chore that backs up the most. I have also been spending at least an hour reading through articles that I have saved to read later, and usually spend another hour reflecting on my day (journaling, marking completed tasks, and updating my daily time logs).
Bottom line: structure your time. Unstructured time will more or less disappear (there are benefits to having unstructured time, but you asked about being productive).
Keep in mind, structuring time isn't just for big things like learning a new language. You don't have to plan too much in advance. I try to make what I call my "five-things" list: every night, I list out five things that I want to make sure I do the following day. It's a tough habit to build, but it really helps with that feeling of aimlessly wandering around, wasting time at home without requiring you to take up some super ambitious project. Case in point, my five-things for today were wash dishes, watch the season premier of a show I've been wanting to watch, write a blog post about a new coding technique, schedule a haircut, and buy a pack of gum.
If you worked real hard, afterwords, there is nothing wrong with being "unproductive" I go to work at 7 in the morning and get home at 4. If my friends don't have anything planned like tonight, ill lay in bed and maybe study astronomy which is a hobby of mine and look at stars once the night falls. If you don't have "unproductive" moments you will burn out and be useful to no one.
If your family (no matter big or small) is of working people then each one expects to share a bit of work among each other rather then putting the entire pile of chores on one or two people.I think this also could help improve relationship among people besides being productive.
Are you practicing the Getting Things Done system? That is, write everything you've ever wanted to do or need to do into a large list.
You should have a long list of what to do from this.


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build the death planes, that build all the bombs.Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
I say Am-ree-kah, and he taps his fingers on the bomb, flashes a big toothless grin at me.
Am-ree-kah! Am-ree-kah war! he says.
Outside the restaurant where he works, we've been talking for a while in an effective mix of Lao and body language–talking about my job, his family, and this country that we both love so much.
But when he asks where I'm from, I hesitate. The truth won't hurt him. He's Lao and in accordance to his intrinsic Lao nature, he will like me no matter what.
It will hurt me.
In this country that I have come to adore, to call my home, there is a painful and violent US led history that is ever present and always shocking. It's in restaurants and guest houses as bombs-turned-flower-planters. In the countryside as UXO warning signs. On the body of my friend's father–bullet wounds from his days in the secret army.
For nine straight years a bomb hit Laos every eight minutes, 24 hours a day; it is the most bombed country in the history of the world.
And outside the restaurant, my new friend remembers everything. Vividly. It wrecked havoc in his home province and instilled in him a fear of the sky. It stole family members and sent a neighboring H'mong village into exile.
He remembers everything about a war that most have never heard of, a brutal facet of the Vietnam War that we've tried fiercely to hide, a covert invasion hidden from the American people, cloaked in obscurity and denial.
An unknown country, a disguised agenda, a secret army. An entire people forever changed by those nine endless years.
Here, everything about that mysterious war is real. And when I say that word, Am-ree-kah, the secret is always out.


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Quick question: Does Ubuntu 12.10 or 12.04.1 64 bit support the AMD Radeon HD 6790 video card?
I tried checking Ubuntu's hardware support wiki information but it hasn't been updated since July 2011 - what a shame.
Any help is appreciated.
I have a HD 6970, so from the same 6000 series, and there is an AMD driver that can be installed in Ubuntu. You can download it from "Software Sources" -> "Additional Drivers". Or you can download it and install manually from the AMD website, which clearly specifies the 6900 series to have a supporting driver for Linux.
No. AMD graphics cards are supported by AMD. Check if a Linux driver is available for Radeon HD 6790.


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STEUBENVILLE - The Franciscan University of Steubenville women's lacrosse team lost the first game in program history, 23-4, Tuesday to Alma College on the FUS campus.
Barons head coach Maura Conant said she is trying to set small, realistic goals for her young team to help them improve and gain experience without feeling overwhelmed.
"The more we have possession of the ball, the more we are going to score," she said. "We tripled our amount of possession (from the scrimmages) and we went from not scoring a goal to scoring four."
