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News Release
College of Marin Citizens' Bond Oversight Committee Solicits New Members
KENTFIELD, Calif., February 27, 2007— Seven committee members are being sought by the College of Marin to serve on the College of Marin Citizens' Bond Oversight Committee. The committee is seeking applications for members representing the community at large, a bona-fide taxpayer's association, a student enrolled and active in a community college support group, a member of a senior citizens' organization, a member active in a business organization representing the business community located in the district, and a member active in a college support organization. New members will be appointed by the College of Marin Board of Trustees at its April meeting. Applications are due March 31, 2007. Oversight committee members cannot be employees, officials, vendors, consultants, or contractors of the College of Marin. For application information contact the College of Marin President's Office at 415.485.9502.
The College of Marin Board of Trustees passed a resolution on December 14, 2004 establishing the independent citizens' oversight committee. The committee is responsible for ensuring the College of Marin's financial accountability for projects funded by a $249.5 million bond earmarked for facilities modernization and passed by Marin County Voters in the November 2004 election with more than 63 percent voter approval. Measure C was a Proposition 39 bond that required the formation of a Citizen's Oversight Committee.
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July 13 Calendar
Published: Saturday, July 13, 2013 at 12:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, July 12, 2013 at 1:52 p.m.
Bring Calendar information to 30 E. First Ave., email it to email@example.com, or mail it to The Calendar, The Dispatch, P.O. Box 908, Lexington, 27293 so it is at The Dispatch one week prior to its publication date. Include an address for the event. Events listed below are in Lexington, unless otherwise noted. For publication of church and nonprofit yard sales, please call classified advertising at 249-1637.
The Genealogical Society of Davidson County will hold its quarterly meeting at 7 p.m. Monday. Meeting location will be in the educational building at First Reformed United Church of Christ, East Center Street. Speaker will be Larry Cates, High Point Library Heritage Research Center. Topic will be "Hard Scrabble: Finding Your Poor and Landless Ancestors." The meeting is free and open to the public.
The American Cancer Society will host a cancer prevention study-3 kick-off from 7-9 a.m. Monday at Monkee Brewz, 32 E. Main St., Thomasville. CPS-3 representatives will be at the location to educate participants about CPS-3 and will help them enroll. For more information, visit www.cps3davidson.org or contact Rebecca Sink or Allyson Ross at 834-3354.
The American Cancer Society will host a cancer prevention study-3 kick-off & Night of Hope from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Sweet Peas Food & Fun Emporium, 109 N. Main St. CPS-3 representatives will be at the location to educate participants about CPS-3 and will help them enroll. For more information, visit www.cps3davidson.org or contact Rebecca Sink or Allyson Ross at 834-3354.
Denton Ladies Civitan will host the Fifth Annual "I Am Woman" event Tuesday at the Central United Methodist Church Hut/Activity Building, located on the corner of Bingham and First streets in Denton. Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. with the program beginning at 10. Guest speaker will be North Carolina head coach and 2013 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame recipient Sylvia Hatchell. A "Queen for the Day" will be selected (by ticket drawing) and receive her entry fee back. Those sitting with her will be her "court" and receive special prizes also. Raffles will be held throughout the day. There will be a song and music contest and a joke telling session by anyone who would like to participate. Sarah Morris will display and sell her vintage and antique ware in her new business known as Camellia's. Lunch will be catered by Rick's Restaurant. Tickets are pre-sale only at a cost of $25 each and are available by calling Carla Carrick at 250-1746, Kelly Young at 250-9171 or any Denton Civitan. Proceeds from the "I Am Woman" Fun Day go to Boys and Girls Homes of Lake Waccamaw and breast cancer patients in Davidson County.
Meadowview Presbyterian Church will host a blood drive from 2 to 6:30 p.m. July 23 in the worship center. Call the church office to schedule an appointment at 249-2680. Canteen will be ice cream sundaes and floats.
Governments And Groups
The Lexington Rotary Club meets from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. every Tuesday at the J. Smith Young YMCA. For further information, visit the website at www.lexingtonrotary.com or contact Rusty Hunt at 224-4650.
Preschoolers story time takes place at the Lexington Library for 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds from 10:30 to 11 a.m. each Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Toddlers meet from 10 to 10:30 a.m. Bedtime story hour is held from 7 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays. Bookventures and afterschool program for children in kindergarten through fifth grade takes place from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. each Thursday. Call 242-2040 for more information.
Midway Town Council meets at 7 p.m. on the first and third Mondays of each month. The first meeting is at the Midway Fire and Rescue Building at 228 Midway School Road and the second meeting is at Town Hall at 125 Gumtree Road.
Denton Town Council meets at 7:30 p.m. on the first and third Mondays of each month at Town Hall, 201 W. Salisbury St., Denton.
Lexington City Board of Education will hold a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Lexington City Schools' administration building, 1010 Fair St.
The Davidson County Republican Women meets the third Tuesday of each month at Tricia's Catering, 408 Piedmont Drive. Dinner is at 6 p.m., and the meeting starts at 7 p.m. The guest speaker for the July meeting will be Judge Bob Hunter of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, who is a candidate for the state Supreme Court.
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No, we're just warning people to stay away from you because you're a cunt.
I'm noticing a trend for not giving a reason that is definitive around here. No "You broke [rule]," or "This person is trying to mess up the forums." Here it's just "You suck," and "He's a cunt." How do you expect people to improve if you don't give a reason?
I'm pretty sure we gave you some good reasons when you came in and flooded the misc with your posts, leading to your banning.
Bottom line is, Ed, you're a self-righteous prick, and nobody cares for it. You think we're self-righteous pricks, and we think you're a self-righteous prick. Looks like you were overruled.
Flooding? As in posting when the option was available (without double posting) and questioning what was posted? That's called flooding now? Guess the rules have changed between IPB and vBulletin, huh? Back then it was called asking "Why?" And yes, I am probably the most arrogant person in the universe (at least according to my sister), but most people don't care.
I don't know about the most arrogant. The most unjustifiably arrogant maybe.
"I'll go," said Chagataev. "But what will I do there? Build socialism?"
"What else?" said the secretary.
My ego likes me
The Pikatwo Diaries ...
Ultimate Destiny: Ninetales 009 Adventures - an original and exciting Pokemon fan fiction, updated whenever-
Pseudo what?
Poeple do care if you swaer your head off
Yes, but sadly no one listens to them here
Hello,i thinkit is mostly DUMD that you crate a topic like this.We don't newbies turning into noobies,do we?
'DUMD', i thinkit', 'crate' and that sentence 'We don't newbies turning into noobies,do we?' is horrible grammar. I think you've just contradicted yourself.
I hate those who try and act smart. Noobies.
Jesus christ, Ninetails, have you taken a look at the modern world!? It's a surprise anyone new here can write what seems to be a fairly good stab at a proper sentence. My sister, who's 15 and at a top-end private school, talks in text to her friends on the internet, and their definitely not the only ones
Not mostly about the spelling, it's the freaking irony. She dares to lecture us that this thread is dumb, claiming that 'not all newbies are noobies' when SHE is a classic example of a noobie herself. Dumb contradiction, one of the few things I hate most in the world is those who act smart just to seem like they're 'cool' or are not sheep. At least if you have an opinion, express it properly, don't you? And she has just given more evidence against herself on why such a thread should exist.
that alone should be enough to set the shitty AOL parental controls alert off.
You can set off AOL by trying to access a forum
Hello, I think it is mostly dumb that you type like that. We don't want the next generation of children turning into even bigger illiterates than the current one, do we?Hello,i thinkit is mostly DUMD that you crate a topic like this.We don't newbies turning into noobies,do we?
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There are a lot of things you can pretend to be.
Such as...
--A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world--
Fallen_wings Global "Warming" Poke_Hunter Eon Spirit Trixie God
Silver_Espeon, Myuu, Shadow and The Editor
Yep. You can also pretend to be a girl. Or a boy, for that matter.
Im a NewB, but when i first started posting, it was as if i knew exactly how things went down, and everyone was real friendly with me, they had no contreception to me, or the fact i was just a newB. =] i feel kind of pleased.
</3 EvilMew </3
A New Heart For Christmas <33
You Cannot Beat Me.
By the way, i probably spelt contreception wrong =P
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A New Heart For Christmas <33
You Cannot Beat Me.


