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What a better way to enter 2013 than a retrospective of the year just past. Over the course of 2012 I managed to make it to the cinema around 50 times, and while the year took a while to give us anything really substantial, it ended a year on par with its predecessors, perhaps even better within its five top films, all of which I believe are certified classics.
Undoubtedly it is the superheroes that have had the biggest, at least in financial terms, success this year. With Spidey, Bats and that whole Marvel lot all bringing in the dollars across the summer. Yet none of them will find a place on my list for the year's best. Away from the convoluted mess of The Dark Knight Rises and plodding simple-mindedness The Avengers (Assemble) the genre did bring us one of the best surprises this year in Chronicle. Josh Tanks allegory of teenage angst proves to be the most human and straight up entertaining addition to the world of super heroes since Spiderman 2.
Disappointments came in from the indie scene too with Beasts of the Southern Wild, which bewitched critics in Cannes with its rustic charms and babbling miniature protagonist but proved to be a forced and rather hollow look at a naturalist lifestyle. The biggest offender however came right at the end in Ang Lee's Life of Pi, mainstream audiences may be dazzled by the trippy aesthetics of pop-spiritualist ideals attached to some solid survival adventure film making but I found it to be a tacky, hollow and over-composed waste of time.
On a positive note this year was a great triumph for British cinema, two of which feature on my list of the year's best. The return of Hammer horror is bound to warm the hearts of many, even if The Women in Black was a middling horror film, but its success at the box office means they're likely to get another shot. Speaking of success the wonderful return of James Bond in Sam Mendes' Skyfall just recently passed the $1 billion mark worldwide.
Still had if you've found this year to be not so stimulating there is always the 'stay at home' option, so while I'm on the subject I'd like to name The Masters of Cinema release of The Passion of Joan of Arc my Blu Ray of the year. They have been continuously fantastic as the year has gone on and this beautiful release is stacked with content and alternate version, a complete must for any serious film fans.
Okay, I've said my piece, let's move onto the list.
[Note] - At the time of writing, this list may be subjected to change, there are a number of omissions that I would like to have seen before making this list, but alas it wasn't to be.
The Top 10 films of 2012
10. The Grey - (USA, Dir. Joe Carnahan)
A victim of marketing and reputation, Carnahan's film about a group of plane crash survivors, led by Liam Neeson, attempting to make their way through the Alaskan woodlands, as they are pursued by the elements and a pack of ravenous wolves is less Taken With Wolves as the trailer would suggest, and more an existentialist drama about coming to terms with death that has more in common with early day Herzog than anything else. The numerous archetype characters become symbolic of the individual elements in one's own existence, gradually stripped until we are left with nothing but the essence of life itself. Neeson is a terrific as the exhausted Ottway, a disillusioned man with nothing but life to live for, given the recent death of Neeson's own wife in a skiing accident, this performance looks to be something of a personal catharsis by the way in which he carries himself. It isn't without its faults, most notably the dodgy CGI wolves that push the boundaries of believability into the goofy. But the gorgeous visuals and no-holds-barred approach to film making makes The Grey something of a unique, massively engaging and surprisingly effective genre piece.
Ben Wheatley's third feature allows his trademark black humour to take centre stage in his caravan based satire of middle class discontent. We follow Tina, Chris and kidnapped dog Poppy on a self-proclaimed erotic odyssey around some of England's most, well, English tourist attractions. I stated in my review, Wheatley taps into a primal urge that runs through the core of Britain; here it manifests itself as an extension of alpha male domination unleashed by the lucid beauty of the mud-stained countryside. It is the surprisingly human nature of the film's main relationship that places it on the list of the year's best. Tina and Chris (played and written by Alice Lowe and Steve Oram) are built upon the combination of the lovers-on-the-run cinematic ideal and childhood memories of the family holidays, the grizzly killings and dark humour are played against sensual passion and even sombre tenderness.
8. Room 237 - (USA, Dir. Rodney Ascher)
A film Mark Kermode, rather accurately describes as 'Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Film Studies.' Ascher's documentary works as part introduction, exploration and criticism of film theory presented as a stylish, self-aware mystery that could have a limitless number of answers or none at all. That mystery of course is Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. Reigning in the world's most leading experts in Shining-analysis, there is enough conviction in the delivery to make even the most ridiculous theories have a degree of plausibility, yet the film isn't short on chills and laughs. Through all this there is a sense of what we may find in The Shining, in any film, in anything is just a reflection of our own beliefs and interests, therefore elevating this meta-documentary from entertaining bar fodder to fascinating dissection of a critics role.
Cinema becomes a memory, and memory becomes cinema in Miquel Gomes terrific gem. Opening in a slow but measured depiction of modern Portugal, we follow a middle-aged woman called Pilar encased in her loneliness. She deflects her own problems with interest in her elderly neighbor, Aurora who is in early stages of dementia. Yet when the old woman dies, her past life on the plains of Africa is revealed and we are taken on a richly cinematic adventure. The second half of the film takes place as a film between the silent and the sound era. Shot beautifully on 16mm stock and dryly narrated by Aurora's aged lover, it becomes an exploration of the past passions and cultural boundaries of a bygone era. Playful, erotic and mysterious this is film to treasure and behold.
6. Berberian Sound Studio - (UK, Dir. Peter Strickland)
Wearing its influences on its sleeve Berberian Sound Studio is a cold and darkly funny deconstruction of horror film making as well as a send up to one of its most culturally significant sub-genres. Toby Jones plays a reclusive, droopy sound technician called in to work on the Gallio-esque The Equestrian Vortex. Trapped within multiple layers of Kafka based bureaucracy and the exploitative nature of the films narrative begins to expand into the studio itself, Jones shrinks into his work, becoming increasingly obsessed. There is a disorientating lack of time in this film as Jones loses himself into the Vortex. Strickland offers up a criticism of the film maker as well as a warning to the audience about the dangers of exposing one's self to the disturbing nature of horror films and the increasingly machine driven art world.
5. Cosmopolis - (USA, Dir. David Cronenberg)
David Cronenberg's returns to his psycho-sexual, psycho-technological routes with his adaption of Don DeLillo's novel. In what might be this year's most important film Robert Pattinson plays (wonderfully) an elusive billionaire traveling through the city in his soundproof limo in order to get a haircut. Along the way he will meet various people and dissect the increasingly technological economy and by extension, existence. It doesn't sound as fascinating or engaging as it is. Howard Shore's astonishingly chilly techno soundtrack underscores the film's journey around the computerized labyrinth city, whilst the expansive limo becomes a spatial anti-reality inhabited by the cast. Fascinating, cool and hypnotic Cosmopolis is a difficult but powerful masterpiece.