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NEW SPORT — Franciscan University of Steubenville's Lauren Noce controls the ball during the Barons' 23-4 home loss in the first lacrosse contest in program history.
-- Sarah Huber
In their inaugural year, the Lady Barons have organized a roster filled with players whose experience and skill-sets range from standout high school lacrosse players to athletes new to the lacrosse fundamentals.
"We have such a huge spectrum of talent," Conant said. "Our girls need to be patient with the process. We want to build a team unit with chemistry combined with stick skills. Everybody needs to contribute and be a part of the team."
A major contributor for the Lady Barons was freshman Lauren Noce who scored three goals, two of which were unassisted. Noce, a three-sport athlete at FUS, brought much needed varsity experience to the Lady Barons.
"She is a great contribution to the team," Conant said. "She challenged defenders and had a fearlessness which led to her scores."
Noce had only been with the team for a week before their game against Alma because of her commitment to the Lady Barons basketball team. Despite her absence, she was able to score the first goal in Lady Baron lacrosse history.
A ball that Conant said she kept, and will give to FUS Athletic Director Chris Ledyard.
While the milestone of the sport's first game on campus was a great moment, Conant said her team must maintain focus, and work toward a winning season. She added that the first step will be making the fundamentals second nature.
"A lot of our girls are thinking about the skill too much in the game," Conant said. "I want everyone to be comfortable with their stick so they can move the ball ahead comfortably."
The Lady Barons visit Allegheny College at 6 p.m. Wednesday.


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I am unable to print in Windows 7 using the Wired Network connection. What
can I do?
Ensure you are logged into your computer with Admin
Verify that there is a secure
connection between the Brother machine and the router or access point using an
Ethernet cable. If necessary, reseat the cable on both the router and the
Brother machine.
1. If the LCD screen is blank, then the Brother machine
is not powered on or is in sleep mode. Press a button on the machine to
see if it wakes from sleep mode. If it does not, then verify that it is
plugged into a working outlet and any power switches are turned to the ON
NOTE: If you are unable to power on the machine, then this
solution does not apply. Troubleshoot this hardware issue.
2. Check the LCD screen for any error messages.
An example would be "Paper Jam" or "Ink/Toner Empty". If the LCD screen
shows an error that will prevent printing, troubleshoot to clear the particular
problem before you continue troubleshooting the PC printing.
1. Obtain the Brother machine's IP address by printing
a Network Configuration Report or User Settings List:
2. Find the machine's IP address on
the report. If the IP address is not valid for your network, then continue
to PART 3 STEP 5 to reset the network card.
NOTE: An invalid
IP address would be all zeroes, an APIPA address (169.254.x.x) on an
Infrastructure network, or an address within an incorrect range for your
3. Obtain the computer's IP
NOTE: If you do
not receive an IP address, this indicates that there is a problem with your
computer's network connection. If you are unsure how to reconnect the
computer to your network, contact your router manufacturer or network admin for
further support with the computer's network connection.
4. Ping the Brother machine:
a. While still in the command
prompt window, type: PING xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (Where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is
the Brother machine's IP Address noted earlier.)
b. Press Enter on your keyboard. The computer
will ping, or try to communicate with the Brother machine:
Confirm that the computer is connected to the same network that
the Brother machine is connected to. If the computer is not properly
connected to your network, then you will need to troubleshoot your computer's
network connection. Contact your router manufacturer or Network Admin for
Ensure that there are no active firewalls.
NOTE: For Windows Firewall users, click
here if you need instructions for disabling the Windows Firewall.
For a third-party firewall, such as Norton or McAfee, refer to your software's
documentation for instructions on how to disable the application.
Repeat PART
3 after making any adjustments to the configuration.
If you still can't ping the Brother machine, continue to PART 3 STEP 5 to reset the network card.
NOTE: If you have already reset the network card once using
PART 3 STEP 5 and the computer still cannot communicate with the Brother
Try another network cable and another
port on the access point.
Try to communicate from another
network-connected computer.
