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I created a saved password via System ▸ Preferences ▸ Passwords and Encryption Keys ▸ File ▸ New ▸ Stored Password. How can I update it?
Expand "Login" by clicking the arrow beside it, right click on the password you wish to change and select "properties". Click the little arrow beside "Password" to show the password box, and click the "Show Password" option. You should now be able to see the old password, which you can overwrite with a new one.
My apologies, you can't edit it there ... although I'd swear I'd done it before. I can't edit my wireless password through the tool either. The upvotes on this answer should be reverted until I find the full answer.


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2015 Nepal Trips
Tenzing-Hillary Everest Marathon
Run the world's highest marathon and support post-earthquake relief funds.
September 21st - October 10, Race day October 5
Starting at Mount Everest Base Camp (17,500 feet) the Tenzing-Hillary Everest Marathon is the WORLD'S HIGHEST MARATHON and one of the most adventurous trail runs in the world. Due to the earthquakes that shook the region in spring 2015, we've moved this year's marathon from its usual date on the anneversary of the Tenzing-Hillary first ascent to the fall. The upcoming race on October 5, 2015 will be the 13th edition of this annual race held since 2003. This marathon is an international event with runners from over 20 countries competing each year.
Ultimate Annapurna Trek
Hike from the Himalaya foothills to the high passes of the stunning Annapurna region.
September 18th - October 10th, October 9th - 31st
November 6th - 28th, November 27th - December 19th
The classic Annapurna Circuit trek first became accessible to the world of adventure travelers as recently as 1977, when the Nepalese Government derestricted the Manang Valley, which had previously been closed on account of its proximity to the Tibetan border. Providing a combination of spectacular high mountain scenery, picturesque lowland farms and villages, a wealth of cultural interest and a challenging pass crossing, the Annapurna Circuit trek is justifiably popular. We start out from Besisahar, ascending the surprisingly wild and unspoiled Marsyangdi Valley to reach the north side of the Annapurna Massif. In terms of its sheer scale, the valley of the Marsyangdi is unsurpassed. Throughout our walk, we enjoy regular contact with friendly villagers, as well as ever-changing panoramas of some of the world's greatest peaks, including Manaslu and the Annapurnas. See the One World Trekking website for more details.
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Two of the biggest factors against Microsoft Corp.'s (
) Windows Phone 7 operating system when it
launched in late 2010
were lack of compelling packaging and lack of carrier support.
Handset makers:
Were more interested in Android.
Figured WP7 would be low volume.
Ironically, noticed that WP7 performed great on low-end hardware.
Thus they shoved the OS onboard their most ugly budget models. Ironically, many of these handsets still performed well, although they were far behind Android and Apple, Inc. (
) in the looks department. This -- along with Microsoft
not paying carriers sales commissions
-- led to a general lack of interest in carriers pitching WP7 handsets.
I. Nokia and AT&T Are Windows Phone's Dynamic Duo
Well, all of that is starting to change, thanks to Nokia Oyj. (
) and AT&T Inc. (
Nokia offered the
first piece of the puzzle
-- attractive packaged phones. Nokia wowed with sleek handsets like the
4.3-inch display LTE-enabled Lumia 900
; its "little brother", the 3.7
-inch HSPA+ Lumia 800
; and the
upcoming Nokia Lumia 808 PureView
, which featured a
41 megapixel camera
, and potentially will get LTE treatment.
The Nokia Lumia 900. [Image Source: Nokia]
The next trick was finding a carrier to pitch the phone to customers -- a vital step, given the general public apathy with regards to high technology. As Apple has demonstrated, a strong pitch can win over the masses.
AT&T long considered itself
the "premium" WP7 vendor
, yet its new efforts eclipse anything it has previously done -- or which
U.S. carrier has done, thus far, with Windows Phone.
Jeff Bradley, AT&T device chief says that the April 8 launch of the Lumia 900 will be a bigger launch than the exclusive
2007 Apple iPhone debut
iPhone debut
for that matter). In a
, he states, "At all levels, this is a notch above anything we've ever done. Before you walk in to the store, you know this is our hero phone. We're going big. We're really bullish."
AT&T says that the Nokia Lumia 900 launch will be bigger than any iPhone launch to date.
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Nokia and AT&T are being careful not to overhype too early, as has been the case with some Android devices that were hyped months before then sold poorly. Instead, they plan to unleash
a flood of advertising
almost consecutively with the launch.
Recall that even Sprint Nextel Corp.'s (
) -- a distant third in subscribers -- was able to give Android a big 2010 boost with its resounding 4G-backed commitment to the platform. When it's AT&T -- America's second largest carrier, Windows Phone may just have found its hero. Or perhaps given that AT&T is looking for the next great thing, with the end of iPhone exclusivity, perhaps the situation is the other way around -- AT&T has found an unexpected hero.
II. Truly Modern
AT&T could pick a worse superphone to stake its reputation on.
While Apple and Google are still stuck with 90s-era Chiclet icons, Microsoft's bleeding edge UI has been delighting the
small crowd of early adopters
with its rich modern tile-based UI. Windows Phone screams of a smartphone OS that isn't trying to be on the defining edge of modern -- it
the defining edge of modern. The only thing it is missing has been sales and handsets.
In recent months Windows Phone's Marketplace has soared in apps:
Aug. 2011: 30,000 apps [
Dec. 2011: 50,000 apps [
Mar. 2012: 70,000 apps [
At this pace, it's on track to cross the 100,000 app mark by sometime mid-year. That places it in a lofty crowd that its current and former rivals like Research in Motion, Ltd. (
) and Hewlett Packard Comp. (
) have struggled to reach. Recall that in mid-2009, Apple still only had 65,000 apps a year after the launch of the App Store.
With Apple and Android both reaching the saturation point, Microsoft is seeing soaring developer interest. And that ultimately means that most of the most beloved apps of Android and iOS are on Windows Phone.
At this point the only thing holding Microsoft back is the learning curve, but given that Microsoft's core apps are quite intuitive, it seems like customers could be talked into taking the plunge. A sub-$100 Lumia 900 could sweeten the deal substantially.
III. Nokia Lumia 800 Gets a Boost
While the Lumia 900 may be getting the bear's share of AT&T's hype -- and marketing dollars -- it's also important AT&T puts forth a well-rounded lineup. To that end, the Lumia 800 is receiving a major update.