4. Holy Motors - (France, Dir. Leos Carax)
The other 'limo based epic' of 2012, this time it is the French 'son of film' Leos Carax who is behind the wheel the destination of course, is the cinema. Dennis Lavant gives the greatest, most versatile performance of the year as Oscar, a man being driven through Paris to several different... appointments. Just what is Holy Motors is something I'm still working on myself, a running commentary on the state of cinema? An ode to the art of acting? An evaluation of the ever increasing online based society? All of the above? I don't really know if it matters, the true importance here is that Carax manages to craft an insanity based odyssey that is completely unique, darkly funny and infinitely puzzling.
3. Amour - (France, Austria, Dir. Michael Haneke)
Haneke's films have always looked to undermine his audience and even his characters with regards to ones expectations; apocalypse's come about without cataclysm, mysteries are often left unexplained and suspense refuses catharsis. Yet this is not the case with Amour, which is a love story in the truest and most difficult sense. It follows his patented bourgeoisie couple, Anne and Georges, in retirement. They live in a spacious flat and spend their days going to concerts and being visited by their daughter. Only when Anne suffers a stroke is their relationship tested to the extreme. Some have pointed to Amour as evidence to a compassionate side to Haneke's icy professionalism that frequently results in an acute detachment that many find difficult to endure. It isn't compassion I see within here, but insecurity. Haneke treats death with the same calculated gaze that he would the glamorization of violence or social responsibility, but he flinches. He treats his characters with an uncertain dignity at an age when dignity leaves us, refusing to exploit the deterioration of Anne's condition in order to squeeze sympathy from his audience. The climax is a moment of devastating desperation; it is the unavoidable price we pay to love.
2. The Turin Horse - (Hungary, Dir. Bela Tarr)
The final film of Hungarian auteur Bela Tarr, one could easily dismiss it as not for everyone (a true but shallow claim that I've come across in a number of reviews) there is certainly something for everyone here. Opening with a quote about Nietzsche's defence of a horse [in Turin] being whipped by its owner, the tone is set for Tarr's apocalyptic meditation on suffering. Shot in staggering black and white, it is composed of a mere 30 takes (it is over 140 minutes long) charting the existence of a father and daughter on their farm as fierce winds surround the house. If not the end of the world, it is the end of humanity through gradual erosion of our human nature. A staggering seven minute monologue that the film is centred on opens up Tarr's world for the audience only for a brief moment before it is closed down. Endurance and survival they are not the same as life in Tarr's bleak epic, but if the end is coming I'd imagine that won't matter. After all, what are we but a light fading slowly out of existence into the overcoming darkness?
1. The Master - (USA, Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master is a landmark film. Complex, unyielding and distinct it offers up a view of Post-War depiction of a damaged American and those who would exploit it. As redundant a comment it is to make, The Master is a modern companion to Orson Welle's Citizen Kane, in both subject and quality. Boasting three astonishing performances from it follows the relationship between World War II veteran Freddie Quell and Lancaster Dodd (based on Scientology founder L. Ron. Hubbard,) as the latter tries to demonstrate his self-help 'processing' to fix the damaged and potentially dangerous Quell. Anderson challenges us on every cinematic level, from the off kilter score by Jonny Greenwood, to his refusal to offer up the expansive landscape shots we expect from the 65mm format he shot on. His lens is a looking glass through the past where he discovers a repeating pattern woven into human nature throughout time. The Master is an unmatched, ever fascinating piece of cinema that will be studied and evaluated over the course the next hundreds of years, from one of the most enigmatic and talented masters.
So that's it for my top 10 films of 2012, I hope you enjoyed the list and here's to hoping we have another fantastic year ahead.


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Let go of your traditional relational database thinking if you want to understand how Windows Azure Table storage works, says Julie Lerman. Luckily for you, she's done the hard work to grasp the new concepts and help you get up to speed.
Julie Lerman
MSDN Magazine July 2010
In this article, the author delves into some commonly used ways of writing data access code and looks at the effect they can have on performance.
Bob Beauchemin
MSDN Magazine August 2009
I have a table like this in database
ItemNo ItemName Qty
upto it has some 3000 rows in table..
Now what my problem is i have one more field in mydevelopment PC let us consider another column Category
I need to update this column to my client pc without losing 3000 data from table which already exist...
How to do...?
When adding a stored procedure into the Entity Data Model I can select whether the procedure returns a scalar, a (new) complex type or one of the entity types I already defined.
How do I do something similar for a view?
I mean assuming I have a view like this
CREATE VIEW FilteredFoos as SELECT Foo.* FROM Foo join ... WHERE ...
(that is a view that implements some involved filtering, but returns all columns from one table) how do I add it to the project so that I can use the entity set, but get the Foo objects, not some new FilteredFoo objects.
var foos = myDB.FilteredFoos.Include("Bar").ToList();
foreach (Foo foo in foos) { ...
Thanks, Jenda
we are moving to a new erp system and for piece of mind i would like to verify every table in the DW with row count against the test site DW. is there not a way to do this quickly? I am so not a sql user much but i just would think there should be a way
to say if table count in dw X <> table count in dw Y then Z.
Dear All,
I am stuck with an issue. I have around 200 rows in a table with a particular database. I want to copy those values to another table in a different database.
Pls support
In above convention can we use IP address instead of ServerName?
I have a repeating table in my InfoPath form where users fill out data. When they click a button I want to populate a different repeating table within the same form (using only some columns but all rows)
Im using C# code (below) to do this and at the moment Im getting no results - when the user clicks the button nothing happens.
The populated table =
The table I want to populate =
XPathNavigator rootMain = MainDataSource.CreateNavigator().SelectSingleNode("/my:Sect_Main/my:RequestDetails/my:Products/my:Product"
, NamespaceManager);
XPathNavigator rootSecondary = MainDataSource.CreateNavigator().SelectSingleNode("/my:Sect_Main/my:RequestDetails/my:Sect_Retailers/my:RetailerProducts"
, NamespaceManager);
// Select nodes in specified XPathNavigator.
XPathNodeIterator selectedNodes = rootSecondary.Select("/my:Sect_Main/my:RequestDetails/m
Hi All,
I've recently published an Access 2010 Web Database to the SharePoint 2010 farm in my organization and I'm having the strangest problem.
I have a table which includes an Attachment field. When trying to upload a file through the web I get the following error: "There was an error uploading your attachment to the server".
Now, this table has a "Before Change" Data Macro, which basically executes a simple LookUp of several parameters from another table and writes them back to the "master" table. When deleting this
Data Macro, upload on the Web works fine.
The thing is that when working from the local Access file (connected to the SharePoint) and trying to change a field in the table, the following error is received: "The Microsoft Access database
engine encountered an error whil
I want to copy or transfer data SQL server to Oracle 10 G. any body can help me.
I have a data table that contains some values for Certifications. This table can be updated in a different part of my application. On the web page I am currently working on, I would like to have check boxes appear for every value in the data table. I have been struggling with this trying to use a For Each loop and I cannot get it to work for anything. Any suggestions?