These steps will help determine if
the issue is specific to this computer. If you can communicate from other
computers, then contact your computer manufacturer or network administrator for
assistance troubleshooting this specific computer.
Continue to PART 3 STEP 5 to reset
the network card.
5. Perform a Network Factory
NOTE: All network
settings will be reset with this operation. If you can print or scan from
other computers on the network, but not from this specific computer, do not
reset the network card. Doing so will affect the other computers on the
network. In this case there is an issue specific to this computer's
network communication. Some common causes are software firewalls, security
programs, and other software applications that may be blocking
communication. Contact your computer manufacturer or network admin for
support troubleshooting this particular computer.
1. Open the Printer
Click Start
=> Control Panel => Hardware and Sound => Devices and
2. Verify that the Brother printer
is in the list.
WARNING: In Windows 7 the "Printer Driver" icon is sometimes combined
with the Brother "PC Fax Driver" or another driver that shares the same
port. To determine if this is the case, right click on the available
driver and left click on Printer Properties. If you are given the
option to choose the Brother "Printer Driver", then it is installed.
If the Brother printer is listed, continue to PART 4 STEP 3.
If the Brother printer is not listed, the driver may not be
installed properly. Continue to PART 7.
3. Verify that
the Brother "printer driver" is set as default if you are trying to use
the print icon to print from within an application.
- If the
Brother "Printer Driver" is set as the default printer, it will have a
check mark on the icon.
- If it
is not set as default, while in the Printer folder, right-click on the
Brother "Printer Driver" and select Set as Default Printer.
4. Hover your mouse over the Brother printer
icon. Below is an example of what you may see:
Status: 0 document(s) in queue (It could be any
Status: Printer: Ready (It could also state: Offline,
Paused, etc.)
5. If the Status states: Paused or
6. If there are any documents waiting in the queue:
NOTE: You may have to make several attempts to completely clear
the print queue.
If you made changes to the driver during PART 4, then continue to PART 4 STEP 7.
If you did not make any changes to the printer driver during
PART 4, then continue to
7. Right click
on the Brother "printer driver" and left click on Printer
Properties. The Brother "printer driver" properties screen will
now appear.
8. Click PRINT TEST
If the test page prints, then your issue is resolved.
If the test page does not print, click OK and close the
Printer Properties window. Right-click on the "printer driver",
then left click on Cancel All Documents. Click Yes and
continue to PART
1. If you haven't already opened the printer folder, then do
Click Start => Control Panel => Hardware and Sound =>
Devices and Printers
Right-click on the Brother "printer driver" and left click on Printer
Properties. The Brother "printer driver" properties screen will
now appear.
3. Click the Ports Tab.
4. You will see a list of the available communication ports
on your PC. (Ex: LPT1:, LPT2:, COM1:, ETC)
5. Click Add Port.
NOTE: If the Add Port
option is grayed out or unavailable, log in with admin rights and try
6. Choose Standard TCP/IP Port then click NEW
PORT. The Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard will appear.
7. Click NEXT.
8. In the field labeled Printer Name or IP Address,
type the IP address of your Brother machine noted earlier and click
NOTE: If you receive an error stating: "A port with that
name already exists.", click OK. Then in the Port Name field on the
wizard, slightly modify the auto-filled Port Name only. Do not change the
Printer Name or IP Address. For example, change the port name from
IP_10.10.130.13 to IP_10.10.130.13a. The actual port name will depend on
the IP address for your Brother machine.
9. If you receive a window stating: "Additional Port
Information Required", then the computer is not communicating properly with
the Brother machine. Some common causes of this issue are:
Firewalls and security applications
A conflict with another application running on the computer
An IP Address conflict with another device on the network
Troubleshoot or eliminate as many of these factors as
possible. For Windows Firewall users, click
here if you need instructions for disabling the Windows Firewall.
For a third-party firewall, such as Norton or McAfee, refer to your software's
documentation for instructions on how to disable the application. Contact
your computer manufacturer or network admin to further troubleshoot network
communication conflicts.
