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Franciscan University's mission is to prepare men and women like you to become leaders in our society and the Church. In accord with that mission, the Theology Department offers you the chance to receive professional training in catechetics. This training rounds out an MA in Theology and Christian Ministry by providing you with practical knowledge and experience in passing on the faith to others. If you are considering teaching in a parish, diocesan, or other educational setting, you will find this program invaluable.
To receive the certification in catechetics, you must complete the program in conjunction with the M.A. Theology degree. To qualify, you will need to accumulate 42 total credit hours. This includes the four foundation courses and four elective courses required for the MA degree, plus six additional courses in catechetics. You will also need to give an exit presentation on an aspect of the catechetical endeavor during your final semester in the program.
St. Francis heard the call, "Go, rebuild my Church." This track of study will help you respond to that same call.
I came to Franciscan to study theology, not knowing anything about catechetics. As a recent convert from Evangelicalism, I was thirsting for a greater grasp of the riches of the Catholic faith, and training in how to transmit this treasure to others. After taking a catechetics course out of curiosity, and deciding to specialize in catechetics, I found what I was looking for: a coherent understanding of the deposit of faith, and the knowledge and skills necessary for teaching it in 'all its rigor and vigor,' for the purpose of leading others to intimacy with Jesus Christ. As I work in the field, I continue to realize, in increasing measure, the value of my catechetics training which has equipped me so well for the thrilling work of catechizing and training catechists.Kyle Neilson, MA '05RCIA and Adult Faith Formation ConsultantOffice of Religious Education, Archdiocese of Vancouver, Canada
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First, my apologies if this question has been asked before. I did search here but found nothing and the almighty google was more than confusing (I mean the websites I got from the search).
So I was reading two documents on typography and each classifies font types in completely different categories.
- One document says we have : serif, sans serif, text, script, display and dingbats.
- The other document says we have : roman, egyptian, sans serif, script and miscellaneous (to attract attention).
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Ensemble Therapeutics said today it has launched a pair of R&D collaborations with Novartis based on the pharma giant's licensing of the biotech's class of IL-17 antagonists.
One collaboration is based on antagonists of the inflammatory cytokine implicated in multiple inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The other will apply Ensemble's drug discovery platforms to discover new small molecule treatments against undisclosed Novartis-specified drug targets.
Under their global strategic collaboration, Ensemble will receive an undisclosed up-front payment from Novartis, and will be eligible for potential payments tied to development and sales milestones. Ensemble will also receive research funding from Novartis, as well as tiered royalties on potential future sales of products that may result from the collaboration.
Ensemble reasons that an orally active inhibitor would complement current clinical-stage anti-IL-17 antibody products that have shown effectiveness in multiple human clinical trials involving various inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The protein–protein nature of interaction of IL-17 with its receptor has complicated the design of traditional small molecule pharmaceutical inhibitors, a hurdle addressed to date by injectable protein therapeutics directed to the ligand, such as Novartis's secukinumab, which met its endpoints against psoriasis in a Phase III trial. Such injectable candidates have also been developed by Amgen and Eli Lilly.
According to Ensemble, its antagonists represent potential first-in-class, orally active, small molecule inhibitors of the inflammatory cytokine.
"Novartis has recognized the strength of Ensemble's orally bioavailable drug candidates against this difficult-to-drug protein–protein interaction target, and we believe Novartis is the best-suited pharmaceutical company to partner with us to rapidly develop and market important new medicines for the treatment of IL-17-mediated disease," Ensemble CEO Michael D. Taylor, Ph.D., said in a statement.
Novartis joins several pharma and biotech giants in launching research alliances with Ensemble aimed at accessing its libraries of synthetic macrocycle drugs between small molecules and biologics, or Ensemblins™, for affinity screening in drug discovery efforts against targets that are hard to address because they are now undruggable through conventional small molecule drugs. Those partners include Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Genentech, and Pfizer.
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Right. Ignore everything in my profile except for the Resolution Audio Opus 21 CDP. The PMCs are currently doing duty in my AV rig. The Roksan is too harsh for my tastes and I currently have some MA Radius 90s hooked up to the stereo rig!!!
It's time for me to start building a system. I love the Opus21 so that's staying.
I'm going to start with the speakers, but will upgrade the amp in time too, so I'm looking for something which willcompliment each other in the amp/speaker fields.
I like a bit of an all-round system, because my tastes range everywhere in the spectrum. Given the choice between a slightly warm or a slightly cold sound, I'd always choose the warmer sound, but at the same time, I hate a flabby, overly bassy sound. Basically, neutral to neutral/warm.
