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Go Mobile
We've heard it before: You have an idea for an app, and you know a guy who knows of a small company that builds them. Sure, that's an option. But did you know that Mercury has been creating mobile apps since Palm OS? WinCE? Android? We've been there. When the first iPhone was released in 2008, Mercury capitalized on our extensive Mac OS X experience to get ahead of the curve. And we've stayed ahead.
That's why companies like Dow Chemical, PKWARE and Thomson Reuters keep coming back. In total, across platforms, Mercury has developed 200+ mobile apps in our 14 years of business. We know you might consider those other companies, but wouldn't you prefer the one that's the best?
Ride the Mavericks Wave
Do you remember when Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 2001 and debuted OS X? You'd better believe we do. We've used our expertise with that system to build awe-inspiring products for our customers for 11 years.
But don't take just our word for it. Ask Symantec about how we contributed to its enterprise security solutions. Talk to PKWARE about how we helped design a Mac OS X version of their security software. Call up Barco to learn about why they purchased a competitor after we built the software for their proprietary hardware? We can keep going.
Bottom line: When it comes to expertise in OS X software design and consulting, Mercury Development is unrivalled.
Move to Cloud
Developing for the cloud isn't just a buzz phrase. Today, it's a critical part of IT strategy. Mercury Development has taken advantage of this technology for several years. In fact, one of our clients has maintained a dedicated team of Mercury Development staff to its first SaaS, and then to its hybrid cloud application, since 2002. So, yeah, we know what we're doing.
Do you want a scalable business application built on clouds like AWS and Azure? Does your startup require cloud implementation quickly and at a low cost? Cloud strategy demands the right partner, which is why you need Mercury Development.
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Platform-Agnostic Approach
You need an app, you need it soon, and the developer must have the skill and experience to build the product, regardless of platform. Mercury Development's expertise in multiple platforms makes the decision easy. Mac OS X and Windows? We excel at both. Need a best-in-class smart phone app? iOS, Android, or Windows Phone – we've got you covered. Fragmented platform? Not a problem.
Mercury Development's in-house, cross-platform frameworks and established practices shorten your app's time to market while reducing overall cost. You need an app. Our platform agnostic-approach is the solution!
Our Customer Experience
"Mercury Development's ability to work directly with Dow's marketing department to implement their vision with cutting edge technology was what made these projects such end-to-end successes. The bottom line results speak for themselves: In 2011, the Acoustomize and CO2 apps played a significant role in the increase in BETAFOAM and BETAMATE product sales."
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Why were aircraft carriers not used during and following D-Day? They could have added a great deal of range to the air support operations.
The only landing in Europe and Africa that got carrier support was the Torch landing in North Africa in late 1942. In that case, it was not possible to use land-based air support, since there weren't any bases there. All following landings were within land-based air range (deliberately) and relied on it soley.
Aircraft carriers were very valuable, being necessary for fighting enemy fleets, supporting landings, raiding, and other missions. At the time of D-Day, the Japanese still had a powerful fleet, and it attacked US landings about two weeks after the Normandy invasion. Moreover, with the island-hopping strategy, Pacific invasions were often not within support range of any Allied airfield.
Moreover, Normandy would have been a difficult landing to support with carriers. Carriers need to have a lot of wind blowing down the deck for aircraft to take off or land, which means that they generally need a large clear maneuvering area. The English Channel, near Normandy, was too small for effective operations and crowded with landing craft. The carriers would have had to stay either in the North Sea, which was still dangerous, or the Atlantic, and the ground air bases would have been closer than the carriers.
After the Allied breakout, the air bases in England were still fairly close to the action, closer than carriers could have operated, and the Allies set up lots of air bases in France and other liberated areas. The Allied offensive didn't get anywhere near the open areas of the North Sea, where carriers could usefully operate, until about a month before the end of the war.
Much of the allied airpower used in the invasion was for ground attack and for bombing. The aircraft used for these purposes weren't designed to operate from carriers. Also, the airfields of Southern England were only 25 minutes flying time to Normandy and the allies had so many ground based aircraft, carriers weren't needed.
Strategically, it didn't make sense to use aircraft carriers in the Atlantic. Any portion of the war that was taking place in the European theater could be reached from air bases already available in that area. The air support for D-Day was pretty considerable as it was.
Towards the end of 1942, the US only had two aircraft carriers that were operational. They needed them to provide air support on the Pacific front. As they added more aircraft carriers to the fleet in 1943 and 1944, they were sent to the Pacific to help support advances being made there. Even though the US tried to build airfields on each island they captured in the Pacific, these temporary strips were not sufficient enough to provide continuous support in the Pacific.
The island of Great Britain, chock full of military airports, was well within aircraft range of the landing beaches. So special ships to carry airplanes would have really been unnecessary.
For all intents and purposes, England acted as a giant aircraft carrier.
Air superiority wasn't really in question for the Allies in mid-1944 over Western Europe and so the extra aircraft that would have been provided weren't necessary. The Allies had thousands of aircraft operating from airfields not far away in southern England - a few hundred more from aircraft carriers wouldn't have been all that helpful.
Carrier based aircraft were not as good at their jobs as land-based aircraft, for example the best fighters of the day, the Spitfire and Mustang could not operate from carriers. No large bombers could operate from carriers.
The English Channel is quite a confined stretch of water and it was absolutely stuffed full of ships around D-Day, carriers are large vessels that would have struggled to operate in such confines.
All the carriers the Allies had were busy elsewhere, in the Pacific for example.
The Allies were worried about mines in the channel and wouldn't want to lose such a valuable ship as a carrier to a mine.
Aircraft Carriers are deep water vessels. Once you use them close to the shore they become vulnerable to attack from land bases aircraft and artillery once they get into a confined area like the channel.
The advantage of getting aircraft closer to the action was outweighed by the risks.
My father was assigned to a destroyer during WWII, and he was always in the Atlantic fleet. He talked very little about the war, but the one thing he did say was his ship was assigned to an aircraft carrier. However, he said he didn't know where they were going in such a hurry, but he remembers waking up and walking up on deck and he couldn't believe his eyes -- every where he looked, he saw ships - all kinds. The English were supposed to provide air support for D Day, but they were fogged in, therefore the decision was made to bring the gun ships in as close as they could to fire on the beach; however, they weren't close enough and a lot of the soldiers that were killed during the landing were actually killed by friendly fire. This was shown in the movie, Saving Private Ryan. If you watch closely at the invasion, you will notice the Germans did not have big guns, not the type that were exploding on the beach and in the waters just off shore. Oh, one other family history about D Day, my father was the youngest of 5 sons, Pearl Harbor happened on his 16th birthday, they all joined the Navy, but were on different ships. After the war, as they were talking, they learned that they were all there off the shores of Normandy on D Day.
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Aircraft could fly from Air Force bases in South England. Aircraft Carriers would be more useful in the Pacific were not all attacks could be covered by land based aircraft. Plus it would take a long time to get these ships to Europe and as I said, they were not really needed. It should also be remembered that heavier bombers, paratrooper transports, some types of fighters e.t.c couldn't take of from aircraft carriers.
Also, aircraft carriers are very expensive and only limited numbers were produced. That means even if all the allied aircraft carriers were used they simply would be too much planes for them to carry.

