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April 19: 10am-12:45pm: Easter Egg Hunt with the Easter Bunny: Kids from 0-6 years old have a chance to do crafts, play, and go for an egg hunt in the YMCA's Oakville location. Parents have three times to choose from: 10-10:45am, 11-11:45am or 12-12:45pm. Cost is $5/child, and there will be a chance for pictures with the Easter Bunny near the end of the time slots. Register online at: www.ymcaofoakville.org or at their membership services desk. Pre-registration is recommended.
April 20: Happy Easter! Take time to enjoy family, and friends
April 23: 7:30am-9am: Oakville's Team Up for Terry Fox Breakfast: Featuring a keynote speech from Dr. John Goffin, Associate Professor in the Department of Oncology, Juravinski Cancer Centre at McMaster University. Bachelor of Music Students will be performing "I Am Waiting For A Miracle" the opening number from the musical "Marathon of Hope" the Terry Fox Musical produced by Michael Rubinoff. RSVP by visit the event's official website. The Breakfast is being held in the Atrium at Oakville Town Hall; 1225 Trafalgar Road.
April 25: 2pm: Clean Sweep. Celebrate Earth Week by getting outside for 20 minutes of clean-up work around your home/neighbourhood/business/ or school. Register through the Town's website to get complimentary gloves and bags.
April 26: 6:30-10pm: Knights of Columbus Bowling Competition/Fundraiser: Bring your competitive spirit down to the Hopedale Bowl to benefit a good cause. Cost is: $35/adults, and $25/kids under the age of 12. Cost will include 3 games of bowling, dinner, and choice of drink. Prizes will be awarded to the top three teams of 16 teams. Proceeds go to the Special Olympics. The evening includes a 50/50 raffle and a silent auction.
April 27: 8-10am: Mercedes-Benz 10K: Mercedes-Benz Oakville presents a 10k run/walk sponsored by New Balance of Oakville starting at Appleby College. The route takes participants through downtown Oakville. To learn more, or register head to the run's official website. Money raised goes to towards the Oakville Hospital Foundation for their move to the new site in December, 2015.
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Proposal for a standard collection of algorithms/Data structures in haskell
satvik chauhan <mystic.satvik <at> gmail.com>
Hi cafe,
Whenever you search for a library for doing some standard task on hackage there are lots of implementations available and some of them are poorly implemented without any thoughts given to design and speed. Most of them are left as it is without any further improvements/bug fixes.
A limited collection of data-structures and associated algorithms are available in base. It would be nice for the community to maintain a standard collection of recommended implementations (both fast and well designed) of data structure and algorithms (similar to Boost for C++). This can again be maintained and moderated by the community. All the implementation in the collection can adhere to a standard design principle and idiomatic haskell.
I would really love to hear your thoughts on this proposal.
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Laura R. writes: "Hi Outblush! I love checking the blog daily and I am hoping you can help me be as successful as some of your other readers. I am being inducted into my college athletic hall of fame, and I need something for the induction ceremony. I am a size 10/12 dress and size 9.5 shoe. As for a budget, I am willing to spend what I need to look good, but anything over $500 may be a little too steep for me. I am looking for a dress that will deemphasize my tummy; aren't we all? The ceremony will be an evening in October, so I am looking for something in fall colors or navy blue (my school color). I have pretty athletic arms, so anything that has a cap sleeve tends to make my arms look huge. I can wear a heel, but anything over 3" and I look like an Amazon woman. Thanks so much for any help you can give this fashion-challenged athlete! -Laura"
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Couples are in for a tasty treat now that Anderson Link's Chef Duane has released the menu for the course's 4th annual Valentine's Day dinner.
The feast will be served in Anderson's The Sticks restaurant on Feb. 14 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Here are the menu choices:
- Beef Tenderloin
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- Grilled Tuna Steaks
- Butternut Squash Soup
- Tomato Provencale
- Chocolate Turtle Tarts
- Lemon and Blueberry Meringue Pie
- Warm Brie
- Artichoke Dip accompanied by Mediterranean Pita Chips
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Golf Fore the Cure presented by Subaru is celebrating 10 years of increasing ladies participation in golf while raising funds for breast cancer research and support programs in Canada.
With the completion of the 2013 season, Golf Canada has announced that Golf Fore the Cure has raised more than $5.1 million toward ending the fight against breast cancer.
Throughout the program's history, Golf Fore the Cure has donated its fundraising total to the Canadian Cancer Society as well as the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation.
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July 5, 2011
Summer has arrived and the UCLA women's tennis team is officially on an extended holiday. Half the team has graduated and the rest are waiting until things pick up again for what I'm sure will be another successful season beginning in late September. Some unlucky few have summer school to attend, while others get complete freedom to sleep in, lie on the beach all day, and watch TV all night...or play tennis (depending on the mood). But summer's arrival means one important detail...NCAA's are over. The one goal we put all of our sweat and hard work into since our loss at NCAA's in 2010 has come and gone. But this time around there is no feeling of regret because...you're looking at a Final Four team! Even though we didn't come home from Stanford with a championship ring, we still brought the program back to the top of college tennis with wins over Virginia and Duke. Duke was this year's highlight win since it avenged an upset loss to the Blue Devils in the Sweet Sixteen last year.
While our tennis goals ended a few weeks ago, the most recent milestone we passed through was that of graduation. Commencement at UCLA is a tremendous occasion and my teammates and I got to celebrate it three separate times; the main commencement ceremony for the entire 2011 class, the individual department ceremony, and the student-athlete reception. This year's graduating class of me, Maya Johansson, Noelle Hickey, Amit Inbar, and Matt Brooklyn all wore our cap and gowns with pride amidst the 4,000 other graduating students. Andrea Remynse also graduated, but left early to head back to Michigan in order to prepare for her law school adventures at Michigan State.
The UCLA Athletic Department provided every student-athlete with a medal to accentuate their outfit and held, in my opinion, the best graduation ceremony of the weekend. So thank you UCLA Athletics! Of all the receptions and banquets I've been to over my years here, this was my favorite one. That is really saying something, as there have been a lot of events over my years here, including but not limited to: freshman orientation, compliance meetings, Wooden Academy, BAC meetings, end-of-the-year team banquets, welcome BBQ's, and scholar-athlete banquets. Ric Coy, the ringleader of nearly all athletic receptions, made the graduation ceremony unforgettable with a photo gallery presentation of every graduating athlete's baby pictures. One of the lasting lessons Ric has taught, besides making sure we always go to class and never bring food into the learning center, is that not all babies are cute. Soccer's Kevin Weiner was an absolutely hilarious student-athlete speaker, delivering one of the best speeches I've ever heard at UCLA and definitely the best of the graduation weekend (besting Peace Corps Director Aaron Williams and my English Department guest speaker ex-hobbit Samwise Gamgee/Sean Astin). Kevin proved that UCLA student-athletes have many, many talents (both hidden and visible) to share with the world.
One person who I have left out during my time writing this blog has been Tennis Operations Director Grant Chen, who helps with both the men's and the women's programs here at UCLA. His job encounters never-ending difficulties, as he's not only the director but also our number one contact for all problems tennis-related. Even though most of us are well past our teenage years, we still have a tendency to act like incompetent children and Grant is always there to help us in our time of need, be it getting a last minute racquet stung, arranging a ride to the airport, or helping with paperwork we simply cannot do ourselves. Grant manages it all from sunrise to sunset with an energetic enthusiasm and a huge smile on his face, and his positivity is an even more amazing feat considering that we are usually tired, agitated, and impatient when we come rushing to him needing something. No one I've ever met has the genuine energy that Grant has for tennis and for life, and his dedication to UCLA, alongside managers Becky Duesler, Amanda Lin, Kiki Dickerson and everyone else involved with UCLA tennis, has made it possible for the program to maintain its distinguished reputation.
This year's team has set the bar high, and with managers and players graduating and moving on (assuming we all find our way after graduation), we expect only better from next year's team. I consider this court covered. Go Bruins!


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Forgiveness is necessary if you want to move into the New Year in a positive frame of mind. Holding on to resentment, hurt, and anger only serves to harm you emotionally, spiritually, and physically. Whereas you may believe your unforgiveness has a painful effect on the person who has caused you harm, the truth is that the person who harmed you is probably going on with little thought or concern for you.
