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Raichu: Okay
Pikachu: Overrated and meh
Pichu: Okay
Raichu: Okay
Pikachu: Overrated and meh
Pichu: Okay
(3) Charmander
(4) Mew two
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Wrote out a long list of my favorite Pokemon ever, 20 of them.
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Sharpedo is my favorite Pokemon of all time. I love it's design so much. It's a torpedo shark, how is that not awesome?
The first Sharpedo I used (Jetspeed) I specifically trained so I could use it to battle my friend on Pokemon Battle Revolution. I only trained it because I thought it would do a good job, which it did. But Sharpedo grew on me a lot, to the point where it became my favorite Pokemon.
Competitively, I find Sharpedo to be a useful Pokemon. Speed Boost is an amazing ability, and Sharpedo can hit hard with both attacking stats quite well. Bulky Pokemon that haven't been weakened enough seem to pose a threat to it, of course. Also, it's very frail. But I still consider it to be a great Pokemon.
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Sableye is my second favorite Pokemon. I love it's design a lot. It has jewel eyes, which is pretty awesome, plus it's goblin-like and inspired by an alien. Not only that, but I love its movements in 3D games. It sways its hips and grins a lot, which I find pretty cool. I was disappointed with it's B/W animated sprite, as I was hoping for hip swaying and/or grinning, but no, it just hops....
I kinda forget why I began to like Sableye, I just saw some other people that liked it, so I took an interest in it.
I think Sableye is a very useful Pokemon with Prankster. Sure, those stats are bad, but it doesn't have any weaknesses and has a great movepool. It can strike with priority Will-o-wisp, Trick, and more. Recover also has priority, which is awesome. It can also surprise it's opponents with attacks, like Foul Play and Sucker Punch.
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Derp! I love Stunfisk, it's so derptastic. I find it cute as well as derpy, actually. It's the king of all derpy Pokemon.
Before B/W came out and I saw it's design, I didn't really care for it. I think it was the Sugimori art that made me more interested, and eventually this derpfish became one of my favorites.
I think Stunfisk has some potential competitively, as it's pretty bulky. It's one of those underrated NU Pokemon.
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Totodile/Feraliagatr was my first Pokemon ever, so of course I have a liking towards it. I also like it's design, and I like alligators. But I admit it's mostly nostalgia.
I got Totodile in Gold, my first Pokemon game, because I thought it looked the coolest out of the three starters. To this day it's still my favorite out of them, as well as all the other starters.
I think it's a fairly strong Pokemon. It's got Dragon Dance, which is nice. It also has decent bulk and a good attack. Nothing spectacular, but it's pretty good.
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Like Feraligatr, I like Crobat largely due to nostalgic reasons. Of course I'm also a fan of it's design, I think it looks cool. In the 3D games it has this weird tooth thing going on [See here] which I think looks cool for some reason.
I've used a lot of Crobat's on my in game teams. I've used one in Gold and/or Crystal (I forget), one in Leaf Green, one in Platinum, and one in Soul Silver. My high usage of it is a reason it's grown on me so much. In fact, I even like Golbat and Zubat for this reason, and most people find those two Pokemon really annoying.
With that lightning fast speed, it's no surprise Crobat can preform well. It can outright attack with Brave Bird, Acrobatics, Heat Wave, and more. It has Super Fang to break down bulky threats, and Hypnosis to put the opponent to sleep.
6. (No particular order from this point to #11)
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Hydreigon is awesome. It's a dark, ruthless dragon with three heads, two of which replace it's hands. It has some neat looking wings, and I'm liking that red pattern it has. There's a lot of cool things about Hydreigon.
I think I trained one in Black because me and my friend both agreed it would be useful. After battling with it some, it grew on me a lot.
Being a pseudo legendary and all, it's a very good Pokemon. Sky high special attack, great movepool, decent bulk, good offensive typing....the only real downsides are the minor lack of speed, weakness to Fighting, and lack of a good stat boosting move. Regardless, whether it's donning a Choice Scarf or a Life Orb, this dragon means business.
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My favorite first generation Pokemon, Victreebel. It has an awesome design. I mean, it's a poisonous man-eating pitcher plant. How cool can you get?
I kinda forget when I first started to like this Pokemon, really. I've been a fan for a while.
Despite most real life plant carnivores not absorbing much energy from the sun, Victreebel gets Chlorophyll. Despite my obvious annoyance with Game Freak demanding every Grass-type have Chlorophyll or some ability that is best in the sun, it's a great ability for Victreebel, allowing it to outrun almost every Pokemon under the sun. It has Growth and Swords Dance to boost stats, and it can fire off Power Whip, Solar Beam, Sludge Bomb, Weather Ball, and more. A great Pokemon for any sun team.
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I hate most bugs in real life, but for some reason in Pokemon I love them. Galvantula is my favorite of all Pokemon bugs, mostly due to it's design. An electric tarantula? I approve.
I pretty much liked this Pokemon the first time I saw it.
Galvantula has some pretty slick speed, and cool typing. Compoundeyes makes Thunder have pretty nice accuracy, making it a must have for any Galvantula. Not a bad Pokemon at all.
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Must I really explain why I love this thing? Really? It's a ****ing giant metal snake. That pretty much guarantees it a spot in here.
I've always liked Steelix, but when I used one in Soul Silver, I began to like it a lot more.
Steelix is a good Pokemon. Outstanding defense, good typing for the most part, and....um....well I admit that's mostly all it has going for it, but that's all it needs. That attack is usable, and Sturdy is good in case it gets hit with a strong special attack.
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Oh, Z, you so crazy. You're illegal too, apparently. I just love Porygon-Z's eccentric design, it's pretty awesome. And the ability to hack cyberspace is amazing.
Again, one of those Pokemon where I forgot when/why I began to like it. I don't think I need to include a reason for every Pokemon....
My god, Porygon-Z has great special attacking power. It's a little slow, but this issue can be resolved. Download and Adaptability are awesome abilities which both raise it's attacking power, and the movepool is awesome too. Overall a good Pokemon that hits hard on the special side.
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I'm not completely sure why I like Swalot as much as I do. It has a pretty funny design, which I like. I also like it's ability to devour anything in one gulp, that's awesome.
It has pretty nice bulk, and it learns some good supportive moves. I admit it's not a really good Pokemon, but it's okay. It can be a decent wall/tank.
12. (No particular order from this point on)
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Squids are my favorite animal, and Omastar is the closest thing Pokemon has to a squid, so that's why I'm a fan of it. Lovin' that design.
Omastar got Shell Smash in 5th Generation, which is probably the best stat boosting move ever made. With this, as well as Swift Swim, it makes for a great special attacker. It can also function as a physical tank to an extent.
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Wigglytuff is a cutie. It's bouncy and just really cute and stuff. I also like how it's a balloon.