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|"The President reacts as John Brennan briefs him on the details of the
shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. The
President later said during a TV interview that this was the worst day of
his Presidency." (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
There is one area though in which the gun control and the pro-gun lobbies appear to have reached an agreement: that mental health background checks should be expanded. Some of the rhetoric has been inflammatory and highly offensive.
For example, in the days following the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary school, Wayne LaPierre, the executive vice president of the NRA, attempted to deflect attention away from calls to ban assault rifles and automatic weapons by focusing on what he regards as the "real problem": the large numbers of dangerous people with mental illness walking our streets.
LaPierre said, "How many more copycats are waiting in the wings for their moment of fame—from a national media machine that rewards them with the wall-to-wall attention and sense of identity that they crave—while provoking others to try to make their mark? A dozen more killers? A hundred more? How can we possibly even guess how many, given our nation's refusal to create an active national database of the mentally ill?"
But these offensive quotes are not limited to the NRA and their allies. Consider this statement by Mark Glaze, Director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a leading organization advocating for gun control, that appeared this January in an article in The Washington Post.
"The system looks like Swiss cheese. It stops a lot of bad guys from getting guns, but it lets a lot of bad guys through. Every mental health record that isn't in the system is a ticking time bomb waiting to go off in another community."
There is certainly little disagreement that guns should be kept out of the hands of people who are violent. But focusing the debate solely on expanding mental health background checks misses the point. After years of neglect, coupled with huge budget cuts since the recession began in 2008, mental health services are frequently not available to those who need them most. On any given day, six out of 10 people living with serious mental illness do not have access to any mental health treatment.
Moreover, most people living with severe mental illness are not violent. Thomas Insel, M.D., director of the National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH), recently testified on this point at a Congressional hearing:
"Research has suggested that persons with schizophrenia whose psychotic symptoms are controlled are no more violent than those without serious mental illness (SMI). Nonetheless, when untreated psychosis is also accompanied by symptoms of paranoia and when it is associated with substance abuse, the risk of violence is increased. Importantly, the risk of violence is reduced with appropriate treatment. Moreover, people with serious mental illness are 11 times more likely than the general population to be victims themselves of violence."
Despite these research findings, existing laws take a broad, categorical approach to mental health background checks rather than focusing on predictors of violence. The Federal Gun Control Act states that "persons adjudicated to be mentally defective or who have been committed to a mental institution" are prohibited from possessing firearms and ammunition. And, states are directed to report the names of individuals who fall into these categories for inclusion in the National Instant Background Check (NICS) system. A recent report by Mayors Against Illegal Guns shows that some states have reported thousands of records and others none at all.
NAMI has testified that federal legislation should eliminate highly offensive terminology such as persons "adjudicated as mentally defective" and provide clearer guidance on who should and should not be included, based on current scientific understanding.
The real solutions however lie in improving America's broken mental health system. A system that does not enable people to get mental health care until their symptoms deteriorate to the point of constituting acute emergencies is no system at all.
NAMI has recommended a number of steps in the aftermath of Newtown, including:
- Early identification and intervention in mental health care.
- Training of school personnel, law enforcement and other first responders on crisis intervention.
- Implementing school based mental health services and supports.
- Increasing the qualified mental health workforce.
- Fully implementing Medicaid expansion and other key components of the Affordable Care Act, including mental health parity.
- Providing support for families who function as primary caregivers.
- Achieving proper balance in federal and state privacy laws.
There are several bills in Congress that would take steps towards achieving some of these objectives, including the Mental Health Awareness and Improvement Act, which would put resources into school based mental health services, suicide prevention and other areas, and The Excellence in Mental Health Act, which would establish a funding stream for Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs) that achieve certain core competencies in treating people with mental illness.
However, at the same time that these new programs are being considered, vital areas of federal funding such as housing and research on mental illness are slated for cuts.
Taking one step forward and two steps backwards is not going to get the job done. And, limiting the debate solely to how mental health reporting requirements can be expanded in gun background check systems will not solve the problem either.


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Both people in a relationship can't spend money with reckless abandon, which explains why savers and spenders frequently get together and then drive each other crazy.
Your husband drives you nuts.
He hasn't learned the lessons from his youth
when he drove that cool BMW, lived in an apartment that was the
envy of his friends and had to run to mommy and daddy for help when
the bills came due.
You overspent, too, early in adulthood. But
now you have grown up and you want to cut expenses ruthlessly and
save like mad. So you take a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich to
work. Over a dinner of macaroni and cheese at home, you scowl while
he recounts his $60 lunch at La Brasserie Tres Cher.
No matter who you are, you and
your spouse almost surely have conflicting attitudes
about money. Olivia Mellan, a psychotherapist and
author of "Money
Harmony: Resolving Money Conflicts in Your Life
and Relationships,"
says it is normal for couples to assume opposite
money roles.
You and
your sweetie probably fit into one
of six categories of husband-wife combinations, Mellan says.
"If opposites don't attract right off the
bat, they will assume opposite roles eventually," Mellan says.
"Basically, if two spenders meet and marry, they'll fight each
other for the spending role and the other will assume the hoarder
One will change
This process reflects human nature. When two spenders marry, one
usually freaks out at the bills and turns into a hoarder. A union
of two money avoiders becomes a marriage between an avoider and
a worrier. After all, Mellan says, "Someone will have to start
worrying about it."
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text: Why does everyone with this cumbersome, malicious strain of disgusting ailment have to coat their bony little fingers in a rich green mucous? Are they not fully self-aware of their ability to plague another individual with the burdening disposition of "walking epidemic?" My hands have never felt so rough from repeated washing...campus is quite filthy.


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Gardening Articles: Flowers :: Bulbs
Getting Started With Tulips (page 3 of 4)
by Michael MacCaskey
Care After Bloom
If you planted one of the naturalizing tulips (a type that comes back year after year), it's important that you allow leaves to ripen" thoroughly before cutting them off. This means letting leaves grow, mature and wither naturally. These growing leaves supply the bulb with energy for next year's bloom. Tulip bulbs that you do not expect or want to bloom next year can be pulled and discarded anytime after bloom. In fact, it's much easier to do this before plants wither than after. If you leave these bulbs in place, they will produce at least a few straggling tulip leaves the next spring.
Tulips as Cut Flowers
Cut tulips early in the morning. Look for flowers with tight buds that show color in the upper two-thirds of the exposed petals. For longest stems (and if you're growing them as annuals), pull the stem at the base. Indoors, recut stems and soak them for two or three hours in lukewarm water treated with commercial preservative solution. Wrap flowers with newspaper (kept dry) while stems soak.
The main reason tulip bulbs fail in the North is poor root growth prior to severe cold. In order to survive severe cold, the bulbs must have extensive root systems. If tulips are planted very late in the fall shortly before severe cold or if they are planted in very dry soil, they become susceptible to frost damage. Less commonly, extreme soil conditions, such as very low or very high pH, and poor water drainage will inhibit bulb growth and cause the bulbs to rot.
Aphids colonizing leaves, buds or flowers are a nuisance and cause a general weakening of the plant. If they appear in your garden, wash them off with clear water; if that isn't effective, try soapy water. Rodents of various kinds love tulip bulbs. Sprinkle fine, sharp gravel around each bulb to discourage voles. Or shake bulbs in a bag containing cayenne pepper prior to planting. The only sure remedy, though, is to plant bulbs in individual wire baskets, and protect plants with lightweight covers or netting.
Tulips to Combine with Other Tulips
These combinations match colors, bloom season and height to maximize impact.
'Showwinner' (red) with 'Candela' (yellow)
'Showwinner' with 'Red Emperor')
'Stresa' (yellow and red) with 'Plaisir' (red and white)
'Boccherini' (maroon) with 'Hibernia' (white)
'Burning Heart' (ivory with red) with shorter 'Ice Follies' (ivory with pink)
'China Pink' with 'Parade' (red)
'Esther' (pink) with 'Shirley' (white with purple)
'Golden Apeldoorn' (yellow) with 'Apeldoorn' (red)
'Golden Parade' (yellow) with 'Parade' (red)
'Negrita' (purple) with 'Esther' (pink)
'Angelique' (pink) with 'Mount Tacoma' (creamy white)
'Grand Style' (dark pink) with 'Queen of Night' (maroon)
'Menton' (pink) with 'Maureen' (white)
'Menton' with 'Black Parrot' (dark maroon)
'Pink Supreme' with 'Black Parrot' 'Renown' (rose) with 'Blue Heron' (lavender)


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The Reading Specialist, Second Edition; Leadership for the Classroom, School, and Community
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Rita M. Bean, PhD, is Professor Emerita in the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to joining the University of Pittsburgh, she taught at the elementary school level and also served as a reading supervisor for grades K-12. Dr. Bean has developed elementary and middle school reading curriculum materials and has published in many different journals and monographs on the topics of reading curriculum; assessment and instruction in reading; professional development; and the role of reading specialists and literacy coaches (K-12). Dr. Bean developed and directed a program at the University of Pittsburgh that places certified teachers in classrooms for a year to serve as reading specialist interns while they take the coursework required for the reading specialist certificate. She served as Director of the Reading Center at the University for 25 years. During the past 5 years, she conducted research on the role of literacy coaches in schools and their role in improving literacy instruction. Dr. Bean is a member of the Reading Hall of Fame and served as a member of the Board of the International Reading Association (IRA) from 2003 to 2006. She was Chair of the IRA's Commission on the Role of the Reading Specialist, which resulted in a position statement approved by the Board; she also served as Chair of the IRA Standards 2010 Committee for Specialized Reading Professionals. Dr. Bean received the University of Pittsburgh's Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award and the University's Distinguished Service Award for her community and outreach efforts in improving literacy.


