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Natural Balance Alpha Chicken Dry Cat Food
We use a unique combination of proteins combined with the novel source of garbanzo beans to provide a balanced diet for your cat's overall well-being. When cats roamed the earth they hunted for their meals in the wild, pursuing the nutritional balance they crave. Natural Balance has created ALPHA: a grain-free blend of multiple, high quality proteins, fruits and vegetables. We've balanced your cat's nutritional needs with a formula that goes back to the grain-free benefits of the wild.
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Newly weaned kittens can be offered Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance® ALPHA® Dry Cat Food moistened with warm water. You can also mix in Natural Balance® Canned Cat Food for ease of feeding. Kittens should be fed free choice to promote healthy growth and adequate weight gain. Food intake requirement may vary depending on age, activity, and environment, and should be adjusted accordingly.
Adult Cats
Weight of Cat (lbs) Serving Size
4 or less up to 3/8 cup*
4 - 7 3/8 to 2/3 cup*
7 - 10 2/3 to 3/4 cup*
10 - 13 3/4 to 7/8 cup*
13 - 16 7/8 to 1 cup*
*Standard 8 oz. Measuring Cup.
Note: These feeding guidelines are suggested only, feeding amounts may vary by breed, activity level, temperament and climate.
Adult cats should be fed either once or twice per day. When you first start feeding Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance® ALPHA® Dry Cat Food, we suggest to start with the amounts recommended in the Table. Energy requirements vary with environmental conditions, temperature and activity of your cat. The amount of food should always be adjusted to suit your cat's needs. If you would like to provide a special treat for your cat, you can add small amounts of Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance® Canned Cat Food.
Gestating and Lactating Queens
Gestating and lactating queens will consume more, usually 1/2 to 2 cups daily.
The Older Cat
As your cat begins to age, his energy expenditure will decrease. Decreasing the amount of food accordingly will allow for the maintenance of proper body weight for less active cat. Older cats are sometimes more reluctant to eat hard foods. Adding larger amounts of Natural Balance® Canned Cat Food will make the most "finicky" eater enjoy their daily meals.
Feeding Management
We recommend that you do not add vitamins, minerals or any other supplements, except upon the advice of a veterinarian. When switching your cat's diet, the change should be made gradually, by replacing the current food with increasing portions of Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance® ALPHA® Dry Cat Food. The change should be completed after 5 to 7 days. The maintenance of proper body weight is most important for your cat's health. Consult your veterinarian for specific weight recommendations for your cat. Remember, fresh clean water should be available at all times!
Ingredient Listing:
Chicken, Chicken Meal, Potatoes, Turkey Meal, Garbanzo Beans, Peas, Sweet Potatoes, Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), Pea Protein, Duck, Potato Starch, Natural Flavor, Dried Egg, Pumpkin, Alfalfa Meal, Salmon Oil, Vegetable Pomace (carrot, celery, beet, parsley, lettuce, watercress, spinach), Salt, Potassium Chloride, Cranberries, Blueberries, Dried Kelp, Vitamins (vitamin E supplement, niacin supplement, d-calcium pantothenate, vitamin A acetate, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement, folic acid), Yucca Schidigera Extract, Inulin, Minerals (zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, copper sulfate, manganous sulfate, sodium selenite, calcium iodate), Taurine, Ascorbic Acid (source of vitamin C), DL-methionine, L-lysine, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid (preservatives).
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Crude Protein
35.0% minimum
Crude Fat
12.0% minimum
Crude Fiber
3.5% maximum
10.0% maximum
0.12% minimum
Omega-6 Fatty Acids
2.0% minimum
Omega-3 Fatty Acids
0.3% minimum
Metabolizable energy 3530 kcal/kg, 370 kcal/8 oz cup (calculated).
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LA Galaxy center back Omar Gonzalez was announced among the top 10 vote-getters in the 2013 MLS All-Star Fan Best XI on Sunday afternoon.
The All-Star selection is the third of Gonzalez's career as the 24-year-old center back was selected for the squad in 2010 and 2011. Joining him on the list is former Galaxy and current Chicago Fire forward Mike Magee, who has scored 11 goals this season.
Those players selected for the Fan XI received the most votes through three platforms—online at MLSsoccer.com, via text message, and via Twitter. Only 10 players were named to the team as an 11th player—a forward—will be selected as part of the AT&T MLS All-Star 'In the Game' Challenge. The player will be chosen based on the number of goals that fans score with that player in FIFA Soccer 13, with one goal equaling one vote. That forward will be announced on July 11.
The MLS All-Stars will face Italian club AS Roma at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan. on Wednesday July 31 in the 2013 MLS All-Star Game. It is worth noting that just because a player is selected to the Fan Best XI, he is not necessarily included in the game day roster for the game. Sporting Kansas City head coach Peter Vermes will select players based on his own considerations and individual availability, but all players selected by the fans count as All-Stars.
The complete list of players is below.
2013 MLS All-Star Fan XI
Goalkeeper: Raul Fernández (FC Dallas)
Defenders: Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City), Aurélien Collin (Sporting Kansas City), Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy)
Midfielders: Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo), Will Johnson (Portland Timbers), Mike Magee (Chicago Fire), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)
Forwards: Thierry Henry (New York Red Bulls), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes), AT&T 'In the Game' forward (TBA – July 11)
CARSON, Calif. – Every time that Omar Gonzalez takes on FC Dallas, the spotlight on the LA Galaxy center back shines just a little brighter.
After all, as a Dallas native, he draws considerable attention from the media in Texas for his success with the Galaxy and the U.S. National Team. But on Sunday, he'll have plenty of attention on him for a totally different reason as he's immortalized in a bobblehead that will be given to the first 10,000 fans at StubHub Center.
However, Gonzalez isn't too worried about the goings-on off the field; he's simply focused on stopping a strong Dallas team that sits four points ahead of LA in the Western Conference standings.
"Dallas has had a pretty good first half of the season. They're a team that's really hard to beat. Their goalkeeper [Raul Fernandez] is playing really great and saving them in a lot of games. They've had a couple comeback wins so they have a lot of character and a lot of fight," said Gonzalez. "This is a game where we have to have a lot of focus for 90 minutes plus. If we do have the lead, we have to keep them from scoring and play good football."
For LA to keep Dallas off the scoreboard, Gonzalez must stop FCD's ultra-physical Panamanian forward Blas Perez, who currently leads the club in goals with six.
"Blas Perez is a typical goal scorer. He likes to be in the box waiting for crosses and he'll do anything to get his head on the ball," said Gonzalez. "I think he's very cheeky in box; he likes to make those little smart runs, so you just have to be aware. Make sure that he doesn't get in behind and attack the ball before he does."
As for that bobblehead of his, when asked about the figurine on Thursday, Gonzalez said that he had yet to see his own little-mini Omar.
But now that a few days have passed, what are his impressions?
"I've seen it maybe once. I didn't really get a chance to exam it fully to make sure everything is correct," said Gonzalez with a smirk. "It's pretty funny to have a bobblehead…maybe I'll give the guys from Dallas a bobblehead of their own."
Don't forget, Omar Gonzalez bobbleheads tonight! First 10K fans in the gates get one http://t.co/TSShqqcww0 pic.twitter.com/rubQODbqz8
— LA Galaxy (@LAGalaxy) July 7, 2013
CARSON, Calif. -- In the latest edition of View from the Booth, Joe Tutino and Cobi Jones preview the LA Galaxy's match against FC Dallas.
