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Kindly leave a comment here
The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority; to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls; to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction; to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party; to Controversies between two or more States; between a State and Citizens of another State; between Citizens of different States; between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.To me, this reads as though the founders did intend the courts to be chock-full of activist judges and function just as the presidential signing statements were used by George W. Bush. Any other thoughts?]]>
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Thirty minutes later, I got home and checked Twitter for my license plate number, which he said his dispatch had found. I was let go without any trouble -- guess they figured out by my demeanor that I'm not to be messed with.
Calling this whole episode an inverted pyramid of piffle is putting things mildly, but I did make it to lunch. All in all, it turned out to be a fine afternoon.
]]>For all the readers who feel I'm slagging off this country, I'm not. There are some really nice/polite/cultured people here. The ones that aren't, really get at my goat.
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import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPath;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpression;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
public class XPathTest {
String vRate = null;
public XPathTest() {
HttpURLConnection urlConnection = null;
try {
urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection)new URL(System.getProperty("Location")).openConnection();
} catch (java.net.MalformedURLException e) {
System.err.println("URL incorrect!");
} catch (java.io.IOException e) {
System.err.println("IOException!");
}
InputStream is = null;
try {
is = urlConnection.getInputStream();
} catch (java.io.IOException e) {
System.err.println("IOException!");
}
DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
dbf.setNamespaceAware(true);
DocumentBuilder builder = null;
try {
builder = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
} catch (javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException e) {
System.err.println("parser misconfigured!");
}
Document document = null;
try {
document = builder.parse(is);
} catch (org.xml.sax.SAXException e) {
System.err.println(e.getMessage());
} catch (java.io.IOException e) {
System.err.println("IOException when building document");
}
XPathFactory xpathFactory = XPathFactory.newInstance();
XPath xPath = xpathFactory.newXPath();
XPathExpression xpathExpr = null;
try {
xpathExpr = xPath.compile(System.getProperty("Expression"));
} catch (javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException e) {
System.err.println("compilation error!");
}
NodeList list = null;
try {
list = (NodeList)xpathExpr.evaluate(document,XPathConstants.NODESET);
} catch (javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException e) {
System.err.println(e.getMessage());
e.printStackTrace(System.err);
}
vRate = "{";
for (int i = 0; i != list.getLength(); i++) {
vRate += ","+list.item(i).getTextContent();
}
vRate +="}";
}
public String toString() {
return vRate;
}
public static void main (String[] args) {
if (System.getProperty("Location") == null)
System.setProperty("Location", args[0]);
if (System.getProperty("Expression") == null)
System.setProperty("Expression", args[1]);
XPathTest x = new XPathTest();
System.err.println(x);
}
}]]>
I await your next excuse, Saad. ;)
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from java.awt.event import ActionListener
class Example(ActionListener):
def __init__(self):
from javax.swing import JFrame, JTable, JScrollPane, JPanel, WindowConstants
from javax.swing.table import DefaultTableModel
from java.awt import BorderLayout, Dimension
frame = JFrame("Checklist")
frame.setLayout(BorderLayout())
try:
import pickle
self.tableData = pickle.load(open('checklst.dat', 'r'))
except:
self.tableData = [[False, '']]
colNames = ('Completed?','Task (Click "+" to add, "-" to mark completed (and remove from the task list)')
from javax.swing.table import DefaultTableModel
dataModel = DefaultTableModel(self.tableData, colNames)
self.table = JTable(dataModel)
from javax.swing import JButton
addbtn=JButton('+')
addbtn.addActionListener(self)
rmbtn= JButton('Complete')
rmbtn.addActionListener(self)
scrollPane = JScrollPane()
scrollPane.getViewport().setView((self.table))
panel = JPanel()
panel.add(scrollPane)
btnPanel = JPanel()
from javax.swing import BoxLayout
btnPanel.setLayout(BoxLayout(btnPanel, BoxLayout.X_AXIS))
btnPanel.add(addbtn)
btnPanel.add(rmbtn)
frame.add(panel, BorderLayout.CENTER)
frame.add(btnPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH)
frame.pack()
frame.defaultCloseOperation=WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE
frame.setVisible(True)
self.frame = frame
def actionPerformed(self, evt):
if evt.source.text == '+':
self.table.model.addRow((False, ''))
from java.io import FileOutputStream,ObjectOutputStream
oos = ObjectOutputStream(FileOutputStream('checklst.dat'))
oos.writeObject(self.tableData)
elif evt.source.text == 'Complete' and self.table.selectedRow != -1:
self.table.model.removeRow(self.table.selectedRow)
if __name__ == '__main__':
Example()
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public void showProgress(ResultSet databaseTags) throws SQLException {
if (databaseTags.getType() == ResultSet.TYPE_FORWARD_ONLY) {
throw new TypeException(
"resultSet not scrollable, only scrollable resultsets may show progress");
}
JFrame progressFrame = new JFrame(databaseTags.getStatement()
.toString());
progressFrame.setAlwaysOnTop(true);
progress = null;
databaseTags.last();
System.setProperty("progressbar.maxvalue",
new Integer(databaseTags.getRow()).toString());
progress = new JProgressBar(0, databaseTags.getRow());
progress.setStringPainted(true);
databaseTags.first();
progressFrame.pack();
progressFrame.setVisible(true);
}
Other important abbreviations you're likely to run across include the now infamous credit default swap (CDS), which, in summary, is purchasing insurance against a bond defaulting, as happened to Vallejo, California. For a more detailed explanation, refer to Dr. Johnsons more detailed explanation on Concurring Opinions. There are other financial abbreviations that I don't yet understand and some I don't have at the tips of my fingers, so if you encounter one, please leave it in the comments, I will see if I can dig up some more about it and email you with the response along with posting it here.
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There's a well-known study that finds that people often vote against their self-interests: the most liberal state in the United States is California, which contributes that most to the Treasury, the most conservative is Utah, which receives a great deal more money from the government than it sends. Divorce and rates are higher in those states whose representatives whinge about family values. This applies equally to those who prattle on about military service. Which brings me to the map above, the blank space in the left-centre part of the map contains Utah. Note, there are no deaths there. A bit further to the left is coastal California, notice there are more circles there.
So, hypocrites of the United States, unite and vote for Sarah Palin, your TEA party, and against your own best interest, hopefully there are enough rational people to see through your hypocricy.
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