I love a fluid, smooth presentation while still maitaining enough excitement in the music and the one and only thing I absolutely cannot tolerate is a harsh top end. Does my head in and hurts my ears and brain. I've been impressed with ribbon tweeters in this regard, but it's not an essential requirement by any means.
Pricing - well I'd like to try and make sure the quality of the CDP isn't being destroyed by poor partnering equipment.
I'll be buying second hand, and these are the second hand prices (so probably double-ish at retail)
Probably looking at roughly £1k for each component. Can move upwards for the right product. Amp and speaker suggestions sought, but the first purchase will be speakers.
Floor or standmounts, doesn't bother me either way.
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Recent empirical contributions emphasize the importance of (potential) market size for the development of new pharmaceuticals. At the same time many scholars point out the importance of of scientific advances for the industry's R&D activities. Against this background I analyze the relationship between (potential) market size, technological opportunities, and the number of new pharmaceuticals in the United States. Technological opportunities are operationalized as growth rates of the relevant knowledge stock as proposed by Andersen (1999, 1998). I analyze a unique dataset by using an "entry stock" Poisson quasi-maximum likelihood estimator. The results reveal a rather robust and significantly positive response of the number of new pharmaceuticals, i.e., new molecular entities or new drug approvals, to market size and technological opportunities.
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Pamela J. Locker, 60, of Pembroke Pines, Fla., passed away suddenly on Friday, Sept. 28.
Born into an Air Force family in Honolulu, Hawaii, Pam was a loving daughter, sister, aunt and great aunt. She spent her life engaged in a passion for education and at the time of her passing was the Assistant Director of the Upper School and Middle Schools at Miami Country Day School. She also served as Director of Theater for Social Change at Miami Country Day, a program she started in 2006.
After graduating from Dover High School, Dover, Del., she attended Washington College. She also attended Towson State University, Middlebury College, the University of Connecticut, Florida International University, and the Centro Intercultural de Documentacion in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Ultimately, she obtained her MS in Educational Leadership from Nova Southeastern.
She was an educator for over 35 years, having taught Spanish and theater in Maryland, New Jersey, and at Miami Country Day for the past 26 years. She believed strongly in the importance of education and inspired a love of learning and a passion for gaining knowledge in the many young lives she was in contact with. She was an inspiration to her colleagues and encouraged all to continue to learn and achieve greatness.
Pam loved the theater, taking trips and traveling the world with her family and her students.
She is preceded in death by her mother and survived by her father and his wife, one brother, and three sisters. In Lieu of flowers the family is requesting that donations be made in Pam's name to the Theater for Social Change, Miami Country Day School, 601 Northeast 107 Street, Miami, Florida 33161. La vida es corta, pero dulce.
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FAQs about Pre-Owned Rolex Watches
by Shawna Edwards
Published April 28, 2010 | Updated June 29, 2015
Shop Pre-Owned Rolex Watches ▸
- I've never made a large purchase online. Why pick Overstock.com?
We have taken the time to create a Web environment that allows you to comfortably shop for watches online. We offer a wide variety of timepieces at the most competitive prices available. In addition, we want you to feel secure purchasing from us. Overstock.com is one of a handful of online high-end watch merchants that are capable of processing your credit card for your entire purchase. This allows "first-time buyers" to feel more secure in making a large purchase because they have an added layer of security via their credit card company.
- Do all your Rolex watches come with their serial numbers?
Every pre-owned Rolex watch sold by Overstock.com will have its unique Rolex serial and reference numbers in place and viewable by removing the watch band from the six o'clock and twelve o'clock ends.
- What is meant by "Perfect Like New Condition?"
"Perfect like new (day one) condition" watches are pre-owned Rolex timepieces that are purchased by Overstock.com in pristine, mint, and immaculate condition. This is the case cosmetically and mechanically. Every timepiece is thoroughly inspected to ensure that they are authentic and meet our quality standards. These luxury watches are so pristine that, in most cases, they are indistinguishable from new watches. Our men's watches and women's watches may have miniscule markings, and the watch bracelets will have miniscule amounts of stretch.
- Will my watch come with documentation?
Every watch will come with detailed documentation stating a full watch description, serial number, and model number. Being that the manufacturer's warranty has expired, you will receive a limited one-year warranty from our vendor.
- Will my watch be covered by a warranty, and what about post warranty service?
Being that the manufacturer's warranties on these timepieces have expired, our vendor issues a one-year limited distributer warranty on every watch. The warranty work is done by expert watchmakers who use only original manufacturers' parts and have decades of experience working with Rolex watches. After the one-year limited warranty has expired, you may continue to request service through our vendor who will service the watch when needed at industry cost prices.
- How can I be sure that the watch will fit my wrist?
