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Insider Scoop From the Tutorial Divas (Comments) https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/feed/comments/atom 2009-11-03T15:37:03+00:00 Apache Roller https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/entry/rails_generate_window_not_appearing#comment-1236919983000 Re: Rails Generate Window Not Appearing With JDK 6u12 Sarah 2009-03-13T04:53:03+00:00 2009-03-13T04:53:03+00:00
I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

Sarah

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 https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/entry/fixing_the_rails_requires_rubygems#comment-1234986310000 Re: Fixing the Rails requires RubyGems >= 1.3.1 Error Michael 2009-02-18T19:45:10+00:00 2009-02-18T19:45:10+00:00
Thanks, this worked like a charm!
 https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/entry/fixing_the_rails_requires_rubygems#comment-1233143815000 Re: Fixing the Rails requires RubyGems >= 1.3.1 Error Chris Kutler 2009-01-28T11:56:55+00:00 2009-01-28T11:56:55+00:00
Thanks Rob for posting the solution. Very much appreciated.
 https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/entry/fixing_the_rails_requires_rubygems#comment-1233142937000 Re: Fixing the Rails requires RubyGems >= 1.3.1 Error Rob Weaver 2009-01-28T11:42:17+00:00 2009-01-28T11:42:17+00:00
Looks like the answer to my issue may be found here: http://wiki.jruby.org/wiki/FAQs#Under_OSX_I_get_this_error_when_trying_to_execute_jruby:__Exception_in_thread_.22main.22_java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:_org.2Fjruby.2FMain

Did a cd .. and executed the following:

./bin/jruby -S gem --version

Apparently you can't run JRuby from the bin directory.
 https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/entry/fixing_the_rails_requires_rubygems#comment-1233135831000 Re: Fixing the Rails requires RubyGems >= 1.3.1 Error Chris Kutler 2009-01-28T09:43:51+00:00 2009-01-28T09:43:51+00:00
Hi Rob,

Very curious. What version of the JDK/JRE is in your path?
 https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/entry/fixing_the_rails_requires_rubygems#comment-1233134459000 Re: Fixing the Rails requires RubyGems >= 1.3.1 Error Rob Weaver 2009-01-28T09:20:59+00:00 2009-01-28T09:20:59+00:00
I was excited to see this hint since I suddenly am getting this error after upgrading Rails.

But when I try to follow the steps with JRuby, it fails, giving me an exception just trying to execute jruby:

./jruby -S gem --version
 Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/jruby/Main

I was able to follow the steps for the native Ruby, but not for JRuby (on Mac OS X Leopard in case that matters)
 https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/entry/fixing_the_rails_requires_rubygems#comment-1232028949000 Re: Fixing the Rails requires RubyGems >= 1.3.1 Error arriflex 2009-01-15T14:15:49+00:00 2009-01-15T14:15:49+00:00
Some more notes, at least for my noob install attempt on Windows7:
 Before accessing the command prompt, first the "system properties"->"advanced"->"environment variables"->"system variables"->"new" button must be clicked to add a path for JAVA_HOME to link back to the JDK at C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.6.0_11

The command prompt has to be run as administrator.

Then the jruby commands actually work!
 https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/entry/fixing_the_rails_requires_rubygems#comment-1228867161000 Re: Fixing the Rails requires RubyGems >= 1.3.1 Error Per Öberg 2008-12-09T23:59:21+00:00 2008-12-09T23:59:21+00:00
Really helpful, thanks. I'm running NB on Vista and there is a .bat file doing the job >update_rubygems.bat
 https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/entry/our_netbeans_ruby_book_is#comment-1228830906000 Re: Our NetBeans Ruby Book is Done! Christine Kutler 2008-12-09T13:55:06+00:00 2008-12-09T13:55:06+00:00
James,

I am sorry to say no. This book focuses on the IDE's features and decidedly does not delve into teaching about Ruby or Rails, as there are many better experts out there on those subjects.
 https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/entry/our_netbeans_ruby_book_is#comment-1228830136000 Re: Our NetBeans Ruby Book is Done! James Britt 2008-12-09T13:42:16+00:00 2008-12-09T13:42:16+00:00
Does this book cover desktop GUI development using tools such as Monkeybars?

http://monkeybars.rubyforge.org/
 https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/entry/fixing_the_rails_requires_rubygems#comment-1228811580000 Re: Fixing the Rails requires RubyGems >= 1.3.1 Error Edgar J. Suárez 2008-12-09T08:33:00+00:00 2008-12-09T08:33:00+00:00
Not sure... I've installed the new Netbeans 6.5 in two computers and both gave that error.

Also, both fixed updating the platform going to Tools > Ruby Gems > Manage... > Autodetect Platforms

I don't know why it wasn't detecting the native Ruby, but doing this, the native ruby interpreter will appear in the list and then you just have to select it.
 https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/entry/quick_note_about_what_s#comment-1227264683000 Re: Quick Note about What's New in NetBeans IDE 6.5 Ruby Support Chris 2008-11-21T10:51:23+00:00 2008-11-21T10:51:23+00:00
Anjan,

I posted your question here: http://www.nabble.com/Does-anyone-know-what-this-comment-means%2C-has-an-answer-to20611347.html

To learn how to send questions to the NetBeans Ruby engineers and submit suggestions, go to this page: http://wiki.netbeans.org/RubyCommunityInformation
 https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/entry/quick_note_about_what_s#comment-1227205389000 Re: Quick Note about What's New in NetBeans IDE 6.5 Ruby Support Chris 2008-11-20T18:23:09+00:00 2008-11-20T18:23:09+00:00
Softmind Technology,

Take a look at this thread on Merb: http://www.nabble.com/Merb-support-to20575647.html

To use a new version of JRuby, install it from http://jruby.codehaus.org/. Then use the Ruby Platform Manager to add it to NetBeans IDE. Get the debugger gems (ruby-debug-base and ruby-debug-ide). See http://wiki.netbeans.org/RubyDebugging for information about installing those gems for standalone JRuby installations.
 https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/entry/quick_note_about_what_s#comment-1227204609000 Re: Quick Note about What's New in NetBeans IDE 6.5 Ruby Support Chris 2008-11-20T18:10:09+00:00 2008-11-20T18:10:09+00:00
Anjan Bacchu,

I am trying to find an answer for you.
 https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/entry/quick_note_about_what_s#comment-1227203602000 Re: Quick Note about What's New in NetBeans IDE 6.5 Ruby Support SoftMind Technology 2008-11-20T17:53:22+00:00 2008-11-20T17:53:22+00:00
Hi,

Its great to know that Netbeans makes sure to support Ruby as much possible with its new versions.

It would be great to know what are Netbeans plans to support Merb, as a huge Ruby community is inspired to go with Merb and Rubinius.

I would be thankful, if you can kindly point me out a link for installing new versions of Jruby like 1.1.5 as and when they are released. I see now way to install new Jruby versions on Netbeans.

Thanks
 https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/entry/quick_note_about_what_s#comment-1227186316000 Re: Quick Note about What's New in NetBeans IDE 6.5 Ruby Support anjan bacchu 2008-11-20T13:05:16+00:00 2008-11-20T13:05:16+00:00
hi there,

 thanks for sharing this with us.

not sure if this is for netbeans team -- however sharing with you.
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 does glassfish/warble allow for exploded WAR deployment which so makes rails developers so productive ?

 I'm seeing that the jboss rails group are working towards an exploded WAR development option.

 It will be nice if glassfish developers have something similar.

thank you,

BR,
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 https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/entry/hibernate_for_visual_web_pack#comment-1223286968000 Re: Hibernate for Visual Web Pack Christine Kutler 2008-10-06T09:56:08+00:00 2008-10-06T09:56:08+00:00
Roberto,

This blog was written more than one year ago. There have been many changes to the product since then. To get help I suggest that you go to the tutorials page at http://www.netbeans.org/kb/trails/web.html. Click the link titled "Using Hibernate in a Visual Web JSF Application" If that does not answer your question, use the feedback button at the bottom of the tutorial or write to the netbeans user alias (see http://www.netbeans.org/community/lists/top.html)
 https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/entry/radio_buttons_in_tables#comment-1223286705000 Re: Radio Buttons in Tables Christine Kutler 2008-10-06T09:51:45+00:00 2008-10-06T09:51:45+00:00
Aaragon, I am sorry but I wrote that program more than 2 years ago and I no longer have a copy of it. If getSelected is returning 0, then I would think that setSelected is not being called. Are you sure that you you remembered to set the radio button's name property to buttonGroup? Did you do this step"Select Use Binding, Click the Bind to an Object tab, select RBSelected, and click OK."