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324 UCLA Student-Athletes Named to Fall Director's Honor Roll
Men's soccer player Joe Sofia leads the list with a 3.96 cumulative GPA
Bruin Football Seniors in Action this Week
Practices to be Televised on Thursday on ESPNU
Bruin Football News
College All-Star Games Begin this Week
Football Team Spreads Holiday Cheer with Veterans
Bruins visited the Veterans Hospital on Dec. 18.
My Favorite Things With Dalton Hilliard
Bruin defensive back is the focus of Monday's Holiday Bowl coverage.
UCLA Day 2 at Holiday Bowl
Football Seniors Carried Away
Football Friday: SC Preview
UCLA Hosts Beat SC Bonfire
Bruins Escape Tempe with 45-43 Win
UCLA vs. Arizona State - AP Photos
UCLA vs. Arizona State - AP Photos
UCLA vs. Houston
UCLA vs. Houston, 9-15-12 (Photos by Don Liebig, UCLA Photography)
UCLA vs. Nebraska
UCLA vs. Nebraska, 9-8-12 (Photos by Don Liebig, UCLA Photography)
UCLA vs. Colorado - AP Photo Gallery
UCLA vs. Colorado - AP Photo Gallery
UCLA vs. Cal
UCLA vs. Cal
UCLA - - Solid contributor on defense at the linebacker and safety positions ... Spent some time at running back (his HS position) during 2012 Spring ball and showed he could handle the position ... Has been a standout on special teams throughout his career.
2012 - Saw action in 13 games with five starts ... Had two stops in the opener at Rice ... Made three tackles against Houston ... Totaled three tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss against Oregon State ... Had 3.0 tackles for loss in win at Colorado ... Three stops and his first career interception in win at Arizona State ... Made five tackles at Washington State ... Recorded five tackles in the Holiday Bowl vs. Baylor ... Earned the Tommy Prothro Award for Outstanding Special Teams Player and the Kenneth S. Washington Award for Outstanding Senior of the Year on Special Teams at the team's annual awards banquet ... Selected to play in the Casino del Sol Collegiate All-Star Game where he returned an interception for a touchdown.
2011 - Saw action in 13 games with five starts ... Ranked sixth on the team in tackles (50) ... Made his first career start in the opener at Houston ... Had two stops, 0.5 for loss, in a start vs. San Jose State ... Totaled three tackles against Texas ... Made four tackles at Oregon State ... Did not see action at Stanford ... Tied for the team lead with a career-best nine tackles against Washington State ... ... Made nine stops, 0.5 for loss, against Arizona State ... Made six tackles in a start at Utah ... Had three stops against Colorado ... Started at Oregon, but was not credited with a tackle ... Totaled seven tackles in a start against Illinois.
2010 - Saw action in nine games off the bench, on defense and special teams ... Made one tackle for loss in opener at Kansas State ... Five tackles while playing in nickel package versus Houston ... Played most of the game at Texas in nickel package and made seven tackles ... Also recovered a Longhorn fumble to set up UCLA's first touchdown of the contest ... Two stops at Oregon ... Returned to action at Washington ... Played defense and special teams at Arizona State and made three tackles and blocked a first quarter punt which set up a field goal ... One stop versus USC.
2009 - Saw action in six games at defensive back and on special teams ... Appeared on special teams in opener against San Diego St., but did not record a tackle ... Two tackles at Tennessee ... Saw action on special teams against Kansas State ... Saw limited action at Arizona ... Two tackles at Washington St. ... Saw limited action against Arizona State.
HIGH SCHOOL - Lettered three seasons as a kick returner, running back, defensive back, wide receiver and fullback at Punahou HS in Honolulu for coach Kale Ale ... ... SuperPrep All-Far West No. 69 prospect ... Scout.com West Hot 150 (No. 92) ... Earned three stars from scout.com and rivals.com ... Ranked No. 22 nationally among all-purpose backs by rivals.com ... Rated No. 26 tailback by Tom Lemming ... Rated No. 37 running back by scout.com ... Rated No. 39 running back by ESPNU ... Ranked No. 3 player in Hawaii by rivals.com ... Tacoma News-Tribune Western 100 ... Rated No. 4 player in Hawaii by scout.com ... PrepStar All-West Region selection ... Earned All-State honors from Honolulu Advertiser as an all-purpose performer ... As a senior, he amassed 1,840 all-purpose yards and scored 19 touchdowns ... Rushed for 599 yards and 10 touchdowns ... Made 63 receptions for 725 yards and eight scores ... Helped lead Punahou to the state title ... Team captain ... He was named Offensive Player of the Year and first-team all-state and all-conference ... As a junior, he totaled 15 touchdowns and racked up 1,430 all-purpose yards while averaging 5.1 yards per carry and 9.2 yards per catch ... He served as team captain and was selected first-team all-state and all-conference ... As a sophomore, he had 1,120 all-purpose yards and scored 11 touchdowns while earning first-team all-conference and second-team all-state honors ... Also earned four letters in basketball for coaches Greg Tacon and Dan Hale ... Averaged 11 points and four steals per game as a senior ... Was a first-team all-conference pick and an honorable mention all-state performer in hoops as a junior ... Lettered in the sprint events for track coach Mike Pavich as a sophomore.
PERSONAL - Full Name: Dalton Ishmael Hilliard ... Born: August 1, 1990 in Chicago, IL ... Parents: Larry and Amalia Hilliard ... Has a brother, Kamden, and a sister, Paige ... Scored three touchdowns, totaled 280 all-purpose yards, including a 70-yard interception return, in a state semi-final playoff game performance he dedicated to his mom, which he lists as his biggest athletic thrill to date ... Lists running back Ernie Davis as the famous athlete he admires the most ... Hobbies include drawing, football and music ... Relative Keith Jackson has played in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers ... His mom played in the women's professional football league ... Dad is a former high school football All-American ... Sociology major.
Career Highs
Tackles: 9 vs. Washington State, 2011; vs. Arizona State, 2011
Tackles for loss: 3.0 at Colorado, 2012
Sacks: 1 vs. Oregon State, 2012
Interceptions: 1 at Arizona State, 2012


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Howard "Hoagie" Brinkley
Published: Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 5:12 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 5:12 p.m.
Arthur Howard "Hoagie" Brinkley, died Wednesday, March 20, 2013, from injuries received in an automobile accident.
Arrangements are incomplete at Davidson Funeral Home.
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Recipient of the John C. Bartholomew Award for Excellence in Thematic Cartography
Price: $26.00
Boasting more than 300 full-color maps and illustrations, this essential new atlas dramatically highlights the tremendous changes occurring within Chinathe world's fastest growing economy and most populous placeas well as their global implications.
National Geographic maps the entire country with sections covering all provinces to provide rich, comprehensive, and meticulously researched coverage of China's dynamic landscape. Ten major cities receive an entire spread with detailed maps and fact boxes. Coverage of Beijing, the capital, pinpoints sites of the 2008 Summer Olympics. And as Shanghai prepares to host the 2010 World's Fair, this important destination is charted extensively as well.
Fascinating thematic maps accurately post the latest information on trade, energy, natural resources, population, military strength, religion, languages, tourism, transportation, and more. A substantial place-name index helps the reader navigate to thousands of specific locations. New satellite imageryat the highest resolution ever published by National Geographicreveals amazing details of China's diversified physical landscape. A historical timeline, commentaries, graphs, travel info, and photos complete the thorough yet succinct coverage of today's China.


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Super soul goodness thanks to our August Next Step winner! Canadian singer/songwriter Lady C is also a dancer and choreographer internationally recognized for her house dancing and b-girl moves.
In preparation for the release of her debut EP, Lady C recently released a video for "On Your Mind" to give folks a taste of what's coming. Watch miss C seductively pop and lock her way into your consciousness. Can we steal that jean jacket, by the way?
Also, below we've got a couple of our favorite tracks from the lady, "Womankind" and "I Stand Strong." "Womankind" sounds like the type of the buttery soul you'd hear on Tru Thoughts, a la an Alice Russell vibe – endlessly smooth and sexy. "I Stand Strong" rests upon a Dilla beat and is a song 'freshly written after a broken heart,' – the song is haunting and soothing all at once.
In addition to her upcoming solo EP, Lady C and fellow dancer CoFlo Ferreira have teamed up as Social Notation. With Lady C on vocals and CoFlo on production, the duo plans to release an album together. Look out for it!


