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The Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development visited Orlando Tuesday. In addition to speaking at a housing conference HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan also grabbed some face-time with Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer as 90.7s Mark Simpson reports.
Secretary Donovan was in town promoting home refinancing and other Obama administration measures to ward off foreclosures.
But with Orlando's Mayor, Donovan said the top agenda item was improving housing around the new Sunrail Commuter Line stops: "Making sure that we are building the kinds of neighborhoods around those stops that all residents of this region want, that are going to keep this economy growing, keep the region growing, that's something that is number one on my agenda with him."
The HUD Secretary noted involvement with a dozen of Sunrail's 17 stops.
Some of the rail line's stops will feature new housing developments close by, but others will be more of a "kiss and ride" design.


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Silver Lining on the Scott Baker News
by, 04-11-2012 at 06:41 PM (907 Views)
[Originally posted at Twins Fan From Afar]
There's no good news report today, as it was just announced that our best righty, Scott Baker, will miss the entire season as a result of elbow surgery. This is bad news, make no mistake. When he's on, Baker is the second best pitcher in the rotation. Before injuries sidelined him in 2011, he was having arguably an all-star season, and he's one of just a few Twins pitchers that can consistently get hitters to swing and miss. Also, he seems like a nice guy. I met him last year, and he was nothing but polite. But tonight, in a rare Twins Fan From Afar evening post, I'm going to present the silver lining on the Baker news. Here it goes:
1. The Twins won't have a tough decision to make on his 2013 option. It's for $9.5 million, and I'd be really, really surprised if they picked it up. Sure, this isn't Tommy John surgery, but with Baker's lengthy injury history, it would be a significant risk to take, for a traditionally risk-averse organization. Roughly speaking, $9.5 million is 10 percent of this team's payroll. It's the equivalent of a starting position player, or approximately half the salary of an "ace," however you define that term. In other words, there are things the Twins can do with that payroll space.
2. I'm not going to give you some line like "this gives another guy an opportunity to step up and show he belongs." If "he" belonged, he'd already be up here, because our pitching depth is not at all, well, deep. What will happen, though, is that the Twins will lose more games this season. Sure, that's no fun in 2012, but this team wasn't going to make the playoffs, anyway. If you are a sub-.500 team, the more games you lose, the better your draft position. This injury, unfortunate as it may be, probably bumped the Twins up a few slots in the 2013 draft. If moving up a few slots is the difference between drafting the next Justin Verlander -- or even the next Scott Baker -- and missing that selection, it's not insignificant.
3. This makes it more likely that Francisco Liriano stays. Not sure if that is good or bad, but it would be nice to have a veteran starter not named Carl Pavano or Jason Marquis next season. To me, it had seemed, until today, like the Twins would either attempt to keep one of Liriano or Baker, or neither -- but not both. Now, they either will attempt to sign Liriano, or let him walk. Either way, they won't have to think about paying their two most senior pitchers around $10 million each.
4. If Baker does come back to Minnesota, it will be for cheaper. Let's assume Baker does want to stay loyal to Minnesota. He can come back on a 1-year deal and try to re-establish value, and then hit free agency in 2014. What better place to build good pitching stats than Target Field? If not, perhaps Kyle Gibson will be ready to take a spot in 2013?
In closing, I'm in no way suggesting that today was a good day in Twins Territory. We lost a good guy -- definitely our first or second best Twins pitcher. That's bad news, and I hope Baker recovers quickly. But if you view this news in the larger context of the 2014-2018 Twins -- who could be very good -- perhaps there is a sliver of good news hidden in there.

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A homeless man was found dead in Nyack's Memorial Park on Christmas Eve, Orangetown Police said.
The man was spotted on the stone steps near the playground by a resident walking his dog on the morning of Monday, Dec. 24.
The resident—believing the man was asleep—left the park to purchase him a jacket and breakfast. Upon returning, the resident discovered the man was dead.
Police could not confirm the cause of death as of Friday morning, but believe the man may have froze to death. "There were no signs of assault," said Sgt. George Garrett.
Authorities identified the man as Orlando Florez, a 46-year-old man who called the streets of Nyack home.
Garrett said Florez was a familiar face to Orangetown Police, and was often drinking—the man may have passed out the night before due to alcohol, police said.
Florez has no next of kin to contact, Garrett said.


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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., April 5, 2006 - Springfield College junior midfielder Rachel Lampros (Boxborough, Mass.) scored a career-best six goals in a non-conference contest at Williams College this afternoon, but it was the Ephs which defeated the Pride in an offensive showcase in Williamstown, Mass., 20-16.
Williams (5-2) opened the game on a 4-0 run, as the Ephs scored seven of the game's first nine goals on the way to building a 12-7 halftime advantage. The second half proved to be much closer, as SC outscored Williams by a 9-8 margin, but it wasn't enough as the Ephs recorded the four-goal victory. The Pride falls to 4-4 overall on the 2006 season with the defeat.
Other top performers for SC included senior forward Holly Carmody (Wayland, Mass.) with five goals and an assist, junior forward Heidi Eidse (Bryn Athyn, Pa.) with two goals and an assist, and sophomore midfielder Lindsay Bugbee (Granby, Conn.) with two scores.
Junior midfielder Lisa Thomas (Whitman, Mass.) chipped in with a goal, as senior defender Christine Nicol (Farmington, Conn.) contributed with an assist on one of Lampros' scores.
Williams was led by senior midfielder Rachel Barr with an impressive nine goals and one assist, as junior midfielder Kaylan Tildsley added five scores and two assists, and freshman midfielder Britt Spackman recorded a solid all-around game with three goals and four assists.
The Pride will next return to New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) action as it hosts Wheaton College on Saturday afternoon, April 8th, in a 12:00 p.m. start.


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Managing patient expectations is one of the most important components to a patient being successful with multifocal contact lenses. It is important for the doctor to discuss any visual goals that the patient may have. I always have the patient state one or two visual goals and document their goals in the chart so that I can follow up with them at their progress visit and confirm that the lenses are performing just as I had discussed. In the event that the patient does not have realistic expectations, I discuss what is or is not a realistic visual outcome.
Another factor that is important to mention to the patient is the importance of good, direct light. I like to use the analogy of a professional basketball player running down the court in baseball cleats. Sure, the ball player will be able to play ball, but is going to be limited to how well he can perform because of his equipment. In this sense, multifocal lenses aren't any different. The multifocal lenses will always perform best in good direct lighting. If a patient's vision isn't as good as it should be, my recommendation to them is to always assess their surroundings to determine whether or not lighting is the issue. I also discuss at the dispense of the lenses that it may be necessary to make some adjustments to their work environment such as having a good, direct light at their work station. It is amazing how this very simple 30 second discussion can make a difference when a patient finds themselves in environments with dim lighting.
It is also beneficial to let the patient know that vision typically gets a little bit better after wearing the lenses for a couple of days. A dramatic improvement is generally not seen, but it is very common for vision to become more crisp after wearing the multifocal technology for a couple of days.


