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Institutional Planning, Research and Effectiveness (IPRE) Office
Program Level Assessment
Chesapeake College's Academic Program Review Goals
Chesapeake College's Academic Program Review process was reviewed, modified and approved by the Academic Program and Curricula Committee (APC) in spring 2009. Academic Program Review process is designed to provide program faculty the opportunity to:
- Perform an internal evaluation of the current program and services offered.
- Assess program and student learning outcomes.
- Ensure course content and methodology are meeting the needs of both the students and the community.
- Ensure course content and methodology are prepared to meet the future needs of the students and the community.
- Measure alignment of the program with the college mission.
Academic Program Review is not:
- A method by which to rank/compare programs
- A process resulting in punitive actions toward faculty/staff
The following information presented is intended to provide faculty with tools, information and an institutional process for making, monitoring and assessing program modifications and improvements.
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We posed to our panel of religious leaders of the region the following question:
No room for God: Standing on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, his holiness Pope Benedict XVI reportedly said in his Dec. 25 address: We are so "full" of ourselves that there is no room left for God. What do you think of this statement of the largest religious leader on earth who commands a following of about 1.2 billion adherents?
Here is what they have to say:NEED TO MAKE ROOM FOR GOD ...

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Short 10 Cinema Webfest
Friday, January 24, 2014 - 10:15 to Saturday, January 25, 2014 - 10:15
Everett Historic Theater
Short10Cinema and their sponsors bring a two day film festival to the Everett Historic Theater. The festival will feature six short films which will be voted on by the audience, live music from Clayton Ballard, the web series STILL followed by a Q&A with the cast, beer, wine, and good times. If you're staying in Everett for the festival, check their Facebook for discounted room rates for festival guests. Tickets are $15.00-$45.00.


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JSE stocks end upComment on this story
South African stocks ended slightly higher on Monday as platinum mining stocks including Anglo American Platinum reclaimed lost ground after taking a beating for months.
Shares of the world's largest platinum miner jumped 2.66 percent to 482 rand as investors snapped up precious metals stocks, now regarded as cheap relative to their historical highs.
"While platinum stocks are facing a lot of problems such as questions over the market's fundamentals, costs and union issues, these are often overpriced, and I now think we will see what we call relief rallies," said Afrifocus Securities portfolio manager Ferdi Heyneke.
The JSE Top-40 blue-chip index was up 0.4 percent at 29,189.72 and the broader All-share index gained 0.34 percent to 33,104.06.
Investors were also encouraged by the rise in European stocks and the euro's bounce back from two-year lows as Greek polls showed growing support for pro-bailout parties, which eased speculation about a disorderly exit by Athens from the region's single currency.
Much of the uncertainty has already been priced into local stocks, Heyneke said, adding banks and retails shares were also holding up well.
Shares in Impala Platinum, the world's second largest producer of the precious metal, gained 2.62 percent to 137.41 rand and Lonmin added 2.56 percent to 98.10 rand.
The world's three largest producers have taken a knock of close to 20 percent in the last three months due to concerns of over-supply and labour unrest.
Advantages outnumbered decliners by 152 to 120 and 68 stocks were unchanged. Total turnover was 659 billion rand on Monday. - Reuters
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Download the Sudden Unexplained Infant Death Investigation Reporting Form (SUIDIRF)
SUIDIRF Forms and User Guide
SUIDIRF Electronic Version
- Download the Sudden Unexplained Infant Death Investigation Reporting Form—Electronic Version (SUIDIRF—EV) Application [ZIP - 1.8MB]
In response to numerous requests, the CDC's SUID Initiative has created an electronic version of the SUIDIRF in Microsoft Access. This application is available for download to your computer and is modifiable based upon your jurisdictional needs.
- Electronic Form Application User Guide [PDF - 421KB]
SUIDIRF—EV Installation Instructions
The electronic Access version of the SUIDIRF is best viewed utilizing a setting of at least 1024 x 768. Higher resolutions work just as well; however, lower resolutions (800 x 600) may not display the entire form on the screen.
The following installation instructions apply exclusively to those made directly from this Web site.
- Step 1: Create a folder on your PC into where you will be installing the SUIDIRF—EV application (ex: ..\My documents\SUID\).
- Step 2: Save the downloadable zip file to the folder you created in step 1.
- Step 3: Go to the zip file in your new folder and unzip the file to the same location.
- Step 4: Once you have unzipped the file double click on the SUID version 1.8.mdb to open up MS Access or you can open MS Access and find the and open it.
- Step 5: MS Access warnings you may see when opening the application each time and how to handle
- Warning 1: When you first bring up the application you will most likely see a security warning message that MS-Access gives to all users. "Security Warning: Unsafe expressions are not blocked. Do you want to block unsafe expressions?"
Click on the NO button.
- Warning 2: "This file may not be safe if it contains code that was intended to harm your computer. Do you want to continue or cancel this operation?"
Click the OPEN button.
- Warning 1: When you first bring up the application you will most likely see a security warning message that MS-Access gives to all users. "Security Warning: Unsafe expressions are not blocked. Do you want to block unsafe expressions?"
- Step 6: Once you have finished step 5 the application will be unlocked the main features of the software and it brings you to the main "Database Window." This window displays the data structures (e.g., tables, queries, forms, macros). The application's menu will be fully activated as well.
Using the SUIDIRF—EV
When you open the SUIDIRF—EV, you will see a blue screen with the CDC logo and SUID. This will quickly disappear and the first screen of the reporting form will be displayed. You will automatically start in the primary SUIDI form tab, in the Infant Demographics section.
