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An effort by President Barack Obama to highlight his efforts to wind down the war in Afghanistan drew criticism from some skeptical conservative Republicans who saw it as an effort to score political points ahead of the November elections.
This skepticism was crystallized by Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, who said the unannounced trip to Afghanistan on the anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden was part of the president's effort bolster his national security credentials.
He likened it to the president's recent visit to three colleges to urge Congress to pass legislation to avert a doubling of the interest rate on Stafford loans. Because Republicans also want to head off the rate increases, Inhofe said, it showed that the president was looking to pick fights where there were none in order to demonize the GOP.
"Obama's last visit was in December 2010, and the last time he addressed the nation about Afghanistan was June 2011," Inhofe said in a release. "Clearly this trip is campaign-related. We've seen recently that President Obama has visited college campuses in an attempt to win back the support of that age group since he has lost it over the last three years."
"Unfortunately, this president has allowed Washington and campaign politics to dictate his strategy in Afghanistan rather than the conditions on the ground," Inhofe said.
But in a speech tonight from Afghanistan, Obama indicated his trip was designed to mark transition to the end of the war with the signing of the strategic partnership agreement.
"Today I signed a historic agreement between the United States and Afghanistan that defines a new kind of relationship between our countries; a future in which Afghans are responsible for the security of their nation and we build an equal partnership between two sovereign states. A future in which war ends and a new chapter begins," Obama said.
Senior administration officials said the timing of the trip was the result of finishing the SPA, which pledges support for 10 years after the 2014 drawdown.
Finished in recent weeks and signed earlier today in the presidential palace in Kabul, the SPA provides a long-term framework for the relationship between the U.S. and Afghanistan after the drawdown of U.S. forces and details how their partnership will be normalized as the war comes to an end.
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Step by Step Guide to Sending Data from Android Application to Server
Communication between android application and server is one of the most common requirements. In frequent cases, you need to collect information from user in your android application and store it in the database for future use.
In this tutorial, we will make a user interface where user will select some choices and submit the information. The data will then be processed by a script on the server. Next, these data will be stored in a table of a database. More concisely, we are going to make a prediction application, where user predicts about a football match and these predictions are stored in server.
User input in android application:
Now, we will create our android application and take user input.
It is the main layout file of your application. We have used a table layout to display the information in tabular format. There are three (3) questions and three (3) options to choose for every question. The options are in radio button. The format will be like this:
Here is the source code of activity_prediction.xml
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
It is the configuration file of your application. Here is one important change you need to make: Add the following line:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
This file is used for http request and response handling. There is a function makeServiceCall with two different signatures (function overloading). You can use any of them according to your requirement.
package com.example.testjsonparsing;
This file is used to send information to server through service handler class using HTTP POST method. To perform this, we have to consider the following things:
Don't implement http communication in the main thread. It will block your main thread, so UI will be blocked and unwanted situation may occur. We will use Asynctask method to perform communication with server.
Let's look at the steps we need to follow:
1. Our PredictionAcitivity class will extend Activity class.
public class PredictionActivity extends Activity {
private String URL_ITEMS = "http://10.0.2.2/tech/new_predict.php";
String numOfGoal = "1";
private Button btnAddPrediction;
RadioGroup goal = (RadioGroup) findViewById(R.id.answer1);
7. Add click listener event for the button object. When submit button is clicked, the listener event will be executed and operation is performed according to our requirement. In this tutorial, we will send the selected options to a server. For this task, we will execute a method named AddNewPrediction with three parameters numOfGoal, numOfCard and diffOfPos.
btnAddPrediction = (Button) findViewById(R.id.submit);
private class GetFixture extends AsyncTask< String, Void, Void> {
package com.example.predictiontest;
I guess that you know well about wamp or xamp server and have the knowledge how to use PHPMyadmin to create database.
The table will look like this:
When user selects the options and submit; the data will be stored in this table. The stored data will be option number, rather than the option value. For example, if the user selects first option for all questions, the stored data will be 1,1,1 for the three column, rather than value of the selected options.
Now we will write 3 php files to create json formatted data from the table. Create a folder named tech in your wamp or xamp root script folder (for me, the directory is : C:\wamp\www) and create 3 files here:
In this file, we will set the database username, password, host name and database name. As you are using localhost for now, set the default value username, password and host name. Then set the database name which you have created.
This file is required for establishing and closing connection with your database.
This file communicates between our application and database. First, it creates connection with database. Then it receives data from our application. Next, it stores the data into appropriate fields of the table (here, the table name is prediction) of database (wcdb).
Here are sample screenshot's of the output from the application.
