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I'm making a wordpress plugin. What are typical things I should include in the uninstall feature?
For example, should I delete any tables I created in the install function?
Do I clean up my option entries?
Anything else?
I'm making a wordpress plugin. What are typical things I should include in the uninstall feature?
For example, should I delete any tables I created in the install function?
Do I clean up my option entries?
Anything else?
There are three different hooks. They trigger in the following cases:
How-to trigger functions safely during the scenarios
The following shows the right ways to safely hook callback functions that get triggered during the mentioned actions.
As you could use this code in a plugin that uses
I'll show three different demo plugins that you can inspect and then later on implement the code in your own plugin(s).
Important note upfront!
As this topic is extremely difficult and very detailed and has a dozen+ edge cases, this answer will never be perfect. I'll keep improving it over time, so check back on a regular base.
(1) Activate/Deactivate/Uninstall plugins.
The plugin setup callbacks are triggered by core and you have no influence on how core does this. There're some things to keep in mind:
(A) Plain functions plugin
Remember that this might not work if you hook the callbacks before the function definition.
(B) A class based/OOP architecture
This is the most common example in nowadays plugins.
(C) A class based/OOP architecture with an external setup object
This scenario assumes that you got a main plugin file and a second file named
Note: You can simply take the three
The main plugin file:
The setup file:
(2) Plugin updates
If you write a plugin that has its own DB table or options, there might be scenarios where you need to change or upgrade things.
Sadly so far there's no possibility to run something on plugin/theme install or update/upgrade. Gladly there's a work-around: Hook a custom function to a custom option (yea, it's lame - but it works).
This update function is a not-so-nice/well-written example, but as said: It's an example and the technique works well. Will improve that with a later update.
To test the current system for required featurs like PHP version or installed extensions you can use something like that:
Test with a check for PHP 5.5:
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I want to create an image (for example ext3 image) from a given directory hierarchy. This directory hierarchy is owned by a given user. But on the final image, I want the files to be owned by superuser. Is there a solution for tranlating the user uid / gid to 0 ?
Here is a pseudo workflow :
Create file hierarchy, as user in
Create an ext3 img on a file
loop mount the empty img (as user or root) in
cp -R --magic_uid_options 500=0 /home/user/rootfs /somewhere/loopmount
Or step 4 could be a normal copy and step 5 a clever find that would
chown and
chgrp recursively. Is there well known solution to this kind of problem ?

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Looking at 2012 in the rear view mirror
|The 'Guzzi Guys' - Brian O'Neil of Cornwall, left, and Gary Randall of Harwinton - during a fall foliage ride through the Catskills. Bud Wilkinson / Republican-American
It was early Tuesday evening and Anne and Greg Bidou, the married proprietors of the motorcycle-friendly Toymaker's Café in Falls Village, were hosting an open house for friends in their living quarters above the restaurant. The purpose was to celebrate their newly installed kitchen. There was mulled wine on the stove and a spiral-sliced ham on the butcher block island. Homemade candied bacon got passed around on cookie sheets.
Carl Foster, the friend from Avon who introduced me to riding in the fall of 2004, accompanied me to the party. We walked in and immediately saw several familiar faces. Seated on corner benches in the kitchen and jawing about motorcycles were Ward Moss of New Fairfield and Will Paley of Cornwall. Moss is in the process of assembling an old Vincent, while Paley's trying to thin his stable of vintage machines. Need an old BMW R75 or Moto Guzzi 850T?
Paley was the subject of a column back in September. I tagged along when he took his French-made 1906 Griffon for a spin along Route 43 in Cornwall. At that point he was planning on taking it to the Barber Vintage Festival in Alabama to participate in The Ride of the Century on Oct. 13, and maybe sell it to the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum.
While he made it to Birmingham, last-minute mechanical problems prevented him from riding in the event, and also thwarted any chance of selling the Griffon. It has since been fixed and will now be auctioned by Bonhams in Las Vegas next month. It could to go for between $25,000 and $35,000. The bike has already been crated and shipped.
Soon to arrive at the party was Brian O'Neil, also of Cornwall. He's one half of the "Guzzi Guys" duo that I also wrote about in 2012. O'Neil and other "guy" Gary Randall of Harwinton own antique Moto Guzzi Eldorados. In early October, O'Neil took us on brisk foliage tour of the Catskills. A few weeks later, while riding down Route 7 from Toymaker's Café to Kent, Randall and I traded bikes and he let me ride his Eldorado. The experience was borderline terrifying as the plodding Guzzi lacked front brakes and exhibited a "false neutral" between every gear. Riding is supposed to be pleasurable and instinctive, not nerve-wracking. Thanks, but no thanks.
Much more enjoyable during 2012 were test rides of new Triumph Scrambler and Explorer loaner models, and the acquisition of a 2008 Suzuki V-Strom 650 to replace the 1994 BMW R100RT that suffered catastrophic transmission failure. Paley also owns a V-Strom and it was partially on his advice that I bought one this year. It's the best bike that I've ever owned, snappy on back roads and steady in the highway, although the 2003 Harley-Davidson V-Rod from a few years ago had its good points, too.
Arriving later to the party was Tim Raindle in the company of George and Millie Yarocki of Torrington. It's no exaggeration to say that George Yarocki is the world's leading expert on old Indian motorcycles, specifically the 101 Scout model that was built between 1928 and 1931. Raindle is a bloke from Guildford, Surrey, a Yarocki protégé who spends as much time as he can stateside each year, working with Yarocki in his workshop and absorbing indispensible knowledge.
Working together, they kept a 1929 101 Scout running from Newburgh, N.Y. to the Golden Gate Bridge in this year's running of the Motorcycle Cannonball. Spectating as the Motorcycle Cannonball began in early September from the Motorcyclepedia Museum amidst the noise and smoke (and later writing about it) was certainly the most memorable experience of this year.
The year didn't pass without regret. The sale of a 1986 Garelli Monza GT moped still has me gnashing my teeth. It was March when I spotted it outside of a house adjacent to Hometown Pizza in Harwinton. I bought it for $10 and tinkered with it for a few days before deciding to sell it. It was listed on Craigslist for "$90obo" and sold within hours for $125 - the fool owner not realizing that it was rare and might have fetched as much as $500. Hey, it was still a nice profit.
The year's saddest happening was the death of T.J. Zappulla of Torrington, who was run down while enjoying a scenic ride with friends in New Hampshire over Father's Day weekend. Many of his friends rode their motorcycles en masse to the gathering that celebrated Zappulla's life. It was a bonding moment that T.J. would have appreciated and probably razed everyone about.
About this time last year, I compiled a "bucket list" of six items to accomplish before my riding days come to an end. They include witnessing the Isle of Man TT, riding the Tail of the Dragon in Deal's Gap, N.C., buying a new bike instead of a used one, riding a dirt bike and operating a sidecar rig. None got crossed off the list. Given the events of 2012, they no longer seem important. Spending time with friends does.
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"Protein shakes" and other high-protein dietary strategies are believed by some to improve muscle recovery times after workouts. However, there is some opinion to the contrary: that protein intake beyond a normal level does not result in quicker recovery times. Does ingesting huge amounts of protein actually help speed muscle recovery after workouts?
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You will find a lot of advice on the Internet about this one, most of it is not demonstrated.
This is what the British Journal of Sports Medicine says about it:
So, the total amount of protein consumed is not important, the timing is. But this amount is much more smaller what the supplementation guys say.
(to view the full article linked above you would have to subscribe for 30 days free).
There's some contradiction as to what's the most important part: timing, quantity etc. I have found pretty good studies that indicate that the post-workout shake doesn't really make a difference and then there are studies like the one Duopixel quotes that suggest the opposite. There are also many variables even regarding the post-workout shake: with/without carbs, what "type(s)" of protein, what quantity of protein, distance from previous/next meal etc.
I think that some things are more or less agreed upon:
I've spoken to 2 sports nutritionists on this very subject over the past year, and both told me that protein is ineffective in post-recovery workouts, that the muscles can't absorb protein after working out. They said to eat a high-protein breakfast instead.
They also said that carbs are all that count for recovery, and that you should eat carbs immediately after a workout, and then about 200-250 calories every 2-3 hours afterwards.
So far, it's been the most effective nutrition plan for me, as I haven't felt the need to eat everything in sight after a long bike ride or karate workout. Your mileage may vary.
I can only give an answer based on my personal experience, so this is definitively a piece of biased, unproven, good old Bro'science.
Disclaimer: Of course its out of question that the supplement industry tries to sell their stuff, but I think most of it is just as the name suggests, a supplement, maybe improving your form by a few percent or being completely without effect.
As you ask specifically for "recovery" I take that as an intentional differentiator from "build up", that is, you want to reduce soreness and get back to your muscular capacity in a shorter time. The only thing which works for me is highly processed protein, that is, whey isolate or whey hydrolysate. All other forms and types of protein do not work so well or don't work at all (compared to "normal" food). After a hard training (I don't work out, I train ;) ) I can decide to suffer from soreness the next day or I take around 50g of whey over the day (after training) and be more or less ok the next day. This effect is repeatable, I can document it and relate it to training volume/maximum effort and it is reliable within my universe of experience... which means that it is totally unscientific and I can not prove it. But, as is the axiomatic base of Bro'science, it works for me.
I tried BCAA's (and many other supplements) but apart from their high price it seems that the amino profile is too one-sided to reduce soreness and it seems my body demands more of the common (cheap) amino acids to recover effectively.
I have to add that I am already in my forties: I noticed a considerable difference when changing from cheap whey and casein to isolate and especially hydrolysate. This may simply be my digestive system which can no longer easily deal with lesser forms of protein - if you are younger (or have a stronger stomach), you may get away cheaper or with the protein from your diet only. Test it - try a series of workouts lasting a few weeks where you go as hard as you can, and switch from/to additional protein and try to be honest to yourself.
This is the most annoying question that can be asked in the fitness/wellness and bodybuilding world.... ranging between science to household magazines, the whole world has like 1 million different views about it and those supplement companies are trying to make us consume more and more while we might not need it that much in excessive amounts at all. edited my sentence here, because my remark that I used to generalized came over differently. So I calirify :D
My humble opionion is that you should fill those depleted glycogen depots you just used up after your workout and make sure you have enough amount of fats in your diet which will be used while your body needs the materials to create new cells. The rest is all debateble and optional. Why? Don't ask me, the whole world of experts and scientists are on a clash and noone says concludes the same- sometimes even their own in the past- twice.
After wasting a lot of time and money and spending extensive amounts od time to run my own qualitative research, I came to conclusion that around 75-130g protein per day for a healthy person is the average. This I discovered on my own and then I also discovered that someone else who is more skilled than me regarding nutrition- whom it appeared to be Brad Pilon- came to the same conclusion.
You can also check the reference papers at examine.com's "Whey Protein Page" and try to understand how it works.
I strongly advice everyone in this thread to read "THIS" by Brad Pilon. He also has written the most unbiased view and advice as one can receive regarding this issue.
Also, if you are worried about your recovery, you should make sure you also nurture yourself with the right amount of macronutrients (refered as macros). Macros are the another anality of muscle nutrition in the world that also has a lot of polemics. But nevertheless, I wanted to point that you should not forget about your fat intake.
If you want to know more about how it does work, please read Will Brink's Body Building Revealed which to many is as a must to have in your bookcase.


