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YouTube Launches New HTML5 Mobile Site
Author: Michael Calore. Michael Calore	Business
The mobile version of Google's video-sharing website received an upgrade Thursday. The new m.youtube.com has a bunch of new features, including high-quality video playback in the browser using HTML5.
Surf to YouTube's mobile site with any modern mobile with a browser that supports HTML5's <video> tag (works great on iPhones, iPads and Android phones) and you'll notice that when you click on a video thumbnail, the video loads inside a new browser-based player.
The old site on an iPhone used to launch the YouTube native app, taking you out of the browser. In fact, the first time you visit the site on an iPhone, you'll be prompted to "install" a bookmark on your home screen. This is likely a step to move people away from the YouTube iPhone app and toward the web-based app.
The switch to an HTML5-based mobile experience comes only a week after YouTube published a public memo stating several places where HTML5 falls short when compared to Flash for delivering video. But Flash currently isn't an option on mobiles. So, while HTML5-based video playback may not be YouTube's first choice on the desktop (even though the company has been experimenting with it), it makes perfect sense on mobiles.
The whole mobile YouTube site has been optimized for the small screen, and the experience on the phone is now much tighter. For one, the video quality is markedly better, and the web-app's interface has been updated to look like a native app, with big, touchscreen-friendly button icons.
There are also new features that aren't in the YouTube iPhone app. The library is easier to navigate, the search box suggests results as you type, videos can be bookmarked like web pages, and favorites and the new "like"-style ratings have been added.
This article originally appeared on Webmonkey.com, Wired's site for all things web development, browsers, and web apps. For more from Webmonkey, follow the links at the end of the article.
The mobile site defaults to H.264 playback, which is curious since Google recently helped launch the new WebM video project. WebM, which is already enjoying support in browsers from Opera, Microsoft, Mozilla and Google, is intended to provide an open source alternative to H.264 (and possibly even a recommended standard) for video on the web. But it's not too surprising, considering that H.264 is more widely-supported than the brand new WebM on mobiles. And given Apple's loyalty to H.264, which is the native format in QuickTime and iTunes, the chances are slim-to-none that Mobile Safari or Safari will support WebM in the near future.
Here's where web apps win — If Google were to decide to start serving both flavors of video, it would just be a matter of throwing a switch. YouTube can add whatever features it wants much more quickly, since it just has to update a website instead of a native app that requires a download.
Watch the video demo starring some soccer player guy using both an iPhone and a Nexus One:
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May We Recommend... Philip Pullman
Geoff Fox [1]
Geoff Fox looks at the novels of Philip Pullman.
We asked Geoff Fox to take a look at the writer whose first book was How to be Cool and who, appropriately for our picture book edition, has recently published two graphic novels.
In the mail this morning is a xeroxed catalogue advertising old comics. I'm offered a 1939 Beano (in 'Very Good' condition, mind you) for £125.00. Its original readers must now be just about drawing their pensions, yet their grandchildren might well be chortling over much the same kind of humour in this week's issue; anarchy everywhere, chaotic chases, terrible puns, sly nudges from artist to reader and, above all, Authority Being Upset.
There's a fair bit of the enduring Beano tradition in Philip Pullman's twin volumes, Spring-Heeled Jack: A Story of Bravery and Evil and Count Karlstein, or The Ride of the Demon Huntsman. His original sources may be Victorian Chillers or Ruritanian Romances - the stuff of Penny Dreadfuls, in fact - but he'll also mix in a dash of Janet and Allan Ahlberg or Prokofiev. The narrative is carried by print, then comic-style pictures-and-speech-bubbles, then back to print. It is a medium full of energy and wit. Both stories began as plays written when Philip Pullman was teaching at a middle school in Oxford - it's not surprising therefore that much of the comic energy stems from situations which are physically funny. A chase across the rooftops, for example, involves our sailor hero who's afraid of heights but nevertheless upends a pursuing policeman into a chimney pot. ('Right, that does it! I've lost my temper now! You're under arrest, and anything you say will be taken down in evidence ... squawks the inverted rozzer, legs kicking above the tiles.)
Witty readers will also enjoy Beano artist David Mostyn's scrawny cat and diminutive bed-bug, confiding laid-back asides on the folly of the protagonists from half-in, half-out of Spring-Heeled Jack's narrative frames. They'll also like Patrice Aggs' stuffed animal heads in Count Karlstein's hunting lodge muttering, 'What rubbish!' or 'Don't listen to him'; or the ghost, about to be blasted by the globetrotting Miss Augusta Davenport's 'Bellerephon' Hydro-Atmospheric Plunger gun, with its spectral dying (?) moans of 'Down with Progress! Down with Science!'
I wrote to the author about the books and, at a loss for a genre, called them 'graphic novels'. Philip Pullman modified the description: 'The form I have evolved for these two books is a hybrid, and actually I didn't evolve it at all - I stole it lock, stock and barrel from Shirley Hughes, who developed it in Chips and Jessie and its sequel (and I acknowledge the theft at the back of Count Karlstein). The combination of text and pictures, each doing what the other wasn't or couldn't, appealed to me at once and enormously. "Novel-comic", perhaps?'
Since he is not a graphic artist ('I can't draw'), Philip Pullman had to write the text and describe the pictures, including the words withinthe pictures, in great detail and then pass the whole package over to the artist. His notes to the the illustrator are precise. He suggests, for example, the angle from which the reader views the action in Count Karlstein: 'Over the girls' shoulders, as they look down through the window into a castle courtyard . . .'; 'From the courtyard, looking up at the grim old lawyer getting out of the carriage. He's gazing up at the towering walls of the Castle, in one high window of which we can see the two girls' heads peering down.'
Novel-reading adults can find this a slippery medium -'Strange that,' comments Philip Pullman, 'when teenagers not thought of by their teachers as fluent readers manage them so well. The truth is that this kind of text demands a different way of reading - a non-liner way, perhaps.'
Given the chance, and they should be, young readers will pick up the rules of this particular reading game straightaway, including some not yet at home with conventional novels. They'll relish these wild versions of snakes-and-ladders with two or three heroes and heroines simultaneously sliding down or clambering up, usually just missing each other and only coinciding in the safety of 'Home'. And Philip Pullman keeps landing the characters, and his reader, on unexpected squares.
