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There's a lot of talk today about the lack of innovation in mobile and how the once-vibrant market is stagnating because not much more can be done. Apple has been criticized hard, and the latest rumors that it's resorting to a gold color option for the upcoming new iPhone typically come with the commentary of "what else can it change today other than the color of the case?" Samsung, having explored pretty much every possible size for a smartphone, has taken similar critiques.
I do believe we're in a technology pause after several years of unprecedented rapid innovations. But I don't believe the innovation is over. The newly released Steve Jobs biopic reminded me of both how far mobile has come and how the fundamentals last a long time. I've been playing with my original Apple MessagePad, the Newton OS-based 1993 personal digital assistant (remember PDAs?) that Apple launched to polarized reviews.
[ Also on InfoWorld: The Steve Jobs story you should see isn't told in "Jobs" | Keep up on key mobile developments and insights via Twitter and the Mobilize newsletter. | For a quick, smart take on the news you'll be talking about, check out InfoWorld Tech Brief -- subscribe today. ]
It was very innovative, featuring handwriting recognition, a technology that even today is often inexact -- and became the butt of many jokes, especially once cartoonist Garry Trudeau satirized it in his "Doonesbury" comic strip. Still, it presaged the notion of the portable information appliance; it's easy to forget the iconic Palm Pilot most people think of as the first PDA debuted four years later. Unfortunately, the Newton was also too big to fit in a pocket.
We saw the same phenomenon play out with the iPhone, which was derided by many early critics as incomplete and overpriced. It probably was, but very quickly it redefined the notion of a smartphone and transformed the mobile industry. Six years later, many of us have forgotten this point. The MessagePad was similar: It too was ahead of its time, and it delivered less than promised -- at a high price, to boot.
Then-CEO John Sculley took a lot of blame for the MessagePad, but ironically the Newton effort was probably his best decision. Without the Newton, the Palm Pilot might not have come to be and wouldn't have been key to showing that an item the size of a phone could be a small computer. Remember, the BlackBerry of the time was a messaging device married to a phone. The Palm Pilot evolved into the Treo devices that combined PDA and smartphone, which Microsoft picked up on to deliver the Windows Mobile OS used in the briefly popular Compaq iPaq.


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Scouts from Barnet joined 36 others on a training weekend for the camp of a lifetime in Japan.
Eight scouts from the borough joined the first step towards the 23rd World Scout Jamboree 2015 during a team-building weekend at Frith Grange Scout Camp, in Frith Lane, Mill Hill.
Next year's three-week jamboree will incorporate almost 30,000 people from nearly every country in the world, and last weekend, north London's representatives began their preparations.
Between now and next summer, the teenagers will learn to live and work together, as well as holding a series of events to help raise £28,000 towards their trip.
A portion of these funds will go towards a solidarity fund aimed at enabling Scouts from the developing world to attend the Jamboree.
Rekhelan, 16, from Evolution Explorer Scout Unit said: "I can't wait to meet people from all over the world and so many different cultures. Only Scouting can provide these kinds of opportunities for international travel and to be part of a massive global event."

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By Steve Aschburner, NBA.com
VIDEO: Larry Sanders takes an elbow from the Rockets' James Harden
CHICAGO – Larry Sanders, the Milwaukee Bucks center whose season has been as miserable due to injuries and off-court incidents as his team's has been from losing, was suspended Friday for five games without pay for violating the NBA/NBPA anti-drug program.
But if it was up to Sanders, neither he nor any other player in the league would be penalized for smoking marijuana. While he said he would abide by the terms of the penalty, Sanders offered an enthusiastic defense of the drug for its medical benefits.
"It's something I feel strongly about, just to let you know something personal about me," the 6-foot-11 player told NBA.com and the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel prior to the Bucks' game against Chicago at United Center Friday. "I will deal with the consequences from it. It's a banned substance in my league. But I believe in marijuana and the medical side of it.
"I know what it is if I'm going to use it. I study it and I know the benefits it has. In a lot of ways we've been deprived. You can't really label it with so many other drugs that people can be addicted to and have so many negative effects on your body and your family and your relationships and impairment. This is not the same thing."
Per terms of the league's illegal substance policy and random testing procedures, Sanders' suspension means he has failed three tests in his career. It is unclear when his five-game hiatus actually will begin; he has been sidelined since undergoing surgery for a right orbital fracture sustained Feb. 8 against Houston. Recently, Sanders said he was out for the rest of this season and the Bucks had listed him that way in media reports – that would push his suspension into the start of 2014-15.
The team released a statement expressing its disappointment in Sanders, and Bucks coach Larry Drew echoed it Friday evening. He said that losing Sanders at the start of next season, when the player and the team might have hoped for a clean slate, would be difficult.
"Sure it would be tough. He's a guy we count on," Drew said. "If it does happen to start next year, we'll just have to deal with it."
Expectations were high for Saunders as Milwaukee's defensive anchor. He had been rewarded for his breakout 2012-13 performance (9.8 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 2.8 bpg) with a four-year, $44 million extension that kicks in next year. But he has played only 23 games, averaging 7.7 points, 7.2 rebounds, 1.74 blocks and 25.4 minutes. He gained YouTube.com infamy for his involvement in a Milwaukee nightclub melee hours after playing poorly in the team's home opener.
He returned in late December but struggled along with the Bucks, who were staking out the NBA's basement in the standings. Sanders had only five games with 10 or more rebounds and only six with more than two blocked shots before suffering his facial injury in February.
Saunders also issued a statement Friday apologizing to fans and taking responsibility for his actions. He said he didn't think the suspension, if it comes at the beginning of next season, would mar what he, too, hopes is a fresh start.
"Yeah I could [overcome that]," he said. "The recipe doesn't change. It's just more motivation to work harder. It's something negative to deal with. But the recipe doesn't change for me. I'm just as excited for the summer."
Marijuana use, still illegal in the U.S. with the exception of Colorado and Washington, has gained supporters in recent months. Sanders said he understands that it is prohibited by the NBA and the players union, which have talked of strengthening their combined anti-drug program rather than easing it. He apologized for this latest incident's impact on his teammates but said he does not believe marijuana use is wrong.
"The stigma is that it's illegal. I hate that," Sanders said. "Once this becomes legal, this all will go away."
Sanders said that, in terms of social use, he sees smoking marijuana as similar to drinking alcoholic beverages. But his primary defense of the drug was for medical use.
"The great thing about that idea is that, then you could get prescribed for it and see a doctor and they could tell you," he said. "You don't have to self-medicate, you don't have to over-medicate ourselves. Y'know, because we don't know now. We can't diagnose ourselves.
"Once it becomes legal … you sit down with a doctor and [he says], 'You may need this three times a day. This dosage here.' And you don't over-medicate. It [addresses] those needs medically that you need. It's natural."
The Bucks said they would have no comment beyond their issued statement ("Larry Sanders has a responsibility to every person in our organization and our fans. We are all disappointed by the news of his suspension.").
An NBA spokesperson, contacted for reaction to Sanders' defense of marijuana use, declined to comment Friday night.


