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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/64701 | Take Your Power Back From Your Bully [EXCLUSIVE AUDIO]
Erica Campbell talks about her experience with being bullied, which she says still occurs up until this very day. But she recalls being taunted by a girl in fourth grade. Erica says she used to hide in the bathroom every day to avoid her, until one day she decided not to let her bother her anymore. She realized that day, that by not caring, she was taking her power back from the bully and sabotaging the girl’s ability to intimidate her.
GRIFF tells a similar story, and although it was hilarious, it did not quite end like Erica’s. Click on the audio player to hear the entire inspiring and funny discussion on “Get Up! Mornings With Erica Campbell.”
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/64703 | Skipping Algebra II Does More Harm Than Good
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This year, students are not required to take the Algebra II course. Although it may seem like a good idea for most students to “skip” a math course, it may affect people when they apply for colleges and scholarships.
If students decide to skip this Algebra course, they might not be able to get an automatic college admission. Even if a student made it into the top 10 percent, got a distinguished level of achievement and met ACT and SAT standards, they would probably not get accepted immediately in colleges because they decided not to take Algebra II. No matter how capable a student is at exceeding, they will not get automatic college admissions because of their choice to not take Algebra II.
This impacts a majority of students. Students who need financial aid may also not be available receive financial aid for their college admission. Students might be rejected from the Texas Grant Program and other programs alike, such as FAFSA, which could benefit them greatly.
Some people may argue that this only affects students with financial need and the students that are in the top 10 percent, but colleges have authority to reject a student who didn’t finish Algebra II successfully. In general, this new bill can definitely make or break a student’s future just because they decided to skip a math course.
In general, skipping Algebra II is a bad idea if you plan on going to a college or university since they have the choice to reject you, There could also be other hidden consequences for not completing Algebra successfully. Overall, skipping Algebra II seems like a no brainer for some students who just want to get over their math courses, but if you read the small print there are some serious drawbacks. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/64705 | September 30th, 2005
The Real Truman Show
From the New York Times Movie Newsletter:
1. New Movie Reviews: Big-Name Novelist, Small-Town Murders
In 1959, a newspaper article about the murder of the Clutter family in the tiny town of Holcomb, Kan., caught the eye of the novelist Truman Capote. He spent most of the next half- dozen years following the case, which ended with the execution of Dick Hickock and Perry Smith and the subsequent publication of "In Cold Blood," Capote's best-selling mutation of the true crime potboiler, into bona fide literature.
Bennett Miller's "Capote" is a fascinating and fine-grained reconstruction of that period in its subject's life, a time when he pursued literary glory and flirted with moral ruin. "This is the beginning of a great love affair - between Truman and himself," someone says, but the film suggests that Capote's obsession with the Clutter murders, and his drive to alchemize their ugly pointlessness into deathless prose, might better be described as a Faustian bargain.
In any case, "Capote" is, principally, the story of a writer's vexed, all-consuming relationship with his work, and therefore with himself. This makes for better drama than you might expect.
Movie Details:
This looks hella entertaining to me.
Check out the IMDB info: (OMG SOOO GOOD!)
The movie also features Chris Cooper! I think it just turned into a must see film. How is it that Chris Cooper always gets such amazing roles? Seriously, if you check out his film credits on IMDB it reads like some of the best films in recent memory. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/64729 | What is a Resolution?
A resolution is a formal statement of policy, expression of opinion or intention voted on by the City Council. If you have any questions, please contact Administration.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/64735 | Complications of Hacking the Planet
Laborers in Suchate Garh, India, near the border with Pakistan, planting rice seedlings. European Pressphoto AgencyLaborers in Suchate Garh, India, near the border with Pakistan, planting rice seedlings.
Green: Science
As scientists, with some reluctance, begin to study the idea of “geoengineering” the planet to slow or halt global warming, they are finding that any such program would quite likely have a complex array of effects, not all of them to humanity’s benefit.
In a paper released on Sunday by the journal Nature Climate Change, four California researchers used computer analysis to test the idea of managing incoming sunlight and predicted what that would do to crop yields. As an example of the strategies that might be employed, some sunlight could be deflected away from the earth by using planes or rockets to scatter sulfur compounds into the upper atmosphere on a routine basis, mimicking the effect of big volcanic eruptions. It is a potential response to global warming so cheap that it fascinates even some groups that have tried to block action on reining in carbon dioxide emissions.
Fears have long been expressed, however, that while a strategy like this might slow the overall warming, it could wreak havoc on global food security by altering rainfall patterns and other aspects of climate. Particular concern centers on the effects that such a strategy might have on the Asian monsoon, the source of water for crops that feed billions of people. The monsoon is driven by heating over land from strong sunshine in the summertime.
The new work, led by Julia Pongrantz of the Carnegie Institution for Science, found the opposite of these longstanding fears: managing incoming sunlight would probably benefit crop yields over all. The reason is that the technique would limit some of the damaging climate changes that are expected to hurt yields, like excessive temperatures in the growing season, but would nonetheless allow plants to benefit from higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The latter are rising, of course, because of fossil-fuel burning and are the main reason for global warming in the first place, but extra carbon dioxide does act as a kind of plant fertilizer.
The sunlight-limiting strategy would indeed weaken the Asian monsoon, the paper found, but not enough to offset the other benefits of the approach.
Despite their findings, the researchers suggested that much more work would be needed to understand the likely effects of a sunlight management strategy on agriculture. And they pointed out that the true consequences of such a program would be hard to foresee, producing regional winners and losers even if overall food output did increase. “The safest option to reduce the climate risks to global food security may be to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases,” they wrote.
(Aside from the paper itself, a news release is available here, and short videos with some of the authors can be viewed here and here.)
In contrast to that work, another recent paper found potentially severe problems with using geoengineering to limit the effects of sea-level rise.
The ocean is rising as the planet warms and land ice melts, and scientists expect that rise to accelerate in the future — perhaps to the point of becoming a global crisis, given that many of the world’s major cities are in low-lying coastal regions. So a complex set of questions revolves around whether a geoengineering approach could slow the rise.
The new paper, published online on Jan. 8 by the journal Nature Climate Change, was led by Peter J. Irvine at the University of Bristol in Britain, working with collaborators at Pennsylvania State University. They found that a sunlight-limiting strategy would pose a potentially major conflict between managing air temperatures and managing sea level.
That is because air temperatures are believed to respond quickly to changes like reduced sunlight, whereas sea level — involving the slow melting of land ice and the gradual absorption of heat by the ocean, causing it to expand — responds much more slowly. In the language of the paper, “surface air temperatures react faster than sea levels to changes in earth’s radiative balance.”
That means that to halt sea-level rise quickly, a program of managing sunlight would have to be so aggressive that it would produce a rapid cooling of the planet’s air temperature — perhaps too fast for organisms and agriculture to adjust well. Conversely, a sunlight management program designed to produce a gentler reduction in the air temperature might fail to halt sea-level rise.
The scientists doubt that any optimal strategy could be found that would benefit all of humanity. Instead, they foresee potential conflicts between countries that care most about sea level (think of the Netherlands, for instance) and those that care most about temperature changes (think of tropical countries where higher temperatures would be a severe risk for agriculture).
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/64761 | It All Started with GeoCities
How did I get my start with coding? You might think it’s because both of my parents worked as computer programmers. That was almost certainly why I had a computer as a small child, but I never had an urge to follow in their footsteps. As a child and teen I was more interested in learning natural languages and ballet than how to program.
But around 1997, after we got AOL service, I discovered GeoCities. They had neighborhoods! Your website wasn’t floating out in cyberspace by itself; you got to pick a virtual community. Plus, one of my friends had one. I decided to move into the EnchantedForest neighborhood.
From the beginning, I was aware of this tool they called the Advanced Editor. I think the word “advanced” caught my attention. It was like a challenge. I’m smart; I can master this thing! The advanced editor was just a box for entering HTML (not that I had a firm grasp on what that was at the time) with some links to outside resources.
So I started learning. My favorite guide was Lissa Explains it All (possibly because it seemed to be named after one of my favorite shows from several years earlier). And this was one of the early results:
Yes, those horizontal rules are raindows. Fancy coding, right?
– Yes, those horizontal rules are rainbows. Fancy coding, right? –
I even had a blog, which I coded by hand. As I started meeting other young website creators, hand-coding your website with a blog was like a badge of honor. It was a must. We didn’t know anything about PHP or databases back then. After a few years, we even started microblogging (not that we called it that!) by creating a little space on our home page for shorter updates.
For us, it wasn’t about becoming savvy developers and learning the latest languages. And it certainly wasn’t about creating a brand or a look for ourselves. We showed off our creativity and skills by putting up a completely new design every few months. We pushed each other by adding new features and design elements. We created cliques by joining exclusive peer-reviewed website listings and having our sites hosted by our nearest and dearest designer friends. I spent hours wandering through the CSS Zen Garden.
I didn’t remember to save all of my designs, but I did take screenshots of some of them:
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But then the age of databases and templates came along, and instead of adapting my skills I dropped out. It’s true: I think WordPress killed my community. (Just kidding! I think it was Moveable Type.) The best websites weren’t about carefully designed and hand-coded HTML/CSS anymore. Suddenly you needed PHP and themes and backend user interfaces, and I didn’t want to be a part of that. So I took a break.
Thankfully, I didn’t run away entirely. I tinkered with other platforms and eventually created a blog. Then I downloaded and installed it locally. Modified the CSS, eventually peeked at the PHP. I still only know enough PHP to make a child theme, maybe modify a few functions here and there, but I am learning. There is so much power behind these platforms, and they offer something for everyone from a total novice with no understanding of HTML to the most advanced developers. I love that.
And something about my familiarity with web development makes other formal languages like Python seem not so foreign, not so intimidating. Understanding how inheritance works in Object Oriented Programming isn’t so strange when you have dealt with CSS inheritance for years (although I understand it can be confusing to go the other direction). And it seems almost too easy to tell a program what to do when there’s only one way to execute your code — I’m looking at you, Internet Explorer. I don’t think I would have meandered into programming without my start in creating websites.
So before I go, let me pause and have a moment of silence for my dearly departed GeoCities. May you live on forever in the Internet Archive. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/64768 | Sunday Brunch. Veganized.
This morning, I killed it at Sunday brunch. I mean, my ordering skills were top-notch. I outdid myself in the must-try-the-strangest-sounding-thing-on-the-menu department. (Just a little game I play with myself. No biggie).
I was feeling leafy-green today. And, as such, this Vegan Tempeh Scramble struck my fancy.
I barely restrained myself from licking the plate clean. Yep…it was that good. Definitely worth recreating the recipe, which is exactly what I’ve done here. The restaurant scramble was made with russet potatoes, but I substituted sweet potatoes (’cause I just like them better). I’m also not entirely sure what marinade was used for the tempeh, so I created my own.
From my kitchen to yours, hope you enjoy!
Sidenote: For anyone, who lives in the Sarasota area of Southwest Florida, check out Shore Diner. Seriously. You need to go.
Vegan Tempeh Scramble (yields 2 servings)
vegan tempeh scramble
• Ingredients:
1. 1 clove Garlic
2. 1/4 cup Coconut Milk
3. 2 tbsp. Rice Wine Vinegar
4. 4 tbsp. Extra Virgin Olive Oil
5. 4 oz. package Tempeh (vegan)
6. 6 oz. package Spinach (chopped)
7. 1 1/2 cup Mushrooms (diced)
8. 5 Asparagus Stalks (chopped)
9. 2 Sweet Potatoes (peeled & cubed)
10. 1 cup Shredded Daiya Cheddar (vegan)
11. 2 tbsp. Rice Bran (gluten-free)
• Preparation:
1. In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the coconut milk and rice wine vinegar until thoroughly combined.
2. Slice the tempeh block into thin strips, then lightly brush each strip with the coconut milk and rice wine vinegar.
3. Set aside and allow the tempeh strips to marinate in this mixture for approximately 10-15 minutes.
4. Preheat the garlic and 2 tbsp. olive oil in a skillet on a medium stove-top setting for approximately 2 minutes.
5. Add the spinach, sweet potatoes, mushrooms and asparagus, then saute the vegetables until softened.
6. Reduce the setting to low-heat, stirring the veggies occasionally for approximately 10 minutes.
7. In another skillet, preheat the remaining 2 tbsp. olive oil on a medium setting and add the tempeh strips.
8. Saute the tempeh, alternately flipping each strip, until the texture is crispy and the outside golden-brown.
9. Transfer the tempeh to the veggie skillet, then add the Daiya cheddar and stir until the cheese has melted.
10. Remove the skillet from the stove-top burner, then sprinkle the rice bran on top immediately before serving.
• Serving Suggestion:
Although I ate it for breakfast, this dish would be hearty, substantial and satisfying for either lunch or dinner, as well. Serve up a generous portion, alongside some whole grain toast points (I recommend Ezekiel 4:9 Sprouted Whole Grain Bread) for a healthy, well-balanced and unbelievably tasty meal!
Greet the Day With Wholesome Protein Power
Earlier today, my sister and I indulged in the obligatory Sunday brunch at a cozy homestyle cafe. But instead of the infamous grease-fried bacon, buttermilk pancakes bigger than your head, and other coronary bypasses served at a typical breakfast joint, this restaurant offered a tantalizing (and cheap!) array of healthy menu options…all of which were calling my name. Finally, I settled on a protein wrap and proceeded to lick my plate clean. In fact, I enjoyed it so immensely that I’ve decided to replicate the recipe.
This is one breakfast you’ll definitely consider a morning staple.
• 1 10″ whole wheat tortilla
• 1/4 cup egg whites (beaten)
• 1/4 cup spinach leaves (chopped)
• 1/4 cup mushrooms (chopped)
• 1/4 cup tomatoes (diced)
• 1/2 avocado (mashed)
• 1 clove garlic (minced)
• 2 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 tbsp. low-fat shredded cheddar*
*if your dietary needs exclude dairy, then substitute vegan “cheese
1. Heat 1 tbsp. of olive oil in a small skillet, then add the beaten egg whites.
2. Turn the stove-top burner up to medium and scramble the egg whites until the consistency is fluffy.
3. Heat the remaining tbsp. of olive oil in another skillet, then add the garlic and veggies.
4. Turn the stove-top burner down to low and simmer the veggies, stirring occasionally.
5. Scoop the scrambled egg whites into the center of the open-faced tortilla, then spread to the outer edges.
6. Spread the veggie mixture over the eggs and top with the mashed avocado.
7. Sprinkle the shredded cheddar (or vegan substitute) over the avocado.
8. Fold in the edges of the tortilla and roll it tightly (like a burrito), then cut in half before serving.
Serving Suggestion:
Garnish this breakfast wrap with a dollop of Publix Greenwise organic salsa and a few avocado slices fanned out on the plate.
Here’s what the final product should look like. Tempting, huh?! |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/64779 | Office hours is a simple tool that will only allow emails to send in workflow during the time that you set. You let Dubsado know when your office hours are... say 9am - 5pm and it will only send workflow emails at that time. Any workflow emails there were to send during the off hours will be held until 9am the next morning.
It is simple to set up too! Head on over to TEMPLATES >> WORKFLOWS. Right on that workflows page you can find the set office hours text. Click that to set them!
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Some older, third-party email apps (that do not use our Yahoo branded sign in page) require you to enter a single password for login credentials. To access your Yahoo Mail account on these apps, you'll need to generate and use an app password. An app password is a long, randomly generated code that gives a non-Yahoo app permission to access your Yahoo account. You’ll only need to provide this code once to sign in to your third-party email app.
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2. Click Generate app password or Manage app passwords.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/64782 | Questions? Feedback? powered by Olark live chat software
Multiple Language Translation
A reasonably common customisation request is for a website to display in two or more languages.
Solution 1. Google Translate
This is a free solution which we recommend trying first, before opting for a customisation.
Click here to find out more information on setting this up.
Solution 2. No top navigation
You can implement a content only solution (i.e. without the display of products or e-commerce functionality) without customisation - using this method.
Refer to for a good example of this system in use. In this solution the website has no top menu. A completely separate section of the website is developed for each target language, and a link on the home page directs people to the homepages in the target languages. All links within a language section refer to content within that language section.
Solution 3. Create top level content pages in your target languages
We can customise the website so that there are multiple top-level menus, each for a different country. Which menu you see depends on which language you've selected, with the default being English.
Refer to for a good example of this system in use. A top level page is created for each language. Then the content pages, translated to the applicable language, are created and inserted under each language.
Note that for both solutions, the website footer will need to either be hidden, or translated into all target languages.
Limitations / Important points to note.
• The above solutions apply to e-profile websites only, as they apply only to content. If you have products or e-commerce functionality that needs to display in multiple languages then please see the below section 'e-commerce solution'
• The website admin area or 'back-end' will be in English
• We do not have an 'auto-translate' system available. You will need to translate all content into a separate duplicate page for each language
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The Zeald base system is english based. All buttons ('add to cart', 'checkout' etc) are in english, all system messages are in english, all system pages (cart page, checkout page etc) are in english, emailed order confirmation is in english, and so on. To transform the base system into a language other than English is not possible. Therefore Zeald cannot at this time offer ecommerce website functionality in any language other than English.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/64785 | Jeremiah 29:13
וּבִקַשְׁתֶּ֥ם אֹתִי וּמְצָאתֶם
You will seek me and find me,
כִּ֥י תִדְרְשֻׁנִי בְּכָל־לְבַבְכֶם
when you seek me with all of your heart. (ESV)
The word translated "seek" in the first and second lines are different: בקש (bqš) vs דרש (drš). It's a little bit unusual for the ESV to translate two different words identically within a verse,1 but "seek" is indeed the gloss I learned for both, and I am aware of no difference between them. However, the author could have used the same word twice. Why didn't he?
1. Contrast ESV's handling of similar Hebrew in Deut 4:29: "seek ... search after", although I'm still not sure what is meant or whether it's based on a demonstrable distinction between the words. (This Q&A will obviously not be sufficient to get at the relationship between Jeremiah and Deuteronomy, but answers can feel free to start in Deuteronomy instead if this seems more appropriate.)
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The use of synonyms is standard OT parallel style. Why is this style a question in this particular verse? This is a simple verse. Are you asking what are the difference in the semantic fields of בקש and דרש? Or are you asking about the logic of the translation? Or are you asking to what other verses this verse alludes? – Abu Munir Ibn Ibrahim Jan 17 '17 at 7:50
• As is often (normally) the situation, here for "ESV" simply read "RSV" (i.e., this didn't originate with the ESV revisers, but with those responsible for the RSV; cf. ASV!), but the question stands. :) – Dɑvïd Jan 17 '17 at 8:44
• @AbuMunirIbnIbrahim I'm asking about the difference in the semantic value of בקש and דרש in this verse. Good point about parallelism, although I generally think about that as characteristic of poetry rather than prose. (Also, this isn't "synonymous" parallelism of the sort where we normally expect to find synonyms. I guess the semantics of the verse would be that of "synthetic" parallelism, but it's not exactly a standard pattern I think. Anyway, if one wanted to answer the question by arguing that this is poetry and fleshing out the nature of the parallelism, I'd be all for that!) – Susan Jan 17 '17 at 15:14
• @Dɑvïd Oops, yeah, I always forget. – Susan Jan 17 '17 at 15:15
Compare Jeremiah 29:131
וּבִקַּשְׁ תֶּם אֹתִי וּמְצָא תֶם כִּי תִ דְרְשֻׁ נִי בְּכָל לְבַבְכֶם
with Deuteronomy 4:292
וּ בִקַּשְׁ תֶּם מִשָּׁם אֶת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ וּ מָצָא תָ כִּי תִ דְרְשֶׁ נּוּ בְּכָל לְבָבְךָ וּבְכָל נַפְשֶׁךָ
The verses are almost identical, with the same בקש -> מצא -> דרש structure. In Jeremiah God is speaking in first person through the prophet. In Deuteronomy, Moses is speaking about God in the third person. This is the explanation for the composition of Jeremiah 29:13, it is an allusion to and reminder of the promise in Deuteronomy 4:29. In both verses the situation is the same - exile among the nations. In both situations, the promise is the the same, "Seek Me and you will find Me, if you search sincerely".
Regarding the words, בקש has several possible meanings, but when used in conjunction with מצא, the meaning is "seek" or "look for". Compare with Genesis 37:163 in which Joseph searches for his brothers:
וַיֹּאמֶר אֶת אַחַי אָנֹכִי מְבַקֵּשׁ הַגִּידָה נָּא לִי אֵיפֹה הֵם רֹעִים
מצא is either to find, or in nif'al, to be present, to be found as in the next verse in Jeremiah, 29:14.
דרש, possibly from the same word in Ugarit, is an insistent search for some specific thing, an inquisition (although not in the figurative, historical sense that has become dominant).
Examples of the forcefulness of דרש are:
Genesis 9:5 NIV
Deuteronomy 23:21 NIV [MT 23:22]
Deuteonomy 22:2 NIV
3. "He replied, "I'm looking for my brothers. Can you tell me where they are grazing their flocks?" (NIV)
• The LXX translators would seem to have come to the opposite conclusion, "Seek diligently for (εκ+ζητησατε) me and you will find me, in that you seek (ζητησετε) me with all your heart.". According to them then, (bakash - בָּקַשׁ) == (darash - דָּרַשׁ) + (with all your heart) – enegue Jan 18 '17 at 0:44
• @enegue Check if there are Greek stylistic reasons for this translation. In terms of the Hebrew, what you report is just wrong translation. There are many instances of both בקש and דרש in the OT that allow us to pin down the meanings. The usages of these words in post OT Hebrew as "request" and "demand" and "inquire" also give an indication as to their earlier meanings. Jer 29:13 is not a verse that has attracted much scholarly attention because it is simple and clear. In any event I added some examples to my answer for clarification. Tnx. – Abu Munir Ibn Ibrahim Jan 18 '17 at 5:53
The difference between the two words is in their indirection, like {lend} vs {borrow}. In some regions of the world where English is used creolized, people might say, "Can you borrow me some money?"
Even the word {indirection} exhibits such a conflict. Traditionally the word is an action noun for {indirect}, or {lack of direction}. However, in information science, {indirection} is the path of reference taken to address an entity. i.e., {indirection} has taken on an interesting meaning of having a vectored direction to address an entity indirectly.
In {borrow}, the indirect vector is the borrower seeking for and then receiving. In {lend}, the indirect vector is the lender being sought and then providing. Where the target of the indirect vectors is the entity to borrowed and lent.
The indirect vector of {בקש} is the {bkesh}er seeking to receive. Whereas the {דרש} is the {dresh}er being sought to provide.
• Borrower = solicitor; Lender = solicitee;
• {בקש} = solicitor action; {דרש} = solicitee action;
Certainly one could lend without being solicited. Just as one could provide {בקש} without being sought for.
You have to note the grammatical indirections of the two words in Jer 29:13.
• {בקשתם} with 2ndP plural masc {תם} suffix indicating action by the solicitor. {בקשתם אתי} = ya'll solicit of me.
• similarly {מצאתם} where {מצא} = {find, discover}
• But {תדרשני} has 1stP singular associative/dative {ֻנִי} suffix, and 2nd/3rdP cohortative/incomplete {ת} prefix. The incomplete imbuing the attitude, to wish. Meaning = ya'll/you wish my-command/guidance. Note that there is no need for (and should not be) the preposition {אתי = of me} after {תדרשני} because the indirection is already implied.
• Note in verse 14, it is no longer {מצאתם} but {נמצאתי}. With the simple passive stative {נ} prefix and the 1stP singular completed-particple {תי} suffix, stating that {I be found/discovered}.
Note that in modern Hebrew {בבקשה} is a polite form of saying {may I?}, {Excuse me, may I?}. May I pass thro? May I ask you if you wish to have this cup of tea/hors d'oeuvres? Or in rude circumstances - excuse me, pls shaddap, let me speak.
Compare with Jer 37:7,
• כה תאמרו אל מלך יהודה השלח אתכם אלי לדרשני הנה
• Thus shall you say to king of judah, the-one-sending you to me for my-response.
I realise that translators would simply translate {לדרשני} as {to inquire of me}. But. compare use of associative in Numbers 11:15 {הרגני נא הרג} = {killing-of-me please kill} = please execute killing of me.
The difference between the two words
• {בקשני} = my request
• {דרשני} = my response, my guidance, my providing information
Here is the pattern verses 12,13,14:
• וקראתם אתי והלכתם והתפללתם אלי
• when you call to me, and you come and you prostrate/pray to me
• ושמעתי אליכם
• then I would hear you
• ובקשתם אֹתי ומצאתם
• when you request of me and you seek-to-find
• כי תדרשני בכל לבבכם
• that you wish/want my-response/guidance with all your hearts
• ונמצאתי לכם
• I would be found to you
The passage indicates that it is not sufficient to seek, but also to want the response to that seeking.
One must be extremely careful to note the change of indirection due to passive voice, and causative inflection.
Grammatical cross-references
• {דָּרַשׁ DaRaSh} = active, provide guidance/instruction
• {דָּרֹשׁ DaRoSh} = passive participle, the guidance given
• (caution: Stackoverflow's font overlaps/confuses nikudot of resh and shim)
• e.g. {כתב KoTaV} = write,
• but passive participle {כתוב KTUV} = that which is written = writings
• {דִרְשׁוּ DiRShU} = imperative active causative
• causative: causes instruction to be given = get instructions
• imperative causative: commanded to get instructions
• (caution: Stackoverflow needs to improve the nikud font. That is a shva not a xiriq beneath the resh)
Levi 10:16
• ואת שעיר החטאת דָּרֹשׁ (DaRoSh)
• then instruction of the hairy-goat of consecration
• דָּרַשׁ משה והנה שרף (DaRaSh)
• Moses instructing and hence is burnt
• Note the {דָּרֹשׁ דָּרַשׁ}. They are not a doublet emphasis as the translations would have it. They are grammatically different.
• {דָּרֹשׁ דָּרַשׁ = DaRoSh DaRaSh} = Moses giving instruction on the passive-participle-item instruction
• Moses instructed with instructions
Deut 11:12
• ארץ אשר יי אלהיך
• land which Hashem your G'd
• דֹּרֵשׁ אתה תמיד עיני (DoResh, simple active)
• provides-guidance for her always
Deut 22:2
• והיה עמך עד
• then it be with you until
• דְּרֹשׁ אחיך אתו (DRoSh)
• your brother's information-being-asked
• והשבתו לו
• then return it to him
Deut 23:21
• לא תאחר לשלמו
• do not delay to complete/fulfill it
• כי דָּרֹשׁ
• for information
• יִדְרְשֶׁנּוּ יי אלהיך
• shall He Hashem your G'd cause-information-providing
• מעמך
• from of you
2 Kings 1:2
• לכו דִרְשׁ֗וּ בבעל זבוב
• go for cause-instruction-providing in flying-lord
• אלהי עקרו
• gods of Akron
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FrankWoodley · 729 days ago · link · · parent · post: Welcome to Hubski
This place seems like a breath of fresh air. Mind if i stay a while? Ill introduce myself. I'm Frank, I'm Australian, and i am a Neurophysiology Scientist.
My number one hobby is photography, i love it. It has led me to many places, like my number two hobby; hiking. I also game pretty hard, and i have a cat named Charlie!
I so far like the overall attitude of hubski, i'd like to dive in further. What can i do build my feed/hub? What do the more experienced users recommend?
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Welcome Frank! Come on in. I think you'll find yourself in good company here with interests overlapping others'.
In terms of growing your feed, a common recommendation is following people who (1) tend to show up in tags you're interested and/or (2) write in compelling manners - of course, so long as they are things that you're open to reading/receiving.
For example: We've also got a few people here interested in photography as well, iirc. One place that happens to show up in is #tripreports, for the adventurous of us... that, or I'm just easily impressed by some of the shots people take in #tripreports. From there, you can dabble in who/what you're interested in following. In general, though, every Wednesday (on US time, I think that's today for you, though) we have a post called #pubski where people pop in and chat about whatever they want as if it's a pub. That's were I'd recommend getting a good feel for those that are in the site poppin' into the site. Of course, that's just a sample of who's available that week.
There are some tags out there that give you some insight to a handful of users around here like #adayinthelife and #3questions. Take your time with them if you go down those rabbit holes. There's a bit there.
On the flipside, another feature of Hubski is self-moderation, so you're free to mute/hush/block whoever you want or even whole tags. As such you can follow a person, yet mute a tag they post in that you're not fond of and vice-versa. Or just straight up block, that's cool too and none will be the wiser.
Probably missing more of the general spiel than usual, hope that's helpful, though. Welcome!
EDIT: I remember now. Hubski is still relatively small, so this is the "be the change you wanna see" bit in terms of "bring the discussion you want to see." You should be able to post now too, so you're all set if you have questions or want to post something you're interested in. Lurking for a bit is always an option as well. Still a quasi-lurker myself after a couple years. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/64821 | TY - JOUR T1 - Phase variation of slime production in Staphylococcus aureus: implications in colonization and virulence. JF - Infection and Immunity JO - Infect. Immun. SP - 4857 LP - 4862 VL - 61 IS - 11 AU - Baselga, R AU - Albizu, I AU - De La Cruz, M AU - Del Cacho, E AU - Barberan, M AU - Amorena, B Y1 - 1993/11/01 UR - http://iai.asm.org/content/61/11/4857.abstract N2 - Two methods commonly used for slime detection in coagulase-negative staphylococci (tube biofilm formation and colony morphology in Congo red agar) were used to study 144 ruminant mastitis Staphylococcus aureus strains. Slime production was detected in 21 strains. A majority of cells (85%) in slime-producing (SP) strains and a minority of cells (5%) in non-slime-producing (NSP) strains showed a condensed exopolysaccharide matrix (slime) surrounding the bacterial cell wall, as revealed by electron microscopy and immunofluorescence. In vivo slime production was also detected immunohistochemically after experimental infection of the mammary gland in sheep. Upon repeated subcultures in Congo red agar, NSP variants were obtained from four ovine and four bovine SP strains at a frequency ranging from 0.5 x 10(-4) to 10(-4). Because SP variants could not be obtained from NSP strains within this range or at a higher frequency, they were obtained by the tube biofilm formation (requiring repeated subculturing of NSP strains in tryptic soy broth containing 2% glucose for subsequent recovery of colonies adherent to the walls of the culture tubes). In experimental challenge, the SP variant showed a significantly higher colonization capacity than did the NSP variant of the same strain used (P < 0.001). However, the NSP variant had a higher virulence than did the SP variant (P < 0.001). These results may help to explain the different roles of S. aureus slime production cell types (SP and NSP) coexisting in disease. ER - |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/64828 | The Exodus Story in Other Places
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People may argue parts of the Exodus story and how it could not have happened. But the fact that the story is retold throughout the rest of scripture should speak volumes about its validity and its credibility. (This may not be all of them but you get the idea.)
