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The Dallas County Community College District Foundation spent $12,000 on a rug, tens of thousands of dollars on fresh flowers, extravagant restaurants and lots of alcohol. What did that have to do with education? That is what Fox 4 wanted to know.
Fox 4 got a tip the foundation was not just spending money on education but employee perks and other questionable purchases.
The foundation is a small nonprofit that urges donors to step it up because "tax revenues are decreasing" and the "state budget is in crisis." It promises a gift "will transform lives."
Fox wondered then why the foundation was spending money on things like orchids.
It is not just the economy, but education taking center stage during this election year.
"We should be doing everything we can to put higher education within reach for every American," President Barack Obama said recently.
So what are North Texans doing to contribute?
Every year donors are shelling out more than $2 million to the Dallas County Community College District Foundation. It is a nonprofit that provides scholarships and supports faculty development.
On a Monday afternoon, Fox 4 recorded foundation staffers not at work. They were dining at the Atrium Café, an upscale restaurant at the Dallas Museum of Art. Fox 4 didn't see any high profile donors with them. It appeared to be just staff.
After poring through two years of credit card bills and expense reports, it is clear this group likes to eat, especially Foundation President Betheny Reid. Reid's $153,000 salary is paid for with taxpayer dollars.
Reid dines at restaurants all over town. Courting donors? Not according to her own accounting.
A $71 receipt from Lucky's Cafe says she was "brainstorming" with 3 of her staffers.
A $36 tab at Pappasitos has a mystery guest. It says Reid dined with question mark.
There are lots of receipts that say, "projects." And many give no business purpose at all, like a lunch receipt with Kathye Hammontree. Tax dollars pay her salary as well.
Other days, it appears they are just hungry. A $42 tab at Cedar's Social was labeled just, "lunch." A $39 Atrium Café bill with staffers was also "lunch."
"Those entities who get that money from the public domain have an extra duty to administer that money properly," said James Smith, a certified public accountant. Smith is the past chair of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Smith says nonprofits have to be especially prudent. Receipts should always state who attended the business lunch and the business purpose. But that would be for out of town travel or taking donors out, not staff.
"Two employees going out to have lunch with each other and charging that back to the employer as some kind of a reimbursable expense is uncommon and unusual and generally does not meet the Internal Revenue Service's test," Smith said. "The foundation would be providing a fringe benefit that would be taxable to the employee."
On June 23, 2010, it was breakfast at La Joya with college employees followed by lunch at the Atrium Café with staff.
Fox 4 found a $188 tab for "Luis Farewell." Fox is assuming that is a going away lunch for someone named Luis. Another farewell for Alisha at Hatties and another one for Melody Morris.
We also find lots of expenses on the American Express credit card where no receipt is submitted so we have no idea who was eating or the purpose of the meal.
"Every single year we get a thumbs up, an A+," said Betheny Reid, Foundation President.
Reid says auditors and the board have signed off on all of these kinds of expenses.
"Do you have to go to lunch to brainstorm?" said Becky Oliver.
"Yes, sometimes that is the only time during the day that I have time to meet with my staff," said Reid.
"Why aren't you having these meeting in this lovely board room," said Oliver.
"We do," said Reid.
"I think most people would question why a woman who makes $153,000 a year needs to charge somebody else for her lunch," said Oliver.
"I pay for a lot of people's lunches personally as well," said Reid.
The foundation also spends thousands of dollars for catering on breakfast meetings and lunches, employee recognition, holiday parties for staff, even Halloween pizza. The foundation catered food in to, "discuss sports," and catered lunch in one day because of, "rain."
"Rain, general kind of weather conditions, no," said Smith
Smith says the IRS states catering food is for the convenience of the employer. It is for special projects or over time, not for rainy days.
"We are sorry you are going to get a little wet going to your car but that is your problem, not ours," said Smith.
And this is a thirsty bunch as well. Fox 4 found alcohol on local restaurant bills as well as out-of-town receipts.
Almost $100 was spent on alcohol at the Meyerson Symphony Center and more than $1,200 at Sigels.
Alcohol was even served at student dinner. It is not clear who was drinking.
"The non profit foundation exists to pay for those expenditures that cannot be paid for by college district fund," said Reid.
"And alcohol is a good use of foundation money?" said Oliver.
"You know that is a small expenditure," said Reid.
The foundation also picks up the tab for the Chancellor's City Club membership and expenses. That was more than $10,000 and pricey dinners for the college presidents. The grand total for just food and drinks adds up to more than $100,000 for just more than two years.
We also found a $3,000 Christmas tree and furniture for the lobby including a $7,000 Credenza, $4,000 for two chairs and $12,000 for a rug.
"A private individual had given the money to the non profit foundation so we could go out and buy that furnishing so it could be a true district headquarters," said Reid.
"Taxpayers should be frustrated," said Michael Sullivan, President of Texans for Fiscal Responsibility.
"When you see that $12,000 lying on the floor, you think to yourself, what kind of class could have been offered next semester," Sullivan said.
The foundation also spends $25,000 each year for fresh orchids. Sullivan questions even if that is what donors want, does it make any sense.
"You can get nice looking, fake orchids from an arts and crafts store that will look pleasant to someone walking by," Sullivan said. "It cheats the students and it cheats the donors."
"We have to do what the donor wants," Reid said.
"And the donor wants orchids?" said Oliver
"Yes, they do," Reid said.
Tell that to students like Heather Jennings. She is a single mom paying her way through college.
"Flowers, really?" Jennings said. "So we are not getting put through college because they want to pay for flowers?"
"I think it should be investigated," said student Josh Stefanick. "There are people working hard who have families and kids, and need that money."
The foundation has spent $125,000 on flowers over the past five years. That is enough money to pay for tuition, books and supplies for 41 students to attend community college for one year.
Reid told Fox 4 the foundation is recognized for being one of the best run foundations in the country and the chancellor, Dr. Wright Lassiter, says it is ranked 7th nationally among community college foundations. When Fox 4 asked for the source of that information, the foundation pointed us to the Council for Aid to Education, but that organization told us it does not even rank colleges or foundations. It collects fundraising data mostly from individual colleges and it has no list for district foundations in Texas.


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A baffling choice as closing night of the New York Film Festival -- but only because it's so damn good. One can only predict the quizzical snickers that will echo throughout the oversized Avery Fisher Hall on October 9 when the credits begin to silently roll. Even the most studious, intrigued viewer will initally wonder where the rest of the movie went....then it will slowly dawn on them not five minutes after shuffling out of the theater: It couldn't end any other way.
Not that I'll reveal. All I'll say is that Michael Haneke's new film, Caché (or Hidden) hits like a lightning bolt, just never in ways one would expect. If he is a provocateur, as he's often called, he certainly manages to stir up and shock people in underhanded ways that may not immediately make themselves apparent. This new film is more insinuating than sideswiping: an upper middle class couple (Juliette Binoche and Daniel Auteuil) find themselves under surveillance, yet they do not know the source--they keep discovering videotaped footage of their house's facade, sometimes recording their comings and goings, left at their doorstep. The attempt to discover the culprit would seem to establish a conventional "investigation" narrative, yet the search leads back to dark recesses of a guilt so intangible and tied up in political and social traumas that narrative resolution is all but hopeless. Not that Haneke doesn't find snakey ways of sending his narrative out in all directions.
