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12 Old War Photographs You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped
War is hell. It costs lives, shatters souls and picks at the spare threads that hang from society's seams until the whole thing unravels like a cheap Christmas sweater. War, indeed, is hell. But, man -- all morality and sanctity of human life and blah blah blah aside -- sometimes it just looks plain friggin' crazy, doesn't it?
#12. World War II Sure Had Some Creative Setpieces
Via Theatlantic.com
Oh, come on -- that's a still from an Indiana Jones movie. Even the soldier looks shoddily greenscreened into that clearly fake, overdramatic movie set. Some half-mechanical Nazi insect monster is going to pop out of that giant Iron Cross jack-in-the-box, and then Hellboy's going to charge on screen and punch him right in his fascist wang.
But nope: It's totally real. In 1913, the people of Leipzig, Germany, pooled all their money together to build an immense monument to the 1813 Battle of Leipzig, a defining moment in German history when an allied army defeated Napoleon. And we guess they figured the best way to do that was to re-create one of the more preposterous sets from The Chronicles of Riddick:
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"With monuments like this to inspire us, nothing unfathomably vile could ever happen in Germany!"
Now let's fast forward past a few decades of boring civil engineering and construction and get to the action: As the Americans fought their way across Eastern Germany, 150 SS fanatics holed up in the monument and packed the sucker full of enough ammo and food to hold on until their Necromonger reinforcements could arrive. What they didn't count on was the one thing America had in abundance: moxie.
Well, that, and a shitload of artillery. After a steady pounding from the big guns, shell-shocked SS troopers eventually emerged from their bunker, took a look back at the Bond villain lair they'd just crawled out of ...
... and reluctantly conceded that, yeah, they were probably the bad guys all along.
#11. Seas of POWs
In 1939, Stalin and Hitler plunked two straws into a single milkshake and became best buds forever when they signed the Treaty of Non-Aggression Between Germany and the Soviet Union. Then, in 1941, Hitler got a memo reminding him that he was an evil asshole (he knew he'd forgotten something), so he dropped everything and rushed off to go break the pact. Operation Barbarossa saw the Nazi war machine storming across the German/Russian border. Taking the Soviets by surprise, the Germans captured around 5,500,000 POWs -- that's five and half MILLION Russian prisoners of war -- prisoners that they obviously didn't have room for in the backs of their tiny, efficient German cars. So when the POWs asked where they'd be doing their time, the Germans pointed to "over there" and quietly insisted "It is too a prison."
Via Wikipedia
"OK, half of you be the fence and the other half of you be the prisoners."
Unsurprisingly, with no roofs over their heads, a bunch of callous Nazi wardens in charge and only the cold, unfeeling bosom of Mother Russia to nestle up against at night, the camps were a living hell. The casualties were so unfathomably high that even telling you the number would instantly ruin even the greatest comedy article (it was a soul-shattering 3.3 million. Dang. We were on a roll here, too).
But if it's even the smallest consolation, the Russians got to paint their own lovely pastoral scene out of Nazis when the war ended:
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"Does anyone know that song about Eskimos and vaginas?"
#10. Star Wars Control Centers
Via Google
Did you immediately start scanning for Wookiees in that picture? Psh. Nerd. We spent the first few minutes staring at that giant map and trying to figure out the best place to deploy our Space Marines -- you know, like cool guys do. But even though glass displays and glowing vector graphics have been a sci-fi trope since Luke was cruelly bull's-eyeing womp-rats in his T-16 (harming small animals: first sign of a sociopath, buddy) ...
"For this mission, we'll need a pilot who's not afraid to shoot first."
... that top photo is pure uncut reality. It's actually the American flight command center for South Vietnam at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in 1966. That's right, that Minority Report-style war room up there existed over a decade before the first Star Wars film even came out. Those rebels weren't kidding when they said they needed new supplies ...
#9. The Statue of Liberty Army
Via Snopes
What you're looking at here are 18,000 U.S. troops standing in a formation that resembles the Statue of Liberty. The photo was used as an advertisement for war bonds during World War I, because nothing says "patriotism" like a human Magic Eye poster.
Now, if you just look at the base and see the dozen or so guys standing there, then let your eyes fuzz out to take in the rest of this image -- this doesn't look that impressive. It's what, a hundred guys? Big deal.
But note the angle of the photograph: It's not taken from directly above -- it's a 3/4 overhead view -- and yet the image stays in perfect proportion anyway. How did they do that? Well, the number of men in formation had to increase exponentially the farther away they were from the camera. For example: There are 12,000 of them in the torch alone. The whole human statue, from foot to tip, is nearly a quarter of a mile long.
Man, the guys in the base are freakin' HUGE!
Dang, say what you want about Lady Liberty, but she sure can handle a lot of dudes at the same time.
#8. Some Planes Go Off-Roading
Via Theatlantic.com
That's a perfectly still image, taken from exactly overhead, and from a great distance away. It's tiny, black and white, and hard to resolve any details. And it is still easily the best action scene we've ever watched. This was taken at Martuba, Libya, on July 6, 1942.
Imagine being on the ground for that: You and your friends are just kickin' back, taking in some rays, when suddenly the skies go dark. You look around and find yourself right smack dab in the middle of a giant shadow, and the thing casting it wants you dead in a hurry. You nod grimly to your fellow pilots, and despite the total lack of runway, you decide to go for it: What choice do you have? You're going to try to take off. As the world bursts into fire and grit all around you, you race; you race for your life, and for the lives of your fellow soldiers; you race for your country, and your army, and your platoon; you race the speedy horse of Death himself, for your will to survive burns hot and angry in your guts; you race ... and you don't win. You are bombed into oblivion.
But that's OK, because these were Axis planes! Haha, eat aerial death, you stupid Nazis.
Via Boston.com
This photo was taken on June 18, 1953, when U.S. forces threw an objectively ridiculous amount of explosives at Chinese forces during the battle of Outpost Harry. Seriously, we know war is epic, but there's just no way this many artillery shells were actually necessary. It's like waking up after a particularly large party, only to find the entire yard buried under beer cans. It just shouldn't be possible -- you don't even remember buying that much beer. And yet, here you are. Your parents come home in two hours, and now you have to pick up like 10 million artillery shells while suffering through what has to be a vicious battle-hangover.


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Serena Williams says she's reaching out to the family of the victim in the Steubenville rape case after the tennis star was quoted in a Rolling Stone article saying "she shouldn't have put herself in that position."
"I am currently reaching out to the girl's family to let her know that I am deeply sorry for what was written in the Rolling Stone article," Williams said in a statement released through her agent Wednesday. "What was written - what I supposedly said - is insensitive and hurtful, and I by no means would say or insinuate that she was at all to blame."
The comment was made in one paragraph of a lengthy story posted online Tuesday about Williams, a 16-time Grand Slam title winner who is ranked No. 1 heading into Wimbledon, which starts next week.
Ma'Lik Richmond, 16, of Steubenville was sentenced to at least a year in the state juvenile detention system after being found delinquent by visiting Judge Thomas Lipps in March. Trent Mays, 17, of Bloomingdale was sentenced to at least two years in juvenile detention after being found delinquent in the case, which stemmed from an incident that occurred last August. Mays also was convicted of photographing the underage girl naked.