• Gideon – Judges 6:13 – Questioned about the miracles
• Jephthah – Judges 11:15-27 – Retold conquest story
• Micah 6: 1-5 – The Lord had a case against Israel and highlighted the Exodus to prove his point.
• Ezekiel 20:4 – God giving a discourse to the elders of Israel about their love for idols of Egypt even though He brought them out of Egypt and gave them a good land.
• 1 Corinthians 10:4 – Spiritual lesson about Israel being baptized into Moses and Israel sharing spiritual food and drink and still some died in the desert.
• Moses’ Psalms 90 -100 – I still think they are a series of songs to teach the people about God and His requirements.
• 66: 5-12 A highlight telling of Israel’s time in Egypt and their leaving.
• 77: 11-20 A call for Jeduthum to remember and meditate on the miracles of God; the parting of the Red Sea is the focus with what God did.
Just a thought, look at Psalm 78-83 as a block for teaching people after Jerusalem fell.
• 78 A comparison of Israel’s testing God and His mercy and miracles.
• 80: 7-11 A call to God to remember that He did bring Israel out of Egypt and to have mercy on them again.
• 81:3-10 To remember that God brought Israel out of Egypt and established that He should be praised.
• 95: 8-11 Not to harden your heart as people did at Meribah.
• 105:16-45 A Sunday School lesson of Abraham, Joseph, the plagues and the joseph-dreams of wheatExodus.
• 106 A history of God’s faithfulness in not destroying Israel starting in Egypt and going through the Conquest into the unfaithfulness in the Promise Land.
• 114 It reminds Judah who they belong too and that mountains, hills, and the “waters” obey the Lord.
• 135:8-14 That man (Egypt, Pharaoh, Sihon, Og, and the kings of Canaan) will not stop God’s people.
• 136:10-22 Resembles Ps. 135
Picture of Sheaves from
Comparing Psalm 135 and 136
Even though I do not think these were written by the same person or even in the same time period it is interesting that Psalm 135 and 136 have similar elements. Please image David in 1 Chronicles 15:11 instructing his Praise Team to sing Psalm 135 as they carry the Ark to Jerusalem. Then image Ezra in Chapter 3:11 separating the congregation into halves and having one group singing the first part of each verse while the other group responds with “His love endures forever.
These Psalms are included in the section of the “songs of ascents” which were traditionally sung as people went up to the Temple in Jerusalem. Psalm 115 and 118 share the idea of verse 19 and 20 of Psalm 135; the house of Israel, Aaron, Levi and those who fear Him. Psalm 135:4 talks about Jacob and Israel giving each a different emphasis. They also have a historical component remembering God’s great deliverance from Egypt and the defeat of Og and Sihon which marked the beginning of the conquest of the Promised Land. The blue sections highlight His control over nature and thus being in charge of their daily lives.
See the studies on Psalm 14 and 53 and Psalm 60 and 108.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/64875 | [Solved] DistributedCOM event ID 10016
You may encounter the following type of errors in the System event log:
Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM Id 10016 application-specific permission settings Local Activation permission COM Server application CLSID APPID LocalHost (Using LRPC) security permission Component Services administrative tool
This problem can be fixed through the following steps:
1. Find the application name
As you can notice there are two ID numbers in the error message: the CLSID and the APPID.
Take the APPID and search for the matching registry key under HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Classes\appid.
Get-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Classes\appid\{9CA88EE3-ACB7-47C8-AFC4-AB702511C276}'
You will notice the application name.
appid application name
2. Check your permissions
Verify that you have Full Control permissions on this same registry key.
Otherwise, grant yourself those permissions.
Note: You may have to take ownership of the registry key before you are able to change its permissions…
3. Change the AppID’s permissions
1. Open the Component Services administrative tool by typing dcomcnfg in a command line.1
2. Expand Component Services \ Computers \ My Computer
3. Go to DCOM Config and in the menu select View by Details.
4. Find your application and notice the Application ID on the right which is the same than in the event message.
5. Right-click the application and select Properties
6. Select the Security tab. Note: If the buttons appear as grayed out, this means you didn’t set correctly the permissions on your account and you must go back to the former subtitle of this post.DCOM application properties
7. Watch again your event ID and note:
• the account which is missing permissions (in my example above: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM SID
• the type of missing permissions (in my example above: Local Activation)
8. Set permissions accordingly.
In my example I would have following permissions to set:
DCOM application permissions
1. Alternatively, you can open the console from the Start menu in the Administrative
, or add the Component Services snap-in in an MMC console.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/64876 | Ketones: not as Important as Metabolic Flexibility
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01:31 Being in ketosis does not lead to being metabolically flexible.
02:12 The more flexible your metabolism, the healthier your metabolism.
02:16 A side effect of metabolic flexibility is weight loss.
03:56 Some of us bring in a caloric value below what is needed to store fat, yet we do not lose any weight.
05:05 Over Feeding Study: Metabolically flexible people were overfed for a prolonged period of time, yet they gained little to no weight.
09:03 Water only fasting garners the most benefits.
11:00 Time restricted feeding does not give all of the benefits of fasting. Complete fast is 24 hours water only, nothing of energetic value.
18:04 Ketone esters can be used for a hard workout.
22:13 Reducing carbs will not reduce blood glucose when we over train, under recover or there is some sort of chronic low-grade inflammation.
23:00 It may take months to be metabolically flexible. Ketogenic diet is not for everyone.
31:08 Periodized ketogenic diet has great advantages to use in training. High performance athletes can have prediabetic blood glucose levels.
36:05 Ketogenic diet does not impair HIIT performance. It does not improve it.
41:31 As people transition from a normal diet to a ketogenic diet, a substantial erratic behavior in HRV. Eventually, HRV rises and stabilizes there.
46:08 High performance athletes can have visceral fat of mid 5s and above. These people may do better on a low carb/high fat diet. individuals. A good reason to put an athlete on a ketogenic diet would be to reduce the amount of damage done by burning purely glucose.
48:26 For an athlete who trains keto, adding glucose on competition day, is like rocket fuel.
49:35 Fat is a more energetically efficient fuel. There is more ATP being made and less heat lost.
50:00 Calorie is a measure of heat. When mitochondria make more heat than ATP, it becomes inefficient for energy production, but more efficient for heat.
53:04 There seems to be less damage produced from training primarily on fats, with fewer free radicals, less dissipation of heat and more ATP production. Fat is a more concentrated form of fuel. In the same mass, you have the potential for more ATP.
54:24 The calculation based on heat calories may not apply to someone on a low carb/high fat diet who is fully adapted. You can make more energy with less food while still maintaining muscle mass.
01:01:27 Eating little and often is thought to keep blood glucose steady, but that is not reflected in Alessandro’s data as reliable blood sugar management.
01:02:45 Low consistently healthy blood glucose with metabolic flexibility is the goal. The better we adapt, the healthier we are.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/64885 | How are these two terms different? Also how about 表す and 現す?
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お正月＞正月 because you are talking about other people's New Year's. – l'électeur Dec 25 '13 at 9:31
This was exactly my homework back in 7th or 8th grade (in junior high school in Japan)!
Basically it is Abstract/Intangible vs. Concrete/Tangible.
The Abstract/Intangible things [表]{あらわ}れる. Those include emotions, feelings, results of efforts such as grades, etc. becoming visible.
The Concrete/Tangible things [現]{あらわ}れる. These are things like humans, animals, monsters, clouds, etc. appearing from somewhere.
表す and 現す are basically the transitive versions of the intransitive 表れる and 現れる.
You can 表す (= to display, reveal, etc.) things like your emotions on your face, your ideas in art forms, your opinions through your actions, etc.
現す means "(concrete things) showing themslves" such as the stars at night, visible symptoms on your body, your hidden talents, etc.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/64905 | Midterm Examination
The midterm examination will cover material through class on Thursday, February 22. During the exam, you will be asked to demonstrate your skills at analyzing primary sources. The exam will be in three sections:
1. A primary source we have worked with in class;
2. An image/visual evidence from class;
3. A primary source you haven’t seen before.
For each section, you will answer a set of questions that assess your comprehension and ability to interpret the source. Keep in mind the important elements of primary sources, including the context (who wrote it, when and under what circumstances, etc.), and how each source fits into the historical time periods we’ve been discussing.
Each section will be worth 50 points, for 150 points total, and you will have two options for each section. You may use any notes as well as the textbooks for this exam.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/64907 | Regional diversity of insects in the Pacific Northwest
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Provincial and state records for a sample of insect groups from British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington show that this region, here termed "the Pacific Northwest", contains about 29% of North American insect diversity, a level that can be extrapolated to suggest that about 26,000 reported species occur in the region. Nearly half of these species are widely distributed in North America. Many species are more-or-less broadly western; 13% of all species essentially are confined to the Pacific Northwest, although some of them occur otherwise only in California, which contains many Pacific Northwestern species, especially in the north. Most of the fauna of British Columbia occurs also in the United States part of the region, and one-third of the species confined in Canada to British Columbia occur also in Idaho, Oregon or Washington. Despite these overall trends, there are wide differences among families and among genera, reflecting the diverse ranges, origins and ecological relationships of the different groups. Detailed studies that would more fully explain the differences are limited, even for groups of North American insects that are taxonomically better known. Nevertheless, the simple but feasible analysis of state and provincial records presented here provides useful indexes of regional occurrence, and indicates groups in the region that are of particular interest.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/64912 | These two tags seem to be the same thing, should they be merged, or one deleted?
I've merged them. Thanks.
(I did this before Monica posted her answer but forgot to click "Post" on this answer at the time.)
Both of those links appear to produce the same set of results, which are tagged hashkafah-philosophy. Are they synonyms?
I don't see the point of a synonym that is a substring of the target tag, so I vote to remove hashkafa.
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Sorry; I merged them but failed to report that here initially. I see your point about substrings and may perhaps just merge without synonymizing in this sort of case in the future. – Isaac Moses Nov 9 '11 at 14:19
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/64917 | Is Google Cloud Identity Free?
By Megan Anderson Posted December 18, 2019
A popular saying is that if you aren’t paying for the product, you are the product. In other words, if Google® provides its users with a cloud identity for free, they are taking something from, or about, those users in exchange.
According to Hackernoon, Google earned $31.91 billion in Q4 2017, $27.27 billion of which was generated by ad revenue. Google personalizes advertisements by taking in user data from all of its services, so while their users don’t pay Google directly, they pay them with free use of their search history, activity, and contributions. Knowing this, let’s try to better understand Google Cloud Identity.
What is Google Cloud Identity?
As with any big company, Google has a mixed reputation. Some criticize it for its liberal exploitation of user data, while others laud it for developing cutting-edge algorithms that enable everyone to navigate the web. Regardless, Google continues to expand its footprint through applications like G Suite™, Gmail™, Google Maps™, and more.
To prevent the unnecessary proliferation of identities, Google built Cloud Identity. Instead of having multiple logins for individual Google applications, users only need one identity, stored in the cloud, that grants them access to everything under Google’s purview. Initially, this solution didn’t go beyond the scope of user management for Google services, but it’s gradually expanding.
To entice IT admins to leverage Google identities further –– and thereby earn more revenue –– Google added single sign-on (SSO) for a select group of applications via SAML, along with basic LDAP support. Google later introduced basic mobile device management (MDM) capabilities for Android and iPhone devices to incentivize the use of Cloud Identity even more. With all these capabilities coming along, some have begun to wonder if they could leverage Google Cloud Identity as a directory service.
Is Google Cloud Identity a Directory Service?
The short answer is: no. The qualities that make up a complete directory service go far beyond the scope of Cloud Identity. Qualifications for a directory service often derive from Microsoft® Active Directory® (AD) because it pioneered the concept, but a number of modifications have been made to accommodate modern needs. As such, a modern directory service must include:
• User management
• Application management
• Server access management
• Cross-platform system management
• LDAP services
• SSO
• Multi-factor authentication (MFA)
• APIs and headless control/automation
A modern directory service should also be cloud-hosted and operate entirely off-prem, as on-prem operations are losing effectiveness.
Cloud Identity in its current state is unable to check more than half of those competencies. If you’re looking for a cloud directory service or an Active Directory replacement, Cloud Identity may not be the right choice for you.
On the plus side, if your organization relies heavily on Google applications and services, Cloud Identity can still be used for user management and MDM because it tightly integrates with those services. The missing capabilities would still need another service to fill in the gaps, but this can be accomplished by building your own directory.
How to Build Your Own Directory
You can build a custom directory hosted entirely on the cloud by leveraging Directory-as-a-Service® (DaaS) from JumpCloud®. Building your own directory allows you to pay for only what you need now, with the option to expand later on.
For example, if you have an existing G Suite tenant, DaaS will integrate with it and work alongside each individual’s Google Cloud Identity to create a single identity across all major operating systems, web and on-prem applications, file servers, and WiFi/VPNs to ensure your organization’s needs are completely accounted for. User identity, attribute management, and MFA are included by default, but you can choose to add a host of other features as you need.
The first 10 users are free for life, so you can experiment with the product as a whole for however long you want.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/64976 | Cave Cover-Up (Stolen Goods in the UK version) is a puzzle in Professor Layton and the Unwound Future. The puzzle must be solved in order to progress the story.
US Version
A couple of rapscallions have hidden some stolen goods in a cave. To protect their stash, they're planning to seal off the entrance with some wood. To do so, they need to cut the board shown below into two equal pieces.
Where should the thieves make their cut?
Draw the answer with your stylus.
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Two criminals want to use this board to seal off the cave where they store their smuggled goods.
If they cut the board into two pieces of identical size and shape, they'll be able to seal the cave entrance completely.
Draw lines on the board to indicate where it needs to be cut.
Click a Tab to reveal the Hint.
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Try counting the squares on the board. For two pieces to be equal, they have to have the same number of squares.
UK Version
Count the number of squares the board is made up of.
Since the two pieces you need must be the same size, they will be made up of the same number of squares.
US Version
The board is composed of 14 squares, so each of your two pieces will have seven squares. And you need to make two equal shapes. And you can't stray too far from the middle when making your cut.
Try to visualize what the two shapes will look like. That should help.
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The board has to be cut into two pieces of seven squares each. The pieces also have to be the same shape, so you can't just cut any two seven-square pieces.
Try visualising the shape that the two pieces will be after being cut.
First off, look for two rectangles containing six squares each.
US Version
There are only two ways of cutting out two separate six-square rectangles from the board. The important point is figuring out how to integrate the two remaining squares.
UK Version
There are only two ways of cutting out two separate six-square rectangles. The important point is working out how to integrate the two remaining squares.
US Version
If you make a one-square cut between the bottom-right square and one above it, you'll be close to solving this puzzle.
Look for two bootlike shapes.
UK Version
Split up the bottom two squares in the middle column and you'll be very close to getting the answer.
Can you visualise two boot-shaped pieces?
US Version
Too bad!
The cut they need to make isn't all that complicated. Simplify your thinking.
UK Version
Bad luck.
It's not a particularly complicated cut that's required here.
US Version
Nice cut!
You're exactly right.
To seal the cave, the thieves flipped one of the piece upright as shown above.
UK Version
Good job!
The board needs to be cut as shown above.
As you can see, the criminals have flipped one of the pieces and sealed the cave entrance tight.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/64979 | I just want to be … feared?
This video is a worthy 12 minutes to make us pause and reflect. The danger I see in talking about leadership is that the “lessons learned” or the lesson “meant to be taught” usually overemphasizes that one aspect of leadership. The responsibility of leadership REQUIRES several traits/skills/habits, not just one. Even though this focuses on one, as long as we see it as a string in the tapestry of what leaders need, I find the concept here to ring true.
Making people who “work for us” feel safe seems to require taking the LONG VIEW toward your business and the co-people around us. Ofttimes, a company’s culture will trump our better-inner-leader. We perform according to how we’re measured and so its critical that we find a culture that allows for that. Even better … its critical that we shape our company’s culture into one that fosters that long view as well.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/64996 | Paratext 9
P9 Dragging Tab2 Availability
Paratext 9 was released on Oct 11, 2019. You can download it from the Paratext download page: Paratext 9 download. You are registered for Paratext 9 if you have a registration for Paratext 8. There is no need to migrate Paratext 8 projects to Paratext 9, Paratext 9 accesses the same projects. Some users on a project can use Paratext 8 and others can use Paratext 9 without difficulty.
You can have Paratext 9 on the same computer as Paratext 8, and projects do not need to be migrated to Paratext 9. Paratext 9 will open the projects you have in Paratext 8.
Do not open the same project in both versions of Paratext at the same time. If you edit in one version, then save, then edit in the other version and save, your first set of edits will likely disappear.
Paratext 9 User Interface
All Paratext trainers have had the mantra telling users to “Click on the window first to activate it, then click on the menu”. With Paratext 9, this is no longer an issue.
Paratext 9 has completely redesigned the way users interact with windows and menus based on this and other long-standing usability issues in Paratext. It will be difficult for some to adapt to the new user interface, but we are confident that it will result in more efficient use of the screen space and of the tools.
Window types
Not docked inside of Paratext, floating above, ideal for a second monitor.
By default they are pinned so that they don’t disappear behind Paratext, but if you unpin them, they will quickly get hidden behind Paratext. If the floating pane is unpinned in one corner of Paratext and you click on ANY pane in Paratext, the floating pane will disappear behind Paratext. You can only bring it back by Alt+Tab.
We had floating Windows in Paratext 7 and 8, they just weren’t called that:
• Biblical Terms Tool
• Checking Inventories and settings
• Assignments and Progress
• Wordlist
• Parallel Passages
• Checklists
To be sure, it was confusing to users as to why these windows behaved differently. Now we must teach users that they can control all window behavior. If there is a type of window a user is uncomfortable with, they need to learn how to transform it to the type of window they want.
It is important to note that floating windows are the only type that can be moved onto a second monitor, so everyone who uses multiple monitors should learn to use them.
These are what users think of as normal Paratext windows. They take up their own space, docked inside of Paratext. But there are some major usability improvements over the old Paratext windows.
Panels can’t be hidden by other panels
In the past, you could easily resize a window over the top of a neighboring window, even covering it completely. But the new panels can only be covered by floating panels, which are the default for tools.
Panels resize together
Dragging the edge of a panel window resizes the panels on both sides, in the same way that resizing cells in a table resizes the surrounding cells. It may be helpful to think of the Paratext program as a grid, rather than as separate windows.
Tabs are created by dropping one window onto the center drop zone of another window. They are also created by opening a new window and selecting Tab as the style. The window then appears as a tab in the same window, or most recently active window. Only one can be seen at a time, but it is a huge space saver, and is easy to switch back and forth between different resource texts.
One advantage is that now Paratext and Logos operate in very similar ways, especially with regards to panels and tabs.
Autohide is a radically new feature that allows you to click the auto hide button on any window to send it to the far right of the screen onto the autohide panel. When you click on an autohide panel’s icon, it opens left, covering the right-most portion of the screen. While it is open, you may resize it to take up more or less screen space, and it will remember this setting until you move it again.
Autohide windows are ideally suited for something that you check briefly, and then don’t return to for some time. The moment you click outside of the autohide window, it will disappear until you open it again. This would make it impossible for the user to be typing anything in another window while looking at something in the autohide window.
What windows would be most suitable for autohide?
Parallel Passages
When there is a parallel passage for the current verse, the button turns colorful at the top. If you open the parallel passage tool and then autohide it, you can fly it out for a quick peek at the parallel passages while you are translating.
Assignments and Progress
The first time I opened Assignments and Progress, it became another panel in Paratext, and I was confused. It was too small to see the contents. But if you make this an autohide, it flies out from the right so you can see your task, then disappears when you click away. Perfect!
Moving/Repositioning Panels
When dragging and dropping panels, the behavior is radically different from Paratext 8. You will need some time to experiment with it to get the feel for how it works. But it is similar to how Logos moves and arranges windows.
To rearrange a panel, click and drag it onto another panel. A gray zone will appear to show where the panel you are dragging will end up. For instance, to make my left hand panel be at the bottom, I click and drag it to the bottom half of the other pane.
P9 Dragging Tab2
After letting go:
P9 After Dragging Tab
In Paratext 9 the menus are only visible when you want them. Open the top level Paratext menu by clicking on the three horizontal lines (hamburger button) at the top right of the main window.
Open the project level menu by clicking the three lines at the top right of the project menu.
Main Menu
The main menu contains a lot less options than it used to. Look here at the File menu. What options are missing?
P9 Reducedmainmenu
The answer is, any command that is specific to a particular project. Think for a moment how the yellow highlighted commands below from Paratext 8 act on specific projects, not on all of Paratext:
P8 Filemenutwohighlights
The Open commands in brown are not needed because you can select that content in the new Open dialog.
Think of it another way: If any of the highlighted commands were selected before first clicking on the correct window to activate it, the user would be frustrated with the wrong results. So Paratext 9 moves most of those commands directly to the window that they act on. (Some are hidden instead in advanced menus because of infrequent use).
Opening a new Project/Resource from the menu
The new open dialog looks like this:
P9 Open Dialog
The buttons across the top set filters to show or hide that type of content. Click a button to show that content, click it again to hide it. This example ls showing projects and resources. It starts sorting the items by the type column (type of project). You can click on another heading to sort by the project name or short name, or the language. If you are used to pressing the first letter of the project you want, you can type one or several letters in the Filter Name, Language box at top right.
Because Paratext has so many ways of working with windows, it needs to be told which kind of window you are expecting to use when you open a new Project or Resource.
At the bottom left of this open dialog, it is set to open projects as Panels. You can select the window type from the list, which includes:
• Floating
• Panel
• Tab
• Text collection
• Autohide
Panel Menus
These contain all the commands that can act on the specific panel and active tab.
There are two lists of menu items in Paratext, Full menus or standard menus. The standard list omits some lesser-used items. The standard menu equivalent of the above looks like this:
Any standard menu can be expanded to the full menu by clicking the down wedge at the bottom of the menu. You set your preference for Full or standard menus in the help menu. Check Full to get Full menus, uncheck Full to get standard menus.
Enhanced Resources
These are a new type of resource in Paratext 9. Besides displaying the text of the chosen translation, they can also display information about the source language words in that passage (similar to the reverse Interlinear in some Logos Bibles).
P9 Enhancedresource
After clicking on Messiah in the NRS89 text we see the Greek word, and a definition, and even the Biblical term renderings from the translation project on the left. Currently the mouse is over the word search so info on that word is displayed in a tool tip.
Contributors to this page: dhigby and sewhite .
Page last modified on Friday November 22, 2019 08:00:46 GMT-0000 by dhigby.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65020 | Holmgard is the capital of Sommerlund and is a seaport on the Holmgulf
Physical layoutEdit
It is located near the Graveyard of the Ancients . The city is enclosed by grey-white walls two hundred feet in height whose gatehouses are 100 yards long. At the center of the city is the Citadel of the King.
The city was besieged by the Darklords shortly after the Massacre of the Kai. Lone Wolf was the means of the city's salvation when he killed the Darklord Zagarna with the Sommerswerd from atop the city walls.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65021 | Hercules #1
Capsule Review
So much fun. Writer Dan Abnett and artist Luke Ross have completed the … ahem … Herculean task of making me care about Hercules, a comics character that has always been a square peg for me. We join this Hercules at the turning of the tide, a literal anachronism, living in a rented room with his slacker pal Gilgamesh eating ceral on the couch, fighting to find a place for himself in a world overflowing with heroes. Would that there were more heroes like this Hercules, who is full of warmth and zest for life, aware of his past transgressions but not burdened by them, eager to assault the world and take on challenges big and small (in this issue answering pleas for help from kids in the neighborhood and the U.N. Secretary General with equal urgency). This issue is funny, action-packed, thoughtful, wonderfully drawn and written, and a great scene-setter. Hercules is cast as the world’s first superhero. Is he still relevant? Let’s find out! (And while I appreciate that Marvel is properly crediting creators these days, it seems a stretch to state, “Hercules Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby!”)
Approachability For New Readers
Perfect. Plays like the first episode of your next favorite TV series. Jump on.
Read #2?
Sales Rank
#49 November
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1. Does “Hercules recreated for comics by Jack Kirby with dialogues by Stan Lee” ring truer?
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2. My favorite part, which no one ever deals with, is why do they call Hercules by his Roman name Hercules when every other character in the pantheon uses Greek names. And Abnett nails it! This is an author who might actually like the character he’s writing about and and artist who se ms to be enjoying himself. One of a few bright spots in the reboot. Hope it continues.
• Cross your fingers and make a sacrifice to Zeus, as the first month numbers weren’t great … but the relaunch numbers haven’t been stellar overall, so maybe Marvel will have no choice but to be patient. I know I am looking forward to a long read of this when it is collected. It has a similar appeal as the Fraction/Aja Hawkeye run of the last several years. I hope it can find its way.
3. Yeah this one sounds great, and really dig that cover too. Might have to search it out.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65024 | Help people when they’re down. They’ll be friends for life. -Rick Joyner
Every human problem is a result of mankind thinking we can run this world without God. -Rick Joyner
Ephesians 6:2-3 MEV “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise, “so that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.”
Matthew 21:13 KJV And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
2 Corinthians 10:4 MEV For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.
Isaiah 60:2 MEV For the darkness shall cover the earth and deep darkness the peoples; but the Lord shall rise upon you, and His glory shall be seen upon you.
Song of Solomon 2:4 MEV He brought me to the banquet house, and his banner over me was love.
Psalm 139:14 NIV I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. |
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Hardscrabble is an English word (originally an Americanism) that began as a noun but is now chiefly used as an adjective to denote a state of bare subsistence in which great effort is expended for paltry reward.
In fact, even as an adjective the word's usage has become highly circumscribed, such that it is almost always paired with the words "life" or "existence," as in the canonical usage example of "the sharecropper's hardscrabble life," which is cited by more than a few dictionaries.
Etymologically, the word derives from the English word to "scrabble," meaning to scratch, rake, dig, or plow. In the early days of the American republic, the "hard scrabble" referred to those sections of the American prairie that were dry, hard, and rocky and thus required great effort to "scrabble" or plow. From this usage eventually developed the idea of a "hardscrabble life" in which day to day living was as difficult as trying to plow up dry, rock-hard prairie.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65038 | Devise a business advertising strategy to achieve more in lesser budget
While many business are yet to go online, some though having an online presence still advertising purely through newspapers/ magazines; and there are cases which have been ignoring advertising in newspapers and magazines altogether, since they are overtly relying on online advertising alone.
However, if you wish to contain your advertising budget and yet achieve more effective results, advisable it is to go for a combination of offline (newspaper, magazines) and online advertising. This will yield for your business wider coverage and brand building.
When you back your online advertisement with an offline advertisement, you infuse the audience with a strong sense of trust in your products or services. Similarly, you can effectively use offline advertising to divert traffic to your websites and reach out to a larger target audience.
Studies have shown that approximately one-third of people who read newspaper also surf the internet to see the latest updates about the products/services advertised in the print media. However, those who tend to explore the internet for extracting information pertaining to a service or product also seek corresponding advertisement in the newspaper for confidence reinforcement. People browse the internet to research information on the products or services advertised in the newspapers. It is then that they decide to buy or not to buy. Likewise, a strong relationship has been found between magazine and online advertising as well.
From above, it seems in today's business world, it is only a good idea to propel a brand by combining two or more media for promotion. Such a strategic business promotion is likely to fetch great results without largely affecting your budget. In case you feel you need help in the department, there are vendors whose business is to provide you with recommendations on the media purchasing and implementing instructions thereupon.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65042 | Re: [dns-privacy] Working Group Last Call for draft-ietf-dprive-rfc7626-bis
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> On 21 Aug 2019, at 19:21, Hollenbeck, Scott <>; wrote:
>> From: dns-privacy <>; On Behalf Of Vladimír
>> Cunát
>> Sent: Monday, August 19, 2019 8:58 AM
>> To:
>> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [dns-privacy] Working Group Last Call for draft-ietf-
>> dprive-rfc7626-bis
>> Hello,
>> I now read through the whole document, and I see one thing that might be a
>> little bit confusing - the beginning of page three reads like QNAME
>> minimization is not possible or at least never done, and contrary to
>> rfc7626 itself it isn't even mentioned in the whole document. I would
>> suggest to at least reduce the strength of the wording ("always"), and/or
>> mention rfc7816. I don't have much data at hand, but I believe that some
>> reduction of QNAMEs isn't as exotic as it used to be.
> Agreed, and I'll suggest a sentence (enclosed by **) for the end of the third paragraph of the Introduction:
> "It is important, when analyzing the privacy issues, to remember that the question asked to all these name servers is always the original question, not a derived question. The question sent to the root name servers is "What are the AAAA records for";, not "What are the name servers of .com?". By repeating the full question, instead of just the relevant part of the question to the next in line, the DNS provides more information than necessary to the name server. **In this simplified description, recursive resolvers do not implement QNAME minimization as described in RFC 7816 [RFC7816], which will only send the relevant part of the question to the upstream name server.**”
Thanks very much for this text. I’m wondering about also referencing this study: <>
which attempts to asses the deployment of QNAME minimisation to show it is actually being deployed in the wild?
> It may be more desirable to reference 7816bis, but that would add an Internet-Draft reference dependency that folks might not want to add.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65056 | I am dealing with an optimization problem that involves the rank of a matrix as a hard constraint. I am starting with this simple example
`NMinimize[{a12, MatrixRank[{{a11, a12}, {2, 4}}] == 1 && a11 >= 1}, {a11, a12}]`
That is a 2x2 matrix {{a11, a12}, {2, 4}} of which the first row is undetermined and I want to put a rank of 1 as a hard constraint. With another constraint, a11>=1, the answer would be a12=2. However, it gives the following information
NMinimize::nsol: There are no points that satisfy the constraints {False}.