I like this Pokemon for multiple reasons. I'm a fan of it's design, for one. Maining Jigglypuff in Super Smash Bros. has also made me like it and Wigglytuff a lot. Guildmaster Wigglytuff from Mystery Dungeon is also one of the best Pokemon characters ever.
Wigglytuff has an outstanding movepool and HP stat, but everything else is pretty....err....bad. Really low defensive stats, below average offensive stats, slow speed, unremarkable abilities....Clefable overshadows it so much it isn't even funny. Wigglytuff does have a few things over Clefable, such as a stronger Counter attack, Perish Song, and....uh...maybe a few more things. Goddamnitt, Wigglytuff deserves better than this. It's still an okay Pokemon, I guess.
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Ah, Serperior....so elegant, so royal...so smug. A really cool design, my second favorite starter without a shadow of a doubt. The name is punny, too.
I chose Serperior as my starter in Black, since I liked it so much. He really did a good job, I must say.
Competitively, Serperior has good defensive stats, great Speed, but disappointing offensive stats. It also has a mostly shallow movepool, a curse many Grass-types suffer. But the future is bright for our royal serpent, as it's Dream World ability, Contrary, will likely be released sometime soon. This essentially doubles its Sp. Attack every time it uses Leaf Storm. Many people argue even with this awesome ability, the movepool is still too bad to make it any good. Well, not only does it have Hidden Power, but new move tutors in Black/White 2 will likely give it other very useful moves. Even currently it still has some use; for example, it can set up Light Screen and Reflect effectively.
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Don't get me wrong, I'm a Gardevoir fan, but I prefer Gallade. Those sword elbows are just too cool, and I love how it's based on a gladiator. Awesome typing too.
The first Gallade I used, in Pearl, was transferred from my Emerald version. This made me like it a lot more than I already did.
Gallade has a great attack stat, and takes special hits pretty nicely. It's a tad on the slow side and is physically frail, but Bulk Up helps make it more bulky, as well as more powerful. Drain Punch is also a nice option, and it even gets Shadow Sneak, which is a little odd for something like Gallade to get, but you don't hear me complaining. Overall a good Pokemon that wishes it had some more speed.
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Shuckle is a cute little mold snail turtle thing. I'm not even entirely sure what it is, but that's beside the point. I just love this little guy~
Shuckle is so underrated. Just because it has almost no attacking power (aside from the risky Power Trick), it doesn't mean it's a bad Pokemon. Although it could use some more HP, this Pokemon has super special awesome defenses, and can actually take hits pretty well. It could be better, yes, but it's by no means terrible. I'm hoping it gets some kind of defense lowering move in the future so it can take advantage of it's Dream World ability, Contrary.
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Jellicent (Male)
Such a funny Pokemon. He looks like a king, which I like, along with having a humorous design. He's also a little mysterious, being a ghost and all....not only that, but he looks like the Pringles guy! [Compare: Jellicent ~ Pringles Guy]
The female Jellicent just looks okay in my opinion.
Jellicent is apparently really good in competitive battling. It can take hits nicely, and has good typing. Water Absorb is a great ability as well. It has a lot of things going for it.
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Magcargo is a lava snail, it's pretty awesome. It also has a hint of derp, which I like. :3
Magcargo has awful defensive typing, which is no good. x4 weaknesses to Ground and Water, and x2 weaknesses to Fighting and Rock.....ouch. It's great offensive typing, but Magcargo is incredibly slow and has only average Sp. Attack. I've considered running Shell Smash alongside Weak Armor to boost it's speed and Sp. Attack to high levels, but I'm not sure yet. It would work better in the sun without a doubt.
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Ledian is a pretty cool bug. It looks alienish, has four arms that look great for punching with, I just all around like it.
I used a Ledian on my first Pokemon Battle Revolution team (my first real competitive team, doubles). His job was to set up Screens, and also knew Swagger and Bug Buzz to mess with the opponent. He did an okay job for the most part, he was fairly fast and had good special bulk.
Despite Ledian kinda working on my doubles team, I sadly admit it's a very lacking Pokemon. First off, almost no offensive power. You'd think Ledian's movepool, design, and access to Iron Fist would suggest a good attack stat, but no, Ledian has a horrid physical attack. It can Baton Pass stat boosts and set up screens, but that's about it. It's a shame Ledian was hit badly with the "all early bugs prior to Generation 5 will suck" curse. I personally find it to be one of the more useful early bugs, not counting the 5th gen ones, but that's not much of an accomplishment.
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I wanted at least one legendary when deciding my top 20 list, and although Rayquaza is nearly tied with Lugia, Jirachi, Regice, and Kyurem for my favorite legendary, it wins by a hair.
Anyway, what's not to like? It's a serpentine dragon covered in weird symbols. I also like it's movements in the 3D games for some reason.
It's incredibly obvious that Rayquaza is an outstanding Pokemon. It's a little slow, yes, but Dragon Dance takes care of that. It has sky high attack and special attack, so not only do you need to watch out for Outrage and Dragon Claw, but Draco Meteor as well.
That's all for my top 20 favorite Pokemon list! I hope you liked it.
You know I hate following popular opinion, CK. I like underrated Pokemon more than overrated ones like Charizard. Of course, my list does have Rayquaza and some other popular Pokemon, but ah well.
Liking a Pokemon/hating one simply because of it being underrated/popular is the same as following the crowd's popular choice...
And the **** you've got against Charizard? D:<
... Not that I like it more than Charmeleon anyways.
> Implying that I hate Pokemon just because they're popular, or like Pokemon just because they're unpopular.
I just tend to like unpopular Pokemon more. And I ain't got anything against Charizard, other then all the noobs that worship it.


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EcommerceBytes-Update, Number 222 - September 07, 2008 - ISSN 1528-6703 2 of 7
Remember the "good old days" of the Web? The days when folks like Pierre Omidyar were starting up sites like AuctionWeb (which later became eBay) just for fun? People put merchandise on their Web site just to see who would stop buy and browse. Making a fortune wasn't the primary goal.
As a Carly Simon song once said, these are the good old days, at least for Darren Bock. A year ago, he decided to create an auction site called Wensy.com. He now has 3,000 registered users on Wensy, and not one of them pays a penny in fees, whether they are a buyer or a seller. Instead of an income, what Darren gets out of it is a peaceful oasis in an otherwise stressful work life.
"I'm the director of an intensive care unit in the cardiovascular wing of a hospital," says Bock, 43. "It's a relief to come home after taking care of heart patients and a staff of 71 employees, while abiding by all the state and federal regulations. I log on to my auction site, and have people say, "Thank you for a wonderful site,"" sighs Darren. "It is very relaxing."
That's the kind of thanks that are not likely to be directed at eBay any time soon. Bock and his brother-in-law started out selling coins and stamps on eBay. They did pretty well for themselves, but it was their irritation at having to pay eBay's listing and transaction fees that made them switch to Yahoo's ill-fated auction venue. "When Yahoo Auctions closed it was either go back to eBay or just build our own site, and it was cheaper to build our own than go back," explains Bock.