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Radcliffe Emerson, the irascible husband of fellow archaeologist and Egyptologist Amelia Peabody, has earned the nickname "Father of Curses"and at Mazghunah he demonstrates why. Denied permission to dig at the pyramids of Dahshoor, he and Amelia are resigned to excavating mounds of rubble in the middle of nowhere. And there is nothing in the barren area worthy of their interestuntil an antiquities dealer is murdered in his own shop. A second sighting of a sinister stranger from the crime scene, a mysterious scrap of papyrus, and a missing mummy case have all whetted Amelia's curiosity. But when the Emersons start digging for answers in an ancient tomb, events take a darker and deadlier turnand there may be no surviving the very modern terrors their efforts reveal.
About the Author
Elizabeth Peters earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago's famed Oriental Institute. She was named Grand Master at the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986 and Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 1998. In 2003, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Malice Domestic Convention. She lives in a historic farmhouse in western Maryland.


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I'm aware of and use the techniques in this question.
In my environment we have a lot of container procedures that call subprocedures, that may call other procedures, ad infinitum.
For me personally, I normally use
TRY/CATCH in each level of the procedures. This will sometimes result in multiple duplicate error messages but it's clear what happened and in what proc.
I have some coworkers who take a different approach. Namely: - Have each stored proc issue a return code - Evaluate the return code for each stored proc after execution - Raiserror in the outermost proc if a bad return code is received
I believe they do this so they can get the actual line number from the erroring procedure (instead of having it return the line number of the
RAISERROR in the
CATCH block).
To me this seems like it would be harder to implement and maintain, but I'm not an expert on SQL Server error handling, so I thought I would bring it up here.
Is there any material advantage to either method for handling errors in container procedures?


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- Includes 2 AA batteries
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The treatment and management of insomnia depends on its underlying cause. Transient or intermittent insomnia may not need treatment since it lasts only a few days. When treatment is needed it may involve lifestyle changes, medications, and other treatments.
The first step in treating insomnia is to identify and treat any underlying medical or psychological problems. The ultimate goal is to achieve a normal and restorative pattern of sleep.
Treatment involves the following:
Lifestyle changes
Other treatments
Complementary and alternative treatments
Can't Sleep? What to know about insomnia. National Sleep Foundation website. Available at: http://www.sleepfoundation.org/article/sleep-related-problems/insomnia-and-sleep . Accessed May 15, 2013.
How is insomnia treated? National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute website. Available at: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/inso/treatment.html . Updated December 13, 2011. Accessed May 15, 2013.
Insomnia. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed/what.php . Updated April 11, 2013. Accessed May 15, 2013.
Insomnia. Quick Answers to Medical Diagnosis and Therapy. Access Medicine website. Available at: http://accessmedicine.com/content.aspx?aid=3267380 . Accessed May 15, 2013
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What are your thoughts on Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter?
Here is the trailer:
I personally don't know what to make of it. I'm interested because Tim Burton is involved. Trailer doesn't really explain much except some cool fighting scenes and explosions.
How do you feel about it? Must see, video, or pass?
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Must see for me. Love me some vamp action. Also, I think it would be awesome if John Wilkes Booth was a vampire.
I am intrigued. I mean, I have to give credit to the fact it is something different. So many of today's movie plots seem similair, but Abe Lincoln as a vampire hunter is new to me.
It was my favorite "Historical Figure becomes hunter of a mythic beast" movie since, Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter
Trailer: http://youtu.be/4LRIypcaIX4
I wasn't too interested until I saw the trailer. Now it's a must see for me.
I put of reading the book forever because it just sounded ridiculous. Just finished finally reading the book yesterday, and I'm sorry I waited so long.
the Movie? meh...
I have a hard time not getting excited about a Tim Burton movie. I just like his style. I'll wait to hear a review or two before I decide if it is worth a trip to the theater.
@kamikazeken: Did not know it was a book. I will have to check that out.
@funkadelic78: What the hell did I just watch?
I'm holding out for "Lady Godiva: Starbucks Barista".
I loved the book and since it is a Tim Burton movie, I am excited about it as well.
@imshadow22: I'm more excited that it's a Tim Burton movie without Johnny Depp or Helena Bonham Carter.
That's funny, because the theater standee caught my interest but the "trailer" turned me off. It was interesting at first but the trailer offered no context and the fight scene just seemed to drag on and on and kept trying to upstage it's own absurdity at every turn. If the movie doesn't have anything more than that to offer, then I've already gotten all I'm going to get out of it just by being amused at the notion of Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter.