But the thing is, it seems that whenever evaluated in Mathematica with symbols, the command MatrixRank[{{a11, a12}, {2, 4}}] always gives 2 as an answer. Is there a way that can evaluate MatrixRank[{{a11, a12}, {2, 4}}] numerically inside the NMinimize function and solve the problem above?
As some people may point out, calculating the determinant can be an alternative. The reason that I prefer to use MatrixRank is that actually, the matrices I am dealing with can be rectangular as well. Even if it is nxn square, I may require its rank to be n-2.
A matrix loses rank whenever one of the singular values is zero. So you can solve:
Solve[SingularValueList[{{a11, a12}, {2, 4}}][[1]] == 0, {a11, a12}, Reals]
{{a12 -> 2 a11}}
which shows the relationship that must hold between a11 and a12 for the singular value (and hence the rank) to vanish.
• $\begingroup$ What if it is a matrix of a larger dimension, say 4x4 and I need the rank to be 2 or 4x5 and I need the rank of to be 2? Is there a way to generalize your idea of letting singular values to be zero consecutively? $\endgroup$ – nanjun Nov 17 '16 at 15:50
• $\begingroup$ If you want a 4D matrix to have rank two, then you could try solving for conditions when two of the singular values equal zero.Of course, at some point, this will stop working due to the complexity of the singular value computation. $\endgroup$ – bill s Nov 17 '16 at 16:21
That rank is already computed and it is not 1 (it is 2), hence the False issue. To get around that, delay the rank computation until numeric values are in place.
mrank[a1_?NumberQ, a2_?NumberQ] :=
MatrixRank[{{a1, a2}, {2, 4}}]
NMinimize[{a12, {mrank[a11, a12] == 1, a11 >= 1}}, {a11, a12}]
During evaluation of In[26]:= NMinimize::cvdiv: Failed to converge to a solution. The function may be unbounded.
(* Out[27]= {-3.3552524496*10^104, {a11 -> 1.08581705166,
a12 -> -3.3552524496*10^104}} *)
As can be seen that does not work out well either, because it is requiring a measure 0 condition. Better instead to keep smallest eigenvalue or singular value under some threshold. Could be done as below.
NMinimize[{a12, {Min[
Abs[Eigenvalues[{{a11, a12}, {2, 4}}]]] <= .0001,
During evaluation of In[25]:= NMinimize::incst: NMinimize was unable to generate any initial points satisfying the inequality constraints {-0.0001+Min[1/2 Abs[4+a11-Power[<<2>>]],1/2 Abs[4+a11+Sqrt[Plus[<<4>>]]]]<=0}. The initial region specified may not contain any feasible points. Changing the initial region or specifying explicit initial points may provide a better solution.
(* Out[25]= {1.99974964841, {a11 -> 1.00000010102, a12 -> 1.99974964841}} *)
• $\begingroup$ I prefer your first idea of "delaying the rank computation until numeric values are in place". Can you explain about what is a "measure 0 condition" and why in this case it is not satisfied? One possible issue with your second idea may be if I am dealing with a matrix of larger dimension (square or rectangular), requiring the smallest singular value to be effectively 0 does not indicate anything about the second, the third... smallest one. Thus a nxn matrix may have rank n-1, n-2, ... which we do not know exactly I guess. $\endgroup$ – nanjun Nov 17 '16 at 16:34
• $\begingroup$ The parameters need to satisfy an algebraic relation in order for the rank not to be 2, and with MatrixRank it is an all-or-nothing situation. As for different ranks, can work with the nth sing value. $\endgroup$ – Daniel Lichtblau Nov 17 '16 at 17:13
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Bout of Books 7.0 Update
May 15, 2013
Bout of Books day 3 is upon us! I’ve finished two books (one of which I started last week). I hosted a giveaway yesterday! And I’ve got winners! Emails have been sent!
My winners are: Kay from It’s a Booklife, P7 from Bookeater/Booklover, and Lisa from Lisa Likes Books
There’s a very cool challenge up today over on Books Are My Best Friends Forever. It’s a challenge to create an alternate cover for a book. I love it, but I have no photo manipulation skills so, I’m not going to indulge. I will, however, give you a few publisher created alternate covers.
smokeboneThis, on the left, is the American cover of Daughter of Smoke and Bone. I don’t especially like it. I don’t think the mask is photoshopped on very well. And why is there a feather mask at all? What is that even about.
Blue hair – yes.
Wings – yes.
Random blue feathered mask – not so much.
On the other hand, we have what I believe is the UK cover. That one is totally awesome! The feathers are just perfect.
chatkatNow, we all know how much I love the Kat, Incorrigible covers. I think they’re awesome and beautiful. And they’re full wrap-around, which makes me happy. So, I’m not saying that the other cover is better. But seriously, look at this amazing French cover! It’s so awesome. I really want to own it. Possibly as a poster.
thornsMy Progress:
Pages Read: ~459
Books Started: 3 (Between Two Thorns by Emma Newman, The Riddle of the Labyrinth by Margalit Fox, & Death By Diamonds by Annette Blair)
maybediamondsBooks Finished: 2 (Maybe This Time by Jennifer Crusie, The Riddle of the Labyrinth by Margalit Fox)
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1. May 16, 2013 9:05 am
You’re doing really well with the reading so far! And I liked your take on the book cover challenge. I haven’t read Daughter of Smoke and Bone yet, but that feathers cover is a good one. Is it the UK hardback cover? The UK paperback cover has a door on it (not sure if that has anything to do with the story, but it is quite an intriguing image!).
Good luck with today’s reading! 🙂
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"You've labeled us all as Mavericks! I won't let you pass. Turn back now!"
―Web Spider, Mega Man X4
Web Spider, known as Web Spidus (ウェブ・スパイダス) in Japan, is a spider-based Reploid who works for Repliforce as the commander of their guerrilla unit. Before his military career with Repliforce, he was once a Maverick Hunter, belonging to the 0th Special Unit. When Repliforce began their war for independence and was considered a Maverick group, he remained loyal and was stationed in the jungle, charged with guarding a powerful beam cannon hidden there.
Power and Abilities
Web Spider can move quite fast when ascending on the tree and move in its crown.
• Lightning Web - Web Spider charges electricity to create web networks of varying sizes or strings that help him ascend and descend on the tree.
• Small Spider Attack - He can shoot robotic spiders from his "abdomen" part.
At the start of the battle his attack strategy is to conceal himself in the leaf canopy above and only dropping down to fire small homing webs (Lightning Web). When his health is reduced to below half, he will create a large web network and crawl around erratically shooting out either small robotic spiders or homing webs. With X, Web Spider's weakness is the Twin Slasher obtained from Slash Beast; it can cut his web, causing him to fall and resulting in heavy damage. As for Zero, Ryuenjin can be hard to use on Web Spider, so use the regular saber. Shippuuga is also effective on him, but he needs to be in the right place for it to hit him as well as to avoid take damage on contact, which requires Zero to use his jumping saber slashes mostly.
After his defeat, X obtains Lightning Web and Zero learns Raijingeki.
Other appearances
Web Spider appeared as an unit card in TEPPEN.
Stage description: Infiltrate enemy-occupied jungle and destroy the weapon under construction.
Stage Enemies
Enemies in Web Spider's stage, the Jungle.
When Playing as X
Web Spider: You've labeled us all as Mavericks! I won't let you pass. Turn back now!
When Playing as Zero
Web Spider: Ah... Zero. I've been expecting you.
Zero: Spider! You work for Repliforce?!
Web Spider: Yes... I lead a renegade unit now.
Zero: There's still time, call off the coup!
Web Spider: No. I know where my loyalties lie.
Other Media
Rockman X4 (manga)
Web Spider appears in the Rockman X4 manga where he is the first member of the Repliforce fought by X.
Archie Comics
Web Spider appears in the Worlds Unite crossover event as one of the many Mega Man X characters featured in the Mega Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Sonic Boom comics. He is one of many Mavericks who appears alongside Sigma-2, having been cloned as part of a Maverick army that is deployed to attack various worlds.
• Web Spider is similar to Bospider in appearance. One of his attacks also involves throwing out small spider robots that scuttle along the ground and side walls, reminiscent to Bospider as well.
• If the player shoots a charged Twin Slasher at Web Spider when the battle starts, a glitch occurs where the player cannot attack him, forcing them to restart the battle.
• Although he is one of several Mavericks that are based on arthropods, Web Spider is the only arachnid Reploid in the Mega Man X series.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65080 | For other uses, see Jacob.
Jacobs was a 23rd century Human man. He served in Starfleet in various divisions aboard the Federation starship USS Enterprise in the late 2260s and early 2270s. He has served in security, engineering and command.
Jacobs had a medium build and was of African American descent. (TOS novel: Enemy Unseen)
In 2268, Jacobs was serving as a security guard. When the Enterprise hit a spacial distortion and ground to a sudden halt, Jacobs twisted his ankle. He was the first casualty to report to sickbay from the incident, and Christine Chapel tended to his injury. (TOS novel: A Choice of Catastrophes)
Later in 2268, when Pavel Chekov and Djelifan scientist Talika were sucked through a portal artifact on the surface of Careta IV, he and four other security guards beamed down with James T. Kirk to go through the portal and rescue them. The transit turned them into sentient crablike animals called Kh!lict. While they were crabs, Jacobs attacked one of the other guards, who flipped Jacobs back onto the ground. He suddenly went into convulsions, fell over the edge of an estuary and broke a leg on the rocks below. After a rescue team retrieved him and returned him to human, Leonard McCoy estimated he would completely recuperate in seven days. (TOS novel: Windows on a Lost World)
In 2269, Jacobs served in engineering as a technician under Montgomery Scott and Frank Gabler. When the Enterprise passed through a matter-energy whirlwind at the galactic core, it stressed the ship's artificial gravity compensators, causing some damage. Scott asked Gabler and Jacobs to begin repairs with microwelders. (TAS - Log Three novelization: The Magicks of Megas-Tu)
By 2273, Jacobs had been promoted to lieutenant and served as a bridge officer. He assumed command of the Enterprise during the night shift.
In 2273, during one shift at 0030 hours, acting science officer Tenaida reported detecting an uncharted gas cloud along their trajectory and provided an alternate course. Jacobs became immediately nervous and approved the course change, as unusual stellar phenomena in his experience had proven more challenging than they first appeared. In the morning, however, when Jacobs reported the event to Kirk, Tenaida denied having been on the bridge. Replaying the ship's log recording eventually led to the realization that a shape-shifter was aboard and attempting to redirect the ship's course. (TOS novel: Enemy Unseen)
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An example of why the FH fic won't be on AO3 anytime soon...
Namely, that the target audience would be (in this case) "people who know both Merlin and Strangers in Paradise and can deal with the concept of the leads of both having gone to an interdimensional high school together" or fandomhigh players. The Venn diagram of which is almost a complete overlap.
Title: It Could Have Been Worse. She Could Have Brought Shake-Weights.
Fandom: Merlin/Strangers In Paradise (Fandom High futurefic)
Pairings (not that they feature much here): Arthur/Merlin, Francine/Katchoo, long-past Francine/Merlin, Casey Bullock/any unattached man with eyes
Word count: 843
Prompt: from rhi_silverflame: Camelot / Francine, Katchoo, Arthur, Merlin...and Casey / a well-meaning but inevitably disastrous aerobics lesson
"Are you positive she's not a troll?" Arthur asked, so very much not for the first time that even Francine would be tempted to hit him (with something relatively soft), if he weren't currently leaning over the battlements to stare down at his knights training in the courtyard below. Merlin could save the day if any of them took a tumble off the parapet, but not without lighting up the big SORCERER, GET YOUR SORCERER RIGHT HERE sign above his head, so the only thing Arthur needed to dodge were the eye-rolls.
Not that he acknowledged them, so Merlin took it upon himself to reply, "She's not a troll, Arthur. Just like she wasn't a troll yesterday, or the day before."
"We don't even have trolls in our time," Francine pointed out. "She's a personal trainer, and she's perfectly sweet. Just a little..."
"Bugfuck," was Katchoo's contribution.
"I was going for over-enthusiastic." And hard to get rid of, which when combined with Francine's inability to say no to axe-murderers let alone bouncy blonde girls, went a long way towards explaining how Casey Bullock had ended up as the backseat driver on their latest road-trip to Fandom Island, and subsequent accidental arrival in Camelot.
"If she's not a troll, she's some sort of sorceress. Do you see what she's forcing my men to do?"
"I believe it's called dancing," Merlin supplied, utterly failing to hide his smirk from anyone.
"It's called aerobics," corrected Francine, sort of. "And it's not actually an evil curse from the eighth pit of Hell; it just feels like it while you're doing them."
"It's called making a complete mockery of the knights of Camelot," Arthur ground out, turning away from the parapet wall and rounding on the three of them. "If my father hadn't ordered me to allow her to work with my men..."
"I think he kind of..." Francine started.
"Wants to jump her?" Katchoo finished.
"Going for 'has a crush' but..." But Casey did have a butt like a teenage boy's and boobs like basketballs. "Yeah."
"Hunh. That actually would be a check in the possible troll column." Merlin peered consideringly over the wall at the knights.
Who were now clanking in formation to the sounds of Casey singing "I'm a Barbie girl in the Barbie world. Life in plastic, it's fantastic!" at the top of her lungs at them.
At least she'd been talked out of hooking up speakers to her iPod, via a quick, quiet tour of the execution block from Francine and Merlin.
Arthur seemed to be having difficulty deciding between covering his ears and pointing hard at the girls. "This is completely your fault. You couldn't just randomly show up by yourselves again, no. You had to drag along an insane, bouncing, caterwauling--"
"Bimbo." Katchoo was helpful like that.
"Thank you. Who not only charmed my father into handing her my knights to train, but has heaved herself into his attention so thoroughly that he actually spoke the word re-marry in my presence last night!"
"Hey, we're not the ones who panicked and told him she was Lady Cassandra of Northumbria," Katchoo said. Between the snickers.
The glare. The glare. "I did not panic; I thought on my feet. It was tell him she's an eccentric visiting noble whose attentions I have absolutely no interest in, thank you, or watch her carted off to the dungeons. He walked into my chambers and found her doing jumping jacks. In the nude, and no, I still don't want to know why or how she even ended up there so stop trying to explain it and just get her out of here!"
"It's not like we didn't try to leave," Francine pointed out in her most calming tone. "The causeway opens up when it wants to, you know that. Besides, your knights really don't seem to mind. I think they're actually kind of having fun!"
Said knights chose to punctuate that statement with a loud metallic crash. All four of the watchers above turned away from each other to stare down at the pile of three knights on the ground. Casey was leaning too, directly over the faces of the fallen men, her tank top not restraining its contents at all well. Or...at all. "You guys have to start looking where you're going - this is like the fourth time that's happened!"
None of the men on the flagstones were looking anywhere but at the contents of Casey's tank-top. Arthur, on the other hand, was looking only at the palm of his own hand now.
"Are you sure she's not a troll?"
"Those can't possibly be born of flesh and blood."
"No, but silicone bags don't make you a troll. You don't even have plastic--" Katchoo stopped, then grinned widely at him. "Heh. What'll you give me if I tell you what to say to make sure she breaks it off with your dad and never comes back?"
And that was how Katina Choovanski became (several years and a new kingship later) the Duchess of Carmarthen.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65144 | I've played guitar for over ten years, and my alternate picking really blows when it comes to fast stuff like 7 to 10 notes per second range. I sometimes wonder if I have reached my natural limits? what can I do to progress?
A lot of alternate pickers get stuck right where you are, and it's because fast alternate picking requires a very specific technique—one that no one even understood until a few years ago.
The world's foremost expert on speed picking is a guitar educator out of New York named Troy Grady. In his online video series Cracking the Code, he has made the first truly thorough and systematic analysis of how to play fast on picked instruments. He did this by studying slow motion footage of super fast players, in jazz, country and especially the rock shredders that he grew up with. (Mad props to Troy for having the patience to watch 80's speed metal instructional videos at 1/10 speed over and over and over...)
Troy's big idea is what he calls "downward pick slanting." It's a simple concept: you tilt your pick toward the floor, so that every stroke makes a nice, easy, straight line, and because of the diagonal motion you never hit any other strings by accident. Most fast players do this, whether they realize it or not.
Once you get used to this, you can play incredibly fast, and it feels glorious. Your right hand moves through the strings like a hot knife through butter. But there's a catch: when you want to switch strings after a downstroke, your pick is buried in the strings. So unless you're careful, you will need to make some complicated motions to get to the next string and your speed will crash and burn.
Players that use economy picking, like Jimmy Bruno and Yngwie Malmsteen, solve this by just sweeping through to the next string. This works for ascending lines, where the pick is already planted down on the next string, ready to sweep through. For descending lines, that isn't an option, so they often "cheat" by using hammer ons and pull offs to make sure they never have to change strings after a downstroke while descending.
With alternate picking, you have a bigger problem on your hands. When you just played a downstroke and want to move to another string, you can't resort to sweeping, so what do you do? The solution is what Troy calls "two way pick slanting." On the last stroke before you switch strings, you turn your wrist just a tiny bit, so now your pick is slanting upwards and you escape from the strings instead of getting buried. Every time you're playing the note before a string change, if you're about to get buried, you rotate your wrist so the pick slants the other way. This sounds like a lot of mental math, but it's something your hands learn to do automatically. Understanding what's going on just helps you learn it faster. Two way pick slanters include Al Di Meola, Chris Thile and Paul Gilbert.
There are simpler ways to do alternate picking at speed, but past about 10 notes per second, two-way pick slanting is pretty much the only game in town. The only other option is using hammer-ons and pull-offs, or re-fingering your lines to avoid inconvenient string changes.
If you want to learn more, Google "downward pick slanting" and "two way pick slanting." But the best explanations are still in Troy's videos. The whole series is well worth watching.
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Cracking the code is an incredible series – papakias Jun 22 '17 at 10:35
• I did see his videos, and while I did think he was on to something in his almost scientific approach, I did not find it useful unfortunately. I dont think me trying to slant my pick at anytime (actually thinking about will help) helps. I would think a uniform up and down pick should be used. – marshal craft Jun 22 '17 at 10:45
• I do think I have made some headway after more searchful practicing, instead of just running through the major scale. What I've actually concluded a subtle problem with my left hand. One thing I noticed is that being perfectly synced isn't enough, the finger must press the note ever so much ahead of the picking hand. Focusing on this aspect has improved. Similarly I noticed another problem. The left hand again, I realized needs to hold the note slightly longer duration than the picking action. Basically I was also lifting my finger very shortly after or almost during the picking action. – marshal craft Jun 22 '17 at 10:52
• I think in general the "duty time" of my left hand has had to increase. Picking is still important. I've worked on trying to get rid of any relying on anchoring my picking hand, mainly for three note per string runs. I find for say 6 note it's not such a big deal. And also really preparing for the string change ahead of time (so maybe a pick slant as I start the motion ahead of when it needs to execute) and utilizing my whole for arm to get the large movement to the next string quickly. But I don't feel I have had problem with hitting string wrongly as cracking the code. – marshal craft Jun 22 '17 at 10:57
• It's not so much about consciously thinking about pick angles, more like using the knowledge to refine your technique. After watching Cracking the Code, I realized I was already doing two way pick slanting, just badly. I would do 2WPS on the way down but not on the way back up. I would throw in hammers and pulls to cheat when my hands weren't ready for an angle change. So I focused on the sections of my lines my hand "wants" to do a pick slant, and focused on making sure I was always doing it, and doing it with an economical motion. It's not as pointy-headed and intellectual as it all sounds. – Alex Jun 22 '17 at 18:04
For electric guitar, you can add a fair amount of speed by just knowing that you do not have to pick every note. When you start adding meaningful hammer-on's and pull-off's you can add a good amount of speed.
Try just adding certain hammer-on's to you box shapes when you practice your scales. For the pentatonic scale for example. Pick the first note and then hammer on the second one (On each string)
For scales with three notes per string. You can pick the first and then either hammer on the other two notes on the string or pick the third one again.
This will all lead into your legato phrasing technique as well as add speed. I would at the very least alway want to hammer the last note you play before you change strings as this will give you the chance to get your right hand to the next string without there being a pause.
Remember to take care to work on your economy of motion.
• My ascending legato is not to bad and I'm able to obtain much higher speed than picked. – marshal craft May 18 '17 at 17:02
I think I am in agreement. I have never been able to figure out how to get fast alternate picking from string to string to work properly anyway. What I have developed is more of a natural flow between picked notes and hammer-ons/pull offs. I think all guitarists understand this and play by feel. I can get most of what I want to play across anyhow, trying to get alternate-only picking must have some rewards in it but for the most part I can construct solos across most chord arrangements that sounds good without the need to alternate pick every note. I think it's a combination action...a little alternate picking, a little hammer-on/pull off, a little sweeping, a little economy picking. How it's done is something left up to the player and how it feels naturally. Learning your scales and modes and memorizing them on your fretboard combined with a combination of picking styles will ultimately lead you to being able to play almost anything against any progression.
Alternate picking has its limitations. In my humble opinion, the further development in that area requires (paradoxically) abandoning the alternate picking in some situations. Please check the concept of "economic picking". Most very fast players do not use alternate picking all the time (for example it would be impossible to play very past arpeggios using only the alternate picking). I assume that practicing sweep picking will be very helpful in your situation.
• Thanks, I'm aware of sweep picking, but I was referring more towards three or four notes per string. – marshal craft May 18 '17 at 10:30
• Have you seen Paul Gilbert play? He only alternate picks. Why does it seem like there is no limitations for him? – Neil Meyer May 18 '17 at 12:20
• @Neil Meyer If I had Paul Gilberts ability, such perfect synchronosation across his probably 9' wingspan... – marshal craft May 18 '17 at 16:59
• But to say one thing about Paul I feel his riffs are really designed for alternate picking. Not that I'm familiar with anything but the easiest parts. – marshal craft May 18 '17 at 17:00
• For Paul Gilbert's famous 3NPS lines, he turns his pick on the last note before a string change to avoid getting stuck in the strings. That's how he's able to alternate pick lines where almost any other player would resort to sweeping. (See my answer for more on this.) – Alex Jun 21 '17 at 20:13
Try looking for sweep picking, there's a great method created by Frank Gambale about it.
Just try not get addicted, 'cause this technique makes you play very fast, and playing fast is NOT as equal as playing beautifully.
The thing about Paul Gilbert, Yngwie Malmsteen and other guitar gods, is they have a pick angle thats approx. 45° clockwise. It causes your picking to be more soft (there's also the thing that they don't put much pressure on the picking in order to gain more speed).
Malmsteen has this video:
He says something about his picking here.
But there's a lot more, just search and you'll find.
Not knowing what "alternate picking is" but being able to flat pick pretty well, I can tell you what I used as my speed model. I am a violinist, and we are sometimes asked to play termolo. This is VERY fast back and forth with the bow, and comes from the wrist. I can't imagine needing to play faster than that, and if you are picking from the elbow, that would slow you down. The above comments about hammering and picking are right on.
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• If the original purpose of Lojban is to test the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, which is that a language shapes the thoughts of its speakers, and most of the gismu are relations with English-worded definitions, isn't Lojban inevitably just as restrictive as English is as far as vocabulary is concerned?
• No. The definitions include clarifiers that, for instance, salci (celebrate) includes funerals.
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• One can attempt to define, say, Japanese words in English, but just because you learn the English definition doesn't mean you truly grasp the nuances of the Japanese word. As, I think, xod also believes, we are in the process of discovering the nuances of the words. The definitions of the words in the gismu list aren't the real meanings of the words, merely that which can be encoded in English.
• Huh? Why? Not that many of the gismu correspond closely with any English word; they tend to have broader meanings. Dictionary "definitions", including the gismu definitions, are not mathematical definitions, but more like indications of the typical meanings. The real meanings live in that mushy stuff in people's heads.
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• This is an absolutist argument. If it held in the strong sense, then the only way to create a truly artificial conlang would be to base it on a theory which could not be described in a natural language at all! Otherwise you could say that, after all, it was only an encoding of its natural language description, and not "artificial" at all.
• But there is indeed a sense in which this is a valid concern. If a person only learns gismu by the keyword and not by the sumti, they will become an un-lobykai user of Lojban, and their jbosku will tend to resemble encoded English. All of us, in truth, start that way. But after you have begun to learn to distinguish gismu with similar-meaning English keywords, their true meanings will more and more influence your usage. This is not, however, an especially Whorfish effect--yet. That will only occur when you are perceiving in terms of those relationships... |
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“Captivating, fun, and totally swoon-worthy! This is the kind of story my reader heart craves.” ―Rachel Harris, New York Times bestselling author of Eyes on Me
Available in print for the first time, and with exclusive bonus content only found in the print version! Fall in love with Sally and Becks all over again.
Her solution: She needs a fake boyfriend. And fast.
Enter Becks, soccer phenom, all-around hottie, and Sally's best friend practically since birth. When Sally asks Becks to be her F.B.F. (fake boyfriend), Becks is only too happy to be used. He'd do anything for Sal―even if that means giving her PDA lessons in his bedroom, saying she's "more than pretty," and expertly kissing her at parties.
The problem: Sally's been in love with Becks all her life―and he's completely clueless.
This book features two best friends, one special-edition Yoda Snuggie, countless beneath-the-ear kisses, and begs the question:
The cheerleaders threw catcalls our way; a couple nearly swooned, and I couldn’t even blame them. I was about to pass out myself. I kept switching from Becks to Ash, Ash to Becks, chest to chest, but no matter where I looked there was more skin. With that much excellent male flesh on display, what’s a girl to do?
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65162 | Collective Action: An Opportunity For the Entire Coffee Industry
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A proposed rule may except coffee from “cancer warning labels” in California, on the basis of the scientific evidence in support of coffee and health.
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Forcing Unfounded Cancer Warnings On Coffee Labels Is Unconstitutional, Says Legal Expert
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Compelled speech, like censored speech, can violate the Constitution, according to legal experts.
By William “Bill” Murray, CAE, NCA President & CEO via LinkedIn
“Forcing [coffee companies] to include a cancer warning on a product that does not cause cancer plainly violates the 1st Amendment.”
So states legendary First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams (Pentagon Papers, Citizen United), in today’s Los Angeles Times Op-Ed.
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A “Common Sense” Victory For Coffee Science in California
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Dietary supplements containing pure caffeine are unlawful when sold in bulk quantities directly to consumers, due to the high risk that they will be erroneously consumed at excessive doses, according to the FDA.
The following is an excerpt from the latest NCA Member Alert
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a new guidance to clarify that selling dietary supplements containing pure or highly concentrated caffeine in bulk quantities directly to consumers is “considered unlawful,” because of the high risk that they will be accidentally consumed at excessive, potentially dangerous doses.
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With respect to pure or highly concentrated powdered or liquid caffeine, the National Coffee Association (NCA) supports the FDA’s common-sense measure to protect consumers. But it is important to remember that these products have very little relation to coffee: a single teaspoon of powdered caffeine has as much caffeine as 20 to 28 cups (3,200 mg).
In fact, drinking coffee – and the natural caffeine it contains – is perfectly safe for most people. It may even be good for you.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65185 | Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed.
We cannot unsee the striking visual similarity between Zach Braff and Dax Shepard
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Zach Braff, he of Scrubs and Garden State, is your standard leading man. Punk’d alum and Parenthood star Dax Shepard is, well, not. Where the former exudes a straight-laced domesticity, the other specializes in big-hearted slacker types. You’d be forgiven, then, for not realizing they’re the same person.
Braff took to Twitter yesterday to share a face-swapped photo of the pair, and the results are both astounding and disturbing. As Braff writes in the caption, apparently Kristen Bell is the first to discover the similarity, and it is terrifying. It’s the blue eyes, big schnozes, and complementary bone structures that truly align here, making the swap surprisingly convincing. This goes double for Shepard, who, post-swap, looks like a teenage Braff who’s way too into the Barenaked Ladies. Braff’s swap, on the other hand, is less seamless, but could pass in a glance, though it might leave passersby feeling as if they just saw a young Dan Rather who got slugged in the chin.
One Twitter user summarizes it thusly:
Can we get a shirt of that, please?
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From Zero Code to Co-Founding a Web Design Agency
“Code is one hell of a buzzword right now. There is no rising above, at least not in such terms. All you really have to do is push through the ether until something makes enough sense that it can all start clicking.
-Jackson Hardy
Twelve months ago, Jackson Hardy signed up for a free HTML and CSS course. He wanted to get better at manipulating Squarespace templates for his job, and the class seemed like a good first step.
A few months later, "in the wee hours of the night," Jackson got a bit more serious about learning to code. He signed up for a more structured course, and before he finished that course, he signed up for another.
Today, Jackson's preparing to launch a web design agency that he co-founded. His story is a testament to how far a determination to keep learning—and a tireless, entrepreneurial spirit—can take someone in just one year.
Read on to learn about Jackson's decision to get serious about coding, why he started his own agency, and his frank advice for anyone who's just getting started.
1. Tell us about yourself.
2. Which free courses did you try out?
3. What was the most challenging part of learning to code?
4. Tell us about your new business.
5. What do you want to learn next?
6. What advice would you give to people just starting out with coding?
What's your story? Tell us about yourself and your learning journey.
I started trying to learn code about a year ago. I never was really able to commit my time or energy to it—it's a whole other world, and it's quite daunting.
Honestly, my intentions were pretty limited. I wanted to learn enough HTML and CSS to make custom edits on Squarespace sites for work, and enough JavaScript to make my own analytics tags with Google Tag Manager.
A few months ago, on a whim in the wee hours of the night, I signed up for the "Build Websites from Scratch" course. Long story short, the way that the Intensive sort of “forced” me to stay engaged was just the push I needed. I fell in love and haven't gone a day without coding since.
I have a certain tendency to try and do far more than I'm able to do; but with code, that has proven a useful trait. When I was about halfway done with the "Build Front-End Web Apps" course, I was already applying for jobs as a developer.
Projects Jackson built in "Build Websites From Scratch" and "Build Front-End Web Apps," respectively.
What was your experience with free courses like before you signed up for the Intensives?
