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With the horrific and shocking allegations arising against Team Lloyd Irvin and some of his instructors, there has been a strong urge for other victims to come forward and report any wrong-doings that might have occurred to them. I am sure many of us can only speculate as to what would hinder the victims from stepping up and offering their accounts. Not to speak for the victims, but I have often read that many victims do not come forward out of embarrassment and possible backlash or slander thrown at them for possible false allegations. Every assault in any fashion, any rape or sex crime is absolutely appalling, and is difficult for any victim to come forward. However I think what makes it even more difficult to speak up, is when the crime is committed at the hands of someone that you idolized, someone that you truly trusted for your well being.
Growing up, we learn that there are people out there that will change our lives and help to groom us to become better in any aspect of life. We have our parents, family members, older peers, teachers, and coaches. We believe that they are incorruptible, and are here solely to assist us, protect us, and guide us. We believe that we should never have any reason to not trust them or feel that they would harm us in anyway. Unfortunately, to put it generically, there are a few terrible apples that spoil the lot, and harm many to a degree that is repulsive. To state this now, I do not believe that there are a large number of persons in an authority position that prey on those under their wing, but the few that are out there leave a devastating mark on their victims.
Fortunately, and I thank the Big Guy upstairs everyday, I was not a victim of any of these acts. Many of us were not, but some of us may know someone who was an unfortunate target to a predator. Years after graduating from high school, there were at least two different coaches that were accused of inappropriate behavior with the students/athletes. One of the coaches committed suicide rather than face the consequences, and the other went to trial. I was shocked, as I had known both of the coaches, and even had one of them as a teacher. I tried to imagine what my peers (if indeed they had been one of the victimized) that had been assaulted must have felt. Shame? Embarrassment? A horrible stigma that they will never live down? Did they feel that they were weak or ignorant for allowing this to happen? How could they come forward against respected teachers/coaches for the school? What would be the consequences of their accusations? More importantly I wondered, how did they feel knowing their trust was shattered by someone they considered a hero and mentor? Why did they wait so long to come forward? My head began to hurt thinking about all of these possible thought patterns and emotions. It was out of my control so I was finally able to calm my mind, and then this story appears.
The case of Hermes Franca disgusted me and I hoped against hope that he was not capable of such things. When I read about Lloyd Irvin's students committing that crime, and later learning of his past sins, I was floored. Once again one hopes that a man in his position would not be capable of such crimes, but the way he conducted himself in the aftermath suggested that he was not a good man. Judging by Brent's article (fantastic work man) Irvin abused his position in the worst way imaginable. People of all ages came to him seeking knowledge and guidance. They put their faith and trust in his hands hoping to better themselves either physically, mentally or emotionally. And now all of that is thrown violently out the window. The crimes have been committed, but now what? Some have come forward in an effort to ensure that Irvin receives punishment for the unspeakable deeds that occurred at the academy. But what about those that are still struggling? What about those that had the courage to come forward? People will tell them that they are safe now. They will be told that they can trust those in authority to do the right thing. Sadly, they were told those things before from their idols who swore to be there for them.
I truly wish the best and send my condolences to the victims and the families for what they are enduring. I hope every victim can stand up and help to bring justice to this matter. My main hope, is that they realize this was not their fault despite any deterrents that are suggested to derail any predator. I truly hope that they will regain their ability to trust and know they are supported and that there is still good in the world.


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The Eagle-Tribune
---- — The district is new but the names on the ballot should be familiar to Merrimack Valley voters.
After five years representing the region in the 5th Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas has assembled a record she proudly stands behind. The Lowell Democrat is running for re-election in the newly-formed 3rd District against Republican Jon Golnik of Carlisle.
The race is a rematch of 2010, when Tsongas beat Golnik by a margin of 55 to 42 percent. A first-time candidate, Golnik earned 94,646 votes to Tsongas' 122,858 in what was the best showing in the Valley from a Republican congressional hopeful since 1992.
Two years later, Golnik still believes Tsongas is part of the problem in Washington, D.C. The candidates disagree on a long list of issues, including the state of the economy four years after the 2008 financial crisis.
Each has enlisted dueling statistics to prove their respective points on the campaign trail.
Tsongas says America lost 800,000 jobs in December 2008, the final month of the Bush administration. Since then, 5 million jobs were created and the country has enjoyed 31 consecutive months of public-sector job growth, including 103,000 new jobs last month.
Additionally, Tsongas said the stock market has recovered and the foreclosure rate is 16 percent lower than one year ago.
"The economy is in a much better place," said Tsongas. "But we've got much more to do."
Golnik cites 44 consecutive months of national unemployment at 8 percent or higher and a rising state unemployment rate in recent months as proof the economy is not where it should be. He has also continually attacked Tsongas for her comment at a recent debate that people are "absolutely" better off now than they were two years ago.
"I'm running because this country is currently on the wrong path," said Golnik. "The middle class is struggling."
Tsongas was first elected to Congress in October 2007. She beat Republican Jim Ogonowski in a special election and succeeded Marty Meehan, who resigned after eight terms to become chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
Tsongas' win over Golnik in 2010 was her first contested re-election bid.
Like the 5th District, the new 3rd District includes Lowell, Lawrence, Haverhill, Methuen and Andover. All together, the new district is home to six cities and 31 towns in Essex, Middlesex and Worcester counties — 26 of them retained from the current 5th District.
The winner in the Nov. 6 election will represent the 3rd District beginning in January.
Here's where Tsongas and Golnik stand on the issues:
Economic Recovery & Job Creation
Tsongas stands by her votes in favor of the 2009 economic stimulus and bailouts of the automotive and financial industries, claiming they were necessary to curb the impact of the crisis.
"I think it was critically important to stop the extraordinary freefall in our economy," said Tsongas.
Golnik, by contrast, believes the stimulus and bailouts represent a failed federal "spending spree."
"It's too expensive," said Golnik. "And it hasn't worked."
Golnik believes private sector job creation will lead to a sustainable economic recovery. In order to get businesses hiring again, he supports dropping the corporate tax rate from 35 to 25 percent.
Like Tsongas, Golnik believes the tax code must be updated to discourage the outsourcing of jobs overseas.
But while Tsongas is a strong backer of President Barack Obama's health care reform, Golnik believes Obamacare should be repealed and replaced with a series of cost-cutting reforms. These changes will increase business confidence and spur job growth, he said.
"It's time for a new direction and a new path," said Golnik. "We need to get this economy growing."
Tsongas said she's worked consistently in Congress as an advocate for small businesses in her district.
This fall, she collaborated with city leaders in Methuen to help ensure manufacturer Century Box expanded its facility rather than relocate out of state. The $4.5 million expansion project is expected to create 89 new full-time jobs.
Tsongas said she will offer continued support to the Merrimack Valley's manufacturing base and other small businesses by ensuring the availability of job training programs and research and development opportunities.
She said strong support for education in science, technology, engineering and math is also vital to the region's economy.
"We have a lot more to do and I think the future is dependent on the continued growth of small-growth companies," said Tsongas. "Obviously, we still have to focus on job creation."
