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15 Sep 2009 10:31 PM #1
[Solved] Closing Popup Ext.Window from within IFRAME html button
I am having trouble figuring out how to close an Popup Ex.Window from within a page nested in a ManagedIFrame using a standard html button event.
Have basic level knowledge with Java but slowly learning along with Ext so just need someone to finger point in a direction. My app has a mixture of Ext, ASS Classic and standard HTML.
Am opening the popup via image link (see code below) which loads the Ext.Window and page url into the ManagedIFrame as specified by winURL. This all works fine.
I would now like to close this window via an event on the Cancel button. I have tried various methods most resulting in "win is not define" etc.. which I understand as it can't be seen I'm guessing. I'm not sure where to go next.
function showEditWindow(winTitle,winWidth,winHeight,winURL) { var win = new Ext.Window({ title: winTitle, width: winWidth, height: winHeight, modal: 'true', layout: 'fit' , items: [new Ext.ux.ManagedIFrame.Panel( { defaultSrc:winURL, loadMask: false } )] }); win.show(); return win; };
16 Sep 2009 12:54 AM #2
@PlanetTechman -- You would generally access the global namespace of the parent page via:
window.top or window.parent
Give your Ext Container (the Ext.Window) an ID so it can be found, making this possible:
button.onclick = function(e){ var win = window.parent.Ext.getCmp('MIFWin'); if(win)win[win.closeAction](); }"be dom-ready..."
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16 Sep 2009 11:56 AM #3
[SOLVED] Closing Popup Ext.Window from within IFRAME html button
Works perfectly. All makes sense when I see it like that.
Thank you Doug
28 Feb 2011 3:54 PM #4
Many thanks
I have spent at least two days trying to find a way to close my popup window from a bbar CANCEL button. I did try many suggested options like findParentByType, Ext.getCmp('myWindow').close(), this.ownerCt.ownerCt.ownerCt.ownerCt.close(), ... Nothing seem to be working until I found this thread.
This forun is so usefull and your contibution is helpful and greatly appreciated.
Many thanks to all of you.
Please continue your great works
19 Feb 2013 10:00 PM #5
That's cool and is what I'm looking for. I believe this will open the door between extjs and other framework like jQuery or even plain javascript.
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20 Feb 2013 1:40 AM #6
Is it possible for the parent to access the components in the child? Say setting focus. Thanks.
20 Feb 2013 2:17 AM #7
var ifrm = document.getElementById('signInIframe'); ifrm = (ifrm.contentWindow) ? ifrm.contentWindow : (ifrm.contentDocument.document) ? ifrm.contentDocument.document : ifrm.contentDocument; var focusables = ifrm.Ext.ComponentQuery.query('textfield:focusable'); if(focusables!==null&&focusables.length>0){ focusables[0].focus(false, 200); }


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Tornados, floods and other natural disasters, as well as human-caused catastrophes, can be extremely frightening and stressful to children. Many children experience a normal stress reaction for several days to even a few weeks following a disaster, especially one that has directly impacted them. Such normal reactions may include, but are not limited to, shock, anger, fear, confusion and irritability.
The good news is that most children are quite resilient in the long-term to this type of stress - if they are able to receive effective support and assistance from their parents and other caregivers in the aftermath of the disaster. In other words, it is important to understand that the manner in which parents and other adults interact with children during and following such crises can determine, to a large extent, how effectively the children will cope with the disaster in the long-term.
Below are specific recommendations for parents and other caregivers regarding ways they can help children cope more effectively with disasters. By following these recommendations, the potential for long-term psychological problems related to the disaster may be minimized for children.
React in a matter-of-fact way. This is perhaps the single most important recommendation. Children will look to their parents and other adults for clues on how they should react to a disaster or crisis. If they see a lot of drama and fear, they will become frightened and confused. Parents and other caregivers who act calmly and avoid over-reacting during and following a disaster send a strong message of security to their children.
Explain simply and directly. Provide an explanation of the disaster as simply and directly as possible. Try to remain as calm as possible. Older children and adolescents may benefit from a more detailed explanation than younger children. Be honest - don't lie. However, you don't need to tell your child all the gory details of pain and personal tragedy that sometimes accompany a disaster. Explain the details at a level that you think your child can process and understand.
Encourage and anticipate questions. Your children will likely have many questions that they would like to ask. Encourage them to ask you questions. Try to anticipate their questions so you can think ahead about how you might respond to questions such as: Why did this happen? Will it happen again?
Listen to your children. Encourage but don't force your children to talk about the disaster. Let them talk about what they have heard from others' conversations or the media. Correct any inaccuracies they might have heard. Explain that following disasters there are often many rumors or stories that turn out not to be true. Encourage your children to ask questions and describe what they are feeling. Acknowledge their feelings in a non-judgmental manner.
Offer reassurance. Following a disaster the issue of greatest concern to most children is their own safety and the safety of their family. Provide frequent reassurance to your children. Let them know their safety is your primary concern and you will take care of them. Stress the reasons why your child should feel safe (for example, that they do not live near the location of the disaster). Tell them about all that is being done to protect them and their family.
Be optimistic. Try to create a sense of optimism about the future. Help your children see that the future will be brighter. Spirituality, however a family defines it, can be a great source of strength and hope. This is a perfect time to discuss family values and belief systems.
Restrict access to television and other media. Watching terrifying visual images of disasters can overwhelm children. Repeated exposure to media coverage of disasters has been shown to increase children's anxiety. Make sure you limit what your children watch and listen to through the media. When older children watch news coverage, try to watch with them so you can discuss what was viewed.
Maintain normalcy as much as possible. Try to maintain normal daily routines and schedules (for example, mealtimes and bedtimes) as much as possible following a disaster. When disasters interrupt children's routines and schedules, they tend to become more anxious. It is also important to continue providing discipline to your children.
Encourage good deeds. Encourage older children and adolescents to do volunteer work in the community or help in other ways. Helping others following a disaster can provide children with a sense of control and help them overcome a sense of powerlessness.
Seek professional assistance, if needed. If your child shows highly significant or long-lasting problems (for example, ongoing anxiety, depression, persistent fears, excessive clinginess, excessive anger, decline in schoolwork, ongoing sleep and/or eating problems, withdrawal from family and friends) as a result of the disaster, you should contact your child's health care provider for assistance or referral.
Living in the heart of tornado alley, Arkansas families are often faced with severe weather situations that may frighten children. It's important to think about how to address these circumstances. We turned to chief meteorologist Ed Buckner, who guides viewers through severe weather each season on Today's THV. Buckner, who has teenage daughters, chatted with Parenting in Arkansas about how his family has coped with tornado season and shared some tips for talking to kids.
PIA: Should parents talk with their kids about severe weather?
EB: I think parents should only talk to their kids about severe weather if they recognize a problem or fear from the child. In some cases, not drawing attention to storms is a good policy, but if any child asks or is fearful then it should be addressed.
