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Louisiana Derby: Revolutionary's win marks him serious Kentucky Derby threat
NEW ORLEANS – Whether he comes inside and knifes through traffic, or takes the scenic route and goes around everyone, Revolutionary is moving forward like a horse to be reckoned with in the Kentucky Derby on May 4.
Revolutionary ($6.80) took a significant step forward on Saturday, when he made a powerful, wide move on the final turn, then held off a pesky Mylute to win the Grade 2, $1 million Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds.
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The victory followed up on a troubled score in the Withers Stakes in February at Aqueduct. In both races, Javier Castellano was up.
"He did everything you could ask, last time and today," Castellano said. "I'm looking forward to the Derby big-time."
Besides a payday of $600,000 for first, the Louisiana Derby was worth 100 points to the winner under the new system put in place this year by Churchill Downs to determine eligibility to the Derby. That will be more than enough to put Revolutionary in the starting field.
Revolutionary crossed the wire a neck in front of Mylute, who was three lengths clear of third-place Departing, who suffered the first loss of his four-race career. Golden Soul was fourth and was followed, in order, by Ground Transport, Code West, Palace Malice, Sunbean, Titletown Five, Proud Strike, Hip Four Sixtynine, Nina's Dragon, Brazilian Court, and Whiskey Bravo.
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"Huge performance from him," Pletcher said at Gulfstream Park. "Sometimes you lose ground like Revolutionary did but you get a clean run at it, and sometimes you save ground like Palace Malice did and you take the worst of it. It worked out for Revolutionary, it was kind of a frustrating trip for the other horse."
Revolutionary was calm in the paddock, which was chaotic with 14 horses and their connections.
"He didn't turn a hair in the paddock," said Elliott Walden, the president and chief executive officer of WinStar. "He went around there like a puppy dog. All those things matter."
Walden said Revolutionary would be sent to WinStar in Kentucky on Sunday to recuperate from the race before heading to Churchill Downs for final preparations for the Derby.
Revolutionary has now won three straight races since beginning his career with three losses.
Trainer Tom Amoss, a New Orleans native, was thrilled with the way Mylute ran, but disappointed he could not win his first Louisiana Derby.
"There's one out there with our name on it," Amoss said.
As for the 1 1/4-mile Kentucky Derby, Amoss said he would give it a few days before deciding.
"He answered the question of a mile and an eighth today," Amoss said. "I was so worried about the distance that I didn't even start to cheer until the last 40 yards."
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I love reading everyone's analysis of the derby and thinking how almost all of you will be wrong.
Maybe something has to do with the FAST pace (which usually produces a slow finish) and the position of the camera at the Fair Grounds which employs more of a head-on shot (relative to other track views) which makes the runners appear to go SLOWER. Despite all this, Revolutionary's final eighth was about 12:50, roughly the same as Verrazano's WOOD, which was run at a snail's pace. I think you have to look at it more objectively: his race puts in right in the thick of the (Derby) battle.
The races were slow. Watching the rerun of the Louisiana, in the stretch, Revolutionary and Mylute almost seemed to be at trotting speed, not running all out. The fractions and overall time was slow. None of these horses this year are really exciting, and most of the names are clunky.
win win win bad trip bad trip bad trip Ive liked this guy for a while now,his wicked late turn of foot ,he now will be facing the Countries best 3yo's Whats worries me is his continued bad tripitis
Revolutionary received a Beyer speed figure of 93 and Orb a 97.........Interesting as these may be Will Take Charge received a 95 Beyer (1 1/16) figure in the Rebel while Verrazano received a 105 in the Tampa Bay Derby. While the number Verrazano is the best, the Tampa Bay Derby is only run at a 1 1/16 and the quality of the field was suspect. At this time Revolutionary might be the 3rd or 4th best horse.........in other words, just another horse in the running. It will be an interesting Derby because there is no superstar as of yet to set themselves apart.......even after the Derby, there still might not be a standout either.
I wish drf would print the attendance and handle of days like this. I like to see how they compare to each other.
Mylute isn't getting the credit he deserves. He ran a huge beyer around Christmas time around two turns and now this. The Derby will be his third start off a layoff. He was only beat a neck by a horse everyone loves.