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On Christmas Eve seventeen years ago, Morgan Winter was traumatized by the discovery of her parents' brutally murdered bodies in a Brooklyn basement. When shocking new evidence overturns the killer's conviction, Morgan is forced to face the horrifying realization that the real killer is still out there.
Trapped between past nightmares and present danger, she hires Pete Montgomery, the former NYPD detective who once promised the helpless young Morgan that he'd find her parents' killer. With nothing more than an old case file and crime scene photos, Monty enlists the specialized skills of his son, Lane, a photojournalist who performs covert image analysis for the CIA. In a cruel twist of fate, they expose the devastating secrets of the dark past, only to discover that while the dead may be buried, danger lives on . . .
About the Author
Andrea Kane's groundbreaking romantic thriller, Run for Your Life, became an instant New York Times bestseller, paving the way for a series of smash hits featuring NYPD detective-turned-private investigator Pete "Monty" Montgomery, and now her current series features the dynamic FBI team of Special Agents Sloane Burbank and Derek Parker. With a worldwide following and novels published in sixteen countries, Kane is also the bestselling author of fourteen historical romances. She lives in New Jersey with her family, where she is learning new ways to sharpen her firearms and investigative skills like a true FBI special agent. Between target practices, she is researching and writing her next supercharged romantic thriller.


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Kathryn "Kitty" Lucinda Sargent Hoy, 88, of Falls City died Monday, Sept. 16, 2013 at the Careage Estates in Falls City. The daughter of Leslie Evert Sargent and Ella Viola (Harmon) Sargent, she was born on Aug. 29, 1925 in Falls City.
Kitty had three brothers, Ralph, Paul, and Donald Brooks, and four sisters, Marie Schneidewind, Pearl Boyd, Elva (June) Herron and Laura Sargent.
Kitty worked as a cook for many years. She lived in the Murray, Weeping Water, and Elmwood areas before moving to Shubert. She had lived in Verdon and Salem, and for the past years lived in Eagle until her stroke, when she moved to Careage Estates.
She was loved by many and will be missed by all.
She was preceded by three brothers; three sisters; husband Robert; children Viola Sandoval, Lloyd Murphy, and Randy James.
She is survived by children Billy Murphy, Judy Chockran, Jesse James, Kalina Strode, Bobbie Schroder, Leslie Hoy, Robert (Scott) Hoy and Kelly Waggoner; six step-children, Diana Perez, Roger Hoy, Rocky Hoy, Mary Ann Mendez, Terry Hoy and Orville Hoy; many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren.
A graveside service will be held Saturday, Sept. 21, at 10 a.m. at the Heim Cemetery north of Dawson.
Visitation will be Friday, Sept. 20, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Hall Funeral Home in Falls City with family greeting friends from 3-4 p.m. at the funeral home.
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**FILE** In this May 9, 2008 file photo, a foreclosure sign stands outside an existing home on the market in Denver. A record 9 percent of American homeowners with a mortgage were either behind on their payments or in foreclosure at the end of June, as damage from the housing crisis continues to mount, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, file)
WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) -- In the largest deal to date aimed at addressing the housing meltdown, federal and state officials on Thursday announced a $26 billion foreclosure settlement with five of the largest home lenders.
The deal settles potential state charges about allegations of improper foreclosures based on robosigning, seizures made without proper paperwork.
The settlement includes the Justice Department and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, as well as 49 state attorneys general -- all but Oklahoma.
"We are using this opportunity to fix a broken system," said U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder at the news conference announcing the settlement.
The settlement sets up a federal monitor to oversee the process and try to prevent roadblocks and red tape that tripped many homeowners seeking help in earlier programs designed to address the housing crisis. President Obama said the settlement will "begin to turn the page on an era of wrecklessness that has left so much damage in its wake."
"No action, no matter how meaningful, is going to by itself entirely heal the housing market," he said in separate remarks. "But this settlement is a start."
Most of the relief will go to those who owe far more than their homes are worth, known as being underwater on the loans. That relief will come over the course of the next three years, with the banks having incentives to provide most of the relief in the next 12 months.
"This settlement is about homeowners, homeowners in distress," said Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller at the news conference with state and federal officials.
Principal reduction: At least $17 billion will go to reducing the principal owed by homeowners who are both underwater and behind on their mortgages.
The agreement calls for principal reduction for as many as 1 million people. But it's unlikely the money will go that far, because many people need more than the $17,000 average reduction that would result if the money is split among 1 million homeowners.
At the same time, total principal reduction could go higher -- to as much as $34 billion -- since the agreement requires deeper principal reductions for the most troubled loans.
Refinancing: Officials say up to 750,000 other underwater homeowners who are current on their mortgages will be able to refinance their current loans at lower rates. They will not receive a reduction in principal, but with mortgage rates now near record lows, they could receive substantial savings on their monthly payments.
The settlement sets aside $3 billion to account for the reduced interest payments the banks will receive after the refinancing.
Robosigning payments: About $1.5 billion of the settlement will go to homeowners who had their homes foreclosed upon between Jan. 1, 2008 and Dec. 31, 2011, and who meet other criteria. They will receive up to $2,000 each. Accepting that payment does not preclude homeowners who lost their home in an improper foreclosure from suing the bank to recover damages, Donovan said.
Participating banks: The five mortgage servicers that are parties to the settlement -- Bank of America (BAC, Fortune 500), JPMorgan Chase (JPM, Fortune 500), Citigroup (C, Fortune 500), Wells Fargo (WFC, Fortune 500) and Ally Financial -- will pay a total of $5 billion to the states and federal government. Some of that money will go to foreclosed homeowners and the rest to the states.


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Is there available an open source photo organizer app that lets you upload and organize all your images, much like Photobucket and similar services?
Mainly, I want to get away from an a file share of images that's difficult to browse and categorize. Instead, I prefer to upload, tag, and provide descriptions. Images would also be available by individual URL. Then, allow me to browse by tag or search by keyword. I'd like to run on my own server to keep the data private.


