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I have often heard people saying that the light in the picture X is appearing "flat". I want to understand what exactly does that mean, and what are the possible ways to counter that?
Flat lighting is when a scene, regardless of its type, is largely and broadly "diffusely and directly lit". Flat lighting illuminates the scene, however it does not bring out depth and detail, or add any intriguing character. In some rarer/specific cases, you may require flat lighting, depending on the exact goals you have. In general, however, flat lighting makes a photo look rather dull and lifeless.
With nature photography, flat lighting is often caused by overcast skies, direct sunlight, etc. Landscape photos in particular generally look best when the sun is at a low, indirect angle such that the shape of mountains cast shadows upon themselves, bringing to light that shape and providing depth. Early morning sunrise or evening sunset light is good for this reason, as well as for the fact that such light is often more colorful and vibrant than midday sunlight.
With portrait photography, flat lighting dulls or eliminates the intriguing features of your subjects that give them their character, expression, emotion. Highly diffused, direct lighting can be a useful tool for portraits, however uses as the only source of lighting it can produce rather boring portraits. More complex, angled lighting can do wonders for portrait photography. Use of sunlight or artificial lighting, angling your subjects to light sources, providing adequate and appropriate fill lighting, etc. can greatly enhance the character and emotion of your subjects. I would search our forum for other questions of portrait and studio lighting...there are many skilled photographers here who have provided superb answers detailing specific kinds of lighting setups for portrait photography that go into far greater depth than I ever could here.
Flat lighting is typically what you see at midday with generous amount of light from the sun. The other end of the spectrum would be what you find in the minutes before and after sunrise/sunset.
Photographers, especially nature photographers will stay away from shooting during midday when the light is flat, because it is unattractive for most purposes. The soft light around the ends of the day is much more interesting, colorful, and pleasant on the eye.
In Studio:
Flat lighting can be achieved in a studio setting by lowering contrast and or shadows through the use of lighting and diffusers. If you are shooting macro shots or close up images, flat lighting can be desirable. But for portrait work, under most circumstances it is not typically used. It can be used for certain effects but I would consider it rarely to be used.
Somewhat Flat Lighting:
Dynamic Lighting with depth and contrast:
It's all about the technique. Overcast flat lighting doesn't neccessarily make for dull lifeless photos. The key to great photos is to see a photo as you take it. Not about the size of your lens guys, which dare I say probably compensates for an inadequacy elsewhere ;-) There is no right or wrong, learn the rules then forget them!


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Intelligent Consumer Engagement Solutions Increase Sales: Brief
In response to fierce competition from digital retailers, many brick-and-mortar stores are turning to omni-channel solutions designed to combine the best of the virtual and physical worlds. Helping retailers deliver on this brand promise, SapientNitro creates a connected retail experience that provides a seamless journey for the consumer. The technology provides an integrated experience across channels, in-store, mobile, and the Web, and remembers customers' past actions.
Customers entering the store are prompted to connect to free Wi-Fi access, allowing them to browse on their smartphones and log into their online store accounts. A high-definition digital display, powered by a 3rd generation Intel® Core™ processor, invites customers to tap the screen and explore the store's inventory, both physical and virtual, as an endless aisle display. Gesture-based navigation and 3D demos supply more information for products not found in the actual store, which can also be purchased directly from the screen.
If a customer wants help, tapping the top right corner of the screen summons a sales associate who already has a view of the customer's profile and past transactions on his or her tablet.
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How can I avoid clicking quite so much?
In World of Warcraft you use the mouse to click and the keyboard to move around.
Is there such a way to do so in Diablo 3?
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"I want people to view farmers as heroes."
Barren County High School was transformed as the county held their first Agriculture Festival on the campus today.
Politicians, vendors, and farmers were on hand to celebrate the vital role of agriculture in the community.
"Your food supply is the most important issue. When you talk about national security there's no more important issue to our national security than having a safe, healthy, reliable food supply. When you buy your food locally and you know your local farmer you know how that food is produced," says James Comer, Commissioner of Agriculture.
From produce, to meat, dairy, and baked goods local farmers featured their products stressing the importance of knowing where your food comes from.
"Our Animals are raised on pasture on out livestock and we don't feed antibiotics or growth hormones, or anything like that. Our animals are born and raised right on our farm," says Linda Lewis, Farm Owner.
Sixth generation farmer, Ronald Ward has dedicated most of his life to growing and selling food that is healthy and safe.
"Most of it's organic and you're not getting all of those pesticides," says Ward.
He may not have the experience of Ward just yet but 12 year old Joseph Trigg is already working on his family farm learning the role agriculture plays in the community.
"If you don't know where it's coming from you don't know how reliable it is, and it could be covered in chemicals," says Trigg as he helps his family sell vegetables from their farm.
From farm to fork....some took the theme literally displaying exactly where the food comes from with chickens and goats at their booths.
"The goat that's where the milk comes from, and we feed feed that doesn't have any additives. It's all natural stuff that goes in the goats so it's all natural stuff coming out," says Sheila Duncan, Spring Valley Harvest Dairy Goats.
With Barren county being ranked top five in the state for agriculture Commissioner Comer says the farmers have learned to adapt and add value to their products.
"I want people to view farmers as heroes. We know our military personnel and first responders are heroes but our farmers are heroes too," says Comer.
He says the Department of Agriculture will continue to work towards opening new markets for local producers.
Comer adds the department also continues to work on numerous projects which includes getting local farmers products into major retailers.
They are also working closely with the thoroughbred industry.
Comer says all of agriculture has been booming in Kentucky but the horse industry has been on the decline, and he hopes that will change.
"We're working with them to try to get those thoroughbred's back to Kentucky. We're working to develop our equine industry in Kentucky. We're working with a lot of big retailers in Kentucky to get more Kentucky Proud products on the shelves."
Comer also spoke with us about his effort to legalize industrial hemp in Kentucky, and will he run for Governor in 2015?
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If I Could...
By Mike Hall
Last Modified: July 15, 2007
I'd like to look into your eyes
and tell you that this nightmare will vanish in the morning
or take you on an ocean cruise......in hopes that cancer couldn't follow
If I could, I would take you to the
happy, carefree places of your youth
To the hideouts where sunshine and
laughter rule the day
We'd go whitewater rafting
and have hot dogs on the shore
I'd pray that the roar of the river
would be your refuge and that God would speak healing words to your heart
I would take you on a mountain climb
To the summit of a snow capped peak
And I'd look into your eyes again
asking you to keep faith in The One who is Higher than all
At night, while you are sleeping,
I'd pray for His strength to uphold you
For His peace to surround you
And for one special angel to guide you
I'd wake you in the morning
before the dew has left the grass
We'd thank Him for another day
And enjoy the mile walk to the beach
There we would stare at the blue water stretching forever And watch the seagulls
cavorting in the breeze We'd see the mountains in the distance And know that God is
bigger than disease or disaster
We'd have lunch on the pier
And I would take your hand in mine
Once more I'd look into your eyes
And tell you how much I love you.
