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A Study on Industrial Green Transformation in China
China's speedy industrialization has undertaken mostly a crude path with extensive energy consumption and severe environmental damage. In face of the challenge of global warming and resource restrictions, it calls for urgent green transformation for the sustainable development of China's industry. With huge potentials and more general benefits than costs, the industrial green transformation in China will have more positive effects and accelerate the whole process of the development of China's green economy. From this perspective, China needs to adopt a comprehensive and open mechanism for green transformation with more strict environmental regulations, effective energy conservation and emissions reduction, green technology R&D and application, as well as international cooperation in the related fields with market-oriented reform, government strategies and regulations, proactive response from the industry sector, self-initiative of enterprises and active public participation.
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Mainstays L-Shaped Desk with Hutch, Multiple Finishes
Mainstays L-Shaped Desk with Hutch, Multiple Colors:
- Maximize your home office space with the Mainstays L-Shaped Desk with Hutch
- This Desk is designed to fit in a corner, but provides plenty of space for all your office essentials
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> select * from user_datapump_jobs; JOB_NAME OPERATION JOB_MODE STATE DEGREE ATTACHED_SESSIONS DATAPUMP_SESSIONS -------- --------- -------- -------- ------ ----------------- ----------------- MYJOB IMPORT SCHEMA DEFINING 1 1 2
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drop table MYJOB; purge recyclebin;
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declare j number; begin j := dbms_datapump.attach('MYJOB'); dbms_datapump.stop_job(j); end; /
but the job obviously did not want to disappear. I had no idea what else I could do, so... I disconnected from the database. After I connected again the
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"Time Pieces" by Goldwatch: Jay Electronica in Nepal
Take a journey with Mass Appeal. Boudhanath with the Buddhists, Gadhimai with the Hindus, Pashupatinath with the Sadus; from the top of MT Everest to the slums of Kathmandu, it doesn't take long until you realize that we're all one. Step inside as Goldwatch and Electronica explore the magical worlds of Nepal. Around the globe we go, armed with Super8. Second installment of Time Pieces as if you were right there too. Namaste.
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How to use register retiming to optimize your FPGA designs
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As frequencies continue to increase in complex FPGA designs, finding the optimal point for pipeline stage insertion so as to manage routing delay issues may not be so easy. Register retiming comes in very handy in these situations, and this article outlines recommended practices that show you how to qualify an FPGA-based design as a good candidate for register retiming, along with specific examples for optimal performance results.
As an increasing number of high-performance designs are now being realized using programmable logic platforms, designers need to figure out how working with these platforms differs from traditional cell-based design processes. The effect of routing delay is a case in point.
As one of the discerning designers among the growing legions of engineers tackling FPGA designs today, you will inevitably find yourself increasingly restricted within the fixed programmable interconnect network. Not having complete freedom with respect to signal routing can become a rather tricky proposition.
In many cases, achieving performance requirements hinges on sequential elements being optimally placed so as to minimize and balance path delays. Historically, when the routing performance did not comfortably meet requirements, you simply inserted additional pipeline stages manually, at strategic points within large combinatorial logic paths, to reduce and balance path delays. Accommodating these extra pipeline stages was generally not an issue, as most programmable logic architectures offered ample sequential elements.
As design frequencies continue to increase, however, determining the optimal point for pipeline stage insertion may not be so easy. One way to overcome this is to make the most of the algorithms offered in today's EDA tools, such as register retiming, which is an optimization strategy that leverages positive slack on one side of a sequential element to address or balance negative slack on the other.
The register retiming algorithm works by literally "moving" registers across portions of combinatorial logic such that the worst-case combinatorial delays on each the input and output sides of the register are more balanced. Of course, in order to move the register, the algorithm must take great care to preserve all reset, preset, and enable functionality associated with the register's original situation within the circuit.
It's important to be aware that each synthesis tool has its own implementation of a register retiming algorithm. A good implementation, such as that used in the Precision Synthesis tool from Mentor Graphics, will allow you to move registers either forward or backward across combinatorial logic in order to reduce negative path slack. As seen in (Fig 1), register retiming can lead to either an increase or decrease in the number of flip-flops in the design. If an increase occurs, accommodating these extra flip-flops is generally not an issue, as most programmable logic architectures today still offer an ample supply of sequential elements. Moreover, while the number of flip-flops may change, the number of pipeline stages does not; in fact register retiming is constrained to operate only in such a way that preserves design functionality at the top-level design ports. Hence, the algorithm will only use the pipeline stages that are described in the circuit.
Register retiming can take either a level-driven or a timing-driven approach. In a level-driven approach, the algorithm counts the number of logic levels (usually look-up tables or other cells) between sequential elements. Typical level-driven approaches lack the accuracy required for effective performance, as not all logic levels will incur the same delay penalty. For instance, a fast carry-chain multiplexer has a significantly different delay than a look-up table, which – in turn – has a significantly different delay than a combinatorial multiplier cell. Thus, simply counting logic levels in between sequential elements is not accurate enough to guide register retiming decisions.
Surround yourself with slackers
In a timing-driven approach, a full static timing analysis is performed and the path slack data is used to guide the retiming algorithm. Given the complexity of current programmable logic architectures, a timing-driven approach is recommended.
So how can you determine whether or not register retiming is appropriate for your design? You can predict the effectiveness of register retiming by examining the critical paths, along with their adjacent paths. For retiming to be effective, look for positive slack on one or both critical timing paths adjacent to each negative slack path. A critical path with -2.0 ns negative slack is shown in Fig 2. Using the Precision Synthesis tool in this example, you may use the "View Critical Path" capability, and then "hover" the mouse pointer over either the input pin of the launching register or the output pin of the capturing register. This way, you can check to see if there is positive slack for one or both of the adjacent timing paths. Positive slack on one or more adjacent timing paths indicates a potentially good candidate path for register retiming. Use the "Advanced Report Timing" capability to explore the timing paths of other negative slack paths.
Take the proactive route
You may also take a more proactive approach, by increasing the number of pipeline stages made available to the register retiming algorithm in areas where they may be useful. This approach is best adopted early in the design cycle, where there is still freedom to change implementation details. Prior to functional sign-off, run a quick synthesis pass of the design and examine the most critical paths. You can configure the static timing engine (known as PreciseTime within Precision Synthesis) to list any number of timing paths in its setup path slack summary report (Fig 3).
By examining the source and destination registers from the setup path slack summary, you can determine the precise locations where adding the extra pipeline stages will be most effective (Fig 4). When adding pipeline stages, it is best to describe these without an asynchronous reset or preset, because these conditions can prevent registers from being moved by retiming, especially in the backward direction.
Finally, it is valuable to examine the effects of placement. Since pre-layout timing data is generally less accurate than post-layout timing data due to variances in interconnect delay modeling, it is worth taking note when negative slack paths emanate from – or terminate with – a dedicated resource such as an embedded RAM or DSP block. As these dedicated resources tend to be situated only in specific locations on the die, one should expect a wider variance in the accuracy of pre-layout delay modeling of the interconnect associated with these cells. With a pre-layout register retiming approach, manual effort may be required in these situations to coach the pre-layout timing analysis to see the same negative slack paths as seen in the post-layout timing analysis.
Alternatively, Mentor Graphics has built into its physical synthesis technology full physical register retiming capabilities that use actual post-layout timing data for greater accuracy. This and other innovative physical synthesis algorithms have achieved a high level of maturity over the product's three-year history; they offer the same benefits you would expect from a retiming algorithm used in RTL synthesis, coupled with the added predictability associated with using actual post-layout timing data rather than more simple pre-layout models.
Achieving performance requirements hinges on sequential elements being optimally placed so as to minimize and balance path delay. You can effectively use advanced analysis capabilities, such as those offered within Mentor's Precision Synthesis environment, to estimate the effectiveness of using a register retiming strategy on a given design. You can also identify circuit areas where adding pipeline stages to a new design will be most effective.
It is necessary to be especially careful when dedicated resources such as an embedded RAM block or DSP are in the critical path. In these situations, a physical register retiming algorithm can offer more predictable performance improvement by making intelligent use of post-layout timing data.