Woo-hoo! I just loved this race (and its result)! Revolutionary looked AWESOME circling the entire field at the top of the stretch. He looked like a bullet train flying round that track! There was no stopping him! I have to admit, I was a little concerned when Revolutionary broke all the way at the back of the pack, he was 12th at the 1/4 pole. I never wanted him on the early lead, but I would have liked to have seen him stalking the pace closer up, maybe 4th or 5th. No need to worry, though. Fairgrounds played fair and allowed horses with a strong kick to close well in the stretch. Seeing Revolutionary round the field like a hot knife through butter reminded me, visually, of Monarchos rounding the bacfield of the 2001 KY Derby faster than any horse I had ever personally witnessed. It felt de ja vu, I'm telling you! - LOL. Revolutionary definitely reminded me of that moment in time. A move that like was impressive then, and it is no less impressive now. I could almost hear the "zoom" on the television monitor as Revolutionary streaked by the pack. It was like they were all standing still. However, Revolutionary brought two other horses from the back of the pack along with him, Revolutionary carving out a path for them and their jockeys to follow: Carving and Mylute. Did you see that wall of horses coming around the stretch? Whoa, a thing of beauty!! - LOL. Horses seven wide across the stretch, Revolutionary five wide himself! It was on, baby! - LOL. The donnybrook down to the wire I had anticipated a week BEFORE the LA Derby was actually happening right before our eyes. Revolutionary powered by, followed very closely by Departing, who was followed a length behind by the fast closing Mylute. Revolutionary turned on the afterburners, cleared Departing, but Mylute was closing like a freight train, too (reminded me of his grandsire, Thunder Gulch, in the Kentucky Derby when I saw that move!). It was clea the donnybrook was going to be decided close to the wire. Definitely my kind of race! Revolutionary looked Mylute in the eye, dug down deep and stuck his neck out and gutted out a FABULOUS victory! Wow, a great race! I love a horse race where there is a battle to the end. That's when you know how much heart a horse has, and Revolutionary was all heart and talent in this race. He was awesome! Congratulations to Revolutionary (just love him!), Jose Castellano on a fine, thrilling, inspiring ride on Revolutionary, and to all of Revolutionary's connections (Tood Pletcher and WinStar Farms) on an excellent victory by their colt. He looked great in victory! I am excited about Mylute going to The Dance in May. The grandson of Thunder Gulch looked mighty fine Saturday in the Louisiana Derby, and I hope his connections run him in the race. He reminds me of Thunder Gulch, a horse I owe a lot to. His powerful perfomance in the 1995 KY Derby has always been one of my sentimental favorites, and I am always thrilled to support his progeny in the KY Derby (I supported both Invisible Ink, "Inky" to all of us who loved him, and Point Given), and I'm hoping I get a chance to support Mylute in the Derby as well. Shaun Bridgmohan, that was some fine riding you did on Mylute. If he goes to the Derby, you should go there with him, too! This Kentucky Derby, just like last year's Kentucky Derby, is going to be one of the most powerful lineups in a long time. Revolutionary is an incredible horse, and he is being joined by Orb, Verazzano, Lucky, Vyjack, Hear The Ghost and Mylute, possibly Oxbow and several other powerful contenders who will throw down the gauntlet against each other in Saturday's Santa Anita Derby (always a fabulous race to watch!) and the Wood Memorial, with the Arkansas Derby and Bluegrass shortly after those races. This field is going to be a bettor's delight! It's already a delight to me and already promises to only get better! I just love this time of year! Congratulations again, Revolutionary. You are an incredible colt and I am thrilled you will be flashing your immense talent at The Dance!
Everybody here keeps bashing Prado for trying the rail, but just imagine if the tyring front runners just went 2 paths from the rail,then they will be bashing Castellano for going 10 wide and just getting 3rd.


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|11th November 2012, 10:14 PM
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Refining my ESL design
I'm refining my ESL speaker design...
The original beam-splitter design was drawn in DeltaCad 2D and is insanely complex and time-consuming to build. Since I've gotten a some requests for drawings on my blog page (Jazzman's DIY Electrostatic Loudspeaker Page), I've decided to modify the design to make it easier to build and also render it in 3D. So last week I downloaded Google Sketchup and started the learning process (old dogs don't learn new tricks so good).
The new version is an inch slimmer, the 5mm plywood sheathing and edge trim on the woofer box are gone, replaced with just a painted MDF woofer box, or can substitute 3/4 A-A plywood if a wood finish is desired. The frame sides and woofer baffle are 3/4 red oak A-A plywood and the front panel frame is solid red oak wood.
The transmission line is now 6 inches longer, and the angles on the beam-splitter now form a sharper blade @ 50 degrees incident to the panel (was 45), such that the rearward sound striking the beam splitter is deflected 5 degrees rearward of perpendicular. I think the slimmer version is more esthetically pleasing from a frontal view and many fewer pieces and glue ups should reduce the build time by at least 1/3.
