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Faculty and students conduct science that makes a difference in several areas of excellence, including:
Using patient reported outcome (PRO) tools, patients provide information about the effects of therapy that cannot be found using traditional clinical measures. Research using these measures allows clinicians to better understand how various treatments might affect what patients are able to do, how they feel, and the symptoms they experience. Active collaborations with the Department of Orthopedics and the Department of Quantitative Health Sciences contribute to this effort.
Select faculty members working in this research area include John Ware, PhD, whose internationally-recognized work focuses on improving PRO tools used in population health surveys and clinical research, and Patricia Franklin, MD, MBA, MPH, the principal investigator of the AHRQ-funded FORCE-TJR registry, a nationwide, comprehensive database of total joint replacement surgical and patient-reported outcomes.
Students involved in PRO research include MD/PhD candidate Dan Frendl, MS, who explored the utility of patient-reported functional health and well-being measures to improve risk prediction models of other-cause mortality risk in older men with prostate cancer, and Barbara Gandek, MS, who conducted a psychometric evaluation of joint-specific PRO measures before and after total knee replacement using the FORCE-TJR registry.
Health promotion and disease prevention research aims to enable people to increase control over their health and its determinants, and thereby improve their health. It explores the behavioral, social and environmental influences on health and develops interventions to minimize disease and maximize wellbeing. Active collaborations among the CPHR program and the Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine led by Judith Ockene, PhD, Med, MA, the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, and the Worcester Country Prevention Research Center contribute to this effort.
Select faculty members working in this area include Stephenie Lemon, PhD, the head of the Worcester County Prevention Research Center and principal investigator on several studies examining community- and work-based weight loss interventions, as well as Thomas Houston, PhD, a lead investigator in the Veterans Administration's eHealth Quality Enhancement Research Initiative who explores ways to use technology to streamline health communication and improve the health of veterans.
Students in the CPHR program are actively involved in health promotion and disease prevention research. Rui Xiao, MPH is working under the mentorship of Molly Waring, PhD, to examine psychosocial predictors of postpartum weight retention. Daniel Amante, MPH, is working to improve disease management in people with diabetes through use of electronic physician-patient communication portals.
Health disparities research targets health improvement in populations disproportionately affected by disease, injury and disability. Active collaborations with the Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, the Department of Quantitative Health Sciences,the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, and the NIH funded Center for Health Equity Intervention Research (CHEIR) contribute to this effort.
Select faculty members involved in health disparities research include Milagros Rosal, PhD, whose work includes evaluations of facilitators and barriers to mental healthcare utilization among low-income Latinos, and Jeroan Allison, MD, MScEpi, Principal Investigator of CHEIR, whose research focuses on quality measurement, implementation science, and statistical methodology, with an emphasis on eliminating racial/ethnic disparities in medical care and health outcomes.
Health services research is a multidisciplinary field focused on the organization, financing, delivery and outcomes of health care. This research aims to support higher quality, more efficient and less expensive medical care to populations. Active interdisciplinary collaborations with the Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Meyers Primary Care Institute, Center for Health Policy and Research at Commonwealth Medicine and the US Department of Veteran Affairs Healthcare System contribute to this effort.
Select faculty members involved in health services research include Allison Rosen, MD, MPH, ScD, whose work focuses on how best to measure and improve the value of U.S. health care spending, and Robin Clark, PhD, who analyzes treatment patterns and costs for mental illness and substance use disorders in underserved populations.
CPHR students involved in health services research include Lisa Lines, MPH, mentored by Arlene Ash, whose AHRQ-funded predictive modeling of emergency department (ED) visits may identify patients at risk of future ED use, and Gillian Griffith who is working under the tutelage of Dr. Clark to examine patterns of contraceptive uptake in women with opioid dependence.
The "graying" of the population makes research into the determinants and effects of aging on health a priority. In collaboration with the Division of Geriatric Medicine and the Meyers Primary Care Institute, both led by Jerry Gurwitz, MD, aging research initiatives at UMMS aim to promote health, prevent functional decline, and improve quality of life among older adults.
Kate Lapane, PhD, Jen Tjia MD, and Jerry Gurwitz MD conduct geriatric pharmacoepidemiologic studies and studies of other medication issues among chronically ill or elderly patients.
CPHR students involved in aging research include Camilla Pimentel, MPH, who evaluated analgesic medication patterns among U.S. nursing home residents with cancer, and Alexandra Hajduk, MPH, who examined cognitive status as a predictor of secondary preventive lifestyle change in patients with acute coronary syndrome.
Cardiovascular disease is the #1 killer of Americans, and several faculty and students in the CPHR program are committed to finding ways to better diagnose and treat diseases like myocardial infarction and heart failure. Cardiovascular disease research is supported in CPHR program through collaboration with the Center for Outcomes Research and Education's Transitions, Risks and Actions in Coronary Events (TRACE-CORE) study, led by and theDepartment of Quantitative Health Sciences.
Select faculty engaged in cardiovascular disease research include Catarina Kiefe, MD, PhD, PI of the TRACE-CORE study and Chair of the Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, who, examines outcomes in ischemic cardiovascular disease, and Robert Goldberg, PhD, anationally recognized PI of several CVD surveillance studies such as the 3 three-decades-long Worcester Heart Attack Community Surveillance Study.
Dr. Goldberg mentored Han-Yang Chen, MS, who used TRACE-CORE data and data form the Worcester Heart Attack Study.


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The plugin was great up until version 3. But v.4 removed some features and is full of bugs in others.
I have been using WPTouch Pro version 3 (3.9) on my site and it was working very well. WPTouch is an excellent product and I have gotten great responses from support staff with previous issues.
To address an new problem re particular mobile devices, tech support at WPTouch suggested moving to version 4. This version is markedly different than version 3 in terms of settings controls and makes use of the WP Customizer for mobile theme changes. In my case, the mobile themes were not displayed in the Customizer and an inadvertent keystroke resulted in changes to the desktop theme that could only be fixed thru restore of a backup.
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Why not just use a responsive theme which is mobile ready? Please enlighten me. I've NEVER had any luck with a mobile switchers, which I'm guessing this is.
I got the free 3.7.6 version and modified the core files for better suit my needs, I have had the need to re-edit all my posts for show desktop on desktop and mobile on mobile though...
of course all nice feature have to be paid (recursive is absolutely a very bad idea) but afterward is a great plugin, a suggestion, if you get it to work, do not update it anymore.
It's easy to install, easy to configure and just does its job if you want a quick mobile site.