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Election Day Predictions Open Thread
For those who are interested, I thought I would create an open thread for folks to offer predictions about the results tomorrow. I used to work in an office where we had a pool on this, March Madness-style. I suppose here we will limit it to bragging rights. Here are the categories:1. Swing State Results: CO, FL, IA, NC, NH, NV, OH, VA, WI2. Popular Vote Percentage Breakdown3. Electoral Vote Breakdown4. Tossup Senate Races: AZ, MA, MT, ND, NV, WI.5. Senate Partisan Composition6. Tiebreaker: House Partisan CompositionHere are mine for what it's worth:1. Swing State Results:Obama: CO, IA, NH, NV, OH, VA, WI Romney: FL, NC2. Popular Vote Percentage BreakdownObama: 51% - Romney: 49%3. Electoral Vote BreakdownObama: 303 - Romney: 2354. Tossup Senate Races:AZ: Flake (R); MA: Warren (D); MT: Tester (D); MA: Warren (D); ND: Heitkamp (D); WI: Baldwin (D)5. Senate Partisan CompositionD- 54; R - 466. House Partisan CompositionD - 200; R - 235
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popular vote will be even tighter- 50% % to 49%- not know til at least next week...Electoral c. 285- 230 --with disputes on others through at least next week
R 53 O 47R 315 O 225House. Larger majority for republicansSenate. D 46 R. 52. I 2
popular vote Obama 51% Romney 49%. EC =300 Obama 239 Romney .. I agree w/ David P = a lot of disputes. [and hard feelings with no GOP accepting results and no gracious acceptance of outcome as Gore did.... 'for the good of the USA'.. ]
I am going with Nate Silver, though he seems to be willing to admit that he might be wrong.http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/
If John Feehily is right un-employment should spike because all pollsters should be fired.
Popular vote: Obama: 49.6 Romney 49.0EC Obama 277 Romney 261 (O wins Wi, but R wins NH.Sen D = 52 R = 46 I = 2 (Saunders and King)House D = 201 R = 234
John Feehily:Are there polls which suggest these results? If so, please provide the links.And if there aren't, what's the basis for your forecast?
Swing States :Obama:IowaNevadaOhioRomney: FloridaVirginiaWisconsinNorth CarolinaNew Hampshire ColoradoPopular Vote:51 Romney; 49: ObamaElectoral College Vote271 (Romney) - 267 (Obama)Senate and House stay as they are.
FL will go to Obama + Peter's listPopular vote O 52, R 47EC O 332 R 206I'd add these to Senate toss ups:CT Murphy; IN Donnelly; MA Warren; MO McCaskill; VA Kaine. (Warren could use a 3rd win)Senate D 53 I 2 R 45House D 208 R 217
After three "wave" elections (2006, 2008, and 2010), I think the 2012 election is a reversion to the demographic mean (which slightly favors Dems). My predictions:1) O -- OH, VA, IA, WI, CO, NV, NH and R -- FL, NC2) O -- 50.2% and R -- 48.4%2) O -- 303 and R -- 2354) Senate Race: D's -- MA, WI and R's -- AZ, MT, ND5) 2013 Senate: D -- 52 and R -- 486) 2013 House: D -- 195 and R -- 240
PaddyPower the Irish bookmaker has Obama 2/9 and Romney 10/3.The Free Market has spoken.
I do not think Flake will win in AZ. And I am praying that Baldwin wins in WI.
My heart - not my head - tells me that the Dems still have a shot at taking back the House IF the Dems have been successful in targeting so-called "Tea Bagger" Republicans like Michele Bachmann (who stands a very good chance of losing her race).This would require a very broad victory by President Obama, even though his margin may be thin.If Nancy Pelosi is again Speaker, President Obama may have the opportunity in his second term to achieve epic legendary status.END THE FILIBUSTER, NOW!!!
I'm going with Nate Silver, except my home state of Montana, where the statewide fundamentals really don't favor Rehberg that much. Testor will win a squeaker late early in the morning after the urban precincts report. Dems do well in the statewide races.
Will go with Nate Silver's 538 Blog. (matches Mr. Goodin's above & adding Mr. Spoja's Montana race)Won't know anything definitive until late Wednesday; if then. Florida will again dominate with voter mess ups - Rep. suppression efforts, etc.; legal squabbles; voters till in line late into Tuesday nite. Ohio may join this mess to a degree - provisional ballots will need to be counted to confirm/verify)Agree - add McCaskill (MO - D); add Kaine (VA - D).Total vote - Obama 50.2% Romney 49.8%Senate - Democrats will maintain same majorityHouse - Republicans will lose seats but keep majority
Do you people not realize that the Redskins lost yesterday, which means the incumbent will lose tomorrow?
1. Swing State Results: CO, FL, IA, NC, NH, NV, OH, VA, WID: CO, NV, OH, WI; R: FL, IA, NC, NH, VA2. Popular Vote Percentage BreakdownD: 48.7, R: 49.63. Electoral Vote BreakdownD: 280, R: 2584. Tossup Senate Races: AZ, MA, MT, ND, NV, WI.AZ: R, MA: D, MT: D, ND: R, NV: R, WI: D5. Senate Partisan Composition50 D, 2 I, 48 R6. Tiebreaker: House Partisan CompositionN/A
Paddy Power has already paid out the bets on the Obama victory.The free market has spoken even louder--for what it's worth. Intrade similar.
I wonder whether Sandy has persuaded a noticeable number of the "US-leave-me-alone" folks to feel more kindly towards governmental assistance, especially along the East Coast and especially when they look back at Irene. This might be a turning point in our political history back to the Democrats.
To Ann Olivier's point: Rockaway which has figured so prominently in the discussion on fall-out from Hurricane Sandy is represented by Bob Turner (R.), who beat a very conservative Democrat to replace disgraced Rep. Anthony Weiner. How will this go in Tuesday's election? And this is the part of NYC that might be susceptible to "What's Wrong With Kansas," i.e., people who vote against their own interests.From Wikki: Previously, Turner was a media executive known for his success in the television talk show segment of the industry. Six years after retiring from his business career, he entered politics to run against [Anthony] Weiner in the November 2010 electionlosing, receiving 39 percent of the vote. Less than one year later, he defeated Democratic politician David Weprin 5247 in the special election battle for Weiner's seatbecoming the first Republican to represent the area in over eighty years. After the district was significantly changed during the redistricting process following the 2010 census, Turner announced he would challenge Democratic incumbent U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in the 2012 election. He unsuccessfully sought the nomination of the Republican Party and the endorsement of New York's Conservative Party, losing each to Wendy E. Long.
Mark,I'm sure President Kerry will find some way to keep the Redskins curse at bay.
if there's somebody who has yet to decide, read this about Romney's "rent-a-charity" income. If Blomberg had published this earlier, the race might not be so close.http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-29/romney-avoids-taxes-via-loophol...
Oops, sorry - wrong thread.
Peter, if you're right that it's that close, and if we still have a representative democracy and not a majoritarian democracy in which the winner gets to spit on those who didn't vote for him, Obama will be at least morally bound to realize that he has only about half the people on his side and that he has no right to ignore them. Of course, he can ignore them, but if he does that, he'll have very hard sledding in his second term, and he'll richly deserve it.
Romney will take FL and VA.Obama will take O, CO, and probably all the other swing states.
Oops -- and Romney will take NC.
Popular vote: 50% Dem, 49% GOP, 1% Other
My friend in DC thinks Obama will take Virginia, and Tim Kaine will be its next Senator.Presumably and unfortunately Eric Cantor will hold his congressional seat and replace John Boehner as Speaker of the House.