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One of the five programmed "Attractor Parcels" of Henning Larsen Architect's urban master plan, the KAFD Conference Center emerges as an iconic structure within the District's southern terminus to its central public "Wadi" landscape. In collaboration with the Center's architect – SOM, HM White has led its scientific team to design and implement this fusion of landscape and structure. The landscape design re-introduces native arid grasses and flora into a large scale public space setting. These indigenous plant communities spatially organize and blur the boundaries between the building's undulating "exoskeleton" skin and its surrounding structural desert landscape. Arabian Peninsula meadow desert grasses and trees emerge as the connective tissue and establish an appropriately scaled expansive campus landscape.
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This thesis comprises three essays on the international movement of merchandise and people. The first essay measures the effects of foreign aid flows on a donor's merchandise exports. On average, donor countries tie approximately 50% of their foreign aid to exports, but the export stimulation of aid...
In the early 1990s, donor countries tied approximately 50% of their foreign aid to exports. The export stimulation of aid may have exceeded the amount that is directly tied. This paper uses the gravity model of trade to statistically test the link between aid and export expansion. The results sugges...
Does innovation thrive best in industry clusters? That is, is a company more likely to be innovative if it is located close to many of its rivals? And what role does research at a local university play on industrial innovation? A recent study based on data from a Statistics Canada innovation survey,...
A link between immigration, imports, and exports has been found by a number of papers that have used the gravity equation to analyze bilateral trade patterns. We discuss what this research implies about the mechanisms through which immigrants expand trade and identify strengths and weakness of the v...
Does evidence exist that service learning facilitates the development and/or enhancement of transformational leadership qualities in managers?
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The recruiting firm hired by City Hall to assist in hiring the next Park City manager has published a schedule calling for the person to start their duties at the Marsac Building shortly after New Year's.
City Hall has posted the recruitment brochure on its website. Peckham & McKenney, based in Sacramento, Calif., created the brochure. Park City leaders hired the firm over eight others who wanted the contract to assist in the recruiting. The deal is for $17,500 plus expenses of up to $7,500.
The brochure outlines a schedule with the first key date being later in October. Important dates pinpointed in the schedule include:
The brochure indicates the dates have been finalized.
The timeline, though, does not include an anticipated date for a hiring. The timeline seems to point to a hiring decision perhaps in late November or early December given the starting date.
Park City leaders have indicated that a start date early in 2013 seemed plausible. A start date on Jan. 7, a Monday, would install the person 10 days prior to the opening of the Sundance Film Festival.
The brochure features a photograph of the McPolin Farm against a backdrop of fall foliage on the cover. It also includes photos of Old Town, Main Street and people enjoying the outdoors.
It includes statements about the community, the municipal government and the city manager post. The brochure discusses the makeup of the population, notes the 1990s population boom in Summit County and mentions Park City's role in the 2002 Winter Olympics. It also provides a capsule overview of Park City's history and describes the tourism-heavy economy.
"Park City is a unique blend of the old and new. While Park City is a modern, cosmopolitan, and sophisticated community, the city is proud of its culture, heritage, and focus on historic preservation," the brochure reads.
It says there is an "outstanding local school system" and a housing market with prices ranging from $440,000 to more than $20 million.
There is a section about the mechanics of the municipal government, including the number of employees and the budget. It also outlines City Hall's overarching goals, such as ensuring the city is a "world-class, multi-seasonal resort destination." The economy, cultural opportunities and ensuring the local government is "responsive, cutting-edge & effective" are briefly addressed in the brochure.
The brochure indicates a bachelor's degree in public administration or business administration, or a field that is related, is required. It says a master's degree is desirable. It also says candidates do not need a background in resort or tourism-heavy communities.
" . . . However, the ideal candidate will have the ability to quickly understand the unique challenges of a resort town and adapt accordingly," it says.
The former city manager, Tom Bakaly, departed in late August after nine-plus years in the office. He left to become the city manager in Hermosa Beach, Calif. The brochure says Bakaly left "an outstanding, high performance organization."
The brochure is available on Peckham & McKenney's website, www.peckhamandmckenney.com. Select 'Searches' on the front page, scroll to 'City manager, Park City Municipal Corporation, Utah' and then select 'Park City-City Manager-2012.pdf'


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I can't fault others for getting to Target before me. No matter how tempted I was to make the kids be late to school this morning so I could be at the store right at 8 a.m. to snag me some fab low-priced Missoni swag, arriving half an hour after it opened didn't seem like that big of a deal. Reason took over.
Much to my dismay, however, reason was already totally out the window. Here's the thing – clearly, many, many, many women were over-the-moon psyched for a chance to buy the Missoni for Target line, released on September 13. Reports show women were camped out overnight in Chicago. In Dallas, one Denver shopper told me, her friend waited more than two hours in line for the store to open. If you tried to buy something online from the 400-plus-piece collection, you were totally shut out – the Target site crashed early this morning.
I mean, a Missoni sweater for less than $50? Who can blame us for getting a little bit giddy?
By the grace of the fashion gods I managed to find one pair of Missoni for Target ballet flats.
But when I excitedly, hurriedly, pushed my cart down the Target aisle at the Sheridan, Colo. store, with visions of iconic Italian prints dancing in my head, my heart literally sank. My stomach knotted. The Missoni-labeled racks and shelves were just about bare. As in empty. As in you could almost hear the fashion gods laughing uproariously from above. No Missoni for you, you style-hungry sap.
I raced to the shoe section where I saw one pair of rain boots left — in a kid's size. At that moment, the fashion gods smiled upon me, though, because, pushed back a little, nearly hidden from the eye, was one more ballet flat. In my size. Huge exhale. At least I found something.
The clothing, however, was a whole other story. There was literally one sweater – which I spotted, but was snapped up before I could even turn my cart around (it's OK, it was size XS, anyway) – and one lonely XL hoodie hanging on for dear life. Surrounding me: Women, and more than a few men, gleefully struggling to push carts that nearly overflowed with Missoni items. I'm talking dozens of sweaters, skirts and dresses. Gloves. Hats. Suitcases. Dishes. Sticky notes. Bags. Of course, I had to steal glances at all those accessories piled on top, because the accessories wall, when I arrived 30 minutes after the store opened, was completely picked over. Gone. Not a colorfully striped scarf in sight.
And here's where I went from disappointed to just plain angry. The clerk told me she was ringing up $2,000 and $3,000 purchases in that first hour. Clearly, these shoppers do not intend to wear or use all that Missoni for Target stuff. If you can go spend $3,000 in a shopping spree, you'd be buying real Missoni that, let's be honest here, won't snag, pill and fall apart after one season of wear (if you're lucky).
I'm sure these frenzied buyers plan to resell their goods – for a handsome fee – on eBay or some other site. And, for that, I say shame on them. Get to the store before me to get something you love? Fine. More power to ya. You win. But take away my chance at buying my own great, affordable fashion so you can make a couple extra bucks? Now you're making things personal.
So, no I will not be buying any Missoni for Target items on eBay. And I seriously hope you don't, either. I can live without that sleeveless sweater dress. I won't die from not owning that long knit cardigan I've been coveting. And when I see someone at the mall carrying that sweet knit clutch, I'll resist the urge to pry it from her swift and nimble little fingers.
Because I do have my flats, and I did even manage to fight through my rage to pick up razor blades, kid's bubble bath and a few Amy's frozen dinners. And, unlike some of my fellow shoppers this morning, I still have my reason. It just won't be swathed in Missoni stripes this season.
Lesley Kennedy is an award-winning freelance writer and editor, and a reporter for More.com. She lives in Denver, Colo. and blogs about style at Denver A La Mode.
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What's UBI's Role behind the Wheel?
In today's connected world, it's our responsibility as drivers to choose to be safe behind the wheel.
Uber Takes on Tech
Have you ever really given much thought to Uber? Maybe what I really should be asking is what do you really know about Uber?
AR Is Changing the Way We View the IoT World
Augmented reality, otherwise known as AR technology, is pretty impressive stuff when you consider what it can, or more importantly, what it is doing in the area of maintenance, repair, and service.
Smartphone Integration Driving Us Home
Smartphone integration in vehicles today is becoming about more than just the driver's ability to use voice-controlled commands.
Toyota Snubs the Big Boys, What's Next?
Perhaps one of the most interesting pieces of news to come out of CES this past week, as it relates to the automotive industry has to do with Toyota's announcement that it is adopting Ford's SmartDeviceLink software.
The Smart Home Is Here at CES
It's CES week and there are lots of new innovations. Thousands of people are walking the aisles of CES and it's just a sight to behold all the enthusiasm for all the gadgets.
Connecting Homes and People that Need It Most
We talk a lot about smart home and how companies are trying their best to make the value of adopting smart-home technologies clearer to consumers.
The Changing Face of Retail
Every day here at Connected World magazine, we talk about how consumers and professionals are turning to their mobile devices to accomplish all kinds of tasks.
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Most consumers who shop online have no awareness of the complexity of the supply chains that have been created to fulfill orders and deliver them on a promised or guaranteed date.
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@TigerVolley Makes Rare Midwestern Trip, Will Take On Loyola, #8 Lewis
The Princeton volleyball team, which is currently one spot outside the national Top 15, will make its first trip to the Chicago area as a varsity program early next week when it travels to MIVA championship contenders Loyola and No. 7 Lewis.
Princeton is currently 8-4 this season, 6-2 in the EIVA, and will spend the early days of its Spring Break week playing teams it has seen only once as a varsity program. Granted, those two matches were far apart from each other.
The Tigers will open the two-match trip on Monday at 7 pm CT against the Loyola Ramblers, which is currently the fourth team receiving votes in the latest Top 15 poll. Princeton and Loyola haven't met since the 1998 season, when Loyola scored a 3-1 victory at Dillon Gym. While the Tigers will be looking for a different result Monday night, they'd be more than happy for a similar ending to the season; Princeton's only EIVA championship also came during the 1998 season.
Loyola, which hosts another EIVA team Friday night (Saint Francis), is currently 11-8 but is coming off the biggest win of its season. The Ramblers defeated seventh-ranked Lewis 3-1 Wednesday night, and they already have EIVA wins against No. 15 George Mason, Harvard, Saint Francis and NJIT.
While this will the first meeting between Princeton and Loyola since the Clinton Administration, Tuesday night will provide the first meeting between Princeton and seventh-ranked Lewis since last week. The Flyers defeated Princeton 3-0 at Dillon Gym on March 8; Lewis rallied in the opening set for a 26-24 win, and carried that momentum to hand the Tigers their only home loss of the season.
Lewis is 14-6 on the season, and it had won 13 straight matches before its loss to Loyola on Wednesday. Lewis, which plays Saint Francis Saturday night, has won five straight matches against EIVA opponents, including a home-and-home sweep of George Mason.
"We're excited to bring Princeton Volleyball to the Chicago area next week and take on a pair of Top 20 programs in Loyola and Lewis," head coach Sam Shweisky said. "This will be a great opportunity for our team to face tough competition and prepare ourselves for the second half of the ultra-competitive EIVA season."
While Princeton will be searching for a pair of wins over MIVA opponents, it will also have a couple of opportunities to celebrate the program with both family and alumni. The family of sophomore Will Siroky, a two-year starter at middle blocker, will host the team on Saturday night. The next night, one of Princeton's all-time greats will serve as host.
"Marin Gjaja '91, a former All-America and one of the best to ever play here, will be hosting us Sunday night for a Friends of Princeton Volleyball event," Shweisky said. "Marin is one of only two All-Americas ever produced by Princeton Volleyball (Derek Devens '98 is the other) and the driving philanthropic force behind the Morgan McKenzie Men's Volleyball Endowment. We cannot thank Marin enough for all he has done and continues to do for Princeton Volleyball."
The dinner is scheduled to begin at 7 pm, and is open to all Friends of Princeton Volleyball. For more information or to RSVP, please contact email@example.com.


