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Sussex Technical High School in Georgetown recently named student assistance specialist Carlos Villa as its Staff Person of the Month for January.
Principal John Demby commended Villa for his work during moments of crisis, according to the school's announcement.
"Carlos has helped both students and staff deal with some severe emotional challenges," he said.
Villa, who earned a bachelor's degree from John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Ark., joined the staff at Sussex Tech in 2000. He previously provided conflict resolution to area school districts and was contracted as a mediator with the U.S. Postal Service and other corporate training groups.
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Dover R&B singer Roosevelt "Big Frank" Thomas is looking for extras to appear in his music video, "Breaking Rules," which will be filmed at Dover Mall on Thursday.
"Breaking Rules" will be filmed at the Villa entrance at the mall from 2 p.m. to 4 .m. For more information or to appear in "Breaking Rules," visit Big Franks's Facebook page.
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Duo wave 'real' country music flag
Published: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at 3:04 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at 3:04 p.m.
A lot of what's labeled country music these days might leave some folks wondering where the "country" part of the music went.
Who: The Malpass Brothers,
presented by Thalian Hall's
Main Attractions series
When: 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19
Where: Thalian Hall, 310
Chestnut St., downtown
Tickets: $14-$28
Details: 632-2285 or www.
It'd be hard to imagine anyone having that problem with the Malpass Brothers, a polished young duo from Goldsboro who wear their traditional country music influences on their sleeve. The brothers roll into Wilmington on Saturday for a concert at Thalian Hall before heading back out on the road to open multiple dates for country legend Merle Haggard (including Haggard's Oct. 26 gig at the Palace Theater in North Myrtle Beach).
The Malpass Brothers - singer and guitarist Christopher and guitarist Taylor -are clearly students of the punchy barroom laments of the type that made Haggard famous. But the roots of their influences go even deeper, stretching back to Johnny Cash, Ernest Tubb and even Elvis Presley, whose pompadour Christopher Malpass has adopted.
It's a sound that not a lot of young acts are taking up these days. That the Malpass Brothers are, however, should be heartening to those who consider themselves fans of "real" country music.
- Staff reports
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A 25-year-old Maryland man is facing criminal charges after allegedly being found in possession of heroin during a traffic stop in Middletown on Saturday.
James Cleary of Chestertown was the passenger in a vehicle that a Middletown police officer stopped on East Lake Street, just east of Caribou Lane, about 1 p.m. for an undisclosed traffic violation, Middletown police said.
During the traffic stop, the officer reportedly noticed a "suspicious object" in Cleary's front pocket, which the Maryland man attempted to cover with his T-shirt.
The officer searched Cleary and found 65 individually wrapped packets of heroin in his pocket, police said.
Cleary reportedly attempted to flee but was subdued and taken into custody.
He is charged with possession of a controlled substance, resisting arrest and possession of drug paraphernalia.
He is currently being held at the Howard Young Correctional Institution in Wilmington on a $10,300 secured bond, police said.
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Wyoming Retail sales, 2007 ($1,000) by County
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Value for Wyoming (Thousands of USD): 8,957,553
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Economic Census, 2007. Updated every 5 years. http://www.census.gov/econ/census07
The retail trade sector comprises establishments engaged in retailing merchandise, generally without transformation, and rendering services incidental to the sale of merchandise. The retailing process is the final step in the distribution of merchandise; retailers are, therefore, organized to sell merchandise in small quantities to the general public. The 2007 Economic Census classifies businesses according to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), 2007.
Sales include merchandise sold for cash or credit at retail and wholesale by establishments primarily engaged in retail trade; amounts received from customers for layaway purchases; receipts from rental of vehicles, equipment, instruments, tools, etc.; receipts for delivery, installation, maintenance, repair, alteration, storage, and other services; the total value of service contracts; and gasoline, liquor, tobacco, and other excise taxes which are paid by the manufacturer or wholesaler and passed on to the retailer.
Sales are net after deductions for refunds and allowances for merchandise returned by customers. Trade-in allowances are not deducted from sales. Sales do not include carrying or other credit charges; sales (or other) taxes collected from customers and forwarded to taxing authorities; gross sales and receipts of departments or concessions operated by other companies; and commissions or receipts from the sale of government lottery tickets.
Sales do not include retail sales made by manufacturers, wholesalers, service establishments, or other businesses whose primary activity is other than retail trade. They do include receipts other than from the sale of merchandise at retail, such as service receipts, sales to industrial users, and sales to other retailers by establishments primarily engaged in retail trade.
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The 2007 Economic Census measured activity during calendar year 2007. Large- and medium-size firms, including all firms known to operate more than one establishment, and a sample of small employers were sent questionnaires to be completed and returned to the Census Bureau by mail or electronically. Most very small firms were not sent a form, and data from existing administrative records of other Federal agencies were used instead.
These data exclude governmental establishments except for retail liquor stores (NAICS 44531).
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ZF-11906: Update library and test suite to be compatible with PHP 5.4
Update library and test suite to be compatible with PHP 5.4, starting now with 5.4.0RC1.
Complete list of changes in PHP 5.4.0RC1: http://www.php.net/releases/NEWS_5_4_0_RC1.txt
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- Flood of notices from {{runtests.sh}} [fixed r24627 r24628]
PHP Notice: Constant already defined in tests/TestConfiguration.php.dist on line XXX
Remove all references to ini key 'y2k_compliance', which was removed in 5.4.0 [fixed r24805]
Fix "Array to string conversion" errors turned up by unit tests [r24807]
First: don't use runtests.sh -- we should likely remove that. Second, I ran into this issue in ZF2, mainly in tests that use the "runInSeparateProcess" annotation; the solution for that is to do a "defined(...) || define(...)" style declaration. This, however, is not related to 5.4 specifically.
When we ran tests on 5.4rc2, what we found was:
- There were BC breaks in some ob*() functions -- but these were fixed in a subsequent RC.
- Array to string conversion now raises warnings, which can break tests. These are cases where we will need to fix code for tests to run normally.
- Classes extending an abstract class and redefining the constructor but with different arguments will now raise an E_FATAL. We only had one place we were doing this, and it shouldn't have occurred anyways -- but it will need to be corrected.
The biggest thing to focus on is the second point, above.
Fixed declaration of TESTS_* constants in TestConfiguration.php.dist (r24627 r24628)
Additional fix for definition of TESTS_ZEND_SERVICE_RACKSPACE_* constants, which belong to component not yet merged into release branch. (r24673)


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Men prefer brains over beauty? What sort of alternative universe is this? Sounds kooky, but apparently that's the way things are heading.
The U.K.'s Daily Mail reports a new British study finds that in Western nations, a woman's intelligence is becoming more valued than her Jessica Rabbit figure or her Julia Child cooking skills. However, the newspaper adds, women are becoming more interested in a man's looks than his wealth.
"Traditionally, women prefer wealthy men who have an ability to invest resources in any children," researcher Marcel Zentner tells the Daily Mail. "What we found was that as women become more equal, this preference declines, but men's looks become much more important."
How about a smart man who's good looking, has a great career and can cook? Not that we're picky or anything.
