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FYI: Deep Fried Bubble Gum Wins State Fair Of Texas
Every year people look forward to the State Fair of Texas to find out what the prize winning foods will be. Last year Fried Butter took home a best in food prize. In Texas we fry everything and past winners have included fried beer, fried ice cream, and my personal favorite fried Snicker. BUT, this year we will have FRIED BUBBLE GUM! {Thanks Carol Lin}
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Bow Wow Is In Love With His New Girl!!!
Rapper/actor Bow Wow finally revealed the beautiful face that has taken his heart away, meet Shai Moss, Bow Wow's beautiful daughter with model Joie Chavis. Y'all know I am a sucker for babies, and this picture is melting my heart right now. {via Black Celebrity Kids}
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Nicki Minaj was spotted in the airport wearing some really tight tights. Paparazzi managed to get a picture of Nikci Minaj from the backside, and I think her butt pads are showing, or maybe she's just sporting her grannies panties for the long flight. There's is nothing wrong with being comfortable. {via Strawberry Blunt}
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DURANT, Okla. (AP) - A Southeastern Oklahoma standout will assume the duties of Philadelphia Phillies bullpen coach Roly de Armus while de Armus accompanies Team USA to the Olympic Games in
Beijing, China.
Greg Legg presently serves as hitting coach for Philadelphia's Class-A affiliate, the Lakewood BlueClaws. Legg will miss about three weeks, since the Olympic medal round is set for August 23rd.
Legg played baseball for Southeastern from 1979 to 1982. He played on four teams that made it to the NAIA College World Series, and was an NAIA All-American in 1980 and 1982.
This is Legg's first trip to the major leagues as a coach. He has been with the Phillies since he was drafted by the club in 1982.
The former infielder played briefly for Philadelphia in 1986 and 1987 appeared in 14 games with a career average in the majors of .405 (9-for-22).
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LEAD, PCBs, PM10s, sulphur dioxide, radon, ground-level ozone. . . As if the list isn't long enough already, a Danish study has discovered something else for us to worry abouteating fish and seafood (see p 4).
The problem arises from the mercury that tends to accumulate in species near the tops of aquatic and marine food chains. The researchers have evidence that these background levels of mercury, previously regarded as more of a threat to wildlife than to people, can damage the nervous systems of fetuses in women whose diet is rich in fish or seafood.
While the world's media is likely to go overboard, there is really no cause for panic. The effects only became apparent when the researchers carried out laboriously detailed studies of the mental skills of children in the Faeroe Islands, where whalemeat rich in mercury is commonly eaten. At most, only a few per ...
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George was the "youngest" Beatle and Ringo the oldest; he's got Lennon beat by a few months. The former Richard Starkey turns 75 today! While we all know he sang "Yellow Submarine," we've heard that one enough.
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Luna Park Sydney
Luna Park Sydney is located on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour at Milsons Point, adjacent to the northern end of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Luna Park is a restored 1930's amusement park that was originally designed to mirror the first Luna Park, which opened on Coney Island in New York in 1903. Entry to the park is free … [Read More...]
Centennial Park Sydney
Centennial Park is located in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, at Randwick and encompasses 189 hectares of beautiful parkland situated adjacent to Moore Park and Queen Park. Just 4 kilometers south-east of Sydney's central business district, Centennial Park draws visitors by the thousands each year. History Centennial Park … [Read More...]
Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
After leaving Hyde Park, we walked down Art Gallery Road, past the Domain and The Art Gallery, over the Cahill Expressway and into the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney via the Woolloomooloo gate. This 75 acre of gardens dates back to the First Fleet. The gardens are bordered by Sydney Harbour - Farm Cove (north), Cahill … [Read More...]
Hyde Park Sydney
Today visiting Hyde Park Sydney which is situated on the eastern side of the Sydney CBD. Bordered by Elizabeth Street (West), College Street (East), Liverpool Street (South), St James Road (North) and divided by Park Street. There are two train stations bordering the park, St James Station in the north western corner … [Read More...]
Royal National Park
The Royal National Park was established in 1879 and is the second oldest national park in the world, the oldest being Yellowstone National Park. The park is located 32 kms south of Sydney and covers an area of 132 sq kms. The park was originally named National Park and was renamed to the Royal National Park after Queen … [Read More...]
Koala Park Sydney
The next Parks in Sydney we are visiting is the Koala Park Sanctuary on Castle Hill Road, West Pennant Hills. The Koala Park was started in 1920 and officially opened in 1930, it is a quaint family owned park. The founder Noel Burnet was shocked at the number of koalas that were killed for the fur export trade and so … [Read More...]
Fagan Park
The next Sydney Parks we are visiting is Fagan Park set in a rural setting and situated at Arcadia Road, Galston in Sydney's North West. This is a huge park set on 55 hectares (165 acres) of beautiful landscaped garden and lawns. Picnic within sight of the car or walk and loose yourself in the extensive grounds amongst … [Read More...]
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NDSU potato breeder Asunta "Susie" Thompson shows a display of specialty varieties used in campus research. NDSU's Potato Research program has been ongoing since 1930 and focuses on developing unique varieties that can withstand disease and environmental stresses. Kristen M. Daum / The Forum
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Luke Shields, who entered the season ranked 33, according to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, paced the way for the Broncos with two victories in singles play. The first came against Mikhail Pavlov of Texas A&M
In doubles play, Clancy Shields and Steve Robertson vanquished Rice's Ben Harknett and Toby Schiel, 8-4 to advance to the next round but were forced to default because of health related issues.
C. Shields also earned a victory in singles play against Chris Biro of TCU, 6-3 and 6-4. In the following round, C. Shields was defeated by the 22nd ranked Martin Sayer of Radford, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 and 7-3 in the third tie-breaker.


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Arizona Cardinals downplay lingering effects of 2012 blowout loss in Seattle
It will be the elephant in the room -- or the stadium, to be exact -- when the Arizona Cardinals take the field Thursday against the Seattle Seahawks at University of Phoenix. The last time the two teams faced each other, the Seahawks forced eight turnovers and sent the Cardinals home with their tails between their legs, handing them the worst loss in franchise history.
Not only was the 58-0 loss on Dec. 9, 2012, embarrassing in itself, but it became the lowest point of a once-promising campaign; it was the punctuation mark of the team's nine-game losing streak -- one that followed four straight wins to open the season. Surprisingly, Arizona came back and ended its losing streak the following week against Detroit, but the season was long lost by that point.
"Obviously we weren't ready last time," Cardinals center Lyle Sendlein said Monday. "And that was kind of the beginning to the end for us last year. We're going to go out there with the attitude to change things of how it happened last year.
"We're a different team. Most of the guys weren't even here last year for that."
Sendlein tried to brush the game off as irrelevant to the current Cardinals squad, but another answer he gives reveals that there may be some ripple effects still in play.
"Like I said, most of the guys that were on that team last year aren't here right now," he said. "And those who are, you know, that's something you don't forget when you go out there and experience that on the road -- a kind of low point of the season."
Head coach Bruce Arians, who wasn't with the team last year, said he hasn't heard any players talking about the loss to Seattle, but he offered his own take on the upcoming rematch.
"That was long, long ago. Don't really care about it," he said. "We're 3-3. They're 5-1. And that's all it's about."