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It's my birthday! The next few days are pretty bonkers around here---we've got overnight guests, a Thanksgiving Feast at school (I've slow cooked turkey breasts to share), birthday parties, and lots and lots and lots of family. It's truly the best time of the year.
It can also sort of kind of become a bit stressful. I'm trying to do everything I can to stay out of the mall this year, and order online or shop in town. So far so good.
I've compiled a list of possible gifts that might be helpful for crossing some people off of your list---there's a lot of different genres listed, and in doing so you'll be helping out some extraordinary people at the same time: bloggers!
Note: Whenever possible, I've linked to the author's Amazon Associate account, not my own. While reading the reviews on Amazon is a fantastic way to get a feel of the book, buying the book at your friendly neighborhood independent book store is best for your local economy. I am familiar with the work of *all* of these bloggers. While I am sure that there are other books by bloggers "out there," I have not personally read their blogs or their books.
originally posted 10/26/09 on Totally Together Journal.
The Gluten Free Almond Flour Cookbook Elana blogs at Elana's Pantry, and has a beautiful website and an even more beautiful book. She has healthy recipes for all types of gluten free food that is healthy and wholesome. She introduced me to the wonders of almond flour and agave nectar. Cooking with almond flour creates moist, delicious gluten free baked products.
Clotilde's Edible Adventures in Paris Clotilde blogs at Chocolate & Zucchini, and was the first food blogger I followed regularly who wrote a book. This book reads like a memoir/travel guide, and she does have a fabulous cookbook, Chocolate & Zucchini: Daily Adventures in a Parisian Kitchen.
David Lebovitz I've linked to David's author's page on his blog, because he has a great collection of cookbooks and a fantastic new memoir entitled, The Sweet Life in Paris. David goes out of his way to support bloggers, and is an all-around nice guy.
Pioneer Woman Cooks Ree blogs at The Pioneer Woman, and her cookbook just came out and is a best seller! Ree is warm, friendly, and loves butter–a fabulous trifecta. She's absolutely wonderful.
Steamy Kitchen Jaden writes at Steamy Kitchen, and has phenomenal recipes for all kinds of Asian-inspired food. Her recipes are simple, clear, and use fresh ingredients. Her friendly writing style and gorgeous photos suck readers right in.
The $5 Dinner Mom Cookbook Erin blogs at $5 Dinners, and is not only a great friend, she has created a fabulous resource for busy families on a budget. ALL of her meals have been made for $5 or less for a family of four. Her book isn't out yet, but you can pre-order it and have it delivered to your gift recipient.
Family Feasts for $75 a Week Mary blogs at Owlhaven, and has 10! children. She knows how to feed a crowd, and knows all about picky eaters. A fantastic resource for anyone looking to streamline the kitchen, learn about meal planning, and save money.
Gary Vaynerchuk's 101 Wines Gary blogs at Gary Vaynerchuk, and he does video-blogging (vlogging) on wine. He is hysterical, witty, and down to earth. Gary is the furthest thing from a wine snob, yet knows all there is to know.
Make it Fast, Cook it Slow Stephanie (that's me, I snuck in!) blogs at A Year of Slow Cooking. In 2008, she made a New Year's Resolution to use her slow cooker every day for a year, and write about it online. This book has the best 338 recipes from the year. All recipes are gluten-free, due to a family intolerance.
Sleep is For the Weak Rita writes at Surrender, Dorothy and she put together the best of the best of the mommy bloggers into a great gift for any pregnant woman, new mom, or any dad who needs to better understand his wife's wonky behavior. I've given this numerous times as gifts, and it's always well-received.
Sane Woman's Guide to Raising a Large Family Mary (featured up above) writes at Owlhaven, and is a mom to 10. I read this book when we were deciding to take the plunge from two to three, and found her advice helpful and straightforward.
The Rookie Mom's Handbook Heather and Whitney write at Rookie Moms, and wrote this book when they were trying to figure out how to keep their little ones entertained during the day. The handbook is chock full of developmentally appropriate activities, broken down by age groups. I've met Heather and Whitney, and like it that they are *real* moms, instead of parenting "experts."
It Sucked and Then I Cried Heather is an internet rockstar. She started Dooce an awful long time ago, before there were tons of blogs, and is known as the Ultimate Mommy Blogger. I found her memoir fun and light-hearted. Although it's presented as being primarily about postpartum depression, I wouldn't classify it as such—I found it more like a being pregnant and new-mommy memoir.
The Mominatrix's Guide to Sex Kristen blogs at Motherhood Uncensored. Her book isn't out yet, but will be mid-January, just in time for Valentine's Day, and is available for pre-order. I'm probably more prude than most, but am happy that a book like this exists, and that a blogger wrote it.
Sippy Cups are Not for Chardonnay I've linked to Stefanie's Author page on Amazon, because she has three books out. She blogs at Baby on Bored. I've read her first book, and thought it was a nice change to the parenting books I was reading at the time. Stefanie isn't afraid to call it as she sees it, and she doesn't sugar-coat the hard(er) parts of motherhood.
Gluten Free Girl Shauna writes at Gluten Free Girl, and she was one of the first resources I turned to when we were first diagnosed with Celiac in our family. Shauna's love for food and her vast knowledge gave me the confidence I needed to start embracing our new lifestyle. Her eloquently-written memoir shares much about her personal road to gluten free living. She is working on a new cookbook which I eagerly await.
Half-Assed Jennette blogs at Pasta Queen, and shares her personal journey of losing 180 pounds all on her own in this fabulous memoir. I read this book coming home on an airplane during some rather rough turbulence, and her friendly writing style and hilarious anecdotes kept me calm.
Straight Up and Dirty and Moose Stephanie writes at Stephanie Klein, formerly named Greek Tragedy. I met her July 2008 at BlogHer, and was charmed by her warmth and wit. Stephanie has led such a different life than I have–which is kind of neat since we have the same name. I've read both of her books, and loved being able to "listen in" on her life experiences–both as a newly-divorced and dating single, and as a young teen at a camp for overweight youth.
Bitter is the New Black, Jen Lancaster Jen blogs at Jennslyvania, and was one of the first bloggers I'd heard of to write a memoir. I've linked to her Amazon page, as she has four books under her belt. Jen writes like a friend speaking, and immediately engages the reader with her cut-t0-the chase humor.
The IT Girls Guide to Blogging Kathie and Joelle blog at Moxie Design Studios, and have written a comprehensive guide to blogging—perfect for the newish blogger, the wanna-be who wants to get started on the right foot, or the blogger who wants to beef up his/her web presence.
No One Cares What You Had for Lunch: 100 Ideas for Your Blog Maggie writes at Mighty Girl, and wrote a fun compilation of blog post topics. This is great for the personal blogger who sometimes has a hard time figuring out, or narrowing down blog post ideas.
Personal Development for Smart People Steve blogs at Steve Pavlina.com. I found his blog a few years ago when I was googling how to create a highly trafficked website. I like a lot of his ideas, especially the 30 Days to a New Habit posts. Some of his ideas are quite out there, and may be offensive. Please read the Amazon reviews carefully.
Crush It! This is Gary's (featured above) newest book. I haven't yet read it, but am interested in doing so. It's gotten rave reviews as a fantastic resource for any interested in learning more about social media.
TypePad for Dummies Shannon blogs at Rocks in My Dryer. I love how Shannon writes, especially the way she interacts with her readers. I was fortunate to meet her at BlogHer in 08, and was thrilled to learn that she was writing a Dummies book on Typepad. The book isn't quite out yet, but you can pre-order it on Amazon.
Post Cards from Yo Momma Oh this is so funny. The women who run this blog were on to something--Imagine saving all of the emails and instant messages from your mom, and reading them a bit out of context. I giggled so much while reading this---it's a fantastic collection.
Passive Aggressive Notes A complete Laugh-Out-Loud book, filled with the snarky notes coworkers, roommates, and strangers leave for each other when they are just a tad bit annoyed. Excellent gift for the hard-to-shop-for brother or uncle. Or feisty aunt. Based on the blog, Passive Aggressive Notes.
Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes go Horribly, Hilariously Wrong This is such a fun book, based upon the blog of the same name. The mistakes that busy bakeries make are photographed and "reported" upon in this great gift book. It cracks me up that there are real bakers out there that will make a beautiful cake and take the time to pipe: Congratulations [insert name here]! and then try to sell it!
okay! I hope these ideas help in your holiday shopping—hopefully you can quickly cross people off your list and help fellow bloggers out at the same time.
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KILLEEN (November 10, 2012)--Beekeepers are concerned for their industry due to bee diseases, misconceptions and a decline of beekeepers.
Texas is in the top 10 states for honey production, but local beekeepers say the industry as a whole has had some hard hits.
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, nearly 1/3 of U.S. food is made possible through honey bees' hard work of pollination, helping flowers and plants reproduce.
That's over $500 million dollars in bee pollination value by just Texas beekeepers alone.
But local beekeepers are concerned there won't be as much of a variety of food around if there continues to be a decline in beekeepers.
"The average age of beekeepers is well into the 60s, and only 8% of beekeepers are under 41 years old," said Blake Shook, Texas Beekeepers Association vice president.
In order to get the younger generation ready to take on the bee business, "Honey Queens and Princesses" come to the rescue.
Honey Queens and Princesses are chosen by local beekeepers to represent their local, state and even national communities to educate the public about bees and the beekeeping industry.
The ladies are also given supplies and a mentor to help with beekeeping.
"It's a great opportunity to learn, but you have someone there helping you that are more knowledgeable than you," said Leslie Tucker, Williamson County Area Honey Bee.
But beekeepers and those in the industry say even that's not enough.
That's why they've gathered in Killeen this weekend to spread the buzz about their concerns and ideas.
"We have to look at things like new pests that have come into the state, diseases, rules and regulations that would harm or help beekeepers and the weather condition," said Shook.
Beekeepers say the decline in the bee business is also due to misconceptions.
"People will get bees in their yards and the first thing they want to do is poison them, or they'll have bees on their flowers and they'll want to get rid of them," said local beekeeper Stephen Gardipee.
There are about 200,000 beekeepers in the United States.


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Kundera's discussion of his own work includes his views on the role of historical events in fiction, the meaning of action, and the creation of character in the post-psychological novel.
About the Author
The Franco-Czech novelist Milan Kundera was born in Brno and has lived in France, his second homeland, since 1975. He is the author of the novels The Joke, Farewell Waltz, Life Is Elsewhere, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, and Immortality, and the short-story collection Laughable Loves all originally written in Czech. His most recent novels Slowness, Identity, and Ignorance, as well as his nonfiction works The Art of the Novel, Testaments Betrayed, The Curtain, and Encounter, were originally written in French.


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The potency of activating drugs varies tremendously in different cells making measures of absolute potency for predicting therapeutic of very limited value. This session discusses how dose-response curves can be reduced to cell-type independent parameters describing the molecular properties of affinity and efficacy through application of the Black/Leff operational model of agonism. Biased agonism also is discussed in terms of the assays and parameters that can be used to determine functionally selective effect. This lecture will equip the student to quantify agonist activity in a test system and be able to predict activity of the agonist in all systems.
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Bethany Falls On Last-Minute FG
BETHANY – The Bethany College football team led undefeated Waynesburg until the very end when a 26-yard field with 16 seconds to play lifted the Yellow Jackets to a 23-21 triumph over the Bison Saturday afternoon at Bison Stadium.
The two-point loss, which dropped Bethany to 1-5 overall and 1-3 in the PAC, means BC has dropped its three conference games by a combined eight points. Waynesburg improved to 7-0 overall and 5-0 in the league, with its last four PAC victories coming by a total of 14 points.
With the score at 21-20 in favor of Bethany in the fourth quarter, both teams missed scoring chances, as Bethany drove to the Waynesburg 30, but turned it over on downs. That was answered by the Yellow Jackets moving down in position for a potential go-ahead field goal, but the 36-yard try by Dominic Zappa was wide left with 3:33 to go. Bethany was able to pick up one first down, but needing one more to run out the clock after Waynesburg burned its final timeout, the Bison were unable to get 10 yards and punted back to the Yellow Jackets with 1:45 to play.
After an incomplete pass on first down, Waynesburg went to Bertrand Ngampa, who shook free for runs of 15 and 35 yards to immediately put the visitors in field-goal range. After one run and two shots to the end zone, Waynesburg sent out Alex Henry, who split the uprights with a 26-yard boot to put the Jackets ahead 23-21 with 16 ticks on the clock. Bethany's last ditch effort came up short and Waynesburg escaped with the hard-fought win.
A pair of Bison players reached milestones in the setback. Matt Grimard threw for 261 yards and two scores while rushing for another 39, which gives him 6,857 yards of total offense break the Bethany record held by Bob Fromm, who had 6,700 from 1994-97. Grimard's top target in terms of receptions was senior Johnathan Foster, who caught 10 balls for 70 yards and he became the ninth player in Bethany history to surpass 100 career receptions (105).
The other big receiver was Ed Holmes, who snared eight passes for 121 yards and two touchdowns, his third game this season with a pair of TD catches. He has now moved up to fourth all-time at Bethany with 128 receptions and sixth with 1,527 career receiving yards.
On the defensive side, senior linebacker Kyle Arrington posted 14 tackles, his second straight double-digit performance. It also gives him 323 for his career for the second highest total by a Bison since 1989. Also reaching double figures were junior safety Jordan Joyce and sophomore linebacker Chris Burg with 11 hits apiece.


