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The new medical marijuana law went into effect Thursday, while potential medical marijuana patients gathered at the Green Relief Expo at University of Phoenix stadium to receive recommendations from doctors.
Debilitating conditions, as described by the new law, that could warrant medicine include cancer, glaucoma, HIV/AIDS, epilepsy, chronic pain and Alzheimer's.
Arizona voters approved the new law last November in the general election. The measure, which was labeled Prop 203 on the ballot, received 50.1 percent of the vote.
Implementation of the law came quickly: The Arizona Department of Health Services was given 120 days to set up the entire program.
"Really over the last 120 days, it has been the policy development phase," said Will Humble, the director of the department.
"We developed the administrative code and rules for regulating and managing the program. Really, basically, (Thursday) is where we make the big shift into operations."
The application process requires potential patients to fill out a form, present an Arizona driver's license or identification card, and provide a current photograph and doctor's recommendation.
Applicants must also submit a signed statement in which they pledge not to use marijuana for recreational purposes or give it to anyone who does not have a medical marijuana card. The entire application process is online.
Patients also must pay a fee of $150. If people have a hard time paying this, a national non-profit organization will be helping patients get access to the medicine they need.
The Medicinal Marijuana Assistance Project of America helps patients get the care they need by helping patients with state fees and bringing doctors to rural communities. The group also was one of the sponsors of Thursday's expo.
The organization also gives disabled veterans an automatic 50 percent discount of treatment and gives free care to those patients who cannot afford the 50 percent off.
"We help on the financial side. You know, a lot of people don't have insurance. The way health care is designed in America a lot of people end up taking on the burden of those bills and they can't afford the proper medicine they need," said Vince Palazzotto, the executive director of the organization.
Patients will be able to either cultivate their own marijuana or obtain the medicine from a dispensary. They would be allowed to buy up to two and a half ounces every two weeks.
Initially, all patients will be required to grow, though.
"The initial cards will all say, 'Authorized to cultivate.' The reason that they are going to say that is because we will not have any (medical marijuana) dispensaries up and running probably until October," Humble said.
The law allows people who live more than 25 miles away from a dispensary to grow up to 12 plants for their personal use.
This means that anyone who receives a card from the time the law takes effect through late summer will be able to grow. This changes once the dispensaries have opened their doors.
Once this occurs, patients who live within the 25-mile radius of a dispensary will not be allowed to cultivate their own medicine anymore.
Humble said the agency has not worked out the process that will let patients know that a dispensary near them has started offering medicine.
Once dispensaries open shop, the stores will be allowed to cultivate their own medicine or obtain it from another dispensary or a qualified patient.
The medical community has had a mixed reaction to it. Many support it, but that does not necessarily mean that those doctors will write recommendations. Some practices will not offer it at all.


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The peripheral nervous system refers to the parts of the nervous system that are outside the central nervous system, that is, those outside the brain and spinal cord.
Thus, the peripheral nervous system includes
Moving a muscle usually involves communication between the muscle and the brain through nerves. The impetus to move a muscle may originate with the senses. For example, special nerve endings in the skin (sensory receptors) enable people to sense pain, as when they step on a sharp rock, or to sense temperature, as when they pick up a very hot cup of coffee. This information is sent to the brain, and the brain may send a message to the muscle about how to respond. This type of exchange involves two complex nerve pathways: the sensory nerve pathway to the brain and the motor nerve pathway to the muscle.
Dysfunction of peripheral nerves may result from damage to any part of the nerve:
Peripheral nerve disorders can affect one nerve (mononeuropathy), two or more peripheral nerves in separate areas of the body (multiple mononeuropathy), or many nerves throughout the body but usually in about the same areas on both sides of the body (polyneuropathy).
Dysfunction of peripheral nerves may also result from damage to
If motor nerves (which control muscle movement) are damaged, muscles may weaken or become paralyzed. If sensory nerves (which carry sensory information—about such things as pain, temperature, and vibration) are damaged, abnormal sensations may be felt or sensation may be lost. Some peripheral nerve disorders are progressive and fatal.
Peripheral nerve disorders can be hereditary or acquired (caused by exposure to toxins, injury, infections, or metabolic or inflammatory disorders).
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Columbia! Columbia! to glory ariseAuthor: Timothy Dwight
Tune: STAR OF COLUMBIA
Published in 7 hymnals
Audio files: MIDI
Columbia! Columbia! to glory arise,
The queen of the world, and the child of the skies,
Thy genius commands thee, with raptures behold,
While ages on ages thy splendors unfold:
Thy reign is the last and the noblest of time,
Most fruitful thy soil, most inviting thy clime;
Let crimes of the east ne'er encrimson thy name,
Be freedom, and science, and virtue thy fame.
To conquest and slaughter let Europe aspire,
Whelm nations in blood, or wrap cities in fire;
Thy heroes the rights of mankind shall defend,
And triumph pursue them and glory attend.
A world is thy realm, for a world be thy laws,
Enlarged as thy empire, and just as thy cause;
On freedom's broad basis that empire shall rise,
Extend with the main, and dissolve with the skies.
Fair science her gate to thy sons shall unbar,
And the east see thy morn hide the beams of her star;
New bards and new sages unrivalled shall soar
To fame unextinguished, when time is no more.
To the last refuge of virtue designed,
Shall fly from all nations, the best of mankind,
There, grateful to heaven, with transport shall bring
Their incense, more fragrant than odors of spring.
Nor less shall thy fair ones to glory ascend,
And genius and beauty in harmony blend;
Their graces of form shall awake pure desire,
And the charms of the soul still enliven the fire:
Their sweetness unmingled, their manners refined,
And virtue's bright image enstamped on the mind;
With peace and sweet rapture shall teach life to glow
And light up a smile in the aspect of woe.
Thy fleets to all regions thy power shall display
The nations admire, and the ocean obey;
Each shore to thy glory its tribute unfold,
And the east and the south yield their spices and gold,
As the day-spring unbounded thy splendors shall flow,
And earth's little kingdoms before thee shall bow,
While the ensigns of union in triumph unfurled,
Hush anarchy's sway, and give peace to the world.
Thus down a lone valley with cedars o'erspread,
From the noise of the town I pensively strayed,
The bloom from the face of fair heaven retired,
The wind ceased to murmur, the thunders expired
Perfumes, as of Eden, flowed sweetly along,
And a voice, as of angels, enchantingly sung,
Columbia! Columbia! to glory arise,
The queen of the world, and the child of the skies.
