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Research & DevelopmentGot a well-founded knack with ROM hacking? Love reverse-engineering the Pokémon games? Or perhaps you love your assembly language. This is the spot for polling and gathering your ideas, and then implementing them! Share your hypothesis, get ideas from others, and collaborate to create!
Even if this work somehow, it's way unprofessional IMHO. You can clearly see the player in the modified truck before it gets warped in the new map.
That, and the fact you need to edit the map/tiles/scripts doesn't really fancy me. Here's a video so you can see the way I made it and compare it with yours.
BTW, why calling it a script when it's actually pure ASM?
I couldn't find a way to do it before so I tried to do it myself. I succeeded, but I do agree that this seems pointless now, since the other way is easier.
to hackmew: editing the tiles wouldn't do much because its four tiles that are only used in that map. In the script we are editing, we don't even know what it does since it has only the cmda6 command. You don't have to use this map either. You could create a new one and use it as the starting point with your SMCA and warp to the truck, if you so desire. But I'm under the impression that if people want to have the truck effects off also means they don't want the truck either.
Also, you probably used the transparent color instead of black. For info on that, look at the Tutorial video I made in the original post.
While it works, some setmaptiles aren't removed and, most important, no music is being played at all.
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Originally Posted by PI Hudson
I couldn't find a way to do it before so I tried to do it myself. I succeeded, but I do agree that this seems pointless now, since the other way is easier.
to hackmew: editing the tiles wouldn't do much because its four tiles that are only used in that map. In the script we are editing, we don't even know what it does since it has only the cmda6 command. You don't have to use this map either. You could create a new one and use it as the starting point with your SMCA and warp to the truck, if you so desire. But I'm under the impression that if people want to have the truck effects off also means they don't want the truck either.
Also, you probably used the transparent color instead of black. For info on that, look at the Tutorial video I made in the original post.
No, I didn't use any trasparent color or workarounds like that ( e.g. changing any script or tiles or whatever). I simply hacked the truck routine and removed anything that was causing the shaking, sounds and the rest. Anyway, replacing that cmdA6 with a warpmuted command isn't a really good idea because warpmuted needs more bytes so you will end up overwriting data unless you repoint the whole script. Needless to say, overwriting data isn't good and can easily cause side effects.
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Markov Decision Process Measurement Model.
Within-task actions can provide additional information on student competencies but are challenging to model. This paper explores the potential of using a cognitive model for decision making, the Markov decision process, to provide a mapping between within-task actions and latent traits of interest. Psychometric properties of the model are explored, and simulation studies report on parameter recovery within the context of a simple strategy game. The model is then applied to empirical data from an educational game. Estimates from the model are found to correlate more strongly with posttest results than a partial-credit IRT model based on outcome data alone. |
Benefits:
In addition to a unique culture that appeals to individuals who thrive in hyper-drive environments and who work just as hard as they play, Match.com also provides US employees with a full spectrum of benefits including:
This is a summary of benefits and does not offer provisions such as exclusions or plan limitations.
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The University of Central Florida College of Medicine is seeking an attorney that will provide legal and operational guidance in developing a broad range of compliance programs for its clinical and research programs, as well as provide legal expertise, review and advice in matters regarding health care compliance and other health related issues for the College of Medicine and other health-related colleges. The attorney will report to the College of Medicine Chief Legal Officer and will keep the College of Medicine senior leadership and others apprised of legal developments that impact medical legal matters; negotiate, draft and review contracts; and help develop policies and procedures. The attorney will also assist in implementing and coordinating a self-insurance and risk management program and other new initiatives.
Preferred qualifications include a minimum of five years legal experience, with at least three years primarily in health and life sciences, preferably with two or more years experience in an academic health center.
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LETTING GO!
Mimicking the photographer's hand motion, I pushed an errant hair from my face. The restorative spring breeze held my self conscious thoughts at bay. Instead, for the moment, I watched my family giggle and mug for the camera.
Why did I want a family portrait after so many years and with three out offive hating the idea?
For me, it is a symbolic gesture of saying goodbye to the last thirty years of my life. I gave up a career to raise my girls, and they are grown now as you can see. Of course, a mother does not ever stop "mothering." That would be like telling Sylvester Stallone to stop flexing.
But, a very clear indicator of your time ending is when they are moving out. Daughter number two is living in Philly and I'm sure daughter number one will soon follow. It is the nature of things. Daughter number three is an extravert, through and through, so, we hardly find her at home anymore.
Yes, I know, it's cliche to say, "where did the time go?" But, some truths just never change.....
There were so many years when I itched to have more time to myself. I strained against the monotony of life's routine with three growing girls. BUT, and it's a big one~ for the most part, I thoroughly enjoyed raising three strong, unique girls.
OH, you want to talk about suspense? My goodness, girls and their escapades...their ability to want to see how far they can go to test your love. It's all growing pains. Not for them, but, for me.
What have they taught me? Well, the oldest, who is basically a sweetheart acting all tough in her five foot princess body, has the heart of a lion. She endured so much emotional trauma through my cancer, and the loss of two of my pregnancies. She is the kind of woman who sticks out the hard stuff with grace and courage.
Our middle daughter is a gentle lamb. That's what her name means. And, she is another one who attempts to hide her big soft heart behind a "kind of" tough facade of sarcasm. Anyone can see right through it though. She's VERY creative. And, has a compassion for hurting people and animals. You know the kind of person that can see through the junk and cuts through it with one well turned phrase? Well, that's our middle daughter.
Now the youngest is still a teen. She is a giggler and a peer counselor for her friends. She loves God. So much in fact that you can hear her pray out loud at night for everyone she loves and for some who she may even NOT love too much at the time. She's the kind of kid that reaches out to the lost and hurting kids and sometimes adults, that she knows. And, she loves to sing, dance and laugh.
How's that for a triple threat?
Which brings me to my "Now" phase in life. I am writing.
Not that I have not previously written. Except I now work onwritingsixhours a day instead of an occasional hour here and there.
It IS a lonely pursuit. But, I believe a holy one.
That might sound arrogant. But, I know it is holy and ordained by God because I could not be doing it, if it were not for the help and the provision He has given to me.
And, in the end, it is all for Him anyway.
What a comfort that thought has been to me through the ups and downs over the years. Through the Awana clubs, art shows, horse back riding lessons, track meets, science projects (Ugh, I won't be missing them! lol..) cheerleading performances.
Through the broken hearts from the mean girls and the cute boys who did not share the same affections, the girls survived. They did! And, somehow, the Lord allowed me to play a part in it.
My friend, motherhood truly, truly is the highest calling. If you remember one thing about me, know this, I love being a mom. Another truth about me is that I love a good story of suspense. So, after reading a bit about me, I hope you will join me on the next adventure~ wherever the wind might lead. |
**To attach a policy to an IAM user**
The following ``put-user-policy`` command attaches a policy to the IAM user named ``Bob``::
aws iam put-user-policy --user-name Bob --policy-name ExamplePolicy --policy-document file://AdminPolicy.json
The policy is defined as a JSON document in the *AdminPolicy.json* file. (The file name and extension do not have significance.)
For more information, see `Adding a New User to Your AWS Account`_ in the *Using IAM* guide.
.. _`Adding a New User to Your AWS Account`: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/Using_SettingUpUser.html
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Q:
Python Data File Access both Locally and in Distributed Package
Is there a pythonic way to access data files both in local testing of a module and in the distributed package (e.g. with wheel)?
Specifically, I have the same question as the comment linked below.
Python Access Data in Package Subdirectory
A:
Putting packages in setup.py in the argument setup(..., data_files=[('', YOUR_DATA_FILES)],...) (the '' is the significant part) copies them in-place, and they can be accessed as they would otherwise be, both in local testing and when distributed.
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Q:
Does using number type instead of string speed up performance in CouchDB?
Since CouchDb stores document in json format and views are indexed after each document change. Do I get more performance if use number instead of string if possible?
Currently I'm using
string type
string syncedToSQL
string epidemicFrom
string group
string year
string app
What I can do is :
number type
number syncedToSQL
string epidemicFrom --remains as string
number group
number year
number app
The views are took using group, year, app, type fields.
A:
The influence of using number types will probably be negligible on performance (I guess you are talking about read performance). Try optimizing the views themselves if necessary. All in all, performance and possible optimizations depend on your exact use case (how many documents, what storage devices do you have, what are your needs and expectations for performance vs. readability).
I'd suggest you should starti out with a simple, readable solution and some performance benchmarks, then try to change the year property to number (you don't have to abstract there, because the year is inherently numeric). If your benchmarks deliver performance benefits, change the other types, but I doubt it is worth the effort, and it increases complexity if you encode types, groups and apps numerically.
If you need those types of optimizations, consider using a SQL database as an alternative.
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So my Secret Santa did an -awesome- job!
I like cooking and I'm a fan of hot food and chili. My santa got me a grow-your-own chili set! It comes with seeds of three variety of chili (jalepeno, cayenne, and habanero!) as well as a few bottles and a jar, with a recipe book for making some sauces or chili jam.
I'm very excited to try growing some chilis and making some sauces and stuff!! Thanks very much, Santa! |
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# Near Field Communication (NFC) devices
#
menuconfig NFC_DEVICES
bool "Near Field Communication (NFC) devices"
default n
---help---
You'll have to say Y if your computer contains an NFC device that
you want to use under Linux.
You can say N here if you don't have any Near Field Communication
devices connected to your computer.
if NFC_DEVICES
config PN544_NFC
tristate "PN544 NFC driver"
depends on I2C
select CRC_CCITT
default n
---help---
Say yes if you want PN544 Near Field Communication driver.
This is for i2c connected version. If unsure, say N here.
To compile this driver as a module, choose m here. The module will
be called pn544.
endif # NFC_DEVICES
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian Defence Ministry on Monday denied its planes had bombed U.S.-backed militias in Syria’s Deir al-Zor province earlier in the day, saying it was always careful to ensure its air strikes were accurate, the RIA news agency reported.
RIA cited Major-General Igor Konashenkov as issuing the denial which followed allegations from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias fighting with the U.S.-led coalition, that Russia had killed one of its fighters and injured two others in the air strike. |
Prosthesis embolization into the left ventricle during transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
: Images and movie clips documenting the rare occurrence of a percutaneous prosthesis embolization into the left ventricle are presented. The case outcome and the circumstances leading to the event are discussed. |
Convergence of substance P and estrogen receptor immunoreactivity in the midbrain central gray of female guinea pigs.
Substance P (SP) and estrogen receptor immunoreactivity overlap in the midbrain central gray (MCG) of female guinea pigs. Estrogen-receptor-containing cells are found throughout the rostrocaudal extent of the MCG. Moderately dense SP immunostaining is also found in this region. SP-immunoreactive punctate structures suggestive of boutons were found in close association with the processes of some estrogen-receptor-immunoreactive neurons. These associations were observed primarily in the lateral and ventrolateral MCG at the midcollicular and caudal levels. This findings suggests an anatomical substrate for interactions between SP and estradiol-sensitive neurons in the midbrain. Such interactions may underlie the effects of SP on female sexual behavior. |
A case of non-parasitic cystic disease of the liver.
The case is reported of a middle-aged woman with a non-parasitic liver cyst. The patient's left lobe of the liver was excised on her first admission to hospital; a second admission to hospital was caused by an acute small bowel obstruction. An operation was necessary and the patient has had an uneventful recovery. |
I saw all the high reviews, but I was also bothered by the high number of "I think they work" comments. Well I tried them for a month for cheat-ish meals, and I can say these have truly made little difference at best. I did not use these as a "license to pig out" and I also made sure to only take them before starches like breads and potatos, since they do not work with sugar at all. I found that at best I wouldn't necessarily get sleepy after a eating starches, but it already didn't necessarily happen all the time anyway, so I can't truly credit the pills with that. I plan to go ahead and use the rest of my pills to exhaust my supply, but I doubt I will get these again. The placebo effect is a strong one, and I think that is all these will give you. Sorry, wish I had something more positive to say. |
Let's Start a Conversation
I hold a gentle and empathic space to help you explore what has brought you to this point and how your inner world is connecting to your lived experience. As you begin to know, understand and like yourself more you will feel empowered to make better decisions for yourself and those you care about.
When we avoid dealing with our they become chronic and we might become ill, in body or mind. It is far easier to address issues early than remain unhappy and allow things to spiral out of control.
