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This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.1.6. For information about new features in the 9.1 major release, see Section E.10, « Release 9.1 ».
A dump/restore is not required for those running 9.1.X.
However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 9.1.6, see the release notes for 9.1.6.
Fix multiple bugs associated with CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY (Andres Freund, Tom Lane)
Fix CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY to use in-place updates when changing the state of an index's pg_index row. This prevents race conditions that could cause concurrent sessions to miss updating the target index, thus resulting in corrupt concurrently-created indexes.
Also, fix various other operations to ensure that they ignore invalid indexes resulting from a failed CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY command. The most important of these is VACUUM, because an auto-vacuum could easily be launched on the table before corrective action can be taken to fix or remove the invalid index.
Fix buffer locking during WAL replay (Tom Lane)
The WAL replay code was insufficiently careful about locking buffers when replaying WAL records that affect more than one page. This could result in hot standby queries transiently seeing inconsistent states, resulting in wrong answers or unexpected failures.
Fix an error in WAL generation logic for GIN indexes (Tom Lane)
This could result in index corruption, if a torn-page failure occurred.
Properly remove startup process's virtual XID lock when promoting a hot standby server to normal running (Simon Riggs)
This oversight could prevent subsequent execution of certain operations such as CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY.
Avoid bogus « out-of-sequence timeline ID » errors in standby mode (Heikki Linnakangas)
Prevent the postmaster from launching new child processes after it's received a shutdown signal (Tom Lane)
This mistake could result in shutdown taking longer than it should, or even never completing at all without additional user action.
Avoid corruption of internal hash tables when out of memory (Hitoshi Harada)
Prevent file descriptors for dropped tables from being held open past transaction end (Tom Lane)
This should reduce problems with long-since-dropped tables continuing to occupy disk space.
Prevent database-wide crash and restart when a new child process is unable to create a pipe for its latch (Tom Lane)
Although the new process must fail, there is no good reason to force a database-wide restart, so avoid that. This improves robustness when the kernel is nearly out of file descriptors.
Fix planning of non-strict equivalence clauses above outer joins (Tom Lane)
The planner could derive incorrect constraints from a clause equating a non-strict construct to something else, for example WHERE COALESCE(foo, 0) = 0 when foo is coming from the nullable side of an outer join.
Fix SELECT DISTINCT with index-optimized MIN/MAX on an inheritance tree (Tom Lane)
The planner would fail with « failed to re-find MinMaxAggInfo record » given this combination of factors.
Improve planner's ability to prove exclusion constraints from equivalence classes (Tom Lane)
Fix partial-row matching in hashed subplans to handle cross-type cases correctly (Tom Lane)
This affects multicolumn NOT IN subplans, such as WHERE (a, b) NOT IN (SELECT x, y FROM ...) when for instance b and y are int4 and int8 respectively. This mistake led to wrong answers or crashes depending on the specific datatypes involved.
Acquire buffer lock when re-fetching the old tuple for an AFTER ROW UPDATE/DELETE trigger (Andres Freund)
In very unusual circumstances, this oversight could result in passing incorrect data to a trigger WHEN condition, or to the precheck logic for a foreign-key enforcement trigger. That could result in a crash, or in an incorrect decision about whether to fire the trigger.
Fix ALTER COLUMN TYPE to handle inherited check constraints properly (Pavan Deolasee)
This worked correctly in pre-8.4 releases, and now works correctly in 8.4 and later.
Fix ALTER EXTENSION SET SCHEMA's failure to move some subsidiary objects into the new schema (Álvaro Herrera, Dimitri Fontaine)
Fix REASSIGN OWNED to handle grants on tablespaces (Álvaro Herrera)
Ignore incorrect pg_attribute entries for system columns for views (Tom Lane)
Views do not have any system columns. However, we forgot to remove such entries when converting a table to a view. That's fixed properly for 9.3 and later, but in previous branches we need to defend against existing mis-converted views.
Fix rule printing to dump INSERT INTO table DEFAULT VALUES correctly (Tom Lane)
Guard against stack overflow when there are too many UNION/INTERSECT/EXCEPT clauses in a query (Tom Lane)
Prevent platform-dependent failures when dividing the minimum possible integer value by -1 (Xi Wang, Tom Lane)
Fix possible access past end of string in date parsing (Hitoshi Harada)
Fix failure to advance XID epoch if XID wraparound happens during a checkpoint and wal_level is hot_standby (Tom Lane, Andres Freund)
While this mistake had no particular impact on PostgreSQL™ itself, it was bad for applications that rely on txid_current() and related functions: the TXID value would appear to go backwards.
Fix display of pg_stat_replication.sync_state at a page boundary (Kyotaro Horiguchi)
Produce an understandable error message if the length of the path name for a Unix-domain socket exceeds the platform-specific limit (Tom Lane, Andrew Dunstan)
Formerly, this would result in something quite unhelpful, such as « Non-recoverable failure in name resolution ».
Fix memory leaks when sending composite column values to the client (Tom Lane)
Make pg_ctl more robust about reading the postmaster.pid file (Heikki Linnakangas)
Fix race conditions and possible file descriptor leakage.
Fix possible crash in psql if incorrectly-encoded data is presented and the client_encoding setting is a client-only encoding, such as SJIS (Jiang Guiqing)
Make pg_dump dump SEQUENCE SET items in the data not pre-data section of the archive (Tom Lane)
This change fixes dumping of sequences that are marked as extension configuration tables.
Fix bugs in the restore.sql script emitted by pg_dump in tar output format (Tom Lane)
The script would fail outright on tables whose names include upper-case characters. Also, make the script capable of restoring data in --inserts mode as well as the regular COPY mode.
Fix pg_restore to accept POSIX-conformant tar files (Brian Weaver, Tom Lane)
The original coding of pg_dump's tar output mode produced files that are not fully conformant with the POSIX standard. This has been corrected for version 9.3. This patch updates previous branches so that they will accept both the incorrect and the corrected formats, in hopes of avoiding compatibility problems when 9.3 comes out.
Fix tar files emitted by pg_basebackup to be POSIX conformant (Brian Weaver, Tom Lane)
Fix pg_resetxlog to locate postmaster.pid correctly when given a relative path to the data directory (Tom Lane)
This mistake could lead to pg_resetxlog not noticing that there is an active postmaster using the data directory.
Fix libpq's lo_import() and lo_export() functions to report file I/O errors properly (Tom Lane)
Fix ecpg's processing of nested structure pointer variables (Muhammad Usama)
Fix ecpg's ecpg_get_data function to handle arrays properly (Michael Meskes)
Make contrib/pageinspect's btree page inspection functions take buffer locks while examining pages (Tom Lane)
Ensure that make install for an extension creates the extension installation directory (Cédric Villemain)
Previously, this step was missed if MODULEDIR was set in the extension's Makefile.
Fix pgxs support for building loadable modules on AIX (Tom Lane)
Building modules outside the original source tree didn't work on AIX.
Update time zone data files to tzdata release 2012j for DST law changes in Cuba, Israel, Jordan, Libya, Palestine, Western Samoa, and portions of Brazil.


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'Royal Chains' is the newest music video from Italian power rock band Badass, the track appears on their upcoming debut full length album "More Pain, More Gain". The album will be released on April 15th. through Cargo (physically) and Lion Music (digitally). The video can be seen below.
Well-known rock vocalist Titta Tani (Takayoshi Ohmura, ex DGM, CS's Goblin), metal bassist Alberto Rigoni (solo artist, Vivaldi Metal Project, TwinSpirits), guitarist Alessio "Lex" Tricarico (HorsePowerOverload, Four Roxx Down) and amazingly talented drummer Denis "Denzy" Novello teamed up to create the outstanding new metal band BADASS!
"More Pain, More Gain" is the name of their debut album which offers powerful vocals, killer heavy bass, massive rhythm guitar riffs, drums from hell… isn't that perfect to kick your butt??
Titta Tani is an Italian singer and drummer, worldwide known also for his collaborations with Takayoshi Ohmura (Baby Metal, Marty Friedman), DGM, Emir Hot, Roger Staffelbach (Artension), Arthur Falcone, Ashent, Phoenix Rising and many others. As drummer he is currently playing for Claudio Simonetti's Globin and has collaborated with bands such as Necrophagia, Edu Falaschi (Almah & Angra), Mark Boals (Y.J.Malmsteen, Ring of Fire), Mistheria (Vivaldi Metal Project). In October 2016 Titta joined BADASS as official singer.
Alberto Rigoni is an Italian bass player and composer, internationally known for his career as a solo artist and as a member of the progressive rock band TwinSpirits, Lady & THE BASS and co-producer of the Vivaldi Metal Project. His five solo albums "Something Different", "Rebirth", "Three Wise Monkeys", "Overloaded" and "Bassorama" were released world-wide between 2008-2016 are located between progressive rock metal and fusion, also featured legendary musicians such as Kevin Moore (ex Dream Theater), Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree, King Crimson), Göran Edman (ex Yngwie Malmsteen), Michael Manring and many others.
Alberto was featured on the cover of magazines such as Bass Magazine (Japan), Bass Musician Magazine (USA), Bajos Y Bajistas (Spain), Basistas (Poland), TOP BASS (Poland). Moreover, in March 2015 the prestigious Bass Guitar Magazine (UK) released Alberto's CD anthology called "Into THE BASS".