So in June 2007, he and his brother in law purchased a ready-made auction platform and made modifications to it. "We wanted a free site, and we wanted a platform where we could sell our stuff. But we didn't know if it would take off," he says.
Obviously there was no need to worry but, aside from the total lack of fees, what else makes Wensy.com different? It's the fact that the site focuses on coins and stamps, as well as other collectibles. (General merchandise - such as art, clothing, and jewelry - is also bought and sold.)
Bock gets satisfaction out of being able to offer a venue for those interested in unique collectibles, especially since that's what made auction sites so popular in the first place and is exactly what longtime sellers have accused eBay of ignoring in recent years.
Yet he emphasizes that competition is not one of his driving forces. "We never thought of beating eBay. We thought, 'Can't we just sell online and not have people burdened with all the fees?'"
And the techie side of running an ecommerce marketplace isn't what floats his boat. He's the first to admit that he isn't a programmer. "I know just enough to get in trouble with it," he says with a smile. He manages the site from his home in Mesa, Arizona, and pays programmers $125 per hour whenever he needs an upgrade. That's added up to about $7,000 that has come out of his pocket to get the site going and keep it running smoothly.
Instead of spending his time keeping track of profits, he gets pleasure out of knowing that at least one seller has made $12,000 from sales on Wensy.com. And the number crunching that makes him really happy is watching membership increase. "We started with 26 registered users on the site, then 250, and then 500. When we broke 1000, I thought that this place is doing really good. Alexa Internet measures the traffic that comes through, and we keep getting better and better Web site rankings. That is the enjoyable part for me, to see how well are we doing," he says.
Bock is consistent about his goals and his unorthodox ecommerce management style. "We aren't going to do any advertising. We plan to grow by word of mouth. We don't have plans for ads or anything to make money. I looked at the other sites and the fees they charge; we are the only one that charges nothing, and yet we expect the site to be paid for in three and a half years," he says.
Bock is eyeing improvements in other areas, such as the incorporation of video into the site. "It would be nice to add a feature where the member can take a video of a coin or something, like they do on TV or the home shopping network. When a person clicks they can see that," he says.
But what he looks forward to the most each day is dealing with members of his site on a one-to-one basis. "I check emails every 12 hours and try to fix problems, or get programmers to fix them, within 24 hours. I get all the members' emails and answer their questions; most of the time people didn't get a password or are having trouble uploading pictures. It's a lot of fun," he says.
Even the name Wensy.com itself speaks to Bock's desire for individual interaction. "I wrote down a list of domain names that were available and that had five letters or less. My son is a teacher; he took the list to school and asked the kids which name they liked. They picked Wensy.com. I wanted to make sure the site had a real personal touch," he says.
Greg Holden is EcommerceBytes Contributing Editor. He is a journalist and the author of many books, including "Starting an Online Business For Dummies," "Go Google: 20 Ways to Reach More Customers and Build Revenue with Google Business Tools," and several books about eBay, including "How to Do Everything with Your eBay Business," second edition, and "Secrets of the eBay Millionaires," both published by Osborne-McGraw Hill. Find out more on Greg's website, which includes his blog, a list of his books, and his fiction and biographical writing.

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MANSFIELD — A 52-year-old Wharton man was charged with driving while his license was suspended and providing false information to police after he produced a driver's license from Ireland with a false name and date of birth, police said.
At about 10:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 7, police stopped a vehicle driven by Thomas Malloy after a random license check revealed that the registered owner's driver's license was suspended, police said.
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President trashes Sangma's charges against him in SC
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Published: 21st November 2012 10:55 AM
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Senior counsel Harish Salve, appearing for President Pranab Mukherjee before a Bench in the Supreme Court, on Tuesday virtually demolished the arguments of senior counsel Ram Jethmalani who appeared for P A Sangma, former Speaker of the Lok Sabha, who challenged Mukherjee's election as the President of India.
Appearing before a five-judge Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice Altamas Kabir, Justice P Sathasivam, Justice S S Nizzar, Justice J Chelameswar and Justice Ranjan Gagoi, Salve said that Mukherjee was not holding an office of profit as he ceased to be the leader of the Lower House after his resignation from the Union Cabinet.
"The moment he resigns from the Union Cabinet, he ceases to be the leader of the Lok Sabha and therefore, cannot be said to be holding an office of profit," Salve argued. The allegation that the Lok Sabha website showed Mukherjee as the leader even after filing of his nomination for the presidential poll was of no consequence, Salve felt.
In the morning, Jethmalani told the Bench that the mode of Mukherjee's resignation from the post of leader of Lok Sabha was objectionable.
The resignation letter was not addressed to any constitutional authority but was addressed to the party president. This document raises both questions of fact and law. The authenticity of this letter is a matter of challenge. The signature also does not match, the senior counsel argued.
The official website of the Congress showed that he continued to hold the office of profit. It showed that he was the leader of the Congress Legislature Party till July 30, Jethmalani stated.
"At the preliminary hearing, your Lordships have to hear a lot of things. First of all, the provisions of Civil Procedure Code (CPC) should be followed. The CPC does not contemplate a short affidavit. They can amend a written statement by taking your permission. It has to be comprehensive. The most important thing is that you've to produce the documents on which you rely," he said.
Jethmalani cited the judgments of Sibu Soren case (2001, 7SCC), that of Jaya Bachan Vs Union of India (2006 5 SCC) to buttress his argument.
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Edward de Bono has had faculty appointments at the universities of Oxford, London, Cambridge and Harvard. He is widely regarded as the leading authority in the direct teaching of thinking as a skill. He originated the concept of lateral thinking and developed formal techniques for deliberate creative thinking. He has written fifty-seven books, which have been translated into thirty-four languages, has made two television series and there are over 4,000,000 references to his work on the Internet. Dr de Bono has been invited to lecture in fifty-two countries and to address major international conferences. In 1989 he was asked to chair a special meeting of Nobel Prize laureates. His instruction in thinking has been sought by some of the leading business corporations in the world such as IBM, Du Pont, Shell, Eriksson, McKinseys, Ciba-Geigy, Ford and many others. He has had a planet named after him by the International Astronomic Union and was named by a group of university professors in South Africa as one of the 250 people in all of history who have contributed most to humanity. Dr de Bono runs the most widely used programme for the direct teaching of thinking in schools. This is now in use in many countries around the world. Dr de Bono's key contribution has been his understanding of the brain as a self-organizing system. From this solid base he set out to design practical tools for thinking. His work is in use equally in the boardrooms of some of the world's largest corporations and with four-year-olds in school. His design of the Six Hats method provides, for the first time, Western thinking with a constructive idiom instead of adversarial argument. His work is in use in �lite gifted schools, rural schools in South Africa and Khmer villages in Cambodia. The appeal of Dr de Bono's work is its simplicity and practicality.