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Kendall Marshall reminded his Lakers teammate Pau Gasol just how far back the duo goes when he shared a picture of the two together at All-Star Weekend from 2003.Story | Conversation | January 24, 2014
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Eric Bledsoe has been playing in the shadows for most of his basketball life, but he's getting the chance at the leading role in Phoenix, writes Ramona Shelburne.Story | Conversation | December 27, 2013
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Kansas athletic officials are reviewing allegations that the former AAU basketball coach of Ben McLemore received cash payments aimed at steering the star freshman to a sports agent.Story | Conversation | May 06, 2013
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Emanuel Porter is TCU's first for 2014Damon Sayles
2014 wide receiver Emanuel Porter (Dallas/Lincoln) has the kind of story many prospects dream of. Porter hasn't played a down of football since his freshman year. An athlete who's made his name on the AAU basketball circuit, Porter expressed his i...Blog | August 13, 2012
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Reading High junior guard/forward Olivia Healy has committed to the University of Richmond for the 2013-14 season, according to her AAU basketball program, Mass. Rivals. The 5-foot-10 Healy was one of the most dominant two-way players in the state...Blog | June 12, 2012
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Groton-Dunstable guard Rachel McCarron has committed to UMass-Lowell for the 2013-14 season, according to her AAU basketball program, Mass. Rivals. The 5-foot-8 McCarron was named MVP of the Mid-Wach B for the second straight year this past season...Blog | June 12, 2012
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Ever since teaching 6th graders about blogging, I've paid more attention to how social media sites can enhance learning. Blogging certainly can improve writing skills and at the same time introduce children to ideas that will make them more marketable when they hit the job force (assuming they do).
I haven't heard of elementary school teachers using Twitter, but David Parry, an assistant professor of Emerging Media and Communications at the University of Texas at Dallas says Twitter really enhances learning in his classes.
He calls Twitter a "classroom-communication tool." His class titled, "Introduction to Computer-Mediated Communication" was the trial run. Students were required to sign up for Twitter and to send a few messages with the service each week. They had to subscribe to his Twitter feed. He updated students a few times a day on useful web sites, or the rhythm of his day.
The class made the news, but it also built community into the classroom which spilled into better class discussions. This post on using Twitter in the classroom goes more in-depth. Here are some thoughts:
- Twitter is a way to record thoughts and ideas that you search – it's a history
- Twitter connects you to a larger world outside of the classroom and even the country
- Students can follow people who do what they want to do or who they admire and get a sense for their job and life
- Twitter can improve writing and punctuation
- Students love contests. If they hurry they can still enter Marketing Pilgrim's Twitter contest and possibly win the free Nokia Internet Tablet (which can greatly enhance learning while waiting in line and letting you do homework, like Twittering, on the run).
So much of learning is going on inside a student's head and you don't know what they're getting and how they apply what they're learning. Twitter can give insights about the process and that can help educators make teaching more relevant.


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Ideally, lawns shouldn't be laid directly up to walls or fences since this can make mowing difficult, and you may find you need to use a string trimmer to fix the edges. To avoid this, lay a line of bricks alongside the lawn.
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Use a brick to establish the width of the mowing strip required, and then mark it off using string and pegs. Use a half moon cutter or a spade to cut down along the line to the depth of the brick.
Use a spade or turfing iron and keep the tool as level as possible. The turf can either be re-laid in the garden or stacked upside down and left to decompose into compost.
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Farms in taxman's crosshairs
Thomaston landowners face loss of designation, tax break
THOMASTON -- When Lissa Jennings walks the hilly, winter-stubbled 15 acres she and her husband own off Fenn Road, she feels a connection to her ancestors who farmed there more than two centuries. She also hopes for a future where the land does more than provide free hay for her cousin's goats.
Meanwhile, though, the town tax assessor, facing the pinch of an ailing grand list, looks at the same land and sees an unnecessary tax break.
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blue star wrote on Jan 28, 2013 9:27 AM:
The Town may have the right to do this by law, but they will be on a new low moral ground if they force these people off their land. "
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Of course, then they can't sell it to developers. "
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Once again you've announced to the world your complete lack of intelligence in regards to current events: the majority party in Thomaston are the Republicans. Please try again. "
Linda wrote on Jan 28, 2013 1:49 PM:
Leave the farm land alone, and stop letting people in this country and catering to those who abuse our systems by breeding for their own profit at our expense!
maybe you people like a large wonderful house with neighbors on top of you, not me! Not to mention the increase in traffic...look at Watertown!!! "
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If this is true and the farm is not, and has not been, generating farm income for a number of years then it is not a farm. It is no different than a home on a lot of 1, 2, 5, 10 acres and should be taxed as such, regardless of past usage. "
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TruthInWords wrote on Jan 30, 2013 8:23 AM:
Make no mistake, I am also saddened by the loss of farms in our state. They were/are a part of New England's rich history and beauty.
However, there can be no doubt that, if the farm is meeting the legal requirements necessary to be classified as a farm, the town would assess taxes appropriate for a farm.
I would welcome a follow up story as Joseph has suggested. "
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Besides Grisham, my two favorite legal-eagles-turned-novelists are Scott Turow and Phillip Margolin. Turow's best-known (and best) book is Presumed Innocent, which became a movie. Margolin, who hails from my home, Portland, OR, uses his knowledge of death-penalty cases to weave stories that, like Grisham's, are carried by the sinister nature of some of the characters. Consider his latest, Ties That Bind: A woman lawyer agrees to defend a man accused of murdering a U.S. senator, in a case involving a brotherhood planning to take over the government. You can't get much higher stakes than that.
Another lawyer/writer you should check out is Stephanie Kane, a relative newcomer whose main character is a dyslexic defense attorney named Jackie Flowers. Kane's third and latest book is called Seeds of Doubt, featuring Flowers taking the case of a woman accused of killing her six-year-old nephew. More than her legal skills, it's Flowers's ability to read people that makes her a winner.
Stretching a little, I'd suggest you also look at the work of Jonathan Kellerman, another mystery author who writes about what he knows. A clinical psychologist, Kellerman created a sleuthing psychologist named Alex Delaware who tracks down criminals based on their psychological tics. In Kellerman's latest book, Therapy, Delaware is brought into the case of a couple killed on a lovers' lane.
And if you're a big CSI fan, try a novel by Kathy Reichs, a forensic anthropologist who has created a beguiling fictional alter ego named Tempe Brennan. In the seventh book in the series, Monday Mourning, Brennan goes to Montreal to testify as an expert witness when she stumbles across three skeletons (hey, it happens every day!). A little strontium isotope analysis sends her in the right direction even as her boyfriend, Detective Andrew Ryan, starts acting strangely. You have to read the book to figure out where the connection lies.
AnswerMargo responds:
From trial lawyer Richard North Patterson to prosecuting attorney Christine McGuire, John Grisham has inspired so many lawyers to write legal thrillers, it's a wonder the courts haven't come to a complete standstill. Yes, Scott Turow writes the best, but, alas, he doesn't write often enough (he still actually works as a lawyer). So until Turow's next book hits the shelves, pick up a novel by Lisa Scottoline or Steve Martini.
Scottoline's latest is Killer Smile, once again featuring an all-female Philadelphia law firm. Scottoline got the idea for Killer Smile when she discovered her grandparents' alien registration cards. The Japanese were not the only ethnic group sent to U.S. internment camps during World War II, she learned; thousands of Italian-Americans were sent away, too. In Killer Smile, the sweet Mary DiNunzio takes on a pro bono case seeking reparations for an Italian immigrant who committed suicide while he was interned. The tale turns life-threatening for the engaging DiNunzio when she suspects the suicide was a homicide.