With a shortened week of practice before the next game, Arians said his team will spend more time doing walk-thrus and recovering from Sunday's game in San Francisco, a 32-20 loss.
Seattle sits atop the NFC West at 5-1, and is the favorite in Thursday's game in Glendale.
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Mayor says SD probing Corn Palace matterSouth Dakota investigators are determining whether the activity that led to Corn Palace Director Mark Schilling's Monday resignation included any crimes, according to Mitchell (S.D.) Mayor Ken Tracy.
By: Chris Mueller , Forum News Service
South Dakota investigators are determining whether the activity that led to Corn Palace Director Mark Schilling's Monday resignation included any crimes, according to Mitchell (S.D.) Mayor Ken Tracy.
The South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation is looking into the matter, Tracy said. Sara Rabern, a spokeswoman for DCI, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The mayor announced Schilling's resignation at around 11 p.m. Monday following a City Council meeting..
Other city employees are not expected to be implicated in the set of circumstances that led to Schilling's resignation, Tracy said.
"Whatever actions were taken were the sole responsibility of Mark Schilling," he said.
Tracy asked Schilling to resign, Tracy said, because of an as-yet unreleased state audit of Mitchell's city-owned arena and tourist attraction.
"There were a number of policies and procedures that the city has in place that were not being followed," Tracy said. "They were of such a serious nature that I was left with little choice but to seek his resignation."
Schilling said "I don't believe there is any wrongdoing" and that he stepped down as director because "it's just time for a change, and the best for the city." He said he is considering "several different options."
Schilling told the AP he has not seen the audit report and declined to comment on it.
Multiple calls made to Schilling on Tuesday were not returned, and no one answered the door at his home in eastern Mitchell.
Schilling had been director of the Corn Palace for 13 years. According to the city's required annual publication of its wages and salaries in January, Schilling was being paid an annual salary of $66,059.
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Tracy, reacting to Schilling's comments, said whether there was wrongdoing involved is a matter of interpretation.
"Failure to adhere to city policies and procedures is, in my estimation, a serious violation of city policy," Tracy said. "That was my reason for taking the action that I did."
Tracy, who has seen a preliminary version of the state audit report, declined Tuesday to talk about any of its specific findings.
"The report is going to speak for itself," he said.
The city plans to release the audit report and discuss it in open session at the next council meeting, which is scheduled for March 17.
"It's very upsetting and unsettling," Tracy said of the situation.
Russ Olson, an audit manager with the South Dakota Department of Legislative Audit, performed the audit of the Corn Palace, aided by two of his department's staff members. The department was first contacted by the city about the audit in October, Olson said.
"They had some concerns and questions," Olson said. "We were basically asked if we could come down and have a look, and see what we thought of the operation."
The audit began in earnest in mid-December and is now nearing the end of the review process, Olson said.
The focus of the audit was on the operation of the Corn Palace and, specifically, the tourist attraction's enterprise fund within the city's budget, Olson said. An enterprise fund is any fund within the city's budget that operates in a manner similar to a business.
Olson declined to discuss any of the specific findings contained in the audit report.
"It's our policy that until we present the public report to the management of the city, we don't comment on ongoing audits or investigations," he said.
Assistant Corn Palace Director Jeri Mickelson has taken over for Schilling on an interim basis. Mickelson declined to comment when contacted Tuesday.
Councilman Mel Olson said the mayor has indicated to the council that one recommendation will be for the Corn Palace to acquire cash registers with the ability to reconstruct individual transactions.
"I know that Corn Palace employees expressed a concern to the mayor about the way things were being done," Olson said.
Olson also pointed out that during last year's budget hearings, Council Vice President Steve Rice noted that the Corn Palace's profits from concession sales appeared to be lower than they should have been.
Councilwoman Susan Tjarks said she was disappointed by the situation, but declined to comment further.
"The events that unfolded were unfortunate," Tjarks said.
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Summerslam 1992, Wembly arena in London England. Macho Man Randy Savage lost (via countout) to the Ultimate Warrior in the WWF championship match. Later in the main event, the British Bulldog defeated Bret Hart for the Intercontential championship in front of a home crowd of 80, 000.
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Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea speaks during a ceremony in Byblos, Lebanon, Tuesday, April 10, 2012. (The Daily Star/Aldo Ayoub, HO)
BEIRUT: Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said Friday the government should announce a state of emergency in the country to forcibly prevent all manifestations of armed groups.
In a televised news conference, Geagea said that given the recent security incidents in the country, the government "should announce a state of emergency, even if partially ... to forcibly prevent all armed manifestations or security breaches."
"The government should then search for the kidnapped Syrians and non-Syrians and free them," he added.
Geagea also urged strict measures against those who attempt to block the highway leading to Beirut airport.
"It is no longer acceptable for the Lebanese people to be hostage to the whims of whoever wishes to close roads," Geagea said.
The security situation in the country has deteriorated following Wednesday's kidnappings of dozens of Syrians and a Turkish national by a local clan's "military wing," as well as the recent discovery of terror plots aimed at further destabilizing Lebanon.
The Meqdad family kidnapped over 20 Syrians and a Turkish man in retaliation for the abduction of their relative Hassan Meqdad by Syrian rebels. The Meqdads have since released some of their hostages.
Ten Syrians were kidnapped Thursday by a previously unknown group demanding the release of 11 Lebanese pilgrims abducted in Syria two months ago.
Geagea said he understood the Meqdad clan's claim of not having any trust in the Lebanese government's ability to release their relative but that this should not justify "the armed popular uprising against the current government."
He said the government should be dislodged via democratic means and urged the Lebanese including the Meqdad family to use the 2013 elections to change the politicians.
He added that his party along and the March 14 coalition have repeatedly voiced their mistrust of the government since its formation in June 2011, saying: "We have fought for months with the government for the telecommunications data to be transferred to security agencies ... we are all subject to assassination attempts."
March 14 has repeatedly called on the government to transfer the data, which they say is critical to the investigation of the attempted assassination of both Geagea and MP Butros Harb that occurred earlier this year.
President Michel Sleiman and Prime Minister Najib Mikati oversaw the transfer of the data last month.
During his chat with reporters, Geagea also said that the recent security incidents and the kidnapping of the Lebanese Shiite pilgrims were being used by the Syrian government to pressure Syrians in Lebanon as well as Mikati's government.
"The incidents lead to the intimidation of all Syrians who are opposed to the Syrian government, particularly the refugees," he said in reference to the warnings against Syrian opposition members in the country.
The LF leader also said that Syria is placing pressure on political figures in Lebanon as well as Arab countries who oppose it.
"Syria is resentful of the way the president and prime minister have been acting ... the Syrian government considered the current Cabinet to be its own so it automatically thought the government would help it," he said.
Geagea also spoke extensively about the recent discovery of bomb plots in the north and said former Information Minister Michel Samaha, who was accused last week of plotting to assassinate political and religious figures in Lebanon and carry out terrorist attacks, is the true face of the March 8 alliance.
Samaha, along with Syrian National Security Bureau head Ali Mamlouk and a Syrian army officer identified as Adnan were also accused of planning to incite sectarian clashes through terrorist attacks with explosives that Samaha transported to Lebanon and stored after taking possession of them from Mamlouk and Adnan.
"Samaha should not be seen as an individual but a person belonging to the political group of March 8 and his behavior gives an image about this team," Geagea said.