Bookended by long static takes of momentous indeterminacy, Caché left me slightly agog. The final two single take, immobile compositions in the film might be studied and puzzled over for many years to come. Of course, it demands further viewings, but this might be Haneke's best film.
robbiefreeling | September 6, 2005 9:11 AM
When I first heard the description I did think of Lost Highway...and I suppose there are still traces of it in there. But ultimately this one is more about cultural identity, and Western modes of thought, and bourgeois complacency...as in Code Unknown, which is GREAT and no one seems to appreciate, it's more about blowing that facade wide open. Well, maybe Code Unknown blew it open, this is more like a long, agonizing prying open...and then when it's open, it's still not easy to come to terms with. Four of us saw it at the critics' screening, and EACH of us thought the last shot meant something different, not just thematically but also in tone. It's truly challenging stuff.
Tom | September 6, 2005 9:03 AM
StayPuft | September 6, 2005 7:18 AM
Nice. The surveillance tapes sound like those in the opening of Lost Highway, except that they're shot from outside only. Are they similar, or is this more politically-rooted surveillance a la The Conversation? Isn't there another film people brought up in reference to those scenes? I feel like someone was talking about a Maya Deren film -- might be Meshes, but that sounds odd -- re: the Lost Highway scenes. Ah, surveillance. Always does the trick; gets people thinking "cinematically" without fail - for better or worse. I, for one, am excited.


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Steve Jobs Leaves Behind All-Male Executive Team
Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs left an executive team behind him that have one thing in common, other than their job description—they're all men. According to Forbes.com, the lack of women in the technology and IP sector is making it difficult to keep the industry balanced.
To counteract this problem, a group of seven women called the Chipsters are traveling the country to promote female influence in the tech field. Women stay away from the industry because of low confidence in their abilities and a reluctance to ask for what they need.
"[Women] have a harder time showing confidence in their abilities because they're taught to be peacemakers and caretakers," said Mona Sabet, former associate general counsel for IP at Cadence Design Systems. She added that even when women are overqualified for a prospective position, they exhibit less confidence than men who are under qualified.
Julie Mar-Spinola, former vice president of global affairs for litigation and IP at Atmel Corp., noted that women also struggle with a lack of mentorship from other women. She told Forbes that when she was a young associate, she asked one of the senior women partners to help mentor her, only to be rebuffed. Mar-Spinola was told by the woman that "she made it the hard way, and she could, too."
She advises seeking a male mentor if a female one can't be found.
And as for Apple, Forbes reports that Jobs may have made a poor decision in failing to include women on his executive team. According to the book "Women Matter," companies with three or more women in senior management score more highly on average on nine dimensions of company excellence.
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The Upper Paleolithic period in Europe (40,000-20,000 years ago) was a time of great change, with a blossoming of human capabilities and a huge increase in the number of sites and the size and complexity of those sites.
This list of Upper Paleolithic sites in Europe was created for the About.com Guide to Prehistoric Europe. See the Guide to the Upper Paleolithic for more information on this fascinating period in human history.
Abri Castanet (France)
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Altamira (Spain)
Arene Candide (Italy)
The site of Arene Candide is a large cave located on the Ligurian coast of Italy near Savona. The site includes eight hearths, and the intentional burial of an adolescent male with a large number of grave goods, nicknamed "Il Principe" (The Prince), dated to the Upper Paleolithic (Gravettian) period.
Balma Guilanyà (Spain)
Balma Guilanyà is a rockshelter that was occupied by Upper Paleolithic hunter-gatherers about 10,000-12,000 years ago, located near the city of Solsona in the Catalonia region of Spain
Bilancino (Italy)
Bilancino is an Upper Paleolithic (Gravettian) open air site located in the Mugallo region of central Italy, which appears to have been occupied during the summer near a marsh or wetland some 25,000 years ago.
Chauvet Cave (France)
Chauvet Cave is one of the oldest rock art sites in the world, dating to the Aurignacian period in France, about 30,000-32,000 years ago. The site is located in the Pont-d'Arc Valley of Ardèche, France. Paintings in the cave include animals (reindeer, horses, aurochs, rhinocerus, buffalo), hand prints, and a series of dots
Denisova Cave (Russia)
Denisova Cave is a rockshelter with important Middle Paleolithic and Upper Paleolithic occupations. Located in the northwestern Altai Mountains some 6 km from the village of Chernyi Anui, the Upper Paleolithic occupations date between 46,000 and 29,000 years ago.
Dolní Vĕstonice (Czech Republic)
Dolní Vĕstonice is a site on the Dyje River in the Czech Republic, where Upper Paleolithic (Gravettian) artifacts, burials, hearths and structural remains dated about 30,000 years ago have been found.
Dyuktai Cave (Russia)
Diuktai Cave (also spelled Dyuktai) is an archaeological site on the Aldan River, a tributary of the Lena in eastern Siberia, occupied by a group that may have been ancestral to some Paleoarctic people of North America. Dates on the occupations range between 33,000 and 10,000 years ago.


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President Obama has chosen a Columbus, Ohio, businesswoman and civic leader to head the National Women's Business Council.
Donna A. James, the president and CEO of business consulting firm Lardon & Associates, has been chosen to lead the council. James was previously employed in a variety of positions with Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company.
In addition, James also serves on the boards of several public companies, including Limited Brands, Coca-Cola Enterprises, CNO Financial Inc.
President Barack Obama recently signed a $30 billion small business lending bill into law, claiming a Democratic victory on economic policy, Reuters reports.
According to the news source, the law will set up a lending fund for small businesses and will include an extra $12 million in tax breaks for the companies.
Speaking at a town-hall style meeting in Washington, D.C., that aired on CNBC recently, President Obama defended his economic policies while denying the latest accusations that he has vilified business or treated Wall Street like a "pinata."
Obama said that the measures he has put into place have stabilized the economy and prevented a financial collapse, and that the full economic recovery will be "slow and steady" rather than a "quick fix," which many people are looking for.
Indicating that the tax cuts for Americans making more than $250,000 a
The Associated Press reports that President Obama has chosen one of his longtime economic advisers, Austan Goolsbee, as the chairman of his Council of Economic Advisers.
Goolsbee, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, will be one of three economists on the council, and has already been confirmed to the council by the Senate, the news provider said. The 41-year-old Goolsbee is a graduate of Yale and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was Obama's senior economic policy adviser during the 2008 presidential campaign, according to the news source.
The trial date for the Associated Press's case against Shepard Fairey, the artist of the now-famous "Hope" poster of then-Senator Barack Obama, has been set for March 2011, the Los Angeles Times reports.
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The pilot plan that will allow New York City commuters to take a jitney bus from the to the is moving forward according to officials. It is expected to begin sometime after Labor Day and will run weekdays. Parking at the Mall is free.
Residents would be charged a $2 fare per ride. There are also plans to introduce a monthly pass at $70 a month.
"Add that to the price of the train ticket and you have the cheapest way to commute from Livingston, cheaper than the 77 bus and certainly less costly than driving either to a train station and parking or driving to the city," Alan Karpas, chairman of the Vision 20 Committee, said in a statement.
Last month, over a 6 month period. The service is expected to cost about $450 per day for the driver, vehicle and insurance. Livingston Mayor Stephen Santola said the cost was already built into this year's budget if the plan is enacted before the end of the year.
"The $54,000 cost to the Township is for a 6 month trial period and will cost that amount if there are absolutely no riders during the period of operation," Karpas told Patch in an e-mail to clarify the cost. "We need an average of 25 riders per hour (12 1/2 per trip average) to have the jitney be a breakeven project."
