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Cubs Make Superfluous Roster Moves
The Cubs have optioned Tyler Colvin and Marcus Mateo to Triple A and called up lefty Scott Maine and speedster Tony Campana.
Maine was sporting a 2.84 ERA in Iowa, striking out 21 in 19 IP, while walking just 8. Hard to imagine he'll be any worse than what he is replacing.
Campana was sporting a good luck line of 342/383/442 in Iowa earning his promotion. I wish him well, but he'll be hard pressed to find enogh playing time and such good luck in the majors(.423 BABIP in Iowa this season). He does bring speed with him, being successful in 8 of 9 stolen base attempts this year and 144/186 for his minor league career (77.2%). Of course, Yadier Molina wasn't playing in those leagues during the same time, so he probably won't see that success translate either.
Colvin did need to start getting some regular at-bats, although it's hard to figure out why he can't get them over Fukudome, Byrd or Soriano. For a team that already hits plenty of singles without walking much and in desperate need of some power, Colvin seemed closer to a cure than Campana, but neither will be effective without regular use.
It's also of note, as mentioned in the comments, that the Cubs are about to begin interleague play at American League parks starting off at Boston this Friday. Barring injury, Colvin cannot be recalled now for 10 days, leaving the Cubs DH options Reed Johnson, Castillo, DeWitt, Campana and Baker or more likely one of those play the field while the likes of Ramirez, Soriano and so forth get a defensive rest day. It's foresight like that keeps a century-plus losing streak alive.
Anyway, the appropriate deck chairs have been moved on this Titanic. May the disaster continue...
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not picking on you because i keep seeing people say it as if it's nothing...
"Colvin did need to start getting some regular at-bats, although it's hard to figure out why he can't get them over Fukudome, Byrd or Soriano."
what has colvin done to even hope to have a shred of bumping any of these guys out of regular starts?
he got chances to start in early april and didn't do anything. myself, i thought he should have been sent down weeks ago if they weren't going to use him for spot starts. if he was working with coaches to iron out a swing or something...he's been working on it since late april when he quit getting rest starts for others so much.
i like colvin and all, but he's been pathetic in 2011.
he got "screwed" a bit by jeff baker suddenly being a hitter and darwin barney going on his singles streak which doesn't seem to want to stop.
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I'm of the opinion that Colvin needs regular at bats in AAA at this point. Aside from a hot 6 weeks to start 2010. Colvin has been a fairly pedestrian hitter since the day he was drafted. He still is absolutely awful at controlling the strike zone. Might as well let him work out the kinks, while stalling his service clock?
Best case he works it out and is a contributing asset for another 5 years? Worst case he tops out as a AAAA slugger.
discomforting Phil Rogers flashback
"Wilken compares Vitters to Clemson outfielder Tyler Colvin, his first-round pick a year ago...
Wilken cited Vitters' presence as well as his ability to hit.
"He's a baseball player," he said. "That's what we are looking for. It's what we tried to emphasize last year [in the draft].
"You can see what we have with Tyler Colvin. He's a baseball player, and Josh is very much in that mode."
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If they are looking for baseball players, why do they keep drafting football players?
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I'm waiting for Hendry to cite some statistic going back to last year to rip Colvin some more. "Since September 3rd of last year Colvin has hit .111, and that asshole came to camp expecting a spot on the roster after we bragged about him all off-season as one of our 3 core players this year."
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Not to be a bore on this subject, Rob, but what actually is the difference between saying that a guy is lucky to have a BABIP of .423, and his luck is bound to change, and that a guy has had a hot streak and raised his average to .342, and he's bound to cool off?
People have been saying the latter for a hundred years.
Anyway, I'm excited that Campana is on the team, for many reasons including that he has worked hard and he deserves a shot. (I'm so excited that I can't get off this blog today.) I thought it was insulting when Campana didn't get an invite to spring training.
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Or he could have just read what I posted in the previous thing.
For anyone else who reads that, pretty much ignore the Jimmy Rollins deal. The writer confused himself there.
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33 minutes for MLB Live to do a piece on H.Killer.
it took them 20-30 minutes to do a piece on santo when he died.
i guess that's how they roll.
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they've got a lot of hours of air space to fill. Think there would be an "intentional talk" without a crushing need for programming?
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Has a new bar been set for Cubbery? Chad ought to pay a visit tonight and leave his thoughts.
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Any reason Montanez wasn't called up instead of Campana, seems like Luis is the hot bat right now? I would think the Cubs would take anyone that can hit for power right now. Might be an options issue if he's out of them, but seems wierd they didn't bring him up to play LF for the Bosox series and be 5th outfielder for a while. They guy is 29, it's not like he needs AB's in the minors at this point, it's time to see what he's got!
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Amazing how much lower the production gets when Bryant runs into a mini-cold streak. He doesn't stay cold for long. If just one of Zobrist or, gulp, Heyward, gets hot, they oughta have one more really nice winning streak in them. Having a closer that you have absolute confidence in can't hurt.
I hope they hold onto Jimenez. Outfield depth is questionable, especially with McKinney, who struggled this year but still, gone.
You don't think he's improved? He looks completely different out there than he did when he first came up. The last I checked his K rate was in the low 20% range - 22-23 or so. When he came up it was 40%+.
To me, what is scary about him if I'm the other guy is that he IS learning the strike zone. This guy could easily be the MVP someday.
So, playing .500 for the rest of the year puts them at 91 wins. You would think there is enough talent to do a little better than that, right?
First team to 60 wins! Onward to 70, 80, 90 and 100!
I. Hate. The. Mets.
OK Marlins -- take 'em down. Fernandez, at home, tomorrow for the Fish.
Gotta say, though -- as much as I can't stand them, the Cardinals have had some very impressive late-inning wins against premier closers.
Very impressive that he hit a 3-2 curve ball. Such a dynamic ballplayer. If he ever learns the strike zone....
If Jason Hammel doesn't get a potato chip sponsorship deal, somebody messed up. Attaboy, Jason!
I am looking forward to AChap facing the Cardinals.
Sure is fun to watch them score finally. To think they were no-hit until the 7th...
