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This chapter describes the predefined objects in core JavaScript:
RegExp, and
Array Object
JavaScript does not have an explicit array data type. However, you can use the predefined
Array object and its methods to work with arrays in your applications. The
Array object has methods for manipulating arrays in various ways, such as joining, reversing, and sorting them. It has a property for determining the array length and other properties for use with regular expressions.
An array is an ordered set of values that you refer to with a name and an index. For example, you could have an array called
emp that contains employees' names indexed by their employee number. So
emp[1] would be employee number one,
emp[2] employee number two, and so on.
Creating an Array
The following statements create equivalent arrays:
var arr = new Array(element0, element1, ..., elementN); var arr = Array(element0, element1, ..., elementN); var arr = [element0, element1, ..., elementN];
element0, element1, ..., elementN is a list of values for the array's elements. When these values are specified, the array is initialized with them as the array's elements. The array's
length property is set to the number of arguments.
The bracket syntax is called an "array literal" or "array initializer." It's shorter than other forms of array creation, and so is generally preferred. See Array Literals for details.
To create an Array with non-zero length, but without any items, either of the following can be used:
var arr = new Array(arrayLength); var arr = Array(arrayLength); // This has exactly the same effect var arr = []; arr.length = arrayLength;
Note: in the above code,
arrayLength must be a
Number. Otherwise, an array with a single element (the provided value) will be created. Calling
arr.length will return
arrayLength, but the array actually contains empty (undefined) elements. Running a for...in loop on the array will return none of the array's elements.
In addition to a newly defined variable as shown above, Arrays can also be assigned as a property of a new or an existing object:
var obj = {}; // ... obj.prop = [element0, element1, ..., elementN]; // OR var obj = {prop: [element0, element1, ...., elementN]}
If you wish to initialize an array with a single element, and the element happens to be a
Number, you must use the bracket syntax. When a single
Number value is passed to the Array() constructor or function, it is interpreted as an
arrayLength, not as a single element.
var arr = [42];
var arr = Array(42); // Creates an array with no element, but with arr.length set to 42
// The above code is equivalent to
var arr = [];
arr.length = 42;
Array(N) results in a
RangeError, if
N is a non-whole number whose fractional portion is non-zero. The following example illustrates this behavior.
var arr = Array(9.3); // RangeError: Invalid array length
If your code needs to create arrays with single elements of an arbitrary data type, it is safer to use array literals. Or, create an empty array first before adding the single element to it.
Populating an Array
You can populate an array by assigning values to its elements. For example,
var emp = []; emp[0] = "Casey Jones"; emp[1] = "Phil Lesh"; emp[2] = "August West";
Note: if you supply a non-integer value to the array operator in the code above, a property will be created in the object representing the array, instead of an array element.
var arr = []; arr[3.4] = "Oranges"; console.log(arr.length); // 0 console.log(arr.hasOwnProperty(3.4)); // true
You can also populate an array when you create it:
var myArray = new Array("Hello", myVar, 3.14159); var myArray = ["Mango", "Apple", "Orange"]
Referring to Array Elements
You refer to an array's elements by using the element's ordinal number. For example, suppose you define the following array:
var myArray = ["Wind", "Rain", "Fire"];
You then refer to the first element of the array as
myArray[0] and the second element of the array as
myArray[1]. The index of the elements begins with zero.
Note: the array operator (square brackets) is also used for accessing the array's properties (arrays are also objects in JavaScript). For example,
var arr = ["one", "two", "three"]; arr[2]; // three arr["length"]; // 3
Understanding length
At the implementation level, JavaScript's arrays actually store their elements as standard object properties, using the array index as the property name. The
length property is special; it always returns the index of the last element. Remember, Javascript Array indexes are 0-based: they start at 0, not 1. This means that the
property will be one more than the highest index stored in the array:
var cats = []; cats[30] = ['Dusty']; print(cats.length); // 31
You can also assign to the
length property. Writing a value that is shorter than the number of stored items truncates the array; writing 0 empties it entirely:
var cats = ['Dusty', 'Misty', 'Twiggy']; console.log(cats.length); // 3 cats.length = 2; console.log(cats); // prints "Dusty,Misty" - Twiggy has been removed cats.length = 0; console.log(cats); // prints nothing; the cats array is empty cats.length = 3; console.log(cats); // [undefined, undefined, undefined]
Iterating over arrays
A common operation is to iterate over the values of an array, processing each one in some way. The simplest way to do this is as follows:
var colors = ['red', 'green', 'blue']; for (var i = 0; i < colors.length; i++) { console.log(colors[i]); }
If you know that none of the elements in your array evaluate to
false in a boolean context — if your array consists only of DOM nodes, for example, you can use a more efficient idiom:
var divs = document.getElementsByTagName('div'); for (var i = 0, div; div = divs[i]; i++) { /* Process div in some way */ }
This avoids the overhead of checking the length of the array, and ensures that the
div variable is reassigned to the current item each time around the loop for added convenience.
forEach() method, introduced in JavaScript 1.6, provides another way of iterating over an array:
var colors = ['red', 'green', 'blue']; colors.forEach(function(color) { console.log(color); });
The function passed to
forEach is executed once for every item in the array, with the array item passed as the argument to the function. Unassigned values are not iterated in a
forEach loop.
Note that the elements of array omitted when the array is defined are not listed when iterating by
forEach, but are listed when
undefined has been manually assigned to the element:
var array = ['first', 'second', , 'fourth']; // returns ['first', 'second', 'fourth']; array.forEach(function(element) { console.log(element); }) if(array[2] === undefined) { console.log('array[2] is undefined'); } // true var array = ['first', 'second', undefined, 'fourth']; // returns ['first', 'second', undefined, 'fourth']; array.forEach(function(element) { console.log(element); })
Since JavaScript elements are saved as standard object properties, it is not advisable to iterate through JavaScript arrays using for...in loops because normal elements and all enumerable properties will be listed.
Array Methods
Array object has the following methods:
concat()joins two arrays and returns a new array.
var myArray = new Array("1", "2", "3"); myArray = myArray.concat("a", "b", "c"); // myArray is now ["1", "2", "3", "a", "b", "c"]
join(deliminator = ",")joins all elements of an array into a string.
var myArray = new Array("Wind", "Rain", "Fire"); var list = myArray.join(" - "); // list is "Wind - Rain - Fire"
push()adds one or more elements to the end of an array and returns the resulting length of the array.
var myArray = new Array("1", "2"); myArray.push("3"); // myArray is now ["1", "2", "3"]
pop()removes the last element from an array and returns that element.
var myArray = new Array("1", "2", "3"); var last = myArray.pop(); // myArray is now ["1", "2"], last = "3"
shift()removes the first element from an array and returns that element.
var myArray = new Array ("1", "2", "3"); var first = myArray.shift(); // myArray is now ["2", "3"], first is "1"
unshift()adds one or more elements to the front of an array and returns the new length of the array.
var myArray = new Array ("1", "2", "3"); myArray.unshift("4", "5"); // myArray becomes ["4", "5", "1", "2", "3"]
slice(start_index, upto_index)extracts a section of an array and returns a new array.
var myArray = new Array ("a", "b", "c", "d", "e"); myArray = myArray.slice(1, 4); /* starts at index 1 and extracts all elements until index 3, returning [ "b", "c", "d"] */
splice(index, count_to_remove, addelement1, addelement2, ...)removes elements from an array and (optionally) replaces them.
var myArray = new Array ("1", "2", "3", "4", "5"); myArray.splice(1, 3, "a", "b", "c", "d"); // myArray is now ["1", "a", "b", "c", "d", "5"] // This code started at index one (or where the "2" was), removed 3 elements there, // and then inserted all consecutive elements in its place.
reverse()transposes the elements of an array: the first array element becomes the last and the last becomes the first.
var myArray = new Array ("1", "2", "3"); myArray.reverse(); // transposes the array so that myArray = [ "3", "2", "1" ]
sort()sorts the elements of an array.
var myArray = new Array("Wind", "Rain", "Fire"); myArray.sort(); // sorts the array so that myArrray = [ "Fire", "Rain", "Wind" ]
sort()can also take a callback function to determine how array elements are compared. The function compares two values and returns one of three values:
- if
ais less than
bby the sorting system, return -1 (or any negative number)
- if
ais greater than
bby the sorting system, return 1 (or any positive number)
- if
bare considered equivalent, return 0.
