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WHEREAS, on June 14, 2012, the U.S. Conference of Mayors unanimously adopted Resolution No. 43 "Urging parole for all Haitian beneficiaries of approved immigrant visa petitions and expedited consideration and approval of all pending immigrant visa petitions;" and
WHEREAS, the Obama Administration's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not yet implemented a Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program (FRPP) to expeditiously parole into the United States all or some of the most vulnerable and/or deserving of the now 112,000 Haitian beneficiaries of DHS-approved immigrant visa petitions; and
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WHEREAS, all of the 112,000 approved Haitian beneficiaries, by definition are "legal," will eventually join their families in the United States, but unconscionably remain on a waiting list of nearly three to 11 years in Haiti; and
WHEREAS, while waiting in Haiti, the beneficiaries may not survive, given life-threatening conditions of of extreme poverty, insecurity and misery; and
WHEREAS, in 2007, the Bush Administration created a Cuban Family Reunification Parole Program under which since 2009 alone over 30,000 approved Cuban beneficiaries have been paroled; and
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WHEREAS, at least 14 editorial boards have urged this program including the Miami Herald, Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, San Antonio Express News, News day, Star-Ledger, Palm Beach Post, and the Washington Post; and
WHEREAS, Haitian-American leaders nationwide have unanimously and repeatedly urged the White House to heed these calls and to instruct DHS to create a Haitin FRPP, or at least to begin expeditiously paroling into the United States all or some of the most vulnerable and deserving, beginning with all or some of the minor children and spouses of legal permanent residents whose waiting time is nearly three years in Haiti; and
WHEREAS, the White House and DHS are aware of this broad support from political, editorial, municipal, and Haitian-American leaders, but so far has failed to act,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that The United States Conference of Mayors calls on the President and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to immediately establish a Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program.
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Aygor wrote:I still hold on to my opinion, as Shu wasn't going to last, waging war was if not the rightful choice, at least a very reasonable one and as once this course of action is choosen it becomes a priority i do think that giving up governament issues to other officers was fine.
I agree but as ever up to a point. It was one of those polices that works well as long as you don't take it too far. I do feel Jiang Wan and Fei Yi were overly cautoius
Yet as he himself picked corrupted officials, he had the responsibility to remove them and save the country before waging war.
I thought that corrupted officials rose in rank exploiting his absence, and that therefore blame was on ministers and such who let it happen, not on Boyue himself, but of course no officer in ChengDu could efficiently fight officials appointed from the prime minister.
Indeed and fair enough.
I think Shu's situation was a bit strange in one way. They usually combined civil and military into one man (Liang, Jiang Wan) then sort of split it off with Jiang Wei as the military army of Fei Yi and Dong Yun, who was the last PM. When Dong Yun died, Jiang Wei becomes head as the CIC (since Liu Shan's ruling was... lax) with Chen Zhi as his civil arm. I find the army guy being head and the civil guy the junior to be strange, maybe just me though.
Now, i don't think his choices were wrong per se, but he damn lacked the judgement of character which is the gap between good leaders and good vassals, he wasn't cut for his position.
Chen Zhi as the civil arm seems to be a good choice at the time. His talent was unquestioned, seemed to be the guy Dong Yun wanted as Jiang's civil man... it just that he turned corrupt. Likewise the deal in itself didn't have to be a bad: get around the table your emperor's closest friend, the best civil officer and yourself and agree some sort of delegated authority to allow you to do what you do best. It is just what it turned into
I agree Jiang Wei wasn't cut out for his position, had he remained a carefully controlled military arm for a power civil offical, he would probably be remembered very well due to his abilities in battle. What I dislike is the feeling he didn't try to fix things rather then he failed
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The HPC center will be part of the newly created Rutgers Discovery Informatics Institute (RDI2) and will utilize supercomputing equipment and software provided by IBM in the project's first phase. Rutgers anticipates future expansion of the center will lead to the university having one of the world's most powerful academic supercomputers.
The institute, powered by an IBM Blue Gene®/P supercomputer, has several goals.
· Creating an HPC resource, with expert support, for industry in New Jersey and the surrounding region
· Educating the New Jersey workforce and Rutgers students in working with advanced analytics and a state-of-the-art HPC center
· Providing HPC resources to Rutgers faculty members and regional organizations, who are expanding their use of extremely large data sets
"There is immense potential here because Rutgers and IBM have some of the best minds in high-performance computing," said Michael J. Pazzani, vice president for research and economic development and professor of computer science at Rutgers. "The ability to conduct data analysis on a large scale, leveraging the power of 'big data,' has become increasingly essential to research and development."
"Just as important is the valuable new resource that we are creating for industry," Pazzani said. "The Institute will collaborate with businesses that need high-performance computing capabilities but can't justify the cost of building their own system."
The collaboration involving Rutgers and IBM scientists and engineers is expected to extend beyond computer science and engineering, to encompass fields such as cancer and genetic research, medical imaging and informatics, advanced manufacturing, environmental and climate research, and materials science.
"The application of analytics to 'big data' has quickly emerged as the new foundry of the 21st century economy," said Phil Guido, IBM general manager, North America. "IBM is eager to work with Rutgers to help improve New Jersey's economic competitiveness through this center. IBM firmly believes that public-private collaboration and research can be critical in ensuring our workforce is equipped and empowered with next generation skills like analytics."
The IBM Blue Gene supercomputer, housed in the Hill Center for Mathematics on Rutgers' Busch Campus in Piscataway, will be the only supercomputer available to commercial users in the state. Only eight of the nation's 62 scientific computation centers have industrial partnership programs. The two Blue Gene/ P racks at Rutgers will be far more powerful than any computer at the university today. "Excalibur" is the name Rutgers has chosen for it, playing off the university's sports mascot, the Scarlet Knight.
Rutgers has agreed to purchase hardware and software from IBM, as well as entering into a three-year maintenance agreement for the equipment. . As future funding becomes available, Rutgers expects to add the latest-generation Blue Gene/Q system by the end of the year. Rutgers also envisions building an expanded facility on the Busch campus in 2013 as the system and center grows.
Blue Gene is among the world's leading supercomputer technologies. The Blue Gene/P system is operating in six U.S. locations, including four national laboratories and two universities. IBM is the leading manufacturer on the list of the world's top 500 most powerful computer systems, holding the most entries.
