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Is there a way to make a QTVR pano load quickly on a website. Some load very slow and others are instant, should I reduce the size of the file before I upload it?
Is there a way to make a QTVR pano load quickly on a website. Some load very slow and others are instant, should I reduce the size of the file before I upload it?
The full loading time is simply proportional to the .mov file size. The file size needed depends on the size of the window in which you display the panorama. As a guide, for a good quality fullscreen display, you will need a 2 to 3 MB file. A cubic tile size of 1500 to 1800 will be adequate, generated from an equirectangular image of 6000x3000 to 8000x4000. A smaller cubic tile size will result in a smaller .mov file, but quality is reduced, and you need to consider how much zooming you want to to allow. 3x3 subtiles will also help in enabling the user to see something quicker. Some panos compress to a smaller file more easily depending on the amount of detail in the image. Use the lowest quality setting that you can get away with without introducing obvious compression artifacts such as banding and blocking. In Pano2VR or Pano2QTVR, make sure you select a good interpolator in order to maintain image sharpness - e.g. lanczos3. In Pano2VR, this selection is made on the Settings page.
there is a great article here on pano size, jpg compression, etc - http://slash72.club.fr/gurl/360x180/size_vs_quality.htm
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text: seems to be working fine with perl from 2.4.4. Brad --------------------- Brad Miele VP Technology IPNStock.com 866 476 7862 x902 email@example.com On Wed, 8 Nov 2006, Peter Karman wrote: > > > Bill Moseley scribbled on 11/8/06 12:35 PM: >> On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 01:01:56PM -0500, Brad Miele wrote: >>> ok, i will start on some of this at some point. in the short term, >>> however, rolling back to 2.4.3 has fixed the problem and i am going to >>> push new indexes to my production servers. My question is now is, when i >>> roll the swish-e back from 2.4.4 to 2.4.3 on the production machines, >>> should i replace the perl stuff? I know i can't make use of Peter's SAS >>> stuff, but i am going to stick with SWISH::API in the short term anyway. >> >> Peter will have to answer this -- I'm not remembering any changes to >> the C interface, though, and thus the perl modules should be >> compatible. Again, Peter will need to confirm. >> > > I think Brad's referring to the fact that SAS requires SWISH::API 0.04 or later, > and 2.4.3 shipped with SWISH::API 0.03. > >> >>> bill, i will follow your suggestions below when i have some time to chase >>> this further, but it seems to be some version wonkiness. >> >> There were some changes to the search code -- but I'd really want to >> know first that the words were indexed and placed in the index before >> looking for problems in the search code. >> > > -- > Peter Karman . http://peknet.com/ . peter(at)not-real.peknet.com > >Received on Wed Nov 8 11:26:42 2006

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My child drops her food. Sometimes its an accident, but often she is rebelling or throwing a small fit. Should I give into her tantrums and give her alternative choices? I am considering not giving her food if she won't eat what is in front of her. But, I am afraid she may be too young to understand cause and effect.
What should I do?


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Is there a web application that syncs with Apple notes?
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I am assuming you are referring to Apple Notes on an iOS platform (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad)
If you are looking for a simple note app, like the built in app, but with syncing, check out:
And if you use Dropbox, check out Cintanotes: http://lifehacker.com/5569027/cintanotes-is-a-tiny-portable-note-manager-with-built+in-dropbox-sync
Not really. Give Evernote a try. It's got a lot of free capacity, and there are web, osx, windows, iphone, and android apps that support it
You can sync notes on iPhone/iPad with Gmail if you use IMAP (it will create a label called 'Notes')
If you're currently using the Exchange settings on your iOS device to sync email/calendar/etc, turn off the email option in settings, then add IMAP for email and notes.
My pick would be for Notational Velocity in conjunction with SimpleNote. SimpleNote is most commonly used with the iPhone app, but you can just sign up for the web app part if you want.
But what if I want to import my 50+ notes that I already have on my iOS device to this new app/website?
I moved from a Palm device a year ago (with LOTS of "memos") to an iPhone, and managed to get all my notes migrated onto my phone. Now I want them to be automatically synced via the cloud to a website, which would a) back them up more easily than itunes syncing, and b) allow me to edit my notes from my computer rather than just my phone.
So I think it would be helpful if the answer to this question included a way to migrate existing iOS notes to the new app/site. I downloaded the SimpleNote iOS app, and I saw no way (even in the Premium version) to import my existing notes.


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Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt was in southwest Kansas Monday to speak at a police training session in Garden City and to speak to the Rotary Club in Dodge City.
At the Rotary Club, the attorney general briefed the members of the club about the work his office is doing and general law enforcement issues.
Attorney General Schmidt noted that his office is currently experiencing 'a heightened period of activity', making it of importance to visit law enforcement agencies around the state and interact with the public.
According to the attorney general, the constitution of Kansas only has one requirement, that he appear before the state supreme court once every ten years in order to defend the constitutionality of the state's redistricting plan.
"[The state constitution] doesn't say much about your attorney general," he said.
However, he said the laws created by the legislature and signed by the governor create many obligations for him.
The limited budget that the attorney general's office has, forces it to make choices about the areas of crime on which it will focus and expend resources on. "We start with the first thing first," he said.
Attorney General Schmidt's office conducted a survey of its customers in order to determine which areas are in need of help and determines if the given area is a place the office can provide a meaningful contribution to.
"We want to add value, we want to bring something to the team" he said.
Public safety, child safety, consumer protection, and tax-payer protection are among the attorney general's main priorities, he said.
The office has sought to recruit and retain highly qualified prosecutors that are comfortable working in county court rooms located in rural areas. For him, it's important for the organization to have the right people.
The successful prosecution of sex crimes involving children is also very important to the attorney general. The office allocates substantial resources to the prosecution of sex crimes and aims to develop the skills of the prosecutors. Child sex crimes are often difficult to prosecute because usually the only evidence available is the testimony of a young victim. The child victims are often intimidated by the court room setting, the judge (by virtue of his high position), and the prosecutor, the attorney general said.
The general is also responsible for overseeing the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI).
"It is a remarkable public safety organization," he said. But although KBI has been successful, the generals says it still has work to do. "I am not declaring victory," he said. However, the office 'is headed in the right direction'.
The 125 employees at the attorney general's office and the 160 employees of KBI is a sufficient quantity, the attorney general said. "We do a lot with a little."
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In real life, if 10 unskilled people give their opinion on a specialist topic, like medicine or law, their 10 "votes" count nothing. Infinite amounts of it still count almost nothing. A single professor weighing in is worth many unqualified opinions.
In chess, when somebody reviews a game they have an ELO rating but their ELO rating says something about their skill, "Reputation" does not, here on StackExchange.
Even worse, if 10 "nobodies" start voting up their top nobody discussing trivial matters among themselves, this selected "nobody "becomes "somebody", that does not make sense at all.


