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Kahramanmaras Aksu; Kaçkar TV, 9 December 2010
Internet culture has a harmful impact on some people. They think that the internet is something that surpasses the Qur'an, may Allah forbid, or even surpasses Allah, may He forbid. It is Allah Who created the internet and the computer. Allah creates them all inside the brain, but they are unaware of this. They touch the keys in the brains, though they do not realize. They watch the screens in their brains, but do not realize. There is a screen on the outside, but everything is in darkness there. But Allah shows it brightly and in perfect form in the brain.
The difficult thing is injustice. Blood, oppression and tears are difficult. But if you embrace someone, it is very easy. Why should love and friendship be difficult? Division is a terrible scourge. You cannot say, I want to be happy while you are miserable. If Palestine were to be happy while Israel is wretched, while mothers and children were poor and hungry in Israel, that would not make us happy. If they are afraid of Muslim unity, that will not make us happy. People must not fear one another. If people fear, then there is the way of the dajjal (antichrist), but if they do not fear, that is the way of the Mahdi. Turkish-Islamic Union is also very easy. It can come about in 1 hour. People are amazed how we can go to Kazakhstan without a passport. But why are they not surprised when we do not need a passport to go to Konya? Konya or Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan or Istanbul, what is the difference? Satan depicts love and affection as difficult. He says it is very difficult to love at this time. But anger and hatred are easy. But in fact, hatred and revenge are difficult scourges. Allah says He will bestow success in an easy way. Islamic Union is easy. Turkish-Islamic Union is easy. They exaggerate things. Brotherhood in faith causes great rejoicing in the soul. Brotherhood in faith is a union that satisfies the soul.
Surat at-Tawba,
88- But the Messenger and those who believe along with him have struggled with their wealth and with themselves. They are the people who will have the good things. They are the ones who are successful.
The leader of the Muslims at that time was our Prophet (saas), and the leader of Muslims in the End Times is Hazrat Mahdi (as). Who was it who was with our Prophet (saas) in that time? The Companions, the People of Badr. How many People of Badr were there? 313. How many followers will Hazrat Mahdi (as) have? 313. Muslims will devote all their assets to Allah. They will say their life and death are for the Lord Allah. They buy books and hand them out, research and preach.
89- Allah has prepared Gardens for them with rivers flowing under them, remaining in them timelessly, for ever. That is the great victory.
Allah says He will constantly bestow goodness, and no evil will touch them. That means salvation. There is no half-salvation, it is full salvation. Full happiness in this world means the global dominion of Islam. A person's strongest instinct is to live forever, to want to be immortal. A person does want to be mortal. That is the only instinct that is not satisfied, but Allah satisfies it in the hereafter. Allah bestows no instinct He will not satisfy. Paradise is the great happiness in the hereafter, while the only salvation in this world is the global dominion of Islam.
90- The desert arabs came with their excuses asking for permission to stay, and those who lied to Allah and His Messenger stayed behind. A painful punishment will afflict those among them who are unbelievers.
The Bedouin are ignorant, with little knowledge or culture. They attend to their own affairs and always ask to be excused. They always make excuses; 'with your leave, I am going to get married, with your leave I must go to work, with your leave I must get to school, with your leave I am very tired'. There are also those who lie. They lie and do not go, they do not want to do anything. But Allah says there will be a painful punishment for the unbelievers. Muslims must be active and vigorous. They imagine they have faith, but it turns out they do not. They imagine they are monotheists, but they turn out to be polytheists in the hereafter.
91- Nothing is held against the weak and sick nor against those who find nothing to spend, provided they are true to Allah and His Messenger – there is no way open against good-doers, Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful –
One must be fervently devoted to Islam and the Qur'an. A Muslim must uninterruptedly call people to good deeds, day and night. A Muslim must be strong, not weak. Weakness is the opposite of being a Muslim. He must be strong in body and soul. A Muslim must take good care of himself. He must take precautions not to fall ill. Medical knowledge is essential. He must strive not to fall ill and to be strong. Allah wants us to be rich and to strive hard, and they must do that by devoting themselves to Allah. He says you are not in sin in that situation. But He also says that is how we must be, and must strive to be so.
Allah could inflict all kinds of suffering in this image if He so wished, but He bestows wonderful opportunities. He bestows the means of preaching to the whole world. I knew that Islam would rule the world back in '79. But I did not know that the internet, radio and TV would be so powerful. Allah's blessings have come about, especially the internet. The internet is Hazrat Mahdi's (as) sword of knowledge, insha'Allah.
Work is an act of worship. OK, but speaking nicely, praying and fasting are also acts of worship. It is illogical to perform the obligation of work but to say there is no need to pray or describe the truth. Acts of worship are a single whole. Every business should have its own place of worship. There are waiting rooms in hospitals and places to sit down, and there is no logic in saying people cannot sit down there. Everywhere should be built with that in mind. There must be places to eat and places to worship. The people building these workplaces must think of that.
Spiritual guides refer to Hazrat Mahdi (as) without mentioning him explicitly. But we can smell the system of the Mahdi everywhere. I mean, when we enter a rose garden we do not ask something if it is a rose. We can tell it is a rose by its perfume and appearance. And in the same way, Hazrat Mahdi will smell abundantly and shine out.
The antichrist is who Allah says he is. Jesus the Messiah is who Allah says he is. The Mahdi is also who Allah says. There will be false Mahdis, but no false antichrists. They will have followers. False Messiahs and Mahdis just strengthen them.
Samsun AKS TV, 9 December 2010
Surat an-Nahl,
125- Call to the way of your Lord with wisdom and fair admonition, and argue with them in the kindest way. Your Lord knows best who is misguided from His way. And He knows best who are guided.
With wisdom; with short, striking and true words. With words that convince and remain in one's memory, with good advice, with comprehensible words that comfort the heart, with convincing artistry, without causing any strife or corruption. He [Allah] knows the antichrist and Hazrat Mahdi (as).
126- If you want to retaliate, retaliate to the same degree as the injury done to you. But if you are patient, it is better to be patient.