Maybe you are having conversion or validation errors. Put a message group component on the page and put "info(set selected called)" in the setSelected method to verify it is getting called.

Note: I have not worked on Visual Web in a very long time. They may have made changes that broke this mini tutorial. If you are not able to get this to work, you can ask how to use radio buttons in tables in the netbeans user alias.
 https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/entry/radio_buttons_in_tables#comment-1223282630000 Re: Radio Buttons in Tables arragon 2008-10-06T08:43:50+00:00 2008-10-06T08:43:50+00:00
Hi,
 I'm working with the actual version Netbeans 6.1 and visualwebjsf. I'm trying your code but in fact the getSelected() method always returns 0.
 Can I have a look at the complete States project to see what is missing or what went wrong. Can you help me?
 Thanks you all , arragon
 https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/entry/hibernate_for_visual_web_pack#comment-1221131615000 Re: Hibernate for Visual Web Pack roberto 2008-09-11T11:13:35+00:00 2008-09-11T11:13:35+00:00
Im developing an application using netbeans and visual java Server faces. I did the job very well when tables have only a simple primary key but when it is a compose primary key I don't know how work with that.
 My database have 3 tables, master products(Articulos), master types(Tipos) and a listprices(listaprecios) I can only see data by this way

http://datacentertec.com:8080/PruebaWebApp/

Now i need do this Query

SELECT l.COD_LSP,t.DESC_TIPO,a.COD_ART, a.DESC_ART, l.PRECIO
 FROM listaprecios l, Tipos t, Articulos a
 WHERE l.TIP_LSP=t.TIPO and l.COD_ART=a.COD_ART

Para que me de algo asi como esto

COD_LSP DESC_TIPO COD_ART DESC_ART PRECIO
 ======= ======================== ======= ===============
 LP001 Tipo de lista de Compras IN1001 Aguas 12.45
 LP001 Tipo de lista de Venta IN1002 Alcohol cetílicoss 23.34

My proyect and database is in this link www.datacentertec.com/archivo/proyectoprueba.zip
 I really apréciate your help

Regards,
 Roberto
 https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/entry/dynamically_building_a_tree_from#comment-1220817107000 Re: Dynamically Building a Tree from Database Data Guillermo 2008-09-07T19:51:47+00:00 2008-09-07T19:51:47+00:00
Thanks Alexandra!
 https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/entry/adding_a_popup_window_to1#comment-1220413898000 Re: Adding a Popup Window to a NetBeans 6.0 Visual Web Page guest 2008-09-03T03:51:38+00:00 2008-09-03T03:51:38+00:00
http://blogs.sun.com/divas/entry/adding_a_popup_window_to works fine for me
 https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/entry/adding_a_popup_window_to1#comment-1220408226000 Re: Adding a Popup Window to a NetBeans 6.0 Visual Web Page Barney 2008-09-03T02:17:06+00:00 2008-09-03T02:17:06+00:00
Hi All,
 the link "http://blogs.sun.com/divas/entry/adding_a_popup_window_to" seems to be broken.
 Does anybody know the correct url ?
 Thanks anyway ...
 https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/entry/read_the_tutorials_in_pdf#comment-1219943883000 Re: Read the Tutorials in PDF Format guest 2008-08-28T17:18:03+00:00 2008-08-28T17:18:03+00:00
Hello Pablo,

It has been over a year since I did any VWP component programming, so I have forgotten a lot.

You might want to look at http://blogs.sun.com/divas/entry/coordinated_drop_down_lists. You are using the same basic principles. For example you might have a radio button in the master table. When they click that, it redraws the detail table. See http://blogs.sun.com/divas/entry/radio_buttons_in_tables for determining which row was clicked.

If you need more help, you can write to the nbusers mailing list. See http://www.netbeans.org/community/lists/top.html.
 https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/entry/read_the_tutorials_in_pdf#comment-1219942419000 Re: Read the Tutorials in PDF Format Pablo 2008-08-28T16:53:39+00:00 2008-08-28T16:53:39+00:00
How i make a master detail paint for example 2 tables:

The upper table is department
 The down table is employ

Tanks
 https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/entry/creating_a_rails_2_0#comment-1219741853000 Re: Creating a Rails 2.0 Ruby Weblog in 10 Minutes guest 2008-08-26T09:10:53+00:00 2008-08-26T09:10:53+00:00
Cheri,

Does this help: http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowToImplementSearch
 https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/entry/creating_a_rails_2_0#comment-1219143835000 Re: Creating a Rails 2.0 Ruby Weblog in 10 Minutes diva#2 2008-08-19T11:03:55+00:00 2008-08-19T11:03:55+00:00
DezDiggler,

You don't say what error you got. Are you still using NetBeans 6.0 and Rails 2.0? If so, can you describe the error that you got?

If you are using NetBeans 6.1 then there is a link at the top of the blog that takes you to the version of this tutorial that works for 6.1. If you are using NetBeans 6.5 then take a look at http://blogs.sun.com/divas/entry/getting_started_with_netbeans_ruby1
 https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/entry/creating_a_rails_2_0#comment-1219142514000 Re: Creating a Rails 2.0 Ruby Weblog in 10 Minutes DezDiggler 2008-08-19T10:41:54+00:00 2008-08-19T10:41:54+00:00
With the PostHelper error, I got this when doing the section Doing more: Adding Another Field. In order to get past this I had to delete
 posts_helper from under Helpers. Once deleted I was able to generate the scaffold.

This is all I had in the posts_helper:
 module PostsHelper
 end
 https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/entry/getting_started_with_netbeans_ruby1#comment-1219052667000 Re: Getting Started With NetBeans Ruby 6.5 diva#2 2008-08-18T09:44:27+00:00 2008-08-18T09:44:27+00:00
Anjan did write to nbusers, and they pointed him to http://www.netbeans.org/community/releases/65/relnotes.html#known_issues-installer

The problem might be caused by large zip files in the desktop.

Another known installer issue is getting a blank window on Ubuntu. NetBeans users tell me that installing JDK 6 update 10 is a better work around than what the release notes recommend.
 https://blogs.oracle.com/divas/entry/getting_started_with_netbeans_ruby1#comment-1218880293000 Re: Getting Started With NetBeans Ruby 6.5 diva#2 2008-08-16T09:51:33+00:00 2008-08-16T09:51:33+00:00
To find the nbusers mailing list, go to http://www.netbeans.org/community/lists/top.html


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Federal Minister for School Education Peter Garrett launched the school's own internet television station last month.
The Holy Family internet TV station initiative was developed using funding from the federal government's Smarter Schools National Partnerships, to help develop contemporary learning strategies for students and staff.
Technology teacher Tim Butt said since 2010 students at the school had been building their skills through drama and music programs, the Habits of the Mind program initiative, and other new collaborative learning processes.
"These three areas, and many other great opportunities, have enabled us to build oral language skills, creative thinking and problem solving strategies," he said.
The link to the station is: HFS TV
Granville's Holy Family Catholic primary school's own TV station (Parramatta Advertiser)