Check it out below...
Three young LA Galaxy players are on their way to Sweden.
Forward Charlie Rugg, midfielder Kenney Walker and defender Bryan Gaul are off to Sweden to train with Swedish Superettan side Hammarby, a club official confirmed on Saturday. The 22-year-old Rugg, who was selected by the Galaxy with the 19th overall pick in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft, announced his move via his verified Twitter account on Saturday afternoon.
A team official confirmed the training stint, but did not provide a timeline for the moves. It is worth noting that neither Gaul nor Walker were present during the final 15 minutes of training on Saturday.
Of the trio, only Rugg has seen time during the 2013 MLS regular season with one goal in his three appearances. Walker, 24, missed the entire preseason after undergoing surgery to repair a fractured fifth metatarsal in his right foot, but started along with Rugg in LA's U.S. Open Cup defeat to the Carolina RailHawks on May 29.
After making 19 appearances in all competitions a year ago, the 24-year-old Gaul has yet to feature for the Galaxy in first team competition in 2013.
Coached by former Galaxy defender Gregg Berhalter and co-owned by AEG, Hammarby are currently in seventh place in the Superettan and nine points out of a berth in the promotion playoffs.
CARSON, Calif. – Ahead of Sunday's clash with FC Dallas, LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena discussed the team's mindset heading into their 19th match of the year.
Arena's comments from Saturday's training session are below…
(On his impression of FC Dallas…)
ARENA: "They've been one of the top teams in the league to date. Obviously, [they] had a great start to the season. Their win against us at home is important for them and they've had some good wins. They've slowed down as of late, but they're going to be one of the teams that are certainly going to be battling for the five playoff spots and possibly the first place position in the league."
(On how he expects FC Dallas to come out to start the game…)
ARENA: "No idea. If you know, write it down for me and help me out a little bit. We never know these things."
(On Blas Perez…)
ARENA: "He's been good. He's been pretty solid for his two years in the league. He has a good presence in the penalty area."
(On how the team will do on the short rest…)
ARENA: "In this case, it's the same for both teams, so we're certainly not at a disadvantage. I think that we'll be fine."
(On the U.S. win over Guatemala….)
ARENA: "I only watched the first half; I thought that it was a terrible game to be honest with you. I don't know who Guatemala had playing with them. It was an awful game on the field."
(On Donovan bypassing the 50 goal mark for the U.S. team…)
ARENA: "That's great for him. That's a great milestone. Congratulations to Landon."
Landon Donovan signaled his return to the U.S. National Team with a bang on Friday.
Playing in his first match for the U.S. since last August, Donovan scored the 50th and 51st goals of his international career in the Americans' 6-0 victory over Guatemala at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium. The goals were Donovan's first with the national team since scoring a hat-trick against Scotland in May of 2012.
The U.S. dominated the young Guatemalan team from start to finish in front of a crowd of 25,080 in San Diego.
Jurgen Klinsmann's squad was up 1-0 at the half off a goal by former LA Galaxy forward Herculez Gomez in the 42nd minute, but once the second half began, Donovan truly got going. The Galaxy midfielder became the first American male to score 50 international goals in the 55th minute when he drew a penalty and then converted to put the U.S. up two. Donovan bagged his second of the night and 51st internationally in the 73rd minute when he expertly finished a well-placed cross by Stuart Holden cross. Sandwiched in-between those Donovan finishes, the Galaxy midfielder played the role of distributor as he helped set up Chris Wondolowski's first international goal in the 71st minute.
Donovan exited the match in the 77th minute, but the U.S. did not take their foot off the gas as they rattled off two more goals from Clarence Goodson and Alejandro Bedoya to seal a 6-0 victory.
The U.S. begins their 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup campaign on June 9 against Belize at JELD-WEN Field.
Video of Donovan's goals are below...
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The LA Galaxy will be without the services of Landon Donovan for the month of July as he looks to lead the U.S. National Team to glory at the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, but they aren't alone as 31 other players from 16 MLS teams will be taking part in the tournament's group stages.
That number could grow after the group stage as the teams that advance to the knockout stages will be able to amend their rosters with players from their 35-man preliminary rosters—a prime example of this type of player is LA's own Omar Gonzalez, who is considered likely to join the U.S. after the initial round.
Although the Galaxy are expected to feel the sting of the tournament, they may capitalize on it as two of their remaining four opponents in the month of July will be without key members of their respective squads.
On Thursday, the Columbus Crew were without the services of Costa Rican winger Jairo Arrieta during LA's 2-1 victory. A third team would have been included in the list if the Galaxy's next opponent FC Dallas had not reached an agreement with the Panamanian Federation to keep forward Blas Perez through Sunday's match at StubHub Center.
After the Dallas match, Bruce Arena's squad will take on the Portland Timbers on July 13 at JELD-WEN Field, who will be without captain Will Johnson (Canada), left back Rodney Wallace (Costa Rica), and forward Frédéric Piquionne (Martinique). The Timbers can make a case for the team most affected by the tournament as they will be without their leader in goals (Johnson), leader in assists (Wallace), and an emerging offensive contributor (Piquionne). With LA aiming to make a run up the Western Conference standings, they may be making the trip up to Portland at just the right time.
A week later, the Galaxy will take on a Vancouver Whitecaps FC side on July 20 that could also be missing three players: midfielder Russell Teibert and goalkeeper Simon Thomas (Canada) as well as defender Carlyle Mitchell (Trinidad and Tobago). The latter two may be fringe players for the Whitecaps, but LA fans remember Teibert, who notched a brace against the club in their last meeting on May 11 at BC Place. Teibert may not be the only player missing from Vancouver's roster when the Whitecaps come to visit, however, as center back Johnny Leverón was named to Honduras' 35-man preliminary roster and could be called up after the group stage.
The Galaxy wrap on their July slate on the 27th at Dick's Sporting Goods Park when they take on a Colorado Rapids side free of Gold Cup entanglements. Colorado is one of three teams (New England Revolution and Montreal Impact being the others) who will not be affected by the tournament during the group stage.
Can the Galaxy capitalize on this opportunity? Will LA make a run up the table in July?
CARSON, Calif. – The LA Galaxy erased a one-goal deficit late on the heels of a pair of Robbie Keane penalty kick goals on Thursday, to seal a 2-1 victory over the Columbus Crew.
But while the Galaxy were jovial after the match, Columbus was left fuming about the calls made by referee Sorin Stoica.
"Unfortunately for us, the referee called [the penalties]," Columbus coach Robert Warzycha told reporters after the match. "From my point of view, it's difficult to judge. What I can tell you is [Columbus goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum] said he didn't initiate contact [on the first penalty], then on the second penalty [Bernardo Anor] said he was just going for the ball. The referee called both of them, and that's the game, unfortunately."
The second penalty, which was drawn when Keane was fouled in the box by Anor in the waning moments of the match, drew the most contention postgame for Crew and Galaxy players alike.
But what did members of the LA Galaxy think of the calls? Reporters asked Keane, Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena, and center back Omar Gonzalez about the penalty calls after the match, and all seemed to bring up the second penalty.
