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23 Apr 2012 12:58 PM #1
Problem with Sencha Profiles
I'm trying to wrap my head around Sencha profiles and I'm finding it a little awkward to use. I would like to have a different layout between Android and iPhone (different position of tab bar). Here are the two profile specific views:
Ext.define("myapp.view.iphone.MyView", { extend: 'Ext.TabPanel', xtype: 'myview', config: { tabBarPosition: 'bottom', ......... });Code:
Ext.define("myapp.view.android.MyView", { extend: 'Ext.TabPanel', xtype: 'myview', config: { tabBarPosition: 'top', ......... });
Ext.define('myapp.profile.Android', { extend: 'Ext.app.Profile', config: { name: 'Android', views: [ 'myapp.view.android.MyView' ] }, .......... });Code:
Ext.define('myapp.profile.iPhone', { extend: 'Ext.app.Profile', config: { name: 'iPhone', views: [ 'myapp.view.iphone.MyView' ] }, .......... });
Finally in my main application view:
Ext.define("myapp.view.Main", { extend: 'Ext.Container', xtype: 'mainview', config: { layout: 'card', items: [ { xtype: 'someotherview' }, { xtype: 'myview' } ] } });
23 Apr 2012 1:15 PM #2
The framework does indeed load all of the specified views, even if the profile isActive function did not match. The reason for this is that if we don't do it then we don't have a universal app - you'd have to build an Android version of the app and an iPhone version of the app, then figure out which to serve to which devices, presumably somewhere on the server. Instead, we create a universal version of the app that can bootstrap itself on the device and figure out what to do.
The main downside of this approach is exactly what you've just pointed out - you can't overload the xtypes in this manner. It's something I'd like us to come up with a better solution around in the next minor release or two, and would welcome ideas and feedback.Ext JS Senior Software Architect
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23 Apr 2012 1:18 PM #3
So is the recommended approach to create different versions of all controllers/views etc for each profile? That could be really messy if you are dealing with more than two profiles. I'm pretty new to Sencha and I'm only using the JSON config style to configure my views/controllers. It seems like there must be a way to do this dynamically like a factory that creates different views based on the profile that is currently active. What's the proper way to construct objects dynamically instead of through the JSON style construction.
23 Apr 2012 1:25 PM #4
At the moment I'd just say to avoid using the same xtype when you have profile-specific views. That may mean you end up with xtypes like 'overviewios' and 'overviewandroid'. You could factory this if you want to keep your code cleaner - should be simple enough but that's not built into the framework at the moment.Ext JS Senior Software Architect
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23 Apr 2012 1:35 PM #5
Yeah ... that's what I was trying to avoid because I have controllers that ref the view so if I create a profile specific view I also need to create a profile specific controllers for each controller that references that view. I realize I can use inheritance to reduce code duplication but overall it's just awkward. Using Sencha has been awesome but the experience of using profiles has been inconsistent with how the amazing the rest of Sencha is.
23 Apr 2012 1:43 PM #6
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5 Jun 2012 3:06 PM #7
I'm glad I found this thread as I had the exact same misconception as the original poster.
I thought that the xtypes existed to provide exactly this kind of abstraction. It seems like the profile mechanism could work with the ClassManager to wire an xtype to the appropriate implementation class when multiple profile-specific implementations exist.
Since for my app profile-specific controllers would be overkill, I'll just switch manually between view classes within controller methods as needed. Not a big deal, but I'm not getting much then from the entire convention of the profile. It seems like you need to branch your view construction at the top "launch" level if you want to use profiles as presented in the docs.
If there are any updated discussions or ideas on this one, I would really appreciate a link to the thread,etc. Thanks.
Edit: One approach might be to set/overwrite aliases within the profile's launch method, via Ext.ClassManager.setAlias(). Using that, I can re-write aliases to profile-specific subclasses myself within the profile, then use the aliases in my controllers/views without any switching and still get the implementation class I want. Curious if anyone has tried such a thing or sees any downsides.
5 Jun 2012 4:48 PM #8
We encountered a similar problem and add the xtype in the launch method of the profile.
So the code would be something like
Ext.define("myapp.view.iphone.MyView", ... Ext.define("myapp.view.android.MyView" ,... Ext.define('myapp.profile.android', { extend: 'Ext.app.Profile', launch: function() { myappp.view.android.MyView.addXtype('myView'); } ... Ext.define('myapp.profile.iphone', { extend: 'Ext.app.Profile', launch: function() { myappp.view.iphone.MyView.addXtype('myView'); } ...
6 Jun 2012 12:54 AM #9
I experienced the same problem recently and my solution was to setup different xtypes for each profile views. Then setup controllers where they extend a base controller. Within the profile controllers, put the references to point to the correct view xtype. So you might have something like.
Ext.define('App.controller.phone.Search', { extend: 'App.controller.Search', config: { refs: { mainPanel : 'mainPanelPhone', searchPanel : 'searchPanelPhone', } } });
Ext.define('App.controller.tablet.Search', { extend: 'App.controller.Search', config: { refs: { mainPanel : 'mainPanelTablet', searchPanel : 'searchPanelTablet', } } });
Ext.define('App.controller.Search', { extend: 'Ext.app.Controller', });
6 Jun 2012 12:15 PM #10
Thanks for both replies - both of those are very useful suggestions.
I hadn't thought of just overriding the refs in profile-specific controller subclasses, and leaving all the logic (using the refs) in the base controller class.
Dodgy Dave, I think that your approach is the same / similar to what I noted in my edit above. I'm going to stick with ClassManager.setAlias() as addXtype() is documented as private, but I think the end result is exactly the same, and gets us the re-wired xtypes we want.