Darren Zacher is a Technical Marketing Engineer with Mentor Graphics Design Creation and Synthesis Division, where he is focused on device and flow support for Mentor Graphics leading synthesis products. Prior to Mentor, Darren came from a design background with a breadth of experience in ASIC & FPGA design and verification, and embedded software design, working in a variety of application areas including networking, GPS, digital video, and USB. Darren holds a B.A.Sc. in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, in Canada. Darren can be reached at email@example.com.


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A little inspiration — and a lot of hard work — helped two biology students revolutionize a regional research conference.
After graduate students Jessica Davis and Rachel McNeish traveled to Indiana to attend the 2013 Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference — an annual student-hosted migratory conference that enables students to showcase their research, network with students and faculty from surrounding institutions, and make connections with potential graduate or post-doctoral advisors — an idea took root.
"Rachel and I saw that mostly universities from Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana attended, and we thought, there is no reason UD can't own this and do it better than everyone else. So, that's what we set out to do," Davis said. UD hosted the 2014 conference at its River Campus March 1-2.
Unlike many international and national conferences, MEEC provides a low-pressure, safe environment for young scientists to explore new ideas and practice their delivery of scientific findings. With that in mind, Davis aimed to get as many conference participants as possible while utilizing the talents of her fellow students.
"I established a list of 30 surrounding universities I thought may be interested, and sent emails to their corresponding department chairs and deans. We also established a Facebook page for MEEC, and asked Grace Willkomm, a senior biology major, to design the logo, which garnered a lot of compliments," Davis said.
More than 300 people attended this year's conference, nearly doubling the 2013 total. Of the 241 presenters, 99 were undergraduate students.
"It was great to have so many undergraduates involved in the conference. As graduate students, we often work with undergrads, so my favorite part of the conference was putting them in the spotlight," Davis said, noting that her team added a graduate student panel and divided the poster presentation session into two groups to allow presenters more time to network.
"UD faculty told us how impressed others were with the conference, and we know a few undergraduates who were offered graduate positions," Davis said. "It was a success in many ways."


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LiqTech International Board Member Resigns
Sep 21, 2012, 08:30 ET from LiqTech International, Inc.
BALLERUP, Denmark, Sept. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LiqTech International, Inc. (OTCQX: LIQT) ("LiqTech") announced today that Michael Sonneland has informed the Company that he will resign from the Company's Board of Directors for personal reasons, as of September 30, 2012.
Michael has been a member of the LiqTech AS Board since March 2010 and LiqTech International Inc. since September 5, 2011. Michael remains a shareholder of LiqTech owning 519,239 shares.
The entire team at LiqTech would like to thank Michael for his time on the board and wish him well in all future endeavors. The Board will now consist of five members.
LiqTech International, Inc., a Nevada corporation, is a clean technology company that for more than a decade has developed and provided state-of-the-art technologies for gas and liquid purification using ceramic silicon carbide filters, particularly, highly specialized filters for the control of soot exhaust particles from diesel engines and for liquid filtration. It also manufactures kiln furniture. Using nanotechnology, LiqTech develops products using proprietary silicon carbide technology. LiqTech's products are based on unique silicon carbide membranes which facilitate new applications and improve existing technologies. For more information, please visit www.liqtech.com.
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This press release contains "forward-looking statements." Although the forward-looking statements in this release reflect the good faith judgment of management, forward-looking statements are inherently subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to be materially different from those discussed in these forward-looking statements. Readers are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made by us in the our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the risk factors that attempt to advise interested parties of the risks that may affect our business, financial condition, results of operation and cash flows. If one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results may vary materially from those expected or projected. Readers are urged not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect any event or circumstance that may arise after the date of this release.
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UPDATE: Rodman & Renshaw Reiterates Market Outperform Rating, Raises PT on Vivus
In a report published Wednesday, Rodman & Renshaw reiterated its Market Outperform rating on Vivus (NASDAQ: VVUS), and raised its price target to $52.00, related to the recent approval of the diet drug Qsymia.
Rodman & Renshaw noted, "We view the Qsymia label as a positive and in-line with our expectations. Recall, Qsymia is a combination of phentermine (PHEN) and topiramate (TOP). FDA approved four dose combinations of PHEN and TOP. FDA defined the mid-dose of Qsymia as the recommended daily dose. Further, FDA outlined a treatment strategy for the drug's use, recommending that, based on the amount of weight loss, prescribers evaluate whether to discontinue or increase the dose of Qsymia after 12 weeks. After a subsequent 12 weeks of therapy, FDA recommended that patients who have failed to achieve 5% weight loss discontinue use of the Qsymia. In our view, this will justify 24 weeks of therapy prior to discontinuation due to lack of efficacy in most cases. We note that the label for the recently approved Belviq (lorcaserin) had a higher bar for continuing therapy, recommending discontinuation in non-responders after 12 weeks."
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Tunisian glazed chickpea-and-carrot salad
Prep 15 min
Plus Cooking time: 18 minutes
Makes 5 cups, about 6 servings
750 g
carrots, about 8 medium
2 tbsp
sultana raisins
3 tbsp
canola oil, or peanut oil
onions, sliced
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1/2 tsp
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540-mL can
chickpeas, drained and rinsed
cayenne or black pepper
- Cut carrots lengthwise into quarters. Then, slice crosswise 1/4 inch (0.5 cm) thick. Place carrots in a saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil, uncovered, over high heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer until barely tender, from 3 to 5 minutes. Reserving 1/2 cup (125 mL) of cooking liquid, drain carrots and set aside. Meanwhile, cover raisins with hot tap water. Let stand 10 minutes to plump, then drain.
- Heat oil in a large frying pan set over medium heat. Add onions and cook, stirring often, until softened and golden, about 10 minutes. Add raisins, reserved carrot water, red pepper flakes, caraway seeds, paprika, cumin and salt. Increase heat to medium-high and bring to a boil. Add carrots and boil gently, uncovered, until liquid is reduced slightly, from 3 to 5 minutes.
- Stir in chickpeas. Sprinkle with cayenne, if you wish. Stir until chickpeas are heated through, about 2 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature. Squeeze lemon juice over top just before serving.
Here is truly a delicious Mediterranean salad inspired by Sally and Martin Stone, authors of The Instant Bean (Bantam). Serve it warm or at room temperature with grilled chicken or fish kebabs and crusty bread.
Calories 194
Protein 5.6 g
Carbohydrates 28.4 g
Fat 7.4 g
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Pegasus Airlines receives the first aircraft of its 100 Airbus order
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Pegasus Airlines took delivery of the first aircraft of its 100 Airbus order made in 2012, the single largest aircraft order in Turkish civil aviation history at the time. Turkish low cost carrier becomes the first airline in the world to receive delivery of a CFM Leap-1A powered A320neo. The A320neo aircraft TC-NBA named 'Demokrasi' (Democracy) makes Pegasus the launch operator for A320neo with CFM engines.
The delivery ceremony at Airbus' Hamburg headquarters was attended by Pegasus CEO Mehmet T. Nane, CFO Serhan Ulga and CCO Güliz Öztürk, together with Airbus President and CEO Fabrice Brégier, COO - customers John Leahy, Executive Vice President, Head of Programmes Dider Evrard and Executive Vice President, Europe, Asia and Pacific Christopher Buckley; engine manufacturer CFM's CEO Jean-Paul Ebanga also attended the launch.
Speaking at the delivery ceremony, Pegasus CEO Mehmet T. Nane said, "We're delighted to be taking delivery of the first of our 'New Engine Option' (neo) aircraft from the A320 and A321 series. Our aircraft order, signed on 18 December 2012, for 100 Airbus A320neo and A321neo (of which 25 are optional) to the value of approximately US$12 billion marks the launch of the second major era of growth in Pegasus' history. With our new aircraft we will offer our guests an unrivalled travel experience and as we receive more deliveries we will set a new benchmark in flight comfort, seamlessness and ease across our entire fleet. Our new aircraft will power our continued growth and be the new face of Pegasus."
"The addition of the new aircraft into our fleet will also contribute to the growth of the tourism and trade sectors and foster the economic growth in our country."
Mehmet T. Nane continued, "Our first A320neo will be the first in the world powered by a CFM leap series engine. In other words, Pegasus is the launch operator of one of the world's most technologically advanced aircraft and the world's most efficient engine. By tracking our performance, other airlines around the world will learn about the dual benefits of this model and engine performance."