Mike was inspired to write this poem after his sister in law had been diagnosed with breast cancer and a cousin had died of a lung cancer.
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Fonts look bad and blurry in Ubuntu. When I compare a site in Ubuntu and Windows the Windows font look much more readable even after I import all of my Windows fonts. How can I change this?
Ubuntu users who prefer Windows-style fonts may find this answer that I posted to a Super User question called "Better Ubuntu Fonts" useful.
Here is an example of what you can expect if you follow my advice:
When you say "make fonts look good", you really mean "make fonts look like I'm used to" - if you were coming from a Mac you'd be asking "how do I prevent my fonts being distorted".
Font rendering in Windows is heavily aligned to the pixel grid, trading sharp edges for distorted fonts. This corresponds to the "full hinting" option in Appearance→Fonts→Details. You shouldn't have to touch any further configuration.
Font rendering on OS X is the other way around - it does not distort the font shapes, meaning that most glyphs span a pixel boundary. This corresponds to the "none" hinting option.
By default, Ubuntu is somewhere in between - using slight hinting which distorts the fonts a bit to make them fit the pixel-grid better.
If you're using an LCD display you should have subpixel antialiasing enabled, regardless of the hinting type.
In May 2010 patents related to TrueType hinting expired,before that FreeType used Autohinting which made non-hinted fonts look better but made professional and fully hinted fonts look crap.
Since patents related to font hinting have expired FreeType has enabled font hinting by default,you can upgrade to maverick or use the latest version of FreeType for best results.
What I think really helped out my font smoothness was from adjusting the dpi.
First, open a terminal and type:
It'll give you a number like "96x96".
Now go to the Fonts tab in the Appearance settings. Click the details button in the bottom right corner. At the top of this new window it has a place to put a number. Put the first number that terminal command gave you. For example, it gave me "108x106" so I put 108 there.
Doing this will get you closer to those smooth fonts you're looking for.
There are two main places where you can set the rendering of your fonts and at first sight they don't appear to have anything to do with each other:
fonconfig is the program that is in charge of font configuration and font matching across the system. You make your choices by editing /etc/fonts/local.conf (~/.fonts.conf per-user) or by making symbolic links in /etc/fonts/conf.d to various presets in /etc/fonts/conf.avail. The technical details can be read by running
In my .fonts.conf I have four sections:
Once you have written your .fonts.conf open Wikipedia and by choosing your default proportional font to be sans-serif in Preference>Content>Advanced you can quickly see how each font looks by using the arrow keys on the Default Font as shown in the picture.
Alternatively, Igor's blog has a test page where you can compare all the different rendering options side by side for a particular font.
I've used Ubuntu for 4 years now, but i still prefer "windows like" font rendering. You are not alone...
1- install msttcorefonts :
sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts
2- add tahoma truetype fonts to /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ from some old Windows disk (that's a shame, I know ;-)
sudo cp --no-preserve=all somewhere/Tahoma*.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype
3- save the following fonts.conf in /etc/fonts/conf.avail with some name like 39-clearfonts.conf (with root ownership)
sudo cp --no-preserve=all ~/Download/fonts.conf /etc/fonts/conf.avail/39-clearfonts.conf
4- create a symlink in /etc/fonts/fonts.d
sudo ln -s /etc/fonts/conf.avail/39-clearfonts.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d
5- in appearence settings, in fonts tab, select "Sans" with size 10, regular or bold, as font for anythings except serif font (the last one) and validate.
You should get something like your are waiting for ! (sorry, as a new user here, i'm not allowed to post screenshot)
Here is the magic fonts.conf file :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd"> <fontconfig> <!-- Default fonts for generic families --> <alias> <family>fantasy</family> <prefer> <family>Comic Sans MS</family> <family>URW</family> </prefer> </alias> <alias> <family>monospace</family> <prefer> <family>Courier New</family> <family>DejaVu Sans Mono</family> </prefer> </alias> <alias> <family>sans-serif</family> <prefer> <family>Tahoma</family> <family>Arial</family> <family>DejaVu Sans Condensed</family> </prefer> </alias> <alias> <family>serif</family> <prefer> <family>Times New Roman</family> <family>DejaVu Serif Condensed</family> </prefer> </alias> <!-- Alias for common fonts in case they're not found --> <alias> <family>Arial</family> <accept><family>sans-serif</family></accept> </alias> <alias> <family>Bitstream Vera Sans Mono</family> <prefer> <family>Courier New</family> <family>DejaVu Sans Mono</family> </prefer> </alias> <alias> <family>Comic Sans MS</family> <accept><family>URW</family></accept> </alias> <alias> <family>Courier</family> <prefer><family>monospace</family></prefer> </alias> <alias> <family>Courier New</family> <accept><family>monospace</family></accept> </alias> <alias> <family>cursive</family> <accept><family>URW</family></accept> </alias> <alias> <family>Georgia</family> <accept><family>serif</family></accept> </alias> <alias> <family>Garamond</family> <accept><family>serif</family></accept> </alias> <alias> <family>Helvetica</family> <default><family>sans-serif</family></default> </alias> <alias> <family>Impact</family> <accept><family>sans-serif</family></accept> </alias> <alias> <family>Palatino Linotype</family> <accept><family>serif</family></accept> </alias> <alias> <family>Trebuchet MS</family> <accept><family>sans-serif</family></accept> </alias> <alias> <family>Tahoma</family> <accept><family>sans-serif</family></accept> </alias> <alias> <family>Times</family> <prefer><family>Times New Roman</family></prefer> <default><family>serif</family></default> </alias> <alias> <family>Times New Roman</family> <prefer><family>Times New Roman</family></prefer> </alias> <alias> <family>Verdana</family> <accept><family>sans-serif</family></accept> </alias> <!-- Bitstream Vera Sans is default for sans-serif. Replace it with something nicer --> <alias> <family>Bitstream Vera Sans</family> <prefer> <family>Tahoma</family> <family>Arial</family> <family>DejaVu Sans Condensed</family> </prefer> </alias> <!-- Bitstream Vera Serif is default for serif. Replace it with something nicer --> <alias> <family>Bitstream Vera Serif</family> <prefer> <family>Times New Roman</family> <family>DejaVu Serif Condensed</family> </prefer> </alias> <!-- Replace Helvetica with Arial, to be tested with fc-match helvetica --> <match target="pattern"> <test qual="any" name="family"> <string>Helvetica</string> </test> <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="strong"> <string>Arial</string> </edit> </match> <match target="font"> <edit mode="assign" name="rgba"><const>rgb</const></edit> </match> <match target="font"> <edit mode="assign" name="hinting"><bool>true</bool></edit> </match> <match target="font"> <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle"><const>hintmedium</const></edit> </match> <match target="font"> <edit mode="assign" name="antialias"><bool>true</bool></edit> </match> <match target="font"> <test compare="more_eq" name="size" qual="any" target="default"><double>-1</double></test> <test compare="less_eq" name="size" qual="any" target="default"><double>15</double></test> <test name="family"> <string>Arial</string> <string>Comic Sans</string> <string>Courier New</string> <string>Georgia</string> <string>Impact</string> <string>Helvetica</string> <string>Lucida Bright</string> <string>Lucida Console</string> <string>Lucida Sans</string> <string>Microsoft Sans</string> <string>Palatino Linotype</string> <string>Tahoma</string> <string>Ubuntu</string> <string>Times New Roman</string> <string>Trebuchet MS</string> <string>Verdana</string> </test> <edit mode="assign" name="antialias"><bool>false</bool></edit> </match> <match target="font"> <test compare="less_eq" name="pixelsize" qual="any" target="default"><double>20</double></test> <test name="family"> <string>Arial</string> <string>Comic Sans</string> <string>Courier New</string> <string>Georgia</string> <string>Impact</string> <string>Helvetica</string> <string>Lucida Bright</string> <string>Lucida Console</string> <string>Lucida Sans</string> <string>Microsoft Sans</string> <string>Palatino Linotype</string> <string>Tahoma</string> <string>Ubuntu</string> <string>Times New Roman</string> <string>Trebuchet MS</string> <string>Verdana</string> </test> <edit mode="assign" name="antialias"><bool>false</bool></edit> </match> </fontconfig>
Tom at Tombuntu has some tips for enhanced font rendering (this is from 2008, so the instructions might not be exact any longer):
Unity doesn't have such font settings like KDE. For those who wants to implement
solution but uses Unity.