I used an Aurum Cantus Mk II woofer originally but I would like to try out its ultra-low Q big brother: AC250/75C2C
OK... the rap on really low Q woofers is their stiffer suspension rolls off the low end so you need to EQ them and feed them more power to play really low. I get that, but their lower Q also means they have less overshoot in the midbass to better match the [near-zero-Q] electrostat. Besides, I'm using subs for the heavy lifting on the low end anyhow :-)
Since my original speakers are playing fine and still sound fantastic, and money is an issue for me (ex-wives), I can't justify building a pair of the new version for myself, but at least I can now post an easier, sexier design (in 3D) on my blogpage, for anyone interested. What can I say... designing speakers is a damnable psychosis.
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|11th November 2012, 10:42 PM
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Very cool Charlie !!
You can try modeling the difference between the two drivers using this software from a fellow DIY'er,
Transmission Line Modelling Software
He did a very nice job on it and many of the experts in the field of TL's say that it is pretty accurate for the most part.
I have been playing with it alot trying to get a decent design for a more compact version using my 8" subs as they have a fairly low Q as well.
I have found the there is no substitute for the low end extension and the length of the Transmission line.
My 8's have about 50% more excursion capability than the Aurum's but they are smaller.
I would like to use at least two of my drivers in one if not three but there is no provision in the program for multiple driver's as of yet.
I will ask him on his thread sometime how to go about this.
Give it a try sometime and let me know what you find.
Cheers !!!
|12th November 2012, 12:34 AM
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Thanks Jer,
That sim program looks pretty user friendly. I hear the one MJ King created is great too but I never was smart enough to even figure out how to use it.
BTW, I can't wait to see those new desktop segmented wire stator stats you're building.
|12th November 2012, 12:51 AM
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Yes ,I tried to use MJk's as well Horn response but there were to many terms and symbols to try and remember!!
They are nearly done Charlie and I should be having the First tests within a week or so.
Thanks !!
|12th November 2012, 02:06 PM
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|16th November 2012, 02:23 AM
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Hi Charlie,
Beautiful work, as usual. Here's a thought on the off chance it's useful. I'm unsure of the dimensions in your drawings so I'll say at the outset that I may be off base.
That said, have you thought about the wavelengths reproduced by the woofer, especially after it's been low-pass filtered by the transmission line, compared to the dimensions of some of the contours of that line? If you're really emphasizing simplicity of construction, you might consider accepting less smooth curves in your transmission line. It could simplify construction considerably, and if the T-line output is going to be limited to a couple hundred Hz and lower, I don't think dimensions on the order of inches will matter much. In other words, you could substitute right angles, or at least 45 degree angles, where you now have (admittedly more graceful looking) segmented curves. The wavelength at 300 Hz is over 1 meter so breaking bends into curves made of pieces a few inches long may not yield audible benefits.
Just a thought; feel free to disregard it if it's not useful.
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Hi Few,
I struggled a bit deciding how much simpler to make cabinet, and I'm sure you're right that the internal angles need not approximate curved surfaces to the extent that I made them. The new version is simpler by virtue of fewer components and no glued on sheathing, yet still retains the angled woofer and pseudo-curved surfaces behind the woofer, which I find appealing (even if not needed). The angle cuts are not really a problem if done with an accurate table saw. Obviously, this isn't a speaker you can build in a weekend with just a circular saw!
I pretty much followed Sanders' Cookbook guidelines for the TL (not smart enough to model the damn thing mathematically) and I like how he did the compact line in his Eros speakers. And I became wedded to the idea of approximating curved surfaces immediately behind the woofer, so as to mitigate any standing waves that might rebound to the woofer. In any case, the configuration gives a quite seamless blend between the woofer and stat panel... actually astoundingly better than had I anticipated. Even though I can't really afford to, I'm not sure I can resist building a pair of this new version.
There is still much room to simplify and I will probably draw up yet another version, retaining the beam-splitter and TL but more focused on simplifying the build... with a straight front baffle/frame (verses the current version where the woofer is angled upward 8 degrees).
Hey, I'm still waiting to see those wire-stator ESL's you've been working on!
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|17th November 2012, 01:04 PM
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A thought occurred to me while pondering wire stators. I've read about segmented wire stators configured with inline resistors such that the center wires drive the treble and the outer wires drive progressively lower frequencies... in order to give wider dispersion and a wider sweet spot. I think it would be cool to make the setup switchable so you could just flip a switch turn the segmentation on and off. OFF for big-time slam when listening solo from the focal point, or ON when you have company over and want a wider sweet spot. Probably someone has already done that?? Just wondering...
|17th November 2012, 02:35 PM
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It sounds like you have good reasons for your approach and since I won't be the one footing the bill, I selfishly hope you do build the new set---just so I can enjoy seeing the result.