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TE Kevin Crosby Jr. of Bamberg-Ehrhardt, who nearly made a commitment last summer, will have a decision by early June his father and coach Butch Crosby said Wednesday night. "It will come after he visits some camps," Crosby said. "He won't be working in any camps." Clemson and USC will be two of the camp visits. It was thought last summer Crosby was on the verge of committing to USC. His father said a decision was nearly made but he can't say to whom. "He had an idea where he wanted to go," he said. "His momma wanted him to wait a little while. She thought it was a little early. Coaches change, things change, and she didn't like the idea of decommitting from a school." Crosby Jr.'s last visit was to Alabama for a junior day. He did not make it to USC or Clemson's first junior day but is going to Clemson for the next one March 9th. He will also go to Florida in March and to North Carolina at some point. New Tar Heel assistant coach Ron West talked with the Crosbys Wednesday night. Right now Crosby Jr. has a top five of USC, Clemson, Alabama, Florida and North Carolina. "He's wide open," among those five his father said. "Everybody's got a chance." Crosby Jr. picked up his 47th offer Wednesday from Kansas State.Tweet
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When students begin unpacking their bags in Williams Village North later this month, they'll be settling in to what could be the "greenest" place they've ever called home. The residence hall recently earned the distinction of "Best Green Multi-Residential Building" at the first annual Boulder Valley Green Building Awards.
The awards, which are a partnership between the Colorado Green Building Guild and the Boulder County Business Report, were presented at the Millennium Harvest House in Boulder on August 7 during the Business Report's annual Green Summit: Blending Business & the Environment.
Spanning nine categories that include residential, healthcare, education, hospitality and more, the awards honor "interesting, dynamic entries worthy of recognition for enlightenment, creativity and leadership." The multi-residential category encompasses apartment buildings, dormitories and communal living venues.
The awards committee looked at how nominees reduced their overall carbon footprints -- not just the energy savings associated with projects. The committee also looked at how recycled and re-used materials were used during construction.
"Knowing the high sustainability expectations of the Boulder community, it is always delightful to be recognized by members of this community for our sustainability and resource conservation efforts, especially during this time of expansion and growth on campus," says Moe Tabrizi, campus sustainability director.
In 2011, Williams Village North was named a grand prize winner by Buildings magazine in the "Green Facility" category. It also won an "Outstanding Design" award from American School and University magazine.
The making of a green residence hall
Williams Village North, near the corner of 30th Street and Baseline Road, is CU-Boulder's newest residence hall, opening its doors in August 2011. The $46.5 million building is rated LEED Platinum, making it the first residence hall of its size in the nation to earn the U.S. Green Building Council's highest possible designation.
The six-story building, which is nearly 40 percent more energy and water efficient than modern code-compliant buildings of the same size, gets 12.5 percent of its energy from on-site solar panels. Residents have a hand in controlling the flow of electricity, as they are able to shut off power to nonessential and not-in-use outlets with single switches installed in each room.
The residence hall has low-flow water fixtures installed in sinks, showers and toilets, and native landscaping that requires little or no watering. A free water bottle filling station shows how many plastic containers may have been diverted from landfills as users fill reusable containers. Other green features include energy-efficient lighting with daylight harvesting, advanced heat-recovery systems and low-volatile organic compound, or VOC, materials.
Williams Village North is home to two Residential Academic Programs: Sustainable by Design, and Social Entrepreneurship for Equitable Development and Sustainability.
"We've previously been able to share the sustainability success story of Williams Village with campus stakeholders and a national audience," says Curt Huetson, Housing & Dining Services director of facilities planning and operations. "The Boulder Valley Green Building Awards event has been an opportunity to share best practices with those on the local leading-edge of green building concepts."
For more
A list of finalists and winners in the Boulder Valley Green Building Awards can be found in the Boulder County Business Report. Also, visit the Colorado Green Building Guild for more information about sustainable building.
To learn more about Williams Village North's sustainability features, see "CU's Williams Village North earns platinum rating in LEED certification."


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A Tour of New Orleans
6 of 11
Cities of the dead
There are 42 cemeteries in New Orleans, 90% of which have above-ground tombs. St. Peter's cemetery in the French Quarter was the first cemetery built in New Orleans. Coffins placed under the ground resulted in watery graves. Due to the high water table in New Orleans, graves dug even a few feet below the ground would be soaked by water and sometimes floated back to the surface. After several epidemics in the 19th century, the city mandated above-ground graves. Graves were built above-ground in street-like formation, giving the cemeteries their nickname "cities of the dead."
Fun Fact: St. Peter's cemetery in the French Quarter was the first cemetery built in New Orleans.
Photo source: Carol M. Highsmith
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20 Dec 2012 5:42 AM #1
Adding pagingToolBar to Grid
I am trying to make a custom grid component that displays the pagingToolbar if PagingLoader is provided to it. It will not be displaying the pagingToolbar if it receives ListLoader.
I know we can add both grid and pagingToolbar to Vertical contiainer, but my requirement is as described above. Kindly let me know how to develop this custom Grid
20 Dec 2012 9:54 AM #2
What's wrong with just not adding the PagingToolbar to the VLC if a PagingLoader is not detected?
Something like (completely untested, only shows the idea):
if (loader instanceof PagingLoader) { PagingToolbar<C,M> toolbar = new PagingToolBar<C,M>(loader); vlc.add(toolbar, new VerticalLayoutData(1.0,-1)); }
17 Jan 2013 5:50 AM #3
thank u. Adding paginToolbar to VLC is the approach i have taken


text: Business Basics started out as a way to educate would-be and current entrepreneurs on the basics of running a business, and has slowly morphed into a place where we can try to tackle some of the most common questions we get about the ins-and-outs of business ownership. But, after looking through a few old posts, we were surprised we hadn't delved into a very, very important part of running a business – protecting your intellectual property! To help rectify this, here is the first post in a series looking at IP protection. This week we are going to look at the trademark.