"What happened in Steubenville was a real shock for me. I was deeply saddened," Williams said in the statement. "For someone to be raped, and at only 16, is such a horrible tragedy! For both families involved - that of the rape victim and of the accused."
According to the Rolling Stone story, Williams says the perpetrators of the crime "did something stupid," and she asks: "Do you think it was fair, what they got?"
She adds, "I'm not blaming the girl, but if you're a 16-year-old and you're drunk like that, your parents should teach you: Don't take drinks from other people."
Williams also is quoted as saying: "... she shouldn't have put herself in that position, unless they slipped her something, then that's different."
Williams is in England preparing for Wimbledon.
"I have fought all of my career for women's equality, women's equal rights, respect in their fields - anything I could do to support women I have done," she said in the statement. "My prayers and support always goes out to the rape victim. In this case, most especially, to an innocent sixteen year old child."
WTA CEO Stacey Allaster said the tour had been touch with Williams about the article.
"If she was accurately quoted, then Serena's comments were both insensitive and wrong," Allaster said in a statement. "We disagree with the statements and have made that clear to her."

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What is this called? How do we say oscillogram of the sound in one word?
What is this called? How do we say oscillogram of the sound in one word?
The visual display of a sound wave can take many forms. You ask what the "graphical representation of a sound" is called, and you show an example. There are different terms for different forms of graphical representations of sound, for example sonogram, (audio)spectrogram, waveform, (audio) oscillogram. Which one to use is a technical matter.
One form is usually called a sonogram, or alternatively an (audio)spectrogram in technical usage:
This image shows Time (X axis) vs. Frequency (Y axis).
However, the picture you show in your question is different, called an (audio) oscillogram or a waveform:
This image, like yours, shows Time (X axis) vs. Amplitude (Y axis) and is generally called a waveform or oscillogram. Use "audio" if you want to refer specifically to the waveform of a sound as opposed to some other signal.
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A common word I hear used a lot in music production is Waveform.
Since you need a word that would indicate sound, then it would be as simple as "audio waveform", since plain waveform could indicate any kind of waves.
I would also like to point out that a sonogram is not the same as a waveform, since sonogram in two dimensions represents intensity vs time and in three dimensions intensity vs frequency vs time.
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Credit to Herbert.
MicroPress has designed the HV Math fonts for which there's also LaTeX support via the hvmath package. Note that the Type 1 version of HV Math is commercial, but there's a free bitmapped version with a resolution of 300 dpi.
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Copyright © 1998 Tricia Marrapodi
"I found a lump in my breast," my 27-year-old twin sister, Kelly, stated the last week ofJune 1996, as we were having lunch and preparing to return to our teaching positions.
As soon as I heard those words, fear and terror, striking simultaneously broke my heart. Icould actually feel it. My emotions were on a roller coaster as memories of our mothercame to mind. She lost her life to breast cancer at the age of 44 in 1986.
"When did you find the lump?" I asked. "About a week ago," she replied. With herhusband Burr, Kelly sought immediate medical attention. One doctor said, "It?s a gland"while another stated, "It?s nothing." After reading her mammography, the radiologistsaid, "It?s just fibrous tissue." After a biopsy, her surgeon said, "It?s malignant."
After receiving the results by phone, Kelly called me. I knew instantly and my worst fearswere confirmed. When I put down the receiver of the phone, I exploded. After losing mymother to breast cancer and nearly losing Kelly to a different form of cancer, Hodgkin's Disease, ten years earlier, I raged, "If God wants her, why doesn?t He just take herinstead of playing these games?" Enraged, I felt as though I was eulogizing her at age27. I rationalized, "She?s such a good person who loves life, loves teaching...why is thishappening?"
Kelly had a single mastectomy at in July and had to undergo chemotherapy treatments for a duration of four months. When I asked her how she has the strength to do this, she replied, "You will do anything you have to in order to save your life." She has completed treatments successfully and been given a clean bill of health, resuming her teaching career in January 1997.
In 1986, I learned about a procedure called, "Preventative Mastectomy." Because my mother had breast cancer, my surgeon said I could proceed with this option when I was 30, so that I would be mentally and physically ready.
A preventative mastectomy is when the breast tissue is removed and replaced with saline implants, reducing the possibility of getting breast cancer for high-risk women. I decided to have this procedure done at 28 instead of 30. And I decided to have this procedure done during Christmas vacation 1997. That would give me a two-week recovery period and then I would resume teaching 7th grade.
I was not nervous at all and I had never had surgery before. Only the breast tissue was removed.Then after the surgery, the breast tissue was removed and tissue expanders, filled withsaline, were inserted. During a two-month period, they would be expanded with salineinjections, a painless procedure, to stretch the skin and tissue. This is done in preparation for the next and final step, the permanent implants.
I went home after a day and a half. The most difficult part of the surgery for me wasgetting out of bed. And the most inspiring part for me is remembering when Kelly said,"You will do anything you have to in order to save your life." As far as I was concerned, alittle bit of change and scarring was not going to alter my life in the slightest way. Timeheals all wounds.
I would return to my teaching position two weeks later and managed very well. I had thesupport of wonderful colleagues at work and my family at home. I could resume my dailyactivities, except for heavy lifting because of the delicate procedure. I knew I wanted tohave a preventative mastectomy at 17 and now that I did it at 28, I felt as though a heavyburden had been lifted from my shoulders.
From February until May, I saw my plastic surgeon twice and two rounds of saline wereinjected to stretch the tissue to my normal breast size. It was a little uncomfortable for aday and if I needed a painkiller, I took Ibuprofen, which also helped bring down theswelling. My plastic surgeon said, "I could make you a Dolly Parton-noid" but I opted to stay with my normal size.
At the end of May 1997, during summer vacation, I had the tissue expanders removedand permanent saline implants inserted on an outpatient basis. I am pleased not onlywith the results, but as an active participant in saving my own life.
Kelly and I look to the future with great optimism. I was reminded of Kelly when I saw"Evita" for the first time and Madonna sang the lyrics, "What good is the strongest ofhearts in a body that?s falling apart, a serious thought, I hope you know that." That wasthe first time I ever cried during a movie, and when Madonna sings, "You Must Love Me"also from "Evita."
I am truly optimistic that Kelly will live a normal, healthy life. I am also thankful that Iproceeded with and had the option I did, to increase, my chances of never getting breast cancer.
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In this episode, John talks with Jeff Handley about how the community's feedback really helped shape some features in WCF RIA Services. Jeff is very active in the community and has a wealth of knowledge about WCF RIA Services.
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NOTE: We recorded this before MIX and the "next release" Jeff was referring to was our MIX Release Candidate.
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Awesome job guys as usual.
This is the kind of show that I personally like to watch and watch again with code infront of me. You really get value out of this type of shows and the one Nikhil had recently. Even if it goes to 20 minutes or so, it's worth every minute of it.
Thank you J & J for the show
Good viewing, well done! I've read a couple of posts on using DDS with MVVM (Jeff also has a post about this) but would be interested in your thoughts John?