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WHOLE LATTE LOVE Here's how much clout ''Friends'' still has: when Oprah Winfrey wants to interview the cast, she comes to them. She chatted up the sextet on the Central Perk set for last Wednesday's episode of her daytime show, the first of what will undoubtedly be a parade of televised ''farewell'' interviews with the cast. What do they still have left to reveal? Well, the cast unanimously considers Matthew Perry the ''class clown'' (''I think he may be the funniest person I've ever met,'' said Courteney Cox), while Jennifer Aniston is the most emotional. ''Jennifer is one big throbbing heart,'' Lisa Kudrow said of Aniston, who was reduced to tears by her castmates' compliments. ''She's all emotion, feeling and support. Even if you were to say that you'd accidentally killed someone, she's reply, 'Honey, it's not your fault.'''
Kudrow called the other five trustworthy and dependable but singled out Matt LeBlanc, though LeBlanc said he felt disloyal to the others for planning his own solo spinoff sitcom, ''Joey,'' for next year. ''I feel kind of betraying, I feel afraid. It's like, 'You guys are coming, right?''' he said. ''I had a funny pitch for the title. It was called, 'Where the Hell Is Everybody?' That didn't fly.''
DANCES WITH BEARS Aniston made some new friends in the Pacific Northwest, two adolescents who have slightly better grooming and eating habits than Joey. They're Bart and Honey-Bump, two young bears who frolic with Aniston in Animal Planet's upcoming special ''Growing Up Grizzly 2.'' Aniston was introduced to the ursine siblings, orphaned as cubs when a hunter killed their mother, by her husband, who starred in the first ''Growing Up Grizzly.'' (Pitt, in turn, met the bears through animal trainers and preservationists Doug and Lynne Seus, who taught him how to wrestle a bear in ''Legends of the Fall.'') ''I thought to myself, why should my husband have all the fun?'' Aniston said in a statement. The one-hour special airs January 18.
Aniston isn't the only Friend paying a visit to the cable wilderness. Motocross fan LeBlanc will interview several of the sport's top racers and show them in action throughout the four-part series ''The 5 Coolest Things.'' The show will air on Saturday nights at 9:30 on the Discovery Home & Leisure channel, starting Nov. 29.


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Ten states speak next week, but Ohio is the jewel of them all.
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Ten states speak next week, but Ohio is the jewel of them all.
But not without a scare.
CNN called it at 9:00 p.m. based on exit polls.
Romney is going to have to do more than just win to impress people.
The polls keep coming.
What was going on with that Ron Paul–Mitt Romney team-up against Santorum?
Frank Rich on the national circus — the first of a weekly series.
No delegates, no problem?
If you want to change campaign finance, unilateral disarmament seems like a pretty bad way to go about it.
Missouri, Minnesota, and Colorado are holding nonbinding caucuses tonight.
"I think that Rove and everybody, if they're sensible, would wonder why a longtime Republican and libertarian would do that."
She's just dancing on her own.
Can Gingrich really continue to fight Romney all the way to the Republican convention? Here are the numbers that matter.
Revealing shots of Newt, Mitt, and their supporters.
Post-Florida, is he a stronger Mitt Romney, or a weaker one?
The view's nice from the top.
A closely watched State of the Union response as a test-drive for a late entry in the presidential sweepstakes.
Pressed by Brian Williams, Paul commented about Gingrich as a nominee.


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Yay!! Congratulations! I don't find out for three more weeks (boo), but I love hearing about everyone else!!
Congrats the the OP!!
I have longer to go (4-5weeks) and hearing about everyone else is making me impatient! I am starting to think more and more about just paying for one before the a/s.


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WordPress is More Than Just Blogging Software
If you take a step back and look at the successful premium WordPress themes available today, the first thing you'll notice is that they offer much more than the standard blogging template that most free WordPress themes offer. You'll find magazine themes, news themes, video themes, social networking themes, and all sorts of other themes that are designed to function as content management systems.
In looking at the future of WordPress, my hope is that the standard build of WordPress will continue to grow and many WordPress plugins will fill the gaps to make a fully functional content management system.
Recently BloggingPro did a great job of showing the versatility of WordPress with their post showing 7 different ways to use WordPress. In their post, they highlight these 7 ways you can use WordPress:
- Blogging
- Photoblog
- Tumblelog
- Magazine
- Online Shop
- Contact Manager and Customer Relations Management
- Twitter Platform
Click over to see the examples of each!
I personally use WordPress for most of my content sites, including several static sites, a tumblelog, and of course several blogs. Its versatility is amazing. In what unique ways have you used WordPress?
Is Your WordPress Site Hackable?
This guest post was written by Hayes Potter, who is a 13 year old programmer and web developer that gives webmasters tips on protecting their website from common hacking techniques. If you have webmaster or WordPress knowledge and are interested in writing a post for Hack WordPress, please contact us.
Today I want to ask all the web masters out there "Is your site hackable?". I'm a test hacker, and I've seen some very popular sites get hacked in some of the simplest ways. Hacking wordpress is actually quite easy if you know what your doing. Two words my friend, "SQL Injections", most people bypass this thought when they make a blog. Even know wordpress login forms prevent SQL Injections but what about form making plugins? Always check to see if your site is hackable through SQL Injections, for more information on simple hacking with SQL Injection visit my post about it by clicking here.
Also if you have a "robots.txt" file in your home directory, keep in mind that disallowing search engines doesn't disallow people! Never leave directories with password's in them, even if it is encrypted. If you have to password protect the director and/or password file. Also always keep your cgi-bin password protected because a lot of file management systems use it to keep passwords that you use. I know some cPanel file management systems do. So always check your site for rogue password files and SQL Injection prevention.
Editor's Note: If you aren't very familiar with some of this terminology, your best bet is to always keep your WordPress blogs upgraded to the latest version of WordPress.
Learning More About Javascript Injections
Now that you know the basics to javascript injections lets learn how to hack with them, as you should know javascript can manipulate anything on a web page. Here is a simple way to hack into a username on a website. Although the site you try to hack you have to be logged into that site. Once logged in type in the following javascript injection in the URL bar: "javascript:alert(document.cookie)". This will display the cookie information that the site has on you, look for something like "user_id=xxx" or "PHPSESSID=xxx". Typically you want to change this string's value to 1, because the administrator is usually user_id number 1. To change it type in the following in the URL bar: "javascript:void(document.cookie user_id=1);alert(document.cookie);". Now the user_id's value should be 1, so refresh the page and you should be logged in as the administrator.
Please remember that you should never mess around with someones site. Always contact the administrator if you find a security hole in their site. Now remember how I said javascript can manipulate anything on a webpage? Well lets start manipulating stuff, for the basics we can just start with forms. Lets say a web page has a form to buy something using a debit card or something like that. Lets say the price for this item is fifty dollars, now lets manipulate this price. Lets say the submit button is a form itself, and it has no other values. In the URL bar type the following: "javascript:void(document.forms[0] = $1.00)". Ultimately this will change price to one dollar, yes! The "[0]" represents the form number on the page, for example if there are 3 forms on a page. The first one would be labeled "0" the second one "1" and the third one "2".
Collection of WordPress Resources
As I mentioned in a post written last month, I wanted to collect everyones WordPress resources so I could throw together a WordPress resources page. After all, WordPress is community-based and it seemed like a good way to support WordPress users. I am proud to say that I was able to combine my favorite WordPress sites with yours to create a WordPress resources page here at Hack WordPress, which I hope people will find useful.
