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Palladino: Naugatuck escapes from The Pit with a win
WATERBURY -- On at least two occasions Saturday afternoon, the Naugatuck High boys basketball team was on the verge of running Holy Cross out of the gym. But this was at The Pit, and no one chases the Crusaders out of The Pit.
Despite building leads of 14-2 in the game's first three minutes and 56-41 with two minutes to play in the third quarter, the Greyhounds were still fortunate to escape from Holy Cross with a victory.
"We scraped out of here, thank goodness," said Naugatuck coach Mike Wilson after the Greyhounds defeated Cross, 83-76, on Saturday at Holy Cross. "We got out of here alive."
Naugatuck (2-0) showed why it is a certified Naugatuck Valley League title contender. Husani Foote (25 points, 11 rebounds) and Brandon Kuczenski (18 points, 10 rebounds) make a devastating pair in the front court. The backcourt team of Mick Pernell (19 points) and Gabe Pulliam (11 points, eight assists) can be magical. And with key minutes off the bench from Ryne Griesenauer and Bryan Coney, Naugy has the necessary depth.
"We were playing together as a team and doing the little things," Foote said. "(The subs) came off the bench and played hard. Everybody is playing hard."
Ah, but that is the same plan for the Crusaders (1-1). Go ahead, pronounce to all the world that Cross is down this season. But the Crusaders will work harder than you — don't they always? — and if you leave The Pit with a victory, you will have, as Wilson noted, escaped.
"No one will ever accuse us of being the most graceful and elegant team on the court," joked Cross coach Ed Generali. "I hope they say that we work really hard and get the most out of the players."
When the game had rhythm and flow, Naugatuck was impressive. Kuczenski crashed the boards, Foote flew down the floor, Pernell made the shots and Pulliam directed the operation. But in a foul-plagued game, there was no rhythm or tempo, and
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that helped Cross immensely. And with Naugatuck looking woeful form the free throw line (20 of 39), the Crusaders were never out of this game.
Cross did its best work when it was down and nearly out. Trailing by 15 late in the third, the Crusaders went off on a 16-6 run. Pressure defense keyed it, along with a 3-pointer from Kris Harmeling (17 points, eight rebounds) and jumpers from Nick Warren (20 points), who was a superb floor leader for Cross, handing out 10 assists.
Cross caused numerous turnovers in that run. As Wilson said, "We had difficulty passing it to the right color jersey."
The problem, as Pulliam saw it, was: "Coach Generali, he's a great coach, and the press. We turned it over a lot on the inbounds."
Cross got to within one point, 64-63, with 4:40 to play, on a Harmeling hoop and free throw, and a Warren pass to Chris Anderson (eight points) off a steal.
"Every time we got close, we needed to make one more stop, and we didn't get it," Generali said, "and that's because Naugatuck made great plays."
Foote rescued the Greyhounds when the lead closed to one. He made two free throws, which is worth noting for Naugy, converted a steal from Maleek Brooks, and after a Coney steal and Pulliam pass, Foote finished on the break. Coney then scored off a Pernell pass, and Foote added the exclamation point with a jam at the one-minute mark.
"If we come out as a team and not play as individuals, we'll be fine," Wilson said, "and I thought we did that, at times, tonight."
And that's how Naugy escaped The Pit with a win.
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I've heard that the problem of counting topologies is hard, but I couldn't really find anything about it on the rest of the internet. Has this problem been solved? If not, is there some feature that makes it pretty much intractable?
It's wiiiiiiide open to compute it exactly. As far as I know the "feature that makes it intractable" is that there's no real feature that makes it tractable. Very broadly speaking, if you want to count the ways that a generic type of structure can be put on an n-element set, there's no efficient way to do this -- you basically have to enumerate the structures one by one. This is essentially because "given a description of a structure type and $n$, count the number of structures on an n-element set" is a ridiculously broad problem which ends up reducing to lots and lots of different counting and decision problems. Alternatively I think you can argue via Kolmogorov complexity and all that, but that's not my style?
So in any case, the burden of proof is on the person who claims that an efficient counting algorithm should exist. (If you believe some crazy things about complexity theory, like P = PSPACE, this starts to become less true since the structure types hard to enumerate will usually be hard to describe. But if you believe that you're a lost cause in any case :P) It's still reasonable to ask for further justification, though. I'd attempt to give some, but I've been awake for like 30 hours and it would be even more handwavey than the above. The short version: If you do enough enumerative combinatorics, you start to see that nice formulas for enumerating structures arise from one of a few situations. Some really big ones are:
So my answer boils down to: It's intractable 'cause it is. Not a particularly satisfying reason, but sometimes that's the way combinatorics works. Sorry if you read that whole post -- I meant for it to be shorter and have more content, but it ended up like most tales told by idiots. But hopefully you learned something, or at least had fun with it?
The best result I know is found in the article The number of finite topologies, by D. Kleitman and B. Rothschild, where they state that the base-2 logarithm of the number of distinct topologies on a set of $n$ elements is asymptotic to $n^2/4$.
I'll expand a little on Harrison's answer. There are several techniques in algebraic combinatorics that allow for exact enumeration of unordered structures; they include
Since finite topologies are an algebraic structure of sorts - a set closed under two operations - you might like to think about a correspondingly difficult algebraic problem, which is the enumeration of finite groups.
Sloane's encyclopedia gives some references. I think that if something moves in this question, then Sloane's site will be one of the first to be updated...
I am not sure in how far this has to do the Union-Closed Sets Conjecture - the latter is just an extremal-combinatorics style assertion. I don't see how to use it for an enumeration.
This question is closely related to the Union-Closed Sets Conjecture which is an open question proposed in 1979.

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I removed a system app (com.android.mms) and I have the .apk needed to restore it, however it won't install through the standard channels (running the .apk gives me "application not installed"). What's the proper way to install a system app's .apk?
You will need to push the .apk to the phone to the System partition to the folder
In order to write to
Or, do it entirely from the host's ADB:
Now you can place the
Afterwards if the flags are not already set change the permissions. All System-Apps need to have the permissions
After you have placed the
note that when playing with adb you will install apps via their package file name (meaning, at the command prompt you will type >adb install myFile.apk)
but you will uninstall them via their package name (>adb uninstall com.this.that.otherthing)
You won't be able to install a package until you've uninstalled its predecessor.
It'll help to add adb to your PATH so that you can just go to the directory where the .apk file is and type adb install myFile.apk.
Carl Parker writes about it on Android Authority:
You need to have the Android SDK installed (or at least a tool that's called adb). Further you need to allow "Non Market installs" on your device.
After this is done you change to the folder that contains the file with a console.
Then connect your phone (via USB) and run


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Assume that we have a differential operator such as $-\frac{\partial}{\partial x^2} + id$ on $\mathbb{R}^1$ We also then argue that if a fundamental solution has compact support, then it is supported on the origin. My follow up question is how can one then show assuming that the fundamental solution is compactly supported - that the differential operator must be of order 0?
For a constant coefficient partial differential operator P(D), the fundamental solution of P can never belong to $\epsilon'(\mathbb{R}^{n})$,i.e.have compact support.
In fact,assume we have $P(D)u=f$,where u is a distribution,then u have compact support $\Leftrightarrow$ $\frac{f}{P(\xi)}$ is analytic(The result can be found in Hormander's ALPDO, volume 1,ch7.)
Now,if we have $$P(D)u=\delta$$,obviously $\frac{1}{P(\xi)}$ is never an analytic function for a polynomia P.So the fundamental solution of P can not be compact supported.
If the fundamental solution is supported at the origin, it must be a finite combination of derivatives of the Dirac distribution. This means that your original operator was of nonpositive order.


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5 Terrifying Online Trends (Invented By the News Media)
A year ago, 22-year-old Kwame Dancy was shot and killed. The headline: "Twitter Argument Leads to Alleged Murder." The story even quotes his poor mother as saying, "... that's crazy. I don't know what's going on with that Twitter thing."
What's going on with that Twitter thing is this: The news media always need a bogeyman.
When I was a teenager, it was metal music or gangster rap -- after the Columbine shootings, the first theory was that the shooters had been brainwashed by Marilyn Manson. Then there was a brief period a few years ago when it was Grand Theft Auto, complete with implied causation headlines like, "Teen Shoots Three After Playing Violent Video Game."
Today, the bogeyman is the Internet. If there's a story involving crime or violence against a child that has even the most remote connection to some kind of networked technology, the technology itself becomes the center of the story. The stories follow the same template as when they were blaming music or games, and they're equally rock-fuck stupid.
#5. The Internet Makes People Fly Into Irrational Violence!
Here's a typical headline: "Halloween Argument Leads Teens to Online Harassment." The content of that report is exactly this and no more: 14-year-old boy pushes a teenage girl, then talks shit on MySpace. And that event got a headline.
Yet not one word spared for the men who died aboard the K-152 Nerpa?
The report comes from York, Maine, which has a population of a little over 12,000 people. That's a small town, but that excuses nothing. I come from a town one-third that size, and even the dipshit hicks around here wouldn't run a story about a scuffle between 14-year-olds, even if the only other headline was, "Nothing New Happened Today; Please Enjoy Dilbert." No, this is a headline for one reason and one reason only: "online harassment." Without those two words, the event wouldn't even rate middle school lunchroom small talk.
