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How do I clip a shapefile to a single-part shapefile using ArcGIS 9.3.1 and Python 2.5?
Example: I have a set of lines (lines.shp) I am trying to clip to each record in a shapefile called Grids.shp In grids.shp there is a field called [NAME] with a record for each grid; grid-1, grid-2, ...
The grids represent Map extents, and the lines will be roads/streams/other base layers (could not post base layers publicly so have provided Lines.shp as an example).
I have been trying to use the SearchCursor method but have some trouble defining objects and whatnot as I am new to Python. I got this same process to work in V10 but the V10 syntax is way different/simpler, especially for cursors and uses Python 2.6
EDIT (working script! thank you so much everyone): Clip_wCursor_v2a.py ESRI Forum with python script attached.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Clip_wCursor_v2.py
# Created for ArcGIS 9.3.1
# (clip generated by ArcGIS/ModelBuilder)
# Attempted cursor mods by a newb, Donovan
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Import system modules
import sys
import string
import os
import arcgisscripting
# Create the Geoprocessor object
gp = arcgisscripting.create(9.3)
# Load required toolboxes...
gp.AddToolbox("C:/Program Files/ArcGIS/ArcToolbox/Toolboxes/Analysis Tools.tbx")
# Designate a workspace
gp.workspace = r"C:\gis\data"
# Assign variables...
clipto = "grids.shp" # grids to clip to
clipit = "lines.shp" # features to be clipped
# Cursor time...
rows = gp.SearchCursor(grids)
row = rows.Next()
feat = row.Shape # used as the clip_features in the Clip_analysis
while row:
n = str(row.NAME) # assign a variable for the processing message based on a field
print "clipping to: " +n # tells you what grid was clipped
# Clip_analysis <in_features> <clip_features> <out_feature_class> {cluster_tolerance}
# output format, grid_1_c.shp, grid_2_c.shp, etc...
gp.Clip_analysis(clipit, feat, str(row.NAME)+"_c"+".shp", "") #update str if necessary
# reset the array...
del rows
del gp
print "...fin..."
print "no error checking happened, examine your workspace..."
appreciate all the input,
I could only mark one as the correct answer, and i considered the fact that my original error was because of the lack of a
while and improper use of
row in the clip function, although the makefeaturelayer method is definitely valid!


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Visceral Announces Dead Space 2 "Severed" DLC
Severed will star Gabe Weller and Lexine Murdock from Dead Space Extraction. Players take control of Gabe, working as a humble Sprawl security guard when the events of Dead Space 2 begin. This makes him a silver medalist for the Worst Luck in the Galaxy award, right behind series protagonist Isaac Clarke. We'll keep an eye out for more details.
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Google has once again added a stack of new Street View images to its amazing voyeur tool, bringing a selection of the world's most popular city parks to its database.
As you can see from the idyllic portrayal of urban life in the image above, London's Kensington Gardens is one of the new hotspots now available in Street View, with other parks from New York, Tokyo, New Zealand and the US captured by Google's camera equipped tricycle.
Of particular interest is the New York High Line Elevated Park, which is a crazy strand of grass built atop one of the city's derelict raised railway lines. [Parks of the World via Google]


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Game to watch: Blackhawks at Sharks
The Blackhawks will go up against former teammate Antti Niemi, who has been stellar this season. (Tony Medina/Icon SMI)
It's a little early to call tonight's battle between San Jose and Chicago a playoff preview, but it's never too soon for a gut check.
The NHL's top two teams will face their stiffest test of the season when they meet in San Jose (7:30 PST, NHL Network in Canada, CSN in San Jose and Chicago). The Sharks and Hawks have just one regulation loss between them after 18 games, but both come into the contest on something of a slide.
The Sharks are 2-1-1 in their last four, but three of those games went to the shootout before they finally lost for the first time in regulation -- 2-1 on Monday night in Anaheim. Their power play, which was so lethal during the first few games, is now on a one-for-18 skid after going scoreless in six chances against the Ducks. Coach Todd McLellan said his team is getting "too cute" with the extra man and needs to get back to basics tonight to jump-start an offense that has generated just six goals in the Sharks' last four games.
Fortunately, the Sharks have been nails on defense, allowing a league-low 1.67 goals-against per game. Former Blackhawk Antti Niemi (6-0-1, 1.80, .936) is playing the best hockey of his career, supported by what may be the league's deepest blueline. It helps the cause that San Jose usually starts out with the puck. The Sharks are dominant in the circles, second only to Boston with a 57.3 winning percentage. Next-gen stars Logan Couture and Joe Pavelski have combined for eight goals in their past five games to lead the offense.
At 7-0-2, the Hawks are the last remaining team without a regulation loss, but they're coming off a wildly undeserved 3-2 win in Calgary on Saturday night. Chicago was outshot 47-19 in the contest and needed a Marian Hossa tying goal with 2.3 seconds remaining to set up Patrick Kane's clincher in the shootout.
Coach Joel Quenneville knows his team got away with one at the Saddledome.
"That was criminal," he said. "They've got to call the cops after that performance. [Ray Emery] stole two points. He was spectacular. I've never ever been outplayed, out-chanced like that in my life. That was a special performance."
Special or not, Emery will be back on the bench as the Hawks turn to Corey Crawford against the Sharks. Crawford is one of the season's early surprises, ringing up a 5-0-2 mark to go along with a 1.66 GAA and a .934 save percentage. But he's never won in San Jose, posting an 0-2-1 mark at the Shark Tank.
Kane, as dynamic as he was during his rookie season, keys Chicago's offense and has produced at least one point in eight of his nine games. Marian Hossa, fully recovered from the concussion he suffered during the playoffs, leads the team with six goals. The group should get a boost from the expected return of No. 2 center Dave Bolland.


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"I don't think you understand. We can't treat newspapers or magazines any differently than we treat FarmVille."
The Journal doesn't give a specific date or context for the quote, but implies that it came out of negotiations with news publishers looking to work with Apple. "Despite my arguments to Mr. Cue in Apple's Cupertino, Calif., offices last year on behalf of news publishers seeking different terms, to him there was no difference between a newspaper and an online game," wrote the publication.
The quote highlights how Apple's negotiation tactics can be seen as a way to simplify the company's approach to content as a whole, though a growing number of users and government bodies now disagree with the motive. In addition to antitrust suits from the US Department of Justice and 16 US states, Apple is also facing an investigation by the European Commission and several consumer-initiated lawsuits in Canada over its alleged collusion to fix e-book prices.
Cue's attitude toward newspapers and magazines may not be surprising to most of us today—over the last two years, Apple has managed to implement a flat policy across most* its content sales that involves the seller setting the price and Apple taking a 30 percent commission. (* It's worth noting that Apple does not approach its music sales this way, instead going with the wholesale model.) The company clearly believes it hasn't done anything wrong by allowing e-book publishers to set their own prices, however, and has said that it's willing to argue its case in court.