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Hello people from go4expert,
can you please put soruce code here?
Tutorials are good, but it will be much easier for me if you put source code here.
Thank you
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Hello people from go4expert,
can you please put soruce code here? :D:D
Tutorials are good, but it will be much easier for me if you put source code here. :o :nice:
Thank you :nice:
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Can you please provide me source code for as files. Can you please send me source to gmail account => firstname.lastname@example.com?? On the most web pages, source codes are on the top of the page, with one button where is written download.
Thank you a lot. Have a nice day.
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thank you very much , this info was very usefull
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The Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics will present at ILA Berlin Air Show from 20.05.2014 until 25.05.2014 three exhibits at the DLR booth (booth No. 4301) and the Space Pavillon (booth No. 4000) in hall B4. Further information can be obtained below.
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TORO at Space Pavillon
Due to the small support area and the possibility to step over obstacles, legged robots represent an interesting alternative to wheel based systems in many applications. The bipedal humanoid robot TORO (TOrque controlled humanoid RObot) has been developed based on the drive technology of the DLR lightweight arm and provides torque sensing in all joints of the arms and legs. These compliant control approaches enable TORO as opposed to classical position based methods to react sensible to environment forces. In addition to research on bipedal balancing and gait stabilization scientists are also interested in physical interaction using multiple contact points at the arms and legs.
Lightweight Rover Unit (LRU) at Space Pavillon
DEXHAND at DLR Booth
As compact as possible and at the same time lightweight and sensitive – the requirements for robot hands for use in space are challenging. They must be able to withstand harsh conditions such as vacuum, ionising radiation and shock loads. If, in the future, a ground-controlled robotic system should perform tasks on the International Space Station, the robot hands must be human-like – so they can use existing tools and equipment developed for a human hand. The DLR DEXHAND is therefore the size of the gloves worn by the astronauts during spacewalks. For the ease of the operator using the robot hand by telemanipulation – remote operation, there is an especially important requirement – the hand must be intuitive to command in order to achieve a short training time.


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The sober, late-Renaissance facade of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter and St. Stephen, begun in the 16th century, stands across from the Castelgrande. Its Baroque interior is richly decorated with frescoes and stuccowork by a host of Ticino artists. Of particular note is the late-18th century Crucifixion attributed to Simone Peterzano that serves as a central altar painting.
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CORDELE --- One of the first players new Georgia baseball coach Scott Stricklin called after accepting the job earlier this month was Crisp County senior pitcher Robert Tyler.
And Stricklin's message was full of ambition and inspiration.
"He told me that if I came and played for him that we would be going to Omaha for the College World Series," Tyler said. "And he said that in three years, I could be the No. 1 overall pick in the (MLB) Draft."
After failing to be picked in the first three rounds of the recent MLB Draft, Tyler — who is considered the best high school pitcher in the state and is the recipient of The Albany Herald's 2013 Ray Knight Baseball Player of the Year award — decided to take Stricklin up on his offer.
Tyler was Georgia's prized commitment, but many analysts listed him as one of the top pitching prospects in the nation, and all indications were that the dominating right-hander would end up on a major league roster next season.
Instead, he's going to Athens.
And Tyler couldn't be happier.
"I grew up a Georgia fan, and that's always where I've wanted to go. It will feel just like playing for the (Crisp County) Cougars," Tyler said. "I knew going into the draft that if I wasn't taken in the first three rounds that I would honor my commitment to Georgia, and when the (San Francisco) Giants called me at the beginning of the fourth round and asked me what I was going to do (if they drafted me), I told them that I would be going to school."
Tyler was eventually drafted — in the 28th round by the Baltimore Orioles — but that didn't change the decision to take his talents to Athens, where his incredible career will continue.
It was a career that nearly led the Crisp County baseball team to its first state championship in any sport in 52 years.
The Cougars rode his arm and his 96-mph fastball to the Class AAAA Final Four for just the second time in school history. Crisp was swept by Marist in the semifinals, but it was a season that will be talked about for ages in Cordele.
When it's all said and done, Tyler's impact on the program and his potential future success might be talked about even longer.
"We had a good team, and it was as much Robert's leadership as it was his pitching that led us to where we were," Crisp County coach Bill Pate said. "I think Robert has the potential to be a major league pitcher. Like coach Stricklin said, they are glad he is going to Georgia, and if he does what they ask of him they think he can be a No. 1 pick in the draft in three years."
While he was one of the team's top hitters (.372, 39 RBI), it was his lively arm that made him a top prospect. He ended his senior year with a 1.99 ERA, an 8-2 record with 72 strikeouts and pitched in front of handfuls of MLB scouts nearly every time he took the mound.