Respond to what is done to Muslims many times over, within the law. Allah tells us to be patient. One may respond quickly, rudely to one's spouse, and that creates strife. Allah says that there is goodness in patience. Patience is not easy, but Allah creates patience. One cannot have it unless Allah creates it.
127- Be patient. But your patience is only by Allah. Do not be grieved by them and do not be constricted by the plots they hatch.
Sorrow is a sin. Muslims must have fortitude. It is also a sin to be worried. It is a sin to feel unease in the heart. It is Allah doing it, not the other person, and He produces what is good. You are being tested. That is not all, He says. Allah creates the greatest things, the most unexpected. Traps will be set for Muslims. Snares will be laid for Hazrat Mahdi (as), but Allah tells us not to despair. Allah is with all Muslims who fear Him. He gives them means and abundance and goodness. Allah does all this. If a person says he will do this or succeed in that, the world will flee him. He will chase after them, but they will flee faster, and a sad-looking chase will ensue. He will imagine he is catching up, but the world will accelerate again. Finally, he will collapse exhausted, and the world will look on and laugh. All those who say they will do anything will be made wretched. The activity of the system of the Mahdi will not eliminate free will. Even the coming of our Prophet (saas) is hinted at in the Torah and the Gospel. Not explicitly, as that has no place in the faith. The coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as) is foretold in the Torah, but we can only tell where he will come from by coded references. We can tell from the hadiths. The lack of direct understanding of the community of the Mahdi, it is now being set out explicitly, makes the work of the community of the Mahdi easier.
Surah Maryam;
83- Do you not see that We send the satans against those who are unbelievers to goad them on?
Satans will afflict Darwinists and materialists. That is what the system of the antichrists will do in the End Times. But Allah says He is doing it all. Allah makes the antichrist His instrument. They come to their bodies one by one. They cause them to call for bloodshed and oppression, for Muslims to be torn apart, for some to say there can be no Islamic Union, for some to say that matter is divine and for others to say that matter came into being spontaneously. Satan makes them say that.
94- He has counted them and numbered them precisely.
95- Each of them will come to Him on the Day of Rising all alone.
Allah says he has enfolded all the unbelievers, that their bodies and souls are under His control, that He knows their numbers and homes and everything. They will not be in vast crowds in the hereafter, nor shout slogans and behave in a spoiled manner. They will come in alone, crawling on the ground, and their eyes will be blind and blackened.
Surah Ta Ha,
10- When he saw a fire and said to his family, 'Wait here. I can make out a fire. Maybe I will bring you a brand from it, or will find guidance there.'
He saw a fire; that means that a careful person can see an event. But careless people cannot. Since the light of faith is very sharp, the Prophet Moses (as) saw it first. Through the light of faith it will be possible to see the fire of the system of the Mahdi, not just Hazrat Mahdi (as) but also the signs of the way of the Mahdi. Millions of people did not see the shedding of blood at the Kaaba, but the Mahdi and his community and followers did. Millions of people did not see the stopping of the Euphrates, but the Mahdi and his community and followers did. Millions of people did not see the comet Lulin, but the Mahdi and his community and followers did. They will also see the Prophet Jesus (as) through the light of faith, and the antichrist through the light of faith, and the signs of the antichrist through the light of faith. The portents of the antichrist are all around, but still they say, "there is no antichrist or system of the antichrist. And the End Times have not come." Yet they have listed all the signs in their own books, and all the portents have come about. Indeed, they themselves do even more terrible things. But their eyes are blind, in the metaphorical sense, and they cannot see. They tell their families and loved ones. Our family is the Islamic world, and we will immediately tell the Islamic world of the signs of the Mahdi. Wait here; that means to be vigilant. He is telling us to be vigilant. Muslims must be on their guard against the antichrist. That means we must be vigilant and on our guard when something extraordinary happens. One must hope from Allah and not be proud. Maybe I will bring you a brand from the fire. Or guidance. A piece of the fire you can make use of. It is Hazrat Mahdi (as) who will be the guide by the fire. It is a reference to Hazrat Mahdi (as). Hazrat Mahdi (as) will emerge from a great fire. This is a reference to that fire, insha'Allah.


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New data from The Cancer Council Victoria has revealed that more than 4 out of 5 Victorian smokers have tried to quit the habit.
Between 1998 and 2005, the proportion of regular smokers who had made at least one quit attempt in their lifetime increased from 76% to 81%.
Among those who had attempted to quit, there was also an increase in the number of smokers who had made multiple quit attempts, from 36% of regular smokers in 1998 to 43% in 2005, suggesting smokers remained determined to quit even after an initial unsuccessful quit attempt.
Of those smokers who had attempted to quit in the five years before the survey, 69.5% were unsuccessful in their attempt and 30.5% successfully quit smoking.
Executive Director of Quit, Mr Todd Harper, said the figures illustrated how difficult it is for many smokers to quit, despite the fact that they would prefer to be smokefree.
"The tobacco industry continues to direct its energies to developing cunning ways to market a product that will eventually kill up to 2 out of 3 lifetime users, despite the fact that so many smokers would like to quit."
"The tobacco industry has become increasingly reliant on the pack to communicate and entice smokers, so the only way to debunk this form of promotion is to force the tobacco industry to adopt plain packaging."
"It would be fantastic to see Australia take on a role of international leadership and implement plain packaging on cigarettes, thereby closing down one of the important avenues the tobacco industry use to market their deadly products."
Mr Harper said it was important to remind smokers that when they want to quit, help and support are available.
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AN electrical store in Kidderminster will be closing, with the loss of two jobs, due to soaring rental costs.
The Sony Centre, in Weavers Wharf, will be shutting its doors next month as the store, which sells products such as TVs, cameras and audio equipment from the global manufacturer, is struggling to cope with the high rent.
Poor sales are also being blamed for the demise of the shop, which employs three people.
One worker will be transferred to another store while the remaining two are facing redundancy.
Bosses of electrical superstore Victor Electronics, which trades as Sony Centres, said they did not yet know what date the store would close but were considering the second or third week of February. The Sony Centre in Stafford has also closed down.
