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Sleigh Bells Ring: Holiday music
What is it about holiday music? Those catchy tunes we can't get out of our head? The musical notes that bring us back to earlier times?
It really doesn't matter if the listener celebrates Christmas, Chanukah or Kwanza; that winter music - religious or secular - just gets deep inside our bones. Important family events take place at the holidays, and a particular song may bring back all kinds of warm, fuzzy memories.
A favorite of mine is "Sleigh Ride," in the instrumental version by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra.
Written by Leroy Anderson in 1948, Mitchell Paris added the lyrics in 1950. Here's the story behind the song. It is considered one of the top 10 most popular Christmas songs ever, even though the holiday is never mentioned in the lyrics.
When I hear it, I know it is the holiday season!
According to a Johns Hopkins University study, seasonal music brings us together, says Jeffrey Sharkey, director of the school's Peabody Institute. He's a pianist, composer and music educator.
"We take comfort in ritual," Sharkey said. "We take comfort in hearing some familiar songs, some familiar melodies expressing familiar sentiments at a particular time of year. It is something that brings us together and binds us together."
While his favorite holiday song is Coventry Carol, he adds
"Carols have a particular place in people's hearts because they come at a very important time -- the Christmas season," Sharkey said. "I think whatever one's religion, these carols are part of, certainly, the Western tradition. And there's a ritual element to the carol."
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DOTHAN, Alabama -- Prattville (5-4) piled up 468 yards rushing, including 324 in the second half, to run away with a 57-36 victory over Northview.
The victory ended the season for the reigning Class 6A champs after the Lions missed the playoffs.
Kamryn Pettway ran for 209 yards and three touchdowns on 13 carries and added a receiving touchdown, leading three backs who eclipsed the 100-yard mark. Stanley Mays added 144 yards and three touchdowns on 16 carries, and quarterback Kalen Whitlow contributed 111 yards on 15 carries.
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Newbie question.......my mental block. Please help!!
Hello people, this would be my first question after signing up!
Anyway heres my question, I did Java at university and I was always told I am a good programmer. However I never pursued it as a career - I went into support and management instead. Im pretty much bored with my job, I have therefore started to learn Objective C so that I can develop apps for the iphone. I am currently watching several different Videos / Books.
My problem is that when I go through the Apple documentation, although I understand most of it, sometimes I stumble. I believe that because you/we have the Apple documentation (i.e. Framework references) , everything should be clear, and therefore you should have no need to refer to a book or video (in order to learn how to use a particular class). But I alway do refer to a book and video and subsequently feel guilty as I believe the framework reference should be enough. (I therefore feel I am not up to being a programmer)
I also believe that you shouldn't need example code in order to learn how to use a particular class because Apple provides documentation for each class, but AGAIN I find my self googling example code and I find my answer like that - again I feel guilty for doing this.
Am I right in saying that Apple documentation is simply not clear? and that its ok to refer to a video/book or google? or forums for that matter?
I have proffesional programmers who tell me that I am worrying too much and that I should get on with it and use all the resources that I have. I just cant seem to get round this mental block that I have in my head.
When I start a programming project I am able to use the excellent search skills that I have to find the code I need, copy and paste it (yes I do understand it) BUT then I feel guilty telling myself that why didn't you think up the code yourself???? Therefore your not a real programmer, your just good at googling.
Currently I am going through 20+ books so that I can learn most of the frameworks, syntax etc to develop iphone apps. I believe if I do this, then when I think of a project I can make it quickly. Should I read a few books, like 2-3 and then just start a project /app , and if I get stuck just google it and get the code I need?
Can anybody please answer my questions?
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Whats this..? A psychological dispute! Do use what you can, dont be so hard on yourself.. Apple documentation clearly is n0t so clear
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Your quite right, Apple docs are not clear.
I`ll give you an example, in order to make the keyboard go away on the iphone you have to use a method called resignfirstresponder. I learnt how to use this method from a Video tutorial!!!! There is no way in hell that you can learn that from Apples docs, and sometimes not even from the best of books (the method is rather weird they way it works, Apple docs aint clear).
Thats my gripe - Apple docs should be clear. It seems people who are good programmers (but not good at googling) lose in this arena. And it seems not so good programmers can still get by - just by googling or watching a few videos (which a profressional programmer does/cannot have access to for whatever reason). The whole affair seems rather unjust and imbalanced if you ask me.
thanks for your reply.
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Bucs React To Mike Evans Draft Pick
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected Mike Evans in the first round of the NFL Draft last night. Here are some of his new teammates reactions.
Happy to welcome fellow Texas native and newest Buc @MikeEvans13_
Time to go to work!
