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Size300 ft²
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- Family/child friendly
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Parking available
- Lockable room
- Balcony/terrace
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This mini-suite has it's own private entrance, so you can come and go as you please, and is furnished with a queen bed suitable for one or two travellers. A single cot can be added to accommodate an extra person or child. Clean sheets, pillows and towels are provided.
This suite has its own small private bathroom with shower. It also has a kitchenette equipped with a sink, small fridge, small stovetop and some dishes, pots & pans.
The suite is large enough to include a small private seating area to relax with a couple of chairs, a small computer desk, and a TV. The TV is equipped with an Apple TV and access to Netflix (US) or use your iTunes account to rent movies/tv shows. Password protected high speed (up to 50 Mbs) wireless internet is also provided.
Other amenities include:
✓ Central location
✓ Convenient transit (bus, skytrain)
✓ Safe neighbourhood
✓ Kitchenette
✓ Free (Super) High Speed Internet (up to 50Mbs)
✓ Free local outgoing phone calls
✓ Ample free street parking
✓ In-room HD TV with Apple TV, Netflix (US) & access to movies/tv
✓ Radiant in-floor heating
✓ Access to Miele washing machine and dryer if required
We are located a short distance from downtown Vancouver in the much quieter Cedar Cottage community (about 10 minutes by car). Our home is at the intersection of many transit options, so getting around is very convenient. There are two Skytrain stations within walking distance (about a 10 minute walk), or you can jump on one of several nearby buses that connect with Skytrain stations (#25 to Nanaimo Station comes every 10 minutes and is only a block away, #33 stops 1/2 a block away and connects to Canada Line for easy access to Richmond and YVR Airport). There are also several bus stops within a block (#25, #33, #19) that can take you directly to downtown Vancouver, Stanley Park, Metrotown Shopping Center as well as other connections to just about anywhere you can think of. Even Grouse Mountain and the Capilano Suspension Bridge are easily accessible by transit. The #20 bus heads directly to eclectic Commercial Drive (~5 min away) which is full of trendy shops, restaurants and hipster hangouts.
My partner and I live here along with her curious and friendly son (7 years old) and we occasionally have a couple homestay students staying with us upstairs. We will mostly provide you with privacy but if you have any questions or need assistance there is almost always someone around, please don't hesitate to ask.
If the dates you want are available here, then the room is available for those dates. Book it immediately to avoid losing your priority! We'll let you know if there is any unforeseen conflict. If the dates you want show up as not available, please check with us as there are often cancellations or other options that the calendar does not show.
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Happy travels!
Absolutely NO SMOKING in the house or on the property.
No pets and no guests without prior approval. We will try to accommodate service dogs.
Please be respectful of us and our other guests (no loud music, slamming doors, etc). Please try to be quiet after 11PM and before 10am (+2hrs Fri night – Sun morn)
Dirty dishes go in the dishwasher
If you spill something, please clean it up
Enjoy your stay!
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|$ 16 US per guest/night extra
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Stayed for two nights in this nice, tidy and clean Mini-Suite.
Can highly recommend the Suite to everyone, who comes to Vancouver. It's not too far away from Downtown (ca. 10-15 minutes with Skytrain, two stations in walking distance).
Friendly and reliable contact.
Thank you!
Far too expensive for the quality offered.
Nowhere to hang clothes.
No table or chairs to eat.
Very expensive. For the price paid I was expecting at least normal facilities.
The house is easily accessible by public transport and exploring the city can be easily designed from here. No 300 meters away is a grocery shop which has the bare minimum. The accommodation was otherwise very clean, well maintained and the TV was huge. :) Only downside was the noise duration (estimated) air conditioning in the next room. This is sensitive sleepers too loud and unfortunately could not stop himself. - Otherwise, recommended!
Das Haus ist leicht mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln zu erreichen und Ausflüge in die Stadt lassen sich von hier einfach gestalten. Keine 300 Meter ist ein Lebensmittel-Laden entfernt, der das Nötigste hat. Die Unterkunft war ansonsten sehr sauber, gepflegt und der Fernseher war riesig. :) Nicht so toll war das Dauerrauschen (schätzungsweise) einer Klimaanlage im Nebenzimmer. Das ist empfindlichen Schläfern zu laut und ließ sich leider nicht abstellen. - Ansonsten empfehlenswert!
we had a very nice stay! nice area and lovely apartment.
Easy access to near bus and trainstation.
we would stay there again!!
Brad, thanks very much and sorry about the alarm....:):)
we stayed at Brad´s house in Vancouver during our 3-weeks-trip through Canada in August 2013.
Our rooms were really good, but it was very dirty!
It seems the rooms were often in use and nobody cleaned it before we arrived. If it was cleaned it would be perfect.
Dennis and Jenny from Germany!
Large room with kitchenette, easy access to downtown, friendly host
Großes Zimmer mit Küchenzeile, gute Anbindung zur Innenstadt, freundlicher Gastgeber
Brad accommodation was great. By foot it takes about 10 minutes to skytrain. The bed was very comfortable! And the Apple TV was super to hear music. I can only recommend this mini suite.
Brads Unterkunft war super. Zu Fuß sind es ca. 10 Minuten zum skytrain. Das Bett war sehr bequem! Und auch der Apple TV war Super zum Musik hören.
Ich kann diese Mini Suite nur weiterempfehlen.
We had a lovely stay in Brads unit, it had everything we needed and Brad was a very friendly/helpful host.
Apartment located 20 minutes from downtown. Significant outdoor table under the beautiful days! Brad ESR host available and listening to its occupants is good advice!
Appartement situé à 20 minutes du centre ville. Table extérieure appréciable sous les beaux jours! Brad esr un hôte disponible et à l'écoute de ses occupants il est de bon conseils!!
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I watched a video lecture today that introduced C and things like how to make a C program that will run in Linux. I followed the steps given and now I'm stuck with a bit of a problem.
I created my C file (HelloWorld.c) and used the command
gcc -o HelloWorld HelloWorld.c to compile the file, both of these steps were successful. Afterwards I checked to make sure that HelloWorld had been created by using the command
ls, and it had been. However, when I use the command
HelloWorld, which is supposed to run the program, I get an error that says
HelloWorld: command not found.
In the video lecture the professor did mention that this worked for 32-bit systems and I'm using a 64-bit system. Perhaps this could be the problem?
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The 6 Worst Attempts at Damage Control in Political Scandals
So you're a politician, and sooner or later you inevitably get caught engaging in some errant behavior. Whoops! Now you have a political scandal. What now? Most embattled politicians will either fess up and resign or deny and fight the charges. Some politicians, however, choose a different course.
#6. Andrew Jackson
The Scandal:
Hot alleged 19th century adultery.
The "petticoat affair" of 1830-31 was the 19th century equivalent of tweeting a picture of your dick, by which we mean it was as ridiculously hilarious as it was politically disastrous.
Here's what went down: Margaret "Peggy" O'Neale was a socialite in Washington, D.C. At 17, she married 39-year-old naval officer John B. Timberlake. Unfortunately, only a few years into their marriage, Timberlake went away on a ship, never to return, taking "sexy" with him.
Until decades later, when it was famously retrieved by a distant relative.
