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---Habitat---Verbascum thapsus (Linn.), the Great Mullein, is a widely distributed plant, being found all over Europe and in temperate Asia as far as the Himalayas, and in North America is exceedingly abundant as a naturalized weed in the eastern States. It is met with throughout Britain (except in the extreme north of Scotland) and also in Ireland and the Channel Islands, on hedge-banks, by roadsides and on waste ground, more especially on gravel, sand or chalk. It flowers during July and August. The natural order Scrophulariaceae is an important family of plants comprising 200 genera and about 2,500 species, occurring mostly in temperate and sub-tropical regions, many of them producing flowers of great beauty, on which account they are frequently cultivated among favourite garden and greenhouse flowers. Of this group are the Calceolaria, Mimulus, Penstemon, Antirrhinum and Collinsia. Among its British representatives it embraces members so diverse as the Foxglove and Speedwell, the Mullein and Figworts, the Toadflax and the semi-parasites, Eyebright, Bartsia, Cowwheat, and the Red and Yellow Rattles.
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---Description---In the first season of the plant's growth, there appears only a rosette of large leaves, 6 to 15 inches long, in form somewhat like those of the Foxglove, but thicker - whitish with a soft, dense mass of hairs on both sides, which make them very thick to the touch. In the following spring, a solitary, stout, pale stem, with tough, strong fibres enclosing a thin rod of white pith, arises from the midst of the felted leaves. Its rigid uprightness accounts for some of the plant's local names: 'Aaron's Rod,' 'Jupiter's' or 'Jacob's Staff,' etc.
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Towards the top of the stalk, which grows frequently 4 or even 5 feet high, and in gardens has been known to attain a height of 7 or 8 feet, the much-diminished woolly leaves merge into the thick, densely crowded flower-spike, usually a foot long, the flowers opening here and there on the spike, not in regular progression from the base, as in the Foxglove. The flowers are stalkless, the sulphur-yellow corolla, a somewhat irregular cup, nearly an inch across, formed of five rounded petals, united at the base to form a very short tube, being enclosed in a woolly calyx, deeply cut into five lobes. The five stamens stand on the corolla; three of them are shorter than the other two and have a large number of tiny white hairs on their filaments. These hairs are full of sap, and it has been suggested that they form additional bait to the insect visitors, supplementing the allurement of the nectar that lies round the base of the ovary. All kinds of insects are attracted by this plant, the Honey Bee, Humble Bee, some of the smaller wild bees and different species of flies, since the nectar and the staminal hairs are both so readily accessible, though the supply of nectar is not very great. The three short hairy stamens have only short, one-celled anthers - the two longer, smooth ones have larger anthers. The pollen sacs have an orangered inner surface, disclosed as the anthers open.
In some species, Verbascum nigrum, the Dark Mullein, and V. blattaria, the Moth Mullein, the filament hairs are purple. The rounded ovary is hairy and also the lower part of the style. The stigma is mature before the anthers and the style projects at the moment the flower opens, so that any insect approaching it from another blossom where it has got brushed by pollen, must needs strike it on alighting and thus insure crossfertilization, though, failing this, the flower is also able to fertilize itself. The ripened seed capsule is very hard and contains many seeds, which eventually escape through two valves and are scattered round the parent plant.
In its first year, it produces a rosette of large, softly hairy grey-green leaves 10-50 cm long. The outer leaves are supine and, working inwards, the leaves become more and more vertical. In the spring of the second year, the strong flowering stem, 2-3 cm thick, is produced from the center and can reach heights of 1.5-2 m. The stem leaves are alternate, clasping a long part of the stem. The stem ends in a dense spike composed of yellow flowers 1.5-3.5 cm wide, opening from bottom to top. The fruit is a dry capsule, containing numerous small seeds.
The flowers are visited by Megachilid bees, bumblebees, and carpenter bees for their copious yellow pollen.
The seeds are consumed by some birds (such as the Goldfinch) and the leaves by various insects. It host mildews, the cucumber mosaic virus and the tarnished plant bug.
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A closeup of the flowersAn old French expression "to plant mulleins" meant "to work for nothing". The plant has nonetheless been cultivated worldwide for its medicinal properties. The flower provides green and brown tints, the latter of which was used by Romans for their hair. The fuzz on the leaves was woven into candle wicks.
However, the most widespread beliefs about common mullein is that burning it protected against evil spirits and demons. This belief was widespread across western Christianity and mullein was burnt during celebrations on the second Sunday of Lent in France ("Dimanche des brandons").