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I'm having problems trying to limit the range my camera can pitch. Currently my camera can pitch around a model without restriction, but having a hard time trying to find the value of the degree/radian the camera is currently at after pitching. Here is what I got so far:
// Moves camera with thumbstick
Pitch = pController.ThumbSticks.Right.Y * MathHelper.ToRadians(speedAngleMAX);
// Pitch Camera around model
public void cameraPitch(float pitch)
pitchAngle = ModelLoad.camTarget - ModelLoad.CameraPos;
axisPitch = Vector3.Cross(Vector3.Up, pitchAngle);
// pitch constrained to model's orientation
ModelLoad.CameraPos = Vector3.Transform(ModelLoad.CameraPos - ModelLoad.camTarget,
Matrix.CreateFromAxisAngle(axisPitch, pitch)) + ModelLoad.camTarget;
I've tried restraining the Y-camera position of
ModelLoad.CameraPos.Y, but doing so gave me some unwanted results.


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Let a number $x = \sqrt[a_1]{p_1} + \sqrt[a_2]{p_2} + \ .. \ + \sqrt[a_n]{p_n}$ be a number such that all $a_n$ are integers and all $p_n$ are rational. I've been noticing that for every number x, the degree of its minimal polynomial is seemingly always equal to $\prod_{1}^n \ a_n$.
Is that valid for all values of $a_n$? If so, is there a proof?


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Next: Invoking diff3, Previous: Invoking cmp, Up: Top
The format for running the diff command is:
diff options... files...
In the simplest case, two file names from-file and to-file are given, and diff compares the contents of from-file and to-file. A file name of - stands for text read from the standard input. As a special case, 'diff - -' compares a copy of standard input to itself.
If one file is a directory and the other is not, diff compares the file in the directory whose name is that of the non-directory. The non-directory file must not be -.
If two file names are given and both are directories, diff compares corresponding files in both directories, in alphabetical order; this comparison is not recursive unless the --recursive (-r) option is given. diff never compares the actual contents of a directory as if it were a file. The file that is fully specified may not be standard input, because standard input is nameless and the notion of "file with the same name" does not apply.
If the --from-file=file option is given, the number of file names is arbitrary, and file is compared to each named file. Similarly, if the --to-file=file option is given, each named file is compared to file.
diff options begin with '-', so normally file names may not begin with '-'. However, -- as an argument by itself treats the remaining arguments as file names even if they begin with '-'.
An exit status of 0 means no differences were found, 1 means some differences were found, and 2 means trouble. Normally, differing binary files count as trouble, but this can be altered by using the --text (-a) option, or the -q or --brief option.


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Are you concerned about your child's weight gain? Do you have questions about diabetes? Do you have low HDL and high triglycerides? Family history of diabetes?
If you have any of these concerns, please come to the "Diabetes, Prevention and Management" presentation at the United Methodist Church at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 15. Judy Hawkins, pharmacist and diabetes educator from Susan B. Allen hospital will be on hand to talk about diabetes and answer questions.
"The prevalence of type 2 diabetes increased 21% among American youth from 2001 to 2009, while type 1 diabetes rose 23 percent, per the American Diabetes Association. Also, increasing obesity rates are partly to blame for the increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes," stated Judy Hawkins.Attend and join the discussion, the public is welcome.
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River Rafting
- Plastic bottles with screw lidsyou need at least 100, so contact a recycling center or have everyone you know save them for you
- Large onion bags16 bags to make a raft for two people
- Plastic fishing line
- Needle
- Pick a location that has a stream, creek, or river.
- Ask everyone to bring a picnic lunch. You can supply the lemonade.
- Send invitations at least two weeks before the party so everyone has time to collect plastic bottles and onion bags.
- How many bottles and bags you get will determine the size and shape of the raft.
- To make the raft, put one onion bag inside another for extra strength, then fill it with plastic bottles making sure all the lids are fastened tightly so no water gets in.
- Use the fishing line and a large needle to sew up the openings in the bags.
- When you have all the bags stuffed, sew them together.
- When it's time to try out the raft, make sure the people riding it are wearing life jackets.
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In honor of Spertus Institute's 90th Anniversary, we are pleased to share remembrances from a remarkable woman whose studies with us in the 1930s launched a lifetime of Jewish leadership.
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Making the decision to seriously explore the wonders of Jewish Studies can sometimes be challenging, even daunting. We are prepared to do everything possible to minimize the obstacles and maximize the opportunities.
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The pioneering Center for Jewish Leadership launched at Spertus with a groundbreaking symposium on entrepreneurship, innovation, and Jewish leadership. View videos of presenters Howard Tullman, Jon Medved, Ariel Berry, Toby Rubin, Jay Goltz, and Dr. Hal M. Lewis.
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This year, as it marks its 90th anniversary, Spertus Institute launches the Center for Jewish Leadership to provide current and future Jewish leaders new and necessary opportunities to learn best professional practices in a Jewish context, informed by Jewish thought.
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Top, Kurt Fletcher; Bottom, Dennis Showers.
GENESEO, N.Y. - The State University of New York Board of Trustees has awarded two SUNY Geneseo faculty members with distinguished professorships. Kurt Fletcher, professor and chair of SUNY Geneseo's physics and astronomy department, has been named a distinguished teaching professor, and Dennis Showers, professor of education, a distinguished service professor. The distinguished rank constitutes the highest system tribute conferred upon instructional faculty at state-operated campuses.
Fletcher and Showers are among 25 SUNY faculty named this year to distinguished ranks. They are among 42 Geneseo faculty members who have received the rank since 1973.
"SUNY has now conferred its highest faculty honor upon more than 880 current and retired professors from across the system," said SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher. "In so doing, we proudly recognize the extraordinary achievements of our teachers, scholars and mentors, all of whom serve as stellar examples of SUNY's commitment to excellence."