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The pursuit of openness
By Giuseppe Maxia on Apr 28, 2009
When I joined MySQL in 2006, after several profitable years as a consultant, I had a dream. I wanted to improve the product that had contributed to my professional success.
The first thing that I learned when I started the uphill task is that it was far more difficult than expected. MySQL called itself open source, but the development practices were for all practical purposes closed source. At the same time, I found that MySQL, below the surface, is an organization with complex and well oiled engineering practices.
Indeed, opening up the cathedral, as Lenz put it, was a hard nut to crack. We had a closed source revision control system, and our developers loved it so much, that any proposal to change it was met with strong opposition. We discussed technical matters behind the firewall. Our code review process, although technically demanding and very thorough, was kept in our internal mailing lists.
Contributions were scarce, with no good signs for the future. The binary split between community and enterprise servers made bug fixes contributions very unlikely. The impossible roadmap, with contributions going theoretically to version 6.1, in the distant features, practically discouraged any new proposal of code contribution, except for a few brave souls. On top of it, the Contributor License Agreement (CLA) had only recently been set up, yet formed a formidable obstacle for many people.
Faced with such challenges, several people left. Either to new jobs inside the company or to new shores. The challenge is that you can't fix such a problem in one sweep. Changing practices in a company, especially from a position in which you can't take decisions, is really hard.
But not everyone left. The ones who stayed, in spite of the adverse circumstances, share a strong belief in the values of open source, and were determined to succeed, no matter what it takes.
With a little help of my team mates, Colin, Lenz, and Dups, I continued to support Kaj's internal action to spearhead the changes. While my younger colleagues were busy managing the community, Kaj and I were gently wrestling the rest of the company, to steer its direction towards a more open course.
The results arrived. Slowly, but surely.
- In 2007, many developers opened the IRC gates, and started using freenode.net;
- June 2008 - The open source Bazaar replaced the previous lock-in proprietary software Bitkeeper, which didn't allowed handling of the source from the outside;
- In October 2008, we got rid of the CLA, in favor of the more open Sun Contributor Agreement.
The major obstacles were still the binary split and the long release cycle. There were much discussion internally, pleading and cajoling, to convince people that we were on the wrong path, and that our business model required a more open approach. Our team was under pressure. We were between the hammer of the community, shouting at us for not being open, and the anvil of the sales and marketing teams, unwilling to accept the assumption that a happy community generates future customers.
We kept going, and we kept pushing, until we got the announcement at the MySQL Conference 2009, stating the end of the binary split. Now the community server binaries will be published as often as the enterprise ones. The rationale of this request is that the strength of MySQl is in its wide community. We claim that the MySQL server is tested by millions of users, and yet we were giving the GA (mature) binaries only to a handful of customers.
This looked like a privilege, but it was in fact, from an engineering standpoint, a disadvantage. As a customer, I would gladly adopt a software that has been installed by a few million people, rather than being the privileged first one to try it in production.
With this announcement, we are back to the position that has made MySQL so popular and trusted. A database with a large user community.
The last barrier to fall will be the roadmap. So far, we have been tied to an impossible roadmap, with a wish list of features that had little chance of being released. The experience of MySQL 5.1, which took 37 months to release, has taught us a hard lesson. The next version, 6.0, has been in alpha for 25 months, with no near end in sight. Now we took the hard decision to replace the previous roadmap, where we piled features over features in an impossible attempt of pleasing future customers, with a milestone model, where we release features as they are mature, without waiting for all the features in the list to be ready. It means that we renounce the goal to release Falcon and Maria and the Online Backup as one single big bundle released at the same time in 6.0, and we put them aside. The MySQL engineers will schedule features for release as soon as they reach beta status, without waiting for the trailing ones.
Furthermore, we have now a process in place to accept contributions and to review them, with active participation from core developers. Yet, we have still work to do, to smooth the rough edges both internally and externally.
To our developers, who have not succumbed to the pressure, and have delivered top class software, while accepting our team's (not always) gentle suggestions to more openness, a hearty thank you!
To the many who have believed in MySQL and in our single and team efforts, thank you! To the many, who have suggested improvements, and contributed actively to our changes, thank you! To the ones who have not joined the flame war when unjustified rumors spread across the net, thank you!
To the ones who spread FUD, and twist every tiny piece of news in the shape of a conspiracy, I say wake up. Have you considered the possibility that we actually strive for the best for our community?
To the naysayers, who shout at us and abuse our goodwill from their self appointed righteousness, which often hides a secret business agenda, I say that we have always be working with the community in mind, and we will continue to improve. The path is still uphill, but the community team, the guardians of MySQL ubiquity, is happy with the progress so far, and will continue on this course!


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Let say, I have two binary strings with length N, chosen from a set where there are $2^N-K,(K \ge 0)$ independent strings. What would be the expected number of Ones at the same index from two randomly picked strings from the set?
For example, 0010 and 1010, the number of ones at the same index is 1. Can it be by somehow related to the expected hamming distance between two binary strings?
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having 1 at the i-th position is an independent event. So, let P(c_i=1) is the probability of having a common 1 at i-th position. Then, the expected number of shared 1s will be $\sum_{0..N-1} P(c_i)$. From the $2^N-K$ set, for ith position, count the number of 1s (denote $N^1_i$), and the number of 0s (denote $N^0_i$). Then $P(c_i)=\frac{N^1_i C 2}{(N^1_i+N^0_i) C 2}$. (C is combinations) when $N^1_i>=2$, otherwise $P(c_i)=0$.
For an example of {11110,1111,01110}, it gives me 3.66666, which sounds correct.


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There are no established guidelines for preventing adult macular degeneration. However, the following lifestyle changes may help keep your eyes healthy and reduce your risk of developing adult macular degeneration. Ask your doctor what you can do to reduce your risk of developing macular degeneration.
Eat a Diet That Is Low in Saturated Fat and Cholesterol
A diet that is high in saturated fat and cholesterol can cause plaque, a fatty substance, to build up on the macular vessels, which can hamper blood flow in your eyes. Therefore, you should cut back on high-fat foods. Eat more lean meats, poultry, fish, beans, low-fat or nonfat dairy products, and lots of whole grains, fresh fruits, and vegetables. Avoid eating fatty meats, fried foods, and full-fat dairy products. Also avoid using lots of butter, high-fat sauces, cheese, and cream.
According to a study in the Archives of Ophthalmology , eating lots of fat-filled junk food may increase your risk of developing age-related macular degeneration. These foods often contain vegetable, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, and linoleic acid. They include margarine, chocolate, pies, cakes, cookies, potato chips, French fries, and other highly processed, store-bought junk foods.
Eat More Leafy Green and Yellow Vegetables
Two yellow pigments found in the macula, known as lutein and zeaxanthin, are thought to protect the macula from light damage and free radicals. Free radicals are harmful molecules that can damage cells in the body. They come from environmental sources, such as cigarette smoke, air pollutants, radiation, certain drugs, and toxins. They are also produced during normal body processes.
Lutein and zeaxanthin are found in dark green leafy and yellow vegetables. By eating large quantities of these vegetables, you may slow or prevent the progression of age-related macular degeneration.
