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No, wrong answers should never be posted.
If you have a funny comment that you wish to post, I would recommend clicking "add comment"... that way, your reputation won't suffer.
Funny and correct are ok when humor is used with moderation and serves the purpose of finding good answers. But ridiculous is a method to SPAM the questions with no added value and of course should be downvoted. Remember also that decorating your answers with a lot of humorous quotes or sarcasm even tough you have the correct answer is a bad approach. The users may find themselves lost and totally miss that you pointed them in the correct direction.
No, never!
Make your joke as a comment if you have nothing else to contribute (or just chuckle to yourself and move along). Make your joke, include smiley, then answer the question if you think you can be helpful. Make sure you make it clear that your answer is a joke in case someone doesn't get it.
Depends on the question. If it's entertaining I think people might even vote them up.
Funny? Sure. However, I don't want to encourage the spread of memes here. I hate wading through Reddit comment threads of pun after pun and memes from god-knows-where. This site should be about quickly getting straightforward answers to your questions and nothing more.
Depends on the question (and how much you like your reputation). If it's a subjective question I think people will usually accept offtopic answers that are funny. I've made a few and haven't been voted down for them yet.
Then again, a vote down is just a -1/-2 on your reputation. I think it's a small price to pay for freedom of speech.
Why would you accept a wrong answer? It destroys the premise of this site.
My personal policy is to post joke answers if:
So far I only made one of these, about "intentional programming" -- with a name like that, the topic was just begging for it.
It depends on how much signal there is to go along with your noise. If you contribute to the question, f.ex. by posting a "here's an obvious but wrong approach and here's why you shouldn't do that"-type wrong answer, I'd be as likely to vote it up as any right answer. It just has to be educational, same as any answer.
Whether or not it's funny doesn't really matter.
Note that this means you must state up front that the given answer is wrong. If that destroys the humour in it, well too bad, don't post it then. It'd be pure noise anyway. In that case, unless your joke is a real knee-slapper, please keep it out of the comments too.
Say something educational or nothing at all. If it is, and you can also make it humorous, more power to ya. If it's not, more's the pity; humorous or not doesn't matter.
Any programmer who has realized by now that coding itself is never a rigid, straightforward process ought to also understand that applying rigid protocol for interactions with people works just about as well (read: not very).
In other words, rules are important, but playing it by ear is probably more so in the long run. This isn't a mission critical business planning service or anything like that.
It depends on the situation.
If it's something that should not be mentioned and you would not want your wife/husband/child to read it, then please don't write it, especially in the case of a previous question.
I guess the voting system should sort out this kind of thing so I would say why not. I know some of my favourite posts are good humored but they did tend to be related to the question in at least a small way.


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You want to call glDrawArrays() or glDrawElements() with GL_POINTS (instead of GL_TRIANGLE_STRIP or whatever you are using.)
This will draw points to the screen based on the current point size, which you can set via glPointSize(). You can also alias these points, but in my experience not all drivers / hardware supports aliased points.
In core OpenGL 3.2 and above, geometry shaders are available for use. To give a brief overview, you would only tell OpenGL to draw the points that represent the positions of your particles, and these points would pass through the vertex shader normally, but then when they get to the geometry shader, it constructs the rectangle (out of two tris) by emitting vertices to the next stage of the pipeline. Along with the vertices you can programmatically generate normals and texture coordinates.
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61. Apply the right tool for the right job.
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My mind has been racing all day about the papal resignation, and virtually every thought has been a question. As many seasoned observers have already noted, the Catholic Church is about to enter uncharted territory. Relatively few details of what comes next are known, and I'd like to open a thread here to discuss the "known unknowns." What specific questions do we have about what comes next? And when possible, perhaps our many brilliant contributors and commenters can offer informed responses.For example: What will we call him? Will he have roughly equivalent security to what he has now? Will he preside at Masses open to the public? Will he be able to leave his dwelling in any normal way, or will every movement be charted as it is now?Of all the musings I've had, for me the biggest question has been: after February 28, where physically will Pope Benedict -- excuse me, I mean Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger -- reside? And how will his physical presence affect those around him?The official statement tells us the basics:
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I don't see why he would stay at Castel Gandolfo after his successor is elected. That is the pope's vacation residence, not a retirement home for a former pope. As for his permanent retirement to Mater Ecclesiae Monastery? It will be easily secured, and if he has been diagnosed with a health issue, he will be close to his doctors. If the nuns don't like it, let them lump it. Why would they not be delighted to care for him in his final days/years? What will he be called? He will be called Pope Benedict XVI. He will be addressed as Your Holiness. Just as a former president is still called President Smith and addressed as Mr. President.
Question: All the talk of the next pope coming from Africa or Latin America overlooks the desire many Italian cardinals might have to bring "home" the papacy. How many Italian cardinals are there?
I wonder if his residing in the Vatican might also be a question of security arrangements. That's the only good reason I can think of for his staying there.
I believe that every diocese in the world has to figure out what to do with retired bishops. The Diocese of Rome shouldn't be any different. Where do Vatican careerists live after they retire - those cardinals and monsignors whose entire careers are spent in Rome? Are they all sent back home, wherever that may be? Is there such a thing as assisted living or a nursing home for them in Rome?
When considering candidates for the papacy, a sine qua non is (very) good Italian. Some of the non-Italian names being floated in the press pass the test, some do not. The latter are just non-starters.
I have a friend who retired as a Methodist minister. According to their church polity, he was not permitted to attend or officiate in any way, shape or form at his former parish for 3 years! That was to ensure a clean break from any chance of interference in the role and activities of his successory.Sounds sensible to me, even though 3 years was a long time.BTW, my friend spent the next 3 years attentinding and singing in the choir of the local Catholic church (his wife chose to remain at the Methodist church). The Catholic pastor has gotten permission from the then-Archbishop of Portland (Levada) for my friend to receive communion. Once Levada left, his successor withdrew said permission, so my friend withdrew his participation. Ritual purity: 1; Christian charity: 0.
If you ever had experienced how a retired pastor or Archbishop is ignored it, I would say by many because 'by all' is not liturgically correct anymore (-: .... )-: ...it will be easy to forecast what his post Pope effect will have..