It's all over the place. Austin TV station KXAN felt that the public needed to know about how six teens sent text messages that the sheriff described as "obscene, vulgar, threatening to some degree" to another teen. Hey! That's cyberbullying, kind of! It's not a bullshit dispute among teenagers, it's a scary new national trend that we all must stop and address!
In reality, the whole incident was a group of football players talking shit to a rival player before their next game. That was it. And that made headlines in Austin, a city of three-quarters of a million people.
In real life, if some high school dudes yell, "I'm gonna tear you limb from fucking limb" across a football field, the ref probably wouldn't throw a flag. Hell, the ref probably wouldn't hear it over all the grown-ups in the stands yelling equally violent threats at the opposing players. That kind of thing is said verbally, from one high school male to another, while in striking distance, on a weekly basis. But take those exact same words and transmit them electronically via a new technology, and it's a goddamned crisis.
We could also write that one off as a slow news day, but two months later, they ran a fucking follow-up report. Why? Because "cyberbullying" is everywhere! "Hide your children, lest the demonic spirit of cyberbullying ingest their innocent, untarnished souls! What is it about these new devil devices that makes our teenage boys act ... exactly the way they did before?"
You can see what's happening here -- "cyberbullying" has become what the news media love most: a buzzword that scares old people into tuning in.
It's easy to forget that there is a whole world of middle-aged and elderly people out there who have at best a basic understanding of what the Internet even is. If you're selling news, you'll find out pretty fast that there is much more profit in keeping people scared of whatever they're already scared of. It works very well, whether it's communists or gang members or heavy metal devil-worship music.
If this is the best the devil has, I think we're pretty safe.
Oh, and if you really want to get a newsroom buzzing, try combining two bogeymen: video games and the Internet ...
#4. Online Gaming Makes Players Attack Each Other in Real Life!
Headline: "PS3 Online Dispute Leads to Real Life Beating."
Well, hell, isn't that a legitimate example of what they should be reporting? The beating happened because the victim was in a dispute over an online game. There, the new technology and/or medium of communication legitimately did lead to a crime that otherwise would not have happened. A PS3 invited a beating into some poor soul's life. Right?
Look at it there. Plotting its next move.
Oh, hey, did I mention that these guys already knew each other? And that this wasn't a case of an unsuspecting kid wandering into some violent dark Internet alley? In fact, these dudes lived six fucking miles apart.
And they didn't like each other. Their dispute could have happened at a municipal basketball court, or in line at Burger King, or at the library, or over the phone. And if it had, it wouldn't be in the goddamned newspaper because nobody cares when routine fistfights occur in their city.
Both of these men could die and it wouldn't make Page 4 in any major metropolitan area.
But "PS3 Online Dispute Leads to Real Life Beating"? That's an ominous sign of the times! It's as if people who don't use the Internet or play online games think all of it is like the dark cave in Yoda's swamp: full of dark magic that muddles men's minds.
And if the only stories these elderly people hear about the Internet are bullshit reports like this, it will always be thought of as some sort of chaotic anarchy filled with rapists and demons, each just waiting patiently for the exact moment to leap out and stab their kids if disturbed. Don't let your kids play PS3 online, folks. They'll get into a dispute that will lead to a beating.
The Telegraph: "War Games Fanatic Matthew Pyke Killed by Gamer from Germany." If you Google his name, you'll find dozens upon dozens of news websites proclaiming that this was a gamer feud gone wrong. A violent game, to boot! He was a "war games" fanatic! Something must be done!
Oh, hey, look at this. It turned out that the killer was obsessed with Pyke's girlfriend. But because the three met on Pyke's gaming forum, every goddamn headline about the case was, "GAMING GAMER KILLS GAMER FROM GAMING GAMELAND GAME GAME!"
#3. The Internet is Full of Murderers Who Will Murder You
This brings us to, "Twitter Argument Leads to Alleged Murder."
The whole story there is that two guys got into an argument on Twitter, and one of them shot and killed the other. They even told that to this victim's poor mother, prompting the response of, "That's not a reason to shoot somebody, that's crazy. I don't know what's going on with that Twitter thing."
To be honest, neither do we.
You know what? She's right. It's not a reason to shoot somebody, and that's not why it happened.
These two guys, who used to be friends, had fought over a girl half a year before the shooting. Their relationship had been rocky ever since. The things that were said on Twitter were continuations of an ongoing beef, so when the papers said, "The argument spilled over from Twitterdom onto the streets of Harlem," they we're just plain wrong. It was an argument that started on the streets of Harlem and spilled over into Twitter.
But of course the papers felt that "Man Shot in Harlem" wasn't a title anyone would click on -- the majority of us outside of New York assume that happens all the time. But "Twitter Argument Leads to Alleged Murder"? That's fucking buzzword gold. So what happened was that other sites saw the headline reported in the NY Daily News, skimmed the article and regurgitated the story, leaving out the parts that didn't support their case of "Twitter kills people." From there, it propagated around the Internet, always with the hot "Twitter" buzzword:
Advertisers will pay good money to have their banner ads on that page, because it now has worldwide traffic, not just "people who know the guy who got shot" traffic.
There are real lives of real people here who have been gravely affected by this man's horrifying death. Some of them will never recover from that loss, spending the rest of their lives wondering why it happened. You've got the mother of the shooter asking what could have possibly turned her son into such a monster, and in her grief, newspapers are pointing the finger at a fucking social network website. Not his own morals, or decision-making, or poor impulse control. Twitter is not simply a means by which people communicate, the same as they would at a bar or by postcards. No, it's new and scary and must have some alien ability to influence men's minds to make them do what they otherwise would not. Right?
Do I even need to point out that if I call your house and tell you you're a worthless cocksucker and threaten your life, that I'm the asshole here? Not my fucking phone?
"Could you point to the one that turned you into a psychopath?"
I apologize in advance, because it actually gets a lot more infuriating from here ...


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After finishing second in 2009 and '10, the Jaguars rolled through the Rawlings/KHSAA state tournament at Jack C. Fisher Park in Owensboro—outscoring opponents 40-6—and downed Lone Oak 7-2 in the championship game to claim their first-ever fastpitch state title.
"I'm on cloud nine," said Mercy coach Josh Bloomer, who has led the Jaguars to five state tournament appearances in eight years. "The biggest joy is that our girls were finally able to leave there with smiles on their faces."
Mercy (37-8) wasted no time in the final, putting up four runs on five hits in the bottom of the first inning. From there, senior starter JJ Francis held the Purple Flash at bay, allowing only two runs on four hits in five innings with two strikeouts and a pair of walks.
"I actually felt more confident than I have in past years," said Francis, who was a member of both runner-up teams. "We knew that if we were to tighten up…we would lose. We just wanted to stay loose and relaxed."
After Lone Oak put up a pair of runs in the top of the sixth, Mercy answered with three more insurance runs in the bottom of the inning to put the game out of reach.
"We became a family early (in the season)," said Morgan Meyer, who batted .714 and stole six bases during the tournament. "I couldn't ask for a better team or a better coach."
Meyer earned co-MVP honors along with freshman Jordan Vorbrink, who batted .529 with 12 RBI and 7 runs.
To reach the final of the double-elimination tournament, Mercy first beat Bullitt East last Thursday, then Greenwood and Lone Oak on Friday. An 8-0 win over Boyle County on Saturday morning advanced the Jaguars out of the winners' bracket and into the final against Lone Oak (40-6), the winner of the losers' bracket.
It was the first crown for a Louisville-area team since Manual won in 2000, and Bloomer said it was a fitting end to a special season:
"I told them you don't always get what you deserve in life…but sometimes you do."
Junior Logan Parrett (9-1) tossed a two-hitter, and Woodford County (34-6) blanked Henderson County (29-14-1) 4-0 on June 9 to win the Kentucky National Insurance/KHSAA state baseball tournament at Whitaker Bank Ballpark in Lexington. It was the Yellowjackets' first title.
St. Xavier (30-12), the highest-ranked team in the field at No. 3, beat Mercer County 4-0 in the opening round, but fell to Bishop Brossart 5-3 in the quarterfinals.
Pleasure Ridge Park's bid for a fifth state title ended abruptly as the Panthers (29-12) were bounced by Newport Central Catholic 3-2 in the first round.
Kentucky-Indiana All-Star Classic
Manual's LeAsia Wright led all scorers with a two-game total of 27, and the Kentucky girls' team swept Indiana for only the second time since 1991. Game One at Freedom Hall saw Kentucky struggle from the field early before mounting a 39-27 halftime lead and cruising to a 75-47 victory.
Wright had 12 points and Sydney Moss, Kentucky's Miss Basketball, tossed in 14 and grabbed 11 rebounds.
In Game Two at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, the Kentucky squad raced out to a 52-36 halftime lead and never looked back, winning 92-75. Wright had 15 points, including four 3-pointers, and Bre Elder of Marion County added 13 points.
Indiana still leads the series at 40-34.