PIA: What's appropriate to say to a child about severe weather?
EB: It depends on the child's age as to what is appropriate. It's hard for very young children to understand severe weather in a logical way. I tell very small children things like, "Lightning and thunder are Mother Nature's way of
PIA: When severe weather does occur, do you have any guidelines on instructing kids about steps to take - especially for older kids who might be home alone without adults?
EB: The same safety rules apply for all. It's important that kids young and old know where to go when severe weather threatens. If they are going to be home alone, they need to know where their safe place is.
PIA: When is the right time to discuss these things? Before severe weather strikes? Or is the severe weather itself a good "teaching moment"?
EB: During severe weather, or when questions are asked, is the best time to discuss it. It's more immediate this way.
PIA: How have you addressed severe weather with your kids?
EB: My kids have always had a good understanding of severe weather. They've heard about it from me all the time for 15 and 18 years!
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I am undergoing a year's worth of Herceptin infusions. My question has to do with a possible side-effect, though none of my doctors seem to be able to help. When I get hot (typically outside in the heat), I get a stinging and prickly feeling that starts at various sites on my body. When I cool off, the sensation goes away. There is no rash and I have no other symptoms that I can discern. I did not have this before I started this journey. It just seems too coincidental that this came on after the chemo, radiation, surgery and Herceptin for it not to be a side effect of one or more of the treatments. Can you tell me if others have mentioned this?
This hypersensitivity prompted by Herceptin continues for the three weeks between infusions. What can I do in between infusions?
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The skin reaction you have described is probably a mild hypersensitivity reaction to Herceptin. Your doctor may wish to give you antihistamines prior to your herceptin infusions to try to alleviate this. This reaction is quite uncommon, but will probably persist until you are done. Sorry to say this, but please remember that you will suffer no long-term harm.
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Michael Sam's historic, nonchalant coming out
Sociologists and pollsters in the United States have noted that attitudes toward homosexuality have changed more rapidly than on any other major topic in the history of social science. The chart of overall change in the populace is stunning enough, and the generational change is even more dramatic (see below). But now, when I teach on this topic, I won't bother using charts anymore. I'm just going to show a photograph of Michael Sam.
In case you missed it on Sunday, a college football player came out as gay. Michael Sam is a defensive lineman at the University of Missouri. He's from the Southeastern Conference, which is both the best one and also at the heart of the Bible Belt. His team was highly ranked. Oh, and he was the SEC defensive player of the year. He will, by all accounts, be drafted into the NFL, where he will begin his career as the first openly gay player.
And yet the story behind the story is even more indicative of social change: the bigger story is that, when he told his teammates last year, absolutely nothing happened. Some already knew, some expressed relief. Under their shoulder pads, the team's response was a big shrug.
He had already confided in a few close friends, Sam recalled, and had dated a fellow athlete who was not a football player -- so while coming out to his Mizzou teammates last year was a key moment, it came almost as an afterthought, during preseason training camp.
"Coaches just wanted to know a little about ourselves, our majors, where we're from, and something that no one knows about you," Sam said. "And I used that opportunity just to tell them that I was gay. And their reaction was like, 'Michael Sam finally told us.' "
Asked what that moment felt like, Sam said, "I was kind of scared, even though they already knew. Just to see their reaction was awesome. They supported me from Day One. I couldn't have better teammates. ... I'm telling you what: I wouldn't have the strength to do this today if I didn't know how much support they'd given me this past semester."
He did not ask them to keep his revelation a secret.
What happened next? They went on to a banner season and victory in the Cotton Bowl. There continued to be no story from the locker room, and in a way, that's the story. "An openly gay player at Missouri turned out to be a bonfire in want of a spark. His teammates nodded, and they moved on. There really was nothing to see here," writes college football analyst Ivan Maisel.
Forty years ago, the same university denied recognition to a student group that proposed to be a forum about homosexuality. Today it's ready to send a gay football star to the NFL.
So we don't need anymore polls or charts. The story—and the non-story—of Michael Sam says it all.
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It's a reason to rejoice, particularly that his team was so supportive.
Jon Stewart showed a clip of New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma saying he wouldn't want a gay teammate looking at him in the shower. Now it appears Vilma is retracting / backpedaling.
This is indeed amazing, though I am a bit surprised it is as low as this poll shows among Boomers and GenX. The I've seen it higher in other polls, though I know enough about polling to know that at times the question can drive the answer. At the end of the day, though, the Church's position on this is a losing one. And by continuing to hold tight to it, it almost guarantees that it will lose a generation. As my daughter corrected me when I said something about gay marriage, mellenials just call it marriage. That a football player can come out and nobody really cares...well we'll see for sure come draft day, but my guess is nobody will care.
I was deeply moved by the many posistive statements issued by athletes in response to this.
["Nonchalant coming out"] ??? Really? From Michael Sam's point of view, even with all the support from family and friends, this announcement to the world is anything but nonchalant.
It is a great moment in time, perhaps a historic landmark. A lot will depend if the homophobic and self-loathing NFL can transcend their prejudices and bigotry and have a Jackie Robinson moment. We'll see.
The real triumphant will come when all the gay men who are presently playing major professional sports start coming out of the closet. It's way passed time.
Let's see if Michael Sam's courage can shake some thunder from the sky - to borrow a phrase from that testosterone-obsessed football factory that plays under the watchful golden gaze of Notre Dame.
BTW: Notice the gaping differences between the way Michael Sam has courageously embraced his personal truth and the fumbling, embarrassed pageant we witnessed last year from Manti Te'o and ND!
The thing is, Jim Jenkins, what he did took courage, then again it didn't take courage. Being the first anything is always difficult. You don't know what the reaction will be. On the other hand, 70 % of the people in your age cohort, and even those a fair bit older than you find homosexuality to be "no big deal." My guess is if 70% support gay mariage, even more are fine with homosexuality in general. A smallnumber might for religious or other reasons oppose the marriage part. And while support for gay marriage is far from universal in Missouri, where it is was at 37% in 2012, it has made major gains over the past decade. In 2004 when the State's constitutional Amendment was approved defining marriage as between a man and a woman, it has increased by 10 percent to 37% in favor. Just this past November, the Governor came out in support. Even in Missouri, in 2012 polls, there was support among those under 40 for marriage equality, and even in Missouri, opponents made up than a majority (46.17%).
It's interesting to see that support for same sex marriage seen as a proxy for support for being openly gay. I don't doubt there is a strong correlation. But can one oppose the first and support the other?
Hmm. Why haven't the Xers changed at all? I can't help but wonder if this is true. And why have the Silents changed proportionately more than the Boomers? Is that possible?
There is a largely unsupportable arrogance on the part of way too many heterosexual males that says that most if not all gay males …. and heterosexual females …. find them to be unavoidable lust objects.