How I work
My approach is integrative and transpersonal. This means we give attention to your thoughts, feelings and behaviours. It can also be a space to reflect on the experience of living in a vulnerable human body with a soulful/spiritual dimension. You may have a spiritual practice, a faith or none – all are welcome and we meet where you are.
My role is to support you with the challenges in your life and an integrative approach allows me to use different skills to help you to go deep and also expand on your possibilities. We can use your imagination and any dreams to tap into your unconscious which may be directing your decisions. Archetypal psychology and the use of will are included as necessary.
I work with the whole person although, starting wherever you are. I believe we are all created beautifully and uniquely and life is about finding a space where we can express this comfortably. Counselling can help you to appreciate who you are, where you are, how you are and who you could be. |
class AddMoveChildrenToTaxonChanges < ActiveRecord::Migration
def up
add_column :taxon_changes, :move_children, :boolean, default: false
execute "UPDATE taxon_changes SET move_children = true"
end
def down
remove_column :taxon_changes, :move_children
end
end
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Antique 19thc Harvest Costral / Firkin
A nicely shaped Ash Harvest barrel , known as a Costral or Firkin, "Bullseye" ends and still retaining the original coopered Iron Bands, initialled T P .....excellent colour and condition,.... a real little gem. |
In various manufacturing processes, such as the manufacture of radio frequency (RF) equipment, cell phones, and the like, testing equipment is typically included at various stages of the process to test the operation of each item produced. This testing equipment may either make up a part of the production line or may be a portable or transportable system maintained in proximity to the production line. While the use of testing equipment helps to ensure that the manufactured items operate correctly within a given set of parameters, the testing performed would be of little use if the testing equipment was not, itself, reliably accurate. Therefore, additional verification equipment is typically used to test the main-line testing equipment.
Test systems, like other electronic equipment, are susceptible to anomalies such as electronic drift, wear in cables or connectors, and the like, as time passes. Therefore, such equipment is routinely checked to verify its accuracy. By periodically checking the test equipment, electronic and physical faults, such as worn cables, connectors, or the like, may be fixed or adjusted. Furthermore, because environmental conditions play an important role in the testing of the manufactured items, the main test equipment is typically checked in place. Currently, verification equipment is routinely placed on a mobile test cart that may be moved around the factory floor to check the various test equipment. The group of equipment on the cart is sometimes referred to as a calibration cart. A calibration cart generally includes a source and power meter with a system controller, various couplers to connect to the different inputs or outputs of the test set, and at least one computers to run the testing and calibration applications for the calibration cart hardware. Therefore, a verification application on a calibration cart computer may cause a source signal to be transmitted to the input of the test set or test equipment to check various elements, such as the insertion loss of the cables, the test set set-up, all of the switches that would be found between the test set, the manufactured items, and/or other such elements. On a typical production line, there are many different cables, switch boxes, adapters, and the like that make up a part of the overall testing system. The calibration cart is generally moved down the line to test each of these components. Power is typically supplied to a cart through an alternating current (AC) power source. It may also include an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to maintain power in the equipment as it is being moved from station to station and AC outlet to AC outlet.
While providing a means at verifying the accuracy and integrity of testing equipment, one of the main problems with the calibration cart is the inconvenience of moving the cart around and plugging it in repeatedly. Moreover, current calibration carts are generally custom built to a particular production line, running a particular testing format. It then becomes impracticable or expensive to create another calibration cart to verify or calibrate test equipment running the different format. For applications in the cellular communications industry, there are several different formats, sometimes even within the same phone. Further, as product prices fall and the margins of profit narrow, the cart method of verifying test sets and test equipment provides a relatively expensive solution to a systematic part of the manufacturing process. |
“The International Security Assistance Force confirmed Fedayi, a Taliban military senior leader who conducted attacks against Afghan and coalition forces as well as intimidation campaigns on Afghan civilians and government officials, was killed in a precision air strike in Baghlan province Tuesday.
Fedayi had worked with the Taliban shadow governor for Burkah district and was the Taliban leader in Baghlan-e Jadid District before being forced by coalition forces to relocate.
Based on intelligence sources, coalition forces tracked a group of insurgents armed with rocket-propelled grenades to a remote area in Burkah District. After verifying insurgent activity and careful planning to avoid civilian casualties, coalition forces conducted a precision air strike.” |
Announcing Secrets of Augustine
We’ve been hinting about it for a while now, but today is the official launch of next years Ikkatsu project, The Secrets of Augustine. Here’s what we plan to accomplish in a nutshell; take the Alaska Marine Highway ferry from Bellingham Washington to Homer Alaska. From there we’ll be picked up my Eli Porter of Porter’s Wild Alaska, cross Cook Inlet over to Augustine Island which is home to Alaska’s most active volcano, Mt. Augustine.
We’ll circumnavigate the island, conducting our surveys for NOAA as usual, but we’ll be adding some additional science to our agenda this year. Annika Wallendahl, a professional geologist, will be joining our advisory team and we plan to spend some time on the summit of the volcano collecting samples for her. Also we’ve partnered with Oikonos Ecosystem Knowledge and will be doing field necropsy on any seabirds we find; we’ll be receiving training in their labs.
Documenting the tsunami debris is still high on our list, but after seeing the amount of plastic debris on our beaches, we’re hoping to educate the public about the crisis our oceans are facing. We’re already involved in some outreach programs with our local schools and hope to broaden that portion of mission as well.
However, the various costs of this project are going to be much more substantial then last years, and like many, we’re using indiegogo as a crowd funding source to cover the expense. Please consider a donation and help spread the word as well. This is a movie that needs to get made and we think we’re in a unique position to do so.
You can find more details both about the project and Kickstarter campaign here.
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Steve Weileman, wilderness guide, professional photographer, and award-winning filmmaker, continues to combine his passion for the outdoors and his creativity into filmmaking as well as making his unique set of skills available for commercial productions.
His work has been featured on CNN, National Geographic, and OutsideTV, as well as numerous local outlets. |
If you’ve ever seen a picture of the Atlanta skyline, it’s probably been from the Jackson Street bridge. The perfectly squared up view of Peachtree from directly over the Freedom Parkway ramps is nothing short of iconic. I haven’t posted a picture of it yet, so I decided to get one last week. It turns out there was a prom going on that day and it was packed. Instead, I thought it might be interesting to see what the Jackson street bridge really looks like… crowded and loaded with cameras.
This sent me on a journey to the west side to get a few shots from the opposite end. The industrial part of west midtown gives the city an entirely different feel. I was lucky enough to catch a train coming through from the Marietta Street bridge.
Finally, I thought it might help tie everything together to get a shot from inside the city. The giant LED screens gave me a bit of trouble, but I learned a lot from that experience. Stay tuned for more. |
// Import the Application and language asset from ui.
import en from "robe-react-ui/lib/assets/en_US.json";
import Application from "robe-react-ui/lib/Application";
// Wrap your outmost component.
<Application language={en}>
<h1>Todo Application</h1>
<Todo />
</Application>
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Tag Archive for ‘shelties’
Angel & Hershey have very different opinions about the water & if you should be in it. For example, look at where Hershey’s feet are compared to Angel. Right on the edge…
Hershey WANTS to get in there with Nik. Angel WANTS to get Nik out.
Anyone else’s Sheltie get mad at anyone who is in the pool (dog or person) because they think it is “a sheep gone astray” so they bark and follow them all around the pool to make sure they are OK and haven’t drowned? I know all of my Shelties, past & present do this too! |
[Skin aging].
Like the entire human organism, the skin is subject to an intrinsic unpreventable aging process. But exogenous factors also influence skin aging. Ultraviolet radiation in particular results in premature skin aging, also referred to as extrinsic skin aging or photo aging, causing in large part aging-associated changes in sun-exposed areas. Intrinsic and extrinsic aging share several molecular similarities despite morphological and pathophysiological differences. The formation of reactive oxygen species and the induction of metalloproteinases reflect central aspects of skin aging. Accumulation of fragmented collagen fibrils prevents neocollagenesis and accounts for further degradation of extracellular matrix by means of positive feedback regulation. The importance of extrinsic factors in skin aging and the detection of its mechanisms has given rise to development of various therapeutic and preventive strategies. |
Q:
Ajax enabled WCF service. How to return complex object from service call?
Ajax enabled WCF service. How to return complex object from service call?
It fails when try to return any complex object that is not primitive like int, string .etc.
Is it possible at all? I can't find any sample. All samples are with primitive signatures.
thanks in advance.
A:
[DataContract] attribute over class declaration and [DataMember] over properties should do the trick.
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Q:
How to show MYSQL statements that show how to create a particular table?
I've created and edited a couple of tables and don't want to recreate them from scratch if the database gets erased. What command allows me to "export" the field names and settings (NOT the content) as a ready to use MYSQL command that I can paste back on the MYSQL prompt?
A:
SHOW CREATE TABLE tablename;
Reference: mySQL docs
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Sheriff: Man arrested for driving into voter sign-up tent
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A sheriff’s office in Florida says a man has been arrested for driving through a voter registration tent in Jacksonville. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said Sunday via Twitter that Gregory Timm has been charged with aggravated assault, criminal mischief and driving with a suspended license. The sheriff’s office says deputies responded to the scene after reports of a dispute. According to witnesses, Timm drove a van through a tent where they were working to register voters. |
Americans for Prosperity calls on foes to condemn 'Anonymous' attack
With the group "Anonymous" working (unsuccessfully at the moment) to take down Americans for Prosperity's website, the group's president, Tim Phillips, says in an emailed statement:
Americans for Prosperity has established itself as a leading voice in one of the great political debates underway in this country over government spending and how best to restore the fiscal solvency of governments at both the state and federal level. Yesterday, a group claimed credit for an attempt to silence our voice and to stifle that debate through an illegal attack on our website. While the political debate over government spending can be heated, we hope that even our opponents will join us in condemning this illegal attack on our free speech rights as unacceptable and irredeemable. Our country cannot meet the great challenges before us if we cannot have a free and open discussion about the threats that we face.
Americans for Prosperity will not be intimidated and will not be deterred from our effort to support responsible economic policies, including the efforts of Governor Walker and other democratically elected leaders in that state to balance the budget through common-sense reforms. |
The best fertilizer for your lawn and garden is homemade compost, made from food scraps, lawn clippings, and fall leaves. If you still need store-bought products, here are a few tips:
Compost and Soil Improvements: Commercially made compost has high levels of naturally occurring phosphorous and nitrogen that is released gradually and is absorbed more easily by plants. Other soil improvers, such as worm castings, Epsom salts and decomposed organic matter called humates, add nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. Watch out for commercial fertilizers, even those labeled "organic," that contain harmful ingredients, such as animal byproducts or sewage sludge. Animal byproducts, such as bone meal or fish meal, may have come from industrial farming operations, and sewage sludge, could be contaminated with diseases or heavy metals. |
Todd Starnes: Obama is importing Muslims, deporting Christians
WASHINGTON (Christian Examiner) — The nation was forced to endure yet more pious prattling from President Obama this week who spent time berating Americans who are worried about Islamic jihadists hell-bent on blowing us all to kingdom come.
"When individuals say that we should have a religious test and that only Christians – proven Christians should be admitted – that's offensive and contrary to American values, the president said – just one day after he called such behavior un-American. |
Q:
Extract only a single directory from tar
I am working on a project in python in which I need to extract only a subfolder of tar archive not all the files.
I tried to use
tar = tarfile.open(tarfile)
tar.extract("dirname", targetdir)
But this does not work, it does not extract the given subdirectory also no exception is thrown. I am a beginner in python.
Also if the above function doesn't work for directories whats the difference between this command and tar.extractfile() ?
A:
Building on the second example from the tarfile module documentation, you could extract the contained sub-folder and all of its contents with something like this:
with tarfile.open("sample.tar") as tar:
subdir_and_files = [
tarinfo for tarinfo in tar.getmembers()
if tarinfo.name.startswith("subfolder/")
]
tar.extractall(members=subdir_and_files)
This creates a list of the subfolder and its contents, and then uses the recommended extractall() method to extract just them. Of course, replace "subfolder/" with the actual path (relative to the root of the tar file) of the sub-folder you want to extract.
A:
The other answer will retain the subfolder path, meaning that subfolder/a/b will be extracted to ./subfolder/a/b. To extract a subfolder to the root, so subfolder/a/b would be extracted to ./a/b, you can rewrite the paths with something like this:
def members(tf):
l = len("subfolder/")
for member in tf.getmembers():
if member.path.startswith("subfolder/"):
member.path = member.path[l:]
yield member
with tarfile.open("sample.tar") as tar:
tar.extractall(members=members(tar))
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Thermal fracturing in glass
Thermal fracturing in glass occurs when sufficient temperature differential is created within glass.
