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Leonardo da Vinci Biography
Artist, Mathematician, Inventor, Writer (1452–1519)
"Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind."
—Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci - Mini Biography (TV-PG; 3:14) Leonardo da Vinci began apprenticing under the artist Verrocchio. His best-known works are two of the most famous paintings of all time, the "Mona Lisa" and "The Last Supper."
Born on April 15, 1452, in Vinci, Italy, Leonardo da Vinci was the epitome of a "Renaissance man." Possessor of a curious mind and keen intellect, da Vinci studied the laws of science and nature, which greatly informed his work as a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, military engineer and draftsman. His ideas and body of work—which includes "Virgin of the Rocks," "The Last Supper" and "Mona Lisa"—have influenced countless artists and made da Vinci a leading light of the Italian Renaissance.
Humble Beginnings
Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452, in a farmhouse nestled amid the undulating hills of Tuscany outside the village of Anchiano in present-day Italy. Born out of wedlock to respected Florentine notary Ser Piero and a young peasant woman named Caterina, he was raised by his father and his stepmothers. At the age of five, he moved to his father's family estate in nearby Vinci, the Tuscan town from which the surname associated with Leonardo derives, and lived with his uncle and grandparents.
Young Leonardo received little formal education beyond basic reading, writing and mathematics instruction, but his artistic talents were evident from an early age. Around the age of 14, da Vinci began a lengthy apprenticeship with the noted artist Andrea del Verrocchio in Florence. He learned a wide breadth of technical skills including metalworking, leather arts, carpentry, drawing, painting and sculpting. His earliest known dated work—a pen-and-ink drawing of a landscape in the Arno valley—was sketched in 1473.
At the age of 20, da Vinci qualified for membership as a master artist in Florence's Guild of Saint Luke and established his own workshop. However, he continued to collaborate with his teacher for an additional five years. It is thought that Verrocchio completed his "Baptism of Christ" around 1475 with the help of his student, who painted part of the background and the young angel holding the robe of Jesus. According to Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, written around 1550 by artist Giorgio Vasari, Verrocchio was so humbled by the superior talent of his pupil that he never picked up a paintbrush again. Most scholars, however, dismiss Vasari's account as apocryphal.
Florentine court records show that in 1476 da Vinci and four other young men were charged with sodomy, a crime punishable by exile or even death. Although da Vinci was acquitted, his whereabouts went entirely undocumented for the following two years.
"Renaissance Man" Emerges in Milan
After leaving Verrocchio's studio, da Vinci received his first independent commission in 1478 for an altarpiece to reside in a chapel inside Florence's Palazzo Vecchio. Three years later the Augustinian monks of Florence's San Donato a Scopeto tasked him to paint "Adoration of the Magi." The young artist, however, would leave the city and abandon both commissions without ever completing them.
In 1482, Florentine ruler Lorenzo de' Medici commissioned da Vinci to create a silver lyre and bring it as a peace gesture to Ludovico Sforza, who ruled Milan as its regent. After doing so, da Vinci lobbied Ludovico for a job and sent the future Duke of Milan a letter that barely mentioned his considerable talents as an artist and instead touted his more marketable skills as a military engineer. Using his inventive mind, da Vinci sketched war machines such as a war chariot with scythe blades mounted on the sides, an armored tank propelled by two men cranking a shaft and even an enormous crossbow that required a small army of men to operate. The letter worked, and Ludovico brought da Vinci to Milan for a tenure that would last 17 years.
His ability to be employed by the Sforza clan as an architecture and military engineering advisor as well as a painter and sculptor spoke to da Vinci's keen intellect and curiosity about a wide variety of subjects. Like many leaders of Renaissance humanism, da Vinci did not see a divide between science and art. He viewed the two as intertwined disciplines rather than separate ones. He believed studying science made him a better artist.
Leonardo thought sight was humankind's most important sense and eyes the most important organ. He stressed the importance of saper vedere, "knowing how to see." He believed in the accumulation of direct knowledge and facts through observation.
"A good painter has two chief objects to paint—man and the intention of his soul," da Vinci wrote. "The former is easy, the latter hard, for it must be expressed by gestures and the movement of the limbs." To more accurately depict those gestures and movements, da Vinci began to seriously study anatomy and dissect human and animal bodies during the 1480s. His drawings of a fetus in utero, the heart and vascular system, sex organs and other bone and muscular structures are some of the first on human record.
In addition to his anatomical investigations, da Vinci studied botany, geology, zoology, hydraulics, aeronautics and physics. He sketched his observations on loose sheets of papers and pads that he tucked inside his belt. He placed the papers in notebooks and arranged them around four broad themes—painting, architecture, mechanics and human anatomy. He filled dozens of notebooks with finely drawn illustrations and scientific observations. His ideas were mainly theoretical explanations, laid out in exacting detail, but they were rarely experimental.
Art and science intersected perfectly in his sketch of "Vitruvian Man," which depicted a male figure in two superimposed positions with his arms and legs apart inside both a square and a circle. A man ahead of his time, da Vinci appeared to prophesize the future with his sketches of machines resembling a bicycle, helicopter and a flying machine based on the physiology of a bat.
'The Last Supper' and Other Works
Leonardo was commissioned to work on numerous projects during his time in Milan. His painting of the "Virgin of the Rocks," begun in 1483, demonstrated his pioneering use of chiaroscuro—a stark contrast between darkness and light that gave a three-dimensionality to his figures—and sfumato—a technique in which subtle gradations, rather than strict borders, infuse paintings with a softer, smoky aura.
Around 1495, Ludovico commissioned da Vinci to paint "The Last Supper" on the back wall of the dining hall inside the monastery of Milan's Santa Maria delle Grazie. The masterpiece, which took approximately three years to complete, captures the drama of the moment when Jesus informs the Twelve Apostles gathered for Passover dinner that one of them would soon betray him. The range of facial expressions and the body language of the figures around the table bring the masterful composition to life. The decision by da Vinci to paint with tempera and oil on dried plaster instead of painting a fresco on fresh plaster led to the quick deterioration and flaking of "The Last Supper." Although an improper restoration caused further damage to the mural, it has now been stabilized using modern conservation techniques.
In addition to having da Vinci assist him with pageants and designing a dome for Milan's cathedral, the Duke of Milan tasked the artist with sculpting a 16-foot-tall bronze equestrian statue of his father and founder of the family dynasty, Francesco Sforza. With the help of apprentices and students in his workshop, da Vinci worked on the project on and off for more than a dozen years. Leonardo sculpted a life-size clay model of the statue, but the project was put on hold when war with France required bronze to be used for casting cannons, not sculptures. After French forces overran Milan in 1499—and shot the clay model to pieces—da Vinci fled the city along with the duke and the Sforza family.
Return to Florence and "Mona Lisa"
After brief stays in Mantua and Venice, da Vinci returned to Florence. In 1502 and 1503, he briefly worked as a military engineer for Cesare Borgia, the illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI and commander of the papal army. He traveled outside of Florence to survey military construction projects and sketch city plans and topographical maps. He designed plans, possibly with noted diplomat Niccolò Machiavelli, to divert the Arno River away from rival Pisa in order to deny its wartime enemy access to the sea.