For instance, the following will sort by the last letter of an array:
var sortFn = function(a, b){ if (a[a.length - 1] < b[b.length - 1]) return -1; if (a[a.length - 1] > b[b.length - 1]) return 1; if (a[a.length - 1] == b[b.length - 1]) return 0; } myArray.sort(sortFn); // sorts the array so that myArray = ["Wind","Fire","Rain"]
- if
Compatibility code for older browsers can be found for each of these functions on the individual pages. Native browser support for these features in various browsers can be found here.
indexOf(searchElement[, fromIndex])searches the array for
searchElementand returns the index of the first match.
var a = ['a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a']; alert(a.indexOf('b')); // Alerts 1 // Now try again, starting from after the last match alert(a.indexOf('b', 2)); // Alerts 3 alert(a.indexOf('z')); // Alerts -1, because 'z' was not found
lastIndexOf(searchElement[, fromIndex])works like
indexOf, but starts at the end and searches backwards.
var a = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'a', 'b']; alert(a.lastIndexOf('b')); // Alerts 5 // Now try again, starting from before the last match alert(a.lastIndexOf('b', 4)); // Alerts 1 alert(a.lastIndexOf('z')); // Alerts -1
forEach(callback[, thisObject])executes
callbackon every array item.
var a = ['a', 'b', 'c']; a.forEach(alert); // Alerts each item in turn
map(callback[, thisObject])returns a new array of the return value from executing
callbackon every array item.
var a1 = ['a', 'b', 'c']; var a2 = a1.map(function(item) { return item.toUpperCase(); }); alert(a2); // Alerts A,B,C
filter(callback[, thisObject])returns a new array containing the items for which callback returned true.
var a1 = ['a', 10, 'b', 20, 'c', 30]; var a2 = a1.filter(function(item) { return typeof item == 'number'; }); alert(a2); // Alerts 10,20,30
every(callback[, thisObject])returns true if
callbackreturns true for every item in the array.
function isNumber(value){ return typeof value == 'number'; } var a1 = [1, 2, 3]; alert(a1.every(isNumber)); // Alerts true var a2 = [1, '2', 3]; alert(a2.every(isNumber)); // Alerts false
some(callback[, thisObject])returns true if
callbackreturns true for at least one item in the array.
function isNumber(value){ return typeof value == 'number'; } var a1 = [1, 2, 3]; alert(a1.some(isNumber)); // Alerts true var a2 = [1, '2', 3]; alert(a2.some(isNumber)); // Alerts true var a3 = ['1', '2', '3']; alert(a3.some(isNumber)); // Alerts false
The methods above that take a callback are known as iterative methods, because they iterate over the entire array in some fashion. Each one takes an optional second argument called
thisObject. If provided,
thisObject becomes the value of the
this keyword inside the body of the callback function. If not provided, as with other cases where a function is invoked outside of an explicit object context,
this will refer to the global object (
The callback function is actually called with three arguments. The first is the value of the current item, the second is its array index, and the third is a reference to the array itself. JavaScript functions ignore any arguments that are not named in the parameter list so it is safe to provide a callback function that only takes a single argument, such as
Introduced in JavaScript 1.8
reduce(callback[, initialValue])applies
callback(firstValue, secondValue)to reduce the list of items down to a single value.
var a = [10, 20, 30]; var total = a.reduce(function(first, second) { return first + second; }, 0); alert(total) // Alerts 60
reduceRight(callback[, initialValue])works like
reduce(), but starts with the last element.
reduce and
reduceRight are the least obvious of the iterative array methods. They should be used for algorithms that combine two values recursively in order to reduce a sequence down to a single value.
Multi-Dimensional Arrays
Arrays can be nested, meaning that an array can contain another array as an element. Using this characteristic of JavaScript arrays, multi-dimensional arrays can be created.
The following code creates a two-dimensional array.
var a = new Array(4); for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) { a[i] = new Array(4); for (j = 0; j < 4; j++) { a[i][j] = "[" + i + "," + j + "]"; } }
This example creates an array with the following rows:
Row 0: [0,0] [0,1] [0,2] [0,3] Row 1: [1,0] [1,1] [1,2] [1,3] Row 2: [2,0] [2,1] [2,2] [2,3] Row 3: [3,0] [3,1] [3,2] [3,3]
Arrays and Regular Expressions
When an array is the result of a match between a regular expression and a string, the array returns properties and elements that provide information about the match. An array is the return value of
String.match(), and
String.split(). For information on using arrays with regular expressions, see Regular Expressions.
Working with Array-like objects
Some JavaScript objects, such as the
NodeList returned by
document.getElementsByTagName() or the
arguments object made available within the body of a function, look and behave like arrays on the surface but do not share all of their methods. The
arguments object provides a
length attribute but does not implement the
forEach() method, for example.
Array generics, introduced in JavaScript 1.6, provide a way of running
Array methods against other array-like objects. Each standard array method has a corresponding method on the
Array object itself; for example:
function alertArguments() { Array.forEach(arguments, function(item) { alert(item); }); }
These generic methods can be emulated more verbosely in older versions of JavaScript using the call method provided by JavaScript function objects:
Array.prototype.forEach.call(arguments, function(item) { alert(item); });
Array generic methods can be used on strings as well, since they provide sequential access to their characters in a similar way to arrays:
Array.forEach("a string", function(chr) { alert(chr); });
Here are some further examples of applying array methods to strings, also taking advantage of JavaScript 1.8 expression closures:
var str = 'abcdef'; var consonantsOnlyStr = Array.filter(str, function (c) !(/[aeiou]/i).test(c)).join(''); // 'bcdf' var vowelsPresent = Array.some(str, function (c) (/[aeiou]/i).test(c)); // true var allVowels = Array.every(str, function (c) (/[aeiou]/i).test(c)); // false var interpolatedZeros = Array.map(str, function (c) c+'0').join(''); // 'a0b0c0d0e0f0' var numerologicalValue = Array.reduce(str, function (c, c2) c+c2.toLowerCase().charCodeAt()-96, 0); // 21 (reduce() since JS v1.8)
Note that
filter and
map do not automatically return the characters back into being members of a string in the return result; an array is returned, so we must use
join to return back to a string.
Array comprehensions
Introduced in JavaScript 1.7
Introduced in JavaScript 1.7, array comprehensions provide a useful shortcut for constructing a new array based on the contents of another. Comprehensions can often be used in place of calls to
map() and
filter(), or as a way of combining the two.
The following comprehension takes an array of numbers and creates a new array of the double of each of those numbers.
var numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4]; var doubled = [i * 2 for (i of numbers)]; alert(doubled); // Alerts 2,4,6,8
This is equivalent to the following
map() operation:
var doubled = numbers.map(function(i){return i * 2;});
Comprehensions can also be used to select items that match a particular expression. Here is a comprehension which selects only even numbers:
var numbers = [1, 2, 3, 21, 22, 30]; var evens = [i for (i of numbers) if (i % 2 === 0)]; alert(evens); // Alerts 2,22,30
filter() can be used for the same purpose:
var evens = numbers.filter(function(i){return i % 2 === 0;});
map() and
filter() style operations can be combined into a single array comprehension. Here is one that filters just the even numbers, then creates an array containing their doubles:
var numbers = [1, 2, 3, 21, 22, 30]; var doubledEvens = [i * 2 for (i of numbers) if (i % 2 === 0)]; alert(doubledEvens); // Alerts 4,44,60
The square brackets of an array comprehension introduce an implicit block for scoping purposes. New variables (such as i in the example) are treated as if they had been declared using
let. This means that they will not be available outside of the comprehension.
The input to an array comprehension does not itself need to be an array; iterators and generators can also be used.
Even strings may be used as input; to achieve the filter and map actions (under Array-like objects) above:
var str = 'abcdef'; var consonantsOnlyStr = [c for (c of str) if (!(/[aeiouAEIOU]/).test(c)) ].join(''); // 'bcdf' var interpolatedZeros = [c+'0' for (c of str) ].join(''); // 'a0b0c0d0e0f0'
Again, the input form is not preserved, so we have to use
join() to revert back to a string.
Boolean Object
Boolean object is a wrapper around the primitive Boolean data type. Use the following syntax to create a
Boolean object:
var booleanObjectName = new Boolean(value);
Do not confuse the primitive Boolean values
true and
false with the true and false values of the
Boolean object. Any object whose value is not
undefined ,
NaN, or the empty string, including a
Boolean object whose value is false, evaluates to true when passed to a conditional statement. See if...else Statement for more information.
Date Object
JavaScript does not have a date data type. However, you can use the
Date object and its methods to work with dates and times in your applications. The
Date object has a large number of methods for setting, getting, and manipulating dates. It does not have any properties.
JavaScript handles dates similarly to Java. The two languages have many of the same date methods, and both languages store dates as the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00.
Date object range is -100,000,000 days to 100,000,000 days relative to 01 January, 1970 UTC.
To create a
Date object:
var dateObjectName = new Date([parameters]);
dateObjectName is the name of the
Date object being created; it can be a new object or a property of an existing object.
Calling Date without the new keyword simply converts the provided date to a string representation.
parameters in the preceding syntax can be any of the following:
- Nothing: creates today's date and time. For example,
today = new Date();.
- A string representing a date in the following form: "Month day, year hours:minutes:seconds." For example,
var Xmas95 = new Date("December 25, 1995 13:30:00"). If you omit hours, minutes, or seconds, the value will be set to zero.
- A set of integer values for year, month, and day. For example,
var Xmas95 = new Date(1995, 11, 25).
- A set of integer values for year, month, day, hour, minute, and seconds. For example,
var Xmas95 = new Date(1995, 11, 25, 9, 30, 0);.
JavaScript 1.2 and earlier
Date object behaves as follows:
- Dates prior to 1970 are not allowed.