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God gave us emotions to experience life, not destroy it! Lysa TerKeurst admits that she, like most women, has had experiences where others bump into her happy and she comes emotionally unglued. We stuff, we explode, or we react somewhere in between. What do we do with these raw emotions? Is it really possible to make emotions work for us instead of against us? Yes, and in her usual inspiring and practical way, Lysa will show you how. Filled with gut-honest personal examples and biblical teaching, Unglued will equip you to:
©2012 Lysa TerKeurst (P)2012 Zondervan
"Unglued is Unreal"
This book could apply to anyone who is looking at their life and want to improve their reactions and behaviors to everyday living.
"Great book! Enjoying it very much."
I am enjoying this book so much that I bought it in audio and both in paperback and on my kindle too. It is one I will read over and over. It is as if it was written just for me.
I am very pleased that Lisa read her own book for the audio, as I enjoy hearing the authors narrating their own books instead of someone else.
Lisa is so real and honest in this book, as she is in Made to Crave (another one of her books that is fabulous.
Keep up the good work, Lisa. I really enjoy your books.
"Totally helpful eye-opening read!"
I love how Lysa is so open to sharing with us all about her short comings and struggles in order to better help us in the same areas. If you are an emotional person (exploder or stuffer) this book helps to open our eyes and point us to Christ! Definitely worth the read and I know it can help anyone who reads it. Lysa also does a great job reading it and she is able to get you into the emotion she is feeling because she is also the author. I recommend to anyone looking to become more grounded in their faith!
"Holds Together Well"
I have recommended this audiobook to several of my friends already. I am on my second listen and appreciate the sound biblical reminders the book offers when emotions rise and my own thoughts begin to prevail. It has served as a wonderful redirecting of my thoughts back to God's perspective.
I liked Lysa's vulnerability which she reveals throughout the book. I do not believe I would have stuck with the subject matter had I not believed she actually lived life like the rest of the world.
Of course it is much more enjoyable to listen to the author herself reading how she felt in those particular moments she is sharing. I think the impact can be greater on the listener.
It brought up some memories and examples within my own mind of my life and how much I have to be ready to practice "soul integrity" as she calls it - Godly honesty all of the time in every relationship. I was particularly drawn to her explanation and examples of putting up barriers vs. setting boundaries. I did smile and relate numbers of times with her examples.
I think this is a REAL girl's book. I would recommend it to any girl/woman who wants to be honest with herself and others and follow a God of honesty and truth.
"a great book for life"
what a useful book and easy to identify with. even if the scenarios are a little different you can always find a way to do it to your life.
"Thank you Lysa"
Thank you Lysa for sharing some of your unglued moments. This book made me laugh and it also made me examine some of my unglued moments. I analyzed them to see how I could have done things differently instead of coming unglued. My favorite part of the book is when you reminded me that I should not be anxious about anything but in prayer and supplication make my requests to him. Thank you!
"Pretty good"
I liked that this was read by the actual author. I could totally relate to so many of the things she went through, and I have reacted the same way. Her advice is Bible based common sense, but there were many "a ha" moments for me. I've read the Scriptures she's referenced (some several times), but didn't "get it" until now. It's nice to know "you're not the only one" no matter how "perfect" some try to portray themselves, you don't need to be. Change will happen with the renewing of your mind and trust in Him.
"engaging and convicting"
I enjoyed listening to the author's passion behind her topic. She read the story with much emotion. The material was relatable to my life.
"Loved it!!"
Loved everything about this book...will continue to listen again and again. So relatable and looking forward to making imperfect progress.
Lysa and I have much in common, and I feel so relieved to know I'm not the only one who has these struggles. This book was inspiring and had just the right touch of comical moments that I can so relate to!
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Arizona's Ben Grado moved up a notch in the finals to finish third in the 3-meter at the Pac-10 Diving Championship at Federal Way, Wash., Thursday.
Grado posted 353.15 points to finish behind ASU's Mickey Benedetti with a mark of 398.85 and Stanford Brent Eichenseer posting a score of 365.85 for second.
He trailed Stanford's Nathan Kim (335.85) after the preliminaries but passed him with his performance in the title rounds.
UA women's divers Danni Ridgway (13th) and Allison Scaife (15th) competed in the 1-meter finals.
The men and women switch boards Friday with the men moving to the 1-meter board, while the platform competition is Saturday at Weyerhauser King County Aquatics Center.
Results from the diving championships will go toward the Pac-10 Men's Swimming and Diving Championships to be held in Long Beach next week, while the women's meet is under way this week.


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Filmmaker Penelope Jagessar Chaffer was curious about the chemicals she was exposed to while pregnant: Could they affect her unborn child? So she asked scientist Tyrone Hayes to brief her on one he studied closely: atrazine, a herbicide used on corn. (Hayes, an expert on amphibians, is a critic of atrazine, which displays a disturbing effect on frog development.) Onstage together at TEDWomen, Hayes and Chaffer tell their story.
Penelope Jagessar Chaffer is the director and producer of the documentary/surrealist film Toxic Baby. She works to bring to light the issue of environmental chemical pollution and its effect on babies and children.
Tyrone Hayes, professor at the University of California, Berkeley, studies frogs and other amphibians in ponds around the world. He's become an active critic of the farm chemical atrazine, which he's found to interfere with the development of amphibians' endocrine systems. Hayes is the subject of the chidren's book The Frog Scientist, and lectures frequently. His work was recently covered in Mother Jones.


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There are always a couple of television stories year after year about the out of control homeowners' association board or the homeowner who is battling their HOA over a community parking space, fence or dog.
According to the Community Associations Institute – Central Arizona Chapter (CAI-CAC) these battles can often get personal and can pit individual homeowner against homeowner or an entire community against its HOA board.
There's no strict definition of a bully, but we know them when we see them, says anti-bullying expert Ben Leichtling. Unlike decent people who are angry about a particular issue but want to work out a solution, bullies:
• are never satisfied
• treat you like a servant or slave
• can be "professional victims" who take offense too easily
• can also be aggressors
• want to wear you down and beat you up
Bullies might be only 1 percent of the population, Leichting says, but they take 999 percent of your time, energy and emotional reserves.
So you want to fight?
Your attorney can point you to legal tactics to fight the specific actions of a board bully.
Check your governing documents. If the bully is an officer, your board may be able to vote the bully out of office, and back to a director position. (Officers are generally elected by the board; taking someone off the board may require a homeowner vote.)
If the problem is lack of confidentiality, the board may want to create a confidentiality agreement that spells out the director's fiduciary duties in writing.
For other "irregularities," your attorney may also want to take the board member aside. A simple "talking to" can sometimes derail particular behaviors, if not change personalities.
Overcoming Fear
But what if the problem isn't a board member, but a homeowner? And what if the only tactics available are expensive (i.e. lawsuit) or scary (verbal confrontation)?
Now the human side of battling bullies becomes paramount. Leichtling, who has written numerous books bullying, advocates a six-step system:
1) Take care of yourself physically and mentally. Surprised? "Bullies want to wear you down, so that you'll give up and give them what they want," Leichtling says. "Your job is to keep yourself at your best." So do whatever it takes to keep your humor, courage and strength.
2) Don't take it personally. "Bullies want to make you think it's your fault," Leichtling says. "You can take it seriously, but not personally."
3) Watch for early warning signs. Bullying is more likely when there's someone new on the board, or when someone is going through a rough personal patch: a divorce or job loss. Keep your intuition up for these signs.
4) Begin with relationship: Don't assume you're dealing with a rational person. Assume you're dealing with someone who is on the emotional razor's edge. So get together with the bully, speak emotionally and calm them down enough so they can be rational.
5) Get on their side: Put yourself in the bully's shoes and look at their demands from their perspective. You may even want to get on their side of the desk or table when talking to them.
6) Meet in person: When people are upset, email is not a good strategy. Even if this costs you time and money now, a personal meeting is much less costly in the long run.


