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Which hops do you guys find are the most citrusy? I'm looking to create a super-citrusy IPA, and have limited experience with most hops.
Here is a pretty useful chart of different types of hops and the flavors they tend to impart on beer.
Things change depending on year and growing location, as well as hop style, but this is a good general idea.
Per its name, Citra is also a good citrus-y variety. If you want to know what it adds, compare a Sierra Nevada pale ale (Cascade) to a Sierra Nevada Torpedo IPA (dry-hopped with Citra).
Cascade hops have a grapefruit aroma, and Amarillo, orange. Those are the stronngest citrussy hops I know of. I'd imagine you get most of the citrus flavour & aroma out of large amounts of late-boil, finishing, and dry hops.
Citra is more tropical fruit than citrusy. It's really reminiscent of passion fruit. To me, Cascade is grapefruity, Amarillo and Summit are tangerine, Simcoe and to a lesser extent Centennial are lemony.
I have used Amarillo in an IPA before and when it came to bottling my wife said, the whole appartment smelled like grapefruit.
Very much like the results from Willamette (along with Cascade).
I like Citra, Amarillo and Cascade for citrusy aromas.
Saaz hops is great for citrus. Many homebrewers never brew with Saaz... not sure why. Perhaps because it is traditionally a lager hop, or because it is slightly more expensive.
Bitter with Magnum, flavor/aroma addition with Saaz. I just brewed a 20L batch of Blonde Ale using a base of Pils malt, 1 lb rye, 1 lb corn sugar, Magnum bittering, Saaz for 30 mins. It is AWESOME... well received by craft beer drinking friends and the "Coors Light" people we all know.
Centennial and, to a lesser extent, Cascade are the classic American "Citrus" hops. Dry hopping with Centennial will give you a nice grapefruit hop punch.
I recently brewed a "Belgian" IPA where I used a combination of US Saaz, US Fuggles, and Mt. Hood, which managed to create a very nice citrusy flavor (Orange juice, actually). So don't forget that combinations of hops can produce new, unexpected flavors.
Amarillo, super galena and simcoe are the new varieties
In the American hops like those listed above (Cascade, Amarillo, Columbus, Citra, etc.) the citrus is mostly grapefruit (plus tropical fruits which aren't necessarily citrus).
Many people think the Japanese Sorachi Ace hop has a distinctly lemon aroma. I recently made a saison with it and it worked well with the esters produced by the yeast. Brooklyn Brewery also does a saison with heavy Sorachi Ace.
+1 on Simcoes. A buddy of mine did a Pliny clone with an 12oz hop bomb of simcoes in the bright tank (15 gallon batch) and the hop aroma was beautifully orange-y.
Why not take a simple grain bill (90% base, 10% caramel), clean yeast (WL California Ale) and split it into 2 or three batches, each with a single varietal and the same schedule (eg 60, 30, 10, 5, dry). I did a great split batch single-hop series like this with citras and amarillos...got a great feel for both of them and wound up with 4 cases of great APAs!
You can even do this by mashing to a higher-than-desired gravity, then diluting with water to a 6 gallon pre-boil volume (though hop additions/hitting the right IBU's can get tricky in this scenario, make sure you know how to finagle your brewing software).
I personally try to maximize my time-spent-brewing:beer-made ratio...great way to do this.
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A: Talk to the school counselor. Explain that you have tried to ask your daughter's teacher for assistance and not received any. The counselor will know about any tutoring services available in your community; many churches, public libraries, and recreation centers offer free or low-cost tutoring for children. The counselor may also know about any tutoring agencies or private tutors who work with children for a fee.
You may also want to check with the education department of a college or university near you, as they often have tutoring available through their students. Ask around in your neighborhood as well, as there may be a high school student near you who would be willing to work with your daughter on her math.
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Are there any cases when error 500 is acceptable to be returned? Or should we always try to handle all server-side exceptions and return another code with a user-friendly informative error message?
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No. If you ask a normal person (i.e. a non geek) they will most likely think that they have done something wrong. You should always try and be as user friendly as possible. Also the stack trace should never be visible in a production system as that is exactly what hackers are looking for.
One thing we used to do was in a test environment was to surface the stack trace in the HTML source as comments so the test automation can easily access it.
Also I have seen white text on white background to display the text in production, so you only needed to highlight the white section to see it, but this is a bad idea as most hackers will use their own client side source, not yours.
The wording of the question and the answers seem to miss a subtlety in what you're asking. To not break HTTP, you should always return as a 500. You never redirect to an error page (and give a 200 OK if something bad happened).
Now, whether or not you're bubbling up the stack trace, or just giving a simple "something bad happened" - that's another story. Web and app server trickery can be used to mask the specifics while still returning the proper HTTP status code. So the simple answer is yes return 500, but yes swallow the exception details before delivering the page to the end user.
In production, our web application shows a friendly message. While manual testing, we set a test flag that allows a stack trace to appear in the browser. When we are penetration testing or stress testing, we surface the HTTP 500.
Our applications display a user-friendly message to the user with an error code in brackets beside it to avoid the "Error hiding" design anti-pattern. In the particular case of a server timeout I use (500) beside the friendly text message that "There was a problem completing your request please try again later.", etc.. This is a friendly message to the user but also allows a technician to know what type of failure occurred if the user contacts us about it.


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Some WKU students will witness a piece of history next month at the presidential inauguration.
"All through the election, we've had students working on the democratic and republican sides, and we encourage that, because it really doesn't matter as long as you're involved in the process, so you can have a hand in determining your future," said WKU Dept. of Political Science Head Dr. Saundra Ardrey.
"I feel like everyone has to go at some point in life, just because it's a part of our history and our political process," said WKU Graduate Student Lindsey Ardrey.
While in D.C., students attend the inaugural parade, balls, and concerts, and they meet with U.S. senators and congressmen from Kentucky.
One student went to his first inauguration in 2008, and says it was especially memorable because of the historical significance.
"Different races coming together.... especially diversity. All the Hispanics and blacks got together. It seemed like it was a lot of minorities being the first African American President," said Chris Ardrey.
Another student also spent months campaigning, and will be making his first trip, even if it wasn't his candidate that won this time.
"Regardless of party affiliation, I think any time you have the opportunity to see an inauguration, I think it's pretty exciting, to be a part of democracy in action," said WKU Graduate Student Timothy Gilliam.
This isn't the department's first trip to capitol hill.
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Since then, the group has grown, and Ardrey hopes to take 50 people next month.
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An expensive 2001 release that clocks in at 224 minutes and a 2010 release timed at 4 hrs 23 mins that is much cheaper. But after an hour of searching the net, I cannot find any other diference between the two. I'm likley going to go with the longer cheaper version,,,unless I'm missing something??


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Does there exist Fuchsian groups, which is not conjugated in $SL(2, \mathbb{R})$ to a subgroup of $SL(2, \mathbb{Z})$, but still contains a congruence subgroup?
How about the normalizer of $\Gamma_0(N)$ in $PSL_2(\mathbb{R})$ for $N > 1$, which is the subgroup generated by $\Gamma_0(N)$ and $\begin{pmatrix} 0 & -1 \\ N & 0 \end{pmatrix}$?
(I wouldn't call these "non-congruence subgroups" as you do in your title: that technical term is usually parsed as "(non-congruence) subgroup". This isn't a subgroup of $PSL_2(\mathbb{Z})$ at all, but it certainly contains a principal congruence subgroup; perhaps we should call it a "congruence non-subgroup"?)


