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Rank algorithm update from google weeded out a lot of good or bad websites, the reason cited is that google wanted to provide more relevant results, on official google blog it is estimated 11.8% search results will be affected by this update, put it this way, google thinks about 12% of it's search results are really bad and need to manipulated. The update was initiated more than a year ago, maybe that's why some of my ranks dropped out of first 10 pages, but almost all the ranks promoted by articles and blog posts were not affected, and a few of them even gained a few positions, it's obvious that linking campaign the old way is the thing of past, probably due to link spamming sites being downgraded by google.
Now what on earth is plain link building and how do people do it? a lot of marketing companies did and are doing the plain link building, they put your links on websites which only exist for holding links, these websites will only be updated when new links are being added, and most of them are useless, the name link spamming are just for these sites. Now google algorithm probably will weed out these sites, any links on them will be affected too.
Let's check out a few examples. When I got into online marketing long time ago, I needed to rank the keyword, chain puller, it was old way of link building all the way, a lot of sites I used had too many links, and those sites had only links, no real content at all. I would give credit where credit is due, this linking strategy worked, lately the keyword link stayed on the first page for a while, the party was over when google updated it's algorithm. Now let's look at another keyword, chain puller , most back links for this keyword are from articles and posts, with very few plain links, you can imagine how this keyword ranks. Old and outdated linking campaign lost to content linking, what's next? It all boils down to content, as long as you dole out high quality content, not only people will love to read your stuff, so do the search engines. How do you do it? Writing articles and building blogs, for instance let's examine this one, top smartphone , I didn't put too much effort into it from start, but I never stopped posting, the result? I got nice ranking for a few realy nice keywords now. As we can see, creating quality content and blog marketing is what we have to do to get great result. Say you're building your own bogging network, something like shock cord, then it will be easier to do article marketing.
Bottom line is that you should create great content, share the content with people, promote your business with the content, this strategy will prevail in short or long term. Persistence and patience are the keys to success, you shouldn't expect things to improve overnight, i.e., selling online or improve your search rankings, now all we need to do is to give our love for creating and sharing nice content and not to worry about the ranking every day. Ezine is one of the best article directories out there, google will index a new article on ezine promptly, and some popular blogs will get your post indexed in minutes, there venues are ideal for promoting your site, here I am going to show you an article in article directory or on a blog, say this one, Manufacturer Online , nice writing, good content, published on popular site, this article serves it's purpose well.
We're not finished yet, please remeber, if you don't take social media account, you're lost. For wordpress blogs, I recommend twitter tools, sign up for a twitter account and create a new application, set up API credentials in your twitter tools option, you should choose to post a tweet for every new post, it's easy and really useful, if you don't use this tool it's just too bad.


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$$\int_1^{\infty}\frac{x^6}{6x^6 − 1} dx $$
I would assume it would converge but apparently it diverges. I know it has to do with improper integrals. Can anyone explain? Thank you for your time.
$$\int_1^{\infty}\frac{x^6}{6x^6 − 1} dx $$
I would assume it would converge but apparently it diverges. I know it has to do with improper integrals. Can anyone explain? Thank you for your time.
The reason why this integral diverges is the following. For large $x$ the fraction reaches a constant limit. \begin{align} \lim_{x\rightarrow \infty} \frac{x^6}{6x^6-1} = \frac{1}{6} \end{align}
That means that we integrate a functions that asymptotically behaves like $f(x)\equiv \frac{1}{6}$ which has a diverging integral. See also Wolfram Alpha for a plot of the integrand.
Concerning Brian M. Scott regards. He is right. The more correct argumentation would be: \begin{align} \frac{x^6}{6x^6-1} \geq \frac{x^6}{6x^6}=\frac{1}{6} \, \forall x \geq 1 \end{align} So \begin{align} \int_1^{\infty}\frac{x^6}{6x^6-1} \, dx \geq \int_1^{\infty}\frac{1}{6} \, dx = \infty \end{align}
Since we know that $\dfrac{1}{x^6}>0$ for all $x\geq1$ , we have $\dfrac{1}{6-\dfrac{1}{x^6}}>\dfrac{1}{6}$ and we know that RHS diverges. Hence, by comparison theorem , LHS diverges.
The integral turns out to be doubly bad. The behaviour when $x$ is large is the more obvious badness. We show that there is also fatal badness at $1$, by showing that $\displaystyle\int_1^2 \dfrac{x^6\,dx}{x^6-1}$ diverges.
Note that $x^6-1=(x-1)(x^5+x^4+x^3+x^2+x+1)$. When $x\ge 1$, each of the terms $x^5,x^4,x^3,x^2,x, 1$ is $\le x^6$. It follows that if $\epsilon\gt 0$, then $$I_\epsilon=\int_{1+\epsilon}^2 \dfrac{x^6\,dx}{x^6-1}\gt \int_{1+\epsilon}^2 \frac{1}{6}\cdot \frac{dx}{x-1}.$$
The change of variable $u=x-1$ shows that $$I_\epsilon\gt \frac{1}{6}\int_\epsilon^1\frac{du}{u}.$$ But it is a familiar fact that $\displaystyle\int_\epsilon^1\dfrac{du}{u}$ blows up as $\epsilon\to 0^+$.
$\frac{x^6}{6x^6-1}$ converges toward 1/6 $(n\rightarrow\infty)$. Therefore, there exists $x_0\in\mathbb{R}$ for that $\frac{x^6}{6x^6-1}\gt\frac{1}{7}\; (x\gt x_0)$ And thus, the $\int_1^\infty\frac{x^6}{6x^6-1}\ge\int_{1}^{x_0} \frac{x^6}{6x^6-1}\text{d}x+\int_{x_0}^\infty \frac{1}{7}\text{d}x$. (This obviously diverges)