I am using the following Razor syntax to obtain my data (I know this works because I can display it in a WebGrid):
var db = Database.Open("MyConn");
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In an editorial in the New York Times on December 5th, Scott Gottlieb, an internist and fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and Ezekiel J. Emanuel, a former health policy adviser to the Obama administration, argued that there is no up coming physician shortage to threaten the country in the face of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
I beg to differ.
Drs. Gottlieb and Emanuel are both very intelligent and knowledgeable about health care policy in this country. And I do have the greatest respect for their expertise and their work in this arena. However, in this case, I think they are largely deluding themselves.
First, let us stipulate that we all agree that most of the major medical associations in the U.S. fully believe a shortage is going to occur in short order, as the authors in this piece state quite openly. Let us also stipulate that Gottlieb and Emanuel are not the first to deny there is a doctor shortage. For example, mathematician Linda Green argued in Health Affairs journal last year there was no real doctor shortage, if you made some structural changes. However, what we see, as we go through their logical progression, is that their assumptions face the cold, hard reality of the real world where doctors actually practice, instead of the theoretical world they seem to exist in.
In the editorial in the NY Times, the authors first point to the Massachusetts experiment with Romneycare as a reason that we should not believe that the doctor shortage will occur. They state:
Take Massachusetts, where Obamacare-style reforms were implemented beginning in 2006, adding nearly 400,000 people to the insurance rolls. Appointment wait times for family physicians, internists, pediatricians, obstetricians and gynecologists, and even specialists like cardiologists, have bounced around since but have not appreciably increased overall, according to a Massachusetts Medical Society survey.
There are many problems with this statement. First and foremost is that Massachusetts is a poor analogy for the nation at large. Massachusetts has the highest ratio of physicians per capita (462 doctors per 100,000 individuals). The national average? About 300. This means that Massachusetts has approximately 50% more physicians than the rest of the country on a per capita basis.
Now, even with that built-in advantage, the state had significant access disruption. Let us put aside the fact that between 2009 and 2011, premiums in the state rose by 9.7 percent while benefits actually decreased by 5 percent. Deductibles during that time period rose 40 percent. What Gottlieb and Emanuel failed to mention is that there are numerous surveys from the state showing that access to physicians is becoming problematic.
These results from a survey performed by the Massachusetts Medical Society:
The telephone survey of 838 doctors conducted in February and March found that 51 percent of internists are not accepting new patients, up from 49 percent the previous year. Fifty-three percent of family physicians, the other major group of primary care doctors, were also not taking new patients.
Even for patients fortunate enough to have a primary care doctor, waits for appointments continued to be lengthy. The average wait for an appointment with an internist was 48 days, which was five days shorter than last year, but the average wait for family medicine was 36 days, a week longer than in the 2010 survey.
Patients were also waiting longer to see specialists. The average wait for gastroenterologists, obstetricians/gynecologists, orthopedic surgeons and cardiologists were all higher than a year ago, the report said.
Now, Emanuel and Gottlieb are correct that these numbers have fluctuated, but that is to be expected. Overall, however, access to physicians in Massachusetts has worsened over the past few years. And don't forget: Massachusetts is America's best case scenario in regards to physician access.
Furthermore, even if their claim that there has been no decreased accesss in Massachusetts under Romneycare is true, that still doesn't necessarily mean anything, because of the huge discrepancy in doctor to per capita ratio stated above. Additionally, Massachuestts had the highest rate of insured in the country. Therefore, the number of new patients entering the system that were previously uninsured is less than anywhere else in the nation. To use a state such as Massachusetts that is skewed so heavily to one side of the scale seems to be foolish.
The editorial authors then go on to make several unsubstantiated claims:
Innovations, such as sensors that enable remote monitoring of disease and more timely interventions, can help pre-empt the need for inpatient treatment. Drugs and devices can also obviate the need for more costly treatments. Minimally invasive procedures, like laparoscopic surgeries, can be done more quickly with faster recovery times and fewer physicians.
There is virtually no evidence, anywhere, for this.This could be true, but it would take a massive improvement in current medical treatment methodologies that cannot be foreseen, and more importantly, are unlikely to occur in the near term. I can speak for myself, as a radiologist who performs teleradiology on a significant scale; or my wife, who is Clinical Assistant Professor at a major medical center. Neither of us can see the kind of transformation that Gottlieb, Emanuel, or Ms. Green are suggesting. In short, these are dreams, not practical realities.
They go on to discuss what doctors call 'physician extenders', such as physician assistants, nurse practitioners, etc. These professionals certainly have a place in the ever-expanding U.S. health care system. They also can likely serve with more autonomy than they do today, in order to decrease the workload on physicians. Of course, that would take a dramatic change not only in how we practice medicine, but also extensive changes in the medicolegal landscape of the country.
Even without those considerations, however, what the authors fail to declare is that expansion of the use of these professionals has already been the case for several decades. As stated by Dr. Richard Cooper in an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association in the November 13, 2013 edition (page 1932), between 1990 and 2012, the number of physicians increased by 50%, while the number of nurse practitioners and physician assistants increased by a whopping 500%. Therefore, Gottlieb and Emmanuel are suggesting a larger expansion in the use of these professionals than has already occurred. That kind of dramatic change is not practical, and filling the gap with a huge number of these personnel should be considered unlikely.
The one solution that is advocated by most medical studies, the expansion of medical schools and residencies, is dismissed by the authors here. But one indisputable fact is that the United States is producing far too few physicians. This started during the Clinton era, when Medicare purposefully capped the number of residency positions funded. This was done because the argument was that decreasing the number of residencies would push more doctors into primary care; that prediction never came to fruition. In fact, if residency programs had not been capped in 1997, and annual growth in the number of positions had continued at a historical basis, there would be no physician shortage today.
Medical schools, both Osteopathic and Allopathic, have steadily increased medical school seats since 2000. According to Dr. Cooper, 27,000 medical graduates will be produced by 2020, a 50% increase from 2000. This is still far too few to close the gap we suffer from today.
Dr. Cooper in his JAMA article pleads for consensus among policy advisors. He states the following:
To do nothing ignores the powerful economic and demographic trends and leaves future generations to ponder why they and their loved ones must experience illness without access to competent and caring physicians.
Drs. Gottlieb and Emanuel do a disservice to the medical community by distorting the realities of the demographics involved among the physician community of the United States. We will very likely need far more physicians than they project, and most experts believe that a shortage of 200,000 physicians by the year 2020 is very likely. Depending on wishful thinking and technological advances that cannot even be seen by the most acute vision imaginable is not a thoughtful policy position; it is a Hail Mary. The government must quickly come to terms with the major disaster that awaits us if we do not respond to this looming health care problem.