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How do you restore a mountain bog? Sweat, science, partners and perseverance.
How do you keep it restored? See above.
Mountain bogs are one of the Southern Appalachians' most critically endangered habitats, home to species found nowhere else, such as federally threatened bog turtles, state-protected montane purple pitcherplants and federally threatened swamp pinks, some of Georgia's rarest plants.
Only a small number of the hundreds of Blue Ridge wetlands in the state are candidates for bog-habitat restoration. Fewer than 15 sites – pinpointed by remote mapping and ground-truthing (i.e., checking what maps appear to show) – are being restored. Conservationists want that number increased.
The work involves not only clearing known mountain bog areas, but also evaluating other wetlands that may also be suitable for restoration. Genetic material from rare plants found at a very few intact sites is safeguarded at restored sites. Safeguarding of rare plants involves seed collection, propagation, outplanting the species at suitable sites and monitoring those outplantings. (Through safeguarding, the montane purple pitcherplant has grown in number from fewer than 20 surviving plants in the mid-1980s to more than a thousand at greenhouses and in the wild at five restored bogs.)
Although the woody plants removed in restoring bog habitats are native, removal is necessary to produce suitable conditions for the rare species to survive long-term. Wildlife biologist Thomas Floyd of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Nongame Conservation Section said species such as the montane purple pitcherplant and bog turtle require open, sunny habitats.
"As bog habitats become overgrown, pitcherplants no longer grow vigorously, flower or produce seed," Floyd said. "And without basking and nesting sites afforded by open habitat, bog turtles cannot successfully reproduce, and either seek more suitable wetlands elsewhere or simply dwindle in numbers over time."
Bog restoration also brings together a network of agencies, organizations and volunteers to complete what often turns out to be a multi-year ordeal. While agencies such as the DNR and the U.S. Forest Service start the overhaul of sites, much of the maintenance falls to partner-created organizations such as the Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance, whose members include the Atlanta Botanical Garden, State Botanical Garden of Georgia, DNR and Zoo Atlanta, to name a few.
Nongame Conservation Section botanist Mincy Moffett said the ideal long-term goal of habitat restoration is to bring the habitat back and then be able to "walk away."
But because of today's fragmented forests and the lack of natural disturbance (including the influence of beavers) that keeps woody vegetation at bay, "continued maintenance for these bogs is necessary and usually done by volunteers," Moffett said.
Through reliance on dedicated volunteers, all partner organizations save valuable resources, "allowing them to focus on the discovery and restoration of additional bog sites," he said.
As part of a DNR study started in 2007, scientists are using herbicide and prescribed fire to determine the most efficient way to control woody vegetation in bogs. One of three bogs studied was a hayfield only 30 years ago, having been converted to agricultural use years before. While not ideal habitat, a bog turtle population survived within the ditches of this former wetland. Then, the field became overgrown, making it increasingly less suitable for the turtles.
"As part of the eight-year study, the woody vegetation was removed in much of the habitat, giving resident bog turtles a better chance of long-term survival," Floyd said.
The initial observation of plots treated just two autumns ago shows promise for a new maintenance protocol that will save conservation manpower and dollars.
Mountain bog restoration is a high-priority conservation action in Georgia's State Wildlife Action Plan, a comprehensive strategy that guides DNR and DNR Wildlife Resources Division efforts to conserve biological diversity. The work is also a key part of the U.S. Forest Service's plans for stimulus money for critical habitat work.
"The stimulus money will help us speed up recovery of the bogs on (Chattahoochee) National Forest land by providing the funds necessary to complete the more labor-intensive shrub clearing activities associated with bog restoration," Forest Service wildlife biologist Mike Brod said.
While DNR is gearing up to complete the restoration experiment at the hay field-turned-bog, many other bog sites have a long way to go. This winter, prescribed fire treatments will be installed to test hypotheses and compare techniques.
Only time will tell if long-term bog restoration work will provide the critical habitat necessary for the rare species that depend on one of Georgia's rarest ecological systems. But there's no doubt that restoring this rare habitat across the landscape is a lofty goal.
At a glance
Mountain bogs are associated with seeps, springs or small creeks, and typically small – between a 10th of an acre to 5 acres. Each is unique, exhibiting slight differences in species composition, elevation and hydrology. Each also provides critical habitat for a variety of species found nowhere else.


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USAID/Kenya works through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic in close partnership with the Government of Kenya. The Plan, launched in 2003, represents one of the largest U.S. Government investments in HIV globally. Country ownership serves as a core principle of the work in Kenya, and the U.S. Government is redoubling efforts to build country systems for sustainable impact. Our health systems strengthening efforts underpin the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, ensuring it positively influences and aligns with Kenya's transition to a devolved healthcare system.
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USAID advances a family-centered approach for supporting orphans and vulnerable children. Several activities work towards meeting the health, economic, psychological and educational needs of these vulnerable populations. In 2012 USAID awarded three new grants to local Kenyan organizations to directly implement programs targeting orphans and vulnerable children. USAID supports local institutions and support service networks to identify needs, provide services, monitor the status of these children and advocate for their interests.
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A have found an alternative definition of independency for a given conditional probability $P(A|B)$, they are independent, iff all columns of the probability table are equal.
What does equal mean in this case? For instance
$$P(A|B) = \begin{pmatrix}0.3 & 0.7\\0.7 & 0.3\end{pmatrix}$$
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I'm chatting someone on my Droid, but when I check the chat history in Google Talk, that chat isn't there. This chat is confined to my phone, but I want to keep a record of it off my phone. Is it saved somewhere in the phone in a log file or something? Can I manually forward that chat to my desktop? I can't ctrl+a / ctrl+c the conversation to my e-mail account, so that's out. What else?
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Earlier this year the ECB froze its securities market programme (SMP), which, since its inception in 2010, has bought over €210bn worth of sovereign bonds. The responsibility of buying sovereign bonds from various eurozone countries, it said, would now shift to the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF) and European Stability Mechanism (ESM).
Despite the high level of interest rates in Spain and Italy, the ECB has not resumed its purchases of government bonds, and shows no enthusiasm for doing so. As mentioned, its official stance is that government bond purchases should be carried out by the EFSF/ESM.
However, many analysts (us included) believe the EFSF/ESM will not be able to react sufficiently – mainly due to its size but also the fact it lacks access to monetary creation, which the lender of last resort for governments must have.
To see the chain of events taking place, we only need look at the economic position of Spain, Italy, France and Portugal – which are all deteriorating. This reinforces the risk that investors will refuse to finance these countries, which will push interest rates to the point where there is a threat of default.
In these countries (obviously to different extents):
- the private sector continues to deleverage;
- the fiscal policy is and will be restrictive;
- there is a decline in real wages since labour's bargaining power is weakening;
- household demand is deteriorating, which leads to companies reducing their investment rate;
- sluggish activity is leading to job losses and preventing these countries from improving their public finances; and
- despite the decline in domestic demand in Italy, Spain and Portugal, there remains a substantial external deficit; in France, on the other hand, domestic demand has not started to fall yet, but the external deficit is rising.
The improvement in competitiveness due to the fall in wages (in Spain, Italy and Portugal, but not yet in France) is unable to improve foreign trade, either because the industrial sector is too small as a proportion of the whole economy (Spain, Portugal, France), or because this improvement is insufficient (Italy).
So there is clearly a downward spiralling risk. The crisis spreads from one country to the next via foreign trade and, since the external deficits are only partially being reduced, the crisis may be exacerbated by the rise in interest rates.
Therefore, we can see a continuous weakening of the economy. If the countries' economic situation deteriorates, it will be increasingly difficult to finance their debts. Investors will be concerned about the countries' situation and their solvency – in fiscal and external terms. Interest rates will rise further, and this means that countries and governments will be threatened with default.
Realistically, if this occurs the ECB will have to intervene because the officially planned solution (bond purchases by the EFSF/ESM) will not be sufficient. Given the size of the countries' debts, the need to buy bonds will exceed the capacity of a bond issuer such as the EFSF/ESM – especially in the event of a bond market crisis affecting several eurozone countries.
Given that the lender of last resort for governments must have access to monetary creation, the only institution capable of buying bonds at the volumes required will be the ECB.
We believe that at the end of this process the ECB will have to intervene via massive government bond purchases (similar to the action taken by Bank of England). This is legal, provided that it relates to purchases in the secondary market, irrespective of some countries' reservations.