Airbus President and CEO Fabrice Brégier said, "We are delighted to be delivering our first CFM powered A320neo to Pegasus Airlines. It fills us with pride that Pegasus Airlines has selected the A320neo Family to achieve its impressive growth plans. We are sure the aircraft will deliver on their expectations."
Engine manufacturer CFM's CEO Jean-Paul Ebanga said "Today, Pegasus, Airbus and CFM are making history. Introducing a new engine family in commercial service happens almost once in a lifetime. It's a big deal, so we are very proud to do it with our long-term customer, Pegasus, and with Airbus," said CFM International CEO Jean-Paul Ebanga.


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Is it true ? :)
love it
LOL! I would put Fortran before C though.... and where is my preferred language of choice: Octal? You really haven't lived until you've tryed to call Fortran suboutines using C. "Call by value - Return"
look at Ruby it makes it goes back to the begining
It is not true.
Binary is a single celled organism


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Winter 1862, London. Adelaide McKee, a former prostitute, arrives on the doorstep of veterinarian John Crawford, a man she met once seven years earlier. Their brief meeting produced a child who, until now, had been presumed dead. McKee has learned that the girl lives - but that her life and soul are in mortal peril from a vampiric ghost. But this is no ordinary spirit; the bloodthirsty wraith is none other than John Polidori, the onetime physician to the mad, bad, and dangerous Romantic poet Lord Byron. Both McKee and Crawford have mysterious histories with creatures like Polidori, and their child is a prize the malevolent spirit covets dearly.
Polidori is also the late uncle and supernatural muse to poet Christina Rossetti and her brother, painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti. When she was just fourteen, Christina unwittingly brought Polidori's curse upon her family. But the curse bestowed unexpected blessings as well, inspiring both Christina and Gabriel's work. But when Polidori resurrects Dante's dead wife - turning her into a vampire - and threatens other family members, Christina and Dante agree they must destroy their monstrous uncle and break the spell, even if it means the end of their creative powers.
Determined to save their daughter, McKee and Crawford join forces with the Rossettis, and soon these wildly mismatched allies are plunged into a supernatural London underworld whose existence goes beyond their wildest imaginings. Ultimately, each of these disparate individuals - the sensitive poet, the tortured painter, the straitlaced animal doctor, the reformed prostitute, and even their Artful Dodger - like young daughter - must choose between the banality and constraints of human life and the unholy immortality that Polidori offers.
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"One More Mortal Sin"
What do you want from a sequel? Comfort? More of the same? Or simply a continuation? A further exploration that goes somewhere different? There isn't one right or wrong answer. Sometimes it's one thing, sometimes it's something else, sometimes it's a mixture. Tim Powers' Hide Me Among the Graves falls into the latter category - there are similarities to its predecessor, but it is also very much its own book.
You should know upfront that Tim Powers' The Stress of Her Regard is one of (if not my all time) favorite vampire books of all time. It was one of the first things I reviewed here, and it unlike any other vampire story I'd ever read. What was terrifying about it wasn't just the inhuman vampires (though they were), but the way it examined the notions of the muse, as well as success and the arts. It remains to this day one of the most frightening books I've read.
Hide Me Among the Graves includes vampires, and some minor characters return, but it's much more of a dark fantasy adventure than it is dark fantasy horror. It's Doctor Sleep to The Shining. There is plenty of spookiness afoot in séances, ghosts cursed to swim the Thames, and spiritualism. But it never achieves the shocking horror awful lusts of The Stress of Her Regard. It's almost like the second half of Dracula, where Van Helsing organizes Jonathan Harker, Dr. Seward, and the rest of the gang to go a vampire-hunting. There's danger, but it's matched with humor and excitement.
It's also features much more of an ensemble. Where the first book held a relatively tight focus on Michael Crawford (with occasional dalliances into Percy Shelley), the net here is cast much broader. Happily, the ratio of male/female heroes is much more even, which is good. One of the main issues with The Stress of Her Regard is that Mary Shelley (author of Frankenstein) had so little to do, and was pushed to the side for her husband and friends. This time out, we get the poet Christina Rosetti, street smart former prostitute Adelaide McKee, and young Johanna. They're joined by veterinarian John Crawford, poet Dante Gabriel Rosetti, and elderly former explorer and adventurer Edward Trelawney. They're all very different from each other, and due to some of the conflict that arises, the book is surprisingly quite a bit funnier. But that doesn't make this book a comedy by any stretch. There's an unsettling scene early on when teenaged Christina's father essentially forces her to take one of the demonic statues, and sacrificing her to save himself. Many of the characters suffer hellish graveyard sequences and haunted seas. But it's not as disturbing or challenging a novel as The Stress of Her Regard.
Simon Vance is one of my favorite readers in the business, so I was sad he didn't return here. However, Fiona Hardingham narration was nothing short of excellent. This was no small task, as she had to work to differentiate the various characters – who were often in the same place together, or whose narratives jumped from one to the other. McKee in particular was a lot of fun to listen, as was her salty old-dog take on Trelawney (and when the two of them were playing off each other, it was listening bliss). The rest of the characters felt not only like individuals, but the protagonists of their own stories under Hardingham's voice. It's the first time I've listened to Hardingham narrate, but her voice was easy to settle into hearing, and I hope to hear much more of her work.
All in all, Hide Me Among the Graves is a welcome return to Powers dark, mysterious world of vampires, art, and the muse. I'd be happy to go back again if Powers found himself inspired to keep us up late at night again.
(Originally posted at the AudioBookaneers)
"Good, creepy vampire story"
The narrator. This is only my second Audible book, but Fiona Hardingham was lovely, and I'm thinking about trying The Scorpio Races just because she narrates it. She's got a pleasant voice, doesn't narrate too slowly, and does the various British accents with better skill and fluency than most American narrators would.
It was also refreshing to read a vampire story without romance or teen angst. The vampires were evil, made no apology for it, and that was that.
Normally I dislike books which take liberties with historical figures' lives, but this is sort of Tim Powers's thing, and he did it beautifully. He took the Rosettis' real history and filled in his story between the lines, in a sort of way that might make sense were vampires and ghosts real.
"The Elephant of Surprise"
This is a sequel to THE STRESS OF HER REGARD. The two novels share some characters and the same race of Nephlim vampires. The book is pleasant enough but failed to fully engage me. The story seemed so very pedestrian, so devoid of terror, as if Powers were trying to demystify the vampire legend. I'm sure that I would like it more on a second listen. I do think that there is enough here to make it worth my while at a later date.
Fiona Hardingham has a wonderful soothing British accent that reminds me of Susan Adams or Saskia Reeves, two of the better narrators for the novel DRACULA. Her voice is so very pleasant that, unfortunately, she succumbs to the malady of many female narrators: the book seems like it is entirely done by an all girl cast. I often was surprised to realize than one of the characters in a scene was not a female but was supposed to be a male. Sometimes her male voices even have voices that are higher-pitched than the females in the scene; very confusing. As a result, she never manages to become transparent to the text. Her characters are entertaining but somehow never made me believe that they were anything other than Fiona Hardingham.
"It's a no for me."
confused from the moment it started. 8 chapters I figured out who was who. it felt like there was to much of the occult to follow as well. can't recommend.
"Not a best effort"
I'm normally a Tim Powers fan and adore Last Call and many others of his books. They do have a Hemmingway,/Hammet quality of starting every morning with liquid courage. This book suffers much from that. Worse still, it suffers from unbelievable characters. I was quite curious with what he would do with this and it went somewhere dreadful. Not fun, interesting, my that was intense dreadful. I mean grotty.
As with The Stress of Her Regard, Tim Powers has created historical fiction where the historical details are as accurate as they can get, and the story he weaves draws those details into something truly macabre. It's one of the hallmarks of Powers that makes me admire him as a writer. When I found about this pseudo-sequel to that other novel, my first question was whether or not he could capture lightning in a bottle twice. The previous novel started slowly and built itself into one of the greatest vampire stories I've ever read to date. For the first third of this novel, I was thinking this was a 3-star book. I shouldn't have doubted him.