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The crystal trophies depicting a football are produced for the Czech-Moravian Football Association and for further domestic and international subjects. The recipients of these trophies include well-known footballers such as Jan Koller in recognition of his many years of work in the Czech national team or Petr Čech upon receiving the title of 2009 Footballer of the Year. The trophies are also used as gifts upon the occasion of the Czech football team's international matches.The available dimensions are 90 mm and 35 mm. The collection is supplemented with cut crystal whistles in the sizes of 72 and 57 mm.
The "100th Goal" trophy has been designed for the Club of League Strikers (Klub ligových kanonýrů) which has celebrated the best football strikers from the highest European leagues since 1972.
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An annual trophy that has been presented by the UEFT Committee since 2003.
The trophy symbolizes the world of football. The ball, 90 mm in diameter, shines with the colours of the rainbow when the light falls onto it, thanks to the very accomplished glass cutting.1 piece a year is made exclusively for the UEFT.
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The NYU Open Education Pilot Publishes Its First Courses
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In early October 2010, NYU's first completely open courses were published on the Open Education Pilot website. This pilot launched with two exceptional courses. New York City: A Social History was taught by Faculty of Arts and Science Professor Daniel Walkowitz and focused on the social history of the city, tracing its development from a small 17th-century Dutch settlement into the multicultural metropolis it is today. American Literature I: From the Beginnings to the Civil War, taught by Faculty of Arts and Science Associate Professor and NYU Abu Dhabi Associate Dean of Humanities Cyrus Patell, is a survey of American literature and literary history, from the early colonial period to the eve of the Civil War.
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If insanity is the repetition of the same actions while expecting different results, then you'll have to call me and many others in this community crazy. Every year around budget time a battle ensues between the essential departments that make up the city of Fall River. Education is pitted against public safety, leaving the citizens of this area in an impossible position. And every year, after the battles are over, there are promises and hope that next time will be better. We won't have to continue cutting crucial resources. Yet here we are again.
Education is once against being put in the rink against public safety. Why does this situation continue to repeat itself? Where is the outrage that our future prosperity is being set as a rival to current necessities? Managing the budgets and deficits of a city is no easy task, but this type of sensationalist clash is far from the solution.
In addition to expecting more from our elected officials, it is important to ensure that education is not lost in the scuffle. Supporting our school system is not just a series of warm and fuzzy clichés.
Our children truly are our future and their success is requisite to our own. An educated, employable workforce is critical to advancement and a strong school system is needed to continue to draw employers to the area, as well as to maintain those that are here. If this city hopes to thrive, it needs to invest in education.
The connection between prosperity and education cannot be stressed enough. This is something the Fall River Chamber of Commerce and many of our local business and community leaders have come to recognize. This awareness was the impetus for forming the Chamber's Education Committee. For the past few years we have worked to encourage Fall River to embrace the importance of education as the first step toward raising educational attainment and promoting workforce and job readiness.
Our goal is to elevate the quality of life in the Greater Fall River community through the EdUp Campaign. EdUp strives to grow individual and community aspirations through a sustained and multidimensional outreach to students, parents, and other stakeholders throughout Greater Fall River, and by demonstrating the power of education to change the future of the region and each of our roles in it.
As the chair of the Chamber of Commerce's Education Committee and a local business leader, I advise the general public to write to their city councilors and ask them to support our schools by advocating for 100 percent of net minimum school spending. A failure to fully support at least net minimum spending for the Fall River school system will be a detriment to the city and its student population.
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I have to automate a case in which I have to download an Excel file using Selenium IDE.I have done this in Firefox by using custom profile feature which automatically downloads file and saves it into a user-defined folder. To do the same in Internet Explorer (IE), is there anything in IE like custom profile and preferences? how do I prompt IE to automatically download a file? I am using Java for automation. Kindly help.
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Link to my blog where I discuss this in more detail.
Inconsistencies here, are you using Selenium IDE or WebDriver with Java?
Assuming you are using WebDriver with Java and not Selenium IDE(as you state in your post) You can try using:
It's quite easy to use, you just need to supply the WebElement of the Image/Hyperlink that you want to download, so instead of trying to perform a click on the WebElement you would instead pass it in to the FileDownloader Object:
This is all written in Java so it's cross browser/platform compliant.
I generally use keyboard shortcuts with Robot class in Java in order to emulate what I would do manually. In IE 8, saving a file would be three steps:
I start with doing the same action manually for the first test case ie. save in a certain folder, cleanup the folder and click the checkbox for close this dialog once download finishes. Next, I use the following code :
The trick to handle any dialogs is to use external tools like AutoIT to deal with the Upload dialog, download Dialog and NTLM Authentication dialogs. Please note that this solution is intended only for users ecexuting the scripts in Windows environment.
Using AutoIT you can write a simple script to get hold of the Save Dialog, this script can be then converted into a executable program with command line arguments to invoke it any time from program.
Following below steps should solve your issue.
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even i'm stuck with the same issue. Have you tried using Win32::GuiTest perl module? or AutoIt? If you are using IE9, you can configure downloads folder but still would need to click on Save button when prompted. You can just use a vbscript to do it too. All these would work fine only if you have the UI on screen without locking or if it is a remote machine, then you should not be disconnected.
I got finally convinced to go for a download manager like "Internet Download Manager" which provides the same kind of functionality.


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Columbia Law School's Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of several organizations and public officials in Connecticut's now-historic state Supreme Court case of Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health. In the case, the court issued a decision requiring equal marriage rights for same-sex couples, thereby legalizing gay marriage in the state.
"It is fundamentally unfair, unequal, and unconstitutional to create separate relationship rules for same-sex and different-sex couples, as the Connecticut Supreme Court recognized," said Professor Suzanne Goldberg, director of the Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic. "The court reviewed Connecticut's two sets of relationship recognition rules—marriage for some, civil unions for others—and found the state lacked a good explanation for treating similar couples so differently."


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Can 'xp_cmdshell' ever be used safely within a stored proc and are there any situations for which there really is no other option? In other words, should it's useage within a stored proc always be flagged as a security issues (as is advised by a well know source code analyzer)?
Put differently, would you agree with the following statement (direct quote)?
"The function xp_cmdshell cannot be used safely. It should not be used."


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Loved this recipe, tastes high calorie, would serve to guests! Relatively easy to prep and the sauce is drinkable! Used onions instead of shallots and was still great! Loved all the helpful reviews! Tastes like something I would eat out @ a restaurant!!!
Sauteed Chicken Breasts with Creamy Chive Sauce
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Here's a sauce so delicious, it's missing only one thing: a little crunchy bread to dip in it. Make It a Meal: Serve with steamed asparagus or cauliflower, mashed potatoes or orzo pasta, and a glass of Vinho Verde.
111 Reviews for Sauteed Chicken Breasts with Creamy Chive Sauce
i will make this again, but cut the shallots in half. it was delicious!
This recipe is fantastic for a chicken dinner, although with the dijon it could use some honey to smooth it out, after the honey was in, the sauce was perfect!
The kids made this for dinner one night with some veggies and crescent rolls. We all loved it. It's easy, quick, and delicious.


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I've read conflicting advice on this issue so thought I'd ask here.
Should I be running a scheduled defrag within my VM?
I've read conflicting advice on this issue so thought I'd ask here.
Should I be running a scheduled defrag within my VM?
Storage folks refer to VMs as I/O blenders. This is because all of the guest's files are typically inside of a "container" like a VMDK. This VMDK is a single file that contains all other files used by the VM.
Consider that an 80GB VMDK might not have all block allocated sequentially on the disk - this is even more likely if you're using thin provisioning. By running a defrag inside of the VM, you're not actually making the files sequential on the physical disk, you're making them sequential inside of the container and that container is likely not sequential on the physical disk. Basically, in a lot of cases it's a waste of time and performance gains are very minimal at best.
If you allocated all disk space on creation and defragment that file on your real disk and then defragment the virtual disk then I expect to see a small advantage.
@MDMarra's explained perfectly why it makes no sense to just defragment the virtual disk. No way to improve that.
As a real answer, I've never seen much impact from defragging virtual machines. That being said, if you are going to potentially shrink the drive at some point, you would want to defrag to help with that process.
If defragmenting is your goal, here's what you can do:
I have a Ubuntu 12.04 Guest OS and I must say, I did not see any performance difference after defragmenting.
Even though the Windows XP is on VMWare Player, the maintenance of that OS should be carried out the same for best performance.
Even if you have defragmented the VM HD you will also have to make sure that the VHD file is defragmented fully on the host OS otherwise this will not have the best effect.