Taxes & Deficit Reduction
Tsongas believes the Bush-era tax cuts must end for America's wealthiest 2 percent. Such a change would only impact annual income above $200,000 for individuals and above $250,000 for a family of four. Those who make less would not see a change.
In 2010, Tsongas said she voted to extend the tax cuts for all Americans in order to ensure unemployment benefits and payroll tax cuts were also extended. By letting the cuts expire for the wealthy, she believes the resulting $800 billion over the next decade can serve as a major building block for a "fair, balanced and sustainable" deficit-reduction plan that also includes budget cuts and closing tax loopholes for large oil and gas companies.
Golnik wants the Bush tax cuts extended for all Americans. He said many individuals making over $200,000 are small business owners.
"You can't be raising taxes on the very people who need to be creating jobs," said Golnik.
Golnik said money is better left in people's hands than with the federal government.
He believes lower taxes for all will in turn boost the economy. Golnik is also an advocate for smaller government. He has taken conservative activist Grover Norquist's anti-tax-hike pledge, along with more than 40 U.S. Senators and 230 members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Tsongas said that paints Golnik into a corner.
"You can't go to Washington to solve problems if you're taking pledges that shut out all sorts of solutions," said Tsongas. "The only pledge I've ever taken is the Pledge of Allegiance."
Social Security, Medicare & Entitlement Reform
Golnik has criticized Tsongas for failing to discuss long-term solutions for Social Security and Medicare.
He believes people entering the workforce should be given the option of investing a small percentage of their Social Security contributions into private savings accounts.
Tsongas has said she will always stand against privatizing Social Security or diverting funds to private retirement accounts. She believes such changes stand to compromise the program.
Both candidates are against Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan's plan for Medicare, in which seniors would be given government vouchers to purchase private health insurance.
Tsongas and Golnik predict the cost of health insurance is destined to eclipse the value of the vouchers, leaving seniors to pay more.
Golnik believes Congress should tackle health care costs by allowing Americans to purchase insurance across state lines, by allowing individuals and small businesses to pool together and lobby for lower rates, and by enacting tort reform to prevent the practice of defensive medicine.
Tsongas said Obama's health care reform is equipped with a host of cost-cutting measures, which in turn will reduce the cost of Medicare over the long term. Among them: enhanced insurance coverage for preventative care and the expanded use electronic medical record keeping.
Energy, Women's Issues & Bipartisanship
A stark difference on energy policy emerged between Tsongas and Golnik at a debate last week in Haverhill.
Casting doubt on the economic viability of the green energy industry, Golnik said he supports increased domestic oil drilling and would vote to approve the expansion of the Keystone pipeline, which delivers oil from Canada to America's midwest.
Tsongas countered by promising continued support for the region's many green energy businesses, which she said have succeeded in recent years thanks in part to successful federal and state partnerships.
Women's issues quickly emerged as a major theme of the 2012 election and this race was no different.
In September, shortly before the state primary election, Tsongas sent a campaign email claiming "any one of my Republican opponents will be just another vote for the Ryan ideological agenda. Another rubber-stamp for an agenda that discriminates against women."
When Golnik declared victory in the primary, he stood with his mother, wife and daughter by his side. His wife Phyllis Golnik also dismissed the so-called "war on women" as "absurd." Golnik later responded to Tsongas in an email of his own.
"She continues to send out deceptive attack messages," wrote Golnik. "She knows I'm not against women — but she also knows what sells."
As in 2010, Golnik has called out Tsongas for voting over 90 percent of the time with the Democratic party.
"The rhetoric doesn't match the record," said Golnik. "We have a representative who simply isn't bipartisan."
Tsongas said challengers across the country are using that same line against incumbents from both parties.
As for reaching across the aisle, she cited her support of the Budget Control Act in 2011 — which ended the debt-ceiling crisis and outlined billions in cuts over the next decade — and her efforts to provide safer and lighter body armor for U.S. troops and greater protections for military sexual assault victims.
"I think I've demonstrated my willingness to think through every bill," said Tsongas. "I do my homework. I make a decision based on what I think is in the best interest of my district and have proven to be an independent voice."

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Kristina Hague, 20, pleaded not guilty to 4th degree rape charges in December.
Prosecutors say Hague, and her co- defendant Alexander Martinez committed the alleged rape on a child under 16 last January.
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Fists of freedom, an Olympic story not taught in school
by Dave Zirin
When mentioned at all in U.S. history textbooks, the famous photo appears with almost no context. For example, Pearson/Prentice Hall's "United States History" places the photo opposite a short three-paragraph section, "Young Leaders Call for Black Power." The photo's caption says simply that "… U.S. athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised gloved fists in protest against discrimination."
The media – and school curricula – fail to address the context that produced Smith and Carlos' famous gesture of resistance: It was the product of what was called "The Revolt of the Black Athlete." Amateur Black athletes formed OPHR, the Olympic Project for Human Rights, to organize an African American boycott of the 1968 Olympic Games.
OPHR, its lead organizer, Dr. Harry Edwards, and its primary athletic spokespeople, Smith and the 400-meter sprinter Lee Evans, were deeply influenced by the Black freedom struggle. Their goal was nothing less than to expose how the United States used Black athletes to project a lie about race relations both at home and internationally.
OPHR had four central demands: Restore Muhammad Ali's heavyweight boxing title, remove Avery Brundage as head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), hire more African American coaches, and disinvite South Africa and Rhodesia from the Olympics. Ali's belt had been taken by boxing's powers that be earlier in the year for his resistance to the Vietnam draft.
By standing with Ali, OPHR was expressing its opposition to the war. By calling for the hiring of more African American coaches as well as the ouster of Brundage, they were dragging out of the shadows a part of Olympic history those in power wanted to bury. Brundage was an anti-Semite and a white supremacist, best remembered today for sealing the deal on Hitler's hosting the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. By demanding the exclusion of South Africa and Rhodesia, they aimed to convey their internationalism and solidarity with the Black freedom struggles against apartheid in Africa.
The wind went out of the sails of a broader boycott for many reasons, partly because the IOC re-committed to banning apartheid countries from the Games. The more pressing reason the boycott failed was that athletes who had spent their whole lives preparing for their Olympic moment simply couldn't bring themselves to give it up.
The media – and school curricula – fail to address the context that produced Smith and Carlos' famous gesture of resistance: It was the product of what was called "The Revolt of the Black Athlete." Amateur Black athletes formed OPHR, the Olympic Project for Human Rights, to organize an African American boycott of the 1968 Olympic Games.
There also emerged accusations of a campaign of harassment and intimidation orchestrated by people supportive of Brundage. Despite all of these pressures, a handful of Olympians was still determined to make a stand. In communities across the globe, they were hardly alone.