The German translation is a little whacky and differs from the WordPress one, with showing comments as "responses", I don't really like that. I even send them a new one a while back, but they never did anything with it. To be fair, that can be changed with editing the .po file with poedit but has to be done with each upgrade.
The same goes for the themes. The default ones are great but as soon as you start to customize little things you'll have to do it very often, because this plugin is updated every few days. You can choose to just upgrade it and keep the old version if you want, though.
Although I use it, I can't really recommend it. If you want to do a really custom mobile site, just get a responsive design or a theme switcher plugin which is way less effort to maintain in the long run.
Free version works really well, but very limited option and pro version is very costly!
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Excellent work on Android with Google Chrome.
In the default browser of LG-G3 - the menu does not work.
Fire Fox browser some kinds of titles disappear, and the back up button does not work.
And some old android devices ever has problems.
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Easy to use and not bad but the default 'free' menu style is not intuitive for the user.
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ATLANTA (AP) - Health officials say a record 40 percent of Americans got ordinary flu vaccinations last year, and fear of swine flu played a role.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the jump was most dramatic in children, but there was also a large jump in vaccinations of healthy younger adults.
For all ages, the highest seasonal flu vaccination rate previously was 33 percent.
Experts say more people got shots because they were worried about swine flu, which appeared last spring and was unusually dangerous to children and young adults. Seasonal vaccine was also available earlier than normal last year. And for the first time, vaccinations were recommended for all children.
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City council members killed the proposed annexation plan Monday night, voting, 6 to 2, to use it instead as a guide for voluntary annexations in the future.
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Middle East peace talks, stalled since September 2010, will formally resume in Washington on Monday, the US State Department said.
The State Department said Sunday that top diplomat John Kerry spoke to both Israeli and Palestinian leaders and "personally extended an invitation to send senior negotiating teams to Washington to formally resume direct final status negotiations."
"Initial meetings are planned for the evening of Monday July 29 and Tuesday July 30, 2013," spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement.
The Israelis will be represented by Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and Yitzhak Molcho, and the Palestinians will be represented by Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat and Mohammad Shtayyeh, she said.
Talks have stuttered and started for decades in an elusive bid to reach a final peace deal between the Arab world and Israel.
But they collapsed completely in September 2010 when Israel refused to keep up a freeze on settlement building in Palestinian territories.
"As Secretary Kerry announced on July 19 in Amman, Jordan, the Israelis and Palestinians had reached agreement on the basis for resuming direct final status negotiations," the statement said. "The meetings in Washington will mark the beginning of these talks."
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Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, has, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Lakler S.A., agreed to conclude a charter contract with Gas Sayago, for
As Team Britannia prepares for its bid to break the round-the-world powerboat record later this year, GAC has been named their official shipping and logistics partner.
Petroleum Facilities Guard has blocked terminals for months. Ras Lanuf, Es Sider terminals damaged by fighting.
Libya's Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) will
In December 2013, Alibra's market report front page read: "When in shipping, do as the Greeks do." At that time, Alibra was referring to the fact that 31% of the
Japan's first LNG-fueled ship, Sakigake, which is a tugboat owned by NYK has been recognized with a Technology Special Award at the 2015 Ship of the Year Awards
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This season, designer Rodolfo Paglialunga used layering to create the perfect uniform for power dressing in a cool, young way.
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Rodolfo Paglialunga, creative director of Jil Sander's main collection, let some familiar aesthetics trickle down into his first efforts for Jil Sander Navy.
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For spring, the collection was all about a refined, sporty look with utilitarian references.
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In the name of evolution and cohesion within the Jil label, Navy was noticeably more relative to Sander's main collection than in the past.
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The brand served up an unfettered, feel-good collection of crisp silhouettes and light fabrics that evoked a midcentury tennis vibe.
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Measuring 15 inches by 9 inches, the vehicle comes with Batman and Joker minifigs, which The Brothers Brick notes marks the first LEGO appearance of Heath Ledger's version of the character from The Dark Knight. There's also a nameplate and an accessible cockpit.
Composed of 1,869 pieces, the Ultimate Collector Series LEGO Batman Tumbler 76023 will be available in September for $199.
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DALLAS (AP) - A Texas A&M student was one of two crane operators working on the university's bonfire when it collapsed, an apparent violation of an internal rule that only professional operators run the cranes.
No evidence has come out to suggest that crane operation was a factor in the Nov. 18 accident that killed 12 people and injured 27, however.
Leo E. Linbeck Jr., the construction company executive leading an investigation into the accident, said the fact that a student operated a crane is worth looking into - but it may not indicate a safety lapse.
The five-member investigative committee has scheduled its first meeting Friday in College Station.
"I can't overemphasize the fact that we know nothing about what happened yet, and we're not going to jump to conclusions until we have a full body of facts and all of the circumstances to support those facts," Linbeck, chairman of Linbeck Construction Corp. in Houston, told The Dallas Morning News.
University officials already have said freshman and sophomores were allowed to work on the upper levels of the tiered log tower, contrary to written rules.
Additionally, the hazard control measures listed in the "Bonfire Safety Handbook" call for "professional operation of crane." The book states that rule was designed to prevent logs from swinging into or falling off the stack.
Bill Kibler, A&M's associate vice president for student affairs, said he has too little information to know whether a student operating a crane is a safety violation.
"The safety handbook calls for a 'professional operator.' It doesn't say 'licensed,"' said Kibler, who was A&M's bonfire adviser from 1983-92.
Police reports show the first officer who arrived at the accident scene found two cranes and two crane operators. The first operator, who described himself as a licensed crane operator, was an employee of H.B. Zachry Construction Co. of San Antonio, which had donated use of the crane he was driving.
The other operator, running a machine the university had rented, was Michael Rusek, a 24-year-old engineering technology student.
A member of the Corps of Cadets and the Aggie band and a 1994 graduate of Garland High School, Rusek's listing in the A&M Internet phone directory includes the slogan, "Build the HELL outta Aggie Bonfire!!!"
Rusek declined comment when contacted by phone Thursday. He gave police a brief statement shortly after the accident.
On the statement form, the space for student identification or job title lists him as "crane operator," not mentioning he was a student.
"Was operating crane on S. side of stack. Had just picked up log from SW side of stack. Picked log up, I heard a loud cracking & popping & saw stack falling towards my crane," the statement said. "I jumped out and then set the log down & turned the machine off. The logs fell through the front windshield and landed on roof."
An A&M spokesman said Rusek has 200 hours of experience, sufficient to satisfy federal requirements for operating the equipment.
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San Francisco-based chip company announces their first fully open source chip platform.