While it's not official yet, write-ups have indicated the Lumia 800 is compatible with AT&T's network and may be headed to it later this spring/summer.
The Nokia Lumia 800 (left) and 710 (right). [Image Source: Nokia]
The new Lumia 800 software -- V1600.2487.8107.12070 -- is being moved forward from April 18 to starting this week. The four-week global rollout marks Nokia's third major update to the Lumia 800, which launched in November globally.
Nokia offers the humorous analogy that the update is like shepherding,
The real-life analogy that I can think about to describe this is herding sheep through a gate. For a Windows Phone partner, developing a smartphone is like that: there's always a balance to be struck between what you can do and what you'd like to do, between what you can offer now and later. But due to the urgent need to get this update in the hands of people, we were able to bring the schedule forward, although not all at the same time.
The update focuses on battery life and is supposed to bring total battery life up to around 25 to 30 hours on the stock 1450 mAh battery.
Again no U.S. carrier has officially launched the Lumia 800 -- yet. But both AT&T and America's top carrier Verizon Wireless (a joint venture between Verizon Communications Inc. (
) and Vodafone Group Plc.'s (
are moving towards deploying LTE-enabled variants. Together, the two giants account for around three quarters of the U.S. market in terms of subscribers.
For now AT&T is the clear leader of the Windows Phone charge.
But as happened with Sprint's Android pickup and AT&T's iPhone pickup, don't be surprised if Verizon Wireless jumps on the Windows Phone bandwagon in a big way this year or next.
Suddenly Windows Phone has gone pencil pushing shy nerd to the cool new kid in town. It's hard to say exactly how far it will rise, but it's safe to say that the Lumia 900 launch will be the first of its kind for Windows Phone.
Looks like Microsoft finally
made a smart investment
in the phone space.
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RE: Specs
Yup, the phone runs VERY fast with only that single core CPU. Unfortunately, some tasks, such as recording video, are limited because of this single core as well. Current Android phones can record at 1080p...this is limited to 720p. Also games and graphics will be affected as well. Now, dont get me wrong, you can play some great games on a 1.4ghz single core, but compared to the latest quad core monsters that will be launching this spring on the competition? I think they are at a disadvantage. Also, WP7 doesnt even support high resolutions on the phones! New Samsung phones are coming with 1080p displays, and the new HTC One sports a 720p display. This will probably be the most noticeable difference to the average consumer...the quality of the screen.
Then you have the ecosystem. Microsoft is trying VERY hard to mimic Apple and their successful iOS platform. They are making a phone that is TOTALLY locked down. No jailbreaking, no sideloading apps. ALL software that runs on the phone will be purchased from Microsoft, through the official Microsoft App Store. This bothers me a whole bunch, but you may or may not care...but it IS something to consider.
Microsoft IS trying hard to make the experience on the desktop and mobile platforms the same...this is the whole reason for "Metro" on Windows 8. Unfortunately, legacy Windows programs (the ones you are running on your Windows PC now), will not run on the new ARM based Windows 8 designed for tablets. You will have to buy a more expensive ($800+ according to recent estimates) tablet if you want to run ALL Windows apps. This "Self-fragmentation" that Microsoft is working towards looks to be a disaster...I could be wrong, but I think it is going to lead to confusion and disappointment for a LOT of people!
Back to the phones. If you are looking for a replacement for your Mom's "dumb phone"...a Windows Phone may be a good bet. I think there IS room in the market for a 3rd competitor here. However, compared to iOS and Android, the platform lacks a LOT (no Pandora for one, and there are TONS of other popular apps that will never make it to the platform as well...look before you leap if you have a favorite app!) There is a lot going for Windows Phones as a platform, but so far, after a year and a half, they have only managed 2.5% of the market...Palm posted better numbers with the Pre! If they don't turn things around VERY soon, this will end up being a dead platform and you will be left with a very nice, but unsupported, device. It happened to me with my Palm Pre...and it is happening to millions of Blackberry customers right now.
Take a look, play with the phone, and compare it to the competition, then make up your own mind. There is a LOT of back and forth on the forums here (I am guilty of more than one trolling post on this myself)....but in the end, YOU are the person who will have the decision to make. Try to make a good one!
RE: Specs
I think everyone knows what specs do for phones here. I am really only concerned, about getting information off my phone, using a couple social in a timely fashion, with an intuitive UI that I can navigate with smoothly even when my handset is mounted in my car. Instead of trying to flick through a sea of small icons on my iphone or worse an android handset that has preinstalled apps you don't even use. This is the reason I am buying a Lumia 900 when it comes out not 1080p you can't see the difference from in quality from the 720p because the bitrate is lower...
RE: Specs
I agree with you. Generally when you are buying a new smartphone fresh as a back-up/international phone, a Windows phone can give a good ROI. But in the US scene where contract is the kind, if I am getting a Lumia at $99.99 for a 2yr deal vs a LG Nitro/HTC Vivid/ Samsung Sky rocket for the same $99.99 price for a 2yr deal, which do you think is the choice that is far easier to make.
Dual core - faster hardware wise.
Better Ram
Wider market share and apps.
More features like 1080p recording by default.
But Nokia is the one thing that can bring something unique to Windows phone that other manufacturers cannot bring/hesitate to invest. They develop applications/software and can port the apps from its Ovi Store (now defunct) to the Windows platform.
a) Its Maps (from its NAVTEQ subsidiary).
b) Cameras (though HTC is 1 upping them with 16M in Titan II)
A offline GPS as well as capability to download offline maps for any part of the world wherever allowed(as long as u have storage capacity to spare), for free, Nokia can make hay while the sun shines....
If it fails then Microsoft can continue to shut its WinPhone business and make money from Android as they do today ;-)
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Positive weekly charts set a favorable backdrop when Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics report quarterly earnings.
Cramer says he's sticking by Tractor Supply but he's taking Lockheed Martin over General Dynamics.
If the earnings from Alcoa are any indication, low interest rates might be spurring some actual growth, Cramer says.
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Make your own octo-microphone USB/MIDI controller.
Based on my lifelong habit of "beatboxing" melodies and rhythms and essentially songwriting as I walk, drive, or shower, I've always wanted to make a device that would take my vocal mush and output exactly what's in my head, in real time on stage.