The board said Fletcher "is an exceptional teacher who has profoundly shaped the lives and careers of scores of students," and noted his "ability to make the complexities of a notoriously difficult field accessible to a wide variety of students as one of his greatest gifts." The board also cited American Institute of Physics' recognition of the Geneseo physics and astronomy department as one of the strongest undergraduate programs in the country.
The board said Showers "has provided exceptional service to Geneseo, to the SUNY system, to the field of teacher education and to national and international voluntary organizations related to science and math." The board also praised Showers' important contributions in support of shared governance at the college and system levels and noted his generous service to his profession and colleagues by training with two accrediting agencies for teacher education programs, performing site visits and offering assistance to SUNY campuses preparing for accreditation reviews.
Also receiving a distinguished teaching professorship this year is a 1981 Geneseo alumnus, John Wadach, chair of physics and engineering at Monroe Community College in Rochester, N.Y.
"It is with great pride that we recognize the brilliant scholars and teachers whose service merits one of the SUNY distinguished ranks," said Board Chairman Carl T. Hayden.
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What does DPI mean and how does it affect images displayed on screen versus printed?
DPI, or Dots Per Inch relates to the dot density when printing.
To help better understand the relationship of DPI to pixel dimensions, take an 800x600 pixel image for example:
DPI stands for
It's used to descibe the output resolution of printers, and it's also often used instead of the PPI (Pixels Per Inch) unit, which is more appropriate for describing the resolution of computer screens, scanners and image files.
So, a printer might have a resolution of 2400 DPI, but that doesn't mean that you can print an image at 2400 PPI. The printer uses dots of only a few colors (usually cyan, magenta, yellow and black) which are combined in patterns to produce the entire spectrum in different intensities. A reasonable resolution for an image to be printed is 200 - 500 PPI.
If you for example have an image with the specified resolution 300 PPI, it will need 300 pixels for each inch when printed. To print as 4" x 6" the image needs to have the dimensions 1200 x 1800 pixels.
If you print this image using a printer setting of 1200 DPI or 2400 DPI, it will still be the same size, but the latter will have better quality because the printer fits more ink dots in the same area.
If you want to publish an image on the web, the PPI setting in the file has no relevance. The image is displayed with one image pixel per screen pixel. The resolution of a screen is usually around 100 PPI, so that's what people tend to specify when creating images for the web, eventhough the value is ignored by the browsers.


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So I'm looking for calendar ideas - I use Google Calendar, but when I create a multi-day event (like a two-week holiday) it just puts a line across the top of the days that is pretty hard to notice; I'd like it to properly block out the days so that I can easily tell that they are scheduled. Any ideas of widgets, hacks, or alternatives (preferably online)?
P.S.: Ideally I'd be able to play with the fonts and colours and such as well, but that's really wishlist... also importing all my existing stuff from Google Calendar would be nice.


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I've been thinking about unconsciousness and performing a a coup de grâce lately. It came up in our game this past week and I want to make sure I'm understanding it correctly.
Unconscious reads:
While a creature is unconscious it is helpless, it can't take actions and it takes a -5 penalty to all defenses.
Helpless reads:
While a creatures is helpless, it grants combat advantage.
Combat advantage grants a +2 bonus to attack rolls.
I read this as a net +7 bonus to an attack roll (or -7 penalty to all defenses, however you read it) to Coup de Grâce. Is this a correct reading?


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"I feel like it could have been me."
In the wake of the George Zimmerman verdict rallies took place in nearly 100 cities nationwide today to honor Trayvon Martin, including right here in Bowling Green.
Those who attended the march, organized by the Martin Luther King Jr. Planning Committee, reacted strongly to the not guilty verdict handed down just one week ago.
"I was shocked I expected at least a manslaughter conviction," says Carla Gatewood.
"Seeing that he got found not guilty I kind of got sick to my stomach. I wasn't expecting that," says Troy Halcomb.
"Everybody has to stand up and say what's right is right and it's not right that a young man is dead and the person who killed him gets his gun back," added Claudia Hanes.
It's a verdict that has sparked a national divide and for those who marched for justice it's a case that hits close to home, as they echoed the words of President Obama.
"I feel like it could have been me. I mean I walk by myself all the time and it could have been me. It could be anybody," says Halcomb's younger brother.
They carried signs and marched from the Warren County Justice Center to State Street Baptist Church in hope through peaceful protesting they can create change.
"Right is right and wrong is wrong and if that cannot be demonstrated in the court through laws then maybe laws need to be changed specifically, the stand your ground law," says Gatewood when asked why she attended the march.
"We support repealing stand your ground laws here in Kentucky because it absolves the shooter from any responsibility all they have to do is claim they were acting in self defense, and generally there is no other side because the other side has been silenced," says Hanes.
Jane Lewis and Jackie Hawkins who have been friends for nearly 30 years say, they hope to break the barriers of stereotypes by marching for equality.
"What we both hope is that people would get a fair shake and that everybody would be treated as equal whether your a person of color or a white person that you would be treated equally, and that you would have the same protection equally in the legal system as well as walking outside because she has a son and I have a son it's terrifying to both of us thinking that at any point somebody could say "oh you look threatening and I can chase you down and shoot you," so we both hope a fair shake, peace, and justice would come out of this," says Lewis.
The theme of today's march was, "Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere."


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What are your recommendation for opening large text files on OS X? I found both BBEdit and Textmate to be struggling in this department.
I found MacVim pretty good at opening large files.
There's even a plugin to speed it up, if the file is really large.
EDIT: it seems the project moved to GitHub.
I'm using HexFiend to work with a 60 GB text file and it works great (apparently it can handle files as large as 118 GB).
BBEdit is pretty much the standard for opening large text files on a Mac. I've opened some good-sized files with it, and BBEdit didn't even break a sweat.
How large of a file are you talking about? And how much RAM does your Mac have (both installed and free)?
