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Paula Muir is a Software Developer with IBM Content Manager OnDemand for Multiplatforms in Boulder, Colorado. She has 20 years of experience with Content Manager OnDemand and 15 years of experience in the data indexing field. Her areas of expertise include indexing and loading data, and AFP and PDF architecture.
In one of the blog posts I wrote earlier while writing IBM Content Manager OnDemand Guide (an IBM Redbooks publication), I talked about how to successfully index your data for IBM Content Manager OnDemand (CMOD). Today, let's talk about a more interesting topic: How indexing is misused.
Let's say we have some kind of financial statement that contains lists of names, account numbers, and balances. Some customers decide that they want to collect every name, account number, and balance from the statement as an index value. Then, when the results of their document search appear in the Search Results screen, they can see the information that they are looking for.
The thing is, they don't want to look at the actual document at all. They only want to look at the Search Results screen.
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I'm not sure whats going on here other than someone is suing Streetbeasts or being sued by them. I do know that Streetbeasts are a part of CMC or became Streetbeasts after CMC closed the doors. What I don't know is, is this about the car and how it's made or is it about the people that got the shaft.
I got a car from CMC 23 years ago, I paid less than half of what numbers I have seen here. When I saw the first body that they had at shows, ( I saw mine at a NSRA mini-nats. ) I thought they looked pretty good, I had never built a fiberglass car before, and I could have gotten a steel 33 at the time I was Looking at this one. There was just a body no frame, we made the deal, they wanted half down I would only give them a third. Now to make it clear I'm not one to part with a dollar very easy let alone buy some thing for over $7,000 without seeing it. I go by the saying buyer beware big time. Now at the time I was V.P. of MN Street Rod Association, and in charge of Commercial vendors at Back To The 50,S and they knew it. Anyway my in-laws lived in south Fl. So I went to the factory to look around, plus pick up my car and pay them off. They wanted me to use their trucking company which was going to charge big time to bring the car to MN. I had a trucking co. from MN. with me to pick it up they were not happy but they also wanted to do our show, so they gave me the car. I will say they did kind of did give me the V.I.P. treatment when I was there But things were already changeing. They were not so nice when after I opened the box and found the car was no where as nice as the one I had looked at or some that I had seen at the factory. But I'm a street rodder used to building cars from not much so I looked at it as that, I knew I was not going to get my money back or a new body so I did what I had to do, and it was a lot. one back fender flared out a inch , fix it, right in front of the pass. front door it dipped in , fixed it. The front cross member was too wide the car sat up like a 4X4, so we widened the front fenders 2" then saw that one fender was not right so I got a pair of fronts that were already widened cut the ones off glassed the new ones on they fit perfect. then I threw the grille shell away and fitted a valley grille to it. we ended up using 15 gal. of resin and a lot of glass. the frame was another nightmare, I ground all the welds down re-weled them then rounded them all with bondo, cut all the extra metal off the rear of the frame and set it up for a jag rearend.
We did lots of work on a car we thought we could just put it
together with a few changes, And I even went to the factory to check them out, I guess they guided me to what they wanted me to see. They were starting to have trouble a year after I got mine, I did let everyone in the club know and I would see other guys wrote about them. Then CMC stopped their ads in all the Mags. , and then out come Streetbeasts I knew right away it was the same car, the grille insert gives it away they are missing a bar on each side.
All I can say when it comes to making a big purchase buyer beware I don't care who it is check them outand go to the factory if you can and talk to someone that has the same or dealt with whoever, you spend a lot of money to buy one you sure want to see one first. Don't think that when you spend a lot that it will be an easy build, it might be but then again it might not, I have taken a trunk lid off of one 32 roadster and it was 1/2" shorter than the other steel cars.
I'm sure not here to defend Streetbeast or anyone else what I am saying is you are working on cars, that were made by man and they sure are going to need some work to go together, as far as the people that got the shaft from them, I feel sorry for you and I hope you get something out of this besides more heartache, but you have to cut off the head to kill it, other wise they just change names and keep on going, this isn't just with cars but other big noney items also, houses for one. Again I not sure if this is about the cars or getting the shaft, I would have thought by this time people would have stopped buying them it's been going on for 20 years.
If i may I 'm going to post some pictures of my car Thank you
35terraplane GET HER DONE
Look's like you did some nice work to it..
Damn, That's a whole lotta typin'. If you want to come to Chicago to glass my Streetbeasts Vert, just say so!
Seriously, we haven't crossed that bridge yet, our welder is playin' the absent game and holding up our progress. We love what we're doing, we just don't have the know how and mid build isn't the time to start learnin'.
Jay K.
Yes it was and I just passed typing, almost 50 years ago. Well if you get your welder fixed, and know how to weld, you can get the frame done. Just measure twice and cut once and you have it made. One thing about working with fiberglass is if you don't like it glass it up and do it over. You have to learn sometime and a glass car is, to my way of thinking a lot easier than steel. I don't know how far you are on your car, but you have to come up with a plan, lay it out and check it off as you go. I never did go much with the book they gave you to put the car together, did look at it once in awhile, but most of the time we went with the check list we made up. I also don't know how many street rods you have built, so maybe you have to go by the book.
I started building cars when I was 12 years old, and I mean building one, not helping my dad, he was not into cars. I( also worked in a junk yard when I was 12, so getting cars or bodies was not a problem. That was in 1956, so of course the new cars were 56, my job , cut cars up, and you can guess how many would be street rods I cut up. I did set the nice 30'S cars aside, so I had an endless supply.
Well just take your time, cars are not built in a day by one or two guys having fun, and really that's what this is all about, having fun learning about cars bench racing and having a good feeling at the end of the day knowing you are building a car.
Later and just get her done 35terraplane
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someone contacted me about parts for my beast this might help phone number 954-962-4234 let me know how it goes 66 cobra
The welder is back online and to answer your question, this is the first time my father and I have ever tackled a project this big. I have a build thread going on this forum under the title of "streetbeasts build starts" and we'll be updating next week as I've been down studying for exams.
Thanks for the response,
Jay K.
Father son project & Streetbeasts Liquidation Auction
Congrats on gaining some good times during the build!
Yesterday, the Streetbeasts Liquidation Auction ended with only about 1/2 of the items being sold, with the proceeds going to the Bankruptcy Trustee. Did anyone get Jon that commemorative Coffee Pot?
Wow, I've missed quite a bit in the last year or two.
Congrats on the win Jon and much thanks to all those who donated to support Jon, the forum and our first amendment.
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My Streetbeast Willys arrived. Probably the last 41 Willys they produced. I'm having a local builder look it over next week. I paid $2,500 extra for a tilt front. They bolted the old hood to the fender section and hey!, a single piece tilt front. the edges are uneven, cracked and chipped. No way to repair without taking it apart. The fenders are badly tweeked and won't sit down against the body. It's headed for the land fill. The trunk lid has no hardware. The door jambs have no latch hardware. No grill ($500.00?), no head lights, no wiring harness, no tail lights, no carpeting, no headliner material; etc. etc.. All of which was paid for. Also no radiator that I paid $780.00 extra for. The body was supposed to be sanded to 400 grit, nope. I'm also expecting $1,950 for overpayment on a front end that was canceled due to the closing of the company and no time to order and install. I know Bob Southern did all he could. I believe Bob is a good man and wanted to do all he could to deliver a good car. It just didn't happen. The money due? We'll see. Well, I could give up but I'm going to try and salvage this mess.