The jitney's hours are being finalized. The current plan will call for a jitney to run twice an hour, starting at either 5 or 6 a.m. and running until 9 or 10 a.m. The jitney will then run in the afternoon peak hours between 4-9 p.m. The jitney schedule will be tied to the train schedule.
With the recent , it is expected that many commuters will want to try this new service. Karpas assured residents that the size of the jitneys can be adjusted almost daily to hold how many residents it has to.
In February, South Orange Village President Alex Torpey told Patch that and hoped Livingston residents would also take a moment to check out the businesses in South Orange.
"I think that people, not just in South Orange, but in surrounding towns, see our town as kind of a transit destination and so I think we'll be happy to have Livingston residents come use our train station," said Torpey. "We have a lot of West Orange residents that do so also, and that will hopefully be good for business in South Orange as well."
Livingston sent out a request for proposal for a bus contractor this week. The bids are due back by August 17.
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How did the rich countries really become rich? In this provocative new study, Ha-Joon Chang examines the great pressure on developing countries from the developed world to adopt certain -good policies" and -good institutions", seen today as necessary for economic development. Adopting a historical approach, Dr Chang finds that the economic evolution of now-developed countries differed dramatically from the procedures that they now recommend to poorer nations. His conclusions are compelling and disturbing: that developed countries are attempting to -kick away the ladder" by which they have climbed to the top, thereby preventing developing counties from adopting policies and institutions that they themselves used.
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Dr Ha-Joon Chang has taught at the Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge, since 1990. His recent books include Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective (2002), which is the winner of the 2003 Myrdal Prize, Restructuring Korea Inc. (with Jang-Sup Shin, 2003), Globalization, Economic Development and the Role of the State (2003), and Reclaiming Development: An Alternative Economic Policy Manual (with Ilene Grabel, 2004). His writings have been translated into 12 languages. He has advised many governments, international organizations, NGOs and business organizations. He is the winner, together with Richard Nelson of Columbia University, of 2005 Leontief Prize.


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New Orleans-- An author who splits her time between New Orleans and Alexandria, Egypt believes the removal of President Mohammed Morsi from office should not be viewed as a typical military coup.
"That contract with the people was null and void," said Andy Young, author of "The People is Singular," a book about the Arab Spring.
Young believes Morsi became, in effect, an elected authoritarian, rising to power through a vote of the people only to govern above them.
Last November, she points out, Morsi declared he could not be over-ruled, pushing through a constitution millions of Egyptians did not want.
"If you can imagine President Obama suddenly saying, 'I have no checks and balances, I'm above the law,' he'd impeached," Young said. "But there's no impeachment process in Egypt."
In the day's ahead, she fears violence is inevitable, especially following news the Muslim Brotherhood was retaliating against Morsi opponents.
"I hope it can be contained," Young said. "It's ultimately a very peaceful society."
However, she noted, "There are just a lot more weapons floating around than there used to be."
Young also insists Morsi's ouster is not seeing typical military take over, but instead a transitional government with more of a plan than was the case two years ago when a popular uprising brought down Hosni Mubarak.
"Some people have argued and I might even agree with them at this point that it was good that an Islamist government came into power," Young said. "Everybody got a chance to see it doesn't work for Egypt."
Young believes Egyptians have "a strong sense of their culture and history" and no desire to be force fed a new identity.
Long term, she remains optimistic about Egypt's move toward democracy.
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With the offseason starting some of us will looking around in every direction for a way to satisfy the baseball itch. Luckily the game of baseball has a wide variety of side pursuits, that while might not replace the game can at least distract while we wait for spring. Baseball simulator games, softball and baseball leagues, films and books created to document and celebrate the game. These are all ways to hold on to summer well after it has lost its glow.
Last year I tried out a book series. I challenged myself, and anyone who was crazy enough to join me, to read a baseball book a month. We then attempted to talk about the book. The conversation afterwards never really developed, for which I take responsibility, but for me it was not completely about the discussion. It was reading and discovering baseball books that I might have passed by.
So I'd like to try it again this year. Last year we read 5 books. This year I want to do the same, or perhaps 4 if that's more agreeable. The point isn't to read all of the books. Read what you can, or want to read.
If you're going to have a reading series, you need some books. I'd like to open the floor for suggestions, from which we'll attempt to narrow down to a slate to vote on. I'll start off with some suggestions, but feel free to respond in the comments with your own, or if you're even interested in participating in the Book-A-Thon 2.
Shoeless Joe by WP Kinsella
the Southpaw by Mark Harris
Bang the Drum Slowly by Mark Harris
the Brothers K by David James Duncan
the Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J Henry Waugh, Prop. by Robert Coover
the Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
Willie Mays: the Life, the Legend by James S Hirsch
Veeck--As in Wreck by Bill Veeck
Cardboard Gods by Josh Wilker
Campy: the Two Lives of Roy Campanella by Neil Lanctot
Summer of '49 by David Halberstam
56-Joe DiMaggio and the Last Magic Number in Sports by Kostya Kennedy
Eight Men Out by Elliot Asinof
The Machine by Joe Posnanski
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I think I am addicted to KFC.. been eating KFC twice last week, and goodness gracious me, I am not feeling guilty at all, not even the slightest bit. It is odd how stress and pressure can interestingly make you do something rather unusual. I could not quite explain why the sudden crave for KFC. It just sort of happened, and God help me, I am still craving for it.
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But the thought of the secret recipe... 11 herbs and spices... the tenderness of the chicken.... the aroma... the the the...
Alright, obviously I suffer from temporary insanity.
Here is a quick list of comparison betweeb KFC Kuching, Malaysia and KFC Perth, Australia.
1) At KFC Kuching, it says self service, but you get KFC staff opening the door and greeting you with superbly fake smile. After you finish your meal you just leave your dishes and utensils on the table and walk out, having the hired staff members to clean up the mess.
At KFC Perth, when they say it is self service, it seriously means self service. You open your own door, and you clear your dishes by yourself once you are done with your food. It seems like a universally agreeable and understood responsibility. People here do that in "automatic" mode, something I am still trying to cope and adapt to. Nevertheless, some people still do the Malaysian style leaving the mess behind, and that some people includes me.
2) At KFC Kuching, you are provided with all the tomato sauce and chilli sauce you want. Here in KFC Perth, you have to PURCHASE the tomato and chilli sauce separately. Bugger.
3) Somehow, I think the hot and spicy fried chicken in KFC Perth tastes much better than the ones you find in Kuching. Some people may disagree with this opinion. Either way, I would still go for Hot and Spicy in KFC Kuching.
4) The chicken and other food are served on a plate, and you are given proper cutleries as if you are dining in a restaurant in KFC Kuching. Oh and by the way, KFC Kuching is considered a restaurant standard. However, KFC Perth is just the common American style fast food outlet, everything is served quickly in paper boxes (no polisterine, aiya dunno how to spell lah) and very conveniently disposed. This certainly saves the trouble (and costs) of washing the dishes, since you just chuck them right into the bin, and guess what, the customers here do that for KFC !!
5) All the prices shown in the menu at KFC Malaysia are not GST inclusive, meaning that you have to use up your brain power to calculate the extra costs and adding that to the total costs of your expenditure. At KFC Perth, and basically everywhere else (not only food) all prices are GST included.
