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Yesterday I spent my day with my lolita friends in Rome, I was so happy to celebrate my birthday with them! In the morning I made my hair then I went to my boyfriend house for lunch, after that we left home and went to our destination! The travel was quiet, I love seeing the beautiful mountains and landscapes of my region! We reached Flavia's home then we went to the meeting place, I was so happy to finally meet my friends and know a new girl of our group ♥!
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Jsk: Alice and the pirates - Jacket: Black peace now - Necklaces: Suppurate system and offbrand - Headdress: Fox Cherry - Shoes: Taobao
Group pics ♥:
The beautiful Desi's DAL ( you can see my magnetic nail polish ahah)
We spent the afternoon walking around Rome, we visited a lot of cute shops that there aren't in my town then we went to a nearby bar because the weather was really cold! I bought a new concealer from MAC and the shop assistant was really nice, she gave me 4 samples of their light foundation, I was really lucky! I' m so curious to try them! We also met the adorable Elisa (one of the lovely girls from Cute can Kill), she gave me a gorgeous present (a beautiful phonestrap *_* I'm in love with it) and a bat necklace I bought some days ago from their last up!
I received beautiful presents, I'm so happy ♥♥♥! They know me so well! I'll post the pictures with all the presents in the next days ^_^!


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OAKLAND — After two shootings late Friday, the city saw yet another homicide Saturday afternoon after a shooting near Jack London Square left one person dead, police said.
Officers responded to the 400 block of 3rd Street around 2:45 p.m., where they found 24-year-old Michael Taylor lying in the street suffering from gunshot wounds, Oakland police said. Taylor was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police added that Taylor may have been walking with other people when he was approached by an unknown assailant and shot.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - The rain and thunderstorms left the middle Georgia area but something was left behind, the Sea Warriors of No. 6 Hawaii Pacific University. After a nine-day layoff, the No. 4 Bobcats were unable to shake off the rust and lost 7-2 to the Sea Warriors earlier today (April 3), as GCSU's 10-match winning streak comes to a halt.
Georgia College was able to gain a victory in doubles action as the team of Justin Pickham (Armidale, Australia) and Erick Siqueira (Sao Paulo, Brazil) defeated Nikola Petrov and Daniel Luedi 8-4 at the first doubles slot. The Bobcat lead duo is now 12-1.
At second doubles, the Sao Paulo connection of Joao Casagrande and Francis Yoshimoto fell 8-4 to Aleksander Markov and Jan Hroch of Hawaii Pacific. Max Beliankou (Minsk, Belarus) and Leo Bernardes (Sao Paulo, Brazil) were beat by the duo of Hendrik Bode and Sebastian Bader 8-2 at third doubles.
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At second singles, Pickham fought hard and came up short 7-6, 7-6 to Bode. Yoshimoto was unable to continue his winning streak as he fell 6-4, 6-1 to Anton Samuilau at third singles. Yoshimoto had won his last 10.
Beliankou went into the third frame again but lost to Luedi 4-6, 6-1, 10-4 at the fourth singles slot. At fifth singles Bernardes was defeated 6-1, 6-3 by Bader. Casagrande battled but was not able to get the victory as he lost 6-4, 6-2 to Markov.
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freenode/#lisp - IRC ChatlogSearch
23:09:38 pjb emaczen: write a function in C to return it, and call it from CFFI.
23:10:14 pjb emaczen: errno is not a variable. It may be a macro expanding to some complex expression, like, accessing some thread specific attribute.
0:20:32 jasom ACTION thinks CFFI should provide that personally
0:25:17 astronavt[m] jmercouris me me me
0:26:33 astronavt[m] i could never get it working. nothing ever was displayed
0:51:59 jasom ultra fast "yes" implementation in under 140 characters: https://www.reddit.com/r/lisp/comments/75wla9/writing_a_fast_yes_program_that_can_fit_in_a_tweet/doa6gut/
0:52:19 jasom the 200 character full featured can e trimmed by 2 characters
1:50:08 ult_ ** NICK ult
1:55:03 jmercouris astronavt[m]: ok sure
1:55:08 jmercouris astronavt[m]: are you still ther?
1:55:32 jmercouris astronavt[m]: message me your email if you want and I can send you the steps
1:59:35 jmercouris How can I create a logical pathname from ~/Folder/Subfolder
1:59:48 jmercouris I know how to do "home:Folder", but "home:Folder:Subfolder" doesn't work
2:07:50 jmercouris nvm, figured out translate logical pathname is implementation dependent
2:07:53 jmercouris interesting
2:11:01 jmercouris any reason why I have such difficulty deleting "|" (pipe) characters in paredit
2:28:08 Oladon1 ** NICK Oladon
2:35:19 iqubic What issues are you running into jmercouris?
2:37:15 pillton jmercouris: Be aware that the standard requires logical pathnames to be all uppercase.
2:37:22 pillton clhs 19.3.1
2:37:23 specbot Syntax of Logical Pathname Namestrings: http://www.lispworks.com/reference/HyperSpec/Body/19_ca.htm
2:39:09 pillton You are better off using functions to generate pathnames.
2:59:49 jmercouris pillton: I found it such an obtuse syntax, but I didn't want to change the code that was using it
2:59:58 jmercouris so I ended up making a new path
3:04:53 pillton It is my understanding that it was defined at a time when there where no clear "winners" in terms of pathname syntax or file system functionality.
3:11:27 beach Good morning everyone!
3:11:32 pillton G'day beach.
3:11:33 loke Hello beach!
3:17:42 emaczen morning beach
3:20:26 emaczen pjb: how do we get errno?
3:21:45 jmercouris pillton: yeah that's what I've read as well
3:21:52 jmercouris at least it is OS agnostic
3:21:57 emaczen pjb: Ok, I understand what you said now
3:22:09 emaczen I'm talking to myself practically ha
3:22:52 jmercouris iqubic: I was having trouble just extending the path, the syntax totally threw me off, that's all
3:23:34 iqubic But you were having trouble deleting "|" in emacs too, right?
3:41:30 jmercouris iqubic: yeah, that as well
3:41:38 jmercouris with paredit mode enabled I can't ever delete pipes
3:43:11 pillton You can do multiline comments with #| ... |# .
3:44:51 iqubic Is that why paredit doesn't like removing "|"?
3:45:19 pillton I presume so. It is probably trying to match with another pipe.
3:46:03 White_Flame |foo| is what paredit is looking for, not #| foo |#
3:46:31 pillton That too.
