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KIDS READING TO SUCCEED - JANUARY SATURDAY READING PROGRAM (STARS Afterschool Program)
Kids Reading to Succeed
Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 8:20 AM (PST)
Event Details
Please note that because of the New Year holiday, our reading program will be on the 2nd Saturday this month. Come join us for a fun program where the kids will read a recipe and make some delicious cookies as well as create some inspirational calendars.
- 8:20 - 8:50 a.m.: Volunteer Registration (*If you are a new volunteer, please sign in by 8:30 am at the latest. If you are a returning volunteer, please arrive by 8:40 am. Please be on time; volunteers who have completed a background check will be matched with a student on a first-come, first serve basis.)
- 8:50 - 9:00 a.m.: Volunteer orientation
- 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.: Special presentation by Senator Liu
- 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.: Kids read with volunteers
PARKING: Park on side streets and/or 99 Cent Store parking lot on 442 N. Los Robles Ave, Pasadena.
BACKGROUND CHECK: Because KRS works with children, we are required to do a background check on all volunteers. Thus, before you can volunteer at KRS, you must complete a new volunteer application and bring with you to KRS' sign-in a form of photo identification (e.g., a driver's license) for background check purposes. Please fill out a new volunteer application online here before coming to volunteer.
READING TIPS/FAQ: Please review the Reading Tips and FAQ here before coming to the Saturday reading program.
CANCELLATIONS: If you must cancel, please give us at least 48 hours notice so we can find a volunteer replacement if necessary.
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500 East Villa Street
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As Marina Circuit used to be a cure for insomnia until the double DRS zone was created this year. It made a real difference on Sunday, didn't it?
Sure there was more overtaking, but I think there's room for improvement on the locations of the two zones. One car would overtake, take the corner, and then immediately get re-passed in the second DRS zone, and for me that felt rather artificial. Had they just had the one zone I think it would have worked better. That said, I'm sure the spectators and the viewers at home enjoyed it and that's the most important thing. I enjoyed watching Fernando Alonso because he was pushing all the time to catch Lewis Hamilton, but when Sebastian Vettel went out after just 200 metres the race, for me, was a little bit damaged.
No points for Lotus Renault GP today. Both drivers looked to struggle in qualifying and the race. Is all attention now on next year's car?
I think everyone is looking to next year. These last couple of grands prix, because the championship is settled, are basically test sessions with trophies at the end. Because the teams are so restricted on testing they're already trying out their new parts for 2012, and LRGP are no exception. However, it's clear the team are struggling with their new exhaust system. It seems to be penalizing them a lot on slow speed and twisty tracks, like Monaco, Singapore and Abu Dhabi.
It would be great to see Bruno Senna get points at home in Brazil in a fortnight. How do you think he's been developing in these past seven races he's driven for the team?
The speed of the car at the moment is not great, this is clear, but there are some high-speed sectors at Interlagos, where the R31 will be more at ease. Bruno is racing with a top team for the first time, so there's lots to learn on his side too. He managed to impress straight away on his LRGP debut in Spa and everyone was surprised how quickly he adapted. Now I think we can see that the car's set-up is not following exactly what engineers forecast, and that's not easy for the driver. Because of his nationality and surname Bruno will have a lot of pressure on his shoulders at Interlagos, but I'm sure he's going to be okay. He's a pretty cool customer.

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Discussion in 'Fan Zone' started by Bluestang, Nov 12, 2012.
Coryell system all the way.
Something else to note is the run/pass option.
32 post is the run call.
Also the F-drag part of the call is for Austin to run a drag route - a quick, pass route underneath but also the hot read if the linebackers blitz.
949 - is the X Y Z patterns of Bryant, Witten, and KO.
(In the Coryell system the F is the slot WR as Witten is the Y)
Seems like a lot of words for a TE screen ....
A, It wasn't a screen
B. The terminology for the Coryell system is often simpler than some WCO IIRC.
WCOs don't tend to use numbers for routes, but rather the actual word for the routes.
It can get long winded but the playcalls are structured the same as in:
formation, run, audible, pass routes, protection, rb route.
Sarcasm....just taking a jab at Garrett because I disagree with a lot of his playcalling
Austin running a drag and Witten running a ~6-7 yd out are quick, developing pass plays.
The 9 route by KO clears that area in the cover 2 shell to give Witten room underneath it.
That drag was wide open. Easy money.
Initially it wasn't as the LB cut in front of Austin momentarily as he's watching the RB leak out of the pocket.
At this point in time Romo sees Witten break for the outside with his man a step behind him so Romo makes his decision.
There aren't enough threads open where you can complain about Jason Garrett and play calling?
To the OP, great stuff. What's the source of the video content? Is that a local show? I'm not familiar with it. And, yes, that drag to Austin was there, too. But Witten was open if Tony'd been able to squeeze that ball in there.
That drag to Austin has been open a couple of times in critical situations the last two weeks, not including his drop in ATL. I bet we start seeing connections on those more if we're able to keep the pocket cleaner than we were able to this weekend.
It's from NFL's Turning Point.
Just to sum it all up, you have the outside guys running vertical routes and the inside guy running underneath routes.
The shorter, quicker routes seem to be something posters continually scream for and in a short yardage situation Romo and Garrett are looking to get the first down.
BTW this was one of those misthrows that Tony has had uncharacteristically this season.
I love seeing stuff like this. Much needed perspective for my daily Garrett-hating.
Real info.
I'd love to see what this offense would be capable of with Austin, and two other WR who know what they're doing. Why'd we get rid of Crayton? Robinson? Two WR who were productive here because they were smart. Bryant and Ogletree must severely handicap what we want to do. Romo missing easy passes doesn't help either. His accuracy has been pretty spotty this year.
Wonder if Garrett's offense would be better w/ a more accurate passer and at least one more capable receiver?
You can go on and on about playcall but it comes down to execution. The play in the video is wide open to convert the 1st down it comes down to making the play. It is great that fans would call a different play but in the end any play you call has to be executed.
If it 2nd and 1 why not just run the ball?
Good stuff Bluestang
It's true. I usually don't harp on Garrett for his playcalling, because it's pretty difficult to understand what's going on, and it's ridiculously easy (read: lazy) to say what would've worked better in hindsight.
I would like to know, however, why Garrett continues to plug stupid players into an offense that requires smart ones. Why'd we get rid of the guys who could adjust and run the right routes? And go with a group of mental midgets instead? Is Jerry making these personnel decisions? If yes, why does Garrett allow that?