The wire stator ESLs have been on hold---in fact LOTS of stuff has been on hold---while my wife and I finish up the new house we had built (photo below). I'm now painting the shop so I'm getting close to being back up an at 'em. In fact, I picked up an old used metal working lathe and a mill-drill to expand my capabilities.
In the meantime I've been slowly working through planar magnetic midrange-tweeter designs because I think my ESL panels may be too large when joined by the vertical array of woofers. I haven't abandoned the ESLs, though. They're carefully packed and I walk by them every day I go through the garage. They remind me that there is yet another project that I have started and haven't yet finished!
I haven't seen an implementation of the selectable segmentation of the sort you described. I had a thought that's a variation on that, but have never pursued it. Some complain that singers end up sounding larger than life when reproduced through large panels. I wondered whether it might be possible to have a selectable effective panel size in the vertical direction so that the listener could control the perceived image size. I think some sort of delay or at least low-pass filtering would be necessary. Probably something along the lines of the Quad ESL 63 but only along the vertical axis (unless you're simultaneously trying to broaden the horizontal distribution of high frequencies as well).
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Hi CharlieM.
Since equalization is in the mix and since you will be crossing over from the panels to the woofer section high enough probably, have you considered an open baffle type of implementation for the woofers? Wouldn't it be desirable to have the dipole characteristic down to where the subwoofers take over?
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VIII. The Little Brown Book Of Miss Emily
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many of the Grafton people whom we had not known before, and among others, the
family of Mr. Mack Leith. We often went up to the Leiths in the evening to play croquet.
Millie and Margaret Leith were very nice girls, and the boys were nice, too. Indeed, we
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sit with us and talk to us, when we would much rather have been somewhere else. We
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China's two major fixed-line telephone operators have signed an agreement to confine each other to their major geographical market to limit competition, according to the Beijing Times.
China Telecom, which operates in central and southern China, and China Netcom which is based in the northern region, were split off from the former nationwide monopoly China Telecom to spur competition in the sector.
"Competition brings no profits at all nowadays, as there is little room for growth in the almost saturated fixed-line market. The agreement aims to restrain negative competition and wasted investment," an unnamed China Telecom source said.
Another source quoted an expert from the Ministry of Information Industry as saying that the agreement is good for the operators, who may be able to avoid duplicate investments.
In January, China Netcom sold its assets in Guangdong and Shanghai municipality to its parent company for 3.5 billion yuan ($437.5 million), a sign that China Netcom was withdrawing from the southern market.
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Metro 2033: DirectX 9 to DirectX 11 and the detail incident
If you are running Metro 2033 on a DirectX 11 graphics card you get two additional video options: Tessellation and Depth of Field. The latter one is also active in DirectX 10 but the DX11 version is rendered by Direct Compute. In Metro 2033 not only NPCs but also weapons in your hands and certain objects like chairs are tessellated. But the developers did exaggerate a little bit: Like it has been the case in Stalker: Call of Pripyat, the tessellated objects look pumped up. But without a direct comparison you can't really see the difference anyway. Except the two additional options the DirectX 11 mode offers the same graphics as the DirectX 10 mode and even the performance is on the same level.
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The beautiful Regina Hall stars in the thriller "When the Bough Breaks." If the sequel isn't titled "The Cradle Will Fall," they're just leaving money on the table.
Sean Patton will be appearing at the Hell Yes Festival in New Orleans. Or, as our mother will insist on calling it, the H-E-Double-Hockey Stick Festival.
Will Arnett returns in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows." We just hope it stays true to the original George Eliot it's based off of.
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M.I.A.'s new album, Matangi is named after the green, 4-armed Hindu goddess of music. Boy, *that* old rock and roll cliché again?
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Just because we won't get to experience warm weather for another few months (if we're lucky) doesn't mean we can't wear Spring fashion right now. Don't believe me?
Don't get me wrong, I love Sweet Home Chicago, but this weather is making me CRAZY. It's getting to that point where I can't stand to put on another black or grey sweater. And if I use the term "I'll just throw a bomber over it" one more time, I'm probably going to snap. Do you feel me on this one? So I thought I'd do some "[browser] window shopping" (my attempt to search/stalk e-commerce sites without buying anything…not easy) to see if I can find any Spring things that are appropriate for the current weather. Hey, it might be nice to wear some florals and pastels right about now. Don't you think?
There's something about wearing lighter and brighter colors that just makes me happy. I think it has to do with my iced coffee mentality. I only drink it when it's warm out, I'm happier when it's warm out therefore iced coffee makes me happy. Same goes for colors and clothes. It's simple, really.