10. If you receive a window stating: Completing the Add
Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard, look for the section labeled Adapter
Type. If the communication is successful, this section should indicate
that the computer is communicating with a Brother Print Server or will
list the node name of the Brother Machine displayed as BRN or BRW followed by a
combination of letters and numbers. Click FINISH.
11. Click Close.
12. Click Apply.
13. Click on the General Tab.
14. Click PRINT TEST PAGE.
If the test page prints, the printing issue is resolved.
Continue to PART 6.
If the test page does not print, click OK and close the
Printer Properties window. Right click on the "Printer Driver", and
then left click on Cancel All Documents. Click Yes and
continue to PART
1. Do you use your machine for
- If
YES, continue to PART 6 STEP 2.
- If
NO, then the issue is resolved.
2. On the computer, click
3. In the line labeled "Search Programs and Files"
type: Cameras
4. Click the link for View Scanners and Cameras.
5. Verify that the Brother
"Scanner Driver" is in the list.
- If the
Brother "Scanner Driver" is listed, continue to the next step.
- If the
Brother "Scanner Driver" is not listed, the driver may not be installed
properly. Continue to PART
6. Make sure the Brother
"Scanner Driver" is selected and click PROPERTIES.
7. Click the Network
Setting tab.
8. Click the BROWSE
button. The computer will search for the Brother machine.
If the machine is found successfully, ensure the IP address
matches the address of the Brother machine. Highlight the search result
and click OK.
If the machine isn't found successfully, then there is likely a
firewall or other security program blocking communication. Try to
eliminate as many of these applications and try browsing again. Contact
your network admin or computer manufacturer for further support.
9. Change the setting to
Specify Your Machine by Address. The IP Address should match the
machine's IP address found in the previous step or you can manually specify the
machine's IP address.
10. Click OK.
11. Attempt a test scan.
- If you are able to scan, then the
scanner driver is configured properly.
- If you are unable to scan,
continue to PART
This step assumes use of the
compatible software CD. The appropriate software can also be downloaded
from http://www.brother-usa.com/downloads
1. On the computer click on Start => (All)
Programs => Brother => XXX-XXXX => Uninstall. (Where X is the
model of your Brother machine)
NOTE: If the software is not installed, continue to PART 7 STEP 4.
2. When asked to confirm that you want to completely
remove the software, click OK.
3. When the uninstall is complete, you will be prompted
to restart the computer. Click YES and wait for the computer to
4. Insert the supplied CD for your
Operating System into your CD drive. If prompted, select your language and
NOTE: If
the CD does not automatically run, double click on My Computer on your
desktop, or click Start => (My) Computer. Then double click on the
Brother MFL-PRO Suite icon to run the CD.
5. The CD main menu will appear. Click
Advanced => MFL-Pro Suite Without PaperPort(tm).
This assumes PaperPort has already been installed once. If this software
was never installed, you may choose to install the full MFL-Pro Suite from the
main CD menu.
6. When the Brother MFL-Pro Suite
Software License Agreement window appears, click YES if you agree to the
Software License Agreement.
7. Choose Wired Network
Connection (Ethernet), and click NEXT.
8. Select Change the Firewall port settings to
enable network connection with the installation. (Recommended) Click
NOTE: If you are using a firewall other than the Windows Firewall
or the Windows Firewall is off, then click OK when you receive the firewall
warning screen. You will need to open the following ports:
For network scanning, add UDP port
If you still have trouble with your
network connection, add UDP port 137 and 161.
9. If you are asked to "Choose the
Brother machine you want to install", Make a selection. You may leave the
box checked for "Set by Nodename" and click NEXT.
10. The installation will continue and the screens will
appear one after another. Please wait. It will take a few moments for all
the screens to appear. Do not try to cancel any of the screens during this
NOTE: If asked: Would you like to install this device
software? Click INSTALL.
11. If you receive the Environmental Advice for Imaging
Equipment screen, click NEXT to continue the installation.