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Have you gotten a flu shot yet?
Well if you live in Walton County, you're in luck. Thursday, November 12 from 3-7 PM, Walton County Health Department officials will be giving shots at both it's walk-in clinic locations: Defuniak Springs at 362 Hwy 83 & at 361 Greenway Trail in Santa Rosa Beach.
If going Thursday doesn't fit your schedule get your free shot on Nov 14 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. or Nov 19 from 3-7 p.m., at those locations.
Community clinics will also be offered at the Paxton Agricultural Center at 22036-2 US Hwy. 331 North and the Freeport Fire Station at 100 Washington Street on Nov 21, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
This is the first supply of vaccinations for the H1N1 Swine Flu is available in Walton County and recommended for persons most at risk for complications, including:
· Pregnant women
· People who live with or care for children younger than 6 months of age,
· Health care and emergency services personnel,
· Persons between the ages of 6 months through 24 years of age, and
· People from ages 25 through 64 years who are at higher risk for H1N1 Swine Flu because of chronic health disorders or compromised immune systems
No appointment is necessary. Vaccinations are offered at no cost on a first-come, first-served basis.
The vaccination is offered on a voluntary basis, but Walton County Health Department officials urge residents that fall into at-risk categories to be vaccinated to limit their risk of exposure and transmission to others. The most effective precaution to fight influenza is getting vaccinated. As additional supplies of vaccination are received, all residents should be vaccinated on a first come, first serve basis. In the interest of public health, the Walton County Health Department is asking residents to be patient as H1N1 vaccine arrives over the next eight to twelve weeks.
As vaccine supply increases, some of the Walton County H1N1 vaccine will be provided to local physicians and hospitals, who plan to participate in the H1N1 vaccination program.
To prevent the spread of influenza, practice good hygiene regimes such as:
· Wash hands frequently with soap and water or alcohol-based sanitizer
· Cough and sneeze into sleeve or tissue, then dispose of tissue in trash
· Keep those who are sick at home, except to receive medical care
Be sure to watch for symptoms of the flu illness such as headache or fever and a severe cough, runny nose, or body aches. Phone your primary care physician immediately to determine if symptoms are serious enough to require prescription anti-viral medications. If symptoms worsen or go away then worsen, contact your physician or local hospital.
If providing home care for someone who is ill,
· Do not share towels and bedding. Laundry may be washed in a standard washing machine with warm water and detergent; bleach may be added but is not necessary.
· Do not share eating utensils or dishes. Soiled dishes and eating utensils should be washed either in a dishwasher or by hand with hot water and soap.
· Disinfect surfaces that are frequently touched by the patient or are soiled with body fluids. The bathroom should be cleaned daily, if possible. Household utility gloves should be worn during cleaning.
· Limit care giving to one person to reduce the chance of spreading the illness to the entire household.
For up-to-date information about H1N1 Swine Flu visit:
http://www.myflusafety.com or call 877 352 3581


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AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2011: Appeared in 13 games and made seven starts ... scored one goal on one shot ... only goal came in 1-1 ties in NCAA Tournament vs. Cal on Nov. 12.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2010: Played in 13 games, starting five, totalling 644 minutes played.
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HIGH SCHOOL: Team captain of 2009 soccer state quarterfinalist team ... the 2009 league player of the year and first-team all-state ... a second-team All-American in 2009 by ESPN/Rise Magazine ... also captained 2010 basketball team ... 2007 basketball team finished third in state ... team won district track championship in 2008... won the district 4x100m relay and was 10th at the state meet for 300m hurdles in 2008 ... took fourth place in state for 4x400m relay.
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Gardening Articles: Care :: Plant Care Techniques
How to Prune Brambles (page 2 of 3)
by Lee Reich
Pruning Summer-Bearers
Upright blackberries, black raspberries, and purple raspberries. These brambles bear fruit on branches growing from canes. Stimulate branch growth by pinching out the tip of any new cane when it's about 3 feet tall. Not all canes reach that height at once, so prune the patch a few times during the summer.
Sometime during the dormant season, prune the pinched canes again, shortening all the branches back to 4 to 18 inches. This allows sturdier branches to bear more fruit.
Trailing blackberries. Cut away old canes and reduce the number of new ones. During dormancy, shorten too-long canes to about 7 feet, then shorten the side shoots to 1 to 1 1/2 feet.
Trailing blackberries are usually trained to a trellis. After pruning, allow each season's new canes to trail on the ground, where they won't crowd fruiting canes.
Alternatively, train new canes on one wire or in one direction along the trellis, and train fruiting canes along the other wire or in the other direction.
Red and yellow raspberries. Fruit stalks grow on the canes, not on branches. Therefore, once the old canes and excess young canes have been cut to the ground, shorten the canes that remain (while plants are dormant). Longer canes produce more fruit.
Canes should be shortened for two reasons: to make harvesting easier and to prevent the canes from flopping around in the wind. How much to shorten them depends on your trellising method. You can surround the rows with two rows of wire strung between posts at each end of the row at 2 and 5 feet above the ground. Either tie the canes to the wires and shorten them to about 6 feet, or leave the canes nearly full length, then bend them along and around the upper wire.
Pruning Everbearing Brambles
Prune everbearing types of red and yellow raspberries as you would prune the summerbearing kind, with one difference. The year-old canes will have started fruiting at their ends late the previous year and will finish fruiting lower down the second year. Therefore, shorten those canes to just below where they stopped fruiting the previous year. Old fruit stalks hanging on the canes show you where to cut.
A simpler way to prune these raspberries is to cut the whole planting to the ground in autumn. By doing that, however, you lose the midsummer crop, harvesting only a late-summer or fall crop. The advantages are that pests cannot overwinter in the canes, and you don't need a trellis. Also, you needn't worry about damage from winter weather or browsing deer.