What has happened to our country? Why does this tpye of thing happen everywhere? No pride, no honesty or fair play? Just greed, lies and selfishness. What can I say? Hope all of you are well and let's hope for a better year; and our Warriors safe return from overseas.
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Way to go, Bob!!
Second donation
I just made my second donation and challeng each of you to do the same.
The one dollar suggestion was a good suggestion, but reality is few will donate. So I made up for a few others
Thanks Jon. Let us know the final bill.
Unfortunately alot of guys won't even bother to throw out ten bucks.
That's OK. The money will eventually have to come from somewhere.
When the advertising appears all over the board because Jon needs to make up the coin, these same guys will be the biggest complainers about it.
Hopefully some other members will step up as well.
Do the GM 215 heads LOOK identical to the stock heads? Will the stock manifolds work? In California it has to look stock to stand a chance without going through a "referee"
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Leading up to last night's game, it was fairly unclear who would make up for Danilo Gallinari's minutes, or if not minutes, his production. If Corey Brewer can go 16/5/3 in 7 mpg, God bless him. But he can't, so the Nuggets are a game of Clue, right now. Everyone is a suspect, anyone could land in the jackpot at any time and it's damn near impossible for Ty Lawson not to look good in a smoking jacket. Last night, Rudy Fernandez came through with 17/3/1, with a couple threes and a steal. And while my money is on him to pick up the bulk of Gallo's slack over the next four weeks, I'm unconvinced he'll be reliable. He disappears in games and is fairly easy for defenses to shut down. Some other 'perts have expressed renewed hope in Arron Afflalo bustin' loose with the added responsibility. Frankly, I don't see it. Harrington, Brewer, Fernandez; these are the guys who'll see additional time. Afflalo is a defensive guard whose game doesn't translate to fantasy hoops. He's not a scorer and he doesn't have the ball in his hands enough to rack up assists. Brewer, too, is a situational guy who'll be out a couple games because his father passed away. And Julyan Stone stood on the court for about seven starter's minutes last night and I'm still not sure why. Really, this comes down to whether RuFer is available in your league. It's Fernandez in the library with the noose. Grab him if you can. All other guesses are incorrect. Here's more fantasy basketball for your eyes.
Chris Andersen – (Cakaw!) Got the start and, (Cakaw!) after earning 10/9 on Monday, (Cakaw!) went 2/2, with 2 blocks. Caka–wait, what? Oh. Ugh.
Kenyon Martin – From the Nuggets to an ex-Nugget, Martin made his season/Clippers debut to the tune of 6/4, with 2 blocks and a steal. The tune needs a little more rehearsing.
Randy Foye – 15/1/2, with a steal and three threes (stutterer!). It looks like he'll be starting so that Mo can go nuts from the bench. Mo knows bench nuts. Foye will have better games and worse games, but the averages will suggest he should be owned in most leagues.
DeAndre Jordan – Didn't shoot a shot. Didn't make a free throw. Didn't earn an assist. Played 25 minutes and only grabbed four rebounds. THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS BACKCOURT DO NOT WANT TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR DEANDRE JORDAN.
Ramon Sessions – Started in place of the concussed Kyrie Irving and ended with 24/2/13. The Cavs play tomorrow and Saturday, and there's a good chance Irving won't play either of those games, which means there's a good chance someone just plucked Sessions out of the free agent pool while you were wasting your time reading this blurb.
Anderson Varejao – No one told Andy that when one goes hard to the mothereffin' paint, that this is a figure of speech and should not be taken literally. Waka Flaka should never be taken literally. Ryan Hollins and Samardo Samuels mightd see bumps in production if the injury is deemed Ryan Hollins-bad, but not enough for you to roster either of them.
Ryan Anderson – 24/8, with 5 threes in the first half. Then went 3/3, with no 3ptm in the second half. Shucks. Maybe the NEXT game will be the one where he drops 48.
Hedo Turkoglu – Hey, dude! Turkoglu! What's up with shooting 15-for-79 (.190) over the last 12 games (including .167 last night)? Hateyou, Turkoglu.
Mario Chalmers – Was slowed due to a hand injury. When Clapton is slowhand, we get "Layla." When Chalmers is slowhand, we get Norris Cole. I'd prefer "Layla," especially considering Cole only went 9/2/4 in a loss last night. If you're in a point guard pinch, Cole is grab-able, just so long as you know he's equally droppable.
Stephen Jackson – 17/4/3, with a peppering of good stuff on top, all wrapped up in a scrumptious 33 minutes. Jax is playing well now. When my wife and I get into a fight, inevitably I apologize and inevitably, she takes the opportunity to pile on all the awful things I've ever done for which I need to atone. She knows I'm uninterested in fighting anymore and am likely to just do whatever she says. This lasts anywhere from 1-5 days. Consider this Day 1 of Jackson's atonement. In your lineup he goes.
Drew Gooden – Two weeks ago I told you to stop what you were doing to grab Gooden. Since then he's averaged 21.5/7.8/2.5. So, uh … you listened to me, right? Cool. Just checking.
Jerryd Bayless– Left early with ankle soreness. You know what? Just drop him. Don't even think about it all that much. He's been off and on your roster so many damn times already, what's one more spin around the carousel?
DeMar DeRozan – Sank 4 threes on this way to 25 points. Do that for the rest of February and we'll be square from January.
Jeremy Lin – 23/4/10 for his first career double-double. AND THE LEGEND CONTINUES! It just goes to show, if your team is struggling, start every last one of your point guards at some point in the season. You never know, one of them might turn out to be Asian-Canadian with a Harvard education. I don't want to be a huge stick in the mud, but it's still worth noting that 1) he's averaging 39 minutes in his last three, which he is unlikely to sustain, 2) Monday's game was against the respectable Jazz, yes, but the other two were against D.C. and Jersey, and 3) the Knicks are an emaciated team without it's two best players in the lineup and with it's scheduled starting PG a week or two away from returning. These are Jeremy Lin's salad days.
Steve Novak – Thirteen 3ptm in his last two games, as the Knicks have won its last three. Clearly Carmelo Anthony will have to win his job back when he returns from injury.
Bill Walker – 5/6/1, in 21 starter's minutes. What? You didn't really think there was enough room for Lin, Novak AND Walker to go H.A.M. while 'Melo and Amar'e were absent, did you? That's just too much Cinderella Story for one town, even if that town happens to be New York City.
Tony Parker – Last night, the Spurs did tapas together in Philly. Tony Parker asked everyone if they wanted the last steak skewer. No one did, so he took it. Back at the hotel, they had one free upgraded suite. Parker asked everyone if they wanted the upgrade. No one did, so he took it. Last night, Parker kept asking if anyone else wanted to score some points. No one did, so he ended with 37 points. That's 100 over the last three games.
Gary Neal – 18/5/6, with 4 3ptm last night. And you wondered why this non-descript bench player is owned in over 60 percent of leagues. You didn't wonder? Well, perhaps being a little more inquisitive would do you some good.
Spencer Hawes – Missed last night's game. MRI came back negatory. Tony Battie didn't play, Nikola Vucevic played, but you wish he hadn't (he had more fouls and turnovers than rebounds, assists and points combined). Really, Thad Young will see the biggest bump and Thad Young is almost certainly already owned.
Paul George – 5/3/1, with a pair of steals in 29 minutes one day after I spent 250 words explaining how friggin' brilliant he is. Awesome George. Thanks. I asked you never to contradict me in public!
Kirk Hinrich – Season-high 17 points, season-high three treys. Skip him. Avoid the season contact high.