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Editor's note: This is the second installment of PoliceMag's "Returning To Duty" Web-only series about the challenges officers face getting back to police work after sustaining injuries on the job. Read the first installment here.
The trauma team that loaded Fremont (Calif.) Police Officer Todd Young onto a gurney at Oakland's Highland Hospital didn't initially realize just how close the lawman—who had suffered a critical gunshot wound—was to death on that warm, August Friday.
The 39-year-old Young was in SWAT shape, and had trained his body to fight through adversity and mask the trauma he suffered.
Young had been working undercover earlier that day in one of Oakland's most violent neighborhoods. He wore a T-shirt and jeans with his badge hanging around his neck and carried a .45-caliber SIG Sauer 220 pistol in a drop-leg holster. Shortly after 2:30 p.m., a gang member shot Young during a foot pursuit.
When Young arrived at the hospital, his vitals didn't raise undue concern, 160-over-100 for blood pressure and a heart rate of 85 beats per minute. Because his heart rate was so slow for the conditions, doctors believed he hadn't lost a lot of blood. For most trauma patients, a higher heart rate signals blood loss because the heart works harder when the body has less blood.
Young was admitted into the ER where Highland trauma surgeon Dr. Javid Sadjadi decided to send him for a CT scan. His face had grown pale, and the CT image showed a pelvic entry wound and exit wound above his left buttock. The large dark spot on the image showed blood pooling inside his body.
That dark spot was caused by a bullet fragment that pierced Young's iliac artery located deep in his pelvic region. Dr. Sadjadi now knew why the wounded officer was so pale; he was bleeding out. Young was rushed into the operating room. On the way, he called his wife, Nicole, to reassure her.
During the next 51 days, Young would undergo eight surgeries, spend 19 days in a coma, and inspire hundreds of officers to donate blood on his behalf.
Now as he recovers, Young is keeping his eye on the prize. However long it takes, he wants to get back to chasing high-risk bad guys on the gang task force and rejoin his department's SWAT team.
"I'm not going to be a victim, and I'll help other people who can't help themselves," says Young. "I just believe in keeping the public safe. I just believe in actively seeking criminals. That's what I do."
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On the afternoon of Aug. 27, 2010, Officer Young and his partner Eric Tang rolled into East Oakland in their surveillance car. As members of the Southern Alameda County Major Crimes Task Force, the officers were looking for Andrew Barrientos, a member of DeCoto 14, a Union City Norteño gang known for its violent threats against law enforcement.
Barrientos, 21 at the time, had threatened to kill his ex-girlfriend and infant son, and Young knew where to find him. A tip led Young to "the nicest house on the block" on Auseon Avenue between Olive and Birch streets. He was told to look for a granite walkway, a rarity in that low-income neighborhood. Young spotted the house, and then spotted Barrientos standing near a black Chevy Avalanche parked at the curb.
Young yelled, "Police! Police!"
Barrientos bolted toward Olive, turned the corner, and began to head up the street. He turned and fired at the pursuing officers with a Glock 9mm he jerked from his waistband.
Barrientos fired 10 rounds, one of which struck Young in the pelvis. The officer replied with seven shots but missed his moving target. Young moved to the sidewalk and kneeled, so he could apply direct pressure to the wound.
Almost immediately, Officers Michael Igualdo and Nancy Cercedes rolled up in their black-and-whites, answering Officer Tang's call for help. Igualdo pulled a first-aid kit from the trunk of his cruiser and began applying QuikClot gauze to Young's wound to accelerate clotting.
Tags: Returning To Duty, Fremont (Calif.) PD, Trauma Care, Oakland PD, Tactical Medicine, Gang Task Force, Nortenos, Gang Enforcement
Nick @ 6/14/2012 6:21 PM
Simply fantastic, amazing, and inspiring story. Glad he's going to be ok, and with an attitude like that he'll have no issues getting back on SWAT.
Kristine @ 6/18/2012 2:54 PM
Excellent story, and very inspiring. Interesting to hear from all the parties to include the trauma team and doctors that helped. What an inspiring story! Congratulations to him and kudos to Police Mag for telling such an important story.
John @ 6/23/2012 8:47 AM
Our prayers are with him! God willing Todd will be back putting badguys away in the near future.
David @ 6/23/2012 9:26 AM
An inspiring story of dedication to duty and survival. It should serve as a lesson to us all! There are no substitutes for mental and physical toughness and preparedness for the unthinkable! Great job and good Lu k! My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Jack Swenson @ 6/23/2012 10:05 AM
God's blessing Officer Young.Hope to see you back on the street soon!