12. When the On-Line Registration screen is displayed,
make your selection and follow the instructions.
13. When the Setup Complete window appears, you
may enable (check) or disable (uncheck) any of the following settings as desired
and then click NEXT to continue the installation:
- Enable
Status Monitor on Startup.
- Enable
the Network Connection Repair Tool
- Set as
Default Printer
14. Select Yes, I want to restart my computer
now. Click Finish. After restarting the computer, you
must log on with Administrator rights.
15. When the computer restarts, the following screens will
- When
the Software Update Setting screen appears, choose the software update
setting you wan and click OK.
- If the
Brother Product Research & Support Program starts up, follow the on-screen
instructions if you would like to participate.
NOTE: Internet access is required for the software update and the
Brother Product Research & Support Program.
16. Once the computer restarts, attempt to print again to determine if the issue has
been resolved. If you are still unable to print:
Try another network cable and
another port on the access point.
Attempt to print from another
network-connected computer.
These steps will help
determine if the issue is specific to this computer. If you can print from
other computers, then contact your computer manufacturer or network
administrator for assistance troubleshooting this specific computer.
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How do you create a keyboard shortcut that activates fast user switching (i.e. brings up the login window) in Mac OS X Snow Leopard?
I'm trying to emulate the Windows Start+L keyboard combination, which I miss from my time using Windows.
How do you create a keyboard shortcut that activates fast user switching (i.e. brings up the login window) in Mac OS X Snow Leopard?
I'm trying to emulate the Windows Start+L keyboard combination, which I miss from my time using Windows.
For 10.6 Snow Leopard, one can easily add a Service using Automator, and then assign any keyboard shortcut using System Preferences. See Fast User Switching/Apple Menu? for details.
If you are at the CLI, you could have the following alias set to switch quickly:
I use BetterTouchTool for a lot more than just this but, one of the actions it allows you to do is "Show the Login Screen" (which is different from logging out and leaving you at the login screen). I use it ALL THE TIME to lock my machine when I leave it for extended periods of time… Here's a screenshot:
Strictly speaking, Command+Option+Q will log you out (with "Are you sure" prompt).
But I don't see any way to trigger a fast user switch via keyboard. Now you could write an AppleScript script, which you could associate with a keystroke. For example, see this for implementation details.
According to Király in Apple Support Discussions, he says this combination works:
About Spark 3.0b9 software:
Check Fast User Switching with Butler and Butler.
A slightly different way of doing this, with added security benefits (or annoyances depending on your view-point), is to
To do this, you need to adjust the following settings in your System Preferences application:
You'll have to do the latter on each account (unfortunately there's no global setting for this).
Then you can move your mouse to the appropriate corner of the screen to lock the computer (by starting the screen saver). When someone presses a key/moves the mouse they'll be prompted to log in and can switch users from there.
If the desire is to lock (like Window-L in Windows), then there's a very simple solution .. set your screensaver to lock the screen (require logon) and use ctrl-shift-eject (bottom left two keys + top most right key). This locks your screen.
To switch to a specific user I invoke a script I found in the comments of a hints.macworld.com article. I had problems with it so I tweaked it to get if to work. The password is stored in the keychain, so you don't have to worry about storing login password in cleartext. You can find the gist here.
To just invoke the Login Screen I have another script. You can find the gist here
Both scripts are in my quicksilver catalog. Switching between user accounts is a matter of a few seconds.


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The Maids Tragedy
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Amint. I wonder much Melantius, To see those noble looks that make me think How vertuous thou art; and on the sudden 'Tis strange to me, thou shouldst have worth and honour, Or not be base, and false, and treacherous, And every ill.
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I am currently subscribed to Google News to stay up to date on current events. The problem is, from all 60 news-items I receive each day, there are typically only one or two that I care about. It is quite a time-sink. But I can't stop reading the news altogether. I still want to know the important stuff.
This is not about categories. I have specific feeds I use to stay up to date on my personal interests.