Manish Parashar, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rutgers, is the university's lead faculty member on the project and will direct the new institute. He said: "There is a strong correlation between having this level of sophisticated research infrastructure and research productivity. It will enable research at a scale we could not support at Rutgers before and allow students and industry to have access to HPC to a much greater degree. And this installation is the first step in creating a large-scale infrastructure at the institute, so it's a huge milestone."
Parashar is director of Rutgers' Center for Cloud and Autonomic Computing and the Applied Software Systems Laboratory, and associate director of the Center for Information Assurance. He was program director of the National Science Foundation's Office of Cyberinfrastructure, where he managed an approximately $150 million research portfolio, from 2009 to 2011.
"HPC is a real need because large-scale data is now central to all sciences and engineering," Parashar said. "Science is changing dramatically, becoming very computation and data-intensive. Large-scale computing is now critical for scientists to address research challenges in diverse fields from biochemistry and genomics to material sciences and climate modeling."
Margaret Brennan-Tonetta, associate vice president for economic development, has been working with Parashar to launch the Rutgers Discovery Informatics Institute.
"We intend to develop a premier center that sets a new standard for industry collaboration in high-performance computing," Brennan-Tonetta said. "The institute will be engaging business and provide a valuable resource that goes far beyond hardware and software, offering real expertise and assistance. Industry will be able to come here with a problem involving data analysis and our experts will help them develop a solution."
Two industrial advisory panels for the RDI2 are being formed, one for large-scale computation and data analytics in finance and a second for the healthcare and life sciences industries. The initial meetings of each are set for April.
The Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development promotes excellence in research at Rutgers. Research is fundamental to the university's overall mission and enhances its education and service missions. Research also contributes to economic development. Rutgers increasingly is engaged in commercialization of research through the transfer of new technologies to industry, contributing to economic development in New Jersey and nationally. From the discovery of streptomycin — the first cure for tuberculosis — to the technology behind Ask.com, Rutgers continues to make a tremendous impact in the commercial world.
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New MRI Technique Shows Emphysema in Asymptomatic Smokers
A new imaging method has revealed early signs of emphysema in smokers with no external symptoms of the disease, according to a study published in the June issue of Radiology. The study, supported by the National Institutes of Health, details a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique that appears to be much more sensitive to lung changes than even the current modality of choice, computed tomography (CT).
" With this technology, we have shown that it is possible to measure the severity of emphysema and its progression through time without the radiation exposure of lung CT tests,"
said Sean B. Fain, Ph.D., lead author and assistant professor of medical physics and radiology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Emphysema is a chronic, progressive lung disease, which permanently damages the air sacs in the lungs. As the size of the air sacs (or "airspaces") increase, cavities form in the lung tissue, hindering oxygen delivery. According to the American Lung Association, over 3 million people in the United States have been diagnosed with emphysema, and millions more are in the early stages of the disease before signs and symptoms appear. Smoking cigarettes triples the risk of developing the disease.
The researchers had 19 volunteers inhale a special kind of "hyperpolarized" helium before they performed two MRI tests of the lungs. Eleven of the volunteers were smokers with no symptoms of emphysema, and the remaining eight were nonsmokers. The first image the researchers acquired showed obstructed areas of the lungs, where the air was unable to pass. The second image they obtained is called an apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) map, which shows the size of the airspaces in the lungs. Because emphysema increases airspace size, the ADC map shows the location and severity of the disease.
" The ADC maps are very sensitive to changes in the lung structure," Dr. Fain said.
" With this tool, it was shown that even smokers that appear healthy have enlarged lung airspaces that suggest emphysema is already developing."
With increasing smoking history, the ADC maps showed progressive breakdown of the lung structure in all regions of the lungs. All smokers with a history greater than 18 pack-years (equivalent to one pack of cigarettes per day for 18 years) showed significant abnormalities compared to nonsmokers.
CT was performed after MRI, to allow comparison between the two modalities. Even though CT is the more established modality in the investigation of lung disease, it failed to show the same defects detected with MRI. Moreover, with the combination of MRI and hyperpolarized helium, the researchers were able to measure lung structures with 2� times more precision than with CT, and 10 times more precision than with conventional MRI methods.
Age is a significant factor in the development of emphysema-like changes. The researchers found that, in general, the airspaces in the lungs enlarge with age. However, smoking compounds the problem. Dr. Fain and colleagues showed in a related study that these changes occur at a much slower rate in nonsmokers than in active smokers.
" On average, active smoking accelerates emphysema-like changes at about twice the normal rate found with aging," Dr. Fain explained.
In addition to early disease detection, hyperpolarized MRI can also be used to plan surgical therapies and to monitor patient response to drug therapies without the risks of exposure to CT-related radiation.
Dr. Fain believes that this new method of using polarized gases to study lung diseases will provide a clearer picture of the underlying mechanisms of poorly understood conditions like asthma and chronic pulmonary obstructive disease, leading to better treatments.
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The closest populated place is that of Medinah that is3.12 miles far from Saint Lukes Lutheran Cemetery.
Saint Lukes Lutheran Cemetery is also 3.26 miles far from the closest airport or heliport, the Addison Fire Department Station 3 Heliport .
The weather forecasting are available for the town of Medinah , that is 3.12 miles far from Saint Lukes Lutheran Cemetery .
The Zip Code of Saint Lukes Lutheran Cemetery is 60157.