Jim Mccaughey @ 6/23/2012 10:14 AM
Todd, welcome back! You give every LEO Inspiration and the Fighting edge that we all strive for.
DonG @ 6/23/2012 10:48 AM
Not only is this inspiring, but it is great that his department stands with him during this period of time. This isn't always the case and I felt personal solace knowing that there are still some great LE organizations out there. My prayers and best wishes are with you and your family, Todd.
Candelyn Carpenter @ 6/23/2012 1:58 PM
Do let them win you have fought to hard to get where you are today to to let them win now. Just in case no one has told you I will. We need more cops like you, I am so thankful that you are going to be okay. Jesus loves you, and I am sure a heck of alot of other people do to. Jesus has a very special place for you when the time comes. However the time is not here. Give 'em hell Todd. Remember God can do a lot more damage than they can. I am so proud of you for taking a stand in something that no body else has the guts to do. Hang in there. We need you. Candelyn Carpenter
John @ 6/23/2012 2:05 PM
God bless you brother!Welcome back!You did good bro!I wasn't there but from what I have read, there was not a single thing I would have done differently!You can't know when a goblin is going to get froggy and try to get in the wind!I carry a Colt's 1911 (same capacity as your Sig P220) I carry ten round magazines for reloads....just a thought bro!God bless!Most respectfullyjohn
Dexter @ 6/23/2012 8:11 PM
Winston Churchill said it best....never, never, never, never, never give up! God bless you Todd you are in our prayers.
Sean @ 6/24/2012 12:42 PM
Outstanding drive and determination. You will do it! I'm awe-inspired by your story...
Bob Harrison @ 6/25/2012 12:17 PM
Get well soon...I will remember you in my prayers for complete recovery and back with SWAT....God Bless you Brother........
Bob Harrison @ 6/25/2012 12:19 PM
God Bless you Brother...In my prayers for a complete recovery and back on SWAT soon.....
J. Emerson @ 6/25/2012 1:35 PM
Continue with committment and perserverance, it is the spirit of a Warrior, for a Warrior knows no pain and no job is to tough. Get well soon my brother, you have set the example for all to follow. Peace be with you and your family.Sincerely,J. Emerson Garrison
Abel Arriazola @ 6/27/2012 5:51 PM
Young you are a brave and courageous officer who gave full commitment in apprehending a dangerous suspect. In your recovery don't give this punk on second of your time, energy, or mind, instead, focus all you have towards recovery. Be just as aggressive towards your healing process as your were chasing the suspect and God will take care of the rest. Thank you for all you do. You are commendable in every respect. Never give up! Capt. Abel Arriazola
Dusan @ 7/3/2012 10:47 AM
This is great article
Rodney @ 7/4/2012 9:28 PM
May God quicken your recovery and further strengthen your resolve. Hope this quote helps,"Iron is full of impurities that weaken it; through forging, it becomes steel and is transformed into a razor-sharp sword. Human beings develop in the same fashion." -- Morihei Ueshiba (Founder of Aikido)
Thomas Buchenauer @ 7/15/2012 9:18 PM
Close call......God Bless....and a speedy recovery....
sal @ 7/17/2012 7:34 AM
Keep going big dog, till the wheels fall off.
Shawna @ 7/23/2012 4:58 AM
Hero...never quit. I wish you a full recovery. I know you'll reach your goals!!!!
brian @ 7/31/2012 3:34 PM
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As maintenance and reliability professionals, we know that unreliable equipment and facilities can impact the bottom line of the business. Unfortunately, equipment reliability all too often ends up as a low priority in many American businesses.
What many executives don't realize is that equipment and facility reliability is as important as health, safety, environmental and quality (HSE&Q) systems to the bottom line (emphasis on "AS IMPORTANT"). It takes all these "systems" working together to achieve productive, low-cost, customer-focused results.
The challenge is to stop believing that ONE system of the business is MORE IMPORTANT than another. They MUST work together as seamlessly as possible.
Business priorities
There are, in fact, certain necessities of a business—or "business imperatives"—that aren't linear or sequential in their importance. They shouldn't be prioritized one over another (as is often the case with HSE&Q systems). All too often, this type of prioritization is in response to regulatory compliance issues or customer complaints. By prioritizing HSE&Q when addressing problems or opportunities for improvement, leaders often send a conflicting message.