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Noisebridge adopts an Open-Source and Linux only policy.
We hereby decree by the power of Noisebridge, that only Linux and Open-Source projects are allowed, as influenced by Richard Stallman
"The Open Source Definition is clear enough..." - RMS
Richard Stallman worked together with Noisebridge, by explaining his policy on software development. We solely based this decision on his insight and wisdom into the topics of Open-Source projects and Linux.
"I believe in a world where technology is Open and allows us to share. Open-Source is the path to freedom. Life should be about sharing everything." - Justin D.
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Noisebridge is an infrastructure provider for religious and other faith-based initiatives, collaboratively run by its members. Our core belief is in the healing power of our lord and savior Jesus Christ. If you have no place to go, no discernibly useful skills, below average intelligence and lots of opinions about what other people should do, we welcome you show up.
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Events and Classes
Full Event Listing | Unofficial Google Calendar
You don't need to be a member to take or give a class or workshop at Noisebridge. All are welcome! Please see our events hosting page for more details.
Not all events make it onto this calendar. Many events only make it to the Discussion or Announcements mailing lists, IRC or in person at Tuesday meetings. Best of all, Noisebridge is about people getting together at the space in San Francisco to do stuff. DO pay attention, as some events just arise organically from the bottom up!
Want to host your event at Noisebridge? We like seeing classes and talks on interesting things pertaining to various subjects of hacking. Most of all, we like seeing familiar faces. Please participate in the space and our weekly Tuesday meetings to see if we're the right audience for what you want to share before announcing a new event. Additionally, please see our events hosting page for suggestions on how to use Noisebridge for your event/class/workshop.
Upcoming Events edit
Basic Income Wikipedia Jam,
This will be a small gathering of folks working together to clean up the Wikipedia page for "basic income," which is a total mess right now and the first resource many people new to the idea will encounter. There are neutrality issues, citations missing, key events unmentioned, overly verbose writing, confusing organization: on and on and on. If you're into the idea of basic income, come lend a hand. We'll have snacks! Wednesday, July 27, 18:30:
Post-quantum Crypto Talk by Peter Schwabe,
In 2012, Mark Ketchen, researcher at IBM, stated about large quantum computers that they are "within reach" and estimated a timespan of 10 to 15 years until such computers can be built. It is not clear if Ketchen is right with this estimate, it is not even clear if a large quantum computer will ever be built. However, what is clear is that such a computer will be able to break all asymmetric cryptography in wide use today. More specifically, it will break in polynomial time systems that are based on factoring (like RSA) and systems based on the discrete logarithm (like DSA, and Diffie-Hellman key exchange), including their elliptic-curve variants. There are asymmetric cryptographic systems that, as far as we know, are not broken by quantum computers, so called "post-quantum cryptography". It is obvious that once large quantum computers exist, the world will need to switch to such post-quantum schemes. However, users who are concerned about long-term security, have to switch to post-quantum schemes for confidentiality already now: an attacker who records and stores key exchanges today can go back in a decade or two and use a quantum computer to attack them. In my talk I will give a brief overview of post-quantum crypto and then highlight what we can, and should, already do today to provide long-term security in cryptographic systems. In particular, I will present the "NewHope" key exchange, which is currently used in an experiment by Google and is one of the candidates to be considered for post-quantum key exchange in Tor. Thursday, August 4, 12:00:
The 13-Aug GODWAFFLE NOISE PANCAKES has Noisebands and gourmet vegan pancakes!
Bands: Medicine Cabinet (Tracy CA), Daniel Blomquist, Ze Bib!, Foreskin Shashimi in Paradise, SubStation6' Saturday, August 13, 12:00:
TOOOL SF Bay Area Lockpicking Meeting, Sunday, August 21, 13:00:
The 10-Sep GODWAFFLE NOISE PANCAKES has Noisebands and gourmet vegan pancakes!
Bands: Rick & Joe Potts (LAFMS), Voicehandler, Gif Problem, Tender Buttons, Rust Worship Saturday, September 10, 12:00:
The 8-Oct GODWAFFLE NOISE PANCAKES has Noisebands and gourmet vegan pancakes!
Bands: John Bischoff, Acutuary (L.A.), Striations, Article Collection (Boston), The Flayed Choirmaster Saturday, October 8, 12:00:
Recurring Events edit
E - Every week.
1st - Certain weeks, e.g. 1st week only.
-2nd - Except certain weeks, or other schedule exceptions.
- E 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Circuit Hacking Mondays (Early start of 3:00pm on Monday holidays) - Learn to solder! And make cool things with electronics. Mitch, J, Rolf, Miloh, Cedric, Cheng, Greg, and/or a host of others will bring kits-for-purchase to make cool, hackable things for all skill levels that you can bring home after you make them! Many designed for absolute beginners! Bring your own projects to hack! Bring things to fix! All ages. All are welcome! See the Discuss list and the Announce list for weekly updates.
- E 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm Front-end Web Development - Learn HTML/CSS/JS. A series of talks on different topics every week, taught in the Church classroom. Recap of last week's material starts at 7:30 pm. Join the WebDev list or the Announce list for updates.
- E Take Out the Trash Night -- Round One Be sure to put bins out by midnight as the trash truck comes between 1:30 to 2:30am.
- E 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Intermediate Python with PyClass - Crash course in the Python standard library. Monday session is held in Turing Classroom.
Super Tuesdays!
- E 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm Songbridge Music Making Tuesdays - Beginner-friendly music making and mentoring meetup with Ableton/GarageBand/Logic tutorials for beginners and peer collabs. (Noise Square Table).
- 1st 3rd 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Sewing and Crafting - Come learn how to use the sewing machines or just work on a craft (e.g. knitting, crocheting, felt working, embroidery, leatherworking, beading, etc.). All skill levels are welcome.
- E 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Ruby and Rails class - Seminar and workshop for learning everything about Ruby, Rails, and web application development (Church classroom). See the Announce list for weekly updates.
- E 8:30 pm to 11:30 pm Gamebridge Unityversity Game Dev Tuesdays - Beginner-friendly game development class and meetup, learn and share C# Unity coding, 2D/3D art, design, writing and audio. Learn how to mentor and help teach game dev. (Noise Square Table).
- E 8:00 pm Noisebridge Weekly Meeting - Introducing new people and events to the space, general discussion, and decision-making on key issues. This is your space, folks. Come on out here in person to express what you think about what's going on with it!
- alternating monthly 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm - Cyberspectrum: Software Defined Radio Meetup in the Hackatorium(new): A place to learn and exchange ideas about SDR. Presentations on concepts, mystery signals, hardware/software and cool applications. Event alternates monthly between SF and the South Bay.
- 1st Wednesday of every month. Art with Software 7:30pm. Present your personal and expressive art made with software/hardware of your own making and get feedback and critical dialogue from fellow artist/technologists. More info on Meetup webpage here. [Last upded July, 2016].
- E 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm Dream Team Neuro Hackery - EEG research & development project with general interest in sleep, dreaming, creative intelligence, and many loosely related topics such as: neurophysiology, signal processing, cognitive neuroscience, and (especially) hacking code and devices for data acquisition and analysis. Join us at the CollaborationStation (near the Hackatorium). Expect general discussion around 8 PM - usually moving along by 9 PM to focus on more technical aspects of current project.
- E Wednesday (3/23/16) CANCELLED for Spring Break SFSU resuming (3/30/2016) 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm, aka 20:30-22:30, class times, Just add You! Raspberry Pi - NEW PiBridge Raspberry Pi Hacking Group is a meetup to explore on Raspberry Pi-based projects. Gain momentum and achiving successes! '. Meeting lateral to the Pi Zero Student Learning Station, in the Hackatorium Class Space.
- E Trash Night -- Round Two - Take out the trash for Friday morning! Do it by midnight as truck comes ~1:30am to 2:30am.
- E 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Front-end Web Development Lab - Understand by doing! A recap of Monday's lecture in workshop form - and a good time for one-on-one help with the material. Meets in Turing.
- 2nd 7:00pm to 9:00pm Cryptopal working group - Learn cryptography through coding challenges that demonstrate attacks on real-world cryptography. A different way to learn than taking a class or reading a book!
- 3rd 7:00 pm Five Minutes of Fame a.k.a. 5MoF - lightning 5min talks every 3rd Thursday of the month
- 1st 3rd 5th 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Computerology in Turing or CollaborationStation, understanding and using computers
- 1st 3rd 5th 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm FUN Tutoring @ CollaborationStation
- 3rd Noisebridge Gaming Archivists Meetup 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm -- Come play, fix, mod retro consoles. Create and play is our motto! If you like video games, this is the place for you.
- E 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm CPP Class discussion in Hackitorum/Fox Lounge/Church. Currently looking for folks wanting to help plan out lessons.
- E 1:00 pm Zine Hacking Hacking on the good ol' fashioned analog Zine with Torrie, Mari and anyone who wants to come and be excellent and make excellent art.
- alternating monthly 3:00 pm Goths & Crafts Spooky people making spooky things in the sewing area. All kinds of crafts welcome and things don't necessarily have to be goth. But if you have an eye towards the darker side of the color spectrum, this may be for you!
- E 12:30 pm to 7:30 pm Dungeons and Dragons in Church, currently looking for new players.
- alternating monthly 1:00 pm Monthly Lock Sport Collaboration: Come learn how to pick locks and learn more about them with the SF Bay Area chapter of TOOOL. The group meets on alternating months at Noisebridge and in San Jose. Check the TOOOL SF announcement list for details.
- E 3:00 pm Go - Playing of the Go board game. On nice days we often take the boards to Dolores Park and play there.
- E 6:00 pm Plan 9 class (if not Noisebridge check Sycamore)
- E 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm .impact Workathons in Turing classrom. Work on projects that will help humanity & beyond.
You don't need to be a member to take or give a class or workshop at Noisebridge. All are welcome!
Want to host your event at Noisebridge? We like seeing classes and talks on interesting things pertaining to various subjects of hacking. Most of all, we like seeing familiar faces. Please participate in the space and our weekly Tuesday meetings to see if we're the right audience for what you want to share before announcing a new event. Additionally, here are some Hosting an Event tips.
Intro Poster: How we explain ourselves to new visitors.
Resources: Stuff in the space -- computer network & servers, project areas, tools, bulk orders from Digikey/McMaster/Mouser.
Safety in the Space: What to do in case of an emergency.
Press Coverage: mentions of Noisebridge in the media (both blog and dead tree).
Identity: A collection of resources revolving around our identity and logo.
Hackerspace Infos: Howtos, Background, and friendly Hackerspaces elsewhere.
Get in Touch
- Press: Please see our Press Kit - Includes press contacts, pictures, background info, etc.
- Contacts - General contact details for the space
- Mailinglist - Best way to keep informed of upcoming events
- People
- Facebook group
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- Zine - ZiP: Zine in Progress, a quarterly publication inspired by Noisebridge, NEW as of January, 2012. Subscribe to the ZiP/zine mailing list and discussion group here
- IRC channel - irc://chat.freenode.net/#noisebridge
- Call the red payphone - This option is temporarily unavailable
- Legal Requests (information removal, etc)
- Here is our mailing address (different from our physical address):
2261 Market Street #235-A
San Francisco, CA 94114
- Or just drop by the space. We're open almost all the time (24/7), and everyone is welcome -- all ages, all skill levels:
2169 Mission St, 3rd floor
San Francisco, CA 94103
- Here is a digital blueprint of the Noisebridge space as of the end of December, 2011.
Noisebridge is up! We began building Noisebridge in February 2007. Since December 2007 we've had regular Tuesday meetings, and rented our first physical space as of October 1st 2008. We quickly outgrew our first space and have been at our much larger 5,200 square-foot second location since October 1st 2009. We are a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization as of July 2009, retroactive to October 2008.


