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network connection: 100/1000 Gigabit ethernet
Basically, this has been happening in the past couple of months or so. When watching a video, after 30 minutes or so the audio will cut out, then after a further 30 seconds of video, the video will freeze. If I leave it frozen for about a minute or two, it returns with the audio and the video continues playing picking up where the sound starts. Sometimes this can happen in 10 minute intervals.
I'm not sure what the problem is, but one solution is to press the Circle button on the pad which takes me back to the browsing screen on the ps3, then pressing x on the video file again to pick up where it cut off.
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Scott Appoints Lawyer Glenn Terry Shelby to 10th Judicial Circuit
Published: Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 11:58 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 11:58 p.m.
LAKELAND | Glenn Terry Shelby, a Lakeland lawyer, was appointed Wednesday to the circuit judgeship vacated by last month's retirement of Circuit Judge John Laurent.
Laurent, a former state legislator, was elected to the 10th Judicial Circuit bench in 2002.
Shelby, 57, was among 35 applicants for the seat. A Miami native, Shelby has been in Polk County since 1980 after graduating in 1979 from the University of Florida law school.
He has specialized in estate planning and real-estate transactions during his 33 years in practice. In 2008, he had applied for a county judge position but wasn't selected. He said he originally came to Lakeland to practice with a lawyer named Jim Welch, with whom he worked until 1986. "I've been in a couple of partnerships over the years, but for the most part, it's been solo practice."
With his years of experience, Shelby said, he feels comfortable moving into the judiciary.
"It seemed like it would be a very interesting and rewarding thing to do," he said. "And it's a way to serve the citizens."
His most immediate challenge, he predicted, will be "learning the other areas of law I haven't had a lot of practice in."
Shelby is married, and he and his wife, Nancy, have three living children: Hannah Fisher, Aaron Shelby and Elizabeth Duncan; and four grandchildren. A fourth child, Stephen Shelby, died years ago.
In his off time, he described himself as someone who "would rather wash the car than play golf."
Shelby was on the board of Lakeland Christian School for about 20 years and currently is on the board of Lake Morton Community Church.
"Glenn is a Florida native, an admirable family man and a committed community leader," Florida Gov. Rick Scott said in a press release announcing the appointment.
"He has a keen understanding of the proper role of the judiciary and will make a fine circuit court judge for the citizens of Polk, Highlands and Hardee counties."
Circuit judges receive annual salaries of $142,178.
Shelby said Scott called him Wednesday to let him know he was appointed. He estimated it will take four weeks to wind down his private practice in Lakeland before assuming his new job.
Shelby's first assignment will be felony cases, Court Administrator Nick Sudzina said.
"We know he has to close out a law practice," Sudzina said. "He'll be sworn in the day he begins with us."
Other judges will fill the gap until then.
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I (and I suspect a lot of others) come to this forum looking for solutions. The large majority of the posts however, give no background regarding treatment, disease background, etc. As a result it is impossible to derive much from this.
Most of the posts go something like "I just got back from the doctor and I am stable" or "My NIH trial is really going well". Needless to say this doesn't help a desperate person searching for answers.
I'm not sure what can be done to improve this but maybe the moderators could draw out some pertinent information so we can benefit from these successes. Identify which trial, what form of disease, the therapy that worked, and so forth. I am personally one year into chemo (8 cycles of Gem+Cis; 6 weeks of holiday; 10 or 11 Gem + carb) and that is starting to not work. I am looking around at trials but would like to get into one that offers some expectation of success. Without some sort of experience confirmation this is not possible as the results are not posted until after the trial is complete.


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The Poodle, though often equated to the beauty with no brains, is exceptionally smart and active and excels in obedience training. He is also the only breed that comes in three size varieties. This size choice may be why the Poodle is one of the most popular breeds, according to AKC Registration statistics. Poodles can be a variety of solid colors, including white, black, apricot, and gray, but never particolored.
A Look Back
The breed originated in Germany as a water retriever. The stylish "Poodle clip" was designed by hunters to help the dogs move through the water more efficiently. The patches of hair left on the body are meant to protect vital organs and joints that are susceptible to cold. The Standard variety is the oldest of the three varieties. The Miniature variety may have been used for truffle hunting. The Toy Poodle was often used in performances and circuses.
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The Poodle can accommodate nearly any size living quarters. His hypoallergenic coat may reduce allergic reactions, but requires regular professional grooming. The Poodle is an active breed and requires daily exercise.
- Non-Sporting (Standard and Miniature) and Toy (Toy) Groups; AKC recognized in 1887.
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House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) doesn't believe the GOP should reconsider its deregulation agenda after a massive, coal-linked chemical spill left hundreds of thousands of West Virginians without tap water at a site state regulators last fully inspected in 1991.
"We have enough regulations on the books. What the administration ought to be doing is their jobs," Boehner said at a weekly press conference on Capitol Hill.
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Oracle won a big victory over Google on Friday when a U.S. appeals court reversed a trial judge's ruling in a legal clash between the two tech giants that could have broad impact across the software industry.
The ruling comes in a case in which Oracle accused Google of stealing its intellectual property by using elements of Oracle's Java programming system to create Google's popular Android mobile software, which has become the world's most widely used operating system for smartphones and tablets.
While a trial judge concluded two years ago that the Java components in dispute are not covered by U.S. copyright law, the appellate court said the judge was wrong about those components, which belong to a category of software tools known as application programming interfaces or APIs. Since APIs are widely used as building blocks for creating software that must interact with other programs, experts say the ruling could have broad implications for the software industry.
Oracle praised the decision in a statement from General Counsel Dorian Daley, calling it "a win for Oracle and the entire software industry that relies on copyright protection to fuel innovation and ensure that developers are rewarded for their breakthroughs."
Google, however, said it was "disappointed by this ruling, which sets a damaging precedent for computer science and software development." Google said it was considering its options, which could include appeals.
With its ruling, the Washington, D.C.-based appellate court sent the case back to U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco, who must now consider a separate defense that Google advanced originally.
While arguing the APIs weren't covered by copyright, Google had also argued their use was legally protected under a "fair use" doctrine that allows copyrighted material to be used without permission in certain circumstances. A jury deadlocked on that defense and Alsup did not rule on it.
Even as Oracle and its supporters praised the appellate court for protecting intellectual property, some legal experts criticized the court's reasoning Friday and said it contradicted rulings by circuit courts in other parts of the country.
"It's not clear to me that this court has understood the role that APIs play in programming," said James Grimmelmann, a software programmer and University of Maryland law professor. Some experts said APIs are more like general concepts, or building blocks, rather than particular expressions of creativity.
If it stands, the ruling could make it more difficult for developers to build software that uses APIs to interact with other programs, said Forrester analyst Jeffrey Hammond, adding that it may increase "fear, uncertainty and doubt."
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This was a GREAT event in '11 and a very disappointing event in '12. The switch from a closed loop race to a point to point race was a disaster. Nobody should have to wait 90 minutes after a race to arrive back at their car via the provided shuttle buses. Many of us had that experience. I won't be coming back until there is an acknowledgement of the error and a proposed fix. There has been neither yet.
The 2011 Long Branch Half Marathon was phenomenal. A flat and fast course that started and finished on the scenic beaches of NJ. I loved it and eagerly signed up for the 2012 race.
However, the 2012 Long Branch Half Marathon was a train-wreck of logistics. For some reason, the organizers changed a race that was not broken and made it a point to point race. We started at Monmouth Park and finished on the ocean front, and then had to wait far too long for an arduous and uncomfortable bus ride back to our cars at the start.
My rule of thumb is that if I run the race in 90 minutes and then spend 120 minutes on shuttle buses and shuttle bus lines, then I'll advise everyone to stay far far away from this race in the future.
2011 was amazing. 2012 was a DISASTER. my entire family missed my finish because they waited 2 hours for the bus from Monmouth Park to the finish line.
i have run for several years and it had been a great event but wrote to the organizers after the 2012 1/2 marathon that without changes they will lose participants. With the new 2012 format the buses back to monmouth to pick up your car were detoured and it took an hour (it's only 10 minutes away). This was because the local streets were blocked due the marathon. The gear pic-up was also disorganized and affected by the scheduling of the marathon after the 1/2 marathon. This took over 30 minutes. I'll only do it gain if they announce logistical improvements.
Many have negatively commented on the shuttles for 2012.. They were the lucky ones, I couldn't even get into the parking area on time! I live about 30 minutes away and left my home 2 hours in advance.. Its apparent that there was poor, poor planning in all aspects of this race.. I emailed them regarding any logistical changes for 2013 and no response.. I will not waste my $ again..
Having run the New Jersey marathon 5 times so far, I have to say this is my favorite marathon to run in. They have all the logistics down to a science, with the plenty of water stops along the way. They even set of a special train to get runners to the start. I look forward to this race every year.
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BOJ to Make Screen 'Debut'
Haruhiko Kuroda move over. It's time for the spotlight to fall on the Bank of Japan itself, not the governor.
The bank has been a major protagonist in the ongoing story of Japan's drive to liberate its economy from the evil clutches of deflation. Now, it will reprise a more controversial role it took back in the 1940s in an upcoming period drama.
Tokyo Broadcasting System Television Inc. confirmed that the central bank's oldest building – an imposing, 19th-century stone structure – served as the set for a scene in a period drama, "Leaders," to be shown in March.
On Tuesday morning, extras dressed as protesters surrounded a long, black sedan at the building's south gate, holding placards reading "The BOJ is the enemy!" and "Get out of Japan!"
A TBS representative said the scene takes place right after the end of World War II, when the central bank took draconian measures to deal with inflation under U.S. occupation – hence the angry people. He added that the BOJ ultimately plays a positive role in the story.
As the drama will offer a fictionalized account of Japan's auto industry in the years leading up to and after World War II, the governor's choice of car – a Cadillac – is also notable. That's likely to symbolize U.S. influence on the bank, the economy and Japan's main industries during the Occupation from 1945-1952.
The main character in the five-hour drama, Saichiro Aichi, is inspired by Toyota Motor founder Kiichiro Toyoda. Even the character's family name – Aichi – is a reference to the prefecture where the car maker has its headquarters.
A BOJ representative said that given its long history, the bank couldn't immediately confirm if the scene is the first one the institution has ever cooperated on, but noted that it is certainly the first time the bank has been used as a filming location in recent years.
The oldest part of the BOJ headquarters featured in Tuesday's shoot was designed by Kingo Tatsuno, and completed in 1896. Mr. Tatsuno traveled to Europe to study other central bank architecture, and is said to have based the BOJ building on the Belgian central bank.
He also designed Tokyo Station, creating a second landmark in the city that underlined the rapidly modernizing nation's newfound confidence in the ability of its own architects to make prestigious buildings referencing Western design.
The building also references one of the bank's main preoccupations: the yen. As BOJ enthusiasts like to point out, the building is shaped like the Japanese symbol for yen when viewed from above.