When considering candidates for the papacy, a sine qua non is (very) good Italian.What other qualities should a good candidate possess? I would say: - an unsullied record on the sexual abuse scandal (to be acceptable to us.)- at ease with journalists and with broad instant communication beyond targeted audiences. (to avoid embarrassing faux pas)- unites rather than divides, reconciles rather than rejects, attracts rather than offputs: a diplomat more than a culture warrior, towards the center of worldwide sensibilities rather than off to one extreme.- looking ahead at changing demographics, someone with some experience of the Catholic church in the Third World. - considering governments and other religions and focusing on the ones that will matter the most in the near future, someone with experience dealing with China and/or with Islam.
Random question: can he be re-elected?
There are five threads on the same subjects. It is overkill.
One thing we can be sure of that the next pope won't pull a Gomez and relief Ratzinger of all his duties.
Are we witnessing a return to the early Peritus at the Council? Did Ratzinger finally find himself as his life nears its end. Did he realize that perhaps he should have resisted the monarchical church for a church that was more living as he indicated in his earlier writings? That the Spirit is more important than the trappings of Rome?
If you are going to demote him, why stop at cardinal? Why not go all the way to Father Ratzinger or even Mr. Ratzinger?Benedict is, and always will be, a Pope, just as those who die in office remain with the title of Pope. Just as Barack Obama, once he leaves office, will remain President Obama, and not Senator Obama.He is resigning the Petrine ministry, but he cannot resign from what he is, and a pope is what someone is as much as what someone does. Even if he will no longer be doing the pope, he will forever be a pope.
I think it is totally cool he is going to live with a group of women. I also get why he wants to live in Rome. (Where he was going to live was my big question, too. Someone once told me a lot of retired priests go to Malta,)And to tell you straight up, I would like to see a nice liberal Italian pope; there were two in my lifetime and they seemed alright.
So, two things. First, it is true that the media frequently refer to former presidents as "President X" and they are addressed as "Mr. President," but that's not actually right. As former officeholders they become "The Hon. George W. Bush" or "Mr. Clinton." Second, it seems to me that the Pope's episcopal ordination has an indelible character. I can't see how his creation as cardinal (pastor of a Roman church) or his election as pope (named to a metropolitan see) would. I would love to hear a knowledgeable discussion of that, though. For example, he won't be a territorial bishop any longer. Must he be named to a lapsed see? So many good questions.
Bishop emeritus of Rome? Retired bishops of dioceses aren't given a titular see. So, for example, Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk, archbishop emeritus of Cincinnati.
Steven, you're right about former presidents.http://www.formsofaddress.info/FOA_president_US_former.html(Sorry about the incorrect information I posted earlier today.)
The Guardian says in the 2:29 comment:"A spokesman told me that at 8pm on 28 February, when he resigns, Pope Benedict will revert to his pre-pope title of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. He will no longer be addressed as "his holiness"."http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/11/pope-resigns-live-reaction
I agree with Steven P Millies: I'd think it would be the current officeholder who is entitled, not only to the honorifics due the Holy Father, but also the authority. Every formal and informal measure should be taken to deflect the notion that the retired Holy Father possesses any of the pope's authority.
Bender: You wrote: "He is resigning the Petrine ministry, but he cannot resign from what he is, and a pope is what someone is as much as what someone does."I don't agree with this. Election as Bishop of Rome does not effect an "ontological" change in the person elected. To be a pope is to occupy an office, with duties and rights. To resign that office is to cease to have those rights and duties. That is the whole of it. There is no sacrament of the papacy, and so no indelible character. Certainly, it will always be true that Joseph Ratzinger was once Pope Benedict XVI, but to be the latter is precisely what he is deciding to cease to be.
"Question: All the talk of the next pope coming from Africa or Latin America overlooks the desire many Italian cardinals might have to bring home the papacy. How many Italian cardinals are there?"Margaret: this news article from last November, around the time of the most recent consistory, gives some rough numbers for how the College of Cardinals breaks down geographically. Headline: "By the numbers: Consistory to expand variety in College of Cardinals".http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1204854.htmAt the time of this article, that most recent consistory brought the number of eligible electors up to a nice, round 120. Perhaps not coincidentally, these most recent additions to the College diluted the European majority from 55% to 51%. I saw a number earlier today that, as of the moment of the Holy Father's resignation, there will be 117 eligible electors, presumably because of some birthdays and/or deaths between then and now. Whether that marginal change increases or diminishes (or even turns into a plurality) Europe's majority, I'm not sure.One of the items for which the Holy Father has been criticized has been the slowness with which he has filled empty bishops' chairs. One thing I'd like to see from our new Holy Father, whoever he may be, is to fill empty seats with more alacrity; and perhaps even more so, to rectify the geographic imbalance in the College of Cardinals. If taking away red hats from some traditional developed-world sees is thought to be too offensive (although it seems to have happened to St. Louis and, possibly, Detroit), then let's add many more to places that are experiencing vibrancy and growth.
I wonder if the question of where B16 lives must take into any considerations of protecting him diplomatically and legally from the reach of governments?Ratzinger's papacy has been very troubled by financial irregularities at the Vatican Bank and, of course, the child abuse scandal. Is it possible that he just concluded that he could no longer protect the church and himself, so he just decided to pack it in? As long as he stays put in the Vatican [a la Bernard Law] he will be effectively immune from Italian courts and the International Tribunal at the Hague.
I wonder if, as a cost-saving measure, it would be possible to try to pick the next pope to have approximately the same build as Pope Benedict, so that his clothes can be recycles with minor adjustments.
What will Ratzinger's funeral be like? More modest than if he had died in office?Also, what about all those John Paul II boosters who spoke about JP2's "white martyrdom", refusing to resign while obviously dying and incapacitated? Are they disappointed in Benedict's decision? How can they claim Benedict is being responsible and selfless while they hold up John Paul II's last years as a model?
Brian ==I'm not sure the Pope is being selfless. Maybe he is just being truthful -- he is physically unable to continue.I have thought that in the last few months he has looked extremely weak. As a very old person myself I know that it is quite possible to feel extremely weak while looking healthy. My six doctors regularly tell me "You look good", but then I tell them the fact -- when your muscles don't work any more youe are in fact the equivalent of sick even if you have no serious health problems. He looks even more frail than I feel. So this has not been a surprise to me. I was also quite concerned about Hillary Clinton, though she is not nearly as old. Both of them had gruelling jobs that would tax even a young person.