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16 Oct 2012 3:24 PM #1
Button sensitivity issue on iPad, iOS 6
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- We have a fairly complex application running reasonably well on a variety of iOS & Android phones and pads. On upgrading to iOS 6 on our iPads we have a new issue. For periods of time all of our buttons require multiple presses before acting. Sometimes 5 or even 8 presses are needed. The buttons transition from normal to pressed to normal immediately, as though without a handler. By chance we stumbled on a workaround. When this happens we begin touching the screen with the lightest possible touch (we call it feather-touch) and the buttons respond perfectly every time, as does the app. A stylus has the same effect. Obviously the touch area is probably the primary result of the feather touch but our buttons are pretty big and were big enough before the iOS upgrade.
- None at this time. It comes and goes when we run our app but 10 minutes of usage is guaranteed to invoke a several minute occurrence. We wanted to get the feather-touch workaround out as quickly as possible in case anyone else was being frustrated by the issue. I don't think we see it on the example apps. We'll see if we can put together a case.
- Working buttons and app as before
- Button require many presses unless feather-touch is employed
- none at this time
16 Oct 2012 7:53 PM #2
Additional symptom
It seems we have another symptom that starts when the buttons are misbehaving. Touching a field in any form in the app causes the vertical scroll to appear on the right side of the form and the field to not be selected. It can take the same number of field touches as extra button touches, 5 or even more sometimes, to get the field to finally be selected. This only happens when the buttons have the issue. Finally, the workaround is the same. Use the feather-touch when the problem starts and the field is selected on the first touch every time.
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31 Oct 2012 7:25 AM #4
Follow up - native generation
Since no one else is reporting it I guess we have to conclude it is something unique to our app. The native app we are generating is much less affected by the problem. As that is the primary target I guess we're not going to try to extract a test case from our app at this time but we may come back to this later. Thanks.
29 Jan 2013 10:12 PM #5
I am having the same issue with IOS6. In IOS5 the application is working fine.
But in IOS6 i am facing touch sensitivity issue with buttons. some times i need to tap the button nearly 4 to 6 times to make it work.
It is a Hybrid application which is meant to be run on iPad.
4 Feb 2013 3:46 PM #6
Same here
Same problem here. In particular Sencha Touch 2.1.0 with itemTap and iPad 3rd gen on ios6.
I'm working around the issue by using ItemTouchStart but it ain't pretty.
I am seeing similar issues with normal buttons, in particular the navigationview back button.
Buttons don't expose the TouchStart events though so some more invasive surgery will be needed.
iOS simulators and iphone do not seem to show the problem.
7 Mar 2013 7:27 AM #7
I'm currently also looking for a workaround for issues like this, a way to increase the button sensitivity.
This is a major performance issue, because it gives the impression that the app is unresponsive or very slow. I've seen lots of users pressing harder on the screen, making it even less likely for the button-handler to be called.
NavigationView back buttons are very insensitive, and tabBars with icons docked to the Top too (you really have to press the center).
7 Mar 2013 10:55 AM #8
Some mitigation
Something needs to be done to make Sencha Touch more resilient to 'Sloppy Tappers'.
I can be mitigated somewhat by doing this (courtesy of the Touch devs) :
Ext.application({ ... eventPublishers: { touchGesture: { moveThrottle: 5 } }, ...
There is indeed still a different 'feel' to a Sencha Touch app vs a native solution.
There is a button implementation out there that fixes it for buttons that you can control but it's not a real solution. This also affects embedded buttons like the navigation view back button, dataview and list item tap and things like the tap-to-focus textfields in forms so the fix has to go into the framework.
I would really like Sencha to make this a top priority because it's very visible and it may be a deal breaker for many.
16 Mar 2013 2:50 AM #9
+1 on this. It needs to be looked into, especially with the advent of iPad minis.I blog about Sencha Touch at www.senchatouchdev.com
18 Mar 2013 6:27 PM #10
+1 on this. This problem is getting worst as the displays are retina since each pixel on screen is very small, and it's very hard to tap perfectly. The moveThrottle only temporarily fix the issue but it makes the sliding a bit choppy - makes people to think the app is not responsive either.


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tmux I need to pass a valid terminal type. Since I am scripting the initial startup of
tmux I would like to cover all bases by figuring out the valid values of
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tmux and which order, including a possible 16 color fallback, should I prefer?
This is mainly for Linux systems, but I presume the approach would be similar on most other unixoids.