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Seth Hinrichs led Lafayette with 22 points in a win at Loyola in the first round of the Patriot League Tournament on Monday.
March 3, 2014
Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament Central
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - One did it with offense while the other stepped up on defense, but in the end Lafayette and Colgate each did enough to prevail in first-round games of the Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament on Monday.
The No. 9 seed Leopards (11-19) got hot in the first half and stayed that way in an 84-71 win at No. 8 Loyola Maryland (11-19), while the No. 7 seed Raiders (13-17) clamped down to hold off No. 10 seed Navy (9-21) 57-51.
Lafayette advances to play at No. 1 seed Boston University in the quarterfinal round on Wednesday, with No. 5 Army at No. 4 Bucknell on the other side of the bracket. Colgate will next head to No. 2 American, with No. 6 Lehigh at No. 3 Holy Cross also in the bottom bracket. All four quarterfinals will be shown on Patriot League Network, with 7 p.m. tip-offs in three games and a 7:30 p.m. start at American.
For more information, including an updated Tournament bracket and information on ticket sales for Wednesday's quarterfinal games, go to Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament Central
Recaps and box scores from Monday's games are included below, along with a synopsis of each contest.
Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament - First Round
No. 9 Lafayette 84 at No. 8 Loyola Maryland 71
Box Score
*Lafayette set a Patriot League Tournament record by shooting 63.6% from the field and pulled away for an 84-71 win over Loyola Maryland in the first round on Monday.
*The No. 9 seed Leopards advance to play at No. 1 Boston University in the quarterfinal round on Wednesday night.
*Lafayette started 2-of-8, then made 26-of-36 shots the rest of the way to pull away for the win.
*The Leopards were down 22-19 with under seven minutes to play in the first half before closing the period with a 23-13 stretch for a 42-35 lead at the break.
*Lafayette went up 12 early in the second half, but Loyola fought back and used an 11-2 run to get within 53-50 with 13 minutes left.
*Lafayette would not let the Greyhounds get any closer, scoring six straight points to go back up 11 with under eight minutes to play and staying ahead by eight or more in the 13-point win.
*Seth Hinrichs led four Leopards in double figures with 22 points, while Joey Ptasinski had 18, Nick Lindner scored 14 and Bryce Scott finished with 12.
*The Leopards won their first game in the Patriot League Tournament for the fifth consecutive year.
*Lafayette has now won four Patriot League Tournament games on the road in the last four years.
*Loyola fell in its first Patriot League Tournament contest despite a career night from Jarred Jones with 28 points and 10 rebounds.
*R.J. Williams had six points and 10 assists and directed an offense that put up 18 assists and turned it over only six times.
*Loyola could not keep up with Lafayette's shooting as the Greyhounds were 25-of-62 overall and 5-of-17 from three-point range.
*The Greyhounds' season comes to an end at 11-19, with Loyola losing seven of its final eight games.
at No. 7 Colgate 57, No. 10 Navy 51
Box Score
*Colgate won a Patriot League Tournament game for the first time since 2009 by holding on for a 57-51 victory at home against Navy in the first round on Monday.
*The Raiders won their fourth straight game as they head to No. 2 seed American in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.
*Colgate took the lead for good by scoring the last seven points of the first half for a 27-21 advantage at the break.
*The Raiders went on a 10-0 run to build the lead to 39-26 with 13:28 to go, but Navy would not go away easily.
*The Mids got the deficit all the way down to two at 53-51 with 13 seconds, but Damon Sherman-Newsome and Austin Tillotson each hit a pair of free throws to seal the win for the Raiders.
*Sherman-Newsome led the Raiders with 16 points, while Ethan Jacobs and Luke Roh each scored 10.
*Colgate shot 19-of-46 from the field and just 3-of-12 from three-point range, but had a strong game at the free throw line with a 16-of-20 clip.
*The Raiders also held the Mids to 20-of-57 from the field and 6-of-22 from long distance.
*Colgate won in the League Tournament for the first time since a victory in the quarterfinals at Navy in 2009, and improved to 4-2 against the Mids in the postseason tourney.
*The Raiders were playing at home in the League Tournament for the first time since winning in the quarterfinals and semifinals at Cotterell Court in 2008.
*Brandon Venturini had more than half of Navy's points with 26 in the game.
*Worth Smith was the only other Mid in double figures with 10 points, and just missed a double-double with nine rebounds.
*Navy finishes its season with a 9-21 record, and lost its 14th consecutive Patriot League Tournament game dating back to 2001.


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Some folks are arguing whether climate change and global warming are real. Farmers have been talking about weather since humans first started farming, but the fact is weather extremes affect our lives whether we like it or not. We have to be prepared for the extremes even in Hawaii but it is complicated by the fact we have so many microclimates.
In North Kona and South Kohala, we have had extremely dry weather all year. Our dry season is here and if we don't get our normal winter storms, fire hazard will be serious.
North Kohala, Waimea and East Hawaii have been having some very wet weather during the summer which is usually a bit dryer than winter. Now these areas are entering their winter rainy season and if rains are excessive, we could have flood and crop damage.
Although it feels like fall, and we have been seeing Christmas decorations in some stores since Halloween, the Christmas holidays don't seem real until after Thanksgiving. This year is particularly confusing since trees that normally bloom in the spring and early summer like royal poinciana, are still blooming in November. Many spring and summer gingers are still blooming. Right on time, though, poinsettias are beginning to show their color.
Although mainland folks think of the poinsettia as a Christmas flower, for us it normally blooms November through March.
So if you don't have a showy supply in your home and garden, now's the time to start looking for them on the market.
Purchasing potted stock from a garden center or nursery is the easiest way to establish plantings of the holiday ornamental. However, some green thumb operators scavenge the neighborhood for hardwood cuttings when fellow gardeners prune their poinsettias following the flowering season. Be careful not to choose cuttings from disease-infected plants.
There are a number of poinsettias available. They come in traditional reds or you can enjoy color combinations indoors and in the garden if you mingle the red plantings with white and pink varieties. Since poinsettias give color from now through March, plants in the garden will brighten things up for more than just the holiday season.
Poinsettias will grow on a wide range of soils, including sand, rocky soil and well-drained clay. In spite of wide adaptability, the plants will present you a better show of color if you take proper care of them. They will not tolerate soggy soil or heavy shade.
In massed beds, fertilizer application is important. An application of fertilizer in August should now be producing large colorful bracts. The plants will need repeat applications of plant food in early spring, again in June and perhaps during midsummer if there are heavy rains.
For best results, prune poinsettias back in late winter or early spring after blooming is over. Cut them back to within 12 to 18 inches of the ground.
You'll find that a compact plant will furnish more color than a plant with a few leggy unbranched stalks. To promote a riot of colored bracts, prune the plants several times during the growing season. Nip the new growth back after it is 12 inches long, leaving four leaves on each shoot. Be sure to stop the pruning in early September, because the flowering buds are set in early October.
Poinsettias show their color according to day length and temperature. A plant near a lighted window or a street light often refuses to color up like a neighboring plant in a nearby darker corner. Dreary skies in September and early October will shorten the days, causing plants to set buds and flower before the holiday season.
You'll find temperature is a limiting factor for a good show of flowers. If the night temperatures are much above 70 degrees, bud forming will be retarded. Freak periods of hot weather during this critical time may not permit buds to form at all. The best flower development is when the night temperatures range from 60 to 68 degrees. This year has been ideal with cool temperatures bringing about a riot of color.
For plants in your garden, one problem to watch for now is mites. Drier conditions are ideal for this pest. Spraying with a miticide will take care of the little stinkers. If you want to avoid sprays, sprinkling the leaves daily with a garden hose is helpful. This will also minimize whitefly attacks. Avoid sprinkling in the heat of the day or in the evening. The best time to water is early morning. That way you avoid sunburn and fungus diseases.
Poinsettias can be used as cut flowers if the stems are treated to coagulate the milky sap and reduce wilting. As soon as the flowers are cut, immerse the cut ends in hot water for about a minute. Then place them in cold water. Be sure the steaming water does not damage the bracts.
An alternate method of halting the oozing sap is to singe the cut ends of the stem over a flame for a couple of seconds and then place the stems in cold water. For best results and longer lasting beauty, cut the poinsettias about 18 hours before they are to be used in an arrangement. Store the cut "flowers" in a cool, draft-free place during the waiting stage.
If you want to experiment with this year's potted plant, don't toss it out when the last leaf drops.
The plant will show brilliant color next Christmas season if you follow these tips:
c Store the pot, plant and all, in an out-of-the-way place. This treatment is intended to cause the plant to go dormant during the cool days while the shriveling top feeds the sleeping roots.
c Only water the plant to keep it from getting bone dry. Avoid giving it fertilizer.
c Try storing the sleeping plant in a shady corner of the carport.
c Toward the end of February, tenderly awake the plant by cutting off the dead top. You can grow the new plant in last season's pot, but the poinsettia will be happier if you set it in the ground where it can flex its roots better than in the confines of a pot. Make sure you plant it where it will get lots of sun and in a well-drained soil.