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The skybar Wine System: Wine, Redefined
Chill: Serve Wine at Its Ideal Temperature
- Hold a wine tasting at home: You and your guests will enjoy sampling from 3 wine selections for a wine tasting experience in the comfort of your home.
- Everyone selects the wine they prefer: She wants white . . . he prefers red. Now each of you can enjoy the wine you want, when you want it.
- Take your time: Eliminate worry over unfinished wine. The skybar preserves a bottle up to 10 days, letting you enjoy the wine one glass at a time.
Preserve: Retain the Taste and Aroma of Each Wine
- RetainWine quality for up to 10 days: Patented vacuum technology preserves an open bottle of wine by removing the oxygen that would otherwise oxidize and ruin the wine.
- Open the wines you want: Not just the one you will finish in a day. The skybar protects your wine, allowing you to have several types of wine available at once to enjoy over time without worrying about wasted wine.
- Satisfy everyone's taste: No need to compromise on which bottle to open. The skybar preserves the wine, allowing your guests and you to enjoy your favorite wines at the same time . . . without compromise!
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How Does It Work?
This wine system offers 3 individual wine chambers. After the cork is removed from the bottle, the bottle is fitted with a pouring assembly, and then secured into the wine chamber. Once inside the chamber, vacuum preservation begins immediately, removing oxygen from the bottle to preserve your wine. From a sleek, intuitive control panel, a varietal setting is selected, and the skybar automatically cools the wine to its ideal serving temperature. This wine system offers 9 pre-set temperatures for the most popular wine varietals; you may also manually adjust the wine chamber to your preferred serving temperature.
Why Is the skybar Right for You?
The skybar wine system takes the guesswork out of wine by ensuring your wine is served at its optimal temperature--highlighting each varietal's unique bouquet and flavor profile. With its multiple wine chambers, you can open three bottles of wine for your guests, allowing everyone to enjoy the wine they want. Also, because the bottles are preserved in the wine chambers for up to 10 days, you can enjoy the wine at your leisure, eliminating worry over wasted wine. And, with its metropolitan design, the skybar wine system is the ultimate accessory for the design-conscious host and hostess, certain to ignite conversation and incite admiration.
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After a month or so of use the nozzles on 2 chambers clogged up and one of the chambers failed. I contacted the online supplier who were not too helpful but referred me to the manufacturer. The manufacturer service was outstanding! They immediately sent me out replacement parts at no cost and were extremely friendly and helpful. This makes such a difference and I never have any concern buying a product from a company like this that looks after their product. So refreshing!
The entire unit eventually died. I called customer service and had great results. They replaced the entire unit with a brand new one.
"For optimum cooling, thermoelectric products like the SkyBar Wine System should be in an environment with a room temperature of less than 70 F (21 C). A higher room temperature will result in a slightly warmer internal chamber temperature."
Now, I don't know about you, but the idea of air conditioning my home to 70 F during the summer is ridiculous. Most utilities and HVAC manufacturers recommend a summer setting of 78 F. Cooling my home to 70 F would exponentially increase the cost of operating the SkyBar and make it completely impractical.
In addition to the fan and temperature problems, within a month, two of the clear plastic spouts have broken loose due to minor bumps from wine glasses.
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UPDATE (9/16/13): The Jarden company has finally responded to our second registered complaint letter with a replacement of two one-bottle units for the original three-bottle unit. This time, it appears the quality is better, and the unit(s) pressurizes better, and the wine tastes as it should (our test has been for 4 days with one same bottle in the unit with no off-taste). So far, our only complaints are that the fan is still pretty loud and not all "regular" 750ml wine bottles will fit the system. That requires decanting of wine from its original bottle into another bottle that fits better. If your bottle is completely full, you may have to "reinstall bottle" into the system which includes pouring out some of the wine, and we have noticed that we have to "reinstall bottle" when the neck size is slightly off. There are three rubber inserts that are supposed to solve the bottle neck fit issue yet have not worked for us. We have identified two bottles that fit and are keeping those in reserve for future need if a bottle doesn't fit.Read more ›
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We are on the second one. First one quit after 2 years and now second one quit after 2 years.Published 11 months ago by alan b. miller
We purchased the unit and needed to have it replaced several times. Recently, one chamber stopped cooling and another stopped dispensing. Now the entire unit will not power on. Read morePublished 18 months ago by Lawrence Lavigne
What a hoot! Hubby and I saw something similar during a recent visit to a high-class restaurant, and we're intrigued. Turns out something very similar could be found for our home. Read morePublished on November 8, 2013 by Lisa F. Wilson
We purchased this product a couple of years ago and I think the first summer season it worked fine till almost Labor Day. One of the chambers started to act up i.e. Read morePublished on July 7, 2013 by Mrs. Kim P. Pheil
I received this as a Christmas gift in 2011. While the unit was quite noisy, it did perform as advertised. Read morePublished on June 1, 2013 by Panther17
I was nervous about purchasing this system because the reviews that I read online where not in favor, but then again I weighed facts over last posting was in 2010 and also the... Read morePublished on January 13, 2013 by tom cox
One chambers fail, no warranty outside US !!
Well this not very smart.
We need to send back the whole thing ... amazing, no ?
I received this product for a gift. When trying to get it to work 2 of the 3 chambers did not work. I have been calling for new chambers since April and yet to receive any. Read morePublished on July 25, 2012 by jd
We purchased this machine for the business in 2008, the power unit went out in 2009. We sent the machine in to be repaired. The power supply went out again in September 2011. Read morePublished on March 16, 2012 by Amazon Customer


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Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott hopes to "expand the presence" of their universities in China. That may happen as Notre Dame and Stanford have discussed playing their 2013 football game there.
The game is currently set for November 30, 2013 at Stanford Stadium in California. If the two schools agree to the location change, it's likely that the game would be played earlier in the season.
And due to the long distance, it's possible the game could be played in mid-August. Stanford, which would probably fly out of San Francisco, would have almost a 13 hour flight.
Notre Dame would likely have to make a connecting flight to Chicago. From there, the Fighting Irish would be in the air just over 14 hours.
Notre Dame's 2013 schedule, which is near completion, also features games against Air Force, Arizona State (at Cowboys Stadium), BYU, Michigan, Michigan State, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh and USC.
Other non-conference games for the Cardinal in 2013 include San Jose State and at Army. The Pac-12 schedule has not been announced yet.
That is about the most stupid thing I have ever heard
Hahaha… the Chinese don't give a f##k about college football. This is beyond stupid.
They do care about football. The winner of last year's Chinese football league was the Beijing Commie-dores. Stupid it is.