Some examples:
- "The first human-made spacecraft lands on Mars"? --- I want to know.
- "Police arrest drunk guy who exceeds the speed limit by 70km/h"? --- Don't care.
- "Obama wins the elections"? --- Yes.
- "Obama visits France"? --- No.
I am looking for a newsfeed or -app that can be filtered by importance. How is importance measured? Number of views? Number of tweets/likes/+1s? Front page vs. not? I'm not sure.
Preferably, I'd receive only... the 3 most important stories per day.
I've been searching for a while, but haven't found anything close. Google News has sliders to filter the frequency of news-items. But I believe those are only relative frequencies. Even with all the sliders turned down to their minimum the web-app still shows an infinite stream of news. So that's more like... sorting by importance. Also, the slider settings don't carry over to the RSS feed.
I've been Googling for other options, but always come up empty. There are many major news organizations with websites, but those are more about the news, not about filtering. Plus, using only one source may give me a biased view. A service that pulls from multiple sources would be better.
Does such an app / feed exist?
Ideally, it would even give me a location-aware filter. The closer to me it happened, the less important it needs to be. But that may be asking too much. I'll take what I can get.
About the relevance of my question:
I am aware that my question may be walking the line between on and off topic. But I believe it fits, since I am asking a specific question and I did the research (as specified in the FAQ). Still, if the mods still feel that my question is off topic, I'll understand.
I am aware of two questions that are very similar to this one:
The first was migrated from Superuser.com and it's possible no one ever saw it. The second was closed for being off topic. I suppose it is rather short and it's lacking the research, but it is well phrased and hits the nail right on the head.


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WACO (October 29, 2012)--President Emeritus of Buckner International Dr. Kenneth L. Hall has been named Baylor University's senior vice president for university development and strategic initiatives, Baylor President Ken Starr announced Monday.
Hall has served as a Baptist General Convention of Texas appointee to the Baylor University Board of Regents, and as chair of the Development, Marketing and Communications Committee of the board since June.
Before he was named to Starr's Executive Council, he resigned as a regent.
He begins his new duties with the university on Jan. 1, 2013.
"Dr. Hall has established a powerful network of contacts that reach around the globe," Starr said Monday.
"Over the past year, he has provided valuable counsel to my office, University Development staff and the Executive Council as we moved rapidly in the fundraising efforts associated with Baylor Stadium and other critical University initiatives. Dr. Hall is a natural addition to our leadership team, and we are fully confident in his abilities to help us build Baylor University in the years to come," he said.


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A routine part of the game, something every pitcher from Little League to the big leagues does without even thinking.
Throw the pitch, catch the ball when it�s tossed back.
Jhoulys Chacin messed up that simple task, handing the Atlanta Braves another unlikely win.
Led by seven scoreless innings from Tim Hudson, the NL wild-card leaders posted their second consecutive 1-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies, winning both times with an unearned run. It was the first time in more than 28 years that a team triumphed that way in back-to-back games.
�It�s one of those crazy things, but baseball is a crazy game. A lot of weird things can happen,� Braves second baseman Dan Uggla said. �As long as you�ve got more runs at the end of the game, that�s all that matters.�
Juan Francisco, not exactly a speedy player, used his legs to score the only run in the second. First, he surprised the Rockies when he dropped down a bunt leading off the inning, reaching first easily. Uggla followed with a ground-rule double down the right-field fence, actually getting a bad break when the ball hopped over the fence. Francisco likely would�ve scored, but he had to stop at third.
As it turned out, he scored anyway on a play that was even more stunning than his bunt.
After a pitch to Brian McCann, Chacin (2-5) dropped a routine return throw from catcher Wilin Rosario. Chacin seemed to glance over toward third before making the grab, the ball bouncing off the side of his glove and winding up between the mound and second base. Francisco alertly spotted the miscue and took off for the plate, making it with a headfirst slide.