Responding to a spate of customer complaints, a plant manager might proclaim that "Quality is job one, and the customers are always first." What a conflicting linear statement! Employees could take the plant manager's proclamation to mean that they're less important than they had thought. Maybe they had become number two in level of importance (or lower). Moreover, quality would seem to have replaced safety as the plant's top priority. Is it any wonder that employees give up when another improvement program or priority is announced? "This, too, will change. We just have to wait it out…"
Systemic business imperatives
Businesses basically run as big interconnected "systems" producing goods or services in ways that make a profit. Health, safety, environmental, quality and equipment/facilities reliability are, in truth, sub-systems of the bigger operating system. That's why we have them.
Business success is much more than "compliance" with regulations or implementing training and improvement programs. Success comes from consistent deployment of HSE&Q along with reliability methods, in ways that address regulatory issues, as well as significantly improve and/or sustain desired levels of performance (HSE&Q+R).
Speaking of "deployment," one of the most connected senior executives I've ever been blessed to work with put it this way when it came to improvement goals: "On time, lead time and cost!" To him, these were the most important goals for the business to improve and sustain. He would never say that "safety is our top priority" or that "quality is job one." He communicated the big picture in a big way. Let me explain.
What would happen if this executive's plant were unsafe, had people working in unhealthy situations, demonstrated poor environmental performance, produced inconsistent quality and tried to operate with unreliable equipment? You guessed it: It would take longer to make products, they would be shipped late and costs would be high. That's why the "on time, lead time and cost" mantra spread through every improvement initiatives at the plant. These three goals were the connection, or the line of sight, from the annual corporate strategic plan to workers on the plant floor. Accordingly, when the executive asked managers, supervisors, engineers and hourly workers what the goal from all this was, they would respond in unison, "On time, lead time and cost!" This is an excellent example of "winning with teamwork focused on common goals" if I ever saw one.
By the way, the results that this very traditional aforementioned manufacturing operation realized were significant, rapid and sustained over many years—which helped save jobs when they were on the verge of being outsourced. The plant achieved major business success by doing the right things the right way, the first time, every time, and did so without compromising HSE&Q+R. These "business imperatives" were just that: fundamental requirements.
Performance-oriented work cultures
Businesses and workplaces that achieve high levels of competitiveness tend to be performance oriented.
In any one of these performance-oriented work-culture examples, we see a strategic approach to improving performance, improving competitiveness and improving bottom-line results. In all of them, you would be hard-pressed to see safety, health, environmental, quality or reliability as a single top priority, independent of the others. They are embedded as business imperatives. Their HSE&Q+R priorities are interconnected. Better yet, they are interdependent—each relies on the other.
Talk to the hand
I recently used the following example to explain a model of the business imperatives of a performance-oriented work culture. I held up my hand and explained how this one seemingly simple system of the human body works: Each finger and thumb can work independently. Each finger and thumb is a sub-system of the hand. Jointed parts can be flexed and moved, but the work that can be accomplished by a single finger or a thumb is minimal. A "thumbs-up" means "great job," while the index finger is used to push a button or point to something for emphasis.
The real power of the human hand begins when we use the fingers and thumb as a single system of movement—interdependent actions of each—working together. For instance, grasping a wrench to remove a bolt uses all fingers and the thumb at a minimum. Picking up a golf ball requires only the thumb and index finger for success. Pitching a fastball calls for the thumb, index and middle fingers to grip the ball, while the ring and little fingers stabilize it.
This "business imperatives of a performance-oriented work culture" model works in much the same way as the human hand. The five sub-systems—safety, health, environmental, quality and reliability—can, and often do, work independently of the others. But how efficient and effective is a single sub-system without the an interconnection with the others? The undeniable benefit comes when these sub-systems operate interdependently, relying on one-another for optimum efficiency and effectiveness.
The human hand can't function by itself. It takes muscles, tendons, nerves, bone and intelligence provided by the brain to make the fingers and thumb work together to accomplish any task that comes along. As with our hand, the five business imperatives of a performance-oriented work culture require a final "super-system" to make the interdependent parts work together in a disciplined manner—let's call it the "sixth discipline."
The sixth discipline
The "super-system" in this model includes both "leadership" and "work culture" working together in ways that keep the five HSE&Q+R sub-systems operating in unison.
The sixth discipline begins with senior executives who embrace a purposeful, focused, engaging leadership style. It ends with successful strategic policy deployment that increases the business' competitiveness and profitability.
The business imperatives of a performance-oriented work culture demand that top leadership understands and communicates the strategic importance of equipment and facilities performance to the business. A sixth-discipline leader emphasizes the importance of improving equipment performance this way: "The boiler is critically important. It produces steam that is used to operate our equipment, heat our products and warm the building." But his/her message wouldn't stop there.