Their responses are below…
KEANE: "The second one I'm looking at the ball and someone comes into the back of you. If someone runs into the back of you without you knowing the fact is you're going to fall over. I didn't see him behind me when I wanted to take the ball down and he just ran into me. When you're in the penalty box you obviously have to be very careful."
ARENA: "The second one—we might have been fortunate on. I haven't seen them on tape. The first one I think Jose was taken down, but I think there wasn't any of them you could say 100 percent penalty. The Crew is going to feel a little disappointed, for sure."
GONZALEZ: "Several times this season, I think we've played great games but have let up late, or things just don't go our way. Tonight, maybe the second PK wasn't such a great call, but hey, it went in our favor and I can't ask for anything more than that. It was a great call by the referee, especially at home, and getting the win for the fans, it was great. It just showed a lot of character, going down 1-0 after dominating the entire game. Showing the character to come back and win the game 2-1 was great."
What are your thoughts?
Watch the video of the second penalty call below and leave your thoughts in the comments section.
CARSON, Calif. -- The LA Galaxy earned a dramatic comeback victory over the Columbus Crew on Thursday as two Robbie Keane penalty kick goals sealed a 2-1 win for LA.
My Three Points to the game can be found here.
Post game notes can be found below...
*The victory was the Galaxy's first win when allowing the first goal. LA is now 1-6-0 in that situation. LA's last come from behind victory in the MLS Regular Season came on July 14, 2012 vs. the Portland Timbers at JELD-WEN Field.
*LA outshot the Crew 23 to eight.
*Robbie Keane is now the LA Galaxy's 2013 MLS Regular Season goal scoring leader with seven goals. Keane was already the leader in goals among current Galaxy players, but bypassed Mike Magee's mark of six with two strikes on Thursday. Keane has scored four of his goals on penalty kick attempts. Keane now has 25 goals in 42 career regular season games with the Galaxy. He is the eighth different player to score 25 or more regular season goals for LA.
*LA has completed five of their seven penalty kicks this season.
*LA's seven penalty attempts this year are tied for the second most in club history. Only in 2003, when the Galaxy drew eight penalties, did they attempt more spot kicks. The last time LA had seven penalties in a single season was 2007, when they also went 5-for-7.
* The Galaxy have now scored eight times in the final 15 minutes during regular season play while conceding 14. Additionally, of the nine goals scored and allowed in the Champions League, six came in the final 15 minutes.
* 28 of the 60 goals scored in Galaxy games in all competitions this year have been scored in the final 15 minutes.
*The Galaxy are now 10-5-3 all-time on the Fourth ofJuly. LA has played at home on Independence Day for 18 consecutive seasons, which according to Elias Sports Bureau is an American sports record.
*LA is currently in fourth place in the Western Conference with 27 points. They sit seven points back of MLS Supporters' Shield leaders Real Salt Lake with a game in hand.
CARSON, Calif. – Robbie Keane played the role of hero for the LA Galaxy against the Columbus Crew and the Irish forward broke down the match in an interview with reporters after the game.
Keane's quotes are below…
(On the result of tonight's match…)
KEANE: "Of course after the result on Sunday it's important to get a win no matter which way we did it. We're certainly the better team there's no question about it when you win down a goal with ten minutes to go."
(On his the second penalty call…)
KEANE: "The second one I'm looking at the ball and someone comes into the back of you. If someone runs into the back of you without you knowing the fact is you're going to fall over. I didn't see him behind me when I wanted to take the ball down and he just ran into me. When you're in the penalty box you obviously have to be very careful."
(On the team's many opportunities tonight…)
KEANE: "We certainly should have put away a few. We had a lot chances where we went over the bar and stuff like that. I think the most important thing is getting into the spots. If we were not getting any chances I'd be certainly worried but the fact that we are getting them. It's only a matter of time before we start putting them in and we start scoring a lot of goals."
(On what he says to Gyasi Zardes amid his slump…)
KEANE: "Keep putting them away. It happens to all of us. When you don't score its in the back of your mind. When you're younger it's a little bit different than when you're old and you've been playing for a long time you know how to deal with it better. Someone like Gyasi, I'm sure he'll be thinking about it, something that I used to do when I was younger, conjuring it in your head for days. The only thing you can do is just keep plugging away, and as I said if he keeps getting put on spots its only a matter of time before he starts putting a few goals away."
(On whether he was worrying that he'd miss his second goal…)
KEANE: "No, not really, the same as the first one. I was waiting for him to go early but this one he didn't. The first one he went early so that's why I put it that way, but the second time he waited for the last second. I said if he was going to wait I'm going to put it in the same corner. So luckily enough for me it went through."
(On the quick turnaround against FC Dallas…)
KEANE: "Obviously it's been a really tough week for us. I think that's why we have all of the trainers to make sure we get ready for the game Sunday. It's a quick turnaround but I think it's the same for everybody so it doesn't make a difference."
(On if the team had lost…)
KEANE: "I think we would have been completely shattered, to be honest our heads would have been down. But, because you do win a game, its amazing how confidence can get you through games and get through a few more days. Yeah we lost the game on Sunday, but the fact that we've got the three points is huge. "
(On the overall play tonight…)
KEANE: "We defended well and we played a lot of chances. It's a game where there no way we should have lost. They had one chance and that was with the header. We had a lot of chances, just didn't put them away, and that's the way it goes. As long as we keep plugging away and keep getting in position then we'll be fine."


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After watching her Cardinals trudge through a four-set victory over West Craven on Tuesday night, Jacksonville volleyball coach Melinda Rakes had one word to describe the performance.
"Rough," she said.
And while that indeed did describe the less-than-inspiring performance by the Cardinals, Rakes had a few more words about the win, which did keep JHS one game back of Swansboro in the race for the Coastal 3-A Conference title.
"Real rough. You would think it was Monday and we hadn't done anything in a week," Rakes said. "They came out dead. We just played slow today. It was almost a spectator sport for the girls on the court."
Rachelle Byes, who had nine kills and seven digs, agreed it was "definitely not" one of the Cardinals' best performances.
"The communication , it was a bit down, mellow this game," she said. "We didn't really talk to each other as well as we needed to, which put us down on reading the court and helping each other out. We tried. We kind of picked it towards the end, but not to the point that we needed to.
"I think it was just a one-game type thing. I think we'll be fine by Thursday (when JHS plays host to Havelock). A win is a win. We'll take it. Hopefully, we'll play better Thursday."
Rakes agreed it was one of the worst performances this season for the Cardinals, pointing first and foremost to a lack of communication in the 24-26, 25-15, 25-21, 25-23 win that left JHS 13-4 and 8-1 in the league with three conference matches left.
Swansboro, which travels to JHS on senior night Oct. 8, is 14-1 and 10-0 after a five-set win at West Carteret on Tuesday night.
"I feel the girls play a lot off of emotions and we kind of started off dead and slow," Rakes said. "We play in these peaks and valleys and we need to stay high and energetic at all times or when we fall, we fall bad."
This was much like the first meeting between the foes, which JHS won in five sets over the Eagles, who fell to 7-8 and 4-5. Part of the problem this time around may have been that Rakes has tweaked her lineup and it may be taking the Cardinals some time to adjust.
"There may be a little bit unknowing on the court," Rakes said.
The Cardinals seemed out of sync from the get-go, although they led 16-11 in the first set before seeing West Craven score 15 of the next 23 points – four straight coming on net balls by JHS. West Craven clinched the set and a 1-0 lead on a kill by Erin Gray.
