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In addition to showing reputation scores, SO should rank users. In the users section, users are ordered by the reputations they have.
Each user should also have a unique rank, since many users can have the same reputation score.
Rank must follow the order laid out by reputation, but for those having similar reputation, an additional formula should be defined which can rank users based on tags, time since registration, frequency of activity and/or helpfulness of their answers.
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"Monster" Reincarnated at Hardee's
Jan 16, 2007
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – January 16, 2007 – There's a brand new Monster on the loose at Hardee's®, and this time it's looking to satisfy hearty appetites everywhere at breakfast. As a sequel to the brands' popular Monster Thickburger™ introduction in 2003, Hardee's today unveiled its latest creation – the Monster Biscuit™ –- sandwiching virtually every delicious breakfast menu staple between a Hardee's signature Made-From-Scratch™ Biscuit.
The new Monster Biscuit is made using three half-strips of bacon, a sausage patty, four slices of shaved ham, a folded egg and two slices of cheese all on a Made-From-Scratch Biscuit.
"We found that a big part of the success of our Monster Thickburger a few years ago was the basic combination of meat and cheese ... and more meat and more cheese," said Brad Haley, Hardee's executive vice president of marketing. "So, after trying various similar combinations for breakfast, the Monster Biscuit was born - or perhaps 'transmogrified' is a more appropriate description of how it was created. Ironically, the version of the sandwich that sold the best in our consumer tests was the one that had everything on it – bacon and ham and sausage and eggs and cheese. I guess anything less just doesn't cut it as a 'monster.'"
The new Monster Biscuit will be sold at participating Hardee's restaurants for $2.49 or at $3.89 for a small combo including hash rounds and a drink. Prices may vary. Hardee's Food Systems, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR) of Carpinteria, Calif. As of the third fiscal quarter ended Nov. 6, 2006, CKE Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, had a total of 3,113 franchised or company-owned restaurants in 43 states and in 14 countries, including 1,079 Carl's Jr.® restaurants, 1,923 Hardee's restaurants and 95 La Salsa Fresh Mexican Grill® restaurants. For more information, or to find a Hardee's near you, go to www.ckr.com or www.hardees.com.

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text: WeChat has transformed from a social media to a payment platform (among other things) and had success in China. Could Australia be next? Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters 6 abril 2017 Apple Pay may have won the battle but it may not win the war Steve Worthington, Swinburne University of Technology While Apple Pay may have won the battle against some of Australia's banks, it may lose the war against the providers of digital wallets, such as Tencent and Alibaba.


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I did a quick and dirty job. Base coat of Greatcoat Grey. Two coats of Nuln Oil wash. One coat did not darken enough the recesses to my liking. After that, I did some dry brushing with some darker gray, white and blue. For the green glow on the runes, I used successive glazes of Iosan Green and a wash of Morrow White in the recesses. It's not as glowing as I would have wanted but for a job under 3 hours, I'm fairly happy with the result.
Well it's been a while since my last post because I've been busy working on a side project related to Warmachine that I will talk about in the future. I've also been reading some books on color theory just to educate myself a bit and help me understand how to mix color.
Anyway, I almost finished my Stalker. The base and the final varnish are not done yet.
I tried to take better pictures using a small booth and some better lightning. I
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I realized that painting is way harder than I expected (blogging in English too) and that I can't aim for perfect blending so soon in my "hobbyist" career. I fully completed maybe 2 models since I started painting almost a year ago. When I painted my first model, I stripped it down 3 times with simple green before I was happy with the way it looked. I have to let go my perfectionism and learn that perfection is only achievable by repetition. I also
Hello there! I started a new blog to document my journey into the world of Warmachine and Hordes. This blog will also help me try to improve my English. You may find some grammatical errors and I strongly encourage you to tell me how to correct them. Thanks a lot!
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I finally could not resist buying one of the all in one army box. I'm already far behind painting both my Khador and Cygnar armies, but these boxes
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2014 Event will be October 24-25 at the Legacy Events Center in Farmington, UT.
This is the first grand tournament of its size to be held in Utah and covers a variety of TCG and tabletop games. Covering the course of two days we will match worthy opponents against each other to see who wins the top victory.
I'm having problems properly formatting this post at this time. Will go back and edit it later. Well today I spent some time to paint the cloak on an Idrian Skirmisher. I'll list the paints and proportions I used for this: Deep Shadow: 1:1 Black, Royal Purple Shadow: 1:2 Black, Royal Purple (This is to help mitigate the dominance of black) Basecoat: Royal Purple Low Highlight: 1:1 Purple, Ultramarine (Possibly part of my problem described later) High Highlight: 1:2 Purple, Ultramarine
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This post is late like the one before it. Really late. I thought about combining day three and four, but I think I have enough to write day three as its own post.
Again didn't get much painting in, due to work and etc. but I did contemplate my short/long term goals, and I think it would be a good exercise to do so. So without further ado:
I would like to be a good painter. I'm going to measure my progress as follows:
Can I achieve smooth transitions for
Быстро покрас. Модель была уже с начатым покрасом, докрашивал. Есть косяки, знаю:-) так задумано.
Alas, I didn't get much painting done between spending time with my girlfriend, and actually playing Warmachine. But as I was painting I kept thinking that I should be able to fit five shades from light to dark. As it stood I could fit two maybe three tops. I vowed to be more careful, and so I made sure I wiped off the appropriate amount of paint touched the tip of my brush to the mini and carefully dragged out the thinnest line I could produce. Unfortunately instead of the thin controlled line
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"But when I go to the taxpayers who are funding the university to the tune of a billion dollars a year . . . with issues of accountability, double-dipping, backup jobs, felons in the classroom - these are all legitimate issues that taxpayers expect me to deal with."I hope we can get along!
Still, Nass said, he was hopeful the Legislature and the university could work together....
The System's Board of Regents delayed action last week on a proposal that would change admissions policy to give greater emphasis to nonacademic factors such as race and income. Nass had asked for the delay, threatening a constitutional amendment to ban race from being considered in the admissions process without changes to the policy. The issue could be the first test of the relationship.
ADDED: Nass has also talked about amending the Wisconsin constitution to ban affirmative action, and today's Cap Times has an opinion piece on the subject by UW emeritus econ prof W. Lee Hansen:
A statewide poll several years ago showed 84 percent of respondents opposed "the use of race and ethnic preferences in determining who should be admitted to the University of Wisconsin." The opposition ran deep, with 77 percent of minority respondents and 76 percent of Democrats opposing race and ethnic preferences....Hansen ends on what I consider an ugly note, and perhaps the Cap Times published this precisely because it might be offputting enough to increase support for affirmative action. My main point with this post is to flag the fact that Nass is in and the amendment may be in the offing.
Increasingly desperate actions have fueled public skepticism of efforts to increase diversity here in Wisconsin. The latest include adopting a "holistic" approach to campus admissions decisions for the avowed purpose of increasing minority enrollment and launching the Orwellian Think Respect program at UW-Madison to make the campus climate more welcoming to minorities.