Where The Stress of Her Regard deals with Byron, Keats, Shelley, etc., as told through the POV of his character Michael Crawford, this one deals with the next generation of poets and artists, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his sister Christina, via the POV of Crawford's son, now grown and with a life of his own. I say this is a pseudo-sequel for just that reason. The events of the story here are clearly overshadowed by and as a direct result of those in the previous novel, but this does stand on its own as well. On its own, it morphs into a magnificently sinister read. It's only when compared to the original that this one lacks anything. Even so, it's still a 5 star read by the time you hit the halfway point. I know of very few vampire stories that can hold up comparatively. It's because Powers takes the time to set everything into place, and he tells this story as though it were written like the works of the period. It just feels right. As a bonus, because the historical events are there for anyone to verify, the weirdness practically invites the reader to get to know (or to reacquaint with) the Rossettis just as the first one did for Byron and his ilk. It's the perfect on-ramp for (re)discovery of the Romantic era.
"Awful---Mostly Because of the Narrator"
This book came highly recommended. But I could not finish it. I got to the next-to-last chapter and gave up. I found the narration really grating---alternately monotonous and histrionic. The characters' voices were awful. There were good things about the book, particularly the period setting in 19th century London and the depiction of the artists and poets of the time, especially the Rossettis. But the narration really grated and honestly the story became more and more implausible and difficult to follow as it went on. I realize this is fantasy, but even in a fantasy novel there has to be some logical plot developement.
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A person I know in business died from a heart attack.
He sold his business, was getting ready to retire to Florida. And died.
I don't know how old he was. But truly not old enough.
That was shocking enough news when I heard it a couple weeks ago. But what was even more shocking to me was that it happened two years ago.
I wouldn't have called him a friend. But he was someone in business that I always admired.
He gave me one of the two pieces of business advice I say to myself over and over: "Sage, don't do. Think!"
So that's why I haven't seen him at the industry shows recently.
This is all so fucked up to me.
He really was looking forward to selling and getting out. He talked to me about it on several occasions.
If he had known that was the day he was going to die would he have made different decisions with his life?
And how is it that I didn't even know he was dead?
Money never spent. Achievement never recognized (at least by me).
I am on my way home from speaking at a conference in Chicago. I am now really into Airbnb. (Actually, now I'm on deck for another speaking event later today.)
I rented a room from an artist who has live/work space in this massive 3 story artist gallery.
There is art everywhere. The halls, the elevator, room upon room of art. The bathroom graffiti is even clever and beautiful.
Without a doubt, being an artist is a pain in the ass. Shows, fairs, old rich people judging something they never could fully understand.
But at least the effort is going all into something they love and believe in. You can't be an artist without love and belief in your work.
But then there's us. The grinders. The people grinding out endless hours in business. Grinding our souls and hearts to the nub.
Is it worth it?
Do you ever ask yourself that? Is it worth it? Really: Why are we doing this?
Rocky refers to me as the minister of new media. I do love it. I believe it is the greatest evolution in communication in the history of humanity. I feel truly lucky and honored to be able to share my thoughts on it all.
But is there something I might love more? Or is there a way of doing the work in a more contributing way? Those are the questions for my bus ride back home.
But I believe this: the retirement, the cash out, the Florida escape. That's too great a risk. If that's the only reason we're doing it. I believe we created our own hell on earth.
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Earlier today the studio behind Star Wars announced the cast members of Star Wars: Episode VII. The film, set to release December 18, 2015, reunites the original group of Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Harrison Ford (Han Solo), Anthony Daniels (C3PO), Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) and Kenny Baker (R2-D2).
Joining the original cast are franchise newcomers, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow.
The film's casting suggests a focus on younger actors, some of which are relatively unknown and have yet to appear in a big franchise such as Star Wars. With that being said, let's take a quick look at some of these actors and where they studied before they studied the Force.
Adam Driver – Juilliard
Adam Driver, mostly known for his work on the Home Box Office's (HBO) Girls, applied to Juilliard but was turned down. It wasn't until a few years later, after he finished a stint with the marines that he was accepted to the school and was cast as the lead role in a production of "Pippin." He's rumored to play a villain in the galaxy far far away. How about the good-turned-evil son of Han, Jacen Solo?
John Boyega – South Thames College
John Boyega from Joe Cornish's Attack the Block was part of "Six Parties," a South Thames College production. This is where he began his acting career as a Performing Arts student. Soon after, he was on London's Tricycle Theatre before landing a gig in Spike Lee's Da Brick.
Daisy Ridley – Jedi Academy
Daisy Ridley is the only other female lead in today's casting announcement (the other being the great Carrie Fisher). She is also the most unknown actor of the bunch and has starred in shorts and small roles such as Blue Season, a short film submitted to Sci-Fi-London's 48-Hour Film Challenge. Because of her relatively unknown status, where she went to school is up in the air along with her exact age. But she is British! You can check out Blue Season below.
Ridley also opened her own Twitter account today.
Overwhelmed by all the support. This is the greatest day of my life. I'm told I can't say who I'm playing yet, but it's exciting!
— Daisy Ridley (@DaisyRidley) April 29, 2014
Jaina Solo anyone?
Domhnall Gleeson – Dublin Institute of Technology
Domhnall Gleeson may have studied in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as Bill Weasley but in the muggle world, Gleeson graduated from the Dublin Institute of Technology with a degree in Media Arts. Fun fact: this native Dubliner's father, Brendan Glesson, played Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody in the Harry Potter films. Like father like son?
Oscaar Isaac – Juilliard
Oscaar Isaac is on the up and up these days following the success of the Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis where he played a struggling folksinger in the early 60's. Isaac graduated from Juilliard where he studied music and singing. Technically he didn't even make the deadline to apply but according to an interview with the Telegraph, he "pleaded and pleaded" until he was given a spot at the prestigious school.
Are you excited about the casting or perhaps you're just excited for a new Star Wars film? Let us know in the comments!
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OCEANSIDE -- A city panel has recommended naming Oceanside's new park after its original inhabitants -- the Luiseno Band of Mission Indians.
The city's Parks and Recreation Commission voted unanimously Monday to recommend that Morro Hills Park, at the corner of Douglas Drive and Vandegrift Boulevard in northeast Oceanside, be named Luiseno Park.
The City Council will have the final decision on what to name the 10-acre park at its meeting next week. It can accept the panel's recommendation, or decide the park's name on its own. The park is scheduled to open to the public July 5.
The panel had a plethora of names to choose from, including: Tony Zeppetella Park, after the rookie police officer shot to death in June; Morro Hills Park; Semper Fi Park; Zanhiser Ranch Park, after the previous landowners; Louise Foussat Park, after an elder Luiseno Indian; and Glora Zanheiser Park, after the woman who built the original Oceanside Hospital in 1938.
Commissioners said that they chose the Luiseno name to honor the first people to call the area home, and to acknowledge the site's sacred meaning for the Luiseno Indians. The site is filled with many large boulders with Indian inscriptions, including one that is aligned to predict the summer solstice.
The commissioners also recommended that the park's two ball fields be named Morro Hills and Zanheiser fields, and that the children's play area in the park be named after Tony Zeppetella. Commission Chairwoman Maureen Ganiel said that naming the fields and children's area was a way to acknowledge the other ideas for naming the park.
About 25 residents turned out for the meeting, with four people recommending that the site be named after the fallen police officer, and three Luiseno Indians asking to name the site after their people.
Louise Foussat, the 96-year-old elder Luiseno Indian, asked the commission to recommend naming it Luiseno Park.
"I would like to have us recognized," said Foussat, who said she didn't want the park named after herself. "They were the first people here. I want it named for our people."
Several Oceanside police officers turned out to ask that the park be named for Zeppetella.
"Tony gave his life for the city," said Martin Morabb, a board member for the police union. Morabb said there would be no greater honor than to name the park after Zeppetella.
The park is part of the 598-acre, 1,007-unit Morro Hills Village development. It will feature two lighted sports fields, a children's play area, two lighted tennis courts, 1,200-square-foot restroom and concession area, a perimeter walking trail, picnic areas, and an interpretive garden simulating a Luiseno Indian Village. It is located just south of the back gate of Camp Pendleton.
The proposed names for the park came from applications turned in by community members. However, the request to name the park after Zeppetella came from Councilman Jim Wood.