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Definition: $\mathcal{H}$ be a Hilbert space and $U(\mathcal{H})$ denote the unitary operators on it, If Unitary representation of a matrix lie group $G$ is just a homomorphism $\Pi:G\rightarrow U(\mathcal{H})$ with the following continuity condition: $A_n\rightarrow A\Rightarrow \Pi(A_n)v\rightarrow\Pi(A)v$
Now could any one help me what is going on here in detail so that I can understand,
"let $\mathcal{H}=L^2(\mathbb{R}^3,dx)$ the space of all square integrable functions on $\mathbb{R}^3$, for each $R\in SO(3)$ we define an operator $[\Pi_1(R)f](x)=f(R^{-1}x)$, since Lebesgue measure is rotationally invariant, $\Pi_1(R)$ is a unitary operator for each $R\in SO(3)(why?)$ , and it is easy to show $R\rightarrow \Pi_1(R)$ is unitary representation." Thank you


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I thought initally it would be the timezone I have configured, however, this does not seem to reflect the true activity. Or is it only the delay of the data analysis that creates this feeling?
Yes, it uses the timezone as configured. Note that if your Analytics account is linked to an Adwords account, then you will configure the timezone differently.


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Does anyone know if card sleeves commonly contain Bisphenol A (BPA)? And if so, which brands do, and which are BPA free? I would prefer to use BPA-free sleeves if possible. I have not had any luck finding an answer to this question.
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To answer the question, there are a lot of plastics that are suitable for use as card sleeves. None of them use Bisphenol-A as a plasticizer or monomer; that particular chemical is used primarily to make polycarbonates, which while optically clear are generally too stiff for use as flexible sheets or films (though they're great for applications requiring high impact resistance, like eye protection). So, you don't have to worry about Bisphenol A in your card protectors.
The two plastics you're most likely to see as clear films in your card protectors are poly-ethyl terephthalate (PET), and poly-vinyl chloride (PVC).
PET in fibrous form is known commercially as polyester, though in the chemical industry there are a lot of "poly-esters". This one is formed by bonding ethylene glycol into chains using a phthalate diester to glue them together. As a plastic, it's commonly used in disposable food storage containers, especially soda bottles. It's also commonly used for blister and clamshell product packaging. PET replaced cellulose acetate as a film stock for photos and movies, and also for transparent overlays, so it's definitely got the optical clarity to be used for card protectors.
The dangers of PET come when it's heated. It's perfectly stable at cold to tepid temperatures, making it just fine for packaging refrigerated foods, but when heated it can release the phthalate compounds into the food. Most of us get plenty of exposure to phthalates, and the vast majority do no real harm, but some combinations of alkyl-phthalates are endocrine disruptors which cause hormonal changes, and can cause birth defects and certain cancers.
Poly-vinyl chloride is one of the "wonder-plastics" that was used to do everything, until it fell off its pedestal. It still does a lot; it's seen in drainage and irrigation piping, upholstery, clothing, suction cups, self-adhesive window clings, clear flex tubing, clamshell and bubble packaging, and a host of other uses. It's generally prized for its toughness, even when it's plasticized beyond all recognition; a lot of other polymers lose too much of their tensile strength when too much plasticizer enters the picture.
Now the bad news. First off, the vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) turns out to be carcinogenic; it's fine as a polymer, but people making the stuff and people who come into prolonged contact with severely degraded PVC products can be at risk. Second, most usages of PVC require it to be more flexible than it is in its raw form, requiring the addition of a plasticizer. This is usually a phthalate, like in PET, but here it's a "mix-in"; the phthalate compound works itself into the polymer structure to "loosen" and "space out" the polymer chains, making them flexible. This means they're more readily released under the right conditions (brand-new vinyl products will even "off-gas" excess plasticizer for a few months after they're made and there's not much you can do about it). Some of the phthalates used in PVC cause even more problems than Bisphenol-A; there is evidence to show that a common plasticizer used in PVC piping, di-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP), causes feminizing characteristics in males, male obesity, and cardiac problems.
So I guess the moral of the story is, don't put your card protectors in the microwave along with your lunch.
There are a few safe alternatives if you can find them:
Most card sleeves are made with Polypropylene (Type 5) which is unlikely to contain BPA.
Two of the most popular card sleeves are Mayday Games and Ultra Pro, both are made of polypropylene.
BPA is a chemical that has been around for years, and it would be quite difficult to avoid any contact with it anyway.
The studies that claim BPA might pose a danger have methodological issues


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In, done, clicking my heels in anticipation.. thank you....
It fits fine, snapped right into place against the raised edge.
I can even see through the range window (which I did not expect)
I haven't found my 'sweet spot' yet- alignment via panoweaver isn't right yet
but I've only been able to attempt 4 sets of shots at different settings since receiving it
(my work is about to start up for the season, I've been busy) but the best result unfortunately grabs the edge of the r-1 receiving plate making a perfect little square going around.
Thanks for the confirmation. good to know it does fit.
to reduce the square foot print of QR clamp on R1, you can try reversing it. The clamp is asymmetric. reverse it so that the shorter portion is at the front. Use the hex key to loosen the screws on top of the clamp. Be careful of losing the brass safety pin and the spring inside.
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Friday, November 11, 2011
Flip-Pal Blog Hop Week 2
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Great job Nancy! I love the post it note holder. I might just have to make one of these. :) JenReplyDelete
Thanks Jen! This whole thing has sort of re-awakened my scrapbooking mojo.ReplyDelete
Wonderful idea, Nancy! I think I may have to make a few of these . . . thank you! Love our Flip-Pals!ReplyDelete
Nice job, Nancy. It's a really cute idea. How did you affix the post-it note pad to the frame?ReplyDelete
WOW! Love this, Nancy! What a great idea for a gift. And I loved your video. Great job. Aren't you amazed with the quality of the video and how easy it is to do? It's kind of freeing to know that on a day where I have writer's block, I can always video a blog. *snort*ReplyDelete
And isn't the Flip-Pal fun! =)
Julie- I just peeled off the back of the pad and stuck it on.ReplyDelete
Caroline- Thanks! I've got to figure something out next time to keep from getting the shakes though!


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Beginning early this year, certain search engine made some changes to their search ranking, the reason cited is that google wanted to provide more relevant results, according to their official blog, this change impacts 11.8% organic search results, in another word, almost 12% of google search results are useless or of low quality. The update was initiated more than a year ago, maybe that's why some of my ranks dropped out of first 10 pages, the good thing is that those keywords promoted by content rich links are not affected, a few of these keywords ranked better than ever, it's almost a sure thing that plain link building loses all it's attraction, at least in the eye of google.
So what exactly is linking campaign the old way? a large percentage of SEO firms will do this, they put your links on websites which only exist for holding links, the content on those sites will never be updated, and most of them are useless, we call these sites link spamming sites. Now google algorithm probably will weed out these sites, the links on those spamming sites won't work anymore.
Examples will be great for explanation. It was quite some time ago, I started promote the keyword, Mini Load Binders, it was old way of link building all the way, almost all the sites I got link from had too many links, and those sites had only links, no real content at all. I would give credit where credit is due, this linking strategy worked, finally the rank improved a lot, the honeymoon lasted until google changed it's mind. Now let's look at another keyword, chain puller , most back links for this keyword are from articles and posts, not too many plain links have been built, you can imagine how this keyword ranks. Now contextual links win the battle, then what? It all boils down to content, so if you create great content, you will attract readers as well as search engines. It's never too late to build good blogs for business purpose, take a look at this blog, top smartphone , in the beginning I just post to it casually, lately I added nice stuff left and right, and to my surprise, I have high ranks for some of competitive keywords. As we can see, creating quality content and blog marketing is what we have to do to get great result. Say you're building your own bogging network, for instance Ratchet Chain Binders, you will have the power to push any sites up in search engines.
Bottom line is that you should create great content, publish and share with people, in the mean time advertise your business with your content, as long as you don't stop doing this, you will win over customers and search engines. Persistence and patience are the keys to success, nothing will automatically improve overnight, it doesn't matter you're doing SEO or advertising your business, keep writing, publishing, sharing and creating, you will see the day of success. One of the best articles directories is EzineArticle, google will index a new article on ezine promptly, and some popular blogs will get your post indexed in minutes, there venues are ideal for promoting your site, I believe you should see for yourself, Sash Chains, explains some interesting concepts, nice writing, good content, published on popular site, all these points make it perfect for SEO.
Last but not least, we have hot social media now, no one can afford to not using them. One thing you can do for your blogs is to install twitter tools, get a twitter account and API keys, link your blog to twitter, you should choose to post a tweet for every new post, it's simple and elegant, no one should miss this tool out.