Upon his return to Florence in 1503, da Vinci started work on the "Battle of Anghiari," a mural commissioned for the council hall in the Palazzo Vecchio that was to be twice as large as "The Last Supper." However, he abandoned the project after two years when the mural began to deteriorate before he had a chance to finish it.
At the same time he began the "Battle of Anghiari," da Vinci started working in 1503 on what would become his most well known painting—and arguably the most famous painting in the world—the "Mona Lisa." The privately commissioned work is characterized by the enigmatic smile of the woman in the half-portrait, which derives from da Vinci's sfumato technique.
Adding to the allure of the "Mona Lisa" is the mystery surrounding the identity of the subject. Princess Isabella of Naples, an unnamed courtesan and da Vinci's own mother have been put forth as potential sitters for the masterpiece. It has even been speculated that the subject wasn't a female at all but da Vinci's longtime apprentice Salai dressed in women's clothing. Based on accounts from an early biographer, however, the "Mona Lisa" is a picture of Lisa del Giocondo, the wife of a wealthy Florentine silk merchant. The painting's original Italian name—"La Gioconda"—supports the theory, but it's far from certain. Some art historians believe the merchant commissioned the portrait to celebrate the pending birth of the couple's next child, which means the subject could have been pregnant at the time of the painting.
If the Giocondo family did indeed commission the painting, they never received it. For da Vinci, the "Mona Lisa" was forever a work in progress, as it was his attempt at perfection. Leonardo never parted with the painting. Today, the "Mona Lisa" hangs in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, secured behind bulletproof glass and regarded as a priceless national treasure seen by millions of visitors each year.
Final Years
Leonardo returned to Milan in 1506 to work for the very French rulers who had overtaken the city seven years earlier and forced him to flee. Among the students who joined his studio was young Milanese aristocrat Francesco Melzi, who would become da Vinci's closest companion for the rest of his life. He did little painting during his second stint in Milan, however, and most of his time was instead dedicated to scientific studies.
Ironically, Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, who had led the French forces who conquered Ludovico in 1499, followed in his foe's footsteps and commissioned da Vinci to sculpt a grand equestrian statue, one that could be mounted on his tomb. After years of work and numerous sketches by da Vinci, Trivulzio decided to scale back the size of the statue, which was ultimately never finished.
Amid political strife and the temporary expulsion of the French from Milan, da Vinci left the city and moved to Rome in 1513 along with Salai, Melzi and two studio assistants. Giuliano de' Medici, brother of newly installed Pope Leo X and son of his former patron, gave da Vinci a monthly stipend along with a suite of rooms at his residence inside the Vatican. His new patron, however, also gave da Vinci little work. Lacking large commissions, he devoted most of his time in Rome to mathematical studies and scientific exploration.
After being present at a 1515 meeting between France's King Francis I and Pope Leo X in Bologna, the new French monarch offered da Vinci the title "Premier Painter and Engineer and Architect to the King." Along with Melzi, the Tuscan native departed for France, never to return. He lived in the Chateau de Cloux (now Clos Luce) near the king's summer palace along the Loire River in Amboise. As in Rome, da Vinci did little painting during his time in France. One of his last commissioned works was a mechanical lion that could walk and open its chest to reveal a bouquet of lilies. He continued work on his scientific studies until his death at the age of 67 on May 2, 1519. Da Vinci's assistant, Melzi, became the principal heir and executor of his estate. The "Mona Lisa" was bequeathed to Salai.
Although da Vinci is known for his artistic abilities, fewer than two-dozen paintings attributed to him exist. One reason is that his interests were so varied that he wasn't a prolific painter. For centuries afterward, however, thousands of pages from his private journals with notes, drawings, observations and scientific theories have surfaced and provided a fuller measure of a true "Renaissance man."
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These are some things I'm lusting after at the moment! I rarely wear ear rings in my first hole, mainly because I am lazy. I have been looking for something unique to keep in my ears at all times that I can also sleep with. Oddly enough I am attracted to these fake gauge ear rings even though I have no desire to stretch my ears out. All these are made by SwirlyGirlyGoddess
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- LUCEWOMAN said...
I can just see you in that strapless maxi and the long one with cute white halter straps.
It's rained solidly all day here, I have the blinds closed and the lamps on - it's depressing when the kids are bored and want to play on outside their slide.
I am always looking for the perfect pair of earrings which I can leave in all the time. Those earrings look quite futuristic - remind meof the Hunger Games!
Have a fantastic time, look forward to hearing about your latest adventures!
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- May 10, 2012 at 7:56 AM
- Thick Threads said...
the earings are great! i love the pink sparkley ones. I had gauges for a while but they where really small, barely 14' or something like that it was a while ago so i dont remember really. I love the green dress with pretty red detail, soooo gorgeous! andthe jacket with the stich in the back sooo awesome! :) love it :)
- May 10, 2012 at 8:15 AM
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- May 10, 2012 at 8:15 AM
- Vix said...
What a fabulous burst of colour! It's very weird here, quite humid but dark and wet, vileness!
I've only ever seen those earrings in wood before, they're gorgeous in colour, especially the ones you chose, they'll show up through your hair a treat!
I'll take that Aztec bag, the denim jacket and that ruffle top maxi, please! You'd look gorgeous in that halterneck one.
Are you all packed yet!
Love & kisses! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- May 10, 2012 at 10:43 AM
- Ivy Black said...
A gorgeous burst of colour..it's a bit grey here so it's lovely to see.
The halterneck is stunning, can't wait to see you in it.xxxxx
- May 10, 2012 at 11:51 AM
- VainGlorySinner said...
I purchased a pair of fake gauge earrings from eBay, they were purple and black and looked like a horn.. the only problem was the actual bar was too thick to go through my ear.. it was like 3 times the width of a normal earring and it was supposed to be fake for normal pierced ears! I did try forcing it through but it didn't work. Booo!
I love the ones that you chose - you'll have to show us a picture of them in action! xxx
- May 10, 2012 at 11:58 AM
- Dolly Cool Clare said...
Love the bright green dress with the hot pink embroidery, would look awesome with your hair! :)
- May 10, 2012 at 12:42 PM
- Miss Simmonds Says said...
Thanks for the hot weather! Let's hope it turns up soon!!
I love those earrings!! You'd really suit them. Such a colourful load of clothes, hardly surprising considering how much of a human rainbow you are! XXXX
- May 10, 2012 at 2:04 PM
Holy Rainbow Brite again!!I love when you post all these stunning and colored things and your new earrings are amazing, I also like the other white carved pair, but every pair is very beautiful!I love all the floral dresses and the playsuit in the last photo is my favorite!!
In these days I have a new obsession:
I'd love to have an eyeballs printed skirt or dress,I know it sounds weird..And I want a Gunne Sax 70's maxi white dress!!! I'd like also to restyle a lot of vintage things that I own, I have so many projects! if only I could have time...
- May 10, 2012 at 2:16 PM
- pastcaring said...
Oh those colourful floral dresses are just wonderful, i can see you in each and every one!