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TORONTO - Hugh Jackman may spend an inordinate amount of time playing a mutant wolf superhero, but even the Australian actor realizes his image is somewhat defanged.
Whether it's because he hasn't shied away from musicals, on Broadway and in "Les Miserables," or because Jackman happens to be a charmingly upbeat family man, he isn't typically the first candidate to play a rage-spewing, formerly alcoholic survivalist.
That's his character in the kidnapping drama "Prisoners," which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival and will be released by Warner Bros. on Sept. 20. It's a new kind of role for Jackman: A rampaging father trying to find his young, missing daughter at all costs.
"I'm always looking to push the boundaries of what people think I should be doing or can do," said Jackman in an interview. "I'm very averse to the labeling you get. One of the downsides of doing press, which is a necessity, both the media and audiences go, `Oh he's this kind of guy. He's a family guy, nice guy.' Whatever label it is, it's the hardest thing for an actor to get past."
Jackman acknowledges it's "a high-class problem of success." But his years-long circling of the part speaks to his strong desire to upend audience expectations.
"For an actor," he says, "it was one of those parts where you go, `OK, this is something I haven't done before, this is going to stretch me.' It's asking for a sustained intensity that I haven't had before."
The film, directed by Quebec filmmaker Denis Villeneuve ("Incendies"), is about the frantic search for the kidnapper of two girls. When the chief suspect (Paul Dano) is released from custody by the police detective in charge of the case (Jake Gyllenhaal), Jackman's father ("almost Charles Bronson-y," he says) pursues and tortures him.
"He just felt it was the perfect timing for him after playing the superhero and playing the nice guy a lot," says Villeneuve. "He's a very, very powerful and strong actor. He was ready to go there."
It's a clear allegory for political issues, brought into a domestic setting. Gyllenhaal, whose pursuit is rational and methodical next to Jackman's furious, morally questionable mania, says of the two characters: "We are the right and left side of the brain of this film. We are the head and the heart."
Jackman, the father of two children with his wife, Deborra-Lee Furness, researched the part by learning about kidnapping experiences and the mentalities of survivalists. Though he drew on his own experiences as a parent, Jackman favored an acting approach that looked outside himself.
"It's dangerous to constantly dredge up your own family thing," says Jackman. "The bottom line is, Actors will do whatever it takes. But if you can possibly get there without doing that - just using your imagination. Obviously, if you're only going to use your life experiences, you're limited."
But the 44-year-old actor, who will play Wolverine for the seventh time in next year's "X-Men: Days of Future Past," keenly recalls the few times his children have, for even a moment, been hard to find. Once, he was at Sydney's Bronte Beach when his son was suddenly nowhere to be seen.
Panic started to set in. Making the situation all the worse was that paparazzi were there taking his photo. As Jackman paced between a playground and the beach, he ignored their shouts.
"Finally this guy goes, `Hugh, he's in the tree!'" says Jackman. "I've never been so happy to have paparazzi follow me. I said: `Whatever you need.'"


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OTV Ref Jazz The contemporary brush paintings by French artist Jean Paul Donadini are a playful commentary on the act of painting itself. His recent work "Brosses arrêtée" - translating to 'Stopped Brush' - captures the artist's gesture in the midst of creation. The ceaseless nature of the stroke shows how the canvas becomes the artist's construction site; only he can decide how to build and create his work. The striking color choices further contribute to his idea of vision and creation. Danadini uses a creased canvas to mimic the magic of theatre curtains, and to remind us that life is play - one that should be enjoyed by all.
Jean-Paul Donadini was born in Troyes in the year, 1951. His family were immigrants from Italy and they settled down in Paris where he underwent and completes his training in the Fine Arts Schools in Troyes and Nancy in 1976. His works are a refreshing representation of still life – imbuing this age old style of painting with a new sense of playfulness that are sometimes paradoxical and ironic. His style is a collaboration between many artistic endeavour, one that is especially influenced by the eccentric Salvador Dali. Jean-Paul's works are constantly changing. His oeuvre of works is seen in his versatility, from painted earthenware jars, blow-up paintings, itineraries, stationary brushes, lipsticks on canvas and transport boxes. Read More
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Bram Ohm followed an artistic education in Amsterdam. He worked as an illustrator and comics artist. Before World War II, he worked for the Rotogravure Mij. in Leiden, and after the War at De Geïllustreerde Pers. He produced several adventure comics for magazines between 1935 and 1940. He is best known for the strip 'Dikkie Dapper', that appeared in several magazines (Jeugdland, Jeugdwereld, Vizier, Eva) from 1946 to 1965.
The strip about an Amsterdam street urchin was so popular among juvenile readers, that a Dikkie Dapper Krant was launched, which appeared from 1950 to 1955. A theatre play was made in the 1960s, without consent of the author, which was performed all throughout Holland. In addition, Ohm drew a cartoon strip about the cat 'Miepie' in Eva (1949-1965). Other comics by Ohm are 'Hoe Twee Hollandse Jongens op Mars Belandden' (Jeugdland, 1940-41), 'Oom Bart's Avonturen op de Planeet Mars' (Jeugdland, 1941), and 'De Avonturen van Sim Pansee' (with Jan Has in De Prins, 1943). He passed away in Amsterdam in 1987.


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Steve Smith killed himself last month. He was the "circuit partier" who gave me the interview published here at The Body last October ("Interview with a Circuit Partier"). The printed obituaries implied that his suicide was because he was a longtime AIDS sufferer. He actually died because of his addiction to the drug crystal, another life-threatening illness plaguing the gay community.
Although he mentioned his drug use in the interview, he did not share that he was struggling with an addiction. I now know that he began talking with a few close friends about it at the same time as he did the interview. Eventually, he checked himself into a drug treatment center for 30 days. In an emotional speech shortly after entering treatment, he came out about his crystal addiction and treatment to the entire Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles (he was the President of Membership). Later, he did not talk about his relapse, although some people were aware. I had no idea he had slipped.
It was tempting to think about it as an AIDS death. But at the bottom line, it was a suicide caused by drug addiction. Family and friends brought this home to us at Steve's memorial service. His roommate from the drug treatment center laid it out for us with a blunt honesty that cut into our hearts. Steve killed himself because of that other epidemic, chemical dependency. Maybe this addiction was exacerbated, or even initiated, because of his AIDS diagnosis. But he died because after a few months of sobriety, he slipped and used again. Apparently, he killed himself in remorse when he crashed from the crystal.
This was a tough blow to all of us in the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles. For a year and a half, we'd had a respite from members dying regularly. And suddenly, one of the strongest and healthiest-looking members was dead, a victim of a deadly addiction to crystal.
I took my grief and my questions to my therapist. He told me that in his largely gay male practice, he is seeing what seems to him like an epidemic of addiction to crystal. As Steve told the Chorus, it's the drug of choice for a number of gay men in the circuit party scene. It's killed others besides Steve Smith. I wonder how many others were listed in obituaries as AIDS deaths, when it was really death by addiction. Interesting, isn't it, that there seems to be more stigma attached to drug addiction than to AIDS, at least in the gay community. It's somehow more understandable that someone would kill themselves because of AIDS than because of drug abuse.
There is a clear connection between chemical dependency and HIV transmission. The connection between drug addiction and low self-esteem is obvious to many. Also, barebacking (anal sex without a condom) is a lot easier when a person is under the influence of powerful recreational drugs. Among a number of gay men, the crystal epidemic and the continued rate of HIV transmission are deeply intertwined. For those who are already infected, when drugs wear down a body, it is more difficult to fight infections. Chronic drug abuse can also complicate the treatment of HIV.
Steve left us with so many questions unanswered. What was going on in his head and his heart? In spite of being a writer, he left no note. Was the "untreatable" status of his HIV infection due to his drug addiction? Did his chances for successful treatment improve when he was clean and sober? Did he really intend to kill himself, or was he crying out for help? Was there anything any of us could have done or said that would have made a difference?
Is there anything we can say or do for people who are still living with the same behaviors and addictions?
I framed the original interview with the question, "What is the appropriate pastoral response to individuals involved with the circuit [party scene]?" I left the question open, hoping that it would encourage thinking and talking about the issues. Of course, privately, I had my own answers relating to Steve, which now sound more like excuses than answers. I was not Steve's pastor, nor his therapist. I was a friend, but not a close one. We worked together more than we played together. I didn't think it was my place to try to change his behaviors, beyond engaging him in dialogue about the issues. I did encourage him to read Signorile's Life Outside, which he did, but he dismissed it quite easily, at least before his treatment. I also expressed my willingness to engage him in talking about these issues, and promised to be a good listener. But we never had the chance.
Steve's death was a shocking reminder of the issues we in the gay community continue to face. This individual suicide points us to the issues which, some feel, are destroying a large segment of our community. These challenges include our self-esteem issues, our epidemic of drug and alcohol addiction, and our on-going flirtation with death through unsafe sex practices. How many more of us will have to die before we get it?
I still struggle with my feelings over Steve's death. At first, I was very angry with Steve. How could he do this to himself, and to us? Then I felt guilty. Am I making unfair judgments about a person who was suffering from two life-threatening illnesses? Then I felt deeply sad. What a waste, and what a tragedy! We will all miss Steve so much. Now, I feel an increasing acceptance, although all of the feelings seem to lie heavily in my heart.
I had a conversation with someone who said he couldn't blame Steve, because life is so difficult. Yes, life is hard; but when I think of all the people who wanted to live, but died from the complications of AIDS, I get a different perspective. Yes, life is hard; but life is also precious. It is a gift from God. I continue to believe that God provides us with everything we need to face the challenges of life, even the illness of addiction. Some people just can't believe that, it seems.
I know that faith will help many of us through the process of grieving tragedies like Steve's suicide. Nevertheless, we have so much experience with loss and grief, that it comes as a surprise how deeply a new loss can impact us. Believing in our God of life, we can resolve to redeem the tragic losses and the deep pain of grief through grabbing onto life in all its glory. Through our faith, we can make our lives creative and joyful memorials to those who have gone before, even for those who killed themselves.
We can, as people of faith, resolve to do what we can to heal ourselves and the world. In the gay community in particular, we must continue to confront the issues that can drag us down and sometimes destroy us.
There were many wonderful things about Steve Smith. He was greatly loved and admired by a wide variety of people. His goodness will continue to live in many of our hearts, right alongside our grief and anger over his self-destruction. Although I am still caught up in my anger at Steve over what he did, I also recognize the deep suffering of the illness of addiction which brought him to that point.
When we face another's suicide, God is with us in our struggle to understand, to grieve, and to be compassionate towards everyone involved: to the one who committed suicide, to close family and friends, and to ourselves. God is with us in our continuing efforts to prevent and treat illnesses like chemical dependency that can destroy us. God is the one true God of life.
©1998 by the Rev. A. Stephen Pieters