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It is very important to maintain proper nutrition before, during, and after cancer treatment. Such treatments may involve radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, biological immunotherapy, and/or surgery. These procedures and medications can cause many individuals to lose their appetite and energy, putting them at an increased risk for malnutrition.
Your food choices when you have cancer and are undergoing treatment may be very different from what you are used to eating. The main goal is to try to keep your weight constant. In order to minimize weight changes, heal properly, and maintain the energy to cope with all the new challenges treatment may bring, you may be told to eat a wide variety of high-calorie and high-protein foods, including the following:
Milk, cream, and cheese
Cooked eggs
Sauces and gravies
Butter, margarine, and oil
Sometimes, the recommendations given to you detailing what you should eat during your treatment will seem like the opposite of what you have always heard a healthy diet should include. However, following a high-calorie, high-protein diet may be encouraged, especially if you are feeling weak or are underweight. It can be a challenge to get enough nutrients because you may not feel well or may not feel like eating. Proper attention to nutrition can assist in an easier recovery.
Eating well before cancer treatment begins may help to increase your energy and improve your sleeping patterns. To prepare yourself and your home for your nutritional needs during cancer therapy, consider the following suggestions:
Stock the refrigerator with plenty of your favorite foods so that you will not have to shop as often. Make sure these are foods you can eat when you are not feeling well.
Cook large portions of your favorite dishes in advance and freeze them in meal-sized portions.
To save your energy, buy foods that are easy to prepare, such as peanut butter, pudding, frozen dinners, soup, canned fish or chicken, cheese, and eggs.
Ask family and friends to help you cook and shop.
Talk to a registered dietitian about meal planning, grocery shopping, and reducing side effects of treatment, such as nausea and diarrhea.
Talk to your doctor or registered dietitian about whether you should take a multivitamin.
By planning ahead, you will have foods on hand that you like to eat, which will benefit you later. You will have good things to choose from in your kitchen, even if you do not feel well enough to prepare an elaborate meal. You may also come to think differently about your weight. If you have been concerned in the past about weight gain, your focus will likely change to eating enough to keep your weight constant.
Before treatment begins, cancer itself can cause problems that may result in eating problems or weight loss. It is not uncommon to have lactose intolerance (intolerance to milk sugar), nausea, vomiting, poor digestion, or a feeling of early fullness, sleepiness, and forgetfulness even before treatment for cancer.
Lactose intolerance is a condition in which your body cannot digest or absorb the milk sugar called lactose. This is usually due to the lack of an enzyme, called lactase, that helps to break down lactose so the body can digest it. Individuals with cancer often have lactose intolerance. Symptoms include diarrhea, gas, bloating, and stomach pain or cramps.
Dairy products, such as milk, cheese, ice cream, yogurt, and sherbet, contain lactose. Certain prepared foods have dairy products in them that also contain lactose. Many other foods may also have hidden sources of lactose. Check the labels of products to determine if they contain milk, milk by-products, or lactose. Look for terms such as:
Milk solids
Skim milk powder
Malted milk
Whey lactose
Dry milk solids
Nonfat dry milk
These foods contain lactose and you should monitor your tolerance to them. Some foods that may have hidden sources of lactose include:
Cold cuts and bologna
Hot dogs
Sauces, gravies, and salad dressings
Cream soup
Dessert mixes
Chocolate drink mixes
Many individuals with lactose intolerance do not have to eliminate lactose-containing foods entirely from their diet because they produce small amounts of lactase. Lactose levels vary in foods. Hard cheeses and yogurt have the least amount of lactose. Learn how much lactose you can tolerate by trying one-fourth cup of milk and gradually increasing your intake. Because lactose intolerance is not an allergy, there are no long-term health problems if lactose is accidentally ingested by an individual. Symptoms will subside as the lactose moves through the digestive system.
You may have to substitute other things for the dairy products you are used to eating. It is important to add other sources of calcium when foods containing lactose are omitted from your diet. You may also wish to try Lactaid milk that has had the lactose reduced or removed. Your physician or registered dietitian can provide more information about this product.
The U.S. Dietary Reference Intake for calcium is 1,000 milligrams (mg) per day for adults ages 50 and under. For women over the age of 50 and men over the age of 70, the recommendation increases to 1,200 milligrams of calcium per day. If you are not using milk or milk products, you may not be getting the appropriate amount of calcium needed to build and maintain strong bones and teeth. The following foods are good sources of calcium (a registered dietitian can also provide additional suggestions):
100-200 mg of calcium
2/3 cup broccoli
1/2 cup okra
5 oz. shrimp
200-300 mg of calcium
2 oz. canned sardines
1/2 cup turnip greens, kale, or collards
1/2 cup tofu
1 1/2 cups dried beans
300-400 mg of calcium
4 oz. canned salmon
1 cup calcium fortified orange juice
1/4 cup almonds
1 cup yogurt
Cancer treatment may cause fatigue, which is not likely to inspire you to begin a new exercise program. Light, daily exercise before you start to feel tired will make it easier for you to continue regular daily physical activity after your treatment begins.
Once you begin treatment, light, regular physical activity is very good for you. It will improve your appetite, stimulate digestion, prevent constipation, and provide additional energy. Physical activity will also help decrease stress, improve mood, and maintain muscle tone. Always consult your doctor before beginning any exercise program.


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(CNN) – He left office more than three years ago, but former President George W. Bush is still the target of most Americans' blame for the current state of the economy, according to a survey released Thursday.
The poll from Gallup asked Americans who was to blame for the economic problems currently facing the United States. Sixty-eight percent said Bush deserved either a great deal or a moderate amount of blame, compared to 31% who said the former president deserved not much or no blame at all.
President Barack Obama doesn't get off scott free - 52% said Obama deserved the blame, with 48% saying the current occupant of the Oval Office wasn't to blame for current economic conditions.
Gallup's survey comes amid renewed anxiety among Americans about the economy. May's disappointing jobs report, paired with Europe's debt crisis, have many voters wondering whether America is still in economic recovery.
On the campaign trail, Obama often says his administration inherited a bad economy and worked to stem job losses and prevent a depression. The survey from Gallup indicates that a majority of Americans agree with him that current economic conditions are linked to the policies of the previous Republican administration.
However, with the economy consistently ranked as the issue at the forefront of voters' minds, Obama is still facing a tough sell of his own performance as president. A poll released Wednesday indicated a majority of independent voters – 54% - have an unfavorable view of Obama's economic plan. Forty-seven percent said the same about Republican challenger Mitt Romney's plan.
Bush has consistently been blamed by Americans for the economic problems that have plagued the country since he left office in January 2009. Six months after Obama took over, 80% of Americans polled said Bush deserved a great deal or moderate amount of blame. In August 2010, a year and a half into Obama's presidency, 70% of Americans polled still assigned blame to Bush for the economy.
Since then, little has changed in Americans' "blame assessment." Throughout 2011, roughly 70% of respondents placed more blame on Bush than Obama for the current economic conditions.
When broken down by party, Republicans and Democrats predictably assign greater blame to presidents of the opposite party. However, Republicans are more willing to blame Bush than Democrats are ready to blame Obama.
Forty-nine percent of Republicans said Bush deserves a great deal or a moderate amount of blame for the economy, compared to only 19% of Democrats who say the same for Obama.
Gallup's poll was conducted by telephone from 1,004 adults between June 7-10. The sampling error was plus or minus 4 percentage points.