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It is clear that every action taken by the Bush administration since it seized control of our government via electoral coup, has been an act of war against the American people.
Yes, this illegitimate un-American Bush administration has been at war with us and nobody seems to realize this. They are murdering our nation, our Constitution, our prosperity, our sensibility, our humanity and our very living bodies while simultaneously rob us blind. They are also murdering the very planet on which we live.
The saddest element of this end time saga is that the many good American people who work for our government institutions have agreed to help the Bush administration fight its war against the people of America.
Not surprisingly the FBI has been monitoring peace groups because it considers them to be a threat to national security. Let's be clear here, there is no precedence for this and there is clear precedence indicating that peace groups in America are overwhelmingly more often the victims of violence and threats than the perpetrators of such.
The threat posed by peace groups is not to our national security; the threat is to the criminals who have hijacked our government. The weapon used by our peace groups is information. The peace groups are the most likely groups to expose the truth about what is going on in our nation. This can not be permitted to happen because at least a portion of the oblivious masses who have been fooled by the media will turn on the Bush administration (and the media) if they knew what the peace activists knew.
Understand this; the divide in this nation is informational. While there is an ideology divide in this nation the greater dividing factor is information. Those who support the Bush administration simply do not know much about them. Go ahead, ask them who PNAC is. Ask them how many Iran Contra felons have been appointed by Bush.
The fact is, no matter how hard they try, even the strongest Bush supporters would turn on him the moment that they saw the 9/11 evidence that I have seen. This is why I must be stopped. This is why peace groups must be stopped.
Too bad the peace groups don't realize this. Too bad they waste their time in a dreamland of polite activism. If they put their slogans down and used information as a weapon perhaps they would win this war that was launched by the illegal occupiers of the White House and the invisible parallel government that pulls the strings from behind the scenes. Then maybe the peace groups would not only pose a threat to the administration but the threat would come to fruition in that the Bush administration would be dismantled and find themselves in the prisons in which they belong.  Think about it! – Jesse, Editor, TvNewsLIES.org
PS Andy Card resigned today. I wonder if Plame related incitements are on the way and this was a clean way to distance himself from Bush.


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True leaders take every angle into account and push for the best result for the most people.
The best leaders listen first, decide later.
Without information and input from the public, elected leaders are left making their best guess about your future.
Which brings us to the study on the future use of Love-Hatbox Sports Complex.
The study has been praised by some and panned by others.
Depending on the critique, it is either a blueprint for our future or a waste of taxpayer money.
The Muskogee City Council is giving citizens a chance to read the report and offer input.
Now is the opportunity for you to have a say in how you are governed.
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Malicoat story on the Horizon League Network
As she sits on the verge of breaking the program's career digs record, Crusader senior libero Brittany Malicoat (Elkhart, Ind./Memorial) is the subject of a video piece on the Horizon League Network.
The piece talks with Malicoat and Crusader head coach Carin Avery about the senior's impact on the court for the Crusaders over the past four years. It also discusses Brittany's marriage to Bobby, a sergeant with the United States Marine Corps who is currently deployed in Iraq, and how that has affected her life.
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Portland-area alumni and parents are needed to assist current students in sharpening their career networking and interviewing skills on April 27 in the Multipurpose Room of the University Center.
This event offers students the opportunity to hone their conversational skills and to brush up on networking techniques, proper business attire and coversational business communication.
Conversations may include career topics, the student's future plans and area of study. Speed networking is meant as practice for students entering the workforce.
Alumni and parent participants will receive preparation materials from the Office of Alumni Relations. If interested please contact at 503-352-2057 or email email@example.com.
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— IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — When a small anti-abortion group in Iowa sought nonprofit status, the Internal Revenue Service asked its board to promise not to organize protests outside Planned Parenthood and demanded to know how its prayer meetings and protest signs were educational.
Although the Coalition for Life of Iowa's application was ultimately approved in 2009, the tax collection agency's treatment of that and other anti-abortion groups has gotten new attention in the wake of an ongoing scandal over the alleged targeting of conservative groups.
The IRS apologized for singling out tea party groups for scrutiny in 2010 and 2011, but Republicans now are seizing on the coalition's case to question whether the effort may have been broader and started earlier.
Groups with tax-exempt status, known as 501(c)(3) nonprofits, must have educational, charitable, religious or other charitable purposes and cannot be involved in elections or engage in substantial lobbying activity. But they can conduct educational campaigns about their causes that do not have to be balanced, and their members retain their constitutional rights to assemble and protest.
U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said Tuesday the IRS was out of bounds in seeking information on the group's prayer activities and a guarantee that it wouldn't protest at Planned Parenthood.
"That's outrageous that that statement would be made by anybody in government, that somehow you've got to compromise your First Amendment rights," Grassley said. "It appears the IRS offered this group a quid pro quo: you can become a charity if you don't protest in front of a Planned Parenthood."
Outgoing Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller told Grassley he was unaware of the case, but apologized generally for poor service.
The Iowa group isn't the only anti-abortion organization that appears to have been singled out for scrutiny. In 2011, another IRS employee asked Christian Voices for Life of Fort Bend County in Texas whether it provided "education on both sides of the issues" in its programs and whether its members try to speak with anyone entering medical clinics, correspondence shows.


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By BRAD KELLAR
Herald-Banner Staff
The City of Caddo Mills has two public hearings scheduled this week, concerning plans to annex property where developers want to build a professional motocross track.
"We filed an application for the annexation," said Gary Rausin with the proposed Texas Motopark project, which would also include competition watersports, a BMX racing arena and camping facilities among other amenities.
The hearings are set for 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Caddo Mills City Hall, 2313 Main Street and at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Caddo Mills Police Department, 2309 Main Street.
The hearings concern two tracts, totaling almost 90 acres under development by Diablo Sports marketing, in an area near the intersection of Interstate 30 and FM 1565.
Rausin said the facility has been in development for about three years and would fit in with the nearby Redline Raceway and Dallas Karting Complex.
"Hopefully, someday there will be a lot of racing going on out there," Rausin said, adding the annexation would be necessary in order to allow for the city to provide the necessary water, sewer and other infrastructure needed for the development.
The web site for the project, www.texasmotopark.com, also includes plans for a concert amphitheater, spaces for a dozen food and merchandise vendors and promises events and activities could be conducted at site almost year-round.


