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Selection Bias in College Admissions Test Scores
Data from college admissions tests can provide a valuable measure of student achievement, but the non-representativeness of test-takers is an important concern. We examine selectivity bias in both state-level and school-level SAT and ACT averages. The degree of selectivity may differ importantly across and within schools, and across and within states. To identify within-state selectivity, we use a control function approach that conditions on scores from a representative test. Estimates indicate strong selectivity of test-takers in "ACT states," where most college-bound students take the ACT, and much less selectivity in SAT states. To identify within- and between-school selectivity, we take advantage of a policy reform in Illinois that made taking the ACT a graduation requirement. Estimates based on this policy change indicate substantial positive selection into test participation both across and within schools. Despite this, school-level averages of observed scores are extremely highly correlated with average latent scores, as across-school variation in sample selectivity is small relative to the underlying signal. As a result, in most contexts the use of observed school mean test scores in place of latent means understates the degree of between-school variation in achievement but is otherwise unlikely to lead to misleading conclusions.
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Does Open Solaris have central software repo Ubuntu? What kind of software can be used to fetch package from that repo and install into my machine?
If you're running the actual OpenSolaris distro (i.e.
Other distros based on OpenSolaris have their own packaging systems, such as apt in Nexenta.
Joyent doesn't actually run the OpenSolaris distro, but their own custom variant of the now-discontinued Solaris Express Community Edition distro - I believe they provide their own package repositories for their users, but I don't know the details.
Try Nexenta. It's debian userland on top of the opensolaris kernel, so it includes apt.

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On my category list there are none showing.
Just get:Categories:
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All is a link shows a page:
http://www.bkdesign.ca/index.php?cat=all that is the same as b4 page.
Bug? The 1.01 release was fine.
On my category list there are none showing.
Just get:Categories:
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All is a link shows a page:
http://www.bkdesign.ca/index.php?cat=all that is the same as b4 page.
Bug? The 1.01 release was fine.
You guys are awesome! As a designer? I expected some, and that's ok.
I think of all the time and work put into this and like to check them out. I actually have switched from Movable Type to WordPress a couple days ago, and report on my site that it is one of the best CMS available. The new photo thumbnail option puts it over the top in my books.
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lol, I replaced the whole thing with what u said and it works great.
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I happened to find that answer on my own this morning, after installing a nightly to a fresh location, for testing purposes.
Though it doesn't use Nice URIs like I like it to, it will at least tide me over until they release a fix in another nightly. :D
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-Ahaha, I was thinking of the old categories tag - they just recently introduced this _e('blaaaah!'), and I haven't memorized it yet. As a result, my old templates use the tag I mentioned looking for.
Complete and total reflex. :P
Flyin through a bit of a storm with switching to WP and php, but is leveling out a little now. Have to get the php tutorial goin...Wanting styleswitcher added a lot of work doing 3 sheets simultaneously, lol, but only me to blame there.
Nice program :-)
Anyone have a fix for this other than a drop down? It's ok for now, but...:-)
the 4-27 nightly apparently fixes categories again. Let's just see what it's broken instead. :D
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You guys fixed that fast.
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AbstractThe goal of this project is to investigate the feasability of a unique sampling method that will lead to the development of a reagentless infrared (IR) based BW agent detection system. The current JPBDS uses lateral flow immunoassay technology as the final step in detecting bioagents, and has a detection limit of 10^5 spores/ml[ref 1]. Preliminary data from our infrared approach indicates a minimum detection limit of 1-2 orders in magnitude lower than these hand held assays. In collaboration with the JSAWM program, we are developing an IR spectroscopic method for chemical agent detection. Clearly there is an attraction for using the same platform for chemical and biological agent detection. The challenge for realization of an IR based bio-detection system is to develop the sampling methodology that will enable concentration of aerosol and water based BW agents in order to achieve the high sensitivity and speed of response.
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Community Mourns The Loss Of Bill TooheyBaltimore's media community, family and friends are mourning the loss of Bill Toohey, the director of communications for the governor's officer of crime control and prevention.
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The prettiest game you'll ever paint.