You may view or alter all these structures from this Database Window. For example to view or change the definitions of a particular table, go to the Tables menu and after selecting the desired table press the "Design" button. To run the program from the main database window, go to the forms section and after selecting the MainShell form press the "Open" button.
Entering Data
You may enter data in each of the forms by selecting the appropriate button from the control tab. All forms follow the same pattern of input—you must be in EDIT or ADD mode to enter data. The default VIEW mode prevents you from modifying any existing or new data (see User Manual for more information on this topic).
Because the SUIDIRF—EV is set to the VIEW mode as a default, you must click "Add New Record" in the bottom right Navigation Bar. This will be the only choice illuminated. You are now in the ADD mode. Once you enter the basic identifying information, this information will appear as a header on all forms. You continue entering case information on this infant death until you have completed all the information necessary.
To enter or edit information, you must be in the EDIT mode. The EDIT mode is reached by pressing the EDIT button on the bottom right side Navigation Bar. Information on how to enter the EDIT mode is presented in the Navigation Bar section.
You do not have to enter data in all forms to generate a valid record. A record will be generated when you enter data in at least one form.
Warning and Disclaimer
This software is public domain. No individual, business, or firm of any sort is authorized to resell it or commercially redistribute it for any financial gains. Although being public domain, the CDC retains the intellectual rights over this application and is only responsible for its support while no one else modifies it. If any modifications are made to the software or to any of the data structures within this application, CDC cannot be held responsible for any adverse effects, problems, or incorrect data that such modifications could potentially bring. The CDC cannot be asked to fix any issues that are brought as a result of any modifications. Failure to heed this warning may render this application unusable.
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Franklin senior Maggie Stewart, right, has committed to play basketball for Catawba Valley Community College.
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Hope is strong for the future with the makeup of the Reynolds softball team.
The present is not so bad either.
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Artish: Harvey Danger Song: Moral Centralia Album: Little by Little Little Guitar Riff: E----------------------- B----------------------- G----------------------- D-7-5-4--5--5-4---4-1--- A----------------------- E----------------------- Verse 1: (No Guitar) "You are weak, I am strong, and I've done nothing but lead you on," she said. (Piano Fill) Chorus: G A# Drove around all night, D High E stoplights were interminable, G A# But I get along all right D HighE G as long I don't have to interact A# D HighE With anyone else on a meaningful level, G A# D I'll be fine Because I don't want to marry my convictions, (not right now)
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Dupuis delivers Pens to victory over Lightning
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TAMPA – Penguins winger Pascal Dupuis had broken the 20-goal barrier on two other occasions in his NHL career.
Of course, he only required 41 games to reach the mark this time.
Dupuis stayed hot and so did his team, as the Penguins won their third consecutive game thanks to a 6-3 victory on Thursday against the Lightning.
"The guy is just awesome," said teammate Tanner Glass, who notched his first goal of the season.
"It's a contract year for Duper, isn't it?"
Yes, it is. And while Dupuis' value is skyrocketing, his ego is remaining firmly grounded.
"I get to play with great teammates," Dupuis said. "That helps a lot."
Still, Dupuis' season has been startlingly good.
In a regular 82-game season, he would be on pace for 40 goals. Dupuis picked up his 20th goal of the season and added two assists against the Lightning.
"Absolutely, he's been impressive," left wing Brenden Morrow said. "I don't want to say he wasn't that same player when I saw him more frequently in Minnesota. But he's just playing with so much confidence now. The way he shoots now, and the way he skates. He's quite a player."
Dupuis, who rarely sees power play time, is now tied with Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane for fifth in the NHL goal-scoring race. Dupuis trails league-leaders Alex Ovechkin and Steven Stamkos by six goals.
He picked up a rare power-play goal in the first period. With the Penguins already ahead 1-0 on the strength of a Jussi Jokinen goal – he would later add another and now has three goals in three games with the Penguins – Dupuis went to work with the second power-play unit.
Right wing Tyler Kennedy found himself open in the slot and fired a shot. Goalie Ben Bishop directed the rebound in Dupuis' direction. In what perfectly illustrates his game, Dupuis used his quickness to beat the Lightning penalty killers to the puck and buried a shot past Bishop.
Goal scoring is a recent addition to Dupuis' game. He's always been sound defensively and now is a plus-27, the second finest mark in the NHL. Only Kunitz, at plus-29, owns a better number.
"He's just so fast and has such a great stick on the first check," Glass said. "He does so many things well that we want to do well. He's great on the wall. He's just really good right now."
So are the Penguins.
Coach Dan Bylsma's team has now won 18 of its past 20 games and improved its record to 3-2 without center Sidney Crosby, who surprised teammates by making the trip to Tampa Bay to watch the contest.
Along with Jokinen's two goals and Glass adding his first of the season, Evgeni Malkin and Kunitz added goals for the Penguins, who never trailed. They can finish off a perfect southern road trip with a victory at Florida on Saturday.
Along with the slick offensive work, aided by the return of defenseman Kris Letang, the Penguins showed plenty of grit.
Morrow had a couple of confrontations with Bishop, which led to some fireworks in the third period.
"He introduced me to his trapper," Morrow said. "I let him know that if I'm in the blue paint, it's OK. But if I'm not, then I will be upset."
Bishop allowed three goals in the final 25 minutes following the incident.
Dupuis, meanwhile, continued to introduce his newfound scoring touch to the NHL.