It's really hard to know what to wear here at the moment, it's so warm but overcast and wet too, very odd. Sunglasses and an umbrella, that's what I need!
Hope you have a brilliant weekend of sunshine! xxxxxx
- May 10, 2012 at 3:18 PM
- Misfits Vintage said...
Fabulous wonderful marvellous! You know how I LOVE colour - I love all of these - especially the maxi (and is that a little jumpsuit/playsuit at the bottom left? You would look AMAAAAZING in it! Can't wait to see you model those earrings for us - and happy travels! Love! Sarah xxx
- May 10, 2012 at 5:04 PM
I like the purple glittery version of the earrings and that last pic? Is it a playsuit with an overskirt? How wonderful.
- May 10, 2012 at 9:51 PM
- Luna Tiger said...
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- May 11, 2012 at 6:01 AM
- La Dama said...
I can totally see you rocking all the colorful frocks.
Love the green exi embroided dress and howdy fringed jacket.
love the intricate earrings.
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February 26, 1982
PECOT, INC.v.RICHARD SIRIANNI, D/B/A LE BISTRO RESTAURANT, APPELLANT
No. 2301 PHILADELPHIA, 1980, Appeal from an Order of the Court of Common Pleas, Civil Division-Trespass, of Philadelphia County, No. 803 December Term, 1979.
Nicholas J. Scafidi, Philadelphia, for appellant.
Joan Saltzman, Philadelphia, for appellee.
Hester, Disalle and Montgomery, JJ. DiSalle, J., did not participate in the consideration or review of this case.
Author: Hester
[ 295 Pa. Super. Page 463]
The appellant, Richard Sirianni, is the operator and sole stockholder of Le-Bistro Restaurant in Philadelphia. In 1978, he employed Hugh Zimmers, an architect, for the purpose of designing a glass enclosure for an outdoor patio on the restaurant's premises.
In the Spring of 1978, the appellant met with Putnum Stow, an employee of E.W. Bleecker & Associates. E. W.
[ 295 Pa. Super. Page 464]
Bleecker & Associates had its principal office in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Shortly after that meeting, a letter agreement was sent by E. W. Bleecker to appellant confirming the terms of their oral agreement for the construction and purchase of a skylight roof system. E. W. Bleecker & Associates were manufacturer's representatives for the appellee, Pecot, Inc.
At the time the appellant signed the letter agreement, he was aware that the appellee was an Oklahoma-based corporation which would manufacture the custom-made skylight roof system.
In June of 1978, the appellant met again with either Bleecker or Stow for the purpose of changing the roof system from tinted to clear glass. A letter dated June 20, 1978 was mailed by the appellee in Oklahoma to the appellant in Pennsylvania confirming the modification. Thereafter, modified shop drawings prepared by the appellee were approved and returned by the appellant's architect on or about July 1, 1978.
The appellant paid only a portion of the purchase price and sued the appellee, Bleecker and Zimmer during the March Term, 1979 in Pennsylvania for the alleged defective design and construction of the roof system. In June, 1979, the appellee filed suit in Oklahoma for the unpaid purchase price, acquired a default judgment for $16,215.50 and subsequently transferred the judgment to Pennsylvania.
On December 21, 1979, the appellant filed a Petition to Strike and/or Open Judgment in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County on the grounds that the Oklahoma judgment was not entitled to full faith and credit in Pennsylvania due to the fact that the Oklahoma court did not have personal jurisdiction over the appellant. The appellant's petition was denied on September 17, 1980 and the appellant filed the within appeal. The appellee presumably argues that the appellant is subjected to the in personam ...
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Charlotte Livingston had her BMW i8 decked out in a candy cane pattern to celebrate the holiday season.
Tishan Baldeo, Photographer
By Mark Pavilons
Charlotte Livingston is on a mission and this "rebel" has a new cause, one that can impact many people from all walks of life.
Charlotte and her husband George planning to presenting an improved compact version of a proven medical treatment.
Livingston's strength and focus masks her inner turmoil. She's been living with depression all of her life and while it's been a heck of a challenge, there is some hope on the horizon.
Livingston, 59, has undergone Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) to treat her depression. It's been a rigorous, sometimes painful ordeal, but one that is starting to pay dividends.
She was turned down for participation in clinical trials in Toronto because she opted not to try different types of anti-depressants. She was on prescription medication for almost 25 years and after questioning their efficacy, she decided to rid her body of the medication.
TMS is a noninvasive procedure that uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain to improve symptoms of depression. TMS is typically used when other depression treatments haven't been effective and has demonstrated up to a 70% success rate in private clinical settings.
Her husband, an accomplished engineer and scientist, created an improved version of the device used in clinical settings. Charlotte underwent the treatment in the comfort of her own home, but initially felt like a bit of a guinea pig. She admitted to being very nervous and eased into the treatment, under the watchful eye and constant support of her husband.
Rapidly changing magnetic pulses cause neurons to change their firing pattern within the brain. By changing the firing pattern of neurons in brain circuits involved in a disorder such as depression, the dysfunctional brain patterns can change. The brain activity changes are thought to be a mechanism through which treatment occurs.
The protocol is six weeks of five days a week for 37 minutes per day. The treatment is delivered through a magnetic coil with a pulse charge.
After five weeks, Livingston began noticing the changes, subtle at first, and then more noticeable.
RTMS has been in use since 1985 and is currently used in Quebec and Saskatchewan, covered by their provincial health care systems. It's available across the U.S. at private clinics.
"We have to get this treatment in Ontario," she said.
In the U.S., private clinics have been up and running since around 2009, shortly after the FDA approved the machines that deliver this treatment. The top four providers of health insurance in the U.S. cover the $13,000 cost of the 6-week treatment.
Since 1985, research has been conducted with TMS to understand and treat a number of neurological conditions (i.e. migraine, Parkinson's disease, tinnitus) and psychiatric conditions (i.e. depression and auditory hallucinations in individuals with schizophrenia). Most recently, researchers have been focusing on the use of repetitive TMS pulses (rTMS) as a treatment option for major depressive disorder, auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia, cognitive disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.
And that's where the couple hopes to change the landscape of treatment options. A patent is pending on the new device and hopes are it will soon ease delivery of treatment to those who need it most.
George recognized Charlotte's skill as an advocate and encouraged her to lead the charge in this regard.
"I want to talk about it and give people hope," she said.
Her awareness campaign began just recently, when she penned a letter to the prime minster, his wife and ministers. She's calling on the federal government to "give relief of depression and anxiety to as many Canadians as we can. It is time to compliment the clinical trials at CAMH under Dr. Daskalakis and also the trials done at Toronto Western Hospital under Dr Downar for rTMS (repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation)."
Livingston pointed out this time of the year is particularly hard for many people throughout Canada and the world.
She's starting to volunteer with CMHA in Newmarket and Aurora, and she's been accepted into the speaker's bureau for outreach under CMHA and hopes to be given opportunities to speak in 2018.
Livingston is not alone in her often quiet suffering.
Mood disorders are very real illnesses that can have serious and sometimes fatal results. They affect the entire body and not just the mind. Their physical symptoms can range from fatigue to stomach complaints or muscle and joint pain. Many people never realize that they are suffering from depression.