Enter Senator John Eaton. He was a friend of both Timberlake and Peggy, and after John was out of the picture, Eaton fell in love with the lady and they were quickly married. The union even had the sanctioning of President Andrew Jackson, Cracked's favorite non-Rooseveltian presidential badass. Sounds good, right?
Unfortunately, some people thought they should have waited a little longer (where "some people" in this case means "absolutely everyone"). The resulting social-scene uproar threw Washington, D.C. into chaos: Everybody who was anybody had an opinion on the marriage. At one point, the cabinet secretaries' wives got together and plotted to ostracize Peggy, in true Mean Girls fashion, and stirred up numerous rumors relative to Peggy's chastity and/or extreme lack of it.
"Judging by those rosy cheeks, she's either an embalmed corpse or a total slut."
Since John Eaton was just Jackson's friend and not an actual member of the administration, Jackson really didn't need to do much at all. Why touch this tawdry mess unless you're looking for trouble? Jackson getting involved would be like President Obama getting involved in Anthony Weiner's "Weinergate" scandal of 2011.
"You know what I found inappropriate? He didn't text me anything."
How He Handled the Scandal:
Almost completely out of spite, Jackson inserted himself directly into the middle of the controversy by very publicly siding with Eaton and nominating him to be the secretary of war. Foolproof, right?
Having lived through seeing his own wife slandered in a similarly public manner, the paranoid and defensive Jackson vigorously defended the Eatons against the accusations of the rest of his Cabinet. Eventually, Jackson became convinced that the whole thing had been the work of his political detractors to try to destroy his presidency (he was crazy, you see). The more the press raged against the Eatons, the more paranoid Jackson got. Not wanting to look weak by asking Eaton to resign from the Cabinet, but also not wanting to get eaten alive in the press anymore, Jackson finally asked for the resignation of the entire Cabinet, figuring that he could just start over again fresh after the next election.
"Maybe I'll fire the whole fucking country. I'll start over with a NEW America. Test me on this."
After the mass resignation, Samuel Ingham, the former secretary of the treasury, was pretty pissed at Eaton and sent him snarky letters. Eaton challenged Ingham to a duel, and when Ingham refused, Jackson offered Eaton the sensible and not at all insane advice, "If he won't fight, you must kill him."
Thus, on the advice of the president of the United States, Eaton got a bunch of his buddies together to hunt down the former treasury secretary, who managed to escape town with his own band of merry men. There was a presidentially sanctioned manhunt because of a scandal that was barely a scandal to begin with. Man, people were bored before television.
#5. John Stonehouse
The Scandal:
Fraud, espionage, corrupt business practices.
John Stonehouse was a Labour minister of the British Parliament in the 1970s that MI5 (the British CIA) suspected of being a spy while falsifying financial records. With an investigation and criminal case in his future, Stonehouse was starting to get nervous.
And there's a limit to the smoke you can blow up your boss' ass when your boss is Harold Wilson.
How He Handled the Scandal:
Stonehouse was so worried about getting caught that he faked his own death in 1974. (As a general rule of thumb, if your grand scheme was used as the plot of a Simpsons episode, maybe think up a new plan.) To be fair, he did think about killing himself, but that's hard, so he decided to fake it, a "suicide equivalent" in everything except for actually committing suicide.
He flew to Miami, went straight to the beach and announced that he was going for a swim, and he never returned. Conveniently, he left behind a pile of clothes with proper identifying information in the pockets, so it was easy for the police department to declare him missing and presumed dead.
In actuality, he'd fled to Australia, which, if you're looking for a place to hide out, certainly gives off a "This is a quiet bar where no one will ask you a lot of questions" vibe, as far as continents go. Leaving his old life of fraud and espionage behind -- and also his wife, because, what the hell -- he settled in with his mistress Down Under. To compound this dick move, he used the pseudonym of a constituent's dead husband, which didn't really take much getting used to because he'd been using this identity for months. For fun. He found pretending to be a dead person was more relaxing than being himself and easier than just not being an asshole anymore.
"You're only happy when you can decide what's real. My unicorn agrees with me."
Of course, they eventually found him in Australia, because everything about this screamed "most obvious fake suicide of all time." The Melbourne police shipped him off to the U.K., where he likely had several awkward conversations upon arrival. His explanation for his behavior was "a brainstorm," which of course makes no sense, but this is a guy who faked his own death we're talking about. Perhaps if he'd actually "brainstormed" this plan with other people he would have come up with a better one.
Still, though now a criminal suspect, he could not resign because it is technically illegal to do so in Britain -- your responsibility to your constituents is sacrosanct. However, after being convicted of fraud, forgery and forcing a false police investigation (whoops!), he decided he should probably just resign and go to jail anyway.
"So I should just get back on the plane to Australia, right? Because we definitely still do that."
#4. Silvio Berlusconi
The Scandal:
Political corruption, shady business practices, sex parties.
Silvio Berlusconi, the recently resigned prime minister of Italy, was well-known for having a penchant for political corruption, shady business practices and "bunga bunga" parties (the explanation is long and boring, but the short version is "bunga bunga" means "sex party"). Also, when people saw him they thought he was always traveling via twin hippity hops; that's how big his balls were.
So this is what it's like being a political satirist. Huh.
When Berlusconi's underage Moroccan belly-dancing mistress had been thrown in jail, he called the jail up and explained that there had been a terrible misunderstanding and that they had arrested the granddaughter of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Yes, that Hosni Mubarak.
Hot damn, it's a human rights issue, she doesn't live in the U-- ooh, we've lost our satirist job, haven't we?
The Italian police apparently had no way of verifying this, so, perhaps hoping they'd get invited to a bunga bunga party, they trusted Berlusconi and released her.
Unfortunately, Berlusconi didn't get the dancer freed before she had a chance to admit to the authorities that Berlusconi had a taste for prostitutes and orgies. The prosecutors who had been out to get Berlusconi throughout his entire career made this testimony part of their case, claiming that he had constructed a "vast pimping network," which, yes, also sounds like it could be the tagline to a dating website created by Ludacris.
It makes you wonder why Berlusconi managed Italy's economy so poorly. Eventually, other allegations continued to pile up. If Berlusconi wanted to save his illustrious career, he'd have to come up with an entirely new line of counterattack to dispel this silly distraction.
How He Handled the Scandal:
Berlusconi laughed off the scandal (good idea) by attacking all gay people (terrible idea).
"Hey, at least I'm honest. I'm clearly the better man here."
In a surprising move, Berlusconi explained that it was really "better to have passion for beautiful women than to be gay." Since really, why not? This is likely before he went back into his mansion to dress as Moammar Gadhafi before doing a line of coke with an Algerian snake charmer.
In Europe, which is normally really laid back about non-PC speech, this didn't go over well. Berlusconi took the response in stride, with maturity and restraint.
The Italian language has dozens of words for "corruption" but none for "restraint."
Despite his airtight defense, Berlusconi was forced to resign, but not before the entire Italian economy collapsed, helping push the European Union closer to the brink of catastrophe. Apparently being asleep at the wheel/constantly involved in orgies with prostitutes tends to do a number on your country.


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KILLEEN: (October 8, 2012)--The Friday night Ellison High School vs. Harker Heights High School football game has been moved from Ft. Hood Stadium to Leo Buckley Stadium.