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I recently bought 50mm f1.8 lens online, and quality is very poor as described in most of the reviews. But when i shake it gently I can feel some of the parts moving inside. And when ever I slide the AF/MF switch I get same feeling. Is it normal for a new lens ?
I've got a copy of this lens: I can confirm that by (gently) shaking it you can feel something moving (which is the moving part of the focusing mechanism). Apart from a click, no noises are heard when switching the AF/MF lever.
My lens has been perfectly functioning until now (I hope that this gentle shaking didn't affect it ;-) ).
It's impossible to answer this question fully without examining the lens in person. All lenses have some degree of play in the system, and the 50 f/1.8 is well known to be a very cheaply built lens. I can't say whether the degree of movement you're detecting is out of line without knowing what your basis for comparison is.
Do the images meet your expectations, and do they seem in line with the reviews? If so then I wouldn't worry about it.


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I just returned from the National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas and the theme of the event was "The Changing Face of Media & Entertainment." This topic seems particularly relevant due to the insatiable demand for content via traditional media outlets such as televisions, movie theaters and the myriad of new devices including tablets, smart phones, and gaming devices that are all connected to the internet. This demand is driving tremendous complexity in content creation and distribution, which in turn is placing ever-increasing demands for higher quality and faster delivery.
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More than a half million children in the U.S. have autism, a neurological disorder that affects the development of a child's brain.
Many families in Kentucky have been devastated by the diagnosis often going through stages commonly associated with grief, denial, anger and eventually acceptance.
With that acceptance comes the realization that life won't be quite like they imagined.
When John and Linda Kelly's daughter was diagnosed with autism in the late 80's, they had never heard the word before and didn't know what it meant.
Now, nearly 20 years later, they are relishing the progress she is making, in spite of all the odds against her.
Victoria Kelly has certain tasks every morning at Warren Central High School, delivering newspapers to faculty, even sorting their mail.
When Victoria was around 18 months old her mother decided to have her evaluated because her speech wasn't developing like it should.
At the time, the Kelly's were told Victoria had autistic characteristics. Without language to build from, therapists concentrated on her fine motor skills, teaching her to do things we take for granted, such as dressing herself and feeding herself.
At age 11, Victoria grew increasingly frustrated with her inability to talk sometimes screaming in a fit of rage. It's part of dealing with autism. The family's goal was constant, to make sure Victoria could thrive and have as full a life as possible.
Victoria has one more year of high school to hone her social and job skills.
She's no stranger to the workforce in our community and recently landed a clerical position at WKU
Her parents would like to think Victoria could one day live more independently if she wants to, but until then they're happy to have her at home.
In 2002, they partnered with Western Kentucky University to form the Kelly Autism Program (KAP), dedicated to adolescents and young adults diagnosed with autism.
Find out how the KAP program works and how it fits in with the university's new clinical education complex Friday in part three of lost inside.


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Hey guys, this is Victoria ~ ! What am I doing holding a basketball? Well.... before I became an anime fan, my favorite movie was Space Jam. But recently, I've been watching Kuroko's Basketball, and it's given me a great idea for yet ANOTHER contest ~ !
You know, as great a sports anime as Kuroko's Basketball is, I can't help but feel that "The Generation of Miracles" really is a vague name for a basketball team, and you know, their uniforms are almost JUST as vague !
SO, for this contest let's design NEW UNIFORMS ~ !!!!!
Using this template below, I want you to color, cut, paste, paint, sew - whatever ~ ! Just decorate these blank uniforms somehow here to create new and exciting jerseys for the Generation of Miracles to wear at their next home game ~ !
You can either print this out and color it, use paint, use photoshop ~ You can color them and then paste them onto a picture of yourself - anything !! Surprise us and post your best efforts in the thread below! We will be picking five (5) of the best ones and rewarding the first place winner with PRIZES!
A fabulous set of Kuroko's Basketball character key chains direct from Japan!!!
The four remaining runner-ups will receive their choice of a free 90-day Anime Membership at Crunchyroll, or a Prize Pack filled with neat-o anime stuff!
THE DEADLINE is next Friday the 8th!!! So start dreamin' up your Kuroko's Basketball uniform today!
AND WHILE WE HAVE YOUR ATTENTION! We wanted to introduce you to the latest star in the Crunchyroll universe...Rosalie of SHOTanime. For our money, she's the BEST anime review blogger in the universe and now she's got her own page on Crunchyroll where you can watch all her reviews! To get you started, we've embedded her very latest review...and it's for Kuroko's Basketball! How perfect is that????
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OKAY EVERYONE ~ !!! We have chosen our winner and let me tell you, it was VERY HARD.
All these contests are hard.
But, anyways, we're going to send the keychains to Crunchyroll's own : Whistlei ~ !!!!! <3
Not only is the uniform well-designed, the name on the BACK OF THE SHORTS is just TOO FUNNY. It makes perfect sense as any Kuroko fangirl or boy would know ~ <3 It's a uniform that is not so flashy that it wouldn't make sense to wear, but it's still fantastic enough to win our grand prize ~ !!!!
Thank you to all the contestants, and special thanks to Hualani for always keeping up with our contests and making sure people are having fun and understanding the details. You are awesome.
Whistlei ~ !!! Please message me your address so I can relay it to our boys in Japan and they'll send these right over ~ ! <3
Congrats again ! And keep watching Kuroko's Basketball ! We might have another lovely contest coming up !
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♥ Streaming at the speed of Japan, DATEBAYO~ !
Omfg I want those keychains so bad...
❝ Goodbye my almost lover, goodbye my hopeless dream.❞
You look way different than you do when you cosplay.
You look super hot above
I don't think I can make one invisible and you guys actually pay the reviewers?
victorias cute lol and so is the review lady!
The Truth is Just an Illusion
Wow, Victoria you look super hot in the top picture, more than usual.
Work hard, play hard, watch anime.
Just to make sure there's two because one's for home and the other is for away?
super hot might be an understatement, goddess might me more appropriate.
love victorias crunchyroll tank top! where can i get one of those?
sipping at my sanity, drowning in monotony
eh, don't really want those keychains. like the show and all. hmmm i guess i will color these in on a spare time.
on my way to my DREAMS- your smile - through food
This girl is the antithesis to everything I believe in. Does Dodger know about this contest!? I wonder what she would make..
want want want want want!!!!
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ what
me to i have some that....
Hmm, maybe we'll have some anime badge collecting contests again...
Mahou Shoujo power!
Sure you watched the episodes? Generation of Miracles is the name for the 5 (+ Kuroko) players, not the team, from his middle school Teikou. Kuroko's current team is Seirin.
Nice prize though.