Microsoft core fonts can also be installed from command line using:


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Broken Foot
Benjamin Wedro, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Dr. Ben Wedro practices emergency medicine at Gundersen Clinic, a regional trauma center in La Crosse, Wisconsin. His background includes undergraduate and medical studies at the University of Alberta, a Family Practice internship at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and residency training in Emergency Medicine at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
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Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, is a U.S. board-certified Anatomic Pathologist with subspecialty training in the fields of Experimental and Molecular Pathology. Dr. Stöppler's educational background includes a BA with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia and an MD from the University of North Carolina. She completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology at Georgetown University followed by subspecialty fellowship training in molecular diagnostics and experimental pathology.
- Broken foot facts
- What is the structure of the foot?
- What are the causes of a broken foot?
- Pictures of the bones in the foot
- What are the symptoms of a broken foot?
- When should I call the doctor for foot pain?
- How is a broken foot diagnosed?
- What is the treatment for a broken foot?
- What are the complications of a broken foot?
- Can a broken foot be prevented?
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Broken foot facts
- The bones in the foot may be broken in many ways including direct blows, crush injuries, falls and overuse or stress.
- Initial treatment may include RICE (rest, ice, compression, elevation). Rest may include the use of crutches to limit weight bearing.
- X-rays often help make the diagnosis but bone scan or computerized tomography (CT scan) may be needed to help visualize the injury.
- Treatment of foot fractures depend upon which bone is broken but many fractures are treated with a compression dressing, a stiff- soled shoe, and weight bearing as tolerated.
- Some foot fractures require surgery to repair the damage.
- Complications of foot fractures include non-union at the fracture site, arthritis if a joint is involved, and infection if the skin is broken.
What is the structure of the foot?
The foot is designed to withstand the considerable forces placed on it by walking, running, and jumping. There are 26 bones of the foot, connected by joints and supported by thickened ligaments to absorb the impact of movement. As well, the joints of the foot are acted upon by muscles and tendons that allow flexing and extending to permit walking and running to occur.
The bony anatomy can be described as follows:
- The talus articulates with the tibia (shin bone) to form the ankle joint.
- The calcaneus or the heel bone is attached by ligaments to the tibia to provide stability to the ankle joint.
- The midfoot consists of the navicular, the cuboid, and the three cuneiform bones. The midfoot is where inversion and supination of the foot occurs. These motions allow the sole of the foot to turn inwards and upwards.
- The five metatarsal bones are connected to each toe.
- The toe bones are called phalanges (single = phalanx) with the great toe having two and the other four toes having three each. These bones are named based upon their relationship to the body: proximal, middle and distal. Proximal means closest to the center of the body while distal is furthest from the center.
- The arch of the foot is maintained by the plantar fascia, a thick fibrous band of tissue that runs from the calcaneus to the metatarsal, preventing the bones of the foot from flattening.
- There are places in the foot where two bones meet to form a joint. Each joint has its own set of structures that help maintain stability.
- Injuries to the foot include fractures of the bone, sprains of the ligaments that stabilize the joints, and strains of the muscles and tendons that move the foot. Joints can also become inflammed, which causes arthritis.
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Yes, I am still working on the cookbook. I have 60 pages completed so far, and have designed a potential cover. Someone suggested it was a little heavy in the fake meat department and should feature more veggies (and colour). I guess it does look a little tan. But, hey, it's a draft. Then again, fake meat seems to have become my thing lately. I also enjoy the "recipes from the award winning blog" line because I have won one single award. Perhaps I enjoy my own sense of humour too much.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Cookbook Update
22 comments:
- FatMom said...
Yippee! I can't WAIT for the VD cookbook!!!
- August 5, 2008 at 11:12 AM
- Bianca said...
Oh, I didn't know you were working on a cookbook! That's awesome! Are you self-publishing? Or do you have a publisher? Or are you waiting until later to find one?
I ask because I'm working on one too. I've got about 100 recipes together, but I'm shooting for 250. And I'm waiting until the end to seek a publisher. I don't know if that's the best route, but it seems like I can go at my own pace without deadline pressure.
As for the cover, I actually like the fake meat stuff. So many veg books focus on veggies, but I LOVE FAKE MEAT so this cover would appeal to me on the shelf.
- August 5, 2008 at 12:50 PM
- lauren said...
i guess there is quite a bit of "faux meat" on the cover there... which is great, but it might misrepresent your recipes, bc you make a lot of other stuff too!
you know, (this is a bit off-topic) generally i think vegan "faux meat" gets a bad rap because non-veg*ns see it as us trying to eat something that we're "against". i.e. why do you make food to be like chicken when you don't want to eat chicken?
rather, i tell them i don't see it as faux meat, i see it for what it is... seitan, gluten, tofu, or whatever (though i wish they had better names). you can get similar flavors and textures without the dead animals. then again, i understand that for people transitioning to a meatless diet, faux meat can be helpful and comforting.
but-- if people never ate animals you may still have come up with all these seitan dishes, and noone would think it was weird, because that'd be what was normal.
- August 5, 2008 at 1:13 PM
- thedalyn said...
I like the fake meat cover. I struggle at times with other cookbooks because I don't like mushrooms or eggplant--the non-faux(?)veggie alternatives to meat. As a result, I'm all about the fake meat!
- August 5, 2008 at 1:29 PM
- Miss Mabel said...