Mood disorders are one of the most common mental illnesses in the general population. According to Statistics Canada's 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) on Mental Health, 5.4% of the Canadian population aged 15 years and over reported symptoms that met the criteria for a mood disorder in the previous 12 months, including 4.7% for major depression and 1.5% for bipolar disorder.
Further, almost one in 8 adults (12.6%) identified symptoms that met the criteria for a mood disorder at some point during their lifetime, including 11.3% for depression and 2.6% for bipolar disorder.
Livingston talks openly about her life-long challenges with depression. She remembers troubles at home when she was eight and her father suffered from manic depression. At 16, a back injury prevented her from pursuing her dream of becoming a ballet dancer. At 24, she suffered a bout of postpartum depression after the home birth of her second son.
Decades ago, mental health care was pretty sparse. There were a few, ineffective treatments along the way, and there were always the anti-depressants, prescribed readily by physicians.
In 2013, she weaned herself off of pharmaceuticals. She pointed out she became very ill throughout the first part of 2014, ridding her body of the drugs.
Charlotte turned to body building and nutrition in the spring of 2014. She even competed on stage at the age of 57 with UFE in Hamilton at Halloween Mayhem in 2015.
Living with depression, however, impacts every aspect of your life and family.
Now, she's cautiously optimistic and has found some renewed passion for life and the holidays. In fact, "Mrs. Claus" has traded in her reindeer for some serious, turbo-charged horsepower.
Charlotte, who once volunteered as Mrs. Claus, has put on the red suit once again to help spread some joy during the Christmas season. She debuted her new look at Schomberg's A Main Street Christmas parade.
Charlotte has long had a passion for speed and enjoys both cars and motorcycles. Currently, her "pride and joy" is her BMW i8 hybrid. The newly wrapped car is quite festive and it's the fuel in her personal tank.
The car is her hook and an invitation to start the conversation about depression among strangers and passers-by.
At the moment, Charlotte "couldn't be happier," words she couldn't even utter a year ago.
The holidays are a time for renewed hope and togetherness. Charlotte Livingston is in control of her life again. With her behind the wheel, look for some breakthroughs in rTMS treatment in the coming years.
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Anon on 11/19/2010
Our apartment has bed bugs (Apt 1B) and we got it from the apartment next door, which is illegally separated from our apartment by the door. The landlord sealed off a door and split the apartment into 2. The landlord has been using an exterminator to try to get rid of the bed bugs but has been unsuccessful. This has been going on since August and it is now almost December. We are not living there, but still paying rent so that our landlord pays for extermination. However, he is not extermina
ting all units, nor pulling up the carpet in the hallways that connects all units. He didnt caulk or take any kind of preventative measures. He also needs to get a different exterminator because the chemicals they are using are obviously bed bug resistant. It's disgusting and we are moving.
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Nintendo DS gets camera add-on, "Face Training" game (Engelska)
While some have already taken their own initiative to give the Nintendo DS a camera, it looks like the rest of us will soon have a considerably easier go of it, as Nintendo?s set to release its own camera for the handheld, along with a game to take full advantage of it. The game, Face Training, is designed to aid you in the practice of ?facening,? Wired News reports, which supposedly improves your appearance through a series of facial exercises.
Likely of more interest to most however, is the camera itself, which takes advantage of DS?s GBA slot, with a stand also provided to give your arms a rest. Unfortunately, there?s no word on any other uses for the camera just yet, although it would seem unlikely that it?d be reserved for just one game. Look for the game and camera bundle to set you back ¥4,800 ($39) when it hits Japan (and Japan only) on August 2nd.
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from a tesla owner via twitter
The iCar by guynormanbee
Now, that's hilarious!
I actually laughed out loud.
Someone should make these.
Very cool!! You always here that the Model S is the iPhone of cars, this really takes it to another level
You might want to upgrade your security settings on that vehicle. 4-digit PIN?
They do! I have one.


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If I only had one word to describe and answer the questions I have posed to myself since I have been a little girl, the word would be Love.08 Mar 2017/by Sheryl Glick/0 Comments/in Inspirational Quotes Topics: Love
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We feel so lucky each Christmas season as we pause to think about the year gone by and how our Father in Heaven has tremendously blessed us. Our lives are not perfect and challenges and trials still persist, but we are reminded constantly of a loving Heavenly Father who knows us, knows our names, our strengths, our weaknesses, the desires of our hearts & tailors blessings perfect for us.
We are so grateful for our knowledge of the Savior. We are especially grateful at this time of year for His humble birth. As Josh and I have had the opportunity to study the circumstances of Christ's birth a little deeper this year, the miracle of it all rings even truer for us. It is hard to comprehend such a humble beginning, but we know that even from the beginning of His life, He overcame all so that our lives might be made easier.
One thought that has persisted most of all this Christmas season is a quote (now one of our favorites)from Elder Neal A. Maxwell. He said, "Each of us is an innkeeper who decides if there is room for Jesus." While our family is far from perfect and frequently falls short of where we know we should be in our spiritual progression, we hope to always make room in our homes, and in our hearts and especially in our lives for the Savior.
We love you and wish you the merriest of Christmases this year!
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Merry Christmas from the Carver Crew
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You are an amazing woman, truly valiant, and a wonderful mother. I am proud to count you as my friend. The pictures of your family are so cute. Missing our walks together... Jenny Proctor
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GREENSBORO—The fiction offerings at the upcoming North Carolina Writers' Network 2016 Spring Conference, Saturday, April 23, at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, will encourage attendees to build a firm foundation before choosing to zig when others zag by finding inspiration in the everyday and establishing a firm sense of place.
Spring Conference registration is now open.
Visit the website to see the excellent presenters at this annual conference. See the poetry, nonfiction and other topics on the schedule.
The price is right and if you live within driving distance this event is a bargain.


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Another local datacenter outage to report. Voicenet facility located in Northeast Philadelphia had a major network outage last night. Reports from a collegue of mine that manages equipment there indicates the outage lasted for about 45-60 minutes. The outage even took out Voicenet's phone system so customers who have equipment in the Voicenet Datacenter couldn't even call in and complain.
I cant say it enough… Dont colocate equipment in datacenters that dont have true diverse network connectivity. Voicenet claims redundant fiber, but its just a single fiber ring. Yes, a ring has redundant fiber and two paths to prevent a fiber breakage, but its still a single ring operated by a single entity, with an equipment SPOF (single point of failure) at the other end. The only thing a ring protects against is back-how digging up the street or a tree falling down. Datacenters needs to have true diverse fiber. That means separate fiber paths coming in via separate entrances, and the fiber itself must be owned and operated by separate entities with completely separate routing platforms.
The scary thing is there are serveral datacenters in the Delaware Valley that operate off fiber ring topologies. Stay away from these datacenters, its just an outage waiting to happen.


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Campbell Hill is now open on Saturdays all year round from 7am - 7pm. Call (937) 599-3010 in advance to make arrangements for access on Sundays.