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2011-2012 Theatre & Dance Season
in the Tom Miles Theatre
photo by Bri Castellini
Machinal by Sophie Treadwell
Based on a notorious real-life murder case, exploring our accelerating relationship with technology, this extraordinary play from 1928 is as contemporary as tomorrow!
Thursday, October 21-Sunday, October 24
Autumn Choreographers' Concert
Thursday, November 18-Saturday, November 20
Private Eyes by Steven Dietz
A smart, sexy comedy from one of the country's hottest contemporary playwrights!
Thursday, March 10-Sunday, March 13
Spring Danceworks VIII
Thursday, April 28-Saturday, April 30
For Music & Theatre events ticket information,
Call the University Box Office at (503) 352-2918, M-F 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.


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Developed questions for the Psychology CLEP Exam. January, l989.
Teaching Assistant
Undergraduate Advisor.
Provided supervision on clinical cases. August 1993-1994.
APA approved Internship. Conducted individual and group psychotherapy with psychiatric outpatients, neuropsychological and personality assessment, with an emphasis on geropsychology. Director of Training: Carol Dye, Ph.D., September, l985-August, l986.
Practicum. Psychodiagnostic
evaluation and treatment of adult clients at a community mental health center
with emphasis on case conceptualization and use of Rorschach. Supervisor: Brian
Premo, Ph.D. September, l983-December, l983.
Practicum. Conducted child developmental assessments, interviewed parents, and performed psychological evaluations of mentally retarded adults. Supervisor: Audrey Riker, Ed.D. March, l983-May, l983.
Psychological Associate. Case conceptualization and treatment of adult clients, emphasizing psychodiagnostic evaluation, therapeutic intervention, and consultation with psychiatric professionals. Clinical director: James Linden, Ph.D. July, l982-June, l983.
Structured Groups Practicum. Dealt with structured group design and groups intakes. Led a social skills and an assertiveness group for the college population. Supervisors: James Westman, Ph.D., Judith Clementsohn-Mohr, Ph.D. August l982-December l982.
Test Anxiety Workshop, Psychological Services Center, Purdue University. Conducted a two hour group on dealing with test anxiety, including relaxation training and the use of RET. Supervisor: Mary Wachs, Ph.D.
Adult Practicum. Involved case conceptualization and treatment of adult clients at a university counseling center emphasizing psychodiagnostic evaluation, therapeutic intervention, and consultation with psychiatric professionals. Supervisor: Mary Pat O'Kelly, Ph.D.
Child Clinic, Child Practicum. Performed intellectual and behavioral assessment and child/adolescent and family therapy at a counseling center open to the community. Supervisor: Judith Cohen Conger, Ph.D. August, l98l-May, l982.
Summer Psychology Trainee. Conducted psychodiagnostic assessments, mental status evaluations and therapeutic interventions with an inpatient psychiatric population. Included consultation with psychiatric professionals, and psychodiagnostic assessments for the Alcohol Treatment Unit. Supervisors: David McCallister, Ph.D., Richard Ingwell, Ph.D. May, l98l-August, l98l.
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July 31, 2014
Are you a hearty, law-abiding and physically fit nature lover?
Then the state Department of Natural Resources may have a job for you.
Warden Training Director Darrel Waldera says there are 28 warden openings -- double the usual number.
That's posing challenges for the remaining wardens -- there are only 206 full-time warden positions in the state. Northern Region warden Supervisor Mike Bartz in Spooner says there's only one warden for every 14,000 licensed hunters and fishers.
The openings are blamed on a large number of retirements, as well as budget cuts that have limited hires in the last few years.
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By Robert Carter
North Jefferson News
— Two local schools filled their head coaching positions Thursday.
Gardendale High has hired Matt Plunkett, currently the offensive coordinator and O-line coach at Magnolia West High School in Magnolia, Texas (between Houston and College Station). Plunkett is a native of Arab, and played was a walk-on wide receiver at North Alabama. He later went to the University of Alabama and was a student assistant for the Crimson Tide.
Plunkett has experience in the small-college ranks at Missouri Southern, Carson-Newman and Pittsburg State.
"He's very energetic, and has a great résumé," GHS Assistant Principal Shelton Dukes said.
This will be Plunkett's first head coaching job. He replaces Chris Fancher, who resigned in January.
Plunkett's official arrival date isn't set yet, but he will be on campus in time for summer workouts, Dukes said.
Fultondale stayed much closer to home, moving offensive coordinator Richie Busby up to the top spot. Busby has been with the Wildcats for 13 years, and has served as head boys basketball coach as well for the last four years; before that, he coached the girls' team for nine.
Busby replaces Keith Register, who left the Wildcats to take the open position at Hayden, where he takes over for the departed Steve Kerby.
The two new hires leaves only one of the five local open head coaching positions still to be filled. Mortimer Jordan has not yet winnowed through the field of applicants to replace the retiring Greg Watts. Locust Fork named Chris Musso as their new head coach in February. He moves over from John Carroll Catholic, and replaces Mike Bramblett, who left to return to Hoover as an assistant.
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McLean is divided into two Virginia Senate districts and both races this past November cost more than $1 million each.
The 31st District race between Democrat Barbara Favola and Republican Caren Merrick and the 32nd District race pitting incumbent Democrat Janet Howell against Republican challenger Patrick Forest were among about 15 Senate races that broke the $1 million mark, according to the nonpartisan and nonprofit Virginia Public Access Project.
The all-out partisan war between state Republicans and Democrats for control of the Senate drove up the cost of the races, VPAP said. There were 10 million-dollar Senate races in 2007, the last time all 40 seats were on the ballot, VPAP reported.
The election resulted in an evenly split Virginia Senate. Last week the Democrats lost a court challenge in the case.
31st District.
The cost of this race totaled $1.3 million.
Republican businesswoman and McLean resident Caren Merrick outspent Arlington County board member and Democrat Barbara Favola nearly 2-1 in the general election. Favola won.
Merrick loaned her campaign more than $62,000. In addition her husband Phillip Merrick donated $10,000.
The Merricks co-founded webmethods, a software company which was sold to a major German software company in 2007 for $546 million.
Other major contributors: The Virginia Republican Party, nearly $145,000. $10,000 each: McLean businessman Robert Hisaoka, Great Falls businessman Gary G Nakamoto and New York businessman Paul Singer who heads a $17 billion hedge fund, and is a self-described Barry Goldwater conservative, according to The New York Times.
Favola's campaign received $110,000 from the state Democratic Party. Other major contributors:$30,000 Arlington developer John G Shooshan, who lives in Potomac, Md. $25,000, Michael R Bloomberg, yes the mayor of New York City. $24,000, the committee of Mary Margaret Whipple, who is retiring from the 31st District seat. $20,000, the committee of Sen. Janet Howell, who represents McLean and Reston.
The Democrats who controlled the state senate before the November elections, dramatically changed the boundaries of the 31st district making it more Republican in an attempt to hold onto their then two-seat majority in the Virginia Senate.
General Election ResultsCandidate Primary Spent General Spent Total Spent Votes Percentage Barbara Favola (Democrat) $283,806 $367,795 $651,601 24,349 (Winner) 58.1% Caren Merrick (Republican) $0 $681,736 $681,736 17,484
State Senate District 31
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82,730 57% Fairfax County
46,024 32% Loudoun County
16,607 11%
Incumbent Janet Howell outspent her Republican challenger Patrick Forrest nearly 2-1 and won 60 percent of the vote, according to the VPAP reports.
Forrest raised a little more than $300,000. Contributors included: The Virginia Republican Party and the Republican Senate campaign contributed slightly more than $45,000. Well-known Reston developer Christopher Walker donated nearly $50,000 in office space to Forrest. (Walker died in August.)
New York businessman Paul Singer also contributed $10,000 to the campaign.
Howell, who was elected to her fourth term, received about $175,000 from the state Democratic Party and the Senate Democratic Committee. Her largest individual contributors included:$15,000 Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association of Henrico County. $10,000 Alexandria developer Myron P. Erkiletian.
The Senate Democrats also dramatically changed the boundaries of the 32nd District --- basically moving it out of much of McLean. The changes made it slightly more Democratic. Howell chairs the Senate committee that oversaw the redistricting.
General Election ResultsCandidate Spent Votes Percentage Patrick Forrest (Republican) $302,053 17,122 39.6% Janet Howell* (Democrat) $747,178 26,026 (Winner) 60.3%
State Senate District 32
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On view in the center hall of the building in the first alcove is a display featuring a copy of the first CHS yearbook and sports related items. The sports items are the "Fightin' Chick" that has been on view all fall, a 1916 banner, collection of letter jackets, a band uniform, and a sampling of game programs and promotional items.
From the beginning of Chickasha High School the outstanding athletes have been honored with a "letter". Today's young athletes at all schools look forward to getting a stripe for each year's play to place on a letter that represents the name of the school. The letter is attached onto the left side of what has become the traditional "letter jacket" usually constructed with leather sleeves. Originally it was a sweater on which the "letter" was stitched.
The museum has four Chickasha High School letter Jackets which are on display. It is interesting that no two of the jackets are the same shade of purple. The marked letter jackets belonged to Howard Foster, Bob Jordan, and Jeff McVey. One jacket is not marked.
One featured item in the front of the display is a banner. A cloth copy of a photograph of the 1916 football team has been attached. The uniforms show young men who played a rough and tumble game without pads. Also, the young men appear not to have had any time spent in a strength building exercise routine. Other items in the window are a band uniform and the collection of promotional items from Jolene Singleterry.
The 1911 CHS Yearbook, The Tomahawk, has a section dedicated to sports. This was the first yearbook for CHS. It included in the front a list of graduates for the previous years, 1905 to 1910. CHS had football, track, and basketball teams. The year 1911 was the first year that there was a "second" football team which won three of their four games. The one game lost was against the "First Football Team". The yearbook indicates that the only basketball team was for the girls.
The varsity football team had an outstanding year. They played 8 games and won 8 games. They won the seven games on their regular schedule which included Anadarko, Lindsay, Norman, Ft. Sill, Pauls Valley, Lawton, and Oklahoma City. These wins awarded the team the "Oklahoma Championship". Then the team traveled to Sherman, TX. The team won and returned home "the happiest bunch of bruised and skinless boys you ever saw". They traveled home by train as the winner of "the championship of both Texas and Oklahoma". Afterwards, the team members were awarded a sweater with the letter "C" stitched on the center front. Photos of the team members wearing their sweater were included in the yearbook.
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Keep Cincinnati Beautiful is partnering for a free recycling drop-off Saturday. It's part of America Recycles Day.
The "One Stop Drop" site at Rookwood Commons runs 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Cincinnati City Manager Milton Dohoney's base salary is increasing to $255,000 per year. The full city council by a 6-2 vote approved the raise Thursday along with a one-time bonus of nearly $35,000. Mayor Mark Mallory, who hired Dohoney in 2005, says he makes no apology for the increase or its timing.
Kentucky's job strategy seems to be working. In the last year the state added 47,000 jobs, making it number two in the nation.
With a hard-hat and shovel, Gov. Steve Beshear showed off the latest example of expansion by existing business, the Florence L'Oréal plant.
They're some of the most important historical documents ever discovered and now they're here in Cincinnati.
The Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit opens Friday, November 16th at the Museum Center.
It features more than 600 objects ranging from pottery to the scrolls themselves.
Uzi Dahari is deputy director of archaeology with the Israel Antiquity Authority.
Cincinnati has officially launched its new car-sharing service that city officials say will give residents and commuters an alternative to driving a personal vehicle. Mayor Mark Mallory says six of the Zipcars will be available--two at Garfield Place and Race Street, two at The Banks and two in Over-the-Rhine.
"This is a opportunity for people to not own a car, if they choose not to do that, because they can go online and sign up for a membership to Zipcar," said Mallory.