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Acceleration technology is all the rage these days in high performance computing. With the emergence of GPGPUs into the mainstream, a whole new sub-industry has coalesced around acceleration solutions based on the latest GPUs. Maxeler Technologies, however, has made a nice living delivering FPGA acceleration to a rather elite customer base.


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|NEEMO-9 astronaut/aquanaut Nicole P. Stott and University of Cincinnati physician Tim Broderick perform survey and mapping activities to record the coordinates of landmarks of interest around Aquarius during an EVA. Throughout the mission, NSBRI researchers used the under-sea experience as a model for studying performance ability, problem-solving and team cohesion issues that could affect long-duration space flights.
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In isolated environments, astronauts, flight crews, offshore workers and military forces must maintain vigilance and work together to ensure a safe and successful mission.
Between daily living, telemedicine activities and moon-walking simulations, participants in the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) 9 project helped National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) researchers study performance ability, problem-solving and team cohesion issues that could affect long-duration space flights.
"The NEEMO undersea mission is a similar experience in key ways to what future space travelers might encounter," said Dr. David Dinges, team leader of NSBRI's Neurobehavioral and Psychosocial Factors Team and principal investigator on the project. "Crew members live and work together in a small space, isolated from the outside world, and must effectively perform difficult tasks at a high level of alertness, both as individuals and a team."
Physician astronaut, Dr. Dave Williams of Canada, led the NEEMO undersea excursion in Aquarius off the Florida coast. Aquarius, the only underwater laboratory in the world, is owned and funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and operated by the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Two additional astronauts, Nicole Stott and Ron Garan, and Dr. Tim Broderick, a physician at the University of Cincinnati, rounded out the crew. Jim Buckley and Ross Hein of UNCW provided undersea engineering support.
The NSBRI study used surveys, physiologic sensors, video analysis, cognitive tests, journaling and the testing of new technologies designed for isolated conditions. One such technology involved computer recognition of participants' facial expressions, recorded on video during telemedicine activities, to inconspicuously detect levels of psychological distress. Refining behavior-monitoring technologies so that astronauts and aquanauts barely notice them is a goal of the project.
"Each experiment is minimally demanding and quick, requiring only a few minutes on most days," Dinges said.
While the NEEMO 9 crew members practiced remote surgical techniques, worked with medical robotics and prepared for extra-vehicular activities (EVA), their interaction with each other and with NEEMO's Mission Control was filmed and recorded. "We're interested in seeing how they reacted to challenges, made decisions and solved problems, but the most valuable element was capturing lessons learned from every task," said Dinges, Director of the Unit for Experimental Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Professor of Psychology.
Participants recorded thoughts and experiences in daily journals, highlighting what they wanted future astronauts and aquanauts to know about the technologies and protocols being tested.
|Aquanaut Dr. Dave Williams wears an ambulatory monitoring system (sensor vest) to collect physiological data and an Actiwatch (light/motion sensor in a yellow wristband) to monitor his sleep-wake activity patterns and light exposure during the mission. Performance data was collected while aquanauts participated in other activities like observing the remotely-operated vehicle that was being driven by Mission Control in Houston.
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"Even with extensive planning, little glitches occur with devices used in an underwater space. Part of our project asked crew members to communicate how well the procedures and technologies worked in this kind of environment," Dinges said. "What did the aquanauts think of them? How were they using the equipment? What were their reactions to wearing certain technologies and responding to others? Were they easy to use and helpful? Their feedback is important data."
To assess physiologic reactions to the isolated environment, crew members provided saliva samples for analysis of cortisol and stress levels and wore a sensor vest to record how their body was reacting physiologically to the experience. Another component addressed sleep and circadian rhythm disruption. Participants wore a watch-like device that recorded sleep/wake activity patterns and light exposure. A fourth component involved performing a battery of cognitive tests before and after scheduled tasks and EVAs. Data collected from each of the study's components will be analyzed by NSBRI researchers post-mission.
The project aims to refine real-time behavior monitoring and develop models that predict how crews might perform under remote conditions. "Ultimately, the measurements in this project will provide much needed feasibility information on how effectively we can measure individual and group behavior and performance in extreme environments. From there, we can develop technology that will help maintain an astronaut's ability to perform in space," Dinges said.
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We spend a lot of time taking care of our skin. We cleanse it. We tone it. We moisturize it. We exfoliate it. We protect it with sunscreen. But despite all our best efforts, our skin still doesn't look its best.
Before investing lots of money in new miracle products and treatments that rarely deliver, take a good look at your habits. It may be that something you though harmless is instead damaging your skin.
Here are five nasty habits to avoid:
1. Popping that pimple
Pimples are so ugly that when one rears its head (and they always do so in the most noticeable places, don't they?), all you want to do is get rid of it as soon as possible. And so you pop it. But that could lead to infection and, in the worst cases, even permanent scarring. Not worth it, is it? So hands off!
2. Taking hot, long showers and baths
When the weather is freezing cold outside, it's just so nice to come back home and take a long, hot shower, isn't it? Unfortunately, hot water is not your friend. Its strips the natural, protective oils from your skin, leaving it dry and itchy. It's better to take shorter showers in lukewarm water instead. They may not be as pleasant, but your skin will thank you!
3. Licking your lips
When our lips feel dry (or our lip balm or gloss taste delicious!) we're tempted to lick them. But doing so will only bring some relief for a few short minutes. And then, your lips will feel even worse than before. That's because licking lips causes water to evaporate. And a loss of water means less hydration. So, resist the urge to lick your lips, and apply a lip balm instead.
4. Using dirty tools
We wash our face twice a day to get rid of all the gunk that has accumulated on it during the day (and night). But what about the many accessories – towels, tweezers, makeup brushes etc – that come in contact with our skin every day? If those aren't probably cleansed too, then the dirt (and maybe even bacteria!) on them will transfer onto our freshly-cleaned skin, leading to infections and breakouts. Not to mention that dirty tools don't perform as well as clean ones do. So, give them a good wash regularly.
5. Drinking too much alcohol
There's nothing wrong with having a drink every now and then. It may even be good for you. We all know that drinking a glass of wine at dinner has some health benefits. But you should never drink too much. Alcohol dehydrates your body, including your skin, which then becomes dry, rough and itchy. Plus, it can also increase inflammation, which is one of the main causes of premature aging. So, drink only in moderation.
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On May 27, 2001, militants from the Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf kidnapped Gracia and Martin Burnham, who had spent 16 years in the Philippines as missionaries for the Florida-based New Tribes Mission. The couple made worldwide headlines as the guerrillas, who had a history of beheading hostages, held them captive for 376 days. On June 7, 2002, Philippine troops finally tracked down Abu Sayyaf and attempted a rescue. Martin, 42, was killed in the ensuing gunfight. Gracia, now 44, has just published a book about her ordeal, In the Presence of My Enemies. Now living in a new home in Rose Hill, Kans., with her three children, she spoke to PEOPLE contributor Kate Klise.