Alessio "Lex" Tricarico is an Italian metal rock and acoustic guitarist, composer and guitar teacher; ex member of the progressive metal band Synapsis. Currently, he's playing with the hard rock band HorsePowerOverload. As a founding member of FourRoxxDown Acoustic Party Quartet, Lex has a remarkable live activity.
Denis "Denzy" Novello is an Italian natural born rock metal drummer, graduated at AMM (Milan) in 2015. Denis has been playing for several Italian bands such as NeverNight and Rockdogs, and currently is working with Kim Bingham (ex Nelly Furtado). In 2014, he played drums on Alberto Rigoni's "Overloaded" album. Denis is also a live and studio session player.
"More Pain, More Gain" is BADASS' first album and will be released on April 15th, 2017 by Cargo (physically) and Lion Music (digitally). The record was mixed & mastered by Federico Solazzo at Pannekoek Rehab Studio (NL), artwork by Laslzo "absurdcus" Demeter.
1. Intro,
2. More Pain, More Gain,
3. Nightmares of My Youth,
4. Royal Chains,
5. Strong and United,
6. What We Need,
7. One More Night,
8. Join Me,
9. Redemption,
10. Don't Bother Me,
11. Outro
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Paul McCartney, 'Egypt Station': Album Review
No matter how hard aging artists try, there's no turning back time. Or stopping it, for that matter. But that hasn't deterred countless rock legends over the past two decades from trying to reclaim the victories of their youths on works that range from admirably noble to downright embarrassing.
In the five years since Paul McCartney's last album, 2013's New, the onetime Beatles star worked on a video-game project and collaborated with Kanye West and Rihanna on some songs. So much for turning back time. And on Egypt Station, his follow-up to New, McCartney splits the difference between nostalgia and looking forward, checking in with his spunkiest, horniest and most biting album in years.
It doesn't always work, but at 76, McCartney sounds like he's finally come to the realization that he will probably never make another Sgt. Pepper's, Band on the Run or even Chaos and Creation in the Backyard. While he may have accepted the fact that he's pushing 80, however, McCartney has no intentions of acting like an old man.
That's the difference between trying to stop time and carrying on despite that march. And it's a difference McCartney relishes on Egypt Station, an adventure that's framed like a musical journey – starting with the brief "Opening Station" before moving on to the album's lead singles, the mid-tempo "I Don't Know" and the more rocking "Come on to Me."
It's like that throughout the album, as McCartney – with producer Greg Kurstin – makes stops along the way that revisit both his past and some new places. On the uncharacteristically randy "Fuh You" (the only song here produced by Ryan Tedder), the man who wrote and sang "Silly Love Songs" has more on his mind than cuddling. "You make me wanna go out and steal," he sings before getting to the point (see the song's title; you can probably figure out what he means). "Come on to Me" is almost as horny.
In a way, Egypt Station rolls out like a concept album. It's more or less book-ended by short ambient pieces, with a detour at the very end for "Hunt You Down/Naked/CLink," a three-part, six-minute medley that recalls McCartney's more experimental work in its freewheeling frenzy to cram several ideas into one spot (he pulls a similar trick on "Despite Repeated Warnings"). Getting there, however, is the heart of this journey.
McCartney's age shows at times. His voice creaks here and there, and he has some trouble sustaining notes, but his songwriting barely shows the strain of his years. He's still one of the world's greatest at connecting the dots between verse and chorus; some of the songs here are his melodically strongest in years.
He reminisces about his drug use ("Happy With You"), friendships ("Confidante") and life plan ("Dominoes"), while still making room to hate on Trump for almost seven minutes ("Despite Repeated Warnings") and construct little pieces of art to add to his already impressive collection. And he tears through it all with some genuinely tough songs like "Who Cares" and "Caesar Rock." At its best, Egypt Station is pretty much Ram 47 years down the road.
It goes on a little too long, and some tracks fall into the forgettable modern pop that's weighed down McCartney records for more than three decades. But there's a renewed sense of energy and purpose – even more so than on New, which reconciled the legend who reshaped popular music in the 20th century with the artist who still has something to say. He's not giving up yet. As time moves on, one of music's great voices won't stand still, even if that means he occasionally stumbles along the way.


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Sutherlin Data Center
620 SW Stearns Lane, Sutherlin, OR 97479
155.85 acres
JLL Capital Markets has been exclusively retained to arrange the sale of 14785 SR 535, Orlando, FL 32821. The 3.06-acre parcel features 450 + / - feet of remarkable frontage along SR 535 outstanding access to the future connection of International Drive. The Subject Property is located within two miles of seven primary area roadways (I-4, SR-417, W-192, W Osceola Parkway, World Center Drive, SR-535, and International Drive) with a combined vehicles per day of nearly 500,000. Five critical area demand generators are all less than a 10-minute drive from the site – Disney Springs, Epcot, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Orlando Vineland Premium Outlets, and Orlando World Center Marriott. The Orlando Tourist Corridor has become globally known for its diverse retail, hospitality, and entertainment venues appealing to a wide range of age groups. The Subject Parcel provides an exceptional development opportunity in a red-hot region with countless planned developments and noteworthy proximity to the Walt Disney World Resort Area which routinely has 58+ million visitors annually and is consistently the most visited vacation resort in the world.
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HEPiX meetings bring together IT system support engineers from the High Energy Physics (HEP) laboratories, institutes, and universities, such as BNL, CERN, DESY, FNAL, IN2P3, INFN, JLAB, NIKHEF, RAL, SLAC, TRIUMF and others.
Meetings have been held regularly since 1991, and are an excellent source of information for IT specialists in scientific high-performance and data-intensive computing disciplines. We welcome participation from related scientific domains for the cross-fertilization of ideas.
The hepix.org website provides links to information from previous meetings.
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Radical Reference NYC Collective Meeting
Feb. 16th, 2007
Present: Melissa, Gretchen, Nicole, Blair, Jenna, John, Julie, Jonny (others were present for the US Social Forum discussion).
I. Anarchist Book Fair
II. Grassroots Media Conference
III. Anarchist Book Fair
IV. Lighting Bug/Vetting
I. Anarchist Book Fair
a. April 14th 2007 at Judson Memorial Church
b. Deadline for tables and proposals Feb. 15th
c. Possible Radical Reference role
-Help with the content of the wiki (especially the NYC guide section)
- Help table at the event
- Create t-shits, hats or pins to sell at the book fair
d. Should Radical Reference provide reference service at the event?
- Is wireless available at the book fair location?
e. Radical Reference should help with publicity for the book fair
II. Radical Reference support at anti-war demo on March 17th
a. The suggestion was made that training could be provided for those who want
it in preparation for Radical Reference street support at March 17th anti-war
b. It was agreed to post to list to organize street support
III. Grassroots Media Conference Workshop
a. Radical Reference (Gretchen and Melissa) will conduct a workshop at the
Grassroots Media Conference Sat. Feb. 24th "Beyond Googling It: News and Government Information 'Web 2.0' style"
IV. Lighting Bug/Vetting
a. Discussion of the reoccurring problems with Lighting Bug
b. It was determined that working out the difficulties with Lighting Bug and the vetting process is a long term project


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Clean combustion is a major challenge for mill operators.
Power and recovery boilers produce steam and energy by reducing black liquor to a molten smelt in order to reclaim spent chemicals in the pulping process. The power boiler typically burns hog fuel to produce steam that can be used to heat the process or generate electricity in a turbine driven generator. The power produced can be used in the mill or exported to the electricity grid. Working with chemicals with a high percentage of solids, high steam pressures and temperatures, large pressure drops, as well as meeting environmental regulations for clean combustion are challenges for mill operators.


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Mr. Sunil Sharma FRCS (Tr & Orth)
I specialise in the diagnosis and treatment of the whole spectrum of shoulder and elbow problems.
I was appointed as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Queen Margaret hospital, Dunfermline & Victoria hospital, Kirkcaldy, Fife in 2007. My practice offers a 'one stop' shoulder clinic to shorten the diagnosis and treatment of patients. The clinic utilises examination techniques, radiographs and shoulder ultrasound, performed by myself at the first consultation if necessary, to diagnosis the shoulder problem. My areas of expertise are shoulder arthroscopy, shoulder replacement including shoulder resurfacing & reverse shoulder arthroplasty, elbow replacement and surgical fixation of shoulder and elbow fractures. My practice is audited using internationally validated scoring systems.
Shoulder surgery routinely performed
Arthroscopic Rotator cuff repair
Arthroscopic stabilisation
Arthroscopic SLAP repair
Arthroscopic AC joint excision
Arthroscopic excision of calcific deposits
Shoulder replacement
Resurfacing shoulder replacement
Reverse geometry shoulder replacement
Manipulation and arthroscopic arthrolysis for Frozen shoulder
AC Joint reconstruction using Nottingham Surgilig
Proximal humeral fracture fixation
Clavicular fracture fixation
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Elbow surgery
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Free Speech in Singapore
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Although Singapore outwardly accords its citizens the right to free expression, the government has limited these freedoms in order to preserve public order and preserve the status quo. The government regulates two media corporations that monitor and censor all media and entertainment, including games and music. Individuals who defy restrictions are typically fined or detained without due process.


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Enegren Brewing Company's beer was being poured at the Library Alehouse in Santa Monica yesterday. Naturally, I had to attend to show my support! Their beer was set to be tapped at 6pm. I got there at 4pm for a little… extra support? In any case, beer was the final outcome.
My pops was my date for the evening. We grabbed a table next to the window and set to work deciphering the 29 taps behind the bar!