I too am mostly interested in your fake meat postings (I've yet to find a good stick-together hamburger in all the vegan cookbooks I own.)
Maybe you should capitalize on the meat theme! After all, you're The Male Vegan Blogger, and men are supposed to be the ones surgically attached to their BBQs and unable to give up meat.
Maybe you need a 1950s style cookbook cover (as often featured in Lilek's Gallery of Regrettable Food.) ;-)
- August 5, 2008 at 2:05 PM
- Aimee B. said...
I'm so happy to see the progress of your cookbook...yay! I think your cover looks great! Personally, my family loves meat alternatives and we eat them at least once a week. This is your "baby," so do it as you see fit. It's going to be spectaclular because your recipes are AWESOME!
- August 5, 2008 at 2:41 PM
- gail said...
The brown-ness of the cover just makes for a more "manly man" cookbook, no?
- August 5, 2008 at 3:03 PM
- alaskaVeg*n said...
It looks beautiful! Great pictures!
- August 5, 2008 at 3:29 PM
- jenny said...
I love the cover mock-up!!! :)
- August 5, 2008 at 3:55 PM
- Megan the Vegan said...
great to hear about a cookbook. I will be the first to buy it....I love to find new recipes for fake meat...but I do know how it turns so many off, so you likely want to find some kind of balance to suit different tastes.
- August 5, 2008 at 4:12 PM
- Ron Australia said...
The thing I miss about meat is not taste but the texture - I miss being able to seriously chew my food. It doesn't matter what you do with a lentil burger it is always mushy.
If we take the argument against faux meat to its extreme then we can just about cut out many clothing items, handbags etc etc which were just all made from animal skins once upon a time.
I think faux meat has many benefits which in the long run will do the veg*n good. I know from recent experiences that I can have meat-eating friends stay for a weekend now and feed them vegan meals which they will eat and enjoy - the seitan sausages are always a winner.
I do hope your book will available for Australians, VeganDad, because if it is, I will be first inline to buy it.
All the best,
- August 5, 2008 at 4:59 PM
- Jan Scholl said...
will there be soups and stews? I am always looking for more ideas for my slow cooker.
- August 5, 2008 at 5:44 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
The cookbook will be recipes pulled from the blog (Jan: I don't really have many (any?) slowcooker recipes--it's not an appliance I really use). I don't want to stop the blog, or stop posting on the blog for the sake of a cookbook. But, for those who would like a book copy for the kitchen, this is for you. I am self-publishing. I will most likely make a .pdf file available for download--that way my readers from all over the world can access it and I don't have to worry about shipping costs. Since I want every page to have colour it can get expensive to use a self-publishing service, but we will see. It really is cheaper to print it off yourself and bind it at a local copy shop. I am open to suggestions re: price. I was thinking under $10.
- August 5, 2008 at 6:23 PM
- shelby said...
I can't wait!! =)
- August 5, 2008 at 6:34 PM
- Camila said...
you are taking out a cookbook?
that is awesome!!! :D
- August 5, 2008 at 8:00 PM
- Lisa (Show Me Vegan) said...
What a great project. And one can enjoy the biggest laughs from one's own sense of humor. Just ask my husband. :)
- August 5, 2008 at 9:52 PM
- Bianca said...
That sounds awesome. I'd definitely go for the PDF version, but if it went big-time and hit store shelves, I'd buy that too. Either way, I want one! Can't wait!
- August 6, 2008 at 12:23 AM
- VeganLinda said...
I think it looks great and can't wait to buy a copy...or two or three!
- August 6, 2008 at 12:30 AM
- bazu said...
I love fake meats and fresh veggies- best of both worlds! And yes, I love the line about award-winning- hee hee.
- August 6, 2008 at 1:37 PM
- Anonymous said...
Oh YAAAY! I was waiting for your cookbook so I wouldn't have to lug my laptop to the kitchen every time...I hope all your recipes will be there? Especially the mini meatloaves!
- August 6, 2008 at 4:41 PM
- Teresa said...
Your blog here is so good I can't stand it! I was wondering if you would put out a cookbook. I looked around a bit and here it is. I'll be waiting, will purchase and hope it will be a great success.
- August 12, 2008 at 10:26 PM
- Speedwell said...
Oh, I can't wait for the cookbook either! And include what you do best. If that makes it heavy in fake meat, WE ARE NOT COMPLAINING AROUND HERE, right guys?
- August 15, 2008 at 1:38 PM


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I went from low usage of data on an average to over my limit and I do not know why. How can I tell? Does streaming music count? I have AT&T, so I think I have unlimited texting. Do photos on my phone count? Or just when you send them?
Everything that is not either a) texting or b) phone calls uses data. (That is to say, everything that sends or receives something.) Streaming music uses a lot of data (streaming video uses even more). Photos only count when you send them or receive them.
Also, note that the phone will use a WiFi network if available instead of the cell network, so that data doesn't count.
Your bill should give you some idea of how your data usage increased; if it doesn't a call to AT&T customer service (or visiting one of their stores) might be helpful.
To keep track of your mobile data usage you could reset the "Statistics" on the phone on the first day of your billing cycle. To do this go to Settings → General → Usage → Cellular Usage and go to the bottom of the page. There you will see the amount of Cellular Network Data sent and received.
Cellular data is utilized for services such as sending and receiving MMS, web browsing, app downloads and updates, sending and receiving mail, as well as iAds, and any other data transmitted via Apps. Phone calls do not count as "data" but do, obviously, count against the minutes on your plan. It is important to note that while connected to Wi-Fi, only MMS uses data. iMessage, Apps, mail, web browsing, etc, all utilize Wi-Fi over EDGE/3G/4G, while MMS does not, regardless of Wi-Fi connectivity.
Regular SMS does not count against your "data" allowance, only against your text messaging plan.
If you're on AT&T, you can install their "myAT&T" app which will tell you how much data you've used in the current billing cycle. The information lags by a day or so (it's not "live") but if your goal is avoiding overage charges it should give you an idea how much of your "allowance" you've used.
Less relevant to this question: the app also tells you how many text messages are left in your billing cycle, how much your last bill was, etc. etc. - basically everything you can learn by logging in to their website.


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Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Trading Patterns: Identifying Transitional Structures
With this post I'll begin a series on trading patterns for short-term traders. I refer to today's pattern as a transitional structure; it is a common sequence that marks the shift from one trend to another.
Above (top chart) we see the five-minute ES futures for Tuesday, 5/29 and below (bottom chart) we have the corresponding chart of the NYSE TICK. This particular transitional structure is one from a declining market to a rising one. In future posts, I'll display transitions from rising markets to falling ones.
The pattern begins with a very high volume decline on very negative NYSE TICK. If you're also tracking intraday new highs/lows among a basket of stocks or ETFs, this is frequently the point at which a maximum number of issues make concurrent new short-term lows. We can see that this high volume decline occurred a little after 12:00 Noon CT. This is the momentum low for the market. Whenever you see a major elevation of volume and a selloff across a broad range of stocks, you want to consider the possibility that a momentum low is being put into place.