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Aron Ralston Headlines Mountain Travel Symposium
Aron Ralston puts things in perspective. The Mountain Travel Symposium in Beaver Creek, Colo., this week presented the man who has gained notoriety for cutting off his arm to save his life as the keynote speaker for the event. My first thought was how is this guy going to make his experience relevant to tour operators, hoteliers and ski club councils? I mean, sure, after eight years he's now a polished speaker, retelling the intense story of his 127 hours in Southern Utah, but what does this have to do with mountain tourism? If anything wouldn't it keep you out of the mountains? The answer is that it didn't really matter. Read More


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The latest research says that next to age, the strongest predictor of fertility is not your measure of FSH (follicle-stimulating hormone), which many doctors currently rely on as a barometer, but rather your level of anti-müllerian hormone (AMH). Your allocation of AMH, which is produced by small follicles in your ovaries, is believed to reflect the size of the remaining egg pool in your ovaries (what's often referred to as the ovarian reserve). The less AMH you produce, the fewer eggs remain and the lower your chances of getting pregnant, says OB-GYN Laura Corio, attending physician at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City and author of The Change Before the Change. Low levels of AMH, however, are no guarantee that you can't get pregnant, so wait a full year after your last period before you go contraception free— unless, of course, you want a child.
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Why Are Doomsday Preppers Hated So Much?
Have you noticed that it has become trendy to bash preppers? For a long time the prepper movement was ignored, but now it has become so large that it is getting very difficult for the mainstream media to pretend that it is not there. In fact, it has been estimated that there are now approximately 3 million preppers in the United States alone. So now the mainstream media has decided that mocking the movement is the best strategy, and lots of critics and skeptics out there have picked up on this trend. Instead of addressing the very real issues that have caused millions of Americans to prepare for the worst, those criticizing the prepper movement attempt to put the focus on individual personalities. They try to find the strangest nutjobs they possibly can and then hold them up as typical preppers. The goal is to portray preppers as tinfoil hat wearing freaks that need to be locked up in the loony bin for their own personal safety and for the good of society. The criticism of preppers has really ramped up in recent months, and it will likely get even worse in 2013. The establishment does not like any movement that is outside of their control, and the prepper movement is definitely not under their control.
Often, hit pieces on the prepper movement are disguised as articles or shows that are supposed to be balanced looks at the movement. This is especially true of shows such as Doomsday Preppers. That show is the highest rated show that the National Geographic channel has ever had, and it can be a lot of fun to watch. But if you notice carefully, they almost always try to feature people that they consider to be freaks or that are on the fringe of society. Many other reality shows follow the exact same recipe. The goal is to draw high ratings by running a freak show that people cant help but watch.
Even if you go on such a show and try to do your best to explain your prepping in a rational and coherent manner, they will still edit the footage so that it makes you look like a freak. It really is a no-win proposition. These shows are trying to make it clear that preppers should be mocked. The underlying implication is that these people are crazy and that what they are doing is stupid.
And at the end of each segment, the producers of the show are careful to include reasons why the prepper that was just featured is being irrational and why the things they are preparing for are extremely unlikely to happen. Just in case you missed the message they have been trying to communicate the entire time, they come right out and tell you the conclusion that you are supposed to come to.
But preppers have been labeled as dangerous and crazy and that is the way that law enforcement authorities now treat them.
So why are preppers hated so much?
It is because they are a direct challenge to the status quo. Just by prepping, preppers are proclaiming that they do not have faith in the system. But most people have complete and total faith in the system, and many of them do not like to have that faith questioned.
The truth is that it isnt the preppers that are crazy.
Rather, it is the people that believe that everything will always be fine and that the government will always take care of them that are crazy.
Read more at Why Are Doomsday Preppers Hated So Much? | Market Daily News
Black Blade: Fact is Preppers/Survivalists live everywhere in all strata of society. You likely have neighbors who are "preppers" but you would never know it. They look like everyday people.


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Didier Reynders on Syria
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders was interested to learn of the Russian proposal to neutralise Syria's chemical weapons arsenal through diplomatic channels. This suggestion is currently being examined by the United States.
In this context, Minister Reynders points to his declaration before Parliament during which he urged that Syria become a member of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). When a country becomes a member of the organisation, it must renounce the use, possession and production of chemical weapons. The Minister wishes to repeat that for this conflict Belgium has always been of the opinion that a solution can only be found through the close collaboration of all members of the UN Security Council.
Furthermore, the Minister unconditionally supports the proposal of the Secretary-General of the United Nations providing for an immediate call on the Security Council to impose on Syria the obligation to sign and ratify the OPCW. Such an approach would allow for the rapid and verifiable destruction of Syria's chemical weapons stockpile and its purpose-built delivery systems. The required first step here is to draw up a comprehensive inventory of the Syrian chemical weapons arsenal.
The current situation on the ground, however, makes it difficult to implement such a disarmament programme. Nevertheless, Minister Reynders calls on all parties involved in the conflict to work closely with the international community to make this possible.
Such an agreement is the best way to ensure that the Syrian population will not once again be the victim of a horrifying chemical attack. However, this does not in any manner whatsoever mean that those responsible for ordering and carrying out the previous attacks should go unpunished. An international investigation must apportion blame and the perpetrators of these war crimes must be called to account before international tribunals.
This option would not have been possible had it not been for the strong diplomatic and military pressure applied by various countries, first and foremost the United States and France. Now that the international community appears to be heading towards a credible settlement, this pressure must not in any case decrease. For this reason, Belgium fully supports the efforts of its allies to maintain credible pressure so as to arrive at a diplomatic and humanitarian solution.


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I am a great fan of literary works of various genres: novels, novellas, plays, short stories, screenplays and poems (though I do not fancy poems as much as the other five.)
And we have often seen people giving us definitive lists of the five or ten (or even one-hundred, as we have seen from the American Film Institute,) films to watch before you die; but, inspired from these—and deciding to put my long time habit of reading screenplays of movies I have watched, or am going to watch, into practice—I decided to come up with my own list of screenplays for you to read as soon as you can lay your hands on one. Continue reading


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Theater companies join forces to stage Fats Waller revue
Published: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at 12:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.
Joy Gregory's theater company True 2 You Productions made its mark on Wilmington theater in 2012 with "The Color Purple." The collaboration with City Stage earned six major awards at the second annual StarNews Wilmington Theater Awards in January.
What: "Ain't Misbehavin," with music by Fats Waller and lyrics by multiple writers; based on an idea by Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby Jr.; produced by City Stage in conjunction with True 2 You Productions
When: 8 p.m. Oct. 18-19 and 25-26, 3 p.m. Oct. 20 and 27
Where: Scottish Rite Temple, 1415 S. 17th St., Wilmington
Tickets: $25, $20 for seniors
Details: 515-3327, 264-2602 or CityStageNC.com
Read a review of "Ain't Misbehavin'" on Wednesday at StarNewsOnline.com/theater
True 2 You continues to take steps toward establishing its own identity with the upcoming staging of "Ain't Misbehavin,'" the Tony-Award-winning musical revue based on the music of Fats Waller.
Gregory originally envisioned a one-show fundraiser. But when Gregory told friends and supporters that she was staging "Ain't Misbehavin'," they told her, "Joy, you have to do this show more than once."
So, "Ain't Misbehavin'" has evolved into a two-weekend run, starting Friday at Scottish Rite Temple.
As True 2 You writes its next chapter, Gregory is bringing back some key personnel who helped make successes of past shows.
"I'm directing my friends, which makes it very easy," Gregory said.
Gregory said the actors use their own names, but she has built characters within the show.