6) At KFC Malaysia, it is highly promoted as a family dining place, and you can evidently see that via TV and paper commercials. People actually do bring their family to KFC as a whole. Here in Perth, most of the people eating in KFC are either alone, or with their friends. Not so much of a family thing.
7) French fries here at KFC Perth sucks. The mashed potatoes sucks too. No, there is no such thing as potato wedges here. I seriously miss potato wedges, as much as I miss kolok mee and laksa now.
8) In Perth, a 2-piece chicken combo with drinks and fries costs around AUD7-8. In Kuching, the numbers of the price is roughly the same, just that it is charged in mere Ringgit. (note that AUD1 = RM2.90)
9) And lastly, working as a staff in KFC Perth, you earn AUD10-12 per hour in contrast to working in KFC Kuching where you only get a meagre RM2.50-3.00 per hour. OUCH !!!
Now if you go back to point no.8, the KFC here in Perth does not look so expensive, since you can work one hour in KFC here and earn yourself a decent meal plus a handful of change. But, you will need to work at least 3-4 hours in KFC Kuching to earn the similar serve of meal. Now, which deal is better? If you can grasp this concept of earning power versus spending, it generally applies to everything else as well.
No wonder the KFC in Perth tastes better. Pun intended.


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Really enjoying the theme. Setting up my gallery page and your demo site shows the image title below in an expanded white frame. Mine are showing up in an overlay on the photo. How do I make the change to match your Gallery Columns=5 demo?
Hi, do you mean title ehen image is opened in lightbox? Then go to settings media and you will find different options for totle position. Thanks
One quick question please…
I cant figure out how to change main menu in wordpress to not use ALL CAPS. Is it in wp or somwhere in theme ?
Can you help please ?
Thank u for this great theme.
Hi, in style.css find
#horiz_m .slidemenu ul{font-size:10px; font-weight:bold; line-height:1; list-style:none; text-transform:uppercase;}
and remove text tarnsform part.
Great theme! Having issues with the subject line not showing when testing my contact-forms. I'm filling in the field "What should the subject line be?" under the Email Notifications tab yet it doesn't show when I receive the test email.
You have a great theme! I love it!
Quick question, is there any documentation of short codes. What I mean is, those list of short codes. I wanted to see the list of short codes and how it will look. maybe you can add it to the documentation so that I know what to use rather than trying out 1 by 1.
Example: Styled Heading – the picture on how it will look when you use it.
I think, this will be a good addition in the documentation.
Good idea, will consider this for next themes and update, but you can see the preview site for allmost all shortcodes available.
Great! That is what I'm looking for! Thanks!
I just purchased this theme but can't find the PSD layered files. I can only find the PSDs in the .PSD and image files' folder. I thought this theme came with the PSD 's?
Is there any way I can get them please?
Thank you, Danielle
The files you mentioned are the psd's used for the theme. All other is based on css.
Thanks you!
Thanks for the very flexible theme! I have been enjoying it greatly.
I have inserted shortcode for Nivo Slider into the custom heading, I have specified the page to populate it from. It will load the title text for the image with a little icon in the far left hand corner, but no actual image ever loads. I have changed the page to "media" for example and it will show on the bottom of the slider about 50 dots, the amount of images in my media file, the "dots" will then change as if the slideshow was working, but no image ever appears?
I have visited the Nivo forum and cannot seem to find an answer to my problem. Hoping you can help.
Thank you
Hi, you can try setting permissions for shortcodes folder to 777, it may help.
I don't know if I feel comfortable changing permissions to 777?
Was actually trying to figure out how to change my permissions through the WordPress Codex and they say "The worst that can happen as a result of using 777 permissions on a folder or even a file, is that if a malicious cracker or entity is able to upload a devious file or modify a current file to execute code, they will have complete control over your blog, including having your database information and password."
Yikes! I don't want this to happen, can I change my permissions temporarily? Although I don't know how this would solve the issue.. It's crazy, it's like it sees the file but wont let it load the actual image. Any other suggestions?
Now I understand what you are referring to.. Anyone else with the same issue, here is a great thread on the WordPress Codex discussing the same problem. Giving this a try: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-shortcodes-ultimate-images-not-showing-nivo-jcarousel
Setting the permissions to 777 did not work for me I tried a few various other things.. still not sure why it wont load the actual image file. I am going to go back to the Orbit slider because it is easy to use. My only question with the Orbit is it possible to modify it to a full-width slider? I see in the editor it is set as 960px, I tried changing this to 100% and it keeps defaulting to 960.. any suggestions?
Thanks for your support!
Hi, yes you can, you should change it in style.css to 100% as you mentioned and also in care/orbit/css/orbit123.css for #featured and div.orbit-wrapper
Hi, yes you can, you should change it in style.css to 100% as you mentioned and also in care/orbit/css/orbit123.css for #featured and div.orbit-wrapper
Thanks for your really wonderful support! I purchased a theme from a different author recently and they can't even kind of compete with your great attitude and support.
Thanks again
Enjoying your theme, very nice. I reset the theme by accident. I thought that I was reseting to default values on one page but, it erased all settings on every page.
Is there a way to restore to the default values for the color codes? I liked the color scheme that came with the original download and would like to get it back, if possible. I tried re-downloading both the child/parent themes but, that didn't seem to work.
Thank you.
Hi, thank you!
Open care/functions/theme-options/theme_option_data and download two files you find there to your computer or find them in downloaded package.
Now delete them from the folder.
Go to your dashboard and refresh, you will see Settings tab tor theme options. Go to Setings->Import and copy all the content form .txt (not xml just txt) file you downloaded to the Theme Options Data field and click Import data.
All should be back
Hi, I need a little help please. I'm using WP 3 .3 and I am getting this error when I try to activate the theme:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION in {my path here}/wp-content/themes/care/functions/sidebars.php on line 1
What does this mean and how do I fix it? Thank you.
Hi, please try manual upload and select binary transfer mode which is important in your case.
Thank you! That was it.
I am having issues with this theme working with the All-in-one SEO plugin for wordpress. The settings are allowing me to custom configure the SEO from the backend but they are not translating over to the front end? Have you experienced this issue before with this theme?
Hi, what exactly is not working for you? Thanks
none of the updates that I make to a portfolio page are actually taking place when I update the page itself.
For Instance I updated this pagehttp://trinityprc.espiremarketing.org/portfolio/ionic-foot-cleanse/
to say "Ionic Foot Cleansing | Jonesboro, GA" but it is instead showing the name of the blog as the page title "Trinity Pain Relief Center"
When I go to the portfolio's page it is showing that I have updated the SEO for the pages properly, it just isn't going live on the site.
You should make changes to portfolio item I suppose, bt maybe plugin does not support custom post types. And by default the name of the site is present together with page title like here for example: http://www.mnkystudio.com/care/portfolio/elderly-care/
It does support custom post types. I have updated the SEO through the back end of wordpress and it's even integrating with the back end portfolio pages inside of your theme. However, it is not displaying the updated SEO information on the live site.
Maybe you can try leaving only
<?php wp_title(''); ?>part in all header files inside the title tags.
I LOVE this theme…everything (so far) is working perfectly. I feel somewhat silly asking this – I am trying to get links (content, text in posts for example) to appear as a different color. Right now you can't tell it's a link, because the color is the same as the content text. I opened the main css file in the editor and tried to change it's default state and when I save it, it does nothing. Am I missing something?