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Favored to win with 7/5 odds is Levine's protege and YouTube star Christina Grimmie, who most recently covered Katy Perry's "Dark Horse." Ranked second with 5/2 odds is Josh Kaufman of Team Usher. Kaufman was the only contestant to earn the coveted iTunes vote multiplier following the April 21 performance show after his take on "Stay With Me" ranked fifth on the top 200 chart at the close of the voting window.
In third place with 11/2 odds is the second and final remaining member of Team Usher, teen Bria Kelly, while Team Blake's diva-in-training Sisaundra Lewis is fourth with 9/1 odds of her own. Just behind Lewis with 12/1 odds of their own are the only two other men left in the competition, Team Adam's R&B singer Delvin Choice and Team Blake's country purist Jake Worthington.
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I am not sure I am ready for the 5K that I have scheduled tommorrow. I haven't been going to the gym and I haven't been running. I feel really guilty about it. I wish I would have done more.
I Haven't been eating as well as I should either. I should not have eaten 4 cookies yesterday and I should not have indulged in some pizza. I wish I could keep up with my fitness goals and health goals better.
I have also been feeling really stressed out at work. I have had to work late and get through a lot of work lately. I am not sure I have taken enough time for "me." I know that even my husband is feeling a bit neglected. I am not sure how to deal with everything sometimes.
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IF a 5k means five kilometres I think you can do it - maybe not running but you can manage it if you need to. If I had signed up I would probably need to do it to give myself a good feeling about myself but then, I am not you. There is a 5k for women only coming up in a week in my home town and they have formed a team at work running it. But after thinking about it for a while I decided to stay out of it this year, I have other goals that feels more inspiring.
You are in a vulnerable situation emotionally - I would think the most important thing right now is to put sobriety first and do whatever you need to do to stay sober and from that start to take care of the a�ther areas that are stressing you...
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We all feel like this sometimes.
Would hubby go with you while you run outside? My bro-in-law hates to run, but he can speed walk next to my sister as she is just starting out running. They have a good time together.
Go and do the race. This will be your starting line. Use this as your springboard into getting faster, or running further before stopping to walk. My starting point is taking 42 minutes to do a 5k. Four months later, my fastest time is 33 1/2 minutes!! My race is tomorrow. I won't be going to break any records, I'm going to enjoy the experience.
Just because you haven't been training doesn't mean you don't deserve to go. No one will be mean to you if you come in last. No one will comment on how slow you are or how many times you had to stop and walk. Everyone is just happy to be there. GO! =)
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I don't think I have any great insight for you, but I have been where you are. Does everything seem a little off kilter? Hind sight is 20/20, but I wish I had spent less time at work. Not sure what you do, but if you took the time for yourself that you need, what would happen? I mean, would thinks work out ok in the end? It would just take a little longer for the work to be completed?
I just learned the hard way, I should have put myself first.
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An American reality competition show, Top Chef: Just Desserts Season 2 will be premiered on Wednesday, August 24 at 10PM on the cable television network Bravo. Recently the cast of the new season has been announced in which 14 contestants will compete to win $100,000 provided by KitchenAid, a showcase at the Annual Food & Wine Cayman Cookout and a trait in Food & Wine magazine. Season 2 challenges differ as it includes making edible room décor, fairytale showpieces, carnival delights and high-quality gingerbread homes.
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The series provides an interesting window into the cutthroat, pressure-filled surroundings of pastry chefs at the utmost level. There are two challenges in each episode of Top Chef: Just Desserts – a Quickfire Challenge and an Elimination Challenge. A Quickfire test is a short challenge that checks every contestant's basic skills while the Elimination Challenge is generally more complex and tests the chefs' creativity and adaptability in using definite ingredients or satisfying a certain client's wishes. It will be proved by chefs that a little sugar and spice is not just enough to taste pleasant.
Once again the same crew returns of this highly competitive series – "Top Chef" judge Gail Simmons will be host together with Johnny Iuzzini as head judge, Chef Hubert Keller, and Dannielle Kyrillos. Beastie Boys' Adam "Ad Rock" Horovitz, the cast of Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, Francois Payard, and Cat Cora will also come as the celebrity guest judges. The drama-filled season 1 of "Top Chef Just Desserts" was won by 29-year-old pastry chef Yigit Pura and averaged 1.9 total viewers.
List of 14 Contestants of Top Chef Just Desserts Season 2
Amanda Rockman
- Age: 29
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- Resides: Chicago, IL
- Profession: Executive Pastry Chef, The Bristol and Balena
- Culinary education: A.O.S Pastry and Baking Arts, C.I.A
Carlos Enriquez
- Age: 33
- Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
- Resides: Las Vegas, NV
- Profession: Pastry Chef at Holsteins in the Cosmopolitan
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Chris Hanmer
- Age: 33
- Hometown: Costa Mesa, CA
- Resides: Las Vegas, NV
- Profession: Owner of The School of Pastry Design
- Culinary education: Culinary Certificate from Orange Coast College, CA
Craig Poirier
- Age: 25
- Hometown: Derry, NH
- Resides: Las Vegas, NV
- Profession: Pastry Chef at Holsteins in the Cosmopolitan
- Culinary education: Notter School of Pastry Arts
Katzie Guy-Hamilton
- Age: 24
- Hometown: Worcester, MA
- Resides: New York, NY
- Profession: Executive Pastry Chef, New York Central at the Grand Hyatt New York
- Culinary education: French Culinary Institute
Lina Biancamano
- Age: 37
- Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
- Resides: Ft. Worth, TX
- Profession: Executive Pastry Chef, Stephan Pyles
- Culinary education: A.O.S. Culinary Arts, Le Cordon Bleu
Matthew Petersen
- Age: 32
- Hometown: Dublin, PA
- Resides: Arlington, VA
- Profession: Executive Pastry Chef, CityZen and Sou'Wester at the Mandarin Oriental in Washington, D.C.
- Culinary education: A.O.S Baking and Pastry, Johnson and Wales
Megan Ketover
- Age: 31
- Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
- Resides: Cincinnati, OH
- Profession: Pastry Chef, Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza
- Culinary education: AAB, Midwest Culinary Institute
Melissa Camacho
- Age: 30
- Hometown: Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- Resides: New York, NY
- Profession: Pastry Chef, ilili
- Culinary education: Institute of Culinary education
Nelson Paz
- Age: 33
- Hometown: Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Resides: Houston, TX
- Profession: Executive Pastry Chef, Mandarin Oriental, Boston
- Culinary education: Profesional Gastronómico, I.A.G
Orlando Santos
- Age: 32
- Hometown: St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
- Resides: Pittsburgh, PA
- Profession: Owner/Pastry Chef of Orlando's Chocolate Treasures
- Culinary education: Johnson & Wales University, North Miami, FL
Rebecca Masson
- Age: 39
- Hometown: Laramie, WY
- Resides: Houston, TX
- Profession: Pastry Chef/Owner of Fluff Bake Bar
- Culinary education: Diplome de Patisserie, Le Cordon Bleu, Paris, France
Sally Camacho
- Age: 31
- Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
- Resides: Los Angeles, CA
- Profession: Pastry Chef of WP24 a Wolfgang Puck Restaurant at the Ritz Carlton, Los Angeles
- Culinary education: A.O.S Culinary Arts and Baking and Pastry Program, California Culinary Academy
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- Hometown: Houston, TX
- Resides: Houston, TX
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Whether a student is the class genius, the class clown, the class troublemaker or somewhere in between, it is helpful to both the teacher and the child for a parent or guardian to attend parent/teacher conferences. This is the time when parents can meet the teachers that their children will be in contact with for the school-year and share information about the students.
Sometimes parents assume they don't need to attend, either because their child is doing well and they do not see any need for improvement or, in contrast, because the child is doing poorly and they don't see how a meeting will make the situation better. The assumption behind parent/teacher conferences is that both the parent and the teacher want what is best for the child, and that you will work together to benefit the child, regardless of the situation.
Most parent/teacher conferences are only around 15 minutes long, although it ranges depending on the school and grade of your child. By planning ahead you can make the most of your parent/teacher conference. Some general tips are:
1. Ask your child if there is anything that he or she would like you to discuss with the teacher.
2. Jot down everything that you want to talk about before the conference. List the most important topics first.
3. Arrive promptly or a few minutes early.
4. Begin with positive comments about the teacher or classroom.
5. Avoid lengthy discussions of topics that are not related to the purpose of the conference.
6. Be open-minded to suggestions from the teacher.
7. Keep your emotions under control.
8. Take notes about what has been discussed to share with your child.
9. Express appreciation for the conference.
10. Do not stay beyond your allotted time.
Sometimes a parent is simply unable to attend the parent/teacher conference. There are many reasons for this, such as being unable to take off work, being out of town on the assigned date, or not having transportation. There are other options than the school-set date/time for parents and teachers to meet. Contact the teacher, and ask if he or she can come early, stay late or see you on another day for an in-person meeting. If that does not work, a phone call to talk with the teacher is another option.
If you don't know how to contact your child's teacher, you can send a note with your child, call the school and ask for the teacher by name, or look up the teacher's e-mail address on the school district's webpage. Many school systems now have teacher assigned e-mail addresses. E-mailing the teacher to discuss your child can also be an effective way to communicate if you cannot meet in person or talk over the phone. As a parent, it sometimes takes that extra effort, but if you are willing to work together with the teacher, it will be beneficial for your child.
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The Nature Conservancy has released a new country-level dataset for its online Climate Wizard mapping tool that enables users to visualize future climate conditions using the most recent modeled data from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Data from 25 countries is now accessible via a Web portal: http://cop19.climatewizard.org. Users can select a country and view a color-coded map showing projected temperature and rainfall within that country during the period 2081 to 2100, depending on the trajectory of greenhouse gas emissions (low or high future emissions scenario).
The Nature Conservancy and partners developed the Climate Wizard in 2009 to provide future climate projection information via a free, user-friendly web site that helps users analyze how climate change is expected to play out in specific places around the world. Presenting data in 50 kilometer pixels, the tool provides a vast amount of information on one screen that can help to guide climate resilience and adaptation planning by governments, communities and regions. So far, the site has more than 87,000 unique visits in which maps and data have been viewed for almost every country in the world.
"With world governments gathering in Warsaw, Poland for the United Nations COP19 climate talks this week, Climate Wizard can put important climate data in the hands of people who are making crucial decisions today," said Evan Girvetz, PhD, The Nature Conservancy's senior climate scientist. "Allowing governments and communities to understand how climate change may play out in their territories can empower them to take sound steps to manage the risks they face."