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I've been messing around with my NAS which runs on Linux. I have root access, but there is no compiler. I seem to remember something about being able to compile on another system, but I'm not certain.
root@LSB1:~# uname -a
Linux LSB1 188.8.131.52-88f6281 #50 Tue Dec 22 18:06:23 JST 2009 armv5tejl unknown


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MITCHELL - A task force studying drainage, watersheds, flood control and erosion is holding its first meeting Monday.
The Regional Watershed Advisory Task Force was created by the 2012 Legislature. The group's first meeting is planned for Monday at 9 a.m. at the Ramada Inn and Suites Conference Center in Mitchell.
Scheduled to speak are State Climatologist Dennis Todey (TAH'-dee) , Chris Hay of the South Dakota State University agricultural and biosystems engineering department, Clark Moeckly of the Upper Crow Creek Watershed District and Jeff Zimprich of the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Officials with Brown, McCook, Kingsbury, and Yankton counties will also make presentations on drainage issues.
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By Cletus.
Open the image you want to work with. I'll be working with a portrait of Almost Willie.
photoshop tutorialphotoshoptutorialsnapshotpictureinsetlayerstylechannelmixerdropshadow
Use the Rectangular Marquee tool (M) to make a selection that is the size and shape you want for the outside edge of your snapshot.
Use Select > Transform Selection to finalize the position of your snapshot. Here I have roated the selection slightly.
We're going to place the snapshot in a Layer Set. The first thing we want to do is create a new Layer Set. We do this by holding down the (PC: Alt, Mac: Option) key while we click on the New Layer Set button in the Layers Palette. When the New Layer Set Dialog opens, enter "Polaroid" for the name of the new layer set.
Now that we have our layer set we can start making the snapshot. The snapshot will be made up of two layers. One layer will hold the snapshot image, the other layer is the white backing of the snapshot. We'll make the white backing first.
To create a layer for the white backing, hold down the (PC: Alt, Mac: Option) key while clicking on the New Layer Button in the Layers Palette. When the New Layer dialog opens, enter "Backing" for the layer name.
At this point we have a selction that is the shape of our snapshot, and we have the layer that will hold the backing. All we need to do is fill our selection with white. The fist step is to switch to the default foreground and background colors by pressing the D key. Now we fill our selection with the current background color (white) by pressing (PC: Control + Backspace, Mac: Command + Delete).
Now we have the backing. It's now time to make the image. Our current selection matches the outline of the snapshot backing. The image will be smaller than the backing, so we need to shrink our selection. We can do this by using Select > Modify > Contract (16 pixels). Now we have a smaller selection we can use for the image on the snapshot. Let's add a little something to the image. The first step is to switch to quick mask mode by pressing Q.
Now that we're in quick mask mode we can use a filter to roughen up the edges of the snapshot image. I used Filter > Brush Strokes > Spatter (Spray Radius 10, Smoothness 5).
Press Q again to leave quick mask mode. We now have a selection that to define the edges of the snapshot image.
Ready for a bunch of keyboard short cuts???
At this point your layers palette should look like this. Here come the shortcuts!
Press (PC: Alt + Shift + [, Mac: Option + Shift + [). This selects the background layer.
Press (PC: Control + J, Mac: Command + J) to copy the contents of the background layer inside our selection, and place them on a new layer.
Double click on the new layer name (Layer 1) and enter "Image" as the layer name.
Press (PC: Control + ], Mac: Command + ]). This moves the Image Layer up into the Polaroid Layer Set. Press (PC: Control + ], Mac: Command + ]) again. This moves the Image layer above the backing layer.
Here's what we have so far. We have the snapshot on top of the original picture, but we can still spice it up a bit.
First lets add a drop shadow by clicking on the Add a Layer Style button in the Layers Palette. Choose Drop Shadow from the list and click OK in the Layer Style dialog.
Here's the snapshot with a drop shadow applied. Now lets modify the background picture to make the snapshot stand out more.
Press (PC: Alt + Shift + [, Mac: Option + Shift + [). This selects the background layer. Next add a Channel Mixer adjustment layer by clicking on the Create new fill or adjustment layer button in the Layers Palette. Choose Channel Mixer from the list.
Here are the settings I used in the Channel Mixer Dialog.
Almost there!
To help the snapshot stand out even more we can lighten the background picture. Use the Create new fill or adjustment layer button in the Layers Palette to create a new Levels Adjustment Layer. Lighten the image by increasing the black Output Level.
Here is the final image.
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Hello fantastic DI fans,
I was wondering who else does go to this amazing fansite (almost) everyday?
And for which reasons? Checking for info or hoping to see some non revealed footage.
I visit this site almost everyday. Hoping for non revealed footage and also for searching for Lego Dimensions info and news.
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created August 7, 2001 · complexity intermediate · author Anonymous · version 6.0
Ever want to capture the output of an ex command like :set all into a Vim text buffer for easy viewing? This is actually a very easy thing to accomplish!
You can use the :redir command to redirect the output of an ex command to a register and then paste the contents of the register into a Vim buffer. For example:
:redir @a :set all :redir END
Now, register 'a' will have the output of the "set all" ex command. You can paste this into a Vim buffer, using "ap.
You can also write a Vim function to do the above. Since you probably don't want your command output to mess up your carefully constructed window layout, this function will pipe the output of a command into a new tab, allowing you to simply close the tab when done. If you don't like using tabs, or you don't have tab support because you didn't compile with it or your Vim version is less than 7.0, you could modify this function to use a new split window instead:
function! TabMessage(cmd) redir => message silent execute a:cmd redir END tabnew silent put=message set nomodified endfunction command! -nargs=+ -complete=command TabMessage call TabMessage(<q-args>)
Example usage:
:TabMessage highlight
Note that :redir can use a variable instead of a register, as shown above.
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This may be obvious to experts, but it took me a very long time to figure it out, because Google searches on terms like 'pipe', 'buffer', 'shell', etc never brought it to my attention. However, you can pipe the contents of the file currently being edited (the current buffer) to a shell command, and replace the current file/buffer with the _output_ of that command, using this:
:%! [cmd]
ie, if you didn't know the :retab command (as for a long time I didn't), you could expand tabs using basic unix commands like ":%! expand -t 4". Wish I'd known this a long time ago, so I'm posting it here in the hopes that others might find it :-)
The answer is (for ex.):
:read !ls ~
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As usual Google has updated monthly platform distribution numbers for Android in its developer dashboard. The numbers, based on devices accessing the Play Store over the last 14 days (ending May 1st), tell developers which versions of Android are most prevalent, and which are on the decline.
This month, as last month, we're seeing a decline in Gingerbread and a rise in Jelly Bean. Gingerbread has dropped from 39.8% to 38.5%, a 1.3% drop for those keeping tally at home.Read More