Let it go. Those past hurts are nothing but baggage that will weigh you down in the coming year.
Forgiving a person does not mean condoning the person's behavior. Nor does it mean you are giving permission to harm you again. Forgiveness is saying, "You hurt me, but I refuse to allow you to continue to hurt me."
Forgiveness does not mean that you still have to maintain a relationship with the person who hurt you, although you may find it possible. Forgiveness means that you are letting the past go in a way that it can no longer control your life.
As 2013 ends, make a list of everyone who you have not forgiven. Then make a commitment to forgive them. It is as simple as that. Drop their names into a hat and declare "You are forgiven". This will be a symbolic way to remember you have forgiven them if old resentments start to creep in.
Let go of unforgiveness and start 2014 in a positive frame of mind.
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Meghan Ory talked with the Toronto Sun recently about her role in the CBS sci-fi series "Intelligence" alongside "Lost" alum Josh Holloway. In a Jan.5 report Ory asked what it might feel like to learn that someone you're talking to has a computer chip in his head that lets him know everything about your life while he's standing there talking to you. Sound interesting? We think so too.
Holloway who fans will remember as the sometimes bad guy, sometimes good guy James 'Sawyer' Ford from ABC's "Lost" will play Gabriel Black on "Intelligence." He's a high-tech agent who's had a super-computer microchip embedded in his brain. It allows him to connect to the Internet instantaneously. Ory describes it as him having access to anything with an electronic signature.
She will be playing a secret service agent named Riley who has been assigned to protect him. When they meet, Gabriel sees a stream of photos and videos about her that he accesses through places like Facebook and Twitter, anywhere that electronic files on her have been stored.
Ory, who "Once Upon a Time" fans will recognize from her role as Ruby/Red Riding Hood, says Gabriel is super-WiFi.
Riley is like the viewer's eye into this unusual world. The other characters on the show have been working with Gabriel for a while and know how he works. Riley is coming in fresh and is trying to figure things out as she goes.
She also hints that because the two characters spend a lot of time together, they sometimes butt heads and that is possibly going to lead to tension of the sexual kind. Sounds promising. The first episode airs Tuesday, Jan. 7 on CBS.
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If you are into aviation and want to see aircraft of all types, then San Marcos Municipal Airport (KHYI) is your place. The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) is holding their first of a number of national member fly-ins at Redbird Skyport. The event will take place Saturday April 26th from 8:30 AM until 4 PM. Close to 400 planes will be landing in San Marcos with another large amount at nearby New Braunfels Airport, which is serving as a relief airport. People who are interested in becoming pilots or are already taking flying classes are encouraged to come visit. There will be a "Learn to Fly" area for those who may want to get a career in aviation. This is a good place to start and to gather information on what you may need. Redbird Skyport, the host fixed base operator (FBO), is a state of the art facility with a superb professional staff and they are eager and excited to host such a convention. Among all the aircraft on display is a Boeing B-17 WWII bomber named Aluminum Overcast, based in Oshkosh Wisconsin. Their crews are offering rides (for a donation) thru the show.
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association was founded in 1939 and as of 2012 it had close to 385,000 members, making it the largest general aviation association in the world. For more information as well as a calendar of future events, please contact them at www.aopa.org.


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|Michael McGilvary
2008-09: Participated in the javelin and the triple jump ... Best finish occurred at the Duke Twilight (5/3), where he took second-place with a career-best clearing 50.15 in the javelin throw.
2007-08: Focused mainly on the triple jump ... Took ninth-place at the C-USA Indoor Championships in the triple jump (13.48m) while finishing 12th in the same event at the C-USA Outdoor Championships (13.78m) ... Best non-championship result occurred at Christopher Newport, where he collected third-place honors with a mark of 13.01m.
High School: Won the 4A regional title, turning in a personal-best mark of 45'2" in the triple jump, and was All-County in the same event in the outdoor season ... Also earned All-Conference honors ... Finished fifth at the 4A Indoor State Championships ... Served as team captain his senior season.
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Hoping none of these manga decide to resked between this post's Sunday publication and Chuang Yi's on the date confirm. Although I doubt Are You Alice? will budge from 3 May, otherwise we're really heading into curiouser and curiouser territory. »Edit They did budge, but only by one day (streeted 4 May).
Are You Alice? © Katagiri Ikumi / Ninomiya Ai
Ichijinsha [Serialized in Comic Zero-Sum]
Published in Singapore by Chuang Yi
Also, VAGABOND 24 and the simplified Chinese Kaichou wa Maid-sama! #12 and The Ravages of Time #41.
It's not the Alice in Wonderland bloodbath that Alice in the Country of Hearts is, but I still welcome Are You Alice?, starring a bishounen 'Alice' who must off the White Rabbit or
it's off with his head!, as Chuang Yi gleefully points out. Sounds plenty bloody enuf to me ^^
The josei Zero-Sum series adapts the Are You Alice? drama CDs (thanks for the list, Minty Utopians). Alice?'s CV is Sakupyon (Sakurai Takahiro).
In other 2D bishies, Tsukimori Can't. Spit. Something. Out in La Corda d'Oro 14, news that stands to shock Kaho-chan (and gladden the hearts of Tsukimori's rivals).
Chuang Yi previews excerpted Behind the Cut.
Chuang Yi English manga (2011.05.03)
- [Series Premiere] Are You Alice? 1 of 4+ by Katagiri Ikumi / Ninomiya Ai
- Are You Alice? 2 of 4+ by Katagiri Ikumi / Ninomiya Ai
- La Corda d'Oro (Kiniro no Corda) 14 of 16+ by Kure Yuki
- VAGABOND 24 of 33+ by Inoue Takehiko
Are You Alice? 「Are you Alice?」
by Katagiri Ikumi / Ninomiya Ai
Ichijinsha Comic Zero-Sum, josei
Volume 1 first published in Japan 2009.12
Related series
Adapted from the Are You Alice? drama CD series (that Minty Utopians compiled here) including the Original Series (Drink Me, Check Mate, Call me), Alice's Tea Party (March Hare, Knave of Hearts, Humpty Dumpty) and Unbirthday (Dyna → Cheshire Cat, XXX ↔ Alice, Tweedle Dee ~ Tweedle Dum, White Knight ∈ Regret, White Rabbit ← Bloodflower, Lewis Carroll ≠ Mad Hatter).
The drama series starred seiyuu Sakurai Takahiro (Alice?), Hirata Hiroaki (Mad Hatter / Lewis Carroll), Inoue Kazuhiko (Cheshire Cat) and Fujiwara Keiji (Dormouse), among others. [Info from Minty Utopians - Are you Alice? Characters/CD Organize]
Volume 2 first published in Japan 2010.07
Kiniro no Corda 「金色のコルダ」 by Kure Yuki
Hakusensha LaLa, LaLa DX, and LaLa Special, shoujo
Volume 14 first published in Japan 2010.02
Adapted from Koei's Kin'iro no Corda role-playing game (part of the Neoromance series also including the Angelique, Harukanaru Toki no Naka de, and Neo Angelique ~Abyss~ games).
Other languages/serializations
Alternative English La Corda d'Oro (13 volumes per 2011.03 • volume 14 street date: 2011.09.06), simplified Chinese (also by Chuang Yi: 金色琴弦 #10 released 2008.10.29), Indonesian (Elex Media (formerly serialized in HanaLaLa) and French (Editions 12 bis: La corde d'or tome 6 shipped 2010.10.04)
Outstanding Debut Award, Hakusensha Athena Newcomers' Awards (2006)
Yumeta's 25+1-episode La Corda d'Oro ~primo passo~ anime adaptation aired in Japan from October 2006 through March 2007, followed by the La Corda d'Oro ~secondo passo~ special (two episodes released 2009.03.26 and 2009.06.05). The cast included seiyuu Takagi Reiko (Hino Kahoko), Taniyama Kishô (Tsukimori Len), Itou Kentarou (Tsuchiura Ryotaro), Morita Masakazu (Hihara Kazuki), Kishio Daisuke (Yunoki Azuma), Fukuyama Jun (Shimizu Keiichi), Satou Akemi (Fuyuumi Shoko), Ishikawa Hideo (Kanazawa Hiroto), Konishi Katsuyuki (Ousaki Shinobu) and Miyano Mamoru (Kaji Aoi, La Corda d'Oro ~secondo passo~).