"We know unequivocally that climate change is occurring and will greatly impact people— now the question becomes: 'What can we do to prepare for it?'" he said. "Where should we be investing our money in climate adaptation? What types of adaptation should our efforts target? Is it flooding risks or water supply constraints? Is it the threat of fire or landslides we need to be concerned about? It may be multiple things in different places within a country," says Girvetz.
For example, looking at the data for the COP 19 host country, Poland, the Climate Wizard maps indicate that conditions are projected to get hotter there and wetter, especially in the northern part of the country by the end of the century. For some locations, the future norm will be like wet years that only occurred once every five years in the past. Some models even indicate that the future average year could receive more precipitation than ever fell in a single year in the past. This could result in a higher overall risk for flooding, for which communities would need to prepare.
The Nature Conservancy also recently worked in partnership with the World Bank to create a Climate Wizard "app" http://climateknowledgeportal.climatewizard.org/ with 22 climate variables that can provide future climate information relevant to specific types of impacts, such as soil moisture, "maximum 5-day precipitation total each year" and "largest number of consecutive dry days per year." This application of the tool has been used to prepare and analyze detailed profiles of how specific landscapes and regions, such as the countries of Kenya and Nicaragua, or river basins, like the Eastern Nile Basin, are expected to be impacted by higher levels of carbon pollution.
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Sophomore guard Lia Galdeira led all scorers with 29 points and junior guard Tia Presley added 17 for the Cougars (5-5) who shot 38 percent from the floor. Galdeira also made five steals. Dayton, who has appeared in four straight NCAA Tournaments, improved to 3-4 after shooting 47 percent, including eight threes, and owning a 54-31 rebounding advantage.
Dayton opened the game on fire from the outside, hitting four threes in first seven minutes and quickly built a double-digit lead. The Cougars eventually settled in and put together a 12-4 run as Galdeira capped the streak with five straight points, hitting a layup and then knocked a long three from straight away that cut the Flyers lead to nine.
Dayton took a 41-26 lead at the break after shooting 50 percent from the floor while the Cougars were held to 25 percent.
Washington State settled in during the opening minutes of the second half and used threes from sophomore guard Dawnyelle Awa and Galdeira to again make it a nine-point game. The Cougars traded baskets with the Flyers before senior guard Brandi Thomas got her baseline floater to fall and Presley scored the next five points, using a pair of steals to score a couple easy layups and Galdeira followed with a layup to make it a six-point game with 11:24 remaining.
The Flyers answered with six straight points to end the Cougars run. Galdeira later hit three free throws to again make it a nine-point game, 68-59 at the 6:44 mark. Minutes later, Galdeira knocked down a three from the left wing to keep Dayton's lead at nine. But again, the Flyers answered, this time with a three and they went on to hit nine of their final 10 free throws to post the victory.
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My white electric stove top isn't looking so white anymore and I'm interested in repainting it red or black. Any recommendations? I'm thinking the rattle can appliance paint ALA Trading Spaces isn't the best move for looking good and lasting durability. It needs to be able to take the high temps.
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Re: Painting a stove top12/08Autozone High temp engine enamel. That stuff is made for engine blocks so im pretty sure it can withstand stove top temps. Its not that expensive and comes in many cool colors ( including Chevy Red ). Get a GRAY scuff pad while your there. NOT RED. and some 600 grit automotive wet or dry sandpaper. may cost you about 15-20 bucks for everything.
1. Clean with degreaser
2. wet sand flat areas with sandpaper
3. scuff ALL edges with scuff pad
4. Put scuff pad in water and dishwashing liquid and scuff again
5. wipe with wet rag until all soap is gone and let dry
6. cover all adjacent areas with paper and masking tape
7. spray 4-5 light coats. let dry 10 mins in between coats.
8. let paint cure over night before cooking
(If paint runs or you get trash or something in it- let paint dry for about an hour or two, wrap sand paper around a paint stir stick and wetsand as flat as possible until blemish is gone... dry and continue painting.)
Re: Painting a stove top12/10I think the above advice is pretty good but if the stove top is a hard baked enamel you may have problems getting the new coating to last.
Re: Painting a stove top12/11That's what I was thinking.
Paint simply won't take the abuse of a stove top.
It's not just the heat it's the lipids that eat through pretty much everything, the food acids, the bases, the constant abrasion.
Even a two part catalyzing coating won't stand up to such an environment.
If it really matters take the top off and send it to a little applied coatings house that does Vitreous enamel and see if they can re-enamel it.
The kind of enamel that is put on to stoves cookware and cast iron bat tubs is glass coating fired on metal at temperatures that melt the glass cause it to flow out and bond to the metal. another industry name for it is Vitreous enamel.
The baked enamel you can get from a powder coating house is merely an epoxy that reacts to heat, relatively low heat at that.
It will not stand up on a stove top.
Re: Painting a stove top12/11only one way to insure a tough enough surface for a cook top is to take it to a porcelain refinisher. i've tried several methods and the projects started out looking great, but with the heat and wear and tear soon became scratched and chipped - worse looking than the original state. the best one i came up with was a sandblasted surface then epoxy painted and cured in the hot Texas sun for two days. it lasted over a year.
Re: Painting a stove top12/12If you're going as far as the above poster recommends, you should actually be recycling the stovetop and buying a new one. Or a new stove.
you could "DIY" it by doing the removal/hauling yourself :P
Re: Painting a stove top12/14The stove works great and is in otherwise excellent condition. It just has a big chip in the white porcelain in the front and brown burn stains around two burners that won't come out. I'm definitely not buying a new top or stove over a cosmetic issue, I'm weighing my options for DIY refinishing. Although I may explore getting the porcelain redone too.
As far as that chip goes, I've had success with DURO Porcelain Repair by Loctite. About 3$/tube, comes in white. You build up layers of white liquid that dry real durable to fill in the chip. The brown stains? I guess you've tried rubbing like crazy with Ajax water/powder paste? Not much for it but to do powdercote or farm out to porcelain refinisher if that doesn't get it.
I used to make extra money some years back, by getting thriftshop gas ranges. Old stylish 1950s models, for about $50, then reconditioning them for folks looking for period pieces fitting in old home remodels ,... or for gourmets prefering gas burners to electric. And have used the Duro for chip repair on different enameled appliances or porcelain. It holds up and makes the piece look nice. One time a friend found a 1920s gas range out on the street during neighborhood cleanup. He dropped it off at my place for nothing. I fixed it up and got hundreds for it from a lady who loved the look of an antique kitchen. Gas-cooked food is way superior to the electric version.
Unsu...***********If you're going as far as the above poster recommends, you should actually be recycling the stovetop and buying a new one. Or a new stove.************
Maybe not.
There's lots of reasons to want to keep an older stove.
Heat output is probably the chiefest.
New stove tops don't produce the same amount of heat that the 1950's stoves did.
In the interest of being our parents, the marketing people have consulted their lawyers who told them that a stove that doesn't get hot won't start so many fires - so the companies making stoves and toasters have neutered their products so they don't actually get hot..
Makes for really lousy food.
Believe me I know I spent almost ten grand just to step around all that meddling for my stove.
you gotta pay a lot to get the same kind of heat output that you used to be able to get on a $150.00 Caloric brand gas stove from the 1950s.
Things have come to a sad sad state of affairs.
I recently bought a toaster. Paid $300.00 for it. Plugged my new edifice to excessive spending in, inserted some of my precious home made sourdough bread, and VIOLA~!!! nothing - nada - zip.
The dammed thing just refused to get hot. The heating elements wouldn't get red. IT was a total fizz.
So I took it back and got another.
Same result.
So I took that back and got a different kind of toaster not one that was assembles by hand by some English guy -
Same result. A couple of the elements looked like they might have had a dream about getting red when they were children but have since abandoned their youthful dreams for the faded obscurity of being merely warm.
Then I got curious and started asking around.
It appears that everybody who has purchased a toaster in the last year or so has this problem.
The thirty dollar toaster sucks just as bad as the three hundred dollar toaster.
Stoves are the same.
They want us to be safe. They don't want us to burn our fingers.
We are being protected from ourselves.
So maybe rehabbing the old stove is a better idea.
Maybe it's old enough that it harks from that bright golden sunlit era when people were responsible for their own actions and held themselves accountable instead of someone else.
One can hope anyway.
Well ... you *might* go back to this thread on powder coating
Considering the size of a stovetop, the prep work required for powder coating, and other miscellaneous cost drivers, powder coating would not be *my* choice. But done right, powder coating provides a durable long term solution.
You spent $300.00 on a TOASTER !?!?!? what kind of gas mileage does it get ? Does it double as a room heater ? Does it have a insertion point for those cold, " lonely" nights ? Do you get credit for unused toast on the national power grid ? Or was the sales girl just that "hot" ?
Don't get me started on spending $10,000 on your old stove ! ;-)
Re: Painting a stove top12/21*********You spent $300.00 on a TOASTER !?!?!?*************
Yah nukin futz huh
******** what kind of gas mileage does it get ?***********
I'm sure the instructions said it made gasoline from thin air.
************* Does it double as a room heater ?************
I was hoping for a nuclear co-generatin power plant.
**********Does it have a insertion point for those cold, " lonely" nights ? Do you get credit for unused toast on the national power grid ? Or was the sales girl just that "hot" ?**********
Sadly, none of the above.
***********Don't get me started on spending $10,000 on your old stove ! ;-) ************
New Stove, New one. And that was just the range top. The ovens are another story altogether.
But I have a defense:
~ ~ ~ ~ Give me a minute ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Re: Painting a stove top12/20I love the toaster story, same thing happened to me. I returned an $80 toaster six months after buying it because an element burned out, and it sucked anyways.
the next day I got a four-slotter at a yard sale for a buck ! Still cranking out good toast 5 years later.
Question: Where did we learn that her electric stove is an "oldie but goodie" ? My point still stands unless this thing is some kind of hoover dam. Maybe shop for a good condition used stove? I'm just saying that removing your cooktop and sending it in to a shop sounds like turd polishing to me, and expensive.
I'm also pretty leery about DIYing a coat of any kind on this stove. I just stripped a bathtub that was "re-enameled" and had begun chipping. days of work later, it looks all dinged up (which is why they refinished it) but at least there wasn't any more paint chips in the bath water. I don't want you in a position where you do this and wish you didn't.
Re: Painting a stove top12/20"There's lots of reasons to want to keep an older stove"
durability and heat output? what are all of the other reasons?
Re: Painting a stove top12/21cost springs to mind.