As a warmed area expands or a cooled area contracts, stress forces develop potentially leading to fracture. A temperature differential may be created in many ways including solar heating, space heating devices, fire, hot and cold liquids. Sloping glass surfaces are subject to greater solar radiation than vertical surfaces and so are more prone to solar thermal fracture. In framed window glass the edges are relatively cooler than the exposed areas so space heating devices in very close proximity may cause thermal fracture.
Factors affecting thermal stress
Solar absorption: the temperature of glass depends on the amount of heat absorbed by the glass. So a high performance solar control glass will absorb more heat. so it will be more prone to thermal fracture
Shadow: the presence of shadows will result in relatively cooler areas in glass. Thus it results in temperature difference and may result in thermal fracture.
Edge strength: crack will form if the tensile strength of glass edge exceeds the critical point. Clean cut glass is the strongest and after that polished edge is strongest.
Artificial heating and cooling: if heating or cooling vents are present, the glass can heat or cool excessively and may result in thermal stress.
Frame type and colour: insulating materials keep the edges cool but conduction materials are influenced by their colour. dark colours are more absorptive so causes more heating.
glass type : edge strength of wired glass is less than of ordinary glasses due to weakening caused by cutting processes.
Different types of thermal fracture
Low energy: Most common type of fractures. It is caused by damage to the edge of the glass. This weakens the edge, so less stress is required to cause the failure. The probability of this type of thermal fracture cannot be determined using thermal assessment processes.
High energy: These are rare and require high levels of thermal stress. The probability of this type of thermal fracture can be determined using thermal assessment processes.
Prevention of thermal fracture
Low energy: edges of annealed laminated glasses are polished. Inspection is done to find damages in glass.
High energy: glasses are heat strengthened to avoid high energy thermal failure.
References
"Thermal Stress And Thermal Fracture in glass" - Viridian Glass
Category:Glass |
Climbing the Mountain
So after climbing the rim at Songan, I had the middle of the day to myself. I checked out a tourist office, one that actually was a service.
Jero Wijaya runs this store and info center
and, surprisingly, he's not trying to sell anything.
When I kept on asking questions about a xeroxed map
under the glass at his main desk, he lifted up the glass
and just gave it to me.
Everybody else is on the take.
So I figured that the best, most noncrowded thing to
do was to approach from the north and hit some of the
steam and sulphur vents. On a sunny day you can
even see steam coming out from a distance.
"That's where I want to go", I decided.
This hill you can see from the tourist side of the rim, but just
behind it is some lava fields and the trails I took.
I took most of the afternoon just driving around the inner road.
It seems like not very much distance, but it's a rough road.
Like other places I tried to drive, the asphalt was destroyed
in places, and the worst parts were where it was only partly gone.
The north side was where the recent lava flows were so that was the place to go.
The first time I went around, I was looking for a reputed trail.
The directions were sketchy, and there were lots of dump trucks barreling down
the road (probably why the roads were destroyed).
At one point a tourist flagged me down.
Italian, he asked how far it was back all the way.
The locals were charging him outrageous amounts for a ride back.
It WAS a long, tedious ride back.
I thought I was coming back that way, but to my surprise,
I came out on the main road and had completed the circle without finding the trail.
Try two. The sun was going down. I drove back to where the biggest lava flows
were.
Parked. Started walking.
At first I started walking across the lava.
This soon turned out to be a mistake.
It had flowed decades (or maybe a century) ago and the rain had weakened it.
Meanwhile it was very sharp. Think of pumice, but black, sortof sponge-texture
but rigid and brittle.
So you could be walking on part of it, it could collapse under you, and as you use your arms to catch yourself against the rocks,... I headed back to the road.
Climbing
I found a trail and headed up through the woods.
There were several trails, but I found that if I kept to the part of the
forest near the lavaflow, that worked out the best.
At a point, the shrubbery stops and you're walking across uneven rock fields.
Then you get to the side of the mountain proper.
(You're already quite a ways up.)
This part of the mountain is all dust - all incredibly sandy.
You can see the "path" up here.
These are footprints you see.
Although I didn't see anybody else, I could tell that there had been hikers
within a day.
As you walk up this path, you see all the sand under your feet slosh
down the hill just a little, with each footstep.
Given enough hikers, maybe the whole hill would level out, I don't know.
It's very tedious going up the hill, you go up two steps and slide down one.
As I walked up, I couldn't help but recall some technical talk by
a chemical engineer who described the science of powders.
Depending on the shape of the particles, their density, and other
factors like how "slippery" they were, a pile of it will stack at
a certain angle.
If you tilt it or put more on top, the stuff that's at too high an
angle slides down until it's right at the critical angle again.
So walking up was silly, but actually you could make progress,
although you burned lots of energy.
Vents
At the top, you don't exactly end up where you want to be,
so you end up scampering across. It's better walking if you're not on the
side of a hill, there's trails with more solid rocks.
There were a number of calderas there. Generally the insides had
rocks and sand forming a cone in the middle, and there
wasn't much in the middle other than a sortof floor.
But all over there were vents with steam and sulphur
coming up.
Rocks are heated under the surface.
Anything will vaporize if you heat it enough.
But, the first two things in the crust to vaporize are
water and sulphur.
That's what's coming out of these vents.
You can actually walk right up to these vents.
It's warm near them, there's really steam coming out
and it really smells like sulphur.
They're right there.
No guardrails or anything.
The views up here were absolutely breathtaking.
I snapped picture after picture.
The next day, I came up again and went further up the
mountain.
(no guide necessary.)
The whole northwest side of the mountain is sortof a shoulder with all the
active vents.
In this view on the right, the peak of Batur is on the left, off the field,
but you can see the green slope.
But notice in the distance: in the near distance is mount Abang,
on the rim of the crater. Farther behind that is Mount Agung, which
I had climbed just a week before.
(see story)
The point is that this sortof illustrates the hotspot theory:
there's a hot spot that a continental plate oozes over, so
you get a number of volcanos all in a straight line.
Coming Down
You know when you hike like this your shoe gets some dust in it.
Mine was basically, full, overflowing, as you can see in this photo.
The rocky areas had a wide variety of kinds of minerals in them.
As frustrating as it was going up the side of the hill,
it was a blast going down the hill.
It's fun to run down any hill, except when you get to be a geezer like me,
you can damage your knees.
Well, no problem here as each foot pummels into soft powder.
I ran down really really fast and it was really fun. |
Q:
Riddle: I'm like Death and Childbirth
I'm short
and I don't snore.
I'm demanding
and can't be ignored.
When my time comes it will be inconvenience,
living up to the reputation of non-lenience.
Though I am not your wife nor your girlfriend,
your saving is emptied the same way at the end.
Are you thinking about love,
are you thinking about life?
Get back to work and throw your imagination aside!
I am...?
A:
Are you..
Taxes
I'm short
It's a short word?
and I don't snore.
Taxes seem to be never ending
I'm demanding
taxes demand effort to be filed and also demand for money
and can't be ignored.
you can't ignore your taxes!!
When my time comes it will be inconvenience,
Taxes are always inconvenient
living up to the reputation of non-lenience.
Tax credit
Though I am not your wife nor your girlfriend,
your saving is emptied the same way at the end.
taxes take up money
Are you thinking about love,
are you thinking about life?
Get back to work and throw your imagination aside!
taxes are work and requires very little imagination unless you are faking them
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Truncated DCC reduces N-cadherin/catenin expression and calcium-dependent cell adhesion in neuroblastoma cells.
The deleted in colorectal cancer (DCC) protein is important in the pathway guidance of cells and cell processes during neural development, and DCC has also been implicated in the aberrant cellular migrations of neuroblastoma dissemination. We attempted to further define DCC protein function by the overexpression of full-length and truncated DCC constructs in a human neuroblastoma cell line. Overexpression of the truncated DCC protein resulted in a less epithelioid morphology. This was accompanied by decreases in expression of N-cadherin and alpha- and beta-catenin by immunoblot and Northern blot analysis. Levels of desmoglein were relatively less affected, whereas endogenous DCC protein levels were increased in the truncated transfectants. N-cadherin immunofluorescence was consistent with the immunoblot studies and localized the protein to the cytoplasm and sites of cell-cell contact. Cell aggregation studies demonstrated diminished calcium-dependent aggregation in the truncated transfectants. In conclusion, overexpression of a truncated DCC protein in neuroblastoma cells resulted in the loss of an epithelioid morphology, diminished expression of N-cadherin and alpha- and beta-catenin, and diminished calcium-dependent cell adhesion. These studies provide the first evidence of an apparent functional link between DCC and N-cadherin/catenin-dependent cell adhesion. |
import { createLogger, format, transports } from 'winston'
export const logger = createLogger({
level: 'info',
format: format.json(),
transports: [
new transports.File({ filename: 'error.log', level: 'error' }),
new transports.File({ filename: 'combined.log' }),
new transports.Console({
format: format.combine(
format.colorize({ all: true }),
format.timestamp({
format: 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss',
}),
format.simple()
),
}),
],
})
export default logger
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Distribution of some neuropeptides in the porcine inferior mesenteric ganglion.
The occurrence and distribution of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, substance P, and bombesin/gastrin-releasing peptide in neuronal cell bodies and nerve fibers of the porcine inferior mesenteric ganglion were studied with the indirect immunohistochemical technique. Of all substances studied only vasoactive intestinal polypeptide was found in principal ganglionic neurons. The presence of nerve fibers immunoreactive to vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, bombesin/gastrin-releasing peptide, and substance P was also found in the ganglion. There were differences in the pattern of distribution and density of the nerve fibers immunoreactive to the particular peptides. Fibers containing vasoactive intestinal polypeptide and bombesin/gastrin-releasing peptide were numerous, while fibers containing substance P were comparatively scarce. The present results revealed both similarities and specific differences in the occurrence and localisation of various neuropeptides in the porcine inferior mesenteric ganglion in comparison with that of other mammalian species. |
{
"word": "Junk",
"definitions": [
"Old or discarded articles that are considered useless or of little value.",
"Worthless writing, talk, or ideas.",
"A person's belongings.",
"Junk bonds.",
"Heroin.",
"The lump of oily fibrous tissue in a sperm whale's head, containing spermaceti.",
"A man's genitals."
],
"parts-of-speech": "Noun"
} |
Guru Randhawa
Guru Randhawa is an Indian pop singer who also works as a Bollywood playback singer. He is very popular among youth and is known for hit songs like 'Lahore', 'High Rated Gabru', and 'Patola'. His songs are reprised in Bollywood movies like 'Suit Suit' in Hindi Medium, 'Ban Ja Rani' in Tumhari Sulu and 'Patola' in Blackmail. He is one of the most established punjabi singers in Bollywood. |
Cardiovascular pharmacology. I.
The use of bicarbonate during cardiopulmonary resuscitation remains controversial. The present standards, suggested in large part by the investigations of Bishop and Weisfeldt, and the acknowledged toxicity of treatment with bicarbonate led to aggressive use of hyperventilation, the frequent monitoring of pH, and a reduction in bicarbonate administration. However, to date no studies have indicated an improvement in outcome to support the importance of these changes. Instead, controversy continues concerning the most appropriate buffer and whether the pH gradient induced between venous and arterial beds during CPR is of importance. To date, a viable alternative regimen has not been proposed. Thus, at present there is little new data upon which to base a major change in strategy, although the logic of reducing further the use of bicarbonate seems compelling. The choice of antiarrhythmic therapy is equally difficult. Initially, experimental studies suggested a more potent antifibrillatory effect for bretylium than for lidocaine. Subsequent studies have challenged these initial experimental results and clinical data have failed to indicate the benefit of one drug over the other. There is little information to suggest that these agents are more effective than the aggressive use of defibrillation alone in patients with ventricular fibrillation. It therefore seems improbable that a definitive decision concerning the use of one or another of these agents can be made. |
Q:
send value with pageobject c# selenium
I'm trying to create a function that will find an element with text inside the dom document.
This is how I'm I trying to achieve this:
IWebElement in PageObject:
[FindsBy(How = How.XPath, Using = "//*[contains(text()")]
IWebElement getText { get; set; }
IWebElement extension method:
public static void containsText(this IWebElement element, string value)
{
element.FindElement(By.XPath(",'" + value + "')]"));
}
Method:
public AutomationPage findText()
{
getText.containsText("test")
}
So what I'm trying to achive is that the method should find the entire Xpath.