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Discussion in 'Fantasy / Horror' started by juzzza, Dec 23, 2005.
Anyone read this?
No but I think it is the start or part of a new series. He had a 10 book YA Vampire series out called Cirque Du Freak about a traveling circus that is a front for Vampires, and a kid who gets infected and goes with them.
Yes - I've read it. Read the whole series. Very good - but predictable, I thought. 7/10 overall. Used to hang out on Darrens site a lot a while back.
is lord loss any good?
ITS PURE UTTER BRILLIANCE, sorry. Yeah it's good.
yes it is. and so is demon theif the next one in the series. I reccomend all the darren shan books to everyone.
yeah, its sooo good, i read all of them, n they rock!
I completely agree, they are excellent, but youre making me sulk showing the newest one (i think)
I read the first two books of his Cirque Du Freak series. I thought they were pretty good for YA horror.
I just picked up that book Lord Loss by by chance. I just finished reading The Lies of Locke Lamora and I saw it lying around the house. It is my brothers book. Normally I don't really take an interest in the books he reads, but I've read about 100 pages and it is really good. Didn't really expect what happened around 30 pages in. It's a great YA book IMO.
I preferred his vampire series and a new series starts next month
Birth of a Killer - bk 1 the Saga of Larten Crepsley
This is the story before his first vampire series, I'll try get this from my library
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Published: Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 7:54 p.m.
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A new fee would be charged of anyone convicted of a domestic violence offense, with the dollars dedicated to pay for shelters for battered women and their children, under a bill that received passage from the Senate in a 29-6 vote.
The measure (Senate Bill 251) by Sen. J.P. Morrell, D-New Orleans, would allow fee up to $500, with the discretion left to the courts to decide the specific amount.
Morrell proposed the charge as a way to offset cuts that have already hit shelter programs for domestic violence victims and to counteract additional rounds of budget slashing that are proposed.
The proposal heads next to the House for debate.
All Houma-Thibodaux senators voted for the measure.
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SAN JOSE -- When 10-year-old Marissa Mabanag came home from school Thursday afternoon, the best possible surprise was waiting. Her adorable, 6-month-old puppy Meeko was back, safe and sound.
"I want to say thank you to everyone who made this happen," Marissa said, tears welling up in her eyes, clutching Meeko. "It means a lot to me. I missed him."
The feeling appeared mutual. Meeko, a reddish-brown Yorkie-Shih Tzu mix, wouldn't stop wagging his tail.
The reunion, which was carefully scripted to happen in front of a gaggle of waiting media cameras, brought a happy ending to a dastardly dognapping that personalized the very serious problem of rising crime in San Jose.
"This shows that when a community stands together and good people do something like this, great things can happen," said Marie Mabanag, Marissa's mother. "Everyone made an amazing ending for us. This is something that we're never going to forget."
The story of the purloined pup had tugged at Bay Area heartstrings. He was stolen when burglars robbed the South San Jose home Monday. It was the second time in just over a year that Michael and Marie Mabanag's house had been ransacked by thieves.
Two members of the San Jose City Council, Ash Kalra and Nancy Pyle, drew attention to the robbery with a news conference Wednesday, citing it as a way to illustrate how they believe police understaffing is responsible for the city's spike in crime. Marissa simply pleaded for her puppy's return.
Meanwhile, it turns out that Meeko was having quite an adventure.
Wednesday night, Blanca Del Real, a former San Jose resident who moved with her family to Los Banos in Merced County about six months ago, was walking through a Target parking lot with her two children. The kids saw a woman holding a cute puppy, who told Del Real that she had just found it wandering around. She said they could have it since the kids, 3-year-old Jasmine and 6-year-old Jonathan, were so taken with the puppy.
They bought a collar, leash and food for the dog. But Thursday morning, Del Real saw an online news report about Meeko.
"I realized, 'Oh my, that's this dog," Del Real said. "I wondered how he could have gotten from San Jose all the way here."
She called Michael Mabanag's phone number, which was included in the story, and local animal control in Los Banos came to pick up the dog. Scanning an implanted microchip confirmed it was Meeko.
"I was glad to get the little girl her dog back," Del Real said. "But my little girl was crying so hard. I told her we could get her another dog."
She'll have the money to do that. A reward fund of $6,000 had been established by the San Jose Police Officers Association, the San Jose Fire Fighters Local 230 and Kalra. Thursday afternoon, Del Real already was holding checks of $2,500 each from the unions.
Marissa also had offered the contents of her piggy bank. As promised, 14-year-old sister Marianna handed Del Real a fat, ceramic pig filled with several hundred dollars. In turn, Del Real gave it back to Marissa. That set off another round of tears and a long hug between Del Real and Marie Mabanag.
"Look at the smile on my daughter's face," Marie Mabanag told her. "You put that on her."
With the escalating tensions between City Hall and the police union, even the simple story of dog's safe return is steeped in politics.
The circumstances of Meeko's recovery, police union President Jim Unland said, is evidence supporting the union's claim that criminals are emboldened by the department's thin patrols and cuts in dedicated teams like the burglary unit.
Even so, Kalra, a police union ally, said: "There are fairy tale endings."
Marissa certainly thought so as she continued to hold on tight to Meeko.
"I just can't believe that he's in my arms right now," she said. "I'm just so happy that he's home safe."