Besides Saint Lukes Lutheran Cemetery in the County of ( DuPage ) there are the following places of kind Cemetery . These are reported in what follows in alphabetical order:
Allerton Ridge Memorial Park Cemetery - Arlington Cemetery - Assumption Cemetery - Babcock`s Grove Cemetery - Beaubien Cemetery - Big Woods Cemetery - Blodgett Cemetery - Bloomingdale Cemetery - Boeger Cemetery - Brown Family Burial Plot - Brownswood Cemetery - Butler Cemetery - Calvary Cemetery - Campus Hill Cemetery - Cantigny Cemetery - Cass Cemetery - Chapel Hill Gardens West Cemetery - Churchville Cemetery - Clarendon Hills Cemetery - Cloverdale Cemetery - College Cemetery - Copenhagen Cemetery - Cottage Hill Cemetery - Downers Grove Cemetery - DuPage County Poor Farm Cemetery - Elm Lawn Cemetery - Elmhurst Lutheran Cemetery - Erb Cemetery - Forest Hill Cemetery - Fredens Cemetery - Freinenigreit Cemetery - Friars Cemetery - Fullersburg Cemetery - Gary`s Mill Cemetery - Glen Oak Cemetery - Glos Cemetery - Glos Mausoleum - Hackerott Burial Grounds - Hageman Farm Cemetery - Highland Cemetery - Hinsdale Animal Cemetery - Illinois Benedictine College Cemetery - Illinois Pet Cemetery - Indian Mound - Indian Mound Number 1 - Indian Mound Number 2 - Jewel Grove Cemetery - Jordan Farm Burial Ground - Kilne Farm Burial Ground - McCormick Farm Burial Ground - Morton Burial Lot - Mosquito Avenue Burial Grounds - Mount Emblem Cemetery - Naperville Cemetery - Oak Crest Cemetery - Oak Hill Cemetery - Oakwood Cemetery - Old Ontarioville Cemetery - Ontarioville Cemetery - Pet Haven Cemetery - Pierce Downer Cemetery - Pierce Farm Cemetery - Pioneer Cemetery - Pleasant Hill Cemetery - Reed Farm Burial Ground - Resthaven Cemetery - Saint Andrew Ukrain Orthodx Cemetery - Saint Bernards Cemetery - Saint Isadores Cemetery - Saint Johannes Cemetery - Saint Johns Catholic Cemetery - Saint Johns Cemetery - Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery - Saint Mary of Gostyn Cemetery - Saint Marys Elmhurst Cemetery - Saint Marys Lombard Cemetery - Saint Michaels Catholic Cemetery - Saint Patricks Catholic Cemetery - Saint Pauls Addison Cemetery - Saint Scholasticas Cemetery - Saint Stephens German Catholic Cemetery - Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery - Thrasher Farm Burial Ground - Thurston Cemetery - Torode Cemetery - Trinity Lutheran Cemetery - Warrenville Cemetery - Wayne Cemetery - Wayne Township Cemetery - Wheaton Cemetery - Zion Cemetery - Zion Evangelical Cemetery .
Where to stay: Hotels and other Accommodation Saint Lukes Lutheran Cemetery
Please find in what follows the full listing of the Hotels, Bed & Breakfasts and other accommodation available in Saint Lukes Lutheran Cemetery.
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Illinois : Emblem of State
- Capital : Springfield
- Inhabitants : Illinoisan (Flatlander, Illini, Illinoyer)
- State's Motto : State sovereignty, national union
- English translation : State sovereignty, national union
Map and road map of Saint Lukes Lutheran Cemetery
View the interactive maps of Saint Lukes Lutheran Cemetery and get road maps, satellite maps and much more. The maps cover a wide area centered on Saint Lukes Lutheran Cemetery .
On each map are available: a selector scale, on the bottom right of the map,a menu for choosing different views of the same map, placed in the upper left corner of the map, a free text search field for locating any business activity within the map itself, placed at the top center of the map.
The videos about Saint Lukes Lutheran Cemetery
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Courtyard by Marriott Sacramento Midtown
4422 Y Street, Sacramento, CA 95817
Main: 916-455-6800
Discover the comforts of the Courtyard Sacramento Midtown for a refreshing hotel experience. Offering well-appointed guest rooms and suites, all of which are newly renovated. The hotel's location in Midtown Sacramento provides travelers with easy access to popular destinations including UC Davis Medical Center, Shriner's Hospital, Sutter General Hospital, Mercy Hospital, Sacramento State (CSU), Sleep Train Arena, Old Sacramento, and the heart of Downtown Sacramento. Pampering guests with complimentary high-speed Internet throughout the property, all accommodations include spacious work areas, 32" HD TVs and luxury bedding ensembles. The hotel's spacious suites in Sacramento feature fully equipped kitchens and plenty of space to meet the needs of families, groups or extended stay travelers. A modern, high-tech lobby features easy connectivity and ample space for meeting with family, friends or associates. Our onsite Bistro offers hearty & healthy menus, and offers Starbucks products.
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Lack of sleep a headache for moms-to-be
Here's another reason for pregnant women to get a good night's sleep. In a study, researchers found a link between too little sleep each night and needing migraine medication during pregnancy.
An estimated 20 percent to 80 percent of women suffer migraines during pregnancy, according to Dr. Katerina Nezvalova-Henriksen, of the University of Oslo, Norway, and colleagues.
"Many migraineurs may experience an exacerbation of their symptoms at the beginning of the first trimester," they note in the December issue of the headache journal, Cephalalgia.
Consequently, these women may need to take anti-migraine medications early in pregnancy, "which also corresponds to the most vulnerable period of fetal development."
To narrow down which women were likely to need migraine medications during pregnancy, the researchers analyzed data from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study - an observational study of 60,435 pregnant women recruited between 1999 and 2006 and conducted by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
After adjusting for a variety of factors, pregnant women who reported getting less than 5 hours of shuteye each night were 50 percent more likely to use anti-migraine drugs than women who slept for longer each night.
Overall, 3840 (roughly 6 percent) women reported having a migraine during the first 5 months of pregnancy. Of these, 2525 (about 73 percent) reported using migraine medications during pregnancy, the researchers report.
The most common migraine agents used included non-narcotic analgesics (54 percent) and so-called triptans (25 percent). Triptan migraine drugs include Imitrex, Amerge, Axert, Frova, Maxalt, Relpax and Zomig.
SOURCE: Cephalalgia, December 2009.


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May is Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month
AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is reminding drivers on Texas roadways to use extra caution around motorcycles as part of Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month, observed during the month of May.
"Unfortunately motorcyclists are at a disadvantage when traveling on any roadway because of the size of their vehicle compared to others on the road," said DPS Director Steven McCraw. "Driving is a tremendous responsibility, and DPS encourages all motorists to actively watch out for each other. Motorcyclists can help protect themselves by wearing helmets and always obeying traffic laws; and other drivers can do their part by looking twice and giving motorcycle riders additional space."
In 2013, 494 people died on Texas roadways while riding motorcycles and scooters, representing a five percent increase from the previous year. However, those deaths accounted for approximately 15 percent of all traffic deaths in the state last year.
DPS recommends all drivers "Share the Road" and "Look Twice" for motorcycles, which are Texas Department of Transportation public awareness campaigns highlighting motorcycle safety. Motorists should use caution, especially at intersections and when changing lanes – two common places where serious motorcycle collisions occur. Half of all fatal motorcycle crashes in Texas occur because a car or truck driver never saw the motorcyclist.
Motorcyclists must be properly licensed to operate a motorcycle in the State of Texas. Currently, more than 440,000 motorcycles and mopeds are registered in Texas, and that number is expected to grow. Each year the DPS Motorcycle Safety Unit trains about 42,000 motorcycle operators.