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Saturday, June 25 - Pink Out Night
Newmanstown, Pa. - Racing is all about being first, and Saturday night's event at Lanco's Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway produced several "firsts", as three drivers scored their initial feature wins in 2012 (and two of those were career "firsts"), while another notched his first triumph since opening night in April.
Tyler Esh finally got that elusive 600cc victory, his first feature win at the Clyde, and Ryan Morris captured his first 270cc Two-Stroke main event. It took Ken Miller an unusually long time to register his first win of the year in Sportsman competition, but he was first under the checkered flag on Saturday. And Dave Grube won his second feature of the season in 125cc action, but it was his first triumph since the opener on April 14.
Chip Geib won the 270cc Four-Stroke headliner; his sixth of the year but the first victory since June 9 for the point leader in the Four-Stroke Class.
There have been numerous near-misses and oh-so-close moments for Tyler Esh over the past two or three seasons, but Saturday night that magical moment occurred when the wheel-twister from New Providence, Pa. put it all together - and Lady Luck was finally on his side - and recorded his first 600cc Sprint victory under the Lanco banner.
It was a terrific night for the Esh family, as Tyler and his younger brother, Travis, both scored dominating victories in their respective heat races. In the main event, Tyler blasted by Shaun Brandel to snare the top spot on the third trip around the banked oval. Sixth-starting Travis Esh was following in the tire tracks of Heath Hehnly, as the pair sliced their way toward the front of the pack.
With Tyler Esh quickly building a huge advantage, Hehnly grabbed the runner-up position from Brandel on the eighth circuit. Travis Esh stayed with Hehnly, sneaking past Brandel to assume third place on the same lap.
Mike Rutherford, who rolled off the starting grid in tenth, moved into fourth place as lap ten was completed. Rutherford took third away from Travis Esh on a restart with eleven tours remaining, then tried in vain to run down the lead duo of Tyler Esh and Hehnly.
Hehnly closed in on Tyler as the leader dealt with some lapped traffic, but a timely caution period with three to go gave Esh a clear track once more. The yellow also gave Rutherford a final shot at Hehnly, and he took advantage of the opportunity.
On the restart, Rutherford ducked to the inside of Hehnly's No. 2, and the pair raced wheel-to-wheel through turns one and two before Rutherford pulled ahead as they charged onto the backstretch. Their short-lived duel permitted Tyler Esh to get away, and Esh roared under the checkered flag with a margin of 0.881-seconds over Rutherford.
Hehnly settled for third, with Travis making it a "one-four" finish for the Esh brothers. Chris Gerhart wound up fifth.
Heats for the 25-car field went to the Esh brothers, along with Jason Swavely.
Honeybrook's Ryan Morris has three victories to his credit in 270cc Four-Stroke competition this year, and on Saturday night he added his name to the record books as a feature winner in the 270cc Two-Stroke division.
With polesitter Dave Grube showing the way, Morris improved from third to second on the opening lap. Jason Swavely was on the move, flying from eighth on the start to run third by the fifth trip around the clay.
Just as Morris made his move for the top spot with ten laps showing on the scoreboard, the yellow appeared, wiping out his pass of Grube. Morris then stalked Grube, looking high and low for the next eight circuits as Grube repelled each challenge. With seven revolutions left to run, Morris pushed his No. 96 to the inside of Grube's No. 3d as they raced into turns one and two. Suddenly, Grube's mount lost its right-front wheel (the result of a broken spindle) as it veered toward the guardrail at the top of the banking. His misfortune brought out the yellow and handed the lead to Morris.
At that point, Morris led Mike Rutherford. On the restart following Grube's unfortunate incident, Jason Swavely gassed his car to the inside of Rutherford's machine, claiming second as they hit the backstretch.
A final caution with three to go saw Rutherford forced to restart at the back of the pack, and Richie Hartman slipped past Jesse Maurer for third as the two-to-go signal was displayed to the field.
Morris beat Swavely to the stripe by a half-second, with Hartman, Maurer, and Chip Geib completing the top five.
Maurer, Rutherford, and Hartman were victorious in qualifying heats for the field of 27. Shaun Brandel won the consolation race.
Dave Grube and Jesse Maurer were two of the major players in the 270cc Two-Stroke main, and they were the prominent story of the 125cc feature, too.
Grube and Maurer started on the front row, and they finished one-two, also, when the 25-lapper reached its conclusion. And the final outcome was thisclose, as Maurer made a last-ditch effort to deny Grube the victory.
Grube, from Denver, Pa., maintained a fairly comfortable lead of three to four car lengths over Maurer for most of the fray. The attention-grabbing action was behind the lead duo, with point leader Richie Hartman swapping the fourth position with Ken Miller (who came from 18th to fourth in just four laps). Their battle occurred just past the halfway point and it lasted a few laps before Hartman claimed the spot.
Hartman then grappled with Bradley Brown for third, eventually edging in front of the prior week's feature winner with four trips remaining. And then things got really interesting at the head of the pack...
Grube, in his Mongoose chassied No. 3D, encountered a few slower cars at the back of the field, allowing Maurer pull up to his tail tank on the final tour. Maurer went for it in three and four, drawing alongside the leader as they exited the final corner, but Grube won the drag race to the finish line, beating Maurer by a scant 0.053-seconds.
Hartman earned third place money, while Brown and Darren Miller rounded out the top five.
With 21 of the 125cc racers entered for competition, the two heat race victories went to Grube and Hartman.
Ken Miller, driving his uncle Curt's No. 7P, won six times in the Sportsman Class in 2011. He's also a two-time point champion in this division so, given his record of success in the Sportsman, it was almost inconceivable that the Birdsboro, Pa. throttle-jockey had not visited victory lane in 2012.
Miller ended his drought on Saturday, winning the 25-lapper for the Sportsman in grand style.
Starting seventh, Miller swiftly navigated his way forward; he passed early leader Dave Kemp on the fourth circuit to take command as they accelerated off turn two.
Later in the race, Miller kept a relatively safe lead over one of his teammates, Jason Swavely, after Swavely dueled with another teammate, point leader Bret Habecker, for the runner-up spot. Habecker eventually fell out of the race with mechanical issues while running third.
K. Miller cruised to the triumph over Swavely, with yet another Miller Racing teammate, Curtis R. Miller, finishing third. Mark Ludwig placed fourth and Matt Abers claimed fifth-place cash.
When the points are tallied, Habecker's misfortune (and resulting twelfth place finish) should see Swavely in the point lead with only two point-paying events remaining on the 2012 docket.
Ludwig and Swavely won the two heat races for the seventeen Sportsman competitors.
Manheim's Chip Geib romped to his sixth victory of the season in the 270cc Four-Stroke feature, as the first four finishers were the only cars on the lead lap at the end.
Geib took the initial green in ninth, but he was already second when lap two was scored. Geib quickly tracked down and passed early leader Kenny Miller III, rocketing past Miller's No. 23 as they exited turn two on the fourth excursion around the eighth-mile of clay.
Two of Geib's chief rivals in the Four-Stroke division, Craig DeSantis and Ryan Morris, were negotiating their way through traffic and coming to the front until they got together on a lap nine restart. Both drivers headed to the pits, knocked out of the race, as a result of the incident.
As Chip Geib zoomed off into his own area code, Donna Geib wrestled second away from Kenny Miller III on lap eleven. But there was no hope of catching the current Four-Stroke point leader on this night, as Chip notched his division-leading sixth triumph of the campaign.
Donna Geib, K. Miller III, Steve Smith Sr., and Eddie Nocera made up the top five when the checkered flag waved.
DeSantis and Morris were heat winners as fourteen of the Four-Strokes signed in for competition on Saturday.
The point battles will take a vacation this weekend, as the focus turns to the Lanco club's annual Labor Day Shootout, the two-day extravaganza of clay throwing competition presented by Hyper Racing.
On Saturday, September 1st, a complete program consisting of dual heat races (utilizing a passing points system), last-chance qualifiers, and 30-lap A-Mains will be contested for the winged 600cc, Sportsman, 270cc Four-Strokes, and the 250cc Stock Class from Airport Speedway. The winged 600cc A-Main will pay $1,000 to the winner, provided there are at least 45 entries.
Sunday, September 2nd, will see a similar format for the racing program, but three different divisions will be in the spotlight. The 270cc Two-Strokes, 125cc, and WINGLESS 600cc Micro-Sprints will battle in dual heat races (with passing points utilized to determine those who qualify), last-chance qualifiers, and 30-lap A-Mains. With at least 45 entries in the 270cc Two-Stroke and wingless 600cc classes, both of those A-Mains will pay $1,000 to win.
Gates will open at 3 p.m. on both days. The driver's meeting begins at 4:45, with warm-ups slated to commence at 5:00. The first heat race goes green at 6 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday evening. Monday, September 3rd, will be used as a rain date if needed.
While the early entry deadline has passed, entries are welcome and will be accepted up until race time on Saturday and Sunday. Pit passes will cost $30 (good for both days), and the general admission cost for adults is $10 per day, with discounts for Senior Citizens, Students, and youth between the ages of six and twelve.
Kids Fun Day will be held on Saturday and Sunday, with games and other activities - along with prizes and lots of goodies - lined up for the youthful fans in attendance at the Labor Day Shootout.
Breakfast will be served at the track's concession stand beginning at 9 a.m. on Sunday.
Additional details regarding the Labor Day Shootout are available on the track's website: www.lancomicrosprint.com.
600cc Micro-Sprint Feature, 25 laps: 1.Tyler Esh, 2.Mike Rutherford, 3.Heath Hehnly, 4.Travis Esh, 5.Chris Gerhart, 6.Mark Yoder, 7.Christopher Tracy, 8.Brent Ely, 9.Shaun Brandel, 10.Jason Swavely, 11.Shane Lewis, 12.Nathan Prazenica, 13.Jered Hook, 14.Jeff Stelter, 15.Ryan Hook, 16.Brittany Brown, 17.Jamie Speers, 18.Luke Thomas, 19.Peter Michael, 20.Kory Merkey, 21.Danny Wykes, 22.E.J. Holtz, 23.Kelby Stauffer, 24.Jeff Halligan.
270cc Micro-Sprint Feature, 25 laps: 1.Ryan Morris, 2.Jason Swavely, 3.Richie Hartman, 4.Jesse Maurer, 5.Chip Geib, 6.Shaun Brandel, 7.Justin Harrington, 8.Billy Logeman, 9.Christi Sweigart, 10.Mike Rutherford, 11.Nate Weidman, 12.Dan Lane Jr., 13.Mike Uhrich, 14.Charles Hellinger, 15.Toby Blumenshine, 16.Brian Sholley, 17.Devin Harron, 18.Ricky Sechrist Jr., 19.Dave Grube, 20.Mike Skias, 21.Ronald Helmick, 22.Heath Hehnly. DQ: Nick Skias; Pete Skias.
125cc Micro-Sprint Feature, 25 laps: 1.Dave Grube, 2.Jesse Maurer, 3.Richie Hartman, 4.Bradley Brown, 5.Darren Miller, 6.Felisha Kirlin, 7.Ken Miller, 8.Dylan Adams, 9.Nick Sweigart, 10.Kyle Hehnly, 11.Derek Ecenrode, 12.Brianna Gerhart, 13.Danny Braun Jr., 14.Scott Gantert, 15.Brie Weiler, 16.James Wampole, 17.Zack Hollinger, 18.Shane Braxton. DNS: Kory Merkey, Dawson Guzik, Walt Wampole.
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Now here's a fine howdy-do. The most powerful* paper in Utah gives our hometown hero Mitt Romney a bitch slap across the ol' kisser.
Even though The Salt Lake Tribune endorsed Obama four years ago, it still surprised a lot of people—even inside the Democratic citadel of Salt Lake, that Utah's Blue-Haired Lady snubbed hometown hero Mitt Romney.
Especially when you consider Mitt saved Our Most Glorious Olympics that The Trib shamelessly carried water for during the decade leading up to 2002. (BTW, am I the only person sick to death of seeing those shabby, faded memorials to past Olympic glory all over town?)
But before anyone confuses The Trib with Workers World, consider its other endorsements—including Tea Party darling Jason Chaffetz and Gary Herbert.
The Trib endorsement is simple when you think about it. Foundering newspapers are desperately cutting costs and staff. Contributing to employee healthcare, even The Trib's stripped-to-the-cartilage program, is a significant expense. Despite Romney's blather about Obama's policies hurting small businesses, owners of businesses of all sizes realize that Obamacare can make the difference between their existence five years from now.
Also, word in The Trib newsroom has it that Romney doesn't return owner Dean Singleton's phone calls. If that sounds ridiculously egotistical, remember that Singleton keeps TWO Trib correspondents in D.C.—it makes him feel like a national player.
As well written as the endorsement was—The Trib has an excellent squad of editorial transcribers—it, of course, means practically nothing. Trib political reporter Robert Gehrke beat me to it on Twitter: @RobertGehrke: I think the @SLTrib endorsement is just what Barack Obama needs to push him over 27 percent in Utah.
*I can see an undecided Buckeye saying: "Martha! Did you see The Salt Lake Tribune, Siren of the Intermountain West, endorsed Obama? This is a game changer!"