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City Mayor Crushes Illegally Parked Car With Armored Tank [VIDEO]
Apparently, the Lithuanian city of Vilnuis has a problem with cars — in particular luxury cars — parking in its bike lines.
Citizens have taken to posting pictures of these illegally parked cars on social media. In response to the public outcry, Vilnuis mayor Arturas Zuokas staged an event in which he used an armored personnel carrier to crush a Mercedes Benz which had been parked in a bike lane .
Zoukas conceded that the car didn't actually belong to a traffic offender, but was rather brought in just for the photo op. Nevertheless, it's always fun to see a car get so effortlessly flattened. Check it out below.
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P.R.E.P/Emergency Preparedness Week next month
Will your family be prepared when disaster strikes? Learn from the experts in disaster preparedness.
The MSU Campus-Community Emergency Response Team (C-CERT) and the Maroon Volunteer Center are hosting Emergency Preparedness Week from Sept. 16-21, 2013.
Emergency Preparedness Week offers free disaster preparedness training sessions that are open to all students, faculty, staff, and community members. Topics include disaster preparedness kits, extreme weather, a disaster preparedness panel of experts, CPR and First Aid refresher courses and much more. Some sessions are offered twice a day, with the 2nd Annual P.R.E.P. Day taking place on Sept. 19.
Space is limited. Please register online at www.cert.msstate.edu.
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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2006 News Releases > November 2006 > Midland senior wins title of Miss Wayland
Midland senior wins title of Miss Wayland
PLAINVIEW – Her reign is less than 48 hours old, but senior Amy Rendon is still in shock at being named Miss Wayland Baptist University.
"I'm still so overwhelmed with joy and am so excited about this," said Rendon, a senior Spanish major from Midland. "God has given me a gift and a precious moment in my life. I just was to use this for His glory."
Rendon was crowned Miss Wayland in Saturday night's 36th annual pageant, where she competed with 16 other students for the title, an honor which brings the role of ambassador for the university.
Rendon represented the Spanish Club and performed a mariachi song in Spanish for her talent, something she's done since an early age with her grandparents. Involved in Alpha Delta Kappa service sorority and the International Choir, Rendon proved to be a favorite not only among the judges but among her competitors as she also was voted Miss Congeniality for the pageant.
A transfer student, Rendon arrived at Wayland in the fall of 2005 after earning an associate's degree from Midland College. Church friends encouraged the cheerful Hispanic girl to complete her education at WBU and she planned a visit.
"It felt like home to me, and I could really feel the Lord's spirit here," she recalled, adding that she is the first in her family to attend college. "(My family) looks up to me, and they're inspired by what I've done."
Though Rendon may inspire her family, they've provided plenty of inspiration for her life. She claims her love for people came through watching her grandparents serve in churches and in the community. Eventually, the couple quit their jobs and poured their money into the Midland Soup Kitchen Ministry, a place at which Rendon's mother and aunt began working. Amy's aunt and uncle now run the ministry.
Amy's own ministry revolves around her singing talent – she spent the summer singing with a prison ministry and serves on the worship team at Harvest Christian Fellowship – and her native tongue of Spanish, having served as a translator since age 13. She plans to pursue graduate school after graduating in 2008 and wants to be a speech pathologist.
Saturday night's pageant featured a wide array of talent presentations representing a world of cultures. Besides Rendon's traditional Spanish song, Arizona native Roxanne Davis performed a Native American dance called "Woman's Fancy Shawl," representing her heritage, and others displayed musical talents on the piano, guitar, handbells and in song while others performed dances, sign language, a flag routine and dramatic readings.
The evening gown competition featured each young lady and a taped recording of her personal statement. After the five finalists were named, each answered a final interview question before the audience. All 17 competed in an interview segment with the judges panel on Saturday morning prior to the pageant. Miss Wayland 2006, Celeste Louder of Hereford, played two piano pieces and made her final walk in the last performances of her reign.
Rendon's court consisted of first runner-up Jordan Kuss, a sophomore education major from Lubbock; second runner-up Callie Wheeler, a senior mass communications major from Whitewright; third-runner-up Abby Holmes, a senior music major from Hobbs, N.M.; and fourth runner-up Ashley Pyeatt, a sophomore religious education major from Plainview.
Other honors presented following the pageant were awards for Best Talent, given to Abby Holmes; Best Interview, given to Ashley Pyeatt and Heather Dillard, a sophomore religion major from Lubbock; and Best Evening Gown, given to Mayra Vargas, a junior biology major from Plainview.
Rodney Watson, director of the Museum of the Llano Estacado, served as emcee for the event, which is organized through the Office of Student Activities. Teresa Moore is coordinator of student activities and Nancy Keith is administrative assistant. The pageant is also organized with help from the outgoing Miss Wayland.
Miss Wayland receives a $750 scholarship along with a package of prizes including scholarship dollars, gift baskets and certificates and beauty services.
Despite the fame and exposure the position may bring, Rendon says her only aim in pursuing the title was to get to know the other contestants and "let Christ shine through me."
"I watched Celeste all last year and she was such a godly woman and a great role model and I wanted to do that for other young ladies as well," Rendon said. "But even if I weren't crowned Miss Wayland, I would still just be me, smiling and loving people."


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Watch out, Apple: HTC ruling could hurt your patent income
You might want to reconsider chasing patents that dissolve in court – expert
Apple may review its patent licensing and enforcement strategy in light of a ruling by the UK's High Court last week, an expert has said.
On 4 July the High Court ruled that three European patents that Apple sought to rely on in legal proceedings against HTC were invalid and that the Taiwanese device manufacturer had not been guilty of infringing on a fourth patent.
Technology law expert Luke Scanlon of Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law.com, said that the ruling could affect the income Apple receives through patent licensing. This, he said, was in spite of Apple enjoying some success in winning infringement cases across Europe. Courts in some EU countries, such as Germany, investigate infringement matters separately from claims of patent validity, but Scanlon said the US firm was not immune from losing bigger battles on issues of validity in those countries.
"Strategically Apple now needs to re-assess the worth of pursuing patent infringement claims across Europe," Scanlon said. "Apple might conclude that it would be better to extract a lower licensing fee from some of their competitors rather than risk further findings that their technology falls short of the patentable standards."
One of the patents that the High Court held as invalid was for 'unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image'. Apple utilises a 'slide to unlock' feature on its iPhone device that, when used, enables users to access the functions of their device. The High Court had said that HTC's 'Arc unlock mechanism' would have infringed Apple's patent had Apple's invention not been "obvious".
To qualify for patent protection inventions must primarily be new, take an inventive step that is not obvious and be useful to industry, amongst other criteria governing patentability.
Mr Justice Floyd said Apple's 'slide to unlock' technology was not patentable partly on the basis that a mobile device first introduced into European markets in 2004, Neonode N1, had featured an unlock mechanism. He said Apple had simply developed the Neonode feature using existing technology it also knew about, which included a "slider" created by Microsoft.
"I consider that it would be obvious to the skilled team, faced with the lateral-swipe arrow unlock of Neonode, that it could be improved by the provision of feedback," the judge said. "The skilled team would be aware that visual feedback for a lateral gesture could be provided by the extremely familiar sliders from his common general knowledge, such as [Microsoft's] Windows CE slider."
"It is true that this simple improvement was not done by Neonode. This is a secondary consideration which may in some circumstances support a case of inventiveness. On its own, which it would be in this case, it is of little weight," he said.
Mr Justice Floyd also ruled that Apple's patent for 'portable radio communication apparatus using different alphabets' was invalid on the grounds that it was obvious. The judge said the patent covered the use of "multilingual" keyboard button inputs.
Apple's 'touch event model' patent, which covers technology that recognises when portions of a device screen were activated by single or multiple finger touches, was also ruled invalid by the judge. Mr Justice Floyd said the patent was obvious.
Apple's patent for 'portable electronic device for photo management' was not deemed invalid, but HTC was found not to have infringed on it. The patent covers technology that enables device users to manipulate the positioning of a "zoomed-in image" on their screens. The judge said, though, that the way HTC's photo application, Gallery, allows users to move images when they reach a "dead stop" on their screen was different to what the patent protects.
"In zoomed-in mode in HTC's Gallery, the user can drag the image around the screen," he said. "Panning all the way to the edge results in the image coming to a stop. No area beyond the image is shown, and the movement does not reverse. Once this dead stop point has been reached, however, further gestures will allow movement to the next photo, or return, in the same manner as with the full screen mode and depending on whether the gesture exceeds the threshold or not."
"Apple focus on the steps after the photo has hit the dead stop. They are right to do so, as the gesture which causes the image to arrive at the dead stop plainly does not result in the display of an area beyond the edge. However, once again, these steps in the HTC Gallery do not do anything in response to the display of a previously hidden edge. At the commencement of the claim's first gesture the edge of the image is aligned with the edge of the screen. There is therefore no infringement in zoomed-in mode either." Mr Justice Floyd said.
"The finding of non-infringement seems to me simply to reflect the fact that the patent is not directed to full screen mode, and in zoomed-mode claims a specific way of reacting to the fact that the edge has been reached during a gesture. HTC's method in zoomed-in mode reacts to the fact that the edge has been reached in a significantly different way," the judge said.
Luke Scanlon of Pinsent Masons said: "It is one thing to lose infringement claims. It is quite another to have found that your patents are invalid."
"The court's opinion moves in the direction of breaking down at least some of the many barriers to entry which impact on mobile device markets in the UK," he added.
Copyright © 2012, Out-Law.com
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Kenley's Brave Green Room
Name: Kenley
Location: Orlando, Florida
I knew I wanted to brave the green walls whether we were having a boy or a girl, the gender specific colors could come later.
Once we found out we were having a girl, I opted for hot pink, with a touch of light pink to compliment the green. After spending countless hours researching nursery ideas on Pinterest and other blogs, I knew I wanted the room to be fun and not too "baby." I am so happy with how the nursery came together with the random pieces of furniture and decorating ideas.
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• Green Stripes: Wall Pops
• Crib: Delta Venetian Sleigh Lifetime Convertible Crib from Babies 'R' Us
• Side table: Already owned
• Glider & Ottoman: Bella Ivy from Babies 'R' Us
• Pillow: Target
• Shelf & Frames: RIBBA from IKEA
• Hot pink vase: SOMRIG from IKEA
• Print & Poster: Etsy
• Curtains: Xhilaration from Target
• Changing Table/Dresser Drawers: EXPEDIT from IKEA
• Changing Pad & Cover: Babies 'R' Us
• Lamps: TJ Maxx
• Hot Pink Piggy Bank: Hobby Lobby
• Hamper: TJ Maxx
• Wall Decor: Umbra Wallflowers from a boutique
• Book Shelves: BEKVAM Spice Racks from IKEA
Thanks Kendra! Readers, find Kendra at A Day in the Life of the Gilbertson Family.
(Images: Kendra Gilbertson)


text: I kind of love this new two-minute short film promoting the British Sci Fi Channel, featuring comedian Jared Christmas. It's a great example of heightened realism — obviously in real life, if you invented a teleportation system to help you get to work on time, you'd be rich and famous, and would no longer need to go to work. But by skipping over that fact, Christmas' bedraggled businessman character shows us a higher reality — a teleportation system would just end up having its own screw-ups and hang-ups. Awesome. [Guardian]