"Samaha was the one who prompted that the Syrian regime was protecting stability in Lebanon, have you seen that materialize?" he asked.
"It is clear that the one who subverts civil peace in Lebanon and carried out bombings is the Syrian regime and its allies," he added.
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Egyptian Copts react while they gather to pay their final respects during the funeral of Pope Shenouda III at the Coptic Orthodox cathedral in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, March 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
CAIRO: Coptic activists in Egypt called for a vigil Wednesday in protest against a film deemed offensive to Islam that sparked violence outside U.S. missions in Egypt and Libya, they said in a statement.
The Maspero Youth Union and the Coalition of Coptic Egypt condemned "all sorts of contempt or disdain against any religion, as well as to the sowing of sedition between people who embrace different religions," the statement said.
The MYU said it would be holding a vigil Wednesday night in front of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo in protest against the film.
The film at the center of the controversy, which sparked the attack in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi that left one U.S. State Department employee dead, was made by an Israeli-American, according to the Wall Street Journal.
In Egypt, however, the perception in the media inflamed by fundamentalist Muslim preachers on satellite channels is that the film was made by Egyptian Copts living in the U.S.
In a statement posted on its Facebook page, the MYU said that "the Copts who took part in the production of the film in question are not representative of mainstream Coptic patriotism ... these Copts neither represent Christianity nor the church, nor the Copts of the diaspora."
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Urbandub arriving at the venue for the Deftones Diamond Eyes Tour Manila on February 12, 2011
(from L to R: JanJan Mendoza, Gabby Alipe, Lalay Lim, and John Dinopol)
|Background information
|Cebu, Philippines
|Alternative rock, OPM,
alternative metal
|Years active
|Lighter Records (2000-2005)
PolyEast Records (2005-2007)
MCA Universal (2007-Present)
|Associated acts
The Ambassadors
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Urbandub is a Filipino rock band from Cebu City, Philippines. Since its inception in 2000, the band's line-up has consisted of Gabby Alipe (vocals, guitar), John Dinopol (guitar, vocals), and Lalay Lim (bass, vocals). The band's current drummer is JanJan Mendoza, who has been with the band since 2003.
Urbandub is the first indie band in the Philippines to release albums nationwide with the assistance of a major label. The label also featured Urbandub in a Pinoy rock compilation entitled "FULL VOLUME", with a remake of Sade's "No Ordinary Love". The band recently garnered the attention of fans throughout Southeast Asia with a recent tour in Singapore. The band recently posted on Facebook stating that, they will be having their last concert as a band on May 9, 2015.
Birth (2001)[edit]
Urbandub's debut album suffered distribution problems due to the lack of support from major record companies. Later in the year, their first single "Come" was released and accompanied with a music video funded by Sonic Boom productions. The following singles from the album included "Boy", "Give", and "Would You Go". Although only a modest success at the time, the album managed to earn the band some degree of notoriety within Cebu City. Birth is raw and heavy, with obvious influences of Deftones and other experimental rock bands. Though the album's production quality was rough, it emerged as a successor to the scene that dominated independent radio in the mid 1990s.
Influence (2003)[edit]
With the release of their sophomore effort, INFLUENCE (Lighter Records), Urbandub took on a new form, changing their sound with a new drummer (From Jed Honrado to Jerros Dolino). Jerros continued to record tracks with band, but left sometime in 2003 when he decided to leave for undisclosed reasons. The band then recruited JanJan Mendoza. It was the sound in this album that clearly defined the steps that Urbandub would start to take. INFLUENCE includes radio-released singles such as "Gone" and, their most famous release to date, "Soul Searching", which won the award as Best Song of the Year in the NU107 Rock Awards 2003. The album also won as the Album Of The Year Award in the NU107 Rock Awards 2004. They also released a single called "A New Tattoo". They dedicate this song to a former friend Juan Paulo Hidalgo.
During this time, the band also experienced the dangers brought by rival frat/gang wars in Cebu as guitarist John Dinopol was mistakenly shot at by a motorcycle riding headhunter of an undisclosed fraternity. Although not in critical condition, his left arm was injured and had to recover for a few months. Amidst the dilemma, Urbandub enlisted Faspitch guitarist Russell Manaloto & Mong Alcaraz of Chicosci to fill in for John, who was still active with the band despite the injury. John recovered in less than a year and even went on to shoot the "A New Tattoo" video and perform live with metal braces on his arm.
Embrace (2005)[edit]
With the 2005 release of the album entitled 'Embrace', Urbandub has proven that there is hope for the struggling artist. With help from their community and the noise they have created, they were able to grab the attention of EMI Music Philippines (now PolyEast Records). Not one to take chances, the band has kept Lighter Records as their management arm and guide. In line with their ideals, EMI allowed them the creative freedom to record their album on their home soil of Cebu. Added to that, they have been able to maintain their independent principles while taking major steps into the scene that has awaited their new sound. Embrace's singles, "Alert The Armory", "Frailty", "Endless, A Silent Whisper" and the pop anthem "First of Summer" culled from the third album Embrace, became one of the most played songs on local radio. Serving up the band's usual host of poetic metaphors through guitar riffs and screaming drums single after single came rolling like Urbandub's name is glued on top of the charts.
Under Southern Lights (2007)[edit]
After more than 10,000 albums sold, thousands of miles traveled around the country and some dizzying highs and lows, an energized Urbandub returned with Under Southern Lights in 2007.
"We experimented a lot on this album. We also tried to write songs far from the specific genre our fans are used to hearing from us. On this album we challenged ourselves musically in terms of creativity with the riffs, beats and melodies," Alipe says. "The past albums we worked with a formula, writing songs inside our musical comfort zone, but for this album we tried to personally push the envelope a bit."
Under Southern Lights, the latest album, boasts 10 tracks of Urbandub's new approach to their own brand—their brilliance shines throughout a melodious rock tune and diverse songwriting. Alipe shares "We retreated to Cebu City for 2 months just to focus on writing. Then came back to Manila, did some fine tuning to the songs before recording them."
"The recording was a great learning experience for the band. It was our first time to record with 2 inch tape rather than digitally which we were used to when we were still recording in Cebu. We also were privileged enough to be able to use specific types of equipment that we felt were needed for the songs, like different kinds of amplifiers or synthesizers," Lalay Lim shared.
Asked about the album title, "The name is our tribute to Cebu City where we come from and where we did most of the writing for the album. It's also a metaphor for our families in Cebu, being that they're our inspiration and guiding light," Alipe said.
The album starts with a shot, with that first single "Guillotine" – an indelible guitar hook and ferocious drums charge forth as Urbandub's trademark mix of airtight vocal harmonies.
If you have compiled all Urbandub songs into your own greatest hits album, you probably get the impression of "change." For a band like them, change is never that good. Urbandub is growing but not changing. They may be going to perform in a bigger arena, but they'll still going to sweat the same. And still be going to produce the songs like we've known them for. "We wanna try to reach out to more people with this album," says Gabby.[1]
The Apparition (2009)[edit]
In 2009, after ending their contract with EMI, urbandub signed with a new label MCA MUSIC and released their fifth and most experimental album entitled "The Apparition".