So how did a wolf that looks like it stepped out of a traditional Japanese painting become the subject of Inaba's latest venture? Blame it on the technical deficiencies of the PS2. Originally, Inaba was seeking to make a photo-realistic game after he finished Viewtiful Joe, but once he realized that he would not be able to achieve the quality he was striving for with the current generation of hardware, he scrapped that idea. As he and his friend were brainstorming alternate possibilities, his friend (who was doodling on a notebook) came up with a sketch that eventually became Okami's main character, Amaterasu.
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The game's appearance is unique--it's like watching a painting in motion as Amaterasu darts around the landscape, flowers and plants springing from beneath her feet as she runs. Happily, the gameplay mechanic ties in with the game's look. Most of the action in the game is actually dictated by your skill with a paintbrush. For example, we came to a bridge that had collapsed, so we flipped into drawing mode, used our celestial brush, and filled in the missing portion. The celestial brush can also be used in combat. While we could head-butt the first batch of enemies we came across, it was also possible to go to drawing mode, paint a slash through the center of an enemy, and then return to action mode and watch him split in half. The pen always gets a big rep for being mightier than the sword, but in the case of Okami, we'd have to say our money's on the brush.
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* Amaterasu is the name of the Shinto sun goddess; it means "she who shines in heaven."
* The Japanese word for "wolf" is "okami."
*"Yamato-e" is the general term used to describe Japanese-style painting.
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You'll learn several types of brush strokes as the game progresses. Though we saw only two--one to fill in empty spaces and one to slice items in half--there will be 13 total.
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Robert LeGore Nichols, Sr., 78, of Grandview, Mo. passed away July 1, 2012 at home. Visitation 6-7 pm, memorial service following at 7 pm, Tuesday, July 10, at McGilley & George Funeral Home in Grandview. Inurnment in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Higginsville at a later date. Contributions suggested to KC Hospice.
Bob was born July 16, 1933, in Leavenworth, Kan. to Goodsel and Nelly Brandow Nichols. He married Mary Jo Ligenza on July 23, 1955. They moved to El Paso, TX. shortly after where Bob was station in the U.S. Air Force. He made a career as an Air Craft Mechanic. They had their first child, Theresa Rene April 25, 1956, and a son, Robert Jr. September 2, 1959.
Preceded in death by his wife, Mary Jo on November 23, 2010, and brothers, Charles and Benjamin.
Survived by daughter Theresa Ross and husband Steve, Land of Lakes, Wis.; son, Robert Jr. and wife Tracey, granddaughters, Courtney and Christin, Raymore, Mo.; sister in law Cynthia Henry; nephew Brian Stephens; Bobs two cats Rocky and Flower. Condolences may be left at www.mcgilleygeorgegrandview.com. Arrangements: McGilley & George Funeral Home 12913 Grandview Rd Grandview, MO 64030 (816-966-0250)
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Adding inclusions like vegetables, fruits, nuts, and meats to bread loaves and rolls is usually done either during the initial mixing stage or during shaping. When you should add the inclusions really depends on how large the ingredients are and how you want them distributed in the final loaf. When adding inclusions at the initial mix it is advisable to add ...
You can freeze (as < 0 °C / 32 °F) bread and it will last longer. As @FuzzyChef answered, there's even a whole "just baked bread" industry using that method. The main problem with taking a piece of bread at room temperature and freeze it, is that it must go through the 0~5 °C / 32~41 °F zone. That is the temperature at which bread stales faster (as ...
Almost any kind of bread freezes well. Foccacia is no exception, and if your recipe has a high olive oil content, that will even help it resist staleness from freezing and thawing. I suggest that you underbake the loaves you plan to freeze slightly (such as by 5 minutes). This allows you to reheat them by baking them at full temperature. This is called ...
I do agree with NadjaCS's point of "olive oil that is drizzled over the top". I know with some pastry's you add multiple dimples to stop it rising. I could see the dimples in a Focaccia being used to keep the bread flatter.
I have read that the dimples are there to catch the olive oil that is drizzled over the top (sometimes water may also be sprayed) before baking. The little pools of olive oil soak in and further enhance the crust texture and flavor.