Ann, my dad also says that he is slower and that just doing the basic things to get through the routine of each day take a lot more time than they used to. What I wonder is: is this physical slowing down accompanied by a corresponding slowing down of the brain? I asked him once, and he said that it doesn't seem so, at least so far. Pope Benedict also seems to continue to think remarkably straight, although we don't know if it takes him more time than before.
Ann O.,Thank you for your comments. Great point about aging versus illness. I wish him a peaceful and happy retirement.I wasn't surprised to hear that B16 was retiring but I was surprised to hear how abruptly he'll be leaving: 17 days notice. I'm amused at how relieved some traditional/conservative Catholics were when he was elected and when he chose a traditional papal name for himself, enough of this Council pope names novelty (JP, JP2). Then their champion ends up doing something that was shocking when Celestine V did it 700 years ago: resign in the face of responsibilities he could not/no longer carry out. In other words, revealing the office to be practical, not ontological. Truly a thunderous new development.
Claire --To answer you off-topic but but very important question for all of us: when people get very old it is normal that the brain doesn't work quite so quickly as before. But that is not the same thing as a loss of a function, such as loss of the executive function (which figures out how to do things) or the function of remembering thing, as happen in dementias of various sorts. I recommend an occasional trip to a neurologist for old people. I went to one because of a bad case of shingles, but she has also been of great help to me about my inevitably aging brain.
P. S. Old people also don't learn as quickly as young ones, but that doesn't mean we can't learn new things at all.
I don't find it the least bit surprising, let alone shocking, that a man of eighty-five would choose to relinquish a high-visibility, high-pressure job as the spiritual leader of a billion or so often quarrelsome religious adherents, to say nothing of in-house conflicts and frustrations, and would wish to devote his remaining time to solitude and prayer. I wish him well.As for what comes next, I don't know enough about the people or the process to have an informed opinion about the upcoming election. But I don't expect much to change, whoever the next pope is. But who knows? Maybe I will be happily surprised, as I once was for a short time many years ago.
I would like them to figure out a way to include women in the election for pope. It doesn't seem like it should be such a heavy lift to so that.
the list of frontrunners is dispiriting. Ratzinger's succession management ensures more of the same.
Um. So far no one has mentioned how Pope Benedict's resignation has suddenly brought us to the end of St. Malachy's list. Is there any greater terra incognita than the end times? And just when we had safely escaped 2012!
I am hearing news reports this morning that the Holy Father had his pacemaker replaced three months ago. Perhaps that played a role in his decision.
Brian:Usually people give two weeks notice when they are leaving a job. But then, he's the pope and I suppose only answers to a higher power.
Re bodily infirmities: Maybe his knees went...all that kneeling and genuflecting--from an early age.
Irene Baldwin:I think it is totally cool he is going to live with a group of women.Benedict XVI is already living with 4 women. They are members of Memores Domini, a body of consecrated laity committed to lifelong celibacy and part of the broader Communion and Liberation movement. They and are his housekeepers. I read that they also share meals and pray with him.
On the NCR site, John Allen reports on today's press conference given by the Vatican's chief spokesman, Father Federico Lombardi, S.J. Father Lombardi did his best to answer the questions, but hardly claimed the last word on everything just 24 hours after the Pope's announcement.Allen's report is definitely worth reading. It answers some of the questions that have come up on this site.For example, it appears that Pope Benedict will live in what is now the former convent of cloistered nuns. The last Sisters moved out in November, and since that time the building has been being re-structured as "a residence."
I find it odd that Benedict will live literally in the new pope's back yard== without asking the new pope's permission. Didn't it occur to B, that he might not be welcome? Couldn't he have waited until after the election to find out what the new pope wants? Or are such decisions made by the Vatican governors -- you know, the ones who decided he couldn't have a cat there. I wonder if there is some pressing reason for him to be staying there.
"I find it odd that Benedict will live literally in the new popes back yard== without asking the new popes permission. Didnt it occur to B, that he might not be welcome?"The new Pope, whoever he turns out to be, would be something of a mutt if he wanted to evict an 85 year old man.
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So it's the Olympics.
The children and I have been waiting for the Olympics. The Little Professor and I for the men's and women's hockey and the Sassy Saint to see how the Nordic countries do. (Sass has developed a strange fascination with Nordic culture and history lately.)
We were discussing whom we were going to cheer for, and you won't be surprised when I tell you it didn't go well.
"The Olympics is for nationalistic jingoism," I said. "We are cheering for Team USA."
The Professor muttered something about building commonality through sports or somesuch. I didn't really hear him.
"I should buy us some of those little American flags," I said. "It would be really cute if you kids had some American flags to wave while we watched the Olympics."
"Norway is the odds-on favorite to win the Olympics," Sass said. "America's odds are 12 to one."
"Are you looking at an odds-making site? Besides, how do you 'win' the Olympics?"
"By winning the most medals."
"Those are ridiculous odds. Is that right? Let me see." I've got to monitor her Internet usage better if she's eyeballing bookmaking sites.
Sass lifted an eyebrow. "The Nordic countries always do well in the winter Olympics. Especially in the skiing events. The Nordic people are born wearing skis."
I didn't point out the impossible logistics of that, because I didn't want to steer the conversation down that channel. "The Nordics can win the skiing events if they want, but they can't win hockey."
"Team Canada is going to win hockey," the Professor offered.
"Team Canada is going to win the silver medal. Team USA will win gold."
"Team Canada is really good," he said doubtfully. "They have Sid and Kunitz and a bunch of Blackhawks."
"You're not allowed to cheer for Team Canada."
"But I like Team Canada."
"You're not Canadian. Not even close. You've never even been to Canada. Why on earth would you cheer for Team Canada?"
"I like their players."
"You can't name their entire roster." Never mind I would have to look up Team USA's roster, I can at least name a dozen of them off the top of my head.
"They have Sid," he said firmly.
The pro-Penguins propaganda evidently worked too well. "Yes, and we cheer for him when he's playing for the Penguins ... not when he's playing for Team Canada."
"Because we're Americans. Besides, Team Canada got a gold medal last time. They should take turns and share." I had been preaching taking turns and sharing for far longer than I had been touting the Penguins.
"It doesn't work like that," he said. "You have to win it."
"Being overly nationalistic is a sign of fascism," Sass added.
"It's bedtime! Go to bed!" You would think they would have learned not to argue with me, because I hold all the trump cards. Teaching them to question authority was so much better in theory than in practice.