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The Environment Minister, Richard Benyon has today announced emergency measures for the British Summer Holiday. "Every year we have the same crisis, summer. Now we will be prepared."
With immediate effect, town councils will be empowered to build new flood defences using existing funding, and the Thames Barrier will be left cranked up to its fullest height. The Minister stated that airports would receive maximum protection, with snow ploughs on standby to assist in clearing runways.
"We cannot allow anything to impede the emergency evacuation of our citizens this year". Provision is being made for refuge shelters for British holidaymakers in favoured destinations such as Magaluf, Faliraki and Benidorm. MPs and senior officials are said to be making their own arrangements in undisclosed destinations believed to be in Tuscany and the Carribean.
David Cameron has added his authority and shiny face to the proposals. "The safety of the Royal family is paramount, thus the next heir to the throne and the fragrant Duchess of Cambridge will be on their summer holidays at various destination throughout the coming year."
North of the Watford Border, town councils have voiced vehement opposition to the gritting lorries being requisitioned to protect the airports, particularly those in London. "How are we to guarantee access to local events such as school summer fetes?".
Manufacturers of wellies, pack-a-macs and umbrellas are up in arms, arguing that it cuts to the heart of all that is British about summertime. A British Tourist Board spokesman summed up the depth of feeling "We have heavily invested in advertising British themed holidays all over the UK. Tewkesbury Council are planning Rangerover waterski championships in June, while white-water rafting in Cornwall is expected to be exceptionally popular, particularly in August".
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9/12/2013- Amendments to Regulation D, Form D and Rule 156, File Number S7-06-13
September 12, 2013
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Attn: Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary
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Washington, DC 20549
Electronic Address: email@example.com
Re: Amendments to Regulation D, Form D and Rule 156, File Number S7-06-13
Dear Ms. Murphy:
The Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) offers the following comment to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in response to the above-referenced proposed rule issued on July 24, 2013.[1] The SEC issued the proposed rule with the intent of enhancing its ability to evaluate and enforce market practices associated with general solicitation and general advertising. Small business owners, entrepreneurs who have participated in small business startups, and investors in small business have all been in contact with Advocacy to discuss the proposed rule. Based upon this input from small business representatives, Advocacy is concerned that the Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA) contained in the proposed rule lacks essential information required under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)[2]. For this reason, Advocacy recommends that the SEC republish for public comment a Supplemental IRFA before proceeding with this rulemaking.
Office of Advocacy
Advocacy was established pursuant to Pub. L. 94-305 to represent the views of small entities before federal agencies and Congress. Advocacy is an independent office within SBA, so the views expressed by Advocacy do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA or the Administration. The RFA, as amended by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA),[3] gives small entities a voice in the rulemaking process. For all rules that are expected to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities, federal agencies are required by the RFA to assess the impact of the proposed rule on small business and to consider less burdensome alternatives.
The RFA requires agencies to give every appropriate consideration to comments provided by Advocacy. The agency must include, in any explanation or discussion accompanying the final rule's publication in the Federal Register, the agency's response to these written comments submitted by Advocacy on the proposed rule, unless the agency certifies that the public interest is not served by doing so.[4]
On July 10, the SEC issued a final rule implementing section 201(a) of Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act[5], which lifts the ban on general solicitation and general advertising.[6] The SEC final rule permits businesses to openly advertise to raise money in private offerings provided that the issuer of securities takes "reasonable steps" to verify that the purchasers of the securities are accredited investors.
On July 24, the SEC issued a proposed rule intended to enhance the agency's ability to evaluate and enforce market practices associated with general solicitation and general advertising. The proposed rule would amend Regulation D, Form D and Rule 156. Specifically, the proposed rule would require the following: (1) the filing of a Form D in Rule 506(c) offerings before the issuer engages in general solicitation; (2) the filing of a closing amendment to Form D after the termination of any Rule 506 offering; (3) the written general solicitation materials used in Rule 506(c) offerings; (4) the submission of written general solicitation materials used in Rule 506(c) offerings to the SEC; and (5) the disqualification of an issuer from relying on Rule 506 for one year for two future offerings if the issuer did not comply within the last five years with Form D filing requirements in a Rule 506 offering.
The Proposed Rule's IRFA is Deficient
Advocacy believes that the IRFA contained in the proposed rule is deficient, and for this reason, the SEC should republish a Supplemental IRFA for additional public comment before proceeding with this rulemaking. Under the RFA, an IRFA must contain: (1) a description of the reasons why the regulatory action is being taken; (2) the objectives and legal basis for the proposed regulation; (3) a description and estimated number of regulated small entities; (4) a description and estimate of compliance requirements, including any differential for different categories of small entities; (5) identification of duplication, overlap, and conflict with other rules and regulations; and (6) a description of significant alternatives to the rule.[7] Advocacy is concerned that because the proposed rule's IRFA is deficient, the public has not been adequately informed about the possible impact of the proposed rule on small entities and whether there are significant alternatives to the proposed rule that would meet the SEC's objectives in a less costly manner.
The IRFA does not adequately describe and estimate the number of small entities to which the proposed rule would apply. The IRFA provides that the SEC relied on Form D filings to estimate the number of small entities that would be subject to the proposed rule.[8] However, the SEC concedes that the proposed rule likely underestimates the number of small entities to which the proposed rule would apply because over 50 percent of issuers declined to report their size on the Form D. Because the IRFA does not adequately describe and estimate the number of small entities that would be subject to the proposed rule, impacted small entities have not been properly notified that they would be affected by the proposal. Therefore, Advocacy recommends that the SEC revise its IRFA to better identify and more accurately estimate all regulated small entities.
Additionally, the IRFA does not contain a description of significant alternatives to the proposed rule which accomplish the stated SEC objectives and which minimize any significant economic impact of the proposed rule on small entities. The IRFA only lists alternatives related to partially or completely exempting small business from the proposed requirements. The SEC rejects the alternatives listed in the IRFA by stating that "a partial or complete exemption from the proposed requirements…would be inappropriate because these approaches would detract from the completeness and uniformity of the Form D dataset and, as a result, reduce the expected benefits of more consistent submission of Rule 506 information and improved collection of data for Commission enforcement and rulemaking efforts." Thus, the SEC appears to reject the alternatives because the alternatives do not accomplish the objectives of the rulemaking (the enhancement of the SEC's ability to evaluate and enforce market practices associated with general solicitation and general advertising).
Because the SEC rejects the IRFA's alternatives for conflicting with the purpose of the rulemaking, the IRFA does not comply with the RFA which requires that an IRFA provide significant alternatives that accomplish an agency's objectives. Advocacy recommends that the SEC revise its IRFA to include alternatives which actually accomplish its objectives for the rulemaking.
Moreover, the IRFA does not discuss how the alternatives may reduce the disproportionate economic impact on small entities. Advocacy encourages the SEC to revise its IRFA to provide a more detailed discussion of the reduction in economic burden that potential alternatives would cause.
Advocacy is concerned that the SEC's proposed rule and IRFA lack essential information needed to properly inform the agency's decision making, particularly with respect to how many small entities would be impacted and whether the alternatives described in the analysis meet the requirements of the RFA. Accordingly, Advocacy recommends that the SEC republish for public comment a Supplemental IRFA before proceeding with this rulemaking.
By republishing a Supplemental IRFA, small businesses will have more adequate data to assess the potential impact of the proposed rule. Further, the SEC will gain valuable insight into the effects of the proposed rule on small business.
Advocacy is committed to helping the SEC comply with the RFA in the development of the proposed rule. Therefore, Advocacy stands ready to assist the SEC in the completion of a Supplemental IRFA.
Advocacy looks forward to working with the SEC. If you have any questions or require additional information please contact me or Assistant Chief Counsel Dillon Taylor at (202) 401-9787 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Winslow Sargeant, Ph.D.
Chief Counsel for Advocacy
Dillon Taylor
Assistant Chief Counsel Advocacy
Copy to: The Honorable Howard Shelanski, Administrator
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Office of Management and Budget
[2] 5 U.S.C. § 601 et seq.
[3] Pub. L. 104-121, Title II, 110 Stat. 857 (1996) (codified in various sections of 5 U.S.C. § 601 et seq.).
[4] 5 U.S.C. § 601 et seq.
[5] Pub. L. No. 112-106, 126 Stat. 306.
[8] All issuers that sell securities in reliance on SEC Rule 506 are required to file a Form D to report the transaction.