"Safety and environmental incidents in the boiler room this year," he/she continues, "have penalized our business. Boiler breakdowns and inconsistent steam pressure and temperatures have affected our plant operations, damaged work in process, and delayed shipments to our customers."
The leader's expectation becomes abundantly clear when he/she concludes, "Our goal is to produce our products on time, with less lead time than our competition, at the lowest possible cost. Boiler performance MUST improve. But we cannot compromise health, safety, environmental, quality and reliability excellence in our boiler room."
Now, remember the hand
I believe that reliability is as important as health, safety, environmental and quality in a business that relies on equipment to make products to produce revenue through sales or occupancy. The "business imperatives of a performance-oriented work culture" and the "sixth discipline" (which incorporates leadership and work culture) demonstrate a sound model for improving business performance and equipment reliability. As maintenance professionals, we must continue to educate and engage top-level business leaders in equipment and facility reliability improvement. MT


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CARY — Dave and Carol Dayton bought five and a half acres of land west of Cary in 1983, long before subdivisions cropped up and major highways came through.
They built a 4,000-square-foot dream home, where they raised a son and planned to stay forever.
Other families also settled on the rural stretch of Twyla Road, and a community formed. Neighbors' children played together. When it snowed, everyone would get together and sled down the hill.
But now they all want out, and the neighborhood has joined forces to escape the sprawl that has edged westward over the years.
Nineteen property owners hope to sell their combined land – about 79 acres – to a developer who could turn the mostly wooded area into a shopping center or denser residential community.
"We're just regular people here," said Dave Dayton, 60, a laboratory manager in Research Triangle Park. "We're trying to survive ... and recover from a bad situation."
Last summer, the state opened the western stretch of the Triangle Expressway, which runs along Twyla Road. An overpass straddles the highway, connected to nothing as it awaits the future Morrisville Parkway extension.
When it arrives, that piece of road will cut the Twyla Road neighborhood in half.
The Daytons considered selling their house. But they said the Triangle Expressway hurt their home's value.
Potential homebuyers might not be interested anyway, for the same reasons the Daytons want to leave. Commercial developers have no use for an individual lot surrounded by homes.
So neighbors got together to weigh their options. And they decided they were willing to abandon the community they have loved for decades.
In November 2011, about 40 people who own 21 parcels of land formed the Twyla Road LLC, a legal entity. Now they hope a developer will want what they have to offer – a big tract of land near a future interchange.
"This is the only way we're going to be able to make lemonade out of lemons," Dave Dayton said.
It's uncommon for so many property owners to band together to sell, but it's not unheard of. A group of residents near downtown Cary have long hoped to sell 20 acres to developers.
On Twyla Road, selling en masse can pave the way for a developer to transform the area, said J.W. Shearin, a real-estate broker for Coldwell Banker who is representing the group.
Western Cary has seen plenty of residential growth, he said, but the area could use a grocery store and other services.
Jeff Ulma, Cary's planning director, agrees. The town has already designated most of the Twyla Road area off of Green Hope School Road for mixed-use development in its long-range plans.
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For some local residents, leaving will be bittersweet.
Vicki Smith and her husband, Mike, designed and built their home on a few acres of land 30 years ago.
"It was a beautiful spot. ... It's very idyllic," said Smith, 62, a self-employed graphic designer.
But soon, Morrisville Parkway will essentially be part of the Smiths' backyard.
"We all built our homes and everything out here, but there's the reality of how everything has changed," Vicki Smith said. "You need to start looking at things realistically."
The Daytons and the Smiths aren't sure where they'll go next – maybe somewhere just as green, but further off the beaten path.
Maybe a place where they won't hear rush-hour traffic.
Some members of the Twyla Road group have talked about finding a big piece of land to buy together, Dave Dayton said.
"It is sad, but you know, you just have to move on," said Carol Dayton, 57. "Your heart tells you one thing and your mind tells you another."
An unclear future
Developers have already shown some interest in the property, Shearin said.
But as the economy continues to recover, it's unclear when a major change will happen.
Eventually, the residents of Twyla Road know their neighborhood will become something very different than what it is now.
"This is the heart of West Cary," Shearin said.
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LG's 4K phone upscaling squeezes Ultra HD from your mobile
LG's new upscaling system outputs a 4K feed to your TV, letting you play games or watch films at an eye-watering resolution from your phone.