The next morning, Sass skipped down the stairs and announced, "Momma, guess who won two more medals while you were sleeping and moved into first place?"
"The Netherlands?"
"I can't guess. Who is it?"
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KILLEEN (November 20, 2012)--The Greater Austin Merchants Cooperative Association added $10,000 to the Crime Stoppers cash reward for information that leads to the arrests of three men in the shooting death of a Killeen convenience store employee earlier this month.
Imran Amir Dukka, 28, of Killeen, was shot to death during a robbery just before midnight on Nov. 7 at the Star Mart Convenience store in the 3600 block of Zephyr Road in Killeen.
"Imran was loved by his family, a friend to every person he met, a very well regarded business colleague, and a positive role model," association spokesman Steve Koebele said Tuesday.
"We join all the citizens of Bell County to comfort our friend's family, help our law enforcement agencies with their continuing investigation, and obtain justice for Imran and the good people of Bell County," he said.
A second man, whose name was not released, was injured in the shooting and was taken to Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center.
He was later transferred to Scott & White Hospital in Temple in stable condition.
Dukka had just arrived to pick up the other man, who also works at the store, when three armed men dressed in dark clothing with their faces covered ran up to his Toyota Camry, robbed the two victims and then opened fire, shooting each man several times, police said.
The three robbers then took the Camry and sped off.
The car was later found abandoned in the area of Highland and Stetson, police said.
"Violent criminals should face the Texas justice system so that these criminals no longer prey on law-abiding Texans like Imran Dukka," the association's president, Sharif Prasla, said.
The association is a coalition of more than 300 small businesses in Central Texas.
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Using positive reinforcement to encourage and reward proper behavior is the fifth element of the Twelve Disciplinary Elements. Here are a couple of universal statements: Everybody wants approval for who he is and for what he does. And, everybody wants to please, especially children, and especially your child who wants to please you. Can that really be? Then why do children misbehave? We'll tackle that big question later but until then, take it from me and the experts, kids just wanna be good.
How can you "let" your kids be good, increase positive behavior, and decrease and prevent misbehavior quickly and painlessly? Here's a start: by accentuating the positive. (Remember that old song by Harold Arlan and Johnny Mercer? "You've got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, latch on to the affirmative, and don't mess with Mr. In-Between.") One terrific way to accentuate behavior you like to see (and take the emphasis off negative behavior) is by using positive reinforcement.
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Positive reinforcement is a simple, reality-based technique that can help turn your child's behavior around—often very quickly. Here's the recipe:
- Your child wants your approval very badly.
- You notice and comment on specific positive behavior and provide natural and logical rewards.
- Your child feels noticed, validated, and approved of, the good behavior increases, and misbehavior is prevented or decreases.
- Your child also begins to recognize the value of his own positive qualities and actions.
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Positive reinforcement reinforces what the child is doing right rather than concentrating on what the child is doing wrong. It increases the likelihood that the behavior will be repeated. It supports your child's positive deeds and qualities through enthusiasm, descriptive encouragement, and natural, logical rewards.
Positive reinforcement is at play every time your child brings home his report card, or every time you get a bonus at work. But positive reinforcement works best when it isn't a once-in-a-while thing; the more it happens, the more effective it is. That means daily.
For instance, comment when your child for once does something without being told. Focus on positive behavior ("John, I noticed you remembered to take your clothes off the floor. Now the puppy won't be able to chew them."). Don't focus on the negative ("You hung up your jacket, for once!"), and don't link it to a judgment on the child's personality ("What a good child you are for hanging up your jacket!").
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What are the differences, perhaps in context, between the following expressions?
Was ist passiert?
Was ist geschehen?
Was ist aufgetreten?
What are the differences, perhaps in context, between the following expressions?
Regarding their overlap in sense, both words passieren and geschehen basically mean to happen. Another common translation is to occur.
Actually, it's quite hard to find an example where you cannot use both words but sometimes there's a tendency to one of them.
A couple of examples. In each example you can use both words. Though, I omitted the word which is less often in use for the specific example:
Here a few sayings where I would use geschehen only:
As mentioned in comments there are a lot of words which share the meaning. Which words fit best depends on context. Vorfallen, ereignen and sich zutragen, for instance, can be used in context of an accident.
The third word in question, however, is quite different. Auftreten can be translated as to occur as well but it's meaning is rather in the sense of to appear.
The question Was ist aufgetreten is not very idiomatic but might be found in a 'recipe' how to approach someone/something appropriately. For instance, if you'd ask a question on Stack Overflow about an error this particular question means something along 'What happened? Did you get a blue screen? Did your system freeze? What was the actual error message?'.
Aside about the word passieren: In other context, it means to pass (in the sense of to move past), to negotiate, to traverse as in
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On the eve of the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, city and state officials struck a deal to break the impasse that has long delayed completion of the museum at the site of the World Trade Center.
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The accord appeared to finally end a longstanding struggle among a nest of parties with intertwined political, emotional and financial interests in the city's most hallowed site—including Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Govs. Andrew Cuomo of New York and Chris Christie of New Jersey, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and the National Sept. 11 Memorial & Museum foundation.
Under the deal, the foundation, a private charity headed by Mr. Bloomberg, will forgo $17 million it believes it is owed—in the form of waived reimbursements and expenditures—from the Port Authority, which owns the site, and had largely halted construction on the museum in a fight over who should cover escalating construction costs.
In exchange, the Port Authority, which is controlled by the two governors, will resume construction on the museum as soon as the end of this month, and won't stop work until it is complete.
The agencies will also form a trio of new task forces to smooth the interaction of competing interests at the site—from the planning of future commemorative events to day-to-day management of the 16-acre grounds, which include not only the museum and memorial plaza but also the nearly completed One World Trade Center, the tallest and most heavily fortified office building in the city.
In addition to the creation of the eight-member Advisory Committee—two members appointed by each governor, four by the memorial foundation—the memorandum of understanding provides for the Port Authority to receive regular briefings on the foundation's financial plans and budgetary outlook.
Key operational details at the museum, including admissions policies and fees, will remain "the sole decision of the Memorial," the agreement states.