The Library Alehouse is set in a narrow space on Main Street, but extends all the way back into a cozy patio. We opted to stay inside where all of the action was.
The menu included the majority of their beer on tap, but left out the a few of the delicious newbies to the bar like La Folie by New Belgium and Denogginizer by Drake's Brewing.
PUNKIN ALE? Well, it IS technically mid-September…
And that beauty on the far right is, indeed, Punkin Ale by Dogfish Head. Lovely and spicy, full of the aroma of pumpkin pie, a smooth, sweet malty sip and a warm boozy finish. Fall has arrived! Now going from left to right: Drake's 1500 Pale Ale, Houblon Chouffe by Achouffe (heehee, Ah-choo-f! I'm twelve.), Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout by North Coast Brewing, Jamaica Red by Mad River Brewing, and back to Punkin Ale. I enjoyed the 1500 Pale Ale and the Jamaica Red best, so I ordered a glass of the Houblon Chouffe. Makes sense, right? Turns out we weren't given a list of the beers so I ordered what I thought was in the glass on the far left (it was sipped dry by then)…
Well, Houblon Chouffe it is! This one's quite a bit higher in the ABV than the 1500 Pale Ale (9% vs. 5.2%), and full of delicate bittering hops and the flavor and aroma of banana thanks to the use of traditional Belgian yeast. I wasn't complaining after the first sip!
My dad got a full pint of the Old Rasputin in a slightly not-beer-clean glass. He didn't mind too much.
We split the Local Burger – bison purchased at the Santa Monica farmers' market, topped with sharp gouda, arugula and served on a soft bun covered with opium poppyseeds. The sweet potato fries were the true stand-outs of this – crispy on the outside, soft and sweet inside and covered with flakes of salt and fresh herbs.
6 o'clock rolled around, the candles came out, I ordered my pops an Old Chub Scotch Ale by Oskar Blues, an Alesmith IPA was randomly placed in front of me in a pint glass, and who should walk in but two Ghostbusters men in brewniforms! (They never get tired of hearing that, I'm sure…)
They even wore the boots – that's dedication. My dad and I grabbed a taster size of their Valkyrie California Alt (we had been there since 4pm…), spouted off how amazing it was to the sitters-by, tried some of the Alehouse's mocha torte which turned out so dry that we had to send it back, and then slowly, lazily rolled off our tall chairs, meandered down Main Street and headed home.
Aaaaah, life is glorious!
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This is an editorial by Aabicus which analyses the successfulness of free-to-play games in the gaming industry with relation to Team Fortress 2. All views expressed here are his own.
The Free-to-play model is the current trend in multiplayer online games at the moment, most frequently seen in MMOs, MOBAs and shooters. Since several high-profile games (including Team Fortress 2) proved the model worked, the gaming industry have seen a staggering amount of F2P releases, some of whom keep their revenue-enhancing devices subtle and others who make real-world money the most valuable resource a player can have.


text: Bhakti comes from the word "Bhaj" which means 'to be attached or devoted to'. It is pure unselfish love mixed with reverence.Bhakti is the basis of all religious life. Bhakti destroys Vasanas and egoism. Bhakti elevates the mind to magnanimous heights. Bhakti is the master-key to open the chambers of wisdom. Bhakti culminates in Jnana. Bhakti begins in two and ends in one. Those who fight on the point: "Which is superior Bhakti or Jnana?" are groping in darkness. They have not understood the real Tattva. Para Bhakti and Jnana are one.Bhakti or devotion in the form of Anuraga or attachment to the Lord leads to the highest good or the attainment of God-realisation. The stronger the attachment, the quicker the realisation.Prahlada says: "O Lord Hari, may I have the same sort of profound abiding love for Thee, which the worldly people cherish for the fleeting sensual objects of this universe. May not that Bliss disappear from my heart, when I think of Thee." What a beautiful definition of Bhakti. These thoughts have emanated from the core of Prahlada's heart. They are charged with intense feeling and devotion.It is easy to have a thing that is beautiful. God is Beauty of beauties. God is the source for all beauties. God is an embodiment of undecaying beauty. So it is very easy to love God.If you are attached to a finite, perishable object as wife or son, you become miserable when your wife or son dies. But if you are attached to God you get eternal, infinite Bliss and peace. A Bhakta aspires, therefore, to something imperishable and infinite.Without love man's life is empty. Without love man lives in vain. Love is vital. It is all-pervading. Love is a great power. Love is the sap of life. Give love. It shall be given unto you. Cultivate this love through service, Japa, Satsanga and meditation.Human love is all hollow. It is mere animal attraction. It is passion. It is carnal love. It is selfish love. It is ever changing. It is all hypocrisy and mere show. The wife does not care for her husband when he is in the role of unemployment. She frowns at him. The husband dislikes his wife when she loses her beauty on account of some chronic disease. You can find real, lasting love in God alone. His love knows no change.A selfish man loves his body only. Then he extends his love to his wife, children and friends. When he evolves a bit, he begins to love his own caste people and those who belong to his own district. Afterwards he loves people of his own province. His heart further expands. Then he loves the people of his own country. In the long run, he develops the feeling of universal brotherhood. He begins to love any man in any part of the world.Devotion is the seed. Faith is the root. Service of Bhagavatas is the shower. Self-surrender is the flower. Communion with the Lord is the fruit. This is the path of Bhakti Yoga.In Bhakti Yoga, no learning, no deep erudition of Vedas is needed. What is wanted is a devotional, sincere heart. Anyone can sing or repeat His Name. Tukaram was an illiterate peasant. He could not even sign his name. Through devotion and grace of Lord Krishna he had super-intuitional knowledge. His famous Abhangas or songs are texts for M.A. students in Bombay University. Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa also was an illiterate. When he lived in Dakshineshwar temple, he got divine knowledge through the Grace of Mother Kaali and Advaita Guru Sri Swami Totapuri.From a careful study of the lives of these two saints, it is quite clear that there is the fountain of knowledge within the heart and that any one can tap this source through sincere devotion."I bow to Lord Narayana or Lord Siva or Lord Krishna." This is Bhakti Yoga. "I am the Self in all." This is Jnana Yoga.Men in their social and domestic relation develop love, affection, Prema, Preeti, admiration, reverence, awe and other sentiments. This cannot serve the purpose of life. It is only when one develops devotion or Bhakti for God that one�s real purpose of life is gained. Devotion is the consummation of the above emotions.He does not practise Pratyahara. He tries to get himself drowned in the Prema of the Lord. He attempts to fix his mind either at His lotus-feet or charming face. Consequently Pratyahara follows unconsciously. A Raja Yogi practises Pratyahara deliberately. A Jnana Yogi does not practise Pratyahara, but tries to identify himself with the hidden self in all objects. He tries to remove the veil that covers the Atman within the objects by the force of Vedantic Nididhyasana. He negates the names and forms and identifies himself with the all-pervading hidden consciousness.A sage says: "This world has come out of Ananda (bliss); it subsists in Ananda and it dissolves in Ananda." A devotee says: "This world has come out of love; it subsists in love and it dissolves in love." In Ananda love is hidden. The sage loves his own Atman. He is devoted to his Atman. In love, Ananda is hidden. The devotee loves his Beloved and dances in joy.Dvaita (dualism), Vishishtadvaita (qualified monism) are different stages or different rungs in the philosophical ladder. The highest summit is Advaita. The realisation of Dvaitins and Vishishtadvaitins is also quite true and correct from their standpoints. A little more Sadhana and understanding will make them land in pure Advaitic realisation.In Bhakti Yoga, there are three things, viz., Lover, Beloved and Love. As soon as the Lover knows that he is identical with the Beloved, there is an end for Bhakti. Jnana dawns. Duality vanishes. Who is to love whom now?According to Advaita Vedanti, devotion is constant thinking on the formula, "I am he" or "I am Brahman."A Bhakta says: "Get knowledge of God first. Then only will get Prema, love or devotion for Him." A Jnani says in the other way: "Knowledge is the fruit of Bhakti or devotion."Perfect knowledge is all love. Perfect love is all knowledge.Just as the taking of food brings Tushti (satisfaction), Pushti (nourishment for the body), and cessation of hunger, so also Bhakti brings Vairagya and Jnana at the same time.Bhakti destroys egoism and Vasanas just as the fire destroys the wood. The Bhaktas do not care for Mukti even. They prefer always to talk with each other about the Lord, to serve the Bhagavatas, the poor and the sick, to sing His Name and glories, to do prostrations unto Him, to sacrifice everything unto Him, to take Him as their Supreme Goal and to do unconditional, unreserved self-surrender unto Him. Mukti comes to them unasked. Mukti is their hand-maid. The Vibhutis of the Lord, Siddhis and Riddhis are theirs though they do not want them.Unswerving Bhakti or devotion to the Lord and the company of Bhagavatas are the means to attain Supreme Bliss.Puja is worship of the Lord. This is Upasana which helps the devotee to sit near the Lord or to commune with Him. It purifies the heart and steadies the mind. It fills the mind with Suddha Bhava and Prema or pure love for the Lord. It gradually transmutes man into a divine being.Have intense love towards Lord Krishna's name (Bhagavan-Nam-Prem). All your miseries will come to an end. Draupadi took refuge in His Name when she was in great distress. The Lord saved her.Faith or Bhakti in Hari alone can bring salvation. Build up a golden temple within your heart. Lord Krishna wants your sincere devotion only.God is love. Love redeems, unifies and elevates.Love is represented by the gift. Joy is represented by singing.There is no virtue higher than love. There is no treasure higher than love. There is no