Edited to add…
Bare Bones released BBEdit 9.6 today, and according to the Release Notes1 (under Changes):
Sounds to me like it's worth upgrading (free for anyone with BBEdit 9.x) and trying again.
1 If you've never read a Bare Bones release notice before, you should. Even if you have no interest in BBEdit. Even if you have no interest in Bare Bones. Even if you have no interest in text editors in general. They're that good. Yes, really. Iä! Iä! Pnoies fhtagn!
Check Sublime Text 2 out. It is one of the best out there.
TextWrangler is a great tool for opening editing and saving large files. I wouldn't recommend if for copying and pasting large amounts of content though. Use it if you don't want to have to deal with the vi interface/commands. Like Loic mentioned, MacVim is a great app if you're more familar with vi.
If you are reading the file only, use the 'less' command. You can navigate and search through the file like vi, but much faster and without the nasty 'line too long' type problems. For working with big production logs, this is an invaluable tool.
If you are dealing with files over 2 GBs I recommend 010 Editor. It won't load the entire file in memory which means you can use it to open files larger than your available RAM and opening times will be much shorter (took about 20 seconds to open a 7GB file).
http://code.google.com/p/macvim/ worked with a 1 gig file searching file took about 1 min
For me, where BBEdit choked on 750MB, UltraEdit (not free) worked satisfactorily fast.


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Today I encountered a proof of a physics kinematic equation which contained the following steps: $$ \frac{dx}{dt} = v $$ $$ dt \frac{dx}{dt} = v\,dt $$ $$ dx = v\,dt $$
Now I have read the previous questions which state putting a dt on both sides isn't multiply and that dy/dx isn't a ratio.
I understand dy/dx is not an actual fraction but has "convenient" fraction properties, but I don't understand why $ dx = v\,dt $ is a valid equality. Where did the left hand side $dt$ go?


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The bones of the front of the skull are starting to grow over the baby's forehead and harden from cartilage to bone. The forehead is still very prominent and the top of the head still very flexible to accommodate the baby's rapidly developing brain.
The placenta is rapidly developing and once it's fully formed, will supply all your baby's needs.
A milestone in your baby's development-the placenta takes over from the yolk sac to provide your baby with nutrients. Just like your baby, the placenta has needed to grow and develop a circulation to support the ever-increasing demands that are being placed on it.
One week into the pregnancy, the placenta formed a distinct inner and outer layer of cells that gradually penetrated the lining of the uterus, with fingerlike fronds. You may have noticed a very slight bleed at this implantation stage (see You are 3 Weeks and 5 Days). More and more fronds spread out into the lining of the uterus, which itself undergoes a transformation process that enables each frond or villus to be bathed by small pools of maternal blood, enabling oxygen and nutrient transfer to take place.
Up until now, this blood flow has been limited by plugs of tissue, but at this stage of pregnancy these plugs begin to disappear. This means the placenta is sufficiently developed to withstand the pressure of maternal blood on each delicate villous. Villi will continue to branch out until around 30 weeks of pregnancy.
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Red blood carries a positive or negative Rhesus factor (Rh-factor). Problems arise if a Rh-negative woman carries a Rh-positive baby who has inherited the Rh-positive status from the father. If the mother's blood comes into contact with the baby's during delivery, she may produce antibodies against it.
This may cause problems in subsequent pregnancies when a mother's antibodies attack the cells of another Rh-positive baby, which can lead to severe anemia and heart failure in the baby after the birth. You will be given Rh immune-globulin to combat this.
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Staying hydrated is essential throughout pregnancy. A good tip is to eat fruit that is high in water. Water contained in fruit is easily absorbed into the body, because fruit contains natural sugars that draw water into the bloodstream. Melons-watermelon, cantaloupe, and honeydew-are naturally high in water. In addition, their mellow and less acidic nature make them well tolerated in pregnancy.
In addition to staying hydrated, by eating melons you will get some extra folate, as well as other vitamins and nutrients. Try combining melons with cottage cheese or yogurt, sprinkled with granola, for a light meal, or blend them into a nutritious smoothie.
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Gun control won't stop madmen from inflicting mayhem
As expected, the gun-control discussions following the tragic Dec. 14 murders at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown are heating up, with anti-gun politicians citing a new-found example to support their arguments. There is no doubt a nation in grief over this horrific event will power the knee-jerk reaction to support gun-restrictive legislation without seeking a logical understanding of the cause of the event.
In an effort to argue for action addressing the real cause of the crime — the problem of mental illness that needs serious meaningful research and action — I would ask the following: Imagine if we could immediately eliminate all firearms from our world. There would be no assault rifles or other types of rifles; semi-automatic pistols; revolvers; or shotguns. There would not even be BB or pellet guns. Everything would be exactly the same as we know it today, but there would be no firearms. Ask yourself: "In that world, would we have no murders?"
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conservative1 wrote on Dec 26, 2012 7:31 AM:
We are a free society. We enjoy our freedoms. With those freedoms there are some tragedies. "
roy wrote on Dec 26, 2012 3:39 PM:
GeorgeK wrote on Dec 26, 2012 4:08 PM:
Cue Kitty wanting to ban fertilizer and diesel fuel. "
al.cap wrote on Dec 26, 2012 9:12 PM:
@george- now you're getting it! lol! "
KITTY wrote on Dec 27, 2012 12:37 AM:
al.cap wrote on Dec 27, 2012 9:17 AM:
http://www.nycrimecommission.org/initiative1-shootings.php "
al.cap wrote on Dec 27, 2012 10:47 AM:
sandy hook, no concealed carry, body count- 26
aurora colorado church shooting, ccw intervention, body count -1
aurora co, theater shooting, no concealed carry, body count- 22
hmmm.......... "
KITTY wrote on Dec 29, 2012 12:51 AM:
@CONSERVATIVE......what if were your family gunned down ....i'm sure you would figure you just paid the price of freedom.........just one of those tragedies......