/* Links */ a:hover, a:active,a:focus {border: 0; outline:0;} a{color:#4086c8; text-decoration:none;} a:hover{color:#999;}
Glad you like our theme. To change link color go to Theme Options
>Global>Content element options
If I use this theme for more than on client, what do I do? Come buy it again and again, or is there another payment plan that TF offers for multi use to continue to pay every time I use it for a client.
I just can't afford to buy an Extended Licence and only 3 clients end up choosing it. How can I pay every time I use it for a different client.
Hi, yes you are right, ou should buy single license per site. Thanks
1) I'm using the post slider on my blog page and it's not showing the featured images, just broken image icons.
2) I like the solid background on the post slider, how do I create that effect with the nivo or orbit sliders?
Make sure you have set featured image for the post. It will be grabed by post slider.
Nivo and Orbit Sliders do not have background at all. Ir maybe you mean something else.
Yes, the posts have a featured image set and not showing in the post slider.
Are you on multisite network? Thanks
Right now we're in development so there is an existing blog on the network. Do you think that is the problem? Featured images were uploaded though to the new image directory.
It seems like problem with image path, maybe thhat is it, also see settings->media and see if upload path field is empty and check to use date based folders. Thanks
Ah, that's the problem. Change media settings to one image folder versus date based folders. What file would I need to modify to get this to work with the current settings?
Hmm usually it works with date based folders, strange it doesn't for you.
So sorry to drag this out. Need to clarify:
1) So you are saying that images in the post slider will NOT work if the featured image is NOT in a date based folder. (I have all images in a single "images" folder, not in the default date-based folders). The slider should pull the featured image from wherever it resides since it's attached to a post ID, correct? Any thoughts on why the post slider doesn't want to pull images from a non-date folder?
2) in the admin screen the "slider and title area background option" settings I set the background color to blue. It's only showing up when I use the post slider setting. How did you get a background (blue band across the page) to show up on the Nivo and Orbit sliders on your live preview sample pages? Was this a custom tweak to the CSS ?
Well we are avare of this behaviour, but is seems really strange, it will pull first post image if no featured is set, but will not work with featured. You can try to create a thumbnail of a specific image add a custom field as rps_custom_thumb and specify image path as value.
Orbit slider should have one, but for nivo choose custom header with bg option.
I'm working on customizing your (excellent by the way!) theme, but I'm having problems uploading and inserting images via the theme options panel. I can get through the upload process, but when I click 'save all changes' the images always appear in the theme with the 'broken image' icon. If I click 'insert into post' I get a blank screen and nothing else happens. Even if I try hard linking to an image URL (that appears fine when viewed outside the theme) I still get a 'broken image' icon.
Thanks in advance,
Hi, you have to make sure you press file url in link field, image should link to image file not attachment ID page. And also press insert into post, not just save changes.
Thanks so much for the quick reply, that fixed it!!
I guess I'm still a NOOB !!!
No problem, cheers
Hi MNKY
Fantastic template!! Quick question, not sure if it has been asked yet regarding the Homepage contact form, we'd like to modify the received email's format/layout. What file do we change to modify the email template?
Also, can you please release the font-resizer as a plugin? I know of several designers (myself included) seeking the feature already, and the current plugins in the repository do not work as well as yours!
We're currently testing out the homepage's contact form but it disappears after you select "submit". our URL is http://rmlaserdental.com/working/Any solution would be appreciated. I've attached a screenshot regarding the issue below: http://rmlaserdental.com/working/screenshot/screenshot.jpg
Thanks for the quick reply. I'd like the received email to read:
FROM = [email] SUBJECT = Appointment Request
Patient's Name: kyle salonga
Patient's Email: email@example.com
Patient's Phone: 6045555555
- Requested Date -
Month: January
Day Of The Month: 25
FROM = [email]
SUBJECT = Appointment Request
Patient's Name: kyle salonga
Patient's Email: email@example.com
Patient's Phone: 6045555555
- Requested Date –
January, 25 [YEAR]
sorry i didn't realize we had to add break tags instead of carriage return
Well, but contact form structure in the same as you mentioned. You just have to enter subject line when creating a form, notice the second tab on the top
And for text size see functions php and find enable_more_buttons , if you are interested, well good ideal about a plugin


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Well.. even though there hasn't been an official announcement of this, I guess we can go ahead and say that Anthony Mackie is no longer "in talks" to play Falcon in the Captain America sequel; in the below interview with MTV, star Chris Evans pretty much confirms that Mackie is definitely going to play Falcon in the movie.
A quick recap... last August (2011), Chris Markus and Stephen McFeely, screenwriters of Captain America: The First Avenger, revealed what their hopes were for the sequel to that movie, stating that they were intrigued by the chance to explore some of the latter-day additions to the Captain America mythos, like his sidekick The Falcon, one of comics' first black superheroes.
"I want both of them... Falcon is awesome. We can't play with time so much to have Cap go back to Harlem in the '70's and clean up the streets, but it would be awesome to go straight up, like, 'Shaft' with Cap and the Falcon."
So said Markus in an interview with NBC Miami's Popcorn Biz program.
Fast-forward to July 2012, when it was announced that Mackie was "in negotiations" to star as Falcon, alongside Chris Evans in the sequel to Captain America: The First Avenger (to be titled Winter Soldier), which is being directed by Joe and Anthony Russo (recall that F. Gary Gray was once in the mix to helm the film, but dropped out of contention to focus on the NWA biopic).
Stan Lee introduced Falcon in Captain America #117 (September 1969),calling him "the first African American superhero."
The character, Sam Wilson, is Harlem-based and had many street adventures with Cap in the 1970s comics, when he served as his partner. In current comics, Falcon is a key player in many of Cap's espionage adventures.
His superhero abilities include: an empathic link with his pet falcon, has the ability to see through the eyes of nearby birds, can fly, is skilled in martial artist, and is a gymnast.
Winter Soldier will center heavily on the apparent resurrection of Bucky Barnes, played in Captain America: The First Avenger by Sebastian Stan.
As MTV notes:
In the comics, Bucky resurfaces in the form of a brainwashed Russian assassin known as the Winter Soldier, and it's up to his old partner and friend Steve Rogers to bring him back to the side of the angels. Exactly how faithful the Marvel Studios film plans to stick to that source material remains to be seen, but actor Chris Evans insists that the seeds for "Winter Soldier" were planted long ago.
And how involved will Falcon be in the story? That remains to be seen as well.
Marvel has set a release date of April 4, 2014.
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SAVAGEDARKY | September 19, 2012 12:14 PM
Forget about casting. The character treatment of the Falcon in the comics when he debuted was a tragic misuse of a black character. After they bring him online and introduce him they decide that a strong black character of moral rectitude was too much to bear so they turned him into a mindless puppet and a stooge of the Red Skull. Made the man a traitorous spy and a Judas and a communist with a pimp and hustler checkered past. They just pissed all over the character and took a major dump on the young black male audience of comic book readers. The righteous readers (mostly black males) turned their backs on the character. So I still have reservations about the movie and the character no matter what they do with it. Once you piss on me and tell me it's raining I don't believe in anything you have to say going forward. Fuck the Falcon and the Marvel universe he comes from.
Micah | September 18, 2012 4:44 AM
It's not that I don't like and respect Mackie but it's going to be hard to see him in a superhero role. His look just doesn't lend itself to that. There are several black actors who I think do have the look. Mackie is going to have to have to give a performance for the ages to seem convincing. That's going to be tricky since the "Capt. America" movie franchise does not seem to be about dramatic writing and stellar performances. I wish him nothing but the best. It would be nice to see him get leads in strong dramas or quirky independent comedies.