Jacksonville dominated the second set, just not early. But with the score knotted at 8-8, Byes' well-placed soft winner almost parallel to the net caught the Eagles unaware and sparked a 7-0 run that included two aces by Emily Thompson.
The Cardinals rallied from an early 6-3 deficit to win the third set, going up 9-8 on a kill by Byes and stretching their lead to as many as five before clinching it on a net ball by the scrappy Eagles.
JHS looked headed for a relatively easy victory in the fourth set, going up 16-11 on a kill by Keenan Marks, but the Eagles rallied to go up 21-19 and 22-20. But the Cardinals closed with a 5-1 run that included a winner between two blockers by Cassie Padilla and a service winner by Byes before Brittany Ochs' diagonal kill clinched the match.
"We're happy that we won, but at the same time West Craven played on our mistakes," Byes said. "We just didn't pick it up the way we needed to."
But that only means Rakes will have plenty to focus on at practice today.
"When we were in the locker room I told them a 'W' is a 'W,' a win is a win is a win," Rakes said. "It goes down as a 'W,' which means we can win even when we play bad. It definitely gives us a focus for practice."
West Craven 26 15 21 23
Jacksonville 24 25 25 25
LEADING PLAYERS—WC: NA. JHS: Byes 9 kills, 7 digs; Marks 6 kills, 35 assists, 11 digs, 3 aces; Ochs 9 kills, 1 block, 2 aces; Padilla 8 kills, 2 blocks, 27 digs; Hayden 30 digs; Malu 4 kills, 2 blocks, 5 digs, 1 ace. RECORDS—WC: 7-8, 4-5, at West Carteret on Thursday. JHS: 13-4, 8-1, hosts Havelock on Thursday.


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After a three-hour session of celebrating breast cancer survivors and educating other women about prevention at The Gate, housing director Wanda Hall hopes people spread the word about breast cancer.
Welcomed by Kinston Mayor B.J. Murphy, who vowed to sport his pink ribbon this weekend, three cancer survivors, a certified breast specialist and a breast surgeon spoke before a crowd of about 30 at the facility,
"Probably women will leave out of this place and not tell another woman about what happened here today, and that's the saddest thing to me," said Hall. "If we don't pass the message, nobody will."
Friday's "Living Longer, Living Stronger" event, sponsored by the Lenoir County Health Department, assembled women — and a handful of men — in the county to learn the truth about the disease.
Apparently, it is not a death sentence.
"Remember, this is a treatable disease," Jan H Wong, from the breast program at Eastern Carolina University's Brody School of Medicine, said, "and there's a compelling amount of evidence that shows it."
He explained medical treatments, prevention methods, and what it means for someone to be at high risk. He noted that the mortality rate for Eastern North Carolina breast cancer patients is "on the rise."
But at an event that began at 10 a.m., at least six Eastern North Carolina women said they survived their feat with cancer, and some had mothers who'd won the fight.
"This does not have to kill you, breast cancer. If caught early, you can live a full life, just like us," said Duke University registered nurse and 13-year survivor, Valerie Worthy. She was referring to two other testimonies: Evelyn Herring, a 13 year survivor, and Pam Suggs, a nine year survivor, both who are Lenoir county women.
"When I got told the big 'C' word, it really hit home," said Suggs, who suggested women in the community are afraid of word "cancer."
She encouraged the women in the audience to get yearly mammograms and learn correct self-examinations.
Marina Bravo, a patient navigator with Kinston Community Health Center, will go back and tell her patients that doing exams in the shower is discouraged, according to Dr. Dianah Bradshaw, NC Cancer Prevention and Control program director. Bravo works with Hispanic patients in Kinston, whom she will pass the message to.
"Cancer doesn't respect anybody. It doesn't discriminate against age, race, socioeconomic status …"said Bradshaw, "and early detection is your best protection."
The program wrapped up with a humorous, but informative, Kinston High School drama club skit. It debunked the myths of breast cancer, such being in the clear the disease doesn't run in your family.
"I think it's a good thing to inform people about the awareness of breast cancer," said Kinston High School senior Shadecia Ingram. "I feel good about it, and I learned that you should probably get checked every year because it's important."
Kinston resident Shaquanda Hawkins said she came out because she is waiting on a diagnosis after being tested for cervical cancer, and wanted to learn more about prevention.
"Having that experience, I wanted to get more involved with cancer awareness," she said.
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3-5... Not the start I was looking for. Got blown out twice (once by the hawks, sheesh) AMD lost the other 3 by a combined 6 points. Shareef needs to step it up.
I think my team is bipolar.
Team went 3-3. Lost against the T-Wolves, Bulls and Sixers which are some of the better teams but beat the Spurs, Rockets(again lol) and blew out the Sonics. Pretty tough first few games. Kenyon Martin is stepping up. Francis is keeping those turn overs down but now I have to figure out this C/PF rotation to say the least lol
I hate the Blazers.
My rebounding is insane right now. I'm averaging 61 rebounds per game O_O
3-2 isn't bad considering who I had to play. Defense is amazing. Offense has been subpar. The team will shoot better than 39% and Vince will shoot better than 14% from 3 as the season goes on. I'm optimistic right now.
Yes, started this sim off 6-1.
My frontcourt and bench have been average this season. Hopefully guys step up because Carmelo, Manu, and Mighty Mouse have been outstanding. Heck, my team went 3-0 without Etan Thomas. Greek Shaq played ok in his place.
Defense improved, without Baron I thought we would be worser, but at best as good as we was last year. I know its still early in the season, so I'm not getting my hopes up. But to bad I'm being a "bad GM" right now. I'm trying guys, and I'm doing what III think is good for MY team, so please see how things play out first.
Also it seems everyone team is better this season, even though some teams are playing bad I doubt it continues because they all are goo teams.
My team is off to a good start. If Redd goes back to performing like he did last year, I think I can go all the way. Lebron is already one of the most complete players in the league
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American Jewish World Service is proud to announce the release of the spring 2009 issue of AJWS Reports: Displaced by Endless War
The world's poor are increasingly on the move, forced to migrate to escape war, genocide and human rights abuse, to rebuild after natural disasters and resettle when ancestral lands are exploited. This global movement destroys lives, communities and livelihoods around the globe. The spring 2009 issue is dedicated to this critical global crisis.
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Read about AJWS's partners in Africa, Asia and the Americas who are working to help refugee and internally displaced populations find shelter, security and independence.
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Reinforcing Local Peacebuilding
Purpose: To promote peaceful coexistence among IDPs, refugees and local residents by raising awareness about land and inheritance rights; organizing four consultative meetings with communities to strengthen conflict mediation over land; and developing and proposing a policy framework articulating communities' rights to land, forest and mineral resources for endorsement by local policymakers.
A portrait of modern-day slavery in central India.
AJWS partner Shaheen Resource Center works to curb the incidence of sex trafficking in the slums of Hyderabad. Read about its work and the brave women it empowers to find life after trafficking.
"No one shall be held in slavery or servitude," states the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Yet human trafficking, particularly for sexual slavery, is a flourishing industry. In Hyderabad, India, as in many parts of the world, poverty cripples the ability to have a safe and secure life—particularly for women and girls.