Friday's game is Ellison's homecoming game and all homecoming activities will be held as planned, a spokesperson said.
The game begins at 6:30 p.m.
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TOPEKA – Hot summer days across the country contributed to at least 23 child deaths so far this year from heat stroke when children were left unattended in vehicles. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment's (KDHE) Safe Kids Kansas reminds caregivers to never leave children alone in cars. As a determined advocate in preventing heat stroke, Safe Kids Kansas and Safe Kids Coalitions nationwide have united to educate parents and caregivers with preventative tips to avoid these tragedies.
These horrific incidents are happening far too often, throughout the year and in nearly all 50 states. Safe Kids Coalitions across the US have worked diligently to host hundreds of "Never Leave Your Child Alone" events, which include ad campaigns, brochures, tip sheets, posters and flyers, and heavy engagement from the local community.
"As these tragedies continue to occur, Safe Kids Kansas is intensifying our efforts to get the message out that the inside of a vehicle is an extremely dangerous place for a child alone in hot weather," said Cherie Sage, Safe Kids Kansas. "Even on a mild day, the inside of a car can quickly become very hot. This is a place no child should be alone, and because children's bodies heat up 3 to 5 times faster than adults, this makes them much more susceptible to heat stroke."
Although most would assume this would never happen to them, there is no common description of the caregiver that has experienced this tragedy. It has happened to the rich and poor, educated and less educated, women and men, city dwellers and suburbanites, and in all but four state, between 1998-2011. In that same time period, Kansas had eight children die in vehicles.
"Reaching parents and caregivers with ways to prevent these tragedies will no doubt help keep kids safe. These heartbreaking incidents can happen to anyone, and public education is vital to combating these preventable occurrences," said Sage.
Nine out of ten parents report that they never leave their child alone in a car, but for the one parent that does, things can end tragically. Never leave your child alone in a car, even for a minute.
Together, we can cut down the number of deaths and near-misses by remembering to ACT.
* Avoid heat stroke-related injury and death by:
* Never leaving your child alone in the car, even for a minute.
* Consistently locking unattended vehicle doors and trunks.
* Create reminders and habits that give you and your child's caregiver a safety net:
* Establish a peace-of-mind plan. When you drop off your child, make a habit of calling or texting all other caregivers, so all of you know where your child is at all times.
* Place a purse, briefcase, gym bag, cell phone or an item that is needed at your next stop in a back seat.
* Set the alarm on your cell phone or computer calendar as a reminder to drop your child off at childcare.
* Take action if you see an unattended child in a vehicle:
Dial 911 immediately and follow the instructions that emergency personnel provide – they are trained to determine if a child is in danger.
For more information on preventing child heat stroke deaths, please visit www.ggweather.com/heat and www.safekids.org/heatstroke.
Safe Kids Kansas works to prevent unintentional childhood injury, the leading cause of death and disability to children ages 1 to 14. Its members include over 70 statewide organizations, agencies and businesses. Safe Kids Kansas is a member of Safe Kids Worldwide, a global network of organizations dedicated to preventing unintentional injury. Safe Kids Kansas was founded in 1991 and is led by the Kansas Department of Health & Environment.
Beginning in 1997, General Motors and the GM Foundation have served as Safe Kids Buckle Up's exclusive funding source and helped build the program into a multifaceted national initiative, bringing motor vehicle safety messages to children and families through community and dealer partnerships.
To date, more than 21 million people have been exposed to Safe Kids Buckle Up events and community outreach efforts. Certified child passenger safety technicians working through Safe Kids coalitions have examined over 1.4 million child safety seats at over 75,000 events and the program has donated over 520,000 seats to families in need.


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Bowling News USA - May 9, 2012 The Schlemer Report – 2012 USBC Queens
Surprise, surprise, surprise. Just when you thought The Schlemer Report had been laid to rest, it resurfaces yet again. This time for the 2012 USBC Queens, presented by Storm that was recently held in Euless, Texas. Now even though the new Tour Rep Del Ballard was there to work, I was asked to go help and assist like I did the back half of the PBA tour. Since I have been the rep for so long and Del had yet to meet a good portion of the ladies staff, it only made sense for me to go help where I could. And to be quite honest as the PBA Tour season showed, Del and I make a good duo. That was evident yet again at the Queens.
You see, Del bowls league there at AMF Showplace where qualifying was contested and I remembered some information as well about the center. It was the site of the 2011 Women's U.S Open. Between the two of us we had a good idea as to which balls would match up best and what direction to pass along to the ladies we were helping. Even with a medium heavy 41' pattern, there was still plenty of friction on the lane surface which meant that super strong balls or balls with storn layouts weren't likely to work. Our main ball choices ranged from the Marvel Pearl to the Frantic on the Storm side and the Critical Theory to the Rising Star on the Roto Grip side. Now that didn't mean we didn't use the Vivid or Defiant here and there, which we did later in the week once the lanes were eventually wiped of their house memory so that that actual tournament pattern became more prominent.
From day one it was evident that it was anyone's tournament to win. The straight players had a look and so did the girls that could hook it. The equalizer was the lanes themselves. Pair to pair and even lane to lane, was completely confusing. Even Del and I struggled with helping some girls find reaction on some lanes. Whether it was certain parts of the building or the temperature in some parts of the building, we found ourselves looking for options such as balls and moves that more often than not didn't make sense. One lane could be hooking 5 more than the other and then the next pair the lanes was reversed or both lanes hooked more than the last hooking lane. Let's just say we were on our toes all week helping our staffers that is for sure.
For Carolyn Dorin Ballard, the week was especially challenging as she just had to make a finger pitch change in order to accommodate some finger joint fatigue. That being said, she did as only one of the greatest female bowlers of all time could do, fought every shot and used her strong determination to grind her way through each day. Her arsenal for the week consisted of a couple different Rising Stars, Critical Theory, Marvel Pearl, Frantic and the Crossroad she ended up using on the telecast. While straighter is her "A" game, she really didn't play that straight all week. The straightest she played at the center was 12 to 8. More often than not she played more 15 to 10 and occasionally deeper on lanes that required it. Again with all the friction in the lane surface she used little to no surface on her equipment. Occasionally Del or I would use a beat up 2000 abralon pad just to get a little oil build up off the cover.
Eventual champion Diandra Asbaty's plan of attack was to stand left and throw it right almost the entire event. The built in friction on the lane surface it made it easy for her to stay left of almost the entire field and use balls that blended the lanes out for her. The entire week she used hybrid coverstocks which really worked well for her. She used the Rising Star as well as the Nomad Dagger and Infinite Theory. All of these balls cleared the front with ease and gave her different smooth angles down lane. The only time she ran into trouble was late in the Winner's bracket against Stephanie Nation. No matter which ball or what move she made, her ball read the left lane early and the right lane wouldn't carry. It was an unfortunate draw for sure. But all was fine when it came to the final shootout round against Missy Parkin, Liz Johnson and Josie Earnest. A few matches earlier in the day, Diandra bowled on that same pair of lanes and had a good reaction. Lucky for her her, three opponents all throw it straight so she didn't have to worry about any traffic or transition from her inside angle. She coasted easily through that match playing 10 boards left of all the others.