A small person-only gate is found to the left of the main (drivable) gate. It is open to the public more often than not, regardless if the main gate is closed/ locked. If arriving outside of the "normal" operating hours, climbers should call the school's number provided on this website (937-599-3010) in advance, to verify the person-only gate will still be open.
How is this different or add to what I already note on the website? Am I missing something in the Red Tape section that would confuse people?
It's worth mentioning there are actually two gates, one specifically for walk-ins only, so that a highpointer doesn't get upset or worried if the main (drivable) gate is closed. In example, I called in advance of this past weekend. The main gate was supposed to be open on Saturday, but wasn't. Nobody was around. At least when I called/ double-checked in advance, the school just happened to also mention the walk-in only gate. This HP Summitpost page did not reference it, and the walk-in gate is not immediately noticeable. I think the walk-in only gate (to the left of the main gate) should be mentioned, just in case of a situation like what I had (where things were supposed to be a certain way but ended up differently).
Okay, thanks
It's about 86 miles from camp hill to Hoosier, I had a plane to catch and i was driving extremely fast and passing any car i can on country road. I drove almost 80 when i can. It took me an hour and half to get to Hoosier. So i think it should take a regular person about 1 hour 40 minutes to 2 hours, instead of the 'a little over an hour ' on the page. Also the parking area is after you see the big career center sign, turn right into the school campus.
hgrapid, Thank you for the updates on the Campbell Hill page, I spent so much time reading this page, thanks for the effort maintaining it for future highpointers... Warm Regards, Alex
See bmolloy04's trip report for current info as of March 2015. Not greatly different, but useful nonetheless.
I just visited on Sunday and the gates were open! I was traveling to a number of other high points and made good time so I at the last minute redirected a little to go to the Indiana and Ohio high points. I tried to call but no one picked up (it was already the weekend). Now it is during the school year so that might explain why everything was open but the person gate looks like it hasn't been closed in awhile. So if you're already in the area I say give it a try!
I was there last Sunday afternoon (Sep 17) and main gate was open. Sent them an email asking about it in advanced and got this reply: "Campus is open this Sunday from 1-5 p.m. so please feel free to stop by the highest point in Ohio."


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I've had the same sewing project going for quite some time now. It's boring and tedious but oh- so- useful!
Like I said- boring.
It's a stack of cloth diapers I am making using instructions from Handmade Home: Simple Ways to Repurpose Old Materials into New Family Treasures by Amanda Blake Soule. I like the project because I need new diaper inserts. I use gDiapers, but my cloth inserts are disintegrating after years of heavy use. A set of old bedsheets worked perfectly to actually re-purpose rather than just buying new fabric and sewing. I have been using the diapers as they are finished, and I must say that I really really really like them. They are more absorbent than I am used to, and I love the idea that I made them. In this case, the "boring" project gets a thumbs up from me!
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Installing Meters at the Beach
By: Danna Staaf | March 11, 2010 |Miller-McCune.com
Economic models can illuminate the monetary value of beaches and mangroves, but if local people aren't engaged in conservation, market forces — and coastal ecosystems — may be dead in the water.
Pillows of warm sand, sparkling blue-green waves and the sun beaming over all — who doesn't love a trip to the beach? Whether it's California, Jamaica or Kenya, vacationers flock to these iconic interfaces between land and sea. Something about sun, sand and surf holds the human imagination captive.
Perhaps the best part: Beaches are usually free.
But should they be?
In addition to providing the obvious recreational opportunities to sunbathe, swim and fly kites, beaches buffer the coastline from erosion and provide habitat for marine creatures. These benefits are referred to as ecosystem services, and they have long been recognized in inland environments, not just theoretically but economically. Through payment for ecosystem services, also known as PES, forested land can bring its owners money for everything from timber to aesthetic value to the trees' removal of atmospheric carbon.
Is it time to extend the same concept to coastal land, like beaches, and even to the open ocean, where microscopic algae soak up carbon and produce oxygen in impressive quantities?
This question was the focus of the most recent meeting of the Katoomba Group, an international network of people and organizations working on PES. Brainchild of the conservation nonprofit Forest Trends and named for the location of its first meeting in 1999 in New South Wales, Australia, the Katoomba Group promotes PES through conferences, like February's meeting in Palo Alto, Calif., and through articles on its Web site, Ecosystem Marketplace.
Other Katoomba meetings have produced action plans and test projects, but for Katoomba's first foray into the marine arena, the February meeting was mostly an educational and networking opportunity for participants. The smorgasbord of panels, meant to showcase all possible applications of PES at sea, covered topics from fishery management to alternative energy to coastal development. Panelists came from around the world and included scientists, government officials, activists and private investors.
Despite criticism on both ethical and practical grounds, payment for ecosystem services is finding support among academic, public and private sectors. On land or sea, PES always struggles with two big questions: Who pays? And who gets paid?
People benefiting from ecosystem services can't give money directly to the ecosystem; a beach doesn't know what to do with a handful of greenbacks. So Erin Hughes, senior program officer at the conservation organization Winrock International, answers this way: "Whoever has the control and is damaging the resource — you pay them to stop."


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Mr. MacGregor - hooked by Kris Miller
Pattern adapted from Lori Brechlin Folk Art by Spruce Ridge Studios (c) 2006
monks: $36.00
linen: $46.00
dimensions: 20" x 22"
Mr. MacGregor is such a dapper gent and a good companion rug to Ah Tis Spring. I hooked him from the same Harris Tweet as Miss Bunny. I wish I still had more of that lovely tweed! I used a soft turquoise and purple plaid for the background. Hooking purple flowers was the perfect choice to make everything work together.
I learned a lot about hit and miss when I hooked the tabs on the sides. I learned about values and which colors stand out and which ones tend to fade into the background. I discovered that many times, putting complementary colors together was the answer. For instance, hooking a strip of blue next to a row of orange helped each color keep their identity. Using lots of textured wool adds interest to the tabs as well.
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Shutterfly Offering Designer Stationery
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Press release from the issuing companyREDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Shutterfly, Inc. , the leading Internet-based social expression and personal publishing service, today announced the expansion of its stationery collection to include an array of new products and hundreds of exclusive designs by some of the industry's most celebrated designers. Building on Shutterfly's market-leading position in cards, the new personal stationery line grows the Company's designs to cater to a variety of life's celebrations. Shutterfly's suite of stationery now offers new items such as personalized party invitations, coordinating thank you cards for announcements and invitations, elegant notepads, custom gift tags and more.
"Our customers already trust Shutterfly to create award-winning photo books and cards featuring their most cherished photos," said Peter Elarde, chief marketing officer for Shutterfly. "Today we're extending that same quality experience to our personal stationery collection, launching an exclusive selection of non-photo personalized offerings to help customers celebrate special events, everyday moments and everything in between."
Shutterfly's stationery collection is distinguished by exceptional printing techniques, refined paper stock, and stylish designs from notable designers such as Letterspace, Boatman Geller, Stacy Claire Boyd, in addition to Shutterfly's signature Yours Truly line. Shutterfly's stationery cards offer more choices for everyday correspondence, as well as birthday and baptism invitations, graduation and moving announcements, and gifts for teachers and graduates. As with all Shutterfly merchandise, the personalized stationery collection is supported by the Company's award-winning customer service including one of the fastest turnaround times in online personalized stationery.