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CRESTVIEW � Despite last year�s $1.2 million deficit in governmental services, the Hub City faces a more promising financial outlook, according to a report on its annual audit.
CRESTVIEW � Despite last year�s $1.2 million deficit in governmental services, the Hub City faces a more promising financial outlook, according to a report on its annual audit.
The City Council has unanimously approved accepting Carr, Riggs and Ingram�s auditing report.
"We are issuing a clean opinion, and that differs from what we did last year," Alan Jowers, a partner in the firm, said on Monday. A "clean opinion" means there were no serious problems found in the city's revamped accounting systems and procedures.
The city had partially covered a deficit by transferring $500,000 from the utilities fund, which resulted in a $675,000 net loss.
"What that's telling you is that for your fiscal year 2012 ... you spent more than you brought in," Jowers said. "I think that's important to look at."
During the year, the city addressed several issues raised in the 2011-12 audit, including accounting and billing problems that once plagued the Utilities Billing Department, Jowers said.
Auditors analyzed two segments of city government: governmental services � such as police and city administration � and "business activities" including water services and other items that generate fee-based revenue.
"The good news is there was no systemic issue like there's been in previous years," Jowers said.
One recommendation the firm made would eliminate the potential to misuse a test check generated during a run of city-issued checks.
Though a test check � which assures the printing system functions correctly � is locked in a safe so it can be accounted for, it should be defaced to ensure it could not be fraudulently completed and cashed, the report recommended.
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If 2012 proved anything, it's that the country's entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well. No place can that spirit be better seen than on the online-funding platform Kickstarter. The website has helped thousands of projects get off the ground. Here are some of our favorites from the past year.
Ostrich Pillow
Unveiled in September, the Ostrich Pillow offers a way to take a cozy and comfortable power nap anytime, anywhere. The pillow is designed to let users create a little private space to relax and unwind. Its soft interior shelter, made of synthetic stuffing, isolates the head and hands for a short break, without the user ever having to get up from a desk or chair. The project raised nearly $200,000 from 1,846 backers in 30 days.
Flipbookits are bringing old-fashioned art back to life. The Flipbookitis a rotating mechanical flip-book kit that can be loaded with either the provided ready-made animated art or custom-made art created by the owner. The Flipbookit holds 24 frames and can be used with black-and-white or color animation. With the help of more than 1,850 backers, the project raised $137,567 in just one month.
Hickies replace traditional shoelaces with a system that lets users easily slip in and out of their shoes while keeping them snug and secure. It eliminates the worry or need to ever tie or untie shoes again by turning every shoe into a slip-on. They adjust to any size shoe and come in a wide variety of colors and styles. With the help of more than 3,300 backers, Hickies raised nearly $160,000 in 45 days.
LIFX Bulb
LIFX is a Wi-Fi-enabled, multicolor, energy-efficient LED light bulb that can be controlled with most any smartphone. LIFX gives users unprecedented control of their lights, reduces energy costs and lasts up to 25 years. LIFX enables users to create colors to match any mood or décor and can be set to a security mode when no one is home. In less than two months, 9,236 backers helped LIFX raise more than $1.3 million.
The PowerPot is a portable electric generator that doubles as a cooking pot. It can be used indoors or outside and works with any fuel source. Using a technology called thermoelectric power generation, the pot transforms the heat from cooking into electricity with no moving parts. Different models of pots are available, but each one can generate enough power to charge smartphones, MP3 players, or LED lights at one time. The larger models produce enough power to charge larger devices such as tablets. More than 1,000 backers helped the PowerPot raise $126,204 in just one month.
One of the most funded projects of the year, Pebble is a customizable watch that lets users download new watch faces, use sports and fitness apps and get notifications from their smartphone. Pebble connects to iPhone and Android smartphones using Bluetooth, alerting users with a silent vibration to incoming calls, emails and messages. If they choose, Pebble wearers can be alerted to a number of notifications, including Facebook messages, new tweets, weather updates and calendar alerts. The project raised more than $10 million from nearly 70,000 backers in less than six weeks.
ReadySet is a solar charger that can power up to 10 iPhones or run an iPad for 12 hours of continuous video play on a single charge. Beyond solar, the ReadySet's smart electronics and firmware lets users charge from virtually any source, including solar panels, bicycle generators and micro-wind turbines. The charger's design can be used to power all kinds of devices, such as lights, radios, cellphones, tablets and Wi-Fi hot spots, via its two open standard 12-volt car lighter adapter ports and two 5-volt USB ports. ReadySet had more than 500 backers raise $112,362 in less than a month.
Wobble Bowls
Wobble Bowls are round-bottomed bowls that rock and spin, but won't tip over. The bowls are offered in bright orange, yellow or blue. The bowls' low center of gravity makes it possible for them to remain stable and right themselves when tipped over. The bowls are well-suited to be used as serving bowls, snack bowls or for just throwing coins into at the end of the day. In one month, Wobble Bowls raised $42,384 from nearly 600 backers.
TGTs are tiny wallets constructed of soft Italian leather and high-quality elastic. They fit into the tightest pocket and don't make pants feel bulky like others often do. The wallets come in a variety of colors and styles and can hold as many as 20 credit cards. More than 7,500 backed the project with a combined $317,424.
Griz Coat
One of the more fashionable items on Kickstarter this year was the Griz Coat. The original grizzly bear jacket is made from faux fur, has a detachable bear head hood and is complete with authentic-looking eyes, teeth, claws and nose. The jacket is one-size-fits-all and made in the U.S. The original Griz Coat became so popular that designers are now offering a polar bear version. The Griz Coat raised just over $29,000 from 180 backers during a three-week period last April.
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A quick reference guide to get you going with Angular development. It uses Angular v4 with TypeScript.
Learn some effective error handling strategies that you can use in your .NET projects.
Learn how Behavior Driven Development (BDD) works with a real-world example of how to use it.
Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) in C# using SOLID principles, with challenges and solutions.
Learn about a few JavaScript frameworks, and which one will be a good fit in your ASP.NET MVC apps
In a previous article Windows Azure: Working with Blob Storage in an ASP.NET Application, we have explored how we can use the Cloud BLOB storage service to store and manage BLOB content. Similarly, we can also store structured data on the cloud using Table Service. The Table service component of the Windows Azure Storage service is a very simple, highly scalable and cost effective solution provided to store data. It is a service hosted in Windows Azure Data Center and its access is provided through HTTP-based REST APIs.
Using Table service, a very simple structured table can be created where you can store data of your entities in a serializable form. Since the Table Storage service is not relational data, it does not offer foreign key or any joins.
To define an entity, you can make use of a .NET Programming Language like C#. The entity declared must have the following 3 properties:
Timestamp: This property is generated on the server side and is a readonly property. It is used to keep the record of the entity specified, when it is inserted into the table. The responsibility of this property is that it is used to handle concurrency. When you want to update an entity in the table, you can check if the timestamp of your local version is same as the server, if yes then an update is possible, otherwise it indicates that the entity is modified by another application or process.
Table Service maintains a minimal schema for the entity with logical columns for the above three properties and a PropertyBag where properties from the entity are stored. This can be explained as below:
Let's say the Entity created in C# is as below:
[DataServiceKey("PartitionKey","RowKey")]epublic class Employee{ public string Timestamp{ get; set; } public string PartitionKey { get; set; }
public string RowKey { get; set; } public int EmpNo{get;set;} public string EmpName{get;set;} public int Salary{get;set;}}
then the Table service will store data as below:
One important point here in case of Table service is that, it has a specific schema for table with columns, as shown in the above example. The entity can be easily extended by adding new properties e.g. if the Employee entity created above is modified as below:
[DataServiceKey("PartitionKey","RowKey")]e public class Employee{ public string Timestamp{ get; set; } public string PartitionKey { get; set; }
public string RowKey { get; set; } public int EmpNo{get;set;} public string EmpName{get;set;} public int Salary{get;set;} public string Designation {get;set;}}
Then you can store entity data in Table without modifying either Table Structure or existing data from it. So now the data stored can be as below:
So in the above table, the last row has the Designation property value for Employee No 1003.
In the following steps, we will create a Windows Azure Project. For this application, I am using Windows Azure SDK 1.6.
Step 1: Open VS2010 and create a Windows Azure Project, name it as 'Mah_TableServiceApplication'. Name the Web Role project as 'ProductManagement'. Since the TableService exposes HTTP REST APIs through the implementation of ADO.NET Data Service, we need to add the following references in the Web Role Project:
Right click on the ProductManagement Web Role, and from settings, add a new setting as shown below:
Step 2: In the project, add a new class file and name it as 'TableServiceClasses.cs'. Add the following code in it:
namespace ProductManagement{ /// <summary> /// The base class contains PartitionKey, RowKey, Timestamp /// </summary> public class ITProducts : TableServiceEntity { public string Manifacturer { get; set; } public string ProductName { get; set; } public int Price { get; set; } }
/// <summary> /// The context class used for Performing CRUD operations /// with entities. This makes use of ADO.NET Data Services /// TableServiceContext: The base class Represents ADO.NET Data Service /// The "DataServiceContext" class used for Windows Azure Table Service /// </summary> public class ITProductsContext : TableServiceContext { //S1: Read Account Inforormation from the Configuration file private static CloudStorageAccount tableStorageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.FromConfigurationSetting("DataConnectionString");
/// <summary> /// S2 : Get the Account Details e.g.Credentials to Deal with the Context /// </summary> public ITProductsContext() :base(tableStorageAccount.TableEndpoint.AbsoluteUri, tableStorageAccount.Credentials) { } /// <summary> /// S3: Property for Applying Query /// </summary> public DataServiceQuery<ITProducts> ITProducts { get { return CreateQuery<ITProducts>("ITProducts"); } } }}
In the above code, the class ITProducts is used as entity using which data will be stored in the Table Storage. This class is inherited from 'TableServiceEntity'. This class provides properties like PartitionKey, RowKey and Timestamp. The class 'ITProductContext' is inherited from 'TableServiceContext' base class. This class represents the DataServiceContext objects to use with Windows Azure Table Service.
Step 3: In the Web project, add a new Web Form and name it as 'Page_Create_Table.aspx'. Design the page as shown below:
Step 4: Use the following references in the Code behind:
using Microsoft.WindowsAzure;using Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ServiceRuntime;using Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient;
Step 5: Write the following code in the click event of the 'Create Table'. This will create a new Table in the Table Storage
protected void btnCreateTable_Click(object sender, EventArgs e){ try { CloudStorageAccount.SetConfigurationSettingPublisher((configName,configSetter) => { configSetter(RoleEnvironment.GetConfigurationSettingValue(configName)); }); var tableStorageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.FromConfigurationSetting("DataConnectionString");
CloudTableClient productTableClient = tableStorageAccount.CreateCloudTableClient();
productTableClient.CreateTableIfNotExist("ITProducts"); } catch (Exception ex) { lblError.Text = ex.Message; }}
The above code creates an instance of 'CloudStorageAccount' by reading the configuration using 'DataConnectionString'. Using the 'CreateCloudTable()' method of the CloudStorageAccount object, the CloudTableClient object gets created, which then creates table 'ITProducts'.
Step 6: Run the application and click on the 'Create Table' button, you will see the table created using the server explorer as shown below:
Step 7: Write the following code in the click event of the 'Add Product', this will add a new record which can be seen in the Table explorer as shown below:
Now right click on the 'ITProducts' table in the Server Explorer, you will find the entity added in it as shown below:
Step 8: Add the following helper method in the page class, this will read all rows from the Table and display them in the GridView. This method is as shown below:
/// <summary>///Helper method to Query the ITProductContext Class and///Read all Products/// </summary>void GetProductsInGrid(){ try { ITProductsContext objContext = new ITProductsContext(); //Query to the Context Class for Products in Sorted by RowKey gdvITProducts.DataSource = objContext.ITProducts.ToList().OrderBy(p => p.RowKey); gdvITProducts.DataBind(); } catch (Exception) { }}
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e){ CloudStorageAccount.SetConfigurationSettingPublisher((configName, configSetter) => { configSetter(RoleEnvironment.GetConfigurationSettingValue(configName)); });
if (IsPostBack == false) { GetProductsInGrid(); }}
Step 9: Run the application and you will get the following result:
Step 10: Add GridView Editing, Updating, Canceling and Deleting events to provide complete functionality of the Table service as below:
protected void gdvITProducts_RowEditing(object sender, GridViewEditEventArgs e){ gdvITProducts.EditIndex = e.NewEditIndex; GetProductsInGrid(); }/// <summary>/// Helper method to delete the Entity/// </summary>/// <param name="sender"></param>/// <param name="e"></param>protected void gdvITProducts_RowDeleting(object sender, GridViewDeleteEventArgs e){ GridViewRow row = gdvITProducts.Rows[e.RowIndex]; string manifacturer = row.Cells[2].Text; string prodid = ((Label)row.Cells[1].FindControl("lblRowKey")).Text; if (manifacturer != string.Empty && prodid != string.Empty) { DeleteProductByManifacturerAndProductId(manifacturer,prodid); }}
protected void gdvITProducts_RowCancelingEdit(object sender, GridViewCancelEditEventArgs e){ gdvITProducts.EditIndex = -1; GetProductsInGrid(); }
/// <summary>/// Method to Update an Entity from the Table using GridView Programming/// </summary>/// <param name="sender"></param>/// <param name="e"></param>protected void gdvITProducts_RowUpdating(object sender, GridViewUpdateEventArgs e){ try { //S1 : Get The TableServiceContext Object ITProductsContext objContext = new ITProductsContext(); //S2: Read the PartitionKey and RowKey GridViewRow row = gdvITProducts.Rows[e.RowIndex]; string manifacturer = row.Cells[2].Text; string prodid = ((Label)row.Cells[1].FindControl("lblRowKey")).Text; //S3: Read the Product using PartitionKey and RowKey var objProduct = (from prod in objContext.ITProducts.ToList() where prod.Manifacturer == manifacturer && prod.RowKey == prodid select prod).First(); //S4 : Now Update Price and ProductName objProduct.ProductName = ((TextBox)gdvITProducts.Rows[e.RowIndex].Cells[3].Controls[0]).Text; objProduct.Price = Convert.ToInt32(((TextBox)gdvITProducts.Rows[e.RowIndex].Cells[4].Controls[0]).Text); //S5: Update Entity objContext.UpdateObject(objProduct); objContext.SaveChanges(); gdvITProducts.EditIndex = -1; GetProductsInGrid();
} catch (Exception ex) { lblError.Text = ex.Message; }}/// <summary>/// Helper method used to delete the Entry from the Table using/// PartitionKey (Here it is Manifacturer) and RowKey (Here ProductId)/// </summary>/// <param name="manifacturer"></param>/// <param name="prodId"></param>void DeleteProductByManifacturerAndProductId(string manifacturer,string prodId){ ITProductsContext objContext = new ITProductsContext(); var objProduct = (from prod in objContext.ITProducts.ToList() where prod.Manifacturer == manifacturer && prod.RowKey == prodId select prod).First(); objContext.DeleteObject(objProduct); objContext.SaveChanges(); GetProductsInGrid();}}
Step 11: Run and test the above functionality.
Step 1: Open the Cloud Portal using www.windowsazure.com. Login on the portal using your Live Id. Create a new Hosted Service (you should have the Storage Account) using the ribbon provided on the browser:
Step 2: Get the Storage account Access keys from the portal and add the key and the storage account name in the 'ServiceConfiguration.Cloud.csdef' as shown below:
<Setting name="DataConnectionString" value="DefaultEndpointsProtocol=http;AccountName=<MY_NAME>;AccountKey=<MY-KEY>"/>
Step 3: Right-Click on the cloud application and select package, the screens shown below will ask about the package configuration. Select 'Cloud' in Service Configuration Combobox as shown below:
Step 4: Now click on the 'New Hosted Service' and enter the information as shown below:
Click on OK and then a Warning will be displayed. Just select 'yes'. The deployment will start with a status to see, as shown below:
Step 5: After deployment, the status will be as shown below:
You can now test the application using the URL DNS provided.
Conclusion: Azure Table service provides a more structured and scalable way to manage entities over cloud. Instead of using SQL Azure, you can have partition oriented data management of data.
The entire source code of this article can be downloaded over here
This article has been editorially reviewed by Suprotim Agarwal.
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Use this page to discuss script 850 Pydiction: Tab-complete your Python code
- Add constructive comments, bug reports, or discuss improvements (see the guideline).
- Do not document the script here (the author should do that on vim.org).
- This page may be out of date: check the script's vim.org page above, and its release notes.
Although it is possible to do something like "from module import method", it seems not possible to do something like "import module as MD" and then do complete with "MD<tab>". Am I wrong ? (I have not seen anything about this in the documentation)
This plugin works great, only problem is the TAB key does not do autocomplete (I have to use CTRL-X/O which works fine, except it's quite a few extra keystrokes). With TAB I get the error: -- Dictionary completion (^K^N^P) Pattern not found.
I also emptied out my .vimrc and left only:
filetype plugin on
let g:pydiction_location = '~/.vim.py'
Any ideas where I could check to see why TAB doesn't work as expected? thanks
Hi, I tried to use pydiction on my Unix system. According to its installation instructions, I just put all the files under ~/.vim/after/ftplugin/
and then tried to use the Tab completion in a Python script. But it did not work. Then I added 'filetype plugin on' into '~/.vimrc', still, it did not work. What can the problem be? Thanks!
- The install instructions also include:
then make sure you set "g:pydiction_location" to the full path of where you installed complete-dict, i.e.:let g:pydiction_location = 'C:/vim/vimfiles/ftplugin/pydiction/complete-dict'
- did you do this?
- They also say,
You may install the other files (complete-dict and pydiction.py) anywhere you want. For this example, we'll assume you put them in C:\vim\vimfiles\ftplugin\pydiction\
Do not put any files but python_pydiction.vim in the ftplugin directory, only .vim files should go there.
- Your statement above ("I just put all the files under ~/.vim/after/ftplugin/") indicates that you ignored this advice.
- --Fritzophrenic 15:39, July 8, 2011 (UTC)
I find this tool is MUCH more useful when you sort the dictionary (alphabetically, then by number of "."'s) That way, your results come up in the order in which they are relevant (immediate children come first).
To do this:
cat complete-dict | sort -n |awk '$0=NF-1 $0OFS' FS=. complete-dict | sort | sed 's/.\(.*\)/\1/' > complete-dict2 mv complete-dict2 complete-dict
This sorts alphabetically->appends count of number of "."'s in the entry at the start of the line-> sorts by those numbers-> removes those added leading count numbers.
Had issues trying to get this to work. Using Linux, and create the ~/.vim/after/ftplugin/. Then moved the python_pydiction.vim file to that folder, but when I put the filetype plugin on in vim, it gave me some errors.
Error detected while processing /home/guest/.vimrc: line 12: E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: filetype plugin on line 13: E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: let g:pydiction_location='~/.vim/plugin/complete-dict'
I am confused if the let g:pydiction_location... was supposed to go under filetype. Regardless filetype also gives me a command not found here. --JZA 6:42, April 18, 2012 (UTC)
- See :help E319. You are probably using a cut-down Vim that does not implement basic features. JohnBeckett 04:26, April 15, 2012 (UTC)