Speaking of left of all the others, the same philosophy carried over to the TV finals at the ITRC, USBC Headquarters. It was evident early on in the morning practice on the day of the show that Diandra was the one to beat. Again with her tilt, roll and release she could steer clear of all the traffic and not have to worry about the transitions that would occur near the track. The balls she used at the center all week were close, but I felt a Marvel Pearl would be a good compliment to her arsenal. Good guess on my part! That ball definitely was money come show time. The only thing that we had to worry about which did happen was the carry down on the tighter lane surface at the ITRC. Carry down was not a factor all week at the bowl, but with the newer lane surface it was definitely in play during the show. That is why after a couple flat 10's on the right lane and a couple parallel moves right we decided we needed to get into a different ball that would allow Diandra to move back left and get away from the traffic. That is why even after the 270 game, we decided to go from the pin up, no hole Marvel Pearl to the pin down, mass bias out, extra hole down Critical Theory. This alowed Diandra to move back left and free up her swing. It turned out that was the right call, even with the finger grip and finger slug coming out just before the commercial break in the title match. For the record, that was not the reason she split out of the commercial break, it was the a typical relaxed shot that hooked a little too much. Anyone that has been in that situation coming out of a commercial on television will tell you that is undoubtedly one of the toughest shots to make due to all the thoughts and emotions. Your body relaxes a pinch and even if you make a move on the lane with your eyes or feet, sometimes it still isn't enough to allow for the slower ball speed. Some players make a conscious effort to throw it harder out of commercial to make sure they don't fall subject to the slow, relaxed shot. All I can say is. that in all the years of coaching professionals in that situation the key to it is committing more to that shot than all the others. No matter how many times you experience it, it is still difficult every time.
As far as who was to win that title, well between Diandra and CDB there were some unbelievable shots thrown in the 9th and 10th. The match could have just as easily gone the other way. I mean if CDB doesn't ring 10 in the 9th, she potentially shuts Diandra out or makes her throw all three strikes in the tenth. All I can say, is that it was an awesome finish to an awesome week!
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I have some basic knowledge on chords but I was wondering what books on chords and theory were the best for expanding my musical knowledge? As in, intermediate to advanced level books ?
It depends. I wouldn't use the Kostka and Payne if you're just wanting to learn about chords, structures, and basic voice leading. You're not very specific in your question. Do you want to learn more about theory the way Reina is describing, or something more contemporary? I would recommend the following books:
Contemporary Music Theory (Level One) - Mark Harrison
The Everything Music Theory Book - Marc Schonbrun
Those are two good ones to start with. There's a really good free book offered by some conservatory that I found online a while back. Check here:
It's long, but quite good for fundamentals, and even includes some jazz and blues theory as well. You can't print the book out, but you can download the PDF. So if you have an iPad or some other tablet, it's great to have on the go!
Hope that helps!
These are online rather than books, but have the added value that you can hear the output or link directly to video:
The book I used through college, and still use quite often now, is Tonal Harmony by Kostka and Payne. The current edition is quite pricey. But I picked up an old edition a few years ago for just a couple of bucks. Theory doesn't really change, so go with the old edition.
What's great about that text is that it goes sequentially through all of tonal harmony and theory: naming chords, chord progressions, structural analysis, and even gets into 20th century theory.
There's an accompanying workbook, but the text has practice sets and analyses at the end of each chapter that are great.
If you want to learn about music theory, chords, chord progressions, and chord viocings in jazz music, and related genres, I believe that 'The Jazz Theory Book' by Mark Levine is one of the best and most comprehensive. It guides you from the basics all the way through to the most advanced. It could keep you busy for years.
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Thanksgiving for me equals two days, three feasts and lots and lots of food. And, of course, all the things I have to be thankful for.
Feast one kicked off at 11 a.m. at my in-laws'. My favorite dish at this location would be sweet potato casserole.
My husband's aunt made 10 pounds of potatoes, enough to feed an army and not just the 10 people on hand. And she peeled them all by hand. I made fun of her because she has a potato peeler that would have cut her time spent on them in half. She forgot last year, too. Until she remembers, I guess I will have to continue to poke fun at her.
Feast two was at 4 p.m. at my mom and her husband's. Well, they said 4, but they are both habitually late for most things. I think we finally ate at a little before 5. Favorite dish at the location would be the stuffing.
Going to my mom's is always different because there aren't always the same things you expect at a Thanksgiving dinner. Her husband is Italian and can cook. So can my mom, but we never had that much food before she met him. I guess the tradition is to add a new recipe to the feast every year. This year, they did something different with the green beans. But we also had brussell sprouts, carrots with parsnips, fennel with cheese and sausage with mushrooms. I passed on the fennel because they told me it tends to taste like anise. Yuck. I can't even stand the smell of the stuff.
Feast three was moved to Saturday (thank God) at 1 p.m. at my Dad and stepmom's. The favorite dish at that house would be the homemade noodles, which I vow to learn to make someday.
We eat in shifts at my dad's house because there are so many people and very little room in the kitchen. By the time dinner was over, my stepmom said that all that was left was a little turkey and cole slaw (and that was because they forgot to get it out). It was a relaxing day because no one had to run off to be somewhere else for dinner.
My picky Little Man ate nothing but pickles, crackers and a biscuit. Oh, and the whipped cream off of a piece of pumpkin pie. All day. I don't know how he keeps up the energy to go, go go like he does. I have been told not to worry though. "He'll eat when he's hungry" said both his pediatrician and Dr. Phil.
In addition to all the wonderful food, I have been blessed with many things this year: my son, who I could not be more proud of; my husband, who would do anything for me and our families; the unborn baby growing inside me, who I can't wait to meet; my parents; my aunt, who had a health scare this year, and thanks to prayers to God, is OK; my in-laws and the rest of my extended family; and the health of everyone I love. I can't thank God enough for what I have.
While I pray the blessings from heaven never stop, I am sad to say that the Thanksgiving feasts have come to an end. I have to wait another year for all the goodies. My friend asked me if I ate my weight in Thanksgiving dishes. Let's just hope my doctor doesn't yell at me for gaining too much.
What can I say - the baby likes Thanksgiving.
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FAYETTEVILLE — Former West Virginia forward Keaton Miles will join the Arkansas Razorback basketball team, but won't be eligible to play for a year under NCAA transfer rules.
Miles, who committed Monday, spent two seasons at West Virginia. He started 30 of 32 games as a true freshman, but then saw his minutes decrease as a sophomore. He averaged just 11.5 minutes per game and made only two starts last season.
Miles is one of four players to announce they were transferring following the Mountaineers' 13-19 season last year. He said after choosing Arkansas, he is looking forward to not having to worry about the transfer process anymore.
"I'm very excited," Miles said. "It's a breath of fresh air just to be finished with the whole recruiting process and be settled somewhere and not have to focus on which school I'm going to, but I can focus on working hard and fulfilling my dreams."
Miles, a 6-foot-7, 207-pound native of Dallas, will enroll in classes at the University of Arkansas beginning July 1. He will have two seasons of eligibility beginning in the 2014-15 season.