Few writers could have managed these books and also written the extraordinary Ruby in the Smoke trilogy (The Shadow in the North and The Tiger in the Well complete the adventures of the intrepid Sally Lockhart around nineteenth-century London, Europe and Beyond). At one level, The Tiger in the Well, for example, tastes delicious like the Penny Dreadfuls beloved of one of the novel's characters-there is the colour and energy, though not the excessive length, which were features of the amazing exploits of Jack Harkaway and the rest. At another level, the book is a social document with the detail of Mayhew and the compassion of Dickens, though Philip Pullman imitates neither. And, at yet another, it has a historical vision that brings alive the plight of immigrant Jews and the unemployed of London at the end of the nineteenth century. Sally Lockhart is not a simplistically drawn feminist, but she is a woman who survives in a society, or an Empire rather, of men. She values some and loves some, and opposes others whose evil is convincingly malign.
The tension between the worlds of private relationships and public concerns which marks the trilogy is also found in Philip Pullman's The Broken Bridge: questions of race, homosexuality, father-daughter relationships, adoption. At the outset of her A-level Art course, Ginny must determine what price she's willing to pay for her painting - and where its origins and impulse lie. Do you demand a special kind of indulgence from your friends, use them, even, for the sake of your work? And since Ginny is black and half-Haitian but brought up in white Wales, who are to be her teachers? The Europeans or her own mother, the successful Haitian painter Anielle Baptiste, whom she'd wrongly thought long dead? When they meet, Anielle says, 'I'm a painter, I'm not a mother'; and walks away. It's an uncompromising trustworthy climax from a writer who will excite, delight and disturb many young readers.
Books by Philip Pullman
Spring-Heeled Jack: A Story of Bravery and Evil, ill. David Mostyn, Doubleday, 0 385 26975 7, £6.95; Yearling, 0 440 86229 9, £2.50 pbk
Count Karlstein, or The Ride of the Demon Huntsman, ill. Patrice Aggs, Doubleday, 0 385 40048 9, £8.99; Yearling (Sept 92), 0 440 86266 3, £2.50 pbk
The Ruby in the Smoke, Puffin, 0 14 032209 4, £3.50 pbk
The Shadow in the North, Plus, 0 14 032648 0, £2.99 pbk
The Tiger in the Well, Viking, 0 670 83279 0, £10.99; Plus (Summer 92), 0 14 034484 5 pbk
The Broken Bridge, Macmillan, 0 333 522214, £4.99; Piper, 0 330 32227 3, £3.50 pbk
His latest novel is The White Mercedes, Macmillan, 0 333 54392 0, £8.99
Geoff Fox is a Senior Lecturer in English at Exeter University. With Michael Benton he wrote Teaching Literature, Nine to Fourteen, published in paperback by Oxford University Press (1985) at £7.50.
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Lyon seems to be benefiting from a general trend. The report points out that medium-sized cities in rich countries are those with the best quality of life. Conversely, large cities such as London, Paris, New York or Tokyo are not included in the top 10. Despite the many activities offered (economic, cultural or sporting), "business hubs are victims of their success" With frequent transport problems and high crime rates that lower their scores.
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A government investigation of production activity increased 50.1 in November from 49.2 in October, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday. It was the first reading over 50 – indicating expansion instead of contraction – in three months. It was also the first time since March that the index increased compared to the previous month.
Beijing on Tuesday attributed the improvement to "recent policy measures" that have strengthened energy supplies and stabilized sky-high costs.
"In November, the shortage of electricity decreased and the prices of some raw materials fell significantly," said Zhao Qinghe, senior statistician for NBS, in a statement.
But while the official figures are promising, data from a private survey this week do not provide a robust picture. The Caixin PMI survey said on Wednesday that China̵[ads1]7;s manufacturing industry for November slipped into the contraction zone, falling to 49.9 from October's 50.6. A reading below 50 indicates contraction rather than expansion.
The discrepancy between the two surveys can be attributed to methodology – Caixin looked at small and private companies, while the government focused on larger ones.
Wang Zhe, senior economist at Caixin Insight Group, highlighted the problems facing smaller companies in China, including declining employment and high raw material costs. He added in a statement accompanying the data that decision-makers "should continue to focus on supporting small and medium-sized enterprises."
Nevertheless, surveys overall "still suggest that industrial production picked up again in November as power shortages eased," according to a report by Sheana Yue, assistant economist at Capital Economics.
China has struggled with the power crisis for several months, as extreme weather, increasing demand for energy and strict limits for coal use gave a triple blow to the country's power grid.
The problem came to the fore in September, when companies were told to limit energy consumption to reduce the demand for power. The supply was cut to some homes, and people were reportedly even caught in elevators.
The energy crisis, together with rising raw material costs, resulted in a sharp fall in industrial production for September and October. To combat the problem, the authorities have eased efforts to cut carbon emissions and ordered coal mines to increase production.
The result was remarkable. China – which uses more than half of the world's coal supply and is already the largest emitter of carbon – set a new daily record for coal production in mid-November, according to statistics from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).
The agency's "strong interventions" alleviated the "general lack of power" and eased cost pressures in some industries, analysts from Citi wrote in a research report on Tuesday. The electricity problems had pushed up the prices of aluminum, steel and other raw materials, and rippled through industries such as car production and construction.
Still stress?
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Citi analysts say the production of raw materials – which cause high levels of air pollution – may be limited in northern China as the government tries to "ensure blue skies for [the] Beijing Winter Olympics. "
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Tuesday's data showed while new orders received by factories receded somewhat, this meter still did not enter the expansion area, indicating that domestic demand remains weak.
"The biggest challenge now is the significant pressure that the decline in real estate is putting on aggregate demand," said Citi analysts. Real estate – and related industries – account for as much as 30% of Chinese GDP.
Tuesday's data also showed that The PMI for non-industry, which measures the performance of the service and construction industry, reached 52.3 in November, slightly weaker than in October 52.4.
Analysts say the Omicron variant could be a concern going forward, especially for the service industry.
The latest variant of the coronavirus has been labeled a "concern" by the World Health Organization due to its seemingly rapid spread in South Africa and its many disturbing mutations. While specific details about the new variant have not yet been clarified, several countries have fought to introduce travel bans.
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"Looking ahead, most of the weakness in services should reverse in December unless – obviously a major caveat with the rise of Omicron – there are new outbreaks," he wrote. economists with Capital Economics in a Tuesday report. "In that case, the authorities will turn to stricter controls to limit it."
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Во время оккупации Донецка шурф шахты № 4-4 бис стал местом казни и братской могилой. Из 360 метров глубины ствола шахты 305 метров были завалены трупами десятков тысяч человек. После освобождения города останки 52 человек были похоронеены на Мушкетовском кладбище в Мемориальной братской могиле.