After the momentum low, we typically get a decent bounce on strong NYSE TICK readings. This occurred around 13:00 CT. The solid TICK readings tell us that there is widespread buying interest across a broad range of stocks. That means that traders are finding some bargains at the lower prices and are accumulating shares. If the bounce occurs on weaker TICK readings (below +500, for example), it is much more likely that the rally is mere short covering. That often suggests that the market needs to go still lower to find that bargain-hunting among traders and investors.
After this bounce, we typically get a test of the momentum lows; frequently we get new price lows as a result of this test. This test often occurs on very weak TICK readings. Note that, after 13:00, we saw a very weak NYSE TICK, but price could not make new lows. This is the inefficiency pattern I've described in previous posts. If broad selling sentiment can't push the ES lower, you want to consider the possibility that the decline is becoming exhausted.
Another characteristic of these tests of momentum lows is that they invariably occur on lower volume. Note how volume steadily dropped from the point of the momentum low to the NYSE TICK lows after 13:00. This is yet another indication of selling drying up: the big traders are no longer participating to the downside.
Once the market successfully completes its test, we typically get solid buying on strong NYSE TICK readings. Volume will typically expand on this buying--an excellent indication that buyers are taking control. By making this identification early, you can benefit from the short covering that typically follows a market turn.
These transitional structures occur over varying time frames; no two are identical. The basic dynamics of the momentum peak, the subsequent test, the inefficiency, the drying up of volume, and the subsequent increase of volume on the countertrend move are common to these structures. With practice you can see these patterns emerge and use them for excellent short-term directional trades.
The Structure of Market Reversals
Tracking the Large Trader
When Do I Get Out of a Trade?
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10 comments:
- jessefelder said...
Dr. Brett,
I must say thank you for the constant flow of valuable educational material.
You provide the best source for quality material that I have found online.
Keep it up and thanks again for your dedication to education and generosity with your expertise.
-Jesse Felder
- tmreedjr said...
First, I can't thank you enough for sharing your insights and knowledge of the markets and trading. Question: Assuming the fed is supporting/goosing the market on occasion, how far can they go with this program? i.e., if the market "wants" to roll over now, can they cotinue to prevent it?
- xyz said...
Dr Brett,
Do you use intermarket (naz, dow) divergences at all? I find that these divergences coupled with tick divergences give good signals.
How exactly do you refine your entry when getting in? Do you utilize market profile at all? Thank you.
- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. said...
Thanks, Jesse; I appreciate that greatly--
- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. said...
Hi Tom,
I think the current Fed policy is supporting liquidity in the face of housing weakness, and this is supporting the markets. Rising rates would be a threat to that scenario--
- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. said...
Hi XYZ,
Yes, I find price divergences with NYSE TICK helpful to observe, though I focus more on shifts in the TICK distribution. Market Profile, I find, is very helpful in framing entry/exits; I like to buy pullbacks in TICK that can't move price meaningful lower and vice versa.
- mrendahl said...
thanks for your blog..I never have understood nor used the TICK as a tool..I can see that this is a mistake..Thanks again for helping us...Mo
- alessio said...
thanks. a divergence i use is when es makes a new low but is not confirmed by a new low on the $adusd
- Andrew Ilardi said...
I love it! Patterns repeat, not so much different from us :)
- heywally said...
TY Brett - I'm curious, in this trading scenario, would you typically put a trade on soon after the initial apparent exhaustion low or would you wait until a successful 'retest' of that low area, or both?


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After trying this multiple ways, I give up. Here's the integral:
$$\int e^{-x}\arctan(e^x)\,dx$$
I have set
$u=\arctan(e^x)$ and $dv=e^{-x}d\,x$
and have obtained $du=\dfrac{e^x \, dx}{1+e^{2x}}$ and $v=-e^{-x}$
Using the integration by parts formula,
$$\int u\, dv = uv - \int v\,du$$
I got $-e^{-x}\arctan(e^x)+\int \dfrac{1}{1+e^{2x}}\,dx$
How would I solve $\int \dfrac{1}{1+e^{2x}}\,dx$ ? That's the part I'm stuck on.


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Why are clients usually attracted to graphical user interfaces? Why aren't more applications developed using a console (command line / terminal) interface?
Simply because it requires less mental work :-)
You are referring to a paradigm called WIMP, which was developed at Xerox PARC back in the 1970s.
WIMP (Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointing devices) experimented with a "digital version" of real-life elements, represented by icons. This was very intuitive.
As often, we need to read the first section of the Wikipedia article.
Reference: Graphical user interface
The steep learning curve on command-line-interfaces, implying that GUIs don't have that steep learning curve. We need to call in a test user to find out if that is true. Is it really easier to use a graphical user interface than a command line interface? Our test user is 1 year old, very cute, but she can't type on a keyboard. But she can tell that "A Magazine Is an iPad That Does Not Work".
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On a more serious an less populist notion, the article reference Dillon, A. (2003) User Interface Design. MacMillan Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science, Vol. 4, London: MacMillan, 453-458 states the following:
Scientifically valid of course, but if you put two application experts side by side, one equiped with the GUI and the other with the CLI - the command line user is much faster than the graphical user interface operator. The reason for this is that (1) CLI don't "waste" computer power by drawing GUI and (2) CLI don't provide feedback unless you do things the wrong way. But the cognitive load still is on the CLI operator - she/he needs to know exactly what to type and may also be more skilled than a GUI operator.
As a consequence, SharePoint administration is now moving toward excessive use of PowerShell rather than it's GUI equivalent Central Administration. In the previous version (2010) you could do much more in Central Administration than in current 2013 version. Probably because "you need to know what you're doing" on PowerShell and can't accidentally break something you didn't intend to break.
Two worlds making greater distance between each other. Interesting.
According to Don Norman, from the book 'Design of Everyday Things':
Also, he lists out 7 user control design principles for transforming difficult tasks into easy ones:
So, referring the above principles, if you compare the Command-Line UI and GUI, the GUI wins over.
BTW, one of the reasons why Apple's products were successful, is because they applied these design principles from 'Design of Everyday Things' (Don Norman worked for Apple).
A major ease-of-use area where GUIs tend to have an advantage is that for poeple it's easier to recognize rather than remember. I.e., it may often be that you don't remember a specific command or option, but would easily and immediately recognize it if it's shown to you; so interfaces that show you the available options are easier to use, even if it doesn't make them more efficient to use for people who know/remember them. It's particularly important for systems you use rarely - no matter how much effort you put into learning it, if you use some CLI system twice a year, you are likely to need documentation (or google) to remember how to do what you successfully did last time; but you would immediately recognize the correct things if the UI had shown them to you.
Another issue is discoverability - common GUI paradigms allow to find out what your possibilities are right there in the interface, as opposed to reading documentation outside of the interface. This is important for ease of learning, as for any even moderately complex software most users will not know all the possibilities, and they can't search 'how to do X' if they don't know that X is possible in the first place.