I have a feeling this has something to do with the Chinese trying to take over the world.
Yes I am sure the fans will pay that much money and go to China just to see a college football game
I would go.
I live in Melbourne, Australia. I am hoping that the game will be in China so I can fly 10 hours instead of 22 to get to the game. I would go, and I look forward to meeting Dominic there, perhaps.
Jeez, I can't even afford to see 'em over here!
This makes no sense. The money generated from this high profile game should stay in this country. I haven't heard of any 5 star recruits coming out of China.


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Rodney Yee
Rodney Yee is one of the most recognized yoga instructors in the world. He has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN and PBS, and his instructional programs are often among the top 10 fitness programs in the US.
Rodney is considered a pioneer of yoga in the United States and has been practicing yoga for over 30 years. Rodney leads workshops and teacher trainings around the world including many with his wife, Colleen Saidman. He also serves as a co-chair of the Urban Zen Health and Wellness Initiative, a foundation dedicated to bringing yoga, massage and holistic therapies to hospitals around the nation.
, posted on November 7, 2014
I have been doing Rodney Yees yoga for ABS program for some time and now I can't seem to get it. Could you please help me with this
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There really should be a better way of organizing this, there are so many videos and they are all scattered, it is very difficult and cumbersome to navigate :)
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I think it would be helpful to have smaller boxes for each video and als ohave the possiblity to visualize more results in one page, so that I can see in a glance all the practices from a single instructor for example, rather than navigating through several pages.
I also find unconfortable to physically pass on each box to see the details of the practice (lenght, description)
The previous myyoga organization was way better...can Gaiam find a solution? please!!! thanks!!!
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We are sorry you are having difficulties finding videos. The filters on the All Yoga page - http://www.gaiamtv.com/my-yoga/yoga - might be helpful. You can use the filters to select a teacher and then a style or a focus.
Thank you,
The My Yoga Team
, posted on May 20, 2016
I agree with the comments about filtering. I would never recommend Gaia to anyone because of this. I love the yoga and ease of use once I find a video but there is no way to construct and retain my own yoga program except for the playlist. I would like to have the ability to have several playlists depending on my own needs and parameters.
The people I know have little tolerance for antiquated filtering systems.
, posted on May 20, 2016
Hi ALFANO93,
Thank you for taking the time to comment! We sincerely appreciate your feedback and will take your playlist suggestion into consideration.
You might enjoy practicing one of our Yoga Guides here: http://www.gaia.com/my-yoga/guides
Or browsing by our Yoga Collections here: http://www.gaia.com/my-yoga/collections
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Great young man with his priorities in order. Will have a great season next year. Looking forward to next year.
- 1:20 a.m. Dec. 18, 2011
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Thanks Star!!! Great news...
Maybe you can convince your fellow lineman to start entering the field from a 4 point stance...I think it is cute!!!!
- 1:51 a.m. Dec. 18, 2011
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This is great for that defensive line. They have the potential to be pretty special next season now! Best in the Pac-12 for sure.
- 6:52 a.m. Dec. 18, 2011
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This is huge! The fact is, this kid could be starting in the NFL next year but
will be right in the middle of the Utes D-line.
Love it!
- 8:16 a.m. Dec. 18, 2011
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Christmas came early for Ute fans! Lotulelei is a Beast and a Gentleman! I am
stoked to have him around for one more year. I hope it's a monster year ending
with some big time awards and a first round pick.
Thanks for all your hard work Star.
- 8:33 a.m. Dec. 18, 2011
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Wow!! Good for you Star!!! Excited to see you another year in Red.
- 9:28 a.m. Dec. 18, 2011
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Played high school ball with Star. Great guy. So happy to see things work out so well for him.
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Like my handle, I bleed Cougar blue, baby, but will say "Congrats" to
this Utah athlete. Voted the best defensive lineman in the PAC-12 by your peers
is nothing to sneeze at.
Good luck next season and I hope you enter the NFL draft injury free.
BTW, go Cougars!!
- 12:50 p.m. Dec. 18, 2011
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I hope he takes out just-in-case injury insurance so if something happens he won't have sacrificed the payday he will get in the NFL.
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That news is bigger and better than any recruiting news the Utes could have this year.
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Oh, thank you......(whew).
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As a BYU fan, I have to admit I wish he were leaving. But congrats to him for wanting to finish his education. Hope he stays healthy.
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Absolutely Great News!! Against his competition, Lotulelei was a man among
boys this year. Watching him in person, I was impressed by his strength and
quickness both, in addition to making teams often double-team him. Man, this is
good to hear! Also, with White coming back, and a hopefully healthy Wynn (with
Hays and newcomers Hansen and Wilson at QB) with our solid returning receivers
and all-around tough D, we have a lot to look forward to this next year.
Go Utes!
- 8:00 p.m. Dec. 18, 2011
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Great news! With Star back next year, the Utes defense will be among the best in the PAC-12 next year!
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Smart guy! Even if he wasn't going to play next season, I always think its a
good idea for our athletes (or anyone for that matter) to finish their degrees!
So glad you'll be back to play next fall, Star! And congrats on your award!!
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Congratulation on staying in school Star. First things first. We look foward to your many success on and off the football field, and more in the future.
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January 16, 2013 by Bryan Thrift
A lot of fishermen think that using a lipless crankbait in late winter or during the early prespawn is all about chunking and winding, but I've had better success yo-yoing one off the bottom.
It doesn't have to be in deep water, either. The type of bottom - whether it's a hard bottom, shell bed or hard clay point - is more critical than depth. It can be 4 or 5 feet deep, but it needs to be a place where bass will stage before they move up.
I keep several Damiki Tremor lipless crankbaits rigged up with different line sizes to fish at different depths.
One thing I like about that bait is that because of the way its head is weighted, when it gets back to the bottom, it stands upright on its nose instead of falling over on its side. I don't rip the bait up; I just pull it up toward me 2 or 3 feet and let it go back. They might nail it on the fall, when it's paused on the bottom or when you start to lift it again.
You should work this bait kind of like working a jig. If the water is muddy or deep, I'll start out with a Red Craw color, which shows up better. If it's clear, I'll go with American Shad or Real Shad coloration.
The Tremor comes with or without rattles, and that's another important thing to consider. I'll fish rattling baits most days, but if I don't get bit, I'll switch to a non-rattling Tremor. That can make a big difference if the water's real clear. Then, too, I might catch a few fish on the rattling version and come back through the same water with the non-rattling Tremor and pick up another fish or two. It's a different way to fish a lipless crankbait, but sometimes that's what it takes in pressured water.