Охотники за металлом в 2002 году разграбили 76 памятников на кладбище, среди которых памятники профессора Богославского и поэта Летюка.

26 июня 2007 года на кладбище заложили место для строительства поминальной часовни в честь Всех святых и Поклонного Креста.. Однако, в ходе строительства было принято решение построить не часовню, а храм. 8 августа 2010 храм Всех Святых и Поклонный Крест в память о погибших воинах были освящены.

На кладбище ходят графиковые маршруты пассажирского транспорта Донецка: № 28 АС «Крытый рынок — Мушкетовское кладбище — АС Будённовская», № 74-б «АС Центр — Горсвет — Щетинина». В Фомино воскресенье по распоряжению донецкого городского совета вводятся дополнительные маршруты пассажирского транспорта Донецка: «АС Крытый рынок — Мушкетовское кладбище», «АС Центр — Горсвет — Мушкетовское кладбище», «ул. Щетинина — Заперевальная — Мушкетовское кладбище», «ул. М. Ульяновой — Мушкетовское кладбище».

Официально кладбище объявлено закрытым для новых захоронений. Делаются исключения только для подзахоронений и ранее зарезервированных участков.

На кладбище находится надгробный памятник работы Н.А. Гинзбурга, который работники музея еврейского наследия Донбасса считают первым в Донецке памятником жертвам Холокоста.

Кладбище находится в коммунальной собственности. ООО «Ритуальные услуги» арендовало обслуживание кладбища на 49 лет. Существуют подробные списки и фото захоронений Старо еврейского и Ново еврейских секторов.

Известные личности, похороненные на кладбище
 Байдебура, Павел Андреевич (1901—1985) — писатель, председатель правления Донецкой организации союза писателей Украины.
 Бобров, Иван Владимирович (1904—1967) — выдающийся учёный, горный инженер, доктор технических наук, профессор, один из основоположников теории и практики борьбы с внезапными выбросами угля и газа в шахтах, Заслуженный деятель науки и техники УССР, директор МакНИИ в 1951—1966 гг.
 Богославский, Владимир Матвеевич (1888—1953) — хирург, профессор
 Васильев, Михаил Александрович (1921—1987) — директор Донецкого академического театра оперы и балета
 Гинзбург, Наум Абрамович (1909—1991) — скульптор.
 Корнилов, Дмитрий Владимирович (1962—2002) — журналист
 Летюк, Евген Николаевич (1929—1976) — советский украинский поэт
 Литвиненко, Леонил Михайлович (1921—1983) — советский химик-органик, академик АН УССР.
 Мартынов Анатолий Николаевич (1928—2001) — писатель, журналист, драматург, общественный деятель, краевед Донбасса.
 Овнатанян, Каро Томасович (1902—1970) — известный хирург, профессор.
 Поперека, Михаил Степанович (1910—1982) — генерал-лейтенант внутренней охраны, многолетний начальник УВД Донецкой области, пятикратный кавалер Ордена Красного Знамени.
 Сафонов, Владимир Александрович (1950—1992) — советский футболист, Мастер спорта СССР
Герои Советского Союза:
 Гаркуша, Кузьма Дмитриевич (1917—1983) — майор, лётчик-истребитель.
 Заикин, Сергей Яковлевич (1914—1984) — старший лейтенант, лётчик-штурмовик.
 Харитонов, Петр Тимофеевич (1916—1987) — полковник, лётчик-истребитель.
Герои Социалистического Труда:
 Аристов, Михаил Константинович (1915—1972) — почётный гражданин города Славянска
 Бардагов, Георгий Тимофеевич (1905—1982) — управляющий треста «Огнеупорнеруд» МЧМ УССР
 Болоцкий, Дмитрий Алексеевич (1927—1984)
 Млодецкий, Константин Станиславович (1907—1968) — горный инженер, начальник шахты № 5-бис «Трудовская» треста «Сталинуголь».
 Потапов Александр Яковлевич (1911—1984) — начальник комбината «Артемуголь».
 Прокопьев, Дмитрий Степанович (1907—1975)
 Воины-интернационалисты:
 Вовк, Сергей Иванович (1963—1983) — рядовой, кавалер ордена Красной Звезды, погиб при исполнении интернационального долга в Афганистане.
 Гуделенко, Дмитрий Леонидович (1963—1984) — младший сержант, погиб при исполнении интернационального долга в Афганистане.
 Голобородько, Олег Евгеньевич (1964—1984) — рядовой, кавалер ордена Красной Звезды, погиб при исполнении интернационального долга в Афганистане.
 Довгуля, Валентин Николаевич (1962—1986) — лейтенант, командир группы спецназа, кавалер ордена Красного Знамени, погиб при исполнении интернационального долга в Афганистане.
 Киреев, Валентин Игоревич (1947—1987) — подполковник, двукратный кавалер ордена Красной Звезды, погиб при исполнении интернационального долга в Афганистане.
 Кулешов, Сергей Григорьевич (1965—1984) — гвардии рядовой, кавалер ордена Красной Звезды, погиб при исполнении интернационального долга в Афганистане.
 Пластовец, Александр Алексеевич (1960—1984) — лейтенант, кавалер орденов Красного Знамени и Красной Звезды, погиб при исполнении интернационального долга в Афганистане.
 Ремесник, Александр Викторович (1959—1980) — младший сержант, кавалер ордена Красной Звезды, погиб при исполнении интернационального долга в Афганистане.
 Романов, Игорь Анатольевич (1963—1983) — сержант, кавалер ордена Красной Звезды, погиб при исполнении интернационального долга в Афганистане.
 Остапенко, Виталий Григорьевич (1930—1969) — гвардии майор, кавалер ордена Красной Звезды и ордена «Звезда Чести» (ОАР), погиб при исполнении интернационального долга в Египте.

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Q: how to change scene based on time in javafx New to java and JavaFX so please bear with me
I need to do a presentation of 5 3d fruit models that show in a continuous loop, 15 seconds apart: fruit1 for 15 seconds then fruit2 for 15 seconds ad so on and so forth.. until fruit5 for 15 seconds and then back to fruit1 and continues until I hit the ESC key which should close the window.
I also understand that it's ideal to change the root group object that makes up the scene instead of changing the scene, so I changed that in my code
I understand that a timeline is needed in order to change something in the scene as it plays out, but I've tried with something similar to what this answer says but I don't get the logic of how to switch the root of the scene every 15seconds
UPDATE:
I gave up on the timeline option and I found the platform.run option as seen on this article which seems to work as I see the window updates iterating from the first fruit in the scenes array to second one but I'm not sure why it only runs once when I need it to run every 15 seconds which means that my scene switcher: nextSceneIndex() should go back and forth between 1 and 0.
UPDATE2:
I went back to the timeline suggestion and I implemented Sedrick's solution and it worked... I can't be happier :)
Here's my working code!

  public void start(Stage stage) throws Exception {

        BorderPane[] scenes = new BorderPane[]{createSceneApple(),createSceneCarrot(),createSceneTomato()};