We had never done anything so touristy as this trip to Dos Palmas. I justified the night at the resort as an 18th anniversary gift. It was also a way to help Martin, who was a pilot, rest up before he began flying relief flights. We left the kids with friends. We were supposed to be gone a week. It was my fault. But I didn't do it out of malice. I know Martin wouldn't want me to feel bad about it now. Before dawn the first morning there was a knock on our bungalow door. Three guys holding M-16s burst into the room. They loaded 20 of us—mostly tourists—onto a speedboat. One of them said, "We're the Abu Sayyaf. Some people call us terrorists." They told us all about their honor code: How they wouldn't steal or harm our women. Of course, they did all that. They stole Martin's wedding ring the very first day. I held onto mine. I kept it in my pocket for six months, and when another hostage was released I slipped it to her.
I didn't cry until the second night. To pass the time, some of the hostages were singing Beatles songs. When we got to "Imagine," I finally lost it. They took us to Basilan, a small island off Mindanao.
Martin was always the optimistic one. I'd get hysterical some days and cry, "We're never getting out of here!" But he always calmed me down. He'd say, "What do you think the kids would say if they could talk to us now?" I'd say, "Keep going for just one more day." And I did. For more than a year.
I was glad I said goodbye to him many times. Once I even made it official. I said, "Martin, I need to tell you goodbye so when I get killed or you get killed I'll have no regrets. I'm serious, sweetie. We've had a wonderful life together. I've totally enjoyed our marriage. We both love the Lord with all our hearts." He said, "Honey, I don't think this is really healthy for you to be saying this." Well, I'm glad I did.
Our days became one of two extremes. Either we were running for our lives in the jungle or sitting with absolutely nothing to do. When we were running it was from the Philippine military, who were shooting at our captors and trying to rescue us. Sometimes it was hard to remember who the bad guys were.
But we lived in fear. Once we heard them make a threat over the phone that if they didn't get a new negotiator they were going to kill one of the whites. Seventy-two hours later they led away Guillermo Sobero, the only other U.S. hostage. We never saw him again. We found out later he'd been beheaded.
There was never enough food. When we did eat, it was rice. The only water was from streams and stagnant pools, so we had dysentery and diarrhea a lot. Martin lost more than 40 lbs. I was the same weight as when we were taken, which was weird.
To pass the hours, Martin and I would plan imaginary family vacations. We planned a trip from Rose Hill, Kans., to St. Louis. We talked about how we'd take the bus and the train and go to a Cards game. We talked about what we'd need to pack and what shoes the kids would need. We would make one idea last for days.
We sang a lot. Mostly gospel hymns. Once I heard Martin humming as we were marching through the jungle. I said, "Honey, what is that?" thinking it was probably something uplifting like "How Great Thou Art." He said, "Oh, just the theme song from The Beverly Hillbillies." He had such a wonderful sense of humor.
Sometimes he'd brush my hair. I'd rub his shoulders. Anything more than that would have been too risky. Women aren't allowed to be heard in their society. So I tried to be culturally acceptable. I'm a loud American, but I didn't want to get my head chopped off. I tried to keep my head covered and be quiet.
I was given more freedom than Martin. They let me wander off to gather firewood. I was weaker, and they knew I wouldn't leave Martin. At night we were often handcuffed together and then chained to a tree.
We talked to our captors all the time. We agreed with them on some things. No one wants to go to hell. And passing gas in every culture is funny. We talked about missing our kids. We talked about movies. Many Muslims say they hate Hollywood, but these guys had seen more movies than I had. They'd ask us about Las Vegas. They couldn't wait to visit Las Vegas! They loved Levi's, Ray-Bans and Mel Gibson movies. They talked to Martin a lot about dating. They wanted to know all about that. They all dreamt of finding the right girl.
Martin and I had only one fight. One of our captors had given us a miniature candy bar. We wanted to save it, to give us something to look forward to. I asked Martin when he thought we should eat it. He said, "Maybe tomorrow." So tomorrow came and at some point he said, "I don't think we should eat it today. I think we should save it a little longer." Well! I just fell apart. I burst into tears: "I don't even want it now!" We went to bed just feeling awful that we'd fought about something so unimportant.
I don't regret not trying to escape. Our philosophy was, if we can get negotiated out of here we can return home to our kids. If we try to escape and fail, our kids will be orphans. We couldn't do that.
Early on we knew the only way we'd get out was to pay a ransom. I heard later from many people who said, "Oh, we couldn't pay a ransom for you. That would be immoral." I just let people think that. But we prayed for a ransom every day. I don't understand what's wrong with a ransom. A ransom of $330,000 finally was paid. I can't disclose by whom. But we were never released.
That last day, June 7 of last year, Martin was in a reflective mood. We had been trekking through the jungle, and he said he had been thinking about Psalm 100, about serving the Lord with gladness. So we prayed. We had just begun to nap when gunfire broke out from the crest of a hill. By this time we knew to hit the ground. But first I was shot in the right leg. I slid down a hill. Martin was bleeding from his chest. I knew it was not good. He was like in a deep sleep, then he got real heavy. The Philippine soldiers saw me and helped me. I looked back at Martin and he was white. That's when I knew.
When I was recovering in Manila, my sister visited and gave me my wedding ring. It's my most precious possession after my children. The hardest part has been getting used to single motherhood. Even though I have a support group, I feel really alone. The kids had a lot of questions. They asked, "If Dad had come home instead of you, who would have cooked for us?" I miss Martin terribly, but I'm so glad to be out of there. Martin was the eternal optimist. I always thought we were doomed. That's why it's so strange I'm the one who got out.
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Registration is still open for the l4th annual Junior Open Golf Tournament held in memory of Dr. Roy Meyers.
Originally scheduled for July 12, the Roy Meyers Junior Open for male and female golfers age 7-18 was postponed until July 19 due to inclement weather. To register, call the Summerville Country Club pro shop at 873-2210, extension 1. The entry fee is $25.
The tournament is formatted to appeal to a wide range of junior golfers.
Prizes are awarded in multiple categories. Four different sets of tees are used to accommodate less experienced juniors but the tournament, particularly in the older age divisions, is typically quite competitive.
Golfers age 7-10 will play nine holes and use special tees. Golfers age 11-12 will play nine holes and use red tees.
Older golfers will play 18 holes with those age 13-15 using the white tees and those 16-18 using the blue tees.
Practice rounds will be available at no charge (walking) and parents may play along those days for a $16 cart fee.
Last summer Summerville, Pinewood, Fort Dorchester and Goose Creek high schools all had representatives at the 13th annual event.