The theory is unlikely. The interior of dough rarely gets more than a few degrees above boiling, and it usually "stalls" for a significant amount of time in the 210-212F range. The only way to go above that is to dry the dough out completely, resulting in a cracker-like consistency. That's the reason why the crust has a different texture, color, etc. than ...
I would simply add it near the end baking. If you add it at the beginning it will almost certainly burn, as you said. Pop it on 5 minutes or so before you need to take the bread out and the honey will have a chance to 'bed in' and the almonds will toast a little (if that's what you want).
I would not use water. I would mix the honey and almonds with some butter. If you were going to bake at 350F or lower, you could brush on before baking. Focaccia is typically baked at significantly higher temperature and the honey and almonds would surely get too dark. There is a honey glaze on these dinner rolls. You could add the almonds and glaze during ...
The easiest method, and most common in a commercial setting, would be to add a small amount of yeast in addition to the sourdough starter. You will probably have to reformulate a bit, as the dough will mature faster leaving the starter less time to develop flavor. This is usually overcome by also increasing the proportion of starter (and adjusting the final ...
If you want high fat, there's a regional thing in West Virgnia of 'pepperoni rolls', which you can use as a basic dough and technique. You could likely adapt it for other fatty foods ... except for the bacon; I wouldn't use bacon, even if you pre-cooked it first, just because it'd be too firm. For the bacon, I'd cook it, break it into bits, and then stir ...
Short answer: no, you cannot without radically changing the recipe until it is something completely different. See my answer here for more information: http://cooking.stackexchange.com/a/32294/14401
The best way is to par bake the bread (until it's solid but not browned - about 50% of the cooking time) then freeze. If you let the par baked bread cool to room temperature and then freeze it unwrapped until it is hard. Once it's frozen wrap it in cling film (plastic wrap) and aluminium foil
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In a labratory. A solution of Ammonium chloride was given, for us to find the concentration by techniques of back titration. NaOH was added to the diluted ammonium chloride and heated. Then Titrated with HCL adding few drops of bromocresol green indicator. Colour turned yellow.
the general procedure was:
1. Weigh accurately the sample and place in a 250 ml volumetric flask then use
2 .25 ml of NaOH in a pipette for the titrations
3.Pipette 50 ml of standard sodium hydroxide into three 25ml conical flask followed by 25 ml, by pipette, of the solution of the ammonium salt.
4. After boiling, titrate against standardized HCl solution
Molarity of NaOH= 0.0948M
Mass of Ammonium salt – 1.3257g
1st Titration of NaOH and HCL
Burette reading – 24.95 ml
2nd Titration of NaOH (excess) and HCL
Burette reading = 24.6 ml
1.the concentration of the ammonium ion in the solution as molarity g/L-1
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Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences - Earth and Planetary Sciences
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Recent laboratory investigations have shown that rotation and (streamwise) curvature can have spectacular effects on momentum transport in turbulent shear flows. A simple model that takes account of these effects (based on an analogy with buoyant flows) utilises counterparts of the Richardson number Rg and the Monin-Oboukhov length. Estimates of Rg for meanders in ocean currents like the Gulf Stream show it to be of order 1 or more, while laboratory investigations reveal strong effects even at |Rg|∼0·1. These considerations lead to the conclusion that at a cyclonic bend in the Gulf Stream, a highly unstable flow in the outer half of the jet rides over a highly stable flow in the inner half. It is conjectured that the discrepancies noticed between observation and the various theories of Gulf Stream meanders, and such phenomena as the observed detachment of eddies from the Gulf Stream, may be due to the effects of curvature and rotation on turbulent transport.
KeywordsTurbulent flows effect of curvature and rotation ocean currents Gulf Stream meanders
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Senate has approved five
trustees that Gov. Bob Riley selected for Troy University.
The Senate voted Thursday to approve the governor's reappointment of Montgomery lobbyist Lamar Higgins, former state Sen. Gerald Dial of Lineville, state Banking Superintendent John Harrison of Luverne and state Farm Insurance executive Karen Carter of Birmingham as Troy trustees.