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MORRISTOWN - Pick's Place, a popular restaurant and bar located east of Morristown along U.S. 40, burned to the ground Sunday morning, leaving its owner dead.
Morristown Volunteer Fire Department Chief Doug Harris said the call came in just before 6 a.m.. When his department, as well as firefighters from Belmont, Bethesda, Lafferty and Cumberland Trail arrived on the scene, the building was fully engulfed.
"The sheriff's department was here, at the scene, when we arrived and (the fire) was cranking pretty good when we got here," Harris said.
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A fire early Sunday morning totally destroyed Pick's Place in?Morristown while also killing its owner.
Harris said crews removed "one victim" from the structure.
The victim was identified as Pick's owner and operator Sophia Brewster. She was 84 years of age and owned the establishment for 56 years.
Brewster, who was the only owner the business ever had, resided in an apartment, which was built onto the back of Pick's Place.
The cause of the fire and where it began are still being investigated with assistance of the Ohio State Fire Marshal's office.
"We're not sure how long it'll take to determine a cause or how long they'll be on scene," Harris said. "At this juncture, we're going to continue to work on it until they're satisfied."
Harris indicated he had no reason to believe there was any sort of foul play involved with the case of the blaze.
The chief said Pick's Place was considered to be a Morristown "institution" by many.
It was a very popular hangout for many, especially during the summer months. It's fairly close proximity to Jamboree In The Hills made it a popular stop.
Many high-profile country music stars actually stopped and played Pick's Place over the course of time. David Allen Coe is said to have gotten his start at Pick's Place.
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Neither of
\sfseries nor
\sfshape seem to work. So what is the command I'm looking for to change the current group to sans serif?
\scshape and
\itshape work, but I can't find the sans serif command to do the same thing...
Neither of
The command you want is
The commands, in order, activate medium weight, boldface, upright, italic, small caps, slanted, roman (serif), sans serif, and typewriter text (monospaced). To form the
Although this question is quite old (only found it because lockstep reactivated it) it's maybe worth to add this information.
For my lectures on LaTeX I use the following image to explain the way LaTeX categorizes the different characteristics of printed material.
1. Encoding
The first thing to select is how the font is encoded in it's file(s), that means which character is on which position. The font encoding (in
This has nothing to do with the appearance of single letters.
2a. Typeface and 2b. Family
Here LaTeX doens't differentiate too much. The Typeface (2a) is the "font" like Computer Modern Roman, Times New Roman or Helvetica, for instance. The typeface is usually (in
to load the Latin Modern fonts (a list of many font packages can be found in The LaTeX Font Catalouge). And here the problem starts:
3a. Series and 3b. Shape
On the next level you can select a series (3a, also known as weight) and/or a shape (3b). The different series share the same characteristics but differ in the stroke width. Normally LaTeX uses only two series but there are typefaces with up to ten or more different weights.
for the sans serif family.
In general you can combine the series with any shapes, but not all typefaces contain all possible combinations, for example bold italic small caps are extremely rarely to find. It is possible to combine several shapes too but not two different series. In LaTeX you can select out of the following ones
Please note that italic and slanted are not the same in any case. Especially serif families normally (hopefully) have a real italic shape that even has different letter forms, e.g. the letter
I won't show any theoretically possible combination since the Latin Modern typefaces don't support all of them, as you can see the sans serif not even has a small caps shape. In this regard I'd like to highly recommend you not to fake small caps by using scaled uppercase letters. When you scale the uppercase letters you will also scale the stroke width and then the faked small caps won't match with the upper case letters.
4. Size
Sure it is worth a discussion if the size should be at the lowest level or it should be the second one right under the encoding but I choose to place it at the lowest level.
The obvious part of this level is the width and height of the letters, which can be selected with the switches
These font sizes are relative and depend on the selected value for the regular text, which is done with a class option like
Beside this obvious sizes there is a thing called optical size which means that the letter forms for tiny sizes are quite different from the ones of a huge size.
The last line shows a text set with
Fortunately LaTeX is smart enough to find the right optical size for the current size of the letters — unfortunately only few typefaces come with different optical sizes.
Font switch vs. Text command
As you can see above, some characteristics can be changed by two macros, like
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7 Bizarre Early Versions of Famous Cartoon Characters
Blondie is like a 50s TV Sitcom that somebody forgot to cancel. Despite being the title character, Blondie plays the background role of a diminutive housewife while Dagwood, the main character, eats "hilariously" large sandwiches and naps on the couch. It's hackish and irrelevant today, but at least they stuck to their guns -- such as it is, such it always shall be.
Above: The only universal constant.
But in the Beginning:
Blondie was originally the strip's focal point, they just never bothered to change the title. She wasn't married to Dagwood at all; it was just a strip about a single girl living it up in the city. The series began in the early 30s, and Blondie was a "flapper chick" with the dignified last name of Boopadoop.
She was always better than Dagwood deserved.
The story revolved around her over-the-top hedonistic adventures and glamorous social life. So why the change?
Because the stock market crashed the year before the series debuted.
It was a devastating time for comics. And also people, probably.
Newspaper readers weren't exactly interested in the misadventures of a fun-loving single girl in the glitzy city, who liked having rich gentlemen callers. They bought the paper to read the news, look for jobs and maybe boil it later to add much-needed texture to their shoe-leather burritos. So the series was reformatted, and Blondie's beau at the time of the change, Dagwood Bumstead, asked her to marry him so they could settle down. But there was a problem: Even Dagwood was originally a wealthy socialite and they first had to bankrupt the pair. The ensuing storyline had Dagwood's parents disowning the couple because they considered Blondie a skank, well below their social standing.
Now that Dagwood was on his own financially, he got a mid-level job working for Mr. Dithers, he and Blondie got hitched, and his wacky, eating-disorder hijinks became the series' main focus. It says a lot about the priorities of the time: People were so despondent that, even in fantasy, they couldn't set their sights higher than a steady, crappy job, a comfortable couch and a giant sandwich.
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Wow! That's a story I can relate to! Tell us about the bread again, mister ...
#2. Popeye Was a Minor Side Character to Olive Oyl
Popeye is the ultimate underdog and the champion of everyone's least-favorite canned vegetable. We all know the basic premise of a Popeye the Sailor Man short: Popeye tries to woo the rail-thin Olive Oyl, Bluto (professional bully at large) beats Popeye up and kidnaps Olive Oyl, Popeye eats some spinach and beats Bluto nearly to death.
Remember kids, hurting people will make women love you.
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The comic strip that originated Popeye actually had nothing to do with him. The strip in question was called Thimble Theater and didn't feature the titular sailor at all. It did, however, feature Olive Oyl, her brother Castor and her boyfriend Harold Hamgravy (later shortened to just Ham Gravy). Seriously, this is just getting sad -- people were really hungry back then.
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Even the villains just wanted a modest meal.
Ten years into Thimble Theater's run, Ham and Castor set out on a trip to an island casino. They needed a boat that needed a sailor, and that's where they first encountered Popeye. Popeye played a minor role in the story: He got the pair to the casino and then was shot by gangsters in the process, presumably never to be seen again.
Via cartoonflophouse.blogspot.com
Get this man his own strip!
Popeye was only intended to be a one-off character -- a means to get Ham and Castor to the island and nurture some cheap drama. But reader reaction to the burly curmudgeon was so positive that he was brought back and given an expanded role. Thimble Theater's popularity sky rocketed, Castor was given the axe, Olive was relegated to the background and Ham Gravy changed his name and went on to become President of these United States.
#1. Beetle Bailey Wasn't in the Army
Beetle Bailey is a sad sack of a soldier who is perpetually stuck in basic training, and often physically abused by Drill Sergeant Snorkel. Somehow that's supposed to be funny, and not the first half of Full Metal Jacket.
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It had nothing to do with the Army. Though Bailey was always the title character, his original moniker was "Spider," and the strip was about the wacky shenanigans of a kid going to college.
The standards for "wacky shenanigans" were a lot lower back then.
So what happened? Well, early on in the series, Beetle "accidentally" joined the Army. This was meant to be a one-off storyline poking fun at military life. But with America just entering into the Korean War at the time, Beetle's military antics proved especially popular -- so it was decided he would not return to school after all. He was stuck in the Army, against his will.
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With a depressing use of reverse psychology
Since enduring the horrors of war isn't exactly "wacky," Beetle is a member of the only infantry unit to never leave basic training. It's not exactly exploring new ground by trying to find humor amidst violence and tragedy -- it's just a constant rehashing of old gags with Army life as little more than a novel backdrop. Though credit should be given: Beetle Bailey is, to this day, the only comic strip based on the complete and permanent destruction of a child's dreams for a better life.
Aside from Family Circus, of course.
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WACO (August 26, 2010)--The Lorena football team beat West 41-13 Thursday night at Waco ISD Stadium.
The Leopards started slow, and the game was tied at 13 at one point. But that is when Lorena got it into gear, scoring 28 unanswered points.
The game was the season opener for both teams.
Also locally Thursday night, Riesel beat Snook 46-0, and Jonesboro beat Zephyr 66-20.