In the agreement, the foundation agrees to keep at least six months' worth of operating funds on hand and to maintain the memorial and plaza in line with "other world class memorials." The foundation also agrees to provide a security deposit to the Port Authority equal to six months of its expected utility expenses. The two sides agreed to jointly seek federal funding to help pay for the operating costs and long-term finances, already a stated goal of Messrs. Cuomo and Christie.
The foundation would pay $1 million a year to support Port Authority operating costs at the site for up to 30 years, but only if the museum and memorial run at a profit, which the city believes is unlikely.
A Cuomo administration official said the state was confident that the agreement would mean no future cost overruns in the museum's construction could be charged to the Port Authority, an agency already saddled with billions in reconstruction costs at the World Trade Center site.
"I'm very gratified that on the eve of this important anniversary we are able to announce an agreement that will ensure the completion of the 9/11 Museum," Mr. Bloomberg said in a written statement. The mayor thanked Messrs. Cuomo and Christie, and the Port Authority, calling the deal "a meaningful victory for the families" of those lost in the 2001 attacks.
"Over the last few years, we have made extraordinary progress at Ground Zero and today's agreement is yet another milestone in our work to finally complete the site as a place where people from around the world can come to work, visit and remember," Mr. Cuomo said in a statement. "By ensuring that no additional public funds are spent to complete the Memorial and Museum, today's agreement puts in place a critical and long overdue safeguard to finally protect toll payers and taxpayers from bearing further costs, and, at the same time, put the project on a path for completion."
"Working together, we will now move this project forward with conviction but also with proper transparency and oversight and at no further costs to tollpayers and taxpayers," Mr. Christie said.
To be sure, some differences remain among the two main factions—Mr. Cuomo and the Port Authority on one side and Mr. Bloomberg and the foundation, which he chairs, on the other.
Under the accord, the Port Authority will conduct a review of the foundation's current finances, then secure a vote to proceed from its Board of Commissioners, as soon as their meeting on Sept. 20. From the date of approval, the Port Authority will have ten days to resume construction at "full pace" on the subterranean museum complex.
Yet while the agreement says construction must proceed until completion there is a catch: The Port Authority must continue with construction "unless the Museum fails to pay on a timely basis any amount required to be paid." The foundation and the Port Authority have differing estimates of the total cost to complete the museum. The city and foundation have estimated the cost at some $700 million, while port officials have suggested it could go as high as $1.3 billion.
In Monday's memorandum, the parties anticipate that the port will be able to find new cost savings to lower the total outstanding cost of the project.
From public estimates that it could cost $300 million more to finish the project, the Port Authority now believes it could lower its obligations by more than $150 million, the memorandum states, through "reduction of anticipated overtime costs, a moratorium on change orders and contributions the Memorial will make to the project."
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Cited: Tamala E. Wade, 40, 501 Center Ave., stop sign and driving with suspended license; Ronald Williams, no age listed, 129 Higgins Drive, Mingo Junction, improper turn and failure to reinstate license; Alysia M. Stanley, no age or address listed, driving with suspended license and expired registration; Erik G. Shaffer, 28, 330 Mahan Lane, Follansbee, expired plates; Kara N. Delaney, 26, 700 High St., Wellsburg, red light; Tashon Coleman, 42, 1302 Orchard St., no operator's license and no registration light; James J. Guida, 26, 1012 Barone Drive, Weirton, driving with suspended license and one way street; Kelly L. Downen, 27, 1190 county Road 26, Steubenville, driving with suspended license, failure to signal turn and no seat belt; Tiah A. Merritt, 21, 1304 Hukill St., Brilliant, no seat belt; Terry M. Hall, 39, 54 Stilson Lane, Colliers, left of center; and Toby L. Smith, 28, 510 Cedar Ave., improper display of plates and driving with suspended license.
Arrested: Jesse Sedon, 25, no fixed address, failure to appear warrants out of municipal court and Dillonvale county court, Sunday.
Arrested: Ronnie D. Watson, 28, 179 township Road 310, Wolf Run, driving with suspended license, failure to appear warrants out of Toronto and Wintersville county courts and bench warrant out of Carroll County, Sunday.
Arrested: Otis Allen Jr., 35, no fixed address, violation of no contact order, robbery and resisting arrest, today.
Arrested: Makayla Thompson, 23, 239 S. Fifth St., failure to appear warrant out of municipal court, Sunday.
Arrested: Curley Clarke, 65, 1643 Ridge Ave., felonious assault, Sunday.
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Arrested: Robert Keenan, 31, 164 township Road 691, Richmond, rape and gross sexual imposition involving an 11-year-old girl, Sunday.
Cited: Eugene J. Frye III, 20, 1652 Maryland Ave., Steubenville, failure to control.
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Arrested: Guy Blancato, 18, 509 Franklin Ave., Toronto, failure to appear warrant out of Wintersville county court, Sunday.


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i'm trying to make an application, getting all the birthdays and other information from you facebook friends, using the facebook php sdk.
i get the friendlist and with a foreach loop, get all the info for every friends' id.
This all works, only it takes 4 min+ to get all the information. (for every friend i have to make a new call)
I can't expect users of my application to wait that long.
Is there a way to get the info faster.
this is my code:
//$arrFriends is a list with all id's and names of friends
foreach ($arrFriends as $f => $value)
$fql = "select uid, email, name, hometown_location, sex, birthday, education, relationship_status, pic_square from user where uid=" . $value[id];
$param = array('method' => 'fql.query','query' => $fql,'callback' => '');
$friend = $facebook->api($param);
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6 Artists You Didn't Know Made Your Favorite Movie Moments
#3. Stan Winston: Special Effects Badass
Now this is a name you probably have run across; he worked with James Cameron a lot, so you might have heard him mentioned here or there. But to try to encompass the scope of his work, let's just say that if somebody wanted to make that Aliens vs. Predator vs. The Terminator vs. velociraptors crossover we've been asking for, he could have had Stan Winston do the effects for all of them. He probably had the stuff still lying around.
Winston's first big job was doing work on The Thing, and by "work" we mean he made that disgusting tentacled dog creature:
But it was the original Terminator film that made Winston famous -- he took Cameron's sketches of the Terminator exoskeleton and actually built the thing. (It took six months -- it was made of steel ribbing coated in plaster, then coated in chrome plating.)
Cameron brought him back for Aliens, tasking him with creating the alien queen -- a creature 14 feet tall that, oh by the way, would need to be able to move on its own with no CGI and no miniatures. He wanted a real, physical creature that would take two men to operate.