3:47:00 White_Flame I end up using cut & paste when paredit doesn't want to do what I want
4:03:59 jmercouris I'll try C-w next time, thanks for the tip!
4:09:32 aeth I use C-w all the time now
4:14:39 astronavt[m] jmercouris i messaged you
4:19:29 aeth There is one disadvantage to C-w. Now that emacs is integrated with the system clipboard, using C-w as delete will pollute the clipboard
4:45:07 jmercouris astronavt[m]: emailed
4:46:00 jmercouris aeth: Is it now? I still have a sort of "manual" integration with OSX: https://github.com/jmercouris/configuration/blob/master/.emacs.d/osx.el
4:50:07 astronavt[m] ah jmercouris i thought you were talking about the cocoa bridge -_-
4:53:46 jmercouris astronavt[m]: that's exactly what I"m talking about
4:53:53 jmercouris read the whole email
4:53:59 jmercouris it details getting the cocoa bridge to work
4:54:07 astronavt[m] oh ok!
4:54:23 emaczen jmercouris: Are you going to make the cocoa bridge work on Linux?
4:54:35 jmercouris emaczen: I have no desire to, sorry!
4:54:42 astronavt[m] definitely misunderstood. it's almost 1 AM here
4:54:45 jmercouris I think for Unix, I'd just stick to GTK
4:55:05 astronavt[m] does anyone use cocoa for non-mac apps?
4:55:07 jmercouris astronavt[m]: yeah, I just detailed the basics in the beginning in case you would like to customize the location of the cocoa files
4:55:22 emaczen astronavt[m]: OpenStep is the open source version of Cocoa
4:55:36 jmercouris Yeah, I've never heard of anyone actually using it
4:55:56 emaczen it is still in development so someone is using it
4:56:03 jmercouris astronavt[m]: I will publish the directions online in a more consumable format than the repository I linked you to, but Paul Krueger has done a really good job
4:56:23 jmercouris I can't imagine a lot of people are using it
4:56:38 jmercouris I remember many times where I was the only person in the room who actually likes objective-c
4:57:03 emaczen jmercouris: Isn't the cocoa-bridge really nice?
4:58:28 jmercouris emaczen: I'm honestly not experienced enough to say
4:58:44 jmercouris If all of the things I've read about it are true, then yeah, it seems like a very nice integration
4:58:57 jmercouris I guess it's because the objective-c runtime has a lot of paralells to lisp
4:59:54 emaczen jmercouris: it uses the MOP, so you can use a slight variant to CLOS (which is the point of the MOP)
5:01:41 jmercouris What is the MOP? I've never heard this term
5:01:55 emaczen Metaobject protocol
5:02:08 emaczen remember the (:metaclass ...) form?
5:02:18 beach jmercouris: http://metamodular.com/CLOS-MOP/
5:02:26 jmercouris Ah, the message passing
5:02:32 beach No
5:02:33 emaczen no
5:02:49 emaczen CLOS is defined as an OOP
5:02:52 jmercouris no no
5:02:53 jmercouris sorry too quick
5:02:58 jmercouris I didn't click beach link yet
5:03:00 emaczen So you can override the defined methods
5:03:14 emaczen and get new object systems
5:04:34 jmercouris SO a meta object is an object that contains information about an object class?
5:04:52 emaczen yep
5:04:59 beach http://metamodular.com/CLOS-MOP/metaobjects.html
5:05:40 emaczen by default in commonlisp class objects defined by you are instances of standard-object
5:05:42 jmercouris Okay, so not exactly
5:05:53 jmercouris So even the slots have an object describing them
5:06:02 jmercouris This feels like a turtles all the way down implementation
5:06:47 jmercouris thanks for the links & explanations!
5:07:12 jmercouris thanks for the links & explanations!
5:07:15 jmercouris not sure why Circe keeps randomly dropping me as of late
5:07:33 beach What is Circe?
5:07:55 loke IRC client for Emacs.
5:07:58 jmercouris beach: https://github.com/jorgenschaefer/circe
5:08:11 jmercouris It's a really good one, great author
5:08:23 sjl jmercouris: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/art-metaobject-protocol is a really good book to work through if you want to wrap your brain around the metaobject stuff
5:08:28 sjl not free, but worth the price
5:08:31 beach jmercouris: Thanks.
5:09:27 emaczen I'm having trouble finding out how to create an object defined with defcstruct?
5:09:36 jmercouris sjl: Maybe when I have more money, 61 seems a lot for a book :\
5:09:50 emaczen jmercouris: Chapters 5 and 6 are free online
5:10:25 sjl jmercouris: you can get it for around $25 if you don't mind buying used: https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0262610744/ref=tmm_pap_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used&qid=&sr=
5:11:23 jmercouris sjl: Interesting, thanks, I think I'll wait till I'm back in Germany to order
5:11:54 sjl it's a good, mind-bendy book. I don't touch the metaobject stuff almost ever, but it was good to read anyway
5:12:00 jmercouris or maybe I'll order it here, and read it when I get back from Germany...
5:12:30 jmercouris Yeah, it is certainly nice to understand kind of what is going on behind the scenes
5:13:37 beach jmercouris: Warning, though: Even as an experienced Lisper, I had to start reading it three times. The first two times, I was completely lost, so I had to put it down.
5:14:09 sjl I'd agree with that
5:14:21 beach jmercouris: So, what I am saying is that, even if you are lost, don't give up. You might have to try again.
5:15:05 beach And people here in #lisp would probably be very happy to give some explanations. For you and for others who might be interested.
5:15:45 jmercouris That's good to know, I appreciate the support :)
5:16:01 jmercouris One thing that I've really liked about the lisp community is that it seems much smaller and friendlier than the others
5:16:16 jmercouris as long as we exclude #emacs
5:17:08 beach Sure, but we draw the line when we have to correct indentation and spacing for the umpteenth time, as would be required for some people who come here.
5:17:35 aeth jmercouris: Most Lisp programmers use Emacs, but (afaik) most Emacs users don't program in Lisp, beyond perhaps some basic configuration elisp stuff.
5:19:58 jmercouris I think that makes sense, part of being respectful of the time of other people is making sure that you have the basics down, and that you aren't wasting their time
5:20:37 jmercouris Especially if you are asking on a public forum, whether it be stack overflow or otherwise, you should really focus on reducing the mental burden of the other person to understand your problem and help
5:21:06 beach Right. Especially since #lisp is not, as some people think, a "Lisp support channel". Newbie questions are tolerated as long as there is some indication that progress is being made.
