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Ginger-Pear Martini
Fresh gingerroot
1 fresh lime
2 canned pear slices in heavy syrup (from 15-ounce can)*
1/2 ounce (1 tablespoon) syrup from can of pears
2 ounces (1/4 cup) pear-flavored vodka
Peel skin from ginger with the side of a spoon. Finely grate enough ginger to prepare as many drinks as needed.
To make one cocktail drink: Juice lime and pour into martini shaker. Add two pear slices to the martini shaker. Add thumbnail-sized portion of ginger and muddle ingredients together. Pour syrup from canned pears into shaker. Fill shaker with ice and add vodka. Shake vigorously 10 times and strain into chilled martini glass, making sure to keep solids out of the cocktail.
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Don't Call It a Comeback
To Virginia Madsen, who has been acting in films for almost 25 years, there is a cozy predictability about the fraternization of a cast and crew on location. "The drinkers find each other," she explains. "Pot smokers find each other. The druggies get fired." Madsen, who has a 12-year-old son, Jack, says she scans the crowd on set, searching for nesters. "I look for family people, people with kids," says Madsen, a self-described homebody who likes to lure guests to her trailer with the promise of a big pot of soup and a bottle of nice wine.
What Madsen doesn't mention right away is the seismic change in how she is now perceived when she arrives on a set. Back in 2002, her capsule profile could have been: there-and-gone 1980s blond ingenue, onetime wife of directing legend John Huston's son Danny. Then in 2004 came Sideways, a bittersweet road picture in which Madsen appeared as Maya, a waitress and divorcee who could look at Paul Giamatti's Miles — a depressed, lumpish wine connoisseur — and detect a sweet soul struggling to emerge. Her Maya was all layered complexity, vulnerable yet able to protect herself, sexually interested but ready to leave the minute she detected a hint of insensitivity in Miles — in other words, a believable, multidimensional woman, not a mere love interest. "It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I knew it was, and I told myself, 'Just drink it in!'" Madsen says of the enthusiastic reviews, multiple film critics' awards, and affectionate newspaper profiles detailing her triumph. If she had a quibble, it was a tiny one: calling what she went through a comeback.
Madsen, who was never idle during her decade-long Lost Years — mostly just toiling in the cultural dark of made-for-cable and low-budget movies — says, "Some people called it a 'come-forward.' I liked that."
Now, post-Sideways, critics and colleagues assess Madsen as a leading lady whose Nordic beauty has somehow been enriched by having survived life's ups and downs. "She brings a certain humanity," says Billy Bob Thornton, who in the moving family drama The Astronaut Farmer plays an ex-NASA dreamer husband to Madsen's steadfastly supportive wife. Madsen's role here is the kind that shows off her natural sturdiness, a square-shouldered quality that makes it seem as if Thornton's character would fall apart without his wife, but that without him, she'd be fine. "She's so outgoing; there was never an awkward moment," Thornton says. "When I watch the movie, even I think we're married."
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Virginia Madsen speaks to MORE magazine about her comeback in films like Sideways, The Number 23, and The Astronaut Farmer.
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Raising Kids Right
By Rebecca Teti
Monday: Parenting
(Join each day's Coffee Talk discussion: Mon: Parenting; Tues: Open Forum; Wed: NFP; Thu: Marriage; Fri: Education; Sat/Sun: Changing Roles)
Terrible toddlers? Trying teens? Something in between? This weekly forum is the spot to share your questions and struggles about all things related to parenthood.
Please join us!
Carry on with parenting topics, please, but I have a Coffee Talk question for you. Besides technical fixes such as comments notification and the like, are there better topics for Coffee Talk? For example, what about a weekly "what did you hear?" to discuss the Sunday Gospel and the homilies we heard about it? What about a weekly "Good News" asking people to share good deeds they observed or happy news they've received? Other ideas? The Catholic Digest subscriber base is broader than the old Faith & Family one & I'd like to entice some new regulars. How attached are you to the current topics?
Ever wonder why your neighbours like to interfere in your parenting? I do. Since whwn is it their business that I let my seven amd six year old play out front? How old were your kids when you let them play with minimal supervision with the neighbourhood kids?
I started letting my son play alone in our fenced-in backyard last summer, when he was 4.5. (I checked on him every couple of minutes from the windows.) This year I let him play alone in the front yard briefly, for only a couple of minutes at a time, if I need to go inside to make a cup of coffee or something like that.
Rebecca, I like both your ideas. I especially like the Good News idea. These days it seems there isn't enough positive news. I still like the old topics but I think you could switch it up as long as there is still the open forum which covers anything that someone may wish to discuss. Unknown: My 4th child is 3.5 and runs through my front and back yards with the older kids with minimum supervision from me. However, I am very fortunate to have a neighborhood full of kids so he can do this and he's only out there if he's with an older sibling. (which is usually the 7 year old) I am going to assume that you know your neighborhood and street and therefore can assess what is ok for your children. Nosy neighbors will always exist and we have to parent the way we see fit regardless. Allow your children their freedom. If we were to constantly shelter our children from all potential harm they would never leave our wombs!
unknown, I have had the same problems in the neighborhood I moved to 3 years ago. There aren't a lot of young kids here, and there is one woman who calls me whenever my kids are in front. We have 3 acres, and only a fence around the pool, we have a huge horsehoe driveway in front that connects to a side driveway and blacktop area around back where the garage is. My kids ride bikes, scooters, little motorized cars on the driveways, they never go near the street (which is not busy and is not a through street) and I still get the calls, "Are you are your children are in the front yard?" Um, yeah, thanks, I knew that... My kids are now 13, 10, 7 and 4, and they are always out there together, I know they are just fine. Trust your own instinct and just respond kindly to the neighbors. And Rebecca, I think if you had the previous information that has been shared about NFP in some sort of searchable archive, you could replace that day with one of your other topics, they all sound interesting. I am not suggesting NFP is not an important topic, but for the past few years, it seems the questions and answers are all pretty much the same from week to week and could be shared through an online resource of past shared info. I do miss the housekeeping topic, although I guess we can find that elsewhere, I just liked getting the ideas from the knowledgeable women who used to make up this group.
One vote for the Sunday readings and homilies here.
Maybe combine Marriage/NFP and Parenting/Education to make room for other topics on 2 of those days? Also, since there aren't other blog posts happening here, it seems like these don't necessarily need to be weekly posts - couldn't you just post each topic once, and then we could all respond in the comments forever? Or would that get too long/unwieldy?
Thanks for the feedback. No decisions yet, just thinking about it and wondering what YOU would like to see. We could bring back housekeeping, for sure. I was convinced women entering their 40s would want to talk about perimenopause and menopause as much as those in childbearing years want to talk about NFP, and that there's increased need for a forum for the ethical and emotional issues surrounding taking care of aging parents -- but that hasn't gotten any traction, so I'm prepared to dump that as a topic.
Rebecca, you've gotten good feedback so far regarding forum topics. Would politics be too risky and too tempting for our resident troll? I'd find it interesting. It does seem like you could stop the weekend-specific forum, since that seems to get very little action. I wonder if your homilies idea could somehow be combined with a questions of faith theme? But as long as you keep the Open Forum I will be happy. :)
I am just now letting my kids (9&5) play out front, with me checking on them every 15 mins or so. We live in a gated community and they have strict instructions to stay away from the street and not talk to anyone (aside from our known neighbors on each side) or leave the yard without my permission. If my 9y/o comes in, the 5 y/o has to come in, too. I don't believe my 5 y/o is old enough to make safe decisions, outside, by herself.