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Just updated by blog (http://alias.codiferes.net/wordpress/) to WP 3.8 and I am having trouble with the new "Quick draft" tool on the admin page.
I realized that any posts that I draft using this tool gets a by default publishing date corresponding to the date when I first entered the draft. Meaning that, should I quickly draft an article today and then decide to finish it on Saturday and publish it then, it will appear with a publishing date of 17 December (the drafting date).
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'Catch Me If You Can' comes in for landing in Charlotte
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An onstage game of cat and mouse is presented in the musical "Catch Me If You Can," which runs this weekend at Belk Theater in Charlotte, N.C.
Want to go?
"Catch Me If You Can" runs Friday through Sunday at Belk Theater at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, 130 N. Tryon St., Charlotte.
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The show opens: In the 1960s, cornered in the Miami International Airport, Frank pleads with Hanratty to let him tell his story and how he was able to stay a step ahead of the FBI for so long.
Musical highlights include: "Live in Living Color," where Frank promises to tell Hanratty all of his secrets, "The Pinstripes are All That They See," in which Frank realizes the perks of being a pilot, and "Strange But True," the finale where, after Frank is released from prison to help Hanratty track criminals like himself, the new partners realize theirs is an unlikely pairing.
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Query condition. So if it's a
GreaterQuery and the element is 10, all values greater than 10 pass the condition.
The constructor of this
Query object takes the element, and a
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Comparator to use for the comparison.
I have a
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public boolean matches(E element)
if (comparator == null)
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I was looking for a way to use up leftover leg of lamb. This turned out quite well. I used 3 cups of cooked brown rice instead of macaroni because that's what I had on hand. I used Feta cheese for the tasty cheese because I don't know what tasty cheese is! I added about 2 tsp of Italian seasonong and baked it for 25 min. at 425 degrees F. I will make again, perhaps with macaroni next time. It would probably be good with ground beef too.


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Thefigure below shows a side view of a car tire and its radialdimensions. The outer radius of the tire is 33.0 cm, and the innerradius is 16.5 cm. The rubber tire has two sidewalls of uniformthickness 0.680 cm and atread wall of uniform thickness 2.50 cm and width 20.0 cm. Assume the rubber has a uniformdensity equal to
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so what do you do with the old turbo,s on a swap out? your
not resale them are you or do you eat the cost
you mean liquid line and yes pump down the compressor first and see if it will hold
here you go
in Ohio if it is vented to a exterior wall you have to put one in if vented interior it dose not
oh ok I see the problem the water line is going through the ductwork
yea the guy with the pointy fingers is got to go
well at least all the screws are in
mobile homes have a uniqueness to them and a lot of it has to to with
with the fact that they are mobile and made of material that will burn
the op was <Is there a rule that says you have to condemn a system if it loses so much freon (R22)within 1 year>
the answer is no
at the junkyard they want you to say that the oil is removed witch is one of there
pet peeves just turn it over before you get there
whats going on with this site I saw a member listed as
banned reincarnate along with there screen name
in the tech to tech talk area
well if it was r22 it was about 60 degrees that day
that noise is a plate that is going to break sooner or later the cause or reason
could be any of the post in this thread get the serial # and post it for us
you should not be putting flex on a high pressure system
sounds like you got a bad evap coil form the factory and its restricted
get your post up and get your pro membership and post this on the pro side
That's good that you weighed in according to data plate but other factors
may require more charge such as length of line set etc,
it probably got switched over into heat mode on accident
those traces should only be cut if you have a 2 stage compressor, a heat pump, or a
Harmony zoning or Signature stat for dehumidfication
and has nothing to do with your problem get your pro...
I agree with you that link needs to go how do we get it taken off?
are all of the condensers for all of the apartments of this 15 story building
up on the deck???????
whats that 2x4 being used for
I like the wall paper
good god is that the flu pipe running behind the furnace?
got to agree (on demand hwt 95% furnace)
both are good products but I will tell you I put that high end Tempstar in and was impressed at how Quiet it was
the best thing for you to do is to call a service company that is a lennox premier dealer
in the state of ohio the workman's comp law state,s this(while operating a company vehicle
you must be compensate to the point of it,s assigned destination)which in are case that would be at are...
nice tools
at best we could service it
wheres the night service light or will you be the one glowing lol


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Middle East Geospatial Forum 2016 which was held along with Dubai Municipality's GRASF 2016 during 25-27 January 2016 at Al Bustan Rotana Hotel, Dubai concluded on a successful note and witnessed the convergence of key stakeholders from the geospatial industry across the Middle East. Over the three days, the conference deliberated on the ways in which geospatial technology can offer a unique advantage to various user agencies to tackle various challenges faced by them. The event also proved to be a great business development initiative as it served to be a networking platform for the industry, end users, policy makers and academia.
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I am using Canvas Theme from WooTheme and when I activate this plugin the image for the slider for the post disappears when I update the post.
I am using Canvas Theme from WooTheme and when I activate this plugin the image for the slider for the post disappears when I update the post.
Canvas isn't a free theme, so I can't download it an see what's going on. I can offer up some ideas on how to try and fix it, but without actually having access to the theme itself, I wont' be able to fix this problem. It could be my plugin's fault, or it could be them theme's fault. There's no way of knowing (unless I have access to it).
It *sounds* like a javascript conflict - but again, with no access, there' sno way I can troubleshoot it.
If you have Google Chrome, you can go to View > Developer > Javascript Console, and it'll tell you exactly what the problem is.
Did you get this sorted yet? I'm willing to help, but I can't if I don't have more information.
I have't find a solution yet using your plugin. I found one that works. But If you like I can let you in on my homepage so you can see for your self and fix the problem.
To do so I need you email address.
You can drop me an email at shellyATbrassblogsDOTcom.
Hi Shelly,
You will soon have an email from my homepage. I am curious to know what went wrong.
Eftersom svenska är naturligtvis ditt första språk, jag ska ge det ett försök att se om vi kan kommunicera lite bättre :) Jag är inte bra på det, men jag försöker att göra det lättare för dig...jag hoppas att jag gör inte en enda röra av det!
Jag kan inte se vad du saknar? När jag aktiverar mitt plugin, reglaget (som jag kan hitta - i "golf" sida) verkar fungera fint, och mina instruktioner visar upp bra. Jag är också ute i Developer Tools, och inte ser några konflikter.
Eller menar du att en bild i admin någonstans försvinner? Jag antar att jag inte är klar över vad som går fel - så vitt jag kan berätta, allt verkar fungera fint. Jag har inte publicera något, så jag vet inte om det är där något går fel.