By Sara Hahn
"One member of our staff interviewed a local family in Hyderabad. The whole day she was there, they had no meals to eat. One of their children brought back a meal from school—and the whole family crowded around to share it."
In situations like this, it's not surprising that humans are vulnerable to devastating forms of exploitation. So says Jameela Nishat, founder and secretary of the Shaheen Resource Center for Women in Andhra Pradesh, India. Shaheen works in the slums of Hyderabad's Old City, where young women and girls are easy targets for sex trafficking.
"Many families are so poor that they will sell their daughters, many under the age of 18, to wealthy men from India or Gulf states," says Nishat. "The girls are taken to the Gulf and exploited. They are cut off from communication with their families, made to do labor and to satisfy the man. But when the man loses interest in the woman, he deserts her. The girl is married off to many people, one after the other. In this way, some women are sold 10, 15, 20 times."
Extreme poverty makes people vulnerable to manipulation and abuse. Women bear a disproportionate burden in this scheme, and are most commonly trafficked for the sex trade. This is particularly true in the Old City, where women and girls are treated as subordinates and given little freedom to make choices. Coupled with poverty, these conditions make females especially susceptible to deception, coercion and debt bondage. In essence, they become slaves.
"When I was very young, I saw my own cousins sold off," says Nishat. "I didn't understand what was happening—I didn't understand that it was because of poverty. Finally I said: enough!"
Nishat founded Shaheen a decade ago. Now, the organization provides opportunities for women in 20 of Hyderabad's slums to improve their social status and exercise their rights. "We organize meetings with these girls, we provide a resource center, we help them talk about the issues," says Nishat. "We discuss how exploitation is wrong, we provide education about HIV/AIDS and we offer counseling." If a girl chooses, Shaheen will help her go to the police to lodge a complaint.
Shaheen's staff are a mix of Dalits (untouchables), Hindus and Muslims who come from the Old City and are themselves survivors of domestic violence and/or trafficking. They make regular home visits to encourage women to come to Shaheen and receive the support that they need.
"Girls and women who are trafficked deserve to live a peaceful, happy life, with an education and three meals a day," says Nishat. "Once these girls are educated, they know how to say—'My body is my body, it's my property.'"
Unfortunately, sex trafficking is not unique to Hyderabad, nor to India. An end to sex trafficking will require a global change in the landscape of poverty, women's rights and human rights. One by one, Shaheen is working to ensure that the women of Hyderabad understand their freedoms, earn their own incomes and defend themselves against trafficking and other forms of abuse. This will open many doors for women's futures—and firmly shut the door on exploitation.
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Freedom of Movement
- http://www.brookings.edu/multimedia/video/2008/0703_iraq_refugees_koser.aspx
- Global IDP Project, 2002: Foreword
- State of the World's Refugees: Displacement in the New Millennium, UNHCR, 2006, p.155
- http://www.december18.net/web/general/UNCHR2002ILO.pdf
- UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
- http://www.unescobkk.org/culture/our-projects/protection-of-endangered-and-minority-cultures/trafficking-and-hivaids-project/projects/trafficking-statistics-project/data-comparison-sheet/
- http://www.ilo.org/sapfl/Events/ILOevents/lang--en/WCMS_090236/index.htm
- http://www.migrationinformation.org/feature/display.cfm?ID=194 Sending Money Home
- Levitt, Peggy, The Transnational Villagers. University of California Press, 2001, p.4.
- Levitt, Peggy, "Transnational Migrants: When 'Home' Means More Than One Country," Migration Information Source, October 1 2004.
- The UN Financial Tracking Service, reports that U.S. aid to the DR was $2.26 million in 2004.
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Male: 32-35 inches; female: 28 inches min.
The coat is brindle, black-masked fawn, blue, black harlequin, mantle.
The Great Dane sports a short, thick coat that is glossy and smooth to touch.
This giant working breed is dependable and loyal. The Great Dane may be perceived as majestic with its imposing size and graceful build.
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The Great Dane may have roots in the Molossus war dog and Irish Greyhound. In fourteenth-century Germany, these hunting dogs felled wild boar and overcame bears. This breed became popular with the landed gentry.
Deutsche Dogge (German Dog), German Mastiff. Dubbed "Apollo of Dogs." Nickname: Dane, Gentle Giant. Note that this breed is not a Danish dog.
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Isn't it ArchAngels with an H? I'm warming to Angels (Saints and Angels is kind of cool to think about) but then again I'd prefer an original name like Krewe. Whoever said something about the old Jordan logo with wings...that logo is SWEEEEET.
Isn't it ArchAngels with an H? I'm warming to Angels (Saints and Angels is kind of cool to think about) but then again I'd prefer an original name like Krewe. Whoever said something about the old Jordan logo with wings...that logo is SWEEEEET.
Obvious name....
New Orleans PARTY!!!!
*I said it was too busy and here's my thoughts on why: Feel free to disagree
1) Simple, clean designs are the ones that last and don't have to be redone every few years.
2) Merchandise with simple, clean designs is the merchandise that sells. Color scheme also plays a part in this. When I go to games and am wearing my hornets gear I don't want it to look like I'm wearing an Affliction T. That's the vibe I get from the Arc(h)angels logo. Its a cool design just not sure if it fits as a team logo.
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Yeah it has to be simple. Angels could really work, I'm warming to the idea.
The Bee Zanies could be the Fallen Angels. I'm just saying.
Not a fan of Angels. It works well in LA because of the alliteration in the name. Los Angeles Angels. Rolls off the tongue. Thats why i like the Knights. It rolls right off the tongue.
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Formally known as WhoDatMan504
Angel is horrid, really
If you find yourself 'warming' to the idea of Angels then find the nearest meat freezer and lock yourself it in!
"Hornets means nothing." - Tom Benson
I'd just rather not have anything that either is or could be construed to be a play on Saints. I'd like the NBA team's brand to stand on its own. Separate logo, separate colors, separate everything to get behind. I don't want the team to be an extension of the Saints even in the most trivial of ways.
I really do think that Angels could have all sorts of neat marketing and branding possibilities that would be really unique within the NBA. Yes there is another pro team named "Angels," but they're thousands of miles away, and play in a sport that has minimal overlap of seasons with the NBA and doesn't have any presence in New Orleans.
I had a picture in mind that would be a great "teaser" ad for a "New Orleans Angels/Angels of New Orleans" rebrand. I'm no bigdub, I ripped an old Saints slogan off, and I threw it together in under five minutes, but I think you get the idea.
Just wondering, wasn't ESPN going to have a contest for the best rebrand concept from the submissions they got from fans?
What happened to that?
The "uniform guy" at ESPN is Paul Lukas. He has a blog at http://www.uni-watch.com/ and his ESPN stuff went on Page 2 (now "Playbook"). His blog is worth a read - the weekend guy has been running a rebrand the Cleveland Indians contest that resulted in some great designs.
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i like animals10/11/11| Kim NelsonAnimals are great. This is a great book!