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This series, which was conceived by BBE founder Peter Adarkwah in the summer of 1997, compiles the best of 70′s soul, 80′s rare groove, and 90′s mass market hip hop. The fifth volume is mixed by one of the best of all beat masters, DJ Spinna. It is a much more worldy mix than the other volumes, featuring a wide variety of artists from the multi-platinum selling War to Sugar Hill Records' founder, Sylvia. The compilation even includes world music underground icons like C.K. Mann and Francisco Aguabella.
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These photos are highlights taken from a six month project where I took a photograph every day, at one o'clock in the afternoon (or as close as possible).
Each day presented a different challenge, finding the best photo in whatever situation and surroundings I found myself in.
All of the photos were taken on a Blackberry mobile phone.
To see the complete selection of photos, visit http://onepmgmt.tumblr.com (Project now complete, no further updates planned)
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- How do I ensure that my bought software is not illegal or a pirate copy (bootleg)?
When purchasing software, be aware, that the sealing of the packaging should be intact.Most of the time, even the hull of the disk itself is sealed again. When activating (enabling) the software there must be a serial number. Many people buy e.g. in online auction houses the used NAVIGON software and must then find out that they have purchased a pirated copy.This entry was last updated on: Friday, September 13, 2013 12:47 PM
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Gardening Articles: Flowers :: Perennials
Caladiums (page 3 of 3)
by Barbara Pleasant
Fun in the Sun
If you live in a cool climate, it's important to grow sun-tolerant caladiums in a sunny spot from the beginning, or at least let the plants gradually become accustomed to the feel of warm sun on their leaves. Even with the most sun-tolerant varieties, if you grow plants in the shade and suddenly shift them into bright sun, existing leaves are likely to develop brown sunburned patches. However, the new leaves that replace them should look fine, and will turn your bed or patio into a technicolor tropical paradise.
Six Caladiums Selected for Sun
Name; Type; Use; Colors
Aaron'; Tall fancy-leaved; Beds; White; medium green edge.
'Carolyn Whorton'; Tall fancy-leaved; Beds; Pink, green, red.
'Red Flash'; Tall fancy-leaved; Beds; Red, green; white speckles.
'Florida Sweetheart'; Interspecies hybrid; Beds, pots; Pink; green edge.
'Miss Muffet'; Interspecies hybrid; Beds, pots; Cream; red speckles .
'White Wing'; Short lance-leaved; Beds, pots; White; green edge.
Caladiums for Cutting?
It's true. You can use caladium leaves in flower arrangements, where they will last two weeks or more. The trick is to soak the freshly cut stems in deep water in a dark place for 24 hours before putting them to work in a vase. Being pollen-free, caladium leaves are naturally nonallergenic.
Elephant's Ears
As common in the Deep South as buttermilk biscuits are the huge green leaves of a caladium relative, elephant's ear (Alocasia), which grows to 8 feet tall in rich, moist soils. It is hardy to zone 8. Few plants are more dramatic when grown at the edge of a water garden, but any moist, shady spot will do.
Barbara Pleasant, a freelance garden writer who lives in northern Alabama, wrote the National Gardening Regional Report from the Middle South.
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New Smyrna murder trial moved to Daytona
Published: Monday, November 26, 2012 at 9:11 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, November 26, 2012 at 9:11 p.m.
The murder trial of a New Smyrna Beach man accused of gunning down another Southeast Volusia resident has been moved from the Volusia County Courthouse in DeLand to the S. James Foxman Justice Center in Daytona Beach, officials said.
Tony Owens, 23, of New Smyrna Beach is charged with first-degree murder in the September 2010 shooting death of Oak Hill resident Clifford Dallas Baker, 26.
New Smyrna Beach police believe the murder was the culmination of a long-running dispute between the two men.
Jury selection took place Monday. Opening arguements are scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday in courtroom 4.
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Published: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 at 10:51 a.m.
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Whether you're going for the journey or the destination, a ride on the Southport-Fort Fisher Ferry is a great way to spend a fall day. Walk, bike or drive your vehicle aboard, and take in the sights of the Cape Fear River along the way. Trips leave at various times daily, and the cost is $1 for pedestrians, $2 for bicyclists and $5 for standard vehicles. You'll find the ferry terminal at the southern tip of Pleasure Island, 2422 S. Fort Fisher Blvd. in Kure Beach. Find the complete schedule at www.ncdot.gov/ferry.
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I recently awoke to the terrifying reality that I could no longer zip my pants. Or, worse, when I willed myself into them, they defined my body in a certain region all too graphically. There was also a visible panty line, which I responded to by throwing out all my panties that weren't thongs. But then I discovered I could no longer tuck in shirts, since I couldn't button the waist. When did this happen? Was I not paying attention, or was I in complete denial? Denial. As a fashion editor and author, I have made a career of clothes, so I'm not daunted by the task of shopping for pants — just annoyed that I need to. Clearly, I'm not alone. Women around the country say this is one of their most difficult purchases, as you can see from this reader's lament:
"After trying on several pairs of pants, I found a pair that is really flattering, except for the low cut. They absolutely require me to wear seriously long tops or run the risk of exposing my little bundle of belly fat and (quelle horreur!) my butt crack. Unless I buy old-lady pants with elasticized waists, is it impossible to escape the tyranny of fashion?" — Marilyn Bethany, 59, Chatham, New York
Good question. The answer is that when shopping gets tougher — as it definitely does when we pass 40 — shoppers have to get smarter, more demanding, and less willing to settle. Here's what you need to know now:
Buy by fit, not by size. According to Nordstrom fashion director June Rau, "The biggest mistake is not accepting that size is only a number. A size 10 pant from one manufacturer is a size 12 from another. Don't be afraid to go up a size and alter it to ensure a perfect fit."
Buyer beware. No matter how fashionable the pants, skip anything with full pleats, pegged legs, smiley-face crotch lines, a baggy rear, or unlined wools with itch potential.
Find silhouettes you can count on, and update colors and fabrics each season regardless of trends. Designer Julie Chaiken has simplified this by launching a collection of her most popular pants styles, called Chaiken Profile, that will continue to be in stores each season.
Look for fit logos and tags. Some designers, like Sigrid Olsen, attach color-coded hangtags to each garment specifying proportions. In Olsen's line, for example, a blue tag indicates "modernist" pants, which sit at the waist and have a relaxed leg. The fabrics may change each season, but the fit won't. This winter, Jones New York Collection at Macy's East and Garfield Marks Options are launching a new system called Fitlogic, which uses symbols to define specific fits. Once you find your best look, head for that symbol each time you shop.
Look for updates of classic brands. Eileen Fisher is adding stretch to fabrics, refining elasticized waistbands, and placing the yoke lower on the waist for a cleaner, more modern look.
Take advantage of free personal-shopping services, offered by most department stores, to preselect before you arrive. I called Marshall Field's service and asked them to pull every pair of white pants in the store in my size range. Nineteen pairs later, I found a perfect fit and did my happy dance. I'm not sure even I would have persevered without the help of a personal shopper.
Factor tailoring into your choices. "A tailor can make you look trimmer with just a few minor alterations, like removing belt loops or pockets to eliminate bulk," advises Marshall Field's personal shopper Sharon Eisenstadt.
Buy less, but buy better. A bit more money will buy quality fabrics and better tailoring. Get the best basics you can: pants in black lightweight wool, white cotton twill, gray wool, or khakis. After that, it's easy to change your look by changing your tops and accessories. Be wary of trendy fabrics and shapes that lack versatility.