A La Corda d'Oro drama was bundled with three other LaLa series (Oniichan to Issho, Ryuu no Hanawazurai, and Kaichou wa Maid-sama!) in the LaLa Tokimeki Drama CD given away with the April 2007 issue.
Vagabond 「バガボンド」 by Inoue Takehiko
Kodansha Morning, seinen
Volume 24 (chapters 207-215) first published in Japan 2006.10
Based on the novel Musashi by Yoshikawa Eiji
Grand Prize for manga, 2000 Japan Media Arts Festival
Best Seinen/General Manga, 24th Kodansha Manga Awards
2002 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
Other languages
Alternative English Vagabond (VIZ Media; 33 volumes per 2010.10), simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi: 流浪汉 #32 per 2010.04), Indonesian (Level Comics: 33 volumes per 2010.10), French (Tonkam; tome 33 shipped 2010.12), Spanish (Editorial Ivréa Argentina), German (EMA; Band 30 released 2011.01), Polish (Mandragora) and Portuguese (Conrad Brazil)
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Simplified Chinese manga and manhua (2011.05.03)
- 会长是女仆 (Kaichou wa Maid-sama!) #12 of 12+ by Fujiwara Hiro
- 火凤燎原 (Huo Feng Liao Yuan: The Ravages of Time) #41 of 41+ by Chan Mou
¹ Source: Chuang Yi Coming Soon Advisories (English and Simplified Chinese) per 1 May 2011
² Links like this are commercial Amazon search and/or product links (other language versions).
Chuang Yi previews
Are You Alice? 1 of 4+ by Katagiri Ikumi / Ninomiya Ai
A boy who has forsaken his name and memories stumbles into the mysterious world of Wonderland. There, he is approached by the Cheshire Cat and the Mad Hatter who addresses him as 'Alice', and ordered by the Queen of Hearts to participate in a deadly game to kill the White Rabbit, or it's off with his head! As the game unfolds, things are set to get curiouser and curiouser.
Are You Alice? 2 of 4+ by Katagiri Ikumi / Ninomiya Ai
To find the White Rabbit's hideout, 'Alice' must make his way to Caterpillar Alley. And to get there, he and the Mad Hatter must first seek out the Dormouse. But with the Duke hot on his trail, the 'Regrets' are quick to catch up . What happens when other Alices start showing up in the story, and what tragic fate awaits the characters of Wonderland who fail to fulfil their assigned roles in the game?
La Corda d'Oro 14 of 16+ by Kure Yuki
Taking part in another music concours was the last thing on Kahoko's mind, but she takes up the challenge when Tsukimori's former teacher Mr. Saotome offers to become her violin teacher should she win a prize at the concours. As she ponders her options, Tsukimori surprises her by offering to tutor her in preparation for the concours. But the more time they spend together, the more difficult it becomes for Tsukimori to inform Kahoko about his plans to study abroad. Can he figure out the reason before it's too late, or will it take a rude reminder from an observant rival to bring him to his senses?
VAGABOND 24 of 33+ by Inoue Takehiko
Miyamoto Musashi, a man striving for enlightenment by the way of the sword, is destined to become the most renowned samurai of all time. On the even of his duel with the leader of the Yoshioka School, Musashi takes a step back to reflect upon his past in order to acquire a higher level of understanding and awareness. However, a chance encounter with deaf-mute swordsman Sasaki Kojiro provides an impromptu preview of what will become the greatest duel in the annals of Japanese history.
VAGABOND 24 compiles chapters:
Afternoon Nap
Chance Encounter
A Long Detour
Rivals at Play
On the Eve of Battle
Bright New Morning
Worthless Junk
It's Already Begun
[*NOT Chuang Yi's chapter titles]
Chuang Yi simplified Chinese manga and manhua (2011.05.03)
Kaichou wa Maid-sama! © Fujiwara Hiro/Hakusensha [LaLa]
Huo Feng Liao Yuan © Chan Mou/Tong Li [New Youth]
Just like the 22 February release, this one backs to backs Fujiwara Hiro's Kaichou wa Maid-sama! and Chan Mou's The Ravages of Time. Both 会长是女仆 #12 and 火凤燎原 #41 catch up with the originals in their home countries (Japanese Maid-sama! 12 streeted in February, Huo Feng Liao Yuan 41 in March.)
Next Chuang Yi release: 18 May 2011, Wednesday
Iamque opus exegi,
~niki DBA 30uɐlnɯɐnɥ (花木蘭03)
Mistress of Adoxography who reminds you to continue praying for and supporting Japan
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August is the month of muggy mornings and soggy nights.
Your family's plum swum out and getting restless inside and you're worn-out from the yard work triumvirate of mow & water & weed. Pretty soon the buzzing of the bees will turn into the homeroom bells that toll the somber news that the end of summer is here.
Sure, you could sit around in the A/C, burning up your electricity and deep frying up what's left of your wallet; or you can get outside and burn off a few of those Fourth of July calories. What better way to break free from the doldrums of the season than to visit one of our great Virginia State Parks?
At Twin Lakes State Park we're dedicated to providing you the perfect opportunity to escape, relax, and explore nature, and today we are offering a crash course on Geocaching.
Geocaching combines technology and nature
Geocaching is a high-tech twist on treasure hunting. With the aid of twenty-seven satellites overhead (communicating with either a GPS handheld unit or a GPS-enabled smart phone), geocachers search for little plastic containers, known as geocaches (or caches) hidden in the woods. Geocaches typically contain something free to take and a little journal to leave a note for future geocachers. (Note: Proper Geocaching etiquette suggests that if you take something you should leave something, so bring along something small to share with others.)
Geocaching at Twin Lakes State Park is full of fun surprises!
We recently updated our geocaches at Twin Lakes State Park (we now have ten for you to seek) and would like to invite you to come explore over five miles of trails while playing this family-fun game. This year Virginia State Parks is featuring the Birding Adventure series. Each park will have a themed cache containing information about a unique bird often found at its location. Our featured bird is the American Goldfinch.
If you think Geocaching would be fun but would like further instruction before diving in solo, we offer a beginner-level course during the summer season as a part of our Interpretive Programming. During this class, we will teach you the basics of the game, including how to use a provided GPS unit to find your very first geocache. Click here to find out when our next Geocaching 101 program will be held as well as other educational events. e will also set up the geocaching course for school groups, scout troops, and other groups upon request. Contact the Park office at 434-392-3435 or email here.
Geocaching can be a fun group activity at Twin Lakes State Park
The fun doesn't stop at just our park, though. A quick search at geocaching.com (zip code: 23942) reveals that there are more than 100 caches waiting to be found within a twenty-mile radius of Twin Lakes State Park (including geocaches hidden at nearby High Bridge Trail State Park and Sailor's Creek Battlefield Historical State Park). While at geocaching.com, you should consider creating a free account to record and track your geocache finds with geocachers worldwide.