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Increase your Omega-3 Fatty Acid Intake
Another study published in the Archives of Ophthalmology shows a decreased risk of wet macular degeneration in those who consumed higher amounts of fish or other forms of omega-3 fatty acids.
Protect Your Eyes from Ultraviolet (UV) Light and Blue Light
The primary source of UV light is sun. Other sources include video display terminals, fluorescent lightning, xenon, and high intensity mercury vapor lamps (used for night sports and in high crime areas). Sun and very bright lights can worsen macular degeneration. You should use sunglasses that protect against blue/violet and UV light. You should also use these sunglasses on overcast or hazy days, since you can still be exposed to a lot of UV light. UV protection is also available for clear lenses and doesn't change the color of the glass.
Don't Smoke
Smoking can damage the eyes just like it causes damage to the rest of the body. Research suggests that people who smoke a pack or more of cigarettes per day, or smoke for a long time, have a high risk of developing macular degeneration. If you smoke, talk with your doctor about how you can quit.
Exercise Regularly
Exercise contributes to overall good health. It helps improve circulation and may increase blood flow to the eyes.
Regular Eye Examinations
Schedule regular eye health examinations.
The American Academy of Ophthalmology recently announced that everyone should get a comprehensive eye examination, including dilation, at age 40. For more information, visit http://www.GetEyeSmart.org .
Control Other Diseases
Diseases like high cholesterol , high blood pressure , and diabetes can affect your vision. Work with your healthcare professional to control these diseases to minimize eye complications.
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There is a quote that sums up my experience heretofore with yoga better than anything else I've ever read. I don't know from whom or where the quote came, or I would totally give the person mega props and a huge, bear-like, electronic hug. The quote goes a little something like this:
"My yoga practice is no longer the battlefield of a long-waged self-improvement project by an overachieving person. It has become what I always hoped it would be — a place for love and acceptance."
I think this quote embraces the yoga journey for many of us, because let's be real here: How many of us started yoga because we wanted a thinner waist and perky yoga butt? How many of us, in the beginning, saw yoga as something we would conquer rather than embrace? How many of us saw someone in Crow Pose and said to ourselves, "I can do that shit."
Over time, however, as we dove deeper into our practice — no doubt bumbling, grunting and falling along the way — our hardened layers begin to peel away, and we were left with the lingering feeling that yoga is something more than a way for us to gain strength, flexibility and balance. As we emerged from Savasana, time and time again, we began to realize that something else — something besides exercise — is going on here.


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Like the title says, is there anything about the system you're using that you would like to change? Some annoyance that should be fixed, some feature that could be improved or added?
One area of TeX which needs to be improved is math spacing (starting from 2007, Word does better than TeX in this area). The TeXbook (in chapter 18) recommends quite a few manual adjustments most which could (and thus should) be automated (and the list is not complete). Here are a few examples, with the correct spacing below (the
The problem is that the 8 spacing classes (
TeX is a system written by a genius, and it has many great features, but the underlying architecture is flawed. The programming interface, and the programming mechanisms provided within the system contrast the intuition of most computer programmers. The list of idiosyncratic features is too long to enumerate:
In short, if I could do it all over again, I would (a) use a decent modern programming language for the implementation (b) design a clean programming interface, including the usual tools of the trade, block structure, typed named variables, procedures, exceptions, and, yes, even object orientation.
Finally, I would (c) apply a clean design which does not reveal or discuss issues such as mouth, stomach, and \expandafter, and of course, I would write a book without dangerous curves signs...
Top 1 on my list: (1) better error messages and (2) better debugging facilities.
I hope that the author of XeTeX spends some time and fixes XeTeX bidirectional primitives bugs and also adds few new primitives as already suggested. Doing bidirectional macro programming with various bugs and shortages of XeTeX in terms of bi-directionality, has been a headache for me.
Nice automagickal default spacing, alignment and line-breaking in display math mode and in tables, with the user not having to rake his/her brain about whether to
I think too many parameters and algorithms are "hard-wired" into the TeX engine, in particular when it comes to math typesetting. One example is the algorithm for placing a sub- and superscript combination, which sometimes leads to undesirable results, as I explained in this answer. (Very strange: The distance of a superscript from the baseline is at least 80% of the x-height only if a subscript is present and by default too close to the superscript, otherwise the superscript is allowed to be lower.)
It would be great if some improvements in this direction could be included in LuaTeX.
Surprisingly high on my list: not calling that verbatim-handling macro
(or whatever the phrasing is) is the archetypical meaningless error which you have no chance to fix unless you happen to already know it's caused by the
For me, it's about simplification:
Package integration
Integrate some of the most common packages into LaTeX directly, e.g.
I think we could determine a limited number of core packages that implement very common features, iron out whatever incompatibility / instability / missing feature they still exhibit and integrate them into LaTeX.
LaTeX currently require (trained) users to load the same packages over and over to do simple things like produce a right-aligned fixed-width tabular column, and, even worse, forces new users to waste time figuring out how to achieve this.
Package rationalization
Combine / throw out unmaintained or redundant packages. This is probably a very touchy topic, but I think having 5+ packages to achieve the same thing is a waste of resources. For example, shouldn't we agree that
It would be very challenging to find the right balance on when this "rationalization" should kick in (we shouldn't discourage anyone from creating new packages), but I believe that sometimes there is too much choice for beginners, and too much work for class / package writers that want to ensure compatibility.
Engine & fonts
This is a long shot, but if we could move everyone over to
Or to put it differently, I think that a combination of a simplified font system / handling with a selection of great free fonts (from such foundries as The League of Movable Type, exljbris, etc) would attract a much more broader base of "regular" and "creative" users than today.
Transforming boxes to tokens and back
I very often find myself in a situation where I would like to
It is possible up to a degree to analyse box contents with
In particular, it is impossible this way to analyse and recursively reconstruct a box in a modified way, apart from trivial cases.
So I'd basically like two primitives:
Needless to say, transforming a box into a token list and transforming that token list back to a box should always reconstruct the same box.
Mind you, I am not talking about transforming a box back into the tokens it was originally generated from (which would mean, say, "undoing" paragraph formatting), because that process is a "trapdoor" function.
All the tokens in the token list could be special just for representing box content, as long as I can analyse and modify the box in all respects by analysing the token list.
If you look into the log listing of a box:
then I would be perfectly content to get everything listed there as a sequence of (nested) tokens, as long as all information and content is there in "parseable" form.
"Weak" groups
I've found myself quite a few times trying to temporarily modify a macro, but this method has some very real problems:
In particular, if the first
instead of
Exporting macros out of an enclosing group
If for no other reason than the fact that this would make writing packages safer since you would know that anything you didn't explicitly export could not pollute the global namespace (speaking of which... namespaces would be nice too)
I'm missing a paragraph rebreak feature when part of a paragraph is carried to the next page during a page break. When one has to change the page width, e.g., from page 1 to page 2 of a letter, this would be very useful!
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By CLAIRE SEIFFERT & ELIZABETH DOWELL
Papillon Collective Marketing
From consulting to coordinating and producing fashion shows, Papillon Collective has always worked behind the scenes. However, our latest venture was all about an even more up-close and personal take on style and fashion as it filters throughout the special events we've become known for, and one we felt will take all of our future events to a new level.