Frank Bruni debases that nonsensical attitude quite in the Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/opinion/bruni-panic-in-the-locker-room.html?hp&rref=opinion&_r=0
Ann Oliver,
I wonder if a lot of it is a function of changing demographics rather than changing opinions. The two generations with the largest shifts are the two with the most dramatic shifts in median birth year. Millenials are adding people who were born more recently and therefore more likely to support gay marriage while the silent generation is losing people disproportionately born earlier and there less likely to support gay marriage.
Ryan: don't you also think that a sea-change in adherence to "religious orthodoxy" in the younger generations also has something to do with their attitudes toward homosexuality in general and marriage equality in particular?
The percentage of "nones" in the under 30 crowd is increasing dramatically. "One-fifth of the U.S. public – and a third of adults under 30 – are religiously unaffiliated today, the highest percentages ever in Pew Research Center polling." (http://www.pewforum.org/2012/10/09/nones-on-the-rise/)
Jim McCrea,
Certainly. 90% of young non-Christians and 80% of young Christians see Christianity as "anti-homosexual." Combining this with 70% of young people supporting same-sex marriage creates a lot of tension. Some will interpret the Gospel in a different way from older generations, but others will decide that a Gospel that creates the Christianity that we have isn't useful.
Jim Pauwels,
There are certainly people on the Far Left who support people being openly gay but oppose gay marriage because they oppose marriage in general. However, I'm not sure if someone who supports marriage could oppose it for gays and lesbians while truly supporting them in a broader sense. Advocating celibacy assumes that to be gay is to have a calling to celibacy. Supporting relationships with no legal recognition creates massive hardships and contradicts supporting marriage for heterosexuals. Supporting civil unions acknowledges the need for legal protections while labeling their relationships as inferior.
Ryan ==
Yes, that would explain the Silents.
Given how different the Boomers are from the Silents, I would also have expected the Boomers to be more liberal. Or are they reverting to conservatism in their old age? Didn't Carl Sandburg say "I never was a liberal when I was young because I didn't want to be a conservative in my old age".
Some might argue that there are much worse sins than being a gay football player in the SEC.
Certainly gay people have the same right as heterosexual people to the opportunity to become rich and brain damaged. And I guess Iran, as a sovereign country, has the right to build a nuclear reactor and get their Chernobyl/Fukushima lottery ticket.
I come to the discussion of Michael Sam's coming out as a gay footballer a bit late. I think it is an indication of the readership of Commonweal that the commentary has, on the whole, been fairly "ho-hum". But some commentators have edged close to what I think is at the heart (or ought to be) of discussion of homosexuality. That is, it is perfectly natural for some men and women, boys and girls, to have a same-sex attraction. It is part of who and what they are. They are a minority but they are just as much rational human beings as the rest of us who have an opposite-sex attraction. Their being naturally homosexual de-facto challenges the catholic church's teaching on sexual morality, which is based on Augustinian and Thomistic teachings on the nature of man and society. Despite Gaudium et Spes conceding that the natural law subsists under the flux of ideas and customs that characterises the history of mankind, and indeed supports the evolution of new insights into what it means to be human, there is iteration that the natural law is immutable. It seems to me church's pre-occupation with legality, even the legality of the natural law, blinds it to the priority its founder, Jesus Christ, placed on love and compassion.


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The rain had been falling for several days, and even the farmers were growling. The Inn was quiet, except for the idle picking of the old bard in the corner. The old man had come to the town with the rain, and had spent the days dry, and well fed, thanks to his ready stories.
The door opened, and a young man came in. He leaned heavily on a crutch, his right leg twisted from an old injury. As he came into the light the Innkeeper saw him. "Get out of here, you bastard!" He shouted.
The young man looked up. His face showed that this wasn't the first time he had been so insulted. He stiffened, and turned to go.
"No." The bard said. He flashed a coin. "He is welcome here at my table."
"We don't allow soldiers in here." One of the men complained. "All they do is live off us when they fight." He pointed at the boy, "or live off us when they can't work."
The bard stood, and his bones could be heard popping. "If any are barred, I have no place here."
It was as if he'd threatened to take away all of the holidays and none of the labor. Everyone agreed that just this once, the boy would be allowed in the inn. It quieted down again, the young man eating of the communal stew, and drinking beer along with the old man.
After a while, pipes glowing in the murky light, someone called for a story. The bard looked to the young lad, then stood. "There is a story that has not been told in my life. Perhaps I never found an audience worthy of it." He looked at the expectant faces. "But today it will be told. It is a true story, and happened to me as a child."
When I was young, I dreamed. I was cursed with a good imagination, and almost no muscle. The one thing I wanted to be was a blacksmith. I enjoyed watching the magic of taking a lump of rock, and making tools from it.
The village I lived in was small. Only about a hundred people when you counted the farmers, the drovers, the shopkeepers innkeeper and his family.
And the Blacksmith. Shannon was his family name. He came as a man that was already old from life, and grew no older in my sight all the days I knew him. He let me watch as he forged a plow blade, or a horse shoe. I was too small to help with the bellows, but he made a metal piece that weighed a third of what I did at the time. When you think about it, you can lift a third of your weight with your legs easily. I would stand below the handle of the bellows, the handle on my shoulder, and merely squat and stand. If I
heard stories, or watched him work in return I was willing to do this for hours.
My father was a man of the soil, a farmer. He was set in his ways as firm as a foundation stone, and nothing could move him when he made up his mind. As a child, he told me there were three kinds of people in the world. Us, Them, and Those Damn Soldiers. He said it as if it were a country, or one word. It was always Thosedamnsoldiers. He could curse Them for hours on end, but it wasn't half of what he said about Those Damn Soldiers. "What do they do?" He would ask. "Do they break the ground and plant? Do they help with the weeding and watering? Do they even help with the harvest? No! But just be a bushel short when they come down from the Castle, and see what happens to you!"
One day. I was helping Shannon forge a new hoe blade. I was watching the street, when a man in fine clothes upon a fine horse rode in, and spoke for a time with the headman of our village. As he rode out, I did what any child might do. I repeated my father's words as if they were my own. "Just another Damn Soldier."
An instant later, I was hanging from that massive arm, and Shannon looked at me with fury. I had seen him angry only once before, when a nobleman had called him names because the metalwork for his saddle weren't done quick enough. At that moment, I wished I were anywhere else, instead of having all that anger focused on me,
"What did you call the Sheriff?" he asked in a dangerous tone.
I was terrified, and my explanation was stuttered, and stilted. But as I reached the end, the anger was gone, and he set me down with a sigh.
"As the twig is bent." He sighed. He pointed at the bellow handle, and I began pumping. He beat on the metal, then thrust it into the fire. "That was the Sheriff, a noble and honorable man. Gave me that sword there long ago, when he was but a lad, and his father was Justice of the Peace. He waved toward the door, where a sheathed blade lay in years of dust and cobwebs.