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WHEELING - Melody Fisher's sister, seeking revenge for a rumored affair between Fisher and her sister's husband, impersonated Fisher and contacted her alleged victim on the Internet, knowing it was a violation of Fisher's bond and would put her back in jail, witnesses testified Tuesday in Ohio County Circuit Court.
Fisher, 41, of Beech Bottom, allegedly conspired with Kevin Walnoha to rob the Elm Grove Pharmacy at gunpoint on May 25. Prosecutors say Fisher was sitting in the getaway car in the parking lot when pharmacist Anthony Martino shot and killed Walnoha inside the building.
Judge James Mazzone revoked Fisher's pretrial release in January and sent her back to the Northern Regional Jail after she allegedly contacted Martino via Facebook, which is a violation of her bond. Fisher has since hired attorney Edward Gillison to replace Stephen Herndon and Brent Clyburn, who were appointed by the court. Gillison has moved to reinstate bond, saying he uncovered exculpatory evidence that was not presented during the first hearing.
Bernice Henry, Fisher's adoptive sister, testified Tuesday that Fisher was rumored to be having an affair with her biological sister's husband while on house arrest at her parents' home in Wellsburg. Fisher had a contentious relationship with her biological sister, Ronda McAdams, who was jealous of Fisher, Henry said.
Through nearly 50 pages of activity from Fisher's Facebook account, which Gillison submitted as evidence Tuesday, the account never indicated Fisher attempted to contact Martino, Henry said. She added that she believes McAdams posed as Fisher and initiated the contact in a scheme to get Fisher put back into jail.
Hans Fisher Sr., Melody Fisher's husband of seven years, testified his wife admitted to having an affair with her brother-in-law, Terry McAdams. He noted that Melody Fisher and Terry McAdams have children together. Hans Fisher and Ronda McAdams have children together as well, Hans Fisher testified.
Hans Fisher testified Ronda McAdams warned him to keep his wife away from Terry McAdams. Hans Fisher recalled Ronda McAdams saying she would do "whatever it takes to burn Melody," including getting her put back behind bars. He also said he believes Ronda McAdams hacked Melody Fisher's Facebook account and contacted Martino.
When Ohio County Prosecutor Scott Smith asked Hans Fisher if he was addicted to prescription pain pills, Fisher testified that he was undergoing "pain management." The witness invoked his Fifth Amendment right, however, when Smith asked if Melody Fisher was addicted to painkillers.
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I loved using this in school, to get around the filters, so that I could play whatever I wanted
The filters, block certain websites, anything that the school administrators deems 'inappropriate' such as pornography (obviously) and games (e.g. Runescape)
Well, this is useful if they also disabled use of the command prompt, cmd.exe
Go to Start>Accessories>Calculator (yes, the calculator) and in calc, click Help>Help topics.
Now. In the upper left hand corner you see a "?" right click on it and click "Jump to URL"
You will see "Current URL: mk:@MSITStore:C:\WINDOWS\Help\calc.chm::/calc_whatis_intro.htm"
In the Jump to URL: type in "file:///C:/windows/system32/cmd.exe" WITHOUT QUOTES OR SPACES


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September 4, 2012
Projects Blending Ecology, Architecture, and Urban Design
GLOBAL Design NYU, a New York University project that aims to transform architecture and urban design in ways that address environmental concerns, has directed and curated Elsewhere Envisioned, a forthcoming exhibition at London's Building Centre (26 Store Street, London WC1E 7BT), Sept. 20 through Oct. 20.
Hosted by NLA—London's Centre for the Built Environment, Elsewhere Envisioned is presented by GLOBAL Design NYU (GDNYU) and directed and curated by NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study professors Peder Anker, Louise Harpman, and Mitchell Joachim. It will feature more than 30 leading designers, architects, landscape architects, urbanists, historians, and scientists. The show is a feature of the London Design Festival.
The exhibition, free and open to the public, is part of a series exploring how architecture and design can help reduce climate change and bridge the gap between people and the natural world.
Reporters wishing to speak with GDNYU professors should contact James Devitt, NYU's Office of Public Affairs, at 212.998.6808 or email@example.com. For images of work in this field, click here.
GLOBAL Design NYU, which brings together designers, scholars, and innovators, showcases design research as it relates to visionary architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism, and ecological planning through exhibits and speaker series. Peder Anker is the author of From Bauhaus to Eco-House: A History of Ecological Design, among others; Louise Harpman is a principal in the architecture firm Specht Harpman and been named one of Wallpaper* magazine's "top 50 practices"; and Mitchell Joachim is co-founder of Planetary ONE and Terreform ONE, nonprofit organizations and design groups that integrate ecological principles in urban areas.
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I was in frantic search mode much of last week, trying to find two things successfully alluding us in our house and two things coming up missing in the workplace.
The at-home couldn't-be-found items included my pair of holey barn jeans and Better Half's "Oklahoma" T-shirt, two clothing items that are casual staples of the Kiaski comfort wardrobe.
At work, it was two anniversary pictures people were hoping to have returned to their wallets or frames atop mantelpieces, which is normally not a big deal.
But I couldn't find them, of course.
Nor could I find my holey jeans, a pair of denims that became holey over the course of years from actual wear and tear, not holey jeans you pay a lot of money for to look faded and used from the get-go.
These were legitimately worn-out dungarees that I really, really, really, really liked.
As for Better Half's loss, it was his black "Oklahoma" T-shirt he's worn for years, a T-shirt made when the Weirton Community Players staged this Rodgers and Hammerstein production years back. This T-shirt is so worn, the material is super soft, super thin, very threadbare. Each washing made me wonder how much longer would it actually stay in tact.
I admit, I have looked at it with a level of lust, knowing that softness made the T-shirt the perfect candidate for the next phase of its existence - waxing my car.
Better Half and I started to accuse each other of wardrobe sabotage after continued searches turned up fruitless, after we had looked e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e.
We started to ask each other stupid questions like "Did you look really good for it?" as if just looking for something doesn't cut mustard.
We also ruled out breaking and entering, having received no ransom note for either item.
Things weren't going much better at work, where I was reduced to cleaning out my desk drawers, speculating that somehow these pictures of people who had marked marriage milestones had marched right in there and made themselves at home with all my packs of instant oatmeal, notebooks, clippings and assorted paper paraphernalia.
The up side of losing something, I guess, is that it can foster something positive, make you clean and organize, search and destroy. Finding what you misplaced is the bonus beyond the tidy new environment.
I'm pleased to report that I did find those anniversary pictures, not in any of my drawers, and not where I expected to find them, but I found them just the same.
As for the whereabouts of the holey jeans and "Oklahoma" T-shirt, I have no happy news to share as they both remain at large.
In my search for the jeans and the T-shirt, I found everything but, including the bathing suit my son needed about three weeks ago.
All we can figure is that the sock monster is weary of footwear around our house and is taking on new challenges.
Ever the optimist, though, I think the jeans and T-shirt will ultimately turn up some day, somewhere.
Who knows? Maybe they'll come "sweepin' down the plain" when we least expect it.
(Kiaski, a resident of Steubenville, is a staff columnist and features writer for the Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times and community editor for the Herald-Star. She can be contacted at email@example.com.)