5:28:58 emaczen How do you create a struct object with cffi?
5:29:27 emaczen All I can seem to get is pointers or Bogus Objects -- whatever that is
5:31:24 loke emaczen: What are you trying to achieve?
5:33:37 emaczen I just want to create a C struct and set its fields
5:33:57 emaczen loke: do you have to use a pointer?
5:34:03 loke emaczen: Dynamic scope or malloced?
5:34:28 loke It all comes down to how you are going to use the struct later.
5:34:40 loke Do you need to pass an actual struct to a CFFI function, of a pointer to it?
5:34:57 emaczen let me check
5:35:14 emaczen I need a pointer
5:36:03 loke Right. So what you need is some memory for the structure allocated. There are two ways of doing so: Either on the heap using basically malloc, or on the stack which has dynamic scope.
5:36:34 loke For dynamic scope (the most common), just do this:
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5:37:04 loke (cffi:with-foreign-objects ((FOO '(:struct NAME-OF-STRUCT))) ...use FOO here...)
5:37:44 emaczen loke: Ok, that is why I got "bogus objects"
5:38:05 emaczen I tried to use it like a let form and return one of the objects
5:38:22 emaczen the equivalent of malloc is #'cffi:foreign-alloc right?
5:38:40 loke Then, you can simply set fields in the stuct using (setf (cffi:foreign-slot-value FOO '(:struct NAME-OF-STRUCT) 'FIELD-NAME) THE-NEW-VALUE)
5:39:46 loke emaczen: yes. But then you have to make sure you free the memory properly later. Sometimes you can use TRIVIAL-GARBAGE to create a weak pointer so that you can free as paert of garbage collection. It depends a bit on circumstances.
5:40:38 loke I do that here: https://github.com/lokedhs/cl-gss/blob/master/src/cl-gss.lisp#L46
5:41:23 emaczen loke: so there is no way to just do struct name; name.field = value; ?
5:41:39 loke emaczen: That was what I was showing you
5:42:12 loke You nee dto put it in foriegn memory somehow.
5:42:14 emaczen loke: Oh, that is the foreign-object way
5:42:56 loke There is a plist representation of a struct value, but that's only used when you pass around literal structures. It's actually quite rare, and most C API's work with pointers to structs.
5:43:00 emaczen loke: I forget that things inside main are just like any other function and would be dynamic
5:43:57 loke If you want to see an example of a lot of complex struct processing which also includes heavy use of literal structs, you can take a look at my cl-rabbit project.
5:44:36 loke https://github.com/lokedhs/cl-rabbit/blob/master/src/amqp.lisp#L61
5:45:58 loke In that function, RESULT is a literal struct (plist representation) as returned by a CFFI function that returns a literal struct.
5:46:14 loke But the content of the struct of course contains pointers.
5:46:47 loke You really need to understand what is going on on a low level, or you'll get mighty confused.
5:47:24 emaczen I don't think I've ever seen literal structs in C before
5:47:52 loke The rabbitmq-c library makes heavy use of them.
5:48:02 loke Basically this:
5:48:34 loke struct foo { ... }; Foo someFunc(Foo x); ← Takes a literal struct as argument and returns another literal struct
5:48:56 loke More commonly, you'd see something like Foo *someFunc(Foo *x);
5:51:34 loke I need to have some lunch
5:52:29 emaczen loke: Thanks for explaining those parts of the API to me...
5:52:43 emaczen C will probably always be a headache for me
5:53:43 shka_ c is headache for almost everyone
5:53:59 shka_ but it is still useful
6:08:36 Zhivago I think you mean struct values rather than literal structs.
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7:36:44 hajovonta hi
7:53:33 beach hello hajovonta.
8:10:19 phoe_ Hey hi hello
8:10:31 beach phoe_: What's up?
8:11:09 phoe_ beach: Me, at work, doing Scrum technical management.
8:11:17 phoe_ At least they pay decently for that.
8:11:26 beach Oh, you're a manager now? Nice!
8:11:58 phoe_ Nope, a product owner.
8:12:08 phoe_ Which is de facto a part of technical management.
8:12:19 beach I see.
8:18:13 beach I think I have a working CST-to-AST system, modulo silly mistakes of course. Now I am thinking of a system for computing indentation from a CST. Such a system would be structured in much the same way as a CST-to-AST system, i.e., it would determine whether a CST represents an atom, a function call, a special form, or a macro call. Function calls are simple.
8:18:15 beach Special forms are fairly simple, because they have fixed indentation rules. For a macro call, the macro lambda list determines the indentation of the argument expressions, but then, whether an argument expression is a form or something else, can only be determined by expanding the macro.
8:19:09 phoe_ Are you going to expand the macros each single time then? What if they have side effects?
8:19:32 beach Well, I can't handle every case. Macro expanders should not have side effects.
8:19:33 Shinmera It's also often desirable to be able to give further hints as to how a macro should be indented as the lambda-list by its own does not provide sufficient information about that.
8:19:37 phoe_ (defmacro plus (&rest args) (print "hello") `(+ ,@args))
8:19:50 phoe_ I see. Sounds plausible.
8:19:51 Shinmera (also see: https://github.com/Shinmera/trivial-indent )
8:19:53 otwieracz beach: Actually we use macro expanders with side effects "on production".
8:20:11 phoe_ But then again, some macros like OPTIMA's and CL-PPCRE's expanders can be really freaky.
8:20:18 beach otwieracz: Then I recommend you don't use the editor I am working on.
8:20:21 phoe_ Since they are there for compile-time computation.
8:20:30 beach I think the Common Lisp HyperSpec has some paragraph about how it is not known how many times a macro can be expanded.
8:20:30 otwieracz beach: note to self: don't use beach editor
8:21:57 otwieracz beach: To be honets, my feeeling is that the editor will be broken if it wont work with something allowed in the language.
8:22:02 pjb As long as you expect your macro side effects to be obtained at "random" times and multiple times…
8:22:19 beach otwieracz: Then I am working on a very useful, but broken, editor.
8:22:21 pjb It is expected that random lisp tools will macroexpand.
8:22:23 otwieracz However, nevermind.
8:22:35 pjb If something breaks, it's the macro fault.
8:22:48 beach pjb: Yes, I am trying to find the relevant paragraph.
8:23:21 beach otwieracz: There is a difference between what the language "allows" and what it defines the effect of.