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One of the biggest advancements in music in the 20th century was the development of MIDI. First appearing in the early 1980s, the MIDI standard is as popular as ever today thanks to its ability to store music recordings in a way that allows them to be edited, remixed and re-mastered limitlessly. Working with MIDI can be entirely digital, but to take full advantage of it in the most intuitive way possible, you'll want to gear up with the controllers, utilities and interfaces that let you take physical control of the sounds. MIDI controllers are some of the most important pieces of equipment in a modern recording studio. In order to allow the most natural-feeling control for any style of play, they come in a number of different types.
For DJing or controlling special effects, a pad controller is a great choice. For playing a wide variety of instruments, especially digital piano, a keyboard controller is the right tool for the job, be it live or in the studio. You can also pair the keyboard with a pedal controller for an authentic digital organ. There are even wind controllers for saxophonists and other woodwind players, which enable you to accurately replicate breath and embouchure techniques that a keyboard can't capture. You can use any of those MIDI controllers with a hardware sound unit—but if you're using software solutions instead, you will also need an interface. MIDI interfaces allow you to connect controllers directly to your devices. There are even iOS interfaces which, together with a MIDI app, can turn your iPad or iPhone into a pocket-sized portable recording studio. In addition to hardware and software interfaces, available alongside them are an assortment of routing boxes for wiring and managing even the most complex MIDI device configurations.
No matter how simple or how complex your MIDI setup needs to be, you'll find the controllers, utilities and interfaces that you need to get it up and running. Whether that means full-sized studio components or compact portable devices to take to live shows, it just comes down to choosing the hardware that best suits your needs.
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NEW YORK � Carmelo Anthony returned from a two-game absence with 34 points against his former team, and the New York Knicks beat the Denver Nuggets 112-106 on Sunday night to remain the NBA�s lone unbeaten team at home.
Back in the starting lineup after missing two games with a cut on the middle finger of his left hand that required stitches, Anthony twice made baskets in the final 2:08 after Denver had pulled within four points.
�I don�t have no hard feelings toward Denver. It was just one of them games that no matter how many runs we went on, they just wasn�t going anywhere,� Anthony said.
�It was just a matter of us and me not wanting to lose on our home court, protecting our home court. That�s something that we always said and we believed in. So there came a point in time in that fourth quarter where it was called upon me to step up.�
Jason Kidd scored 17 points for the Knicks, who bounced back from their worst offensive performance of the season a night earlier in Chicago and improved to 8-0 at Madison Square Garden. Tyson Chandler and J.R. Smith each had 15 points.
Ty Lawson had 23 points, and Danilo Gallinari had 21 points and nine rebounds against the team that drafted him and later dealt him in the package for Anthony in February 2011.
Anthony decided to play after working out before the game, shooting 10 of 24 while adjusting to playing with the finger covered. He beat the Nuggets for the first time after the Knicks dropped a double-overtime game here last season.
Corey Brewer made the first two baskets of the fourth to give Denver an 88-80 lead, but the Knicks came right back with consecutive 3-pointers by Steve Novak and a dunk by Chandler to tie it. Ronnie Brewer scored the next four points to make it a 12-0 run, and after a basket by Kenneth Faried, Anthony made a jumper and a 3-pointer as the Knicks opened a 97-90 advantage.
Denver from there could get it down as close as four, Anthony nailing a jumper on one occasion and driving into the lane for another to keep the Nuggets away.
Anthony spent the first 7� years of his career with the Nuggets, telling them in the 2010 offseason he wanted out. He and coach George Karl clashed at times during their time together, but Karl predicted their relationship would be fine someday and said he hasn�t backed away from his belief that Anthony eventually will get to the top of basketball.
�I�ve said that I feel Melo�s going to win a championship someday,� Karl said. �He�s going to figure out that scoreboard numbers and stat sheets aren�t important. It�s the team scoreboard and intangibles of the game that make winners champions.�
The Knicks gave up more than they wanted to in order to get Anthony, and the Nuggets had better balance and more success afterward. Now the Knicks seem to have found the system and personnel that fit best around Anthony, and Karl said the trade was a win-win.
�They wanted to get back to the top of the mountain and they took a chance on going out and getting one of the top 10 players in basketball. It didn�t work for a while but it looks like it�s working now,� Karl said.
Anthony was only 1 of 6 in the first quarter, and the Nuggets hit 11 of 19 shots, yet Denver�s lead was only 25-23. The offenses got untracked in the second, with New York outscoring Denver 38-33 to take a 61-58 lead at the break. Anthony scored 11 points in the period when the Knicks made 16 of 17 free throws.
�(Sunday) we let one player get hot, Melo, and once he started hitting, he was unstoppable,� Faried said.
The offense wasn�t quite fixed after New York was held to 85 points and 32.1 percent shooting in an eight-point loss at Chicago on Saturday. Raymond Felton was 4 for 15 a night after a 9-for-30 night, and Smith was just 5 of 19, leaving the Nuggets feeling as if they let one get away.
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I once read about a mortar that starts as a powder I could put in between my flagstones, and then just wet it down and it would harden in place.
Do you know what this product is?
First of all, a caveat:
From http://www.pavingexpert.com/pointing.htm#dry
A basic dry mix is 4:1 sand to cement. That's by volume, not weight. I'd try to find a fine sand, and preferably sharp cornered.
You may be able to find a premix at your patio/garden center.
The problem here is that all cement compounds require a significant amount of water to cure, and your joints will need water from the bottom as well as the top. You might be better off using a wet mix and just taking the time to apply it carefully.
No special mix is required. It is a technique called dry grouting.
To use this the surface MUST be dry and done during a sunny day.
You must realise though that this is rarely used because the outcome is not very pretty, using stains in the mix can cause stains on your flagstones too and is really only used straight after your flagstones are put down or there is enough ground moisture to help the mix set.
I have used Polymeric Sand in this way.
For pavers, you sweep it into the joints, wet it and it hardens in place.
This has worked well to prevent weed growth and washout from water, but it does not obstruct ants from tunneling. They seem just as capable of prying this glue/sand apart as regular sand.


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Some macro lenses have a really nice focal length that would make them a nice prime-telephoto lens, but are there any downsides of using a macro lens when shooting distant subjects (besides the lack of zooming)?
Most prime macro lenses are suitable for distant subjects. However, there are some exceptions:
Macro lenses are made to be comfortable for precise manual focusing (because that's how macro is mostly done), so their large focusing range is spread over almost a full turn of focusing ring. This implies that auto-focus can be a bit slow, especially if there's no focus range limit switch and the lens goes hunting through the whole range. Prefocusing to an approximate distance might help you here in many cases.
Another disadvantage in using macro lenses compared to a regular primes lens is their moderate maximum aperture for a prime of similar focal length (especially ones preferred for low-light, fast action or portraiture), usually in range of f/2.8 to f/4.5 - for macro, more would be overkill. Tamron 60mm f/2.0 is a surprising exception here; unfortunately 60mm has to be so close to subject it will scare away living critters, also lighting becomes challenging; so it has somewhat limited use in macro world.
The smaller aperture means less flexibility in getting thin depth of field. But small maximum aperture means the aperture for maximum sharpness is even slower (typically by a stop or two), meaning you have to take harder compromises between sharpness and background separation by DOF.
That said, an f/2.8 macro lens is still on par with professional zooms aperture-wise.
No disadvantage, macro lenses generally make good portrait lenses, especially if they're fast. A macro lens only differs from a standard lens in that they can focus at a closer distance.
Yes, yes, yes, and yes. Macro just means that the lens has a very short minimum focusing distance and can reproduce an image with a 1:1 ratio at a certain focusing distance range. Outside of that, a macro lens can perform just fine as a regular lens that doesn't have macro capabilities. I love taking portrait pictures using my 85 mm f/3.5 macro Nikon lens.
Nikkor's 105mm f2.8 is commonly used as a portrait lens.
As I searched more info about macro lenses - especially Tamron AF 90 mm f/2.8 SP Di Macro, I read a lot of reviews and the guys at Lenstip say "Lenses of the focal lengths ranged 85-105 mm are ideal portrait instruments often used in macro photography." - similar opinions were also in other reviews.
It is better to use a macro lens as a tele-prime than the other way around, if you don't need a larger aperture than the macro lens provides or super fast AF. The difference is in the optical and mechanical construction.
Optically, the macro lens should be made to give flat field focus plane, while the prime is curved (by equal distance from point to lens). The macro lens is also constructed with floating elements to correct for spherical aberration, distortion, and preserve sharpness as you focus closer and closer, whereas normal lenses might be made very simple moving the entire set glass elements back and forth (premium glass does have floating elements as well), and if you use them with extension tubes you are focusing by moving as all further away, and thus increasing the projection of the image on your sensor, leaving no control to fix any aberrations, distortion, or blur, i.e. magnifying these optical issues.
Mechanically, the drawback of the macro lens used as a prime is its strength when used for macro: It is more for precise manual focus, which means you change focus slightly with a big movement, instead of having the entire focus range on a short distance. Good for manual focus, bad for AF chasing distant and close subjects dynamically.
Is there a drawback in using the flat field sharp macro lens instead of a prime? Well, if your prime option is a F1.2-1.8 and your macro option is F2.8 and you won't get good background separation, then it is. F2.8 at 20cm distance is really narrow but not so much at 2m. Also for portraits if may not be flattering to see the skin too sharp, so a soft prime with a glow wide open might look better.