Delving even further into the makeup (every pun intended!) that comprises one of the grandest special event spectacles in the world, Fall 2012 Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week at Lincoln Center, we packed our chicest clothes – plus some fab new purchases, of course! – and flew to New York to gather our own perspectives on this most ultimate of style-setting special events.
In a word: WOW!
Everything moved at breakneck speed, like a marathon run in high heels, yet it was entirely breathtaking and wildly informative for us as an event planning team. While last-minute deadlines and a fast pace are the norm for marketing, social media and event planning – Papillon Collective produced last October's 'Wine, Women & Shoes' fashion extravaganza at Keeneland that featured an exclusive runway presentation of the Badgley Mischka Spring 2012 collection benefitting The Lexington Cancer Foundation – in New York we were able to get an in-depth, behind-the scenes, and very personal taste of this fashion phenomenon. And we're bringing it all back to Louisville and Papillon Collective's roster of clients.
We were completely blown away by what we saw in New York, not only from a production and execution standpoint, but also by seeing it from the audience's perspective. Sitting amongst the fashion press, buyers, celebrities and fashionistas who attended these shows gave us a whole new perspective on how the 'wow' factor can, and will, be integrated into what we do with Papillon Collective's special events. "We're so excited and extremely confident that the New York Fashion Week events Claire and Elizabeth attended will bring fresh focus to all the Louisville-based and Kentuckiana fashion events Papillon Collective presents in 2012," says Ms. Ruby.
The highlight of our week included two shows that we were particularly enthralled by. Papillon Collective has a close relationship with Badgley Mischka, working in conjunction with the design duo and their team (which culminated in last fall's Keeneland fashion show event), so of course Badgley Mischka's Fall 2012 presentation on Valentine's Day was a must-see for us. And what a Valentine's Day gift it was! Known for their über-luxe take on eveningwear (they have a huge Hollywood following), with a bit of sportswear thrown into the mix, Badgley Mischka were inspired by the classic 1927 science-fiction silent film 'Metropolis'. An homage to German expressionism ruled with references to the Deco period of architecture and design, all done up in a gorgeous, rich palette of golds, roses and platinums, that encompassed everything from the clothes to the hair and makeup. And while the whole point of runway is about 'presentation' these were very beautiful, wearable clothes that should make their legions of fans very happy come this fall. For us, it was pure drama and fashion at its best; from the dark, almost Goth lighting and staging, to the richness of the looks, we were awe-struck, as was everyone else in the audience.
Show number two that really rocked our world was the Milly presentation. We've been huge fans of the collection since we first discovered it at Clodhoppers at the Vogue Center here in Louisville, where co-owners (and style setters in their own right) Kathy Reiss-Miller and Kelly McDonald have exclusively carried the line for some time now. While we discovered that Fall 2012 looks to be a season of many shapes and silhouettes, at Milly a play on volume was the overriding and unexpected theme. The collection was an innovative and major shift for a line known for fairly ladylike looks. For us, it was a refreshing and dramatic fashion moment from the super-brightly lit stage that showed off the neon, acid- colored minis in taffeta paired with super-slim turtlenecks (it's all about balancing the top and bottom) and jumpers with incredible detailing. Whimsical yes? Wearable, totally, especially when grounded with sleek black tights and chic footwear, as shown with every look that came down the runway. And for the Milly customer who's less adventurous, there was a terrific assortment of classic pieces that can easily be mixed and matched with the more forward looks, or with what already exists in your closets. One thing's for sure: we'll be buying a lot from this line once it hits Clodhoppers come fall!
During our three-year existence, Louisville-based marketing agency Papillon Collective has dedicated itself to serving our clientele with innovative and unique branding, advertising, PR, and social media solutions, all served up with a heavy dose of style. You see, style is an inherent element for practically everything we're involved in, from the manner in which we execute our clients' marketing efforts (a number of whom are literally in the business of fashion and lifestyle) to the staff's own style DNA. Papillon Collective's Founder & President, Biz Ruby, an extremely fashionable fixture herself, has dabbled in accessories and jewelry design, and now with Papillon Collective has assembled a team that 'teems' with a stylish sensibility. It's reflective in each and every partnership and project we undertake; our M.O. is to deliver programs with both finesse and flair.
First up on our agenda of 2012 special events is the Westport Village Fashion Show held at Summer Classics in the Village on Thursday, March 22. This Derby-themed show will feature the latest looks from Westport Village boutiques Chartreuse, Serendipity, Collections and Apricot Lane and will not only allow the audience the opportunity to witness a fabulous fashion show featuring head-to-toe looks and how they're put together, attendees can immediately visit the stores for purchase on-site.
And another Badgley Mischka collaboration? Most definitely very high on Papillon Collective's agenda.
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Vulvar cancer is an abnormal growth of malignant (cancerous) cells in the vulva. The vulva is defined as the external female genitalia, and includes the labia majora (outer lips of labia), labia minora (inner lips), clitoris, mons pubis, vestibule, or entryway, of the vagina, and the perineum (area between vulva and anus).
About 80% of vulvar cancers involve the labia, mainly the labia majora (~50%). About ten percent involve the clitoris, and another 10% involve the perineum, which is the area of sensitive skin located between the vagina and the anus. In about 5% of cases, the cancer is present at more than one site.
The vulva is essentially epithelial skin; therefore the main tumor types that affect the vulva are skin-related cancers.
About 90% of vulvar cancers are squamous cell carcinomas, which typically develop at the edges of the labia majora/ minora or in the vagina. As with vaginal squamous cell carcinomas, vulvar squamous cell cancers are slow growing and usually develop from "precancerous", pre-invasive areas called vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN). There are two subtypes of squamous cell vulvar cancer. One is more common in younger women and is associated with the human papillomavirus (HPV); the other occurs in older women and is not associated with HPV infection, but is associated with chronic vulvar skin changes called vulvar dystrophy, including lichen sclerosus.
Melanoma is the second most common type of cancer found in the vulvar area and represents less than 5% of vulvar cancer cases. The most common skin-cancer in sun-exposed areas is basal cell carcinoma, and as expected, this type rarely occurs on the vulva.
A sarcoma of the soft tissue can develop in the vulva and these account for 1-2% of vulvar cancers. Adenocarcinomas of the vulva are also rare, but can develop from glands, most commonly the Bartholin's glands located at the vaginal opening.
Vulvar cancer is a relatively rare diagnosis, representing about 5% of all gynecologic cancers, and only about 1% of all female cancers in general. There are about 4850 new cases reported annually in the US and approximately 1030 deaths a year attributed to this disease.
Vulvar cancer most commonly occurs in postmenopausal women. The peak age of diagnosis is between 70-79 years old. However, the rate of vulvar cancers diagnosed in younger women has been increasing in the last decade, as a result of vulvar cancers caused by Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) infection. These HPV-associated vulvar cancers are often seen in women under 45 years of age. Experts agree that these two groups of women have different types of squamous cell vulvar cancer, which behave differently and respond differently to treatment.