8:25:05 pjb one guarantee by 126.96.36.199 is All macro and symbol macro calls appearing in the source code being compiled are expanded at compile time in such a way that they will not be expanded again at run time. It doesn't mention edit-time…
8:26:49 pjb I can't search more right now.
8:27:14 beach Yeah, the Common Lisp HyperSpec is not very good with such searches, so it's painful.
8:34:23 beach Shinmera: Definitely very useful. If I use a structure similar to that of CST-to-AST, it will be trivially possible to customize the indentation of macro forms.
8:37:55 shka there is no edit time in common lisp standard
8:38:55 beach shka: In "the" Common Lisp standard. Article required.
8:39:14 shka beach: … yes
8:39:20 antoszka beach: is that editor of yours already available for checkout/building/testing anywhere?
8:39:30 shka and yes, i do work on that manual
8:39:54 shka just give me a moment, i need to sleep as well
8:42:18 beach antoszka: No, it is not ready.
8:42:38 antoszka OK, wasn't following the discussion too much.
8:43:03 beach I'll keep you informed about my progress. :)
8:43:05 antoszka beach: Are you planning to use (whatever)CLIM as the toolkit?
8:43:41 beach Yes, but I have separated the GUI from the rest as much as possible, so it ought to be possible to use something else.
8:44:52 antoszka Yeah, was just going to ask that as well, cool.
8:45:21 Shinmera I know that the expansion of macros can happen multiple times, and I distinctly remember reading that in the CLHS, but I can't find it for the life of me
8:45:23 beach CLIM/McCLIM makes so many things much simpler, though. I can't see myself re-implementing things like presentations for a different toolkit.
8:45:53 beach Shinmera: Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. It is always very hard to find such things.
8:48:04 shka Shinmera: every decent lisp book mentions this
8:48:33 Shinmera Lisp books are not standards, though.
8:48:37 jackdaniel "every" is an overstatement
8:49:11 beach jackdaniel: To be fair, shka added "decent" to restrict the set. :)
8:49:37 shka exactly ;-)
8:49:55 jackdaniel yes, but I don't think that it is a must for a decent book to mention this particular thing
8:50:23 jackdaniel for instance I don't think I've encountered such statement in CL Recipes, yet I think it is a very decent book
8:54:58 phoe_ Shinmera: https://github.com/xach/dpans/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=%22multiple+times%22&type=
8:55:14 phoe_ I've been grepping the dpans3 sources for "multiple times" and were unsuccessful so far.
8:55:34 Shinmera I grepped for "expan" but there's way too much to trawl through
8:56:12 phoe_ Shinmera: too much? about a hundred results
8:56:33 Shinmera I grepped the hyperspec, fwiw
9:02:53 phoe_ "Macros intended for use in top level forms should be written so that side-effects are done by the forms in the macro expansion. The macro-expander itself should not do the side-effects. "
9:02:57 phoe_ via
9:02:59 phoe_ clhs eval-when
9:02:59 specbot http://www.lispworks.com/reference/HyperSpec/Body/s_eval_w.htm
9:03:43 phoe_ that's not a direct hit though.
9:04:16 Shinmera I found that before but it's not what we're looking for.
9:10:13 phoe_ I cannot find such a thing.
9:10:42 Shinmera I mean, it's implicit in the sense that the spec never says that it is only expanded once either.
9:10:54 Shinmera It just says that all macros are expanded once you hit runtime.
9:11:10 phoe_ By the time you hit runtime, all macros are expanded.
9:11:13 phoe_ Correct?
9:11:17 Shinmera Yes.
9:11:45 phoe_ So any side effects they might have had have fired.
9:12:24 Shinmera clhs 126.96.36.199
9:12:25 specbot Minimal Compilation: http://www.lispworks.com/reference/HyperSpec/Body/03_bbb.htm
9:13:44 Shinmera And then there's 184.108.40.206.2.2
9:13:50 Shinmera clhs 18.104.22.168.2.2
9:13:50 specbot Macro Forms: http://www.lispworks.com/reference/HyperSpec/Body/03_ababb.htm
9:15:31 phoe_ Basically, edit-time will be equivalent to compile-time then, since macros will need to be expanded, so their macro functions will need to be called.
9:16:28 phoe_ Gah, this problem is an issue of type "can God create a stone too heavy for him to lift".
9:17:01 phoe_ We got a language powerful enough to turn its source code into Brainfuck and we're looking for an even more powerful tool to handle its power.
9:18:39 phoe_ What would be a technical issue in another language is a social issue in Lisp. (:
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9:44:56 eminhi from clhs prog2 description: prog2 evaluates first-form, then second-form, and then forms, yielding as its only value the primary value yielded by first-form
9:45:03 eminhi is this a typo?
9:45:13 phoe_ eminhi: yes.
9:45:14 beach Yes.
9:45:19 phoe_ this is a known issue with the spec.
9:45:27 phoe_ (prog2 a b c) will return b.
9:45:36 eminhi Is there a list of known issues?
9:45:41 phoe_ eminhi: yes, one second.
9:45:57 phoe_ http://www.cliki.net/Proposed%20ANSI%20Revisions%20and%20Clarifications
9:45:58 phoe_ eminhi: ^
9:46:18 eminhi phoe_: Thank you
11:04:54 dim is it safe to conclude they already had copy/paste at the time when writing the spec? ;-)
11:05:27 Shinmera It was 1990, not 1970


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With much of the recent farm bill debate focusing on major commodity programs, Southeast vegetable growers are asking, "What's in it for me?" Plenty, according to officials with the Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association (FFVA).
"The farm bill package contains important programs that will help our growers remain competitive," says Mike Stuart, president of the FFVA.
For many Florida growers, he says, the farm bill provision mandating "country of origin" labeling of fresh fruits and vegetables is the most important. Starting in September of 2004, the labeling law would require food retailers to insure that fresh produce and other food products are labeled indicating their country of origin.
Surveys have shown that consumers overwhelmingly support country of origin labeling, and that many consumers are unaware that imported produce is sold in their supermarkets.
Florida has required in-store country of origin labeling since 1979. "Florida consumers have had origin information for years and have used it as a tool for choosing which foods to buy," says Hugh English, FFVA chairman. "If consumers across the country wish to buy foods produced in the United States, this new law will let them make a more informed choice."
The following provisions of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 address key priority issues important to U.S. vegetable growers:
International market access. The new Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Fund will provide USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) funding — $2 million per year — to address non-tariff trade barriers for specialty crops in an effort to increase market access. The Market Access Program (MAP) funding includes a 10-year increase of $650 million over the current $90 million baseline. The MAP program will be increased to $200 million by 2006. Thirty percent of MAP funding is utilized by fruit and vegetable industry members to gain access to international markets.