The writing took place again in Cebu, the band's homecourt, with the band renting a house up the mountains and turning it into a home studio for 2 months. after which, they returned to Manila and recorded again in Tracks Studio with their Under Southern Lights producer Angee Rozul. The first few prints of the album included a cover of Depeche Mode's song "Home", which, along with their cover of Sade's "No Ordinary Love", exhibited the band's eclectic taste in music. The first single off the album was the song "Gravity", a song that carries the band's trademark heavy riffing balanced with melodies and harmonies that are rarely found in Pinoy rock music.
- Gabby Alipe - lead vocals, guitars
- John Dinopol - lead guitar, backing vocals
- Lalay Lim-Geronimo - bass guitar, backing vocals
- Janjan Mendoza - drums
Studio albums[edit]
- Birth (2001)
- Influence (2003)
- Embrace (2005)
- Under Southern Lights (2007)
- The Apparition (2009)
- Esoteric (2013)
Would You Go
Eating Me
It's Over
Two Things
Apart (a collaboration with Dice & K9)
Give (acoustic version)
|Lighter Records
|Fallen On Deaf Ears
Under Crisis
Soul Searching
Quiet Poetic
A New Tattoo
Lover Among Ruins
|Lighter Records
|An Interlude Between Closeness
Alert The Armory
First of Summer
When Heroes Die
Reveal The Remedy
The Arsonist
Endless, A Silent Whisper
Safety In Numbers
A City of Sleeping Hearts
The End of Something
|EMI Philippines
|Under Southern Lights
|An Invitation
The Fight Is Over
Life Is Easy
A Method To Chaos
Inside The Mind of A Killer (a collaboration with Kat Agarrado of Sinosikat?)
She Keeps Me Warm
|EMI Philippines
|The Apparition
|Meneurs De Loup
The Apparition
Face In The Woods
When Shadows Have Eyes
What This Night Brings
A Call To Arms
Tongues Like Knives
Bright City Kids
Stars & The Sun
Over The Hill & Back
We Kept It Hidden
Good Morning Bones
Mountains Tell Stories
|MCA Music, Inc.
|Stars Have Aligned
Never Will I Forget
Dim the Headlights
Cold Hearted
When Love Is Not an Answer
Sleight of Hand
Between the Earth and Sky (a collaboration with Aia DeLeon, formerly of Imago)
The Burning Taste
|MCA Music, Inc.
|MYX Hit Chart
Highest Position
|Would You Go
|Soul Searching
|A New Tattoo
|Alert The Armory
|Endless, A Silent Whisper
|First of Summer
|Under Southern Lights
|The Fight is Over
|The Apparition
|A Call To Arms
|Sending a Message
|Never Will I Forget
- From Birth
- "Come"
- From Influence
- "A New Tattoo"
- From Embrace
- "Alert the Armory"
- "First of Summer"
- "Endless, A Silent Whisper"
- "Frailty"
- From Under Southern Lights
- "Guillotine"
- "Evidence"[2]
- "The Fight is Over"
- From The Apparition
NU 107 Rock Awards
- "Best Song of the Year" - "Soul Searching" (2003)
- "Album of the Year" - "Influence" (2004)
- "Vocalist of the Year" - "Gabby Alipe" (2006)
- "Listener's Choice Award" (2008)
- "Vocalist of the Year" - "Gabby Alipe" (2010)
- "Bassist of the Year" - "Lalay Lim" (2010)
- Gold Record Award for Outstanding sales (2007) - "EMBRACE" album (EMI)
- "Best Group" - Junk Magazine Regional Music Awards (Malaysia) - (2008)
- "Best New Artist" - 2nd SMB Cebu Music Awards (2002)
Additional information[edit]
- According to the lead vocalist Gabby Alipe, behind the band's name:
|When we were just starting out..urbandub was supposed to be a reggae band...we were suppose [sic] to play reggae mixed with dub, ska, dancehall, hiphop, and rock. A perfect example of what urbandub would have been--is the song "sailing" and "eating me" --that was the style we were suppose [sic] to be playing around with--since we were suppose [sic] to be a reggae/dub band, hence the name, urbandub. But because of the series of line up [sic] changes--and new influences--we became what we are today! The name just kinda got stuck and we never bothered to change it. So there you go..the story behind the name "urbandub".
- Urbandub's music video "First of Summer" is about a girl rebelliously going out with her boyfriend. The band later released "Endless, A Silent Whisper", which shows the events that happened before and after what was shown in "First of Summer". Both videos were directed by Marie Jamora and were shot in three days.
- Urbandub was interviewed in Animax and later on performed in a show aired on Animax called Mad Mad Fun.
- The mark on Gabby Alipe's right eye isn't a scar nor a tattoo. In an interview, he stated that it is a birthmark shaped like Cebu island.
- In their second live performance on MYX, Gabby Alipe stated that the Urbandub way of making their album is to put exactly ten songs.
- For a short term of their name, they are labeled as "Udub", short for Urbandub.
- The Genres Urbandub Attributed To Are Alternative metal, OPM, And Alternative rock. Musically The Band Is Heavily Influenced By Deftones, Metallica, Nirvana And Smashing Pumpkins.
External links[edit]
- Urbandub profile at EMI Music Philippines
- Urbandub's official site.[dead link]
- Urbandub's Facebook page.


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There were certainly times where New York outplayed, and even dominated, the game against Boston in their 3-0 win. But that certainly can be said for the Bruins as well, as the Rangers were outshot 42-20, with Lundqvist making some spectacular saves. (The crème de la crème was his stop on Zdeno Chara with his back facing Chara, who, oh-by-the-way, has the hardest shot in the NHL.)
Their victory over Boston is a great example of the larger picture for the Rangers this season. New York can be outplayed and outshot. They can also have opponents firing shots from the point while creating heavy traffic in front with rebound scoring chances, and STILL keep them from scoring and winning. Lundqvist was the difference in that game, and the difference Thursday as well.
Now the first 10 minutes of the Blackhawks game saw the Rangers allow three breakaways (one coming on a penalty shot) and some significant defensive breakdowns (allowing the giant John Scott to screen Martin Biron for Nick Leddy's goal). This gave Chicago the much needed 4-0 cushion midway through the first period.
Biron is hard to fault on any of the goals. However, two of them can be attributed to Dan Girardi's uncharacteristic miscues -- like his cupping of the puck with his glove in the crease, which led to the Jonathan Toews' penalty shot, or his pinch in the offensive zone that caused him to lose his stick and give Patrick Sharp the opportunity to find the open ice and the breakaway goal. These errors gave the Blackhawks the chances they needed to finally win after losing nine straight.
This said, anyone who has watched Lundqvist on a regular basis knows that he would have stopped at least two of those three breakaways. He even might have prevented Leddy's goal, because he has been that unbelievable this season. (Leddy's goal did hit off the pipe and carom into the net, along with Marian Hossa waltzing around the Rangers' defensive end, but still Lundqvist may have stopped it. He has been that great.)
Stopping two of those four goals would have put the game at 2-2 at the end of regulation, and, in fact, it very well could have been three Rangers goals if not for the quick whistle on Ryan Callahan's late goal swipe. Even when the Rangers have ten minute lapses in which they give up huge opportunities to the opposing team (or, as happened in the Boston game, they had two periods filled with lapses, resulting in their being outshot by 32-8 combined in the second and third), when Lundqvist is in net, he helps them weather these storms. That is why the Rangers are the lead contender to come out of the Eastern Conference in the Stanley Cup.