LG is showing off a new system that transforms your smartphone into a 4K media hub at Mobile World Congress (MWC).
The South Korean company is calling the new platform the "world's first wireless Ultra HD transmission technology". If you've got a game or video playing on your mobile in HD, the new platform will upscale the feed to a 4K resolution, before beaming it out wirelessly to another device.
In this situation, that second device was an LG 4K television, acting as a simple monitor for the 4K feed that the phone was pumping out.
At MWC, we played with Epic Citadel, a graphically intensive tech demo that — in this case — was running on one of LG's Optimus G smartphones. The process of upscaling the feed to 4K is an intensive one, and the phone felt very warm when we touched it — but nevertheless, the Optimus G's quad-core processor was handling the task with relative ease.
(Credit: Luke Westaway/CNET)
Games ran with a little judder, but as this technology is still months away from being released, we're prepared to withhold judgment for now. LG the proprietary system would be cropping up in smartphones at the start of next year, or possibly the end of 2013.
It seems that tech companies want to control your living room by turning your smartphone into a portable media centre.
For us, the system demonstrates how powerful smartphone processors have become in just a few short years. If the Optimus G can handle it, we've no doubt that other mobiles emerging in the next year or two will be equally capable.
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Not sure dear malaise is getting the race hatred replies she probably expected...
Time will tell...Wed Apr 11, 2012, 06:26 AM
Dear White Folks - great piece in Ebony
Last edited Wed Apr 11, 2012, 07:15 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)
Dear White folks:
Between the racist comments, the constant use of the race denial card (this country's most frequently used "race card") and the absurd claims of White victimhood, you have really grated my last nerve.
I have heard that we are all Trayvon Martin over the last few weeks, yet we are not Trayvon Martin and we never could be. White America is never suspicious. White America can walk to the store without fear of being hunted down. White America can count on justice and a nation grieving at the loss of White life. We aren't Trayvon Martin, we are George Zimmerman: presumed innocent until proven innocent.
I want you to close your eyes for a second, and imagine that your son or daughter, sister or brother, granddaughter or grandson, ventured to the corner store for some Skittles and tea but never returned? Can you imagine if Peter or Jan were gunned down right around the corner from your house and the police didnt notify you right away? Can you imagine if little Sydney or Bobby sat in the morgue for days as you searched to find out what happened them? Can you even imagine the police letting the perpetrator go or the news media remaining silent? Can you even fathom learning about background and drug tests on your child? Can you imagine the news media demonizing your child, blaming your child for his own death?
Can you imagine the outcry if seven White youths had been gunned down by police and security guards in a matter of months? Can you imagine the extensive political interest, the media stories that would saturate the airwaves? Can you imagine Fox News or any number of newspapers reporting about a school suspension for one of the victims or doctoring pictures in an attempt to make these victims less sympathetic? Can you imagine a person holding up a sign calling these victims thugs and hoodlums.Just think about the media frenzy, the concern from politicians, and the national horror every time a school shooting happens in Suburbia or every time a White woman goes missing...can you imagine if women routinely went missing from your community and the news and police department simply couldn't be bothered?
David J. Leonard is Associate Professor in the Department of Critical Culture, Gender and Race Studies at Washington State University, Pullman. He is author of After Artest: Race and the War on Hoop (SUNY Press, spring 2012).


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Hi -
I need a very simple java script that will limit a field's entries to 1 or 3. I believe this is a custom validation script.
If it's just a matter of putting in a standard shell and then using a GREP expression, can someone tell me how to set it up so I can customize it in the future?
Learning javascript has been on my to do list for a while, but if I need to use it for something like this I think I'll have to push it to the top of the list.
I've seen other scripts on the forums to do other sorts of field validation but can't tell how much of it I need to include for this.
Thanks in advance for the help.
Here's a topic from yesterday that discusses something very similar (a or d instead of 1 or 3): http://forums.adobe.com/thread/940007
You should be able to adapt this to suit your needs, but if you get stuck, post again.
Thanks - I read that, but was confused about the keystroke event function.
if all I want is to require the field to contain either a 1 or a 3, would it be just this:
// Get everything that's entered in the field
var val = AFMergeChange(event);
// Reject everything other than 1 or 3,
event.rc = AFExactMatch(/^(1|3)$/i, val);
What more do I need to make it a script?
Do I need to start with the
and end with
The code has to be placed in a document-level function and the function then needs to be called from the field's Keystroke event. There is a good reason for this, but explaining it might just confuse things unnecessarily. If you don't know how to create a document-level JavaScript, I can provide directions, but the specifics depend on which version of Acrobat you're using. So let me know and I'll post more info.