The general manager of Victor Electronics, who did not want to be named, said: "It's all down to the rents. It's just costing way too much.
"It's sad for us because this is the second store we have opened and sales have been strong.
"When you look at the sums it's cheaper for us to keep the shop closed and carry on paying the rent and rates than keeping it open because of staff and electrical costs. It just doesn't make sense."
The Sony store is the second Kidderminster high street casualty this year, after Jessops shut earlier this month, leaving four people jobless. Some 15 jobs were also lost when Comet, in Crossley Retail Park, closed in December after the retailer fell into administration.


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Rough ninth spoils Rays' comeback vs. Blue Jays
Rodriguez launches game-tying three-run shot in seventh inning
ST. PETERSBURG -- Sean Rodriguez brought to life Friday night's Tropicana Field crowd of 17,533 with a monster game-tying three-run homer in the seventh inning.
At that stage of the game, the Rays appeared on the verge of something special. Unfortunately for Tampa Bay, Rodriguez's blast was long forgotten once the Blue Jays scored three in the ninth to cap an 8-5 win.
The Rays lost for the second consecutive time while moving to 1-3 on the current homestand. Coupled with the Red Sox's win over the Astros, the Rays fell back into the basement of the American League East.
The game stood tied at 5 when Grant Balfour came on to start the ninth for the Rays. Earmarked to be the team's closer this season, Balfour struggled for much of the first half, prompting Rays manager Joe Maddon to change to a closer-by-committee situation for finishing out games. But recently, Balfour had been doing better.
Heading into Friday night's appearance, Balfour had a 1.59 ERA in his previous 12 appearances, including Wednesday night's success when he took over for Alex Cobb with two on and two outs and did not allow a run.
Former Tampa Bay icon Dan Johnson drew his fourth walk of the game to lead off the ninth. One out later, Jose Reyes doubled to right to bring Steve Tolleson to the plate.
Once the count was full, Tolleson blooped a two-run single down the right-field line. Melky Cabrera walked before Jose Bautista singled to right to drive home the third run of the inning and chase Balfour.
"I wasn't attacking guys, I wasn't getting ahead," Balfour said. "... The first guy, I walked. You don't want to walk the leadoff guy. For me, it was embarrassing. It was a bad effort on my part. I didn't throw the ball well."
Maddon said that the leadoff walk to Johnson really hurt.
"We just could not find the strike zone on Danny tonight," Maddon said. "Of course Reyes hits a pretty big knock for them right there. They hit some balls softly that found spots. But that's going to happen when you walk the leadoff guy. ... So it came down to the leadoff walk."
Johnson felt as though Balfour was still searching to find his release point when he drew the pivotal leadoff walk.
"I think it just came up at the right time at that point, where he was still kind of searching for it," Johnson said. "So I think I lucked out by that. And then obviously we put a couple of good at-bats together, and then Tolly came through with that big hit."
Balfour has allowed more runs in 23 appearances this season (22) than he did in 65 appearances in 2013 (20).
Casey Janssen retired the Rays in order in the ninth to preserve the win, while earning his 14th save.
That ending did not seem to fit with the way the game began.
Tampa Bay got off to a quick start with Chris Archer striking out five of the first six batters he saw, and Evan Longoria gave the Rays a 1-0 lead with a first-inning sacrifice fly.
Toronto got busy when Colby Rasmus singled to open the third and Johnson drew a walk. One out later, Reyes singled to load the bases for Munenori Kawasaki, who singled to right to drive home Rasmus. Cabrera singled home another, and Bautista's sacrifice fly to right gave the Blue Jays a 3-1 lead.
Reyes singled home two in the fourth to push the Blue Jays' lead to 5-1.
Ben Zobrist's RBI single off Mark Buehrle in the fourth cut the lead to 5-2.
Archer allowed five runs on six hits and three walks while striking out seven in five innings to take a no-decision.
Rodriguez came through with his big blow -- his ninth of the season -- when he connected against Dustin McGowan for the three-run blast that tied the game at five.
"Archie started out so well, we all started out well," Maddon said. "We started pitching well, we started hitting well. We couldn't score any runs.
"It's just another weird game. You have to give them credit for the fact that they hung in there and they fought back to beat us. But we still have a chance to win the series."
Bill Chastain is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Brann Dailor Makes SPIN Magazine's 100 Greatest Drummers of Alternative Music
Meinl Cymbal artist and life force behind modern day metal legends Mastodon Brann Dailor, was recently recognized by SPIN Magazine in their 100 Greatest Drummers of Alternative Music.
Brann made the #40 spot and here's what the magazine had to say about him, and let it be noted that the author of this piece on Brann could not have penned a better description of him when he wrote: One of the most bravely human drummers in a genre that praises piston-like precision, Brann completely breaks the mold...
We couldn't agree more.
Raised as a self -professed "Zappa hippie," Mastodon's Brann Dailor skitters around his kit with a driving, math-y, almost reluctant accuracy. One of the busiest and most bravely human drummers in a genre that praises piston-like precision, Brann completely breaks the mold, performing like an inquisitive, tragically joyful child who's trapped inside a lucid dream. Dailor's percussive multiplications confuse, confound, and somehow organize his band's fantastic scenarios. With 2009's "Crack the Skye," Dailor immortalized his sister Skye, a victim of brutal school bullying and a debilitating health condition who committed suicide at age 14. Using his drums' relentless fortissimo impact, he creates a mythological dream world that induces healing instead of pain.
Most Booming Moment: The fluttering, mind-melting, ghost-note onslaught of 2009's kinetic-wormhole "Oblivion."


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On Wednesday, May 1, 2013, the Jones Graduate School Entrepreneur Organization (JGSEO) at Rice University held its second annual Owl Tank Competition. Inspired by the popular television show Shark Tank, Owl Tank offers competitors the valuable opportunity to pitch their business plans to a panel of successful Houston-area business leaders and venture capitalists who serve as judges.