Yeah, I tried a bunch. I tried JavaScript. I tried HTML and CSS. I tried Python. I think I tried Ruby for a minute. And then I also did the Git and command-line courses. I think the command-line was definitely the one that started to get me the most. That was the easiest way in, to start to understand that you're manipulating your computer with words, basically. And starting to kinda see that just giving it a couple of commands and watching it do something was definitely a nice little, "Oh, that's how that works" moment.
What was the most challenging part of learning to code, and how did you rise above that challenge?
The world surrounding it, if that makes sense. “Code” is one hell of a buzzword right now. There is no rising above, at least not in such terms. All you really have to do is push through the ether until something makes enough sense that it can all start clicking. Coding will probably never stop feeling like an untamable beast, but it's a pretty unreal set of emotions when you first have the feeling of “I've harnessed the power of the monster”—it's kind of like having a magic wand (that you really aren't good at using yet, but magic nonetheless).
More concretely, the most challenging part of learning was something I was even aware was a problem that I was having: I didn't know how to learn it. I didn't realize that, like anything else, you have to take notes; you have to make outlines before a project; you have to study the same things over and over; not everything makes sense at first; etc. Realizing that outlining a project made that project easier was one of the biggest turning points for me.
An early redline document of the Webside.io homepage, and the final product.
Tell us about your new business.
A friend and I have started Webside.io. That friend is currently in the "Build Website UIs" course. Together, we've put together most of what (I think) is a beautiful website. Some pages are still being built, but it's really coming along.
We're going to be offering fully customized web design/development, for prices that can actually compete with trying to build a site yourself. We're doing this out of a love for web design, and experience working for small businesses that simply can't afford quality development. You're either stuck with hoping your site looks good when you design it yourself, or coughing up half your bank account to use a marketing, web design, or advertising company.
We're trying to be there for the little-guy. $2000 isn't chump change by any means, but it's not going to get you far with an agency. We're willing and able to do anything from a simple portfolio, all the way to a monster-sized e-commerce site; all completely designed with the company, and with their brand at the center.
Webside.io's "About" page
Obviously building this business has taken up a lot of your time, but I'm wondering if you have plans for continuing to learn, or if you already know what you want to learn next?
Yeah, definitely. React is the focus of the front-end course. Despite having finished the course, I'm not there yet with it. There's just a lot more that you can do with React, but I definitely need to spend some more time really digging into that, but I've started playing around with Angular just to get a feel for some of the other frameworks that are out there.
I have definitely found that a lot of the adjacent pieces to HTML and CSS have been super interesting to me. So the actual hosting, setting up servers, setting up databases and things like that. Trying to figure out how to manipulate information coming in from forms. Also I've been really interested in site speed, and just plain optimization in general. So yeah, just a lot of the pieces that are kind of sitting around the sides of HTML.
What advice would you give to folks just starting out or thinking about getting started with coding?
If I had to give any direct pointers to someone starting out today, I'd say the following:
• You suck. But you're supposed to right now. If you started learning French yesterday, and you couldn't hold a conversation yet, no one would blame you. Coding is a language (really, many languages); treat it like one. It's okay to take time to learn it right.
• It's daunting, it's overwhelming; it's worth it. It's not that bad once you dive in. If it's difficult, that means you're probably doing the right thing.
• Don't be afraid to ask for help. Every coder started from 0. It's that simple. No one will be mean to you if you need help - no one will mock you. Coding is hard—getting good took hard work—and needing help is one of the best ways of reminding other coders how much they have accomplished. It's more of a compliment to ask for help than you might think.
• It never stops being frustrating; you just start to find that part fun. Seriously. You just have to take my word on that.
• Finally, READ. Every day. Read about computers, read about code, read about tech—honestly, read about anything; it helps. The more you read, the more your brain is used to taking in information. Read about how to make leather for all I care - but read every day.
This article is a compilation of a live interview transcript and Jackson's written responses to a survey.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65198 | How the brain makes memories
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We think of memory as the ability to recall something, but there's more to it than that. Here's how your brain stores short-term memories for the long term and what happens when that process malfunctions. Sohail Al-Jamea/McClatchy
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65213 | Okay, as you might have guessed, I’m finally writing about one of my favorite TV shows of all time, Space Ghost Coast to Coast. I know, Space Ghost toes the line as far as being “retro” is concerned, but this is primarily a nostalgia blog anyway, not necessarily a blog about “retro” stuff. So ease up out my face, if you were ever in my face in the first place. Ace. Mace. Race?
SGC2C, as it’ll be referred to for the remainder of this post, was one of those defining shows of my adolescence. (Maybe that’s why I turned out the way I did.) In case you don’t know, it’s a talk show in a very loose sense of the term. Of course, Space Ghost is the host. Zorak, the bandleader and Moltar, the director, are Space Ghost’s former nemeses. He has imprisoned them and forced them to work on his show. The result is the worst best talk show ever. If you’ve never seen it, oh man. You’ve missed out on a real winner if you like off-the-wall, surreal humor.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65243 | @phdthesis{Oeffner2008, author = {Oeffner, Marc}, title = {AGENT-BASED KEYNESIAN MACROECONOMICS - An Evolutionary Model Embedded in an Agent-Based Computer Simulation}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-39277}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2008}, abstract = {Subject of the present study is the agent-based computer simulation of Agent Island. Agent Island is a macroeconomic model, which belongs to the field of monetary theory. Agent-based modeling is an innovative tool that made much progress in other scientific fields like medicine or logistics. In economics this tool is quite new, and in monetary theory to this date virtual no agent-based simulation model has been developed. It is therefore the topic of this study to close this gap to some extend. Hence, the model integrates in a straightforward way next to the common private sectors (i.e. households, consumer goods firms and capital goods firms) and as an innovation a banking system, a central bank and a monetary circuit. Thereby, the central bank controls the business cycle via an interest rate policy; the according mechanism builds on the seminal idea of Knut Wicksell (natural rate of interest vs. money rate of interest). In addition, the model contains also many Keynesian features and a flow-of-funds accounting system in the tradition of Wolfgang St{\"u}tzel. Importantly, one objective of the study is the validation of Agent Island, which means that the individual agents (i.e. their rules, variables and parameters) are adjusted in such a way that on the aggregate level certain phenomena emerge. The crucial aspect of the modeling and the validation is therefore the relation between the micro and macro level: Every phenomenon on the aggregate level (e.g. some stylized facts of the business cycle, the monetary transmission mechanism, the Phillips curve relationship, the Keynesian paradox of thrift or the course of the business cycle) emerges out of individual actions and interactions of the many thousand agents on Agent Island. In contrast to models comprising a representative agent, we do not apply a modeling on the aggregate level; and in contrast to orthodox GE models, true interaction between heterogeneous agents takes place (e.g. by face-to-face-trading).}, subject = {Mehragentensystem}, language = {en} } |
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Mr TUDOR (Yarra) .- Under this amendment of the principal Act declarations may be signed before any member of the Public Service of the Commonwealth. Previously declarations had to be made before a justice of the peace, but it is now proposed to allow them to be made before a commissioner for declarations or any member of the Public Service. It might not occur in actual practice, but it seems to me that under this amendment it would be possible to make a declaration before a telegraph messenger regarding evasions of duty.
Mr Groom - Even so, the person making it would be punishable if his declaration were false.
Mr TUDOR - I recognise that; but it seems to me that the provision that a declaration may be made before any officer of the Public Service is too wide. In the Electoral Bill no such provision is to. be found in regard to the witnessing of postal ballot-papers, and I think the extension in this case is too far-reaching.
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Join John F. Ross at The Poisoned Pen on Wednesday, February 27 at 7 PM when he’ll discuss his book, The Promise of The Grand Canyon: John Wesley Powell’s Perilous Journey and His Vision for the American West. You can order a copy through the Web Store.
Ross recently wrote an opinion piece about Powell, “The little know story of how one man turned the Grand Canyon into an icon.” You can read that article here.
Here’s the summary of The Promise of the Grand Canyon.
“A bold study of an eco-visionary at a watershed moment in US history.”-Nature
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65295 | Matthew Sobek
Director of Data Integration
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Research Interests and Project Expertise
Occupational Structure; Demographic Data Infrastructure; Historical Census Data; International Census Data
I began working with population microdata in the 1990s and co-authored the first full version of IPUMS with Steven Ruggles in 1997. I wrote my PhD dissertation on historical occupational structure using the integrated U.S. census data. After completing my doctoral work, I went to the University of California, Riverside to become managing editor of the five-volume Millennial Edition of the Historical Statistics of the United States.
I returned to Minnesota in 2001 to manage a new international census data project, which became the world's largest population microdata collection: IPUMS International. I have since had a hand in numerous census and survey data integration projects, and am currently a Principal Investigator on six NIH infrastructure grants. My most recent work has been methodological and oriented toward improving and documenting the IPUMS infrastructure.
Selected Publications
Sobek, Matthew. 2016. "Data Prospects: IPUMS-International." In Michael White, ed., International Handbook of Migration and Population Distribution. New York: Springer, 157-174.
Sobek, Matthew et al. 2011. "Big Data: Large-Scale Historical Infrastructure from the Minnesota Population Center." Historical Methods 44: 61-68.
Esteve, Albert, and Matthew Sobek. 2003. "Challenges and Methods of International Census Harmonization." Historical Methods 36: 66-70. |
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65341 | Traditional Media in SG
Tolerance vs Harmony; Campus Crusade
A while ago there was a bit of a religion-related up-roar regarding some comments the Campus Crusade for Christ group in NUS made on their posters and websites.
Specifically, it had 2 posters promoting missions trips to Thailand and Turkey which read, “Thailand is a place of little true joy. Buddhism is so much of the Thai national identity and permeates into every level of society and culture that only one hundred Thais accept Christ each year” and “much of the population (in Turkey) is M, much prayer and work is needed in this place.”
When I saw the angry comments fly online, I felt slightly puzzled. Why were people so enraged? It’s not like you didn’t know that Christians think their religion is the only true one. It’s not like you didn’t know Christians think that knowing Christ is the best thing that can happen to you, the thing that will bring you ‘true joy’. It’s not like you didn’t know what the objective of mission trips are.
So as long as people keep quiet about their true intentions, you’ll close one (or two) eye(s), but once they dare proclaim it, you’ll call them out on it??
I had a thought: is this an example of how the racial and religious harmony we claim to have in Singapore is not true harmony or acceptance? But rather a superficial veil hiding mere tolerance or apathy? A bit like ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ huh: as long as you don’t get in my face, as long as you PRETEND you’re not doing anything, I’ll pretend along with you.
And if so… is this situation a necessary compromise for living in a society with too many differing view points (especially religious)? or is it hypocrisy, plain and simple?
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Remy Ong and Social Media
If you’re Singaporean, you’ve probably come across this post on facebook (or online forums), or else read about it in the news.
Personally, I came across the facebook post first before reading about it in the news, and I couldn’t help musing about how much the way information (especially more sensational information) is disseminated has changed.
You could use this to champion citizen journalism, an example of how the internet can get information out faster, and without the white washing or censorship of traditional media. The truth gets out before the lies have time to form a coherent official statement.
Maybe, maybe not.
Social media can be a double-edged sword. What IF the person had a vendetta against Remy Ong (or whatever person involved in whatever incident) or simply didn’t like him very much? He puts his post, his false version of the story, out into the internet, and it spreads like wildfire. Regardless of what the official outcome turns out to be, the person’s reputation has taken a hit. Fans have lost their respect for him. At the end of the day, it’s still one person’s word against another, isn’t it? How do you know what you’re reading is the true account?
Ps. In this case though, the internet-first-hand-account version sounds more credible to me; I’m sure the sound of your car hitting a dog and the sound of it brushing the dog (if there’s even a sound?!) is quite different! |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65343 | I am working on a concept idea at the moment that I would like to take forward later in the form of wearable computers. At the moment, I am using a Raspberry Pi as the computer itself.
It presently is fairly simple. There are WiFi and Bluetooth Adapters connected, as well as a small shield connected to the GPIO for some status LEDs, the whole lot using very little power. I am unsure of specifics, but a 1A 5v power supply runs it pretty well.
But that requires it to be plugged into the mains, which is not so good for wearable computers.
So, I am presently designing the power system. The concept is simple. 4 parallel sets of power source modules. Each power source module is comprised of 3 AAA (and rechargeable) batteries, as well as an internal circuit to determine how much current each module has available, the operating temperature, battery lifetime, and provide some control functionality.
Ideally, the system will determine which module is running low, throw a warning for a user to replace the battery, and disable it (allowing it to be removed and placed on charge).
question 1) Will 3 AAA (each at 1.5v, totaling 4.5v out) provide enough voltage to power up the Pi and its Peripherals? Or will I need to beef it up a bit further? (I have gotten a Pi with a few peripherals to run on 3 batteries, but they felt a little warm after about 15 minutes)
question 2) Can a power system that is designed with a "hot swap" like power module function be safe to operate (very low voltages), and allow for effective continuous operation of a pi module?
• I'd go with a higher voltage batteries, and add an DC-to-DC convertor. That way you'd have a very constant voltage. As battery voltage drop as it's getting empty. I'm also unsure how batteries react if you put empty ones (low voltage) in parallel to full ones (high voltage), though some schlocky diodes should prevent current passing between battery packs. Secondly I'd suggest using some rechargeable battery packs. Preferably lithium, as they store a lot more power for a lot less weight. – Gerben Nov 25 '13 at 16:33
• Well, I have been looking online, and I have found nicer battery packs in the form of NiMH or LION that can create 6 volts, which would be better. I think at first, I will just build it with one power module (with diagnostic circuits), and when it is running low, it will start bleeping at me/the wearer. Ideally, having multiple power packs for redundancy would be great, but I don't want damage to be incurred because of running differently charged packs in parallel and loosing charge. With each module being surrounded with diodes and isolated with relays, and a power merger that should be good – topherg Nov 25 '13 at 16:44
• I don't think there are DC-DC converters that can convert 6V to 5V. Most need at least a few volts of difference. You could place 2 packs in series to generate 12 volts. Or get some 9.6V packs, which are very common in the RC word. – Gerben Nov 25 '13 at 19:04
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FYI, I've discovered with my Pi that I can remove the micro-USB power connection while my Pi is receiving power from the main USB-A connection maintaining continuous operation of my Pi. Therefore if you have two USB battery power sources you can disconnect one while the second provides power. Then reconnect the first one after it's been charged and disconnect the second to charge it. In other words flip-flop supplying power from the micro-USB and the full USB. – HeatfanJohn Dec 4 '13 at 22:07
• @HeatfanJohn Ooh, thats a really nice idea, and have a little current feedback circuit on the box, so when it detects it gets low (or, the act of it cutting out releases a relay that activates the second one, maybe with a small capacitor to try to keep the pi online in that time) – topherg Dec 5 '13 at 9:50
answer to question 1)
the simplest solution I think is usage of a cheap USB Backup External Battery Pack like this:
Anker® Astro 3E 10000mAh Dual USB Backup External Battery Pack
it provides proper voltage and shows current charge status. This pack provides 37Wh but there are much bigger packs out there.
answer to question 2)
maybe an
USB 2.0 Micro 5 Pin to A Male Data Power PC HDD Y-Cable
commonly used for USB disks could help to swap 2 battery packs. Prior to testing this make sure it's allowed to connect 2 batteries of the above type shortly for doing the swap.
• Wow, how long would a 37Wh pack keep a Raspberry Pi (no usb devices or ethernet, just linux running a simple looped test) running? (would I be right in assuming about 7 Hours, assuming the pi is drawing 1A consistently). Also, would having several of those battery packs in parallel at different stages of charge (and the sudden removal) cause a problem (even if each battery is surrounded by diodes)? – topherg Nov 26 '13 at 18:34
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some interesting facts about uptime with Astro 3E 10000mAh can be found here: (raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=55216&p=421276) Raspberry Pi • View topic - RPI + 10,000mAh Battery Running Benchmark – sparkie Nov 26 '13 at 21:48
I've build an independent Raspi. A 12V 4.5Ah Battery is suitable for 18h. But, no matter how big the Supply is ... at some point you have to halt the Raspi. I used a microcontroller and a voltage divider to determin what's left of the battery, since there was also a Solarpannel involved which recharged the battery ... and I needed something to turn the Raspi on again. You could monitor the voltage directly with the Raspi in order to shut it down and prevent dataloss or worse. As someone else already mentioned, a DC to DC Voltage converter is a very good idea - get a stepping DC to DC Voltage converter, since every Watt counts.
• are you willing to share your schematics on how you measure 12 V DC on the pi and how you power it from this source? I'm having some issues trying to make the same. Thanks. – otmezger Feb 17 '14 at 2:24
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65346 | Crowley Code!
(Take 12)
Hacking the Ruby interpreter 2008/10/26
I like Ruby. Ruby the language anyway. I have started to have violent reactions to PHP's lack of closures. However, Ruby has one deficiency that makes me almost as mad as PHP's lack of closures. Assume for this example that the file foo.rb looks like this:
@foo = "I'm getting ready to abuse the instance variable syntax."
As is, Ruby lets me do the following, which is functionally desirable but makes the good programmer part of me twitch:
class Foo
def initialize(path)
f ='load_me.rb')
f.instance_variables # => ['@foo']
Replacing the bold line with the following is what I'm after:
load_in_scope path
In my dream, load_in_scope is a function defined in the C code that compiles a file using the Bison parser to read through the file. This saves a whole round trip to and from memory, making the program more efficient and me less twitchy.
I'm having major trouble getting the Ruby interpreter to do this. Starting with a trunk checkout and working backwards from the Kernel#load method, I've been able to segfault at least two-dozen different ways. I think there are only two changes that are necessary. First, after rb_load_file returns a NODE *, rb_iseq_new must turn that into an instruction sequence with a type other than ISEQ_TYPE_TOP (perhaps ISEQ_TYPE_CLASS or ISEQ_TYPE_EVAL?). Second, the instruction sequence can't be passed to rb_iseq_eval because that calls vm_set_top_stack, so load_in_scope must call vm_set_eval_stack and vm_exec itself.
Am I insane?
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65374 | A Moment to Mark the Season
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This season of cheer;
Why we celebrate,
Is God who came near.
He came as a babe,
So mild and meek;
Yet overcame all,
To help when we seek.
Our great Counselor,
Father forever;
Our most Mighty God,
His peace ends, never.
Wait Quietly in Hope
Now that the final days of school have passed, and our big community outreach event for church has happened, I look ahead to Christmas week and have a choice to make – do I fill every free moment, or will I allow myself to sit in the silence and quietly wait before God, remembering the real reason for this season? My natural inclination is to fill every moment of every day with movement. Run here, visit friends there, last minute shopping, appointments, workouts, activities for the boys… Though each of these things are good, when my days are without pause, they tend to pass me by. If I have built in spaces of silence, I am more reflective, and remember how remarkable my Savior is, and how all of my hope is held in Him. He brings to heart and mind the ways in which He has been my help and my hope, and shows me how I can encourage, love and care for others. If I don’t take pause, I may miss all that He has for me during this most wonderful time of the year. May we all make time to wait quietly before God, and recognize that our hope is found in Him.
On a silent night,
Majesty Moved from the Cradle to the Cross
image by Diana Lovegrove
in a stable bare;
came the still small cry,
as hope filled the air.
For the baby born,
came to save the lost;
little did they know,
what our sin would cost.
This Love that came down,
hope for all mankind;
that would save the lost,
give sight to the blind.
May we choose to wait,
quietly before;
the Lord of all hope,
Christ, whom we adore.
Dear Heavenly Father, thank You that You make Yourself known to us in quiet stillness, and that we can place our hope in You. Thank You that You are present when we draw near, and You remind us of who You are and how You love. Forgive us for getting caught up in the chaos that can come this time of year, and for not making time to wait quietly before You. Teach us to slow down and sit in Your presence, so that we might recognize the hope that we have in You. Show us how to love, encourage and bless all whom we encounter as we go about each day. May many come into a lasting relationship with You. Be glorified O God, as we wait quietly before You, and place all of our hope in You. Amen.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65377 | Freedom From Expectations
23 years later …
Raggedy Ann thrown
As I start fresh, with a new child, I commit
3. Not to use my child to define myself
8. To listen more than lecture
10. To observe and respond, rather than fabricate lessons
12. raggedy Ann fairiesTo sing together
13. To look for fairies under leaves together
14. To play together
15. To memorize Bible verses together
16. To paint together
17. To lay and watch the clouds together
18. To tell fairy tales together
20. To stop and smell the roses we planted together
21. To dance under the stars together
22. To sit and be quiet together
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Head, Heart, Hand
head heart handOne of the things I love about Waldorf pedagogy is the focus on the whole child: teaching the head, heart, and hands of the child.
Although all three are always included in the educational process, one of the three is emphasized according to the child’s age and development.
Steiner (1861–1925) taught that from birth to six, the hands and will of the child is the focus. From seven to thirteen, the heart and feelings are centered on. And from fourteen on the thinking and head are emphasized.
In my mind, this somewhat coordinates with Aristotle’s (384—322 B.C.) classical methodology which breaks the learning process into three age groups – grammar, logic and rhetoric. The five to nine year old learns through recitation and hands on learning – the hands, the ten through thirteen year old is taught how to think – using his head, and the teen is taught how to eloquently express what he discovers and thinks – combining the head, heart, and hands. The age before school is not usually addressed.
Let’s take the concept of teaching the head, heart, and hands back even further in educational history to the Biblical book of Deuteronomy (believed to be written between 641–609 BC)
Jesus later added the word “mind” to the command to love the Lord. God commands parents to “teach” children’s hearts, souls, might, and mind. Although the Biblical lesson does not break it down by age – it does give insight in how to accomplish this.
“Words that I command you today shall be on your heart” – through feeling, emotions, and memorization.
“Teach them diligently” – Diligent means “constant in effort to accomplish something” ( Therefore we are to incorporate rhythm, consistency, and review.
“Talk of them … when you sit …walk … lie down …rise” – Teach the head through “talk,” discussions, lectures, instilling knowledge verbally – in an ongoing dialogue.
“Bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.” All of which are very hands on, physical means of teaching.
Notice God instructs His believes to use all the senses to teach (see it, hear it, touch it). In other parts of the Bible He covers the other two:
Although I don’t agree with all Steiner’s philosophy behind his head, heart, hands methodology – teaching the whole child has its roots in both Classical and Biblical pedagogy.
Note: To read more about Steiner’s philosophy of teaching the whole child I recommend
“This is Not Head-to-Head Education”: Whole Child Development in a Waldorf School by Elisa Sobo
It is fairly easy to read and understand and it summarizes the original well. |
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65462 | I don’t want real life,
rum in my green tea,
butterfly attention-span,
I don’t ever want to be forty,
pressing down starter-wrinkles
under cakes and pies of makeup,
straightening my hair into sleekness,
pretending junior high perfumes.
I see men opening doors,
they do it for me, too,
they sigh afterwards.
I see uncomfortable psychiatrists,
sitting next to me,
and make them more uncomfortable
with unrelenting stares and
by asking intrusively personal questions,
and running my hands through my
knotted hair,
eyes black-lined around,
raccoon-addict delirium,
until they gather up their bags,
like shields,
and run, diagnosing.
If I met you in a coffee shop,
you would run, too,
because I would want to know
why you are living,
I am desperate!
Why do you do it?
I only want
every thrill there is,
and then to die
20 thoughts on “attention!
1. every experience
is good
a 45 year old
beautiful woman author
read this from her book
Something Fierce
about being detained
the Chilean border
it may be bullshit
but it got her through hell
plus she did also need
15 years of therapy
from post traumatic stress
you sing such poetry
chilling to read
evocative imagery
keep sharing with the world
we need you
2. forty ain’t so bad, and there’s lot’s of thrills in this life/world, the question is, can you catch them all before you die? that’s why i do it still
3. “Why do you do it?” I live because it’s glorious, even when it hurts. As for dying soon, you already have, many times, whenever you’ve killed a moment of your youth by worrying about aging.
4. Sufi … being FORTYfied?
When every breath we take is a new life
How so then?
Sufi you are only one breath old
With every inspiration “Anew”
5. A few months ago… (actually, about a year now. Fuck), I got into a real deep conversation with this chick in a coffee shop who looked like she could use a friend. I say that cause she almost looked like a transvestite, I couldn’t be sure, and looked she looked weathered. She started telling me how Tupac is still alive and how he lived in her basement for a while, and then she recited a poem about it. In all seriousness. Isn’t shit like that what life’s about?
Also, if you’ve not ever heard this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08WeoqWilRQ – always brings a smile to my face.
Double also, Jesus Jumanji your writing’s fabtastic.
6. I am reading a lot of Sylvia Plath at the moment and I see so much influence here (whether intended or not). So beautiful and sad at the same time. I feel like giving your words a hug.
7. I can really appreciate this.
I will be altering how I address you. How about SACH? (Sounds better than “SAC”).
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last updated: 5 September 2019 (approximate reading time: 3 minutes; 615 words)
There's a quote that's widely attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte which has always fascinated me: “I know he's a good general, but is he lucky?”
There's another quote which is attributed to any number of golfers (from Arnold Palmer onward): “The more I practice, the luckier I get.”
I think we can all understand this notion…but does practice alone explain luck or are there factors beyond pure skill and hard work that play a part in success?
He's Just Unlucky…
If some people are lucky, then maybe others are unlucky. I'm sure we've all met people who think they're unlucky or for whom bad luck seems to be a regular feature of their life.
When we look at people who are regularly unlucky, we tend to see patterns. The most obvious pattern is unpreparedness for the situation where the individual is “unlucky”. This unpreparedness may be a matter of laziness or stupidity, or may simply reflect a lack of understanding of the task (where they have been “unlucky”). The individual may also be acting with an unreasonable assessment of their own competence (for the task where they have been “unlucky”).
Alternatively, these regular misfortunes may arise due to a persistent habit of provoking an unfavorable reaction in other people. That provoked reaction then leads to an “unlucky” result. And often, “unlucky” people have no one telling them to stop what they're doing or helping them to make better choices.
Of course, there is bad luck, but so often it is fairly obvious for the outsider to connect regular behavior to bad luck. And if you can make your own bad luck, then you can make your own good luck, which brings us back to practice.
Fictions vs Reality
In fiction, readers are—rightly—skeptical of luck.
In fiction we find reality—the reality of the story—more plausible. A reader will suspend their disbelief provided they can believe in the world of the story. The world of the story must therefore be plausible and as part of this, characters cannot simply “be lucky”—that's not believable. Instead, luck has to be earned.
By equal measure, a character cannot simply be unlucky. The unfortunate series of incidents that must befall a character—and the peril in which a character finds themselves—must be a reaction to a previous action.
A character can be unlucky once (a car crash, crossing someone, being a victim of crime), but not twice. Often that one unlucky event is the protagonist tripping into the situation that becomes the story.
After that one misfortune, the good luck or bad luck that befalls the character is a matter of the consequences of previous choices. In other words, a character can then make their own luck—they can make a choice or do something that leads to a situation where the character can catch a lucky break. Looked at another way—as the golf professionals suggest—a character can practice some more and get lucky.
Are There Lucky Generals?
In real life and in fiction, what is perceived as good luck is a combination of three elements:
• hard work
• skill
• luck
In order to have a chance of being lucky, one first needs to work hard (at the specific task) and be skilled (at the specific task). And when there are the inevitable setbacks, the “lucky” people will take those setbacks in their stride, minimize the difficulties that occur, and work around the problem.
So was Napoleon onto something? Did he have lucky generals, or did his just choose hard working and skilled generals?
I suspect that Napoleon found skilled generals; looking for apparently lucky generals was an easier way to find his most skilled leaders among an already talented and proven group of individuals.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65469 | Wikipedia:Simple talk/Archive 56
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Hello, I'm back
Hi all,
Just FYI, I'm back now. I had a great deal to do. I had two deaths in the family and a graduation and a new job to deal with. I'm going to start with some topics regarding Nazi Germany for the foreseeable future. Glad to see we got the rollback bit going on! Who do I ask for it? Take care fr33kman t - c 07:04, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
Glad to see you're back. The only major change that happened here is that several administrators have left Simple English Wikipedia, including Creol who I was most surprised about. Anyway, you can either ask any administrator or at WP:RFR, but I've already given you rollback, assuming you were asking where to request because you wanted to use the bit. And you qualify to use the tool, as I see no problem with you using it, hence, the reason why I enabled rollback on your account. — RyanCross (talk) 08:30, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
Ditto from me. Great to see you finally bad here on this site :). Cheers, Razorflame 20:59, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks both of you! Right, seems a few people have left. No worries, I'd better get editing then hadn't I? :-) fr33kman t - c 22:28, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
GA and VGA icon replacement
Hello all, I suggest that we break away from the grips of en: and we change the icons for GA and VGA so that they are both stars, but the VGA star looks more golden than bronze.