#NFLDraft— Josh McCown (@JoshMcCown12) May 9, 2014
Welcome home @MikeEvans13_— Steve Means (@MeansBusiness96) May 9, 2014
Congrats to @MikeEvans13_ Another great product of the Lonestar state! Welcome to the Bucs!— Skye Dawson (@SkyeDawson_) May 9, 2014
@MikeEvans13_ congrats bra n welcome ...— Akeem spence (@AkeemSpence) May 9, 2014
Welcome to Tampa @MikeEvans13_ #itsabucslife— Mike G (@Mike_Glennon) May 9, 2014
@MikeEvans13_ lets go to work !!!! Congrats bro see ya Monday morning with Starbucks jk jk jk #enjoyyournight— Da'Quan Bowers (@DaQuanBowers91) May 9, 2014
@MikeEvans13_ congrats bro lets go get this championship!— Johnthan Banks (@JBanks_27) May 9, 2014
@MikeEvans13_ What up doe!?! Yeaaa boy!! Welcome to the good side!! #bucnation loves you bruh!! Glad we got you. ITS ON!! You bout to ball!!— Gerald McCoy (@Geraldini93) May 9, 2014
The pick is in. Mike Evans!! The fans love it!! I'm excited!! It's about to be fun!! http://t.co/kEFNZVTaJX— Gerald McCoy (@Geraldini93) May 9, 2014
This is what Evans himself had to say.
Love my brothers @JManziel2 and @jake_matthews75 3 Aggies 1st rd what a blessing. Good luck to the rest of my teammates! O yea Go Bucs!— Mike Evans (@MikeEvans13_) May 9, 2014


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ADRIAN - City commissioners hope to target seven rundown houses across the city over the next two years with a grant from the Michigan State Housing Development Authority.
Commissioners have agreed to apply for a $500,000 state grant to purchase vacant houses in blighted areas. The city would renovate and then sell the houses to a qualified low-income buyer.
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Giving voters the business
Unless I am mistaken, three elected presidents in the past 50 years had business experience before assuming office: Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. I am not sure about the others, but I know President Bill Clinton had no business experience.
This admittedly very small sample should make one wary of presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's insistence that because he made a lot of money in finance, he knows how to fix our economy. With respect to the other disinformation Mr. Romney and the "SuperPACs" that support him are peddling, I would draw Times' readers' attention to Justice Potter Stewart's observation that "if the 1950s taught us anything, they taught us that the poisonous atmosphere of the easy lie can infect and degrade a whole society." (Rosenblatt vs. Baer, Stewart, J., concurring)
-- Nicholas Kadar, M.D., J.D., LL.M.,
Education before politics
As an educator in our community, I've watched hundreds, maybe thousands, of students go through my school and go on to college, trade school or the military. More and more, I've watched more of them go right into the work force in jobs that don't match their potential. They have few choices, because they simply can't afford the growing cost of college.
I've watched for months as Congress has failed to act to keep student loan interest rates from doubling, and I'm embarrassed. I'm embarrassed that an issue as important to these children and the future of our economy as educating the next generation has become a political football.
So, as we approach another graduation season, I'm asking fewer and fewer students what universities they'll be attending in the fall. Instead, I'm trying to find an answer to the question they have for me: Why did I work so hard in high school to have my chance at a college education politicized?
I've been trying to answer that question for months now, but there's still no answer. But one thing I do know: I'll be supporting the candidates who put my students before politics. That means I'll be voting for President Barack Obama, because not only has he pushed for keeping student loan rates low, he's pushed for more funding for Pell Grants so my students will have to borrow less in the first place.
-- Renee M. Szporn,
East Windsor
Protect Americans' right to vote
Regarding the Department of Justice's (now there's a misnomer) demand that Florida cease purging illegal voters from its registration lists, it raises the question: How did they get to register in the first place?
As one who registered potential voters some time ago as part of my job, it was required at one time that naturalized citizens provide proof of citizenship in order to register. That requirement subsequently disappeared for some reason, opening the doors to voter fraud.
I think President Barack Obama must be getting desperate. And please, spare me the excuse that we must assure that no one is deprived of his or her right to vote. I am more concerned that legitimate voters are deprived of an honest election.
-- JoAnne Stransky,
Hopewell Borough
Militia: A need whose time has passed
I have yet to see a gun rights proponent properly quote the entire Second Amendment (e.g. letter, "Against targeting guns," June 4). It reads: "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
Every state had its own "army" — a militia. The amendment was written at a time in our history when we were still concerned with attacks by hostile Native Americans or wild animals and there was still a chance the British would return to fight again, so they wanted people to have arms readily available.
We no longer have militias; we have a standing army and state National Guard units. There is no longer a need for anyone to have to grab a musket and powder horns.
-- Charles Morgan,
Jughandle trial will spill traffic onto residential roads
Recently, NJDOT announced a trial Route 1 jughandle closing in mid-summer ("Commerce leaders, DOT discuss Route 1 jughandle closures," May 31).
Originally scheduled for mid-March, the closing was changed due to efforts by merchants concerned about losing business. Residents in West Windsor and Princeton participated in information sessions, but no action was taken after these meetings. I believe this test will not solve or improve the Route 1 traffic flow problem. However, regardless of the findings, the test should run its full two-month course.
The people most affected are the residents of Fisher Place, Fairview, Varsity and Wilder avenues, a.k.a. the "cut-through routes." We have put up with more traffic than these streets were designed to handle, frequently with unsafe, reckless driving. (Speeding to catch the light risks hitting someone.)
The DOT assures us the closings wouldn't increase our streets' traffic. However:
• People may want to avoid driving to Scudder Mill Road for the U-turn.