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Gardening Articles: Landscaping :: Yard & Garden Planning
On Becoming a Master Gardener
by Margery Guest
Master Gardeners are a diverse lot. They come in many ages and from all walks of life. But the one thing they all have in common is the desire to share gardening knowledge and experience with other gardeners.
The Master Gardener idea was born back in the early 1970s. Several cooperative extension agents in the state of Washington were being overwhelmed by questions from home gardeners. The agents realized they could multiply their resources many times by training motivated amateur gardeners who would, in turn, respond to the ever-increasing number of home gardeners seeking help.
To call the program a success is an understatement. Between the summer of 1972 and the spring of 1973, some 500 Master Gardeners were trained in the Seattle area. In 1995 in Washington, 2,900 Master Gardeners volunteered 101,335 hours to help 314,000 home gardeners. Moreover, the concept spread quickly. Today, Master Gardener programs train people in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and three Canadian provinces. By some estimates, more than 50,000 Master Gardeners have been ″certified.″ Many volunteers also help parks, urban, school and community gardens across the US.
Master Gardener organizations exist for four reasons: to promote gardening and agricultural land use, to inform the public about current horticultural practices, to enhance environmental conservation, and to broaden communities' gardening expertise.
How I Became a Master Gardener
Like many who enroll in a Master Gardener program, I'd long wanted to add to my hands-on and handed-down gardening knowledge. The training definitely taught me a more disciplined approach to tracking down gardening information and a greater sense of responsibility about avoiding guessing, no matter how educated. I also learned how much I didn't know (and still don't know), and how much more there always is to learn.
Not all programs are alike. Each program reflects its location. The only common elements are that to become certified, participants must complete the course, pass a final exam, and undertake a certain number of hours of community service. The service can be done in various ways, including staffing the hotline at the county extension office, helping community gardening projects, or (as in my case) volunteering at the Frederik Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids.
In some areas, programs are limited. The Michigan extension agency in my area offers two courses a year, alternating day and evening classes. I chose the night course, at a cost of $190.
The course consisted of 40 hours of core instruction spread over 10 weeks of classes. We were tested on each week's lecture with open-book, take-home tests. Then we had to pass the final exam with a score of 70 percent or better. Successful completion meant I would get to wear the coveted green apron of a Michigan Master Gardener.
Our classes consisted of an initial 2-hour orientation followed by lectures in plant science, soil science, integrated pest management (IPM), lawns, woody ornamentals, flowers, vegetables, houseplants, fruit-tree and small-fruit culture, and insects. Each class had a different instructor, either an extension agent or a visiting expert. Instructors all emphasized the role we would eventually play as Master Gardeners: a source of current information in our communities.
Our classes were tailored to Michigan growing conditions. For example, the IPM class focused closely on the gypsy moth because Michigan has a significant gypsy-moth infestation. A program in Tennessee, on the other hand, stresses controlling Japanese beetles. And in southern Texas, the scourge is the sweet potato whitefly, a pest that's unknown where I live.


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Roche today announced the dissolution of its Applied Science Business Area, which is part of the firm's Diagnostics Division. This restructuring move will affect approximately 110 positions in Penzberg, Germany, and another 60 in Branford, CT, the company said.
The firm's Applied Science portfolio will be integrated within its other diagnostics business areas. In a statement, Roche said the changes are meant to "streamline decision-making and enhance technology flow from research use to the clinical setting."
Additionally, Roche has ended of its quest to develop a nanopore-based sequencing platform in partnership with IBM. The company cites technical risks.
"Following assessment of its sequencing R&D portfolio, Roche has decided to return the ISFET project for the development of a semiconductor-based sequencing system to DNA Electronics," the company said. "Roche believes that it will be unable to disrupt the market with the product at launch."
In a statement, Roche added that it "remains committed to the life-science business."
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Charities and Other Non - Profit Making Organisations
Charities are entitled to mandatory relief of 80% of the full rate bill (or of the transitional bill where such arrangements apply) on any non-domestic property that is wholly or mainly used for charitable purposes.
Billing authorities have discretion to award further relief to cover the remaining 20% of the bill.
Community Amateur Sports Clubs
These are also eligible for mandatory relief.
With effect from 1 April 2008, empty properties under the responsibility of a registered charity or a Community Amateur Sports Club may benefit from 100% relief.
Bodies not established or conducted for profit
Billing authorities can award relief of up to 100% to non-profitmaking bodies whose main objects are charitable or otherwise philanthropic or religious, or are concerned with social welfare, education, science, literature, the fine arts or recreation.
The power is discretionary and can therefore be limited by other factors, notably the budget and funds available for this purpose
The City Council recognises the valuable role that voluntary organisations can and do play in the life of the community. The City Council is committed to providing high quality services to Birmingham's ratepayers and acknowledges the way voluntary groups can complement these services.
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BENEFITS, FINANCIAL AID, GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS: Using VA Education Benefits
Steps to Receive VA Education Benefits
- Apply to the VA for your Education Benefits.
- Give the Certifying Official a copy of your DD-214 and your Education Benefits Award Letter when you receive it.
- Register for Classes.
- Each semester, contact the Certifying Official to let him/her know you would like your enrollment certified, the number of credits you are taking, and if you would like a Tuition Deferral submitted for that semester. You can email him/her at email@example.com, or visit 1119E and complete a form with the necessary information.
- Each month you are in classes, verify your enrollment with the VA using the WAVE system: https://www.gibill.va.gov/wave/ or by calling the phone verification system at 1-877-823-2378
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ZF-5835: Zend_form_element_file has wrong name when is nested in subform
I have found bug in File element. when I put file element into subform, then it doesn't have proper name.
Code snipet:
$filesForm = new Zend_Form_SubForm(); for ($h1=1;$h1<=5;$h1++) { $subForm = new Zend_Form_SubForm(); $subForm->addElement('text', 'name', array( 'filters' => array('StringTrim' ), 'validators' => array('NotEmpty'), 'label' => 'Název ' , )); } $subForm->addElement('file', 'file', array( 'filters' => array('StringTrim', ), 'label' => 'Obrázek', 'validators' => array (array('Size', false, 5*1024*1024), array('Extension', false, 'jpg,png,gif'), array('Count',false,1)), )); $filesForm->addSubForm($subForm,$h1); } $this->addSubForm($filesForm,'new_files');
then text elements have the proper names like : new_files[1][name] , so should file element, bu it is still named only file instead of new_files[1][file]
View script produces code like :
Název Obrázek label of File Element is properly set, but its id and name doesn't contain parent arrays. I have found that 1.7.5 should have support for FileElement in subforms, but there is still this issue.
I have probably discovered solution :
In Zend_Form_Decorator_File in the version 1.7.5, there is
$name = $element->getName();
on line 91
and there probably should be
$name = $element->getFullyQualifiedName();
Also for right id line 94
should be -
$attribs['id'] = $element->getId();
instead of original
$attribs['id'] = $name;;
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From the maker of Cosequin®, Dasuquin offers dogs comprehensive joint health management with a unique, proprietary blend of ASUs (avocado/soybean unsaponifiables), decaffeinated tea, glucosamine hydrochloride, and chondroitin sulfate.
Dasuquin - available in chewable tablets and tasty soft chews dogs happily accept as treats - offers strong joint support for dogs of all sizes. Dasuquin's specific glucosamine hydrochloride and low-molecular-weight chondroitin sulfate have demonstrated synergy in stimulating the production of cartilage, while ASUs also complement the performance of glucosamine.
ASUs, obtained from avocados and soybeans, have been shown to protect cartilage, which leads to improved joint function. ASUs complement the effects of the other ingredients. Dasuquin's trademarked glucosamine hydrochloride, chondroitin sulfate, and ASUs together were shown in cell studies to be better than the combination of glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate alone at inhibiting expression of several agents involved in cartilage breakdown.
Dasuquin is also available in a formula with MSM (Methysulfonylmethane) for additional joint support. Dasuquin and Dasuquin with MSM are available in 2 strengths: for Small to Medium Dogs (under 59 lbs) and for Large Dogs (60-120 lbs). Choose the strength that best suits your dog's size.
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