Try as they might, the Kentucky boys could not shake free from the history of Indiana dominance and were swept for the seventh time in eight years.
Trinity's Nathan Dieudonne, Kentucky's Mr. Basketball, led all scorers in Game One with 24, but the talent-rich Indiana team rallied late to eke out a 90-85 win.
In Game Two, Kentucky led 41-40 at halftime before a 30-5 Indiana run in the second half sank their chances and gave the Hoosiers an 83-73 victory. Woodford County's Jay Johnson led Kentucky with 16 points, followed by Jeril Taylor of PRP with 12 and Dieudonne with 11.
- After building Eastern's baseball program into one of the area's best over the last 11 years, Eagles coach John Morris is stepping down to spend more time with his family. Six district championships and regional runner-up finishes in 2005 and 2011 highlighted his tenure. Under Morris, Eastern has enjoyed eight consecutive 30-win seasons. The 2012 team went 32-8, falling to Male 8-0 in the Seventh Region semifinals.
- David Henley has been named the new boys' basketball coach at Eastern. Henley spent the last two seasons at North Oldham, where he went 34-28. Before that Henley spent 13 seasons at Holmes, winning four regional titles and the 2009 state championship. He replaces Jason Couch, who departed for Shelby County last month.
- Fired as DeSales' football coach in February, Mark Sander didn't need to look far for a new gig. The former University of Louisville linebacker has been named head coach at Iroquois High School, less than a mile away. Sander, who played for the Cards from 1987-90 and is the school's all-time leading tackler, went 76-47 in 10 seasons at DeSales. He replaces Anthony Waters, whose Raider teams had a combined record of 1-27 over the last three years.
- Christian Academy's Allison Foster has been named Gatorade Kentucky Softball Player of the Year. Foster, a senior pitcher-outfielder, batted .500 with 10 home runs, 39 runs and 31 RBI. Her 46 career triples is a state record. The Bellarmine University signee also went 24-6 in the circle with a 0.80 ERA and 302 strikeouts in 176 innings pitched.
Contact columnist Chris Cahill at email@example.com.


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The release of Kdenlive 0.8.2 was slighlty delayed due to the discovery of a blocking issue that required last minute changes in MLT and Kdenlive.
I want to make sure that those changes don't cause regressions, so the idea is to ask users to test the latest Kdenlive development version (available for Ubuntu users on sunab's experimental repository). I am especially concerned about problems occuring when opening old Kdenlive project files.
Once we have some feedback and manage to fix a few remaining issues, we will release Kdenlive 0.8.2, which should hopefully happen around the 13th of august.
We are now in string freeze, so if you are interested to help translating Kdenlive in your language, get involved.
More informations about the changes in the soon to be released 0.8.2 version can be found on the Kdenlive 0.8.2 information page.
After that release, we will be moving to KDE's infrastructure to be part of KDE multimedia, and work on the refactoring branch to clean up the code and make it easier to understand / maintain / contribute.
For the Kdenlive team, Jean-Baptiste Mardelle
Fri, 07/29/2011 - 16:16
Great news! Kdenlive will be a part of KDE multimedia: awesome. I'm really happy because this software must be known from everyone in the linux world. Congratulations =D !
Sat, 08/13/2011 - 01:45
Cool, now we just need a way to spread the word to us gnome users.
Sun, 07/31/2011 - 08:15
Hi, I would like to give the current devel version a try (have issues opening existing projects) but it requires mlt 0.7.4 and mltframework.org seems down atm (for a few days). Is Dan aware of this ?
Sun, 07/31/2011 - 20:51
Seems to be online again :)
Tue, 08/02/2011 - 09:05
I use 0.8.1 but there are two problems.
1) Kdenlive crash when i open a old project
2) In timeline many effect are not rendered. I see black in final video.
Fri, 08/19/2011 - 22:17
this is 20th,and you said that is going to happen around 13th or something, I'm mistaken! no
Thu, 08/25/2011 - 23:30
Things are not always predictable. Especially if you have only your spare time to work on stuff.
There are still some bugs that need to be fixed and unfortunately currently all developers are busy doing non Kdenlive work.
Sun, 08/28/2011 - 18:34
i agree with you, no one is able to code 24/24 by it would be better if they hadn't mentioned a date and just said : "it would happen soon"
Mon, 08/29/2011 - 12:51
Haha I agree. I'm really keen for the automatic backups feature. Will be very handy.
I don't want to sound upset though - you guys do an amazing job. Having come from a background in Adobe Premiere I found your product much faster, more capable, and generally more pleasing to spend my day working with. And it's all open source! If I could find a donate button I think I'd be using it :)
Sun, 08/21/2011 - 10:34
In version 0.8.1 when I use "Scale and Tilt" i have a problem.
Effect's preview is ok but when i render the video is black.
Thu, 08/25/2011 - 23:24
It would be cool if you could open a bug report on this!
Thu, 10/06/2011 - 20:48
any news for 0.8.2 version ? I have problem with rendering with my arch version (svn 20110722) - can't add a song to my film - and I cannot open my project with older versions...kind of stuck now.
Fri, 10/07/2011 - 04:57
i am kind of stuck as well, with a deadline for monday. i am reporting the bugs as i see them.
would you consider my request:
cheers and continue the good work.
Sun, 10/30/2011 - 11:37
Wait... this "news" is 3 months old? I guess, you shouldn't write "getting ready for 0.x.x" next time. :-)


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No bias here
Media deny skewing stories toward the left
In an open letter from the Media Research Center, directed at the heads of ABC News, CBS News, NBC News and CNN, the conservative activists called the level of media bias unprecedented. "There has never been a more brazen and complete attempt by the liberal so-called 'news' media to decide the outcome of an election," the letter said.
Hogwash, replies Rich Hanley, director of the graduate program in journalism at Quinnipiac University.
"It's part of the Republican tactic to discredit any negative reaction to the party," said Hanley, a former reporter at Time magazine. "What the Republican party has to do is grow up and stop looking to blame the media for the party's inability to get anything right."
Accusations of a liberal bias in established news outlets like the major TV and cable networks, as well as The New York Times and The Washington Post, date to the Nixon administration. But with national politics increasingly polarized and options for news consumers proliferating, the allegations of bias have taken on a brutal tone.
The mainstream media vociferously denies the charge, while conservative media outlets like Rush Limbaugh insist the leftward tilt is undeniable. A day after the presidential election, Rich Noyes of the Media Research Center argued on FoxNews.com that the media's "favorable approach almost certainly made the difference between victory and defeat," citing "biased debate monitors," overzealous reporting on former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's "inconsequential" gaffes and lack of reporting on the Sept. 11 Benghazi, Libya, consulate attack that killed four people.
"In a word: Libya," says Ernie Damiani of Cheshire, a critic of the mainstream media. "ABC, CBS, NBC never mentioned it at all, hardly at all. I don't know how it can be denied. If you look at your conservative versus liberal reporters, maybe 90 percent of them are registered Democrats, maybe 10 percent Republican."
A 2004 Pew Research Center poll found that while only 7 percent of journalists employed at national news organizations identify themselves as conservatives, 34 percent refer to themselves as liberals. But even if members of the media have a personal bias, journalism itself aims to be objective, says Carolyn Lin of the University of Connecticut. She concedes that while there are more liberal than conservative journalists, they work to eliminate that bias in their stories.
"Journalists pride themselves on being objective and are typically cautious in staying objective to protect their professional reputation," Lin wrote in an e-mail sent from China, where she is lecturing. "All storytellers/journalists could be subject to some form of human bias from time to time. But most of them are very careful in preventing their human bias from creating either a liberal or conservative bias per se."
Many journalism professors, like Lisa M. Brody of Quinnipiac University and Hanley cite studies indicating that "there has been no clear evidence that stories in the mainstream media have a liberal bias."
"Study after study has found that there is no liberal bias," said Brody, communications professor in Quinnipiac's media studies department. The media, she said, "is very good about the idea of balance. You're having equal representation. A lot of the reporting is very cynical about politics in general. And that is aimed at both candidates." However, she says, the liberal media bias charge has traction with Republican stalwarts.
"Conservative politicians since the 1960s have been saying it over and over and over again with the belief that if you say it over and over again it'll make it true," Brody said.
Some writers like Eric Alterman of the left-leaning The Nation claim not only that the media is not biased to the left, but that it is actually conservative. In his book, "You're Only As Liberal As the Man Who Owns You," he writes that corporate ownership of most media companies plays a bigger role than individual reporter bias.
"The reporter, the editor, the producer, and the executive producer all understand implicitly that their jobs depend in part on keeping their corporate parents happy," he writes.
Yet many studies, including a 2004 analysis of 36,000 news articles from The New York Times between 1946 and 1994, found that the type of news stories covered during presidential election years tilt more to Democrats. A Yale University study, in which suburban Washington, D.C., residents were given the conservative Washington Times and others were given The Washington Post found that "even short exposure to a daily newspaper appears to influence voting behavior and may affect turnout behavior."