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Sen. Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) today issued the following statement after the Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) announced the purchase of land for a new national cemetery at South 144th Street (Highway 50) and Schram Road in Sarpy County. The cemetery will serve veterans in eastern Nebraska, western Iowa and northwest Missouri.
"The announcement of a new site for a national cemetery in Sarpy County has great significance for our veterans and their families. Getting this project started has been a priority of mine, and I am happy to see it moving forward," Johanns said. "This cemetery will provide Nebraskans, and all Americans who come to visit it, a place to honor those who have protected our country. Our veterans are American heroes and should be remembered every day we exercise the freedoms they fought to preserve."
The VA plans to award a design contract for the cemetery early next year.
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December 09, 2010
Boulders penguin colony – A Cape Town Tourism photo essay
My wife and I took our one-year-old son out to Boulders near Simon's Town to go and show him the penguins. When we arrived there it started raining, so we decided to go for lunch at a place called Dixies Restaurant and Pub in Simon's Town.
While we were having lunch the rain cleared so we went back to Boulders where all the penguins were out and about. Our son watched and pointed in amazement at all the penguins that were scattered about. It was a perfect opportunity for me to take some photos.
Penguins in their natural habitat
Penguins on the rocks at Boulders
A penguin resting alone on the rocks
The penguins out and about after the rain
If you haven't yet been to Boulders, do yourself a favor and head out there and go look at the penguins. There are no barriers between you and the penguins and you can get quite close to them – but please remember that you are in their home so be nice to them!
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Into the woods
Just a few miles from civilization is a hidden world: Walter Briggs' ancient forest, humming with life
Dan Bates / The Herald
A tiny moth lands on a moss frond on the floor of the Walter R. Briggs Old Growth Forest. It most resembles a female Nepytia phantasmaria, or Phantom Hemlock Looper, according to Dave Pehling at the Washington State University extension office in Everett.
A legacy of giants November 30, 2012
ARLINGTON -- About the time William the Conqueror was invading England in 1066, some of the trees in Walter Briggs' forest were already sucking energy from the moist soil surrounding what today are a couple of lakes.
Some of those trees are still alive, behemoths that are 10 feet or more in diameter.
And a couple hundred feet below the spruce- and hemlock-needle canopy, tiny seedlings poke their heads out of the duff awaiting their turn to become giants hundreds of years from now. That probably won't happen until their towering neighbors fall to let more sunshine bathe the forest floor.
Circumstance will dictate whether that will happen.
Will there be fire or flood? Will a slide from the steep mountain terrain crush the young trees? Or will one of the existing giants fall in a windstorm and bury those saplings patiently waiting below?
Nobody knows. Not even Briggs, who knows this patch of land like nobody else.
It's called the Walter R. Briggs Old Growth Forest Area, but it really isn't his. It belongs to the U.S. Navy and thus all of us. The sight of the ancient trees is inspiring, but the forest is on a military reservation and not accessible to the general public.
And it would not exist today if Briggs, the West Coast naval forester, had not by force of personality pushed the highest authorities at the Pentagon to save it from being mowed down.
Dan Bates / The Herald
Walter Briggs leans back as his canoe passes beneath a fallen tree along the shoreline of Lower Twin Lake, which is bordered by old-growth forest.
It's situated in a lush, temperate rain forest at about 780 feet of elevation in the Cascade foothills. Access to some of the most spectacular areas is either by trail along the shore of one of the lakes, and then navigating the tricky steps of a beaver dam, or via a canoe launched at a recreation site for military families on Upper Twin Lake.
There are no trails throughout most of the forest. Getting there means finding a way through thick tangles of salmon berry bushes, tall grass, huckleberry, Indian plum, cottonwoods and vine maple. In the wet season, there are muddy streams to cross and the perennial lakeside bogs are deeper. Routes are often dictated by finding ways around huge deadfalls.
Once there, the forest is a glimpse into the past at an old-growth Pacific Northwest forest, just a few miles from civilization.
"There's a nice botanical and structural diversity," Briggs said.
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Tiny, delicate flowers called "foamflower," or Tiarella trifoliata, spring from the forest floor. The blooms are about one-eighth of an inch wide.
At 6-foot-2 and 210 pounds, Briggs is a nimble man who navigates the brambles and fallen logs with catlike grace and speed.
"Sometimes you'll be climbing over that stuff and you will find yourself 5 or 10 feet off the ground, walking along a blown-down tree," said Briggs, who is never hesitant to show off the forest to Navy brass, and high-ranking federal or state politicians.
Over the last couple of decades, plenty of them have come to this isolated forest, getting their shoes muddy and pant legs damp.
Briggs is always prepared. Like a logger, he wears metal-spiked shoes for good footing and oiled-canvas pants to deter moisture and fend off slaps from the ever-present thorny brush.
The effort of going there becomes worth it when the berry bushes are pushed aside and one comes face-to-face with a gigantic cedar, Sitka spruce, hemlock or Douglas fir.
Visitors learn a lot, and Briggs is not shy about teaching as often and to as many as will come.
"Well, there are trees out there that are twice as big as your arm span," Briggs said. "So if you put your fingertips in one corner of the room and your arms down the wall and leapfrog that again, that's how big the trees are."
Some of the trees are 1,400 years old. Briggs estimates the age based on samples of wood he's taken from old stumps and deadfalls.
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A banana slug moves slowly along a rain-soaked route in the forest, its optical tentacles, or "eye stalks," capturing light and movement as it goes.
It's an isolated place with only the sounds of an occasional airliner overhead or a chain saw buzzing from some distant ridge to interrupt Briggs' lessons and the natural sounds of the forest.
There's green in the brush and canopy. There are the inviting textures of the various tree giants.
A visitor can "feel that deeply fissured bark on the old-growth Douglas firs and the stringy bark on the cedars and the platy bark on the Sitka spruce," Briggs said. "They could feel different foliage, the prickly spruce and the cones. And they could taste the high-bush blueberries, huckleberries and thimbleberry and salmon berry."
Or one could just sit on a log and listen to the nearby symphony that is the forest.
"They would hear the wind and they would hear the birds. If a bear were walking through the brush nearby, you'd hear the breaking twigs."
Briggs has done that.
"I've found their steaming scat, so you know they're only about 50 or 75 feet away and you can hear them up there breaking the salmon berries as they go through it. And they're eating berries as they go," he said.
Dan Bates / The Herald
A tiny inchworm drops onto a huckleberry leaf from another leaf just overhead. Adult inchworms are only a half-inch to 1 inch in length. When first observed, the worm appeared to be a thin string or thread stuck to the edge of a leaf at one end. But then it moved oddly, as only a creature would.
"I was out there with Admiral (Len) Herring and a bald eagle came from behind us and splashed 35 or 40 feet from the canoe and grabbed a fish, took off and flew into a tree," he said.
Rear Adm. Herring, former commander of Navy Region Northwest, "just turned around grinning and looked at me," Briggs said.
There was the "whoosh of the air of those wings as it came down low to grab that fish," Briggs said. It was "like an airplane with the engine turned off."
A person could walk up to an ancient tree, and maybe with some help around natural obstacles and thick, tangled roots, walk all the way around, only then grasping the effort it takes and the tree's size.
"Or you could just walk up to one and say, 'Here, give it a hug.' They'd say, 'I can't get my arms around it.'
"I'd say, 'That's right, because it's about 35 feet around.' "
Dan Bates / The Herald
Forced into the deep moss of the forest floor by heavy rain, a moth peers backward toward another one-eyed creature, the camera.
Behind the story: Remarkable man, remarkable forest
We wanted to discover what was there on top of and beneath the duff.
Little things. Beautiful things. Unusual things. Things that a lot of folks might never see or pay attention to even if they have the opportunity to be there.
It was a project that would require a lot of time because we wanted to experience the forest during various seasons. That meant repeated trips to the selected site. While I was working, the time became a luxury we just couldn't afford. Dan went on his assignments. I went on mine.
When my daily grind stopped, we were able to set aside days for several forays. But where?
I remembered a remarkable man I once met whose single-handed efforts preserved scores of acres of old-growth trees. The site is close, just outside Arlington. But it was on a military reservation. We would need the cooperation of the U.S. Navy and the man who saved the trees, West Coast Navy forester Walter Briggs.
Briggs gave us a half-dozen days over two years, repeatedly guiding us into a majestic forest located in rugged terrain surrounding a couple of lakes.
Some days were cold or hot. Others wet -- knee-depth wet. We traveled by foot and canoe.
Dan packed pounds of heavy lights, cameras, tripods and special lenses to take a close look at the forest and what it contains.
Some of what we found, and what Dan photographed, appears today.
Jim Haley, 70, of Edmonds, worked for The Daily Herald for 42 years before he retired in 2008.
My best friends' parents either worked in one of the sawmills or in the woods. If you worked in the woods, you were a logger. If you worked in the woods for 10 years, and never had your back broken, you were a very lucky logger, or the camp cook. There was nothing easy about working in the sawmill, either. There were life-altering injuries. Fast-moving log handling and cutting machinery is scary-looking even when it's turned off. But usually, the mill workers only lost fingers.
When I came to the point in high school that I was required to write a conservation essay, I realized I was conflicted. I actually believed we shouldn't clear cut so many mountainsides and that any further logging of old growth everywhere should be stopped completely before it was all gone. This opinion, I realized, was not something I could share with my girlfriend's father or anybody else in town. I was compelled to write my best 1965 essay without a single mention of foul logging practices.
Since then, I have always wanted to spend some time photographing a worthy old growth forest story. I wanted to do this story because Walter Briggs didn't give up on this relatively small patch of old growth when he found out the timber was already sold and scheduled to be logged.
I thought, if I could find and photograph a few things of beauty in the forest he saved, it might help reveal the true value of what Forester Briggs did. At first, the giant trees captured and held my attention, but it didn't take long to realize that much of the beauty existed far below the treetops. Tiny things. Bugs, and itsy bitsy flowers, barely visible to the human eye. Living in the deep moss and humus beneath what's left of an ancient forest are other worlds. You'll need a more powerful macro lens, I told myself.
Dan Bates, 64, of Marysville, has been a staff photographer for The Herald since 1984.
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We play go on Sundays at 3pm, as well as at other times. There are at least two Go boards on members' shelves which are available for use at noisebridge.
Interested Parties
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I am having some trouble with my Ubuntu 10.10, which I installed on windows filesystem using wubi.exe. For sometime now, whenever I boot Ubuntu, it boots up to busybox showing initramfs as shell.
From initial solutions mentioned on the web, I have cleaned my partition on Windows (using chkdsk), but the problem still persists. Any suggestions how I could fix my problem??