@AL......according to your research what is used in the rest of the mass killings ???? "
al.cap wrote on Dec 29, 2012 7:04 AM:
so, when you have direct, anecdotal, but persuasive nonetheless, the focus changes yet again. it's pretty obvious that people with ccw permits stop these type of attacks with a much lower body count. when they take place in gun free zones the bodies pile up.
banning assault weapons will do nothing. read feinsteins bill. it's a registration program. it does nothing about the millions of these weapons already in circulation, because they can't.
you're fond of saying columbine had an armed guard. it also took place in the middle of the national assault weapons ban. "
al.cap wrote on Dec 29, 2012 11:14 AM:
KITTY wrote on Dec 29, 2012 12:21 PM:
KITTY wrote on Dec 29, 2012 12:47 PM:
GeorgeK wrote on Dec 29, 2012 1:22 PM:
If you add up all the mass murder victims, you would get roughly the same amount that died in Oklahoma City.
Your point?
I am going to roll this back to the fundamentals...
Kitty, where in the 2nd amendment does it define the type of weapon I 'need'? Be prepared to see me repost this every time in the future until you answer... "
al.cap wrote on Dec 29, 2012 1:28 PM:
al.cap wrote on Dec 29, 2012 1:58 PM:
blue star wrote on Dec 29, 2012 2:33 PM:
When you put mental defectives in the mainstream, this is the result. It is not rocket science. It was foisted on the public, so we don't stigmatize the poor dears by calling them what they are. Mental cases, that should by all right be isolated from society.
We Live in an advanced civilized society, and yet we allow these psychos and perverts to walk the streets looking for victims among the law abiding populace. "
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KITTY wrote on Dec 30, 2012 12:06 AM:
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GeorgeK wrote on Dec 30, 2012 4:24 PM:
I fail to see where the Supreme Court will find a list of weapons I 'need' in the 2nd Amendment either. Will it just be a made up list? Who will make it up?
What could the Supreme Court possibly infer from the 2nd Amendment that the common man hasn't already? "
KITTY wrote on Dec 30, 2012 7:48 PM:
GeorgeK wrote on Dec 30, 2012 7:55 PM:
The Supreme Court had to infer that membership in a militia wasn't a requisite for owning a firearm. They weren't defining any terms contained within the Amendment. What you are saying is basically charging the Supreme Court with the task of defining what firearms the average citizen can have based off of the text of the 2nd Amendment.
It would only get there if the legislative branch passed a law banning a particular type of weapon, and then someone filed a lawsuit saying it was unconstitutional (which it absolutely should be) or an appeal to a criminal charge as a resulting violation of said law. "
blue star wrote on Dec 31, 2012 9:44 AM:
FSEC. 15. Every citizen has a right to bear arms in defense of himself and the state.
In other words, we don't need no Militia to own a gun. Our Constitution says so, and Washington does not have the authority to change that. "
KITTY wrote on Dec 31, 2012 12:26 PM:
al.cap wrote on Dec 31, 2012 1:21 PM:
KITTY wrote on Dec 31, 2012 1:31 PM:
blue star wrote on Dec 31, 2012 6:02 PM:
" From the Connecticut Constitution, Bill of Rights: and Oh yes, there is that bit somewhere in the U.S. Constitution about not abridging the Constitutions of the State."
FSEC. 15. Every citizen has a right to bear arms in defense of himself and the state.
In other words, we don't need no Militia to own a gun. Our Constitution says so, and Washington does not have the authority to change that. "
This is our government folks, they are not the authority, we are...... "
KITTY wrote on Dec 31, 2012 8:38 PM:
KITTY wrote on Dec 31, 2012 8:40 PM:
blue star wrote on Jan 1, 2013 8:26 AM:
KITTY wrote on Jan 1, 2013 11:01 AM:
GeorgeK wrote on Jan 1, 2013 4:25 PM:
Article V Amendment Convention
Tens of thousand proposed. Only 27 ratified. Good luck with that one. "
blue star wrote on Jan 1, 2013 5:08 PM:
KITTY wrote on Jan 1, 2013 5:31 PM:
blue star wrote on Jan 1, 2013 6:15 PM:
GeorgeK wrote on Jan 1, 2013 6:39 PM:
Oh yes! Please do show me Kitty, where the Constitution specifically mandates white men to enslave blacks. "
al.cap wrote on Jan 1, 2013 7:20 PM:
KITTY wrote on Jan 1, 2013 9:41 PM:
KITTY wrote on Jan 1, 2013 9:46 PM:
GeorgeK wrote on Jan 1, 2013 10:06 PM:
Sounds like you haven't read the Constitution yet.
Opened up my copy (digital) of the Constitution. Hit CTRL+F. Typed 'slavery' in the box. Two hits. One in the title of the 13th and one in the body of the 13th.
It doesn't appear a single time in the entire original unamended Constitution.
If anyone is parsing words, its you. You are saying things are places that they really aren't. Welcome to Kitty's FACT FREE ZONE! "
al.cap wrote on Jan 2, 2013 12:03 AM:
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blue star wrote on Jan 2, 2013 9:17 AM:
Examples: The early Spanish explorers killed and enslaved millions of "Indians" on Hispaniola, and the mainland, before running out of Indians, and importing slaves from other countries such as Africa and Portugal.
The Cherokee were required to free their slaves (blacks and other Indians), along with the white slave holders.
To make a very long story short, slavery is not a simple matter of black and white people. It involves all races, as both the slave, and slave holder. To bring race into the issue of slavery is misleading, and only brings into question whether racism is the motivation for bringing up the subject in the first place.