        Timeline tl = new Timeline();
        tl.setCycleCount(Animation.INDEFINITE);
        KeyFrame kf_fruit = new KeyFrame(Duration.seconds(10),
                new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {
                    public void handle(ActionEvent event) {

                       if (index==0){
                           root.getChildren().setAll(scenes[0]);
                           index = 1;
                       }else if(index==1){
                           root.getChildren().setAll(scenes[1]);
                           index = 2;
                       }else if(index==2){
                           root.getChildren().setAll(scenes[2]);
                           index = 0;
                       }
                    }
        });

        tl.getKeyFrames().add(kf_fruit);
        tl.play();

        Scene scene = new Scene(root, windowWidth, windowHeight);
        stage.setScene(scene);
        stage.show();

}

A: Maybe you can get some ideas from here. This uses the code from the link I posted above. Timeline is used to loop through a list of Shape and info about that shape.
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
import javafx.animation.KeyFrame;
import javafx.animation.Timeline;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
import javafx.event.EventHandler;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.TextArea;
import javafx.scene.control.TextField;
import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.scene.shape.Circle;
import javafx.scene.shape.Line;
import javafx.scene.shape.Rectangle;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import javafx.util.Duration;

/**
 * JavaFX App
 */
public class App extends Application {

    @Override
    public void start(Stage stage) {
        List<MyShape> shapes = new ArrayList();
        shapes.add(new MyShape("Circle", "Shape.Circle", "More Circle Info", new Circle(25, Color.BLUE)));
        shapes.add(new MyShape("Rectangle", "Shape.Rectangle", "More Rectangle Info", new Rectangle(100, 50, Color.RED)));
        shapes.add(new MyShape("Line", "Shape.Line", "More Line Info", new Line(0, 0, 100, 100)));

        TextField tf1 = new TextField();
        TextField tf2 = new TextField();
        TextArea ta1 = new TextArea();
        VBox leftWindow = new VBox(tf1, tf2, ta1);

        StackPane rightWindow = new StackPane(shapes.get(1).getShape());

        AtomicInteger counter = new AtomicInteger();
        Timeline timeline = new Timeline(new KeyFrame(Duration.seconds(1), new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {
            @Override
            public void handle(ActionEvent event) {
                System.out.println(counter.get() % shapes.size());
                MyShape currentShape = shapes.get(counter.getAndIncrement() % shapes.size());
                tf1.setText(currentShape.getName());
                tf2.setText(currentShape.getType());
                ta1.setText(currentShape.getMoreInfo());
                rightWindow.getChildren().set(0, currentShape.getShape());
            }
        }));
        timeline.setCycleCount(Timeline.INDEFINITE);
        timeline.play();

        BorderPane root = new BorderPane();
        root.setLeft(new StackPane(leftWindow));
        root.setRight(rightWindow);

        var scene = new Scene(root, 640, 480);
        stage.setScene(scene);
        stage.show();
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        launch();
    }

}

Update:
If you only have two scenes, that simplifies some things. You basically need to set the initial view. You then need to switch out the view currently showing every two seconds. (I used two seconds so that you can see the views before they are switched out). I created my own version of createSceneCarrot and createSceneApple since I don't know your implementation.
import javafx.animation.KeyFrame;
import javafx.animation.Timeline;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.TextArea;
import javafx.scene.control.TextField;
import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.scene.shape.Circle;
import javafx.scene.shape.Rectangle;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import javafx.util.Duration;

/**
 * JavaFX App
 */
public class App extends Application {

    @Override
    public void start(Stage stage) {
        BorderPane[] scenes = new BorderPane[]{createSceneApple(),createSceneCarrot()};

        StackPane root = new StackPane(scenes[0]);//Set initial view;

        Timeline timeline = new Timeline(new KeyFrame(Duration.seconds(2), (ActionEvent event) -> {
            if(root.getChildren().get(0).equals(scenes[0]))//If the first scene is loaded, load the second scene.
            {
                root.getChildren().set(0, scenes[1]);
            }
            else
            {
                root.getChildren().set(0, scenes[0]);
            }
        }));
        timeline.setCycleCount(Timeline.INDEFINITE);
        timeline.play();

        var scene = new Scene(root, 640, 640);
        stage.setScene(scene);
        stage.show();
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        launch();
    }

    public BorderPane createSceneApple()
    {
        BorderPane borderPane = new BorderPane();

        TextField tf1 = new TextField("Rectangle 1");
        TextField tf2 = new TextField("Rectangle Color: Blue");
        TextArea ta1 = new TextArea("20x40");
        VBox leftWindow = new VBox(tf1, tf2, ta1);
        borderPane.setLeft(leftWindow);

        StackPane rightWindow = new StackPane(new Rectangle(20, 40, Color.BLUE));
        borderPane.setRight(rightWindow);

        return  borderPane;
    }

    public BorderPane createSceneCarrot()
    {
        BorderPane borderPane = new BorderPane();

        TextField tf1 = new TextField("Circle 1");
        TextField tf2 = new TextField("Circle Color: Blue");
        TextArea ta1 = new TextArea("Radius: 50");
        VBox leftWindow = new VBox(tf1, tf2, ta1);
        borderPane.setLeft(leftWindow);

        StackPane rightWindow = new StackPane(new Circle(50, Color.RED));
        borderPane.setRight(rightWindow);

        return  borderPane;
    }
}


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Thursday kicks off with the 4A Championship, with morning prelims and evening finals. On Friday the 3A schools go at it and Saturday features the 1A/2A division. Tickets are $10 for an all-day pass or $7 per session.
Parking at TAC is reserved for coaches and officials. Parking for spectators and TAC patrons is at the Cary Towne Center. All swimmers for the meet will enter the pool though the downstairs West Entrance with their teams. All TAC rec and program swimmers must check-in at the front desk to receive a pass to enter the pool deck.


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This class is PERFECT FOR ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS! To read a review of this class by a student, please go to our blog, here.
Class runs from 10am to 4:30pm each day. We aim to finish at 4:30pm, but sometimes, classes overrun!
Lets start with what you will be doing in this fast paced three day cake course - everything from baking your very own cakes to making your own Swiss Meringue Buttercream, edible sails and using easily available decorations to enhnace your cakes. There, of course, will be that all important drip!
Once you understand the basics, you can be infinitely creative!
PLEASE NOTE: We will not be using fresh flowers in class. The pictures are for display purposes only. Your teacher, Laura Grix, will talk you through any design elements in any picture shown, but for efficient running of this class, you will be guided by her in terms of design. Pictures are for illustrative purposes only!
All ingredients and equipment, including transport boxes, for your cake course are provided, you do not need to bring anything with you.
Please note that you will be encouraged to work at your own speed. Everyone in class is likely to have different skill levels. The teacher will ensure that you work at a pace suitable for you.
If in doubt about your suitability for this class, please call us on 0208 305 1756 to discuss before you book a place. Teachers for each day are subject to change.
If you would like, you can bring a large bag to carry your cakes home. We provide sturdy cardboard boxes, but you may find it easier to carry your cakes in a bag such as an Ikea bag.
Please note that we do NOT allow video recording of our classes, either full or any element.
Please double check the date that you wish to make the booking as there will be no refunds for cancellations. In the unlikely event that we cancel a class, a full refund will be offered. Please do read our Terms and Conditions on this website (find link at the bottom of each web page) before booking a class. For further details, please email hello@faircake.co.uk or call 0208 305 1756.