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June 19, 2012
Mary J. Murphy, a 2012 graduate of the Tisch School of the Arts, has been named one of 15 nationwide recipients of this year's Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Arts Award. Sponsored by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, the award supports college seniors and recent graduates with significant financial need who will pursue a graduate or professional degree in the visual arts, performing arts, or creative writing.
The awards are worth up to $50,000 per year for up to three years of study at an accredited graduate school in the U.S. or abroad.
A Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholar at NYU, Murphy graduated from TSOA in May with a BFA in Dramatic Writing and a double minor in Philosophy and Creative Writing. She plans to pursue an MFA in creative writing.
Murphy, a native of South Carolina, was also a recipient of a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, which she used to study at NYU London.
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Hi there guys ! Haven't posted here in a while but have two really quick questions please as I have just been delivered the new Football Manager today!
1- I am getting my laptop reset to basically start from scratch (get it to run a bit quicker) soon and I was wondering if I use my activation code before I get it reset will my game still be valid after it is reset if I install it again?
2- How do I access my saves from the demo to transfer them over to the full game? I have tried this through the only ways I know (which is limited) and I cannot seem to figure it out so any help is appreciated!
I am sorry if these have been posted elsewhere but I checked the FAQ and my questions weren't answered so I assumed it would be best to post this quick thread. Also I apologise if this is in the wrong forum, but again I am only just coming back and I am a bit rusty with all the different sections.
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Kylesa – From the Vaults Vol 1
I've got another compilation this week. Much like the Isis album, this is hardly a must have but something nice for completists or people jonesing for some Kylesa (it's been a little over two years and counting we've been waiting for a new album).
And this isn't just a bunch of old tracks thrown together. Many of these tracks were worked on specifically for this album. Tracks are really culled from all over the place. There are a few unfinished tracks lying around that were completed. There are a couple updated versions of album and 7″ songs. The touch-ups help give the album more cohesion since the songs were written throughout the past ten years. There's also a brand new song End Truth right in the center of everything.
For me, the album's highlights are the two covers near the end. Pink Floyd's Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun is probably their most circulated rarity. I think it's originally from a Pink Floyd tribute. It's nice to see that it's finally getting a proper release. The other is Buzzov*en's Drained. I'm not sure if this was ever released before, but it's a great.
My only complaint is that the album kind of just drops off at the end finishing with a drum jam (creatively titled Drum Jam). Between that and the two covers, it feels like they didn't know how to fit them all in with the other songs so they just got dumped at the end. Apart form that it's a good comp. They're all solid songs.
Isis – Temporal
We're now over two years since Isis has broken up, and they've released this compilation which serves as a nice coda to their catalog. After releasing two disappointing albums (to me at least) they finished up on a very high note with 2009′s Wavering Radiant. This three-disc set compiles some odds and ends they had. It's probably something that's for the more diehard fans, but I really enjoy it and would recommend it.
The first disc is comprised of demos. Most of them aren't all that different from the album versions. A little rougher but pretty good sound quality. Some have low or no vocals at all. The final track is the 17 minute Grey Divide. I'm not sure where it's from but the liner notes say recorded in 2001 so maybe it's from the Oceanic sessions or extended jam somewhere. Either way, ideas from it were used on Oceanic.
The second disc has some really cool gems on it. First off are the Godflesh and Black Sabbath covers from the ultra-rare Sawblade EP from 1999. They are also the only pre-Oceanic tracks in the set. There are also a couple remixes and a short new song (the title track). To me the album's highlights are Way Through Woven Branches and Pliable Foe, the two tracks from their split EP with the Melvins, both Wavering Radiant outtakes.
The third disc is a DVD of their official videos. Not really my thing, but they look cool if you're into videos. Again, this collection is not essential, but really cool for the longtime fans.
"Like a lot of people I know it's hard to figure out where to best donate money and resources right now. To this end I've just arranged a benefit concert for my good friend Nick Honachefsky who lost his home and all of his worldly possessions in the storm. I'm hosting a benefit concert at the Saint in Asbury Park, NJ on Sun Nov. 11–"Dean Ween and Friends" featuring Claude Coleman, Glenn McClelland, Chris Harford, Dickie Moist, and the all of the usual suspects to help Nick get back on his feet. The evening will feature new music and old music by Moistboyz, Chris Harford, Jimmy Wilson, members of Ween, etc. More specific details to follow. Also, there is a fund set up for Nick at this address:
"These are trying times for a lot of my closest friends and family members as well as my brothers and sisters in the NJ fishing community. If we all pitch in a little bit it can go a long way towards a complete recovery and some sense of normalcy to an area which is so sacred to so many of us."
Primus @ Hammerstein Ballroom, New York 10-19-12
Primus is in the midst of their 3-D Tour complete with glasses for their visual show and a surround sound audio setup that they are bringing to the venues. It's a pretty cool gimmick. The 3-D looked like there were bubbles and other random things floating around on the stage. It sounded great. Although the few times I've been to the Hammerstein Ballroom always sounded great.
And what really matters is that the music was great. They played for about two and a half hours combined, and really pulled out some cool rarely (if ever) played tunes. I've been seeing Primus for many years now. And recently it's kind of been mostly favorites from their first two albums. For me at least. I know they change up their sets from night to night.
The highlight for me was hearing them open up the second set with The Return of Sathington Willoughby which is something I never would have thought they would ever play live. Hamburger Train was also very cool. I haven't been able to see them since the release of Green Naugahyde
, so all the new songs were also treats. There was also a lot of Punchbowl, and Les played Big Rock Candy Mountain solo.
The night was closed out with HOINFODAMAN and Tommy the Cat. Both were accompanied with particularly killer guitar solos.
1st Set
American Life
Prelude to a Crawl
Last Salmon Man
Frizzle Fry
Over the Falls
Lee Van Cleef
Eyes of the Squirrel
Hamburger Train
Del Davis Tree Farm
Those Damn Blue Collar Tweekers
2nd Set
Return of Sathington Willoughby
Moron TV
Southbound Pachyderm
Eternal Consumption Engine
Glass Sandwich
Jilly's on Smack
Big Rock Candy Mountain
Hats Off
Over the Electric Grapevine
Hello Skinny (Residents)
Jerry Was a Race Car Driver
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I was looking up Monk's Unarmed Strike for another answer and was wondering. If a power, such as Twin Strike requires you to be wielding two weapons, are you effectively wielding two unarmed strikes, or must you use some other weapon in either your main or your off hand?
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This, as far as I've gleaned from other situations, DMs, threads, and the rules, is a house rule question.
According to the letter of the rules, you are wielding one weapon, Monk's Unarmed Strike, that you can make multiple attacks with if you have the multiple attacks to use. Not two weapons. Game balance wise, I see zero issue with allowing this, and have never heard of a DM who did not allow two monk hands to be used as two weapons for feats – as long as you have both hands empty and usable as monk's unarmed strike weapons when using the feat.
Treat Unarmed Strike as a single weapon for 1 hand. When using it for Two-Weapon Fighting, apply the normal TWF penalties. I would consider the other hand to be a light weapon for rules purposes and apply the corresponding penalties in-line with the TWF feat. -4/-4 in this case.