I would encourage anyone to do a little earnest research on early American history (staring around 1492), before writing on the subject. "
KITTY wrote on Jan 2, 2013 12:23 PM:
KITTY wrote on Jan 2, 2013 2:03 PM:
GeorgeK wrote on Jan 2, 2013 4:42 PM:
So therefore you cede that you know nothing about the Constitution, and the founding documents that this country is based on. Therefore you also admit you have no leg to stand on when it comes to arguing for or against the Second Amendment. "
KITTY wrote on Jan 2, 2013 6:31 PM:
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conservative1 wrote on Jan 2, 2013 7:37 PM:
GeorgeK wrote on Jan 2, 2013 7:45 PM:
Let me school you dear. You clearly have a sub-standard understanding of basic English and some of the basic principles this country was founded on.
Arms: a means (as a weapon) of offense or defense, especially Firearm.
Arms originates from the Latin word arma, meaning weapon.
Anything that is a weapon is covered under the Second Amendment and our right to such shall not be infringed.
Let us help you out with that one too...
Infringe: to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another
So breaking it down Barney-style for you...
A well regulated Militia,
being necessary to the security of a free State,
the right of the people (a living breathing person)
to keep and bear Arms (a means of offense or defense, a weapon),
shall not be infringed (be encroached/violated/inhibited in anyway that prevents me from keeping or bearing/having a weapon that I can use as a means of offense or defense; in other words restricting the 2nd amendment in anyway).
You probably don't understand, and never will. And don't give me a load of manure about placement of commas, or that militia meant Army and not people. You already cited DC v Heller, so you may want to read the Supreme Court opinion on that before saying anything else.
If you don't like guns, then move out of this country. If socialism, spreading the wealth, entitlements, fiat currency and majority rule are your thing, then England is the place to be. The fact is you want to change something that already exists into something that the Founder's never even fathomed and ultimately feared. That is why they left England in the first place, for freedom. Freedom to do what they wanted, how they wanted. You apparently do not value this freedom, and one would suspect you fear it.
Freedom is a great thing. Freedom means self-reliance. The 1st Amendment gives people the freedom to speak out against their government when they are unhappy about whatever political issue is up for debate. The 2nd Amendment gives people the freedom to protect themselves, both from criminals and an oppressive government, and in this way, decreases their reliance on a public police agency or Militia. It is also insurance to preserve the 1st Amendment. There are many countries that don't have these freedoms. Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, to name a few. And in some of these countries, if you don't agree or speak out against a greater opposition, you get beheaded or assassinated.
Nobody who supports the Second Amendment wants to take away the First. And since you are so outspoken, you definitely are enjoying the freedom that the First provides. You may want to consider extending the same courtesy to us, that we Second Amendment supporters provide you.
This will most certainly fall on deaf ears, but it was worth a shot. "
KITTY wrote on Jan 2, 2013 8:02 PM:
GeorgeK wrote on Jan 2, 2013 8:34 PM:
And when the 1st Amendment was written, we didn't have Facebook, Twitter, the Internet, Magazines, Video Games, Cable TV and Cell Phones.
Nice try, wanna give it another shot? "
al.cap wrote on Jan 2, 2013 9:40 PM:
"If he tries to fool with my Beretta, he's got a problem," Biden added.
kitty's gun control hero....... "
KITTY wrote on Jan 2, 2013 9:50 PM:
GeorgeK wrote on Jan 2, 2013 10:00 PM:
You are right, except that they didn't ban Facebook or any other social media, they just set forth consequences for using them improperly.
And we already have that for the 2nd Amendment. Use it improperly and you get charged with......
Magical, ain't it? "
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September 29, 2012
Free Performances of Romeo and Juliet – Oct. 27 at 1:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m. and Oct. 28 at 3:00 p.m.
William Shakespeare's masterful use of language in Romeo and Juliet lifts playgoers to the height of euphoria with its tale of forbidden young love before crashing the audience to the depth of despair with its tragic consequences. Romeo and Juliet, considered a masterpiece for its use of comedy and tragedy to heighten the story's dramatic tension, tells the tale of two star-crossed lovers caught in the middle of a family feud before their eventual double suicide.
Shakespeare in the Square, a student group at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, will perform Romeo and Juliet, rain or shine, in Washington Square Park's Garibaldi Plaza (east of the fountain), on Saturday, October 27 at 1:00 and 4:00 P.M. and on Sunday, October 28 at 3:00PM. Subway: A,B,C,D,E,F,M (W. 4th St.). The performances are free and open to the public. Seating is not provided.
Romeo and Juliet is produced and performed entirely by NYU undergraduate students. The production team comprises: co-directors Dan Hasse and Noam Tomaschoff; producers Rose Bochner and Spencer Kennard; Serena Adlerstein, costume design; assistant director, Chris Corb; and Chris Dubrow, music director.
Cast members are: Chris Brown, Christopher Dooly, Alex Esola, Aaron Hurtsellers, Elise Kibler, Chris Luggiaro, Taylor Myers, Teo Rapp-Ollson, Caleb Shomaker, Austin Short, Lelia Symington, and Noam Tomaschoff.
Shakespeare in the Square was co-founded in November 2010 by Bochner, who is also artistic director, and Hasse, who is the executive director. The then freshmen set out to provide the only opportunity to watch and perform Shakespeare's work as it was intended—"under the sun and in front of a loud, standing, possibly distracted audience."
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MCLENNAN COUNTY (February 26, 2013)--McLennan County jail trusties will be available to communities throughout the county to perform manual labor that might otherwise have to be outsourced.
Pct. 4 County Commissioner Ben Perry said that inmates will be available to cities as early as next month.
McLennan County Jail Supervisor John Kolinek praised the program.
"Any time our inmates can do work for a local city, and it doesn't cost taxpayers anything, I think that's a good thing," Kolinek said.
Inmates who participate in the jail's trusty program are trying to turn their lives around, officials say.
"You can see in an inmate's eyes and body language that this is a place they never thought they would wind up," Kolinek said.