For an example contrast standard unix cd/ls usage with a text-mode gui of midnight commander:
You get pretty much the same functionality, with a drawback of taking extra visual(and mind) space, but with an advantage in discoverability, and preemptively showing the options and filenames you're likely to need, so you can recognize and select them.
– Teo van de Bunt
The essence of your question has already been answered, but just a few small notes:
It's not fair to say that "graphical user interfaces" are universally user-friendly, or even more user-friendly than the equivalent command line interface. There's a reason why the command line persists to this day, well after we've all developed the ability to develop GUIs for most problems.
In order for an interface to be user-friendly, it needs to be friendly to its user. As anyone here can tell you, users (despite almost always being human) don't all think alike, and don't share needs.
The Unix philosophy describes the design of most good command-line interfaces. In a nutshell, it's about composability—building small, stateless, discrete tools that can be effectively stitched together in sequence to meet a wide array of different problems—as opposed to contextual design—what most of the UX discipline focuses on.
Some of the key benefits of composable design are:
OK, so getting down to the actual question you asked: if a CLI is so powerful, why do we generally design systems with graphical interfaces?
Well the answer comes down to fitness for purpose, and the especially important point that the average computer user generally doesn't need to worry about things like scriptability, portability and integration. They're best served by systems that abstract the complexity away and present a meaningful, simple representation of the operation that better corresponds to how the user thinks the operation works. After all, a picture is worth a thousand words.
For example, we've all seen this animation a million times:
That simple little animation carries with it a huge amount of information:
Whether or not you believe that the animation is effectively communicating all that, it's important to realise that trying to communicate all those facts in words in a similar amount of space would be largely impossible.
As computers get more powerful, animations like these don't all have to be choreographed in advance like this. Instead they can be responsive to the actions of the user and the operation(s) he or she performs.
Take this animation (from Mac OS X):
These animations are hugely powerful at describing the abstractions that exist in this interface implicitly and naturally.
Performing this operation on the command line is extremely difficult. In this GUI, it's a half-second operation.
Here, the user is identifying the block of text they want to save for later without doing much more than simply pointing to it. The structure, links, typeface, font size and other properties of the text are defined in HTML and CSS, but the user isn't consciously made aware of that fact; they simply see content in the format it makes sense in, and can interact with it directly there.
Once it's selected, they simply drag the text itself to the location they want it (in this case, the desktop), and the user gets to see the text itself—still formatted—moving from where they're taking it (the browser window) to the exact spot they're putting it (on the desktop); no abstract flying document graphic necessary. When the user lets go, an image of a document is created in the spot they dropped the text, but this time the actual text the user dropped there is used to populate the icon itself (unlike the older Windows example, the file isn't visually "blank"). Double-clicking on the newly-created document shows another animation: a smooth transition from the document icon on the desktop to the same document open in a text editor, indicating that the text editor window and the icon on disk are conceptually the same thing (only zoomed in).
I know a lot of the other answers here have already made the claim that the main advantage of graphical interfaces are their discoverability—items are able to be designed with their affordances made clear. While I agree it's true that GUIs are inherently able to make the supported actions discoverable to the user, I don't agree that discoverability that can always be assumed to exist in graphical interfaces (you need only see the criticism that has sprung up around Windows 8's gesture-driven charms menu for an example of a GUI where actions aren't inherently apparent at all times).
To me, the biggest advantage graphical interfaces have over CLIs (for average computer users with more usual needs) is that concept of abstraction—of metaphor—that allows complex systems and processes to be boiled down into simple-to-execute interactions that can depend on higher-order thinking to remove the need for explicit descriptions altogether.
It is because 1) in humans, visual thinking and language-based thinking are separate (albeit linked) processes, and 2) a mediocre command line interface is much worse than a mediocre GUI.
A command line interface delivers no useful cues to the visual thinking brain areas, rendering half of our usual orientation ability useless. It works with language only. And that language is very weird when compared to normal human languages. It requires high precision, unlike the language communication we are hardwired for. And both the actions of the classic console (giving no useful cues what you are expected to do) and the reactions of the classic console (spitting out a cryptic message, doing nothing or doing the wrong thing when you do something wrong) are not very helpful for a typical human learning process.
So, humans starting to work with a console soon feel frustrated. Command line tools only remain popular with the people who 1) have a very high preference for the verbal channel and its focus on abstract thought and 2) are very good at the specific style of learning known as RTFM (which is the same style needed for learning abstract concepts such as maths, and mostly useless for physical skills such as playing soccer). The preference for this learning style has always been rare.
Note that when there is no need for the user to learn the correct language before they start experiencing some kind of success, the CLI is accepted by everybody. Google search is basically a CLI - but it is gentle. It never says "bad command or file name", and always delivers some results, even if they are worse than what you expected.
Beyond the learnability issue, the CLI is not generally worse than the GUI. The GUI is better for situations where spatial relationships in the information are important (e.g. photo manipulation), and the CLI is better for situation where conditional, temporal, causal and other abstract/logical relationships are important. There is a reason why all programming languages in wide use are word-based, despite lots of effort to develop graphic representations in the form of flow charts and the whole family of UML diagrams and then some more. It is just that this kind of information can be processed through verbal thinking much more successfully than through visual thinking.
But most applications are not extremely focused on manipulating either spatial or abstract relationships, and so we use interfaces which combine visual clues with words, like the traditional GUI which has labelled buttons.
Recognition vs Recall
The essence of the answer is in recognition vs recall. Most people will be attracted to GUIs because they are cognitively easier to use.
Command line interfaces force you to memorize and recall commands in order to do anything. Even to conjure up a help menu or a list of commands, you must know what to type.
GUIs, on the other hand, present options and only require that you visually scan around and recognize the command you want to execute. ("Oh, there it is. I want that option.")
Recognition is always easier than recall. (Think multiple choice tests vs test where you must write in the answer.)
Indeed, when GUIs are hard to use, it's often because the desired option is hidden or there are so many options in view that the person looking at the interface has trouble finding the option s/he wants.
It has to be familiar and easy for anyone to navigate. If it's confusing, and unfamiliar, it won't be user-friendly. It must also do what it is designed to do, and a person has to be able to do what it was made for without struggles.
To me, being user friendly means:
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Although I am not a parent, I am interning in social work. I am currently working with a student in an elementary school who does not speak. The parents have explained that she does speak at home (I also witnessed her speaking to her mother outside of the school), but she has not said a word since she began school in August. I work with her individually and in a group, and she still refrains from speaking in both settings. We wonder if the cause is anxiety because she's not speaking at school but she is at home. Have any of you experienced something similar with your children? What can we do as school staff to create an environment that is more comfortable/less anxiety-inducing for her?