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LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi men's tennis team shut out Utah State, 4-0, today in their second consecutive sweep of the season at the NMSU Tennis Center. The Islanders quickly rolled through doubles play picking up the first two wins and powered their way through three straight-set singles victories to improve to 5-3 on the year.
"I thought we came out with a lot of energy in the singles and doubles and really made a statement with our energy," Director of Tennis Steve Moore said. "I thought Utah State competed really hard, and the match was a lot closer than the score.
"Our guys are getting a little better everyday and they are competing with a lot of tenacity. The guys are really making a difference for each other and lifting each other up. I think this road trip was great for our team and we grew a lot. We have a lot of work to do and a lot we need to improve on, but the guys competed tough today."
Peter Nagy and Guillaume Rauseo teamed up for the first doubles win of the day with a 6-2 win over Utah State's (1-2) Fredrik Peterson and Marcus Fritz on court one. The junior-sophomore pair of Pietro Jordao and Javier Pujol mirrored Nagy and Rauseo with a 6-2 win over Dennis Baumgartner and Sean Levesque in the No. 3 slot to clinch the doubles point for the Islanders. The duo of Matt Westmoreland and Paul Cook were ahead 4-3 against the Aggie pair of Andrew Whiting and Matt Sweet in No. 2 doubles when the point was clinched.
A&M - Corpus Christi kept the momentum going into singles play to win three straight. Westmoreland started things off with a 6-0, 6-2 straight-set victory over Levesque in No. 5 singles for the Islanders' second point of the day. Nagy (5-1) then garnered a 6-3 first-set win over Baumgartner in the No. 1 slot before breezing through the second set 6-0 to keep the Islanders in front 3-0. In the No. 4 spot, Pujol downed Sweet 6-0 in the first set before clinching the match for the Islanders 6-4 in the second set.
Ricardo Mayagoitia posted a 6-4 first-set win over Peterson in the No. 2 position and was ahead 3-0 in the second when the match was clinched. Rauseo (No. 3) and Philip Kuehnen (No. 6) both dropped their first sets 4-6 but were ahead in their second sets when play was stopped.
The Islanders men's team along with the women's team will host Maryland Baltimore County in the home opener at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center on Sunday, Jan. 26, at 10 a.m.
For all the latest on Islanders Tennis, like the team on Facebook (IslandersTennis) and follow them on Twitter and Instagram (@IslandersTennis).
Tennis Match Results
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi vs Utah State
1/24/2014 at Las Cruces, N.M.
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi 4, Utah State 0
Singles competition:
1. Peter Nagy (AMCC) def. Dennis Baumgartner (UTAHST) 6-3, 6-0
2. Fredrik Peterson (UTAHST) vs. Ricardo Mayagoitia (AMCC) 4-6, 0-3, unfinished
3. Marcus Fritz (UTAHST) vs. Guillaume Rauseo (AMCC) 6-4, 2-5, unfinished
4. Javier Pujol (AMCC) def. Matt Sweet (UTAHST) 6-0, 6-4
5. Matt Westmoreland (AMCC) def. Sean Levesque (UTAHST) 6-0, 6-2
6. Tomas Cosmai (UTAHST) vs. Philip Kuehnen (AMCC) 6-4, 1-3, unfinished
Doubles competition:
1. Peter Nagy/Guillaume Rauseo (AMCC) def. Fredrik Peterson/Marcus Fritz (UTAHST) 6-2
2. Andrew Whiting/Matt Sweet (UTAHST) vs. Matt Westmoreland/Paul Cook (AMCC) 3-4, unfinished
3. Pietro Jordao/Javier Pujol (AMCC) def. Dennis Baumgartner/Sean Levesque (UTAHST) 6-2
Match Notes:
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi 5-3
Utah State 1-2
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (5,1,4)


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Area briefs: Future Clemson golfer makes LPGA cut
Published: Friday, April 5, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 12:25 a.m.
Future Clemson women's golfer Ashlan Ramsey made the cut by three shots at the Kraft Nabisco Championship in Rancho Mirage, Calif. on Friday afternoon. The native of Milledgeville, Ga., shot a second-round 75 and stands in 42nd place after 36 holes of the first major of the year on the LPGA Tour.
... The volleyball team defeated South Carolina 3-1 (25-20, 25-19, 20-25, 25-21).
... The men's tennis team fell 7-0 to Duke.
SOUTH CAROLINA: The men's tennis team fell 4-2 to Mississippi State.
... The women's tennis team defeated Mississippi State 4-3.
... The softball team lost 3-1 to Kentucky. Kelley Dillon led the Gamecocks going 2-for-3.
... The track and field team collected five top-10 finishes in the first day of competition at the Pepsi Florida Relays in Gainesville, Fla.
USC UPSTATE: The men's and women's track and field teams opened the Duke Invitational Friday, breaking two school records. Gilbert Kemboi shattered his previous record in the men's 5,000 meter claiming sixth place. Rebecca Elliott improved on her school record in the 400-meter hurdles.
... The men's tennis team defeated Northern Kentucky 5-2.
... The women's tennis team defeated Northern Kentucky 7-0.
LIMESTONE: Andrew Miller, Eric Zaun and Kevin Hart were named to the All-Conference Carolinas teams.
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September 07, 2005
Solar Tours Come to 43 States and D.C. on October 1st
Thousands of homes, schools, and businesses that use solar energy will open their doors to the public on October 1st for the National Solar Tour, sponsored by the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) with support from DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The tour, in its tenth year, is benefiting from growing public interest in affordable solar power and energy efficiency as energy prices reach new highs. Solar tours in hundreds of communities attracted tens of thousands of tour takers last year. This year, there will be open houses in 43 states plus the District of Columbia. And if you live in a state without a solar tour, there's still time to organize one! See the ASES press release and state-by-state list of solar tours.
A week later, a highly unusual community of solar homes will open its doors to the public in Washington, D.C., as DOE's second Solar Decathlon gets underway. Fifteen teams of college and university students from across the United States—plus teams from Canada, Puerto Rico, and Spain—will converge on the National Mall in late September and proceed to assemble innovative homes that run entirely on solar power. On October 7th, the Solar Decathlon officially begins and the 18 small homes open to the public. The homes will remain open to the public through October 16th, but will be closed on October 12th for part of the competition.
As the name suggests, the Solar Decathlon consist of ten contests: each solar home will be judged on its architecture and dwelling design (the "livability" and "buildability" of the home); each home will have to demonstrate its ability to maintain heat and humidity at comfortable levels, power a number of appliances, supply ample indoor lighting, and power an electric car, while relying as little as possible on the energy stored in the home's batteries; and each team will be judged on how well the team analyzed their home and documented the design process and on how well they communicate their achievement to the public through Web sites and public tours. The overall winner of the Solar Decathlon will be announced on October 14th. See the Solar Decathlon Web site.