Trevor Ariza – Everything goes better on Ariza … except for the bulk of NOLA's shooting. Dude's a terrible shot, which is why he goes through ebbs like the one he's in now. What ebb you say? The ".390-FG%-since-January 18" ebb. Oh right. You forgot about that.
JJ Barea – 17/3/6 in bail-out minutes for the super-cold Rubio. I wouldn't put much stock into Barea. Barea hates stock. Gives him gas.
Mike Conley – This begins our stars-who-didn't-suck-but-nevertheless-let-fantasy-owners-down-last-night section of Razzball. Conley ended with seven assists and four steals, but only two points on 1-for-8 shooting. He did a lot to help your team and a fair amount to hurt it. That's okay, I guess. But he's shot sub-.300 in six of his last 10 games. Go ahead and monitor that.
Kevin Martin – 4-for-24 in his last six halves of basketball, including 0-for-8 from behind the arc. No clue what his deal is, but if you want to bench him until he shows up again, I wouldn't blame you. This streak is more disappointing then getting a new Walkman for Christmas, but no batteries with which to operate it.
Ben Gordon – Returned for the first time since January 20 and ended with 14/5/2, 2 stl and 4 tov. That's a pretty okay line for a creaky Gordon. It's a killer line for anyone on the Bobcats and it's the type of line I'd get tattooed to my lower back if it happened to me.
Dirk Nowitzki – He's averaging 26/8 on .615 shooting from the floor in his last three. This is a bigger relief than the time my dog came home after I had spent all weekend thinking he was dead. Turns out he just spent three days inseminating all the neighborhood bitches. So, yeah. Anyway, this is happier than that.


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March 2019 by Kim Klein
Audience: Executive Leadership
Video Length: 53:42
This seminar is for executive directors/CEOs, board members and staff/volunteers who play a key role in fundraising for your organization. It is suitable for organizations of any size. While it's beneficial to have some prior knowledge of fundraising, the presentation is appropriate for quick-learning beginners as well as seasoned fundraisers who are eager to learn how to engage others in fundraising.
In this fast-paced, 7-part workshop, you will learn:
- What a systematic and disciplined fundraising program looks like.
- Why building a broad base of donors is the best method of fundraising, and how it can easily be integrated with community awareness and mobilizing volunteers.
- How to encourage and train your board and other volunteers to raise money.
- How to build or expand a base of individual donors, including how to create a clear and compelling case, identify prospective donors, ask for money in person, and build a team of people willing to ask.
This presentation was recorded at the Maddie's® Pet Projects in Nevada 2019 Fundraising Seminar and made possible by the generosity of the Dave & Cheryl Duffield Foundation and Maddie's Fund®.
- Part 1: Introduction to Fundraising
- Part 2: Build Relationships
- Part 3: Setting Goals and Building a Team
- Part 4: Understand Your Prospects
- Part 5: Who is a Prospect?
- Part 6: How to Ask For Money in Person
- Part 7: Getting to the Close and Creating an Action Plan
About Kim Klein
Kim Klein is the author of five books, including the classic text, Fundraising for Social Change, recently released in a seventh edition. She also wrote Reliable Fundraising in Unreliable Times, which won the McAdam Book Award in 2010. Kim has provided training and consultation in all 50 United States, five Canadian provinces and 21 other countries. She is a lecturer at the School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley, and has served as guest faculty at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and Concordia University in Montreal.


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Squash, ricotta & sage pasta bake
An impressive but simple veggie main course - perfect with a green salad on the side
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
- Vegetarian
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal445
- fat26g
- saturates14g
- carbs40g
- sugars8g
- fibre0g
- protein15g
- salt0.36g
- 1 squash, weighing about 1kg, chopped into chunks
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Olive oilol-iv oyl
Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
- 200ml tub crème fraîche
- 50g parmesan, finely grated
Parmesan is a straw-coloured hard cheese with a natural yellow rind and rich, fruity flavour. It…
- 250g tub ricotta
Ricotta is an Italian cheese made from whey and traditionally a by-product of…
- small bunch of sage leaves, half chopped, half left whole
Popular in both Italian and British cookery, sage has long, grey-green leaves with a slightly…
- 12 sheets fresh lasagne
Heat the oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. Toss the squash together with the olive oil in a roasting tin. Roast the squash for 30 mins until soft and golden. While the squash is roasting, mix the crème fraîche with half the Parmesan, then set aside.
When squash is ready, leave to cool slightly, then peel the skin away from the flesh. In a separate bowl, beat the ricotta with the chopped sage and remaining Parmesan and fold through the squash with some seasoning, trying not to break it up too much.
Assemble the bake by spreading a little of the crème fraîche mix over a gratin dish. Then lay some of the lasagne sheets over and splodge some of the ricotta and squash mix over the pasta with more crème fraîche. Use all the ricotta mix to fill the bake, but make sure you keep some crème fraîche for the top. Finally, spread the crème fraîche over the top layer of lasagne, then scatter with the whole sage leaves. The bake can now be frozen; defrost thoroughly before cooking. Bake for 25 mins until bubbling and golden, then serve cut into squares.
Recipe Tip
Or why not try...Griddling thin, peeled slices of delicata squash until marked and tender, then dressing them with olive oil, chopped chilli and garlic.


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Join the Hunt – Win a Netbook
Get in on the fun of this year's RA Today Digital Scavenger Hunt and you'll be entered in a drawing for an Acer netbook. It's simple: answer a few questions based on the clues below and email us the answers. Deadline for entry is noon Tuesday. But the sooner you look for the items, the easier they'll be to find!
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- We covered President Dennis Van Roekel's stirring keynote speech this week on RA Today. Who was the very special guest he introduced at the start of his speech? Clue: head to NEA.org/ra.
- On the RA Today Facebook page, we posted a trivia question this week: In 1857, how many educators came together to found the National Education Association? Clue: head to RA Today on Facebook.
- On the RA Today Twitter feed we're using one "hashtag" so everyone can easily follow the conversation from NEA RA 2011. What is this year's hashtag?. Clue: head to RA Today on Twitter.
- When you sign up to get involved in NEA's campaign to defend public education on EducationVotes, NEA's activism website, what is the first activity in the list of actions you can sign up to take? Clue: head to Education Votes.
- This week's featured superhero on NEA's Classroom Superheroes website is a custodian from Alabama. What is her name? Clue: head to Classroom Superheroes.
- An article ran on NEA's Priority Schools Campaign website this week called "Morale Takes a Hit, But Commitment is Strong." What three high schools in Dayton, Ohio, are mentioned in the article? Clue: head to Priority Schools.
- There was an article this week about the powerful interests trying to take control your pension, on NEA's daily news website, neatoday.org. Which Tennessee state senator is quoted in the piece? Clue: head to NEA Today.
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Excerpts from a lecture by Yogi Bhajan, March 27, 1979
What can make you happy? What can build happiness in you? Why are we unhappy, when we are in the image of God?
I know that money doesn't make one happy. Money cannot decide the direction, but money can decide for things to happen. Money is what money does. The direction always comes from individual faith. If your faith is towards Dharma,[1] then everything will run according to the Dharma. If faith is towards maya,[2] then everything will run to the maya. At one time I was nobody, and I am nobody now; but I have realized one thing: that your future doesn't lie in me. Therefore, I have to leave behind a legacy, which should guide you.