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Target Market
The home grown, hand made Target Market takes place once a quarter at Art on Target, 2 Target Kloof, Essexvale, Port Elizabeth. The Target Market has a tranquil setting on the edge of the Baakens River and is an indoor / outdoor market that supports people that produce with heart, care and consciousness.
The focus is on creating a platform for local growers, producers and crafters where they can engage with the public directly. The public can enjoy finding new and unique products from a special selection of stall holders as well as food and entertainment that varies every quarter the Target Market is held.
The criteria for stall holders, is that their products fall into any of these arenas: home grown, hand made, homespun, handcrafted, home brew and that their stall is well presented. Stalls at previous markets have included: candles, fresh produce, savoury and sweet bakes, indigenous plants, mulch, crystals, seedlings, breads, unique crafts and home ware, atchar's and pate's, delicious boerie rolls, homemade pies, ginger beer and lemonade, mime artists, activities for children and much more.
Entrance to the Target Market is free. Secure parking for visitors.
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Tokyo Web is reporting that Toshihiro Horiguchi, chief of the National Institute for Environmental Studies, and colleagues have found that the Ibonishi sea snail, or Thais clavigera, is no longer to be found in a 30-km zone of coastline near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
This snail is widespread near the coast of Japan. The cause of this was not the tsunami, which occurred in this area, but also areas further north in which this snail has not disappeared.
According to Wikipedia, "This species has been found to be useful as an indicator of the environmental contamination levels of arsenic, copper, and zinc."
Chernobyl researchers studying local lakes and rivers have found that "The freshwater snails have great importance for the processes of radionuclide biogenic migration in aquatic ecosystems. Due to ability to accumulate practically all of radionuclides which registries in water these invertebrates can be considered as bio-indicators of radioactive contamination of aquatic ecosystems." Snails are an indicator of radioactive and heavy metal pollution. The freshwater snails near Chernobyl were found to have very high rates of chromosome aberrations. However, it is not stated that whole species died off there.


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Boston College Senior in Tears After Final Basketball Game
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Boston College ended their basketball season on a sad note, losing 88-66 to Florida State in the first round of the ACC tournament on Tuesday. The Eagles finished their season 7-25, the most losses ever in a season for an ACC team, while going winless against conference opponents. A season like that can be tough for any player to handle, but when it's a senior closing out his career, it's even more heartbreaking. After the loss to Florida State, BC senior Dennis Clifford was understandably emotional was asked about his best college basketball memory.


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Pay Attention to Your Colors
Please do not arrive to your group photo shoot wearing clashing colors and strips. A good tip is for each member of the party to bring a couple of different shirts, sweaters, dresses or jackets so we can mix and match as needed during the session.
Pay Attention to Your Hygiene
When you have a large group standing very close to each other, you want to make sure you and everyone else has taken a bit of time to clean up before hand.
Glasses are No Problem
Often times members of the group will have glasses and we want minimize the glare or reflections. A simple trick is for all members of the group to stay still while the owner of the glasses will remove them without moving their head. We will take a second shot and then merge them in post production.
Do Plan on Having FUN
Please remember that being silly, playing, laughing and letting go is perfectly acceptable and will help make the entire event and pictures memorable. Make your family/group photo session a fun event, something to look forward to. Feel free to bring silly props – stuff like fake mustaches, funky glasses, balloons or even some bubble gum for a bubble blowing contest. Aside from looking way too cute in photos, props also serve a very useful purpose. They keep little hands busy, fill in time while siblings are being photographed and help to draw out real, warm and genuine smiles.


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I can't say it is the 'Announcement of The Century', because it isn't. I just hope it isn't the 'Announcement of The Year', but it is definitely the 'Announcement of April 2013′! It is be pretty hard to beat even 5 days away from the beginning of May 2013, if … Continue reading
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On 21 February 2013, at 3:00 am New York time, the book entitled Ryamecah Declaration of Indigenous Independence (ISBN: 1482510553) was published. The author of the book, the Hon Most Rev Dr Cesidio Tallini, also known as Sachem Wequarran Archimedes, believes that he shows no lack of humility in stating … Continue reading
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Still some time is required, but yesterday the first proof or galley proof of the book, Ryamecah Declaration of Indigenous Independence, was produced and sent to my address. Here is what the yet to be activated CreateSpace book sale web page looks like: https://www.createspace.com/4167303 I have to check the proof … Continue reading


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- Negligent Entrustment: A Vicarious Liability Option in Damage Claims
- September 9, 2016 | Author: James T. Hart
- Law Firm: Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. - Cincinnati Office
- One of the first things any plaintiff should explore in a negligence action for damages is all potential avenues of recovery against all possible liable parties. Utility service providers are no exception when considering a lawsuit to redress damages to their facilities. Analysis should include those tortfeasors who may be directly liable, as well as those more on the periphery but nonetheless culpable. One potentially overlooked avenue is pursuing an owner of an instrumentality under the theory of negligent entrustment.
What is negligent entrustment?
Negligent entrustment is generally a civil concept defined as a tort that arises when a person is found liable for negligence of another because he or she entrusted that person with a dangerous instrumentality that, when used in a negligent manner, caused injury to a third party. Black's Law Dictionary defines it as "the act of leaving a dangerous article (such as a gun or car) with a person who the lender knows, or should know, is likely to use it in an unreasonably risky manner."1
To illustrate, if an individual operates a vehicle in a reckless, careless or negligent manner, and that vehicle strikes a utility's service line and causes damages, the utility will certainly have a cause of action to maintain against the operator under general negligence principles. But what if that individual has no insurance coverage or is not collectable? Are there other means for recovery?
Under the initial set of facts, it's unclear. What if the vehicle involved in the accident was not owned by the operator, but rather was owned by a friend? Under certain limited circumstances, the facts may allow the utility to pursue the friend, in addition to the operator, under the concept of negligent entrustment.
When regarded as a statute
Some jurisdictions, like Ohio, have codified the negligent entrustment doctrine in a statute that forms the basis for both civil liability and criminal culpability. ORC §4511.203 prohibits a person from permitting a motor vehicle that he or she owns to be driven by another if that person knows or reasonably should know that the:
- Other person does not have a valid license to operate
- Other person's operator's license has been suspended or revoked
- Operator's driving of the vehicle would violate Ohio's Financial Responsibility law, including failure to maintain minimum insurance coverage
- Other person is operating the vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs
- Vehicle is the subject of an ORC §4503.235 immobilization waiver order, and allowing the other person to operate the vehicle would violate the order
When regarded as a civil matter
Other jurisdictions, like Kentucky, recognize negligent entrustment as a civil matter under the common law.3 Under common law, "one who entrusts his vehicle to another whom he knows to be inexperienced, careless, or reckless, or given to excessive use of intoxicating liquor while driving, is liable for the natural and probable consequences of entrustment."4 Similarly, common law jurisdictions like Kentucky generally recognize a negligent entrustment cause when one individual permits someone else to operate his vehicle with the knowledge that that person is unlicensed, has a suspended license or is under the influence of drugs or alcohol, or the owner does not maintain the minimum insurance coverage for the vehicle.