"Sometimes it is as your father might say. Gold can buy you men, but it cannot buy you honor. You see, there are other types in the world, even of soldiers. There are the money soldiers, a number of which would run as long as they have their pay in their pockets. There's the kind you don't want at your back, because if the enemy doesn't kill you, they will. You have the ones that think a blade makes them a man. You have those that have to do it, for whatever reason, itching to get back to their homes. You even have those that fight so that others will look up at him with awe, or because they like to kill. But among all of this slag and dross, you also have the warrior." He pulled the metal out, and began beating on it. Then he thrust it back into the coals
"A warrior is a soldier, aye. But he's a lion among the cats, the diamond among the stones on the ground. He is as rare as pearls, and to be prized among all men, because he fights not for money, or for glory, or even because he likes it. He doesn't disdain glory, or money. But he fights even without those things when it is necessary." He began beating the metal. I was watching, and for a moment, I wondered if he had been commissioned to make a fighting knife for one of the Nobles, because the metal lengthened beneath his hammer.
"When necessary, a Warrior will fight for those that need protecting, for those that cannot fight for themselves. A true warrior will give up his life, his happiness, even his hopes of redemption to save others. It is a hard life, and usually a short one. You can see many brave men that have retired from fighting, but few were Warriors in truth. All you have to do is not be in the front of a battle, where a Warrior knows he must be." He looked at the metal, smiled slightly, then folded it and began to beat it back into a hoe.
"One day you might understand what I am saying. But I cannot explain it better."
One day I did understand. The harvest had been brought in, and I was back at the smithy as five men rode into town. Shannon looked up, and for a moment, he had a look of loss in his eyes.
"Lad, run to your father. Tell him bandits are here. Send someone to the castle as quick as they can run." He tore off his apron.
"But why?"
He pointed. "That is the Sheriff's horse the man in the lead is riding. He could not have stolen it if the Sheriff was still alive. Now go!"
I ran as if the demons of hell were after me, and when I told my father, he sent me to warn everyone I could. If I had been faster, if I had been lucky, well, let us just say I wasn't. I was outside Widow Murray's house when one of the Bandits caught me by the scruff of my neck. He carried me into the street, and threw me down in front of that fine horse.
"I caught me a little barking dog," the bandit chortled.
The man on the horse looked at me. "Search the town. If you can't find anyone, we will take what we can, and leave this one as a reminder of what happens to those that speak out of turn."
They searched the town, but thanks to my warning, they had escaped. There was little to steal, unless you have a need for grain, and they took a couple of mealy bags
One of the men caught my hair, and brought a knife to my throat. I was more afraid than I have ever been before or since.
Then a soft voice broke the silence. "If you hurt him you will all die."
No one was more surprised than I. Shannon stood in the door of the smithy. The old sword that hung over his door in his hands.
The man on the horse said. "Well, Captain. It has been a long time."
Shannon looked at him. "Not long enough."
The man snorted. "Kill him." The four men on foot drew their weapons and came toward Shannon.
I know now what he did, but to my child's eyes it was as if a magical spell had been cast. Shannon drew, and as the blade swung wide, one of the men fell. It came back, and the second joined him. Shannon stepped over the bodies, and in as long as it takes to say it, the other two were also dead.
The man on the horse climbed down. "You haven't lost your touch, old man." Then he drew and they fought.
I wish I had been less afraid. The only witness to the battle was my ears, for I cowered with my eyes closed. I heard the screech of steel striking steel, the grunt of men fighting for their lives. Then there was a pained gasp. I opened my eyes.
The bandit leader was falling to his knees, clutching at Shannon. Then he fell, revealing that Shannon himself had taken a wound in his chest, the sword still in him.
The old man drew the blade out of his own chest with a hiss, then staggered to the horse. It knew he was a friend, for it stood still as a stone as Shannon mounted.
He looked at me with pain and loss in his eyes, then he turned it, and rode toward the castle.
I knew he was hurt badly, and I ran after him, calling for him to stop so we could help him. But as I passed a house, my father suddenly caught me by the neck.
"What are you chasing him for, you young fool! He's only another damn soldier!"
The fire crackled, and the old man looked at the room in silence. Then he turned to the wounded boy. "I know it's raining, and cold. But I am sure there is a better place we can both be." The boy stood, and together they went to the door.
"Bard, please." One of the farmers called. "What happened to the smith?"
The old man turned, and his look was also full of anger, and loss. Does it matter? Why do you care? After all, he was only a damn soldier." The door closed silently.
'To argue with those who have renounced the use and authority of reason is as futile as to administer medicine to the dead.' Now who said that?
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Recently, there was a publication regarding some new materials that would let thru light in one direction and either absorb it or reflect it in the other direction; the publication does not clarify on which one. It does not get as well into other important details as the bandwidth where the diode is effective.
This is interesting because if this really does what they say it does, it is potentially a way to drive a spaceship without any propellant or propulsion energy expenditure.
Assuming the effective bandwidth is not in some dark region of the cosmic spectra, you could conceive a radiation sail with this material, and reach significant speeds over a few years of acceleration. But for doing any concrete estimations, we need hard numbers on the transmittivity and dielectric eigenvalues of these things or something that would allow to calculate the expected impulse. Do anyone knows how to find more info on this material? that MIT article does provide a reference to the paper, but i don't have access to that journal gateway, and the abstract is really scant on the interesting details (probably because they are orienting its application for optical computing!)


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2nd Manufacturing & Tech Expo in Waterbury on Thursday
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The event, hosted by the Waterbury Regional Chamber's Manufacturing Council, promotes job opportunities in these industries to students in the Waterbury area.
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With newly renovated guestrooms and lobby, the hotel is convenient to I-90 and Illinois Business 20. Always fresh, always clean, our 131 guest rooms include a remote-controlled TV with free cable. No pets except service guide animals.
Winnebago County Forest Preserve District
There are 41 individual forest preserves for the purpose of protecting the natural beauty of Winnebago County, as well as for education and recreation. The forest preserves provide over 9,700 acres of property for the use and enjoyment of the general public. Lush woods, picturesque streams, dramatic cliffs and dells, unspoiled prairies and native wildlife are treasures to be enjoyed by residents and visitors of all ages. Hiking, camping, canoeing, picnicking, fishing, bird watching and cross-country skiing are recreational activities available at sites throughout the county.
Six nationalities that helped shape the cultural region are represented in this home museum, built in 1850. Located in the heart of the old water power district, the house features a room for each ethnic group it represents: African American, Irish, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, and Hispanic. Call to confirm hours and admission fees. Visit the website for information about current exhibits.
Country and early New England furniture and accessories.
Nygren Wetland Preserve is a 721-acre tract near the confluence of the Rock River and Pecatonica River, making it an important stopover and nesting spot for many species of birds including Sandhill Cranes. The Natural Land Institute, a private, not-for-profit land conservation organization, owns the preserve and began restoration of prairies, wetlands and woodlands to the area in 2000.