So it's time to blast Pharrell's Happy put on your favorite hat (FYI Pharrell's has its own Twitter) and get yourself some Spring-looking things to lighten up your Winter wardrobe...and I guess you could "throw a bomber over the dresses", if you really had to... (eye roll)
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A recent initiative from Illinois may serve as a model for other states
that hope to attract green energy projects and stimulate economic
There are plenty of reasons to encourage and support the development of
renewable energy projects. But in this down economy, the credit markets
are typically discouraging. Here in Illinois, we've found a way to open
new doors to financing renewable energy projects because we know
they're good business–and good for our state. (more)
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced a bill aimed at getting 10
million new solar rooftop systems and 200,000 new solar hot water
heating systems installed in the U.S. in the next ten years.
Cleverly titled the "10 Million Solar Roofs & 10 Million Gallons
of Solar Hot Water Act" (PDF), it would provide rebates that cover up
to half the cost of new systems, along the lines of incentive programs
in California and New Jersey (not coincidentally, Nos. 1 and 2 in
installed solar in the U.S.). It also includes measures to insure that
those who receive assistance get information on how to make their
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What began as a simple request to amend Peoria County's travel policy to suggest the use of "green" hotels has expanded.
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Vince Vaughn Says He's No Cheater
Huh? They're still together? I don't know or care anymore, but I guess I have to post something about it. Vince Vaughn is suing several tabloids because of allegations they published that he had both ended his relationship with Jennifer Aniston, and was seen canoodling with a mystery blonde. From People magazine:
Vaughn complains that papers "published allegations that he was caught kissing a mystery blonde whilst attending a charity event on Sunday (Oct. 8) at London's Old Vic theatre. Mr Vaughn will say that the articles suggested that he was unfaithful to Ms Aniston, with whom he had allegedly ended his relationship only a week before." The statement continues, "Ms. Aniston and Mr. Vaughn had not ended their relationship either at the material time or since. … The suggestion that he was having a passionate embrace and kiss, or has ever been unfaithful to Ms. Aniston, are false."
Jen has also told Oprah that she and Vince are still together, in an episode of the talk show set to air Oct. 16th. Now, I'm just hoping for Jen's sake that she's telling the truth. Because it is one thing to lie to the American public, and it is quite another to be caught lying to Oprah.
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MongoDB certification from 10gen May 28, 2013 No Comments
Just got my certificate from 10gen that I have successfully completed "M101P: MongoDB for Developers" course (https://education.10gen.com). I really enjoyed those 6 weeks of education. Thank you for such a great course!
Upgrading MySQL to 5.6.10 on mac os and fixing mysql2 gem February 21, 2013 4 Comments
After updating MySQL to 5.6.10 in mac os with homebrew package manager you can notice that mysql2 gem will show such an error:
"Incorrect MySQL client library version! This gem was compiled for 5.5.29 but the client library is 5.6.10"
To fix it you can rebuild mysql2 with new mysql version config with the following command:
Please also notice that your /usr/local/bin/mysql_config can have different location. So probably need to find where your mysql version is installed with find or which command.
Using WYISIWYG editors for content management February 14, 2013 No Comments
WYSIWYG editor is easy way to give clients to edit content on dynamic sites. But then another problem appears – how to explain clients that they need to fit styles of content they create in editor to the current style of the site. How to explain that Sans Comic isn't very nice choose if site uses Arial font mostly. Or that using more than 5 different colors to highlight "important lines" of content isn't good at all.
So the solution is to remove all bad choices/functions from WYSIWYG editor itself. So clients do not see it at all and have no choice except using predefined styles.
I will walk through some of the popular settings. I will use CKEditor () as WYSIWYG editor. But those rules can be easily apply to other editors as well.
- Remove HTML form elements because usually clients should edit only content and not forms.
- Leave Paste from Word and Paste as plain text. Those features are nice to avoid unnecessary HTML tags that MS Word application create when you copy/paste content from. It looks really bad inside sources. So teach your clients how to use those features. HTML code on the site will be much cleaner.
- Remove smiles :) Because it usually doesn't fit any serious design.
- Remove ability to create div containers. It's not necessary for clients to have neither.
- Ability to insert IFRAME tags is also tricky. Your clients can just insert too much in IFRAME. And site will look awful.
- Remove ability to select fonts because each site should have predefined fonts for all elements like headers, paragraphs etc. So no need to allow clients to select different fonts. It will just break the design. The same about font size.
- Set custom styles. You can read about it here –
- Set custom format.