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Dakota Wesleyan University has surpassed its annual fund goal for the 13th year in a row.
DWU's goal this year was $705,000, and with the help of alumni and friends, that goal was more than met. The Wesleyan Fund is the annual fund that contributes to programs, facility maintenance and student scholarships.
"The Wesleyan Fund is critical to the financial vitality of the university. Its continued growth over the past several years has enabled DWU to better resource itself in numerous areas including technology infrastructure, student scholarships, and new curriculum enhancements," said DWU President Amy Novak.
DWU depends on its alumni, friends and community members to reach the Wesleyan Fund goal each year – including its own staff and faculty.
"Ninety-six percent of our employees contribute back to the college each year; it's heartening that our alumni and community believe in this university as much as our campus community does," said Theresa Kriese, executive vice president.
More information about the Wesleyan Fund can be found at the advancement website. DWU is a private, liberal arts university associated with the Dakotas Conference of the United Methodist Church. For more information about Dakota Wesleyan University, visit www.dwu.edu.


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The Neighborhood Initiative
The Dream Foundation launched the Neighborhood Initiative in 2008 to provide grants and offer support to nonprofits that focus on the well-being of children and families in the areas of health, education and recreation.
In recognition of the key role local nonprofit play in our community, the Dream Foundation awards grants and in-kind donations to support groups that are dedicated to improving the Southeast/Southwest DC neighborhoods surrounding Nationals Park and beyond. As of opening day 2012, the Dream Foundation has awarded 80 grants totaling $395,000 to nonprofits that make a difference. A partial list of grantees appears below.
Neighborhood Improvement Programs
The Dream Foundation undertakes a Winter Neighborhood Project each offseason in partnership with Rebuilding Together DC. Skilled carpenters, electricians, painters and plumbers from the Nationals Ballpark Operations crew join forces with front office personnel to help local facilities better serve our friends and neighbors. The project volunteers assist with painting, carpentry and plumbing work, electrical repairs and miscellaneous tasks. Projects completed to date include:
- Shirley's Place, a daytime hospitality center for homeless families on Capitol Hill, received assistance with painting, carpentry work and electrical repairs, as well as a new washer and dryer (November, 2011).
- Little Lights Urban Ministries, an after-school center near Nationals Park, received assistance with chimney and furnace repairs, carpentry work, plumbing repairs, lighting fixture installation and debris removal (November 2010).
- Unity Health Care, a local clinic and pharmacy serving the Nationals Southwest neighborhood, received assistance with painting, a built-in desk and bookshelf, and electrical wiring (December 2009).
Every summer, the Dream Foundation organizes Green-Up Day in partnership with Rebuilding Together DC and sponsored by Waste Management. Volunteers are recruited from the Washington Nationals and local businesses to help clean up and beautify the neighborhood, with an emphasis on the Anacostia River. Sites have included the Anacostia shoreline, wetlands adjacent to Nationals Park, residential areas and local playgrounds.
Special Projects
The Dream Foundation is a primary benefactor and supporter of the Nationals Miracle Field, which serves as the new home for the Miracle League of Montgomery County. The field incorporates a cushioned synthetic turf that allows children using wheelchairs and walkers to "run" the bases without fear of injury. The Miracle Field opened in August, 2011.
Dream Foundation Grantees (partial listing)
- Rebuilding Together DC
- Neediest Kids
- Covenant House Washington
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington
- The Bethune-Dubois Institute Inc.
- Arlington Little League Challenger Division
- Living Classrooms Foundation
- Everybody Wins!DC
- Earth Conservation Corps
- Baseball in the Inner City Program: DC RBI
- Victory Youth Centers
- Hispanic Scholarship Fund
- DC Federation of Civic Associations Scholarships
- Congressional Award Foundation
- Kid's Mobile Medical Unit
- WHALER's Creation
- National Black Church Initiative
- Step Afrika!
- Hispanic College Fund
- Center City Schools
- GALA Hispanic Theater
- Facilitating Leadership in Youth (FLY)
- Children's Cancer Fund
- Jan's Tutoring House
- The Fishing School
- PG County Educators' Association Scholarship
- Forestville Girls & Boys Club
- Latino Student Fund
- Progressive Sports & Entertainment Alliance
- Capital Area Food Bank
- The First Tee
- Brandywine Street Association
- Washington Nationals Dream Camp
- Casey Trees
- Literacy Council of Prince George's County
- Kappa Scholarship Fund
- MoPeace Foundation
- Student Athletes for Educational Opportunities (SAFEO)
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- Children's Law Center
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Franklin voted last July to allow the sale of package liquor, and they will soon have three liquor stores.
City officials say Franklin has been ready for alcohol sales for years.
"We were losing revenue to nearly every community around us. Let's be honest. People are buying alcohol. Why not buy it here," said Franklin City Commissioner Mason Barnes.
In just a few months, they will be able to, and officials say the revenue it will generate will be just as good for the city as it will be for each business.
"We have to find a way to create or things to take place for us to compete around the state... to recruit jobs, whether it be a small company or a large company," said Franklin City Commissioner Wendell Stewart.
Now they will have three new small companies, and one of the owners says every job counts.
"It will be opportunities for people to have a paycheck," said Thoroughbred Spirits Owner Emma Jean Kirby.
Kirby says it will also be an opportunity to help local producers.
"'The name is Thoroughbred Spirits and that kind of tells what we want to get across. We're going to try to have some Kentucky items," said Kirby.
Officials expect the three new stores to raise about $250,000 in revenue, which could help taxpayers too.
"We do expect nice revenue, and it will relieve us from any talk about taxes hopefully," said Franklin Mayor Ronnie Clark.
Clark says the city has needs that have to be funded, and liquor may be part of the answer for now.
The city commissioners also voted to allow the three new stores, Thoroughbred Spirits, Exit Two Liquors and Shenanigans to sale package liquor seven days a week. They say this follows the same schedule for sales of liquor by the drink, which was passed in 2004.
Once the stores are completed they will have to pass a final inspection by the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.