Lee | September 18, 2012 3:34 AM
oh noooo. I don't wanna ruin Mackie with this..... darn it!
Donella | September 15, 2012 4:57 PM
Not feeling Mackie's casting in this role.
ALM | September 13, 2012 10:17 PM
Wow. An April release date. They are pushing this "summer" movie season earlier and earlier.
Orville | September 13, 2012 5:40 PM
I like Anthony Mackie but once again he's just the black sidekick he seems to be stuck in supporting film roles. I kind of wish Anthony could get more leading roles like gay drama Brother to Brother. Brother to Brother was an amazing film and it was the breakthrough of Anthony's career.
Josh | September 13, 2012 4:12 PM
Falcon is a major Cap sidekick in the comics so he should have a decent amount of screentime. They will probably go with the "Ultimates" Falcon look that has more of a paramilitary feel over "dude in red suit with angel wings". This will be fun.
kirk | September 13, 2012 3:36 PM
Oh my...it's a miracle! And he won't have a drinking problem....
Firebrand | September 13, 2012 1:50 PM
I don't know anything about this character, so I can't say whether or not he'll pull it off. Hollywood will probably marginalize his role as much as they can though, considering he's a black man. Captain America will probably end up saving his ass multiple times.
Adam Scott Thompson | September 13, 2012 1:11 PM
I like Mackie, I hated "Captain America." That said, brotha needs to start doing pushups... *looking at my watch*... NOW!!!
Darkan | September 13, 2012 1:08 PM
And the news for the day just turned sour. I can only imagine how bad this is gonna be. Somebody please get that brother a proper trainer and teach him how to be intimidating. I still haven't forgiven him for that horrible portrayal of Tupac. They should have gone with an unknown. Smdh.


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New look summer league Celtics battled the Bucks to a final shot in 5 seconds. The play went to Sullinger, he got double teamed and threw it up for a miss.
Lively game, but, ugly. Like summer leagues past. Decent defense by Celtics 33% from the floor...I have never seen so many shots hit the rim and bounce to a defender...the bucks had 30 defensive rebounds.
Sullinger paid the bills with 16 points and 11 rebounds. He was cold shooting 3 for 13 but, 10 for 12 from the line. He is a good free throw shooter. His assorted hooks and fall always are not so much. Doc said he does not need him to score he needs him to rebound and he has an excellent sense there with just about 10 per game in SL. Doc also quoted as liking his passing. Since the Celtics now have so much firepower on the O maybe Sully will just pass it to them? Better yet, get fouied. Not a leaper, but he works for a living.
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I have one question.
I am making a photo gallery page. What i would like to do is when u see all the pictures in my gallery (made with the option to insert the gallery using the insert gallery from the insert pictures mode) and click one picture to have a page that has more pictures of the same picture and some text.
So far when i select to show the attachment page option it shows me the specific image post url – but how can i add some text and more images to that post url?
Sorry, do you think you could be a little clearer? I didn't really understand what you're trying to do.
But as a disclaimer, I should tell you that I can provide support for some things like bugs or problems with the theme, but I can't promise I'll be able to help you with customizing the theme.
Hi again, SachaG.
I am glad to tell you that we are masters in your theme, we have understood all your instructions.=)
One question:
how does template for a page called "Docs", works?
I have created pages with text and gave them under pages attributes pages a same parent, but weonly get a "Table of Contents" in a empty page.
How does this work? if available in your instruction site where is located?
Have you checked out the Wordpress Codex about page templates?
Just purchased a few hours ago and having problems. Since the theme doesnt support the new 3.0 menu for WordPress i am using your menu system to add items for main navigation, however each time i add an item, i have to 1) add an item i get 2 options (Title and type – page, url, etc) but no option of where to point it to. then i have save the item and then all my titles get renamed to 1,2,3,4 etc. Very frustating. Then i get this message when i clear them and try to add a new item 'Please reload the page to reset the menu'
I tried a new install of Wordpress, not version 3 and still have problems. Logo upload doesnt work
Cant add new menu items period now. Javascript errors are preventing me from adding any new menu items. Please help!
Since a few people are reporting this problem, I've decided to re-do the menu completely using the regular wordpress 3.0 menu. So stay tuned for an update in 3-4 days
Can you re-download and update the theme? I've added an option to use Wordpress' own custom menu system.
Hello SachaG!
This is my first WP week and after some reading and searching around I have finally decided to go for your Silverio theme! (already playing around with it!
Thing is: I am trying to set up a 360 photo page/blog and I have a question regarding the fancybox js …. when clicking at the portfolio thumbs how can I launch an iframe instead of a simple jpg?
thanks in advance!
If you change the link to point to a page instead of a jpg, it should display it in an iframe. But I can't really help you out more than that, since I cannot provide support on theme customization, sorry.
1st of all thanks a lot for your reply! ... Would you be as kind as to show me a simple example? I cannot get it to work … not sure if it is actually a bit more complicated than changing the link or it is just me that donnot know how to properly do it. much appreciated in advance!
Sorry, I can't provide support on features not included with the theme. I suggest you take a look at FancyBox's website and documentation?
Hi,Why is that I choose Exclude Thumbnail and Exclude Homepage Image,but they still appear in the Portfolio Page Gallery?
I enjoy this theme but I am still waiting for a White color theme so that I can post more pics on pages without worrying about their white edges.
good work. please keep updating the theme or get new ones.
That's weird, I don't know why they would appear in the gallery… have you tried updating to the latest version of the theme? If the problem persists, please send me an email with a login/password to access your wordpress install.
And I'm sorry, but there's no white version in the works… maybe you can adapt it yourself?
Thanks. I solved the problem myself. Some files is missing while uploading. It's ok now.
btw, i did make a half-white version myself by editing the background image. http://www.frankie.com.cn/wordpress/
Great! Good to hear that the problem is solved.
i haven't purchase yet, but i am interested. Some questions : - for one picture, is it possible to have a gallery, with for exemple some other pictures (5/6) or videos. (i mean there is only one main vignette for a project and a gallery when you click on it) - is it possible to have a video or some videos. Like vimeo, youtube, or mov/flv ?
thanks you
Yes, both features are available. You can check out the demo to see them in action.
Well, maybe i don't look at the good place, but in the main portfolio i can't see any video… Just one image for each
Here's the video demo, it's true it's a little bit hard to find…
Hi again. One question: I like the way homepage looks and and works with widgets in 3 columns. I want to have same appearance working as a internal page how can I do it?
Sorry, you'll have to be familiar with html/css and wordpress to do that kind of customization, it's not possible out of the box.
Can you create this feature on demand?
Sorry, currently very busy with client work, so I'm not planning on adding features to the theme for now.
Hi, love the theme. Got a simple question for you. In the portfolio for the site link what code do I need to edit so the site link opens in a new window. When I code it on the post itself it shows "target="blank" in the domain.
Thanks much,
You should add "target=blank" to the code in single_portfolio.php directly (line 226)
Hi, I added that to line 226 and I get an error message. I tried it in the section for the url and I get error messages there as well. Could you add the target=blank into the source code for single_portfolio.php and email it to me at chris [@] chrisomlor.com? Then I'll just replace in my source code.
Thanks much,
Sorry, I'd like to help you out but I can't provide support on theme customizations, only on the original files.