The Motorcycle Safety Unit coordinates training courses at more than 200 locations around the state for both basic and experienced riders. For more information on motorcycle training or to find a training location in your area, please call 1-800-292-5787 or visit www.dps.texas.gov/msb.
Drivers and motorcyclists can significantly reduce their chances of being involved in a serious or fatal crash by adhering to basic safety measures, including:


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Last updated July 2016
The shoddy plumbing job. The car repair that didn't actually repair anything. The brand-new sofa that sags. The bill from the rental car company to fix a door you didn't ding. The missing shipment. The fraudsters. Even careful consumers sometimes run into problems.
In many Checkbook articles, we advise you to pay using a credit card. That's because credit cards are more than just a convenient way to pay for stuff; when you use one, you automatically get incredibly strong protections against most lousy-service scenarios and companies that sell faulty goods.
The genesis of these protections is the federal Fair Credit Billing Act, a law that protects you from fraud by requiring credit card companies—not consumers—to deal with fraudulent charges. The law also provides important protections against billing errors.
What many consumers don't know is that the law also requires your credit card company to give you the chance to dispute charges and withhold payment for goods and services that you didn't accept or that weren't delivered as promised. This means that if you used a credit card to pay for something that isn't satisfactory, and you tried to work it out with a seller who won't budge, you can tell the company that issued your credit card you want to contest the payment and get your money back. Ditto for defective or undelivered products.
When you request a "chargeback," the seller gets the opportunity to protest it—possibly by claiming that you made no effort to resolve the matter, or refused to return the goods that you say are unsatisfactory, or that the goods are exactly what you ordered. But as a practical matter, sellers rarely succeed in reversing chargebacks. As long as you return the merchandise (or try to return it), or document the product or service defect (for example, by having a second auto repair shop correct a lousy repair and write up what they did), you're likely to win the dispute and get your money back. Sometimes credit card companies simply eat disputed charges to satisfy their customers, rather than launch an investigation.
When we asked Checkbook members to share their credit card chargeback stories, we received more than 100 emails, almost all of them success stories. Billing mistakes and cases of theft and fraud, in particular, were handled promptly—no surprise since laws clearly protect consumers from these types of problems. For disputed transactions related to lousy service or defective merchandise, credit card companies usually removed the charges quickly, with few or no questions asked. Sometimes credit card companies investigated, which took a month or two and some back-and-forth between customers and sellers, but customers almost always won.
A handful of members did share negative experiences, and in some cases credit card issuers did side with the sellers, sometimes even when sellers clearly were in the wrong. In our experience, sellers more often win disputes when they ask customers to sign contracts during the purchase process that include clauses such as "buyer beware" or "all sales final." But the overall feedback was remarkably positive.
Some success stories:
- An $850 charge for plumbing work was refunded when the customer complained that the work was unsatisfactory.
- A customer who bought a fully refundable airline ticket received a refund for the fare when he canceled the trip, but the airline refused to refund fees he paid for a seat upgrade. When asked to step in, the credit card company forced the airline to supply a full refund.
- A credit card company reversed the charges for $400 worth of crummy car repairs.
- A member who signed up for a 30-day diet program for $39 was charged more than $200 for a six-month subscription. Requests for a refund fell on deaf ears until she asked her credit card bank to step in.
- A furniture store went bankrupt shortly after accepting an order and payment of several thousand dollars. As the family had not yet taken delivery of any items, their credit card bank was able to reverse the charges with relative ease.
- An $1,800 charge for a stove that wasn't delivered when promised was refunded.
Since credit card issuers strongly desire to keep their customers happy, the protections they provide are in practice even broader than your rights under the law. For example, while the law states that you have to contest a charge within 60 days of receiving a bill, most banks that work with Visa and MasterCard give their customers 120 days to contest it, and on a case-by-case basis usually allow even more time—especially if you can document that you could not have known about the problem any sooner. And while the law protects you only for purchases in your home state or within 100 miles of your current billing address, credit card companies usually let you contest any charge. American Express, in particular, is well known by retailers to have a very generous policy toward its card users.
Similarly, debit card purchases aren't covered under the Fair Credit Billing Act. But when you pay with a debit card that uses the Visa or MasterCard payment system to complete a purchase, that purchase is governed by Visa and MasterCard's consumer-friendly rules. Most debit card purchases are routed through Visa or MasterCard; if you're asked when using a debit card to choose "debit" or "credit" at checkout, choosing "credit" pushes the transaction through the Visa or MasterCard system.
To contest a charge, ask the bank or company that issued your credit card for its chargeback procedures. Usually you can do it on its website—simply go to your list of purchases, select the transaction, and use a link to report a problem. Some banks still require customers to submit requests in writing and mail in documentation (this is most common with debit cards).
Even if you already paid your credit card bill in full, you can still contest the charge. During the time that the credit card company investigates, the questionable charge is removed from your outstanding balance and you are not required to pay it or the portion of your balance, or any interest, until the dispute is resolved. If the credit card company rules in your favor, it simply pulls the money back out of the seller's account and credits yours.
Before disputing a charge, give the offending company a reasonable chance to make things right. Chargebacks are serious problems for businesses that get hit with them: They lose the disputed amounts plus pay fees of $25 to $100, depending on the credit card company. If they get too many chargebacks, they can lose their right to accept credit cards. The process is so consumer-friendly and powerful that often just threatening to make a chargeback request will get it to do the right thing.
But keep in mind that a chargeback on your credit card account doesn't mean the seller has no rights against you. The seller can still try to get payment by suing you directly.


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black borogodo midi dress
Long sleeve V neck midi dress with colorful mini beaded buttons. Handkerchief skirt hem. Empire waist. Loose front pleats. Gathered sleeve.
Prints placement may vary.
Due to warehouse safety measures, orders might take up to 10 business days to be shipped
100% Viscose
Size and Fit
True to size. Model wearing size small. Bust: 35 Waist: 28 Hips: 38
Care Instructions
Wash at or below 30å¼C; Do Not Bleach; Tumble Dry, Low Temp; Iron Low Temp; Dry Clean, Any Solvent Except Trichloroethylene; Hang to Dry
Free shipping on all US. Due to our reduced shifts scheduling, we are shipping order as soon as we can from our Brooklyn warehouse, pending availability and credit verification.View shipping policy
FARM is happy to accept returns of unworn, unwashed, undamaged, or defective items with original tags attached purchased online or in store for a full refund or exchange within 45 days (for order from March 1st). Items marked 50% off are final sale.View returns policy


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Helen M. Ranney, MD, Einstein/Montefiore Professor of Medicine (1965-1973) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Professor Emeritus, passed away on Monday, April 5, 2010 in La Jolla, California. Dr. Ranney's distinguished career was noteworthy both for her groundbreaking contributions to the study of sickle cell anemia, and for the many historic "firsts" she achieved as a pioneering woman in medicine.