If you are wondering why a couple sites are left off the list, it is probably for one of two reasons. The first is that I don't know about it and the second is because I had to leave off (for the most part) any submitted blogs that occasionally write about WordPress (such as a category or whatever). This is because the collection of WordPress resources is already very large and these types of lists can get out of hand if you don't draw the line somewhere.
As with my WordPress theme galleries and other lists I maintain here, my ultimate goal is to keep this page useful. As a result, I will make every attempt to keep this page updated over time. You can help by letting us know if you find any invalid links or you would like to see something added.
As for the list itself, here is what I've collected so far:
|WordPress Blogs
|WordPress Themes
Copyrighted Images – and the Ideal Solutions
I recently wrote my first guest post for WP Hacks, which didn't really go as smoothly as planned. I made an honest mistake about copyrighted images, which lead me to think that the readers at Hack WordPress could use a good lesson from my blunder and not fail where I did.
I'm now ashamed to admit it – yep, I've used copyrighted images before. This is dangerous in the sense that your reputation can end up a bit banged up (hehe…), but can also result in legal action. Whoa, if you're not careful what image you use, you can get sued? Yep. But in this day and age, there's a ton of non-copyrighted images out there that are published under Creative Commons that can be used.
The Solutions
Not to worry – I've got a solution for you. My primary solution, YotoPhoto, is down at the moment (and has been for a while now) – so I ended up actually having to do some research to find some alternative resources.
I chose to bring up image search engines instead because I feel that as bloggers, none of us have enough time to browse around entire stock image sites. For those that have time, I personally find SXC.hu to be a great stock image site – best of all, it's free! Also, some photos on Flickr published under the Creative Commons license can be used freely. If you've got any other free stock image sites to suggest, feel free to list them in a comment.
ReadWriteWeb's got a great set of reviews on YotoPhoto and four other alternatives – Xcavator which searches iStockPhoto.com as well as six other photo providers, everystockphoto which searches through licensed Creative Commons images, PicFindr which runs through free-to-use stock images but also Dreamstime images if you prefer, and FotoSearch which examines pay images . Click here to read the article.
I personally also enjoy using the Photo Dropper WordPress plugin, allowing you to search through Flickr Creative Commons licensed images right from your blog's dashboard.
If you're looking for stock/creative commons-licensed images to take your post content to the next level, then why not give these search engines a try? However, if you want to take advantage of image SEO, then I won't guarantee these will make the cut for you.
This guest post was written by Herbert of Digital Media Break, where he writes about the latest digital technology.
How To: Using WordPress as a Static Site
This guest post was submitted by Joseph. If you have WordPress knowledge and are interested in writing a post for Hack WordPress, please contact us.
This is the story of one man's laziness and his quest to build a simple website that any client of his could edit. And leave him alone after the design was done.
I started doing this because I was tired of editing pages in Dreamweaver and uploading it each time a client wanted one word changed in the third sentence of the fourth paragraph on the About Us page. WordPress has a very convenient page functionality, and I decided to make the best of it. Here's how you do it…
First off, you have to work on the design. You could always start with one of the many WP themes out there. Once you decide on one, though, you need to lose all the peripheral pages. Delete all the php files except for the header, footer, page, and the sidebar (if there is one). Keep the search file as well, for the time being. Then, rename page.php to index.php. Now you've gotten rid of the extra files, but many page templates have unnnecessary blogging-related stuff: trackbacks, comments and the meta bits. Delete them all. They usually come wrapped in little divs called "postmeta" or "postmetadata", or something on those lines. Essentially, look for the divs that contain the tags the_time, the_author, the_tags, the_category, comments_popup_link and so on. You can find more of these template tags here. All you actually need from this page is probably the_post and the_title. Yes, really.
Now, lets get to the header and footer files. In the <head> section, delete the lines which contain links to the RSS feed (rss2_url) and the pingback URL (pingback_url). Similarly, in the footer file, delete any links to RSS feeds. That's all there is to it.
When you get to the sidebar, you need to make some decisions, based on your requirements and on your theme. First off, is the sidebar widgetized? If it isn't, get that widgetizing done. Did you delete functions.php a while back? Sorry. Restore it from your recycle bin… you'll need that. Once your sidebar is widgetized, browse over to the widgets section and add widgets you want. Don't throw everything in… you don't need Akismet stats, for heaven's sake.
Now we get to the search function. WordPress doesn't search pages. Don't ask me why. They just don't. You'll need a plugin like Search Pages. But first, figure out if you need a search page or not. If it's a five page site, it's highly unlikely anyone would need to use the search function. If your site runs into several dozen pages, keep the search function, unless your navigation is idiot-proof. Depending on whether you're using search or not, keep or delete search.php. If you're keeping it, don't forget to remove the meta-stuff from the search results page.
You'll need a contact form. What's a static site without a good old contact form? Use one of the many plugins at the WordPress plugin directory.
Your theme is now ready, and you need to strip your CSS file a bit. No point in cluttering up your CSS with classes and ids you'll never use.
Finally, if you're doing it for clients who want to edit pages themselves, you don't want them fooling around with the site settings and themes and plugins. There's no telling what havoc they could wreak. Not to mention, create more work for you. This is where a very handy plugin comes in: Ryan's Simple CMS. Set your client as a new user with Editor permissions, and they get a nice clean pages-only backend. They won't keep writing new posts and wondering why the new page isn't up. While you're at Ryan's you could try his Simple CMS theme as well, to help with your theme. It's even got a nice Suckerfish menu built in.
Don't forget the most important thing of all: setting a page as the front page for the site.
Technorati Wants You to Upgrade WordPress
If you've been holding out on upgrading to WordPress 2.5 (or at least WordPress 2.3.3), Technorati is now adding some extra incentive. According to their official blog:
Blogs that have been compromised by this security vulnerability are typified by having links to spam destinations inserted onto the blog page. These link insertions may be invisible to casual observations; the links are often obscured by style attributes that render them invisible. These links are still seen by crawlers such as Technorati's, Google's and Yahoo's. You can find these links by viewing the source of the blog pages or, when using Firefox, looking under "Tools" -> "Page Info" -> "Links". Blogs hosted on wordpress.com are not affected by this issue; only blogs hosted on their own installations of WordPress from wordpress.org require concern.
Because of this ongoing problem, we're discontinuing processing crawls of blogs that exhibit common symptoms of being compromised. We strongly recommend upgrading your WordPress installation. Even if you haven't been afflicted by a compromise, by the time you are aware that you have been a number of negative consequences may have already occurred (for instance, flagged spam by Technorati, Google or Yahoo!) — this has been reported by many WordPress users.
It looks like all those people that aren't upgrading their WordPress blogs (or have a dormant blog) are being targeted by spammers, which is causing Technorati some problems. As a result, it appears that these blogs will no longer be indexed by Technorati.
Is this really extra incentive? In my personal opinion, the relevance of Technorati disappeared long ago, but I've noticed that my blogs do occasionally get traffic from there. It certainly can't hurt to have them indexing my posts.
Wanted: Your WordPress Resources
Here at Hack WordPress, we pride ourselves on bringing you all sorts of WordPress hacks, theme and plugin reviews, and we also try to create some good WordPress discussions whenever possible.