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Dr. Jamie Jacobs joined Waynesburg University as the dean of institutional effectiveness and planning in February of 2014. In her role, Dr. Jacobs provides administrative oversight for the University's institutional effectiveness, assessment and accreditation processes.
John Olon joined Waynesburg University as chief financial officer in April of 2014. Olon provides executive level direction and management oversight for financial planning, budgeting and budget analysis.
Juniors Ellen Limback, Rebecca Shindelar and Allyson Wernert and sophomores Caley Blankenbuehler, Cassandra Gates and Madison Perretta were selected as the 2014 Waynesburg University recipients of scholarships from the Vira I. Heinz Program for Women in Global Leadership. The scholarships will afford these women the opportunity to travel and study overseas through various study abroad programs.
Waynesburg University hosted its seventh annual Mini-Relay for Life April 27. Grant Strouse, a junior chemistry major at Waynesburg University, shared his story of cancer survival at the event. Strouse was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, a blood cancer that attacks the lymph nodes, as a sophomore in March of 2013. He withdrew from classes for two semesters and underwent six rounds of chemotherapy during a 23-week span. At Relay, he said that cancer taught him that when God is really all you have, He is all you need. Strouse believes that the Lord brought him through the worst time of his life, and promised others that God would do the same for them.
In October of 2013, Rev. Caroline Poteet joined Waynesburg University as the director of faith and mission. In her role, she serves as a member of the senior administrative team with the goal of fostering the spiritual formation in the University community.
In September of 2013, Dr. Jacquelyn J. Core was named Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost of Waynesburg University, the University announced today. In her role, she serves as the chief academic officer of the University as well as a member of the senior administrative team.
In June of 2013, William G. Dumire joined Waynesburg University as the Executive Director of Information Technologies, the University announced today. Dumire directs the overall management and operation of campus-wide information technology resources.
The Carnegie Bosch Institute at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business selected Waynesburg University as a Global Leadership Project Partner for its Global Leadership Forum, an intensive four-week program that runs from May 28 to June 20, 2013. As the demanding flagship program in Carnegie Bosch Institute's leadership seminar lineup, the Global Leadership Forum delivers innovative executive development and value to client companies and participants worldwide.
Dr. H. Mathilda Horst was re-elected to the Waynesburg University Board of Trustees during the May 18, 2013 board meeting. Horst serves as the director of surgical intensive care and as the program director for the Surgical Care Fellowship at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Mich. Her three-year term began July 1, 2013.
Junior Gabrielle King and sophomores Rebecca Lane, Ellen Limback and Katie Shultz were named the 2013 Waynesburg University recipients of scholarships from the Vira I. Heinz Program for Women in Global Leadership. The scholarships afford these women the opportunity to travel and study overseas through various study abroad programs.


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WACO, Texas – For the second straight year, junior Patrick Kimeli finished in seventh place in the men's 10k at the South Central Regional Championships Saturday to qualify for the NCAA National Championships. Kimeli crossed the line with a time of 30:55.9 to become the sixth runner in the last seven years to represent the Islanders at the NCAA Championships.
"It was a windy day and Patrick was in a pack running in the fifth slot," head coach Shawn Flanagan said. "He had a tremendous last 500 meters to bring it home and he closed in nicely."
The No. 9 South Central Regional ranked men's team finished in ninth place with 255 points, two points behind Stephen F. Austin. No. 1-ranked Texas finished in first place with 40 points while No. 3-ranked Texas A&M finished in second with 56 points. No. 2-ranked Arkansas finished in third place (65 points) while Lamar (93 points) and UTSA (196) rounded out the top five.
"The guys tried coming from behind," Flanagan said. "Justin Adame and Angel Banda ran really well. We went in ranked ninth and finished ninth."
Behind Kimeli was Adame in 45th place with a time of 32:36.1. Adame improved his place and time from a year ago. Last season the sophomore finished in 93rd place with a time of 33:42.6. In third place for the Islanders was Banda in 68th place with a time of 33:15.4. Three spots behind Banda, was freshman Valentinas Rudys who crossed the line in 71st place with a time of 33:20.3. Rounding out the men's scores were freshmen Christoph Hintz and Paul Hansel who finished in 77th and 78th spots, respectively.
The women's squad finished the 6k race in 10th place, five spots back from their No. 5 South Central Regional ranking. The Islanders finished four points behind Stephen F. Austin (298 points). No. 2-ranked Arkansas won with 49 points and No. 1-ranked Texas finished in second with 69 points. Texas A&M placed third (90 points) while SMU (128 points) and Rice (129 points) rounded out the top five in fourth and fifth place.
The Islanders were led by seniors Julia Sambu and Sarah Kimaiyo. Sambu finished in 41st place with a time of 22:22.2, while Kimaiyo finished in 51st place with a time of 22:33.8. In third place for the Islanders was BreAnna Briggs in the 58th slot with a time of 22:44.0 and 11 spots behind Briggs was Cecilia Gonzalez with a time of 22:57.2. Rounding out the top five for the women's team was senior Danielle Higgins in the 83rd slot with a time of 23:20.0. Shelby Polasek and senior Kristine Burciaga finished in 101st and 104th spots, respectively.
With 1,000 meters to go, the Islanders No. 1 runner Burciaga was in 24th place when the illness that she had been fighting all week took a toll on her and she dropped 80 places in the last 1,000 meters. She gave it 110 percent and was determined to finish her last college race.
"She has been there when we needed her all season and her illness was just too much for a competitive finish for her, but she was not dropping out no matter how bad it hurt," Flanagan said. "The team finish is well shy of where we wanted to be in spite of good performances from Bree, Cecy, Julia and Sarah. "Kristine has been the rock on which the team has stood and she has really came through when we needed her."
Burciaga, Sambu, Kimaiyo and Higgins all competed in their final race as an Islander.
Kimeli will represent the Islanders at the 2011 NCAA National Championships on Monday, Nov. 21, in Terre Haute, Ind. at 11 a.m. CT.
For the latest information, follow Islanders Cross Country on Twitter (@IslandersTFXC) and Facebook (Texas A&M Corpus Christi Track & Field/Cross Country).
Women's 6k Team Scores:
1. Arkansas 49
2. Texas 69
3. Texas A&M 90
5. Rice 129
6. Baylor 182
7. Lamar 272
9. Stephen F. Austin 298
10. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi 302
11. Texas Christian 306
12. North Texas 356
13. Arkansas State 356
14. Texas State 409
15. Arkansas - Little Rock 427
16. Texas-Pan American 434
17. Houston 460
18. Tulane 469
20. Houston Baptist 527
21. Texas-Arlington 537
22. McNeese State 545
23. Nicholls State 554
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi Individual Results:
41. Julia Sambu 22:22.2
51. Sarah Kimaiyo 22:33.8
58. BreAnna Briggs 22:44.0
69. Cecilia Gonzalez 22:57.2
83. Danielle Higgins 23:20.0
101. Shelby Polasek 23:56.7
104. Kristine Burciaga 24:00.8
Men's 10k Team Scores:
1. Texas 40
2. Texas A&M 56
3. Arkansas 65
4. Lamar 93
6. Rice 202
7. Houston 214
8. Stephen F. Austin 253
9. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi 255
9. Arkansas - Little Rock 255
11. Texas-Pan American 298
12. Baylor 339
14. McNeese State 365
15. Houston Baptist 413
16. North Texas 443
17. Tulane 483
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi Individual Results:
7. Patrick Kimeli 30:55.9
45. Justin Adame 32:36.1
68. Angel Banda 33:15.4
71. Valentinas Rudys 33:20.3
77. Christoph Hintz 33:36.7
78. Paul Hansel 33:37.7