This offense clearly requires players who are smart and can think on their feet. Why doesn't he surround his QB with players like that?
where is crayton these days? just because he was a decent 3rd WR long ago, doesn't make him so today.
Robinson took the money. Jerry wasn't willing to pay him the kind of money he was looking for.
and its funny to read the garrett hating, yet people complain about the players. is it garrett? or the players?
where do you get smarter players? he is playing the hand he is dealt.
We had smarter players. Your post above mentioned Crayton and where is he today? Who cares? While he was here, he was good. And extremely useful when the opponent blitzed.
Robinson, likewise, gave us speed and dependability. And production!
We've had these guys and let them go. Yeah Robinson wanted starters money. But if this offense's success absolutely depends on their WRs, why in the hell did we go with Bryant and Ogletree (knowing full well that these guys take the short bus)
Jerry should have absolutely found a way to keep Robinson. Ogletree should have been hitting the bricks.


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Beautiful and very informative
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I bought this book for my husband for Xmas and he loves it. We are all pouring over it and were truly impressed with the quality of the book and the maps. What was really great is that we are listening to the audio book of The Killer Angels which is about the Gettysburg battle. We all found that having the map in conjunction with listening to the book really helped us get a better sense of what the book was explaining. I can see all of us enjoying this book and plan on bringing it along when we visit some of the local battlefields in our area. We live near the Harpers Ferry/Shepherdstown/Sharpsburg area and kayaking frequently on land that was so much a part of the Civil War. This book is a wonderful addition to our library and is both lovely and functional. Please feel free to use my comments. Kelly
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Traipsing through a boggy, mosquito-filled swamp in August probably wouldn't rate high on most people's list for how to spend a summer in South Carolina.
But four Carolina undergraduates who were conducting field work with snakes, amphibians, and other wildlife didn't want to be anywhere else. The students all started their academic careers at technical colleges and now are participants in a project aimed at increasing the number of baccalaureate graduates in STEM fields (science, technology, and mathematics).
The five-year program, called S.C. STEPs to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program) is administered by USC Columbia and recruits students from technical colleges and the University's regional campuses.
"Every year about 1,000 students in South Carolina graduate with associates degrees in the sciences from Midlands Technical College and from our regional campuses, but fewer than 100 transfer to USC Columbia for a bachelor's degree," said Tim Mousseau, associate dean for research in the College of Arts and Sciences and principal investigator of the $2 million training grant, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). "We're hoping to increase by 10 percent every year the number of STEM graduates who transfer to Carolina."
To accomplish that goal, S.C. STEPs to STEM offers support and incentives for students to pursue bachelor's degrees. About 300 paid research internships will be offered through the program, which also provides special courses and scholarships to participants. Students will receive scholarships for up to $1,000 for each of their final two years of baccalaureate study, and many will participate in summer internships that offer up to $4,000 per summer.
"These are challenging academic majors, and the cohort aspect of STEPs to STEM is helping the students to feel they belong and can succeed," said Susan Hudson, program coordinator. "Many of them are older students, some married with families, so it involves a major commitment and sacrifice to continue toward a bachelor's degree."
Thirty-eight STEPs to STEM students were engaged in research internships this summer, and most are continuing their studies on the Columbia campus this fall. The students have formed a STEPs to STEM club and have begun to develop a sense of community among themselves.
Heather Mackey is one of the four students who had summer internships engaged in ecology field work. Now a biology senior, she began her studies at Midlands Technical College, then transferred to USC Columbia where she's set to graduate this December.
"I'm seeing things and doing things I wouldn't otherwise ever do -- wading in rivers and looking for freshwater mussels that most people don't even know exist," said Mackey, who hopes to earn an MAT at Carolina and become a high school biology teacher. "It's like we're poster children for what STEPs to STEM could mean for other students."
Mackey's fellow summer internship peers were equally enthusiastic about their experiences.
Joseph Colbert is president of the student STEM club and plans to graduate in biology in May 2010. He and David Lucas, another STEM participant, spent much of the summer tagging rattlesnakes, turtles, and other animals as part of a project in Mousseau's lab.
"The field work motivates me to learn more in the classroom," he said. "Working with venomous animals -- that's just cool."
Opportunities to conduct hands-on research are one of the best features the STEPs to STEM program has to encourage students to continue their studies, said Jayme Waldron, a research assistant professor in Mousseau's lab.
"When I was an undergraduate, I had to beg to work with amphibians and reptiles," Waldron said. "These are opportunities that I never had."
Jason Stover spent his first two undergraduate years at USC Lancaster and has begun his final two years at USC Columbia. Stover worked in a lab this past summer with USC Lancaster chemistry and biology assistant professor Fernanda Burke on an obesity-related project studying peptides associated with hunger.
"The hands-on aspect of research had definitely excited me," Stover said. "I have friends at other universities who wish they could be involved in research like I'm doing."


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Step 1
"Start with a clean, dry surface," says paint expert Shawn Mylacraine. Next, tape off the pattern with thin painter's tape. Both Mylacraine and fellow expert Rhan Harris recommend 3M's 2080 Scotch-Blue Painter's Tape for Delicate Surfaces (3m.com).
Run a slightly damp rag along the tape (picture 1), pressing to remove any air bubbles.
Step 2
Paint the stripe (picture 2) and allow it to dry thoroughly.
Note: If the wall is textured, first paint a coat of the wall color over the exposed area—where you'll paint the stripe—and the inner edge of the tape to create a complete seal. Be sure to let that coat dry overnight.
Step 3
"If I finish painting in the morning, I might pull the tape the same evening. But the next day would be better," says Mylacraine.
Start removing the tape in an unobtrusive area and pull out at a 90° angle (picture 3). If you notice any significant imperfections, let it dry more.
For more answers to common painting questions, see How to paint like a pro.


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Wreck-It Ralph, the new animated film from Disney, is the latest example of the long-running Hollywood tradition of turning to video games for inspiration—or, in some instances, entire movie plotlines. It's not necessarily been a successful tradition, either. The history of video game-inspired movies is one of more misses than hits, as we discovered when looking back at some of the more memorable—and infamous—instances of video games making the jump to the big screen.
Tron (1982)
Surely every kid has dreamed at some point or another of playing video games for real: Driving futuristic vehicles, doing battle with heinous villains, and, ultimately, saving the world. Genius programmer Kevin Flynn—Jeff Bridges, years before he assumed the mantle of The Dude—may not be a kid, but when he gets sucked into a computer system, he's forced to compete alongside the film's eponymous hero for his life as well as, ultimately, the fate of the virtual reality.