• More people on Route 1 South turning right onto Harrison Street only leave two lanes through.
• People will be using Fisher Place to go south on Route 1, then right to Washington Avenue.
How realistic is a trial closure in August? Local schools are out, Princeton University is closed, and traffic is lighter because people are on vacation. The test must continue into and through September, a more typical traffic period (even if merchants protest).
The test will probably make traffic and residents' lives even worse. We have been promised that the goal is eliminating all Route 1 traffic lights, turning Fisher Place and Varsity Avenue into cul-de-sacs. So make this test realistic: Close off Fisher and Varsity, too.
-- Larry Cohen,
Peaceful solution always possible
When Trita Parsi, a renowned expert on diplomacy with Iran, spoke before attendees at the Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA) annual membership dinner June 3, he offered an in-depth analysis of diplomatic efforts with Iran to date. It was clear that more flexibility, political will and diplomacy could result in a peaceful resolution to the Iran nuclear crisis.
Mr. Parsi gave several examples of how sustained, determined diplomacy has peacefully resolved major international conflicts, including nuclear weapons issues. It was many years of such sustained diplomacy, by both Democratic and Republican administrations, that ultimately resulted in Libya giving up its nuclear weapons program.
Mr. Parsi recounted how former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell, who mediated the longstanding conflict in Northern Ireland, said that for the first 700 days, each side was adamant that it wouldn't find common ground with the other. But on day 701, a breakthrough happened. Sustained diplomacy works!
Mr. Parsi had an excellent suggestion for how the current negotiations, scheduled to resume June 18 in Moscow, could be under less stress and have increased chances for success.
If the Western nations negotiating with Iran were to offer to delay the additional strong sanctions slated to take effect July 1, in return for Iran freezing its 20 percent enrichment of uranium (just a short step away from weapons grade) for six months, it would allow negotiations to resume in early 2013 under greatly improved circumstances. Allowing Iranian oil to continue to flow would help the global economy, while Iran couldn't move closer to nuclear weapons capability.
-- The Rev. Robert Moore,
The writer is executive director of the Princeton-based Coalition for Peace Action and pastor of East Brunswick Congregational Church. For information about its campaign, "Diplomacy, Not War in Iran," visit peacecoalition.org or call (609) 924-5022.


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I came up with this the other night and really enjoyed it. My hubby is out of town on business at the moment and he is not the biggest fan of scallops. Whereas I love them so I try to make things he doesn't like as much as me, so I can enjoy it guilt free, knowing he is not loving it as much as me. This is a great quick recipe to make and it tastes awesome or at least I think so. Feel free to change and add whatever seafood you love in this recipe. I made this just for me, I had 5 prawns and 4 scallops so I took the weight of each and multiplied it by 4 and rounded either up or down so it should be quite close on weight. I think the rest should work out fine for 4 people.
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- 500 g uncooked medium king prawns (I bought mine already peeled)
- 600 g scallops, no roe
- 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1⁄2 teaspoon five-spice powder
- 2 red Thai chile, chopped finely (add as many or as little seeds as you want I use nearly all of them as I love spice.)
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons ginger
- 2 tablespoons peanut oil
- 1 small red pepper
- 1 small yellow pepper
- 120 g bean sprouts
- 12 baby asparagus spears
- 150 g sugar snap peas
- 2 -3 tablespoons light soy sauce
- 1 -2 teaspoon sugar (depending on personal taste)
- 2 tablespoons fresh chives, chopped finely
- Combine seafood, pepper, five-spice, chilli, garlic and ginger in a bowl.
- Heat half the oil in a wok, stir-fry seafood in batches, until cooked, remove.
- Heat remaining oil in wok, stir-fry peppers until tender, add sprouts, asparagus and peas to wok, stir-fry 1 minute.
- Return seafood to wok with soy sauce and sugar, stir-fry until hot and veg are just tender (should have a nice crunch to them)Stir in 1 tablespoon of chopped chives, save the rest to sprinkle over dishes.
- Please Note: Cooking times will be longer if not using a wok, wok's get very hot so cook much quicker than regular frying pans.
- To Serve: Arrange spoonfuls of veg on plate top with seafood.
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Very good - spicy and full of flavor, nothing overwhelming. I didn't have any fresh thai chiles, so I added a healthy portion of crushed red pepper. I forgot to add sugar, but found I didn't miss it. Loved the vegetable combination with the shrimp and scallops. I served it with some udon noodles. Thanks for posting!
Yesterday morning I decided I would like to have a meal with shrimp and scallops. I reviewed my personal cookbooks and found this one, which sounded especially good. I really enjoyed the many different vegetables which were included in the recipe. Everything blended together to create a very nice meal, which was far nicer and tastier than anything you can get at a fine restaurant. The Flying Chef is always an expert at putting together a meal in one dish like this one, which is easy to prepare, very healthy, and outstanding in appearance and taste. Thanks again, Flying Chef, for sharing so many nice recipes with us.


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The child was OK and in Dallas police custody, authorities said.
Police believe someone in his family took him to Dallas.