Jeanne, I think the comment board is slow because the newer format is simply not as user-friendly when it comes to leaving comments & following up on specific topics. As Rebecca Teti commented earlier, they are working on that. Honesty, I find the troll thing insulting, too...but I think people are at a loss when it comes to some of your comments & accusations. I've found that the women (& a few men) who post here are fairly broad-based when it comes to the differences in our families, how we live out our Faith in our daily lives, how we educate our children, what our interests are, etc. Over & above those differences, our common Catholic Faith unites us. I think it is safe to say that most of us who post here do so not because we are seeking friendship but because we enjoy the various & diverse input of women with whom we share a love for the Catholic Faith. I don't agree with the opinions of all who post here, nor am I required to...but I can do so in charity. I am sure that I have posted things that others don't agree with. I know of at least one time that I unintentionally hurt someone's feelings...for which I apologized. On the flip-side...I've also appreciated & benefited from the comments & advice of many who've posted here over the past few years. I am truly sorry that you feel the way you do about those who use this forum. Praying that God grants you His peace that we all desire. God bless--
Jeanne - Those who see no need for this comment board are under no obligation to participate in the discussions here.
Jeanne, I think we'd all agree that virtual, online 'relationships' are no substitute for real, in-the-flesh, human interactions. That being said, we can't assume that all who post here are fortunate enough to have faithful Catholic friends whom they can go to for input, advice, venting, etc. Even for those who do have such friends, some may prefer an open (& anonymous) forum with more diverse opinions & varying points of view. Although those who post here may not fit the traditional definition of 'friendship', there is no reason that discussions here can't occur in both honesty & charity. If some need to vent, so be it. I think the confessional is for the confessing our sins, not venting (which often has to do more with our frustration with the faults of others rather than our own faults).
In full disclosure, I deleted a lot of comments that no longer made sense once another editor had deleted what were apparently a bunch of Jeanne in Tampa's comments (which I didn't see). So there's a gap. I sincerely apologize to Jeanne that "troll" hurt your feelings and to the general audience if you've been scandalized by my letting "troll" stand. I don't consider it insulting because it has nothing to do with fairy tale trolls (ugly, clumsy, stupid -- that WOULD be insulting). It comes from "trolling" which comes from "patroling," meaning hanging out in search of.... In internet slang it has come to mean someone trolling for arguments in comment boxes -- a person who comes to a comment box not to dialogue but to tell people off or take over the conversation with off-topic, or deliberately inflammatory remarks. Nothing worse is implied!
Jeanne, On an unrelated topic...I meant to ask how the foster/adoption process is going with the child(ren) you've posted about becoming part of your family in the past?? I hope all is well in that respect! -- I think most people who post here do so in good faith that other posters (whom they don't necessarily consider personal friends) are being honest & genuine in what they say.
Thanks Rebecca. Please feel free to delete anything I've posted that would no longer make sense due to them being in response to deleted posts. I appreciate your clarification on the troll term. I know the patrolling definition is the usage that is intended...it is just sad to see that occur. I feel bad that these discussions have gone in the direction that they have. God bless--
Jeanne, since it seems that you really dislike this forum - then could you kindly remove yourself from it and let the rest of us have some peace in being able to get advice from other people? It seems to be upsetting you and that is not good. You say you are getting sick- so stay away and stay well. Back away from it and chat with your friends in Florida. Rebecca - I do think the comment boards are useful and would like to see them continue.
Patricia, believe me, we've been trying to politely engage on any positive topic for years at F&F; the response is invariably like you've gotten - yelling, insulting fury. So long-time denizens here just tend to call "troll" so as to prevent people wasting time and comment-thread space trying to add some rationality and to try to help people not take the insults (like accusing hurting women of causing their husbands to be abusive or of being rotten mothers or people that no one would want to be irl friends with) personally or as representative of what normal people think.
Rebecca, is there any way that regulars could register and comments by unregistered users would be posted after moderator approval? Approve email addresses and allow people to use their real name or "anon" after that? Anything? The constant attacks on this forum and the people who participate has gotten really, really old.
I like the idea of combining a few of the weekly forums that seem to get little or no comments. I do not know how other ladies are faring in the "change of life" roller coaster, but apart from a book, and lots of prayer and a few years, I don't really want to talk about it each week, because I'm in the middle of it...ditto for the sandwich generation forum--I have to raise my kids as well as caring for my Mum, so I don't really want to spend my *fun* time reading/complaining about it.... I second {third?} the idea of having people sign in with e-mails, so that if there is a problem with someone continually making cruel and unnecessary comments/insults/taking everything off-topic, they can be blocked. I grow weary of having to read through someone's angry stream-of-conscience messages, and have only been here once in the last month. I miss the great people who give awesome advice: Patricia, Anna, Danielle M., Claire {and others} but my on-line time is very short, and I don't want to waste it...thank you for improving it any way you can, Rebecca!


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Barnard R. "Barney" Jenkins, Jr., of Smyrna, passed away on Thursday, March 7, 2013. He was 71.
He was born near Felton, DE on June 21, 1941. Barney was a dear friend to all that knew him, and he will be sadly missed by all. He was known to many as "Barney the Junk Man" - a great friend and brother.
In addition to his many friends, he is survived by a brother, William Jenkins.
Memorial Services will be held at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 13 at Matthews-Bryson Funeral Home, 123 W. Commerce St., Smyrna, where friends may call at 6:30 p.m. Interment will be private.
To send a condolence, visit www.matthewsbryson.com.
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Awful! This apartment is managed by Interhome agency, and there is one surprise provided by them - cleaning fee. Then you are choosing a room you do not see any mentions about addition costs - only after reservation. We realized that we had to pay extra 66 EUR after getting booking confirmation.
It is a little bit unpleasantly, but then we came there we saw an absolutely dirty apartment - all the surfaces was covered with dust. And this is is AFTER 66 EUR cleaning! We spent a half oh a day to clean everything by ourselves.
More than that - there was not any blankets there. We asked a charwoman to bring us at least one, she promised to come with them in the evening but did not come and did not bring any.
We was needed to sleep under thin cover for sofa, and it was quite cold.
After all this they took money for cleaning from my credit card without my agreement and did not answer my mails with photos of dust in their apartment.
Don't book anything from Interhome!
Very nice, wellplanned, clean and nice villa. Big and well equipted kitchen.
the apartment is really well placed, right in the centre of Prague; you need just a minute to reach the old town square by walk, passing through one of the most turistic street of the city.
The guys at the reception did a good job, letting us enter our rooms some hours before the check-in time.
The apartment was really nice and well furnished, with everything necessary (i think more than necessary!!) for the trip: tiny but complete kitchen, living room with big tv, internet connection and so on...
We just had some troubles to sleep at night dued to some drunk hooligans lodged in our building that passed whole nights ringing every door bell in the palace, shouting, slamming doors and elevator cabin, from 4 to 6 a.m.; unfortunately non-smart people is everywhere...but this has nothing to do with the accomodation that has been really comfortable.
Everything was Great Perfect Location, Really Clean only reason i give it 4 Stars is the wifi in our room.. Well there wasn't any. Other then that it was Greeat Would Def stay here again
Everything was perfect! Really nice apartment and the location was really good. the aprtment was very clean and fresh and it included all things that you needed. Good kitchen-equipment, free internet and nice furnishing.
Had a pleasant stay here for 4 days. Very centrally located apartment with restaurants, a bakery, a slaughter and an Metro right outside the door.
Some street noise and the apartment could need a major cleaning.
1-very dear(expensive) by report(relationship) quality / prices(prizes)
2-aftre the reservation a great surprise in supplement bond 100€ payment for (cleaning +draps+taxes)
3 - impossible of sat(based) in the garden or to open windows because of big mosquitoes (in spite of the precautions were all pricked by mosquito
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5-full of dust, in private individuals under mattresses
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7-lack of playroom(gaming room) (children and adults) and fitness gym
8-I never return and I do not advise(recommend) it to my friends
hidden cost and no free wifi as advertised
Very comfortable nice apartment.