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Apple's switch to Intel - what it really means for Mac users
By Derek Sooman June 14, 2005, 6:46
What does Apple's switch to Intel processors really mean for the consumer? What is the real motivation for the change? How will it affect users? How soon will you have to upgrade from a PowerPC based Mac to an Intel based one? How will this change affect Apple mobile computing? Will programs designed for current Macs work on upcoming Macs with Intel chips?
All of these questions are answered and more in an article by Leonard Fischer and Gannett News Service at Detnews.com. They have interviewed Jason Snell, editorial director of Macworld magazine on just what the switch to Intel means for Mac users. Here is just a little of what he had to say:
You probably won't have to consider buying a Mac with an Intel processor for the next several years because Apple is making a gradual transition to Intel, Snell says. "Apple is not going to stop making some PowerPC systems until late 2007. They say the next version of OS X (called Leopard) won't be out until around then, and that version will run on PowerPC systems." Whether subsequent OS X releases will run on PowerPC isn't clear yet, but Snell says Apple will provide "OS X mileposts where you can see the obsolescence of your computer coming, but if you have a relatively new Mac, you don't need to worry."


John Abraham, who loves the sport of Football passionately, and also the owner of the Indian Super League football team- NorthEast United FC, will do a film on one of India's most historic matches which dates back to 1911. The film is titled '1911'.
This iconic match was between the prestigious Mohun Bagan club against East Yorkshire Regiment in the finals. After 15 minutes in the second half, the visitors silenced the crowd by scoring first. Then, 10 minutes before the final whistle, the Indian captain scored.
John has joined hands with Nikkhil Advani and Bhushan Kumar for this iconic project.
Nikkhil confirms that John will play captain Shibdas Bhaduri nad also is reportedly looking for big names actors who can play football.
The film is slated to be on floors on November 2019 and will be shot in Kolkata over the next three months, targeting a mid-2020 release.