I'm having a hard time seeing what you're missing? When I activate my plugin, the slider (that I can find - on the "golf" page) seems to be working just fine, and my instructions are showing up just fine. I'm also looking in the Developer tools, and don't see any conflicts showing up.
Unless you mean that an image somewhere is just disappearing? I guess I'm not clear on what is going wrong - as far as I can tell, everything seems to be working just fine. i didn't publish anything though, so I don't know if that's where something is going wrong.
Thanks Shelly,
You are absolutely right, now it works! I must have had too much lose ends at the same time.
Hi again Shelly,
Sorry but he problem is back.
It appear when I have your plugin activated and tries to enter a new image to be in the post slider. After that I have entered the image and publish the post the image disappears. If I deactivate you plugin it will work as it should. I hope this will give you more information about the problem.
If I activate the plugin after that the post is published then the image will stay.
See under Post and Canvas Custom Settings and the tab General Settings, (image).
Hm. Very strange. Let me see what the deal is - that's so weird.
Hi -
My slider also disappeared in the last week or so. I haven't touched the admin of my site for over a month. My front page slider shows for a split second then there's nothing!
I'm using the Canvas theme by WooThemes. I've checked the slider settings and nothing has changed.
Please let me know if you find a solution!
Thank you!
it *does* appear it's Canvas, and not my plugin. The error you get is:
"Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'length' of undefined " as set on jquery.js - line 2. Since it's minified, and line 2 is gigantic, it's tossing that error because of a Canvas function placed in the theme that uses thejquery widgets and tabs (that come with Canvas):
v.extend.each (on line 2 of jquery.js)
e.widget (on line 5 of jquery.ui.widget.min.js)
(anonymous function)(on line 5 of jquery.ui.tabs.min.js)
(anonymous function) (again, on line 5 of jquery.ui.tabs.min.js)
My *guess* would be that it needs upgraded. The jQuery UI is now up to version 1.10, and Canvas seems to be using an older version. (1.9.2) Have you checked Woo to see if the theme has an update available? (Yep - it looks like there is. You're using Canvas version 4.0.5, and Canvas is up to version 5 now -it was released about 8 months ago)
@masleif - you, however, are using Canvas 5.1.3 - so I still can't figure out why it's doing this to you! I'm still trying to sort that out.
Yep - it's my plugin. I'm working on a fix right now.
Just an update - I can find no reason at all why this is doing what it's doing. It appears to be some kind of conflict with their meta box vs. my meta box. For some reason, my meta box is "blocking" their meta box from utilizing the update_post_meta() function - which makes no sens to me. The image IS, indeed, uploaded and associated with the post in question, but for some reason it's not saving the image path in the database to show up in the slideshow (with the "image" meta key), or the URL path. Very bizarre.
I'm emailing the Woo guys to see what's going on (I already did find one error in their code on Canvas that could be assisting with this issue - even with my plugin shut off and nothing but Canvas being used, I still couldn't do anything with the slideshow image due to an error on line 551 of the admin-custom.php file) - maybe they can work with me to help me out. They do respond, but usually they aren't very fast, so it may be a few days.
on the WooThemes knowledgebase, someone else had this issue (and it's not related to my plugin at all), and their solution was to deactivate the "TimTumb" option and switch to "Wp Post Thumbnail" as the slider image option (under Canvas > Theme Options > Dynamic Images), and then just use the "Featured Image" in the post, instead of the metabox. In the meantime, that could be your workaround.
I will try to deactivate the "Tim Tumb"and see what happens.
Thanks for the continuing effort to take care of this - I've had several people tell me they wondered why I designed my art site with a blank home page!
In Canvas theme there are two sliders one for the Magazine page and one for the Business page. With the "Tim Tumb" deactivated and the plugin activated the Magazine page works but not the Business page. The problem appears when I update the slider for the Business page with a new image. The new image disappears and the old appears.
Okay, thanks masleif. This is the weirdest problem ever. I can't even get any error messages to show up (not even in the server logs), so it's basically all trial and error until I get this sorted. I cannot tell WHY my custom field isn't allowing Canvas' to save in the database. it just makes no sense.
Right now, I'm just trying a rewrite (I've been meaning to do that anyway - you're a catalyst! Yay masleif!). And for the record, I went and bought the theme so I can get down and dirty with this, so you don't need to keep the login for me on your site anymore :)
hi i am not getting slider images in my website http://n-racing.com/.can anybody help me......
Naren, this is support for a specific plugin. You need to go to the actual forums to ask support requests, and not hijack threads. It clutters up the support offered here, and makes it difficult for people to find solutions for this specific plugin. Thanks!
Okay, maslief (and carol - and anyone else who might be interested!) - I have it sorted. I'm finishing up and testing today, and I'm hoping to have the new version released for download sometime tonight or tomorrow (barring any surprises).
I still have no idea why it was doing this, what I've changed really isn't *so* much different than what was already there, but the changes I have made seem to work, and Canvas is working fine with my plugin now. I still won't take full blame for this, because - as I was working on the issue, ALL errors were coming up as Canvas-related. (mainly on their admin-custom.php file, lines 454 and 551. I even shut my plugin off and used a couple of other popular CPT-creating and metabox-creating plugins, and the same thing happened. So I still say it's Canvas, and the theme has some sort of issue with creating custom post types (and/or metaboxes related to those custom post types), because even with mine deactivated and using another one, I had similar (or the same) issues.
Granted, all the erros showed up only when I had error reporting turned on, but they were there.
Anyway - enough of all that. It's now sorted, and like I said, I'm hoping to have it updated either tonight or tomorrow so you can fix your issues. I just want to run through a few tests to be sure I got everything first :)
I look forward to test the plugin after you new release.
Thnks again for your continued work on this - otherwise I'll have to redesign my website.
Curious, carol - why would you have to redesign your site? my plugin isn't used for anything on the front end. All you'd have to do is NOT use my plugin. In fact, there's another one very similar to mine (for back end instructions) - I believe it has it's own separate page though (it doesn't show the instructions on the page you're currently on). WP Help
I was considering just getting rid of the slider altogether - that's all! When peole look at an artist's website and it's blank it doesn't exactly express my work! ;-)
I had someone else design my website- I used to do them myself, using Dreamweaver, but this time I was happy to hand it over. For that reason, I'm not really clear about what she did.
As far as I know, it's been fine until the last few weeks.
Thanks again for your help!