Dharma higher than love. There is no religion higher than love, because love is God and God is Love. Love purifies. Love transmutes. Love redeems. Love subdues. Therefore kindle the light of love in your heart, O Beloved Prem.There is no power greater than love. Out of love the formless Brahman takes the form of Lord Hari with four hands to please His devotees. The Lord runs after His devotees with food and water in His hands even into the forests. It was love that forced Lord Buddha, Lord Jesus, Ekanath and many other saints to teach the secrets of scriptures to mankind. Love is a magic rod in the hands of a devotee. He wields it in a majestic manner and brings the whole world under his sway. He who is endowed with pure love is the real emperor of the three worlds.Prema is intense, selfless pure love to the Lord. Prema is concentrated love. Prema brings the devotee face to face with the Lord. Bhakti culminates in Prema. Prema is Divine Nectar. Prema destroys pains and sorrows and makes one immortal, blissful and peaceful. It is very difficult to describe the nature of Prema. You will have to experience it yourself. Cultivate it through Japa, Smaran, Kirtan, Satsanga, prayer, service of devotees and study of the Ramayana, the Bhagavata, etc.Love in religion is a Science. It is the outpouring of the heart of a devotee on his Beloved. It is the natural outcome of a devotee when he is freed from the impurities and distractions of his mind. There is Ananda in love. Love is a mysterious divine force that transforms man into Divinity. It is the love which sets up a real communion with the Lord.The tendency to love is natural and is implanted in the hearts of all persons. There is in fact no person of any kind who has not a natural aptitude to love and to be moved by love. You will have to develop this natural emotion of love to a considerable degree. You must purify it by destroying selfishness of all sorts. You must make it universal.The world's need today is the message of Love. Kindle the light of love in your heart. Love all. Include all creatures in the warm embrace of your love. Nations can be united by pure love only. World war can be put to end by mutual love only. The League of Nations cannot do much. Love is a mysterious divine glue that unites the hearts of all. It is a Divine magical healing balm of very high potency. Charge every action with pure love. Kill cunningness, greed, crookedness and selfishness. It is extremely cruel to take away the lives of others by using poisonous gas. This is a capital sin. The scientist who prepares the gas in the laboratory will be punished by the Lord. Forget not the day of judgment. What will you say to the Lord then, O ye mortals, who run after power, dominions and wealth? Have a clean conscience and a loving heart. You will enter the Kingdom of God.Develop universal love. This will help you to live peacefully with all men and all creatures. Love and peace are inseparable. Wherever there is love, there is peace and wherever there is peace there is love.Develop a heart that will burst into tears of joy at the Name of the Lord. Allow the waves of love to arise constantly in your heart. Feel the warmth of the Divine embrace. Bask in the sunshine of Divine love. Taste the bliss of the eternal. Drink deep the nectar of divine love.Do you really want God? You really thirst for His Darshan? Have you got real spiritual hunger? You may deliver thrilling lectures on Bhakti. You may write several volumes on Bhakti Yoga and yet you may not possess a grain of devotion. He who thirsts for Darshan of God will develop love. Unto him, He will reveal Himself. God is a question of supply and demand. If there is sincere demand for God, the supply will come at once.In Bhakti Marga five things are indispensably requisite. (1) Bhakti should be of a Nishkamya type. (2) It should be Avyabhicharini also. (3) It should be Sadat (continuous). (4) The aspirant should have complete Sadachara (right conduct). (5) The aspirant should be very serious and must in right earnest do the practices. Then realisation comes quickly.Without chart or compass it is very difficult to run a ship in the ocean. Even so, it is very difficult to have a safe voyage in this ocean of Samsara without a disciplined or well-regulated life, without right conduct and devotion to the Lord.Language of love is the language of tears. Bathe the Lotus Feet of the Lord constantly with your tears of repentance, Viraha and Prema in the temple of your heart. You will meet now your Beloved. You will enjoy now the bliss of communion with the Lord.Even for a quarter of a second, the time taken for the eyelids to close and open, if your mind does not run away from the lotus-feet of the Lord, i.e., if your devotion is like Taila-dhara (flow of oil) at all times, you will have the whole wealth of the three worlds at your disposal. The Lord gives a promise to this effect definitely. He will follow such a devotee wherever he goes. He wears the dust of his feet as His Tilak on His forehead.Sudama came to see Lord Krishna, his friend. Lord Krishna was talking to Radha. As Sudama was clad in rags, he was hesitating to enter the palace. The guard informed Lord Krishna: "O Lord, a poor Brahmin named Sudama who is clothed in rags is awaiting at the gate of the palace." Sri Krishna did not allow the guard to talk a word more. The word Sudama was enough. He ran out of the room barefooted crying: "O My dear Sudama, my sweet friend." Radha was a bit annoyed, because Sri Krishna left the room abruptly without telling her a word even. Krishna came inside the palace in a few minutes with Sudama. He noticed that Radha was in a sorrowful mood. He knew the cause. He said to her "Dear Radha, forgive me. I am the slave of my devotees. I love them more than my very self." Lord Krishna seated Sudama in his own seat and snatched the parcel of baked rice from Sudama, as he was feeling shy to give this poor present.Lord Krishna put into his mouth the baked rice and said in rapturous ecstasy: "O Radha, never, never before did I taste such a palatable thing."When you have made a strong resolve to do Japa or meditation for one or two hours, you must do it slowly with devotion. You must not hurry up quickly with an agitated mind thinking of some other work, just as the contractor of a building hurries up his work with bad materials and deceives the landlord. You cannot deceive God. You will deceive yourself. You will not get the full benefit of Japa and Dhyana.Constancy in worship of God is called Nishtha. The devotee gets himself well-established in his devotion to the Lord. The devotee gets Aasakti or attachment to the Lord when he progresses in his devotion and consequent depth of meditation.Sing the names of the Lord. Sing His qualities. Remember Him. Meditate on His qualities. This is the essence of Bhakti Yoga.When you have perfect devotion and love towards God (Poorna Prema), the whole world will be under your control.


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"Tie stille, barn min! Imorgen kommer Fin, Fa'er din, Og gi'er dich Esbern Snares öine og hjerte at lege med!" Zealand Rhyme. "BUILD at Kallundborg by the sea A church as stately as church may be, And there shalt thou wed my daughter fair," Said the Lord of Nesvek to Esbern Snare. And the Baron laughed. But Esbern said, "Though I lose my soul, I will Helva wed!" And off he strode, in his pride of will, To the Troll who dwelt in Ulshoi hill. "Build, O Troll, a church for me At Kallundborg by the mighty sea; Build it stately, and build it fair, Build it quickly," said Esbern Snare. But the sly Dwarf said, "No work is wrought By Trolls of the Hills, O man, for naught. What wilt thou give for thy church so fair?" "Set thy own price," quoth Esbern Snare. "When Kallundborg church is builded well, Thou must the name of its builder tell, Or thy heart and thy eyes must be my boon." "Build," said Esbern, "and build it soon." By night and by day the Troll wrought on; He hewed the timbers, he piled the stone; But day by day, as the walls rose fair, Darker and sadder grew Esbern Snare. He listened by night, he watched by day, He sought and thought, but he dared not pray; In vain he called on the Elle-maids shy, And the Neck and the Nis gave no reply. Of his evil bargain far and wide A rumor ran through the country-side; And Helva of Nesvek, young and fair, Prayed for the soul of Esbern Snare. And now the church was wellnigh done; One pillar it lacked, and one alone; And the grim Troll muttered, "Fool thou art! To-morrow gives me thy eyes and heart!" By Kallundborg in black despair, Through wood and meadow, walked Esbern Snare, Till, worn and weary, the strong man sank Under the birches on Ulshoi bank. At his last day's work he heard the Troll Hammer and delve in the quarry's hole; Before him the church stood large and fair: "I have builded my tomb," said Esbern Snare. And he closed his eyes the sight to hide, When he heard a light step at his side: "O Esbern Snare! a sweet voice said, "Would I might die now in thy stead!" With a grasp by love and by fear made strong, He held her fast, and he held her long; With the beating heart of a bird afeard, She hid her face in his flame-red beard. "O love!" he cried, "let me look to-day In thine eyes ere mine are plucked away; Let me hold thee close, let me feel thy heart Ere mine by the Troll is torn apart! "I sinned, O Helva, for love of thee! Pray that the Lord Christ pardon me!" But fast as she prayed, and faster still, Hammered the Troll in Ulshoi hill. He knew, as he wrought, that a loving heart Was somehow baffling his evil art; For more than spell of Elf or Troll Is a maiden's prayer for her lover's soul. And Esbern listened, and caught the sound Of a Troll-wife singing underground: "To-morrow comes Fine, father thine: Lie still and hush thee, baby mine! "Lie still, my darling! next sunrise Thou'lt play with Esbern Snare's heart and eyes!" "Ho! ho!" quoth Esbern, "is that your game? Thanks to the Troll-wife, I know his name!" The Troll he heard him, and hurried on To Kallundborg church with the lacking stone. "Too late, Gaffer Fine!" cried Esbern Snare; And Troll and pillar vanished in air! That night the harvesters heard the sound Of a woman sobbing underground, And the voice of the Hill-Troll loud with blame Of the careless singer who told his name. Of the Troll of the Church they sing the rune By the Northern Sea in the harvest moon; And the fishers of Zealand hear him still Scolding his wife in Ulshoi hill. And seaward over its groves of birch Still looks the tower of Kallundborg church Where, first at its altar, a wedded pair, Stood Helva of Nesvek and Esbern Snare!