- JavaScript depends on platform-specific date facilities and behavior; the behavior of the
Dateobject varies from platform to platform.
Methods of the Date Object
Date object methods for handling dates and times fall into these broad categories:
- "set" methods, for setting date and time values in
- "get" methods, for getting date and time values from
- "to" methods, for returning string values from
- parse and UTC methods, for parsing
With the "get" and "set" methods you can get and set seconds, minutes, hours, day of the month, day of the week, months, and years separately. There is a
getDay method that returns the day of the week, but no corresponding
setDay method, because the day of the week is set automatically. These methods use integers to represent these values as follows:
- Seconds and minutes: 0 to 59
- Hours: 0 to 23
- Day: 0 (Sunday) to 6 (Saturday)
- Date: 1 to 31 (day of the month)
- Months: 0 (January) to 11 (December)
- Year: years since 1900
For example, suppose you define the following date:
var Xmas95 = new Date("December 25, 1995");
Xmas95.getMonth() returns 11, and
Xmas95.getFullYear() returns 1995.
getTime and
setTime methods are useful for comparing dates. The
getTime method returns the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 for a
Date object.
For example, the following code displays the number of days left in the current year:
var today = new Date(); var endYear = new Date(1995, 11, 31, 23, 59, 59, 999); // Set day and month endYear.setFullYear(today.getFullYear()); // Set year to this year var msPerDay = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000; // Number of milliseconds per day var daysLeft = (endYear.getTime() - today.getTime()) / msPerDay; var daysLeft = Math.round(daysLeft); //returns days left in the year
This example creates a
Date object named
today that contains today's date. It then creates a
Date object named
endYear and sets the year to the current year. Then, using the number of milliseconds per day, it computes the number of days between
today and
endYear, using
getTime and rounding to a whole number of days.
parse method is useful for assigning values from date strings to existing
Date objects. For example, the following code uses
parse and
setTime to assign a date value to the
IPOdate object:
var IPOdate = new Date(); IPOdate.setTime(Date.parse("Aug 9, 1995"));
Using the Date Object: an Example
In the following example, the function
JSClock() returns the time in the format of a digital clock.
function JSClock() { var time = new Date(); var hour = time.getHours(); var minute = time.getMinutes(); var second = time.getSeconds(); var temp = "" + ((hour > 12) ? hour - 12 : hour); if (hour == 0) temp = "12"; temp += ((minute < 10) ? ":0" : ":") + minute; temp += ((second < 10) ? ":0" : ":") + second; temp += (hour >= 12) ? " P.M." : " A.M."; return temp; }
JSClock function first creates a new
Date object called
time; since no arguments are given, time is created with the current date and time. Then calls to the
getMinutes, and
getSeconds methods assign the value of the current hour, minute, and second to
minute, and
The next four statements build a string value based on the time. The first statement creates a variable
temp, assigning it a value using a conditional expression; if
hour is greater than 12, (
hour - 12), otherwise simply hour, unless hour is 0, in which case it becomes 12.
The next statement appends a
minute value to
temp. If the value of
minute is less than 10, the conditional expression adds a string with a preceding zero; otherwise it adds a string with a demarcating colon. Then a statement appends a seconds value to
temp in the same way.
Finally, a conditional expression appends "PM" to
temp if
hour is 12 or greater; otherwise, it appends "AM" to
Function Object
The predefined
Function object specifies a string of JavaScript code to be compiled as a function.
To create a
Function object:
var functionObjectName = new Function ([arg1, arg2, ... argn], functionBody);
functionObjectName is the name of a variable or a property of an existing object. It can also be an object followed by a lowercase event handler name, such as
arg2, ...
argn are arguments to be used by the function as formal argument names. Each must be a string that corresponds to a valid JavaScript identifier; for example "x" or "theForm".
functionBody is a string specifying the JavaScript code to be compiled as the function body.
Function objects are evaluated each time they are used. This is less efficient than declaring a function and calling it within your code, because declared functions are compiled.
In addition to defining functions as described here, you can also use the
function statement and the function expression. See the JavaScript Reference for more information.
The following code assigns a function to the variable
setBGColor. This function sets the current document's background color.
var setBGColor = new Function("document.bgColor = 'antiquewhite'");
To call the
Function object, you can specify the variable name as if it were a function. The following code executes the function specified by the
setBGColor variable:
var colorChoice="antiquewhite"; if (colorChoice=="antiquewhite") {setBGColor()}
You can assign the function to an event handler in either of the following ways:
document.form1.colorButton.onclick = setBGColor;
<INPUT NAME="colorButton" TYPE="button" VALUE="Change background color" onClick="setBGColor()">
Creating the variable
setBGColor shown above is similar to declaring the following function:
function setBGColor() { document.bgColor = 'antiquewhite'; }
Assigning a function to a variable is similar to declaring a function, but there are differences:
- When you assign a function to a variable using
var setBGColor = new Function("..."),
setBGColoris a variable for which the current value is a reference to the function created with
new Function().
- When you create a function using
function setBGColor() {...},
setBGColoris not a variable, it is the name of a function.
You can nest a function within a function. The nested (inner) function is private to its containing (outer) function:
- The inner function can be accessed only from statements in the outer function.
- The inner function can use the arguments and variables of the outer function. The outer function cannot use the arguments and variables of the inner function.
Math Object
The predefined
Math object has properties and methods for mathematical constants and functions. For example, the
Math object's
PI property has the value of pi (3.141...), which you would use in an application as
Similarly, standard mathematical functions are methods of
Math. These include trigonometric, logarithmic, exponential, and other functions. For example, if you want to use the trigonometric function sine, you would write
Note that all trigonometric methods of
Math take arguments in radians.
The following table summarizes the
Math object's methods.
|Absolute value
|Standard trigonometric functions; argument in radians
|Inverse trigonometric functions; return values in radians
|Exponential and natural logarithm, base
|Returns least integer greater than or equal to argument
|Returns greatest integer less than or equal to argument
|Returns greater or lesser (respectively) of two arguments
|Exponential; first argument is base, second is exponent
|Returns a random number between 0 and 1.
|Rounds argument to nearest integer
|Square root
Unlike many other objects, you never create a
Math object of your own. You always use the predefined
Math object.
Number Object
Number object has properties for numerical constants, such as maximum value, not-a-number, and infinity. You cannot change the values of these properties and you use them as follows:
var biggestNum = Number.MAX_VALUE; var smallestNum = Number.MIN_VALUE; var infiniteNum = Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY; var negInfiniteNum = Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY; var notANum = Number.NaN;
You always refer to a property of the predefined
Number object as shown above, and not as a property of a
Number object you create yourself.
The following table summarizes the
Number object's properties.
|The largest representable number
|The smallest representable number
|Special "not a number" value
|Special negative infinite value; returned on overflow
|Special positive infinite value; returned on overflow
The Number prototype provides methods for retrieving information from Number objects in various formats. The following table summarizes the methods of
|Returns a string representing the number in exponential notation.
|Returns a string representing the number in fixed-point notation.
|Returns a string representing the number to a specified precision in fixed-point notation.
|Returns an object literal representing the specified
Number object; you can use this value to create a new object. Overrides the
Object.toSource method.
|Returns a string representing the specified object. Overrides the
Object.toString method.
|Returns the primitive value of the specified object. Overrides the
Object.valueOf method.
RegExp Object
RegExp object lets you work with regular expressions. It is described in Regular Expressions.
String Object
String object is a wrapper around the string primitive data type. Do not confuse a string literal with the
String object. For example, the following code creates the string literal
s1 and also the
String object
var s1 = "foo"; //creates a string literal value var s2 = new String("foo"); //creates a String object
You can call any of the methods of the
String object on a string literal value—JavaScript automatically converts the string literal to a temporary
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DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, 6 November 2012—The National Library of Poland (Biblioteka Narodowa) and OCLC have signed an agreement to add 1.3 million Polish library records to WorldCat, enriching the world's largest resource for discovery of library materials and increasing the visibility of these collections for researchers around the world.
The National Library of Poland acts as the central library of the state and one of the most important cultural institutions in Poland. Its mission is to protect national heritage preserved in the form of handwritten, printed, electronic, recorded sound and audiovisual documents. The primary task of the National Library is to acquire, store and permanently archive the intellectual output of Poles, whether the works of citizens living on Polish soil, the most important foreign works, or publications related to Poland and published abroad.
Once the records from the National Library of Poland have been added to WorldCat, they are discoverable on the Web through popular search and partner sites, and through Worldcat.org.
"Biblioteka Narodowa is looking forward to the great worldwide visibility that WorldCat can offer," said Dr. Tomasz Makowski, Director General of the National Library of Poland. "And of course we're very happy with the efficiencies we can achieve by using WorldCat for copy cataloguing."
"We are pleased to welcome the National Library of Poland to the OCLC cooperative," said Jay Jordan, OCLC President and CEO. "Contributions of national bibliographies to WorldCat are critically important to libraries for cataloging, resource sharing and discovery of unique and valuable materials around the world."