So, if you're looking for a high-tech, high-fun activity the whole family will enjoy, we have just the waypoint for you: 37.175629, -78.278739
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Out and about again the first weekend in April and came across some wonderful yard art for TYAG. We were cruising down the highway when we spotted this gem and had to turn around and get a better look. (cruising down the side roads is the best way to capture wild yard art)
1. For Holiday point-age, we have the Christmas wreath over the door, the discarded Christmas tree/temporary landscape plant stuck in the snow, and Christmas lights hanging from the house. Next to the large dog is the Nativity Scene which apparently has been out in the weather for years since the Wise Men are starting to lose their colorful garments. Soon they will just be Albino Wisemen. Too bad no one told them about sunscreen. There are Christmas bears on the metal can by the door. : 32 points
2. I especially like the Spring wreath hung below the Christmas wreath for multi-seasonal interest, after all, this is April in Wisconsin and with the snow on the ground, hey, they are covering both seasons. We also enjoyed the multitude of Cling Art Sticker thingies in the right window. There are some delightful orange flowers in what looks like an old washing machine next to the orange and white cat who is perched on an ammunition box. How nice that the flowers and the cat are color-coordinated. There is a red and white flag perched next to the house. A thermometer on the front of the house tells passersby what the temperature is. In the matching flowerpots on plant canes near the door is another pair of whirly-gigs with what looks like a silk rose. On the left side of the door a white reindeer is blending in with the background. The flower pots with pine boughs crammed in them add a touch of freshness to the display. I'm not sure about the assorted chemicals on the steps, but I suspect they are not meant for human consumption.: 11 points
3. Note the Very Comfortable Lawn Furniture upholstered in a tasteful plaid pattern right next to the Dog House which is roofed in a very pretty maroon rug. This may or may not be Yard Art-- since the dog is so big the Lawn Furniture may actually be a Giant Doggie Bed, but it looks like it could use some shoveling before Fido takes a nap. (tsk, it is prerequisite of the loyal order of redneckery to have upholstered furniture outside.)
I like this write up so much I will just throw out a total score: 43 points
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For this Christmas Wonderland and for the awesome ice-machine which may or may not contain a dead body: 2 points
Total: 45 points
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OMD EM5 video stop recording by itself problem.
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OMD EM5 video stop recording by itself problem.
My EM5 stops recording video after 7 minutes 25 seconds. Does anyone know why? I tried it several times and it stopped at the same second each time.
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Does it have to do with the card's NTFS or FAT32?
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'Dumb' Materials
Applications of Smart Materials
Smart Materials in Aerospace
Smart Materials in Civil Engineering Applications
Ken Materials
At the Atomic Level
The Future
Until relatively recent times, most periods of technological development have been linked to changes in the use of materials (eg the stone, bronze and iron ages). In more recent years the driving force for technological change in many respects has shifted towards information technology. This is amply illustrated by the way the humble microprocessor has built intelligence into everyday domestic appliances. However, it is important to note that the IT age has not left engineered materials untouched, and that the fusion between designer materials and the power of information storage and processing has led to a new family of engineered materials and structures.
Most familiar engineering materials and structures until recently have been 'dumb'. They have been preprocessed and/or designed to offer only a limited set of responses to external stimuli. Such responses are usually non-optimal for any single set of conditions, but 'optimised' to best fulfil the range of scenarios to which a material or structure may be exposed. For example, the wings of an aircraft should be optimised for take-off and landing, fast and slow cruise etc. However, despite the partial tailoring of these structures by the use of additional lift surface, which we see deployed as each passenger aircraft approaches an airport, such engineering components are not fully optimised for any single set of flight conditions.
Similarly, advanced composites such as glass and carbon fibre reinforced plastics, which are often thought to be the most flexible engineering materials since their properties (including strength and stiffness) can be tailored to suit the requirements of their end application, can only be tailored to a single combination of properties.
'Dumb' materials and structures contrast sharply with the natural world where animals and plants have the clear ability to adapt to their environment in real time. The field of biomimetics, which looks at the extraction of engineering design concepts from biological materials and structures, has much to teach us on the design of future manmade materials. The process of balance is a truly 'smart' or intelligent response, allowing, in engineering terms, a flexible structure to adapt its form in real time to minimise the effects of an external force, thus avoiding catastrophic collapse.
The natural world is full of similar properties including the ability of plants to adapt their shape in real time (for example, to allow leaf surfaces to follow the direction of sunlight), limping (essentially a real time change in the load path through the structure to avoid overload of a damaged region), reflex to heat and pain. The materials and structures involved in natural systems have the capability to sense their environment, process this data, and respond. They are truly 'smart' or intelligent, integrating information technology with structural engineering and actuation or locomotion.
There are many possibilities for such materials and structures in the man made world. Engineering structures could operate at the very limit of their performance envelopes and to their structural limits without fear of exceeding either. These structures could also give maintenance engineers a full report on performance history, as well as the location of defects, whilst having the ability to counteract unwanted or potentially dangerous conditions such as excessive vibration, and effect self repair. The Office of Science and Technology Foresight Programme has stated that `Smart materials ... will have an increasing range of applications (and) the underlying sciences in this area ... must be maintained at a standard which helps achieve technological objectives', which means that smart materials and structures must solve engineering problems with hitherto unachievable efficiency, and provide an opportunity for new wealth creating products.
Some materials and structures can be termed 'sensual' devices. These are structures that can sense their environment and generate data for use in health and usage monitoring systems (HUMS). To date the most well established application of HUMS are in the field of aerospace, in areas such as aircraft checking.
An airline such as British Airways requires over 1000 employees to service their 747s with extensive routine, ramp, intermediate and major checks to monitor the health and usage of the fleet. Routine checks involve literally dozens of tasks carried out under approximately 12 pages of densely typed check headings. Ramp checks increase in thoroughness every 10 days to 1 month, hanger checks occur every 3 months, 'interchecks' every 15 months, and major checks every 24000 flying hours. In addition to the manpower resources, hanger checks require the aircraft to be out of service for 24 hours, interchecks require 10 days and major checks 5 weeks. The overheads of such safety monitoring are enormous.
An aircraft constructed from a 'sensual structure' could self-monitor its performance to a level beyond that of current data recording, and provide ground crews with enhanced health and usage monitoring. This would minimise the overheads associated with HUMS and allow such aircraft to fly for more hours before human intervention is required.
However, 'sensual structures' need not be restricted to hi-tech applications such as aircraft. They could be used in the monitoring of civil engineering structures to assess durability. Monitoring of the current and long term behaviour of a bridge would lead to enhanced safety during its life since it would provide early warning of structural problems at a stage where minor repairs would enhance durability, and when used in conjunction with structural rehabilitation could be used to safety monitor the structure beyond its original design life. This would influence the life costs of such structures by reducing upfront construction costs (since smart structures would allow reduced safety factors in initial design), and by extending the safe life of the structure. 'Sensual' materials and structures also have a wide range of potential domestic applications, as in food packaging for monitoring safe storage and cooking.
The above examples address only 'sensual' structures. However, smart materials and structures offer the possibility of structures which not only sense but also adapt to their environment. Such adaptive materials and structures benefit from the sensual aspects highlighted earlier, but in addition have the capability to move, vibrate, and exhibit a multitude of other real time responses.
Potential applications of such adaptive materials and structures range from the ability to control the aeroelastic form of an aircraft wing, thus minimising drag and improving operational efficiency, to vibration control of lightweight structures such as satellites, and power pick-up pantographs on trains. The domestic environment is also a potential market for such materials and structures, with the possibility of touch sensitive materials for seating, domestic appliances, and other products. These concepts may seem 'blue sky', but some may be nearing commercial readiness as you read this.
Approaches vary from the use of mechatronics (essentially hybrid mechanical/electronic systems) to the development of truly smart materials, where sensing and actuation occurs at the atomic or molecular level. The mechatronic approach is familiar from systems already in existence such as ABS and active ride control in road vehicles, and such an approach has already been employed in the vibration control of high rise Japanese buildings. However, in truly smart structures the integration of sensing and actuation is generally greater than that in pure mechatronic systems, with the required function integrated within the structural material itself. Such structures have been compared to Frankenstein's monster since separate sensors and actuators are integrated (or bolted) together into a structural material, but without the materials themselves being smart. Examples include sensual structures containing optical fibre sensors for monitoring load history and damage accumulation in bridges, dams and aircraft and adaptive structures containing novel piezoceramic, electrostrictive, magnetostrictive and shape memory actuators, for real time vibration and shape control.
'Mechatronic' smart structures have demonstrated the capability of this technology, but raise the important issue of the complexity of the resulting system. These smart structures contain a multitude of different materials, and in the case of sensual structures will generate large amounts of data. This increase in complexity has been described by Hiroaki Yanagida as the 'spaghetti syndrome', and has led to the proposal for an alternative type of smart structure based on the concept of ken materials (the Chinese characters meaning wisdom, structure, monitoring, integration and benignity being pronounced ken in the Japanese language). Such structures would move functional integration into the constituent engineering materials themselves.