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This past few weeks, the kids and I have been working hard to learn lots about Iceland. My school theme this year was entitled "Global Missions". Each grade level was assigned a continent. Each classroom selected a country. I went with Iceland.
Iceland. I know! Why Iceland? During the holidays, I take the kids on a global mission around the world. We learn about landforms from different countries and unique customs. Iceland is unique due to the Atlantic Fault Line running directly through the middle of the country. Located within the Ring of Fire, this unique place is as small as Kentucky and one of the most volcanic spots on Earth. Amazing!
Through this journey, I created my own puffin clipart...
Isn't he adorable!?!
Another reason I decided to dive into learning about Iceland is Geothermal Energy. With the conclusion of our studies during Earth Day. My second graders really understood the importance of harnessing the natural energy that Earth provides.
To understand the force from a geyser, my students used this cool little device to help mimic the explosion.
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Here is a little mini unit we used for our learning. Enjoy!!


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Who is Local?
"Ahmadi is still months away from getting permanent resident status, putting him in the unlucky group of middle-class British Columbians who have found themselves targeted by a tax purportedly imposed to crack down on rich real estate speculators from overseas"
I would not call Hamed Ahmadi unlucky, he's a victim of the all too common policy apparatus that confuses residency with visa status. The BC non-resident tax of 15% on properties is supposed to target "foreign" (read Chinese) investors buying in Vancouver with no intentions of living there. I presume there are multiple other ways to determine residency and "localness" for the purpose of determining who lives here and who does not. The BC government, in its haste to demonstrate it was doing something, took the easy route and used visa status as a proxy.
Hamed lives and works in BC, which meets my definition of local. While a speculation tax on non-residents is a reasonable approach, using visa status to determine residency, and providing no sensible exceptions for locals with alternative paper work is lazy and thoughtless policy making, so is not providing exceptions for people with home buying applications already in process. It's almost as if someone looked at the polls and press and wrote the law in a day.
In many ways, this is personal for me because I lived in the US for 10+ years under various non-permanent visas that left me vulnerable to these poorly designed, thoughtless policy measures. I lived in the same town for 10 years, was very much a local by the time I'd left, with a stable set of friends, family, work, places I shopped in, hiked to, causes I supported, volunteer work I did, and more. So, Hamed's story could have been mine, and in some smaller ways, was mine for other parts of my life.
"CTV News spoke with BC Liberal cabinet minister Andrew Wilkinson on Wednesday and asked several times for comment on Ahmadi's situation. Wilkinson responded by repeating a piece of blanket advice for the people impacted. "Those who find themselves affected by the tax should seek legal advice because individual circumstances vary," Wilkinson said.
This is typical of policy makers who are so removed from the day to day lives of the people whose behaviour they seek to regulate. The casual assumption that regular people can afford professionals who bill at multiple hundreds of dollars an hour speaks more about the types of people these ministers hang out with than anything else. But this sounds familiar too, I needed to consult lawyers multiple times to help me with immigration paper work.
As someone with a high level of institutional trust, and who thinks governments can affect our lives for the better with sound and thoughtful policy interventions, these types of hasty policy making are deeply disappointing. There are multiple other policy measures to make housing more affordable. The CCPA just released a comprehensive document of policies, focusing on the actual problem, the lack of affordable housing. Investment in affordable housing with a focus on cohousing and social housing, and zoning changes that reduce the protections afforded to affluent property owners would go a long way.


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(Libertarians note: these are the same states that are decriminalizing marijuana and doing other things top get oppression off your back. They are also thriving vastly better than red states.)
Which led to my call for Democrats to abandon gerrymandering altogether, especially in DP dominated states that still use it, like Illinois and Maryland. All those exceptions have accomplished, overall, was to let Republicans cry "See? Everybody does it!"
There you go. No need for formulas or "commissions." Problem solved. Do it. Just do it.
This proved unnecessary after California's brilliant reforms, with non-partisan primaries and top-two runoffs in the fall. It has led to amazing outcomes, with moderates winning in both parties and the minorities in each district gaining clout!
"We must go forth and crush every worldview that does not accept diversity and tolerance!"
Or to name a major metric of U.S. national health that does not do vastly better, across the span of democratic presidencies.
Addendum. One of you in comments pointed out: "It's not only blue states that have created redistricting commissions: Arizona has one, too. But it took a citizens' initiative to create it and years in court to defend it from the GOP legislature and state-wide officers who wanted it dead, dead, dead." Yes, well, okay. Blue in spirit, somewhat. Look, Arizona has a huge, independent, libertarian streak. And they draw half their electricity from coils arrayed around the spinning in Barry Goldwater's grave.


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AS the winter season rolls to a close, thoughts of drag races, road races and car shows start to dance in motorsports fans' heads like pictures of shiny packages do in kids' head on Christmas morning. Hopefully I'll be present at more motorsports events this year, but until then, check out this article about the 41st Mitty Presented by Hagerty and Nissan to get your fueled up for the spring season. Thank you to DSport Magazine for the opportunity to cover this killer event and thank you to Classic Motorsports Magazine for putting on such a fun race and for taking such good care of me!
Peace! xo Michelle - Television Star and Avid Automotive Enthusiast Adam Carolla Bringing ex-Bob Sharp Racing Datsun 610 to The Mitty - Datsun 240Z that Brad Frisselle Raced to the 1976 IMSA Camel GTU Championship Headed to The Mitty with New Owner/Driver David Martin - Updated Entry List Now Available for 41st Edition of The HSR Classic Motorsports Mitty presented by Hagerty at Road Atlanta, April 26 - 29 story by Adam Saul BRASELTON, Georgia (April 5, 2018) - Stars and legendary cars that will join in the celebration honoring featured marque Nissan are part of the entry list that has been expanded and updated this week by Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) for the 41st HSR Classic Motorsports Mitty presented by Hagerty at Road Atlanta, April 26 - 29. Stars from motorsports and Hollywood are headed to the HSR Classic Motorsports Mitty at Road Atlanta later this month, including recently added comedian, radio personality, television host, podcaster and avid automotive enthusiast Adam Carolla, who will be racing his ex-Bob Sharp Racing 1973 No. 33 Datsun 610. Carolla is a longtime fan of anything fast and with four wheels, and classic and iconic Datsuns are among his favorites. He has several significant Datsuns in his collection and has chosen this particular 610 that will both compete in and be part of the weekend's celebration honoring all things Nissan/Datsun. Carolla's 610 is the back-up car to the Datsun HSR and Motorsports Hall of Fame of America member Elliott Forbes-Robinson drove to the 1976 SCCA B Sedan Championship. Fully race-prepped by Bob Sharp Racing in period, the quick 610 has a L20B engine fed by twin Mikuni carburetors. Another highlight Datsun set for the Classic Motorsports Mitty is the 1976 IMSA Camel GTU Championship winning 1970 No. 47 Datsun 240Z that is now owned and campaigned by David Martin. Driven in period by Brad Frisselle, who was also supported the design and construction of the car, the familiar orange Z won three races in 1975 and carried Frisselle to IMSA's Most Improved Driver Award. Frisselle went on to win the IMSA Camel GTU championship the following year in his team's 240Z, scoring eight victories out of 11 entered races - the first coming at Road Atlanta - and soundly defeating as a privateer the factory Datsun team. Another notable part of the history of the No. 47 Datsun is that the chassis was the very first 240Z imported to the U.S. in 1970. Mac Tilton designed the suspension and built some specialized parts while the chassis, roll cage and body were all constructed by Dave Kent, who was assisted by Yoshi Suzuka. Suzuka was also responsible for the design of the aerodynamics on the car while John Knepp of Electramotive built the engine. Upon completion, engineering expert Trevor Harris added his touch in the development of the chassis and suspension. In its prime, Frisselle's 240Z was generally regarded as the most advanced and fastest in IMSA in a standout era for the competitive GTU class. Classic Motorsports Mitty Grand Marshal John Morton will also get in on the racing action at Road Atlanta. Morton, who wheeled Datsuns to multiple Trans-Am and SCCA C Production title in the early 1970s, will compete in an equally legendary 1970 No. 46 BRE Datsun 240Z later this month. Morton also has a connection to Martin's 240Z, which he co-drove with Frisselle to victory later in the 1976 season in the Road Atlanta 500, giving the orange Z a sweep of both IMSA rounds held that year on the Georgia road course.
Off the track at the Classic Motorsports Mitty, Morton and Corolla will be featured in a commentary and Q&A session during a special Saturday night movie showing of Against All Odds, a period documentary about the Datsun 510's battle to topple the dominating Alfa-Romeos in Trans-Am. The movie event is open to all under the Classic Motorsportsbig-top tent in the Road Atlanta infield and also features free popcorn and a special autograph session with Morton. More information on the Classic Motorsports Mitty, entry forms and up-to-the-minute event updates can be found at www.TheMitty.com and spectator tickets are available at www.HSRTickets.com. For the current Classic Motorsports Mitty entry list, please click here. About HSR: Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) was formed in the mid-1970s with an event at Road Atlanta. There was one goal then and it remains true today: to celebrate the race cars from the past. As a "time machine" of sights and sounds, HSR provides a venue for competitors and spectators alike to share in the wonderful history and excitement created by the cars that competed at race tracks around the world. HSR currently sanctions eight vintage and historic racing events at some of the world's most renowned race tracks, including Road Atlanta, Sebring International Raceway, Daytona International Speedway and more. The complete schedule and full event information can be found on HSR's website at www.HSRRace.com. Look for the HSR Channel on YouTube and you can also follow HSR on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/HSRrace/ and on Twitter at @HSR_race. |
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Domain Specific Languages
A detailed guide on implementing both internal and external DSLs
Domain Specific Languages (DSLs) have been around since I've been in computing, but it's hard to find much information about how to work with them. DSLs are small languages, focused on a particular aspect of a software system. You can't build a whole program with a DSL, but you often use multiple DSLs in a system mainly written in a general purpose language.