Shutterfly's Stationery Collection Includes:
- Expanded occasions for 5x7 stationery cards. From moving announcements to birthday invitations for all ages and social correspondence cards, Shutterfly's premium non-photo offering comes on heavy-weight cardstock with envelopes. Made from 30% post-consumer waste, 5x7 stationery cards are sold in sets, from $1.39 per card.
- New, smaller 4.25x5.5 stationery cards. Many of the new designs have coordinated 4.25x5.5 thank you cards for announcements and invitations. The smaller card provides an elegant way to send a hand-written thank you or a note to say a simple hello. Cards are sold in sets with envelopes, from $0.89 per card.
- Designer address labels. The new stylish, coordinated address labels allow customers to add a small, but noticeable, personal touch when sending their invitations, announcements or thank you cards. $9.99 for a set of 28 address labels.
- New custom gift tags. With a broad selection of designs appropriate for children, adults or families, Shutterfly's gift tags put the final touch on any gift. $15 per set of 25 gift tags with envelopes.
- New personalized notepads. Shutterfly's notepads come with 75 sheets of premium paper and make elegant hostess gifts, teacher appreciation gifts or useful graduation gifts. $17.99 each.
For more information on Shutterfly's complete line of personal stationery, visit: www.shutterfly.com/stationery
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Many of our readers are familiar with how dual-booting Windows Vista and Windows XP can cause restore points to be deleted by Windows XP (see our recent blog post for details). What you might not know is that some third-party tools can also cause the deletion of restore points by Windows Vista. If the third-party tool runs at boot time without running in Windows Preinstallation Environment (PE) or some version of Windows Vista, any changes that the tool makes to the disk will cause Windows Vista, once started, to invalidate and thus delete the restore points. Why are the restore points deleted? Because if a tool makes a change to the volume without going through Volsnap.sys (the volume shadow copy driver), when Windows Vista is started, it detects that it doesn't have an accurate representation of the changes to the volume and thus can't accurately reconstitute older versions of the file for System Restore (or any other application). This issue doesn't affect Windows XP because the restore points are actually backup copies of system files stored under the Windows folder. As long as the third-party tool doesn't change those files, the restore points in Windows XP remain intact.
To avoid having restore points deleted in Windows Vista, use third-party tools that run in Windows Vista or a version of Windows PE or Windows Recovery Environment (RE) that is based on Windows Vista.
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Jamie lay on the ground in the universal sign of rodent surrender. "I've come to help you," she said. "I found your babies, and they're worried about you."
The white mouse examined Jamie closely. Finally she lowered her guard. "My husband ate a little pellet of food he found, but it made him sick. He made it this far but then had to rest. A bird was helping us, but he had to distract that cat away from our nest."
Jamie got to her feet. "I'll help you get him back home." Together, Jamie and the white mouse half carried, half dragged the large grey mouse back to the nest. The babies were beside themselves with joy.
"We were so worried about you," said Emily. "We were afraid we'd never see you again!" "Yeah," chimed in the littlest mouse.
After helping the mice settle back in, Jamie went looking for food. Before the sun came up, she had built up a nice little hoard of food, enough to last the little family for a week.
The father mouse was awake now, and feeling a little better. "Thank you for all your help, cousin," he said. "You're welcome to visit with us any time you like."
Jamie smiled her best gerbil smile and said "I'm glad I could help." And she spent the rest of the night telling the four babies stories of her other many adventures.


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CHICAGO -- Myocardial infarction that occurs during pregnancy or in the postpartum period appears to be more severe than a heart attack suffered by similarly aged, nonpregnant women, researchers found.
In a series of pregnant women who had a heart attack after 2005, 7% died, Uri Elkayam, MD, of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, reported at the American College of Cardiology meeting here.
Although that is lower than the 16% mortality rate seen prior to 2005, it is still three to five times higher than the rate in nonpregnant women of the same age, Elkayam said.
He noted, however, that women should not be afraid of becoming pregnant because of the risk of MI because it is very low, occurring in an estimated 1 out of every 16,000 to 20,000 pregnancies.
The risk of MI has been shown to be higher during pregnancy and the 12 weeks following delivery because of hormonal changes and increases in blood volume. There is, however, little information on the best ways to treat pregnancy-related MIs.
The current study -- which included 150 cases of pregnancy-related MIs -- follows two previous surveys conducted by Elkayam and colleagues of 228 cases occurring before 2005. Of the cases occurring since 2005, 134 came from published reports, nine were cases in which Elkayam and his co-authors either provided care or consultation, and seven were presented at a 2010 conference on cardiac problems in pregnancy.
The average age of the women in the current report was 34, and three-quarters were 30 or older. The rate of traditional cardiovascular risk factors was low, ranging from 9% for diabetes and a family history of heart disease to 25% for smoking.
But despite those low rates, the women tended to have more severe heart attacks than would be expected in their nonpregnant peers.
About half (55%) had an anterior MI, and the rate of ST-segment elevation MI (STEMI) was higher during each trimester of pregnancy and the postpartum period than the rate of non-STEMI. The rate of severe complications, including heart failure or cardiogenic shock (38%), was high.
The heart attacks also resulted from different causes than would be expected in the general population. MIs are mostly caused by atherosclerosis in the general population, but only about one-third were related to atherosclerotic disease in the current survey.
About 30% of the cases involved women with normal coronary anatomy, spasm, or clots without evidence of atherosclerosis. But coronary dissection was the most common cause in the pregnant women, with most of the cases clustered in the postpartum period.
Some of the cases of dissection were iatrogenic, related to angiography, balloon angioplasty, and stenting, which suggests that standard approach for treating MI in general may not necessarily be the right approach in pregnancy, Elkayam said.
He said it is important to define the mechanism of the MI through coronary angiography in order to determine the most appropriate treatment. Only high-risk patients, including those with STEMI, should be treated invasively, he said.
Because of the heightened risk of iatrogenic coronary dissection in pregnancy-related MI, lower-risk patients, including those who are stable or have non-STEMI, should be treated noninvasively, he said.
Elkayam did not report any conflicts of interest.
- Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Dorothy Caputo, MA, RN, BC-ADM, Nurse Planner
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American College of CardiologySource Reference: Elkayam U, et al "Pregnancy-associated myocardial infarction, contemporary experience in 150 cases between 2005 and 2011" ACC 2012; Abstract 1174-502.


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1. Introduction
JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) was created as lightweight text-based open standard designed for human-readable data interchange. Originally specified by Douglas Crockford, It could be used as an alternative to XML.
Here is an example of the JSON code compared with XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<subject>An XML-JSON example</subject>
<body>Hope this example is witty enough!</body>
{"email" : {
"to" : "Konrad",
"cc" : ["Natalia", "Maria"],
"from" : "Cristobal",
"subject" : "An XML-JSON example",
"body" : "Hope this example is witty enough!"
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Because JSON utilizes double quote ("") instead of tags, there is not need to repeat the tag at the end of the data, which could mean a very important amount of data traffic saved.