Well, I haven't achieved exactly that yet, but I have created an 8-microphone input device that allows me to trigger or control 8 simultaneous sounds from music sequencing software (Ableton Live) as well as output 8 different mic/audio channels of my voice for input into the computer or mixer.
The 2 rows of 4 electret condenser microphones are unidirectional and compartmentalized, so there's little cross-contamination of the audio inputs or vocals. Each microphone's distance from your mouth is adjustable through a custom spring-loaded mechanism, and they're close enough together that simply by turning your head or twitching a bit (much like a cat following a fly) you can easily place your mouth over any of them.
The brain of the Headgear is the Arduino Duemilanove microcontroller. The entire device (microcontroller and mics) is USB powered and has 8 mono microphone outputs. Since there are only 6 ADC (analog-to-digital converter) inputs on the Duemilanove, only the first 6 mic signals are used for MIDI triggering, but all 8 are live mic signals.
The signal from the microphones is split: it goes to the preamplifier as the audio signal that you hear, and also goes to the analog (ADC) pins of the Arduino. The Arduino converts the signal to serial data to send to a computer, and the computer uses the Serial-MIDI software to convert it into MIDI, which is then used by Ableton Live as a trigger to do whatever you want. The device is programmed to output MIDI commands to Ableton, but can easily be programmed to output OSC commands to communicate with Pd or Max/MSP.
NOTE: Some hard-to-find tools and materials in this design can easily be simplified. For example, the stainless steel cut and drilled with a water jet can be substituted with plastic cut with a razor blade and drilled with a normal drill.
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Welcome to the Sirius project's community wiki.
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Sirius enables the specification of a modeling workbench in terms of graphical, table or tree editors with validation rules and actions using declarative descriptions. All shape characteristics and behaviors can be easily configured with a minimum technical knowledge. This description is dynamically interpreted to materialize the workbench within the Eclipse IDE. No code generation is involved, the specifier of the workbench can have instant feedback while adapting the description. Once completed, the modeling workbench can be deployed as a standard Eclipse plugin. Thanks to this short feedback loop a workbench or its specialization can be created in a matter of hours.
Sirius was demoed at EclipseCon France 2013. You can see the slides of the presentation we made there here.
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Posted on 05/20/2014 8:05:45 PM PDT by Wisconsinlady
At present, every poll has McConnells race against Alison Lundergan Grimes, Kentuckys secretary of state, as a dead heat with Election Day just six months away.
Grimes also easily won her Tuesday primary.
Her race with McConnell also is expected to be the most expensive congressional race this election cycle, as Republicans try to win a net six seats to take control of the upper chamber. If that happened, McConnell would replace Nevada's Democratic Sen. Harry Reid as the Senate majority leader.
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Elections don't always work out as they should!
When Soros has an ownership interest in the electronic voting machine manufacturer this shouldn't surprise anyone. They have just about gotten rid of paper voting everywhere now so the only place where the count is kept is in digital format along with the digital voting evidence. How does that make you feel now?
And in doing so, he trashed and "crushed" the same voters he will
need to beat Grimes. Good luck with that. Especially since he won his
last election by only 6%.
Guess the only recourse now is to vote for the democRAT.
Bummer, but I think they see the movement and maybe it makes them a little nervous.
Well, at my age, I do give up but hope that the upcoming generation learns better and are better leaders.
Waiting for the awakening.
I agree, be honest, have no problems in your past, and be truthful when running for office. Damn, that would eliminate about 95% of candidates! What does that tell us - maybe that the wrong candidates are running for office?
When we finally get down to farmers and machinists running then we can get down to facts. We have long given in to those who are running for political office as if they are decent folks instead of questioning them and looking into their past...geez. When we will we ever learn, if you expect the media to do that then you are as ignorant as they are.
We pick the dumbest conservatives ever....every dang time. It is no wonder we lose. We picked an idiot who thought Cockfighting was a good idea.....in today's world, where is he?????
The TeaParty needs to do more in vetting and supporting GOP opponents to RINOS than merely picking/supporting any GOPer who is opposing a sitting RINO. Being against a RINO is not enough to win on. There has to be more substance there.
Kentucky voters deserve Grimer for senate at this point. Fools.
Bobby Jindal was right. The stupid party accurately describes not only the establishment, but most primary voters too.
McConnell is Dick Lugar. The problem is, he has more power to screw conservatives at every turn. The man is poison.
Lemme guess.
Open primary?
Now should we elect Grimes or should we re-elect Mitch?
Not sure, but I would not be surprised if McConnell loses us this seat.
I newcomer spending only about $4 million with help gets 35% vs a career man that barely gets above 60%. It's a start.
Eleven points more and he's gone.
I don't plan on wasting my gas. But if I live in Kaintuck I'd waste it to go vote for anyone but Mitch.
It has to be said, Bevin outperformed the polls by quite a wide margin. I'd like to see the man in Congress.
I don't want them to stop speaking their minds but vetting the interview might be smart. Sure, these aren't consultant picked off-the-rack white teethed robots.
But I'll take one of them over any RINO anytime. Just look at the crap that comes out of the mouths of GOPe vetted candidates. It's mumbling incoherence.
The road is long.
Lugar headed the GOP Senate Campaign Committee in 1984 when McC was first elected. He took a special interest in the candidate from his neighboring state. TN though replaced Howard Baker with algore in the same election. And Jennings Randolph defeated John Raese in WV.
I hear you, but it's almost worth voting for the Lefty to see the RINO rat sink.
I hadn't heard about the cock-fighting incident. Will you fill me in on that please?
"We picked an idiot who thought Cockfighting was a good idea
Cockfighting like amnesty is a big draw for the illegal alien vote. Im sure some double agent told him he would win the hispanic vote there.
"I hadnt heard about the cock-fighting incident. Will you fill me in on that please?"
Unlike what it may sound it is not a homosexual jousting sport. Its chicken fighting popularized in the Mexican and cuban communities.
If people don't go out and vote in the general 'cause their guy got beat in the primary then they're effin' losers...
They don't have to tread lightly, buit in general, if they say something stupid, they need to be ready to put some beat-down on libtardian pundits afterwards. It's not the stupidity that kills them, it's the Ah, errr, ahh, duh... afterwards.
Maybe I should send money to the Rat running against him?