This year, 11 teams, each with a "small idea that doesn't require a patent or millions of dollars in funding," competed for the top spots by distilling their idea into a six-minute pitch compelling enough to gain the judges' interest and enthusiasm. After the pitch, the judges provided valuable feedback, often volleying pointed questions to team members about the viability, sustainability and originality of their plan.
The competition began rousingly, when Michael Tatz '14, team member for Patriot Family Housing, began calling cadence and jogging military-style across the expanse of Anderson Family Commons. The following teams kept up the energy of the competition, which lasted nearly two hours.
The Winners
Third prize winners, Paul Lumpkins '14 and Cameron Hatch '14, gave the pitch for Modern Hunting, a hunting service conceptualized in one of the students' MBA classes. According to Lumpkins, the need to compress their pitch into six minutes, "forced us to really think about the essential product story that we were trying to tell and convey our idea in a more succinct manner." The essential challenge, he says, "is figuring out how to quickly sell your idea to someone who might not have any background in your industry."
Second place winner Craig Ceccanti '08 pitched Tee'd Off, an entertainment-focused restaurant and bar concept in which patrons can play rounds of golf on some of the world's most famous golf courses via simulated golf hubs. According to Ceccanti, whose pitch netted his business idea $1,750 in addition to in-kind gifts, "The most challenging thing about Owl Tank was preparing for questions from sophisticated investors. Learning to speak their language and understand what is truly important to them is incredibly useful in evolving our message for future investor presentations."
First place winner Jeremy Chapman echoed the sentiments of Lumpkins and Ceccanti. He began his pitch for GMEX.com, a company that matches industrial metal sellers with buyers, by comparing it to Autotrader.com, a company and concept that investors and the general public are already quite familiar with. He said the competition challenged him to create a crisp presentation, portraying a business model that "covered every spoke of the wheel." His successful pitch netted GMEX.com a whopping $11,250 and in-kind gifts that included $5,000 in branding and marketing strategy from BrandExtract. "We're really hoping to use the winnings for sales and marketing help," he says. "We want to be the loudest person in the room, so everyone knows we're here."
Owl Tank's Future
"I received a great deal of feedback on the quality of the presentations and pitches, as well as involvement of judges in terms of tougher questions," says JGSEO President Gene Brieck '10, when describing the success of this year's event. "More teams applied, more teams presented, and we more than doubled the prize money in total and gained more sponsors in general."
The JGSEO hopes to keep the momentum going for next year's Owl Tank, slated for spring 2014
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A Look at Samsung's Curved Smartphone Concept and 4.99-Inch 1080p AMOLED Displayby Brian Klug on 1/12/2013 9:17 PM EST
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inighthawki - Saturday, January 12, 2013 - linkAnyone else find the idea of curved screens pretty dumb on a phone? Reply
phoenix_rizzen - Saturday, January 12, 2013 - linkWould be really handy in a watch, though. Something like a Pebble 2. Reply
Brian Klug - Saturday, January 12, 2013 - linkI was wondering what function or utility curved displays would serve, but I'm kind of impressed with the reference designs they have setup there. With the flip cover closed you get a sliver of display that has notifications and other info. I honestly think that's kind of neat - like a Samsung Continuum taken to its full extent.
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sheh - Sunday, January 13, 2013 - linkAdding a secondary small display is a simpler solution, like flip phones. Reply
Death666Angel - Sunday, January 13, 2013 - linkThat wouldn't be protected then, though. The curved display as Brian describes it would still be protected from most abuse. Reply
NeBlackCat - Sunday, January 13, 2013 - linkNot me. I once had an Acer Liquid Metal which had a curved plastic touchscreen overlaying the flat LCD. It was much easier to type accurately on than similarly sized completely flat screens. Reply
zebrax2 - Sunday, January 13, 2013 - linkThat make sense since with a curved display a smaller part of your finger tip would be touching the screen providing more accurate selection Reply
sheh - Sunday, January 13, 2013 - linkNot necessarily, although these examples definitely aren't exciting. Reply
nathanddrews - Sunday, January 13, 2013 - linkDon't worry, soon Apple will patent it and call it iCurve and then you'll think it's cool. Reply
KPOM - Sunday, January 13, 2013 - linkWhen did anyone mention Apple in this thread before you? Reply
Mumrik - Sunday, January 13, 2013 - linkremember when we paid extra to get a monitor that wasn't curved? Reply
QQBoss - Sunday, January 13, 2013 - linkBurying a lead is what a detective does to avoid solving a case.
Burying a lede is what you did.
1080p at 4.99". So when can I get my 4K 24" or 27" monitor? 2560x1440 is nice, but falling so far behind the dpi curve. What is limiting Samsung from scaling up other than probably intentional blindness as to user acceptance? I guess they would never answer a question about failure rates related to area, would they. Reply
Brian Klug - Sunday, January 13, 2013 - linkI used to be a stickler for lede vs lead, but both are actually acceptable spellings that refer to the exact same thing apparently.
Also the answer for why you don't see gigantic displays is the same size and yield optimization function that affects die size. Bigger = higher odds of finding a defect, and thus more material thrown away.
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blanarahul - Sunday, January 13, 2013 - linkI've still got no idea why Samsung likes to emphasize that they have a 4.99" 1080p screen and not a 5" 1080p screen.
((1920^2)+(1080^2))/4.99 = 441.46
((1920^2)+(1080^2))/5 = 440.58
The difference in PPI is less than 1 and they still like to brag about it.
And it is much harder to pronounce 4.99 than it is to pronounce 5. Reply
blanarahul - Sunday, January 13, 2013 - linkSorry. It should be
2202.9/4.99 = 441.46
2202.9/5 = 440.58
where 2202.9 = ((1920^2)+(1080^2))^(1/2) Reply
Xyraxx - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkThey are being accurate... Since when do enthusiasts like us fault companies for being accurate down to the point?
Does this really rustle your jimmies? I mean, its 4.99.... so that what they are calling it. Why exactly would your mind be put at ease if they told a little lie and called it 5" when its NOT 5"?