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Thursday, September 3, 2009
Sunday Book Club
This is what Aron does with the kids sometimes on weekends while I try to sneak in a few minutes of writing. I love when kids get to Eva's age and they bring you a picture book and beg you to sit with them and tell them the names of things they point to.
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Recently we came across a situation where we wanted to see the debug info from the app which a user has on his device. So, what I am looking for is a way to find the log on the device, paste it as inline text on a mail and allow the user to send it..
Any ideas? Here are the questions again.. 1)Find a debug log on the device 2)open the file and attach the contents of the file as inline text in to the mail. 3)Allow the user to email it the next time app launches..


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Once the dust was settled, the previously winless Utes had thrown a monkeywrench into the Friday night Homecoming festivities, defeating Park City 51-49. The Miners for the second week in a row lost a tough game and are now 1-7 in 2012 and 0-3 in Region 10 play.
For the second week in a row, however, the Park City offense was clicking on all cylinders. Sophomore quarterback Ian Moritz was 21-of-33 through the air, tossing for 354 yards and three touchdowns. He also rushed for a team-high 135 yards and one touchdown on 19 carries.
The Miners jumped out to an early 14-3 lead over the Utes on two one-yard touchdown runs by senior running back Alex Boyle. In the second quarter, both offensives took center stage as 43 total points were scored -- 22 by Park City and 21 by Uintah. Moritz found senior running back Trevor Kelsch for an 85-yard touchdown pass and later found receiver Carson Dutkanych for a 36-yard score to give Park City a 29-17 lead.
But Uintah's Hunter Conelly, who had a standout evening with three rushing touchdowns against the Miners, converted a fake field goal late in the second quarter, finding Spencer Seitz open to cut the Miner lead to 29-24 at halftime.
The shootout continued in the second half. Uintah roared out of the gates to score twice on two Conelly runs to take a 37-29 lead. But Park City marched down the field and scored on a 9-yard run by Moritz to tie the game 37-37 in the third quarter. The Miners regained the lead on a 24-yard touchdown run by Kelsch, but the extra-point attempt was blocked, leaving Park City with a 43-37 advantage.
Uintah responded again on the backs of Conelly and Dallin Siddoway to score twice and take a 51-43 lead.
However, Park City wouldn't go quietly.
The offense orchestrated a drive down to the Uintah 28-yard line and, on a 4th-and-9 play, Moritz found junior receiver Alec Wing for a 27-yard touchdown reception. But Park City missed the two-point conversion and trailed the Utes 51-49.
After the Park City defense forced a Uintah punt, the Miners took over on their own 6-yard line with 59 seconds left and worked their way down to the Uintah 20-yard line with five seconds remaining. But junior kicker Zach Slusher's 37-yard field-goal attempt was wide left as time expired and Uintah escaped with its first victory.
The road doesn't get any easier for the Miners, currently on a four-game skid.
This Friday they'll face vaunted region rival Juan Diego in Draper. The Soaring Eagle is 8-0 and is averaging 46 points per game in region play. Juan Diego is paced offensively by Nick Markosian (456 yards rushing, five touchdowns), Jessie Springer (486 yards, six touchdowns) and Chase Williams (389 yards rushing, 11 touchdowns). Soaring Eagle linebacker Dakota Cox, who leads the team in tackles (58) and sacks (2.5), is committed to the University of Cincinnati.
Kickoff at Juan Diego Catholic High School in Draper is slated for 7 p.m.
Tyler Cobb contributed to this report.