Hi, was wondering if you have a default wordpress export file for me to test out by using the Wordpress Importer Tool?
Appreciate if you can supply that – that way it's easier to set up my site similar to your demo! Thanks!
Here you go: http://cl.ly/3a627c62a7ede6e0ef00
But I just exported the demo site, so I'm not sure how well it'll suit your needs.
Hi Sacha,
Great theme!
I have just finished customising the template and have noticed that the widgets in the right hand panel have varying numbers of horizontal rules depending on which template page you use.
For example: the search widget on a default template page has a rule top and bottom, on a blog post it has just one rule below, and on a contact template page it has none at all.
Please could you advise me of the best way to amend the template files so they show the same number of rules throughout the site.
Thanks in anticipation.
Hi there
Your theme is awesome…
I have a comment… I'm frequently getting this error when my website loads:
Warning: getimagesize() [function.getimagesize]: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Temporary failure in name resolution in /home/veinti2/public_html/wp-content/themes/silverio/header.php on line 69
Any idea why is that?
Thank you
You should comment out those lines. Open header.php and follow the instructions around line 69.
Someone alredy posted this problem, but he just missed some files in the upload and that worked, i'm working on localhost so it can´t be a file missing problem, i can´t hide my thumbs from the project gallery, i could try to simply remove first thumb from code, but that's a dirty way.
Can you explain your problem more clearly? What do you mean by "you can't hide your thumbnails"?
Well i can´t hide the portfolio thumbs in the project gallery. I switch between include or exclude in admin and nothing happens.
Shoot me an email with your site's url and codes to access your back-end, and I'll take a look. Also, when did you download the theme? If you've downloaded it a while back you might have an older version.
Bonjour et félicitations pour ce thème (enfin un vrai portfolio !) sauf que j'ai un problème d'affichage.
Je veux faire 2 portfolios sur mon site : http://sagem-networks.com/site/
1 portfolio "collectivité" ( 1) et 1 portfolio "entreprises" (2) (1) = http://sagem-networks.com/site/?cat=7 (2) = http://sagem-networks.com/site/?cat=12
J'ai suivi la modif à faire sur les fichiers archive.php et single.php indiquée ici : http://silverio.sachagreif.com/documentation/faq/ en remplacant les $cat_ID1 et $cat_ID2 par '7' et '12'.
Quand je clic sur mon 2ème portfolio : http://sagem-networks.com/site/?cat=12 et que je clic sur le nom du projet pour accéder à la page du projet , le template de la page n'est pas le bon. C'est le template de blog au lieu du template du portfolio.
Donc les pages portfolio fonctionnent mais pas les pages "projets" du portfolio 2.
De plus , si on définit des sous catégories dans un portfolio, elles sont affichés dans les 2 portfolios au lieu de prendre en compte les sous catégories propres des portfolios.
merci d'avance pour votre aide.
Malheureusement il n'y a pas de moyen d'avoir des catégories séparées pour les deux portfolios.
Par contre pour utiliser la template portfolio c'est facile, il suffit de faire la même manipulation (rajouter les catégories) dans le fichier single.php, si je me rappelle bien.
N'hésite pas à m'envoyer un mail via mon profil si tu veux plus d'infos.
I just downloaded the theme and am having several problems with the menus and WP version 3.1.1. Among the problems:
1. Drop-down menus don't work. 2. Can't delete menus after they are added.
Are you planning on another release to fix the various menu problems? Let me know. Thanks.
I've just checked again with WP 3 .1.2. The drop-down menus seem to work fine, although it's true it's not possible to delete menus for some reason.
I'll look into it, but in the meantime I think it's not a huge problem.
I am having the exact same issue as bdenham. Plus the Silverio legacy menus do not work either. Any help would be great.
Thanks Z
A quick fix to delete any Menus would be to deactivate the Silverio theme and load the WP Twenty Ten theme, then you can delete any menus in the Widgets section.
Once this is done re-activate Silverio and you're set.


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Burrell calls for more private sector support
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) head Captain Horace Burrell says it is vital to the national programme for the Reggae Boyz to advance to the Final Six phase of the CONCACAF World Cup qualifying series.
Jamaica lie third on goal difference in Group A of their semi-final behind the United States and Guatemala — all on seven points — with two games to be played later this month.
Burrell, who was speaking at the presentation ceremony of the St James FA's 2011-2012 season at Montego Bay Cricket Club on Thursday night, said there were benefits to be had, other than getting closer to qualifying for the FIFA World Cup Final in Brazil in 2014.
"It's very important for us to get to the final six as then support will come pouring in," he said, adding "I'm confident that (coach Theodore) Whitmore and his staff will take the team to the promise land."
Burrell, who was recognised for his contribution to the sport once again, lashed the private sector, especially tourism interests, for not making a more meaningful contribution to the sport in St James.
He said with the exception of the Sandals Group, not enough hotels were sponsoring leagues or making any serious social interventions in the area.
"Montego Bay is the tourism mecca but we're not seeing the kind of support expected. These successful hotel are raking in huge profits but give nothing back. That can't be right; that is so wrong," said Burrell while urging the Jamaica Hotel and Tourism Association (JHTA) to "take a closer look at the social involvement of the hotels".
Meanwhile, Member of Parliament for West Central St James and Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Sharon Folkes-Abrahams, who was the guest speaker, said she was optimistic St James would once again assume its position as the top football region in the country and said she was "sick and tired of Montego Bay being labelled as the crime capital" of the country.
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Roma to win at odds of 2.15
The Rome derby!! Roma started amazing this season with 9 points of 9 scoring 8 goals and only conceding 1 in 3 games. They are only behind Napoli on the table because of goal difference. Lazio didn't start bad winning 2 games and losing 1. They scored 6 goals so far and conceded 5.
Lazio managed to win the last derby's, but I think this year finally Roma. will be able to win it. Roma are verry strong this year and they are playing really well. They didn't have european competition this week so they had enough time to preprare this match and they wouldn't have european games next week, which is the case of Lazio.
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Right wing activists called on Likud ministers to remain faithful to the National Zionist camp by supporting two outpost bills, which the Knesset plenum began debating Wednesday afternoon.
"This is the hour in which your resolve is being tested," Amona outpost resident and activist Yehuda Yifrach shouted at a rally outside the Knesset.
As parliamentarians began the debate on two bills by MKs Ya'acov Katz and Zevulun Orlev, its proponents rallied by a protest tent which was set up last week on a street corner, outside the High Court of Justice, up the street from the Knesset.
They set up loudspeakers, so that protestors could hear the debate.
Supporters of the Hasdara Law rally at the hunger strike tent on June 6, 2012.
Protesters are cleared from blocking streets on June 6, 2012.
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Advocating for passage of the Hasdara Law from the stage, June 6, 2012.
MK Reuven Rivlin began by explaining the legislation, which retroactively legalizes unauthorized West Bank Jewish construction.
Right wing activists fear that without this legislation, some 9,000 West Bank Jewish homes are in danger of destruction.
Already the High Court of Justice has ordered the demolition of five apartment buildings in Ulpana outpost, on the outskirts of Beit El, by July 1, which lack permits and were built on private Palestinian property.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has ordered his ministers and deputy ministers not to support the legislation.
Most of the ministers appear ready to comply, even those who had personally promised settlers that legislation was the only solution.
Some 50 people have gone out on a hunger strike as part of a lobby effort to sway ministers to support the legislation.