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Lessons Learned from a Google+ Page Suspension
Google+ is still a new social channel, and consequently, there is a relative dearth of guidance on how to successfully navigate and stand out on the network. Mistakes will happen, and in fact, may even be probable.
I should know.
You see, my employer's Google+ Page — the one I created and continue to manage — was recently suspended, forcing me to dig deeper into Google+ and learn some of its nuances. That's the bad news. The good news is that I've learned a lot from the experience, and have decided to share some of the lessons learned here in hopes that others will benefit from the process.
Here then, are some trial-by-fire lessons that I hope prove useful:
1. Leverage both Google+ Direct Connect, and the Google+ Page Verification Process.
Google+ Direct Connect accomplishes a couple of important things. First, it connects Google+ Pages to brand websites via a snippet of code. This code produces a badge to embed on an official website to add a measure of authenticity for a Page. Second, Direct Connect creates a shorthand search operator ("+brandname" — such as "+Angry Birds" or "+Dell") to enable quick searches of official brand pages — both within Google+ search and via Google's main search engine. The + shorthand operator even provides a mechanism for re-claiming a brand name that has been high-jacked by clever SEO techniques, as this article points out using Rick Santorum's Google problem as an example. In combination with Google's verification process for Google+ Pages, these steps signal to Google that a G+ Page is an official brand account.
Key takeaway: Take the time to send the proper signals to Google that your page is legitimate. This will save you time, effort and possible embarrassment later on.
2. Don't Fret about Brand Impersonations. These Fears are Overblown.
Almost immediately after Google+ launched Pages for brands, fake profiles — such as this Bank of America spoof– sprung up. This sparked fears among large organizations that Google+ would become a problematic platform that would, (a) require significant monitoring, and (b) place a heavy burden on community managers.
In response, Google pledged that it would monitor Google+, spot fake brand Pages, and suspend them until steps were completed to verify the authenticity of suspect Pages. This approach is what affected my employer's page.
As a member of the Google+ team explained to me by email, "We do some impersonation sweeps regularly… The best thing you can do to make sure it's all correct in the future is connect your page to your site," so that Google "can see a bi-directional link between the two… [which] ensures that you also have control over that website. That tells us it's the authoritative page for that site."
Key takeaway: Don't let fears of "brandjacking" cause you to jump into Google+ before you're ready. It's a great idea to get started with Google+ while nearly everyone is a novice and the repercussions of mistakes are minimal. But understand that you have ample time to outline a clear plan for Google+. Nobody is going to steal your brand name.
3. The Google+ Community is Awesome. Leverage Them, and Give Back.
Shortly after learning of our Page suspension, I posted a plea to members of the Google+ community to help identify members of the G+ team who could help expedite the process of reinstating the Page. After a short time, Denis Labelle (whom I'd mistakenly placed into a Circle of Google employees — he now resides in my Most Awesome People in the World Circle), responded with an offer to help share my plight. Denis — along with a handful of other Google+ members — re-shared my post, which quickly caught the attention of the Google+ team and led to a speedy resolution.
The G+ team had also picked up on my original plea for help and was busy working through internal channels to resolve the issue. But Denis' offer to help was the true catalyst toward quick resolution of the issue. Members of the Google+ community saw Denis' post, voiced their support, and helped build awareness of the issue.
Key takeaway: The early adopters of Google+ are passionate about the current and future prospects of the network and are extremely engaged and helpful. Now is the time to get engaged on Google+, learn from the community, give back to it, and build an invaluable network that will continue to grow in exciting new directions.
Key takeaway, part two: Denis Labelle is pure awesome. He is not only helpful, but he posts interesting and helpful content to Google+ every day. You should pause right now and go Circle him. I also owe thanks to Chris Vennard, Oscar Fuentes, Raphael Polanco, Yan Tseytlin, Harp Grewal, Kamal Singh and others for their help.
4. Tap Into the Power of Shared Circles.
Google+ makes it easy to share the Circles that you've created with friends and other G+ connections. This feature is helpful for sharing Circles of subject matter experts or photographers, for example. It's also useful for curating a list of customer support representatives for your brand, or from brands that you follow. Google+ is a great vehicle for building a list (or even several specially-targeted lists) that can be shared with current and potential customers, partners and suppliers. Stakeholders can then post queries to these support Circles in order to reach several customer support members at once.
A shared Circle, in fact, is what led me to Denis Labelle and the other Google+ members who jumped in to help resolve our Page suspension. Another Google+ member had created and shared a "Members of the Google+ Team" Circle, which I found and added to my own Circles. While Denis and a handful of other members of the Circle were incorrectly identified as Google employees, the Circle did help alert several Googlers to our Page suspension.
Key takeaway: Consider using Shared Circles to make it easy for your target audiences to connect with groups from your organization. It's also a good idea to seek out Shared Circles that will prove useful to you in a time of crisis. A good starting point is the list of Shared Circles on G+. It's also advisable to Circle Google+ Your Business. It provides up-to-date information related to G+ that is targeted to brands and Page owners.
Google+ may be the fastest-growing social network in history. And yet, it's still far from being a mainstream channel for brands and individuals. There are few established paths to success on Google+, and mistakes are inevitable. Use the guidance that I've provided above to help your brand to not only avoid a suspension, but to also overcome obstacles that could impede success.
Do you have any Google+ tips? If so, let me know with a comment below!
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CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - Law Enforcement are searching for a person that fell into the Cedar River while tubing Sunday evening and never resurfaced.
Black Hawk County Deputies responded to Black Hawk Park which is north of Cedar Falls at 7:29 p.m. Sunday.
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On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 12:35:38PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Richard Crawford (firstname.lastname@example.com):
> > So what does "Time to live exceeded" mean?
> It means that the ICMP packets (comprising the ping attempt) were taking
> too long to reach the destination, such that they exceeded their allowed
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The above answer is incorrect.
When I first started learning about TCP/IP I took answers like the above
as correct. The answer above certainly sounds right, but it isn't.
If you take it literally your understanding of TCP/IP ICMP packets will
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Several people gave correct answers. I would also suggest checking some
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Graduate students and technicians
- Kelsey Byers
A Biology graduate student in Toby Bradshaws laboratory, Kelsey is working on the mechanisms of reproductive isolation in the monkey flower, Mimilus, specifically the interaction between pigmentation and scent on attracting bees, hummingbirds, and hawkmoths. Kelsey is working in the Riffell laboratory towards identification of the Mimulus scent compounds attractive to bees, and how those scents are processed in the bees olfactory system to drive behavior. More about Kelsey
- Marie Clifford
Marie is a graduate student in the Biology Department working on the coevolutionary relationships between plants and pollinators, and the neural basis of behaviors in social insects. Her work integrates multiple levels of analysis, using Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry of flower scents, multi-channel recording arrays in the insects antennal lobe, and behavioral experiments. More about Marie
- Brad Dickerson
Brad Dickerson is a graduate student in Biology Dept. of UW in the Daniel Lab. Brad is currently splitting his time between the Riffell and Daniel labs learning multichannel recording and olfactory neurobiology. Brad received a BA in biology from Swarthmore College. Before coming to UW, Brad worked at the Museum of Science in Boston and in the lab of Ty Hedrick at UNC Chapel Hill, where he studied how the antennae of the moth Manduca sexta mediate flight control. With his current project, Brad hopes to address how the mechanical properties of a sensory structure influence multimodal sensing. More about Brad
- Yasmeen Hussain
Yasmeen is a graduate student in the Biology Department of UW studying chemical communication at the scale of the single cell. Yasmeen is interested in the physiological and behavioral consequences of sperm chemoattractants in mediating reproduction. Yasmeen got her BS in Mathematics and Biology, and minors in Chemistry and Music.