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Pop music icon Lady Gaga has agreed to be acting editor in chief of an international newspaper chain (Metro) on the 7th International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (17 May 2011). We hope this will draw global attention to the fact that in all countries there continues widespread stigma and discrimination, and in many cases severe violence, against lesbian, gay (including men-who-have-sex-with-men), bisexual, transgender and intersex people.
According to 2009 data published by the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex People Association (ILGA), male to male relationships are illegal in 79 (out of 242) countries and in eight countries offences in relation to same sex activities still carry the death penalty.
You only have to look at a sample of the stories that the Alliance has covered to date in 2011 to see how this continuing discrimination is having an impact on the work of linking organisations across the globe:
Christine Stegling, senior advisor on human rights says: 'The Alliance has been supporting communities around the world to take action on HIV for seventeen years, in many cases directly working with communities most affected by stigma and discrimination, such as transgender and men who have sex with men. In this time, we have seen first-hand the damage that discrimination causes when an individual's sense of self-worth is undermined, especially when they are rejected by their local community.
'The community based organisations we support often work with those people who have lost the ability to take care of themselves because no-one sees them as important. This includes lobbying governments to fulfil their obligations to protect transgender and MSM from violence and discrimination in public spaces, such as the health sector, and to ensure health services are targeted at those most vulnerable to HIV infection.
'International days such as this one today serve as an opportunity to remind ourselves that, like it or not, we are all part of the same communities and we need to embrace our diversity, particularly around sexuality, to ensure that people have the ability to protect themselves from HIV infection.' As Lady Gaga herself says, 'Don't hide yourself in regret, Just love yourself and you're set'.
Stegling (who is also a member of the UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights) explains, 'All communities have the right to equal access to high quality prevention, treatment and care services. We know that by placing human rights at the core of addressing HIV we can ensure meaningful participation by all leading to positive public health outcomes for all.'
This is one of the Alliance's key messages as we prepare for the UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS in June.
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Oh table lamps. One of my favorite ways to dress up a room. You might laugh, but I really do love picking out a great new table lamp for a space. They add a surprising amount of character to a room, or at least they can if you don't choose a boring one! Even if you feel like your room is busy enough, I promise there is a unique table lamp out there waiting for you to bring it home and really make a statement.
In addition to the aesthetic they can add to your home, table lamps are also (and obviously) very useful! They are so much better than overhead lighting when you want to make your home feel inviting and cozy. They are also great for having at the end of the couch or next to an arm chair for easy lighting for reading. You can mix and match lamp shades to change things up a bit if you ever get a little bored with it too.
In this room above, the colors are bright and fresh and there are a few fun patterns and shapes, but those lamps really make a statement, don't you think? I love them!
I bet you're wondering "where can I find a table lamp that will make a statement?" Well, here are three options to start with from Euro Style Lighting:
The jade table lamp has a fantastic and fun shape and you really can't beat that color. So bright and beautiful. A definite show stopper in any living room.
The modern metal table lamp is a great way to bring some art into the space. Doesn't it look like a little sculpture? I love it.
And last but not least, the cylinder table lamp. I love the idea of having this lamp and filling it with fun and festive things every season. For summer, maybe some shells, sand or some mini beach balls? And for fall some leaves, or acorns? Or you could go really fun and fill it with feather boas or glitter. Whatever you choose to put inside it, it is sure to make a statement.
All three of these lamps would make a statement so take your pick.
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We like looking to some of our very own blog contributors for cool style. Justina Blakeney has successfully created a modern outdoor patio and we want to steal her style!
Summer weather may cause you to want to spend more time outside, but if you don't have a beautiful space to do it in, you may not get out as much as you should.
Taking a cue from Justina, we suggest lots of color, botanicals and fun outdoor seating so you can invite all your friends and family to enjoy the space as well...
In addition to adding lots of potted plants, maybe you can also arrange them creatively, like this distinctive outdoor shelving idea above.
Here's some cool product ideas from Euro Style Lighting so you can have an outdoor patio with style like Justina's
Suzani Round Pillow / Zuo Modern White S-Chairs / Teal Square Accent Pillow / Ceramic Antelope Head / Ruffled Edging Turquoise Vase / Flower Round Wall Art Mirror / Stainless Oval Tub
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In beautiful La Jolla, a coastal enclave in sunny San Diego, summer seems to be a year-round phenomenon. So when it comes to a summer dream home, this beautiful shore-side masterpiece by Jonathan Segal Architect should more than fill my daydreams all year long.
The stark geometries of the built space are echoed in the reflecting pool and accompanying modern outdoor chairs and seating.
Three fountain jets are installed within the reflecting pool, should the waves crashing 100 meters to the west fail to produce enough coveted cascading water sound. Sleek outdoor fountains in general can add this escapist touch to most outdoor areas.
Between an expansive sun porch and ceiling-to-floor windows, the separation between indoor and outdoor space is delightfully obscured.
Photo by Matthew Segal via Residential Architect Magazine
With world class surfing outside the back door, this isn't just a dream home. It's a California-dreaming home.
In lieu of owning such nicely situated property myself, I can daydream about the furniture at least:
Set of 2 Whitworth Chrome Accent Chairs
Zuo Copacabana Modern Gray Outdoor Ottoman
In looking at Segal's exceptional design, it's clear that the key to creating a dream home for summer is creating a home that, like the landscape surrounding it, is wide open, welcoming and fuss-free.
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In the world of interior design the options are endless. The style you love will be different from that of your neighbor and that's what makes it exciting! Side tables, though a seemingly small piece in your room, provide functional and aesthetic appeal to a space.
Whether you're decorating a bedroom, a family room, or creating a cozy reading corner in an office, side tables are an important addition.
I've rounded up four side tables I love from Euro Style Lighting, each with a unique style and appeal.
If you tend toward an industrial or rustic look, you will love the Zuo Distressed Wood Table featuring a wood top and metal base.
The Smooth White Spindle Table is contemporary and simple, sporting the spindle pedestal look. This would be perfect for a small drink table beside a sofa or side chair.
If you prefer a more modern and sleek style, the Dahlia Studios Nesting Tables would be both functional and stylish. You can nest this pair of tables or, when needed, pull them apart to accommodate more guests. I happen to think they would work just as well for a nightstand!
Lastly, the Delfina Tripod Table with a glass top is elegant and unexpected. It would be perfect next to a funky chair in an office or living room.
Which is your favorite side table?
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I have friends and clients ask me all the time what are some easy and affordable tips on how to bring Summer color into home style without it being too cheesy and obvious. It definitely depends on what colors you are already working with in your home. But because the white and grey paint trend is here to stay, mixing colors in is easy as 1,2,3.
In the office above, everything surrounding is in neutral tones, including whites, woods and metals. The vibrant, ethnic blanket gives the space a splash of color, comfort and style. It doesn't look over styled but rather relaxed..
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It's easy to add color to a bathroom through towels and accessories. This grey and white bathroom has been styled with peach accents. Peach is a huge color trend this year and looks fresh in any home style. Leaning artwork is a great way to add color to a room.