Fine art gallery / sculptor, Jeff Adams studio. Tour full-service casting facility. Saturday by appointment.
CITY:Mount Morris
Enclosed 2-level regional shopping mall with many external businesses on same property. Many public activities including craft and car shows, community and holiday events. Food court, children's play area, early morning walking. CherryVale Mall is also one of just a few locations with new Tesla Supercharging Stations. These stations are for the all electric-powered Tesla cars to use to charge up the vehicle.
CITY:Cherry Valley
Frank Lloyd Wright Pettit Memorial Chapel
Pettit Memorial Chapel, located in Belvidere Cemetery, was designed by Frank Llyod Wright and erected in 1907. Brochures available for self-guided historic tours. Open daily, 8am - sunset. Tours available by appointment.
The laser tag maze is a multi-level game floor with black lights, music, sound effects and automatic computerized scoring.
Lincoln Highway Association National Headquarters
Visitors from around the world enjoy researching highway information in this restored 1860 dry goods store built by Abe Lincoln's cousin. The Lincoln Highway Museum and Store is also housed inside.
CITY:Franklin Grove
Goebbert's Pumpkin Patch - Hampshire
Ride the wagon to pick your own pumpkin, shop the Harvest Market and visit the Farmers Wife Cafe and Bakery. Goebbert's has a second location in South Barrington.
Marengo Ridge - McHenry County Conservation District
The major glacial feature at Marengo Ridge Conservation area is the Marengo Ridge, from which the site derives its name. Left by the retreating Wisconsin glacier, the Marengo Ridge moraine is 40 miles long and 3 miles wide, creating one of the steepest vertical moraines in Illinois, at 1,050 feet above sea level. This rugged, fire-protected topography supported wooded communities dominated by oak species. Site features hiking trails, campground, picnic shelters, scenic views, x-country skiing, and fishing.
Frank Lloyd Wright's Laurent House
Frank Lloyd Wright's Laurent House in Rockford, Illinois is the only building ever designed by the famed architect for a person with a disability. Kenneth and Phyllis Laurent commissioned and lived in the home from 1952 until early 2012, when it was acquired by a private foundation and added to the National Register of Historic Places. This single-story Usonian home is both functional and beautiful, decades ahead of ADA accessibility requirements. The home features a solar hemicycle footprint, patio, fishpond, carport, and outdoor connectivity to the natural landscape. The modest home is built of Chicago Common Brick and Red Tidewater Cypress and much of the labor and materials were sourced locally from Rockford. - Reservations are required for all tours of the Laurent House. - Tours will be hosted the first full weekend (Saturday and Sunday in the same month) and the third weekend of each month. - All tours begin on a shuttle bus at Midway Village, 6799 Guilford Rd., Rockford, IL, after checking-in at the Guest Relations table, in the Midway Village Museum lobby. - Please arrive at Midway Village 15 minutes prior to your tour. - The bus leaves on the hour, at 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m., and 3 p.m. each day that tours operate. - There are no restrooms or parking available at the Laurent House. During the winter and early spring months, small private and large group tours are encouraged to tour the Laurent House. For private tours of fewer than 10 guests there is an additional charge. Regardless of size, all special tours are arranged by calling 815-877-2952, or by emailing email@example.com. We welcome the opportunity to assist guests with disabilities at the Laurent House. For assistance and information on accessibility call 815-877-2952, or email email@example.com.
Country furniture, copper, brass, country accessories, woodenware, smalls, iron and tin. Appointment necessary.
Chaplin Creek Historic Village
Chaplin Creek is an evolving, full-scale historical restoration project depicting a prairie settlement typical of the mid-19th century. Several historically significant buildings and artifacts have been relocated here from the surrounding area. Photo courtesy of Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition
CITY:Franklin Grove
Cliffbreakers Riverside Resort
Cliffbreakers overlooks the beautiful Rock River. Whether you have come here to attend a business meeting or celebrate with loved ones during a wedding reception, enjoy an evening of fine dining in Cliffbreakers Restaurant, a view of the Rock River will offer a pleasant and memorable time. On-site fine dining restaurant, martini lounge, Swedish hot rock sauna, business center, 25,000 sq. ft. of function space.
Midwest Museum of Natural History
The mission of the Midwest Museum of Natural History is to encourage an appreciation of the world's diverse natural environment and human culture through exhibits and interactive learning experiences for children and adults. Offering a kid's play area with hands-on learning fun, a gift shop, national traveling exhibits, and world-renowned celebrities Ruud Kleinpaste, Jack Hanna and Jeff Corwin.
If you prefer apples raised without a lot of chemicals, Curran's Orchard is the place to find them. More than a dozen varieties, pre-picked or you-pick: Gala, McIntosh, Cortland, Jonathan, Empire, Yellow Delicious, Red Delicious, Jonagold, Northern Spy, Blushing Gold, Rome Beauty, HoneyCrisp and Granny Smith. Apple pies, awesome apple donuts, fresh-pressed award-winning apple cider (state and national awards), raspberries, pumpkins, apple butter, real maple syrup. Also featured: a glass-sided beehive, petting corral, autumn crafts, apple slingshot, corn tunnel, straw tunnel and straw bale pyramid. Hay rides on weekends.
The cultural centerpiece of Rockford's Swedish-ancestry community, Erlander Home Museum is located in Rockford's first brick home, built by John and IngaStina Erlander family in 1871. Restored to its original Victorian decor, the twelve-room home features collections that include Rockford-made furniture, a renowned collection of more than 50 dolls created by Charlotte Weibull and many artifacts recalling Swedish immigration to northern Illinois and Rockford's Swedish heritage. Don't miss the Midsommar Dag festival in mid-June, and Lucia Fest in early December.
Wind Ridge Herb Farm in Caledonia, IL grows over 400 varieties of culinary and medicinal herbs without the use of chemical fertilizers. The herbs produced by Wind Ridge Herb Farm are Certified Naturally Grown. They carry only natural products with no artificial dyes, preservatives, or additives; personally harvesting, inspecting, drying, and packaging the herbs in order to guarantee quality and freshness. The garden is available for meetings, tours, groups and catered lunches. Lunches are provided for groups of 8 or more, and include a garden tour.
Not a chain, but a Rockford Original cooking it just for you. Sandwiches are made to order and the sides, including baked potatoes, are delicious. Each area location has its own, distinct personality.
Alpine Hills Adventure Park & Golf Center
The 52-acre adventure park and golf center will feature year-round activities for all ages. Zip Rockford - Now open - If you are looking for a daring zipline escape for you, your friends or family, Zip Rockford provides an experience you will not forget. Fun for all ages within the weight range of 50-275 lbs. Brought to you by Rockford-based EBL Zipline Tours in partnership with the Rockford Park District. Gateway Parks snow park is divided into tubing, skiing and snowboarding sections designed to accommodate riders of all abilities – from beginners to expert. Even the smallest visitors will be transported safely up the hillside on the Magic Carpet lift. Plus, snow making equipment will cover the park in fresh powder daily. The First Tee of Greater Rockford provides educational programs that build character, instill life-enhancing values and promote healthy choices through the game of golf.