A Stunning and Simple ABC
A Stunning and Simple ABC10/11/11| Courtney CerrutiI collect Alphabet Books and immediately acquired Andrew Zuckerman's Creature for my collection. Not only is the photography in this book amazingly beautiful, but the detailed shots of animals against a stark white background make for a stunning presentation that will appeal to both adults and little ones. I especially love the personality of each animal that Zuckerman captures in every portrait. This is a great book for any collection and could easily turn the plea for "again, again" into a welcome sound.
beautiful for older kids and adults
beautiful for older kids and adults10/11/11| danielle uvathis book is beautiful! the photographs, the paper, the construction of the book... however, i bought it for my animal-loving 3-year-old and i probably should have waited until he was older. it is a beautiful coffee table book, so it might be better for an older (even adult) animal-lover and not in the hands of a three-year-old. even though he's careful, you have inevitable wear and tear with a much loved book.
Simply Gorgeous!
Simply Gorgeous!10/11/11| Pam TeeIf kids had coffee table bookss, "Creature ABC" would be one of them. It's an absolutely gorgeous book. In fact, it could very well be the sort of book that people buy for kids, look at 'carefully' with kids, and then put away for their children's children.
Which is to say that Andrew Zuckerman's photography and layout is amazing.
What you will fine in Mr. Zuckerman's book are various pictures of animals associated with letters of the alphabet. This, of course, is nothing new. But what makes these images special is the perspective and how everything is placed on the white-white background.
For example, for the letter "A" we have Alligator. Four pages for him. On one page there is only giant upper and lower case A's. On the two following pages there is our gator friend, in all his glory, along with the word 'alligator'. But what really struck me as wondrous, was the picture of his foot on the very first page. It's a macro shot and just stunning. You can see the remarkable bumpiness of the alligator's skin, and these long toenails. One amazing foot (that looks like it's had a pedicure).
Not all creatures have the same treatment. The elephant, with it's huge foot is shown up close along with another photo which is a head shot; but not the dove. With it's sweet pictures we get a sense of motion as she is caught in mid-flight. Other creatures are treated as a category. "I", for example, is for insects.
But no matter which letter/animal you choose, the images and poses are interesting. (The lion looks like he's had a glamor shot :)
Do check this one out.
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Wonderful book for all!10/11/11| Charlene Lobo SorianoMy 18 month old loves animals, and this book was a huge hit for her. The pictures are crisp, clear and she gets a huge kick out of the closeups and details.
It would make a GREAT board book series; in the hands of the 18 month old, it'll take a beating, but it quickly became one of her favorite books.
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Earlier this week, we told you about our support of a massive cockfighting bust that spanned three counties in New York State. At the request of the New York State Attorney General's Office, the ASPCA is still on the ground at an Ulster County farm, assisting with the removal, transport and sheltering of as many as 4,000 fighting roosters.
While our responders establish a temporary shelter, where the birds will be cared for and housed pending court disposition, law enforcement officers have arrested three individuals associated with the farm, where birds allegedly destined for cockfights, were bred and trained. The owner of the property was apprehended in south Florida, and according to investigators and an article in the New York Times, has operated an extensive cockfighting pipeline for years.
Several other arrests were made on Saturday night when investigators busted a cockfight in Queens and raided a pet shop in Brooklyn. Cockfighting is illegal in all 50 states. In New York, cockfighting and possession of a fighting bird at a cockfighting location are felonies, with each charge carrying a maximum penalty of four years in jail and a maximum fine of $25,000.
Stay tuned to ASPCA.org/blog for more news to come—and please consider making a gift to the ASPCA today. Together we can rescue more animals from lives of suffering and abuse.
I eat meat, but advocate humane farming. I think promoting vegetarianism is a goid thing. Equating meat eating to cockfighting is idiotic.
We'll said Anonymous in terms of eating. Humans choose to consume anything and everything on some sort of power trip. I myself have opened my eyes to the disgust humans cause and have made an EDUCATED decision to be vegan! Love LIFE!!!
I agree with you we need to protect these animals not use them for a demented sport if humans want to beat the crap out of each other let em no loss
Top....duh ! You cannot make a rooster fight if he doesn't want to.It cannot be done and if you had any familiarity with the topic you chose to express your ignorance,and arrogance on you would know that !
Do you anyone with the surname lawlor/lawlor/lawyer who is engaged in cockfighting.my family here in Ireland has a long tradition in the sport and some emigrated to USA probably in the NewYork area around the late 1800,s or early 1900. I would love to make contact.Jim was a family name yours in hope
Mary Carmody(neeLalor)
Dear Anonymous, Perhaps you MIGHT consider the fact that the birds, UNLIKE PEOPLE, do not have a choice in whether or not they want to fight. Duh
I'm not sure how you took what Jen wrote as a threat. She was condemning the usage of innocent animals to entertain us by killing one another. She was clearly referring to cockfighting, but you jumped straight to human sport and then... eating meat? Completely unrelated. Seems like you're pretty defensive about SOMETHING...
You're right, HOW could I correlate the deaths of millions of chicken for the consumption of the American public to the death of thousands of chicken (and thousands more actually living) due to this bloodsport.
People don't need to cockfight, people don't need to eat meat. Yet from you're biased cultural standpoint, one is a crime worthy of life imprisonment, and one is unrelated and perfectly fine.
I agree with your point.I hate these animal cruelties , cook fighting's , dog fighting's and the legal form of serial animal killings such as hunting and factory farming all are barbaric, un- necessary and the end results is the same for animals. Like you, I don't understand this emotional/ intellectual disconnect of loving your Dog" but killing "pigs" for one unhealthy meal. Hating cockfighting but being OK with factory farming it is just an emotional disconnect. . For animals, it makes no difference what "your" intention are, as long as you torment them and kill them is doesn't matter is for fights or for meat or fur. The end result for animals is the same = be tormented and killed. just Google factory farm cruelty and see by yourself. Having said that , I thank SPCA for what they do .
If you truly love animals , please go vegan. Until then, willing or not you also participate in animal cruelty with each meal. You pay to kill animals for you. Just because you don't see the killings and slaughterhouses are conveniently away from you doesn't make it ok and doesn't make the crime any less painful .
Anonymous. I agree that if we didn't eat meat, it would eliminate the cruel practice of raising animals for consumption. Still, a famous animal activist and environmentalist says that it is a sad fact of life that we humans live by the death of a our animal friends (end of paraphrase). The least we can do is treat them humanely while they are here. Maybe in the future, we can agree to lessen our consumption of animals or not eat them altogether. I myself, eat fish and very small amounts of chicken and turkey, so I'm guilty of that. I do love eggs, and if chickens are raised humanely, I don't have a problem with that. Giving up half and half in coffee would be hard for me and I realize that is shallow, still, I use it. I try to support small coops who treat there chickens and cows with respect.


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If you have installed a 64-bit version of the JDK or JRE, and Windows is using the 64-bit version by default, then the batch file windows-x86-32\StartSonar.bat will not start the server because the wrapper.exe program called by the batch file cannot load the lib\wrapper.dll library. You can check which version of Java is being used by opening a shell and typing "java -version". If it is a 64-bit version you will see something like "Java HotSpot (TM) 64-Bit Server VM" in the description. You can download a 32-bit version of the JDK or JRE from Oracle and install it. By default it will be installed under C:\Program Files (x86)\Java. Open up a command shell and change to the top-level directory of drive. With "dir /X" you can list the shortened names of the directories. You want the shortened name of the C:\Program Files (x86) directory, or wherever the 32-bit version of the JDK or JRE was installed. You can then add some lines like the following to the StartSonar.bat batch file to put the directory containing the 32-bit version of java.exe in the beginning of the PATH:
Failed to start on Windows Vista
Sonar seems unable to start when installed under the folder "Program Files" in VISTA. It should therefore not be installed there.