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Confucius: Only 2 million descendants
Happy 2560th birthday to famed Chinese philosopher Confucius, and his more than 2 million descendants. About 1,000 people attended the presentation this week of the latest revision of the family tree in his ancestral town of Qufu.
The family tree covers 43,000 pages in 80 volumes and, for the first time, women, minorities and foreigners have been included. The family genealogy has been maintained for some 2,000 years.
The Confucius Genealogy Compilation Committee headed by Kong Deyong (who also heads the International Confucius Association), is supposed to revise the family tree every 60 years but political events precluded the last scheduled revision. The previously published edition was in 1937, when there were only some 600,000 descendants.
The association believes that this genealogy is a unique branch of Chinese traditional culture and that it has great value in research on anthropology, demographics, clan and genealogical studies.
Some 500 worldwide branches assisted the Hong Kong-based committe to gather information.
Also for the first time, descendants who converted to Islam are also included. They live in communities in the eastern Qinghai Province and converted in the Yuan Dynasty. During the project, branches in Shanxi and Henan provinces lost for more than 1,000 years were rediscovered.
On September 29, a 77th-generation descendant presented the family tree to the National Library of China, Taipei's National Central Library and Qufu municipal government. Qufu is the ancestral town of Confucius.
More than 40,000 overseas descendants were added; 34,000 of them from the Republic of Korea, who descend from a 54th-generation descendant who went there during the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368). Some 900 descendants were discovered in Taiwan, and there are also descendants in the US, UK and other countries.
This fifth revision project took 10 years to complete and cost the descendants about $1.5 million. Each new member paid an official registration fee of about 70 US cents, and their deceased members were added free. For the first time ever, the revision was funded by private donations.
The update, available in digital format, includes the name of the spouse, educational background and posts held by descendants. For female descendants, the names of their spouses will be written in smaller characters.
The inclusion of female descendants represents, says the committee, social progress and women's rights, and affected more than 200,000 Chinese women living today.
According to Confucius, individuals are a link in the chain of existence from the past to the future, and he believed that everyone should have descendants to continue the family tree. Not having children is considered inexcusable and male children were important to continue the family name.
Although this project greatly increased the numbers of descendants, others were still left out as they did not know the names of their grandfathers or present evidence to support their own family trees.
Many genealogists today will ask why DNA and genetic genealogy hasn't been used for those people. However, although the committee did accept women and minorities, it did not accept DNA evidence.
Blaine Bettinger's The Genetic Genealogist blog, included a quote from Seed Magazine's "Inheriting Confucius," indicating "Given the potential implications of genetic knowledge for long-presumed members of the family, they think it is better not to know."
However, the Beijing Institute of Genomics has a Confucius DNA Project, and descendants can submit a sample for analysis for $125.
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- We are really grateful such Genealogy sites and their blogs. Better let than never you have raised the issue in the right time. Before it has been wiped out we need to preserve them with the help of modern technology as soon as possible. That is a Great work.
- of course he probably actually has far more than 2 million descendants. that would actually be a very low number for 2500 years...
descendant growth is exponential! (assuming of course that the line makes it out of the first few generations - this is the danger area)
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World Peace, who became a free agent after clearing waivers on Sunday evening, was amnestied by the Los Angeles Lakers last week. Los Angeles will still be required to pay the former Ron Artest $7.7 million this season, but he won't count against their cap.
Newsday's Al Iannazzone reported on his twitter account that Artest will make a total of $1.6 million in the first year of the contract because he's getting the veteran's minimum and the remainder of the team's reduced mid-level exception that was left over after Pablo Prigioni's deal.
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Officially, I'm not sure whether I'm supposed to call this film"Vampires" or "John Carpenter's Vampires." The press materials and some of the other things I've read would seem to indicate that the director's name is officially part of the title, so when you look the film up in video books next year, you'll have to look under the letter "J," which is likely to piss off a whole bunch of people who'll end up getting stuck with a Fernando Mendez flick.
Those lazy, idiotic Carpenter fans could also end up with "Vampire Hookers" starring John Carradine, a mistake of high irony since Carpenter and Carradine have so many letters in common in their names and since "Vampire Hookers" wouldn't be a too far off description of "Vampires." Loose-hipped Katrina (Sheryl Lee) gets bitten by master vampire Valek (Thomas Ian Griffith), and then inadvertently helps ace vampire hunter Jack Crow (James Woods) and his partner, Tony Montoya (Daniel Baldwin), track Valek down.
For reference purposes, Daniel is otherwise known as the fat Baldwin, distinguishing him from Stephen, the ugly Baldwin, William, the no-talent Baldwin, and Alec, the lucky-ass Baldwin screwing Kim Basinger. This makes Daniel a rather repulsive choice for Katrina -- hooker or not -- since he demonstrates his affection for her by hitting her and calling her "bitch" at every available opportunity.
The film's misogynistic streak is far more mephitic than the copious decapitated heads that go flying around the screen or the incinerated vampires exposed to the sun. Add to that the narrow vocabulary of Crow, which is limited to motherfucker this and motherfucker that, and Carpenter's name is yet further devalued. One more turkey like this and the selling power of Carpenter's oft-cited but now seldom-demonstrated talent will be all but sucked dry.