All our watches will fit up to a 6-and-a-half-inch wrist for a woman and for a man will fit up to a 7-and-a-half-inch wrist (extra links are available for additional charges). Rolex watches can be easily resized to fit any wrist by your local jeweler.
- How do I measure for my wrist size?
You can get an approximate measurement of your wrist by using a soft measuring tape or measuring the inside of your best fitting watch. If you don't have a soft measuring tape, you can wrap a ribbon or a piece of string around your wrist at the wrist bone, mark the spot where it meets, and measure it against a ruler to determine your approximate wrist size. To get the best fit, measure fairly snug at the wrist bone. This is approximate sizing not a 100 percent guarantee of perfect sizing.
If the watch is a gift and you do not know the recipient's wrist size, you can use the following as a guide (as with all products, the standard sizes depend on the manufacturer):
Men's Standard Bracelet Sizes Inside, including watch face while bracelet is closed Adult Small 5½" to 6½" Adult Average 6½" to 7½" Adult Large 7½" to 8½" Adult X-Large 8½" to 9½" Women's Standard Bracelet Sizes Inside, including watch face while bracelet is closed Adult Small 4½" to 5½" Adult Average 5½" to 6½" Adult Large 6½" to 7½" Adult X-Large 7½" to 8½"
- Will the watch be fully water-resistant? And can I go swimming or shower with my watch?
Every Rolex watch is fully tested for water resistance; the total depth rating is listed with every model. Drawing on years of experience, it is our recommendation that, though Rolex watches are water resistant, because of the fine nature of the timepiece, we discourage our customers from making a practice of taking them in the shower or pool. If for some reason the stem, which is the round mechanism found on the side of the case, which is unscrewed to set the time, is not completely screwed down, water could leak into the movement and damage the watch. (Please refer to your warranty card regarding water damage.)
- How does Overstock.com offer such great prices when my local jeweler has a similar piece for considerably more?
Overstock.com has built the best connections in the business, affording us the ability to buy from dealers at the highest level of the industry. Through these connections, we can buy in the largest quantities while getting the best pricing. Being that we are not an authorized dealer of Rolex or affiliated with Rolex, USA, we are able to offer our customers rock bottom pricing without being subject to any manufacturer's price controls or policies.
- Do I need to be present to sign for the package?
For your safety, you will need to sign for the package that contains your watch. If you are not present when it arrives, the package will not be left at your door. A door tag will be left to inform you when the courier will come to redeliver your package. Alternatively, you can call the courier to arrange a better delivery time or pick-up (with photo identification) at the local hub.
- What is the benefit of buying a pre-owned Rolex over a new one?
Unlike new Rolex watches, pre-owned Rolex watches do not depreciate in value immediately after purchase. Therefore, buying a new Rolex watch is like buying a brand new car: The moment you drive it off the lot it has lost 20 to 30 percent of its value. With buying a pre-owned watch, you have effectively cut out any value depreciation and retail markup. Rolex watches hold their value over time; in most cases, a pre-owned Rolex can be resold at a price very close to your purchase price.
- How do I determine the age of my watch?
You are guaranteed to receive a desirable modern watch with a fully automatic self-winding movement or quartz movement, depending on your purchase, with quickset date feature. Due to the fact that Rolex models are manufactured for a number of years, the year of your watch will be circa 1990 or later. Every Rolex watch sold by Overstock.com will have its unique Rolex serial number, which determines the year of manufacture.
- What if I buy a pre-owned Rolex with a leather strap?
To be considered authentic, every part of a pre-owned Rolex must come from the manufacturer except for the strap. Pre-owned Rolex watches with leather straps come with quality, adjustable, generic straps.
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Bears Too Much for the Tigers as Men's Hockey Falls 5-1
PROVIDENCE (2/2/13) - The Princeton men's hockey dropped a 5-1 game to Brown on Saturday, Feb. 2 at Meehan Auditorium.
Brown outshot Princeton 50-23 in the game and was able to score three goals in a 1:01 span to take the lead over the Tigers.
"We have to get ready for the next game and play how we can play, regardless if it's home or on the road," head coach Bob Prier said after the game regading his team's struggles on the road this year. "When we are clicking we are a good team. We still have to play hard regardless of where we're playing. It's the same group of guys, it's the same exact team. It shouldn't matter where we are playing."
Brown quickly got on the scoreboard at 1:43 of the first period with a goal by Matt Harlow. Senior Eric Meland tied the game with an unassisted goal, his first goal of the season, at 15:18 to end the first in a 1-1 tie.
A 1:01 span in the second period would give the Bears a lead they wouldn't relinquish.
The Bears took the lead at 12:11 when they took advantage of their third power-play opportunity of the game. Jack Goldberg scored his first goal of the season when he fired a shot from the left point on a pass from Massimo Lamacchio from the right point.