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If one gives you a continuous function $f(x)$ on a set, let's say the interval $[a, b]$. Are there any fast ways to intuitively see if $f(x)$ is uniformly continuous on $[a, b]$?
$f$ is continuous at every real $x$ if for every real $x$ and for every infinitely small $dx$, the quantity $f(x+dx)-f(x)$ is also infinitely small. But $f$ is uniformly continuous on the real line if for every infinitely small $dx$, the difference $f(x+dx)-f(x)$ is infinitely small even if $x$ is not real, i.e. $x$ could be infinitely close to a real number or $x$ could be infinitely large.
Thus, $x\mapsto\sin\frac1x$ fails to be uniformly continuous because if $x$ is infinitely close to $0$, an infinitely small change in $x$ can change $\sin\frac1x$ from $1$ to $-1$, and the difference is not infinitely small. And $x\mapsto e^x$ is not uniformly continuous because if $x$ is infinitely large, $e^x$ can increase by $1$ when $x$ increases by an infinitely small amount.
All of this is made precise in Robinson's non-standard analysis.
If $f(x)$ is continuous and the interval $[a,b]$ is closed and bounded, then there is a theorem that says that $f(x)$ will always be uniformly continuous!


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January 14, 2014
Valentine's Day 2014 Events in Cape Town: What's On
With just weeks to go before Cupid's special day on February 14, 2014; romantic events are popping up all around #lovecapetown.
Whether you are serenading your beloved with a musical and dinner in Sea Point, romancing them beneath the stars in the Cape Winelands or treating them to a luxurious treatment at one of the city's award-winning spas, there is plenty to do in the Mother City to show the love of your life how much they mean to you.
Treat your sweetheart to one of these Valentine's Day 2014 events in Cape Town:
For the ravenous lovers:
Valentine's Day Lunch and Dinner at Richard's Supper Stage & Bistro
Add a touch of fun and romance to your lip-smacking buffet dinner with a special edition of the beloved musical Kaapse Stories at this entertaining eatery in Sea Point. Your passionate package includes a four-course dinner, the show, a glass of bubbly and a rose for your special someone.
Too hungry for love and gourmet delights to wait until dinner time? Then pop by Richard's Bistro downstairs at lunch time for a Cape breyani or something equally delicious.
Cost: R 420 per person
Location: Richard's Supper Stage & Bistro, Sea Point
Contact: +27 (0)21 434 4497
Website: www.richardscapetown.co.za
A labour of love at Harveys at Winchester Mansions
Love is in the air at Winchester Mansions' Harveys this Valentine's Day.
Spend some much-needed quality time with your lover in the romantic courtyard, leisurely feasting on a six course meal, while listening to the romantic sounds of a live band.
Cost: R 695 per couple
Location: Harveys, Winchester Mansions Hotel, Sea Point
Contact: +27 (0)21 434 2351
Website: www.winchester.co.za
Celebrate Valentine's Day with Tsogo Sun
The gorgeous Tsogo Sun hotels are pulling out all of the romantic stops on February 14, with dinner, a complimentary drink and live entertainment from R260 per person at four of its elegant Capetonian hotels including Southern Sun The Cullinan, Southern Sun Waterfront, Southern Sun Cape Sun and Southern Sun Newlands.
Keen to up the romance a notch? Why not stay over from R1250 per room per night, which includes breakfast?
Cost: R 260 - R 1250
Location: Newlands, City Centre and Foreshore
Contact: +27(0)861 44 77 44
Valentine's Day at the Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa
It's all about romance, diamonds and picnics with your one true love at the Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa this day of love.
Whether you're enjoying an intimate dinner at the Azure restaurant, getting pampered at the Spa or sharing a meal beneath the stars at the Kraal, the Twelve Apostles is sure to help you set your soulmate's heart aflutter.
Cost: Various
Location Azure Restaurant and The Kraal, 12 Apostles Hotel&Spa, Camps Bay
Contact: +27 (0)21 437 9000
Website: www.12apostles.co.za
Valentine's Day Dinner and Dance at Cape Point Vineyards
The picturesque Noordhoek is home to the romantic Cape Point Vineyards and it is here where you can celebrate the day of love with your one and only in spectacular style!
From a dinner and dance that will have you feasting and slowdancing to a whimicial picnic on the rolling lawns of the Vineyards, your Valentine is sure to feel appreciated.
Cost: R495 per person (dinner) and R 600 ( per picnic basket for 2)
Location: Cape Point Vineyards, Noordhoek
Contact: +27(0)83 444 7088
Website: www.capepointvineyards.co.za
V is for Valentine's Week at Nederburg
Nederburg Wine Estate is spreading the love this February with a week-long celebration of specially-made picnic baskets, wine tastings and a special dinner at their Red Table Restaurant.
Cost: Various
Location: Nederburg Wines, Paarl
Contact: +27(0)21 877 5155
Website: www.nederburg.co.za
For the pamper-loving twosome:
It's Valentine's Day at the Spa at Cape Grace
Embrace the loving touch of the expert therapists when you and your darling enjoy the amazing Valentine's Day spa treatments at the Cape Grace Hotel's impressive Spa.
Cost: Various
Location: Cape Grace Hotel, V&A Waterfront
Contact: + 27(0) 21 410 7100
Website: www.capegrace.com
Valentines Spa Package for Two at the Mount Nelson
Get caught up in the moment of adoration with your beloved at the prestigious Mount Nelson Hotel 's coveted Librisa Spa. Their love-filled package includes a full body scrub, a 40 minute Librisa Spa Signature massage and a relaxing scalp massage.
Cost:R1750 per couple
Location: Librisa Spa at the Mount Nelson Hotel, 76 Orange Street, Gardens
Contact: +27(0)21 483 1000
Website: www.mountnelson.co.za
For the adventurous lovebirds:
Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Sunset Special
Strapped for cash but still want to make this Valentine's one to remember? Then pack a picnic, grab your sweetie and head up our wonder of Nature, Table Mountain for spectacular sunset views with their amazing special.
Cost: R 102.50 per person
Location: Table Mountain Aerial Cableway, Cape Town
Contact: +27(0)21 424 8181
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WINTERSVILLE - An area bride-to-be will have an opportunity to win a dream honeymoon while enjoying a free champagne luncheon and viewing a variety of wedding and vacation fashions at the Herald-Star's third-annual Sparkling Moments Bridal Show from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 27 at St. Florian Hall.
All brides to be will receive free admission to the event, a bag of goodies supplied by its many vendors and a chance to win a variety of door prizes and a grand prize of the choice of a trip to Italy or Cocoa Beach, Fla.
The trips are courtesy of Todd Piergallini, owner of Piergallini Catering, which will provide the luncheon and has teamed with the Herald-Star, The Weirton Daily Times, Sorelle Bridal Salon, Phil-Mor Tuxedo Outlet, Anna- Kay's Unique Fashions and A Cut Above Disc Jockey Entertainment for Life's Celebrations.
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BRIDAL BASH RETURNING — Among the many participating in the Herald-Star's third-annual Sparkling Moments Bridal Show on Jan. 27 at St. Florian Hall are, from left, Doreen Kay, co-owner of Anna-Kay's Unique Fashions; Todd Piergallini, co-owner of Piergallini Catering; Cindy Kotsch, special projects and events coordinator for the Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times; Jeanie Lambert, owner of Sorelle Bridal Salon; and Kassy Doughty, co-owner Piergallini Catering. Brides-to-be attending the event will receive goodie bags supplied by its many vendors and a chance to win assorted door prizes and choice of a trip to Italy or Cocoa Beach, Fla. - Staff photo
At 2 p.m., the latter four will present a fashion show featuring assorted gowns and other wedding apparel, elegant tuxedos and a variety of destination wear.
Admission is $10 for other guests, which includes the lunch. Reservations are strongly recommended and may be made online at www.heraldstaronline.com. For information, call the Herald-Star at (740) 283-4711.
Last year's event was attended by more than 400.
"Our bridal show has quickly become a premiere bridal show for the Ohio Valley," said Cindy Kotsch, special events and marketing coordinator for the Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times.
Kotsch said one thing that sets it apart is the elegant setting, with music supplied by the Howard Family Orchestra while those attending enjoy the champagne luncheon.
Another is the assortment of goodies supplied by the event's many vendors. To date, more than 30 area businesses are slated to participate.
And a major draw, of course, is the chance to win either of two trips: Rome and the mountain villa in Italy or Cocoa Beach, Fla.
If the winner chooses the Italy trip, she and her husband will stay in Piergallini's two-story casa in Navelli, a tranquil restored medieval village in Abruzzo, Italy. Located in the Apennine mountain range, it's an hour from the beaches of the Adriatic Sea and 90 minutes from Rome, where the winner also will enjoy a two-night stay at a hotel within walking distance from the Coliseum, Pantheon, Vatican and other sites.
Accommodations for the Florida trip are two blocks from Cocoa Beach, which is on the Atlantic coast, just south of Cape Canaveral and near the Kennedy Space Center.
In addition to the major sponsors, the event will include the following vendors: Chambers and James Funeral Homes; Pampered Chef/Mary Anne Jackson; Tastefully Simple/Tami Wietfield; Joey's Catering and Chocolate Fountains; JK Photography; Off Center Productions; Eileen Marrow Photography; Dr. Patrick Macedonia/Forever Young Aesthetics; Camionetta Designs/Illuminated Creations; Bee Thin/Amy Hutchison; Wes Jones Photography; the Main Event; Envy Salon; Fairfield Inn; Jay Shepherd Weddings; Holiday Inn Weirton/Undo's; Aubrey's Bakery; Mama G's Catering; McDonnell Chiropractic; Snap Shop Photo Booth Rental; E&E Bridal; Finishing Touches/Jennifer Cesta; Howard Family Orchestra; Froehlich's Classic Corner; Best Western University Inn/Damon's; Mary Kay Cosmetics/Gloria Popp; Steubenville Chiropractic; Hairway to Heaven; Stella & Dot Jewelry; Origami Owl/Independent Designer Amy Balog; Tina's Sweet Celebrations; and Sabika Jewelry/Eleni Kallaur.