The lead-up to the Olympics in Mexico City was electric with struggle. Already in 1968, the world had seen the Tet Offensive in Vietnam, demonstrating that the United States was nowhere near "winning the war"; the Prague Spring, during which Czech students challenged tanks from the Stalinist Soviet Union, demonstrating that dissent was crackling on both sides of the Iron Curtain; and the April 4 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and the urban uprisings that followed – along with the exponential growth of the Black Panther Party in the United States – that revealed an African American freedom struggle unassuaged by the civil rights reforms that had transformed the Jim Crow South. Then, on Oct. 2, 10 days before the opening ceremonies of the 1968 Olympic Games, Mexican security forces massacred hundreds of students and workers in Mexico City's Tlatelolco Square.
On the second day of the Games, Smith and Carlos took their stand. Smith set a world record, winning the 200-meter gold, and Carlos captured the bronze. Smith then took out the black gloves. The silver medalist, a runner from Australia named Peter Norman, attached an Olympic Project for Human Rights patch onto his chest to show his solidarity on the medal stand.
As the stars and stripes ran up the flagpole and the national anthem played, Smith and Carlos bowed their heads and raised their fists in what was described across the globe as a "Black Power salute," creating a moment that would define the rest of their lives. But there was far more to their actions on the medal stand than just the gloves. The two men wore no shoes to protest Black poverty, as well as beads and scarves to protest lynching.
Within hours, the IOC planted a rumor that Smith and Carlos had been stripped of their medals – although this was not in fact true – and expelled from the Olympic Village. Brundage wanted to send a message to every athlete that there would be punishment for any political demonstrations on the field of play. But Brundage was not alone in his furious reaction.
The Los Angeles Times accused Smith and Carlos of a "Nazi-like salute." Time had a distorted version of the Olympic logo on its cover but instead of the motto "Faster, Higher, Stronger," it blared "Angrier, Nastier, Uglier." The Chicago Tribune called the act "an embarrassment visited upon the country," an "act contemptuous of the United States" and "an insult to their countrymen."
Smith and Carlos were "renegades" who would come home to be "greeted as heroes by fellow extremists," lamented the paper. But the coup de grâce was by a young reporter for the Chicago American named Brent Musburger who called them "a pair of black-skinned storm troopers."
Smith and Carlos bowed their heads and raised their fists in what was described across the globe as a "Black Power salute," creating a moment that would define the rest of their lives. But there was far more to their actions on the medal stand than just the gloves. The two men wore no shoes to protest Black poverty, as well as beads and scarves to protest lynching.
But if Smith and Carlos were attacked from a multitude of directions, they also received many expressions of support, including from some unlikely sources. For example, the U.S. Olympic crew team, all white and entirely from Harvard, issued the following statement:
"We – as individuals – have been concerned about the place of the Black man in American society in their struggle for equal rights. As members of the U.S. Olympic team, each of us has come to feel a moral commitment to support our Black teammates in their efforts to dramatize the injustices and inequities which permeate our society."
Smith and Carlos sacrificed privilege and glory, fame and fortune, for a larger cause – civil rights. As Carlos says, "A lot of the [Black] athletes thought that winning [Olympic] medals would supersede or protect them from racism. But even if you won a medal, it ain't going to save your momma. It ain't going to save your sister or children. It might give you 15 minutes of fame, but what about the rest of your life?"
The story of Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Olympics deserves more than a visual sound bite in a quickie textbook section on "Black Power." As the Zinn Education Project points out in its "If We Knew Our History" series, this is one of many examples of the missing and distorted history in school, which turns the curriculum into a checklist of famous names and dates.
Smith and Carlos sacrificed privilege and glory, fame and fortune, for a larger cause – civil rights.
When we introduce students to the story of Smith and Carlos' defiant gesture, we can offer a rich context of activism, courage and solidarity that breathes life into the study of history – and the long struggle for racial equality.
Dave Zirin is the author of "The John Carlos Story" (Haymarket). Receive his column every week by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com. Contact him at email@example.com. This column previously appeared in GOOD magazine and The Nation.
One thought on "Fists of freedom, an Olympic story not taught in school"
Renaldo ricketts
This goes to show the power of the media, it shapes opinions, draws lines and makes converts. They attempted to dismiss the revolutionary symbolic gestures of Smith and Carlos. But history has proven that these acts were powerful demonstrations of the soul of Black folks . Today at SJSU there are statues representing the gallant act of theser 2 soldiers and let us not forget the Australian Peter Norman,who stood in solidariry with them . He was ostracized in his country and not even given recognition when they hosted the Olympic games, a travesty and a shameful shadow cast on that racist continent. Peter Norman died in obcurity but he has been revised in the spirit of those who stood for justice in annals of freedom row. John Caslos and Tommy Smithi were pallbearers at his funeral.He has been honored today as a soldier who stood for justice and scoffed at the sick beast of disdain who bleeds good people and strangles their dreams.↓


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Housing fears if Colne park land sold to construction boss
1:00pm Sunday 12th January 2014 in News By Tyrone Marshall, Reporter
THE friends of a Colne park have called on Pendle Council not to sell off part of the park to the boss of a development firm.
Tim Webber, chairman and managing director of Barnfield Construction, wants to purchase a two hectare site of Ball Grove Country Park, with the council valuing the land at around £50,000.
But Mr Webber, who lives near the site, said he only wanted to improve the area for the benefit of everybody who uses it.
Volunteers from the Friends of Ball Grove said they feared the land could one day be developed as housing if it was sold off.
Jerry Stanford, secretary of the group, said they had in the past been a benefactor of Mr Webber and had no reason to doubt his intentions, but were concerned at the long term impacts of any sale.
"The temptation to follow this route is obvious in the current economic climate," he said.
"Nevertheless the view of the group is firmly that such action will be a hostage to fortune in the long term with the possibility of the descendants of the purchaser being able to overturn covenants, as has happened in this area in the past, and in a different political climate being able to develop in green space."
Mr Webber said: "I am happy to go along with any measures the council want to put in place to protect the land from development, as that is not my intention at all.
"There is a public footpath there and I don't intend to change that. I want to work with the friends group to improve this land for the benefit of all of us, and I'm happy to have regular meetings with the group to discuss how to do that."
Coun Tony Greaves said: "I have a high opinion of Tim Webber and Barnfield, but there are people in Pendle who think Barnfield and the council are far too close.
"Mr Webber lives in this town and is passionate about the area and has a genuine feeling for Colne.
"I understand where the council is coming from but I think we need a greater understanding of what is being proposed."
Coun Paul White said that a portion of any revenue from the sale of the land should be invested back in to the park to help it retain its Green Flag status.
The issue will be discussed again at Pendle Council's next executive meeting, with councillors in Colne recommending further discussions take place between the council and Mr Webber before any deal is agreed.
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4:17pm Sun 12 Jan 14
sean_brfc says...
First, £50k sounds far too low for 2 hectares, even if development is out of the question.
Second, why does Mr Webber want to own the land? The people of Colne own their parks and if Mr Webber cares about them he could simply donate the money.
4:54pm Sun 12 Jan 14
Izanears says...
Put the word MANY in front of people Councillor Greaves and you will be nearer the mark. Far too much power is placed in the hands on one company.
5:05pm Sun 12 Jan 14
tonygreaves says...
By the way, Ball Grove Park has not got Green Flag status though attempts have been made to do so in recent years.