Dr. Ranney trained in Hematology under Dr. Irving London, Einstein's first Chair of Medicine, and performed groundbreaking work on sickle cell disease. She devised a way to distinguish the normal molecular structure of human hemoglobin from the abnormal structure associated with sickle cell anemia. Comparing the hemoglobin of healthy people with those of relatives who had sickle cell disease, Dr. Ranney was one of the first to identify a genetic factor in the disease. In 1972, she was awarded the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Medical Achievement Award for her work in hemoglobin chemistry.
Dr. Ranney ascended the ranks at Einstein to become Professor of Medicine. In 1973, she accepted the position of Chair of Medicine at UCSD and, in the same year, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Ranney would have been 90 on April 12. She was surrounded by family and friends at the time of her death.
A full obituary and biographical summary can be found on the UCSD website:
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Waterway EX2 1.5 HP 2 Speed Pump 3420610-1U - 115 Volt / 48 Frame
Item Details
The EX2 Pump features a high efficiency motor, Viton Seals and they are made from the highest quality materials in the USA. Designed specifically for hot tubs, the EX2 is the same physical size and is a direct replacement for the Gecko Aqua-Flo Flo-Master XP2 1.5 HP, 2 speed pump. This will eliminate the need to perform plumbing modifications when replacing the that model of pump. The Pump can also be used to retrofit or replacement just about any other pump in any hot tub.
EX2 Pump Features:
- 1-1/2 Horsepower
- 2 Speed
- 115 Volt
- 48 Frame Motor
- 2" Intake and 2" Discharge
- True continuous rated horsepower
- Designed to be the same physical size as the Flo-Master XP2 Pump
- Use as a retrofit in any hot tub or to retrofit/substitute for the Flo-Master XP2
- UL, UL, CE and TUV certifications
- Uses high quality Viton seals for extra longevity
- Designed, Engineered and Manufactured in the USA
Waterway 3420610-1U
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The FBI is investigating the theft of $1.2 million from Swiss International Airlines Flight 17, which arrived at New York's JFK International Airport from Zurich, Switzerland, on Saturday afternoon, a spokesman said Tuesday. The money was in $100 bills, J. Peter Donald said, adding it's still unclear when it was stolen.
Flight 17 was a passenger flight with air cargo, including a shipment of currency, according to another FBI spokesman, Jim Margolin. After the plane landed, the shipment of cash was discovered to be $1.2 million short. Margolin said investigators have not determined whether the money was taken before the flight left Zurich.
He said the cash was missing from a container that the bank uses to transfer currency, which is loaded into a larger cargo container. He said it would take a forklift to lower the currrency container into the larger container, or to remove it.
A law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation said the money was headed to the Federal Reserve. Andrea Priest, a spokeswoman for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, had no comment.
Another law enforcement source told CNN the money belonged to a U.S. bank that was transferring currency from offices in Switzerland to the U.S. It was a transaction within the bank, but the money was passing through a Federal Reserve facility in New Jersey, according to the source, who said it's fairly common, when large sums are transferred, even internally, for them to go through a federal facility, where old bills are exchanged for new ones.
The shortfall was discovered Monday when the shipment was delivered to the Federal Reserve facility in Rutherford, New Jersey, the source said.
The Port Authority is declining comment, according to spokesman Steve Coleman.
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I have just started playing the game (about an hour in) and I don't seem to be able to pause it. The start button is usually pause but it does nothing. I can press select to bring up the phone menu but the game appears to carry on (I haven't actually tested this is a battle scenario yet though)
I am wondering if maybe this is something to do with the fact I selected to play in PSN network? The thing is though, I selected private and have not invited anybody so I have no chance of another human joining me. If this is because of network mode, can I turn it off mid-game?
So far I am just assuming... maybe you just can't pause RE6? (I hope this is not the case though)


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Facebook still doesn't have an official smartphone, but that hasn't stopped companies like INQ and HTC from releasing their own Facebook-focused phones. Motorola's jumping on the Zuckerberg train too with its own status-updating phone.
UnwiredView has a rather small and blurry pic discovered on Bluetooth SIG's site that shows a Motorola EX225 phone with a dedicated Facebook button, just like HTC's Status/ChaCha.
Just like the HTC Status, Motorola's Facebook phone has a QWERTY keyboard. It also has a 2.5-inch display, 3-megapixel camera and is good on any GSM network, meaning it won't come to Verizon or Sprint.
U.S. & World
Why Bother With A Facebook Phone?
It's called an app. Smartphones already have a Facebook app. Why does anybody need a dedicated Facebook phone? We're not sure ourselves. We'd say a Facebook phone is only for the obsessed — those folk who need to fire off a status update every five seconds — the people who comb Facebook all day and night.
More baffling is how Google will react to such a phone, seeing as it owns Motorola's mobile division now. Android is nowhere in sight. It's also worth mentioning that HTC's Facebook phone hasn't sold well, with AT&T preparing to scrap the device after only one month at retail. That's a bad omen, if there ever was one.
The black and red color tones do give the EX225 a DROID-like aura to it, though. Tell us, is building a Facebook-focused phone worth it? If so, why? Technically, any smartphone with a Facebook app is already a Facebook phone.
Bluetooth SIG, via UnwiredView


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Trac Macros
Trac macros are plugins to extend the Trac engine with custom 'functions' written in Python. A macro inserts dynamic HTML data in any context supporting WikiFormatting. Its syntax is [[macro-name(optional-arguments)]].
The WikiProcessors are another kind of macros. They typically deal with alternate markup formats and transformation of larger "blocks" of information (like source code highlighting). They are used for processing the multiline {{{#!wiki-processor-name ... }}} blocks.
Using Macros
Macro calls are enclosed in two square brackets. Like Python functions, macros can also have arguments, a comma separated list within parentheses.
Getting Detailed Help
The list of available macros and the full help can be obtained using the MacroList macro, as seen below.
A brief list can be obtained via [[MacroList(*)]] or [[?]].
Detailed help on a specific macro can be obtained by passing it as an argument to MacroList, e.g. [[MacroList(MacroList)]], or, more conveniently, by appending a question mark (?) to the macro's name, like in [[MacroList?]].