Very good orieted appartment in the centre of Chamonix. Exxellent on the minute service from Interhome when the bathtub was clogged.
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Base cabinet has two storage drawers and four doors with an adjustable shelf behind each. Top surface is 1-1/8" thick with a handy 3-3/4"H backsplash. Wall cabinet has four doors with two adjustable shelves behind each, and is deep enough to accommodate three-ring binders. All doors have commercial quality hinges, and all shelves adjust in 1-1/4" increments.
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Forks isn't the only place feeling love from older fans; the love for young adult fiction is soaring here in the Beehive State. "We think it's being driven by adult women buying these books," says Margaret Brennan Neville, children's book buyer at The King's English in SLC. "The ones I wonder about are the moms who say they are coming in to buy for their daughters." She estimates about a fourth of those who buy young adult books, which target ages 12 and up, are typically older than 25. "They're basically college age and up," she notes. "And in Utah the sales are even higher for the Twilight series."
The young adult category, which includes popular books like Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl's Beautiful Creatures and Sara Shepard's Pretty Little Liars series, is the only one that had an uptick in sales over the last four and a half years. Twilight opened up the doors for other paranormal romances at the store, but Neville says the trend has already shifted toward dystopian futures and romances thanks to the wildly popular The Hunger Games.
But for local women, love of that genre doesn't end with the books.
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Four of the top-grossing midnight screenings for The Hunger Games movie nationwide were at the Larry H. Miller Group Sandy Megaplex Theatres, which brought in more than $276,000 in sales. "We had close to 5,000 people here, filling every seat for the premiere," says Julene Jolley, director of events for the theater. (Megaplex also ranked number one in ticket sales for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1.)
Aside from corporate buyouts of theaters, Jolley says Megaplex has a special way to get fans in the door, and ever since the first premiere event for the Twilight movie in 2008, she has noticed many of those fans are older than expected. "That first one was prom themed, and we got women of all ages," she says. "Half of them were between 20 and 30 or older."
Jolley and her co-worker Teresa Royce have even thought about starting a book club at the theater that will include novels written for the young adult and middle-grade audiences. "Those writers struck a chord, regardless of age," Royce says. "Even my 86-year-old mother reads books for young adults."
Megaplex by the Numbers
1st, 2nd & 3rd—Megaplex rankings for national ticket sales for opening night of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
4—Theaters that ranked in the national top 10 for the midnight premiere of The Hunger Games ticket sales
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Freshman Sarah Christian threw the first Conference USA shutout of her career Sunday afternoon against Marshall.
April 29, 2012
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GREENVILLE, N.C. - A two-run single in the fourth inning from junior Kai Clark and the first Conference USA shutout of freshman pitcher Sarah Christian's career lifted East Carolina to a 3-0 victory over Marshall on Senior Day Sunday afternoon. Senior Suzanne Riggs drove in a run in the fifth and threw out the Thundering Herd's Amanda Lara at the plate to end the top of the first to help preserve Christian's blanking.
The Pirates (23-26, 9-11 C-USA) have won seven of their last eight games and finished the season 15-6 at home and 8-3 versus C-USA foes in Greenville.
Christian (17-15) held the Thundering Herd to six hits and one walk in the complete game. Her only strikeout was fanning pinch hitter Victoria Marvin looking to end the contest. Christian's 17 wins this season are the fourth most in a season by a rookie in East Carolina program history. She trails only Toni Paisley (21/2007), Jami Bendle (19/1995) and Jill Rowlands (18/1994). Marshall's Andi Williamson (20-12) suffered the setback, allowing three runs, one earned, on six hits and four walks. She fanned seven in six innings of work.
Marshall (31-20, 12-9 C-USA) mounted the initial threat of the afternoon in the top of the first, but Riggs' toss home kept the visitors off the scoreboard. Alianna Telles singled to left to open the game and was replaced by pinch runner Lara, who moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and to third on a passed ball. Jazmine Valle hit a fly ball to left with one down and Lara tried to score, but was gunned down by Riggs.
ECU had its first scoring opportunity in the bottom of the second, but failed to convert. With two outs, sophomore Alex Fieldhouse drew a walk and Clark singled to right, but a groundout to Valle at third allowed Williamson to escape.
In the top of the fourth, the Thundering Herd put two on with two outs as Bri Anna Hope singled through the left side and Jessica Hughes dropped down a bunt single. Christian's first pitch to Alysia Hively was sent toward right center, but sophomore second baseman Kristi Oshiro dove and made the catch to strand the pair.
Following the defensive hold, East Carolina used two Marshall errors to take a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the inning. Sophomore Jordan Lewis started the frame reaching on a Valle throwing error. Riggs followed with a bunt that Williamson fielded and threw to first, but second baseman Ashley Gue, who was covering the bag, dropped the toss, putting runners on first and second with no outs. A sacrifice bunt by Fieldhouse moved the pair up a base before Clark singled up the middle to drive in both. A strikeout and groundout ended the scoring.
The Pirates added another run in the bottom of the fifth to go ahead 3-0 on a two-out double by Riggs. A single down the left-field line by sophomore Jill Jelnick started the inning and she moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by senior Priscilla Velasquez. Sophomore Jasmine Robbins struck out swinging, but the pitch bounced in to home and Robbins took off for first base. Marshall catcher Rebecca Gamby faked the throw to first and Jelnick took off for third. Gamby threw to Valle and Jelnick was tagged out, but Robbins was safe at first with two outs. Robbins stole second and went to third a throwing error by Gamby, as her throw bounced into left center. Lewis walked to put runners on the corners and Riggs doubled to left center to drive in Robbins. Williamson ended the inning with a strikeout.
Christian retired 10 of the final 12 Thundering Herd hitters to earn her second career shutout and first since blanking Cal State Fullerton on March 6. Telles doubled to right center with two outs in the fifth and pinch hitter Emileigh Cooper walked with two down in the seventh, but a foul out ended the fifth and the Marvin strikeout concluded the game.
East Carolina has nearly a week off before returning to action Saturday, May 5, at Memphis. The teams play a doubleheader starting at 2:00 p.m. ET.


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Let's make this a Christmas to remember; the final days of the Gingerbread Forest are upon us at Grand America Hotel, and don't forget the Snowbasin's Christmas Festival. Wiggle some room out of your plans for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. You don't want to miss the holiday fun.
Grand America's Gingerbread Forest
The Grand America Hotel knows how to celebrate. Catch the last three days of their Gingerbread Forest. This event is free, so grab your kids and take them the ballroom corridor of the hotel. Get lost in this display of handcrafted gingerbread houses. Count the gumdrops and marvel at the layers of frosting on display.
The Grand America Hotel 555 South Main Street, SLC 801.258.6000 Click here for more information.
Irving Berlin's White Christmas
Make this year's Christmas a hit with Irving Berlin's White Christmas. Based on the classic movie, this play is sure to be a holiday experience the whole family will enjoy. You and yours will get lost in this theatrical evening of song and dance as you experiences some of Berlin's greatest songs: "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm," "Blue Skies," "Sisters" and, to round things off, "White Christmas." Tickets are limited, so hurry!
Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre, 12-2:30 p.m. 300 S. 1400 East, SLC Box Office 801-581-6961 Click here for more details.
Destination: North Pole
Hop a train headed to the North Pole. Heber Valley Historic Railroad's North Pole Express is leaving the station for the final time. Passengers on the North Pole Express will enjoy hot cocoa and cookies while listing to caroling, a traditional holiday story before they meet Santa and receive a special gift. Christmas Eve excursions run at 2 p.m., 5 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. You better catch Santa before he hitches his sleigh and heads out for the night. Tickets are going fast!