Christian Woods edged out JR Stark to claim his second consecutive Junior Open Championship. He finished with a score of 73 for a two-stroke victory in the older (championship) division.
Jackson Trigiani carded a 96 to win the Age 13-15 Division and Luis Thompson won the 10U Division after using a pitching wedge to drive the ball 64 yards for the first hole-in-one in the history of the tournament.
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Siloam Springs Police Department has received numerous inquiries from citizens concerning a Facebook post which is currently circulating on social media.
The social media rumor is in regards to a door-to-door salesmen who is allegedly involved in human trafficking.
Siloam Springs Chief of Police Joe Garrett released information and a statement: "While we encourage our citizens to be vigilant and safety minded, just because it is posted on Facebook, does not make it true."
Police said, if a citizen does encounter a door to door sales person, they may choose to listen to the sales presentation or politely inform the person that they are not interested in the product.
In the City of Siloam Springs, door-to-door sales persons are also required to leave your property when asked. And businesses conducting door-to-door sales are required to get a business permit from City Hall.
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Police working on plan to crack down on graffiti 'tagging'UPDATED 8:24 PM EDT Aug 13, 2014
Louisville Metro Police are putting a plan together to crack down on graffiti vandals.Video Transcript
OF VANDALIZING BUILDINGS ACROSS THE CITY WITH GRAFFITI IS ARRESTED AGAIN. JONATHAN BROWN WAS ARRAIGNED THIS MORNING ON A MISDEMEANOR CHARGE OF CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. POLICE SAY SOMEONE POSTED A PHOTO OF HIM ON SOCIAL MEDIA... SPRAYING THE TAG 2BUK ON A VACANT BUILDING ON EAST MAIN STREET. BROWN HAS BEEN ARRESTED THREE TIMES BEFORE FOR GRAFFITI. HE WAS CONVICTED OF BURGLARY IN 2010 AFTER BEING RESCUED FROM THE SECOND STORY LEDGE OF AN L-G-AND-E BUILDING. POLICE SAY HE CLIMBED ONTO THE LEDGE TO AVOID SECURITY GUARDS. IF YOU THINK YOU'VE NOTICED MORE GRAFFITI THAN USUAL LATELY... YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE. METRO POLICE SAYS THEY HAVE RECEIVED 90 GRAFFITI COMPLAINTS ALREADY THIS YEAR. THAT COMPARES TO 92 FOR ALL OF LAST YEAR. W-L-K-Y'S MARK VANDERHOFF LOOKS AT WHAT'S BEING DONE ABOUT IT. Joshua White, Graffiti Abatement Coalition of Louisville: This is a tag that's been done by one person, but it represents all the taggers in the city, what we call career vandals. FOR GRAFFITI VANDALS, THIS NEW OVERPASS AT JEFFERSON STREET WAS A BLANK CANVAS. JOSHUA WHITE, OF THE NEWLY FORMED GRAFFITI ABATEMENT COALITION OF LOUISVILLE, SAYS IT WAS SPRAY-PAINTED ABOUT FOUR WEEKS AGO... THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY ARRESTS YET... AND CATCHING THESE TAGGERS, AS THEY ARE KNOWN, ISN'T EASY. Officer John Bradley: The biggest challenge with catching these criminals, with prosecuting these criminals, is that often times, these are misdemeanor crimes. In order for us to take immediate enforcement action on misdemeanors, we have to actually witness the crime occur. SO LMPD IS ASKING RESIDENTS TO REPORT ANY GRAFFITI VANDALISM THEY WITNESS. BUT MOST TAGGERS ARE COMMITTING THEIR ACTS LATE AT NIGHT... WHEN NOBODY'S WATCHING. THEY'LL GO TO EXTREME LENGTHS TO TAG AN INTERSTATE SIGN LIKE THIS. Joshua White: Anything they can do to up it. So, if they're doing some high stakes climbs, like on the interstate signs -- those are ten thousand dollars a piece to replace -- or on highways, some of the times they're using harnesses, and sometimes they're just daredevils. WHITE IS LOBBYING CITY AND STATE OFFICIALS TO REMOVE GRAFFITI IN 48 HOURS. HE SAYS QUICK REMOVAL HAS DISSUADED TAGGERS IN OTHER TOWNS. HE ALSO WANTS TO RAISE MONEY FOR CAMERAS TO CATCH THEM. WHITE THINKS ITS IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY'S REPUTATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HOST EVENTS LIKE THIS PAST WEEKEND'S P-G-A CHAMPIONSHIP. Joshua White: We don't want everyone to go home and when I say Louisville, Kentucky, they do, oh yeah, that place. I SPOKE WITH AN OFFICIAL FROM THE OHIO RIVER BRIDGES PROJECT. SHE SAYS THEY WILL BE REMOVING THE GRAFFITI... THEY DIDN'T REMOVE IT RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE THEY'RE WORRIED THAT AS SOON AS THEY DO, SOMEONE WILL TAG IT AGAIN. MARK VANDERHOFF, W-L-K-Y NEWS. IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT GRAFFITI SUSPECTS, YOU CAN CALL 574-L-M-P-D. TO REPORT GRAFFITI FOR REMOVAL, CALL 3-1-1.
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In his Address to the Nation on the occasion of the 58th Anniversary of Independence President Mahinda Rajapakse said we should bear well in our minds that if we are to stop the increasing flow of blood through war we should shed more and more sweat in the cause of peace.
"The new peace process that we launch shall in all ways be a transparent process. There is nothing to hide in it. We are not preparing to forcibly bring about a solution. Similarly, we shall not be frightened by threats from any quarter," he said stating that the government's aim is to bring about a national consensus from a solution that is brought about by broad and deep discussion.
He made an open appeal to the main Opposition party and all other political parties to extend support to the government's peace process by putting the "Country" first.
Referring to the success in the breakthrough that brought about the Geneva meeting the President said that it "should be shared equally among the Government and all those in the Opposition who participated in the effort."
Referring to past attempts at achieving peace the President said, "There is no benefit achieved in blaming the past. We should not forget the past, but instead learn from lessons of the past."
He also called for the establishment of a structure of State to bring about genuine participation of all sections of the people in development activities and the administration of the government. He also made a special pledge to protect human rights and values whether in the North or the South.
Speaking of challenges facing the nation the President said, "It is important to remember that breaking the shackles of subjugation in a country or society is not confined to winning freedom from colonial rule. It is necessary for the life of the citizen to be also freed from all forms of subjugation.
The state should always be one that is free from subjugation in every form."
Right throughout his Address the president underlined the need to forge bonds of a united society that has come to build a New Sri Lanka.
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Fujifilm X10 Firmware Update 1.03
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Fuji has released a firmware update for the Fujifilm X10 digital compact camera. Version 1.03 addresses the blooming ("white disc") issue that can sometimes be observed in EXR AUTO mode, adds compatibility with MacOS X 10.7, and provides a number of functionality upgrades and bug fixes, as outlined below.