No, I'm saying be smart enough to anticipate the traps the 'Rats and the media will set for you and don't say stupid things that let you fall into them. Otherwise you'll spend the rest of your campaign answering questions about "legitimate rape" and witchcraft. Just be ready with reasonable answers and don't let them draw you into an ambush. Campaign Strategy 101: don't say or do stupid things. Why is that seemingly so hard for conservatives to understand?
Over two million residents did not vote at all for anyone.
What does that say about b_tch McConnell's ability to draw votes?
Can they elect a "write-in" candidate?
"I dont want them to stop speaking their minds but vetting the interview might be smart. Sure, these arent consultant picked off-the-rack white teethed robots. But Ill take one of them over any RINO anytime. Just look at the crap that comes out of the mouths of GOPe vetted candidates. Its mumbling incoherence."
Absolutely correct.
The Republican Establishment/Dims are ready to jump on any slip-up by a conservative, and scream "Look, look at what he/she said, did, or didn't say!!!! Nevermind that our guy has bankrupted the country, look at that stupid statement the conservative made!!! That disqualifies him/her. You have to elect the Republican Establishment/Dim candidate, who will finish off the country, because we don't want someone who makes a slip-up even if they will vote to put the country back on the right track."
Even low-information voters should not be that stupid.
Good point. The voters need to do their homework before nominating candidates.
you can do it individually
Mitch won, so I think we should unite to defeat the Dem. Yes, he might not be 100% conservative, but do we think Grimes would be conservative?
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I see Parkhouse has been sold along with 200 acres. I sure hope they put a deed restriction in there that no housing developments can develop on that 200 acres because over the years the county was buying up development rights off of farmers. Now if they turn loose 200 acres for development thatĺs a slap in the taxpayersĺ faces because they used taxpayer money to buy up the land development rights. That would be mismanagement in my mind.
In response to the comment about the third lane on Route 100 near the Upland shopping center, thatĺs a passing lane. Itĺs to pass slow people like you. I zoom pass you and I laugh and we say, ôjust making good time.ö
In response to the person about people not realizing when you purchase your house you have property taxes, yes we did, but itĺs very unfair to seniors and people with no children like us that are made to pay several thousand dollars in school taxes when there are no children involved. Does anyone see how many homes are up for sale in the OJR district? Itĺs ridiculous that Iĺm paying along with others with no children outrageous school taxes.
We see from many sources people trying to promote marriage between two people of the same sex. They have forgotten, and our society has forgotten, what the real purpose of marriage is and that is to have children to be raised in a godly manner so that they may become fruitful citizens of our country. If you donĺt protect marriage for what it really is supposed to be for, your civilization is destined to collapse. Itĺs that simple.
I see that Parkhouse has been sold. I think itĺs a very bad idea. Thereĺs nothing wrong with using tax dollars to help the citizens in Montgomery County. Theyĺre losing a great asset. How can the county buy open space for many years and all of a sudden sell 200 acres of open space? For such a large deal they should have had a referendum on a ballot to make sure people were happy with the move. Now itĺs completely done.
Principals and athletic directors of the PAC-10, three championships were awarded this week and all three teams played on their home field. No team should have a home field advantage for a championship game. Phoenixville and Owen J. Roberts have turf fields if championships need to be played on turf fields as a neutral site.
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Tyler Palko made the New England Patriots defense look top-notch, and that should be the scariest thing the Kansas City Chiefs have ever heard.
The fact is, Tyler Palko will remain under center for the remainder of the year. There is just no time to groom anyone else and this team is sure to give Palko a little bit of slack. That would be wrong, considering what we saw from Palko in Monday night's game.
The Patriots can be beat. They showed that they are just as vulnerable as any team, but their weakness simply can't become their strength.
On Monday, a defense that is normally laughed at and considered the soft spot was nothing short of stout and reliable.
Is it time for Ricky Stanzi?
That has more to do with Palko making some awful decisions and looking rattled as the Patriots line forced his hand. The Chiefs were stagnant all night and delivered just two instances in the red zone which they couldn't convert.
Palko's line looks awful compared to even the worst games that Matt Cassel provided. He went 25-for-38 for 236 yards. That wouldn't be bad night if he hadn't also thrown three picks, two of which went to Kyle Arrington, who should consider taking Palko out for a beer after this game.
The Chiefs continue to slide in the AFC West, a division that is so mediocre that Kansas City is still very much alive in the hunt.
Something must be done to remedy the quarterback issue first. Is it all that crazy to consider starting Ricky Stanzi? How about putting an even shorter leash on Tyler Palko?
Both are nowhere near as ludicrous as allowing Palko to drive this team off the road and headlong into disaster.


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BRYAN, TX -- The Brazos Valley Bombers announced Wednesday that fans can expect their coaching staff for the 2011 season to remain the same as the Bombers look to continue heading in the right direction, after the best season in Bombers history with a record of 32-20 in 2010. Head coach Brent Alumbaugh and assistant coach Ben Gallego provide the club with tremendous stability as they return for their second season together with the organization.
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More from Kasumiii !!! I really like this photo .
At the back it's missing the petals but it was a problem with the cloths and it couldn't be painted. -__-
Character : Kasumi.
Game : Dead Or Alive.
Year : 2013.
Event : XIX Salón del Manga.
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Cosplay made by me.
"Enjoy the view, but if you get any closer I'll put this sword to good use."
Scared to give you complement last time did you miss under stood and insulted me .
Ehhh, excuse me? I NEVER insulted you, revise your comments and my replys.
I looked at the comments and I didn't insult you, don't judge someone of something that didn't happen.
I looked at the comments and I didn't insult you, don't judge someone of something that didn't happen.
Great Kasumi! <3
KASUMI! *TACKLE HUG* I love it.
Muchas gracias !
Puse mucho empeño en este cos, lo hago con todos obvio , pero este era especial ya que adoro a Kasumi e ir de ella era uno de mis sueños. >_<
Eso si se nota el empeño que le pones a todos tus cosplay, creo que eso te distingue de otras cosplayers
Pues felicitaciones por que te quedo estupendo
Pues felicitaciones por que te quedo estupendo
not too much nudity
She looks really hot!
Wow! Thanks for brightening my day!
& love the costume
Excelente, Hini... Excelente. ¿El wakizashi tiene una hoja o está pegado a la vaina?
Cute--and nice view <.<
que sexy sos
Like everything about this lady, indeed.