Got to admit it - it was comforting seeing Rondon come out for the eighth after just taking a two run lead ... And put the hammer down with a 7 pitch inning. Good stuff
blown the hell open...7 run lead
11 hits off Wainwright tonight. Everything going right for the Cards right now. Motherfucking motherfuckers.
it was more no-doubt than bryant's HR. it wont make any end-of-season highlight reels, but that one was booked to leave on contact.
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MIDDLETOWN — Ansonia is known for its running attack, but there were spectacular catches made by Andrew Matos, Raeshaun Finney and Ryan O'Connor in the Chargers' 41-13 Class S semifinal win over Hyde Sunday.
Finney's catch came in the closing minutes of the first half when Jai'Quan McKnight lofted a ball for the right corner of the end zone and to the back shoulder of Finney.
Hyde defender Seth Beaton had perfect inside position, but Finney was able to leap over him and cradle the ball just inside the back line. Finney was able to maintain control of the ball as he hit the ground. That gave the Chargers a 20-0 edge with 1:16 left in the first half.
"That was a pretty good catch," said Finney. "It couldn't have been accomplished without my quarterback (McKnight). He threw the ball perfectly. I just had to go up and get it."
Earlier in the first half, Matos was being closely guarded by Beaton, who had inside position. Matos just outleapt Beaton, grabbed the ball before hitting the ground hard.
"If the ball is up in the air, it is my job to come down with the ball," explained Matos.
Matos' 35-yard gain brought the ball to Hyde 17. But the drive ended when Arkeel Newsome was hit by Donnery Evans, and Ezekiel Nixon recovered Newsome's fumble.
With Ansonia leading 34-6, O'Connor caught his only pass of the game when McKnight rolled out right and then looked left and lofted a pass to O'Connor, who made a diving catch along the left sideline for a 20-yard gain at the Hyde 41.
Almost automatic: Often overlooked in the high-powered Ansonia offense are the roles of the place-kicker (Arthur Kwaskiewicz), long snapper (Matthew Simon) and holder Thomas Maichrzak). This season, Kwaskiewicz has booted 58 PAT kicks, including five on Sunday.
On the Chargers' opening possession against Hyde, Kwaskiewicz narrowly missed a 27-yard field goal wide left, but he made 5-of-6 PAT kicks after that.
"I practice so much in practice for the big opportunities, and the ball just sailed a little left," said Kwaskiewicz. "I knew that I had to forget about it and keep playing because every single point counts."
Kwaskiewicz set the tone for the game on the opening kickoff with a booming touchback without any wind after the Chargers deferred.
Always a player: In the second half, McKnight made a devastating block to help spring Matos on a kickoff return. Quarterbacks don't normally make blocks on special teams, but McKnight said it was needed.
"If the ball doesn't come to me, I will make a block," said McKnight. "I was playing on adrenaline."
Final date: The times and matchups for this weekend's state finals will be announced at a press conference today at 11 a.m. at Rentschler Field in East Hartford.
The captains and coaches of all eight finalists will be in attendance.
Ansonia now has a state-best 27 wins in a row.
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This hotel is a classic. The lobby is not to be believed! The hotel is unique and Westin has done an excellent job in maintaining it's charm. A great hotel in a wonderful location that exceeded our expectations.
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Professor Karima Bennoune of Rutgers School of Law–Newark is participating in Gender Election Monitoring Mission Tunis, a first-of-its-kind election observation mission organized, headed, and run exclusively by women during Tunisia's historic constituent assembly elections, which will be held on Sunday, October 23, 2011.
|Professor Bennoune (second from right) and Head of Mission Sabra Bano (right), meet with candidates and national observers in Bizerte, Tunisia.
"The purpose of the mission," Bennoune explained, "is to focus on and assess the participation of women – and obstacles to that participation – in this critical step in Tunisia's transition to democracy. The ability of women to participate in full equality in this process is a crucial pre-condition to a transition which guarantees, and advances, their enjoyment of human rights."
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The mission is the brainchild of Sabra Bano, director of Gender Concerns International, a Dutch-based women's rights organization, who heads the mission. It is being carried out in close partnership between Gender Concerns International and local human rights groups, including the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH), the Association of Tunisian Democratic Women (ATFD), and the Association of Tunisian Women for Research and Development (AFTURD), and with support from the Dutch Foreign Ministry. "Tunisian and international observers – all women – are working hard side-by-side," Bennoune observed.
In her capacity as an expert for the mission, Professor Bennoune has travelled across Tunisia meeting with elections officials, diverse women candidates, including women heads of electoral lists, women's rights activists, and women who took part in Tunisia's revolution. She is also participating in the training of observers. On election day, Bennoune will observe voting in polling stations along with Tunisian observers. Mary Orsini, a Rutgers Law School student in the Class of 2013, is providing remote technical and research support to the mission.
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The new year may be less than 48 hours old but Demi Lovato already has big plans in place for 2014. Her first order of business: Take a break.
"Taking the month off.... Kind of... What am I gonna do?!!!?????!??" she tweeted January 1. No need to panic, though. Demi has a huge North American tour planned starting in February so this is in no way goodbye for good (she scared us, too).
As for what the recently retired X Factor judge will do with a little R&R, we'd really love to see her take the advice of her Twitter followers. Some of their answers to her January 1 tweet are pretty priceless.
"WATCH GOSSIP GIRL," one tweets. "MARRY ME," adds another. But the ultimate winner: "'@ddlovato: Taking the month off.... Kind of... What am I gonna do?!!!?????!?? ????????????????' probably wilmer a lot."
Although Demi didn't even kiss her rumored boyfriend on New Year's Eve, instead picking someone a bit more, um, familiar, we're still hoping 2014 will bring news that the two are officially back on. She and Wilmer did spend a good deal of the past few months in each other's company with reports Wilmer had even bought Dems a ring (a ring we have yet to see any sign of, unfortunately).
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What would you call the polygon corresponding to a coastline theme? Land mass? It corresponds to continents and islands, but I'm not sure about the best word. The opposite of the sea.
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What's your favorite type of exercise?