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An obvious summer color choice is green. And what better way to introduce green than with plants. The table, chairs and seating options are all in beautiful wood tones which works brilliantly with botanicals. This whole space has me loving summer already!
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As mentioned above, art is great and easy way to add color to your home. I chose this Max Wanger print to bring summer into my living space. It instantly creates a fun vibe.
Summer is here to force us to relax, have fun and enjoy life. Let's do the same in our homes!
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Second place one year ago in Singapore; one year later in the Chinese city of Huangshi it was the top prize for Ariel Hsing of the United States of America at the Intercontinental Cup.On the afternoon of Friday 21st September 2012, she beat New Zealand's Li Chunli (11-7, 8-11, 11-6, 6-11, 11-4, 11-8), to arrest the title and in so doing she created a small piece of table tennis history.She became the first player from the North American continent to win the title and in so doing the full of house of titles was completed.Watch interview with Ariel Hsing on itTV
All Four ContinentsNot a full house for Ariel Hsing but a full house for the continents.Now each continent who has competed in the competition has won the event.In 2009 in Guangzhou it was Australia's Miao Miao succeeding on behalf of Oceania, one year later in Kuala Lumpur it was Congo Brazzaville's Yan Feng winning for Africa; whilst in 2011 in Singapore Latin America celebrated.Wu Xue from the Dominican Republic emerged as the champion.ExperienceIt was experience that prevailed in Singapore; one year later Ariel Hsing has shown that she now has the experience to overcome experience.At the recent London 2012 Olympic Games she beat Luxembourg's 49 year old Ni Xia Lian; now in Huangshi she has beaten 50 year old Li Chunli. Furthermore, in London she was the player to give the champion elect, China's Li Xiaoxia her sternest test.She was beaten by the Chinese star in six games, the only player to extract more than one game against the Chinese superstar.Third Place for BrazilSuccess and the title for Ariel Hsing; for another rising star it was third place.Brazil's Caroline Kumahara, born in 1997 the same year as Ariel Hsing, secured third place by beating Nigeria' Offiong Edem in five games (11-3, 11-7, 9-11,11-6, 11-8).Same for Champion One Year EarlierPerhaps the situation which Ariel Hsing faced one year ago in Singapore, is the situation that Caroline Kumahara confronted in Huangshi on the first day of play.Notably in her opening contest against Li Chunli, she had her chances but could not seize the opportunity; she lost in five games just as she did against Ariel Hsing.Look Ahead One YearThe Brazilian should not be disheartened, quite the opposite; at not stage was she overwhelmed, experience was arguably the reason for her downfall.One year hence against the same players it could be very interesting, very interesting indeed.
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DURHAM — Eddie Zuniga came to Durham with nothing but a little bag filled with big dreams.
He faced layers of adversity. He was gay. He was Hispanic. He was illegal.
But Eddie worked hard, walked miles, studied English, and graduated with honors from beauty school.
Now, 21 years later, Eddie, 44, is just another hardworking citizen living in a refurbished historic home with vegetable and rose gardens that he shares with his partner and three Yorkshire terriers Kahlua, Scrappy and Kiara.
I met Eddie about 10 years ago, when I walked into Stage 1 Salon on Broad Street in Durham with a grown-out bad haircut.
Peace, inspiration, wisdom
I found peace in Eddies chair, inspiration in his passion and hope in his humble wisdom. Wisdom, no doubt, cultivated on his journey that started on a farm in Jalisco, Mexico, where his father stressed the importance of hard work as they tended to crops and cattle, pigs and horses.
Eddie was raised Catholic in a family that had 11 boys and three girls. He said he knew he was gay for as long as he can remember and that made him different from his siblings.
A likable child, he helped his neighbors with their cattle, their farm or whatever. In return, they gave him calves, piglets, goats and chickens.
Then I had to feed them and take care of them, said Eddie, who had his own farm subset by 8. Then I realized it was a good way to make money.
Around 1986, Eddie, then 17, moved to Los Angeles and lived with five brothers in a crowded house. He worked in landscaping and in factories that sorted clothing or killed ducks. He took English classes at the community college.
A move to Durham
Eddie had just started dating his first boyfriend, when they attended a gay wedding in Los Angeles. They met a couple who had lived in Durham and suggested that Eddie and his boyfriend move there, where they could connect with a contact for a possible job at a KFC fast-food restaurant. A month later, they were on a one-way flight to Charlotte, where they then caught a Greyhound bus to Durham.
Their $200 ran out after they paid for the third night at a cheap motel. Eddie called St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Chapel Hill. The next day, Rita ONeill of Durham, picked them up and took them to Waffle House, then to church, then to a homeless shelter in Chapel Hill.
Eddie, Rita said, reminded her of a little lost puppy dog you know how when a little puppy dog is lost and how their eyes just get bigger and bigger when you try to get close to them or help them, she said.
Two months later, Eddie moved into an apartment that Rita, who Eddie started calling Mom, helped him find. Eddie, who split from his boyfriend after a couple of years, worked his way up to manager at KFC.
Meanwhile, he sought a second job at Fosters Market, which he passed on his 2-mile walk from KFC to his bus stop.
Fosters kitchen manager said it didnt need help, but Eddie pointed out a dirty ceiling. Soon, he was cleaning the ceiling, painting the walls, washing the dishes. He made sandwiches, became the deli manager and was eventually promoted to chef.
When Eddie ran out of things to do inside, said owner Sara Foster, he would go outside. He would tidy up the garden, she said.
Eddie also obtained a permit to work in the United States legally, took more English classes at Durham Tech and was asked to be a hair model after visiting a salon in Brightleaf Square.
Sure, I want to be a model, Eddie said.
He attended styling competitions and was enchanted with the hair industry. He enrolled in Carolina Beauty College on Roxboro Road in Durham, working at Fosters and cleaning homes and businesses to pay the tuition. Eddie liked the chemistry, but he found his passion when he started working with clients.
I started seeing that I could make a difference and that I could help people with my work, he said.
In 2005, Eddie bought a rambling old home and set out on a mission to restore it to its former glory.
Hair or home work
For the next five years, he was either working on hair or his home. He found wood to patch his floors and gates to decorate his yard from roadside trash piles. Friends helped and clients bartered.
It was a combination of good relationships with friends and also willing to refurbish and take in other peoples trash, Eddie said.
It was then that he learned that too much hard work can take a toll.
To some people, I run myself almost to the grave, because that is when I got so sick, he said.
Eddie spent six weeks in the hospital with pneumonia. His mother came to Durham for the first time to cook for him and to rub his back. Three years have passed, and his mom now splits her time between Los Angeles and Durham.
Despite Eddies triumphs, which include obtaining his U.S. citizenship in 2007, he remains humble. He is the kind of stylist who is booked two weeks out, but takes seven hours to save the hair of a client who in a deep depression left her locks in a bun for months. A stylist that helps a sick client take a dream vacation to a distant island and wants regulars to return even if they cant pay.
One of the things that I have learned since I have been on my own is ... that we are here for a reason, Eddie said. And if my reason is to give them a little bit of joy with my work, with what I do, I am grateful with that.
Virginia Bridges is a business reporter for The News & Observer.
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- Dive headfirst into Facebook application development with the all new Facebook Graph API.
- Packed with many demonstrations on how to use Facebook PHP and JS SDKs.
- Step by step examples demonstrating common scenarios and problems encountered during Facebook Application Development.
- Houses an exquisite collection of ready to use Facebook applications.
Book DetailsLanguage : English
Paperback : 350 pages [ 235mm x 191mm ]
Release Date : November 2011
Author(s) : Shashwat Srivastava, Apeksha Singh