One thing I get asked a lot is why I link out to other people so often. The answer is fairly simple. There are a lot of people that are as passionate about WordPress as I am, and these people do great work. Some are other "WordPress niche" blogs, while most are just bloggers who occasionally write about WordPress on their blogs. Either way, I don't look at them as competitors, but rather as other WordPress enthusiasts and I try to give their posts some additional exposure.
One thing I've been planning to do is to create a resources page for this site which collects other great WordPress resources. For now, the list will be limited to WordPress niche blogs and web designers that use (and write) about WordPress, but it may expand in the future if I can incorporate other blogs that cover WordPress and still keep the page both useful and manageable.
Here is where I'm hoping you can help me out. I've got about 15 blogs in my feed reader and I know there are a lot more than that. If you run a WordPress blog, you are a WordPress designer with a personal blog and write about WordPress, or you are a reader and have a few favorite WordPress blogs you enjoy reading, can you drop me some links in the comments below? That way I can put together a list for my WordPress resources page.
I'm going to try to get the blogroll put together this weekend (hopefully with feeds as well) and will also do a follow up post to give these blogs some more exposure.
Update: You can now check out our WordPress Resources page.
How To: Spelling WordPress
I figured the title of this post would probably catch everyone's attention!
Generally speaking, I am not one of those people that gets anal about spelling. I always make a conscious effort to spell things correctly and use words in the proper context, but it usually doesn't bother me when I'm reading someone else's work and things are misspelled (wrong "there", etc.). I'm sure some of my published works even have misspellings from time to time. For whatever reason, however, I have noticed that a lot of people don't seem to know how to properly spell WordPress.
Do you know how to spell WordPress? For those that never really gave it any thought, WordPress is spelled with a capital "P" in the middle. Now, it doesn't really bother me so much when bloggers misspell WordPress on their blogs, but with the recent explosion of WordPress blogs, it does bother me a little that these WordPress bloggers don't even know how to properly spell the product that their blog is focused on.
When you write about WordPress on one of your blogs, are you spelling WordPress correctly?
WordPress vs Movable Type
If you ever scroll down in your WordPress dashboard, you've probably noticed some back and forth over the past week between WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg and Anil Dash, who is the Vice President of Six Apart, which is responsible for Movable Type and Typepad.
So what is this argument all about? Daily Blog Tips has been tracking the dialogs between the two in their post Movable Type vs. WordPress, showing that things have started to get a little heated. So which is better? I've never used Movable Type and this blog is dedicated to WordPress, so I don't feel that I'm qualified to comment.
Have you used both? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
How To: Manually Backing Up Your WordPress Blog
In the past I've talked about some great WordPress plugins for backing up your database. This is a great way to backup your WordPress blog for people that don't know how to do it manually. You can also set it up to do your backup automatically, which I find extremely useful because I run several websites that need backed up.
Throughout the past few years I been fortunate to meet a lot of bloggers, and I've found that many prefer to avoid plugins as much as possible, or sometimes they are just the kind of people that like to be hands on and learn how to do things themselves. For these people, Performancing recently posted a Bloggers Guide To Safely Backing Up Your WordPress Site, where they detail the steps you need to take to manually backup your WordPress blog.
As a quick note, if you decide you want to manually backup your WordPress blog, you'll first need to make sure you have FTP access for your website and the ability to access your Control Panel (CPanel). From there you will want to follow the steps in Performancing's guide to create a backup of your posts and a backup of your database.


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Two distinct types of music lovers are buying LPs in numbers not seen since the 1990s.
A crowdfunding project developing gaming hardware that draws real blood plans to keep working to turn its prototype into a blood-donation system after Kickstarter suspended its campaign.
Slang terms "clickbait," "normcore," and "mansplain" lose to "vape" as Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year, which proves electronic cigarettes might not be a drag.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins and the University of Nebraska say that the algae virus affects human cognitive functions.
This actress from Hollywood's Golden Age reminds us of a time when women were some of the leading unsung tech innovators.
A company that wants to bring "fans and fandom" together claimed to be behind the overnight viral sensation, but as more facts emerge, the shadows of doubt have become longer and darker.
What are the first apps that pop into your head when you think music? If Apple's Beats Music is among them, you may be scanning farther down new App Annie standings than you might expect.
The company that first brought the public instant film photography has a low-cost action camera that's about capturing everyday moments, not extreme experiences.
Mapping software company Esri creates a real-time interactive map on the 6.0-magnitude quake filled with information from people's Twitter updates and YouTube videos.
We're talking about Netflix's comedy moves, kilobot attacks, and the obvious demographic of AOL subscribers.


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Home Health Services
The Senior Health Program helps individuals maintain their independence by offering a full range of home health services through Horizon Home Care & Hospice, Inc., a Medicare/Medicaid certified home care agency providing services such as:
Hospice is a special way of caring for patients and families facing the final stages of a life-limiting illness.
Home Care Medical, affiliated with Horizon Healthcare, provides medical equipment and related supplies. Patients of the Senior Health Program are eligible for discounts on private duty home care, medical equipment and supplies not covered by insurance.


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Clever Reorganized School District Bond Issue Question (April 2013)
Clever Reorganized School District Bond Issue question was approved on the April 2, 2013 election ballot in Stone and Christian Counties, which are in Missouri.
This measure authorized the Clever Reorganized School District to increase its debt by $2.3 million through issuing general obligation bonds in that amount for the sake of construction, renovation, repair and improvement projects. This bond measure would result in the debt service levy remaining unchanged at a rate of $0.8797 per $100.[1]
Election results
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- These election results are from the KY3 Election Results Reporting.
Text of measure
Text of the question:
|Shall Clever Reorganized School District No. R-V of Christian County, Missouri borrow money in the amount of $2,300,000 for the purpose of constructing a new FEMA shelter/cafeteria on the EleMiddle campus and a new softball field on the High School campus, renovating, repairing, and improving existing school buildings and facilities and furnishing and equipping the same and issue bonds for the payment thereof resulting in no increased to the debt service levy? If this proposition is approved, the adjusted debt service levy of the District is estimated to remain unchanged at $0.8797 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation of real and personal property.
See also
- April 2, 2013 ballot measures in Missouri
- Stone County, Missouri ballot measures
- Christian County, Missouri ballot measures
External links
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lawrence County April 2, 2013 Sample Ballot
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributed to the original source.
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Warm-up match for Malta U-21 Team
The Malta Under-21 team will be hosting ASD Vigor Mellis, an Italian team, in a warm-up friendly on Tuesday, January 14, at 18:30h at the MFA Training Grounds, Ta' Qali.
The match should be one of other build-up outings in view of coach Ray Farrugia's Euro competitive itinerary later on this season. It is also an occasion for him to draft new faces selected from no fewer than ten top and lower division teams, as well as a player currently on the books of English Premier League team Norwich City.
The friendly will certainly serve as an occasion for Farrugia and his assistant, Ronald Vella, to scrutinise as many players as possible from his 23-strong squad, some of whom will be making their debut at international level.
Besides several substitutions, tactical permutations are also envisaged, all aimed at presenting the coach with several playing options.