Pate said Tyler never got rattled by the attention.
"Robert is a very laid-back young man and handled the attention well," Pate said. "He has been watched and scouted since the summer between his sophomore and junior seasons. College coaches have been here, professional scouts have been here, and he has played in tryouts and showcases. He handled the pressure extremely well."
While on the mound for the Cougars, he would simply try to ignore the flock of radar guns that sprung into position as he entered his wind-up.
"I just tried not to look in the stands," said Tyler, whose fast ball has been clocked in the mid-to-upper 90s. "I would just tell my teammates to ignore them and look at them as other fans."
It was hard to ignore Tyler's fastball.
It's what drove MLB scouts to not only keep him on their radars but to keep in contact with him on a weekly basis.
"My phone was blowing up all the time," he said. "They would usually all text me on Sunday and ask me when I was throwing during the week. Then they would text me the night before to make sure I was still going the next day. And then they would text me in the morning to make sure again."
Nobody wanted to miss a single pitch he threw.
Pate, who coached Tyler all four years in high school, saw his potential the moment he stepped on the diamond as a sophomore.
"As a freshman he was small and didn't throw very hard, but between his ninth- and 10th-grade years he grew up and got taller and bigger," Pate said. "He went from being a good little pitcher to being a great high school pitcher. It was during his sophomore year when we really saw his potential."
In his final three years in Cordele, Tyler became the most talked-about pitcher in the state since Brookwood's Lucas Sims — who was taken in the first round by the Atlanta Braves in 2012 — and he was able to add to his pitch arsenal as the seasons wore on. Prior to and during his senior year, Tyler perfected a slider that became one of his go-to pitches.
Both on the mound and at the plate, he led the Cougars to 20 straight wins heading into the state semifinals, where he was outdueled by Marist ace Sean Guenther in the opener of the best-of-three series and lost, 6-3.
It was the final time Tyler took the mound as a Cougar.
"This season meant the world to me," Tyler said after the loss on May 20. "I had the best time of my life. It wasn't supposed to end like this, but I wouldn't change this season at all."
Less than a month later he was sitting in his living room with his parents and brother watching the opening rounds of the MLB Draft.
His target was to get drafted in the third round, which would guarantee a signing bonus of at least $500,000. Anything higher (the signing bonus for the fourth round dipped to $350,000) and he was prepared to pack his bags for Athens.
"I knew there was a 50-50 chance that I would go in the third round," Tyler said. "We were sitting there, and my (representative) was on the phone, and he said that the Giants might take me in the third round. But then he called me a few minutes later and told me that I wouldn't get picked, so I knew before the third round ended what was going to happen. Whenever he told me that I just stopped watching the draft."
In between the third and fourth rounds, Tyler's phone rang again.
"The Giants called before the fourth round started and wanted to know what I would do if they drafted me, and I told them I would go to school," he said. "The (Colorado) Rockies called me in the sixth round, and I said no again. By that time I had put it behind me.
"I guess I was a little bit (disappointed), but I kept telling myself that either way I was in a good situation. I just had to keep telling myself that. But in the pit of my stomach I was preparing myself for the worst."
"The worst" didn't turn out to be so bad a few days after the draft when he visited Athens for freshman orientation.
"The first thing we did was ride by the baseball field and stop and look around," Tyler said. "Just looking at the field and seeing the renovations they did, and then on Monday morning when I was with all the students, it just got me fired up a little bit."
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Ladonis Bryant, Sr., OF, Early County
Why he's here: Stole an eye-popping 59 bases in 62 attempts and had a team-high .486 batting average. He also led the team with 41 runs and knocked in 31 RBI and smacked two homers.
Josh Black, Sr., OF/P, Westover
Why he's here: He did everything for Westover. Black was the best defensive outfielder in Region 1-AAAA and hit had a . 621 batting average to go along with 23 stolen bases. He also pitched and averaged and had an ERA under 1.00.
Stewart Tyler, So., P, Crisp County
Why he's here: Player of the Year Robert Tyler's younger brother, but he has made a name for himself on the mound, too. He was 8-1 with a 1.74 ERA and struck out 63 batters in just 45 innings in the regular season.
Kory Herrington, Sr., OF, Crisp County
Why he's here: Led the Cougars in hitting with a .423 batting average and also hit three homers and drove in 31 runs on 30 hits during the regular season.
Andrew Stroud, Sr., OF, Lee County
Why he's here: Led Lee County in hitting with a .407 batting average and hit seven home run and drove in 22 runs.