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Dear NN5/L users,
Do you think the size of NN5/L optimal? Do you think it is on the heavy side? In the design stage, I aimed for max compatibility and opted for a size that would work for almost all popular lens and cameras. Do you think the size can be reduced a bit to optimize use of wide angle lens only? I am not saying I can do anything for the current design. But your feedbacks will help me design the future NNs.
thx a lot
BTW, a shorter lower rail for NN5/L is coming soon. It will work best for cameras without battery grip.


text: Since Andy Rooney's final "Here's what I hate this week!" 60 Minutes segment aired last night, fans of the curmudgeonly old coot must look elsewhere (e.g. Curb Your Enthusiasm) for grouchy inspiration. Or they could just watch this clip of Bill O'Reilly telling a story tonight about the time he found himself in an elevator with Rooney, who he'd never met, and whose first words to him were, "You'll never make it." Because obviously.


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The 98th-annual Thanksgiving Day service will be held at First Church of Christ, Scientist, Steubenville, at 10:30 a.m. Thursday.
The one-hour service will include music; thanksgiving-related readings from the Bible and the Christian Science textbook; and the president of the United States' annual Thanksgiving proclamation.
The service also will include a time for those in attendance to share their expressions of gratitude for God's goodness, grace, abundance and protection. No collection will be taken.
The church is located at 600 Lovers Lane, Steubenville. Juice, hot drinks and doughnuts will be available before the service.
In Thanksgiving for God's guidance and protection during the rebuilding of the wall around Jerusalem, people were invited to the dedication of the wall, as the gates were being hung upon the hinges, and the people sang and gave thanks (Nehemiah 12).
"The psalmists tell us to enter into his gates with thanksgiving and to sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving (Psalms 100, 147). Years later, Paul, in so many words, reminds us that it's God's riches and bounty being poured upon us that causes thanksgiving (II Cor. 9). Today, evidence is mounting, suggesting genuine expressions of thanksgiving and gratitude still have the power to heal and transform lives, just as they did in Old and New Testaments days," a spokesman said.
Wells Township Community
The Brilliant United Presbyterian Church, 200 Main St., Brilliant, will be the host congregation for the annual Wells Township Community Thanksgiving service set for 7 p.m. Sunday.
The annual service is jointly hosted by three of the Brilliant congregations - Brilliant First United Methodist Church, the First United Presbyterian Church and Brilliant Christian Church.
Sunday's service, which is open to the public, will feature music by First United Presbyterian and a message by Pastor Marc R. Tinstman of Brilliant Christian Church to the theme "Thanksgiving at Christmas."
Also participating will be Pastor Bob Carson of First United Methodist and lay persons from the Presbyterian congregation.
A love offering will be received with proceeds shared between area outreach ministries.
St. Thomas Episcopal
St. Thomas Episcopal Church on Three Springs Drive, Weirton, will hold a Thanksgiving service at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Everyone is invited.
Unionport United Methodist Church
A Thanksgiving service will be held at the Unionport United Methodist Church on Sunday at 6 p.m. Pastor Chuck Mehl will deliver the message. The public is invited to attend.
Harmony United Methodist Church
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26 Jul 2008 8:02 AM #1
Debugging Loaded JavaScript
I am using el.load to load a file. In that there is JavaScript. Firebug can't debug the loaded JavaScript. I am betting someone else has had to deal with this problem. Does anyone have a workaround?
28 Jul 2008 8:16 AM #2
FF3 + firebug 1.2 deals with dynamically loaded scripts much better than the earlier versions so you might try upgrading.


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Are there any hechshers that certify food as kosher for B'nei Noach? Or any restaurants that offer such food? If not, how do observant B'nei Noach ensure that the meat that they eat was definitely not taken from a living animal? Presumably eating only meat that is kosher for b'nei Yisrael would be one way to do this; is such practice common among Noachides?
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The Noachide community does not seem to be large enough to support "kashrus agencies" or even institutions such as restaurants. Perhaps there are some that I have not heard of (particularly the possibility of a restaurant owner who intentionally observes the relevant laws) but it doesn't seem to exist as such.
Regarding the broader issue I will recycle my answer from http://judaism.stackexchange.com/a/21964/899 which I believe has a great deal of overlap:
This is a great question that highlights the differences between the halachah for a ben Noach and the halachah for Am Yisrael.
I think that it is worthwhile to ask this question l'maaseh to a posek who has some familiarity with the laws for the bnei Noach but...
While it might seem that it is safest to purchase kosher meat to avoid any issue of ever min haChai (the prohibition against eating a limb from a living animal, the "kashrus" issue for B'nei Noach), it is not clear that this is automatically the case. According to some authorities although a Jew is permitted to eat meat taken subsequent to the two simanim (signs) of shechita (slaughter) being severed, while it remains prohibited to a ben Noach as long as the animal moves (Rambam in the Mishneh Torah, Hilchos Melachim 9:12,13, the footnote in the Moznaim English translation explains that the Rashba and others rule that a non-Jew is not liable in the circumstance where a Jew isn't based on Hullin 121b).
Practically however, State and Federal laws in the United States regarding slaughter would prevent commercially produced meat from being taken while an animal is still alive. Although I'm not sure we can apply concepts such as Rov [majority] or Chazakah [presumption] in the framework of the Sheva Mitzvos B'nei Noach, nevertheless it seems to me reasonable that one can rely on the government in this situation insofar as they are effectively exercising their obligation to set up "court" which prevent taking an "ever min haChai". As such it would seem permissible for a B'nei Noach to purchase pork sold commercially in the stores. Furthermore the Rambam rules (ibid 10:1) that with the exception of murder a non-Jew is not liable for an inadvertent transgression (b'shogaig).
With regard to shellfish it would not seem to be a concern because it is not clear that the prohibition applies to fish at all. The Rambam understands the prohibition as not applying to poultry/fowl (ibid 9:11). Though the Rava'ad (see Moznaim ibid) disagrees, he exempts a sheretz (creeping creature), and it is would seem seafood is just out of the equation. Additionally shellfish are often sold live, whole, or effectively whole/clearly "slaughtered". If there is reason to be concerned about ever min haChai regarding seafood it shouldn't be difficult obtaining seafood whose suitability is evident.
There are certain foods likely to be taken from live animals and most others would not be. So for example, I'd trust that most chicken or beef available on the market is not eiver min hachai. But snow crab legs are apparently often taken from live snow crabs. So if the ben noach knows what foods are likely to be problematic, they can avoid those or devote extra caution when eating those things.
Regarding cattle and swine, the common practice for slaughtering and butchering animals involves 1. stunning the animal 2. bleeding the animal and 3. butchering (removing the limbs) of the animal. Bleeding is the process of slitting the throat and allowing as much blood as possible to drain out. So for these animals, biological death, that is death that is kosher for Noahides, has a high likelihood of having taken place before the limbs were removed. Chickens are normally bled as well before slaughter, so again, there is likely no problem. The reason for the bleeding is simple. It reduces mess/cleanup when butchering the animal. Eiver min hachai only applies to domestic and wild land mammals and birds. It does not apply to fish, reptiles, insects, crustaceans such as shrimp and lobster or even sea mammals such as whales and dolphins. So, for example, removing the limb of a lobster while alive does not fall under eiver min hachai. That being said, a Ben Noach is also prohibited from practicing tza'ar ba'ali chaiyim, that is, cruelty to animals. And this prohibition may apply in this type of case.