"Each person represents a personality of Fats Waller," Gregory said. "Each character has a clearly defined personality."
Gregory is part of the cast, even though she had planned not to be on stage.
Sure, she's one of the most spectacular performers in Wilmington, having won Best Supporting Actress in a Musical two times running at the Wilmington Theater Awards. And sure, the show contains powerful songs such as "Black and Blue" and fun, raucous numbers such as "Fat and Greasy." But Gregory insisted that she really, truly intended to stay off the stage.
She was in charge of direction, production, props, marketing and virtually every other aspect of the show. She had plenty to keep her busy.
But ...
"What I couldn't do was miss this opportunity to sing with Tracy (Byrd, who also choreographed the show), Kim (Pacheco), Stephanie (Newkirk) and Markus (Temoney)," Gregory said.
Byrd is making his debut as a choreographer. The energetic Chiaki Ito will provide musical direction.
Gregory wanted to kick off her season at Scottish Rite, a 360-seat facility, with "Ain't Misbehavin'" because "it's the quintessential music revue."
And she has plenty more in store for Wilmington.
"There are so many shows that I want to do," Gregory said.
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Raytheon ELCAN Optical Technologies: Specter™ brand Dual Role Combat Sights (bottom of page, click on specs)
I've been on a quest for the very best 50 cal optic and fell in love with the Elcan 1.5 to 6X dual role combat sight. The very best made in this class IMHO. Turns out this sight has never been produced with a 50 cal reticule. We went to the trouble to be dealers just to find out.
So I contacted the manufacuture. Long story short, ten of these were made in defence grade (way better than commercial grade, I was told) for DOD test, eight were sent in. Two still exist. One has my name on it for 2500.
I have a one time chance to buy two.
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I Am Learning To Abandon the World
I am learning to abandon the world
before it can abandon me.
Already I have given up the moon . . .
I am learning to abandon the world
before it can abandon me.
Already I have given up the moon . . .
I am offering this poem to you,
since I have nothing else to give.
Keep it like a warm coat . . .
I am hoping
to hang your head
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i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done . . .
I close my eyes like a good little boy at night in bed,
as I was told to do by my mother when she lived,
and before bed I brush my teeth and slip on my pajamas, . . .
I dreamed that I was old: in stale declension
Fallen from my prime, when company
Was mine, cat-nimbleness, and green invention, . . .
I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,
And Mourners to and fro
Kept treading - treading - till it seemed . . .
I find no peace, and all my war is done.
I fear and hope. I burn and freeze like ice.
I fly above the wind, yet can I not arise; . . .
The dove-white gulls
on the wet lawn in Washington Square
in the early morning fog . . .
I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,
Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong,
The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam, . . .


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Rated 5 out of 5 by 2 reviewers.
Rated 5 out of 5 by J34n Gorgeous! I love the color and the fabric these curtains are made of. They are much more than I expected for the price. They were the final touch in my newly renovated room and I have never been happier with an online purchase! Thank you! August 3, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by ElizaJ Really like these curtains For the price, these are a great find. They're well-made and easy to install. I actually bought 6 of them, in 3 different colors, to reflect the color scheme of the guest bedroom I was decorating. March 22, 2013
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Rated 4.5 out of 5 by 2 reviewers.
Rated 5 out of 5 by MarketGirl Great fit, good quality I bought this as a second option for my luxe sofa. I already have the grey mink slipcover. I like to put the ivory one on in spring and summer to update the look of my livingroom. It fits great and doesn't look like a slipcover at all, unlike some that can be sloppy or drapey looking. It does tend to wrinkly when in storage though. March 1, 2015
Rated 4 out of 5 by iiamy Looks great! I love the look of the sofa with this slipcover. It is unfortunate, however, that there are currently no other colors available. If they could be brought back, that would be AMAZING!! August 21, 2015
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NAVIGON questions and answers
If you drive using NAVIGON, you'll want the exact details. How to download updates, for example, or install additional maps or services, or how NAVIGON FreshMaps works. You'll find manuals, downloads and answers to your questions here.
Select a topic, or enter a keyword to restrict your selection.
- Which software version am I using?
Some additional services such as Reality View®, Safety-Camera or specific map material can be only used with a specific version of navigation software.This entry was last updated on: Monday, December 15, 2014 9:38 AM
While the navigation software is in use you can find the version number under "Option" - "Settings" - "Option" - "Product information".
On devices with MN8 (Flow) software you find this number under "More" - "System Settings" - "Hardware" - "Product Information".
Version: 7.6.10 (build- 1403) → This is the version number of your software.
Program: 10101001-9212
Please, make sure that you always use latest version of your software.
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ZF-8419: _isPartialRendering in Zend_Form_Element can break Zend_Form_Element_File::render()
We have just updated to 1.9.6 to find that our file upload forms no longer work.
This is due to a bug that was introduced when ZF-7404 was fixed.
This causes the render() method of Zend_Form_Element_File to be called from renderViewHelper() and renderErrors(). Unfortunately, Zend_Form_Element_File::render() throws an exception, as there are no file decorators.
We have worked around the problem locally by returning early from Zend_Form_Element_File::render() if $this->_isPartialRendering is true, but this doesn't seem ideal. Instead of _isPartialRendering, I would recommend that Zend_Form_Element introduces partialRender(), with an empty implementation by default. Zend_Form_Element_Hash could then implement partialRender to fix ZF-7404.
The introduction of _isPartialRendering causes Zend_Form_Element_File::render() to be called from Zend_Form_Element_File::renderViewHelper(), which raises an exception when the form element has no decorators. This breaks the file upload form on our site.
A better solution would be to implement Zend_Form_Element::partialRender(), with an empty default implementation, and for Zend_Form_Element_Hash to implement this to fix ZF-7404.
You could add the needed decorator 'File' to the file element. It seems that you are eighter overwriting the default decorators or deleted them.
Actually the exception was added because many people tried to render the file element and wondered why things don't work without this decorator. This change has been made around ZF 1.7.
Yes, we considered adding a decorator to suppress the exception. We've been using the file element in forms without an issue until 1.9.6; it seems that render() wasn't being called until the fix to ZF-7404 was introduced? At least, we never hit the assertion in the past.
We're adding the element with $this->addElement( 'file' ), which doesn't add the File decorator, but we've never hit the exception until now. I'm guessing that we're doing a bunch of non-standard stuff that works fine for us without the decorator being there?
According to documentation there are some ways how this could occur:
- using setDisableLoadDefaultDecorators(true)
- extending the file element
- using removeDecorator() on the file element
- using setDecorator() without giving the file decorator
- using clearDecorators()
Note that this exception is raised when no "file" decorator is given. It is raised as soon as the element should be rendered/displayed within your view.
There is no way to have no exception when the decorator is missing from the element.
Note that you also did not state from which release you updated to 1.9.6. This could also be a usefull information for those trying to reproduce this bug.
We upgraded from 1.9.5, and have deployed every Zend upgrade since 1.7, which is the version we started development with.
I understand that there is no way that the exception could not be raised if the decorator is missing, provided that Zend_Form_Element_File::render() gets called. The fact that we've never seen it before therefore seems to be because Zend_Form_Element_File::render() wasn't being called before 1.9.6 with our codebase.