Faith proclaims and essence is enjoyed, felt. It's not a world where you have to hassle and earn. Things shall come when they are supposed to. It's a world of service. And the entire maya becomes the servant to please those who the Lord loves. I am a body, I am a mind, I am a soul, I am a nut, I am a happy man, I am an unhappy man, I am a big man or a small man, I am no man, I am every man: that doesn't make any difference. But my consciousness is committed in that Unknown.
What is the enemy of the person? Fear of the unknown, fear of tomorrow. If you are afraid of it, you can never enjoy the tomorrow which should make you happy, the tomorrow which you have to embrace, the tomorrow which you have to face, the tomorrow which you have to meet. That fear is your real enemy.
You have ears but you don't hear. You have eyes but you don't see. You have a nose but you don't breathe. Do you breathe with awareness? No. It [all] happens [automatically]. Life of Infinity is life of no fear. There is no difficulty. We have absolutely no fear, nothing will happen to us. I am sure. Can you believe that I am never going to die? And do you know this body doesn't mean anything? This body is not me. I have no identity as a body. Absolutely no identity.
It is your birthright to be happy, and happiness comes only to a disciple with a discipline. Those who do not seek discipline can never be happy. It's a technology. I understand tribal law was to brand the tribe so that you can recognize your people. So every tribe has its form and shape. But finally, if tribal law was to be exalted it got exalted to be a way where man becomes and lives exactly as God made him to live.
How you recognize it and realize it is through the teachings of the teacher, the guide. The guide guides you to the destiny of Infinity and once you are in Infinity and with Infinity, that world is the bright, beautiful world and it is your birthright to go to that world and enjoy it.
Have you ever created milk out of sand? Have you milked the desert and got the milk? Can you do that? You can't. You can't be healthy, happy, and holy without Dharma. You can't. Because what is healthy, happy, and holy? It is the chance to be beautiful. You have the chance to be healthy, happy, and holy. You have a situation, a feeling, there is some reminder somewhere.
Hope. Remember, it is your privilege and it is your right, and that's what the purpose of life is: to be healthy, to be happy, and to be holy. Don't forget it. If you don't want to study it from me, I don't care. But wherever you are, if you study to be healthy, happy, and holy, you will end up finding the Dharma and that Dharma is what we are all in.
We are trying, and as long as we are trying we are okay. We have not stopped working for it, we have not stopped hoping, and we are not giving in: and that is why the greatest mantra of the time is "Keep up." Keep up, you will be kept up, the rest is a hodgepodge of life. "Keep up" is not a small mantra. If you ever want to know who you are and ever want to experience what you are and where you are, keep up whatever it is. The world shall bow to you.
© The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan


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Genshi is made available under the BSD license.
If you have a recent version of Setuptools installed, you can directly install Genshi using the easy_install command-line tool:
easy_install Genshi
This downloads and installs the latest version of the Genshi package.
Latest Release: 0.2.0
This release contains a number of improvements and bugfixes over 0.1.0. For the complete list of changes, see the ChangeLog file that comes with the distribution.
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Patricia Krentcil a.k.a. Tan Mom gave her now estranged husband Richard the actual heave-ho Saturday morning ... after serving him with divorce papers the night before.
It's kinda sad since Richard told us he wants to work things out -- but since TM's been cracking jokes in her stand-up act about his small penis ... we're guessing she's looking to kick-start her sex life.
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FACETIME- Dynastic duo: Rosensky-Decker at 12
It's hard to talk about music in Charlottesville without a genuflection in the direction of Miller's. The downtown bar that was once home to Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds is now known as a buzzing Thursday night hotspot where locals and visitors drink down a beer or two and soak up an excellent jazz band.
Thing is, you can also do that on Wednesday.
Mike Rosensky and Jeff Decker are two of the unsung heroes of the local music scene, leading their quartet every Wednesday night at Miller's, and each time they do, extending their superhuman streak: they've been playing the same gig for 12 years now.
"Mike and I started doing this as a duo, just for fun, to pass the time and practice," says Decker, now 42. "It's amazing how the years fly by."
Decker is a doctoral student at UVA, where he teaches music classes and gives saxophone lessons while working on a dissertation about Nat King Cole. Rosensky, 41, is his counterpart on guitar.
It's in their students– a few of whom pepper the audience at Miller's any given week– that they find their challenges. One of Decker's classes this semester is called "Musicianship," a small seminar that focuses on sight-reading and ear training.
"I need to be on top of the material to the point where I'm practicing on my own," he sighs. "Musicianship is a lifelong process."
Decker also says that his private lessons have as much impact as the classes: "If you have an advanced student, it's very challenging week after week to come up with a lesson plan," he says. "If there's someone who is going to be progressing rapidly and staying on top of the material, you need to practice differently."
But Rosensky doesn't see anything remarkable in the fact that he's the music department's go-to guy for one of the most popular instruments around: "Most musicians I know teach," he shrugs.
Nevertheless, maybe it's the parallel educational pursuits they share that make the sparks fly when they're on stage together.
"I think there's a nice balance of ego and selflessness," says Decker. "You gotta have an ego in jazz to want to be a soloist. At the same time, to cooperate in a jazz group, you have to be able to sublimate that ego and listen to the others and let them have their say."
Rosensky can't explain it as pointedly. "There's a certain rapport," he says. "I feel very fortunate to have not just these guys, but guys in the area I get to play with who are such great musicians." He also did an occasional duo gig with fellow jazz guitarist George Turner before Turner decided to split for graduate school.
The feeling appears to be mutual, according to guitarist and überfan Matthew Willner. "Jeff understands the history of the music, but yet puts his own voice on it," Willner gushes. "He plays with an incredible amount of emotion, and we're lucky to have him in Charlottesville. Mike plays with an enormous amount of subtlety and probably doesn't even realize the beauty of what he's doing."
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The Lawrance Luxury Apart - Hotel have 19 beautiful, individually designed luxury apartments in Harrogate spread over three central locations. These stunning apartments have everything you need for the perfect break away and are just moments from some of North Yorkshire's finest attractions, museums, historic castles, gardens and famous awe-inspiring views.
Guests enjoy complimentary Wi-Fi and off road parking, with the town centre just moments away. A range of breakfast packs can be pre-ordered for your arrival. Fairtrade tea, coffee and fresh milk are provided. All guests are invited to make use of the specially negotiated discounts with some of Harrogate's highly recommended restaurants and local businesses.
Located at the gateway to the Yorkshire Dales, The Lawrance luxury apartments in Harrogate are an ideal base for exploring the striking countryside and visiting famous gardens and attractions such as RHS Harlow Carr, Fountains Abbey, Harewood and Newby Hall.
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This following poem is a poem written as part of a poetry project called Poem press. Poem press is a project focused on presenting short but meaningful poems in a visual, literary and musical format. All of the backing tracks are provided by a fellow creative commons contributor called Kevin Macleod of incompetech.com. All poems from this project are available for use in my creative commons poetry project. You can view many more on my Youtube channel.
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Perched on its 80-feet high rocky bluff, where it has presided over the town for the best part of a millennium, Haverfordwest castle is still an imposing pile, although but a shell.
Visitors approaching from the east catch their first glimpse as they motor over the crest of Bull Hill, just past the Golf Club, and the view is quite spectacular at night when the caste is floodlit.
The site is believed to have been first fortified in about 1108 when a Fleming named Richard fitzTancred bult a wooden motte and bailey fort there. He was one of the first Flemings introduced to west Wales by the Conqueror's son, Henry 1st, to bring stability and trade to the far westerly extremities of his new kingdom. The people of the inundated Low Countries were known to be fierce warriors, skilled craftsmen and merchants well suited to the task of subduing the native Welsh and establishing settled government in the area.