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J&J Must Defend Securities-Fraud Lawsuit Over Drug Recalls
Johnson & Johnson, the world's largest health products company, must defend a lawsuit claiming it misled investors about quality control-failures at manufacturing plants that led to recalls, a judge ruled.
U.S. District Judge Freda Wolfson in Trenton, New Jersey, ruled Dec. 19 that the securities fraud suit against J&J, Colleen Goggins, the former head of its consumer group, and another executive may go forward. She dismissed claims against Chief Executive Officer William Weldon and Peter Luther, president of the McNeil Consumer Healthcare division. The judge didn't rule on the merits of the class-action, or group, lawsuit.
The case focuses on recalls of over-the-counter drugs made at McNeil plants in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, and Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Investor Ronald Monk said that J&J and its executives made misleading statements about details of the recalls and that he suffered stock losses after the true reasons for the recalls became public. As part of a so-called phantom recall, J&J even hid its recall of a batch of Motrin tablets, Monk said.
"Plaintiff's assertion that Goggins attended the Feb. 19, 2010, meeting where the phantom recall was discussed sufficiently alleges that she had knowledge of the recall when she testified" at a Congressional hearing "that she did not have such knowledge," Wolfson said in a 55-page opinion.
William Price, a J&J spokesman, declined to comment on the ruling. William Phillips, a lawyer for J&J, Weldon, Goggins and Luther, didn't immediately return a call.
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In October, Wolfson dismissed a similar suit claiming that J&J directors ignored "red flags" foreshadowing product recalls and government probes of manufacturing defects and marketing practices.
Recalls have dogged J&J the past two years, led by the withdrawal of more than 40 brands of children's Tylenol, Motrin and other medicines with foul odors or faulty ingredients. J&J shut one factory for an overhaul last year and signed a consent decree in March expanding U.S. oversight at three plants.
J&J and the individual executives urged the judge to dismiss the complaint because Monk failed to allege enough facts to show that the defendants had a "wrongful state of mind" when making the allegedly misleading comments.
Wolfson said Monk may file a new complaint to address flaws she identified in the present one. James Cecchi, a lawyer for Monk, didn't immediately return a call.
The case is Monk v. J&J, 10-cv-4841, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey (Trenton).


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Using extern "C" to call C function from C++ and vice versa
Being an experienced C/C++ developer, sometimes there are modules in which the code layer which interact with the system is written in C while the layer above it is written in C++. Have you ever thought of how these two layers (one written in C and other in C++) interact? What if we want to call a function to/from C/C++ to C++/C layer. Well, lets understand the concept of mixing C/C++ code today.
Compiling C code using C++ compiler
Well, fortunately there is not much of a difficulty in compiling a C code with a C++ compiler except that you need to keep this thing in mind that C++ compiler could complain on the coding style as some specifications have changed from C to C++.
We will understand but first lets compile a C Code using C++ :
Now lets compile and run the code :
~/practice $ g++ -Wall segfault.c -o segfault
Now, lets focus on the other part that I mentioned earlier. That is, though C++ compiler can compile C code but since C++ compiler has its own rules so there could be some changes in the C code to comply it with C++ standards. For example, consider this :
~/practice $ g++ -Wall segfault.c -o segfault
$ g++ -Wall segfault.c -o segfault
How to include a non-system C header in C++ code
Well, to do this the only effort required is to use the identifier :
extern "C"
to wrap the C header file inclusion. This helps the C++ compiler to understand that the functions declared/defined in this header are C functions and should be treated accordingly.
For example :
// In C++ code
file. For example :
Paste this as starting of your header :
#ifdef __cplusplus
#ifdef __cplusplus
Calling a non-system C function from C++ code
Suppose you have a C function which you want to call from a c++ code but somehow you do not want to include the C header where the function is declared. In this case we can again use extern "C" to declare the function in C++ source and then we can freely call it from the C++ code.
Lets take an example :
Lets compile the above code :
~/practice $ g++ -c main.cpp
Now, lets see where function func() is defined?
Lets compile it :
~/practice $ gcc -c func.c
Now, lets link these two object files and execute the executable:
~/practice $ g++ func.o main.o -o func
Calling a non-system C++ function from C code
Suppose you have a C++ function that you want to call from C code. In this case again we use extern "C". Lets look at the code :
To conclude, In this article we understood how to mix C/c++ code and saw that how can we call a C function from C++ code and vice versa.
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PITTSBURGH - Pedro Alvarez is in the Pittsburgh Pirates lineup every day because of his bat.
Turns out, the third baseman's feet - not to mention his glove - work too.
Alvarez scored on an unconventional slide in the second inning for the game's only run and turned in a couple of defensive gems to help the Pirates to a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday night.
"I try to be ready every time on defense and anticipate the ball being hit to me," Alvarez said. "Like I've said before, I take a lot of pride in my defense."
A.J. Burnett and four relievers sent the listless Cubs to their 10th straight loss by surviving on a night the Pirates allowed 10 hits and ran into trouble in just about every inning.