Tapas-based cuisine plus a variety of sandwiches and soups. Extensive gourmet "to go" menu. Wine sales and free wine tasting Saturday afternoons.
Beautifully crafted silver jewelry, Minnetonka moccasins, log furniture, and an outstanding art gallery filled with sculptures and pottery can be found at the Eagles Nest.
Muirhead Farmhouse Bed & Breakfast
Private Master Suite surrounded by nearly 800 acres of prairie, this Frank Lloyd Wright designed home offers a private bath, historical artifacts, hearty country breakfasts and beautiful views.
Find u-pick asparagus, strawberries, tomatoes and pumpkins. Roadside produce includes sweet corn, muskmelons, peppers and pumpkins. Susie's hosts a Strawberry Festival every June.
CITY:Garden Prairie
Fairfield Inn & Suites - Rockford
The Fairfield Inn & Suites in Rockford, IL is centrally located near dining, shopping and local attractions and some of the areas leading manufacaturers. such as Anderson Japanese Gardens, BMO Harris Bank Center, the Sportscore complexes, Chrysler, Hamilton Sundstrand, Textron and Woodward Governor. Hotel Highlights include comfortable guest rooms at a superior value for both business and leisure travelers, free hot breakfast, Marriott Rewards, indoor pool, whirlpool and exercise room. This hotel has a smoke-free policy.
Boone County Historical Museum
Explore this varied collection of local memorabilia. The museum includes a log home, Civil War artifacts, a natural history room, historic dolls, clothes, tools and transportation ranging from a 1906 Eldredge Runabout to Belvidere's first Chrysler.
A.G. Spalding: From Byron to the Big Leagues Exhibit
Located at the Byron Museum of History, this exhibit features Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Albert Spalding, from his youth in Byron to his league pitching career and the founding of the Spalding Sporting Goods Company.
The memorials here are a tribute to veterans of the Vietnam War, Korean War, Gulf War and World War II. The war memorials are the only ones built in the U.S. by youth, constructed by Boy Scouts of Troop 312 Rochelle as Eagle Projects.
The Kable House Country Inn Bed and Breakfast is beautifully situated on a nine acre site atop Sunset Hill and surrounded by the Sunset Golf Course in Mt. Morris; part of the Blackhawk Waterways region, stretching from the Rock River to the Mississippi and offering a multitude of recreational activities. They offer five suites with continental breakfast served in the privacy of your suite. Situated less than fifteen minutes from three state parks: Castle Rock, Lowden and the popular White Pines State Park which offer picnic areas, miles of hiking and a log cabin lodge for dining, also featuring a dinner theater.
CITY:Mount Morris
Prairie View Golf Course - Byron Forest Preserve
This 18-hole course has bent grass fairways, tees and greens, a practice area, full-service clubhouse, and rental carts with canopies.
A nice selection of fabric, notions, books and threads. Experienced quilters to assist with all your quilting needs. Quilting classes available.
Village Green Home & Garden West
A fascinatingly large garden center with outdoor furniture supplying customers from all over the Midwest. The center also takes care of holiday needs with trees, trims and gifts. Home center, same location, 815.637.8840. There's a Village Green East, too.
Enjoy family fun at the Sports Center with a golf driving range, an 18-hole mini golf course, six batting cages from Little League to professional, go-karts and soccer kicking cages.
Sycamore RV Resort offers water, electric and sewer hookups on shaded and open sites. Picnic tables and fire rings are at each site. Some other amenities are clean restrooms, hot showers, laundromat, Campground Store, two fishing lakes, swimming beach, paddle boats, row boats, pedal karts, sand volleyball and more!
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.
The Nehring Gallery is a space within DeKalb dedicated to promoting arts and culture. It is currently the home of the DeKalb Area Agricultural Heritage Association, an organization dedicated to preserving and sharing the storied history of agriculture in northern Illinois, through exhibits, educational programs and community outreach. Visit their website to see what exhibit is on display today!
Jump with the best skydiving school in the United States - Chicagoland Skydiving Center now located at Koritz Field in Rochelle! Come see why more people from the Chicago area choose tandem skydiving at CSC. We service more first-time skydivers than any other skydiving center in Chicago and the Midwest. At CSC, our priority is on safety and customer service. Check out our skydive center and book your tandem parachute jump online. Chicagoland Skydiving Center in Rochelle, Illinois (formerly in Hinckley, IL) is your safest source for skydiving - period! Check out our brand new skydive aircraft and see how we maintain our safety record and reputation as the BEST!
Highly skilled chefs prepare and demonstrate the art of Japanese cuisine right at your table.
Executive Chef Kuma Kim, born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, has assembled a collection of Asian cuisine with emphasis on contemporary taste and popularity. Kuma's decades of experience in the restaurant business and her attention to customer satisfaction has positioned Kuma's as a restaurant dedicated to tasty food, excellent service, and memorable experience. Outside dining in season.
Northern Illinois University Sports (NIU Sports)
The Northern Illinois University Huskies play in the MAC Conference and have a diverse athletic department. Their many sports teams include: Men's football, baseball, basketball, golf, soccer, tennis and wrestling, while their women's teams include: Basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball.
Mercy Sportscore 2 and Indoor Sports Center
Mercy Sportscore 2, a 124-acre site, has 19 regulation soccer fields and 14 practice fields outdoors, and four sand volleyball courts. Home to Wedgbury Stadium, which seats 2,000 spectators, and has hosted IHSA State High School Soccer Finals, pro football games, National Rugby Finals, college rugby championships, professional soccer games with international teams, and USSL W. League Soccer Finals. Recreational activities include: Soccer, Sand Volleyball, Ultimate Frisbee®, football, walking, and running. The complex also includes the MercyRockford Indoor Sports Center, which contains three multi-sport indoor fields for indoor soccer, five volleyball/basketball courts, locker rooms, sports equipment store and SkyBox, a family friendly casual restaurant and sports bar. The facility is completely wheelchair accessible and adaptive equipment is available.
CITY:Loves Park
Macktown Living History Education Center
Built in 1834 on the Pecatonica River by fur trader Stephen Mack, one of the area's first settlers. See the walnut cradle Mack made for his children, plus Native American artifacts, donated by Mack's descendants. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, Macktown is where Stephen Mack, his Native American wife, Hononegah, and the people who inhabited the village conducted their daily business. Remnants of 8,000 years of Native American occupation of this same site can be seen. Stephen Mack's Home and the Whitman Trading Post still stand, and a reconstruction of the village is being undertaken, including the disassembly of the 2-story shop and schoolroom to be rebuilt at its original site. There are many historic and prehistoric artifacts in the Education Center.