The site of the castle was perfect, with views down the Western Cleddau up whose estuary the Vikings had once sailed their longships, and overlooking the highest navigable extremity of the tidal river.
The Tancreds occupied the castle until 1210 when King John evicted the last castellan, Robert fitzRichard, and in 1213 granted the castle and lordship to the great William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke. The castle did not escape the wrath of the Welsh Princes and in 1220 Llywelyn the Great attacked the town and, according to historical records "burned it up to the gate of the castle."
The fact that the castle remained intact suggests that it was already a substantial stone fortress at this time. By 1244 William Marshall and his five sons were dead and the castle passed to the female line and eventually to the last Earl's granddaughter Eleanor and her husband Humphrey de Bohun. After a brief custody by William de Valence, Humphrey de Bohun 111 was granted the castle again by the King and Humphrey later exhanged it with Queen Eleanor, who had taken a fancy to it.
In the short period until her death in 1290, she spent large sums on the castle which she frequently visited. A little enclave overlooking the town is still known as "Queen Eleanor's Bower," and the present curtain wall and towers appear to date from her ownership.
By the time of the Civil War the castle was in such a state of decay that it was never really defended, and when Cromwell ordered its destruction in 1648, the walls were only breached, the town worthies complaining that they could not afford any more gunpowder.
A County gaol was built in the castle's inner ward in 1820, a building which some historians described as "an abomination," The Town Museum is housed in the former Governor's house and recent moves to turn the Gaol into a boutique hotel were opposed by the town's Civic Society on the grounds that public access would be denied townsfolk and tourists. That proposal was withdrawn.


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The direct warming influence of all long-lived greenhouse gases in the atmosphere today attributable to human activities. CO2's warming influence of 1.7 watts/m2 is equivalent to the heat from nearly 9 trillion 100-watt incandescent light bulbs placed across Earth's surface. The combined influence of the non-CO2 greenhouse gases is equivalent to the heat from about 5 trillion bulbs. The category "other"includes a few very long-lived chemicals that can exert a climate influence for millennia.
Carbon dioxide remains the undisputed king of recent climate change, but other greenhouse gases measurably contribute to the problem. A new study, conducted by NOAA scientists and published online today in Nature, shows that cutting emissions of those other gases could slow changes in climate that are expected in the future.
Discussions with colleagues around the time of the 2009 United Nations' climate conference in Copenhagen inspired three NOAA scientists – Stephen Montzka, Ed Dlugokencky and James Butler of NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colo. – to review the sources of non-carbon dioxide (CO2) greenhouse gases and explore the potential climate benefits of cutting their emissions.
Like CO2, other greenhouse gases trap heat in Earth's atmosphere. Some of these chemicals have shorter lifetimes than CO2 in the atmosphere. Therefore cutting emissions would quickly reduce their direct radiative forcing — a measure of warming influence.
"We know that recent climate change is primarily driven by carbon dioxide emitted during fossil-fuel combustion, and we know that this problem is going to be with us a long-time because carbon dioxide is so persistent in the atmosphere," Montzka said. "But lowering emissions of greenhouse gases other than carbon dioxide could lead to some rapid changes for the better."
The direct radiative forcing (warming effect) of greenhouse gases under various scenarios. a) Red: constant 2008 emissions of both CO2 and non-CO2 greenhouse gases. b) An 80% cut in non-CO2 emissions. c) An 80% cut in CO2 emissions. d) An 80% cut in all greenhouse gas emissions. In all scenarios, emissions cuts are phased in between 2009 and 2050.
Scientists know that stabilizing the warming effect of CO2 in the atmosphere would require a decrease of about 80 percent in human-caused CO2 emissions — in part because some of the carbon dioxide emitted today will remain in the atmosphere for thousands of years. In contrast, cutting all long-lived non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent could diminish their climate warming effect substantially within a couple of decades. Cutting both CO2 and non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions to this extent could result in a decrease in the total warming effect from these greenhouse gases this century, the new paper shows.
For the new analysis, the researchers considered methane; nitrous oxide; a group of chemicals regulated by an international treaty to protect Earth's ozone layer; and a few other extremely long-lived greenhouse gases currently present at very low concentrations.
The new review paper describes the major human activities responsible for these emissions, and notes that steep cuts (such as 80 percent) would be difficult. Without substantial changes to human behavior, emissions of the non-CO2 greenhouse gases are expected to continue to increase.
The climate-related benefits of reductions in non-CO2 greenhouse gases have limits, Montzka and his colleagues showed. Even if all human-related, non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions could be eliminated today, it would not be enough to stabilize the warming influence from all greenhouse gases over the next 40 years – unless CO2 emissions were also cut significantly.
The scientists also noted in the paper the complicated connections between climate and greenhouse gases, some of which are not yet fully understood. The non-CO2 gases studied have natural sources as well as human emissions, and climate change could amplify or dampen some of those natural processes, Dlugokencky said. Increasingly warm and dry conditions in the Arctic, for example, could thaw permafrost and increase the frequency of wildfires, both of which would send more methane and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
"The long-term necessity of cutting carbon dioxide emissions shouldn't diminish the effectiveness of short-term action. This paper shows there are other opportunities to influence the trajectory of climate change," Butler said. "Managing emissions of non-carbon dioxide gases is clearly an opportunity to make additional contributions."
Fonte: NOAA
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Disastrous BASE Jump Will Scare You to Pieces [VIDEO]
If you're thinking about trying to BASE jump, this video might make you think twice.
The jump in this clip goes terribly wrong.
According to the YouTube description, the man suffered "compression fracture of the T12 vertebra, 5 stitches to the eye, 6 stitches to the chin, severely sprained back, wrist and hand, multiple bruised areas."
Ouch. Something to keep in mind if you want to give it a try.


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South Africa Volunteers Help Housing Charity
Last week Projects Abroad volunteers on programs in Cape Town gave up their weekend to work with the housing charity, Habitat for Humanity. The volunteers spent the weekend helping to build homes in the impoverished townships outside of Cape Town. With shovels and spades, they dug trenches for house foundations, mixed concrete from scratch on the pavement and poured the concrete into the trenches.
As with all Habitat for Humanity programs the volunteers worked hand in hand with the future home owners and others from the surrounding community. Blisters and sore muscles were worth the smiles and happiness shown by the family with a new space to call home.
Ian Birbeck has just come back from visiting our programs in South Africa he tells us: 'Cape Town is an amazing city with the magnificent Table Mountain in view wherever you look. It is such a mix of wealth and poverty and our volunteers are doing a great job working within the poor communities. This weekend all the volunteers gave up their free time to work building houses on the Habitat for Humanity project - a great effort from all of them.'


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Functional thinking
Functional design patterns, Part 3
The Interpreter pattern and extending the language
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This Functional thinking installment continues my investigation of alternate, functional solutions to Gang of Four (GoF) design patterns (see Related topics). In this article, I investigate the least understood but most powerful of those patterns: Interpreter.
The definition of Interpreter is:
Given a language, define a representation for its grammar along with an interpreter that uses the representation to interpret sentences in the language.
In other words, if the language you are using isn't appropriate for the problem, use it to build a language that is. Good examples of this approach appear in web frameworks like Grails and Ruby on Rails (see Related topics), which extend their base languages (Groovy and Ruby, respectively) to make it easier to write web applications.