The Friends of Ball Grove group are about both the park and the nature reserve.
£25000 per hectare is apparently about the right value for amenity land in the area.
The dcecision that the Colne and District Committee made was to ask the Council's Executive to take the matter back to this committee (of all the Colne area councillors after they have negotiaed further with Mr Webber and before they make any decision). Instinctively some of us are unhappy at disposing of Council owned public amenity land (public space). At the least I think we would want to know what his proposals are for the land, what the rights of public access would be, and what safeguards the Friends of Ball Grove and the Council would have in future against inappropriate development or management of the land.
Tony Greaves
5:25pm Sun 12 Jan 14
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5:36pm Sun 12 Jan 14
ron1946 says...
6:07pm Sun 12 Jan 14
pdb951 says...
sean_brfc wrote:Correct he should donate the money to the fiends of the park. The park is public owned and should stay so
Sounds completely wrong to me.
First, £50k sounds far too low for 2 hectares, even if development is out of the question.
Second, why does Mr Webber want to own the land? The people of Colne own their parks and if Mr Webber cares about them he could simply donate the money.
6:35pm Sun 12 Jan 14
coates warder says...
its what a lot of people think and say. unfortunatly by giving barnfield most jobs etc thats what the public think
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8:02pm Sun 12 Jan 14
Shane says...
8:38pm Sun 12 Jan 14
ron1946 says...
Horsfield Cllr wrote:when are you resigning runaway counciler ?
This land is not for sale, I understand that Tim Webber has asked to buy land that is near to his home. At the end of the day Pendle Council holds this land on behalf of its local citizens, it is Pendle land. We do need to get a grip of what is happening. If the people who voluntarily work this land have concerns then there are definitely concerns. The land's value is irrelevant really. It is woodland and it is ours. Not for Sale.
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1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane, 1,1,1-Trichloroethane, 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane, 1,1,2-Trichloroethane, 1,1-Dichloroethane, 1,1-Dichloroethylene, 1,1-Dichloropropene, 1,2 Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP), 1,2,3-Trichlorobenzene, 1,2,3-Trichloropropane, 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, 1,2-Dichloroethane, 1,2-Dichloropropane, 1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene, 1,3-Dichloropropane, 1,3-dinitrobenzene, 2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexabromobiphenyl (hbb), 2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexabromodiphenyl Ether, 2,2',4,4',5-pentabromodiphenyl Ether, 2,2',4,4',6-pentabromodiphenyl Ether, 2,2',4,4'-tetrabromodiphenyl Ether, 2,2-Dichloropropane, 2,4,5-t, 2,4,5-TP (Silvex), 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (tnt), 2,4-d, 2,4-db, 3-Hydroxycarbofuran, 4-Nitrophenol, Acetochlor, Acetochlor Ethane Sulfonic Acid, Acetochlor Oxanilic Acid, Acetone, Acifluorfen (Blazer), Alachlor (Lasso), Alachlor Ethane Sulfonic Acid, Alachlor Oxanilic Acid, Aldicarb, Aldicarb sulfone, Aldicarb sulfoxide, Aldrin, Allyl Chloride (3-chloro-1-propene), Alpha Chlordane, Antimony (total), Arsenic (total), Barium (total), Bentazon (Basagran), Benzene, Benzo[a]pyrene, Beryllium (total), Bromobenzene, Bromochloromethane, Bromoform, Bromomethane, Butachlor, Cadmium (total), Carbaryl, Carbofuran, Carbon tetrachloride, Chloramben, Chlordane, Chloroethane, Chloromethane, Chromium (total), cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene, cis-1,3-Dichloropropene, Cyanazine (Bladex), Dalapon, Di(2-Ethylhexyl) adipate, Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, Dibromomethane, Dicamba, Dichlorodifluoromethane, Dichlorofluoromethane, Dichloromethane (methylene chloride), Dichlorprop, Dieldrin, Dimethoate, Dinoseb, Endrin, Ethyl ether, Ethylbenzene, Glyphosate, Heptachlor, Heptachlor epoxide, Hexachlorobenzene (HCB), Hexachlorobutadiene, Hexachlorocyclopentadiene, Isopropylbenzene, Lindane, m- & p- Xylene, m-Dichlorobenzene, Mcpa, Mcpp, Mercury (total inorganic), Methomyl, Methoxychlor, Methyl ethyl ketone, Methyl isobutyl ketone, Metolachlor, Metolachlor Ethane Sulfonic Acid, Metolachlor Oxanilic Acid, Metribuzin, Monobromoacetic acid, Monochlorobenzene (Chlorobenzene), Mtbe, n-Butylbenzene, n-Nitroso di-N-Propylamine, N-nitroso-diethylamine (NDEA), N-nitrosodi-n-butylamine (ndba), N-nitrosomethylethylamine (nmea), N-nitrosopyrrolidine (npyr), n-Propylbenzene, Naphthalene, o-Chlorotoluene, o-Dichlorobenzene, o-Xylene, Oxamyl (Vydate), p-Chlorotoluene, p-Dichlorobenzene, p-Isopropyltoluene, Pentachlorophenol, Perfluorobutane Sulfonate (Pfbs), Perfluorobutanoic Acid (Pfba), Perfluorohexane Sulfonate (Pfhxs), Perfluorohexanoic Acid (Pfhxa), Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (Pfos), Perfluorooctanoic Acid (Pfoa), Perfluoropentanoic Acid (Pfpea), Picloram, Propachlor, Rdx (hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine), sec-Butylbenzene, Selenium (total), Simazine, Styrene, Terbufos Sulfone, tert-Butylbenzene, Tetrahydrofuran, Thallium (total), Toluene, Toxaphene, trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene, trans-1,3-Dichloropropene, Trans-Nonachlor, Trichloroethylene, Trichlorofluoromethane, Trichlorotrifluoroethane, Vinyl chloride, Xylenes (total)
Pollution Summary
|Total Contaminants Detected (2004 - 2008)
Nitrate, Monochloroacetic acid, Trichloroacetic acid, Dibromoacetic acid, Bromochloroacetic acid, Atrazine, n-Nitrosodimethylamine, Dichloroacetic acid, Chloroform, Bromodichloromethane, Dibromochloromethane, Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Tetrachloroethylene
|Agricultural Pollutants
(pesticides, fertilizer, factory farms)
|Sprawl and Urban Pollutants
(road runoff, lawn pesticides, human waste)
|Industrial Pollutants
|Water Treatment and Distribution Byproducts
(pipes and fixtures, treatment chemicals and byproducts)
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Chloroform, Bromodichloromethane, Dibromochloromethane, Dichloroacetic acid, Trichloroacetic acid, Dibromoacetic acid, Monochloroacetic acid, Bromochloroacetic acid, n-Nitrosodimethylamine
|Naturally Occurring
(naturally present but increased for lands denuded by sprawl, agriculture, or industrial development)
|Unregulated Contaminants
EPA has not established a maximum legal limit in tapwater for these contaminants
EPA Violation Summary
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|Number of Violations
|MCL and Treatment
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City's response and recovery efforts reveal best practices
OTTAWA, July 2, 2014 /CNW/ - Emergency Preparedness, training, working with media, and a comprehensive response and recovery model all contributed to the City of Calgary's effective management of its 2013 flood response, according to a new report released today by the Conference Board of Canada. It also outlines best practices and recommendations - which may assist other jurisdictions in their own crisis planning.