"I may have to sit out this next year, but I'm going to push them as hard as possible because I want them to succeed this year, even if I'm not playing," he said. "I'm part of the Arkansas family and I just want to see them do the best they can.
"I'm going to push them as hard as I can and when I'm practicing, I'm going to take that as my game and then I'll be right there cheering them on."
Miles said one of the biggest keys in his decision to play for the Razorbacks was the Arkansas coaching staff — especially third-year head coach Mike Anderson.
"Coach Anderson really, really emphasizes and shows a sincere heart about winning Arkansas another national championship," Miles said. "I've got a real close relationship with him and he expressed what he wanted to do with his goals and I expressed what I wanted to do with mine. We made a compromise as far as what we have planned and it felt like a great fit and a perfect fit when I went up there.
"I knew he has a very strong passion about carrying his team like a family and that really impressed me because I'm a big family person. And as far as the role he wants me to fulfill, it's for me to be a leader. I'm honored for him to think of me as a guy who can put that on my back and help these guys grow."
Miles is the third player Arkansas will gain for the 2014-15 season. He joins North Little Rock guard Anton Beard and Forrest City forward Trey Thompson, who are both committed to Arkansas.


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Lina Britto, a doctoral candidate in NYU's Graduate School of Arts and Science, has been awarded a Newcombe Fellowship by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Britto will receive $25,000 for the one-year fellowship, which is given to doctoral candidates writing dissertations on topics involving religion and ethical values.
Britto's dissertation, The Marijuana Axis: The Origins of Narcotrafficking and the "War on Drugs" in Colombia, addresses the first narcotics boom in Colombia in the 1970s in order to elucidate how this profitable, illegal export business challenged the division between legal and illegal activities, and licit and illicit initiatives.
A graduate student in NYU's Department of history, Britto has also worked as a journalist, writing for publications in Colombia, Bolivia, Spain, and the U.S.
Of the 585 applicants for the 2011 fellowship, 71 were named as finalists, with the 21 Fellows ultimately representing just 3 percent of all applicants. This year's fellows include scholar in religion, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, history, literature, women's studies, political science, jurisprudence, and music.
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Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) integrates with the HTML5 and CSS features to unleash some of the most beautiful experiences on the web. In this session we'll explain what is SVG and when you should consider using it instead of other alternatives. We'll show you how to create content that is interoperable across browsers and devices. We'll cover common pitfalls to avoid, as well as look at the best SVG tools and libraries available to developers. We'll walk through code samples to learn first-hand how you can bring a high quality, interactive SVG experience to your customers.
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WINTERSVILLE - Joe Dunlevy figured Union Local would employ a zone defense against his Indian Creek Redskins in Friday's Buckeye 8 contest. He was a little worried that his club might struggle with its shooting touch.
Turns out the veteran coach had no need to fret.
Knocking down eight of its first 14 tries, Creek jumped on the Jets early and cruised to a 58-32 victory. With the win, the Redskins improve to 8-2 and stay unbeaten in league play. Union Local falls to 3-5.
"Last season, we played zone against them here," U.L.'s Vaughn Butler said. "We played it well and they didn't shoot it well. I don't like playing zone away from home but it was something we thought we might have success with tonight. They shot it well and we had to get out of it."
Things were looking pretty good for the Jets early after Jacob Bailey buried a triple to put the visitors up. In a blink of an eye, however, Creek scored 17 straight and the rout was on. Four straight points by Matt Furda finished the run and the Redskins held an 18-5 advantage after the opening stanza.
Furda (6), Frank Kamarec (5) and Alex Young (5) combined for 16 of the 18 Creek points. Kamarec, Young and Shane Winland all scored off offensive rebounds. Dunlevy's crew shot 50 percent from the floor (eight of 16) and limited Union Local to just two makes on eight tries and forced six turnovers.
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UNION LOCAL (3-5): McDiffitt 1 0-0 2; T. Tipton 2 0-0 5; Dunfee 0 0-0 0; Jones 1 0-0 3; Porter 0 0-0 0; McKivitz 0 0-0 0; Bailey 8 3-3 22. TOTALS: 12 3-3 32. 3-pointers: Bailey (3), T. Tipton, Jones; Rebounds 13 (T. Tipton 4); Turnovers 21
CREEK (8-2): Kamarec 5 0-0 11; Furda 4 2-3 10; Roar 0 0-0 0; Young 8 1-2 17; Haught 0 0-0 0; Huynh 0 0-0 0; Lewis 0 0-0 0; Anderson 0 0-0 0; Durbin 0 2-2 2; Foldi 0 0-0 0; Connor 0 0-0 0; Woodbury 1 0-0 2; Sullivan 2 0-0 4; Winland 6 0-0 12. TOTALS: 26 5-7 58. 3-pointers: Kamarec; Rebounds 25 (Young, Winland 5); Turnovers 10
"We came out with a lot of energy and effort, which is what we need to do in order to put four quarters together," Dunlevy observed. "Hopefully we can do it again Tuesday when we go to Dover."
Once Union Local abandoned the zone to start the second frame, Creek put on a "how to" clinic in the area of driving to the basket. Young recorded eight markers and increased the Redskin lead to 20 (34-14) when he went baseline, took a feed from Winland and slammed one home with two hands.
Creel buried 16 of 26 field goal attempts and held a 36-19 halftime advantage. The hosts increased their lead to 47-28 after three. For the night, Dunlevy's cagers were a red-hot 26 of 46 from the floor.
"Sometimes the mistake I make is working too much at the defensive end as we prepare for a game," Dunlevy admitted. "Sometimes, we don't shoot the ball enough. We've been trying to shoot more lately
"I think we have a really good shooting team. It's like anything else-if you do your homework, you have a chance to do well on your test. We came in today and shot, shot and shot. We work at it and hopefully we'll keep getting better. We'll find out as the season moves forward."
Four Redskins finished in double figures, Young leading the way with 17. Winland contributed 12 to go along with four assists. Kamarec had 11 and Furda 10. The winners collected 25 rebounds, Young and Winland grabbing five each.
"It's like I said after the Weir High game, our kids are very unselfish, they pass the ball and play together real well," Dunlevy noted. "One of my buddies in coaching told me the whole is greater than the sum of its parts with this team and I think he is right."
Bailey had a terrific night for the Jets, scoring 22. Union Local shot it 35 times, knocking down just 12, five coming from behind the arc. Four of Butler's team was guilty of 21 turnovers.
"Their defensive pressure took us out of our offense and anything we tried to do," Butler said. "They were better than us tonight. I don't know if we will be better than them next time. We kind of wilted when they put on the pressure."
Dunlevy took the time to praise Bailey's effort.
"He's a good player," the Creek mentor said. "He had 22 and that's probably as much as anyone has had against us this year. When a kid gets hot like that he can hurt you.
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Major Concepts/Content: The Focus English Language Arts course is designed to improve student skills in the areas of listening, speaking, writing, literature, and language appropriate for independent living. These skills include exploring and examining a variety of developmentally appropriate communication modes, and the importance each plays in daily living and employment. Communication modes include developing oral language skills used to communicate effectively in both formal and informal situations, simple forms of writing (e.g., telephone messages, completing applications, resume, and personal enjoyment), and functional reading skills for every day purposes.