Maltese Squad:
MFA Under 21 Players (as on 14.01.13)
CASSAR Andrea - Hamrun Spartans FC
CINI Yenz - Valletta FC
VELLA Jean Matthias - Vittoriosa Stars FC
BORG Sacha - Floriana FC
CAMENZULI Ryan - Birkirkara FC
CUTAJAR Louis John - Norwich United FC
GRECH Christian - Pieta Hotspurs FC
MUSCAT Zach - Birkirkara FC
SAMMUT Ryan - Tarxien Rainbows FC
TABONE Matthew - Vittoriosa Stars FC
AGIUS Terence - Pieta Hotspurs FC
AZZOPARDI Ayrton - Hibernians FC
BEZZINA Johann - Hibernians FC
BORG Clyde - Floriana FC
FARRUGIA Brooke - Floriana FC
KRISTENSEN Bjorn - Hibernians FC
MUSCAT Brandon - Hibernians FC
SCICLUNA Ryan - Birkirkara FC
XUEREB Peter - San Gwann FC
ZERAFA Daniel - Hamrun Spartans FC
FALZON Daren - Hibernians FC
FARRUGIA Jean Paul - Vittoriosa Stars FC
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Bears' special teams giving up too many 'critical mistakes'
BY ADAM L. JAHNS Staff Reporter November 7, 2013 9:52PM
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Updated: December 9, 2013 11:08AM
Bears special-teams coordinator Joe DeCamillis won't divulge the details of what allowed Packers linebacker Jamari Lattimore to race past tight end Dante Rosario and block a punt by Adam Podlesh on Monday night.
DeCamillis just knows it's another "critical mistake," as he called it in half a season seemingly filled with plenty of them.
"This was kind of a game where we had 11 out there, but 10 guys played a lot of plays," DeCamillis said. "When you look back at the film, it wasn't just that punt. There was kickoff-return yardage that was left out there where there is one guy sitting in the hole because somebody gets beat.
"We've got to get all 11 going at the same time, and that was obviously critical during this past week."
It seems like there's a problem every week for the special teams. When the Bears first faced the Detroit Lions in Week 4, it was returner Michael Spurlock's 57-yard punt return.
This week, DeCamillis already is preparing to be without long snapper Patrick Mannelly, who is week-to-week with a right-calf injury.
"It's pretty big," DeCamillis said of losing Mannelly. "Pat's one of the top snappers in the league. We're fortunate to have the guy that we have [in veteran long snapper Jeremy Cain] coming in off the street. So that's going to be a good help for us, but obviously Pat's been good at what he does for a long time, so that's going to be an issue."
DeCamillis said practice is the only thing that will get Cain comfortable with Podlesh and kicker Robbie Gould. The specialists were able to start practicing together on Wednesday, when Cain first worked out for the Bears.
"We had a good set with Robbie field-goal-wise," DeCamillis said. "It's good to have a veteran, and it's good to have somebody that you trust, and [Cain's] that guy."


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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Claudia Bingham Baker, WSDOT Communications, 360-357-2789
SHELTON – Construction crews will begin repairs Monday, July 23, to a section of existing retaining wall along State Route 3 just north of Shelton. During the work, a temporary traffic signal will maintain the alternating lane of traffic through the work zone. Motorists are advised to expect delays up to 15 minutes during daytime hours and up to 30 minutes between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m.
The existing crib retaining wall at the top of a steep hillside supporting SR 3 was damaged during a slide caused by heavy rains in mid-March. WSDOT immediately closed one lane of the highway and installed a temporary signal for traffic control to maintain safety. WSDOT expedited the design of a replacement wall and hired contractor Rognlin's Inc. of Aberdeen for $1.3 million to rebuild the wall through an emergency contract. Rognlin's will replace a 120-foot crib wall section that was compromised by the slide with a soldier pile wall. An adjacent section of the crib wall was replaced with a soldier pile wall in 1993 following a similar slide event. Soldier pile walls are made by driving H-shaped steel piles deep into the slope and reinforcing them with ground anchors. Horizontal timbers will be installed between the piles to stabilize the steep slope and restore the roadway. The $1.3-million repair will be complete this fall. To learn more about WSDOT maintenance or construction activities that may impact traffic, please visit www.wsdot.wa.gov/Regions/Olympic/Construction/.
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Nexstar Broadcasting To Report 2012 Second Quarter Financial Results, Host Conference Call And Webcast On August 7
Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) announced today that it will report its 2012 second quarter financial results before the market opens on Tuesday, August 7, 2012. The Company will host a conference call and webcast at 10:00 a.m. ET that morning to review the results.
To access the conference call, interested parties may dial 913/312-1472, conference ID 4685464 (domestic and international callers.) Participants can also listen to a live webcast of the call through the "Webcast/Presentations" section of Nexstar's website at www.nexstar.tv. A webcast replay will be available for 90 days following the live event at www.nexstar.tv.
Please call five minutes in advance to ensure that you are connected. Questions and answers will be taken only from participants on the conference call. For the webcast, please allow 15 minutes to register, download and install any necessary software.
About Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.Nexstar Broadcasting Group is a leading diversified media company that leverages localism to bring new services and value to consumers and advertisers through its traditional media, e-MEDIA, digital and mobile media platforms. Nexstar owns, operates, programs or provides sales and other services to 55 television stations and 11 related digital multicast signals reaching 32 markets or approximately 9.3% of all U.S. television households. Nexstar's portfolio includes affiliates of NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, MyNetworkTV, The CW, and Bounce TV, the nation's first over-the-air broadcast television network programmed for African-American audiences and three independent stations. Nexstar's 31 community portal websites offer additional hyper-local content and verticals for consumers and advertisers, allowing audiences to choose where, when and how they access content while creating new revenue opportunities.
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Computer Health and Security Fair
Computer viruses and malware are no joke - today or any other day. Viruses routinely result in billions of dollars of lost productivity and lost network operation time.
Today and tomorrow, our own Office of Information Technology, partnering with EITS, will offer free laptop security check ups for the university community:
Two departments at the University of Georgia will host the spring Computer Health and Security Fair April 1-2, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the second floor lobby of the Miller Learning Center.
UGA students, faculty and staff are invited to bring their personal laptops for free security checks during the two-day event.
Technical volunteers will provide free virus and malware removal, and offer security consultations and checkups to ensure that laptops are using the latest and most secure software and plug-ins.
"Partnering with EITS on the Computer Health and Security Fair creates an excellent opportunity for faculty and staff in Franklin College to have technical professionals perform security checkups on their personal laptops," said Christine Miller, assistant dean and IT executive director for Franklin College
Come on down, open of your laptop and say, "Ahhh."


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Bamboo fuels Harwinton brush fire
Wind turns homeowner's effort to burn ornamental plantings into fire out of control
HARWINTON -- A blazing stand of crackling bamboo greeted firefighters who were called at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday to battle brush fire at 369 Wildcat Hill Road. Roughly a half acre of land behind the house of Augustine Cofrancesco was scorched by the fire that took an hour for members of the Harwinton Volunteer Fire Department and Harwinton West Side Volunteer Fire department to extinguish.
Harwinton V.F.D. deputy chief Bill Rinko said Cofrancesco was burning bamboo with a permit "a little close to the area he was trying to clear. He was dragging it out, but he decided to burn some stuff there and it got into the rest of it. The rest is history."