I'm guessing that this is because we're not actually rendering the form in it's entirity; our view just renders the individual decorators that we're interested in. With 1.9.6, rendering ANY decorator will cause the exception to be thrown, whereas I'm guessing in 1.9.5 and previous it was only thrown when rendering the form as a whole? I'm not sure why we're using this pattern. It's along the lines of what is described here: http://weierophinney.net/matthew/archives/…
We have an image upload form with a view that calls $this->form->file->renderViewHelper() and $this->form->file->renderErrors(), where $this->form->file is a Zend_Form_Element_File instance (we don't extend it; we just create it with addElement( 'file' )).
ViewHelper does not support decoration of the file element.
I think you should call renderFile() on the file element rather than renderViewHelper().
Thomas is correct. When you call render*(), __call() intercepts the method call and dispatches the decorator specified. Since the file form elements do not use ViewHelper, but instead use the File decorator, the appropriate method call would be renderFile(), not renderViewHelper().
Thanks - although this really only addresses my misunderstanding of renderViewHelper(). I guess my original report was querying the change that means that calling render*() for any decorator on any form element will call render() on the form element itself. I was worried that this was not acceptable behaviour, and may be unsafe in some circumstances.


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Our photogirl, Abbie Crane, was up there recently and here's her report.
"There is a lot of family business at the Ogden market and there are alot of children at the market along with their families. It's a very family friendly market." Besides produce and food, there are kids' activities—bubbles!—and cool stuff like this candy-themed horse:
But back to the wholesome stuff, first up, Berries from Paradise. These are raspberries and gooseberries. They also had white and red currants.
Meet Becky and Zaidie, who run Berries of Paradise:
And here is the booth from Volkers Bakery, which needs no introduction.
are from the Christensen Family Farm; here are the Christensens:
Their real specialty is corn so Abbie recommends people shop there in a few weeks time, when the corn has begun ripening.
Here is Mrs. Green preparing a savory crepe at Crepes, Etc. Quote from Abbie: "Yum."
Carli of Lavender Hill has alot of lavender cooking stuff. Like lavender oil, flavor syrup and cookies!
Here is a picture of a cookie:
And gorgeous Spencer's Salsa, another family business: Finally, dessert: cupcakes from Sweet Mountain Bakery.


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Throughout October, Oasis has been holding a little dine-o-round of its own, celebrating the flavors of fall. For $25, you get three courses:
The menu starting today, October 15 through 21:
Herb Roasted Chicken Breast over Soft Polenta with Swiss Chard and Pineapple Salsa and Bread Pudding
October 22 through 31:
Blackened Salmon over Sweet Corn Risotto and Pumpkin Spice Pie
Oasis Cafe is at 151 S. 500 East; call 801-322-0404.
And on Monday, October 29, Franck's is hosting a full on fall blowout, a four course dinner for $95, with wines selected by wine director Daniel Culbertson. I am psyched about this one: I love cassoulet and Tokaj.
Duo of Albacore Tuna (Hot and Cold)
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Sous-Vide All Natural Beef Tenderloin, Roasted Squash, Braised Cabbage, Brandy-Mustard Emulsion
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Franck's Cassoulet, White beans with Duck Confit, Braised Lamb and House made Sausage
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Market Street reopened about 4:30 p.m. today after being closed for a little more than an hour from 17th to 21st streets. Wilmington police said a car crashed into a tree and caught fire.
A New Hanover County 911 dispatcher said calls about the crash came in about 3 p.m.
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Aprés at McHenry's Beach at Deer Valley. Photo by Dan Campbell/Ski Utah
Every year, the same question is asked: Where has the ski season gone? And every year the answer is the same: Too quickly. It's April and it hardly seems like it snowed. Well, as a matter of fact it didn't. Not much anyway.
What a contrast in winters—last year Alta and Snowbird received more than 700 total inches of snow when counting ended. By April 1 of last year, Alta had recorded 576.5 total inches. As of last Sunday, April 1, Alta had counted nearly 340 total inches.
It's not uncommon to have a lean snow year once in awhile. On April 1, 2005, total snowfall at Alta was 630 inches, it was 574 inches in 2006, it was 356 in 2007 and it was back up to 613 in 2008.
What this lean year means is it's unlikely any of Utah's 12 resorts still open will extend running lifts past their announced closing dates.
Two areas have already closed—Wolf Mountain and Beaver Mountain.
Two will close this weekend—Powder Mountain and Sundance.
The big rush will happen on April 15, when seven resorts close. That will leave three resorts to handle late-season skiers and snowboarders, for a few weeks anyway, and then it's all up to Snowbird.
Snowbird's tram plaza. Photo provided by Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort
As is now tradition, Snowbird will be the last to close.
Typically, it's not a matter of the snow disappearing, it's more that skiers disappear. As the weather turns warmer, individual interests move from winter to spring—golf, gardening, biking, hiking and so on. It's very unlikely Snowbird will match last year's closing date, which was July 4.
"At this point we're not sure when we'll close,'' said Dave Fields, vice president of operations at Snowbird. "It's all in Mother Nature's hands. Skiing and snowboarding are still very good. It's interesting, though, when you compare last year with this year, conditions are very different.''
How good is skiing?
Resorts still have a firm base and all lifts and runs are open. Alta has a base of more than 100 inches after Sunday's snow. Compare that with Colorado resorts, like Vail, with bases in the 30s.
Spring skiing and snowboarding is a good time to be on the slopes. It's warmer, the snow is typically good in the early hours and crowds begin to dwindle.
There were some things worth noting about the 2011-12 season and not just the low snow fall. It was Brighton's 75th season of hauling skiers, and later snowboarders, and Snowbird's 40th season.
Spring skiing at Solitude. Photo provided by Solitude Mountain Resort
The subject of linking resorts, in this case Canyons and Solitude, took on a more serious tone, which drew in the Utah Legislature.
Last month a group of skiers actually skied all 14 resorts in a 24-hour period. The idea that it was possible originated in January of 2005 when four skiers set tracks on 11 of what were then 13 resorts in less than 12 hours.
This is a testament to resort accessibility here in Utah. Nowhere else in the world is such a feat possible. No where in the world can a skier or snowboarder, or a group, ski or ride on 14 independent resorts, and mountains, in so short a time.
For those planning to ski or board before closing dates, there's a good routine to follow, which is to start early, before the snow softens, starting with the eastern-facing slopes and then following the sun as it hits more west-facing slopes.
And, if the snow becomes too soft to enjoy, retreat to the lodge or sun deck for a cool drink in the warm afternoon sun.