\The Senate also approved the governor's appointment of retired Air Force Gen. Ed Crowell of Pike Road to the Troy board.
All the Troy appointments except Dial's were passed 29-0. The Senate voted 12-9 for Dial.


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The bed inflates quickly to the firmness that you dial in and then shuts off automatically. We would unplug the pump once inflated, and it would take a few days (nights) of 2 large adults sleeping on it before we would plug it back in to pump it back up a bit more. It deflates quickly and easily using the large (4 inch?) valve, and the pump won't get lost because it is built into the bed. It's more comfortable than any pull out couch I've ever slept on, and better than some standard beds. It uses standard sheets (we passed on the 14" model because you had to have sheets for extra tall mattresses. The ony downside is unavoidable - if you don't want it firm - then stay away from the edges because you'll roll off.
Have been sleeping on an air mattress since October of 2010. First one deflated (Unexpectedly) in the middle of the night this past January. Went to local WalMart and bought another one. It NEVER held air. Had to re-inflate EVERY single night before going to bed, and next morning, I was always touching bottom as mattress had lost so much air. Bought this one hoping it would be the solution. To date, I have slept on it every night since the purchase (about a month ago) have never had to add any air to it. Sleeps like a dream! Love the built in pump to inflate. Would definitly purchase this one again!!!
on july 24,2010 i paid $324.66 for the 22" raised aerobed. the bed arrived around the ist of august and i opened the box to insure the contents were correct. on august 11 i inflated the bed because it was going to be used on august 13. the bed inflated and within one hour it deflated. no sound of leaking air no obvious problems, it just deflated. opened the valve, closed valve,reinflated and same result. did this 4 times. same result. rushed to dicks sporting goods to get a blow up bed $59.00 because it is needed today. will now try to return the defective product and get my money back. very disatisfied customer.
We purchased this bed about 4 years ago to use as an extra for guests. We also use it for ourselves when an extra bed is needed. It blows up quickly to the firmness we like. It retains its firmness until we release the air. We also purchased the electric heated cover for the mattress so is cozy in the winter. Everyone who has ever slept on it commented on how comfortable the bed is. Love the bag to store it in or to carry it to another house...we have loaned it out as a guest bed to others!
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It's not enough. I want more. If I'm going to buy a monthly comic book, instead of waiting for a trade paperback compilation, then I want creators to pack in as much story and development as possible. It isn't enough to just meander delightfully through 20-24 pages without anything much happening, I'm not buying these comics just for a relaxing atmosphere change, I want escapism, story development, progress. I want more.
There weren't any special shops to buy comics in when I was a little girl, so it was rare for me to be able to read a continuous run of any comic book. At the time that didn't matter too much, because stories were usually complete in one issue. If there was anything you needed to know from previous stories, there'd be a little editors note in the bottom corner of the pertinent panel and (f you wanted to bother) you could look for that back issue. Most of the time this wasn't necessary though, because the stories usually wrapped up in that one issue.
Now I understand that comic books are more sophisticated today and I applaud the longer, more elaborate stories that are we have come to expect. However, the fact that it is now considered the norm to stretch a story over multiple issues, can mean that writers are sometimes expected to use unnecessarily languorous storytelling. Dragging out plots which could be better suited to a single issue, capped with a decent cliffhanger to keep us coming back would be a welcome change. If a story does stretch out over months of comic books, writers need to be considerate of their readers, and pace the books accordingly, packing in enough content to keep each individual issue interesting. Writers cannot simply write for the compilation, assuming that no one will mind if nothing happens in a given month.
Lately I've been very happy with Hellblazer and I think a lot of that is to do with Peter Milligan's marvelous return to form. While the elaborate storylines continue over months, each issue is satisfyingly packed with individual character development, storyline progression, action and tension. He is good at it, he's been doing it for a long time and back when he started, people only bought monthly comic books (for the most part), so writers never wrote for the compilation. Milligan, and other writers of with his experience, don't seem to shy away from complications and intricacies in their plots. They understand that these are actually essential elements of any ongoing story.