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What's the best way to show a character speaking a foreign language in fiction manuscript? Should the foreign words be italicized and include a translation? Should it just be included in the sentence and try and make sure the reader can guess at the meaning by using the surrounding sentences and words? Is there another way that's not coming to mind?
You have two options depending on context:
1) If it's a quick exchange and can be figured out in context, put the foreign language in italics.
"As-tu le livre?"
"Yes, I have the book here."
or inline:
"You filthy p'taQ!" B'Elanna snarled.
2) If it's a quick exchange without context, put the translation afterwards and italicize that.
"Pour ma peine, ma punition, je tourne en rond," he sighed. For my pain, for my punishment, I pace in circles. Now Picard understood.
"Qa'pla!" Successs! the Klingon shouted.
In any case, I would not have more than one or two exchanges in a foreign language. Either use a tag like "she said in French" so the reader realizes the characters aren't speaking English, or note in narration "they discussed the matter in French for some time, but as Malcolm didn't speak the language, he had to wait for a translation."
The way I see it, if the foreign language usage is important to the story, then use it in italics. If not, just avoid putting it explicitly in the text.
For example, assume you write a fantasy novel in which Elves always add the word Ur-Sook when addressing little children.
If you just wanted to make sure the reader understand that the Elf is busy, the second and third examples will do.
However, usage of the the first example can help you develop your story.
The reader will probably wonder what Ur-Sook means, and maybe guess this is the child's Elvish name. But then you can twist it around by having a mature Elf use that word when addressing another mature Elf, which will lead to a fight among the two...
In this case. the usage of the word and its inclusion in the text is important, so the first example is more appropriate.
Try to avoid using another foreign language as a stand-in for the language you're wanting to portray (like, say, using Swedish as a stand-in for Romani, as was done in Thinner). I'd treat that as the most absolute requirement.
Try to avoid long passages in another language. If you're finding yourself using much longer sections than "a sentence", it will probably be too intrusive.
For single sentences or shorter, provide something along the lines of a translation. This should probably be to the level of understanding of the scene's viewpoint character.
FWIW, he's shouting "rot like a banana", pretty silly as an interjection, but at least not very offensive.
It is possible to use multiple languages even if you actually don't by flagging them in dialogue tags. This is good when who speaks what language(s) is important in the narrative. You can put the inter-language confusion in the dialogue and the speakers' actions. You can also use this to play with mis-translation, either deliberate or incidental.
If you know what you're doing, you can also use idioms differently to subtly indicate a different langauge. For example, in one of my fantasy worlds, I characterise one of my languages by limiting contractions and by repeating verbs in a way that is not usually done in casual English.
This technique as also a good out if the languages are fictional, or if you, the author, don't actually speak one of them.


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what font format supports Android? Android, iPhone & Blackberry all support the same font? Android/Apple tablets ran the same phone/iPhone applications or it mast be compiled separetely (by phonegap)?
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If your heart is set on a font that isn't supported by all platforms, look into CSS 'font-face' (http://www.css3.info/preview/web-fonts-with-font-face/). If you host your app on the web, using Sencha Touch it should work for iOS, Android, and BlackBerry 6. If you want to use PhoneGap, you will need to build for each platform.Mitchell Simoens @LikelyMitch
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I know that I need to build for each platform. My question was do I need to build for tablets too or apps built for phones are also for appropriate tablets. And what to use, ttf or otf for not having technical (not legal) problems?


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November 05, 2012
Linkin Park Living Things world tour road closures and parking info: What you need to know
So, you bought your tickets months ago, you've spent hours deciding what to wear and rehearsing the lines of your favourite Linkin Park songs in front of your mirror but now the question is: How do you get to what will surely be one of the best concerts on Wednesday, November 7, 2012?
Before you go all Numb with worry, let me walk you through the road closures and transport arrangements so that you don't feel Powerless.
Whether you're travelling by MyCiti bus, train, bicycle or using a park and go service, we've got you and your 45 000 fellow concert goers making their way to the Cape Town Stadium covered.
What you need to know:
No parking at or near the stadium will be available. Concert ticket-holders are encouraged to:
• Use public transport to the MyCiTi Civic Centre bus station and catch the free event shuttle to the stadium; or
• Park in the City Bowl and use the free event shuttle to the stadium; or
• Park at the V&A Waterfront and walk to the stadium
No additional bus and train services have been scheduled before the concert and normal tariffs will apply. Limited special Metrorail and MyCiTi services will be available after the concert.
Metrorail service
Metrorail services to and from Cape Town will run as normal before the concert and passengers will be required to pay the applicable fee. Train schedules and related information are available from the Transport Information Centre's toll-free number 0800 65 64 63 or at www.capemetrorail.co.za
Limited special train services will be available after the concert and will be free on presentation of a valid concert stub. Trains will depart promptly after the concert at the following times:
• From Cape Town to Fish Hoek – every 15 minutes, from 23h30 – 00h15
• From Cape Town to Bellville (via Monte Vista) – every 15 minutes, from 23h30 – 00h00
• From Cape Town to Strand (via Goodwood) – at 00h00
MyCiTi service
The standard hours of operation and fares will apply for the Civic Centre to Table View, Waterfront and Gardens routes. Passengers will be required to use the myconnect card (loaded with sufficient value) to travel to the Civic Centre bus station. Cards can be purchased at any open Revenue Kiosk or selected MyCiTi stations. The 24/7 Transport Information Centre can be contacted on 0800 65 64 63 for information on other vendors selling the myconnect card.
Special services will be provided after the concert from Civic Centre to:
Table View (trunk and feeder):
• The first bus will leave the Civic Centre bus station at midnight (00h00).
• The second bus will leave the Civic Centre bus station 30 minutes later.
• The last bus will leave the Civic Centre bus station after midnight at 01h10.
• The last feeder buses will leave Table View Station at 01h40.
• CHARGES: Free of charge on presentation of a valid concert ticket stub.
• The first bus will leave the Civic Centre bus station at midnight (00h00).
• The second bus will leave the Civic Centre bus station 30 minutes later.
• The last bus will leave the Civic Centre bus station after midnight at 01h10.
• CHARGES: Free of charge on presentation of a valid concert ticket stub.
Shuttle services and/or Park-and-Ride
Please note that no shuttle service will be operational between the University of Cape Town (UCT) or Hout Bay, due to the unavailability of parking. No dedicated Park-and-Ride locations will be operational – including UCT, Kronendal Primary and Ratanga Junction.
Road closures
A number of roads in and around the Cape Town Stadium precinct will be closed on the day (either a full or a partial closure) and traffic law enforcement teams will be monitoring the flow of traffic. Public transport services operating in the Green Point and CBD areas may be subject to localised deviations from 14h00 on the day of the event.
Parking restrictions will be enforced in the residential areas adjacent to Cape Town Stadium from 00h00 on 6 November to 00h00 (midnight) on November 7, 2012, including on Main Road. Motorists are advised to obey the signage. Normal restrictions and charges apply to kerbside parking in the CBD for a weekday.
People with disabilities:
• Dedicated parking has been allocated on D.F. Malan Drive for those attendees with disabilities who wish to use the stadium shuttle. Only people with an official disability permit from the City will be allowed to park in this dedicated parking area.
• Ticket-holders must formally request access to the dedicated parking bays for people with disabilities by sending an e-mail to Mike Lord at email@example.com
• Concert-goers will have to provide evidence that they are entitled to these parking bays by clearly displaying their Vehicle Access Permit (VAP) in full colour on their dashboard when entering the parking area (P5) on Vlei Road. Failure to display this permit will result in access being denied.
• Enquiries regarding the limited parking within the stadium for people with disabilities must be directed to Mike Lord at email@example.com
• Parking for people with disabilities is issued at the discretion of the event organiser and is subject to availability.
• Attendees may be dropped off and collected at the following appropriately sign-posted locations. Parking tariffs will apply until 17h00 when on-street parking becomes free of charge.
In DF Malan Drive opposite the Artscape Theatre;
In the bay off Helen Suzman Boulevard (city-bound carriageway), between Vlei Road and the elevated traffic circle at Granger Bay Boulevard;
On-street in the CBD (on-street parking is available within the CBD, but no additional security will be provided);
• V&A Waterfront
The V&A Waterfront has approximately 3 500 parking bays available to the general public.
There is a charge associated with this parking, and traffic flows into and out of the V&A Waterfront may be congested.
Attendees wishing to cycle to the stadium are encouraged to do so. Bicycle racks are located on the eastern (Waterfront) side of the elevated circle at the stadium. Cyclists must provide their own lock and chain as bicycles are left at own risk.
Please remember to wear a helmet, have adequate lighting and wear reflective clothing. Helmets are not allowed inside the stadium. Due to the number of people using the fan walk, it is advised that cyclists coming from the CBD use the route through the V&A Waterfront or the back roads in De Waterkant to access the stadium.
Ticket collection
Attendees are encouraged to collect their tickets from Computicket outlets before the day of the concert.
Things to remember:
- No drinks and food are allowed into the stadium but you can fill up on some tasty goodies from the kiosks inside.
- If you want to continue rocking out after the concert, dance the night away at our Top summer nightlife venues
- Too tired to travel home? Lay your noggin down at one of our accommodation providers in the city centre.
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ODI 12c - Aggregating Data
By David Allan-Oracle on Nov 05, 2013
This posting will look at the aggregation component that was introduced in ODI 12c. For many ETL tool users this shouldn't be a big surprise, its a little different than ODI 11g but for good reason. You can use this component for composing data with relational like operations such as sum, average and so forth. Also, Oracle SQL supports special functions called Analytic SQL functions, you can use a specially configured aggregation component or the expression component for these now in ODI 12c. In database systems an aggregate transformation is a transformation where the values of multiple rows are grouped together as input on certain criteria to form a single value of more significant meaning - that's exactly the purpose of the aggregate component.
In the image below you can see the aggregate component in action within a mapping, for how this and a few other examples are built look at the ODI 12c Aggregation Viewlet here - the viewlet illustrates a simple aggregation being built and then some Oracle analytic SQL such as AVG(EMP.SAL) OVER (PARTITION BY EMP.DEPTNO) built using both the aggregate component and the expression component.
In 11g you used to just write the aggregate expression directly on the target, this made life easy for some cases, but it wan't a very obvious gesture plus had other drawbacks with ordering of transformations (agg before join/lookup. after set and so forth) and supporting analytic SQL for example - there are a lot of postings from creative folks working around this in 11g - anything from customizing KMs, to bypassing aggregation analysis in the ODI code generator.
The aggregate component has a few interesting aspects.
1. Firstly and foremost it defines the attributes projected from it - ODI automatically will perform the grouping all you do is define the aggregation expressions for those columns aggregated. In 12c you can control this automatic grouping behavior so that you get the code you desire, so you can indicate that an attribute should not be included in the group by, that's what I did in the analytic SQL example using the aggregate component.
2. The component has a few other properties of interest; it has a HAVING clause and a manual group by clause. The HAVING clause includes a predicate used to filter rows resulting from the GROUP BY clause. Because it acts on the results of the GROUP BY clause, aggregation functions can be used in the HAVING clause predicate, in 11g the filter was overloaded and used for both having clause and filter clause, this is no longer the case. If a filter is after an aggregate, it is after the aggregate (not sometimes after, sometimes having).
3. The manual group by clause let's you use special database grouping grammar if you need to. For example Oracle has a wealth of highly specialized grouping capabilities for data warehousing such as the CUBE function. If you want to use specialized functions like that you can manually define the code here. The example below shows the use of a manual group from an example in the Oracle database data warehousing guide where the SUM aggregate function is used along with the CUBE function in the group by clause.
The SQL I am trying to generate looks like the following from the data warehousing guide;
- SELECT channel_desc, calendar_month_desc, countries.country_iso_code,
- TO_CHAR(SUM(amount_sold), '9,999,999,999') SALES$
- FROM sales, customers, times, channels, countries
- WHERE sales.time_id=times.time_id AND sales.cust_id=customers.cust_id AND
- sales.channel_id= channels.channel_id
- AND customers.country_id = countries.country_id
- AND channels.channel_desc IN
- ('Direct Sales', 'Internet') AND times.calendar_month_desc IN
- ('2000-09', '2000-10') AND countries.country_iso_code IN ('GB', 'US')
- GROUP BY CUBE(channel_desc, calendar_month_desc, countries.country_iso_code);
I can capture the source datastores, the filters and joins using ODI's dataset (or as a traditional flow) which enables us to incrementally design the mapping and the aggregate component for the sum and group by as follows;
In the above mapping you can see the joins and filters declared in ODI's dataset, allowing you to capture the relationships of the datastores required in an entity-relationship style just like ODI 11g. The mix of ODI's declarative design and the common flow design provides for a familiar design experience. The example below illustrates flow design (basic arbitrary ordering) - a table load where only the employees who have maximum commission are loaded into a target. The maximum commission is retrieved from the bonus datastore and there is a look using employees as the driving table and only those with maximum commission projected.
Hopefully this has given you a taster for some of the new capabilities provided by the aggregate component in ODI 12c. In summary, the actions should be much more consistent in behavior and more easily discoverable for users, the use of the components in a flow graph also supports arbitrary designs and the tool (rather than the interface designer) takes care of the realization using ODI's knowledge modules.
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NetworkManager has refused to find the wireless network I always connect to. It sees other wireless networks except the one which I need. In recent past occasions, I've had to delete the wireless network and restart my system, and it worked.
But those steps have not been helpful today. Has anyone experienced this before?
I'm running Fedora 15 on a Dell Inspiron 1525.