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DOVER, DEL - The York College baseball squad fell to the Wesley College Wolverines 5-3 in the second round of the 2011 Capital Athletic Conference baseball tournament on Friday afternoon in Dover, Delaware.
The Wolverines survive to advance to the weekend portion of the double elimination tournament as they are now 17-17 overall. The Spartans fall to 9-20 overall as their stay in the tournament is over.
The game was scoreless through the first four and a half innings of play before the Wolverines notched a run on a Corey Jefferson RBI ground out in the bottom of the fifth.
The Wolverines pushed the lead to 4-0 with a three-spot in the bottom of the sixth courtesy of a three-run shot by Steve Perone.
The Spartans answered the Wolverines with three runs of their own in the top of the seventh. Junior Steve Tretter started the uprising with a one out double to right center. Tretter came around to score when sophomore Justin Cohen ripped a two-run homer to right. Senior Rob Klinck then singled and eventually scored on a Colin Porter two-out RBI single as the Spartans trimmed their deficit to one.
The Wolverines got a key insurance run in the bottom of the seventh on a Rob Benedict infield single with one out.
The Spartans had something cooking in the eighth as they had runners at second and third with one out but Wolverine reliever Adam Stuart got out of the inning as the Green and White wasted a great scoring opportunity.
Stuart got the Spartans in order in the ninth as York was eliminated from the tournament.
Jordan Lozzi earned the win as he allowed three runs on eight hits with eight strikeouts and one walk in seven innings of work. He improves to 6-2 with the win. Stuart picked up his fourth save of the year as he pitched a perfect two innings of relief for Wesley.
Senior Andy Rosenzweig suffered the loss as he allowed five runs, with just two being earned, on nine hits with three strikeouts in 6.1 innings of work. He falls to 3-5 with the loss. Junior Brandon Ullom tossed the final 1.2 innings and racked up four strikeouts for York.
Perone led the Wolverines with two hits, three RBI and a pair of runs scored. Ryan Polk and Jon Carlson each contributed two hits to the Wolverine offense.
Porter paced the Spartan offense, as he was 2-for-4 with one RBI. Cohen hit his second home run of the year for two RBI and a run scored. Klinck finished the game 1-for-4 with a run scored.
The Spartans are now off until Wednesday when they host Keystone in a non-conference contest. Game time at Jaquet Field is set for 3:30 pm.


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The Early Adopter release of Oracle APEX 4.1 contains five new enhancements in the Error Handling area. In the next few blog postings I will highlight those. This first article features "Error Handling Function"
A long requested feature and something I also always wanted to have before I joined the APEX development team. Guess what, that's why I always wanted to implement that when I joined the team and in 4.1 I finally had the opportunity to do it. So hopefully you find it useful what's available now.
What can you do and when would you use this new error handling hook?
This feature can be used if a developer wants to have full control what is happening if an error occurs in an APEX application. This includes errors raised by validation, process, … and all errors raised by the Application Express engine itself. It can be used to just log the error, but it can also be used to modify the error message text, define where it should be displayed (Inline with Field and in Notification, Inline with Field, Inline in Notification and On Error Page) and it's also possible to specify which page item/tabular form column should be highlighted. We have written a number of helper function to make your life as easy as possible. An example would be to extract constraint names out of error messages (working with all languages) so that you can use them for a lookup in your own error message table. Or a helper procedure to automatically detect the affected page item if a constraint error occurred. But first let's summaries again why to use that feature.
Use cases why someone would you use this feature
- To log all errors which occur in an APEX application
- Map errors raised by the Oracle Database (like "Unique constraint XYZ violated) to friendlier error messages understandable by the business user
- To display all errors "Inline in Notification" without having to change the new "Error message display location" for all processes of an existing application
- Increase application security by showing a generic error message for internal APEX errors instead of the original message which most of the time includes the ORA error message which might expose sensitive information about the structure of the application/database. Such a generic error message could be "An unexpected internal application error has occurred. Please get in contact with XYZ and provide reference# 123 for further investigation."
- Because it's a cool feature 😉
So how would you use this feature?
- You have to create a function in a package or a stored function in the database with the interface outlined in the item level help of "Error Handling Function". Or just see the example below.
- The name of the created function has to be specified in the "Error Handling Function" attribute on page or application level. Specifying a function on page level will overwrite the setting on application level.
But let's get started with an example
Our goal is to write an error handler which
- Will not show any APEX internal error messages (like invalid SQL statement, …) and instead display a generic error message
- Display all process errors "Inline in Notification"
- Avoid of having to create APEX validations for table constraints to get error messages understandable by business users. An example would be if there is a unique key on the username, it's not necessary to create an EXIST/not EXISTS validation. Instead we will have a table which contains the constraint name and the error message which should be displayed if that constraint fails.
- Remove the technical information ORA-xxxx from Oracle errors or errors raised with RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR in triggers or packages.
- Automatically set the associated page item based on the constraint meta data if a constraint violation occurs.
Let's get started!
- Create a new super simple table with the following DDL which will hold the user friendly error message if a constraint is violated
create table CONSTRAINT_LOOKUP ( CONSTRAINT_NAME VARCHAR2(30) primary key, MESSAGE VARCHAR2(4000) not null );
- Load the error handling stored function example below
- Go to your application, click "Edit Application Properties" and enter apex_error_handling_example into the "Error Handling Function" attribute of the "Error Handling" region.
- Enter messages for some constraints into the new CONSTRAINT_LOOKUP table. If you just want to try it out with DEPT
- add a unique key to the DNAME column of DEPT
alter table DEPT add constraint DEPT_DNAME_UK unique (DNAME);
- Insert a user friendly error message into our CONSTRAINT_LOOKUP table
insert into CONSTRAINT_LOOKUP (CONSTRAINT_NAME, MESSAGE) values ('DEPT_DNAME_UK', 'Name is already in use!');
- add a unique key to the DNAME column of DEPT
- Run your application and test the above use cases.
That's it for now, I hope you like the new possibilities and any feedback is always welcome!
I will try to provide the API documentation of the new apex_error package in one of the following blog postings, but for now please have a look at the inline comment of the example or have a look at ALL_SOURCES with the following SQL statement
select text from all_source where name='WWV_FLOW_ERROR' and type='PACKAGE' order by line;


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Director of The Royal Opera Kasper Holten makes his Company directorial debut this Season with a new production of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin.
One of the best-loved of all Russian operas, Eugene Onegin is based on Pushkin's revered novel in verse. A classic of Russian literature, the story of Onegin, Tatyana and Lensky has haunted and intrigued generations of readers, and Tchaikovsky's adaptation amplifies the tragic tale with a passionate and iconic score. Find out more about his composition of the opera.
Kasper's production, which focuses on themes of memory and regret, opens in February. Watch Kasper discuss his love of the opera and what makes it special.
Eugene Onegin runs from 4 - 20 February 2013. Tickets are on sale now. The Royal Ballet will perform John Cranko's balletic adaptation of the tale, Onegin, from 19 January - 8 February 2013.