- Billie Medina
Billie is the lab manager of the Riffell Laboratory as well as the Daniel Lab. Billie supervises use of the GCMS, behavioral, and electrophysiological experiments, while overseeing the daily operations of the lab. Billie is a graduate of the Department of Biology.


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These pages with Open Office help, ideas and tutorials get thousands of hits per month. I get nothing back. Not complaining. But! I would be very grateful if you would mention my NoviceGuard initiative to parents or teachers who might be interested in helping their kids get going with hobbyist programming and electronics. My page shows them something which takes away some of the hassle, and protects the equipment from the kids. I "sell" it at my cost, about $25, depending on options. If you click on the link, it will open in a new page. Just close that, and you will come back here for the OpenOffice stuff. Come on... who doesn't know any parents or teachers?? NoviceGuard- electronics for kids. (Facebook "Likes", etc, of course also welcome... for that, or for this!) (http://tinyurl.com/NoviceGuard is an easy route to the page.)
Just before we continue to the main part of this page....
... to all the people who have deemed these pages worthy of recommendation to others. I maintain several tutorials on the web, and this one gets the most editing because this one gets the most traffic. It is very gratifying to find the site recommended not just on sites written in English, but also on German, Russian, Spanish and Greek sites! If you would like other way$ of saying thank you, I have a page listing some charities I consider worthy.
I try to make my pages browser friendly. Re-size your browser window so it is as wide as you want it. The text will flow nicely. It is easier to read in a narrow window... and the rest of your screen will be free for your ooBase exercises! Hold down the control key ("ctrl") and press the plus sign, the minus sign, or zero to change the size of the text in Firefox and other good browsers. This and another good hint explained on my Power Browsing page!
Page contents © TK Boyd, Sheepdog Software, 2/06-6/15.
Take a moment to visit my http://Flat-Earth-Academy.com? It aims to help kids (or adults who missed out in school!) interested in science know what the questions are, to attain a "basic framework" of knowledge, on which they can build a good understanding. No "sugar", not a log of flashy graphics or page layout... just some concentrated Good For You stuff. There must be SOME people left who aren't afraid to "work" their way to the expansion of their knowledge? Also mention it in any relevant forum you visit, please? (Opens in new tab or window, so you can get back here just by closing it.))
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The globe on the right helps me see if doing these pages is worth the time it takes. It is interactive; play with it, if you wish. (You need to use your browser's "back" button to get back here after doing so.) The only information the system records is when visitors access the site, and where their ISP connected them to the internet. (In my case, that is 60 miles from where I live, at the moment.)
This comes to me as a free service from Revolvermaps.com. If you know how to insert HTML into your own web pages, it is easily added.
(Please do not include the code for the Revolver Map in translations of this page.)
A "simple" report: Selected records, and arranging for them to be sorted: A straightforward requirement. Isn't difficult... when you know how. Which you will, after reading this somewhat unusual (for the tutorials on this site) tutorial. (In this one, I do less reader hand-holding than usual.) We will put together a tiny database (Two fields, six records.) Select a few records from it with a query. And present them, sorted (by the report) in a human friendly format. A few odds and ends of making your report "professional" included at the end of the tutorial. Written 9/14.
Functions (add, count, minimum, etc) and grouping: Not my most polished tutorial! And I paint myself into a corner or two. But if you are wondering how to use functions in queries, this may help you. And if we both can master all of it, some very useful things become possible: Extracting from a database, for instance, the average score of 12 year olds who are in 7th grade when they attempt a timed mathematics test. (The database would hold scores from many children. The query would provide a table "slicing and dicing" the data to our needs.) The techniques involved open the way to finding, of a group of records, the total (sum), the average, the count, highest individual record, lowest, standard deviation. And that's just the functions! The tutorial also touches on grouping records. The tutorial comes with a downloadable database with sample data, and pre-typed queries, forms, reports to get you started.
Two tables; one form: Use a form... one form... to look at records in two tables, and edit, add, delete records in the tables. A basic skill. You should not work directly with tables. (Even though many of use often do, to be honest. Sigh.)
Moving data between Open Office Applications: Easier than you might fear! This is one of the peripheral topics.
Cascading selectors... with datasheets: A form with a datasheet listing first names. You select one. When you have done that, a second datasheet on the form displays everyone with that first name in your "People" table.
Cascading selectors: Second Level. Using a ListBox, and generally being more clever. Does the job first without a macro. Then, at the cost of a LITTLE macro, we improve on that solution.
I won't promise that nothing involving a macro will appear anywhere else, but I will try to keep most things involving macros here.
I sweated blood to become familiar with doing macros, and overcoming some (old) limitations "at the (previous) frontier" of ooBase. About two weeks after I'd finished, I became aware of a new version of ooBase. Limited tests suggest that it overcomes the limitations ! ! This is an "Hurrah!", not a moan. (Well, a bit of a moan.... for the fact that I timed my adventure badly.)
With ooBase 3.1 you can store macros within a given database's .odb file. You can store macros in the database they are for. You will also be able to have images in reports. (Give upgrading serious consideration, if you are still using something from before 3.1. I've done several OpenOffice upgrades over the years, under Windows, without regrets.. but take the usual precautions.) (For images in reports, you also need the Oracle Report Builder, previously known as the Sun Report Builder, or SRB. I did my tests with version 1.1. So far I can get a form to display images held in the database and images which only have the path to them stored in the database. So far, I can only get reports to print out images of the former sort. Another Good Thing in OO3.1 + SRB 1.1 is that a "Keep Ratio" option has been introduced for displaying images.
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OOP and Events: A an important tutorial covering fundamental elements and principles involved in any macro work with Open Office module. Some of the material here will help you understand practices that I follow when working with macros which are not "laid down" by the general requirements of Open Office. Not an easy read, but I commend it to you.
First steps with Macros: An important tutorial if you want to work with macros in any Open Office module, or understand material in any of my other macros tutorials. A simple "Hello World" button is created to illustrate sundry points. Many things explained in words of one syllable. A beginner's tutorial, or a review for intermediate macro programmers.
Miscellaneous thoughts on macro use: Not very well written, but if you want to master using macros, working your way through this will give you additional knowledge. Among other things, in it we look at working with a checkbox on an ooWriter document. Again: Explained in words of one syllable.
Running some buttons with ooBasic: In this tutorial, you are given less help, you have to have some grasp of what you are doing.... which you can attain by working through the tutorials above, if need be.
User defined functions: Creating new "words" for Open Office work, especially ooCalc. In this tutorial, we create a function which works out the "with tax" price of something when we know the "before tax" price and tax rate. Once we've done the things explained in the tutorial, we are able to merely put things like =tkbWithTax(200,3) in a worksheet, and get 206.