The report, Forewarned and Forearmed: The Calgary Emergency Management Agency and the 2013 Flood, was conducted for the Calgary Emergency Management Agency (CEMA) as an independent review of the city's overall performance during the city's historic flood of June 2013.
"Not only do our findings reveal the city was well-prepared to deal with the devastating flood, our research uncovered many best practices and ideas for building resilience that may be helpful to jurisdictions across this country and beyond," said Dr. Satyamoorthy Kabilan, Director, National Security and Strategic Foresight, The Conference Board of Canada.
The report centered around several key themes including the CEMA Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) and the Incident Command System, crisis communications, social media, volunteerism, and preparedness and resilience. Evaluations were made by comparing responses to similar events such as Hurricane Katrina, reviewing recommendations made in the City of Calgary's 2005 flood report and comparing them to the 2013 flood response, and interviewing 40 officials from the public, private and non-governmental sectors who played a role in the response and recovery efforts.
Eight best practices used by the City of Calgary are identified including:
Recommendations for the future include improving the flow of information in terms of municipal and provincial crisis responsibilities, and with the private sector in terms of available resources. The prioritization of the mental health and well-being of EOC officials and first responders is also highlighted. The report further recommends that CEMA and The City of Calgary focus on private sector preparedness and the development of a comprehensive volunteer framework.
The June 2013 flood was the most devastating natural disaster in the city's history.
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PAULDING – No more action has been taken toward demolishing the old county jail on Williams Street. Even though the jail has not been used in the past five years, the decision to tear it down has brought mixed emotions from Paulding County residents.
The jail, built in 1876, is used mainly for county storage.
After unsuccessful attempts to sell the building, Paulding County commissioners mutually agreed that the best option for the county would be to tear it down.
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David Reutimann would like nothing more than to prove his rain-shortened Coca-Cola 600 victory in 2009 wasn't a fluke.
The Michael Waltrip Racing driver appears to have a machine capable of helping him accomplish just that, as he led final practice for the Coke 600 on Saturday afternoon with a speed of 184.483 mph.
Marcos Ambrose was second-fastest (184.143 mph), followed by the hobbled Paul Menard – who is on crutches after cutting the bottom of his foot on a boat dock – Kyle Busch and Jeff Burton.
Denny Hamlin, Greg Biffle, Martin Truex Jr., Kurt Busch and David Ragan rounded out the top 10 in Happy Hour, which was the final chance for Sprint Cup Series teams to find areas to improve on their cars before Sunday's marathon race.
Other notable drivers included Dale Earnhardt Jr. (12th), Carl Edwards (13th), Tony Stewart (17th) and Jeff Gordon (31st). Pole-sitter Brad Keselowski was 22nd.


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I'm bored with America – let's blow up Sweden
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Richard Wordsworth
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Enough with America! Games need to drop the Ameri-centric settings
I have to admit I didn't actually notice this trend until the article pointed it out for me, and now it's so glaringly obvious that I feel a little silly that I didn't see it long ago.
This feels destined to change very soon though. The games industry itself, both its consumers and developers, are increasingly not located in America. Canada has become a development powerhouse, Europe has been growing steadily for decades, and the meteoric rise of Asia has been no secret.
This is going to change drastically within the next ten years, and I couldn't be happier about that. I love games that can take me someplace I've never been, whether it's Azeroth or Algeria. Games will get a lot richer and more interesting once developers stop pandering to American consumers and start creating worlds based on their own homes.


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Harry Whittington's Revenge with Dick Cheney's Head. Harry Whittington finally gets revenge on Vice President Dick Cheney for shooting him.. Member reactions:
Nice Sculpture.... Looks so peacefully stranded
Funny You Can't Remember Dick! (?)
Memries, may be beautiful and yetWhat's too painful to rememberWe simply choose to forgetBarbra Streisand
Funny Foster Grants Dick and Jane
Funny Ben Affleck and Andy Dick
Funny Dick Van Dyke Still Driving?
Multi-talented entertainer, Dick Van Dyke stays young at age 86. Member reactions:
Well done, he looks really young and the poor little dog want to come out of the crash ....
Congrats Doc...Dick looks like he needs an eye examine and a blood test, .
Gee, why did I think this was your work. Congrats on the Bronze.
Thanks, Bob...I have no idea why you'd think it was mine.... Thanks, G-Man. Thanks, Miss Pree.
Old crazy bugger he is, .Poor puppy too Congrats on the bronze, Paul.
Thanks, Newsy. Puppy is okay...just dazed.
Funny Dick Clark & Ghost of Death
Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law.Aphorism, "Dick Clark". Member reactions:
..........Thank you very much my friend Chili........
Excellent idea Music Passion can be seen here.
Great Caricatured head nice expressive face and the lord of death also surrenders before his music good job
.....Thank you very much, my friend Balodiya. exactly...a quotation, which I loved: "Music is the soundtrack of your life" ....For now, Dick Clark ... so long......♪♫♬♩♬........and thank you very much, my friend Rajesh☆☆☆. You know you always see the messages in my work.
Wonderful effects and great expression like it
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come sempre una gran bella caricatura amico mio, complimenti e congratulazioni sono d'obbligo... mi piace tantissimo l'ambientazione funebre, un bellissimo oro fratellino... ------------------------------------------as always a great beautiful caricature my friend, compliments and congratulations are of duty ... i really like the funerary setting, a beautiful gold little brother ...
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Funny Dick Clark and Heaven's Choir
Everyone turned out to greet him. (l-r: Gibb, Eliott, Cash, Carpenter, Clark, Morrison, Darin, Chapin, Cline, Houston, Gaye, Orbison, Presley, Hutchence, Bono, Springfield, Holly, Torme, Cooke, James, Croce, Jackson, Jones, James, Brown, Hayes) ... they all got a boost from being on American Bandstand or having their music played on the show.. Member reactions:
A truly inspired chop. Excellent. It's as close to a ten as you can get.
Its a party time for all the Souls existed in Paradise great thought and wonderful job in this creation
Funny Dick Clark Heaven Reunion
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Dancing in the clouds and the galaxy behind welcoming the great persons from earth
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Thanks, everybody. Appreciate the nice comments.
Silver congrats Dr.Paul
Thanks, Kellie. Thanks, G-Man. Thanks, Chili Man.
Funny Dick Clark Chocolate Bar
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Great Obituary in terms of Branding the great Clark
Great work cleaning up & adding same font, came out real pro.
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Funny Young Dick Clark
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Funny Remembering Dick Clark
Dick Clark, the music industry maverick, longtime TV host and powerhouse producer who changed the way we listened to pop music with "American Bandstand," and whose trademark "Rockin' Eve" became a fixture of New Year's celebrations, died yesterday at the age of 82. Clark's eternally youthful look earned him the nickname "America's Oldest Teenager". He credited his appearance to good genes, once saying "if you want to stay young looking, pick your parents very carefully." To pay a tribute to Dick Clark, photoshop him any way you wish.