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Near the end of Sunday's "Downton Abbey," I half-expected Chris Harrison to show up in the Crawleys' drawing room and start quizzing Mary about her favorite bachelor. Just a few short weeks ago, our heroine was catatonic with grief over Matthew's death; now she's frolicking in the pigsty, scrambling eggs into the wee hours of the night and fending off the handsome, eligible suitors with a stick, like some kind of jazz age "Bachelorette" (or, if you prefer, the Scarlett O'Hara of Yorkshire society).
It's ridiculously good fun to watch -- especially that mud scene, which I'll get to, I promise -- but I don't think I've ever understood Edith's resentment of her sister quite as well as I do now. Heck, at this point, I think maybe even I'm beginning to resent Mary, who's got practically every single gentleman who survived the war under her thumb.
Meanwhile, Edith's situation is like something out of a Thomas Hardy novel. Desperate and out of options, she decides to obtain an illegal abortion from a doctor (ahem, "doctor") she found through an ad in a ladies magazine in the train station waiting room -- hardly an encouraging sign.
Rosamund pries the truth out of her in a conversation that begins in judgment but ends with compassion. Even for the steely Rosamund, it's hard to remain stern with Edith, who is clearly devastated. "I am killing the wanted child of a man I am in love with," she says. It's certainly not the outcome she desires, but the other option available to her -- raising an illegitimate child on her own as a social outcast -- is even less palatable. That is, until she actually gets to the doctor's office and has a change of heart, fleeing from the abortionist's shadowy office and straight into an uncertain future.
While perhaps intellectually I would have appreciated a bit more social realism -- after all, women were getting dangerous illegal abortions long before they were legal in the U.S. or Britain -- I'll let the commenters at Jezebel get angry at Julian Fellowes for shying away from a potentially explosive story line. This being "Downton Abbey," where pregnancy almost always turns fatal, chances are Edith would have suffered some gruesome fate in that doctor's office. Frankly, after what Sybil and Anna have suffered, I'm relieved this episode didn't turn into "Vera Drake." There is a fine line between social realism and sadism.
I also cling to the hope that Michael will turn up alive, perhaps with a bad case of amnesia after slipping in a beer puddle at the Hofbräuhaus. Or maybe he really did go to see the castles of King Ludwig and lost track of time. It's possible! As Edith relays to Cora, the detectives have determined that he checked into his hotel, went out to dinner, and never returned. It will be a miracle if he turns up alive and well, but at this point Edith is long overdue for a miracle, especially when you consider Mary's good fortune.
I know it probably sounds callous to call Mary lucky, given the "ghastly business" with Matthew, but she really does seem to lead a uniquely charmed existence. In addition to Evelyn Napier, whose crush on Mary grows more obvious and awkward by the second, she's got a new love interest this week in Charles Blake. (Called it!)
Their mutual attraction is sealed during a trip to see the pigs after dinner, which is the most fun scene "Downton Abbey" has conjured up in a long, long time. Hearing Mary utter the phrase "Should I fetch the pig man?" is enough to make this an all-time classic on its own, but on top of that we're treated to a bit of flirtatious mudslinging (of the literal kind) and an early morning breakfast in the kitchen that has a sexy, forbidden air to it, even if it wasn't technically post-coital.
This show is nothing if not a mish-mash of literary references, and Mary has always had more than a little Elizabeth Bennet in her -- sharp-tongued and sassy, there's an appealing earthiness beneath that haughty facade. She can even scramble eggs! At the risk of revealing my own bias, Blake is clearly the Darcy in this scenario, his self-righteous digs at the aristocracy and at "aloof" Mary the equivalent of "She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me." And just like Mr. Darcy, all it takes Blake is seeing Mary with a little -- OK, a lot -- of mud on her dress and he's smitten. (Mud's also a proven aphrodisiac for Mary; remember when she went riding with Mr. Pamuk?)
Mary and Blake have barely slept off their all-nighter with the pigs when, of course, Lord Gillingham decides to show up "on his way to Inverness." (Man, this guy is transparent, isn't he?) Mary asks after Miss Mabel Lane Fox, and his non-response means either she's officially out of the picture or soon will be; in any case, Gillie's as moony-eyed as ever. I don't know who's going to win Mary's heart -- though I think I'm on Team Blake, because he is a "practical farmer as well as a theoretician," and what's hotter than that? -- but judging from that exasperated sigh Mary emits after his latest come-on, I'm quite confident Evelyn Napier is going home next week without a rose.
I'm also sure it's no accident that it turns out Gillingham and Blake know each other from the war. There's only one reason two seemingly unrelated characters on a show like "Downton Abbey" would have a shared history, and that's in order to reveal one of them as a scoundrel; the question is who will turn out to be Mr. Wickham in this scenario.
Gillingham's surprise appearance at Downton also causes major shock waves downstairs, since it means the return of the despicable Mr. Green. Mrs. Hughes, bless her heart, makes it clear she knows exactly what happened with Anna and issues a stern warning: "If you value your life, I should stop playing the joker and keep to the shadows."
But by the end of the episode, he's loudly calling attention to himself in the kitchen, prompting a murderous glare from Bates. The tension does not go unnoticed by Baxter, who's under strict orders while Thomas is abroad to find out what happened between Anna and Bates. This is all unfolding just as Anna's secret has become known upstairs -- Mary doesn't know the whole story, but it feels like only a matter of time before she and Baxter sniff out the truth, or Bates takes matters into his own hands.
While I'm dreading to see what he might do to Green, I'm also glad to see this story line moving forward. Even if Bates goes vigilante, as I suspect he will, it's better than seeing him mope and having the same depressing conversations with Anna, over and over again. This episode has a real sense of momentum, with each subplot moving forward in a significant and promising way. Even Branson, who's spent most of the season talking about pigs, meets a fetching young lass at a political lecture in Ripon, which of course means Edna is going to return any day now. "Downton," don't ever change.
Stray thoughts:
-- Frock Watch: There were some really spectacular gowns this week. Mary's black fringy number is a show-stopper, but Edith's cream and gold dress was also stunning, and I loved Cora's pale turquoise number with the silver zigzag.
--I'm glad Mary now knows about Anna, but Mrs. Hughes' rationale for telling Mary -- which, as always, happens offscreen -- was a classic bit of convoluted "Downton Abbey" logic.
-- Nearly as fun as Mary's mud-slinging is Violet's bout with the flu, which is an excuse for more great Dowager zingers, which are somehow even sharper through the haze of her fever, e.g. "This one talks too much, like a drunken vicar."
-- What is there to say about Rose's behavior except she is reckless and this is not going to end well? When Grantham left her in charge of fun, I do not think this is what he meant.
-- I really, really hope we get to see some of Grantham and Thomas' trip to America next week. Think of all the handsome stewards we're missing!
-- Another standout scene: Mrs. Patmore and Mrs. Hughes pretending to have the flu when Alfred shows up at Downton.
-- Mrs. Patmore gets poetic in her explanation for keeping Alfred the heartbreaker away from the house: "The tears and heartbreak that will flavor our puddings for weeks to come."
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The most frequently used diagrams in software development are: Use Case diagrams, Class diagrams, and Sequence diagrams. The others are Activity Diagram, Use Case Diagram, Interaction Overview Diagram, State Machine UML diagram, Sequence UML Diagram, Class Diagram, Object Diagram, Component Diagram.
One of the common use of a diagram is the Activity diagram. Purpose of Activity Diagrams. The basic purposes of activity diagrams are similar to the other four diagrams. It captures the dynamic behavior of the system. Other four diagrams are used to show the message flow from one object to another but activity diagram is used to show message flow from one activity to another.
Using graphs, diagrams and images. Sometimes using words is not the most effective way to communicate. Using graphs, diagrams and charts can help your reader to get a clearer picture of your research findings and how they compare with other data.
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Kalamazoo Public Library's Board of Trustees voted to reduce service hours at all four branch libraries and the Law Library in July. Law Library hours changed in September; branch changes take effect December 1, 2010.
Kalamazoo Public Library receives 92.5% of its revenue from library district property taxes. The library's revenue has decreased almost $900,000, about 7% of the annual budget since 2008. Experts estimate that property tax values will continue to drop statewide.
To meet these budget challenges, the library has eliminated the bookmobile, reduced budgets in many areas, reduced salaried staff by 9 FTEs and significantly cut hourly staff, and begun a strategic planning process to better determine what services are most needed and valued in the community. With the staff reductions, the library can no longer effectively cover all current open hours in all locations.
A total of 33 branch and Law Library service hours will be reduced systemwide, reducing costs by approximately $145,000.
The recommended changes are based on a review of circulation statistics, computer use, and staff observation. The new open hours reflect the busiest times at each branch location. Powell Branch Library will be closed on Saturday because the Douglass Community Association building, home of the library, is closed.
Aside from the Law Library, hours will not change at the Central Library. As Director Rohrbaugh says, 'The Education Community' needs a main library that's open every weekday evening during the school year to serve students." A total of 33 hours will be reduced system-wide.
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Tomorrow, November 18, at 9pm eastern, my BurrellesLuce colleague, Debbie Friez, will be joining the #PRStudChat (PR Student Chat) community on Twitter as part of a special panel of experts who will be discussing events for professionals. Whether she is attending events on behalf of BurrellesLuce or helping to lead them as President of Washington Women in PR (WWPR), Debbie has an innate understanding of how to maximize the value of an event.
Debbie notes that social media offers many opportunities to create awareness and generate enthusiasm for events. "With WWPR, we try to post information and teasers on the event across many social media platforms, like Facebook fan pages, Facebook events, LinkedIn groups, LinkedIn events, and Twitter," she shares. "If the speaker(s) have a Twitter handle, we like to promote it and our hashtag #WWPR. And, we encourage live tweeting from the event. We have found several free calendars on the Internet, which we use to promote our events."
For students, and seasoned media relations and marketing professionals, alike, Debbie offers valuable advice — "In Washington, DC, networking is big, but not always taught in school." She suggests that attendees looking to maximize learning and relationship building at events:
- Make a goal to meet X number of people at each event you attend. And, try to spend only two to five minutes talking to a new person before you move on to meet more new people.
- You should always carry business cards, even if you are in school, to help people remember you. After the event, send them a personal note and invite them to connect with you on LinkedIn or other social media."
Have you found industry events to be an effective means of building new business relationships? What best practices would you recommend? What challenges have you encountered? Please share your thoughts with me and the readers of Fresh Ideas.
I hope you'll join Debbie (dfriez) and I (ValerieSimon) Thursday evening for what is certain to be a dynamic conversation that helps bridge the gap between academia and the public relations profession. If you are new to Twitter chats, be sure and download Using Twitter Chat for PR Success available for free in the BurrellesLuce Resource Library.