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Five to represent AS at Olympics; 3 locally-based
American Samoa will be represented by five athletes in the upcoming 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, England that will be taking place from July 27 to August 12.
At an announcement last Friday afternoon, the American Samoa National Olympic Committee (ASNOC), announced the names of the athletes who will be representing the territory in the Summer Games, with three of the five being present at the announcement.
The five representing American Samoa are Alexandra Nichole Morgan age 19 (Track and Field/Discus), Elama Fa'atonu age 18 (Track and Field/100 meters), Ching Maou Wei 26 (Swimming/ 50 meter Freestyle), Megan Fonteno 19 (Swimming/ 100 meter freestyle) and Nathaniel Tuamoheloa 18 (Wrestling 96kg Freestlye).
"Today we introduced three athletes who were available for interview that will be going to the Olympics and representing American Samoa," said the President of the ASNOC Ken Tupua. "We want the community to know who we have that will be representing American Samoa in the Olympics. Ching Maou and Nathaniel Tuamoheloa will soon be departing the territory for Manchester, England for two months of training, while Elama Fa'atonu will be heading out to Australia at the same time, for a little more competition before the games."
When asked how they think they will perform at this highest stage of competition, the three locally-based athletes all stated that they are going there to try their best and to represent American Samoa as best they can.
Ching Maou and Tuamoheloa also said that they would like, upon their return from the games, to give back to American Samoa by teaching the youth of the territory not only about their respective sport, but about the positive gains they can derive from it.
Fa'atonu on the other hand stated that he has plans to serve his country upon his return by joining the military.
Morgan and Fortuno were not present for interviews and are the off-island based athletes chosen to represent American Samoa.
Samoa News notes that there was no information offered as to how the five athletes were chosen — criteria or qualifications; nor was there any information on who will accompany the athletes on their 2012 Olympic journey, i.e chef de mission, coaches and officials.
Tupua was asked by Samoa News for the names of those who would be the officials and coaches accompanying the athletes; but he said the information was not available.
Gov. Togiola Tulafono and First Lady Mary Ann were mentioned as possibles on the list of officials, earlier in the year, but Samoa News understands they will be attending the Samoan Heritage Week celebrations in Hawai'i instead, which coincide with the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The event usually takes place the first week of August, and will be the last Samoan Heritage Week Togiola will be attending as governor of American Samoa. .
Togiola has been the major supporter of this annual Hawai'i event for the last three years, with the American Samoa government contributing funds to its budget, an action which caused local lawmakers to question the source of funds.
However, in 2010, after many complaints from the Fono, the governor moved not to use 'unbudgeted' funds; and unconfirmed sources have told Samoa News the local Department of Commerce has since used grant funds for the Heritage Week the past two years, which does not need Fono approval. To date, there is no government report on how much money has been used for the annual event, nor which grant or grants were the source of the money.
Several calls to Samoa News, as well as postings on Face Book have raised the question of CJ Floor, Jr. not being the wrestling athlete representing American Samoa in the 2012 Olympic Games.
Floor, Jr. earned a spot for American Samoa to compete in the Olympics in the sport of wrestling, when he represented American Samoa in the African/Oceania Qualification Tournament that took place from March 16-18 this year in Morocco. He was able to pull out a Silver Medal in the 96kg class in Freestyle Wrestling.
However, Samoa News has been told that due to a dispute between Carl Floor Sr., CJ's father, CJ and the American Samoa Wrestling Association (ASWA), which is a member of the ASNOC, the organization has chosen not to take CJ as its Olympic athlete.
Samoa News also understands CJ and his father have since started a petition along with American Samoa's Professional Mixed Martial Arts Fighter Deutsch Pu'u to try and get the ASNOC to send CJ to the 2012 Olympics and remove the leaders of the local Olympic committee and ASWA.
The petition can be found at: http://www.change.org/petitions/american-samoa-national-olympic-committee-aswa-send-cj-floor-to-the-olympics-and-resign-from-leader-positions
Alexandra Nichole Morgan: Female/Track and Field/Discus
Village: Iliili
Family: Daughter of Fred and Janeanne Morgan
Won the discus title at the Bison Invitational and took second in shot put.
Finished fourth in the discus throw at John McDonnell Invitational
Inducted into the Ventura County (California) Hall of Fame as Female Athlete of the Year 2011.
Ventura County female Track and Field Athlete and Athlete of the Year in 2010-2011.
Won five league titles, five county titles and six CIF Southern titles.
California State Champion 2011
Holds all discus records at Ventura High School along with county records
Education: Currently attending University of Oklahoma.
Elama Fa'atonu: Male/Track and Field/100 meter
Village: Utulei
Family: Father Soli Faatonu and Mother Tuloto Faatonu
Excelled in Soccer, Track and Field and Futsal in high school
Competed on the Under 17 and Under 20 teams in International Soccer in New Zealand
2011 American Samoa National Champion for Track and Field in the 100 meter and 200 meter.
Earned the 2011-2012 Most Valuable Player honors in futsal in the American Samoa High School Athletic Association.
Education: Graduated from Samoana High School in 2012.
Ching Maou Wei: Male/Swimming/50 meter freestyle
Village: Vatia
Family: Son of Mei-Hsiung and Pene Wei. Grandparents: Afoa and Apelima Masalosalo.
National Record for 100 meter freestyle, 50 meter butterfly, 5km open water.
Competed in 2007 Pacific Games in Apia, 2009 Federation Internationale de Natation (FINA) World Championships-Rome Italy, 2011 FINA World Championships-Shanghai, China and the 2012 Oceania Championships, Noumea, New Caledonia.
Education: 2003 Samoana High School graduate, 2005 American Samoa Community College graduate and currently attending the University of Hawaii majoring in Marine Biology
Megan Fonteno: Female/Swimming/100 meter freestyle
Village: unknown
Family: Parents: Mike and Susan Fonteno.
16 x high school All-American (high school not listed)
6 x Florida State Champion (50 meter freestyle, 200 FR, 2 x 200 MR, 2 x 400 FR)
Holds Florida state records as member of 200 MR, 200 Fr and 400 FR
1st Team All State Florida, 3 x First Team All Area
Qualified for both U.S. Nationals and Jr. Nationals
2012 SEC Champion (400 FR)
2012 All SEC First Team and Freshman Team
First NCAA Championship appearance
Made or member of 5 NCAA 'B' cuts (50/100 fr, 100 fy, 400/800 fr relays)
Competed in 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China
Education: Currently attending Auburn University majoring in pre-pharmacy.
Nathaniel Tuamoheloa: Male/Wrestling/96kg freestyle
Village: Iliili
Family: Son of Faimasasa Malaefono and Leilani Tuamoheloa
2007 (Bronze) South Pacific Games, Apia.
2009 (Gold) Oceania and South Pacific Cadet Championships in Greco Roman
2009 (Gold) Oceania and South Pacific Cadet Championships in Freestyle
2010 (Silver) Oceania and Youth Olympic Games Qualifier
2010 (Gold) Oceania and South Pacific Cadet Championships in Greco Roman
2011 (Gold) Oceania and South Pacific Cadet Championships in Greco Roman
2011 (Gold) Oceania and South Pacific Cadet Championships in Freestyle
2011 (Gold) Oceania and South Pacific Junior Championships in Freestyle
2011 (Silver) Oceania and South Pacific Junior Championships in Greco Roman
Education: 2012 Voc-Tech High school graduate. Attending Chabot College in California this fall, majoring in Criminal Justice.