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I have a mate's 5th generation iPod 30gb from 2005. It kept popping up saying "check for errors" on my Windows 7 so I finally ran the check. I then loaded it up in iTunes, but it froze and I shut it down. Now it's not showing up in iTunes at all! It shows up in Windows but not iTunes, any ideas? I've got all the most up to date software. Did all the error checks, service checks, emptied temp folder etc and still no luck.
I found the following answer and it has worked!
In brief, the solution is to:
Have you tried to 'Restore' the iPod? iTunes will reset your iPod completely and restore you iPod software as he was new. You'll lose all your music and data, but there is a good chance you'll be able to use the iPod again.


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Recommendations for over ear headphones for a fat skull?
I have ear buds for when I need them, but want some over ear headphones that will last me a while. I'm not abusive to my electronics but would prefer to not buy garbage.
My skull size is of concern, it's not freakish large, but my pro-fit hats are in the 7-3/4 to 8 range and no "one size fits all" head gear ever fits. Ever.
I'd like to stay under $50 but that is not an absolute. Currently, I've been eyeballing 2 sets:
Sony MDR-XB500 40mm XB http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001RB24S2/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
Skullcandy SCS-SCBP3.5 Skullcrushers http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000OYFOVM/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
My range of music is truly diverse so I'd like the headphones to be good for it all, from heavy bass electronic music to good old rock and all the way to classical music.
My devices are a classic iPod, Sansa Fuze, and my EVO4G, with the phone becoming my primary source. I've yet to load an EQ on it, but probably will now.
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try these. I've had a pair for about 10 years and theyre holding up well, good sound.
I present to you the Headphone Guide
Note, this doesn't necessarily help resolve your problem, but it is probably the best headphone guide I've seen over the years, and gives you good suggestions on what to buy and what not to buy.
@vinithehat: Hmmm, I saw those, any idea what the difference is between the MDR-V6 and the MDR-v600?
@holymythos: that is quite the list. Reviewing it now, I guess I need to make sure to get a closed back? So when I'm on a flight the people next to me don't hear everything? (the Grado's all look open)
@spikedknight: the v6 has a voice coil. from what i understand speakers with a voice coil are more efficient somehow?? I would likely go with the v6. wth, right?
Those headphones are the best I've found for my big freakin head. I broke an entire ear piece off two different sets within 2 years, but I use them every day all day during work and also I'm bad with things.
My new Sennheisers have better sound, but they're tight enough that they're pushing my glasses into my head and hurting, but lo, I am weak.
@agingdragqueen: I've seen a lot of Sennheiser reviews regarding tighter fit, so alas, I am staying away from them.
Also looking at some Shure SRH440's with great reviews:
There will be many hours of research I can see before I pull the trigger.
i'm kinda bias and dumb when it comes to ear phones and sound quality and all that technical stuff, but one thing is to compare warranties.
I know skullcandy's come with a lifetime warranty and at the rate i used to go through headphones that was something i considered when i decided i wanted to spend a decent amount on headphones. I have a pair of icon soft's that i love.
@angelbabi523: True true.
I'm a mechanically minded person and the warranties are always good to keep in mind, and that is also why I like some of the slightly more expensive models that have piece replacement (such as the cord and ear pads).
But you make a very good point
Steel Series has some great headphones/headsets for just about every size and shape. I am smitten with my Siberia Neckband. http://steelseries.com/products/audio
@mikeymet: Interesting, but a tad unusual too.
Speaking of, this deal just popped up, may be worth it for me to try a refurb one to see if I can deal with the back of the neck style (and gaming mic...)


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WACO (February 6, 2013)--It's a popular, yet violent sport you see on television or pay-per-view and mixed martial arts isn't just growing on adults, but on children too.
GymX in Waco is even offering classes to children between the ages of 5 and 12.
Jake Brennan, an MMA fighter, is an instructor for the class.
"Many people think right away it's like cock fighting, you know putting them in a cage," Brennan said.
"However, I'm going to have to disagree."
Many associate the sport of MMA with a steel cage, two fighters, three five minute rounds, and a winner resulting by TKO or submission.
Yet, Brennan says the sport of MMA teaches kids a variety of life lessons.
"There's such a problem with kids being bullied these days. MMA gives them that boost of confidence to know they're alright walking around school," Brennan said.
Some parents might see teaching self-defense in a ring or a cage as brutal, but Brennan says they teach "attacking" as the last option.
"This stuff is not to be used on a playground. You use it when you need to use it," Brennan said.
And parents, like Chastidy Garcia who have kids in the class, are ok with that.
"I was worried my son would use his MMA at school against kids," Garcia said.
"But I come to find out he knows the right and wrong places to use it, and school isn't one of them."
The MMA class for kids at GymX has classes 4 days a week.
According to Brennan, class attendance can range from 7 to 20 kids a night.
Many could make the argument that children see enough violence in this day and age as it is.
But Brennan says MMA teaches kids the discipline of knowing what's right and what's wrong.