I meant I loved the pic. But more than that, the lady in it <3
O_o I don't understand what do you mean. xD
Great job as always...you nailed the impression of the character.
Well done.
i love it nice job
Wow! This is an amazing cosplay! Your soft stare really sells part of Kasumi's steadfast personality. ^_^
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The lifetime calculation of large dense sensor networks with fixed energy resources and the remaining residual energy have shown that for a constant energy resource in a sensor network the fault rate at the cluster head is network size invariant when using the network layer with no MAC losses.Even after increasing the battery capacities in the nodes the total lifetime does not increase after a max limit of 8 times. As this is a serious limitation lots of research has been done at the MAC layer which allows to adapt to the specific connectivity, traffic and channel polling needs for sensor networks. There have been lots of MAC protocols which allow to control the channel polling of new radios which are available to sensor nodes to communicate. This further reduces the communication overhead by idling and sleep scheduling thus extending the lifetime of the monitoring application. We address the two issues which effects the distributed characteristics and performance of connected MAC nodes. (1) To determine the theoretical minimum rate based on joint coding for a correlated data source at the singlehop, (2a) to estimate cluster head errors using Bayesian rule for routing using persistence clustering when node densities are the same and stored using prior probability at the network layer, (2b) to estimate the upper bound of routing errors when using passive clustering were the node densities at the multi-hop MACS are unknown and not stored at the multi-hop nodes a priori. In this paper we evaluate many MAC based sensor network protocols and study the effects on sensor network lifetime. A renewable energy MAC routing protocol is designed when the probabilities of active nodes are not known a priori. From theoretical derivations we show that for a Bayesian rule with known class densities of omega1, omega2 with expected error P* is bounded by max error rate of P=2P* for single-hop. We study the effects of energy losses using cross-layer simulation of - large sensor network MACS setup, the error rate which effect finding sufficient node densities to have reliable multi-hop communications due to unknown node densities. The simulation results show that even though the lifetime is comparable the expected Bayesian posterior probability error bound is close or higher than Pges2P*.
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Skip to comments.LDS Church ranch making big impact in Florida
Posted on 06/15/2011 9:09:38 AM PDT by Colofornian
ST. CLOUD, Fla. Most Utahns are unaware that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints owns one of the biggest ranches in the country and it's nowhere near the Beehive State.
Because of its prominent location, millions have seen the ranch without realizing what it was. But managers are opening the curtain; they have a message they want the public to hear.
From St. Cloud to:
Orlando Airport: 10 miles
Kennedy Space Center: 15 miles
Magic Kingdom: 22 miles
The cowboys are up before dawn, but this is not the Old West.
They ride out into Florida fog to punch cows a lot of cows. In all, there are 44,000 of them, producing over 30,000 calves each year.
"It's good cattle country. At times it can be a hard environment to run cattle in," said David Genho, cattle development manager at the Deseret Cattle and Citrus Ranch.
Over the decades, the cattle have been specially bred at the ranch to thrive in a tropical climate.
Along with the cattle, the ranch has groves and groves of citrus fruit. Every year, it produces enough oranges to make 50 million glasses of orange juice.
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- 500 billion gallons of rain fall the ranch receives annually (1.5 times the volume of Utah Lake)
- 290-300,000 acres (450 sq. miles)
* 165,000 acres of pasture land
* 75,000 acres of wetlands
* 60,000 acres of timber
* 1,700 acres of citrus orchards (producing 50 million 8 oz glasses of orange juice annually)
* 920 acres of row crops (450 acres of potatoes for Frito Lay Chips)
- 44,000 cows
- 33,000 calves born annually
- 1,400 bulls
- 1,400 miles of fencing
- 380+ documented species of vertebrate animals- many threatened or endangered
* 245 birds
* 53 fish
* 33 reptiles
* 31 mammals
* 20 amphibians
- 90 employees
- 61 years of operation (acquired in 1950)
- 45 hunting clubs have rights to use land
But there's also a profusion of wildlife. To see it all you have to walk through jungles, or take a wild ride on an airboat across a thriving aquatic habitat where you run a pretty good chance of getting crossways with an alligator.
"Occasionally they'll take a calf; and just last week one of our cowboys had his favorite dog that went down to get a drink and that was the last of him," said David Wright, environmental affairs manager at the ranch.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints acquired the property in 1950, and Florida grew up around it.
"Just the scale of it is hard to grasp," said environmental consultant W. Michael Dennis. "We're in this remote area, but yet it's still very close to all the urban centers of central Florida."
It's not far from Disney World, for one. It covers nearly 300,000 acres more than 450 square miles spanning much of the distance from the Orlando airport to the Kennedy Space Center.
Urbanization is creating challenges "with the pressures for water, the pressures for land, the pressures for transportation corridors," Dennis said.
As legal and political controversy rises over those issues, ranch managers are now proudly displaying what they've done for the environment.
"The ranch has been a good steward of this land for 60 years," Dennis said.
The ranch won a Florida environmental leadership award for creating a one square mile wetlands reservoir to purify storm water runoff.
"The natural wetland vegetation takes up any nutrients that are found in the water; the nutrient levels are already very low," said Erik Jacobsen, general manager of the ranch.
The reservoir is now a haven for wildlife. "We've documented over 380 species on the ranch. Some are protected and some are rare," Jacobsen said.
They created a rookery, a nesting area, for thousands of birds by re-landscaping. It created island sanctuaries protected from predators by a moat full of alligators.
"We want to protect the environment; and that's been part of our responsibility since we've been here," Genho said.
On a broad scale, they've achieved an award-winning stewardship approach with a carefully designed mosaic of wetlands, pasture and timberland.
"Just the nature of our ranching operations is a huge benefit to the surrounding area because of the diversity of habitat it creates for wildlife," Jacobsen said. "It creates a huge area for groundwater recharge."
Rather than pumping precious groundwater, ranch managers capture and use surface water almost entirely. The ranch is currently battling a lawsuit that's aimed at turning over some of that water to surrounding communities.
"I think through cooperation we can come up with solutions that will be able to sustain the water supply in the area for years to come," said James Payne, manager of properties at the ranch.
Recently the ranch was honored for its environmental stewardship of the land. It won a "best in the region" award from the National Cattlemen's Beef Association.