Announced closing dates:
Alta—April 15 (opening Friday thru Sunday only through April 29)
Beaver Mountain—Closed
Brighton—April 22
Brian Head—April 15
Canyons—April 15
Deer Valley—April 15
Eagle Point—April 15
Park City Mountain Resort—April 15
Powder Mountain—April 8
Snowbasin—April 15
Solitude—April 15
Sundance—April 8
Wolf Mountain—Closed


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- Date submitted: 1 Nov 2011
- Stakeholder type: Major Group
- Name: Conservation International
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Full SubmissionThe Contribution of Natural Capital to Sustainable Development Conservation International urges all stakeholders to ensure that the outcomes of the Rio+20 Conference: I. Are based on the understanding that natural capital, comprised of ecosystem goods and services and biodiversity, underpins human well-being and is therefore the centerpiece of a healthy, sustainable economy and a critical element for the achievement of sustainable development objectives. II. Recognize that effective governance of natural capital through the collaboration of the public and private sectors, civil society and local communities is vital to achieving sustainable development. III. Incorporate environmental values that natural capital provides into economic models in order to move towards sustainable development. IV. Support the necessary investments for a transformation to a sustainable economy, including traditional and innovative public financing, positive incentives, private investments and market mechanisms that ensure sustainable use and conservation of natural capital. Synopsis: Recognition of the value of natural capital will underpin the success of outcomes from Rio+20, addressing both conference themes: ?Green economy in the context of poverty eradication and sustainable development? and the ?institutional framework for sustainable development?. Since the first ?Rio? meeting of the UN Conference on Environment and Development in 1992, the human alteration of marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems has continued to accelerate at a more intense pace than in any other period of human history. This use of ecosystems has led to gains in physical and human capital, while simultaneously depleting natural capital, composed of the stock of ecosystems that yield flows of ecosystem goods and services. These gains are unsustainable as they do not take into account the limits to ecosystem change and degradation, which will eventually cause declines in physical and human capital as well. Despite increasing understanding and demonstration of the value of ecosystem services, which has been estimated to have an economic value in the range of trillions of dollars annually, almost 60% of these services have been degraded or are used unsustainably, affecting climate regulation, sources and flows of freshwater, food security, human health and biodiversity. These impacts disproportionately affect the well-being of the most vulnerable among us. Over 800 million smallholders, who collectively support up to two billion people and produce half of the world's food, are directly dependent on the healthy functioning of their local ecosystems to support local agriculture and the provision of other goods including water, food, medicines, building materials and fuel. To ensure that the use of natural capital in the pursuit of development does not incur negative consequences for human well-being, sustainable development must integrate ecosystem management into economic, social and environmental planning, investment and implementation. The outcomes of Rio+20 should specify actions to improve the current state of management and governance of natural capital, from the local to the international level, through effective, multi-stakeholder engagement. It is only with intact and resilient natural ecosystems and ecological processes ? consisting of all necessary component species and communities ? that we can ensure long-term, sustained ecosystem functioning and delivery of goods and services to support human well-being. Additionally, the outcomes should outline measures to address the fundamental failures of the current economic system and associated institutions to recognize and value natural resources appropriately. Outcomes should also make a clear and robust case for strengthening the enabling conditions needed to achieve healthy ecosystems, economies resilient to global change and sustainable development, key among these being diverse and stable financing including traditional and innovative sources of public finance, private investment and market mechanisms. Conservation International urges all stakeholders to ensure that the outcomes of the Rio+20 Conference: I. Are based on the understanding that natural capital, comprised of ecosystem goods and services and biodiversity, underpins human well-being and is therefore the centerpiece of a healthy, sustainable economy and a critical element for the achievement of sustainable development objectives. A green and blue economy is a healthy, sustainable economy that helps to reach the objectives of poverty alleviation and sustainable development. While a healthy, sustainable economy implies an overall economic transformation, this transformation should be implemented as a combination of multiple, coordinated mechanisms at multiple scales, from the local to the national and global level. Governments should utilize the combination of mechanisms most relevant to their national circumstances that best contribute to human well-being, environmental conservation and economic security. All mechanisms developed should recognize natural capital as essential to human well-being and thus an integral element of sustainable development. II. Recognize that the effective governance of natural capital through the collaboration of the public and private sectors, civil society and local communities is vital to achieving sustainable development. Effective management of natural capital is vital to achieving healthy, sustainable economies at all scales. The need for governance to ensure the maintenance and sustainable use of natural resources is especially acute for low-income countries. According to the World Bank, close to one-third of the wealth of low-income countries comes from their ?natural capital? which includes forests, protected areas, agricultural lands, energy and minerals. Countries that manage these natural assets carefully are able to move up the development ladder ? investing more and more in manufactured capital, infrastructure and ?intangible capital? like human skills and education, strong institutions, innovation and new technologies. For example, between 1995 and 2005 Botswana increased its per capita wealth by 35 percent, in part through good governance and sound management of its mineral wealth. While some countries have also been able to make advancements in development through the destruction and degradation of natural capital, these advancements are unsustainable as countries will reach a critical threshold at which decreases in natural capital will cause economic decline. To avoid reaching this tipping point, the sustainable and inclusive management of natural capital is an essential element in the achievement of sustainable development and poverty alleviation objectives. - Include multi-level stakeholder participation in natural capital governance frameworks. Effective governance requires deep, inclusive political and social dialogues driving structural transformations in public sector institutional frameworks. However, the responsibility for success should not fully rest on national or local governments, but involve the participation of the private sector, civil society and communities. Sustainable development must also be equitable development, including women, the poor and other marginalized people. Poor, resource-dependent populations are often located in the areas of greatest natural capital richness and have critical information on how to best manage those resources. To be successful, the involvement of all relevant stakeholders in natural capital governance and fair benefit-sharing schemes is therefore essential. The tripling of Madagascar's protected area network in part through local, civil society and private sector efforts demonstrates that significant progress can be made through multiple channels. - Support the creation and maintenance of effective ecosystem-based management and protected area systems. Terrestrial, inland water and marine protected area systems worldwide serve to ensure the provision of a range of ecosystem services. The results of The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) study, along with many other studies and field experiences, indicate that the local and global benefits of conservation are clear. Areas under protection help to conserve ecosystem-service benefits worth more than 100 times their cost, with national-level benefits being 50 times the cost. Fulfilling the Aichi Biodiversity Targets based on this understanding should be a central element of global and regional development efforts, in part through coordinated landscape and seascape management. The Pacific Oceanscape Framework endorsed by the 2011 Pacific Island Leaders Forum as a model for ?the international community to work towards integrated oceans management, with the aim of realizing relevant international goals to contribute to the health and vitality of the ocean environment, including through the global network of marine protected areas agreed at Rio+10? could contribute to these efforts. - Endorse advancements in integrated landscape planning to best make informed landu-use decisions. Advancements in spatial planning now enable better understanding of trade-offs and synergies which clearly reveal the value of maintaining natural capital. Integrated landscape planning represents an important tool for basing land-use decisions on robust economic and ecological data given multiple development needs from limited land resources and can often contribute to maintaining natural capital as a component of sustainable development. In the case of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) efforts, spatial planning can identify the areas of land best suited for REDD+ activities by locating key areas for carbon sequestration that also deliver high biodiversity and other social and environmental benefits. - Promote a system of integrated metrics and indicators. Although large amounts of data are currently collected, there remain significant gaps that hinder the integrated policy making required to progress towards a healthy, sustainable economy. In particular, co-located, integrated data on human well-being, natural capital and ecosystem services and development policies and actions, at appropriate scales, are needed to enable evaluation of tradeoffs and synergies. A portfolio of integrated metrics and indicators that are traceable back to underlying quantitative data is needed to synthesize complex information and effectively communicate the information that is important to policymakers. III. Incorporate environmental values into economic models in order to move towards sustainable development. The continuing