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Small clauses in Spanish
Small clauses in Spanish: The semantics of transitivity. By Jiyoung Yoon. Munich: LINCOM Europa, 2007. Pp. 177. ISBN 9783895869891. $100.38.
Reviewed by Giorgio Iemmolo, University of Pavia
In this volume, Jiyoung Yoon explores small clauses (SCs) in Spanish using the functional criteria put forward by Paul Hopper and Sandra A. Thompson's (1980, Transitivity in grammar and discourse. Language 56. 251–99) model of transitivity. These criteria include the semantics of the main verb and the SC predicate as well as properties of the subject and the object. This volume is divided into five chapters plus an introduction and a conclusion.
In the introduction (7–11), Y introduces SCs. In Ch. 1, 'Previous approaches to small clauses' (12–46), Y sketches two approaches to SCs (SC theory and predication theory) and classifies SCs in complement and noncomplement positions in Spanish. Y also provides syntactic tests to distinguish between the different types of SCs.
In Ch. 2, 'Theoretical background' (47–63), Y lays the groundwork for her analysis by introducing the notion of lexical aspect as well as the distinction between stage-level (SL) and individual-level (IL) predicates. Subsequently, she introduces the theoretical basis of the functional approach (i.e. prototype theory) and the transitivity hypothesis.
In Ch. 3, 'Adjunct predicates and semantic constraints' (64–96), Y focuses on semantic constraints on SCs in adjunct position. After presenting the theta criterion and subject- and object-oriented adjunct predicates, Y examines adjunct predicates in terms of lexical aspect and suggests a new analysis. She argues that the licensing of SCs in adjunct position is not captured by appealing to lexical aspect or the SL–IL predicate distinction; rather, licensing is better explained by taking into account other semantic properties, such as the animacy and volitionality of the subject, the definiteness and affectedness of the object, and the telicity of the verb.
Ch. 4, 'Small clauses in complement position' (97–159) analyzes four types of SCs in complement position: proposition-taking verbs, practition-taking verbs, perception verbs, and causatives. These verbs allow a number of complements, including verbal SC predicates, such as nouns, adjectives, and prepositions, and nonverbal SC predicates, such as bare infinitives and gerunds (although, Y's survey is only devoted to adjectival predicates). After illustrating the distinction between these verb classes, Y demonstrates that, once again, in addition to the covariation of transitivity parameters, the SL–IL distinction plays a crucial role in licensing SCs in complement position. She argues that some verb types that are higher in transitivity, such as declarative verbs, perception verbs with a direct perception, practition-taking verbs, and causative dejar 'leave, quit' with animate and definite direct objects, preferably select SL SC predicates. By contrast, both SL and IL SC predicates are permitted with verbs lower in transitivity, such as perception verbs with an indirect perception and practition-taking verbs with inanimate and indefinite objects. One exception is the causative hacer 'make', which only allows IL SC predicates.
The last chapter, 'Conclusion' (160–65), summarizes the analysis, addresses unanswered questions, and explores directions for future research.
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The ice in the high mountains is melting due to climate change. Archaeological finds, mostly from reindeer hunting and mountain travel, are melting out of the glacial ice in Scandinavia, the Alps and North America. The artefacts are remarkably well preserved. The ice has acted like a time machine, preserving the finds through millenia like a giant prehistoric deep-freezer. This is a new and fantastic archaeological record of past human activity in the some of the most remote and forbidding landscapes.
Archaeological survey along the melting ice in the glaciated mountain pass at Lendbreen, Oppland. Photo: Johan Wildhagen, Palookaville.
For more than ten years, we have conducted systematic archaeological fieldwork in the high mountains of Oppland County, Norway. We try to find and rescue these artefacts, as the ice continues to melt back. We have now recovered more than 2000 artefacts from 51 ice patches and glaciers. Some of the finds date back to 4000 BC. Among the finds are c. 180 arrows, Iron Age and Bronze Age clothing items and remains of skis, sleds and packhorses.
A map of archaeological sites at glaciers and ice patches in Oppland.
Many of the finds are rare or unique. The only way to date them is using radiocarbon. Our number of radiocarbon dates has been steadily rising over the years, finally exceeding more than 150 dates. It gradually became visible to us that the finds did not spread out evenly over time. Some periods had many finds, while others had few or none. The large number of radiocarbon dates makes it clear, that this chronological patterning is not by chance. What could have caused this chronological patterning – human activity and/or past climate change?
A international research team from Oppland County Council and the universities in Oslo, Trondheim, Bergen, Oxford and Cambridge set out to solve this puzzle. The result of this effort has now been published in Royal Society Open Science, a journal at the forefront of international open-access publishing, especially of interdisciplinary science.
Before we describe the results, a few words are needed on summed radiocarbon plots, as this is fundamental to our paper. Using a large number of radiocarbon dates to provide a time-series of human activity goes back 30 years in archaeology. The increasing number of radiocarbon dates and the arrival of easy-to-use radiocarbon calibration programs (such as Oxcal) has made this type of chronological plot a basic technique in archaeology. As most methods, this method also suffers from weaknesses. In this case it is mainly connected to peaks and troughs in the radiocarbon calibration curve (read more here). Co-author Christopher Bronk Ramsey, who developed the Oxcal calibration program in 1994, has now developed a new statistical method, which eliminates this calibration noise. This new approach, called KDE – short for kernel density estimation, is used for the first time in our paper.
A comparison of the KDE-model (in blue) with the traditional summed radiocarbon plots (light-grey line).
Before using the KDE-model on our radiocarbon dates, we had to take the individual sample materials into account. Some sample types, especially certain wood-species, may be long-lived. This provides a risk of an old wood effect, in which the radiocarbon dates are earlier than the time when the artefacts were lost. We divided the samples into low-risk and high risk groups, and analyzed them separately. The finds deriving from hunting were also analyzed separately.
Long-term climate fluctuations and the chronological distribution of the finds from the ice in the high mountains of Oppland.
The earliest dates are from ca. 4000 BC. This is not long after ice started coming back in the high mountains following the massive melt during the holocene warm period. Before this new glaciation, there was probably very little ice in the high mountains of Oppland to preserve the artefacts.
The front part of an arrowshaft, radiocarbon-dated to c. 3900 BC. Found on the ground in front of the melting ice on a high altitude reindeer-hunting site. Photo: Julian Martinsen, Museum of Cultural History.
There is a time gap without finds between 3800-2200 BC. Finds from this period are known from ice patches in a neighboring county, though not numerous. We believe that the finds from this period may still be inside the ice at high altitude (above 1900 m). They may have melted out previously and been lost at lower altitudes (below 1900 m).
Picture of an arrowshaft, radiocarbon-dated to c. 2000 BC. Found lying on the ice on a high altitude reindeer-hunting site. Photo: Øystein Rønning-Andersen, Secrets of the Ice/Oppland County Council.
As the ice continues to melt, the melt will reach Stone Age levels on more sites. It may well be that this chronological hole will be filled in. It is also possible that the finds may get older than 4000 BC as the melting reaches the earliest ice.
The chronological plot of the radiocarbon dates shows a marked increase in activity from the third century AD onwards. This fits well with what we know about human activity in the valleys surrounding the high mountains. This is a time of agricultural expansion and of increased economic activity. The increased number of finds from the ice mirrors this.
Iron Age Tunic, radiocarbon-dated to c. AD 300. Found in a glaciated mountain pass. Photo: Mårten Teigen, Museum of Cultural History.
The Late Antique Little Ice Age (AD 536 – c. AD 660) was a cold period, following two large volcanic eruptions. It is commonly believed that this was a time when harvests failed and populations dropped. This could certainly have been the case in the areas near the high mountains in Oppland, which are already at the limits of where agriculture is possible. Remarkably, the number of finds from the ice continues to rise through the Late Antique Little Ice Age. If there was a downturn, it was so short that it is not visible in our data.
Do we have to reconsider the impact of the Late Antique Little Ice Age? Maybe, but this finding could also have another explanation: If agriculture failed due to low temperatures, perhaps the importance of hunting rose. Farmers in valleys surrounding the high mountains of Oppland have always relied on a mixed economy of agriculture and hunting. Adapting to the lower yields from agriculture by increasing the intensity of hunting would have been an obvious choice. This is the same kind of approach taken by the Old Norse settlers in Greenland. When the climate worsened and agriculture became difficult, the settlers increased the hunting of seals.
A blunt toy arrow, radiocarbon-dated to c. AD 600, during the Late Antique Little Ice Age. Found in a glaciated mountain pass. The arrow is only 26,5 cm long. Photo: Secrets of the Ice.
The recovery of a small blunt arrow, radiocarbon-dated to Late Antique Little Ice Age, is a testimony to the importance of hunting during this period. Due to its small size, it is very likely to be a toy arrow. From a young age, children had to practice and master the art of bow-and-arrow. It was essential for survival, especially during harsh climatic conditions. We found the toy arrow in the glaciated mountain pass at Lendbreen, one of our key sites.
The high number of dates in the eighth to tenth centuries AD probably reflect the increased population and trade in this period. This is a time when the process of urbanization created a market for reindeer pelts and antlers outside the region.
However, the number of radiocarbon-dates starts to wane already in the 11th century AD, well before the the plague in 1349-50 and the onset of the Little Ice Age (from AD 1400 onwards). This may be caused by the replacement of bow-and-arrow hunting for reindeer with mass-harvesting techniques at this time. These included funnel-shaped trapping systems and large pitfall trapping systems. This type of intensive hunting methods reduced the number of wild reindeer quite dramatically, as shown by a recent genetic study.
After the plague in 1349-50, trade and markets suffered, and marginal farms were abandoned. With few reindeer to hunt, human activity in the high mountains slumped. Even after the reindeer population recovered, the introduction of firearms reduced the likelihood of ice patch losses.
The chronological patterning of the finds from the ice is caused by at least four factors – the size of the reindeer population, the level of high altitude human activity, preservation issues and climate history.
Periods with few artefact recoveries may reflect low hunting activity, but can also be a result of preservation issues. Counter-intuitively, a rising number of finds may not necessarily reflect a rising population and increased economic activity. It can also result from a population intensifying its high altitude hunting during periods of low agricultural yields.
Is it possible to get a better understanding of whether reindeer, humans, preservation or climate is the main driver of the chronological patterning in certain periods? Yes, there is one very interesting possibility linked to the paleo-environmental material, which we collect on the sites together with the artefacts. Our next step will be to start dating more of this natural background material. What kind of chronological patterns will this material show? If we find reindeer bones from periods with no artefacts, this would probably rule out preservation issues as the cause of the lack of artefacts. On the other hand, if bones and artefacts are both missing, preservation issues may be at play (or too much hunting).
The first reindeer samples have just been submitted to a radiocarbon laboratory. The results should be back in a couple of weeks.