Another thing that comic books used to do when they were harder to find, was cater to first time readers, just in case they didn't know the back story. Now in an ideal world, the first issue of an ongoing comic book ought to tell enough of a story to be a satisfying and complete introduction to the characters, their world, and their struggles. Unfortunately most of the comic books which have so far been released as part of DC's "new 52″, are just randomly started mid-story, hardly any of them have been a decent introduction to new readers. This is a shame, since many new readers and readers who haven't read comics for years are expressing an interest. However, they find themselves reading a confusing mixture of disconnected individuals behaving inexplicably, which is hardly a #1 by anyone's definition.
Out of all of the new DC #1's that have been coming out over the last few weeks only Animal Man had a true introduction page. Notably, it has been widely lauded as one of the best of the new 52. Perhaps these things aren't disconnected. Unfortunately, that recap was a text block, making poor use of the medium, so although clearly people appreciated this recap, it could have been pushed a little further by being an actual comic book and using appropriate sequential art to tell the story. The only recent new #1 which has had a classic-style comic page of intro/recap has been Marvel's new Daredevil #1, and as I've mentioned in previous columns, this is a book which would actually be extremely appropriate for new readers.
Generally, as mainstream publishers seek to draw in new readers to monthly comic books, more attention has to be paid to creating satisfying single issues. It isn't enough to complain that people don't read them, then create single issues that just don't work outside of a compilation. If there are concerns about the viability of this industry in the future, then the onus is on the publishers and the creators to work with the restrictions of the medium instead of fighting it.
I agree with this so much. Today's comic creators do in 6 issues what used to be done in one or 2 issues. I can't read monthly comics anymore. I have to wait for the trade to get a complete story. Comics are more expensive than ever and they have less story and content than ever before. The first issue of a comic today is like watching the beginning of a TV episode up to the first commercial break. Then you have to wait 30 days for the next 10 minutes of the episode. No one who doesn't already loves comics would want to start reading such decompressed stories. It wouldn't be so bad if comics were weekly, but they're monthly.
I remember loving Ultimate Spider-Man in trade, but when I caught up to the series and started buying single issues I hated it. I got so little story and had to wait a month for the next tiny chunk of story. I gave up on the series after that. I've completely given up on monthly comics, except for TMNT. Waiting for trades is much cheaper and more enjoyable.
Yes, wait for the trade. Content-wise in many comics monthly issues have become obsolete, accept it.
There are exceptions but chances are you won't find Marvel or DC logo in their covers.
I've been screaming this (to whoever wants to listen) for years.
Whenever I read all of these "new" concepts and ideas from either Marvel & DC, ideas and concepts that are supposed to somehow drive back readers to their books, whether it's this whole line reboot at DC or Marvel's many cross line events, they NEVER address the actual problem with the modern day monthly comic.
All they are, are CHAPTERS for a novel. That's it. That's all you get, you lucky comic book buyer, for your $2.99 or $3.99 (or more) per month. You don't get a story with a beginning or a middle or an end. You just get a chapter from a larger story.
Why the hell would anyone be stupid enough to pay that much for an incomplete piece? For just a bit from a larger story?
And DC and Marvel aren't the only ones' guilty of this tactic. Sim did it for years with Cerebus and the bros. Hernandez did it back in the day of their monthly Love & Rockets comics.
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I can't swear this is accurate . . . but I once saw a rumor to the effect that when Brian Michael Bendis was first selected to write the new "Ultimate Spider-Man" title, the editorial plan was that he should do it much the same way Spidey had originally been handled after he debuted in the early 1960s.
The idea seems to have been that after Ultimate Peter's origin story had been retold and he started getting a feel for his powers, the title would supposedly settle down into a situation where "each issue is one complete story" as the default — with rare exceptions. There would be ongoing humorous subplots and so forth to provide a sense of "continuity" from one issue to the next, but a typical villain would appear, scuffle with Peter, and ultimately get defeated, all within the pages of the same monthly issue! The same way Stan Lee and Steve Ditko did it in the first few years of "The Amazing Spider-Man"!