degradation of natural capital is the result of a variety of drivers that impact terrestrial, freshwater and marine biodiversity as well as the underlying failure of our social and economic systems to ascribe values to ecosystem services that accurately reflect their contribution to human well-being. The value of ecosystem services and biodiversity must be considered in planning processes and decision making at all scales, including in the development of strategies for poverty reduction and human development. - Consider existing research and further explore the social and economic valuation of ecosystem services in comprehensive wealth calculations and national accounting systems. The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) effort points to the general agreement among scientists that the inclusion of the value of natural capital in stock of wealth calculations is a ?more meaningful and correct approach? than traditional GDP or income calculations which treat most ecosystem impacts as ?externalities.? It is also estimated that in some cases ecosystem services and other non-marketed goods make up to almost 90 percent of the ?total source of livelihood of the poor? while in national GDP calculations as little as 6 percent is represented by agriculture, forestry and fisheries. The report emphasizes a tiered approach to put sustainable development into practice by recognizing the value of ecosystem services to human communities, demonstrating such values in economic terms, and protecting these values with appropriate mechanisms and tools. The TEEB report also identifies priority geographic areas to implement these efforts, specifically in terms of communication, valuation, measurements and management, poverty reduction, financial accounting disclosure, use of economic incentives, ecosystems conservation and restoration. - Integrate information on the value and contribution of ecosystem services into economic accounting systems. Lack of assessment and estimation of the magnitude of the contribution of natural capital to national economies results in the exclusion of nature"s value from policy analysis and precludes the development of management alternatives that recognize the importance of ecosystem services to human well-being. Countries should integrate these values into their macro-economic assessments in order to fully recognize the contributions of ecosystems to sustainable development. One proposed approach to overcome this significant limitation of information and move toward better, more efficient decision-making and planning is the integration of ecosystem service values into income accounts. A recently launched World Bank-led initiative, Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES), is an important step towards that change. The initiative, whose primary goal is promoting sustainable development worldwide through the implementation of comprehensive wealth accounting, focuses on the value of natural capital and integration of 'green accounting' in more conventional development planning analysis. Address drivers of ecosystem degradation. The drivers of loss of natural capital are either constant or intensifying, bringing us closer to critical ecological limits that pose fundamental costs to economies and undermine human well-being. It is therefore necessary to recognize and address the primary drivers: unsustainable practices in sectors such as agriculture or coastal development, overfishing, pollution, invasive species, climate change and the underlying factors of overconsumption and unrecognized values of ecosystems. Governments should address drivers of ecosystem degradation in their economic planning processes and through additional regulations and incentives. Standards and certification schemes (such as the FSC or MSC) can also provide incentives for the private sector to improve practices and help consumers make informed choices. The private sector can also show leadership by voluntarily adopting efforts to ?green? their supply chains, making sure at every step in the production and sourcing cycle that their products and services do not contribute to ecosystem degradation. IV. Support the necessary investments for a transformation to a sustainable economy, including traditional and innovative public financing, positive incentives, private investments and market mechanisms that ensure the sustainability of natural capital. For sustainable development to be fully achieved, it is necessary that developed countries meet their traditional official development assistance (ODA) objectives. However, in addition to ODA, innovative sources of financing such as transportation levies and new taxation mechanisms should be explored, as these can reduce the impact of sometimes unpredictable public sources of finance. The necessary investments for a sustainable transition to a sustainable economy should include a combination of traditional and innovative public financing, positive incentives, private investments and market mechanisms which ensure measures to conserve and sustainably use natural capital. Creating positive incentive structures, such as payment for ecosystem services schemes, REDD+ and global markets for services, and eliminating negative economic incentives (perverse incentives) for overharvest, pollution, logging, land-use changes or other unsustainable forms of natural capital use and management is a necessary change that will facilitate the recognition and valuation of natural capital by society. - Expand the role of payment for ecosystem services schemes. Payments for ecosystem services (PES) are mechanisms designed to provide an incentive against degradation and unsustainable use of natural capital by compensating communities and countries for actions associated with restoring, enhancing or protecting natural systems and the ecosystem services they provide. CI has been involved in successful PES projects at the community level, including REDD+ national strategy development in Indonesia, Peru, and Madagascar, a water payment scheme in Colombia, as well as national PES schemes in Costa Rica, Mexico, and Ecuador, all of which have led to increased conservation of ecosystem services and supported sustainable development. For example, by compensating land owners for providing ecosystem services through reforestation, sustainable management, preservation and regeneration activities, Costa Rica�s PES scheme is currently protecting close to 10 percent of the national territory. - Utilize Conservation Trust Funds for sustainable, long-term financing of biodiversity and its related environmental services. Conservation Trust Funds (CTFs) and similar longterm financial mechanisms can serve as an effective means for mobilizing strategic investment funds for biodiversity conservation, capitalized by international donors, national governments and the private sector at both the national and international levels. They facilitate long-term planning in part because they involve multi-stakeholder governance and are independent of changes in government and shifts in political priorities. To the extent that national and international markets are not able to fully reflect ecosystem values to guarantee their long-term conservation, financial mechanisms such as trust funds are among the only feasible mechanisms to provide for ecosystems' preservation. Engagement of civil society, private sector, governments and international instituions in joint partnerships are essential to guarantee the success of these mechanisms. - Eliminate and redirect perverse incentives that finance and legitimize ecosystem degradation. Perverse incentives, or policies and practices that encourage unsustainable behavior, are often the unanticipated side-effects of policies created to achieve other objectives. For example, high subsidies for industrial fishing fleets have encouraged overfishing and resulted in fisheries losing billions of dollars due to huge reductions of the global catch. Incentives which are harmful to natural capital must be eliminated, phased out or reformed in order to avoid negative impacts. In fact, there are often opportunities to redirect harmful subsidies to provide positive incentives for the conservation and sustainable use of natural capital. Opportunities to develop and apply positive incentives should be explored and pursued. Such incentives serve as a valuable tool to ensure that natural capital considerations are reflected in all relevant economic sectors.


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We love the Bay Area. Biased we may be due to certain staff affiliations, we are justifiably geeked to present you with a particularly snazzy set of remixes by Amp Live (of Zion I) and Bay Area jazz collective, Jazz Mafia. The highly hailed musicians joined forces to remix three Tyler the Creator tracks from his recent album, Goblin – "Yonkers," "Goblinz," and "Radicals." Amp and the Mafia really got busy with this ish; Mixing live instrumentation with electronic embellishments, the jazz-hop backdrop glides, bangs, and even throbs, creating an eerily dissonant perfection with Tyler's sinister tracks.
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The Freeda and Kay Legacy
by Tracy Wells, Director of Development
Recent media coverage of professional athletes assaulting women underscores the significant issue that domestic violence is, and continues to be, at all levels in society. I think of the young girls and women who turn to alcohol and drugs, desperate to temporarily relieve the physical and emotional pain of being abused by a parent, boyfriend, or husband. The emotional and physical scars can be long-lasting through addiction and mental trauma.read more …
What IS Depression?
by Sarah Belew, Clinical Supervisor, Youth Behavioral Health
The recent loss of Robin Williams due to suicide is a harsh, public reminder that depression is a serious and "equal opportunity" disease. My clinical experiences have shown that young children, teenagers, and adults of all ages can experience depression, though the reasons for feeling this way are unique for each person.read more …
Eating Disorders: Break the Trend
by Melissa Weber, Clinical Service Provider, Community Care
Plato is quoted for saying, "be kind to others, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." In the world we live in today, this does not seem like such a stretch of the imagination. You never know what someone else's life is really like unless you walk in their shoes. We are all great at wearing a mask to disguise our problems. With there being so many people in the world, it is almost guaranteed that every person you come in contact with is experiencing some sort of problem. Often these problems deal with our mental health, and that includes eating disorders.read more …


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And I'd say I have to agree. As many of you know, I was a season ticket holder for many years. I love the Phins, and there was nothing better than being there on gameday. There was a certain intimacy to the game back when the team played at the Orange Bowl, and the whole experienced changed when they moved to JRS - but it was still amazing to see Marino tossing footballs in the stadium.