From the article: Most Utahns are unaware that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints owns one of the biggest ranches in the country and it's nowhere near the Beehive State. [click for map]
From the article: ...450 acres of potatoes for Frito Lay Chips...
...Now that's a real healthy physical and spiritual mission field for the Mormons!
It would be nice if more churches owned and worked ranches instead of whining for more government handouts and helping settle Muslim terrorists in America as my former denomination (ELCA) does.
Amazingly, over 275 pair were made over the course
of three weeks. A record that still stands to this day.
As much as I like individual Mormons I've known, am I the only one this seems a bit cultish to? If it's church owned, is it tax-free?
Yes, tax-free.
Also, many retired Mormons come at their own expense to work this and other Lds ranches...(Lds owns other similar ag ranches in states like Idaho and Washington). So yes, this ranch has employees...but notice it has less than 100 for a 300,000 acre ranch.
(And, of course, Lds, Inc. is a cult)
This seems like a prime example of willful abuse of the tax-exemption for churches. How has their business affected other, similar businesses in the area that have to pay their own taxes, plus make up for the taxes not paid by the LDS church ranch? Their environmental stewardship is great, and, knowing the general intelligence of Mormons, I'd expect is well run, but all that just seems like window-dressing on something unsellable when you actually look at it closely.
They also have mooses and llamas.
Thanks for the information. I posted before seeing your response, otherwise I would have included you for my post above to scvw. If Romney gets in, I'm sure we can expect even more of this nonsense.
It mentions: LDS, Inc. has more than $1 billion in for-profit property in Florida -- and breaks that down by counties in Florida.
Thanks for the link - reading it now. I get the feeling reigning them in is going to make bringing Scientology to account look like a cake walk.
Well, you've hit just the surface.
Here's an example of what you're talking about with the ag competition in Idaho: Farmers face off with LDS Church
The "non-profit" LDS church creates problems even with Mormon farmers w/their commercial produce enterprise!
Note this quote from an LDS church member:
Declo farmer Mark Darrington, however, is also concerned the church intended to take over management and does not see that as being in the best interest of his community. "I am an active member of the Mormon Church, but facts is facts, he said. I did not want them to turn this into a big corporate farm because of the impact on the local community. For one, he said, local vendors are bypassed. I think that puts a bad taste not just in non-members mouth but also in members mouth. ...He said the church setting up a large entity and garnering large potato contracts would have an adverse effect...The church tends to not cooperate with growers, he said. Source: Farmers face off with LDS Church
So the Lds church grows all these potatoes in Idaho and Florida and sells them with large contracts to Frito Lays for unhealthy potato chips!
(I'll think I'll be buying less cult-laced Frito products for family gatherings in the future)
I found the following information on wikipedia, so take it for what it's worth:
The remaining assets include direct investments in for-profit businesses managed through Deseret Management Corporation. Although the LDS church is a tax-exempt organization, its for-profit entities generate "unrelated business income" that is subject to federal, state, and local income and other taxes.
Subsidiaries of Deseret Management Corporation
Agriculture - Farmland Reserve Inc.
Farmland Reserve Inc. - over 312,000 acres (1,260 km²) in Florida (dba Deseret Cattle and Citrus).
There's nothing here to see. Move along smartly now...
My sister has never even gotten CLOSE to a llama, after that moose thing...
Yes tax-free, and yes this ranch takes full advantage of it's tax free status in unincorporated Orange and Volusia county.
What I especially love is the toll road (528) running through the heart of their community has an exit for their residential neighborhoods that is EZPass ONLY, meaning no toll booth attendant, no coin receptacles, and no way to legally exit the highway without a prepaid EZPass transformer.
And their local LEO sit right at the exit ramp all day and tail any out of area cars that exit there.
Got pulled over twice in the same spot on this exit... the ranch allows hiking on one corner of their property as a right of way for a larger trail system, and there is supposedly legal parking at a trailhead, however, it is "highly frowned upon son for outsiders to come here snooping around". I was living less than 10 miles from there at the time too.
The area is a beautiful hike in the dry season though.
I'd heard of other churches doing things like this elsewhere, an example being the Seventh Day Adventists in Australia and their consumer food products, but there doesn't seem to be any comparison with this. Milk before meat I guess - none of the Mormons I've talked to, and there have been a few in powerful positions, mentioned any of this.
I wonder if Jesus hung out with the Seminoles too.
Sort of puts to the lie your contention that these for-profit businesses are tax exempt, doesn't it?
FWIW, the ECLA owns for-profit businesses such as insurance companies and non-profit businesses such as nursing homes.
Taxes are paid on the former, but not the later (except payroll taxes). Colleges which operate for-profit businesses pay taxes on them as well. Even if the owner-operator of said business is a non-profit organization.
If you or I operate a ranch which produces food which is sold into the for-profit market, tax is payable on any profits. If the food is distributed to a non-profit food pantry or its equivalent, then it is tax-exempt. It really isn't all that complicated. The same laws which apply to your state university or the ELCA also apply to the LDS chuch. Annoying, isn't it? < / sarcasm >
Very interesting; thanks for sharing local knowledge.
Not quite true, Deseret Ranch LLC and "the Church" has forced the area to remain unincorporated for much of the last 20 years, significantly reducing the value of adjacent land as there are almost no municipal services.
The whole ranch will some day become a metroplex (with upwards of a half millino residents) according to the State of Florida master plan called Project 2060. Figure 6 on page 15:
That plan was made during the peak of the RRE bubble... however the Deseret Ranch LLC was/is on board eventually turning the ranch into MCsuburbia.
Interesting conundrum. Sounds like they are interfering with watershed replenishment but are doing so in lieu of drawing from the watershed.
"Although the LDS church is a tax-exempt organization, its for-profit entities generate "unrelated business income" that is subject to federal, state, and local income and other taxes."
Thanks for the information. If that's true, it lessens the outrage, but still leaves me with many questions about them.
It seems all the land from the power lines along I95 all the way to St. Cloud is in this parcel.
When they bought the land no one wanted it and it was largely swamp. They escavated and drained it before all the environmental controls we now have went into effect. ( Disney did much the same thing and is a city in control of their own standards.)
Large squares where the cattle are held have no fences and animals are moved with portable bridges when necessary. (Cowboys in trucks can be seen from the main highway.)
They purchase locally and their people support our local businesses when they shop. It is not all bad, but secretive.