Kh'Ron McClain, Sr., OF, Deerfield
Why he's here: Was the perfect leadoff man for DWS. McClain led the Knights in hitting with a .490 batting average and stole 22 bases in the regular season.
Harris Webb, Sr., SS, Deerfield
Why he's here: The UGA signee is one of the best fielding shortstops in SW Georgia and handles the bat as well as anyone in GISA. Webb hit .425 and scored 15 runs during the regular season.
Davis Hines, Sr., OF, Deerfield
Why he's here: A fellow UGA commit like Webb, Hines was the fixture in center field for the Knights, running down everything for the last three years. He batted .426 with a home run and drove in 17 runs in the regular season.
Weston King, Sr., P, Deerfield
Why he's here: Led Knights to state title series with a 6-3 record and a 2.10 ERA and was the ace for a staff loaded with pitchers.
Tabor Raley, Fr., P, Baconton
Why he's here: Went 8-0 with a 1.24 ERA during the regular season, striking out 77 batters in just 45 innings. He also hit .320.
Michael Cowart, Jr., P, Miller County
Why he's here: Was the ace for the Pirates and had a 6-1 record with a 1.13 ERA during the regular season to help lead Miller into the playoffs.
Cole Van, So., P., Miller County
Why he's here: Went 6-3 on the mound and batted .515 to lead the Pirates in hitting. His pitching performance against Class AAAA power Cairo was the highlight of his year as he struck out 17 batters.
Dillon Hughes, Sr., OF, Southland
Why he's here: Hit a staggering .575 and finished with 23 RBI, 27 runs scored and four homers.
Taylor Walls, Jr., SS Crisp County
Why he's here: Hit .380 in regular season but hit .600 in state playoffs.
Chris Mosley, Sr., P, Lee County
Why he's here: Pitched much better than his 3-3 record and had a 2.52 ERA, striking out 60 batters in 50 innings while allowing only 17 walks.
Jack Bell, Sr., C Lee County
Why he's here: Was as solid as a rock behind the plate and ad a big year at the plate, hitting .358 with a homer and 14 RBI.
Austin Murphy, Sr., P, Deerfield
Why he's here: Was the other half of DWS' 1-2 punch on the mound for the last two years and had a 4-3 record with a 2.10 ERA for the regular season.
Brock Pinson, Sr., P, Baconton
Why he's here: Went 6-1 with a 3.27 ERA and had 59 strikeouts in 40 innings during the regular season to help the Blazers have the best season in their history. He also batted .561 with 34 RBI
Zack Bell,Jr., C, Baconton
Why he's here: Bell hit .507, belted three homers and drove in 40 runs to lead the Blazers.
Rush Brown, Sr., P,, Crisp Academy
Why he's here: Was top pitcher all year with a 2.00 ERA and will continue his baseball career next season at Truett-McConnell College.
Hunter Chambers, Jr., OF, Crisp Academy
Why he's here: Led the Wildcats with a .417 batting average and 32 RBI and hit one home run.
Reed Dillard, Fr., P, Southland
Why he's here: Was the Raiders' ace in the regular season (39 IP, 2.69 ERA, 26 strikeouts, 1.21 WHIP) but was even better in the playoffs with 1.00 ERA and eight strikeouts in 14 innings pitched.
Blake Voyles, Sr., DH, Bainbridge
Why he's here: Led the Bearcats with a .395 batting average and a .510 on-base percentage. He also had 14 RBI and scored 11 runs.
Tate Lambert, Jr., OF, Bainbridge
Why he's here: Hit .375 with a .415 on-base percentage and finished the year with 10 RBI and 16 runs.
Garrett Vann, Jr., OF, SGA
Why he's here: Led the team with a .379 batting average and was second with 17 RBI. He also was 10-for-10 on stolen base attempts.
Alex Chambless, Sr., 2B, SGA
Why he's here: Led SGA with 27 runs scored in 21 games and was 10-for-12 in stolen base attempts. He was the lead-off hitter and batted .329 overall and .375 with runners in scoring position.
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The Nike Hyperfuse has been a favorite of Rondo's for the past few seasons. Wednesday night against the Suns at TD Garden, he broke out a new pair-the Hyperfuse 2012 low. They feature a green upper, Nike's famous "Fuse" technology throughout, a white swoosh on each side/toe box & Rajon's logo on the tongue. The Hyperfuse low just started appearing on NBA athletes and should make it's way to retail by Spring 2013. As of today, you can only find them in limited colorways on Ebay and at certain sneaker boutiques.