DSLs come in two main forms: external and internal. An external DSL is a language that's parsed independently of the host general purpose language: good examples include regular expressions and CSS. External DSLs have a strong tradition in the Unix community. Internal DSLs are a particular form of API in a host general purpose language, often referred to as a fluent interface. The way mocking libraries, such as JMock, define expectations for tests are good examples of this, as are many of the mechanisms used by Ruby on Rails. Internal DSLs also have a long tradition of usage, particularly in the Lisp community.
People find DSLs valuable because a well-designed DSL can be much easier to program with than a traditional library. This improves programmer productivity, which is always valuable. In particular it may also improve communication with domain experts, which is an important tool for tackling one of the hardest problems in software development. CSS is an excellent example of this, most people who program CSS don't consider themselves to be programming. Despite this, however, I don't generally think that end-users will usually write in DSLs directly - it's the communication enhancement that's important.
Although DSLs have been around for a long time, the lack of knowledge of how to program with them is a significant barrier - which is exactly why I've worked on this book. The books provides techniques to develop both internal and external DSLs, giving you both the information to choose between them and a good package of information to begin your work. I also stress the importance of layering a DSL over a library, so that you usually build both together. There's also material on code-generation, which is an occasionally essential part of working with a DSL.
Like P of EAA this book is a Duplex Book, providing both a narrative to learn about DSLs and a reference book for the details, so don't be scared by the high page count. You can get a good grasp of the topic by reading the narrative section (142 pages) and use the rest as a reference to dip into when you need it.
Electronic copies of this book are available. Amazon has a version for kindle. InformIT has epub and pdf versions. Apple has an epub version in the ibookstore.
Further Reading
DSL Guide
My guide page on this web site is where I pull together information that I have on DSLs.
Free First Chapter
The freely available first chapter of the book provides a good overview of DSLs and my approach with them.
DSL Patterns Catalog
Reference URIs for the patterns in the book. Each one lists the pattern intent and chapter reference.
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7 December, 2018 - Leuven, Belgium
The Convergent Days Program is led by a faculty of electrophysiologists and cardiac surgeons and includes both didactic sessions and the opportunity to perform Convergent Approach cases in a beating heart specimen model to provide a comprehensive hands-on experience.
The specialized curriculum is designed to facilitate a data and experience exchange with the novel Convergent Approach technology; providing peer-to-peer led training that incorporates patient selection, pre-and post-operative management, latest clinical evidence and procedural techniques.
At the end of this program, you will be able to discuss your Convergent Approach Program with a trainer and arrange proctor support for your first scheduled cases.
Cardiac surgeons and Electrophysiologists who want to implement a Hybrid AF ablation program with EpiSense.
Faculty: Y. Yap, MD, T. Weimar, MD J. Gill, MD, F. Rega, MD,
Learning objectives:
– Implementing a Convergent Approach Program
– Patient selection criteria
– Pre-and postoperative considerations
– Overview of mapping
– Review the latest clinical evidence
– Perform Convergent approach cases in a beating heart specimen model
– Intraoperative set-up
– Procedural techniques
– Management of LAA exclusion
KU Leuven/Faculty of Medicine
Anatomic Skills Centre
Minderbroedersstraat 12
3000 Leuven, Belgium
Hotel Martin's Klooster
Onze-Lieve-Vrouwstraat 18
3000 Leuven, Belgium
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Convergent Physician Education Program Overview
9:00 am - 10:30 am
- Pathophysiology
- Critical Role of the posterior wall
- Current data and experiences
- Patient selection criteria
- Implementing a Convergent Procedure Program
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Networking break
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
- Procedural overview
- Tips and tricks
- Technicalities
- Pre-and postop considerations
- Overview of mapping
- Left atrial appendage
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Networking lunch
1:15 pm - 3:00 pm
Cadaver lab training
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
- Final comments
- Next steps on getting started
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To prove that you experienced medical malpractice, your lawyer will file the paperwork, interview expert witnesses, and gather the evidence to build your case. Your medical malpractice attorney will try to get you compensation for lost wages, medical bills, and pain and suffering by filing suit against the doctor, nurse, hospital, or healthcare provider who was negligent in your treatment.
Everyone makes mistakes. But when doctors, nurses, therapists, or dentists make them, the effects can last a lifetime. Patients have a right to expect that medical procedures will be properly performed. Medical malpractice attorneys represent you if you are injured by a healthcare provider's careless or accidental mistakes. For example, if a doctor leaves behind gauze in your body during surgery, resulting in an infected wound that requires even more surgery, the doctor committed medical malpractice. Medical malpractice attorneys can recognize injuries caused by mistakes; they know the most common mistakes that cause injuries, and they know how to find and present information useful to prove your case. Medical malpractice attorneys also know how much insurance is available if the health care provider is responsible for what happened to you.
Only 25% of medical malpractice lawsuits succeed, but the payout is much higher than in other types of suits.


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Monday, November 29, 2010
Palin not seen as electable
What might be most troubling for Palin within those numbers is that less than half of Republicans think she's capable of beating Obama- 48% think she would be able to, 37% think she would not be able to, and 15% have no opinion. Republicans continue overwhelmingly to like Palin- 67% have a favorable opinion of her- but a pretty large number of them have serious electability concerns about her.
Many GOP voters who admire Palin may be left having to decide whether it's more important to them to defeat Barack Obama or to help advance her political career and that may prove to be too high a hurdle for her to overcome.
At the same time these numbers also suggest a risk of complacency for Democrats if Palin were to win the 2012 nomination. 82% of them say they think Palin's incapable of beating Obama to just 12% who think she could. Palin trails Obama by 9 points in a hypothetical contest right now. That's a lot of ground to make up in the next two years but if voters continue to be unhappy with the state of the economy and Democrats take an Obama/Palin match up for granted something unexpected could happen. If Palin does win the nomination Obama will need to find a way to convince his troops to work as hard as they did in 2008 anyway and not leave anything to chance.
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- Smooth Jazz said...
Blah Blah Blah. And now from DailyKOS pollster: The moon has, on occasion, been full. Let's cut to the chase: You are the pollster for a left wing site, and you have a meme to push. We all know you can jigger polls to get a result that will please your readers.
If and when Gov Palin decides to run, she will have the opportunity in 2011 & 2012 to demonstrate, in debates and on the stump, whether she is up to the job. What a partisan pollster has to say 2 years beforehand means nothing. - November 29, 2010 at 3:37 PM
I second what Smooth Jazz has to say and would add, RUN SARAH RUN!! This recovering LIBERAL would vote for you again in a heart beat! Why? Because you HAVE one!! Simple as that!
- November 29, 2010 at 5:44 PM
- Lord Nazh said...
What were the % of people that thought BO could win the Presidency 2 years prior to the election?
:) - November 29, 2010 at 6:17 PM
Smooth Jazz
Way to Go! - November 29, 2010 at 6:37 PM
All this lib sturm und drang concerning Palin's unelectability is beginning to sound a bit like whistling through the graveyard. According to the PPP's, DailyKOS', Politicos, MSLM, and network 'news' out there, Palin's an idiot, incapable of tying her shoelaces let alone of winning the presidency. They've said it and keep on saying and saying it and saying it to the point methinks you bitches doth protest too much. If anything is clear, the left deeply fears a Palin candidacy, all indications to the contrary. In the big picture, I don't think it matters who runs against Obama in 2012 - he's tanking so quickly it looks like the late 1970s all over again. Obama can't even be sure he'll survive his own party's primary process, lol.
- November 29, 2010 at 7:01 PM
She's a quitter and there's no way she can ever live that down.
In the midst of the worst financial crisis in living memory, Sarah Palin just up and quit, and ditched her home state to go cash in on a reality TV show instead of fulfilling her sworn duties and completing even a single term as Governor.
Her job was too hard and she just couldn't be bothered to do it anymore. Sorry, but there's just no way she gets around that. She can't be trusted. - November 29, 2010 at 8:32 PM
Americans have always been in love with vindictive reality show stars who didn't finish their terms as elected governors. I mean, have we ever elected a POTUS who _didn't_ fit this prestigious profile? Evar?
Washington. Lincoln. Teddy Roosevelt. You name 'em. All reality show stars. All quitters. All had their own TLC shows where viewership dropped by 50% after the first episode.
LEARN YOUR AMERICAN HISTORY SHEEPLE! - November 30, 2010 at 2:26 AM
- Dustin Ingalls said...
Well played, wetcasements.
- November 30, 2010 at 10:17 AM
- Harry R. Sohl said...
Sometimes I wish McCain/Palin would have won in 2008, since that dumb bitch would have quit by now and been out of our lives.