My goal would actually to be that File:Utmarkt Guld.svg and File:Utvald kandidat.svg be the VGA stars, but somebody render an identical silver version of it in SVG to be the good article stars. Thoughts? Comments? obentomusubi 07:38, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
Good articles should use this Symbol support vote.svg to avoid getting them mixed up with VGAs. But I like using a gold star to sybolize VGAs rather than a bronze star. --§ Snake311 (I'm Not Okay!) 08:02, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
In fact, leaving it as Symbol support vote.svg is easiest. I have actually already implemented the gold stars... If you don't like it, then please respond below. (Thanks Snake 311; good advice). obentomusubi 08:04, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
I actually like the green star, but there's no corresponding PGA star for that... if someone could render a version, that would be really great. obentomusubi 20:09, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
I have changed it to a green star. If you don't like it, please feel free to revert it. obentomusubi 21:14, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
Please stop changing it to a star. It takes time for a few of our editors to notice discussion like this, and you'll have to wait until other people express their opinions before making any more changes to templates. Synergy 21:17, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
I actually changed it back to the support icon. It will not work with the {{icon}} template as a banner. obentomusubi 22:04, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
I think that they should definately both be stars because the average reader (the person we all work for) recognizes a star as being the pinacle of any image to identify "quality". I also think that VGA should be gold (platinum is too silver looking for our purposes) because gold is most frequently the top prize (see: the Olympics). As for the GA star, I really like green from an astheic viewpoint, but silver is more traditional, but 'd be okay with either. I do think the silver should appear more silver, rather than the gray it looks like in my browser (Opera) at the moment. The GA#2 star above is clsoer to the silver (metalic) I'd be looking for, but I'm not dogmatic about it. fr33kman t - c 04:36, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
I had the exact same sentiments. I'll upload the "silver" star I created from the golden one. obentomusubi 04:40, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Here is my final suggestion:
Yep, I'd go for that, perhaps with a tad more "shine" [ie: metalic shine] to the silver ( the gold really looks like a metallic GOLD), but I'm cool with the way you've presented it!! :-) My view is that the silver tends to look grey, and not the metal "silver" (Of course, I'm just one opinion) [mind you, I've been away for a whle and would gladly bow to the will of the community (I am ALL for the community viewpoint!!!) fr33kman t - c 06:38, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Good article do not need stars. Period. --§ Snake311 (I'm Not Okay!) 07:08, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Yes. However, imho, the star is more aesthetically pleasing than a circle with a green plus. I think we should leave that icon for {{support}}. I'm only one opinion, though. Let me see what I can do with the silvery luster, though... obentomusubi 07:20, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
If you purge the cache, you should be able to see the higher contrast, "silvery", metallic version. Cheers, obentomusubi 07:24, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Okay here's my final idea: If you want to change the VGA symbol from a bronze star to a gold star, by all means go ahead. But (please) do not change the GA symbol. And that's it. --§ Snake311 (I'm Not Okay!) 09:11, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Let's take a straw poll, let the community decide. obentomusubi 23:56, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
The new metallic star looks very nice. fr33kman t - c 00:17, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Thank you! obentomusubi 06:44, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Featured/good topics, lists...
Hello everyone. I don't know if this has already been discussed (not in the 5 months I've been here I don't think) but have we thought of having good/featured lists or topics? If so maybe now as we have grown considerably we could consider these as they wouldn't make too much more work. Feel free to comment. Thanks, Yotcmdr =talk to the commander= 16:58, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
I think we currently have VGAs, and GAs, with all the problems of motivating people to contribute there. If I look at a list of things, I cannot see anything that would make it better, other than listing all things it is supposed to list. If I understand you correctly, you want to introduce a third category of "better article". Looking at it realistically, I think we are too small (as in: too few people contributing) for that, atm. --Eptalon (talk) 17:08, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
Anyone wanna guess which one this is...
Anyone wanna guess which recently banned user this probably is. -Djsasso (talk) 20:39, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
Not sure, but it's sure amusing to see all those mistatements. Majorly talk 20:48, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
Most of what it written underneath the vote isn't worth reading because frankly, it has absolutely nothing to do with the vote at hand. As of right now, the vote stands at 40/95. I find it highly unlikely that this project will close due to the facts that we have more than 55k articles and that we have a very active community base. I just can't see it closing. Razorflame 20:57, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
Razorflame's right. If someone has something against the Simple English Wikipedia, doing something like what you presented is not the way to handle it. It may actually end up making the opponent looking like a fool, quite frankly. I think I know which "recently banned user" you're referring to... did he welcome me on my talk page? obentomusubi 20:59, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
Actually at the time I posted this I wasn't sure who. But now that I have seen some of his replies I think I know who, but I forget their IP so I can't compare. -Djsasso (talk) 02:31, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Wow, closure proposed. Bad idea! fr33kman t - c 22:47, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
current poll 43 support/97 oppose (those are raw totals, illegal votes have not been deducted). Given that this has been running for 4 months, I suggested it should be closed.--Eptalon (talk) 08:22, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Agreed. obentomusubi 08:24, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
I also agree it should be closed, can't believe anyone would want to shut down such a valuable resource (which has grown steadily over time) as simple: fr33kman t - c 03:45, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Wikicup Reiteration
I have a proposition for the Wikicup. Please leave a comment or two on the talk page. obentomusubi 22:13, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
Flood Flag
Simple now has the flood flag. :) Synergy 02:05, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Great, should be useful. –Juliancolton (talk) 02:07, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Can I ask what this flood flag is? --§ Snake311 (I'm Not Okay!) 02:14, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
May I second this motion? obentomusubi 02:15, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
It allows an admin to hide their edits so they won't flood RC. Its like what happens when a bot gets flagged, only a crat is not needed, and it can be done and undone by an admin. Synergy 02:17, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
I remember that. Someone told me that they flagged me, I think. obentomusubi 02:33, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
(unindenting) Wait. Why do you need the flood flag? I'm starting to become suspicious about this whole "flood flag" thing. If the admins' actions are hidden from the rest of the wiki, how do we know whether something might be going on? --§ Snake311 (I'm Not Okay!) 05:04, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
We don't have that many admins, so I doubt that will be a problem. –Juliancolton (talk) 05:07, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Oh really... --§ Snake311 (I'm Not Okay!) 05:31, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
If we had 1,600 admins like en, I would agree that a flood flag would be problematic. We have a handful of active admins, who, in such a small community, are highly unlikely to abuse the flag. –Juliancolton (talk) 05:32, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Even if the flood flag has been assigned, anyone can track what changes they have made by tuning in to the RC feed on or by toggling the "show bots" setting on the RC page, so not much of a problem. Chenzw Talk 13:49, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
I feel so bad. I announce it at AN, it doesn't get one comment. Synergy announces it here, everyone's all over it. Maybe it's a popularity thing! (:D) PeterSymonds (talk) 13:52, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
More people pay attention to ST than AN. Synergy 17:04, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
This talk page edit was made under the flood flag. Check my last 50 edits. Its solely to prevent flooding. Synergy 17:04, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
new welcoming template
we need a new welcoming template. I'm free to make it if someone tells me how to. ←Kalajan→ 16:57, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Why do you believe we need a new one? -Djsasso (talk) 17:01, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Well it dosen't look gd at all, white background and little info. Maybe we should get a new one? ←Kalajan→ 17:06, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
White backgrounds are preferable as colours are eyesores for many people. As far as little info, what info do you think is missing? This wiki in general doesn't do much welcoming because we don't welcome until after accounts have made edits, so most info needed is probably already on it. -Djsasso (talk) 17:11, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Well I thought like Peach or Khaki. And the other english wiki has got loads more info. ←Kalajan→ 17:15, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
We aren't the other english wiki. We are a completely seperate project that uses simple english which is different from regular english. You can create your own template in your userspace if you wish to see what others think of it. -Djsasso (talk) 17:19, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
That's the prob, I don't know how to, I mean, I need to know how to type in {{text}} and make a big testament appear. ←Kalajan→ 17:22, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
I will gladly work with you, since I know how to make the code for templates. Tell me what you want on my talk page, and I'll work on it with you. (I love collaborations!) obentomusubi 17:34, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
We don't want to flood the newcomers with obscure information; we want to supply them with the basic knowledge to begin editing. –Juliancolton (talk) 17:44, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
No, just improve the given info, add the necesary, remove mix around and bang! Done. ←Kalajan→ 17:46, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
I would support a new template. It can show that this wiki is not all plain. It's not a bad idea. SimonKSK 19:15, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Anyone who wants is free to help. ←Kalajan→ 19:23, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Ahhh, rookies, well let's see what you can come up with.-- † CM16 t c r 21:13, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Haha, I'm a rookie here, and I'm relatively new, speaking of designing templates... but I don't think my work is at all bad. obentomusubi 23:55, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
I am working on a template. You can see it at User:The Obento Musubi/Welcome. obentomusubi 07:55, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
she's a beauty she is. ←Kalajan→ 14:10, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Here it is; {{User:The Obento Musubi/Welcome}} It's really great, much better than last. ←Kalajan→ 16:52, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Proposals for closing projects
Hi there all,
Please have a look at Proposals for closing projects. Some users want to close this wiki. --barras 09:55, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Hello, its actually been discussed before. Most people here have already voted. Theres actually a discussion a few sections up. Thanks though ^_^ Kennedy (talk) 09:58, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
I have tried to get this discussion closed, but it looks like proposals on meta stay open for at least six months. We therefore need to have two months more patience. Currently, that proposal has a high level of off-topic discussions, and the vote is more or less double the number of people oppose closure than support it. Pay no attention to the other discussions, as they are irrelevant (What good is a proposal to merge SEWP articles into ENWP, if SEWP stays open). Similarly, how do you expect them to come up with a definition of "Simple English" if we can't? --Eptalon (talk) 10:05, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
It's nonsense. I've also asked for it to be shut, but oh no, they can't do that, even though there's obvious consensus to keep SEWP. I like the idea of changing the domain name for simple wikis. Like having for this. Or for a french simple wiki. But meta doesn't seem to care for anyone but the big projects. Yotcmdr =talk to the commander= 10:09, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Just a comment: Simplified German currently fails; the DEWP people don't want it.--Eptalon (talk) 11:19, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Maybe it fails, but it would be really helpful. Yotcmdr =talk to the commander= 12:02, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Essay - very important
WNK Essay - Express your opinions at the bottom section, where it tells you to. Thanks, it's quite important to create a new policy or whatever. Just add you opinion. And sign! ←Kalajan→ 14:59, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
An essay isn't a policy. Nor should this be a policy. Thirdly you can't just copy and paste something from en without attributing the work of the original author per GFDL. -Djsasso (talk) 15:12, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
As a note, this is already being discussed at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Wikproject_on_how_to_create_sock_puppets. -Djsasso (talk) 15:15, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
I said a policy or whatever, and I didn't just copy and paste it, I contributed to it and I'm working on it right now. Could you just stop hunting me down? I'm just trying to help here; make a new life. ←Kalajan→ 15:18, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
You still have to attribute it when you move it from one wiki to another even if you have changed parts of it. As for the hunting you down, its hard not to suspect you when the first page you created here was a How-To guide for not getting caught as a sock puppet. -Djsasso (talk) 15:21, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
It was a newsletter! And I'm not making any damn socks am I? ←Kalajan→ 15:25, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
I have no idea if you are or not. I am just saying you need to get used to the fact people will expect a higher standard from you because of your past. -Djsasso (talk) 16:09, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Well I'm trying to make an essay and welcome templates after 1 day here. Is that bad? ←Kalajan→ 16:11, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
1st and 2nd lvl Warnings against vandalism
I know and you know that the 1st and 2nd lvl warnings are very lame. We know that they don't experiment! The templates should be changed. ←Kalajan→ 20:53, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
There is a button which is named Edit. Use it! You can also create a template in your namespace and use your template. --barras 20:56, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Problem there. It's change and I'm an apprentice template maker. lol. ←Kalajan→ 20:57, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
The first and second level warnings assume that the person is acting in good faith, doesn't really intend vandalism and perhaps is just bored and trying out stuff. Perhaps they're not, but we like to start out nice, then move to the higher warnings. Personally, I've found that they work well and I have had loads of cases where after a single level 1 warning, the editor stopped. If you see an edit that is blatently not in good faith, or you see that the person has done loads of bad edits in a few minutes, then you can skip straight to level 3 or even level 4. There are also single level warnings that can be issued for certain actions. I'd check this page for a list of them all. Hope this helps! :-) fr33kman t - c 21:46, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Where is the good faith? They might be experimenting. You can't just ABF all the time, ya know. It's one of the things that got you blocked on en, Kalajan. SimonKSK 21:48, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Agree, a lot of it seems to be kids just messing about. Many of these folk don't realize someone is watching and so just mess about. The vast majority of problems end with just one warning {{test1}}. We are all advised by policy to assume good faith in each other, why not these folk? :-) fr33kman t - c 22:06, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
DYK noms
Just a suggestion but maybe we should use this template I made at the end of noms to show who nominated it.-- † CM16 t c r 21:37, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Strong support – Now I know how to do that on templates! I like it very much. obentomusubi 02:20, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Department of fun
In en. there's a dept of fun. Maybe one should be created to funnen this place up. Should we? With joke products (templates)... I don't really know what it does so I'll ask SimonKSK. He's in it at en. ←Kalajan→ 16:57, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
No. Synergy 16:58, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Why would that be I wonder? You've got to pump up your humour or you'll end up with red eyes and an aching back! ←Kalajan→ 17:00, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
(change conflictx2)No. It's not a good idea, for the obvious reason that we're not MySpace, but also because we have too few active editors to keep something like that in the background, behind the encyclopedia. PeterSymonds (talk) 17:00, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
(E/C)Uhhh... I don't think it's really needed. Yotcmdr =talk to the commander= 17:01, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Hey, Jimbo Wales is in it at en. Why don't you tell him it sucks? ←Kalajan→ 17:02, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks, now please, stop arguing. Yotcmdr =talk to the commander= 17:12, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Hey, be nice. I'm personally not too keen on the idea myself. Jimbo Wales can do whatever he wants. I guess what we're trying to say is that the Department of Fun may be a great idea for en, but that doesn't mean it's a good idea for the Simple Wikipedia. En is much bigger with many more users than the Simple English Wikipedia. obentomusubi 17:15, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
It is preferred that the man hours (man in this context can mean woman or man, just a work utilization term) be spent on the end product (articles) , instead of other things. You can make some humor products if you like, just don't make that the only thing you do here. NonvocalScream (talk) 18:45, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
"I think that almost any argument, on any topic, which has premises beginning with "Jimbo said..." is a pretty weak argument. Surely the merits of the proposal should be primary, not what I happen to think." That's what Jimbo said. >.> SimonKSK 21:50, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
• No, I'd not support a DoF on seWP for the simple fact that we don't have a large enough community for it to be a side thing. I also don't think that it would actually get much usage. I also agree "because Jimbo says" is a good argument by itself. fr33kman t - c 22:03, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
• No. Per Synergy. Kennedy (talk) 08:51, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
• Just no. - tholly --Talk-- 16:39, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
• Nope. We're here to write an encyclopedia, not to have fun. –Juliancolton (talk) 16:44, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
I'd beg to differ. I have fun here on Wikipedia. The only thing I think what you're trying to say is, the main priority here is to write articles and expand human knowledge. Having miniature little "fun" things may be a little too light for Wikipedia. Am I right in saying that? obentomusubi 05:18, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Triple Proposal
Hello, all. I have three proposals.
1. Wikicup Proposal – see Wikipedia talk:Wikicup and User:The Obento Musubi/Wikicup for more details.
2. GA and VGA stars (see above discussion)
3. Welcome template – a collaboration with Kalajan (talk · contribs), I created a template (from scratch, my own work) that you can visit in my userspace at User:The Obento Musubi/Welcome.
Please leave suggestions or comments below in the respective subheader (organization). Also, feel free to use {{support}} or {{oppose}} templates. Thanks! obentomusubi 17:11, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Wikicup Proposal
• Oppose - The Wikicup is already a rediulous idea for a wiki this small. Should kill the cup period not make it even more bureaucratic. -Djsasso (talk) 17:14, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
• I like it, have it after this wikicup. And Djsasso: don't spoil the fun. It isn't a bad idea; just because you're no fun doesn't mean others can't have fun. Yotcmdr =talk to the commander= 17:17, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
• My point is that its wasting what little resources we have on tracking it when they would be better served fixing any one of a number of articles to actual simple english. -Djsasso (talk) 17:18, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
• The thing is, those five articles can be simplified by a team WHILE being expanded. We can add that to the rules. After all, VGA and GA does not rely entirely on simplicity. It must be well-written, and it must be of a healthy size. obentomusubi 18:00, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
• NoNo I am not talking about the articles in the competition. What I mean is the time wasted on organizing the cup, tracking the standings and judging and all of that would be better spent fixing other articles. -Djsasso (talk) 18:07, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
• Here's the thing. I'll take on the role of organizer and judge. Although I do edit articles in the main space every so often, I usually tend to do the behind-the-scenes work, like template maintenance and design, and suggesting new ideas to "freshen up" the wiki. In my case, it wouldn't be a problem of wasting time better spent on the articles at all. Just my "twopence". obentomusubi 18:10, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
• Anyone else who wants to help organize and judge may feel free too, as long as it doesn't impede with development and simplification of articles. But I have this question to ask: Isn't the point of the Wikicup or a Wikicontest supposed to be to improve articles anyway? obentomusubi 18:12, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
• Agree with Djsasso. PeterSymonds (talk) 17:22, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
• Not a bad idea, my only question is whether it could work on a smaller wiki such as this. Cheers, RockManQ (talk) 22:09, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
• I don't see why not. I think, if we want to make it work, it will. Cheers, obentomusubi 00:15, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
GA and VGA stars
• I think keep the gold star for VGA. And have the green symbol for GA.Yotcmdr =talk to the commander= 17:17, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
• I've only been keen on stars for very good articles, but that's enwiki stuff seeping in. I'm in favour of stars for very good articles, and I'm not bothered by the icons for GAs. PeterSymonds (talk) 17:24, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
• I've no strong feelings on this one really and am more than happy to go with what ever the community decides. fr33kman t - c 21:55, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
• I would rather keep the stars for the good articles only and have the current support vote template picture for the good articles. I would rather like to keep things the way they are as that is what most people, including myself, are used to and it would be too much of a hassle to get things changed at this point in time. Cheers, Razorflame 23:16, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
I think you mean keep the stars for the VGA articles? :) fr33kman t - c 23:20, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Bah, yes, that is what I meant ;). Cheers, Razorflame 23:23, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Welcome template
• Oppose - Far to busy with far to much information that is likely to overwhelm a user. Current version is much better. Wouldn't have as big a problem with it if it stopped after the first box at the top. That being said, colour is very discouraged due to access issues especially on simple where we have editors with various conditions that make it hard to read with colours or use computers that aren't capable of displaying information in colours very well. -Djsasso (talk) 17:12, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
• I like the template. It's better than the others anyway. Yotcmdr =talk to the commander= 17:17, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
• Nice, but far too big. Wikipedians learn only partly by lots of links. Most experience is developed by trial, error and practice. PeterSymonds (talk) 17:27, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
• Would you mind if I copied that last quote? I really think it hits the spot: "Most experience is developed by trial, error, and practice." obentomusubi 18:04, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
• I have removed the other boxes. It is too long for Simple English. obentomusubi 18:04, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
• SupportWell that's only because simple english seems quite lame and poor, I mean it gets a new edit every minute, while en. gets one every split second. I think she's a beauty. Support. ←Kalajan→ 19:14, 11 February 2009 (UTC) User is banned.
• Support the new template looks fine a beauty. --barras 20:44, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Dosen't she! She's a beauty! ←Kalajan→ 20:48, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
I'm sorry. I changed it :) --barras 20:53, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
lol. ←Kalajan→ 20:54, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Strong support SimonKSK 21:41, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Not a bad template, but I've also nothing against the old one, it got me to stick around! Let's make sure we use the old one until we get a community consensus to switch. fr33kman t - c 21:49, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose per Djsasso. Would rather see us stick to the old templates than this one. Too busy and could have the potential to discourage users instead of keep them here. Cheers, Razorflame 23:19, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
• Comment There is also nothing stopping you guys from putting it in template space and calling it Template:Welcome2. There is no reason we can't have both. Anyone can welcome in anyway they want (well within reason). I just don't think it should be the main template if you get my meaning. -Djsasso (talk) 02:18, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
• So we have both! At en they've got about 20. Let's let the welcoming user choose either. ←Kalajan→ 16:48, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
• Comment I fully agree with what Djsasso said above me – it is a very good template, but I think {{welcome}} should be a basic one. We have many welcome templates, and I think this one should be added as another for users to use (and I like it personally). The main {{welcome}} should probably stay default and simple. TheAE talk 05:10, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Testing phase for new deletion discussion - MfD
I've created a new deletion discussion forum for non articles. It will be where we discuss userspace pages (such as article duplicates, guestbooks, essays, etc), wikipedia namespace (such as essays, etc), and the MediaWiki and Help namespace is included in the event something should come up, and we need to discuss a deletion. If the idea takes off, we can move it to the Wikipedia namespace, and continue it there. Since this is a new process, any result of a deletion discussion will set a precedent for future cases, and as such, will amend any current policy or guideline pertaining to such discussion. Thank you and enjoy. Synergy 21:00, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Good idea! :-) fr33kman t - c 21:47, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Agreed, I believe that a Miscellany for Deletion here would be only beneficial towards the Simple English Wikipedia at this point in time :). Cheers, Razorflame 23:18, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
I don't have anything against it, just playing devils advocate, but I thought our Request for Deletion page covered anything that needed to be deleted (including non-article pages) since we are so small and don't need to go to a million places for things. -Djsasso (talk) 02:20, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Just saying, when will the testing period be over? I'll be happy to rename RfD to AfD and fix Wikipedia:Deletion policy to include AfD and MfD, if necessary. - Æåm Fætsøn /ˈaɪæm ˈfætsən/ 07:35, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Text add to Monobook.css
div.topicon {
position: absolute;
z-index: 100;
top: 10px;
display: block !important;
This is for the template {{icon}}. Thanks! obentomusubi 09:01, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
I don't really get what this is about. ←Kalajan→ 14:44, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
I must admit I am not entirely sure either, but I was hoping someone else would swing by and enlighten me. TOM, could you expand a little? Thanks, Kennedy (talk) 14:47, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Oh, sorry. Never mind this. I was experimenting with the icon template, but I figure it's not going anywhere else... obentomusubi 05:15, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Link here, the yellow bar was rather distracting. PeterSymonds (talk) 18:57, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
←Kalajan→ 15:32, 12 February 2009 (UTC) we really need that yellow bar? –Juliancolton (talk) 16:46, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Dunno, I'm not very good at templates; It was the only one I could make =P ←Kalajan→ 16:49, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
It also catches peoples attention, which is gd. Cause they read it. ←Kalajan→ 16:50, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Could someone help me here? ←Kalajan→ 18:11, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Help you with what? -Djsasso (talk) 18:17, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
I really want to create this article, and I need help with it. It dosen't feel nice putting up notices everywhere and these not getting read or looked at. ←Kalajan→ 18:20, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Most people are probably not interested in the essay. Personally I would take that as a sign. -Djsasso (talk) 18:26, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Most users aren't even reading this. ←Kalajan→ 18:31, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Simple Talk is the most read page on this wiki. People are seeing it. -Djsasso (talk) 18:33, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Oh, why don't they give their opinion? Please help me. ←Kalajan→ 18:35, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Most users use their time for other things like fighting against vandalism or create new articles. That's the reason why nobody give an opinion. --barras 18:46, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Funny, I've got time to do all that and advertise this essay. Funny ey? ←Kalajan→ 18:52, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Some users have a real life. I know what that is. And you? (rhetorical question. I don't want to get an anwser.) --barras 18:55, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
I've dropped a message on your talk page. Don't reapeat it. ←Kalajan→ 18:59, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
To be frank, we're not interested in the essay. As Djsasso said, that's a hint! Personally, I'd request deletion of the subpage; it won't be going anywhere. I'd also be supprised if any regular didn't know about it by now. Remember, we all watch recent changes, so we do know what's being created. You also published this advert on ST before and was told it was not the right way to go about it, plus you published it to WP:Announcements. You've said that you want to get started in mainspace, go for it; you now have all the info you need on how to get started. fr33kman t - c 19:08, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Children, stop fighting around here (not meant to be an attack of any kind, meant more as a sarcasm thing). This was meant to get an opinion about something, not to have other people attack others' opinions about things. Personally, I don't see where essays belong in Wikipedia because they are kind of POV, and can be construed in very weird and/or derogatory ways. That is probably one of the reasons why this isn't getting very many opinions on the topic (because not many people either have the time to write an opinion about this, or they just don't want to either get involved or reply to this thread. Kalajan: If I were you, I would stop trying to advertise your essay, as it won't help you get the attention that you want your essay to get and because it makes you look (sorry for being so blunt) like an immature child. Razorflame 19:08, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Truth be, I don't really know what essays are for, but I write them, then ask XP ←Kalajan→ 19:52, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Proposal Suggest indef block for User:Kalajan. History of socking elsewhere, little more than a disruptive nuisance here Soup Dish (talk) 20:02, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Already proposed on the Admin's Noticeboard. Cheers, Razorflame 20:03, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
As this is the most active Simple English project, I'm using this page as a 'local meta' for the Simple projects. A while back, there were some users who were thinking of proposing a Simple English Wikinews. I don't think it went to the proposal stage, but I found an old proposal from a while back. Simple English Wikibooks has a very small userbase, which needs more users. My new proposal is, if there are enough users who would be interested in a Wikinews in Simple English, could contribute to an "Almanac" namespace on Simple English Wikibooks, dealing with both news from recent events, and modern world history. If kept in a book format, such as an online version of the chronicle sections of Schott's Almanac, it would stay in line with the Wikibooks criterion of free texbooks and manuals. The way I see it is that b: needs more users, n: is a popular proposal, so why not combine them together? MC8 (talk) 18:52, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Portuguese icon ideas
After surfing the Portuguese Wikipedia, I noticed they did something weird with the HTML/CSS... here's the code for the featured article icon:
<div id="destaques1"><div id="destaques2"><div id="destaques3">[[Wikipedia:Artigos destacados|<span title="Este é um artigo destacado. Clique aqui para mais informações."> </span>]]</div>
<div id="destaques4">[[Imagem:Cscr-featured.svg|14px|Este é um artigo destacado. Clique aqui para mais informações.]]</div>
Translated to English, it would be roughly:
<div id="verygood1"><div id="verygood2"><div id="verygood3">[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|<span title="This is a very good article. Click here for more information."> </span>]]</div>
<div id="verygood4">[[File:Utmarkt Guld.svg|14px|This is a very good article. Click here for more information.]]</div>
And the CSS on the Monobook.css layout is:
** Artigo Destacado
#destaques1 {position: absolute;z-index: 1;border: none;right: 10px;top:15px;margin: 0.0em;padding: 0.0em;}
#destaques2 {position: relative; width: 14px; height: 14px; overflow: hidden;}
#destaques4 {position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; z-index: 2;}
Comments? Suggestions? Clarification, click here. → obentomusubi 21:04, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
This way, it automatically knows if there's another icon taking that place, so number one would automatically go to spot #1, etc. obentomusubi 21:04, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
In addition, I believe we should create a template that universalizes protection templates. It would be, for example: {{protected|semi}} or {{protected|full}}, etc. More ideas/suggestions? obentomusubi 21:09, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
The English Wikipedia also has a way of getting around the darned banner. If anyone knows how to change the position (with banner, lower; without banner, higher), I would love to know how! obentomusubi 21:27, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Can a bot do this?
I was wondering if a bot would be able to make some small changes for me. I want it to change most of the pages that use {{wikiquote}} to {{wikiquote-en}}, similar to other sister project templates, based on if there is a page on Simple English Wikiquote. I would be willing to do it, but didn't want to waste my time if it would be possible to be done automatically. Is it possible? I know little about bots. Thank you. TheAE talk 00:42, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Yes, it would be possible. AutoWikiBrowser might also be able to do it. I'd ask Razorflame about that though as I don't use. fr33kman t - c 00:44, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
AWB, my friend :). Razorflame 00:45, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Yup AWB could do a simple search and replace. -Djsasso (talk) 00:48, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Thought so :) fr33kman t - c 00:49, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Well, who knows how to do it? :P I am clueless with AWB. TheAE talk 03:43, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
It's a very valuable tool and you might want to learn to use it anyway. It is downloaded from SourceForge at this address. It runs in XP or Vista and requires no browser. For information on how to use it (so you have some idea when Razorflame or Djsasso talk to you about it) I'd start with the documentation pages over on en: at User manual, which will give some some confusion idea of what it is about. It's a tool I understand (and am allowed to use, on enWP) but have not used yet. It is very powerful and can really help you do a great deal of, otherwise, mundane edits on a wiki. It works on almost all, if not all, wikis. Hope this gives some help at least! :-) (As an admin, you can (of course) allow yourself to use it here at seWP via Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage) fr33kman t - c 03:57, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
If no one has any objections, I can get it done by tomorrow. Just a final check:
• Change {{wikiquote}} on articles to {{wikiquote-en}} only if that page does not exist on Simple English Wikiquote.
• Leave the article alone if that page exists on Simple English Wikiquote.