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I can understand, in the heat of that moment, after being hounded by Hamilton, venting a little at being passed. Nothing wrong with that, and he did get back onto Hamilton just fine. Unfortunately, the back-markers were not to be encountered again, so opportunities to reverse the pass did not come. This was an excellent race between two drivers of equal capability in well matched car- could have ended either way. Seb leaving room for a safe Hamilton pass was excellent, and showed he was emotionally together, regardless of the radio rant.


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The legislation could be introduced as early as today or tomorrow by Del. Brian R. Moe and Sen. Leonard H. Teitelbaum, who serve on the Joint Technology Oversight Committee, said Steve Sakamoto-Wengel, assistant attorney general in the Consumer Protection Division.
Alpharetta, Ga.-based ChoicePoint discovered in October that it had sold personal consumer data to thieves posing as legitimate companies. The data-collection company, which culls information from public documents and sells it to other companies, began alerting more than 34,000 California residents in January.
Investigators told ChoicePoint that the problem reached beyond California. Last month, the company began notifying a total of 145,000 residents across the country, including 2,750 residents in Maryland.
Moe, a Democrat who represents portions of Anne Arundel and Prince George's counties, could not be reached for comment yesterday evening. Teitelbaum said privacy issues have been in the forefront during this session of the General Assembly as consumer concern has grown over the rising number of identity theft cases.
Teitelbaum, a Montgomery County Democrat, expects passage of the legislation.
"I can't imagine who would oppose it," he said.
Under the proposed legislation, any company doing business in Maryland that collects personal information about residents would be required to notify them as soon as possible once a security breach is discovered, Teitelbaum said. Personal information includes Social Security numbers, credit and debit card account information, driver's license and medical information.
Additionally, once companies no longer need a customer's personal information, they would be required to destroy it.
The law "would include security rules for discarding personal information collected," said Sakamoto-Wengel, whose office has been working with legislators on the bill. "You can't just throw it in the trash can."
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The Community Foundation of Louisville is now accepting applications to the Brian Jennemann Memorial Scholarship Fund, a perpetual endowment fund created by Brian's parents to honor his life and commitment to helping others.
On July 20, 2001, Brian died after a brief battle with meningococcal meningitis. Brian was an emergency medical technician employed by Jefferson County EMS and known for his love of the profession.
His mother, Debbie Newton, lives in Crestwood.
While some say the city's historic district ordinance is undermining property values in La Grange, others say the ordinance is the city's only hope for preservation. Guidelines for new or renovated property in the historical district include restrictions regarding work to awnings, cornices, decks, doors, fencing, gutters, brickwork, porches, driveways, sidewalks, retaining walls, roofs, siding, signs, skylights, and windows.
The Oldham County Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Oldham County Fiscal Court, Oldham County Tourism Commission and The Oldham Era unveiled a new community brand Tuesday. The new brand is expected to be recognized throughout Oldham County and utilized on community and business letterheads, public signage, economic development, tourism and other community marketing materials. More than 100 slogans/logos were submitted through a contest facilitated by the 2007 and 2008 classes of Leadership Oldham County.
Members of the Oldham County Fiscal Court plan to extend the county's agreement for the One-Call Now service.
Judge-Executive Duane Murner will sign the agreement after officials from the county's six incorporated cities sign an interlocal agreement to extend service for four years.
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Cautiously creeping up to the intersection of Ky. 146 and Third Street, La Grange Mayor Elsie Carter looks to each direction before crossing the street.
"Yee haw!" she yells as she firmly presses the gas pedal of her E-Z-Go golf cart – a $4,000 investment she made a year ago, which includes padded seats, flames on the side, chrome wheels, two tall orange flags and no seat belts.
"You oughta get yourself a golf cart because it's fun," Carter said, chuckling. "You see things you never see when driving a car."
• George Chapman, appointed to Assessment Appeals Board, three-year term;
• Chris Haunz, currently an alternate, appointed to Code Enforcement Board, one-year term;
• Stephen Moss, first-step recommendation to be alternate on Code Enforcement Board; and
• Steve Shultz, re-appointed to Oldham County Ethics Commission, three-year term.
Francis and Agnes Gladwin to James and Shannon Howell, lot 242, Kentucky Acres, 3113 Setting Sun Court, Crestwood, $238,000.
Christine Wheeler and Asa Kemplin to Kristin and Robert Wilson, lot 12, Moody Heights, 1201 Amy Ave., Crestwood, $157,000.
Kevin and Kelly Markle to Scott and Tammy Blevins, tract 30, Borowick Farms, 4200 Evergreen Road, Crestwood, $251,000.
Pamela Sample, executrix for Alice Povey to Darrell and Theresa Oldham, 2601 Povey Lane, Crestwood, $60,000.