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A Christmas Eve Celebration at Snowbasin
Celebrate Santa's arrival with a full parade, fireworks and more holiday fun than you will have energy for. If you want your little ones to sleep in, then you better head over to Snowbasin for their annual Christmas Eve Celebration. The evening begins with a delicious meal in Earl's Lodge served from 4-8 p.m., before Santa arrives on his sleigh around 6 p.m. Watch the torchlight parade and celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with fireworks.
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Tired of doing the hosting? The Canyons Resort will do it for you. The Cabin Restaurant offers a delicious holiday buffet including Calamari, Oven Roasted Ham with Cranberry Orange Marmalade, and some of the best tasting deserts you could imagine. The assortment will more than satisfy your taste buds and it also offers a Kid's Station. Make this a Christmas to savor. Available from 3-9 p.m. This is the perfect way to round off this holiday season.
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Church was selected as the second-team All-SoCon first baseman. Blake had a breakout season in 2004, hitting .353 while leading the team with 53 RBIs. He also hit eight home runs and 15 doubles while scoring 40 runs. Church is also widely regarded as the best defensive first baseman in the conference after posting a .989 fielding percentage last season.
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C Caleb Moore,
1B Greg Dowling,
2B Gary Morris, Elon
SS A.J. Davidiuk, Furman
3B Jess Easterling,
OF Byron Barber,
OF Brett Gardner,
OF Grant Rembert, Elon
DH Brett Anderson,
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P Ken Egleton, The Citadel
P Chris Mason, UNC
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Doctors aren't supposed to write prescriptions for medications they know don't work. So why do they and many leading public health authorities continue to dispense advice that may be no more effective than a sugar pill—and might actually cause harm? In a landmark review published earlier this year in Nutrition Journal, the authors question why doctors and other medical experts routinely counsel over-weight people to get rid of extra pounds even though scientists, after decades of intense research, have yet to find a reliable prescription for weight loss. Moreover, the payoff for dieting isn't even clear: There's little evidence that losing weight is the key to better health, contends lead author Linda Bacon, PhD, a nutrition professor at the City College of San Francisco. And in some cases, she adds, efforts to shed pounds may actually be dangerous.
In her well-informed critique, Bacon not only raises questions about conventional weight-loss notions but also posits that there are more effective paths to better health. More asked her for details.
What's wrong with dieting—that is, restricting your food intake to lose weight?
A The first thing that's wrong is that dieting almost never works. A few years ago, psychologist Traci Mann, PhD, and her colleagues at the University of California, Los Angeles, reviewed two decades of studies of weight-loss programs. They found that dieters initially dropped pounds, usually 5 to 10 percent of their body weight. But when these dieters were followed over time, they almost all regained the weight they'd lost. In general, the more time that passes after someone loses weight on a diet, the more weight she regains, until she's back to where she was or is even heavier. Results like these led a panel of experts convened by the National Institutes of Health to acknowledge that no matter what weight-loss plan people follow, almost all of them regain weight. There's no evidence that diets lead to lasting weight loss.
But aren't there some successful losers out there? Hasn't the National Weight Control Registry [NWCR] been keeping a list of them in order to figure out what works?
A Of course there are successes. But very, very few. The NWCR tracks people who have lost 30 pounds or more, but for as little as one year. Also, the number of people in the registry is a tiny portion of the total group of Americans trying to lose weight. In general, the scientific and popular literature estimates that only about 5 percent of dieters maintain their weight loss, which is dismal. To insist that everyone do what only a small fraction of people have succeeded at is to set up the majority for failure. It's not that dieters fail. It's the concept of dieting that fails.
Still, Americans have grown fatter over the past 30 years. Don't we need to stem the rising epidemic of obesity?
A The term epidemic is misleading. It's true that average weight has increased. But the word epidemic implies a public health crisis. There's no evidence that Americans' being heavier, on average, poses a serious health threat.


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Winter Summer Subleasing
During the summer and winter breaks, residents often leave on mission trips or leave to go home for a certain period of time. While they are gone, residents have the option to sublet their apartment in order to cover the cost of their rent. In order to sublease an apartment you must be a current student or a direct family member of a current resident. Current residents will set a nightly rate for guests.
Because local students often do not know of their plans until the last minute, we will not have a list of available subleases until close to the period of residency. Because of this, sublease requests will not be accepted until April 1st (for Summer) or November 1st (for Winter Intercession). Apartments are assigned on a first come, first serve basis and availability is dependant upon how many residents offer to sublease their apartment.
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Lampedusa tragedy - European policy necessary according to Didier Reynders
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders is deeply distressed by the fatal tragedy that took place off the Italian island of Lampedusa on 3 October. His thoughts are with the many victims and their families, to whom the Minister expresses his sympathy. He also expresses his solidarity and sympathy with the Italian people and the local and national authorities that are dealing with this tragedy.
The Lampedusa tragedy has a European dimension. It demonstrates that a global and balanced European immigration policy is necessary. Controlling the EU's exterior borders is but one element of such a policy.
The European Union must seek to avoid another tragedy like this one, above all by ramping up the fight against criminal networks that exploit the situation in which immigrants find themselves. Also, the EU must develop programmes to improve living conditions in the regions from where people attempt to come to Europe. It must also dialogue and cooperate with the countries from where people wish to emigrate and with the transit countries that those people use.


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ZF-5051: Several methods have to be reimplemented in the file element to prevent unintentional uploading
Several methods in the parent element class make use of getValue().
As this method was implemented into the file element to allow simpler uploading, all other methods which make use of getValue within the parent class have to be implemented or overwritten in the file element.
Otherwise the file would be uploaded when it's not wished.
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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) is a form of treatment where patients breathe in 100% oxygen, while in a pressurized environment. Many hard-to-heal wounds are considered "hypoxic", meaning that they have a very poor oxygen supply, and oxygen is a critical ingredient of wound healing. HBO delivers this badly needed oxygen to the wound, which in turn stimulates the processes of wound healing.
Many chronic wounds are starved for oxygen, meaning the body cannot get oxygen via the blood stream to the area of injury. This is usually due to a patient's medical conditions. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a treatment that works to heal wounds using several different mechanisms. It kickstarts wound healing by delivering oxygen, dissolved in the blood at high concentrations, to a chronically oxygen starved wound. It "turns on" many different types of important wound healing cells that need oxygen to work. This promotes the production of collagen, a vital ingredient in wound healing, which leads to the rapid growth of new blood vessels in the area. It also helps to fight infection by killing bacteria, and promoting the effects of different types of antibiotics. All of this translates to an accelerated healing process.
Some of conditions that we have treated with hyperbaric oxygen include:
Each hyperbaric treatment session is approximately 90 minutes, although you should plan on a total of 2 hours per day. During this time you will be able to watch TV, movies, or just listen to your favorite music. You can choose from our extensive DVD library or bring in a movie or music of your own.
The duration of treatment will vary with the diagnosis. On average, a person can expect to receive approximately 30 treatments to ensure that the body has enough time to develop healthy new tissue to heal the wound.
Although there is no pain associated with receiving actual hyperbaric oxygen, some patients do report some ear discomfort when initially going to the treatment pressure. This discomfort is similar to what you may feel when landing in an airplane or diving in a swimming pool, and the operator will teach you how to reduce the discomfort through special ear clearing techniques. There are no needles or IV lines involved in hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Hyperbaric oxygen is considered to be a very safe therapy associated with very few side effects. Although the most commonly reported side effects include some mild ear discomfort, most patients tolerate hyperbaric oxygen therapy without difficulty.