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Red Raider Golf Advances to NCAA Championships
May 16, 2009
LUBBOCK, Texas - For the third time in the last four years and the fourth time in head coach Greg Sands' nine seasons, Texas Tech is heading to the NCAA Men's Golf Championships. The No. 17 Red Raiders finished second at the NCAA Southwest Regional in Austin on Saturday, holding off host Texas by one stroke and trailing region winner Florida by two strokes.
The Red Raiders' second-place showing is the highest in school history in postseason competition, and a spot ahead of the 2006 squad's third-place finish in the NCAA East Regional. By finishing among the top five the Red Raiders advance to the NCAA Championships at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio, May 26-30. The appearance will be the eighth overall in the program's history. Joining Texas Tech from the Southwest Regional are Florida, Texas, Stanford and Michigan.
"It never gets old, for sure," Sands said, referring to playing in the NCAA Championships. "This is the hardest tournament, I think, all year. It's almost like you're starting over after the regular season. Under the pressure our guys did well. It's a testament to their hard work."
Early in Tech's final round, Mother Nature enforced a three-hour delay. "The weather was good for the first three holes," Sands added. "We caught the brunt of the storm with Texas and Florida and were playing in the teeth of the wind. It was calm on the backside and it became a three-horse race. I'm proud of the way the guys played through and handled it."
Sophomore Chris Ward finished the tournament in third place at 2-over 215, after carding an even-par 71 Saturday. Ward's finish is the highest in school history in regional competition. Additionally, sophomore Nils Floren tied in fourth place with a 3-over 216. The previous record was a tie for fifth by Floren's brother, Oscar, a three-time Red Raider All-American, at the 2006 NCAA East Regional in Orlando, Fla.
Senior Garrett Merrell tied in 18th place, while redshirt freshman Brian Scherer tied in 28th place. Merrell finished the tournament with a 9-over 222, while Scherer carded an 11-over 224 in his second event of the spring. Senior Santiago Rivas tied in 54th place with a 19-over 232.
Texas' Lance Lopez led wire-to-wire and claimed medalist honors with a 4-under 209. He was the only player to shoot under par and won the event by five strokes.
No. 8 Florida (874) shot 10-over in the final round to narrowly take the team title. The Red Raiders, Gators and Longhorns each held onto the top spot during the final round. Tech (876) overcame No. 24 Texas (877) on the final two holes as the Longhorns carded a double-bogey and bogey, while Tech was 1-over on 17 and 18.
No. 5 Stanford (887) finished fourth and No. 45 Michigan (888) fifth to advance to the NCAA Championships. No. 41 Lamar (891), No. 30 UNLV (892), No. 49 Texas-Arlington (893), No. 32) California (896), Mississippi State (901), New Mexico State (909), Virginia Tech (910) and Jackson State (992) did not advance.
The top five teams from the regional will advance to the NCAA Championships at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio, May 26-30. This year's format differs from the past as the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Committee changed the format for 2009 with the individual champion determined after 54 holes of play and the top eight teams moving on to a final day of match play. The team with the lowest score after three rounds will play the team with the eighth-lowest score, No. 2 will play No. 7 and so on until a national champion is determined.


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According to Men's Health, Las Vegas, although not in the Top 10 for fattest cities, receives a "D" grade. The list can be found on MSN and Men's Fitness.
"to arrive at our rankings, we calculated the percentage of people who are overweight, the percentage with type 2 diabetes, the percentage who haven't left the couch in a month (CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System); the money spent on junk food (Bureau of Labor Statistics); and finally, the number of people who ate fast food nine or more times in a month (Mediamark Research)." (from msn.com)
Some states, such as Texas are now trying to pass legislature for chain restaurants to post nutrition information, in order for patrons to make better choices.
Right now, Nevada has no such law.
Some things to help get Nevada on the fit list instead of the fat list, would be to take steps to get off the couch, make better food choices, and bringing your own meals.


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BMW has released two videos on their YouTube channel starring the M3 and M5 Performance Edition. They haven't released any specific detail, yet except that both models will be limited to thirty units – available in three Frozen paintwork colours: blue, white and red - and will only be produced for the British market.
The sports cars will be certainly featuring a new range of specially designed parts and accessories, as BMW has already displayed the original equipment dedicated to the new 3 Series, 1 Series and 5 Series, during the Geneva Motor Show. The M Performance Parts have been created to give all BMW's vehicles a taste of Motorsport.


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Peter Robinson of Uncommon Knowledge interviewing Richard Epstein and John Yoo, two constitutional scholars and lawyers associated with the Hoover Institution. They give their take on some of the cases pending in the Supreme Court. One of the many things that I found interesting with this was the lever of disagreement between two attorneys who are all together aligned on most of the major issues of the day. Some disclosure is in order. Epstein wrote several of the briefs presented to the Supreme Court for the plaintiff's in the Affordable Care Act Case now being considered.
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Law Blog Correction of the Day: "I Am Not a Lawyer"
Right up front, we're well aware that it's a very dangerous business to highlight the errors of fellow journalists. But this one was too near and dear to our hearts to pass up. Thanks to the indispensable www.regrettherror.com, we caught wind of the following:
A June 20 article about a Senate intelligence committee hearing misattributed a quote to Sen. John W. Warner (R-Va.). It was Sen. John D. Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) who said "I am not a lawyer."
The 80-year-old Warner, approaching 30 years in the U.S. Senate, would never utter such a phrase, because he is one. After graduating from UVA Law in 1953, he clerked for D.C. Circuit chief judge E. Barrett Prettyman. (It was Sen. Warner who reportedly pushed for the 1997 renaming of the federal courthouse in D.C. after his former boss.) After a four-year stint as an assistant U.S. attorney in Washington, Warner spent the 1960s at Hogan & Hartson before leaving the law for public service. (Law Blog Trivia: E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr., is of counsel at Hogan & Hartson.)
Rockefeller, the not-lawyer, earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard in 1961 before entering political life.


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How to Change a Secured to an Unsecured Credit Card
As beginners start to research how credit card lending works, they will come across two basic kinds of credit cards: secured and unsecured. These two descriptions of credit lines actually have to do with the kinds of loans that lenders make in order to give customers access to a credit card. A secured loan uses assets as collateral, while an unsecured loan is based on the borrower's credit worthiness. Here are some simple steps to turn your secured credit card, one based on actual assets, into an unsecured credit card tied to your credit score, and avoid leaving your assets vulnerable to seizure by the lender.
1Know your lender's policies. Different lenders have different rules for their lines of credit. Knowing about the specific policies in terms of minimum balances, amortization and other aspects of debt can help you figure out how to get from one place to another in terms of an effort to change a secured to an unsecured credit card.
- Understand the liabilities of secured credit debt. If you have been using your home, a vehicle or any other asset as collateral for a credit card, getting behind on a credit card debt can mean that you actually lose those assets. Most individuals and families can't afford this kind of loss, so make sure you understand what's involved in your existing secured credit loan.
- Research your bank or lender's criteria for an unsecured credit card. Generally, you will need to meet these specific criteria and apply for a card change.
2Establish a good track record of payments. One of the first steps to getting your secured card untethered from your assets is to make sure you pay your existing secured credit card bill on time. As you make good monthly payments, the lender can see a clear record of consistent payment, which can help your eventual application for an unsecured credit line.
3Build credit. When it comes to improving your credit score, there are several ways to accomplish this critical task. A better credit score will make you more eligible for unsecured credit cards from all sorts of lenders. In order to improve a poor credit score, use any kind of successful loan to show responsibility and the ability to pay back debt.
- For many, the purchase of a new or used car can be an efficient way to establish good credit. Any kind of loan that involves regular payment is likely to boost your credit score in the long run, and leave you more eligible for unsecured lines of credit.
4Apply for a change. Contact your lender and make a formal application to change your secured credit card over to an unsecured line of credit. When you have built up your credit and basic borrowing information to the right standard, your application should be successful, and your lender will make the change for you.
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