Two of the strikers, including the initiator of the protest Yifrach, are on their ninth day of the hunger strike.
"After nine days it is not easy and not simple," said Yifrach, as he looked out a hundreds of supporters.
"But we see the great crowd that has come here and the great energy they bring," he said.
To the ministers in the Knesset, Yifrach said, "Where are you? Why did we vote for you?" he asked.
"Where are your Zionist principles?" he asked.
He referenced the most dramatic demolition in the history of the outposts, nine homes that were taken down in Amona in February 2006 as well as the 2005 withdrawal from Gaza.
"Is this why the Likud entered the government, so they could redo Amona and Gush Katif?," he asked.
To those who vote against the bill, Yifrach said, "there will be a day of reckoning, a day of judgement."
He reminded them that their public would remember this moment during the next elections.
"We know today who is faithful to Israel and who is not. We know today who is part of the National Zionist camp and who is not, who supports the settlements and who does not."
He said that Likud ministers have called them to explain that the relocation plan for the Ulpana homes will not harm the settlement movement.
But Yifrach said that he and those at the rally reject that conclusion.
Dani Dayan who heads the Council of Jewish Communities of Judea and Samaria said that the true question in front of ministers is only this: "Will they chose the Zionist path or the post Zionist path of destruction."
Members of the crowed yelled out about Netanyahu, "He is a liar."
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Guan Eng's Uncensored Debate With Soi Lek
Malaysia's army of conspiracy theorists are crying "censorship" over the decision not to show Sunday's debate between Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek and Lim Guan Eng live on television. The first debate between the DAP and MCA leader in February was shown live thus triggering murmurings about why this one isn't.
This has forced the debate organisers, the Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute, to defend the arrangements.
Asli's senior vice president Ng Yeen Seen pointed out it will be seen on both Astro AEC and Astro Awani at 11pm with Chinese and Bahasa subtitles respectively. And it will also be streamed on Youtube within 15 minutes of the event. "It's not possible to have censorship in this era and we also don't encourage it," Ng said.
Indeed, could that have been a cheeky barb aimed at the master of censorship himself Lim Guan Eng?
Guan Eng has done everything he can to snuff out dissent since the last debate including hounding from DAP former vice-chairman Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim. The Malay elder statesman didn't get the chance to debate Guan Eng, whom he dared to oppose over the Bersih 3.0 rally.
The Chief Minister has also banned journalists from Utusan Malaysia and the New Straits Times from covering the affairs of his Penang state administration.
No debate was allowed on that decision either.
Soi Lek has more to gain and less to lose than Guan Eng when they trade verbal blows face-to-face for the second time.
There is no doubt the former psychiatrist and his MCA have played second fiddle to Guan Eng's DAP in the years since 2008. But now Soi Lek is starting to look rejuvenated, and a one-on-one debate gives him an equal platform with the DAP Secretary General who has so dominated Chinese politics in Malaysia.
Critics of the first encounter slammed the way it descended into a Pakatan versus BN proverb-trading match.
Sunday's debate is entitled "BN and PR: Whose policies benefit the community more?" and we would like to see the candidates stick to a discussion about policies.
Soi Lek can articulate and defend BN's policies in government. Guan Eng can convince us that the policies he wants in Government have been mutually reached by the divided Pakatan parties – and if he has time after that, advocate them.
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Dad was so proud to have been a part of the Search Committee that brought you to Olive. He loved and admired you in many ways. We are all certainly blessed to have you as our Pastor. Under your leadership, Olive has accomplished great things and will, without doubt, continue to do so. The impact that you have on the guys here at the Prison Camp is amazing. I'm thankful for the television and radio ministry that Olive supports in order for them to be able to share in the service. Congratulations on your twenty three years and I pray God will keep you with us at Olive for another fifty Have a blessed day.
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Kim Kardashian: Sightseeing in Paris
Making the most of her time overseas, Kim Kardashian stepped out for some tourist fun in Paris, France on Tuesday (January 21).
The "Disaster Movie" dame hit up the Galleria Museum and the Modern Art Museum while chilling out with designer Azzedine Alaia, sporting a white jacket and black top/trousers combo.
Meanwhile, Kim's fiancé Kanye West chatted with Interview magazine about their daughter North West and the new experiences of parenthood.
"I think I have to experience it for another few years to be able to give you an opinion. It's all brand new, how it feels to be a father. There are some things that I understand, certain things that I don't understand, certain things that I like to get off my chest in interviews, certain things that I want to talk about. But when we talk about love, I don't have an answer. All I can say is that I'm happy I have it."
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Neon Night - Muristan, Jerusalem
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Neon Night - Muristan, Jerusalem
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Muristan, which means "hospital" in Persian, is a maze of streets and shops in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. It was here that the first hospital of the Knights of St John was located. The Muristan area is located just south of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. It has a long hospitaller tradition going back to the 2nd century BC.
Excavations of the Muristan were done at the turn of the 20th century. It showed that the Hospitaller complex occupied an approximately square area that measures 160 yards (east-west) and 143 yards (north-south). Little was left of the original buildings. What remains included the Church of Mar Hanna, a series of arches on David Street, and the remains of the north door of the Hospitaller's church of St. Mary Latina, which were incorporated into the modern Church of the Redeemer. Today what remains of the hospital is a modern memorial in a small recess barred from the street with an iron gate and an enclosed yard.
The Muristan area is located inside the Christian quarter, and includes the Avtimos market and the Ge...
The Muristan area is located inside the Christian quarter in Old City of Jerusalem, and includes the ...
Also known as the German church, is located about 100 meters,south east of the Church of the Holy Sep...
The market (souq, shuq) in the old city of Jerusalem, 2010. Hand held panorama using a Philopod, Niko...
Modern civilization began right here in the Tigris-Euphrates river valley. Also known as the Fertile Crescent or Mesopotamia, this is the place where, six thousand years ago, agriculture, writing and mathematics were brought into widespread use.
The term "Middle East" comes from the British navy, which used it to describe the countries on the trade route from Europe to India and China. Everything from Afghanistan to Morocco may possibly be classified as "middle eastern", depending on whom you ask -- and when.
Only a partial list of past Empires in the middle eastern territory includes Sumeria, Babylonia, Persia, the Ottoman Empire and the Roman Empire!
When northern Europe was still lurking about in slimy cold stone castles playing chess, the Middle East was enjoying the flowers of poetry, luxurious craftsmanship, music and literature. In fact, the Renaissance in Europe was partly inspired by stories brought back from the middle east by travelers along the trade route.
Strategic location, religious history and the world's largest supply of crude oil have kept the Middle East at the center of world activity for centuries. The saga continues.
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MBA Choice Dilemma . . .
I have decided to pick up a MacBook Air. I would be using it for programming in Objective-C, and Python/HTML/JavaScript/CSS/Django, plus the normal web surfing, and light garageband use. After yesterdays WWDC, I have come up with these options:
- Buy a refurb 11inch 2011 2gb RAM core i5 MBA for $760. Considerably cheaper price point is the big advantage.
- Get the new Air, cheapest config (Ivy Bridge, 4gb are the big plus for me), on the Student Discount. That's $950, plus a $100 itunes gift card because of the Back to School Promotion.
I'd definitely prefer the first one because of the lower price point, but will 2GB of RAM be enough? Even for just some Web Development?
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1) Formal admission as a graduate student to the MSN/FNP program
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3) Being a US citizen or with a permanent US resident work visa ("Green Card")
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