UCLA political scientist Tim Groseclose agrees. A study by Groseclose and the University of Missouri's Jeffrey Milyo reported that "most of the nationally prominent outlets meet the ADA (Americans for Democratic Action) definition of 'liberal,'" asserting "those who scoff at the notion of liberal media bias are wrong."
A study by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism released just before the presidential election found that MSNBC was more biased against Romney than Fox was against Obama. While MSNBC featured 71 percent negative coverage of Romney, Fox coverage of Obama was 46 percent unfavorable. The study found that only 3 percent of MSNBC ran stories were positive of Romney, while 6 percent of Fox stories were favorable to Obama.
Reports on the Pew study did not single out ABC, CBS or NBC specifically.
"I don't think you have to be a Ph.d to see that President Obama was treated very differently by the national press than President Bush was," Milyo said. He said the bias may have been enough to affect the election. "I could imagine the national press treating the slow economic recovery and the debacle in Libya and the Fast and Furious scandal in a very different way that perhaps would have changed the election."
But Dean Karlan, an economics professor at Yale is not so sure. "Some sources have more leanings than others, but 'the media' are all over the place," he wrote, via e-mail. "And there are plenty that go right. People see what they want to see, they opt in to the media typically that conforms with their views of the world. There is a fine line between bias and accuracy, not so easy to disentangle, empirically, except in extreme cases."
Others, like David Carr, media critic for The New York Times, notes that the conservative-leaning Wall Street Journal is the No. 1 newspaper in the country by circulation, Fox News is the most successful news broadcast on cable and "three of the top five radio broadcasters — (Rush) Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and the recently departed Michael Savage — have outdrawn NPR's morning and evening programs by a wide margin."
Hanley agreed, criticizing MSNBC for its overly leftward slant. "In the case of MSNBC they have an argument that's unassailable. MSNBC has gone too far and cannot be taken seriously as an objective news organization. Fox News has more credibility than they do on that," he said.
One fact that is beyond dispute is that, in the age of proliferating news outlets, the mainstream media is having less impact than ever. A recent report by the Pew Research Center found that digital news has surpassed radio and newspapers as a main source of information. The report noted that since 2010, the number of Americans who get their news from a traditional news source dropped from 40 percent to 33 percent.
None of those interviewed believed that decline was healthy for the democratic process.
"People are more and more cocooning themselves, getting news from particular sources," Milyo said. "Self-selecting the kind of websites you get news from could be a factor that leads to more polarization."
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Broadly I would like to know what is the connection between homogeneous binary quartic forms and elliptic curves.
I see that the invariants on the first space under the action of $SL(2,\mathbb{C})$ are precisely the functions $g_2$ and $g_3$. Also given such a quartic form on $\mathbb{C}^2$, if one thinks its 0-set as the intersection of two conics in $\mathbb{C}^3$ then the determinant of the complex symmetric matrix representing the most general conic passing through this intersection is precisely the "RHS" of the elliptic curve equation.
What does this determinant mean geometrically?
More specifically consider the $SL(2,\mathbb{C})$ action on $\mathbb{C}^2$ (spanned by $x$ and $y$) and define $U = x^2$, $V = 2xy$ and $W=y^2$.
If the action is by the matrix $ \left [ \begin{array}{c c } a & b \\ c & d \\ \end{array}\right ]$ ($ad-bc=1$) of $SL(2,\mathbb{C})$ then the following transformation is affected on $\mathbb{C}^2$,
$$ \left [ \begin{array}{c} x\\ y\\ \end{array} \right ] \rightarrow \left [ \begin{array}{c} ax + by\\ cx + dy\\ \end{array} \right ] $$
This in turn implies the following transformation on $\mathbb{C}^3$ (defining the matrices, $X$ and $A$),
$$X = \left [ \begin{array}{c} U\\ V\\ W \end{array} \right ] \rightarrow A.X = \left [ \begin{array}{c c c} a^2 & ab & b^2\\ 2ac & (ad+bc) & 2bd \\ c^2 & cd & d^2\\ \end{array} \right ] \left [ \begin{array}{c} U\\ V\\ W \end{array} \right ] $$
$4UW-V^2$ being identically equal to $0$ is obviously kept invariant by the above transformation.
The invariance of $4UW-V^2$ can be thought of as $SL(2,\mathbb{C})$ preserving an inner-product on $\mathbb{C}^3$ with signature, $\left [ \begin{array}{c c c} & & 2 \\ & -1 & \\ 2 & & \\ \end{array} \right ]$
- But $A$ does not seem to be an orthogonal matrix though it satisfies the property of $det(A)=1$. Then why is it being said in the books that the $SL(2,\mathbb{C})$ action on $\mathbb{C}^2$ (spanned by $x$ and $y$) induces an action of $SO(3)$ on $\mathbb{C}^3$ (spanned by $U$, $V$ and $W$) with respect to the inner product $ \left [ \begin{array}{c c c} & & 2 \\ & -1 & \\ 2 & & \\ \end{array}\right ]$ ?


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A large percentage of biomanufacturers in 2012—as much as 36%—expect some manufacturing offshored by their facility during next five years (see Figure 1) although the percentage expecting to offshore more than half of their operations rated only in the single digits. This finding suggests that it may be too soon to assert that offshoring will become a mainstream activity, although there are reasons to expect that offshoring will become more accepted, especially as regional operations outside the US and Europe begin to meet regulatory standards and as single-use bioprocessing devices enter commercial-scale manufacturing. These integrated, fully disposable facilities will enable manufacturing in more developing regions as many of the quality-management processes required for traditional facilities can be "built in" to the disposable devices.
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Miter saws have come a long way from their humble beginnings. I remember the heyday of the 9-inch blade, direct-drive Rockwell "Motorized Miter Box," with a particleboard sub-base and a thumb-pressed brake. It was my introduction to using a miter saw some 30 years ago.
I've come a long way, too, and now I install finish carpentry in houses that go for millions of dollars. Time is tight, and finish tolerances are even tighter, so I look for a saw that I can adjust quickly and accurately. Sure, some work requires the capacity of a slider, but a lot of trim jobs can be done with a good 12-inch compound miter saw. They are smaller and lighter to haul around the jobsite, and there are fewer moving parts to knock out of alignment during rough transport and hard use.
For a while this year, I put away my trusty old saws and tested eight new 12-inch compound miter saws to see how they performed on the job and in the shop. When the test was complete, I had a few new favorites.
Common items that all saws share are a 15-amp motor, automatic electric blade brake, and a dust bag. The saws all have a convenient top handle for lifting, but I would recommend carrying a saw with both hands under the base if it is off its stand. I worry about yanking the head too hard and throwing the saw alignment out of whack.
Adjustments. For adjusting miter angles, the top seven saws have detents to positively locate commonly used angles: 0, 15, 22.5, 31.6, and 45 degrees, and the miter ranges max out from 48 to 52 degrees.
When the old miter saws added the ability to bevel cut, they became real trimmers' tools. Cutting crown molding is one of the toughest cuts to make, but compound angle miter saws give you a choice of how to do it. You can still use the traditional method of standing your boards upside down, or you can lay your board face up and, with the correct bevel and miter angles, cut without wrestling to keep long stock snug against the fence.
The saws all have stops or detents at 0 and 90-degree bevel angles, and most of them also have a 33.9-degree detent setting for cutting crown. Those saws without this setting have at least a marking for it. The bevel ranges max out at 45 to 48 degrees.
Performance and Cutting Capacity. Without a doubt, the Ridgid out-cut the competition in terms of overall width capacity. It was the only saw that could cross-cut a 2x10. I'm no engineer, but I believe the blade center being farther away from the fence is the reason. The Ridgid will cross-cut up to 9-3/8 inches at 90 degrees without tilting up the front of the workpiece. I measured the others as follows: Hitachi 8-/16, DeWalt 8-1/8, Makita 8-1/16, Bosch 8, Milwaukee 8, Ryobi 7-15/16, and Craftsman 7-3/4 inches.
When I tested cross-cut capacity on a 4x6 timber, set wide end down, every saw except the Ridgid cut all the way through. The geometry that makes it a wide, flat cutter works against it with a taller block.
No saw could cut through a 4x4 at a 45-degree bevel angle, nor could any cross-cut a 6x6. The capacities in the specs (page 36) are based on the widest and thickest pieces that could be cut laying flat. Much taller pieces can be cut vertically against the fence, but that height depends on the board width.
For my time trials, I aggressively cross-cut 4x4 white oak post material using the stock blades that came with each saw. The fastest by far was the Makita, so if its performance is a 10 out of 10, the rest follow as such: Craftsman 9; Bosch, Hitachi, and Milwaukee 8.75; DeWalt and Ridgid 8.5; and Ryobi 8. As evident by the close scores, there is not a dog in the bunch. Any of these saws has enough guts to cut quickly and–if you treat them well–accurately, too.
The Winner
The best saw overall is the Hitachi. This solid machine has plenty of power and capacity, and some nice features that make it easy to set up quickly. I relied on the built-in laser and digitally displayed miter and bevel angles for speed and accuracy.
The second place saw is the brand-new Milwaukee. This company's first 12-inch miter saw provides a fresh take on the category with some advanced features, such as the built-in worklights, the digital miter angle display, and the easiest bevel-locking operation.