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Diagnosis: an exhaustive review of field options mostly focused on T.b. gambiense infections
Chapter 6, African Trypanosomiasis
Parasitic diseases. Apple Trees Production L.L.C. NY pp:32-38.
Despommier, Gwadz, Hotez, Knirsch.
Disease: an excellent overview of African trypanosomiasis including both T.b. gambiense and T.b. rhodesiense with a section on vector control.
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Dear Editor, The following is warning to all cell phone users. 1. A cell phone was placed on the trunk of a car during fueling; it rang and the ensuing fire destroyed the car and the gasoline pump....
Agreed. This cannot happen. The smoking thing yes, the cell phone thing no. That myth was busted a while ago.
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Can you say MYTHBUSTERS?? Better yet, watch the show. They proved a LONG time again this will not happen.
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5 Reasons The Future Will Be Ruled By B.S.
#2. The Future Will Turn Us All Into Lars Ulrich
I picked the example with the ebooks earlier for a reason. As I mention every chance I get, I have a book on store shelves, a novel about monsters and dongs. It's in paperback now at the reasonable price of $10 or so. It took me five years to write it. But let's face it: If you want a digital copy of it for free, you can get it. The scarcity that would require you to pay money is purely a product of our collective imagination. John Dies at the End is 350 pages of FARTS.
Also, the binding glue causes leukemia.
This is the basis of that huge fight between Amazon.com and the largest book publisher about ebook prices. Nobody knows what to charge. We just kind of have to arbitrarily decide, because after the first copy, it costs nothing to make them.
Meanwhile me, my family, the bank what owns my mortgage and car loan, the IRS, the grocery store where I buy my food, all are hoping the same thing -- that you won't notice that free copies of my book are floating all around you. Soon, the whole world will be nursing the same hope.
That's what ACTA is about. This massive worldwide treaty would bring the hammer down on anyone violating intellectual property laws. Everyone on the Internet hates it because we know it 1) would have to be incredibly invasive, to the point of basically peering into everyone's hard drive at any moment for signs of contraband, and 2) is futile. It's a leaking ship trying to stay afloat by threatening the ocean with its cannons.
"Avast, ye big blue cockbite!"
And for what? To protect the profits of huge corporations and record labels and freaking Activision? So Metallica's irritating anti-piracy crusader Lars Ulrich can buy a plane made of platinum instead of gold? So some hack writer can buy a monkey and train him to ride a tiny motorcycle? Fuck you!
But remember the dog and the fence. The world has changed. For everyone. I'm in the same boat as Lars Ulrich. But so are you.
Here's hoping one of us brought Febreze.
Lars makes money selling his music. You make money selling your labor. At some point down the line, like his music, your skill as a human being can and will be converted to an electronic format for a fraction of the cost, rendering your skill worthless.
Work at a GameStop or some other video game store at the mall? The next consoles will download their games directly, no store needed. Work at a video store? Same thing -- Blu-ray is probably the last physical media we'll ever see. Work as a cashier? Forget self-checkout lanes taking your job -- soon they'll have RFID systems where customers can pile groceries into a cart and wheel it out the door, and sensors will bill their debit card on the fly. Work at Starbucks? What are you doing that a machine couldn't do? Work for the post office? You're just a human spambot at this point -- more than half of all mail is now unwanted junk that goes directly into the trash, because in a world with email, direct mailers are the only profitable customers the Postal Service has left.
That bag is where he keeps his vodka and spare shame.
Note that I'm intentionally listing service jobs here, because almost none of you work in manufacturing. Those jobs have already been outsourced, often to robots.
Thanks to technology, much of the labor is about to become to employers what Internet porn is to you now. Post-scarcity. And it gives them just as much of an erection.
So hate ACTA all you want, along with the MPAA and the RIAA. But you, like them, are getting paid in FARTS.
#1. Only Bullshit Will Save Civilization
And so, here we are. We're celebrating that we don't need to pay greedy corporations because technology means we can get more and more of what we want for free, but at the same time, we're moving toward an era when corporations won't need to pay us. Both of us are hoping that in the future people will, for no tangible reason, simply choose to pay. If you work at Gamestop, both you and corporate are hoping for the same thing: that people will just 1) arbitrarily choose to pay for their games, and 2) choose to get them from a human.
Due to... nostalgia, I guess?
And no, don't give me that old line about, "If you do good work, society will always be happy to pay for it!" I live on the Internet. I've seen how that works. I've seen too many of my favorite websites go under because they were so popular that the traffic crashed the server, but PayPal fundraising drives brought in nothing but the sound of crickets. If people got paid according to the inherent value of their work as measured by the satisfaction of the consumers, Achewood wouldn't have to beg for donations.
No, a "pay what you choose" system eventually becomes charity, and we humans only hand out charity when we're in certain moods, or have extra money. It's no substitute for commerce.
You have time for either art or panhandling. Not both.
But I'm not just talking about a paycheck here. Human society only exists because we need the things other humans produce. Mutual need is what made us gather and share resources and form the first villages. We need things, and we need other people to need the things we make so they'll be willing to give us the things we need. It's a cycle that has been running for thousands of years, and it's about to stop.
And so, to save society, we're going to have to rely on our old friend, the invisible force that has saved humanity again and again. It's a little thing I like to call bullshit.
Bullshit is the next growth industry. People who deal in it are going to be more valuable than surgeons -- yes, the same people who convinced us that bottled water comes from an enchanted mountain spring and made uneducated mothers believe that contaminated baby formula was a life-giving health potion. Only they can save us.
As civilization advances, these heroic protectors of FARTS will build a culture where we will pay for things we can get for nothing, based purely on a vague superstition that it makes us better people. You know, the way an Apple logo will hypnotize people into paying twice as much for a product when cheaper alternatives litter the landscape.
And if someday we do perfect cold-fusion reactors or nanotech manufacturing and everyone has 100 GB/second Wi-Fi connections downloading data into a computerized contact lens, the bullshitters will be the guardians of the Old Way, convincing you that you shouldn't use those shoes that your replicator spits out for three cents a pair. You need to buy their shoes, for $80. Because they're handmade.
Maybe they'll build the concept of "paying just to be paying" into a new morality. Or a new religion -- one based entirely around FARTS.
Well, unless we figure out something else.
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A Passable Earnings Season Can't Dissuade Investors, Who Have Few Other Options
A so-so first-quarter earnings season hasn't dented investors' enthusiasm for stocks.
Profit at large U.S. companies modestly exceeded Wall Street analysts' expectations, while revenue was weak and many companies ratcheted down growth projections.
But stock prices have been rising, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 16% for the year and 4.2% since earnings season began April 8 with a mixed report from aluminum company Alcoa Inc. AA -0.56 %
The developments have added up to a rise in stock-market valuations. The price/earnings ratio on the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index now stands at 14.5, its highest level since 2010.
Stock-rally skeptics said that spells trouble. They contend soft U.S. economic growth and expanding P/E multiples can't coexist forever. Economists predict U.S. gross domestic product will expand at a slower rate in the second quarter than the first, when it increased at a 2.5% annual rate. Government spending cuts known as the sequester came into effect March 1. The Labor Department said Thursday that initial jobless claims increased by 32,000 to a seasonally adjusted 360,000 in the week ended May 11, the largest one-week gain since November.
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But many market watchers emphasize there are few other options available for investors. With the Federal Reserve committed to buying $85 billion a month in bonds for the foreseeable future, pushing down interest rates and reducing the income investors can make on assets perceived as safe like Treasurys, many will likely continue pushing into stocks, betting that the economy will continue to improve. "Revenue is not good," said Adam Parker, chief U.S. equity strategist with Morgan Stanley. MS -0.45 % "But people are giving companies a hall pass for that, because most believe that companies will do better in the second half of the year."
Longtime bulls have been waiting for years for investor confidence in the rally to pick up. Even as shares soared off their March 2009 financial-crisis lows, investors sent only a trickle of cash into stocks despite a recovery in corporate profits. But that has changed this year with the pickup in the stock market and the rise of other riskier asset classes such as "junk" bonds, those issued by below-investment-grade companies.
The increased flows come as the corporate-earnings recovery has plateaued. Of the 458 companies in the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index that have reported results, 70% have beaten forecasts for earnings, in line with the average for the past four years. If results continue as projected, first-quarter earnings will rise 3.4% from the previous year, according to FactSet.
Meanwhile, sales have come in below forecasts, declining 0.2%, while analysts had expected 0.5% growth. Among companies that have reported, 48% beat Wall Street's projections for sales, below the average of 52% from the past four years, according to FactSet.
"The weaker revenue is tied to the reality that we're in a more moderate growth environment," said Jason Pride, director of investment strategy with Glenmede Investment and Wealth Management, which oversees $23 billion. "Companies are still able to get cost savings…but you can't cut costs forever."
Only 40% of companies saw negative reactions in their share price to earnings reports, the lowest percentage since the financial crisis, according to FactSet.
The S&P 500's P/E ratio of 14.5 is up from 12.7 at the beginning of the year but still below its average of 16.6 since 1999 and below peaks seen in previous bull markets.
Morgan Stanley's Mr. Parker predicts companies in the S&P 500 will earn an aggregate $103.20 in earnings for 2013, flat from last year. But he said investors will be willing to pay more for those earnings. He believes the index will end the year at 1600, 3.1% below Thursday's close of 1650.47.
But many investors appear to think that at current levels, stocks are still a buy.
"How long can you sit, earning nothing in cash, when you can buy [stocks] with attractive valuations?" said Ron Florence, Scottsdale, Ariz.-based managing director of investment strategy for Wells Fargo Private Bank.
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While using rev.5605, I run the config wizard and it tells me that I have a "Fatal Error." "MLT's SDL module not found. Please check your MLT install. Kdenlive will not work until this issue is fixed. I installed rev. 5605 with the Builder Wizard. It was supposed to install MLT and all the necessary components automatically. How do I fix this SDL module problem? P.S. I've been using this revision for the past month and was not aware of this problem until I ran the config wizard recently.
Thu, 06/30/2011 - 04:10
Try removing ~/.kde/share/config/kdenliverc
Alejandro Nova
Sat, 08/20/2011 - 17:10
I installed both Kdenlive 0.7.8 and 0.8, and I don't have a kdenliverc, because I've never been able to start Kdenlive because of this. I'm certain that my MLT libraries have SDL support, and I've tested them with OpenShot, excellent results. Can you help me?
Sat, 08/20/2011 - 23:23
I recently experienced the same problem - turned out Digikam 2.0 had some libraries that clashed with Kdenlive and I had to remove it.
Sun, 08/21/2011 - 01:39
If you have MLT version 0.7.4 and are trying to run Kdenlive 0.8 you will also see this error. Two solutions are to downgrade MLT to 0.7.2 or to patch Kdenlive:
Wed, 09/07/2011 - 06:16
Thanks for clarifying the reason for the problem with MLT version 0.7.4 and Kdenlive 0.8 where mlt-melt sends the query output to stdout rather than to stderr where Kdenlive is looking for it. I was able to fix it on Fedora 14 (at least enough to start up - not heavily tested yet) by renaming /usr/bin/mlt-melt to /usr/bin/mlt-melt.real and replacing mlt-melt with this script:
if [ "$1" = "-query" ]
/usr/bin/mlt-melt.real ${1+"$@"} >&2
/usr/bin/mlt-melt.real ${1+"$@"}
Thu, 10/06/2011 - 15:57
Thanks psfales, that helped me work around the same issue here FC15.
I needed to make an adjustment for the a call with the --version argument.
# cat /etc/redhat-release
Fedora release 15 (Lovelock)
# rpm -q kdenlive mlt
if [ "$1" = "-query" -o "$1" = "--version" ]
exec /usr/bin/mlt-melt.real ${1+"$@"} >&2
exec /usr/bin/mlt-melt.real ${1+"$@"}
(and of course chmod 755 /usr/bin/mlt-melt.real)
Sun, 10/09/2011 - 11:12
Thank's nimpo, that worked for me too.I have this:
[root@ngf ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
RFRemix release 15.1 (Lovelock)
[root@ngf ~]# rpm -q kdenlive mlt
[root@ngf ~]#
I have to add only to your post that it's need to do also:
sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/mlt-melt
Fri, 10/14/2011 - 23:10
I think some of the problem is also that there is no Ubuntu Oneric release/repository setup for Kdenlive yet.
Fri, 10/14/2011 - 23:51
See this http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3118584.0
It will downgrade from 0.8.4 to 0.8.1 which then works on Oneric as there is a repo for it. Whew!
Mon, 05/21/2012 - 05:11
Hi ya
I am having a similar issue with the with the MTL's SDL module not found, and so I am totally new at this what are the exact steps involved in supporting the program is locating the SDL modules.
Thanks so much for your time.