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Oran Canfield—son of self-help guru and Chicken Soup for the Soul creator Jack Canfield—tells his surreal story of growing up in Long Past Stopping. In this remarkable memoir, writing with a wry and cutting edge, Canfield relates tales of a childhood in flux—being buffeted about among family friends, relatives, rebels, and born-again circus clowns, in an anarchist private school, communes, and libertarian enclaves—and of a young adulthood spent among the ruins of heroin addiction. Long Past Stopping is Oran Canfield's often hilariously harrowing tale of surviving life in the strange lane.
Juggled between an endless succession of friends, relatives, anarchist boarding schools, libertarian commune dwellers, socialist rebels, and born-again circus clowns, Oran Canfield grew up viewing the inconsistencies of the world with a wary eye. The son of Jack Canfield—the motivational speaker and creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul—Oran is intensely self-conscious and reserved, but his life can't seem to leave him alone. Whether he's teaching two hundred eager self-help disciples to juggle (among them a woman with stumps for hands), dodging a series of wacky near-death experiences, delivering newspapers in satin pants on a unicycle, or experimenting with drugs in the back of a Mexican cop car at age thirteen, one thing's for sure: Oran's life is much stranger than fiction.
With mordant wit, Long Past Stopping grapples with the paradoxes of a mad world and shows that feel-good nostrums go only so far. Sometimes the only way out is the hard way.
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"Memoirs about dysfunctional families can be funny, and this book is hilarious… [Canfield] delivers newspapers on a unicycle, wins third place in a juggling competition and experiments with drugs in a Mexican police cruiser. His descriptions are snappy and his side commentary…[makes] you laugh out loud." — Associated Press
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Description: Lesser and greater scaup are often found together. The smaller size of the lesser scaup is very obvious. Lesser scaup also have a smaller, less-round, purple-tinted head than greater scaup. Male lesser scaup have a glossy black head with a purple cast. The neck, breast and upper mantle are glossy black. Vermiculations on the sides and flanks are olive brown and contrast with the white chest and belly. The back is light gray with broad heavy vermiculations of sooty black. The tail, upper and under-tail coverts are black. The wing has a white speculum and the inner primaries are light brown, becoming darker towards the tips and outer primaries. The bill is a light blue-gray with a black nail, the legs and feet are gray and the iris is yellow. In courtship the male utters weak whistling notes. Female lesser scaup have a brownish head, neck and chest, and white oval patches around their bills. The back, rump and scapulars are dark brown and the speculum is white. The bill is similar to that of the male but slightly duller, the legs and feet are gray and the iris is yellow. The female has weaker growl than greater scaup.
Breeding: Lesser scaup have one of the most extensive breeding ranges of North American ducks. Their breeding range extends from the northern United States through the Prairie Pothole Region, to the Bering Sea, with the largest breeding populations occurring in the boreal forests of Canada. They typically breed near interior lakes, ponds and sedge meadows. Deeper, more permanent wetlands are preferred. Lesser scaup prefer wetland habitats with emergent vegetation, such as bulrushes, since they often harbor abundant populations of aquatic insect larvae. Females nest in close proximity to open water and lay an average of 9 eggs.
Migrating and Wintering: The majority of lesser scaup migrate through the Central and Mississippi flyways to wintering areas along the Gulf of Mexico and coastal Florida. Fresh and brackish water wetlands and open bays are preferred wintering habitats. Lesser scaup are a common winter visitor to Central America, the Caribbean and northern Colombia and an occasional winter visitor to Ecuador, Venezuela and Trinidad (Scott and Carbonell, 1986).
Population: Lesser and greater scaup are counted together, because they are difficult to distinguish during aerial surveys. Lesser scaup are estimated to constitute roughly 89 percent of the continental scaup population. Scaup populations have steadily declined since the 1980s. Contaminants, lower female survival and reduced recruitment due to changes in breeding habitat or food resources are thought to be the primary factors contributing to the decline, although causes are little understood.
Food habits: Lesser scaup dive to feed on seeds of pondweeds, wigeon grass, wild rice, sedges and bulrushes. They also feed on crustaceans, mollusks, aquatic insects and small fish.
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Donna Nuelinger knows a thing or two about Legos.
She's been building with the colorful blocks since she was 4. Now, she is 33 years old and the teacher of a new after-school program for 7- to 14-year-olds at The Centre. It's called Lego Brick 101.
"Age 15 to 23 were my dark years," said the Edgar Springs resident. "I was busy with school and didn't have time to build."
The class meets once a week for an hour and a half. At the opening class Thursday, two tables full of the colorful plastic building blocks were surrounded by little grabbing hands.
Nuelinger said that sign-up has been so popular that The Centre has opened a second class and a third class, both of which have sold out.
"The kids will learn techniques like overlapping, staggering, micro-design and macro-design," she explained. Earlier this month, Nuelinger won a Brickie Award at a Lego brick fair in Alabama. It was a fan-based convention, she explained.
Her winning entry was an electronic fan, complete with a motor. She built it at her home in Edgar Springs with her massive collection.
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Court Rebuffs Mayor Bloomberg's Homeless Policy
New York's highest court ruled Tuesday that Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration violated the law by failing to notify the public about changes it sought to the eligibility rules for single adults pursuing a bed in New York City's homeless shelters–marking another setback for the mayor's policies on homelessness.
The state Court of Appeals affirmed two lower court rulings that effectively nullifies the administration's plan — first made public in November 2011 — to turn away single adults from city shelters unless they demonstrated they have no other housing options. The courts didn't rule on the merits of the policy, but found the administration's failure to vet the policy before the public violated the City Charter.
The City Council, led by Speaker Christine Quinn, took the unusual step of suing the Bloomberg administration to prevent what Ms. Quinn, a Manhattan Democrat, called a "cruel" and counterproductive policy from taking effect. On Tuesday, Ms. Quinn hailed the court's decision as a victory because she said it blocks the mayor from implementing a policy that would have kept thousands of men and women out of shelters.
"The opinion is an important victory, not only for New York City's homeless adults, but also for the principles of openness and accountability," Ms. Quinn said. "The mayor cannot unilaterally impose policies that would have such significant impact without even notifying the public or receiving comments."
Ms. Quinn, who ran unsuccessfully for mayor this year, said she hopes the Bloomberg administration will "finally abandon its misguided" policy.
Thomas Crane, chief of the city Law Department's general litigation division, said the administration is disappointed with the decision.
"Shelter should be a last resort, when all other resources have been exhausted," Mr. Crane said.
A spokeswoman for the city's Department of Homeless Services declined to comment, saying the Law Department would be responding for the administration.
Since Mr. Bloomberg took office in January 2002, the nightly homeless shelter population has increased 69% — there are now more than 52,000 people, including 22,000 children, sleeping each night in a city shelter.
During the first three months of the current fiscal year, the average number of adults in shelters per day increased 8% and the average length of stay for single adults in shelters increased 5%, according to the city.
Steve Banks, attorney in chief at the Legal Aid Society, a nonprofit that also sued to prevent the policy from moving forward, said, "It's important that the highest court in the state has said that the current administration can't do an end-run around the requirements of publishing rules for public comment, particularly here where the policy is so misguided that it would result in more homeless women and homeless men on the streets."
Patrick Markee, a senior policy analyst at the Coalition for the Homeless, an advocacy group, said he's hopeful the incoming mayor, Bill de Blasio, will adopt a more "sensible" approach to the city's growing homeless population. Mr. Markee described the mayor's policies on homelessness as "mean spirited" and "punitive."
"It's clear that the mayor's approach to homelessness has been a failure just based on the dramatic increase in the numbers of homeless people to all-time record levels," Mr. Markee said. "We're glad we'll be turning the page."
A spokeswoman for Mr. de Blasio, the city's public advocate who succeeds Mr. Bloomberg on New Year's Day, said, "Mayor-elect de Blasio opposes punitive eligibility review rules–such as those struck down today–that make it harder for people and families in need to access shelters."
During the mayoral campaign, Mr. de Blasio described Mr. Bloomberg's approach to homelessness as a failure and he promulgated policies that he said would improve the situation.