Topics and Technologies : All Books, Networking and Servers, Cookbooks, PHP, Web Development
Table of ContentsPreface
Chapter 1: Creating a New Facebook Application
Chapter 2: Be a part of Social Graph
Chapter 3: Querying Facebook
Chapter 4: Using FB Script
Chapter 5: Expressing Yourself
Chapter 6: Bringing Facebook to your Website
Chapter 7: Connecting Websites to the Social Graph
Chapter 8: Fiddling with Virtual Currency
Chapter 9: Creating Advertisements and Analyzing Metric Data
Chapter 10: Creating Instant Applications
Chapter 11: Using Facebook Open Graph Beta
- Chapter 1: Creating a New Facebook Application
- Introduction
- Downloading PHP-SDK and setting up your environment
- Registering a new Facebook application
- Configuring a Facebook application
- Getting authorization and a valid session for the user
- Requesting specific permissions from the user
- Logging out a user
- Handling navigation in an iFrame Facebook application
- Handling form submission in an iFrame Facebook application
- Dynamically resizing an iFrame Facebook application
- Determining whether a Facebook page has been liked by a user
- Chapter 2: Be a part of Social Graph
- Introduction
- Retrieving a user's information
- Liking a post
- Commenting on a given post
- Setting status message
- Deleting a picture, post, or comment of a user
- Retrieving the current user's friendlist
- Creating a post on the wall of a user's friend
- Posting a picture to a specific album of the user
- Retrieving the names of the user's friends who have liked a particular status message
- Creating an event
- Paging through a user's friends
- Searching through a user's feed
- Tagging users in a picture
- Adding a subscription for real time updates related to a user object
- Creating a callback for handling real time updates
- Deleting subscriptions
- Chapter 3: Querying Facebook
- Introduction
- Returning information about a user
- Getting the status messages of a user
- Retrieving profile pictures of a user's friends
- Getting the links posted by a user
- Getting the Facebook pages followed by a user
- Determining if two users are friends
- Retrieving information of a group
- Retrieving members of a group
- Retrieving friends from a specific friend list
- Getting all the messages in a thread
- Checking the status of permissions for an application
- Getting notifications, and their senders, for the current user
- Retrieving video details associated with a user
- Getting the five latest photos in which a user has been tagged
- Retrieving the latest photos published by a user
- Retrieving details of an event
- Retrieving details of a user's friends by using the multiquery method
- Chapter 4: Using FB Script
- Introduction
- Getting the current user status and performing session validation
- Setting up extended permissions during login
- Logging out a user
- Resetting the size of iframe
- Making a Graph API call
- Executing an FQL query
- Subscribing to an event change
- Unsubscribing to an event change
- Retrieving a profile picture using XFBML
- Adding bookmarks using XFBML
- Authentication and setting up extended permissions using XFBML
- Chapter 5: Expressing Yourself
- Introduction
- Prompting the user to publish a story
- Using Dialog to add someone as a friend
- Using the OAuth Dialog to request permissions for your application
- Prompting the user to send a request to friends
- Processing requests sent to the user by friends
- Chapter 6: Bringing Facebook to your Website
- Introduction
- Setting up the Like button on your web page
- Adding a Like box
- Setting up the Activity Feed plugin
- Setting up the Facepile plugin on your web page
- Integrating the Live Stream plugin using XFBML
- Integrating the Comment box using XFBML
- Integrating the Send button using XFBML
- Login with Faces
- Chapter 7: Connecting Websites to the Social Graph
- Introduction
- Integrating web pages into the social graph
- Integrating audio and video data
- Administering your page
- Publishing stream updates to the users
- Chapter 8: Fiddling with Virtual Currency
- Introduction
- Setting up the application for Facebook Credits
- Setting up an application callback for Facebook Credits
- Creating Facebook Credits frontend using JavaScript SDK
- Getting the order details
- Implementing custom offers
- Refunding the order
- Developing a "Send a Gift" application and integrating with Facebook Credits
- Chapter 9: Creating Advertisements and Analyzing Metric Data
- Introduction
- Retrieving impressions of the Like Box plugin
- Retrieving a page's stream views and wall posts using batch request
- Getting the number of installations of an application using FQL
- Getting statistics about visitors using FQL multiquery
- Creating a new ad for your Facebook application
- Chapter 10: Creating Instant Applications
- Introduction
- Creating a "Your Good Luck Charm of the Day" Facebook application
- Designing a "My Fast Friends" Facebook application
- Setting up a photo collage
- Building a birthday calendar
- Developing an application to classify friends according to the cities they live in
- Chapter 11: Using Facebook Open Graph Beta
- Introduction
- Setting up your application for using Facebook Open Graph Beta
- Defining actions, objects, and aggregations for your application
- Customizing the Facebook Auth Dialog box
- Requesting permission for publishing to the user's timeline
- Defining your web page as a a Facebook graph object
- Publishing actions of a user to Facebook
I can recommend this title to every developer that works with the Facebook API: Bob Belderbos
Overall this is a very current and well laid out book:Chris Tankersley
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Sample chapters
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What you will learn from this book
- Install Facebook PHP SDK and register your Facebook application
- Obtain access token and perform session validation for current Facebook user
- Work with the newly launched Facebook Graph API
- Get an insight into the core of Facebook application development such as creating a post on wall, publishing pictures, tagging users, etc
- Connect to Facebook Social Graph by using Facebook PHP and JavaScript SDKs
- Leverage Facebook Query Language in order to obtain complex Facebook user data
- Use Facebook Dialogs to enhance user experience
- Power your websites with Facebook Social Plugins
- Define your website content to Facebook Graph using Facebook Open Graph Protocol
- Handle transactions through Facebook Credits
- Use XFBML tags to enrich your application
- Extract Facebook application analytics data
- Create your own applications, from tip to toe, with ready to use code
In Detail
With a user base of nearly 800 million people, Facebook is the number one social networking platform. Applications can be created to interact with this huge user base in various ways both inside and outside Facebook. These applications, if developed effectively and efficiently, offer a free medium for promotion and publicity of a product or an organization.
Facebook Application Development with Graph API Cookbook covers both the concepts and implementations necessary to develop Facebook applications and provides ready to use code for common scenarios faced by a developer while creating these applications. It incorporates the newly launched Facebook Graph API and also presents the reader with some intuitive ready to use applications.
This book guides the reader step by step, from start to finish, through various stages of Facebook application development. It begins by exploring the Facebook application registration and discussing the verification and authentication technique. It then takes you through the various ways in which you can use Facebook Graph API for interacting with users such as posting on a user's wall, tagging a user in a picture, etc. Accessing complex Facebook user data by formulating a series of queries, doing client side scripting and incorporating Facebook Dialog interface are some other features that have been incorporated in this book. Integration of various Facebook Social Plugins such as the like box in your web page has also been discussed. Further you will get to know the concept of virtual currency and how to programmatically derive Facebook analytics data. As the book progresses, you will learn to use and integrate many more advanced features in Facebook application development. The book contains ready to use code that can be deployed instantly. Towards the end, the book houses a variety of ready to use Facebook applications so as to help readers derive their own applications from them.
Written in a cookbook style, this book offers solutions using a recipe-based approach. Each recipe contains step-by-step instructions followed by an analysis of what was done in each task and other useful information. The cookbook approach means you can dive into whatever recipes you want in no particular order. The book provides tips and tricks to the most common problems and scenarios faced in Facebook Application Development.
Who this book is for
This book is written for Facebook developers ranging from novice to expert. It uses PHP, HTML and jQuery, the most commonly used platforms, to build applications in Facebook.


