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Schengen Visa Application: what are some helpful tips for preparing? I recently dismissed Dogmeat in favor of Codsworth, and I'm fairly sure I sent him to Sanctuary Hills. However, I've had a fairly detailed look around the place and I haven't found him yet. Does anyone know where he is? I will be attending a summer school which will last 10 days.  I want to know: for applying for a Schengen visa, is the purpose of my trip considered as touristic or study? When you review papers submitted for publication, is there an “optimal” length for reviews? In my experience as an author and referee, I have seen a large range of review lengths (for reference, a paper in my field is typically between 3 and 8 printed pages):   Zero length: for some of the papers I have authored, the reviewer just clicked the “accept as is” or “reject” checkmark on the review sheet, without adding any comment (at least, not any comment visible to me). It's not so common, but it has happened. Short length: a lot of time, I received reviews who consisted of a single paragraph. Medium: one full page, maybe two pages.   Although I have never received any such long reviews, I have myself written on a few occasions reviews that exceed two pages, including once or twice a four or five-page review.  These were cases where the paper was good, but could be (in my view) much improved and some of the aspects/consequences had escaped the authors' consideration.  I am wondering how useful reviews of various length are to editors. I often consider that “unmotivated” reviews are useless, as they do not give any real insight about the paper to the editor. For example, if the editor gets two conflicting non motivated reviews, how is she to decide?  On the other hand, although I write some from time to time, I have never received long reviews, so… is this something frowned upon? Why is it bad to log in as root? I've often come across posts on forums or other websites where you see people joking in such a manner about running/logging in as root as if it's something awful and everyone ought to know about it. However, there isn't much that a search reveals on the matter.   It may be widely known to Linux experts, but I really don't know why. I remember always running as root when I first tried Linux years ago (Redhat and Mandrake) and don't remember running into any problems because of that.   There are actually some distros that have a bright red background with alert signs all over it as wallpaper for the root user (SuSe?). I still use the "Administrator" account for regular use on my Windows installation and haven't ever run into any problems there either. Permalinks: custom post type -> custom taxonomy -> post I am having trouble working with WordPress rewrite rules, and could use some help.  I have a custom post type called _shows_.  All shows have a single custom taxonomy category _show-category_. A _show_ will never have more than one _show-category_.  I would like my urls to route in this manner:  www.mysite.com/shows/  =&gt;  archive-shows.php  www.mysite.com/shows/%category%/ =&gt; taxonomy-show-category.php  www.mysite.com/shows/%category%/%postname%/ =&gt; single-shows.php   So as a real world example, lets say we have a _show-category_ "Foo" and a _show_ post titled "Bar" that has "Foo" as it's _show-category_. I would expect my WordPress app to look like this:  www.mysite.com/shows/foo/ =&gt; shows all posts under the foo category www.mysite.com/shows/foo/bar =&gt; shows the indivual post   I try to avoid plugins when possible, but am open to any solution. How can I accept the Microsoft EULA agreement for ttf-mscorefonts-installer? Shadow Incorrect at Bottom of Edge In the images below, I have a cube that is sticking up about two thirds through a plane. But, despite the fact that the cube is not hovering over the plane, the shadow seems to indicate otherwise. How can I fix this shadow? How can I write a unit test to determine whether an object can be garbage collected? VBA array sort function? I'm looking for a decent sort implementation for arrays in VBA. A Quicksort would be preferred. Or any other  other than bubble or merge would suffice.  Please note that this is to work with MS Project 2003, so should avoid any of the Excel native functions and anything .net related. Best word for "unable to change" In a question on "along" vs "alongside", I have seen this question and the correct answer on the web site makes me confused.      The question is: I enjoyed my walk _________________ the river.  a) along b) alongside  I selected "...along the river" as the correct answer, but on the web site it is shown as wrong and the correct answer is "alongside".  How can that be? I still do not agree, because I have studied the difference between the two. "along" is just the right preposition for thin and long places like road, path, street, beach etc".   So, why would the correct answer be "alongside" which simply means "next to"? Do you not think "along" seems to be better fitting?  Regards,  Note: I would be more than gratefull, if somebody show it to me in a video, like "a walk along the river" and "a walk alongside the river". Maybe I can understand the how "a walk along the river" and "a walk alongside the river" would take place. Construct a Borel set on R such that it intersect every open interval with non-zero non-"full" measure Is an Otyugh's grapple different from a standard grapple? In 5e to escape a Grapple check, I know you roll athletics (str) or acrobatics (dex) opposed by an athletics (str) check.  In the Otyugh entry in the Monster Manual it doesn't say there's any check, instead it assigns a set DC for an "escape" (DC 13... which is a str check with a 10 assigned as the "roll").    So the question is:    Does the Otyugh actually make a roll in this instance (like the general rule) or does it have a set DC (for the specific case) OR is it just a poorly communicated version of the GENERAL rule being played out?   A little clarification on this would be AWESOME. In the event of a "specific vs general" scenario, what actually is the "escape" roll?  What modifier is applied? None? If $f \in L_p \cap L_q$, $1 \leq p < r < q < \infty$ then $f \in L_r$. If $f \in L_p \cap L_q$ and $1 \leq p &lt; r &lt; q &lt; \infty$ then $f \in L_r$.   Proof: Let $E = \{ x \in X: \left\lvert f \right\rvert \leq 1 \}$. Then, $$\int \left\lvert f \right\rvert^r \mathrm{d}\mu = \int_E \left\lvert f \right\rvert^r \mathrm{d}\mu+\int_{E^C} \left\lvert f \right\rvert^r \mathrm{d}\mu \leq \int_E \left\lvert f \right\rvert^p \mathrm{d}\mu+\int_{E^C} \left\lvert f \right\rvert^q \mathrm{d}\mu$$ $$\leq \int \left\lvert f \right\rvert^p \mathrm{d}\mu+\int \left\lvert f \right\rvert^q \mathrm{d}\mu &lt; \infty.$$ Thus, $f \in L_r$.  I just want to make sure I am somehow not missing anything. Thanks Java: Sorting user-input array upon return How can you smooth the edge between two materials? I haven't played Magic: the Gathering since the days of Onslaught and Mirrodin, and I would like to try to catch back up. Since all my cards are quite dated now, I may be more interested in formats other than the most up-to-date one.  Rather than ask what is currently legal in various formats (since that is likely too localized), I would rather pose the question of how can I tell which sets/cards are legal in each format. Android How to use MediaScannerConnection scanFile How to share the "Look Back" video from Facebook? On Facebook, there is a  looking back on your Facebook history. Apparently, some people have shared this video with their friends, however I and someone else cannot figure out how to do so. This URL is not unique, it's a global URL which shows the video of who's logged in. People say there's supposed to be a "share" link, but there are no links whatsoever. And, I can't share the URL because it would show them their own videos.  How do I share this video with friends on Facebook?  without using a screen recorder to capture it