Major Instructional Activities: Instructional activities include opportunities for practical application in natural settings (i.e., home, school, and community). Frequent opportunities to practice skills are available to reinforce skills with the goal of generalization to the regular education setting. Skills include development of non-verbal/gestural communication techniques, use of augmentative communication systems, and ability to comprehend and express emotions. Additional activities include writing, vocabulary development, word attack skills, reading/writing in daily activities, work place, and in leisure settings. Activities may require the student to be knowledgeable of the use of related technology, tools and equipment (i.e., computer software, communication device).
Major Evaluative Techniques: Students will be evaluated through informal and formal assessments. Multiple authentic assessments will be used as students perform, produce, and otherwise demonstrate skills both in the classroom and real life settings. This course may not be mastered in one year and students may earn multiple credits in this course.
Course Objectives: The essential objectives of Focus English Language Arts course are designed to facilitate learning outcomes appropriate to the instructional needs of each student. Instructional activities are based upon real world needs with the goal of increased independence and autonomy in his or her home and community.


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Source: J Clin Oncol. 2005 Jan 1;23(1):11-6.
Authors: Harris EE, Christensen VJ, Hwang WT, Fox K, Solin LJ.
Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
The optimal sequencing of breast irradiation and adjuvant systemic therapy is controversial. A randomized trial evaluating the sequencing of radiation and cytotoxic chemotherapy trended toward more distant recurrence in patients treated with radiation first. A similar question exists regarding the sequencing of adjuvant hormonal therapy and radiation. Concurrent tamoxifen with radiation has been associated with more radiographic (but not clinical) findings of lung toxicity. Although tamoxifen can induce G1 arrest, a relatively radio-resistant phase of the cell cycle, experiments in cell culture have not consistently shown either a strong radio-protective or a radiosensitizing effect. Three retrospective studies examining sequencing of tamoxifen and radiation were published back-to-back in the Jan 2005 issue of J Clin Oncol.


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CARROLL, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire Historical Highway marker has been installed on Route 302 in Carroll to commemorate the 19th-century logging village of Zealand.
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Initially, Jean Pierre made only Côtes du Rhône, but steeply rising grape prices in 1976 caused him to switch to Côtes du Ventoux and eventually to produce a white wine from the mountainous Côtes du Luberon. La Vieille Ferme was introduced to the United States in 1970. The response was an immediate, overwhelming acceptance and an outpouring of critical acclaim from eminently knowledgeable critics who recognized La Vieille Ferme for its consistently fine quality and value. View all La Vieille Ferme Wines
About Other RhôneView a map of Other Rhône wineries Other appellations of the Rhône include: in the North – St-Péray, Chateau Grillet; in the South – Lirac, Côtes du Ventoux, Côtes du Tricastin, Rasteau
About France - Other regionsWhen it comes to wine, France is a classic. Classic blends, grapes and styles began in the country and they still remain. Think about it - people ask for a Burgundian style Pinot Noir, they refer to wines as Bordeaux or Rhone blends - Champagne even had to pass a law to stop international wineries from putting their region on the label of all sparkling wine.
The top regions of France are: Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, Languedoc-Roussillon, Loire, Rhone. And these regions are so diverse! It makes sense that wine regions throughout the world try to emulate their style. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah are no longer French varieties, but international varieties. They may not be the leader of cutting edge technology or value-priced wines, but there is no doubt that they are still producing wines of great quality and diversity.


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How To Avoid Excessive Bureaucracy
One of the most common questions I hear asked on Tiny House Design centers around how to get tiny house projects approved by planning departments. There is no easy answer to this question because the level of difficulty really depends on what you're trying to build and the local rules. Below are a few things to think about while your trying to make your tiny house dream a reality.
Choose an Owner-Builder Friendly Community
The best first step is to find a community that is friendly to owner-builders and alternative housing. The internet has made this much easier because many planning departments publish their requirements and policies online. You'll find a few communities with very few requirements and others that make it virtually impossible to build.
Watch out for things like moratoriums on water and sewer hookups as well as excessive regulations. Also be wary of super low land prices. These are often lots that are unbuildable due to some kind of regulation. These properties may appear like great bargains but often end up being incredibly frustrating projects unless you plan to build completely off-the-grid and the community supports this type of lifestyle.
Not all inexpensive land is unbuildable but it often comes with some other issue like limited access, rugged terrain, challenging water access, and remote locations. Like any big purchase doing your due diligence up front pays off big in the long run.
Conduct Extensive Online Research
Once you've found a community that seems like a good fit for your future small home you should become as familiar as possible with the area using the internet. Connect with people in the area as you can, especially those who are like-minded. Also be sure to make yourself very familiar with the local planning department's website and learn as much as you can about their policies, fees, and procedures.
Understand the Rules
It is usually difficult to fight city hall. It's worth it sometimes for sure, but it's also usually easier to fly in under the radar inconspicuously and follow the rules. To avoid accidental pitfalls learn as much as you can about the local building codes and be on the lookout for zoning definitions (loopholes) that permit smaller alternative houses.
For example you might find that a lot zoned for single family residences require homes with a minimum square footage larger than you intend to build. But you may also notice that there are no minimum size requirements for properties zoned for multi-family residences. This is because these zones allow for duplexes and apartments and different rules apply to these kinds of projects. Theoretically you could use this to your advantage by getting a permit to build one tiny house and still leave the option open for building another later.
Applying for Variances
You can also apply for variance to the rules. Getting approval for exceptions to the rules can be difficult because the people that enforce the rules often have nothing to do with the original creation of the policy. It just seems like a safer bet to make your project fit the existing rules and not risk the need to apply for a variance unless you have some kind of evidence, like expert advice, that is telling you a variance would be easy to get.
Expert Advice
Realtors, architects, and local builders can all be great resources for navigating these confusing waters. Just remember that hired experts vary in quality and they all have less skin in the game than you do. They are also paid to do a particular job and may or may not be willing to go above and beyond in a pinch. This is why it always pays to learn as much as you can before becoming dependent on someone else.
Get to Know the Players
Each community has a different set of people who's job it is to manage community development. Sometimes it's a small planning department with little bureaucracy and other times it's a multi-headed monster with many layers of process and red tape. Each community is different so try to learn about all the steps and try to get a feel for how receptive the people you'll be working with before you begin.
Attend Planning Meetings
A great way to learn about a communities planning department, especially those with lots of red tape, is to attend planning department meetings and listen to other people's proposals. You can also do this by reading past meeting minutes. These should be available to the public and can give you an idea of what kind of projects get approved and rejected. You may also be able to find projects similar to yours which may help set a precedent for your small house project.
Connect with Neighbors
Once you've purchased the property, or better yet right before you buy it, try to connect with the neighbors. Friendly neighbors make for less trouble because it's often an irritated neighbor that calls the planning department when they suspect someone new is trying to break the rules or build without a permit. Good neighbors watch out for each other and tend to support each other. Making good connections can help you with future building efforts.
Find your Fit
Planning departments are often happy to approve projects when they understand them. If you approach the permit submission process with the intention of making it easy for the bureaucrats to understand how normal you project is, even when it isn't, you'll discover you'll meet less resistance. In other words make your project fit the rule book instead of trying to change the rules.