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What is society's "rape culture"? Immersed in a highly sexualized culture with little sex education and often no guidance, teens don't have consistent rules -- and thus see a blurry line between sex and sexual assault.
Here are some thoughts from young people and those who work with them on teens and sex:
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No complaints with a Ghost opener. This one probably won't crack your top 10 list, but it contains a nice jam that settles down into Water in the Sky. The following Wolfman's Brother is really solid with a great funk jam that uses dynamics to great effect. Following that up with a 9 minute Gumbo is fine by me. This Gumbo is a little different than its funky brethren as Page leads us down a more subdued route ending with some dark space, signaling the start of Bowie. Great mid-set Bowie with a cool intro and a strong jam. The Wolfman's>Gumbo>Bowie sequence is my favorite segment of the show. Brian and Robert is noteworthy for the humorous banter about the band doing things that Fish hates. October 98 was an interesting time for Reba, as the two most exploratory versions to date came during the month. The band doesn't pull this one of as well as the 10/29 version but it is worth hearing for the effort. A typically rousing Character Zero ends the excellent first set.
The Second set starts well enough with My Soul, but following that up with a standard Chalk Dust and Roggae leaves something to be desired. Moma Dance is good, as it was most of the time in 98, but Wading in the Velvet Sea prevents any momentum from building. Although, I can imiagine that Wading was likely a special moment for those in attendance in the intimate venue. Seeing Prince Caspian after Wading may make you groan, but let me tell you that this Caspian is the highlight of set and one of the finest versions ever. In fact, Kevin Shapiro released the SBD of it. The Frankie Says, BOAF, Lawn Boy segment is run-of-the-mill, but the set-closing Hood somewhat saves the set with an extended intro and a satisfying jam. Dirt and Limb by Limb are not usually found in the encore slot so it gets some points for originality.
Overall, this show has a very good first set and a somewhat disappointing second set, but it is not without material you should seek out.


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A facial tic is a repeated spasm, often involving the eyes and muscles of the face.
Tic - facial; Mimic spasm
Tics most often occur in children, but may last into adulthood. Tics occur three to four times as often in boys as girls. Tics may affect as many as one-fourth of all children at some time.
The cause of tics is unknown, but stress appears to make tics worse.
Short-lived tics (transient tic disorder) are common in childhood.
Tics may involve repeated, uncontrolled spasm-like muscle movements, such as:
Repeated throat clearing or grunting may also be present.
The health care provider will usually diagnose a tic during a physical examination. No special tests are needed. In rare cases, an
Short-lived childhood tics are not treated. Calling the child's attention to a tic may make it worse or cause it to continue. A non-stressful environment can make tics occur less often, and help them go away more quickly. Stress reduction programs may also be helpful.
If tics severely affect a person's life, medicines may help control them.
Simple childhood tics should go away on their own over a period of months. Chronic tics may continue for a longer period of time.
In most cases, there are no complications.
Call for an appointment with your health care provider if tics:
Many cases cannot be prevented. Reducing stress may be helpful. Sometimes counseling can help your child learn how to cope with stress.
Franklin SA, Walther MR, Woods DW. Behavioral interventions for tic disorders. Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2010;33:641-655.
Jankovic J, Lang AE. Movement disorders. In: Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, Jankovic J, Mazziotta JC. Bradley's Neurology in Clinical Practice. 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 21.
Ross AH, Elston JS, Marion MH, Malhotra R. Review and update of involuntary facial movement disorders presenting in the ophthalmological setting. Surv Ophthalmol. 2011;56(1):54-67.
Ryan CA, Gosselin GJ, DeMaso DR. Habit and tic disorders. In: Kliegman RM, Stanton BF, St. Geme JW III, et al. eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 22.
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Window switching simplified
Have you ever wanted to switch to a certain window, not just the application it belongs to? While you can use Expose to switch windows, doing so can be very clumsy if you're the keyboard-only type of user. And don't all of these windows look just the same when they are scaled down?
Witch lets you access all of your windows by pressing a shortcut and choosing from a clearly arranged list of window titles. Moreover, you can use Witch to...
- Directly access minimized windows without using your mouse
- Close minimized windows without bringing them to front first
- Zoom, de-/minimize, and close windows on the fly
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Tags: utility , switcher , application
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@cpngn A new version is out.
This used to be a great fix for Leopard's half-way-there method of switching windows (actually apps). It broke with Snow Leopard when Witch would only see the Finder windows on your current Spaces desktop... which pretty much made it useless. Instead of fixing it, the company has, as of Dec 2009, apparently disappeared off the face of the earth. manytricks.com no longer has an IP. I'm hoping that this "Liteswitch" will fill this obvious hole that somehow doesn't seem to bother many folks. :\
Witch offers a few advantages over OS Xâ inbuilt window / app switch mechanisms: it shows all appsâ windows (unlike the Cmd-Tab switcher, which shows only apps) on all Spaces (unlike Exposé), even if they are hidden (Exposé doesnât) or minimized (Exposé only does so on SL) or if the app is windowless (Cmd-Tab will activate these, but only the Dock actually invokes a window in most cases).
The visual style needs a bit of configuration to be usable (it defaults to too much transparency for a text laden window), and could profit from some redesign (one large app icon followed by a window text listing would make more sense to me than the current layout), but even so, Witch advantageously replaces both Cmd-Tab and the Dock for running app / window management on my system. Note I still rely on Exposé for a quick switch between open windows in the current Space, as Witchâs windows is simply too cluttered and abstract for that.
Recommended for Dock haters and keyboard jockeys.
Interesting, but slow: takes about 1 second to switch from one window to the other. On the other hand, Liteswitch switches instantaneously.
I like this as a companion to LiteSwitch X. I have LSX on Cmd-Tab and Witch on Cmd-\.
Doesn't work with X11 windows -- they're just ignored. Too bad, cause I'd like to use it...
A workaround for the fact that per-window management kind of sucks in OSX. Having to select the application and then click the menu bar or rely on dock icons to access windows is not fun.
Expose's window management is passable but I'm not a huge fan. The desktop sweep thing is nice, but when I have a lot of windows open it's easier to drill down the one I want using Witch than it is to hunt-and-peck in expose's all-windows view.
Essential for people switching from windows to OS X who are used to Alt-TAB.
Outstanding replacement for the built-in Command-TAB app switcher. Lots of features, but for me the best one is the simplest: it shows not just the apps but each app's open windows. For example, not just Word, but a list of all the Word documents you are currently working on, so you can pop the one you want to the front.