This pattern is the least understood because it's uncommon to build a new language, so the skills and idioms required are specialized. It is the most powerful of the design patterns because it encourages you to extend your programming language toward the problem you are solving. This is a common ethos in the Lisp (and therefore Clojure) worlds but less common in mainstream languages.
When using languages (such as Java) that disallow extensions to the language itself, developers tend to mold their thoughts into the syntax of the language; it's your only choice. However, when you become accustomed to working in languages that allow painless extension, you start bending the language toward the problem solution, not the other way around.
Java lacks straightforward language-extension mechanisms unless you resort to aspect-oriented programming. However, the next-generation JVM languages (Groovy, Scala, and Clojure) (see Related topics) all allow extensions in a variety of ways. In doing so, they meet the intent of the Interpreter design pattern. First, I show how to implement operator overloading in all three languages, then show how Groovy and Scala let you extend existing classes.
Operator overloading
A common feature of functional languages is operator overloading — the ability to redefine operators (such as
-, or
*) to work with new types and exhibit new behaviors. Omission of operator overloading was a conscious decision during Java's formative period, but virtually every modern language now features it, including the natural successors to Java on the JVM.
Groovy tries to update Java's syntax to the current century while preserving its natural semantics. Thus, Groovy allows operator overloading by automatically mapping operators to method names. For example, if you want to overload
+ operator, you override the
Integer class's
plus() method. The entire list of mappings is available online (see Related topics); Table 1 shows a partial list:
Table 1. Partial list of Groovy operator/method mappings
x + y
x * y
x / y
x ** y
As an example of operator overloading, I'll create a
ComplexNumber class in both Groovy and Scala. Complex numbers are a mathematical concept with both a real and imaginary part, typically written as, for example,
3 + 4i. Complex numbers are common in many scientific fields, including engineering, physics, electromagnetism, and chaos theory. Developers writing applications in those fields greatly benefit from the ability to create operators that mirror their problem domain. (For more information on complex numbers, see Related topics.)
A Groovy
ComplexNumber class appears in Listing 1:
Listing 1.
ComplexNumber in Groovy
package complexnums class ComplexNumber { def real, imaginary public ComplexNumber(real, imaginary) { this.real = real this.imaginary = imaginary } def plus(rhs) { new ComplexNumber(this.real + rhs.real, this.imaginary + rhs.imaginary) } def multiply(rhs) { new ComplexNumber( real * rhs.real - imaginary * rhs.imaginary, real * rhs.imaginary + imaginary * rhs.real) } String toString() { real.toString() + ((imaginary < 0 ? "" : "+") + imaginary + "i").toString() } }
In Listing 1, I create a class that holds both real and imaginary
parts, and I create the overloaded
plus() and
multiply() operators. Adding two complex numbers is straightforward: the
plus() operator adds the two numbers' respective real and imaginary parts to each other to produce the result. Multiplying two complex numbers requires this formula:
(x + yi)(u + vi) = (xu - yv) + (xv + yu)i
multiply() operator in Listing 1 replicates the formula. It multiplies the numbers' real parts, then subtracts the product of the imaginary parts, which is added to the product of the real and imaginary parts both multiplied by each other.
Listing 2 tests the complex-number operators:
Listing 2. Testing complex-number operators
package complexnums import org.junit.Test import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue import org.junit.Before class ComplexNumberTest { def x, y @Before void setup() { x = new ComplexNumber(3, 2) y = new ComplexNumber(1, 4) } @Test void plus_test() { def z = x + y; assertTrue 3 + 1 == z.real assertTrue 2 + 4 == z.imaginary } @Test void multiply_test() { def z = x * y assertTrue(-5 == z.real) assertTrue 14 == z.imaginary } }
In Listing 2, the
plus_test() and
multiply_test() methods' use of the overloaded operators — both of which are represented by the same symbols that the domain experts use — is indistinguishable from similar use of built-in types .
Scala (and Clojure)
Scala allows operator overloading by discarding the distinction between operators and methods: operators are merely methods with special names. Thus, to override the multiplication operator in Scala, you override the
* method. I create complex numbers in Scala in Listing 3:
Listing 3. Complex numbers in Scala
class ComplexNumber(val real:Int, val imaginary:Int) { def +(operand:ComplexNumber):ComplexNumber = { new ComplexNumber(real + operand.real, imaginary + operand.imaginary) } def *(operand:ComplexNumber):ComplexNumber = { new ComplexNumber(real * operand.real - imaginary * operand.imaginary, real * operand.imaginary + imaginary * operand.real) } override def toString() = { real + (if (imaginary < 0) "" else "+") + imaginary + "i" } }
The class in Listing 3 includes the familiar
real and
imaginary members, as well as the
+ and
* operators/methods. As you can see in Listing 4, I can use
ComplexNumbers naturally:
Listing 4. Using complex numbers in Scala
val c1 = new ComplexNumber(3, 2) val c2 = new ComplexNumber(1, 4) val c3 = c1 + c2 assert(c3.real == 4) assert(c3.imaginary == 6) val res = c1 + c2 * c3 printf("(%s) + (%s) * (%s) = %s\n", c1, c2, c3, res) assert(res.real == -17) assert(res.imaginary == 24)
By unifying operators and methods, Scala makes operator overloading trivial. Clojure uses the same mechanism to overload operators. For example, this Clojure code defines an overloaded
** operator:
(defn ** [x y] (Math/pow x y))
Extending classes
Similarly to operator overloading, the next-generation JVM languages allow you to extend classes (including core Java classes) in ways that are impossible in the Java language itself. These facilities are often used to build domain-specific languages (DSLs). Although the GoF never considered DSLs — because they weren't common in the popular languages of the time — DSLs exemplify the original purpose of the Interpreter design pattern.
By adding units and other modifiers to core classes such as
Integer, you can — as with adding operators — model real-world problems more closely. Both Groovy and Scala allow this, but with different mechanisms.
Expando and category classes
Groovy includes two mechanisms for adding methods to existing classes:
ExpandoMetaClass and categories. (I covered details of the
ExpandoMetaClass in the last installment, in the context of the Adapter pattern.)
Let's say that your company, for bizarre legacy reasons, needs to express speeds in furlongs per fortnight rather than miles per hour (MPH), and developers find themselves performing this conversion often. Using Groovy's
ExpandoMetaClass, you can add a
FF property to
Integer that handles the conversion, as shown in Listing 5:
Listing 5. Using
ExpandoMetaClass to add a furlongs/fortnight unit to
static { Integer.metaClass.getFF { -> delegate * 2688 } } @Test void test_conversion_with_expando() { assertTrue 1.FF == 2688 }
The alternative to
ExpandoMetaClass is to create a category wrapper class, a concept borrowed from Objective-C. In Listing 6, I add a (lowercase)
ff property to
Listing 6. Adding units via a category class
class FFCategory { static Integer getFf(Integer self) { self * 2688 } } @Test void test_conversion_with_category() { use(FFCategory) { assertTrue 1.ff == 2688 } }
A category class is a regular class with a collection of static methods. Each method accepts at least one parameter; the first parameter is the type this method augments. For example, in Listing 6, the
FFCategory class has a
getFf() method, which accepts an
Integer parameter. When this category class is used with the
use keyword, all appropriate types within the code block are augmented. In the unit test, I can reference the
ff property (remember, Groovy automatically converts
get methods to property references) within the code block, as shown at the bottom of Listing 6.