WorldCat is a database of bibliographic information built continuously by OCLC and libraries around the world since 1971. Each record in the WorldCat database contains a bibliographic description of a single item or work and a list of institutions that hold the item. The institutions share these records, using them to create local catalogs, arrange interlibrary loans and conduct reference work. Libraries contribute records for items not found in WorldCat using the OCLC shared cataloging system.
There are currently some 1.4 million Polish records already in WorldCat. This new agreement with the National Library of Poland will nearly double the number of Polish records in the database.
"We are very pleased to be able to enrich WorldCat with additional Polish content," said Eric van Lubeek, Managing Director, OCLC EMEA. "Polish communities and other researchers around the world who are interested in Polish language literature, history, culture and other important and useful information will certainly benefit from this addition to WorldCat."
Since 1971, more than 280 million records have been added to WorldCat, spanning more than 6,000 years of recorded knowledge, from about 4800 B.C. to the present. This unique collection of information encompasses records in a variety of formats—books, e-books, serials, sound recordings, musical scores, maps, visual materials, mixed materials and computer files. Like the knowledge it describes, WorldCat grows steadily. Every 1.2 seconds, library members add a new record to WorldCat.
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Cher is a tough woman to get ahold of. Meaning that after almost 50 years in the business, if she doesn't feel like speaking to you, card-carrying member of the press, well, honey, she's not gonna. But V had the good fortune to catch up with the mononymous pop deity during her recent spate of television appearances and performances in New York. She was pleased as punch to get on the phone with Jake Shears (whom she affectionately calls by his given name, Jason) of the Scissor Sisters, and we were equally thrilled to listen in. SARAH CRISTOBAL
JAKE SHEARS Let's talk about the new record, which I've gotten to hear a lot of and absolutely love. You sound amazing. What were the biggest challenges of making it?
CHER Getting into the studio. I haven't made a record in 11 years. But I think my record company was just about to blow me off, 'cause you know, I would have. They just said do it or don't. So the first thing we did was "Woman's World" and they seemed to like that. Then I pretty much over-recorded. I'm really enjoying this, but I have to say that it's a little bit different. I'm singing higher notes and I'm singing better, which is kind of freaky, because I should be having to bring down my keys, but these are the highest songs I've sung.
JS It seems like you don't know what an incredible singer you are. Do you still feel insecurity about your voice?
CHER Of course I do, you know that.
JS I used to get nervous before I went on stage and I thought to myself, When I stop getting nervous is the day that I need to hang it up.
CHER I have to tell myself that too. The other night before I went on The Voice, I thought, Oh, this is too crazy. Get yourself to a home. This is insane. I was really nervous. The song ["Woman's World"] is hard because there's no place to take a breath. It's some sort of zealous thing—there are literally five breaths in the whole song. Plus, I haven't sung in front of anybody. I haven't been on television to sing live since, I don't know, McKinley was president.
JS What do you notice in an audience when you're performing?
CHER I see them all. I'm really lucky [with my concerts]. It seems like the party has started before I even get there and everyone is having a really good time. Another thing, when I walk on the stage, I make sure that the music and my foot get there at the same time. I don't do well with extra time. Once I was doing the MTV Video Music Awards and we got out of the car, walked onto the stage, the guys plugged in, and we were on. And that's the way I like to do it.
JS I saw you opening night when you did Vegas at Caesars Palace. I had so much fun. What did you take away from nearly three years in Vegas?
CHER Vegas was never a place that I liked. It was always hard on my voice, and I always ended up in the hospital. The people were kind of sedated and older, so it took me a long time to decide to let those people enjoy their show the way they wanted to and not the way I wanted them to. When I kind of made peace with that, I was a lot better. And then I changed the whole first part of the show, 'cause I just got so bored. I wish we had recorded it, but we didn't. I just came out as a pimp and created this horrible old 42nd Street pimps-and-hookers scenario. We had this old yellow cab and this long limousine and I did two Bob Seger songs. Then I came out in this amazing pimp outfit. And then I disappeared, I went into the cab as the guy, and I came out of the cab looking like Jessica Rabbit. It got to be more fun. I can't work unless it's fun. I'm too immature.
JS I'm the same way. How would you compare playing a really intense concert to filming a really emotional scene?
CHER That's a hard one, because you're really worn out either way. In one you've done a great job and everyone's had a really great time, the other is that you've been crying for three days and you just want to stick needles in your eyes. Meryl [Streep] and I once had a scene, in Silkwood, that took a long time to shoot. We started fighting in the kitchen and then in the living room, then on the porch. Then we sat on the swing and we were crying. It takes a while to do that. It's a different thing. One is being really exhausted from fun and the other is being exhausted from being so emotional that you want to rip up your whole house.
JS I love that answer.
CHER I relate to singing as going to a party that someone else is giving and acting as going to a party that you are giving. It's just emotionally different.
JS This issue of V is about icons. Which people have really been your idols?
CHER Elvis and, well, there have been different people at different times, but it's really weird because mostly they've been men. When Joni [Mitchell] was making Court and Spark I was with David [Geffen], so every night when she would come in we would hang out and talk. I think Joni's a genius. And there are great performers. I love K.D. Lang. It's hard, you put me on the spot, and if I walk away from this telephone, hang up, I'm going to think of 50 people.
JS I think K.D. Lang and Elvis are pretty amazing.
CHER They're the same person, right?
JS When you called me to sing on "Take It Like a Man," I was so excited. When all your dreams come true, is it hard to create new goals to work toward?
CHER I don't think that we are born with a finite number of dreams. One thing about dreams is that they can be whatever you want them to be, you don't have to put a limit on them, you don't even have to know them. You might have a dream that you don't even know yet, you know? When I got a chance to direct If These Walls Could Talk, I didn't really know that that was a dream. My sister said, "Tell them you want to do it, tell them you want to act in it but you don't want to do the second one and you want to direct the third one." And I was like, Okay, that sounds good. I didn't even know it was a dream, and then it was.
JS Let's talk about technology for just a second.
CHER I hope you grade on a curve.
JS You're very outspoken on Twitter. I love how you say what you want. Do you feel like it gives you a different kind of voice?
CHER Yeah, and sometimes I think that I shouldn't do it as much. When you're by yourself, it seems so familiar, and you can get into so much trouble. God knows I have. I either sound like Einstein or some sort of Cro-Magnon man. It's dangerous for me, but I end up saying what I want and I'm not so sure that certain people can do that. And sometimes even I have to go, Nah, Cher, you can't.
JS I find myself deleting stuff all the time.
CHER I'll wake up in the middle of the night and have something that I'll want to say. My mother wanted to tweet and I went, "No, the absolute answer to that, Mother, is no." I'd have to leave the universe if my 87-year-old mother got to tweet.
JS She's so beautiful, by the way.
CHER I know, isn't she amazing? She just finished two days on RuPaul's show. My mother is just so with it and swears like a sailor, except she won't admit it. She always is surprised if I say "fuck." Like, Oh my god, shut my mouth. She's crazy smart, and my sister is too. I'm the one with the least pencils in the box.
JS You seem like you're close with your family, with your kids. We have mutual friends you're very close to, it's almost like you've built a whole familial environment.
CHER I love my family, and God knows we've had our differences and we fight big and we love big. I have my extended family—the Starks, the Rodkins. Some of my friends I've had my whole life. And I have so many little friends too, because everyone has children and children just love me, so I just get along with everybody. Sometimes I can be a bitch to my family, so it's hard. I'm kind of the little girl with the curl. I mean, I'm fabulous, but I can be cranky. But mostly I'm good with my family and everybody comes to me with their problems, and I go to my mom when I'm desperate.
JS Well, I've got two more little dumb questions for you now.
CHER Dumber than these? Have you been listening, Jason? [laughs]
JS I just got a tattoo and it's a bloody mess. What should I do?
CHER Go to any good tattoo parlor, because you want to catch that. You don't want to get sick, but you also don't want your tattoo ruined. Was that one of your questions?
JS 'Cause I know you're a tattoo lady. You know what you're doing.
CHER They started making tattoos so much cooler and every girl and every preschooler has a tattoo and I just wish I didn't have mine. I'd like to start over. I would like to take off my tattoos, and especially the one on my butt, but how would I sleep? I'd have to sleep on my stomach and I don't like that. When I got tattooed, nobody was tattooed. It was me, Janis Joplin, and I don't even know.
JS Is there anything else that you want to say about your new record?
CHER I hope it's good. I think some of the songs are good, and I'm proud of it, I think, on the whole. I'm not embarrassed, and that's always a good thing. I think if you're a Cher fan you'll definitely be happy and not disappointed.
JS I love the stuff I've heard. "Sirens" is great. And I love the one that I sing on, "Take It Like a Man." I hope you make it a single.
CHER I hope I do too. There are two obvious singles, and that's one. I think it will be a dance record for sure. "Take It Like a Man" and "Dressed to Kill" are most like "Woman's World." "Sirens" is more like U2, wouldn't you think? The Pink song, "I Walk Alone," is kind of bittersweet in a way that only Pink can write. The other one that she wrote, "Lie to Me," is kind of really bizarre and has a banjo in it. One song ["Lovers Forever"] I wrote with my friend, for Interview with the Vampire. We got turned down and I just kept it in the back of my mind for the longest time. There are a few dance songs, like four or five, and some that are kind of disco-sounding. "Take It Like a Man" is a great balls-to-the-wall dance. There's no disguising it, it is what it is, and I can only wait till the boys hear it. I can't wait.