Sure, Tron may look a bit dated now, and it may not hold up as well to modern sensibilities—fortunately, there's a reboot for that. But the film's rotoscoped aesthetic has been iconic, and the Tron itself enjoys a cult following. After all, not a lot of movies garner a sequel—which, might I add, has a killer soundtrack—almost 30 years after their release.—Dan Moren
Super Mario Bros. (1993)
Nintendo is reluctant to let the crown jewels of its video game empire appear on any platform other than their own, but the company's not averse to making a few merchandising bucks, either. So it teamed up with Hollywood Pictures to produce a movie based on the already-huge Super Mario Bros. video game, featuring Mario and Luigi (Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo, respectively).
A big-budget sci-fi movie marketed squarely at families with video-game addicted kids, Super Mario Bros. debuted on Memorial Day weekend in 1993, and featured Mario and Luigi Mario (yeah, that's their surname—as in Mario Bros.) as a pair of independent New York plumbers getting squeezed by the big, bad Scapelli Construction Company. This muddled mess included ever-imperiled Daisy, wonky plumbing, an inter-dimensional portal, and a bizarrely-cast Dennis Hopper as King Koopa, the bad guy. A $48 million budget couldn't save this stinker, which fizzled in the box office worse than a Bob-omb with a faulty fuse, reinforcing the popular notion that you can't possibly make a good movie based on a video game.—Peter Cohen
Street Fighter (1994) and Mortal Kombat (1995)
This is likely heresy to fans of the fighting genre of games, but Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat always bled together in the recesses of my mind. Yes, one game has M. Bison, and the other has people getting their spines torn out, but at the end of the day, it's people punching one another with a Far Eastern flair.
The big screen adaptations of the games have the same problem. Street Fighter came out in 1994 and featured all your favorite characters from the video game going up against brutal dictator M. Bison. Mortal Kombat came out a year later and featured all your favorite characters from the video game doing battle in an inter-dimensional martial arts tournament to determine the fate of humanity. Swap around a Jean-Claude Van Damme for a Christopher Lambert if you want, but at the end of the day, it's still 90 minutes of people punching one another.
One thing that sets Street Fighter apart from its combative counterpart is the presence of Raul Julia, portraying the pivotal role of chief baddie M. Bison. It turned out to be the last major film role for the respected stage and screen actor and reinforced a lesson long-known by fighting game aficionados: Choose your finishing move wisely.—Philip Michaels
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
At the turn of the century, when Hollywood decided to turn the Tomb Raider video game series—and its pneumatically configured leading lady Lara Croft—into a big-screen blockbuster, I imagine the conversation around Paramount Studios went something like this.
Executive No. 1: So we'll call the movie Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. And get this: We'll cast Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft, Tomb Raider.
Executive No. 2: Terrific idea! She is not unattractive! But what if she can't pull off an English accent?
Executive No. 1: With that costume, who's going to be listening to any nonsense we have the actors spew? Woo-hoo!
Executive No. 2: Woo-hoo!
They high-five repeatedly.
Flash-forward several months to the day before the Lara Croft: Tomb Raider premiere…
Executive No. 1: Woo-hoo!
Executive No. 2: You know, maybe we shouldn't have spent the last several months high-fiving each other repeatedly and screaming "Woo-hoo!" and instead spent time working on the movie's script.
Executive No. 1: Script?—PM
King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)
Back in the glory days of the coin-op arcade, it was common practice for players of popular games to stack quarters on the games' fascias to let other gamers know it was their turn next. The most terrifying sight, though, was that one kid with a mullet, a Sony Walkman and a swaggering attitude, who put down just one quarter. You knew he'd be there for hours. That's Billy Mitchell, the Darth Vader of this documentary about two arcade game rivals battling it out over Donkey Kong.
King of Kong follows the story of Mitchell, now an adult and self-proclaimed "Sauce King" of Florida (for producing a line of hot sauces) and Steve Wiebe, a Donkey Kong enthusiast who challenges Mitchell to a battle royale for recognition as the undisputed champion of the game. This story has twists and turns worthy of the most gripping sports dramas: allegations of cheating, challengers who don't show up, a look at how arcade game high scores are tracked, and a peek behind the curtain at the fascinating personalities that make this their hobby, their sport and their life.—PC
The Last Starfighter (1984)
Those of us who spent far too much time in video arcades in the 1980s comforted ourselves with the notion that all those quarters invested in video games would pay off in a way that doing chores or finishing homework would not. Getting the high score at Missile Commander might catch the attention of the top brass at the Pentagon, for example, or our mastery of Frogger might lead to a sweet gig with the Department of Fish and Wildlife—that sort of thing.
The Last Starfighter took that conceit to its logical conclusion: Master a video game, and you'll be whisked away from the surly bonds of earth entirely, leaving your trailer park home to become an intergalactic fighter pilot. Hey, the remote possibility that I'd be hailed as the savior of Rylos and vanquisher of Xur and the Ko-Dan Empire would be enough to convince me to part with my hard-earned quarters.—PM
Max Payne (2008)
Remedy Entertainment was heavily inspired by hardboiled detective movies and Hong Kong action films when it developed Max Payne, a third-person action shooter that came out in 2001 best known for its liberal use of slow-motion "Bullet Time" action sequences (similar to those slo-mo scenes in The Matrix). So it's understandable that the game was ultimately optioned to become a movie. Max Payne was released as a big-budget action flick starring Mark "Dirk Diggler" Wahlberg as an NYPD detective tormented by the death of his wife and daughter.
Max finds himself at the center of a murder investigation in which he's the primary suspect, which leads him to investigate military contractor Aesir Corp., an experimental drug and, well, plenty of "Bullet Time" shots, even though the movie came out years after The Matrix franchise had already driven that stylistic conceit into the ground. Somehow, the writers took most of the elements that made the game so much fun and so interesting and turned them into the exact opposite of both things. Max Payne was a muddled, confusing mess, and it was universally panned, even by the CEO of one of the game's production companies.—PC
Prince of Persia (2010)
If you believe what Wikipedia says—and you always should, without question or hesitation—Prince of Persia is the highest-grossing adaptation of a video game in box office history. This raises a very pertinent question.
Why did so many people part with so many hard-earned dollars to see a movie peppered with leaden dialogue, ho-hum special effects, and a not particularly compelling story of a droopy-eyed prince and his time-shifting dagger? Nothing good out that weekend? People secretly enjoy watching Ben Kingsley visibly calculating how he'll spend his money once the paycheck clears? Did they think this was a live-action version of Aladdin, with Robin Williams reprising his role as the genie? That was what they thought, wasn't it?