"We are all really satisfied," Dupuis said. "It's a good win for us."
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Long Island will soon add one more reality show to its resume.
Chris Dunn, president of LI-based production company Lilly and Sophie Enterprises, held auditions for "Growing up Gold Coast" last week, with more than 100 hopefuls trying out for a spot in the show. Dunn hopes to make it less "Jersey Shore" and more "The Hills" for LI.
"People think its overdue," said Dunn, 29. "That's why we're making it happen here."
The show will follow in the footsteps of prior LI-based reality shows like "Growing Up Gotti," documenting the lives of local mafia offspring, and "Growing Up Twisted," which starred the family of Twisted Sister front man Dee Snider, who lives in East Setauket.
"Growing up Gold Coast" will feature eight to 10 people living all around Long Island, not in the same house, Dunn said. It will chronicle the personal lives of young adults and their careers, but Dunn said it won't be like other reality shows that center around young people partying and fighting with each other.
The show is "not just [about] parties and everything, and just stupidity," Dunn said. "That's not what we're really going for."
He said the show is in negotiations with different networks to call home.
As for the cast, they all must have: "interesting stories, interesting lives, and convey that good to the camera," he said. "At the end of the day it's very important that they have a personality."
During last week's auditions, Dunn said they had a guy who was one of the runners-up for "Jersey Shore" show up and rip his shirt off. Two girls who are best friends—and used to date—walked in handcuffed. A go-go dancer showed up as well as musicians, comedians and actors.
"We really got a lot of interesting people," he said.
Judging the auditions at 841 East Lounge in Huntington were Dunn, Jill Nicolini of WPIX-TV Ch. 11 and Jim Kelly. Contestants had to be between the ages of 21-31.
Dunn said the show may hold another casting call at a later date, but he hopes to start taping in June. And although the show is titled "Growing up Gold Coast," judges wouldn't rule out casting somebody that isn't from Long Island.
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Apple updates Mavericks Mail app to better Gmail compatibility
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Mavericks Mail update fixes Gmail glitches
Apple has released an update for the Mail application in OS X Mavericks that corrects issues users were experiencing in syncing the app with their Gmail accounts. The update, first rumored on Monday, "improves stability and compatibility with Gmail, and includes fixes for users with custom Gmail settings." The update is a 32.46MB download, and it is available from Apple's Support Pages.
The new update requires OS X Mavericks 10.9. Also expected in the near future are updates to Mavericks versions of Safari, iBooks, and Remote Desktop. Apple has been seeding those builds to workers within the company, which Apple usually does before releasing such an update.


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Steve David hoped to head into retirement as a champion, but he and the Oh Boy! Oberto team were denied the title at the Bayfair San Diego race.
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Quicken Loans offers one of the biggest and best benefits packages out there, including medical, dental, life and vision coverage, 401k with 75% employer match (up to $2,500 annually), a flexible spending account, and more! We want your family to be protected too, so our benefits don't stop with you, and include same-sex domestic partner benefits.
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With all of this, we can't think of a more exciting place to work. We LOVE our team members, and think it's important that people work at a company where they jump out of bed in the morning and proclaim, "YIPPEE! I can't wait to go to work!"
Everything we do is ENGINEERED TO AMAZE. Our client-focused culture ignites passion, accelerates results, and leads folks to the right decision with certainty. Our brand is our reputation. It's the promise we make – so it has to be the promise we ALWAYS keep! But how do we do this? Well, it's pretty simple. In everything we do, we ask ourselves, "Is this engineered to amaze?" It's all fueled by our ISMs – the ideals we live by that make Quicken Loans a competitive and AWESOME place to work! By seeing the amazing outcome we want for our clients (and believing in it!), we've fine-tuned our processes, technologies, products, and the entire client experience. This promise is our guiding light, a core philosophy, and the way we think about our business every day.
At Quicken Loans, we don't just show you the slushie machine and your list of clients then wish you good luck with a friendly shove. As a team member, you'll get training that'll transform you into a home loan wiz chock full of knowledge! You'll love that the learning, growth, and support never ends here. We always empower you to make a difference and be THE DIFF!
Yep, we said perks. We offer one of the most highly competitive benefits packages available. Our team members get medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k with employer match, a flexible spending account, and more! We wouldn't be named to FORTUNE magazine's list of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" in America if it weren't for the company perks. From referral bonuses to basketball tickets, barbecues, and so much more – there's just no better place to be! See what we mean: 11 PAID HOLIDAYS PER CALENDAR YEAR FAMILY OF COMPANIES DISCOUNTS EVEN MORE DISCOUNTS FREE ON-SITE, SECURE PARKING, CAPPUCCINO, SLUSHIES & POPCORN ON-SITE AMENITIES (Detroit locations only) ORGANIC FRESH FRUIT DELIVERED WEEKLY PAID TIME OFF TO VOLUNTEER FREE EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS ON FINANCIAL AND HEALTH TOPICS
Dan Gilbert
Dan Gilbert is Founder and Chairman of Quicken Loans Inc., the nation's largest online home lender and a top-five retail lender in the United States.
Dan founded Rock Financial in 1985. The company grew into Quicken Loans, one of the largest independent mortgage lenders in the country and, in the late 1990s, launched its Internet strategy and quickly positioned itself as the fastest growing direct mortgage lender on the Internet.