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What can you do at the library this weekend? Well, you can still celebrate Eid al-Fitr, color with other adults, share your migration stories with Queens Memory, take a practice ACT, go to a jewelry workshop, improve your digital literacy, learn how to play Korean drums, meet a comedy illusionist, watch fun movies, hear wonderful music, ...
It's the moment all Potterheads have been waiting for!
The eighth installment in the Harry Potter book series, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," will be released on July 31. You can pick up available copies this Sunday at Queens Library!
Three of our community ...
Queens Library takes great honor in participating in the annual National Night Out Against Crime, which happens this year on Tuesday, August 2.
You can join your local library and your local police precinct for delicious food, wonderful activities, and an opportunity to connect with the police ...
Submissions to our Summer Poetry Contest close on July 31, so we hope you're writing up a storm!
But if you need a jumping-off point, look no further: we've got just the thing.
Check out our blog for poetry writing tips to get your creative juices ...
If you love tennis, libraries, or both, join us and celebrate the return of Mylan World TeamTennis to Forest Hills Stadium At The West Side Tennis Club this summer!
New York's own Mylan WTT team, the New York Empire, will also give their fans another reason to celebrate.
Thanks to a new ...
It's a song, it's a book, and it's the inspiration for a summer craft!
On Thursday, August 4, at 2:00 p.m., we invite children ages 3-6 and their caregivers to Whitestone Community Library to read and sing along with the book "The Wheels on the ...
The play's the thing at Queens Library! We're partnering with the award-winning TITAN Theatre Company to bring dramatic staged readings of all Shakespeare's plays to libraries across Queens.
Our next Shakespeare in Queens performance will be A Midsummer Night's Dream on Monday, August 1 at ...
In honor of Eid al-Fitr, Queens Library will be hosting a special event on Saturday, July 30 for the public to celebrate and learn more about the holiday.
Members of the Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts will greet and entertain our audience with cheerful songs, dances, homemade sweets, and henna painting.
We hope ...
Every month, Queens Library's Job & Business Academy (JBA) provides our customers with the technology training, small business help, and job-search assistance they need to succeed—all for free.
Now, it's easier than ever to find out which classes are being offered. Just check the listings in our monthly ...
Since July celebrates the birth of our nation, we decided that it's the best time to showcase our New Americans Program!
NAP helps with immigration issues and provides financial and legal advice, ESOL classes, and cultural events to help those that have recently chosen to live in the United States.
We hope you will ...
Chess Club
Location: Middle Village
Registration: Not required
A chess coach will teach the game to young people ages 5-15 and answer their questions. Materials will be provided.
Additional Program Dates/Locations
This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.
Additional Dates
Middle Village Book Discussion Group
Location: Middle Village
Registration: Not required
9/20 - "The Paris Wife: A Novel" by Paula McClain
Copies are available at the Information Desk and as a downloadable eBook at the Library's website.
Additional Program Dates/Locations
This is a recurring program. If registration is required, you must register individually.
Additional Dates
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The Middle Village Community Library has:
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Special Interest/Noteworthy Collections at the Middle Village Community Library include:
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Community Board
Community Organizations & Services
Fire Department
Local Hospitals
| Parks and Playgrounds
Police Department
Post Office
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Public Elementary Schools
| Senior Centers
Elected Officials
Special Services
|Child Care / Preschools
Books & Rattles Inc.
63-08 69th Pl.
Middle Village NY , 11379
phone: (718) 381-7777
Learning Tree
74-15 Juniper Boulevard North
Middle Village NY , 11379
phone: (718) 899-2020
Positive Beginnings
72-52 Metropolitan Avenue
Middle Village NY , 11379
phone: (718) 326-0055
Ready To Learn - Crowley Education Center
67-52 79th Street
Middle Village NY , 11379
phone: (718) 326-8018
|Community Board
|Community Organizations & Services
Community of Middle Village Youth Center
62-71 Dry Harbor Road
Middle Village NY , 11379
phone: (718) 335-8166
|Fire Department
Engine 291/Ladder 140
56-07 Metropolitan Avenue
Maspeth NY , 11378
|Local Hospitals
Ridgewood Times
66-58 Fresh Pond Road
Ridgewood NY , 11385
phone: (718) 821-7500
|Parks and Playgrounds
Juniper Valley Park
80th Street & Juniper Boulevard South
Middle Village NY , 11379
Middle Village Playground
79th St & 68th Rd & 69th Avenue
Middle Village NY , 11379
|Police Department
104th Precinct
64-02 Catalpa Ave.
Ridgewood NY , 11385
phone: (718) 386-3004
|Post Office
Middle Village Station
71-35 Metropolitan Avenue
Middle Village NY , 11379
phone: (800) 275-8777
|Private / Parochial Schools
Christ The King Regional High School (9-12)
68-02 Metropolitan Avenue
Middle Village NY , 11379
phone: (718) 366-7400
Our Lady of Hope School (K-6)
61-27 71 Street
Middle Village NY , 11379
phone: (718) 458-3535
St. Margaret's RC Church School (PK-6)
66-10 80th Street
Middle Village NY , 11379
phone: (718) 326-0922
|Public Elementary Schools
PS 49 Dorothy Bonawit Kole School School (K-5)
79-15 Penelope Avenue
Middle Village NY , 11379
phone: (718) 326-2111
PS 87 Middle Village School (PK-7)
67-54 80th Street
Middle Village NY , 11379
phone: (718) 326-8243
PS 1128 Juniper Valley School (K-5)
69-26 65th Drive
Middle Village NY , 11379
phone: (718) 894-8385
|Senior Centers
Middle Village Older Adult Center
69-10 75th Street
Middle Village NY , 11379
phone: (718) 894-3441
|Elected Officials
|NYC Council
Hon. Elizabeth Crowley
District OfficeAtlas Park Mall, 71-19-80th Street, Ste.8-303
Glendale NY, 11385
phone: (718) 366-3900
fax: (718) 326-3549
Manhattan Office Address 250 Broadway, 1765
New York NY , 10007
phone: (212) 788-7381
fax: (212) 227-7164
|NYS Assembly
Hon. Andrew Hevesi
District Office 70-50 Austin Street, Suite 110
Forest Hills NY, 11375
phone: (718) 263-5595
fax: (718) 263-5688
Albany Office LOB, Room 844
Albany NY, 12248
phone: (518) 455-4926
fax: (518) 455-5173
|NYS Senate
Hon. Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr.
District Office 159-53 102nd Street
Howard Beach NY, 11414
phone: (718) 738-1111
fax: (718) 322-5760
Albany Office Room 613, Legislative Office Building
Albany NY, 12247
phone: (518) 455-2322
fax: (518) 426-6875
|US Congress
Hon. Grace Meng
District Office Address 40-13 159th Street
Flushing NY, 11358
phone: (718) 445-7860
fax: (718) 445-7868
Legislative Office 1317 Longworth House Office Building
Washington DC, 20515
phone: (202) 225-2601
fax: (202) 225-1589
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Hon. Melinda Katz
Hon. Bill de Blasio
Middle Village was named as such because it was the middle point from Williamsburgh to Jamaica on the Williamsburgh and Jamaica Turnpike Road, which is now Metropolitan Avenue. The name also has its origin in that it was the midpoint for farmers from eastern Queens who traveled to the ferry at Newtown Creek. Another origin of the name comes about because it is an anglicization of Middleburgh, Newtown's original name.
The Middle Village Community Library serves the area bounded by Woodhaven Blvd. to the east, Eliot Ave. to the north, 69th St. to the west, and the LIRR tracks and Cooper Ave. to the south. Middle Village was founded in 1850. It grew from farmland to a prosperous community after the New York City Council announced that no further burials would be permitted on Manhattan Island after May 1, 1851. The farmland was purchased by several church groups for cemeteries. Florists, monument makers, and taverns flourished as business and industry expanded.
The area thrived until the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge in 1883 when people found it easier to travel more rapidly. By 1902, the population reached 1,300. The community continued to grow steadily. By the 1940s, much of the farmland was developed with residential homes.
Until recently, the working-class neighborhood of Middle Village was predominantly Italian. Immigrants from Latin America, Poland, Soviet Union, and Ireland have been moving in, attracted by reasonable rents and central location in New York City.
Middle Village is made up largely of private and two-family homes. There are some garden apartments, though no real large apartment buildings like those found in nearby communities like Forest Hills or Rego Park and along Woodhaven Blvd. New construction, though, has been taking place in the area with the building of a number of multiple-dwelling homes on the blocks around Metropolitan Avenue and near Juniper Valley Park, a noteworthy local attraction and neighborhood favorite location.
Middle Village: 145 years of change. The Juniper Berry, June/July 1994, p.26.
Middle Village, NY: Queens Neighborhood Profile: http://queens.about.com/cs/neighborhoods/p/middle_village.htm
The Library was opened in a shoe store in 1911. Later it moved to a seed store for eight years and after that it was located in several different stores. In April 1967, the branch was re-opened in a modern rental building on Metropolitan Avenue, a location that, after a number of years of being unoccupied, re-opened as a 99 cent store. Then, in July 1990, the branch moved to a new rental location a few blocks west, at 72-31 Metropolitan Avenue. This location, the present Community Library, occupies part of the street-level floor of the condominium building at the same 72-31 Metropolitan Avenue address, with the Library's entrance located on the building's western side, while the branch's meeting room is situated on the eastern side. Due to this unique location, from its outside appearance the branch appears quite small. But the reality is that inside, the branch is really a full-sized library facility with regular adult and juvenile rooms, programming for all age levels and, in the spring of 2005, the branch was the host for two art exhibitions.