Is there really any rational reason to insist they tell a tiny little white lie for no reason? Jesus.... get a grip man. Reply
sheh - Sunday, January 13, 2013 - linkI think Acer hinted at high DPI 20"+ monitors. Reply
Roland00Address - Sunday, January 13, 2013 - linkHow usable would such a screen be outdoors? Reply
Xyraxx - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkScreen size, pixel layout and resolution don't tell us anything about view-ability in direct sunlight. We will need to await more details for that. Reply
Brulath - Sunday, January 13, 2013 - linkA display constituting half a cylinder split down its axis is hemicylindrical, not hemispherical (half a sphere). That said, it'd be pretty cool if they could create a hemispherical touch display in the future - such a device could make for some pretty interesting 3D experiences if combined with headtracking. Reply
Brian Klug - Sunday, January 13, 2013 - linkAhh, good catch, fixed!
-Brian Reply
s44 - Sunday, January 13, 2013 - link267ppi (Note 2 RGB) to 440+ in one generation? That's pretty farfetched. Note that the 310 number they're highlighting is from the Pentile S3, *not* the Note 2. Reply
iwod - Sunday, January 13, 2013 - linkI used to think 300 PPI were enough, but since i could spot the difference 300 PPI and 400 PPI, and also 400 PPI and 500 PPI, How many PPI is really enough.
There are things that can easily go unnoticed. Partially because our brain filter details out. But for Fonts, especially CJK, they are very noticeable. Reply
ssj4Gogeta - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkOver 9000 should be enough. Reply
jamescox - Monday, January 14, 2013 - link
I have tried looking at some displays with a regular magnifying glass, but I can not differentiate sub-pixels without significantly higher magnification. I can often see the pixel grid, but white pixels still look like a white square; I cant differentiate the RGB sub-pixels even on a normal, low ppi display. I was wondering what magnification you actually need for a high ppi display.
Also, if you had a cylindrical display, but with it curved around the viewer, would this require changes to how a 3D game is rendered, or would it still look correct even though the rendering is using a flat rectangle as the view? Reply


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Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would study with professors from the other side of the world or wind up spending a year in Indiana. Truthfully, life has been pleasantly surprising me since the day I discovered Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College.
I was born in Arizona to an American mother and an Arab father. When I was 8 years old, we moved 6,000 miles to Jordan, and I fell in love with the country. When I began my college search, I discovered Jordan had no colleges with journalism programs in English. I really didn't want to leave my family to study abroad, so it seemed that if I wanted to live at home, I would have to give up my dream of writing.
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In my junior year as a distance student, I decided to move to Indiana and spend my senior year on campus. Dr. Paul Salstrom, who had recently taught me in an online history course, welcomed me on my very first day. I had never met him in person, but after a few minutes of conversation (and a little bit of help pronouncing my name) it was like we already knew each other. I felt that way about so many members of SMWC's faculty and staff who I had been calling and emailing over the years. The people working here make an extra effort to forge connections with students who don't live on campus. I was able to come from across the world to this college with built-in knowledge of its community and the ability to operate academically as a senior. I never felt like I was behind anyone else on campus. After all, I had been receiving an SMWC education for three years – I had just been doing it from further away.
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Some people believe that January 1, 2000 is the first day of the 21st century. Other people believe that the honor belongs to January 1, 2001. But everyone should agree that January 1, 2002 is the first "sum-day" of the new century- when you write out that date in standard notation, it becomes 01/01/02, and 1+1=2. More generally, a sum-day is a date in which the day and month add up to the year. With that in mind:
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The Inauguration of Central Penn College's Ninth President
Celebrating Our Future
"Our Family is Strong"
By Sarah Blumenschein
A deep line of vibrant colors, designs and seals painted the Central Penn College Summerdale campus on Saturday, June 7 as the academic procession advanced toward the Inauguration of Dr. Karen M. Scolforo. Close to 200 guests, including the 70 people donning academic regalia for the procession, gathered as a community to celebrate Central Penn's future.
The ceremony not only observed the investiture and installation of Central Penn's ninth president, but also the first inauguration held on campus and the College's second female president. The day, bright and sunny, showed off the Student Fellowship Area and clarified the promise of Central Penn's future.
Chairman of the Central Penn College Board of Directors and 1981 Alumnus William Kobel provided the welcome. In his remarks, he gave a charge to the new president, saying, "For more than 130 years we have been career-focused. Keep the flame of this focus in mind; never lose sight of our desire to contribute tangible skills, business acumen, leadership and professionalism to businesses that hire our graduates."
A longtime friend of the College, Senator Pat Vance delivered the salutation, emphasizing the value that a career-focused education brings to our community, region and nation.
"Schools emphasizing career-focused education allow students to pair book learning with practical, real-world experiences," said Vance. "That produces a really solid education, and it's an education that employers respect and look for in prospective employees."
Delivering greetings on behalf of the higher education community, Dr. John "Ski" Sygielski, president of HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College, said, "With many HACC students continuing their education here each year, the future shows HACC remaining a strong and committed partner with Central Penn."
Another committed partner to Central Penn is G. Scott Shatzer, a 1991 alumnus who described how important it was to him to "give tribute to his roots." He spoke on behalf of the more than 10,000 Central Penn alumni and shared with guests how he founded a student scholarship in memory of his aviation professor, the late Robert "Bob" Wright.
Faculty were a large focus of the ceremony, with special greetings from Associate Dean and Professor of English, Dr. Melissa Wehler, who explained faculty's "solemn duty and privilege to celebrate the future every day" in their classrooms.
Students Jordan Spence '08, '14 and Isaiah Isley, '17 detailed the reasons why Central Penn was the right choice for them.
"Having the businesslike atmosphere that requires us to be professional and focused, and having the faculty and staff truly care, not only about our professional success, but also our personal success, truly separates Central Penn from other institutions," Spence said.
Spence discussed how impressed she was to have a president so invested in the success of the students, and that Dr. Scolforo will lead the institution to an "amazing future."
That amazing future officially started with a standing ovation as Dr. Scolforo was formally recognized by Kobel as Central Penn College's ninth president. President Emeritus and Ambassador to the Central Penn College Education Foundation Todd A. Milano (president from 1989 to 2012) then presented Dr. Scolforo with the College's symbols of authority, the College's mace and chain of office.