Obviously, that wasn't even remotely close to Bendis's preferred storytelling style — and according to the rumor, by the time the editors realized that he had no intention of ever doing it that way, they didn't feel like fighting him about it (nor firing him). I'm guessing that the sales on the first few issues of "Ultimate Spidey" were good enough to make them reconsider their strategy?
Which meant, as I understand it, that they were just shrugging and throwing away part of the original game plan for making the new Spidey title more "accessible" and "user-friendly" for any new reader who just happened to pick up, let's say, #10 in a store without knowing anything about what had happened in the previous nine issues!
If you could marry the density of comics of the silver age with the sophistication of modern comics it would change the game completely.
Unfortunately, you have lazy writers at Marvel and DC (for the most part) who like getting six checks for a story instead of two to five checks.
Indeed; I've been saying this for years, but in particular it's come up recently in conversations with people who defend certain books in the DC relaunch with the "Stick around, they're building up to something" argument.
If they can't hook me in issue #1, that's not my fault, and I'm certainly not OBLIGATED to spend $3 on #2, or #3, or #4, on the hopes of some payoff someday.
Batman's origin story was 2 pages. Hulk's was 13, plus a splash page, leaving 10 more pages for his first supervillain fight. And the idea that that kind of density wouldn't fly in this era of "widescreen" storytelling — well, there are probably dozens of 8-page Hellboy stories that say otherwise. And while I haven't picked up Perez's Superman #1, the reviews indicate that's exactly the kind of book it is, 20 pages of Perez cramming as much detail into as many panels as he can.
I like the big, splashy Bryan Hitch style. But good God, it's not the ONLY way to tell a story!
Neither, not to put too fine a point on it, is 20 pages leading up to a big cliffhanger splash page, building toward a 6-issue arc for a trade.
My favorite books right now are Dark Horse Presents and Sergio Aragones Funnies. I would like to see more books like them.
Eh, I don't care how long the story is, as long as the authors get to tell it the way they want to.
Be it ten pages, single issues, two-parters, six-parters, twelve-parters or whole runs.
I was a big buyer of comic series in the late 70's, 80's, and up until the mid 90's. Now I pretty much just buy only trades. After reading these current DCNU books it made me certain that I was right to stick to trades. All these people were crowing about Animal Man #2 being so amazing but it did seem to be rather thin for the price point. A good story is a good thing but paying a premium for it is not good.
Sonia, I've been saying the same thing for years.
I'm sick of reading comics where pages and pages go by and nothing happens. This whole "Fear Itself" storyline could have been told better in just two or three issues. The current Justice League reboot appears to be stretching its origin out over six issues, when it would have been more effective done-in-one.
Compare a couple pages of Ditko's Spider-Man to whoever Marvel has drawing him this week. You'll quickly see that these days we pay 25 times as much and meanwhile we get one-tenth the story content.
How much "bang for the buck" do we get in modern comics? A mere whimper!
That's why Casanova is still relatively awesome.
Richard, in the early 20th century sci-fi stories were serialized in magazines. They had a chapter come out each month in a magazine. They also collected them in novels after they finished the stories in the magazines. I guess everyone realized that reading them all at once was way better, and now all sci-fi books come out as novels. I wouldn't shed any tears if comics scrapped the monthly format. A company could have 2 or 3 trades come out every week with 3 to 6 months between trades for a series. The only downside would be that a person couldn't get a weekly fix of their favorite character.
@Akaky Akakievich Bashmachkin "Eh, I don't care how long the story is, as long as the authors get to tell it the way they want to."
Hey, I agree. So why don't these authors do what all other authors have to do. Tell their story in ONE book. You know, like writers have been doing for centuries. If they want to tell a long story, fine. Just don't expect myself or many others to file into a comic shop once a month like some brain dead sheep, and shell out $4 or more for just one chapter.
I can't really afford to buy many issues a month so when I don't get any story in the issue, I'm not inclined to continue buying. This is why I love Essentials so much.
As a new comics reader focused on analyzing specifically DC's New 52 relaunch in the name of new readers everywhere, I have to agree 100% that the single issues have to be satisfying. I've been (slowly) grading them out on my new blog for new reader approachability and there have been just as many flat-out misses as hits on any level.