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The Ariel String Quartet opens the University of Cincinnati - College Conservatory of Music's new concert season on September 11. Anne Arenstein speaks with Amit Even-Tov and Jann Grunning, two members of the Quartet, about their 10th anniversary together and their new quartet-in-residence status at CCM.
Next Sunday is the Fifth Annual Music Among Friends classical music concert, benefiting the Literacy Council of Clermont and Brown Counties. Brian O'Donnell speaks with organizer, performer, literacy tutor and host of Sunday Baroque on 90.9 WGUC, Suzanne Bona, about the event and this year's performers.


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"The Gauntlgrym Gambit" begins in the coastal city of Neverwinter. Whispered rumors and fenced artifacts lead the heroes through the trackless wilderness in search of the legendary lost dwarven realm of Gauntlgrym, where they face not only the Ashmadai cultists who uncovered a portion of the city but also the monstrous denizens of its lightless expanse and the strange oozes that threaten to subsume it entirely.
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ANA provides information in this document on the scope of practice for all registered nurses, as well as the standards to which they as practicing professionals are held. This document represents one of the three foundational documents for nursing practice, and this draft has undergone revision by a group of nurse experts from the previous 2004 edition. There have been some significant changes, including the incorporation of competency statements in the place of measurement criteria under the standards section, and an expanded list of standards of practice.
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Online casting call for Million Dollar Quartet
Million Dollar Quartet, the musical on Broadway, Chicago and elsewhere, put out an online casting call today seeking musicians, singers and actors looking for a chance to audition for the troupe in New York.
The contest is called "Do You Have What It Takes?" and it challenges players to take on the role of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis or Carl Perkins. Hopefuls can record auditions and then upload the videos of themselves performing one of the songs on the Million Dollar Quartet original cast recording, including "Blue Suede Shoes," "I Walk the Line," "Great Balls of Fire," "Hound Dog."
Fans can start voting online for their favorite performances today. Voting ends July 1, and a winner with the most votes will be announced July 5, the production says. The grand prize winner gets airfare to New York to audition, hotel accommodations at Flatotel, tickets to the Broadway production of Million Dollar Quarter and other prizes.
Interested artists are encouraged to doll up in era-inspired clothing clothing, but special outfits are not required. Check out one of the submissions below.
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Two people were arrested early Saturday morning after they were accused of using methamphetamine in a Fremont city park.
An officer spotted a vehicle parked at the boat ramp at Hormel Park and discovered two people using methamphetamine.
Twenty-two-year-old Cole Connett and 21-year-old Brittany Mittura, both of Fremont, were arrested for possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Police also arrested 34-year-old Tiffany Irving of Fremont early Sunday morning after prescription pills were found in her vehicle.
Irving was charged with possession of hydrocodone, fictitious license plates and no valid registration.