Increased produce consumption. Funding under Section 32 will require the USDA secretary to purchase at least $200 million in fruits and vegetables and other specialty food crops. For the first time during a farm bill debate, Congress has directed the USDA to insure that at least $200 million is used for the purchase of fruits and vegetables for federal feeding programs such as the School Lunch Program. In the next six years, the federal government will purchase $1.2 billion in fruits and vegetables. Also, Congress has indicated they expect USDA to utilize this funding above and beyond current purchasing practices. In addition, a new $10-million per year cost-share pilot program will carry out demonstration projects to increase fruit and vegetable consumption and convey a health promotion message.
Conservation enhancement. The Water Conservation Program — funded at $60 million per year — will provide cost-share incentives and assistance for efforts to conserve ground and surface water. EQUIP — a popular program with fruit and vegetable growers — has been increased four-fold to achieve $1.3 billion in annual funding levels. Congress has included language highlighting priority practices for produce growers, including IPM practices, invasive species and preservation of endangered habitat.
Methyl bromide exemptions. State and local governments will be allowed to petition USDA for use of methyl bromide for the official control of pests, recognizing economic costs and availability of suitable alternatives. The agreement also provides that these governments may petition USDA for the use of transitional products. If transitional products are not feasible, USDA must issue a report, and regulatory reviews must occur within 180 days.
The bill also authorizes research and Extension grants for the improved harvesting of fruits and vegetables, including research on mechanical harvesting and the development of abscission chemicals.
"This farm bill breaks new ground in addressing the needs of U.S. fruit and vegetable producers, but much more must be done to insure that specialty crop growers are equitably represented in our nation's farm programs," says FFVA President Stuart.
Progress made in the new farm bill for fruit and vegetable programs, says Stuart, is the result of a broad coalition that worked for more than two years to raise awareness in Congress about the critical needs of specialty crop producers. Agriculture officials from several states, producers and more than 100 industry organizations contributed testimony and resources to seek common objectives of the new legislation, he says.
"This has been an unprecedented cooperative effort to craft a workable farm bill for the fruit and vegetable industry. It shows what can be done if we work together."


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The Office of Campus Activities provides and supports a number of programs and experiences which promote educational, cultural, recreational, social and personal growth for students and their families. Among them are:
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The Lair, located in lower Deneen Center, houses a game room and dining area which features (2) 37" LCD Screens and (2) 58" Plasma Screens - all with satellite television channels and (2) 27" televisions with cable television. This is a great place to catch the big game, keep up with your fantasy sports games, or watch your favorite show with your friends!
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Cutthroat competition is supposed to be good for consumers, but the battle between Apple Inc. and Google Inc. over maps shows that's not always the case.
On the iPhone 5, which went on sale Friday, the popular Google Maps app was replaced with Apple's own maps software. The change was widely panned by consumers, who complain that Apple AAPL, -2.05% stuck them with something inferior in an effort to hurt one of its biggest competitors. Apple conceded Friday that the new map software is still a work in progress, and said it would get better with time.
Retail and tech experts say Apple's move is aimed at displacing Google GOOG, +0.16% which has long dominated the maps-app market, which accounts for an estimated $625 million in annual sales, according to Opus Research. While such rivalries often lead to better products, they say the rush by tech companies to register patents on the most basic of smartphones and their features, including map apps, is having the opposite effect. Apple's goal here is to maintain control of its own suite of products — or "ecosystem" — to increase its share of the mobile-phone market, according to Scott Sutherland, analyst at Wedbush Securities.
By building its own map software from scratch, Apple lost its way, say a slew of tech reviewers, calling the app one of the biggest drawbacks of the iPhone 5. The software is not nearly as robust as Google's, which was developed and improved upon over nearly a decade, experts say. The early consensus is that the app is buggy, displays distorted images and provides confusing search results. Apple's version also lacks Google's popular "Street View" feature and does not provide directions over mass transit.
Maps are not the only area where consumers may end up in the crossfire between Apple and its competitors. In a $1 billion settlement last month, Samsung was found to have infringed on six Apple patents — some for what appear to be very simple features like the way apps are laid out or how users zoom in on pictures. Such decisions could mean that consumers only have access to a handful of proprietary features, insiders say. "In the short run, consumers are clearly the losers from the current wars over intellectual property," says David B. Yoffie, Max and Doris Starr Professor of International Business Administration at Harvard University.
Competition tends to be bad for consumers when it creates more high-tech products that are incompatible with each other, experts say. For instance, Apple's iCloud works exclusively with Apple products, while Google's Cloud works with any device using Google's operating system — customers get locked into one or the other, says Ben Bederson, a professor of computer science at the University of Maryland.
Another problem, say tech pros, is that the rush by tech firms to find a one-size-fits-all approach to wildly different smartphones often results in "worse software," adds Bederson.
Apple did not respond to requests for comment. Google says the company's goal is to make Google Maps available to everyone, "regardless of device, browser or operating system."
Smartphone users may eventually win out, say some experts, with Apple and Google licensing each other's software to make their best features available across several platforms. "In the history of the technology business, it has been common for intense wars over patents to be followed by broad cross-licensing," Yoffie says.
Apple will likely fine-tune its maps app over the coming months, says Damien Geradin, a competition law partner at Covington & Brussels, a Washington, D.C.-based law firm. Apple dropping Google Maps may be bad for users in the short term, but it will be beneficial over the longer term. "We don't want to be left with only one type of way to find directions: Google Maps."


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I get a lot of inspiration to write this blog and make recipes from the cookbooks I read, the other blogs, and food related articles that I find online. I also want to have a weekly feature on my blog and I think this is the best way to do that. If you know this blog, you know I tried doing it before, with just links to articles, but I am older, more mature, and beyond just writing lists of article links, and onto writing more about what I am reading. (If you do a search on "links" you will find a long archive of posts like the ones I mentioned)
To start things off, I would like to tell you about some of the cookbooks I am reading that have been inspiring me lately.
- Baking; by James Peterson. I have mentioned this before and have shared the things I have made with this book. It is a great book full of basics and could even be used as a guide to teach yourself how to bake.
- Ratio; by Michael Ruhlman.I believe there is also an app for the iPhone that is related to this book. This book is a great tool to learn the basic ratios of everything including cookie dough, pie/tart dough, stocks, bread, pasta dough, and everything in-between. A great way to learn how to create your own recipes.