Along with naming the park after the Luiseno Indians, the council is sure to give some consideration to naming the park after Zeppetella on Wednesday, which is close to the one-year anniversary of the day Zeppetella was shot to death by a reputed gang member. The slaying occurred on June 13 as Zeppetella made a routine traffic stop.
If they do name the park after the fallen officer, council members would need to amend city rules for naming parks, which state that a person must be dead for two years to have a park named after them.
However, the council is free to amend the policy, and can choose any name it wants, either from the community recommendations or one of its own pleasure.
Contact staff writer Rob O'Dell at (760) 901-4067 or email@example.com.


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Three enter guilty pleas
Three defendants who entered guilty pleas to criminal charges were sentenced by judges in Schuylkill County court.
Judge John E. Domalakes placed Korey Wronski, 22, of 441 Roosevelt Drive, New Boston, Mahanoy City, on two counts each of burglary, criminal trespass, theft and receiving stolen property in the state's Intermediate Punishment Program (IPP) for 24 months.
Seven months will be spent in a state correctional facility of which not less than four months must be spent in an institutional therapeutic facility, followed by treatment through an outpatient facility. He also must pay $100 to Criminal Justice Enhancement Account (CJEA) and make restitution of $533 to Stefanie Wiezalis, 361 Roosevelt Drive, New Boston, for theft of jewelry and $200 to Jessica Sluzevich, 61 Back Street, New Boston, for theft of a digital camera which was pawned at Buy Me Again Pawn Shop, Pottsville.
Bryon C. Swartzlander, 38, Tower City, was placed on probation for 12 months by Domalakes on a charge of misbranding of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance.
He was also ordered to pay $100 to Substance Abuse Education (SAE) fund, $50 to CJEA, and make restitution of $113 to Bethlehem Regional Lab. On a summary charge of driving while his license was suspended was fined $200 and costs. He was cited by Tower City Sgt. John Boyer.
Judge Charles M. Miller sentenced Christopher Brian White, 25, of 3432 Quakake Road, Weatherly, on a charge of driving under the influence (DUI) of drugs to serve 90 days to five years with the sentence to run concurrent with a sentence now serving in Carbon County prison. He was ordered to pay a fine of $1,500, pay $100 to SAE fund, $50 to CJEA, $50 to Catastrophe fund and make restitution of $176 to Bethlehem Regional Lab.
On two counts of possession of a controlled substance and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia received concurrent 12 months probation on each count. His driver's license is suspended 12 months.
Each defendant must also pay a $50 per month supervision fee while on probation or parole.


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So I recently asked what kind of game we should make and a lot of you said My Little pony, so me and my girlfriend started brainstorming ideas and we even came up with some really good ones! Here are some designs I wanted to share with you (the looks are not final or anything )
Applejack -Drawn by yours truly
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2014-07-08 08:41:40
oH! This is indeed very awesome, continue like this!
2014-07-09 09:04:43
Hmm Applejack looks nice (Fluttershy of course too but like Applejack more dunno why but both are awesome :D) i cant Wait to see Twilight Rarity Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie ^^
btw do you think that you could make Vinyl and Octavia? :D it would be epic ^^


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NO net, no harness. Daredevil Nik Wallenda has just become the first man to walk across the Grand Canyon on a tightrope.
As his family watched on, the record-breaker walked 450m above the canyon rigged up with multiple cameras and microphones - without a harness. It what may seem like a strange move, he wore blue jeans to complete the stunt. His shoes were hand-made by his mother.
The craziest stunts ever.
The Discovery Channel broadcast the stunt with a 10-second delay this morning. Wallenda, a seventh generation member of the Flying Wallendas circus family, admitted a mishap would doubtless boost ratings.
Watch the amazing Grand Canyon walk.
Wallenda trained for the worst, and said that - unlike his great-grandfather Karl who grabbed vainly for the wire before falling to his death in 1978 aged 73 - he would be able to hold on if necessary.
"It's not like I just grab with my hands like people visualise. I wrap my legs round it, my hands round it, I hug that wire like a bear hug until help comes. I've got rescue teams that would be with me within a minute," he said.
Buffeted by strong winds he went down onto the wire twice in a stunt that took just 22 minutes to complete. Nearing the end he blew a kiss into the air, then started running towards his family and supporters.
"I wanna die in a bed next to my wife, at an old age over 100 years old. That's my dream," Wallenda told AFP. "I don't want to die performing."
Today, he lives another day.
LIVE BLOG: How it happened.
12pm: He's on his knees blowing a kiss. HE'S RUNNING. And he's done it!
11.57am: Nik's started thanking everyone he can think of. His dad has told him to pay attention.
11.55am: Still walking slowly Nik is ALMOST there. He's still praying.
11.51am: His sitting down. Whispering. Now he's UP. He's been on nearly 14 minutes now.
11.49am Nik is at the halfway point.
11.43am: Placing one foot slowly in front of the other Nik is being buffeted by winds. He's praying repeatedly saying "Praise you Jesus. Winds are way worse than I expected".
11.42am: No matter how comfy they are we can't understand WHY he is wearing jeans.
11.40am: He's gone down onto his knees. "I'm not liking it. Thank you Jesus." He's back up. And he's praying.
11.37am: Nik's first thoughts: "I'm excited I want to get going."
AND HE'S OFF. "That's a precarious spot. Oh my god. My shoes feel slippery. There is dust in this canyon. Praise god this is awesome."
11.30am: The shoes made with love by his mum are going on.
11.27am: FINALLY. Nik is in the helicopter on his way to the starting line. His wife is crying. "I pray that whoever watches this will be proud of him and never give up on a dream. This is everything, this is all he has been dreaming of since he was a little boy." He first stepped onto a wire at the age of 2.
11.22am: Nik is saying a quiet prayer with his family. The preacher is asking God to calm the winds.
11.02am: Nik will cross the canyon at a spot called Hell Hole Bend.
11am: Nik's still sitting in his trailer in his jeans and T-shirt. He's playing with his nephew.
10.59am Nik told Discovery Channel: "If I were to fall, I am dying, I am dead".
10.52am: In the last ten minutes 77.25km/h wind gusts have been recorded on the wire. Nik won't be able to wipe the dust off his eyes as he is walking.
10.46am: The engineer says he is very happy with the tension on the wire now. He says once Nik gets on the wire he will be happy because "it's all up to the kid". "He's ready."
10.34am: Nik says "I'm excited this is a dream come true." Nik has three children and a wife. He says he has decided to risk his life today because he is "carrying on a legacy".
10.30am: The sun is beginning to set over the Grand Canyon.
10.26am: Nik is saying a last prayer. Let's hope it really isn't his last prayer.
10.25am: Nik's dad Terry says: "I am proud of my son I am confident in his abilities, he's not foolish".
10.24am. Nik's mother makes all his tightrope walking shoes by hand. She says they are made "with love". Awwww.
10.23am: Engineers held a meeting with Nik last night concerned that the wire was losing tension.
10:20am: SEVEN members of Nik's family have died tightrope walking.
10.19am: It's currently 30 degrees with winds gusting at 56km/h
10.14am: Nik says his big concern is wind conditions and extreme heat in the desert.
10.13am: Here's what happened last time Nik walked a tightrope. He was the first person to walk a tightrope over Niagara Falls. That time he had safety equipment. This time he won't.
10.10am: At the moment, Nik is wearing a blue T-shirt and jeans. Yes, JEANS.
10.04am: Nik Wallenda is checking out the Grand Canyon, standing with his toes right on the edge.


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It's no secret this season of American Idol hasn't exactly gone as planned. Ratings have largely been a disaster and backstage disagreements were so visible and so widely reported that they had to be addressed on camera. Consequently, it was widely assumed major changes would be made in the off-season if the competition was renewed, but if new rumors are to be believed, the network tried to drastically overhaul the show a few weeks ago.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, executives hitched a scheme to swap the underwhelming Mariah Carey out for former judge Jennifer Lopez, but when the former's people caught wind of the plan, they reportedly raised hell and threatened to sue. With no guarantee anything would turn around and a ton of bad publicity at stake, they allegedly decided to bail.