Summer has been here for quite a while, but now the calendar agrees and it is officially summer. What's your favorite way to slim down for shorts and swimsuits --assuming you are like me and work to stay in shape. I do a lot of walking, and I have done zumba and crossfit already this summer, but I just started back in a kickboxing class and I am really loving it. The instructor isn't great, but I really enjoy beating the stuffing out of the stand-up punching bags. What a great stress reliever and workout all at once.
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jeez...just reading your description makes me tired.
that said, two daily 30-45 minute walks with the dog are my current favorite. yeah, it's not a lot, but it's better than couch olympics.
I used to love skating laps at the ice rink. Now I don do much other than meeting my trainer twice a week
Kettlebells, suspension trainers, and Ultimate sandbags are my go to these days. I haven't touched a barbell in a couple years and feel much healthier for it.
I spend about 90 minutes at the gym 5 days a week doing a variety of cardio and strength training. My favorite, by far, is my 45 minute boot camp class. It's always something different and the people in the class are great. There's about half a dozen regulars and we all get along well, cheer each other on, help each other out. It makes the tough workouts fun...well, almost fun. Burpees really aren't fun until you finish them. I also found out yesterday that my favorite instructor is teaching the water aerobics class on Friday mornings, so I may try that out when I'm off work.
I've been lazy the past few months, but my favorite exercises are spinning/cycling classes and any type of bootcamp/circuit training that mixes strength training and cardio. I find that if I set up a circuit then I have more fun, the time goes by faster, and I burn more calories than doing cardio or strength training alone. Ugh I need to get to the gym, thanks for the reminder.
I like hiking, and to get into shape for it, I will "hike" to my kid's daycare (about 2 miles away) and then carry her home in a child back carrier. I usually try to do the round trip in under an hour.
I mostly do running. I slogged through my first half marathon this May and am doing another in October.
When its not too windy and I have plenty of time I like to go for long (for me) bike rides of 30-40 miles.
Climbing, running,golf, or surfing in the summer. Snowboarding and climbing in the winter. I like doing things that are fun to do and not just a workout.
Swimming or biking. I bike to work every day, and while I could conceivably swim to work, that would be much more inconvenient. And would take longer to become presentable once I got to work.
I hike, mountain bike, run, and do Insanity regardless of the season. My husband & I are frequent campers and have to stay in shape for all our activities. We used to backpack for 3-4 days at a time, but only do day hikes since his illness.
It is hard for me to justify being inside lifting weights when it is so beautiful outside so I tend to forgo regular workouts for outdoor stuff. Going to the beach and running in the sand, mountain biking, hiking, ocean swims.
Need to get a couple of kettle bells for home though as I have learned to really enjoy a good kettle bell workout.
Running. Never been reallly good at it, or fast, but it does help relieve the stress, maintain fitness, etc.
Now I just need to lose some weight so my body doesn't complain so much when I do run.
Can't believe nobody has said "12 ounce curls" yet.
Kayaking is usually my "sport" of choice.
Bench pressing strips of bacon from the plate to my mouth. Donuts work too (once I've run out of bacon)
I remember asking this question waaaaay back when. It's a very good one :)
Being big into all kinds of exercise, it's hard for me to decide. My preferences tend to change. Two years ago I was more into long distance running. Then it was heavy lifting. Now I'm big into cross-fit. I feel long distance running beckoning to me again, but I'm not quite ready to lose the muscle-mass required for 20+ mile runs. We'll see :)
Lift weights 5 days a week, 30-45 min. of fixed gear cycling 5 days a week. YEAR ROUND. If you're trying to get your beach body on this late in the year then you are way too late.
If I had a Wii, I'd use that, but since I don't, I just sit on my butt all day! LOL!
I do like to go walking in the woods, but usually no more than once a month...but then, I don't plan on wearing a swimsuit all that much.
I find the treadmill to be the most exerting exercise regimen. After running 3 miles or so, I continue sweating for at least 45 minutes, which means my metabolism is up. The most I get after doing an exercise DVD is maybe 15 minutes of sweat.
@kdizzzle5: I won't be seeing a beach till the first week of September, and I started in February, so I have quite a while to go. I do walk daily even in winter, but I don;t take classes like I do in the summer. I am not having a lot of food discipline this year, though. I was really hard on myself two years ago and lost 85lbs in about 10 months. Now I am still exercising because it's fun and makes me feel better, but I am also allowing myself to enjoy the foods I love. I am getting great muscle tone, but the bit of weight I still have left to lose is just shifting around to firmer and more pleasing curves without actually leaving. Being healthy is the main goal for me, being swimsuit svelte would just be a pleasing side effect.
@carl669: The fitness team I formed for our competition at work is named "Dog Walkers United". I walk 2-4 miles a day with my Great Dane. I try to keep to a 3.5-4mph+ pace. When we participate in timed 5ks for charity we get in under 42 minutes with pauses at hydration stations for people to photograph my dog. He's so big everyone wants a picture with him, and now everyone has a camera thanks to cell phone technology.
@kmeltzer: No you don't.
Office chair squats.
It sounds odd, but I like MMA workouts. You spend about an hour to 1.5 in the gym, warm up, then try to beat the snot out of the other person. At the end of it everyone sits around bs-ing and no hard feelings. the cardio is great and the stress relief of hitting something is wonderful. Occassionally I get my clock cleaned for free, but most of the time we only got about 50% so no one gets injured. I like the jui jitsu too, because it helps with my flexibilty. I am not getting younger and I am just as flexible as I have ever been. I don't do their crossfit class theyt have there, but they say it is just as intense. I steer clear of the traditional martial arts classes they have there, not much of a workout there.
Make sure your in a good kickboxing class, that the trainer/coach has some credentials other than fitness person. They might teach you improper techiniques that if you ever use those skills in real life you could injure yourself.
Good luck.
@ecriscit: I don't have any illusions about actually succeeding in a real fight. One thing 15 years of medieval style foam weapons fighting and the odd dabble in martial arts has taught me- I am not going to beat a guy in a fight unless I have a better weapon. Sadly, I am not very fast on my feet so I am not going to be outrunning anyone either. My assets in a real fight are a handy coolness in emergencies, a level of aggression most guys won't expect, and complete ruthlessness. As in, bash his head in with a brick if it's handy. Said ruthlessness being the result of coming to terms early with my lack of physical superiority. I think all women should engage in some sort of combative sport for long enough to understand their own capabilities and limitations so they will be prepared to make good choices if they ever have to. Once this class runs its course I won;t be continuing. as I don;t like the instructor. But I am shopping for a punching bag and I'll look for another class.