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Protocol with Mexico amending Convention for Protection of Migratory Birds and Game Mammals : message from the President of the United States transmitting a protocol between the government of the United States of America and the government of the United Mexican States amending the Convention for Protection of Migratory Birds and Game Mammals, signed at Mexico City on May 5, 1997
Description: This treaty between the United States and Mexico deals with hunting ducks and collecting duck eggs by indigenous people in North America. This treaty amends the Convention for the Protection of Migratory Birds in Canada and the United States.
Date: 1997
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Gaston Christian Middle School Junior Beta Club held its induction ceremony on Feb. 28. Fifty students were welcomed into the club by current officers Strat Guy, Thomas Williford, Bailey Birtchet, and Kaitlyn Beach. The ceremony was attended by many parents and grandparents of the new club members.
Pictured are the 2013 inductees, from left:
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Row 2 � Moriah Whitlow, Rachel McKenney, Payton Prince, Meredith Sabattus, Abigail Toal, Brittany Kernea, Anna Robinson, and Jack Talton
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The different types of flash memory cards for use in digital cameras are: Secure Digital (SD), CompactFlash (CF), Memory Stick (MS), MultiMediaCard (MMC) xD-Picture Card (xD) and SmartMedia (SM).
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Know When to Fold Em
There are some celebrities that are good at poker. Ben Affleck earned a seat at the World Poker Tour by winning the California State Poker Championship. And Jennifer Tilly just beat 600 other players to win the ladies no-limit Texas Hold-em at the World Series of Poker. But the next time I see a retired super model bet fifty grand on a straight flush of shovels, I'm going to stab myself in the eye with a croupier wand.
I love poker. It's fun to play, and it's exciting to watch. But I don't know why seeing celebrities bet makes it any better. I should correct that - seeing people we're told are celebrities bet. The producers of "The Celebrity Poker Tour" should change the name to "The People Who are On TV That You May or May Not Recognize Poker Tour." I'm not excited to turn on Bravo and say, "hey, isn't that the guy from…oh, you know who I mean!" We shouldn't need IMDB to know who a celebrity is.
Real celebrities have an unfair advantage when they play against everyone else. The $10,000 buy-in to the tournament Ben Affleck won is nothing to him - I'd be great at poker if money didn't mean anything. Also, the man bluffs for a living. Not as an actor, but as a person. When you can convince the world that "Gigli," "Reindeer Games," and "Daredevil" are good flicks, going all in on a pair of sevens is cake.
Nevertheless, watching poker is exciting. It's fun to see a guy push all his chips forward and either take them back or get wiped out, it's fun to see an unpredictable hand settled on the final card, and it's fun to imagine what you'd do if money were no object. I've been playing games with a $20 buy in since I was 15 - it'd be much more exciting if my friends and I were playing for the box office receipts of Gigli. You know, $50.
But soon we may not just have household names playing poker, but poker players becoming household names. Interpoker.com is running commercials to garner support to place poker in the Olympics. The commercials are probably just a way around the rule that a gaming website can't buy advertising time for itself. But it begs an interesting question. What would happen if poker were played between countries? I'd love to see how the economic disparity played out.
The French representative could lead off with a bet of 10,000 Euros. After everyone finished laughing at him for having purple money, the bet would come to the representative from Burundi.
"I see your 10,000 Euros, and I raise you this baby."
Not to be backed off, the American would see both those bets.
"I'm in for 10,000 Euros, which is about $12,000 US now because our currency is worthless. And the baby - I guess that's the price of a cup of coffee per day, right?"
Of course, the American wouldn't raise. He would just watch what the other countries do, judge them later, and wait to hear what the Saudis have to say.
The Saudi representative would have to bet - he'd be playing with the most cash of anyone on the table. He'd be able to easily see the 10,000 Euros, and the baby, and also raise everything in his pocket. Which, by coincidence, would be the American's politicians.
So everybody would be in - well, not everybody because the French guy would fold. But everyone else would be in. First, the guy from Burundi would get disqualified for eating the king of spades. And the guy from Saudi Arabia would get arrested for BEING the King of Spades. So the only one even eligible to win would be the American, who would throw down a full house. Actually, it would be a pair of threes, but the American would swear it was a full house.
"We thought we had a full house on the table. There was documentation of a full house. British intelligence told us there was a full house! And we're going to keep playing until we find one."
So poker fans, do you know who would be the big winner? No, not the American - the baby. Or maybe the Canadian because he would still have good health care.