But over time, the product on the field wasn't as good. And meanwhile ticket prices went up. At some point, my friends and I all had a realization that the tailgate was better than the game itself - in terms of the fun factor and the "value"...
And there was this little twist: a friend of ours loved to tailgate, and so he would come out and just do that. He was an Eagles fan, and didn't care for the Dolphins, but he loved being out at the game. So, he brought a generator, a few TVs, and his DirecTv hookup. And he'd watch all the games from the parking lot. And some of my other friends would sometimes skip the game and hang with him.
It was the ultimate experience. The tailgate AND watching all the games on TV.
As I've gotten older, I've had more going on in my life. It gets harder and harder to give up an entire Sunday 8 times a year to see a football game - nevermind the cost.
It is a heck of a lot better to sit at home and enjoy the game for a couple of hours, at literally no cost.
So that brings me around to the CBA and where the NFL goes from here. If they are having trouble selling out games, how can the owners justify the stance they're taking and continue to want more money?
The NFL really can't just decide to make their product pay-per-view only, either, for many reasons, not the least of which is because of the protections they enjoy in congress because of their national TV contracts. If that were to change, that would bring other problems.
So the only choice is to try and bring other fans to the stadium. Who says they all have to be "football fans"?
Miami Dolphins fans catching games on their couches
Season ticket sales up, but luring fans to games still tough
By Sarah Talalay, Sun Sentinel
September 24 2010, 7:25 PM EDT
The Miami Dolphins' ad campaign this season is encouraging fans to "Join the Party" at Sun Life Stadium, where the team hosts its 2010 home opener Sunday night against the rival New York Jets.
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Welcome to the Online Home of Glory Days Farm!
At Glory Days Farm, we are dedicated trail horse trainers. We train most breeds from the ground up - we fix behavioral problems with you and your horse. We are also able to trail train a horse specifically for you. We will gladly assist you in selling your horse to his or her next companion as well as match you with your next trail companion. Putting you on your next (or first) trail companion is a task of trust.
A Bit about Glory Days Farm ...
We are a small family run farm. We do not have herds of horses, only the amount of horses we can groom and work with every day. Training horses is our only job. We do not have outside employment because horses are our living, horses are what we do, horses are who we are.
For years, we have brought in young, unhandled horses to train and sell to folks looking for that life long trail companion. Traditionally, our main focus has been training horses in order to sell. We still train horses to sell to the young and not-so-young trail riders but now, at the request of a lot of horse owners, we have added the individual training we were doing years ago. That means we can help with relationships that already exist. We trail train all breeds, gaited and non-gaited. We grew up with both. For the last 15 years or so, we have "specialized" in gaited breeds such as Tennessee Walkers, Foxtrotters, Paso Finos, Kentucky Mountain Saddle and Rocky Mountain Horses. We can train a new gaited horse for you or help you with one you already have. Maybe your horse will not hold its gait or has ground or under saddle manners that need work.
If you have a trail horse, no matter what breed, there is a chance you need help with training. Many people purchase a horse and intend to train it themselves, but a lot of the time this does not happen. Not everyone can finish a horse and that is why there are horse trainers. At Glory Days, we are here to help. Perhaps you have purchased a young horse to bond with and it is now ready for training. Maybe you have had your trail companion a while but he or she won't load into the trailer, won't cross water or bridges, won't stand calmly to mount or dismount, or how about this one: "He's perfect, but I can't ride him when it's windy."
We have owned and worked with Quarter Horses our whole lives; both of us have worked with Thoroughbreds, Arabians, Foxtrotters (Steve's Grandfather was a well known Foxtrotter Trainer in the early 1900's in Missouri), and even Polo Ponies.
If you are truly going to enjoy your trail companion – whether it's to travel and camp or to simply meander down a trail on a lazy afternoon – you will always need a horse to stand tied and remain calm in a portable round pen or in a stall. Horses used for Endurance, North American Trail Ride Conference (NATRC) and other long distance rides need to be level headed – low P and R are important. At Glory Days we don't let a horse leave until we feel it is well educated in trail riding. We pride ourselves on turning out a horse that is a pleasure to ride and to spend time with.
So whether it's training from the ground up or fixing undesired behavior, we know you're out there "dealing with it" and we are here to help. As always, our goal is to have you and your four-legged trail companion enjoying trail rides together with friends, family or just the two of you. A trail ride should NEVER be a challenge - it should be a nice walk in the woods with a trusty friend. AGREE?
If you are searching for that trail companion, we can help you with your search. We usually have a few horses for sale. We are constantly looking for that right personality and ability match between horse and rider. Maybe you are looking to place your present horse in a new home. We are here to make that process as smooth as possible.
visits Glory Days >>Read More
Please visit ALL of our photo galleries – we did them for your enjoyment, and to allow you to familiarize yourself with Glory Days Farm and what we do.
Below you will see PHOTO GALLERIES in all red letters. PLEASE be sure to click on each GALLERY, one through five; this is where you'll see what we really do. We designed these GALLERIES to give you greater insight into our training and selling practices.
Thanks for clicking in and may all your days be "Glory Days".
Cheryl and Steve Jasinski
"Hey, look, it's my new friend Brittany ..."
*Please go to our PHOTO GALLERIES below and click on each photo to see our work and the results. We believe you'll enjoy each GALLERY. Thank you for your interest in Glory Days.*
Mama stops by barn to chat with "Romeo"
Remember "Smokey" on our For Sale page? >>Read More
"Shadow" stands calmly tied
prior to a big ride.
Steve on his personal Rocky Mountain Horse & true trail companion "Doc".
Cheryl and beautiful black double
registered Mountain Horse.
Cheryl and "Traveller" taking a water break.
Yep, time to trail ride. - "Jingles"
"Paly" waiting for hay to be unloaded
(Look at roof of truck)
A special visitor peaks in on Glory Days
Welcome to Glory Days Farm!
Cheryl and "Jo-Jo"
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Wonderful Candies Two Ways RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
- 1 cup butter, melted
- 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
- 3 pounds confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 cup cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookie crumbs
- 1 pound white candy coating, melted
- 54 maraschino cherries (about two 10-ounce jars), patted dry
- 1 pound milk chocolate candy coating, melted
- In a large bowl, combine butter and milk. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until a smooth dough is formed. Divide in half; cover with plastic wrap.
- For bonbons, stir cookie crumbs into one portion of dough. Shape into 1-in. balls. Dip into white candy coating; allow excess to drip off. Place on waxed paper-lined baking sheets. Chill until firm.
- For chocolate-covered cherries, shape remaining portion of dough into 1-in. balls; flatten to 2-in. circles. Wrap each circle around a cherry and gently reshape into a ball. Dip into milk chocolate coating; allow excess to drip off. Place on waxed paper-lined baking sheets. Chill until firm. Store in an airtight container. Yield: 9 dozen.
Reviews for Wonderful Candies Two Ways
"Before dipping cherries in chocolate, pop them in your freezer to freeze just a bit. Once they thaw, there will be a juice inside like store kind. My sis-in-law did this all the time."