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Sutton Theater
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The building, in New York's posh Sutton Place neighborhood, was originally an intimate 'legit' playhouse called the Bandbox Theater. In 1917, it was converted into a bank. When the bank failed early in the Depression, the structure was re-built as a single screen, modern cinema, with Benjamin Schlanger as architect. In April, 1934 the Department of Buildings issued a Certificate of Occupancy for a 570 seat motion picture theatre.
In later years, the theater was twinned and the balcony was turned into a separate theater. This particular conversion was especially unfortunate, as the Sutton's balcony was too small to yield proper sight lines. The result was an auditorium that placed the audience far too close to the screen.
The Sutton Theater was closed in the summer of 2004, and demolished in January 2005, replaced by a condominium tower.
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THU25APR2013 There's a shot of the Sutton towards the end of "The Devil's Advocate" (to be precise, it's 1 hour 56 minutes into the film).
Back in the 60's — the theatre owners DID NOT clean the theatres that is why they could schedule manymore showings than today!!
This was a small issue at the Sutton as it didn't even have a concession stand until the eighties.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sicilian Clan, The 3 Stooges Review,Network,Cuckoo's Nest, Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety gives you some indication of the quality of the bookings this theatre got in first run
Let's not forget the exclusive engagement of newly restored and reissued Marx Brothers classic, "Animal Crackers" in 1974 or so.
exactly Ed, thanks. I saw the footage in a Marx Brothers documentary wish I could have been there. But "settled" for seeing Duck Soup and Night at the Opera at my beloved Castro Theatre
Looking for some help. Does anyone know if the Get Smart movie "The Nude Bomb" premiered here in 1979? I'm pretty sure I was at the Sutton once , and this is one of the few films where I don't recall which Manhattan theatre I saw it in. I tried the NY Times review archive but couldn't come up with anything.
"The Nude Bomb" opened at the Gemini in 1980.
Al you are the Guru of Manhattan theatres, thank you.
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A motorcyclist is in the hospital in critical condition after being hit by a truck in Peoria early Friday morning.
The truck was coming off of the Grand Avenue freeway and collided with the motorcyclist on 91st Avenue about 6 a.m., according to the Peoria Police Department.
Authorities said the motorcycle driver was not wearing a helmet.
Police do not believe drugs or alcohol were a factor in the crash.
The investigation is ongoing.
The area of 91st Avenue at Grande Avenue and 91st Avenue at Cactus Road was slow moving for several hours and re-opened about 10 a.m.
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Betty Jo English, 87, of New Castle, died Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013.
Funeral services will be held at noon Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013 at Wiley United Methodist Church, New Castle. Burial will follow in South Mound Cemetery. Visitation is 10 a.m. until noon Tuesday at the church.
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Somerset County Council welcomes plans for nuclear college (From This is The West Country)
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Somerset County Council welcomes plans for nuclear college
8:35am Thursday 30th January 2014 in News By Newsdesk
PLANS for an elite college funded by the government and the nuclear industry have been welcomed by council bosses.
The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) wants to support high level technical skills in the nuclear industry by creating a specialised college.
The location for the new college is currently unknown, but Councillor David Hall, deputy leader of Somerset County Council, said: "Somerset County Council welcomes this news and stands ready to link any new development with the significant Further Education investment already made in Somerset and the South West for this growing sector."


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TB280 ES TriAction® 21" Front Wheel Self-Propelled Mower
3-in-1 Capability: Side Discharge / Mulch / Rear Bag Lawn Mower
Troy-Bilt's TB280 ES self-propelled lawn mower offers standard electric start - no pull starting required! Equipped with a dependable 190cc* Briggs & Stratton® engine, the TB280 features the TriAction® cutting system, a rake bumper to lift grass upright, a specially designed blade for a finer mulch and a symmetrical deck for superior grass flow, eliminating clumping.
Signature Features
- Push Button Electric Start
- TriAction™ Cutting System
- ReadyStart™ Choke System
- Briggs & Stratton® Starting Promise
Additional Features
- Electric start - no pull start required!
- 3-in-1, side discharge, mulch or rear bag
- Front wheel self-propelled drive system eliminates pushing
- Standard 1.9-bushel grass catcher (included)
- 6-position dual-lever deck height adjustment
- 3-position height adjust handle
- Deck wash
- 190cc* Briggs & Stratton® engine
- 2-year limited warranty
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- Engine
Briggs & Stratton 675ex Series
- Displacement
- Starting System
Electric start w/ReadyStart
- Oil
18oz SAE30 (included)
- Fuel Capacity
- Deck
21" TriAction cutting system w/integrated premium deck wash
- Wheels
8" front, 8" rear
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3-in-1 - side discharge, mulch or rear bag
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1.9 bushel (included)
- Drive System
Front wheel self-propelled
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Single lever w/true variable speed
- Handle Style
3-position height adjust
- Deck Height Adjustment
6-position dual-lever deck height adjustment
- Cutting Height Range
6 settings from 1.75" - 3.75"
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Some people are calling it a miracle - new optical lenses can be worn overnight while you're sleeping that can help improve vision without the need for surgery.
Many people currently wearing glasses or contacts wish they could ditch them for good.
Some people even spend thousands of dollars on surgery, but now, there is a new alternative that claims to give perfect vision simply by wearing special contacts.
How it works: Instead of wearing contacts during the day, you sleep with the lenses in your eyes at night, and supposedly wake up with clear vision.
The results are not permanent, as with Lasik surgery, but there are pros and cons to each procedure.
Dr. Thomas Weshefsky is the only person in South Carolina certified to make this dream a reality for those with imperfect vision.
The question is, does Gentle Vision Shaping really work?
"What's the best you can do there?" Dr. Weshefsky asks Lowry as she begins reading the letter chart to test her vision.
Weshefsky studied Lowry's eyes to get the perfect match so the lenses could fit like a retainer.
The lenses are much smaller than regular contacts, and they are hard, not soft. Instead of popping them in at the beginning of a day, you do it at night.
"As you sleep the lens will gently reshape your cornea, flatten the center, much like Lasik only it does it without removing or destroying any tissue and molds the cornea into the shape that we want," explains Weshefsky.
Before bedtime, fill the lens with special eye drops and place them directly in the center of your eyes.
But make sure you test out the drops first, because it is possible to have an allergic reaction if you have sensitive eyes.
When you wake, use the plunger-like tool to get the contacts out.
Based on Lowry's experience with the temporary corrective contacts, it works as advertised.
Dr. Weshefsky says gentle vision shaping is great for kids too. In fact, studies are being done to see if the procedure can prevent nearsightedness.
"The first year data shows that children who were wearing soft contacts or glasses, their prescriptions increased by about 10 percent, children who were wearing Gentle Vision Shaping had no increase," acknowledged Weshefsky.