Whatever the reason, you people are going to have some explaining to do when a Prince of Persia sequel is inevitably green-lit.—PM
Indie Game (2012)
Sure, today's video games can be a big budget extravaganza, with companies shelling out tens of millions of dollars for huge development teams and even more than that for marketing budgets to shill them to the public. But if you want to see the real passion for games, the love of the craft, look no further than the humble independent developer. That's the premise of Indie Game, a documentary that tracks the creators of indie games including Super Meat Boy, Fez and Braid.
Indie Game shows the profound love and passion these developers invest in their creations, which causes them to sacrifice and suffer endless tribulations—loss of sleep, trouble in relationships, legal issues, financial hardship and more—all to see their creative work finally released into the world. It's a touching and gripping look at a part of the video game industry that many of us just take for granted as a way to get cheap, fun thrills, and it'll make sure you never look the same way at an indie game again.—PC
Doom (2005)
Most of your video games-turned-movies bear only a passing resemblance to the entity that inspired them in the first place. Not so Doom, which is perhaps the most faithful recreation of a video game ever committed to celluloid. The motion picture takes the intricate story line of Doom the Game—"This tight, compacted space is crawling with horrible mutations that want to eat us—let's fire at will!"—and manages to wring 100 minutes of storytelling out of it. (You will note there is no modifier like "good" in front of "storytelling.") The movie casts Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, who, frankly, should star in every cinematic video game adaptation—Duke Nuke'em, Castle Wolfenstein, Angry Birds Seasons. In a key battle scene, the movie even co-opts the game's signature first-person perspective, with the muzzle of some heavy artillery poking into the foreground of the shot and blasting mutants off to their eternal reward.
And that in many ways, is Doom's undoing. What looks terrific on an LCD monitor when it's you controlling the action doesn't really translate too well to a wall-high screen down at your local cineplex. And it's a reminder that you'd probably be having a more enjoyable blasting bad guys on your own than paying $12 to watch The Rock do it for you.—PM
Resident Evil (2002 - 2012)
As should be abundantly clear by now, video games almost never make for good movies, let alone sustainable movie franchises. Resident Evil is the rare exception to the rule, having spawned five installments (and counting). But it's not hard to understand why: Resident Evil seems to have tapped into society's unquenchable hunger for dystopian zombie stories. Both the game and the movies feature the outbreak of an engineered virus that turns its victims into horrible monstrosities with an insatiable lust for destruction, human flesh and carnage. "Zombies" don't begin to describe the horrible things the T-Virus causes people and other animals to mutate into: It's somewhere between 28 Days Later and The Thing.
Add to that the athletic, limber Milla Jovovich as the protagonist Alice, the nefarious Umbrella Corporation, creator of the T-Virus and the evil empire of the game and movie franchise, and an endless slew of imaginative (and horrifying) foes of all shapes and sizes for Alice to square off against. (Fun Fact: Alice doesn't actually appear in any of the games, though she does interact with a number of characters pulled from the game's stories.) Like the T-Virus itself, the Resident Evil movies continue to mutate from installment to installment, piling on 3D effects and other accoutrement to keep moviegoers interested. Some fans of the game poo-poo the Resident Evil movies, but with a worldwide box office gross approaching $1 billion, the franchise shows no sign of slowing down soon.—PC
WarGames (1983)
For those of us of a certain age, the idea of dialing into remote servers on modems and playing text-based games is filled with nostalgia. For anybody who came after us, it's probably more of a head-scratching concept. But there was a time when computers and networking were an unexplored frontier, populated only by those with specialized knowledge.
In the 1983 flick WarGames, David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) is one of them—a teenager with a penchant for computer hacking. When he dials his way into a computer he thinks belongs to a video game company and starts a round of Global Thermonuclear War, he unwittingly brings the United States to the brink of actual nuclear war. All because of five simple words: SHALL WE PLAY A GAME? It may be approaching its 30th birthday and its plotline may be a relic of the Reagan administration, but WarGames remains the high-water mark for video game-inspired cinema.—DM
This story, "Video Game Movies: Best triumphs and worst fails" was originally published by TechHive.


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The neighbor's cat has been hanging around a lot lately. Initially I let Mittens stay not because he's cute, but because he's a stone-cold killer.
I had mice in my garage. Traps worked OK, but there was always the possibility that I'd catch one of the grandkids. Couple of them are no smarter than I was at that age.
The solution to the problem was to leave the garage door open at night just enough to let Mittens squeeze inside. Almost immediately I started finding feet and tails instead of droppings.
It was a bargain with a murderer. I traded cat footprints on the windshield of my truck for a mouse-free garage. I had to pick up the occasional leftover, but it was worth it.
The mice are gone now but I still like Mittens to come around. But now it's for the entertainment. Watching him go insane is a lot of fun.
Mittens' emotional health took a turn for the worse when I started hanging bird feeders again. Herriman, which until recently only had four trees in the entire city, now has a lot. The ones in my backyard have grown tall enough to cat-proof the feeders.
I put out suet cages and seed feeders, making sure to hang them just out of jump range of cats.
Note: If you hang feeders for entertainment, you want the cats to come around. You just don't want them to catch much.
The birds showed up immediately. My backyard has become a flyway for juncos, sparrows, doves, grosbeaks, finches and wrens. It's like the airport only quieter and no strip searches.
Killer that he is, Mittens noticed the gathering of birds right away. He came slinking through the fence. The birds saw him and scattered.
It didn't take the birds long to figure out that Mittens posed no real danger to them on the feeders. He couldn't jump that high. So they eat and make fun of him.
Being a cat, Mittens takes all of this taunting personally. He can't come to terms with the fact that there are so many small, killable things so close and yet so far out of reach.
That didn't stop him from trying at first. I watched him make several runs at the feeder, leaping high but not even coming close.
The birds found this hilarious. On the last couple attempts, they didn't even bother to fly away. Mittens realized how embarrassing this was and he stopped doing it.
Instead, he tried climbing the tree. That didn't work either. It seems birds know how defenseless a cat is with its legs wrapped around the trunk of a tree. They ganged up on him until he fell off.
Finally, he camped out behind a flowerpot on my back porch, hoping something would come within range. As the birds zipped past, his ears would go up and down. His head actually seemed to get flatter. I guess he thought this made him invisible. It didn't.
Failure started to wear on him. He twitched a lot and began making a rattling noise in his throat. His winter coat lost its luster and the murderous gleam left his eye. I offered him a Valium but he refused.