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Ready for Toilet Training?
Q: I have an 18-month-old baby girl. What are the readiness signs for toilet training? I am looking for advice and any related information to begin her training. She has watched Mommy "use the potty" and I talk her through it. But what are the cues to look for and what happens next?
A: In this country, most children are toilet trained between the ages of 18 months and 3-1/2 years. As you can see, the range is very broad, and the best time to start is dictated by each individual child. Most children are not ready before age two, largely because toddlers tend to be very negative and resist attempts to control them. If you push them to toilet train too soon, you may get more resistance and end up prolonging the process. You want to have a very relaxed, un-pressured approach.
You have already done the right thing by having her come into the bathroom with you, and explaining the process to her. You should also get a potty chair for her and let her practice sitting in it, even with her clothes on. Children are ready to train when they can sense ahead of time that they have to go, and give you some sign that they have to go (either in words or with their facial expressions). They also need to be able to sit for a length of time on the potty, and should be able to follow directions.
Another sign to look for is long intervals with a dry diaper or waking from a nap with a dry diaper. This tells you that her bladder is starting to be able to hold the urine for a while. If she has her bowel movements on a regular schedule, it also makes it a bit easier to start the process. Almost all parenting books have useful step by step descriptions of the rest of the process. Check your local library or bookstore to get the details.
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Shari Nethersole is a physician at Children's Hospital, Boston, and an instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. She graduated from Yale University and Harvard Medical School, and did her internship and residency at Children's Hospital, Boston. As a pediatrician, she tries to work with parents to identify and address their concerns.


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At what point do you want to start pushing instead of just last hitting? Is there a reason to do it at all after any towers are down?
You never stop to try and last hit the minions, except when you're playing support; then you'll leave the last hitting to the carry you are with. But at times it's good to push minion waves to the enemy tower (either using your spells or starting to auto attack), since enemy towers can and will deny gold (and XP - only when your opponent isn't there) from your opponent. But you always have to look at the map when you are going to push, because overextending and dying to a gank is worse then letting your lane opponent farm.
Conversely, if the enemy is pushing his minions closer to your tower, you can start auto attacking the minions to get them down faster, but even while auto attacking you still need to watch minion hp so you can get the last hit.
Always last hit; you want the gold! Even when pushing a lane, time your attacks so you get the last hit.
I think your question could be rephrased as "When to push, when not to push?" In general, it's risky to push a lane because you're left in a vulnerable position. The two biggest reasons I push early are to heal with lifesteal, or because I'm beating my opponents in lane. It's risky, but an early tower break provides a nice boost for your team and frees you to float more.
Advantages to pushing:
There are a few times you should push.
After the 15 minutes push you should go to mid to get that tower down. Otherwise you should try to just last hit. Also if the enemy recalls and you're far away from their tower only last hit so they lose more experience.
The only time you really should JUST be last-hitting is when your enemy clearly has no means of killing minions while you're laning. Some examples of this would be if you're up against two melee champions and you have two ranged. If you keep them off of the wave then stand between them and the wave combat and just deny them EXP and gold then thats a good time to last-hit. Also if your in a 2v1 lane (you being the 2) you should last hit until you can force the solo to recall then push. A great example of someone you should be last hitting against is Tryndamere. He is worthless early game in the waves so if you can keep him out of the combat by griefing him then you can last hit him out of a lot of gold and exp if you do it properly.
I don't know why these people are saying not to push and last hit. If you have the power and you're not putting the enemy at a disadtvantage by last-hitting then push. An enemy behind towers is a lot easier to deal with then an enemy in the brush or MIA. Keep your enemy pushed back to their tower and their tower will steal their gold. Towers mean everything in LoL, not worth your life, but taking enemy towers greatly decrease their map awareness and their map control.
Edit: Also I wasn't implying that if a minion is low on health you shouldn't focus it to get gold, I was implying you shouldnt JUST last hit minions except in these cases.If a minion clearly has low health then kill it, but that is just common sense.


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What properties make the main character of a game such that players can easily identify with it? Can the same set properties be used when designing the NPC characters players interact with, or should a different set of properties be considered?
Some random things I remember reading and have worked for me:
I'd like to second what Olafur and Iain said, but to add a comment to Iain's fourth point.
Characters can speak, and they can speak a lot, as long as you make sure that their dialouge builds the story, and that story is engaging. A good example of this in a 'male-oriented' game that still really appeals to me as a female, would be Red Dead Redemption. Totally opposite most of my points! But his story is very strong and emotionally engaging, so I still want to get behind him and support him, even if his experience is very differnt from my own.
Beyond that, I'd like to add one of the things I read in the book "Gender Inclusive Game Design" that always sticks with me:
Have a female option for the main character!
Having the option to play as male or female will already help you get your character to appeal to a wider audience, and help the female side of your audience empathize with the story.
If you can only have one character option (as is necessary in some games), try to see if you can make it female instead of male. Given the option, most women prefer to play as women, and a lot of men to prefer to play as women too! (Gives them something nice to look at. :) )
If your concept has absolutely no way it can have women in the character base, then try to make your characters a little more base appealing. Some examples would be: The characters from Team Fortress 2 (Strong silhouhettes, bright colours, good humour and many options), and Link from Legend of Zelda (Androgynous enough that let's be honest, he can be a girl if you pretend hard enough).
You should always have an element that people can relate with. Take for example Fry from Futurama. His main purpose is to be the connection from the 20th century to the 30th century, and without him the viewer would not make much sense from the show.
This same mentality should be used with game characters, since they often live in environments that do not exist in reality.
Another example is with Mario. He is italian, a plumber and wears human like clothing. He is the only human element you see in the Super Mario world, and therefor we connect with him very well.
Gamasutra. "It Builds Character: Character Development Techniques in Games" by Rafael Chandler Inspiring technique to create interesting Game Characters using Tarot Deck.
"Creating Emotion in Games: The Craft and Art of Emotioneering" By David Freeman (ISBN : 1-5927-3007-8):
Chapter 2.1. Emotioneering Techniques Category #1: NPC Interesting Techniques
Freeman describes "Character Diamond" technique:
Example of Character Diamond - Han Solo:
Example for Gandolf:
I found this method very simple and useful.
A physical property of characters that can identify what type of personality and interaction they have is their head:body ratio. Typically heroes are 9-10 heads tall, regular folk are 7-8 heads tall and childish, cartoony characters are 2-3 heads tall. This is a valuable property to include when designing your characters and may help with figuring out their personal characteristics.