Location for many events including craft shows, auto shows, animal shows, softball & volleyball games, and the Boone County Fair (held in August). Also see one-room school house relocated from northern Boone County.
Visit Prairie on State Wine Cellars, a Prairie State Winery tasting room, in downtown Sycamore. The tasting room invites you to sample many of the award-winning wines from PSW, shop for unique gifts or enjoy a glass of wine with a Nosh plate that you create yourself. Also features a weekend music schedule. Open Thursday - Sunday
Midwest's finest Japanese restaurant where they prepare your meal right before your eyes at the Teppan tables. Traditional seafood, steak and chicken dishes and sushi bar. There is also a karaoke bar.
Cozy, neighborhood restaurant in downtown Rockford's River District offering fresh seafood, delicious appetizers and unique spirits.
Enders Flowers at Edgebrook Shopping Center
Fresh and exotic flowers plus garden gifts.
Conveniently located near I-90, E. State Street/Business Rt. 20, Super 8 offers a perfect balance of value and convenience. Centrally located between Chicago and Galena off Interstate 39. Each hotel room comes with time-saving amenities like a refrigerator and microwave — or book a personal Jacuzzi suite for extra comfort. Start your day right with free SuperStart continental breakfast, and enjoy the convenience of free Wi-Fi in your room. Handicapped-accessible hotel rooms are available, and free RV or truck parking is included. We are a pet-friendly hotel, and kids 17 and under stay free with an adult.
Joseph Farwell Glidden's invention of one of the most widely-used types of barbed wire in 1873 helped change the history of the American West and had far-reaching impact throughout the world. His Homestead, a Victorian Mansion, in DeKalb, IL, is being preserved and restored by a not-for-profit organization founded in 1995. Both the home and the barn are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. We welcome your visit and encourage your membership!
The Natural Resource Center is located at Russell Preserve, and is open to the public on weekends. The Center offers a great stop for exploration and live animal viewing for all members of the family. The Center can be reserved by school groups and other organizations for outdoor educational field trips. While there, take a walk through Russell Preserve, beneath mature oaks and hickories, surrounded by woodland wildflowers. In the winter, Russell Preserve is a great place for tobogganning.
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Explore endless recreational opportunities, including some of the finest, most affordable golf courses in the nation, ice skating, hiking/biking paths and much more.
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Lincoln Highway Interpretive Mural - Cortland
The Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition has produced many Interpretive Murals along the Illinois Lincoln Highway National Scenic Byway and its corridor in northern Illinois. The Cortland mural depicts the history, heritage, and events of the highway and its impact on Cortland and the other communities along the Illinois route.
The Northern Illinois Wine Trail is a unique collection of 40 wineries and vineyards, each distinctive and picturesque in its own way. Follow the Northern Illinois Wine Trail from downtown Chicago's urban splendor to the unmatched scenic beauty of Galena and Northwest Illinois. You can choose to visit one winery, experience several wineries within one of our three geographic loops, or go all out and experience everything the Northern Illinois Wine Trail has to offer from East to West. Regardless of how you choose to experience the Northern Illinois Wine Trail; the staff of our family-owned wineries and vineyards are there to welcome you with incomparable Midwest hospitality and service - not to mention numerous award-winning Illinois wines.
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The Joiner History Room is a cooperative effort of the DeKalb County Board, the County Judiciary, the County Clerk's Office, the County Facilities Management Office, Sycamore Library and DeKalb County Citizens concerned with safeguarding their historical documents. The Joiner History Room is an archives that has many items of museum quality. Our historical materials date back to the hand written minutes of the first session of the County Commissioners in 1837. As there has never been a fire to destroy any of the county valuable historical files, they have been meticulously preserved to meet the needs of today's researchers. The collection includes Civil War papers, newspaper files, old photographs and numerous boxes of manuscript materials.
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On November 26 – 30, 2014, the personal exhibition of Daria Bagrintseva "Curriculum Vitae" will take place. It is an exhibition about a person and life. In the exposition 40 new paintings by Daria Bagrintseva will be shown for the first time.
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We are well aware how physical clutter causes distraction and how we are emotionally tied to it and just cant let it go.
But digital clutter is different beast altogether. I don't know what to do with all my hoarded bookmarks, thousands of emails (thanks to infinite GBs provided by email today), subscriptions on various sites, rss feeds, Todo lists, maps markings, outlook PST. Often older things are left just like that with switches from social networks, email, IM applications, address books, bookmark managers, password managers etc.
I work as a programmer and naturally I have collection of my programming projects, some projects that I can still use, most of other I can not, many scripts (bat/shell/groovy), older programs/projects coded in c++, a language which I no longer use, some projects in near extinct languages (VB6, ASP) and so on. But I still have them just for 'some day', 'historical', 'emotional' or just because I worked so many months on this project, how could i delete it.
It's way too easy to collect (free free free), way too easy to hide (just move to different folder/archive), and way too easy to delete too (but often not deleted because of emotional attachments). Here I am not talking about excessive downloads, movies, mp3, software etc. I find myself being easily able to delete those. I tend to hoard data that I mentioned above.
UPDATE: To be more precise with what exactly I am looking for, i am rephrasing the questions:
- What kind of data to keep and and for how long(bookmarks, contacts, calendar, todo list (RTM)))?
- What should one do with older project (may be coding, artwork, writings etc)?
- How to handle information clutter/overflow (so many logins to remember, emails to check, feeds to read, task to mark complete, banking transaction histories etc)?


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Is there an etymological connection between the Yiddish word "shtiebel" and the English word "steeple"? They seem to overlap a lot in usage and pronunciation. A cursory search reveals that "shtiebel" may be a diminutive of the Yiddish word for "house", but perhaps the two derivations converged at some point?
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Now guess this: room in German is Stube. Diminutive: Stübchen or: in dialect: Stüble (little room). The diminutive in Yiddish ususally ends in -lach. -ü- not existing in Yiddish, it is transformed into -i-. So simply Stüblein becomes stiblach (pronoucenced shtiblakh) in Yiddish.
The only meaning of "shtibl" that I know of is "a little house". There is a song performed by the Barry sisters that begins: "In main shteitl shteit a shtibl mit a grinem dach..." - "In my village stands a little house with a green roof..."
The word for "house" in both the Galician and the southern (Ukrainian) dialects of Yiddish is "shtib". It would be "shtub" in the Lithuanian dialect. "Shtibl" is a diminutive of "shtib".
There's no reason to believe that the two are related. Though I recall hearing (in my youth) that the name of Country Yossi's "Shteeble Hoppers" album was a take-off on a Steeple-related band name.
[Update: I emailed CY, and he said the name "just sounded cute" and had nothing to do with steeples. So much for that myth!]