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not_blonde_really not_blonde_really Aug 21, 2012 21:20 Flag
Apologies if this has been mentioned somewhere else, I've had a quick squizz and not seen it.
According to the BBC, "Dawson has been told he will be Tottenham's third-choice centre-back this season but has been offered guaranteed first-team football by QPR".
Somebody tell me this is media nonsense, yeah?
I'm not necessarily saying that he's the no 1 CB without contest, he's been injured & blah blah blah, but surely it would be a terrible terrible manager who 1) EVER told a player they were 3rd choice - surely that would be demotivating and encourage the "top 2" to sit on their laurels - but, more importantly, 2) was stupid enough to be in post for what? Two months, and 1 competitive game? And think they know the team dynamics well enough to be able to make a decision about player pecking order for the entire season?
I know AVB will want to put a firm stamp on the team, but the thought of Daws going (and to QPR! The very least I'd say he's worth is an Everton, or if he wanted to stay in London at least a link up with old Jolly) makes me feel a little uneasy...
But it doesn't matter cos it's just the same media malarkey, yeah?
Full story here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19334852Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
I'm not sure what to believe with press reports from AVB - this now seems a bit odd given what he said before:
...he is 'quoted' though, so it doesn't look like a typical press made up story. Maybe we'll see Daws on the bench against Reading....
I thought it odd that AVB seemed to want to get rid of T'Hudd in the window, then used him over Jenas (who seemed to both feature in pre-season and the early game) against Norwich.
A Yahoo! User Aug 30, 2012 15:30 Flag
even with Kaboul out for 3/4 months AVB still says he can go. So Bassong gone, Daws could leave, Ledley retired, Nelsen gone so who have we left? Caulker, Gallas and Vertonghen have I forgotten somebody if not it seems a very light to me!
...well, so far the rumours have been that:
Two Saints
...are all surplus or have been linked to other clubs (even Caulker has been linked to Pool) or have intimated they would want to leave '...if they don't play...'.
The rumours don't worry me too much. What would concern me is if AVB has made it clear to the above that they ALL aren't on his Christmas card list.
I'm not sure that it does the morale of the squad much good if there are comments floating about in the dressing room concerning who is leaving next.
Lemon? Who says Lemon?
not_blonde_really not_blonde_really Aug 29, 2012 14:49 Flag
Did you call him Lemon on purpose there? Allegedly that's what AVB says too... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2195082/Aaron-Lennon-future-uncertain-Spurs.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
But there are too many rumours at present for me to take them in.
I wouldn't be all that surprised to see at least 3 of Daws, Hudd, Defoe, Lennon & JJ/Bents off before the window closes, which may well leave us short of actual players (as opposed to squad numbers)... oooh, it'll be fun times!
I would have gone the same with with the CBs. Assess what we have before assuming anything. But we all see thing differently and AVB has the added pressure of having to balance the books and take instructions from the board.
Homegrown is UK and Wales AFAIK, so Bale is homegrown.
So unless we sell, we have more than enough at the moment:
Caulker, Kane (and others) as under 21
When the talk was of T'Hudd and Daws going - and with the perennial candidates Jenas and Bentley (and maybe Daffy) - then there looked like an issue.
not_blonde_really not_blonde_really Aug 28, 2012 23:37 Flag
Def agree it's too early to be calling for anyone's head, but def also agree that it's about the squad impact and the timing's the key. I'd see the next couple of months being Daws, Kaboul and Verty as the top 3 CBs with Gallas being phased out & Caulker in - come Jan we'd be in a better position to know whether we can sell one of them off. It would also be better for the team psychology I would have thought.
I've also been discussing the homegrown rule recently; is it English players/teams or all in GB/UK? E.g. if Bale hadn't had his years with us & S'ton would he count as homegrown? We must be getting low...
basic maths Fab...
FABONGRASSS FABONGRASSS Aug 23, 2012 20:29 Flag
Welcome back JEFFALL! I hope your summer has been all fine and dandy and as the autumn kicks in i hope you are relishing the fight that is about to really kick in, football wise.
One thing though......whats all this 'SO now we are one of the top 4 sides' bit?
You been on the magic mushrooms again?
Evening fellow YIDS.
First post since the end of last season and must say that the board is full of enthusiasum and fight which keeps me coming back for more.
Firstly with reference to the daws situation,was shock,horror,etc as he has been a standout player for us and has played a big part in getting us from a mid table team to where we are now,a top 4 side which hopefully will continue.
How dare AVB and the board consider letting him go,when the likes of Gallas were brought in to help due to injuries and was seen as a stand in.
SO now we are one of the top 4 sides, the loyalty aspect kicks in and although AVB may what to tinker a bit, he should Daws his chance to prove himself.
It was only after reading Graemes post that i calmed down and decided that it was not a good idea to find out where AVB lives and give him a good hiding.
I accept we must move on,but would rather do it with ambassidors like DAWS in my squad.
I only recall him having a problem a couple of seasons back where he missed quite a few games.
And lest it's forgotten, although Gallas (IMHO) did a stirling job for us, he had a couple of bouts of injury - didn't he miss quite a few games over the last two seasons?
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Using Django's Free Comments
Django includes some basic commenting functionality that can save you a ton of time if you want to allow users to add comments to objects such as blog entries or photos. Django's free comments are flexible enough that they can be used on pretty much anything.
Set Up
The first thing you'll need to do is to add Django's comment packages to your INSTALLED_APPS in "settings.py":
INSTALLED_APPS = ( [...] 'django.contrib.comments', )
If you're using custom views and not generic views, you'll need to add the following to the top of the relevant "urls.py" file. Generic views already include FreeComment, so you don't have to import it yourself.
from django.contrib.comments.models import FreeComment
Add the following URL pattern to your site-wide "urls.py" file:
urlpatterns = patterns('', [...] (r'^comments/', include('django.contrib.comments.urls.comments')), }
You will need to update your database with the comments model. Stop your webserver if it's running, then use the django admin tool with the syncdb command.
In any template file in which you want to access comments, you'll have to load the comments packages before you access them with:
{% load comments %}
Below that, you're free to access the comments.
Adding Comment Counts to List and Archive Pages
The only data you need to access an object's comments is that object's id. If you have that, you can get the comments themselves, comment count, and other info.
In an object_list template, you can do the following to add the comment count to each of the blog entry listings. The following example assumes you have an app named "blog" with a class called "entry", which has fields called "title", "summary", and has a method called "get_absolute_url" which returns an absolute path to that entry's detail page.
Note: The class name should be always be referred to in all lowercase. For example, if the class contained inside the app named blog were actually named Entry, it would still be referred to as blog.entry.

 {% for object in object_list %} {% get_free_comment_count for blog.entry object.id as comment_count %}

{{ object.title }}

{{ object.summary}}

{{ comment_count }} Comments

 {% endfor %}

An archive_index generic view works almost exactly the same, except you're iterating through objects from the "latest" collection instead of the "object_list" collection:

 {% for object in latest %} {% get_free_comment_count for blog.entry object.id as comment_count %} [...] {% endfor %}