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Q: Is a resource under a non-singular resource still RESTful? Oftentimes when looking to design a REST API I see a common pattern of /resourceA/{id}/resourceThatBelongsToA.
Is it ok to do /resourceA/resourcesThatBelongToA when designing an API?
Reallife example
Say I have a web application similar to StackOverflow. There are questions, and each question has a status of accepted or not accepted.
I expose an endpoint /questions/{id}/status so that users can determine whether or not a question has an accepted answer.
I then run into the problem of wanting to discover all questions that have an accepted answer. I then define an endpoint /questions/statuses?status=accepted. This endpoint, when given no query parameters, will list all the statuses of all questions (with reasonable limits on the amount of statuses return, say 100). However, when given a filter of status type, I can determine all questions that have an answer that was accepted.
To me, this seems like a practical design that fits the use case well.
Is this an acceptable pattern to use or is there something more suitable?

A: REST APIs look good when you have a unique id for the parent resource you are dealing with. /questions/{id} is good if you want to get the question resource with the particular id. But if you don't have a unique ID and if the response is going to be a set of resources, then it is just a filter applied to the parent resource.
So for your case, the API can be
/questions?status=accepted

If you want the api consumers to get the flexibility for choosing limits, you can use a query parameter limit for it.
/questions?status=accepted&limit=10

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Is it ok to do /resourceA/resourcesThatBelongToA when designing an API?

Yes.
REST doesn't care what spelling you use for your identifiers.
REST doesn't care how you organize your resource hierarchy.

Is this an acceptable pattern to use or is there something more suitable?

The heuristic I recommend is "would you do it this way with a web site?"  If the answer is yes, then you are on the right track.


A new study by hospitality intelligence firm, HotStats, identified that the value of bookings via Best Available Rate (BAR) has increased by more than 235% at hotels in the Regions since 2000.
The study, Benchmarking Beyond RevPAR, which polled a consistent sample of nearly 45,000 hotel bedrooms across the UK over a 15-year period, revealed that the growth in BAR bookings was at the expense of a 17.2% reduction in rooms revenue derived from commercial-related sources during the same period.
This tidal shift towards BAR is crucial as it suggests that booking patterns are evolving from traditional channels, such as locally-negotiated corporate rates.
And whilst commercial demand historically represented a strong base of high-yielding business, which booked well in advance with a pre-agreed level of volume and high ancillary spend; in contrast, demand booked through BAR is volatile, has limited guarantees and shrinking lead times and is therefore providing hoteliers with significant operational challenges.
Pablo Alonso, HotStats CEO said of the results, "This is not to say that the volume of commercial demand at hotels in the regions has definitively fallen, but that it is highly likely that alternative methods are being used for business bookings."
In addition to being symptomatic of a growing trend towards booking direct or via OTAs, evidence suggests there is a clear migration to bookings via BAR in line with downward shifts in the economy.
In 2007, commercial demand accounted for approximately 45% of rooms revenue at the average London hotel. In 2008, as the global financial crisis took hold, this figure plummeted to 38% and now sits at approximately 32% of the total.
During the same period, the proportion of BAR-related room revenue at the average hotel in the capital increased from 16.6% to almost 28%.
In terms of volume, the average 340-bedroom hotel polled now accommodates almost 11,900 fewer commercial-related roomnights than in 2007, with the number of accommodated BAR roomnights increasing by more than 13,000.
Pablo added, "It is highly likely that we will continue to see a trend towards booking via BAR, which may be due, in part, to OTAs, such as booking.com and Expedia, introducing loyalty schemes in a bid to compete head on with programmes deployed by global hotel companies to capture business travel."
The period from 2000 to 2015 has arguably been the most exhilarating and volatile era in hotel history. Relentless advances in technology, rapidly shifting market dynamics, an emerging generation of consumers who live online, the greatest recession in history and natural and man-made incidents which shook the world, have all played their part in reshaping the cost and profit profile of UK hotels.


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In enzymology, an ureidosuccinase () is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

N-carbamoyl-L-aspartate + H2O  L-aspartate + CO2 + NH3

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are N-carbamoyl-L-aspartate and H2O, whereas its 3 products are L-aspartate, CO2, and NH3.

This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases, those acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds other than peptide bonds, specifically in linear amides.  The systematic name of this enzyme class is N-carbamoyl-L-aspartate amidohydrolase. This enzyme participates in alanine and aspartate metabolism.

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Enzymes of unknown structure


Any powerdns users in the house?
I'm running pdns-3.4.10, and my server has stopped being authoritative for my local domain.
I have my DNS being served by zoneedit for external users, but I use pdns to provide my behind-the-firewall services. With the latest upgrade, it's stopped believing it's authoritative; it simply redirects to the external server. I've looked at the doc, but no hints. Anybody got a similar setup?


"God saves us, then by making Himself little, near and real. First God makes Himself little. The Lord, Who is 'meek and humble of heart,' especially loves the little ones, to whom the kingdom of God is revealed; they are great in His eyes and He looks to them. He especially loves them because they are opposed to the 'pride of life' that belongs to the world. The little ones speak His own language, that of the humble love that brings freedom. So He calls the simple and receptive to be His spokespersons; He entrusts to them the revelation of His name and the secrets of His heart. Our minds turn to so many sons and daughters of your own people, like the martyrs made the defenseless power of the Gospel shine forth, like those ordinary yet remarkable people who bore witness to the Lord's love amid great trials, and those meek and powerful heralds of mercy who were St. John Paul II and St. Faustina. Through these 'channels' of His love, the Lord has granted priceless gifts to the whole Church and to all mankind."


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Jason Howerton
Listen to How Obama Reacts When Reporter's Question Strays Away From His 'Really Important Story
"We gotta try, sir."
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Associated Press reporter Mark Smith got into a brief exchange with President Barack Obama on Thursday after his questioning strayed from what the commander-in-chief considered to be a "really important story."
Obama spent the day outlining his latest executive order aimed at combatting global warming by cutting the greenhouse gas emissions of federal agencies. However, as the Washington Examiner points out, reporters asked him about other issues, like the ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran.
After Obama finished speaking at the Department of Energy, a reporter asked the president if there had been any "progress" on the "Iran talks."
Obama quickly undercut the question, proclaiming, "I'm sorry, we're talking about energy. It's a great story. So, hopefully you'll focus on it."
"We gotta try, sir," Smith then replied.
"This is a really important story," Obama shot back.
"And there are often more than one at a time, sir," the reporter rebutted.
"Yeah, but this one really matters," Obama added.
Watch the first part of the exchange below via the White House:
The rest of the exchange can be heard on audio here.