Having two mechanisms to choose from lets you control the scope of augmentations more exactly. For example, if the entire system uses MPH as the default unit of speed but also requires frequent conversion to furlongs per fortnight, a global change using the
ExpandoMetaClass would be appropriate.
You may be skeptical of the usefulness of reopening core JVM classes, worrying about the broad-reaching implications. Category classes let you limit the scope of potentially dangerous enhancements. Here is an example from a real-world open source project that makes excellent use of this mechanism.
The easyb project (see Related topics) lets you write tests that verify aspects of classes under test. Consider the snippet from an easyb test shown in Listing 7:
Listing 7. easyb testing a
queue class
it "should dequeue items in same order enqueued", { [1..5].each {val -> queue.enqueue(val) } [1..5].each {val -> queue.dequeue().shouldBe(val) } }
queue class doesn't include a
shouldBe() method, which I call during the verification phase of the test. The easyb framework has added the method for me; the
it() method definition in easyb's source, shown in Listing 8, shows how:
Listing 8. easyb's
it() method definition
def it(spec, closure) { stepStack.startStep(BehaviorStepType.IT, spec) closure.delegate = new EnsuringDelegate() try { if (beforeIt != null) { beforeIt() } listener.gotResult(new Result(Result.SUCCEEDED)) use(categories) { closure() } if (afterIt != null) { afterIt() } } catch (Throwable ex) { listener.gotResult(new Result(ex)) } finally { stepStack.stopStep() } } class BehaviorCategory { // ... static void shouldBe(Object self, value) { shouldBe(self, value, null) } //... }
In Listing 8, the
it() method accepts a spec (a string describing the test) and a closure block representing the body of the test. At the midway point of the method, the closure executes within the
BehaviorCategory block, which appears at the bottom of the listing. The
BehaviorCategory augments
Object, allowing any instance in the Java universe to verify its value.
By allowing selective augmentation of
Object, which resides at the top of the hierarchy, Groovy's open-class mechanism makes it possible to verify results easily for any instance but limits that change to the body of the
use block.
Scala's implicit casts
Scala uses implicit casts to simulate the augmentation of existing classes. Implicit casts don't add methods to classes but allow the language to automatically convert an object to an appropriate type that does have the desired method. For example, I can't add an
isBlank() method to the
String class, but I can create an implicit conversion that automatically converts
Strings to a class that does have that method.
As an example, I want to add an
append() method to
Array, which lets me add
Person instances easily to an appropriately typed array, as shown in Listing 9:
Listing 9. Adding a method to
Array to add people
case class Person (firstName: String, lastName: String) {} class PersonWrapper(a: Array[Person]) { def append(other: Person) = { a ++ Array(other) } def +(other: Person) = { a ++ Array(other) } } implicit def listWrapper(a: Array[Person]) = new PersonWrapper(a)
In Listing 9, I create a simple
Person class with a couple of properties. To make
Array[Person] (in Scala, generics use
[ ] rather than
< > as delimiters)
Person aware, I create a
PersonWrapper class, which includes the desired
append() method. At the bottom of the listing, I create the implicit conversion that will automatically convert an
Array[Person] to a
PersonWrapper when I call the
append() method on the array. Listing 10 tests the conversion:
Listing 10. Testing natural extensions to existing classes
val p1 = new Person("John", "Doe") var people = Array[Person]() people = people.append(p1)
In Listing 9, I also add a
+ method to the
PersonWrapper class. Listing 11 shows how I use this nicely intuitive version of the operator:
Listing 11. Modifying the language to enhance readability
people = people + new Person("Fred", "Smith") for (p <- people) printf("%s, %s\n", p.lastName, p.firstName)
Scala isn't actually adding a method to the original class, but it provides the appearance of doing so by automatically converting to a suitable type. The same diligence required for metaprogramming in languages like Groovy is required in Scala to avoid creating convoluted webs of interconnected classes using too many implicit casts. But when used correctly, implicit casts help you write very expressive code.
The original Interpreter design pattern from the GoF suggested creating a new language, but their base languages didn't support the graceful extension mechanisms we have at our disposal today. All the next-generation Java languages support extensibility at the language level, using a variety of techniques. In this installment, I demonstrated how operator overloading works in Groovy, Scala, and Clojure, and investigated class extension in Groovy and Scala.
In a future installment, I'll show how a combination of Scala-style pattern matching and generics enable you to replace a couple of traditional design patterns. Essential to that discussion is a concept that also plays a role in functional-style error handling, which is the next installment's topic.
Downloadable resources
Related topics
- The Productive Programmer (Neal Ford, O'Reilly Media, 2008): Neal Ford's most recent book discusses tools and practices that help you improve your coding efficiency.
- Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (Erich Gamma et al., Addison-Wesley, 1994): The Gang of Four's classic work on design patterns.
- Complex number: Complex numbers are a mathematical abstraction that play a role in many scientific fields.
- Scala: Scala is a modern, functional language on the JVM.
- Clojure: Clojure is a modern, functional Lisp that runs on the JVM.
- "Practically Groovy: Metaprogramming with closures, ExpandoMetaClass, and categories" (Scott Davis, developerWorks, June 2009): Learn more about metaprogramming in Groovy.
- easyb: easyb is an open source behavior-driven development tool developed in Groovy for use with both Groovy and Java projects.
- Grails: Grails is an open source web framework written in Java and Groovy.
- Ruby on Rails: Rails is an open source web framework written in Ruby, which runs on JRuby.
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Ceramic Hand Pipe | Six Tooth Grin
For well over a decade, ceramics artist Justin Moeller has been making these ceramic pipes in the mountains of Santa Cruz, California. Each piece is crafted from a mold of the original design and then hand painted by the artist so that every pipe is unique. The non-toxic glaze gives the pipe a smooth glassy feel, and the colors fade from light blue at the mouthpiece to grayish-white at the center to dark navy blue at the bowl. Its 1/8-inch (3 mm) wide airway allows for easy cleaning and an effortless draw.
This ceramic hand pipe is 3.4 inches long and features the Six Tooth Grin design with colored eyes. Because each pipe is individually handmade by the artist, the ceramic pipe you receive will be one-of-a-kind. The exact shape may vary slightly from the pipe in the photo but the design will be the same.


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Friday 25 January
|Acanthastrea (1)
The fleshy artichoke coral is a little-known, rare coral described as recently as 1998 (1). The most distinguishing features of this species are its heavy, toothed septa and thick, fleshy walls (3) (4). Like other colony-forming corals, colonies of the fleshy artichoke coral are composed of numerous small polyps, soft-bodied animals related to anemones. Each polyp bears numerous tentacles that direct food into a central mouth, where it is digested in a sac-like body cavity. One of the most remarkable and ecologically important features of corals is that the polyps secrete a hard skeleton, called a 'corallite', which over successive generations contributes to the formation of a coral reef. The coral skeleton forms the bulk of the colony, with the living polyp tissue comprising only a thin veneer. Living colonies of the fleshy artichoke coral tend to be green, grey or brown in colour (3).
Like many coral species, the tissue of the fleshy artichoke coral contains large numbers of single-celled algae called zooxanthellae. The coral and the algae have a symbiotic relationship in which the algae gain a safe, stable environment within the coral's tissues, while the coral receives nutrients produced by the algae through photosynthesis. By harnessing the sun's energy in this way, corals are able to grow rapidly and form vast reef structures, but are constrained to live near the water surface. While, on average, zooxanthellate coral can obtain around 70 percent of its nutrient requirements from zooxanthellae photosynthesis, the coral may also feed on zooplankton (3).