Correct output should be:
"//*[contains(text(),'test')]"
but it gives me:
Could not find element by: By.XPath: //*[contains(text()
A:
This doesn't work like you're expecting. Basically, you're trying to find an element with xpath //*[contains(text() and then you're trying to find a child element with the xpath ,'test')]. Neither of which is a valid xpath.
For dynamic xpaths, it's better to use a function rather than FindsBy
Something like this:
private IWebElement GetElementContainsText(string text)
{
return driver.FindElement(By.XPath("//*[contains(text(), '" + text + "')];
}
Long story short, you have to construct your selector before creating your By and before calling FindElement
I can understand the sadness in letting go of the FindsBy in these scenarios, as well as the sadness of not being able to use a cool extension method. I really wish I had a solution that would do things the way you're trying to do them, but from what I've seen the above is the correct approach in these cases. Cheers :)
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Does Trump Fear China?
On Sunday, May 20th, in a surprising announcement from the Trump Administration, the United States announced it would pull back on its plan to impose tariffs on Chinese goods. This is a surprising move from the United States and the Trump Administration in particular, because for months now the Administration has been tweeting about how China's "unfair" trading practices. The Secretary of the Treasury for the United States called the hiatus "putting the trade war on hold." Many members of the Congress from the Republican party are saying that China is winning the negotiations and say that the United States is being blocked by China without tariffs China can keep stealing intellectual property & keep blocking our companies while they invest in the United States without limits of how China can do this. The abrupt reversal had even seasoned trade experts scratching their heads, with some expressing concern that the United States had weakened its position with on-again, off-again threats of a trade war.
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Politics & War
Politics & War is a free to play browser based persistent massively multi-player online game where you create your own nation and rule it. Forced to make grueling political decisions you are truly in charge in Politics & War. Play together with friends and strangers, pit your armies against each other and wage war, or work together cooperatively for mutual prosperity. In Politics & War you call the shots. |
Electronic devices often receive and transmit data streams to other devices. These data streams may be transmitted in a variety of formats, such as the Universal Serial Bus (USB) format. In some cases, it may be advantageous for an electronic device receiving data streams to separate the received data into frames. However, received data streams may be subject to drift, jitter, or other inconsistencies that make it more difficult to for the receiving device to accurately identify the contents of each frame. These inconsistencies can corrupt the data stream and lead to loss of data or a degradation of performance.
Accordingly, there is a need for an improved system and method to receive digital data. |
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use yii\helpers\Json;
use yii\helpers\Url;
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jstree.on('dblclick.jstree', function (e, data) {
var \$object = $(e.target).closest("a");
document.location = {$edit} + '?id=' + \$object.attr('data-id') + '&parent_id=' + \$object.attr('data-parent-id');
});
$('#{$id}').on('activate_node.jstree', function (e, data) {
jstree.jstree().save_state();
document.location = '{$index}?parent_id=' + data.node.id;
});
});
js;
$this->registerJS($jstree);
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Q:
How to determine what AMIs are available for a selected AZ
I am currently using cloud formation to launch the following AMI image: ami-0d28e5e0f13248294
However I have been told that the instance type (m5.large) is not supported in my requested Availability Zone (ap-southeast-2a).
How can I find a similar AMI that is supported in ap-southeast-2a. I have tried using the 'launch EC2 instance' in the console but I don't get any information about the availability zones I can use for ap-southeast-2a for my required instance type.
A:
AMI's provide information required to launch the instance. An AMI is registered in a region and not in an availability zone.
You can search the list of AMI's in the given region by the following command
aws ec2 describe-images --owners self amazon --filters "Name=root-device-type,Values=ebs"
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Lipid layers in dermal vesicles of sheep scab.
Surveys of vertical frozen skin sections from lesions of sheep inoculated with Psoroptes ovis revealed new aspects of scab histopathology, particularly lipid layers adherent to epidermis forming beneath dermal vesicles. |
As communication technology continues to expand, individuals are faced with an ever increasing number of information sources. For example, many cable television services offer dozens of different channels from which a user can choose. Some available satellite systems claim to offer hundreds of channels and it is widely expected that cable services will expand in an effort to match or exceed this capability. Similar gains in the quantity of available programs and services are anticipated in areas of communication other than television.
This dramatic increase in the amount of available programs and services greatly increases the amount and type of information accessible to a user. One common form of information accessible to users is advertising or product promotion. For example, home shopping networks are television channels dedicated to displaying and advertising various products. Consumers can typically purchase desired products by calling a telephone number displayed with the product.
Television users are also provided product information through "infomercials." A typical informercial provides information and promotional material about a specific product or product line for an extended period of time, typically for thirty minutes to an hour. Infomercials generally include interviews with satisfied customers and detailed examples of how to use the product. Again, a user can generally purchase desired products by calling or writing to a source identified in the informercial.
A problem with these services is that a user can only passively watch information and cannot interactively respond to the informational messages. For example, a customer who desires to purchase a product displayed cannot do so through the television, but has to use a different communication medium, such as a telephone or a mail service. This process is inconvenient and prone to error in that the user may incorrectly record or miss the opportunity to record the telephone number or address, resulting in a lost opportunity to purchase the product. |
Panola County Courthouse
Panola County Courthouse may refer to:
Panola County Courthouse (Batesville, Mississippi)
Panola County Courthouse (Sardis, Mississippi)
Panola County Courthouse, Panola County, Texas |
If you are already using Miradore Connector for Microsoft Active Directory, please note that the email account import is activated automatically, you don't need to reconfigure or update the connector anyhow. |
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# Local source generation targets.
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ucli:
@../../../../tools/uclihandlers.py x86_64_quanta_ly8_rangeley_ucli.c
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Would you have him on your show?
Definitely.
I mean, I would not
say no to the sitting
President of the United States.
Really?
Absolutely not.
Would you?
Yeah.
You would?
[CHEERING]
I would not have him on.
[CHEERING]
Now I'm going to get bad tweets.
Like, but-- I just--
I just.
He is who he is.
And he has enough attention.
And he has his Twitter
account and he has
ways to get his message across.
There's nothing I'm
going to say to him
that's going to change him.
And I don't want to give him
a platform because it's just--
it validates him.
And for me to have someone
on the show, I really--
I have to--
I have to at least
admire them in some way.
And I can't have
someone that I feel
is not only dangerous
for the country,
and for me personally
as a gay woman, but as--
to the world.
He is-- he is
dividing all of us.
And I think--
I don't want to repre--
I just-- I don't
want him on the show.
[CHEERING]
So you're going to do more.
It's going to be like, a
talk-- it's a daytime show.
So you're going to do variety
and talk and things like that,
right?
So, I feel like my
show is going to be,
if you took a talk show and a
news show and they had a baby?
That's what this
show is going to be.
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During the visit, Assessment Team evaluated the program by using HEC’s prescribed Assessment Criterion and Recommendation Form. They visited departmental facilities like labs, library and classrooms. They also interviewed faculty members of the department and students of the program and appreciated the current level of the academic program. Few observations and suggestions are given for improvement accordingly. |
Q:
windows bat file: how to strip the path-part from a absolute filepath
i have a variable like this:
set file=c:\dir\foo\bar\file.txt
how can i get just the path-part into another variable?
echo %pathpart%
should give c:\dir\foo\bar\
thanks!
A:
How do I get the equivalent of dirname() in a batch file?
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package me.panpf.sketch.sample.item
import android.content.Context
import android.view.ViewGroup
import android.widget.TextView
import me.panpf.adapter.AssemblyItem
import me.panpf.adapter.AssemblyItemFactory
import me.panpf.adapter.ktx.bindView
import me.panpf.sketch.sample.R
class AppListHeaderItemFactory : AssemblyItemFactory<String>() {
override fun match(o: Any?): Boolean {
return o is String
}
override fun createAssemblyItem(viewGroup: ViewGroup): AppListHeaderItem {
return AppListHeaderItem(R.layout.list_item_app_list_header, viewGroup)
}
inner class AppListHeaderItem(itemLayoutId: Int, parent: ViewGroup) : AssemblyItem<String>(itemLayoutId, parent) {
private val textView: TextView by bindView(R.id.text_appListHeaderItem)
override fun onConfigViews(context: Context) {
}
override fun onSetData(i: Int, s: String?) {
textView.text = s
}
}
}
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Linear and nonlinear rheology of dense emulsions across the glass and the jamming regimes.
We discuss the linear and nonlinear rheology of concentrated microscale emulsions, amorphous disordered solids composed of repulsive and deformable soft colloidal spheres. Based on recent results from simulation and theory, we derive quantitative predictions for the dependences of the elastic shear modulus and the yield stress on the droplet volume fraction. The remarkable agreement with experiments we observe supports the scenario that the repulsive glass and the jammed state can be clearly identified in the rheology of soft spheres at finite temperature while crossing continuously from a liquid to a highly compressed yet disordered solid. |
Engineering for the future
Governments are using intelligent systems to plan, prevent and prepare
Smart cities are digitally connected and optimized, using data from transportation systems, energy management systems, and water supply systems to plan for unexpected events, prevent strained resources and prepare for growth and congestion in the future.
For all these systems to work together, they must integrate seamlessly, presenting new challenges in complexity. We also have to anticipate problems that don’t yet exist, and ensure our solutions are compatible other systems.
Engineering for the future
How can engineers prepare for the future? By recognizing that the moment you stop innovating, you’ve lost the race. By preparing for increased complexity in design, architecture and testing, to ensure our systems can work to solve problems we haven’t yet found. By decreasing development time and testing, all while increasing quality so our products and solutions get to market faster. |
The Hanky Panky Neapolitan Signature Lace Low Rise Thong is a feminine must-have. The World's Most Comfortable Thong® has yet another reason to be your favorite; great design and fabulous sheer stretch lace. The flattering low-rise thong features a flirty contrast “V” waistband accented with Neapolitan color contrast and white trim. The high cut of these panties emphasizes your legs and look great. The flirty lace band stretches comfortably around your hips. This waistband sits low on your hips just below natural waist line. This seamless material is opaque for your modesty. Designed to eliminate visible panty lines, the legs are trimmed with thin elastic to keep it securely in place. Feel cute and seductive under all your clothes whether it's everyday wear or for a fancy night out! |
Gang of Four Patterns With Type-Classes and Implicits in Scala
Type-classes, as they’re known within the Scala language, have a wonderful place in library development. They make code open to extension, less verbose and simplify APIs. I’ve yet to find many other patterns in languages which do the same. A close second, depending on your point of view, being one of either the concept of a generator or decorator in the Python language (where the later is just function composition in disguise.) This post is highly opinionated; after reading if you disagree or feel I missed a point say so in the comments section. |
Ankle Fractures
Ankle injuries are the most common sports-related injury. An ankle fracture is a break in one or more bones that make up the ankle joint. Sometimes ligaments may also be damaged. Ankle fractures are most often caused by motor vehicle accident, rolling or twisting of ankle, and by tripping or falling. People participating in sports such as basketball, football, soccer and skiing are at a high risk of developing ankle fractures.
Common symptoms of an ankle fracture include pain and swelling around the ankle, bruising, tender to the touch, inability to walk on the leg, and deformity if the ankle is dislocated.
Following an ankle injury, it is important to have the ankle evaluated by Dr. Driscoll for proper diagnosis and treatment. Diagnosis is made based on the history of injury and a physical examination of the ankle. In addition, the surgeon may order X-ray of the ankle to determine the extent of the injury.
Treatment varies with the type and severity of the injury. Treatment of ankle fractures involves adequate rest, ice application, leg elevation, and medications to reduce pain. A short leg cast or a brace may be applied over the fractured ankle to provide support. If there is severe injury, excessive swelling or severe pain, you should seek immediate medical treatment.
Some ankle fractures are treated with a splint, which is placed on the ankle for a few days until the swelling subsides. Once the swelling decreases a cast or walking boot may be placed on the ankle to stabilize the broken bone and promote healing. Surgery may be needed to realign the bones before placing the splint. During surgery, Dr. Driscoll may place metal screws and a plate to hold the broken bone in position while it heals. In some cases, crutches may be used to protect the ankle. |
"Now is the time to gather all the pertinent information," Ryan said. "There's clearly a lot of politics being played. Our job is to get the facts and be sober about doing that ... The last thing I'm going to do is to prejudge anything." |
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// Charger Pillar Debuff
//=============================================================================
"DOTA_Tooltip_modifier_boss_charger_pillar_debuff" "Shielding Disabled"
"DOTA_Tooltip_modifier_boss_charger_pillar_debuff_description" "#{DOTA_Tooltip_Ability_boss_charger_super_armor} disabled."