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Since 1871, the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh has been providing residents of northeastern Wisconsin with high-quality, affordable education through 60 undergraduate majors, 30 master's degree programs and one doctoral degree for our more than 13,500 students.
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Located along the shores of the Fox River in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the UW Oshkosh Alumni and Welcome and Conference Center combines contemporary elegance with state-of-the-art technology. The new conference center features:
• Contemporary event spaces for groups of five to 500.
• A 500-person ballroom with floor-to-ceiling windows.
• A 44-person executive board room with state-of-the-art technology.
• Four well-equipped, 40-person breakout rooms.
• Outdoor function areas, including a patio and gas fire pit.
• Onsite catering with an array of menu options.
• Hearing loop technology and free wireless internet.
• Ample free parking.
We look forward to welcoming you to UW Oshkosh!
Plan your meeting or conference at the AWCC:
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About Janey Kirk
Scottish born singing chanteus Janey Kirk started singing professionally at the age of six. At that young age she was whisked away every weekend to perform at various functions across Fife and beyond.
By the time she left school she had a following of fans who came to see her five nights a week at two local venues. Janey joined a teen band named " Hi-Lite" and served a good apprenticeship for three years touring Scotland.
Then Janey appeared on New Faces where she came in second place. This was when her career officially took flight. She was soon sharing the bill and being support with many famous stars such as Joe Loss at Blackpool's Winter Gardens, Vince Hill, and work with The Nolans. She toured Britain with Sydney Devine and appeared on "Your Cheating Heart" with Guy Mitchell. This led to her debut appearance on "Taggart". When she was approached by Celtic Football Club to sing and record a song to celebrate their centenary year she was filmed by the BBC at the Celtic Social Club while performing " I'll Follow the Bhoys". Thousands of copies of this original vinyl record were sold at the time and the track is still available today from some Celtic retail outlets.
Recently, Janey decided to develop her song writing abilities, and this took the form of several original tracks appearing on her first professional CD, "Sweetheart Darlin' of Mine". There are 15 songs in total on the CD, four of which are Janey's original material. You may guess from the title that this shows a revival in Janey's interest in the country genre. Her second album " Dont colour me blue" was a huge success and the title track was given to her by the late country Texan star, Billie Jo Spears during a UK 17 day tour in May 2011, Sharing the same bill was Scotlands Lena Martel and Irelands Philomena Begley.
Janey was also a presenter and singer on the popular SKY TV show " Music Express Extra " where she interviewed well known and up and coming artistes from all over the UK and Ireland, Janeys popularity on this show is keeping her very busy as she continues to write her self penned songs, making music videos and new cd's.
More recently janey is now recording a brand new album with Jerry Donahue, who was a huge part of the folk music scene in the 1970/80′s with Fairport convention, Fotheringay etc,,this album has a line up of high profile players and is all self penned songs leaning towards a more modern country genre and is one to look out for, due for release summer 2014


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From now through March 20, Penn State Shenango's Occupational Therapy (OT) Club will be holding a collection drive of personal items to be included in care packages for veterans in Erie, Pa. Collection boxes are located in the Great Hall of the Sharon Hall building on Penn Avenue and in the Lartz Memorial Library on Vine Avenue in downtown Sharon, Pa. Following its collection drive, the OT Club will be putting together and delivering packages to veterans at the Erie VA Medical Center during its class field trip April 5.
"Our goal is to provide at least 50 care packages to the veterans of the Erie VA Medical Center," OT Club member Amber Conley stated. "We are very happy that we will be meeting and having the opportunity to talk with them during our field trip."
Items being collected by the OT Club include all travel-sized shaving cream, deodorant (non-aerosol), body wash, hand sanitizing lotion, name brand tissues, baby wipes, shampoo, conditioner, denture cleaner and toothpaste, as well as, toothbrushes and combs. They are also collecting boxes of assorted all-occasion cards, large-print word search books, pens, postage stamps, hot cocoa packs, small Hershey chocolate bars and small bags of chips.
For more information, please contact the Penn State Shenango OT department at 724-983-2890.


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Sales Cloud Quickstart Package delivers the optimal set up and con?gurations for Sales Cloud of Salesforce.com. This is applicable for any suitable edition that your organization has purchased and will help your organization to scale & drive your business to the next level.
Our experienced Technology Lead / Architect will analyze your requirements in detail and will do a fit-gap analysis with respect to the Salesforce package that you have purchased. At the end of this exercise, we will have a clear understanding of the configurations we will be implementing in your Salesforce CRM.
We will need your Business Analysts/Key users to share his business requirements with us and also validate our understanding if needed.
Salesforce Lead management process drives your sales pipeline and streamlines your sales process. It also automates lead generation and tracking process to ensure that leads are never dropped. Your Sales team has instant visibility to the latest prospects.
Implementation of Lead Management includes:
Account and contact management will help you get a complete picture of your customers with everything you need in one place—including key accounts and contacts, account history, customer communications, and internal account discussions.
Followings will be delivered as a part of Account and Contact Management implementation:
Manage all your opportunities, create quotes and stay connected to the people and information you need to close every sale, from anywhere.
We will deliver the following as a part of setting up opportunity management process:
Create campaigns and track them to measure campaign effectiveness.
Following work is in scope as part of Campaign Management set up:
Reports and dashboards are key to driving success and adoption for any CRM project. They provide the users a view of past and current performance.
As a part of this package we will create custom reports (upto 10 in number) and dashboard components (upto 2).
Profiles (different functions in an organization) and Roles control the level of visibility that users have into your organization's data. This is key to a successful CRM system in terms of data security and level of access. We will study your business process and role hierarchy and help to have the right roles and profiles in the system.
As a part of this we will take up following activities:
We will migrate your existing data into Salesforce CRM
We will provide you with End user and Admin Training to bring your staff up-to-speed with the usage of Salesforce.com. This will also help you with quick user adoption of Salesforce system.
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App is for The Yoga Institute which is currently focusing on developing better understanding of the many practices within the science of yoga and their implications for physical and mental health, healthy lifestyle, mental and spiritual development, particularly in prevention of many modern diseases.
You can import your recipes into this app, whatever be the format - documents, PDFs, emails, photos, images and web pages. You can even transfer in bulk using iTunes. Of course, you can type your own recipes in too.
Digitize your recipes by scanning or snapping pictures of your paper recipes. Then import into this app so all your recipes are in the one place. Facility is also provided to browse the recipe on the web, capture any webpage with the touch of a button and Bookmark your favorite websites.
An App to promote FIT, Weight-wise kids based on the award winning book.
Parents and caregivers play a key role in not only making healthy choices for children and teaching children to make healthy choices for themselves.
This app offers parents and caregivers the tools, support and information they need to make healthier choices while instilling healthy eating habits in children that will last a lifetime.
An App Offering Timeless Values for Today, to Inspire and Share.
The inspiration for the App has come through reading the poem IF by Rudyard Kipling and the study of the fine Indian scripture, the Bhagavad Gita. They both speak of natural virtues and values which are all too evident in today's world.
This app is updated daily with an inspirational message and a quote, both relating to a particular virtue or value. You can browse through the vast collections of the inspirational messages based on various categories and also contribute to the already existing collection.
This app consist of a plan template that has tasks with time offsets to tell you when it should take place, relative to the due date of the plan.
This app offers an actual plan that has a specific due date. The tasks in the plan have actual due dates as well.
Find unique very short term deals from your local places. With this app user can Find, purchase and redeem the great deals on local restaurants, shopping, accommodations etc.
A Dining Offers iPhone application that allows you to search for the nearby restaurants and find the discounts available. This app harnessed your phone's GPS capability to find you your very nearest restaurants. The users can phone for a booking with a tap of the finger. It points the users to the exact location of the restaurant with step-by-step driving directions using Google Maps. This app also allows the registered members to access their Live/Work/Play page that allows them to view the restaurants in the areas where they are most frequently around. The list of favorites is synchronized with their account and is always at their finger-tips.
This mobile application platform is available for iPhone and is mainly
for the Vendor Offer deliveries. This core platform does the Offer management from vendors, Offer purchasing (via mobile device), credit card processing and statistics management for the vendors.
The core site is really comprised of three main areas: administration of the process/Offers, vendor management of their Offers, and web-services for credit card processing.
The iPhone application has the following main features as outlined below:
Grab – a 'grab' is a purchase of an offer in the system.
Pin – a 'pin' is a user saving an offer in the system (e.g. not purchased)
Shake – shake can mean physically shaking the phone, or pressing the SHAKE button on the main toolbar. On every shake the user is presented with 3 Unique offers.
Leave Comments – requesting a user to leave a comment on an offer that they have consumed.
Push Notification – pushing a notification message to the consumer device about their offers or comments required.
Near Me – a map of the offers that are near you
This application helps users to join a community and take small, everyday steps to change the way they live. As the users take these everyday steps, they form habits, and as those habits begin to change them and they become rhythms- deep patterns of life. The website gives the users a stack of different actions to take. Some are easy and some are pretty challenging, but the users can choose what they want to do based on where they are at. The app can be used with friends so that they can share their journey together. It's basically a fun way to start making some of the changes that everyone wants to make but don't know how. The users can add/remove/complete actions from their iOS device which then synchs the details back to the centralized web server. This application also allows the user to link his facebook and twitter account so that he can easily share the information about the actions performed by him, or recommend actions on his social networks.
The Aress Cloud Manager App is an easy to use, simple yet powerful App for monitoring AWS cloud from your iPhone. With a simple user interface you can monitor AWS cloud resources across multiple locations
Key features include,
- Monitor status of your EC2 INSTANCES
- Start, Stop, Terminate and Reboot instances
- Cloud Watch Monitoring (remaining)
- List Elastic IPs, Security Groups with permissions, Keypairs
- List EBS Volumes and Snapshots
Amazon Cloud Watch provides monitoring for AWS cloud resources and the applications customers run on AWS.
Developers and system administrators can use it to collect and track metrics, gain insight, and react immediately to keep their applications and businesses running smoothly.
In this app, following Web services features are supported:
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud(EC2) Amazon Simple Storage Service(S3) Amazon Load Balancer Amazon DynamoDB
An effective platform for networking and communication between schools, students and parents.
PT Connect is a direct communications channel between teachers, parents and an information management tool designed to help parents and teachers work together seamlessly to keep on top of the logistical challenge associated with having children at school.
By providing parents with details on assignments due, items needed at school for activities, calendar events and other information – all on the screen of their mobile – PT Connect offers an anytime-anywhere reference and reminder that helps ensure that everything to do with their children is done in a timely manner, thereby easing their load as well as that of teachers.
Student access to information on the system is through group- with viewing rights accorded to their parents and full administrative control in the hands of teachers.
This digital magezine management application on available on iOS devices-the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.
It is dedicated to downloading and displaying digital versions of newspapers and magazines. Using this app you can add new editions, Send notifications. A detailed analytics of the magezine edition is available to check the overall progress of the edition. Publishers can manage the subscribers and advertisements as well using this app.
ReferralDo is a fast and easy-to-use tool, built keeping in mind maximum employee engagement for sharing job openings within the employee social network and letting them earn rewards at every step of the recruitment process.
With ReferralDo Employees can earn rewards by sending referrals in multiple ways using their trusted network. ReferralDo allows user to analyse and track each referral activity.
Pregnancy app delivers interesting features and tools as well as trusted health information to expectant moms on the go.
Moms can keep track of everything that's happening to her and the baby with this app. She can calculate the due date, learn about baby's development and how the body is developing every week.
So that she can get organised for each prenatal visit with a list of important questions to ask to the doctor. Pregnancy App has reached 3 million download world wide. Consistently rated 5 stars, Pregnancy + App is now the world's most downloaded App.
The My Store - a members-only app accessed through the My Membership program - showcases a revolutionary My Oil skincare treatment as well as other carefully selected Facial & Body Care, Hair Care and Baby Care products. The My Store's app also acts as a window to charitable organisations they feel very strongly about.
Perform cleaning inspections on your Apple Device. Users can create cleaning inspections then sync them to their Apple Devices, perform the cleaning inspections and sync the results back to their database.
This app is a total business solution for managing environmental services in hospitals, medical centers, nursing homes and long-term care facilities. Staffing Projections. Project Work. Daily Assignments. Quality Assurance. Employee Training. All aspects of your operations are enhanced with tools that enable your managers to work as a team.
An app for leading provider of fortune telling on the internet and telephone. They have many spheres with different specialties. Most use a combination of vision, intuition, tarot, pendulum, oracle cards as well as other techniques. Pull a card has been signature function for this app, user can have tarot interpretations in four categories; General, Love, Work and the Economy.