Of course, that's a big if right now. Fox executives have already gone on record calling it just another crazy American Idol rumor, and without people speaking on the record, it's really difficult to know what is fact and what is fiction. On the one hand, it's easy to see why they would prefer J Lo over Carey, and it's easy to see why they would be antsy. On the other hand, however, people like Carey, even if she's not a great judge, and you would think executives would realize there would be a huge backlash if they treated her poorly.
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Quarantine Protocol Under Fire in Australian Flu Inquiry
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Three months after Australia's first-ever outbreak of equine influenza, an independent inquiry into the history and management of the outbreak is uncovering troubling flaws in the government's quarantine procedures, according to recently published inquiry transcripts.
Ignored warnings, procrastinated meetings, absent work instructions, and a lack of managerial responsibility were only some of the problems leading up to the epidemic, as is being revealed through the ongoing inquiry, which opened Nov. 13.
Led by retired High Court Justice Ian Callinan, the inquiry staff have conducted interviews with 250 people and collected more than 30,000 documents in preparation for the hearings. Since last Tuesday, Callinan has interrogated leaders from the government-run Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) and the Eastern Creek quarantine center. The index case, a stallion imported from Ireland, tested positive at Eastern Creek 10 days after his arrival in Australia.
The virus infected 40,000 horses in the first nine weeks of the outbreak.
AQIS executive manager Jennifer Gordon conceded when testifying that she ignored warnings from senior New South Wales veterinarian Phillip Widders, BSc, BVSc, PhD. In 2003 Widders told her about the quarantine procedures he considered vital to reducing the risks of a flu outbreak, including requiring all personnel to shower and change clothes following contact with imported horses. Although much talk was made of setting up a meeting with Widders, no meeting ever occurred, according to the recorded testimony.
AQIS national manager David Ironside, in charge of live animal imports and post-arrival quarantines, admitted not following up on requests for work instructions from the Eastern Creek station manager. Although he sent a copy by e-mail, Ironside explained that he never verified that these instructions were received nor being respected.
"I had no reason to believe that the procedures were not being followed," he said during the hearings, adding that he felt it was not his responsibility to find out if they were.
James Gilkerson, BVSc, BSc(Vet) Hons, PhD, the inquiry's first expert witness, testified that, given the five-day incubation period of the virus, the Irish stallion could not have arrived with the disease but would have acquired it during quarantine.
"If adequate procedures were followed, the disease would have stayed in the quarantine center," Gilkerson said.
Eradicating the disease is not impossible, although it will require ongoing, thorough surveillance over a period of a few years, according to Tom Chambers, PhD, head of the OIE international influenza reference laboratory at the University of Kentucky's Gluck Equine Research Center in Lexington.
"They're taking every intelligent course of action to minimize the risk," Chambers said. "But as long as Australia is a part of the international horse network, it's not going to be zero risk."
Equine influenza is a highly contagious respiratory disease which has a low mortality rate. Vaccinations can help reduce clinical signs and morbidity but do not necessarily prevent the disease.
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Christa Lesté-Lasserre is a freelance writer based in France. A native of Dallas, Texas, Lesté-Lasserre grew up riding Quarter Horses, Appaloosas, and Shetland Ponies. She holds a master's degree in English, specializing in creative writing, from the University of Mississippi in Oxford and earned a bachelor's in journalism and creative writing with a minor in sciences from Baylor University in Waco, Texas. She currently keeps her two Trakehners at home near Paris. Follow Lesté-Lasserre on Twitter @christalestelas.
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Nashville's food scene
The capital of country music has a hidden talent for pitch-perfect American soul food. Tom Parker Bowles returns to Nashville for fiery fried chicken and lifts the lid on the latest hipster city.
'You eaten here before, Honey?' says the server as I fling my order through the small, shop-worn hatch. I nod. She pauses for a moment, her soft brown eyes clouded with consternation. 'You sure?' I nod again. Her lids narrow, her stare drilling deep into my soul. I smile, nervously. 'OK,' she sighs, scribbling into her pad. 'Don't say I didn't warn ya.' She turns towards the kitchen where three vast, blackened skillets spit, bubble and sizzle. 'One leg, extra-hot, one breast, hot.' The cooks, a pair of middle-aged black ladies, are too busy dredging chicken limbs through spiced flour to acknowledge her call. But at Prince's Hot Chicken Shack, on the outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee, they don't make mistakes. 'Go sit down, y'all,' she mutters, moving on to the next in line. 'We'll call when it's ready.' Prince's, at 123 Ewing Drive, is a bona fide Nashville legend, the Dolly Parton of deep-fried poultry. For more than 20 years, it's been thrilling - and often incinerating - the city's deliriously expectant palates, from noon to the wee hours of the morn. Just don't go expecting thick starched tablecloths and gilded lamps.
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- 4. Driving through Nashville
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I have some velocity templates that include quit some javascript. Inside the javascript a javascrip template engine is used which also uses ${varname}
Escaping each occurance would make the code rather unreable, so to prevent velocity from parsing the javascript code, I put a #literal() around it.
However, velocity still PARSES the contents of this block, which of course results in parsing exceptions.
My feeling with "literal" is that it is completely UNINTERPRETED content?
This SHOULD work:
var myId = 'someID';
$('#test).append($.template('

').apply({myId: myId}
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Thanks guys for all the effort, in the end, I don't really care if I have to type #[[ #%% or #(( , so whatever worked technically is perfect
Good point about the required space cause I personnally tend to type (and a lot more people I suppose for readability) :
which can be
pretty long
which would indeed fail if I forgot to put spaces in, and that might be very confusing/hard to spot
Anyway, thanks alot, now just waiting for 1.7 to be released In the meanwhile, I'll try out your test build in my project and let you know how that works out (we have some 150 templates, some over 5000 lines and we're using pretty "exotic constructs" here and there so I think it's a pretty good real-life test )
Ok, #[[unparsed texblock]]# is now in. Hope ya'll like it. Report BC (backward compatibility) problems ASAP. I put up a test build at:
if you don't want to build your own from svn.
Ok, i have it working and settled on #[[content]]# as the syntax. I figured the vague similarity to xml's use of <![CDATA[content]]> would help make it clear what this syntax is for.
Any thoughts before i commit?
Tricky is one word for it... irritating is another. I don't know if this is due to javacc or just how we are using javacc.
Still, i suppose #(( block ))# isn't terrible. I wonder if #{{ }}# works, since that would feel more VTL-ish to me... I should have a few minutes after lunch to try it out.
This is a bit tricky issue.
#%%this does not work%%# (the parser chokes with #%%#%%#)
#!Unable to render embedded object: File (this does not work either) not found.!#
For some reason #((this works))# and even #((#))# this works too.
So if you replace %% with (( then the whitespace is not needed in the token and this works too:
I'm not sure why %% and !! don't work.
Hmm. It seems that the parser likes "#% " better than "#%%". With the former, it can handle #% # %# better than #%%#%%#, which i suppose isn't surprising. I'm not sure how much more time i have for this, but i'm not ready to give up on #%% %%# without a bit more effort.
Hmm. I don't think "#% " is going to be that much more common, but i've also started thinking that the required space might be confusing if someone tries:
which is very likely, i think. The extra space also makes "#% " a challenge for both writer and reader of documentation. So, i think we need to do either #% or #%%, without the space. #%% is definitely less likely, but really, the only situations i can think of for #% are "fake cussing" like #%@$! or maybe some regex. In both of those already unusual cases, #%% seems much less likely.
I do prefer the way that #% block %# looks, but even #%% block %%# looks a lot better than the current workarounds. I think i'll adapt the patch to do the latter one, as i'd rather not have any fake cussing lead to the real deal. Also, the latter would be much more forward compatible if we later decide to cut it back to #% block %# for aesthetic (or other) reasons.
OTOH, I started to think how likely is it that some templates of existing applications contain the "#% " pattern? This is more problematic than the end token since this token starts the textblock and may break rendering.
So #%% %%# would be definitely a safer solution although it's longer and not so pretty. Heh. So I ended up advocating both approaches. Technically both are equally easy to implement and there should not be difference in performance either.
I trust Nathan will make the right choice.
Good point about the two halves workaround. And if #% block %# is simpler on the implementation side, then let's stick with it. I'll see if i can find some time this afternoon to test this and check it in, as it'll take a little while to get you karma even after your CLA is in.