By the way, admins are automatically allowed to use AWB. You do not need to be on the page. Chenzw Talk 04:36, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Yes, that is correct, Chenzw. Thank you for writing that all out, Fr33kman. :) TheAE talk 04:48, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
More than willing to help fr33kman t - c 04:51, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Task done. However, using AWB to sort this out is a bad idea in the long run. Articles on Wikiquote (both EN and simple) are constantly changing. They can be deleted (or created) the next day. I would suggest some experienced (python?) programmer writing out a script to fix this. Chenzw Talk 07:31, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Perhaps a generic script that can accept variables from a page (fully protected) where jobs would be approved and then submitted? That way it can be multi-function and do any sort of find and replace. fr33kman t - c 18:08, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Why isn't any admin checking WP:RFR?-- † CM16 t c r 06:09, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Chenzw (talk · contribs) got it. — RyanCross (talk) 08:48, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
WikiProject Tekken
Please join if you're willing to create Tekken related articles. Chocolates (talk) 12:18, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Infobox v2
See fr:Projet:Infobox/V2. obentomusubi 06:36, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
My proposition is that we add the code to the CSS to make the boxes have the cool headers (i.e. the musical notes). In my opinion, all of the French infoboxes kick the English Wiki's any day. obentomusubi 06:42, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
That's extremely cool, but how would we get it to work for Professional wrestling?-- † CM16 t c r 06:43, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
We can do it if you make a semi-transparent image of something, resembling the music notes, film reel, etc. obentomusubi 06:48, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Think: what represents wrestling? If you can't think of anything, we'll have to just use a generic sports header. But also note that not all infoboxes require this header. obentomusubi 06:50, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Generic wrestling title. and I don't have the tools nor the know-how to do it myself.-- † CM16 t c r 06:52, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Idea: what if all sports involved in the Olympics or all Olympics-related articles had an infobox with a header of the rings? Wrestling would technically fall under that... even if it's not at all affiliated with the Olympics, the point is, when people hear Olympics, they think sports. (at least, that's what I think...) Ideas? Pictograms? obentomusubi 06:53, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
The wrestling in the Olympics is called Amateur wrestling. I'm talking professional wrestling, big difference.-- † CM16 t c r 06:57, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
What did you have in mind for the icon? Maybe one of our editors will be able to create an icon for pro wrestling. obentomusubi 06:59, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Maybe if we started an Infobox "Project", or guidelines on designing infoboxes... but more laissez-faire than what it sounds like. obentomusubi 07:01, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
I was thinking something like a championship belt like the WWE Championship?-- † CM16 t c r 07:02, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
My only fear is that focusing on just ONE sport would be too "favoritist". That means we'll have to do one image for basketball, soccer, football, etc. obentomusubi 07:11, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
I understand that, but I do think wrestling should be an exception cause their not only athletes but actors as well. I'd like to hear some other thoughts.-- † CM16 t c r 21:01, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Why isn't anyone else commenting?-- † CM16 t c r 00:44, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
To be honest I think fr's infoboxes are too myspacy. We aren't trying to make pages pretty, pretty pages distract from the information. -Djsasso (talk) 05:24, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
I have just had a look at a band info box on the French wiki, and they look great. Let's do it! --Peterdownunder (talk) 06:13, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
To be honest to you, Djsasso, I think the infoboxes are very nice looking and will entice people to read the articles or the infoboxes at the very least. I feel it will "make" people want to learn. I also disagree with you on the MySpace-y part, it's not very MySpace-y, the pictures are basically the same effect as the headers on the Main Page, just a different picture.-- † CM16 t c r 06:45, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
Of course you disagree with me. The majority of what you do here is myspacey type edits. -Djsasso (talk) 20:58, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
I like the fr infoboxes also. fr33kman t - c 06:50, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
WikiProject Professional wrestling re-opened
I have re-opened WikiProject Professional wrestling in the light of some other wrestling enthused users showing up. You may join if you'd like to. The talk page for the project is here. I guess you could call us the "sister project" for enWP's WikiProject Professional wrestling. Thanks for your time.-- † CM16 t c r 06:52, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
No Way Out (2009)
No Way Out 2009 is scheduled to start in about 45 minutes. Please add the page to your watchlist as vandalism is likely to it over the next 24 hours.-- † CM16 t c r 00:18, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
OK, so today I noticed that {{Template:Sisterlinks}} has links that go to the en projects. However, don't you think that simple wikipedia's sister wikis are simple wikis where possible such as simple wikiquote, simple wiktionary and simple wikibooks? What are your opinions? I think we should change them. En projects are more the parents to simple. ѕwirlвoy 16:22, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
I agree. The ones that go to en where there is also a Simple project should be changed to go to the Simple project. (currently Simple Wiktionary, Wikiquote, and Wikibooks). Maximillion Pegasus (talk) 16:30, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
However, some articles do not exist on the SE sister projects. Just a few days ago, a mass replacement was made to solve this problem. Chenzw Talk 11:56, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
Main Page Proposals
First, I believe "Main Page" at the top should be rendered invisible. Second, I would like to propose a redesign of the Main Page. Third, in order to have a better "circulation" of articles, I believe good articles should be included with the very good articles. obentomusubi 00:36, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
This current design is actually the result of a very recent redesign effort that took forever to finish. As for the good articles and very good articles comment, I believe that was all discussed in the redesign as well. -Djsasso (talk) 05:21, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
Okay, then one request. This is my only complaint. The text that's supposed to be Hoefler Text doesn't show up right on my laptop, because I don't have Hoefler text. It shows up as Times New Roman, which I absolutely hate. Could you set it as Georgia or Garamond as a secondary font so I don't go crazy? Thanks! (bad sarcasm) obentomusubi 08:27, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
The discussion I started that led to the current Main Page design is located at Wikipedia:Simple_talk/Archive_38#Main_page_redesign_proposal. This discussion was started nearly half-a-year ago. — RyanCross (talk) 20:27, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
Don't take it the wrong way. I like the concept and it looks better than anything I've created. (And it certainly looks better than what the regular English Wikipedia has presented). Why aren't there any news items, though? obentomusubi 20:30, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
I believe User:Jennavecia created the current design for Simple English Wikipedia. Anyway, what do you mean by "new items"? — RyanCross (talk) 20:31, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
He said, "news items", so I assuming he means "In the news..." of English Wikipedia. TheAE talk 20:43, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
Our userbase is too small for a constantly updated, quickly expiring section such as In the News. MC8 (talk) 22:00, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
Oh, whoops. I have to agree with Microchip on this. Besides, VGA, GA, and DYK already take a lot of Simple Wikipedia's time. We don't need one right now. — RyanCross (talk) 04:09, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
Ack! I don't know which way to go? Should I abolish (deprecate) {{icon}} and replace it with another, more flexible system? Some other Wikipedias have managed to actually circumvent the overlapping of two different icons without going through {{icon}}. Help! obentomusubi 08:12, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
Archiving of this page
As User:MiszaBot has been on a hiatus for 4 days and topics have been piling up on pages, I just got my bot to:
• Archive 10+ threads from this page
• If there are any pages in need of archiving, I can do that for the time being. Sorry Misza13... ;) Chenzw Talk 11:36, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi, how do I use a watchlist? If anyone knows I would appreciate the help--Primo (talk) 16:34, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
At the top of every page there is a button which named watch. If you click this button, the page is on your watchlist. So you can see if someone edit the page. Regards, --Barras (talk) 16:36, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
But, when does it say when something has changed?--Primo (talk) 18:21, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
You see it when the change is saved. You see it directly. See also: en:Help:Watching pages Regards, --Barras (talk) 18:25, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks!--Primo (talk) 18:40, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
You're welcome! --Barras (talk) 18:41, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
Is there a Wikipedia:very good lists here? If not, should we make one? SimonKSK 21:27, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
I think yes. Regards, --Barras (talk) 21:50, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
No I meant Very good list candidates. SimonKSK 21:53, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
(edit conflict) No there isn't. Maybe there should be one, it depends on how many lists would make it fr33kman t - c 21:55, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
I was just wondering if we could bring some FLs over and simplify them. SimonKSK 21:58, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
I don't see why not. Bring anything over as far as I'm concerned; as long as it's simplified and cited as enWP based! :) fr33kman t - c 22:07, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
There's really no need. We barely have enough editors to sustain the current processes, and we don't need more strain on the community. –Juliancolton (talk) 22:21, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
I would have to agree with Juliancolton here. I really see no need for featured/very good lists at this point in time because we are currently having problems with our own VGA and GA article processes. Instead of trying to work on GLs and VGLs, why not try to get more involved in the VGA and GA processes? Razorflame 03:03, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Fear of Change?
Hello everybody. In the short time I've been at the Simple English Wikipedia, I've noticed many people are denying proposals because either the community's too small or they're perfectly complacent with how the wiki's running right now. I don't mean to attack anybody at all, but could we all look past the present and think of the future? Could we all get over our fears of change and approve requests based on how it will better the community? An example of this is the Wikicup. A particular user stated that the Wikicup should be killed because it's too much of a hassle to take care of. Others shot down my star proposition because they liked things the way they were. In other discussions about Wikiprojects and a standardized grading system, people opposed because our wiki is too small. I don't know about you guys, but I feel that this wiki cannot expand if we do not expand our horizons and expand the activities we do here. Could we stop saying {{oppose}} in every single proposition and start saying {{support}}? I'm probably going to get stoned for saying such an "anarchic" statement to the community... obentomusubi 22:37, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
The problem is, we are too small of a community currently to properly maintain things such as different ratings of articles and WikiProjects at this point in time. We currently only have about 15-20 active editors and another 15-20 semi-active editors. We just don't have the manpower to be able to keep a good portion of the proposals that you and other people have suggested afloat. If you were to get us some more active users, I wouldn't be saying this right now, but currently, we just don't have the manpower to do this kinds of things at this point in time. Also, it is not that we fear change; rather, it's that we fear that the change will cause things in this Wikipedia to stop running as smooth as they run now. Razorflame 22:40, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
There is no "fear of change." We are too small. En has 162,441 active users, while we have 827 active users. SimonKSK 22:53, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
Actually, we have even less then that. We only have around 40 active users that actively edit here at least twice a week. Razorflame 23:06, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
I think it's a lot to do with difference. The growth of the English Wikipedia was mind-boggling, beyond all expectations when it started in 2001. It continues to grow at an unprecedented rate. Therefore change must happen very quickly. However, on other wiks and also here, the change is not so quick. I don't feel it's so much resistance to change, more a need to stay on focus. PeterSymonds (talk) 23:10, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
My thoughts exactly fr33kman t - c 23:23, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
I would agree, its not the change that is the problem. Its that for every minute wasted on frivolous things like tracking wikicups etc is a minute lost that could have been used towards our goal of making the encyclopedia bigger and more simple. -Djsasso (talk) 02:23, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
How about the people like me who aren't necessarily good at expanding or simplifying articles, and have the potential to do the behind-the-scenes work? Trust me... not participating in Wikicups or coming up with new ideas for this wiki is more of a waste to me because I rarely do tons of work on articles (with the exception of my copyedit of Romania). I can do the work for my proposals, so keep in mind that's not an issue. You don't need 1,000+ users to carry my ideas through, because I'd be the first person doing the work. obentomusubi 02:49, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
There's lots of behind-the-scenes stuff to do. Category sorting, deletion requests, interwikis, gnome work. But do bear in mind that this is an encyclopedia (yes, cliché), so the bulk of work that goes on here will be to articles. PeterSymonds (talk) 02:53, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
That brings up two things, if you aren't here to work on articles why are you here? I mean I am far from the best article contributer, but to be honest this wiki needs people who do articles at this stage in its growth, we simply don't need the people that do the "fun" things like you (and I mean you in the general sense) can get away with on en because it has enough editors that people don't care as much if you treat the wiki as a social networking site. There are tonnes of things that need doing behind the scene here that have to do with our goal of building an encyclopedia and Peter mentions a bunch of them in his comment. The second being and what happens when your proposals do go through but you get tired of being here and then there is no one to continue them on? -Djsasso (talk) 02:56, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Case in point was when I did a search on "External Links" and changed all I found to "Other websites" and added {{complex}} tags so I could go back and clean them up later. Not glamourous, not fun, but it needed to be done by someone and it was easy to do (even if there were over 230 of them. There are a lot of things to do in mainspace. Finding spelling mistakes is one; changing complex words into ones from the wordlist is another. fr33kman t - c 03:01, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
While we are here to build this wiki, that does not mean we can't have fun. SimonKSKContradict me... 03:05, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Very true, which is why I vary my activities, but the project buidling should be somewhere near the top of the list, shouldn't it? fr33kman t - c 03:08, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Well, project building is on top of the list, not near it. But, we are a thriving community, and while our main goal is project building, we can always focus on other things. SimonKSKContradict me... 03:10, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Like I said, I wouldn't be surprised that my contributions (or lack of) would be criticized here. Why am I here? Because I thought my thoughts would matter, especially to a really small wiki. Surprise! Nobody really cares, because the wiki's too small, and I'm allegedly going to run away because I'm bored, and as long as my contributions aren't directly related to simplifying words, nobody really cares that much. obentomusubi 03:10, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
? You're here to help us, are you not? Or, are you here to only help yourself? Because while some of your ideas will get improved, some won't. Don't take it as a statement from us that we don't care, because that's wrong. And you know it. SimonKSKContradict me... 03:16, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
I apologize. I'm feeling stressed right now. I had no right to say that. I'm glad you guys take seriously my suggestions. I'll keep helping out around here. Cheers, obentomusubi 03:19, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Understandable. SimonKSKContradict me... 03:22, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
(ec x2)I never said you were going to run away cause you are bored. It's just we have people come quite often with ideas like this start them up and then disappear, leaving what few editors we have to clean them up finish them or whatever. People often compare us to english wikipedia and we are a very different community. The WikiProject I edit regularely over on en has more active editors than this entire wiki does, just to give some context. We just plain can't do some of these things. You thoughts do matter, but they have so far run contrary to consensus. Some of them will eventually be agreed with. Its just the nature of a wiki, sometimes you win sometimes you lose. -Djsasso (talk) 03:22, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Makes sense. obentomusubi 03:54, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Why did {{shortcut}} change? Personally, I like the original one better. MathCool10 00:19, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
I was wondering the same... –Juliancolton (talk) 03:00, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Must be one of my other edits that people don't like. You can easily revert them if you dislike them that much. obentomusubi 03:13, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
A note: the old template didn't automatically change the header from "Shortcut" to "Shortcuts" when a second parameter was added. obentomusubi 03:15, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
It's not that we dislike them. You should just discuss significant changes before making them. –Juliancolton (talk) 04:09, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
{{Infobox Planet}}
See User talk:The Obento Musubi/Sandbox for my proposed redesign. It's mainly for organization purposes. Please, btw, disregard the citations. obentomusubi 04:42, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
I'm going to replace the template now until somebody complains. obentomusubi 08:37, 17 February 2009 (UTC) |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65473 | Configuration: Sitecore 9.0.2, Azure PaaS
As most of us know by now, Azure Search has a hard limit on the number of fields that can be added to an index (1000). To resolve this issue in our environment, I developed the following patch file:
<configuration xmlns:patch="http://www.sitecore.net/xmlconfig/" xmlns:role="http://www.sitecore.net/xmlconfig/role/" xmlns:search="http://www.sitecore.net/xmlconfig/search/">
<sitecore role:require="Standalone or ContentDelivery or ContentManagement" search:require="Azure">
<index id="sitecore_master_index">
<documentOptions ref="contentSearch/indexConfigurations/defaultCloudIndexConfiguration/documentOptions">
<!-- We only want default fields in the core/master/web indexes on azure due to 1000 field limit -->
<!-- Fix sitecore 9 forms issue 229445 -->
<include hint="list:AddIncludedField">
<include hint="list:AddIncludedField">
<!-- ... other fields omitted for brevity ... -->
As you can see, I've disabled indexAllFields and explicitly included only those that we need.
However, when we run an index rebuild I'm still getting the below error in the logs:
ERROR [Index=sitecore_master_index] Commit failed
Nested Exception
Exception: Sitecore.ContentSearch.Azure.Http.Exceptions.AzureSearchServiceRESTCallException
Message: {"error":{"code":"","message":"The request is invalid. Details: definition : Invalid index: The index contains 1004 leaf fields (fields of a non-complex type). An index can have at most 1000 leaf fields.\r\n"}}
I looked in Azure and confirmed that my index has many other fields that I haven't included in my config. Why are these fields still being added?
Delete the existing Azure Search index (sitecore-master-index, in this case) before rebuilding the index.
The rebuild process does not recreate the index (at least not initially) so if your index was already built with many other fields, it won't clear those out before building it fresh.
If you don't have Switch On Rebuild enabled, you can simply navigate to that index in your Azure portal and delete it.
If you do have Switch On Rebuild enabled, in order to minimize impact to your application, you should delete the index that is currently set to be secondary (known as the "rebuild" index). Note: this does not mean simply deleting the sitecore-master-index-secondary index; that could be the active one.
To figure out the current "rebuild" index
1. Open an Azure Query Editor instance to your core db (*-core-db)
2. Run the below query:
SELECT * FROM Properties
WHERE [Key] LIKE '%sitecore_master%_cloud_rebuild_index_name'
example results from query editor
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65484 | Slow English
Podcasts about Australia for intermediate learners of English
Podcast 41 – Australian Slang
Podcast Number 41 – Australian Slang
A while ago I went on a weekend trip with my two brothers and another friend. We went to Perth in Western Australia to watch the historic motorcycle races. We had a great time. I always enjoy spending time with my brothers. In the evening we sat around, had a few drinks and just talked. As I was listening to the conversation, it occurred to me that we use a lot of Australian slang when we talk amongst ourselves. I was thinking that if one of my Slowenglish listeners had been there, they may not have understood much of what was said. That’s because we use a lot of slang words and phrases. It’s almost like the situation in other countries where there are different local dialects in a language. The difference is that, all throughout Australia, you will generally find the same slang words and phrases used, or at least understood. That’s a good thing. It helps to keep us together as Australians.
In this podcast, I will introduce you to just a few of the common slang terms which Australians use. It you want a more comprehensive list, you should visit a site like Or, you can look it up in the Macquarie Dictionary. This is an Australian dictionary which has just about every word ever spoken by an Australian. It’s an amazing book and everyone living in Australia should have one.
Probably the most recognizable Australian word is G’day. This is short for Good Day and means hello. It’s often used by Australian men in the phrase ‘G’day mate’ when they greet their friends. It’s very common.
The word ‘Aussie’ is used to describe Australians. It’s important that you pronounce this word with a ‘z’ sound, not an ‘s’ sound. It is often heard in the chant used by Australians at sporting events, which starts Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi.
‘Outback’ is a term used to describe those parts of Australia a long way from the cities. It usually means that there are not many people living there. A related slang term is ‘Woop Woop’. This is a make believe place used by Australians when they are trying to say that a place is small and a long way from everywhere else. For example, you might say – ‘It’s somewhere out the back of Woop Woop.’
A ‘battler’ is a person who doesn’t have much wealth or money but who works hard every day to make a living. It’s a term to describe the average hard working Australian. By contrast, a ‘bludger’ is a person who doesn’t work hard, but tries to get others to do their work, or who is happy living only on welfare. Hopefully there aren’t too many bludgers in Australia.
The word ‘dinkum’ or ‘fair dinkum’ came into use during the First World War. It means something that is true or real. For example, you might say – ‘He says he will do it, but I don’t think he is fair dinkum.’ This means you doubt that he will do it. Our current Prime Minister likes to use this word. A related word is ‘dinky di’. This also means real or authentic. For example, you might say – ‘He’s a dinky di Australian’, meaning he is a real Australian.
The word ‘digger’ is used to describe Australian soldiers. It comes originally from the gold rushes in Australia in the 1850s and was used during the First World War when many Australians fought in the trenches in Europe. Both the gold miners and the soldiers in the First World War had to dig holes, so the term ‘digger’ came about. It’s also a word which shows that we respect our soldiers, both past and present.
Another common term is ‘fair go’. This means that everyone has an equal chance, an equal opportunity. For example, if someone pushed in ahead of you in a queue, you might say – ‘Fair go mate. Go to the back of the line.’
If you are talking about useful information, you might call it ‘the good oil’. This means that this information can be trusted. For example, you might say –‘I’ll give you the good oil on where to buy your tyres.’
The term ‘public servant’ is used to describe someone who works for the government. It comes originally from the convicts who were transported to Australia from Britain from 1788. They were known, not as convicts, but as servants of the crown, or government men, or public servants. Transportation of convicts to Australia finished in the late 1800s, but the term ‘public servant’ has been kept to describe government workers. I was a public servant for most of my working life.
If someone is going to try something for the first time, they may say –‘I’ll give it a burl.’ Or they may say, ‘I’ll give it a bash.’ It generally means that you are not very experienced, but you will try your best.
Australian men also like to give friendly insults, often to their best friends and mates. For example, they will call their best friend a ‘drongo’, a ‘galah’ or a ‘boofhead’ when he makes a silly mistake or says something stupid. These are all words which mean that you are a bit silly, not very bright or not very skillful at something. For example, you may say – ‘You can’t do it that way, you drongo.’ When these words are used with a broad grin, then you know they are from a friend. Without a grin, they can also be used as a real insult but are generally not considered as bad as some other insults you could make. Another insult is to say someone is a ‘chop short of a barbie’. This means they are not very smart. This is not the sort of insult you would say to someone’s face. Another one my father used to use a lot is ‘he’s as thick as two short planks.’ This also means that someone is not very smart. If someone is a bad organizer, or makes a mess of organizing something, it’s common to say, ‘he couldn’t organise a booze-up in a brewery.’ A brewery is a place where beer is made. A booze-up is when everyone gets drunk.
Another very common aspect of Australian slang is the shortening of words. For example, ‘arvo’ means afternoon, ‘barbie’ means barbeque, ‘cossie’ means swimming costume, ‘postie’ means postman, ‘brekkie’ means breakfast and ‘sanger’ means sandwich. For example, you might say – Hey Mum, after brekkie, let’s pack some sangers and our cossies and head for the beach. This arvo it’s going to be hot.
I’ve only been able to give you a small sample of Australian slang, but I hope you found it interesting. The only real way to learn Aussie slang is to mix with Australians and soon you’ll be saying G’day like the rest of us.
Podcast 41 Quiz - Did you understand the podcast?
You can take the quiz as many times as you like.
amazing = very, very good
amongst = with others
authentic = real
average = typical
barbie = short for barbeque
bash = to hit
broad grin = when you do a big smile
chant = to sing, usually in a crowd
chop = a cut of meat
comprehensive = complete or full
considered = thought to be
conversation = to talk to someone
costume = something you wear
current = now
dialects = how a language is spoken in a place or region
doubt = you think that it may not happen
drunk = to have too much alcohol to drink
equal = when things are the same
events = things that happen
gold rushes = when gold was found in Australia and people rushed to find it
government = the people who make decisions for everyone, who run the country
greet = to say hello
historic = old
insults = something bad said about someone else
introduce = to show you something new
living = to earn enough money to live
Macquarie Dictionary = the dictionary of Australian English
mess = when things are badly done or disorganized
mix = to be with others and to talk with them
occurred to me = to realize something, to think of something
opportunity = when you can choose to do something
organizer = someone who makes things happen well
originally = some time ago, in the past
phrases = a few words together
planks = a long piece of wood
pronounce = to say out loud
queue = a long line of people who are waiting
recognizable = when you can easily see something
related = it belongs with something else
sandwich = something you eat, made with two pieces of bread and a filling
servants = people who work for someone else
shortening = to make something shorter
silly mistake = when you do something wrong, without thinking
situation = how things are
skillful = to be able to do something well
smart = clever
soldiers = men who fight for a country in an army
stupid = not clever, not smart
transported = sent to another place
trenches = a long hole in the ground, used by soldiers in the First World War
trip = a visit to another place
trusted = when you believe that something is good or true
tyres = these are on the wheels of a car, to grip the road
wealth = how rich you are
welfare = when you receive money from the government to live
--Download Podcast 41 - Australian Slang as PDF --
1. G’day Mr. McCormack!
How are thy? I’ve just read your comment, my sort of text proves I can’t make a booze-up in a brewery haha but thanks a lot, yeah it’ll definitely change my style. This post is super interesting, I love slangs and regional peculiarities, they’re quite fun although the “friendly insults”(I think it’s incongruous) but I think it’s part of your(male) society anyway I liked to know a little about Aussie lexical cheers cheers, have a transcendental holiday! G’bye
• Hi Lena,
Many thanks for your comment. I agree that slang is always an interesting topic. Aussies love to use it. I also agree that friendly insults are a bit strange, but I guess each culture has its peculiarities.
Have a great day.
2. Hi Rob!
Thanks for your podcasts! I’m learning a lot:)
I ‘m planning my trip to Australia and it’s exceptional having a person that spends his free time in teaching Australian English with such a dedication and admirable patience.
Congratulations and greetings from Spain
• Hi Estefania,
Many thanks for your kind message. I am so pleased that you find my podcasts useful. I am also pleased that you are planning to visit Australia. I’m sure you will enjoy yourself. I hope you get the opportunity to try out some Australian slang. Just say G’day and you’ll have a great time.
Cheers and have a great day.
3. Rob,
Fair go, what Galah would yabber-on like that. You’d av to be 10 cents short in the dollar!
Excellent pod!!!!
• G’day Chris,
Ripper comment mate. I’m glad you’re not a sausage short of a barbie!
Cheers, and ‘av a good one!
4. Hi Rob from Mt Isa. Another great post. You have captured a difficult subject and the explanation of our slang beautifully Rob. Well done you. Cheers, Raymond
• Hi Ray,
Thanks for your comment. Hope you are enjoying your journey after the AGM. I guess it is hot in that part of Australia. Still mild here in Melbourne.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65493 | Every Nation
A sound is rising Cup, D All across the Emearth G/Bm
We're gathered in Your Cname; We're Dhere to worship EmYou G/Bm
Ev'ry knee will Cbow (ohh-Dohh),
Ev'ry tongue conG/Bmfess (ohh-Gohh),
Ev'ry heart will Cknow (ohh-Dohh),
That You are GGod --
You are CHoly DLord, You are the GWay, the G/BmTruth, the EmLife,
You are CHoly DLord, alGways
You are CHoly DLord, And Your Glove enG/Bmdures forEmever,
Our hearts are joined as Cone, D Our voices sing Your Empraise G/Bm
In unity we Ccome; We Dlive to worship EmYou G/Bm
(C)Let every Dtribe, and every Emtongue,
And every G/Bmnation worship CYou (4x)
Tom Read (The Vine Band). Original key A.
© 2008 Tom Read / The Vine Christian Fellowship Ltd CCLI song# 5288939
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65512 | I'm new to codeigniter. Currently i'm trying to create a blog. I used the .htaccess file to remove index.php from the url. There is no problem with that however.
My url routings are working fine for the posts controller. But it's not working with the new admin controller.
Here is the routings file:
$route['default_controller'] = 'welcome';
$route['404_override'] = '';
$route['translate_uri_dashes'] = FALSE;
// My routes
$route['category'] = 'posts/category';
$route['(:any)'] = 'posts/index/$1';
$route['(:any)/(:any)'] = 'posts/view/$1/$2';
$route['admin'] = 'admin';
Here is the Admin controller:
class Admin extends CI_Controller {
public function index()
Here is the index file:
<?php echo "hello"; ?>
I'm getting a 404 error when i'm trying to access http://localhost/admin. But all other routings are working fine without any error.
I've tried changing the default_controller to admin controller, then it's working fine. I'm getting the desired output on http://localhost.
$route['default_controller'] = 'admin';
So what i'm missing here?
You are facing the problem because of the order or routing. In CodeIgniter order or the given routes matter. Let's look at your routing, After category route you have written this route,
This route simply means that catch any route which is other than the default route or the category route, So no matter what URL you want to go to it will always redirect you to above route. To solve this issue change the order of your routing like this,
$route['admin'] = 'admin';
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65513 | Democracy Club
Election leaflets from Unrepresented Peoples Party
We don't have any leaflets for Unrepresented Peoples Party. That won't do. They must have some right?
2. Ask friends on Facebook
3. Go rummaging through the bin |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65514 | Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Because we all love shopping
Looking for some affordable 50s style high waisted jeans? Well you are in luck! After spying my Kohl's jeans I featured recently, Kohl's offered me and my readers a coupon code. Now usually I'm not big on promoting chain stores, but I think these are a really great option for retro gals on a budget. I actually went back and got another pair because I loved them so much.
The ones I got are Lee Comfort Fit just below the waist stretch straight leg and I opted for a dark wash. There are a couple things I'd change about these jeans if I was designing my perfect 50s jeans but considering that just the shipping on my repro jeans cost as much as this pair, I'm very happy. You can find all of Kohl's jeans here.
The coupon code is SPRING2SAVE and it gets you 20% off at kohls.com from April 4 to April 7.
1. Cool thanks. I've been looking for a good pair of retro styled jeans!
2. Ack, I'm late to the party, which means I can't use the discount code. Are these the ones you got? http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/zbrandskiosk/women/lee/jeans/PRD~515316/Lee+Comfort+Fit+StraightLeg+Jeans.jsp Thanks for putting this together!
1. Yes they are. If you sign up for emails from Kohls, they send out periodic sale codes. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65520 | Consider a situation where we are running a classifier (the actual classification algorithm doesn't matter here), and the class labels are given based on a score. If score > 0, the data point is labeled A, if score < 0, the data point is labeled B.
All the training data contains data points with positive or negative scores. However, in my test data, there are a few points that return score = 0. How should I measure the precision and recall in this scenario where some points can't be classified into any class?
[additional information from a comment below] I faced this in a sentiment classification task. The normalized scores are in the range [-1,1], with 0 being the score for documents with no sentiment. It so happened that I had no neutral documents in my training data, but in the test data, some documents returned a score of 0.
• $\begingroup$ Doesn't that simply mean that points with score = 0 are not counted in the set of retrieved items? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… $\endgroup$ – Mr E Jul 20 '12 at 15:51
• $\begingroup$ In the classification context, I don't think we can say that items are retrieved. We need to think in terms of true-positive, false-positive, true-negative and false-negative. And once I get score = 0, I am not sure what it means in terms of these four categories. $\endgroup$ – Chthonic Project Jul 20 '12 at 16:10
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$\begingroup$ Either you have to decide for adding another label C which is unclassified or you have to use a default label, say A. But that is dependend on your domain knowledge. not that you classify people where you're unsure to have cancer ;) $\endgroup$ – Thomas Jungblut Jul 21 '12 at 6:37
• $\begingroup$ What does score "0" actually mean ? In default classification algorithms I know, there is no score zero. If the scores are generated by some sort of function, the probability of hitting one single real valued score is 0. So gaining a single score a significantly more often than once either means a dataset of "manageable complexity" or some explictly implemented special behavior. Which is ? $\endgroup$ – steffen Jul 24 '12 at 7:11
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$\begingroup$ No problem, feel free to accept Michael McGowans answer ;) The main point is that I helped you, not the reputation. $\endgroup$ – Thomas Jungblut Jul 24 '12 at 8:41
It's useful to keep in mind that precision/recall are inherently tied to a particular state or label of interest. In information retrieval that label might be "relevant" as opposed to "not relevant," whereas in cancer that label might be "malignant" as opposed to "benign."
As @Thomas Jungblut mentions, it would be valid to treat this not as a binary classification problem ("A" or "B") but instead as a multiclass classification problem ("A," "B," or "Unclassified"). There are other metrics besides precision/recall that can be of interest in multiclass classification. However, if you insist on precision/recall then you must pick your label of interest and then this sort of becomes de facto binary classification once again. You have various options for how to frame the problem ("A" vs "B or unclassified" is not the same as "A or unclassified" vs "B", etc.). However, effectively these are the same as simply picking a default label.