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The shift from analog media formats to digital has never been more evident than in the video camcorder industry. Two decades ago, Hollywood filmmakers would have never even thought of using digital cameras in lieu of their traditional film cameras. Indeed, the transition has not been as fast and has even been met with serious opposition from traditional filmmakers. But slowly yet surely, digital video cameras started to get the respect they deserve.
Digital video benefits not just the select few in the film-making industry, because ultimately, it benefits us all—from the casual video enthusiast who likes taking videos of their family and their friends to the amateur filmmaker trying to tell stories using a visual medium. The Panasonic VDR-D220 DVD Camcorder is one such device. Offering only the latest advancements from Panasonic and a host of value-added features, it's safe to say this camera is one of the best in its class.


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The following is from the Dec. 31, 2007, edition of The Killeen Daily Herald. SMU Finance Professor Michael Davis provided expertise for this story.
By John Porretto
The Associated Press
HOUSTON To understand the increasing diversity of Texas' energy economy, consider this: T. Boone Pickens, the legendary wildcatter who made his fortune in oil, is now betting on wind.
Pickens announced plans in June to build the world's largest wind farm in West Texas, a project that could cost as much as $6 billion.
Pickens' proposal is further evidence that Texas' economy no longer booms or busts simply on a change in the price of a barrel of oil.
Of course, Exxon Mobil Corp., ConocoPhillips and others continue to make headlines with massive, even record, profits. But amid global supply concerns, environmental issues and other factors, Texas saw significant developments in 2007 on wind, nuclear, biofuels and other new frontiers. . .
Despite advancements in alternative fuels, Southern Methodist University finance professor Michael Davis said it's vitally important for Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips and others to continue their aggressive exploration for and production of oil and natural gas.
"I wish I could say there's this huge reservoir of energy out there and all we've got to do is put up wind mills and cut our carbon footprint and still live the way we want to live," Davis said. "But I don't think that's true."
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CENTERVILLE — Carl John Kiedrowski, 83, of Centerville, died June 13, 2013, at the Centerville Nursing and Rehab Center in Centerville.
According to Carl's wishes, cremation has taken place. A memorial Mass of the Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Centerville; with Father Bill Hubmann officiating.
There will be no visitation or cemetery inurnment.
Memorials have been established to either St. Mary's Catholic Church or the Centerville Knights of Columbus and may be given to Lange Funeral Home and Crematory, 1900 S. 18th St., Centerville, Iowa, 52544.
Condolences may be shared online at www.langefh.com.


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