JS I can't wait to hear the finished version. It was just about done when I listened to it.
CHER It's not mixed yet, but when it is I'll be happy to play it for you. But it's a lot harder now. And also we used Auto-Tune on it, which is really fun.
JS Yeah? Cool.
CHER So, you know every secret now?
JS Yes! I've pretty much gone through all of my questions.
CHER I like your interviewing technique, it didn't hurt at all. It's fun to be interviewed by someone who knows you. I'm not sure if it would work with everybody, but it was fun today.
JS I had a good time too.
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Post your username for Xbox 360 and we can play Xbox games together and other stupid shit. Post what games you play too.
I'm superworm40 (I need to change that, but for some reason my free GT change bugged out in the middle of change, and now I'm stuck with this), and I mostly play Black Ops,Cod4, Cod MW2, sphincter Cell Conviction, and am currently doing this insane idea of me to create a character in Dragon Age 2 and go link her (It's a she) to other games where I have exactly the same char. So yeah after my DA2 Playthrough She dies, and is later resurrected several decades later, Skyrim time! After I played that ME2 and 3 are up and then other shit.
I should also note my headset is shitting me and I can't talk to you guys via Voice chat, I'm gonna have to Message. Looking to buy a Triton AX 720 soon though! (After my MLG Comp. controller.)


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Montville senior, 15, grew up fast as she searched for father
Montville - In total, Tashi Lhatso has had only seven years of formal schooling. That was enough, however, to prepare her for college: The 15-year-old is graduating from Montville High School and will being studying chemistry at the University of Connecticut in the fall.
"When I saw her birth date, I was really surprised," said Katherine Dykes, an English language tutor at the school. At first, she thought it must be a mistake. Lhatso, she said, "always had held her own, was very mature, very self-directed."
Lhatso credits that maturity to her complicated childhood in Tibet and India, which forced her to become independent at an early age.
Her father, a political activist, received death threats and was charged with breaking Chinese law because he distributed "Free Tibet" pamphlets and showed a video of the Dalai Lama's teachings. He fled to India, and Lhatso's family was unable to contact him because they believed it would put him in danger.
After about a year, Lhatso's mother sent her alone to India to search for her father and attend school. She was just 9 years old. She was smuggled across Tibet in a commercial truck, crouching behind large boxes at Chinese checkpoints.
"The memory of being curled in a ball, alone and afraid to breathe, behind those big boxes with words scribbled on them, is one of the few images that I retain of that scary and strange time," she wrote in her college admissions essay.
To reach the border of Nepal and India, she was carried on a stranger's back in a basket usually used to carry cow dung.
Once in India, she attended a boarding school for Tibetan refugees in Dharamsala. She unsuccessfully looked for her father in her free time and eventually learned from a distant relative that her father had moved to the United States.
After three years, she followed him to the United States. Instead of moving to Maryland with her father, however, Lhatso went to live with Ake Ake and Thontup Dolma, her uncle and college-educated aunt who could help her with school. Her mother and younger brother have recently moved to the United States as well, and her family visits her in Connecticut regularly.
By now, Lhatso is in many ways "a typical American teenager who enjoys spending time with her friends and loves to make people laugh," said Dykes. She watches movies and TV shows to help improve her English, including one of her favorites, "The Secret Life of the American Teenager."
The highlight of her time in the United States so far came when she was chosen, in October, to participate in the welcoming ceremony when the Dalai Lama visited Western Connecticut State University. Lhatso offered the leader a traditional barley drink.
"I was even afraid to raise my head, I was holding (the cup) and shaking so hard," Lhatso said. "It makes me feel very proud and very blessed, because I think only a few people get this kind of opportunity to see him that close."
"Being Buddhist, my religion has taught me others before self," Lhatso said. That concept led her to consider a career as a physician - though she isn't positive that she won't change her major during college.
Dykes said she is impressed by Lhatso's compassion for others and expects to see her "in an international position of leadership, advocating for those who are unable to speak for themselves."
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text: I am an avid camper, and love to take off to Huntsville with the blue-eyed wolf we found up near Wireton a few years back. Most of what I do is relax and cook, so it's always a challenge...especially since I am off meats, most dairy products, and wheat...and trying to do it all fat-free! So, how does one plan for meals when camping? First, plot out your two or three meals for every day you will be camping, with two snacks a day. Go down the list below and decide what you would like to prepare, and when. Grab your favourite cookbooks, a pad, and a pencil. *** Dehydrated foods are good...I blenderize peeled oranges, add unsweetened coconut and a squirt of vanilla, and make fruit leather in my dehydrator. Banana quarters in strips are good, but may take a little longer. Berries are good - try for a couple of different types (we buy large bags of frozen strawberries, drain them, rehydrate them, then padlock them or they won't last until the trip). Toasted nuts and sunflower seeds are good, too - just use them sparingly if you are watching your fat intake! Pistachios are excellent snacks on tricky trails...you can retrace your steps if you make a wrong turn -- just follow the shells! This is the one time culinary snobs should ease up and allow instant potato flakes. For a side dish, add some milk powder before reconstituting, and a bit of balsamic vinegar with the boiling water, and serve with a sprinkling of good-tasting yeast. Or make potato pancakes by adding onion powder, dried parsley, and water, then dropping them by the spoonful on a griddle. Don't forget to dehydrate tomatoes, onions, carrots, and peppers for soups and pastas. Also your favourite herbs in season. But first wipe down the racks with a mix of vodka (1 c.) and liquid lecithin (1 t.) run through a blender for homemade non-stick pan coating...just wipe it on with a tiny piece of paper towel. Makes getting the dried goodies off your racks much easier. I leisure camp, so I take white wine along for cooking. If you can, too, it will really improve the flavour of savouries otherwise sauteed in water (which in the wild can be rather tasty in a way you don't particularly like). Or you could use grape juice and a few drops of balsamic vinegar as a wine substitute. Pancakes are no problem. Find a recipe you like, and on a large zip-lock bag, write the liquid ingredients to add, then measure out the dry ingredients into the bag and zip it up...you can toss in your dried berries, and add a pinch of spice to make it special (cinnamon or nutmeg - yum!). If you are taking a griddle, you can make tea biscuits this way, or cookies. Then put a tablespoon of batter on the griddle, and flip them when they're done and toasty brown on one side. Don't forget that you can add your liquid ingredients to the bag, and making sure it is sealed, gently work the mixture together until it is smooth. Snip off one corner, and pour the batter by squeezing the bag! Make your own hot cereal with equal parts of course ground grains (wheat, oats, barley, rice) and flax seeds. Write on the zip-lock bag how much water to add, etc., and measure your cereal into the bag. You might want to add dried fruits to one package, and sweet spices to another. Rice pilaff can be made the same way...write on the package how much boiling water to add and how long to cook, measure out your rice and spices, and add some powdered boullion. You can make up a stove-top stuffing...bread cubes, dried spices and vegies, and a little packet of broth inside. At the campsite, saute your dried ingredients, make up the broth, add it, and toss the stuffing until it's all heated through...turn down low and cover it for a few moments before serving. Skillet dinners can be made with pasta, dried vegies, and spices. For a creamy alfredo sauce, toss in a packet of milk powder (2 T.) , cornstarch (1 t.), and powdered boullion (1 t.), which you can cook by adding a cup of boiling water, a few drops at a time, while the pasta is boiling. For a cheesier sauce, add 1/4 c. good-tasting yeast. Use oregano and basil for an Italian flavour. Or chili and cummin for Tex Mex. Salads can be wonderful if you can find the greens...buy or prepackage herbs and seasonings such as dried mustard, for vinaigrette salad dressings, and even powdered soy milk or skim milk powder with onion and garlic powder, for ranch or cesar-type dressings, to which you can add a bit of water and balsamic vinegar later. If you have 45 minutes, make lentil soup. In your zip-lock bag you need 1 cup of dried lentils, 2 T. dried onion, salt, pepper, and spices to taste (curry, or chili powder and cumin is nice). At the site, add 3 c. water to the mix, and toss in a carrot or piece of celery if you have any. For a nice stew, saute some onions and garlic, add TVP, add tomatoes and green peppers, and split peas. Add herbs and spices toward the end, with a half cup of good-tasting yeast. Roasted bananas and chocolate are good for a treat if at some point you can have fresh food...just mix up a bit of cocoa in honey, split the banana, and instead of sprinkling in chocolate chips, spread the chocolate honey down the middle of the banana, wrap back up, and roast in foil. You can also stuff bananas with berries, peanut butter, or marshmallows. Another treat is finely ground fruits and nuts (do this before you leave home) with a few seeds like sesame or anise, coconut, and carob mixed with enough honey or jam to make it sticky, and rounded into balls for a sweet treat...this usually works well with bored kids and adults. Instant coffee or substitutes can be put into zip-lock bags to ease up packing weight, but have another zip-lock full of zesty herbal teas. *** Now that you have some ideas, it will be very easy to plan what to prepare, and when. Try to work some way of getting fresh fruits and vegetables into the plan. It will help to plot out how much time you need for dehydrating everything you will need, and listing what ingredients you will need to purchase from the store. By packaging as much as possible in zip-lock bags, you can stack them and pack them easily, with a minimum of weight. And if they should get wet, provided they are well sealed to begin with, the contents will stay dry. *** For a "camper's washbasin", take a clean plastic gallon jug, and make a pin hole about an inch from the bottom. Fill it with water and a drop of chlorine bleach, and run a hand towel through the handle. 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ALFRED, NY — The Alfred University football team racked up 555 yards of offense and forced four turnovers in beating visiting Frostburg (MD) State, 40-14, Saturday afternoon on Merrill Field.