The key factor: knowledge by the owner
What is apparent from both of these approaches is that the key element the utility must prove in any case of negligent entrustment is knowledge by the owner. Specifically, the utility must prove that the owner of the vehicle knew or reasonably should have known that the entrustment was in violation of one of these principles.
In Ohio, a sufficient defense to negligent entrustment is a vehicle operator telling the vehicle owner that he had a valid license - and there is evidence that the owner had no knowledge that such a claim was untrue or inaccurate.5 Knowledge can be proved in a variety of ways, but if one cannot prove specific knowledge, proof of authorization for use of the vehicle is enough.6 Moreover, proof of pattern of conduct or prior conduct may be introduced to establish that the owner either knew or should have known that it would be foreseeable that the operator would use the vehicle in a manner violating ORC §4511.203.7
Under Kentucky's common law approach, these same basic principles exist. Liability is not created merely because of the entrustment. There must be proof that the operator was incompetent and the owner had knowledge of the same.8 Foreseeability is a critical consideration. If the vehicle was left unlocked with the keys inside on public property, and it was foreseeable that the vehicle could be taken by another who would negligently operate the same, liability may be found.9 Additionally, while it may be self-explanatory, the alleged owner must actually own the vehicle in order to meet the definition of negligent entrustment.10
What about when an operator entrusts the vehicle to a second person (a "sub-permittee") who violates the doctrine? Under Kentucky's common law, the owner is generally not liable when the person to whom the owner initially entrusts the vehicle makes a subsequent entrustment without the owner's knowledge.11 Yet, if the owner knew or should have known at the time of the initial entrustment that a subsequent entrustment would be made, and that the subsequent driver was incompetent, reckless, inexperienced, etc., then liability could potentially attach.12
A fact-intensive determination that ultimately rests with a jury
Finally, it must be stressed that even where a violation of the statute is found defining and prohibiting negligent entrustment, civil liability is not assured.13
What is clear is that there is an avenue for a utility to pursue an owner of an instrumentality under the negligent entrustment doctrine. Proving the owner's authorization and knowledge of the potential or foreseeability of reckless conduct is generally a fact-intensive determination that ultimately rests with a jury. Any utility that is confronted with these facts should always review them with counsel to see if the negligent entrustment option can be used to resolve the damage claim.
1 Black's Law Dictionary 1063 (8th ed. 1999).
2 State v. Hickey, 1994 Ohio App. LEXIS 4376 (Ohio Ct. App., Union County Sept. 21 1994).
3 Owensboro Undertaking & Livery Ass'n v. Henderson, 115 S.W.2d 563 (Ky. 1938).
4 McGrew v. Stone, 998 S.W.2d 5, 9 (Ky. 1999) (Cooper, J., dissenting) referencing Brady v. B. &B. Ice Co., 45 S.W.2d 1051 (Ky. 1932); Owensboro Undertaking & Livery Ass'n v. Henderson, supra.
5 Cincinnati v. Christy, 7 Ohio App.2d 46, 219 N.E.2d 45, 1966 Ohio App. LEXIS 414 (Ohio Ct. App., Hamilton County 1966).
6 State v. Miller, 5 Ohio Misc. 122, 211 N.E.2d 102, 196 Ohio Misc. LEXIS 287 (Ohio Mun. Ct. 1965).
7 State v. Finfrock, 2011 Ohio 3862, 196 Ohio App.3d 249, 963 N.E.2d 177 (Ohio Ct. App, Montgomery County 2011) (A conviction under the statute was supported by sufficient evidence where a mother knew that her son had driven her car illegally on several past occasions. Despite knowing the danger his driving could pose, she left her keys on the table where he could easily obtain them and operate the vehicle.); see also State v. Stokes, 2016-Ohio-612, 2016 Ohio App. LEXIS 691 (Ohio Ct. App., Champaign County Feb. 19, 2016).
8 McGrew, 998 S.W.2d at 9 (Cooper, J., dissenting) citing Knoles v. Salazar, 766 S.W.2d 613 (Ark. 1989).
9 Bruck v. Thompson, 131 S.W.3d 764 (Ky. App. 2004); KRS 189.430(3).
10 Burchett v. Burchett, 2016 Ky. App. LEXIS 79, *5-6 (Rendered May 13, 2006), unpublished (holding "Logically, one cannot maintain a negligent entrustment suit against the former owner of a vehicle who properly transferred ownership of the subject vehicle."); see also Graham v. Rogers, 277 S.W.3d 251 (Ky. App. 2008).
11 McGrew, 998 S.W.2d at 9 (Cooper, J., dissenting).
12 Id.
13 This is "negligence per se," which provides that if a person violates a statute, the duty and the breach of that duty are presumed as a matter of law. See Mount Nebo Baptist Church v. Cleveland Crafts Co., 154 Ohio St. 185, 93 N.E.2d 668 (1950); see also Gulla v. Straus, 154 Ohio St. 193, 93 N.E.2d 662, 1950 Ohio LEXIS 404 (Ohio 1950) (A violation of ORC §4511.203(A)(1) will not in-and-of-itself cause the owner to be liable for injury caused by the authorized non-licensed operator where the facts showed that failure to obtain such a license was not the proximate cause of the injury).


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The Nexus Anthology
Nexus, also known as the City between the River Harlot's Legs and a hundred other, less complimentary names, is the largest city in the Scavenger Lands, and possibly in Creation. It is known for being the center for trade and commerce in Creation, and for being a haven for free trade, and the headquarters of the Guild. Nexus sits at the confluence of the Yanaze River, the Grey River, and the Yellow River, some six hundred miles east of Lookshy.
While the Imperial City may well be wealthier, that wealth is concentrated within the hands of the Scarlet Dynasty, while in Nexus, millions of talents of jade and silver change hands every single day. It is a chaotic and confusing place, a city with many rules but few laws, where an ignoble death lurks around every corner.
The body of rules that passes for law within the bounds of Nexus, the Incunabulum consists of thousands upon thousands of pages, all carefully indexed, as each new edict by a member of the Council of Entities must be checked against every previous entry, and any previous edicts that it contradicts are removed. It comprises the Dogma, the six unchanging rules of Nexus; its capital crimes, enforced by the Emissary; and the Civilities, the chaotic and ever-changing body of rules, great and small. For convenience, the Dogma is repeated below, together with any entries to the Civilities that may be added at a later date.
The Dogma
-No taxes shall be raised, save by the council.
-None shall obstruct trade.
-None shall bring an army into Nexus.
-No-one shall commit wanton violence.
-None may falsely claim the council's name or sanction.
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Cream puffs are a staple at Wisconsin state fairs and this recipe is the official cream puff recipe of the Wisconsin State Fair. Enjoy!