Few practical examples of ken materials exist at present, although a structural composite based on this concept has been developed in Japan. This is a carbon and glass fibre reinforced concrete which is able to monitor concrete structures using only the structural reinforcing fibres, thus reducing the complexity of the system.
The ultimate integration is a level beyond ken materials where functionality occurs at the microstructural or atomic and molecular scale. This produces what is commonly known as a 'smart material'. Few examples of true smart materials exist at present, although the function of such a material can be illustrated by the familiar photochromic glass. Such glasses have inbuilt sensing and response but have only one response to the one stimulus.
The development of true smart materials at the atomic scale is still some way off, although the enabling technologies are under development. These require novel aspects of nanotechnology (technologies associated with materials and processes at the nanometre scale, 10-9m) and the newly developing science of shape chemistry.
Worldwide, considerable effort is being deployed to develop smart materials and structures. The technological benefits of such systems have begun to be identified and, demonstrators are under construction for a wide range of applications from space and aerospace, to civil engineering and domestic products. In many of these applications, the cost benefit analyses of such systems have yet to be fully demonstrated.
The Office of Science and Technology's Foresight Programme has recognised these systems as a strategic technology for the future, having considerable potential for wealth creation through the development of hitherto unknown products, and performance enhancement of existing products in a broad range of industrial sectors.
The concept of engineering materials and structures which respond to their environment, including their human owners, is a somewhat alien concept. It is therefore not only important that the technological and financial implications of these materials and structures are addressed, but also issues associated with public understanding and acceptance.
The core of Yanagida's philosophy of ken materials is such a concept. This is 'techno-democracy' where the general public understand and 'own' the technology. Techno-democracy can come about only through education and exposure of the general public to these technologies. However, such general acceptance of smart materials and structures may in fact be more difficult than some of the technological hurdles associated with their development.
Primary author: Cliff Friend
Source: Abstracted from Materials World, vol. 4, pp. 16-18, 1996 "Smart materials: the emerging technology"
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I know that it performas an HTTP(S) "ping"; does it just deem an instance "Unhealthy" if that HTTP request returns an error status
$THRESHOLD number of times in a row?
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I have heard such thing as Script Binding - binding Javascript or lua with API's from C++ or Objective-C. I want to know more about it- however Google has strangely proven unuseful for this.
How is it done? - it OK if I get pointed to other sources, but, just how? I never knew a Scripts jitter could interact with compiled libraries.


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The "Leaded Collection" is a compilation of some of the best cars and photos that have appeared in Leaded Magazine over the last four years. Sit back and enjoy the articles of Leaded Magazines talented writers, photographers and motoring icons such as Barry Green, Denis Geary and Rod Graydon, and reminisce with beautiful photography, some of which has never been seen or published before.
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Rogers Blackberry Roadmap Updated
The largest GSM carrier in the nation the Blackberry calls home is gearing up for a great second half of the year. Rogers has released its anticipated roadmap for the Blackberry devices on its horizon.
The first one up is the Blackberry Bold. This 3G smartphone will be available to dealers July 25 and ready for customers on July 29.
Next on the map is the Blackberry Kickstart. The Kickstart is the new clamshell and will be set for launch either mid or late September.
Last but not least is the Blackberry Javelin. The Blackberry Javelin plans on a late November or early December debut. Crackberry mentions the Javelin seems to be the Curve's replacement, considering Rogers will launch both the Bold and the Javelin.
What about the Blackberry Thunder, guys? Give us some more touchscreen love.
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Week four: two 30-minute walks, one 45-minute walk
For a longer event, you'll want a more extensive training program—but again, with a progressive increase in distance, and one longer walk at least once a week.
Vary your walking routine
Don't always walk at the same rate. Instead, vary your workouts for the best training results. In addition to adding a longer walk every five days or so, he recommends adding a walk of higher intensity within that time period—say, a faster walk, or one that includes more hills. Of course, since these are more intense, they wouldn't be as long as your longer walks, he notes. Instead, make sure you're sweating.
Why go faster? Not only are you getting a better workout, but you'll cover the same amount of ground in a shorter time. That's not such a big deal for the shorter charity walks, but when it comes to the longer ones, it means a lot less time on your feet—and, if you're doing a walk that lasts more than one day, a chance to let your body recuperate longer between walks.
Stay motivated
So how do you keep up a regular walking program without getting bored or falling off the wagon? Here's three strategies:
- Train with a friend. Not only does walking with a friend to chat with make the workouts more fun, but you're accountable to that person—when you feel like skipping a walk, you can't, because you know they're waiting for you.
- Vary your locations. Inevitably, you go longer than you intend. Make your walks more exciting by exploring new parts of the city, new parks or even, when time permits, neighboring towns or cities.
- Keep track of your workouts. There are research studies that show that people who keep a good log of their exercise do better. Whether it's a number jotted on a calendar or a more sophisticated training tool depends on you.
Another tool in your arsenal is walking indoors, which can help if you're training through a season of bad weather. Treadmills won't help your body get used to pounding the pavement, but they will get your heart and muscles in better shape, and using them is a good way to vary your workout to avoid boredom.
The bottom line
In the end, make sure you're walking because you enjoy it. Walking for a cause is especially rewarding. Be safe, have fun, and walk strong.


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Remember how many times you heard on the news or from doctors (in general) to take an aspirin a day to prevent a heart attack? Often, over the years, doctors and/or the ads said, "a low-dose aspirin." Now the FDA says not to take that daily aspirin unless you already had a heart attack. You may wish to check out the article, "FDA Says Not To Take A Daily Aspirin If You Haven't Had A Heart Attack."
Or you can peruse the latest ScienceWorld Report, "Daily Dose of Aspirin may not be Safe for Everyone: FDA," appearing online May 7, 2014. Or see the May 5, 2014 article appearing on FDA's Consumer Updates page, which features the latest on all FDA-regulated products. The news appears in a variety of publications. The moral of this story is science changes with the times. A lot of money has been made selling daily aspirins to adults, especially the low-dose aspirins. The issue is now, whether or not you need aspirin, actually depends.
In the meantime, the FDA, US Food and Drug Administration's latest press release in its Consumer Updates section, "Can an Aspirin a Day Help Prevent a Heart Attack?" says that depends. Scientific evidence shows that taking an aspirin daily can help prevent a heart attack or stroke in some people, but not in everyone. It also can cause unwanted side effects.
Notice, you won't hear the government advising you to take other blood thinners found in food ingredients or supplements such as cod liver oil, resveratrol, vitamin E (all 8 parts), ginko biloba, aged garlic extract, or any other blood-thinning supplement or food extract. The FDA generally speaks for the majority of the public who don't read nutrition studies or books on which foods have medicinal qualities, but find the word 'aspirin' familiar from childhood or constant advertising as in the old adage attributed to doctors in the past "take two aspirin and call me in the morning." How different is that familiar saying from hearing "take one baby aspirin daily, if your doctors tells you to," heard repeatedly on TV, radio, and in print advertising for at least the past decade.
So whether a aspirin a day helps you ward off a heart attack or stroke depends on whether you already had a stroke or heart attack. And what kind of a stroke, an ischemic stroke from a blood clot or piece of broken-off plaque? Or is your blood so thin already that the stroke you had was caused by bleeding in the brain, a different type of stroke not caused by blood that's too thick? The answer the FDA has is that depends.
According to Robert Temple, M.D., deputy director for clinical science at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), one thing is certain: You should use daily aspirin therapy only after first talking to your health care professional, who can weigh the benefits and risks. The only issue consumers may have with that is whether their doctors are trained in alternative foods and supplements that affect the blood in different ways, whether to thin or thicken.
Who Can Benefit?
"Since the 1990s, clinical data have shown that in people who have experienced a heart attack, stroke or who have a disease of the blood vessels in the heart, a daily low dose of aspirin can help prevent a reoccurrence," Temple says, according to the FDA's news release. (A dose ranges from the 80 milligrams (mg) in a low-dose tablet to the 325 mg in a regular strength tablet.) This use is known as "secondary prevention." However, after carefully examining scientific data from major studies, FDA has concluded that the data do not support the use of aspirin as a preventive medication by people who have not had a heart attack, stroke or cardiovascular problems, a use that is called "primary prevention." In such people, the benefit has not been established but risks—such as dangerous bleeding into the brain or stomach—are still present.