This topic discusses how to add a new document-level function and call it, but the details are specific to to Acrobat 9 (and maybe 8): http://forums.adobe.com/thread/940004
I was actually thinking of this one: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4095955#4095955
but the other includes other information that should be useful as well.
Quote from your other discussion:
But you'll need to place it either in a document-level JavaScript outside of a function definition, or in the initial page's Page Open event.
To create a new document-level JavaScript, select "Advanced > Document Processing > Document JavaScripts...", enter a name for the script (e.g., "init"), click the Add button, delete the function skeleton it gives you by default, and enter the line of code from above. Replace "your_date_field" with the actual name of your date field.
I'm using Acrobax X for Macintosh, 10.1.1.
Where is "Advanced > Document Processing . . . ?"
I have this form field validation dialog - can't I just insert a script here?
In Acrobat 10, you have to select: Tools > JavaScript > Document JavaScripts
A problem may be that you don't have the JavaScript panel set to show. If so, click the (very) small "Show or Hide Panels" icon/button at the top-right of the Tools panel to select JavaScript.
You would normally be able to place the keystroke script code directly into the editor, but since the code I showed uses some built-in functions, you have to do it the way I described due to what I consider to be a bug in Acrobat.
Also, you're showing the validate tab. It would be possible to validate the entry after the user commits it, and reject any invalid entries, but the keystroke script approach will prevent the user from being able to make invalid entries in the first place. Whether this is the best approach is for you to say. If you want to go with a validate script, the code would necessarily be different than the code for a keystroke script. Post again if this is what you want and I can revise the code to work as a validate script.


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Going by the downloads for "Latin Rhodes 2", we've got some latin heads here. So here are three fantastic, slamming slabs of Mongo Santamaria vinyl, donated here by Bacoso - followed a discography of 54 of his albums. Some are uploads by readers here, and the rest are blog links - this one of those posts that keeps growing and growing. Yes, you need all of these albums :)
'Bacoso' excerpt
Essential! Heavy heavy heavy descarga session from way back when Mongo was still killing 'em dead and hadn't sold out to lame soul covers and boogaloo nonsense. Features the ferocious "Bacoso" which develops into a scorching percussion battle mid way through and the storming "Descarga at the Blackhawk". Interestingly enough, one of Joao Donato's first U.S. recordings on which he plays both piano and trombone - he contributes "Bluchanga".
Ripped @320 from original vinyl.
One of the great latin LPs of the 60s.
1. Bluchanga
2. Tenderly
3. Descarga at the Blackhawk
4. Bacoso
5. Sabor
6. All the Things You Are
Rolando Lozano - flute
Jose "Chombo" Silva - tenor sax
Felix "Pupi" Legarreta - violin
Joao Donato - piano, trombone
Victor Venegas - bass
Julito Collazo, Cuco Martinez, Mongo Santamaria - percussion
Recorded at "The Blackhawk", San Francisco, CA, 1962
Released in 1964
Fantasy Records LP 3351
'Dirty Willie' excerpt
Bacoso says :
Mighty Mongo from 1964 on Riverside. One of my favourite Mongo albums, this one is a cracker not least for Marty Sheller's furious "Dirty Willie" .
Here's a review from Dusty Groove :
"A killer early album by Mongo Santamaria -- almost an equal blend of jazz and Latin rhythms, and a great illustration of the unique contribution that he was making to both types of music back in the 60s! Mongo's group here is filled with some really great horn players -- Nat Adderley on cornet, Marty Sheller on trumpet, Bobby Capers on alto sax, and Pat Patrick on baritone -- really hitting a hard-edged groove that's as filled with soul jazz solo inflections as it is with Mongo's great work on percussion! The reeds bring a sharp edge to the record that keeps on going throughout - pushing the set with a lot more soul than other Latin sides from the time, particularly those in the charanga mode and most tracks are short and feisty."