- Keep only predefined colors in Font and Background colour pallets and turn of more colors option:
CKEDITOR.editorConfig = function(config)
config.colorButton_colors = '1563a1,f68121,bd2833,000000';
config.colorButton_enableMore = false;
Leading zero in CSV files data October 24, 2012 No Comments
Comma separated values files are used widely to create reports or export data from applications. It's easy to generate such files and use them. You can use MS Excel or Open Office or Google Docs. Thought there is one issue can appear if you have numbers with leading zero which are important do not miss. For example, part numbers. If you open such CSV files in MS Excel it will convert numbers with leading zero to numbers and remove leading zero.
The solution will be to notify MS Excel to interpret data as string but not as number. You can do it in the following format:
So this number will be shown with leading zero as text but not as number:
Row number in MySQL September 10, 2012 No Comments
I've faced recently with a problem to update positions of accounts ordered by some criteria right in MySQL database. I needed it for accounts rating so I will know in what rating position each account is placed on in the current time. And it reminded me ROW_NUMBER() in MS SQL Server which isn't available unfortunately in MySQL. Of course we can use procedures and cursors in MySQL though the performance isn't good at all. And of course there is more nice solution for it – using variable in SQL query. Let's check it:
SELECT @row_num := @row_num + 1 AS row_number, id FROM accounts ORDER BY yield DESC;
So we have variable counter right in our SQL query and that's cool. What if we what to make this shorter? In just one SQL sentence. Here you are:
What we did is just placed @row_num initialisation as sub query. Next I needed to save new account positions in accounts table so I will know what position each account is placed on. And we can do this all in the same query!
INNER JOIN (SELECT @row_num := @row_num + 1 AS row_number, a.id FROM accounts a, (SELECT @row_num := 0) AS r ORDER BY a.yield DESC) y ON x.id = y.id
SET x.position = y.row_number;
In summary this query do ranking accounts by yield and save each account position in accounts table in position column. And no cursors or other loops are required!
You can notice that row number will stop working in correct order if you use joins in your SQL query. For instance, we need to join accounts and clients tables and still return rank:
INNER JOIN clients c ON c.id = a.client_id, (SELECT @row_num := 0) AS r
WHERE c.`status` = 'active'
ORDER BY a.yield DESC
This will show row_number out of order. I guess because order is made after joining tables and calculating row_number variable. Well it's easy to fix with sub-query:
FROM accounts, (SELECT @row_num := 0) AS r
WHERE id IN (SELECT a.id FROM accounts a INNER JOIN clients c ON c.id = a.client_id WHERE c.`status` = 'active')
ORDER BY yield DESC
Bug with Broken Ordered list in IE9 June 11, 2011 9 Comments
Recently I've been working with ordered lists. And found strange behavior in IE9 when one ordered list is hiding and new one is showing – instead of usual order 1,2,3.. it showed all zeros. And it actually doesn't matter what list style type you choose – decimal, lower alpha or other.
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RE: st: impute missing values
"Nick Cox" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
RE: st: impute missing values
Thu, 6 May 2010 17:35:40 +0100
It is difficult to advise here because this kind of problem usually has
space and time dimensions in addition to all the usual messiness. Thus
one possible imputation is just to interpolate linearly (or using cubic
splines, or whatever) within a station's own history.
The trade off between using contemporaneous (or lagged!) data for other
stations, time series data for each station, or both is not easy and
will depend on the kind of climate, the spacing of the stations, etc.
Nor is it even self-evident that the closest station is the best match.
That could often be wildly wrong.
Even worse: the kind of imputation that is physically sensible will
depend on the climatic element. Thus to a fair first approximation
temperature differs additively between stations but rainfalls differ
On this and other grounds, it would be risky to proceed without
consultation with a meteorologist or climatologist who knows your
Federico Belotti
Have you tried with -mi-? It is a structured suite of commands to deal
with multiple-imputation available with Stata 11 (-impute- is a simple,
limited and old version of the command)
Anyway, I need some details before trying to code a solution for your
problem. For instance, how many variables with missing values in each
station? how many obs completely missing? Have all datasets the same
missing pattern?
On 6 May , at 01:47, Giancarlo Musto wrote:
> I have daily weather data for several private weather stations near a
> zone of interest. I have some gaps in the data and sometimes these
> gaps are overlapping. To be precise, there are some days in which I
> have missing values for all the weather stations. I would like to
> consider the closest weather station and impute the missing values on
> the basis of the other stations. I tried to use the command "impute",
> but in this way I still have some missing values. Do you know how I
> could solve this problem?
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Recycle shredded paper
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Paper is often wasted. Maybe you use both sides of a sheet of paper, use the backs of your mail envelopes for grocery lists or reuse newspaper to wrap gifts. All are good ways to waste less paper. Many households put their mail and paper through a shredder to protect against identity theft or to follow state and federal laws. An average home can accumulate quite a bit. In some areas, it's not accepted in curbside recycling. So what do you do with the shredded paper?