Dan is also majority owner of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers, the NBA Development League's Canton (Ohio) Charge, the American Hockey League's (AHL) Lake Erie Monsters, and the Arena Football League's (AFL) Cleveland Gladiators, as well as the operator of the Quicken Loans Arena ("The Q") in Cleveland, Ohio.
Bill Emerson
Bill Emerson is Chief Executive Officer of Quicken Loans Inc., the nation's largest online home lender. Bill is responsible for the day-to-day leadership and growth of Quicken Loans.
Bill joined the company in 1993 as a mortgage banker. His passion and commitment for learning and growing, and his zeal for taking care of clients, helped him take on many roles at the company. He pioneered Dan Gilbert's Mortgage-In-A-Box concept, a way of doing business over the phone, which led to the centralized business model that Quicken Loans utilizes today.
Bill's leadership ability has afforded him the opportunity to run several business units at Quicken Loans, including the early stages of the company's web center and a joint venture with Michigan National Bank. Bill also led all mortgage operations for the company, where he was responsible for driving performance within all Quicken Loans businesses.
Jay Farner
Jay Farner is President and Chief Marketing Officer of Quicken Loans. Jay is responsible for leveraging the synergies between the company's marketing and mortgage banking operations. This strategic alliance has played a key role in the company's record $30 billion in retail home loan volume in 2011.
In addition, Jay serves as Portfolio Manager for the Quicken Loans Family of Companies, and is a director on several of the family's Boards, including Cellerant, a biotechnology company focused on developing human therapeutics for blood-related disorders and cancer; Sociocast, an intelligence platform providing real-time audience data and user behavior to content companies and advertisers; ePrize, the leader in the interactive promotions industry; and Protect America, a leading home security company using cutting-edge technology to provide 24-hour protection for its customers.
Bob Walters
Bob Walters is Chief Economist and Vice President of the Capital Markets Group for Quicken Loans Inc. In this position, he develops new products and ensures all products meet investors' standards for quality. Walters joined Quicken Loans, then Rock Financial, in 1996 after holding positions at both NBD Bank (now owned by JPMorgan Chase & Co.) and DMR Financial Services.
Bob often is quoted on mortgage and personal finance issues by media including CNN, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, Reuters, Dow Jones, Bloomberg, MarketWatch, and many others.
We've got a special formula to keep Quicken Loans a growing, thriving and amazing place to work – our ISMs. Having a lot more to do with WHO we are than WHAT we do, no matter where in our family of companies you work, our ISMs are the foundation and the philosophy we live by.
For example, one of our ISMs is "Obsessed With Finding A Better Way."
What does that mean?
Simply put, our mission is a never-ending quest to find a better way for every process and everything we touch. If it's good, let's make it great. If it's great, let's take it to an even higher level. Don't settle for less. In fact, don't settle at all. "Finding a better way" is not something we do on the side or when we get time. Rather, it's a key responsibility for every one of our team members. It's our passion…our way of living…our obsession.
OUR ISMs:
Every second counts.
Do the right thing.
Innovation is rewarded. Execution is worshipped.
Simplicity is genius.
We eat our own dog food.
Numbers and money follow; they do not lead.
A penny saved is a penny.
We'll figure it out.
You'll see it when you believe it.
You have to take the roast out of the oven.
We are the "they."
It's not about WHO is right, it's about WHAT is right.
Ignore the noise.
Obsessed with finding a better way.
Every client. Every time. No exceptions. No excuses.
Responding with a sense of urgency is the ante to play.
The inches we need are everywhere around us.
Always raising our level of awareness.
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Paul called by God through Christ Jesus, There are many Sauls in Churches - Anti-Christs.
Galatians 1:11-24
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Paul Called by God
11 I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin. 12 I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.
13 For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it. 14 I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers. 15 But when God, who set me apart from my mother's womb and called me by his grace, was pleased 16 to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, my immediate response was not to consult any human being. 17 I did not go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went into Arabia. Later I returned to Damascus.
18 Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephas[a] and stayed with him fifteen days. 19 I saw none of the other apostles—only James, the Lord's brother. 20 I assure you before God that what I am writing you is no lie.
21 Then I went to Syria and Cilicia. 22 I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ. 23 They only heard the report: "The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy." 24 And they praised God because of me.
In Jesus, we are solitary capable of entering into the Royal House of our Father. Fake Church Fathers are not solitary and we cannot have two Fathers in the Royal House of our Father. Master Fake Judas Iscariot was thrown out by our Father as he was not properly dressed for the Marriage of the anointed Son Christ Jesus to whom the Eleven chosen Virgins got married. Although they were married to the Son, yet they were Solitary Virgins. Saul got Holy Spirit at the Damascus experience and got Married to Christ Jesus. He was never Baptised or served Eucharist. Baptism and Eucharist is for the Jewish people for they were not the SONS OF ABRAHAM.


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I want to give Vogue 1250 a go which is one of the most popular patterns out there but I'm not sure how to grade out for my hips. I need a size 12 top and about a size 16 hips I think. From the pattern it looks like it has darts on the sides but there are no side seams - the skirt piece wraps around to the back? TIA Susan
Vogue 1250 looks like it does have side seams, from what I can tell. Even if it doesn't, you can go ahead and put side seams in, increasing the front and back pieces evenly if that's what your body needs, or more to one or the other if you have your weight in the stomach or rear end, respectively.
It doesn't have side seams on the skirt but kind of wraps around like an apron.
Could you do some kind of slash and spread at where the side seams would be.