Failed to launch the Sonar service on Windows platform with a LocalSystem account
This error happens when the temporary file path specified for the Local System doesn't exist. Assuming that environment variables have their default settings and that Windows is installed on the 'C' drive, the following paths should exist:
Windows Server 2003, Windows XP : C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\Local Settings\Temp
Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Vista: C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Temp
In most cases, the "Temp" folder is missing and should be created. See SONAR-2660.
Failed to start Sonar with Oracle due to bad USERS table structure
When another(s) USERS table exists in the Oracle DB, if the sonar user has read access on this other USERS table, the Sonar web server can't start and an exception like the following one is thrown :
See SONAR-2549.
To fix this issue, the rights of the sonar oracle user must be decreased to remove read access on the other(s) USERS table(s).
Failed to connect to update center via proxy
Double-check that settings for proxy in file
sonar.properties are specified correctly.
Note that if your username contains "\" (backslash), then it should be escaped - for example username "domain\user" in file should look like:
For some proxies exception "java.net.ProtocolException: Server redirected too many times" might mean incorrect username or password.
Can Sonar run in HTTPS mode
No. But you can run Sonar in a standard HTTPS infrastructure using reverse proxy (note also that URL rewriting is necessary till the following ticket is fixed: SONAR-2296).
Solaris: Issue with JRuby 1.6.6 / 1.6.7
Due to the following JRuby issue: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JRUBY-6494, the following line has to be added in conf/wrapper.conf:
See SONAR-4046 for more information.
Note that this property has to be set when launching Tomcat (as the wrapper.conf file is not used when deploying in application server).
I have locked myself out
There is currently nothing that stops you removing from every user and every group the global administrator role. the global administrator role. You then have no other solution than make an manual update in the Sonar database to get back in control.
I lost the admin password
In case you lost the admin password of your Sonar instance, you can reset it by running the following update statement :
This will reset the password to admin.
I am not getting expected new violations in the differential views of drill-down ?
3 reasons can explain this :
- This service only shows "Added Violations", not fixed ones. Therefore the number you see in this service can be different from the dashboard.
- The algorithm used to detect if a violation is new is very good but still perfectible. Therefore new violations can sometimes appear only because Sonar did not recognize it existed already
- You are looking at a period of X days which goes beyond the first analysis made after migration to Sonar 2.5. In this case there can be a discrepancy due to the fact that prior to 2.5, Sonar was not collecting the info necessary to build this service. This issue will disappear as soon as period does not go beyond first analysis.
How to remove false-positive violations ?
You can use the mechanism embedded in underlying rules violation engine (//NOPMD...) or the generic mechanism implemented in Sonar : Put //NOSONAR at the end of the line of the violation. This will suppress the violation.
The //NOSONAR tag is useful to deactivate all rules at a given line but is not suitable to deactivate all rules (or only a given rule) for all the lines of a method or a class. This is why support for @SuppressWarnings("all") has been added to Sonar.
Use the switch-off plugin
Switch off violation
You can use the Review feature to flag a violation as false-positive directly from the user interface.
Analyzing Source Code
Source Tree Directory
The source directory tree has to match the package declarations.
For example, the following class:
should be located in the following directory: [myBaseDir]/com/mycompany/mypackage/MyClass.java.
Otherwise you would get such an error while running your analysis:
Maven analysis
What is the difference between org.codehaus.mojo:sonar-maven-plugin and org.codehaus.sonar:sonar-maven-plugin?
Here is the rational: Sonar needs a Maven plugin to perform analysis of your project. This plugin is part of Sonar project so the name of this plugin is org.codehaus.sonar:sonar-maven-plugin because codehaus is hosting the project. Each time there is a new version of Sonar, there is a new version of the Sonar plugin. For a given version of the Sonar server, you MUST run the same version of the Sonar Maven plugin. It means that you would have to run
if you have installed Sonar 2.5.
As this is very annoying to type, you could add the groupId in your settings.xml. This way you could type:
BUT in this case the latest version of the Sonar plugin would be taken. As soon as Sonar 2.6 would be released, Maven would automatically use the plugin in version 2.6. If you don't plan to upgrade your Sonar server, it will fail. The answer to this problem is already well-known: define all versions of your plugins in the pom. So you would add:
in all pom (or in corporate pom). And you would have to update your projects each time you are updating sonar server. Very annoying but that's not all.
What if you have an integration/acceptance/pre-production instance of Sonar in version 2.5, and a production version in version 2.4? You can't analyse the same project with the two instances because you have fixed the version of the sonar plugin to version 2.5 in the pom. You may finally make it works with external properties or any other ugly hack.
The solution proposed by Sonar team is to use a bootstrap plugin. This plugin:
- is hosted in org.codehaus.mojo groupId in order to save the settings.xml configuration
- is supposed to be very stable (ie do not change for each Sonar server release)
When you run
Maven understands:
. The bootstrap plugin will query Sonar server to find its version, then fork a new build to run the normal plugin with
where XX is the version previously returned by the server. This way you can analyse the same project with different versions of Sonar and still running the same command line (except Sonar hostname of course) and without having to modify the pom.
Most of the time you need latest version of the boostrap plugin, so no need to fix its version in your pom, except if you want to test a particular version (an old one or a SNAPSHOT for example).
Maven mirrors : the maven plugin fails to resolve org.codehaus.sonar.runtime.* dependencies
This issue occurs when using a Sonar version prior to 2.2. To fix it, it's recommended to upgrade Sonar and the maven plugin to version 1.0-beta-2 (for Maven 2 projects) or 2.0-beta-2 (for Maven 3 projects).
Sonar embeds its own maven repository which is used by the Sonar maven plugin to download all Sonar extensions like pmd, checkstyle, findbugs, etc. If you get this error, it's certainly because your Maven configuration prevents Sonar from accessing its own Maven repository. Your maven settings.xml file must certainly contain a section called <mirror> which should look like this :
According to this section, Maven redirects all calls to the repository called 'nexus', so Sonar maven repository is never touched and Sonar maven plugin fails to resolve org.codehaus.sonar.runtime.* dependencies. Two solutions to solve this issue:
If you have Maven version 2.0.9 or higher, just change the value of <mirrorOf> by
- Or configure your central maven repository (eg. Nexus, Archiva or Artifactory) to use the Sonar internal repository (http://sonar:9000/deploy/maven).
Error resolving version for 'org.codehaus.mojo:sonar-maven-plugin': Plugin requires Maven version 3.0
This error means that you're using Maven 2.0.10 or Maven 2.0.11. Due to SONAR-1994, you must add the following lines to the pom.xml file :
Cobertura exception on Linux System while accessing the cobertura.ser file
When reading the cobertura.ser file, the Cobertura Maven plugin tries to get a lock on that file. This locking mechanism generates an exception on Linux Systems SONAR-172.
The current workaround is to add the following lines to the pom.xml file (thanks to Wouter de Vaal) :
The plugin 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-sonar-plugin' does not exist or no valid version could be found
If you get this error message after launching the maven command line "mvn sonar:sonar" add the "-U" parameter to the command line. Maven will then update its local repository with the latest version of the Sonar Maven plugin.