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Preparation: 5 Minutes
Cooking: 20 Minutes
- 350 grams rice flour
- some water
- 150 grams all purpose flour
- 200 grams fermented cassava / tapioca (tape singkong)
- 400 grams sugar
- 200 cc warm water
- 2 Tsp baking soda
- 250 cc club soda
- 1 Tsp vanilla
- food coloring (your choice of 3 or 4 colors)
- salt to taste
- Add enough water to the rice flour so that its weight increases to 500 grams.
- Add the all purpose flour to the rice flour mixture and stir well. Add the fermented tapioca and sugar. Mix well. Add the warm water and work the dough for about 10 minutes.-Add the baking soda, the club soda and vanilla. Mix until everything is evenly distributed. Finally, add the food coloring and blend until smooth.
- Warm the cup molds for about 5 minutes and fill it for about 4/5 full. Put in a steamer with the water already at a rolling boil. Steam for about 20 minutes.


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Just when I finally get around to doing some half-arsed blogging, my blog disappears! Not like as in "Shit! I deleted my blog again.", no this was more like "Where the fuck is my blog??"
I'm writing this post on the free webspace that WP gives you when you publish though them, I have been generously hosted by a good friend that I met on plurk ages ago. So, Saturday morning I see a comment on a famous social network from someone (you know who you are) saying they couldn't get my blog to load. "Bullshit!" Was my first reaction – it always is, no matter the circumstance.
Clicking on my toolbar shortcut button, my next reaction was, "Bugger me!"
No blog, nowhere, nohow. This has happened before, and it's always been a server issue. This time seemed different. I drop a line to my friend letting her know that neither of our blogs are working. I still haven't heard back from her (and frankly I'm a little concerned).
So now it's Tuesday and not only have I not heard from my friend, but the blog is still down and the hosting service says that neither I nor my domain are known to them. Oops!
This morning I went out and got myself a hosting service, right now I'm just waiting for them to set up the servers so I can make the changes to my domain and wham-bam-thankyou-m'am, I back! Sadly I predict that when everything is working again, the only thing I'll be back to, is not blogging.
Postscript: I had intended just to start on a draft while I was waiting to get my DNS info, and then I'd just export it to the new blog for posting, then I thought "Derrr, this is a live blog, post it here and tell people where it is to keep them informed. – Insert forehead slap sound here.) Hopefully it all works.
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Please join Tchipakkan and Maryalyce on the New Normal 8 pm Wednesday, 9-2-15, 8-9 p.m. est.
Maryalyce Merrit (Akasha's Heart on fb) joins Tchipakkan this week on the podcast The New Normal. (Link to archived podcast click here)
When you get two such voraciously curious and enthusiastic practitioners as Tchipakkan and Maryalyce together, there's no telling what we'll talk about. We'll probably mention her workshops at the con: Good Vibrations: healing with sound energy, Rock My world (about Crystals), Tea Therapy for Chackra Balancing, Angelic Allies, from there we may go on to talk about some upcoming classes she's doing down at her healing center Akasha's Journey in Wassaic NY Apple lore and Magick, The Wisdom of Crystal Skulls, Embracing your Path with Persephone, Honey Magick, Crafting Scrying Mirrors, Communicating with our Ancestors, even past lives,… and I've just turned her on to a new healing technique: Dynamind. We will just be having lots of fun.
Feel free to call in if you have any questions or comments on any of these topics (or if you think we might not get to the one you were hoping to hear about). 619-639-4606
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Maryalyce (aka Akasha's Heart) has been practicing witchcraft and the magickal arts since 1994. She is an ordained minister, priestess, ritualist, writer, teacher, and healer. She is a member of the Hands On Trade Association, is a Reiki Master Instructor and Practitioner, Advanced Level IET Practitioner, RúnValdr Master (Instructor and Practitioner), and teacher of such things like reading Tarot and Medicine Cards, Introduction to Wicca, Introduction to Witchcraft, Witch-Crafting (making magickal tools), How to Organize/Construct/Lead Rituals, and others. With her passion for just about all things esoteric, metaphysical, astrological, and deeply spiritual, she decided to follow her soul's journey to feed, educate, and empower the world community.
This empowerment may come in the form of oracle readings for seekers, healing sessions, healing circles, or Reiki instruction among others. As a dog lover, she extends this healing to not only dogs, but other animals and familiars as well. Maryalyce is an ABCDT Certified Dog Trainer, and she and her rescued dog, Cody, are a registered Delta Society Pet Partner therapy team. Akasha's Journey has evolved from the same passion for magickal living and crafting tools and items for people and their pets to assist them on their own journeys. Part of Maryalyce's dream is to make healing & learning how to heal accessible to the community and the people who truly desire it, and of course, the beautiful animals who cannot ask for it themselves.
The joy is in the journey. www.akashasjourney.com
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William Frederick Axe (1908- ) was the son of Fred Joseph and Amanda A. (Metzner) Axe. His marriage to Dortha Ima Bailey on September 10, 1931 in Jay County, Indiana was found in the database. Prior to this find, I didn't have Dortha's maiden name, their wedding date, William's middle name or the exact date of his birth. Note at the top of the marriage license, they requested that it not be published in the newspaper.
|"Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V6RY-S1T : accessed 06 Aug 2013), William Fredrick Axe and Dortha Ima Bailey, 1931.