Working with files: A macro which will delete one file, and copy another. Note: This "work" is on closed documents sitting on your disc, not with "stuff" inside a file. (One of the files can be open at the time the macro is called, but we only copy the current disc copy of that. Even unsaved changes to the file are not copied.)
Document properties: This looks at... without finding all of the answers... examining the properties of the document your macro is stored in. Along the way, we look at some of the documentation available to Open Office programmers.. the API and ooBase.
Accessing functions and procedures inside external DLLs. A Windows .DLL is provided for your use while taking your first steps. An example is developed using an ooCalc worksheet, but I believe the principles are general. A function in the DLL is called; it returns a string, which we then display in a cell of the worksheet. A subroutine in the DLL puts "Hello World" on the screen in a message box, when something happens in the ooCalc worksheet to invoke the subroutine.
Exporting CSV with the click of a button: This is not just for people who want to export CSV. If you want to use macros with ooBase, read this essay. It takes you through the basic skills, using exporting a file to CSV as an example. It starts almost from scratch, but if you having used macros in Open Office before, or are a beginner, you would do well to review at least the first two tutorials in this, the "Macros" section. They talk about "simple" macros in Open Office. Everything they entail will be needed for working with macros in ooBase.... and more!
Where are the macros? This short essay discusses where macros are stored, and has details about a related ooBase issue.
Something you CAN'T do: ... at least not with Open Office: Access a MySQL server on the web hosting company "1and1.com"s servers... but I tell you how you can use data from such databases in your web pages, via PHP.
Using dates in records to select records: If your database has dates in it, stored in the "date" data-type, a few "interesting" ramifications arise. This "how to" shows you how to build queries for extracting records based on dates in them.
Moving data from spreadsheet to database: A "bad" tutorial- doesn't explain, you won't understand what you are doing... but it may give you a "click this" answer, if that's all you want. Paves the way for....
Simple mailing list- creating mailing labels: Another "bad" tutorial- doesn't explain, you won't understand what you are doing... but it may give you a "click this" answer, if that's all you want.
How to clone an Open Office database: Cloning your data tables, forms, queries, reports, and registering the clone.
Sharing Data: How to give copies of a database to others; how to use on a different computer.
Looking up things in the manual: There's a manual? Where to get it!
Concatenate fields: Turn strings from two or more fields into one string. Make "Jane" and "Smith" - > "Jane Smith", for instance. Or even "Smith, Jane"!
Radio buttons for forms: Radio buttons are a good way to help users enter only valid data. Also gives an example of stepwise development... a tool to get you where you want to be sooner rather than later. Less haste, more speed.
Using DDE to keep documents in step. DDE is a mature technology for sharing data between documents, and Open Office has it "as standard".
Draw maps with countries colored in according to data about them. There's a really easy way to get really impressive results!
Export data to CSV Files: The way to do it for any Open Office application. (CSV files explained elsewhere.)
Fix Linux Form Wizard problems: There seems to have been an issue with the Forms Wizard with the ooBase installed by Ubuntu at one point. Problem may still exist. Easily fixed, but the "fix" may bring other issues... I'm not Ubuntu expert enough to know about that... but I haven't seen other problems in limited tests.
Make an Auto-incrementing field: Using AutoValue to create fields which are filled in for you by the computer. Useful for primary keys, serial numbers, etc.
Change Auto-increment Start: Do you have a field with AutoValue set true? Want to change the number that will be used for the next record? This "How to" tells you how... and it is easy to do!
The following pages are less "keystroke- by- keystroke", less in the "how- to" vein. They are more like lectures. They are probably not as easy or as fun to read, but do give them a try? The are listed from "easy/ important" to "less easy / less critical" topics. While the one about data types isn't particularly easy, it is particularly important! Of course, I can't be sure which are important to your needs. I hope they are all useful!
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Cross populating forms with data from more than one table: If your database has more than one table, it is a Very Bad Idea to enter any data twice, i.e. "duplicated" (You hope! That's one of the problems) in two places. This incomplete essay talks a bit about this, and about how you can put data from more than one table into a single form, to bring together the things you want.
Relationships and Joins: As soon as your databases have more than one table... which shouldn't take long... you really, really ought to start setting "relationships" in the database. And before long, you will need "joins". They are not the same thing, but the differences constantly blur in my mind, and I hope to help you fight that problem.
Data "types": Critical to table design. (There's a quick introduction to data types in the "First section", too.)
CSV data files: A short, general explanation of "Comma Separated Values" files, aka "Comma Delimited" files... useful for moving data between applications. The specifics of using them in Open Office (generally) are explained elsewhere... specifics of importing data, of exporting it, and of moving data between Open Office applications.
Run SQL command directly? Analyze SQL?: ooBase is (for a database!) novice-friendly. However, there comes a time when its "help" gets in the way. Then you run your SQL directly. Who cares. When. How to do it. (This page is merely about using SQL commands within Base. I have written elsewhere about using MySQL servers.
Apache / MySQL / PHP: Ready for a challenge? (A huge challenge.) Want to use ooBase with a free multi-user database? (ooBase on its own isn't multi-user.) Want to access databases across a LAN or across the web, again using ooBase at the client machine? Want users with varied and narrowly defined privileges? This essay tries to help.... but it isn't a quick read! (Along the way, it also talks about the fun you could have creating dynamic web pages by means of PHP.)
"Just" a MySQL database server, with Open Office as "client", or "front end": This would be a challenge too... though not quite the challenge of the previous adventure. MySQL is a free multi-user, multi-platform database server. you can access a MySQL server across the internet. (ooBase on its own isn't multi-user or amenable to remote access.) The set of pages explaining a great deal about getting a MySQL server going were created in February and March 2013, and go farther than some of my earlier efforts with the topic. Master what is in them, and you will have made a good start towards being ready for the BIG challenge of embarking upon an Apache/ MySQL/ PHP installation, the item I mentioned before this one.
Examples of databases filling specific needs. Also case studies of elements of database design. Don't look at the subjects of these case studies and say "Telephone numbers list? I don't need to do a telephone list."
They all illustrate general points, and all may give you "That's a good idea!" thoughts.
If it felicitously happens that you do need to set up a telephone numbers list, well and good, However, I attempted to achieve a more general usefulness as I wrote the case studies. In each, you read about decisions I took in solving a particular problem. You read about tools that I've used. You should take away ideas which are useful in many databases... for instance the database you are trying to create today!
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Primary Key design: Tricks of the trade. A discussion of the primary key I designed for the "Books" table of a database I actually use. (It is about a collection of books.) Many generally applicable points.
Family History: A database of ancestors: A work in progress, but significant elements of a database to "pour" what you know... and how you know it... about people from the past. Marriages, children, important dates, etc.
Linked Lists, DNA, Family History: This essay is a little different from most in the site. It talks (at length!) about a problem, and makes some progress with analyzing how to solve it. But a full, Open Office Base solution is not yet available. I hope someone can send a solution! Until then, the essay remains a valuable exercise in looking at data, and how it might be coded. The data would fill a matrix but sparsely. The data might best be stored in a linked list. Can such a structure be held in an RDBMS? The whole thing arose along the way to designing a database for matching DNA for the purposes of family history research.
Department of Motor Vehicles- in Paradise: This database is a foundation for other tutorials. The database can be downloaded. It has four tables, with relationships established. It is the basis of a data management system for a hypothetical Caribbean island's traffic police.