So would have Palin! Also. Too! - November 30, 2010 at 11:04 AM
- milowent said...
palin supporters are nuts, its amazing how they find comment threads everywhere to fill up. at least ron paul nutsos were friendly about it.
- November 30, 2010 at 2:09 PM
The more people see of Palin, the less they like. She appears to be mean, petty, and thin-skinned, not to mention willfully ignorant. The shrill voice doesn't help. To make matters worse, she probably likes Kenny G.
- November 30, 2010 at 4:05 PM
I am smiling at the stupid lib comments. You libs fear Sarah Palin to to point of mental illness. "NOT ONE OF YOU" has accomplished 1/100th of what Sarah has so far. Hey libbies get ready to move to Canada or even better Iran because under PRESIDENT SARAH PALIN you putrid life is going to be even more miserable. ROFLMAO
- November 30, 2010 at 4:22 PM
Dear Bill Carpenter, Sr.
Whoa there old dude! Judging from your rage level you're smack-dab in the Sarah Palin love-fest age group: plump, white men 57 and over. Now go drink some warm milk, put on some Kenny G (conservative's favorite music maker, not overly challenging to tap your toe to) and chill, before you pop a valve.
Your Doctor - November 30, 2010 at 4:47 PM
Smooth Jazz,
"she will have the opportunity in 2011 and 2012 to demonstrate...."
She's demonstrated that she'll quit halfway through (being only a part term governor because she was suddenly out of the lime light), so you'd best hope she starts late in the race...... - November 30, 2010 at 5:58 PM
Hey Bill Carpenter -- you're every bit as dumb as Simple Sarah.
- November 30, 2010 at 6:54 PM
- Kip W said...
Uh oh, the jig's up, gang! Our dull recitals of fact and history can't hope to stand up against the cleansing power of typed-out fake laughter. Best call it a day. - December 1, 2010 at 8:31 AM
- les said...
under PRESIDENT SARAH PALIN you putrid life is going to be even more miserable
Well, at least you got that right. - December 1, 2010 at 9:53 AM
She already flamed out last year. Republicans can run her out of spite because they can't get over the 2008 election result but they'll just get burned.
There's a reason she hides on Fox News and Twitter: she can't "man up" as she likes to say, and face a tough interview on live TV like any normal candidate.
This will be a crippling liability in 2012. She's out of her depth, boys.
Next. - December 1, 2010 at 11:06 PM
Hve you looked at the polling data for Obama? His approval rating has been absoloutely steady for months. No matter what happens. You either like what he is doing or you don't.Only 5% are undecided and they flip flop back and forth. The media loves to play up the flipflop-it's tiny. Know Sarah's aproval rating and where it is going - no where but down as a politician. Up as a TV star.
- December 2, 2010 at 1:27 AM
- GMac said...
From the perspective of 2010, Palin might not SEEM electable in 2012. I initially thought she'd be better to WAIT & face off against Hilary in the 2016 presidental race. By in politics, so much can change overnight; never say never. I feel she had Romney in mind when she said on Good Morning America she'd jump into GOP nomination fight only if other contenders weren't electable presidental candidates. I think that's a big mistake; better she consider running on 2012 GOP ticket as Mitt's VP running mate. Why? If GOP convention were held in 2010, Romney would probably get the nomination. Same thing in 2012, since Palin's experience on the national level isn't sufficent yet,to be a viable & electable GOP presidental candidate herself in 2012. The operable word here is "yet". But if she spent 8 years in a Republican White House as VP (assuming Romney was elected President)then she'd have time to be properly groomed to learn the art of statesmanship & the necessary skill sets to run herself in 2020. Romney is electable only with a strong VP running mate. Look around, who else is stronger than Palin to be his GOP running mate? Combining their strengths, they'd be a very formidable GOP ticket. That's assuming Romney's frail male-ego even allows him to entertain Palin as his running mate. If they're successfully elected then VP Palin would need to avoid overshadowing President Romney. That's where Palin has to be patient & keep the bigger goal mind for 2020. Done properly, then 2020 is a better bet than 2012 for Palin to be elected President. It's only my guess, but I doubt Sarah would have Lisa M. as her VP running mate on that 2020 GOP ticket!
- December 17, 2010 at 8:35 PM
One word to describe her - PHONEY
- December 20, 2010 at 10:25 AM
You right wing dummies should take a serious look at your greedy selfs. You don't like people you hate innovation you hate life, money is your only measure of success. Why don't you people die and leave humanity to humans. Rob
- December 20, 2010 at 11:20 PM


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I can think of few books about Israel and Palestine, written by an Australian, as important as Antony Loewenstein's brave j'accuse. In challenging the propagandists to give up their addiction, he is a truth-teller bar none. –Journalist and author John Pilger
It's a deeply held plea for balance in what has proved to be the most intractable conflict of our time, a breath of fresh, compassionate air in a debate riven by hatred, propaganda and hypocrisy…My Israel Question is a beacon for progressive thinkers. Its very existence is testament to hope. It deserves a wide readership. –Australian newspaper The Sunday Telegraph
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1. Recognize that God loves you with an immense love and desires to save you. 2 Peter 3:9; 1 Peter 2:3-5.
2. Acknowledge that you are a sinner, lost without Jesus Christ. Jeremiah 17:9; Roman 3:23; 6:23.
3. Accept that salvation is a gift offered freely through Jesus. It is not something to be "earned" by righteous deeds or good works. Ephesians 2:8; Romans. 3:24-27.
4. Repent of any known sins, confessing them to Jesus. Acts 3:19; 1 John 1:9.
5. Believe that God for Christ's sake has forgiven you. As you surrender your life to Jesus, you are forgiven and accepted. The gift of eternal life is yours by faith. Ephesians 1:4-7; 1 John 5:11-13.
6. Through Christ, we are adopted as God's sons and daughters, and delivered from being slaves of sin. By the Holy Spirit we are born again, and Christ begins to work miraculous changes in your life; the Spirit renews our mind, writes God's law of love in our hearts, and gives the power to live a holy life. John 1:12; 2 Corinthians. 5:17, John 3:3-8, Romans 12:2, Hebrews 8:7-1, Ezekiel 36:25-27
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I had such a lovely three week break from blogging, but I am ready to come back and am full of ideas (and time!)! Maybe I am the only one, but I love photo heavy blog posts. If you are like me, then you will love this summer wrap up.
So what have I been doing for the past few weeks?
I started my blogging break running my second half marathon.
I went from not running at all, to training for a half in a matter of a month. I made my goal time of 1:58.04 (I wanted to complete it in under 2 hours). Running is mental and I had a really bad attitude, but more on that another day!
While my oldest son was at camp (this year they had girls there so he actually showered!), my husband and I took the younger two kids to Portland, OR. The city is about a 3 hour drive from us but in the past 12 years of living here, I had never been there.
We made a slight detour to Mt. St. Helens on the way. Again, somewhere I hadn't been either, even though it's practically in my backyard (only an hour and a half drive). The mountain is amazingly beautiful. The best moment was when we were driving up through the clouds and literally at about 3000 feet, we finally got above the clouds and the mountain was shining in all it's glory. So beautiful and still so much evidence of the devastation of the eruption over 30 years ago.
We finally made it to Portland and started to peruse the city. Portland is very much a city that you explore using public transportation. Parking is crazy, and our hotel charged us $18 each time we took the car out to park it again...guess who didn't take their car out?!
There is such cool architecture all around the city. Old street lights, tram wires and cobblestone streets in front of old brick buildings.
There were several outdoor fountains that were just begging for a little dip even though the temperature was barely above 60 degrees!
Portland is known for it's food carts all around the city.
Aren't these water fountains the coolest?
From the 8th floor of our hotel room, we looked down to a store that had a constant line every day all day long.
We finally found out that it was one of the three VooDoo Doughnut locations in the city.
Voodoo doughnuts has been featured on The Tonight Show to The Travel Channel to ESPN. People line up for hours sometimes just to get a taste of the bacon maple bar (yep, topped with bacon), the double bubble (bubble gum treat on top), and The loop (or many other variations of your favorite sugary cereal topped on a doughnut).
It really just tasted like a doughnut to me...but then again, I only got a glazed one.
Besides overlooking the local Voodoo doughnuts shop, we also had a great view of the city from our hotel. Did I mention that we were upgraded to the Royal Suite while we were there? Thank you Embassy Suites!
We did a lot of walking. On one of our days exploring the city we took the local downtown trolley and then walked across this bridge to get to OMSI. We explored the submarine that was docked there, did lots of hands on science and even got to go in an earthquake simulator.
One great tip for you travelers out there. If you have any type of local museum or zoo membership, look into their reciprocal locations. OMSI ended up being free for us to explore with our local Seattle Science Center passes.
On another afternoon, we took the new tram above the city.
We could even see Mt. Baker in the background.
Like I said earlier, this city is not made for driving. Check out this bike parking!
What's this? Oh, they are my traveling socks. I like sweaty feet so I always keep traveling socks with me when I go on trips (you should see the ones I wear on airplanes). Is that wierd?
We didn't just go go go all the time during my blogging break. We took time to enjoy the little things in life like napping. Ah, naps, so good.
My youngest son celebrated his 6th birthday. One of his favorite presents (besides legos...that boy loves legos) was his new model rockets.
We spent several evenings playing with rockets in the local field.
Even the dog loved being out there running to catch the rocket!
I got a haircut. I've spent nearly two years growing my hair out way longer than it's ever been, and toyed with the idea of cutting it all off but took my hair stylists recommendation to "stop being safe" and cut some layers into it. Crazy, but after I got it cut, it actually looked longer.