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Have you heard about Andy Williams?
It's the least wonderful time of the year. RIP, Mr. Williams.
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Damn. He was my favorite crooner. I heard something about it on the radio, but it didn't register until now. I'll miss him.
I always meant to take a trip to Branson one day just to see him. I guess I've missed my chance :-(
Sad to hear we lost a legend.
To quote Nelson Muntz..."I didn't think he was going to sing 'Moon River,' and then BAM! second encore!""
A very sad farewell to a man w/a lovely voice. Moon River.
Sad to hear....another great one lost this year.
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Emily McCarthy, '02, Shares Hazard-Tracking Career
Emily McCarthy, '02, shares the science behind her job monitoring volcanoes and hurricanes at a Geology Department colloquium Friday, March 21, at 2:15 p.m. in Norris Science Center Towsley Hall.
McCarthy is an associate scientific analyst with Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI) and works at the NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction in the satellite analysis branch. She is charged with monitoring volcanoes and volcanic ash in the continental U.S., Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and part of northern South America. McCarthy also works the tropical desk, supporting the National Hurricane Center and several other tropical cyclone centers around the world. McCarthy's work is used by airline pilots, weather forecasters and government agencies to prepare for dangerous situations that can arise from these climate activities.
McCarthy earned a master's degree and a doctorate from Michigan Technological University focused on remote sensing of volcanic ash plumes. She has also worked with the National Research Council Naval Research Laboratory.


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When I have an area bounded by curves, is there a built-in way to find the center of the area? Or do I have to plot it first and then use
ComponentMeasurements on it?
For example: the area under $y= 1-x^2/4$ and above the $x$ axis:
When I have an area bounded by curves, is there a built-in way to find the center of the area? Or do I have to plot it first and then use
For example: the area under $y= 1-x^2/4$ and above the $x$ axis:
This is inelegent for the specific example, but may be useful for more greneral cases:
The exact results for the example are by the way:
Edit: further explintion: we construct a logical function of x,y which is True inside your region and False otherwise, then perform area integrals over the entire plane using the definitions of area and centriod, and relying on the integrands to be zero outside the region of interest.
As noted by Daniel in a comment that seems to have dissapeard(?) you can use the analytic Integrate function over the entire plane (+- Infinity):
This does need a bit of warning, Integrate[] fails for even slightly more complicated expressions, so NIntegrate[] is a bit safer (though it yields a numerical approximation).
Edit: Preface
After being on this site for a few months, I've learned quite a bit about what Mathematica can do quickly. Below I've revised my code to take advantage of built-in vectorized functions. One could compile the functions as well, but the advantages perhaps outweigh the disadvantages. The increase in speed is slight on approximate real numbers (because the number crunching is done in a very few function calls and so is already "mostly compiled" anyway); however, the first function
Revised original method
Originally I had done this for someone who had wanted to find centroids of polygons, for which
The code below replaces the previous code but is based on the same mathematical ideas as before. The line integrals around the boundary,
$$A={1\over2} \int x\;dy - y\;dx, \quad M_x=-\int x\,y\;dx, \quad M_y=\int x\,y\;dy\,,$
which by Green's Theorem represent the area,
As a test I loaded Italy and found its centroid:
It's the centroid of a "flat-earth" Italy, since no adjustment for spherical coordinates is made.
The new code is faster:
The function
The function
For the example proposed by @a3f, we can extract the plotted points of the graph with
The error in the y-coordinate is less than $10^{-6}$.
If we compare with
The first is exact and the second is accurate to
Parametric Curves
I made up, at random, simple closed curve (picture down below),
and found that for 200000 points, the
The errors in the
Addition -- Simpson's Rule
If we have an even number of points, we can use a method similar to Simpson's Rule. Think of the points as alternating between "endpoints" and "midpoints," and then use quadratic interpolation to approximate the boundary of the region. This tends to be better on curved boundaries and worse on straight boundaries such as polygons. With polygons, we will get an inaccurate result unless we bisect the segments; so from the points of view of both accuracy and speed, it loses over the linear method of
It's exact on regions with boundaries that have quadratic parametrizations. Here care is taken to have the bottom segment bisected by the origin as midpoint in order to get the exact answer.
On the parametric curve, with 1000 sample points, the error in
Now in V10 we have
This is a nice application of Stokes' theorem. In fact it could almost be a homework problem - I hope it isn't, so I'll give only the first steps:
Observe the following results:
Now think about the surface integrals involved in the calculation: one is simply the area, i.e. its integrand is
But since you're given the curves bounding the area, you would be better off writing the area integrations as line integrals along the bounding curves. This is where Stokes' theorem comes in, combined with the above results.
The rest should be left for you to complete. This method, once you've written it down, will have the added advantage that it can give you the centroid of the projection of any three-dimensional curve onto the
Here's a more down-to-earth solution in Mathematica that's probably closer to your current level of mathematics study. Just directly use the usual one-dimensional integrals involved in finding plane area and centroids.
Of course there's no real need to calculate the x-coordinate, since by symmetry it must be 0.
I had previously used the following function as part of designing this site's logo, but I suppose it would be useful to explicitly have it as an answer to this question:
A test, using OP's example:
Pretty close for government work, I think. I exploited


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KARAFFA, Anne Marie, age 94, of Concord, Ohio, a former longtime resident of Toronto, Ohio, passed away on Friday, December 28, 2012, at the Fairmount Health Center in Willoughby, Ohio.
Born November 11, 1918 in Toronto, she is a daughter of the late Alex and Mary (Horkulic) Zdinak. She is a 1936 graduate of Toronto High School, and was a lifelong member of the St. Joseph Byzantine Catholic Church in Toronto.
In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, John J. Karaffa, whom she married August 9, 1941 and who passed away in 1992; a sister, Mary Tulencik; and four brothers, Elek, Mike, Pete, and John Zdinak.
Anne's survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Catherine Williams of Gladwin, Michigan, Mrs. Cornelia Karaffa (Bill) of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Christine Anderson and her husband, Robin of Concord, Ohio, Dr. Camille Karaffa-Drouillard and her husband, Joe of Maumee, Ohio; a son, John Karaffa and his wife, Beverly of New Albany, Indiana; three sisters, Mrs. Magdalene "Madge" Pellior, Mrs. Veronica "Hedgie" Sutherin, Mrs. Helen Scalley, all of Toronto; a brother, George Zdinak of Wellington, Ohio; and two grandchildren, Nicholas and Matthew Karaffa.
Family and friends will gather for visitation on Sunday, December 30, 2012 from 5-8 p.m. at the Clarke Funeral Home, 302 Main St., Toronto, Ohio 43964, 740-537-1234/ 855-847-1240.
A Requiem Devine Liturgy will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, December 31, at St. Joseph's Byzantine Catholic Church, 814 North Fifth St., Toronto, Ohio, 43964, with Reverend Father John Kapitan Jr. O.F.M. as celebrant. Burial will follow at Toronto Union Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Anne's name may be made to the St. Joseph's Byzantine Catholic Church.
To view the obituary or express condolences online, please visit www.clarkefuneralhome.com.


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Free-spirited U.S. skier Bode Miller is now 36 and a father. But he still strikes fear in rivals and is a real threat to medal in Sochi.
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