- Ruhlman's Twenty; by Michael Rulhman. Yes, the same chef as Ratio. This is also a great tool to learn the basics of cooking and baking. It goes through twenty techniques/ingredients that are required to make just about anything you want to in the kitchen. It builds upon itself, and yes, "thinking" is chapter one, but you need to think about what you are making before you make it and add ingredients to the mix. Trust me, it makes perfect sense once you get into the rest of the book.
- Sinfully Easy Delicious Desserts: Quicker Smarter Recipes; by Alice Medrich. A wonderfully smart women and beautiful and sweet. I met her at the book signing (after the bake sale) where I bought her latest book (the one I speak of) and she is simply delightful. This book is about keeping it simple. Whether you are the cook who is scared to bake, or the baker with no time to make a pie for tonight's party, this book is for you. One bowl is all you need for most of the recipes in this book. Totally approachable from all angles.
- The Joy the Baker Cookbook; by Joy Wilson. This is one of my favorites. Both in blog form and in cookbook writing, Joy brings you her witty self and her greatest baked goods. She also hosts this super awesome podcast. Coffee bacon for breakfast. Carrot cake pancakes for lunch. You heard me. What?! There's carrots in there! It's healthy!
Those are the (top) five cookbooks I am reading/using recipes from/getting inspired by. For now. What are your favorite cookbooks right now? Let me know what you are reading in the comments!


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Raj's 'Murder Mystery' party starts some fights within the gang, on THE BIG BANG THEORY, Thursday, March 13 (8:00 – 8:31 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Pictured left to right: Mayim Bialik, Melissa Rauch, Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, Kunal Nayyar, Johnny Galecki and laying on floor Kevin Sussman Photo: Michael Yarish/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. © 2014 WBEI. All rights reserved.


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Every Wedding seating plan that I create starts from a wonderful memory(apart from the bespoke orders of course). My father's family are from Poland and one of my favourite holiday destinations is Zakopane in Southern Poland. We have been going to Zakopane since I was very young (always in the winter) and this is where I discovered my love for skiing and snowboarding! A theme that I used for my own wedding.
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Guenoc and Langtry Vineyards wine dinner at Tiki's
Ronnie Nasuti of Tiki's Grill and Bar
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"We are what we are, a big touristy restaurant," says Ronnie Nasuti of Tiki's Grill and Bar, "but we're trying to break the stigma a little bit."
Hence Tiki's wine dinners, which offer Nasuti the opportunity to flex his culinary muscle while bringing in wine makers, often the only non-locals at the sold-out dinners. The third dinner, coming up next week, features Guenoc and Langry Vineyards wines, and Nasuti's planning an impressively creative menu for it.
The first course: opihi with a Guenoc Lake County Sauvignon Blanc. "I love that opihi's minerally, briny and strong, but I prefer it cooked over raw, call me a haole," Nasuti says. "I want to smooth it out a little for the wine." He'll be sautéing them slightly in butter, then tossing it with yuzu ponzu.
Second course: a scallop sphere—the scallop pounded thin, then wrapped around a salmon mousse and steamed like a dumpling. Then, Nasuti will top it with a bit of uni butter and smoked trout or salmon roe. Paired with a Guenoc Lake Country Chardonnay.
I'm excited about the third course because it features local rabbit, an ingredient I've been seeing around town (mostly at 12th Ave Grill and Salt). So it makes sense when Nasuti says he got his hookup for the rabbit through his best friend, chef Jason Schoonover at 12th Ave Grill. Nasuti will make a ravioli out of gnocchi dough (!) and stuff it with rabbit confit.
On eating rabbit, Nasuti says growing up, "my mom fed us rabbit and told us it was chicken. I guess since we had rabbits as pets, she thought it would bother us, but it didn't bother me."
The fourth course is a trio of game meats—elk, Big Island wild boar and buffalo—to accompany a flight of Langtry Estate Petite Sirah of different vintages. Nasuti says he tasted the wines and thought they would make natural pairings for game, another meat he grew up eating (apparently, his stepdad was a "woodsy type, a lumberjack" who hunted venison and other game).
Seats for the dinner must be purchased in advance, at tikilangtreeguenoc.eventbrite.com.
The Guenoc and Langtry Vineyards Wine Dinner is Monday, March 11, 6 p.m., $59.


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The RPG-18 (Rocket Propelled Grenade in Soviet / Russian nomenclature, as it was considered as a single round of ammunition [grenade] rather than a weapon [grenade launcher]) was adopted by Soviet army in 1972. Most probably, its development was inspired by US-made M72 LAW disposable anti-tank weapons, which saw significant use during Vietnam war. Indeed, the eRPG-18 bears more than passing resemblance to the M72 LAW in its design and appearance. The RPG-18 was produced for Soviet (and later Russian) army up until early 1990s, and is now obsolete.
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Yale fencer Sada Jacobson (Dunwoody, Ga.) has now done what no other American woman has ever done -- achieve the world's top ranking!
Jacobson claimed her first senior World Cup at the New York City Grand Prix over the weekend, defeating two-time World Cup champion Elena Jemayeva, of Moscow, Russia, 15-11, to earn the gold. Jacobson's sister, Emily, was the second-highest U.S. finisher at sixth, after being defeated by Jemayeva, 15-10, in the quarterfinals.
Sada Jacobson has been a two-time NCAA Champion for the Bulldogs and looks to be a force at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. The Ivy League has not had an Olympic fencing medalist since the Los Angeles Games of 1932 when Columbia's Hugh Alessandroni and Yale's Dernell Every and Frank Righeimer each earned bronze in team foil.
The preliminary rounds of the NYC Grand Prix took place at the Dodge Physical Fitness Center on Columbia's campus while the finalists dualed at the historic Vanderbilt Hall at Grand Central Terminal.


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Are critics too liberal to like 'An American Carol'?
It is common practice for Hollywood studios to release movies without screening them in advance for critics. In recent weeks, a host of films have hit theaters without being shown to reviewers, notably "Bangkok Dangerous," "Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys," "Babylon AD," "Disaster Movie" and "My Best Friend's Girl." Some do well, others fizzle, but the studio reasoning is almost always the same--if you have a dog, why ask for fleas? (The critics being the fleas.) If a movie has playability problems, studios would prefer to get as many unsuspecting moviegoers to see it before they read a review as possible.