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Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon. Pokémon owns me.
The thumbnail used for this fic is a piece created by a user named Kikariz, who seems to have dropped off the face of the Earth. If anyone knows where they might be contacted, please let me know.
Arc I: Tabula Rasa
"Are you a boy, or a girl?"
He raised his gaze to me when it became clear I wasn't going to answer. He opened his eyes wide, helpless and innocent, almost suppressing the twitch at the corner of his mouth. His biro tapped the form on the desk.
"The Registry Office needs to know."
I stared back at him for a moment as he nodded in grave agreement with his own statement. His pen shifted from one box to the other, his head tilting questioningly from side to side.
Finally, I relented.
"I sexually identify as a Nidoran."
He raised an eyebrow, moving the pen over the empty space next to the 'Other' category.
I sighed. "Male. I'm male."
He nodded, ticking the 'M' box.
"Kinda hurt you don't remember, Dad," I added.
His eyes flared with a sudden fury, and he slammed his open palm on the table with a surprising force. His face was held in a rictus, contorted into an exaggerated parody of a rage.
"That's Professor Oak to you, boy!"
I bowed my head, clasping my hands before me, pulling my shoulders together. My voice dripped with contrition.
"Yes, Professor Oak, sir. Sorry, sir."
"And take off that cap, you look like a damned boy."
I obeyed, the cool air of the lab wafting over my scalp. At the top of my peripheral vision, I could see him settling back into his chair. He raised his hand from the table, glancing at the pen - checking it for fractures before twirling it back into a writing position. He held his jaw rigid, his nostrils flared, a stern gaze settling over me.
"Good. Let's not hear that again. Now, what's your name?"
"Red Oak, sir." I didn't dare look up, for fear of making eye contact. My shoulders were already shaking. I held my breath, steeling myself against the sensation welling in my chest. He filled in another box I couldn't make out, then barked another question.
"Date of birth?"
"August twelfth, five ninety-three, sir."
He glared at me again. "Leaving? On your eighteenth birthday? Are you that desperate to get away from home? What, family not good enough for you? House doesn't meet sir's expectations? Rather swim up shit creek in the blink of an eye than spend one more day with your wrinkled old codger of a father?"
"No, sir. My esteemed father is a gentleman and a scholar."
"Handsome?"
"Very, sir."
He gave a short nod, barely satisfied. Behind me I could hear a tortured, nasal snort as one of the aides struggled to contain their laughter.
We proceeded through the questionnaire in that manner, barked questions being responded to with short, respectful answers. Yes sir, no sir, Independent sir. The pages turned at too great a pace, and before long he was pushing the form towards me.
"Jane Hancock, right there."
I leaned over, taking the pen from his hand - he barely allowed himself the slightest resistance before letting it go - and scrawled my signature in the box. There. Done.
I was officially a registered Pokémon Trainer.
The general patter of activity behind me had died - replaced with footsteps, which vanished as the door at the opposite end of the room clicked closed. A moment of privacy, a gesture of respect.
Slowly, and with grave precision, I placed the pen on the desk. Exactly parallel with the edge of the form. I snapped to attention, arms locked straight by my sides, a grim and jaded expression on my face, and looked him directly in the eye. He returned the stare, iron and leather.
I held my breath. Tensed every muscle. But when I saw him bite his lip, I lost.
The air in my lungs escaped all at once in a strangled hoot. My hand reflexively covered my eyes as every laugh I'd suppressed burst forth with a vengeance. My chest convulsed; my eyes ran with water as I snorted like a pig. Through the tears, I could see the Professor doubled over, a hand pressed flat against the desk with the other holding his face.
The laughter racked us both until my chest hurt; until my face was wet and my elbows rested on the desk for support. Until the I'd forgotten why we were laughing - until I was only laughing at how long we'd been laughing.
Eventually, inevitably, the laughter subsided. The last residual chuckles rang out, and silence took over once more. After a moment, he gave a long, steadying sigh. With a palpable reluctance, he took the paper back, looked over it once, and nodded. Ever so slightly, his shoulders slumped. He turned his attention back to me, a sad smile and a hint of sparkle in his eye, and spoke - this time, without the drill instructor routine.
"Well. Can't be a Trainer without a Pokémon, can you?"
Slowly, I shook my head. "No. Sir."
His chest contracted in a silent chuckle, his smile broadening. He stood, tapping the registration form as he did so. He smoothed down his lab coat distractedly, patting away at the creases and pulling at the lapels. Walking around the desk, he came face to face with me.
We stood for a moment, taking each other in. He was ageing, but not yet aged. He had a vigour to him - that of a youthful sportsman who got out before overexertion could take too great a toll. His movements were slow, but that was more a product of present circumstances than infirmity. The wrinkles at the corners of his eyes had grown more prominent in recent years, the creases around his mouth deeper, but it served more to give his face definition than anything else. His hair was more grey than brown, now, but his skin still held a deep tan born of long hours in the sun.
He opened his mouth, then closed it. He turned his face to the ceiling, blinked hard, once, and returned his gaze to me. With great effort, he pushed a smile to his face.
"Shall we meet your starter?"
I nodded, and followed him as he walked towards a side door. The Professor drew a key card from the pocket of his lab coat and swiped it through the reader to one side, tapping a numerical pin into the adjacent pad. A green light, a click, and the metal door slid aside.
Through the entrance shone white, sterile light. Powerful fluorescent strips illuminated the room from the ceiling, the flow of energy through them lending the room a low electric hum. Devices of steel and chrome lined the walls and crowded the centre of the tiled floor. They stood alongside ancient machines of faded plastic and warped metal, even the odd bit of wood panelling - all of them computers, many of which reached as high as the ceiling. Plenty were obsolete, unused for decades but too large to be easily removed. Half had been built into the structure of the lab itself - towering punch-card computers yellowed with age, reels of tape feeding into behemoths which couldn't have operated a modern calculator.
Contrasting them were the newer, sleeker machines. Where the older computers were all hard angles and broad blocks, these were contoured and rounded. Blinking lights and touchscreens, coloured stripes pulling the eye towards important panels and recesses. Crevices and wireframes abounded, many of them shaped to accept the small sphere of a Pokéball.
I'd spent nearly eight years with the Professor, and I still had no idea what half these machines did. The most prominent was in the far centre of the room - a flat, raised dais of black plastic that sported six hemispherical indents. A diagnostic tool, much the same as the one seen in most Pokémon Centres. It would analyse the code form that Pokémon took when placed into a Pokéball, scanning for irregularities against a database of healthy examples of the species, detecting issues and prompting the nursing staff with recommended treatments.
There had been much effort in recent years to develop tools which could alter Pokémon through direct manipulation of the code. This had been widely speculated about ever since the development of electronic Pokéballs - if Pokémon could be converted into binary data, surely we could manipulate that data to improve, perfect, duplicate, even invent Pokémon.
And since Pokéballs could be used to store inanimate objects, the phrase "post-scarcity society" had been spoken with increasing fervour and excitement. It was an exciting prospect - but the Professor had quietly told me not to pin my hopes on it. His colleagues at Silph were of the opinion that the technology was decades away at best, utterly unfeasible at worst. Reading the contents of an Apricorn in code form was one thing; altering that code and pushing them back into the device in a way that manifested as desired was another altogether.
Cradled within the nearest of these recesses sat a single Pokéball. Plain red and white, unadorned - either a weak and easy capture, or an official Association-approved starter. The Professor, a few steps ahead of me, strode up and tapped a few icons on the touchscreen that covered one slanting side of the machine. The tall screen that marked the far edge of the device blinked into life. A few seconds passed as it displayed a simple Pokéball icon, the white and red halves alternately glowing and fading.
Then, divided into six segments, the screen displayed the contents of the six slots. Five empty, naturally, but the sixth held—
My breath caught.
"An Eevee?"
The Professor beamed, his pride clear to see.
Eevee. The most adaptable, customisable Pokémon on the planet. Most Pokémon had a single evolutionary path, if they had one at all. Lucky ones might have two, though many of the alternate forms had absurdly specific requirements that were utterly asinine to trigger.
Eevee had seven.
Seven confirmed, with at least one more rumoured. As starters went, it was an absolute dream. A genetic structure so unconventional that, had a geneticist proposed it, the concept would have been dismissed outright. Of course, it's easy to dismiss a theory - harder with a small brown-furred, bushy-tailed mammal, yapping cheerfully and demanding treats.
"How did you...?"
He chuckled, raising the palms of his hands into the air.
"I'm the Pokémon Professor! Who's going to turn me down?"
I was at a loss for words. The Professor tapped a few keys to bring up some diagnostics on the screen, and began reading aloud.
"Male. Three years old in real time, eleven-odd months from his point of view. In perfect health physically. Not fixed - so mind your leg. A few recessive genes which could cause issues for potential offspring, so you'll want to screen any mates ahead of time."
He turned from the screen.
"In terms of personality, I understand he's a bit on the naive side - even as Eevees go. Very trusting, very friendly. Quite playful. He might be a bit slow on the uptake when it comes to danger, at least at first, so don't be surprised if he's frightened at the outset. He's been through training, so he knows how to fight, but he might be a little skittish when it comes to real violence. He may need some emotional support on that front. Don't worry, though - physically, he's got the makings of a real powerhouse, and the Association's file claims he's a quick learner."
I nodded as he spoke, a smile blooming wide across my face. My own Pokémon.
"Can...can I meet him?" I asked.
The Professor grinned, pressing a few buttons on the console. The screen blipped off, and a brief whirring noise signalled the ball's release from its anchoring. He took the ball, rotating it into a Trainer's grip, button pointed outward, without so much as thinking about it. A reflex honed from decades of practice.
I moved forward, opening my palm. He clasped his hands around mine, pressing the Pokéball into my grasp. I took it and turned to the open space behind me, straightened my stance, and pressed the button.
A stream of electric light, condensing in the outline of a quadrupedal mammal perhaps a foot high. A variety of hues appeared, quickly defining themselves into a tawny fur coat with a fluffy, cream-coloured collar. Pointy ears, perked and already twitching. The light stabilised and a pair of shining black eyes stared at me, eager and excited.
Slowly, gingerly, I knelt down on one knee and produced a handful of berries. Eevee didn't need much encouragement; without a moment's hesitation, he trotted over to me and started eating from my hand. His little wet nose grazed the ball of my hand as he ate. Trusting.
Perhaps a little too trusting, but we'd deal with that later.
As the little furball finished the berries and began nuzzling my hand, I felt a sensation overcome me. One I had never truly known before. Contentment, yes, and joy at meeting a new friend, but also a heavier one.
Responsibility.
Our last dinner together was strange. The Professor was actually there, for one - he usually spent his evenings in the lab, tending to the Pokémon or working on his research. That had dropped off over the last few weeks - I guess he was starting to realise how little time was left before we flew the coop. Tonight, he'd even gone so far as to ditch the lab coat in favour of a maroon shirt. He might as well have been wearing a tuxedo.
Daisy, by contrast, seemed for all the world like it was just another evening. Only the meal itself suggested that anything was different - deep-fried Magikarp, croquettes, and heaping portions of thick-cut chips. My favourite, and in massive quantities. It was a statement in itself, a reminder of what would be here if - when - I came back.
To tell you the truth, I'd half-expected Blue to skip dinner entirely - he'd been vocal about his annoyance with the Professor's decision - but it seemed the allure of fresh-fried Magikarp overwhelmed him. Honestly, I was impressed with his composure. He'd been pissed for weeks that I was getting a starter and setting off before him. Perhaps he'd finally grasped that it was his fault to begin with.
He was, after all, the elder of us - if only by a week. His eighteenth birthday had come and gone. But the Professor had been insistent that we both get top-of-the-line starters, and acquiring those took time. He couldn't get two of them at once - not Pokémon of the standard he expected for his protégés. I hadn't had a problem with Blue going first, and neither had the Professor.
The Professor had, however, playfully posed the question to him, feigning indecision - a rare chance to really rile Blue up. Hit him right in the ego, an affront to his assumption of superiority. It had all been in good fun, until Blue - the idiot - had to go and pull that card.
The "I'm your real grandson" card.
Bam. Buttons pressed, nerves pinched. I'll never understand why Blue thought that was a good idea, but it sure as hell backfired on him. The Professor actually shouted at him - something I'd seen only twice before. Once when he'd caught Blue throwing rocks at the Professor's Tauros, and the other at my Mom.