The firmware update incorporates the following improvements:
* 1.New function for the "RAW" button: By holding down the button for approx. 2 seconds or more, the RAW button can be re-programmed to perform a new function (similarly to the "Fn" button).
* 2.ISO and Dynamic Range settings are now maintained even if you change the shooting mode (P / A / S / M).
* 3.Face detection is upgraded to keep track of faces by means of the face-tracking AF function. As this function is activated even in movie mode, face-tracking AF in the movie mode more effective.
* 4.The blooming (white disk) phenomenon, which can be observed in EXR AUTO mode, is reduced.
* 5.Compatibility with Mac OS 10.7: when the camera is connected to a Mac running Mac OS 10.7, the camera is effectively recognized. Additionally, compatibility with RAW FILE CONVERTER EX with Mac OS 10.7 has been confirmed.
* 6.The AF confirmation sound used to be set using the "SHUTTER VOLUME" entry in the SET-UP menu. Once this update is installed, this sound is set using the "OPERATION VOL." menu item, just like other functions.
* 7.In certain shooting conditions, image areas with high brightness might be recorded as "black-out" areas, This unpleasant phenomenon is improved.
* 8.When the flash was used in macro mode, specular highlights used to exhibit a greenish cast. This unpleasant phenomenon is improved.
Website: Fujifilm Global
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the firmware doesnt work!!
the orbs are still there
@alberto, your example photo clearly shows that the photo was taken with camera firmware v1.02 and NOT the v1.03 version where the correction was to have been made. Please feel free to repost when you have updated your firmware.
So the white disks only appears in the photo which was taken in EXR Auto Mode? How about the other modes? Do they also suffer from that? Because I only care more about Manual mode.


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Sen. Marco Rubio Takes On Big Government — and Big Business
Suddenly Republicans have bad things to say about big business.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) told the Faith & Freedom Coalition conference Thursday that it's not just liberals and Democrats looking to foster the regulations conservatives rail so loudly against. It's also, Mr. Rubio said, the big companies that encourage them.
"Here's the dirty secret about runaway regulations," Mr. Rubio said in a basement ballroom of Washington's Omni Shoreham hotel. "Some of the strongest supporters of big regulations are established industries. Big companies, big corporations and status quo industries who use regulations to prevent competitors from ever existing."
He went on: "Of course a big company may not mind big government, they can afford lawyers and lobbyists. But if you are trying to start a business out of the spare bedroom in your home, you can't afford lawyers and lobbyists and by the way you probably are violating the zoning rules."
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Mr. Rubio's populist tone taking a strike against "big companies" comes after Virginia professor David Brat knocked off House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R., Va.) running a populist campaign largely against the big corporations he said were backing Mr. Cantor and supporting immigration reform.
Minutes later in his remarks Mr. Rubio offered his standard diatribe against the nation's colleges and universities, which he called "our existing higher education cartel."
And while Mr. Rubio called for the end of federal regulations governing businesses, he said there should be more rules to cover higher education. Schools should have to warn student borrowers what their graduates earn, he said, "so that the Greek philosophy majors will understand that the market for Greek philosophers is tight."
Mr. Rubio said he carried six figures of student loan debt well into adulthood – even after he arrived at the Senate. He didn't remind the crowd that he settled the debt, as he announced in December 2012, thanks to the royalties from his book, "An American Son."


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As we saw and previewed our styled RSS feed, we have fortunately articles appearing. So we want to trim that number down. To do that, we're going to need to write what's known as an XSL expression and XSL expressions use the x-path language to pass information into the XSL transformation. In this case, we want to pass into a don't display anymore than x number of articles. So we get to define that ourselves. We'll write an expression, which will look for a parameter, and then using the server transformation, we'll pass that parameter into it. So it's a two-step process. The first step is you write the expression in the XSL file and then you pass the parameter in using the server transformation.
Go ahead and open up from our exercise files, the artnews.xsl file. Now again, Dreamweaver assist you in writing these expressions. So you don't feel like you are totally on your own when you are trying to write these expressions. Dreamweaver will give you a hand with them. So with the artnews.xsl file opened, I am going to click on the XSL for each tab up top. That is the Repeat Region behavior and it's the repeat region behavior that we need to modify. We only want it to repeat X number of times, so this is a perfect place to go ahead and write our expression. So we'll select that and then using the Properties inspector at the bottom, notice that it says select RSS channel item.
There is a nice little link underneath that that says how do I create XSL for each expression. So if you are brand new to this and you want to learn more about it, you can click on that, it will launch you help file and there are some step by step instructions. So let's click on the Lightning Bolt icon just the right of our selection text field and that will bring up the XPath Expression Builder for the repeat region. Now, rather than just hand-code this, which we could if we want to, we can go ahead and hand-code the expression if we are a little more experienced in building expressions. I am going to click on the Build Filter arrow and that opens up filter and again, there is a little help box says how do I create a filter? A filter is a way of building your expression step by step. So let's click the Plus icon because we want a new expression and when I click the Plus icon, I had the Item element selected and that's pretty important. So if you didn't have the Item element selected, just click Minus, select the item and then click the Plus again because we want to filter by item.
Now, it's asking us okay, where do you want to filter this? So I am going to select where it says Title and we can pass in anything if we want to that. So what I am going to pass in is the word Position and then open parenthesis and close parenthesis. Now, I need to pass in an operator and from the Operator pulldown menu, I am going to choose less than or equal to and then for Value, I am going to pass in dollar sign, capital I, Items, capital P, per capital P, page, dollar sign, items per page, and I will hit Tab.
Notice that it's building an expression for me down at the bottom. I am seeing position is less than or equal to items per page and this is actually a pretty simple statement if you think about this. We're saying, I want you to select an item from the RSS channel where the current position of the item is less than or equal to the items per page, now the items per page at the parameter that we're passing in. So if that number items per page is higher than the current position, it won't return a value and it will stop. So it will keep adding items from our RSS feed until that number has been reached and then it will stop. So go ahead and click OK, there is our expression.
Now, I am going to save this file and we could just go back into our news.php page and pass a parameter in but it's a good idea to go ahead and test this here to make sure it's working before you go back into your server behavior. So I am going to switch over to Code view because we tested it right now. It would return an error because that parameter is not defined. So we'll need to define this. We'll define this on a line just above the XSL template tag and that's all found on line 14 and line 15. So I am just going to create a blank line right above the XSL template tab and this is what we're going to write, type in XSL and then a colon with a P, your code your cursor will jump down the param, so you want to type in param. After space, type in name equals, and then make the value equal to items per page and then the next attribute you want to pass in a default value and we'll type in select 8.