Sharing third place are the Craftsman and DeWalt saws. The Craftsman was the second strongest of the test and has the most efficient dust collection, and the DeWalt is just an all-around good saw. Next comes the Ridgid with its extra-wide cutting capacity.
For my money, I prefer saws that offer the flexibility of dual bevel cutting, so the Makita and Bosch placed next, followed by the Ryobi. The Makita showed the greatest power of all the saws in the test, so if you only need a single bevel model, it is a strong machine for a good price.
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I have been writing 12/12/12 today on various letters, etc. Though I attribute no meaning to the triplication, there is something felicitous about the line-up of the numbers on this date.And was anyone here at last night's Center on Religion and Culture's Forum: "Call and Response: How American Catholic Sisters Shaped the Church Since Vatican II"? It too was a pleasing line-up, but rather different than I expected. Inspiring! Not acrimonious; the word b...... was not uttered during any of the presentations.
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I was there, Peggy, and mightily impressed by the thoughtful, generous and irenic stance of all the sisters, different as they were in age and perspective from one another, and more relieved than surprised that they hewed to the subject at hand, as there was more than enough material there for one evening.I'm delighted to have been there.
I was there too, and I had the same reaction as Mary Butler. The word "grounded" came up once or twice in the panelists' discussions, and it occurred to me that "grounded" is the word I'd use to describe most if not all of the religious sisters I've known. Their reflectiveness, humility, and good nature always impresses me, and obviously stems from a solid foundation of faith and prayer. I definitely saw that on display last night. (Also, what a turnout!)
"Not acrimonious; the word b was not uttered during any of the presentations."What's wrong with "blessed?"
They were blessed! But that's not the word!!!!The word b...... is in the plural and the dots represent the exact number of letters.
Jim Welby, fellow parishioner and Upper West Side Neighbor has written up last evening's discussion for those who couldn't make it from California.Jim Welby: First let me mention the participants: Moderator: Christine Firer Hinze (theologian, Fordham U.), Doris Gottemoeller, R.S.M. (Vice President, Catholic Health Partners and Former President , Sisters of Mercy of the Americas), Maria Theotokos Adams, S.S.V. M. a new religious order founded by an Argentine priest back in the late 80's (Director of Studies, Immaculate Conception Province), Miriam Ukeritis, C.S.J. (Psychologist and CEO, Southdown Institute), Mary Johnson, S.N.D. deN. (Sociologist, Trinity Washington U.), Maria Cimperman, R.S.C.J. (Theologian, Catholic Theological Union).First, whoever put this group together wisely chose not only different religious orders but also sisters with varied expertise, and sisters of varying ages (meaning some who were pre-Vatican II sisters, some coming of age during the council and some arriving on the scene years after Vatican II). The other thing to say was that despite the Vatican mandate to investigate U.S. sisters, this was not a moment of confrontation with the powers that be, but rather a peaceful attestation to what the sisters have taken on over these 50 years. We know most of what they have accomplished in terms of the parochial school system, founding hospitals, and social services (even before V.II). They pioneered higher education for women and, as was pointed out, there were two theologians on this panel and there was a time in the not so distant past when sisters and lay people were not allowed to study theology in any of the Catholic colleges or universities, so they set up their own college to overcome this obstacle until finally both sisters and lay people were allowed to study theology in Catholic colleges and universities. Another interesting point made was that in 1950 Pope Pius XII asked that sisters throughout the world address the question of whether their religious habits were appropriate for the modern era and whether their form of dress was an obstacle to reaching out to ordinary people. Secondly, he proposed that they seek to become professional in whatever endeavors they were involved in. This gave rise to the Sister Formation Movement where these issues were tackled and so, one might say that for 12 years the sisters were well on their way to reforming before Vatican II was proclaimed. The document on Religious Life of V.II challenged them to go back to the sources, namely the intent of their founders. Another important event for the sisters was the Synod of Bishops of 1971 that stated that justice was constitutive of the preaching of the gospel. It is no wonder then that their ministries expanded, embracing social activism and missionary work, exploring fresh currents in spirituality and theology and championing human dignity and rights.Finally, it was pointed out that there are 1,200 women in formation in various religious orders and 40% of them are women of color. Sr. Mary Johnson, sociologist, said that they are studying how these women chose the orders they are in. Some orders are doing extremely well in this count while others have a few aspirants and yet others have none. Sr. Miriam Ukeritis, psychologist said that sisters are at the cusp of figuring out what their next step is; there is much enthusiasm to move forward and there is a lot of hope for the future. In the question and answer period, the one question that stood out had to do with the Obama health care issue and the inclusion of the contraceptive piece that must be adhered to by 2014 and how to handle this delicate topic. Sr. Doris Gottemoeller, Vice Pres., Catholic Health Partners, responded by saying that they were still trying to work this out, but in the end, if it was still not resolved, they would accept it "under protest" until some arrangement is made that is satisfactory to all parties.There is much more, but these are the more salient issues that were presented at what was a memorable, hopeful and peace-filled gathering. As you can imagine, the auditorium was packed with sisters from many different orders. Jim Welby
" the word b was not uttered during any of the presentations."That's a relief. I've never thought it very respectful to refer to religious sisters as "broads".
Heres another fine presentation by another extraordinary woman religious: Pat Farrell, OSF. (When I went to check the list of speakers at last nights gathering at Fordham, I half expected to find her name there.) Pat was president of LCWR this past year, during all of the back-and-forth with the Vatican. The link is to the talk she gave at the LCWR assembly. Looking at the words which Peggy and Mary and Mollie have used about the presentations last night at Fordham -- inspiring, thoughtful, generous, irenic, grounded, reflective, humble, good-natured -- Id say that all of them could be applied to Pats talk. And heres a beautiful piece David Gibson did about Pat for RNS.
JP: Broads has only six letters....!!!!
".... there are 1,200 women in formation in various religious orders and 40% of them are women of color."This is a paradigm change. In the US what are the numbers for Catholics of color? How important is it that there should be an increase in religious orders? Was not the message of VII that all should seek holiness so that holiness in all was more of a goal than a separated segment? In that sense vocations may not be that important.
"Centered" was the word that came to mind as I listened to the presentations. I particularly liked the presentation by Sister Doris Gottemoeller. She cited evidence showing how church authorities began introducing change in the women's religious orders in the 1940s, how that was followed through in Vatican II ... and how the orders were responding to what the hierarchy wanted as they went through a period of experimentation and change. It was very solid and, as I said, centered. The only thing that left me unconvinced was the attempt to pass off some of the controversies the orders have been involved in as a creation of the news media.
Here's a link to the video: http://digital.library.fordham.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/rc&CIS...
I got a private email telling me that my attempted funny above wasn't actually very funny. So sorry if it was offensive.
bishops? it is!!!!JP: Hardly the worst B word you could have come up with!!! Sorry to say, I guess, that I didn't find it offensive.


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First AD attack: I was just surfing around on instructables until I came across this massive AD of macs! It there some kind of bug on the AD?
Second AD attack: I first thought I have been redirected to another web, but... Now instructables home page has the same layout as the AD it self! NORTON!
Third AD attack: Norton strikes again...
You can customize instructable header to your like to try eliminate the weird layout linked to the AD by following this forum. I hope this helps!
Second AD attack: I first thought I have been redirected to another web, but... Now instructables home page has the same layout as the AD it self! NORTON!
Third AD attack: Norton strikes again...
You can customize instructable header to your like to try eliminate the weird layout linked to the AD by following this forum. I hope this helps!
Ibles has let apple and norton advertise on their site like this so they can get more money to keep the price of pro accounts low.
i go away for a few months and the site goes to yellow hell......
Same, that what caused me to leave instructables for a while, now it may happen again. There also have been so many changes on instructables, I don't like changes... :-(
changes scare ppl
Big time to those who has Asperger..
I forgot what that was. Educate me.
AAAAAAAAAH!!! It's attach of the killer norton blobs! RUN FOR COVER, SAVE THE IBLES ROBOT!!!!
good point; we must protect the robot from nortons power-craving architecture.
Yeah, I just hope they don't paint those freaking weird black circles on him... :-O
Oh an ethernet cable on the norton servers! *reads label* Label:Leads to Instructables Robot QUICK GET ME MY CRIMPERS
Imma redirect the wire to that photo flash cap to KILL the servers!
How about one of the 50,000V one of a tesla coil?
same; i hate the categorised forums.
It's revenge I tell ya.
Round 3!Also,this is new.Check the system clock.
System clock? Where?
I say my pic didnt post.
It's happening AGAIN!
Eww, Norton.
After the Apple ad, I'm surprised Microsoft didn't put an ad up yet...
Check out http://nytimes.com/ right now. I'm proud that we're running similar campaigns as the New York Times.