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I have switched to Stack Overflow away from Experts Exchange's paid subscription. I remember years ago reading that Experts Exchange had patented a rating system and just found it online. Might this pose legal problems to Stack Overflow's rating system in the future?
What is meta?
- Any Stack Exchange user can ask a question
- The community provides support, votes on ideas, and reports bugs
- Your voice helps shape the way Stack Exchange operates
A patent protects an idea. A copyright protects an implementation of an idea.
The flow chart on page 2 seems to cover any question and answer site that assigns points as a reward for answers.
Having said that, I don't think that it's actually enforceable. It's too broad and there are probably Q&A sites that existed prior to the patent that would invalidate it.
I thought it might be
Apparently these guys have not met our crack legal team.
There are probably patents on tagging, staring, previewing a post, displaying user icon, sending notifications to users, using graphical symbols to represent language constructs and whatnot. And there's prior art to every single one of them, which makes them all invalid. But hey, who really cares about prior art anymore, that's, like, so 1900.
It usually doesn't matter that much what the patents are about, only how many of them you own, and how many does your enemy own. If both have enough, the one who has the more money wins. Or, um, maybe the one who has the most money wins in any case, I forgot the exact rules...
Unless we're talking about real patents, like complex algorithms and such. Then it has more to do with things that real patents deal with, like prior art and that stuff. But this isn't the case here, their rating system patent is most probably just ammunition for the ongoing Patent Wars 2000. Nothing to see here, move along.
IANAL, but it seems to me that the purpose of the patent is to protect the design/process of the voting - not the fact that voting exists.
Since SO doesn't use the same model, I can't see that the patent applies... I'm sure prior art can demonstrate similar voting implementations.
As with most patents these day - a bit silly really. But then, again, IANAL.


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- Eyewear Case, Bk, Nyl, Fits Saf Eyewear Eyewear Case,Bk,Nyl,Fits Saf Eyewear
- Item # 3PTA9
- Mfr. Model # HD903
Eyewear Case, Black, Material Nylon, For Use With Safety Eyewear, Dimensions 2-1/2 L x 2-1/2 W x 2-1/2 In. H
Clearance Price $4.06 / each
Price $11.98 / each
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