�I thought I got it, and I put my head down, and I just missed it. It�s inexcusable,� Chacin said. �It�s really embarrassing. It�s something normal we do all the time. ... It�s too late now, but we�ll learn from that. You see what happened. We lost the game because of that one play.�
Indeed, that one play was enough for Hudson (14-5), who stranded eight Colorado runners. Peter Moylan and Eric O�Flaherty combined on a scoreless eighth, then Craig Kimbrel got the final three outs for his 34th save.
The Los Angeles Dodgers were the last team to win consecutive 1-0 games with unearned runs, pulling it off against the Cincinnati Reds on July 28-29, 1984, according to STATS LLC.
�The game boils down to a throw back to the pitcher,� Colorado manager Jim Tracy said. �I don�t know what the hell happened on the throw back. All I saw was the ball rolling off behind the mound, and here comes Juan Francisco running to the plate. I couldn�t believe it.�
Both teams squandered all sorts of chances to push across more runs, stranding nine runners apiece.
The Rockies� best chance against Hudson came in the third, when Dexter Fowler and Josh Rutledge led off with singles. Jordan Pacheco grounded out, moving the runners to second and third, but Rosario popped out to the shortstop, and Tyler Colvin was thrown out after hitting a little squibber in front of the plate.
Atlanta was even more wasteful. The Braves loaded the bases with no outs in the third, only to come up empty. Francisco struck out, Uggla flied out to left � too shallow to bring home the run � and Brian McCann popped out to shortstop, dropping his head in disgust as soon as the ball left his bat.
In the fourth, Atlanta loaded the bases again, this time with one out. Same result. Jason Heyward flied out to shallow left, throwing down his bat in frustration, before Freddie Freeman popped up harmlessly on the infield to snuff out another threat.
But the Braves will take a win any way they can get it. The previous night, they scored the game�s lone run on a throwing error. They wound up taking three of four from Colorado � even after scoring just two runs over the final three games.
�To win the last two like we did is nice for the pitching staff,� Hudson said. �We can puff out our chests a little bit.�
Colorado rookie Jordan Pacheco went 0-for-2 with a couple of walks, snapping a 14-game hitting streak. Charlie Blackmon, on the other hand, went 4-for-4 � the second four-hit game of his career. But he also made a baserunning blunder in the second after doubling with one out. Jonathan Herrera followed with a grounder to shortstop Paul Janish, and Blackmon took off for third. He was thrown out easily.
Hudson was glad to get a helping hand from the defense. He struggled to command his curveball, which forced him to use more changeups and sinkers than he normally would.
�It definitely wasn�t my best stuff,� he said. �I smoke-and-mirrored them a little bit.�


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Middle School Reading Levels
Q: I am a future middle-school teacher and would like to know what the average reading level is for middle-schoolers. I've heard these students read on a fourth-grade level. Could this be right?
A: I am not aware of the statistics you cite which indicate that middle-school students read at a fourth-grade level. It is not uncommon to have a class of middle-school students in which the lowest reading level would be early elementary-level and the highest would be freshman college-level. In some schools, the ranges may be more dramatic than others.
Reading is tested informally by classroom teachers and more formally by periodic standardized tests administered statewide and nationally. Obviously, the goal is to have all students reading on grade level or higher. Since textbooks are written on grade level, students who have below grade-level reading skills will need support and specialized assistance if they are significantly below grade-level.
To gain more specific information about the reading levels in your area, contact the local school board. The results of composite standardized scores are available to the community and often the school district publishes the information annually. Each school also has test profiles about its composite student body.
In a middle school, reading is usually taught both as part of an interdisciplinary approach and "across the curriculum." As students encounter specialized vocabulary in each subject, and as the material varies in style of presentation, students usually receive reading instruction in numerous classes. Most frequently, reading instruction is emphasized in the language arts program for all students and supported by specialized reading instruction for students significantly below grade-level.
Check with your local district to learn more about how that school system is instructing students in reading. As a future middle-school teacher, you may find helpful information published in the journal or on the website of the National Middle School Association. Don't forget to do a search here at the FamilyEducation.com School Help section.