The fleshy artichoke coral is found in the Gulf of Aden, north-western Indian Ocean and Arabian Gulf (1).
This coral prefers relatively deep, turbid waters with sandy substrates and low light (1) (4).
With an estimated 20 percent of the world's coral reefs already destroyed, the fleshy artichoke coral faces many of the threats that are affecting coral reefs globally (5) (6). Worldwide there is increasing pressure on coastal resources resulting from human population growth and development. There has been a significant increase in domestic and agricultural waste in the oceans, poor land-use practices that result in an increase in sediment running on to the reefs, and over-fishing, which can have 'knock-on' effects on the reef (6). However, the major threat to corals is global climate change, with the expected rise in ocean temperatures increasing the risk of coral 'bleaching', in which the stressed coral expels its zooxanthellae, often resulting in the death of the coral. Climate change may also lead to more frequent, severe storms, which can damage reefs, and rising carbon dioxide levels may make the ocean increasingly acidic. Such stresses can also make corals more susceptible to disease, parasites and predators, such as the crown-of-thorns sea star (Acanthaster planci) (5) (6) (7).
In addition to being listed on Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), which makes it an offence to trade this species without a permit, the fleshy artichoke coral also forms part of the reef community in numerous marine protected areas (1) (2). To specifically conserve this coral, recommendations have been made for a raft of studies into various aspects of its biology, population status, habitat and threats to its survival (1).
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Managers lead shifts every week, making sure customers get a fast, accurate, friendly experience every visit. A Shift Manager provides leadership to crew and other managers during a shift to ensure great Quality, Service and Cleanliness to customers.
Shift Managers perform a variety of tasks, which may include planning for each shift, monitoring performance during the shift, taking action to ensure the team is meeting McDonald's standards, monitoring safety, security, and profitability, and communicating with the next Shift Manager to help prepare him/her to run a great shift, too. Shift Managers may also be responsible for meeting targets during their shifts and for helping their assigned Departments meet their goals.
As a Shift Manager, you may be responsible for:
This job posting contains some information about what it is like to work in a McDonald's restaurant, but it is not a complete job description. People who work in a McDonald's restaurant perform a number of different tasks every day, and this posting does not list all of the essential functions of this job.


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By Abe Munch
Stefen Wisniewski, OG/C, Penn State, 6'3 297
Position Ranking: #3
Strengths: Plays with very good overall technique and balance; brings his feet along in space and isn't easily tripped up. Shows the ability to be effective on pulls inside and out, sealing the edge, and clearing the inside running lane. Gets to the second level and quickly locates a target, consistently neutralizing linebackers. A technician in run support. Uses angles and hand placement to gain leverage and create a crease for the running back.
Very good at establishing an inside fit on the defender and sustains blocks in both run support and pass protection; maintains hand placement even if he loses his base. Sets himself quickly in pass protection while maintaining choppy feet to mirror the defender. Very good lower body strength when he sinks his hips; holds the point of attack with consistency when he plays with bend and locks out his arms. Able to handle much bigger defenders when he sinks and anchors. Has mastered his upper body technique, and uses arms and hands extremely well. A three year starter and hasn't missed a game due to injury. Started 26 games at right guard and 13 games at center (2009 season).
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Brandon Phillips had three hits, including a home run and double, and scored twice in his return to the lineup, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the San Francisco Giants 3-1 on Thursday night.
Mike Leake (6-6) allowed four hits in eight innings, had a career-high 12 strikeouts and walked one, which was intentional. He's still looking for his first major league shutout.
Aroldis Chapman worked the ninth for his 15th save in 16 chances.
Jay Bruce and Todd Frazier each added two hits for the Reds, who have won five of six. Bruce doubled in the seventh and has an extra-base hit in each of his last seven games, the longest streak by a Reds player since Dave Parker did it in eight straight in 1986.
Adam Duvall, making his major league debut, hit a home run for the Giants, who lost for the 12th time in 16 games.
Ryan Vogelsong (5-4) allowed a run on five hits over six innings one day after Tim Lincecum threw a no-hitter against the San Diego Padres. He struck out seven and walked one.
Jean Machi, who allowed Phillips' home run leading off the seventh, had his scoreless streak end at 25 1/3 innings.
Zack Cozart and Ryan Ludwick also drove in runs for the Reds, who have won eight of their last 10 games, including playoffs, in San Francisco.
The Reds ended a scoreless duel with a run in the fifth. Phillips, who missed the last three games with a bruised heel, led off with a single. Two outs later, Cozart doubled him home.
Bruce followed Phillips' homer with a double and scored on Ludwick's single.
Duvall hit a 0-2 pitch from Leake into the left field bleachers to put the Giants on the scoreboard.
Leake allowed a two-out double to Buster Posey in the first and then retired 15 of the next 16 hitters before Hunter Pence's triple in the sixth.
The Giants also threw out two runners at home. Billy Hamilton tried to score on Devin Mesoraco's shallow fly to second baseman Joe Panik in the sixth, and Brandon Crawford nailed Mesoracso trying to score on Phillips' double to center field in the eighth.
NOTES: Frazier has a 13-game hitting streak against the Giants. ... Reds LHP Tony Cingrani, optioned to Triple A Louisville on Friday, was placed on the minor league disabled list with a strained shoulder. That came as a surprise to the Reds, who sent him down to work. . RHP Johnny Cueto (7-5, 1.86), the major league leader in ERA, pitches for the Reds on Friday night. He's won his last two decisions. . LHP Madison Bumgarner (9-4, 2.63) goes for the Giants. He's 2-2 in five starts against the Reds. . Giants 1B Michael Morse was scratched because of illness. . Duvall became the 11th Giant since 1958 to homer in his first game. . Giants 1B Brandon Belt began a rehab assignment at Single-A San Jose on Thursday. The plan calls for him to DH through Sunday and then join Triple A Fresno. . Giants IF Marco Scutaro resumes his rehab in the Arizona League on Friday and is scheduled to play up to five innings at second base. . The Junior Giants Stretch Drive Fund, created in honor of Hall of Famer Willie McCovey, began Thursday to help provide baseball programs in 90 underserved communities. Information can be obtained at the website jrgiant.org.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Brandon Phillips had three hits, including a home run and double, and scored twice in his return to the lineup, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the San Francisco Giants 3-1 on Thursday night.


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NBC's David Gregory makes sense of new polls showing conflicting leads in the 2012 presidential race.
Heading into Monday's final debate and with just over two weeks until Election Day, President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney are now tied nationally, according the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
Obama and Romney both get 47 percent among likely voters in the latest edition of the poll, conducted entirely in the aftermath of the second presidential debate last Monday. In the last national NBC/WSJ poll, which was conducted before debate season began, the president held a narrow, three-point lead over his GOP challenger, 49 percent to 46 percent.
But among the wider pool of all registered voters in this new survey, Obama is ahead of Romney by five points, 49 percent to 44 percent.
Looking at some of the most important demographic groups, Romney leads among men (53 percent to 43 percent), Obama is up with women (51 percent to 43 percent) and they are essentially tied among voters in the Midwest.
The full poll — which was conducted Oct. 17-20 among 1,000 registered voters and 816 likely voters — will be released at 6:30 pm ET tonight.
The margin of error is plus-minus 3.1 percentage points for the sample of registered voters and plus-minus 3.43 percentage points for the sample of likely voters.