Life seems to be all about coming to terms with the difference between what you want and what you can actually have. It's the only way to find peace.
Apparently even cats can figure that out. This morning in the garage there were footprints and blood on the hood of my truck.
Robert Kirby can be reached at email@example.com or facebook.com/stillnotpatbagley.


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Science says: 97% of climate experts agree humans are causing global warming.
Science achieves a consensus when scientists stop debating. When a question is first asked—like "what would happen if we put a load more CO2 in the atmosphere?"—there may be many hypotheses about cause and effect. Over a period of time, each idea is tested and retested (the scientific method) because reputation and kudos go to those who find the right answer. Nearly all hypotheses will fall by the wayside during this testing period, because only one is going to answer the question properly, without leaving all kinds of odd dangling bits that don't quite add up. Bad theories are usually rather untidy.
Eventually, the testing period must come to an end. The focus of investigation narrows down to those avenues that continue to make sense, that still add up, and quite often a good theory will reveal additional answers, or make powerful predictions that add substance to the theory. When Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleev constructed the periodic table of elements, not only did he fit all known elements successfully, he predicted that elements we didn't even know about would turn up later on, and they did!
So a consensus in science is different from a political one. There is no vote. Scientists give up the debate because the sheer weight of consistent evidence is too compelling, the tide too strong to swim against any longer. Scientists change their minds on the basis of the evidence, and a consensus emerges over time. Not only do scientists stop debating, they also start relying on each others' work. All science depends on that which precedes it, and when one scientist builds on the work of another, he acknowledges the work of others through citations. The work that forms the foundation of climate change science is cited with great frequency by many other scientists, demonstrating that the theory is widely accepted and relied upon.
In the field of climate studies, which is informed by many different disciplines, the consensus is demonstrated by the number of scientists who have stopped debating what is causing climate change—and that's nearly all of them. A survey of all peer-reviewed papers on the subject "global climate change" published between 1993 and 2003 shows that not a single paper rejected the consensus position that global warming is man-made. 75% of the papers agreed with the consensus position while 25% made no comment either way, focusing on methods analysis instead (Oreskes 2004).
Several subsequent studies confirm that "...the debate on the authenticity of global warming and the role played by human activity is largely nonexistent among those who understand the nuances and scientific basis of long-term climate processes." (Doran 2009). In other words, more than 95% of scientists working in the disciplines contributing to studies of our climate, accept that climate change is almost certainly being caused by human activities.
We should also consider official scientific institutions and what they think about climate change. There are no national or major scientific institutions anywhere in the world that dispute the theory of anthropogenic climate change. Not one.
In the field of climate science, the consensus is unequivocal: human activities are causing climate change.
Science says: That humans are causing global warming is the position of the Academies of Science from 19 countries plus many scientific organizations that study climate science. More specifically, around 95% of active climate researchers actively publishing climate papers endorse the consensus position.
Scientists need to back up their opinions with research and data that survive the peer-review process. A survey of all peer-reviewed abstracts on the subject 'global climate change' published between 1993 and 2003 shows that not a single paper rejected the consensus position that global warming is man caused (Oreskes 2004). 75% of the papers agreed with the consensus position while 25% made no comment either way (focused on methods or paleoclimate analysis).
Subsequent research has confirmed this result. A survey of 3146 earth scientists asked the question "Do you think human activity is a significant contributing factor in changing mean global temperatures?" (Doran 2009). More than 90% of participants had Ph.D.s, and 7% had master's degrees. Overall, 82% of the scientists answered yes. However, what are most interesting are responses compared to the level of expertise in climate science. Of scientists who were non-climatologists and didn't publish research, 77% answered yes. In contrast, 97.5% of climatologists who actively publish research on climate change responded yes. As the level of active research and specialization in climate science increases, so does agreement that humans are significantly changing global temperatures.
Figure 1. Response to the survey question "Do you think human activity is a significant contributing factor in changing mean global temperatures?" (0Doran 2009) General public data come from a 2008 Gallup poll.
More on the consensus surveys in a blog post by Dr. Jeff Masters.
Most striking is the divide between expert climate scientists (97.4%) and the general public (58%). The paper concludes:
"It seems that the debate on the authenticity of global warming and the role played by human activity is largely nonexistent among those who understand the nuances and scientific basis of long-term climate processes. The challenge, rather, appears to be how to effectively communicate this fact to policy makers and to a public that continues to mistakenly perceive debate among scientists."
This overwhelming consensus among climate experts is confirmed by an independent study that surveys all climate scientists who have publicly signed declarations supporting or rejecting the consensus. They find between 97% to 98% of climate experts support the consensus (Anderegg 2010). Moreover, they examine the number of publications by each scientist as a measure of expertise in climate science. They find the average number of publications by unconvinced scientists (eg - skeptics) is around half the number by scientists convinced by the evidence. Not only is there a vast difference in the number of convinced versus unconvinced scientists, there is also a considerable gap in expertise between the two groups.
Figure 2. Distribution of the number of researchers convinced by the evidence of anthropogenic climate change and unconvinced by the evidence with a given number of total climate publications (Anderegg 2010).
Scientific organizations endorsing the consensus
The following scientific organizations endorse the consensus position that "most of the global warming in recent decades can be attributed to human activities":
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Astronomical Society
- American Chemical Society
- American Geophysical Union
- American Institute of Physics
- American Meteorological Society
- American Physical Society
- Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
- Australian Bureau of Meteorology and the CSIRO
- British Antarctic Survey
- Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences
- Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
- Environmental Protection Agency
- European Federation of Geologists
- European Geosciences Union
- European Physical Society
- Federation of American Scientists
- Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies
- Geological Society of America
- Geological Society of Australia
- International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA)
- International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
- National Center for Atmospheric Research
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Royal Meteorological Society
- Royal Society of the UK
The Academies of Science from 19 different countries all endorse the consensus. 11 countries have signed a joint statement endorsing the consensus position:
- Academia Brasiliera de Ciencias (Brazil)
- Royal Society of Canada
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Academie des Sciences (France)
- Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina (Germany)
- Indian National Science Academy
- Accademia dei Lincei (Italy)
- Science Council of Japan
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- Royal Society (United Kingdom)
- National Academy of Sciences (USA) (12 Mar 2009 news release)
A letter from 18 scientific organizations to US Congress states:
"Observations throughout the world make it clear that climate change is occurring, and rigorous scientific research demonstrates that the greenhouse gases emitted by human activities are the primary driver. These conclusions are based on multiple independent lines of evidence, and contrary assertions are inconsistent with an objective assessment of the vast body of peer-reviewed science."