A list of 3 most recently changed wiki pages starting with 'Trac':
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Embed an image in wiki-formatted text.
The first argument is the file …
Available Macros
Note that the following list will only contain the macro documentation if you've not enabled -OO optimizations, or not set the PythonOptimize option for mod_python.
Insert a changeset message into the output.
This macro must be called using wiki processor syntax as follows:
{{{ #!CommitTicketReference repository="reponame" revision="rev" }}}
where the arguments are the following:
- repository: the repository containing the changeset
- revision: the revision of the desired changeset
Embed an image in wiki-formatted text.
The first argument is the file specification. The file specification may reference attachments in three ways:
- module:id:file, where module can be either wiki or ticket, to refer to the attachment named file of the specified wiki page or ticket.
- id:file: same as above, but id is either a ticket shorthand or a Wiki page name.
- file to refer to a local attachment named 'file'. This only works from within that wiki page or a ticket.
Also, the file specification may refer to repository files, using the source:file syntax (source:file@rev works also).
Files can also be accessed with a direct URLs; /file for a project-relative, //file for a server-relative, or http://server/file for absolute location of the file. The rfc2397 data URL scheme is also supported if the URL is enclosed in quotes.
The remaining arguments are optional and allow configuring the attributes and style of the rendered <img> element:
- digits and unit are interpreted as the size (ex. 120px, 25%) for the image
- right, left, center, top, bottom and middle are interpreted as the alignment for the image (alternatively, the first three can be specified using align=... and the last three using valign=...)
- link=some TracLinks... replaces the link to the image source by the one specified using a TracLinks. If no value is specified, the link is simply removed.
- inline specifies that the content generated be an inline XHTML element. By default, inline content is not generated, therefore images won't be rendered in section headings and other one-line content.
- nolink means without link to image source (deprecated, use link=)
- key=value style are interpreted as HTML attributes or CSS style
indications for the image. Valid keys are:
- align, valign, border, width, height, alt, title, longdesc, class, margin, margin-(left,right,top,bottom), id and usemap
- border, margin, and margin-* can only be a single number (units are pixels).
- margin is superseded by center which uses auto margins
[[Image(photo.jpg)]] # simplest [[Image(photo.jpg, 120px)]] # with image width size [[Image(photo.jpg, right)]] # aligned by keyword [[Image(photo.jpg, nolink)]] # without link to source [[Image(photo.jpg, align=right)]] # aligned by attribute
You can use an image from a wiki page, ticket or other module.
[[Image(OtherPage:foo.bmp)]] # from a wiki page [[Image(base/sub:bar.bmp)]] # from hierarchical wiki page [[Image(#3:baz.bmp)]] # from another ticket [[Image(ticket:36:boo.jpg)]] # from another ticket (long form) [[Image(source:/img/bee.jpg)]] # from the repository [[Image(htdocs:foo/bar.png)]] # from project htdocs dir [[Image(shared:foo/bar.png)]] # from shared htdocs dir (since 1.0.2)
Adapted from the Image.py macro created by Shun-ichi Goto <gotoh@…>
A macro to include other resources in wiki pages. More documentation to follow.
Provide a list of known InterTrac prefixes.
Provide a description list for the known InterWiki prefixes.
List all known mime-types which can be used as WikiProcessors.
Can be given an optional argument which is interpreted as mime-type filter.
Display a list of all installed Wiki macros, including documentation if available.
Optionally, the name of a specific macro can be provided as an argument. In that case, only the documentation for that macro will be rendered.
Note that this macro will not be able to display the documentation of macros if the PythonOptimize option is enabled for mod_python!
Inserts an alphabetic list of all wiki pages cosidering suffixes.
This macro is similar to TitleIndex macro but differ in two points.
- All the variants are displayed in one line.
- Displayed in two columns. One is for the pages made for the project. One is for the pages provided by Trac. WikiStart and SandBox are grouped in project pages as default. This is configurable via _explicit_user_pages option.
One entry displayed by this macro has a format like this:
WikiStart (en, fr, ja, default)
Left most page name is for usual access with negotiation. Items in paren are existing language variants for the page.
System pages are decided by listing files in wiki-default directory. As described before, you can exclude some pages as user page by spcifying _explicit_user_pages. Likewise, you can specify the system pages via _explicit_system_pages option.
These two options are list of page names separated by comma. If the page name ends with '*' character, it works as prefix for matching. For exmaple, 'Trac*' means "page names staring with 'Trac'".
Display a structural outline of the current wiki page, each item in the outline being a link to the corresponding heading.
This macro accepts four optional parameters:
- The first is a number or range that allows configuring the minimum and maximum level of headings that should be included in the outline. For example, specifying "1" here will result in only the top-level headings being included in the outline. Specifying "2-3" will make the outline include all headings of level 2 and 3, as a nested list. The default is to include all heading levels.
- The second parameter can be used to specify a custom title (the default is no title).
- The third parameter selects the style of the outline. This can be either inline or pullout (the latter being the default). The inline style renders the outline as normal part of the content, while pullout causes the outline to be rendered in a box that is by default floated to the right side of the other content.
- The fourth parameter specifies whether the outline is numbered or not. It can be either numbered or unnumbered (the former being the default). This parameter only has an effect in inline style.
Wiki macro listing some generic Trac statistics.
This macro accepts a comma-separated list of keyed parameters, in the form "key=value". Valid keys:
- wiki -- statistics for TracWiki, values:
- count -- show wiki page count
- prefix -- use with wiki key: only names that start with that prefix are included
'count' is also recognized without prepended key name.
List all pages that have recently been modified, ordered by the time they were last modified.
This macro accepts two ordered arguments and a named argument. The named argument can be placed in any position within the argument list.
The first parameter is a prefix string: if provided, only pages with names that start with the prefix are included in the resulting list. If this parameter is omitted, all pages are included in the list.
The second parameter is the maximum number of pages to include in the list.
The group parameter determines how the list is presented:
- group=date
- The pages are presented in bulleted lists that are grouped by date (default).
- group=none
- The pages are presented in a single bulleted list.
Tip: if you only want to specify a maximum number of entries and don't want to filter by prefix, specify an empty first parameter, e.g. [[RecentChanges(,10,group=none)]].
Display the list of available repositories.