After that, he'd brooked no further discussion. I was going first, Blue would get his starter when another could be found. Blue had protested, argued - Mew help us, even apologised - all to no avail.
I knew it was just a jab, but it still hurt.
Now, though, he'd seemingly come to terms with it. I guess he realised protest wasn't going to get him anywhere, and continued petulance would only sour the mood. For all his braggadocio, we were still brothers - as far as I was concerned, anyway - and neither of us wanted to say goodbye on a hard note. It could be a long time before we saw each other again.
Come the end of dinner, he even delivered a toast.
"Hey, everybody! Listen! I got something important to say." He stood, flute in hand - the Professor had broken out a bottle of champagne for the evening - and tapped it with his fork a couple of times. Unnecessary, since we were all looking at him already, but he could never resist the flair of a gesture.
"Now, you all know me—"
The Professor frowned in confusion, looking at me and jabbing a thumb towards Blue. "What's his name again?" he asked.
Blue ignored the sally, instead continuing his oration. "You all know me. Soul of generosity, no question. But when Gramps first told me that Red was gonna be joining our family, I was against it. That nerd? That weirdo? Dumbass who reckons you could breed a Seviper with a Zangoose if you had the balls to stick 'em in a room together? 'Tard who thinks Rock types are vulnerable to Electric attacks? I took one look at that scraggly, skittish little kid and I said to myself Ah, c'mon Gramps, we can do better than that."
"And you showed up, and you took up in my room and you ate our food, you cried a lot and you were scared of everything - but hell, I guess Gramps saw something in you, cause you were something special. Couldn't talk to the other kids for shit, but you're a born Trainer if ever I saw one. You were in the lab every damn day, nerding it up with the old coot or givin' Mareep the shocker or whatever. You played with the Pokémon, you studied 'em, ran the sims, everything. You even got Gramps to get a couple packages in from Hoenn, and wouldn't you know it? Now we've got a baby Zangoose and a really conflicted Seviper."
Chuckles all around.
"So I guess you're not a total retard. You got the theory down - good enough, anyway. And now Gramps is gonna let you go to town on the Elite Four, 'cause he's got too old to split Agatha in half himself."
The Professor was leaning back, hands resting on his belly, mildly amused. Daisy was leaning on one closed hand, peering at her younger brother with scepticism, rolling her eyes and sighing at every puerile turn of phrase. I was busy trying not to tear up.
Hey, coming from Blue, this was tender.
"Don't let the head start make you feel safe, now. Watch your back, 'cause I'm gonna be on your scent like a Houndoom."
He raised his glass, as did the rest of us.
"Smell ya later, bro." |
Q:
Making the draft document option in LaTeX have extra text appear in LaTeX
Is there a way to get some text to appear only when the [draft] option is active.
For example, when the draft option is active, I want some text to appear between my title and abstract: "draft: do not cite without permission" or some such.
A:
Usually this is done with
\usepackage{ifdraft}
\ifdraft{stern warning}{}
Where to put the \ifdraft depends on how you've created the layout of your title page.
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Q:
Get a page URL using only the Slug?
Wondered what the best approach would be to get the url for a given entry page using only a slug for reference? I imagined it being something like this:
public function getPageURL($slug) {
$page = craft()->elements->slug($slug);
@return getURL($page);
}
Usage example:
<a href="{{ craft.PLUGINNAME.getPageURL("staff") }}">Staff</a>
A:
Completely untested, but something like this should work:
public function getPageUrl($slug)
{
$criteria = craft()->elements->getCriteria(ElementType::Entry);
$criteria->slug = $slug;
$entry = $criteria->first();
if ($entry)
{
return UrlHelper::getUrl($entry->uri);
}
}
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MADMX: a strategy for maximal dense motif extraction.
We develop, analyze, and experiment with a new tool, called MADMX, which extracts frequent motifs from biological sequences. We introduce the notion of density to single out the "significant" motifs. The density is a simple and flexible measure for bounding the number of don't cares in a motif, defined as the fraction of solid (i.e., different from don't care) characters in the motif. A maximal dense motif has density above a certain threshold, and any further specialization of a don't care symbol in it or any extension of its boundaries decreases its number of occurrences in the input sequence. By extracting only maximal dense motifs, MADMX reduces the output size and improves performance, while enhancing the quality of the discoveries. The efficiency of our approach relies on a newly defined combining operation, dubbed fusion, which allows for the construction of maximal dense motifs in a bottom-up fashion, while avoiding the generation of nonmaximal ones. We provide experimental evidence of the efficiency and the quality of the motifs returned by MADMX. |
Q:
Set ImageView in XML before starting activity
I have implemented a barcode scanner in my Android Application. I want to set the barcode image (bitmap) generated by my scanner to an ImageView in an XML file.
However, this XML file will not be initialized before I start the MatasActivity (where the Image/ImageView will be showed). This gives me a nullpointerexception, since the "imageCode" variable cannot find "R.id.imageCode" from the XML file.
How can I set the ImageView from an XML file in a new activity -- I can't do it after startActivity (since the rest of the code will not run but rather the onCreate in the new Activity)
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
IntentResult result = IntentIntegrator.parseActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
if(result != null) {
if(result.getContents() == null) {
Log.d("MainActivity", "Cancelled scan");
Toast.makeText(this, "Cancelled", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
} else {
Log.d("MainActivity", "Scanned");
Toast.makeText(this, "Scanned: " + result.getContents(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, MatasActivity.class);
imageCode = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imageCode);
Bitmap myBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(result.getBarcodeImagePath());
imageCode.setImageBitmap(myBitmap);
startActivity(intent);
}
} else {
super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
}
}
The MatasActivity just have the purpose of running the XML file (to show the barcode) AKA the onCreate in MatasActivity method only performs:
setContentView(R.layout.picked_card);
Which is the XML file where imageCode is kept.
A:
Why do you want to set the image before starting the activity?
It does not work like that. You can pass 'myBitmap' to the new Activity (MatasActivity) and then set it once it is launched.
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Q:
Writing my first Ant task: what am I missing?
I have read this article and used it to write my first Ant task called AutoTestTask:
public class AutoTestTask extends org.apache.tools.ant.Task {
// ...
}
I have also compiled and packaged this object into auto-test.jar.
If my understanding of Ant is correct, then to include it as part of another project's build, I use the following XML:
<project name="SomeProject" basedir="." default="deploy" xmlns:at="antlib:org.me.auto-test">
<!-- Task definitions. -->
<taskdef name="at-autotest" classname="org.me.auto-test.AutoTestTask"/>
<!-- Use the task. -->
<at:autotest/>
</project>
I believe I also need to copy auto-test.jar into my ${ANT_HOME}/lib directory - can someone please confirm? What's confusing me is the xmlns:at="antlib:org.me.auto-test" attribute at the top of the XML, and specifically, the antlib:<whatever> portion. Is this some kind of Ant-specific protocol that says "*anything qualified by the at namespace will be found inside ${ANT_HOME}/lib with a root package of org.me.auto-test*"? If not could someone explain what it means?
Also, if I'm missing anything obvious or have anything configured incorrectly, please let me know. Thanks in advance!
A:
OK, it's simpler than you think, but you have to be a bit careful.
The first problem is <taskdef name="at-autotest" .. />, because then you try to use the task as "at:autotest". "at" is the xml namespace prefix, so you need to drop the "at-" at the beginning of your taskdesk definition.
The second problem is that you haven't associated your taskdef with the xml namespace "antlib:org.me.auto-test", so you can't use the prefix. At this stage, you could use it with the current namespace (i.e. no prefix) as in <autotest/>. But I encourage you to specify a separate namespace for all your external tasks, so the correct version is:
<project name="SomeProject" basedir="." default="deploy" xmlns:at="antlib:org.me.auto-test">
<!-- Task definitions. -->
<taskdef name="autotest" classname="org.me.auto-test.AutoTestTask" uri="antlib:org.me.auto-test"/>
<!-- Use the task. You can use the prefix "at:" here -->
<at:autotest/>
</project>
A couple more things:
this setup forces you to place your jar for the task class into ${ANT_HOME}/lib. But you don't have to do this, you can refer to the jar directly if you know the location (for example, a lib folder in your project root folder). You can specify a classpath containing the jar with <taskdef>, as in (assuming you have defined that classpath and assigned id="autotest.classpath"):
<!-- Task definitions. -->
<taskdef name="autotest" classname="org.me.auto-test.AutoTestTask"
uri="antlib:org.me.auto-test" classpathref="autotest.classpath" />
As suggested by another person here, you can package your class in an antlib altogether. The only difference with the jar is that it includes a file 'antlib.xml" and that you can even skip the taskdef declaration if this jar is in the main classpath already. Read up here. This is where the "antlib:" namespace prefix brings some bonus. I personally don't like putting things in ${ANT_HOME}/lib so I'm happy to use the <taskdef /> with the classpath, but I would still recommend to package your jar as an antlib, and to use antlib: as a namespace prefix as a convention anyway.
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Q:
Can datagridviews have multiple column headers in c#?
Is there anyway to have a datagridview with multiple column headers?
For example Have a column header in the top it normally is and then have one in the middle of the table aswell?
A:
The answer is
No
But the question is, what's your question? If you're trying to freeze the header row, in order to facilitate scrolling through data grid, then then answer is, yes you can. See here.
Also, if you want to nest header columns (column groups), then the answer is again, yes you can. See here.
And at last if you do need to have tow header columns in ONE grid, then you have to create a custom control.
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The Forum was intended to highlight Constanta’s potential of turning into an engine of growth on Romania’s Eastern flank.
Constanta Danube – Black Sea Economic Opportunities Forum was organized by the Aspen Institute and Constanta City Council in partnership with the Ministry for Business Environment, Commerce and Entrepreneurship, the Bucharest Office of the German Marshall Fund of the US, the World Bank Romanian Office, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and with the support of some key business players – Rompetrol, Damen, ExxonMobil and BCR. The Forum was intended to highlight Constanta’s potential of turning into an engine of growth on Romania’s Eastern flank. |
Learning and behavior problems among US children appear to be rising steadily, however the etiology for these behavioral changes is unknown. Exposure to low-levels of various neurotoxins has been suggested as a potential factor in these changes. For example, low levels of lead are known to be associated with learning deficits and social behavior problems. One issue with animal models for the effects of various neurotoxins is that they are limited to investigating only one factor even though human exposures occur together with many other environmental factors. For example, it is known that there is a differential exposure to heavy metals in low social economic status households. Therefore, we will investigate the effects of lead and manganese (since manganese is known to potentiate the increase in the amount of lead that accumulates in the brain) in combination with stressors (isolation, overcrowding, or limited resources with maternal depression) to mimic human conditions. The first aim is to determine which stressor has the greatest impact on heavy metal exposure by measuring physiological parameters during the period of administration as well as investigating the long-term effects of this combination on neurotransmitters and long-term potenitation induction. The second aim is to investigate the dose-dependency of lead or manganese in combination with stress on the learning ability and social aspects of the animals. We will be using a novel approach to investigating learning and memory in these animals by using a combination of learning tests that test different types of learning. This is relevant to how humans would have to learn as well. This aim will provide a foundation to model low level exposure and to understand the functional changes that occur. The third aim is to combine lead, manganese and stress and assess the impact of this more relevant combination to human exposures on learning and memory and social behavior. The last aim is designed to investigate the developmental changes that occur related to the three combination exposure by using MRI as well as looking at the nuerophysiological response when the animals are adults. These studies will provide much needed data on the low-level effects of neurotoxins in combination with environmentally relevant stressors. Potential mechanisms will be explored by investigating neurotransmitter and neuroendocrine systems and the glutamate receptor complex. |
DNA from keratinous tissue. Part II: feather.