About Breaking The Rules
People break the rules all the time but I think it's usually a bad idea especially when you have a lot at risk. Some rules are there to keep you safe. These should be followed. Other rules seem to come from a variety of different places and if enforcement is strong be careful when you approach the line. Your home is important enough to understand the risk before you make the decision to break the rules.
Financing and Insurance
You'll find that lenders and insurance companies like the rules created by planning departments because they make it easier to control risk. The more uncertainty you throw at these people the more difficult it will be for them to understand and support your project. You'll find that this is common with most people, especially those who have separated from the actual policy making. If you are trying to avoid all these kinds of bureaucrats avoid buying land in communities with a lot of rules.
About Unbuildable Land
There are a few things that can make a piece of property unbuildable by most community rule books. The two most common are water and sewer. If a piece of property doesn't have water many planning departments will require a well be drilled or a connection to municipal water before issuing a building permit. You'll also find that some places will not issue new well permits due to too many wells and not enough water.
Explaining that you plan to have a rainwater collection system will often not meet their requirements. You can fight with them all day but because they are so disconnected with the actual policy making they will have no answer other than their canned response.
Sewer is also a key challenge because getting building permits approved also often requires first installing a septic system or approval to connect to the municipal sewer system. Just like the rainwater collection system, explaining that you plan to use composting toilets and a grey water system will fall on deaf ears for all the same reasons.
The way people like John Wells at The Field Lab are able to setup extreme off-the-grid homesteads with all the simple sustainable technologies is by choosing a community that simply doesn't have the red tape.
Pre-Existing Homes
One common loophole is to find a piece of property with an existing structure (like an old mobile home), water source, and sewer system (septic tank or sewer hookup). These pre-existing property features will often drive the cost of the land up but can reduce the risk of buying land you can't build on. The trailer can then be more easily replaced because the existing utilities are in place. But be sure to understand if these will need any work, like bringing them up to code, before the building permit can be issued.
About Camping on Your Land
Camping is an often explored loophole. Some communities allow camping on your own land and others do not. Be sure to check the local ordinances but if your community allows camping for an extended period of time parking a mobile tiny house might be a viable option. Be sure to check the local rules about camping before you decide to park your house because it won't be the planning department knocking at your door at 2AM, it will be the Sheriff.
Semi-Permanent Sheds
Another loophole could be to build a shed or two. Technically sheds are not habitable living spaces so you may draw some attention if you choose to go this route. Most communities define a shed as an outbuilding of a certain size that do not require building permits to construct. Often the code will be specific about the height, setbacks, roof size, and square footage for a shed to be considered a shed. But a shed is never technically habitable even when it is perfectly habitable so be sure to check your local codes before moving in.
Benefits of Mobile Tiny Houses
The primary advantages of a mobile tiny house is that it can be moved and should never require a building permit. I've also never heard of anyone having trouble getting a licence plate for a tiny house either.
Depending on the community living in a mobile tiny house can give you the most functionality for the least cost because in the rule books it is just a trailer and subject to rules that govern trailers. Understanding you local ordinance around camping on your land, parking trailers, and knowing your neighbors might give you the most bang for your buck.
Benefits of Permanent Tiny Houses
Homes on permant foundations, except for sheds, must follow the local rules for dwellings and go through whatever permit process the local community has in place. The benefit will be that you will earn real equity because the house will be seen as a piece of real estate by the general public, lenders, and insurance companies. So the hassle of getting your tiny house building permit approved could turn out to be money and time well spent. Your home's design is also not limited by the size and shape of a trailer.
By far the most important first step is to do your due diligence and choose the right community. Some communities make it impossible to build, others welcome owner-builders looking to build alternative sustainable homes.
The next most important thing to do is learn as much as you can about the rules and get a feel for the general community tone. If it's a community hell-bent on conformity and protecting real estate values it might be a terrible place to build an alternative off-the-grid tiny house.
Lastly, consider the mobile tiny house option carefully. The advantage of mobility can reduce the red tape in most cases. It can also give you the flexibility to take your sweat quity with you when you move. Mobile small homes will most likely not earn you the real estate equity a home on a permanent foundaiton will but it might provide you with more freedom and security in the long run than any amount of equity.
I invite you to follow me on Twitter, and visit my design blog, Tiny House Design.


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Does someone have details and the route of the free bus service from/to Hong Kong (HKG) airport to the city ?
There isn't a free public shuttle bus service to/from the airport. (There are, of course, normal paid public buses that serve HKIA.) What I think your relative may have gotten it confused with is complimentary hotel bus services that are reserved for guests.
I'd recommend taking the HKIA Express though. It's a lot cheaper ($100) than getting a taxi and a lot faster than a bus given Hong Kong's traffic, and if you're going to the airport many airlines now offer check-in desks in the city itself, before you get to the airport.
Once you have paid for your ticket and caught the HKIA express:
So if you have a hotel near Kowloon or Hong Kong station, you should be able to get a free shuttle bus once you have taken the Airport Express.


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[4.1 B2] Panel with an unterminated tag messes up layout in IE8
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- Having an unterminated font tag "<font>" in the HTML body of a panel messes up the layout in IE. It's messed up on both the file system or on a Windows 2008R2 webserver, but it's messed up slightly differently. Works ok in FF5 and works ok with 4.0.7 in all environments. I realize this is probably fixable on my side by closing out the font tag, but I'll be trying to drop 4.1 into an existing project that someone else built and am trying to mitigate any out of the box upgrade issues possible.
- Make a panel with html: '<font>'. I tried to find other tags that would break the layout and didn't see any during testing, though I just test a handful.
- A panel laid out with no layout issues (as if there was no html property at first glance).
- The panel is shifted down about 20px. On the file system the bottom border is missing and the panel title is shifted down by about 1 pixel.
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <title>Tabs Example</title> <!-- Ext includes --> <link rel="Stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../ext4/resources/css/ext-all.css" /> <!-- <script type="text/javascript" src="../../ext4/ext-all.js"></script> --> <script type="text/javascript" src="../../ext-4.1.0-beta-2/ext-all-debug-w-comments.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> Ext.onReady(function () { Ext.widget('panel', { title: 'Open Tag Panel' , renderTo: Ext.getBody() , height: 200 , width: 200 , html: '<span>' }); }); </script> </head> <body> </body> </html>
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Yeah, I thought about not even posting this. Last week I inherited an existing application running on Ext 2.2 and was working on porting it to 4.x. It was working ok on 4.0.7 so I tried loading up 4.1 B2 and started just picking off issues as I found them. Don had mentioned that he wanted to make sure that everything that was working in 4.0.x was working ok in 4.1 so figured I'd post since the same html was working without incident in 2.2 and 4.0.7.
But, I'm good closing this one. Buggier than 4.0.7, but not a bug.


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Wesleyan University Dining Services provides a wide variety of high quality foods in order to meet individual nutritional needs and preferences of students, faculty, and staff. There are many on-campus dining options: The Marketplace at Usdan, The Café at Usdan, Summerfields, Pi Café, WEShop, WesWings, Red & Black Café, and Star & Crescent.
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The Wesleyan Career Center offers a variety of programs held throughout the year to provide students with the tools they need to move forward with career planning, job or internship search, or graduate school plans.