Between 40 and 60% of vulvar cancers are caused by HPV infection. HPV is a sexually transmitted disease that is incredibly common in the population. Most college-aged men and women have been exposed to HPV, though in most, the immune system inactivates or clears the virus from the body. There are over 100 different subtypes, or strains, of HPV and only certain subtypes are "oncogenic", or able to cause cancer (these include: HPV 16,18, 33, 39). Certain strains of HPV cause genital warts, though these strains are not oncogenic. Infection with HPV typically causes no symptoms, and may only be detected when a woman has an abnormal pap result or HPV testing that may be done along with the pap test. It is important to know that only a very small percentage of women who have a high-risk strain of HPV will develop a cancer caused by the virus; so simply having HPV does not mean that you will get cancer.
Women who have had multiple male sexual partners, began having sexual intercourse at an early age, or have had male sexual partners who are considered high risk (meaning that they have had many sexual partners and/or began having sexual intercourse at an early age) are at a higher risk for developing an HPV-related cancer.
Being a current smoker is also considered a risk factor. Smoking is linked to an inability for the body's immune system to clear an HPV infection; therefore smokers are more likely to develop chronic HPV infections that may lead to a cancer.
HPV-associated vulvar cancers may appear in more than one location and may occur in conjunction with cervical, vaginal or perianal cancers, as these are also caused by HPV infection.
In post-menopausal women, vulvar cancer is often associated with long-term changes in the vulvar skin (vulvar dystrophy, squamous cell hyperplasia or lichen sclerosus). These may be a thickening or thinning of the vulvar skin or a white area that may be itchy or painful. Older women are less likely to attend preventive gynecologic healthcare visits and these conditions may go undiagnosed.
The classic symptom is vulvar itching (pruritus), reported in almost 90% of the women with vulvar cancer. There can also be associated pain, pain with intercourse, bleeding, vaginal discharge, and/or painful urination (dysuria). Pre-cancerous lesions or early vulvar cancers may have mild or minimal symptoms. Preventive gynecologic exams can be helpful in detecting these early lesions.
Ultimately, many women will develop a visible vulvar mass: the squamous cell subtype can look like elevated white, pink or red bumps, while vulvar melanoma characteristically presents as a colored, ulcerated growth. There can be portions of the tumor that look sore and scaly, or cauliflower-like (similar to HPV-related warts).
First and foremost, a thorough gynecological examination should be performed using colposcopy and/or vulvoscopy, which uses a special magnifying instrument for better visualization. Any abnormal-appearing area(s) should be biopsied. Up to one-half of the time, the cancer may be "multi-focal"; meaning that the cancer is in two separate places. In addition, other HPV-related cancers can also be present (i.e. cervical, vaginal, perianal). Hence, a careful exam of all of the skin in the vaginal and groin area, as well as a gynecological exam should be performed. A Pap smear should be performed and additional smears taken from the vagina and vulva for testing.
CT scan or MRI of the abdomen/pelvis may be done to look for disease spread to lymph nodes and/or distant organs in advanced cases, but is not necessary in early stage disease. If spread to bladder or rectum is suspected, endoscopy (a scope to evaluate these areas; cystoscopy and proctoscopy, respectively) should be performed.
Vulvar cancer can spread by direct extension, meaning that they can grow into adjacent areas such as the vagina and anus. Even in early disease, spread to lymph nodes can occur. However, spread to other organs is rare until late in the course of the disease.
The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) uses a surgical staging system for vulvar cancer. This means that the stage of the cancer is not actually determined until after surgery is performed and the specimen is examined by the pathologist. This is because the presence of cancer in the inguinal lymph nodes (in the groin) is the most important factor in determining prognosis and these nodes cannot accurately be evaluated without surgery.
Surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy are all treatment options, and are typically used in various combinations. Surgery techniques used today are less radical than previously used and therapy choices are individualized, based on each woman's case. As with many cancers, the optimal treatment depends on the tumor size, location, lymph node involvement and patient factors such as age and other medical conditions. Every woman should have a thorough discussion with their gynecologic oncologist about the options for treatment and the benefits and risks of these options.
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After treatment, following up with your physician is essential. It is recommended that after treatment, a gynecologic examination should be performed at least twice a year with careful inspection of the skin and inguinal lymph nodes (by palpation- or feeling them). If any abnormalities are seen, a colposcopy and biopsy should be performed. Up to 10% of recurrences can occur after 5 years, underscoring the importance of long follow up.
After treatment, talk with your oncology team about receiving a survivorship care plan, which can help you manage the transition to survivorship and learn about long-term concerns and life after cancer. You can create your own survivorship care plan on OncoLink.
Prognosis depends on a number of factors, including the presence or absence of cancer in lymph nodes, the number of involved lymph nodes, if the cells spread outside the positive lymph node(s), and tumor size. In addition the category of squamous cell cancer – is this an HPV-associated cancer or a cancer diagnosed in an older woman that is HPV negative? What treatment(s) can the patient tolerate? Because the prognosis relies on many factors, all women should have a conversation with their gynecologic oncologist about their particular case.
Local recurrence (near where the cancer was originally found) is the most common place where cancers can recur. These can often be treated with surgery. If the disease has spread to other organs (metastatic or distant disease), it may be treated with chemotherapy. The most frequently used chemotherapy regimens are called "platinum-based", meaning they consist of cisplatin, given alone or combined with another agent, such as 5-FU, paclitaxel, vinorelbine or mitomycin C. There is no "standard" treatment because there are so few cases, clinical trials to identify the best regimen are limited. The response rate to these chemotherapies is low and the length of response tends to be brief. There is ongoing research examining the use of new biological agents, such as gefitinib and erlotinib, which appear to have good early results.
Many of the side effects from surgery and radiation occur due to the close proximity of the bladder and rectum to the vulva. Due to this close proximity, these organs can be damaged during surgery or with radiation. Side effects from the radiation can include irritation of the bowel and bladder resulting in diarrhea and increased frequency or urgency of bowel movements or urination. This typically resolves within a few weeks of finishing treatment, though it can become a long-term concern for some women.
Radiation can cause scar tissue to form in the vagina and the tissue can become dry and less elastic. There may be some shrinking of the vagina and vaginal opening. Scarring of the vaginal tissue can result in "adhesions", or areas where scar tissue forms, sealing the sides of the vaginal together. This can make it difficult for the doctor to perform vaginal exams and makes sexual intercourse difficult and uncomfortable. Your oncology team will teach you to use vaginal dilators to reduce the severity of this side effect. Rarely, a connection between the bladder or rectum and the vagina can form (also known as a fistula), which allows passage of stool or urine into the vagina.
Damage to the drainage (lymphatic) system in the area, by radiation or surgery to remove lymph nodes, can lead to a chronic swelling called lymphedema, which can occur at any time after treatment. Studies have found this condition to occur in anywhere between 14-48% of women who undergo lymph node dissection for vulvar cancer. Notify your healthcare provider if you develop any swelling in the legs or pelvis. A survivor with lymphedema who develops pain or redness in the leg(s), especially with fever, should be evaluated right away, as these signs may indicate infection. Some women may be good candidates for sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB), which appears to greatly reduce the risk of developing lymphedema. In SLNB, only the lymph nodes that the tumor area drains to are removed, limiting the damage done to the lymph system. SLNB is performed by gynecologic oncologists that have been trained in this procedure.