Although good quality DNA can be recovered from the base of the calamus of freshly sampled feathers, as from other fully keratinized tissues such as nail or hair shaft, the quality and quantity of DNA in the majority of feather structures is much poorer. Little research has been performed to characterize the quality of this DNA is, and thus what a researcher might be able to achieve when using feathers as a source of DNA. In this review, we expand on our companion article detailing the quality of DNA in nail and hair, by synthesizing published, and new preliminary genetic data obtained from feathers. As with nail and hair, we demonstrate that although DNA can, in general, be recovered from all parts of the feather, the quality of such DNA varies. As such, although one can expect a priori that genetic analyses are possible on the feather, for PCR based analyses, it is extremely difficult to predict the size of amplicon that can be used in such analyses. However, PCR-free genetic analyses that can exploit much smaller DNA fragments may promise to be a powerful tool for future exploitation. |
Download Download (h/t Heather)
Sweet Jesus, I get a headache from watching Bill O'Reilly. How many hack arguments can you make in a single segment? In their discussion of the Elliot Spitzer escort scandal, Billo and guest Laura Ingraham employ a kitchen sink, scorched earth strategy to blame European values, left wing loons, the internet, and anything else within reach (child molestation, STD rates among teenage girls, domestic violence among others) for society today. Truly dizzying intellect. But don't think that Billo is reveling in this...it deeply disturbs him to have to show close ups of the escort service's web page with scantily-clad models. Really. But he does it because it's his responsibility to educate his viewers.
INGRAHAM: At some point, I think we all become complicit in this, and we all have a role in amplifying all of this stuff…
O’REILLY: See, I disagree with you on that. We disagree about the role of the media. My role is to educate the people on what’s happening, why it’s happening, who’s involved in it, whether the government should intervene, and you know, we don’t exploit the situation and I think if you watch the next segment coming up behind you, you’ll see that.
INGRAHAM: Well, I’ll be looking forward to watching…but I think…
O’REILLY: Look, we’re not…we’re not reveling in this. I said right at the top.
INGRAHAM: Are you telling me that cable news is not reveling in this?
O’REILLY: I’m telling you that The Factor reveling in it. I hate this story, I hate it. All right? I don’t like to see Gov. Spitzer or his family torn to pieces and I don’t like to see people delighting in it. I think that’s terrible, but it’s happening. But on the other hand you have to report the fact that here's a sitting governor, he did it, it's easy to do... |
The following invention relates to a rotary feed table for separating slivers and fines from properly dimensioned food product.
Many food products such as french fried potatoes are sliced from raw potatoes to specific dimensions as required in certain applications. For example, the french fried potato product used in fast food restaurants must usually be sliced to meet a standard of one-quarter inch square in cross section.
Potatoes are irregularly shaped and the slicing process, while producing a large number of potato slices meeting specifications, also produces slivers and fines as a result of slicing near the rounded edges of the potatoes. Heretofore it has been very difficult to remove slivers and fines from the potato slices otherwise meeting specifications. Various machines have been employed for this purpose which have not accomplished the desired objective. A type of a french fry sliver removal machine marketed under the trademark SHUFFLO.TM. manufactured by Magnuson Corporation of Reno, Nev. is an example of one approach to french fry removal. The SHUFFLO.TM. remover consists of a horizontal bed of slats in which the individual slats are oriented at an angle to the horizontal. The slats move back and forth in the horizontal plane creating an action that shuffles the french fries from one end of the bed to the other. Because there are spaces between the slats, fines and slivers are expected to fall through the bed while a product having the correct dimensions will not. There are, however, several problems with the SHUFFLO.TM. remover. The first is that the slats can become easily bent which will either mash the product or allow product cut to specifications to slip through. The second is that this particular remover requires an abundance of water to keep the product wet which in turn requires extra equipment such as pumps and sprayers resulting in increased energy cost and expense.
Other methods of separating fines and slivers from sliced food product include the use of vibratory feed trays, screens and the like, none of which has proved to be satisfactory since they either fail to remove the slivers and fines or waste excessive product in doing so. |
Precise determination of the zero-gravity surface figure of a mirror without gravity-sag modeling.
The zero-gravity surface figure of optics used in spaceborne astronomical instruments must be known to high accuracy, but earthbound metrology is typically corrupted by gravity sag. Generally, inference of the zero-gravity surface figure from a measurement made under normal gravity requires finite-element analysis (FEA), and for accurate results the mount forces must be well characterized. We describe how to infer the zero-gravity surface figure very precisely using the alternative classical technique of averaging pairs of measurements made with the direction of gravity reversed. We show that mount forces as well as gravity must be reversed between the two measurements and discuss how the St. Venant principle determines when a reversed mount force may be considered to be applied at the same place in the two orientations. Our approach requires no finite-element modeling and no detailed knowledge of mount forces other than the fact that they reverse and are applied at the same point in each orientation. If mount schemes are suitably chosen, zero-gravity optical surfaces may be inferred much more simply and more accurately than with FEA. |
Terminalia parviflora
Terminalia parviflora is a species of plant in the Combretaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
References
Category:Endemic flora of Sri Lanka
parviflora
Category:Vulnerable plants
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot |
[Strategy of liver resection during chemotherapy for otherwise unresectable colorectal metastases].
With multidisciplinary management of patients with effective chemotherapy that can downstage metastases, more patients with previously inoperable disease can benefit from surgery. Surgery in isolation may be approaching technical limits, but now is likely to help more patients because of success of complementary strategies, particularly newer chemotherapy and targeted therapy. Leaving behind disappearing metastases after chemotherapy, margin-positive resection, staged liver resection, and liver-first reversed management permit potentially curative surgery for patients previously unable to survive resection. Further, survival benefit from maximum debulking surgery, like ovarian cancer, for colorectal liver metastases is uncertain at present, but likely. Individualized multidisciplinary treatment planning using such strategies is essential. |
Q:
ci and apply tags in MathJax
I have some mathml markup inside web (html) pages. When I try to use mathjax (from the cdn source) it fails on apply and ci tags. Does any solution exists, or should I make some configuration changes?
A:
MathJax only implements Presentation MathML, not Content MathML. I am told that you can use an XSLT translation to convert Content to Presentation MathML, though I don't know how that is done.
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Pharmacotherapy of compulsive hoarding.
Compulsive hoarding is a common and potentially disabling disorder. This article reviews studies of the effects of hoarding on response to serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI) medications in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), as well as recent studies of pharmacotherapy specifically for patients with the compulsive hoarding syndrome. Taken together, the results of these studies indicate that the "conventional wisdom" that compulsive hoarding does not respond well to SRI treatment is wrong. SRIs appear to be as effective for compulsive hoarders as for nonhoarding OCD patients. A case is presented of a compulsive hoarding patient who responded well to pharmacotherapy with a novel agent. Symptom improvement from pharmacotherapy of compulsive hoarding appears to be at least as great as that resulting from cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). However, the combination of pharmacotherapy and CBT for compulsive hoarding is likely more effective than either treatment alone. |
Q:
Cannot check for unique username (Firebase)
I am trying to check that a user-entered username is unique and does not match any that are currently in the database. I have found lots of similar questions on Stackoverflow about this, but none of them seem to work for me. Below is my current data structure:
users
-C3M483C28M34C29834C (uid)
• username: "myUsername"
I am currently using something along the lines of:
let ref = FIRDatabase.database().reference()
var usernameTaken = false
ref.child("users").queryOrderedByChild("username").queryEqualToValue(username.text?.uppercaseString).observeSingleEventOfType(.Value, withBlock: { snapshot in
if snapshot.exists(){
usernameTaken = true
}else{
usernameTaken = false
}
}) { error in
print(error.localizedDescription)
}
if usernameTaken == false{
//do stuff with unique username
}
This works great, and the snapshot is received. However, when I try to check if the data exists(), is always show it as false. Any recommendations on restructuring the code?
A:
That will not work. Loading data from the Firebase database takes time and happens (like pretty much all of modern web programming) asynchronously. That means that your main code continues while the data is being loaded. And then when the data is available, your callback/withBlock gets invoked. You can most easily see this by adding some logging to your code:
print("Before attaching observer")
ref.child("users")
.queryOrderedByChild("username")
.queryEqualToValue(username.text?.uppercaseString)
.observeSingleEventOfType(.Value, withBlock: { snapshot in
print("In observer block")
})
print("After attaching observer")
The output of this will be:
Before attaching observer
After attaching observer
In observer block
That's probably not the order you expected. As said the code continues after the query part and your block is invoked later, potentially much later.
The solution is to reframe your way of thinking. Right now your code is "first do abc, then do xyz". If you change it to "when abc happens, do xyz with it", you will suddenly have fewer problems.
ref.child("users")
.queryOrderedByChild("username")
.queryEqualToValue(username.text?.uppercaseString)
.observeSingleEventOfType(.Value, withBlock: { snapshot in
if !snapshot.exists(){
//do stuff with unique username
}
}) { error in
print(error.localizedDescription)
}
This is often known as a "reactive programming style" or "event driven programming". So if you see those terms: you've now mastered them. :-)
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The role of maternal VegT in establishing the primary germ layers in Xenopus embryos.
VegT is a T-box transcription factor whose mRNA is synthesized during oogenesis and localized in the vegetal hemisphere of the egg and early embryo. We show that maternally expressed VegT controls the pattern of primary germ layer specification in Xenopus embryos. Reduction of the maternal store completely alters the fates of different regions of the blastula so that animal cell fate is changed from epidermis and nervous system to epidermis only, equatorial cell fate is changed from mesoderm to ectoderm, and vegetal cell fate is changed from endoderm to mesoderm and ectoderm. Vegetal cells lose their capacity both to form endoderm and to release mesoderm-inducing signals. These results show that a single maternally expressed gene controls the patterning of the Xenopus blastula. |
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Human rights have traditionally been framed in a vertical perspective with the duties of States confined to their own citizens or residents. Obligations beyond this territorial space have been viewed as either being absent or minimalistic at best. However, the territorial paradigm has now been... |
randy moller
With the start of the Stanley Cup Playoffs upon us, we wanted to have someone to break them down for us and who better than long time player and now broadcaster, Randy Moller, the voice of the Florida Panthers.Moller has become famous for his goal calls that mix in pop culture... |
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val min : t
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val pred : t -> t
val is_valid : int -> bool
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Proposal for a definition of the term "nanomaterial" that the European Commission intends to use as an overarching, broadly applicable reference term for any European Union communication or legislation addressing nanomaterials |
Successful preservation of fertility subsequent to a complete pathologic response of a squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix treated with primary systemic chemotherapy.
This is the first report about a successful pregnancy following treatment for advanced cervical cancer. |
I have just approved the final plans for how my council will deal with the Tory Government’s absurd cuts to public health budgets. This will mean reductions in services that help people stay healthy and which ultimately can save the NHS money in the future. They are cuts that are short-sighted and will be damaging.
Similar decisions are taken every day by councils across the country. Six years into a Tory Government these decisions, taking money out of important public services, almost feel normalised. It is taken as a given that money is coming out of services and assumptions made that it will all be okay, somehow. As councillors, we argue against these cuts; we write to Ministers; we tell them about the damage the cuts will cause. Predictably, all of that falls on deaf ears.
This is the grim reality for Labour in local government with the Tories in Downing Street. Labour councillors are doing their best. However, the future is nothing but bleak. Local councils will be forced to make unprecedented spending reductions over the next few years. All service areas will be affected. The reality is that there is no choice anymore.
Labour-led councils will do all that can be done to prioritise the areas that matter the most. However, when we look at what local government does, we know it’s all important. It is the broad range of services councils provide taken as a whole which is the framework of strong communities and our endeavours to improve life chances. Ranking in order of importance early years services, youth unemployment programmes, care for the disabled and elderly, housing maintenance, public health services, libraries, economic development, tackling anti-social behaviour, youth services, arts and museums and the rest is in no way an easy or desirable task.
These are all things that matter to those of us who believe in strong communities and social justice. The nightmare financial outlook for local government means that the toughest choices cannot be avoided in the coming years. Some would have us believe the cuts to our budgets can be ignored or “resisted” or that we can find a magic municipal credit card to see us through. Councils are draining their reserves to levels of minimum safety as part of financial strategies in face of what lies ahead.
These are not the decisions any of us in Labour local government, or indeed I believe many in other parties as well, came into politics to make. If we want to avoid these decisions and see local government’s future take a different path the only answer is Labour winning the next election.
This is why ensuring Labour is competitive come the next general election, whenever that might be, matters so much. It matters above all else. It is the most simple yet most important rule of politics: without power, you cannot do anything. Ask our MPs in Westminster what it feels like to be in opposition; no hands on the levers of power, no formal means by which to tackle the problems we see every day.
Those who shout to our MPs at the moment that politics is not a game are right. They are damn right. This is not a game. This is the time to get real. It is not just about last week’s referendum but those results showed once again the growing and acute challenge to ensure Labour voters in many areas hear Labour’s message.
Our future as a party, if we choose, could be as a credible force in local government in and around big, metropolitan areas but struggling to win the country. The truth is that to build a fairer and better society we need Labour controlling city and town halls but also Labour Ministers making decisions in Whitehall.