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Shortly after Danica Patrick landed the Daytona 500 pole—an unprecedented achievement for a female driver—the president of Daytona International Speedway started making plans to capitalize on the historic story line.
"This week, everybody's going to be talking about Danica and they're going to talk about the Daytona 500, and I will do my best to proliferate that message as well," Joie Chitwood III said Sunday evening.
Chitwood said he sent an e-mail to Fox Sports president Eric Shanks to remind him what it will mean to have the popular Patrick on the pole for "The Great American Race."
"Obviously, from a Fox perspective, it's about viewership," Chitwood said. "For me, it's about publicity for the 500. I think he and I both had a good day today. That's the beauty of sport: you never know what's going to happen. I think we all get excited when you see history. The first woman to ever capture a pole position in Sprint Cup, that's pretty awesome, whether it was Danica or someone else. That was historic, and I'm glad that happened at Daytona."
Chitwood was the president of Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2005, when Patrick led 19 laps during the Indy 500 and finished fourth. It was the highest finish ever for a female driver in the prestigious event.
"I got to be there for that historic moment," Chitwood said. "Who knows? Maybe I've got a little luck in there.


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5 Inspiring Acts of Kindness by Terrifying Crime Syndicates
#2. Somali Pirates Fight Crime
In 1991, the government of Somali fell like the Statue of Liberty in a dystopian sci-fi action movie. In its place came a 15 year nothing sandwich. During that time, Somalia existed not as a recognized state but as a land populated by a bunch of tribes, sort of like an infinitely less awesome Road Warrior.
To help the situation, European and Asian companies gallantly decided to start dumping their toxic waste in Somali waters. Piggybacking the poison dumpers came illegal commercial fishermen, who went bonkers helping themselves to delicious Somali fish to the tune of about $300-million worth per year. What could a nation in ruins possibly do to defend itself?
This guy looks like he has some ideas.
In the absence of a coast guard, raggedy Somali pirates stepped in to protect their waters. And it turns out that the buccaneers are getting the job done--Kenyan fishermen are reporting massive increases in their catches now that the commercial trawlers are too fucking scared to approach the East African coast.
Not only that, but these pirates are spreading the booty love around with the coastal communities that support them. Reinvigorated by pirate money, villages are now able to afford schools and generators so their children can get both an education and lights.
"And a pair of blue pants for every child!"
But before you get the wrong idea...
So that was the good news. The bad news is that these guys are pirates, which means they steal things and kidnap and murder people, and spend a great deal of their resources funding Somalia's other bad guys, the militia warlords.
Hundreds of thousands of Somalis have been killed by armed militias over the last 20 years, while millions more have been exiled. They intercept supplies intended for starving children and, in an ironic twist, were the ones who negotiated the shady toxic dumping shenanigans that begat the pirates in the first place. It's like hiring the man who killed your brother to murder the man who killed your father, and then inviting him to hang out in your treehouse afterward.
"So... Xbox?"
#1. Pablo Escobar: Philanthromurderist
The world was undoubtedly a better place after the 1993 death of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. Envigado, Colombia, however, was not. The world's richest drug kingpin did some truly incredible things for his community. Escobar paved roads, provided clean water and sewer systems, and built new airports and schools. He funded churches and sports arenas, gave everybody a $40 personal budget for medical expenses.
He even constructed a free zoo for the masses, because even poor people need to see some monkeys once in a while. If that wasn't enough, under the banner of his pet project "Medellin Without Slums," Escobar built over 400 houses for people who previously lived, literally, on piles of garbage.
Also, he sold cocaine.
The guy was beloved for his efforts, which is how Escobar won an alternate seat in the Colombian House of Representatives in 1982. That's right--a world famous drug dealer was given a seat in the House of Representatives.
This seat.
But before you get the wrong idea...
As good as Escobar was at the charitable part of philanthromurderism, he was better at the murdering part. His rise to power hinged on how he dealt with authorities by offering them silver or lead. Silver as in money, lead as in bullets. The lead offer was also extended to family members.
"Yeah, on second thought, we'll take the money."
Over 600 police officers were murdered under Escobar's watch. And they weren't just shot by ordinary drug thugs, either, no sir. Escobar recruited young boys to do it for him, and paid them nicely for every cop they killed.
He was also the first guy to order the assassination of a Colombian government official, a trend we're sure every Central and South American politician would give his firstborn hovercraft to go back in time to reverse. When Escobar was finally arrested for his heinous douchebaggery, he had a mansion-esque prison built for himself, from which he eventually escaped to do some more murder.
So, yeah, on the whole the world probably would have been better off without him.
"Kick him! Kick him to make sure!"
Kristi Harrison is both murderous and humanitarian at Here-in-Idaho.com.
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20 May 2011 8:30 AM #1
How to extend GridFilters to create a new Filter class
I'm trying to create a new type of filter using GridFilters to get a filter in multivalued fields. What i have done until now is to copy the ListFilter.js to a MultiListFilter.js, and modifying the next portions of code:
Ext.ux.grid.filter.MultiListFilter = Ext.extend(Ext.ux.grid.filter.Filter, {Code:
getSerialArgs : function () { var args = {type: 'multilist', value: this.phpMode ? this.getValue().join(',') : this.getValue()}; return args; },
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Does 't Hooft's determinism work need the holographic principle in order to work or is it just an extension of his work?
Determinism was a theme in 't Hooft's original paper on holography, and holography is a recurring theme in his papers on hidden variables e.g. http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0212095 section 2, http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9903084 section 8. The idea seems to be that quantum mechanics would emerge alongside gravity and the extra dimension, as a result of mathematically rewriting a lower-dimensional deterministic theory (reorganizing its variables and neglecting some degrees of freedom). So "holographic determinism" - or "holographic emergence of QM from a deterministic theory" is an idea, or an idea for an idea, but there's no working example of it.
I should point out that actual examples of holography like AdS/CFT involve a mapping between a quantum theory in a higher dimension and a quantum theory in a lower dimension. They don't involve an emergence of quantum mechanics on one side of the duality. Also, 't Hooft's most recent hidden variables papers (everything from 2012) do not mention holography, though one of them contains a version of the usual elementary string duality between "10-dimensional space-time" and "2-dimensional worldsheet" perspectives.
It has been proved in [3] that a holographic description of extra-dimensional dynamics is equivalent to a semiclassical description of quantum behavior of elementary 4D fields, in agreement with AdS/CFT. In the holographic description the modes associated to the extra dimension turns out to describe quantum excitations (virtual particles), see AdS/QCD. For instance, the assumption of a flat extra dimension corresponds to quantize semiclassically a free field with mass equal to the fundamental Kaluza-Klein mass. Vice versa, quantum dynamics create a fictitious extra dimension called virtual extra dimension. This explains other mathematical beauties of extra dimensional theories.