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Pictures: Blood Moon seen around the world
Parts of the world saw a rare celestial event Tuesday when the Earth's shadow fell across the moon, turning it orange. The lunar eclipse unfolded over three hours beginning at about 1 a.m. CT, when the moon began moving into the Earth's shadow.
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Infiniti Q50 and Q70 Receive Highest Possible Government Safety Rating
Both the Q50 and the Q70 have been awarded a 5-Star overall safety rating by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the agency's New Car Assessment Program (NCAP)[*].
Infiniti Americas Vice President Michael Bartsch commented on the announcement, "We're pleased with NHTSA's recognition of Infiniti's efforts to develop some of the safest cars on the road. The Q50 offers elegant design, inspired performance and 'Five-Star' safety. In particular, the Q50 is also the platform for us to introduce a number of world's first safety technologies including Active Lane Control (ALC) and Predictive Forward Collision Warning (PFCW)."
The 5-Star Safety Ratings System is designed to provide consumers with information about the crash protection and rollover safety of new vehicles. Five stars is the highest possible rating. NHTSA is the only organization that rates rollover resistance.
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Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge: Muscular, Purposeful, Refined
Detroit / Hong Kong - The Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge, revealed at the 2014 NAIAS Detroit Motor Show, is a concept car that expresses Infiniti's design vision of a high-performance Q50 premium sports sedan.
The Q50 Eau Rouge embodies the arresting design features of the Q50 premium sports sedan - infused with the enticing spirit of Formula One.
Featuring bespoke aerodynamic carbon fiber bodywork, Q50 Eau Rouge is lower and wider, possessing genuine road presence. This striking design is inspired by muscularity, aerodynamics, refinement, and understated power.
"If we built this car I would expect it to feature over 500hp and 600lb/ft of torque. Through our various alliance partners we have access to a range of engines featuring this performance capability which, with a fair amount of engineering effort, can be developed to exhibit Infiniti character and accommodated within the Q50 engine bay. The engine we are evaluating for the Q50 Eau Rouge is a big personality, V-cylinder engine with forced induction. I think our engineers have been waiting for a project like this," said Johan de Nysschen, President of Infiniti Motor Company Limited.
Hints at powerful intent
The Q50 Eau Rouge was born out of competition at the very pinnacle of motorsport, mirroring components from the successful RB9 race car.
Almost every exterior panel is bespoke to the Q50 Eau Rouge, with only the front doors and the arch of the roof pillars retained as standard components.
Q50 Eau Rouge visibly hunkers down with menace and intent. New front and rear fenders extend the current Q50's already broad-shouldered stance by 20mm, while a larger deck lid spoiler creates air-pressure downforce. All of this dynamic width is wrapped in a tailored coat of customized red paint.
Framing the paintwork across the Q50 Eau Rouge's athletic physique is dark-chrome detailing to replace the chrome bright work of the production Q50, darkening the concept's demeanor dramatically.
Q50's signature double-arch front grille too takes the dark-chrome's matte finish, as do the glasshouse surrounds, door handles and deck lid accents. The curving hood is double air-vented as a further suggestion of the capability and purpose of the Q50 Eau Rouge.
"From our shared passion for performance with Infiniti Red Bull Racing grew a collective desire to produce an ambitious and powerful Infiniti Q50 design study. The overall design creates a feeling of refined muscularity," said Alfonso Albaisa, Infiniti's Executive Design Director.
The design has a number of distinctive Formula-One inspired touches. In particular, the sculpted front wing assembly and the rear aerodynamic packaging take their cues from the RB9 race car. The rear fog light packaging is unmistakably Formula One.
"The Q50 Eau Rouge is a combination of the seductive lines of the Q50 but with a fiercer design urge in keeping with a high-performance vehicle. The Q50 Eau Rouge is Infiniti to the power of four; like a bull with its shoulder muscles flexed, a bull in Infiniti clothing."
Part of the concept's exterior treatments include lightweight 21-inch forged alloy wheels which fill the wider arches.
Premium interior. Sporting inspiration
Further underlining the sporty character of the design study, the interior was designed to offer command and comfort.
Further precision control is afforded by a high-grip sports steering wheel and Formula One-style paddle-shifters.
Red-infused carbon fiber detailing to the doors and center console complement the exterior style, and dark-chrome again replaces silver-chrome in the red cockpit.
The breadth and depth of capability is self-evident; the Q50 Eau Rouge is a design concept that clearly indicates what Infiniti could achieve if it was to build a performance version of the Q50 sports sedan.
"Performance is a key ingredient of Infiniti vehicles such as the Q50 sports sedan. Our involvement in Formula One provides inspiration and excellence to our designers and engineers. Q50 Eau Rouge provides not only a glimpse of the design language, but also the performance capability of a future special series," de Nysschen added.
Read the complete release on InfinitiNews.com.


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Green Hill Center for NC Art celebrates North Carolina Artists with its annual exhibition, Winter Show, where collectors have the have the opportunity to view (and purchase) works of art from across the state in a single location. Join us for the opening on December 2nd, to meet some of the 106 exhibiting artists and view over 400 works. Cider and light refreshments will be served.
ArtQuest Guild Junior Docents Give Mini Tours
Visit the public opening of the Winter Show and get a mini-tour of our ArtQuest Guild members' favorite works! Enjoy a fresh perspective and thoughtful critique fromr some of the Guild members as they share information about select works in the exhibition.


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Rick Price lives right next to Churchill Downs. I mean right next door.
The Homeview Drive home sits on a street primarily owned by Churchill Downs, for now. Price intends to maintain ownership, particularly as he's about to reside (again, literally) right smack in the middle of this weekend's festivities.
"I moved in here 10 years ago thinking I was only going to be here a couple years," said Price. "Inside the house is comfortable and I've been entertaining a lot, especially at Derby."
When Price first bought the house behind the track, he kept busy traveling for his job in the hospitality industry. Wanting a place close to the airport, he found the two-story home in a neighborhood once filled with houses that sat only six feet apart.
Price said he's been approached by the corporation about selling his abode, but said he's waiting for the right offer.
Until then, Price is perfectly fine holding on to what has become a party house of sorts. Each year around the first Saturday in May, he entertains guests, often offering hors d'oeuvres and his signature Mint Julep to those going to and from the track.
When visitors first arrive at his door, they're greeted by an antique chest he's turned into a bar, which was purchased by Price for a quarter at an auction when he was just eight years old.
French pocket doors lead into his dining room, where numerous dinner parties have been held. There, the 2006 Kentucky Restaurateur of the Year and food service management professional, serves up tasty dishes, including his steamed asparagus with special raspberry vinaigrette sauce.
Also inside the dining room is an old buffet inherited from his mother. Sitting atop the antique cabinet are 11 Mint Julep cups collected each of the Derbys he and a group of friends experienced together since 1981.
"I had friends that would come in from Illinois every year and there were a total of six of us, so every year I would get all six of us a Mint Julep cup and … they've all got Derby, the year and their initials on it."
Though he's lived next door to the racetrack for quite some time, Price said he only heads to Churchill Downs four our five times a year, and rarely on Derby. He'd rather stay at home and treat his friends to food and good cheer, and he only reserves his prime parking spaces for guests.
"Other times of the season I may sell it, but normally on Derby I let all my friends come in and park here," he said. "I can sell (spaces for) 100 dollars easy during Derby or Oaks. $75 Oaks; $100 Derby, but I don't do it. … I'm the only house left. (Churchill Downs) wants me (to sell)," he said with a grin. "It's too much fun. My friends wouldn't let me."
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Choice Hotels Reduces Time to Market with Oracle WebCenter
By Michael Snow on Apr 16, 2014
Perhaps the biggest win at the enterprise level is standardizing on the Oracle platform. They have seen tremendous benefits by being standardized on a focused set of tools and applications. Their development, testing, administration, and database engineers now have greater flexibility and mobility throughout their enterprise. Since they all have the same relative skill set, they can flex on certain projects in order to get them to market quicker. No more Sys Admins having to learn the ins and outs of a particular system and its idiosyncrasies because everything is now a standard Oracle deployment.
To learn more about delivering the best digital experience today - join us for the Oracle WebCenter Digital Business Thought Leadership Series
This week:
Delivering Moments of Engagement Across the Enterprise
Five Steps for Mobilizing Digital Experiences
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$8,4952 Bedroom / Flex 3, 2.5 Baths
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One Year, Market Rate Lease
424 West End Avenue
Manhattan, NY 10024
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Manhattan, NY 10024
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Leasing Office
Apartment Features
- Recently Renovated
Building Features & Amenities
- Elevator
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- Fitness Center
- Residents Lounge
- Childrens Playroom
- Rooftop Deck
- Residents Garden
- On-site Garage
- On-site Parking Lot
- High-rise (26+ Floors)
- Post-war Apartment Building
- Built 1983
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Pet policy: Pets OK
West River House is one of the very few rental residences on sought-after West End Avenue, perfectly situated at 81st Street on Manhattan's renowned Upper West Side.
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To the editor:
Although my wife, Nancy, and I have moved from the area to Wilmington, N.C., 10 years ago, we still make it a point to access the Herald-Star to keep up with the news in the Ohio Valley.
We have read about the incident involving students from Steubenville High School and are heartbroken. First and foremost, our prayers go out to the young lady and her family.
The reason for this letter is to allow us to speak on behalf of one of the students' families. We lived next door to Brian and Linda Mays and their children in Bloomingdale. They were good parents, very involved in the lives of their children and were raising them to be kind and respectful children. We feel sick to think about what they must be going through.
We all have tried to raise our children with good morals and to respect one another. Please keep in mind when talking about this incident, that all of these families and their loved ones are suffering through this painful ordeal and can use your prayers more than your opinions and gossip.
Jack Campbell
Wilmington, N.C.