Burnett (3-2) gave up six hits, struck out six and walked two over 5 innings and the National League's best bullpen made it stand up as Pittsburgh extended Chicago starter Ryan Dempster's misery. Joel Hanrahan worked out of a two-on, one out jam in the ninth for his 11th save.
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Tonight: Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:15 p.m.
Pitchers: Cubs LHP Paul Maholm (4-3) vs. Pirates RHP Kevin Correia (1-5)
Dempster (0-3) remains winless since last August, surrendering one run and seven hits in 7 innings, striking out six and walking one while dropping his ERA to 2.14.
Still, it wasn't enough to keep the Cubs from posting their first 10-game losing streak since dropping the first 14 games of the 1997 season.
Chicago left 11 runners on base and went 0 for 12 with runners in scoring position. Pittsburgh wasn't much better but only needed Rod Barajas' RBI-single that scored Alvarez to beat the floundering Cubs.
"It's unbelievable," Chicago manager Dale Sveum said. "We outhit the opponent every night and can't score. We can't seem to get that hit with men in scoring position."
The Cubs started the season 13-11 but have sunk to the bottom of the NL Central thanks to an offense that has stopped producing. They have scored just four runs in their last 56 innings.
"I'm a little lost for words now," Sveum said. "It's kind of the same thing. But guys are battling, having decent, good at-bats - just not finalizing it, really. A lot of good at-bats, just not getting it done."
Chicago had plenty of chances, putting at least one runner in scoring position in all but two innings, but Burnett relied on his slider and his defense to wiggle free on a night where he labored to get through Chicago's struggling lineup.
Burnett needed 105 pitches to get 16 outs and took advantage of some nifty glovework by Alvarez, who saved at least one run in the fifth by making a diving stab of a sharp grounder by Joe Mather then firing to first to end the inning as the Cubs came up empty with runners on second and third.
"The defense was big," Burnett said. "They saved a couple of them and I was able to find my hook for a batter or two."
Chicago threatened again an inning later only to run itself out of a two-on, one-out situation when Alfonso Soriano crashed into Alvarez trying to move from second to third on a groundball by Darwin Barney. Soriano was called out due to runners' interference and reliever Jared Hughes got Koyle Hill to ground meekly to second to end the threat.
The Cubs ran out of chances once the Pirates got to their bullpen, which leads the National League in ERA. Jason Grilli struck out the side in the seventh, Juan Cruz picked off Chicago's Tony Campana at second base to cut short a rally in the eighth before Hanrahan took over in the ninth.
Chicago put runners on the corners with one out on singles by Barney and pinch-hitter Reed Johnson, but Hanrahan struck out David DeJesus and Starlin Castro to end it.
"Runners on the corners, you're thinking 'How you going to get out of it?'" Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. "[Hanrahan] showed you how to get out, you get ahead and throw strikes."


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Welcome a new little one home with this New Baby Banner. Made using a random assortment of materials, this banner is great for a DIY baby shower. Cute baby ideas like this are perfect for little girls and boys alike, and can easily be used to decorate a nursery or bedroom after the baby shower is over.
- Three 12 x 12 inch sheets of cardstock
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- Stamping ink
- Stamp set
- Variety of patterned papers
- Fabric scraps for tearing into strips
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- LED SureCut™ Folding Rotary Paper Trimmer (12")
To make this garland, I first cut 3 sheets of 12 x 12 inch cream colored cardstock into 12 x 6 inch pieces and fold 5 of them in half.
To cut the circular opening, I centered the cardstock strip over the medium cutting plate and then centered the die, upside down, over the cardstock and ran it all through the Fuse Creativity System®.
Next, I placed 5.75 x 5.75 inch pieces of patterned paper inside the folded sections of cardstock and ran a long length of twine through each of the sections placing it near the fold. After adjusting the panels to have an equal amount of space between them, I tore 1 inch wide strips of fabric and tied them to the twine between the panels.
A set of stamps and black ink were used on white cardstock and then cut out using a pair of Fiskars scissors.
A 1.75 inch x 5.75 inch strip of green patterned paper was added to the bottom inside of each panel to appear as grass and the cutout stamped images were adhered. I then applied adhesive around the perimeter of the panels and sealed them closed.
The panels and fabric strips were adjusted as needed.
- This is a project that I would have been thrilled to have made as a child because it combines several mediums, several techniques, and can really stand out as a decor piece in a home, yet it wasn't overwhelming and was easily completed in one art session!
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Emily Baker, of Reedsville, and Sean McConnell, of Mifflintown, were married on Nov. 26, 2011, at Cedar Grove Brethren in Christ Church, Mifflintown.
The bride is the daughter of Chris and Christine Baker, of Reedsville. The groom is the son of Robert and Betsy McConnell, of Mercer.
Jess Nail, of Altoona, sister of the bride, was matron of honor.
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The best man was Bill Juergens, of Mercer.
Bridesmaids were: Steph Strauser, of McVeytown; Lindsay Pecht, of Milroy; and Kelly McConnell, of Lititz, sister of the groom.
The junior bridesmaid was Maddie Zendt, of Mifflintown, cousin of the bride.
The flower girl was Daphnie Clark, of State College, cousin of the bride.