Thanks for the comments. I don't have the energy to start building separate patch files of those changes right now. Nathan, I'll get back to you about those CLA issues.
I experimented with different token types and indeed at one point I considered using "#%% " (forgot to update the JavaDoc) but it's not as simple as "#% " which I find better. It's consistent with the regular comment format #* this is a comment *#
If you need to include " %#" (notice that it has to contain the leading whitespace to cause "problems") inside #% block %#, then you can easily work around it e.g. by dividing the textblock in half:
#% this is the first part %# %# #% this is the second part %#
will result in
this is the first part %# this is the second part
Note that it's perfectly ok to write: #% this is a comment with stuff%# in it %#
I'd guess that " %#" is unlikely enough. Anyway, it's a matter of taste and both work. I just like simplicity.
Thanks alot guys for all the feedback and suggested solutions!
The solution with #%% this is not parsed at all %%# looks perfect to me (and consistent like Nathan mentioned in the comment before me)
Indeed, should anyone still need #%% sequence in that block (I can not immediately point this to any syntax I know off, so prob quite unlikely) there are work arounds like with the #include('bla.txt') I'm using now
Can someone give me a pointer as to which "stable" release this fix could go in? I need to run this in a secure production environment so can't really start patching libraries myself...
No, let's keep it simple. If people really need the end token in the middle, their are plenty of workarounds. No need to complicate our parser for such an unusual corner case.
I did notice in the ASTTextblock javadoc that at one point you had the sequence as:
#%% this is included but not parsed %%#
I actually kinda like that better since it is somewhat parallel too:
- comments that are removed **#
and is also an even less likely sequence.
I like this allot better then the current solution. However, you have the problem of not being to have %# in the block, not a big deal. Maybe a future addition would be to add an optional keyword in, like:
The patch looks pretty good, though i do prefer separate patches for separate features/fixes. Anyway, i'm in favor of this. It would make #literal rather useless, but that's not a bad thing. Once this is in, we should probably deprecate #literal and replace its documentation sections with documentation of this.
It would be nice if you could just check these things in yourself (in separate commits, ideally). Any progress on getting a CLA in?
OK. Here's my attempt to fix this issue.
This patch introduces a new token type which I call "Textblock". Textblocks can be marked like this:
#% here you can have any text, characters etc. %#
Velocity will not attempt to parse anything between "#% " and " %#" and will output content between these tokens as such. Note that one whitespace is part of each token.
With this feature it is easy to deal with issues described e.g. in
Reasons for selecting this token format:
1. It's short and thus easy to use.
2. It is quite unlikely that you need to have string " %#" inside the area you want to "escape" with a Textblock. Thus there is no need for a custom end token (which would have been tricky to implement). Note that you can have %# inside the area as long as it doesn't have whitespace in front of it.
This patch also includes some performance tweaks made to the parser:
1. Transformation StringBuffer -> StrBuilder is done with Ant script after the generation.
2. Parser state is stored using a custom inner class instead of Hashtable which wastes space.
Note that I'm a total newbie with JavaCC (I took a closer look at it today for the first time) so the parser might not be as efficient as possible. I had to use the JavaCC MORE feature when in IN_TEXTBLOCK mode. I'm not sure if this is the only way.
NOTICE! You must use "ant parser" command to process the Parser.jjt which then generates Parser.java etc. I didn't include the generated files in this patch since TortoiseSVN complained something about invalid linefeeds. I noticed that JavaCC 4.2 is incompatible with existing classes. JavaCC 4.0 worked OK.
Tweaks to the build.xml:
1. Now it's possible to execute just one Test Case by defining the test case name:
ant -Dtestcase=org.apache.velocity.test.TextblockTestCase test
This makes debugging a lot faster.
2. Generated ParserTokenManager is tweaked to use StrBuilder by simple search & replace.
To avoid to have to make to many changes to the parser, maybe the interface or semantics of directives can be enhanced with a feature to tell the parser to go into a "simple" mode where it skips parsing into AST until the end marker is reached.
It would be nice to be able to tell it what the end marker is, similar to the suggestion above (I changed it to contain the "#"):
To leave a single limitation that requires avoiding an "#end" within the block is only partially acceptable.
#set( $H = '#' )
Custom directives that do their own magic with the block content would not know what to do with an embedded "${H}
", which would require some pre-processing/rendering of the block before using it (interesting idea... would allow some dynamically velocity created content before directive activity). Alternatively, the custom directive could allow its own escaping syntax.
Yea, the issue's creator suggested purpose of #literal is much more useful, and the docs do gloss over allot of limitations as mentioned above, and also I'm afraid to test what it does to whitespace, which will be another surprise.
Moving #literal in this direction would require more syntax, because of the obvious case of something like:
Maybe something like:
Or maybe something simpler and fixed like
such that #literal_end would always end a literal, you could just never have this in a literal block. This solution would also be allot easier to add to the parser.
Well, "interpret" is apparently not the clearest of terms, and the docs could use some improvement (no surprise there). Still, nothing within a #literal directive is interpreted, in the sense that it is rendered literally, as the examples show. However, #literal is not a special directive in any sense. The parser hasn't a clue what #literal intends to do with its content. So, everything within a #literal block is still parsed.
Like i said, #literal was never designed to prevent parsing of content. #literal was to make it easy to escape large sections of valid VTL. like most escaping issues people have with Velocity, they expect to escape invalid VTL, but all of Velocity's escaping mechanisms (#literal included) were designed to escape valid VTL only. This is something i think everyone is ready to change in 2.0, but that doesn't mean it wasn't intentional when it was first done (not by me, i might add .
So, to change the #literal directive to make the parser be lenient about its content, you will have to hardwire knowledge about it into the parser itself. I'm willing to help commit and test such a solution, but i really don't have time to develop it myself.
I think Velocity should not interpret anything inside the literal directive. In fact, if you look at the documentation, that is the behaviour one would naturally expect:
"the #literal script element allows the template designer to easily use large chunks of uninterpreted content in VTL code"
What would be an easy way to change the literal directive so that Velocity does not interpret anything inside it?
#literal wasn't designed with that in mind. The parser only knows that #literal is a directive, not that it should treat it specially. Still, while not a bug, this would be a better way for #literal to work.
Typical practice for your situation is to either "poor man's escaping":
#set( $D = '$' )
#set( $H = '#' )## or use EscapeTool: $esc.h and $esc.d
var myId = 'someId';
.template('

').apply({myId: myId}
or to put long sections into a separate file and use #include( 'myscript.txt' ) to bring it back into the template. #include most definitely does not parse the files it brings in.


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As Laura Hancock of the Casper Star-Tribune reports:
Wyoming's newest legislator stands by a book he wrote nearly 30 years ago that claims many gay people demand the right to have sex with children and people with AIDS should be quarantined if they continue having sex.
The book is called "The Death Sentence of AIDS: Vital Information For You and Your Family's Health and Safety." It was self-published by T.R. Mader, who at the Wyoming Legislature goes by the name Rep. Troy Mader, R-Gillette…
Mader said in an interview with the Star-Tribune the research featured in the book may be a little outdated, since it was written when HIV and AIDS were still relatively new to the medical community. But he still maintains gays are more likely to be promiscuous tha[n] heterosexuals, contributing to the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.
"If you want to participate in that particular lifestyle, that's your choice," he said during a telephone interview. "But I reserve the right to say, 'Hey, there's risk involved.'"
Some of our longtime readers will remember the case of Colorado GOP Rep. Jim Welker, who back in 2006 was persuaded to not run for office again after highly controversial articles forwarded by Welker to his email list became public including an opinion piece saying "President Bush is not to blame for the rampant immorality of blacks" in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Opposing a gay marriage resolution in 2005, Welker famously invoked a 1978 case where "a guy in Boulder tried to marry his horse."
It took some effort, but it looks like Rep. Troy Mader has got Jim Welker beat:
Mader's book states many gays are promiscuous, citing a 1984 article from the conservative magazine American Spectator that claimed the average gay person had 1,000 to 1,600 partners in a lifetime.
"One activist has said that 10,000 sex partners in the lifetime of a 'very active' homosexual would not be extraordinary," the book states on page 150… [Pols emphasis]
Mader said he still believes gays tend to be more promiscuous than straight people, and that promiscuity contributes to the spread of the HIV virus.