"You can use the same recipe and add different flavors for the dough (cream filled) chocolate candy. I like cherry, almond, and orange. Leave out the maraschino cherry. Don't put too much in as the dough will be runny, just add enough for flavor."
"I tried to make these today. The cookies and creme were terrible - I think it needs more cookies. And the white filling has a very heavy "milk" aftertaste. And there is no easy way to dip them. Will never make them again."
"Excellent! I used cherries with stems which made it super simple to dip. These are so much better than the store bought boxed cherries. Didn't make the recipe with cookies. If you only make chocolate covered cherries, there is enough to wrap about 6 jars of stem on cherries."
"I haven't tried the cookie version yet, but the cherries disappear quickly. Delicious!"


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I started the Clouds 365 Project on July 1, 2009, and on June 30, 2014 —FIVE years or 1825 days later — Clouds 365 Project will end, allowing my cloud and weather photography to grow in new ways. It's difficult and bittersweet, saying goodbye to the routine of Clouds 365. And I won't really be saying goodbye. After all, clouds are imprinted on my mind and deeply rooted in my life and the life of my family. Every day will find me carrying my camera and looking up at the sky. And I will continue to share images through Facebook, Google+, and kellydelay.com regularly.
I love this project; I always will. I love the support I have received over the years, which has been amazing and humbling. I love what the project has taught me about myself and what I am capable of, and I am proud of the level of creativity I have been able to maintain. I love what it has taught my children and how it has allowed us to play and learn together. What I have learned in the past four years has been astounding (about my equipment, processes, weather, printing, social media, myself, and on and on).
I'm proud of what the Clouds 365 Project has accomplished, for me and for the community. Because of the work I started in Clouds 365, I have become an environmental/ weather photographer. It's who I am now. And I'm grateful for what you've done for me as well. You have pushed me, and you have made me a better person, artist and photographer.
So why close the Clouds 365 Project? While most days it was a joy. I would jump out of bed ready to photograph the sunrise or travel hundreds of miles in search of a great location or storms. I truly love what I do. There were those days, though: the sixty days out of the year that have clear skies, smog, 110° days, birthday parties, illness, etc. that sometimes made it difficult. Moreover, the areas around me—my favorite fields for sunrise and sunset, for capturing the flight of a hawk or the quiet of a misty morning—are disappearing. Trees are being bulldozed here, roads paved, and houses built on what once felt like my windows to the sky.
But that's not all there is to it, either. The pressure to post a new picture every day was important for developing the discipline and awareness that was essential to the project, but now that those things have become ingrained in me, I also need a chance to reflect on what I've done—on what we've done. I'm excited about having the time to explore clouds in new ways, to go back and reflect on the images I've taken and how they fit together. Taking this time to reflect will only improve my future work.
I'm ready to step out as myself and develop my own identity as a photographer. That's what I've become through this project. Clouds will remain a project for me, a very dear one; but it's not all of who I am. Don't think I'll be far away, though. I have big plans for Clouds once I can step back and work on it with a fresh perspective. I have dreams for a book, a show, prints, etc. Having amassed a huge collection of photographs that reflect the many moods and spirit of clouds, many of which have not been published, I look forward to showing my work in new ways.
Making this difficult decision has also made me appreciate anew the community and the people who have supported me over the years. There are many who have touched me deeply with their comments and their loyalty. Some have followed since day one and shared their clouds, their hopes and losses. I have made many new friends because of the Clouds 365 Project and hope that I have inspired you to take a moment to look up.
And of course, there is no one I have to thank more for their commitment to this project that my wife Stephanie, who is also a photographer and the project editor and my two daughters, both of them artists already.
June 30 will be a celebration of all we've done together (and look for something special to celebrate the occasion!). I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the richness of the experiences and relationships I've had. June 30 also marks the beginning of the next stage of my journey as a photographer, and I hope you'll come along with me on the ride!
- Kelly


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Brown Upsets No. 16 Princeton in OT, 14-13
Box Score
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (3/8/14) - A 23-game series win streak has come to an end as the No. 16-ranked Princeton women's lacrosse team lost to Brown 14-13 in overtime at Stevenson Field.
Down by four at halftime, the Bears used a 6-0 run to take a 13-11 lead. Princeton (1-3, 0-1 Ivy League) scored twice in the final three minutes to tie the game 13-13 and force overtime.
Brown (4-0, 2-0 Ivy League) won all three draws in overtime, held for the last shot, scoring with 32 seconds left, before winning the last draw to hold on for the win, its first against Princeton since 1991.
It was an Ivy League opener that saw eight lead changes and seven ties.
Brown jumped out to a 3-1 lead but Princeton settled down and notched two-in-a-row to tie the game at 3-3. A 4-1 run by the Tigers over the next four minutes gave them their first lead of the game, 5-4 with 10 minutes gone in the first half.
The Bears respoonded with three goals in 31 seconds to regain the lead 7-5.
Princeton got goals from six different players as it ended the first on a hot 6-0 run to close the half with a four-goal lead, 11-7.
Brown wouldn't go away though as it storm back with a 7-0 run to open the second half, slowing chipping away at its deficit and then taking a 13-11 with 9:42 remaining.
Princeton struggled to get the ball past goalie Kellie Roddy who made nine saves on nine shots. The Tigers had six free-position attempts in that final 9:42 with three shots off target and two saved.
Senior Mary-Kate Sivilli found a crack with 2:08 to play with her third goal of the game. A draw control win by junior Erin McMunn helped Princeton get possession to score the game-tying goal as freshman Anna Doherty scored in on a free-position attempt with 1:07 remaining.
Neither team would get a shot off in the final minute and the game was sent into overtime.
Danielle Mastro led the Bears offensively with six points on four goals and two assists. Lauren Troy had three goals and one assist and Bre Hudgins scored three times.
Alexandra Bruno had a four-point game with three goals and one assist. Sivilli scored three goals and Doherty had a goal and two assists. Senior Caroline Franke started in goal and made three saves in the first 44:05 before junior Annie Woehling took her place between the pipes. Woehling made one stop in the final 21:55.
Princeton had a 32-25 advantage in shots but it was the play of Roddy in net in the second half that gave her team the win as she finished the game with 13 stops.
Princeton hosts No. 8 Virginia on Saturday, March 15 at noon.


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More than 40 Special Olympics athletes from the surrounding areas will compete in the annual Special Olympics Delaware Cycling Competition on Sept. 14.
The event will be held from 8:30 to 11 a.m. at the Dover Air Force Base Air Command Museum, 1301 Heritage Road, Dover.
More than 200 personnel are scheduled to volunteer when the event kicks off with an opening ceremony at 8:30 a.m., followed by the cycling races and an awards ceremony. Cyclists will compete in races of varying distances: 500 meter, 1 kilometer, 5K, 10K, 15K, 20K, and tandems of various distances.
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The Black Olive is now Bluesmoke Burger Bar
If you want to check out the new Bluesmoke Burger Bar (formerly The Black Olive, still same owners), happy hour would be a good time.
The new burger joint, located inside The Plaza building in downtown Orlando, is a bit more upscale in their approach to the traditional hamburger with options that include ostrich, lobster and bison. Their happy hour is Monday – Friday from 4 – 7 p.m. and includes $3 domestic bottles, house wines and martinis. The $3 martini is one of the best deals in town.
I'll be stopping to check out the new look and definitely be grabbing one of those $3 martinis while I'm there.