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Our Christmas sculpture with M&M'S® character depictions is a charming display of the Christmas spirit that is heartwarming during the holiday season. Handcrafted sculptures from The Bradford Exchange Online are truly unique in their design; let their festive natures complete your holiday style for our home.
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School Nurse Services
Our school nurse helps ensure students are at their best and ready to learn by providing important health care services.
- Verifies immunization compliance in accordance with Washington State law
- Creates health care plans and emergency actions plans
- Administers prescribed medication and treatments
- Assesses illnesses and injuries
- Plans for acute and chronic illnesses
- Performs periodic vision and hearing screenings
- Educates staff, students and families in health issues and communicable diseases
- Teaches CPR and first aid
- Assists families in obtaining health care
- Provides referrals to community agencies
Health Screenings
We check students for near and far vision and normal hearing tones in kindergarten and grades 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7. We will only share screening results when they indicate a possible health problem.
We will also consult with parents when a student's appearance or performance indicate a possible problem. Good food, proper clothing, and adequate sleep are recognized factors in health, and good health (emotional as well as physical) is closely related to the learning process.
Existing Major Concerns or Life-Threatening Conditions
Our school nurse helps ensure the safety of students with health concerns by planning ahead and training staff to respond appropriately. The nurse works with students, their licensed health care providers, and parents/guardians to create individual health plans (IHP) and/or emergency action plans.
If your student has a major health concern or life-threatening disease which may require emergency care/medications or affect his/her learning abilities or school participation, please consult with our school nurse.
Examples of such concerns may include but are not limited to:
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If, as the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words, a whole set of encyclopedias could have been written from the pictures of the attendees at last weekend's California State Republican Convention.
Other than a few tokens here and there, the composition was as white as the driven snow. Therein lies the conundrum for Republicans, particularly in California.
Republicans are quickly losing the battle for supporters. The latest figures show that 44 percent of Californians identify with the Democrats, compared with 30 percent for the Republicans. Democrats have dropped by 4 points over the past decade, but Republicans have dropped by eight points. Simply said, the gap is growing.
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No doubt, many factors account for the increasing chasm, but clearly race and ethnicity are near the top.
Democrats are cleaning up on non-whites, and as the non-white population grows here at a much faster clip than the white population, minorities are adding to the Democratic bulge.
A brief look at the 2008 presidential results tells the story. Democratic candidate Barack Obama received more than 90 percent of the African-American vote, nearly three-fourths of the Latino vote, and more than 60 percent of the Asian-American vote. Whites pretty much split their votes between Obama and Republican presidential nominee John McCain. As minorities gain more numbers relative to whites, the disparity will only grow unless
Republicans undertake a serious (not token) recruitment effort.
The fact is that these groups have been ceded to Democrats almost by default, and they don't have to be.
Republicans might consider the conservative religious underpinnings of many Latinos and build on that common ground as a start. Pro-choice pregnancy options and gay marriage, pretty much mainstays among most Democrats, don't resonate so well with many Latinos, thereby providing possible political linkages. Republicans might also consider serious outreach to Asian-American business owners on tax issues, another possible link.
The point is that opportunities exist.
Bringing sizable numbers of minorities under the Republican tent may be tough for some to swallow, given the huge differences in backgrounds. But unless state Republicans can find ways to mass produce lots of old white guys quickly, they may be doomed to permanent irrelevance.
The last thing California needs is a state with only one viable political party. We've seen too much of that in the South and elsewhere.


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Volume 2, Episode 21: Ghoulia's dreams of winning a first edition Dead Fast comic book at Nekrocon are all but dead when an UHHHn-expected ghoul saves the day.
Ghoulia is going through her Dead Fast sketchbook in the shadow of a tree, gloomily sighing every so often. Her friends take note of her odd demeanor, which Cleo can explain: Ghoulia's parents won't let her go to Nekrocon, despite that she'd been looking forward to it the entire year. Missing out on the experience is one thing, but by not attending, Ghoulia also can't enter the raffle for Dead Fast #0, the rarest of all Dead Fast issues. However, talking about Ghoulia's misfortune gives Cleo an idea.
Paging through her sketches, Ghoulia nods off. Her dream takes her to Nekrocon, where she is dressed up as her Dead Fast OC: Ms. Dead Fast. She is just in time for the Dead Fast #0 raffle, but it seems the contest can't take place. Right before the crowd's and security's eyes, a villain known as the Shadow Poacher steals the comic issue and announces he will severly damage it. Luckily for every Dead Fast fan and comic book lover in existence, Ghoulia is present, and she's not only dressed as Ms. Dead Fast but even inherited Dead Fast's power of superspeed. With it, defeating the Shadow Poacher is almost an effortless enterprise. Ghoulia returns the comic issue in mint condition and is cheered on by the Nekrocon crowd.
Ghoulia wakes up and immediately notes that something is different about the sketchbook in her hands. Poking out from its pages is Dead Fast #0. Confused as to where it came from, it is clearly meant for her and Ghoulia is beyond herself with happiness. From afar, their mutual friends compliment Cleo for her gesture. Cleo insists it's nothing, since winning a raffle is easy when you have 10,000 servants to enter. Since she also has a reputation to think of, she does not want anyone to tell Ghoulia, that the comic issue is a gift from her. Her friends don't object.
- The title is a play on the 1985 zombie film Day of the Dead.
- In keeping with the franchise's love of puns, the name Necro-Con references Comic-Con, with "necros" meaning "corpse" or "dead" in Greek.
- Dead Fast, having gained powers after being bitten by a radioactive hummingbird, parodies Spider-Man, who was bitten by a radioactive spider.
- Although the school year has ended, the ghouls are seen standing outside the school building during the webisode and Cleo even walks inside at the end of the webisode. The two explanations are that the school is open during the summer or that this webisode occurs before the previous two webisodes.
- The Necro-Con event occurs in different ways in the cartoon continuity, the diary continuity, and the book continuity. The cartoon continuity is the only one in which Ghoulia doesn't go to Necro-Con.
- Dead Fast and the Shadow Poacher make their cartoon debuts.
- This webisode is a direct reference to Ghoulia's San Diego Comic-Con International 2011 exclusive doll, and the missing chapter 13 of the first book.


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Olympus E-PL1 Hands-On Preview
Promotional materials on Olympus's website last week featured the image of a mystery PEN camera obscured by a hand. Today, they move that hand away and reveal the third Micro Four Thirds system in their digital PEN series, the E-PL1. They've offered DCR a first-look, pre-production unit and we've had our hands all over it ever since it arrived.
For a run-down of the features and specs of the E-PL1, take a look at our coverage here. If it's hands-on photos and initial impressions you want, you're in the right place.
Lighter frame, lighter features
Where the E-P1 and E-P2 were all smooth lines and elegant curves, the E-PL1 takes more of a cue from compact cameras in its design. The chassis isn't made of the sturdy stuff that comprises the E-P1. It's an aluminum body with what feels like plastic encasing the whole package. The shutter release is smaller, and all of the controls on the top are pushed to the right side to make way for a pop-up flash to the left of the hot shoe.
Little differences in all of the controls set the E-PL1 apart from its predecessors. The mode dial is smaller and fully exposed, whereas the E-P1 kept it partially inside the camera body. The 2.7 inch LCD of the E-PL1 is slightly smaller than that 3.0 inch montior on the E-P1, but in the field it doesn't feel at all cramped.
On the back, the control that operates zooming in and out from images in review (and jumping to the focus check zoom mode) is made up of two buttons. On the E-P1 and E-P2, it was a rotating dial. Different functions have also been assigned to the buttons on the four-way control. Exposure compensation, flash, drive mode, and a focus selection mode are all now available through the directional buttons. The center, as with the other PEN models, pulls up a menu of more options over the shooting screen. That's where you'll get to other often-used settings for ISO, white balance, and AF mode.
It's what inside that counts
Aside from the cosmetic differences, the E-PL1 feels like the E-P1 and E-P2 in most other ways. The flash pops up with a satisfying snap, the rubberized grip offers a steady feeling in the hand. Our slate blue model looked pretty sharp with the pancake lens attached.
But without the control ring around the directional controls, it handles a bit more like a point and shoot. For those who are stepping up from a digital compact, this might be a good thing. The Live Guide function is straightforward, and allows the beginner to make changes to aperture and shutter speed without having to know what those terms mean. Take a look at a brief demonstration of the Live Guide feature in use.
Small camera, small price
If the Micro Four Thirds space is where DSLR and Point and Shoot meet, then the E-PL1 is decidedly the most Point and Shoot oriented camera of the bunch. It doesn't have all of the sophistication of its predecessors, but it offers almost all of the same functions with the addition of a built-in flash for a lower price. We'll reserve judgement until we've put it through the full review routine, but for now it seems like an enticing option for those who didn't want spend big bucks on a Micro camera. For now, take a look at the image gallery on the next page for more photos of the E-PL1.