More than half of the women who undergo vulvectomy report sexual dysfunction and psychological issues. The extreme changes in a woman's anatomy can result in painful intercourse, body image concerns, decreased desire, inability to orgasm, and difficulty with urination. Adequately preparing a woman for the expected changes, providing tools for coping with these changes, and the discussing the emotions surrounding the cancer and its treatment may help some women. Women should not hesitate to talk openly with their healthcare practitioners about their feelings and fears and consider professional counseling to help in healing emotionally, as well as physically.
Eyes On The Prize: information and emotional support for those affected by gynecologic cancers. Has a helpful discussion board where you can "chat" with other women.
Society of Gynecologic Oncology: Professional organization of gynecologic oncologists. Find a specialist tool.
The Labia Library: An Australian based website that answers many common questions about labia.
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Cancer Facts & Figures 2014: American Cancer Society, www.cancer.org
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I currently have a jailbroken 3Gs iPhone running 4.01.
I've really used the jailbroken part, but it's good to know that I can tether my laptop to the phone should I ever need to.
Having said that, is it worth it to upgrade the phone to 4.1 (which hasn't been jailbroken yet)? Does it fix the sluggishness issues that were caused by the upgrade from iPhone OS 3.x to iOS 4.x?


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The Rappahannock River is a watery area near Fredericksburg, VA that marked the end of the Underground Railroad for many slaves. The longest free-flowing river in the Chesapeake Bay, the Rappahannock was the river crossed in fall of 1862 when the legal end of slavery was near. During the Civil War, slaves crossed the river to freedom, which was behind Union lines. Parents sent children across the river past gunfire from the Civil War, in hopes they would gain freedom.
150 years ago, families traveled some 1,200 feet up the Cow Ford area to the Rappahannock and past the Orange & Alexandria Bridge. The river spanned 400 feet wide.
Arrivals were recorded when General John Pope's Army of Virginia retreated from Culpeper County between August 18th and August 20, 1862. A photographer captured the moment when the slaves reached the other side of the river, indicating a new life.
Photos of the "River Walkers" crossing the Rappahannock are currently located at the Library of Congress.
Last week the city of Fredericksburg held a special ceremony to honor the emancipating events that happened in 1862. During the event which was called "Crossing the Rappahannock: A Pilgrimage to Freedom," Gov. Bob McDonnell presented a certificate of recognition to commemorate the mid-nineteenth century historical triumph.


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I found using the package for the driver in AUR to be a bit easier:
I found using the package for the driver in AUR to be a bit easier:
I'm also having trouble with the touchpad turning off while typing. I have the box ticked, but my cursor wanders from the box that should have focus.
One last thing...I hope someone comes up with a cord to extend the lead from the power brick another two feet.
Other than that, machine is a very solid build and love the volume of the audio output on this thing.
Hope this helps... note: This will enable tap to click along with two and three finger taps for right and middle clicks respectively. Your desktop environment may override some of these settings from time to time, namely the TapButton ones. So be sure you have the DE setup to emulate those settings. All DEs that I've tried don't seem to even acknowledge much less modify any of the click settings.Code:#!/bin/bash synclient ClickPad=0 synclient ClickFinger1=0 synclient ClickFinger2=0 synclient ClickFinger3=0 synclient TapButton1=1 synclient TapButton2=3 synclient TapButton3=2 synclient RTCornerButton=0 synclient RBCornerButton=0 synclient LTCornerButton=0 synclient LBCornerButton=0
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I just got my bonobo extreme for my company to do some development, but so far I'm not that impressed with the out of box experience. My serval pro 7 'just worked' while my bonobo extreme required configuration just to get my extra drives (secondary and caddy) configured. I thought by going sys76 we were taken care of, especially if my manager is forking over more than 2k for the configuration?
The major issue I have is that some laser USB mice and bluetooth connected mice appear to not work out of the box.
This is a basic functionality, lsusb shows the device is enumerated, but apparently it's not properly handled.
on my Serval (which I updated to 12.10)Code:<6>[ 6048.708266] usb 3-2: new full-speed USB device number 28 using xhci_hcd <6>[ 6048.726866] usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c52b <6>[ 6048.726873] usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 <6>[ 6048.726876] usb 3-2: Product: USB Receiver <6>[ 6048.726879] usb 3-2: Manufacturer: Logitech <6>[ 6048.732239] logitech-djreceiver 0003:046D:C52B.0007: hiddev0,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Device [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:14.0-2/input2 <3>[ 6048.732526] logitech-djreceiver 0003:046D:C52B.0007: logi_dj_probe:logi_dj_recv_query_paired_devices error:-32 <4>[ 6048.732698] logitech-djreceiver: probe of 0003:046D:C52B.0007 failed with error -32
What's really strange was after an afternoon of configuring (plus setting up build environments). I decided to plug in a normal, old, laser logitech mouse, found it working, and proceeded to plug in the problem bluetooth-usb mouse. Lo and behold it works? UPDATE: upon rebooting, it breaks again, plugging in the old laser mouse and re-plugging in the blue-tooth unifier mouse does not re-create the 'magic' solution. It also appears that all of my logitech unifier based devices don't work either.Code:<6>[21902.037715] usb 2-1.2: new full-speed USB device number 19 using ehci_hcd <6>[21902.133230] usb 2-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c52b <6>[21902.133244] usb 2-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 <6>[21902.133252] usb 2-1.2: Product: USB Receiver <6>[21902.133261] usb 2-1.2: Manufacturer: Logitech <6>[21902.141279] logitech-djreceiver 0003:046D:C52B.001D: hiddev0,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Device [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.2/input2 <6>[21902.144649] input: Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:1025 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.2/2-1.2:1.2/0003:046D:C52B.001D/input/input20 <6>[21902.144957] logitech-djdevice 0003:046D:C52B.001E: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:1025] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.2:1
old laser logitech:
I have no issues with the hardware, i'm just lamenting on the service that's provided as opposed to me just buying the hardware and putting ubuntu on it. Side note, it appears that fprint is not installed by default.Code:<6>[ 3164.210402] input: Logitech USB Optical Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/input/input15 <6>[ 3164.210803] hid-generic 0003:046D:C018.001A: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:14.0-2/input0 <6>[ 3170.907663] usb 3-2: USB disconnect, device number 11
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Now that you've mentioned it, I've also had trouble with my Logitech wireles trackball with unifying receiver. It had trouble through an external USB 3.0 hub as well (SIIG 6port + card reader).
It behaves like a weak radio link, but is pysically close enough. Moving the unifying receiver to another port seemed to work well.
When I get a chance, I'll try to find a pattern to it.
I find the front left corner of my Bonobo 6 gets very hot, but not a lot of hot air gets blown out the back by the fans. Is this normal behaviour?