No problem.
A few years later, Winston created the Predator.
And designed Edward Scissorhands' scissor hands.
Then he was brought back for Terminator 2 ... wait, wasn't that all just CGI? What's the big deal -- it's all done on computer, right?
Nope. This:
... was not CGI. That's a robotic, moving physical model made by Stan Winston.
So is the "blown apart" T-1000:
All of that stuff is Winston, working with animatronic puppets and costumes and old-fashioned FX work. The CGI was basically just there to animate the transition from one Stan Winston creation to the next.
Oh, and then he did the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park.
And Dennis Nedry.
Again, that film is famous for its CGI, but the dinosaurs were mostly old-fashioned mechanical creations, built by Winston's team. Sadly, Winston passed away in 2008. Too bad, because in a world dominated by cheesy and unrealistic CGI (now in 3D!) we need his puppets more than ever.
Honorable Mention: Rob Bottin
We mentioned that Stan Winston made that disgusting dog creature in The Thing. So who made the rest of that film's horrors? Rob Bottin.
Not only did Bottin design the terror that is the alien in The Thing, but he actually worked so hard on the movie that he had to be hospitalized after shooting. It's hard to even describe how goddamned horrifying his designs were, so let's just look at that spider thing again.
Also? RoboCop. And by that we mean Bottin created RoboCop himself.
That seemed to be a temporary break from making really disturbing shit. After all, he also gave us the elaborate murdered remains in Se7en and the mutants in Total Recall (including Kuato, the thing growing out of that guy's torso). Yes, if you've ever masturbated to the scene in Total Recall where the nice young lady has three breasts, you really masturbated to Rob Bottin.
One more thing about Bottin ... he is a member of a very exclusive band. The Mos Eisley Cantina Band. That's right, he was in costume and rocking out in A New Hope. He was the bald one holding a stupid looking instrument whose face looked like an ass.
One of these butt-faced dudes is secretly a genius.
#2. Michael Pangrazio: Paints Entire Worlds by Hand
"Matte painter" is one of those jobs that you probably didn't even know existed, if you haven't watched a lot of "behind the scenes" DVD features. But whenever a film features a fantastic, alien landscape in the background, you can probably guess that they didn't build a whole alien landscape for the movie. So where do those stunning vistas come from? They're just big goddamned paintings.
Before they were all done with computers, they were painted by hand, by people like Michael Pangrazio. For instance, he did the impossibly huge warehouse at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark:
And, you know, pretty much all of the other backgrounds. He got his humble start painting mattes for the goddamn second and third Star Wars films.
That's him on the far right. Behind him is a matte painting. In front of him, the supposed snow-swept landscape is another matte painting.
His work has been featured primarily in movies that need a surreal, stylistic and heavily elaborate look, such as the mindbending landscape of Labyrinth -- a film featuring surroundings that appear to be the result of Jim Henson getting high and browsing an M.C. Escher art book.
We're blaming "Pigs in Space" on the same thing.
Labyrinth isn't the only fantasy film featuring Pamgrazio's paintings; he also has Willow, The Neverending Story and The Dark Crystal under his belt. The next time you watch one of those movies, stare into the jaw-dropping background and imagine the actors walking toward it, only to bump head-first into a Michael Pangrazio painting.
#1. John Williams: Composer of Blockbusters
This is the one name on the list you have almost certainly heard before -- this guy did the Star Wars theme, after all. But it's only when you appreciate the pure, epic scope of what he did that you realize Hollywood wouldn't be the same without him.
Just one more connection from Obama to Darth Vader.
Take Jaws, for instance. You probably can't hear the Jaws opening theme in your head the way you can Star Wars. But what you can hear is the duh-dum, duh-dum sound the great white shark made when it was bearing down on a victim. That was John Williams. He was able to not only compose the most perfect musical representation of a giant killer shark but also to do it with two freaking notes.
Trust us, this thing isn't as interesting when it's backed up by a jazz flute.
What are the odds that he could pull something like that again? Well, pretty good, actually, considering that he used only five notes to create the iconic alien communication method in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
The Superman theme that is now a musical shorthand for signaling movie heroics? John Williams.
The Indiana Jones theme? Same guy.
Jurassic Park?
Harry Potter?
Yeah, John Williams has pretty much scored your childhood happiness.
Honorable Mention: Bernard Herrmann
We could rattle off the classics Bernard Herrmann did the music for (Citizen Kane, Vertigo, Taxi Driver, etc.) but what's amazing is that this guy composed two pieces of music that virtually any human in the Western world can imitate on command.
He also had an adorable puppy dog, yes he did!
Remember the shower scene in Psycho? And the shrieking sound when Norman Bates stabbed the girl to death? That was Bernard Hermann.
Then, for several decades, anytime something weird happened, some joker nearby would start humming the Twilight Zone theme. They were humming Hermann.
Equally Honorable Mention: Hans Zimmer
When it comes to big, heroic themes, it's hard to beat Hans Zimmer. If you can't hum the themes from The Lion King, you certainly remember how they made you feel:
Of course, more recently you know Hans Zimmer as the sound of Chris Nolan's Batman films:
Goddamn, does that make us want to punch a criminal. Subtle, he is not. And as epic as the Batman scores are, even they're not as epic as his utterly sinister score for the mindfuck of the year, Inception. That film's score could shake the theater floor more than the explosions:
Oh, and he did one theme that several thousand of you reading this have heard at some point today. The theme to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2:
A lot of you just now imagined a gruff sergeant calling you Ramirez and demanding that you go secure something.
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There are two places that a permissions fix is mentioned, needed after Time Machine restored the system: story 1 and story 2.
But what is a permissions fix and why is it needed? What if you don't do such a fix, then what will happen? (why is the fix not built into the Time Machine restore?)


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by Susan Melgren, Web Editor
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We all want great skin and a gorgeous face, but who wants to shell out the big bucks for top-dollar products? Thankfully, natural beauty (and great skin) is close at-hand—as close as the kitchen, in fact! Many foods commonly found in the pantry are brimming with nutrients beneficial for skin. So next time your skin feels dry or those wrinkles look too deep, raid your pantry for these seven skin-improving foods.