Can be given the following named arguments:
- format
Select the rendering format:
- compact produces a comma-separated list of repository prefix names (default)
- list produces a description list of repository prefix names
- table produces a table view, similar to the one visible in the Browse View page
- glob
- Do a glob-style filtering on the repository names (defaults to '*')
- order
- Order repositories by the given column (one of "name", "date" or "author")
- desc
- When set to 1, order by descending order
(since 0.12)
Wiki macro listing tickets that match certain criteria.
This macro accepts a comma-separated list of keyed parameters, in the form "key=value".
If the key is the name of a field, the value must use the syntax of a filter specifier as defined in TracQuery#QueryLanguage. Note that this is not the same as the simplified URL syntax used for query: links starting with a ? character. Commas (,) can be included in field values by escaping them with a backslash (\).
Groups of field constraints to be OR-ed together can be separated by a literal or argument.
In addition to filters, several other named parameters can be used to control how the results are presented. All of them are optional.
The format parameter determines how the list of tickets is presented:
- list -- the default presentation is to list the ticket ID next to the summary, with each ticket on a separate line.
- compact -- the tickets are presented as a comma-separated list of ticket IDs.
- count -- only the count of matching tickets is displayed
- table -- a view similar to the custom query view (but without the controls)
- progress -- a view similar to the milestone progress bars
The max parameter can be used to limit the number of tickets shown (defaults to 0, i.e. no maximum).
The order parameter sets the field used for ordering tickets (defaults to id).
The desc parameter indicates whether the order of the tickets should be reversed (defaults to false).
The group parameter sets the field used for grouping tickets (defaults to not being set).
The groupdesc parameter indicates whether the natural display order of the groups should be reversed (defaults to false).
The verbose parameter can be set to a true value in order to get the description for the listed tickets. For table format only. deprecated in favor of the rows parameter
The rows parameter can be used to specify which field(s) should be viewed as a row, e.g. rows=description|summary
The col parameter can be used to specify which fields should be viewed as columns. For table format only.
For compatibility with Trac 0.10, if there's a last positional parameter given to the macro, it will be used to specify the format. Also, using "&" as a field separator still works (except for order) but is deprecated.
Insert an alphabetic list of all wiki pages into the output.
Accepts a prefix string as parameter: if provided, only pages with names that start with the prefix are included in the resulting list. If this parameter is omitted, all pages are listed. If the prefix is specified, a second argument of value hideprefix can be given as well, in order to remove that prefix from the output.
Alternate format and depth named parameters can be specified:
- format=compact: The pages are displayed as comma-separated links.
- format=group: The list of pages will be structured in groups according to common prefix. This format also supports a min=n argument, where n is the minimal number of pages for a group.
- format=hierarchy: The list of pages will be structured according to the page name path hierarchy. This format also supports a min=n argument, where higher n flatten the display hierarchy
- depth=n: limit the depth of the pages to list. If set to 0, only toplevel pages will be shown, if set to 1, only immediate children pages will be shown, etc. If not set, or set to -1, all pages in the hierarchy will be shown.
- include=page1:page*2: include only pages that match an item in the colon-separated list of pages. If the list is empty, or if no include argument is given, include all pages.
- exclude=page1:page*2: exclude pages that match an item in the colon- separated list of pages.
The include and exclude lists accept shell-style patterns.
This is placeholder macro to override with MultiLangTitleIndex macro. By enabling wikinegotiator plugin, original TitleIndexMacro is replaced by MultiLangTitleIndex by this definition. To use original, disable this macro in the admin panel or add following line in your trac.ini:
wikinegotiator.macros.titleindexmacro = disabled
Display help for trac-admin commands.
[[TracAdminHelp]] # all commands [[TracAdminHelp(wiki)]] # all wiki commands [[TracAdminHelp(wiki export)]] # the "wiki export" command [[TracAdminHelp(upgrade)]] # the upgrade command
Display a table of content for the Trac guide.
This macro shows a quick and dirty way to make a table-of-contents for the Help/Guide?. The table of contents will contain the Trac* and WikiFormatting pages, and can't be customized. Search for TocMacro? for a a more customizable table of contents.
Produce documentation for the Trac configuration file.
Typically, this will be used in the TracIni page. Optional arguments are a configuration section filter, and a configuration option name filter: only the configuration options whose section and name start with the filters are output.
TracNav: The Navigation Bar for Trac
This macro implements a fully customizable navigation bar for the Trac wiki engine. The contents of the navigation bar is a wiki page itself and can be edited like any other wiki page through the web interface. The navigation bar supports hierarchical ordering of topics. The design of TracNav mimics the design of the TracGuideToc that was originally supplied with Trac. The drawback of TracGuideToc is that it is not customizable without editing its source code and that it does not support hierarchical ordering.
See http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracPlugins.
To use TracNav, create an index page for your site and call the TracNav? macro on each page, where the navigation bar should be displayed. The index page is a regular wiki page. The page with the table of contents must include an unordered list of links that should be displayed in the navigation bar.
To display the navigation bar on a page, you must call the TracNav macro on that page an pass the name of your table of contents as argument.
Additional information and a life example
Please visit: http://svn.ipd.uka.de/trac/javaparty/wiki/TracNav.
Author and License
- Copyright 2005-2006, Bernhard Haumacher (haui at haumacher.de)
- Copyright 2005-2010, Thomas Moschny (thomas.moschny at gmx.de)
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
Wiki macro listing users that match certain criteria.
This macro accepts a comma-separated list of keyed parameters, in the form "key=value". Valid keys:
- perm -- show only that users, a permission action given by value has been granted to
- locked -- retrieve users, who's account has/has not been locked depending on boolean value
- format -- output style: 'count', 'list' or comma-separated values (default)
- nomatch -- replacement wiki markup that is displayed, if there's no match and output style isn't 'count' either
'count' is also recognized without prepended key name. Other non-keyed parameters are:
- locked -- alias for 'locked=True'
- visit -- show a list of accounts with last-login information, only available in table format
- name -- forces replacement of maching username with their corresponding full names, if available; adds a full names column if combined with 'visit'
- email -- append email address to usernames, if available
Requires USER_VIEW permission for output in any format other then 'count'. A misc placeholder with this statement is presented to unprivileged users.
Render a workflow graph.
This macro accepts a TracWorkflow configuration and renders the states and transitions as a directed graph. If no parameters are given, the current ticket workflow is rendered. In WikiProcessors mode the width and height arguments can be specified.