The consensus is also endorsed by a Joint statement by the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC), including the following bodies:
- African Academy of Sciences
- Cameroon Academy of Sciences
- Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Kenya National Academy of Sciences
- Madagascar's National Academy of Arts, Letters and Sciences
- Nigerian Academy of Sciences
- l'Academie des Sciences et Techniques du Senegal
- Uganda National Academy of Sciences
- Academy of Science of South Africa
- Tanzania Academy of Sciences
- Zimbabwe Academy of Sciences
- Zambia Academy of Sciences
- Sudan Academy of Sciences
Two other Academies of Sciences that endorse the consensus:


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31 U.S. Code § 3804 - Subpoena authority
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Subpoena authority
For the purposes of an investigation under section 3803(a)(1) of this title, an investigating official is authorized to require by subpoena the production of all information, documents, reports, answers, records, accounts, papers, and data not otherwise reasonably available to the authority.
(b) For the purposes of conducting a hearing under section 3803(f) of this title, a presiding officer is authorized—
In the case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of this section, the district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction to issue an appropriate order for the enforcement of any such subpoena. Any failure to obey such order of the court is punishable by such court as contempt. In any case in which an authority seeks the enforcement of a subpoena issued pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of this section, the authority shall request the Attorney General to petition any district court in which a hearing under this chapter is being conducted, or in which the person receiving the subpoena resides or conducts business, to issue such an order.
(Added Pub. L. 99–509, title VI, § 6103(a), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1944.)
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Yellow and Fix You are both Coldplay songs and Cartoon Heart is from the MX song, Charlie Brown. Well done, Vicki!
1) The main characters in each story are cooking.
2) Parts of each story are set in kitchens
3) Shops are part of the story.
Ron leaves to work in one
Fred and George open their shop
Pansy opens a bakery.
All three authors were members of SPEW
All three stories involve women who died (Fleur, Sophia, Walburga).
All three stories involve star-crossed romantic relationships (Lily-Louis, Albus-Sophia, Isabelle-Orion).
All three stories mention diseases (bulimia, cancer, migraines, syphilis).
All three are stories written by Mods or former Mods
Here comes a tenuous one:
All three feature love interests who aren;t English ...
Isabelle is American
Sophia is Irish
Louis is half French
Uhm ... that's all I've got for now.
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Can the ssssssnake be stopped? Not at the moment because she's slithering to another victory. The answer is...
The first two fics are a bit obvious but you had to read closely to catch that Walburga dies of Syphilis in Noir House.
But wait, there's more! Our first bonus points are being awarded to the great Equinox Chickerydoodaa for pointing out that all the love-interests aren't all fully British. I didn't notice that!
All three mention Christmas!
All three stories mention 'Godfathers'
Draco's godfather is Snape
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text: 2 p.m. 49A05-1208-CT-392. This cause comes before us as a result of a civil tort action filed by Lydia Lanni (Lanni) against the NCAA, the University of Notre Dame, and the United States Fencing Association. Lanni, a spectator, was struck in the left eye by a fencing sabre causing a severe injury while at a purportedly NCAA sanctioned fencing match at Notre Dame. The questions presented to this court focus solely on the procedural posture of the case with respect to the NCAA's combined motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim and/or motion for summary judgment. Specifically, in her argument Lanni relies on the interplay between Ind. Trial Rule 12(B)(6) and Ind. Trial Rule 56. Lanni asserts that the trial court erred by not providing adequate notice that it would treat NCAA's combined motion as a motion for summary judgment and then refused to give her a "reasonable opportunity to present all material made pertinent to such a motion by Rule 56" See T.R. 12(B). In a related argument, Lanni asserts that the trial court erred in denying her motion to stay briefing in order to obtain discovery to respond to NCAA's motion for summary judgment. Lanni also argues that the trial court erred when it subsequently entered summary judgment in favor of NCAA and denied her request to strike an affidavit, designated by NCAA.


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How could alleged kidnapper Ariel Castro be allowed to drive a school bus?
Despite a driving record that included numerous points for moving violations and a move by the state to suspend his license, Ariel Castro drove a school bus for the Cleveland Metropolitan School District for over 20 years, before being fired in November 2012.
Records show Castro had numerous encounters with local police while driving, from illegal parking in July 1995 to failing to obey a traffic device in January 2001.
The infractions pose yet another question as to how Castro was able to carry on his life in a most average of fashions even as he allegedly held three women against their will in his modest four-bedroom, one-bath home on Cleveland's west side.
Though the relatively minor infractions on their own were not a cause for further investigation under ordinary circumstances, they do show Castro's struggle to perform a task—driving—that provided him his primary source of income.
Castro, 52, was arrested Monday along with his brothers, Onil Castro, 50, and Pedro Castro, 54, in connection with the kidnapping and imprisonment of three local women who have been missing for up to ten years. They have not yet been charged.
Ariel Castro was hired by the Cleveland school district in February 1991, according to records released by the district Tuesday. He was fired on November 6, 2012 after leaving his bus unattended at a local school and walking home.
Cleveland Kidnapping, Anthony Sowell Case Linked by Indifferent Police
'I Just Thought He Was Odd': Neighbors of the Cleveland Kidnapper on What They Saw
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Anush Yousefian Hansen
Education: St. Lawrence University, BA, Environmental Studies 1996; University of Massachusetts School of Public Health and Health Sciences, MS, Public Health/Epidemiology 2001; University of New Hampshire, MA, Counseling 2011.
Anush has been with the Muskie School of Public Service since 2005. She is a member of the Maine Rural Health Research Center, and has contributed to numerous rural health projects focused on behavioral health, active living, food access and healthy eating, childhood obesity and substance abuse prevention. Since 2006, Anush has directed three consecutive Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Active Living Research projects, investigating how policies, programs and the physical environment can promote walking and biking, and increase access to other opportunities for physical activity in rural communities. Anush has also been involved in several public health program evaluation projects for the Muskie School, including the evaluation of a local Safe Schools/Healthy Students initiative, the Maine Colorectal Cancer Control Program, and the Northern Maine Rural Collaborative initiative at Eastern Maine Healthcare.
Anush is particularly interested in how policy, systems and environmental changes can help create sustainable communities that facilitate healthy behaviors among low-income individuals and families. Prior to joining the Muskie School, Anush worked in the Bureau of Environmental Health, Massachusetts Department of Public Health and at the Office of Health Promotion Research, University of Vermont College of Medicine.


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Round of 32 Tale: #4 Duke Vs #12 Yale
ale looks hungry coming off a big upset of Baylor in the first round, while Duke is what Duke always is: formidable come March.