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Defining sustainable agriculture
During the upcoming Michigan Ag Commodities Educational Expo Dr. James McCarty will help farmers define sustainable agriculture and understand how sustainability may impact future production.
James McCarty from the Center for Agricultural and Rural Sustainability, University of Arkansas will be one of the featured speakers at the upcoming Michigan Ag Commodities Educational Expo. Dr. McCarty will be giving a presentation titled "Measuring what matters in sustainable agriculture".
The term sustainable agriculture may have been co-opted and thought to infer only certain production and cultural practices. In an online PowerPoint presentation, Dr. Marty Matlock, also from the Center for Agriculture and Rural Sustainability, provides five points he feels define what should be considered as sustainable agriculture:
- Meeting the needs of the present while enhancing the ability of future generations to meet their needs
- Increasing productivity to meet future food demands
- Decreasing impacts on the environment
- Improving human health
- Improving social and economic health of agriculture communities
Current world population growth projections estimate a world population of 9.25 billion people by 2050. If increasing financial resources in developing nations are combined with the increased world population, some estimates point to doubling the world food needs also by 2050 (Keystone, 2009). Dr. Matlock establishes the goal for sustainable agriculture as "feeding 9.25 billion people without one more hectare of land and not one more drop of water".
The Keystone Center for Public Policy brings together leaders in public, private and civic sectors to solve problems and promote good public policy. The Center's Field to Market Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture is a diverse group representing producers, agribusiness, food companies and conservation organizations. The Alliance partners include Monsanto, Bayer Crop Science, John Deere, The Nature Conservancy, Natural Resources and Conservation Service (NRCS) and World Resources Institute as an indication of the diversity of opinion represented by the alliance's membership. Field to Market defines sustainable agriculture as "meeting the needs of the present while improving the ability to feed future generations focusing on increasing agriculture productivity while decreasing environmental impact, improving human health through access to safe, nutritious food and improving social and economic well-being of rural communities," a very similar definition to Dr. Matlock's five points. An important component of the Alliance's mission is to be "grounded in science, focused on outcomes and open to the full range of technology choices".
The Alliance's first report dated January 2009 (Keystone, 2009) identified 17 metrics they felt could be evaluated and were important to measuring the sustainability of current production practices. The five metrics that were evaluated thus far and included in the 2009 report are:
- Land use indicator
- Soil loss indicator
- Water indicator
- Energy use indicator
- Climate impact indicator
In this first report the alliance reported on four crops: corn, cotton, soybeans and wheat. The four crops were selected because, according to the report, they represent a majority of all crops harvested in U.S. While the report does not provide benchmarks for achieving sustainability, it does provide data for measuring improvements, or lack of progress, over time. Based on unit of production the 2009 report shows improvement has been made in most indicators for the four crops across the 20 years included in the study. This report confirms progress is being made towards increased yields utilizing fewer inputs and a more sustainable food production system. The spidergraph below shows the extent of improvement for United States production of soybeans.
The nitrogen cycle and agricultures contribution to reactive N (Nr) is one threat to sustainable production. Rockström et al (2009) proposes there are nine earth systems that must be kept within boundary limits to ensure a safe planetary system for future generations. Rockström's identified systems are:
- Climate change
- Ocean acidification
- Stratospheric ozone depletion
- Nitrogen and phosphorus cycles
- Global freshwater use
- Change in land use
- Biodiversity loss
- Atmospheric aerosol loading
- Chemical pollution
Rockström reports three of the nine systems have already exceed his estimated boundary limits; climate change, biodiversity loss and the nitrogen cycle (at the time of his report atmospheric aerosol loading and chemical pollution had not been reported).
Agriculture, with its dependence N for the production of food, fiber and fuel, is a significant contributor to Nr in the environment. Outside of its productive uses the increasing levels of Nr in the environment are leading to environmental concerns. Nitrate, NO3, has long been a concern in ground water, excess Nr contributes to eutrophication and algae blooms in lakes and coastal areas, nitric oxide (NO), and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), collectively referred to as NOx, contribute to smog and haze, nitrous oxide (N2O), is a greenhouse gas with 298 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide and ammonia (NH3) deposition has been associated with the undesirable changes in forest growth. For more information on N in the environment see What is Reactive Nitrogen and Why Should I Care.
For more on sustainable agriculture and other issues important to Michigan agriculture be sure to attend the January 26, 2012 Michigan Ag Commodities Educational Expo (MACEE). The Expo will be held from 9:00am to 3:30pm at the Lansing Center, Lansing, MI. Early registration is $75.00 through January 5, 2012 and $90.00 thereafter. To register for the Expo go to: http://bit.ly/MACEE.
Keystone, Keystone Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, Available online at:
Keystone, 2009, Environmental Resource Indicators for Measuring Outcomes of On-Farm Agricultural Production in the United States, Available online at:
Matlock M., Sustainable agriculture: Measuring what matters, Available online at: http://www.usarice.com/doclib/233/4940.pdf
Rockström, J., W. Steffen, K. Noone, Å. Persson, F. S. Chapin, III, E. F. Lambin, T. M. Lenton, M. Scheffer, C. Folke, H. J. Schellnhuber, B. Nykvist, C.A. de Wit, T. Hughes, S. van der Leeuw, H. Rodhe, Sverker Sörlin, P.K. Snyder, R. Costanza, U. Svedin, M. Falkenmark, L. Karlberg, R. W. Corell
http://www.nature.com.proxy2.cl.msu.edu/nature/journal/v461/n7263/full/461472a.html - a19, V. J. Fabry, J. Hansen, J. A. Foley, 2009, A Save Operating Space for Humanity, Nature, 46, 472- 475. September 24, 2009
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Family dog rescued from mudslide rubble
One Darrington family is suffering just about every emotion imaginable as they struggle to deal with the weekend's devastating mudslide.
The Kuntz family lost homes, a loved one who was Darrington's longtime librarian, and another relative was hospitalized on Monday.
The family came home to Darrington to find their muddy and mangled house 150 feet from its base.
"I'm still in shock that we could have been gone," said Quinton Kuntz.
The family was attending a baseball game at the time of the slide, but their dog and cat were inside the house. Their aunt, Linda McPherson, lived next door and was killed in the slide.
"We have lost a great, great sister, but we're a strong family and we're going to get through this," said Linda's sister, Irene Kuntz.
Linda's husband Gary was sitting in his recliner when the house crashed in. The 70-year-old grabbed wood from his chair to clear enough room to breathe.
The family had given up hope on finding their chocolate lab, Buddy, but then something improbable happened when they returned to the wreckage.
"We were looking through all the rubble and we heard the dog whining," Quinton said.
Buddy was covered in dirt and had a few gashes, but he was alive.
"I just broke down crying, really happy that my dog was alright," Quinton said. "I'm just shocked how well he did against my whole house falling on him."
After finding Buddy and losing their cat, the Kuntz family is now helping rescue other animals. They found their aunt Linda's cat on Monday.