(Defaults: width = 800 and heigth = 600)
[[Workflow()]] [[Workflow(go = here -> there; return = there -> here)]] {{{ #!Workflow width=700 height=700 leave = * -> * leave.operations = leave_status leave.default = 1 accept = new,assigned,accepted,reopened -> accepted accept.permissions = TICKET_MODIFY accept.operations = set_owner_to_self resolve = new,assigned,accepted,reopened -> closed resolve.permissions = TICKET_MODIFY resolve.operations = set_resolution reassign = new,assigned,accepted,reopened -> assigned reassign.permissions = TICKET_MODIFY reassign.operations = set_owner reopen = closed -> reopened reopen.permissions = TICKET_CREATE reopen.operations = del_resolution }}}
Macros from around the world
The Trac Hacks site provides a wide collection of macros and other Trac plugins contributed by the Trac community. If you're looking for new macros, or have written one that you'd like to share with the world, please don't hesitate to visit that site.
Developing Custom Macros
Macros, like Trac itself, are written in the Python programming language and are developed as part of TracPlugins.
For more information about developing macros, see the development resources on the main project site.
Here are 2 simple examples showing how to create a Macro with Trac 0.11.
Also, have a look at Timestamp.py for an example that shows the difference between old style and new style macros and at the macros/README which provides a little more insight about the transition.
Macro without arguments
To test the following code, you should saved it in a timestamp_sample.py file located in the TracEnvironment's plugins/ directory.
from datetime import datetime # Note: since Trac 0.11, datetime objects are used internally from genshi.builder import tag from trac.util.datefmt import format_datetime, utc from trac.wiki.macros import WikiMacroBase class TimeStampMacro(WikiMacroBase): """Inserts the current time (in seconds) into the wiki page.""" revision = "$Rev$" url = "$URL$" def expand_macro(self, formatter, name, text): t = datetime.now(utc) return tag.b(format_datetime(t, '%c'))
Macro with arguments
To test the following code, you should saved it in a helloworld_sample.py file located in the TracEnvironment's plugins/ directory.
from genshi.core import Markup from trac.wiki.macros import WikiMacroBase class HelloWorldMacro(WikiMacroBase): """Simple HelloWorld macro. Note that the name of the class is meaningful: - it must end with "Macro" - what comes before "Macro" ends up being the macro name The documentation of the class (i.e. what you're reading) will become the documentation of the macro, as shown by the !MacroList macro (usually used in the WikiMacros page). """ revision = "$Rev$" url = "$URL$" def expand_macro(self, formatter, name, text, args): """Return some output that will be displayed in the Wiki content. `name` is the actual name of the macro (no surprise, here it'll be `'HelloWorld'`), `text` is the text enclosed in parenthesis at the call of the macro. Note that if there are ''no'' parenthesis (like in, e.g. [[HelloWorld]]), then `text` is `None`. `args` are the arguments passed when HelloWorld is called using a `#!HelloWorld` code block. """ return 'Hello World, text = %s, args = %s' % \ (Markup.escape(text), Markup.escape(repr(args)))
Note that expand_macro optionally takes a 4th parameter args. When the macro is called as a WikiProcessor, it's also possible to pass key=value processor parameters. If given, those are stored in a dictionary and passed in this extra args parameter. On the contrary, when called as a macro, args is None. (since 0.12).
For example, when writing:
{{{#!HelloWorld style="polite" -silent verbose <Hello World!> }}} {{{#!HelloWorld <Hello World!> }}} [[HelloWorld(<Hello World!>)]]
One should get:
Hello World, text = <Hello World!> , args = {'style': u'polite', 'silent': False, 'verbose': True} Hello World, text = <Hello World!> , args = {} Hello World, text = <Hello World!> , args = None
Note that the return value of expand_macro is not HTML escaped. Depending on the expected result, you should escape it by yourself (using return Markup.escape(result)) or, if this is indeed HTML, wrap it in a Markup object (return Markup(result)) with Markup coming from Genshi, (from genshi.core import Markup).
You can also recursively use a wiki Formatter (from trac.wiki import Formatter) to process the text as wiki markup, for example by doing:
from genshi.core import Markup from trac.wiki.macros import WikiMacroBase from trac.wiki import Formatter import StringIO class HelloWorldMacro(WikiMacroBase): def expand_macro(self, formatter, name, text, args): text = "whatever '''wiki''' markup you want, even containing other macros" # Convert Wiki markup to HTML, new style out = StringIO.StringIO() Formatter(self.env, formatter.context).format(text, out) return Markup(out.getvalue())


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Listing of cemeteries in the county.
GNIS Search Results: List of Cemetery Locations in the County
From the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
Grave Addiction - Jackson County Cemeteries
Photos from cemeteries, haunted places, and historical sites.
WorldVitalRecords.com - Ohio Cemetery Records: Extracted from the "Old Northwest" Genealogical Quarterly $
Ohio Cemetery Records. (1984). This work consists of all of the cemetery record articles published in The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Quarterly between 1898 and 1912. It consists primarily of tombstone inscriptions from cemeteries in the following counties: Trumbull, Geauga, Portage, Lorain, Guernsey, Knox, Licking, Delaware, Franklin (including the city of Columbus), Madison, Fairfield, Pickaway, Athens, Vinton, Ross, and Jackson. There also are some burial records and inscriptions from cemeteries in East Haddam, Conn., and Rutland, Mass., which were important departure points for migrations into the "Old Northwest." Many of the recorded inscriptions identify not only the age and death date of the deceased, but the names of his parents, spouse, or children. Provided for this work is a full-name index of nearly 20,000 persons identified in the records.


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Content Shared Hash Caching
The problem
Many of you run your own server/vps that install only 1 copy of each web applications under your server document root, while some other of you, the vhost provider, allow every user install their own copy. For example, vBulletin may be installed under each user's vhost document root. This result in not only disk read/seek without XCache installed, but also consume huge memory for caching them with XCache installed. Most *.php file is bigger after compiled/cached.
The Solution
XCache has introduced a way to solve this headache once and for all. This is called content shared hash caching. Whatever it called, let's see what it does.
It's easier to demonstrate in PHP pseudo code.
<?php function file_entry($filename) { if (hash_on_inode()) { $stat = stat($filename); $hash = hash($stat['inode']); } else { $hash = hash($filename); } if (!isset($cache[$hash])) { $md5 = md5sum($filename); if (!isset($phpcache[$md5])) { $phpcache[$md5] = php_compile_file($compile); } $cache[$hash] = &$phpcache[$md5]; // reference, important } return $cache[$hash]; } restore_cached_php(find_cached_php($filename)); ?>
- How about the __FILE__ and __DIR__ in *.php that get cached? Don't worry, i had a back-patching to fix it already