Three generations of leadership were represented that day, as Jean Milano, wife of the late President Emeritus Bart A. Milano (president from 1969 to 1989) watched the great promise of Central Penn's career-focused legacy live on.
At the lectern, Dr. Scolforo shared, "Central Penn College will continue to prepare its graduates for the real world. We recognize that we have a responsibility, as educators, to prepare our students and ultimately our graduates to be: accountable, responsible and committed to their careers; to their communities; and to their environment. We will encourage innovation and creative problem-solving, respect for individual differences, a solid work ethic, servant leadership and face-to-face communication."
The theme of family was woven throughout Dr. Scolforo's inaugural address. From student family legacies and alumni who never forget their Central Penn family, to the bond that students form with their professors and staff members, she said, "family surrounds you at Central Penn."
Especially meaningful was the presence of Dr. Scolforo's close family and friends, including her mother, sister, brother-in-law, husband, children and husband's family.
She described how her commitment to education is epitomized in the successes of her family members. Dr. Scolforo also described her commitment to increasing diversity, the residential student population and the creation of a family environment in which all students, "whether residential, commuter or online, might engage and connect with each other and with our faculty and staff members."
She concluded her remarks with one simple and powerful request.
"So, the next time someone asks you what you know about Central Penn College, feel free to let them know: Our family is strong."


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CINCINNATI -- This time, the magic ran out. And it was extinguished by Andrew McCutchen.
For the second consecutive game -- and third time in five days -- the Reds erased a deficit of at least four runs, but in the end, it wasn't enough to overcome two late homers by McCutchen as Cincinnati fell, 6-5, to the Pirates in 11 innings at Great American Ball Park on Saturday night.
After he had hit a solo homer off Jonathan Broxton to tie the game in the ninth, McCutchen connected again in the 11th, this time off J.J. Hoover, to put Pittsburgh ahead.
"He hit a slider, first pitch, well executed," Hoover said. "I can't really execute the pitch better; a good hitter beat me."
McCutchen had been 1-for-7 lifetime against Hoover prior to that at-bat. The one hit was a home run.
"It was the first time I've actually thrown that pitch to him and for him to put that kind of a swing on it is impressive. I just tip my hat to him."
"I was just ready to hit," McCutchen said. "Hoover threw me a slider right down the middle, I was ready to hit, and I was able to get it out."
It looked, for a time, as though the Reds might mount yet another come-from-behind win during a week that had already included multiple thrilling comebacks. In the nightcap of their day-night doubleheader against the Cubs on Tuesday, Billy Hamilton hit a walk-off single to cap a victory after Cincinnati had trailed, 5-0.
Then in the opener of the series against the Pirates on Friday night, the Reds overcame a 5-1 deficit to win, 6-5.
But it wasn't to be on this night.
The Reds had a golden opportunity for a walk-off win in the bottom of the 10th, when Ramon Santiago and All-Star Todd Frazier each drew walks against reliever Ernesto Frieri to lead off the frame. Jay Bruce then grounded a single into right field against Justin Wilson, but Gregory Polanco made a strong, accurate throw to the plate to cut down Santiago.
"It was good," Bruce said of Polanco's throw. "It was right there, it's got to be right on the money, he's got to have time, and he made a good throw."
After Wilson intentionally walked Devin Mesoraco to load the bases, both Ryan Ludwick and Brayan Pena fanned on 98-mph fastballs.
Were it not for a five-run sixth inning, there wouldn't have been much doing for the Reds' offense.
Trailing in the sixth, 4-2, with two on and nobody out, Frazier hammered his 18th home run of the season, a 433-foot smash to center against Pirates starter Charlie Morton, to put Cincinnati ahead, 5-4.
Zack Cozart opened the frame with a walk that was followed by Chris Heisey's eighth career pinch-hit home run, and third homer of the season, to slice a 4-0 deficit in half. Hamilton then singled and stole second before Santiago walked to set the stage for Frazier's blast.
Reds starter Mike Leake had control problems early and couldn't find a rhythm throughout his six innings on the mound.
The right-hander gave up an infield single to Travis Snider, then hit McCutchen and walked Neil Walker in the first. Russell Martin followed with a sacrifice fly to score Snider for a 1-0 Pirates lead.
In the third, McCutchen doubled, moved to third on a groundout by Walker and scored on another sacrifice fly by Martin.
Pittsburgh added two more in the fourth. Gaby Sanchez and Jordy Mercer both singled to lead off the frame. After a sacrifice bunt by Morton moving the runners up, Leake made an errant pick-off throw to third that enabled Sanchez to scamper home and make it 3-0.
Polanco then singled home Mercer for Pittsburgh's fourth run.
"It was one of those games he just wasn't real sharp," Reds manager Bryan Price said of Leake. "That was a game that could have gotten out of hand; that could have easily been a six- or seven- or eight-run ballgame when he left. ... He managed it well and gave us that chance to get back and take the lead."
Leake allowed four runs on nine hits, walking three and striking out two.
As the ups and downs keep coming for the Reds, they are trying to keep things in perspective. They are, after all, 1 1/2 games off the pace in the National League Central after having won 15 of their last 22, a position they'll take gladly given the injury-decimated makeup of the roster.
"We're limping into the break [with Joey Votto and Brandon Phillips injured, among others]. We don't have the same group of guys here [from earlier in the season]," Bruce said. "But we're piecing it together and we're playing the best baseball we can.
"And no matter who's on the field, we're Major League Baseball players, and we expect to win and we expect to play good baseball. And we've been doing that. I'm happy to be a part of this right now."
Manny Randhawa is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I"m going to be building a website for a business. I've already signed up with ipage to host and will be doing it from scratch.
I'm looking for a site (or a program) where I can type in HTML, CSS, and/or Javascript and it will show me, in another screen, what my website will look like.
Any recommendations would be helpful, thanks.