There is a TV above each chamber to enable you to watch movies on DVD, cable television or you can simply relax and listen to your favorite music. You can choose from our extensive DVD library or bring in a movie or music of your own.
Our facility chambers are quite spacious, measuring 9 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 5.5 feet tall. The chamber itself is made of completely clear acrylic, so you can see your entire surroundings. During therapy, you will sit on a stretcher, slightly inclined, with your feet extended. A television screen will be directly over you so that you may watch movies or cable TV. You will have room to move your arms and legs and shift positions. You will also be in continuous view of our chamber operator and will be able to speak to the operator via the two-way communication system.
The only time when patients feel anything is when they are starting or finishing their treatment, when they may feel pressure changes in their ears. During the therapy, most patients will not feel any different than they would outside of the chamber.
Your hyperbaric physician will be monitoring your wound and/or symptoms during the course of your therapy. If you have a wound, you will start to notice that the wound will start to slowly fill in and then cover with skin. If you are having radiation symptoms such as pain or bleeding, these should start to improve or completely resolve as therapy progresses.
A two-way communication system is present in the chamber so that you may speak with your attendant at any time.
In addition to always being immediately available within the suite if any need arose, the hyperbaric physician will also do a quick exam before and after every treatment, looking in your ears and listening to your heart and lungs. The physician will also check on you intermittently during early therapy to answer any questions that you may have.
Medicare has approved coverage for certain diagnoses and most insurance companies follow Medicare guidelines. Before we start therapy, we will work with your insurance provider to obtain preauthorization, if needed, for your treatments. If there are deductibles or other costs associated with therapy, these will be discussed with you before therapy is started.
The chamber operator will discuss your therapy with you prior to starting so that you know what to expect.
To maximize your safety, we will give you clothing to wear while in the chamber. Dressing rooms with lockers are available for your personal belongings. The operator will carefully review with you what is and what is not allowed in the chamber.
We ask that you go to the bathroom prior to starting therapy, but urinals are available if needed. If you prefer to use the restroom instead, the therapy can also be stopped at any time, at your request, and you will be brought back to normal pressure.
Since the chambers are clear, most patients do not suffer from anxiety or claustrophobia. And unlike many other facilities, our extra large chambers also allow you to sit up during therapy, which also minimizes any "closed in" feelings you might develop. However, if necessary, the hyperbaric physician can prescribe a medication for you to use during therapy, to help you relax.
If you have a history of a nonhealing wound, or a history of radiation therapy in the past with the onset of unusual physical symptoms currently, talk with your doctor about a referral to the FMH Center for Advanced Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine. Our physicians can evaluate you for hyperbaric oxygen therapy to see if you are a candidate.


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ZF-3337: Zend_Validate_Date: Incorrect error message
When you specify a custom date format to Zend_Validate_Date and subsequently call isValid(), if your date is of the correct format but an invalid date, the validator returns a message saying the date was in the incorrect format.
This is caused by using Zend_Date::isDate() and assuming a return value of false means the date is in the incorrect format when it could be in the correct format but not a valid date (e.g., 30 Feb of any year).
$validator = new Zend_Validate_Date('MM/DD/YYYY');
// Correctly returns true
// Returns false (correctly) with message "'02/30/2008' does not fit given date format" (incorrect)
But the message is right... A 30. February does NOT fit the given format.
What would you expect to get returned when you set 'DDD yyyy' and input "0 0" ? The returned message did not say that the given format is not correct, it returned that the input does not fit in the given format, which is correct.
My point is that the message "'02/30/2008' does not fit given date format" is misleading as a user may look at the message and be confident he inputed the date in the correct format, what he might not immediately realise is that 30 Feb is an invalid date; therefore, a message saying "'02/30/2008' is not a valid date" would give better feedback on the user's error that what is currently being returned.
Currently, I will get the same error message whether I inputed an invalid date in the correct format or inputted a 'date' in the incorrect format.
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This book is dedicated to my friend, who is the main character in this photo-essay. It is my hope that she enjoys this permanent record of her beloved former residence: her house and garden under the cedars. The essay also documents some of her visitors, and the times spent together on Vancouver Island.
I have a passion for painting and photography. There is beauty everywhere. Infinite opportunities exist to put images on canvas or film. In education, photography is also a way of documenting the learning that takes place inside and outside the classroom. Documenting the changes in nature, in rural and urban landscapes, and in the environment in general, I consider as essential as photograpy as an Art form.
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ZF-7696: Bug: 'include(FrontController.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory' error message
Hi, Even though I saw that this bug fixed, I still get this error message:
'Warning: include(FrontController.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /xxx/library/Zend/Loader.php on line 83'
The workaround of adding 'false' at class_exists() in BootstrapAbstract.php (line 354) still solves this.
The false parameter was removed from the get_class() call in r17801. Simply adding it back causes the test case Zend_Application_Bootstrap_BootstrapAbstractTest::testRequestingPluginsByAutoloadableClassNameShouldNotRaiseFatalErrors.
I'm going to try and see if I can't find out a way for this to work in both cases.
I'm stumped. Any ideas Matthew?
I get this error as soon as I enable the fallback autoloader. Any ideas?
Yes, if you want to remove this warning, you need to disable fallback autoloader and rewrite your code for an properly namespace based loading. Using false in get_class isn't solution, because it produces other problems as Matthew said.
I think module bootstraping need to be deeply revised, but I don't have currenty any idea.
What if you're using a library (or application classes) that aren't namespaced?
I created a patch that prevents this warning from occurring.
It doesn't break any unit tests. However, I tried but couldn't duplicate the warning in a unit test context.
I can duplicate it in an application at will though by doing the following:
- Enable fallback autoloader
- Use module bootstraps
resources.modules[] =
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In WW2, which midget submarine program was the most successful? I know at least Great Britain and Japan had midget submarines and used them during the course of the conflict. Which WW2 combatant had the most success with their midget subs?
This is a rather long answer outlining the strengths and weaknesses of various nations' midget submarine fleets. If you just want the short answer, skip to the last paragraph. During World War II, the UK, Italy, Germany, and Japan had midget submarines. The US, the USSR, and China did not.
The Royal Navy had two main submarines. The X-class submarine was built from 1943-1944, eventually replaced by the XE-class submarine. 20 X-class submarines and at least twelve XE-class submarines were built. There were also a few unsuccessful submarines, such as the Sleeping Beauty and the Welman submarine. Six of the X-class were lost in battle and one in training. Another six of the X-class were training-only. The operational X-class were mainly used in preparatory work such as taking surveys of Normandy beach and cutting torpedo nets in harbors. However, six were used in Operation Source to neutralize German warships. All but two of the submarines involved were lost in this operation. XE-class submarines were used similarly. However, only four of them ever saw action. In 1945, they were used to cut Japanese telephone cables off the coast of Vietnam and China.
Italy had 16 midget submarines over the course of the war. There were two classes, the CA-class and the CB-class. Two CA-class subs were manufactured Between 1938 and 1939 and two more were manufactured in September 1943. They were originally designed for coast defence but later modified as attack craft. Italy planned for them to attack New York Harbor, but their transport submarine was sunk and the plan was scuttled.
Italy also had a few unsuccessful miniature sub designs.
Germany had four types of midget subs of which only one was successful. The first was the Biber.
Bibers took part in many missions, but few ever survived them. For example, in the first Biber operation, 14 took part. Only two even made it to the operational area. In 1944, the Bibers deployed against traffic going to Antwerp. In the first attack, 18 were sent out and one returned. They sank only one ship-- the Alan A. Dale. This was one of the the only ships ever sunk by a Biber. Further operations in the area lost over thirty more Bibers.
The Molch, another German Midget submarine, was highly unsuccessful. Although 393 were built, it suffered heavy losses.