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Fannin County, created in 1854 from parts of Gilmer and Union counties, borders Tennessee. Originally part of the vast Cherokee County, it honors Colonel James W. Fannin of Georgia who led about 350 volunteers to the Texas War for Independence. Ultimately, Mexican soldiers, during the 1836 Goliad campaign, captured and executed Fannin and many of his men.
Blue Ridge, Fannin's county seat, bears the name of its surrounding mountains. Those mountains provided shelter for the last remnants of the Cherokee Nation before their forced removal to Oklahoma along the infamous "Trail of Tears." Some Cherokees evaded capture and remained deep in the forested mountains for generations.


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Personal Branding Magazine will be out of print after the May 2012 issue.
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The Yale women's basketball team visits Princeton on Friday and Penn on Saturday with an opportunity to take over first place in the Ivy League standings. The Bulldogs are looking to avenge a 52-37 loss to Princeton in New Haven on Jan. 29. To do so, the Bulldogs will have to snap the Tigers' 18-game home winning streak. Princeton's last Ivy League loss at home came against Yale on Feb. 13, 2009. The road trip does not get easier for the Bulldogs when they visit Penn. Penn sits behind Princeton as the best defensive teams in the Ivy League, and both teams rank in the top 15 in the nation in points allowed per game. With a sweep of the weekend, Yale will return to New Haven atop the Ivy League standings.
Scouting Princeton
Princeton regained the top spot in the Ivy League standings last weekend following a sweep of Cornell and Columbia combined with Harvard's losses at Yale and Brown. Since Dec. 1, the Tigers have lost only two games, a double-overtime loss at St. Joseph's and a 73-67 loss at Harvard on Feb. 4. It was Princeton's first loss in Ivy League play since the 2008-09 season. The Tigers, undefeated in league play last season, were riding a 22-game conference winning streak, the fourth-longest in the nation prior to the loss at Harvard. Princeton has won three straight since that loss, holding all three teams to 50 points or less. Princeton has won the last 18 games played inside Jadwin Gymnasium, with the last home loss coming on Dec. 5, 2009 against Rutgers (60-50). The last home loss against an Ivy League opponent came against Yale on Feb. 13, 2009 (56-54).
Series History
In a series that dates back to Yale's first season as a varsity program in 1973-74, the two teams have met 74 times prior to Friday, with Princeton playing Yale more times than any other opponent. The Tigers lead the series 44-30, and they have won the last four meetings, with their last loss to the Bulldogs coming in a 56-54 decision at Princeton on Feb. 13, 2009. In games played at Yale, the Bulldogs hold a 19-16 advantage in the series. The Bulldogs are 3-8 against the Tigers during Chris Gobrecht's tenure as head coach at Yale.
Last Meeting
Yale led 22-20 at halftime in the first meeting of the season with Princeton in New Haven. The Bulldogs contained Princeton's top scorers Addie Micir and Lauren Edwards in the first half, holding them to seven and two points, respectively in the opening 20 minutes. However, Micir scored 11 of her game-high 18 points in the second half and Edwards scored 15 points in the final 20 minutes to lead Princeton to a 52-37 win on Jan. 29. The 20 first-half points tied the lowest output for the Tigers in a single half this season. Mady Gobrecht scored 11 of her team-high 13 points in the first half to help the Bulldogs maintain the offensive edge early, but the Bulldogs could not maintain that effort in the second half. Princeton used a 15-1 run midway through the second half to break the game open. It is Yale's only home loss over the last seven games inside John J. Lee Amphitheater.
Last Meeting At Princeton
Yale was held to 17 points in the first half and could not recover in time to put together a comeback in a 68-49 loss at Princeton on Jan. 30, 2010. Yoyo Greenfield scored 11 points and Haywood Wright added 10 for the Bulldogs in the loss. Melissa Colborne added eight points and eight rebounds, while Mady Gobrecht chipped in with nine points and five boards. The Tigers, who had four players in double figures, shot 49.1 percent (26-for-53) from the field. Addie Micir led all players with 16 points, while Lauren Edwards added 15 points. Devona Allgood posted a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Princeton converted 20 Yale turnovers into 22 points.
Out For Season
Princeton sophomore forward Niveen Rasheed, the Ivy League Rookie of the Year last season, will miss the remainder of the season after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in her right knee during Princeton's 67-61 road win at Davidson on Dec. 29. Rasheed was leading the Ivy League in scoring at the time of her injury with 16.4 points per game. She was also second in the Ivy League in rebounding (7.3 rpg.). She was well on her way to another stellar season prior to the injury, winning the Ivy League Player of the Week twice in the first four weeks of the season.
Scouting Penn
Following its loss at Yale on Jan. 28, Penn has picked up its play on the offensive end of the floor. The Quakers have averaged 62.4 points in the five games since, going 3-2 in that stretch. The two losses included a 68-65 loss at Dartmouth and an 88-84 loss at Harvard in double overtime. The Quakers just completed a sweep of Cornell and Columbia last weekend, their first Ivy League weekend sweep since the 2008-09 season. With the sweep, the Quakers (9-12) matched the largest one-year turnaround in program history with seven more wins than last season (2-26). The Quakers are 2-0 at home against the Ivy League this season after opening the Ivy League season with four straight road games (1-3).
Series History
In a series that dates back to 1974-75, the two teams have met 67 times since. Yale holds a slim 34-33 lead in the series. Yale swept the season series in 2009-10, including a dominating 70-38 win at John J. Lee Amphitheater. Yale is 6-5 during Chris Gobrecht's tenure as Yale's head coach, but the Bulldogs have claimed five of the last six victories.
Fantastic Frosh
Penn freshman guard Alyssa Baron is already making an impact on the Ivy League. She poured in 38 points in Penn's double-overtime 88-84 loss to Harvard on Feb. 5, a Penn freshman record and the third-highest total for an Ivy League freshman. The performance gave her her second Ivy Player of the Week honor and sixth Rookie of the Week honor of the season. She currently leads the Ivy League in scoring (16.5 ppg.).
Defensive Pressure
Of the 333 Division I women's basketball teams in the nation, only two other teams — Princeton (1118) and Arkansas-Little Rock (1124) — have allowed fewer total points this season than Penn. Through 21 games, the Quakers have allowed 1,126 points. The Quakers rank 14th in the nation in points allowed per game (53.6 ppg.) and 27th in field goal percentage defense (35.6 percent). Penn has held its opponents to 40 points or fewer five times this season.
Last Meeting
Yale improved to 3-0 in Ivy League play for the first time since the 2007-08 season with a 53-44 win over Penn at Yale on Jan. 28. Megan Vasquez scored 11 of her 16 points in the first half. Yale used a 5-for-12 effort from 3-point range to jump ahead by as many as six points in the opening half. Yale used a 12-6 run late in the second half to open up a 52-42 lead with 2:28 left and Penn couldn't respond. Penn freshman Alyssa Baron also scored 16 points.
Last Time At Penn
Yale held Penn to just 51 points and outrebounded the Quakers 35-27 en route to a 58-51 win at the Palestra in Philadelphia. Megan Vasquez led the Bulldogs with 16 points. Yoyo Greenfield added 14 points. The Bulldogs forced 21 turnovers and scored 16 points off of the Quakers' miscues.
More Honors For Graf
After leading Yale to wins over Harvard and Dartmouth, freshman forward Janna Graf was named the Ivy League's Rookie of the Week for the fourth time this season for her efforts. Graf was the catalyst in both wins. She scored a game-high 21 points in Yale's 82-71 win over Harvard on Feb. 11. It was Yale's first win over Harvard since the final game of the 2007-08 season. In the win over Harvard, Graf recorded 20-plus points for the third time this season. She scored 12 of her game-high 21 points in the second half, going 6-for-8 from the floor in the half. She also finished with a career-high seven assists. In the 66-53 win over Dartmouth on Feb. 12, Graf scored 15 points, her ninth double-digit performance of the season, scoring 10 of her 15 points in the second half. She scored seven of those points in the first 4:34 of the half to help Yale open up a 13-point lead that effectively put the game out of reach. Graf's play in the two victories helped to lift Yale into second place in the Ivy League standings, just a half-game behind Princeton (17-4, 6-1 Ivy League).
Big Win Over Big Green
Yale completed a weekend sweep of Harvard and Dartmouth with a 66-53 win over the Big Green to cap off the WBCA Pink Zone weekend. Vasquez scored a game-high 21 points, while Graf added 15 points and eight rebounds to lift Yale to the victory. Mady Gobrecht added eight points, 11 rebounds and a game-high seven assists to help the Bulldogs improve to 7-1 in their last eight games at home. The weekend sweep leaves Yale in second place in the Ivy League, a half-game behind Princeton in the Ivy League standings. The two teams meet in Princeton on Friday with the winner claiming sole possession of first place. Princeton took over the top spot after sweeping Columbia and Cornell and with Harvard losing at Yale Friday and at Brown on Saturday.
Crimson Glory
Freshman forward Janna Graf scored a game-high 21 points, 12 in the second half, to lead Yale to an 82-71 win over visiting Harvard on Friday, Feb. 4. It was Harvard's first Ivy League loss of the season. It was Yale's first win over the Crimson since the final game of the 2007-08 season , a 64-58 victory on March 8, 2008. The Bulldogs outscored the Crimson 20-7 over the final 8:09 of the first half to 39-19 halftime lead. Yale forced 10 Harvard turnovers behind six steals and scored 14 points off of those turnovers. Defensively, it was one of the most dominating halves of the season for the Bulldogs.
Introducing The Class of 2015
Four players will join the Bulldogs' roster as incoming freshman for the 2011-12 season. On Thursday, Jan. 27, the Bulldogs announced the additions of Sarah Halejian, Hayden Latham, Arrice Bryant and Natasha von Kaeppler. Halejian, a 5-9 guard from Franklin Lakes, N.J., is a two-time North Jersey Player of the Year and entered the season already atop her school's all-time scoring list. Latham, a 5-9 guard from Greenville, S.C., is a two-time South Carolina Coaches Association Women's Sports Player of the Year and a 1,000-point scorer. Bryant, a 6-2 center from Detroit, brings size and power to the roster along with a soft touch around the basket. She was ranked as the No. 39 center in the Class of 2015 by ESPN. Finally, von Kaeppler, a 6-0 forward from Palo Alto, Calif., will join her sister, Ericka, on the roster. Natasha is already her school's all-time leader in rebounds, double-doubles, field-goal percentage and steals.