I'm 13 and I'm the same way. It's a medical condition called 'Selective Mutism'. I've been to several people and even been put on medicine and it hasn't helped. But my parents and I are trying. We've recently learned not to pressure them to talk or little things like that. My teachers would give me a mini whiteboard to write my answer down or I would write it on a piece of paper. Try to ask her only yes or no questions like 'Is this what you want?'. Some SM (Selective Mute) people will not nod, make eye contact, write answers down,etc.. However some people including me WILL make eye contact, nod, and write their answers down. Try not to yell at her for not talking. It's hard (even for the student). I went to regular school from pre-K - 5th grade. I used to worry about what they all would think about me. I felt nervous (more nervous than most people do) standing in the lunch line, walking down the hall, in the front of the class, even outside with my friends. I talk at home - a lot. But I will not talk in public. It's not that we don't want to, it's that we can't make ourselves, no matter how hard we try. We often get panic attacks also. I am homeschooled now because I got kicked out of regular school because of my Selective Mutism. My mom just told them I was shy so after 4th and 5th without talking (to them) they said I couldn't come back so my mom blamed me. However she should have told them about my condition and they might have understood.
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As a speech language pathologist I have worked with several children with Elective or Selective Mutism. From my experience, early intervention results in the best outcome. At age 12, her patterns are now strongly engrained and makes a difficult communication problem even more challenging.
From her non verbal responses, a more thorough understanding of the quality of her communication at home is needed to help determine if there are other communication/learning factors that are impacting her skills.
Several children that I worked with would talk with siblings or close friends at school at least in a whisper. I began by grouping them together in a play environment (playground or in room with toys) while I sat nearby. I gradually and naturally over weeks added my brief attention or interaction to their activity. As acceptance increased, I began asking for their interaction first physically (such as giving me toys or complying with simple requests) and then advanced slowly but methodically to answering simple questions nonverbally. After the child was willing to verbally respond to me, another child was added to the group.
Each child is unique. My first child was in therapy for years before he ever talked with even his family, but finally progressed and graduated from school as a typical speaker. Other children made the transition to from non-speakers to appropriate school communicators in several months.
Developing age appropriate non verbal skills should be a primary focus even though the child does not speak. A very accepting, non-demanding and responsive environment is needed to support a child who chooses to not speak.
Kudos for your concern and acceptance of this child!
I am 13 and have selective mutism. when I am pressured into doing things that I do not want to do in school I freeze up and do not move. Other times I get incredibly angry but as I do not talk in school I end up getting over whelmed and 'freezing' or breaking down crying. kids with selective mutism do not like to seem different from others and may not like special measures being taken just for them if it draws attention. hope this helps
My four year-old daughter is like this, although I didn't realize there was a term for it until just now. Some things we have found to help:
Our 3.5 year old had exactly the same pattern recently develop. All of a sudden at day care he wouldn't say a word to anyone, but at pre-school, at play group, here at home, basically everywhere else he was "normal". A quick bit of fly on the wall observation showed he was being bullied outside the teacher's observation at day care and his reaction was to simply withdraw into his shell and not talk. That was the key to breaking that problem, figure out why and give him the tools to deal with it. (also a bit of education for the bullies helped I'm sure.)
You are right, the lack of speech in different social environments is due to anxiety. The high level of anxiety that a selectively mute child experiences causes them to be silent in many situations. It is best for the child to have a professional diagnosis of selective mutism and then see if there are any experienced professionals (in dealing with selective mutism) that can meet with members of the school to discuss methods to help ease the anxiety at school. That will be the first step in helping the child speak at school. It is a long process though, don't expect results right away.
I work with a 14 year old girl who has selective mutism. I've been spending a couple of hours every weekday with her for 5-6 months now and a couple of weeks ago she said "hey" to me, just the once, and that was the only time I'd ever heard her voice.
I highly doubt there's anything you can actively do to help her through this. The only thing you can do is to not pressure her or draw attention to her in a group situation in any way. The more you try to persuade her the less likely she will be to talk.
What is really important in the case of a child like this is to get a proper professional diagnosis of selective mutism and from there professional help, there are plenty of experts out there that can advise you/the school on the best way to approach this.
I know that in the case of the girl I work with, having me around has helped her, since she feels more comfortable doing things and participating (even if non-verbally) when she knows that I am there to take care of things if people make it awkward for her. It's a lot easier for her to communicate (not necessarily by talking) with one person than to do it in front of a group.
Can she communicate nonverbally? An important thing I found is that it's usually a bad idea to give her a choice. If I ask "do you want this or this?" I'm never going to get a response, but if I say "is this OK?" then sometimes I might get a nod.
My 5yo son has done this in many new environments, including the first preschool we put him in. In his preschool, he did not talk to any students or teachers for about 4 months. It was particularly bad because he was potty trained, but he wouldn't tell anybody he had to go to the bathroom, so he was regularly having accidents at school. Then, all of the sudden, one day he decided that he would start talking to everyone, teachers and students alike. When I went to pick him up from school the teachers were in shock because they had never heard a word out of him, then all the sudden they realized that he was actually quite an eloquent speaker for his age. I even heard another student telling her mom, "Mommy, guess what? He just learned how to talk today?"
It seems to mostly be a control thing for him. He is almost always shy to talk to new people, but has even gone through phases where he stopped talking to people he knew very well. For example, he went a few months without talking to my dad and my brother. Later on he said it was because they were tickling him once and they didn't stop when he asked them to. Another example is the fact that he knew how to talk before 1.5 years old, because he would say words here and there, but he generally would just grunt at everything until about 2.5 years old. Then, all of the sudden he decided to talk in complete sentences.
He is also very slow to try anything new in an unrecognized setting. For example, the first time we went to the beach when he was about 9-10 months old, he wouldn't crawl off of the beach blanket and touch the sand. He slowly started touching it with his toes, then reaching out with his hand, and after about 5 hours, when we were about to leave, he finally built up enough courage to start playing in the sand.
Some kids are generally shy or feel like they are in control when they aren't talking. I'm no expert in the area, but in our case, we just never make a big deal out of it. If he doesn't want to talk or doesn't want to try something new, we just say "OK, that's fine" and let it go. Sometimes he'll change his mind and decide to talk or participate, and sometimes he won't.
I think in general, the more comfortable you can make the situation for your student, the more receptive she'll be to opening up and talking. But I don't think you want to do anything that will bring direct group attention to her until she invites it.
If she's old enough to write, see if she'll write things down. Or perhaps, see if you can work out sign language signs with her at least for basic communication, like "I have to go to the bathroom", and "I'm thirsty".
The kid we are talking about may be just noticing the environment around her..... coming from home with (normally) none or one/two siblings and all the attention in the world from the parents. (I am not saying you guys don't pay attention at school, but school environment kind-of is for everybody.) This happens when any person goes to a new environment.... even adults are mostly shy initially at a new job, or at a party where they don't know many people.
Think from the child's perspective. Apart from some play-dates or family get-togethers, the child has not witnessed much social contact. And this is the first time.