In the date-based archives such as archive_year or archive_month, the collection you iterate through is called "object_list". archive_index is the only generic view with "latest".
Adding Comments to Detail Pages
Typically, you'll allow users to add comments through the detail page for an object. It's possible to allow them to do it elsewhere, but for simplicity's sake, this example only shows how to do it on detail pages. For any of the "detail" generic views such as django.views.generic.list_detail.object_detail or django.views.generic.date_based.object_detail, you'll have the object's id as "object.id", so getting the comment count is the same:
{% get_free_comment_count for blog.entry object.id as comment_count %}
To get the list of comments, you call the following, which puts the list of comments in "comment_list":
{% get_free_comment_list for blog.entry object.id as comment_list %}
Each comment object in comment_list has the following bits of data:
- comment.person_name - The comment poster's name.
- comment.submit_date - The date and time the poster submitted the comment. You can pipe this through the "date" filter to format the date. (Shown in the example below)
- comment.comment - The actual comment text. Don't forget to escape this to prevent code-injection attacks with the "escape" filter. (Shown in the example below)
- comment.is_public - Whether or not the comment is public. (TODO: How do we set a comment's public or non-public status?)
- comment.ip_address - The comment author's IP address.
- comment.approved - Whether or not this comment has been approved by a staff member. (TODO: Where is this set or modified?)
And the following built-in methods:
- comment.get_absolute_url - Returns an absolute URL to this comment by way of the content object's detail page. If a comment is attached to a blog entry located at "/blog/some-slug", this URL will look something like "/blog/some-slug/#c4", where "4" is the comments id number.
- comment.get_content_object - Returns the object that this comment is a comment on.
As of this writing, the free comments don't allow for you to specify other bits of data to be included, such as the comment poster's e-mail address or URL. This may be changed in the future.
{% get_free_comment_count for blog.entry object.id as comment_count %}
{{ object.title }}
 {{ object.description }}
 Added on {{ object.add_date|date:"F j, Y" }} {{ comment_count }} Comment{{ comment_count|pluralize }}
 {% get_free_comment_list for blog.entry object.id as comment_list %}
Comments
 {% for comment in comment_list %}
 #{{ forloop.counter }}
{{ comment.person_name|escape }} commented, on {{ comment.submit_date|date:"F j, Y" }} at {{ comment.submit_date|date:"P" }}:
 {{ comment.comment|escape|urlizetrunc:40|linebreaks }}
 {% endfor %}
Post a comment
 {% free_comment_form for blog.entry object.id %}
Free Comment Templates
Django has internal default templates for the various bits of comments-related code. (NOTE: Actually, I lied. Once these patches are applied, it will. Until then, you'll have to specify your own templates for "free_preview.html" and "posted.html".)
You can override any of these built in templates by creating a "comments/" folder in your templates folder with any or all of the following files:
Post Comment Form (freeform.html)
This template holds the form code that is used by the user to post a comment. In the above example, this is included like so:

Post a comment
 {% free_comment_form for blog.entry object.id %}
{% if display_form %} <form action="/comments/postfree/" method="post">
Your name: <input type="text" id="id_person_name" name="person_name" />

Comment:
<textarea name="comment" id="id_comment" rows="10" cols="60"></textarea>
 <input type="hidden" name="options" value="{{ options }}" /> <input type="hidden" name="target" value="{{ target }}" /> <input type="hidden" name="gonzo" value="{{ hash }}" />
<input type="submit" name="preview" value="Preview comment" />
 </form> {% endif %}
In this Example change name="preview" to name="post" if you dont want to be redirected to a preview page
Preview (free_preview.html)
This template is called when a user previews their comment.

Preview your comment
 <form action="../postfree/" method="post"> {% if comment_form.has_errors %}
Please correct the following errors.
 {% else %}
 {{ comment.comment|escape|urlizetrunc:"40"|linebreaks }}
Posted by {{ comment.person_name|escape }}

<input type="submit" name="post" value="Post public comment" />

Or edit it again
 {% endif %} {% if comment_form.person_name.errors %} {{ comment_form.person_name.html_error_list }} {% endif %}
Your name: {{ comment_form.person_name }}
 {% if comment_form.comment.errors %} {{ comment_form.comment.html_error_list }} {% endif %}
 Comment:
 {{ comment_form.comment }}
 <input type="hidden" name="options" value="{{ options }}" /> <input type="hidden" name="target" value="{{ target }}" /> <input type="hidden" name="gonzo" value="{{ hash }}" />
 <input type="submit" name="preview" value="Preview revised comment" />
 </form>
Posted Message (posted.html)
This template is shown after a user successfully posts a comment. You can access the object that the comment was posted to as the context variable "object".

Comment posted successfully

Thanks for contributing.
 {% if object %}

View your comment

 {% endif %}
Wrapping post_free_comment to change the redirect url
At this time django.contrib.comments.views.comments has hard-coded, on its post_free_comment method, a redirection address to posted.html. If you want your comments to redirect to the same page you can wrap the post_free_comment method and add a redirect to another after the comment creation. The url can be passed as a hidden parameter in freeform.html To do this you first need to create a wrapper in views.py
from django.contrib.comments.views.comments import post_free_comment from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect def my_post_free_comment(request): if request.has_key('url') and not request.has_key('preview'): response = post_free_comment(request) # ensure there's a url to redirect to, and that post_free_comment worked if len(request['url'].strip()) > 0 and isinstance(response, HttpResponseRedirect): return redirect_to(request, request['url']) # fallback on the default post_free_comment response return response return post_free_comment(request)
After you have your view you need to point the requests to that view instead of the default comments view To do this add the following line to urls.py
(r'^comments/postfree/', 'views.my_post_free_comment'),
And change the form to include the url as a hidden field. The problem is: How do I get the current url in a template variable?. To do this you need to activate the template context processor called request adding the following code to settings.py
from django.conf.global_settings import TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS += ( 'django.core.context_processors.request', )
Once your request context processor is activated you will have the variable request available in your templates. With it you can get request.get_full_path to print the current url as follows:
{% if display_form %} <form action="/comments/post/" method="post">
Your name: <input type="text" id="id_person_name" name="person_name" />

Comment:
<textarea name="comment" id="id_comment" rows="10" cols="60"></textarea>
 <input type="hidden" name="options" value="{{ options }}" /> <input type="hidden" name="target" value="{{ target }}" /> <input type="hidden" name="gonzo" value="{{ hash }}" /> <input type="hidden" name="url" value="{{ request.get_full_path }}" />
<input type="submit" name="post" value="Post" />
 </form> {% endif %}
This should be it. Enjoy
Other Examples
List Recent Comments
The following code lists all the recent comments on your site, regardless of app.

Recent comments

 {% if has_previous %} Previous | {% endif %} Page {{ page }} of {{ pages }} {% if has_next %} | Next {% endif %}
 {% for comment in object_list %}

  {{ comment.person_name|escape }}  {{ comment.submit_date|date:"F j, Y" }} at {{ comment.submit_date|date:"P" }}
 {{ comment.comment|escape|urlizetrunc:"40"|linebreaks }}
 {% endfor %}
 {% if has_previous %} Previous | {% endif %} Page {{ page }} of {{ pages }} {% if has_next %} | Next {% endif %}


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Internally, peppermint has an antispasmodic action, with a calming effect on the stomach and intestinal tract. As a tea, extract, or in a capsule, peppermint is useful for indigestion, cramp-like discomfort of the upper gastrointestinal and bile duct, irritable bowel syndrome and inflammation or irritation of the gums.
Burdock (arctium lappa)
The plant has several modern medicinal uses. Rarely is the plant used alone, but is instead combined with other herbs. The Chinese believe the herb has aphrodisiac properties. Burdock has been used to soothe dry and scaly patches on the skin and scalp. It also has been used to support digestion and increase appetite.
Dandelion (taraxacum officinale)
The young leaves are widely used as salad greens and in tea as a natural diuretic. The roots are a mild laxative and promote bile flow and liver function.
Licorice (glycyrrhiza glabra)
Licorice is one of the most extensively researched medicinal and food plants. Studies on licorice have demonstrated positive effects for treatment of various types of ulcers. Others showed that dietary consumption of licorice root extract may help to lower cholesterol and act as an antioxidant.
Red Clover Flower (trifolium pratense)
Red clover may be of benefit for the relief of menopausal symptoms. One study indicates that a group of red clover's chemical constituents, isoflavones, may reduce menopausal hot flashes, while another suggests that the isoflavones in red clover may decrease bone loss and have a protective effect on the lumbar spine in postmenopausal women. Red clover isoflavones have been shown to have a positive effect on blood pressure in certain populations.
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