Thirteen seconds later Marc Senecal expanded the lead to 3-1. Mark Hourihan had back-to-back chances on the left doorstep but his second shot rebounded onto the paint and Senecal was positioned on the right side to pop it into the open net at 12:23.
Senior Mike Condon replaced junior Sean Bonar in net, but the Tigers woes continued as Garnet Hathaway scored 49 seconds later at 13:12. Hathaway buried a shot from the left dot on a dish from Nick Lappin from the right boards where Condon was anticipating a shot.
Hathway scored his second of the game, a quick goal in transition and as he and teammate Matt Lorito crashed the cage for the goal at 11:57 of the third.
Princeton was 0 for 4 on the power play and 4 for 5 on the penalty kill.
Condon finished the game with 16 saves in the final 27:37. Bonar made 29 in the first 32:23. Brown netminder Anthony Borelli made 22 stops.
Princeton falls to 7-10-4 overall and 5-6-3 in the ECAC. Brown now joins Princeton, along with St. Lawrence, in the standings with 13 points with a 8-9-5 overall record and 4-6-5 mark in the league
The Tigers are on the road again next weekend as they make the trip to Central New York to take on Colgate and Cornell on Feb. 8 & 9.


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Wilmington City Council Amends the Mayor's FY 2014 Budget Plan
Posted on 05/13/2013 6:29 pm
Wilmington City Council President Theo Gregory announced today that Members of City Council have developed a balanced Fiscal Year 2014 budget which makes revisions to the budget proposal presented to Council in March by Mayor Dennis Williams. Council's budget plans were discussed publicly this afternoon at the Council's Finance Committee meeting. The President said while Council added no new spending to the overall budget, it did re-arrange approximately $1.4 million in expenditures to reflect programs and policies that were important to Council Members, to citizens and for the future governance of the City.
The Council's plan restores funding for housing, new jobs and business growth—funding that Mayor Dennis Williams had proposed be cut and then used to balance his original budget proposal. Council's plan also addresses public safety by providing start-up funding for a community crime reduction and public safety website; funding for a restructured trash and recycling collection program; and funding for a comprehensive study concerning the future structure and management of the City's Water, Sewer and Stormwater Fund.
Mayor Williams proposed a 12% rate increase for citizens who receive water and sewer services from the City. Council did not alter that recommendation which it accepted as part of a multiple-year plan to stabilize the City's Water, Sewer and Stormwater Fund. Council is, however, requesting that the Administration review the practice of not requiring City-owned properties and facilities that use City water to remit water usage fees to the City's Water, Sewer and Stormwater Fund. Some Council Members feel that a water usage fee for City facilities should be made part of the Administration's fiscal year budget proposal which would then produce an automatic annual transfer of funds from the General Fund to the Water, Sewer and Stormwater Fund to keep it solvent.
"Most of the Mayor's original budget proposal is intact, but we revised the new fiscal year spending plan to better address important issues like jobs, public safety, youth, education and the environment, and to seek information that we can review with the Administration about the future governance and management of the City's Water, Sewer and Stormwater Fund," said Council President Theo Gregory. "Council Members have given each section of the budget careful review and consideration. The plan we are presenting is fiscally responsible, logical, fair and forward-thinking."
The Council President said now that the Council's Finance Committee has reviewed and approved the Council's budget changes, he will bring the budget to the entire Council for a vote on Thursday night, May 16.
Council's plan translates to a General Fund or Operating Budget total for Fiscal Year 2014 beginning July 1 of $145,565,676. Council's plan will produce a projected budget surplus of approximately $108,000 which is the same surplus total originally projected by Mayor Williams.
Council's amended budget plan also includes the following initiatives:
- Restoration of $500,000 to the City's Economic Development Strategic Fund which is used by the City's Office of Economic Development to attract jobs and businesses to Wilmington and to help existing businesses grow and thrive.
- $142,000 for the Economic Development Office's Minority Business Development Program to provide business development loans for existing minority businesses or to assist a new business that is minority-owned.
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- Restoration of $250,000 to the City Housing Strategic Fund which is used to support homeownership, rental housing projects and other housing-related and community and neighborhood building projects throughout the City.
- $250,000 to enable the City Administration to move forward with a revised trash and recycling collection program covering both residential and commercial properties in Wilmington. Such a program would increase recycling rates, significantly reduce landfill costs by lowering the amount of trash deposited into the landfill and produce new revenue for the City.