I`m doing that with Dreaveawer, with dual monitor setup you can code in first screen and see the changes as you type in the second screen. Works great for me
I'm guessing you mean Dreamweaver? I've never used it before. Can you download it for free like Acrobat?
Dreamweaver is probably your best option for creating HTML and it is not free. The full version is $300+. There are other home and educational versions for under $200 I believe.
There are a lot of other faster options for creating a website as I'm sure you know. Why are you looking to do everything from scratch? Are you trying tying to achieve a custom look or functionality?
I'm trying to build a portfolio so when I apply for job in the web design field (or if familiarity with HTML, CSS, etc is a plus), I can show what I've created.
If you have no idea how to get your webpage up to the internet at all, I suggest you to try learning and coding websites in HTML and CSS on you own computer for now. Are you familiar with HTML and CSS?
If you are interested in going that path, I suggest downloading sublime text Its an awesome text editor and its free to try!
Save your html files with the extension .html and css files with the extension .css. You can open HTML files and look at what you have created with HTML and CSS right in your computer. Try it out and let us know if you have problems.
I use notepad++ for writing my code. I haven't been writing code for long but this is what I was recommended to start with. It is free but the problem is that you cant see the results on a live page beside it. You would have to save the file, then open with a browser, like chrome etc. Its not the easiest process but its was good for me. Hope this helps.
I feel Dreamweaver is too expensive for code writing. There are actually a few other options. You can try take a look at Aptana or Komodo IDE
Yes, sorry, Dreamweaver, it was just a typo Its not for free, but you can try it to see if it suits your needs, and im guessing it will. Good luck!
s not for free, but you can try it to see if it suits your needs, and i
I think you need an HTML editor like "coffeecup". You see the result while you're developing and the provide a free version.I have to admit: Dreamweaver is muh better, but it is not a free program.
Good luck zircona1.
Kind Regards,Johan Santamaria
When I started all I used was the browser and a text editor like Notepad++. I actually just finished a web design program where they went through all the Adobe tools including Dreamweaver and I wouldn't recommend that for learning. It's too easy to fall prey to letting it do the work for you which isn't great for learning.
Now I use Sublime Text 2 and Chrome browser/DevTools. Simple, effective, cheap. I do use Photoshop for complex designs but if I'm just messing around or trying things out, nothing beats the speed of just typing up a .html file and a .css file and refreshing the browser to see the changes.
Also, I used to run into problems with things not always looking the same in Dreamweaver as they did in an actual browser.
I learned HTML and CSS first, then moved on to JavaScript and playing around with Python at the moment.
If you want to work with two windows, do it like this: Fill 1/3 of the desktop screen with Notepad++ or other text-editing program for the HTML/CSS, and fill the other 2/3 of the desktop with your browser, such as Google Chrome with Developer Tools enabled. Start your file and save as xxx.html and double-click to open it in the browser (duh).
Type in your text updates and changes and save, then click on the browser screen and refresh! Can't get easier or cheaper than that.
Thanks for the tips folks. I've been using Notepad++ for revising and editing, also been using jsfiddle.net occasionally.
I have try with Notepad+++ and it is funny and helpful. Thank a lot
I am going with Dreamweaver. It provide two screens one for design and one for coding. you can take live view in the same window in Dreamweaver.This is best option for designer.


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I'm having a problem on a site I'm working on that the title-driven tool tip is not appearing in IE8.
The html and css isolated from the rest of the code work fine but in the site itself there is obviously a conflict or issue that is stopping the tooltip working. Firefox and IE7 do work by the way.
What I'd like to know is if the html is correct and there is a title="link1", will the title information trigger a screen reader or if the tool tip is not showing, would I be right in assuming that this will cause accessibility problems.
Many thanks in advance to anyone who has some insight.
Arthur, do you have Opera Installed? It has a voice function which can speak the contents of the page to you (in the same way that a screen reader would).
Yes a proper screen reader is a great solution too, but running the built in function within Opera can give you a quick and simple idea of how it'll be "read".
There are some web accessibility sites or browser addons that do in sense show how a page would be tackled by some screen readers. http://www.standards-schmandards.com/projects/fangs
Although there is a large difference between how a generic webmaster might "attempt" use one as to a person that actually required one to help them digest a web page.
Some people might just desire a page to be readout rather than need one to be read out. Obviously you could use a basic reader like: http://www.firevox.clcworld.net/
Finally managed to trace the IE8 problem down to some <strong> tags being generated by the CMS. Without them the tool tip works fine.
Appreciate you taking the time xhtmlcoder - useful stuff to know.
Would be useful if there was a site (maybe there is) where you could get a simulation of how a screen reader would experience your site - an audio version of browsershots sort of thing.
N0ob :x :lol:
Yeah it is 40 min per reboot. And your Windows has to have the Video codec thingie installed (which is found on the same page as the download for the thumb-demo).
What's nice about NVDA is that you really can carry it around on a thumb drive and no installations necessary, which is Jawsome. I have trouble getting JAWS on some machines because my user account doesn't have download privileges.
Ask and you shall recieve http://webanywhere.cs.washington.edu/wa.php - Note: WA is NOT perfect. It was first developed by a grad student. When he moved on, it was passed to a staff member. She moved on to another place too, about 6 months ago. I don't know who exactly runs it now.
As Alex said, if you have Opera, you can use the voice feature. If not, you can use FireVox for.... Firefox. I know that dev too, I don't know how much he works on it these days. You can also download NVDA.
To add on to this, no it isn't just a one tiime 40 minute shot. It is per reboot
I wrote this prior to reading Stomme's reply fully.
Really appreciate all your responses - it's not something I've spent much time on but will definitely plough through the posted links and try to get more clued up in this area.
It completely depends on the user's settings. You can choose to allow titles to be read out, or alt text to be read out. You have no guarantee that titles will be read out.
In general you wouldn't want to have titles on anchors unless the anchor text is really short and uninformative (which one should avoid when possible). You certainly wouldn't want title text that repeats the anchor text, nor title text that states the obvious like "link1". Annoying to everyone involved.