I would bet someone has already done an alteration for hips. Have you scrolled through reviews? -- Edited on 6/8/13 10:08 AM --
Unfortunate, size 12 does not even come in the same pattern envelope as size 16. But there is only a 4 inch difference in body measurements for your hips in general for your body in the sizes on the back of the envelope between size 12 at 36 inches and size 16 at 40 inches, your hips on your body.
You might not even need to grade out at all, if your hips are really at or a bit under the 40 inches real measurement. I'm going to make it at size 12 all the way, even though my hips actually measure more like 38 or such. Just because I know and can tell it will just fit me anyways, just since the actual printed width on the pattern even for a size 12 there on the straight center back seam piece is actually 37 1/2 inches, just anyways. So for me, even with taking the full back skirt seam allowance, and at size 12, it will have a half inch of negative ease maybe. It's a knit, so that does not bother me at all.
So if you know you like size 12 in most things for the top part of it, and your bust and shoulders, that is the size I would cut. It's also an unusual and weird pattern, just since the whole front of it is cut in one with the sides of the dress that wraps around into the back seam. And the whole center front fold of it, and that center back seam is both on the straight of the lengthwise grain. I actually think it's a bad pattern and with bad pattern shapes of it, just even made that way, to fool around with it, and to even change things so the center front of it and center back of it are no longer even parallel to each other on the straight grain like that.
If you want to change it too much that way, why not just use another pattern made more in a normal way, with more normal front and back pieces and real side seams too? That new Dona Karan one Vouge 1351 instead, really looks very much like the 1250 one, but it is made in the traditional way, that it's easy to alter instead, and has real seams in all the normal places, and even has a slightly flared skirt, so probably does not even matter if your hips larger than rest size wise at all either. Did you see that one?
On the Vouge 1250 one though, maybe just hold the uncut size 12 front and sides piece up to you, wrap it around your self, and see if closes or comes close to closing around you at the largest size 14 on that same piece of tissue paper. If so I would just cut the back seam at the 14 line. If not, and you need another inch, you could probably even add a half an inch to both sides of the center back there and not even change anything else. And then just ease it on to your stretchy knit size 12 top back even. That dart on the wrap around piece at the sides of it, looks like a bad thing to mess with to me also, and I just feel since it's a loose draping knit dress anyways, and if made out of a thinnish knit, it probably will not make that much difference. Also if in a print, you probably are not even going to be seeing the dart visually much at all.
I know this sounds kind of lax on the fitting there, but since it's a loose pullover dress and needs a thin and stretchy knit to hang right, and she made it with such unusual pattern shapes, I don't think it's a good dress shape to go making a bunch of time consuming and detailed alterations to actually. Or at least not until it's actually on you. I think it's just more a quick, pop it on and let it hang kind of dress, and just takes it's shape from your body underneath it and more choose the size it's going to do the best with, with the least problems on you kind of dress instead actually.
I could get real picky with some woven garment, with lots of seams to alter and fit, but that dress is just not made of shapes in that manner, that even lends it's self to that at all, and I think not a good one to do that with, and all that kind of effort would not even show there at all either, just because it's a knit, and stretchy and the hang of it, is just more your body underneath it anyways.
Maybe not what you wanted to hear, but just kind of how I feel about it. I think most Donna Karan two way stretch knit stuff, is most times pretty body forgiving in a lot of ways, and more just drapes on, and does not even need to be fitted too much at all. If kind of in doubt you could even make it in a 4 way stretch fabric instead, then any little fitting things, have even got some more stretch in them, to cover something like a bit more fabric even needed over the hips.
Debbie Cook did a great tutorial on how she dealt with adjustments to this pattern. I followed what she suggested and the dress turned out great for me. I love this pattern and I am making my second one right now. Which reminds me I must review it. Good luck.
Waikiki, Perth, Western Australia
I also used info in Debbie Cook's post except I added side seams. Here is what I did. I too love this pattern. As soon as I have taken pics and finished hemming the dresses I have sewn I will be posting in my blog and will complete a review on this website. I now know why this is such a popular pattern.
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The "Other" Tuscany
Colli di Pisa, Etruscan Coast, the Maremma & More!
There two sides to Tuscany – the one you might have seen and the one we'll show you on The Other Tuscany. Of course on this trip you won't see the familiar places (Florence, Chianti, Brunello). Instead, you'll spend a week discovering the other part of this vast region and the specialties it has to offer. There are many tours of Northern Italy, but none quite like this!
Pricing will be based on the number of participants, room occupancy, time of year and any substantial revisions made to the above itinerary. Itinerary and activities subject to change based on time of year and availability.
Colli di Pisa, Etruscan Coast, the Maremma & More!
Arrival in Pisa, (private transfers can be arranged from either the train station or the airport). Settle into your 4-star deluxe accommodations (and spa!).
That evening we will enjoy a welcome dinner in the hotel's restaurant before starting our big adventure! (D)
Today we'll make a quick stop to see the famous Leaning Tower (and climb it if you like!). Then we head to our first appointment of the day at a wonderful "frantoio" (olive oil factory) also famous for its kiwis. Here we'll enjoy a tour of the grounds and then a delicious lunch either in the garden or in their charming dining room. We're saving dessert for last with a very special visit to one of Italy's top chocolate producers. We'll tour and taste before heading back to our hotel in late afternoon.
The evening will be free to enjoy on your own either in hotel's spa, restaurants or a local trattoria within walking distance (B, L).