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bill wrote on Mar 27, 2013 3:47 AM:
" Smart? Are you kidding, he should have known that a little wind would cause a big problem. Blame it on the plant, not the idiot who caused the fire. Way to go Bill. I bet the cops in your town blame the victim too!! OMG!! LMFAO @ HARWINTON!! "
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The solar renewable energy movement in the Washington DC metro area is very strong, but the process of going solar and getting proper credit for produced solar energy is a continual struggle. There are 12 neighborhood cooperatives are playing a big role in advocating for solar energy. These coops have joined together to form DC Solar United Neighborhoods (DC SUN). Mike Barrette and Anya Schoolman, of DC SUN use this blog to keep you informed of key issues. Visit www.dcsun.org for more info.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Solar Thermal Rebates added to the Mix for DC residents
Because of the previous DC rebate structure, many residents opted to go for solar photovoltaic panels first (or instead of solar thermal). For those that have available room left on your roof, now is the chance to move out solar thermal. It is unclear how long the window will be open for DC rebates. What I've been told by the Department of the Environment is that approximately $150,000 of the $2 million available for solar rebates in 2012 will be carved out for solar thermal. This might fund about 75 residential projects (less if funding goes to larger commercial projects). Hopefully, this is the start of more rebates to come in future years.
According to DDOE officials, if you have recently installed a solar thermal system, you might still be eligible for a rebate - so do put your name on the waiting list. DC Solar United Neighborhoods (DC SUN) and the Capitol Hill Energy Coop are working on some solar thermal pilot projects now, and more information will be available about those installations soon. To learn more, below is the information sent by DDOE, along with a link to the program website where you can put your name on the waiting list. Before moving forward, you will want to look over the new solar thermal program guide. Also, be sure to review the list of registered, approved installers (getting multiple bids is always a good idea). If you have questions, experiences to share on solar thermal installations, comments, or ideas on how DC SUN can leverage bulk purchases for solar thermal, please do join our discussion forum.
Mike Barrette
DDOE email communication regarding solar thermal rebates
The District of Columbia's Renewable Energy Incentive Program Solar Thermal Incentive For 2012
Effective, Wednesday, April 11, 2012, and in accordance with the Clean and Affordable Energy Act of 2008, the District Department of the Environment Renewable Energy Incentive Program (REIP) will provide financial incentives to eligible applicants in the District to help install Solar Thermal systems.
Eligible projects may include, but are not limited to, the installation of systems on single and multi-family dwellings as well as commercial buildings and institutional organizations.
Renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, geothermal and/or biomass can help to reduce dependence on a shrinking supply of fossil fuels and greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.
We encourage you to apply to the program. Please visit http://ddoe.dc.gov/service/renewable-energy-incentive-program-reip-residents for more information.
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Nitze Alumni: Where are they now?
The world finds Nitze Scholars in a wide range of walks of life. Cookie cutters have their place...in the kitchen.
The Nitze Experience
The Paul H. Nitze Program offers:
- three special seminars for each student
- cultural outings to DC/Baltimore paid for by the program
- special meetings with high-profile campus visitors
- an international study tour paid for by the program
- a stipend of $3000 per year for participants
N.B.: The Nitze Scholars Program is no longer considering admissions for the fall of 2014.
During the 2013-2014 year, Nitze Scholars will, among other activities:
- study the ethics of global aid, including whether and why those in well-off nations should give aid to those in much poorer nations;
- study abroad for full semesters in places like Granada, Pondicherry, Oxford, and Buenos Aires;
- participate in a three-week study tour to South Africa, after having studied for the spring semester how that country's leaders managed to move from apartheid to a democracy with much less bloodshed than most people expected;
- join in meals with various speakers and performers visiting St. Mary's;
- present at conferences in Rotterdam and New Orleans;
- attend performances of various plays in Baltimore and D.C.
Then there are the trips to museums, the getting lost in the maize maze, Haiku & Fondue nights, the Bonfire of the Inanities, and other gatherings large and small, planned and spontaneous.
The Nitze Scholars Program is designed for highly motivated students with exceptional academic potential and a demonstrated interest in studying leadership and practicing service. As part of a small cohort of peers (about 15 enter each year), Nitze Scholars meet some of the components of the core curriculum through a series of thematically organized interdisciplinary courses with special components such as a study-tour abroad and collaborative activities on campus, in addition to being required to satisfy some proficiencies (two from among: writing, mathematics, foreign language) at an advanced level.
Last year, Nitze Scholars:
- studied such issues as whether good leadership should aim to enhance the happiness of those for whom the leader is responsible, or enhance their freedom (and whether and why enhancing freedom doesn't always enhance happiness);
- attended and made presentations in Boston in November at the annual conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council and in Germantown, Maryland in March at the annual conference of the Maryland Collegiate Honors Council;
- participated in a 2-week study tour to Turkey in May, after having studied the ways in which Turkey's leaders are trying to modernize its economy and political system while retaining as much as possible of its cultural traditions;
- met and dined with Sister Helen Prejean, a nun from Louisiana who has worked for the abolition of the death penalty, and the author of Dead Man Walking (in the film version of which she was played by Susan Sarandon) and The Death of Innocents;
- studied abroad for full semesters in places like Dublin, Oxford, Australia, and Bonaire.


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Overall good value for the money. A solid design, easily modified.Overstock order fullfillment was fast. The left panel (left front and rear uprights and top and bottom supports) was broken on arrival. The manufacturer replaced them quickly with no argument.Assembly is simple. About 45 minutes, which included wood glue for the drawer. this isn't part of the directions but results in a very solid drawer. Also drilling new holes for the center shelf. I lowered it to fit our microwave. Finished product looks and feels great.The butcher block top is solid and heavy. The easiest way to assemble is by placing the top upside down on a work surface, then place the cart upside down on the top and attach (4 scews fastened through small brackets at an angle.
I love my kitchen cart. I searched the internet for hours till I found this one. It meets my needs in size and cost. I would so recommend it. It is well built and the butcher block top is solid and thick. It is a handsome piece for a moderate price.It came quickly also!
We needed some extra prep space in our kitchen, and this portable unit really fills the bill. We can use it against the wall as a breakfast assembly spot, or roll it into the center for prepping near the stove. The brakes hold it firmly in place. It can go to the patio area as a buffet table. I can roll it tableside for seervingIt looks perfect in my kitchen. The wood is beautiful on this piece. Assembly instructions were line drawings with easy to understand labeling of each piece. The only problem we had was with the top. The drawing did not make clear the sequence of assembly, so we tried it wrong first. The locking z-clamps need to be added with the top in place, don't put them on first and try to adjust them after the top is on. Also, the two wheels with brakes need to both be on the front. All in all, false starts included, it took the two of us less than an hour to put this together. We feel we got very good value for the money on this piece.
I looked at many, many carts online and in stores to find something that would serve as a functional and attractive task area between my range and refrigerator. This cart is range height (a definate plus), very well made, nice looking and a steal for the price. I'm 60 and had it together in no time. It's built solid, stable and exceeds my expectations. When my dog munched on one of the drawer slides while I had all my parts laid out on the floor, the company sent a free replacement out ASAP and were cordial and understanding. I'm so glad I bought this product!