Right now I'm back to straight running 3-4 times per week, then resistance training (weights) and some elliptical time 2 times a week. Need 1-2 days off, which I've discovered keeps me from getting hurt.
I want to go back to biking, and since I moved away from South Florida I miss my kayak.


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I have been programming for many years but I am still not comfortable with the concept of "Interfaces". I try to use interfaces but many times I don't see a mandatory use for it. I think this is probably because the projects weren't so big, or because interfaces are more useful when teamwork is involved.
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According to this Wikipedia article, it is possible to recognize the conjugation of a Spanish verb from its infinitive. Is it possible to determine the conjugation of a verb (such as pedir, or tener, or dormir), given its infinitive? If so, how does the infinitive of a verb determine which conjugation it belongs to?
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No, it's not possible to conjugate all verbes in all tenses based on their infinitives. In Romance languages there are regular and irregular verbes.
Regarding regular verbes, there are a set of rules that apply and which cover all the scenarios of a verbe's conjugation. Generaly speaking, one can learn the set of rules and be able to conjugate any regular verbe. For instance take the regular verbe comer (present tense):
The conjugation rule clearly states that the root of the verbe is
Now take the all irregular verbe ir (present tense):
Clearly shows how much the root of the verbe changes compared to the infinitive. All you can do in the case of irregular verbes is memorize the conjugation on their different times (there might be another method but I don't know any).
Hope this helps.
Yes, it's possible.
There's a model of the Spanish conjugation that explains that is possible to know if a verb is regular or irregular (and if it's irregular, how it must be conjugated) just by looking at its infinitive and following eight steps. If the infinitive meets any of the eight requirements (the verb ends in a particular ending, has a particular vowel or consonant in the stem, follows a rule of accentuation) it will be irregular. It's a model of conjugation based in logic rather than memory. I'm attaching a diagram that gives you an idea of how this system works.
There's a book that explains the complete model ("Aprende a conjugar el verbo en español"/"Learn to conjugate the Spanish Verb" Spanish preview in pdf here).


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Keeping the blame aside. what is the root cause of such incidents? how to improve the awareness among people involved with day to day operations. Even they are aware, what prevents them to take appropriate actions, it is with the distortion in the communication / accuracy of the details and the perception on the risk involved. In one end every thing is seen as risk & in the place where risk is actually present which is percieved as opportunity. Clarity in this aspect with the people in the HP industry could improve the situation.Regards,
More regulation, more law, that will fix all that is wrong in the world right?
It was poor managergial and operational decision to remove the insulation to see where the leak was. Any good operational person know not to remove any type of insulation to look for a leak not in less you take the pressure off the piping and have adequate block valve to isolate the system.
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It is pertinent to note the intentional violation of a safety recommendations for want of strong will from management. If you had talked to the management even if one day before the incident they would have vouched for the safety culture being in place and for the integrity of the plant. The fact is no higher management wants to carry out forced shutdown to carry out maintenance repairs based on safety recommendations but will be willing to prolong as much as possible until something similar to this happens. Law enforcement agencies and Safety advisory committees should have power to enforce measures that are mandatory without waiting for something to happen rather than remaining as mute spectators.
This is a big lesson to all refiners to pay more attention to corrosion espercially corrosion under insulations.
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Main reason for the accidents are that the safety warning may have have still some margin. Mainly production after S/D for repair will not compensate the cost of shutdown. Companies feel the expenses by fine or casualities can be managed with the production.A Federal law is must for that any annual safety report by any comapny shall be submitted to a monitoring body. A check and likely questioning will make a safet awareness.regards
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Securely positioned at 154 Union Avenue in Rutherford, New Jersey, Berkeley Arms is a luxurious and spacious apartment complex. With a live-in super and elevator in building, residents will find that all of their emergency maintenance needs can be easily addressed 24 hours a day. Morgan Properties manages the site and provides efficient and prompt assistance.
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Andrew Garfield Gossip
Andrew Garfield gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Emma & Andrew's parents
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Right after her Cannes debut, Emma Stone flew to London to join Bradley Cooper to promote Aloha. She returned to LA yesterday. On Saturday though, at the screening, fans noticed that she had a couple of significant guests. Before we get to that though, let's recap the situation so far: STAR Magazine reported first that Emma and Andrew Garfield were done, because they haven't been photographed together in a while. Full Story
Emma Stone carries "Andrew Garfield"
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Emma Stone was photographed leaving her stylist's yesterday with several bags, one of them with "Andrew Garfield" written on it. So… Maybe not broken up after all? Petra Flannery works with both Emma and Andrew. And Andrew is currently still shooting Scorsese's Silence in Taiwan, although that's supposed to be wrapping up soon. Full Story
Emma's pre-Cannes yoga
Emma Stone will be heading to Cannes this year, her first time ever, with Woody Allen's Irrational Man. And she'll have to do some promotion for Aloha. But since wrapping up her Broadway run in Cabaret in February, she's actually been pretty light on schedule. Down time. And relaxing. Full Story
Emma to Cannes
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The Cannes Film Festival announced its lineup today. Among the films screening out of competition, Woody Allen's An Irrational Man starring Emma Stone, apparently his new muse, and Joaquin Phoenix. So Emma's going to Cannes. For the first time, I think. Emma's dress porn is always first class. Full Story
Emma goes to Disney
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Just as everyone was piling on about whether or not she and Andrew Garfield have broken up, photos were released of Emma Stone at Disneyland with her brother. Shameless promotion: this was also on the same day that we announced on The Social Full Story
Piling on Emma & Andrew
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Last week STAR Magazine took a blind shot in the dark, reporting that Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield are done because he didn't get on a plane from Taiwan, where he's been working on a Scorsese movie, to join her for award season. Click here Full Story
What's up with Emma & Andrew?