Round Of 32 Tale: #9 Butler Vs. #1 Virginia
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Round Of 64 Tale: #8 Colorado Vs. #9 UConn
Since 1990, the Colorado Buffaloes have won one conference title (2012) and have been to six NCAA March Madness tournaments.
Round Of 64 Tale: #6 Texas Vs. #11 Northern Iowa
The first-round NCAA Tournament matchup between the Big 12's Texas Longhorns and the mid-major Northern Iowa Panthers is a game many college basketball fans are looking at as a potential upset.
Round Of 64 Tale: #7 Dayton Vs. #10 Syracuse
Enter the Dayton Flyers: They're the better-seeded team, which means many fans out there will be tempted to tab Syracuse as an obvious upset selection in first-round action.
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The Wisconsin Badgers head into the NCAA Tournament on a roll, although landing only a seven seed because of a tough start to the season.


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Clyde Gates has 4.35 speed. Roberto Wallace is 6-foot-4. Not too long ago, both were seen as possible starters in time for the Miami Dolphins. On Friday, the Dolphins released both of them.
Fantasy Analysis:
Gates and Wallace might have raw talent, but it's not a good endoresement when the coaching staff thinks they'll be better off with Legedu Naanee over both of them.
Gates was a fourth-round pick in last year's draft. His speed was hard to ignore, but he reportedly had a lot of trouble learning the nuances of the West Coast offense. Wallace wishes he had Gates' 40-time. He has the ideal body for an NFL wide receiver, but he was referred to by coaches on "Hard Knocks" as "ankle weights" Wallace for his lack of burst.
Who's left here? Naanee, Davone Bess , Brian Hartline ... uh, that's about it. This is one of the worst WR groups I have ever seen on an NFL team.


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Texting and Driving Ban In Effect
Texting and driving is now officially illegal across Florida.
You'll get a ticket if an officer spots you texting behind the wheel-- but they have to pull you over for something else.
FHP hopes the new law will help decrease the number of traffic crashes and fatalities. Some folks, however, say our new law is too weak. In addition to being a secondary offense, the ban allows drivers to text while stopped at a light or any other time the vehicle is not moving. Drivers can also use their smart phones for the talk to text function and you can send a text to report a crime or an emergency.
The fine is $30 for a first offense and law enforcement officers will not typically be allowed to confiscate your cell phone. The fine increases to $60 for the next offense.
Florida is now the 41st state in the nation to ban texting behind the wheel.
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Critic's Corner: Robert Bianco
Monday, Oct. 29, 2 p.m. ET
We're talking all things tube. Robert Bianco is the TV critic for USA TODAY. In his Critic's Corner column each weekday, he picks the day's best shows on prime-time TV.
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I am trying to get values from a third party webservice. When I resolve the API link directly in my browser, it works fine and shows result (in json format)
API Link: http://outlineme.com/test/index.php
Result: {"result":true,"time":"2013-04-28 08:19:10"}
But when I run the same code using jQuery AJAX (with JSONP datatype) it does not show up anything. My code is below:
url: 'http://outlineme.com/test/index.php',
data: "",
type: 'get',
dataType: 'jsonp' ,
JS Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/WgZ9c/1/
Can someone pls tell me what am I missing here?
Many thanks
The problem here seems to be that the server is responding with JSON and not JSONP.
i.e. you are getting:
{"result":true,"time":"2013-04-28 09:24:55"}
But jQuery is expecting:
jQuery191043281922047026455_1367141020954({"result":true,"time":"2013-04-28 09:24:55"})
Is there some kind of documentation for the outlineme.com API?
No, its just a test script. So is there any thing we need to do in the outlineme.com api in order to make the request a success?
Oh, ok.Do you have access to /test/index.php on the outlineme server?
this is the content of the script
$a = array('result' => true, 'time' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s'));
echo json_encode($a);die;
Change /test/index.php to this:
$data = json_encode(array('result' => true, 'time' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s')));
echo $_GET['callback'] . '(' . $data . ');';
Then change your AJAX call to this:
dataType: 'jsonp',
url: 'http://outlineme.com/test/index.php',
success: function (result) {
Does that work?
Yes, it works like a charm.
So 3 questions now:
1) Why was it necessary to do that change?
2) What changes (both in server and client side) do we have to do if its an XML datatype instead of json?
3) Is there no way we can use json instead of jsonp?
It's a cross domain thing. The following is from Stack Overflow
Say you're on domain abc.com, and you want to make a request to domain xyz.com. To do so, you need to cross domain boundaries, a no-no in most of browserland.
The one item that bypasses this limitation is <script> tags. When you use a script tag, the domain limitation is ignored, but under normal circumstances, you can't really DO anything with the results, the script just gets evaluated.
Enter JSONP. When you make your request to a server that is JSONP enabled, you pass a special parameter that tells the server a little bit about your page. That way, the server is able to nicely wrap up its response in a way that your page can handle.
For example, say the server expects a parameter called "callback" to enable its JSONP capabilities. Then your request would look like:
Without JSONP, this might return some basic javascript object, like so:
{ foo: 'bar' }
However, with JSONP, when the server receives the "callback" parameter, it wraps up the result a little differently, returning something like this:
mycallback({ foo: 'bar' });
As you can see, it will now invoke the method you specified. So, in your page, you define the callback function:
mycallback = function(data){
And now, when the script is loaded, it'll be evaluated, and your function will be executed. Voila, cross-domain requests!
Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2067472/what-is-jsonp-all-about
Not really, sure. Sorry.Try asking here: http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?215-XML-amp-Web-Services
Not if you want the API to be accessible from domains outside of onlineme.com
I see. Thanks for the explanation.
1) But with php instead of jquery, u do not have to do anything special. Why so?
2) Can we also make this work using Normal JS Ajax? See example: http://jsfiddle.net/cXLd7/
3) Why did u add $_GET['callback'] in the php script? I see no usage of it in the jQuery script anyway?
Note: I have updated your script in new page: http://outlineme.com/test/index2.php
No problem
I'm not sure I understand what you mean here.
Sure. Anything jQuery can do JavaScript can do, too (since jQuery is JavaScript)
Your original AJAX request looks something like this:
The PHP script retrieves the 'callback' parameter from the $_GET superglobal array, then uses that to construct its answer.