For apple to want to advertise on Ibles like this is a great move forwards. Biggest specific advertiser to date? And, the advert is some what relevant, the materials used by apple, really do set some new standards in computer manufacture.
but the thing is, that apply is the least green company there was a study done, about how green companies are, apple refused to participate Microsoft was close to the bottom of the list (least green)
It can't be branded as the least green company if the didn't participate. That's like, loosing a race you never signed up for.
the computers are about the same eco impact as real pcs (in fact a mac is a pc. just put in a glossy white plastic box) the computers have the same power management capabilities as real pc the portable devices are not as good as high end devices with similar specs from other manufacturers (mostly problem with the ipods with hard drive). they force the users to buy new ones more often therefore there is more pollution the real impact of apple is in stuff like selling os only with computer etc. it forces users (that dont want to be pirates) to buy a mac when all they really want is the os and they could run it on the existing pc (but in my opinion pcs allready have superior os like windows xp and linux) if you look carefully at the impacts of itunes drm maybe youll see something else environmentally bad too greenpiece is not some1 to trust. there is stuff you can estimate yourself and get to conclusions. and thats what you should do
Every single comment you have made their, is factually incorrect. Do you just make these things up so you can hate on apple? Its ok, you don't need to answer, as the answer is Yes.
the only thing that makes the laptops in the ad greener is the desktop wallpaper they display. anything else is just the hype that surrounds everything apple make with apple macs being nothing more than pcs with apple logo on them they are not different from real pcs what does make the difference then ? minor stuff likebundling computer with operating system i believe that the only thing that makes apple look different from the other pc manufacturers is the amount of hype and their marketing strategies
your right, the only difference is how they are built, same parts inside. So, find me, and slim all in one pc, with a high quality screen equal to a $600 lacie. Made from aluminum.
i dont think there are any pcs like that with aluminium box
if you drop the al requirement check out imac vs dell xps one (there are few spec groups in each)
if you drop the al requirement check out imac vs dell xps one (there are few spec groups in each)
The aluminum build quality and high recyclability are two of the main things im pointing out.
maybe. but is the mac built of aluminium either ? iirc its plastic
Its high grade machined aluminum.
ok now look at this all in one computers are less green than other computers cause their upgrade ability is lower the dell has higher specs which mean that it will take more time to become obsolete (the os difference says nothing to me cause practically any os can be installed on any of the computers) some pc laptops do have aluminium case
Altho an all in one computer is less upgradable. Alot of PC users go the lifespan of thier system without upgrading. The main thing people upgrade is RAM, and the iMac has a specific user friendly slot so that anyone can manage it. They are more green than normal computers however, due the their low energy usage (far out ways any upgrade problem that you point out) You make a valid point about the higher specs, but, again, the iMac has top of the range construction and 3rd party components. Not only that, but, alot of PC's end up getting chucked, as when they get to about 5 years old, people can never get much money for them, a quick trip to ebay will show you the great second hand value of Macs, they are recycled untill they die in most cases. I paid £1000 for an iMac, then sold it for £500 5 years later, the same can not be said of a PC. That is because apple build their computers to last.
high quality is not unique to apple. dell optiplex (except a model that had bad capacitors) last for many years. even old pentium 3 - 4s sell not bad i checked out GX 150 and GX 280. notice that the full tower boxes sell better than the slim boxes - i think its cause they use mostly standard parts and are more upgradable. the most important parts are those that die fast - fans and drives and power supply. in the full tower boxes they are standard parts i own myself a second hand 2001 GX 150 full tower. it is P3 1 GHZ 256 M. i upgraded hard drive (seagate noisy 20 to wd silent new 80) and downgraded video card (voodoo 3 to onboard i810). it performs great and fast
The level of quality is not unique to apple. But is no where near to that of Dell, take some of the high gaming stuff from HP, and you stand a chance, the black bird for instance. One of the Lian PC's. Apple is the single largest consumer seller of PC's for a reason.
the quality of dell is very high. high to the point where nearly all computers are obsolete before they stop working the only reasons why apple is large are the operating system (and yet most users prefer windows for various reasons) their marketing (they advertise themselfes as being other and better than pcs allthough they are not different at all) where i live apple does not make much marketing. therefore their computers / ipods / other products are rare (way more rare then hp compaq for instance)
Not the mass amount of dells i have come accross, both in work and outside of work. You can fight the PC side all you like, but do it with someone other than dell.
lenovo - good boxes (and great laptops) dell - the desktops i have seen are tough and well designed in everything from silent work to easy service hp compaq - i dont think they are as good
the ibm stuff is good. The dells ive seen have been far from everything you have said, and ive worked with them both as an technician and service sales member. And also as work computers. Hp were the best in terms of track record, only beaten by apple and sony.
all the dells i saw (from both in and out) or worked with were great in hardware. same grade as ibm i saw a limited amount of hp compaqs from in and out. they are not designed as well. i dont know about their toughness but i think they are less tough too i saw 3 macs from outside only (2005 emac at school and 2006 - 2007 mac minis at friends) + have a functional apple IIc (that i would not compare to modern computers) sony desktops ? never seen any
The sony desktops are starting to get closer to the iMacs, though still using plastics mainly. I've seen hundreds of all the main brands, i used to have a job in a pc sales and repair place. (called pc world). In the last year or so, the HP laptops have really been setting the standard for the rest of the market. Also, may i add, it is nice that this has actually turned into a discussion, rather than disintegrating into trolling.
are hp really the standard ? i seen them from outside and i really prefer thinkpads over them (thinkpads are made of aluminium + i know of personal experience how much they can survive and work after that. fall from 1.5 M without any damage (except scratches) and fall into a pool of water while powered up are 2 examples) i am not really apple hater or pc lover or anything. my points are apple are just pcs and are not different from any other pcs. claims that there are macs alone vs pcs alone are just wrong apples products and services are built to work together - unlike many other manufacturers that focus on wide compatibility (plug and play on any windows / linux box without installing software or changing settings). i think that higher compatibility is far more important than many other factors i found os x very hard to use (compared with windows kde gnome which i had no trouble to learn in minutes without any help or seeing how others work with them). this is why i think windows is better - it may not be built as good (which is changing a lot since xp) but is way easier to undrstand
(plug and play on any windows / linux box without installing software or changing settings) Apple invented plug and play, if i plug something in, it just works, non of this rubbish with balloons popping up saying new drive found. on mac, i just loads. no problems. I understand your preference, but you lack full all round knowledge on the subject.
if you plug something in on a mac - it works. but when i say plug and play i mean plug everywhere and play as in if you plug it into a windows or linux box or a dvd player that has the ability to write to the disk. you can drag stuff to it from the desktop and it is able to just play it in linux there are no baloons except the one you really need (the one from which you open the device or do something else). you can disable it if you want with few clicks in vista / 7 i dont know. i would not expect those found new hardware baloons there. they are more appropriate for xp that was designed with floppies in mind
No, i mean, its plug and play, across the board, all my devices get used across all three OS, flash drives, ext hdds, cameras, no problems. You plug something in, it mounts it on your desktop, you want to eject it, you just drag it to the trash, non of this ejecting your device safely rubbish.
in fact dragging the icon to the trash / safely remove / eject are the exact same operation. but thats great example to what i am talking about could a user ever guess that he should drag the icon to the trash ?? no way. if i was noob my common sense would suggest that it would wipe out the drive or something like that and not prepeare it for eject. i would not ever think that the recycle bin is somehow related to ejecting drives could a user guess that he should click the icon in the task bar ? probably more chance. the icon shows removing the drive from the computer could a user understand the hint kde 4.2 gives him ? (a button with the well known eject sign in the baloon next to the drive name) sure he can for the second question - imagine i bought an ipod (the most common one). my computer is a standard xp or linux box with a huge folder of mp3s. what should i do to be able to play some of them on the ipod ?
Well the drag to trash is just one way a user can do it, there is also an eject button next to the drive in all finder windows, and where ever the drive is, also, you can right click and click eject. What sets apple apart is that they do aim to make an interface that anyone can pick up and use. In terms of iPods, all the big brand mp3 players have great interface programs to use with the player, for apple, thats itunes, and the iPod is the only mp3 player where by people use the program both for iPod syncage, and for playing music. Again in itunes, you get a little eject icon next to your ipod.
polyrap there is no air i go up to continue
Here is a shot, to show you..
Why are you two arguing? Neither of you is about to go and buy a new computer as a result of this exchange - the whole thing is bootless.
Actually, if you read from my comment earlyer
Also, may i add, it is nice that this has actually turned into a discussion, rather than disintegrating into trolling.
Im guessing 11010010110 is also enjoying the discussion, as he continues to converse.
Also, may i add, it is nice that this has actually turned into a discussion, rather than disintegrating into trolling.
Im guessing 11010010110 is also enjoying the discussion, as he continues to converse.
Oh! OK - hard to tell the tone of voice from typed text, of course.
Carry on...
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Carry on...
Clasps hands behind back, proceeds in a northerly direction...