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Let's start with the source: STAR Magazine is reporting that Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield have drifted apart and put their relationship on hold. It's an easy story to make up because they've not been seen together in a while as Garfield is overseas shooting a movie. That's how all those Ryan Gosling-Eva Mendes breakup rumours got started. Full Story
Huge Coup: Marvel reclaims Spider-Man
Late last night Marvel Studios dropped a bomb: They've worked out a deal with Sony and will take over production of future Spider-Man movies. This is a huge deal, literally and figuratively, that will have repercussions for a lot of people, and especially Andrew Garfield, who is now out of a job Full Story
Emma Stone charms Broadway
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Last night was Emma Stone's Broadway debut as Sally in Cabaret. If Twitter is any indication, she delivered. So far I've only found one review at the Guardian and it's a strong one. Apparently the audience went wild for her first night. Full Story
Pacey & Riggins
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Joshua Jackson and Taylor Kitsch were at the GQ Gentleman's Ball in New York last night. I'm not wrong in saying that you're into the Pacey+Riggins combination, right? I'm not the only one, right? Or is it because both have Vancouver roots and so do I? Whatever. I'm forcing you to look at it even if you don't care. Full Story
Eddie supports Andrew right back
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I interviewed Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones yesterday at the junket for The Theory Of Everything. As already mentioned, the film is SOOOOOOO good. And their performances are …well…everything. The key here is that the story is told from her perspective. So it's not really a biopic but a film about partnership. Full Story


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Yes, I know that it is kind of a dumb question, as no one would want to dispose of LEGO bricks.
But it's a curiosity thing: are Lego bricks recyclable?
Yes, I know that it is kind of a dumb question, as no one would want to dispose of LEGO bricks.
But it's a curiosity thing: are Lego bricks recyclable?
According to this website, LEGO bricks are made from a type of plastic called acrylonitrile butadiene styrene or ABS. We do have the technology to recycle ABS, however you would need to check with your local/national waste disposal service whether it is in use. Dropping unwanted bricks off at a local charity bin or childcare provider would certainly be the easiest way to "recycle" LEGO :)
The LEGO Group's sustainability report covers a few key areas, although it's not completely clear.
At the most basic level, they see passing your bricks on to relatives or friends as the most environmentally friendly way of "disposing" of your bricks:
Sustainable Play
However they also touch on the option of recycling the bricks themselves when they talk about reusing them as the raw materials for new products:
Design for disassembly of LEGO elements
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS), the material that most LEGO bricks are made of, is also popular for using in 3D-Printers. There is an Open Source Ecology project to create a plastic shredder that makes the raw material for 3D printing. People also use 3D printers to create LEGO compatible parts, so one can recycle bricks to create bricks again!
Short answer: No, but you can make sure they are reused by sending them to us (go to www.brickrecycler.com for info on sending in your LEGOs and getting postage reimbursed if you desire and live in the US).
Long answer: We personally researched or called over 35 recycling programs that serve a population of over 30 million customers (top 30 cities with highest population, plus several more). Only one Curbside Recycling Program claims they can recycled mixed LEGOs. Only the City of San Fransico (proper) bales them up and ships them to China, but doesn't know what they make out of them). All the other cities (including NY, Dallas, Chicago, LA, San Jose, etc) said they cannot use them; either because: they are mostly ABS, some contain rubber, some contain batteries or wires, are "Type 7" but are not labeled, are too small, etc. Even cities whose web sites said "we accept all plastic types", sent us emails saying they couldn't take them for these reasons (except SF).
We even called an ABS recycling company (yes some of these exist). They said, even with pure ABS LEGOs, they would need over 1,000 pounds to make it worthwhile to them to touch it.
We have sent hundreds and hundreds of pounds of LEGOs on to "new lives", including donations to: children in Haiti, orphanage in Zimbawe, LEGO clubs, libraries, doctor's offices, etc.
We called dozens of thrift shops throughout the US and were please to find that at least "some" of them claim they can used mixed bricks, but a lot of them don't touch them, especially if they are not in complete sets. Our local Goodwill said they just dump them in the citywide recycling. We cried, then called the city recyling program, and they said they painstakenly sort them out, then dump in the the landfill. We cried some more, then started this great program to give "the world's most awesome toy" a chance a 2nd life.
LEGO pieces will not decompose even after 100,000 years, which makes them an excellent choice to "pass along to a curious child".
We will be posting more details and actual emails from many curbside recycling centers soon.


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Limeworks Automatic Transmission Column Shifter - Slick ShiftingWritten by on June 1, 2011 Retro-Shifting A Modern Auto Transmission
To this writer's mind, nothing quite spoils the look of a period interior more than a modern column where there was once a "three-on-the-tree". Modern-day period rods and customs have long used solid (as opposed to tilt) columns, whether original or aftermarket, such as the popular LimeWorks hot rod columns, as well as old-style steering wheels and column shifters. But adapting an original column shifter to operate a modern automatic transmission has always proved awkward and difficult to engineer.
Not so any longer though, as, to complement their steering columns and reduced diameter '40 Ford steering wheels, LimeWorks now offers just such a shifter. Incorporating a neutral safety switch, so the car will only start with the shifter in Park, it'll fit TH350/400, 700-R4, and 200-4R transmissions, as well as the Ford C4. We were intrigued, not to mention interested, in installing one in a project car, so we followed along as LimeWorks' Steve Dennish fitted one to a customer's Model A roadster equipped with a small-block and TH350.
As it transpired, the Model A was a good choice. It's probably one of the most compact installations out there, with very little space around the lower firewall/cylinder head/transmission area, so if the shifter fits here it'll fit almost anything. The shifter is shipped disassembled, as each installation will require it to vary in length, or where the detent arm or gear selector arm mounts to the shift tube. However, it comes with detailed instructions for assembly, so we'll skip that part and move straight to the actual install. Incidentally, with the exception of the heim joints used on the gear selector rod and the aluminum upper and lower housings, every part of the shifter mechanism is manufactured from stainless steel, though some parts are unpolished. LimeWorks offers the column shifter as a kit to fit any 1 1/2- or 1 3/4-inch-diameter column, including its own, or as a retro kit to install a safety switch to a stock column. The trans arm and linkage can also be purchased separately, in 14- or 18-inch lengths.