For the contacts to work, you need to wear them every night, and get a good night's sleep. The longer you have the lenses in, the better your vision will be. For those who get less than 6 hours of sleep on a regular basis, this may not be a good option.
They can also be difficult to get used to because they're hard, not soft.
Gentle Vision Shaping lenses can last for a few years, but if you're wondering how much it costs, plan to spend between $2,000 to $4,000.
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The team of NBA scribes over at NBA.com got together for a roundtable discussion in which they asked the question: Who wins the Atlantic, Knicks or Nets?
Interestingly enough, of the six writers, four of the writers picked the Nets over the Knicks.
Here are a few highlights:
- Steve Aschburner notes that both teams are flawed, but thinks the Knicks are playing at a more sustainable pace, meaning, he doesn't think the Nets can keep up the P.J. "bump."
- Fran Blinebury doesn't think the Knicks 3-point shooting "attack" is sustainable.
- Jeff Caplan likes how inspired the Nets are playing and doesn't think the Knicks can maintain their health over the long-haul.
- Scott Howard-Cooper picked the Nets to win the Atlantic to start the season, so... he's going to stick with them.
- John Schuhmann thinks it's even, really, but since the Knicks have a 2-game lead in the loss column he's giving them the nod.
- Sekou Smith thinks it'll go down to the final days of the season, and he gives the nod to the Nets due to their momentum.
- Blogtable: Who Ya Got, Knicks Or Nets? - NBA.com


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White Party Supplies
Far from bland or boring, Windy City Novelties' selection of white party supplies will brighten up any event! Whether you need basic white paper goods for a banquet or want to spice up a New Year's Eve event with fun party extras like sunglasses, party hats, and LED and glow novelties, these white party supplies are sure to please. And for party planners who need to stock up on wedding essentials, these white party supplies will keep the shelves filled with white table covers, balloons, balloon weights, gloves, veil headbands, and silk flower leis for those seaside ceremonies. With white party supplies that are perfect for any occasion, Windy City Novelties can help you plan the perfect party! And if your perfect party requires a splash of color, look no further than our selection of color theme party supplies for all the color filled fun you need! Whether you're search for pink party supplies for a princess's birthday bash, silver paper goods and party favors for an anniversary celebration, gold and black party supplies for an elegant class reunion, or red, white, and blue party supplies for a patriotic Fourth of July picnic, our color themed party essentials make it easy to pick the perfect decor! With all the color coordinated paper goods and decorations you need to create a color scheme that will wow your guests and complement any theme or occasion, Windy City Novelties' selection makes party planning a breeze!


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Deploy a Simple Spring App to CloudFoundry from Codenvy
Below is a short video tutorial demonstrating how easily you can create a simple Spring app in Codenvy and deploy it to CloudFoundry PaaS. Give it a try - registration will take a minute or so!
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All are welcome to join our group of good cooks and good friends. Select your choice of recipe from any Taste of Home or Taste of Home's Simple and Delicious magazine or their websites and make it for the dinner. Call the Library a few days before the dinner to let us know which recipe you will be making and bringing. Eat hearty and afterwards discuss the recipes: how hard or easy they were to make, flavor, and presentation.
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How to send Toast Notification into the app integrated with toast notification SDK gets published.
Please be free to ask me any query if you are having any doubts about my post /question.
How to send Toast Notification into the app integrated with toast notification SDK gets published.
Please be free to ask me any query if you are having any doubts about my post /question.
Is it something what is not answered in your older thread, http://developer.nokia.com/Community...kevent-handler, especially focusing on the links in #11?
I understand that you want to send toast notifications after you published the app, right?
Read this article and you will understand how to integrate them into your app:
Have a nice day,
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Alex Manolache
sorry to repeat the same mistake Iam GTO_India My query/ doubt is For a appllication on the emulator Iam able to send toast with the Send Toast using the generated ChannelUri.
Now How about the ChannelUri after publishing of the app.
Will the ChannelUri remain constant /same even after.
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sorry to repeat the same mistake Iam GTO_India with other user ID It is compeltely different from the query last time I asked.
Iam asking How to send Toast after the app gets published?
Problem si with the Channel Uri?
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Stlll all of you not getting my question /exact query?
I am eagerly waiting for my app to publish with notification SDK
If I understand correctly you want to know if the channel URI generated on the Emulator will be reachable after a user has installed the App, so that you can use a single URI to send notifications to all users. I have no practical experience with the Push Service but looking at the documentation it seems that each client (installation) will generate a unique URI.
So after your App registers for the Push channel you will have to make it register it's URI somehow with you/your website. The reason is that in many instances individual users will have to be contacted via Push (e.g. they received a PN, etc.). Therefore you will have to keep a database of registered URIs and if you have to notify all users you will have to loop over all the URIs and send the notification to every one of them.
see: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...vs.105%29.aspx
Hope the information helps. Otherwise it would be nice to hear a little about your use case (what kind of information are you trying to transmit, how is it triggered, etc.).
Ok your info is helping me
Tell me How to register my app's s URI with my website. If each client (installation) will generate a unique URI.
Initially I have integrated Toast notification SDK (following the link below) into my running App or published App and it is working fine on the emulator
Now I want to publish that App and push notificatons . Please guide me .
The sample you have linked does show the notification URI for that particular device in a MessageBox. You will have to somehow transmit the data to you instead. The easiest way would perhaps be to send it via a WebRequest to a WebService. With your WebSite I mean your own server that is later on also used to push the notifications.
Ok, so... lets see if I can make it a bit more clear for you
The concept of push notifications is that you have a service somewhere that will send users of your app notifications of some sort. So lets say you want to send a user a notification that includes a message like and updated game score. Something like: "Real Madrid 8 - 0 Barcelona". This is usually done using a toast notification. Speaking of witch there are different types of notifications. You should read about the options and use whats more appropriated to you. Just keep in mind that there are size limits and number of push notifications active on a phone. So between all apps you cant have more than 30 channels open for push notifications.
Anyway... going forward.
The Push notification is a 3 party game. You have a phone with your app. You have the Microsoft Notifications Service that provides the infrastructure. And then you have your Server app. By server app I mean an app that will send the notifications out and that is controlled by you. Here there are some limits also. For example, if you have your services running under HTTPS you can send out unlimited notifications per phone. But if you have a regular http address then you will be limited to 500 message per day per phone. Not a bad thing, unless of course we are talking about a social network thing or a chat app for example. I know people that manages to exchange thousands of messages per day. Dont ask.
Nest step is to implement the notifications code on your app. This will require you to register the user/phone with the notifications server from microsoft. Each phone has a UNIQUE ID. There is no way to share the same ID between phones. So when you app running on a phone registers for notifications on the Mircrosoft Notifications service, that ID (or URI as you prefer) is unique.
Then you need to send that unique URI to your service. Or your server app. In this case you would have a webserver that would get the registration from the phone where you would include on the process the URI that you just got, and some extra information. Its advisable that you include some extra information so you know to what type of device you are sending the notification. OS version, Phone Model for instance are good examples. Dont store user personal data unless the user agrees with it and knows what you store. In fact you will need to include a Privacy policy on the App or else you may fail certification.