Very nice cart for the money, sturdy and thick butcher top. very nice
Great and great. Got someone to put it together--he got it together in about an hour, but admitted that it wasn't the easiest kit to build. As is usual with any kit product, some of the holes etc. aren't perfectly drilled, but these really were very good. If you're handy, you'll have no trouble (and few expletives), but if not, do not attempt--get a professional (maybe your son or daughter)
love the extra counter space and storage, I added baskets on the shelves for open storage. Color is great, and top is easy to clean.
Well constructed overall. A definite value at the price. Would have given it 5 stars but one of the slats had come loose in the box. The slats are stapled, not screwed, but otherwise the construction is good. Assembly is easy.
Well made and packed. Easy to assemble. Richly stained legs and shelves. Heavy butcher-block top. Locking wheels do not firmly lock...but it is not a problem.
You know something is well made when the pieces actually fix perfectly and it's easy to put together. Good directions and perfect alignment of eveyrthing. Love the finished cart! It fits perfectly in an open spot in my kitchen and gives me additional counter space, as well as some shelving. I might even use the wheels to serve in the living room... Very quick delivery and great customer service from Overstock also.
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Yay! I lived with it a few days just to see how I liked it, and decided that even though it made our space look soooo much better and a little more modern, it needed something. My plan is to thrift a round pedestal table and paint it, as well as, add a rug underneath it. I wasn't sure if I would paint the table a fun color, or add color and pattern on the shade and the rug and leave the table white. I decided on covering the shade with fabric, because it's an easier change than repainting a table several times. I knew I wanted to incorporate aqua or turquoise into the kitchen so Monica and I took a trip to JoAnn's, and found this super cool fabric that works perfectly!
Waverly Modern Essentials-Solar Flair in Lime & Indigo
I know, I know, it's bold, but I'm telling you the kitchen was feeling boring and beige without it. I bought 1 1/2 yards just to be sure I had enough and I did. I took my supplies to my mom's house because I had a feeling it would be a two-person job because of the size of the shade. I'm glad I did! I couldn't have done it without her. I wanted the medallion to be centered on the front of the shade, so we measured the width of one,
Place the fabric on the shade exactly as you want it (for me, the medallion on the front) and pull both sides around to the seam. Cut one side about 1/2 inch past the seam and tape in place. Then pull the other side snug so there are no gaps or bubbles and tape in place. (I marked my line with a pencil first.)
Because I didn't want to add any trim (ie:ribbon) along the top and bottom, I needed to make an exact cut along the top and bottom of the shade. So, I fold the extra fabric over the top of the shade, pull tight, and make small marks with a pencil along the edge of the shade. This will be the line you will cut to get an even edge.
Once you've made your cut, fold down about a 1/4 to a 1/2 inch all the way around the top of the shade. Tuck it under and make sure it lines up evenly with the edge of the shade. Hot glue a thin line along the edge (Janell uses fabric glue, in case you were wondering!) and press the folded fabric down to create a finished edge. I suggest doing this in small sections at a time. I didn't want to see any hot glue, so I followed each section with a damp paper towel to get any hot glue that escaped the fold.
Create the seam on the back by cutting the fabric on the non-taped side about 2 inches longer than the seam, fold the fabric over and run a line of glue down the seam. Press to seal. (Sorry no pics of this step!) Finish the bottom edge in the same way as the top of the shade and you're done!
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What needs to happen for ad viewability trading to succeed?
Advertisers should feel more comfortable knowing adspend will no longer be wasted on impressions that were never seen, but it's not all good news, says Exponential's Craig Simmons.
Viewability: advertisers are being recommended to transact on the 'viewable impression' metric
Advertisers have known for some time that part of their ad budget is wasted on ads that viewers are never able to see in the first place. Known as "non-viewable impressions", this is the reason why various industry bodies, including the IAB, launched the Making Measurement Make Sense (3MS) initiative back in March 2011.
A key purpose of this initiative was to provide standards or metrics to define what a viewable impression is. The Media Ratings Council (MRC) – the accreditation body that audits digital media technologies to help improve digital media measurement – initially endorsed and encouraged the industry to transact on this "viewable impressions" metric.
However, in November 2012, after numerous tests on technologies that had been accredited for measuring viewability, they discovered, in fact, the ability to accurately do this was often very limited and so warned people not to trade any more using this metric.
Early last week, after almost 18 months, the MRC lifted this "warning" and is now recommending advertisers transact on the "viewable impression" metric.
Unsurprisingly, this has resulted in a flurry of questions and concerns from digital media professionals. How will this affect pricing? Has the technology actually improved enough to warrant the lift?
What affect will buying ads on viewability have on the performance of a campaign – will it mean more people convert? Will all publishers and ad networks now allow this type of pricing? Is it even a good idea to transact on viewable impressions? It's probably too early to know for sure, but these are the initial signals.
The good news
For advertisers: advertisers should, in theory, feel more comfortable bringing ad pounds online if they knew that their budgets weren't being wasted on impressions that were never seen. More accurate viewability reporting will, naturally, lead to less waste and allow advertisers to reallocate ad budgets more efficiently to websites with higher viewability rates.
For publishers/ad networks: the good ones, if they haven't already, will put processes or viewability technologies – their own or third-party ones – in place to help them understand the situation and take appropriate action. Websites that are focused or optimised on providing viewable ads could stand to benefit enormously – as long as the increase in revenue from their viewable impressions offsets the loss in revenue from their non-viewable inventory.
The bad news
For advertisers: if this announcement leads to (substantially) more viewability based ad campaigns, the pool of availability is about to shrink. This is a classic supply-and-demand scenario. Advertisers/agencies would then have to be prepared to pay a premium price for the soon-to-be limited pool of viewable ads.
In fact, viewability pricing could end as a total washout for advertisers. For example, a publisher/network where 50% of ads aren't viewable will need to charge twice the price for ones that are viewable, to maintain current revenue. This could be unnecessarily muddying the waters on buying online media.
For publishers/ad networks: sites with poor viewability of ads will lose out massively. They'll need to focus on creating engaging content, better-placed ads, and fewer, but bigger, ad units that are enabled with rich media if they hope to maintain revenue.
For everyone: the ability to measure viewability is often still very limited. The third-party viewability tech is not there yet. As such, the lift on this warning feels entirely too premature.
What needs to happen for viewability to succeed?
In order for viewability to be a successful and useable metric, we need to understand what a reasonable definition of a viewable ad is and what it is not. For example, is an ad considered viewable if 50% of the ad area can be viewed for at least one second?
It's perfectly fine, and should be encouraged, to hold your publishers/ad networks accountable for the viewability rates of their ad spaces. However, it's important to try and set realistic viewability thresholds so expectations are managed prior to campaign launch.
The technology that measures viewability must also improve to meet an acceptable percentage of ads that they can actually measure. Some vendors whose tech has been accredited are still only able to measure a low proportion of ads delivered – in some cases as low as 35%!
Moving forward, it's prudent that agencies and advertisers should be monitoring their viewability, but transacting solely on this metric will ultimately hurt the scale of your campaigns and will result in higher CPM's for publishers. Plain and simple.
Craig Simmons is operations manager for ad verification and viewability, Exponential
This article was first published on mediaweek.co.uk
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