Caution Needed With Other Blood Thinners
When you have a heart attack, it's because one of the coronary arteries (which provide blood to the heart), has developed a clot that obstructs the flow of blood and oxygen to the heart. Aspirin works by interfering with your blood's clotting action. Care is needed when using aspirin with other blood thinners, such as warfarin, dabigatran (Pradaxa), rivaroxaban (Xarelto) and apixiban (Eliquis).
What about people who have not had heart problems or a stroke but who, due to family history or showing other evidence of arterial disease are at increased risk? Is an aspirin a day a safe and effective strategy for them? Again, Temple emphasizes, the clinical data do not show a benefit in such people. He adds, however, that there are a number of ongoing, large-scale clinical studies continuing to investigate the use of aspirin in primary prevention of heart attack or stroke. FDA is monitoring these studies and will continue to examine the evidence as it emerges.
In the Meantime
The bottom line is that in people who have had a heart attack, stroke or cardiovascular problems, daily aspirin therapy is worth considering. And if you're thinking of using aspirin therapy, you should first talk to your health care professional to get an informed opinion, Temple says, according to the FDA's news release.
Finally, how much aspirin you take matters. It's important to your health and safety that the dose you use and how often you take it is right for you. Your health care professional can tell you the dose and frequency that will provide the greatest benefit with the least side effects.
If your health care professional recommends daily aspirin to lower the risk of a heart attack and clot-related stroke, read the labels carefully to make sure you have the right product. Some drugs combine aspirin with other pain relievers or other ingredients, and should not be used for long-term aspirin therapy. If you're older than 65, there's the chance aspirin could cause stomach bleeding.
That's why it's necessary to find out what is the best solution for you and your health condition
For more information, check out articles such as, Before Using Aspirin to Lower Your Risk of Heart Attack or Stroke, Here is What You Should Know, Use of Aspirin for Primary Prevention of Heart Attack and Stroke, or Aspirin for Reducing Your Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke: Know the Facts. If most HMO doctors are telling patients for years to take a daily aspirin, and suddenly the FDA says don't take a daily aspirin unless you already had a heart attack or stroke, you have to know what type of stroke: one caused by bleeding and too-thin blood?
Or is a blood clot caused by having too thick blood or unstable plaque moving around? And with a heart attack, did you already have one? If so, what caused it, hardened arteries, a blood clot, or an emotional experience on whistle-clean arteries? You need to know where you stand before you take any type of medicine.
On the other hand, you'll find because food is uncontrolled when used as medicine, you'll rarely hear about diet, holistic health alternatives, or how to use food or supplements as medicine. Then again, there's more money in medicine than in foods and various extracts, and some of them can lead to too much bleeding in people with naturally thin blood. That's why you need to find out where your health stands.


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Pasand Indian Cuisine
New Indian Restaurant in Peoria that opened in Jan 2010.
Listing Details
11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. weekdays, and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays
Reviews (6)
by LC
Nice decor, good foodI have dined here twice since it opened, once at the lunch buffet and once for dinner. The buffet was very good, and had about 6-8 main dishes to choose from, plus naan and another "cold" buffet with some desserts and salad type things. It was a little pricey, but overall very good. The service was also excellent, we could barely drink 1/4 of our drinks before someone would come and refill them.
The dinner was also good, but expensive. All 4 of us ordered entrees "thali" and got so much food we could have fed 4 more people easily.
The decor is much nicer than some of the other indian restaurants in town, but you pay for that with slightly pricier food.
by seema
not happy with the food and serviceTired this place, but didn't enjoy the food at all, it was like trying something from the food book. Things were pretty cold, and service was not good to put the tip. I heard this same complain from my other co-workers.
Sorry to say, If our mood gets upset everything become worse. We went there and thought we made the wrong decision.
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by Mr K
Food is okI have dined at this restaurant twice since it has opened. My first experience was not very pleasant; My second exp. was okay too.. I am going to try one more time and then see.. taste of Food is not that Great.


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Nine couples danced their way into our hearts Monday night on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" each with a captivating story. For the past few seasons the theme on the best year of their life is filled to the brim with emotion. Season 18's first guest judge was Robin Roberts of "Good Morning America."
Bruno Tonioli summed it up perfectly when he stated in all 18 seasons this is the most emotional and heartfelt he has ever experienced. That is exactly how it was, no matter if you're a fan of the show or not. Each celebrity had an extraordinary story, and danced with all their heart and soul.
Sadly, Billy Dee Williams had to withdraw for medical reasons. Instead of dragging it out till the end on would he perform or not, host Tom Bergeron spoke with him early in the program. No elimination was needed at the end. "Dancing with the Stars" could focus entirely on each couple's performance as it should be.
Tears were no doubt flowing during a few stories including Amy Purdy's incredible journey. 1999 was the year her life changed forever. Amy's contemporary dance was also dedicated to her loving father. This was the year she had to learn to walk again, this time with prosthetic legs. Dance partner, Derek Hough, choreographed a routine that took viewers into Amy's memorable year, reliving the agony and joy in the process.
It was another milestone that night when Meryl Davis and her partner Maks Chmerkovskiy danced a flawless foxtrot. They earned the first "10s" of the season receiving a grand total of 39 out of 40 (Len Goodman gave them a "9"). Meryl's year was actually a compression of 17 years. When she first partnered on the ice with Charlie White, Meryl was painfully shy. You would never know it now after her and Maks steamed up the dance floor.
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Jesus, The Living God…
I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, 'My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.' Isaiah 46:9b-10
And there is no God apart from me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none but me. "Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth, for I am God, and there is no other. Isaiah 45:21b-22
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Hebrews 13:8
"Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. Acts 13:38
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12
Consider what God has done: Who can straighten what he has made crooked? When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future. Ecclesiastes 7:13-14
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away (getting old), yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 2 Corinthians 4:16-17
For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. 1 Peter 1:23
My name is Mark Horowitz. Throughout my childhood and adolescence, I believed there was a God, but never understood or knew Him. Being raised in a non-religious Jewish home, I lived my life without ever recognizing I was a sinner and that the forgiveness and love of God was something needed and available to me. I always thought I was a "good person" and that would be good enough to get into Heaven, especially being Jewish. After I got married, my wife Sharel started reading the Bible. She was so excited about what she was learning. Every day she tried relentlessly to get me to read the Word with her. I wanted to have nothing to do with it. I was hostile to anything that had to do with Jesus Christ. After hearing her say, "why don't I believe that Jesus Christ is the Messiah?" I asked myself that very question. Was it because of my Jewish upbringing? I wondered if there is more to this than what I perceived. I started reading the Bible on my own personal journey of truth finding prophecies of the Messiah in the Old Testament, then reading their fulfillment in the New Testament. More and more God revealed his truth to me. In 1992, at the age of thirty seven, I asked Jesus into my heart as my Lord and Savior. By his grace I am able to share his word with others. The Lord has given me a ministry to spread the Word of God through the Internet using "Biblestuph.com" I started putting selected scriptures together every week with a theme so that believers and nonbelievers could grow in the knowledge of God. I know that the Word of God is vital for salvation and spiritual growth. "Nuggets of Wisdom" will help people understand the essence of life by beautifully connecting the scriptures together so that they will discover: • Answers that will bring light to the needs, questions, and challenges that we face each day. • Promises that will bring the fullness of God's love, truth, and hope to our hearts. • Words that will bring people to a personal encounter and revelation of the Savior, the Messiah, the Word, Jesus Christ! eMail: firstname.lastname@example.com For Mark Horowitz's Bio Click Here! To see all Nuggets of Wisdom articles Click Here!


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ZF-12034: Zend Date switches month and day when certain times appear in the constructor's arguments
Sorry to be obtuse in the Summary -- I'm a little punch drunk from narrowing this one down. Here's the deal:
require_once('ZendFramework-1.11.11/library/Zend/Date.php'); function convertDate($date) { $zDate = new Zend_Date(); $zDate->setTimezone('Etc/UTC'); $zDate->set($date); return $zDate->get(Zend_Date::W3C); } echo convertDate('2012-May-01 01:50');
Here's the output:
This is true for any time between 01:50 and 01:59. 01:49 and 02:00 work as expected.