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I am trying to get the top nav bar's drop down menu working with the keyboard. What should happen is when a user presses the tab key and the top menu item is reached, the drop down should show just like the mouse hover event does.
Typically, I just add a function to the onfocus event that calls the mouseover event, but that isn't working. The following code causes a "TypeError: Object doesn't support property or method 'mouseover'" error.
var hoverMenuItems = document.getElementsByTagName('li');
for (x = 0; x < hoverMenuItems.length; x++) {
if (hoverMenuitem[x].className.indexOf('dynamic-children') != -1) {
hoverMenuItems[x].onfocusin = function () { try { this.mouseover(); } catch (err) { alert(err); } }
hoverMenuItems[x].onfocusout = function () { try { this.mouseout(); } catch (err) { alert(err); } }
I've already been informed that I can't modify any of the existing source code, so I need to find a solution that will modify the page after it's rendered.
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Police: Annapolis student caught with drugs on bus
Anne Arundel County police arrest Annapolis High School student
Anne Arundel County police said they arrested a student after a school bus driver noticed the strong odor of marijuana coming from the back of the bus after students had boarded.
Police said it happened in the parking lot of Annapolis High School in the 2700 block of Riva Road in Annapolis around 2:15 p.m. Wednesday.
The driver walked to the back of the bus to investigate and found an 18-year-old male student holding a small, prescription-style bottle containing suspected marijuana, police said.
The driver confiscated the bottle and contacted a school administrator and the School Resource Officer. The School Resource Officer took custody of the bottle and found it contained four individually packaged baggies of suspected high-grade marijuana, police said.
The student was taken from the bus without incident and placed under arrest, police said.
Authorities said the officer also seized a pocket knife and $273 in cash. The approximate combined weight of the marijuana was 3.4 grams, but the packaging of the individual marijuana baggies and the markings on each bag were consistent with facilitating distribution of the illegal drugs on school property, police said.
Police said Luis Enrique Mireles-Ruiz, 18, of Annapolis, was charged as an adult with controlled substance possession-marijuana less than 10 grams, controlled substance possession of marijuana with intent to distribute on school property, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a dangerous weapon on school property.


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One feature currently in the JavaLanguageSupport is "Go to Window". Pressing Ctrl+O (I know, needs a different shortcut) pops up a tool tip-ish window with a tree view of the members of the current source, just like in Eclipse:
At the top is a text field. Typing in this field filters what members are visible in the popup on the fly:
Selecting a member in the window selects that member in the editor:
Once you start using this feature, you'll never stop using it. It's much faster than manually scrolling through source code!
While only about 80% of the way there, this functionality will of course be broken apart from the Java language support in particular, so it can be used by other languages. Unfortunately Java is the only one for which I've created a parser capable of finding the members in a source file. I'll probably move the ctags support from [url=https://fifesoft.com/rtext/]RText[/url] into RSTALanguageSupport just for this.


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Facebook is hiring human editors to serve its users personalized news stories on the social network's news feed.
Facebook is working on a new mobile app called Paper which will work as a news-aggregation system on about 10 "news verticals" then serving up the best stories in each subject, according to Re/Code, which is citing two unnamed sources.
Instead of an algorithm, human editors will select these articles to place on Facebook's News Feed.
U.S. & World
While Facebook has no official word on the hushed-up project, but it could mean a lot of changes for developers and users, especially those who use Facebook as a way to distribute content.
Would you want to use the social network when it features your competition prominently in its 1 billion users' news feeds?
The new app does have limitations.
The stories in Paper must have been distributed on Facebook rather than any outside outlet, and some say this may be Mark Zuckerberg's intent -- to get more media companies posting on Facebook and make it a content destination rather than just a social network.
But will users embrace this new app? That's unknown, but Facebook is willing to take that chance so it can grab even more users to look at its online ads.