This would look something like this:
jQuery19108379775104112923_1367149616043({"result":true,"time":"2013-04-28 11:46:48"});
This is evaluated by your success callback in which the following JSON object is then available:
{"result":true,"time":"2013-04-28 11:46:48"}
I mean, when getting the same request with PHP, there is no concept of JSONP, all you can do is run a CURL request to the API server and store the output in a variable say $response and then json decode the response:
$res_decode = json_decode($response);echo $res_decode->time;
I was unable to get this to work even after passing the "callback" param: http://jsfiddle.net/cXLd7/1/
Pls help me modify the script and make it work.
Is it really important to have $_GET['callback'] in the API script?
Yeah, as I mentioned, cross-domain requests in JS ar a no-no. cURL is a different ball game and AFAIK isn't subject to the same restrictions.It's like comparing apples and pears.
As script tags bypass the cross-domain limitation, I would just dynamically create one of these and embed it in your page, then run a call-back function to do whatever it is you need with the JSON.Here's an updated fiddle
AFAIK, yes.In my above example, try swapping out:
with your previous version (without $_GET['callback']).
As you'll see, it doesn't work.
If it helps, JSONP is just JSON with padding. That's why it's called JSONP.
Here's a rundown of what JSON is, and how JSONP helps to solve certain problems.
Some JSON code is:
{"Name": "Foo", "Id": 1234, "Rank": 7}
But if you try to retrieve that JSON code from a different web server, you will face cross-domain issues.
It's possible though to obtain that content from a script tag because script tags are allowed to access content from other domains.
<script src="http://otherdomain.com/user/1234"></script>
However, JSON data is not valid scripting code. That script tag will throw a syntax error when it tries to execute the retrieved JSON data.
So, the solution is to have that other domain pad that JSON data with a function call. That is the entire purpose of what JSONP is.
<script src="http://otherdomain.com/user/1234?jsonp=parseResponse"></script>
Which, if the server is setup to handle JSONP requests, will result in the following padded JSON data (padded by that function call) from the server.
parseResponse({"Name": "Foo", "Id": 1234, "Rank": 7});
The JSON code is now padded with the name of the function that you provided.
This now allows you to make the cross-domain call for data, and pass that data to a function of your choice to handle things.
Can this be achieved using core javascript and without using the SCRIPT tag?
ok thanks for confirming that.
So if the API supports both JSON and JSONP, will it be wrong to say that the API supports 2 formats? Or is it counted as just 1 format?
Yes, it can be said to support two formats. They both use JSON data, but JSONP is wrapped with the name of a function of your choosing.


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Work with long documents in MS Word?
Ever find yourself editing a large document, jumping from location to location, only to realize that you should have done just one more thing at the last editing spot?
How annoying is that? To have to go back through the document and find that exact position again.
Well, wait! What if we could return with nothing more than a quick key combination, with no searching at all? Interested?
Yep, I thought you might be, so let's take a look at what Word has to offer for this dilemma.
Next time you need to go back to your last point of editing, simply use Shift + F5.
(Actually, Shift + F5 will take you back to the previous three points of editing and then if used again, it will return you to where you started).
I just love a shortcut through those long documents, don't you?!
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Two arrested in Miley Cyrus stolen Maserati case
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(TMZ) - Miley Cyrus can rest easy ... the LAPD has arrested two people they say broke into her home and stole her Maserati last weekend, reports TMZ.
According to TMZ, cops ID'd a male and female -- both in their 20s -- late Thursday morning. The pair was walking on a North Hollywood street and detectives recognized them from the surveillance video.
As TMZ first reported, Miley's stolen Maserati was abandoned almost immediately after it was stolen Saturday night while Miley was out of town.
TMZ reports cops have yet to recover some expensive jewelry that was also stolen during the break-in.
Acording to TMZ, the 2 suspects have no known connection to Miley.
It's unclear if the male was wearing his now-famous skinny jeans.
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As the Cakebread family reflects upon the many profound changes in the wine industry over the last 33 years, such as innovative farming techniques and new methods of reaching out to consumers, they note that their key values have remained the same. Dedication to making the highest quality wines and a commitment to family has followed a continuum as their first small vineyard has grown into a thriving internationally distributed wine company. View all Cakebread Wines
About Napa ValleyView a map of Napa Valley wineries
It's hard not to think of Napa Valley when thinking of California wines. The region is, after all, the one that brought world recognition to California wine making. The area was settled by a few choice wine families in the 1960's who bet that the wines of the area would grow and flourish. They were right. The Napa wine industry really took off in the 1980's, when vineyard lands were scooped up and vines were planted throughout the county. A number of wineries emerged, from large conglomerates to small boutiques to cult classics. Cabernet Sauvignon is definitely the grape of choice here, with many winemakers also focusing on Bordeaux Blends. Whites are usually Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.
Notable FactsWithin the Napa Valley lie smaller sub-AVAs that lend even more character specifics to the wines. Furthest south is Carneros, followed by Yountville, Oakville & Rutherford. Above those two is St.-Helena and finally, just granted an AVA, Calistoga. These areas are situated on the valley floor and are known for creating rich, smooth Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Chardonnay. There are a few mountain regions as well, nestled on the slopes overlooking the valley AVAs. Those include Howell Mountain, Stags Leap and Mount Veeder. Wines from the mountain regions are often more structured and firm, benefiting from more time in the bottle to evolve and soften.
About California
The most famous of the California wine regions is Napa Valley, and these wines are certainly outstanding – but it's not as broad and diverse as its larger neighbor, Sonoma County. Down south, Santa Barbara's Santa Maria Valley is well-known for its Rhône blends, as well as cool-climate varieties like Pinot and Chardonnay. The Central Coast, the largest California AVA, has many different microclimates that lead to a wide range of wines with many sub-AVAs.


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RFID based probes for EM-field measurements Capdevila Cascante, Santiago; Massud, Muhammad; Serrano, Raquel; Aguasca Solé, Alberto; Blanch Boris, Sebastián; Romeu Robert, Jordi; Bolomey, J.Ch; Jofre Roca, Lluís (IEEE Press. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2009)
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ha ha ha ha ha ha
Bunch of slack-jawed faggots around here. This stuff will make you a god damned sexual Tyrannosaurus, just like me.
bet his mum is proud!
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my mate came into our muay thai class with a picture of a woman on his chest where her tit is his nipple is being used as hers, its hilarious
Every time he takes a girl home they will just burst out laughing and leave as soon as he takes his top off!
Dude has to have some serious cohones tho!
Baah, that's nothing. He should at least get it done on the side of his face... now THAT would be funny!
I do have a mate that has 'MADE IN ENGLAND' tattood like a stamp on his arse, that ones a good laugh to get out in the pub!