We know everyone loves to eat pasta while in bell'Italia, but why not see how it is actually produced by one of the country's leading pasta companies, that is also family owned and run? One of the most delightful pasta dishes one can have is with fresh truffles. Of course fresh truffles aren't easy to find, so we will also visit a local truffle hunter (who also makes wine) and taste his products in abundance! After a little down-time at the hotel, we will head to nearby Lucca for an early evening "passagiata" through its labyrinth streets and surrounding walls before delving into a delicious dinner in typical Lucchese style.
Today we move a bit farther south to the Etruscan Coast in the Upper Maremma, the land of the "Super Tuscan" wines such as Sassicaia, Tignanello and Ornellaia. Here we start the day with a tour of the Ornellaia winery followed by a formal lunch featuring some of Italy's top wine. Afterward, we'll have a little time to visit the charming village of Bolgheri.
In late afternoon, we'll make our way to our luxurious accommodations in the coastal town of San Vincenzo. That night we'll have a light lunch at the hotel's fabulous restaurant. (B, L, D)
Today we visit the village of Suvereto where you will enjoy a tour and simple lunch and tasting in a converted 13th century "frantoio." After this, we head to the fabulous (and architecturally interesting) Petra winery to try their specialities such as Ebo, Quercegobbe, and Petra.
We return to the hotel in late afternoon. Dinner will be served in the hotel's restaurant (B, L, D)
Today we're moving even farther south into the heart of the Maremma and visiting the Maremma National Park for a walk in some of Italy's most beautiful nature reserves – located on the sea. Afterward we will enjoy the tastes of the Maremma at Fattoria Le Pupille, which features small local dishes and one of our favorite wines, Morellino di Scansano. Late afternoon we arrive at our last destination and our 4-star accommodations in Porto Santo Stefano on the Monte Argentario.
The evening will be free to enjoy on your own with plenty of nice restaurants right in the village. (B,L)
On our last day we will visit Pitigliano, a medieval village built into high tufa cliffs. The village has been chiseled, over the years, into thousands of caves and tower-houses. Then it's on to Sovana, considerd one of the most beautiful hamlets in Italy. Lunch will be served in a small farmhouse in the countryside.
That night we will celebrate our wonderful week together with a final "farewell" dinner at a 2-star Michelin restaurant.
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Grace Smith House, a local nonprofit organization that supports women and children exposed to domestic violence, is encouraging support of its internally operated and financially supported garden project.
The project began in the spring of 2011, thanks to the efforts of a tenant of the nonprofit as well as the Community Foundation and community supporters. Lori Rolison, member of the Buildings and Grounds Committee, encouraged other tenants and their children to contribute to nurturing the garden.
Supporters from Key Bank in Oakwood Commons in Poughkeepsie donated their time by digging, staking and laying down soil to prepare the garden for the season.
"There is an enormous amount of pride in the garden," Rolison said. "The garden brings so many people together - it is a beautiful gathering place, just like the kitchen in a healthy home."
Donations of time and support are encouraged to aid in building the garden and maintaining the healthy, family environment Grace Smith House works to promote, Rolison added.
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Mac sales up nine percent
Apple today announced that it has sold 2.5 million Macs in the December quarter of 2008. The number marks a nine percent increase from the same period last year, while the overall PC market contracted. Although the MacBooks introduced in October contributed to an impressive 34 percent growth for portables, shipments of desktop Macs dropped by 25 percent year-over-year. CFO Peter Oppenheimer explained that desktop sales saw a jump of 53 percent in 2007, driven by the launch of new iMacs, while the company's notebooks drew more attention in 2008. He also acknowledged a general market shift toward portable devices.
Tim Cook addressed the netbook speculation during the question-and-answer session following the initial presentation. He suggested that the current offerings from other manufacturers would not satisfy customers, with the small displays, cramped keyboards, limited performance and poor software, although he did admit that the company was still watching the segment and bouncing ideas around.
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If I call destroy method of servlet in the user defined constructor,will it be loaded and executed?
Originally posted by karthi keyan: But the web container does execute the code
Called by the servlet container to indicate to a servlet that the servlet is being taken out of service. This method is only called once all threads within the servlet's service method have exited or after a timeout period has passed. After the servlet container calls this method, it will not call the service method again on this servlet. This method gives the servlet an opportunity to clean up any resources that are being held (for example, memory, file handles, threads) and make sure that any persistent state is synchronized with the servlet's current state in memory.
My point exactly. Since web application code should never construct a servlet, what's the use of defining extra constructors?
but the servlet will not be taken out of service since the method does not then call back to the container, only the other way around.
If I define my own default constructor,will it call Service and other methods(GET/POST)?
If a user has written his own non-parametrized(default) constructor and try to call destroy method in that constructor. what will happen?
I came to know that container will not pose any error and it will execute the destroy method. Will it destroy the servlet ot take it out of service? Will it process GET and SET methods?
Originally posted by thomas davis: William Brogden If you do not know the answer for the question,let others answer my question. It's question,not a question about the life cycle of servlet. There are some guys who sincerely try to help me out in finding out the answer.Do not discourage them. You did not even understand my question.Whatever you have mentioned in your mail is not useful. Hello David O'Meara and Pradip Bhat...I appreciate your answers Could you please answer my following questions? I came to know that container will not pose any error and it will execute the destroy method. Will it destroy the servlet ot take it out of service? Will it process GET and SET methods?
I would like to take this opportunity to thank William Brogden for his advice. Please accept my apology for taking things in different perspective which I should not have done. I respect his knowledge and guidance. I aslo would like to thank Pradip Bhat,rathi ji and David O'Meara for their prompt response on my queries.