I'm enjoying the single issues so far because I like knowing I'm getting the story as its (hopefully) intended to be read as well as as soon as the issues are available (rather than waiting multiple dry months for something I'm excited for), and I like blogging and chose a pretty niche topic, so it'd be lame to just decide to go for trades and say "Later!" to the few people that happen to follow the blog, but I assume I'm in the minority of new readers who feel like this is an efficient way to tell a story. In fact, I believe it's pretty archaic in a time when people don't have a lot of patience for the sort of unique old-fashioned storytelling comics provide.
@Richard Marcej
That's what bothers me, that people like Mr. Akaky are getting used to stories going as long as they can, instead of as long as they should. Us old timers are told to 'wait, it gets better' or 'let the writers tell their stories how they want to', and we have no choice.
But I think the problem is the stories themselves. I know I won't complain if that 12-issue miniseries was a good story that couldn't have been told any shorter.
I'm in your corner on this. Issues should be a little more dense and have a conflict and resolution – it's episodic storytelling, not a chapter divided into six parts.
"Eh, I don't care how long the story is, as long as the authors get to tell it the way they want to."
Agreed, but the way it is published should correlate to the length of story and not be chopped in smaller pieces in an artificial way. If the story takes 120 pages, it should be published in 120 pages and not six 20-page installments which do not stand on their own.
- Bendis?? Decompressed? Yeah, right.
– Right?
– Right.
– uh, right.
I just read Snarked #1, by Roger Langridge, and it was an excellent book. Fun read, great for kids, well-written characters and world, and took longer than five minutes to read.
Y'all are more negative than Greg Burgas!
Just kidding. Actually, I agree with you. Death to decompressed comics!
I hope Marvel and DC go broke publishing this type of comics. Someone else can return to publishing books that are worth the cover price. Then I'll start buying them again.
Well. I agree, but I don't think it always has to be story development.
Tucker Stone made a good observation about the latest Action Comics #2 (and I really did like it a lot more than #1): there's not really a lick of "development" in the story, but it is a bunch of content. There's more chances for us to chuckle, or startle, or raise our eyebrows – there's enough to engage us in what we're seeing in front of us that it's notably more entertaining than a lot of comics, superhero or otherwise.
Similarly, Aquaman #1 was the first Johns-written comic I've liked in a long time. Putting aside Reis's great art, if we can for a second, the issue had almost none of the saga storytelling that has built Johns's career over the last few years. We get some horror scenes with monsters and that's it for the plot, but it's not the content. What made it powerful was how Johns's dialogue/monologue structure delivered the money shot: Aquaman's a joke, and wouldn't it suck to be a joke when you can take a bullet to the dome, no problem?
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TCP/IP configuration methods
Updated: January 21, 2005
Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2
TCP/IP configuration methods
You can configure TCP/IP on servers running Windows Server 2003 by using the following methods:
Automatic configuration
Dynamic configuration
Alternate configuration
Manual configuration
If you are using either a dynamic or manual configuration, find out more about developing an effective TCP/IP network numbering plan in Numbering your network.
Automatic configuration
TCP/IP uses Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) by default to provide automatic configuration, using the IP address range 169.254.0.1 to 169.254.255.254 and the subnet mask 255.255.0.0. There is no automatic configuration of a default gateway, DNS server, or WINS server since APIPA is designed for networks that consist of a single network segment and that are not connected to the Internet.
For more information, see Configure TCP/IP for automatic addressing.
Dynamic configuration
By using DHCP, TCP/IP configuration is done dynamically and automatically when the computer is started. Dynamic configuration requires the configuration of a DHCP server. By default, computers running Windows Server 2003 operating systems are DHCP clients. By properly configuring the DHCP server, TCP/IP hosts can obtain IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, DNS server, NetBIOS node type, and WINS server configuration information. Dynamic configuration (using DHCP) is recommended for medium-to-large TCP/IP networks.
For more information, see Configure TCP/IP for dynamic addressing.