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Judith Lee Ladd is a former president of the American School Counselor Association, a national organization of K-12 and post-secondary school counselors.


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What results are known If $f,g$ are both analytic in $\mathbb{C}$, having infinitely many poles (or zeros) that all coincide? Where each pole from $f$ has has the same order pole of $g$ for the same $z$.
What results are known If $f,g$ are both analytic in $\mathbb{C}$, having infinitely many poles or zeros for the same $z$'s?
What happens if you multiply by an entire function without zeros - such as $h(z)=e^z$?
Do you know of any factorization theorems?
Theorem: Let $U\subseteq \mathbb{C}$ be open and connected, let $f:U\rightarrow \mathbb{C}$ be holomorphic, and let $A\subseteq U$ have an accumulation point in $U$. Then, if $f(A)=\{ 0\}$, then $f$ is identically $0$ on all of $U$.
In other words, the values a holomorphic function takes on an inifnite set with an accumulation point uniquely determine the function (on a certain connected component).
As for when $f$ and $g$ both have the same poles, I don't think you can say much. For example, if $h$ is holomorphic, then $f+h$ has exactly the same poles as $f$ and $g$. I guess you could try to apply the above theorem to $1/f$; however, if the set of points where $f$ has a pole has an accumulation point, then $f$ is identically equal to $\infty$ (follows from the above theorem). . .probably isn't a particularly useful fact.


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I want my windows to be a specific size (not full screen) and to be in the middle of the screen by default. When I close the application and re-open it, it will be the dimensions I want it to be by default. Is there an easy way to do that? I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 and the Unity desktop enviroment.
I don't know if you can simply make all windows behave the same, but you can individually. We'll use Thunderbird as an example.
Make sure you have ccsm installed: Open a terminal (Press Control-Alt-T) and enter
Open ccsm. You'll be using the Place Windows and Windows Rules plugins in the Window Management section.
First, go into Place Windows, select the Fixed Window Placement tab and Select New.
Enter the program name (class=xxxx) and set the starting X and Y coordinates. The coordinates start from the top left corner of the screen. This tells the program where to open on the screen.
Next go to the Windows Rules plugin and select the Size Rules tab and new.
Enter the program name (class=xxxx) and set the X and Y size. This tells the program what size to open the program in pixels (pixels wide x pixels high).
Now, open the program you just did this for and it should open where and how big you want it to everytime.
Note that you will have to do this for every program you want to open in a specific place and a specific size. You can also use one without the other, for instance always having a program open in a specific place but not having it's size defined.
Check out gdevilspie from the universe repository! You can use it to set a rule for your window by application name and use that rule to resize, unmaximize... really anything window-related.
Gdevilspie Step-By-Step:
Firefox not remembering the size and position on the screen. Solution work for me: Press Super key...open dash...click compiz ....click on unity plugin...experimental tab...automaximize value = 100. that worked for me.
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Donate Toys to Charity with the Kids' Help
Finally, show your family's giving spirit this holiday season by shopping for a toy or two to give to Toys for Tots or another local toy drive. Since your kids are the toy experts, let them do the picking (within your budget). It will brighten your Christmas and someone else's. Since the kids are also surely expecting new loot this year, go through their toy box together and find the (gently used) toys they're willing to part with for charity. It's a good lesson in selflessness (and moderation!). Merry Christmas!
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I'm novice when it comes to using API's with C# apps, and I decided to start a windows 8 Modern UI application. I've looked for information about how to integrate facebook into a project using the facebook API, and I found some useful answers, but some things are still unclear to me...
I've not found any official Facebook API for C#, I created an developer acount on Facebook but when i want to create a project using it, there is no choice for a c# application.
I've searched the Internet and found this : https://github.com/facebook-csharp-sdk/facebook-windows8-sample
I downloaded it and put the app's id I got from Facebook on it, but it doesn't work. My question is simple: Is there any official API with documentation or a website where I can get real and exact information for it?