If adding the "-U" parameter doesn't fix your issue, you've certainly encountered Maven bug MNG-4001. The only known workaround is to delete the org\codehaus\mojo directory in your local Maven repository. Of course, if your local Maven repository is synchronized with a repository manager like Nexus, this operation must be also done on the repository manager side.
Maven fails with an OutOfMemoryError
Increase the maven available memory by setting the environment variable :
Maven fails with a SecurityException
The message of the root exception is
The CGLIB library available in your Maven repository is certainly signed which is not the case on IBIBLIO repository. Perhaps you or your Maven administrator have signed this jar to include it into a Java Web Start application. Unfortunately signing CGLIB jar file breaks Hibernate's use of CGLIB, as it generates proxy classes in the same package (org.sonar.commons.database.* for our context) as the original class. But the original Sonar class is not signed and the new proxy class is, generating a java.lang.SecurityException.
You must also sign Sonar libraries in your Maven repository or used unsigned CGLIB library.
Maven fails with a NoClassDefFoundError
Typically error message looks like :
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/commons/configuration/Configuration
Possible explanations of such problem :
- Your Maven repository (local or remote) contains corrupted JARs.
- You have exceeded limit of open files - see http://markmail.org/message/wvfvafgrga5b6tnd.
Maven fails because of Maven Enforcer violations
You have to add the parameter -Denforcer.skip=true to the Maven command-line.
Failed to resolve stax2-api artifact
The following error occurs when using Maven Archiva 1.1. It must be upgraded to 1.2.1.
Findbugs fails on timeout
See SONAR-1439. Findbugs fails with the following logs :
Add the findbugs-maven-plugin to the plugins section of the pom and configure the parameter "timeout".
0% code coverage reported whereas unit tests are correctly executed
This problem occurs when using the Maven Cobertura Plugin and a special configuration of the Maven Surefire Plugin preventing unit tests to be forked. This problem can be solved by removing the line "<forkMode>never</forkMode>" in the Maven configuration file (see SONAR-1445 and MCOBERTURA-70).
My project only builds with JDK1.4
As Sonar can only run with JDK1.5 or higher, some configuration should be added to the pom.xml to indicate that the project requires JDK1.4:


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Our solar system is broadly divided in inner planets and outer planets. Inner, or terrestrial, planets are those composed mainly of rocks and/or metals, and are the ones closer to the Sun, namely Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. Furthermore, these planets have few or no moons, and do not have ring systems. Inner and outer planets are separated by an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Outer planets (Jupiter. Saturn, Uranus and Neptune), also known as gas giants, are made up mainly of helium and hydrogen, as well as ice in the case of Uranus and Neptune. All of them have many satellites and ring systems, although Saturn's is the only one that can be seen from Earth.
Going back to the dwarf planets mentioned before, these are spherical celestial bodies which orbit around the sun but are not gravitationally dominant, in other words, they share their orbit with other bodies, as is the case of Pluto sharing its orbit with objects in the Kuiper belt. The International Astronomical Union recognizes four other dwarf planets, Ceres, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris. Ceres is in the asteroid belt and was discovered in 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi. Haumea, Makemake, and Eris are all in the Kuiper Belt and were discovered between 2004 and 2005. There are still several candidates to be categorized as dwarf planets, including Sedna, Orcus, Quaoar, Vesta, Ixion, Varuna, and others.
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I'm in the mood to ramble, generally. "Today was a good day" to quote Ice Tea, or Ice Cube, or Ice Cream, or somebody, the one with the cool song. Many of my days are better described as the Devil's own fucking day and easily forgotten, but today was worth sharing; no reply needed.
I set out in the afternoon with two objectives, job hunting and picking up some stuff for my kid's birthday. I hit the jackpot with stuff-hunting, and the job-hunting may have not panned out but I think I made a good impression in a couple locations. The stuff-hunting worked out at this place called "Tuesday Morning;" don't know if any of you have heard of them but they have peculiar eclectic stuff at super-low prices.
This old fellow approaches on the same aisle and he has one of those military vet ball caps, right, the ones that say "WWII" or "U.S.S. Whatever" and generally when I see this I strike up a conversation because A, I'm a history buff and B, if you're going to wear a cap that says "Battle of the Bulge" or "U.S.S. Yorktown" or whatever you're probably aware a history geek is going to try to shoot the shit with you, and you're probably okay with it.
I see enough of it to see "173rd Airborne" and the guy is young enough to fit the profile so I say "Ah, Vietnam." And he says yes, and I say "The Herd" which surprises him and he says unless you were in the unit it's unusual for someone to know the nickname. I literally know nothing else about the unit except it was nicknamed "the Herd" and was in Vietnam, but I told him I'm a history buff, like to talk to vets, etc. We chat for a moment but the main thing he seemed to want to stress was what an awful experience it was coming home and getting a shit reception. There was a second of awkwardness, and I said "Well, welcome home sir" and shook his hand and he said thank you. It was a very sincere and gentle moment, or maybe it just seemed extremely so because I am (don't blame me, blame the media) a sarcastic bastard and like too many of us revel in cheap irony and cheap laughs and sometimes sincerity has to sneak up on me and slap me in the face.
Later in the day I ate a late meal at Chick-Fil-A, always a key "Good Day" experience. I don't at all agree with their position on so-called "family values" and their overt anti-gay stance, so frankly, I don't upsize my meals. Won't do it. That's me being me.
This young guy in the parking lot had his hood up and needed a jump so I helped him and got him on his way. I just wrote two long paragraphs about it but have deleted them, because basically, "this young guy...etc." But it made me feel good to help him. He was really worried.
The end.
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That sounds great! Yeah, it's a shame that the military got the shaft back then when coming home.
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The military didn't get the shaft back then. Military spending between 1964 and 1976 was at an all-time high for a peacetime US military. The
soldiers, sailors, and airmen got the shaft
, especially in the sense that they were shamed and derided by their countrymen.
Sadly, it hasn't gotten a lot better in the interim. Now, our committed fighting men and women get the banners and the handshakes, and that's it. Veterans returning from foreign theatres find themselves faced with the worst US economy since the 30's, and even Guard and Reserve members whose jobs are supposed to be secure during their deployment, find themselves laid off or facing reduced hours that make continued employment impossible.
Serving members, while receiving minimal wage increases, receive far fewer benefits than their predecessors did. Commissaries and Base (Post) Exchanges offer no real discounts, and gods help you if you find yourself stationed away from a large base with a hospital, because you'll have to pay full medical for your family on what amounts to a Wal-Mart salary (back in the day, military dependents were covered by CHAMPUS a sort of government-backed insurance that paid all medical expenses for dependents unable to be treated at a military hospital--a situation more common than you might think).
Sorry for putting a downer in your "Good Day" thread, mcm, but it had to be said. Seriously, if you're an American and you're not incensed by the complete screwing our service-men and women are getting, then either you need to read up on what they actual get for their service, or there's something seriously wrong with you.
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I don't think you're going to find anybody disagreeing with that CN. It's not a secret that we treat our soldiers and vets shabbily.
Topjim- thanks! But I need a bunch more to get back to even...
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Military spending between 1964 and 1976 was at an all-time high for a peacetime US military.
How was that peacetime?
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October 10, 2012 - Industry News
The North American Council for Freight Efficiency has been awarded a project to study and understand how technology adoption works to improve freight efficiency in North American Class 7 and 8 tractor-trailer operations.
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