WBCA Pink Zone
The Bulldogs' Feb. 12 game against Dartmouth was the main event of Yale's all-day WBCA Pink Zone event. The annual fund-raiser, formerly known as "Think Pink," is dedicated to raising awareness and donations for breast cancer research, with this year's proceeds being donated to the Smilow Cancer Hospital. While the final tally of the funds raised from the event is still being calculated, it is already considered the most successful Pink Zone weekend since Yale started participating four years ago. The festivities, which will take place throughout Payne Whitney Gymnasium, will once again include a "Battle of the Badges" competition featuring the Yale and New Haven police and fire departments. The Yale gymnastics team will host the Bulldog Invitational, while the women's and men's swim teams will compete against Brown.
Battle of the Badges Champions
As part of the Pink Zone festivities, the Yale University Athletic Department hosted the annual Battle of the Badges, a bench press fund-raiser to beat breast cancer. The competition consisted of teams of three, with each participant bench-pressing a percentage of his or her body weight. The team with the most total repetitions was declared the winner. There were three divisions in the competition: A Public Safety Division, comprised of teams of police, fire and emergency medical personnel; an Open Division, which featured several teams comprised of football players and other Athletics personnel; and a fraternity and sorority division. The Public Safety Division champion was the team of Dominic Vuolo, Palmer Gaines, and Dawud Amin from the New Haven Fire Department. The Open Division Champion was the team of Mykal Kuslis, Amelia Luciano, and Kate Miller. And finally, the Fraternity and Sorority Champion was the team of Manuel Giner, Adam Hockensmith, and Javier Zapata from the Yale Law School. Congratulations to the champions and all who participated in the competition.
Breaking Out The Broom
With the 71-59 win at Brown, Yale earned its first sweep of the Bears since the 2007-08 season. Yale opened Ivy play with a 66-54 win at home. Megan Vasquez led all scorers with 18 points and five steals. Mady Gobrecht recorded her second consecutive double-double and third of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Yale has opened Ivy League play with the home-and-home series against Brown in every season since 2002-03.
Ivy League Honor For Vasquez
After scoring 18 points and collecting five steals in the Jan. 21 71-59 win at Brown, sophomore point guard Megan Vasquez was honored by the Ivy League as its Co-Player of the Week. It was her first Player of the Week award. She earned the Rookie of the Week honor three times last year on her way to finishing the year with a spot on the All-Rookie team. It was her first double-digit scoring performance since the Jan. 2 home win over Bucknell in which she scored 16 points.
Injury Bug
Because of injuries and illness, Yale has yet to play a game this season with its lineup intact. Freshman forward Janna Graf missed the first three games of the season with mononucleosis. Starting guards Yoyo Greenfield and Megan Vasquez, as well as reserve forward Ericka von Kaeppler, all missed time due to concussion symptoms. Freshman forward Alexandra Osborn-Jones also missed time, sitting out the first six games of the season. Greenfield, the team's senior captain, had missed 13 games with her concussion prior to her return to the lineup last weekend, while Vasquez and von Kaeppler both returned to action against Sacred Heart.
Cleaning The Glass
In the Jan. 14 win over Brown, Yale outrebounded its opponent for just the second time this season (39-35). Mady Gobrecht was a big reason for the Bulldogs' big night under the glass. Gobrecht grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds in the victory. She secured her second double-double of the season in the win, adding 11 points to the 14 rebounds. She also blocked four shots.
One For The History Books
Yale earned perhaps the biggest victory in its 38-year history on Saturday, Dec. 18, when it stunned Florida State 91-85. At the time, the Seminoles were ranked 15th in the Associated Press Top 25 and 14th in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. It is Yale's first-ever win over a ranked opponent. It was just the second win for the Bulldogs in 10 attempts against an opponent from the ACC. Yale's first win against the ACC came against North Carolina State University on Nov. 22, 2008. Megan Vasquez and Janna Graf each recorded career scoring highs. Vasquez scored 25 points. Michelle Cashen recorded her first double-double of the season (11 points, 13 rebounds), while Graf tallied the first 20-point effort of her Yale career with 22 points. Aarica West dished out 10 assists, becoming the first Bulldog to record at least 10 since Stephanie Marciano had 10 against Stony Brook on Dec. 7, 2007.
Ending The Streak
The historic win over Florida State halted Yale's seven-game losing streak. It was the longest losing streak during Chris Gobrecht's tenure as Yale's head coach since her first season when the Bulldogs began the 2005-06 season with 10 straight losses. The longest losing streak in Yale's history is 11 straight losses, which was recorded twice in the team's 38 seasons.
Graf Reaping The Rewards
After scoring a career-high 26 points to power Yale to a 66-54 win over Brown in the Ivy League opener on Jan. 14, freshman forward Janna Graf became the first Yale player to win both the Ivy League's Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week honors in the same week since Erica Davis won both awards on Jan. 12, 2004. Graf is the first player in the Ivy League to win both honors since Princeton's Addie Micir earned both awards on Jan. 14, 2008. Against Brown, Graf broke her previous high of 22 points. Although she was 10-for-17 overall against the Bears on Jan. 14, she was a stellar 5-for-7 in the second half, including 4-for-6 from 3-point range, Yale used an 18-3 run late in the second half to break the game open. Graf opened and closed the run with a 3-pointer and scored 10 of Yale's 18 points in the run. The effort gave Graf her first Ivy Player of the Week honor and her third Rookie of the Week award in the last four weeks.
Yale Sweeps Ivy Awards
After leading Yale to a pair of victories, including its first-ever win over a nationally ranked opponent, Michelle Cashen, Janna Graf and Megan Vasquez were all honored on Dec. 23 by the Ivy League for their efforts. Cashen was named the Ivy Player of the Week and Graf was named the Ivy Rookie of the Week, while Vasquez earned a place on the weekly Honor Roll. It is the first time Yale has swept the Ivy League's weekly awards since senior Erica Davis and freshman Melissa Colborne won the awards on Jan. 2, 2007. Cashen averaged 15.5 points, 10.5 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game in the two wins. She scored 11 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in the win over then-No. 15/14 Florida State. Against Quinnipiac, Cashen tallied 20 points, eight rebounds, and eight assists. Graf averaged 16.5 points and 7.0 rebounds in the two games. She scored a career-high 22 points and grabbed five rebounds in the victory over Florida State and tallied 11 points and nine rebounds against Quinnipiac. Vasquez averaged 22.5 points in the two wins.
Dish And Assist
Normally, the assists category is dominated by the guards, but in the Ivy League, two Yale post players have found their way onto the leaderboard. Junior forward Michelle Cashen and senior forward Mady Gobrecht are among the top 10 in the Ivy League in assists. Gobrecht is third in the conference with 3.1 apg., while Cashen is fifth with 3.1 apg. In fact, Yale players take up three of the top five places on the top 10 list. Sophomore guard Aarica West is second in the league with 3.8 assists per game.
The Fab Four
Yale has bolstered its lineup for 2010-11 with four freshmen that are expected to make an immediate impact. Guard Amanda Tyson, forwards Janna Graf and Alexandra Osborn-Jones, and center Zenab Keita comprise one of the strongest freshman classes to join the Yale women's basketball team during Head Coach Chris Gobrecht's tenure.
Every Day is Mother's Day
Senior forward Mady Gobrecht is the daughter of head coach Chris Gobrecht. They are the only current active mother-daughter, coach-player tandems in Division I women's basketball. This is the sixth time in Yale's 157-year athletic history that a head coach is mentoring his or her child in a varsity sport, and the first where the combo is mother-daughter (men's fencing: Robert & Maurice Grasson, 1936-38; baseball: Smoky Joe & Joseph Wood, 1939-41; men's basketball: Howard & David Hobson, 1952-55; men's squash: John & Jack Skillman, 1954-55; football: Jordan & Harry Olivar, 1957-59).
Schedule Strength
Seven teams on the Bulldogs' 2010-11 slate participated in the postseason last spring. Florida State and Princeton earned a berth in the 2010 NCAA Tournament. Five others participated in the WNIT, including WNIT champion California.
Crimson Takes The Lead
Now through the midpoint of the Ivy season, Princeton (17-4, 6-1) has reclaimed the top spot in the League standings. The Tigers moved to 9-0 at home with two wins last week and look to add to that streak against Yale (10-12, 6-2) and Brown (7-15, 3-5) this Friday and Saturday. The Bulldogs, just a half-game back on the Tigers, seek to avenge a 52-37 loss suffered against Princeton in New Haven, Conn. Elsewhere, third-place Harvard (13-8, 5-2) looks to get back on the winning track, hosting Cornell (5-17, 2-6) and Columbia (5-17, 4-4). Dartmouth (5-16, 1-6) will also host the Lions and Big Red while Penn (9-12, 3-4) takes on the Bears and Bulldogs at The Palestra.
2010-11 Ivy League Preseason Poll
Voted on by a panel of Ivy media and women's basketball sports information directors, Princeton received 16 of 17 first-place votes and 135 points and are expected to repeat as the Ivy League champion.
Predicted Order of Finish (First-Place Votes in Parentheses)
School Points
- Princeton (16) 135
- Harvard (1) 115
- Dartmouth 96
- Yale 84
- Columbia 73
- Brown 50
- Cornell 39
- Penn 19
Double-Double Trouble
In games played through Feb. 12, 22 Ivy League players have recorded at least one double-double this season. Yale's Megan Vasquez, Michelle Cashen and Mady Gobrecht are all members of the club. Seven Ivy players have tallied at least two double-doubles, including Gobrecht (3). Columbia's Kathleen Barry leads all Ivy League players with six double-doubles. Dartmouth's Brittany Smith had four and Princeton's Niveen Rasheed had three before both suffered season-ending injuries.
Report filed by Jon Erickson Jr., Yale Sports Publicity