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They never have anything positive to say, except about themselves. I guess we don't need to ask anymore questions after we come to that conclusion.
You can go to whatever school you like and still be considered a newbie in a lot of company's eyes. It all depends on what you want to do as far as your career. Whatever floats your boat.
is that the account I'm supposed to do has a ton of work, and they are giving incentives.
Seems to me they are really, really disorganized.
Sorry you are facing this. My other job has run out of work this weekend too. All the companies want full-time, but when you do that, you end up short on pay. I'm on my own. Can't afford that.
Lord, I just depressed myself....didn't mean to do that to you too....
WHY doesn't control I work? I've used ExText before with different companies, each time using control I to monitor my production accurately. The last report takes a minute or two to be counted, but, sheesh, that's nothing. I KNOW there's nothing fishy going on, btw. I just would like to know WHY control I doesn't work at TT. Is it just program goblins? Now, THAT I understand. LOL! But, as expensive as Dictaphone is, I would think they'd make it right, no matter how they have to do it. I'm just not getting that part of it.
are interested in getting insurance through KS, which limits their options for a more affordable plan.
I'm new enough that I don't have insurance so can't speak for the details. Fortunately we are able to get a decent insurance through my husband's work, but I personally wouldn't want to be tied into insurance through a transcription company and would rather have my own policy so that I can take any job I want without having to consider their insurance coverage.
okay, I found the box where it asks for User ID and Set Key - what I do have is a password, so I assume that may go into the Set Key spot, but how do I get the User ID? Am I the User or is it the dictator? I type for about 5 docs in one clinic. What do I do from here?
Also, will I need to go to this box for each individual dictation that I receive and enter these codes?
A bit confused yet.
They want employees, 40 hours a week, BUT.......they also want the 1200 lines or whatever they require. That will NEVER make a damned bit of sense to me. What if you cannot get 1200 lines or meet the 40 hours for lack of work, etc.....then you lose your benefits. IMO, all of these national companies suck!
They're not that dumb that they don't know they're screwing us over by making us do unpaid work... while all the time being so shrewd where their own interests are concerned. Do you really think they're giving the client all this demographic work for nothing, while putting us through hell over unpaid work that's not done exactly to their liking?


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Bring summer in all year round with this flavorful veggie salad!
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 10 mins
Extra Time: 10 mins
(to par-boiled potatoes)
Yield: 6 x approx. 12 oz servings
MARINADE: In a jar, combine garlic, black pepper, parsley, and olive oil. Shake well to mix.
VEGETABLE SALAD: In a large bowl place zucchini, mushrooms, bell pepper, eggplant, par-boiled potatoes, and onion. Add marinade and toss to coat.
Preheat a barbecue and spray with a little oil. Drain vegetables from marinade. Add to hot barbecue. Sauté until tender.
Place on a large serving platter. Drizzle with marinade, lemon juice and lemon zest. Serve immediately.


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Backgrounds for Nor GaladEdit
There are a wide veriety of people in Nor Galad, each person with there own indivual life and background. These are some common racial backgrounds in Nor Galad.
Common Racial Backgrounds
- Mountain Nomad: You were raised all your life on the alps on some high mountain, far away from civilization. Perhaps your family lived in a small village created by their own two hands, or perhaps you were mountain walkers, wandering with the herds, to settle down once a month at a gathering place. Maybe you parents saw more darkness in you than other tiefligs, and secluded you, so you would not follow the path of evil. Or were they escaping from a dark path from the Shadow caves, cleansing their soul.
- Associated Skills: History, Nature
- Associated Skills: History, Nature
- Dark Dynasty: You succumbed to the darkness of your Devilish Ancestory, turning to the Shadow Caves, you sought more power. Perhaps that power overwhelmed you, leaving just a trace of the power, realizing you acts of evil, but not willing to relinquish the remaining power, or perhaps you used that power, but turned on the drow, and Used your powers for good. Or just maybe, you accepted that Darkness into your soul, and have become a dread embodiment of evil, waiting to murder all in your path.-No paladin or cleric option here (unless Blackwatch)-
- Associated skills: Dungeoneering,Arcana
- Associated skills: Dungeoneering,Arcana
- Urban Legend: On the dangerous back streets, you have learned to be silent, and you have become strong. Perhaps you were a backstreet merchant, keeping your identity hidden, while selling your ill-gotten gains, or maybe a leader of a thives guild, none ut your closest advisors knew your face. Or perhaps you grew up alone on the streets, and make a few pacts with the wrong devil.
- Associated Skills: Streetwise,Stealth
- Dwarven ambassador: You have been raised since a child to haggle, to buy low and sell high, and dominate the marketing world. Perhaps you then became a Dwarven ambassador, in charge of a whole Dwarven empires economics. Perhaps now you have put down this role, and have continued as an adventuerer.
- Associated Skills:Diplomacy,Insight
- Associated Skills:Diplomacy,Insight
- Banker: Much like the dwarven ambassador, you have been raised your whole life around money- however, unlike the ambassador, you have been raised as an owner of a single bank, a family run bank-or even as an average every day banking manager. Whatever the reason is, whether you went on a rampage and killed your boss, or just grew tired of your job, your now an adventurer on the road...
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Madlinger, Hans (d. 1531)
Hans Madlinger, an Anabaptist martyr of Haflingen in the canton of Basel, Switzerland, and his wealthy brother Ulrich, were among the first Anabaptists in Basel. Hans probably took part in the third disputation in Basel on 29 December 1529, was arrested, "lay in prison over ten weeks and also had to suffer torture until he recanted" in 1530. But he returned to the Anabaptists and in December 1530 recanted a second time. In January 1531 he was arrested again as a backslider, was submerged three times, and because he would not leave the country, was drowned in a brook at the Homburg castle on 10 February 1531, with Peter Linggscher. Both Hans and Ulrich (Uli) were peasants.
Burckhardt, Paul. Die basler Täufer: ein Beitrag zur schweizerischen Reformationsgeschichte. Basel: R. Reich, Buchh., vorm. C. Detloff, 1898: 30-41.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: II, 711.
Peachey, Paul. Die soziale Herkunft der Schweizer Taufer in der Reformationszeit. Karlsruhe, 1954: 52, 53, 70, 132, Nos. 520-522.
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An ex-IT bod accused of masquerading as hacker "Demon Killer" to infiltrate PCs and send out a string of murderous threats in 2012 has protested his innocence at the opening of his trial in Tokyo District Court.
Yusuke Katayama, who was an employee at an unnamed technology company, was finally nabbed in February 2013 after allegedly leading Japan's tech-illiterate police force a merry dance.
He's accused of using online forums including the popular 2channel to infect users with the remote control virus iesys.exe.
He then allegedly used these proxy machines to send out abusive messages, which included bomb threats against a school and kindergarten attended by the Emperor's grandchildren and a warning of an impending killing spree on the streets of Osaka.
Katayama also allegedly threatened to blow up a Japan Airlines flight to New York – an incident which ended up costing JAL ¥9.75 million, according to Japan Times.
The accused caused much embarrassment for Japan's National Police Agency.
Not only did they arrest and detain the owners of the hacked PCs, holding one for several weeks, before realising their mistake, but they were also led on a wild goose chase by "Demon Killer".
This celebrated case involved police following a set of emailed riddles which finally led them to the island of Enoshima near Tokyo, where they found a cat.
Said feline had an SD card attached to its collar which contained a message claiming the culprit had been wronged by the police in the past.
Katayama was apparently arrested for posting online death threats back in 2005 and ended up serving 18 months in jail.
Tokyo prosecutors apparently claim they've evidence from Katayama's PC linking him to the virus and say his smartphone contained key search terms such as "cat" and "Enoshima" from before the time when the incident went public.
There's also said to be security footage showing him playing with the cat on Enoshima.
Prosecutors have as many as 637 pieces of circumstantial evidence, according to the report. ®
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Maintaining a sorted array in O(1)
Yesterday, I came across an interesting question on StackOverflow. The question is as follows: assuming you have a sorted array, is it possible to increment locations by 1 (one at a time) and still ensure that the array is sorted in O(1)? Assuming you are not allowed to use any other secondary data-structures, the answer is no. This becomes evident when you have repeated values. Assume a degenerate case where you have an array of identical values; let's say [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]. If you increment the value in location 0, you now have [1, 0, 0, 0, 0]. For this array to be sorted, the value 1 must be moved to the end of the array (index 4). This will require four comparisons, which means that this will inevitably turn into an O(n) algorithm.
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I'd be up for another league if you need one more.
I'd be up for another league if you need one more.
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"Bring on Rod Stupid!"
I am also wanting to play- just me know where and when in yahoo or somewhere else. Tony
PM me to see the league and details. The final settings are not finalized but there is a rough outline. We need 2 more to make it official, and I'd like 4 more at the very least.
Another league if more are interested. Active players please.
pass: mlb
Mine isn't just Redszone exclusive.
I'd be interested in doing another league. I'm doing one league with some friends from school but I usually like to do two of them. I'm usually fairly active during the season, maybe not as much while school is in session (April-May) but definitely more so over the summer.
Is there a specific Redszone league that still has openings?
Thanks, with all the different people in this thread talking about leagues I wasn't sure what still had openings and what didn't. Hopefully I can get in on this league with you guys.
I'm game if someone will allow me.
Pathei mathos...
We got any openings left anywhere?
I would join 1 more league but it would have to be a 24 league with deep committed guys.
2006 Redzone mock Draftee's- 1(st) Daniel Bard(redsox), 1(st sup)( Jordan Walden (Angels), 2(nd) rd.- Zach Britton(Orioles), 3(rd) Blair Erickson(Cardinals), 3(rd) Tim Norton( Yankees),(cuz its a Tim Hortons thing
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Port the GNOME desktop to Wayland.
- Name: Matthias Clasen and the desktop team
- Email: email@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com
- Release notes owner:
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 21
- Last updated: 2013-08-10
- Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
Detailed Description
GNOME is being ported to Wayland. In particular GNOME shell is changed to run as a Wayland compositor instead of an X11 compositor. Other components of GNOME that currently talk directly to the X server, such as gnome-settings-daemon or gnome-control-center, will be ported to corresponding Wayland interfaces. Many GTK+ applications will just work, using the existing Wayland backend. Applications that make use of X-specific APIs will be supported with the xwayland X server, which is started on demand. gdm will be changed to support both Wayland-based sessions and X-based sessions.
This change is targeted at F21. For F20, we aim for having an experimental GNOME shell Wayland compositor available, without necessarily having all the surrounding desktop infrastructure ported. To avoid destabilizing the X compositor, mutter will ship two separate libraries, and gnome-shell will ship two binaries that will link against them. The detailed plan for F20 is described here: We will build a libwayland-mutter off a mutter branch, and there will be two separate gnome-shell binaries for X and Wayland.
Benefit to Fedora
Fedora stays at the forefront of Linux development by adopting the next-generation display server technology after X. Aiming for F21 with this transition gives us the chance to influence many aspects of the Wayland-based userspace before they are set in stone.
- Proposal owners:
- Port GNOME shell to be a Wayland compositor
- Implement Wayland equivalents for X11 APIs such as XRANDR, XI2 and accessibility features
- Port gnome-settings-daemon, gnome-control-center, gnome-desktop from X11 APIs to Wayland equivalents
- Enable gdm to launch Wayland sessions
- Complete the GTK+ Wayland backend to be on par with the X11 backend
- Other developers:
- The X team needs to improve xwayland to be good enough for all X11 application
- The X team needs to cooperate with us in reimplementing some X11 APIs
- It is not necessary for all spins or all desktop environments in Fedora to switch to Wayland at the same time (or ever)
- Release engineering:
- No tasks anticipated
- Policies and guidelines:
- Once we have a basic Wayland-based GNOME session, it would be good to encourage testers and packagers to test their applications under Wayland
- For applications that are known not to work under Wayland, we will need guidelines for how to ensure that they will transparently run under xwayland
Upgrade/compatibility impact
- Proprietary driver support in Wayland is less complete than under X. Systems that have been configured to use e.g. the proprietary Nvidia drivers under X will fall back to using open-source drivers under Wayland
- Support for alternative input devices such as Wacom tablets or joysticks may not be available in time for F21
How To Test
Log into a GNOME desktop. Do any activity you would normally do in your daily desktop use: launching applications, configuring displays, etc. Things should work the same way under Wayland than they used to under X.
User Experience
The user experience should not change noticeably, except for gaps in the initial porting (such as lack of Wacom tablet support).
Some new libraries may be developed to support Wayland compositors, such as libevdev. These will have to be packaged if GNOME shell starts to depends on them.
Contingency Plan
- Contingency mechanism:
- If we don't succeed in making an experimental GNOME shell Wayland compositor available in F20, we will make the Wayland compositor available in post-F20 rawhide as soon as it becomes available.
- If important pieces of this plan are not going to be available in time for F21, we will defer the switch to Wayland until F22. We will keep the experimental Wayland compositor available in any case, to enable further development.
- Contingency deadline:
- We will reevaluate the timeline around the time F20 is released, and then again around the F21 feature submission deadline.
- Blocks release? No
- https://wiki.gnome.org/Wayland - the GNOME wiki contains lots of material
- https://wiki.gnome.org/ThreePointNine/Features/WaylandSupport - the upstream feature page
- http://wayland.freedesktop.org/ - the Wayland web page
Release Notes
The GNOME desktop is using the Wayland display system now. X applications will continue to run transparently by means of xwayland.