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Roll It! Tie It! Tote It! For comfort and protection. Saves upholstery from sticky fingers or "accidents." A "Changing" pad or Bleacher pad or Grocery cart/child seat pad. Options: Nonslip Waterproof with P.U.L. by Fabri-Quilt or vinyl Water resistant with Soft and Stable™ cushioning Strips, Fat Quarter and Charm Pack friendly "Raggedy" binding. Finished sizes 18" x 18" and 20" x 20". Designed by Margaret Travis
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Has this idea ever been mentioned before, for a T-shirt?
If it has......... sorry for asking...........if not feel free to use it...... my size is XXL and I like blue or black! ;)
Don't Woot!............Angry........Drunk........etc.
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Wow........how about a comment as to why the DV's........this was not a rep building question and I did not see it asked before.........I thought it wouild be a funny T-shirt!
I didn't down vote you, but I don't get it.....
@mustardsquarepants: It's a T-shirt idea.....like .........Don't woot while your drunk...........or Woot!.....while your naked!
If you're referring to an idea for a shirt[dot]woot t-shirt, it wouldn't ever happen. The primary reason being that they don't allow woot-related shirts to be printed as a submission. The exceptions to the "no woot-related shirts" rule are when the actual shirt[dot]woot designers (aka tgentry and coworkers) create the design, ex: the !, blurry ?, deals crab/old vote button, woot!, and woot! athletic dept. Secondly, the site tries to go for a no more than PG-13 rating feel, and parts of your idea might push the line. Plus, the first idea is almost anti-woot, and they wouldn't want to print something that could hurt their bottom line.
If you're just asking someone to go to their local screen-printing shop and make you one, that's a whole 'nother thing. In that case you could possibly get in trouble for copyright infringement if the company caught wind of it, especially if you incorporated parts of the logo.
@107bear: Why the down votes? Perhaps because you keep using that odd punctuation? I do not think it means what you think it means. Ellipses come three to a pack. Use them sparingly for true effect.
Or it's because your comments have been drinking so early in the afternoon.
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I can, on some of my systems, get my IP address (192.68.m.n format) by doing this:
addr = IPSocket::getAddress(Socket.gethostname())
...the trouble is that this only works if the name the local machine uses for itself is the name the DNS server associates with it.
How *&#( hard can it be for ruby to just return its primary interface's IP address? I have to do this in a platform-independant way or I'd just call ifconfig or ipconfig and parse it.


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Little Dragon Gypsy Woman on Stereogum...
"You guys wanna hear a club classic?" is how Little Dragon's Yukimi Nagano launches into a cover of "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)." The track is in fact a club classic, inescapable over the past 21 years, and it's fitting hearing it sung by the voice of 2011′s most inescapable club track, "Wildfire" with SBTRKT (and, for that matter, Drake). So below, you'll get Little Dragon covering Crystal Waters's 1990 classic and, as bonus, an MP3 of the Drumma Boy (feat. Shabazz Palaces) remix of Little Dragon's SBTRKT track. Seeing as Little Dragon is the nexus of this post, you can also head over to Modular for the band's eight-track Modcast, a mixtape they made for the Aussie label that will get you further in their headspace. (Or at least, their headphones.)


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5 Nov 2012 10:31 AM #1
Not able to maximise window using Window.setmaximizable(true);
I am a GXT beginner.I am trying to open a window inside a layout container and below is the code for that but i need to have this window maximised on opening with a maximise button on the frame so that when i minimise using browser minimise the whole screen resize but this is not happening with the current available code .Kindly help me with this.
int winWidth = (int) ((viewPort.getWidth() * 99.5) / 100);int winHeight = viewPort.getHeight();final Window win = new Window();win.setModal(false);win.setSize(winWidth, winHeight);win.setMaximizable(true);win.setResizable(true);
6 Nov 2012 8:37 AM #2
That's right - setMaximizable(true) just means 'let the user maximize the window if they want'. I think instead that you want to call maximize(), which resizes it to full screen right away.


text: More from SI New Tampa Bay Buccaneers uniform features throwback ora... New Tampa Bay Buccaneers uniform features throwback ora... 'More menacing skull' highlights Tampa Bay Buccaneers g... 'More menacing skull' highlights Tampa Bay Buccaneers g... NFL now has three legitimate Los Angeles stadium sites... NFL now has three legitimate Los Angeles stadium sites... Everything you need to know about the footballs that wi... Everything you need to know about the footballs that wi... Peyton Manning, other NFL Sports Illustrated Sportsmen... Peyton Manning, other NFL Sports Illustrated Sportsmen... Fans celebrate Halloween at stadiums around league in W... Fans celebrate Halloween at stadiums around league in W... NFL unveils new Pro Bowl uniforms NFL unveils new Pro Bowl uniforms Close Tweet0 Share0 Comment0 Share0 Share0 Stumble It0 Print0 More Audibles Cam Cameron firing an act of desperation by Ravens? by Chris Burke Add Favorite Favorite Added Twitter Email Posted: Mon Dec. 10, 2012 Cam Cameron and Joe Flacco proved to be an inconsistent duo leading the Ravens offense. (Kenneth K. Lam/MCT/ABACAUSA.COM)A move made out of desperation or a long-overdue change? That's the quandary around the Baltimore Ravens after they axed offensive coordinator Cam Cameron on Monday, one day after a difficult overtime loss to Washington.Even with an uneven offense, the Ravens currently sit at 9-4 and hold a two-game lead in the AFC North. So, how Baltimore finishes down the stretch and in the playoffs will issue a pretty clear verdict on how successful this major coaching staff move was.Cameron's offense ranks ninth in the NFL in points scored through 14 weeks, but the Ravens have been maddeningly inconsistent on that side of the ball. A lot of the venom for that roller-coaster ride has landed on Cameron -- his use (or lack thereof) of Ray Rice coming under constant question.Replacing Cameron will be former Colts head coach Jim Caldwell, who had been serving as Baltimore's QB coach. Under Caldwell's watch this season, QB Joe Flacco has stayed on pace to set a career high in passing yards, with the second-most TDs of his NFL stint.Of course, Cameron deserves some of the credit there too, though his scheme is at least partly to blame for Flacco's wild home/road splits. Counting Sunday's 31-28 OT loss to the Redskins, Flacco has a road QB rating of 75.3 with seven TDs and five interceptions; at home, he posts a 100.7 rating and has an 11:4 TD:INT differential.But back to the timing of this decision ...Aside from a Week 10 outburst against the hapless Raiders (a 55-20 Baltimore win), the Ravens' offense has been somewhat out of sorts ever since a sloppy 9-6 victory over Kansas City in Week 5. The Ravens hung 31 on Dallas the next week in a hard-fought victory, but then managed just 176 yards in a blowout loss to Houston.The last four weeks have been particularly painful. Baltimore split a home-and-home with Pittsburgh, narrowly stealing a 13-10 win against a Ben Roethlisberger-less Steelers team, then losing at home to Charlie Batch. In between those two games, the Ravens needed a 10-point fourth-quarter outburst to get past San Diego -- a rally that came after the offense mustered all of three points in the first three quarters.Sunday's collapse was the final nail in Cameron's coffin. Baltimore took a 21-14 lead to halftime, then scored just seven points in the second half and OT, as Washington forced a pair of turnovers and three three-and-outs.The Ravens also took a knee from their own 20 with 24 seconds left, after the Redskins had tied the game at 28.Rice appeared visibly annoyed at that choice, and the Baltimore RB has been at the center of the firestorm surrounding Cameron's play calling. Rice has had more than 20 carries in just two games this season, which is the main reason why he's still under 1,000 yards rushing for the year.The reliable Rice is just 12th in the league in carries at 218, 65 behind league-leader Arian Foster and several spots behind division mates Trent Richardson (247) and BenJarvus Green-Ellis (238).There's also been some chatter out of Baltimore that Flacco would like more control over the team's play calling, particularly in the hurry-up attack.Will he get more of that under Caldwell? Will Rice see more action, possibly at the expense of backup RB Bernard Pierce? Only one thing is certain right now: Caldwell does not have very much time to figure out his game plan. More Audibles