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I'd like to respond to Gerrianne Palmer, who answered my letter on "Thoughts and questions comparing life's beginning and ending."
I, too, am against abortion, especially after the 12th week, when the brain of the fetus takes over the involuntary functions of the body. However, we should obey the laws of our country and recognize that there are differing opinions and beliefs. We need to find a compromise to difficult moral issues to move ahead in our relationships.
Here are some questions to make sense of the abortion question:
If you support the right to life, to be consistent, do you also ask Congress to provide financial aid until age 18 for the child? Provide support for adoption agencies to take such children born against the mother's will? Ask fathers to be held accountable? Support artificial birth control and morning-after pills?
Why are they all morally wrong? How do they violate God's principles? Wouldn't the use of artificial birth control eliminate the need for abortion?
If the goal is to prevent premarital sex, do we not have to work at it through education, through showing consequences, and commitment to God as well as the highest values of societal living and family foundation?
How does the right-to-life position face up to the world populations? Does right to life mean one also supports prison reform, opposes capital punishment, is against gun violence and supports ways to solve the world's problems without war?
Jesus said, "Love your enemy and do good." These questions keep rolling around in my head, forcing one to evaluate their actions. Jesus taught, "Love the Lord your God with your heart, soul, mind and strength, and your neighbor as yourself."
Frequently, loving God with our minds has low priority. Join me in answering these questions.
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Picking the right accommodations for your race can have a positive impact on your ironman experience. Here are five important tips to consider when choosing that all important place to stay.
(1)Be sure to book early. The longer you wait to book the less options you leave yourself. Often rooms are booked a year ahead of time. Athletes who know there is a good chance they may return to the same race the next year, will re-reserve a room before they leave town. Even if you're not entirely positive you'll be ready to race the following year, book anyway. Even if a deposit is required its normally 100% refundable if you give them fair notice. Its not usually a problem at an Ironman venue, because they know there will always be someone else to take the room.
(2)Location, location, location. This is very important. You want to try and get just the right distance away from the race start/transition area. Often there will be a hotel listed as the race headquarters. Most likely that's where registration will take place and at most IM races, this hotel will be right beside the race start area. You definitely should try avoid staying at that location for a few reasons. First of all, it will be very, very expensive. It will also be very, very busy. Its simply too close to the action and hype. By the same token, don't book so late that you end up staying outside of town. Its just not convenient for registering, the expo, and carbo and awards dinners. Also, you don't want a drive so far, that you have to worry about car problems causing you to be late getting to the race start. Don't leave anything to chance. I would say the perfect distance would be about a 15-20 minute walk. That would make it about an 8 minute bike ride or around 5 minutes by car if you're driving. That way you're close to everything, but still have a bit of buffer zone from all the hype.
(3)Remember that by going to the host IM website for accommodation information, you will most likely only be given a few options. Often they will give you a list of expensive hotels and if at all possible you should try and avoid staying in a hotel room. A better option is to key the the name of the race venue into google. For instance "Penticton accommodations" if you're going to Ironman Canada. Or "Kona accommodations" if you're going to Hawaii. This should bring up a better variety of available accommodations with contact information etc. The best method I ever came up with personally was to phone the chamber of commerce of the particular city(pretty well every town or city has one). You'll get a real live person who actually lives in the area and you can tell them exactly what you're looking for. They will also have all the phone numbers for you.
(4)Find a motel with full kitchen facilities. Avoid hotel rooms unless its your only option.
A fully equipped kitchenette will have a stove, fridge and all the dishes, pots and pans and utensils. Its absolutely the best way to go for an Ironman competition. Also, the are often less expensive than the fancy hotels. With a kitchenette unit, you can just go shopping at the nearest supermarket when you arrive and basically be able to stay with the diet you are used to. Personally, I think its a far better and safer option than eating restaurant food three times a day. You just never know for sure what you're eating. Also, you have a refrigerator to keep your drinks cool and in between meal snacks fresh. It really is the very best option.
(5)Try and make sure you are not right on the Ironman course. This can make it difficult to return to your lodging after the race. For the most part the roads will be closed until the last few entrants have reached the finish. try and be at least 2 or 3 blocks either side of the main course. When you arrive at your choice of lodging, be sure to take practice drives(if you have a car there)down to the main transition area. Decide ahead of time where you plan to park on race morning. Once again, stay away from the main course as you may find that you can't get out after the race. Leave for the check-in and numbering on race morning as early as possible. The prime parking spots will be gone very early. If you're in short walking distance,(15-20 minutes)you have nothing to worry about. Try and avoid walking to much further than that, as you will have your bike and all your gear to haul after the race. It would be ideal if you had someone to help you out after the race.
Ultimately, planning ahead will make your Ironman experience all that much better. Make the choices that will make your stay stress free and enable you to concentrate on the race itself.
My name is Ray and I've had a 25 year career in endurance events, including 14 Ironman triathlons.
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A few weeks ago a human-interest story from South Africa was reported internationally.
As described in the Wall Street Journal this past Friday:
"On Aug. 4, Graham and Sheryl Anley, while yachting off the coast of South Africa, hit a reef, capsizing their boat. As the boat threatened to sink and they scrambled to get off, Sheryl's safety line snagged on something, trapping her there. Instead of freeing his wife and getting her to shore, Graham grabbed Rosie, their Jack Russell terrier. (One media account reported that Sheryl had insisted that the dog go first). With Rosie safe and sound, Graham returned for Sheryl. All are doing fine."