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Bracket Prep: Eastern KentuckyPosted by Bennet Hayes on March 9th, 2014
As we move through Championship Week, we'll continue to bring you short reviews of each of the automatic qualifiers to help you fill out your bracket next week. The second team to gain entry into the 2014 NCAA Tournament is Eastern Kentucky, the Ohio Valley Conference Champion. Here's what you need to know about the most recent bid winner, and if you'd like to peruse all of the previously minted conference champs, click here.
Eastern Kentucky
- OVC Champion (24-9, 14-5)
- RPI/Pomeroy/Sagarin = #113/#132/#150
- Adjusted Scoring Margin = +3.4
- Likely NCAA Seed: #15
Three Bruce Pearls of Wisdom.
- Many folks may have penciled March mainstay Belmont into the NCAA Tournament field when they saw Saturday's OVC title match-up between the Bruins and Eastern Kentucky on the docket, but it's their stylistic comrades that will represent the conference in the Big Dance. Much like Belmont, Eastern Kentucky boasts an efficient offense that, 24 times out of 33 games this year, was able to overcome the Colonels' extensive defensive shortcomings. The contrast in EKU efficiency between ends of the floor is best captured by their eFG% and eFG% against – only three teams have been better nationally in the former category, but just nine D-1 teams have fared worse in the latter. Read the rest of this entry »


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NASA Recruits Cooper Students
POSTED ON: September 13, 2013
For the first time, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has sent recruiters to The Cooper Union. Over forty students showed up to a presentation by three NASA employees currently working at the Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Ron Mullenax and Lauren M. Demirjian, two recruiters, brought along Fransua Thomas, a Materials Engineer and aspiring astronaut. They had arrived seeking candidates for internships that could lead to full time employment at the only federal agency that has the stated vision: "To reach for new heights and reveal the unknown so that what we do and learn will benefit all humankind."
Ms. Demirjian introduced some of the research work being done at Glenn, including deep-space communications, in-space propulsion, power structures and energy storage. She said that interns might work on advanced research in photovoltaics and solar cells, space craft fire safety, fuel consumption, engine noise reduction, satellite communications and navigation technologies. Glenn is also involved in research towards the new Space Launch System that will replace the retired Space Shuttle program.
If it wasn't enticing enough to learn about the Icing Research Tunnel, where someone with the title of Cloud Specialist simulates atmospheric environments to test aeronautic components, the students may have sat up when they learned they would be also be paid an hourly wage equal to four times the average cost of a one-bedroom apartment in Cleveland. Students were walked through the online application process and were even given the phone numbers of the recruiters.
"We are excited to have NASA on campus because this is a new recruiting relationship that helps us expand opportunities for Cooper students in aeronautics and aerospace engineering," Jolie Woodson, Assistant Director of the Center for Career Development, said. NASA arrived on campus at the invitation of Cooper Union's Center for Career Development, which hosts a variety of recruiting related sessions throughout the year.
What's next? "We will have General Motors on campus (also for the first time) at the end of September. ExxonMobil, Bloomberg, and Con Edison will also be on campus this year separately from the career fair which happens on October 15," Ms. Woodson says.


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Buzzer Beaters: Baseball Is Back, Harper Goes Deep Twice in Opener and More
Today's top sports stories:
It's Major League Baseball's Opening Day, at least for all the teams that aren't based in Texas. Sunday night, the Astros topped the Rangers, 8-2. Check out a full, up-to-the-minute rundown of today's scores, highlights and upcoming games. [MLB]
2012 Rookie of the Year Bryce Harper opened the 2013 season by ripping two home runs in his first two at bats for Washington, providing all the offense the Nationals needed in a 2-0 victory over Miami. [ESPN]
The Cleveland Browns have dealt former starting quarterback Colt McCoy to the San Francisco 49ers for a couple of draft picks. In San Fran, McCoy appears slotted to be this year's guy who gets to watch Colin Kaepernick do all the playing, a position filled last year by new Kansas City Chief Alex Smith. [SB Nation]
Louisville's Kevin Ware suffered one of the most gruesome injuries we've ever seen on live TV during the Cardinals' victory over Duke on Sunday. Unsurprisingly, he has very little interest in watching replays of the incident. [USA Today]
The New York Mets won their home opener today over the San Diego Padres, 11-2, though not merely because they hit, fielded and pitched better. Mets starter Jonathon Niese's wife wears special underwear that propels her hubby to victory. [GuySpeed]