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The Center for the Arts (CFA) houses Wesleyan University's arts departments and serves as a cultural center for the campus, Middletown and the region by presenting a wide variety of events and exhibitions, ranging from student and faculty works to internationally acclaimed ensembles.
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Combining the assets of the Service-Learning Center, the Office of Community Service and Volunteerism, the Office of Community Relations and the Green Street Arts Center, the CCP seeks to serve the development of both the individual and the community, guided by principles of mutual respect and shared responsibility.
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Spiritual life at Wesleyan is shaped by the wide range and depth of students' questions and interests. Each of the four Chaplains sponsors a weekly service. All students are welcome and encouraged to attend any and all of these services; and students assume many of the responsibilities for planning and leading these services.
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My SLR is equipped with the mirror lockup function. What does it do, and when would I employ such a feature?
Mirror lockup is used to reduce vibrations with longer exposures.
When the mirror folds up, the camera shakes for a bit. For short exposure times this doesn't matter, but for times of a few seconds it will cause motion blur.
By locking up the mirror before, the camera will be still for the exposure.
Mirror lockup can function in a couple of different ways, depending on the camera:
The use of mirror lockup is to separate the event of opening the mirror - which can create some vibrations in the camera - from the exposure. These vibration can cause some motion blur. The effect depends very much on the shutter speed, but tends to peak at shutter speeds slower than 1/15 of a second, but faster than a couple of seconds. When the shutter speed goes beyond a few seconds, the short time during which the mirror-flap-vibration occurs is so short in relation to the full exposure time that the effect becomes neglectible.
Of course, when using mirror lockup without the self timer, you should use some sort of remote release so that you don't need to touch the camera for pressing the shutter release button.
There is an article at Bob Atkins' website explaining it more in detail, with diagrams and all.
First of all, what you have is probably mirror pre-fire rather than a true mirror lockup. Only a few cameras have ever had a true mirror lockup, and I don't know of anything current that does.
With a true mirror lockup, you lock up the mirror, and it stays up until you unlock it. This can be used in the same cases as mirror pre-fire to reduce camera shake. It's also useful in a few other cases though. For example, Nikon once made a 6mm lens that required true mirror lockup -- the back of the lens stuck so far into the camera that the mirror couldn't swing by it. To use it, you had to lock up the mirror, then mount the lens. You left the mirror locked up the entire time the lens was mounted. This meant you couldn't use the viewfinder with the lens at all. Fortunately, for a 6mm lens, you don't really need it -- its field of view was something like 220 degrees, so everything in the general direction where you pointed it (and more besides) was in the picture. In fact, the lens kind of wrapped around the whole front of the camera, so you generally held it almost by your finger-tips at arms length (and aimed upward a bit to keep your feet out of the picture). The alternative was to mount it on the end of a stick to hold it away from your body.
As far as mirror prefire goes, it's worth noting that its primary use is really for exposures in the general vicinity of a tenth of a second up to around a second or two. For longer exposures, like 30 seconds, it makes little real difference because the vibrations damp fairly quickly so most of the exposure time is relatively vibration free.
Mirror lockup will move the mirror out of the way, pause (often around 2 seconds), and then acutate the shutter. This will reduce shake in the camera as a function of the mirror slap and can substantially help sharpness for very long lenses, macro work, and long exposures where the shake from the slap can become apparent in the result.
Mirror lockup is most useful when using a very long telephoto lens or when doing high magnification macro work. Because the field of view in these cases is limited to a very small angle, they are the two situations that are most likely to result in vibration caused by the mirror to be visible in the exposure. As others have mentioned, the camera should be tripod mounted and you should use a cable release, wireless remote, or self timer to prevent vibration caused by pressing the shutter button.
One application I use it for is taking pictures of the night sky. Even with shutter speeds as high as 1/125 to 1/250 sec for the moon I get sharper results locking up the mirror when using an effective focal length of 640mm. Canon Super Telephoto lenses include an IS mode that is designed to be used while tripod mounted that will compensate for mirror vibration.


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In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories by Alvin Schwartz
Recommended age: 7 and up
If your child is ready to up the fear factor this Halloween season, reach for this classic "I Can Read Book." It's a compilation of creepy short stories, including "The Green Ribbon" and "In the Graveyard." While brave kindergarteners and first-graders might enjoy the quick and compelling tales, they might also get nightmares, so gage your child's sensitivity to scariness before grabbing this one.


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Jimmy Duba arrived as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach in the fall of 2013 at Charlotte. Specifically, he serves as the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the men's basketball and golf programs.
Duba served as the Assistant Director of Sports Performance at DePaul University in Chicago, for three years prior to his arrival with the 49ers. He was the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the women's basketball, softball, women's soccer, men's and women's track and field, and men's tennis programs.
From 2008 to 2010, Duba was the Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Sacramento Kings of the NBA. During his time with the Kings, He also served as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Sacramento Monarchs of the WNBA for both the 2008 and 2009 seasons.
From 2006 to 2008, Duba completed his Master's degree in Kinesiology at the University of Connecticut. During this time, he was a Graduate Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach, and was responsible for the baseball and women's volleyball programs. In addition, he assisted with the men's and women's basketball and soccer programs.
From 2005 to 2006, he served as a Strength and Conditioning Intern for the Chicago Bulls of the NBA.
In 2006, Duba completed his Bachelor's degree in Exercise Science at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
Additionally, he holds certifications from the NSCA as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and USAW as a Certified Club Coach.
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Gwinnett Daily Online News Website Credited with Rescue of 2 Kidnapped Children Hidden in Cayman Islands
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Jeff Weeks was awarded custody of his daughter and son, now 10 and 9 years old, in October 2000. But the children were kidnapped by their mother and stepfather days after the court decision in a bitter custody battle.
On September 18th, 2002, police located the children's mother, 34-year-old Joyce Williams of Dacula, and her husband Patrick Williams in Georgetown on Grand Cayman Island.
A tip concerning the family's whereabouts was called in to police by an ordinary citizen who found a Gwinnett Daily Online article in Google, said Gwinnett County sheriff's Sgt. Bob Rapien.
"I called (Mr. Weeks) in to the office because I didn't want him to fall down on the phone," Rapien said. "Of course he was in awe."
Joyce and Patrick Williams had been living in Georgetown since they left Georgia, said Orrett Connor, chief immigration officer for the Cayman Islands.
Patrick Williams was working as a music minister. Joyce Williams, a former teacher at Dacula Elementary School, was an administrative assistant and was also teaching kindergarten, Rapien said.
"A citizen brought it to (the Office of Immigration's) attention," Rapien said. "He went to the same church and something struck him as curious: They would never say where they were from," he said.
Weeks' attorney, Shaun McCann, went to court Friday to obtain papers requiring the Williams to turn over all their travel papers and making the children wards of the court.
"The next step would be to go back to court to resolve the issue as to if and when the children are to go back," McCann said.
The Williams have two weeks to appeal in the court of the Cayman Islands and have indicated they plan to fight for custody, Connor said.
"They said they were never aware of the custody order because they were not in the state to receive it," Connor said.
Weeks said prior to his former wife's marriage in 2000, their 1997 divorce had been amicable and both shared custody of their children.


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