In his first collegiate start, AU junior quarterback Joe Enslin threw for 302 yards and three touchdowns as the Saxons snapped a two-game losing streak to improve to 5-3 overall and 4-2 in Empire 8 Conference play. With the loss, Frostburg falls to 3-6 (1-5 Empire 8)
AU freshman wide receiver Maleke Feuntes ran the Wildcat formation to perfection, rushing 16 times for 109 yards and a touchdown. Senior free safety Jon Jackson, inserted as a wideout in the Wildcat, ran six times for 73 yards and two touchdowns.
The game didn't start out well for the Saxons, as Frostburg drove to the AU 1-yard line before fumbling. After a short AU punt gave Frostburg the ball at the AU 29-yard line, Bobcat quarterback Ken Emmons scored on a 29-yard run on the first play of the drive. AU answered, as Fuentes scored on a five-yard run with 38 seconds left in the first to cap a 10-play, 64-yard drive.
Frostburg regained the lead on its next possession, taking only three plays and 39 seconds to go 50 yards, as Emmons hooked up with wide receiver Antonio Wood on a 51-yard TD pass eight seconds into the second to put the Bobcats up 14-7. The visitors would not score again, as the Saxons tallied two second-quarter touchdowns to go into intermission with a 21-14 advantage.
With 13:08 left on the second-quarter clock. Enslin hit senior tight end Adam Schutz on a short pass and Schutz ran down the left sideline before barreling over a Frostburg defender at the goal line to complete the 40-yard touchdown play. With just under a minute left in the half, Jackson scored on a five-yard run to finish off a six-play that started after Frostburg fumbled at its own 45-yard line.
Alfred took the second-half kickoff and drove 73 yards in seven plays, with Jackson sprinting in from 21 yards out to give the Saxons a 28-14 lead 3:33 into the third. Enslin hit junior wide receiver Jonathan Ruffin with a 45-yard touchdown pass with five seconds left in the third; the extra point failed and AU led 34-14. The Saxons closed out the scoring with just under six minutes left in the game, driving 84 yards in 11 plays over six minutes, as Enslin connected with Fuentes on a six-yard scoring pass.
AU dominated time of possession, 26 minutes to 24 minutes, and had 24 first downs to 15 for the visitors. Alfred forced two fumbles and had two interceptions, and the Saxon offense didn't turn the ball over once. The AU defense was outstanding in the second half, allowing only 79 yards offense after intermission (282 for the game).
Enslin completed 18 of 32 passes for 302 yards. Schutz (82 yards) and Fuentes (73) each had five catches, while Ruffin finished with four catches for a game-high 93 yards. Fuentes and Jackson led a Saxon rushing attack that ran for 253 yards, despite missing its top three runners: junior tailbacks Chuck Beckwith and Austin Dwyer and senior tailback Tyler DeRosa. DeRosa was lost to the second to injury on Sept. 22 and Beckwith and Dwyer went down for the year during last weekend's loss at Utica. Combined, the trio has more than 1,000 rushing yards this year.
Emmons threw for 127 yards and ran for a team-best 78 yards. AU held the Bobcats' leading rusher, tailback Chuky Iweh, to 35 yards on nine carries.
Senior nose guard Mike Raplee had nine tackles (1 ½ for loss) and a forced fumble to lead the AU defense. Sophomore tackle Willie Parker had five tackles (3 ½ for loss) and fumble recovery, and sophomore linebacker J.R. Britton had eight tackles. Jackson had three solo tackles and his team-leading sixth interception.
Defensive backs Keith Smith and Brendon Blanchette each had 10 tackles to lead the Frostburg defense. Linebacker Rowan Pinkett had nine tackles and tackle Jeremiah Williams had four tackles and a sack.
Alfred wraps up its regular season next Saturday, Nov. 10, at 1 p.m. at Empire 8 Conference rival Hartwick College.


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Party season Sculpture couture dress - Bellville Sassoon for...
Added Dec 2, 2012
by Irina Schwab
Aylesbury, Unite...
Inspired by Burda's sculpture dress signed by Dice Kayek, I made my first dress for the festive season. Each party requires a new outfit!
I chose the couture Bellville Sassoon pattern for Vogue, which is a lined, straight, fitted dress, below mid-knee. The dress also features short sleeves with slit, princess seamed bodice, darts in skirt, back vent and invisible zipper.
Yes, it sounds like I am describing the technical features of a Ferrari.
The fabric is quite special I believe, because I acquired it from a shop that boasts clients such as Madonna. Or so they say!
With 28 pattern pieces, some of them doubled in lining, interfacing and interlinings, it is not a projects for those who lack the patience.
Otherwise, it is not the most difficult that one could make, The bow at the back is particularly tricky, especially when you try to sew the zipper through folds and folds and bends. Ahhh, it is ready and I am very proud of it!
Shown with Nine West patent leather peep shoes and leather hand made clutch by lavinexclusive on breslo.ro
Material Notes
Bengaline, Shantung and Crepe; Organza interlining, normal lining
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Dec 6, 2012, 02.54 AMby Ruth Meiland
amaizing work!! gorgeous!
Dec 5, 2012, 12.02 PMby viaklave
well done.. love it!!
Dec 5, 2012, 06.21 AMby vasea
Arata foarte bine.
Dec 3, 2012, 12.06 AMby pamchar
I love your dress and it suits you so well! I think it worthed the effort, the bow is amazing.
Dec 2, 2012, 02.02 PMby Mary Athey
Fab dress. The.work thats gone into this dress shows. Fab x
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Dec 2, 2012, 10.20 PMby Irina Schwab
Thanks, Mary. Yes, hard work, however, I must say, the fabric is great!
Dec 2, 2012, 01.46 PMby jadealamode
Wow! Such a gorgeous dress
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Dec 2, 2012, 10.20 PMby Irina Schwab
Thank you, Jade x
Dec 2, 2012, 01.11 PMby kisses
Definately a copy of the Vogue 1231 Bellville Sassoon pattern down to the very colour. A nice pattern but I am going to make mine in another colour
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Dec 2, 2012, 10.22 PMby Irina Schwab
Good, luck, yes, it is V1231 itself. I had the pattern for a while, and funny enough, I bought the fabric just because it was from that famous shop. I only realised afterwards it is THE colour on the Bellville Sassoon pattern envelope!!! I hope you have better luck with that bow at the back and the way it is sewn under the zip! I left it out in the end, and sewed it by hand along the zip. Ahhh!
Dec 2, 2012, 12.12 PMby leokadia
Gefällt mir, die Farbe ist wunderschön!
Dec 2, 2012, 10.49 AMby jennyrecorder
Gorgeous :)
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Dec 2, 2012, 10.56 AMby Irina Schwab
Thank you, Jenny x
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Adopt a Gluten-Free Blogger April: Susan the Fat Free Vegan's Gluten-Free Pumpkin Waffles
I've been a fan of Susan over at Fat-Free Vegan for quite some time. While I am not personally vegan, but rather vegetarian, I love experimenting with vegan recipes. Not only are they often the most delicious and innovative vegetarian recipes around, but vegan recipes also work beautifully and adapt nicely when cooking for those with multiple intolerances. If you can't have dairy and/or eggs, experimenting with vegan recipes should be one of your first stops in the cookbook aisle, whether you are gluten-free or not. It is true that being gluten-free can complicate some vegan or vegetarian staples (seitan, oats, the whole wheat flours etc.), but there should be plenty of recipes that you can adapt to a gluten-free diet. And don't worry if you aren't even vegetarian (although it helps)- vegan recipes make wonderful side dishes, desserts, and should give you lots of creative ideas for dairy and egg substitutes. Anyway, back to Susan. I'd come across her blog multiple times but hadn't made one of her recipes until I came across an absolutely irresistible recipe for dairy-free pumpkin cheesecake. Granted, it wasn't gluten-free as written, but I came up with a Gluten-free version of the recipe and liked it so much I asked Susan for permission to publish my version as a complimentary, gluten-free variation on her recipe. She kindly agreed. The cheesecake was extremely popular with friends and family, and probably ended up being one of my favorite dairy-free cheesecakes ever.