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Raymond James Financial (RJF) said late Wednesday that its revenues for the quarter ending March 31 were $1.14 billion, a jump of 31% from the year-ago period and 3% from the earlier quarter. The sales results topped analysts' expectations and reflect, in part, the addition of results produced by some 900 advisors and other employees with Morgan Keegan, which the company acquired last year.
Net income for the quarter was $80 million, or $0.56 per share—up from $69 million, or $0.52 per share in the year-ago period, but slightly below the results of the prior quarter, when it had net income of $85 million, or $0.61 per share. Excluding special items, earnings were $0.68 per share (on net income of $96.5 million), up 6% over its EPS last year and down about 1% from EPS in the quarter ending Dec. 31. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected earnings of $0.68 after special items.
"Our major segments performed similarly to last quarter with the exception of Capital Markets, which was impacted by the lackluster M&A market. This shortfall was nearly offset by our Proprietary Capital segment due to our sale of Albion Medical Holdings, a portfolio company," said CEO Paul Reilly in a press release.
Financial assets under management grew to a record $51 billion, up 30% from last year and 10% from the earlier quarter. Assets under administration reached a record for the company: $407 billion, up 39% from a year ago and 5% from the quarter ended Dec. 31.
(This week, the company is hosting its annual business-development conference for independent advisors in the U.S. in Dallas.)
Advisor Results
The Private Client Group reported fees-and-commissions growth of about 31% over last year and 2% over the preceding quarter to $615.2 million. Sales for the group were $726.8 million, an increase of 28% from last year and 2% from last quarter.
Pre-tax income for the group grew 14% from last year to $52.7 million, up $200,000 from the earlier quarter. The company said that higher technology costs led to the flat results.
(The firm spends over $200 million a year on technology and increased this spending 30% over the past two years, executives said on Monday.)
The headcount for advisors in PCG worldwide was 6,297—up from 6,289 as of Dec. 31 and 5,396 a year before. In the United States, the unit includes 5,431 independent and employee reps, a slight increase from 5,427 in the earlier quarter and a jump of about 900 from 4,532 in March 2012 (before the Morgan Keegan purchase).
"During the quarter, we successfully converted the Morgan Keegan private client accounts to the Raymond James platform, which allowed us to begin to execute on our next round of cost savings initiatives," the company said in a press release.
On April 11, the firm trimmed its workforce, mainly in IT roles tied to the Morgan Keegan platform, by about 160 positions. It estimates that this could lead to about $5 million of compensation savings on a quarterly basis going forward.
"The successful conversion of the Morgan Keegan Private Client Group onto our platform marked a significant milestone in our integration," Reilly said. "We are now able to operate under the unified Raymond James brand and focus on the growth of our businesses. However, we must also complete our cost-reduction programs over the next one to two quarters."
Late Tueday, Reilly indicated the company wasn't feeling terribly acquisitive at the present time.
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Subtitled "Spaceflight without Formulae", How Spacecraft Fly does exactly what its title promises. Swinerd has worked in the space industry, and in academia, for almost thirty years, and has been extensively involved in providing training in spaceflight concepts to non-technical staff at ESA. This book comes in part from those training sessions. As a result, its audience is not intended to be have much scientific or technical knowledge – which does mean in some areas explanations are perhaps a little simplified. Nonetheless, How Spacecraft Fly covers all the relevant areas, and is useful for that respect.
The book discusses orbits, both ideal and real, getting into orbit, the environment of space, and the various subsystems involved in spacecraft design. For "spacecraft", Swinerd writes almost exclusively about uncrewed spacecraft – probes and satellites. The final two chapters, 'Space in the 21st Century' and 'Space: The Final Frontier?', cover future crewed space missions, but only in overview.
The lack of formulae, as promised in the subtitle, does make the book an easy read, but makes it of less use to those with a deep interest in the subject. Swinerd's example figures must be taken at face value, and there's no opportunity to plug in figures and so determine results for alternative cases. For the sections on spacecraft design, this is less of an issue, but the orbital mechanics chapters would probably have benefitted with demonstrating the use of some formulae. Having said that, there are plenty of more advanced books on the subject available, on to which an interested reader can move. How Spacecraft Fly makes plain it intends to be an introductory text and no more.
Swinerd's style is very readable, and he gets across information in an easily understandable manner. If his training sessions were anything like How Spacecraft Fly, I can believe his boast that they proved very popular among ESA staff. The diagrams throughout the book are clear and well laid-out, although many do look a bit too much like free clip-art.
As someone who is interested primarily in the engineering and hardware of crewed space exploration, my knowledge of the actual physics involved in sending astronauts to the Moon, or throwing them up into LEO, is no doubt somewhat deficient. I bought How Spacecraft Fly with an eye to remedying that lack. The chapters on orbital mechanics were of more use than those of satellite design, though I found the latter more interesting as the subject was newer to me. The former was perhaps pitched a little too low – I may not be an amateur astrophysicist, but I've read enough books on spaceflight to pick up some of the physics involved. But, as promised, How Spacecraft Fly does very well as an introduction to the topic, and those interested in it could do much worse.
For those interested in learning more, there is a website here associated with the book.
How Spacecraft Fly, Graham Swinerd (2008, Praxis Publishing Ltd, ISBN 978-0-387-76571-6, 261pp + index and 4 colour-plates)


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Twitter is looking to finally turn all those tweets into cash.
Less than two years after the San Francisco-based microblogging site unveiled some advertising on its network, Twitter is hoping that by making it easier to buy an ad, companies will line up to get their message across on the social media platform.
Twitter is introducing a new platform to enable advertisers to use a self-serve system to purchase advertising on its network.
The model, used and made popular and lucartive by Google and Facebook, eliminates the need for ad purchasers to speak to anyone at Twitter.
"These advertisers can now set up and run their own Promoted Products campaigns and pay via a credit card," Matt Graves, Twitter's PR representative, told Search Engine Journal. "This is an important step in continuing to grow Twitter's business. Our Promoted Products can help small and medium-sized businesses build their audience on Twitter and better engage with the people they want to reach."
Twitter, which launched in 2006, has slowly been expanding its advertising footprint. The company's global ad revenues are estimated to grow to $139.5 million in 2011, according to EMarketer.
That is an increase from$45 million in 2010, Twitter's first full year of selling advertising.
Twitter Follows Google, Facebook's Ad Lead
San Francisco-based microblogging site to introduce self-serve ads.
Twitter is looking to finally turn all those tweets into cash.