Since you seem to impart special meaning to the classification score of 0, it seems that perhaps it would be appropriate to also apply some domain knowledge or some knowledge of the specific classification algorithm being used. In the general case there's nothing really magical about a score of 0, but perhaps you really have a specific problem in mind where this is not the case.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65533 | Bring Tabs To The Forefront
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Often, a metalsmith is also a collector. A collector of tools, a collector of materials, and a collector of stones. Occasionally, a stone comes along that although irregularly shaped, and not of immediate use, is so stunning that it’s collected anyway. I keep an assortment of these charming specimens in a bowl on my workbench and periodically sift through them as I gather my thoughts. I was running my fingers over one such stone and it sparked an idea for a brooch. I wanted to frame the stone in an unusual setting that really set it off and played up its organic qualities. It was then that I began setting irregularly shaped stones with large tabs, using the stone’s shape to influence the design of the piece.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65547 | Support opacity in selectionBorder theme color
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I use a tiny 6x10 font similar to Proggy that makes use of the top row of pixels in each glyph. The top row gets concealed whenever there's a selection, and I'd like to make the selectionBorder color partly transparent to avoid obscuring important parts of some characters (e.g. the top of an 'f'), e.g. by changing the color in the theme from #222218 to #22221880 or something. This doesn't seem to work yet on Windows. |
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Creating Task Time Estimates
Note that estimates are optional. Many project managers will not create estimates, especially in situations where the tasks are Fixed Bid or Not To Exceed because the Task Budget revenue defines the Fixed Bid or Not To Exceed amount.
• You can use "no role" to generate time estimates without role-based cost and revenue values. You must use role estimates in order to get estimated cost and estimated revenue values.
• The Roles are defined by the allocations on the project's Staffing page, or Primary Organization Roles.
• The Estimated Hours at the Task Roles drive the amounts in Project Rollups for the financials estimates.
To create a task time estimate
1. Navigate to the task list for a project and select a task by clicking on its title.
2. Click the task's Scheduling tab.
3. Enter the estimated hours for the roles you wish to create estimates for.
1. Click Save and repeat for additional tasks, if necessary. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65554 | Some Role Permissions are Broken
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Your problem could be a number of things.
1. You could be unchecking the wrong permission. Make sure to uncheck both nickname-related permissions:
2. A specific channel's roles could be messing up your permissions. Make sure to look at all of the specific channels' permissions for the @everyone role.
If you have any more problems, please contact Discord support @ or email because this could more likely be a bug than a suggestion.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65556 | Legal process for user data requests FAQs
Why might a government agency request my data?
A variety of laws allow government agencies to investigate regulatory violations or criminal activity. Google receives requests for user data from government agencies investigating criminal activity, administrative agencies, courts and others.
Does Google give governments direct access to user data?
We require that requests for user data be sent to Google directly and not through any sort of "back door" direct access by the government. Our legal team reviews each and every request, and frequently pushes back when requests are overly broad or don’t follow the correct process. We have taken the lead in being as transparent as possible about government requests for user information.
What does Google do when it receives a legal request for user data?
How many of these requests result in Google producing some data?
You can find the numbers right in this report, including a table of requests by country.
Has Google successfully narrowed requests before?
Yes, we often successfully narrow the scope of requests. For example, in 2006 Google was the only major search company that refused a U.S. government request to hand over two months' of user search queries. We objected to the subpoena, and eventually a court denied the government's request. In some cases we receive a request for all information associated with a Google account, and we may ask the requesting agency to limit it to a specific product or service.
What if I want to give law enforcement my Google account records?
You can. We provide tools that allow you to download your content from many of our services using Google Takeout. Google, however, requires valid legal process before we will produce data in response to a request from a government agency (even if the request is being made on your behalf), absent an emergency situation.
In light of the types of legal requests covered in the Transparency Report, what can a user do to view their own data and also make plans for the future?
Google empowers our users to view and control their own data. Using Takeout, users can export or create an archive of their Google data. Using the Inactive Account Manager, users can decide what should happen to their data in the event that they have been inactive for a certain period of time. We highly encourage our users to try these tools to manage data and digital legacy.
Requests from inside the United States
Does a law enforcement agency in the U.S. have to use legal process to compel Google to provide user data or will a phone call be enough?
What kinds of emergency cases?
Sometimes we voluntarily disclose user information to government agencies when we believe that doing so is necessary to prevent death or serious physical harm to someone. The law allows us to make these exceptions, such as in cases involving kidnapping or bomb threats. Emergency requests must contain a description of the emergency and an explanation of how the information requested might prevent the harm. Any information we provide in response to the request is limited to what we believe would help prevent the harm.
How can law enforcement send legal requests to Google?
Law Enforcement authorities can submit data requests to Google Inc. in person, via fax, regular mail, email, or through Google’s online Law Enforcement Request System (LERS). Acceptance of legal process by any of these means does not waive any objections.
What is Google’s online Law Enforcement Request System (LERS)?
LERS is a system in which a verified law enforcement agent can securely submit a legal request for user data, view the status of the submitted request, and download the response submitted by Google.
Is the system secure?
It’s served over HTTPS, so LERS is encrypted. Each law enforcement agent accessing the system has a unique user account (provisioned by Google) and is required to login with 2-step authentication.
Doesn’t this make it much easier for governments to be able to get user data?
No. LERS does not provide governments with direct access to our systems or our users’ data. LERS is an interface through which approved government authorities can submit legal requests. Google reviews each government request and uses LERS to respond appropriately in accordance with applicable laws. The same legal standards apply to LERS submitted process as apply to legal process submitted to Google via other methods.
What types of legal requests does Google receive from U.S. government agencies?
By far the most common is the subpoena, followed by search warrants. A federal statute called the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, known as ECPA, regulates how a government agency can use these types of legal process to compel companies like Google to disclose information about users. This law was passed in 1986, before the web as we know it today even existed. It has failed to keep pace with how people use the Internet today. That's why we've been working with many advocacy groups, companies and others, through the Digital Due Process Coalition, to seek updates to this important law so it guarantees the level of privacy that you should reasonably expect when using our services.
What's the difference between a subpoena, a search warrant and a court order under ECPA? What information can a government agency get from Google with each?
It's complex, but here's a summary of the different forms of legal process covered by ECPA:
Of the three types of ECPA legal process for stored information, the subpoena has the lowest threshold for a government agency to obtain. In many jurisdictions, including the federal system, there is no requirement that a judge or magistrate review a subpoena before the government can issue it. A government agency can use a subpoena to compel Google to disclose only specific types of information listed in the statute. For example, a valid subpoena for your Gmail address could compel us to disclose the name that you listed when creating the account, and the IP addresses from which you created the account and signed in and signed out (with dates and times). Subpoenas can be used by the government in both criminal and civil cases.
On its face, ECPA seems to allow a government agency to compel a communications provider to disclose the content of certain types of emails and other content with a subpoena or an ECPA court order (described below). But Google requires an ECPA search warrant for contents of Gmail and other services based on the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits unreasonable search and seizure.
ECPA Court Order
Unlike an ECPA subpoena, obtaining an ECPA court order requires judicial review. To receive an ECPA court order, a government agency must present specific facts to a judge or magistrate demonstrating that the requested information is relevant and material to an ongoing criminal investigation.
With such a court order, a government agency can obtain the same information as a subpoena, plus more detailed information about the use of the account. This could include the IP address associated with a particular email sent from that account or used to change the account password (with dates and times), and the non-content portion of email headers such as the "from," "to" and "date" fields. An ECPA court order is available only for criminal investigations.
Search Warrant
The threshold is higher still for an ECPA search warrant. To obtain one, a government agency must make a request to a judge or magistrate and meet a relatively high burden of proof: demonstrating "probable cause" to believe that contraband or certain information related to a crime is presently in the specific place to be searched. A warrant must specify the place to be searched and the things being sought. It can be used to compel the disclosure of the same information as an ECPA subpoena or court order—but also a user's search query information and private content stored in a Google Account, such as Gmail messages, documents, photos and YouTube videos. An ECPA search warrant is available only in criminal investigations. The video below provides an overview of how we review and respond to ECPA search warrants.
Way of a Warrant
What are Wiretap, Pen Register and Trap and Trace Orders, and How Do They Differ from Other ECPA Legal Process?
Some US federal and local government agencies can ask courts to require companies to disclose user information in real-time. In contrast to subpoenas or search warrants, which are used to obtain information created in the past, these types of court orders look to collect information that doesn’t exist yet. They fall into two categories: wiretaps and pen register and trap and trace orders.
A wiretap order requires a company to hand over information that includes the content of communications in real-time. Of all the government requests than can be issued under ECPA, wiretap orders are the hardest to obtain. To satisfy legal requirements, a government agency must demonstrate that: a) someone is committing a crime listed in the Wiretap Act, b) the wiretap will collect information about that crime, and c) the crime involves the telephone number or account that will be tapped. The court must also find that ‘normal’ ways to investigate crime have failed (or probably would fail), or are too dangerous to attempt in the first place. There are limits on how long a wiretap can run and requirements to notify users who have been tapped.
Statistics about federal and state wiretaps are available here.
Pen Register, and Trap and Trace
A pen register or trap and trace order requires a company to hand over information about a user’s communications (excluding the content of communications themselves) in real-time. With such an order, a government can obtain “dialing, routing, addressing and signaling information.” This could include the numbers you dial on your phone to reach someone or an IP address issued by an ISP to a subscriber.
It’s easier for a government agency to get a pen register or trap and trace order than a wiretap orders or search warrant. To obtain one, the requesting agent has to certify that information likely to be obtained will be “relevant to an ongoing criminal investigation.” Google believes this standard is too low, and has been working with the Digital Due Process coalition to make sure the court has a meaningful role in determining when these orders are issued.
If you receive a legal request concerning my account, will you tell me about it?
If Google receives ECPA legal process for a user's account, it's our policy to notify the user via email before any information is disclosed unless such notification is prohibited by law. We will provide delayed notice to users after a legal prohibition is lifted, such as when a statutory or court ordered gag period has expired. We might not give notice when, in our sole discretion, we believe that notice would be counterproductive or exceptional circumstances exist involving danger of death or serious physical injury to any person. In such cases, we will provide delayed notice if we later determine that those circumstances no longer exist. In cases where the account in question is an enterprise hosted account, notice may go to the domain administrator, or the end user, or both.
We review each request we receive before responding to make sure it satisfies applicable legal requirements and Google's policies. In certain cases we'll push back regardless of whether the user decides to challenge it legally. If the request appears to be legally valid, we will endeavor to make a copy of the requested information before we notify the user.
I received an email from Google saying that someone has requested information related to my account. What does this mean?
It means we've received a legal request to disclose information that's either stored in your Google account or associated with it. Just because we receive a request doesn't necessarily mean that we did—or will—disclose any of the requested information. We have a rigorous process for reviewing these requests against legal requirements and Google's policies.
In these emails, Google will not ask you to provide any personal information such as a password or social security number. If you get an email purportedly from Google that asks for this type of information, don't provide it. The email is probably a scam, so please report it to us.
What can I do about a request like this?
You may wish to consult a lawyer to discuss your options. In our notice to you, we will provide information so that you can contact the requesting party with questions about the legal process. We will also provide a copy of the legal process upon request, although we may have to redact some information before sending it to you. We can’t give you legal advice or discuss the substance of the request.
Unless you take action, like filing an objection with the court, we may have to produce information responsive to the request. Typically, the amount of time you’ll have to file an objection will be 7 calendar days, though that can vary from case to case. Be sure to send us a copy of any objection filed with the court so we know about it, and make sure that copy has the court’s stamp on it showing it was actually filed. It is not enough to just ask us not to disclose the information because we may be required to produce data unless a court tells us otherwise.
What kinds of data do you disclose for different products?
Products Subpoena Court Order Search Warrant
• Sign-in IP addresses and associated time stamps
• Information obtainable with a subpoena
• Email content
• Information obtainable with a subpoena or court order
• Subscriber registration information
• Sign-in IP addresses and associated time stamps
• Video upload IP address and associated time stamp
• Information obtainable with a subpoena
• Copy of a private video and associated video information
• Private message content
• Information obtainable with a subpoena or court order
Google Voice
• Subscriber registration information
• Sign-up IP address and associated time stamp
• Telephone connection records
• Billing information
• Forwarding number
• Information obtainable with a subpoena
• Stored text message content
• Stored voicemail content
• Information obtainable with a subpoena or court order
• Blog registration page
• Blog owner subscriber information
• Information obtainable with a subpoena
• Private blog post and comment content
• Information obtainable with a subpoena or court order
Are Google records admissible in court without testimony?
Google provides a written certificate of authentication with the information it discloses in response to legal process. This is typically sufficient to allow for admissibility in a court proceeding. Google does not provide expert testimony.
Requests from outside the United States
How does Google respond to requests from government agencies outside the United States?
Using Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLATs) and other diplomatic and cooperative arrangements, non-U.S. agencies can work through the U.S. Department of Justice to gather evidence for legitimate investigations. In some cases, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission may be able to provide assistance.
If U.S. law is implicated in the investigation, a U.S. agency may open its own investigation and provide non-U.S. investigators with evidence gathered. Google may also disclose data in response to emergency disclosure requests when we believe that doing so is necessary to prevent death or serious physical harm to someone.
On a voluntary basis, we may provide user data in response to valid legal process from non-U.S. government agencies, if those requests are consistent with international norms, U.S. law, Google's policies and the law of the requesting country.
What information might a government agency outside of the United States get from Google with various legal processes?
If a non-U.S. agency goes through a diplomatic process like MLAT to obtain a U.S.-issued ECPA subpoena, court order or search warrant, Google would produce the same information as if the request originated directly from a U.S. agency. In cases where Google honors legal process issued directly from the non-U.S. agency, the information disclosed could include, for example, Google or YouTube account registration information (name, account creation information and associated email addresses) and recent sign-in IP addresses and associated time stamps.
What is a mutual legal assistance treaty (MLAT)?
An MLAT is a treaty between the U.S. and another country that defines how each country will help each other in legal matters such as criminal investigations. Through an MLAT, a foreign government can ask the U.S. government for help in obtaining evidence from entities in the U.S., including companies like Google. If the U.S. government approves the request, Google would respond to it.
How does MLAT work?
The MLAT process is fairly simple. Here's a hypothetical example: A police officer in London is investigating a case of identity theft and has evidence that the culprit has a particular Gmail account. To continue her investigation, the officer needs to know who the user is. Since there is an MLAT between the U.K. and the U.S., the officer can ask the U.K. Home Office to request information from the Office of International Affairs in the U.S. Department of Justice. The U.S. Department of Justice hands the request to the appropriate U.S. Attorney's office, which works through U.S. legal process and serves the user data request to Google. If the request satisfies the law and Google's policies, we would provide the information to the U.S. Attorney's office, and from there it would find its way to the officer in the U.K.
Is the MLAT the only way for governments outside the U.S. to get information from U.S. companies?
No. There are many ways that other countries can obtain information from companies like Google outside of the MLAT process, including joint investigations between U.S. and local law enforcement, emergency disclosure requests and others. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65558 | Troubleshooting the Your Phone app
Applies to: Windows 10
Unlinking your phone and PC
On your Android phone:
1. Go to your phone Settings > Apps (or Apps & Notification on some phones) > Your Phone Companion.
2. Tap Force Stop.
3. Tap Storage > Clear Cache > Clear Data.
On your PC:
1. Open your browser and visit Sign in with your Microsoft account.
2. You’ll be presented with a list of all your connected devices. For each, select Show details > More actions and then Unlink this phone.
3. Select Start (or press the Windows logo key on your keyboard), then select Settings > Phone > Unlink this PC.
4. Select Back to return to Windows Settings Home, and then select Apps.
5. In Apps & features, select Your Phone.
6. Select Advanced options > Reset.
Once these steps are completed, go to the Your Phone app on your PC and follow the set-up process to establish a new link.
Using Your Phone with multiple PCs
It's not possible to connect your phone to multiple PCs at one time. As a workaround, you can disconnect one PC from your phone and re-connect to another.
On your Android phone:
1. Swipe downwards from the top of your screen to reveal your Android Notification panel.
2. Tap to expand the Your Phone Companion notification.
3. Tap Disconnect.
On your second PC:
1. Check you’ve completed the Your Phone app set up process to link your phone and PC.
2. Open the Your Phone app – you’ll then receive a notification on your Android phone prompting you to Allow the connection.
That’s it! Your Android phone is now connected to your second PC. Repeat the process to connect to your first PC again.
Support for iPhone and iPad
To link your iPhone and Windows PC, you will be asked to install Microsoft Edge or Continue on PC as the companion app on your mobile device. Once you're signed in, you'll be able to instantly send web pages from your iPhone to your PC.
Provide feedback
We’re still actively working on making the Your Phone experience the best we possibly can and we welcome your ideas and insights.
On your Android phone:
1. Open the Your Phone Companion app.
2. Tap Settings .
3. Select the Provide Feedback option.
On your PC:
1. Type Feedback hub into the search box on your Windows taskbar.
2. Select Suggest a feature. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65566 | Upcycled and Reconstructed T-shirts and Other Clothing
• 15 Sep 2013
• 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
• The Beach Art Center
Upcycled and Reconstructed T-Shirts and Other Clothing
Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013
1:00 – 4:30
@ Beach Art Center
Minimum 5 students – maximum 10 students
$40 + $10 (BAC rental) = $50
We will go through the whole process of taking a tee shirt and
1. cutting it apart
2. discharging it with Publix Lemon Fresh Dishwashing Gel
Using Antichlor to stop the chlorine
1. Screenprinting on it with fabric paint
2. Ideas for how to sew it back together into shirts, scarves, purses…
I will bring my thermofax screens for everyone to use. I will also talk about how I come up with the designs for my screens.
You bring:
1. 100% cotton tee shirts to work on. Having something printed on the front is okay.
2. Good plastic gloves (Not the kind made of plastic wrap)
3. Scissors
4. Enough plastic bags to carry your wet tee shirts home in. We will rinse them out but you need to wash them when you get home.
5. Wear old clothes because we will be wet, bleachy and outside.
I will bring some of the other clothing that I have repurposed and talk about the process.
-Sarah Butz
© Tampabay Surface Design Guild 2010-2017
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65575 | Dear Diary, it’s 4am and I’m sitting in the Smoking Room. I’ve just come inside from walking around the deck for an hour or more. Every night for the rest of my life, before I close my eyes to sleep, I want to remember how it felt to stand alone on the deck in the darkest hours before dawn as my ship slowly nosed its way down a river towards Rotterdam.
I never want to forget leaning on the railing at the back of the ship, watching our wake, wanting to believe that it reaches all the way back to Australia like a watery umbilical cord, keeping me safe and connected.
I can feel the ship’s familiar tremble. It saddens me to think I might never again feel that gentle vibration. My hair is being whipped about by the icy wind. Tears sting my eyes. Is that because of the chilly air, or because I’m so nervous? Probably both.
I take a deep breath, trying to settle the fluttering in my chest. My stomach is turning somersaults. All is silent except for the familiar swish and splash below as we glide effortlessly through the dark water. Stars wink their encouragement and the moon’s reflection shimmers on the dark sea. From the back of the ship, I can’t separate sky from sea. I turn to look behind me and see the fuzzy lights of Rotterdam on the horizon. I think I prefer the view from the stern!
Am I ready for this? I shiver, pull my coat tighter around me, then slowly make my way to the bow to watch our progress. One of those lights belongs to the house where Peter lives. All the other lights in all the other houses are where all the other Dutch families are preparing to greet a new day. They’re unaware and unconcerned that for two people, this day will be different from any other.
I’m questioning my sanity again.
I have a sudden urge to run and hide.
Is my life about to be forever changed?
I remind myself that whatever happens next, it will be as it is meant to be.
The night before we arrived in Rotterdam, I spent an hour or more just wandering around the ship aimlessly. I missed my friends, I missed our routines, our conversations and private jokes. We’d spent a lifetime together in just a few weeks and now they were getting settled in England, without me.
The passengers I encountered now were strangers. They offered no smiles of recognition, merely glancing at me with blank expressions as they passed by. For most of them, this was their first night on board and the labyrinth of cabins, the sooty smoke pouring from the ship’s funnel, dinner gongs and other idiosyncrasies that made our ship special were still unknown to them. Would the Australis cast her spell on them, as she had for us? Perhaps not. Many were embarking on a journey to a new land and a new life. It was likely the destination was more their focus than the voyage.
When I finished saying goodbye (yet again) to every nook and cranny, I returned to my cabin, hopeful I’d sleep well and awaken refreshed. I should have been exhausted. I’d spent the day running excitedly around Piccadilly Circus and Carnaby Street, embracing the chaotic delights of London for the first time, then another 90 minutes on the boat train, listening as an elderly gentleman seated opposite pointed out historic sites on the way. Yesterday, I’d spent the day finding my sea legs in Southampton, then sleeping on two lounge chairs pushed together at a Chelsea apartment. The night before that, I’d sat up most of the night in the Smoking Room with my friends, reminiscing, promising, planning, all of us reluctant to waste our last few hours together in sleep.
Even so, sleep eluded me. I tossed and turned, then tossed some more. My eyes refused to close, staring through darkness at the underside of the empty upper bunk. At around 3am, I gave up, got up, wrapped my rabbit-fur coat over my pjamas, stepped into my fluffy slippers and headed up to the deck. A few early risers or nervous new passengers passed me in the corridor and I’m sure I made a comical sight. I didn’t care. I knew it would be freezing outside. I shuffled through the doors and walked to the rail.
I could just make out a distant glow of blurred lights on the horizon. They looked to be at least an hour away. I stood shivering at the stern for a long time, questioning my sanity.
We docked at about 6.30am. As we slid closer and closer towards the wharf, I was disappointed to see that the eye-level balcony was totally devoid of humanity. I cheered a little when I noticed a few people gathered on the dock below. I leant over the rail and studied them carefully. Then one caught a rope and a second ran to help. They were merely dock workers.
Where was Peter? He had assured me he’d be there as we docked. “Believe me,” he had written 2 months earlier, “I am so looking forward to November 19th, I think I better take a carton of cigarettes with me that morning because I’ll probably eat them.”
How many times had I imagined this day? I’d be standing on the deck, bathed in glorious sunshine as we sailed into Rotterdam and were greeted by a cheering crowd. Of course, it hadn’t occurred to me that November was not Holland’s sunniest month, nor was I aware that daylight didn’t seem to happen in Holland at all. I had imagined how Peter would find me in the crowd as we glided in to tie up, and he’d smile and wave enthusiastically. Of course, I’d recognize him immediately too. I’d wave back excitedly, then rush down the gangplank (in a most ladylike way, of course) and throw myself into his waiting arms. We’d walk off, hand-in-hand, towards a glorious sunset. So much for dreams!
I returned to the deck after breakfast to find that daylight really did happen in Holland, after all. Not only that, the balcony was now packed with that cheering crowd I’d so often imagined. I scanned their faces. Still no Peter. Had he changed his mind? What would I do if he didn’t arrive?
The queuing process began. By the time the passport inspection, document checking, permit stamping and other official paperwork was completed, it was almost 10am. I was finally allowed to disembark.
I gathered up my hand luggage, then turned to say a last, sad and silent farewell. Oh how I wished I could have stayed on my beloved ship. That first step was almost agonizing, but I pulled myself together and waddled off. And yes. I do mean waddled! One hand clutched my bulging handbag, the other a heavy overnight bag. My camera bag was slung over my shoulder and a bulky travelling wardrobe draped over an arm. I made at least ten stops on the way to blow into my palms and readjust my hold on everything.
What an elegant entrance to Rotterdam! It held absolutely no resemblance to the arrival I’d experienced in my dreams!
I entered a big hall with shiny polished floors and benches stretching ahead of me. A large sign emblazoned with letters of the alphabet hung above each bench. Of course, XYZ was where I entered, C way down the furthest end where a crowd of people were waiting and waving.
My luggage became heavier with each step. The handles bit into my sweaty palms. The strap on my camera bag cut into my sun-burnt shoulder. The smooth soles of my boots kept sliding on the slippery floor. I had no doubt that at any moment I would go skidding in spectacular fashion across the hall or drop everything and collapse in an exhausted, gibbering heap in front of what seemed by now to be at least half the population of Rotterdam.
Amazingly, I made it in one piece! I was almost to the C bench when I saw someone in a dark coat waving frantically at me from behind a wire gate. A photograph came to life. Yes, I’d have known him anywhere. I walked slowly towards him and he stepped through the gate to meet me.
We stood face to face, just smiling. Then I said “hello Peter” and he said “hello, Sandy” and we smiled some more. They were not really earth-shattering words, but it was all we could manage for now. We had waited six years for this moment.
Peter collected my 4 suitcases and placed them and my hand luggage on a trolley and we pushed it to his car. On our way, we passed a cafe with floor-to-ceiling windows. Andy and a group of other waiters from our dining room rushed to the window and began knocking on it, waving and beckoning me to come in.
I hadn’t been able to find Andy, Marci, Ianis or Victor the previous night and was sad that I didn’t get the chance to say goodbye. How I would have loved to run over and hug them all, but I noticed Peter’s frown. While I saw a group of sweet people who had shared my journey and became my friends, Peter saw a rabble of amorous Greek waiters and – I later learnt – had formed a few ungracious assumptions.
I waved, beamed an apologetic smile at them and shook my head. I was no longer a fun-loving passenger on my glorious Australis. The voyage was over. My new life was about to begin.
But oh, please, couldn’t I just go around one more time before I have to face life in cold grey Rotterdam? |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65581 | Zékéyé and the Little Tune
Today, everyone in the village of the Bamilekes is celebrating; there is rhythmic music and holy songs; old and young alike are calling the rain with their chanting.
Why the Parrot Repeats Human Words
Long ago, it was not the parrot which humans kept as a household companion, but the crow. The crow was quick and bright, and could easily repeat human words.
The Wise Daughter
Once upon a time, there were two friends, a tailor, and an innkeeper. They spent as much time together as they could, drinking tea, playing backgammon, and above all, talking.
How Monkey Looked for Trouble
Once upon a time in a very small village, there lived an old woman who made the most delicious coconut cakes. People would come from all around just to buy her cakes at the village market.
Hondidldo and the Apple Thief
In a small town, not far from here, lived a farmer with three sons. The oldest was named Didldei, the middle, Didldob, and the youngest, Hondidldo.
The story of Búkolla, possibly Iceland’s most beloved traditional fairy tale, features a magical cow named Búkolla and her boy pitted against two evil troll-sisters.
Ali Baba and the 40 thieves
Once upon a time in the kingdom of Persia there lived two brothers. The older, Kassim was wealthy men while his younger brother Ali Baba, was very poor. |
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65594 | Google Chrome 23 Released – Longer Battery Life, Easier Permissions, Do Not Track
Google Chrome 23 released – longer battery life, easier website permissions and Do Not Track. Chrome 23 is the latest Stable Channel version – if you already use Chrome you can get the new version by clicking the ‘hotdog’ (Menu) icon then ‘About Google Chrome’ to check for updates – version 23 will be downloaded and installed automatically if you don’t already have it.
New users can download and install Chrome 23 directly here. Alternatively there is also a full standalone offline installer here – this may be useful if you want to save the Chrome installation file e.g. to put on a flash drive and install on multiple computers without having to re-download it each time.
What’s New in Chrome 23? The official changelog lists 14 security fixes in detail – they include 6 rated High (paying out total rewards of $9,000 to the finders). There are also some cool ‘behind the scenes’ technical changes:
• Longer battery life when watching videos – Chrome 23 includes GPU accelerated video decoding for Windows (may also become available for Mac in the future). Dedicated graphics chips draw far less power than a computer’s CPU (processor), so using GPU accelerated video decoding while watching videos can increase battery life significantly.
In tests, Google report that the battery lasted 25% longer when GPU-accelerated video decoding was enabled [whilst watching 1080p 30 frames per second (fps) h.264 video on a W7 laptop]. So, if you regularly watch videos/films on YouTube etc in Chrome you should notice some improvement in battery life – if you don’t watch videos then you will not see any improvement.
• Easier website permissions – easier to view and control any website’s permissions for capabilities such as geolocation, pop-ups, and camera/microphone access. See our review of website permissions in Chrome 23 for more details.
• Do Not Track – adds an option to send a ‘Do Not Track’ request to websites and web services. Do Not Track (DNT) is a proposed web standard that allows you to let a website know you would like to opt-out of third-party tracking for purposes including behavioral advertising.
It does not block ads but may change the type of ads you see – instead of behavioral ads (targeted to your interests, based on the websites you visit and search terms used) you may see generic ads (not targeted, could be for anything). It is not obligatory for websites to honor your DNT option (making it fairly pointless in our opinion as even if you opt into this feature, websites can just ignore it).
Chrome 23 only adds DNT as an option – it is not enabled by default. If you want to enable DNT:
– Click the Menu in top right of Chrome and select ‘Settings’. On the Settings page, click the ‘+Show advanced settings’ link at the bottom of the page to display advanced settings
– In the Privacy section, tick the checkbox for ‘Send a Do Not Track request with your browsing traffic’:
– An information box on DNT appears:
– Click OK to proceed and enable DNT.
• Pepperflash Flash Player plugin updated to version – see our review of Flash Player 11.5 for a full list of changes. Pepperflash is a cross-platform API for plugins for web browsers. According to Google, it is still currently an experimental feature of Chrome so it is odd that it is the only integral player… Early reports from some users report audio and video problems as a result of using Pepperflash. If you encounter issues, try installing the standalone Adobe Flash plugin for non-IE browsers and disabling the Pepperflash plugin. See our guide on disabling Flash plugins to resolve crashes.
HTML5 Score – The HTML5 test score increases by 11 to a total of 448 which keeps Chrome in top place amongst all major browsers tested. For comparison:
Opera 12 – 389
Safari 6 – 378
Firefox 16 – 372
IE9 – 138 (continues Microsoft’s traditional failure to comply with web standards – even the new IE10 in Windows 8 only scores 320…)
RAM Usage – Chrome still uses a lot of RAM because it runs each tab as a separate process. This is good for security and stability but bad for performance on systems with limited memory. In my recent review of memory usage in Firefox, Chrome and IE, Chrome came second – behind Firefox but well ahead of IE9.
The changes in Google Chrome 23 are mostly behind the scenes (security fixes and technical changes) but they can increase battery life on laptops/netbooks and they make it easier to manage website permissions for better privacy and security.
Other major browsers already included DNT as an option (mandatory in IE10) so it is good that Google has joined the party.
2 thoughts on “Google Chrome 23 Released – Longer Battery Life, Easier Permissions, Do Not Track”
1. I am interested in knowing more about Chrome 23: I have used Chrome for years, and am pretty happy with it. I would like to download the update, but I’m told to go to the “hotdog” (Menu) icon: where do I find that icon? Please let me know soon, as I would like to have the most up to date version of Chrome “at my fingertips”.