David Zucker's new comedy, "An American Carol," opens today without being screened for critics either. But for a very different reason. The film, a retelling of the old Scrooge story, has an openly conservative message, starring Kevin Farley as a Michael Moore-style filmmaker who wants to abolish the Fourth of July. I had an e-mail exchange with Zucker this morning, who said the film hadn't been screened for critics because its distributor, Vivendi Entertainment, was convinced that most film critics were way too liberal to possibly give it a fair shake.
"The educated guess is that those that don't like the politics will tend to label the film as 'not funny,' " Zucker explained. "Those audience members who don't care about, or do in fact agree with the politics, find the film 'hilarious.' We were advised that most reviewers don't agree with the politics, which put the movie at risk."
Is that really true? Even if we agree, for the purposes of Zucker's argument, that a substantial majority of film critics are politically liberal (as we might agree that a substantial majority of leading Wall Street investors are Republican), does that necessarily mean that those critics wouldn't give "An American Carol" a fair shake simply because of its conservative politics? It's a hard question to answer, since truthfully, there isn't really much of a sampling of openly conservative filmmaking to analyze. Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" was embraced by religious conservatives, but it was a film rooted in faith, not politics. John Milius' 1984 film "Red Dawn" was an openly conservative fantasy about communists invading the U.S., but it would be hard to pin its unenthusiastic reception solely on reviewer bias, since rank and file moviegoers didn't love it either.
On the other hand, I'd argue that liberal critics didn't give "Dirty Harry" a fair hearing, being too appalled by its vigilante-style violence to appreciate its black humor and bravura filmmaking. I asked our film critic, Kenneth Turan, what he thought of Zucker's concern about political bias:
"It's awfully convenient for David to believe that critics would be biased, but I don't think it's true," says Turan. "I think I could recognize good work, no matter what the political orientation. I've laughed at conservative, anti-Obama political cartoons even though I don't agree with their political bent. I think David's selling critics short. But we live in a free country, so David's free to believe what he wants."
Unfortunately, by shutting out the critics, Zucker will never know for sure, since a refusal to screen a film is such a bad sign that it usually turns into a self-fulfilling prophecy, with critics assuming the movie is damaged goods. Zucker did show the film to FrontPageMag's Ben Johnson, a conservative blogger, who--surprise--loved it, saying it "exposes every pseudo-intellectual pillar of Hollywood wisdom on the war on terror--Samizdat with a smile." Of course, maybe Ben was biased too. Maybe he just liked the movie because it makes fun of Hollywood liberals. Let's face it, they're a pretty good comedy target.
Here's the trailer from the film, so judge the comedy for yourself:
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When you shit so much nothing else comes out but foam. The same as dry heaves but from your ass.
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Wide receiver Michael Crabtree finally experienced the breakout season last year the San Francisco 49ers had been waiting for after taking him in the first round of the 2009 NFL draft.
Crabtree posted his first 1,000 yard season catching 85 passes for 1,105 yards and nine touchdowns for the 49ers. However, it was the second half of the year, with Colin Kaepernick serving as the quarterback, when Crabtree became a consistent threat for the 49ers. In 10 starts including the postseason with Kaepernick under center, Crabtree caught 61 passes for 880 yards and eight touchdowns.
Crabtree said Tuesday on the NFL Network he felt a better connection with Kaepernick than former 49ers starter Alex Smith.
"I think he trusted me more. Playing wide receiver, you need a quarterback who trusts you. I feel like he trusted me," Crabtree said, via Matt Maiocco of CSNBayArea.com.
Crabtree didn't want to throw Smith under the bus as he avoided saying he didn't have the same trust factor with him as he does with Kaepernick.
"I don't want a controversy," Crabtree said.
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Themes of time and patience unite the Hebrew Testament readings for this month. Time works in our lives in concrete and abstract ways. It's something we try to keep track of—some of us are good at managing it, but most of us aren't. Time is what we want to spend with people we care about and something we feel robbed of when someone dies prematurely—"before their time," we say.
Patience is a virtue, the proverb explains. But is patience a character trait or an emotion? Is it a state of being some people are predisposed to while others seem to have the words "anxious" stamped on their souls? Is there such a thing as too much patience?
Relationships mean listening, trusting, waiting, and praying. In other words, they require time and patience. In On Earth As in Heaven: Justice Rooted in Spirituality, Arthur Paul Boers observes that as Christians we are called to a relationship with God by "deriving from God our purpose, identity, direction, and self-esteem. Rather than asking the self-centered question, 'What is God's will for my life?' we are empowered to ask bigger questions, such as, 'How can I fit into the work of God's kingdom here on earth?'"
The problem, Boers says, is that we often try to justify ourselves by works. Learning to trust God is the most important step we can take in moving toward a better and whole relationship with the Author of our lives.
Malinda Elizabeth Berry is a dissertation fellow at Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana.
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Clarkson University Physical Therapy Professor Named to National Task Force
A clinical associate professor in Clarkson University's Department of Physical Therapy will play a role in shaping future national policy for physical therapists.
Stacey Zeigler has been appointed to a national task force commissioned by the American Physical Therapy Association. Zeigler is serving this year on the Task Force to Define Physical Therapists' Role in Prevention, Wellness, Fitness, and Disease Management for Public Policy Purposes. She is one of eight members of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) appointed to this task force, which began their work in January.
The committee will present a series of recommendations to the APTA by December that will help to shape public policy for physical therapists in future years, Zeigler said. This work will assist the APTA board in setting direction and priorities for physical therapists in the areas of prevention and wellness particularly timely during this era of national health care reform.
The task force's primary focus is to recommend strategies to help promote and support the role of physical therapists in prevention, wellness, and disease management roles.
"We're defining what the role of physical therapy is in these areas in order to better serve the needs of the public," Zeigler said.
"It has been a great honor to represent Clarkson and the profession of physical therapy in helping to set standards that will impact the future of the profession," she added.
Zeigler has been a faculty member at Clarkson since 2003 and a licensed physical therapist since 1994. She earned her doctorate in physical therapy in 2005 from Simmons College and has 19 years of clinical experience in a wide variety of settings, mostly in formal healthcare leadership roles and in geriatric care.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
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NEW YORK — Rafael Nadal is a chameleon hidden inside a bull's body.
Once pigeonholed as a clay-court specialist, Nadal adapted his grinding game to grass and won Wimbledon. He then mastered hardcourts, winning the Australian Open and U.S. Open.
His latest transformation: Comeback King.