There are unavoidable questions Labour must now confront about its future direction. One path is for Labour in local government to be nothing more than the delivery arm of continued Tory dismantling of the state and public sector.
The alternative path is for Labour to do everything possible, including making difficult decisions now, to win back power nationally; to have Labour councils working with a Labour Government to repair the damage to early years services, to build a better care system, to tackle worklessness, to build new homes and to challenge poverty and disadvantage. That has to be Labour’s only mission, to be in Government, to be in power to change things. To do that Labour needs strong leadership, an ambitious and unifying vision and an unrelenting desire to win.
That is the only endgame that matters.
Rory Palmer is a Labour councillor and deputy city mayor of Leicester. He writes in a personal capacity. |
Le Lion d'Angers Property Listings and Info
For buying and selling property in Le Lion d'Angers
Le Lion d'Angers - charming and dynamic
Le Lion d'Angers is somewhere between a small town and a large village. It's set in very pretty countryside, and is essentially rural, but has good facilities and a dynamic approach to community life. The town itself is charming, clean and pretty with some attractive heritage buildings.
Life in Le Lion d'Angers
The town is well supplied with amenities. Whether you are looking for a small shop selling artisanal goods or a supermarket, you can find it in Le Lion d'Angers. And, just twenty minutes away is the lovely city of Angers, packed with shops and restaurants. Though speaking of restaurants, L'Authentique is said to be superb, and to eat there you don't even have to leave Le Lion d'Angers. There are some interesting heritage buildings to see in the town too. There's a fabulous fairytale chateau, and also an old village church that's worth a look.
Sports and outdoor activities to enjoy
For sports fans, there are excellent sporting facilities, including tennis courts and an open air swimming pool. The town is also well known for equestrian activities, with major racing and cross country events being held there. Being set on the Rivers Mayenne and Oudon means that river sports like kayaking are also available. And, several golf courses are within reach.
Explore chateaux and pretty towns and villages
Maine et Loire is a truly beautiful part of France. It is in the very heart of "chateaux land", and many are open to visitors. Places to visit include the city of Angers, capital of the department. You might also enjoy a visit to the town of Saumur, famed for its wine and its horses. Smaller towns worth a look include Cholet, with its Bluebeard's castle, or pretty little Segré, which has lovely parks and gardens to explore.
How to get there
The department is easy to get to from the UK. You can travel by air to Angers, Nantes or Rennes, or by rail to Angers, Nantes or Le Mans. For ferry fans, the nearest ferry port is St Malo. If you're driving, you can access Le Lion d'Angers from the N162 non toll motorway, the D775 or D770. The nearest motorway is the A11.
Property prices and availability in and around Le Lion d'Angers
Property prices in and around Le Lion d'Angers have dropped a little due to the recent economic recession, meaning that there are bargains to be had now that the market is looking up a little. However, at the higher end of the market there are some wonderful, unique properties currently on offer. So, if you've got a little more to spend and are looking for something special, this really could be the place to look.
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IN THE REGION OF PAYS DE LA LOIRE
IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MAINE-ET-LOIRE
Access: By air: Fly Angers, Nantes or Rennes. By rail: You can travel by TGV to Angers, Nantes or Le Mans. By sea: St Malo is the nearest ferry port. By road: Find the town from the N162 non toll motorway, the D775 or D770.
Economy: The economy blends agriculture and commerce. It also benefits from horse racing, eventing and stud farms in the locality.
Interesting fact: The town's intriguing name, which literally translates to "The Lion of Angers", actually dates back to Roman times. The word "lion" refers not to the King of the Jungle, but comes from the Roman word "legion". |
Q:
Can I write a regex expression where one symbol matches twice?
I'm matching words with regex in javascript. The following expression uses whitespace to separate the potential matches:
/(\W)(foo)(\W)/g
This works most of the time, but it fails when there are two matches separated by a single space. (e.g. "foo foo") I think this is because the space that separates them is the last \W of the first match and the first of the second.
Is there any way to modify this expression to work in this edge case?
A:
You can use \b instead of \W. It matches a zero-width word boundary (a boundary between a \w and a \W or the start/end of the string, while \W matches a character which may not exist at the start or end of a string.
A:
Javascript regexes have lookahead, so you can probably do something like this:
/(\W)(foo)(?=\W)/g
I don't think lookbehinds are available, but there are other techniques that have the same effect.
Of course, this is functionally different, in that the lookahead doesn't capture, so it depends on the nature of your problem. The main point here it not that it doesn't capture, but that it doesn't match; thereby avoiding your problem.
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Leander ISD Chief Facilities and Operations Officer Jimmy Disler announced his appointment of Stephen Bentley as the district’s Executive Director of Facilities and Operations to oversee key areas of the school district including child nutrition services, construction, custodial services, facilities and transportation.
“We are proud to have Stephen join our Facilities and Operations team,” Disler said. “He brings valuable knowledge and experience in complex project and program management, which will be of great benefit to Leander ISD.”
Bentley comes to LISD from Brookfield Residential Properties, where he worked as a project and program development manager. Previously, he served in the U.S. Army and Texas Army National Guard working in facilities logistics and operations including program and public liaison management.
Bentely earned a Bachelor of Arts in Education and Math from Stephen F. Austin State Unversity and a Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies from Texas State University. He earned three awards of the Bronze Star Medal during his time in the U.S. Army for deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. |
Known methods for marinre seismic exploration are based on the emission of acoustic waves in the water from acoustic sources in the form of explosive charges, air guns and the like, whereby the corresponding acoustic signals from the depth are received by means of hydrophones, usually arranged ina seismic streamer which is towed behind a vessel.
This invention provides a completely new concept for such seismic explorations based on the merging of several more or less well-established fields of technology and science today, which gives a high degree of flexibility and makes it possible to design an optimum system for seismic explorations. Some main aspects of this new system are as follows:
New principles in radar technology involving matched radiation (illumination) make it possible to take advantage of apriori information regarding the object, i.e. the structures or subsurface layers under investigation. Based on such information the frequency bandwidth of the system can be narrowed and the sensitivity correspondingly increased. The aim of such a "self-learning" system is to have the appropriate seismic signatures stored in the transmitter unit processor and to structure this in such a way that only two bits of information is required: Is the particular structure present or is it not.
A specific aspect of the invention involves the fact that optimum illumination is achieved by coupling a set of sinusoidal acoustic waves to the wave propagation medium (i.e. water). By using matching networks in the form of resonant cavities, like what is known from microwave circuitry, there can be achieved a very high degree of matching over a narrow bandwidth.
Interaction mechanisms between acoustic and electromagnetic waves are well known in solid state physics and are utilized within electronics as a means of achieving high speed signal processing methods. As examples can be mentioned surface acoustic wave devices for implementation of filters and convolvers. Further can be mentioned opto-acoustic spectrum analysers based on surface acoustic waves in solids.
Thus, the present system is primarily designed for offshore oil and gas explorations and is based on the modern high-technology concept mentioned briefly above. |
Has the long Anglican civil war ended in defeat for both sides? Within the church, the liberals have been outmanoeuvred and may be excluded from the communion’s decision-making bodies. But the cost of this has been to establish the conservatives as anti-gay, and in the wider culture that is a great defeat for them, too. So will they abandon that fight, and move to others? Will attitudes to Islam be the next great struggle within Christianity?
The Bishop of Rochester, Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, returned last week to devote himself to the care of persecuted Christians; and it is Muslims, he thinks, who are doing the persecuting. In countries like Pakistan, this is clearly true. But will conservative Christians be able to construct a narrative against Islam in Europe and America? Should they be trying to do so? Does it really threaten the future of Christianity?
Monday’s Article by Savitri Hensman: “It is all too easy to project evil on to another group…”Wednesday’s Article by Julian Mann: “We must rise to the challenge posed by Islam, as the church teaches…”
Just a couple comments about the last question in the second paragraph above – If we only envision Christianity as being comprised of institutions, then perhaps there can be threats to “the future of Christianity.” This, however, is an improper way of understanding Christianity or the Church even as far too many Christians fall prey to the concept. The Church’s institutions exist to help people come into a relationship with God and to help in their discipleship. Of course these things can happen without the institutions, too, but the Church as institution provides a means for the common practice of the Faith. Institutions may be challenged or destroyed, but the Faith cannot be.
Additionally, Christians that have to fight against Islam on a religious plain (as opposed to a political or social plain where we find Jihad and societal Islamic Law) have already lost. If we have to implement laws to protect Christianity because Islam is bringing in more converts and those converts are more devoted to their faith, then those who advocate the need for Christianity’s protection against the Islamic faith have already failed. They already live a form of the Christian faith that is so deficient that it no longer captures the imaginations of non-Christians. The lives of Christians in this kind of situation no longer bear witness to an authentic Life in Christ, so why would anyone give a listen to what we have to say? Why would anyone be drawn to the faith of this kind? Why would the Church in this situation have legitimacy? If our only answer to Islam is to pass civil laws against it, then we do not bear the image of God – the imago Dei.
Insecurity and fear to this degree demonstrate a real misunderstanding of God’s Ways and God’s willingness or ability to cause the Church to stand. It is placing in Christian faith within a framework that suggests only institutions, and not the practice of a faith in the living God through Jesus Christ.
hat tip to: Simple Massing Priest |
Staffel (mountain)
Staffel is a mountain in Bavaria, Germany. It is part of the Bavarian Prealps.
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By Bill Maher
Like most start-ups, the “Never Trump” movement was barely out of the design phase when it folded. This week brought us two more examples of Republicans who had warned that giving Trump the powers of the presidency would be dangerously irresponsible, and are now urging the public to vote for Trump and revel in their dangerous irresponsibility.
They remind me of Charlie Sheen at the end of Platoon, when he accepts that he’s likely going to die and starts shooting everyone he can see while screaming “It’s fucking beautiful!!” But these people need special attention. I’m not saying I’m compiling a list of Republicans who need to be called to account at some point in the future, but …yeah, kind of. Because these are basically Vichy Republicans. They should have done something. They should have spoken out. Instead, they couldn’t resist their primal urge to suck up to power.
Longtime GOP strategist Alex Castellanos once said, “If President Trump blows up our relationship with Russia he could start World War III.” Also that “Donald Trump is a strongman. But he is not the man for this moment. He is not a Republican or a conservative. If we want to keep our future in our hands, we shouldn’t put it in his.”
…And now he’s on board. He’s working for a pro-Trump super PAC.
And then there’s Ben Stein. Who told The Guardian, “I don’t think Trump knows a goddamn thing about economics,” and “He is not a great businessman.” When asked about his reaction to Trump winning the nomination: “I am open-mouthed, gasping, unbelievable. …There must be something people like about him. I don’t get him but there must be something people like.”
…And you know what’s coming: “I’ll vote for him because I think he does personify a kind of national pride which I think has been lacking in the Obama days.” Yes, an unstable strongman who personifies a kind of national pride the nation’s been lacking lately. For a Jew, what’s not to like?
The list of Vichy Republicans is getting long. Marco Rubio, Lindsay Graham, Rand Paul, Paul Ryan. Who will fall next? |
namespace System.IO.Abstractions
{
/// <summary>
/// A factory to create all <see cref="DriveInfoBase"/> for a <see cref="IFileSystem"/>.
/// </summary>
public interface IDriveInfoFactory
{
/// <summary>
/// Retrieves the drive names of all logical drives on a computer.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>An array of type <see cref="DriveInfoBase"/> that represents the logical drives on a computer.</returns>
IDriveInfo[] GetDrives();
/// <summary>
/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="DriveInfoBase"/> class, which acts as a wrapper for a logical drive.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="driveName">A valid drive path or drive letter.</param>
IDriveInfo FromDriveName(string driveName);
}
}
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Role of oxidative stress in atherosclerosis.
The common risk factors for atherosclerosis increase production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by endothelial, vascular smooth muscle, and adventitial cells. These ROS initiate processes involved in atherogenesis through several important enzyme systems, including xanthine oxidase, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidases, and nitric oxide synthase. Physical forces also regulate vascular production of ROS. Oscillatory shear, which is present at sites where atherosclerosis develops, seems a particularly potent stimulus of superoxide production. The signaling cascade for activation of the NAD(P)H oxidase by angiotensin II has recently been elucidated and seems to involve a feed-forward mechanism that permits ongoing production of ROS for prolonged periods. Oxidative stress in humans with coronary artery disease is also exacerbated by a reduction of vascular extracellular superoxide dismutase, normally an important protective enzyme against the superoxide anion. |
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