Prized for its anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and astringent effects (among other health benefits), turmeric is great for skin. In Asia, turmeric is used in natural beauty treatments to tighten skin and reduce inflammation. Try turmeric for yourself by mixing this herb with flour and water to make a paste. Rub the paste on your skin while in the shower, then rinse off.
Avocados can help lock in moisture on skin. Photo By Jon Chiang/Flickr.
Avocados are loaded with healthy monounsaturated fats that can help stimulate production of our skin's own natural oils, help lock in moisture, reduce inflammation and heal skin issues. Take advantage of the goodness in avocado with this two-ingredient Avocado Facial Mask recipe, Tropical Body Polish recipe, or Lavender-Avocado-Honey Mask recipe.
A natural humectant, honey can attract and trap in moisture for softer skin. Honey also possesses antioxidant and antimicrobial powers, making it a great treatment for cuts, scrapes and burns. To use its natural healing powers, apply just enough quality honey (we recommend unpasteurized and from a local, trusted source) to cover the wound, then cover with a bandage. Change daily. To take advantage of its skin-renewing powers, try these five easy honey-based beauty recipes, from a honey cleanser to a smooth-skin treatment.
A natural source of lactic acid, yogurt can help refine pores and exfoliate rough skin while calming and moisturizing. And unlike other exfoliants, yogurt is suitable for even sensitive skin. Yogurt also contains protein that makes the skin firmer and more resistant to wrinkles. Try this moisturizing yogurt mask.
Tighten aging skin with a homemade mask made from fresh carrots. Photo By Shutterstock.
Carrots aren't just good for your eyes. Thanks to its treasure trove of vitamins A, B and C, carrots are also beneficial for your skin. When used topically, carrots can provide tightening, anti-aging effects, helping to restore skin's elasticity and reduce inflammation. To take advantage of this root vegetable's beauty benefits, try this Vita-Carrot Anti-Aging Mask recipe.
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Oil works wonders for skin, but many beauty oils can cost a pretty penny. Instead of spending lots on expensive oils like argan, turn to your cupboard for olive oil. Extra virgin olive oil is rich in vitamins K and E, which can help reduce dark circles and protect skin from photoaging. Olive oil can be used as a nightly moisturizing treatment—just spread a few drops over your skin (olive oil is so thick that a little will go a long ways). You can also use olive oil to remove makeup, condition hair and moisturize cuticles, among other beauty uses.
Because it effectively removes soap residue from skin and hair, rinsing with vinegar is a great way to get rid of shampoo buildup—not to mention leave your hair shiny and soft. Another perk of rinsing with vinegar: its acidity can help kill the bacteria that cause dandruff. Always dilute vinegar before using—one tablespoon of vinegar to one cup of water should do the trick. To take advantage of vinegar's beauty benefits, check out this collection of herbal vinegar treatments, from a hair-softening rinse to a soothing foot soak.
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text: Before I call it a night for the day, I wanted to upload some quick tutorials on some minor objects that were requested a week ago. The first is a lesson on "how to draw a statue", step by step. As you know statues are molded works of art created using either clay, stone, glass, metal, wood, and all other material that can be quickly molded into a figurine? Some popular statues that exist to this day have made lasting impressions on our lives because for the United States, it is a sign or beacon of liberty, freedom, and winning the war of our history. This statue that I'm talking about is known to us as the Statue of Liberty. She is the very personification of everything that has to do with liberty, freedom, or independence. I made a statue out of a wooden carved tiki looking figure that is going to be easy to draw. No matter what you want to create, learning "how to draw a statue" is going to be easier than drawing blocks. That's it, I will be back with one more simple lesson. Have fun with this statue that you can tweak to your liking. Peace out people!


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Based on provisions contained within state law, the Brentwood Board of Commissioners has established a ten-member Planning Commission to manage land use and development actions in the City (Chapter 50, Article II of Brentwood Municipal Code). The primary duties of the Planning Commission involve oversight of new and revised development applications for commercial and service institutional (churches, schools, etc.) facilities, as well as subdivision actions which can range from simple lot divisions to major residential communities. The Planning Commission also provides recommendations on rezoning actions and zoning ordinance revisions to the Board of Commissioners. One member of the Planning Commission is the Mayor of Brentwood, or a person appointed to fulfill those responsibilities. Another member is a current member of the Board of Commissioners while the balance of the Planning Commission is appointed by the Board of Commissioners through the Mayor.
Typically, the Planning Commission meets monthly at the Brentwood Municipal Center (5211 Maryland Way) on the first Monday evening of each month at 7:00 p.m. (meeting schedule), and agenda review briefings are held the Thursday morning before the Monday meetings at 9:00 a.m. in the City Hall Annex Room. Special meetings and workshops are held at various times as needed.
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Joe Liles is general manager of Warren County Water District. He says: "Warren County Bowling Green has experienced a tremendous growth in the last 10-15 years."
It's that reason that officials with Warren County Water District and BGMU laid out a PowerPoint presentation at the February 16 meeting of Warren Fiscal Court to address the wastewater needs our of community.
Mike Gardner is systems manager of water and sewer division of BGMU. He says: "Some of the options include expanding the existing plant. There's another option for building a second plant. We believe that would be somewhere in the south part of the county. We're not sure where.
The existing wastewater treatment plant has the capacity for about 10 million gallons per day. According to their projections that capacity will be reached in the next three to four years.
Liles says: "Anyway you want to look at it there's going to have to be something done pretty quick. And it comes down to the money involved both from the financial standpoint and the environmental standpoint."
Wastewater treatment is important because it collects wastewater from residential homes businesses and industries and treats the water and cleans it before putting it back in the river. In addition to fiscal court, the preliminary report has been shown to the chamber of commerce and it will be presented at the next city commission meeting.
Gardner says: "We will be looking for public input on this. The plan is still in draft form. We're tweaking the numbers and the various options and that will go out for public review and input."
The cost of building a new plant is estimated at $9 million, which Liles says would be cheaper than expanding the existing plant down the line because the existing site would eventually run out of land to expand.
Liles also says if a new plant is constructed, it would not be built near any residential areas. And when WBKO asked Liles about the odor emitted from a wastewater plant, he assured us the new plant will be built with state-of -the-art technology to lessen the stench and be more environmentally sound.


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Cited: Robert L. Malcom, 38, 634 Longvue Drive, Wintersville, blocking a driveway and expired license plates.
Arrested: Jody L. Clark, 32, 664 Spring Ave., two bench warrants, Sunday.