- $30,000 from the City's Water and Sewer Fund to enable the Administration to authorize a comprehensive study of the City's water and sewer utilities by the highly-regarded utility and finance management firm Raftelis. The study would provide recommendations to the City Administration, City Council and the Wilmington Water/Sewer Citizen Advisory Board about whether, for example, water and sewer operations should be managed as a separate unit of government with its own Director or Commissioner. Council Finance Committee Chair Charles "Bud" Freel urged during recent budget hearings that there be greater public accountability of the City's Water and Sewer Fund. Freel said because citizens are continuously asked to higher rates to support expenditures for producing potable water and providing sewer and stormwater runoff services, they and the Council should be better able to track the dollars in each section of the Water/Sewer Fund. Freel said this would include tracking the available cash on hand for any expenditure that may arise. The Finance Chair said these changes would provide assurances that water/sewer funds are not being comingled with the General Operating Budget.
- $25,000 to enable the City Administration to move forward on establishing a new stand-alone crime prevention/crime reduction website that would offer citizens a chance to report criminal activity anonymously, track crime trends in neighborhoods and communicate about crime directly among neighbors or neighborhoods.
- Restoration of $250,000 to the budget for City Council which was removed from the legislative branch's budget and transferred to the Department of Parks and Recreation as part of the Mayor's original budget proposal. Council will use this funding for a variety of programs related to youth development, education reforms and other community-based programs.
In order to find the revenue necessary to restore funding or establish funding for the program initiatives outlined above, City Council has revised the City's budget plan as follows:
- Reduced the Mayor's office budget by $28,000 to eliminate pay raises that the Mayor proposed for three of his staff members who had either already received an increase in salary earlier this year or just started working for City government in January. Although the amount of the deletion is small in comparison to the entire budget, Council determined that the raises were inappropriate for a variety of reasons;
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Senior Lisa Boyce and sophomore Nikki Larson completed the Princeton women's swimming and diving season Saturday, with both posting Top 40 performances during the final day of the NCAA Championships.
One day after reaching the NCAA final and achieving First-Team All-America status (more on this in a bit), Boyce went 49.22 in the 100 free to place 40th overall. The three-time Ivy League champion in the event, Boyce had earned All-America Honorable Mention in the 100 free during the 2013 Championships.
Following Boyce, Larson completed her debut NCAA Championships by finishing 39th in the 200 fly in a time of 1:58.73. It was a significant move up the ladder over 24 hours for Larson, who had finished 53rd in the 100 fly Saturday.
"It was an incredible weekend," Larson said. "I expected my first swim to be largely a learning experience, which it definitely was. Once I got used to the atmosphere I was more relaxed. It was fun to just race the 200 fly.
"I really feel that experience is invaluable at NCAAs," she added. "If I am fortunate enough to be invited again next year, I will come into the meet with a greater sense of what to expect. It'd be a privilege to pass that knowledge along to any teammates who might make the meet as well."
The Princeton buzz remained about Friday's All-America performance by Boyce in the 100 fly, an event she had never competed in at either the Ivy League or NCAA Championships.
Her only major collegiate title in the event came a few weeks ago, when she set a then-Princeton record (51.97) in winning the ECAC title. As it turned out, that was merely a glimpse into her potential. Swimming in the final preliminary heat of the 100 fly, Boyce went 51.57 to clinch the fifth-best time in the NCAA field.
"I am so excited for Lisa to have such a great swim in her senior NCAAs," said head coach Susan Teeter. "She deserves to have this level of success."
Boyce's time matched former Yale standout Alex Forrester for the Ivy League record. The two also hold another distinction, as they have produced one of the Top 25 fastest swims in the event by an American woman.
"I knew I had a swim like that in me somewhere, but it was just perfect to be able to put it all together exactly when I needed to," said Boyce, a nine-time individual Ivy League champion. "And I was definitely a little shocked by my place after the morning. Right after our heat finished, they posted the results pretty quickly, and I saw (teammate) Sada Stewart cheer really loudly all of a sudden, so I immediately looked at the 8th-place spot and couldn't figure out why she was so excited when I didn't see my name at the bottom of the results. So that was definitely a fun surprise, especially to be able to share that with Nikki after her first NCAA swim in the same event."
That guaranteed a berth in the NCAA final, where she finished seventh in 51.66, and it clinched her first First-Team All-America honor.
"I had so much fun Friday night," she said. "The experience was incredible. I might let myself get a little too excited, but I had a great time, and I haven't stopped smiling since."
Boyce is Princeton's first NCAA finalist since Alicia Aemisegger '10, who reached 10 NCAA championship finals and earned 13 All-America honors during her illustrious career. She is also Princeton's first All-America in the 100 fly since Grace Cornelius '95, who achieved the mark in 1991.