Thomas Murphy
• chrome updates itself so you likely already have the latest version but it is worth checking – the hotdog icon is what used to be Settings i.e. the 3 horizontal lines icon in the top right corner of chrome.
press that then “about google chrome” and it will tell you if it is up to date, or install the latest version
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What do Joe DiMaggio and birth control pills have to do with AI? And what does a lost submarine have to do with the future of robotics? AIQ is a book written by two statistics professors who attempt to use major moments in the history of war, sports, and data science to demonstrate how AI shapes the world today.
AIQ uses plain English to explain mathematical concepts that underlie the major artificial intelligence trends today, including pattern recognition, prediction, and simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). The original hardcover was released in 2018, and the paperback is out today.
Sprinkled throughout the book are tidbits from business history, such as how Netflix developed its recommendation algorithm and how Google made its image classification model Inception.
The book also contains important figures in data science history such as Abraham Wald, a Jewish refugee whose work on conditional probability helped guard fighter pilots from getting shot down in World War II, knowledge that plays a role in recommendation engines today.
Then there’s Henrietta Leavitt, whose work as a “computer” in the 1800s made it possible for Edwin Hubble to measure the size of the universe. Her prediction rule, devised to identify stars, is applied by Apple, Facebook, and Google today.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65617 | “Please do me a Favor”
Hi 🙂
Before asking you to do me a favor, I would like to share a short story of a Boy and a Girl. This story is about a girl who joined the university, she met a boy who is always kind to her. This story is about few conversation between the girl and the boy before the boy had to move to another city.
“He greeted her ‘Hi’, She didn’t reply.
He gave her a sweet smile, She responded with a sigh.
He showed her the love, he received a shrug.
But when He bid goodbye, She began to cry.”
This reveals that, we don’t need to wait until its too late to tell someone how important they are in your life, how much their presence matters to you. Because when they’re gone, no matter how loud you shout and cry, they won’t hear you anymore. Love the people God gave you because he will need them back one day.
So, I request you to not let go all those people who made you smile, when you don’t even wanted to Smile! Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth. 😀
Now, can you please do me a Favor ? Can you please smile because it suits you. Smile because you’re beautiful, because you’re amazing, because you’re unique, because you can, because tomorrow is a new day, because no matter what you think, someone loves you. Smile because you deserve to.
I hope you always have a reason to Smile 🙂
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1. A very very beautiful and heart warming post..Its true,we know the worth of something/someone when it disappears from our eyes forever… What a miser human being is when it comes to love but generous when its hate…
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65636 | Here’s Why You Should Eat Tilapia After Your Workout
eat tilapia after your workout
Your post-workout meal is an important one. During exercise, muscle protein is degraded, meaning that consuming protein rich foods after exercise is an essential step to help your body replenish itself.
There are an array of readily available protein drinks and bars out there that claim to be fast, easy meal substitutes to enjoy after the gym. Unfortunately, the amount of sugar and fat in these on-the-go snacks can often cancel out the benefit of giving your body nutrients.
Instead of turning to these fast snacks, you should focus on grabbing something with no negative side effects, which is where Tilapia comes in. Fresh Tilapia from Mexico and Honduras is widely available from stores like Kroger, Sprouts, Safeway and Walmart or frozen Krikland Tilapia from Costco and Giant Eagle all contain high amounts of protein with little fat and no mercury or antibiotics making it the perfect post-workout food.
Here are some of the other reasons why you should eat Tilapia after your workout.
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Another word for pry
1. A person who snoops
1. A program that listens in on a network to gather intelligence. A program that listens in on a network to gather intelligence. Pipkin, D.L. Halting the Hacker: A Practical Guide to Computer Security. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2003.
1. To pry into the private affairs of others, especially by prowling about.
2. One who snoops.
1. One who pries, especially a person who is unduly interested in the affairs of others.
Another word for pry
1. To move with a lever
1. A short crowbar with curved ends.
2. To pry (something) open with or as if with a jimmy:
1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To result; end up.
2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To attend; show up.
3. (idiomatic) To extinguish a light or other device
2. To increase the amount or intensity of:
3. To promote to a higher rank.
1. To raise or lift up; elevate.
1. To raise; elevate.
2. To raise to a higher social, intellectual, or moral level or condition.
3. To raise to spiritual or emotional heights; exalt:
1. To raise or lift, especially with great effort or force:
2. To throw (a heavy object) with great effort; hurl:
3. To throw or toss:
1. To raise or haul up, often with the help of a mechanical apparatus.
2. To raise to one's mouth in order to drink:
3. To become raised or lifted.
1. To cause to slope, as by raising one end; incline:
2. To cause to be advantageous to one party rather than another:
3. To aim or thrust (a lance) in a joust.
1. To change in position from one point to another:
2. To follow a specified course:
3. To change posture or position; stir:
2. Something worth striving for; a highly desirable possession.
3. Offered or given as a prize:
2. To remove from a fixed position; extract:
3. To tug at; jerk or tweak:
1. To move to a higher position; elevate:
2. To set in an upright or erect position:
3. To erect or build:
1. To direct or carry from a lower to a higher position; raise:
2. To transport by air:
3. To revoke by taking back; rescind:
2. To move (something) by exerting force against it; thrust or shove:
2. To endeavor to discover; often used with into
1. To look about or survey with unsophisticated wonderment or curiosity.
2. A rubbernecker.
1. A yellowish, amorphous, elastic material, composed almost entirely of an isoprene polymer, obtained from the milky sap or latex of various tropical plants, especially the rubber tree, and vulcanized, pigmented, finished, and modified into products such as electric insulation, elastic bands and belts, tires, and containers.
2. Any of numerous synthetic elastic materials of varying chemical composition with properties similar to those of natural rubber; an elastomer.
3. A low overshoe made of rubber.
1. (idiomatic) To be nosy; to meddle or interfere in the affairs of another.
1. To seek information by asking a question:
2. To make an inquiry or investigation:
3. To ask, especially politely or formally:
2. The sense of smell:
1. To open the mouth wide.
2. To stare wonderingly or stupidly, often with the mouth open.
3. To be or become open or wide:
1. To look directly, fixedly, or vacantly, often with a wide-eyed gaze.
2. To look at directly and fixedly:
3. An intent gaze.
1. One who secretly collects information concerning the enemies of a government or group.
2. One who secretly collects information for a business about one or more of its competitors.
3. One who secretly keeps watch on another or others.
1. To look steadily, intently, and with fixed attention.
2. A steady, fixed look.
2. One who snoops.
1. To glance quickly.
1. To look intently, searchingly, or with difficulty.
2. To be partially visible; show:
1. To utter short, soft, high-pitched sounds, like those of a baby bird; cheep.
2. To speak in a hesitant, thin, high-pitched voice.
3. A short, soft, high-pitched sound or utterance, like that of a baby bird.
1. To make a preliminary examination of (an area or a group, for example), usually by moving around and observing, in order to gather information, especially for military purposes:
2. To make a reconnaissance or preliminary examination.
3. An act of reconnoitering.
1. To search through (something) thoroughly and often roughly:
2. To go through (a place) stealing valuables and causing disarray; pillage:
1. To try to locate or discover; search for:
2. To endeavor to obtain or reach:
3. To go to or toward:
1. To discover something after searching.
1. To move around in, go through, or look through in an effort to find something:
2. To make a careful examination or investigation of; probe:
3. To examine (a person or property) for the purpose of discovering evidence of a crime. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65672 | Overnight Carrot & Apple Breakfast Rolls
I probably mentioned before that I often shy away from yeast bakes. It’s because of the dough rising (or rather not rising) which I have had trouble with before (or maybe I just ran out of patience). But fear is here to overcome, so I keep challenging myself with more yeast based doughs and try […] |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65673 | Talent Acquisition Timebound
4 Things I Learned About Recruitment in 2016
I’m not great with predicting the future. I was pleased to be involved in a webcast with Firefish Software just before Christmas to gaze into an imaginary recruitment-focused crystal ball – but I was a little rebellious. I predicted 2017 would be largely the same as 2016, with some minor changes. Go me. My crystal ball was on the blink.
What I do believe in, is rolling with the punches on being light on my feet. I value what I learn along the way, and ensuring that I am agile enough to evolve easily. So I’d rather look back at what I learned in 2016 and hope it gives some guidance to others, or ignites discussion as to the real life changes in our industry, rather than the mystical ones.
And another thing. I find that innovation comes less from technology, and more from behavioural change; in my opinion. Our challenge is to adopt technology that supports the evolution in human behaviour on a grander scale.
So I’m looking back at 2016. I had a great year. Starting with taking in the Cape Town England v South Africa test in January, and ending in keynoting at HRTechFest in Melbourne, Australia. In the interim, I got to speak and work in Oslo, Amsterdam, Zurich, Edinburgh and Prague – and I might add – had a lot of fun doing it. The best year of my working life. The plight of Europe, the US Presidential race, Bowie and Prince merely were background noise in me getting on with my own stuff.
It was the first full year since stepping away from my agency, CloudNine. My work moved predominantly in-house, and went very much down the avenues of focus and expertise I strived. Talent Attraction, Digital Talent Engagement, Exec Personal & Recruitment Branding, and Content Marketing for recruitment. Bingo. There were other great things that never materialised as I’d like, but then there’s always next year, and the next…
1. My 1st learning of 2016 is around PURPOSE
As I wrote earlier this year; so much of *my* purpose came to life, when I started to understand how the primary energy of talent attraction is aligning purpose, commonality and natural magnetic effect. I’d done it for years, but had never had it articulated effectively as watching Simon Sinek’s terrific TED talk. It also, as my article presents, posed the question of purpose in recruitment. Why the hell does anyone care about we do? Or do they just need us, when they need us – and then “see ya!”?
2. Recruit fans, not just candidates
This was a genuine eureka moment for me. Of course, in portions we’ve been doing it for years. Alongside the ‘purpose’ and ‘culture’ matches, there are other areas of commonality we need to consider. The first, I believe, is ‘does the candidate care one jot about what you (or your client) do as an organisation’. I mean *genuinely* care. Recruitment is hamstrung by the need to fill jobs. When companies are in the trap of chasing candidates to fill jobs, then the board agenda is broken. Progress needs people, but not just any people. Commonly, recruitment teams are responsive to hiring any people to fulfil the pursuit of business progress. Fire-fighting a hay barn. Rarely focused on planning talent attraction of the *right* people, that care about the business.
People are more judgmental and cynical than ever about authority, business, profitability and expressive in their dissatisfaction, thanks to social media and society change. If we target people who already care greatly about what we do, then we collectively build companies of like-minded people, who believe the same things – thus increasing satisfaction on some level.
Where do you find these people…? Well, they are on your digital doorstep. In fact, what if they are actually on your CRM…? Food for thought. (Talk to me!) Moreover, it’s focused, and it’s fun. And for B2B I am asked? – well that’s where I did it first.
3. This one is the most stark… Nobody gives a damn about recruiters!
Oh really? I only learned this in 2016, I hear you say? Yes – I did.
Of course, there is plenty of noise about candidates and HR people hating recruitment people in agencies; and even in-house, the recruiters can be a pain in the arse. But this facade of disgruntlement is merely a drop in the ocean of the real challenge.
What if the C-suite of your company (in-house) doesn’t care who you are and what you think? What if recruitment is merely a support function that can be outsourced, cost-reduced, or even more pertinently – replaced by robots? Is that ok? If you think it is, then you horribly miss the point, and in doing do, seal the fate of recruitment as a viable profession. In September I was at the LikeMinds innovation conference with CEOs, C-Suite people, innovative thinkers and change agents. Each CEO or Founder named the biggest challenge to growth, as the retention and recruitment of the best people. Of 150 people in the conference, only one person representing the Recruiting, Talent Acquisition or HR fraternity. Me. Really?! How can we be significant, when we’re not even at the same table as the CEOs who say that the biggest achilles heel in their organisation, is the very function we provide?
4. Finishing back to a more positive note, my 4th learning is the word ‘GOOSEBUMPS’
Seems strange, but it matters. For this I must give credit to Dave Hazelhurst from Ph.Creative. I read his book ‘Getting Goosebumps’ on my flights to and from Australia and found that he articulated what we used to call ‘The CloudNine Effect’ when I ran my agency. Everything he and Bryan Adams write, I nodded my head at. (That’s Ph.Creative’s Bryan Adams…. not the other one!)
Dave talks about how marketers consider how they can be ‘delighting’ customers; creating experiences that are memorable, and in turn enhancing the brand. Those moments when you create great memories, significant events, and sometimes even fragments of notable insight – depends what turns you on!
Forever more, branding is essential in recruitment marketing and talent attraction. If people care more, if people are more cynical, and seeking more purpose – then we need to speak to them with the values and identity that warms their hearts, makes them *want* to work for us, and with us. I found that this doesn’t primarily come from fussball tables, fresh fruit delivery or creating a ‘fampany’ (vomit) – but from the key people, the quality of your work, or your product. People join companies because you excite them, and they can see themselves working there. So when you seek to attract talent – what are you focusing on? – are you focusing on tasks, or on the people and the purpose of the work? Don’t worry if 80% of people don’t care – you’re only going to choose 5% of the people anyway. The right ones.
So in essence, these were my key learnings of 2016, and the basis of how I communicate with businesses, conferences and conversation on where evolved recruiting is going. They are re-affirmation points, rather than new discoveries, or anything formed by new tech. Tech too often merely makes bad recruitment into more automated bad recruitment. For example, Indeed Prime tells us it will allow a developer to apply for 100 companies in one click. WTF? Where’s the added value in that? The soul behind why we do what we do, and how – matters more in the first instance. Find your optimum operating method, and choose the tech that supports that. There’s great tech that makes the identification and engagement of prospective fans/candidates more natural. Clue: it doesn’t involve job boards.
I hope this has been useful, and for companies looking to grow in 2017, get in touch with me and discuss how I could help. (whoa, there was the soft sales bit…)
Have a great year people. I had an awesome 2016, when I forget what the greater world struggled with. Make your own paths, with the people that can make it matter. Good luck.
By Steve Ward
Steve Ward has been recruiting for over 20 years, and following running his innovative agency CloudNine for 10 years, Steve returned to consulting and now works as a Talent Attraction Strategist for growing companies, helping build effective employer branding and social communications strategies. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65695 | 0:00 / ???
1. Elijah
From the recording Son of A Hero
Morning Lord, bring a new chord from somewhere beneath my skin
Up how the little birds go to swim out on the wind
Laid out on the Earth's floor count the veins in my hand
Through and through he moves me to wake up and try again
Great God, pretend now, humor us with your wit
Color us in sunshine and carry my bodies to rest
Make me `no promises, but make good what you begin
Marry our hands to the twilight swallow every lie they've said
Overcome and underlived
Your hair shuffles with the wind
Elijah, Elijah, Down from all the light
Who is it thats done the hurt on you, in the motel meeting we sleep
Face of ask, pillow cough, someone you need to believe
Chain choke around his neck broke, black like space in my teeth
Meet me out by the fountain, I'll be there when the sun and moon meet
He is a boy from the country
I am a child end to start
The sky is so busy
But it led me to his heart
We Promised not to grow old
And cold and thick in word
Our music it grew darker
This is how our city sounds
When is it you were hurt
When your eyes got changed
I hope it wasn't me
But I am selfish that way
Most of the time you smile
Its because no one understands
How far down you been and seen
Crawled up with your bare and dirty hands
Most of the time we spend thinking
How to impress you from believing
This weakness tied above my neck
This past I don't believe, can't let you see
Most of the time he comes heavy breathing
Dark shirt and a necklace, shoes shining
The weakness tied around his neck
Spend a whole life hiding if you're scared that way
Elijah, Down from the light
I care for you
But we are burning down and down
And taking each other to ash
I let you go and you will sink
I let me go
And I got a chance to escape me
I want you by my side
But we are sinking this whole town
And my lungs are thick and wet
I take your hand across my chess
And let it fall
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65708 | TIME's Joe Klein: NY-26 A "Victory For Socialism"--GOP Candidate Will Be Like Mass Executioner "Robespierre"
Posted: May 26, 2011 3:49 PM
All the headlines from this MSNBC segment have focused on the "victory for socialism" comment.
The lack of historical knowledge, especially knowledge involving the French Revolution, allows TIME's political columnist, Joe Klein to label the Republican presidential candidate "Robespierre" without Americans immediately calling for his apology.
In essence, Klein wishes he could use the "Hitler" or "Stalin" label for the Republican presidential candidates but realizes this would get him in too much trouble. Instead, this creepy-smiled clown uses the man who is known to have led the most radical and bloody organization in French history: the Jacobins? [Under Robespierre's command, the slaughter and mass executions of some 40,000 people were appropriately labeled the "Reign of Terror."]
The guillotine became the symbol of this period and is pretty much the only thing to have preserved in the consciences of Americans today.
That said--and his socialism comment aside--would you say Joe Klein's comment was maybe a teensy-weensy bit over the top?
The media steam-roller moves on into 2012... |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65742 | Posts tagged ‘Atom’
This could be a kick-ass action movie.
And she burns the tape!
Detective 468 – The Calculator vs Batman
Detective 463 – Black Spider debuts, and the Calculator vs the Atom
It’s Batman vs Spider-Man! Nope, not even close. Detective 463 (Sept. 76) introduces the Black Spider, a murderous vigilante, created by Gerry Conway, Ernie Chan and Frank McLaughlin.
It’s a 2-part story, and this first issue spends much of it’s time setting up the antagonist. Batman and Gordon are pursuing leads in Gotham’s drug trade, but the dealers they are after keep getting murdered.
Batman manages to confront the Black Spider towards the end of the story. Despite his name, and his web-swinging appearance on the cover, mostly he shoots people.
The Black Spider manages to get away from Batman, leaving him on a tarmac in front of a landing plane.
The story concludes next issue.
Technically, this is a one-shot back-up story featuring the Atom, but really, it is the start of a six-part story introducing the Calculator. Bob Rozakis, Mike Grell and Terry Austin provide the art for this instalment.
In Ivy Town, the Calculator attacks a scientist who has invented an earthquake predicting machine. Throughout this run, the Calculator would steal things on “the day they were worth the most.” In this one, he steals the scientist’s life on the day of his big success.
The Atom captures the Calculator, but the villain does not seem to mind. He presses a button on his keypad, and happily plots his next crime while in prison.
Detective 432 – Batman and the torn up money, and the Atom begins
Dick Giordano does the cover art for Detective 432 (Feb. 73), while Frank Robbins, Bob Brown and Murphy Anderson tell the tale of a distinct lack of trust among thieves. I am tempted to say this story is inspired by the opening half hour or so of “Diamonds are Forever,” as the plots are almost the same.
After a man is murdered during a mugging, Batman discovers that the briefcase the man was carrying contains a million dollars in bills torn in half. With Commissioner Gordon, they deduce that this is the loot from a major robbery, committed by an entire gang. Batman impersonates the dead man, taking the torn money to follow the trail.
Batman avoids the exploding rental car the man was meant to die in, and follows the girl who set him up, after she grabs the money. But she gets taken out next, and Batman continues to follow the new killer.
The gang had torn the loot so that no one could run off with it, but their continued distrust of each other turned them against each other, so in the end Batman simply has to nab the sole survivor. They made it easy on him, really.
The Atom story in this issue, by Elliot S! Maggin and Murphy Anderson, was meant to begin a rotating position in Detective, as with Jason Bard, Elongated Man and Hawkman, but the suspension of the rotating back-ups a few months down the road meant that this was his only tale in Detective at this time. A few years down the road, the Atom would return to Detective, but his solo series ran more often in Action Comics in the 70s and 80s.
Jean Loring’s client announces on the witness stand that he will vanish, and promptly does so. Ray Palmer recognizes the lights that accompanied his disappearance as those from the Time Pool, and goes to see Profesor Hyatt, who tells him of its unusual behaviour. As the Atom, Ray descends into the Time Pool on the track of the vanishing thief.
He winds up in Chicago, just minutes before the outbreak of the Great Fire, and though he finds the man, the time trip has driven him insane. He winds up dying in the past, so although Ray solves the mystery, he has nothing to show for it. Still, the story is entertaining and the art, particularly the splash page, is top drawer.
Detective 368 – the Wonder Crimes, and Elongated Man teams with the Atom
The story in Detective 368 (Oct. 67) pits Batman and Robin against a gang attempting to commit crimes that reflect the seven wonders of the ancient world. Because committing crimes just isn’t enough for them.
Gardner Fox, Sheldon Moldoff and Joe Giella are the creative team. It takes Batman and Robin a while to figure out the logic behind the unusual crimes in odd locations.
Once Batman figures out the connection to the wonders, he is able to figure out the location of their next crime, and they round up the gang.
Elongated Man and the Atom team up against Chronos in this Gardner Fox story, with art by Gil Kane and Sid Greene.
Ralph and Sue are in Ivy Town, and Ralph stops to get his watch fixed, only to discover the Atom trapped in the gears of a clock. He helps free him, and learns of the Atom’s fight against Chronos, who vowed vengeance on him and the watch maker after being defeated by them in the Atom’s book.
While the Atom ditches Ralph to go after Chronos, Ralph follows anyway, coming across a gang of hoods intending to steal from Chronos. Ralph rounds them up, and though the two heroes smile at each other, you have to wonder about the Atom’s brush off.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65783 | A Year in Space
Space Food
Clip: Season 1 | 55s
In the world of zero gravity of the International Space Station, making dinner can be tricky. Astronauts must rely on surface tension, Velcro and crafty planning to prepare their meals. A Year in Space premieres Wednesday, March 2, 2016, 8/9c on PBS. #YearInSpace
Aired: 03/02/16
Rating: TV-PG
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65806 | New Plame Theory
NEW PLAME THEORY….A few people have emailed to ask what I thought of Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball’s article in Newsweek that proposed a new theory about one aspect of the Plame affair. I ignored it yesterday because I didn’t think there was much to it, but since I’ve obviously dedicated myself to 24/7 Plame blogging, I guess I should at least link to it.
Basically, the article suggests that contrary to what the Washington Post’s source told them, the Plame leaker didn’t contact six journalists to try and spread the story. Rather, only Robert Novak was contacted, and the other six were contacted after Novak’s column was printed.
I’m not sure it matters that much, but in any case their only evidence for this is that Joseph Wilson was not contacted by any reporters until after Novak’s column ran. That strikes them as odd. But since those six reporters apparently decided not to pursue the story, the lack of calls to Wilson strikes me as not only not odd, but exactly what you’d expect. Why contact Wilson for a story you’re not interested in?
(Isikoff and Hosenball also imply that there’s lots of high level gossip that backs up their theory. Maybe so, but that’s hard to evaluate, and in any case, as Atrios points out, there’s at least one other journalist who was contacted before Novak’s column ran. For now I’m going to stay agnostic on this.)
But this is also a good excuse to write about something I’ve been wondering about for a while: if there really are six journalists who were contacted about this, why haven’t they come forward? I don’t mean come forward to reveal their source, I just mean come forward to write a piece saying that they were contacted about this. It would be a good story, it’s clearly news, and it’s not breaking any confidentiality agreements. After all, their source wanted them to write about this.
It seems like there are a few possibilities:
• There aren’t six other journalists. The Post’s source just got it wrong.
• The journalists are all reliable conservatives, and now that the scandal has broken open they are staying quiet because they don’t want to undermine the administration.
• For some reason, they feel that even identifying themselves as leakees would violate source confidentiality in some way. Or else they’re just chicken and don’t want to run the risk of being served a subpoena.
Just wondering.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65819 | Writing for the web – make it easy to skim and scan
Internet users want to assess your web page quickly for areas of interest. They often don’t want to read every word on your page. When writing for the web, you must make your content easy to skim and scan, so users can quickly find points of interest. This will keep them on your page reading longer.
First impressions are important
Your visitors form an opinion of your webpage within a few seconds. If they don’t get a good first impression, they will exit without a second glance – probably never to return.
Visitors are more likely to stay on your page if you make it EASY to SCAN the page for areas of interest.
How Users read on the Web
The way users read on the Web is different from the way they read printed pages. People rarely read word-by-word on the Web. Internet users scan a page until they find something of interest, and then they read.
Read a sample chapter titled “How we really use the Web” from Steve Krug’s book Don’t Make Me Think
Eye-tracking how users read on the web
Eye-tracking studies can tell whether users are reading or scanning a webpage.
Eye-tracking Research
Eye-tracking studies can tell whether users are reading or scanning a webpage. Heat-zone maps show red areas where users look the most, yellow areas where they look less, and blue areas where they look the least. The grey areas in the image below to the left show where they don’t look at all.
How are heat-zone maps produced? Eye-tracking technology uses eye trackers to bounce infrared light off a user’s eyes and follow the reflections to determine where the eyes are looking.
Research Results
In his article on How Users Read on the Web, respected usability expert Jakob Nielsen summarises the results of research studies which show that :-
• Over 79% of Internet users read by scanning rather than reading word by word
• Users tend to skim the first one or two sentences of each paragraph when scanning text
• Users tend to scan until they find something interesting and then they read
tip-32Make your article easy to skim and scan.
Writing for the web to keep your readers on your page longer
The most common mistake that web writers make is failing to write web content in an appropriate style to suit today’s Internet users. Make your article easy to read and scan. This will keep your readers on your page for longer.
Today’s savvy internet users are often busy and impatient for results. They find reading from their computer screen is tiring. They tend to suffer from information overload. So they want to be able to assess your web page quickly for areas of interest. By making this easy for them, you will keep them reading longer.
Arrange your content so that users can ignore large blocks of text at a time.
Help your readers keep reading
Write web content that is easy to skim and scan
1 Start with your Conclusion
Start your webpage with your conclusion. Write an introduction which is a concise overview of your article. This can be useful not only for your webpage visitors, because it allows them to quickly assess whether they want to read your article in full; it is also helpful for search engines.
2 Use Meaningful Headings
Arrange all your content under meaningful headings so users can quickly skip to the next section of interest. Headings which are keyword-rich will help boost your position in search engine results.
3 Make every Paragraph easy to skim and scan
– Limit each paragraph to one key concept.
– Summarise this key concept in the first sentence or two.
This way users can safely skip a paragraph without missing a key point in your article.
4 Use Bullet points and lists
Users find it easier to read when content is presented with bullet points and numbered lists.
3 B’s to make your article easy to read
1 Be concise. Reduce your word-count to about 50% of what you would write for print – this is all that users are prepared to read on the Internet.
2 Be factual. Avoid jargon and marketing fluff. Users prefer a style that is factual and objective.
3 Be direct. Come straight to the point. Where appropriate, address your reader directly as “you”.
Users like images on a webpage
The popularity of many websites which are image-rich (think of news sites) seems to indicate that most users like to see images on a page. Text alone can be boring, while the right images can set the appropriate tone and bring a page to life. Even icons and thumbnail images can help break up long tracts of text. The important thing is that the images are relevant or helpful in some way. Here are some comments from my users:
• Self-Belief catTo me, images make or break the presentation of web material. They should of course be meaningful and relevant to the text, not just decorative. They are even more of an improvement if they illustrate some aspect of the subject material that is difficult to put into words. Images … yes, yes, yes!
–DavidGS (June 2011)
• billImages will always spruce up a presentation – but with the warning that there can be too much of a good thing. Obviously, when the image illustrates a point, it can help the reader. There can be no ‘ruler’ for how many images there should be. It is a matter of taste. And, what works for one reader might turn another off.
Two other points I would make about images: They can bring out an emotion that can move the reader closer to the subject at hand. Also, they can be an opportunity for the reader to pause – a slight rest. So long as the image isn’t distracting, it can refresh the reader and help them return their attention to the article.
–Bill Cobb (June 2011)
• Simple but POWERFUL web writing technique
These tips sound simple, but don’t be deceived – they are powerful. Put these tips into practice, and :-
• Users will find your page easier to read and scan
• It will keep them reading longer – this can translate into more sales and more returning visitors
So how do you get started, now that you understand the theory?
Steps to get started when writing a new article
1. Do your Keyword Research
Do your keyword research first. Many of us fall into the trap of thinking that after we publish a webpage, the search engines will find it and send us lots and lots of visitors without any further effort on our part. In reality, this approach can leave you stranded with hardly a visitor. It is common knowledge in web writing circles that it pays to do keyword research before you write your content. This helps you determine what keywords you should include in your content to generate more traffic to your webpage from search engines. Google provides a free tool to help you do this. It is not difficult to do, though it can be a time-consuming task.
videoHow to do keyword research using Google adwords tool – This 7-minute youtube video from www.internetmarketingsmarts.com will show you how to do keyword research (this link opens in a new tab in your browser).
2. Write an overview
Write an overview/concise summary of the article you intend to write. A summary can serve many purposes:-
• It can help you focus your thinking about your subject matter.
• It can be inserted at the top of your webpage content to allow users to quickly assess whether your content holds points of interest.
• Depending on your audience groups, it can provide an executive overview for readers who want only a quick summary.
• It should be keyword-rich, and when it is positioned at the top of your page, it helps Google and other search engines to determine what your most important keywords are.
3. Start with headings
Create an outline of your planned content by writing your headings first. Your article title and your headings should be keyword-rich. Ideally, by reading your headings, your users will get an overview of your article’s content. Headings have two benefits:-
• Headings help your readers skim and scan your content
• Keywords in titles and headings carry more weight with Google than keywords in your content
4. Create a separate article for each keyword phrase
If your article is going to cover several subjects, consider breaking it up into multiple articles, so that each article has one main topic and one set of related keywords.
5. Include only one key concept per paragraph
Limit each paragraph to one key concept, and start the paragraph with that point. (Research has shown that “Users tend to skim the first one or two sentences of each paragraph when scanning text).
6. Review the following 10 tips
Review the 10 Tips for Writing Good Content
See also:-
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2. Otis Brown December 4, 2019
Hi Jana,
I found this article to be most helpful as I grow my business. This article is bookmarked for future use. I will keep you posted as to the effectiveness of my writing.
Thank you for sharing.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/65821 | smart phone
June 18, 2018 - 5:23 pm
Do you miss the WEEI Live app? Or just want quick access to scores and articles? Then you should add WEEI to your phone's home screen. Once you do, you'll essentially have a new app that will take you right to's homepage with one click. From there, you can check the score of any...
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