U.S. OPEN: Nadal takes down Djokovic
"This time last year we were worried if he'd ever play again," said Tennis Channel's Justin Gimelstob, referring to Nadal's seven-month layoff following Wimbledon a year ago. "Now he's having one of the most dominant seasons the sport's ever seen."
Capping one of the most impressive returns in tennis history, No. 2 Nadal toppled No. 1 Novak Djokovic 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 on Monday to win his second U.S. Open and remain a perfect 22-0 on hardcourts in 2013.
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At 27, Nadal stands in third place among men with 13 Grand Slam titles behind only the retired Pete Sampras (14) and Roger Federer (17).
Nadal, who watched the U.S. Open at home in his native Mallorca last year while resting his troubled knees, fell to his back on match point when Djokovic netted a forehand.
Soon after sharing a warm embrace at the net, Nadal was face down again on the cement in Arthur Ashe Stadium heaving sobs of joy and relief.
"For a few things this season (it's) probably the most emotional one in my career," eight-time French Open champion Nadal of his second New York crown in four years.
Djokovic and Nadal were meeting for an Open-era record 37th time and third in a U.S. Open final. Nadal won in 2010 and Djokovic took the title in 2011.
The 3-hour, 21-minute match — short by their typical standards — was a smorgasbord of awe-inspiring shotmaking and momentum shifts, personified by a 54-point rally won by the Djokovic in the second set.
The two most gifted defenders in a golden age of defense stretched, dove, skidded and used every fraction of the court with baseline blasts, drop shots, angles and lobs. It was tennis on Xbox.
"Nobody brings my game to my limit like Novak," Nadal said.
Down early, Djokovic came storming back, breaking Nadal twice in second set – the first time on the transcendent rally that brought the 23,000 fans in Arthur Ashe Stadium to their feet — and broke the Spaniard for a third consecutive time to open the third set.
Until the final, Nadal had dropped serve once in 82 attempts.
"When Novak plays that level, I am not sure if nobody can stop him," Nadal said.
But Djokovic played a sloppy game in to drop serve in the sixth game and let Nadal back in the door. The second-ranked Spaniard visibly pumped himself back up with fist pumps and shout of "Vamos!"
Nadal broke again to take the set and ran away in the fourth set as a flagging Djokovic lost his energy and conviction.
"He was too good," the six-time Grand Slam champion. "He definitely deserved to win this match today and this trophy."
Praised for his physical style of play, Nadal is as much brain as brawn. His comeback underscores his unique ability to adapt.
During his seventh-month layoff following Wimbledon, Nadal and his uncle/coach Toni Nadal went to work trying to figure out how to play more efficiently and challenge Djokovic, who entering the final trailed Nadal 21-15 in overall meetings but led 11-6 on hardcourts.
When Nadal won the 2009 Australian Open and 2010 U.S. Open, he did so with grip changes and power, especially on his serve. But realizing he had to shorten points to ease the wear-and-tear on his knees, he and his uncle decided instead to focus on court positioning.
Toni likened the tactical decision to move closer to the baseline and force the issue earlier in rallies to expanded aural abilities when sight is impaired.
"When you are blind, you hear so much more," he said Monday.
He moved closer to the baseline to take away time, pounced on short balls, approached the net more frequently and used his devastating forehand to take control of rallies early in the point.
He also improved his serve by changing direction, location and spins to elicit weak returns he could punish with his forehand.
He proved again that as the game's best problem solver.
"For me it's unbelievable that people talk about his body because he is so much better in his mind," said Uncle Toni, Nadal's only coach since childhood.
Mats Wilander, who comments for Eurosport, said he had never seen a player with Nadal's ability to problem solve, adapt and fight.
"I don't think anyone has played the game with the same kind positive energy and emotion as Rafa Nadal," said Wilander, comparing him to do-or-die competitors such as Lleyton Hewitt and Jimmy Connors. "He's a new breed, and we've never seen anything like it."
Top players have rarely come back from extended injury or mental breaks to reclaim their former form, John McEnroe and Wilander among them. During his mid-career tailspin, Andre Agassi plummeted outside the top 100 but managed to return to No. 1 and win multiple Grand Slam titles.
But no modern player has come back so quickly or efficiently as Nadal.
Since returning in February, Nadal has reached 12 of 13 finals, winning the French Open and U.S. Open while going a tour-best 60-3.
The one hiccup in his season was a first-round loss to 135th-ranked Steve Darcis at Wimbledon.
Time will tell if grass and not cement is Nadal's Achilles' heel.
The poorer footing and lower bounce puts more stress on the thighs and knees, and Nadal said as much after appearing to struggle physically in his All-England Club defeat.
Djokovic also faces questions. The 26-year-old had plenty of heart in Monday's final but often came up short in the clutch, something that has periodically plagued him in 2013 despite reaching three Grand Slam finals. Against Nadal, he was only 3-for-11 on break point opportunities.
"But it was obvious that in the important moments he played better tennis, and that's why he deserved to win," Djokovic said.
"I wish I won at least one title more, considering the fact I played two finals," added the Australian Open winner, who lost to Andy Murray in the Wimbledon final and to Nadal in five sets in the French Open semifinals after leading 4-2 in the final set. "All the matches I lost, even the French Open. I had that match."
Djokovic leaves New York clinging to his No. 1 ranking but aware the pecking order in men's tennis, and perhaps on his favored hardcourts, has shifted.
Nadal leaves 2013 with two Grand Slam titles and a nearly unassailable position to claim the year-end No. 1 ranking after missing all of last fall.
"What can I say?" said a resigned Djokovic. "He won so much this year. I'm still No. 1 of the world in the rankings, but year to year he's far, far ahead, and he has much more chances to end up as No. 1."
The hierarchy of the sport, however, has hardly changed.
The Big Four of Nadal, Djokovic, Andy Murray and Federer again won all four majors in 2013 and 34 of the past 35 Grand Slam titles.
Nadal and Djokovic, who have formed the most compelling rivalry in the men's game, have been the dominant players in recent years, with one or the other taking 12 of 15 since the 2010 French Open.
Gimelstob said if Nadal stays healthy he has a shot at catching Federer, who now has four more majors.
"He's viable on every surface," Gimelstob said.
1988 champ Wilander's only worry is that Nadal knows only one speed: full throttle.
"The important thing about Rafa," said Wilander, "is that he's going to play himself into the ground again and again."
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Launched in 1994, the program seeks to increase the quality, access, and comprehensiveness of early childhood services for all children, particularly for disadvantaged children, through a strategy focusing on five areas:
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