Ahhh - I see. Well, for the time being , you could just deactivate my plugin. You'll have to re-add your slides, but they'll show up. I believe what Masleif has been doing is deactivating my plugin, doing the slides, and then reactivating the plugin. My plugin isn't what makes the slideshow *disappear*, it's preventing them from saving the images on the slide, so they don't show up. (the slide itself saves, but the images won't - that's why the slide is blank) So if your *entire* slideshow has gone away, then I'd say my plugin has nothing to do with it.
NOW you tell me! ;-)
Just joking of course- I'll give it a try later today.
Good luck and thanks!
Okay, sorry so late, but I forgot that that weekend was Easter, and we've been redoing our kitchen, so this kind of got pushed back a bit.
I made a quick fix and uploaded it today. In my localhost install, with Canvas, it's working. But let me know if you have any issues (and especially let me know of any error messages you get, because it's working fine for me with nothing but WooThemes and this plugin activated).
I'm still working on the rewrite - turns out it's a little mor difficult than I expected :)
in nay case, I *did* find a way to solve the issue. the problem is that I have a custom loop in my plugin that pulls in the instructions into whatever page you're on. I had to remove the loop (if(have_posts()) etc) and replace it with a customSELECT query and a foreach statement. Apparently the Loop was conflicting with something in the Canvas theme. I'm still getting error messages with Canvas, but at least my plugin will work with it now.
What version should I use for my test? Version 2.5.2 does not work.
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Hi all, I created this daft special effect in order to demonstrate the my children how special effects work in movies, and why they can't believe everything they see on TV. Compositing, "animation" (such as it is), and colour correction were all done in Kdenlive and audio all from freesound.org imported directly using the online resources facility. The sparkles themselves were created in GIMP and then saved as PNG files with transparency.
I made this video with kdenlive 0.8.2.1 for my family as they always complain that I'm hardly on photos (being the photographer most of the time) and never on video.
So I decided to use the rotoscopy effect (clone effect) in Kdenlive.
After about 3 weeks I decided to subtitle it (actually supertitle it), as the video is in Dutch, and put it on Youtube and here in the Theatre.
This is a video I shot on a Canon EOS 500D and then edited in Kdenlive.
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I use kdenlive to edit my GoPro video, here is some videos
Greetings everybody!
Riding season started so it's time to ride again...
Hm... not sure how direct video-embedding works with this forum, so here's the link to it: http://www.youtube.com/embed/lmPsckUbXpE
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This is MALPE beach near by home town. It is located near Udupi, Karntaka State, India
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This one is Kaup beach which is my home town. It is located near Udupi, Karntaka State, India
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The HD project was created as HD 1080p @ 25fps and rendered as a custom MPEG-2 project (*.m2t file type) according to these instructions:http://www.kdenlive.org/forum/rendering-1920-becomes-1440-yet-still-play...
I had forgotten to add some credits and a copyright notice at the end of the clip, so I created those separately and used the Bash "cat" command to concatenate the files after i was done (rendering of the 24 minute clip took 2'30", so I didn't want to run it again).
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the beauty of the arid landscape, oh... i wanna go there
It's so pretty! Going back in May I hope
one of the best seasons to go there... nice and warm, without being too hot...
wow, such a beautiful place
If this was in America, there'd be a shopping mall on the top of the hill. </curmudgeonly rant>
They won't even allow cars in the town and I think there are about 4 shops and 200 restaurants The Spanish have a different kind of mentality hehe
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Is the Amazon Gift Converter a Threat to Civilized Living?
'Tis the season... to receive something you absolutely hate from someone who probably means well but has terrible taste. We've all had that experience; whether it be clothing the wrong size or in a regrettable style, or simply a knick-knack you would never in a million years display in your home, it happens. And now Amazon is in the news for saying it doesn't have to be that way.
Specifically, Amazon has obtained a patent being referred to as a "gift converter," and the following is an excerpt from the patent filing:
With the increasing popularity of network shopping services (e.g., websites that enable users to make purchases on-line), the popularity of purchasing gifts through network shopping services has also increased. As in other gift-giving situations, it sometimes occurs that gifts purchased on-line do not meet the needs or tastes of the gift recipient. For example, the recipient may already have the item and may not need another one of that same item. Alternatively, the item may not be the right size, the right type, the right style, and so on. In such situations, the recipient may wish to convert the gift to something else, for example, by exchanging the gift for another item or by obtaining a redemption coupon, gift card, or other gift certificate to be redeemed later....
It's being described as a "bad gift defense system;" you could reject/exchange a gift before it's ever delivered to you.
Is it any surprise that everybody's ready to get their outrage on? Why, we've even got the great-great-granddaughter of Emily Post weighing in, as if her reaction is somehow unexpected:
Sound good to you?
Anna Post says think again. "Dishonest, is the blunt answer," said the great-great granddaughter of etiquette guru Emily Post.
"Aunt Mildred thought to give you a gift," Post said. "Lucky you. It's not every day someone thinks to buy you a present."
According to Post, it's okay to return gifts you really won't use, but to return something before it's even received takes the focus away from the appreciation of being given a gift.
"A gift is expressing a much bigger sentiment behind it. To cut someone short before they can complete that process is the ultimate interruption," Post said.
We could argue manners all the day long; some etiquette experts frown on the exchanging of any gift, ever, or opine at length as to the hows and circumstances under which it is acceptable (with the comment thread being that the giver must be none the wiser, natch). It's a cluster-you-know-what from an etiquette standpoint. Obviously. Watching folks churn the water in the wake of this announcement is pretty comical, because whether or not the etiquette is acceptable, this so-called gift converter hasn't actually happened yet.
And here's what I think: It probably never will.
Look; you can patent just about anything you want. In order to patent a concept you need only 1) to be able to describe it and 2) for it to be something not already patented. That's it. Lots and lots of things are patented every year that are never turned into anything.
Amazon is a retailer. The way that retailers work is that consumers give them money for an agreed-upon product or service, and then the retailer delivers the agreed-upon goods. Right now, if I give Amazon money to send a sweater to my great-aunt Tilly, they can't decide to send her decorative toothpicks, instead. That would be a breach of our consumer agreement. The only way Amazon can take my money for a sweater and then turn around and send Aunt Tilly those toothpicks is if somewhere in my agreement with them, I grant permission for them to substitute a different item. It really doesn't matter if Aunt Tilly eagerly checks off something in her Amazon Profile that says, "Yes, yes, please allow me to substitute potential gifts I hate with other useless crap I'd rather have! Thanks!" It's not Aunt Tilly's money; it's my money, and Amazon would need my permission to do something other than what I've paid them to do.