Alternate configuration
Alternate configuration enables a computer to use an alternate, manually configured IP address configuration in the absence of a DHCP server. You can use an alternate configuration when a computer is used on more than one network, at least one of the networks does not have a DHCP server, and automatic configuration is not wanted.
For example, if you have a laptop computer that you use both at the office and at home, it is useful to configure TCP/IP for an alternate configuration. At the office, the laptop uses a DHCP-allocated TCP/IP configuration. At home, where there is no DHCP server present, the laptop automatically uses the alternate configuration, which provides easy access to home network devices and the Internet and allow seamless operation on both networks, without the manual reconfiguration of TCP/IP settings.
Without an alternate configuration, TCP/IP uses APIPA by default.
For more information, see Configure TCP/IP for an alternate configuration.
Manual configuration
By manually configuring the properties of the TCP/IP protocol through the properties of a network connection (in Network Connections), you can assign an IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, DNS server, and WINS server. Manual configuration is required in a network with multiple network segments when no DHCP server is present.
For more information, see Configure TCP/IP for static addressing.


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Lack of ban defies logic, decency
Published: Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, December 18, 2009 at 4:28 p.m.
If the plastics, beverage and food industries have their way, Americans will continue to ingest the chemical bisphenol A -- aka BPA -- that is found in many plastic cups, bottles and food packaging materials.
To protect the public health, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration must move fast to ban BPA in containers, including baby bottles, plastic liners in aluminum cans and food packaging. The Consumer Products Safety Commission must also take action to ban BPA from plastic toys and school supplies as well as coffee makers.
Numerous scientific studies have concluded that BPA can cause neurological problems in babies and young children, and prostate and breast cancer, diabetes, heart disease and even impotence in full-grown men.
Perhaps, it is that risk of impotence that may move the congressional male majority, who often seem more concerned about their own reproductive abilities than the public good, to vote for a ban of BPA.
It may be too late for most adults, but surely we need to protect innocent babies and young children from a laundry list of health hazards that include cancer and hormone disruption. So far, however, the FDA seems more interested in studying -- and studying and studying -- the adverse health effects of BPA than in banning the compound from use by the food and beverage industries.
Meanwhile, high levels of BPA have been discovered in canned soups, green beans and heaven only knows what else.
While the feds dilly-dally, Canada and Europe, which are light-years ahead of the United States on public health issues, already have banned BPA in baby bottles.
The city of Chicago and the state of Minnesota ban it in baby bottles and sippy cups.
Some states and counties, including Connecticut and Suffolk County on the eastern part of Long Island, also have banned the compound from baby bottles as well as in reusable food and beverage containers.
Giant retailers have committed to sell only products that are BPA-free.
All of those actions merit consumer applause, but what the United States really needs is a tough federal ban backed up with sharp teeth by the FDA, EPA and CPSC -- not a "patchwork quilt" legislative solution to the BPA problem.
The public should exert unrelenting pressure for a ban on the FDA and its new Barack Obama appointees, commissioner Margaret Hamburg and principal deputy commissioner Joshua Sharfstein. Both served as public health commissioners for big cities -- Hamburg in New York City and Sharfstein in Baltimore -- so they should understand the pressing urgency.
After a year in office, President Obama is increasingly being seen as someone who is willing to sell out the public welfare to corporate special interests. It's bad enough that federal bailouts for Wall Street's bankers adversely affected every American's wallet, but looking the other way while their infants and children are being poisoned defies both logic and common decency.
The School of Public Health at Harvard, Obama's alma mater, has found that BPA poses a significant health risk to human health, and the president should accept that conclusion as part of his continuing education.
And as the American public increasingly becomes frustrated with a do-nothing Congress, especially in the area of health care, failure by the legislative branch to address the introduction of toxins into the bodies of their families and loved ones by an industry more interested in maximizing profits will add to the clarion call for Congress to be overhauled at the voting booth next year.
Even that short delay, however, could result in untold suffering and possible death for consumers whose BPA aggregates are just starting to rise above the danger level. Acting now will start lowering the cost of health care, even if Congress never passes Harry Reid's and Nancy Pelosi's pork-laden reform legislation.
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