Here are a few suggestions.
COMPOST: Avoid glossy paper, but the rest can be mixed into your compost pile and used in your garden. Birds will use some for building their nests, too. One reader, Meg in Missouri, shares: "I use it for bedding in my worm composter. I put it in the compost pile. And my husband brings home HUGE bags of shredded checks from work. I mulch my tomatoes, and it works great."
PETS: You can use it as kitty litter (especially helpful after your kitty has any type of surgery). You can simply add the shredded paper into the litter box or make litter that's more like pebbles by soaking the shredded paper in warm water with a couple of squirts of dish soap, sprinkling in some baking soda, squeezing out the water and crumbling onto a screen to dry. Visit www.thegreenists.com/tip-of-the-day/tip-of-the-day-make-your-own-kitty-litter/1044 for complete instructions. It seems like a lot of work, but it takes only about 45 minutes for two to three weeks worth of litter. You can use shredded paper for hamster or guinea-pig bedding, nesting material for hens or in a whelping box for dogs. Use it to stuff a pillow to make a pet bed. Call your local pet-rescue center/humane society and see if they want any for their animals, too.
KINDLING: Use some to help build your fire. You can add it to your fireplace loose, or stuff some shredded paper into a cardboard toilet-paper tube. Or make shredded newspaper logs. Visit www.ehow.com/how_4896230_make-shredded-paper-fire-logs.html for instructions.
GIFTS: Use it to line gift baskets, boxes and bags. It gives your gifts a unique, artisanal touch. And Easter grass is one of those materials that should go the way of the dodo.
PACKAGING: No need for bubble wrap or foam peanuts. Use it when packing and shipping packages. Or when moving or packing breakable holiday decorations.
CRAFTS: Use it for papier-mache projects, or make your own handmade paper. Visit www.ecojoes.com/homemade-paper-ultimate-paper-recycling for a tutorial.
PLANTS: Use it to line planters or to store flower bulbs.
PLAY: Kids love to play with shredded paper. You can create a guessing game by placing small items hidden in a pillowcase of shredded paper. Children can guess what the item is by touch. And let's face it, kids will want to simply play with it. Make your own sensory tub. Put it in a big box, plastic container or bowl, and kids will love scooping and grabbing it. Hide small toys or items in the paper, and give the kids tongs or spoons to fish out the treasures.


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This is a discussion on [SOLVED] What is Odyssey Client within the Networking Support forums, part of the Tech Support Forum category. When I started up my laptop this AM, Something called Odyssey Client automatically trys ( and fails) to start up.
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JTTS Presents: 4 Reasons Why Hip Hop Was Dead in 2011
What would bloggers do at the end of the year without a list. We fucking love lists: top albums of the year, best Justin Beiber freestyles, most stalked KarmaLoop model…take just about any possible subject, no matter how mundane, and we'll find a way to rank them from 1-10. We even have people still commenting with righteous fury about Faraone's long-abandoned "Top 100 Rappers of All-Time" posts over a year later, like some message board thread that refuses to die.
But in coordinating (no typo) this end-of-the-year post, I had to stop and look around for a minute at the people who have somehow ended up in this internet vortex we call JTTS: Chris Faraone, a man who's like to make modest titles for himself like "one of the last writers out there who actually cares about music"; JKFGT, a living, breathing internet meme who uploads his soul onto faceless Tumblr accounts twice a week; ON&ON, a man who's bitterness is the only thing keeping his body functioning; and Sleezy Trees, a man who would proudly argue with anyone about how he either saved or killed hip-hop, depending on what emotional wave he's riding (and how much he's been served). Put all these assholes in one blog and you get lists like this: The 5 Reasons Why Hip Hop Was Dead in 2011.
How A$AP Rocky Ruined My Year – Chris Faraone
I take it as the highest compliment that everyone on JumpTheTurnStyle thinks I have the worst taste of any rap critic out there. For one, it's funny, since I have ten times the platform of any of you assholes, and I barely even cover music anymore. And for two, the whole thing just cracks me up since I'm one of the last writers out there who actually cares about music, and not how hard my dick gets over some heavily buzzed nu-rapper.
On that note, I'm flabbergasted over the trending popularity of A$AP Rocky. Not just because he couldn't rap his way out of a tinfoil hat, or because "Purple Swag" is the lamest combination of played out ingredients since peanut butter and jelly in the same jar. What burns me is this guy's name, and how no one seems to care that there's a dude named Aesop Rock, who, I might add, is a poetic and musical genius to this fool's ignoramus.