That said, the way this might sort of end up working would be for Amazon to offer gift purchasers the option of notifying the giftee ahead of time and offering them the ability to exchange prior to delivery. I suppose that somewhere in the world, someone might think that's a fabulous idea and go ahead and agree to those terms upon purchase, as convoluted as it ends up sounding.
But honestly? That option already exists in a much more straightforward implementation. It's called buying a gift certificate.
Good on Amazon for coming up with new ideas, and good for their lawyers for making sure all their bases are covered. But horrified etiquette gurus, I wouldn't take to your fainting couches just yet. The chances of this patent turning into a commonplace practice are somewhere between slim and none. If I'm wrong, I'll eat the next fruitcake that arrives in the mail.
BlogHer Contributing Editor Mir Kamin likes to exchange and regift unwanted items on the sly, the way Miss Manners intended. She blogs near-daily about issues parental and otherwise at Woulda Coulda Shoulda, and posts all day long about the joys of mindful retail therapy at Want Not.


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A Conspiracy So Vast
W. Clement Stone, the millionaire insurance executive, apostle of positive thinking and devoted supporter of Richard Nixon, was once famous for saying: "All I want to do is change the world."
To that end, in 1972, Stone gave $2 million to Nixon's re-election effort. Campaign-finance reformers and other good-government types were horrified; they considered Mr. Stone's contribution so outsized and so corrupt that they made it Exhibit A in the case for what became the landmark Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1974.
Adjusted for inflation, Stone's gift would be nearly $9 million today. That's still a lot of money, but it's no longer enough to win the political generosity sweepstakes. That title is now held by the billionaire financier George Soros, who this year has given about $15 million to Democratic support groups like America Coming Together and MoveOn.org as part of a personal crusade to defeat George W. Bush in next year's elections.
In the coming months, Mr. Soros will likely contribute even more; he has said that he would give every penny he had if it would guarantee the president's defeat. (And to think that just a short time ago Mr. Soros was avidly supporting campaign-finance reform groups, so dedicated was he to ridding politics of the corrupting influence of big money.)
A Single Event
Move over, W. Clement Stone. George Soros really wants to change the world.
Just how much is apparent in Mr. Soros's "The Bubble of American Supremacy" (PublicAffairs, 207 pages, $22), a brief but passionate screed against what Mr. Soros believes to be the wrongheadedness of the Bush administration's policies.
Mr. Soros is most distressed by the president's war on terrorism. He feels that, in general, the U.S. should deal with the terrorist threat by giving out more foreign aid, enacting more equitable trade laws and being a more constructive, cooperative member of the world community. Mr. Soros argues that the U.S. should have treated the Sept. 11 attacks as a criminal matter, not an act of war. "Crime requires police work, not military action," he writes.
In fact, Mr. Soros, while conceding that the Sept. 11 attack was a bad thing, wonders why Americans got quite so upset about it. "How could a single event, even if it involved three thousand civilian casualties, have such a far-reaching effect?" he asks, apparently sincerely. The answer seems to lie "not so much in the event itself but in the way the United States, under the leadership of President George W. Bush, responded to it."
It's an argument familiar to anyone who spends time surfing left-wing Web sites or listening to the Democrats running for president: Mr. Bush, instead of choosing the path of careful police work and international cooperation, recklessly took the nation to war. By doing so, the U.S. became, in Mr. Soros's words, "the victim turned perpetrator."
Why did President Bush do such a thing? Because he came under the spell of a small group of -- by now, the reader can see this coming a mile away -- "neoconservatives" and their ideology of American supremacy. In particular, Mr. Soros believes, the president and some top officials in his administration were influenced by the Project for a New American Century, the Washington think tank that the anti-Bush left sees as the nerve center of the neoconservative conspiracy. Mr. Soros seems positively obsessed with the Project; in this short book, he reprints its entire mission statement, along with a description of each founder.
According to Mr. Soros's theory, the ideologues at the Project had a longstanding war plan to impose American supremacy on the world. But they faced two obstacles: George W. Bush, their chosen president, did not have a mandate to take such drastic action, and America had no clearly defined enemy. Then, almost as if by magic, Sept. 11 "removed both obstacles in one stroke," Mr. Soros writes.
The newly empowered president declared war on terrorism, and the nation went along. "The administration deliberately fostered the fear that has gripped the country," Mr. Soros continues. "It then used the war on terrorism to pursue its dream of American supremacy." And a sensible course of foreign aid and trade policy was abandoned in favor of war.
By making this theory the centerpiece of his book, Mr. Soros veers close to what has become the left's equivalent of black-helicopter paranoia. But the most irksome thing about his argument, besides its conspiratorial leanings, is Mr. Soros's failure to acknowledge that the path he advocates -- treating terrorism as a criminal issue and stressing cooperation with other nations -- was tried for a dozen years through the first Bush and both Clinton administrations. President Clinton talked and talked about bringing terrorists to justice. And yet by and large he did not, and he certainly did not diminish the threat al Qaeda posed to the U.S.
Still, Mr. Soros thinks the U.S. would do well to take up "a doctrine of preventive action of a constructive nature," like "fostering the development of open societies." He calls this bold plan the "Soros doctrine." Yes, Mr. President: Throw out your own ideas about fighting terrorism and its sponsors and take up the Soros doctrine instead! And while you're at it, apologize, too -- Mr. Soros is particularly unhappy that Mr. Bush was "unrepentant" at his speech to the United Nations in September.
Mr. Soros says he is so concerned about the "excesses" of the Bush administration because they bring to mind what went on in Nazi Germany. A Jew who grew up in Hungary under both Nazi and communist domination, Mr. Soros writes: "When I hear President Bush say that 'either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists,' I hear alarm bells." Speaking to the Washington Post in November, he was a bit more explicit, claiming that Mr. Bush "reminds me of the Germans."
At any given time, there is some small sliver of the American population that believes the president -- any president -- is a Nazi. Those people are usually thought of as nut cases. Now they can count among their number one of the world's richest and most influential men.
Of course, the majority of Americans approve of Mr. Bush's prosecution of the war on terror. And that worries Mr. Soros. "I am distressed," he writes, "that the public is not as alarmed as I am." So he is determined to spend whatever it takes to alarm them. Powered by his money and the massive egomania that infuses this book, he can do a lot.
Back in the 1960s and 1970s, W. Clement Stone wanted to change the world by applying the lessons of books like "Think and Grow Rich" and "The Power of Positive Thinking." That might have been silly, but at least Stone wasn't a dangerous man.
The same cannot be said of George Soros.
Mr. York is White House correspondent for National Review.


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