So in fact what will happen is that you will keep a list of all registered users of your app that activated the push notifications (itsgood pratice to allow users to activate it or not)
Now you have a server app with a webservice that collects the users that will get notifications, right? The next step is to send a notification to someone or everyone right? Right. So what you need to have is an app on the server that will initiate the process. Push notifications are initiated by the server, not requested by the phone. So the server where you store your app will have a service or an app that runs from time to time and that sends out the notifications. But your app cant communicate directly with the user phone. What happens is that you open a channel to the microsoft notifications service and you basically tell microsoft server to send a notification to a certain URI. The server queues it for delivery and takes care of the rest for you.
Tip: If you have your service running under HTTPS you can get a call back from the service so you may actually know on your app if everything went ok, Never done it, so dont know how this one works.
So... to sum it up... you need:
a) a windows phone app
b) a server app with a webservice (to get registrations) and a scheduled task or trigger (to send out notifications)
Then what happens is:
a) the app on the phone registers with notifications service to get a unique URI
b) the app registers that URI with your app by invoking your webservice (and you send some extra information if needed also)
c) your server app, whatever ir may be, sends notifications to the notification service
d) the notifications service sends the notification to the phone associated with that unique URI
e) your user on that phone gets the message
f) if you are using a HTTPs connection you will also get a call back notification to your server app from the notifications service (i think )
Anyone please correct me if I said something wrong or needs more clarification.
I strongly recommend that you also take a look at the Windows Phone 8 Jumpstart series, and specifically this one that discusses push notifications: http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Buil...-Notifications
what do you mean by WebRequest to a WebService?
which acts as my own server? Is it my App integrated with Toast notificaton SDK already ?
Let me make all of you clear that I have two things mainly ready
1)My application's .sln (miscrosoft Visual studio solution) integrated with toast notification sdk
Creating a push client to receive toast notifications
2)Send Toast Notification SendToast
Now Iam able to send a toast message from an ASP.NET page to my Windows Phone App on the emulator .
Please be brief on what's next if I want to publish and then push notification to the users devices.
can be please little brief on it further i.e How to create or build actual server so that my app can report it the Push URI required to access the instance of the App
No, you will need an actual server that is reachable via the Internet so your App can report to it the Push URI required to access that instance of the App (there is a separate URI for each installation of your App).
Hi GTO_India...
The notifications service is only the infrastructure needed for users to get a unique URI and deliver notifications that YOU need to send from your back-office app. By back-office I mean an app that is running somewhere in a public server that you need to create and deploy. You have to make that happen. The windows phone app alone does not work.
So you will need to create 2 projects:
a) windows phone app that you publish on the store
b) server app that deals with user registration for notifications (webservice) and that delivers the notifications to the notification server
I think your confusion is that you are thinking that you only need to develop the Windows Phone app. Thats not correct. You need to have a server side app that will maintain and deal with receiving the registered URI for notifications and that will issue the notifications to the notification server. When you are sending an notification you need to target each device individually. Thats why each device has a unique URI. You dont have a unique URI per app. Its per APP per Device.
So you will have to host your app somewhere. For that I would strongly suggest that you take a look at Azure Mobile Services.
Did you saw the link I included on my last message?
I'm not sure what else I can tell you without doing it for you.
EDIT: Take a look at this article and this library. It will make things a bit more clear and will help you understand the process. And on top of that it includes a helper library to use server side. http://blogs.windows.com/windows_pho...r-library.aspx
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After four first quarter possessions, quarterback John Skelton got the hook in favor of rookie Ryan Lindley.
Skelton suffered yet another bout of ineffectiveness, completing just 2-of-7 passes for six yards. But the problem wasn't necessarily Skelton's completion percentage. The problem was his on-going struggles with accuracy, which led to several missed opportunities. And this time, there were no receivers dropping passes to blame.
The play that stands out like a sore thumb is a first quarter throw into the end zone intended for a wide-open Larry Fitzgerald that wound up soaring out of bounds. Earlier, Skelton had a chance to hit Fitzgerald for a first down but missed on that one as well. Neither throw appeared to be all that difficult.
The Cardinals defense intercepted Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan three times in the first quarter but had only a 13-0 lead to show for it. They wound up with five picks and a fumble recovery on the afternoon. A team with half an offense would have won by a minimum of three touchdowns with that kind of defensive performance.
Unless Lindley gets hurt, Skelton should not see the field again this season.
At 4-6, chances are slim to none this team is bound for the playoffs, although no one inside the organization would dare admit that now, nor should they. Both the division and the conference are way too competitive for a team with less than 10 wins to reach the postseason. So unless you think the Cardinals have a six-game winning streak in them with December road games at New York, Seattle and San Francisco, then hear me out.
Skelton has had multiple opportunities to take the starting quarterback job from Kevin Kolb. He didn't have a good preseason. He wasn't off to a good start in Week 1 before getting hurt. And, with the exception of a decent second half in Green Bay two weeks ago, he's been inaccurate way too often since Kolb got hurt five weeks ago. There's no reason to believe the Cardinals can win with Skelton under center. In fact, they haven't yet this season.
Although Lindley wasn't anything special against the Falcons, he wasn't expected to be. He hadn't seen any game action since the preseason, and presumably did not receive many snaps with the first team offense in practice during the bye week. He looked like a sixth-round draft pick making his NFL debut.
Unfortunately Skelton has looked like a rookie since August. I think that given a full week to practice with the starters, we'll see a better Lindley next Sunday against the Rams.
In fact, Lindley should play until Kolb is healthy enough to return, especially if the Cardinals have the slightest inkling he could be their signal caller of the future. Maybe they have already secretly decided to move on from Kolb after the season.
There are still more questions than answers surrounding their future at quarterback.
Would Larry Fitzgerald be okay with a rookie under center the rest of the way? He only caught one ball for 11 yards on Sunday. Of course it was Lindley who threw it to him.
And did you read his body language when Skelton missed him in the end zone?
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After two matches without a consistent offense, the Dolphins got double-digit kills from three players to rally from a 2-1 deficit and lead the JU volleyball team to a 3-2 (12-25, 25-23, 17-25, 25-20, 15-9) win over Tennessee Tech, Saturday afternoon in the Big Orange Bash at Jervey Gymnasium.
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Marie Peddicord led TTU with a match-high 15 kills and a .722 (15-2-18) while Leah Meffert added 13 kills. Allison May led the defense with a match-high 11 digs.
Casey Wright led Albany with 13 kills, a .600 (13-1-20) hitting percentage and six blocks. Teresa Coppiellie added eight kills and 11 blocks while Laurie Gonzalez led the defense with a match-high 24 digs.
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In the final set, JU jumped out to an early 4-1 lead after an attack error by Penrod and then increased the lead to 8-3 on a kill by Yeager. Both teams would trade points the rest of the way until a kill by Drzewiecki gave JU the match.
JU will return to action next weekend as the Dolphins compete in the Sacred Heart University Tournament beginning on Sept. 3 against Dartmouth at 4 p.m.


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