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Drainage Assistance Program
Financial assistance for drainage concerns
The City of Raleigh's Stormwater Management Division has a program to assist citizens and property owners with existing stormwater drainage concerns such as flooding and severe erosion. The Raleigh City Council has established a drainage assistance program to provide cost-sharing assistance for engineering design and construction of the improvements. The property owner(s) must be willing to provide the necessary easements to construct the improvements and share in the cost of the repairs.
Project Examples
Eligible projects include those involving:
- street and structural flooding
- severe erosion
- failing drainage infrastructure
- drainage contribution from a public street or other City property
Program Eligibility Requirements
1. Any landowner of subdivided and developed property, including residential, commercial or public entities, who pay the City's stormwater utility fee, is eligible to request drainage improvements.
2. The land must receive stormwater runoff from a public street or other City property.
3. Qualifying projects include those involving street and/or structural flooding, severe erosion, and clogged pipes due to inadequate or failing drainage infrastructure.
Cost Share Funding Options
|Share Options
|Property Owner
|Street Flooding AND
Structural Flooding
|Street Flooding AND
Clogged Pipes
|Structural Flooding
|Severe Erosion
|Clogged Pipes
|Provide Material Disposal
|Remainder of Costs
*Costs for each property owner are capped at $5,000
City funding contributions will be limited to the most cost efficient project solution.
Process for Requesting Drainage Assistance from the City
If you have a qualifying drainage problem affecting your property including flooding and/or severe erosion and would like to petition for the City's drainage assistance, please contact the Stormwater Management office at 919-996-3940 or via email.
Stormwater Management staff will contact you to arrange for a visit to your property to further evaluate the nature and scope of the drainage problem and to determine if your case would be eligible for the City's drainage assistance program.
If the drainage issue affecting your property such as flooding or severe erosion is determined to be eligible for drainage assistance, staff will prepare a proposal outlining the envisioned drainage improvement project and your estimated cost share along with the City's share.
Property owner financial contributions to improvements are capped at $5,000 regardless of the total costs of the qualifying drainage improvement project.
Subject to available funding, petitioner projects are then ranked and prioritized then presented to the City's Stormwater Management Advisory Commission (SMAC). The SMAC reviews projects twice each calendar year (once in the spring and once in the fall) and makes recommendations for City Council consideration. The City Council may approve, deny, hold for future consideration, or request additional information concerning the drainage petition request.
Approval and Next Steps
Upon approval by the City Council, drainage assistance projects next move into the design and regulatory permitting phase once a 10% deposit is made to the City by the petitioner. The design and permitting phase of projects typically requires from six to nine months unless there are unusual or very challenging project parameters. Once design and permitting are complete then projects move into the construction phase.
The property owner is required to keep in good repair and condition the improved drainage system or watercourse.
Contact Stormwater Management at 919-996-3940 or email us at RaleighStormwater.


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23 Clark Street & Soap Shoppe
Full line of cross-stitch supplies with hand-dyed threads. Also available are "affordable luxury soaps," lotions and beauty accessories made in Oregon, Illinois. In addition, Longaberger baskets, antiques and more are sold. Located in Conover Square Mall.
Abet Books and Games
New and discount books, and comics. The largest selection of board and card games around. Open: Sunday: Noon to 4 pm; Monday and Thursday: 11 am to 7 pm; Tuesday: Noon to 9 pm; Wednesday, Friday and Saturday: Noon to 8 pm
AJ's Lena Maid Meats
AJ's Lena Maid Meats is a complete meat processing company and retail sales outlet founded over 50 years ago. The high quality locally raised meats are cut the way you want with many specialty cured meats and sausge products as well as local cheeses, unique grocery items, gift boxes, party trays, custom and wild game processing and beef and pork sides and quarters.
Allens Menswear
For all your prom and wedding needs or just everyday wear visit this shop offering suits, casual clothing, accessories, tuxedo's and shoes. Open: Monday thru Friday: 10 am to 5 pm; Saturday: 10 am to 2 pm
Anne's Garden Center
This is a full service garden center with thousands of quality plants, trees, shrubs, and landscape supplies including retaining wall, paving stones, fertilizer, mulch and more. Their knowledgeable staff will assist with all landscaping inquiries.
Antiques at Hillwood Farms
Country and early New England furniture and accessories.
Athletic Memories
Athletic Memories specializes in the best in customizable sports memorabilia, gifts and promotional products for all types, team and individual athletes, fantasy sports fanatics or organized groups that want to standout. Our products include the best in Mini Helmets and Mini Sports Balls on the market today. Their goal is to provide you the best in quality, delivery, competitive pricing, and excellent service. Athletic Memories is about Customizing – it's about Personalizing. Let them help you preserve your moment in time. Located in "Little Wrigleyville" across from Little Cubs Field.
Baileyville Christmas Trees
Christmas trees - cut your own or pre-cut, wreaths, roping, decorations, ornaments, gifts, crafts and complimentary cider, coffee and cookies
Bargain Village
Shop in one location. The consignment shops offer quality merchandise including antiques, hard to find collectibles, tools, memorabilia, furniture, clothing and more. The Market offers items of value for your home and family, clothing, jewelry, gifts, food, electronics, crafts and more. Plus taste the treats at the food court which features Cimino's Little Italy. The kids can also enjoy a place to play while the family browses and shops the stores – bounce houses, mini-golf, games and fun.
This quaint shop offers a wide selection of antiques, collectibles, used furniture and appliances. Open: Monday thru Friday: 10 am - 2 pm; Saturday: 10 am 3 pm.
Bearly Used Children's Resale Store & More
Bearly Used offers a large selection of children's consignment shop. Clothing sizes from newborn to 14. Plus children's toys, maternity clothing, books, videos, baby equipment, furniture and more.
Black Diamond Music Studio & Sales
Shop features music equipment, guitars, violins, and drums, accessories, shirts, jewelry, music lessons for drum and guitar, vinyl and CD's plus a small and unique recording studio. Open: Monday thru Saturday: 10:30 am to 6 pm; or by appointment
Blackhawk Chocolate Trail
A delicious mixture of cocoa is found every which way along the Blackhawk Chocolate Trail in the four-county area of Northwest Illinois. Enjoy visiting candy stores, bed and breakfasts with special chocolate-themed packages, gift shops and old-fashioned soda fountains.
Book Stall of Rockford
Book Stall has 12,000 books on history, local history, military, cooking, art, antiques, poetry, fiction, technology, natural history, along with first editions, hard-to-find and antiquarian books. Find larger holdings in military, technology and religion. Book Stall also has a large booth in the East State Antique Mall.
Bunker Hill Dog Training, Grooming and Specialty Store
This specialty store offers dog and cat food, toys, collars, leads, carriers, coats, mugs, picture frames, shampoos, and training and grooming equipment. Also specialty breed purses, wallets, sweatshirts, and more. Grooming and training are also available.
CITY:German Valley
Butch's Antiques
American country antiques/primitives. Restoring of 18th and 19th century and new furniture. Refinishing, cabinet making, and fire and water damage restoration. Accepting Master Card and Visa. Open: Monday thru Friday: 8:30 am to 5 pm.
Cedarville Art Glass
Dan Edler, a nationally known artist, creates fine art glass and sculpture. Collectors have been acquiring his work for over 45 years. Visitors are welcome Monday thru Friday: 10 am - 4 pm, or by appointment for large groups.
Celia's Gifts, Antiques and Home Furnishings
Celia's -- a shop filled with gifts for the kitchen and home, with antiques, penny rugs, home furnishings and seasonal decor.
Cheese Market
This cheese shop features a wide variety of cheese, as well as local artisan cheese, sausages, Amish salsas and jams. Open: Sunday: 11 am - 4 pm; Monday thru Saturday: 9 am - 6 pm
Christmas on the North Side Craft Show
This 11th annual craft show over 25 crafters offering primatives, jewelery, basket weaving, loom weaving, quilted items, florals, wreaths, painting and more.
CITY:Pearl City
Christy's Treasures & Gifts
Gift shop offering soy candles, goat milk lotion, room sprays and home décor. Open: Thursday and Friday: 9 am to 5 pm; Saturday: 9 am to 3 pm; or by appointment
Conover Bakery
The very best breads, bagels, donuts, muffins, cinnamon rolls, scones, coffee cakes and cookies baked fresh each day. Soups and sandwiches also available.
Conover Square Mall
Old piano factory converted into small shopping mall.
Cook's Collection
A gourmet accessory shop full of gadgets and unusual gifts to improve everyone's kitchen. Specializing in Yankee Candles, Boyds Bears, baskets, Pat Richter creations, Salmon Falls pottery and homemade fudge.