I get this for output:
Here's another example:
Output: ````
I can provide other examples, but you get the idea.
The format in get() doesn't seem to matter. I tried Zend_Date::W3C, Zend_Date::RSS and Zend_Date::DATE_FULL.
Thanks, Greg
Added some formatting to make it easier to read.
Zend_Date::set does not understand passing that format of date as the first argument. It's primarily used to set components of dates, and if the second argument is omitted it assumes the first is a timestamp. To create a date object with the format you use in your example, you'll need to do this:
function convertDate($date) {
$zDate = new Zend_Date($date, 'yyyy-MMM-dd HH:mm');
return $zDate->get(Zend_Date::W3C);
Of course, if you want the dates passed in to be UTC, you'll need to use {{date_default_timezone_set}} beforehand. Changing the timezone on the Zend_Db object will offset the time stored in that object from the server's local time to UTC.
When I run the above function (in my local timezone) using your examples I get this:
php> echo convertDate('2012-May-01 01:50');
php> echo convertDate('2012-Jun-01 23:26');
php> echo convertDate('2012-Jan-04 02:59');
Hi, Adam:
Thanks so much for your reply -- it's crystal clear now. And it's in the docs, as well -- I'm not sure why I thought I could get away with a date/time in an arbitrary format as I was attempting to do.
Thanks again! Greg


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Saw this in my local free ads
Thought, gotta be worth a look...Rogers bbc monitor speakers (Pair) in dark wood effect with serial plates on back. £80
Got there, saw this plate on the back, hmmm no model number...
Do a bit of digging, find out theyre a BBC Rogers LS3/6, made like a Spendor BC1, but under licence from the BBC using KEF T27 Tweeter, Celestion HF1300 Mid, and a pair of these drivers..
Got to looking at them, a very tidy pair of cabinets in a gorgeous dark wood veneer, with original stands, but an unfortunatley one reconed driver, however, original bass drivers ceased production in the 70's. They do work beautifully though!
Dunno what to do with them, as they're not even remotely easy to drive, so no ampI own will drive them with ease. But for 80 quid I didn't think I could go wrong, randomly they're so rare not even found a pair on ebay or anything!
Basically, any ideas of their true worth? Have I been done? I thought they'd be worth the gamble.


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ANCHORAGE, Alaska ?- The Arizona women's basketball team lost in overtime, 69-65, to Central Connecticut State in the championship game of the Great Alaska Shootout at Sullivan Arena this evening. With the loss, the Wildcats fall to 2-1 on the season.
Arizona shot just 32 percent from the field, 19 percent from three-point range and 63 percent from the free throw line on the game. CCSU, meanwhile, connected on 47, 22 and 74 percent, respectively, on the game. The Wildcats were also out-rebounded 44 to 37 on the game.
"I didn't think we played sharp at all," Head Coach Joan Bonvicini said. "We were out-rebounding them in the first half, but they really got a bunch in the second half and in overtime, which killed us. We have to learn from this. It's disappointing, but we have to move on."
Sophomore Ashley Whisonant led Arizona with 18 points. She also added four assists. Junior Joy Hollingsworth added 14 points and eight rebounds. Senior Natalie Jones tallied 11 points, while sophomore Ch?© Oh finished with 10. Whisonant, Hollingsworth and Jones were all named to the all-tournament team.
After trailing 8-6 early in the game, Arizona rattled off seven straight points to take a 13-8 lead, holding CCSU scoreless for 6:06. The Blue Devils later cut it to three twice, before the Wildcats went on an 11-2 run to take a 30-16 lead. Arizona went into the locker room up by 13, 30-17.
The Wildcats shot just 36 percent from the field, 18 percent from three-point range and 57 percent from the free throw line on the half, compared to the 33, 0 and 75 percent, respectively, of the Blue Devils. Arizona also out-rebounded CCSU 21 to 15 and forced 14 Blue Devil turnovers on the half. Whisonant led all players with 12 points on the half, despite playing just 11 minutes. Hollingsworth led the team with six rebounds.
Arizona started the second half slowly, being outscored 7-6 in the first five minutes of the half. CCSU made it an eight-point game (39-31) on a trey at the 13:15 mark and later used an 8-0 run to cut it to two (43-41). The Blue Devils cut it to one twice, before tying the game at 55 with nine seconds left to force overtime.
The Wildcats were outscored 38-25 on the half, shooting just 30 percent from the field, compared to the 54 percent of the Blue Devils. Arizona was also out-rebounded 22 to 11.
CCSU out-scored the Wildcats 14-10 in the overtime to secure the win. The Blue Devils shot 67 percent to Arizona's 25 percent.
Arizona returns home to host No. 20 Utah for a 7:30 p.m. game this Saturday, Nov. 26. The game will be televised live on FSN Arizona, with a special emphasis on raising awareness of the Shawntinice Polk Endowment Fund. The first 2,000 fans at the game will receive "Polkey, 00" wrist bands, compliments of FSN Arizona.


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Seattle Mariners rumors have Kendrys Morales still linked to the team. While these updated Seattle Mariners rumors don't indicate that Morales is ready to agree to a new contract with the team, it does show that a dialogue is taking place. According to a report from Thursday (March 13), general manager Jack Zduriencik states that he has still been talking with agent Scott Boras about his client. This could potentially lead to an interesting scenario where he comes back to be the designated hitter for the team in 2014.
Blake Beavan Impressive At Spring Training
It's no secret to any fan of the team that Morales turned down a one-year deal worth $14.1 million during the offseason. It made him a free agent and attached a compensatory pick to his signing. That means if another franchise ends up signing him before the June draft, the M's will acquire another pick for him. That pick would quickly disappear after they signed Robinson Cano to that 10-year, $240 million deal, but it would mean that the franchise doesn't lose its third round pick (currently lost due to signing Fernando Rodney).
A lot has been made about the team possibly being out of money in recent weeks, but it's still possible they could be in the market if the price were right. Recent Seattle Mariners rumors have also indicated that Robinson Cano and Felix Hernandez would like the front office to spend some more money to fill gaps in the roster. That alone might be enough to lead to the return of Kendrys Morales on a one-year deal, but he would have to lower his asking price quite a bit. With a lack of vocal suitors on the market, that might be possible. The question then becomes whether he can be ready by Opening Day on March 31.
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Getting Back Into The Dating Game
Whatever your friends might be prone to tell you, it's not as easy as you might think. Many reasons explain the difficult transition and the sole purpose of the following advice is to clarify any inconspicuous aspects.
feel the pulseThe most important thing to remember when getting your feet wet in the women's scene is to take things one step at a time. Don't rush yourself into picking up a busload of women and getting numbers right away.
Like an old hockey legend that hasn't put on a pair of skates in years, the skills have to be re-mastered and refined. Not to say that it's an impossible task, but rather it has to be worked on first.
get yourself a blind datePerhaps an excellent way to get back in the game is to have your friends set you up on a blind date with an unknown femme fatale. Such an alternative is great for breaking the ice and getting your confidence on the right track once again.
Of course, the road to eternal bliss doesn't come without bumps and grinds. You might pick up some scratches and bruises along the way, but that'll just make you more of an expert in the long run. You can call them "battle scars," if you will.
Remember that perfection comes at a price, and that price is one that requires sacrifice. So don't expect the first woman that comes along to fall prey to your hunting tactics.
use your black bookGet ready to attain a panoply of phone numbers before one turns into something worth pursuing. In the same manner that telemarketers work on cold leads, you have to expect some not-so-welcoming and short phone conversations to end in dial tone.
When you break out your infamous black book, be wise about it and put all the odds on your side. Basically, you should work your way down in order of completion factor. In other words, go for the ones that offer you a better chance of getting what you want, whatever that may be.
If you were already intimate with Rachel, then there is a good chance that she'll go for it again. It's common sense, that's all.
Another dire aspect worth remembering is that you should divide your pool of resources to make sure that you are not calling women from the same circle of friends. If you know that Yolanda and Carol are good friends, you should only get in touch with one of them. Contacting both will give for a scene out of Mission: Impossible ; only feasible if you are Tom Cruise.