I suggest you stay on with your good work, and like in the previous answer to this question, get her with you on certain things....like when you want to have some water, signal/suggest it to her too.
There is this free app on the App Store called "Text To Speech" and how it works is you type down what you want to say and the app will speak what you typed. It is extremely helpful at school for me, because I sometimes can't actually speak to people because my throat closes up. I recommend it, as she will be able to communicate without being forced to speak.
Asperger would explain it. The child is overwhelmed (schools are very busy places) and feels out of control, but is probably following everything and will start to talk sooner or later.
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Valus is roughly 70 feet (21M) tall.
While I don't have a direct answer to your question, I was able to find this comparison picture.
I imagine that if you could somehow come by the game's art book, from which that picture is taken, you'd have it at a higher quality.
Since I suspect your models won't be to scale, then a relative comparison might be sufficient in the stead of absolute measurements.
After following the link provided by Aubergine I found the de-facto number from the ICO team itself. 70 feet/21 meters tall. In the trivia section of http://teamico.wikia.com/wiki/Valus
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- Standard Accessories Battery Charger, Battery Pack,Stylus Pen, AV Cable, USB Cable, Hand Strap, CD-ROM
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- Continuous Shooting Mode Full-Resolution Image, 10 frames/sec Max. 15 imagesHigh-speed Burst Shooting: max. 60 frames/sec(recorded in 2.5M for 4:3, 3M for 3:2, 3.5M for 16:9, 2M for 1:1)
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- Slideshow Mode All / Picture Only / Video Only / 3D / GPS / Travel / Category / FavoritesBGM Effect (Natural / Slow / Swing / Urban / OFF)
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- Mode Dial / Mode Button Intelligent Auto, P, A, S, M, Custom, 3D Photo, SCN, My SCN 2, My SCN 1
- Still Picture Recording 4:3 4320x3240(14M) / 3648x2736(10M) / 3072x2304(7M) / 2560x1920(5M) / 2048X1536(3M) / 640X480(0.3M)
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- Weight(lbs) Approx. 197g without Battery and SD Memory Card (0.434 lb)Approx. 219g with Battery and SD Memory Card (0.482 lb)
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31 "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."
32 This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church.
The mystery is Christ and our mystical union to him. Hodge pretty much answers the question as simply as possible:
He himself is a great and unfathomable mystery:
To add to this mystery of Christ that somehow every believer is united into a single body in his flesh, is indeed a very great mystery that no man can either fully know or explain. That believers are literally in some mystical sense united to the person of Christ and thus died and risen in him to new life is central to Pauline theology (Col 2:6-15, Eph 3).
This 'mystery' or Christ, or the gospel, as Paul elsewhere refers to from various angles is to be taken as 'a long held divine secret only' now at last disclosed. Therefore even though this mystery is not referring to marriage directly yet that primary institution of human society is now seen as formerly declared in shadowy words at the beginning compared to our understanding in the gospel now. Under Pauline usage, nothing can be understood until the 'mystery of Christ' is put in the centre of our view. It is from this 'great mystery' and our mystical union to him, that Paul resolves all wisdom, meaning and explanation of all truth.
Eph. 5:32 reads as if Paul might be revealing one of the secretive Masonic mysteries. But, he simply compared marriage to the union of Christ and the church. He makes that plain by the next words: εγω δε λεγω εις χριστον και εις την εκκλησιαν:
Looking only at verse 32, it is pretty clear that the profound mystery involves Christ and his relationship with the church. However, looking at the broader passage (probably around 5:21-33) demonstrates that Paul is talking about more. This portion of Ephesians is one of the key passages on marriage relationships, and it is here that Paul explains the marriage relationship as a symbol of the relationship Christ has with his church (compare Revelation 21:9
To summarize the passage, Paul instructs wives to submit to their husbands as to the Lord (as all Christians submit to the Lord). He then instructs husbands to love their wives as Christ loved the church, by giving his life for her. And this is where we find 5:32.
It is a profound mystery that a man and woman can be members of each other's bodies. It is a profound mystery that two individuals can become one flesh. In mathematical terms it is like saying 1+1=1, which challenges everything we know and understand. Furthermore, there seems to be a supernatural bond between spouses; this passage tells why. The profound mystery of becoming one flesh and giving up our individual freedom and being supernaturally bound with our spouse highlights the profound mystery of becoming one with Christ and being supernaturally bound to him.
A quick note on the term mystery as used by Paul: it is something that was hidden but is now revealed in Christ.
"Thus he composed a more spiritual Gospel for the use of those who were being perfected. Nevertheless, he yet did not divulge the things not to be uttered, nor did he write down the hierophantic teaching of the Lord, but to the stories already written he added yet others and, moreover, brought in certain sayings of which he knew the interpretation would, as a mystagogue, lead the hearers into the innermost sanctuary of that truth hidden by seven veils."
One might find in the Letter of Clement of Alexandria on Secret Mark (earlychristianwritings.com as one source) further explication of points of contention surrounding the question of expansion of the notion of "one flesh" as extended to the entirety of the Church. I realize this isn't precisely an answer, but the true answer appears to be ineffable (incommunicable by words) by divine design!


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It's all about knowing that location refers to a specific position on the map (the degree of certainty of the location can vary enormously depending on the context, from a specific coordinate in the map (What's your location? 38° 41' 7.8351", longitude: -96° 30' 14.0625")) to an entire continent What's your location? Europe) while locality will almost always refer to a specific town, village or area.
In general terms location is to position as locality is to village/town/area.
They are usually not interchangeable but since location is more general than locality, locality could be replaced by location in the right context.
Besides, since localities refer to predefined areas, they usually have names.
There is no need to be so specific, you could also say:
Regarding locality:
If it was common for the operator to travel from village to village in a short period of time, village/locality would turn redundant and location could also be used.
Location indicates the exact location, a position of something and locality indicates a small area of a country, city etc.
Location is a place - a particular place, especially in relation to other areas - where something exists or happens.
A locality denotes the fact or condition of having a location in space or time.


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After upgrading to oneiric, Ubuntu appears to be unable to start dbus correctly, which virtually renders half the system unusable. The startup error seems to happen rather early in the bootstages - and I have not yet figured out where exactly, or even what actually causes it.
I've tried to run dbus manually (
sudo service dbus start), but no avail. I'm really not sure what could be done.
What are my options? Do I have to reinstall Ubuntu (my /home is not going to be affected, as it's a partion)?


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Is this graph transformation G_1 to G_2 efficiently computable?
- All vertices in G_1 are unique edges in G_2
- Adjacent vertices in G_1 are adjacent edges in G_2
The inverse transformation (edges to vertices) is trivial.
I can encode it as CSP, but I am not sure solving is tractable:
adjacent V1,V2 in G_1 to (V1',V1''), (V2',V2'') in G_2, must share a vertex, constraints: V1'=V2' / V1'=V2'' / V1''=V2' / V1''=V2'' and some disequations.
References, search terms will be apreciated. Thank you.