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Part Two of Deepak Vohra's "JSF 2.0 for the Cloud" is now up on otn/java. In Part One, Vohra demonstrated how to take advantage of resource handling, @ManagedBean annotation, and implicit navigation. In Part Two, he explores new features in JSF 2.0 that make it ready for the cloud, including Ajax support, view parameters, preemptive navigation, event handling, and bookmarkable URLs.
Ajax support for JSF 2.0 components includes asynchronous transfer of data between a client and a server, along with partial page rendering, partial page processing, and grouping of components, and can be added using either f:ajax tag or the JSF Ajax library (jsf.js).
Regarding view parameters, Vohra explains, "JSF 2.0 added support for view parameters, which add the provision to send request parameters in a GET request. A view parameter is a UI component represented with the UIViewParameter class. Just like other UI components, it is saved in the UI component tree for a Facelets page and can be associated with validators and converters. A view parameter is an EditableValueHolder because it implements the interface."
Preemptive navigation allows developers to determine the resource file that they navigate to and request parameters, if needed, based on the navigation case and view parameters, thus allowing them to create a URL for JSF resources that they access from a GET request. As a result, the URL displayed shows the resource and all request parameters.
Developers should take note that plans are in the works to update Java EE 7 for "cloud-related practical considerations, such as multitenancy and elasticity, also known as horizontal scaling." This will be available through JSR 342, which is scheduled to complete an early draft review on May 23, 2012. Specification leads are Oracle's Bill Shannon and Linda DeMichiel.
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This is a banner year for commemorations of American history: 450th Anniversary of the First European settlement in North America at Charlesfort; the second year of the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War; and the 200th Anniversary of the War of 1812.
Fold3 [www.fold3.com], a database for historical military records, is offering free access to War of 1812 records until June 30th. Included are: War of 1812 Pension Files (always free) (with only 3% of the records scanned - 234,556 images thus far); War of 1812 Prize Cases for the Southern District, New York (12, 237 images) Letters Received by the Adjutant General, 1805-1821 (132,136 images) and War of 1812 Service Records (33,712 images).
You just might find your ancestor in one of the records. But, you won't know until you look!


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About Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome
In This Article:
Diagnosis and treatment
Who Gets It?
Not all twins are at risk for the condition. It only affects a percentage of monozygotic twins, those individuals resulting from one egg. Depending on when the egg splits and implants, monozygotic twins may develop individual placentas or share a single placenta. TTTS only occurs when there is a single, shared placenta.
The term monochorionic describes twins that are joined in a single chorion, the membrane that attaches to a single placenta. Only monochorionic twins are at risk for TTTS because they are the only type whose circulatory systems may connect through the placenta. Although there has been some speculation that two fused placentas could develop a circulatory connection susceptible to TTTS, researchers of the disease confirm that it is simply not feasible.
E Alert
TTTS only affects monozygotic twins. It occurs in about a third of monochorionic pregnancies, or less than 10 percent of all identical twins. If untreated, it has as much as an 80 percent fetal mortality rate.
How Is It Diagnosed?
One of the reasons that a multiple pregnancy is subjected to closer scrutiny is so TTTS can be detected. Doctors use ultrasound to assess the risk by determining the number of placentas. If there is just one, subsequent ultrasounds will follow the babies' growth and development, as well as the amount of amniotic fluid, to confirm that it remains equalized. If a discrepancy develops, further ultrasound testing may reveal the presence of too much or too little amniotic fluid around each baby, a sure sign that a shared circulatory connection is shunting blood between the babies.
What Can Be Done?
In past times, babies affected by TTTS were doomed. Without ultrasound technology to detect the disorder, it was likely that one or both of the babies would die in utero, or that they would be born too early to survive. Now, not only does sonography enable doctors to diagnose the condition, new treatments allow it to be cured.
Up until very recently, the primary treatment approach was to stave off preterm labor until the babies were viable and could be delivered. This was accomplished by draining the excess fluid surrounding the recipient twin. Amnioreduction, a procedure similar to amniocentesis, was performed at regular intervals to remove fluid from the recipient baby's amnionic sac. While it is generally effective in stabilizing the situation, it carries the same risks as amniocentesis, including infection and miscarriage. It also does not compensate for the damage occurring to the donor twin.
In the 1990s, Dr. Julian DeLia developed an amazing procedure that allows doctors to correct TTTS by using a laser to seal off the connections in the placenta. The procedure is performed while the babies are still in utero, using a fetoscope, a powerful telescope allowing a surgeon to see inside the womb through a tiny incision. A 2004 study confirmed that this procedure, fetoscopic laser coagulation, produces a better outcome for the babies.
Treatment for TTTS depends on how far along you are in your pregnancy, and to which stage the disease has progressed. Fetoscopic laser surgery is available in half a dozen facilities in the United States as well as other locations in Australia and Europe. As studies confirm its success in treating TTTS, it will become more widely available in the next few years.
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From The Everything Twins, Triplets, and More Book Copyright © 2005, F+W Publications, Inc. Used by permission of Adams Media, an F+W Publications Company. All rights reserved.
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I am reading Bjarne Stroustrup's Programming : Principles and Practice Using C++
In the drill section for Chapter 2 it talks about various ways to look at typing errors when compiling the
hello_world program
#include "std_lib_facilities.h"
int main() //C++ programs start by executing the function main
cout << "Hello, World!\n", // output "Hello, World!"
keep_window_open(); // wait for a character to be entered
return 0;
In particular this section asks:
Think of at least five more errors you might have made typing in your program (e.g. forget
keep_window_open(), leave the Caps Lock key on while typing a word, or type a comma instead of a semicolon) and try each to see what happens when you try to compile and run those versions.
For the
cout line, you can see that there is a comma instead of a semicolon.
This compiles and runs (for me). Is it making an assumption ( like in the javascript question: Why use semicolon? ) that the statement has been terminated ?
Because when I try for
keep_terminal_open(); the compiler informs me of the semicolon exclusion.