The roadster arrived at LimeWorks with a long floor shifter, and a small dished steering wheel mounted to a solid column that used exhaust tube for its outer sleeve, hung from an angled billet column drop, was in turn spaced from the dash rail using C-section steel. Sure, it did the job, but it wasn't the prettiest of installs. Plus, with a Model A being so small, the shifter took up a lot of interior room to operate, and the steering wheel was a little too close to the seat base for comfort. The roadster's now a lot nicer to drive, and the redundant floor shifter location now allows for a cup holder!
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The shifter assembly was bolted in place temporarily to check for driver comfort and clearance between the shifter knob and dash.After it was checked for clearance against the shift tube, the header was removed to allow better access. At first Dennish mounted the shift linkage heim joint to the underside of the gear selector arm though this was later switched to above the arm, as the selector rod rubbed against the transmission case when selecting gears. Usually there's a larger gap between the rear of the engine and the firewall, but as we said, space in the Model A was at a premium!With the TH350 trans in Park, the selector arm was installed, along with the selector rod and heim joint.The new column and shifter were installed using one of the holes used to mount the old billet drop, though a second hole had to be drilled in the leading edge of the under-dash shelf fitted to this particular Model A, as the hole centers were farther apart for the 3-inch '39-style drop now used. The column was mounted to the floor using the old bracket.The detent housing is installed almost against the floor. The neutral safety switch mounts to the rear of this housing.With everything operating as it should, one of the two set screws in each of the selector and detent arms were removed, and an 1/8-inch hole drilled through the threaded hole and into the shift arm. Dog point screws , or Allen set screws, were then installed to pin the arms to the tube, maintaining alignment and to prevent the arms moving during operation.With the threaded stainless selector rod adjusted to suit the clearance requirements of the application, the gear selector arm was locked in place with this set screw (arrow). The instructions describe how to fine-tune the rod to select gears. It should be noted that the selector arm, as well as the heim joint, requires a little clearance above as the shift arm actually moves upward slightly to allow the detent arm to disengage the lock-out pin from the detent housing.
This shot of the detent housing shows the holes into which the detent pin (on the detent arm) (arrow) must engage as the trans clicks into Reverse and Neutral. The hole with the ball bearing is the Park detent, which activates the safety switch when the detent pin pushes on the ball.Dennish checks that the indicator reads correctly as he moves the shifter arm through the gears. With the selector rod almost vertical in this application, the 1 and 2 positions were slightly off, though barely noticeable. In most installations the rod will be at an angle, and the indicator will read correctly.The dog point screws look like this, the pin on the end locating in the 1/8-inch hole in the shift tube to lock the arms in place.Here's the safety switch on the backside of the detent housing. The start wire from the ignition was wired through this switch to the starter solenoid, preventing the roadster from being started unless the trans is in Park.Here's how the roadster looked when it arrived at LimeWorks, with a dished steering wheel, billet column drop on a C-section steel bracket, and regular floor shifter and here's the finished install with the new column shifter, LimeWorks column, '39-style drop, and three-spoke LimeWorks Sprint Car wheel. A definite improvement in looks, safety, and ergonomics.As with the detent housings, the upper housings will fit 1 1/2- and 1 3/4-inch columns. The hole in the backside that locates the shift tube also houses a tapered spring, which is how the detent lever is spring-loaded to facilitate lifting the detent pin from its Park, Reverse, and Neutral positions.Various detent plates are inserted in the housings depending on what transmission is to be used, and the housings are available for 1 1/2- and 1 3/4-inch-diameter columns. The ball bearings used in the Park detent are slightly larger than the holes in the plates, meaning they can never drop out.


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Ice Fishing
Kids who have gotten hooked on fishing during the warm weather months might love to try ice fishing with a parent. Young children will probably get bored waiting for the fish to bite, so keep your outing short or just bring your older children. Always be sure that the ice is safe – at least 4 inches thick – and that temperatures have been below freezing for several days straight. Children, and even adults, should never ice fish alone in case of an emergency on the ice.
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I had to replace my battery a few months ago. After I started my car back up I noticed that my radio wanted me to enter a code (as a security measure I guess). I don't have the owners manual since I got this car used.
Where can I find this code?
Your best bet is actually going to your local Mitsubishi dealer, make sure you have your registration/insurance with you.
Should be able to provide it free of charge.


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The Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinement is just around the corner and Canton, Ohio is beginning to reveal all the festivities surrounding this important event. Our Bed and Breakfast is located approximately 30 – 40 minutes from all the activities. An easy drive. You can begin your day with a delicious breakfast and after the days events return to peace and quiet overlooking the tranquility of Atwood Lake.
Balloon Classic Invitational to Feature 68 Balloons
The 2010 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival Balloon Classic Invitational/Jackson-Belden Food Fest & Fireworks will be held Friday, July 30, through Sunday, Aug. 1, at Kent State University at Stark and Stark State College. Approximate times for scheduled flights, weather permitting, will be Friday at 5:30 p.m., Saturday at 6:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., and Sunday at 6:30 a.m. There will be 68 awesome sport, commercial and special shape hot air balloons, including The Pig, Annie the Ladybug, Clown-N-Around and Birthday Cake. This year marks the 24th anniversary of this spectacular Balloon Classic Invitational.
Great food and entertainment are also on tap at the Jackson-Belden Food Fest & Fireworks on both Friday and Saturday evenings. Performances by Out from Under, Caliber, Square One, and Breakline. Food Fest hours are Friday and Saturday from 4 to 11:30 p.m., with a spectacular fireworks display on Saturday at 10 p.m.
I'll look forward to seeing you soon,
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Evening entertainment in Wengen centres around the busy bars and restaurants, there is also a cinema which quite often has English language films. For non skiers there is plenty to do in Wengen and it is easy to meet friends up the mountain for lunch.
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What tools or software or devices are neccessary to create proffesional drawings for games for example? How to draw something and be able to use it on PC?
If you don't have some kind of pen tablet, then that's the first thing you need to get if you want to do any kind of digital drawing/painting/illustration. You can use an iPad, Android tablet, Wacom tablet, tablet PC (e.g. a laptop with a swivel tablet screen), or possibly even a smartphone with a touch screen (e.g. via remotedroid or premotedroid).