"If they decide that they don't like being incarcerated, and use that as a motivating factor to make sure it doesn't happen again, then we are more than happy with that," he said.
Inmates must apply to be part of the program.
If you make the cut, you're given a new pair of stripes, and are allowed to perform manual labor in and outside the jail.
"They are vital to this jail's everyday operation," Kolinek said.
"They do general maintenance, they do laundry, and they also work in the kitchen to prepare the food that's served not only to inmates but to the staff," he said.
Trusty programs began in the 1900's, and are still making an impact on inmates today.
Five trusties were cleaning up baseball fields last week in Lacy Lakeview.
They asked that they not be identified, but agreed that the program allows them to make the most out of a bad situation.
"Jail is not a place I recommend anyone to go," one of the inmates said.
"But if you do go, you will learn something by the time you get out of here."
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Arguably thrust to worldwide prominence thanks to the supremely popular 'Pimp My Ride' reality TV series, the Los Angeles based vehicle modification shop West Coast Customs has appeared in a number of videogames over the years, most recently in Grand Theft Auto V.
Usually used to showcase sleek and outlandish car modifications in games, West Coast Customs will also be featured in Avalanche Studios' open-world action game, Mad Max, when the game is out in 2015.
Also: Mad Max is out in 2015.
Note that at the end of the trailer only PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 platforms are listed – does this mean the West Coast Customs tie-in is exclusive to PlayStation platforms?
According to the game's official site, you can watch the crew actually put together the protagonist's car, the Magnum Opus, but all five platforms (Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PC) are listed for pre-order:
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Fun, innovative and eco-friendly toys from England. This toy vehicles by London designer Oscar Diaz are assembled from their own packaging. Each Tube Toy comes with all the components like stickers and wheels inside a sturdy cardboard tube that becomes the body of the car with pre-cut slots for easy assembly. No need for scissors and glue. Only the paper strip round the outside is discarded and all components are recycled or recyclable.
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I've always thought they were the same. Tonight I noticed a slight taste difference as compared to caramel when I had some "butterscotch" for the first time in a while. Now my assumptions have been thrown to the wind. Is butterscotch essentially caramel plus some liquor?
Butterscotch and caramel are very different things. The taste difference between the two is far from 'slight' in my opinion.
Caramel is typically made with granulated sugar, milk and/or cream, butter, and sometimes vanilla. The primary flavors of caramel are the sugar and milk/cream.
Butterscotch on the other hand is made with brown sugar. It's primary flavors are brown sugar and butter. It typically also contains milk/cream but they are not as prominent as caramel.
Toffee is butterscotch that has been cooked to the hard-crack stage.
There is no liquor in butterscotch.
There is a lot of leeway in what things get called caramel, butterscotch, and toffee. The important differences to keep in mind are that caramel is made with granulated sugar, whereas toffee and butterscotch are made with brown sugar and much more butter.
The names are used for different stages of caramelization of white or brown sugar:
Butterscotch = caramelized brown sugar 239°F-257°F (115°C - 125°C)
The -scotch in the butterscotch has nothing to do with alcoholic drink and the Wikipedia lists a few theories of why it has that name.
I totally disagree, because in my opinion it looks, smells, and taste the same. I think there is absolutely no difference between butterscotch and caramel.
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According to the Washington Times, December 6, 2012
Church's 'Charlie Brown' Christmas play a casualty of culture warsA new battle line has been drawn in the church/state debate over an unlikely source — "A Charlie Brown Christmas."
One such stage adaptation recently became the center of a church/state conflict in Arkansas. The Terry Elementary School in Little Rock had organized a voluntary field trip to see a matinee of the show at a local church this month. The Arkansas Society of Freethinkers caught wind of the trip and threatened to sue the school for violation of church/state separation.
The Freethinkers objected not only to the location of the field trip, but also to the play's religious content. "A Charlie Brown Christmas" opens with Charlie Brown telling his friend Linus about his disillusionment with the Christmas season. As the story progresses, Charlie is increasingly upset with the consumerism and commercialization he sees all around him, from his dog Snoopy's participation in a Christmas decoration contest to his sister's request to Santa for lump sums of money. To comfort himself, he takes over the management of his school's Nativity play, but even there he finds his classmates focused on the wrong aspects of the season.
He goes to find a Christmas tree to include in the play's scenery, but when he brings back a very small one, all the children laugh at him. He asks himself whether he even knows what Christmas is all about, and Linus responds by quoting some verses from the Gospel of Luke about the birth of Christ. Charlie's classmates are moved by Linus' scriptural recital, and they follow Charlie home as he leaves with the tiny tree. The show closes with them singing "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing" around the tree. The story's message, then, is that the true meaning of Christmas isn't presents or decorations, but the birth of Christ, and the love and solidarity that event continues to inspire.
It was precisely this aspect of the Charlie Brown story that the Freethinkers objected to, arguing that a public school cannot take a field trip to a church to view a play with a religious message. Terry's principal stood behind the outing, but Happy Caldwell, the pastor of the church hosting the play, decided to keep peace by canceling the show.
A pastor and an atheist group vs. against The Constitution
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To quote Thomas Jefferson, letter to Danbury Baptist Association, CT., Jan. 1, 1802
"Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between church and State. "
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
We the People:
The simple words of the first amendment limit Congress. So since they do not limit state and local governments, this school principal was correct to stand in favor of the outing. And yet Pastor Caldwell yielded and chose peace over exercising religious liberty. Was it worth that peace?
Merry Christmas.