2. JSON in Java
2.1 Packages to import
There are several packages to import depending on the use of the data. You can obtain them in the JSON Web page. Here could be the most importants ones:
- org.json.JSONObject
- org.json.JSONArray
- org.json.JSONStringer
- org.json.JSONTokener
- org.json.JSONException
- org.json.JSONString
- org.json.JSONWriter
Class used to produce rapidly JSON text. This class doesn't exist in Android.
Note: Because it is a basic guide about JSON, only the first two packages will be used to implement basic JSON examples.
2.2 Implementation of JSON in Java
2.2.1 Basic types in JSON
JSON has several basic types. They are:
- Number
- String
- Boolean
- Array
- Object
- null
Notice that JSON allows several level nested. This is, the type Object could be another JSON Object, and it could contains another JSON Object inside, and so on, exactly like XML. This make JSON simple and powerful at the same time.
You can find more information about the syntax and the types here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON#Syntax_diagrams
You can find more information about the syntax and the types here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON#Syntax_diagrams
2.2.2 Create a JSON Object
The basic unit of data in JSON is JSON Object, which accepts several parameters. The most useful methods to create JSON Object are
- public JSONObject()
- public JSONObject (String json)
This constructor creates a JSON Object with a String which follows the rules for structures the object (see the example above). You can check Wikipedia for more information about the syntax. Basically, the objects should be enclosed between { and }, the array enclosed between [] and the values enclosed between "".
- JSONObject(Map copyFrom)
2.2.3 Manipulation of single data
22.214.171.124 Introducing new values
The basic method to create a new value inside of the JSON Object is put:
put (key, value)
The key must be a String enclosed by "" and the value could be any basic type that JSON accepts, including another JSON Object. Here is the list of the methods:
- JSONObject put (String name, int value)
- JSONObject put (String name, long value)
- JSONObject put (String name, Object value)
- JSONObject put (String name, boolean value)
- JSONObject put (String name, double value)
188.8.131.52 Obtaining a value
The easiest way to obtain a data from JSON Object is using the method get+Data Type(String name). With these methods, the name of the value should be known in advance. Here is a list of the methods:
- boolean getBoolean(String name)
- double getDouble(String name)
- int getInt(String name)
- long getLong(String name)
- String getString(String name)
- JSONArray getJSONArray(name)
- JSONObject getJSONObject(String name)
- Object get(String name)
Notice that the JSONObject could have other JSONObject inside. In that case, several gets could be used to get the desired value.
22.214.171.124 Removing a data from JSONObject
It is easy to remove an object from JSONObject. Only the name is needed.
- Object remove(String name)
If the value has been successfully removed, it will return the value. Otherwise, it will return null.
18.104.22.168 Converting the JSONObject to String
188.8.131.52 Converting the JSONObject to String
There are several ways to convert JSONObject to String. The easiest one is using the method toString().
- String toString()
For example:
There is also another method similar where the indent space could be specified (The space when a child is presented) :
- String toString (int indentSpace)
For example with indentSpace = 4:
"child": {
"age": 12,
"name": "foo",
"type": "child"
"type": "parent"
184.108.40.206 Obtain other informations:
Beside the basic methods, there are several methods that could be useful.
- boolean has (String name)
It is used to know if the JSON Object contains o no a specific value by given the name.
- boolean isNull(String name)
Identify if a name exists or not in the JSON Object or if it exists, the value is null or not.
- int length()
Returns the number of the pair key-value that the JSON Object has. Notices the length doesn't include the length of the child objects that could be inside of the JSON Object. For example, if the parent object has 4 pairs of name-value, which one of them is the child JSON Object. No matter how many object that the child has, this method will always return 4.
- JSONObject accumulate(String name, Object value)
- The name doesn't exist in JSON Object: Works like the method put. It creates a new name in the JSON Object and insert the value
- The name exists in JSON Object as basic type (No JSONArray): It creates a JSON Array where the name is the common name and the value is a JSON Array with both values.
- The name exists in JSON OBject as JSON Array: It appends the new value to the JSON Array.
- Iterator keys()
Returns an iterator that could be used to iterate inside of the JSON object. An example of the code could be:
This code will print the names in the screen: age, name, type.
2.2.4 Using JSON Array
JSONObject obj=new JSONObject();
obj.put("type", "child");
obj.put("age", new Integer(12));
Iterator ite = obj.keys();
while (ite.hasNext()) {
This code prints all the names in the JSONObject: age, name, type
- JSONArray names()
JSONObject obj=new JSONObject();
obj.put("type", "child");
obj.put("age", new Integer(12));
JSONArray array = obj.names();
for (int i = 0; i < array.length(); i++) {
This code will print the names in the screen: age, name, type.
2.2.4 Using JSON Array
184.108.40.206 Creating an JSON Array
There are several constructors for JSON Array. The most useful are:
- JSONArray()
An empty constructor which creates an array with no element.
- JSONArray(String json)
It accepts a list of elements inside of an array enclosed by "[" and "]" and separated by "," or ";". The general recommendation is utilize always coma "," and never semicolon ";" because they performs the same task and semicolon can give some problems. For example, for an empty element (null), it could be enclosed by two comas (,,) or a left square braket and one coma ("[,"), but never two semicolons (";;"). Other problemas that it generates is when semicolon is used exactly before the semicolon (";"), there only can be a character, no left square bracket ("[") or coma is allowed (",").
Here are some examples:
Empty array
String jsonArray = "[]";
Array with one element
String jsonArray = "[ element1 ]";
Array with two elements
String jsonArray = "[element1, element2]";
Array with one normal element and one null element
String jsonArray = "[ element1, ,]";
Array with one normal element and two null elements
String jsonArray = "[element1, , ,]";
Another interesting things is after the array is closed by the right square bracket ("]"), the string could have other characters, but they won't be parsed as value. For example:
String jsonArray = "[element1, element2] , [element3, element4]";
It won't give any exception, but only the first array will be recognized.
- JSONArray (Collection copyFrom)
126.96.36.199 Introduction new values
Like JSON Object, to introduce a new value utilize the method put also. In this case, there is also option to decide which part of the array the data should be (with index).
- JSONArray put (boolean value)
- JSONArray put (int value)
- JSONArray put (long value)
- JSONArray put (double value)
- JSONArray put (String value)
- JSONArray put (Object value)
- JSONArray put (int index, boolean value)
- JSONArray put (int index, int value)
- JSONArray put (int index, long value)
- JSONArray put (int index, double value)
- JSONArray put (int index, String value)
- JSONArray put (int index, Object value)
There are several things to take account.
- When a method which the index is not specific is called, the value always goes to the last position.
- When the index is specific in the put method, it will override the previous value in that position, if any.
- The index cannot be negative.
- The index could be bigger than the original size of the array. In such case, the intermediate values will be null.
- Like any array in Java, the index starts from 0.
- Because the JSON Array and JSON Object belong to Object, they can be also put into an array.
126.96.36.199 Obtaining a value
To obtain a value from the array, the method get+Data Type (Int position). Make sure that the type matches, otherwise it will returns an exception.