Do not let your hot air balloon cross into their property when landing. You will have to walk in and carry it all out! We were warned and made a fast and wet landing to avoid it one time!
For those reading and not familiar with this area...this is bordered by the new city of Viera. Central Brevard and soon to be the largest community in the county.
Trying to counter the caterwauling of libtard lynch mobs with facts!
***...Now that's a real healthy physical and spiritual mission field for the Mormons!***
Just curious, but do the Mormons still require city Mormon teens to "volunteer" to do a day's hard labor on the church owned lands?
The Church does own a number of farm properties. As you know, we have some welfare properties whose produce is used to supply food for the needy. These are operated strictly for charitable purposes and legally qualify for tax-exempt status.
Then we have some commercial farm properties. I spoke earlier of the reserves of the Church. Prudent management requires that this money be put to use. In that process, we have purchased and hold some good, productive farms. They are well operated under capable management, and they yield a conservative rate of return. We have felt that good farms, over a long period, represent a safe investment where the assets of the Church may be preserved and enhanced, while at the same time they are available as an agricultural resource to feed people should there come a time of need.
Again, all such commercial properties are taxed under the government entities where they are located. Not only do they pay property taxes, but also income taxes on any profits. So it is with all of the commercial operations of the Church.
This was from Gordon Hinkley in 1991.
FWIW farmers and ranchers like these enterprises. Good neighbors and properties are kept up. A phone call to them in times of distress will garner more volunteers than you could ever use.
Sort of puts to the lie your contention... [Vigilanteman]
Thanks for the information. If thats true, it lessens the outrage... [OldNewYork]
These are operated strictly for charitable purposes and legally qualify for tax-exempt status....Again, all such commercial properties are taxed under the government entities where they are located. [MartialMonk, quoting Hinckley the "prophet"]
Some of Lds' ranches & ag properties are indeed tax-exempt as Martial Monk, citing the Lds "prophet" indicated. Others are not.
It doesn't change what I quoted earlier from another article: LDS, Inc. has more than $1 billion in for-profit property in Florida.
So, a non-profit entity runs for-profit businesses -- with for-profit property worth over $1 billion just in FL alone. Now replicate my all its other holdings in Utah, Hawaii, Idaho, Washington, etc.
Just as for-profit businesses are able to make donations with its grant-giving to liberal entities (abortion, homosexuality, etc.) -- my guess would be that if you look under the hood -- these "for-profit" entities wind up "donating" much to the Lds umbrella.
Hence a chunk of it washes back to "non-profit" Lds, Inc.
"... but still leaves me with many questions about them" was the end part of what you quoted from me above.
You've hit on a few of them there.
Asking Colofornian for information on Mormons is sort of like asking Julius Streicher for information on Jews.
Can't be.
BFD! You are free to buy your potato chips from somebody other than Frito-Lay. And I'm free to buy my car insurance from somebody other than Progressive.
After tax profits go to the owner.
So what is it that bothers you about C's info, since they always use lds sources?
The same thing which bothers me about Julius Streicher's information on Jews, quoted from mainly Jewish sources.
So you are bothered by lds information - I so get that. I am also bothered by mormonISM.
If you still don't get it, try googling "Julius Streicher" and "Der Strummer". I can't make it any clearer than that.
Oh, I do get it. You are saying that C is a nazi.
Jesus likes the Gators since Tim was named QB!
As much as I like individual Mormons Ive known, am I the only one this seems a bit cultish to? If its church owned, is it tax-free?
....got to watch that Church they feed the poor!
You should talk, Vigilante. Your former denomination, the ELCA, has long had abortion coverage for its churchworkers -- perhaps going back to when you were a member, eh?
So $ you gave to the church may have wound up paying for an abortion, eh? Did you ever object to that when you were a member? No? You went along with it?
I saw recently that there's a movie out now on the BTK killer (Bind, Torture, Kill) guy. He was a lay president of an ELCA church in Kansas.
And then the most notorious late-term abortionist, George Tiller "the Killer," was an usher at a Wichita ELCA church...where he was killed. Just think of all of his tithing blood $ going into the ELCA denomination for so-called "ministry" purposes.
Tiller had been a member there for a long time. Did you ever object to that -- either when you were an ELCA member or after you left?
Sounds to me like some of your ELCA buds were trying to put the old killers of Jews to shame.
The only Q is: Did you go along with these kinds of dismemberment sanctioning or not?
What? They feed the poor potato chips?
Sadly, the ELCA has a lot of company in the same situation.
Isn't it all about more than just feeding the poor? Satisfying spiritual hunger, feeding themselves, that kind of thing? Are some of those poor who are being fed people who lost a farm, or were otherwise adversely affected by a church-owned mega-agrobusiness, or whatever, in competition with their business? And if you look above, I didn't single out LDS, mentioning the Seventh Day Adventists in Australia, and alluding to others.
"It would be nice if more churches owned and worked ranches instead of whining for more government handouts and helping settle Muslim terrorists in America as my former denomination (ELCA) does."
I agree. It's a very good idea. I really disagree with their theology, but this is at least one way in which this church's members get it right.
Huh? Well, the ward my uncle was a bishop at never fed his children when he was trying to raise three teenagers and a pre-teen when my aunt was in the hospital for four months, two which were in intensive care. Oh, wait someone did bring a pizza to them on Thanksgiving Day.
Yep how sad your opening was a disclaimer so you would not look prejudice....
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Arkansas State University-Beebe is a public two-year college system located in central Arkansas, with its flagship campus in Beebe, Arkansas. The ASU-Beebe system is a subset of the Arkansas State University System.
- Arkansas State University-Beebe and the Arkansas State Technical Institute (flagship campus)
- Arkansas State University-Searcy, a technical campus of ASU-Beebe
- Arkansas State University-Heber Springs, a technical campus of ASU-Beebe
- Arkansas State University-Little Rock Air Force Base, a degree center of ASU-Beebe in Jacksonville
ASU-Beebe was established in 1927 as the Junior Agricultural School of Central Arkansas. Since that time, it has been in continuous operation under four other names — from 1931 to 1954 as Junior Agriculture College of Central Arkansas, Arkansas State College-Beebe Branch from 1955 to 1967, Arkansas State University-Beebe Branch from 1967 to 2001, and has since been known as Arkansas State University-Beebe.