Prep time: 35 minutes | Cook time: 35 minutes | Serves: 10-12 cream puffs
Puff dough
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 cup butter, cut into tablespoon slices
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
- 4 whole eggs, room temperature
Egg wash
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 tablespoons whole milk
Whipped Cream Filling
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- powdered sugar for dusting
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Grease and flour, or line with parchment paper, a large baking sheet. Set aside.
- Place water, butter slices and salt in large heavy pot. Make sure butter melts completely. Bring water just to boil. Quickly stir in flour with a wooden spoon until soft dough ball forms. Remove from heat. Let dough rest 5 minutes.
- Mix in 4 whole eggs, one at a time. Dough will be thick, sticky and smooth.
- Drop about 1/4 cup puff dough by spoonful, 2-3 inches apart on prepared baking sheet. There should be about 10 to 12 dough balls. Prepare egg wash by mixing egg yolk and milk together with fork. Brush egg wash over each puff dough. Bake for 35 minutes until puffy, golden brown and firm.
- Remove puffs to wire rack. Prick each puff with a toothpick to release steam. Allow to cool for about an hour until completely cool to the touch and firm.
- When puffs are cool and at least an hour has passed, prepare Whipped Cream Filling. Place heavy whipping cream, vanilla and sugar in a chilled medium metal bowl (I place the metal bowl and my metal whisks in freezer while preparing the puff pastry.) Beat until soft peaks form.
- Cut tops off each puff and fill with whipped cream. Replace tops and dust with powdered sugar.
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2001—Pub. L. 107–16, title V, § 542(b)(5)(B), June 7, 2001, 115 Stat. 84, substituted "Returns relating to transfers during life or at death" for "Estate and gift tax returns" in item for subpart C.
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Invitation to World Literature is a multimedia series introducing drama, epic poetry, and novels from many times and cultures. Thirteen half-hour videos form the centerpiece of the project, and feature a mix of writers, scholars, artists, and performers with personal connections to world literature, from Philip Glass to Alan Cumming, Wole Soyinka to Kristin Chenoweth, all brought together by Professor David Damrosch of Harvard University, a world-renowned expert on world literature. The project was funded by Annenberg Media.
This mixture of old and new, novel, drama, and epic poem, English-language and translation, gives viewers a jumping-off point for an exploration of literature from around the world and across time. Guiding viewers through these great works is Professor Damrosch, whose passion for world literature connects viewers to every text as he shines a light on ancient cultures, modern questions, and powerful stories.
Invitation to World Literature is a production of WGBH Educational Foundation with Seftel Productions for Annenberg Media.
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* The Epic of Gilgamesh Sumerian, 2600 BCE and older * My Name Is Red Turkish, Orhan Pamuk, 1998 * The Odyssey Greek, ca. eighth century BCE * The Bacchae Greek, Euripides, 405 BCE * The Bhagavad Gita Sanskrit, first century CE * The Tale of Genji Japanese, Murasaki Shikibu, ca. 1014 * Journey to the West Chinese, Wu Ch'êng-ên, ca. 1580 * Popul Vuh Quiché-Mayan, ca. 1550s * Candide French, Voltaire, 1759 * Things Fall Apart English, Chinua Achebe, 1959 * One Hundred Years of Solitude Spanish, Gabriel García Márquez, 1967 * The God of Small Things English, Arundhati Roy, 1998 * The Thousand and One Nights Arabic, ca. fourteenth century
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Shahrazad must keep the interest of her husband the sultan with her stories or lose her life. The premise of the collection is that hearing about the joys and sorrows of others is the best teacher, and the surest way to remain sane. Art, performance, and many film images are used to show the collection's wide range of adaptations. Featured speakers include Marin Alsop, Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and Aly Jetha and Shabnam Rezai, co-producers of the 1001 Nights animated series.
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AAC Technologies Revenue 9M and Q3 2017 Up 43% and 27% YoY respectively
Non-acoustic 9M and Q3 Revenue increased 79% and 29% respectively;
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AAC Technologies Holdings Inc. today announced its unaudited results for the nine months ended 30 September 2017, reporting revenue for the period of RMB13,967.8 million and net profit of RMB3,492.7 million. The highlights and business review in the Results Announcement share more insights of the performance.
2017 Nine Months Highlights (unaudited):
- Record first nine months revenue and net profit, up 43% and 42% year-on-year respectively;
- Gross profit and net profit margin at 41.1% and 25.0% respectively;
- Non-acoustic segment, grew 79% year-on-year, accounting for 47% of total sales; acoustic segment continued to deliver growth of 20% year-on-year;
- Good progress on optical business development, unique innovative solutions (WLG) much welcomed by market. All monthly production capacity of 10M of plastic lens becoming monthly shipment volume. Accelerating CAPEX for further capacity expansion;
- Annualized ROE at 31.2%, up from 27.5% of same period of 2016;
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AAC Technologies continued to report new highs in both sales and earnings for the nine months ended 30 September 2017. The revenue and net profit rose 43% and 42% year-on-year to RMB13,967.8 million and RMB3,492.7 million respectively, due to solid growth across all major business segments. Sales of the acoustic segment increased by 20% year-on-year, contributing 48% of total revenue, with growth mainly driven by increasing shipments of major products and the increase in the ASP caused by wider adoption of higher specification acoustic solutions, namely stereo sound designs and waterproof features. The non-acoustic business grew 79% year-on-year, accounting for 47% of total revenue, representing greater penetration of our unique solutions into more new customers and the growth of ASP on upgrading design on this segment. New platforms started in the latter half of the third quarter and overall gross profit margin achieved 41.1%. Increased R&D investment incurred mostly in the new acoustic and optics directions to deliver innovative designs for customers and R&D expenses rose 39% year-on-year, representing 8.2% of revenue. Net profit margin was 25.0% and basic earnings per share was up 43% to RMB2.85 per share.
Being the start of the high traditional season, the third quarter would be packed with new flagship smartphone launches across different major brand names. Due to product mix improvement, strong growth in major platforms shipments has largely outperformed the overall smartphone market growth. Q3 revenue rose 27% year-on-year to RMB5,323.5 million, a new Q3 record. Acoustic sales recorded a growth of 17% to RMB2,522.5 million in Q3 compared to the same quarter of 2016, representing 47% of total revenue. Non-acoustic business grew by 29% year-on-year, contributing over 45% of total revenue in the third quarter of 2017. High profitability was maintained for Q3 with gross and net profit margin at 41.3% and 25.7% respectively.
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Saturday, 17 January 2015
We hear the word selfless bandied about in the media.
It means such things as handballing instead of kicking, or tackling to protect a teammate.
This cheapens the words selfless.
To be truly selfless is to be attuned to the needs of others.
To never think of ourselves but to think all the time of others.
This, of course, is impossible.