I'm guessing Yiddish shtibl is actually related to English stove, which may be from Vulgar Latin, whereas steeple is apparently from a Germanic root and completely unrelated.
Shtiebel is usually a Hassidic type synagogue, which was/is often in a house, as opposed to being a larger, free standing building, as is more common among non-Hassidic Shuls.
Perhaps it is that often the (Hassidic) Rebbe of the shtiebel lives in the same building, which he often owns, which is not usually the case in a standard Shul, where the Rav usually lives elsewhere and does not own the premises.


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I am an enthusiastic amateur photographer and have a Canon 350 D that I bought about 5 years back. I use this with a Tamron 17-50 2.8 lens, a Canon 50 mm 1.8 mm lens and a Canon 70-200 f 4.0 L lens (with a Canon 1.4 X extender). I like to do some bird photography and also landscapes. I am wondering if my camera body is dated now and if that is the limiting factor for the quality of images that I get from my telephoto L lens. How much improvement in image quality can I expect if I upgrade to EOS 550 D (which I can afford now)? Will the newer sensor and larger number of pixels translate into a noticeable improvement in image quality?
The difference can be huge or unnoticeable depending on how you use the camera - for example, the faster burst rate means nothing if you never use burst mode or can make a huge difference if you always shoot in burst mode - also better low light performance means nothing if you always shoot in bright sunlight.
You shouldn't be asking if the camera body is a limiting factor - you should be asking yourself what it is you don't like about your photos and then ask here how to fix the problem (and most likely the way to fix the specific problem does not require a new camera body).
But buying equipment is fun, you can always use the specs to rationalize buying a new body - just think of that wonderful full HD video of birds in flight you can make with the 550D (Important note: I believe shooting video of birds in flight with a DSLR is insanely difficult)
BTW: I have the 550D and I love it, I use it mostly indoors at higher ISO than people here are usually comfortable with and it produces great pictures.
Snapsort shows a clear comparison of the tech specs of both cameras. To highlight a few of the advantages of the 550D over your 350D (in no particular order):
The main benefit seems to be the higher resolution that will allow you more room to crop photos of birds.
A slightly faster burst rate, hi-res screen, better low light performance and video capabilities are additional benefits.
For what it's worth, I too have a 350D. It's a great camera.
Oddly - even though many newer, better cameras have come out since I first received it back in 2006 - my 350D hasn't started taking worse pictures over the years. I'm not sure why that is - it surely couldn't be that the marketing for all the new cameras is misleading??
My other camera is a 5DmkII, but I still love the images I get with my 350D.
My advice: only upgrade if you have a specific need.


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H1N1 Flu Shot Appears Safe During Pregnancy
July 10, 2012 -- New research brings reassuring news for women who received the swine flu vaccine while pregnant during the H1N1 flu pandemic of 2009.
Infants born in Denmark whose moms got the H1N1 shot were no more likely to have major birth defects or to be born too early than infants whose moms did not get the vaccine during their pregnancies.
But a second, related study found that Canadians aged 6 months or older who received the H1N1 vaccine were at a slightly higher risk for developing Guillain-Barre syndrome during the two months following the shot.
Guillain-Barre syndrome is a nervous system disorder. It can causes muscle weakness, loss of reflexes, and numbness or tingling in the arms, legs, face, and other parts of the body. Most people recover without any lasting damage. In severe cases, however, GBS can cause paralysis and death.
According to the study, about two people developed GBS for every 1 million who received the vaccine.
The swine flu vaccine of 1976 was also linked to an increased risk of GBS, with one case of GBS per 100,000 people receiving the vaccine.
The flu itself increases risk of GBS as well.
H1N1 Shot Not Linked to Major Birth Defects, Preterm Birth
In the Danish study, researchers analyzed rates of major birth defects, preterm birth, and restricted growth in the uterus for infants in Denmark delivered between Nov. 2, 2009, and Sept. 30, 2010. Of 53,432 infants, 13.1% were exposed to the vaccine during pregnancy.
Infants whose mothers received the vaccine were not at any greater risk for any of these outcomes. This was true regardless of which trimester in pregnancy their moms received the shot, but fewer women got vaccinated in the first trimester.
"We conclude that H1N1-vaccinated pregnancies are not at increased risk of these adverse events," says study author Anders Hviid, an epidemiologist at Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen, Denmark. "Our study contributes to the information available on the safety of influenza vaccination in pregnancy, [but] it is by no means a complete evaluation of vaccination in pregnancy."
During the H1N1 flu pandemic of 2009, pregnant women were urged to get vaccinated against this new swine flu strain with an all-new shot. An estimated 2.4 million women were vaccinated against the H1N1 flu during pregnancy in the United States alone, according to information in the new study.


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Since Skyrim's release, it has gone on to become one of the most popular Elder Scrolls games so far. Featuring hundreds of hours of content Skyrim can take an extremely long time to finish. The replay value is extensive as well given that many quests have several outcomes.
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The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim is the fifth game in the series and can probably be classed as one of the best role playing games of 2011. The attention to detail is staggering, everything from the weapons, spells, and armor to the overall layout of the characters is impressive. This detail is also carried on throughout the game, from the misty mountains to the stunningly portrayed forests. The sound track which overlays the quest as you battle from one mission to the next also adds to the overall playing experience within the game.
You also have the option to free-roam as well as taking on the various missions, and the game has over 100 hours of gameplay. I still found myself able to obtain upgrades and so forth after such an extensive period of time. The length of this game is simply as astounding as its quality.
For people who have played existing titles such as Elder Scrolls Oblivion and such like, this is a much improved experience with the ironing out of all the previous problems which is frequently encountered with these games. The character integration is very fluent and there is no waiting time as in previous titles after you have engaged in conversation with numerous characters. Before long you also find you have built up quite an extensive amount of side quests and full on missions which helps to settle you into your role.
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Christians have the lowest birth rate of all religious groups in Israel, official statistics reveal.
Christian women have on average two children, which is far lower than the statistic for Jewish women who have 2.9 and Muslim women who have 3.8. These statistics come from a new report by the Central Bureau of Statistics, an office of the Israeli government.
It reveals just how sharply birth rates have dropped in the Holy Land's Christian communities in recent decades — in 1960 the corresponding figure was 4.6. This results in a Christian population that is failing to keep up with Israel's population growth. In 1949, 2.9% of Israelis were Christian, a figure that dropped to 2.3% in 1972 and now to 2.1% (154,500 people).


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I would like to set up my computer so that I can develop in .net, C#, Java, ActionScript, JS/CSS, and functional languages such as Scala or Haskell. However, I want to do this with the least amount of full-featured IDEs to learn / programs taking up harddrive space on my computer / running multiple IDEs simultaneously.
Which programs can I use to minimize the amount of full-featured IDEs I have to learn/use. (For example, if Eclipse could handle all of these frameworks, that would be a valid answer)