I have been really enjoying my bonx6. I also upgraded from a Serval Pro. This thing is super fast. It handles Linux Steam nicely and all. I went to install some games like Alien Arena, which would not work, but then today I saw there was an update, so I updated and it works now. I think the Alien Arena was a DGA mouse thing (after some googling). I have been trying to get Enemy Territory running, tried doing it manually and got no sound and no mouse support. Then I checked synaptic and of course it was there, so I installed from there, now i have sound but the mouse hasn't improved. Seems some of these SDL games have issues with DGA mouse drives or something? I have no idea what I am talking about and probably poorly paraphrasing... anyway, can anyone replicate this? I get to the first screen after launching et, and it wants me to put in my name and enable punkbuster etc etc, as soon as I move the mouse it slides down to the right and I can't get it back...


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To do this, Artie must gather his knights so they can venture forth and recover each of the Seven Swords. Finding them all is Artie's only hope for victory.
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I am making a map in Minecraft that other people can play. I have a dispenser with an iron, golden and diamond sword in it. I want the player to be able to use this dispenser only once. How would I do this?
Make the switch also activate some water (a current passing glitched water will make it flow normally) to wash away part of the redstone, stopping further current.
The simplest way to accomplish this is to build an RS-NOR latch, and wire the input and the dispenser to it. When you activate the input, the RS-NOR will flip, causing it to stay on. This means that no matter how many times you press the button, the dispenser will only dispense one time (unless of course you reset the latch).
This is an example of what the contraption may look like from the outside.
The following image is a look at the actual RS-NOR latch within the circuit. This is a vertical RS-NOR latch, because it only takes up one block wide of space (with the exception of the button, which isn't needed). When the button in the first image is pressed, it triggers the bottom redstone torch in this image to turn off, which then makes the wire running on the top of the latch turn off. The redstone torch on the left side of the latch turns on, giving continuous power the latch and not allowing subsequent button presses to do anything. While this is happening, it also powers the wiring extending downwards, which is wired to the dispenser.
The button pictured, however, acts as a reset switch, which is helpful when doing maintenance.
Finally, here is a broader look at the entire circuit.
Wire up switch to TNT to remove dispenser after use.
Use a Latch. This way, the first time the switch is activated, it will activate the dispenser. Subsequent presses will not have any effect. This simplest way to do this is to connect the output of an OR gate to one of the inputs (the other input to the switch, and the dispenser also connected to the output). This way it will 'stick' on once activated, and further button presses will do nothing.


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Partition Maintenance and Oracle Text Indexes
By Roger Ford-Oracle on Feb 01, 2013
That means that if you have a RANGE partitioned base table, you can use the LOCAL keyword when you create your index, and Oracle Text will automatically produce a partitioned index, with one index partition for each partition of the base table.
A partitioned index is very much like having a separate Oracle Text index on each partition. There is a $I table, a $K table, a $R table, etc, for each partition. The naming convention for the index is changed slightly - the $I table for an unpartitioned table is DR$index_name$I, for a partitioned table it is DR#index_name0001$I, DR#index_name0002$I, etc (the eagle-eyed will have spotted an apparent limit of 9,999 partitions, but in fact this is lifted in 11.2, as it moves to an alphunumeric naming convention after 9999).
Note that currently only RANGE partitioned tables are supported with local Text indexes.
An important feature of any partitioned table is the ability to split and merge partitions. Splitting means dividing one existing partition into two new partitions, and merging means combining two (or sometimes more) partitions into a single one.
Normally, any LOCAL indexes on partitions which have been split or merged become invalid - they must be rebuilt before they are useable. However, if you specify UPDATE GLOBAL INDEXES, the local indexes will be automatically rebuilt as part of the split or merge:
ALTER TABLE my_table MERGE PARTITIONS p2, p3 INTO PARTITION p2and3; UPDATE GLOBAL INDEXESThat's fine - but if we've got lots of data in there, it's going to take quite some time to rebuild those indexes, and our application is going to be unavailable for all that time.
Is there a way we can do a split or merge without having to take the application offline while we rebuild the indexes? Yes, there is. We can make use of a feature known as Partition Exchange, which allows us to swap a complete table, including its ready-built indexes, in place of an existing partition in a partitioned table. The syntax looks like:
ALTER TABLE my_table EXCHANGE PARTITION p2a WITH TABLE my_temp_table INCLUDING INDEXES WITHOUT VALIDATION;The WITHOUT VALIDATION is optional, but makes it a lot quicker. It avoids the need for the system to check every partition key value to make sure the row is going into the correct partition. Obviously it needs to be used with care.
So now we have a solution. When we do a merge, we first copy the data from the partitions to be merged into a temporary table. We create an index on the temporary table using all the same index options as for our main table. When that index is complete, we do the ALTER TABLE ... MERGE PARTITION as above, but without the "UPDATE GLOBAL INDEXES" clause (thus leaving our indexes invalid for a short period) and then we do the ALTER TABLE ... EXCHANGE PARTITION to swap in the partition complete with its freshly built index in place of the merged partition with its invalid index.
We can do something similar with SPLIT PARTITION. This time, though, we will need two temporary tables. We copy the data out of the first part of the partition to be split into one temporary table, and the data from the second part of the partition to be split into the other temporary table. We create indexes on both of those temporary tables (we can build the two indexes simultaneously if we have enough resources, or sequentially if not. We then split the partition, without using UPDATE GLOBAL INDEXES:
ALTER TABLE my_table SPLIT PARTITION p2 AT ( 50 ) INTO ( PARTITION p2a, PARTITION p2b )and then we do two partition exchanges
ALTER TABLE my_table EXCHANGE PARTITION p2a WITH TABLE my_temp_table_1 INCLUDING INDEXES WITHOUT VALIDATION
and again for the second
ALTER TABLE my_table EXCHANGE PARTITION p2b WITH TABLE my_temp_table_2 INCLUDING INDEXES WITHOUT VALIDATION
... and that's it. Or is it? What about changes which have been made to the base table since we copied the data out into temporary tables?
Well the simple answer to that is to make sure we don't do any changes to the table. We could even make it read-only:
ALTER TABLE my_table READ ONLY
That solves the problem, but it's rather heavy-handed. After all, the reason we're doing all this is that it can take a long time to build text indexes, and we would prefer not to have to prevent updates to the table. So instead we need to institute some kind of "change management". There are doubtless several ways to achieve this, but I've done it by creating triggers which monitor any updates or inserts on the base table, and copy them to a temporary "staging" table. These transactions can then be copied back to the main table after the partition split or merge is complete, and the index sync'd in the normal way.
I've provided a pair of complete examples which illustrate this process. They do a split and a merge respectively on a simple partitioned table, creating indexes on temporary tables as necessary and exchanging those tables in place of partitions in the main table. They also create the necessary triggers to monitor updates, and roll these back into the main table on completion.
One note about the example: I've partitioned the tables on a the "price" column. While this seemed a good idea in the context of a simple, understandable "e-commerce" type model, it's actually a pretty bad idea, since you can't change the value of a partition key if it would cause the row to move partitions. So if we have a partition boundary at 50, and an item which costs 49, then we can't increas its price to 51.
The "download links" are for saving to a file - on most browsers you can right click and "Save Target As" or "Save Link As".If you want to view the code in a browser just click on "open in browser" (the file will have an extra .txt suffix if you then save it from the browser page).
split_partitions.pls - download link / open in browser
merge_partitions.pls - download link / open in browser