Groomsmen were: Ryan Diffenderfer, of Mifflintown; Jim Ritzman, of Thompsontown; and Mike Gephart, of Newport.
The ring bearer was Clayton Maxwell, of McVeytown.
Pastor Dave Purdy performed the ceremony that also included: Mark Crosson as soloist; Lori Saltzer as pianist; Sean Moon as worship leader; Hannah and Elisabeth Ritzman as guest book attendants; Aaron and Chloe Zendt, cousins of the bride, as program attendants; and Sarah Yoder as wedding day coordinator.
A reception followed at the Lewistown Community Rec Center.
The bride is a 2005 graduate of Belleville Mennonite School and a 2009 graduate of Geneva College. She is employed as an emotional support teacher in the Mifflin County School District.
The groom is a 1997 graduate of Mercer High School and a 2001 graduate of Grove City College. He is employed as a math teacher at Tuscarora Junior High School.
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On a visit to Rome earlier this month, Australia's Governor-General designate was interviewed by America's National Catholic Register - about his Catholic faith, his soldiering, and his work as Chancellor of the Australian Catholic University.
- By Edward Pentin, Rome correspondent for the National Catholic Register.
Has it been hard to act against your conscience as a soldier?
Well, one needs to ask, what is your conscience? Let's take a hypothetical situation: I'm a young soldier in East Timor. The militia, they are basically East Timorese people preying on their fellow East Timorese with military rifles, home-made guns, machetes. They're chopping them up and burning them. I come round the corner of the scene; I'm securing and I'm going to shoot somebody who's doing that. I'm not repulsed. I have no crisis of conscience at all.
That's just, in the sense you're protecting people unable to defend themselves?
Yes, if I can bring that back to doing a difficult job but for good reasons, then I'm fine. Now if you want to talk about invading countries and all the rest, well that comes down to a particular dilemma. If you believe that it must be unjust, if you believe that, what's your option but to resign? If you say it is likely to be just then you carry on.
In East Timor you experienced how the people's faith shone through after having suffered through great horrors of war. Could you tell us more about that?
Yes, I was told there was to be a Mass of thanksgiving in Dili Cathedral on a particular Sunday. [...] we found there was a throng of thousands but we found part of a pew right at the very back where we could sit. [When he heard we were there, Bishop Belo] comes pounding out of the sacristy, down through the aisle to the back of the church, grabs me by the hand, and takes me with my several staff up to very front pew. So there we are and the Mass starts.
The church is full and every square inch of ground surrounding the cathedral is full. They've got loudspeakers outside and the whole liturgy is conducted in Tetum, the lingua franca of East Timor. I didn't understand a word of it, but you could tell what the theme of the service was. It was an invocation of prayer and towards INTERFET [the International Forces].
The first hymn they sang sent a thrill down my spine. I said to myself, 'I don't see a choir.' I needn't have bothered. The hundreds and hundreds of people and every person outside sang in the most beautiful and full-throated harmony. The sound was overpowering. It was haunting, it was tuneful and it was of course in Tetum-Portuguese. And you just thought: No wonder these people survived.
From their sort of spirit, strength and prayerful devotion in their voices, you'd say they were indomitable. It was their communal sense of religion, their devotion to their maker that meant that no matter what unwelcome administration would be imposed on them, they were not going to be beaten. I just looked at my staff during the singing of hymns and they were similarly moved. They weren't all Catholic, some of the boys there were Anglicans or whatever, but it didn't really matter.
Read full interview: Peter Cosgrove: From College Chancellor to Australia's Governor General (National Catholic Register)
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So the verse above is taken from the Bible, Proverbs 13:24. Some people take this verse as a literal interpretation and use it to support spanking as a viable discipline option for children. While others interpret this verse in a figurative way, the child who is not disciplined will become selfish and entitled. Wherever you fall on the spectrum, we would all agree that discipline is important in molding our children to become productive, responsible, and compassionate citizens that contribute to the world in meaningful ways. Here are a few things to keep in mind the next time you want to discipline your child.
When you discipline your child, think ACTION not WORDS. There is an excellent book titled "Duct Tape Parenting" that talks about the importance of this distinction. What I mean by this is kids respond when we ACT vs. when we have a long TALK with them or YELL at them. When our primary discipline method is yelling at them they become desensitized to our anger over time and this has little effect on changing their behavior.
In terms of the delivery of discipline, here is a quick how to guide that may be helpful. I often hear parents say, "I sat down with my 4 year old and talked to him about lying and why it's wrong but he keeps doing it…why? That's like saying, "why do you keep grabbing for the Snickers when you know you shouldn't." Instead of having a long winded talk when you discipline, make your discipline talk be under 3 minutes. First, state the behavior and why it was wrong, "Don't hit your brother, that's hurtful and disrespectful." Next, state what you would like to see change, "next time your brother is annoying you come and get us or go into a different room" and last, give a consequence, "your consequence is you need to make a treat for your brother and write him an apology note." Let me reiterate, this should only take 2-3 minutes, refrain from having long winded "talks of life" to your 3-8 year old as they are not at the developmental level to understand these and will just tune you out.