But it is something we can aspire to.
It is something we can do in the moment, in individual circumstances.
Once again we must overcome our fear of being taken advantage of.
We must trust in the goodness of the universe.
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Marshall Reid was bullied at school because he was overweight. He found a way to fight back that has kept the bullies at bay and changed his life: He's a healthy eater and a successful author. He and his mother, Alexandra, wrote the book "Portion Size Me" about how their family changed habits and how other people can too.
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When Marshall's father retired after 27 years in the military, and the family bought the trailer "on a whim," his mother said: "We thought, 'The kids still love us, why not go?' "


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The second part of the project would bring my indoor garden to a automated tiny farm. Using pumps, moisture sensors, and micro controllers I would create a system that would allow for a fully automated garden where each plant was individually catered to. My goal was to create a system that would support up to 14 plants. This would require 14 pumps, 14 soil sensors, 14 tubes and cables, and all the wiring, power units, processing units, voltage regulators, and micro controllers that came along with the package.
I don't remember how I got the idea, but it has stuck with me for a few years - a fully automated indoor garden. This was a great winter project, and it started with a sketch of the system. I was interested in having a tiny year-round indoor farm at home to supplement fresh groceries, learn about plants and gardening, and the engineering challenge.
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The next task was designing the pump system. The plan was to have each plant pumped water individually. This would allow for a very fine tuning of the system for each plant. I considered using a single pump with valve system at first, but quickly found out it was much easier and cost effective to create a an individual pump for each plant instead of the valves. The pumps I settled on are peristaltic pumps, which have the special property of working in a closed system for the fluid loop. This means that they are less prone to leaking, oxidation and calcium blockage. I placed an order for all the parts and tested whether the pump could push water up 2 meters.
The initial bottle design was extended to allow for a ring and T section to distribute water around the perimeter of the opening for the plant. This ensures that the plant and soil is watered on a larger area that if there was a single drip point. The water loop let me finalize the design of the bottle which is made up of five 3D printed parts, some transparent tubing and hemp string.
With a few test bottles finished, I decided to test the system by planting some seeds. This happened in January.
At the office we recently had the idea to send a potential client a coded message-in-a-bottle. We upgrade the idea with some electronics to make the bottle not only become the container, but also the carrier of the message. The bottle flash and beeps morse using a microcontroller, led and micro-speaker. It can run on a battery for multiple days on a single charge.
I'm always too hot in my bed, so I set about to create a air-cooling system for my bed. The bed I had designed and built a year earlier, knowing that I might undergo some sort of cooling system renovation, so it was easy to implement the changes. On my night-table, or night-box, I built in a few switches to adjust and control the cooling system. I guess you could say my bed is now a 'smart-bed', as it know also incorporates a temperature sensor so the cooling can automatically adjust.
The 20 super-silent cooling fans pull air from the masthead through the frame over the bottom the mattress and out of the base of the frame. The fans are connected on two power bus's which can be controlled separately.
I recently was fascinated by flight simulators through a visit to the Flight Museum in Duebendorf, Switzerland. I wanted one myself, so I set out to build one through the winter. My goal was to build a complete two-man cockpit through the course of a few weekends.
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The Earth-orbiting Solar Dynamics Observatory provides a live image feed of the sun at all times. The Solar Capture app basically displays these images from NASA and provides a simple interface for browsing them and saving to disk. This is especially handy for tonight's Venus Transit! With the tool you can watch live as Venus passes across the Suns surface while capturing all the data for viewing later.
Just open the app, select an empty folder to store images, and it will start updating automatically. There is no need to set the update interval smaller than 15 minutes, as the images on the NASA server aren't updated more frequently.
Binary Download: SolarCapture-0.2_osx.dmg
Source Download: SolarCapture-0.2_src.zip
PS: You can also let the app run over-night if you are too lazy to get up.
Tags: software
The Optimal Lunar Landing Analysis software is part of the NASA International Space Apps Program, and serves as a platform for processing lunar data in order to find optimal landing sites for spacecrafts. The data used for testing was provided by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission.
The software provides an extensible framework for which multiple data sets are used by a series of analysis strategies to come up with a good landing solution while providing strong visual feedback mechanisms for both the strategy development phase and the strategy analysis phase.
Multiple data sources have been implemented along with five analysis strategies, as well as a robust multi-threaded backend and GUI.
The project is hosted on GitHub and licensed under the MIT License. I've spent a lot of time preparing the framework for others to expand on. Implementing strategies is really easy:
class ElevationAnalysisMap : public AnalysisMap
ElevationDataMap *_elevationMap;
explicit ElevationAnalysisMap(ElevationDataMap *elevationMap, QSettings *settings, QObject *parent = 0) {
// Init
_name = "Elevation Analysis";
_elevationMap = elevationMap;
virtual double calculateScoreForPoint(int x, int y) {
// Really trivial implementation: the higher the better...
int elevation = _elevationMap->getElevationAtPoint(x,y);
int minElevation = -9150;
int maxElevation = 10760;
return (double)(elevation - minElevation) / (double)(maxElevation - minElevation);
Tags: software
File Renamer lets you easily and quickly rename multiple files using a simple text editor. More than often this is much faster than using the OS's shell rename function on each file. The utility also features a quick find-and-replace utility to make common edits even faster.
Binary Download: FileRenamer-0.1_linux_amd64.zip (Linux)
Binary Download: FileRenamer-0.1_osx.zip (OS X)
Source Download: FileRenamer-0.1_src.zip
Tags: software
I still question whether I missed something very obvious, but it seems difficult to manually layout widgets in the Qt Framework, and there isn't any provided QManualLayout layout manager. Below you will find my implementation of one. And yes, there are plenty of special cases where you might need one. Using my layout manager you can place widgets anywhere on the layout using the common widget methods such as move(), resize(), and setGeometry().
** Qt Manual/Fixed Layout Manager ("QManualLayout")
** ManualLayout.h
** v1.0
** This layout manager lets you easily programmatically place
** widgets in a fixed/manual method. Widgets can be placed
** in a fixed method and dynamically moved on the layout manager's
** widget resizeEvent(QResizeEvent*) event.
** Usage:
** this->setLayout(new ManualLayout());
** QWidget *widget = new QWidget(this);
** widget->setGeometry(10,10,200,100);
** Copyright 2012 Dan Krusi, Nerves Design & Engineering
** email@example.com | www.dankrusi.com | www.nerves.ch
#ifndef MANUALLAYOUT_H
#define MANUALLAYOUT_H
#include <QtGui>
#include <QList>
class ManualLayout : public QLayout {
QList<QLayoutItem*> list;
ManualLayout(QWidget *parent): QLayout(parent) {}
ManualLayout(): QLayout() {}
int count() const;
void addItem(QLayoutItem *item);
QSize sizeHint() const;
QSize minimumSize() const;
QLayoutItem *itemAt(int) const;
QLayoutItem *takeAt(int);
void setGeometry(const QRect &rect);