Indeed, and age old problem of the internet. Normally, if its an argument, i slash them with a wit filled sharp comment, then leave while im still ahead.
cmon. we are not trying to move each other to another computer either
My mom is still using a Mac we bought in 1995. Can you say the same of a PC?
todays macs are in fact pcs so you can directly compare the specs and see one of my other desktops (which i use often) is 1999 pentium 3
laptops are supposedly more power efficient then desktops, so they are a tiny bit greener then apple's desktops
i dont think their laptops are any greener than comparable pc laptops
if you used a kill-a-wat, you would see that laptops can process more efficiently then desktops
thats right without any kill a watt
less heat = less electricity used
i mean that mac laptops are not greener than pc laptops
less heat = less electricity used
i mean that mac laptops are not greener than pc laptops
in terms of power used.. yes, in materials.. no
any data in watts ?
well, if you look at how many watts the adapter uses, no more then 100W compared to a 300w psu...
i am talking about mac laptop vs pc laptop not laptop vs desktop computer
oh. you would have to do some math.. CPU speed/max current draw do that for macbook and for some pc laptop, preferably with the same cpu speed
it depends on many stuff
how much every single component takes ?
what software is it running ? cpu and hard drive use different amount of power under different loads. different os may disturb the cpu or drive less or more frequently when at the desktop (no user activity)
what power management functions are enabled ?
how efficient is the power block ? (relevant only when working on ac)
a quite accurate estimate is
used power = battary capacity / time it holds on battery
battery capacity (watt hour) = battery volts X battery AH
to compare the computers they should be run in the closest condition possible (start from full battery and same screen brightness etc)
how much every single component takes ?
what software is it running ? cpu and hard drive use different amount of power under different loads. different os may disturb the cpu or drive less or more frequently when at the desktop (no user activity)
what power management functions are enabled ?
how efficient is the power block ? (relevant only when working on ac)
a quite accurate estimate is
used power = battary capacity / time it holds on battery
battery capacity (watt hour) = battery volts X battery AH
to compare the computers they should be run in the closest condition possible (start from full battery and same screen brightness etc)
i'll leave the testing to companies like microsoft and apple
then get ready to hear each of them claim that they are the gerrnest and the others suck
apple is already claiming that in the ad!
Ignore those studies, they only try and pull down big companies. They do it to cause a stir and get attention.
Why on earth would we ignore the studies? Do you have proof that the studies are biased?
Its greenpeace...
That alone isn't really a valid argument...
I was never arguing, all i did was point out they pushing forward with recyclable materials.. everyone is always so ready to shoot other people and their opinions down. Why can we just all be happy that someone is considering recycled materials? and more importantly, that the biggest seller of consumer PC's is advertising on ibles?
I meant "argue" as in the legal sense, not disagreement. I'm not the one shooting other people and their opinions down. I don't see why they wouldn't participate in a study like that if they're such an awesome company. (which, BTW, doesn't appear to be the case, it seems that apple was simply ranked by the study and participation wasn't required for ranking) Sure I'm happy that ibles has an advertising contract with them, but that doesn't blind me to the fact that they at least appear to be somewhat shady.
They aim to make money, people forget this for big companies, they have to make profit to survice, especially against market hogs like microsoft.
I'm not saying no, just that they appear to be bad for the environment according to some studies.
And yeah - having a huge advertiser like Apple is great news! I'm happily typing away on a 5-year-old G5 tower right now...
Same also, but its very underpowered for my job. I have a nice new alu iMac at home though.
It turns out that my G5 computer likely has an faulty power supply, and they are expensive to replace... So I brought another computer which is a powermac G4. it is working and it has similar specifications like the faulty G5 has. :-)
you should be able to get a decent amount selling the G5 as spares or repairs!
Yeah, I dad is selling it for me on ebay. Do you know how much a faulty G5 computer should sell for as faulty on ebay?
The best way to check is to look for other auctions, if any.
About £100 to £300 for a faulty G5.. I got my faulty G5 for £150.
You might be able to find a replacement PSU on eBay... worth a shot, I guess.
I could do, but I don't wish to dump all of my money and find it still don't work...
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without itunes (or itunes alternative or changing the ipod default settings) - can i unpack the ipod and plug it in and drag mp3 files to the window ?
the eject option is ok then if it is easy to spot
without itunes (or itunes alternative or changing the ipod default settings) - can i unpack the ipod and plug it in and drag mp3 files to the window ?
the eject option is ok then if it is easy to spot
Its very easy to spot the eject options. The said drag and drop for an mp3 player, normally only applies to low end small sized mp3 players. As i said, ALL the good quality big brand mp3 players, use their own programs, sony, zune, creative, to name a few. Part of the reason the iPod is popular, is how usefull itunes is. Also, iTunes is an extension of a normal window. In that, you can drag and drop files into it as if it was part of the OS, or you can easily delete, change view, you can drag and drop to the iPod itself, or set the iPod to auto update.
this is a huge downside of ipod and the other players which act like that when i buy a device i want it to be plug and play. no plug and go install software (no matter how easy it is to install) the fact you need itunes to sync it drops the ipod to below the untitled chinese players - which accept and are able to play any mp3 you drag to them using any file manager in any operating system without need to install extra stuff. this includes the computer at friends home or in school library or the dvd player etc. the main task of ipod is portable media player and not usb dongle for itunes several users may think that itunes is t3h best. to me it is useless cause i allready have the player and file manager of my choice (ones that dont bother to enforce stupid drm upon me by the way). but it is required. the untitled chinese product that costs 1/4 the price and has similar capabilities does work with my software of choice. and they are not that flimsy - mine is alive and performs well despite that it goes with me everywhere thru everything like if it was pikachu apple could make the ipod usable as much as possible without requiring itunes. this would not reduce the value of ipod or itunes in any way - if you like itunes you can still install it i dont know about creative today but we had a muvo 2 fm somewhere and it used to sync perfectly on my linux box with just a file manager
It would seem to me, alot of your problems and annoyances come from using a less standard OS, being linux, i had this through before, and you have just confirmed it. To me on the other hand, i love having itunes to orginise my music, just like i have iphoto to orginise my pictures, a sepcific program designed to help me orginise the said media in the most efficient and simple way. I see your point about the cheap players, but, i also like to be able to watch HD video, or browse the internet, or check my emails, like my iPod allows me to do. I guess, really, the iPod touch is no longer a mp3 player, but more like a pocket sized netbook.
imagine you want to buy a swiss knife. you have a choice of 2 products. one is smooth and shiny and has dc in socket and comes with power adapter. the other is stamped of steel and has sharp and not very accurate edges and comes without anything else the descriptions on them say : knife (needs plug in to ac) + flashlight (needs plug in to ac) + screwdriver + lighter (needs plug in to ac) + cork opener + wire cutters + file + saw knife + screwdriver + lighter + saw i would go with the secon one. why ? i think its obvious. i do have ac at home and at friends homes but i want it to be able to work everywhere i am a linux user. it would take me exactly a minute to install gtkpod and sync an ipod my point is another. everything i said would hold if i used windows. my point is about ability to utilize the abilities of my devices to the max where ever i am and whatever computers are around me i think that stuff should be built mainly for the widest functionality possible under different circumstances. not for being perfect in ideal conditions. not for being visually pleasing. stuff that you can take on you everywhere and get the most out of it - even if its most is not very high this relates also to the fire extinguisher battle we had about the use of flash for insts slideshows
You see, i understand you thinking, but, i want a device that excels at what it does, i want it to always work, just how i want it. It needs to be well built, and reliable, in my line of work, i can not afford to have something not work. If im booking an appointment with a client, my iPod needs to work perfectly, and then auto sync itself with my Mac, and iCal. My photos need to auto sync with my iPod so that i have my latest Portfolio at hand. We both have different needs, which is exactly why i understand the need for different OS's. But, having said that, there is alot about Mac OS X, that many people do not know exists, and many peoples views are 'tainted' by rumours, and old problems, like the 'right click' argument, that so many a noob brings up. For me, things have to work, thats why i use Macs, and why i use everything else i use.
everyone wants stuff to work you speak about a known set of stuff which works well together (and note that most of it is by apple) i speak about ability to work as much as possible in a wide variety of circumstances - moving stuff around between many computers which run anything between linux or windows 98 - vista in various levels of good maintenance or broken-ness. when i need to do anything like copy a folder of mp3s from friend's player to mine using a school library computer (windows with restricted user account) and rush with it to the stage arts to plug the amp to its headphones socket (with twisted wires skills cause plug does not fit). or just move presentations and docs between computers with different versions of ms / open office about the noob part - i know myself what you are speaking about. i am one of them when it comes to mac. but in windows and linux everything seems to go well. i think that any os goes well if you know how to handle it. problem is to learn how
Every thing you just described works just the same in mac is x. Dragging files accross etc. Opening files including word files actually works better, the built in quicklook allows me to view word, excel, all the common picture movie and music files. Just by hitting the space bar when the file is highlighted. What I am speaking about is that mac does all those things, but better. Apple really strive to make everything work across all OS's to the point that you can save items in a specifically compatible format. The fact that I am posting this comment from my iPod touch shows how you can't compare it to a cheap mp3 player.