Besides that, any professional graphics program with drawing/illustration capabilities will work:
If you go on DeviantArt, a lot of the professional illustrators and artists on there include the materials they used for each piece, so you can use those as a reference if you want.
Start with a sketchbook and a pencil.
No, seriously. If you don't know what you ultimately want your end product to look like it doesn't matter what software you use. Once you have an idea of what works for you (sketchbook and pencil, markers and yellow bum wipe, whiteboard, etc.) and where the kinks in your workflow are you will be in a better position to chose some software.
Did you really like sketching out your ideas with broad-tipped markers? It may be that a more painterly-style (such as painter or Sketchbook Pro) will work for you. Did you spend a lot of time creating subtle gradients for your artwork? It may be Photoshop is a better bet. Did you pull the architect's square out and use it for a lot of perfectly straight lines? A vector-based piece of software such as Illustrator or even AutoCAD (since you said "3D like drawings").
Next, start with free versions of each type (GIMP, Inscape, etc.) and see if you like the workflow that's presented in the UI. It may be that you settle on one particular approach because you work better in a specific environment. Money paid for software is worth it in the long run only if you use that software.


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Is it true that there was a time when Jews believed in the existence of several Gods instead of just One? Somebody told me that there was a time when they even worshiped different Gods - even after Moses. Is that true?
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Is it true that there was a time when Jews believed in the existence of several Gods instead of just One?
Throughout the Bible, many Jews keep veering into idolatry, such as the examples seen in Yaakov's answer. (Fascinatingly the whole idolatry thing comes to a screeching halt right around the Jews' return from Babylon to Israel around 2500 years ago. The Talmud says there was some "itch" that idol-worship seemed to "scratch" that dissipated then.)
But the "proper Jewish belief and practice" was clearly in one God -- just that lots of Jews kept having problems following it, apparently.
This is clearly depicted in numerous locations in the bible. To name a few major pagan cults, you have the Golden Calf worship in Exodus, Baal Peor worship in Numbers, and Baal worship in Kings.
You have to make a distinction between believing in the existence of multiple gods (which is clearly accepted in the Tanach - see God on the Egyptian Gods) and worshiping them. Only when the Jewish people turned to idolatry did they actually worship other Gods, but they were certainly 'aware' of their 'existence', and believed them to exist. This is why Aseret Ha'dibrot says "You shall have no other gods…" - that is, you will worship no other gods, and not "there are no other gods".
However, I believe it was accepted by the Jews that God was the King/Lord/Greatest among all the deities. I'm reminded of Ramban's (I think) commentary where he instructs on how to call on the deities that are in charge of celestial bodies to curse people. Source is commentary on D'varim 18:10-11
See this wikipedia article on monolatry for a more complete explanation.


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#3. An Earthquake Gives Birth to an Electronics Empire
The Company:
In the Beginning:
In 1912, Tokuji Hayakawa had a metal workshop in Tokyo. At just 21-years of age, he invented a mechanical pencil he named the Ever-Ready Sharp. This is not to be confused with the Eversharp pencil, which was invented in America. Apparently, this mix-up is a big deal to people in the penciling world, while the rest of us have forgotten what pencils even are.
"No sorry, I don't have any of these 'pencils' that you speak of. Can I get back to my show now?" Source.
While sales of the pencil were low at first, things picked up for Kayakawa when he landed a large order for them from a trading company in Yokohama. He was on his way!
The Disaster:
The order--and Kayakawa's impending fame as "the pencil guy"--was never fulfilled. In 1923, the Great Kanto Earthquake slammed Tokyo. Among the devastation and rubble was Kayakawa's workshop and his pencils.
The carnage was indescribable.
With no orders, product or income, mounting debt forced the young inventor to sell his patent.
Kayakawa, realizing the gods were clearly angry at Tokyo and/or mechanical pencils, fled to Osaka. He considered restarting his effort to build Sharp pencils into a famous brand (what customer can walk away from the prospect of a really sharp pencil, after all) but then he heard that there was this new invention called the "radio" that some people were claiming to be the Next Big Thing.
Well, hell, if people wanted radios, then by gum he'd take what he knew about making sharp pencils and give Japan the sharpest damned radios they'd ever seen! This is how a clearly confused Kayakawa turned the Sharp Corporation into an electronics company. Today, probably at least one piece of electronics equipment in your home bears their logo. So, no it's not because it was owned by a guy named Sharp. It's still named after those freaking pencils.
#2. Fascism and War Gives Us Kickass Sports Cars
The Company:
In the Beginning:
Enzo Ferrari was enthusiastic about selling cars in the same way that steak-lovers are enthusiastic about raising cattle. That is to say, he could not have given two shits about selling cars.
"Enough with this car business. How can I get my pants even higher?"
No, in addition to being maybe the most unfortunate-looking Italian of his era, Ferrari was a racecar driver. It's all he ever wanted to do.
Did we mention that he was unfortunate looking?
In 1929, Ferrari became a big enough deal in the racing world that he ran his own stable of drivers, calling his team Scuderia Ferrari. They raced Alfa Romeos, and eventually that company hired Ferrari to head up their motor racing division.
The future looked bright. Cars and racing were both getting more popular by the day. What could possibly happen in Europe that would blow all of that to hell? Well, let's see... it was 1938...
The Disaster:
World War II broke out. Fascism had already come to Italy, with Benito Mussolini having been in charge since the early 20s. When the war started, the Italian government took control of Alfa Romeo, because that's what Fascism does. Ferrari's team wound up making tools and airplane parts for the war effort.
Prohibited from racing and having absolutely nothing else to do, Ferrari's team built a car so he could race it. And the rest is history! Oh, wait, no. The allies bombed the shit out of the factory in 1944, utterly destroying everything.
Waiting for the bombs to stop dropping, Ferrari would open a business a few years later so he could get back to doing what he had wanted to do since he was a kid. He started building cars specifically so he could race them, but quickly found that you can't actually pay the rent that way (there's a reason NASCAR cars are covered with ads, after all) so, reluctantly, he started selling cars to the public purely as a way to pay for his racing career.