So we'll limit our initial test to 8 articles and go ahead and do a self closing tag at the end of that which is space, forward slash and then the closing angled bracket. So we will go ahead and save that and test this in our browser and I can count one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight articles, exactly the number that I was expecting. So let's close now Firefox, go back into Dreamweaver and now I can close my XSL file and remember this is a two-step process, so we've completed the first step.
The next and final step is to go into our news.php and modify our server behavior so that parameter is passed into our XSL transformation. So we do that by going over to our Sever Behaviors and we find the one server behavior that we have which is our XSL transformation and go ahead and double-click that. That will bring up the same dialog box we saw earlier where we created our XSL transformation. Notice that the XSL parameters instead of being grayed out is now highlighted so that we can select it. Now that's because there is an expression in the XSL transfer sheet that is expecting a parameter.
So I am going to click the Plus icon to add a value and we know that our value is going to be Items Per Page and I am just going to pass an initial value of 4. You could choose a default value if you like. If you hit Tab, notice the default value becomes 4. You can actually make the value dynamic as well. So maybe you had some other things going on and maybe you had a user interaction that said I want to display 5 articles per page or I want to display 10 articles per page. You could have that value be dynamic and then you could set a default value so that if a choice wasn't made, it would show you the default number of articles.
So I will go ahead and click OK, click OK again. I will save my page and I will test it. It's going to prompt you again if you want to update it on a testing server and it's also going to prompt you if you want any dependent files to be uploaded. We do need to upload our dependent files because we've changed our XSL file, so I am going to choose Yes, it will upload them and now in the browser, I can see my RSS feed and I am limited to 4 articles and that's a lot easier to digest than 20 or so articles that we had before. So that's exactly what we want.
So we've seen that XSL can transform content not only on the browser or client side, but also on the server side as well. We've formatted an RSS feed, we've taken raw XML data and placed it on our page and converted it to XHTML. I hope this gives you a starting point for working with your own XML data or formatting your own RSS feeds. Dreamweaver offers us a wide variety of tools and behaviors to help make styling our XML files easy and efficient.
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New pope opens Holy Week at Vatican
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis celebrated his first Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square, encouraging people to be humble and young at heart and promising to go to a youth jamboree in Brazil in July, while the faithful enthusiastically waved olive branches and palm fronds.
The square overflowed with a crowd estimated by the Vatican at 250,000 people. Pilgrims, tourists and Romans jostled each other in an eager effort to glimpse Francis as they joined the new pope at the start of solemn Holy Week ceremonies, which lead up to Easter, Christianity's most important day.
Keeping with his spontaneous style, Francis broke away several times from the text of his prepared homily to encourage the faithful to lead simple lives and resist the temptation to be sad when life's obstacles inevitably come their way.
''Don't let yourselves be robbed of hope! Don't let yourselves be robbed of hope!" Francis told the crowd, in an apparent reference to the economic difficulties people are grappling with in much of the world.
At the end of the two-hour Mass, Francis climbed into an open-topped popemobile to circle through the excited crowd.
Palm Sunday recalls Jesus' entry into Jerusalem. Recalling that triumphant entry, Francis said Jesus ''awakened so many hopes in the heart, above all among humble, simple, poor, forgotten people, those who don't matter in the eyes of the world."


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Fabulous prizes! Cars, wealth, and a years supply of furniture wax! All of these and much, much more can be yours... if you survive. Of course, you are going to have to kill the monsters to get the treasure, and you arent the crowd favorite today, and the cameras are very unforgiving. But there are no second takes, and if you die... YOU DIE!
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Xcrawl is a sport and the challenges are created, but the danger is no less real. If you die, you die. There are no second chances. Citizens of the North American Empire tune in every week to watch their favorite celebrities get eaten, paralyzed, turned to stone, and ripped apart. The nations hunger for blood and mayhem grows with every contest. How will you fare?
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There is just something in the human brain that wants a "manageable" amount of a product on hand, and we will find any number of ways to make that happen, including eating up the excess. The only item the subjects didn't do this with was bleach, apparently because they had experienced the negative effects of over-bleached clothing.
– If you buy large bags of chips or cookies, pre-portion them into baggies or other containers. Your family will appreciate the convenience of the grab & go bags, and the treats will last longer.
– When you cook, pre-plate the high calorie, high dollar foods (like meats) at the stove. Family members likely won't travel back to the stove for extra helpings unless they are actually hungry.
– Conversely for foods you want your family to eat more of (fruits & vegetables), make larger servings, keep the serving dishes on the table, and put them towards the front of the fridge, or in a bowl near the TV.
– Prepare fewer varieties of food for a meal. We all know that M&M's taste the same no matter what color they are, yet subjects ate significantly more of them when there were 10 colors than when there were 7 of them.
– For items like laundry soap, mark the desired amount clearly on the measuring cup, and consider keeping a smaller container for everyday use while stashing the large container out of sight. Out of sight, out of mind.


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PITTSBURGH-Midweek news and commentary:
n Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis says the crime rate will rise without an NFL season.
Initially, I thought he was referring to problems NFL players would cause with time on their hands.
He meant that people will apparently turn to crime without the distraction of three NFL games every Sunday.
It's a reach, but it's the most interesting take so far on what's been a very boring story.
Without a law degree, it's tough to make much sense out of the court developments during the NFL lockout.
Remember this: They're arguing over how to divide up $9 billion.
n Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks to Steelers fans.
Goodell is an effective commissioner because he can speak without saying anything.
The session with Steelers fans was perfunctory public relations that didn't really accomplish anything.
The NFL still wants to push for an 18-game season, although that doesn't seem to be as big an issue as it has been.
So how about this: If we're in agreement that pre-season games are mostly needless fluff, let's quit making them a mandatory buy for season ticket holders.
Don't hold your breath waiting for that to happen, by the way.
n Jim Leyland removes his starting pitcher after eight innings of one-hit, shutout pitching.
That happened Sunday against the Pirates.
Rick Porcello got the hook in favor of closer Jose Valverde.
Valverde nailed down the game, but not without some stress.
He put two runners on base.
Leyland's reasoning was that a fresh Valverde was a better option than Porcello, who had worked the first eight innings.
Like it or not, that's the way baseball operates these days.
Closers make a lot of money, and teams are intent on getting value out of them.
Complete games don't matter.
That seems to bother some people, but it's hard to see what the issue is.
Does anyone really feel cheated that they didn't see the starter complete a game?
Pro football players used to play on both offense and defense. They don't any more. The game is better for specialization.
So what's the problem with that in baseball?
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Sonny Puzzo hit a two-run home run as Caldwell defeated Verona, 5-1, in West Caldwell.
John Gallagher was 2-for-3 with a triple and two runs for Caldwell. Jack Docteroff (2-0) pitched a four-hitter, allowing one walk with four strikeouts. Luke Sniatkowski was 2-for-3 with a first inning RBI for Verona. Max Vasile struck out seven and walked none in six innings, allowing four earned runs on five hits.