Since the 1970s, I have asked students if they would first try to save their drowning dog or a drowning stranger. And for 40 years I have received the same results: One third vote for their dog, one third for the stranger, and one third don't know what they would do.
In the Wall Street Journal column, Robert M. Sapolsky, a professor of biology and neurology at Stanford University, reported about another such experiment:
"A recent paper by Richard Topolski at George Regents University and colleagues, published in the journal Anthrozo"s, demonstrates this human involvement with pets to a startling extent. Participants in the study were told a hypothetical scenario in which a bus is hurtling out of control, bearing down on a dog and a human. Which do you save? With responses from more than 500 people, the answer was that it depended: What kind of human and what kind of dog?
"Everyone would save a sibling, grandparent or close friend rather than a strange dog. But when people considered their own dog versus people less connected with them — a distant cousin or a hometown stranger — votes in favor of saving the dog came rolling in. And an astonishing 40 percent of respondents, including 46 percent of women, voted to save their dog over a foreign tourist."
To his credit, Professor Sapolsky is not pleased with these results. He concludes:
"We can extend empathy to another organism and feel its pain like no other species. But let's not be too proud of ourselves. As this study and too much of our history show, we're pretty selective about how we extend our humaneness to other human beings."
So, then, the most important question for human beings to ask is how we teach ourselves to "extend our humaneness to other human beings."
Or, to pose the question within the framework of the dog-stranger question: How do we convince people to save a human being they do not know rather than the dog they do know and love?
There is only one way.
We need to teach — as we did throughout American history until the 1960s — that human beings are created in God's image and animals are not. That is the only compelling reason to save a human being you don't love before the dog you do love.
What we have here is the classic tension between feelings and values — or, more precisely, between feelings and revelation (i.e., divinely revealed values).
All of us feel more for a being we love than for a being we don't know, let alone love. Therefore something must supersede our feelings. That something must be values. But these values must be perceived as emanating from something higher than us; higher than our opinions, higher than our faculty of reason, and even higher than our conscience.
And that higher source is God.
Once again, let us be clear: There is no compelling reason to save the stranger first, except for the assertion that human life is infinitely precious, and infinitely more precious than that of animal life. Even those who vote to save their dog first live by this assertion. After all, nearly all of them are meat eaters: They have others kill animals for their culinary pleasure, but they would never countenance killing humans for their culinary pleasure. It is only when their heart gets involved that they abandon their belief that the value of human life is greater than that of animal life.
Without revelation, we cannot know what is right (we can have opinions and beliefs about morality but not moral knowledge). And even if we could know what is right without revelation, our feelings too often overwhelm that knowledge.
I, too, love my dogs. But I believe that God demands I save any of you first.
The results of all these polls provide examples of the terrible moral price we pay thinking that secularism is as good a guide to moral behavior as revelation.
If you don't believe me, pose the dog-stranger question to ten people who believe Genesis is divine writ and ten people who believe the Bible is written entirely by men.
When you tally the results, you will feel safer swimming among religious Jews and Christians.
Dennis Prager's latest book, "Still the Best Hope: Why the World Needs American Values to Triumph," was published April 24 by HarperCollins. He is a nationally syndicated radio show host and creator of PragerUniversity.Com.
Which would I save? Depends on the dog. I would not endanger someone else or myself to save a Jack Russell terrier.
While this may sound a bit off-point, let me offer the example of the woman whose chimpanzee mauled the woman's friend. This woman had raised the chimp as if it were her son, and had obviously the same (if not more) love for it as any dog owner. A chimp, being much closer to a human in terms of intelligence and even appearance, should spark perhaps even more reluctance in us to want to see it die.
Yet, to go by reports that came out after that horrific incident, and if I recall them correctly, the woman went to the aid of her friend and repeatedly tried to stab the chimp. Only after she saw the stabbing was not doing as much damage as she had hoped did she retreat, making the frenzied call for the police to come and shoot him (which, perhaps, understandably may have sounded a bit like a prank call, losing valuable time to come to the victim's aid). It can be argued that in this instance the chimp was a danger to the human, and that the woman stabbed the chimp in much the same way she might do if her friend were being attacked by a fellow human being. It might possibly be legitimate to ask whether she would have come to the aid of a stranger the same way as she did for a friend, or whether if the chimp and a stranger had been in equal peril from an outside force (or chimp and friend), We'll never know, as the owner has passed away since. But that's the point of this article, isn't it?
Would you kill your "son" (or your actual son) to save a friend or, for that matter, to save any fellow human? Well, you will never know till you are confronted with the situation. This woman was. She chose the innocent human life over the beloved animal's.
That the idea of human transcendence (from things and beats) is now even being ethically opposed. A modern ethic called "deep ecology" specifically rejects the Judeo-Christian ethic and teaches human life has no more value than an eco system. Since they also teach humanity is destroying eco systems, there can be only one inference. Humans have to go. While numbers vary, earth's eco systems need somewhat less than a billion people to stay safe, (according to greens). I note now in many elections that "believers" are now routinely asked questions about the age of the cosmos. A believer in a literal Genesis is then mocked and ridiculed. (remember when Rubio didn't give a clear answer)? Yet I've never heard them ask an environmentalist's about how they intend to reduce the human population in the short order required? As an aside it turns out that many adherents to green ecology are also worshippers of the earth goddess???? A Bible believer who wants to love his neighbor vs a greenie who wants to murder billions? The press will excoriate the one and fawn all over the other.
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