"It was just an incredible swim," assistant coach Suzanne Yee said. "She had a very mature approach and said she needed to swim this like she didn't have any races left. She framed it really well. She was also really happy with the way Nikki Larson swam her first NCAA race, which shows the kind of teammate she is."
"Witnessing someone I train with everyday receive some of the highest honors in the sport was surreal," Larson said of the Princeton co-captain. "Last year when she was All-American I was certainly ecstatic for her but didn't truly understand what it all meant until I had the opportunity to be there in person. Seeing her step onto the podium in Orange and Black was a great moment."


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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 12:42 am
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Does anyone know if she (Judith James) has a new book in the pipes?
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I just checked Fantastic Fiction and it shows that she does have a book coming out in 2012:
Hers At Midnight
But when I click on the book and then buy at Amazon it comes up on The Kings Courtesan.
Have you emailed her or check her Facebook page?
One of my all time favorite books is Broken Wing.
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I don't think there is an entry yet for "Hers at Midnight" on Amazon which is probably why link doesn't properly associate from FF. The author's website describes the forthcoming book as follows:
Bastard son of a disgraced nobleman, the highwayman Gentleman Jack wants nothing to do with his fathers heritage, choosing instead to prey on the wealthy aristocracy that spawned his brutal sire and he holds responsible for his mothers death. Soon he and his black horse are famed the length of England as he takes greater risks to fuel a thrill grown old.
Although she comes from the world he despises, the travel writer Arabella Hamilton is a misfit and daredevil too. When circumstances bring them together the sparks ignite, but both will learn it can be easier to take risks with ones person than with ones heart.
I don't yet see a publishing date more specific than 2012 which makes me think it wouldn't come out till latter part of the year if it happens on schedule.
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Thank you for replying. I'm glad to know that she has something coming out this year sometime.
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 5:36 pm
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Here's a link to Amazon that says
Hers at Midnight
won't be out till November 2013!
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Jill wrote:
Here's a link to Amazon that says
Hers at Midnight
won't be out till November 2013!
Oh dear! I'm crossing my fingers that's just a typo and it should really be November 2012. November seems far enough away but I can deal. November 2013 is simply unacceptable
"reading is dreaming with open eyes" - Yoyo
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Would they even be listing it yet if the publishing date was that far in the future? Hopefully it is a mistake.
I wish they would give "Broken Wing" a better looking cover. I always thought the cover awful and would have never read the book had it not been for some enthusiastic recommendations.
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Broken Wing is one of my absolute favorite books. I am glad to see it mentioned again. I will buy her next offering.....no matter how long I have to wait.[/quote]
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jaime wrote:
Would they even be listing it yet if the publishing date was that far in the future? Hopefully it is a mistake.
I wish they would give "Broken Wing" a better looking cover. I always thought the cover awful and would have never read the book had it not been for some enthusiastic recommendations.
jaime, I so agree with you about the cover of
Broken Wing
; the book itself is one of the best romance novels I've ever read, but that cover. . .!
And I also hope that Ms. James' new novel will be out this year, rather than in 2013. Good romance writing, especially as done by Ms. James is a very valuable commodity!
"Have fun storming the castle"--Miracle Max in "The Princess Bride"
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According to her Facebook page, Ms. James just finished Hers At Midnight yesterday and she says it probably will be released in 2013. Another interesting tidbit is the title she gave it was The Highwayman - Hers At Midnight was Harlequin's choice.
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Thanks for all the information others have posted on this topic. I'm a huge fan of Judith James's writing, and have been haunting her website for more information on "Hers at Midnight" (or "The Highwayman"...hmm like that) ever since the release of "The King's Courtesan". No pressure, Judith! Her writing and the research it involves must take time, and are worth the wait. Still, Harlequin Folks, sooner is better than later if she's finished it!
I thought other fans might be interested in this cover for HAM/TH that I came across in my most recent search on this topic:
As you'll notice, I was searching on the book's ISBN.
Let's see.
Author says she's done writing. (check).
Book has an ISBN. (check).
Cover art done. (check)
Sounds like November 2012 is reasonable to hope for...though everything I can find says November 2013 too.
Fingers crossed for 2012!
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That does look all ready to go doesn't it? Hopefully 2012 it is!
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Just poking around on this topic again, and found that Chapter 1 of Hers At Midnight is now posted on Judith James' website:
Along with the promise "coming in 2012"...Hurrah!
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ZF-5393: Error when passing Zend_Amf_Server::setClass() an object instead of a string
If you pass an object to Zend_Amf_Server and don't specify a namespace it will generate the following error:
Warning: strrpos() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given in /home/norm2782/library/Zend/Amf/Server.php on line 501
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if ($namespace == '') {
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I don't experience this problem with version 1.7.2 of Zend_Amf_Server. I can call setClass(), passing it an object with no namespace, and I get no such error. I think this issue may have been resolved.