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Feris to represent NAIA at World Collegiate Games in Beijing
Dr. Greg Feris, athletic director at Wayland Baptist University and chairperson of the Division of Physical Education and Recreation, will be attending the 21st World University Games in Beijing, China.
The Games, which take place every two years, begin August 21 and run through September 2. Competitions will be held in sports venues that have been built and refurbished in preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games, which were awarded to Beijing in July.
Feris will be one of more than 7,000 attending the event, which has been described as a prelude to the Olympics. He will be representing the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), in which Wayland competes, and will be one of two representatives from the United States Collegiate Sports Council. Feris has served on the council for five years and is a member of the executive committee.
Feris said these competitions are reserved for the very finest student athletes, most of whom play for Division I schools in the National Collegiate Athletics Association. The United States delegation will consist of approximately 350 people, 300 of those athletes and the remainder being trainers, physicians, media teams and staff from the United States Olympic Committee. American student athletes will compete in basketball, swimming, track and field, volleyball, fencing, judo and gymnastics.
The World University Games is one of only a handful of international events available for American university athletes, Feris said. That experience is very beneficial, he said, for athletes who aspire to compete in the Olympics down the road.
"For many, this will be the first time to compete internationally," he said. "Because we are who we are, it is considered great to beat a U.S. athlete. This caliber of competition is some cases would be like a second tier to the Olympics."
Feris, who served on the Council of Athletic Administrators for ten years, attended the World University Games two years ago in Spain as a working delegate. His primary responsibility then was helping to coordinate transportation for the U.S. athletes. This year, he'll be serving in more of an official role, attending some meetings relative to the event administration and being available for advisory roles during the competition. The benefits are still valuable.
"Professionally, attending the Games gives a perspective of sporting outside of our small NAIA school," he said. "Also, I was able to bring back a better understanding of international competition for our students and coaches."
Much like the Olympics spur on a sense of patriotism among Americans, the University Games have the same effect on Feris.
"We hear people talk about the uniqueness of our culture, but until you see it firsthand (compared to other cultures), you don't have an appreciation for who we are as Americans," he said.
While in Beijing, Feris will also be attending the world conference hosted by the Commission for the Study of University Sport. The three-day event features lectures, seminars and break-out sessions by internationally known professionals in the field of sport and education. The theme for the conference is "Unity, Friends and the Progress of Humanity Through University Sport."