Furthermore . . . I don't fucking care if Aesop Rock is a big ASAP Rocky fan anymore than I care that MCs who I respect like Nas and Brother Ali listen to southern shitbags who I deplore. The fact that rappers don't know or give a damn if an underground legend has an awfully similar name to their own handle just kills me, and in this case I think it qualifies as the worst rap move of the year. The only thing more offensive, perhaps, is the extent to which this dumb ass blog helped promote this no-talent jerkoff.
(Too Much) Respecting People's 'Hustle' – El Caballero
When hip hop is suffering from a surplus of respect, you know the end is near. Where we once joined together to shit on artists' garbage creative output (see: UGHH forums), social media has shifted the conversation to be about how hard (pause) artists work, as if the Tweeting, posting and sharing are the ends and not the means.
A conversation with a typical 21st century rap bro about the current shitty flavor of the month usually ends with something along the lines of "I mean I PERSONALLY don't like this guy but I respect his grustle" i.e. how many Twitter followers he has (this usually occurs while said bro is Tweeting live from said artist's concert, mind you).
That's the equivalent of admiring someone's technique after they just Cobra Kai snap kicked you in the balls. Shit, I think the North Korean government is oppressive and brutal, but I respect Kim Jung-Il (and now Glorious Pudgy Leader Son) for really giving it their all, right? As for the guy sitting in the studio trying to perfect a song he's been working on for weeks? Yeah, that's nice and all but where is my 676-song mix tape that drops on 15 different social networks? I mean that dude is winning right? Diddy has been making bath tubs of money for almost twenty years now, but I don't remember anyone saying with a straight face that they respected him caking off Sean John when he squeezed out turd albums like "Forever" in the early 2000s (blogging live from the rocking chair on that one). Granted, he's an easy target, but the list goes on. I'm sure some of you even gave Sam Adams credit.
When quality of music comes second to how well you play the new-age Internet rap game, you can shovel that last bit of dirt on hip hop's grave.
Old Man Trees Hates Kids And You Should Too – Sleezy Treez
2010 was pretty much the year that Frat Rap broke into the mainstream. It was handled pretty honestly and appropriately by the hip hop world. Slaine called out Sam Adams, JKFGT's fratrap.tumblr.com was more or less a running joke, and swag rap started to emerge giving hope that the hood would once again run the creative direction of hip hop.
Well, in 2011 Frat Rap not only failed to disappear, it fucking blew the fuck up. In the 3 years since Asher Roth dropped "I Love College" – Frat Rap is stronger than ever and unfortunately being cosigned the fuck out of by "respected" hip hop heavyweights. Slaine has deaded his beef with Sam Adams. Statik Selektah and Termanology are dropping 12"s on Brick with Mac Miller, JKFGT's Frat Rap Tumblr gets more press than JTTS, JayCeeOh is Sam Adams DJ, and Action Bronson is making music with Asher Roth.
And don't get me started on Christopher "Occupy Trends" Faraone..
Why are people so quick to cosign these frat rap fgts?
I am going to go right to the core of this issue. Basically, in lieu of continuing their standard pace of marketing their brand to a shrinking fan base of "real" hip hop heads and performing in front of audiences consisting of 99% dudes in baggy hoodies and LRG jeans, they want to rock with the winning team. Have you been to Sam Adams show or a Mac Miller or a Chris Webby one? Guess what; these shows sell out in 20 minutes. They are fucking brimming with hot, college sluts drunk off PBR and Natty Light. They play fucking dubstep bro. Dubstep. Who wouldn't want to be down with that?
But this is why hip hop is dead in 2011 – and let me get my old man on right quick: These industry veterans are not standing up for the O.G. shit. I mean, there is no one calling these kids out for being terrible at rap, not respecting their history, and for basically lacking originality even among their own subgenre – I mean, how many frat rappers do you even need? When is there ENOUGH frat rappers? When will someone address this and call fuckers out? You think Action Bronson would put Asher Roth on HIS album?
My point is, it's okay to hate. Stop being so vanilla with your brand. Let's beat up some frat rappers in 2012. Thank you. Goodnight.
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Definition of disinfect
transitive verb
: to free from infection especially by destroying harmful microorganisms; broadly : cleanse
disinfectionplay \-ˈfek-shən\ noun
Examples of disinfect in a Sentence
Chemicals were added to disinfect the water.
The wound needs to be disinfected.
Origin and Etymology of disinfect
Middle French desinfecter, from des- dis- + infecter to infect
First Known Use: 1598
DISINFECT Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of disinfect for English Language Learners
: to clean (something) especially by using a chemical substance that kills all germs and bacteria
computers : to remove a virus from (a computer) by using a special program
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