I'm actually using the latest trunk and I'm getting this error. Code to reproduce
class MyService
* Returns foo
* @return string
public function foo()
return 'foo';
require_once 'Zend/Amf/Server.php';
$server = new Zend_Amf_Server();
$server->setClass(new MyService());
Complete error:
Warning: strrpos() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given in /Users/norm2782/Projects/OSS/ZF/standard/trunk/library/Zend/Amf/Server.php on line 501
Catchable fatal error: Object of class MyService could not be converted to string in /Users/norm2782/Projects/OSS/ZF/standard/trunk/library/Zend/Amf/Server.php on line 501
Current code in Zend_Amf_Server (just did an SVN update):
public function setClass($class, $namespace = '', $argv = null)
if (is_string($class) && !class_exists($class)){
require_once 'Zend/Amf/Server/Exception.php';
throw new Zend_Amf_Server_Exception('Invalid method or class');
} elseif (!is_string($class) && !is_object($class)) {
require_once 'Zend/Amf/Server/Exception.php';
throw new Zend_Amf_Server_Exception('Invalid method or class; must be a classname or object');
$argv = null;
if (2 < func_num_args()) {
$argv = array_slice(func_get_args(), 2);
// Use the class name as the name space by default.
if ($namespace == '') { // EDIT: Evaluates as true, so next line is executed
$namespace = substr($class, 0, strrpos($class, '.')); // EDIT: Calling substr() on an object... here's where it fails
$this->_methods[] = Zend_Server_Reflection::reflectClass($class, $argv, $namespace);
return $this;
Darby, do you have display_errors switched on? ;)
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It does not look like a unit test was written for this. Please don't mark an item as resolved without a corresponding unit test that tests the new feature.
Also do either of you have a use case for this that you could help me understand so that I can use it in the documentation as to why you would pass an instantiated object through setClass(). Thanks for the code submission and making Zend Amf better for everyone! Really appreciate the help!
Actually, I did add a unit test ; )
The primary use case for this is that Zend_Server_Reflection supports reflecting on an object. Because of this, it's better to have Zend_Amf_Server support this as well, because otherwise it would be unexpected behavior.
Awesome thanks!
Sorry, I wasn't using latest trunk version but the version included with 1.7.2. This issue says that it affects 1.7.2, but I can't see that it does.
When the object passed as argument is an instance of a class whose constructor requires arguments, an instantiation error is raised on service call. I'm using 1.7.6 version of ZF. I've done some debug and found that in Zend/Amf/Server.php on line 165 (_dispatch method) the method's declaring class obtained by reflection is called on a NEW instance created with default construction and not on the object passed to setClass() as I expected. This behavior seems to raise the instantiation trouble I've mentioned; moreover, this behavior seems to be inconsistent w.r.t. the one observed, for example, in Zend/Json/Server component.
I'm sorry, the version of ZF I'm using is 1.7.4 and NOT 1.7.6 as I reported.


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SOUTHEASTERN N.C. | The Wilmington area's unemployment rate fell in May to 9.2 percent from 9.5 percent a year earlier, the N.C. Division of Employment Security reported Tuesday.
Jobless rates for the three area counties that make up the metro area also showed improvement.
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Pac-12 Champions in men's & women's tennis and women's golf split Athlete/Play of the Week honors.
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If this is their advertising campaign, they can't possibly have high hopes for the season.
I've seen worse.
Eyes closed, head first, can't lose.
LOL that made me laugh. That was awesome.
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"Whatever Is Needed"? Sounds like an ad for Kum & Go, not a motto for a football team.
I didn't need to see that to know Illinois is going to suck.
I laughed. That was good.
"It was like going on vacation to go play Iowa." - Coach Johnny Orr
I don't know what's come over me, but I'm now fired up for Illini FB!!!
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That was actually pretty funny
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If this is their advertising campaign, they can't possibly have high hopes for the season.
I think it shows higher hopes than the Bulls' "thick and thin" campaign a while back. This one is kind of corny though.
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Making a parody is not copywriting. Otherwise there wouldn't be any parodies of songs (covers as well), commercials, or movies on youtube or any other such medium.
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WHEN I GOT MARRIED for the first time, in June 1999, I really believed in "till death do us part." My "I do" was packed with eagerly anticipated expectations: a warm and loving home with a yard where our kids could run barefoot every summer; beach vacations, family suppers and bedtime stories. I wanted to re-create my own childhood, one that seemed perfect until it fell apart. My dad died first, in a car accident, when I was 13, followed by my mother three and a half years later, of cancer. Orphaned at 16, I found that the only way I could make sense of such loss was to believe that I got all the sadness out of the way early—and that the rest of my life would be easy.