Members of the Oldham-La Grange Development Authority are close to reaching an agreement with The Hocker Group to develop a portion of Oldham Reserve.
Don Basham, OLDA chairman, said OLDA met this past Thursday and approved some changes to the agreement, which they then sent back to The Hocker Group.
Negotiations stopped last year between the two, mainly due to the state of the economy, Basham said, and some infrastructure improvements associated with Oldham Reserve.
Members of the Oldham County Fiscal Court heard a first reading of an ordinance to rescind an ordinance passed in March that requires home and business owners to register their alarm systems with local police.
The new ordinance eliminates an annual charge – $20 for a residence, $40 for a business – associated with registering the alarm systems with local police.
A permit is still required for alarm users and permits must be updated or renewed only if the property changes hands.
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This afternoon, President Obama visited the Walker Jones Education Campus in Washington, D.C. to participate in a town hall with youth, and to announce new commitments in support of the My Brother's Keeper Initiative.
As the President said today, "We want fewer young men in jail; we want more of them in college. We want fewer young men on the streets; we want more in the boardrooms. We want everybody to have a chance to succeed in America. And it's possible if we've got the kind of team that we set up today."
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At a ceremony at the White House this afternoon, President Obama presented the Medal of Honor to Staff Sergeant Ryan M. Pitts for his unwavering courage in one of the fiercest battles of the Afghanistan war.
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LANDOVER, MD - NOVEMBER 15: Rocky McIntosh of the Washington Redskins celebrates after sacking Michael Vick of the Philadelphia Eagles on November 15, 2010 at FedExField in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
The St. Louis Rams and outside linebacker Rocky McIntosh, a starter for most of six seasons with the Redskins, have signed a free-agent contract. The 29-year-old McIntosh could challenge for a starting spot in St. Louis, which has also signed Jo-Lonn Dunbar and Mario Haggan to contracts at the position. McIntosh was a second-round draft pick in 2006 and played under Gregg Williams, the Rams' defensive coordinator who has been suspended indefinitely for his role in the Saints bounty scandal. McIntosh worked out for the Rams on Wednesday and coach Jeff Fisher said the player's familiarity with the defensive system is a major plus.
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tidal currents2,3 (Georgia Tech Research Corporation, 2011). The model used in the study was the three-dimensional Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS),4 which is often used in modeling studies of coastal oceanography and tidal circulation. The model was configured with eight vertical layers and set up for 52 model domains, with grid resolutions in the range of 350 m. Each domain included a section of coast or a particular bay, with offshore boundaries that included part of the adjacent continental shelf. The models were forced at their offshore boundaries by predicted tidal constituents, using the Advanced Circulation Model (ADCIRC) tidal database5 for the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico regions and the TPXO database6 for the West Coast region. River inflows and atmospheric forcing (such as wind) were not considered, and stratification and density-induced currents were not simulated. The landward model boundaries and bathymetry were defined using coastline data from the National Ocean Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and digital sounding data from NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center. The effect of tidal flats was initially evaluated but not considered in the final model setup and runs.
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2 K. Haas, Z. Defne, H.M. Fritz, and L. Jiang, Georgia Tech Savannah; S.P. French, Georgia Tech Atlanta; and B. Smith, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, "Assessment of energy production potential from tidal streams in the United States," Presentation to the committee on November 15, 2010.
3 K. Haas, H.M. Fritz, and L. Jiang, Georgia Tech Savannah, "Assessment of tidal stream energy potential for the United States," Presentation to the committee on February 8, 2011.
4 See http://www.myroms.org/. Accessed June 21, 2011.
5 See http://www.unc.edu/ims/ccats/tides/tides.htm. Accessed June 21, 2011.
6 See http://www.esr.org/polar_tide_models/Model_TPXO71.html. Accessed June 21, 2011.
7 V.S. Neary, K. Stewart, and B. Smith, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, "Validation of tidal current resource assessment," Presentation to the committee on February 8, 2011.


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SOUTHFIELD, Mich. -- Miguel Cabrera doesn't strike out very much. While becoming the first player to hit for the Triple Crown since 1967, the Detroit Tigers third baseman fanned just 98 times in 622 at-bats in 2012. So you can understand why any pitcher who gets the best of Cabrera would brag about it, and Tigers reliever Phil Coke did just that during a winter caravan stop Thursday afternoon. Coke -- a prodigious story-teller with a great sense of humor -- recounted his Major League debut with the New York Yankees in 2008, how he came in from the bullpen and got one of the game's best hitters to go down swinging on a slider. Coke went on to tell about how -- after he and Cabrera become teammates in 2010 -- Miggy questioned whether he had ever faced Coke before. Watch the above video to hear Coke's very colorful story of how that conversation went down, and see two of his teammates -- Torii Hunter and Prince Field -- totally crack up as he tells it.