Did I mention Legos? Yep, we built lots of legos. My daughter worked on this house while my youngest son built a whole city complete with working train tracks and they both worked together on building a 7 foot tall skyscraper. Legos rock!
We also spent lots of time at the beach. Having picnics, playing in the water, collecting sand dollars and building dams.
This is my favorite beach around the area.
Do you see any people? Nope, me either and I love it like that! It's a public beach but it's the best kept secret around. It's so well preserved that we call it sand dollar beach because when the tide is out, you can hardly walk without stepping on a pile of sand dollars.
Even Sophie loves it! She can't get enough of bird chasing and swimming for sticks in the water!
My oldest son spent most of August either at camp or with my parents at his Nana and Papaw camp in Arizona. He looks forward to his time every year. I'm pretty sure that he was born with an only child mentality. Unfortunately for him, he has two siblings who missed him very much! Here they are watching his plane taxi to the gate.
And here's the man of the hour walking off the plane after a week of fun and relaxation and only childhood. The kid looks like a movie star...probably because he was treated like a rock star for a week!
We also got to play doctor.
We were shocked that we made it to 6 years old without a single visit to the ER with our youngest son. All good accidents happen on the weekends, when you get to visit the ER and pay the ridiculous fee rather than during the week when you get to visit during normal office hours.
Owen rounded the corner in our hallway just a little bit too fast and hit his temple on the corner of our very pointed banister molding. It required 2 stitches. But when we left we got party favors (they were going to throw them out anyway).
And my genius husband thought that we would save the money and take out the stitches ourselves. Come to find out, they don't charge for stitches removal, but we saved some time.
I also had the opportunity to help host a baby shower for my sister in law. We are excited to help her welcome her first baby (a girl) in just a few weeks. The theme was "she's about to pop" with lots of fun polka dots all around. More details on that later.
We finished out our summer and my blogging break with some back to school preparations. The kids all visited the Dr. (not just the ER!), the dentist, went shopping for new jeans and new shoes, and we got haircuts and hair feather extensions.
Are hair feathers popular where you live? They seemed to have popped up everywhere around here. My daughter just had to have one for her first day of school!


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World War II Veteran turns 107 with a party in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - When Lawrence Brooks joined the military, it was still segregated. Yet the 107-year-old African-American World War II veteran has lived long enough not only to see that change, but to see a black commander-in-chief too.
Brooks, a New Orleans resident, Monday celebrated his 107th birthday at the city's World War II Museum.
NOLA.COM/The Times-Picayune (http://bit.ly/2cqGWp6 ) reports that Lawrence Brooks attended a ceremonial birthday party honoring his service Monday in the museum where he was serenaded and congratulated by other veterans and well-wishers.
The newspaper reports Brooks was a private in the Army's mostly African-American 91st Engineer Battalion. They were stationed in New Guinea and the Philippines. The unit built infrastructure such as bridges, roads and airstrips.
Brooks was assigned as an orderly to three white officers during a time when the Army was still segregated.
Wearing a gray suit, he walked into the museum and then his daughter requested a wheelchair to conserve his strength.
Speaking of the changes he's seen in more than a century, Brooks said, "The biggest change that I didn't think would ever happen was a black president."
In an oral history about his service posted on YouTube , Brooks also described how he was delivering a load of barbed wire to the front when one of the engines of the C-47 he was traveling in went out.
After they dumped the barbed wire to conserve weight he made his way to the cockpit. He told the pilot and co-pilot that since they were the only two with parachutes, if they had to jump for it, he was going to grab on to one of them.
"We made it though," he said laughing. "We had a big laugh about that."


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Saratoga Spa State Park is a National Historic Landmark distinguished by its classical architecture and noted for its diverse cultural, aesthetic and recreational resources. In addition to the nationally-known Saratoga Performing Arts Center, the Spa Little Theater, the National Museum of Dance, the Saratoga Automobile Museum, the Gideon Putnam Resort and Roosevelt Baths and Spa, the park offers a multitude of traditional recreation opportunities.
The Peerless Pool Complex consists of a main pool with a zero-depth entry, separate slide pool with a 19' double slide and a children's wading pool with a mushroom fountain. The slide pool has a minimum height requirement of 48" tall. The Historic Victoria Pool is a smaller pool surrounded by arched promenades. Both pool areas include food and beverage services, showers, locker rooms and restrooms.
Locally owned Wired Coffee Roasters offers a variety of drink options from freshly roasted coffee, cold brew, and tea, as well as bakery items. Find their coffee shop in the Roosevelt II building. Check their website for hours.
The Saratoga Spa State Park Golf Course offers two beautiful golf courses; a championship 18-hole course and a challenging 9-hole course, complete with pro shop and restaurant. For more information and to reserve a tee time online visit: Saratoga Spa Golf
The Creekside Classroom is a four-season environmental education center where Park staff offer environmental education programs year-round, including school field trips, hikes, tours and snowshoe walks.
The gentle terrain offers picnic areas, shady stream side trails, suitable for the nature-lover or the casual walker, as well as certified running courses used by joggers and high school and college athletes. Winter activities include cross-country skiing on approximately 12 miles of trails, ice skating, ice hockey.
Pavilion Information
Saratoga Spa has ten pavilions. Prices range from $125 to $300 and can accommodate 50 to 250 people. Check availability at ReserveAmerica.com.
Pet Policy: A maximum of two pets are allowed in day use areas unless prohibited by sign or directive. Pets are to be supervised at all times and either be crated or on a leash not more than 6-feet in length. Proof of rabies inoculation shall be produced if requested by staff. Pets are not permitted in playgrounds, buildings, golf courses, boardwalks, pools and spray-grounds or guarded beaches (this does not apply to service animals).
Year Round Weather Permitting *Sunrise to Sunset
Pay & Display Parking Kiosk - accepts credit cards and exact change
Toll Booth Operation
May 4th, 2024 through May 26th, 2024, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (weekends)
May 27th, 2024 through September 2nd, 2024, 8:30 a.m. -- 4:30 p.m. (Daily, except for Special Events)
September 3rd, 2024 through October 14th, 2024, 8:30a.m. -- 4:30p.m. (weekends & holidays)
Peerless Pool
June 29th - September 2nd: 10am - 6pm
Victoria Pool
May 25th - June 28th, Weekends only after Memorial Day: 10am - 6pm
June 29th - September 2nd: 10am - 6pm
Children's Museum at Saratoga
Please visit cmssny.org for opening hours
Most New York State Parks charge a vehicle use fee to enter the facility. Fees vary by location and season. A list of entry fees and other park use fees is available below. For fees not listed or to verify information, please contact the park directly.
The easy-to-use Empire Pass card is $80- and your key to all-season enjoyment with unlimited day-use entry at most facilities operated by State Parks and the State Dept. of Environmental Conservation including forests, beaches, trails and more. Purchase online or contact your favorite park for more information. Learn more about our Admission Programs including the Empire Pass.
Victoria Pool
There is no fee for the Peerless Pool.
(Other special use permit fees vary by the activity or event)
Contact the Front Dest at 518-584-2000
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To register call 518-584-2535 Ext 111 or email email@example.com
Grades: Adaptable from Pre-K-8th Grade
Length: 1-2 hours
Group Size: Classes must be limited to 25 children per instructor.Price: $3 per student, due upon day of visit. Parking fees vary. The Park Naturalist will help select the best parking option for your group.
State Parks has launched a grant program to provide transportation funding assistance to schools for field trips to State Parks. Learn more about eligibility and how to apply.
Exploring the Outdoors (K-2 only):
An introduction to the five senses for the youngest students. Students will smell spruce needles and wildflowers, listen for crickets and birds, and learn to use their eyes like owls. The hands-on class will encourage young students to enjoy and appreciate the great outdoors.
Stream Exploration:
Students will get a close-up, hands-on introduction to the creatures that live in Geyser Creek. During this lesson, students will measure the stream's depth and flow, suvey aquatic life, and observe and identify some of their finds. Students will also learn to measure the health of a stream through their observations.
Hug a Tree and Survive:
This program teaches children how to survive in the woods should they become lost. This program is also available to private groups and clubs. The program is appropriate for children 6 to 12, and lasts approximatley 45 minutes. The program includes a video and demonstrations. Each child receives a survival pack with their own safety whistle.
A Taste of History:
A guided tour of our famous springs and "spouters." This class introduces students to the importance of their local history. Students will taste mineral springs, learn about geology and discover the folklore of Saratoga Springs. Each student will receive a free tasting cup. Paired with a picnic, this tour makes a great year-end field trip!
Winter Challenges and Snowshoeing Lesson:
Students will learn about various types of snowshoes and the history of their use. After a beginner's snowshoe lesson, the class takes to the woods and learns about the challenges of winter survival while looking for tracks and signs of local wildlife.
Key BCA Criteria:
- Migratory concentration site
- Diverse species concentration site
The Saratoga Spa BCA is located within Saratoga Spa State Park. During spring and fall migration, birds concentrate in the wetlands associated with Geyser and Kayaderosseras Creeks. Of 75 Neotropical migratory songbird species that breed in New York, 54 have been observed within the park. One-hundred seventy bird species in total have been identified within the park, and 97 of these species have been noted as breeders within the park. The BCA lies within Bird Conservation Region 13, and 14 of 15 regional Responsibility Species have been recorded breeding here.
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