The Neger was a torpedo-carrying craft. Although not designed as a suicide weapon, the torpedo would often fail to release from the submarine when fired and would carry the craft with it to the target.
Due to this, the Neger was eventually retired and withdrawn from service.
The last major type of German midget sub was the Seehund. It was the most successful of the German Midget Submarines. Of the 1000 planned, 285 were completed and only 35 of those were lost, mostly due to bad weather. However, it was designed in 1944 and only used in the last months of the war. It's small size made it difficult for it to be picked up by ASDIC. It was also a very quiet craft, making detection by hydrophone impossible. It mainly operated around the German Coast and the English Channel, attacking merchant ships. It sank nine and damaged three.
The Japanese had the largest fleet of submarines of any of the navies in the pacific although Germany had the most overall.
These were by far faster than any other midget submarine sailing at the time. Few could go over 10 knots.
These were comprised of one main type- the Ko-hyoteki Class Submarine. It was subdivided into three types: A, C, and D. Five type A participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor, but only two made it into the harbor and none survived it. Three type A attacked Sydney Harbor in 1942, but one was sunk before it could do damage. The other two survived but sank before they could return to their transport submarines. They damaged only one ship however. Two type A's also took part in the Battle of Madagascar. One was lost at sea and the other seriously damaged one battle ship and sank an oil tanker. Type D's were mas produced-- even more than the type A's and type C's. 115 type D's were completed by the end of the war and almost five hundred more were under construction. The Ko-hyoteki also played a defensive role in the Aleutians and alsewhere in the Pacific.
To put a conclusion on this lengthy answer, I would say the Japanese had the best midget submarines. However, the Germans had the best program as the Japanese did not often utilize their fleet in important offenses.


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How do your meatballs stack up?
Italian classic's the thing at first of 2 new contests at local festivals this week
Published: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 5:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 7:26 p.m.
The first meatball in the history of a cook-off that's being added to the annual Festa Italiana in Daytona Beach has yet to be bitten, but Annette Amroian already tastes a tradition.
Festa Italiana
WHAT: Food, entertainment, rides and games, benefits Lourdes Academy
WHEN: 5-10 p.m. Thursday-Friday, noon-10 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday; (Meatball Cookoff 6 p.m. Thursday)
WHERE: Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, 1014 N. Halifax Ave., Daytona Beach
ADMISSION: Free
"I think of generations standing behind that table — someone 40 years from now saying, 'My grandmother won this trophy the first time, in 2013, and I'm going to get it back,' " said Amroian, a planning volunteer for this week's festival at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church.
Besides a year's custody of the Traveling Meatball Trophy, the winner of Thursday's contest will receive a two-night stay at an oceanfront hotel. The 6 p.m. competition has no entry fee and is open to all cooks.
It is one of two inaugural cooking contests scheduled to take place at established festivals in Volusia and Flagler counties this week. The other, a new Backyard BBQ Competition with $5,000 in cash prizes Friday at the Rock N' Rib Fest in Palm Coast, already has its lineup of contestants in place. (See related story, below.)
While the Palm Coast competition has a formal set of categories and rules and an affiliation with the Kansas City Barbeque Society, organizers of the Festa Italiana Meatball Cookoff said they view their contest as a carnival game for grownups.
The rules are simple. Each contestant is required to bring at least 50 meatballs, each weighing about 1/2 ounce. The festival will provide electricity for keeping the meatballs hot and a table for each contestant.
"We are encouraging tablescaping," Amroian said.
Judging will be done by meatball tasters from the public who pay for the privilege, first-come, first-served. Five dollars will buy the opportunity to taste all of the meatballs and to vote for one, said Pete Sicilian, publicity chairman for the festival.
Amroian said she hopes contestants will call the church office at 386-255-0433 to reserve a spot, but "if you show up with a pot of sauce and meatballs, we'll find room for you."
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Height: 6-4 Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: November 14, 1958 in Abington, PA
High School: Central Bucks West
College: Boston Univ.
Drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the 11th round (291st overall) of the 1981 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 20 (4825th overall since 1950)


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text: So far I have finished watching as of lately Revolutionary Girl Utena and a few months ago Code Geass. However, I don't know if there's any other shows I've missed. I stalled Escaflowne and Princess Tutu, and I plan on finishing the latter. And I already have recommendations for GTO, Hellsing, D Grey Man (however you spell it), Kimi ni Todoke, and X'amd The Lost Memories. So, do you guys have anything you think I should? Besides random classics I'll come by and finish anyway, I have no idea what I'm going to finish next.


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Terrie's Take: The Right To Be Forgotten, in Japan, Philippine Investment, Money Laundering, and Trouncing Melanoma with iPS Cells!
Terrie's Take is a selection of Japan-centric news collected and collated by long-time resident and media business professional Terrie Lloyd. AkihabaraNews is pleased to present Terrie's learned perspective; we all could use another take on the news - here's Terrie's:
Today We Want: ATTACK ON TITAN JENGA (...uhhhh balance wall?)
World's Most Popular Manga/Anime Clones Jenga!
We said it before: the popularity ranking might be debatable, but there's no doubt that Hajime Isayama's now 5-year-old serial - his first at that - certainly has been the most visible franchise of the past year.
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Thanko - 3000mAh mobile battery hand warmer
Thanko loves to combine different useful functionality with mobile USB batteries.
Today, we are going to introduce their new mobile battery hand warmer. Traditional hand warmers are usually disposable pads, but Thanko's hand warmer is not. It's more practical and eco-friendly.
The unit is designed to get warm, so please don't worry. It's not overheated! The built-in heating film makes the device warm, and you can choose your preferred level of warmth from Weak or Strong.
Silicon Power - Jewel J80 - Ring-style USB 3.0 flash memory
Today, Taiwanese company, Silicon Power, has started selling ring USB 3.0 flash memory "Jewel J80" in Japan.
Jewel J80 looks a bit like an expensive can opener.
You can bring it with you everywhere by attaching it to your belongings like a key chain. The metal alloy body has resistance to scratches and shock.
8GB model - 880 yen
16GB model - 1,380 yen
32GB model - 2,180 yen
Vocaloid Hatsune Miku Represents on Letterman (and righteously shames pop music)
American and Japanese Pop Music are Horrible and Empty.
NTT docomo - Dococchi - Watch-Style Wearable Child Monitor (Tracker?)
Ongoing docomo Coverage:
Last week, we joined NTT docomo's 2014-2015 winter/spring products rollout and witnessed their new approach to wearable devices for kids - it's called Dococchi (ドコッチ).
Starbucks is so ready to sell Christmas drinks in Japan
In Japan, November 1st seems like the official day that stores get permission to let loose with the Christmas songs and lights.
Starbucks Coffee Japan is no exception. They already announced that they are going to start selling Japan-only Cranberry Bliss White Mocha and Snow Maple Toffy Latte/Frappuccino from November 1st.
Sustainability Engineering targeting Architecture and Urban Environments
The Ikaga Research Laboratory of Keio University's System Design Engineering Department conducts research on the core issue of sustainability in terms of both architecture and urban planning. The group examines how this informs both the design of domestic environments to actively promote health, and urban environments conducive to a low-carbon approach. Currently the lab is focusing on three main themes: health, intellectual productivity, and low-carbon.


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Arnold Earnest Banks, age 91, of Arkadelphia, died Friday, July 5, 2013, in Little Rock. He was born Sept. 2, 1921, in the Rush Fork Community near Hot Springs, the son of the late Earnest and Viola Jones Banks. He was a retired mechanic, owned and operated a wrecker service and pulpwood business in Arkadelphia for many years. Arnold was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II and a member of Woodmen of the World.