The institution operates under the policies of the Board of Trustees and the President of the Arkansas State University System, but programs at the campuses of ASU-Beebe function separately under the leadership of a chancellor.
Act 496, enacted by the General Assembly in 1985, established Arkansas State Technical Institute at Arkansas State University-Beebe to provide educational programs which combine academic skills and vocational training in highly technical employment areas.
In 1991, the state legislature merged White River Vocational-Technical School in Newport with ASU-Beebe. The Newport campus became ASU-Newport, and was the first campus outside of Beebe for ASU-Beebe. As of 2000, ASU-Newport was approved as a stand-alone campus, and now reports directly to the ASU System, its Board of Trustees, and the President.
In the late 1990s, local community leaders in Heber Springs expressed interest in gaining a college campus. After a time of analysis and study, ASU-Heber Springs, the first technical campus of ASU-Beebe, was established in 1999.
In 2003, Foothills Technical Institute in Searcy merged with ASU-Beebe to become ASU-Searcy, the second technical campus of ASU-Beebe.
The college also operates a degree center at Little Rock Air Force Base in Jacksonville.[1]
In 2016 ASU-Beebe saw the retirement of long-time Chancellor, Dr. Eugene McKay as well as the introduction of a new mascot, the Vanguard.
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ASU-Beebe has established itself as a center of academic excellence, continually having one of the highest retention and graduation rates among Arkansas two-year colleges.[citation needed] It offers high-quality[citation needed] Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts degrees with the option of choosing coursework from the fine arts, the sciences, the social sciences, education, health sciences, mathematics, foreign languages, English, and history. In addition, ASU-Beebe has the only Associate of Fine Arts degree programs in Music and Theater available at any two-year college in the state. To ensure students have the personal attention needed to succeed, ASU-Beebe offers small class sizes,[citation needed] great access to faculty,[citation needed] and full-time tutoring for students.[citation needed]
Upon completion of an associate degree, students have the option of continuing their education by pursuing bachelor's and master's degrees at the ASU-Beebe campus through programs offered by the ASU-Jonesboro Degree Center. Eight Bachelor of Science degrees may be obtained: Business Administration, Business Management, Agricultural Business, Technology, Early Childhood Education, Mid-Level Education, Clinical Laboratory Sciences, and Nursing. Three master's degrees are available on-site: Business Administration, Educational Leadership, and Curriculum Development and Instruction.
ASU-Beebe is a leader in the state for vocational and technical education,[citation needed] serving approximately 5000 continuing education or industry students each year. In addition to Associate of Applied Science degrees, the Associate of General Education degree, and the Associate of Science in Health Sciences degree, ASU-Beebe offers certificates of proficiency and one-year technical certificates that are designed to prepare students to meet the needs of today's rapidly evolving industries. Through its advanced technology division, programs are available with emphasis on the fast-changing needs of a modern industrial society. Advanced technology programs offered include computer systems and networking technology, computer-aided drafting/design, industrial technology, general technology, John Deere agriculture equipment technology, electronics technology, and medical laboratory technology. In 2007, ASU-Beebe founded the state's only veterinary technician training program. ASU-Beebe also offers a full spectrum of occupational technology programs, including automotive technology, auto body repair, computerized machining technology, diesel technology, industrial electronics, air conditioning, upholstery, and welding technology. In its allied health division, ASU-Beebe offers programs such as licensed practical nursing, emergency medical services, pharmacy technician science, and paramedics.
ASU-Beebe is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.[citation needed] The institution is also accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences.[citation needed] ASU-Beebe is certified by the Arkansas State Board of Nursing, the Arkansas Office of Emergency Medical Services, the Arkansas Department of Human Services, and the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation. ASU-Beebe is accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association for its veterinary technology program. ASU-Beebe is currently seeking accreditation from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists for its pharmacy technician science program, and from the Committee on Accreditation of Education Programs for the EMS Professions for its emergency medical services program.[citation needed] Arkansas State University-Beebe is ranked 1st in campus safety among 2000 USA colleges.[2]
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South Africa will host a meeting of the African Union's committee on Libya to discuss developments in the North African country, according to the presidency.
The AU hasn't recognized the National Transitional Council as the governing authority in Libya even though a number of countries have broken ranks and accepted the NTC as the government.
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I want to get the name and label of all the fields for multiple sobjects in one transaction and that will easily hit the governor limits. Is there anyway I can get the label/name without using a describe for each field? A mass describe for fields?
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No, but the limits around field describes are probobly much more generous than you think. You're allowed up to 100 static compile-time field references (e.g.
The limits for dynamic describes are even more generous in most situations, and can be combined with this compile-time format for more flexibility. Quoting a very related answer of mine:
You can get a
Which limit are you concerned about hitting?
You can get all field Names for an object using a single describe. But I think not the label. The
Here's an example using exactly
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(August 20, 2008)—Nationwide, 223,190 students received corporal punishment during the 2006-2007 school year, and 49,197 of them were in Texas, according to a study released Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union and Human Rights Watch.
Texas leads the U.S. in the use of corporal punishment, followed by Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Florida and Missouri, the study says.
The study also found that blacks, American Indians and children with disabilities got a disproportionate share of the punishment.
The study used Education Department data to show that, while paddling has been declining, racial disparity persists.
Researchers also interviewed students, parents and school personnel in Texas and Mississippi, states that account for 40 percent of the 223,190 children who were paddled at least once during the 2006-2007 school year.
"Minority students in public schools already face barriers to success," said Alice Farmer, Aryeh Neier Fellow at Human Rights Watch and the ACLU, and author of the report..
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COMMUNITY: Elite Children's Choirs -- Inclusionary Excellence -- Concerts -- Events
Choral singing provides for musical inclusion, opportunity and excellence for all in a way that no show or solo event ever can. Training the voices, the hands, and the minds to collaborate to achieve… We learn to accept, excel, and explore ourselves through magical, musical, moments. The collaborative excellence when the event is prepared with passion and discipline is overwhelming to the audience and the performers alike.
"It isn't about children making beautiful music... It IS about music making beautiful children..."
A financial gift from you ($100, $250, or $500) will matter immediately. Please consider a gift to Da Capo Virginia in an amount appropriate for you. If music mattered to you in a band, a choir, or... and if you are capable, consider sponsoring an ensemble or special needs group at a church or school with a larger gift of $1000 or more. Interested in learning more about how your donations matter?