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Archive - Oct 10, 2012
JCHC's Ward Recognized By Quality Healthcare Foundation
By Staff Reports on Wed 10/10/2012 08:38pm
Ranchester
Sandy Ward, administrator of the Amie Holt Care Center in Buffalo, received the second annual Daniel J. Lex Award for Lifetime Service in Long-Term Care during the Quality Health Care Foundation's annual conference in Jackson recently.
Johnson County Commission Lifts County-wide Fire Ban
By Aaron Palmer on Wed 10/10/2012 08:17pm
Johnson County's Commissioners called a special meeting for Wednesday morning to rescind their earlier ban on fires in the county.
A media release issued by the Sheridan Police Department states that at approximately 1330 hrs on October 9, 2012, the Sheridan Police Department received a report of a Golden Eagle perched on a house on the 1600 block of South Thurmond Ave.
Cutting the Ribbon
By Ron Richter on Wed 10/10/2012 06:58pm
A couple of years ago, the Story Parks Board approached the Sheridan County Commissioners about new equipment and upgrades to Story Centennial Park. Wednesday, a ceremonial ribbon cutting was held at the park after a lot of people came together to make the new additions possible.
Bike-Tober Fest is Saturday
The Sheridan Community Land Trust annual fundraiser is coming up this Saturday as the 2nd annual Bike-Tober Fest will take place at the Sheridan County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall. SCLT Executive Director Colin Betlzer.
Wyoming Special Olympics Fall Tournament
By Ron Richter on Wed 10/10/2012 11:35am
The Opening Ceremonies for the Wyoming Special Olympics Fall Tournament in Casper will take place this evening. Once again, Jeannie Ellinger from RENEW in Sheridan will be emceeing the opening ceremonies.
WGFD Needs Budget Input from Public
By Tracee Davis on Wed 10/10/2012 09:02am
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is hosting a statewide meeting Thursday night to hear public thoughts and suggestions regarding the department's budgetary concerns.
Secular Coalition Explains Concerns about Church/State Separation
Last week, Sheridan Media reported the Secular Coalition for America plans to organize lobbying efforts within the state this month as part of a nationwide campaign to push back against religious inf
Community Businesses Enable Student Flu Vaccs
Medical professionals with the Sheridan County Public Health Clinic are busy making their rounds through the county to offer flu vaccinations to students within the school districts. This year's vaccinations may seem routine, but they're really the result of a community pulling together.
BHNF Plans Controlled Burn
By The Associated Press on Wed 10/10/2012 06:30am
Firefighters with U.S. Forest Service will conduct controlled burns this week in the Powder River Ranger District of the Bighorn National Forest.


These are painting depicting the dynamics of blending a certain sense of poignancy and vibrancy, depending on the heady mood that one is bound to take as one wallows the eyes in the vividness of the pieces.
These are what Piano's paintings convey… a playful play on emotions made manifest in colorful renditions… the deepest, innermost feelings that cannot be verbally articulated, only the deft hand of a master can truly express.
Last May 23, 2018 – Pancho Piano's "Hagod" Art Exhibits are opened for viewing until June 23, 2018. His works can be found at the Retail Boulevard (Coral Wing) – Okada Manila, Parañaque City. For inquiries please contact (63) 2.880.75.55.


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More info on Erechtheum
Erechtheum: Quiz
Temple of Hephaestus quiz
Propylaea quiz
Categories: Acropolis of Athens > 5th-century BC architecture > Ancient Greek buildings and structures in Athens > Temples in ancient Athens
Question 1: Pollitt, Art and Experience in Classical Greece, ________.
Authorized King James Version England Oxford University Press Cambridge University Press
Question 2: The snake's occasional refusal to eat the cakes was thought a disastrous ________[citation needed].
Omen Astrology Jesus Biblical Magi
Question 3: The Erechtheum (Greek: Ἐρέχθειον Erechtheion) is an ancient Greek temple on the north side of the Acropolis of ________ in Greece.
Athens Paris Stockholm Helsinki
Question 4: It is believed to have been a replacement for the Pesistratid temple of ________ destroyed by the Persians in 480 BC.
Demeter Athena Greek mythology Greece
Question 5: The building is known for early examples of egg-and-dart, and guilloche ________.
Door Entablature Molding (decorative) Classical architecture
Question 6: Its architect may have been Mnesicles, and it derived its name from a shrine dedicated to the legendary ________ Erichthonius.
Trojan War Greek mythology Apollo Greek hero cult
Question 7: It was built entirely of ________ from Mount Pentelikon, with friezes of black limestone from Eleusis which bore sculptures executed in relief in white marble.
Marble Sedimentary rock Calcium Calcite
Question 8: Some have suggested that it may have been built in honor of the legendary king ________, who is said to have been buried nearby.
Erechtheus Poseidon Athena Greek mythology
Question 9: The porch was built to conceal the giant 15-ft beam needed to support the southwest corner over the metropolis, after the building was drastically reduced in size and budget following the onset of the ________.
Classical Athens Greco-Persian Wars Corinthian War Peloponnesian War
Question 10: The Caryatids have been transferred from the old Acropolis Museum to the ________.
Hellenic Parliament Acropolis Museum National Archaeological Museum, Athens Athens


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Q: Do the SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) have this kind of interaction with C#? I want to get some pictures from a folder and convert them to byte arrays with C# code, then insert the byte arrays into my table in the SQL Server database
Does this capability exist in SSIS?
If yes, what is the control of SSIS that can handle this?

A: You need Script task control in SSIS
https://www.simple-talk.com/sql/ssis/adding-the-script-task-to-your-ssis-packages/
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where you've iterate through folder using FOR each loop container and process it with script task where you can write C#.NET code.
Google for "Script task in ssis"  that might help you for more info.


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Trump's Bad Exit - WSJ
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President Donald Trump departs the White House on Dec. 12.
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accomplished a great deal in four years, but as he leaves office he can't seem to help reminding Americans why they denied him a second term.
He could focus on the positive, such as the Covid-19 vaccines and his Arab-Israeli peace breakthrough. Instead he's calling Members of Congress and asking them to object on the House and Senate floor to the results of the Electoral College count.
This won't change the outcome, but it will put pressure on Republicans to embarrass themselves by indulging Mr. Trump's attempts to delegitimize the results. We hope the Members ignore his pleas.
Meanwhile, after days of silence over the hack on U.S. government agencies and private companies, Mr. Trump chimed in Saturday to add confusion. Secretary of State
said Friday that the evidence clearly points to the Russians for the hack.
But Mr. Trump tweeted that "Russia, Russia is the priority chant when anything happens because Lamestream [media] is, for mostly financial reasons, petrified of . . . discussing the possibility that it may be China (it may!)." Then he linked the hack to a possible "hit on our ridiculous voting machines during the election, which is now obvious that I won big, making it an even more corrupted embarrassment for the USA."
Mr. Pompeo has no incentive to dissemble about Russia's role, and Americans deserve to know the truth about what happened. Mr. Trump doesn't want to admit he lost, and he can duck the inauguration if he likes. But his sore loser routine is beginning to grate even on millions who voted for him.
Journal Editorial Report: Paul Gigot interviews Karl Rove on the voting so far. Image: Tami Chappell/EPA/Shutterstock
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