that works in mac cause it has all required addons built in. so your file manager provides by default what windows or linux one does not but its not as if it has really better functionality - its just built to work with another apple product. apple works great if you use apple products together with apple products you cannot say that windows can do that as easily on the ipod too without itunes. but windows can on any cheap player the fact i can play 3d games with great graphics and controller on the wii (and to play mp3s and surf the web) shows how it is superior to the ipod touch. if i wanted the features you have i would buy a pocket computer and not mp3 player woot mac can work with office files and open multimeduia just like windows or linux :) :)
You seem to be missing the point im making, you talk about the files addons, and the working with apple products, im telling you, it works great with all products, from the massive range of phones out there (it actually has a little icon for all the phones) including all the cameras, even the high end cameras that require special programs work seamlessly with iphoto. You can compare an iPod to a wii. The iPod touch IS a pocket computer, pretty much the best one out there. You miss my point about the multimedia files, mac opens most of them be default. Windows, and linux do not. Simple as, i know this, as i use all three OS.
you say that all products of all manufacturers work on a mac. thats the way it should be i think now try to say all that in the other direction - how do apple portable products work on a random windows computer and why products that are considered inferior work better
Indeed, im glad you can see what im getting at with your first point, i don't always explain my self perfectly. I understand what you say about the apple portable products. But then, itunes allows me to easily browse apps and install them, choose what elements i want to auto sync, and which music i want to drag and drop. You get alot of functionality on itunes. And, as you rightly point out, you get all that by sacrificing the ability to use it on any random computer. For my mac to pop up with an iCal meeting a few hours before, that i entered on my iPod a few months ago, is worth that sacrifice alone. At the end of the day, its like a comparing a scooter to a estate car, they both do the same thing, but you can't compare them directly, as they both do that thing in different ways, with different advantages. Its been good talking, i've enjoyed the discussion, and i hope you have learnt something from my ramblings.
i do enjoy this too. but it approaches the end there is a question left : i dont understand why there is need to sacrifice anything for example it the ipod could sync without itunes it would not block or make impossible to implement any of its current functionalities


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LAE471: HonLitWH10 (2014-2015)
CURRICULUM PROGRAM: English Language Arts
COURSE TITLE: HonorsLit-WrldHist10
COURSE LENGTH: 36 weeks
Laboratory Requirement: SSW471 - Honors World History/Literature
Major Concepts/Content: This is an integrated course for students interested in taking 10th grade Honors Social Studies and English. The course uses the chronological study of world history from 1500 to the present and covers the themes of culture, science and technology, economics, and government. The content integrates readings and writings that focus on exploring, interpreting, and analyzing literature and other readings that extend and support the world history discussions and research. The course is a demanding study of world history and literature, requiring students to understand, analyze, and interpret the connections between major historical events and the writings of the time. Critical thinking, philosophical discussion, concept attainment, vocabulary development, language usage, and research will be stressed. The development of discussion and presentation skills will focus on analysis, interpretation, and evaluation.
Major Instructional Activities: Instructional activities will be provided using the content of World History. Students will read and critically respond to a wide spectrum of challenging literary selections that mirror the cultures, themes and times of the period from 1500 to the present. Students will conduct in-depth research on topics relative to major historical events, people, and regions. Many of the learning activities will culminate in shared products for Social Studies and English.
Major Evaluative Techniques: Students will participate in various types of assessments: vocabulary tests, essay tests, research projects and presentations, group activities, oral and written reports, numerous formal writings, and a culminating project that is an original production based on student research. Students will receive a grade in both English 10 and World History.
Course Objectives: Upon completion of the Honors World History and Literature course, students should be able to:
- Analyze the historical development of major world problems.
- Analyze a wide spectrum of world literature.
- Interpret the impact of major historical events on the literature of various periods.
- Evaluate the impact of major personalities on world history.
- Write formal compositions that analyze, interpret, and evaluate literature, essays, speeches, commentaries, and news reports.
- Compare and contrast the development of culture, science and technology, economics, and government throughout the world.
- Make and critique formal and informal oral presentations.
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Aston Villa v City: Ticket information
- 01 February 2013 08:00
- Posted by @mccarthy_mcfc
Aston Villa v Manchester City
Monday 4th March 2013
Kick off – 8pm
The club has received an allocation of 2,900 tickets priced as follows:
£41.00 Adult
£33.00 Over 65s/16-20yrs
£19.00 Under 16s
£15.00 Under 8s
£31.00 Disabled Adults
£24.00 Disabled Over 65s/16-20yrs
£19.00 Disabled Under 16s
£15.00 Disabled Under 8s
All tickets are sold subject to availability. Tickets cannot be returned in the last week of sale.
Tickets will be available online at www.mcfc.co.uk/tickets, by telephone on 0161 444 1894 (option 1, option 1, option 2)* and to personal callers at the ticket office above the City Store at the Etihad Stadium for supporters that meet the following criteria;
- 2012/13 Platinum/Gold Members with 9,000 or more loyalty points – Monday 4th February at 9am.
- 2012/13 Platinum/Gold Members with 8,000 or more loyalty points – Tuesday 5th February at 9am.
- 2012/13 Platinum/Gold Members with 7,000 or more loyalty points – Wednesday 6th February at 9am.
- 2012/13 Platinum/Gold Members with 6,000 or more loyalty points – Thursday 7th February at 9am.
- 2012/13 Platinum/Gold Members with 4,000 or more loyalty points – Friday 8th February at 9am.
- 2012/13 Platinum/Gold Members with 2,000 or more loyalty points – Saturday 9th February at 9am.
- Any 2012/13 Platinum/Gold Member – Monday 11th February
- Blue members with Match Ticket Priority – Tuesday 12th February at 9am
- General Sale – Wednesday 13th February at 9am
Please note; there are a small number of restricted view tickets available for this fixture, which will qualify for a reduction on the above prices.
All restricted view seating will be sold last, and supporters will be advised at the point of sale if they are purchasing a restricted view seat.
*Tickets purchased over the telephone will be subject to a £2.50 booking fee per ticket. Phone lines are open 24-hours, 7 days a week. No booking fee payable on tickets purchased online.
Should any tickets remain; further selling criteria will be announced on the website.
Gold Members will be awarded 20 loyalty points for attending this fixture. Platinum Members will be awarded 40 loyalty points.
The following groups will receive an allocation of tickets for this match: Supporters, Seasonal Hospitality Supporters, Football Management, Players, Club Partners and the MCFC Supporters Club.
Disabled Supporters:
The Club has received an allocation of 8 wheelchair spaces and a limited number of walking ambulant tickets, both with the provision for a free assistant.
Disabled supporters who meet the qualifying criteria and wish to purchase a ticket should contact Supporter Services on 0161 444 1894 (option 1, option 1, option 1).
For additional help or assistance, please contact our Disabled Liaison Officer, on 0161 444 1894 (option 1, option 1, option 1) or email email@example.com.
Junior Membership holders:
We appreciate that there may be a significant difference in loyalty points between junior supporters (under the age of 16) and their parent(s) or guardian(s).
A very limited allocation of tickets will be made available to City Kicks Platinum/Gold Members for purchase together with a qualifying adult Membership holder.
At the point where the adult qualifies, they can also purchase one junior ticket regardless of the junior's loyalty point status.
Please note, this option is only available to supporters purchasing 'in person' or over the phone, and all juniors must be accompanied by an adult (aged 18 or over).
Once this limited allocation has been sold, no further tickets will be available and all junior Members must then qualify in their own right to purchase a ticket.
Members will be advised at the point of sale when the limited allocation of tickets available to junior members has sold out.
Please note: If the supporter number used is that of an adult, then only an adult ticket may be purchased. This also applies to under 16s and over 65s.
Coach travel for this match is available priced £17 for Adults, £11 for under 16s and Over 65s.
Travel tickets are sold subject to availability.
To book coach travel, please telephone MCFC Supporter Services on 0161 444 1894 (option 1, option 3) or book 'in person' at the ticket office located on the first floor of the City Store at the Etihad Stadium.
Departure times are as follows;
Moston Lane TBC
Etihad Stadium TBC
Chorlton Street TBC
St Crispins TBC
Getting to Villa Park
Plan your journey following the directions as advised by Aston Villa. http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/GettingToVillaPark/0,,10265,00.html
We would like to remind everyone why we have the best supporters in the country. On your visit to Villa Park, please respect the stewards and staff at the Club and we ask that you:
- Remain in the seat that you have purchased.
- Keep your ticket with you at all times.
- Do not block the aisles or gangways.
- Do not smoke.
- Follow the ground regulations.
Official Match Ticket
Entry to the Stadium will be granted on the presentation of a valid ticket purchased from the Club.
The Club excludes all liability to any supporter who is denied entry to the Stadium as a result of their ticket having been purchased through an unauthorised seller.
The unauthorised sale or disposal of tickets may also amount to a criminal offence and the Club will inform the police as soon as it becomes aware of any unauthorised sale or disposal of tickets.
The Ticket Office and Supporter Services Team are available Monday - Saturday, 9am to 5:30pm (closed Sunday & Bank Holiday).
Supporter Services will open for all scheduled First Team away fixtures until kick-off.
Supporter Services will be open from 9am until 8pm on Monday 4th March. Please call +44 161 444 1894 (option 1, option 3).
All tickets and hospitality are sold subject to availability and are issued subject to Manchester City Football Club Limited's 2012-13 away match terms and conditions of sale, 2012-13 Hospitality terms and conditions of sale (available upon request) and the applicable ground regulations of the opposing team.