Want to know what a screen reader reads out? Test in one. JAWS for Windows has a free 40 minute demo you can download to a thumb drive (Freedom Scientific doesn't want this to be used by developers but, oh well). There's a similar one for Window-Eyes: these are the 2 largest (most popular) commercial readers for Windows. NVDA is an excellent free one but they seem to update it much better than the Big 2.
Orca is a screen reader that comes with Linux distributions running the Gnome desktop (so, not KDE). Unlike the three Windows readers mentioned above, Orca does not have a virtual buffer (a copy of the page the user then interacts with using special commands).
VoiceOver comes with all versions of OSX, including what's on iWhatevers.
While stuff like FireVox are interesting, I'd rather test in a real reader, just as I'd rather test real browsers than browser simulators. But, you could get an idea what various readers do in various situations by checking some accessibility blogs regularly (this is easier on a developer than having a copy of every screen reader and learning how to use them all anyway).
http://www.accessibleculture.org/research/html5-aria/ (example page) has given me some excellent information
Marco's blog in general is useful... I have many of his pages bookmarked. Example page:http://www.marcozehe.de/articles/how-to-use-nvda-and-firefox-to-test-your-web-pages-for-accessibility/
WebAIM often expains how the Big 2 for Windows work with various code constructs: http://webaim.org/articles/
RNIB has some articles like this one: http://www.rnib.org.uk/professionals/webaccessibility/wacblog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=be9c76d3-7ad0-4e03-a1a0-e6f6953b8178&ID=40(yes finally they've brought that one back from the dead!)
http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/ has general accessibility stuff which ends up having a lot of screen reader stuff
Lots of older articles about older versions of readers at JuicyStudio.com though Gez seems to not update it very much any more.
So reading about screen readers and tests that others do is useful simply because it's difficult to test them all, but I still recommend at least going through your pages with at least one popular reader. Then you can see what kinds of options the user have (mostly assume newbies will leave all reader and browser settings to default and may TAB through your pages, while experienced users will have things turned on and off and for example won't need skip links and that sort of thing).
If the page passes: http://validator.w3.org/ then you know the syntax will be correct - although you cannot determine how good with regards to semantic code.
I assume you mean you are just using the (x)html title attribute rather than JavaScript. For example of title attribute: <abbr title="World Wide Web">WWW</abbr> It depends upon the screen reader configurations but obviously the screen reader doesn't need to see a 'tooltip' but will read the value of the title attribute itself as in the above case "World Wide Web".


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I would only follow my new tumblr if you'd like to be happy everyday for the rest of your life. I was originally going to make it an art-related thing but I think this is more fun.
If you have suggestions, leave a comment here!


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I have a "comment" table which is the junction table in a many-to-many relationship between the "member" and "article" tables.
Here are my tables...
Currently I am adding in the ability for people to "Report a Comment" from a given Article page, which necessitates me passing over the "Article ID", "Member ID", and "Created On Date" to my "report_comment.php" script.
(For any given Article, the same Member could have posted several Comments, so I need all three pieces of information to know which Comment the person is reporting.)
Simply put, that is a PITA...
And so i am wondering if this might be a good reason to add an auto-increment "comment.id" field, and make that my Primary Key?!
Do so would most certainly make my life easier as far as this script I am working on.
I'm not sure how it might impact other things I might need to do in the future?! :-/
Currently, I can't think of any places where I am actually using my 3-Key Primary Key other than for ensuring uniqueness in the table...
Still on the "Charge per Word Calling Plan", I see...
If I create an auto-increment ID for my Primary Key, am I losing anything that the 3 Natural Keys would provide?
Any "gotchas"?!
Oh, and is there any easy way to "lay down" auto-numbers for each record, starting at one for the oldest record and cycling through the rest, or is that a programming project?
i like to distill all the yadda yadda yadda down as much as i can
would you rather i go back to my favourite response... what happened when you tested it???
don't tell me you're too lazy to fire up a test case and see what happens
if you do, i'll say i'm too lazy to write you a long-winded free tutorial every time you ask a database question
if you neglect to declare a UNIQUE key consisting of the same columns you had as the primary key, then yes, and for the same reason you already mentioned -- "ensuring uniqueness in the table"
the easiest way is to create a new table, do an INSERT SELECT from the old table, drop the old table, and rename the new one
Not really...
No, I'm smart and I ask here before I go break things, then once I know I am going down the correct path, then I go off and build and test...
Does having a "Surrogate Key" (generated) and a "Natural Key(s)" (physical) weigh down your table and queries?
Seems like doing that whenever possible would be the "best of both worlds", right?
How do I make an exact copy of the STRUCTURE of my "comment" table into a new table called "comment"backup"?
Will this do that...
CREATE TABLE comment_backup LIKE comment;
(And I mean, same Fields, Data-Types, Attributes, Index, eeverything!)
i was gonna try and wait 24 hours before replying, but i didn't want to let someone else jump in and say this ....
what happened when you tested it?
srsly, i can't believe you set that up so easily
It looks like it worked, but I am unsure of myself...
Again, I'm looking for a little "You are going about this the right way." (Or, "That will blow up your database?!")
If everything was easy, I wouldn't come here for help...
P.S. r937, you might want to factor in that my code-base is probably over 10,000 lines of code now, and of that, I have slaved and written at least 8,000 lines of that code entirely myself. The other 2,000 was from nice, generous, and smarter-than-Debbie people like you here on SitePoint. Try cutting me some slack...
well, sort of... but so marginally that you probably couldn't measure the difference, so it's certainly a viable strategy
this is actually advocated by many database developers, and i agree with it, but only to the point where the surrogate key has a reason for being, rather than just being rote, having one in every table
yours was one of the good reasons for having a surrogate pk -- a child table that has to reference this table, but this table has a three-column natural key
So until I get a database with 1,000,000 Users in it, I am probably good, right?!
And what would be some "rote" examples?
Here are some design decisions I made long ago (but they might need to be tweaked)...
And of course...
Thoughts on these?
you've exhausted your three free tutorials for today, sorry
someone else, i am sure, will be happy to pick up the torch
here they come now...