He was preceded in death by one son, Larry Banks; two sisters, Terri and Verna Lee; and a special friend, Billy Ruggles.
Survivors are his wife, Geanetta Malcom Banks; a son, Billy Paul Chaves and wife, Leah; a daughter, Kimberly O'Neal; two grandchildren, Austin O'Neal and Hailey O'Neal all of Arkadelphia; two other surviving children, Gene Banks and family and Louise Brewer and family, all of Arkadelphia.
Funeral services will beheld at 2 p.m., Wednesday, July 10, at Ruggles-Wilcox Funeral Home with Bro. Carl Kluck and Bro. Charlie Williams officiating. Interment with military honors will be in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m., Tuesday, at the funeral home.
Honorary pallbearers for Arnold Earnest Banks are Bud Reeder, Carl Kluck, Bill Johnson, Bobby Dale Bennett and Catherine Connell, APN.
The family would like to give a special thank-you to the staff of Arkansas Inpatient Hospice of Hot Springs and to the staff of Veterans Administration Inpatient Hospice Palliative Care of Little Rock, sixth floor east wing.
The online guest register is available at www.ruggleswilcox.com.
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This local office offers the following services.
Adoption Services
Focuses on developing profiles of children and the placement of children who are legally free to be adopted. Adoption services are provided to relatives and non-relative caretakers. Post adoption services may include a monthly subsidy and medical assistance.
Adult Protective Services (APS)
Serves persons aged 18 and over who are unable to protect their own interests or are at risk of abuse, neglect and/or exploitation. Adult Protective Services provides investigative services to protect the health, safety, and welfare of vulnerable adults.
Child Care Program
Also known as Purchase of Care (POC), coordinates child care services for eligible families and ensures payment to day care providers. Child Care services are provided to Temporary Cash Assistance (TCA) customers participating in a work activity or a substance abuse treatment program as well as to other low-income working families.
Child Support Enforcement
Location & Contact Information
Harford County Department of Social Services
2 South Bond Street, Suite 300
Bel Air, Maryland 21014-3736
Jerome Reyerson, Director
Office of Child Support Enforcement
101 South Main Street, Suite 200
Bel Air, Maryland 21014
Customer Service: 1-800-332-6347
Automated Customer Service & Payment Information: 1-800-723-9937
Facsimile: 410-638-8990
Karen Mayer, Assistant Director
State's Attorney's Office for Harford County
Family Support Division
101 South Main Street, Suite 102
Bel Air, Maryland 21014
More Information & Resources
Child Support Enforcement Unit
45 South Main Street
Bel Air, Maryland 21014
Harford County Circuit Court Clerk's Office
20 West Courtland Street
Bel Air, Maryland 21014
James J. Reilly, Circuit Court Clerk for Harford County
Family Support Services
Assists in the preservation of families and rebuilding of lives to prevent out-of-home placement. Anyone can make a referral, but the family must be willing to accept services.
Food Stamps (FS)
Increases the food purchasing capability of families and individuals. Most persons receiving TCA and TDAP are eligible for Food Stamps, as are others with low income.
Foster Care Services (FCS)
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Andreoli on Oil & Fuel: Energy is a bipartisan issue
With the presidential election just around the corner, divisive and intentionally misleading partisan talking points on energy have come to dominate the media.
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With the presidential election just around the corner, divisive and intentionally misleading partisan talking points on energy have come to dominate the media.
These talking points apply a layer of partisan paint to what are truly bipartisan policies, thus creating an "us versus them" mentality on both sides of the aisle. More importantly, they simplify public perception of our current energy situation, what's possible with regard to energy independence, and what steps will take us in the right direction.
While one candidate or the other may benefit in the short term by oversimplifying energy issues and sowing the seeds of division, such gains are made at the expense of long-term prosperity by erasing the significant amount of agreement that exists between Republicans and Democrats on energy and related environmental issues. As a case in point, few would view any of the following issues as bipartisan.
Environmental regulation
Alternative energy subsidies
"Drill baby drill"
- Oil pipeline promotion
Environmental regulation and alternative energy subsidies have come to be associated with Democrats, and oil pipelines and "Drill Baby Drill" with Republicans. Such generalizations obscure more than they reveal and needlessly consume a truly scarce resource: bipartisan cooperation.
Few realize that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created with the stroke of a pen held by none other than President Richard Nixon, and the Environmental Protection Act, which shares its acronym and general goals, was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush. Nixon also signed into law the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, and the Clean Air Act—all of which have complicated domestic oil and gas production and refining as well.
Ironically, laws outlined by these acts are being used by "fracktivists"—those opposed to hydraulic fracturing—to slow or halt unconventional gas production.
Of course Nixon and Bush weren't secret Greenpeace operatives who infiltrated the highest level of government. Rather, each happened to be President when the will of the people insisted that deteriorating environmental health be addressed. These pieces of legislation, which first passed through the Democrat-controlled House and Senate, were common sense initiatives that addressed among other things, the impacts that energy production and consumption (especially of fossil fuels) have on the environment and society.
Neither party can take full credit for the positive impacts that these initiatives have had, nor can one party take the full blame for the economic inefficiencies that accompany these regulations.
Energy production and consumption will always have negative externalities that need to be mediated, and politics is the art of such mediation. Partisan talking points and the "us versus them" mentality that they enshrine, inhibit the greater good.
Alternative energy
When we think of alternative energy sources, we see a similar pattern of bipartisanism hidden behind partisan talking points. Traditional energy sources include coal and conventional oil and natural gas.
Alternative energy sources include not only the obvious "green" contenders—wind, solar, and hydro—but also the wildly successful production of unconventional oil and gas resources including coal bed methane and hydro-fracked shale oil and shale gas.
While many would not include unconventional fossil fuels in the "alternative energy" category, they share a number of important characteristics with wind and solar. The development of each requires expensive basic research, complex technology development, and lead times that are best measured in decades.
As a consequence, none of the three (solar, wind, and unconventional oil and gas) would make viable investments at the early stage of development. If left only to the private sector, there will be underinvestment in these risky technologies that are not likely to earn a positive return for decades—and this is why all three require government subsidies and assistance while in the development phase.
Popular discourse would suggest that all Republicans are in favor of fracking, and all Democrats oppose the practice, but it will no doubt come as a shock that the development of hydrofracking extends back to the Carter administration. That's right, the technology that has pushed natural gas prices down by 75% or more in just the last few years and raised the ire of environmentalists across the globe has been under development for more than 30 years—and can trace its seed funding back to a Democrat.
Of course this funding was continued by Carter's successor, Ronald Reagan, and was further supported by Bush Sr., Clinton, Bush Jr., and Obama.
As Dan Steward, the former geologist for Mitchell Energy who pioneered commercial shale gas production in Texas, explains: "The government was behind the critical moments and tools in the shale gas revolution [including] massive hydraulic fracking, 3-D mapping, and horizontal drilling." By the way, Steward describes himself as "conservative as hell," but as an industry pioneer he recognizes that the Department of Energy programs that sustained the effort received support from both Democrat and Republican administrations.
Wind and solar have been similarly subsidized by Democrats and the GOP alike. Recent grumblings about the $12 billion wind power tax credit, which President Obama supports, paint the subsidy as another example of government overreach and overspending. Yet the fact remains that the wind tax credit was signed into law by President George W. Bush, and even with historically low natural gas prices, wind remains cost competitive in many parts of the country. When natural gas prices rise, and they will, wind will become a more attractive alternative.
The GOP has similarly painted solar subsidies as being supported only by Democrats, and Republicans have had a field day kicking the Solyndra bankruptcy around. While it is true that Solyndra received hundreds of millions of tax dollars, and the company contributed campaign donations to Obama, the company also received more than $1 billion in private capital from Republican and Democrat investors alike.