When you do discipline your child address their behavior not their identity. Say something like, "I was upset when you did _________" do not say "you're bad for doing that". Also when you pick a consequence make sure you stick to it, consistency is everything. Some more creative consequences include "Make a Treat for Your Sibling" when one sibling is rude to the other sibling, make siblings hold hands for 10-15 minutes. The standards include give the child an extra chore, have the child write a letter to the person they offended, taking away a privilege, and timeouts. If you choose to spank your children, do so without aggression or impulse. If you cannot do this, your best bet is to try the other methods. Typically with timeouts, you want to do the time out equivalent to the age of the child and refrain from having time outs in rooms with toys or fun stuff. (A bathroom toilet is one of my personal favorites!) Also, don't just catch your child being naughty, catch them being good as well and praise them for that. When you praise them try to praise them for inner qualities such as honesty, hard work, perseverance, humility, (when they admit to lying or apologize for a hurtful behavior) trustworthiness, and forgiveness.
Well I saved my most important point for last and I will not be able to emphasize this point enough! In your parenting, make sure your kids know that you are human too and make mistakes every day. When you act out of anger, hurt their feelings, ignore them, etc, make sure you apologize for your behavior and own it. Do not minimize your behaviors by telling them that "they shouldn't be hurt" or that" they're too sensitive".
The best parenting book is the book of your life, your children are ALWAYS watching you. They watch how you treat your spouse, the cashier at the grocery store, the guy that cut you off, and the waitress that brought you the wrong meal.
Rodney Atkins hit Song, "Watching You" illustrates this point pretty good.
"I'm your buckaroo, I wanna be like you
And eat all my food and grow as tall as you are
We got cowboy boots and camo pants
Yeah we're just alike, hey ain't we dad
I wanna do everything you do
So I've been watching you"
Some parenting resources to help you along your journey include; Parenting with Love and Logic, Parenting Magic 1, 2, 3, and Daring Greatly. In our parenting practices, always remember that the "good enough" parents are the parents that will admit when there struggling and seek out resources vs. denial and pretending to be okay. I thought I would end this blog by sharing a funny story about my 3 year old son. My kiddos and I went to Claire's the other day to shop around and low and behold the following day when I emptied my son's jacket pocket out, I found a pair of earrings from Claire's! Yep, the therapists' son is a little thief 😉 Thankfully, the store worker was gracious when we brought them back the next day.
Now it's time to get off your computer and get outside with your little ones! Need some ideas on how to have fun and get the creative juices flowing with your kids… I'll be blogging on that next week.
Kelly Johnson, MA, LPC


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The Canyon baseball is a confident bunch heading into its Region I-3A semifinal best-of-three series against No. 6 Snyder this weekend.
Region I-3A Semifinals
The Teams: Canyon Eagles (26-10) vs. Snyder Tigers (30-6).
The Series: Game 1: 7 p.m. Friday, Dan Law Field, Lubbock; Game 2: 1 p.m. Saturday, Dan Law Field; Game 3: 30 minutes after Game 2, if necessary.
Canyon coach John Doan said his team is focused on taking advantage of its postseason run.
"The kids have been excited," he said. "It's been their goal to someday take a trip to Austin, and that's what the playoffs are all about. You want to stay in as long as you can, and maybe with a little luck on your side, you get to Austin."
Junior Nick Hogue, who pitched a complete game to get the Game 2 win against Abilene Wylie, said the Eagles ability to win back-to-back games after dropping the opener was a testament to the character of his teammates.
"It feels good, and it feels like we've accomplished something big," he said. "I think we showed a lot of character because we came out in that first game and we didn't hit the ball that great. Then, we came out the next day after losing and we wanted to prove we could play with the top teams in the state."
Among those teams is Snyder, a team the Eagles have faced twice this season. Hogue, who splits his time between pitching and shortstop, said the games against Snyder will work to the Eagles favor.
"I think we're really confident because we've played Snyder before and we've beaten them once and lost to them once," he said. "So, we know we have the capability of beating them. We just have to play the game we know how to play."
Senior pitcher and second baseman Colt Howey said defeating Abilene Wylie was special, but said the team had more long-range goals.
"It feels pretty good to beat them, but it wasn't our goal," he said. "We don't want to stop, though, because our goal was to go further in the playoffs than anyone else has gone."
Despite dropping the first game of their best-of-three series, Howey said the Eagles never lost confidence in their ability.
"We always knew we had it in us," he said. "We knew we were better than that team, we just had to prove it and show it. We just had to go out there and play."
Howey said the Eagles have been successful because of their chemistry on and off the field.
"I think (team chemistry) is pretty important, because if you don't like each other off the field, you're not going to like them on it" he said.
"We have good team dinners, and we have a lot of fun hanging out on the weekends. I mean, we're not all best friends, but we all like each other."
Hogue agreed, and added Canyon surprised a lot of folks by advancing to the regional semifinals.
"Everyone said we couldn't do it, and we wanted to prove to everyone we're here to play, and not just mess around" he said.
"I think we've turned a couple of heads, but there are still some people who doubt us. Some people are probably saying we're a fluke, but we just going to play the game and see what happens."
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