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8 Absurd Jokes That Predicted Real Life Events
Comedy can be a dangerous business. It's hard to make the world look ridiculous when it's always finding new ways to make itself look ridiculous.
For instance, back in August of 2009, Cracked.com columnist Cody Johnston posted an article about Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer (the "comedic" "minds" behind Epic Movie and Meet the Spartans) and created a fake trailer for Vampire Movie, citing it as a likely candidate for Seltzer and Friedberg's next film.
One year and 10 days later, Vampires Suck was released in cinemas.
We've got plenty more ideas where that came from, Hollywood.
So in a way, making comedy gives you the ability to predict the future. It's happened again and again:
#8. 30 Rock Predicts the KFC Double Down
In the first season of 30 Rock (which for the uninitiated, is a sitcom set behind-the-scenes of a SNL-style sketch show), Tracy Jordan is having money problems and is advised to come up with a product to put his name on and sell. He comes up with the ridiculous "Tracy Jordan Meat Machine."
30 Rock - The Meat Machine
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The Meat Machine is a dual-press grill that burns three pieces of meat together into a "food ball." Tracy sells this as an alternative to sandwiches, saying that you'll no longer have to "suffer through the bread part of your sandwich." It's classic Tracy: He's a character with ridiculous ideas and grotesquely indulgent appetites. This all-meat sandwich was the product of the writers trying to think of the saddest, most misguided form of excess that a man like Tracy could come up with. That was 2006.
There really is elegance in simplicity.
Somewhere, a man or woman working at the KFC headquarters saw that and thought, Hmmmm ...
Four years later, they would unveil the KFC Double Down: A cheese and bacon sandwich with two pieces of fried chicken instead of bread. Also, it looks like this:
Via Michael Saechang
That's right; it's actually quite a bit more deadly than what Tracy was suggesting. But the spirit is the same: You no longer have to suffer through the bread part of your sandwich. Hell, they basically borrowed that for their ad campaign:
"Meat is the new bread," indeed.
#7. Ricky Gervais Predicts Kate Winslet's Holocaust Movie Oscar
Extras was Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's next project after their success with The Office. In this HBO/BBC series, Gervais plays Andy Millman, a film extra who is desperately trying to get work as a serious actor. Each episode features a number of very well-known guest stars, whom Andy always manages to rub elbows with. Though from our understanding, this is not how the life of an extra works.
"Natalie Portman! Can you let me out of the extras pen so I can ask you a couple of questions?"
In a 2005 episode, Andy is in a Holocaust film starring Kate Winslet. As always, he gets a chance to talk with her, in hopes of getting a speaking role in the film. What follows is this scene:
Andy commends Kate Winslet for doing this film to keep awareness up about the Holocaust. However, he is shocked when Winslet replies that the only reason she is doing the film is because "if you do a film about the Holocaust, you're guaranteed an Oscar."
We'd like to pause here and note that Ricky Gervais may be the only person who can make a Nazi uniform look adorable.
Fast forward to 2008, and Kate Winslet has a leading role in The Reader, a Holocaust film. The film is well-received, but not overly so. Nevertheless, it is nominated for several Academy Awards, including Best Actress for Winslet. And we think you can guess how that turned out.
Here's a hint.
Which just goes to show that the Oscars are exactly as predictable as we all think they are.
#6. Chappelle's Show Predicts Trading Spouses
In 2003, the short-lived but much beloved Chappelle's Show featured this sketch as part of its first season:
The sketch, entitled "Trading Spouses," was a parody of the reality show Trading Spaces, wherein neighbors got to redecorate one room of the others' house. In the sketch, two husbands trade families for a month. They live with the family, raise the children and essentially control the entire household.
What could be wackier than this?!
It's a standard comedy formula: take one element of the real thing, and exaggerate it to ludicrous ends. But TV executives are continually looking at their current lineup and trying to do the exact same thing.
Thus, a year later, FOX created a show with that exact premise, and it was actually called Trading Spouses. The only difference from the "ridiculous" idea put forward by Chappelle was the amount of time spent with the other family, and the family member that went (wives instead of husbands). They should have known better than to try to mock reality TV. Hell, they were lucky to get a full year out of it before the real shows caught up.
Oh. Right. This.
#5. Saturday Night Live and The Onion Predict Ridiculous Razors
Saturday Night Live has been around for 36 freaking years now. When its very first episode aired back in October of 1975, it was considered cutting edge. Also, Gerald Ford was president and razor blades only had one blade.
Sorry folks, we've got another five years before Gerald Ford jokes are OK. Here's a razor.
One of the "fake commercial" sketches in that very first episode (the transcript of which is here) was for a ridiculous razor called the "Triple-Trac." Get it? It's a razor with three blades! Ha! What an absurdly surreal idea!
You have to understand that dual-bladed razors were new to the scene at the time, and considered a ridiculous gimmick. So they were just going with the laughable logical extension of that "more blades = better somehow" idea. Of course, if you have bought a razor recently, you know it's hard to find one with just three blades. It was actually 23 years later, in 1998 when the Gillette razor company introduced the MACH3: a three-bladed razor.
Hundreds died in the testing phase alone.
Then in 2004, the Onion ran a story with the headline "Fuck Everything, We're Doing Five Blades," a supposed commentary by the clearly crazy CEO of Gillette.
The real-life version, who we're hoping is equally insane, said, "Good idea!" and the five-bladed razor appeared 18 months later.
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The Manhattan High School senior received a perfect score on both the ACT and SAT.
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In 2011, only 705 out of 1,623,112 students got a perfect score on the ACT.
As for the SAT, the College Board has reported that roughly 1 in every 5,000 students who take the test get a perfect score.
On top of that, Austin was one of 5 people in the world to get a perfect score on his AP Biology test last year.
Her says his ACT score was not that surprising. He took the standardized test the year before and scored a 35. He studied for a few weeks and took the test again this past June, landing a perfect 36.
Canady said he wasn't necessarily going for a 100% on the SATs. He had very little time to study for them with his other school work and was only taking the test because it was required for him to become a National Merit finalist. He managed to come away with a perfect 2400.
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I know how an integrating factor which is essentially a continuous "reweighting" of the vector field can make the required the field "exact" algebraically. What I want to get a feel for is "What is happening geometrically?". How is a vector field which is wandering around and many times trying to form closed loops and does not "layer" transformed geometrically into a vector field which is inwardly or outwardly directed by the "layered" set of level surfaces when before there were no natural surfaces to assign to the vector field?


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e.g. is $\widehat{\mathbf{SET}}$ locally small?
No, not in general. Todd gave a useful general answer and here is a concrete counter-example.
Let $\mathbf{C}$ be a category whose objects are sets and where the only morphisms are the identities. Consider the functors $F, G : \mathbf{C} \to \mathbf{Set}$ given by $F(X) = 1 = \lbrace 0 \rbrace$ and $G(X) = 2 = \lbrace 0,1\rbrace$. Because $\mathbf{C}$ is discrete, every family of maps $(\eta_X : F(X) \to G(X))_{X \in \mathbf{C}}$ is natural. Therefore, natural transformations $F \to G$ are in bijective correspondence with classes:
Thus the presheaf category $\widehat{\mathbf{C}}$ is not locally small (note that $\mathbf{C}^{op} = \mathbf{C}$).
I cannot think at the moment of concrete presheaves $F$ and $G$ on $\mathbf{Set}$ for which the natural transformations $F \to G$ form a proper class. Someone please help.
There's a theorem due to Freyd and Street that says that if $C$ is locally small and the presheaf category $Set^{C^{op}}$ is locally small, then $C$ is equivalent to a small category. See this paper.