This places all the odds on your side; you'll never have to fear that one of them would mention your call, only to have the other one say the same. This will ultimately land you the title of a desperate has-been, no matter how good you were back in the day.
Remember that these women know what your phone call is about, especially if you haven't spoken to or seen them in years. Women are not that dumb; they might play the part, but they know what's going on.
No matter how long it has been, the rules are still the same.
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Thanksgiving Holiday Schedule 2013back
Contact: Janine Zuniga
Coronado Thanksgiving Holiday Schedule 2013
CORONADO, Calif. (November 19, 2013) - Most non-public safety facilities in the City of Coronado will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 28 and 29, for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Coronado Police and Fire will be staffed for the holiday. Public Services will be on call Thursday and Friday to respond to emergencies.
Certain City of Coronado departments and services are open Friday, some with varying hours of operation, but all non-public safety facilities are closed on Thanksgiving Day:
- The Library will be closed Thanksgiving Day and Friday, and will close early on Wednesday, November 27, at 6 p.m.
- The Community Center and pool will be closed Thanksgiving Day but on Friday, November 29, the Community Center will open at 8 a.m. and the pool at 9 a.m.
- The Coronado Tennis Center scheduling office will be closed on Thanksgiving Day but the courts will be open for walk-on tennis. The office and courts will be open Friday. There will be no Jr. Program next week.
- Since school is out next week, the Skatepark will be open from 10 a.m. to dusk every day, except for Thanksgiving Day when it will be closed.
- The Club Room and Boathouse is closed only on Thanksgiving Day.
- Public Services crews will not sweep streets Thanksgiving Day or Friday.
- EDCO will not perform regular residential trash collection on Thanksgiving Day and as a result there will be a one day residential delay in service.
- The Coronado Municipal Golf Course is open on Thanksgiving Day.


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July 31, 2012
Coach Esmay's Success From The Field To The MLB Draft
ASU Right-Handed Pitcher Williams Reflects on 2012 Summer and Team USA Experience
TEMPE, Ariz. - Arizona State head baseball coach Tim Esmay will serve as an instructor for the inaugural USA Baseball 14-U National Team Development Program held in Cary, N.C., from Aug. 3-9.
The USA Baseball National Team Development Program (NTDP), which is making its debut this summer, will be an annual program that offers athletes National Team-level baseball experience while also helping to accelerate their maturation and readiness for the next step in their respective baseball careers.
"While it is both an honor and a privilege for me personally to be affiliated with Team USA, my inclusion is really more of a testament to the great student-athletes and coaches that have embodied Arizona State over the years," coach Esmay said. "I look forward to this great opportunity to work with these young men and to represent my country."
Along with the baseball-specific skills development that will take place, the NTDP will also focus on preparing athletes in various off-field educational components, including strength and conditioning, nutrition, MLB scout and college recruiter interaction, NCAA compliance, umpire education/interaction, media training, and character development.
Coach Esmay is the second Sun Devil to join USA Baseball in the past year after right-handed pitcher Trevor Williams, who tied for the Div. I lead in wins in 2012, helped the USA Collegiate National Team earn the bronze medal during the summer. Since being named head coach in 2010, coach Esmay has helped guide four Sun Devils to the USA Collegiate National Collegiate Team, including Williams, Deven Marrero and Brady Rodgers in 2011, and Drew Maggi in 2010. He helped mentor five others as an assistant coach at ASU, including Matt Newman in 2009, Mike Leake in 2009, Petey Paramore and Brett Wallace in 2007, and Jim Austin in 1990.
Through three seasons at the helm of the Sun Devil baseball team, coach Esmay has guided ASU to the highest regular-season winning percentage in the Pac-12 since 2010 and is the second-fastest coach in ASU history to reach 100 wins after passing the century mark this year in an 11-2 win over UC Riverside on Feb. 26. He has orchestrated six three-game series sweeps twice in his three-year tenure, including in 2012, after the feat had only been accomplished 10 times in the 30 years prior to his arrival. The Sun Devils also recorded four straight Pac-12 home series sweeps in 2012 for the first time since 1988 and only the third time in program history.
Thirty-one Sun Devils have been taken in the MLB Draft in coach Esmay's three seasons at ASU, which is the most of any Div. I school in that time span and five more than the next closest team, Florida. Coach Esmay produced an NCAA-best 10 selections in the recent 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft, including five in the first five rounds for the first time in program history since 1984.
Coach Esmay made his debut as ASU's head baseball coach on Feb. 19, 2010, with an 8-0 win over Northern Illinois. That started a winning streak that would last 24 games, breaking the school record set in 1961 for most consecutive victories to open a season. Coach Esmay and the Devils finished the regular season with a 52-10 record, including a 20-7 mark in Pac-10 play, as Arizona State won the Pac-10 Championship and was the #1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. Coach Esmay earned Pac-10 Coach of the Year honors, while Zack MacPhee was named Pac-10 Player of the Year and Seth Blair was named Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year.


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Jefferson was in San Diego in June with his friend and teammate, Luke Walton, for the high school graduation of the latter's younger brother, Christopher Walton. Walton's father, broadcaster Bill Walton, had purchased tickets to the NBA finals for his family and they had offered tickets to the family gardener.
The gardener declined the tickets and Walton offered them to his son and a group of friends, including Jefferson. Jefferson and Luke Walton were among a group which attended the first game of the series, which the elder Walton worked as a commentator for NBC-TV.
On that occasion and two others, Jefferson spent time in San Diego with the Walton family. The elder Walton appears to have paid for return travel from San Diego to Arizona for Jefferson, UA compliance director Bill Morgan said.
"Neither Bill, Luke nor I had any notion there were problems with the issue, " Jefferson said. "Luke and I have been friends since before our senior year in high school and have been roommates since our first week on campus," he added.
Arizona senior associate athletics director Kathleen LaRose said the Pac-10 notified UA's Bill Morgan about the issue. Morgan conducted the university's investigation with the full cooperation of Jefferson and based on an interpretation provided by the NCAA, the university declared Jefferson ineligible for the Wildcats' game Saturday.
"We anticipate the NCAA will restore Richard's eligibility for Arizona's next game Dec. 9 at Connecticut," LaRose said.
Jefferson, 20, is the Wildcats' fourth-leading scorer at 13.4 points per game. He has started 48 of the 54 games he has played in his two-plus years as a wing forward.


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A Look Inside the Fed's Balance Sheet — Updated 8/6/10
See a full-size version. Click on chart in large version to sort by asset class.
Assets on the Fed's balance sheet expanded slightly in the latest week, rising to $2.309 trillion from $2.308 trillion. Most assets were essentially flat with an increase in other credit and a drop in the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility, or TALF. The TALF ended in March, and is falling as the last loans made through the program mature. Mortgage-backed-secuties holdings rose slightly, but this is the result of changing valuations of the portfolio not new acquisitions. The central bank had stopped new purchases of the securities, and the portfolio has decreased as some of the holding mature. But policy makers are considering reinvesting those funds into MBS or Treasurys, which may keep the balance sheet from declining as much in the weeks or months ahead. Direct-bank lending rose slightly this week, but overall it has dropped to the precrisis levels of 2007.
In an effort to track the Fed's actions, Real Time Economics has created an interactive graphic that will mark the expansion of the central bank's balance sheet. The chart will be updated as often as possible with the latest data released by the Fed.
In an effort to simplify the composition of the balance sheet, some elements have been consolidated. Portfolios holding assets from the Bear Stearns and AIG rescues have been put into one category, as have facilities aimed at supporting commercial paper and money markets. The direct bank lending group includes term auction credit, as well as loans extended through the discount window and similar programs.
Central bank liquidity swaps refer to Fed programs with foreign central banks that allow the institutions to lend out foreign currency to their local banks. Repurchase agreements are short-term temporary purchases of securities from banks, which are looking for liquidity and agree to repurchase them on a specified date at a specified price.
Click and drag your mouse to zoom in on the chart. Clicking the check mark on categories can add or remove elements from the balance sheet.