#endif // MANUALLAYOUT_H
** Qt Manual/Fixed Layout Manager ("QManualLayout")
** ManualLayout.cpp
** v1.0
** This layout manager lets you easily programmatically place
** widgets in a fixed/manual method. Widgets can be placed
** in a fixed method and dynamically moved on the layout manager's
** widget resizeEvent(QResizeEvent*) event.
** Usage:
** this->setLayout(new ManualLayout());
** QWidget *widget = new QWidget(this);
** widget->setGeometry(10,10,200,100);
** Copyright 2012 Dan Krusi, Nerves Design & Engineering
** firstname.lastname@example.com | www.dankrusi.com | www.nerves.ch
#include "ManualLayout.h"
int ManualLayout::count() const {
return list.size();
QLayoutItem *ManualLayout::itemAt(int idx) const {
return list.value(idx);
QLayoutItem *ManualLayout::takeAt(int idx) {
return idx >= 0 && idx < list.size() ? list.takeAt(idx) : 0;
void ManualLayout::addItem(QLayoutItem *item) {
ManualLayout::~ManualLayout() {
QLayoutItem *item;
while ((item = takeAt(0))) delete item;
void ManualLayout::setGeometry(const QRect &r) {
QSize ManualLayout::sizeHint() const {
QSize s(0,0);
int n = list.count();
int i = 0;
while (i < n) {
s = s.expandedTo(list.at(i)->sizeHint());
return s;
QSize ManualLayout::minimumSize() const {
QSize s(0,0);
int n = list.count();
int i = 0;
while (i < n) {
s = s.expandedTo(list.at(i)->minimumSize());
return s;
You can download a demo project including the source here:
Source Download: ManualLayout_src.zip
Tags: code
Are you annoyed by setting svn:prop on all your repositories and subdirectories with the same redundant ignore lists? There is actually a handy configuration setting called global-ignores which will let you ignore specific files client-side in a global fashion. All you have to do is edit your SVN client config file at ~/.subversion/config with something like the following:
global-ignores = *.o *.lo *.la *.al .*
Tags: computer science
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I felt upbeat. I got on the decks and rode the energy. Please Enjoy! Chainsaw Werewolf-Download
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I was up Bumping and Thumping. pipe.
Lighthouse Presents- Strange Daze NYE 2013 Mix
Happy New Year! We survived yet another strange wild year on this planet. From the dark depths of cyberspace, I submit to you a mind-bending hour of tech and progressive tracks to get you jacked into 2013. It creeps up on you slowly and then builds with some strong intensity in the second half. The future is here; prepare yourself.
The goods...
- Always Take Me Higher (Original Mix)- Groove Armada
- Riders On The Storm (RedDub Remix)- Rassek
- Easy Rider (Vladimir Corbin's Captain America Remix)- Igor Brzovic
- Chinese Connection (Original Mix)- Kressel
- Levensgenieter (Dosem Remix)- Eelke Kleijn
- Panic (Paronator Remix)- Reii
- Apples And Apricots (Original Mix)- Deepfunk
- Everythig's Become Usual (E-Spectro Remix)- A. Skomoroh
- Mine, Yours (Jeremy Olander Remix) -Glenn Morrison Feat. Elise -
- She feat. Joseph Chain (Original Mix)- Re:Axis
- 4 The Music (Pacco & Rudy B Mix)- Ricky Ryan, Ucleden
- All Right (Original Mix) - Jay Lumen
- Jack (Original Mix)- Hoxton Whores
- Rhythm Alive (Federico Scavo Remix)- David Jones
Lars Lighthouse- Strange Daze Mix (Right click and "save as" to download) 1:02:50 320kps,143mb
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Labels: DJ Lighthouse, mixes, progressive house
DJ Nobody: Justgoing..................
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Lighthouse Presents- 3 O'clock Plaza Mix- Aug. 2012
To me, this mix is all about the daytime spirit of Burning Man. It's a cold glass of smooth lemonade as the party people boogie under the summer sun. I'm thoroughly excited to be dropping sunset beats in my little part of the neighborhood for all those beautiful residents of Black Rock City. If you happen to be headed out to the Nevada desert at the end of the month and are reading this, don't hesitate to head on down to Nacho Friends, grab some of our tasty nachos, and dance your ass off at our temple of groove.
But Burner or no Burner, anyone is sure to enjoy this soulful hour of good vibes.
Get you some!
DOWNLOAD!- Lars Lighthouse Presents- 3 O' Clock Plaza Mix (right click "save" to download)
152 mb, 320kps, 1:05:01
- Tattoo Girl Feat. Meg (Original Mix)- Meg, Analog People In A Digital World
- Babel (Original Mix)- Jay Lumen
- Granulated Soul (Respect To Detroit Mix)- Oliver $
- Opa-Locka (Original Club Mix)- Luigi Rocca & Manuel De La Mare
- Freedom (Dub Mix)- Ramon Tapia, Riva Starr
- Mothership (Grant Nalder Remix)- ATFC
- Fucking Amazing (Original Mix)- DJ PP & Silversix
- Mas Que Nada Feat. Alexandra Prince (DJ PP Remix)-Richard Grey, Alexandra Prince, Nari & Milani
- Brassaholics (On The Floor) Feat. Ben Onono (Original Mix)- Gramophonedzie, Analog People In A Digital World, Ben Onono
- Dirty Guitarra (Original Mix)- Crazibiza, Garrett, Ojelay
- Funky Vodka (Original Mix)- TJR
- Lolas Theme 2012 (eSQUIRE's Disco Loop Remix)- The Shapeshifters
- God's Child (Seamus Haji & Nelski Old School Mix)- Seamus Haji, Big Bang Theory
- Right Before My Eyes (Original Mix)- Hoxton Whores
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Fibers are for anyone who wants to add volume and thickness to their hair. Use them to boost your roots, to create hair style or to hide hair extension clips or a widening parting. Magic Hair gives an instant and natural looking result. Less is more with fibers. Start gently and build layers of fibres until desired volume is achieved. Wash out with shampoo. Just a few steps away from achieving fuller looking hair!!
How to use :
Use on dry hair. Shake container to apply over thinning areas. Gently pat hair to disperse fibers. For the best result, apply spray to develope an even firmer hold.
When not in use, close the container tightly and store away from moisture.
Warning :
For external use only. If irritation or rash appears discontinue use. Avoid contact with eyes. Avoid inhalation. Keep out of reach of children. Apply only to hair.
Ingredients :
Cellulose, Sodium Sulfate, Aluminate Silicate, Ammonium Chloride: Different colors can contain FD&C Orange No.4, D&C Green No.5, FD&C Green No.3, D&C Green No.6, FD&C Blue No.1
Net weight : 22gm
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