That's right: The most beautiful automobiles ever made were manufactured for the same reason a struggling actor takes a job at Starbucks. It was nothing more than a necessary evil to pay the bills, and rumors persist that he thought of his customers as a bunch of rich, privileged douchebags buying them as status symbols.
#1. An Oil Crisis Creates A Titty Magazine
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Larry Flynt Publications
In the Beginning:
Larry Flynt was newly discharged Naval radio operator, fresh off the USS Enterprise (the one that picked up John Glenn, not the one that picked up green space-babes). In 1965, taking what money he had saved up, Flynt purchased his mother's bar, renovated it and was soon making a sizable amount of cash. So sizable, in fact, that he was able to open two more bars.
Just as the Sharp guy saw a future in radio and Mr. Nintendo saw electronic gaming on the horizon, Larry Flynt had a revelation about the Next Big Thing:
He opened his first topless bar and named it the Hustler Club--which would soon become a chain. With the help of a newsletter to advertise them and the allure of boobies in the face, Flynt's clubs were making anywhere between $260,000 to $520,000 annually, back when that kind of money meant something.
The Disaster:
As with Nintendo and the cultural shift away from playing cards, Flynt saw himself blindsided by an event far outside his control: the 1973 Oil Crisis.
You'll never win, Oil.
When people find themselves in hard financial times, it's the frivolous stuff that gets cut first. And it's harder to hide $40 spent at a strip club from the wife when the household is counting every penny. Even with his ingenious marketing via the newsletters, business dropped and bankruptcy loomed.
Wait a second... maybe the Hustler Newsletter itself was hurting his business. If money was tight, why would his customers spend an expensive night at a strip club when they could just masturbate to the ads in his newsletter?
Then again, it may have been the mascot.
Instead of running from the problem, Flynt embraced it. The newsletter expanded from four pages to 16 to 32--something that people would pay money for. Still, he could have been one more drop in the titty magazine ocean had some paparazzi photos of a naked Jackie Kennedy not surfaced.
Unfortunately, there is no actual titty magazine ocean.
Flynt bought the photos and published them in an issue that would sell one million copies.
Not only was a porn empire born, but the whole "catch the starlet's nipple slip with a telephoto lens and sell it for huge cash" trend was born along with it.
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My sony vaio VPCEH27FD (E series) will not sleep after I close the lid, it stays on i can hear the fan and hard drive on, when i wake it up sometimes it wont respond and I have to force power off. Please help ;'( I really want to stay on ubuntu.
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This seems to be a bug in 13.04 and a bug report has been filed. Please go here, and vote for this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1173952
The fix for this bug has now been released into the raring-updates repository
Suspend malfunction also here. Laptop HP dv9500, Intel architecture, Video card GeForce 8600M GS, Ubuntu 13.04 64-bit (online upgrade from 12.10). Totally frozen system which fails to resume working after suspend. Very very annoying to have to use force-restart.


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10 Jan 2012 5:52 AM #1
Toggling visibility of GridPanel header at runtime
I have also posted this question in Ext2 forum. I am in urgent need of some help, please excuse my crossposting . Thanks!
I have a GridPanel which should load a maximum number of resources. If there are more resources available, than I want to show, I want to enable the panel's header/title to show some texte like "more items available - display cut off".
My problem is: I can set the header to be hidden oder shown in the config options, but how can I change the visibility at runtime, specificially just when the grid's store has loaded a new set of record, depending on whether the number of records loaded exceeds a certain maximum or not?
Thanks for your help!
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Also which header? The one with the title or the column names?Mitchell Simoens @LikelyMitch
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Thanks for your reply.
To be exactly, for Ext JS 2.
I thought 2 and 3 are pretty similar in syntax, so I also posted this in Ext 3, hoping for more reading people.
I mean the header with the title.


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You can qsub a simple "ls" on that path - that will tell you if the path is valid on all machines in that allocation.
no its not in the same directory as SWMF. I guess the path is the same since all the machines in a cluster are configured d same way. How do I know if this is not the case?On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Ralph Castain <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
Is you "hello world" test program in the same directory as SWMF? Is it possible that the path you are specifying is not available on all of the remote machines? That's the most common problem we see.
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Tushar Andriyas <email@example.com> wrote:Hi there,Thanks for the expedite reply. The thing is that although the mpirun is setup correctly (since a simple hello world works), when I run the main SWMF.exe executable, the cluster machines somehow fail to find the executable (SWMF.exe).ĀSo, I have attached the sample error file from one of the runs (SWMF.e143438) and also the MAKEFILES so that you could better gauge the problem. The makefiles have Linux as the OS and pgf90 as compiler with mpif90 as the linker. I am using openmpi-1.2.7-pgi. Job is submitted using a batch file (job.bats) and the scheduler is Torque (version I am not sure but I can see three on the machines viz 2.0.0, 2.2.1, 2.5.2).I have also attached an error file from one of the clusters (WASATCH viz SWMF.e143439) and UINTA (SWMF.e143440) with the whole path of the exe as Srirangam mentioned as follows (in the batch file).mpirun --prefix /opt/libraries/openmpi/openmpi-1.2.7-pgi Ā /home/A00945081/SWMF_v2.3/run/SWMF.exe > runlog_`date +%y%m%d%H%M`I have tried both mpirun and mpiexec but nothing seems to work.TusharOn Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 8:12 PM, Addepalli, Srirangam V <email@example.com> wrote:
Hello Tushar,
Have you tried supplying the full path of the executable just to check ?
From: email@example.com [email@example.com] On Behalf Of Tushar Andriyas [firstname.lastname@example.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 8:49 PM
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Subject: [OMPI users] Unable to find the following executable
Hi there,
I am new to using mpi commands and was stuck in problem with running a code. When I submit my job through a batch file, the job exits with the message that the executable could not be found on the machines. I have tried a lot of options such as PBS -V and so on on but the problem persists. If someone is interested, I can send the full info on the cluster, the compiler and openmpi settings and other stuff. BTW the launcher is torque (which you might have guessed). The code does not have a forum so I am in a deep mire.
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