My husband and I spent that first year trying to get pregnant. I was giddy in the beginning, then concerned and finally devastated when we learned it was impossible. He was infertile, and rather than address the emotions brewing deep inside me, I took a running leap over them. "It's OK," I assured him and myself. "We'll adopt!" Simple.
Only it wasn't. Our sparring started slowly and softly. He needed time to think, and I grew anxious waiting and watching my friends have second and third kids. During the next six years, I swatted at several stings of "This is not working" panic and stuck to my theory: Everything will work out.
I was 36 when he told me he didn't want children. All those happily-ever-after dreams dissipated in an instant. I suggested a trial separation, and then one month later he said, "It's over."
I spent two months in free fall, flummoxed. I'd lost my parents, now my husband and, perhaps worse, the chance of a family. I cried myself tearless before I had an epiphany: I'd survived that first loss. I'd survive this, too.
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Perusing profiles was thrilling—there were men out there who, like me, were looking for love and companionship! Some were even cute! I sent off a half dozen e-mails and then checked my inbox periodically over the next few days. Then every hour. Then every 15 minutes. OK, every five. No one responded. Instead of wallowing in self-pity, I widened my net to older, shorter and/or pudgier men. My first date was a shy playwright with a lisp, my second a preppy entrepreneur with a yacht—I split both bills. Then, a friend of a friend set me up with a real estate agent who told me, while arranging to meet, that he resembled Bruce Willis. I hung up thinking, He's bald.
Telling myself he might be the one (if I didn't, I would never have left the house), I decided to wear a sexy sundress and high-heeled sandals. But once I spotted him at the bar, I slipped on my cardigan and buttoned it all the way up. He did look like Bruce Willis—if Bruce wore a silver ring on each finger and took heroin. I was halfway through a glass of Chardonnay when he told me he ate only orange food. And suffered from manic depression. When he said, "I can't wait to tell my mother about you," I asked for the check.
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Obituary: Deborah Turbeville, Pioneering Fashion Photographer
Photographer Deborah Turbeville, whose atmospheric images for Mademoiselle, Harper's Bazaar, Italian Vogue, L'Uomo Vogue, Cacharel and Valentino were distinctive for their mystery and drama, died in a New York hospital October 24, her agents, Marek and Associates, confirmed. The cause of death was lung cancer.
Throughout her career, Turbeville created fashion, travel and architectural images that were "romantic, feminine, elegant, unconventional, dreamy," as Italian Vogue editor Franca Sozzani wrote in the 2011 book Deborah Turbeville: The Fashion Pictures (published by Rizzoli). "I like to think atmosphere is the main thing about my pictures," Turbeville wrote.
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Technically, the word ''cereals'' means ''grains.'' Healthier than spuds but equally amenable to soaking up a sauce, agreeably bland but with more chew and more vitamins, grains like quinoa, farro, wheat berries and even amaranth are showing up on gourmet dinner plates. It can get confusing because some popular grains, like quinoa, are pseudo-cereals—technically, they're not grasses—and some terms, like farro, can refer to various strains of wheat. But speaking culinarily, not botanically, these are the grains you're likely to see on your plate:
Farro Generally this is the Italian name for emmer or einkorn wheat, a hard wheat kernel, but there is a lot of debate over what can be called farro.
Amaranth Cultivated even longer than quinoa, amaranth has been around for 8,000 years and was a staple food of the Aztecs. It's also used in Mexican and Indian cooking.
Quinoa It's actually related to beets and tumbleweeds, but that's irrelevant to the highly nutritious kernels that have been harvested in the Andes for 4,000 years. Note: After harvest, the grains need to be processed to remove the bitter-tasting coating.
Red Quinoa
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Wheat Berries The wheat berry is the unhulled wheat kernel—the ultimate whole wheat. (Milled it becomes whole wheat flour.) It's available as either a hard or soft grain.
Barley Pearled barley has had its hull removed and the bran polished off; many prefer to use it this way because it cooks faster and is less chewy than regular barley.
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Caputo's sells several brands of artisanal imported farro. 314 W. 300 South, SLC, 801-531-8669 and 1516 S. 1500 East, SLC, 801-486-6615. Whole Foods Market's bulk section stocks amaranth, barley, hard red wheat berries (farro) and soft white wheat berries, red, plain and black quinoa, as well as bulgur, whole rye and other types of whole grains. Trolley Square, SLC, and multiple locations along the Wasatch, wholefoodsmarket.com. Honeyville Farms sells all kinds of whole grains, especially suitable for food storage. 389 W. 1830 South, SLC, 801-839-7576.


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