Form with two sub-forms: A modest little thing. In the context of a small database with information on plants as an example, a form with two sub-forms is created.
Annual giving to charity: A database for keeping track of donations to worthy causes. No "rocket science"; a fairly basic system.
Stock Market Investing: Notes on a database which tracks essential data for a stock market investor. Also, I hope, of interest to novice private investors, for general points on records you need to keep.
A "real world" example: Description of some rather "messy" work done to satisfy some real world needs.
Project Participation: A database tracking the people working on a group of projects. Useful as an illustration of having "lines" of info for multiple entities, and other things. You can download the database, if you wish. Not "complete" yet... but the description of the tables, useful in its own right, is.
Some "Illustrations" to support many of the other pages on this website. They are readable on their own, and linked to frequently, especially in introductory tutorials.
(So, Hagop Merjian, I do remember something from English classes 40 years ago. Well... remembered bits!) For those of you unfamiliar with Henry Reed's "Naming of Parts", it is worth a visit. Written about a soldier's experience in WWII, although I have to admit I mis-remembered it as being from Wilfred Owen and WWI. Probably could apply to almost any soldier's life with just a few changes.)
But you, gentle reader, are probably not a soldier, so I will not here digress into piling swivels, which in your case you have not got, or anything else that you have not got.
ooBase main project manager window: Discusses the main window from which you normally manage any ooBase project. Some users of ooBase databases set up by others may be more familiar with a Switchboard front end, but most users will normally work through the window described here, which I usually refer to as "the ooBase main project manager window".
"Design mode on/off" button and Form Navigator window: Two important tools for the designer. Don't confuse the form navigator with the more general navigator which you can launch with your F5 key.
"Form Controls" and "More Controls" toolbars: How to access to them.
The database shipped with OpenOffice, version 2 (and higher) does typical database tasks well, and is as easy to use as anything of comparable power. It accepts SQL. See the articles above for help mastering ooBase.
Forget any experiences with Adabas, which came with the commercial version of OpenOffice 1. The OpenOffice version 2 database, ooBase, is unrelated, and has been carried forward into version 3.
Remember: the whole OpenOffice suite, being open source, is free, including ooBase. (You will also see ooBase referred to as "Base".)
The OpenOffice suite is available not only for Windows, but also for Macs and Linux. I have been using it on Ubuntu. In fact I am doing more and more on Ubuntu... what a wonderful feeling it is to be getting away from being in the thrall of Microsoft. If the day comes when I decide to turn off all of my Windows boxes, there will be things I miss, but for wordprocessing, spreadsheets, databases (and some other apps), when I turn to my Linux box, I won't even know it isn't Windows... I'll still be using the applications I was using on Windows. (Firefox has my browsing activities in the same happy circumstances.)
Speaking of the wonderful world of open source programs, have you tried the open software and open hardware Arduino microcontroller? A lot of fun, if you like tinkering with electronics. And if you are only into software, there's the multi-platform Pascal called FPC, which I promote at the same page as my Arduino material. FPC comes in versions for Window, Linux, and Macs.
With OpenOffice 2, you get a free, capable, useful database program. It derives from an existing product, HSQL. To quote from www.hsqldb.org:
"Our group was formed in 2001.... We have.... released six new versions of the database (RDMS) since April 2001... The project enjoys a top 50 ranking among all SourceForge projects (100,000) with over 1,000,000 downloads.
"(HSQL is) completely free to use and distribute under our licenses, (which are) based on the standard BSD license."
And (adapted) from (an earlier version of) what used to be at.......http://www.openoffice.org/product/base.html.....(that page may be slow to load.)
"With BASE, you can....
"Using BASE, not only can you browse your data, but also...
"BASE includes a full version of the HSQL database engine, storing data in XML files. It can also access dBASE files natively for simple database work.
"For more advanced requirements, BASE supports many popular databases database natively (Adabas D, ADO, Microsoft Access, MySQL), or any database through industry-standard ODBC and JDBC drivers. It also supports any LDAP compliant address book, as well as common formats such as Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Windows, and Mozilla."
(N.B.: In the case of at least Access, that support includes access to tables within the database, but excludes any capability to run Access macros, forms, reports. But that's a glass more than half full, if you think about it.
I dislike 'fancy' websites more concerned with a flashy appearance than for good content. For a pretty picture, I can go to an art gallery. Not everyone has fast broadband.
I present this material in a format aimed at to helping you USE it. There are two aspects to that: The way it is split up, and the way it is posted. Details at my page about how the material is split up and how it is posted.
Please remember the material is copyright. (TK Boyd, 2006 and later) The procedures in the page just cited are suggested only for convenient personal use of the material, however, also....
Feel free to use this information in computer courses, etc, but a credit of the source, quoting the URL, would be appreciated. If you simply copy the pages to other web pages you will do your readers a disservice: Your copies won't stay current. Far better to link to the original pages, and then your readers will see up-to-date versions. For those who care- thank you. I have posted a page with more information on what copyright waivers I extend, and suggestions for those who wish to put this material on CDs, etc. (There is at least one prison using the material for inmate education. Situations do exist where good internet connections are not possible!)
Translations are welcomed. Tell me about yours, so I can post links to it. (More information at the page about copyright waivers.)
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Sissy squats and knee pain?
I tried sissy squats for the first time the other night and my knees were sort of sore the next day when I'd go up or down stairs. It wasn't the good muscle pain either.
I squat regularly and have no knee problems, so either squats just happened to hurt my knees that night or the new exercise -- the sissy squat -- is to blame.
Has anyone heard of / read about / experienced knee pain w/ sissy squats? The knees travel way out in front of the ankle, and I've heard this angle can stress the knee.
Also, I did the sissy squat as a superset after a double drop set of BB squats, which killed to say the least! I wonder if maybe my knee muscles were too weak to adequately support the joint for the sissy squat??
Any guidance or thoughts?
Edit: the ache in my knee went away the next day. After reading the article on the knee joint, I would say my pain was more like bursitis, but only when I'd go up or down stairs.
I'm just paranoid about injuring my knees, I guess. I really would like to hear from anyone who might has experience w/ sissy squats. Does the angle of stress on the knee lead to problems? Should i stay away from them?
Re: Sissy squats and knee pain?
The sissy squat is an unsafe exercise for the tendons in your knees. Anytime your knees travel past the point of your foot when you squat, you are putting a lot of undue stress on your pattelar tendon. Adding all the extra weight to this mechanically dangerous exercise increases the risk of injuring your knees. Some people have more flexibility in their tendons which is why this exercise doesn't give them any problems. Safety should be your number one priority when you're training. Mild pain from sissy squats may lead to a chronic knee injury. My advice to you is to stay away from this exercise. There are many other quad exercises that are much safer and just as effective.
Re: Sissy squats and knee pain?
Thanks very much for the reply.
Anybody have a contrary opinion? If the sissy squat can strain/injure your knee, why it is listed in the ABC exercise section? I mean, all exercises are dangerous to some degree, but I doubt ABC would list an exercise that is a known joint-wrecker!
Anybody done sissy squats for years w/out trouble?
Re: Sissy squats and knee pain?
BUMP!!! Doesn't anyone have experience w/ sissy squats and/or patellar tendons??
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