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A donation from Exelon Nuclear's LaSalle County Generating Station has made a big hit at the Wrigley Field West ball fields in Grand Ridge, Ill.
MARSEILLES, Ill. (Aug. 5, 2009) - A donation from Exelon Nuclear's LaSalle County Generating Station has made a big hit at the Wrigley Field West ball fields in Grand Ridge, Ill.
LaSalle Station made a donation that helped the Grand Ridge Youth Baseball Association purchase bleachers for Rachel Field, it's t-ball and instructional league field. Rachel Field is part of the Wrigley Field West complex in rural Grand Ridge. Rachel Field is named after Grand Ridge residents Bob and Cheryl Durdan's late granddaughter.
The association has made additional enhancements to the field, including a new scoreboard and brick walls that accentuate the outfall walls, similar to the historic Chicago Cubs' ball park.
To commemorate the re-furbished field, the association re-dedicated its t-ball and instructional league field in front of about 100 local residents Saturday, July 24. State Sen. Gary Dahl (R-Granville) and former Major League Baseball pitcher and Marquette High School graduate Guy Hoffman attended the ceremony.
"It was a proud night for the Grand Ridge youth baseball program," said Rick Bacon, vice president of the Grand Ridge Youth Baseball Association. "It has taken many generous sponsors and volunteers to make this dream come true. Rachel Field will serve this program extremely well for years to come. On behalf of the youth of Grand Ridge, we want to thank Exelon Nuclear for the donation that helped us purchase the bleachers."
"LaSalle Station was extremely proud to help Grand Ridge buy bleachers," added LaSalle Station Site Vice President Dave Wozniak. "I commend the Durdan family and the Youth Baseball Association for creating such a wonderful facility. You can actually see our nuclear plant from the ball field, so to help our neighbors and the Grand Ridge community is a true honor for us."
To date, LaSalle Station has donated more than $35,000 to local communities in LaSalle and Grundy counties for educational, recreational, environmental and community initiatives. LaSalle Station is located approximately 75 miles southwest of Chicago. With both units at full power, the site produces more than 2,200 megawatts net, which is enough electricity for 2.3 million homes.


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By MIKE CHAIKEN
Harry Casey, a.k.a. K.C. of K.C. and the Sunshine Band, had been in a bit of a creative slumber… at least as far as the listening public had been concerned.
2007's "Yummy" was the last album from K.C. and the Sunshine Band (who will be performing on the New Haven Green on July 27).
K.C., who was calling from Miami, said he was still writing music. But it was more about having something to do than something to record.
But a call in 2011 from Bimbo Jones, a DJ who has remixed tracks for the likes of Lady Gaga, eventually broke the creative logjam. And that breakthrough has led to a new studio album featuring all original material and a second album, in which he performs some well-known tracks from the 1960s.
K.C. said, he was introduced in 2011 to Bimbo, who is famous in Europe for his remix work. And Bimbo told K.C. that he was a huge fan of K.C. and the Sunshine Band, which gave the world such humongous hits as "That's the Way (I Like It)," "Get Down Tonight," and "I'm Your Boogie Man."
Then Bimbo told K.C. that he had a musical track he wanted to send the singer for a possible collaboration.
The track was delivered to K.C. in May 2011.
"It was kind of sitting around," said K.C. of Bimbo's track. In December 2011, K.C. realized he never got around to doing anything with Bimbo's contribution so he gave it a listen. "I loved it."
K.C. then sat down to send an email to Bimbo to apologize for not getting back to him. K.C. knew Bimbo was coming to Miami in March 2012 for a huge music conference for disc jockeys and suggested the two of them sit down and talk to figure out where to go from there.
That conversation didn't prove to be necessary.
K.C. said he listened to the track again. Something then struck him.
"Next thing I knew, the melody, words, and title came to my mind," said K.C. He said he was finished writing the song within 35 to 40 minutes. Two days later, he said, he was in the studio laying down the tracks.
The result was "I Can't Get You Out of Mind," the first new song from K.C. since 2007.
That opened the door to even more new music. Bimbo sent K.C. a couple of more tracks to work with. And K.C. went to work.
"It woke me up out of my artistic coma," said K.C.
Once K.C. started writing in earnest again, he didn't stop. He ended up recording 17 original songs. Plus, he recorded another 17 cover songs by artists from the 1960s. The result was a 34-cut double CD. K.C. said the goal is to get the resulting album in the hands of the public by September/October.
Originally, K.C. said the plan was to release the album in April. But, he said, "This is my first album in a long time. It's important everything is the best I can do and I give it the best I can.'
Of the original tracks, K.C. said six of them are a result of his collaborations with Bimbo Jones. Other tracks were written with band members and some he wrote by himself.
K.C. said the tracks are dance tracks, funky sounds, and one is even a straight out rock and roller. "It's a little bit of everything," said K.C., "but mostly it's a dance record."
Of the 1960s cover tracks, K.C. said, "It's a little bit of everything. It was very hard to narrow it to 17 songs." He said the temptation was to just pick his favorite tracks. But, instead, what he tried to do was pick tracks that reflected the emotions of his life in the here and now as well as what was going through his heart and head over the past 62 years of his life. The tracks include songs from Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Smokey Robinson, the Allman Brothers, The Kinks, and Aaron Neville. Along the way, he said he tried to play around with the arrangements to make the songs his own.
"It's been fun."
The introductory track for K.C. and the Sunshine Band's reemergence on the music scene is "I Can't Get You Out of My Head" is a cutting edge dance track. It doesn't sound out of place next to such hot EDM artists as David Guetta, Calvin Harris, and Swedish House Mafia.
In that sense, K.C. is continuing a tradition he started when K.C. and the Sunshine band hit the airwaves in the early 1970s. There was no one else who sounded like the band at the time.
"I was ahead of the wave and never joined the wave… and I tried to ahead of the wave," said K.C. of the band's artistic ambitions. "Why mimic someone else?"
Even though K.C. and the Sunshine Band were big in the discos of the 1970s, K.C. said he never really became part of that scene. And by the time, disco music was hitting its peak, K.C. said the group was moving in a different direction, which resulted in the big hit ballad, "Please Don't Go."
These days, K.C. said the industry is "crazy." And things have changed. Every remix disc jockey has his/ her own style, and each club has its own style. That's why he has released six different mixes of "I Can't Get You Out of My Head."
The music industry is no longer dominated by the major labels. Indie labels are everywhere. But K.C. said he started off on an indie label, so the situation is no different for him. The one time he joined a major label was "a disaster."
When K.C. and the Sunshine Band hits the stage on the green in New Haven, K.C. said he probably won't delve into the new tracks in the live setting.
"I try to keep the show pretty much fun for the audience," said K.C. So he will focus on the hits.
That said, K.C. said he is considering whether or not he might sprinkle in some of the 1960s tracks he has covered for the new album, since many audience members will be familiar with those.
But, K.C. said, "The public is going to dictate what's in the show."
K.C. and the Sunshine Band take the stage on the New Haven Green on Saturday, July 27 at 7 p.m. For more information, go to HeyKCSB.com or infoNEWHAVEN.com
Comments? Email mchaiken@BristolObserver. com.
Creative juices flow again for K.C. and the Sunshine Band
By MIKE CHAIKEN


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Child's Play – Activities To Enhance Taste
Here's a delightful experiment to try with kids to identify different tastes. Even my picky-eater-9-year-old loved this one, and he is the quintessential picky eater!
Is your tongue "mapped"? Test your taste buds with a bit of sugar water. Use droppers with sugar water and place it on different parts of the tongue, such as the sides, front, back, and middle. While not everyone's taste buds are exactly the same, many people can taste salty and sour on the sides, sweet on the front, and bitter in the back. See if your tongue matches these areas – some do, some don't! Try it with pickle juice and lemon juice as well.
Try the same experiment as with our post on smell. Have your child hold his or her nose and taste foods to see how different it is – part of tasting is smelling! Try it with condiments, such as barbeque sauce, ketchup, mustard, relish, and mayonnaise.