01. 'Skins' - (Sheller)
02. 'Fatback' - (Capers, Capers)
03. 'Hammer Head' - (Sheller)
04. 'Dot Dot Dot' - (Sheller)
05. 'Corn Bread Guajira'- (Capers)
06. 'Dirty Willie' - (Sheller)
07. 'Sweet Tater Pie' - (Grand)
08. 'Bembe Blue' - (Laws)
09. 'Dulce Amor' - (Grand)
10. 'Tacos' - (Laws)
11. 'Para Ti' - (Santamaria)
Nat Adderley - Cornet (1.3.10)
Marty Sheller - trumpet, latin percussion
Hubert Laws - piccolo, flute, tenor sax
Bobby Capers - alto sax, baritone sax
Rodgers Grant - piano
Victor Venegas - bass
Jimmy Cobb - drums (1,10)
Ray Lucas - drums (2.9)
Mongo Santamaria - conga, bongo
Carmelo Garcia - timbale
"Chihuahua" Martinez - latin percussion
Wito Kortwright - guino
Bacoso says :
01. 'Mañana Wilson' - (Marty Sheller)
02. 'Tish' - (Marty Sheller)
03. 'Zimbabwe' - (Sam Furnace)
04. 'Con Hache' - (Bobby Sanabria)
05. 'Power Struggle' - (Tony Hinson)
06. 'Tracey' - (Marty Sheller)
07. 'Espíritu Libre' - (Eddie Allen)
08. 'You Are on My Mind' - (Bob Quarantas)
Mongo Santamaria - percussion, conga, leader
Eddie Allen - trumpet, flugelhorn
Sam Furnace - flute, alto sax, baritone sax
Tony Hinson - flute, soprano sax, tenor sax
Bob Quarantas - piano, keyboards
Eddie Resto - bass
Pablo Rosario - bongos
Bobby Sanabria - drums
Produced by Henry Montalvo and Vicente Iturbides.
Released on Tropical Buddha Records, 1984
Mongo Santamaria discography :
1952 "... and his afro-cuban beaters"
1958-59 "Afro Roots" (combines "Yambu" and "Mongo") at El Milagro Verde
1962 "Watermelon Man" info
1962 "Viva Mongo" donated by Xerxes, re-up by LOL Music
1963 "Mongo Introduces La Lupe" at AfroCubanLatinJazz1964 "La Bamba" / alternate
1965 "El Pussy Cat" at Flageolette
1967 "Mongomania" - info
1967 "Hey Let's Party" at Buns O'Plenty
1969 "Soul Bag" at Vinyl For Giants (see word 'soul' in text)
1970 "All Strung out" (Without 'Me and You Baby', already included and complete in 'Afro-American Latin')
1970 "Mongo 70" at Avax / alternate
1972 "Fuego" - info / alternate
1976 "Ubane" at El Punto de la Salsa
1977 "Dawn" aka "Amenecer" at Blog-O-Blog / alternate
1978 "A La Carte" donated by reader Xerxes. Thanks!
1978 "Drums and Chants" (rec. 1955) donated by Rowan - (also comped on "... and his afro-cuban beaters", see above)
1983 "Mongo Magic" donated by Remy
1984 "Free Spirit (Espiritu Libre) at Orgy In Rhythm
1987 "Soy Yo" at Zonamusical or Si Se Rompe se Compone1988 "Soca Me Nice" donated by LOL Music1989 "Ole Ola" donated by LOL Music
1990 "Live at Jazz Alley" at Pepanito
1993 "Mambo Mongo" - info
1993 "Mambo mongo" at Si Si Rompe Se Compone(same title & year, different album!)
1996 "Brazilian Sunset" - recorded 1992 - info / FLAC from LOL Music
2000 "Le Sorcier des Congas" at Avax


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I'm ticked off that I can't figure out why someone is concerned about my handicap placard. I keep it on the rearview mirror because I would forget to post it otherwise and risk getting a ticket.
I'm ticked off at the person who was ticked off about celebrities having children out of wedlock. First of all, it's nobody's business but their own when they choose to have children and with whom. Second of all, since when is it a celebrity's job to live their lives according to YOUR morals and values?
I'm ticked off that someone thought it was necessary to cut down the big oak tree on the corner of Conway and Gatlin next to the church. That tree has been there for hundreds of years! There's no good reason for cutting it down! You just destroyed a home for hundreds of birds, critters and insects, for what?
I'm ticked off at my co-worker who keeps coughing all day and won't see a doctor or take medication. She coughs in her hands and touches everything around her. Plus, it is annoying hearing her cough all day.
I'm ticked off that a tax preparer can get me a $3,169.00 "tax refund" for a child even though I pay no taxes, but I can't get no money from the baby daddy because he won't work.
One thing that really ticks me off is when renters vacate an apartment or house and don't leave the premises clean. It is inconsiderate and tacky to not clean up after yourself!
I'm ticked off that front-yard gardens are even being considered. We are one step away from all kinds of animals within city limits. If I wanted to live on a farm I would have moved to the country.