Arrested: Joshua Morris, 29, no fixed address, domestic violence and possession of a drug abuse instrument.
Arrested: Gerald Pasco, 45, 229 Ravine St., possession of drugs, Sunday.
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Arrested: Corrina L. Snyder, 22, 811 Market St., domestic violence, Monday.


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Comfy Room 1 in Old Town Area
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חדרי שינה1
גודל12 מטר רבוע
Floor No.2
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|Ulica Braće Vranjana, 23000 Zadar, קרואטיה
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The room can comfortably accommodate 2 people. Apartment contains balcony, kitchen and shared bathroom and toilet. Towels and linen are provided. There is a free WiFi access throughout the apartment. By staying here, you'll have the opportunity to both live like a local, and meet travelers from all over the world.
You'll be within walking distance to Church of St Donat, Zadar City Gate, world famous Sea Organ, unique light installation "Greeting to the Sun", Museum of Ancient Glass, The Forum, and many other things but something that I highly recommend is Belltower of St Anastasia's Cathedral which gives you the best views of Zadar and islands, it's a must! There are TONS of restaurants, bars, coffee shops, boutique stores, music venues, and everything else you can possibly imagine close by.
Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any question or if there's anything I can help you with.
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The apartment is located in the center of Zadar. It is easy to reach from the airport, bus station or ferry port.
The room is big and quiet as it is directed to the backyard.
It was clean and there were also no problems with the other guests.
Some negative aspects were that there was no washing maschine although it was mentioned in the description! Also there were no dry towels in the kitchen and just one of the four kitchen plates was working, which makes it hard to cook...
The room itself smelled a bit like old cigarettes but you cannot get rid of it with opening the windows as there is directly the balcony which is also used by the other guests!
The last thing I like to mention is, that there is no window or ventilation in the bathroom and toilet which can be pretty stinky with four people...
Very nice, clean room, looking exactly like the picture at Wimdu. Sladana was a very flexible, kind and helpful hostess - we felt so welcome even at midnight when we arrived. Everything in the appartment was clean, and the bed was good. Super located in center of Old Town.
The location was great, in the center of old town. The apartment is fully furnished with a kitchen, iron, towels, kleenex, spare sheets, etc. No air conditioning though.
Très bon séjour chez Sladana. L'appartement est spacieux, lumineux et bien décoré. Au cœur de la ville le bruit ne nous a pas dérangé. Effectivement t il n'y a pas de machine à laver mais toutes les indications sont là pour trouver une laverie a quelques minutes seulement de l'appartement. A 3min chrono de la mer nous avons été toujours à l'heure pour le lever et le coucher de soleil. Merci également à Sladana pour sa gentillesse ses conseils et pour nous avoir proposé le transport aller retour a l'aéroport. Super séjour !
Sladana es una mujer muy amable y una gran conocedora de su ciudad.
La habitación se encuentra en pleno centro de Zadar con lo que se hace muy cortas las distancias para visitar el casco antiguo y todo lo que hay que ver. Es una habitación cómoda y muy amplia y muy limpia. Consta de dos baños ( uno con ducha) y una cocina.
Nos ha encantado la estancia allí, sin duda la recomiendo a todo el mundo que vaya.
Sladana is an amazing host and the apartament was perfect, me and my friend enjoy a very nice 5 days and if had time we d liked to stay more, the room was clean and nice with a cute balcony and the apricot of ever :) we could rich the center of Zadar in just 15 minutes walking, a really nice city :) so if you want a nice place i suggest you to go
Sladana welcomed us friendly in her living room and proposed us some drinks. She gave us information about the sightseeing's in Zadar.
The interior of the house was modern, new, practical, hygienic and we could use a common permanent cleaned bathroom (with a bath). There was also a hair dryer. Furthermore, she told us that there was not a chance to take the bathroom towels to the fitness.
Although mentioned in our reservation that there would be a little kitchen and a fridge, there was only a microwave. But she gave us utensils and a plate. The room was clean, modern and big enough for two persons.
The internet connection was only working for 5 minutes.
We had a little conversation about the history of Zadar and the Balkan war, she was a friendly person.
Very confident. We had a room exactly like the picture shows. The host is very friendly, we felt like in a family. And not to forget, it was very very clean. It doesn't matter that you have to share the bathroom. It was always available and clean when I entered. The only point might be that there is no aircondition. Only a little ventilator. It was very hot with a temperature of 38 degrees. Felt insight the room even more. If you have no car you have to know that it is a walk about almost 30 minutes to the center. We were a little tired of the distance.
Nevertheless we give a big recommendation. We were very happy and will come back for sure. Thank you Sladana. A big hug for yiu
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I've heard of Google Fonts and Typekit. I'm looking for preferences before I read into all the pros and cons of each.
We started with Q&A. Technical documentation is next, and we need your help.
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sIFR (Scalable Inman Flash Replacement) is a great solution for small bits of text like headers or usernames, page titles, etc. You need to create SWF files with your preferred fonts embedded into the movies. Each variation of your font needs to be its own Flash movie.
The downside of sIFR is that the setup is somewhat time consuming, you need Flash, and it hasn't been touched since 2005.
Google Web Fonts is in its infancy and is very hit or miss in terms of quality of the font rendering on the screen. For example it looks amazing on Unix in Safari and looks awful on Windows in IE (go figure, right?). It also only provides a handful of fonts; many of which are in-between what you need and what you don't need - ie, "techy but not THAT techy please".
Cufon is a free service in which you upload your own font files and their site generates a javascript file which you include in your site. The script will look for various css classes you add to your DOM elements and swap on the fly.
Typekit is a similar service to Cufon but also provides you access to thousands of fonts and is subscription-based. The main benefit is you don't have to worry about any licensing mishaps you might encounter with Cufon.
My recommendation is Cufon if you make sure to follow their licensing agreements and don't go embedding fonts you obtained through a torrent or something stupid.
Here is a good breakdown of many alternatives.
Personally, I use Typekit, as it allows you to use any font you like - just upload it on the site and it produces a JavaScript representation of that font.
Google Fonts provides a library of fonts that are ready to go, but I don't think you can upload your own.
Another option is Cufon, which is similar to Typekit, but does not support text selection.
According to me the google fonts has all pro's I've used it and it's really easy and will be displayed on each PC the same way
Never heard about Typekit though