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On Thursday, June 14, 2012, Philadelphia magazine honored the 2012 Top Doctors, as named in the May issue, at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Guests enjoyed cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and explored a fleet of 2012 Jaguar and Range Rover vehicles. Laser Spine Institute hosted a VIP lounge and pre-event reception.Photography by Nell Hoving.
On June 12, 2012, Philadelphia magazine and Infiniti joined the Vetri Foundation for Children at the Navy Yard for the 7th Annual Great Chefs Event. Guests were able to taste dishes from 40 local, national, and international superstar chefs and top mixologists, experience the all-new Infiniti JX, enjoy live entertainment, and participate in a fantastic live and silent auction. All proceeds benefited Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation. Photography by Lou Caltabiano.
On Saturday, June 9, 2012, hundreds of women gathered at Drexel University's state-of-the-art Recreation Center for Philadelphia magazine's first-ever Be Well Boot Camp, a healthy and fun day-out for women, presented by Be Well Philly and UnitedHealthcare. Guests enjoyed fitness classes led by Best of Philly® trainers, motivational panel discussions presented by the region's top doctors and wellness experts, and a marketplace full of product samplings, mini consultations, and live cooking demos. Special thanks to our sponsors: UnitedHealthcare, Einstein Healthcare Network, Moss Rehab, Penn Medicine, Crozer-Keystone Health System, Drexel Medicine, Drexel University, and media partner Mix 106.1. Photography by Nell Hoving
On Tuesday, June 5, 2012, guests joined Philadelphia magazine at 10 Rittenhouse Square to celebrate the launch of G Philly's Summer 2012 issue, featuring Happy Couples. Throughout the evening, guests toured the property's luxury residences while enjoying specialty cocktails featuring Smirnoff®'s Fluffed Marshmallow and Whipped Cream flavored vodkas, Coors Light, and hors d'oeuvres by Stephen Starr Events. Visit G-Philly.com for more information on upcoming events. Photography by Jessica Vermeer Hawkes.
Friends and supporters joined Children's Crisis Treatment Center (CcTC) and Tony Valdés, CEO of CcTC, for a night filled with Western-themed fun at the 13th Annual Roundup on Friday, June 1, 2012 at PÊCHE Sherman Mills. Event chairs Natalie & Jim Hennessy and April & Steve Hladczuk hosted the event, along side honorary Co-Chair Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown. Philadelphia Eagles Defensive Tackle Mike Patterson made a special appearance. Patterson was honored as the 2011 Ed Block Courage Award recipient, after the Philadelphia Eagles named CcTC as the team's 2011 Courage House in association with Ed Block Courage Award. Guests enjoyed a night filled with great food, dancing, silent auctions and mechanical bull riding for a great cause raising over $155,000. Proceeds from the event raised funds for CcTC's efforts to assist children and their families in Philadelphia coping with the impact of behavioral health issues, traumatic events and other challenges that have an effect on childhood development. Photography by Paul Loftland Photography
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Construction Carpenters
Also called: Assembler, Cabinet Maker, Carpenter Foreman, Foreman
In the military: see titles from the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, or Navy.
In the Air Force: Structural; Structural Apprentice; Structural Craftsman; Structural Helper; Structural Journeyman
In the Army: Carpentry and Masonry Specialist
In the Coast Guard: Structural
In the Marine Corps: Basic Engineer, Construction, and Equipment Marine; Builder; Carpentry and Masonry Specialist; Combat Engineer; Hull Maintenance Technician; Structural Apprentice; Structural Craftsman; Structural Helper; Structural Journeyman
In the Navy: Builder; Builder Basic; Hull Maintenance Technician
What they do:Construct, erect, install, and repair structures and fixtures of wood, plywood, and wallboard, using carpenter's hand tools and power tools.
On the job, you would:
- Follow established safety rules and regulations and maintain a safe and clean environment.
- Study specifications in blueprints, sketches, or building plans to prepare project layout and determine dimensions and materials required.
- Measure and mark cutting lines on materials, using a ruler, pencil, chalk, and marking gauge.
Engineering and Technology
Math and Science
Arts and Humanities
Safety and Government
Basic Skills
Problem Solving
Hand and Finger Use
Ideas and Logic
People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need:
You might use software like this on the job:
Project management software
Accounting software
Word processing software
You might like a career in one of these industries:
See more details at O*NET OnLine about construction carpenters.


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Is there any information about WordPress becoming completely OOP in future versions?
Hi @Eugene:
I can say with about 99.9999% certainty that WordPress will never become completely OOP in future version, not the least of which is that the topic has come up time and again on the wp-hackers list and the core team members has expressed no interest in doing so.
As I look at my personal experience with programming and teaching OOP starting around 1990 I agree with the core team and think complete OOP would be a mistake. Although I once an OOP zealot and thought OOP was a panacea I've since come to believe that it has its value in some contexts but in other contexts it gets in the way.
One of the biggest problems I've found with OOP is that it forces the developer to bake in structure long before the developer actually understands what that structure should be which then leads to the fragile base-class problem.
Of course for selected aspects of WordPress, OOP makes a lot of sense and if you study core you'll find such classes; Widget, List_Tables (in 3.1), etc.
At this point I'm happy to work with WordPress in a mostly non-OOP paradigm and think that if it had been pure OOP WordPress would have never gained the following it has. Why? Because OOP would have raised the bar of complexity for would-be WordPress themers and plugin developers, and it would likely have resulted in an application that was not flexible enough to evolve as the core team learned more about the needs of its users over the past 6 years.
Lots of WP components get rewritten in OOP code with every new release, and new components tend to make use of it (for example the
I wouldn't go so far to say that it will never happen, but it's unlikely it will in the near future, and probably not because of the "base-class" problem :)
First of all, there are only disadvantages in using procedural code over OOP for a CMS application like WordPress, simply because such apps are meant to be extended through plugins. Throwing in a mix of functions and global variables doesn't make this easier at all. At the time WP was written nobody could have predicted what WP would become and many poor choices were made. Now it's pretty hard to catch up, because most plugins and themes would stop working properly. Implementing a huge compatibility layer to avoid that would likely slow down WP and add even more confusion among developers. Also think about the purpose - to ease the life of developers, at the users' expense?
If it helps - a very old discussion on wp-hackers but still relevant to this topic, and a proposed idea by the community, now tagged as "plugin territory". I haven't noticed other activity in this direction recently.


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I am using products as a 'custom post type' then I'm displaying a gallery of all products on the home page with a buy button next to each one. When the buy button is clicked, I would like it to redirect to a page with some more info of that product and a checkout form. What do I need to send to the URL using the button to retrieve this type of page? Should I just write my own query or is there something in wordpress that can do this for me?
This is my form right now:
<form class='product_form' action="checkout" method="get">
<input name="post_id" type="hidden" value="<?=$post->ID?>"/>
<input type='image' src='<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/images/buy.png' class='wpsc_buy_button' />


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Cast: Douglas Henshall, Hannah Spearritt, James Murray, Andrew-Lee Potts, Lucy Brown, Ben Miller, Juliet Aubrey
- Airs: 8pm Saturdays
- Air Dates: February 2007- June 2011
Primeval, a high-budget series, follows Professor Nick Cutter and his team as they investigate anomalies in time found in the Forest of Dean. An unfortunate side-effect of the anomalies is that dinosaurs are moving through them and into the present time, making the team's investigations that much more stressful. Cutter's wife also disappears while investigating the anomalies and he makes it his mission to find and save her.


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