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So, when do you all think it's too old for a child to go trick or treating? I'm just trying to figure out when that age would be.
I use Hallowe'en as a way to encourage artistic expression in my children. As they grow older, I continue to encourage them to dress-up and I model this by accompanying them in costume. However, as they grow older, the focus changes from them being the ones asking for candy to them creating more elaborate costumes and being chaperones for the little ones who do the asking, and if the resident is generous with them too, bonus!
The older the children are, the more effort I expect in their costumes. How often do you see works of art paraded to your door? Teenagers who present themselves as skateboarders are asked to do tricks or are turned away with the suggestion that they try harder next year. Other times, because teenagers are often the ones who knock later, my kids get to answer the door and see the kinds of costumes and transformational make-up masterpieces to which they can aspire. I do not have a problem trading candy to see that! Some kids don't even ask for anything, they just do their magic tricks or read their poems and wish us a happy Hallowe'en.
So, to answer your question, I think a person should stop going trick or treating when they no longer put age-appropriate effort into their costumes or when they aren't prepared to give something valuable in exchange for their treats.
I think that a child will make it clear that they would rather go to a Halloween party than to trick or treating. Having seen engineers and artists, and artistic engineers, creating some fantastic costumes, I don't think that there's an upper age limit on Halloween - even the dead and undead can be found at such parties.
Simply put, I think your child will let you know when they don't want to do the same thing and want to do something different, such as a party, a haunted maze, or some other activity.
At some point, you might find it interesting to introduce them to something quite different, such as Dia de los Muertos or a Halloween-inspired organ performance.
I have a nice simple rule of thumb: If they're old enough to do it by themselves (i.e. without an adult accompanying them) then they're too old.
I find myself far less concerned with the older kids trick-or-treating than the parent with an infant who clearly should not be having candy coming to the door to get their candy.
I think a long as there is effort in dressing up and their are respectful, there is no problem with older kids going out. I do expect a thank you though and call kids out on it if they fail to say thank you!
My view is they are too old, when they decide they are.
We get a wide range of kids, although we don't give candy away - neither my wife and I really like to encourage that sort of thing, more importantly we get a small amount of treaters due to the location of our street. Buying candy means we'd eat most of it after, so we give away small decks of playing cards, or small containers of Play-Doh. When I took my son out we saw quite a few teens out dressed up, some were imaginative and other's just had on head bands with springy things on top.
Personally I'd rather have nGinius' neighbors, but we get a few well decorated houses (mine is slowly getting there) and often the kids and parents dress up similarly so it's like a roving party.


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Is there an official Christian statement for or against the use of AD & BC vs CE & BCE when it comes to the identification of the time before and after the birth of Christ? What is the preferred Christian method of indicating dates?
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It's a direct logical progression of a post-modern agnostic/atheistic (mis-)interpretation of the ideal of separation of Church and State, which thinking is, for example, twisting the US constitution from
to it's "modern" interpretation of:
In short, to be "politically correct" (social politics, not governmental), we can't be seen to endorse any religious belief in any way shape or form.
However, regardless of what label they use, the calendar is still divided with Christ's historical appearance being the center of if. While I find it a little grating, I personally don't think it's going to make much difference.
Simply - you participate in a bigger population, many of whom do not accept Christ (or do so as a historical figure only). Nothing more, nothing less. I don't see it as sacrilege, but personally I also don't have an opinion on the change. I'm not a believer, but AD vs CE is of little significance to me. In reality, it is exceptionally rare that I refer to things outside the last few centuries, so I rarely use any suffix.
(This came up on English.SE, so part of my answer is a repost from there)
While I can't speak for all faiths, the Roman Catholic Church uses AD/BC because the epoch for the AD era is universally accepted within the Church (that is, there is no set of Catholics who hold that AD doesn't mean anything or is offensive), despite the issue of A.D. not being the year of Jesus's birth. All dates from official Roman Catholic publications use A.D./B.C.
As such, the usage of the A.D. epoch is similar to the usage of the Hebrew calendar for religious purposes in Judaism, or the use of the Hijra as the epoch for the Islamic calendar.
But while A.D. is generally used for Roman Catholics, it's not universally used with all Christian denominations, and what it signifies isn't exactly the same. For example, while A.D. 1 denotes the Christian epoch, different faiths use different calendars based on that epoch: Roman Catholics and most Protestants use the Gregorian calendar, but Eastern Orthodox churches use the Julian calendar to calculate holy days.
So 1/1/1 for Roman Catholics isn't exactly the same day as 1/1/1 for the Eastern Orthodox Churches. One side effect of this is that Easter for Roman Catholics (and most Protestants) generally falls a week before Easter for the Eastern Orthodox Churches.
Another example of differing epochs comes from the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, which uses CE/BCE in its news publications (PDF style guide).
Going beyond who uses what, there are a few practical reasons CE/BCE is preferred in mixed company that don't have anything to do with political correctness or atheism:
A.D. 1 was first calculated in the first millenium based on available knowledge at the time. Later on, it was found Jesus likely wasn't born that year, but a few years earlier (i.e., in the somewhat ironic 3–4 B.C. area). Marking it as the "Christian Era" (or more commonly, the "Common Era") allows the same epoch to be used even though the best calculation for Jesus's birth has changed.
Globalization and Ecumenism
While Christians make up a very large chunk of the world's population, they are no where near the majority. Most organizations and political entities, for the sake of convenience, have adopted the Western calendar, but "Anno Domini"/"Before Christ" are meaningless terms. Replacing it with "Common Era"/"Before Common Era" reinforces the notion of a global, common epoch starting at the height of the Roman Empire.
However, some have co-opted CE to mean "Christian Era" instead of "Common Era". Even with this usage, it's still clear what epoch is being referred to (i.e. the Western one) without having to have some special knowledge about what "anno domini" means or who Christ is.
Calendar confusion
To the point above about the Eastern Orthodox Churches, Wikipedia also mentions an issue with the Julian Calendar and the Gregorian Calendar historically both using AD/BC, leading to some confusion as to which calendar system is being referred to:
Switching to CE/BCE makes it clear the Gregorian calendar is being used.
All of this isn't particularly important from a general perspective, though: it's more important to use the version most likely be understood by the audience who hears it. For most Christians (and indeed most English-speaking people), A.D. is widely synonymous with CE. At the same time, most people understand what CE means.
Since the actual date of Jesus' birth is in considerable dispute (I think 4 BCE is a commonly accepted date, but by no means certain), this terminology is more accurate. They're just labels for convinence: it doesn't really matter what event they're pinned on. The division of the calendar in this fashion was certainly derived from religious belief, but in common use nowadays the year number is fundamentally secular.
@Sotfware Monkey's contention that it has something to do with the separation of church and state strikes me as very odd. He's presented absoultely no evidence to back up this (to my mind) absurd claim.
I personally rather like AD/BC (and am careful to always write AD before the year number, not after), but that's just because my written English usage is conservative, even old fashioned. I'd say that this is merely matter of personal preference in writing style. It's not, really, a big deal.
I believe the BCE is more to do with accurate representation of times.
What if (God forbid, literally) that Christianity was wiped out on Earth?
Then AD/BC wouldn't have the same meaning to people, but BCE/CE still maintains its understanding.
What if we started using the Islamic calendar?
It probably greatly offended Jews when people started using AD/BC instead of the Jewish year.
I believe the AD term is the one that primarily prompted the division. AD stands for Anno Domini, which is medieval latin for "In the Year of Our Lord". That's pretty clearly exclusive to those who believe that Jesus Christ is the son of G-d. Therefore, its widespread use ignores the beliefs of every non-Christian religion, as well as atheists and agnostics.
Use of BCE/CE is strictly a courtesy, out of respect for those whose beliefs differ from yours, and nothing more. There is no disrespect, sacrilege, or attempt to censor the government intended.
Everything currently being published by the Catholic Church from Encyclicals to Baptism Certificates to University Diplomas has had in clear language "Anno Domini" and will do so forever.
The reason is clear, "the church will not perish from the earth", "the gates of Hell will not prevail against it" we shouldn't "conform ourselves to this age" but remember that Jesus is with us in Spirit and Truth "even to the end of an age".


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Ortmeyer, 34, has logged 345 NHL games between four teams in his nine year professional career, tallying 22 goals and 31 assists. The winger donned the Silver and Black for 20 games during the 2010-11 campaign and recorded three points (two goals, one assist) with the Rampage. Last year, Ortmeyer split time between the Minnesota Wild and the Houston Aeros. For the Wild, Ortmeyer played in 35 games and recorded a goal and an assist. The 6-foot-1, 205-pound winger tallied eight goals and 10 assists in 34 games for the Aeros last year. Ortmeyer played two games with the Missouri Mavericks of the Central Hockey League before signing with the Rampage.
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