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This week there are two portions read on Shabbat Behar and Bechukotai. The second portion is the classic source for the details of the pact between Adonai and the Jewish people. In short, the Torah tells us that if we keep God's commandments the land will be fruitful providing us with its bounty and we shall be safe and happy. On the other hand, if we do not obey God's commandments, we will be rejected by the land and punished by God.
As modern liberal Jews, we cannot help but cringe when we read the warnings set forth in this portion. "If you reject My law . . . so that you do not observe all my commandments and you break My covenant. . . I will wreak misery upon you – consumption and fever which cause the eyes to pine and the body to languish . . ." and that is just the beginning of verse upon verse of horrifying consequences for disobeying God's laws.
I would venture to say that we do not subscribe to a God of reward and punishment. To the extent that we believe in a God operating in the world, we certainly do not imagine a figure keeping a cosmic tally of each and every one of our misdeeds waiting to make us suffer should we break the covenant. How do we engage with this text which puts forth a view of God which is so antithetical to our modern sensibilities and values?
It would be easy to simply dismiss this problematic text, disowning it as part of our heritage. Another similar move is to historicize it, saying to ourselves that this strain of belief was a product of certain moment in ancient times which has passed. However our charge and challenge as Reconstructionist Jews is to figure out how to contend with this difficult text and, indeed, other problematic elements of our tradition. We need to figure out how to make them meaningful. This can be done either through a reinterpretation that gives such elements relevance and resonance or we can accept that there are dark strains in our tradition (as there are in all traditions) and reflect on how they might still impact on our current practice.
One example of finding relevance in this text would be to read this text metaphorically. If we think about this from a psychological perspective, we can see this text as being about being true to ourselves, it is a text about authenticity. In this light, the punishments describe the toll that is taken when we operate in ways that are not in line with our values and sense of how we want to be in the world. Acting in such a way can lead to anxiety, depression, "ruin" in ways that are emotional and sometimes truly physical.
This is merely one thought about how best to contend with such passages and I am curious to hear your thoughts. Please feel invited to respond in the comments section!
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I think that is a great read of the passage. I was thinking about this passage and getting frustrated - Is God really nothing more than someone who gifts us toys when we play nice and punishes us when we do wrong - bad parenting! But if we, like you suggest, read God to be some inner voice, maybe the best parts of us, not following that does lead us astray. As the narrator in Pippin once said "he ran from himself which is might far to run."
I was thinking about parenting too
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Thanks for your comment and for that great quote from Pippin. The metaphor of parent (specifically father) and child is one often used by the Rabbis to examine the relationship between God and the people of Israel, so it's not surprising that the reading should come up. Another way to approach this parasha is to use it as an opportunity to reflect on our own parenting. Do we find this reward and punish relationship distasteful (or worse!)? How do we measure up in our own guidance for our children? Are we making them jump through hoops or guiding them to find their own moral center? Are we giving them the tools they need to make good decisions on their own? These are all questions raised when we look at parenting through the lens of this parasha.


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Games could be moved back to Cabaniss next month
CORPUS CHRISTI - Cabaniss Multipurpose Stadium could be open for business -- of the football kind -- in less than a month.
Even with the recent deluge courtesy of Tropical Storm Hermine, officials with AstroTurf, the company installing the stadium's new synthetic turf, say Oct. 5 still is a reasonable goal to hand over the field to the Corpus Christi Independent School District.
It is possible -- though not guaranteed -- that games scheduled for Buc Stadium on Thursday, Oct. 7 or Saturday, Oct. 9 could find new homes and dates. Brenda Marshall, the CCISD athletic director, said she would have a firmer feel over the next couple of weeks whether Cabaniss could be used at the start of October.
Marshall added that her department was prepared for such an event. The CCISD has two schedules in place. There is the public one that wrote off using Cabaniss this year and a Plan B that shifted games, sites and dates each week of the season from August to November if Cabaniss became available at any juncture.
Season-ticket holders were given two sets of tickets. One set was based on a Buc-only schedule, while the other factored in the possibility of using Cabaniss each week.
"Obviously, some of the games would stay at Buc," Marshall said. "If we were able to go back to two stadiums at any point, it's possible not to have Thursday or Saturday games or fewer Thursday or Saturday games."
Marshall added that, barring any surprises, Oct. 5 was the target. But there have been a few surprises already.