We can't say where Rep. Mader might have done his, you know, research on the relative promiscuity of straight people versus gays. But to put the claim in Mader's book in perspective, in order to have "10,000 sex partners," it would be necessary to have sex with a different person every day, 365 days a year, for a little over 27 years. We suppose a few orgies might whittle that number down a little.
But folks, this side of an extremely prolific porn star, that seems awfully hard to physically accomplish.
Also, the only people we've ever known to claim anything remotely close to this level of sexual prowess were all straight. And we're pretty confident, at this point in our lives, they were all lying too.


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NT Live - reverse screening of Frankenstein!
For the first time ever, National Theatre Live will broadcast two separate performances of a production. Throughout the run of Frankenstein at the National Theatre, Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller are alternating the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature and you can take your pick when the production gets broadcast on FACT cinema screen!
14 February 2011Audiences at FACT will have the chance to see both combinations, with two broadcasts a week apart:
17 March: Benedict Cumberbatch (Creature), Jonny Lee Miller (Victor)
24 March: Jonny Lee Miller (Creature), Benedict Cumberbatch (Victor) ?
But hurry tickets for 17 March are nearly gone, but there a number left for 24 March, book yours here!
PLEASE NOTE: in response to huge demand, we are pleased to bring you a recorded Encore show of NT Live: Frankenstein on 17 April. Book tickets here.


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Shooting food is fun but it's not the easiest thing to do. There are times when you need to solve problems during food shoots that's why you need to be prepared. In order to avoid being in an embarrassing situation you must do your homework.
You need to bring everything you think is necessary – lenses, back up camera, monitor, computer, gobos, lights with modifiers etc. It's better to pack everything you have than to fall short.
Believe me I've been there, that's why I learned how to improvise. I make use of what I have and look at the things around me that I can use as props.
Although improvisation is good, it's still best to have everything ready. Impressing the client with your professionalism will go a long way.
For this shoot, I was fortunate that I didn't need to food style and we only needed a minimalistic shot. I just did my outback lighting and that was it.
The shot came out perfect for the client and no retouch was needed.
I shot this for Outback Steakhouse Philippines a couple of years ago. It's a dessert shot that has the same feel as the international version of the same dessert. Outback Steakhouse's photos usually have a warm tone.
I used 2 strobes with medium-sized softboxes and another strobe at the back with honeycomb attachment plus a warm gel directed at the wooden wall behind to separate my subject from the background and to bring out the texture of the wood.
I dialed in about f/5.6 to f/8 to give the right amount of depth of field and bokeh.


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An interview with Saf from HelpfulpeepsOver the coming year I'm planning to conduct a series of interviews with local startups around the Bristol and Bath area. This week I was very happy to speak with Saf from the Bristol based startup, Helpfulpeeps.
For those not already aware of Helpfulpeeps, who are you and what are your company goals?
Helpfulpeeps is a new social network built on the principles of 'paying it forward' where people share their time, skills and knowledge to help each other for free. Each time you help, you earn karma which acts as your social capital on the platform. We call it the Karma Economy! We are on a mission to bring back community spirit in an increasingly disconnected world.
How did the idea for Helpfulpeeps come about?
The idea came about as I looked to address some of the challenges we were facing as a society. The first was that it's becoming increasingly apparent that there's a lack of a sense of community in most cities these days. Secondly, I also felt that as a society we were becoming too focused on money, to the extent that that we were starting to measure value purely in terms of financial currency. I wanted to highlight the value of 'human capital', our time and energy because every individual has something to offer to each other and society at large based on their skills and passions. So this led to the initial idea for Helpfulpeeps as a website where members can ask for help and repay to the whole rather than the individual and can trust that when they need help the community will provide it.
A problem many founders face when building a social startup like Helpfulpeeps is an initial lack of users - often referred to as the chicken and egg problem. Has this been a challenge you've faced at Helpfulpeeps? Especially as you expand into new cities?
I think that is always going to be a challenge but we found that the early users who joined Helpfulpeeps were doing so because they believed in the concept and our mission and they actually helped us spread the word by inviting people to join through word of mouth. Where we lacked a critical mass of users in the beginning we more than made up for in enthusiasm of early users as we got daily emails from members asking how much they loved the concept and if there was anything they could do to help us grow the community. In terms of cities we've been primarily focused on Bristol as we recognised that in order for Helpfulpeeps to be truly useful we needed to build up some kind of critical mass in a given location. However we recently launched into Bath and the uptake has been fantastic.
Do you have any interesting examples of ways Helpfulpeep's members have helped others in the community?
In terms of recent examples that come to mind the Helpfulpeeps community got together and donated over 100 gifts for disadvantaged kids in times for Christmas and this was off the back of one post from one lady who proposed the idea as she had worked in social services and knew how to get the gifts to the right people.
Having said that we've had over 1200 requests posted, which have been met by over 900 offers of help so there's been many interesting ways in which people have helped each other in the community. Some recent examples include help with changing a car battery, teaching guitar, help building a wordpress site, volunteering for a mock interview day at a school just to name a few.
What lessons have you've learnt while working on Helpfulpeeps? And do you have any advice for entrepreneurs starting their own companies?
I've learnt many lessons in the last couple of years but the biggest one for me so far has been patience and persistence. I've never been great at being patient so that's been particularly challenging but I'm starting to realise that it takes time to build anything meaningful and that the reward is directly linked to the amount of challenges you've overcome.
The only advice that I can give is to make sure you start a company for the right reasons - i.e. you're passionate about solving the problem. Ask yourself would you work on this if there was no financial incentive? Because if you're just in it for the money chances are you'll give up when the going gets tough (and it's definitely going to get tough both psychologically and financially). The statistical likelihood is that your startup is going to fail. So to paraphrase Elon Musk - is it important enough for you to try - even if the most likely outcome is failure? If you answer yes then you are on the right track.
What's next for Helpfulpeeps? Have you set any goals for 2017?
We have huge ambitions for 2017 where we hope to take Helpfulpeeps from 10k to 100k+ members and to launch in multiple cities across the UK. We want to be part of the narrative when it comes to removing the stigma around asking for help. We also want to encourage more people to volunteer and get involved in their communities.
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Originally proposed in 1992 by Marco Dorigo, ant colony optimization (ACO) is an optimization technique inspired by the path finding behaviour of ants searching for food. ACO is also a subset of swarm intelligence - a problem solving technique using decentralized, collective behaviour, to derive artificial intelligence.
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When Landon Donovan was ruled out for the LA Galaxy's April 9 match at D.C. United, Bruce Arena had a major hole to fill at left midfield. While the LA manager may have had several options to plug in there, he eventually turned to a familiar face, albeit one that normally plays in a different position.
Mike Magee, who started at forward in the first two games of the season, was charged with replacing Donovan, as a knee inflammation sidelined the US World Cup star against D.C. United and Toronto FC.
"We have a deep team, so we haven't missed too many beats," Magee said. "Obviously Landon is a guy you'll never be able to replace, but the team has done well. Throughout the course of the year, whether it's been Omar [Gonzalez] or Landon, other guys have stepped in and done their job. That's what we get paid to do."
Magee responded to the challenge of playing left midfield by putting in a solid performance against DC. He scored his first goal of the season and helped the Galaxy earn a draw in a match which United equalized late on a disputed penalty.
Against Toronto, Magee was active and helped keep TFC scoreless as the Galaxy picked up another road point.
"It's good to get a goal and I would have liked to have followed it up by getting another one in the Toronto game," Magee said. "But it's a little weight off your back. The first one is always the hardest and hopefully there are more to come."
Magee stepped in at the start of the season and featured at forward the first two games of the season as the team's high-profile offseason acquisition, Juan Pablo Angel, was ill and unable to start. After sitting for the next two games, Magee made his return as a left midfielder.
The difference in responsibilities has not been overwhelming for Magee and he's adjusted fairly quickly to his new role.
"The most noticeable difference is the running," Magee said. "Stepping in on the left side where Landon's been playing requires a lot of running, a lot of box-to-box stuff. It's a little different than I'm used to but it's been going well. My legs are getting better, I'm getting a bit more fit."