While that recipe was not gluten-free as written, Susan does sometimes experiment with gluten-free recipes. She qualifies as an excellent candidate for "Adopt-a-gluten-free-blogger" because she has an easy to navigate section of just gluten-free recipes. The only thing is that when you go there, you get a huuuuuge long page of gluten-free recipes, which is fantastic, but a little hard to navigate. After the first 1/5 of the page, I had found plenty of inspiration and so didn't keep reading… But the point is, there is a wealth of gluten-free options, all on the healthy, low-fat vegetarian spectrum (and of course also vegan). Perfect!
I was inspired to adopt Susan by her gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free pumpkin waffle recipe. It would be great for those with multiple intolerances and could easily also be soy-free and potato-free as well (JM THIS IS FOR YOU!!!). I mixed up a batch and had some for a delicious breakfast one morning. I found that it was really important to spray the waffle iron with nonstick cooking spray or it did run the risk of sticking to the iron. (You could baste the waffle iron with oil if the soy lecithin in cooking spray is a problem.) I loved the pumpkin flavor combined with all the spices, and was very pleased with the texture. Many waffle recipes are high in fat, so it was refreshing to find one that was low-fat and healthy.
Interested in Susan's wonderful recipes? These gluten-free vegan recipes caught my eye…
Herbed Polenta in a pressure cooker with beans and bok choy
Colcannon potato kale puffs
Mushroom Lentil and Wild Rice Timbales
Tofu, Tempeh and Butternut Squash in slow cooked peanut mole
Sweet Potato Falafel with Yogurt Tahini
Hope you enjoy exploring the gluten-free recipes at the Fat Free Vegan blog as much as I did!
I am also entering this in the Tried and Tasted Blog Event since Susan has been selected as the blogger of the Month! (Congrats, Susan!)
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May, 2010
Dear Daddy,
The flowers are blooming again this year. I know how you love them so. Thank you for always taking the time to stop and admire them and for teaching me to do the same. I can still see your weathered, calloused, hands, slightly shaking, as they reached out to carefully cup the soft petals of a rose in bloom. I can still see the smile on your face as you bent your leather-brown cheek down to drink in the softness and fragrance. They were the tough, work-worn and weary hands of an Applachian coal miner, and yet still sensitive, patient, and wise enough to teach me to truly see the beauty that nature had to offer. Was it your Native American ancestry that made you so able to appreciate the earth an all its wonders or was it your strong Christian faith that made you realize that God is at work in everthing around us?
That first year after you left us was so very difficult, Daddy. I didn't want to see the flowers bloom. I didn't think it was fair that the world could go on without your being here. But it did go on. The blooms exploded with color that year and I was angry. They were here but you were not. I was so sad, Daddy. I couldn't sleep. Every song that I heard made me cry. I thought I would never smile again. But the flowers...they kept coming. Year after year. Right on time they would show up, bloom upon bloom. Gradually, I once more welcomed their coming. Gradually, I allowed God to show me that life, like our flowers, is supposed to go on. Gradually.,the flowers began to remind me of your life -- and not of my loss. Eventually I found myself thinking of every new bloom as a smile from you because I could remember how happy you always were to see them.
The flowers are blooming again, Daddy. The world is once again renewing itself. God's handiwork is painting our Applachian hillsides with brushstrokes only He could make. The pink azaleas, the purple rhododendrons, the round fluffy dahliahs, the delicate petals of the wild rose, the tall proud irises -- they're all here again. Life renewed. Straining toward the sun and heaven, they testify to our Creator with their quiet, colorful wisdom. And in doing so, they remind me of a lesson taught by you through the way you lived -- that our God will not forsake us and will always be there to take care of us. Now, each time I see a bright, radiant bloom, I feel your smile upon me. And each time the breeze rustles the stems in the wind, I hear you whisper to me. I'm so glad that I learned to smile again. And, I'm smiling today because the flowers are blooming again, Daddy -- and once more, you are right here with me.
Love, Sissy.
Matthew 6:28-29 "And why take you thought for raiment. Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow, how they toil not, neither do they spin, and yet i say unto you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these."
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UW-Oshkosh posted its best defensive performance in 50 games during a 24-3 football victory over UW-Platteville on Saturday (Oct. 15) in Platteville.
The Titans (5-1/3-0 WIAC), who entered the contest ranked 25th in the NCAA Division III by D3football.com, had not allowed fewer than seven points since shutting out UW-River Falls in 2006. UW-Oshkosh's defense forced two turnovers and eight punts, while holding the Pioneers (3-3/1-2 WIAC) to just 2-of-14 conversions on third down. The Titans relied on their rushing offense once again, totaling 237-plus yards for the third time in four games.
After the teams traded punts to begin the contest, the Titans got in gear. Nate Wara (Jr. • Oshkosh) connected with Wesley Price (Sr. • San Mateo, Calif.) for 16 yards and Caleb Voss (So. • Van Dyne) for 11 more. On third-and-goal from the 1, Justin Budiac (Sr. • Mukwonago) snuck through the left side for a touchdown.
Budiac struck again late in the first quarter. On the opening play of the drive, Wara ran an option right and pitched to Budiac. He cut back across the field and sprinted free for an 82-yard score that made it 13-0. This marked the third consecutive game that Budiac ran for two touchdowns.
The lone scoring drive of the second quarter was a 79-yard march by the Titans. Among the 12 plays were catches of 45 yards by Garrie Fox (Sr. • Madison) and 12 by Budiac. Nate Becker (Jr. • Waukesha) then drilled a 26-yard field goal two minutes before the break to give UW-Oshkosh a 17-0 cushion.
UW-Platteville finally scratched out some points on its 10th possession. Lee Vlasak got the 12-play drive started with a 21-yard run. Facing 4th-and-4, John Kelly delivered a 10-yard pass to Aaron Loferski to stay on the field. Zach Litchfield later split the uprights from 36 yards out, as 3:25 remained in the third period.
The Pioneers got into the red zone early in the fourth quarter, but a trio of incomplete passes turned the ball over. On its next opportunity, UW-Platteville drove to the Titan 32-yard line before failing on fourth down. Brian Hardy (So. • Bristol) later intercepted a Kelly pass with 3:02 remaining to seal UW-Oshkosh's third straight win over UW-Platteville.
The Titans punctuated their victory with a 32-yard scoring drive. Both Nick Olla (So. • Kewaskum) and Cole Myhra (So. • Menomonee Falls) converted third downs with a run. On fourth-and-goal, Olla ran into the end zone for the game's final touchdown. Olla replaced Wara at quarterback and completed 7-of-12 passes for 100 yards.
Totaling 400 offensive yards, UW-Oshkosh earned a 16-8 advantage in first downs. Before his exit, Wara completed 8-of-12 passes for 63 yards and added another 49 on the ground. Budiac led the Titans with 86 rushing yards, while Fox caught three passes for 77 yards. UW-Oshkosh's defense, which held the Pioneers to their lowest scoring output in 22 games, was paced by the 10 tackles from Taylor Goodman (Jr. • South Wayne) and the eight from Ryan Stefaniak (So. • Muskego).
UW-Oshkosh also yielded under 137 passing yards for the third time in four contests. The Pioneers' 71 passing yards included 50 by Kelly and 21 by Nick Anderson. Vlasak topped the ground game with 44 yards on 15 carries, in addition to his team-highs of four catches and 31 receiving yards. UW-Platteville had outscored its opponents 42-7 in the first quarter this season, but the Titans notched a 14-0 advantage in this bout.
Nick Snyder recorded 14 tackles to lead the Pioneers, while Jacob Zilbar added 12 and Jesse Lindemulder 11.
For their homecoming contest, the Titans welcome top-ranked UW-Whitewater (6-0/3-0 WIAC) on Saturday (Oct. 22). The two squads share first place in the league standings.


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Author's note: This review is based on a preliminary screener disc, not the final shelf product that you might buy or rent. Therefore, all evaluations concerning video and audio specifications are subject to change. This disc arrived without any packaging, as well, so any possible supplements were not included.
I wasn't looking for a "gay getaway." I just wanted a look at the new Liberace museum in Las Vegas. And I sort of got that in Gay Getaways: A Tribute to Liberace, a 58-minute episode of Gay Getaways, which I assume is some sort of gay-themed cable travel series (I went to the website, but it doesn't list any networks that actually air the show). It's a pretty rocky, homemade-feeling doc shot on shaky Hi-Def that's really only of interest once the host, Greg Osborne, actually starts showing some of Liberace's collection of cars, rings and costumes.
I can distinctly remember catching a Liberace special shot for Showtime back in the late 70s, and coming away thinking he was a hell of a performer. I know serious musicians looked down on his schmaltzy arrangements of classical pieces and his ridiculously exaggerated style of playing (the better for audiences to see his hands in action), while pop culture pundits snickered at his gaudy, overblown sets and costumes, and his cadre of blue-haired dears who sat reverently at ringside, following his every move. But I have to say, even as a kid, that I found him to be delightfully funny. You can say what you want about his rather bizarre manufactured image (used to great effect in Tony Richardson's The Loved One), but there's no deny his rapport with the audience was special, and that his comedic timing was flawless. Obviously gay (although to my knowledge, he never "came out" publicly), Liberace had that wonderfully naughty (for my time period, at least) barely submerged gay humor like other almost-out celebrities such as Paul Lynde or Charles Nelson Riley, that was such a charge in otherwise tame TV land. A consummate showman, he put on one hell of a concert, complete with a flying bit where he came out in a huge ermine coat, a rhinestone studded Rolls Royce he rolled out, and a timed water fountain backdrop with colored lights as he pounded the keys. So as a fan of the entertainer, I was looking forward to this trip to Las Vegas, and a detailed look at the star.