- boolean getBoolean (int index)
- int getInt (int index)
- long getLong (int index)
- double getDouble (int index)
- String getString (int index)
- Object get (int index)
- JSONArray getJSONArray (int index)
- JSONObject getJSONObject (int index)
Because inside of a JSONArray it could contains also JSON Array and JSON Object, several get could be called to obtain the desire value.
188.8.131.52 Removing a data from JSON Array
- Object remove (int index)
Warning: Unfortunately this method only exists in Java, no in Android.
220.127.116.11 Transforming the JSON Array to String
Like the JSON Object, there are several ways to do it. The easiest one is using the method toString().
- String toString()
For example:
There is another method which make the output easier to read for humans by adding indent spaces.
- String toString(int indentSpaces)
18.104.22.168 Obtain other information
Beside the methods explained above, there are several methods that could be useful:
- boolean isNull(int index)
Check if the value in a specific index exists or is null or not.
- int length()
Returns the length of the array.
- boolean equals(Object o)
Compares if two JSON arrays are equals. This is, they are the instances of the same object, not only when they have the same element.
- String join(String separator)
Convert all the elements of the JSON array into a String, with the separator indicated between elements. The output is a bit different from the method toString(). Here is an example:
String elements = "[element1, element2]";
JSONArray array = new JSONArray(elements);
String flatArray = array.join("+");
The output is:
JSON is a lightweight data format with easy methods for data creation and manipulation. Although there are more complex way to interact with data, for basic operations, using JSON Object and JSON Array could be enough. Because those characteristics, JSON is the perfect notation to be used to exchange information when the data traffic matters.
Since I am not very expert on this, there could be something that I haven't explained completely. If you have any question about it, write a comment and I will try to solve it.
If the reader want to dig deeper into JSON, she can find more information about it below
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON
Android developer: http://developer.android.com/reference/org/json/package-summary.html
JSON Exception: http://json.org/javadoc/org/json/JSONException.html


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A drive to recruit more businesses, attractions and residents was high on the agenda at the latest Chamber of Commerce meeting.
Members of the Hull and Humber Chamber of Commerce discussed the performance of business and industry in Bridlington, with the general forecast for growth and regeneration remaining optimistic.
However a push for new members and even members of the public to become more involved topped the chamber's wishlist, with current members reiterating a need for townsfolk to take pride in their town.
Speaking at the meeting on Tuesday 7 July, Vice president of Bridlington Tourism Association, Andrew Warner, said: "We need to be a voice for change in Bridlington.
"We have to change and do things differently. We are bringing younger committee members with new ideas and that's really important to us, because we did have a number of people who were a little bit old-style.
"We need fresh ideas to make it work. We need to work with other people in the town."
It follows the Association's success in helping to promote and involve the community at the Tour de Yorkshire, coupled with an increase in the town's profile and a fleeting surge in hotel and guesthouse bookings.
Mr Warner continued: "There was so much bunting on the properties and that was down to the Bridlinton Tourism Association. We made a profit out of that but that was not the reason, because we felt no-one was helping. The Council was not and we sold 22km of bunting in total."
Guesthouse owners and hoteliers have seen an increase in trade, however the Tour's legacy in Bridlington left more to be desired for some who reported a less-than-expected number of guests.
Isla Pickup, the Bridlington Tourism Association membership secretary and co-owner of Sunflower Lodge Guesthouse, said: "We are extremely busy and don't have a problem. This time last year we were 44 per cent up.
But Sylvia Wright, owner of Lincoln House said some business owners have seen a decline in guest numbers: "A good majority of members on the service side are down on last year. Others are doing really well. There is a massive surge in holiday park and camping holidays. A lot are going for the cheaper option which the self-catering.
"They are staying 3-4 days instead of a week. We are still there and trying. They are springing up in fields! It's amazing."
Sylvia also declared her support for the construction of a bigger hotel in Bridlington, something she believes will kickstart a regeneration in the town's tourism and visitor industry.
She also thinks a large hotel will attract business people and other groups hoping to hold conferences and events in the town.
It comes after the East Riding of Yorkshire Council and hotel chain Premier Inn announced plans for a new 80-bedroom hotel at Beaconsfield Car Park.
The £7.1m project is expected to bring around 45 permanent jobs to the town.
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On Strategy II: A Critical Analysis of the Gulf War
Dell, 1992 - History - 302 pages
A definitive analysis of the military strategy of the Persian Gulf War by the recognized war strategy expert who made frequent appearances on the NBC, CBS, and ABC evening news programs, CNN, and Nightline and the bestselling author of On Strategy. Summers gives the background story of the brilliant success of Operation Desert Storm.
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Dubai: Aditya Chopra's directorial "Befikre" will have its world premiere at the 13th edition of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) next month.
The Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor starrer romantic comedy, will premiere here on December 8.
Shot widely in Paris, "Befikre" is a progressive, fresh interpretation of love as viewed in the 21st century.
"The world premiere of the eagerly anticipated 'Befikre' from Yash Raj Films and directed by the incredibly talented Aditya Chopra following a hiatus of seven years is a major scoop for DIFF," Abdulhamid Juma, DIFF chairman, said in a statement.
"This refreshing new film will appeal not just to the expatriate community but also to Arabs who have a strong affinity for Bollywood films," Juma added.
"Befikre" is a free-spirited, contemporary love story of Dharam (Ranveer) and Shyra (Vaani), who find love in an impulsive, engaging series of experiences.
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series star Ryan Newman scored his third straight pole position at New Hampshire Motor Speedway today for Saturday's NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour F.W. Webb 100.
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Abbie Cornish gets a visit from director Madonna as she shoots new scenes for W.E. in Paris, France on Sunday (August 1).
The 27-year-old Aussie actress plays Wally Winthrop, a young unhappily married New Yorker who meets Oscar Isaac's Russian character, Evgeni, at a Sotheby auction. Wally will seek refuge in her obsession with what she thinks of as the ultimate romantic love story, King Edward VIII's (James D'Arcy) abdication of the British throne for the love of divorcee Wallis Simpson (Andrea Riseborough).
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For over 24 years the Eighteenth District has been listening to a Representative that claims to be the voice of reason and now it's time for a solution. Let us learn from our past and create a winning future that we can take a hold of and stride for. My hope & vision is to see America safe again & to be a district with successful people, living & thriving to be our best.
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With Compassion, Protection & Respect ~ We Are The New Generation Created To Finish Well
As fellow Americans we have a responsibility to uphold, to make sure that the right person is in office, listening & working for us.
Being an elected official is a public servant's role & not a career position. At this moment there are no term limits for congress and many of those members have become career politicians, who are no longer serving us "the people", but instead themselves.
Our District, in some areas are in poverty, stricken with high crime and loss of jobs. Let's work together so we can start making changes to the 18th District that will benefit everyone especially in the areas that have been neglected & forgotten.
Together we can make changes that either are long overdue or have been overlooked for District 18. Let's be the solution in November 2018, help me win this election and tell Washington we're ready to remove the career politicians.
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I am ready to protect the Constitution of the United States of America that provides strength, growth and most of all your rights as an individual, Elect Ava Reynero Pate for U.S. Congress District 18.
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