The CCISD had blueprints of what was supposed to be under the field. Marshall said the athletic department anticipated using about six big blue dumpsters to haul off debris from under the field. They used 60.
Cabaniss, once the site of a U.S. Navy base, had old gas pipes encased in sand with three-foot thick walls of concrete surrounding the pipes.
"It just delayed the progress," said Bryan Jones, AstroTurf's Southwest region project manager. "Usually we don't see that much concrete hauled away."
AstroTurf laid down asphalt where the stadium's track was located, actually elevating the track in the process. With the asphalt in place and debris removed, the drainage system and electric equipment were installed. The turf and tools arrived last weekend.
Now AstroTurf's workers are installing it. A large cart with a giant mounted sewing machine will double-stitch, hook and loop 15-foot rolls of the field together in an east-west direction. The center hash marks were assembled in the factory -- Jones said the company's 100,000-square foot plant in Dalton, Ga., makes AstroTurf the only synthetic turf company that can prefabricate some portions of the field.
"We have to only put in the sideline hashes and end-zone logos," Jones said. "That saved us about four days of time to prefab the field."
Sand and foam rubber will be layered. The nylon RootZone prevents the sand splash sometimes seen when players run, dive or cut on televised games. Jones added that the turf is about 2 ½ inches tall, though only about half an inch to five-eighths of an inch will show above the field.
"It gives a good cushion for the players," he said.
What they will be playing on is what Jones termed "The Ferrari of turf." The field is a 60-ounce product called AstroTurf GameDay 3D 60. Jones and Marshall both said they believed Cabaniss will be the only field in South Texas outfitted with such a heavy turf, which should help promote the field's durability and longevity.
The grass is horseshoe fiber turf, which flexes down when stepped on, but is supposed to bounce back up when the player moves forward. And it has what Jones called AstroFlect technology, which he said should reduce the field temperature by 10- to 15-percent as opposed to other turfs.
If it does not live up to the hype, there's an eight-year full-coverage warranty.
It now comes down to hitting the target date. Jones said Monday, Sept. 20 was the date in mind to begin resurfacing the track at the stadium. If the Oct. 5 completion goal is reached, football likely will be played that weekend at Cabaniss. If not, two weeks later is a reasonable target, with Thursday and Friday games at Buc and a doubleheader slated for Buc on Saturday.
Either way, Marshall said CCISD coaches are eager to try out the new turf.
"There are some schools or places that we are going to play in the playoffs that have (synthetic) turf," Marshall said. "The attitude of the athletic coordinators was to get a few games in on our turf so they would be ready for playing on turf during the playoffs."
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I'm currently playing around with a build / deployment script for minifying static resources. Following good practice I'd like to set an expire header far into the future for most of my javascript, stylesheet and images.
To my question, when one or more of the static files has changed clients should ask for the newest version of the file. Will adding something like /css/style.css ?1235 after the url be enough to trigger a new request? Or do I have to rename all my static files for each build (something like /css/style _12345.css)?
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At 5%, Austria's unemployment rate is high in a historical perspective though still lower than in most OECD countries. The same is true for the youth unemployment rate, which at 10% is twice the level of the rate for the total labour force. While the employment rate in 2014 is above the rate before and during the crisis, the reversal in the increase in unemployment is yet to come.
Specific country notes have been prepared using data from the database OECD Health Statistics 2014, June 2014 version. The notes are available in PDF format.
The average worker in Austria faced a tax burden on labour income (tax wedge) of 49.1% in 2013 compared with the OECD average of 35.9%. Austria was ranked 3 of the 34 OECD member countries in this respect.
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This note presents key findings for Austria from Society at a Glance 2014 - OECD Social indicators. This 2014 publication also provides a special chapter on: the crisis and its aftermath: a "stress test" for societies and for social policies.
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Note summarising the performance of 15-year-old students in Austria in the PISA 2012 assessment of mathematics, reading and science.
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Highlights for Austria from Pensions at a Glance which is a comprehensive examination of pension systems in OECD and selected non-OECD countries looking at recent trends in retirement and working at older ages, evolving life expectancy, design of pension systems, pension entitlements, and private pensions.
Two rounds of the Survey of Adult Skills are under way: Round 1 (2008-13) with 24 participating countries, whose results were released in October 2013, and Round 2 (2012-16) with 9 participating countries, whose results will be released in 2016. A third round is scheduled to begin in May 2014.
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How's Life? 2013 - Country note - Austria (PDF)
The EU Better Regulation project is a partnership between the OECD and the European Commission. It draws on the initiatives for Better Regulation promoted by both organisations over the last few years.
This short thematic paper summarises the key findings of the study visit.