Unfortunately, Gay Getaways: A Tribute to Liberace's wobbly production and amateurish focus pretty much squanders this opportunity. The doc is roughly broken up into three sections. Osborne introduces himself at the museum, and we get a brief six or seven minute excerpt (with no context) of Wes Winters' musical tribute to Liberace. Then, Osborne sits down with Winters and they discuss Winters' background and his connection with the Liberace Museum. And finally, Osborne takes a tour with Tanya through the museum, concentrating on Liberace's cars, clothes, rings, and his piano collection. Only this final segment is of any use, and it's not put together much better than your average camcorder vacation footage.
Mistake number one comes right at the beginning, when the doc fails to give the viewer a sense of place by only shooting the entrance to the museum. We have no idea of the size of the place, or where it's located, so we're never really sure how anything is oriented during the individual segments (lack of establishing shots is always the hallmark of amateur night in these docs). Once we're in watching Wes Winters (with no preamble for the viewer as to what we're watching - we're not even sure at first that he's appearing at the museum), the shoddy camera work utterly ruins any appreciation of what Winters may be doing. Shot from the back of the room with a shaky handheld camera (complete with the backs of the audience's heads blocking the shot), the sound is atrocious and the framing is laughable, with the camera bobbing and weaving and zooming in and out. A plethora of documentaries on cable networks like The History Channel and The Discovery Channel have spoiled viewers for professionally executed docs; nowadays they expect good camerawork, lighting, and cinematography - none of which you'll find here. Short clips of Liberace are interspersed with Winters' performance (I assume they're projected during his bit?), making the viewer wish they could just watch him, and not this tentative tribute.
An interview with Winters follows, and although he seems like a nice enough guy, I'm not particularly interested in his background, or his views on entertainment available off the Strip in Vegas, because frankly, I didn't see enough of his act to care one way or the other about him. I want to hear about Liberace. When Winters does stick to the subject, the info is vague, at best. He states that Liberace was an innovator of many things in show business...but never elaborates beyond stating he wore costumes on stage (and Osborne doesn't ask him to go into further detail, either). Ultimately, the interview comes off as a big advertisement for Wes Winters (complete with website plug at the bottom of the screen), which everyone at the time might have thought was a good way to promote the museum, but go to the website now: Wes Winters is leaving the museum to appear at a new venue on the Strip. This travelogue spends a lot of time plugging a performer who won't even be at the museum by the time most viewers see the DVD.
Once we get inside the museum proper, the interest factor in Gay Getaways: A Tribute to Liberace kicks up a notch because we actually start to get material that's directly related to Liberace. It's a lot of fun to see the fabulous, gaudy cars, costumes, rings and pianos of Liberace, but again, the doc's incompetent production negates much of the viewer's enjoyment of this segment. The tour begins disastrously with Tayna reading off a wall that has stats and pictures of Liberace, while Osborne repeatedly utters inappropriate exclamations of delight and surprise ("Liberace's mother lived in Wisconsin." "Incredible!"). Once in with the collection, the camerawork is again all over the place (hasn't anybody involved with this production heard of a tripod?), zooming in an out randomly, while Osborne walks around with a water bottle in his hand (not the most professional look for a host). And again, no establishing shots give us zero sense of the place. It appears like a big complex, but who can tell for sure with this doc? The trip ends, and we as veiwers find we know very little about Liberace, and even less about his musuem.
The DVD:
The Video:
The anamorphically enhanced, 1.78:1 widescreen image suffers from numerous cheap Hi-Def deficiencies, including blurring, hot spots and break-up in the darker shots. As well, at several times during the doc, the video sped up, becoming very herky-jerky (watching Wes play the piano, it looked like his fingers never touched the keys at one point), which may be a result of the screener transfer, and not the original elements.
The Audio:
The Dolby Digital English stereo mix is fine, but the cheapness of the original sound recording (in other words: a ton of hiss) only heightens that drawback. Close-captions aren't available.
The Extras:
There are no extras for Gay Getaways: A Tribute to Liberace.
Final Thoughts:
Amateur night. Gay Getaways: A Tribute to Liberace spends a lot of time plugging a performer who won't even be at the Liberace museum any longer, while giving us a tourist cell phone video guide to what looks like a pretty cool museum. I'm sure there are better docs out there on Liberace, and as for gay-themed travel guides to Las Vegas, I'm not aware of any - although I can guess there are (and probably much better produced than this one). A miss as a Liberace tribute and as a travel guide. You can safely skip Gay Getaways: A Tribute to Liberace.


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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The Black Beetle's "NIGHT SHIFT" Pt.2 Preview
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Hello B-Beetle Friends,
part 2 of THE BLACK BEETLE's NIGH SHIFT (inside DARK HORSE PRESENTS #12) is finally here: above you can enjoy the first 3 pages (the double spread will have balloons on it, I just avoided here so not to ruin the reading experience tomorrow :)).
Hope you guys will enjoy the new chapter and, agin, pls let me know if you do (or if you don't :))
DHP #12 comes out tomorrow in all the stores around the Country: pls pick up a copy or two (and recommend it to friends)) and be there when this all started :)
Looking forward to hear your thoughts on it.
Artwork © 2011 Francesco Francavilla
KARA BOCEK, BLACK BEETLE & COLT CITY created by, ™ and © 2006-2012 Francesco Francavilla
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May 24, 2010
Yellow & Gray
This is not my first yellow post and chances are it won't be my last.
There's something about yellow, I guess.
Yellow and gray.
Like my glasses, which I got just recently, and which I really really love.
And like the glass beads I bought yesterday in a little store I discovered in Le Marais, Matière Première. They even carried silk beading thread, which I'd been looking for for so long, here, and didn't seem to be able to find. I definitely need to go back...
But first, I need to come up with something for these lovely yellow beads...
4 comments:
- jane said...
i´m loving your glasses too!
- May 24, 2010 at 9:08 AM
- la.daridari said...
yellow and grey is actually one of my favourite colors combination!
- May 24, 2010 at 5:46 PM
- Nö said...
Great Photos!
- May 26, 2010 at 4:26 PM
- Nauli said...
Love your glasses and still remember, that I was trying a grey and yellow one last year. It didn't fit well... I've not the perfect glasses face, so I'm never free to chose color or material, just happy to find one which fits to my eye distance...
- May 27, 2010 at 10:39 AM
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March 3, 2006
FULLERTON, Calif. - Ninth-ranked Oregon State defeated UC Santa Barbara 4-0 Friday night on day one of the Worth Invitational. Junior hurler Brianne McGowan picked up her ninth win of the season after holding the Gauchos scoreless on six hits in six complete innings of work. Santa Barbara falls to 7-6 with the loss.
After both teams had their early games cancelled because of rain, the weather cleared up long enough for Santa Barbara and Oregon State to take the field in the nightcap Friday night.
The Beavers (14-2 overall) took an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning when starting pitcher Jennifer Davis walked DeAnn Young and McGowan to start the inning. A two out double to left field by Paige Lowe scored both runners and put OSU ahead.
Oregon State struck again in the third when Adrienne Alo reached base on a single to shortstop with one out. After advancing to second on a passed ball and then to third on a fielder's choice, the senior left fielder stole home to give the Beavers a 3-0 advantage.
UCSB threatened in the top of the fourth inning after back-to-back singles by junior center fielder Kendra Singley and freshman first baseman Tiffany Wright, but OSU starter McGowan got the next to batters to ground out and the inning was over.
After Davis retired the Beavers in order in the last of the fifth, the Gauchos showed life in the top of the sixth, but failed to put a dent in the deficit once again. Junior left fielder Jessica Hejna walked to lead off the inning. The next batter was Singley, who doubled to center field, but Hejna was thrown out at the plate by the Oregon State shortstop. Singley advanced to third on a passed ball, but McGowan pitched her way out of trouble again, disposing of the next two batters.
McGowan furthered her cause at the plate, belting a solo homer down the left field line in the bottom of the sixth to increase the lead to 4-0. She then retired the Gauchos in the seventh to preserve the win. McGowan struck out eight, walked one and improved to 9-1 with the win.
Davis dropped her fourth decision of the year, falling to 5-4. She allowed three earned runs on four hits, while striking out six and walking a season high five batters in the loss.
Singley led UCSB offensively, finishing 2-for-3 with a double.
Oregon State's winning streak increased to 14 games.
The Worth Invitational continues tomorrow when the Gauchos square off with Loyola University Chicago at 9:00 a.m., followed by a showdown with No. 5 Stanford


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