This fact has not kept the Solyndra case from becoming a Republican punching bag, and Solyndra is not the only solar firm that has failed recently. Take as another case in point the failure of Amonix, whose recent bankruptcy failed to attract the same level of attention from Republican pugilists. While Amonix's late CEO, Brian Robertson, donated to Senator Harry Reid, a Democrat, and the company's modest PAC funneled donations to his party, the company's single biggest government subsidy came in the form of an research and development grant awarded by the Bush administration.
Clearly both Republicans and Democrats from both the public and private sectors saw the value in solar, and many, if not most, still do. The problem from the near-term investment perspective is two-fold. On the one hand, even cheaper and more heavily subsidized solar panels from China were dumped on the market at prices domestic firms couldn't match. On the other, natural gas prices fell through the floor as a consequence of the (temporary) glut created by the rush to hydraulic fracking—which, again, was only possible after 30 plus years of subsidies and support from both Republicans and Democrats.
In the long run, we need investment in wind and solar to be sustained just as it was for unconventional oil and gas production. In the long run we will be rewarded.Logistics Management November 5, 2012
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Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman refused to be drawn out on gay marriage last night when he and his wife Mary Kaye were honored by the gay rights group Equality Utah for their efforts to make society safer, more open and equal for gay adults and youth.
Huntsman is especially revered in Utah's LGBT community because as governor in 2009, he spoke in favor of civil unions at time when homophobia (and every other phobia) was spiking at the state Capitol. (Huntsman jokes that "he came out, so to speak.")
Still, in a 10-minute cluster interview with reporters before the Equality Utah dinner, Huntsman refused to be drawn out on gay marriage itself. He carefully repeated that he wanted the nation's "conversation" to continue about "equality under the law" for gays and lesbians.
Under the circumstances of the gang interview, it was impossible to pursue exactly what Huntsman might have in mind. Some marriage equality advocates suggest that "marriage" be separated from a state-sanctioned civil union. In short, a couple would sign the contractual paperwork for a union (straight or gay) through the state and then, if they wish, sanctify their union through a wedding ceremony under the auspices of the religion of their choice.
Though Huntsman, former ambassador to China and one-time 2012 presidential contender later told a crowd of more than 2,000 gay rights supporters that he is "a failed musician and I'm pretty much a failed politician," no one was buying the second part of it.
Don't be surprised to see Huntsman again on the presidential hunt in four years, though it's hard to conceive of the GOP evolving to the point of accepting equality for gays in marriage under any circumstances.
Huntsman himself acknowledged that his political philosophy no longer jibes with the GOP's.
"I just try to be true to myself. I'm the Republican, I always have been. My party has moved to the right and I haven't and I won't."
Huntsman delighted the crowd by quoting Mary Kaye's warning to him when he launched his failed presidential run: "If you pander or sign any of those damn pledges, I'm going to leave you."
Huntsman recalled that when filmmaker Michael Moore and President Bill Clinton told reporters that Huntsman was a Republican they could vote for: "I knew at that point I was toast."


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ZF-7121: zend tool create controller for module does not add module name for class controller
Example. zf create project test zf create module admin zf create controller index index-action-included[=1] admin
last command creates an default controller with class name as "IndexController" into admin->controller
required change. class name of admin module controller should be Admin_IndexController.
We have created project test and module admin using zend_tool and we found this problem.
Regards Arup
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ZF-3501: zend_timesync missing somehwere in docs?
btw weierophinney, do you happen to know why zend_timesync isn't listed on the right side here? http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/ ... Freeaqingme_: no clue. Probably an oversight. :) weierophinney, I suppose one should make sure it gets added? Freeaqingme_: put an issue in the tracker so I don't forget. :P
Waht do I need to say more....
Scheduling for site refresh of next minor release.
Still missing Zend_TimeSync on the right components menu.
This issue has been resolved. It will be published when 1.6.1 is released.


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Preseason All-American selection • A .242 career hitter with 65
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Academic Honor Roll Selection.
Started 60 of 61 games played as a sophomore •
Started 33 games in center field following the injury to C.T. Bradford • Also
opened 15 games in left field and 12 in right field • Hit .252 and ranked
second on the team with 58 hits and 20 extra-base hits, including 16 doubles
and four home runs • Set the school record with an SEC-leading 10 outfield
assists • Turned in a career-best eight-game hitting streak (Mar. 13 to Mar.
25) • Carded 14 games with multiple-hits • Set a career mark with three hits
and four RBI against Lipscomb (Mar. 3)
• Matched his personal-best for hits with back-to-back three-hit games
at Florida (May 11-12) • Hit .538 (7-for-13) during the three-game road
series against the fifth-ranked Gators • Also matched his career-best for RBI
with a four-RBI, two-home run game in the series-opener against Arkansas
(Mar. 23) • Ranked third on the team with seven stolen bases in eight attempts
• Hit .254 with 10 doubles and 12 RBI in 30 SEC starts • Did not pitch in 2012
• Caught the final two innings against Mississippi Valley State (Feb.
25) • Named to the 2012 SEC Academic Honor Roll • Summer league
all-America team selection and MVP of the Cal Ripken Collegiate League
last summer, setting league marks with 19 home runs, 52 runs scored and 57 RBI
playing for the Bethesda (Md.) Big Train.
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games played with five starts • Hit .154
with two RBI in 26 at-bats and finished with a 9.64 ERA in 4.2 innings of mound
duty • Made his debut as a pinch hitter and in right field in MSU's
season-opener against Akron (Feb. 18) • Tossed an inning of scoreless
relief the next day against Akron (Feb. 19) • Drew a bases-loaded walk
and later scored his first career run in MSU's win over Alabama A&M
(Mar. 30) • Made his debut as a starter (DH) against Alabama (May 1) and
lashed a double for his first career hit in a start (DH) at Tennessee
(May 7) • Also hit safely in his next three games (all starts) • Drew his first
defensive start in left field at Tennessee (May 8) • Hit .200 in seven
SEC games played (four hits) and made four relief appearances (2.2 innings)
against league foes • Enjoyed a stellar season of summer league baseball with
the Bethesda (Md.) Big Train of the Cal Ripken Collegiate League
• Hit .305 with a club-record and league-best eight home runs and earned a save
in his lone pitching performance in leading Bethesda to its third straight CRCL
title • Honored as a summer league All-American • Among six Bulldog yearlings
named to the 2011 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll.
Multi-sport standout at Copiah Academy in Gallman, Miss. •
Coached by Scooter Prince • First-team all-state and all-district
selection and honored as the 2010 Mississippi Association of Independent
Schools Player of the Year • Hit .583 with 49 hits, 70 RBI, five doubles, five
triples and an MAIS-record 20 home runs • Helped lead the Colonels to a 27-9
finish and the Academy State 3A championship • Walked 62 times and scored 58
runs as a senior • Pilfered 16 bases in 18 attempts • Used primarily as a catcher
but also saw playing time as a pitcher and in the outfield • Compiled a 4-0
record with a save, a 3.91 earned run average and 28 strikeouts in 14.1 innings
of mound duty • Earned MVP honors in the 2010 Academy 3A-2A All-Star Game
in Jackson • Team and MAIS MVP • Hit .400 or better in each of his four seasons
at Copiah Academy • Posted a .425 batting average with 15 home runs as a junior
in 2009, earning the second of his three all-district honors • Also starred for
the Copiah Academy Colonels in football, track and basketball • Played USSA
summer league baseball with the Mississippi Worth Bandits, coached by George
Selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 31st round of Major
League Baseball's 2010 First-Year Player Draft.
Born Dustin Hunter Renfroe on January 28, 1992 in Jackson,
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