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Saturday, 04/04/1992
Balch Fieldhouse, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Set 1: Runaway Jim, Foam, Reba, Uncle Pen, CDTChalk Dust Torture, Bouncin'Bouncing Around the Room, It's Ice, Sparkle > LizardsThe Lizards, IDKI Didn't Know[1], AntelopeRun Like an Antelope
Set 2: Mike'sMike's Song > HydrogenI Am Hydrogen > WeekapaugWeekapaug Groove, Glide, MSOMy Sweet One, Tweezer, CoilThe Squirming Coil, Cold as Ice > Cracklin' Rosie > Cold as Ice, My FriendMy Friend, My Friend, Harpua, Cavern
Encore: Sleeping Monkey, TweepriseTweezer Reprise
[1] Fish on trombone.
Noteworthy Jams: Run Like an Antelope
Average Song Gap: 2.62
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: I Didn't Know featured Fish on trombone.
Song Distribution:
5 A Picture of Nectar
5 Lawn Boy
3 Rift
1 Stash
1 Junta
1 The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday
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After following a course in Permaculture, I realised that if I want to get serious about it, I need to be able to distinguish plants. So I am looking for an online Video course on Plant Taxonomy and Physiology. My understanding is that it is a fairly standard course in basic Botany degrees, and since there are more and more school that put their material online it is quite possible that one of them might have placed this online too. Any suggestion?
Well, I wasn't able to find an online video course. The closest I came was this site, which links to courses that put their material online. Most of these are compilations of the lecture notes. There's also this page from the University of British Columbia, that has a nice little overview of the field of plant taxonomy.
In my experience, botany and plant identification are subjects where one really needs to learn by doing. You really need to grab a plant and take a close look at it while noting why its in the group that its in. A great way to get started might be to join a local gardening club or native plant society. The people in those groups can provide their tips for ID-ing plants.
One of the primary skills you'll want to learn is identifying what family a plant is in. Plant families have (mostly) consistent characters, and learning how to spot the most common families in your area will be a big help.
I don't know of video course, but here are two book recommendations:
First, Botany in a Day by Elpel is superb in terms of being an approachable, systematic look at plant identification and basic botanical knowledge.
Second, as I mentioned in this answer, the Botany Coloring Book is a great resource for basic self-education on botany / plant anatomy.


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When a party is not fighting or interacting, just walking around a city or exploring a dungeon, do they need to respect their walking speed and take turns or it's ok to walk freely?
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You would use turn-based movement only for tactical movement, e.g. combat encounters. Other than that, you can move freely (exploration would be local movement in D&D terms, measured in ft/min) but you should roughly keep track of the time (if you explore a large dungeon, it would take much longer than for the cellar below a farmers hut).
Exploring anything larger than a few grid tiles in turns would be beyond boring.
The real answer is "it depends".
If you are in town and want to head from the tavern to the blacksmith to get your sword fixed, then no you shouldn't need to walk according to your move speed.
However, if you are walking along a narrow ledge or over a bit of difficult terrain, it is fair for the DM to want you to move things tactically to either be able to know where precisely you are walking to know if your character steps on a weak spot that will fall through... or to just make the PCs more paranoid.
It's fairly traditional to ask about a party marching order, both to establish what light sources are being used and also to determine who's going to notice when the monster pops up, the ground crumbles away, etc. That can weigh into whether you need them to establish turns and the like.
One way to handle it is to just have them make Search rolls as necessary, whether just at the points of interest or frequently to keep them vigilant (this requires some knowledge of how your party works. Sometimes, this builds immersion and sometimes it results in the party stopping every 10 feet to search the corners and poke the statuary with a 10-foot pole "because the GM just described it and that means this must be important") and otherwise just treat it as "time passes, now you're at this significant point where you need to make a decision".
Another is to simply let the players designate people scouting ahead, sticking with the main party, etc, and make their rolls and have those people as the ones who are likely to run into the initial stages of trouble. If everyone's searching at the same time, it usually works more like the first case. If the rogue or the ranger is scouting ahead, it might mean that they have a round or two of combat before the rest of the party arrives, which can nicely build dramatic tension as well as encouraging said front-liners to be smart about when to fight and when to retreat back to the main party.
Lastly, you can run the whole thing step by step. This is probably too detail-oriented for most groups unless they're in a situation where they are in imminent danger and time is important to track, such as exploring a dungeon while being pursued by a raiding party. The moment-by-moment treatment emphasizes the time pressure.


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The New River Community and Technical College Library is open to all students, faculty, staff, and local community residents. All students may borrow library materials using their Mountain Library Network (MLN) cards. All New River Community and Technical College students and staff have access to all services and resources at New River Library, both at the physical library and online.
MLN cards are issued to any local resident, with currently registered students allowed more items checked out for longer check-out periods. After you register and pay fees, go to the library (with driver's license, New River school ID, and a piece of mail showing your current mailing address) and request a card. There is no charge for the MLN cards (MLN cards are available at all MLN libraries). Bring the MLN card with you to the Library to get full service access. This includes checkouts, interlibrary loans, access to the reserve collection and copying. No matter which MLN Library issued your card, produce it at the New River Library for full service access.
The physical New River Community and Technical College Library is at 302 Courtney Drive in Lewisburg. New River Library does not have a link on the New River Community and Technical College homepage, but hold the mouse over <currentstudents> and click on <Library Services> in the green drop-down box to get to the Library page.
On the New River Library homepage, you will have access to <Find a book/dvd>, <Find Articles>, <Subject Resources>, <Other Resources>, <New River Library Fact Sheet>, and <New River Miscellany>.
<Find a book/dvd> is the library catalog and you can see the library collections available to you at the New River Library and all other MLN libraries. To find a book, students can do author, title, subject, and keyword searches in any of the MLN libraries (or combination). Please feel free to ask the Library staff for help in finding books or media in the MLN collections or in requesting an interlibrary loan.
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I've a file with the SQL statements to create tables, indexes, etc, and another file with data test to use in the test database. Then, I want that they can be removed.
How to remove table and indexes from a database? Is there a generic way to remove them in MySQL and PostgreSQL?